Hubert van Hook
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'''Hubert van Hook''' (1896-) | '''Hubert van Hook''' (1896-) | ||
| − | Born in 1896, the son of Dr Weller van Hook and Dr Anna Whaley. Weller was a surgeon in Chicago, and the General Secretary of the [[Theosophical Society]] in the United States. Hubert was selected by Leadbetter, about 1907 "...while on a lecture tour of American a few years before..." (Lutyens, "Awakening", Discus p 12) as the vehicle for the coming World Teacher, called Lord Maitreya by the Theosophists. | + | Born in 1896, the son of Dr Weller van Hook and Dr Anna (Whaley) van Hook. Weller was a surgeon in Chicago, and the General Secretary of the [[Theosophical Society]] in the United States. Hubert was selected by Leadbetter, about 1907 "...while on a lecture tour of American a few years before..." (Lutyens, "Awakening", Discus p 12) as the vehicle for the coming World Teacher, called Lord Maitreya by the Theosophists. |
In 1906, Leadbetter had been embroiled in a scandal that forced him to resign from the society. "Mrs van Hook showed her confidence in Leadbeater by bringing Hubert to stay with him near Dresden in the summer of 1907. It was then that Mrs. Besant met Hubert for the first time."(Lutyens, "Awakening", Discus p 19) During this time, some of Hubert's past lives were investigated, with his spirit given the name "Orion". | In 1906, Leadbetter had been embroiled in a scandal that forced him to resign from the society. "Mrs van Hook showed her confidence in Leadbeater by bringing Hubert to stay with him near Dresden in the summer of 1907. It was then that Mrs. Besant met Hubert for the first time."(Lutyens, "Awakening", Discus p 19) During this time, some of Hubert's past lives were investigated, with his spirit given the name "Orion". | ||
| − | Mrs. Besant saw him again in Chicago in 1909 while she was there to give a public lecture, where "...she was so struck by him that she prevailed on his mother to leave her husband and bring the boy to Europe and India for special training for his marvellous destiny."(Lutyens, "Awakening", Discus p 12) | + | Mrs. Besant saw him again in Chicago in 1909 while she was there to give a public lecture, where "...she was so struck by him that she prevailed on his mother to leave her husband and bring the boy to Europe and India for special training for his marvellous destiny."(Lutyens, "Awakening", Discus p 12) Nethercot states that Anna van Hook "...never saw her husband again." (Nethercot, "Last Four Lives") |
Leadbetter, between the end of April and June of 1909, discovered Krishnamurti. (Lutyens, "Awakening", Discus p22) This "discovery" created a bit of a problem over the conflicting claims. Hubert's mother had left her husband, bringing Hubert to the Theosophical Headquarters at Adyar, India "...full of expectations...that Hubert was to be trained as the vehicle for the Lord Maitreya". (Lutyens, "Awakening", Discus p 26) "After Krishna was found, Hubert was soon to be dropped."(Lutyens, "Awakening", Discus p 12) | Leadbetter, between the end of April and June of 1909, discovered Krishnamurti. (Lutyens, "Awakening", Discus p22) This "discovery" created a bit of a problem over the conflicting claims. Hubert's mother had left her husband, bringing Hubert to the Theosophical Headquarters at Adyar, India "...full of expectations...that Hubert was to be trained as the vehicle for the Lord Maitreya". (Lutyens, "Awakening", Discus p 26) "After Krishna was found, Hubert was soon to be dropped."(Lutyens, "Awakening", Discus p 12) | ||
