Theos-Talk Archives (August 2008 Message tt00203)

Olcott mentioned  the suicide in the "Old Diary Leaves".

Erica

--- On Sun, 8/31/08, Katinka Hesselink <mail@katinkahesselink.net> wrote:
From: Katinka Hesselink <mail@katinkahesselink.net>
Subject: Re: Theos-World HPG vs HPB
To: theos-talk@yahoogroups.com
Date: Sunday, August 31, 2008, 4:58 AM










    
            Hi,



The suicide part is new. Other than that this basically follows

Blavatsky's own diaries of the period, perhaps embellishing here and

there (or using sources available only in Russia?)



Katinka

--- In theos-talk@yahoogro ups.com, "alex" <alexmorgan777@ ...> wrote:

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> I remember reading about this a long time ago in her biography - a 

> Russian book. What I remember is some guy fell so deeply in love 

> with her in America that she did not want to see him die after the 

> rejection.  The only way to prevent him from committing a suicide 

> was to merry him. The book said that the situation like this has 

> happened before and she did not want another spook following her 

> around. She said that it was her karma, so they made a deal that 

> nothing would ever happen between them and nothing did - the guy 

> left after a short period of time by himself.

> That's all I remember, is the story similar to this one in English 

> too?

> By the way Hello everyone my name is Alex I'm 27, I was born in 

> Tashkent, Uzbekistan and live in Toronto, Canada right now. 

> I've been studying the works of  H.P. Blavatsky for about 7 years 

> now. I rejected my Christianity when I read Isis Unveiled and 

> recently started calling myself a Buddhist. I work as a night 

> security guard at a place where I can read stuff on the internet all 

> night and get paid for it :) 

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> Another thing is in that bio she mentions that for a few weeks she 

> quit smoking, ate only salads and slept on the floor to unite with 

> her Higher Self, and saw what's been happening with lower one.

> She said something like "I saw myself how I was eating meat FUI YAK 

> DISGUSTING!! !"         

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> --- In theos-talk@yahoogro ups.com, Cass Silva <silva_cass@ > wrote:

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> > Can't see it Bruce.  HPB doesn't strike me as requiring a husband 

> other than for practical purposes, (no offence meant).  Did HPB 

> ever mention that she was in union with her higher self?

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> > --- On Sun, 31/8/08, robert_b_macd <robert.b.macdonald @> wrote:

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> > From: robert_b_macd <robert.b.macdonald @>

> > Subject: Re: Theos-World HPG vs HPB

> > To: theos-talk@yahoogro ups.com

> > Received: Sunday, 31 August, 2008, 8:15 AM

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> > Another thing to keep in mind is that HPB was reportedly battling 

> her

> > own Dweller at this time. She would have been going through a dark

> > period where she was prone to making mistakes. Perhaps this 

> marriage

> > of convenience was one such mistake.

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> > Bruce

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> > --- In theos-talk@yahoogro ups.com, Cass Silva <silva_cass@ ...> 

> wrote:

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> > > She probably only married him for American citizenship.

> > > Cass

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> > > --- On Sun, 24/8/08, Jacques Mahnich <jacmahnich@ ...> wrote:

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> > > From: Jacques Mahnich <jacmahnich@ ...>

> > > Subject: Re: Theos-World HPG vs HPB

> > > To: theos-talk@yahoogro ups.com

> > > Received: Sunday, 24 August, 2008, 12:26 AM

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> > > --- In theos-talk@yahoogro ups.com, "Morten Nymann Olesen"

> > > <global-theosophy@ ...> wrote:

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> > > > Dear friends

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> > > > 1. Are any of you able to confirm this statement?

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> > > > "She married her second husband, Michael C. Betanelly on April 

> 3,

> > 1875 

> > > > in New York City. She separated from Betanelly after a few 

> months, 

> > > > and their divorce was legalized on May 25, 1878."

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> > > Olcott reported about this story. You can read excerpts in Sylvia

> > > Cranston' book "The extraordinary life & influence of Helena

> > > Blavatsky" - p. 133

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