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[[Boris de Zirkoff]], [[John Cooper|Dr. John Cooper]], and then [[John Algeo|Dr. John Algeo]], collected the letters and and organized them in chronological order. Some of the letters have been published in a first volume by Dr. Algeo in 2003.<ref>John Algeo, ''The Letters of H. P. Blavatsky'', Wheaton, IL: Quest Books, 2003.</ref> | [[Boris de Zirkoff]], [[John Cooper|Dr. John Cooper]], and then [[John Algeo|Dr. John Algeo]], collected the letters and and organized them in chronological order. Some of the letters have been published in a first volume by Dr. Algeo in 2003.<ref>John Algeo, ''The Letters of H. P. Blavatsky'', Wheaton, IL: Quest Books, 2003.</ref> | ||
A great deal of additional work is yet to be done in what promises to be a long series of books of HPB's letters. | A great deal of additional work is yet to be done in what promises to be a long series of books of HPB's letters. Several years after Dr. Algeo's retirement, American Theosophist Jon Knebel took up the task of completing the series. | ||
== Other letters == | == Other letters == |
Revision as of 18:37, 3 November 2016
Helena Petrovna Blavatsky conducted an extensive correspondence throughout her life. She was perfectly proficient at writing in Russian, in French, and in English.
Letters to A. P. Sinnett
A. Trevor Barker compiled The Letters of H. P. Blavatsky to A. P. Sinnett. The original letters are now in the British Library. The text has been made available online by the United Lodge of Theosophists - Phoenix, Arizona and at Theosophical University Press Online.
The Judge letters
William Quan Judge made what is probably the first compilation of HPB's correspondence in The Authentic Letters of H.P.B., As Edited by One Of the Main Founders of the Theosophical Movement, available online at Esoteric-Philosophy.com.
Collected letters
Boris de Zirkoff, Dr. John Cooper, and then Dr. John Algeo, collected the letters and and organized them in chronological order. Some of the letters have been published in a first volume by Dr. Algeo in 2003.[1]
A great deal of additional work is yet to be done in what promises to be a long series of books of HPB's letters. Several years after Dr. Algeo's retirement, American Theosophist Jon Knebel took up the task of completing the series.
Other letters
- "Letters of H.P. Blavatsky Online" at Blavatsky Archives has correspondence with Monsieur Billier, Mrs. Hollis-Billings, Henry S. Olcott, Dr. Franz Hartmann, Dr. Wilhelm Hübbe-Schleiden, Dr. Elliot Coues, her family, William Quan Judge, and others.
- H. P. Blavatsky to the American Conventions, 1888-1891, available at Blavatsky Net.
- Some Unpublished Letters of H. P. Blavatsky, compiled by E. R. Corson is available at Theosophical University Press Online. There are altogether 17 letters. The correspondents are Professor Hiram Corson in 1875-1876; Mrs. Corson in 1876 and 1878 (written in French); and Alexander N. Aksakof (introducing Madame Corson, in French, 1878). This document is available at in two parts at Theosophical University Press Online - part 1 and Theosophical University Press Online - part 2.
- "Extracts from Private Letters", available at Esoteric-Philosophy.com. This text is reproduced from a three-volume collection, Theosophical Articles, by H. P. Blavatsky, Los Angeles: Theosophy Company, 1981. See volume I, pp. 115-123.
Notes
- ↑ John Algeo, The Letters of H. P. Blavatsky, Wheaton, IL: Quest Books, 2003.