Bibliography--Krishnamurti

The Theosophist 107/6 (March 1986)
Special issue: Obituary to Krishnamurti

The Theosophist 116/8 (May 1995).
Special Issue: Centennial of Krishnamurti’s birth

Lucifer IX (September 1891).

O.E. Library Critic XV/9 (December 2, 1925).

O.E. Library Critic XIX/2 (September 1929).

Alcyone (J. Krishnamurti)
At the Feet of the Master (Adyar, India: TPH, 1910)
Master Kuthumi's spiritual instructions as received by 14 year old K.

Algeo, John
Review of Krishnamurti--Love and Freedom by Peter Michel. Quest 8/3 (Autumn 1995): 86-87.
Contains some innovative Theosophical views regarding Krishnamurti.

Agrawal, M. M.
Consciousness and the Integrated Being: Sartre and Krishnamurti (Shimla, India: Indian Institute of Advanced Studies, 1991)
Displaying the parallells between K and Sartre in existential subjects like consciousness, self, being and freedom.

Anonymous Master
“A Message to the Members of the Theosophical Society from an Elder Brother.” The Theosophist 47/4 (January 1926), Supplement: 1-7.
Inspiring message from an Adept celebrating the 50th anniversary of the TS, containing important references to the World Teacher Project from a Mahatmic view. Complete text with annotations available on this web site.

Anrias, David
Adepts of the Five Elements (London: Routledge, 1933)
Contains some references to Krishnamurti (xii, 39-41, 54, 62, 100), the Theosophical Society (20-25, 39-44, 52-56) and some remarks about the author’s Through the Eyes of the Masters (xii). Contains very valuable esoteric and astrological views of historical developments. (Some quotes)

Anrias, David
Through the Eyes of the Masters: Meditations and Portraits (London: Routledge, 1932)
Nine messages and pencil-drawings of Adepts with numerous references to Krishnamurti (27, 35-36), especially Lord Maitreya’s comments (65-69). Foreword by Cyril Scott with more comments about K (17-18), and about the strategies employed by the White Lodge in sponsoring different movements to further the “great Evolutionary Scheme.” (12-13).

Bailey, Alice
Discipleship in the New Age, vol.2. (New York: Lucis Trust, 1955)
Small reference to Krishnamurti (171).

Bertram, E.F.D.
Krishnamurti and the Search for Light--A Reply to Mr. Hodson's Attack (***)
Reply to Hodson’s 1939 critique of Krishnamurti.

Besant, Annie
“Freedom of Opinion in the TS” Letter to The Vâhan 21/8 (March 1912): 153-154.
Annie Besant defending her involvement with the Order of the Star.

Besant, Annie
“The Growth of the TS” The Theosophist 33/10 (July 1912): 506-509.
Annie Besant’s defense against allegations of her teaching ‘neo-theosophy.’ Also giving an overview of the ups and downs of the Masters’ involvement with the TS.

Besant, Annie
"The Theosophical Society and its Work" The Adyar Bulletin,  6/11 (November 1913): 443-455.
Article  by AB on some aspects of the work of the Comte de St. Germain as related to the TS.

Besant, Annie
“To Members of the Theosophical Society” The Theosophist 51/6 (March 1930): 523-535.
AB’s views of the relationship between K and the TS after K’s dissolving of the OSE.

Besant, Annie
“Why we Believe in the Coming of a World-Teacher” The Herald of the Star XIII/8 (August 1, 1924): 322-331.
AB’s explanation and defense of the World Teacher Project.

Besant, Annie
“The Way of Sorrows and the Way of Happiness: The New Message” The Theosophist 48/7 (April 1927): 6d.
AB announcing to the world the success of the project: “The World Teacher is here.”

Besant, Annie
Esoteric Christianity (Adyar, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1953 [1901])
A Theosophical interpretation of Jesus and Christianity.

Blackburn, Gabriele
The Light of Krishnamurti (Ojai, Ca.: Idylwild books, 1996)
This book "relates the many-faceted mystical and spiritual occurrences of J.Krishnamurti" as experienced by the author. interesting because of the author's clairvoyant experiences.

Blau, Evelyne
Krishnamurti: 100 Years (New York: Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 1995)
Illustrated collection of remembrances and interviews of people who knew or were influenced by Krishnamurti.

Blavatsky, H.P.
The Esoteric Writings of Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1980. Originally published in 1897 as the third volume to The Secret Doctrine)
Veritable goldmine of Theosophical interpretations of the history of religion and occult thought. Important for its differentiation between exoteric and esoteric vedanta, paralleling K and Theosophy (293-294 and 413-414).

Blavatsky, H.P.
The Key to Theosophy (Pasadena, CA: Theosophical University Press, 1995 [1889])
Theosophy made accessible with questions and answers. Last chapter (304-307) on the future of the TS contains her teaching on "centennial efforts" (306) and the announcing of a coming “Torch bearer of Truth.” (307)

Burnier, Radha
“J. Krishnamurti.” The Theosophist 107/6 (March 1986): 203-205.
Personal view of present President of the TS on K, stating that K was the messiah, but not recognized as such by the TS.

Campbell, Bruce F. 
Ancient Wisdom Revived: A History of the Theosophical Movement  (Los Angeles: Univ. of California Press, 1980)
Subtitle says all.

Charles, M.H.
“The TS as a Herald.” Letter to The Vâhan 21/7 (February 1912): 144.
Letter challenging Annie Besant and her involvement in Krishnamurti's Order of the Star in the East.

Frank-Strauss, Anne Ruth
Review of Star in the East: Krishnamurti, the Invention of a Messiah by Roland Vernon. The Link (No. 20 Spring/Summer 2001) .
Reviewer praises rightly Vernon's quite impartial and well-written Krishnamurti biography.

Fuller, Jean Overton
"Krishnamurti And Blavatsky" Theosophical History 1/2 (April 1985): 20-24. Article reconciling Theosophy and the Masters with Krishnamurti's teachings.

Fuller, Jean Overton
“Krishnamurti” Theosophical History 1/6 (April 1986): 140-142. Obituary presenting the author’s interesting view of K.

Fuller, Jean Overton
Cyril Scott And A Hidden School:Towards The Peeling Of An Onion (Fullerton, Ca.: Theosophical History, 1998)
Ingenious reconstruction of certain aspects of Scott's life with the help of his veiled autobiographical novels. Author disagrees with Scott's critical view of Krishnamurti, for which Anrias is held responsible.

Fuller, Jean Overton
Krishnamurti and the Wind: An Integral Biography (London: The Theosophical Publishing House, 2003)
K biography incorporating quite some theosophical themes. Whole chapter dedicated to the Krishnamurti-Scott-Anrias issue.

Gardner, E.L.
There Is No Religion Higher Than Truth: Developments in the Theosophical Society (London: Theosophical Publishing House, 1963)
Author’s controversial claim that CWL’s clairvoyance was a subconscious deception of himself. The reactions it provoked (Ernest Wood and the Hodsons) were helpful in clarifying some historical issues.

Gunturu, Vanamali
Jiddu Krishnamurti's Gedanken auser der Phaenomenologischen Perspective Edmund Husserl's
(Frankfurt: Peter Lang, 1998. Ph.D. thesis)
Pathbreaking study comparing the thought of K and Husserl, the founder of the phenomenological movement.

Gunturu, Vanamali
Krishnamurti, Leben und Werk (München: Diederichs, 1997)
"The book ... is an extract of the thesis [see above] which is translated into a very readily readable but nonetheless clear writing." (Review)

Hare, William Loftus
“An Exposure of Theosophical Errors” ***.
Author challenges the notion of the identification of “Christ as the World Teacher uniting himself with Jesus at the baptism.”

Hare, William Loftus
“Leadbeater and the Incas. More Exposures. The ‘Akashic Records’ in Cold Print. A.D. 1688 to 1883”
Dawn 3/14 (January 1, 1924): 3-7
Author charges that CWL’s clairvoyant descriptions of Inca Peru were plagiarisms of 16th century documents.

Hare, William Loftus and Edward, Harold
Who Wrote the Mahatma Letters? The first thorough examination of the communications alleged to have been received by the late A. P. Sinnett from Tibetan Mahatmas (London: Williams and Norgate, 1936)

Higgins, Godfrey
Anacalypsis: An Attempt to Draw Aside the Veil of the Saitic Isis; or an Inquiry into the Origin of Languages, Nations and Religions. In two volumes  (New Hyde Park, NY: University Books, 1965 [1833 and 1836])
Pioneer in spiritual historiography, foreshadowing many themes in HPB’s writings.

Hodson, Geoffrey
The Yogic Ascent to Spiritual Heights (Manila: Stellar Books, 1991)
Theosophical study with, according to Bill Keidan, some references to Krishnamurti's relationship with the Masters.

Hodson, Geoffrey
Krishnamurti and the Search for Light   (Sydney: St. Alban Press, n.d.[ca. 1939])
An intellectual and Theosophical critique of K’s teachings. Full text available on Alpheus.

Hodson, Geoffrey
Thus Have I Heard: A Book of Spiritual and Occult Gleanings from the Teachings of the Great (Adyar, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1929).
Collection of articles about spiritual life and the World Teacher project. Three chapters from the section on the World-Teacher reproduced on Alpheus, including the highly interesting article “Camp-fire Gleams.”

Hodson, Geoffrey
“Camp-fire Gleams” in Thus Have I Heard (Adyar, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1929) pp. 101-115.
“A [clairvoyant] account of the camp-fire meetings of the Order of the Star in August, 1927” in Ommen, Holland .

Hodson, Sandra, (ed. )
Light of the Sanctuary: The Occult Diary of Geoffrey Hodson  (Manila, Philippines: Theosophical Publishing House, 1988)
Inside view of a Chela of the Masters and his work with and for Them. Unfortunately misses the crucial years 1923-1930, when much of the attention of the TS was devoted to the WT Project.

Huxley, Aldous
Foreword in: J. Krishnamurti The First and Last Freedom (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1954)
Perceptive introduction to the teachings of Krishnamurti, concentrating on what Krishnamurti is not offering to his audience.

Jayakar, Pupul
Krishnamurti: A Biography  (New York: Harper & Row, 1986)
Biography with an emphasis on K’s work in India after WW II. Contains K’s cryptic remark about the failure of the TS of not recognizing him as the messiah (379).

Keidan, Bill
"What really happened to J. Krishnamurti?" Alpheus. June, 2000.
Article specially written for Alpheus, shedding some more light on Geoffrey Hodson's perception of Krishnamurti.

Krishnamurti Foundation of America
Statement by the Krishnamurti Foundation of America about the Radha Sloss’ book “Lives in the shadow with J. Krishnamurti.”  (Ojai, CA: Krishnamurti Foundation of America, n.d. [1996])
Pamphlet to “call the reader’s attention to three substantial pieces of source material bearing” on Sloss’ book: 1) KFA History; 2) Krishnamurti and the Rajagopals and 3) transcripts of two tape-recorded conversations between K and KFA trustees.

Krishnamurti, J.
“The Dissolution of the Order of the Star” International Star Bulletin (September 1929): 28-34. (Also titled "Truth is a Pathless Land")
Famous statement by K, outlining his basic thought about Truth and organized spirituality. Almost complete text also in Lutyens’ Krishnamurti: The Years of Awakening (272-275).

Krishnamurti, J.
Early Talks, Vol. IV (Bombay: Chetena, 1972)
Contains K’s reaction to Cyril Scott’s critique (100).

Krishnamurti, J.
The Collected Works of J. Krishnamurti, Vol. 1: The Art of Listening (1933-1934) (Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt, 1991)

Krishnamurti, J.
Truth and Actuality   (London: Victor Gollancz, 1977)
Triggered by Lutyens’ biography, K had some interesting reactions about his metaphysical status (88).

Kroft, Hans van der
Review of The Inner Life of Krishnamurti: Private Passion and Perennial Wisdom by Aryel Sanat. The Link (No. 19 Autumn/Winter 2000).
Sympathetic review of Sanat's book and its main idea that K was intimately connected with the Masters and esoteric thought.

Kumar, H.C.
“The Great World-Teacher and the Order of the Star in the East” The Herald of the Star XIII/11 (November 1, 1924): 470-473.
Author identifies Krishna, Christ and the then expected World Teacher.

Kuthumi
“An Exposé of False Teachings” Pearls of Wisdom 19/5 (1 February 1976): 25-30.
Master Kuthumi’s critique of K and his teachings (29). Also explains some of the principles ruling the Master’s relations with their emissaries (28). (Relevant Paragraphs)

Kuthumi
“Kuthumi's Discourse” In Ascended Master Light (Schaumburg, IL: Saint Germain Press, 1938)
Master Kuthumi looking back to his efforts with Theosophy, with a veiled reference to K (316-317, 323).

Landau, Rom
God is my Adventure (London: Nicholson & Watson, 1935)
Only source for position 4 on World Teacher Project, i.e. project was not genuine, but successful! (100)

Leadbeater, C.W.
“Art Thou He That Should Come?” The Theosophist 51/9 (June 1930): 470-479.
CWL’s most important evaluation of the project with K.

Leeuw, J.J. van der
Revelation or Realization: The Conflict in Theosophy  (Amsterdam: N.V. Theosofische Vereeniging Uitgevers Maatschappij, 1930)
Thoughtful pamphlet on the crisis in the Theosophical Society caused by Krishnamurti's dissolution of the Order of the Star. Full text available on Alpheus.

Lilliefelt, Erna
History of the KFA: Report on the Formation of Krishnamurti Foundation of America and the Lawsuits Which Took Place between 1968 and 1986 to Recover Assets for Krishnamurti's Work   (Ojai, CA: Krishnamurti Foundation of America, 1995)
Though dry and legalese, this is an informative account of the Krishnamurti-Rajagopal feud by one of the KFA trustees.

Lindsay, Phillip
he Initiations of Krishnamurti: An Astrological Biography
(Palmerston North, New Zealand: Apollo Publishing, 2002)
Esoteric-astrological study extensively using the Scott and Anrias material. (Introduction)

Luntz, Charles E.
“The Great Testing: A New Theory Regarding Krishnamurti and His Teaching” The Theosophical Messenger 18/9 (September 1930): 193-196.
Imaginative and original attempt to resolve the many questions surrounding K and his relationship to the World Teacher and the TS.

Lutyens, Lady Emily
Candles in the Sun  (London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1957)
Most charming and intimate account of the WT Project by an English lady, who played an important mother-role to K. Jinarajadasa told her that the coming had gone wrong (163).

Lutyens, Mary
Krishnamurti and the Rajagopals  (Ojai, CA: Krishnamurti Foundation of America, 1996)
Biographical account of the relationships between K, his manager Rajagopal, and Rosalind (K’s lover and Rajagopal’s wife). The initial idyll ended in a feud over archives, real estate and money.

Lutyens, Mary
The Boy Krishna: The first fourteen years in the life of J. Krishnamurti  (Brockwood Park, Bramdean, UK: Krishnamurti Foundation Trust, 1995)
The story of Krishnamurti's boyhood with extensive quotes from 1) K's father's 1911 account of K's boyhood, 2) K's own 1922 autobiography and 3) K's childhood memories recorded during the 'process.'

Lutyens, Mary
Krishnamurti: The Years of Awakening  (New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1975)
Biography of K’s early years with the TS up and till the dissolution of the OSE. Contains a useful chronology of events (290-307).

Lutyens, Mary
Krishnamurti: The Years of Fulfillment  (New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1983)
Biography of K’s middle and later years. Containing many of the interesting conversations he had with friends concerning who he was (186, 224-231, 234-235).

Lutyens, Mary
Krishnamurti: The Open Door  (New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1988)
Final volume of K's biography dealing with the last 10 years of his life.

Lutyens, Mary
Krishnamurti: His Life and Death  (New York: St. Martin's Press, 1991)
Combining her abridged trilogy in one handy volume.

Mead, G.R.S.
Fragments of a Faith Forgotten  (Mokelumne Hill, CA: Health Research, 1976 [1906])
Extensive work on the Gnostics, their main teachers, and their doctrines.

Meyer, Thomas H.
The Bodhisattva Question: Krishnamurti, Rudolf Steiner, Annie Besant, Valentin Tomberg, and the Mystery of the Twentieth-Century Master  (London: Temple Lodge, 1993)
This study, pro-Anthroposophical and well-referenced, contains valuable contributions towards understanding Steiner's thoughts and actions in connection with the Theosophical Society, the Order of the Star in the East and the founding of his own Anthroposophical Society.

Michel, Peter
Krishnamurti: Love and Freedom--Approaching a Mystery  (Woodside, CA: Bluestar Communications, 1995)
Study of the esoteric side of K, which will appeal probably more to Theosophists than to K purists. (Review)

Morya, El
The Chela and the Path: Meeting the Challenge of Life in the Twentieth Century  (Malibu, CA: Summit University Press, 1975)
Set of letters from El Morya to his chelas. One letter gives a chronological overview of the different persons the Masters have sponsored (121-122). (Relevant Paragraphs)

Nearing, Helen
Loving and Leaving the Good Life (Post Mills, VT: Chelsea Green, 1992)
Author's memoir, including her two and a half year romance with the young Krishnamurti, who had fallen in love with her.

Nethercot, Arthur H.
The Last four Lives of Annie Besant  (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1963)
Best biography of the multifaceted live of Annie Besant with a wealth of information on K and the TS, and often quoted remark by Nethercot about K (450).

Peat, F. David
Infinite Potential: The Life and Times of David Bohm (Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 1996)
Biography of this world renowned physicists and thinker, who studied with Oppenheimer, befriended Einstein and was K's most important dialogue partner in the 1970s.

Poortman, J.J.
"The World-Teacher and Contradictions" in Philosophy, Theosophy, Parapsychology, pp. 80-88
On apparent and real discrepancies within Krishnamurti's pronouncements and their reconciliation. Written in November 1929 and perceiving K as the expected Teacher.

Poortman, J.J.
"J. Krishnamurti en de Wijsbegeerte" in De Grondparadox en andere Voordrachten en Essays, pp. 93-110.
On the concept of truth in Krishnamurti and philosophy. Some comparisons with Klages, Jaspers, Bergson and the 'spiritual existentialist' Lavelle.

Robertson, John K.
“Aquarian Occultist: The Life and Teachings of Geoffrey Hodson” unpublished MS, 1971.
Hodson’s biography with one chapter dealing with K. Hopefully this manuscript will be published one day.

Ross, Joseph E.
Krishnamurti: The Taormina Seclusion - 1912 (n.p.: the author, 2000)
In 1912 AB, CWL, K and three more theosophists secluded themselves in Taomina, Sicily for some intense spiritual work. Mainly based on the letters from and to George Arundale.

Sanat, Aryel.
“The Secret Doctrine, Krishnamurti & Transformation” The American Theosophist 76/5 (May 1988): 133-143.
Article exploring some commonalties between HPB and K. (Internet version)

Sanat, Aryel
The Inner Life of Krishnamurti: Private Passion and Perennial Wisdom (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1999)
Booklenght study of Krishnamurti's self-perception, his theosophical background, and how the two are connected. The writer makes a passionate plea to view K as the expected World Teacher. (Review)

Santucci, James A.
Foreword to Krishnamurti and the World Teacher Project: Some Theosophical Perceptions   (Fullerton, CA: Theosophical History, 1997)
Giving a necessary background and valuable additions to the main text.

Schüller, Govert W.
"Jean Overton Fuller, Master Narayan and the Krishnamurti-Scott-Anrias Issue" Theosophical History XIV/1 & 2 (January-April 2008; Double issue):11-46
Article about a relatively unknown but quite important Theosophical master and his alleged identification by Jean Overton Fuller. All in the context of the Krishnamurti-Scott-Anrias issue, which is about two Englishmen passing on contested Mahatmic evaluations of the metaphysical status of Krishnamurti and the esoteric soundness of his teachings.

Schüller, Govert W.
Krishnamurti and the World Teacher Project: Some Theosophical Perceptions  (Fullerton, CA: Theosophical History, 1997)
Centers around two important Theosophical questions regarding Krishnamurti: 1) Was the WT Project with K genuine or not? and 2) Was the Project successful or not?

Schüller, Govert W.
"Krishnamurti: An Esoteric View of his Teachings" Alpheus, 1997.
By combining different Theosophical sources this pamphlet formulates an esoteric critique of K’s philosophy.

Schüller, Govert W.
"The Masters and Their Emissaries: From H.P.B. to Guru Ma and Beyond"  Alpheus, 1997, 2nd edition 1999.
Chronological overview of the Master’s involvement with most of their emissaries and K’s pivotal role in this story.

Scott, Cyril [His Pupil] 
The Initiate in the Dark Cycle  (London: Routledge,1932)
More adventures of a pupil. Contains two chapters with highly critical remarks on K (Chapter V: Krishnamurti: A Problem[65-77], and Chapter XI: The Truth about Krishnamurti [133-143]).

Scott, Cyril
Outline of Modern Occultism  (London: Routledge, 1935)
Kind of Theosophical textbook with some remarks about the veracity of the author’s Initiate books (233).

Sloss, Radha Rajagopal
Lives in the Shadow with J. Krishnamurti (Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 1991)
Controversial account of K’s relationship with the Rajagopals, exposing K’s human side as has not been done before. (promo)

Smythe, Albert E.S.
“The Messianic Craze” Hamilton Herald, 11 November 1931.
Article highly critical of CWL and the WT Project.

Spierenberg, H.J.
The Vedanta Commentaries of H.P.Blavatsky  (San Diego: Point Loma Publications, 1992)
Systematic presentation of quotes by HPB on the subject of Vedantism. Relevant for exploring the similarities and differences between Vedanta and K’s teachings.

Spierenburg, H.J.
“Dr Rudolf Steiner on the Mahatmas” part 1, Theosophical History 1/8 (October 1986): 211-223, and part 2, Theosophical History 2/1 (January 1987): 23-31.
Collection of quotes by Steiner on the Masters, which reveal curious discrepancies between Steiner’s earlier and later evaluations of the SD and The Mahatma Letters.

Spierenburg, H.J.
“Dr. Steiner on HPB” Theosophical History 1/7 (July 1986): 159-174.
Collection of quotes by Steiner on HPB, basically stating that she was held in ‘occult captivity’ and that master K.H. was replaced at a certain moment by an impostor.

Steiner, Rudolf
“Bodhisattvas, Buddhas and Christ” in From Jesus to Christ  (London: Rudolf Steiner Press, 1973)
Lecture given in Milan, Italy, 21 September 1911, in which Steiner gave his ideas about the Second coming of Christ (44-47, 170, 176), which can be read as a veiled criticism of CWL and AB.

Steiner, Rudolf
“Das Russische Volkstum” in Der Zusammenhang des Menschen mit der elementarischen Welt   (Dornach, Switzerland: Rudolf Steiner-Nachlassverwaltung, 1986)
Address given in Helsingfors, Finland, April 11, 1912, in which Steiner states that the TS was captured by impostor Masters from India (197, 201).

Steiner, Rudolf
The Story of my Life   (London: Anthroposophical Publishing Co., 1928)
Steiner’s autobiography with some remarks about CWL, K and the TS (300).

Stokes, Henry N.
“The Gnostic Doctrine of Jesus and Christ” O.E. Library Critic XV/22 (July 1926): 6-9.

Tillett, Gregory
The Elder Brother: A Biography of Charles Webster Leadbeater (London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1982)
Biography of CWL’s life.

Tillett, Gregory
“Charles Webster Leadbeater 1854-1934: A Biographical Study.” Ph.D. diss., University of Sidney, 1986.

Vernon, Roland
A Star in the East: Krishnamurti, the Invention of a Messiah (New York: St. Martin's Press, 2000)
"presents detailed accounts of the New Age teacher's life (1895-1986) and career in chronological order, using primary and secondary sources scrupulously quoted as well as unattributed interviews with students, friends and colleagues." Best biography so far. (Review)

Vreede, Adrian G.
“An Attack on Bishop Leadbeater” The Liberal Catholic 34/7 (February 1964): 149-151.
Another defense of CWL against Gardner, revealing CWL’s thoughts about the outcome of the Project.

Warrington, A.P.
“On the Watchtower” The Theosophist 55/8 (May 1934): 122.
Accounts the impact of one of K’s speeches on AB.

Washington, Peter
Madame Blavatsky’s Baboon: A History of the Mystics, Mediums, and Misfits Who Brought Spiritualism to America (New York: Schocken Books, 1995)
Very readable overview of the world of HPB, her followers and fellow-travelers. (review1, review2 by Frederic Crews )

Webb, James
The Occult Underground: The Dawn of the New Age  (La Salle, IL: Open Court,  1974)
About the occult revival in the west from the mid-nineteenth century till the 1920s. Solid facts, biased outlook. with a chapter on the TS and K (79-111). (Book report)

Webb, James
The Occult Establishment (La Salle, IL: Open Court, 1976)
About the occult in society and politics from 1918 till the 60s from the perspective of a skeptic.

Weeraperuma, Susunaga
A Bibliography of the Life and Teachings of J. Krishnamurti (Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1974)
Useful research tool with many unexpected references.

Weeraperuma, Susunaga
Supplement to a Bibliography of the Life and Teachings of J. Krishnamurti  (Bombay: Chetana, 1982)
Supplement to the above bibliography.

Wessinger, Catherine Lowman
Annie Besant and Progressive Messianism  (Lewiston, NY: Edwin Mellen Press, 1988)
Academic study of AB’s involvement with the WT Project. One of its theses is that AB changed the TS into a progressive messianic movement.

Wood, Ernest
“ 'No Religion Higher Than Truth' ” The American Theosophist 52/12 (December 1964): 287-290.
Author corrects certain misconceptions of some of the participants in the Gardner controversy. Valuable source about the “finding” of K.