Light on the Path (book) - Revision history

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	== Reviews ==		== Reviews ==

	The [[Union Index of Theosophical Periodicals]] has [~~http~~://~~www.austheos~~.org.au/~~cgi-bin~~/~~ui-csvsearch.pl~~?~~search~~=Light+on+the+Path&~~method~~=~~exact over 90~~ articles reviewing, extracted from, or commenting on] ''Light on the Path''. These are some examples of the book reviews:		The [[Union Index of Theosophical Periodicals]] has [https://theosophicalsociety.org.au/union_index/entries?q=Light+on+the+Path&s=title 94 articles reviewing, extracted from, or commenting on ''Light on the Path'']'''. These are some examples of the book reviews:

	* Anonymous. "Review - Licht Auf Den Weg (Light on the Path) tr Baron von Hoffman". ''The Theosophist'' 6 (June, 1885), 222.		* Anonymous. "Review - Licht Auf Den Weg (Light on the Path) tr Baron von Hoffman". ''The Theosophist'' 6 (June, 1885), 222.

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	* Blumensaadt, Naomi. "Review - 'Inspirations from the Ancient Wisdom' At the Feet of the Master, Light on the Path, Voice of the Silence". ''Theosophy in Australia'' 65.3 (September, 2001), 96.		* Blumensaadt, Naomi. "Review - 'Inspirations from the Ancient Wisdom' At the Feet of the Master, Light on the Path, Voice of the Silence". ''Theosophy in Australia'' 65.3 (September, 2001), 96.

	==~~Online~~ resources==		== Additional resources ==

	===Articles===		===Articles===
	*[https://www.theosophical.org/publications/quest-magazine/reflections-on-light-on-the-path Reflections on Light on the Path] By Robert Ellwood		*[https://www.theosophical.org/publications/quest-magazine/reflections-on-light-on-the-path Reflections on Light on the Path] By Robert Ellwood

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	*[https://www.theosophical.org/publications/quest-magazine/reflections-on-light-on-the-path Reflections on Light on the Path] By Robert Ellwood		*[https://www.theosophical.org/publications/quest-magazine/reflections-on-light-on-the-path Reflections on Light on the Path] By Robert Ellwood
			* [https://www.theosophy.world/encyclopedia/light-path Light on the Path] in Theosophy World
	*[http://www.blavatskyarchives.com/judgelotpamc89.htm# "Light on the Path" and Mabel Collins] compiled and with Notes by William Q. Judge and Archibald Keightley		*[http://www.blavatskyarchives.com/judgelotpamc89.htm# "Light on the Path" and Mabel Collins] compiled and with Notes by William Q. Judge and Archibald Keightley
	*[https://universaltheosophy.com/cj/light-on-the-path-cj/# "Light on the Path"] by Charles Johnston		*[https://universaltheosophy.com/cj/light-on-the-path-cj/# "Light on the Path"] by Charles Johnston

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	==Online resources==		==Online resources==
	===Articles===		===Articles===
	*[~~http~~://www.theosophical.org/publications/quest-magazine/~~1304#~~ Reflections on Light on the Path] By Robert Ellwood		*[https://www.theosophical.org/publications/quest-magazine/reflections-on-light-on-the-path Reflections on Light on the Path] By Robert Ellwood
	*[http://www.blavatskyarchives.com/judgelotpamc89.htm# "Light on the Path" and Mabel Collins] compiled and with Notes by William Q. Judge and Archibald Keightley		*[http://www.blavatskyarchives.com/judgelotpamc89.htm# "Light on the Path" and Mabel Collins] compiled and with Notes by William Q. Judge and Archibald Keightley
	*[https://universaltheosophy.com/cj/light-on-the-path-cj/# "Light on the Path"] by Charles Johnston		*[https://universaltheosophy.com/cj/light-on-the-path-cj/# "Light on the Path"] by Charles Johnston

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Publication history

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	* '''''Light on the Path'''''. Boston: Cupples and Hurd, 1888, fifth edition; 1889; sixth edition.		* '''''Light on the Path'''''. Boston: Cupples and Hurd, 1888, fifth edition; 1889; sixth edition.
	* '''''Light on the Path'''''. Adyar: Published by the Proprietor of the "Theosophist," [1894]. With commentary and annotations by [[P. Srinivasa Rao\|P. Srinivasa Row]], F.T.S. Includes ''Karma''.		* '''''Light on the Path'''''. Adyar: Published by the Proprietor of the "Theosophist," [1894]. With commentary and annotations by [[P. Srinivasa Rao\|P. Srinivasa Row]], F.T.S. Includes ''Karma''.
	* '''''Light on the Path''''. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., 1895. [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100433250 Hathitrust].		* '''''Light on the Path'''''. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., 1895. [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100433250 Hathitrust].
	* '''''Light on the Path'''''. New York: Theosophical Publishing Co., 1897, reprinted by special permission. Available at [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112083778776&view=plaintext&seq=5 Hathitrust].		* '''''Light on the Path'''''. New York: Theosophical Publishing Co., 1897, reprinted by special permission. Available at [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112083778776&view=plaintext&seq=5 Hathitrust].
	* '''''Light on the Path'''''. Subtitle: "a treatise written for the personal use of those who are ignorant of the Eastern wisdom, and who desire to enter within its influence. with notes and comments by the author." Chicago: Advanced Thought Publishing Co., [1903-4?]. With an introduction by Yogi Ramacharaka ([[William Walker Atkinson]]). Some sources show the publisher as Oak Park, Illinois: Yogi Publication Society, and others as Chicago: Yogi Publication Society.		* '''''Light on the Path'''''. Subtitle: "a treatise written for the personal use of those who are ignorant of the Eastern wisdom, and who desire to enter within its influence. with notes and comments by the author." Chicago: Advanced Thought Publishing Co., [1903-4?]. With an introduction by Yogi Ramacharaka ([[William Walker Atkinson]]). Some sources show the publisher as Oak Park, Illinois: Yogi Publication Society, and others as Chicago: Yogi Publication Society.

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	*[http://www.theosophical.org/publications/quest-magazine/1304# Reflections on Light on the Path] By Robert Ellwood		*[http://www.theosophical.org/publications/quest-magazine/1304# Reflections on Light on the Path] By Robert Ellwood
	*[http://www.blavatskyarchives.com/judgelotpamc89.htm# "Light on the Path" and Mabel Collins] compiled and with Notes by William Q. Judge and Archibald Keightley		*[http://www.blavatskyarchives.com/judgelotpamc89.htm# "Light on the Path" and Mabel Collins] compiled and with Notes by William Q. Judge and Archibald Keightley
			*[https://universaltheosophy.com/cj/light-on-the-path-cj/# "Light on the Path"] by Charles Johnston

	===Books===		===Books===

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	== Criticism of Rule 20 ==		== Criticism of Rule 20 ==

	In a letter to Theosophist John Ransom Bridge, Blavatsky referred to some corrections she had to make to an occult novel that Mabel Collins had published in the [[Lucifer (periodical)]] ~~in installments~~, titled [[Mabel_Collins#The_Blossom_and_the_Fruit\|''The Blossom and the Fruit'']]. Then, she added:		In a letter to Theosophist John Ransom Bridge, Blavatsky referred to some corrections she had to make to an occult novel that Mabel Collins had published in installments in the [[Lucifer (periodical)]], titled [[Mabel_Collins#The_Blossom_and_the_Fruit\|''The Blossom and the Fruit'']]. Then, she added:

	<blockquote>Nor do I believe that the "stab," however powerful, could be half as "insidious" and DANGEROUS as is rule 20 in "Light on the Path" whose venom and close relationship to Tantrika Black Magic has never been suspected by the innocent and sincere admirers of this otherwise priceless book, ''the main body of which only'' was dictated by a true Adept, and the rest added from the inner consciousness of Miss Mabel Collins.<ref>Charles J. Ryan, "H. P. B. on ''Light on the Path''," The Eclectic Theosophist (March/April, 1984), 6.</ref></blockquote>		<blockquote>Nor do I believe that the "stab," however powerful, could be half as "insidious" and DANGEROUS as is rule 20 in "Light on the Path" whose venom and close relationship to Tantrika Black Magic has never been suspected by the innocent and sincere admirers of this otherwise priceless book, ''the main body of which only'' was dictated by a true Adept, and the rest added from the inner consciousness of Miss Mabel Collins.<ref>Charles J. Ryan, "H. P. B. on ''Light on the Path''," The Eclectic Theosophist (March/April, 1984), 6.</ref></blockquote>

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	Blavatsky is referring to Rule 20 of the first part, which is among the longer ones, and has also a note added. She did not elaborate on what aspect of this rule is questionable. Some of the speculations by students point to phrases such as:		Blavatsky is referring to Rule 20 of the first part, which is among the longer ones, and has also a note added. She did not elaborate on what aspect of this rule is questionable. Some of the speculations by students point to phrases such as:

	- "All steps are necessary to make up the ladder. The vices of man become steps in the ladder, one by one, as they are surmounted." This could be ~~interpreting~~ as meaning that vices are necessary.		- "All steps are necessary to make up the ladder. The vices of man become steps in the ladder, one by one, as they are surmounted." This could be interpreted as meaning that vices are necessary.

	- "Seek it [the way] by testing all experience, by utilizing the senses in order to understand the growth and meaning of individuality. . ." This could be interpreted as promoting the search for all experiences, pure and impure. Perhaps to avoid this interpretation, a note was added that states:		- "Seek it [the way] by testing all experience, by utilizing the senses in order to understand the growth and meaning of individuality. . ." This could be interpreted as promoting the search for all experiences, pure and impure. Perhaps to avoid this interpretation, a note was added that states:

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	:"Seek it by testing all experience; and remember that when I say this I do not say: 'Yield to the seductions of sense in order to know it.' Before you have become an occultist you may do this; but not afterwards. When you have chosen and entered the Path you cannot yield to these seductions without shame. Yet you can experience them without horror; can weigh, observe, and test them, and wait with the patience of confidence for the hour when they shall affect you no longer."		:"Seek it by testing all experience; and remember that when I say this I do not say: 'Yield to the seductions of sense in order to know it.' Before you have become an occultist you may do this; but not afterwards. When you have chosen and entered the Path you cannot yield to these seductions without shame. Yet you can experience them without horror; can weigh, observe, and test them, and wait with the patience of confidence for the hour when they shall affect you no longer."

	This note itself may be interpreted as advising to hold ~~inwardly~~ all passions without ~~trying~~ to ~~work with~~ them. In an article written in 1888 ~~she~~ may have referred to this misunderstanding ~~as follows~~:		This note itself may be interpreted as advising to hold all passions without endeavoring to eliminate them. In an article written in 1888, Blavatsky may have referred to this misunderstanding when she stated:

	<blockquote>There are those whose reasoning powers have been so distorted by foreign influences that they imagine that animal passions can be so sublimated and elevated that their fury, force, and fire can, so to speak, be turned inwards; that they can be stored and shut up in one's breast, until their energy is, not expanded, but turned toward higher and more holy purposes. . . . For this purpose they will not struggle with their passions nor slay them. They will simply, by a strong effort of will, put down the fierce flames and keep them at bay within their natures, allowing the fire to smoulder under a thin layer of ashes.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. IX (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1974), 255.</ref></blockquote>		<blockquote>There are those whose reasoning powers have been so distorted by foreign influences that they imagine that animal passions can be so sublimated and elevated that their fury, force, and fire can, so to speak, be turned inwards; that they can be stored and shut up in one's breast, until their energy is, not expanded, but turned toward higher and more holy purposes. . . . For this purpose they will not struggle with their passions nor slay them. They will simply, by a strong effort of will, put down the fierce flames and keep them at bay within their natures, allowing the fire to smoulder under a thin layer of ashes.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. IX (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1974), 255.</ref></blockquote>