"Enq:  But would Mdme. Blavatsky apply this to her own works - the Secret Doctrine, for instance?   Theo:  Certainly; she says expressly in the PREFACE that she gives out the doctrines that she has learnt from the Masters, but claims no inspiration whatever for what she has lately written.   As for our best … Continue reading tktt: The Abuse Of Sacred Names And Terms

"Enq:   Then, what I have heard, namely, that many of your Theosophical writers claim to have been inspired by these Masters, or to have seen and conversed with them, is not true?   Theo:  It may or may not be true. How can I tell? The burden of proof rests with them. Some of … Continue reading tktt: The Abuse Of Sacred Names And Terms

"Enq:    But if you have such wise and good men to guide the Society, how is it that so many mistakes have been made?   Theo:  The Masters do not guide the Society, not even the Founders; and no one has ever asserted that they did: they only watch over, and protect it.   … Continue reading tktt: Are They “Spirits Of Light” Or “Goblins Damn’d”?

"Enq:  The S.P.R. now denies completely the existence of the Mahatmas. They say that from the beginning to end they were a romance which Madame Blavatsky has woven from her own brain?   Theo:  Well, she might have done many things less clever than this. At any rate, we have not the slightest objection to … Continue reading tktt: Are They “Spirits Of Light” Or “Goblins Damn’d”?

"Enq:  It is just what they say. But is it not very painful to her to be publicly denounced as "the most accomplished imposter of the age, whose name deserves to pass to posterity", as is done in the Report of the "Society for Physical Research"?   Theo:  It might be painful if it were … Continue reading tktt: Are They “Spirits Of Light” Or “Goblins Damn’d”?

"Enq:  But if the Masters exist, why don't they come out before all men and refute once for all the many charges which are made against Mdme. Blavatsky and the Society?   Theo:  What charges?   Enq:  That they do not exist, and that she has invented them. That they are men of straw, "Mahatmas … Continue reading tktt: Are They “Spirits Of Light” Or “Goblins Damn’d”?

"Enq:  But this is medieval belief in witchcraft and sorcery! Even Law itself has ceased to believe in such things?   Theo:  So much the worse for law, as it has been led, through such a lack of discrimination, into committing more than one judiciary mistake and crime. It is the term alone that frightens … Continue reading tktt: Are They “Spirits Of Light” Or “Goblins Damn’d”?

"Enq:  This is very interesting. Tell me, have the Adepts thus inspired or dictated to many of your Theosophists?   Theo:  No, on the contrary, to very few. Such operations require special conditions. An unscrupulous but skilled Adept of the Black Brotherhood ("Brothers of the Shadow", and Dugpas, we call them) has far less difficulties … Continue reading tktt: Are They “Spirits Of Light” Or “Goblins Damn’d”?

"Enq:  But you will admit that Hypnotism does nothing so miraculous or wonderful as that?   Theo:  On the contrary, it is a well-established fact that a Hypnotist can affect the brain of his subject so far as to produce an expression of his own thoughts, and even his words, through the organism of his … Continue reading tktt: Are They “Spirits Of Light” Or “Goblins Damn’d”?

"Enq:  Is it true that these men inspire some of your writers, and that many, if not all, of your Theosophical works were written under their dictation?   Theo:  Some have. There are passages entirely dictated by them and verbatim, but in most cases they only inspire the ideas and leave the literary form to … Continue reading tktt: Are They “Spirits Of Light” Or “Goblins Damn’d”?