Theos-Talk Archives (March 2006 Message tt00120)

Dear Steve,

Yes, we must learn from our past mistakes  in order not to keep
repeating them...

Besides, there is no real separation between Adyar Society and the 
theosophical
movement at large, at the occult level.

Best regards, Carlos.


> From: Steven Levey <sallev1@yahoo.com>
> Reply-To: theos-talk@yahoogroups.com
> To: theos-talk@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: Theos-World HPB SEES "POOR COWARDS" IN ADYAR
> Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2006 07:44:26 -0800 (PST)
>
> Dear Carlos,
>
>       Fine reporting. These are evidences that open minds cannot dismiss.
>       It makes me think that we are totally responsible for the state of 
> Theosophical affairs as they are today, and that our duty is clearly to 
> work with our eyes open upon the present, with the addition of an 
> occassional bit of hindsite to see that the traps of the past are always 
> lurking in the present.
>
>   Steve
>
> carlosaveline cardoso aveline <carlosaveline@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> Dear Friends in Theos-talk,
>
> ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
>
> The Coulomb’s and Solovyof’s Libels:
>
> H.P.B. SEES “POOR MISERABLE COWARDS” IN ADYAR.
>
> ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
>
>
> For several years now, the Adyar Esoteric School and the Adyar TS leaders 
> in
> India have been doing nothing while “editors” like John Algeo and Daniel
> Caldwell try to incorporate into the theosophical literature the worst
> libels and lies created by the Coulombs and by Mr. Solovyof against H.P.B.
> (1)
>
> For some reason, Adyar TS people in India seem to have forgotten that
> H.P.B. was the founder of the theosophical movement and of the Esoteric
> School.
>
> If you make an effort to clarify their position, perhaps you can get a
> personal letter from Mrs. Radha Burnier accepting the fact that those false
> letters ascribed to H.P.B. are “obviously spurious” – and kindly telling
> you that she considers herself free from any responsibility as to
> publishing those “theosophical” libels against the Messenger.
>
> What is the meaning of such a thing? In fact, time is cyclic and this
> situation in Adyar is far from being entirely new.
>
> When these very same forgeries and libels first appeared during the 1880s,
> H.P. Blavatsky had something to say about the Adyar leaders’ position in
> that occasion – an occasion, by the way, which was essentially similar
> to the one we live now, although everything was much more dramatic in those
> crucial times.
>
> In a letter to A. P. Sinnett, H.P.B. asked herself:
>
> “”Why should my best friends allow me to be so vilified!”” (2)
>
> And then she commented:
>
> ““While my enemies tear me to pieces the Adyar people play at ‘hide and
> seek’ – they pretend to be dead – Oh! the poor miserable cowards!! (...) I
> tell you I suffer more from theosophical ‘traitors’ than from the Coulomb,
> Patterson or even the S.P.R.”” (3)
>
>
> I wish I could say the situation has improved since the 1880s.
>
> It hasn’t, so far. But I hope it can still improve – and I add; the sooner
> the better.
>
>
> Best regards, Carlos Cardoso Aveline, from Brazil.
>
>
> O o o O o o O o o O o o O o o O
>
>
> NOTES:
>
> (1) This was done in their books “The Letters of H.P. Blavatsky, Volume I”
> (J. Algeo) and “The Esoteric World of Madame Blavatsky” (D. Caldwell). Both
> were published by the TPH in the USA.
>
> (2) “The Letters of H.P. Blavatsky to A.P. Sinnett”, T.U.P., Pasadena, USA,
> 1973, Letter XLVI, see p. 112.
>
> (3) Same Letter, see Note (2) above, but on page 114.
>
>
> O o o O o o O o o O o o O o o O
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