Theos-Talk Archives (January 2002 Message tt00046)

Hi, Brigitte:

Thanks for the excellent comments. It occurs to me
that Blavatsky was surely attracted to Randolph
because of his claim to have studied in the East, and
if that claim really was bogus, as you stated earlier,
and Blavatsky found out at some point that it was
bogus, then that would surely have motivated her to
break decisively with him and his movement. That
seems like a reasonable inference anyway, even though
the motives may have been more complex.

Regarding the lay chlas who went insane etc. Fern was
probably the one who became a criminal, since he was
caught red handed (according to Gertrude Williams)
stealing from Hume. Mirza Moorad Ali Beg (real name
Godolphin Mitford) was one who went insane. Who the
rest were I cannot imagine. It seems improbable that
their association with the TS had anything to do with
their moral turpitude, although Blavatsky said in one
of her EST instructions that saintliness or rascality
would come to the fore once started on her path.

Blavatsky was not pleased when Laura Holloway and
others stepped forward and claimed to be alternative
seers. There was, after all, a real danger that she
could be sidelined in her own movement. It seems
likely that practical political considerations must
have played a role in wanting only one seer in the TS
and a crowd of readers sitting at the seer's feet and
not becoming seers themselves.

Steve


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