Theos-Talk Archives (December 2006 Message tt00447)

Consider also that Judge did give a totally different view on the 
first twenty years then Olcott did in his Old Diary Leafs, and that 
Besant on several point sometimes contradict them both. The Adyar 
and Point Loma views are using al these three sources, and that ULT 
has its totally own (note that they something, which is extremely 
strange trusts Olcott more then Judge, and this even in cases where 
Judge and Besant aggress).

Carl

--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, "danielhcaldwell" 
<danielhcaldwell@...> wrote:
>
> 3 Different Versions of Theosophical History 
> by 3 Different Theosophical Publishers
> --------------------------------------------
> 
> Consider the following three books that give three different 
VERSIONS 
> of Theosophical history:
> 
> (1) A Short History of the Theosophical Society 1875 - 1938 by 
> Josephine Ransom (Adyar TS view)
> 
> (2) H. P. Blavatsky and the Theosophical Movement by Charles J. 
Ryan
> (Point Loma TS view) 
> 
> (3) The Theosophical Movement 1875 -1950.  (ULT view)
> 
> One can see the "view" given in each of the above histories also 
> REFLECTED in the authors published (or not published) by the 
> following three Theosophical publishers:
> 
> (a) THEOSOPHICAL PUBLISHING HOUSE, Adyar, Madras, India
> Authors include:  Blavatsky, Besant, Leadbeater.... (but NO Judge, 
> Tingley, dePurucker, or Crosbie books)
> 
> (b) THEOSOPHICAL UNIVERSITY PRESS, Pasadena, California
> Author include:  Blavatsky, Judge, Tingley, de Purucker.... (but 
NO 
> Besant, Leadbeater, or Crosbie books)
> 
> (c) THEOSOPHY COMPANY, Los Angeles, California
> Authors include:  Blavatsky, Judge, Crosbie....(but NO Besant, 
> Leadbeater, Tingley, or de Purucker books)
> 
> So the "view" of Theosophical history adopted by a Theosophical 
group 
> is also found in the authors they publish or don't publish.
> 
> Daniel
> http://hpb.cc
>