The Masters Revealed: Madame Blavatsky and the Myth of the Great White Lodge - Paperback

by K. Paul Johnson (Author)

List of Illustrations
The Masters
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Masters and the Myth

Part One. Adepts

Prince Pavel Dolgorukii
Prince Aleksandr Golitsyn
Albert Rawson
Paolos Metamon
Agardi Metrovitch
Giuseppe Mazzini
Louis Maximilien Bimstein
Jamal ad-Din "al-Afghani"
James Sanua
Lydia Pashkov
Ooton Liatto
Marie, Countess of Caithness
Sir Richard Burton
Abdelkader
Raphael Borg
James Peebles
Charles Sotheran
Mikhail Katkov
Illustrations

Part Two. Mahatmas

Swami Dayananda Sarasvati
Shyamaji Krishnavarma
Maharaja Ranbir Singh of Kashmir
Thakar Singh Sandhanwalia
Maharaja Holkar of Indore
Bhai Gurmukh Singh
Baba Khem Singh Bedi
Surendranath Banerjea
Dayal Singh Majithia
Sumangala Unnanse
Sarat Chandra Das
Ugyen Gyatso
Sengchen Tulku
Swami Sankaracharya of Mysore

Part Three. Secret Messages

Suspicion on Three Continents
An Urgent Warning to the Viceroy
Who Inspired Hume?
The Occult Imprisonment

Notes
Bibliography
Index

Back Jacket

The existence of Madame Blavatsky's occult 'Masters' has been fiercely debated for more than a century. Although scores of books have been written about her, none has focused on the historical identities of these elusive teachers. This book profiles 32 of Blavatsky's hidden sponsors, including leaders of secret societies in Europe and America, religio-political reformers in Egypt and India, and even British government agents. The milieu in which she carried out her spiritual quest is vividly revealed as a hotbed of revolutionary plots and secret coalitions. But beyond all the politics was a genuine spiritual awakening of global significance.