Theos-Talk Archives (June 2011 Message tt00044)

Dear friends

My views are:

In the below link from the forum named "The Theosophical Network" we find a recent post, dated June 6th this year, by the Sanskrit Scholar and theosophical seeker David Reigle - stating that H. P. Blavatsky commited many errors in her writings and many times merely repeated what other writers had written.

Truth and Illusion in Theosophical Literature
http://theosnet.ning.com/profiles/blogs/truth-and-illusion-in?xg_source=activity

What do the readers on this - less moderated forum - think about such a view?
Do they all agree with David Reigle's assertions?

I disagree with David, because he is not giving a fair judgment of Blavatsky's writings as far as I know and can read.
I would say, that Dead-Letter reading and thinking are not the highest aims to use, when seeking to understand H. P. Blavatsky's words and her motives.

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A sidenote:
I do not respond on the forum named "The Theosophical Network" because of its manner of operating and because the moderation on the forum is as far as I am concerned not in accordance with the original principles as they were given in the Theosophical Society and in its and Constitution in the years 1875-1891.
The reading of articles given in the Society's magazine the Theosophist from that time aught to throw some light on this.



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