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First published in 1923 by [[A. Trevor Barker]], this volume gathers most of the letters sent by Mahatmas [[Morya]] and [[Koot Hoomi]] to [[A. P. Sinnett]] and [[A. O. Hume]] between the years 1880 and 1884. This publication, where the letters were arranged under subjects, underwent three editions.
 
On March 25, 1972, [[Vicente Hao Chin, Jr.]] published a fourth edition with the letters arranged in chronological order based on the [[Readers Guide to The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett (book)|''Readers Guide to The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett'']] written by [[George Linton]] and [[Virginia Hanson]]. This edition also includes brief notes by Hanson regarding the context and circumstances of each letter.
 
==Why A. P. Sinnett?==
 
According to [[Annie Besant]] in her book ''A Study in Karma'' [[Koot Hoomi|Mahatma K. H.]] and [[A. P. Sinnett|Mr. Sinnett]] had created a karmic link in a previous life:
 
<blockquote>Many of such helpful karmic links have we seen within the Theosophical Society. Long, long ago, He who is the Master K.H. was taken prisoner in a battle with an Egyptian army, and was generously befriended and sheltered by an Egyptian of high rank. Thousands of years later, help is needed for the nascent Theosophical Society, and the Master, looking over India for one to aid in this great work, sees His old friend of the Egyptian and other lives, now Mr. A.P. Sinnett, editing the leading Anglo-Indian newspaper, The Pioneer. Mr. Sinnett goes, as usual, to Simla; Mme Blavatsky goes up thither, to form the link; Mr. Sinnett is drawn within the immediate influence of the Master, receives instruction from Him, and becomes the author of The Occult World and of Esoteric Buddhism, carrying to thousands the message of Theosophy.<ref>Annie Besant, ''A Study in Karma'', (Wheaton, IL: The Theosophical Publishing House, 1987), 48.</ref></blockquote>
 
== See also ==
 
*[[ML Portal|Mahatma Letters Portal]]
*[[Mahatma Letter No. 1]]
 
==Online resources==
===Video===
*[http://www.theosophicalinstitute.org/medialibrary/viewtitle.php?titleid=61E3CCEA-D544-4D04-98D2-48F4D7187210# The Mahatmas and Their Letters] by Steve Schweizer
 
== Notes ==
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