Theos-Talk Archives (December 2006 Message tt00348)

There is what some would call a tradition
of using a pseudonym or incognito [that is, CHANGING NAMES] 
in some circles of the Theosophical movement.

For several years I corresponded with a gentleman named Adlai E.
Waterman.

It was only later that I discovered that this name was a pseudonym
(incognito) used by a well-known Theosophical historian who wrote 
under that incognito one of the best known defenses of Madame 
Blavatsky against the charges of Hodgson and Coulomb.

Later when Waterman's book was reviewed in the Journal of the Society 
for Psychical Research, a writer in the same journal brought this 
fact up (that is, that Adlai Waterman was an "incognito") and made 
a "negative" comment about this!!

See what Leslie Price and the late John Cooper wrote about "Adlai E.
Waterman" at:

http://www.blavatskyfoundation.org/

I remember more than 20 years ago writing to Sylvia Cranston and 
Joseph Head, co-authors of 2 well-known anthologies on reincarnation 
and Cranston later was the author of a Blavatsky biography.

See http://www.theosociety.org/pasadena/ts/reincbk2.htm

and

http://www.theosociety.org/pasadena/ts/hpbbio2.htm

Of course, Cranston's real name is Anita Atkins but I only found out
about that much later.

Joseph Head's real name is ------ --------.

And I have talked many times on the phone to Carey Williams who is 
the co-author of this book:

Reincarnation:
A New Horizon in Science, Religion, and Society
By Sylvia Cranston and Carey Williams

Carey Williams is the incognito or pseudonym of ------- --------.

Another example. 

I have several file folders of material written by Wane Kell.

See one of Wane's articles at:

http://www.hctheosophist.com/archives/pdf/hc199806.pdf

on page 17.

Several of Wane Kell's articles will also be found in THE ECLECTIC 
THEOSOPHIST.

See also one of Wane Kell's contributions at Theos-Talk:

http://tinyurl.com/9jkv9

Wane Kell is the incognito or pseudonym of -------  -------- who has 
been for many years a subscriber and poster to various WWW internet 
Theosophical discussion groups including Theos-Talk.

William Q. Judge also had many incognitos.  See Ernest Pelletier's 
book for the list of names.

And of course the modern Theosophical Movement was founded by two 
individuals behind the scenes who used the famous pseudonymns 
(incognitos) "Morya" and "Koot Hoomi."  HPB even writes that these 
names are not their real birth names.

Paul Johnson has written pages of speculation on these "incognitos" 
of Morya and Koot Hoomi and the supposed real persons behind them.

Many more examples could be given.

Daniel