An
Open Letter Addressed to the
Theosophical
Publishing House in the United States
Three
Italian Theosophists
Radha Burnier (1923-2013) did not support the
publication of fake and libelous
letters against H. P. Blavatsky. On the right, HPB’s portrait, if
she had lived to be
seventy years old; the central part of a painting
by Dutch artist J. D. Ross (1875-1952).
An Editorial Note:
The
present letter was first published at the e-group E-Theosophy, in May 2013. It had this introductory note:
“I share with you a letter
written to defend Helena Petrovna Blavatsky’s life and work from an
underhand attack (dated December 2003 and
still operating) through the Theosophical Publishing House, Wheaton,
U.S.A. We bear in mind the words by Robert Crosbie: ‘while we condemn the act, we never
condemn the actor’; and the words in the ‘Key to Theosophy’, by the end of
chapter 3: ‘To begin with, no Fellow in the Society, whether exoteric
or esoteric, has a right to force his personal opinions upon another Fellow’;
- much less through a theosophical publishing house. With this little attempt, it
is hoped that the fogs and clouds of old falsehoods against one of the Great
Founders of the modern Theosophical Movement will be dispelled very soon by the
Light and the vortex of heart force that continue to flow more and more
abundantly through the minds and hearts of many earnest theosophists. See below
the letter addressed to responsible members of the Adyar T.S. in the USA. Marco Bufarini.”
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Defending the Old Lady from Rome
To
Mr. Tim
Boyd, president of the Adyar T.S. in the USA
Mr.
John Algeo, c/o Mr. David Bruce, national secretary of the Adyar T.S. in the
USA
Mrs.
Nicole Krier Smoley, publisher of the TPH/Quest Books in the USA
Theosophical
Society in America
1926 N.
Main Street, Wheaton, IL 60187
USA
Rome,
Italy 13th April 2013
Dear Friends,
We are
three associates of the Italian Theosophical Society, S.T.I.
We have
noted in the book “The Letters of H.P. Blavatsky”, published in December 2003
and still circulating after 10 years, there are about 27 false letters which
are also libelous regarding H. P. Blavatsky, as the international president
herself, Ms. Radha Burnier, affirms.
These
letters are inappropriately ascribed to H.P. Blavatsky and their originals
naturally never appeared.
A more
serious fact is that they contain immoral, and intellectually putrescent
statements, in complete contrast to the spiritual richness which flows from
H.P.B.’s words.
Moreover, it
is to be noted that such letters are presented as if they were authentic,
without a clear warning regarding their source: Mr. Vsevolod Sergueyevich
Solovyov. That man forged the letters ascribed to H.P.B., and he was one of the
many foes of the Theosophical Society and of H.P.B., personally.
The
propagation of such false letters with worthless statements on the life and
figure of H.P.B.; without any warning on the character of their fraudulent
nature; published as if they were authentic; diffused in the name of the
T.P.H., important american theosophical publishing house . . . These facts make
us worry about the pernicious consequences and effects that this circulation
has produced and may still bear if the readers will not be cautioned with a
public announcement and/or an errata on the fake nature of such “letters”.
We invite You
and the T.P.H. editorial council to publish as early as possible, in the light
of these facts, both a public announcement on the fake character of these
letters and an errata.
We have
confidence in your discernment, and we know that Theosophy is imperishable.
With
consideration and respect,
Mr. Oreste Rotundo
President of
the group “Lumen H.P.B.”
Rome, Italy
Mr. Alfredo Stirati
Rome, Italy
Mr. Marco Bufarini
Rome, Italy
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In September 2016, after a careful analysis of the state of the
esoteric movement worldwide, a group of students decided to form the Independent Lodge of Theosophists,
whose priorities include the building of a better future in the different
dimensions of life.
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