Theos-Talk Archives (March 2006 Message tt00123)

Carlos,

Can you tell us which chapter in 'The Esoteric World of Madame 
Blavatsky' you find objectional ? I read it many years back but can 
not recall that much. However, the book is online (no page numbers), 
so I can check again. 

Caldwell and Algeo are merely trying to document history in their own 
way. I don't find it very interesting but they seem to be respectful 
in their material. In fact the website descibes Daniel as 'a vigorous 
Blavatsky advocate'.

I don't know of any theosophist who takes the Coulomb allegations 
seriously these days. I have not read the Solovyoff letters.

Regards,

Dave
--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, "carlosaveline cardoso aveline" 
<carlosaveline@...> wrote:
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> 
> 
> 
> 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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