Theos-Talk Archives (March 2011 Message tt00119)

Here on this list. If you are unable to locate it, let me know.

MKR

On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 6:47 PM, chandrasekaryas <
chandrasekaryas@foRB3t7pGr00KRrl4fwDfcBoFHfOLS8cTkAm5WBOcQdV6Kb0Ln6nbnoMf6TLb_HFcbCKoSK7FEou25-Kw7BLPrhtOcI.yahoo.invalid> wrote:

>
>
> Dear MKR
>
> Where did Daniel Caldwell post a msg about both the books?
>
> Thanks for MKR and Jonh
>
>
> --- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, MKR <mkr777@...> wrote:
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Daniel Caldwell has posted a msg about both the books.
> >
> > MKR
> >
> > On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 11:37 AM, John W <JohnWW@...> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > A search on Google for 0787312185.rar leads only to
> > >
> > >
> http://www.isbnlib.com/isbn/0787312185/Secret-Instructions-to-Probators-of-an-Esoteric-Occult-School.This page ostensibly gives, as one of four links,
> > >
> > >
> 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.
> > >
> > > 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 .
> > >
> > > 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.
> > >
> > > John W.
> > >
> > >
> > > --- On Mon, 14/3/11, MKR <mkr777@...> wrote:
> > > From: MKR <mkr777@...>
>
> > > Subject: Re: theos-talk Re: Electronic Publishing & Piracy - Another
> > > Evaluation
> > > To: theos-talk@yahoogroups.com
> > > Date: Monday, 14, March, 2011, 3:27 AM
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > The two books have two isbns
> > >
> > > Inner Group Teachings - 0913004960; 254 pp, Point Loma
> > >
> > > Secret Instructions - 0787312185, 122pp, Health Research
> > >
> > > Search of rapid4search yields existence of 0787312185.rar file
> > >
> > > Daniel Caldwell had provided some comments on Point Loma publication
> and
> > >
> > > hence he may be able to give us some background info.
> > >
> > > MKR
> > >
> > > On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 9:01 AM, MKR <mkr777@...> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Since the titles are different, are they the same books?
> > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > > On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 11:20 PM, John W <JohnWW@...> wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > >>
> > >
> > > >>
> > >
> > > >> "Secret Instructions to Probators of an Esoteric Occult School" does
> not
> > >
> > > >> appear to be available as a free PDF or DJVU or DOC file. I will see
> > > about
> > >
> > > >> scanning my copy of it to image files sometime, although I have
> other
> > >
> > > >> priorities as it is still available as below for only $21.
> > >
> > > >>
> > >
> > > >> John W.
> > >
> > > >>
> > >
> > > >> --- On Sun, 13/3/11, John W <johnww@...> wrote:
> > >
> > > >> From: John W <johnww@...>
>
> > >
> > > >> Subject: Re: theos-talk Re: Electronic Publishing & Piracy - Another
> > >
> > > >> Evaluation
> > >
> > > >> To: theos-talk@yahoogroups.com
> > >
> > > >> Cc: johnww@...
>
> > >
> > > >> Date: Sunday, 13, March, 2011, 1:53 PM
> > >
> > > >>
> > >
> > > >>
> > >
> > > >> The out-of-print Blavatsky title that I was thinking of, reprinted
> by
> > >
> > > >> Health Research, appears to be in fact "Secret Instructions to
> Probators
> > > of
> > >
> > > >> an Esoteric Occult School", which they have available for $21. This
> is
> > > not
> > >
> > > >> "The Inner Group Teachings of H.P. Blavatsky: To Her Personal
> Pupils",
> > > but
> > >
> > > >> the contents are probably fairly similar.
> > >
> > > >>
> > >
> > > >> They also have her "Studies In Occultism Vols 1, 2, & 3" at $20.
> > >
> > > >>
> > >
> > > >> John W.
> > >
> > > >>
> > >
> > > >> --- On Sun, 13/3/11, John W <johnww@...> wrote:
> > >
> > > >> From: John W
> > >
> > > >> <johnww@...>
>
> > >
> > > >> Subject: Re: theos-talk Re: Electronic Publishing & Piracy - Another
> > >
> > > >> Evaluation
> > >
> > > >> To: theos-talk@yahoogroups.com
> > >
> > > >> Cc: johnww@...
>
> > >
> > > >> Date: Sunday, 13, March, 2011, 12:55 PM
> > >
> > > >>
> > >
> > > >> Health Research was formerly at: Health Research, Box 70, Mokelumne
> > > Hill,
> > >
> > > >> CA 95245. The Wilborns sold the business and retired in the 1980s;
> Dr
> > > Robert
> > >
> > > >> Wilborn DC died in 1994, and Mary Wilborn died in 2010. They had a
> > > daughter
> > >
> > > >> who died in 1989.
> > >
> > > >>
> > >
> > > >> The firm was moved by its new owners to Pomeroy, Washington, in the
> > >
> > > >> southeast corner of the State. Its current website is:
> > >
> > > >>
> > >
> > > >> http://www.healthresearchbooks.com/pages/books_list.php
> > >
> > > >>
> > >
> > > >> The firm's other current contact details are:
> > >
> > > >>
> > >
> > > >> Call Us
> > >
> > > >>
> > >
> > > >>
> > >
> > > >> 1-888-844-2386
> > >
> > > >>
> > >
> > > >>
> > >
> > > >>
> > >
> > > >> Mail
> > >
> > > >>
> > >
> > > >>
> > >
> > > >> Health Research Books
> > >
> > > >>
> > >
> > > >> P.O. Box 850
> > >
> > > >>
> > >
> > > >> Pomeroy, WA 99347
> > >
> > > >>
> > >
> > > >>
> > >
> > > >>
> > >
> > > >> Email
> > >
> > > >>
> > >
> > > >> publish@...
>
> > >
> > > >>
> > >
> > > >> These are other websites that have info about Health Research, when
> it
> > > was
> > >
> > > >> owned by its original owners in Mokelumne Hill, Ca.:
> > >
> > > >>
> > >
> > > >>
> > >
> > > >>
> > >
> http://www.rememberingwalterong.com/outdoor/health-research-mokelumne-hill.html
> > >
> > > >> http://sevenroads.org/Labels/H.html
> > >
> > > >> http://www.mokehill.com/mokehill_personal
> > >
> > > >> http://www.v-j-enterprises.com/holres.html
> > >
> > > >> http://www.ourhollowearth.com/Bernard/WorksList.htm
> > >
> > > >>
> > >
> > > >>
> > >
> http://riendseat.com/Mokelumne-Hill/Art-Museums-Galleries/Mokelumne-Hill-History-Society-Incorporated
> > >
> > > >> http://www.mokehill.org/node/1300
> > >
> > > >> http://www.mokehill.com/node/mary-wilborn-1917-2010
> > >
> > > >> http://www.mokelumnehill.org/3columns?page=4
> > >
> > > >> http://www.mokhill.org/3columns?page=5
> > >
> > > >> http://isbndb.com/d/publisher/health_research.html (comprehensive
> list
> > >
> > > >> of their publications)
> > >
> > > >>
> > >
> > > >> John W.
> > >
> > > >>
> > >
> > > >> --- On Sun, 13/3/11, John W <JohnWW@...> wrote:
> > >
> > > >> From: John W <JohnWW@...>
>
> > >
> > > >> Subject: Re: theos-talk Re: Electronic Publishing & Piracy - Another
> > >
> > > >> Evaluation
> > >
> > > >> To: theos-talk@yahoogroups.com
> > >
> > > >> Date: Sunday, 13, March, 2011, 12:14 PM
> > >
> > > >>
> > >
> > > >> I think that I have an offset-printed facsimile copy of this book,
> "The
> > >
> > > >> Inner Group Teachings of H.P. Blavatsky: To Her Personal Pupils",
> bound
> > > in
> > >
> > > >> spirals, that was published about 30 or 40 years ago by a small
> > > publisher,
> > >
> > > >> Health Research, of Mokelumne Hill, California, that specialized in
> > >
> > > >> reprinting out-of-copyright old books on the occult, health, and
> > >
> > > >> controversial subjects generally. It is not certain whether they
> still
> > >
> > > >> exist; the firm's director was a chiropractor named Wilborn.
> > >
> > > >>
> > >
> > > >> I will see if can find it. As I remember, it appears that the
> original
> > > was
> > >
> > > >> typed with a manual typewriter, and may have been printed by means
> of a
> > >
> > > >> spirit duplicator.
> > >
> > > >>
> > >
> > > >> John W.
> > >
> > > >>
> > >
> > > >> --- On Sun, 13/3/11, chandrasekaryas <chandrasekaryas@...>
> > >
> > > >> wrote:
> > >
> > > >>
> > >
> > > >> From: chandrasekaryas <chandrasekaryas@...>
>
> > >
> > > >>
> > >
> > > >> Subject: theos-talk Re: Electronic Publishing & Piracy - Another
> > >
> > > >> Evaluation
> > >
> > > >>
> > >
> > > >> To: theos-talk@yahoogroups.com
> > >
> > > >>
> > >
> > > >> Date: Sunday, 13, March, 2011, 2:35 AM
> > >
> > > >>
> > >
> > > >> Dear MKR and Friends,
> > >
> > > >>
> > >
> > > >> The Inner Group Teachings of H.P. Blavatsky: To Her Personal Pupils,
> > >
> > > >> H. J. Spierenburg: $195.00 in Amazon website (webbookstore).
> > >
> > > >> Original price in Point Loma Publishing was $15,00.
> > >
> > > >> I want the book but I am not rich.
> > >
> > > >>
> > >
> > > >> Chan, from Brazil.
> > >
> > > >>
> > >
> > > >> --- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, MKR <mkr777@> wrote:
> > >
> > > >>
> > >
> > > >> >
> > >
> > > >>
> > >
> > > >> > Electronic Publishing & Piracy - Another Evaluation
> > >
> > > >>
> > >
> > > >> >
> > >
> > > >>
> > >
> > > >> > Books are going digital. The traditional publishing model is under
> > >
> > > >> attack
> > >
> > > >>
> > >
> > > >> > and soon we will see radical changes. Recent bankruptcy of Borders
> is
> > > a
> > >
> > > >> wake
> > >
> > > >>
> > >
> > > >> > up call and points to where traditional publishing is going.
> > >
> > > >>
> > >
> > > >> >
> > >
> > > >>
> > >
> > > >> > Theosophical publishing has never been a money making venture nor
> TS
> > > was
> > >
> > > >>
> > >
> > > >> > started with the traditional business objectives. But, recent
> history
> > >
> > > >>
> > >
> > > >> > clearly demonstrates that the movers and shakers in the
> theosophical
> > >
> > > >>
> > >
> > > >> > publishing are simply blind to the changes taking place in the
> > >
> > > >> traditional
> > >
> > > >>
> > >
> > > >> > publishing model.
> > >
> > > >>
> > >
> > > >> >
> > >
> > > >>
> > >
> > > >> > Here I want to remind readers specifically about the very pricey
> SD
> > >
> > > >>
> > >
> > > >> > Commentaries, not so cheap commentaries on Mahatma Letters, the
> two
> > >
> > > >> volume
> > >
> > > >> > collected writings of Hodson, and the out of print HodsonÃÂÃâÂÃâÂs
> Diary
>
> > >
> > > >> which
> > >
> > > >> > sells for as high as US$699.00.
> > >
> > > >>
> > >
> > > >> > With this background, an article published in cnet.com is a
> timely
> > >
> > > >> wakeup
> > >
> > > >> > call to all theosophical publishers. Either they wakeup or
> technology
> > >
> > > >> will overtake them in days to come. Here is the link to the article:
> > >
> > > >>
> > >
> > > >> > Kindle e-book piracy accelerates
> > >
> > > >>
> > >
> > > >> > <http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-18438_7-20033437-82.html>
> > >
> > > >>
> > >
> > > >> > MKR
> > >
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