Theos-Talk Archives (October 2003 Message tt00076)

	THE VOICE OF THE SILENCE

FRAGRANCE:

Some see in "The Voice of the Silence" that it is of a "poetic" nature.

Poetic, in the sense that it is used on page 550, vol. I of "The Secret
Doctrine" in relation to the caduceus: "Verily the wonderful powers of the
magic caduceus were sung by all the ancient poets, with a very good reason
for those who understood the secret meaning." ALL the ancient poets (not
99.99999% of them).

Poetry has fragrance. Song and sound have fragrance.

Many of us use your questioning way Dallas, but if we start altering things
we also effect fragrances we may not be aware of. I thought you had the
same view Dallas, and that that was why the Thosophy Company produce a
facsimile of "The Secret Doctrine."

The text of "The Voice of the Silence" starts (page 1):

FRAGMENT I.

[Short thickisk black line]

"THESE instuctions are for those ignorant of the lower IDDHI (1).

[Long thinner black line]

He who would hear the voice of *Nada* (2), "the Soundless Sound," and
comprehend it, has to learn the nature of *Dharana* (3). (accents over the
first and last "a".

The lines, the italics (Nada and Dharana) and the accents are left out in
the version by Wm Q Judge.

The italics certainly make a difference, but the lines surely makes a huge
difference? To use your questioning approach. Why is that 2nd line there?
If you only study the version by Wm Q Judge you will never have known that
line was there. Why did Wm Q Judge see fit to take that line out? Was he
looking at the words, was he smelling the fragrance, was he singing in
ONENESS (Universal Brotherhood) as ALL the ancient poets, when he made that
change? Is H.P.B. one of those ancient poets? Why did H.P.B. put "Nada"
in italics. Why did Wm Q Judge decide it was better not to put it in
italics? Aren't these questions we should be asking too?

In the original ("The Voice of the Silence")(not in Wm Q Judge's) page 1
ends!

"The Mind is the great Slayer of the Real.

Let the Disciple slay the Slayer."

Doesn't altering "The Voice of the Silence" slay the Real. Slay its unique
poetic fragrance?

And let us remember that "The Voice of the Silence" was not translated by H.
P. Blavatsky, but rather "H.P.B." "H P.B. to H P. Blavatsky with no
(underlined) kind regards." being the inscription in her own copy.
Best wishes
Tony.

-----Original Message-----
From: W. Dallas TenBreoeck [mailto:dalval14@earthlink.net]
Sent: 7 October 2003 11:14 am
To: theos-talk@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: Theos-World Dallas, please consider Peter M.'s Relevant
Question


Oct 7 2003

Re VOICE OF THE SILENCE