Theos-Talk Archives (July 1997 Message tt00039)

Sage has some valid points in his/her memo.

I think it essential that definitions from HPB be used as a basis
for information.

Every student since then, and begiining with those around HPB,
has learned of Theosophy through and from her.

Theosophy is not speculative.  It is as stated in SD I 272-3, a
synopsis of the findings and observations of generations of seers
and student who have examined nature in all her departments.
That is indeed encyclopedic.

One of the features of THEOSOPHY is that everything in it
dove-tails witha ll the rest.  On examination it will be found
that student expressions and ideas are not always competely a
"fit" for those originals, as, unless such a "student" is himself
an Adept, he has no complete access to the akasic records --
hence statments (such as this which I offer) are bound to be
limited and imcomplete.

THE THEOSOPHICAL GLOSSARY is reprinted from the Original Edition
by Theosophy Company, Los Angeles.  I have spent over 50 years
gong through the many entries there (over 2,300) and have found
very few "errors" in the entries.  In fact there are more aspects
of information which assist in understanding scattered widely
throughout the body of Theosophical literature which we owe to
HPB.