Mahatma Letter to H. S. Olcott - LMW 2 No. 25

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Written by: Tuitit Bey
Received by: Henry Steel Olcott
Sent via: unknown 
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This is Letter No. 25 in Letters from the Masters of the Wisdom, Second Series. This note from Mahatma Tuitit Bey to Henry Steel Olcott is cut off from the foot of a letter written by Serapis Bey. The rest of the letter no longer exists.[1]

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Page 1 transcription, image, and notes

To be published in the “Scientist” – printed in Pamphlet form and sold for the benefit of the paper. Try. Her duty to pay for it – yours to suggest it and help her.

[SEAL]

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Context and background

Mr. Jinarājadāsa provided this context:

The letter to Colonel Olcott, Letter 3, from the Brotherhood of Luxor, is signed by Tuitit Bey. He is mentioned several times by H.P.B., and I believe she travelled with Him in Egypt during her early wanderings. There is one letter of H.P.B., to Colonel Olcott, at the bottom of which appears in bold writing: "Approved. Tuitit Bey." He uses sometimes a striking seal, which is stamped in black, as is shown in Letter 3. when the Founders were passing through the Suez Canal, Colonel Olcott writes in his Diary, February 3, 1879: "The venerable T... B... passing near the canal sends me his greetings."

The short note which I print is cut off from the foot of a letter, which no longer exists. From a very slight indication, two dots and a stroke which remain, I should presume that the main letter was from the Master Serapis. At its foot appears, in a handwriting which I think is Tuitit Bey's, the letter which follows. After the word "Try," there is a design in black, white and brown, a small figure with rays encircling the head, and some symbols. The letter is not signed, but bears the oval seal of Tuitit Bey, as in Letter 3.[2]

Physical description of letter

The original of this fragment is preserved at the Theosophical Society, Adyar, Chennai, India.

Publication history

Commentary about this letter

Mr. Jinarājadāsa did not include commentary about the contents of this letter.

Additional resources

Notes

  1. C. Jinarājadāsa, Letters from the Masters of the Wisdom, Second Series (Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1925), 53.
  2. C. Jinarājadāsa, 52.