Theos-Talk Archives (September 2010 Message tt00064)

MKR, the reason I did NOT mention who possessed the HPB manuscript is
because I was told and assured many times by the Theosophy Company
officials that the Theosophy Company was indeed going to publish the
manuscript as a book.  And this was confirmed by other people
involved in the project.

That is also the reason that no attempt was made to scan the material.
This was a project that was being undertaken by the Theosophy Company
people and was going to cost them money to publish.  Among other
reasons, it would therefore not have been fair to try to publish the
material online at the same time.  

Even two years ago when Michael Gomes was then involved in the
project it is my undertanding that it was done in conjunction with
the Theosophy Company and the plan was to have the Theosophy Company
publish it.

I only wanted the material published and I also thought that when
published by the Theosophy Company it would not have cost anymore
than any other book published by them.

As far as I know, the Theosophy Company has the original material and
I suppose could still publish their own version and/or even put up on
their website an online version.

You and other interested persons should write directly to the
Theosophy Company about this.  I already have.

Daniel
http://hpb.cc


--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, MKR <mkr777@...> wrote:>
> Thanks for the msg and clarification. I accept any error on my part as to
> how I missed it. On the other hand, I wish all the theosophists contacted
> the custodian of the documents as soon as we all knew about the discovery
> and request that scanned copies made available to all. Hopefully, if any new
> material gets discovered, we get to see them quickly without waiting for
> years or having to buy a pricey book.
> 
> MKR
> 
> On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 1:49 PM, Daniel <danielhcaldwell@...> wrote:
> 
> >
> >
> > MKR, you write in part about the HPB material recently published:
> >
> > -------------------------
> > It was in 2004 or 2005, I heard some vague comments in cyberspace point to
> > some material in some one's archives. There was no inkling of the kind of
> > material and what the issues surrounding them were.
> >
> > When the recent publication of transcription and explanation of the
> > discussions HPB was announced, and subsequent discussions on the
> > publication convinced me that the subject of the material was indeed HPB's
> > discussions.
> >
> > The publishing industry had radically changed since the time of HPB. When
> > it became clear that the unpublished material is indeed genuine transcripts,
> > no one in the know made any attempt to alert theosophists about the
> > discovery.
> >
> > Those in the know kept it to the vest. In today�s Internet world,
> > dissemination of the information is quick and free. The theosophists
> > involved should have made all of us aware of the discovery.
> > ----------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > MKR, I'm sorry to say that this is NOT accurate. NOT accurate at all. And I
> > am surprised that you are writing it.
> >
> > In the pages of THEOSOPHICAL HISTORY IN 2002 I alerted the public to such
> > materal and clearly identified what the material was.
> >
> > And for years I ALSO had on my website this announement.
> >
> > It was announced at http://blavatskyarchives.com in 2002.
> >
> > For example, this is what the announcement page looked like in 2005:
> >
> >
> > http://web.archive.org/web/20051103230921/http://secretdoctrinecommentary.net/
> >
> > ALSO ON THEOS-TALK I ANNOUNCED THIS. For example here is one of my postings
> > from 2005:
> >
> > http://theosophy.com/theos-talk/200512/tt00042.html
> >
> > Again 2006:
> >
> > http://theos-talk.com/archives/200604/tt00108.html
> >
> > Scores of students over the years as a result of reading this above
> > material would write me from time to time wanting an update on when the HPB
> > material was to be published.
> >
> > So maybe you were unaware of this material but it was publicized even on
> > Theos-Talk.
> >
> > An outline of how I discovered the manuscript, etc. can be found at:
> >
> > http://secretdoctrinecommentary.net
> >
> > Daniel
> > http://hpb.cc
> >
> >  
> >
> 
> 
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