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Ross Scott met [[Founders#The Founders|the Founders]] aboard the ship "Speke Hall" in February 1879, as they were sailing to Bombay He was a young Irishman and British civil servant who was on his way to his post in North India.<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> Col. Olcott called him "a noble fellow and an Irishman of the better sort".<ref>Henry Steel Olcott, ''Old Diary Leaves'' Second Series (Adyar, Madras: The Theosophical Publishing House, 1974), 16.</ref> | |||
[[Koot Hoomi|Master K.H.]] asked [[Alfred Percy Sinnett|A. P. Sinnett]]: "I have a favour to ask of you: try and make friends with Ross Scott. I need him".<ref>Vicente Hao Chin, Jr., ''The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett in chronological sequence'' No. 20 (Quezon City: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 76.</ref> Mr. Sinnett considered him coarse fibered. On [[August 21]], 1881, he was chosen as secretary of the newly fromed [[Simla Eclectic Theosophical Society]]. | |||
== Marriage == | |||
According to [[Readers Guide to The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett (book)|''Readers Guide to The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett'']]: | |||
<blockquote> 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). . . 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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[[Koot Hoomi|Master K.H.]] | == Master M. appears == | ||
In Josephine Ransom’s Short History of the Theosophical Society p. 165, she relates that... | |||
...During January and February the Master M. appeared often and was seen by many... One evening, when a group had gathered at the house, the Master M. appeared and was distinctly seen by Ross Scott, Bhavani Shanker, Damodar and others. | |||
This was confirmed by [[Koot Hoomi|Master K.H.]] in October 1882 who told Mr. Sinnett that Mr. Scott received a visit from [[Morya|M.]] "in astral shape".<ref>Vicente Hao Chin, Jr., ''The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett in chronological sequence'' No. 92 (Quezon City: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 299.</ref> | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
Revision as of 17:01, 6 August 2013
Ross Scott met the Founders aboard the ship "Speke Hall" in February 1879, as they were sailing to Bombay He was a young Irishman and British civil servant who was on his way to his post in North India.[1] Col. Olcott called him "a noble fellow and an Irishman of the better sort".[2]
Master K.H. asked A. P. Sinnett: "I have a favour to ask of you: try and make friends with Ross Scott. I need him".[3] Mr. Sinnett considered him coarse fibered. On August 21, 1881, he was chosen as secretary of the newly fromed Simla Eclectic Theosophical Society.
Marriage
According to Readers Guide to The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett:
Ross received a letter from M in the late fall of 1881 (LBS x-c). . . 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.[4]
Master M. appears
In Josephine Ransom’s Short History of the Theosophical Society p. 165, she relates that...
...During January and February the Master M. appeared often and was seen by many... One evening, when a group had gathered at the house, the Master M. appeared and was distinctly seen by Ross Scott, Bhavani Shanker, Damodar and others.
This was confirmed by Master K.H. in October 1882 who told Mr. Sinnett that Mr. Scott received a visit from M. "in astral shape".[5]
Notes
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Henry Steel Olcott, Old Diary Leaves Second Series (Adyar, Madras: The Theosophical Publishing House, 1974), 16.
- ↑ Vicente Hao Chin, Jr., The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett in chronological sequence No. 20 (Quezon City: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 76.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Vicente Hao Chin, Jr., The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett in chronological sequence No. 92 (Quezon City: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 299.