Mahatma Letter of Sinnett to/from M - 1881-11-??
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Written by: | Morya, A. P. Sinnett |
Received by: | A. P. Sinnett, Morya |
Sent via: | unknown |
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Written on: | Early November 1881 |
Received on: | unknown |
Other dates: | unknown |
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Sent from: | Simla or Allahabad |
Received at: | unknown |
Via: | unknown |
This letter has not been published previously. A. P. Sinnett wrote to Mahatma Morya, who added a note and gave the original to H. P. Blavatsky to preserve.
Note to H. P. Blavatsky from K.H.
Note written in blue ink ..................: |
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Page 1 of Sinnett letter transcription, image, and notes
[Letterhead: The Pioneer, Allahabad.] To M ... I am more than pleased to find you are getting to tolerate me to some extent. In that case it will not ... you to receive letters from me and you can ... ............. I should like you to read a letter I wrote to my boss and friend, your brother (from a very full heart) on my way up here, at Soleni! It would probably show you, even more than my mere words for you can as we say read between the lines – |
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what I feel about him. But for me, a better assurance that there may be some good stuff in me than is afforded by the fact that I appreciate him, is even conveyed in the blessed certainty I have that he entertains a real regard for me, in spite of all my earthiness. As for that I have never resolved not to try and shake it off, but that would be a large undertaking; I have never yet felt sure that I could carry it through, nor has my revered friend ever explicitly |
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enjoined me to do so, I fear he does not think I could carry it through. My ambition has hitherto been to be useful to him, and you all in my own small way, in the world when my daily work, and to some extent my tastes and habits chain me. I am not too proud to look for my reward in your protection and help upwards somehow, in the end, and in some closer acquaintance with him ultimately, for which as I have sat reading his letters my heart has often ached with desire. Pardon for once the egotism of the letter. I am |
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trying to introduce myself to you. You speak of my thirst for phenomena. I do not thirst for any thing that can be called tamasha. What I do long for is the privilege of direct communion with the Occult World and him especially. That may involve the exercise of phenomenic powers on your side, but the thing I aspire to is the personal communion not the display of magic. I do not say I am worthy of this, but the aspiration at all events |
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Context and background
Master M. was corresponding with Sinnett during the period in late 1881 when Master K.H. was in retreat. M. responded to many questions from Sinnett and A. O. Hume, resulting in the Cosmological Notes. The Master became annoyed by Hume and addressed his concerns in a lengthy letter, Mahatma Letter No. 29. The current letter is a response by Sinnett, who evidently believed he had been invited to act as an editor to M.'s letter before it could be delivered to Hume.
Physical description of letter
Two sheets of paper were written on both sides and folded to make 8 pages. Letterhead of The Pioneer was used, as can be seen in the imprints on pages 1 and 5. Notations by M. are in blue ink, although he generally used red ink. This letter is in a private collection.
Publication history
This letter has never been published before.
Commentary about this letter
The chief significance of this letter is that it is a rare example of Sinnett's side of his correspondence with the Mahatmas. Sinnett goes into full editorial mode, critiquing M.'s style of addressing Hume, and proposing changes in wording.