A Short Note on the Libraries Kept by Initiates and Mahatmas
Helena P. Blavatsky Helena P. Blavatsky wrote of “several
esoteric schools” that claim to be “in possession of the sum
total of sacred and philosophical works in MSS. and type”. (“The
Secret Doctrine”, Vol. I, p. xxiii.) The following fragment is
reproduced from the volume “From the Caves and Jungles of by H.
P. Blavatsky, 720 pp., see pp. 74-77. T.P.H., USA (C. C. A.)
Generally speaking, the position of archaeologists in is a sad
one. The masses, immersed in ignorance, are utterly unable to be
of any use to them, while the learned Brahmanas, initiated into
all the mysteries of the secret libraries in the pagodas, remain
silent and do all they can to prevent archeological research.
However, after all that has occurred, it would be unjust to find
fault with the conduct of the Brahmanas in these matters. India
The bitter experience of many centuries has taught them that
their only salvation was in distrust and caution, without which
their national his