Theos-Talk Archives (February 2005 Message tt00146)

In a crucial letter to Olcott (1888), K.H. wrote:


"To help you in your present perplexity: H.P.B. has
next to no concern with administrative details, and
should be kept clear of them, so far as her strong
nature can be controlled. But *this you must tell to
all:—With occult matters she has everything to do*. We
have not abandoned her; she is not ‘given over to
chelas’. She is *our direct agent*."


In another letter to Dr Hubbe Schleiden (1885), the
same Adept wrote:


"The present is simply to satisfy the Dr. that — “the
more proof given the less believed”. Let him take my
advice and not make these two documents public. It is
for his own satisfaction that the undersigned is happy
to assure him that *The Secret Doctrine* when ready,
will be the triple production of M..., Upasika and the
Doctor’s most humble servant [K.H.]."


Such passages clearly establish the solid authority of
HPB's writings, more particularly THE SECRET DOCTRINE.


If one considers, for example, the exchange between T.
Subba Row and HPB in "The Theosophist", in the early
1880s, on their different approaches to the
clasification of principles in the human constitution,
and the fact that the septenary division was the one
adopted both in THE SECRET DOCTRINE and THE KEY TO
THEOSOPHY, the same consolidation of authority can be
seen.


A question naturally arises: if hers are the one true
authoritative teachings on Theosophy, is any study and
investigation of Theosophy possible outside her works
and her Teachers' letters?


Pedro 





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