Theos-Talk Archives (May 2009 Message tt00534)

Daniel,

One further thought.  During HPB's lifetime, Judge signed his ES 
circulars as "Secretary."  

Jerry.



Jerry Hejka-Ekins wrote:
>
>
> Hello Daniel,
>
> Yes, your link works. The link went to p. 323 where Judge, announcing
> HPB's death, refers to her as ..."outer Head of the Section." Thanks.
>
> If Judge capitalized both words, i.e. "Outer Head," I would take it as a
> title. Otherwise, I think Judge meant that HPB's title was "Head of the
> [European ] Section [of the E.S], and he added the modifier of "outer"
> to distinguish her from her teacher, who might then be called the inner
> Head of the E.S. On the other hand, it could be a typo, and Judge
> really meant to write "Outer Head." But if this is the case, and if I
> am correct that HPB never used the title "Outer Head", then it would
> have been Judge who meant to coin that title for HPB. But when Besant
> and Judge jointly led the EST, they both took (at least in the
> beginning) a much humbler pose and signed their joint circulars without
> titles.
>
> Anyway, it is an interesting point, and is possible that Besant read
> "outer Head" as "Outer Head" and assumed that title for herself after
> the Judge split in the Spring of 1895. Also, Katherine Tingley was
> dubbed "Outer Head" by her followers in the May 21, 1896 Point Loma line
> circular--a year after Judge died.
>
> However, my original question was: Where (if anywhere) does HPB
> /herself/ use the title "Outer Head"? Have you anything on this?
>
> Best
> Jerry
>
> danielhcaldwell wrote:
> >
> >
> > Hi Jerry,
> >
> > Well, look here:
> >
> > http://tinyurl.com/psmbsu <http://tinyurl.com/psmbsu> 
> <http://tinyurl.com/psmbsu <http://tinyurl.com/psmbsu>>
> >
> > If this link works, it will go to p. 323 of my ESOTERIC PAPERS OF
> > MADAME BLAVATSKY.
> >
> > See what Judge writes upon HPB's death.
> >
> > I don't know if this would be considered a "title" but Judge does use
> > the two words together to describe HPB.
> >
> > What do you think?
> >
> > Daniel
> > http://hpb.cc
> >
> > --- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com <mailto:theos-talk%40yahoogroups.com>
> > <mailto:theos-talk%40yahoogroups.com>, Jerry Hejka-Ekins <jjhe@...> 
> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > Dear Friends,
> > >
> > > I have been unable to find any documents, inside or outside of the 
> E.S.
> > > where H.P.B. uses the title "Outer Head." As far as I have been able
> > > to determine, this title was first used by Annie Besant. Does anyone
> > > here know of any documents where H.P.B. uses the title "Outer Head"?
> > >
> > > Best
> > > Jerry
> > >
> > >
> > > In a recent post, someone wrote:
> > >
> > > "O.H. stand for Outer Head, a term coined by HPB for the responsible
> > > messenger who is the teacher and the link."
> > >
> >
> >
>
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