Theos-Talk Archives (June 2004 Message tt00009)

H P Blavatsky wrote more than 10,000 pages on 
Theosophy and occultism. There are thousands 
of pages of ADDITIONAL primary source material 
if we include the hundreds of published/unpublished 
letters of HPB, the letters of her Mahatmic 
Teachers and all the historical evidence 
concerning HPB's life, her occult phenomena, and 
the testimony concerning her Teachers, etc.

>From this multitude of original sources, a 
serious inquirer/student can construct a pretty 
clear picture of what Blavatsky and her Teachers 
taught, the nature of the relationship between 
Blavatsky and her Teachers, what kind of Adept 
Association sponsored her work and what it means 
to be an Initiate of this Association. 

Any person who takes the time and effort to read 
the 10,000+ pages of Blavatsky's published writings 
can determine what the teachings of Theosophy 
actually are. From her early writings to her 
later ones, one can find definite RECURRING themes, 
ideas, concepts, teachings (call them whatever). 
And if you read the letters of the Masters, you 
can identify the same RECURRING teachings.

Unfortunately, far too many students haven't 
taken the time and effort to read and study this 
original source material. 

And complicating all of this, are many later 
writers who claim contact with HPB's teachers and 
set forth teachings that are often in total 
opposition to the Theosophy of Blavatsky and her Masters.

Therefore, I am always encouraging those interested 
in Theosophy to go directly to Blavatsky's writings 
and ready and study them so that one can understand 
what she is attempting to convey, etc. Don't naively 
believe or disbelieve, don't accept or reject what 
she writes, but try to UNDERSTAND what she is writing, 
what she is attempting to convey. How else can one 
come to know what any writer is trying to convey 
through the medium of words. Give Blavatsky a chance 
to give her thesis, her case. . . .

Daniel Caldwell
http://hpb.cc
http://theosophy.info