Tag: Henry S. Olcott
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Olcott’s Strained Relationship with Blavatsky and the Judge Case
STRAINED RELATIONSHIP WITH HELENA BLAVATSKY AFFECTS ADEPT CONNECTIONS TO THEOS. SOC. During a period that The Secret Doctrine was being written, Olcott’s relationship with H.P.B. had become more strained, and it is said K.H. materialized a letter on Olcott’s table saying of H.P.B., that the Adepts have no favorites. K.H. adds, despite H.P.B.’s personality and…
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Olcott meets His Master in Lahore: K. Paul Johnson versus Olcott’s Testimony
OLCOTT MEETS K.H. IN LAHORE IN THE FLESH: CASEBOOK OF ENCOUNTERS CONTINUES In his Old Diary Leaves (Vol. III), Col. Olcott also gave an account of his meeting with K.H. November 19th 1883 on the outskirts of Lahore, India: “I was sleeping in my tent, the night of the 19th, when I rushed back towards…
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Ranbir Singh in the Flesh: Was Morya the Maharajah Ranbir Singh?
RANBIR SINGH IN THE FLESH: WAS MORYA THE MAHARAJAH RANBIR SINGH? As to Sahib Morya, K. Paul Johnson made two confusing suggestions that K.H. and M. was the Hindu Rajput Ranbir Singh (1830-1885), who was the Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir (from 1856-1885). The prince Ranbir Singh was a Vedantist, fond of speaking Pashto; and…
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“Blavatsky” Film | Italian Theosophical Society Centennial Documentary
“Blavatsky,” 2002 England film. For subtitles in English or another language, click Settings → Subtitles → Auto-Translate → English.
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“The Great Master’s Letter”: Theosophy and the Future of Religion
The Maha-chohan letter, or “The Great Master’s Letter” is about the ‘Truth’ of Divine Enlightenment and the real mission and cause of Theosophy. The letter explains the view on the role of Theosophy in aiding a revival or revolution. Chohan means “lord,” “chief,” or “master.” It comes from the word chos (doctrine, law, teaching) and khan (abbot).‘’…
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Before the Conversion: Helena Blavatsky on Shakyamuni Buddha and Buddhism
The nineteenth-century saw its first public Western converts to Buddhism, or this is how it is usually defined in books. Although Helena P. Blavatsky cannot be described as a “Western convert,” H.P.B. and Henry S. Olcott, an American lawyer who worked on U.S. President Lincoln’s assassination case, were the two leading movers of the Theosophical…
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