Theos-Talk Archives (October 2002 Message tt00222)

Faked and a fraud are two different things.

--- In theos-talk@y..., <dalval14@e...> wrote:
> Oct 27 2002
> 
> Re: Are the MAHATMA LETTERS faked ?
> 
> 
> Dear M S and friends:
> 
> 
> The MAHATMA LETTERS are on deposit at the British Museum. They 
have
> been reviewed and rechecked by experts. No fakes have been 
discovered.
> A person well known to me has general charge of them.
> 
> A monograph (by Dr. Harrison) was issued about 10 years ago on 
them,
> and shows that the ink impression is embedded IN THE PAPER. Even 
our
> present technology cannot do that.
> 
> Further, high magnification shows that the characters used were
> impressed in a series of short independent lines which the printing
> technology of those days did not know how to produce. Also we have 
no
> pens capable of doing that, either then or today.
> 
> The true test of any communications said to be from the Mahatmas 
lies
> in their philosophy and consistency with theosophy.
> 
> 
> Best wishes,
> 
> Dallas
> 
> =================================
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: M D
> Sent: Saturday, October 26, 2002 12:27 PM
> To:
> Subject: Re: Australia's karma
> 
> cut
> TRUE Theosophy is also the WISDOM RELIGION of ages past. This 
true -
> WISDOM
> RELIGION is not RACIALLY discriminating. But, true, Blavatsky did
> write some
> words in her famous book The Secret Doctrine which COULD BE -
> interpreted -contradictive to this view. But let us remember, that the
> book
> was written in around the year 1888. At that time racism against
> Africa or
> raqcist views was still very commen - in the richer parts of the
> english
> speaking societies, even in the english parliment at the time. So
> Blavatsky
> deliberately weiled her message by the use of the words 'black' and
> 'white'.
> That was I think (sad as it is) also why the book The Secret Doctrine
> got
> success. But other parts of the book is clearly against an
> interpretation of
> a negative discriminating racist view a such.
> 
> I have to say Blavatskys talk about black and white was - MUCH 
MORE -
> a talk
> about colors of peoples Aura and mentality, and not (dead-letter) the
> color
> of their skin.
> 
> 
> Her writings is all in all a clear witness on that she wasn't a
> racist.
> Her own acceptence of the Law of Karma is one issue, which confirm
> this !!!
> And also Blavatsky has mentioned, that her book (The Secret Doctrine)
> shouldn't be read - by the dead-letter. One should use the 7 keys ! So
> I
> suggest - let us please - try to read that book allegorical,
> piktographically, etc...
> 
> Yes we could say that The Secret Doctrine is a little old for its
> time,
> because of the use of words. But Blavatsky didn't promise anything
> else. The
> book was to last a 100 years (minimum) as good solid wisdom 
teaching.
> And it
> has done that. (There is a quote on that by Blavatsky in The Secret
> Doctrine).
> 
> So I hold it to be a misinterpretation to think of Blavatsky as being
> a
> racist, and to think, that the book The Secret Doctrine is a manifest
> for
> the overthrow of other races !!!
> What is your answer to that ?
> 
> 
> from
> M. Sufilight