Theos-Talk Archives (July 2004 Message tt00283)

Dear Anand,

Thanks for your reply below.

Concerning your quote which reads:

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Annie Besant was appointed before Mme. Blavatsky's 
passing in 1891 as "Chief Secretary of the Inner 
Group of the Esoteric Section and Recorder of the 
Teaching", and her successor in Outer Headship of 
the Esoteric Section.

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In my soon to be published book, I reproduce in
facsimile HPB's document appointing Mrs. Besant
as "Chief Secretary of the Inner 
Group of the Esoteric Section and Recorder of the 
Teaching".

But I am unaware of any document/evidence that shows
that HPB appointed Mrs. Besant as "her successor in 
Outer Headship of the Esoteric Section."

In fact, soon after HPB's death, William Judge
and Annie Besant became joint Outer Heads of the E.S.

Your handbook apparently leaves that out.

All of those documents relating to what happened
soon after HPB's death will also be reproduced
in facsimile in my book.

Daniel
http://hpb.cc




--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, "Anand Gholap" <AnandGholap@A...> 
wrote:
> Dear Friend,
> 
> I am writing below passage from Indian Section handbook. They might 
have taken references from 'Old Diary Leaves' by H.S. Olcott.:-
> 
> " The one and the only one" with prophetic vision wrote H. P. 
Blavatsky of Annie Besant in 1890. Annie Besant was appointed before 
Mme. Blavatsky's passing in 1891 as "Chief Secretary of the Inner 
Group of the Esoteric Section and Recorder of the Teaching", and her 
successor in Outer Headship of the Esoteric Section. Among other 
duties she had the custodianship of H.P.B.'s unpublished teachings, 
as explained by the President-Founder in 1891 at the European 
Convention a few months after H.P.B.'s passing: " H.P.B. has not gone 
away and left us absolutely without unpublished remains;on the 
contrary she has left a large body of them, and in the custody of her 
chosen depository, Mrs. Besant, who in the proper way and at the 
proper moment, will give them out to the world."
> 
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> 
> It shows H.P.B. had complete confidence in occult development, 
capacity and character of Annie Besant. When it is so clearly written 
it is ridiculous that some people don't respect Annie Besant and her 
judgement.
> 
> Similarly Annie Besant has expressed complete confidence in occult 
development of C.W. Leadbeater at many places.
> 
> Best regards.
> 
> Fraternally,
> 
> Anand Gholap
> 
> 
> 
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