Theos-Talk Archives (May 2006 Message tt00622)

(Continued from Part 1)
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Now I would like to quote again from the Publisher's
Preface to the Theosophy Company's edition of THE SECRET
DOCTRINE.

The Theosophy Company states that SD volume III
"forms no part of the original SECRET DOCTRINE written by H.P.B."

Unfortunately, the writer of this statement does not
give us either his reasoning or the evidence that would help us
to understand how he arrived at that conclusion.

Thinking about this statement, one might ask oneself:

What does the writer mean by "the original SECRET DOCTRINE written 
by H.P.B. "?

Now it is my thesis that the HPB quote on Socrates that Carlos
cited is actually from "the original SECRET DOCTRINE written by
H.P.B."

Let us expand on this.

The HPB quote on Socrates is to be found in a section or chapter
or article titled: 

"What the Occultists and Kabalists Have to Say"

This article was originally published in 1897 in Volume III of the 
SD on pages 211-214.

An online version of this article from SD, Volume III
can be viewed at:

http://www.theosophical.ca/SecDoctrine3B.htm#211

Boris de Zirkoff REPRINTED this article in HPB's Collected Writings, 
Volume XIV, pages 220-224.

Now as I said above, it is my thesis that the HPB quote on Socrates 
and in fact the whole article "What the Occultists and Kabalists 
Have to Say" was "part of the original SECRET DOCTRINE written by 
H.P.B."

(Continued in Part 3)

Daniel
http://hpb.cc