Theos-Talk Archives (December 2001 Message tt00120)

Brigitte M. apparently wrote:

"Damodar could have been helpful as a source drawn on by HPB for his 
inside knowledge of Indian religion, as were Subba Row and Mohini. 
The volume of the letters does not require a large network of fellow 
conspirators, or a small one, or in fact any at all. Given what we 
know of HPB's ability to produce a large volume of writing in a short 
time, composing the Mahatma letters in the time period in which they 
appeared is quite within her abilities. The circumstances of the 
letters' delivery would, in a few cases, require some conspirators. 
Among those suggested by other writers have been Damodar and the 
servant Babula; in the case of the Coulombs two witnesses confessed 
to having been part of a conspiracy." Quoted from:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/theos-talk/message/4046 

Upon reading the above words, I thought this sounded quite familiar. 
Finally I found the following written by K. Paul Johnson:

"The volume of the letters does not require a large network of fellow 
conspirators, or a small one, or in fact any at all. Given what we 
know of HPB's ability to produce a large volume of writing in a short 
time, composing the Mahatma letters in the time period in which they 
appeared is quite within her abilities. The circumstances of the 
letters' delivery would, in a few cases, require some conspirators. 
Among those suggested by other writers have been Damodar and the 
servant Babula; in the case of the Coulombs two witnesses confessed 
to having been part of a conspiracy. . . ."

". . . . Damodar could have been helpful as a source drawn on by HPB 
for his inside knowledge of Indian religion, as were Subba Row and 
Mohini." Quoted from: http://katinkahesselink.net/his/kp_john1.htm 

How are we to explain this literary puzzle?

Is it POSSIBLE that Brigitte M. is actually K. Paul Johnson? :)

Or did the Vienna scholar using ESP read the librarian's brain cells 
in America? ;)

Or . . . . 

Could this discovery of parallel passages rival the famous Henry 
Kiddle case in Theosophical history? :)

Daniel