Theos-Talk Archives (January 2002 Message tt00006)

Hi Caldwell, and all of you,

On the below :

Wow - thanks Caldwell. Where did that come from ??
Beautiful !!
Is also the real original - version - scanned - online somewhere??
If not - would you mail me - such a version - whithin 5 days ?? I would be very happy !

Who has the original version ? Anyone ?

And why not read the whole text of Caldwells :
(http://blavatskyarchives.com/hpbes1extract.htm)
 
from
Sufilight



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To: "Blavatsky Archives" <blavatskyarchives@yahoo.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2002 8:09 PM
Subject: Theos-World "nothing is more dangerous to Esoteric Truth than the garbled and distorted versions. . ."


> SUBJECT: "nothing is more dangerous to Esoteric Truth
> than the garbled and distorted versions disfigured to
> suit the prejudices and tastes of men in general. . .
> . " . . ."
> 
> In E.S.T.S. Instruction No. I., H.P. Blavatsky warned
> her esoteric students as folows: 
> 
> "Before entering upon the first installment of the
> Instructions to be given to the Esoteric Section, it
> is necessary to call the special attention of its
> members to a new and rapidly growing danger which is
> threatening the Theosophical Society and the spread of
> the pure Esoteric Philosophy and knowledge in the
> U.S.A." 
> 
> "I allude to those charlatanesque imitations of
> Occultism and Theosophy of which the "Call to the
> Awakened," lately published in the Boston Esoteric, is
> the most glaring example." 
> 
> "The danger in this particular case is the greater
> because some men of real scientific attainments and
> knowledge seem to have been drawn into it, and thus
> give to it an appearance of real knowledge which may
> easily deceive the unwary." 
> 
> "By pandering to the prejudices of people, and
> especially by adopting the false ideas of a personal
> God and a personal, carnalized Saviour, as the
> groundwork of their teaching, the leaders of this
> "swindle" (for such it is) are endeavoring to draw men
> to them and in particular to turn Theosophists from
> the true path. The H. B. of L., of shameful memory in
> England, has now found a worthy substitute in the
> Esoteric College in Boston founded by a "Brahmin of
> Irish descent, thousands of years old," (Vide "A Call
> from the Unseen," etc.). . . ."
> 
> "A close examination will assuredly reveal the whole
> scheme as a mere device for money getting and selfish
> gratification, in which materials largely stolen, as
> said, from Theosophical writings are distorted and
> falsified so as to be palmed off on the unwary as
> revelations of new and undreamed of truths. But many
> will neither have the time nor the opportunity for
> such a thorough investigation; and before they become
> aware of the imposture they may be led far from the
> Truth, as well as be despoiled of their property and,
> worse than that, of their health." 
> 
> "Under these circumstances, it is the duty of all
> members of the E. S. in America to do their utmost to
> unmask such movements, for nothing is more dangerous
> to Esoteric Truth than the garbled and distorted
> versions disfigured to suit the prejudices and tastes
> of men in general. . . . " 
> 
> Quoted from:
> http://blavatskyarchives.com/hpbes1extract.htm
> 
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