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Editing HPB's letters - Proofereading a Message Here

Nov 22, 2006 02:15 PM
by carlosaveline


Gregory,


You wrote:

"In answer to Carlos? question: 'But would Tillett approve of REMOVING 27
letters from the HPB Letters Volume I as apparently you and Jerome Wheeler
and others are advocating???' "

I guess this is some question addressed by Daniel to me, and not by me to anyone, OK?   I would not make such a question.

For now, just this "proofreading" suggestion.


Carlos. 


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Data:Wed, 22 Nov 2006 06:57:27 +1100 (EST)

Assunto:Theos-World Editing HPB's letters

> In answer to Carlos? question: ?But would Tillett approve of REMOVING 27
> letters from the HPB Letters Volume I as apparently you and Jerome Wheeler
> and others are advocating????
> 
> As I have previously written, I am not an authority on Blavatsky or her
> writings, so I can only answer in the abstract.
> 
> If a letter, in whole or part, has been previously published or claimed as
> a letter of HPB, it should be included but with critical commentary as to
> questions about whether or not it is genuine. It may be that an appendix
> of ?Controversial Letters? could be used to deal with this problem.
> 
> Letters should not be omitted on the grounds of content alone ? that HPB
> couldn?t or wouldn?t have written this?. - but of provenance and
> historicity. The fact that someone hostile to HPB originally published a
> letter tells us nothing necessarily about whether the letter is genuine.
> 
> Openness, transparency and honesty should be the guidelines ? if there are
> questions or doubts, these should be specified, rather than just leaving a
> letter out.
> 
> If any letters are left out, these should be listed (e.g. in an appendix)
> with an explanation as to why they are not included (and I, as argued
> above, would prefer to see them included with commentary) with reference
> to their sources so readers could find them if they wanted to make their
> own assessments.
> 
> All editorial decisions ? including minor matters like changes of
> spelling, punctuation, etc. ? should be clearly specified, as should
> decisions about variations of texts where several versions of a letter
> exist.
> 
> Dr Gregory Tillett
> 
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