A. Trevor Barker

A. Trevor Barker, from frontispiece of The Hill of Discernment, 1941.

Dr. Barker married Virginia _____, who was also a Theosophist. They had children. For many years, Barker was head of the English Section of the Theosophical Society."

The Mahatma Letters

As Gottfried de Purucker wrote, "One of Trevor's last actions was arranging for the depositing of the MSS. the The mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett in the British Museum, where these papers are now held in the Department of Select Manuscripts."

Grace Knoche wrote,

Just what prompted Trevor Barker to contact Maud Hoffman, executrix of the estate of the late A. P. Sinnett who had died in 1921, is not known. It is of record that the Mahatma as well as the Blavatsky letters had been bequeathed by Mr. Sinnett "solely and unconditionally" to Miss Hoffman, and that she in turn had allowed this young man the "great privilege of undertaking the whole responsibility" for their transcription and publication in book form.

Later years

After Dr. Barker died in 1941, his writings were compiled into a book by Gottfried de Purucker:

With the death of A. Trevor Barker on July 17th of this year, the spontaneous wish was expressed by his many friends all over the world that his lectures and writings might be gathered together for publication in some permanent form. The present work, THE HILL OF DISCERNMENT, is an answer to this widespread desire. It contains in large part all the available addresses given in various parts of England, mainly to Theosophical groups and lodges, to European Conventions of the Theosophical Society, and to various 'fraternization' meetings with the Phoenix Lodge and otehr Lodges of the Adyar T. S. in England.

Additional resources

These books are available online:

• The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett. Theosophical University Press.[2]
• The Letters of H. P. Blavatsky to A. P. Sinnett. Theosophical University Press. [3]
• The Hill of Discernment. Theosophical University Press.[4]