Theos-Talk Archives (August 1998 Message tt00360)

>Let us look at the possible background assumptions that you hold in
>regard to your references to scholars and scholarship:
>
>What "scholars" in particular are you referring to?  Are you referring
>to such "scholars" like Paul Edwards or Gordon Melton or ?  I have found
>that far too many of these scholars have biases, etc. of their own by
>which they prejudge occult/theosophical ideas and claims.  And most of
>these so-called scholars/scientists also have a profound ignorance of
>these paranormal/occult/theosophical subjects.

Daniel

Thanks for bringing up the subject of scholarship and for all you write
about it.
"The Secret Doctrine"/Theosophy has 7 (49) keys, such as symbolism,
mathematics, metaphysics, astronomy, logography, ancient science, parable,
study, meditation, etc.
Scholarship isn't one of them.

Mead is seen as a scholar, and hence his inability not to interfere with,
and make all those alterations to the SD, thus destroying many of the keys.

Some would like a completely unbiased biography of HPB.  This is impossible,
as to begin to understand HPB and the Masters, it would be necessary to have
a deep understanding of Theosophy and occultism.......and then it would no
longer be necessary to write the biography.

Tony