Theosophical Correspondence.

Translation from German by Robert Hutwohl^[1]

          Question: — Is it true that the teachings spread by H. P. Blavatsky are believed to be true only by a small number of Indian scholars?

          Answer: — I have never worried about that. “That is how I recognize the learned gentlemen,” that they are only concerned with “belief” and not with their own knowledge of the truth. The theosophist does not care whether a teaching comes from H. P. Blavatsky or from someone else, but rather examines the matter according to its inner value. Incidentally, Blavatsky did not invent any new teachings, but merely made the world aware of the ancient teachings of the Indian sages and brought them out of the sea of ​​oblivion and back into the light of day. To become a theosophist, one does not need to be a follower of H. P. Blavatsky or any other authority, but one must think for oneself, which is not everyone’s cup of tea. The truth of a doctrine does not depend on the credibility of any man or on the number of his followers, and the knowledge of my own self has nothing to do with the moral qualities of H. P. Blavatsky or any other personality.

Note

^[1] Hartmann, F. (1907). “Theosophical Correspondence. Is it true that the teachings spread by H. P. Blavatsky are considered true only by a small number of Indian scholars?” Hutwohl, R., (trans.), Theosophischer Wegweiser 8, no. 10 (July), 302 {Translation from German by Robert Hutwohl, ©2025}