Theos-Talk Archives (November 2003 Message tt00069)

Frank,

You ask: 

"Are the published HPB letters censored or not censored?"

No, they are definitely not censored.

You also ask:

"Is HPB's unique and clever criticism of priestcrafts left untouched 
or are the passages are silently cut out for the sake of 
political/theosophcial correctness?"

Everything is left untouched and nothing silently cut out.

You also ask:

"Annie Besant is known as a faker of HPB's manuscripts. Does that 
mean that the mention of Annie Besant in the Wheaton announcement is 
a guarantee that the letter edition contains also fakes?"

I am not exactly sure what you actually mean by "fakes".

Frank, once you actually get the volume, you tell me if there are any 
such "fakes" in this volume. I am not aware of any such fakes in 
this new volume of HPB's letters. 

Furthermore, I have either in photocopy or microfilm almost all of 
these letters. I was collecting copies of all this material long 
before I ever knew or even heard about John Cooper or John Algeo.

I believe many of your other questions will be answered in the 
introductory and prefatory material to this new volume of HPB's 
letters.

I repeat: All students of Blavatsky's life and writings will want to 
add this volume to their personal library.


Daniel H. Caldwell

BLAVATSKY STUDY CENTER
http://hpb.cc



--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, "Frank Reitemeyer" <dhyana@w...> 
wrote:
> The announcement text at the link below is alarming.
> For serious students of HPB some questions arise:
> 
> 1. Are the published HPB letters censored or not censored?
> 
> 2. Was John Algeo alone discovering HPB's letter?
> 
> 3. Is Mr Algeo's collection identical with the letters Boris de 
Zirkoff
> was collecting for fifty years?
> 
> 4. If so, why is Boris de Zirkoff not mentioned?
> 
> 5. The announcements states that comments are inserted by Mr Algeo.
> Do they replace the comments John Cooper as de Zirkoff's heir made?
> 
> 6. Why is the research of Prof. Cooper not mentioned?
> 
> 7. Since when is Annie Besant known as a trustworthy archivist?
> What did Annie Besant with the three letters of W. Q. Judge, 
warning her
> not to follow the lower astral way?
> What did Annie Besant with HPB's missing manuscripts, such as
> "The Esoteric Character of the Gospels?"
> 
> 8. Annie Besant is known as a faker of HPB's manuscripts.
> Does that mean that the mention of Annie Besant in the Wheaton 
announcement
> is a guarantee that the letter edition contains also fakes?
> 
> 9. Is HPB's unique and clever criticism of priestcrafts left 
untouched or
> are the
> passages are silently cut out for the sake of political/theosophcial
> correctness?
> 
> 10. What about the rest of the collection of HPB's letters which 
seem to be
> now
> in the possession of Gregory Tillett, Cooper's heir?
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Daniel H. Caldwell" <danielhcaldwell@y...>
> To: ".DanielHCaldwell" <danielhcaldwell@y...>
> Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003 4:21 PM
> Subject: Theos-World The Letters of H.P. Blavatsky Volume I, 1861-
1879
> Available November 2003!
> 
> 
> The Letters of H.P. Blavatsky
> Volume I, 1861-1879
> 
> Available November 2003!
> 
> For more details about this new volume
> and ordering information, see:
> 
> http://theosophical.org/resources/newreleases/
> 
> All students of Blavatsky's life and writings
> will want to add this volume to their personal
> library.
> 
> Daniel
> 
> 
> 
> =====
> Daniel H. Caldwell
> BLAVATSKY STUDY CENTER/BLAVATSKY ARCHIVES
> http://blavatskyarchives.com/introduction.htm
> 
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