Theos-Talk Archives (November 2002 Message tt00279)

Brian/Brigitte wrote:

". . . Ad to this all the evidence listed in the book by the Hare 
brothers already back in 1936 "Who Wrote The Mahatma Letters ?" that 
NOT ALL, has been refuted by Theosophists EVER. . . . "

If I understand B/B's point, the assertion is made that NOT ALL of 
the "evidence" given by the Hare brothers has been refuted by 
Theosophists.

If this is actually B/B's point, then this must mean that B/B has not 
only read and studied the Hare book but has ALSO carefully read, 
studied and compared all of the critiques of the Hare book with what 
the Hare brothers wrote. 

Brian/Brigitte, have you ACTUALLY read the critiques of the Hare 
book? I give the list of the critiques at the end of this email [See 
BELOW]. 

BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, please Brian/Brigitte, give us on this forum a 
few DETAILED examples of the "evidence" in the Hare book never 
refuted by the Theosophists. I don't mean vague generalizations but 
detailed examples.

Daniel H. Caldwell
BLAVATSKY ARCHIVES
http://hpb.cc
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The Hare Brothers' Controversy

(Items are listed in chronological order of publication)

Hare, William Loftus and Hare, Harold Edward. Who Wrote the
Mahatma Letters? London, England: Williams & Norgate, 1936. 326
pp.

Stokes, H.N. "Demolishing the Mahatmas," The O.E. Library
Critic (Washington, D.C.), June-July 1936, pp. [1-7]

Fortune, Dion. [Book Review of Who Wrote the Mahatma Letters?]
The Inner Light (London, England), July, 1936, pp. 185-189.

Thomas, Margaret A. "Who Wrote the Mahatma Letters?", The
Canadian Theosophist, Vol. 17, August 15, 1936, pp. 167-170.

Stokes, H.N. "Did H.P. Blavatsky Write These Mahatma Letters?",
The O.E. Library Critic (Washington, D.C.), August-September,
1936, pp. [1-4]

Stokes, H.N. "The Hare Twins and `A Libel on a Laureate,'" The
O.E. Library Critic (Washington, D.C.), August-September, 1936,
p. [10].

Cox, Harold R.W. "Who Wrote the March-Hare Attack on the
Mahatmas?," The Canadian Theosophist, October 15, 1936, pp.
225-243.

Ryan, Charles J. "Who Wrote the Mahatma Letters?" The
Theosophical Forum (Point Loma, California), October 1936, pp.
253-263. See: http://www.blavatskyarchives.com/ryanmlhare.htm

Stokes, H.N. "The Bogus Mahatmic Americanisms of the Brothers
Hare," The O.E. Library Critic (Washington, D.C.), October 1936,
pp. [1-7].

Editorial in Occult Review, Oct. 1936.

Savage, Helen. "The Hare Attack Repulsed," The Occult Review
(London), October 1936, pp. 251-256.

Stokes, H.N. "Choice Tidbits from the Hares' Book on The Mahatma
Letters," The O.E. Library Critic (Washington, D.C.), November
1936, pp. [1-5].

Cousins, James. H. "The Blavatsky Riddle Again," The
Theosophist (Adyar, Madras, India), November, 1936, pp. 152-156.

[Gardner, Mrs. Adelaide] "The Real Problem of The Mahatma
Letters," The Theosophist (Adyar, Madras, India), November, 1936,
pp. 156-157.

Ryan, Charles J. "An Important Correction," [Letter to the
Editor], The Canadian Theosophist, December 15, 1936, pp.
326-338.

Stokes, H.N. "The Hare Brothers' Arsenal of `Duds,'" The O.E.
Library Critic (Washington, D.C.), December 1936, pp. [1-5].

Wood, Ernest. "The Masters' Signatures," The Theosophist (Adyar,
Madras, India), Vol. 58, December 1936, pp. 259-262.

Hudson, Irne Bastow. "Who Wrote the Mahatma Letters?" Answered.
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada: The Author, 1936. 47 pp.

Stokes, H.N. "The Hare Brothers on the Motives of H.P.
Blavatsky," The O.E. Library Critic (Washington, D.C.), January
1937, pp. [1-5].

Hare, William Loftus and Hare, Harold Edward. "The Mahatma
Letters," [Letter to the Editor], The Occult Review (London,
England), January 1937, pp. 52-53, and continued on pp. 55, 57,
59 and 61.

Stokes, H.N. "The Hares Use a Boomerang in Rebuttal," The O.E.
Library Critic (Washington, D.C.), February, 1937, pp. [1-2.]

Stokes, H.N. "The Hares on He-Mahatmas and She-Mahatmas," The
O.E. Library Critic (Washington, D.C.), March 1937, pp. [1-7]

Hare, William Loftus. "William Loftus Hare in Rebuttal," The
O.E. Library Critic (Washington, D.C.), March, 1937, pp. [7-8].

Stokes, H.N. "Mr. Hare Contradicts Himself about Mahatma
Letters," The O.E. Library Critic (Washington, D.C.), March,
1937, pp. [8-9].

Hare, William Loftus. Letter to the Editor. The Canadian
Theosophist, April, 1937, pp.

Smythe, C.T. Reply to Hare, C.T., April, 1937, p.

Stokes, H.N. "A Trip to Reviewland---Hare Reviewers on Parade,"
The O.E. Library Critic (Washington, D.C.), April, 1937, pp.
[1-6].

Jinarajadasa, C. "Did H.P. Blavatsky Invent the Mahatmas?", The
Theosophist (Adyar, Madras, India), May, 1937, pp. 105-109.

Stokes, H.N. "A Trip to Reviewland---II," The O.E. Library
Critic (Washington, D.C.), May-June, 1937, pp. [1-4].

Stokes, H.N. "Letter to `The Occult Review' About the Hare
Brothers," The O.E. Library Critic (Washington, D.C.), July,
1937, pp. [6-7].

Alberti, Amalia de. "H.P. Blavatsky and the Press," The Modern
Mystic (London, England), July 1937, pp. 18-20.

Stokes, H.N. "A Handwriting Expert De Luxe," The O.E. Library
Critic (Washington, D.C.), August, 1937, pp. [4-6].

Hare, William Loftus and Hare, Harold Edward. The Mahatma
Letters: Alibi and Post Mortem Defences. Letchworth, England:
G.W. Wardman, 1937. 20 pp.

Stokes, H.N. "The Hare Volcano Erupts Again," The O.E. Library
Critic (Washington, D.C.), December, 1937, pp. [5-8].

Hastings, Beatrice. Defence of Madame Blavatsky. Volume 1.
Worthing, England: The Hastings Press, 1937. 60 pp