Theos-Talk Archives (November 2006 Message tt01042)

Friends,


I fully agree with the commentaries made by Dr. Tillett, below. 


The question is ethical, and from my viewpoint it is not only a question of defending the founder of the movement.  It is a question of having respect for the reader, who is being led to misinformation and illusions by the editorial practices followed by dr. John Algeo in the first volume of   "HPB Letters True and False" (TPH 2003). 

Whether one likes it or not, Ethics is necessary in any human activity.  

Ethics also allows one to have accuracy,  and to be efficient in  what they do.  

Regards,   Carlos. 




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Data:Wed, 22 Nov 2006 06:57:27 +1100 (EST)

Assunto:Theos-World Editing HPB's letters

> In answer to Carlos? question: ?But would Tillett approve of REMOVING 27
> letters from the HPB Letters Volume I as apparently you and Jerome Wheeler
> and others are advocating????
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> As I have previously written, I am not an authority on Blavatsky or her
> writings, so I can only answer in the abstract.
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> If a letter, in whole or part, has been previously published or claimed as
> a letter of HPB, it should be included but with critical commentary as to
> questions about whether or not it is genuine. It may be that an appendix
> of ?Controversial Letters? could be used to deal with this problem.
> 
> Letters should not be omitted on the grounds of content alone ? that HPB
> couldn?t or wouldn?t have written this?. - but of provenance and
> historicity. The fact that someone hostile to HPB originally published a
> letter tells us nothing necessarily about whether the letter is genuine.
> 
> Openness, transparency and honesty should be the guidelines ? if there are
> questions or doubts, these should be specified, rather than just leaving a
> letter out.
> 
> If any letters are left out, these should be listed (e.g. in an appendix)
> with an explanation as to why they are not included (and I, as argued
> above, would prefer to see them included with commentary) with reference
> to their sources so readers could find them if they wanted to make their
> own assessments.
> 
> All editorial decisions ? including minor matters like changes of
> spelling, punctuation, etc. ? should be clearly specified, as should
> decisions about variations of texts where several versions of a letter
> exist.
> 
> Dr Gregory Tillett
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