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Hermann Schmiechen was a German artist who painted portraits of the [[Mahatmas]] [[Koot Hoomi]] and [[Morya]]. [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky]], [[Patience Sinnett]], [[Laura Holloway-Langford|Laura C. Holloway]], [[Mohini Mohun Chatterji]], and others gathered in the artist's London studio in 1884. HPB and others described first Koot Hoomi and then Morya as the Mahatmas appeared to them psychically, and Schmiechen painted to their instructions. Laura Holloway wrote an account of the session that was  published in ''The Word'' magazine.<ref> Laura C. Holloway,  “The Mahatmas and Their Instruments Part II,” The Word (New York), July 1912, pp. 200-206, available at The Blavatsky Archives [http://www.blavatskyarchives.com/holloway2.htm#The Portraits of the Mahatmas]</ref>
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Hermann Schmiechen was a German artist who painted portraits of the Mahatmas Koot Hoomi and Morya. Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, Patience Sinnett, Laura C. Holloway, Mohini Mohun Chatterji, and others gathered in the artist's London studio in 1884. HPB and others described first Koot Hoomi and then Morya as the Mahatmas appeared to them psychically, and Schmiechen painted to their instructions. Laura Holloway wrote an account of the session that was published in The Word magazine.[1]

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  1. Laura C. Holloway, “The Mahatmas and Their Instruments Part II,” The Word (New York), July 1912, pp. 200-206, available at The Blavatsky Archives Portraits of the Mahatmas