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- Lucifer, vol. 3, no. 14, October 1888, pp. 146-147
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Title for references: Koot Hoomi - Extracts from a letter to H. S. Olcott
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“. . . . Misunderstandings have grown up between Fellows both in London and Paris which imperil the interests of the movement. You will be told that the chief originator of most, if not of all those disturbances is H. P. B. This is not so, though her presence in England has, of course, a share in them. But the largest share rests with others, whose serene unconsciousness of their own defects is very marked and much to be blamed. . . . Observe your own case, for example. . . . But your revolt, good friend, against her ‘infallibility’ – as you once thought it – has gone too far, and you have been unjust to her,[1] for which I am sorry. . . .
“Try to remove such misconceptions as you will find, by kind persuasion and an appeal to the feelings of loyalty to the cause of truth, if not to us. Make all these men feel that we have no favourites, nor affections for persons, but only for their good acts and Humanity as a whole. But we employ agents – the best available. Of these, for the last thirty years, the chief has been the personality known as ‘H. P. B.’ . . . 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,[2] and your theosophists should be made to understand it . . .
“Since 1885 I have not written, nor caused to be written, save through
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her agency, direct or remote – a letter or a line to anybody in Europe or America, nor have I communicated orally with, or through any third party. Theosophists should learn it. You will understand later the significance of this declaration, so keep it in mind. . . . Her fidelity to our work being constant, and her sufferings having come upon her through it, neither I nor either of my brother associates will desert or supplant her. As I once before remarked, ingratitude is not among our vices. . . . To help you in your present perplexity: H. P. B. has next to no concern with administrative details, and should be kept clear of them. . . . But 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. ... In the adjustment of this European business you will have two things to consider – the external and administrative, and the internal psychical. Keep the former under your control, and that of your most prudent associates, jointly; leave the latter to her. You are left to devise the practical details. . . . Only be careful, I say, to discriminate when some emergent interference of hers in practical affairs is referred to your appeal between that which is merely exoteric in origin and effects and that which, beginning on the practical, tends to beget consequences on the spiritual plane. As to the former, you are the best judge; as to the latter, she . . . .”
. . . (This letter) ... is merely given you as a warning and a guide; . . . you may use it discreetly, if needs be. ... Prepare, however, to have the authenticity of the present denied in certain quarters. . . .
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