Theos-Talk Archives (January 2005 Message tt00995)

John,

I am doing this from memory so be aware of that.

The assertion by Jinarajadasa is not found in the
original edition of THE ASTRAL PLANE or any of the reprints
of this original edition for the next 3 or 4 decades.

But in 1933 TPH Adyar issued
the 1st Adyar ed. rev. and enlarged.

See catalog record below:

The astral plane /
Author(s): Leadbeater, C. W. 1847-1934. (Charles Webster),
Publication: Adyar, Madras : Theosophical Pub. House,
Edition: 1st Adyar ed. rev. & enl.
Year: 1933
Description: xxi, 183 p. ; 17 cm.
Language: English
Series: Theosophical manual ;; no. 5;
Standard No: ISBN: 0835670937
SUBJECT(S)
Descriptor: Theosophy.
Class Descriptors: Dewey: 212.5
Responsibility: by C. W. Leadbeater ; introduction by C.
Jinarajadasa.
Document Type: Book

It is in this Adyar edition and subsequent reprints
of this edition that C. Jinarajadasa wrote an
introduction where the assertion is made.

When you refer to the "Manuals pertinnent" that Leadbeater
and Besant wrote and published in the 1890s (I assume
that is what you are referring to!!), Ernest
Wood had nothing to do with them since he was not involved
in Theosophy at that point of time (this also from my
unconfirmed memory).

Hope this helps.

Daniel

> Daniel,
> Well, I guess there is some confusion on my part here. The 1910 
TPS London 
> Ed. Introduction is not ascribed to Jinarajadasa and I see no 
mention in that 
> edition to what you say is in the Adyar version, so is it your 
point that the 
> assertation that the original manuscript was transmitted to K.H.'s 
Library is 
> exclusive to the later Adyar editions or is the "assertion" found 
in the 
> original Edition also? I also found the post about Ernest Woods 
being the actual 
> "Ghost"writer of the Manuals pertinnent, even if CWL took credit 
for them when 
> he didn't write them the explanations lay with those who did much 
like the 
> controversy about Volume three of the S.D. seems to me.
> 
> John
> 
> John
> 
> 
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