Theos-Talk Archives (November 2006 Message tt01205)

Konstantin,

Thanks for your commentaries, below (after Daniel's posting). 

The question with Daniel' text below is that his statements are out in the air, and have no real substance. 

No one of the 20th century authors he mentions published any not properly identified slanders from V. Soplovyof, Eleanor Sidgwick or the Coulombs, as John Algeo (and Daniel Caldwell in his own book on HPB) did. At least, as long as I know. 

There are some basic and unavoidable editorial procedures in these situations which were completely ignored by Algeo and Caldwell.  

It is too much naiveté to be just naiveté: especially because no amount of warnings could make them open their eyes so far.  

Carlos. 





> --- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, "danielhcaldwell" 
> wrote:
> 
> > Does Carlos consider the following people as slanderers?
> 
> > The following individuals use the Soloviof book as "a legitimate
> > source of historical information".
> 
> > Michael Gomes
> > Nowhere when quoting H.P.B.'s words from this letter, does Mr. Gomes
> > warn the reader of his book that he is quoting from false letters.
> 
> > Boris de Zirkoff in his writings does the same thing
> 
> > In her HPB biography, Sylvia Cranston also quotes from one of
> > these HPB letters as found in the Soloviof book. She quotes as 
> > though the words in the letter are HPB's.
> 
> I think they cannot be defined as conscious slanderers but clearly 
> they are not very reliable or even somewhat unscrupulous.
> After your warning we should be more careful and critical to their 
> works.
> Where from could Soloviov fetch the private letters to Aksakov which 
> was already dead at that time? If they are in some public archive then 
> the reference should be given.
> Even if he posessed the original letters he had every possibilities to 
> introduce slight changes or make omissions which change the meaning.
> 
> Algeo, at least, specifies the source and adds that the original is 
> unavailable.
> 
> 
> 
> 


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