Theos-Talk Archives (August 2004 Message tt00553)

well, in a book called 'abridgement' one can expect this...

Katinka
--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, "Daniel H. Caldwell" 
<danielhcaldwell@y...> wrote:
> The references are as follows:
> 
> Theosophical History
> 
> January 1988, p. 142 "Mars - Introduction" 
> by Leslie Price
> January 1988, pp. 143-148 "Mars & Its Inhabitants" 
> by C.W. Leadbeater 
> [reprinted from CWL's 
> THE INNER LIFE]
> 
> I believe that when Quest Books published
> an abridgement of THE INNER LIFE, the editor
> deleted CWL's account about Mars. This is from
> memory so I could be wrong.
> 
> Interested readers can see that account on the
> following webpage:
> 
> http://blavatskyarchives.com/leadbeatermars.htm
> 
> Daniel
> http://hpb.cc
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> --- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, "kpauljohnson" 
<kpauljohnson@y...> 
> wrote:
> > --- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, "stevestubbs" 
<stevestubbs@y...> 
> wrote:
> > 
> > > If what you say is true, that is more indicative of bad faith 
on 
> the 
> > > part of the TPH editors than their effort to suppress 
Tillett's 
> book.
> > > 
> > > Do you have examples of ridiculous elements you would care to 
> share.
> > 
> > Just one, sorry. Since I've never made it through, or even very 
far
> > into, any of his books, this is second hand information. But 
from a
> > very reliable source: Leslie Price wrote about this problem in a 
TH
> > editorial years ago. The one embarrassing item that I recall him
> > mentioning was CWL's elaborate descriptions of contemporary 
Martian
> > civilization. But that's not the only example of bad faith
> > "abridgment" of CWL. Daniel or JHE will probably know of 
others; I 
> do
> > recall that two books were mentioned in this context and not 
just 
> one.
> > Still have my old THs but won't have access to them until next 
week
> > if no answer emerges.
> > 
> > Paul