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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> | 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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Cook, Rev. Joseph, a Boston preacher who at one time supported the idea of [[Spiritualism|spiritualism]] but when he went to India in 1882, he denounced both spiritualism and [[Theosophy]]. [[Damodar K. Mavalankar|Damodar]] countered his | Cook, Rev. Joseph, a Boston preacher who at one time supported the idea of [[Spiritualism|spiritualism]] but when he went to India in 1882, he denounced both spiritualism and [[Theosophy]]. [[Damodar K. Mavalankar|Damodar]] countered his accusations in the press. [[Morya|M]] calls him "a pump of filth" ([[The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett (book)|ML]], p. 267). There is a newspaper clipping about him in [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky|HPB's]] scrapbook. [[Old Diary Leaves (book)|ODL]] 2: 329; [[Damodar and the Pioneers of the Theosophical Movement (book)|D]], pp. 178-80; [[A Short History of the Theosophical Society (book)|SH]] index.<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), 219.</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 11:25, 20 December 2025
According to Readers Guide to The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett:
Cook, Rev. Joseph, a Boston preacher who at one time supported the idea of spiritualism but when he went to India in 1882, he denounced both spiritualism and Theosophy. Damodar countered his accusations in the press. M calls him "a pump of filth" (ML, p. 267). There is a newspaper clipping about him in HPB's scrapbook. ODL 2: 329; D, pp. 178-80; SH index.[1]
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), 219.
