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Review by M.R. Jaqua
"Kuthumi on Selfhood" is a recent re-release under new
title of Elizabeth Clare Prophet's 1969 volume 12 of her
"Pearls of Wisdom" series. It is a series of short essays
supposedly channeled from the adepts behind the founding
of the Theosophical Society, Morya and Koot Hoomi (and a
host of others from "Archangel Michael" to Gautama Buddha)
which are bound together in one volume.
First of all, any serious student of Theosophy realizes
that Clare Prophet's "Morya and Kuthumi" are not the REAL
Morya and Koot Hoomi since these two adepts did not believe
in the practice of mediumship. The impersonation of adepts
by astral entities is no uncommon thing as can be seen by
Koot Hoomi's own words on page 419 and other places in "The
Mahatma Letters."
While "The Mahatma Letters" (the production of the REAL
Koot Hoomi and Morya) is solid philosophy throughout and
obviously the production of great minds, whether the critic
be theosophist or not, the contents of Prophet's "Kuthumi
on Selfhood" is nearly entirely pollyannic gibberish, with
undefined terms piled helter-skelter upon each other from
every area of religion and occultism in such an irrational
fashion as to make anyone attempting to find even a focal
point as a basis for critique to throw his hands up in anguished
despair. Once again, as the case in most all channeling,
the discourses are an appeal to the emotions with only the
barest necessary trace of rhyme, reason and system.
One wonders how with any sense of conscience Clare Prophet
can for the last 30 years present her channelings as from
the same Morya and Koot Hoomi behind the original Theosophical
Society and responsible for most of Founder Blavatsky's
erudite writings. How could one suppose such a drastic degeneration
in style and complete about-face on philosophic matters
could come from the same men? The word "God" is used approximately
half a dozen times on each page of Prophet's work, while
in "The Mahatma Letters" K.H. and M. would not use this
term at all without qualification because of the terms connotation
of the Christian *Personal* Diety. While it is stated repeatedly
in the adept-produced writings that it is hoped the Theosophical
Movement will avoid any sort of "churchism," Clare Prophet's
"masters" have instructed her to do this very thing with
her "Church Universal and Triumphant" complete with bishops,
et. al. "Morya" is even made to give a wonderful Christmas
sermon at one point and vicarious atonement is promulgated
at others - something that is the complete antithesis of
Theosophical Teachings. "Jesus Christ" delivers a message
also, and in the adept's earlier Theosophical teachings
Christ was held to be an Avatar - a being created by white
magic which ceases to exist forever after physical death
- one wonders what he is still doing around. Did Clare Prophet's
"adepts" change their philosophy from early Theosophical
days, or does she merely ignore the above discrepancies
and the thousand other paradoxes between her "new" adepts
and the old, genuine adepts - who were not "ascended masters"
at all (whatever this may be) but real living men.
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