Theos-Talk Archives (July 2006 Message tt00145)

Daniel,

Precisely so.

The SPR had never any official accusations against HPB,so its 1986 self-criticism as to its own falsehood and faked accusations could only be un-official, or informal.  

The second round of Coulombs/Soloviofs -- who now do not get bribes any longer --  systematically ignore the fact that the SPR withdrew (informally but effectivelly) its informal but effective charges. 

As to the falsehood publicists, things changed a bit. Those 19 century guys were professionals: they got bribes and all.  

These now seem to be rather amateurish. 


Best regards,  Carlos Cardoso Aveline 




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Assunto:[Spam] Theos-World Leslie Price: "...they did NOT at the same time cancel the 1885 report...."

> Leslie Price at my request wrote the following which was
> previously posted on this forum:
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> "As one who has served twice on the SPR Council, and
> who was involved in the arrangements for the publication
> of Vernon's paper in JSPR April 1986, I can confirm
> that the Society has NO collective view on Theosophical
> phenomena....in publishing Vernon's paper, they did NOT at the
> same time cancel the 1885 report - in the way that
> for example, a scientific publication might withdraw
> a discredited paper on human cloning. ALL the published
> material - including the little known first and provisional
> report of the SPR committee - remains available for study." 
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> Notice:
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> "....the Society [for Psychical Research] has NO collective view on 
> Theosophical phenomena...." Whether pro or con.........
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> "....in publishing Vernon's paper, they did NOT at the
> same time cancel the 1885 report - in the way that
> for example, a scientific publication might withdraw
> a discredited paper on human cloning."
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> The views of authors of papers and reports in the SPR proceedings 
> and journal are the views of the authors....NOT the views of the 
> SPR....
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> After Vernon Harrison presented his views in the Journal of the SPR, 
> another member of the SPR (Michael Coleman) disputed Harrison's 
> findings in the same journal and presented his own views.
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> In the future, some other author may write an article published in 
> the SPR journal in which it is contended HPB was a fraud...pure and 
> simple.
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> Will that mean then that the SPR once again backs the claim that HPB 
> was a fraud?
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> I have a friend who believes Harrison's report isn't worth the paper 
> it is written on. He has even written an unpublished rebuttal to 
> Harrison's paper.
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> Personally I think there are a few flaws in Harrison's arguments but 
> that his paper is a valuable contribution to the controversy. 
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> Personally, I believe HPB was not a fraud and actually performed 
> genuine paranormal phenomena.
> 
> Daniel
> http://hpb.cc
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