Theos-Talk Archives (May 2005 Message tt00236)

Are Master Koot Hoomi and Madame Blavatsky
"fundamentalists" when they write the following 
in THE SECRET DOCTRINE?

"Esoteric Buddhism" [by A.P. Sinnett] . . . is 
an excellent book [on Theosophy], and has done 
still more excellent work. But this does not alter 
the fact that it contains some mistaken notions. . . ." 

"The time has arrived for the explanation of some 
matters in this direction." 

"Mistakes have now to be checked by the original 
teachings and corrected. . . ." 

"Among such . . . [was] the erroneous statement that 
two of the superior Globes of the terrestrial chain 
were two of our well-known planets: 

'besides the Earth . . . there are only two other 
worlds of our chain which are visible. . . . Mars and 
Mercury. . . .' (Esoteric Buddhism; p. 136.)" 

"This was a great mistake. . . ." 

"Let it now be distinctly stated, then, that 
the theory broached is impossible. . . . neither 
Mars nor Mercury belong to our chain. . . . ." 

"When the present work was commenced, the 
writer [H.P. Blavatsky is referring to herself], 
feeling sure that the speculation about Mars 
and Mercury was a mistake, applied to the 
Teachers [the Mahatmas] by letter for explanation 
and an authoritative version. Both came in due 
time, and verbatim extracts from these are now given." 

'. . . . . both (Mars and Mercury) are septenary 
chains . . . independent of the Earth's sidereal 
lords and superiors. . . . ' 

". . . Again, here are more extracts from another 
letter written by the same authority. This time 
it is in answer to some objections laid before 
the Teachers....The answer [from Master Koot Hoomi] 
was: -- 

'. . . . Our Globe, as taught from the first, is 
at the bottom of the arc of descent, where the 
matter of our perceptions exhibits itself in its 
grossest form. . . . . . . Hence it only stands 
to reason that the globes which overshadow our 
Earth must be on different and superior planes. 
In short, as Globes, they are in CO-ADUNITION 
but not IN CONSUBSTANTIALITY WITH OUR EARTH 
and thus pertain to quite another state of 
consciousness....What I wrote was 'The minor 
Pralaya concerns only our little STRINGS OF 
GLOBES.' (We called chains 'Strings' in those 
days of lip- confusion.) . . . 'To such a 
string our Earth belongs.' This ought to have 
shown plainly that the other planets were 
also 'strings' or CHAINS. . . . '" 

H.P. Blavatsky's The Secret Doctrine, 1888, Volume I, pp. 160-167.

Daniel
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