ENCOUNTER OF ARCHIBALD KEIGHTLEY WITH MASTER MORYA

Archibald Keightley was one of Blavatsky's main collaborators when she was in London, and about this encounter with Master Morya, Mr. Keightley narrated the following:

« The meetings of the Blavatsky Lodge were out of the ordinary.

The discussions were out of the ordinary. The discussions were informal and all sat round and asked questions of Mme. Blavatsky. All sorts and conditions of men and women were present and one part of our delight was for Mme. Blavatsky to reply by the Socratic method — ask another question and seek information on her own account.

Sometimes there would be unseen visitors, seen by some but not by others of us. Results were curious.

Mme. Blavatsky felt the cold very much and her room was therefore kept very warm, so much so that at the meetings it was unpleasantly hot very often. One night before the meeting time, I came downstairs to find the room like an ice-house, though fire and lights were fully on.

I called H.P.B.’s attention to this, but was greeted with a laugh and she answered me:

-      "Oh, I have had a friend of mine here to see me and he forgot to remove his atmosphere."

Another time I remember that the rooms gradually filled until there was no vacant seat. On the sofa sat a distinguished Hindu, in full panoply of turban and dress.

The discussion proceeded and apparently our distinguished guest was much interested, for he seemed to follow intelligently the remarks of each speaker.

The President of the Lodge arrived that night very late, and coming in looked around for a seat. He walked up to the sofa and sat down — right in the middle of the distinguished Hindu, who promptly, and with some surprise, fizzled and vanished! »

(This is an extract of the article "Reminiscences of H.P. Blavatsky," published in The Theosophical Quarterly (New York), October 1910, p.109-122.)

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It seems that Master Morya was present at this meeting with his double astral, causing most of the people present not to see him, but Mr. Keightley could perceive him, probably due to the fact that Mr. Keightley had his clairvoyance more awake.

And when the President of the Lodge invaded the space occupied by Morya, the master preferred to disappear.

And on other occasions, other witnesses (like William Judge) also pointed out that when they visited Blavatsky, her room was very freezing, and I suspect it may be because the masters who went to visit her, were in those moments in the Himalayas, and although they have moved with their double astral, they somehow brought with them the cold of these icy regions.