Theos-Talk Archives (April 2005 Message tt00367)

Instead of trying to wade through even 1/10th 
of all these latter-day teachings, it is suggested 
that inquirers and students of Theosophy should 
turn to HPB's own voluminous writings and 
seriously study them. 

If no other Theosophical writer had ever written 
a book on Theosophy after HPB died in 1891, we 
would still have more than twenty volumes of HPB's 
own writings to read, study, ponder and apply. And 
we also have The Mahatma Letters and The Letters 
from the Masters of the Wisdom (Series 1 and Series 2) 
to read and study. 

There is enough metaphysics, occult information, 
practical advise, ethical counsel, devotional 
material, spiritual exercises, etc. in HPB's and 
the Masters' writings to last most of us a lifetime 
or two!

Furthermore, why did the Masters want HPB to write all of this 
material if it was to be superseded and supplanted within a 
relatively short period of time by the writings of Bailey, Judge, de 
Purucker, Besant, Leadbeater, Ballard, etc.? 

In 1884, Master KH wrote that "we have broken the silence of 
centuries" in giving out the teachings of Theosophy (as found in 
HPB's writings and the Masters' letters). Yet far too many students 
of Theosophy down through the decades and even today consider these 
original writings not important enough to read, let alone to study. 

Students of Theosophy can believe or disbelieve in whatever they 
want; they can read and study whatever they choose. But why not go 
to the FOUNTAIN SOURCE of the modern Theosophical Movement (i.e., 
HPB's writings and the letters of the Masters) and study these 
writings - without having these writings filtered through and 
interpreted by later claimants? 

And if students of Theosophy really believe that HPB was in contact 
with Adepts and that she gave out genuine and valuable teachings, 
why not study these teachings instead of those of some latter-day 
claimant whose claims and teachings may or may not be true? 

And with so many individuals claiming to be messengers of the 
Masters, why not study HPB's writings and use the criteria to be 
found in her teachings to test whether later claims and teachings 
are consistent or not, true or false?

See also:

http://blavatskyarchives.com/latermessengers.htm

http://blavatskyarchives.com/moderntheosophy.htm

Daniel
Blavatsky Study Center
http://blavatskyarchives.com