Theos-Talk Archives (January 2005 Message tt00504)

Mr Gholap draws attention to the booklet: "C.W. Leadbeater. A Great 
Occultist" produced byu some of Leadbeater's later disciples in response 
to E.L. Gardner's "There is no religion higher than truth" (1963). 

The booklet contains little of any interest. Two of those who contributed 
to the "defence" of their mentor were Dick Balfour Clarke and Harold 
Morton. In later years, Morton wrote to Clarke (I have a copy of the 
letter) ridiculing both of them for believing in Leadbeater's 
"revelations". Clarke agreed but, until I interviewed him at Adyar, kept 
his views to himself.

It should be noted that E.L. Gardner produced a series of private papers 
on Leadbeater, several focussing on Leadbeater's sexual activities and 
the occult reasons behind and explanations for them. These have never 
been published (indeed, Gardner did not wish them to be published), but 
drew on evidence given to Gardner by contemporaries of Leadbeater.

Dr Gregory Tillett