Theos-Talk Archives (June 2004 Message tt00051)

Steve, you wrote to Bart:

> Ever since you proved that all the theosophical "miracles" were 
> nothing but just magic tricks I have come more and more to the 
> reluctant conclusion that theosophy itself is a waste of time.
> 
> Not obly were the miracles all magic treicks, but Rich Taylor has 
> procved that all the books were plagiarized. William Emmette 
Coleman 
> provces that a centuru earlier so that is old news.
> 
> Hodgson proved that the mahatma letters were all - all of them - 
> forged by Blavatsky and Damodar.
> 
> An honest person is then led to suspect that K. Paul Johnson was 
> right. If there were no mahatmas writing mahatma letters, there is 
> no compelling reason to believe there were any mahatmas period.
> 
> That doesn't leave a hell of a lot. Go forward in time and all you 
> see is a lot of scumbags, liars, and child molesters like CW 
> Leadbeater. Man have we all been snookered.
> 
> Do the earth a favor. Put any theosophical books you have out for 
> recycling. Don't just throw them in the trash. Let the recycling 
> people do something useful with the waste paper.

Steve, 

I am somewhat amazed by your conclusions.

When did Bart prove that HPB's occult phenomena were "nothing but 
just magic tricks"? I would love to see his essay in which he
does this. I believe you have simply jumped to a conclusion that 
even Bart would not accept.

Did Rich Taylor prove that all of HPB's books were plagiarized? It 
would be interesting to get Rich's response to your statement. As 
far as I can tell he never claimed to have done what you say he did!

And it appears that you misunderstand what Coleman's basic criticism 
was of HPB's books. Maybe you should carefully reread Coleman's 
material.

You also write:

"Hodgson proved that the mahatma letters were all - all of them - 
forged by Blavatsky and Damodar."

I have read Hodgson's report and studied it quite extensively and I 
do not find that Hodgson proved what you claim.

In fact, as far as I know, Hodgson was not a handwriting expert.
And Dr. Paul Kirk and Dr. Verson Harrison, both expert document 
examiners, came to the very opposite conclusion about the Mahatma 
Letters.

You continue:

"An honest person is then led to suspect that K. Paul Johnson was 
right."

Right about what?

As I have documented in several essays, Johnson's research and 
reasoning is flawed in numerous ways.

My essay at: http://blavatskyarchives.com/johnsonparanormal3.htm
clearly shows the faulty reasoning in many of Johnson's 
statements.

Of course you are entitled to your own opinions... but if you 
want others to understand and possibily accept your statements, you 
will have to do a much better job of explaining in detail the 
reasoning behind your statements. The devil is in the details and you 
provide none of those. 

Daniel