Theos-Talk Archives (September 1998 Message tl00016)

Martin wrote:

> Ultimately the one who reads, assimilates and lives accordingly is the
> great winner of the wisdom transmitted by HPB to all of us.
> The rest of us will read it and added to our vast knowledge and it will
> remail as information to be quoted which is good too.
> 
> And what about  me and thousands of others who study the Voice, SD, Isis
> etc in other languages, where every word has been interpreted,
> manipulated and translated.
> 
> My opinion in these matters is (not that matters to anyone) that we
> should have available the original writings of HPB for reference, and
> also publish the improved version in areas of  spellings, typos, modern
> renditions of  names like Krishna, Amon, etc. In this way, we may
> benefit from the time, research  and knowledge from past (present and
> future) editors like Besant, Mead, Boris dZ..
> 
> We should not be afraid of correcting, editing the SD, etc. That's is
> why I suggest we gather our marbles of research and create the online
> annotated version of the SD, where every page will contain our notes in
> footnotes, along with concordances and more bibliographic references.

Daniel Caldwell replies:

Martin, I think you've made many important points above.  *Especially
about translations.*

What is most important is to understand and assimilate these great ideas
of Theosophy behind the words.

Today we have so much Blavatsky and Blavatsky related material in print
from 5 or 6 publishers.  Are we taking good advantage of all this
material in our studies and in trying to help others who are also
interested?

Serious students should seek out good material from whatever publisher.  
For example, are ULT associates and other Blavatsky students aware of
the Blavatsky series put out by Point Loma Publicatons, Inc., San Diego?
I'm referring to the series compiled and edited by H. J. Spirenburg.

THE NEW TESTAMENT COMMENTARIES OF H.P. BLAVATSKY

THE VEDA COMMENTARIES OF H.P. BLAVATSKY

H. P BLAVATSKY ON THE GNOSTICS

THE BUDDHISM OF H.P. BLAVATSKY

THE VEDANTA COMMENTARIES OF H.P. BLAVATSKY

and there's more volumes in this series

Wonderful volumes very very helpful to Blavatsy and Theosophical
students.

Many more examples could be given.