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Dossier on Cyril Scott & David Anrias

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Regarding Scott and Anrias
Articles
Source Materials
Communications
Bibliography
Reviews
Links

Regarding Scott and Anrias

Cyril Scott and David Anrias were two gifted friends who published the earliest, and maybe still most important, critical evaluations of Krishnamurti's post-1929 teachings. [continued]

Articles

The Masters and Their Emissaries: From H.P.B. to Guru Ma and Beyond
By the editor. Traces the lineage of the Masters' emissaries in chronological order. [72KB]

Cyril Scott: 'The Father of British Modern Music'
From David Tame's The Secret Power of Music. A short study on this British composer and writer. [52KB]

The Scott and Anrias Material in my Historical Situatedness
History of personal involvement in the Krishnamurti-Scott-Anrias issue.

Jean Overton Fuller, Master Narayan, and the Krishnamurti-Scott-Anrias Issue. Article in Theosophical History about a relatively unknown but quite important Theosophical master and his alleged identification by Jean Overton Fuller. All in the context of the Krishnamurti-Scott-Anrias issue, which is about two Englishmen passing on contested Mahatmic evaluations of the metaphysical status of Krishnamurti and the esoteric soundness of his teachings.

Source Materials

Krishnamurti: A Problem
Chapter V from The Initiate in the Dark Cycle by 'His Pupil' [Cyril Scott]. 

The Truth about Krishnamurti
Chapter XI from The Initiate in the Dark Cycle by 'His Pupil' [Cyril Scott].

Introduction by Cyril Scott
From David Anrias' Through the Eyes of the Masters. Great general introduction to the basic concepts of Theosophy and the existence of the Masters. [62KB]

Message from Lord Maitreya's
From David Anrias' Through the Eyes of the Masters. Containing critical remarks regarding Krishnamurti.

Message from The Rishi of the Nilgiri Hills
From David Anrias' Through the Eyes of the Masters. Containing critical remarks regarding Krishnamurti.

Message from Master Koot Hoomi
In David Anrias' Through the Eyes of the Masters. Containing critical remarks regarding Krishnamurti.

Nine Portraits of the Masters by David Anrias
Nine pencil drawings scanned from the book Through the Eyes of the Masters.

Anrias on Krishnamurti
Some paragraphs from David Anrias book Adepts of the Five Elements on Krishnamurti and the Theosophical Society.

Cyril Scott on David Anrias
Direct link to some biographical information on David Anrias as provided by Cyril Scott in his anonymous introduction to Anrias' Through the Eyes of the Masters. [62KB]

Cyril Scott and a Hidden School: Towards the Peeling of an Onion
By Jean Overton Fuller. Announcement of Theosophical History Occasional Paper No. VII.

Scott and Anrias: Wood and the Blind Rishi
By Jean Overton Fuller. Chapter 20 from her Krishnamurti & the Wind: A Biography. On Scott, Anrias, Narayan and Nagaratnaswami.

An Indian Yogi
Chapter from Ernest Wood's Is this Theosophy …? on the Indian yogi Nagaratnaswami. Some Theosophists think he is Master Narayan.

Communications

Letter from Jean Overton Fuller
Re: Master's evaluation of Krishnamurti.

Response from Govert Schüller to Mrs. Fuller's letter

E-mail from John Laidlaw  
On the possible identity of Scott's Master 'J.M.H.'

Jean Overton Fuller’s Response to Govert Schuller Regarding the Krishnamurti-Scott-Anrias Issue. Discussing the possible sources of David Anrias' critique of Krishnamurti. Originally published in Theosophical History.

Bibliography

See separate page for full bibliography

Reviews

Review of Krishnamurti--Love and Freedom: Approaching a Mystery. A study by Peter Michel highlighting some esoteric aspects of K's life and putting them in a Theosophical perspective. Review focuses on his use of the Scott and Anrias material.

Introduction to The Initiations of Krishnamurti: An Astrological Biography. Study by Phillip Lindsay using the Scott and Anrias material extensively. Introduction by Dr. Michael D. Robbins.

The Initiate in the Dark Cycle
Written by His Pupil (Cyril Scott). Review by C.W. Leadbeater for The Theosophist. A critique of Scott and Anrias with implied endorsements.

Links

Dr. Pierre Arnold Bernard
Scholarly Web site on the, according to some, best candidate for the real identity of the character J.M.H. in Scott's Initiate books.

 

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