Theos-Talk Archives (June 2005 Message tt00421)

So, from this we can see that this particular beginner started to
invent his doctrine well before HPB's death and thus had plenty of
time to persuade many theosophists, contrary to what Konstantin
suggested a couple of weeks ago. ;-)


Sunday, June 19, 2005, 7:59:23 PM, Daniel wrote:

> I invite interested readers to compare the 
> T. Subba/Leadbeater explanation about Madame Blavatsky
> with what Master Koot Hoomi wrote to Colonel Olcott
> about Madame Blavatsky.

> In a letter dated June 14th, 1885 from Adyar, Madras,
> India, Charles Leadbeater wrote: 

> "Subba Row related to us recently more concerning 
> Madame's remarkable complex character than I, at 
> least, had previously known; and it shows us plainly 
> how foolish it would be to blame her for what in 
> anyone else would be called a want of common moral 
> qualities. We were right in believing that the 
> original H. P. Blavatsky, who was by nature clairvoyant 
> and who had some knowledge of occultism, disappeared 
> from earth life some twenty years ago, and that a 
> certain Adept, who in some way had failed to reach 
> his goal, voluntarily took possession of her body, 
> or was placed there --- partly as a punishment, in 
> order to do all in his power to promulgate the truth 
> through her. We likewise understood rightly that when 
> engaged on other business he was frequently absent 
> from this body. But now I come to a point about which 
> I was completely in error. I thought that during the absence of the 
> Adept, the body was in a state similar to that of Margrave in Bulwer
> Lytton's "Strange Story," only animated by its original lower 
> constituents. But it seems this was not the case. At her death, all 
> the usual constituents of the body left it as with that of others, 
> and the present inhabitant had to supply the whole want from his own
> organisation. For this purpose two Chelas, but little versed in 
> occultism, were selected to take the Adept's place when
> necessary; and as no Adept or Chela can enter into a woman's body 
> during times of illness, at such times it had to be taken possession
> of by a terrible ill-tempered, ignorant old Tibet woman, in place of
> the Adept or Chelas, as she was the only female available for this 
> purpose. It seems that when either of the four replaced one of the 
> others, he or she had no idea of what had been said or done by the 
> predecessor, and thus endless confusion occurred. This explains the 
> fact that Madame so often contradicts what she had said a few hours 
> previously, which fact naturally greatly excited Hodgson's 
> suspicions. It likewise accounts for the fact that sometimes she 
> seems to know less about occultism than we ourselves do, while at 
> others she speaks with the power and authority of a Rishi. For 
> months together, in consequence of her various illnesses, the 
> terrible old woman alone has inhabited her almost all the time, and 
> all around her have suffered from her ill-temper. Still the Adept 
> maintains his connection, in the hope, as we think, to be able to 
> complete his promulgation of the "secret doctrine" through her. 
> Whether this poor diseased body will hold together long enough for 
> this purpose no one at present can predict. Of course this true 
> explanation is useless for outsiders. But I think I can give even to
> them a satisfactory explanation of Madame's contradictions
> without attributing intentional untruth to her, when I inform them 
> that, as a Russian, she was prone to exaggeration, coupled with an 
> unretentive memory and an excitable style of speaking; and 
> especially when we consider that English is not her mother tongue 
> ... and therefore she often makes mistakes. Poor old lady! her life 
> has truly been a wonderful one, and who can say what will still come
> of it!'
> Quoted from:
> http://blavatskyarchives.com/anoncomplex.htm

> In a letter received August 22, 1888, Master Koot Hoomi wrote
> as follows on H.P. Blavatsky:

> "...we employ agents -- the best available. Of these for the past
> thirty years the chief has been the personality known as H. P. B. to
> the world (but otherwise to us). Imperfect and very troublesome, no
> doubt, she proves to some, nevertheless, there is no likelihood of
> our finding a better one for years to come -- and your theosophists
> should be made to understand it....

> ...Her fidelity to our work being constant, and her sufferings
> having come upon her thro' it, neither I nor either of my Brother
> associates will desert or supplant her....

> ...this you must tell to all: -- With occult matters she has
> everything to do. We have not abandoned her; she is not 'given over
> to chelas.' She is our direct agent....

> I have also noted, your thoughts about the 'Secret Doctrine.' Be
> assured that what she has not annotated from scientific and other
> works, we have given or suggested to her. Every mistake or erroneous
> notion, corrected and explained by her from the works of other
> theosophists was corrected by me, or under my instruction. . . .
> K.H."

> Quoted from: Letters from the Masters of the Wisdom, First Series,
> Letter 19, 5th edition.

> See also my essay titled:

> "Bear Witness!": Who Was the Real H.P.B.?
> http://blavatskyarchives.com/whitelotus2000.htm

> Daniel
> http://hpb.cc