Theos-Talk Archives (May 2004 Message tt00039)

--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, "Daniel H. Caldwell" 
<danielhcaldwell@y...> wrote:
> The Albert Einstein Archives Library 
> 
> The Library consists of two main collections. 
> 
> Einstein's private library: Einstein's personal library was 
> transferred to The Jewish National & University Library in 1987, 
> following the death of Einstein's step-daughter, Margot Einstein. 
The 
> library includes books, musical scores and records collected by 
> Einstein throughout his life. The books deal with science, European 
> and American politics and society, literature and culture, religion 
> and philosophy, Judaism and Israel. The musical scores contain 
works 
> by Einstein's favorite composers, especially Mozart, Bach, and 
> Handel. The records range from classical music to Israeli folk 
music. 
> It is not known to what extent the library is complete - no 
inventory 
> from the years in which Einstein lived is extant. But it is known 
> that Einstein's secretary gave some books away to friends and 
> associates following Einstein's death. Einstein's own books and 
> records are supplemented by those of the other members of the 
> Einstein household. 
> 
> Quoted from:
> http://alberteinstein.info/finding_aid/

Thanks for your replies Daniel.

I suggested this very thing to Dave yesterday that probably the book 
was given away to someone dear or the like. Einstein may not had have 
to read the book in secret, as I suggested to Dave, because what we 
all forget is that HPB wrote this for the intelligensia of her day, 
hence the strange wording, and that it was considered "en vogue" to 
be a part of theosophy. The association of WB Yeats is well known as 
others in British society.

I don't think it is far fetched for a man like Einstein and Edison to 
have HPB's SDs on their desks or to have discussed the ideas found 
therein. 

Netemara