Theos-Talk Archives (November 2003 Message tt00071)

--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, "
Daniel 

I have two small volumes "HPB Speaks" and it is full of letters 
written before she went to India. Are the letters in the new book as 
in formerly unpublished letters? And went to look at some 
particulars about book but saw none. How many pages, cost etc.

I know the picture on the cover is new to me I've not seen it 
before. And why would HPB want to be vegetarian? She lived in Russia 
as a young person and it is cold there, and it is not as popular in 
Europe or France as it became here in the States. Even now in France 
vegetarianism is just really catching on. The Satsangis there have a 
hard time finding stuff without eggs in it. When I lived in Paris 
Olcott and I never ate at the restaurants, he cooked and sang for me 
every day!

Thanks 

Net



H. Caldwell" <danielhcaldwell@y...> wrote:
> Frank,
> 
> You ask: 
> 
> "Are the published HPB letters censored or not censored?"
> 
> No, they are definitely not censored.
> 
> You also ask:
> 
> "Is HPB's unique and clever criticism of priestcrafts left 
untouched 
> or are the passages are silently cut out for the sake of 
> political/theosophcial correctness?"
> 
> Everything is left untouched and nothing silently cut out.
> 
> You also ask:
> 
> "Annie Besant is known as a faker of HPB's manuscripts. Does that 
> mean that the mention of Annie Besant in the Wheaton announcement 
is 
> a guarantee that the letter edition contains also fakes?"
> 
> I am not exactly sure what you actually mean by "fakes".
> 
> Frank, once you actually get the volume, you tell me if there are 
any 
> such "fakes" in this volume. I am not aware of any such fakes in 
> this new volume of HPB's letters. 
> 
> Furthermore, I have either in photocopy or microfilm almost all of 
> these letters. I was collecting copies of all this material long 
> before I ever knew or even heard about John Cooper or John Algeo.
> 
> I believe many of your other questions will be answered in the 
> introductory and prefatory material to this new volume of HPB's 
> letters.
> 
> I repeat: All students of Blavatsky's life and writings will want 
to 
> add this volume to their personal library.
> 
> 
> Daniel H. Caldwell
> 
> BLAVATSKY STUDY CENTER
> http://hpb.cc
> 
> 
> 
> --- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, "Frank Reitemeyer" 
<dhyana@w...> 
> wrote:
> > The announcement text at the link below is alarming.
> > For serious students of HPB some questions arise:
> > 
> > 1. Are the published HPB letters censored or not censored?
> > 
> > 2. Was John Algeo alone discovering HPB's letter?
> > 
> > 3. Is Mr Algeo's collection identical with the letters Boris de 
> Zirkoff
> > was collecting for fifty years?
> > 
> > 4. If so, why is Boris de Zirkoff not mentioned?
> > 
> > 5. The announcements states that comments are inserted by Mr 
Algeo.
> > Do they replace the comments John Cooper as de Zirkoff's heir 
made?
> > 
> > 6. Why is the research of Prof. Cooper not mentioned?
> > 
> > 7. Since when is Annie Besant known as a trustworthy archivist?
> > What did Annie Besant with the three letters of W. Q. Judge, 
> warning her
> > not to follow the lower astral way?
> > What did Annie Besant with HPB's missing manuscripts, such as
> > "The Esoteric Character of the Gospels?"
> > 
> > 8. Annie Besant is known as a faker of HPB's manuscripts.
> > Does that mean that the mention of Annie Besant in the Wheaton 
> announcement
> > is a guarantee that the letter edition contains also fakes?
> > 
> > 9. Is HPB's unique and clever criticism of priestcrafts left 
> untouched or
> > are the
> > passages are silently cut out for the sake of 
political/theosophcial
> > correctness?
> > 
> > 10. What about the rest of the collection of HPB's letters which 
> seem to be
> > now
> > in the possession of Gregory Tillett, Cooper's heir?
> > 
> > 
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Daniel H. Caldwell" <danielhcaldwell@y...>
> > To: ".DanielHCaldwell" <danielhcaldwell@y...>
> > Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003 4:21 PM
> > Subject: Theos-World The Letters of H.P. Blavatsky Volume I, 
1861-
> 1879
> > Available November 2003!
> > 
> > 
> > The Letters of H.P. Blavatsky
> > Volume I, 1861-1879
> > 
> > Available November 2003!
> > 
> > For more details about this new volume
> > and ordering information, see:
> > 
> > http://theosophical.org/resources/newreleases/
> > 
> > All students of Blavatsky's life and writings
> > will want to add this volume to their personal
> > library.
> > 
> > Daniel
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > =====
> > Daniel H. Caldwell
> > BLAVATSKY STUDY CENTER/BLAVATSKY ARCHIVES
> > http://blavatskyarchives.com/introduction.htm
> > 
> > --------------------------------------------------------------
> > "...Contrast alone can enable us to appreciate things at
> > their right value; and unless a judge compares notes and
> > hears both sides he can hardly come to a correct decision."
> > H.P. Blavatsky. The Theosophist, July, 1881, p. 2
> > --------------------------------------------------------------
> > You can always access our main site by
> > simply typing into the URL address
> > bar the following 6 characters:
> > 
> > hpb.cc
> > 
> > Blavatsy Study Center now has a mirror
> > site at:
> > 
> > http://www.theosophy.info/
> > 
> > --------------------------------------------------------------