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This book focuses on Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895-1986) and charts the development of his teaching. It covers the period from 1922, when Krishnamurti claimed he was "e;God,"e; until his death, including his declarations to be the World Teacher and eventual departure from the Theosophical Society. The author explores the understanding transmitted to Krishnamurti by his mentors as an inheritance from Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (1831-1891), the Theosophical Society co founder who is associated with the practice of occult breathless meditation. This book highlights that Krishnamurti's writings and talks reveal his unacknowledged appropriation of the vocabulary of profound biblical motifs. It considers how Krishnamurti fashioned his life and teaching on the New Testament Gospels' composite biography of Jesus and on biblical eschatological and Christological texts. The study will be of particular interest to students and scholars of esotericism, new religious movements and the history of religions.

This book highlights some important continuities as well as differences between the teachings of Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (1831-1891), co founder of the Theosophical Society in 1875, and Krishnamurti Jiddu (1895-1986), the Theosophist who was trained to be the World Teacher. Until now very little has been written of the importance to Blavatsky of an esoteric eschatology and Christology, and their relation to the secret core of her Path of Initiation: the practice of an occult breathless meditation. Similarly, scholarly research has overlooked the evidence that Krishnamurti eviscerated the secret core of Blavatsky's teaching with his own esoteric interpretation of it, which exists in his published work as the camouflaged core of his teaching.Offering a fresh appraisal, this work draws on careful exploration of the primary source material of Blavatsky and Krishnamurti as well as his Theosophical mentors Annie Besant (1847-1933) and Charles Webster Leadbeater (1854-1934). It will be of particular interest to students and scholars of esotericism, new religious movements and the history of religions.

This book focuses on Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895-1986) and charts the development of his teaching. It covers the period from 1922, when Krishnamurti claimed he was "e;God,"e; until his death, including his declarations to be the World Teacher and eventual departure from the Theosophical Society. The author explores the understanding transmitted to Krishnamurti by his mentors as an inheritance from Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (1831-1891), the Theosophical Society co founder who is associated with the practice of occult breathless meditation. This book highlights that Krishnamurti's writings and talks reveal his unacknowledged appropriation of the vocabulary of profound biblical motifs. It considers how Krishnamurti fashioned his life and teaching on the New Testament Gospels' composite biography of Jesus and on biblical eschatological and Christological texts. The study will be of particular interest to students and scholars of esotericism, new religious movements and the history of religions.

This book highlights some important continuities as well as differences between the teachings of Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (1831-1891), co founder of the Theosophical Society in 1875, and Krishnamurti Jiddu (1895-1986), the Theosophist who was trained to be the World Teacher. Until now very little has been written of the importance to Blavatsky of an esoteric eschatology and Christology, and their relation to the secret core of her Path of Initiation: the practice of an occult breathless meditation. Similarly, scholarly research has overlooked the evidence that Krishnamurti eviscerated the secret core of Blavatsky's teaching with his own esoteric interpretation of it, which exists in his published work as the camouflaged core of his teaching.Offering a fresh appraisal, this work draws on careful exploration of the primary source material of Blavatsky and Krishnamurti as well as his Theosophical mentors Annie Besant (1847-1933) and Charles Webster Leadbeater (1854-1934). It will be of particular interest to students and scholars of esotericism, new religious movements and the history of religions.

This book highlights some important continuities as well as differences between the teachings of Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (1831–1891), co‑founder of the Theosophical Society in 1875, and Krishnamurti Jiddu (1895–1986), the Theosophist who was trained to be the World Teacher. Until now very little has been written of the importance to Blavatsky of an esoteric eschatology and Christology, and their relation to the secret core of her Path of Initiation: the practice of an occult breathless meditation. Similarly, scholarly research has overlooked the evidence that Krishnamurti eviscerated the secret core of Blavatsky’s teaching with his own esoteric interpretation of it, which exists in his published work as the camouflaged core of his teaching.Offering a fresh appraisal, this work draws on careful exploration of the primary source material of Blavatsky and Krishnamurti as well as his Theosophical mentors Annie Besant (1847–1933) and Charles Webster Leadbeater (1854–1934). It will be of particular interest to students and scholars of esotericism, new religious movements and the history of religions.