Theos-Talk Archives (December 2003 Message tt00284)

I know in Adyar, India, they publish the Key to Theosophy only in a highly 
edited and reduced format as was done by Cara M. Codd. If you want the 
complete and original version, you can only do so by buying the Complete 
Works of Blavatsky, or knowing which volume it is. 

This is strange, as The Key to Theosophy was once considered an easy to 
understand introduction for new students.

I would be curious to know how much of the Complete Works has been 
edited.


--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, "Daniel H. Caldwell" <
danielhcaldwell@y...> wrote:
> Dallas, you recently wrote (Wed. Dec. 17, 2003) to
> Reed Carson:
> 
> "At least we have her [HPB's] texts as she edited them
> -- no confusion there. But it is interesting to see
> on review that as soon as the original texts ran out
> of print, and she was dead; as early as 1893, 2 years
> later, students hastened to introduce changes from
> hers to their versions of what those texts meant, thus
> altering the originals. . . ."
> 
> Yes, Dallas, I agree with what you write above.
> 
> But what are you suggesting?
> 
> Dallas, are you recommending that Blavatsky students
> should avoid using ALL "altered" versions of HPB's
> originals??
> 
> For the BENEFIT of readers of your postings, can you
> give us a list of inprint editions of HPB's works that
> give HPB's "texts as she edited them"; in other words,
> editions that contain NO "changes" or "altering" by
> students?
> 
> Dallas, I think such a list would be very helpful
> ESPECIALLY for inquirers and new students of Theosophy
> who do not have the years of study that you have. This
> will help students to avoid the "confusion" you
> indirectly refer to in your above statement.
> 
> Daniel