Isis very much unveiled : being the story of the great Mahatma hoax / told from sources mainly theosophical by Edmund Garrett.

  • Garrett, Fydell Edmund, 1865-1907.
Date:
[1894?]
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Credit: Isis very much unveiled : being the story of the great Mahatma hoax / told from sources mainly theosophical by Edmund Garrett. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    INDEX. PAGE. PART I.—The Story of the Great Mahatma Hoax. Chapter I.—Introduction 5 ,, II.—No Mahatmas, no Members! ... ... ... ... 8 I, III.—Mystification under Madame Blavatsky 13 „ IV.—The Psychical Research Exposure ... ... ... 17 ,, V.—Mystification under Mrs. Besant 22 ,, VI.—Enter the Mahatma 27 ,, VII.—Every Man his own Mahatma ... ... ... ... 32 ,, VIII—The Adventures of a Seal ... ... ... ... 36 ,, IX.—The Climax of Theosophic Brotherhood 42 ,, X.—The Mahatma Tries Threats 48 „ XL—Mrs. Besant’s coup de main 55 „ XII.—A Meeting of the (Theosophical) Pickwick Club ... 60 ,, XIII.—Questions and Challenges 67 PART II—Answers and Theosophistries I. —From Officials 75 II. —From Prominent Theosophists ... ... ... ... ••• 80 III.—From Private Members 93 PART III.—A General Rejoinder. Last Shreds of the Veil of Isis 99 POSTSCRIPT. ]\Ir. Judge’s Mahatma at Bay ... ... ... ... 108 L’Envoi: “The Society upon the Himalay ’ 117 A Reply from Mr. W. Q. Judge 121 An Appreciation of Mr. Judge’s “Reply” ... ... 133 Illustrations and Facsimiles. Frontispiece, Portrait of Mme, Blavatsky... ... ... ... i Portrait of Mrs. Besant ... ... ... ... ... ... 80-81 ,, Colonel Olcott 32-33 The “ Mahatma’s Seal ” 28 The Envelope Trick 35 Facsimiles of Mahatma Missives, of Mr. Judge’s Handwriting, &c 20, 33, 37, 38, 50, 52, 54 115 Portrait Cartoon : “ When Augur meets Augur 119