Theos-Talk Archives (August 1996 Message tl00187)

Dear Konstantin,

The letter to Annie Besant was written in the margin of a
letter from a B.W. Mantri of Bombay who was asking questions
about psychism.  So K.H. or whoever wrote it was simply
identifying Mantri in the first line that confused you.

I find it very interesting that the content of the K.H. letter
emphasizes exactly the points that Olcott was making at the
same time.  People were beginning to accept anything Besant
said as gospel, well before she became TS president, and to
treat HPB as an all-knowing authority figure too.  1900 was a
year that Olcott became sufficiently worried about these trends
as to publicly address them in no uncertain terms.  See Old
Diary Leaves for details.

Cheers
Paul