E-mail David Christopher Lane
directly at dlane@weber.ucsd.edu
Author: David Christopher Lane Publisher: Alt.religion.eckankar Publication date: 1996
E-mail David Christopher Lane
directly at dlane@weber.ucsd.edu
I
want to go back to the home base now.
MORE DISCOVERIES OF TWITCHELL'S PLAGIARISM: I wish to commend Steve for his continued skepticism of Twitchell's alleged plagiarism. Why? Because such doubting simply forces one to come up with more examples of Twitchellian appropriation. Even if more examples will do little to convince Steve, it does allow the reading public with a wider array of comparisons to see why such plagiarism charges were made in the first place. This past week, I have had an enjoyable time tracking down new samples. Indeed, one of the most blatant examples of plagiarism was discovered this week. I was going to write it all down, but I realized I would be typing for a long time. Here are the proper coordinates for anyone interested in seeing the comparisons for themselves (perhaps in the future I will get the time to write it down in total): New Sample One: Compare pages 171 to 175 of THE ECK VIDYA by Paul Twitchell (1972) with pages 36, 38, 39, 41, 42, 45, 46 of THE GREAT INITIATES by Edouard Schure (1961, but also published much earlier as well). By my reckoning (and being conservative here), Chapter 11 of THE ECK VIDYA alone contains over 5 pages or 20 paragraphs of plagiarized material. Sample Two: Compare pages 146-147, 148-149, 152-154, 161-164 of LETTERS TO GAIL, VOLUME ONE by Paul Twitchell (1960s) with the following pages respectively and in order: 343-345, 346-347, 348-357, 363-397 of THE PATH OF THE MASTERS by Julian P. Johnson (1939). Naturally, this is but a small pool. more to come! P.S. DIALOGUES WITH THE MASTER is the "Far Country" of Plagiarism. Detailed analyses forthcoming!
