Theos-Talk Archives (December 2001 Message tt00310)

> Daniel asked: "(1) When Rawson writes that Blavatsky tried
> hasheesh in Cairo, what year is he referring to?"

> Steve replied: If Blavatsky was in Cairo tht year, he would be
> referring to a year in which Blavatsky was in Cairo.


> Daniel asked: "(2) When Rawson writes that Blavatsky "AGAIN
> indulged in it in this city [NYC?]", what time period
> is he referring to?"
> 
> Steve replied: If Blavatsky was in New York that year, he would be
> referring to a time period in which Blavatsky was in
> NY.

Daniel comments: Steve, as a student of HPB's life and writings
I would have thought you could have made at least a stab at the
exact years involved. Your answers are basically no answers.

Rawson in his 1892 article writes about HPB in Cairo and New York:

". . . my personal acqaintance with her . . . extended over forty 
years. . . . "

"In Egypt madame said to the Countess Kazenoff: 'Forty years have I 
before me in which to build a more enduring fame than that of the 
builder of the great pyramid. . . .' "

". . . A fortunate acquaintance was made with Paulos Metamon, a 
celebrated Coptic magician. . . ."

"At Shepheard's Hotel madame told the countess that she had solved at 
least one of the mysteries of Egypt, and proved it by letting a live 
serpent loose from a bag she had concealed in the folds of her dress."

"An attempt to form a society for occult research at Cairo failed, 
and Metamon advised delay."

"Madame visited Paris on her way to New York. . . In 1853 she came to 
New York and made a few acquaintances, nearly all of whom continued 
her friends to the last. Here she began to smoke tobacco, and the 
habit clung to her during her life. . . . "

"She had tried hasheesh in Cairo with sucess, and she again indulged 
in it in this city under the care of myself and Dr. Edward Sutton 
Smith. . . . "

Steve, would you like to put on record the exact years you think 
Rawson is referring to in the above account?

More in part II.

Daniel H. Caldwell
BLAVATSKY ARCHIVES
http://hpb.cc