By 000 votes to three the Convention of the Pheosophieal Society at meeting held at the Queen's Hall, London, has accepted Mrs. Besant's, protege as the new world teacher, This new move, as I indicated ina previous letter, was presaged some months back, by the announcement of Mrs, Besant's conviction. that Mr. Krishnamurti's body was to be chosen the vehicle of the coming teacher jand by her strange story to the effect that when Mr, Krishnamurti was speaking ona certain occasion strange voice of striking clarity heard issuing from his mouth which proclaimed the imminence of a new message of hope to the world. His claims have not passed unchal-
Keen criticism of this new de. parture was recently made at the London Lodge of the Society by Mr. Loftus Hare, formerly Director of /Studies in Comparative Religion and philosophy to the Theosophical Soc~ toty in England and Wales, who gave his listeners the benefit of his studio land alleged that many inconsistencies had been introduced into Theosophi cal thought by the Besant-Lead-beater school, concluding his addr in the following seathing words:—The new World Teacher will preach ither Christianity or Buddhism, He will let loose a flood of Lesd-doaterism and call it Divine Wisdom." It would appear, however, that the Theosophical Socity remains staunch in its adherence to Mrs, Besant and Mx. Leadbeater inasmuch as Krishnamurti has been accepted almost unanimously,
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