THE DEDICATIONS THAT BLAVATSKY WROTE TO CHARLES LEADBEATER

 

At the end of the book "Letters from KH to CW Leadbeater" written by C. Jinarajadasa, he included several dedications that Blavatsky wrote to Leadbeater.

Jinarajadasa first posted the following:

HPB ON CW LEADBEATER IN 1886

In the magazine "The Theosophist", August 1886, page 686, there appears an article by CW Leadbeater entitled "Anuradhapura and Mihintale".

And Blavatsky, in the copy of this volume of the journal that she owned, and which is here in Adyar, marked with a blue pencil referring to Leadbeater:

« A brave heart!

HPB. » 

Then Jinarajadasa displayed facsimiles of two dedications that Blavatsky wrote to Leadbeater when she or someone else gave him two of her books.

FIRST DEDICATION

The following image is a reproduction of the words written by Blavatsky in a copy of her book "The Voice of the Silence" given to Leadbeater: 

« To my sincerely appreciated and beloved brother and friend WC Leadbeater.

HP Blavatsky. » 

SECOND DEDICATION

The following image is a reproduction of words written by Blavatsky in a copy of her book "The Key to Theosophy," given to Leadbeater a few months before Blavatsky's death:

« To my old and well-loved friend Charles Leadbeater, fraternally.

HP Blavatsky.

London

1891. » ​

OBSERVATIONS

Jinarajadasa published these dedications to make readers believe that Blavatsky had a great appreciation for Leadbeater.

In 1886 Blavatsky did value Leadbeater because he had become a Buddhist and was working for the development of Buddhism in Ceylon.

But later Blavatsky changed her mind and grew to dislike Leadbeater more and more, so she wrote those dedications only out of mere courtesy.

And there are even those who suggest that in the first dedication Blavatsky was not wrong when she reversed Leadbeater's initials.

Leadbeater's full name is: Charles Webster Leadbeater, so she should have written: CW Leadbeater.

But Blavatsky wrote: WC Leadbeater.

And "WC" is short for Water Closet, so Blavatsky subtly told Leadbeater that he was a piece of shit.

And given the pernicious activities that Leadbeater carried out in Ceylon before returning to London (spiritualist séances and rumors of pederasty), I wouldn't be surprised if Blavatsky intentionally reversed these initials.

And considering all the pedophilia, quackery, and fraud scandals that Leadbeater caused later in his life, he was indeed a very harmful individual.