Theos-Talk Archives (January 2005 Message tt01083)

Steve,

You wrote:

"Damodar seems to have been a believer, so the 
fact that he was writing some of the mahatma 
letters [that is, some of Koot Hoomi's letters]
when Blavatsky was unavailable to
write them herself complicates the challenge 
of explaining all this."

I see that you accept Richard Hodgson's
contention but readers should be aware of the
following:

In the 1885 S.P.R. Report, Hodgson gives
in plate II, 8 facsimiles of K.H.'s handwriting
and 2 facsimiles of Damondar's handwriting.

See Hodgson's relevant comments on pp. 296-297 of
the Hodgson Report.

Below is what Dr. Paul L. Kirk, a well known
documents examiner, wrote about
the specimens of handwriting of this plate II:

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Paul L. Kirk, Ph.D., and Associates

February 17, 1864

Mr. Victor A. Endersby
P.O. Box 427
Napa, California 

Dear Mr. Endersby:
I have completed a rather thorough examination of the documents 
which you submitted on February 4, 1904, and have reached the 
following general conclusions....

On Plate II it was concluded that two writers were involved. One 
of these wrote A(I) through A(vii), and A(z). A different writer 
wrote the material of D(I) and D(ii). This second writer was not the 
one who wrote the material in Plate I, nor was he the writer of the 
major material of Plate II.

I will not, in this letter, attempt to give you all of the 
considerations of handwriting analysis which are involved. The 
analysis was rather intricate because of the large number of cross 
comparisons that had to be made, and also the fact that there was 
considerable variability in the hands which could, however, be 
verified as a true variability by the variation within a single 
section of writing. Thus it is felt that the decision that three 
writers are involved, one for Plate I and two for Plate II, is 
totally consistent with the analysis. If it is necessary to submit a 
detailed report, kindly notify me. I have photographed the documents 
so that a later analysis could be provided, if needed.
Sincerely yours,
(signed) Paul L. Kirk
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Quoted from:
The Hall of Magic Mirrors by Victor Endersby, p. 160
See: 

http://free.hostdepartment.com/r/reneewilliamss/pages127-181.htm

A(I) through A(vii), and A(z) were the facsimiles of
Koot Hoomi's handwriting and D(I) and D(ii) were
facsimiles of Damodar's handwriting.

Hodgson contended that A(z)[K.H.(z)] was written
by Damodar.

So based on the evidence PRESENTED BY HODGSON HIMSELF,
we find Dr. Kirk stating the very opposite of what
Richard Hodgson was contending.

Daniel H. Caldwell
http://hpb.cc