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Re: Rich asking about Quatrefages

Jan 26, 1999 03:10 AM
by Alpha (Tony)


Richard wrote:
>It was only an example.  But it proves my point, the student has to do
>tremendous footwork on each and every example from last century that HPB uses.
>Few people have the time and know-how to do this.  Accompanying notes to last
>century's people and ideas, as well as technical terms in other languages,
>would be very helpful to the student.

Or a distraction from the true message of Theosophy.
With "The Secret Doctrine," for example, HPB has done the footwork, wouldn't
you say, so that we can have the opportunity of studying Theosophy?  This
was part of the marvellous work she did, enabling us to attempt to go beyond
the outer to the inner spiritual.

So if for example, you start working on:
"Accompanying notes to last
>century's people and ideas, as well as technical terms in other languages"
it all helps to keep you away from Theosophy, and all that that might imply?

The outer man, the inner (Astral?) man, and the inner spiritual man.
Which do you feel may be leading you to
"Accompanying notes to last
>century's people and ideas, as well as technical terms in other languages"?


An interesting quote from the MAHATMA LETTERS (No. LXV, K.H. to Sinnett):

"When you write upon some subject you surround yourself with books of
references etc.: when we write upon something the Western opinion about
which is unknown to us, we surround ourselves with hundreds of paras: upon
this particular topic from dozens of different works - impressed upon the
Akasa."

Tony



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