Theos-Talk Archives (August 2008 Message tt00170)

Frank, 

You write in part:

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As I remarked here in the past, I DOUBT that "Some Commentaries on 
[H.P.B.'s Esoteric] Instructions I and II by K.H." at 
http://blavatskyarchives.com/koothoomicommentaries.htm 
are authentic or at least that the sentence:

"Bismarck and Beaconsfield are types of black magicians."

is authentic from K.H.

HPB and K.H., Judge and Tingley and de Purucker were German-friendly.
HPB remarked that Bismarck is helped by an adept in his struggle 
against the Jesuits.....[part of posting deleted]....

And why is such a questionable source presented on Daniel's valuable 
website as if it is authentic?

Is not the problem with the faked HPB letters enough?
Not enough that Point Loma sources obviously fake now Purucker 
letters?...
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Frank,

Well, let me first point out that "Some Commentaries on [H.P.B.'s 
Esoteric] Instructions I and II by K.H." is NOT part of the Inner 
Group Teachings which was the subject of my original posting to which 
you apparently replied.

Secondly, I ask you and interested readers to compare the following 
with what you write about a possibly "faked" KH Commentary:

Julius Keightley in an article in the August 1890 issue of THE PATH 
quotes from the words of  an adept.

I quote from her article the following:
 
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...An adept writes:  "Before you can become an occultist you have to 
give up every prejudice, every earthly liking, every feeling of 
preference for one thing over another.  It is easy to fall into Black 
Magic.  The tendency natural is to Black Magic, and that is why 
several years' training is necessary to cut away every source of 
prejudice before power can be intrusted to you.  An Adept must 
entirely separate himself from his personality;  he must say, 'I am a 
power.'  A Black magician prepares to do mischief without giving a 
thought to whether it will harm others.  A deed of kindness done with 
partiality may become evil, by stirring up animosity in the mind of 
others.  It is necessary when acting to lose all sense of identity 
and to become an abstract power.  Justice is the opposite of 
Partiality.  There is good and evil in every point of the universe, 
and if one works, however indirectly, for one's own partiality, one 
becomes, to that extent, a Black magician.  Occultism demands perfect 
justice, absolute impartiality.  When a man uses the powers of nature 
indiscriminately with partiality and no regard to justice, it is 
Black magic.  Like a blackleg, a Black magician acts on certain 
knowledge.  Magic is power over the forces of nature, e.g. the 
Salvation Army, by hypnotizing people and making them psychically 
drunk with excitement, uses Black magic.  The first exercise of Black 
magic is to psychologize people.  When the 6th race reaches its close 
there will be no more Dugpas (Black magicians).  A Dugpa may become 
converted during life at the expense of terrible sufferings and 
trials.  On the astral and psychic planes the Masters are always 
stronger than the Dugpas, because there good is stronger than evil.  
But on our material plane evil is stronger than good, and the 
Masters, having to exercise cunning if acting on this plane, which is 
contrary to Their natures, encounter great difficulties and can only 
palliate evil effects.  In powers not good there is absence of good 
but not presence of evil, and the higher we go, the more does evil 
become the absence of good.  Only by following the absolute sexless 
unity can the white path be trodden.''...
Quoted from THE PATH, August 1890, p. 157.  See 
http://blavatskyarchives.com/keightleyaug1890.pdf
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Now let me quote the relevant extract from the KH Commentary 
published on our website:

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...It is impossible to worship both sides, - the male and female of 
nature, - at once; one or the other must predominate. Only by 
following the absolute, sexless Unity, can the white path be trodden. 
Hence the necessity for chastity. The occult and the physical must 
never be mixed up. It is absolutely necessary to concentrate on one 
or the other. The tendency naturally is to Black Magic, and that is 
why several years of training are necessary to cut away every sort of 
prejudice before power can be entrusted to you. Before you can become 
an occultist you have to give up every prejudice, every liking, every 
feeling of preference for one thing or another. The adept must 
entirely separate himself from his personality. He must say, I am a 
power! It is easy to fall into Black Magic. A black magician prepares 
to do mischief without giving a thought to whether it will harm 
others. He is essentially selfish, for he works for a thing he 
personally loves. Apparent unselfishness may be really selfishness. A 
deed of kindness done with partiality may become evil, viz., by 
stirring up animosity in the minds of others. It is necessary when 
acting to lose all sense of identity and become an abstract power. 
There is good and evil in every point in the universe, and if one 
works however indirectly for one's own partiality, one becomes to 
that extent a black magician. The opposite of Justice is partiality. 
When a man uses the powers of Nature indiscriminatingly, with 
partiality, and with no regard to justice, it is Black Magic. But to 
help a sick person is not Black Magic, but no personal preference 
must guide you. Like a blackleg, a black magician acts on certain 
knowledge. Magic is power over the forces of nature, viz., the 
Salvation Army by hypnotizing people and making them psychically 
drunk with excitement, is Black Magic. Bismarck and Beaconsfield are 
types of black magicians.

On the astral and psychic planes the Masters are always stronger than 
the Dugpas, because there, good is stronger than evil.  But on our 
material plane, evil is stronger than good, and the Adepts having to 
exercise cunning if acting on this plane, (which is contrary to their 
natures) encounter great difficulty and can only palliate evil 
effects. In powers not good there is an absence of good, but not 
presence of evil, and the higher you go, the more does evil become 
the absence of good. The first exercise of Dugpaship is to 
psychologize people. Every man has a potential Dugpa in him. When the 
6th Race reaches its close, there will be no more Dugpas. A Dugpa may 
become converted during life, at the expense of terrible suffering 
and trials. Dugpas are usually destroyed by Kundalini, the astral 
fire. They consume themselves. The Dugpa is forced to his own 
destruction. He becomes fascinated, runs into the evil current and so 
destroys himself. The beasts of Dugpas have nothing but the animal in 
them, and even when they awaken the highest spirituality in them, it 
is the spirituality of the beast where there is nothing but vile, 
selfish instinct. On earth there is no evil power higher than the 
Dugpas. They cannot when seen psychically conceal the presence of red 
about them. It is always visible in their aura. The color is deep 
crimson red. The sign of the presence of a Dugpa is a cold, clammy, 
empty, snaky feeling. Do not mistake the above for another feeling, 
viz., when chelas materialize they create a vacuum around them, which 
feels to us like a change of atmosphere, like being suddenly removed 
to a high plateau in Thibet. (The one a dry cold like high 
atmosphere, the other clammy)....
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Quoted from:
http://blavatskyarchives.com/koothoomicommentaries.htm 

Frank, I will let you and the interested reader compare and contrast 
the two extracts.

Just please remember that the extract given by Julia is from 1890 in 
William Q. Judge's magazine THE PATH.

But I will say just this:

Now it is true that the sentence that you object to

"Bismarck and Beaconsfield are types of black magicians."

is NOT in Julia's extract.

But the attentive reader will notice that in comparing the TWO 
versions the sentences in the two extracts are arranged DIFFERENTLY, 
etc.

But I would suggest that however one might try to explain the reason 
for the different REARRANGEMENT of the material in the two extracts 
and the absence of the Bismarck sentence in Julia's extract, it is or 
at least should be obvious that the basic material found in these two 
extracts comes from a common source and the source dates back AT 
LEAST to 1890 and is found in Judge's own magazine while both he and 
H.P. Blavatsky are alive....

I will save my other points and ADDITIONAL material that I have to 
quote for a subsequent posting after this posting is considered by 
you and other interested readers.

Daniel
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