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THE MASTERS REVEALED Madame Blavatsky An

The document discusses a book called 'The Masters Revealed' by K-Paul Johnson about Helena Blavatsky and the myth of the Great White Lodge. The book is based on 8 years of research and acknowledges many sources. It explores who Blavatsky's alleged Masters really were and suggests they were a group of people who helped and collaborated with her, rather than secret Himalayan sages. The author presents this as an 'esoteric whodunit'.

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THE MASTERS REVEALED Madame Blavatsky An

The document discusses a book called 'The Masters Revealed' by K-Paul Johnson about Helena Blavatsky and the myth of the Great White Lodge. The book is based on 8 years of research and acknowledges many sources. It explores who Blavatsky's alleged Masters really were and suggests they were a group of people who helped and collaborated with her, rather than secret Himalayan sages. The author presents this as an 'esoteric whodunit'.

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Blavatsky & Hei hrnaras in many mysGiies of tfie political-


the Myth of the Great White Lodge, by K-Paul kaleidoscope, many of them wrapped up in Indian
Johnson. SUNY (StateUniversity of N.Y.) Press, self-rule issues, and somehow she wove around
Albany, NY 72246. 1994. 288+xxii pages, each one an enchantment of its own.
available in paperback$I6.95; in sturdy textbook In the author's own words: '"This book is
hardback $49 tiom SUNY. 8ffi-{c6,6-2ZLL. intended as a new beginning toward understanding a
For theosophists the book event of 1994 is century-oldmystery." (lntro.p.15) Helpful as well
without much doubt this product of 8 years of as titillatingare seven pages of pictures in addition to
painstaking research by scholar-librarian and the coyer reproduction of Augustus Knapp's
theosophist Paul Johnson. Though it will not be "Blavatsky and Her Three Teachers.'" Two lfth
happily received by those rvho cherish the larger- century maps, Southeast Europe and India, help the
than-life Mahatmalegends, the book is noteworthy reader place Blavatsky's connections and travels.
first for the individuals who contributed to its This new book is an extension of Johnson's
compilation, and additionally, for its broad range of earlier book IN SEARCH OF THE MASTERS,
acknowledged sources. These were for the most part about five years ago. Compared with that book
17 libraries in the U.S., England, France, and India,
Johnson has madenoticeableprogress, and this is a
and included the irnportant India Office Library in
England. A number of theosophists and other _rnleh morg orgqqlrglarid cle@y_ pgtnted up
individuals. sorne rvell known to thcosophical account. We find new players on the scene here.
There are four Adepts (Part I) who are listed among
circles, scme less llnorvn, iyere named fcr their
the Masters as well: Prince Golitsyn, Ooton Liatto,
special support and contributions of material.
(p.xxi) Sir Richard Burton, and James Peebles. The last
hnmediatelyfollowing the table of contents five entries among Part [I"s Mahatmas are, I believe,
being newly placed in the tangled intrigues on which
and illustrationsis a list of "The Masters" -- two
Blavatsky seemed to thrive, and they are also on the
women and 30 men of whom 14 can be directly
identified with Tibetan and Indian origins and list of the Masters.
affairs. For the reader a masterpiece may be what So what about the authors of the Mahatmas
comes next: the Foreword by Joscelyn Godwin
rvho gives a succinct five-page key to the heart of Letters so dear to many theosophists that it seems
they would rather be told about symptoms of cancer
ivhat the author is uncovering in this "esoteric
than suspicions of the Masters. Afterstudying these
whodunit" (p.xix). Godwin says:
Letters in the British Museum two decades ago, I
The theme of this book is that HPB's wrote my own conclusion. More important than
Masters
who really wrote the Letters, I suggested, was and
were not the Himalayan sages whom she
invented to distract her co*workers, but a
will be the merit of their content. On that I believe
large group of men and a few women who
the Letters can stand quite securely. I hope,
however, thatas theosophists we can be open to the
helped, encouraged, or collaborated with
research already done and still to be done, while
her, in a lif'e's work that was not only
taking the time to reach considered conclusions.
spiritual but socially idealistic and fiercely
politiial. I find Paul Johnson's presentation appealing.
The noble portraitwith which he leaves his readers
Among Godwin's comments, theosophists will unite
in the book's short Part III speaks to our
rvith his recognition of HPB's real dedication to a humanness and to our consciousness of mankind's
quest for spiritual truth.
incompleteness. Meanwhile I still admire our
founder even more than before; while feeling for her
Equaliy important, though less talked about
frustrations, I am truly stirred by her idealism. I
in the long controversy over the founder's mission,
believe we can be truth-worshipers, and if we wish,
is Godwin's observation of Blavatsky's hatred of
Blavatsky-worshipers as well. V/e iive in a time of
every kind of oppression. Yet the 60-year life of
this Russian noblewotnan was the most remarkable
new perspective on just what truth is, and re-
evaluation of the significance of myth in our lives.
for its enduring sequel: HPB "managedto found the
Blavatsky was indeed a world-class genius, -- &S
one universally eclecticreligious movement that still
Johnson says, "a Great Soul in her own right."
survives [and.l makes her as great as a human being
needs to be, without having to postulate 'perfect'
Masters." (Foreword xix)
Paul Johnson's address is
152 Benefield St., Danville,YA 24540.
We could call the book more a report than a
AboutApril, 1995 his sequel is expectedto
thesis. Rather than definitive assertions of fact, it is appear under the title, Initiates of the
a look through rnany windows at fascinating, Theosophical Masters.
incomplete scenes and events of lgth century
occultism. These findings are fitted together to make
a hypothesis accompanied by an invitation to look
further, dig more deeply, and objectively begin to
know the uniquely gifted visionary that HPB was. it."

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