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Moderator Comment by M K Ramadoss on September 15, 2010 at 5:12pm

Thanks for the msg and clarification. I accept any error on my part as to how I missed it.

On the other hand, I wish all the theosophists had made a vigorous effort to contact the custodian of the documents as soon as we all knew about the discovery and request that scanned copies made available to all immediately.

Hopefully, if any new material gets discovered, we should get to see them quickly without waiting for years or having to buy a pricey book which most theosophists cannot afford.

Comment by Dan Caldwell on September 15, 2010 at 5:06pm

MKR on the HPB material recently published
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MKR, you write in part about the HPB material recently published as follows:

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It was in 2004 or 2005, I heard some vague comments in cyberspace point to some
material in some one's archives. There was no inkling of the kind of material
and what the issues surrounding them were.

When the recent publication of transcription and explanation of the
discussions HPB was announced, and subsequent discussions on the publication
convinced me that the subject of the material was indeed HPB's discussions.

The publishing industry had radically changed since the time of HPB. When it
became clear that the unpublished material is indeed genuine transcripts, no one
in the know made any attempt to alert theosophists about the discovery.

Those in the know kept it to the vest. In today’s Internet world,
dissemination of the information is quick and free. The theosophists
involved should have made all of us aware of the discovery.
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MKR, I'm sorry to say that this is NOT accurate. NOT accurate at all. And I am
surprised that you are writing it.

In the pages of THEOSOPHICAL HISTORY IN 2002 I alerted the public to such
material and clearly identified what the material was.

And for years I ALSO had on my website this announcement.

It was announced at http://blavatskyarchives.com in 2002.

For example, this is what the announcement page looked like in 2005:

http://web.archive.org/web/20051103230921/http://secretdoctrinecomm...

ALSO ON THEOS-TALK I ANNOUNCED THIS. For example here is one of my postings
from 2005:

http://www.theosophy.com/theos-talk/200512/tt00042.html

Again 2006:

http://www.theos-talk.com/archives/200604/tt00108.html

Scores of students over the years as a result of reading this above material
would write me from time to time wanting an update on when the HPB material was
to be published.

So maybe you were unaware of this material but it was publicized even on
Theos-Talk.

An outline of the discovery, etc. can be found at:

http://secretdoctrinecommentary.net

Daniel
http://hpb.cc