Theos-Talk Archives (February 2006 Message tt00332)

Konstantin,

Thanks a lot.

1) As to Dostoievksy, he is universal besides being Russian.  His books are 
in general heavy to read, but deep portraits of human moral suffering, and  
few novelists got quoted the way  he did by one of the Mahatmas in their 
Letters. He obviously got in their direct area of influence in his later 
years.  His worldwide impact on human thought can be also measured by the 
fact that his novels are part of the foundations of Sigmund Freud's 
Psychoanalysis (unconscious conflitct of fathers x sons).  Leon Tolstoy also 
got mentioned by the Masters in their Letters, directly, as other writers, 
scientists and mystics of different centuries and countries did.

2)And  S. Freud,  one of whose sources of inspiration was Dostoievsky, wrote 
about centralized religions just like the Masters wrote in the famous Prayag 
Letter, and in the also famous and polemic Letter 10 (TUP edition) or Letter 
88 (Chronological Edition) of the Mahatma Letters.

3)Dostoievsky's  denunciation of priests and their hipocrisy in "Karamazov 
Brothers" got directly in the line of Mahatmas's action and influence. Just 
the opposite from what C.W. Leadbeater did creating a new Christian Church 
inside the theosophical movement, the Liberal Catholic Church, with a new  
"Christ", which would be J. Kidshnamurti.

4)  Tomorrow I will bring you more specific data on the false Russian 
Letter.  Which, by the way,
seems to have been commented by HPB herself, since the story that she was a 
Russian Spy was invented during the 1880s, to discredit the theosophical 
movement in India. HPB wrote about that in her  Letters to A.P. Sinnett.

5)  I don't have internet at home, as I live in the rural area. So I cannot 
consult anything right now.  One "transcription" of the "Russian Spy"  
letter, or its false original,  is said to be in a Museum of the October 
Revolution (perhaps in Ukraine?)  but I will give you proper data tomorrow.  
HPB loved Russia, but she was not a spy. She was a theosophist, a woman in 
19th century who challenged  every power in the world.       Both the 
Vatican and other religious and secular "powers"  were busy trying to 
destroy or hinder her work.  A work  which was not hers, but shich she 
served and helped as she could.

6) As to Daniel Caldwell, I invite you to read Paul Johnson's several 
testimonies on Daniel creating false persons to attack theosophical groups. 
I am still waiting for any clarifications from Daniel, as I do believe in 
people's right to give out their own version of facts.  It has been one week 
today, Friday, since Paul sent us his first text on the secretly aggressive 
activities apparently developed by Daniel.  As you know, truthfulness is of 
the essence in Theosophy, as in life in general.


Greetings,  Carlos.

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> From: "Konstantin Zaitzev" <kay_ziatz@yahoo.com>
> Reply-To: theos-talk@yahoogroups.com
> To: theos-talk@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Theos-World Re: To Konstantin in Russia
> Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 20:52:30 -0000
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> --- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, "carlosaveline cardoso aveline"
> wrote:
>
> > I do not know if people care for Russian classics now in Russia,
> > but Dostoievsky was key to me many decades ago,  and I enjoy
> > reading Tolstoy to-day
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> Yes, the classics is popular even now, and the serial "Idiot" after
> Dostoyevsky was recently shown on the TV recently in a prime-time.
> But I think that Dostoyevsky is a somewhat wrong key. He made
> bad publicity for Russians showing them as gloomy and irrational
> people. It's just like judging about Americans by charachters of the
> novels by Edgar Poe. After a century it still damages reputation of
> our country. Tolstoy is much better in this respect.
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> > If you or anyone you know can help me investigate about the
> > false "Russian Spy Letter", which is said to be in an Russian
> > Museum now, please let me know.
>
> Can you quote this letter? I don't know which particular letter is
> meant. Now I can only say that "Russian Museum" is probably
> wrong name, for this museum is located in St.Peterburg and is
> dedicated exclusively to the fine arts.
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> Yet there is quite normal to meet definitely partiotic assertions
> in her letters, like "I am ready to serve rather to the Russian
> science that to their German-English MaxMullerian one", and
> some extreme political assertions.
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> There are two main storages where her letters can be kept,
> Russian State Archive of Literary Sources and Russian State
> Library (former Lenin Library), but it's doubtful that the mantioned
> letter is there, for all letters from there are (most probably)
> already published and there are no any "spy letters" among them.
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