Theos-Talk Archives (April 2006 Message tt00416)

Dear Friends,

More slanderous gossips and lies over one hundred years old.  

Carlos. 



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Data:Thu, 20 Apr 2006 17:46:46 -0000

Assunto:Theos-World How did Coues have possession of this Mahatma Letter in 1890 or before?

> It would appear that as early as July 1890 
> William Judge was accused of writing [forging]
> Mahatma Letters.
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> Elliott Coues in The Sun (a major New York newspaper) 
> on Sunday, July 20, 1890 (p. 17) was apparently
> asked the following question:
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> "How about those 'Mahatmic' letters we heard so much about a while 
> ago, such a one, for example, as the Chicago Tribune published in 
> fac-simile?" asked the reporter.
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> Coues is reported as replying:
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> "Oh, you mean those Aids to Faith in Blavatsky which went the 
> rounds? Here are a couple. They are at your service if you wish to 
> print them. You see the envelope is a long narrow one made of thin, 
> rough paper such as is commonly used in the East and stamped with 
> some characters like those on a Chinese tea chest. The rice writing 
> paper is heavy, with a smooth glaze, and has or did have a faint 
> odor of sandal wood. The large red blotch on one of them I believe 
> is simply the maker's or dealer's mark, but do not know. The wax 
> seal on the other is the monogram of finger ring which once 
> Blavatsky loudly protested in the columns of London Light, she alone 
> possessed but of which Judge has a duplicate or a good imitation. 
> The subject of the communication is simply bosh, as you perceive; 
> the handwriting is almost unquestionably that of Mr. Judge, who is 
> an expert penman." 
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> The 2 letters mentioned were reproduced in the "Sun" article. You 
> can see the facsimiles at:
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> http://www.blavatskyarchives.com/coumah.htm
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> Some might be interested to compare the handwriting of the first 
> letter given here with the facsimiles of later letters disputed 
> after HPB's death and published in the Garrett book. See some 
> reproductions in Pelletier's book on pages 358 and 356.
> 
> It would be interesting to have a documents expert compare the 
> handwriting of the first letter [that Coues mentions] as given in 
> the SUN article with the letter given in facsimile in Pelletier p. 
> 358.
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> How did Coues receive the first letter given in facsimile at:
> http://www.blavatskyarchives.com/coumah.htm
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> Did he receive it from Judge or from HPB or .....?
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> One important fact to keep in mind is that this letter surfaced 
> during the lifetime of HPB and was apparently in Coues possession 
> prior to July 20, 1890.
> 
> I wonder if Judge or HPB mentioned this letter in any of their 
> letters in 1890 or 1891 before HPB died.
> 
> Daniel
> http://hpb.cc
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