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Re: Theos-World Rich Taylor on Blavatsky's "appropriations" of text from othe...

May 06, 2004 09:52 PM
by samblo


Daniel,
Didn't he say she used some material that dated from the thirteenth 
century? If a scholar in the 1800's
achieved access to a work and labored to translate it with a good degree 
of accuracy that doesn't
that the scholar wiped out the past time stream and all others that had 
custodianship of many works
for many centuries. Muller translated many works but never claimed patent 
on the originals that in some
cases are lost in time. I once read Mead, I think, who said Madam 
Blavatsky kept him and others of the
staff quite busy running to the Bodelian to read works and make extracts 
for her. Reasonable use is
condoned is it not? Is there a difference intimate to Blavatsky's 
essential communication and unique
flavor and inspiration as well as feeling and energy that presents the 
similar or same phrase in a way
that the scholar could or did not?

John



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