A hypothesis regarding how and why Blavatsky's first doctrine of three human principles (body, soul, and spirit) developed into her later teaching of seven human principles, is also presented. A change in her teaching took place around 1880-81, in an interaction between American, European and Indian theosophists which distinguishes her two major works Isis Unveiled (1877) and The Secret Doctrine (1888).

Focus is on a central period in late 19th-century when the Theosophical Society and its most significant forefront, Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (HPB), first presented her doctrine of subtle anatomy. This article traces essential sources behind the Western reception of Sanskrit terminology relating to subtle anatomy. I will present not only the biographical forces that led Krishnamurti to that moment but also the social and ideational preconditions that allowed him to adopt a completely divergent religious worldview, one opposite in many ways to the one in which he had been raised. What was the point at which Krishnamurti’s life fundamentally changed its course and what happened to him at that time? In this chapter, I analyze the crisis that led Krishnamurti not only to depart from the Theosophical Society’s leadership but also to change the character of his spiritual path and teachings radically. It seems that his very reluctance to play the part designed for him, as well as his personal rebellion against the authority of his guides and supervisors, only endear him all the more to those who see him as a great spiritual teacher. Diverging from the course his mentors planned for him, the guru who refused to be a guru is revered by many in the contemporary Western spiritual milieu. Spanning the larger part of the twentieth century, the biography of Jiddu Krishnamurti1 (1895-1986) seems like a tale told by the fireplace, fit for a book of ancient legends, or, as some would insist, a new testament.

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