"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]
H. P. Blavatsky on True Occultism[31]
Mrs. Besant's Responsibility and The Madras Law-suits[39]
The Central Hindu College: an Indian Criticism[43]
Mrs. Besant's latest Assertions and Claims examined[51]
Tampering with H. P. Blavatsky's Writings[71]
"Annie Besant's Corruption of the Secret Doctrine"[76]
The Truth about the E. S. Council and the Inner Group[83]
Conclusion[89]

ADDENDUM.

The Australian Crisis[92]
An Indictment of Mrs. Besant by a Resigning Member of her E. S.[95]
Bibliography[97]

There is a very very ancient maxim far older than the time of the Romans or the the Greeks .... It is a maxim all of them them ought to remember—and live accordingly ... a sound and pure mind requires a sound and pure body. Bodily purity every adept takes precautions to keep.... Most of them know this.... But though they have been repeatedly told of this sine qua non rule on the Path of Theosophy and Chelaship, how few of them have given attention to it.... Behold, how many of them are ... debauchees, GUILTY OF SECRET IMMORALITY in more than one form.... Though such a person with any of the faults as above declared [others are named] should fill the world with his charities, and make his name known throughout every nation, he would make no advancement in the practical occult sciences, but be continually slipping backward. The 'six and ten transcendental virtues,' the Paramitas[1], are not for full grown Yogis and priests alone, but for all those who would enter the 'Path.'"

Letter to H. P. B. from her Master
(concerning her E. S. students.)