Theos-Talk Archives (May 2005 Message tt00757)

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I see that you ignored and did NOT address my 
question which was:

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HPB had the portrait of Master Morya on display 
in her rooms in London in the last years of her life. 
Anyone coming to her theosophical meetings including 
the general public, scholars and reporters could see the
portrait. She did not hide the portrait.

WAS THIS "INDISCRIMINATE DISPLAY" BY BLAVATSKY OF THE
MASTER'S PORTRAIT??

Please explain otherewise ... if you can.
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I see that you write also:

"I will warn as many seekers as I can reach about such blind 
scholarship...."

I too will warn as many seekers and inquirers as I can of how you 
deal with such issues.

And when you write:

"It even explains why the printing of letter 7 and the Solovyoff 
series were mixed in with Madame Blavatsky's letters."

Well, first of all I was NOT the editor.

And least you forget the original editor of the letters (that is, 
John Cooper) intended those letters to be mixed in too. See his 
dissertation for proof of this and I recall nothing in his 
dissertation or in the final manuscript he sent to Wheaton where he 
said anything about the Solovyoff series. I assume you would have 
also criticized him for doing such???? I will check again Cooper's 
original material and see exactly what he wrote.

My view is that ALL the letters should be in the volume and I have 
no objection to notes being added to the letters. But readers and 
students should have easily at their fingertips all of these letters 
and should decide for themselves whether the letters are authentic 
or not. That was my original point to FOHAT.

Personally I prefer to believe Letter 7 is not authentic but just 
because I prefer that doesn't mean the letter is not genuine. Both 
Cooper and Algeo added a note warning the reader.

Readers need to learn to think for themselves. I believe in giving 
them full access to all the material.

Daniel