Mahatma Letter to H. S. Olcott - LMW 2 No. 9
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| Written by: | Serapis Bey |
| Received by: | Henry Steel Olcott |
| Sent via: | unknown |
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This is Letter No. 9 in Letters from the Masters of the Wisdom, Second Series. In it Mahatma Serapis Bey offers guidance to Henry Steel Olcott in understanding the unhappiness of Helena Petrovna Blavatsky due to her brief marriage to Michael C. Betanelly.[1]
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BROTHER, GREETING! I heard your appeal, Brother mine, but could not answer it as promptly as I would, being engaged at that moment elsewhere. The time is come to let thee know who I am. I am not a disembodied spirit, brother. I am a living man, gifted with such powers by our Lodge as are in store for thyself someday. I cannot be otherwise with thee but in spirit, for many thousands of miles separate us at present. Be patient and of good cheer. Brother John has advised me of thy letter to him. You wrong the poor fellow, brother mine. You chide him for what is no fault of his. He did try to find you the books, but the library of the man “who knows but cannot” is full of bad efflux; the magnetic effluvia was too strong for John, it was contrary to his nature and thus he could not see. The dweller was at work, trying to poison your heart with black doubt and bring you to mistrust our good John. You have pained him greatly, for if attached otherwise to earth and sharing largely in frail men’s imperfections, still our Brother John is true and noble in his heart, and incapable of deceiving wittingly a friend. You wrong likewise in thought our Sister. If vain and proud in many instances, not so with you; she is too just to attribute to her own credit, what you in your unselfish, noble exertions try to do for the Cause; her heart feels warm and devoted to thee, brother. She feels unhappy, and in her bitter hours of mental agony and sorrow looks to thee for friendly advice and soothing words of comfort. Devoted to the Great Cause of Truth, she sacrificed [to] it her very heart’s blood; believing she might better help it, if she took a husband whose love for her would open his hand and make him give freely, she hesitated not but tied herself to him she hated. The same law of compensation that brought her to accept this crafty youth . . . Her cup of bitterness is full, O Brother. The dark, mysterious influence is overshadowing all . . . Tighter and tighter is drawn round them the pitiless circle; be friendly and merciful to her, brother, . . . and leaving otherwise the weak and silly wretch, whom fate has given her for husband to his desert, . . . pity him – also him who, by giving himself up entirely into the power of the Dweller], has merited his fate. His love for her is gone, the sacred flame has died out for want of fuel, he heeded not her warning voice; he hates John and worships the Dweller who holds with him communication. At his suggestion, finding himself on the brink of bankruptcy, his secret design is to sail for Europe, and leave her unprovided and alone. Unless we help him for the sake of her, our Sister, her life is doomed and for her future will be poverty and sickness. The laws which govern our Lodge will not allow us to interfere with her fate, by means that might seem supernal. She can get no money but through him she wedded; her pride must be humbled even before him she hates. Still, there are means left at our disposal to provide for her, and through her benefit yourself and Cause. Brother John has cleverly worked for her sake in her native place. The chiefs of the government have sent him orders; if he fulfills them there are millions in the future in store for him. He has no money and his brains are weak. Will my brother try to find him a partner? Mary Olcott’s brother has a relative, a nephew, but John can do naught with him. Prepare to visit her in a few days – as soon as I impress you; but whatever you do with him, or for him, secure yourself a sum of money from the first. He will readily give you notes for any amount to be payable at future days provided you find him a partner with gold and silver. Money is best with you, in your hands, and you must have a hold on the youthful wretch, for the sake of the Cause, of yourself who need it for your boys, and her, our Sister. Let the transaction be executed at your discretion and pleasure. Does my good brother Henry understand me, does he realize what I mean. I am a poor hand at business and all of the above is suggested by Brother John. I have said. The holy Blessing be with you.
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The original of this letter is preserved at the Theosophical Society, Adyar, Chennai, India.
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