Early Members of the Theosophical Society - C. C. Massey
Our VP, Tang Kwok
Choon, continues his talk on the pioneers and early members of the
Theosophical Society. This month he talks about Charles Carlton Massey.
C. C. Massey, an English
barrister and writer, was a member of the Society in London but more
interested in Spiritualism than in Theosophy. Massey was present at the
meeting in New York (1875) which resulted in the formation of the TS. He was
elected General Secretary of the British Section of the TS in 1878 and
International Vice-President in 1880 serving in the latter capacity until
1888.
Massey was mentioned
quite often in The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett, appearing in
some 30 letters or so. Massey, says the Mahatma in one of the letters, is
third on the list of failures. A bit further down, he says “Four
Europeans were placed on probation twelve months ago. . .” These were
Massey, Hume, Sinnett, and Fern. So far, only Sinnett “was found worthy
of our trust.”
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