Produced by David E. Brown, Margo Romberg, Bryan Ness and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) H. P. BLAVATSKY A GREAT BETRAYAL BY ALICE LEIGHTON CLEATHER One of Her Pupils PRICE _One Rupee, Fifty cents, or One Shilling Six Pence_ PUBLISHED BY THACKER, SPINK & CO CALCUTTA 1922 WORKS BY THE SAME AUTHOR. =H. P. Blavatsky:=--_Her Life and Work for Humanity._ CALCUTTA: THACKER, SPINK & CO., 1922. =In Collaboration with Mrs. Laura Langford:=--_Helena Petrovna Blavatsky. Personal Recollections by Old Friends._ New York, 1922. =In Collaboration with Mr. Basil Crump:= _Richard Wagner's Music Dramas._ Embodying Wagner's own interpretations based upon his studies of Oriental Philosophy. LONDON: METHUEN & CO., 4 VOLS. H. P. BLAVATSKY "Behold the truth before you! a clean life, an open mind, a pure heart, an eager intellect, an unveiled spiritual perception, a brotherliness for one's co-disciple, a readiness to give and receive advice and instruction, a loyal sense of duty to the Teacher, a willing obedience to the behests of TRUTH, once we have placed our confidence in, and believe that Teacher to be in possession of it; a courageous endurance of personal injustice, a brave declaration of principles, a valiant defence of those who are unjustly attacked, and a constant eye to the ideal of human progression and perfection which the secret science (_Gupta Vidya_) depicts--these are the golden stairs up the steps of which the learner may climb to the Temple of Divine Wisdom. Say this to those who have volunteered to be taught by you." Letter to H. P. B. from her Master (concerning her E. S. students.) H. P. BLAVATSKY A GREAT BETRAYAL BY ALICE LEIGHTON CLEATHER _One of Her Pupils_ _Published by_ THACKER, SPINK & CO CALCUTTA 1922 "Tell them ...; As pure water poured into the scavenger's bucket is befouled and unfit for use, so is divine truth when poured into the consciousness of a Sensualist.... Observe, that the first of the steps of gold which mount towards the Temple of Truth is--A CLEAN LIFE. This means a purity of body, and a still greater purity of mind, heart and spirit." Letter to H. P. B. from her Master (concerning her E. S. students.) CONTENTS. PAGE FOREWORD vii INTRODUCTORY 1 MR. WILLIAM KINGSLAND ON THE CRISIS OF 1906 7 M. M. SCHURÉ AND LÉVY ON THE CRISIS OF 1913 11 MRS. BESANT'S "RETURN OF THE CHRIST" 15 FUNDAMENTAL CAUSES: SOME OCCULT METHODS 23