Theos-Talk Archives (May 2006 Message tt00671)

Dear Friends, 


Some words written by Richard Robb to Daniel Caldwell --  who himself quotes them --  can explain the limitations of the "Blavatsky Archives Online" in its approach to "The Secret Doctrine" and other philosophical matters. 

R. Robb wrote:

"An in depth refutation of your thesis of your thesis must be based on more than mere written evidence. If you were familiar with the thrust of the SD in toto, the underlying appeal to higher mind and intuition, you could see in a flash  that the so-called  'Volume III' reads like an extension of 'Isis'..." (Quoted by D. C.  in his text  "The Myth of the 'Missing' Third Volume of SD", by the end.) 

And R. Robb goes on to say that the authentic third  volume would have to be more esoteric, nos less esoteric than the first two volumes of the SD. Besant's "Third Volume", being less esoteric than the original edition, cannot, therefore, be authentic as a whole. 


R. Robb, considered "a distinguished theosophist" by Daniel and by many  around the planet, says to Daniel: 

"If you were familiar with the thrust of the SD in toto, the underlying appeal to higher mind and intuition, you could see..."


Best regards,  Carlos.   




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Data:Fri, 19 May 2006 14:29:13 -0000

Assunto:Theos-World SUMMARY: CW Vol. 14 heavily dependent on Besant's 3rd Volume

> In the 1897 edition of Volume III of THE SECRET DOCTRINE,
> there are (excluding H.P.B.'s esoteric papers at 
> the back of this volume), 52 sections (or chapters) 
> covering 432 pages of text.
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> 40 of these sections or chapters of the SD Vol. III were SIMPLY 
> transferred by Mr. de Zirkoff into HPB's COLLECTED WRITINGS (most of 
> them into Vol. XIV).
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> It should be clearly stated here that the ONLY EXISTING copies of 
> these 40 sections are the printed copies in SD Vol. III. 
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> Mr. de Zirkoff had NO OTHER versions of these 40 sections to rely on 
> or work with.
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> Furthermore, these 40 sections constitute more than 300 pages of the 
> text of SD III.
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> For the remaining 12 sections of SD III which have corresponding 
> text in the EARLIER Wurzburg manuscript, Mr. de Zirkoff and his team 
> compared the two sets of text, etc. and then decided what to publish 
> in the COLLECTED WRITINGS. 
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> IN SUMMARY:
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> Mr. de Zirkoff transferred into the COLLECTED WRITINGS volumes (most 
> of it into Volume XIV) these hundreds of pages of text DIRECTLY FROM 
> Annie Besant's Vol. III.
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> In other words, COLLECTED WRITINGS, Vol. 14 is heavily DEPENDENT on 
> Annie Besant's 3rd Volume.
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> Mr. Aveline may wish to ignore these important observations but I'm 
> sure Dara Eklund, who was the assistant compiler of Vol. 14, can 
> confirm these observations of mine.
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> And thank you, Ken Small, for your confirmation.
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> In fact, any reader interested in determining the truth of the 
> matter can start by comparing the text of the 52 sections in Vol. 
> III of the SD with Vol. XIV of HPB's COLLECTED WRITINGS.
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> Daniel H. Caldwell
> Blavatsky Study Center
> http://blavatskyarchives.com
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