Theos-Talk Archives (July 2003 Message tt00271)

--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, Morten Nymann Olesen <global-
theosophy@a...> wrote:
> Now Daniel Caldwells recent email got me thinking along the 
following lines...
> Was Morya living near the Maharaja of Benares ?
> Was Morya giving the Maharaja of Benares advice ?
> Has anyone been to Benares ?

I cannot prove it, but have always suspected Morya WAS the Maharajah 
of Benares, or a senior member of his family. His motto ("There is 
no religion higher than truth") was adopted by HPB for the TS, after 
all. She tells us that Morya was a nobleman of high rank, and I 
believe K. Paul Johnson once said that Morya was the actual name of 
the Maharajah, in which case it would not have been a pseudonym, as 
KH was. Morya, as you know, is the name of an ancient dynasty which 
united much of India. If there was a Morya (some say the mahatmas 
were all fantasies) it would be impossible to make a positive 
identification because red herrings were thrown into the record to 
prevent their worldly identities from being known.