Mahatma Letter to John Smith - LMW 2 No. 81

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People involved
Written by: Morya
Received by: John Smith
Sent via: unknown 
Dates
Written on: 1 February 1882
Received on: 1 February 1882
Other dates: unknown
Places
Sent from: unknown
Received at: Bombay
Via: unknown

This letter is Letter No. 81 in Letters from the Masters of the Wisdom, Second Series. In it, Mahatma Morya asks John Smith to work for Theosophy in Australia.[1]

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Page 1 transcription, image, and notes

No chance of writing to you inside your letters, but I can write direct. Work for us in Australia, and we will not prove ungrateful, but will prove to you our actual existence, and thank you.

M.

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Context and background

Mr. Jinarajadasa provided this background information:

Received on February 1, 1882, in Bombay by Professor John Smith, C.M.G., M.L.C., of the University of Sydney. He arrived in Bombay on January 13, 1882, with a letter of introduction to the Founders from Mrs. Emma H. Britten. Next day he came and stayed at Crow’s Nest. After a tour in North India, he returned to Crow’s Nest on January 31st. The following day after lunch, a precipitation took place, and Professor Smith received this letter. There is no record of any work which he ever did in Australia for Theosophy. He died in 1885.[2]

Physical description of letter

The original of this letter is not extant.

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Notes

  1. C. Jinarajadasa, Letters from the Masters of the Wisdom, Second Series (Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1925), 153.
  2. C. Jinarajadasa, 153.