Theos-Talk Archives (June 1998 Message tt00220)

June 9th 1998

Dear "MRJ"

In this line of work I found that it paid off if you identified
yourself (also send a brief, but interesting note/letter) as a
"Minister,"  "Pastor,"  Dr. of Divinity, etc... not too many
editors like to tread on religious toes, even if Theosophy is not
a "religion," it is thought of as such, by those who do not
investigate it.

Criticism from academics is always welcome, if it seem plausible
(a "doctorate" helps).  But if "Mr. or Mrs. J. Q. Public" writes,
it is generally ignored.

Quester                    Dallas.

PS

we now have some fairly "authoritative" book at hand to use as
reference base.  That is also impressive, when used as supporting
evidence.

For those who might like to write in defense of HPB, Theosophy,
etc., we ought to set up a list of materials we could refer to:

LIST OF REFERENCE MATERIAL FAVORABLE TO HPB AND TO THEOSOPHICAL
THEORIES  [ such as ]

S. Cranston              H.P.B.: (Helena P. Blavatsky)
Head & Cranston      Reincarnation: The Phoenix Fire Mystery
Cranston & Williams  Reincarnation:  a New Horizon in Science
                                        Religion and Society.
Hancock & Bauval    The Message of the Sphinx
Robinson                  The Nag-Hemadri Library - Gnositc
Scriptures
Burrows                    The Dead Sea-Scrolls
Fort                           The Books of Charles Fort  --
Fort                            Book of the Damned
Velikovsky                  Worlds in Collision
Harrison                     Monograph on the Mahtma Letters

etc....

> Date: Sunday, June 07, 1998 8:53 AM
> From: "Jake Jaqua" <barkus23@aol.com>
> Subject: Re: theos-talk-digest V1 #189

>Jerry H-E writes:
>
>>This situation also brings to
>>mind the late Iverson Harris who devoted the final fifty years
of his
>>life to writing letters and correcting errors of fact
concerning HPB and
>>Point Loma issues.