On the Mahatma Letters and Handwriting experts
Nov 05, 1996 07:58 PM
by Daniel H Caldwell
On Theos-l, Michael writes:
> It is a pity that, as far as I know, never a hand-writing expert
> analysed the letters in the British Museum library.
Have you ever heard of Dr. Vernon Harrison? He is the
handwriting expert who examined the original MSS of the Mahatma
Letters and stated in 1986 that in his professional opinion, HPB
did not write the Mahatma Letters. This assessement was
originally published in the Journal of the S.P.R. [London] and
has been repeated in various Theosophical journals and in other
publications.
Harrison's findings are covered in Sylvia Cranston's biography of
HPB. K. Paul Johnson also briefly mentions Harrison on p. 175
of his THE MASTERS REVEALED. I could say more but will save it
for a later posting.
Daniel Caldwell
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