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HPB and Mahatmas

Oct 30, 1997 12:19 PM
by ramadoss


David Pratt in his writeup response to Paul Johnson's book states the
following in the introductory para:
(Ref: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/dp5/johnson.htm)

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According to HPB, Master Koot Hoomi was a Kashmiri Brahmin by birth, and
Master Morya was a Rajput by birth. She first met M in his physical body in
London in 1850/51, and she first met KH in 1868. The two masters generally
lived in Tibet, though KH in particular travelled widely. They possessed
highly developed occult powers, and were members of an adept Brotherhood
that had existed for countless millennia. According to Paul Johnson, on the
other hand, the Trans-Himalayan Brotherhood is a myth, and HPB's portrayal
of the mahatmas is largely fiction. He does not deny that beings like the
masters of the theosophical tradition could exist, but he denies that HPB
was ever in contact with, or the agent of, a brotherhood of spiritually
advanced adepts. He contends that "Morya", "Koot Hoomi", etc., were the
names of characters created by HPB, who drew their attributes partly from
actual historical figures she had met, and partly from her imagination. 

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While I am not a scholar in these historical matters, one issue that I would
like to be explored is how the claims of Sri. Ramalingam fit into the
overall picture relating to the Mahatmas and the Brotherhood. 

Sri Ramalingam's statement about 10 years before the inauguration to TS and
his emphatic statement that people from Russia and America will be sent by
Mahatmas beyond Himalayas is a very compelling fact that need to be
addressed. The statement was made at a time when even HPB did not know of
the plans of inauguration of TS which was to take place in 1875.

mkr


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