Theos-Talk Archives (February 2006 Message tt00078)

Dear friends in Theos-talk,

Daniel Caldwell kindly brought here part of my recent letter to Betty Bland.

The complete text is below.

It is an answer to the text Ms. Bland had sent to several theosophists, in 
an  attempt to explain why the Adyar TS in America started a lawsuit against 
the of Narada Theosophical Society -- a historically  autonomous group in 
Tacoma.  The Adyar TS seems to be somewhat interested in the possession and 
control of  the building belonging to the Narada TS.

My letter:

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THE NARADA T.S. AND THE CONTEXT


Dear Betty Bland,
                                                      Jan 06th, 2006


As a theosophist, I thank you very much for your message.

This is really an important debate. Indeed, every  theosophical lodge should 
have its independence respected, and this includes Tacoma/Narada TS.

After at first denying any direct involvement in the lawsuit against the 
Tacoma TS theosophists, now the Adyar TS in America  accepts the facts.

In time I hope the Adyar TS will come to publiclly acknowledge and debate 
other mistakes it made.

A few, selected examples:

*The tampering with the first edition of  “The Secret Doctrine”, until the 
ULT finally published the first  facsimile edition in 1925;

*The creation of a shadow power-structure in the Theosophical Society, 
entirely dependent on rituals since the beginning of the 20th century, which 
includes the so-called “E.R.” (of which Geoffrey Farthing wrote in his 
1996-97 “Manifestos”);

*The inclusion of texts not written by H.P.B. in the volume entitled 
“Practical Occultism”, published by TPH as if it were all written by H.P. 
Blavatsky;

*The recent publication  as theosophical texts, and in the name of H.P.B., 
of all the lies and libels made by Mr.  V. Solovyov in the 19th century;

*Denying  the importance of William Q. Judge’s contribution to the esoteric 
philosophy and to the theosophical movement.

I admire your courage to debate.  It expresses the respect you have for the 
movement as a whole. I hope we can count on you to let Truth be better known 
about the History of  the Theosophical Movement – and also about its actual 
power mechanisms.

Theosophical efforts must be based on Truth – in order to be able to meet 
their challenges  in the 21st century.  And this is, no  doubt, our common 
responsibility.

The search for  truth is our common ground, and you have my sincere, 
unconditional respect  and goodwill.

Best regards, Carlos Cardoso Aveline, from Brasília, Brazil.


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The above  note was published in “The Aquarian Theosophist”, March  2006, p. 
05.

See  http://www.teosofia.com/AT.html

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> From: "danielhcaldwell" <danielhcaldwell@yahoo.com>
> Reply-To: theos-talk@yahoogroups.com
> To: theos-talk@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Theos-World Carlos Aveline on Tampering with First Edition of THE 
> SECRET DOCTRINE
> Date: Tue, 07 Feb 2006 16:56:08 -0000
>
> In a letter dated Jan 6, 2006, Carlos Aveline writes to
> Betty Bland, President of the American Section of the TS
> (Adyar):
>
> "In time I hope the Adyar TS will come to publicly
> acknowledge and debate other mistakes it made.
>
> "A few, selected examples:
>
> "1.  The tampering with the first edition of The Secret Doctrine,
> until the ULT published the first facsimile edition in 1925...."
> [The Aquarian Theosophist, March 17, 2006.]
>
> Yes I would like to see such debate and discussion of such
> tampering.
>
> But I would also hope that Carlos Aveline and ULT would
> also want to publicly debate and discuss the publication
> of "tampered" editions of HPB's writing by the ULT (actually The
> Theosophy Company).
>
> See the following articles that demonstrate the
> unacknowledged "tampering" with HPB's original text in two
> books published by the Theosophy Company and sold at ULT lodges
> worldwide:
>
> •  The Theosophy Company's Edition of HPB's The Voice of the Silence
> http://theos-talk.com/archives/199810/tt00044.html
>
> •  HPB on "thin oblong squares" as found in the original edition of
> THE VOICE
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/theos-talk/message/11902
>
> •  An Update on The Theosophy Company's edition of THE VOICE OF THE
> SILENCE
> http://theos-talk.com/archives/200310/tt00153.html
>
> •  Reprint of A Modern Panarion by the Theosophy Company
> http://blavatskyarchives.com/modernpanarion.htm
>
> Does Carlos acknowledge that these are mistakes that the ULT/
> Theosophy Company has committed?  etc. etc.
>
> Daniel
> http://hpb.cc
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