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According to [[Readers Guide to The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett (book)|''Readers Guide to The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett'']]:<br>
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Scott, Ross, a young Irishman and British civil servant who was on his way to his post in North India when he met the [[Founders]] aboard ship in February 1879, as they were sailing to Bombay ([[Old Diary Leaves (book)|ODL]] 2: 16-17). [[Koot Hoomi|KH]] asked [[Alfred Percy Sinnett|APS]] to make friends with him ([[The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett (book)|ML]], p. 282). APS considered him coarse fibered. Ross received a letter from [[Morya|M]] in the late fall of 1881 ([[Letters of H. P. Blavatsky to A. P. Sinnett (book)|LBS]] x-c). He became the first secretary of the [[Simla Eclectic Theosophical Society|Simla Eclectic TS]] on August 21, 1881. M asked APS to discuss certain things with Scott. Apparently he had an injured leg which the [[Mahatmas]] promised [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky|HPB]] they would cure if Scott passed the six months probation on which he had been placed. HPB was told by the Mahatmas to try to find a suitable wife for him - certainly one of the strangest things in the [[Mahatma letters|Letters]]. He married Minnie Hume, only daughter of [[Allan Octavian Hume|AOH]], on December 8, 1881 ([[Letters of H. P. Blavatsky to A. P. Sinnett (book)|LBS]], p. 15). It appears that he failed his probation, partially because of his wife's attitude toward the Adepts. Later, he became a magistrate in the Central Provinces. [[The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett (book)|ML]] index; [[Damodar and the Pioneers of the Theosophical Movement (book)|D]], p. 645; [[Letters of H. P. Blavatsky to A. P. Sinnett (book)|LBS]], p. 44.<ref>George E. Linton and Virginia Hanson, eds., ''Readers Guide to The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett'' (Adyar, Chennai, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1972), 244.</ref>
Scott, Ross, a young Irishman and British civil servant who was on his way to his post in North India when he met the [[Founders]] aboard ship in February 1879, as they were sailing to Bombay ([[Old Diary Leaves (book)|ODL]] 2: 16-17). [[Koot Hoomi|KH]] asked [[Alfred Percy Sinnett|APS]] to make friends with him ([[The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett (book)|ML]], p. 282). APS considered him coarse fibered. Ross received a letter from [[Morya|M]] in the late fall of 1881 ([[Letters of H. P. Blavatsky to A. P. Sinnett (book)|LBS]] x-c). He became the first secretary of the [[Simla Eclectic Theosophical Society|Simla Eclectic TS]] on August 21, 1881. M asked APS to discuss certain things with Scott. Apparently he had an injured leg which the [[Mahatmas]] promised [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky|HPB]] they would cure if Scott passed the six months probation on which he had been placed. HPB was told by the Mahatmas to try to find a suitable wife for him - certainly one of the strangest things in the [[Mahatma letters|Letters]]. He married Minnie Hume, only daughter of [[Allan Octavian Hume|AOH]], on December 8 [or 28?], 1881 ([[Letters of H. P. Blavatsky to A. P. Sinnett (book)|LBS]], p. 15). It appears that he failed his probation, partially because of his wife's attitude toward the Adepts. Later, he became a magistrate in the Central Provinces. [[The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett (book)|ML]] index; [[Damodar and the Pioneers of the Theosophical Movement (book)|D]], p. 645; [[Letters of H. P. Blavatsky to A. P. Sinnett (book)|LBS]], p. 44.<ref>George E. Linton and Virginia Hanson, eds., ''Readers Guide to The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett'' (Adyar, Chennai, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1972), 244.</ref>
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Revision as of 21:45, 5 August 2013

According to Readers Guide to The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett:

Scott, Ross, a young Irishman and British civil servant who was on his way to his post in North India when he met the Founders aboard ship in February 1879, as they were sailing to Bombay (ODL 2: 16-17). KH asked APS to make friends with him (ML, p. 282). APS considered him coarse fibered. Ross received a letter from M in the late fall of 1881 (LBS x-c). He became the first secretary of the Simla Eclectic TS on August 21, 1881. M asked APS to discuss certain things with Scott. Apparently he had an injured leg which the Mahatmas promised HPB they would cure if Scott passed the six months probation on which he had been placed. HPB was told by the Mahatmas to try to find a suitable wife for him - certainly one of the strangest things in the Letters. He married Minnie Hume, only daughter of AOH, on December 8 [or 28?], 1881 (LBS, p. 15). It appears that he failed his probation, partially because of his wife's attitude toward the Adepts. Later, he became a magistrate in the Central Provinces. ML index; D, p. 645; LBS, p. 44.[1]

Master K.H. said that he received a visit from M. "in astral shape".[2]

Notes

  1. George E. Linton and Virginia Hanson, eds., Readers Guide to The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett (Adyar, Chennai, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1972), 244.
  2. Vicente Hao Chin, Jr., The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett in chronological sequence No. 92 (Quezon City: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 299.