Theos-Talk Archives (April 2009 Message tt00286)

Daniel, 
Thanks for you work, it is meaningful and important. Your Book is also in the Library of Congress and so it will also be in the World Digital Library soon to be in the hands of all mankind to read in numerous languages. Tip your hat to that sir! 

Regards, 
John 
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From: "danielhcaldwell" <danielhcaldwell@yahoo.com> 
To: theos-talk@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 9:47:10 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific 
Subject: Theos-World Online: My Book on Mme. Blavatsky & the Masters 








The Esoteric World of Madame Blavatsky 
Collected & edited by Daniel H. Caldwell 
_________________________________________________________ 

Revised and expanded edition. Wheaton, Illinois: Quest Books 
(Theosophical Publishing House), December, 2000. Hardcover, 451 pp. 
Includes 44 photographs & drawings, index, source references, and 
further suggested reading. 

Here for the first time is the story of H. P. Blavatsky's life in the 
words of those who knew her. These personal reminiscences of Madame 
Blavatsky by more than seventy of her contemporaries give a vivid 
portrayal of one of the most extraordinary and controversial figures 
of modern times. 

Many years ago when I first discovered Theosophy and H.P. Blavatsky, 
I wish this book had been available. 

It would have saved me a lot of time and work, but having to compile 
it myself I guess had some side benefits too. :) 

When I first saw the first copy of this hardbound edition of my book, 
I was quite impressed. TPH, Wheaton did a beautiful job of 
publishing the book with more than 20 photographs/portraits of Madame 
Blavatsky. 

I truly felt that my Theosophical work was more than complete with 
the publication of this volume. Anything else accomplished is just 
the icing on the cake, so to speak. 

Professor Ashcraft in his scholarly review of my book sums up what I 
was trying to do all along in putting this book together: 

"...This book...[is] an extremely useful collection of primary 
documents about Blavatsky. There is nothing else in the literature 
about Theosophy's history quite like it. The Esoteric World of Madame 
Blavatsky will undoubtedly be a standard work in Blavatskian 
bibliographies for many years to come. Not only will it provide the 
sources that future researchers need for their own work on 
Blavatsky....it will give the general reader a vivid sense of 
Blavatsky as others knew and experienced her....Caldwell helps us to 
appreciate...what this first generation of Theosophists appreciated: 
the radical nature of Blavatsky's affect on those around her...." 
W. Michael Ashcraft, Theosophical History, July 2002, p. 264. 

About this book: 
http://books.google.com/books?id=merQlz6s8noC&dq 

See a preview of this book at Google Books: 
http://books.google.com/books?id=merQlz6s8noC&printsec=frontcover 

See Table of Contents of chapters in this book with links to each 
chapter: 
http://books.google.com/booksid=merQlz6s8noC&printsec=frontcover#PPR5,M1 

See 44 photographs/portraits reproduced in this volume with links to 
most of these illustrations: 
http://books.google.com/booksid=merQlz6s8noC&printsec=frontcover#PPR7,M1 

See more information about this book at: 
http://esotericworld.net 

AN ONLINE ABRIDGED VERSION courtesy of TSA/TPH, Wheaton, IL, USA: 
http://www.theosophical.org/resources/books/esotericworld/index.php 

Daniel 
Blavatsky Archives/Blavatsky Study Center 
http://blavatskyarchives.com 
http://theosophy.info 


 

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