Theos-Talk Archives (May 2004 Message tt00169)

Daniel, these are not reports. Rather, it is just one of many often 
repeated apocryphal stories that come up again and again in TS circles. 
This one has been circulating for decades that I know of. It usually 
goes something like: "There is at Princeton University a very worn copy 
of the Secret Doctrine that is said to have been Einstein's personal 
copy." We have lots and lots of these stories in TS circles, and when 
checked out, they always seem to lead to dead ends, and continue to be 
repeated anyway. I never heard of anyone bothering to check this one 
out, and figured (as you demonstrated) it would relatively easy to do. 
The only (in my opinion) credible first hand witness to an 
Einstein-Theosophy connection whom I have ever met was Dr. Taylor. I am 
also aware of the late Eunice Layton's story about "Einstein's niece" 
visiting Adyar, and figured that there is probably something to it. 
However, based upon other experiences I have had with her, I personally 
did not consider Mrs. Layton a particularly credible source for accurate 
information about anything. 
--jhe


Daniel H. Caldwell wrote:

> Although there are at least two different editions of HPB's SD
> in the Princeton University Library, an initial inquiry
> turns up nothing that would indicate that any of these
> editions belonged to Einstein. Another search is being
> undertaken at PUL but at this point I think this is a
> blind alley.
>
> Jerry, can you tell us more about these reports you had
> indicating that Einstein's copy of the SD was at this library?
> Had the persons seen the copy or just what?
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> Daniel
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