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There are three publications of letters written by [[H. P. Blavatsky]]'s Teachers, variously referred as, "Brothers," "Mahatmas," or "[[Masters]]."
#redirect [[The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett (book)]]
In 1880 [[A. P. Sinnett]], an Englishman living in India entered into correspondence with This correspondence took place over the years 1880 to 1884, where [[A. P. Sinnett|Mr. Sinnett]] received many letters from two of the [[Mahatmas]] known as [[Morya]] and [[Koot Hoomi]]. The letters are now kept in the British Library, and were published by [[A. Trevor Barker]] in 1923 as a book entitled [[The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett from the Mahatmas M. & K. H.]].
The other two publications are known as [[Letters from the Masters of the Wisdom]], First and Second Series, and were published in ... respectively by C. Jinarajadasa. These books are collections of letters received by a number of [[Theosophists]] and [[chelas]] over the years.......
 
 
== Letters written by chelas ==
 
The majority of the letters were not written physically by the [[Masters]]. Mme. Blavatsky, in a letter to [[A. P. Sinnett|Mr. Sinnett]] wrote: "Has Master K.H. written himself all His letters? How many chelas have been precipitating and writing them——heaven only knows."<ref>Hao Chin, Vic., ''Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett'' No. 139, (????????), ???</ref> [[Koot Hoomi|Mahatma K.H.]] explained this custom as follows:
 
<blockquote>Another of our customs, when corresponding with the outside world, is to entrust a chela with the task of delivering the letter or any other message; and if not absolutely necessary — to never give it a thought. Very often our very letters — unless something very important and secret — are written in our handwritings by our chelas. Thus, last year, some of my letters to you were precipitated, and when sweet and easy precipitation was stopped — well I had but to compose my mind, assume an easy position, and — think, and my faithful “Disinherited”the”[the] had but to copy my thoughts, making only occasionally a blunder.<ref>Hao Chin, Vic., ''The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett'' No. 75 (???????????) ???</ref></blockquote>
 
In fact, this method was sometimes a source of errors. [[Mahatma Letter No. 17]] is an example of how mistakes can creep in:
 
<blockquote>It was dictated mentally, in the direction of, and “precipitated” by, a young chela not yet expert at this branch of psychic chemistry, and who had to transcribe it from the hardly visible imprint. Half of it, therefore, was omitted and the other half more or less distorted by the “artist.” When asked by him at the time, whether I would look it over and correct I answered, imprudently I confess — “anyhow will do, my boy — it is of no great importance if you skip a few words.”<ref>Hao Chin, Vic., ''Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett'' No. 17, (????????), ???</ref></blockquote>
 
In answer to accusations that said the handwriting of the Masters was (subtly) different along the letters, Madame Blavatsky wrote:
 
Now if there is such a marked difference between letters written by the same identical person mechanically, (as the case with me for instance who never had a steady handwriting) how much more in precipitation, which is the photographic reproduction from one’s head, and I bet anything that no chela (if Masters can) is capable of precipitating his own handwriting twice over in precisely the same way — a difference and a marked one there shall always be, as no painter can paint twice over the same likeness. . .<ref>Hao Chin, Vic., ''Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett'' No. 139, (????????), ???</ref>
 
== Notes ==
 
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