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"Daniel Caldwell attacks Boris de Zirkoff's work." ?????????

Jul 19, 2006 07:59 AM
by danielhcaldwell


"Daniel Caldwell attacks Boris de Zirkoff's work." ?????????

Carlos, you write:

"Daniel Caldwell attacks Boris de Zirkoff's work."

I simply stated the facts which can be confirmed
by anyone.  

Carlos, ask Dallas or Jerome if what I state about
Boris' edition of the SD is not true.

I repeat below what I said in my previous email.  Each
reader can decide if I am "attacking" Boris' work or
simply stating the facts:

Boris de Zirkoff in fact "silently edited" the Collected
Writings edition of the Secret Doctrine first published by
Adyar TPH and later reprinted by Wheaton TPH.

In other words, Boris EDITED H.P.B.'s text changing spellings of
words, actually substituted "one word" for another one in many
instances, etc. etc....

This in fact constitutes SILENT EDITING. That is, by looking
at the BdeZ edition of the SD, it is NOT possible to determine what
changes, etc. have actually been made in the text by Boris de
Zirkoff.

Daniel
http://hpb.cc



--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, "carlosaveline" 
<carlosaveline@...> wrote:
>
> Friends,
> 
> 
> Now Daniel Caldwell attacks Boris de Zirkoff's work.  And, of 
course, he attacks his work through inuendos and rhetoric questions, 
as he does with HPB, Judge, the ULT, etc.  
> 
> A revealing attitude, since Boris' contribution to the movement 
and to its literature is outstanding.  
> 
> Things are not all black and white. I prefer facsimile editions of 
the "Secret Doctrine".  But Boris' edition of the "Secret Doctrine" 
is fundamentally sane and healthy. Nothing like Annie Besant's 1897 
edition. 
> 
> I see mistakes in the Adyar TS -- and I also see some steps ahead. 
One of them was abandoning the Besant edition of the SD. 
> 
> Facsimilar editions (published by Theosophy Co. and T.U.P.) can be 
used and compared with Boris' TPH edition. 
> 
> 
> Best regards,   Carlos Cardoso Aveline  
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> De:theos-talk@yahoogroups.com
> 
> Para:theos-talk@yahoogroups.com
> 
> Cópia:
> 
> Data:Wed, 19 Jul 2006 05:53:22 -0000
> 
> Assunto:Theos-World Re: Carlos on "the authentic edition of 
the 'Secret Doctrine' prepared by Boris....!
> 
> > Very interesting information, thanks
> > I use the TUP edition of the SD is that edition free of editing?
> > 
> > The online edition says the following :
> > 
> > "This edition was corrected against the facsimile edition of 
1888. 
> > Obvious errors, such as missing letters, have been corrected; 
> > otherwise it follows the facsimile edition -- material not 
appearing 
> > there appears in double brackets [[ ]]. Hebrew characters are 
> > inserted as illustrations, but Greek text has been 
transliterated 
> > into italic Latin characters in double brackets. For further 
> > explanation of the conventions used, go to the Notes file."
> > 
> > http://www.theosociety.org/pasadena/sd/sd-hp.htm
> > 
> > Cheers
> > 
> > Perry
> > 
> > 
> > --- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, "danielhcaldwell" 
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Carlos on "the authentic edition of the 'Secret Doctrine' 
> > > prepared by Boris de Zirkoff"....!!!!!!
> > > 
> > > Carlos writes:
> > > 
> > > =================================================
> > > It was the Theosophy Co. which first re-published 
> > > the original Secret Doctrine in 1925, thus starting 
> > > the tendency to keep to original editions and to abandon
> > > the "silently edited" and "adapted" editions promoted 
> > > by Adyar. Later on, by FINALLY adopting the AUTHENTIC
> > > edition of the "Secret Doctrine" prepared by Boris de 
> > > Zirkoff, the very Adyar TS abandoned the fancy and
> > > illegitimate edition of the SD published by GRS Mead 
> > > and Annie Besant in 1897. 
> > > ================================================
> > > 
> > > caps added.
> > > 
> > > I really wonder why Carlos praises "the authentic edition of 
> > > the 'Secret Doctrine' prepared by Boris de Zirkoff".
> > > 
> > > He gives the impression that Adyar abandoned "silent
> > > editing" by adopting the BdeZ "authentic" edition.
> > > 
> > > I have no idea what Carlos means by "authentic".
> > > 
> > > I suppose he has some definition in his mind.
> > > 
> > > But consider the following:
> > > 
> > > Boris de Zirkoff in fact "silently edited" the Collected
> > > Writings edition of the Secret Doctrine first published by
> > > Adyar TPH and later reprinted by Wheaton TPH.
> > > 
> > > In other words, Boris EDITED H.P.B.'s text changing spellings 
of
> > > words, actually substituted "one word" for another one in many 
> > > instances, etc. etc. 
> > > 
> > > Many examples have been given of these "editings" by Tony 
Maddock
> > > of the Mahatma Letters Trust and also by the late Walter 
> > > Carrithers. Both Maddock and Carrithers have SEVERELY 
criticized 
> > > Boris' editing.
> > > 
> > > This in fact constitutes SILENT EDITING. That is, by looking
> > > at the BdeZ edition of the SD, it is NOT possible to determine 
what
> > > changes, etc. have actually been made in the text by Boris de 
> > > Zirkoff.
> > > 
> > > In fact, one could aptly borrow a sentence from the Theosophy 
> > > Company to describe Mr. de Zirkoff's edition of the SD:
> > > 
> > > "Its exact authenticity, however, cannot be determined without 
> > > laborious comparison with the original."
> > > 
> > > And Carlos is apparently more than willing to approve of 
> > > THIS "silent editing" with these significant words:
> > > 
> > > "the authentic edition of the 'Secret Doctrine' prepared by 
Boris 
> > de 
> > > Zirkoff". !!!!!
> > > 
> > > Now it is true that Boris warns the reader in the prefactory 
> > > material to the new edition that this kind of silent editing 
has 
> > > been done.
> > > 
> > > At least, this is a decided improvement over NO note in the 
> > > Theosophy Company's edition of the VOICE to warn readers 
> > > that "silent editing" has been done!!!
> > > 
> > > Daniel
> > > http://hpb.cc
> > >








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