Theos-Talk Archives (July 2000 Message tt00047)

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Thirteen more RARE items have just been added to the
archives.  See section "New Items Recently Added
to the Archives."

*** [Madame Blavatsky on Swami Dayanand]  
[Reprinted from The Bombay Gazette, March 
31, 1882, p. 3.]

*** ["Tempest in a Teapot"]   
[Reprinted from The Bombay Gazette, September 
13, 1880, p. 3.  For background on the subject 
matter of this anonymous article, see Henry S. 
Olcott's, Old Diary Leaves, Volume II,
Chapter XIII, "A Little Domestic Explosion," 
pp. 206-213.  See also Edward Wimbridge's 
reply to this article.]

*** Theosophists' Differences:   To The Editor 
of the "Bombay Gazette." by Edward Wimbridge  
[Reprinted from The Bombay Gazette, September 
15, 1880, p. 2.]

*** The 'Complex Character' of Madame 
Blavatsky by M.T.  
[Reprinted from Light (London), March 2, 1901, 
p. 103. Includes an important statement by C.W. 
Leadbeater.]

*** H.P. Blavatsky and Phenomena:   To the Editor 
of the OCCULT REVIEW. by Laura I. Finch.  
[Reprinted from The Occult Review, June 1927, 
pp. 404-405.  Includes a statement concerning 
the Mahatmas by Bhawani Shankar.]

*** Psychometrical Experiments by Franz Hartmann.  
[Reprinted from The Theosophist (Adyar, Madras, 
India), March 1887, pp. 354-358.]

*** Letter of H.P. Blavatsky to Dr. Franz Hartmann  
(dated Dec. 5, 1885) 
[Reprinted from The Path (New York), January 
1896, pp. 297-299. Madame Blavatsky comments 
on the psychometrical experiments conducted by 
Franz Hartmann.]

*** The Theosophist Society:   To the Editor of the 
"Bombay Gazette."  by Henry S. Olcott.   
[Reprinted from The Bombay Gazette, October 
13, 1880.]

*** The Theosophist Society:   To The Editor, The 
"Bombay Gazette." by P.D. Henderson.  
[Reprinted from The Bombay Gazette, November 1, 
1880, p.3. This is a reply to Colonel Olcott's letter 
to the Editor of Oct. 13, 1880.]

*** By Master's Direction by William Q. Judge. 
(Issued Nov. 1894.) 
[A controversial E.S.T. document which contains 
various statements about Madame Blavatsky.  
See reply by Mrs. Annie Besant below.]

*** Eastern School of Theosophy by Annie Besant.  
[Annie Besant replies to Mr. Judge's circular above.]

*** E.S.T. Order No. II of 1894 by William Q. Judge. 
[In this short document, Mr. Judge wrote:  "In 
accordance with order received from the Master, 
I hereby declare that [H.P.Blavatsky's] Instructions 
I, II and III of this School are no longer secret,
with 
the following exceptions...."]

*** The "Hodgson Report" on Madame Blavatsky 
by Walter A. Carrithers, Jr. 
[In 1963 Walter A. Carrithers, Jr. (under his 
pseudonym Adlai E. Waterman) published 
Obituary:  The "Hodgson Report" on Madame 
Blavatsky (Theosophical Publishing House, Adyar, 
Madras, India).  Some five years later his book was
reviewed by Robert H. Thouless in the pages of the 
Journal of the Society for Psychical Research
(London), 
September 1968, pp. 341-349. The next year
Mr. Carrithers replied to Dr. Thouless' review. 
An abridged version of his reply was published 
in the "Correspondence" section of the December 
1969 issue (pp. 188-197) of the J.S.P.R. under 
the title "The 'Hodgson Report' on Madame Blavatsky." 

The unabridged version of Mr.Carrither's rebuttal 
letter is now published for interested readers.
2000 web edition published by the Blavatsky 
Foundation.]

Daniel H. Caldwell

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