Theos-Talk Archives (January 2002 Message tt00370)

Hey Steve,

You asked Brigitte for comment on your theory, and not me. But since 
she hasn't answered I will offer this. I think you need to take more 
into account the figures of Peebles, Dayananda, and Chintamon. Yes, 
HPB had met some people in her pre-1879 Asian travels whom she 
regarded as adepts and from whom she learned some things. But when 
she got to India in 1879, who did she hook up with first? Mainly 
Dayananda and his disciples, whom she had never met before and with 
whom she became acquainted through James Peebles in a seemingly 
chance set of circumstances. Peebles likewise played a role as a 
liaison to the Sinhalese Buddhist community, which played such an 
important role in the TS early years. This suggests to me that, 
whatever the degree to which *former* associates survived as a basis 
for her network in India, her *primary* reference group there was 
*new* acquaintances. 

Can you incorporate this into your theory?

Paul