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[[File:1888_Kodak_photo_by_W_Q_Judge.jpg|right|220px|thumb|HPB in 1888, photo by William Quan Judge]]
[[File:Vonda_Urban_lecturing.png|right|180px|right|thumb|Vonda Urban]]
'''[[Mahatma_Letters_that_HPB_kept|Mahatma Letters that HPB kept]]''' is a group of ten letters that have never before been published. These letters are mostly written from [[A. P. Sinnett]] to [[Mahatma|Mahatmas]] [[Koot Hoomi]] and [[Morya]], asking questions or responding to their previous letters, with brief notations by KH and M. Historically they fill gaps in the published correspondence like [[The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett (book)|''The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett'']], giving the other side of the conversation.  
'''[[Vonda Urban]]''' (1918-2011) was an independent teacher of [[Theosophy]] and [[Astrology]] based in Chicago, Illinois. She taught thousands of students from many branches of the [[Theosophical Movement]] in her home. [[File:Cha_cha_backstage_at_Aragon_Ballroom.png|left|220px|thumb|Dancing at Aragon Ballroom]] One of her most devoted students was Jon Knebel, who became a profound scholar and teacher of the [[Mahatma_Letters_Portal|Mahatma Letters]] and the correspondence of [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky|H. P. Blavatsky]]. '''[[Vonda_Urban#Audio|Audio]] and [[Vonda_Urban#Vidio|video]] recordings''' of her lectures demonstrate her deep understanding and skill as a teacher.
 
[[File:Koot Hoomi.jpg|left|120px|left|thumb|Koot Hoomi]]
Topics covered include [[A. O. Hume]], the KH retreat, Sinnett's relationship with the Mahatmas, [[London Lodge]], [[Mary Gebhard]], [[Anna Bonus Kingsford]], the [[Phoenix Venture]], the [[Kiddle incident]], and the [[Coulomb affair]]. Two letters written by [[Samuel Ward]] and [[G. B. Finch]] discuss the leadership of the [[London Lodge]].  


These letters are important because the Masters instructed [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky|Madame Blavatsky]] to keep them, due to the significance of their contents.
Before her work in Theosophy, Vonda had some celebrity in Chicago as a ballroom dance instructor at the Aragon Ballroom.
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H. P. Blavatsky Gem of the Day
Saturday, April 27, 2024

He who lives in one color of the rainbow is blind to the rest. Live in the light diffused through the entire arc, and you will know it all.

– “The Path”, v. 3, № 12, 1889, p. 401




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Vonda Urban
Vonda Urban (1918-2011) was an independent teacher of Theosophy and Astrology based in Chicago, Illinois. She taught thousands of students from many branches of the Theosophical Movement in her home.
Dancing at Aragon Ballroom
One of her most devoted students was Jon Knebel, who became a profound scholar and teacher of the Mahatma Letters and the correspondence of H. P. Blavatsky. Audio and video recordings of her lectures demonstrate her deep understanding and skill as a teacher.

Before her work in Theosophy, Vonda had some celebrity in Chicago as a ballroom dance instructor at the Aragon Ballroom.

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