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The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett - 1923

By A. T. Barker

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Letter No CXXV

I am commanded by my beloved Master, known in India and the Western lands as Koot Hoomi Lai Singh, to make in his name the following declaration, in answer to a certain statement made by Mr. W. Oxley, and sent by him for publication in the Theosophist. It is claimed by the said gentleman that my Master Koot Hoomi (a) has thrice visited him " by the astral form," and {b) that he had a conversation with Mr. Oxley when, as alleged he gave the latter certain explanations in reference to astral bodies in general, and the incompetency of his own Mayavy-rupa to pre- serve its consciousness simultaneously with the body " at both ends of the line '*—therefore my Master declares that : —I. Whomsoever Mr. Oxley may have seen and conversed with atthe time described, it was not with Koot Hoomi, the writer ofthe letters published in the Occult World.

2. Notwithstanding that my Master knows the gfentleman inquestion who once honoured him with an autograph letter, there-by giving him the means of making his (Mr. Oxley 's) acquaint-ance and of sincerely admiring his intuitional powers and westernlearning—^yet he has never approached him whether astrally orotherwise : Nor has he ever had any conversation with Mr. Oxley,least of all one of that nature in which both the subject and predicate, the premises and conclusions are all wrong.
3. In consequence of the said claims, the repetition of whichiscalculated to lead many of our theosophists into error, my Masterhas determined to issue the following resolution. Henceforth any medium or seer who will feel disposed to claimeither to have been visited by, or to have held conversation with,or to have seen my Master, —will have to substantiate the claimby prefixing his or her statement with three secret words, whichhe, my Teacher, will divulge to and leave in the safe keepingofMr. A. O. Hume, and Mr. A. P. Sinnett the respective Presidentand Vice-President, of ** The Eclectic Theosophical Society " ofSimla. As long as they do not find these three words correctlyrepeated by a medium or heading a statement to that effect,whether verbal or printed, emanating from him or her, or on hisor her behalf, the claim shall be regarded as a gratuitous assumption and no notice will be taken of it. To his regret my Masterisforced to adopt this step, as unfortunately of late such self-deception have become quite frequent, and would demand a speedycheck. The above declaration and statement to be appended as a foot-note to Mr. Oxley*s published statement. 

By order, 
Gjual-Khool. M.xxx.