Koot Hoomi, Master (Kuthumi)

One of the masters originally contacted by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, cofounder of the Theosophical Society. According to theosophical teachings a spiritual hierarchy exists, composed of individuals who have finished their round of earthly reincarnations and have evolved to a position from which they guide the affairs of humanity from the spiritual planes. Members of the hierarchy closest to humanity are the lords of the Seven Rays (of the light spectrum). Each ray is representative of a particular virtue that the lord of that ray exemplifies.

Master Koot Hoomi, generally referred to simply as "Master K. H.," is the lord of the Second Ray, and exemplar of wisdom. He is especially concerned with culture—art, religion, and education—and is the guardian of a vast museum located in the remote Tibetan valley where he and Master Morya reside. In one of his past incarnations Koot Hoomi was the philosopher Pythagoras but today he inhabits the body of a Kasmirian Indian. Like Morya, he travels frequently and many members of the Theosophical Society have reported seeing him. Blavatsky reportedly first met him in 1868. He also had a special relationship with A. P. Sinnett, one of the early theosophical leaders. Master Koot Hoomi was one of the three main communicators (the others being Master Morya and Djual Khul) of what were compiled as The Mahatma Letters, the ultimate source for many theosophical ideas.

K. H. has been one of the masters with whom leaders of theosophical movements independent of the Theosophical Society have claimed frequent contact.

Sources:

Barker, A. Trevor, ed. The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett from the Mahatams M. and K.H. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1923. 3rd ed. Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1962.

Jesus and Kuthumi [through Mark L. Prophet and Elizabeth Clare Prophet]. Prayer and Meditation. Los Angeles: Summit University, 1978.

Kuthumi [through Ann Herbstreith]. The Nameless One. Grass Valley, Calif.: Golden Sierra Printing, 1973.

Kuthumi, Ascended Master. The Wisdom of the Ages. 2 vols. St. James, N.Y.: Bridge to Freedom, n.d.

Ransom, Josephine. A Short History of the Theosophical Society. Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1938.