Theos-Talk Archives (March 2011 Message tt00067)

Thanks.

Daniel Caldwell has posted a msg about both the books.

MKR

On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 11:37 AM, John W <JohnWW@4c_8nE4DT-PVXrDa139k58yG6SYwRnEx4rxXt5HyJy59EUzcDZI1ddKoaYHrXCdwbmzIDsG8xRxQZOg.yahoo.invalid> wrote:

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> A search on Google for 0787312185.rar leads only to
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> http://www.isbnlib.com/isbn/0787312185/Secret-Instructions-to-Probators-of-an-Esoteric-Occult-School. This page ostensibly gives, as one of four links,
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> http://www.rapid4search.com/files/Secret_Instructions_to_Probators_of_an_Esoteric_Occult_School, but it is clear that none of the many pages of links that this yields has
> a link for the book.
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> I have tried looking for it on http://library.nu/ (formerly
> www.gigapedia.org), of which I am a  subscriber, but this site is
> temporarily disabled. It is also not available as a torrent download, not
> even on http://www.demonoid.me .
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> A HTML version of Instruction no.1 only is at
> http://www.esonet.com/News-file-article-sid-157.html
> From this, an image of the cover is at
> http://www.esonet.com/img_art/SITP_01.gif .
> Instruction IIA is at
> http://www.esonet.com/News-file-article-sid-158.html
> Instruction IIB is at
> http://www.esonet.com/News-file-article-sid-159.html
> However, these do not seem to be together the complete book.
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> John W.
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> --- On Mon, 14/3/11, MKR <mkr777@j9ux6AZi7ENoMD-pmQHAs41P5DPL0un7EQLS-k-Pf2_9ebTfU9FLdYdaX9WsaFeKsWyP2vOD.yahoo.invalid> wrote:
> From: MKR <mkr777@j9ux6AZi7ENoMD-pmQHAs41P5DPL0un7EQLS-k-Pf2_9ebTfU9FLdYdaX9WsaFeKsWyP2vOD.yahoo.invalid>
> Subject: Re: theos-talk Re: Electronic Publishing & Piracy - Another
> Evaluation
> To: theos-talk@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Monday, 14, March, 2011, 3:27 AM
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> The two books have two isbns
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> Inner Group Teachings - 0913004960; 254 pp, Point Loma
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> Secret Instructions - 0787312185, 122pp, Health Research
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> Search of rapid4search yields existence of 0787312185.rar file
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> Daniel Caldwell had provided some comments on Point Loma publication and
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> hence he may be able to give us some background info.
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> MKR
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> On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 9:01 AM, MKR <mkr777@j9ux6AZi7ENoMD-pmQHAs41P5DPL0un7EQLS-k-Pf2_9ebTfU9FLdYdaX9WsaFeKsWyP2vOD.yahoo.invalid> wrote:
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> > Since the titles are different, are they the same books?
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> > On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 11:20 PM, John W <JohnWW@4c_8nE4DT-PVXrDa139k58yG6SYwRnEx4rxXt5HyJy59EUzcDZI1ddKoaYHrXCdwbmzIDsG8xRxQZOg.yahoo.invalid> wrote:
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> >> "Secret Instructions to Probators of an Esoteric Occult School" does not
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> >> appear to be available as a free PDF or DJVU or DOC file. I will see
> about
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> >> scanning my copy of it to image files sometime, although I have other
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> >> priorities as it is still available as below for only $21.
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> >>
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> >> John W.
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> >> --- On Sun, 13/3/11, John W <johnww@sMalfpKh8WEs_IvtBdFqiGpu_1544epH5ODHnNuJTQA9bo258-EBWFG0-aGjondVFBnPBdKbdwg.yahoo.invalid> wrote:
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> >> From: John W <johnww@sMalfpKh8WEs_IvtBdFqiGpu_1544epH5ODHnNuJTQA9bo258-EBWFG0-aGjondVFBnPBdKbdwg.yahoo.invalid>
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> >> Subject: Re: theos-talk Re: Electronic Publishing & Piracy - Another
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> >> Evaluation
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> >> To: theos-talk@yahoogroups.com
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> >> Cc: johnww@sMalfpKh8WEs_IvtBdFqiGpu_1544epH5ODHnNuJTQA9bo258-EBWFG0-aGjondVFBnPBdKbdwg.yahoo.invalid
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> >> Date: Sunday, 13, March, 2011, 1:53 PM
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> >> The out-of-print Blavatsky title that I was thinking of, reprinted by
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> >> Health Research, appears to be in fact "Secret Instructions to Probators
> of
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> >> an Esoteric Occult School", which they have available for $21. This is
> not
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> >> "The Inner Group Teachings of H.P. Blavatsky: To Her Personal Pupils",
> but
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> >> the contents are probably fairly similar.
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> >>
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> >> They also have her "Studies In Occultism Vols 1, 2, & 3" at $20.
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> >> John W.
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> >> --- On Sun, 13/3/11, John W <johnww@sMalfpKh8WEs_IvtBdFqiGpu_1544epH5ODHnNuJTQA9bo258-EBWFG0-aGjondVFBnPBdKbdwg.yahoo.invalid> wrote:
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> >> From: John W
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> >> <johnww@sMalfpKh8WEs_IvtBdFqiGpu_1544epH5ODHnNuJTQA9bo258-EBWFG0-aGjondVFBnPBdKbdwg.yahoo.invalid>
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> >> Subject: Re: theos-talk Re: Electronic Publishing & Piracy - Another
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> >> Evaluation
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> >> To: theos-talk@yahoogroups.com
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> >> Cc: johnww@sMalfpKh8WEs_IvtBdFqiGpu_1544epH5ODHnNuJTQA9bo258-EBWFG0-aGjondVFBnPBdKbdwg.yahoo.invalid
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> >> Date: Sunday, 13, March, 2011, 12:55 PM
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> >> Health Research was formerly at: Health Research, Box 70, Mokelumne
> Hill,
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> >> CA 95245. The Wilborns sold the business and retired in the 1980s; Dr
> Robert
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> >> Wilborn DC died in 1994, and Mary Wilborn died in 2010. They had a
> daughter
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> >> who died in 1989.
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> >> The firm was moved by its new owners to Pomeroy, Washington, in the
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> >> southeast corner of the State. Its current website is:
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> >> http://www.healthresearchbooks.com/pages/books_list.php
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> >> The firm's other current contact details are:
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> >> Call Us
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> >> 1-888-844-2386
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> >> Mail
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> >> Health Research Books
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> >> P.O. Box 850
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> >> Pomeroy, WA 99347
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> >> Email
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> >> publish@sasSzn5RMjUruDQtG0CV0ugyg9w9Dnj9VsEi7kVHdD3E75qHHvlgZ0ambYxwrFS7BGTuRZP1E69cZ6aqbPU.yahoo.invalid
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> >>
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> >> These are other websites that have info about Health Research, when it
> was
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> >> owned by its original owners in Mokelumne Hill, Ca.:
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> http://www.rememberingwalterong.com/outdoor/health-research-mokelumne-hill.html
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> >> http://sevenroads.org/Labels/H.html
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> >> http://www.mokehill.com/mokehill_personal
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> >> http://www.v-j-enterprises.com/holres.html
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> >> http://www.ourhollowearth.com/Bernard/WorksList.htm
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> http://riendseat.com/Mokelumne-Hill/Art-Museums-Galleries/Mokelumne-Hill-History-Society-Incorporated
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> >> http://www.mokehill.org/node/1300
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> >> http://www.mokehill.com/node/mary-wilborn-1917-2010
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> >> http://www.mokelumnehill.org/3columns?page=4
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> >> http://www.mokhill.org/3columns?page=5
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> >> http://isbndb.com/d/publisher/health_research.html (comprehensive list
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> >> of their publications)
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> >>
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> >> John W.
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> >>
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> >> --- On Sun, 13/3/11, John W <JohnWW@wNbiFGqf6Ku5A0riouZs6Q0Z8XUmPZpW5-xjm_Wobqw-WNRpA1tNsPhc8u_GMwsjwq7EZQwADJaRsg.yahoo.invalid> wrote:
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> >> From: John W <JohnWW@wNbiFGqf6Ku5A0riouZs6Q0Z8XUmPZpW5-xjm_Wobqw-WNRpA1tNsPhc8u_GMwsjwq7EZQwADJaRsg.yahoo.invalid>
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> >> Subject: Re: theos-talk Re: Electronic Publishing & Piracy - Another
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> >> Evaluation
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> >> To: theos-talk@yahoogroups.com
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> >> Date: Sunday, 13, March, 2011, 12:14 PM
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> >>
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> >> I think that I have an offset-printed facsimile copy of this book, "The
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> >> Inner Group Teachings of H.P. Blavatsky: To Her Personal Pupils", bound
> in
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> >> spirals, that was published about 30 or 40 years ago by a small
> publisher,
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> >> Health Research, of Mokelumne Hill, California, that specialized in
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> >> reprinting out-of-copyright old books on the occult, health, and
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> >> controversial subjects generally. It is not certain whether they still
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> >> exist; the firm's director was a chiropractor named Wilborn.
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> >>
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> >> I will see if can find it. As I remember, it appears that the original
> was
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> >> typed with a manual typewriter, and may have been printed by means of a
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> >> spirit duplicator.
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> >>
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> >> John W.
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> >>
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> >> --- On Sun, 13/3/11, chandrasekaryas <chandrasekaryas@t-uSZPHxeWn5yaYqY9JwfHVqcG9PVKDlI38UGhLw7bfap-KiZYUeqaZUuLOJC50OIhOmZuZgK8KXlq3lpReQfdbd0rE.yahoo.invalid>
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> >> wrote:
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> >>
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> >> From: chandrasekaryas <chandrasekaryas@t-uSZPHxeWn5yaYqY9JwfHVqcG9PVKDlI38UGhLw7bfap-KiZYUeqaZUuLOJC50OIhOmZuZgK8KXlq3lpReQfdbd0rE.yahoo.invalid>
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> >>
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> >> Subject: theos-talk Re: Electronic Publishing & Piracy - Another
>
> >> Evaluation
>
> >>
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> >> To: theos-talk@yahoogroups.com
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> >>
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> >> Date: Sunday, 13, March, 2011, 2:35 AM
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> >>
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> >> Dear MKR and Friends,
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> >>
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> >> The Inner Group Teachings of H.P. Blavatsky: To Her Personal Pupils,
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> >> H. J. Spierenburg: $195.00 in Amazon website (webbookstore).
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> >> Original price in Point Loma Publishing was $15,00.
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> >> I want the book but I am not rich.
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> >>
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> >> Chan, from Brazil.
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> >>
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> >> --- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, MKR <mkr777@...> wrote:
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> >> > Electronic Publishing & Piracy - Another Evaluation
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> >> > Books are going digital. The traditional publishing model is under
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> >> attack
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> >>
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> >> > and soon we will see radical changes. Recent bankruptcy of Borders is
> a
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> >> wake
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> >>
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> >> > up call and points to where traditional publishing is going.
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> >> > Theosophical publishing has never been a money making venture nor TS
> was
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> >>
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> >> > started with the traditional business objectives. But, recent history
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> >>
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> >> > clearly demonstrates that the movers and shakers in the theosophical
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> >>
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> >> > publishing are simply blind to the changes taking place in the
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> >> traditional
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> >>
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> >> > publishing model.
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> >> > Here I want to remind readers specifically about the very pricey SD
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> >>
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> >> > Commentaries, not so cheap commentaries on Mahatma Letters, the two
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> >> volume
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> >> > collected writings of Hodson, and the out of print HodsonÃââs Diary
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> >> which
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> >> > sells for as high as US$699.00.
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> >>
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> >> > With this background, an article published in cnet.com is a timely
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> >> wakeup
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> >> > call to all theosophical publishers. Either they wakeup or technology
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> >> will overtake them in days to come. Here is the link to the article:
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> >> > Kindle e-book piracy accelerates
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> >> > <http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-18438_7-20033437-82.html>
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> >>
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> >> > MKR
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