Theos-Talk Archives (November 1997 Message tt00320)

Daniel writes
> Wasn't HPB ALSO an initiate?
Yes.

> Why won't you "take" her OWN statements
> about her OWN life and inspirations? Why won't you "take" the statements
> about H.P.B. from the INITIATES K.H., M. and Serapis which were made
during
> HPB's lifetime?
Just imagine if all biographies were written according to your criteria;
they'd be pretty poor works would they not? And in the realm of occultism,
in the province of secret brotherhoods and the like, facts ordinarily
available to a biographer are not easily obtained. Unless of course he is
privy to these secret workings.

> Steiner in fact makes statements about HPB which
> contradict known historical facts about her life. Compare article(s) in
> THEOSOPHICAL HISTORY.
Well, see my last posting to MKR on John King. H.P.B. was also slippery on
the facts.

 YCTIOLI
New acronym,
Bruce