Theos-Talk Archives (November 2006 Message tt00686)

Daniel,

Still, I don't see you accusing the Theosophy Co. of tampering. 

You try to rain down on it your vague claims of editorial changes in HPB's works, allegations which you repeat in a most generous, but abstract, way; yet you do not answer to the actual tampering confessions (thus evidenced by confession) made by Adyar leaders.

Carlos. 


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Assunto:Theos-World The High Standard Set by the Theosophy Company

> Over the years, The Theosophy Company has prided itself on
> providing photographic reprints of many of HPB's ORIGINAL works.
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> Many ULT students have talked about this publishing standard and have 
> sometimes criticized other Theosophical publishers for not following 
> this standard. For example, the late Dallas Tenbroeck from time to 
> time on Theos-Talk wrote about this Theosophy Company standard, etc.
> 
> Read what The Theosophy Company publisher writes in their 1947 
> edition of THE SECRET DOCTRINE:
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> "With the present printing of THE SECRET DOCTRINE, The Theosophy
> Company continues its function of providing students and inquirers
> with unaltered editions of the original literature of the Theosophical
> Movement. . . . this edition is a perfect facsimile of the original
> edition and can be relied upon as such."
> 
> unaltered...original....perfect facsimile...can be relied upon....
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> And earlier in the same "Publishers' Preface", pains were taken to
> point out to readers:
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> "Besides the original edition of 1888---the only one authorized
> by Madame Blavatsky---several other editions of this work have
> appeared. One of these, the so-called 'Third and Revised
> Edition' of 1893, is marred by many thousands of alterations, some
> of them trivial, some actual mutilations of the original text."
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> marred....alterations....
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> And this preface went on to say the following about another edition
> of the SD:
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> "Except for gratuitous 'corrections' of the author's [Blavatsky's]
> Sanskrit scholarship. . . . this edition is virtually an accurate
> reproduction of the original text. Its exact authenticity, however,
> cannot be determined without laborious comparison with the original."
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> Note the phrase used by the Theosophy Company: 
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> GRATUITOUS 'CORRECTIONS'
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> Now I ask the inquiring reader and student:
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> How many of the POINTS made in this "Publishers' Preface" by the 
> Theosophy Company could be equally applied to THEIR OWN edition of 
> THE VOICE OF THE SILENCE??
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> Let me just apply one of these statements to the VOICE.
> 
> The exact authenticity of the Theosophy Company's VOICE OF THE 
> SILENCE cannot be determined WITHOUT LABORIOUS COMPARISON with HPB's 
> original of 1889.
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> And the question that remains unanswered is:
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> Since the Theosophy Company chose to produce photographic facsimiles 
> of HPB's original SECRET DOCTRINE, original ISIS UNVEILED and 
> original KEY TO THEOSOPHY, why did they decide not to reprint in 
> photographic facsimile the original of THE VOICE OF THE SILENCE?
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> Daniel
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