Secret Doctrine Vol. III - Esoterica

...be obvious to any instructed reader that she makes—possibly deliberately—many statements so confused that they are mere blinds, and other statements—probably inadvertently—that are nothing more than the exoteric misunderstandings of esoteric truths. The reader must here, as everywhere, use their own judgment. Feeling bound to publish these sections, I cannot let them go to the public without a warning that much in them is certainly erroneous. Doubtless, had the author herself issued this book, she would have entirely rewritten this whole division. As it was, it seemed best to provide all she had said in the different copies and leave it in its rather unfinished state, for students will best prefer to have her words as she said them, even if they must study them more closely than they would have had to do had she remained to finish her work.

The quotations made have been located as far as possible, and correct references have been provided. In this laborious work, a whole band of earnest and painstaking students, under the guidance of Mrs. Cooper-Oakley, have been my willing assistants. Without their aid, it would not have been possible to provide the references, as it was often necessary to search through an entire book to find a paragraph of a few lines.

This volume completes the papers left by H. P. B., with the exception of a few scattered articles that remain and will be published in her own magazine, Lucifer. Her pupils are well aware that few in the present generation will be found to do justice to the occult knowledge of H. P. B. and to her magnificent sweep of thought. But as she can wait for future generations to justify her greatness as a teacher, so can her pupils afford to wait for the justification of their trust.