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Chintamon, Hurrychund, a chela of [[Dayānand Sarasvatī|Dayanand]] of the [[Arya Samaj]] movement... While [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky|HPB]] and [[Henry Steel Olcott|HSO]] were still in the USA they had correspondence wih him and sent fees to the Arya Samaj through him. It was discovered that he had diverted these funds, amounting to about Rs. 600, to his own pocket. Later he attempted to arouse suspicion of HPB as a "Russian spy." He was expelled from both the TS and the Arya Samaj and decamped to England with Rs. 4,000 belonging to the latter body. He was the originator of the "[[Hermetic Brotherhood of Luxor]]". He was forced to leave England and seems to have disappeared in the USA. See [[The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett (book)|ML]] index; [[Old Diary Leaves (book)|ODL]]2; [[A Short History of the Theosophical Society (book)|SH]] index.<ref>George E. Linton and Virginia Hanson, eds., ''Readers Guide to The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett'' (Adyar, Chennai, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1972), 223.</ref>
Chintamon, Hurrychund, a chela of [[Dayānand Sarasvatī|Dayanand]] of the [[Arya Samaj]] movement... While [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky|HPB]] and [[Henry Steel Olcott|HSO]] were still in the USA they had correspondence wih him and sent fees to the Arya Samaj through him. It was discovered that he had diverted these funds, amounting to about Rs. 600, to his own pocket. Later he attempted to arouse suspicion of HPB as a "Russian spy." He was expelled from both the TS and the Arya Samaj and decamped to England with Rs. 4,000 belonging to the latter body. He was the originator of the "[[Hermetic Brotherhood of Luxor]]". He was forced to leave England and seems to have disappeared in the USA. See [[The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett (book)|ML]] index; [[Old Diary Leaves (book)|ODL]]2; [[A Short History of the Theosophical Society (book)|SH]] index.<ref>George E. Linton and Virginia Hanson, eds., ''Readers Guide to The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett'' (Adyar, Chennai, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1972), 223.</ref>
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He was expelled from the [[Theosophical Society]] on [[May 13]], 1879.


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Revision as of 16:47, 19 July 2013

According to Readers Guide to The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett:

Chintamon, Hurrychund, a chela of Dayanand of the Arya Samaj movement... While HPB and HSO were still in the USA they had correspondence wih him and sent fees to the Arya Samaj through him. It was discovered that he had diverted these funds, amounting to about Rs. 600, to his own pocket. Later he attempted to arouse suspicion of HPB as a "Russian spy." He was expelled from both the TS and the Arya Samaj and decamped to England with Rs. 4,000 belonging to the latter body. He was the originator of the "Hermetic Brotherhood of Luxor". He was forced to leave England and seems to have disappeared in the USA. See ML index; ODL2; SH index.[1]

He was expelled from the Theosophical Society on May 13, 1879.

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  1. George E. Linton and Virginia Hanson, eds., Readers Guide to The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett (Adyar, Chennai, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1972), 223.