Theos-Talk Archives (February 2006 Message tt00485)

H.P. BLAVATSKY ON MARS AND MERCURY.


Dear Friends,


Mr. Pedro Oliveira quotes HPB’s  “Secret Doctrine”.
The quotation was correctly copied by him.  [See p. 707, volume  II,  Boris 
de Zirkoff’s edition, and at the same page and volume in The Theosophy Co.’s 
edition.]


In the paragraph quoted,  H.P.B.  says absolutely NOTHING that can suggest 
that the  fancies written by C. W. Leadbeater  about Mars and Mercury are 
correct.  Just the opposite.

After stating that other planets may have other forms of life which will be 
VERY DIFFERENT from those on our own planet,    H.P.B.  writes in the 
paragraph:

“ (...) and it seems perfectly useless to go into detailed questions of the 
physiology, etc., etc., of these hypothetical  inhabitants, since after all 
the reader can arrive only at an imaginary extension of his familiar 
surroundings.”


That’s precisely what Mr. Leadbeater did.  In his writings about Mars and 
Mercury, he produced a detailed, mayavic,  imaginary extension or mental 
projection of his own familiar surroundings.

But this is not all.

The Martian & Mercurian fancies did not start with Mr. Leadbeater,  and HPB 
clearly  states that they  are false in the very   “Secret Doctrine”.  She 
writes:

“When  the present work was commenced, the  writer, feeling sure that the 
speculation about Mars and Mercury was a mistake, applied to the Teachers by 
letter  for explanation and an authoritative version. Both came in due time, 
and verbatim extracts from these are now given.  ‘It is quite correct that 
Mars is in a state of obscuration at present,  and Mercury just beginning to 
get out of it’  (...).”  [Volume I, p. 165, of the Boris de Zirkoff  
edition,  same page and volume, “The Theosophy Co.’s edition.]

Had C.W.L. read “The Secret Doctrine” and other writings by H.P.B. with due 
attention, he would not have lost time visiting Mars and Mercury so often.

But then he would also have avoided  talking too much to the “Lord Christ”.

After all,  H.P.B. clearly  wrote that  there will be no outer and physical 
Messiah coming any time soon
[ “Collected Writings”, TPH, vol. VIII, p. 172-173 ].

That did NOT keep C.W.L. from announcing to the World that Christ  was 
coming back  through Krishnamurti and his Liberal Catholic Church.

O o o O o o O o o O o o O o o O o o O

Peace to all beings,  Carlos Cardoso Aveline.

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