Theos-Talk Archives (July 2005 Message tt00142)

Konstantin,

You write:

"Of course, he is making money. Otherwise he would 
put his book online, but he just advertizes it. It's 
the case similar with that of Johnson
who makes similar business on exposing Blavatsky."

First of all, nothing is wrong with making money on
a book. 

I guess HPB wrote books to make money, too, right?
She probably sold more books in her lifetime than
Tillett and Johnson have! So I guess she was in to some
kind of "business" too! Right?

Thirdly, publishers of books usually try to make a profit
on a book. Publishers who do not make profits sooner or
later go out of business. Editors and printers, etc. also
have to be paid in order to live.

Tillett and Johnson may have made millions of dollars off their
books or simply made a few thousand dollars, if that. What does
that have to do with the accuracy of the contents, etc. etc.?

I find it hard to believe that either Tillett or Johnson were
motivated to write their books because they wanted to make money
or get rich. I believe they have had a genuine interest in their
respective subjects and wanted to find out more and also wanted
to publish their findings and conclusions for other interested 
persons. Why is that so bad?

Why deflect attention from the subject matter of their books to the 
authors' possible motivations for writing the books? Is this just a 
distraction?

Tillett should put his book online? Well, this takes money and time 
to accomplish. Konstantin are you willing to donate money so his 
book can be published online?

Better yet. It would be great to see his dissertation on Leadbeater 
published online. Hint...Hint....

Daniel
http://hpb.cc