Theos-Talk Archives (January 2005 Message tt00081)

--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, samblo@c... wrote:


> Who is "Atrya" mentioned in relation to H.P.B.?

John,

Please see Blavatsky Collected Writings, vol. I, p. 90, with notes by 
Boris de Zirkoff, reproduced below.

Pedro



[In H.P.B.'s Scrapbook, Vol. I, p. 36, may be found another cutting 
from the Spiritual Scientist of May 27, 1875, the text of which is as 
follows:

"It is rumoured that one or more Oriental Spiritualists of high rank 
have just arrived in this country. They are said to possess a 
profound knowledge of the mysteries of illumination, and it is not 
impossible that they will establish relations with those whom we are 
accustomed to regard as the leaders in Spiritualistic affairs. If the 
report be true, their coming may be regarded as a great blessing; for 
after a quarter century of phenomena, we are almost without a 
philosophy to account for them or control their occurrence. Welcome 
to the Wise Men of the East, if they have really come to worship at 
the cradle of our new Truth."

H.P.B. underlined in red pencil the word "Spiritualist," and wrote on 
the margin, lengthwise up the page, also in red pencil:]

At . . . & Ill. . . . passed thro' New York & Boston; thence thro' 
California & Japan back. M . . . appearing in Kama-Rupa daily.

[The abbreviations most likely stand for Atrya and Illarion (or 
Hilarion), two of the Adept-Brothers.]