Theos-Talk Archives (May 2004 Message tt00146)

When I first heard the story from the group of ladies accompanying Mrs. 
Wadia, the word "niece" was possibly confused with "nurse" -- since I recall 
hearing (later confirmed by Anita Atkins a.k.a. Sylvia Cranston) that the woman who 
delivered the book was also Einstein's nurse during the long illness before 
his death. Regardless of that confusion, I must assume, since it was reported 
from several different seemingly valid sources, that the story about Einstein's 
copy of the SD being at his bedside, as well as always on his desk, is 
essentially true. 

Later, when carefully studying the SD, and finding the clear indication of 
the equivalency relationship between energy and matter described as being 
mediated by light, I am certain that this is what triggered Einstein's intuition 
that E=mc^2 -- which he was to eventually prove mathematically. An added 
confirmation is that the SD clearly indicates that matter could be considered as 
corpuscular with respect to its atomic nature, and this could obviously have set 
Einstein off on the track of proving it with his quantum theory of 
photoelectricity -- where photons are transformed electromechanically to electrons. This 
is the basis of the chemistry of photography -- where photons change the 
electron orbits of the Silver Bromide molecules used in the manufacture of 
photographic film so as to allow the precipitation of silver grains in proportion to 
the amount of light striking the AgBr molecules suspended in the gelatin 
emulsion.

Leon Maurer
http://users.aol.com/uniwldarts/uniworld.artisans.guild/einstein.html

In a message dated 05/17/04 10:43:22 AM, danielhcaldwell@yahoo.com writes:

>Sylvia Cranston wrote:
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>"In checking this information it was learned that 
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>a niece of Einstein's, in India during the 1960s, 
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>paid a visit to the headquarters of the Theosophical 
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>Society at Adyar. She explained that she knew 
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>nothing of theosophy or the society, but had to 
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>see the place because her uncle always had a copy 
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>of Madame Blavatsky's Secret Doctrine on his desk. 
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>The individual to whom the niece spoke was Eunice 
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>Layton, a world renowned theosophical lecturer who 
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>happened to be at the reception desk when she arrived. 
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>While in Ojai, California, in 1982, Sylvia Cranston 
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>met Mrs. Eunice Layton, who confirmed the story." 
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>(Cranston, S. L., HPB;: the extraordinary life and influence of 
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>Helena Blavatsky, founder of the modern theosophical movement, G. 
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>P.Putnam's Sons, 1993)
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>Recently I wrote to:
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>Albert Einstein Archives
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>Jewish National & University Library
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>Jerusalem, Israel
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>In my letter I commented:
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>"My research so far indicates that Einstein did NOT
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>have a niece. Can you confirm this?"
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>The reply I received said in part:
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>"As for your question : Yes, Einstein had 
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>no niece (if 'niece' is the daughter of a brother 
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>or a sister)." 
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>Daniel
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>Daniel H. Caldwell
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>http://hpb.cc
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>http://theosophy.info
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