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For fear that you should "trace back" to me a new treachery, permit me to say that I have never said to Hubbe Schleiden and Frank Gebhard that the existence of our seven objective planets was an allegory. What I said was, that the objectivity and actuality of the septenary chain had nothing to do with the correct understanding of the seven rounds. That outside of the initiates no one knew the mot final of this | For fear that you should "trace back" to me a new treachery, permit me to say that I have never said to [[Wilhelm Hübbe-Schleiden|Hubbe Schleiden]] and [[Gebhard family|Frank Gebhard]] that the existence of our [[Planetary Chain|seven objective planets]] was an allegory. What I said was, that the objectivity and actuality of the septenary chain had nothing to do with the correct understanding of the [[Round|seven rounds]]. That outside of the initiates no one knew the mot final of this | ||
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mystery. That you could not understand it thoroughly, nor explain it, because Mahat K.H. told you hundred times that you could not be told the whole doctrine; that you knew Hume had made him questions and cross-examined Him until his hair became grey. That there were hundred apparent inconsistencies just because you had not the key to the x777x and could not be given it. In short that you gave the truth, but by far not the whole truth especially about rounds and rings which was only at best allegorical. | mystery. That you could not understand it thoroughly, nor explain it, because [[Koot Hoomi|Mahat K.H.]] told you hundred times that you could not be told the whole doctrine; that you knew [[Allan Octavian Hume|Hume]] had made him questions and cross-examined Him until his hair became grey. That there were hundred apparent inconsistencies just because you had not the key to the x777x and could not be given it. In short that you gave the truth, but by far not the whole truth especially about rounds and rings which was only at best allegorical. | ||
Yours, | Yours, | ||
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| Written by: | Koot Hoomi |
| Received by: | A. P. Sinnett |
| Sent via: | unknown |
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| Written on: | unknown |
| Received on: | October 1884 |
| Other dates: | none |
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| Sent from: | unknown |
| Received at: | London |
| Via: | none |
This is Letter No. 135 in Barker numbering. See below for Context and background.
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My dear Mr. Sinnett, For fear that you should "trace back" to me a new treachery, permit me to say that I have never said to Hubbe Schleiden and Frank Gebhard that the existence of our seven objective planets was an allegory. What I said was, that the objectivity and actuality of the septenary chain had nothing to do with the correct understanding of the seven rounds. That outside of the initiates no one knew the mot final of this |
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mystery. That you could not understand it thoroughly, nor explain it, because Mahat K.H. told you hundred times that you could not be told the whole doctrine; that you knew Hume had made him questions and cross-examined Him until his hair became grey. That there were hundred apparent inconsistencies just because you had not the key to the x777x and could not be given it. In short that you gave the truth, but by far not the whole truth especially about rounds and rings which was only at best allegorical. Yours, H.P.B. |
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Context and background
Physical description of letter
The original is in the British Library, Folio 3. George Linton and Virginia Hanson described the letter this way:
In HPB's handwriting on both sides of a blue card, about 4" X 5" [10.2 X 12.7 cm].[1]
Publication history
Commentary about this letter
Notes
- ↑ George E. Linton and Virginia Hanson, eds., Readers Guide to The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett (Adyar, Chennai, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1972), 204.