Theos-Talk Archives (May 2004 Message tt00163)

For whatever it is worth, I had over the years heard from several 
sources that there is a "well worn" copy of the Secret Doctrine in the 
Princeton University Library that is "said" to have belonged to 
Einstein. Since Einstein taught at Princeton, this is a plausible 
story. Since libraries normally keep an accession record which usually 
indicates the source of the acquisition, I would think that it would be 
a simple manner to confirm the existence of the book and inquire as to 
where it came. If the book was donated by someone in or connected to 
the Einstein family, then we have something to go on. The book would 
have to been acquired in 1955 or after--the year he passed away. 
Another project for you, Daniel. 
--jhe





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Daniel H. Caldwell wrote:

> Einstein's alleged copy of THE SECRET DOCTRINE
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> At this point in time, it would appear that
> Einstein's alleged copy of THE SECRET DOCTRINE
> cannot be located.
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> Reports indicate that the copy is NOT
> at the Adyar TS, is NOT at the Madras ULT
> or Bombay ULT and is not in Einstein's personal
> library at the Albert Einstein Archives,
> Jewish National & University Library,Jerusalem, Israel.
>
> Here is an interesting observation.
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> Sylvia Cranston wrote:
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> "In checking this information it was learned that
> a niece of Einstein's, in India during the 1960s,
> paid a visit to the headquarters of the Theosophical
> Society at Adyar. She explained that she knew
> nothing of theosophy or the society, but had to
> see the place because her uncle always had a copy
> of Madame Blavatsky's Secret Doctrine on his desk.
> The individual to whom the niece spoke was Eunice
> Layton, a world renowned theosophical lecturer who
> happened to be at the reception desk when she arrived.
> While in Ojai, California, in 1982, Sylvia Cranston
> met Mrs. Eunice Layton, who confirmed the story."
> (Cranston, S. L., HPB;: the extraordinary life and influence of
> Helena Blavatsky, founder of the modern theosophical movement, G.
> P.Putnam's Sons, 1993)
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> Notice that Cranston in this account does NOT write that the niece
> gave the copy to the TS Adyar. She does NOT say that
> the niece had the copy with her and showed it to Mrs.
> Layton.
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> Yet Leon in his accounts was told that the niece
> had the copy of the SD with her, showed Einstein's
> (?) jottings and apparently gave the copy to the 
> TS in India.
>
> Is it possible that the niece or nurse kept 
> the copy?
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> Also are there any other sources or documents in
> which Cranston or Layton (or Taylor??) indicate
> that the niece showed the copy, gave the copy?
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> Or can one assume that the showing of the
> copy and the gift of the copy originates
> in Leon's accounts?
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> Also did Dr. Taylor know about Mrs. Layton's
> account? And what did he think about it??
>
> These are just a few of the questions that need
> to be answered.
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> Daniel
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