List of Illustrations
The Initiates
Acknowledgments
Prologue: Initiation in Theosophical History
PART ONE: Patriotic Chelas
Hodgson's Mistake
Pilgrimage to Darjeeling
Proving the Masters' Existence
The Coulombs and the SPR
Endings and Beginnings
The Tragedy of Babaji
Chelas and the Raj
PART TWO: The Secret World of Jamal ad-Din
Muhammad 'Abduh
Heretics and Infidels
Enemies of the Shah
Edward Granville Browne
'Abdu'l Baha and Theosophy
The Shaykhi Legacy
PART THREE: Dharma Heirs
Anagarika Dharmapala
Ukhtomskii and Dorzhiev
George Ivanovitch Gurdjieff
The Lubovedsky Mystery
PART FOUR: The Great White Sisterhood
Lady Hester Stanhope
Isabelle Eberhardt
Alexandra David-Neel
Alice Leighton Cleather
Annie Besant
Initiated Women
Occult Succession
Notes
Bibliography
Index