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{{short description|Spiritual organisation based in India (1911–1927)}}
{{use Indian English|date=August 2019}}
{{infobox organization
|abbreviation=OSE
|established={{start date and age|1911|04}}
|founder=Annie Besant
|dissolved={{end date and age|1927|06}}
|type=[[Philosophy:Spirituality|Spiritual]] organisation
|purpose=To educate and prepare the world for the advent of the [[Philosophy:Maitreya (Theosophy)|World Teacher]]
|headquarters=Benares (Varanasi), {{wipe|India}}
|region=Worldwide
|membership=43,000{{nbsp}}({{abbr|est.|estimation}})
|membership_year=1926
|sec_gen={{unbulleted list|A. E. Wodehouse ({{dash year|1911|1920}})|Jiddu Nityananda ({{dash year|1920|1925}})|D. Rajagopal ({{dash year|1925|1927}})}}
|leader_title=Head
|leader_name=[[Biography:Jiddu Krishnamurti|Jiddu Krishnamurti]]
|leader_title2=Co-Protector
|leader_name2=Annie Besant
|leader_title3=Co-Protector
|leader_name3=C. W. Leadbeater
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|parent_organization=[[Philosophy:Theosophical Society|Theosophical Society]]
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|affiliations={{unbulleted list|National Sections in as many as 40{{nbsp}}countries and territories|Servants of the Star (youth organisation)}}
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The {{strong|Order of the Star in the East}} ({{strong|OSE}}) was an international organisation based at Benares (Varanasi), {{wipe|India}}, from {{daterange|1911|1927}}. It was established by the leadership of the [[Philosophy:Theosophical Society|Theosophical Society]] at Adyar, Madras (Chennai) to prepare the world for the arrival of a reputed [[Religion:Messianism|messianic]] entity, the [[Philosophy:Maitreya (Theosophy)|World Teacher or Maitreya]]. The OSE acquired members worldwide as it expanded in many countries; a third of its diverse membership {{circa|1926}} was unaffiliated with the Theosophical Society. The precursor of the OSE was the {{strong|Order of the Rising Sun}} ({{dash year|1910}}, also at Benares) and the successor was the {{strong|Order of the Star}} ({{dash year|1927|1929}}, based at Ommen, the Netherlands). The precursor organisation was formed after leading [[Philosophy:Theosophy|Theosophists]] discovered a likely candidate for the new messiah in the then{{en dash}}adolescent [[Biography:Jiddu Krishnamurti|Jiddu Krishnamurti]] (1895{{en dash}}1986), a South Indian Brahmin who was installed as Head of the Order. Almost two decades later Krishnamurti rejected the messianic role, repudiated the Order's mission, and in 1929 disbanded the OSE's successor. The founding and activities of these organisations, as well as the largely unexpected dissolution of the OSE's successor, attracted widespread media attention and public interest. They also led to crises in the Theosophical Society and to schisms in Theosophy. Krishnamurti's later multi-decade career as a notable independent philosopher has been a factor in evaluations of the OSE and its mission.

==Background<!--This section is linked from within this article (MOS:HEAD).-->==
{{Theosophy|expanded=Related}}
One of the central tenets of late 19th-century [[Philosophy:Theosophy|Theosophy]] as promoted by the [[Philosophy:Theosophical Society|Theosophical Society]] was the complex [[Philosophy:Doctrine|doctrine]] of intelligent evolution of all existence. This was said to be occurring on a [[Astronomy:Cosmos|Cosmic]] scale, incorporating both physical and non-physical aspects of the known and unknown Universe, and affecting all of its constituent parts regardless of apparent size or importance. The theory was originally promulgated in the ''Secret Doctrine'' (published 1888),{{r|sd}} a book by [[Biography:Helena Blavatsky|Helena Blavatsky]], one of the founders of contemporary Theosophy and the Theosophical {{nobr|Society.{{r|ngc2004-pp7}}}}

According to this view, Humankind's evolution on Earth (and beyond) is part of the Cosmic evolution. It is reputedly overseen by a hidden hierarchy, the [[Philosophy:Masters of the Ancient Wisdom|Masters of the Ancient Wisdom]], whose upper echelons consist of advanced spiritual beings. Blavatsky portrayed the Theosophical Society as one of the hierarchy's many attempts (or "impulses") throughout the millennia, to guide Humanity{{spaced en dash}} in concert with the intelligent evolutionary scheme{{spaced en dash}} to its ultimate, immutable objective: the attainment of perfection and the conscious participation in the evolutionary process.{{r|masters}} Blavatsky stated that these attempts may require an Earth-based infrastructure (such as the Theosophical Society), to pave the way for the hierarchy's physically appearing emissaries, "the torch-bearer{{interp|s}} of Truth".{{r|hb1889-pp306}} The mission of these reputedly regularly appearing emissaries is to practically translate, in a way and language understood by contemporary humanity, the knowledge required to propel it to a higher evolutionary {{nobr|stage.{{r|masters}}}}

==History==

===Early history===
Blavatsky also wrote about the possible impact of Theosophy and the Theosophical Society in her book ''[[Religion:The Key to Theosophy|The Key to Theosophy]]'' (published 1889):

{{quote
|text=If the present attempt, in the form of our Society, succeeds better than its predecessors have done, then it will be in existence as an organized, living and healthy body when the time comes for the effort of the {{tooltip|XX|20 (in Roman numerals)}}th century. The general condition of men's minds and hearts will have been improved and purified by the spread of its teachings, {{nobr|and, ...}} their prejudices and dogmatic illusions will have been, to some extent at least, removed. Not only so, but besides a large and accessible literature ready to men's hands, the next impulse will find a numerous and {{em|united}} body of people ready to welcome the new torch-bearer of Truth. He will find the minds of men prepared for his message, a language ready for him in which to clothe the new truths he brings, an organisation awaiting his arrival, which will remove the merely mechanical, material obstacles and difficulties from his path. Think how much one, to whom such an opportunity is given, could accomplish.{{nbsp}}{{small|{{interp|Emphasis in original.}}}}
|author=Helena Blavatsky|source=''The Key to Theosophy''{{spaces|thin}}{{r|hb1889-pp306}}
}}

Based on this and other Blavatsky writings, Theosophists expected the future advent of the "next impulse"; additional information was the purview of the Society's Esoteric Section, which Blavatsky had founded and originally {{nobr|led.{{r|ts-es}}}}

After Blavatsky's death in 1891, influential Theosophist Charles Webster Leadbeater expanded on her writings about the spiritual hierarchy and the Masters.{{r|cwl-work}} He formulated a [[Religion:Christology|Christology]] that identified Christ with the [[Philosophy:Maitreya (Theosophy)|Theosophical representation]] of the [[Religion:Buddhism|Buddhist]] concept of [[Philosophy:Maitreya|Maitreya]]. Leadbeater believed that Maitreya-as-Christ had manifested on Earth in several occasions, often using  a specially prepared individual as a "vehicle". The incarnated Maitreya assumed the role of World Teacher of Humankind, dispensing knowledge regarding underlying truths of {{nobr|Existence.{{r|cwl-work}}}}

Annie Besant, another well-known and influential Theosophist (and eventual close associate of Leadbeater's), had also developed an interest on the advent of the next emissary from the spiritual hierarchy.{{r|il2012-pp132}} During the {{daterange|1890s and 1900s|}} she became progressively convinced, along with Leadbeater and others, that the advent would happen sooner than Blavatsky's proposed timetable.{{r|hb1889-p306|il2012-pp132}} They came to believe it would involve the imminent reappearance of [[Philosophy:Maitreya (Theosophy)|Maitreya as World Teacher]], a monumental event in the Theosophical worldview.{{r|il2012-pp136|shf2021-p268}} However, not all Theosophical Society members accepted Leadbeater's and Besant's ideas on the matter; the dissidents charged them with straying from Theosophical [[Religion:Orthodoxy|orthodoxy]] and, along with other concepts developed by the two, their elaborations on the Theosophical Maitreya were derisively labelled [[Philosophy:Neo-Theosophy|Neo-Theosophy]] by their {{nobr|opponents.{{r|abk1930-pp327}}}}

Besant became President of the Theosophical Society in 1907,{{r|rv2001-p35}} adding considerable weight to the belief of Maitreya's impending manifestation; this eventually became a commonly held expectation among Theosophists.{{r|gs1999}} Besant had started commenting on the possibly imminent arrival of the next emissary as early as 1896; by 1909 the proclaimed "coming Teacher" was a main topic of her lectures and {{nobr|writings.{{r|ml1975-pp11|nyt1909}}}}

==="Discovery" of Jiddu Krishnamurti===
Sometime between {{nobr|late April}} and {{nobr|late May 1909,}} at the private beach of the Theosophical Society Headquarters in Adyar, Madras (Chennai), Leadbeater encountered [[Biography:Jiddu Krishnamurti|Jiddu Krishnamurti]], a fourteen-year-old South Indian Brahmin.{{r|ml1975-pp1}} At the time Jiddu Narayaniah, Krishnamurti's father and longtime Theosophist, was employed by the Society; the family, in poor condition, lived next to the compound. Leadbeater was a controversial figure whose knowledge on [[Philosophy:Occult|occult]] matters was highly respected by the Society's leadership.{{r|cwl-impact}} He came to believe young Krishnamurti was a suitable candidate for the vehicle of the World Teacher{{spaced en dash}} despite the boy's reputedly dull personality and lackluster intellect.{{r|vehicle|ew1964-pp287}} Leadbeater soon placed Krishnamurti, and at the latter's insistence his inseparable younger brother Jiddu Nityananda ("Nitya"), under his and the Society's wing; in {{nobr|late 1909}} Besant, as President of the Society and head of its Esoteric Section, admitted the Jiddu brothers into both.{{r|jk-jn}} In {{nobr|March 1910}} she became their {{nobr|legal guardian.{{r|jk-ab}}}}

Following the "discovery", Leadbeater began occult examinations of Krishnamurti, to whom he had assigned the [[Pseudonym|pseudonym]] {{em|Alcyone}}{{spaced en dash}} the [[Astronomy:Alcyone (star)|name of a star]] in the [[Astronomy:Pleiades|Pleiades star cluster]], and of characters from [[Religion:Greek mythology|Greek mythology]].{{r|alcyone}} Leadbeater's belief regarding the boy's suitability was strengthened by his [[Unsolved:Clairvoyance|clairvoyance]]-aided investigations of Krishnamurti's reputed [[Philosophy:Reincarnation|past and future lives]]. Results of these investigations were recorded, and eventually published in Theosophical magazines starting {{nobr|April 1910,}} and in a book in 1913.{{r|b&l1913-fwd}} They were widely read and discussed within the Society, as according to Leadbeater, contemporary Theosophists were involved in various "lives of Alcyone". Such reputed involvement became a matter of status and prestige among Theosophists; it also contributed to factionalism within the Society.{{r|ml1975-pp23}} In the meantime, Krishnamurti was put on a comprehensive multiyear regimen of physical, intellectual, social, and spiritual training in preparation for his probable future {{nobr|role.{{r|rv2001-chs4}}}}

===Order of the Rising Sun<!--This section is linked from within this article (MOS:HEAD).-->===
In {{nobr|late 1910}} the Theosophical Society published the first work "by Alcyone", a booklet entitled ''[[Religion:At the Feet of the Master|At the Feet of the Master]]''. The book became very popular among Theosophists, and around the same time (officially, in {{nobr|January 1911),}} the {{strong|Order of the Rising Sun}} was founded at Benares (Varanasi) by George Arundale, a prominent Theosophist. Arundale, Principal of the Central Hindu College (CHC), had been impressed by Alcyone's writings and formed the Order around a CHC-based study group of disciples headed by Krishnamurti. The new entity was generally focused on the expected World Teacher, yet the recently discovered Krishnamurti-Alcyone was{{spaced en dash}} somewhat obliquely{{spaced en dash}} at the center of its {{nobr|attention.{{r|atfm|ml1975-pp42}}}}

Meanwhile, the activities and proclamations of Leadbeater, Besant, and other senior Theosophists regarding Krishnamurti and the expected Teacher became entangled in prior disputes within and without the Theosophical Society, and also the subjects of new controversies.{{r|gt1986-ch15|sands1912-pp575}} The evolving controversies, as well as objections by Hindu members of the CHC [[Social:Faculty (academic staff)|faculty]], prompted Besant to officially disband the organisation in {{nobr|May 1911;}} however, a replacement had already been {{nobr|formed.{{r|il2012-pp298}}}}
[[File:Annie-Besant-J-Krishnamurti-Ernest-Wood.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|center|alt=Group photo includes Annie Besant, Jiddu Krishnamurti, George Arundale and Jiddu Nityananda, London May 1911|Annie Besant and Jiddu Krishnamurti (center), flanked by Jiddu Nityananda (left), and George Arundale (right). London, {{nobr|May 1911.{{r|ml1975-p84}}}}]]
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===Order of the Star in the East===
In {{nobr|April 1911}} Besant founded the {{strong|Order of the Star in the East}} ({{strong|OSE}}), based again at Benares, which replaced the Order of the Rising Sun. It was named after the [[Unsolved:Star of Bethlehem|Star of Bethlehem]], signifying the proclaimed approach of the new manifestation of Christ-Maitreya.{{r|rv2001-p64}} The top positions of the organisation were filled: "Mrs Besant and Leadbeater were made Protectors of the new Order of which Krishna {{interp|Jiddu Krishnamurti}} was the Head, Arundale Private Secretary to the Head, and Wodehouse Organizing Secretary".{{r|ml1975-pp46}} News regarding Krishnamurti, the Order, and its mission received widespread publicity and worldwide press coverage; the publicity may have been at least partly driven by aspects of the era's prevailing ''{{lang|fr|nocat=yes|[[Social:Fin de siècle|fin de siècle]]}}'' {{nobr|mood.{{r|publicity}}}}

====Objective and principles====
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The goal of the OSE was to educate and prepare the world for the arrival of the World Teacher and to remove any material obstacles and difficulties from his path.{{r|aew1911}} By {{nobr|late 1913,}} the Order had {{nobr|about 15,000}} members worldwide; most of them were also members of the Theosophical Society.{{r|ml1975-p74a}} However, membership was open to anyone, the only precondition being acceptance of the "Declaration of Principles", which stated the following:

{{quote
|text=
{{olist
|We believe that a great Teacher will soon appear in the world, and we wish so to live now that we may be worthy to know Him when He comes.
|We shall try, therefore, to keep Him in our minds always, and to do in His name, and therefore to the best of our ability, all the work which comes to us in our daily occupations.
|As far as our ordinary duties allow, we shall endeavour to devote a portion of our time each day to some definite work which may help to prepare for His coming.
|We shall seek to make Devotion, Steadfastness and Gentleness prominent characteristics of our daily life.
|We shall try to begin and end each day with a short period devoted to the asking of His blessing upon all that we try to do for Him and in His name.
|We regard it as our special duty to try to recognise and reverence greatness in whomsoever shown, and to strive to co-operate, as far as we can, with those whom we feel to be spiritually our superiors.
}}
|author=Order of the Star in the East|source="Declaration of {{nobr|Principles{{"-}}{{r|principles}}}}
}}

The organisation had no other rules, and there were no membership fees or subscriptions. New members received an OSE certificate {{xref|text=(see a digitised copy on this page)|printworthy=y}}, and could thereafter display the organisation's emblem, a silver {{nobr|[[Five-pointed star|five-pointed star]].{{r|ml1975-pp46}}}}

====Activities<!--This section is linked from within this article (MOS:HEAD).-->====
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Following its establishment the OSE began its mission in earnest. Lecture tours, meetings and other activities were undertaken by prominent members of the Order. Articles and pamphlets about the OSE and its mission, published regularly by Theosophical organisations,{{r|promo}} were joined by an official bulletin, ''The Herald of the Star'', originally based at Adyar, which started publication in {{nobr|January 1912.{{r|herald}}}}

As Krishnamurti came of age, he embarked on an intensified schedule of lectures and discussions in several countries, and acquired a large following among the membership of the Theosophical Society.{{r|jk-ose}} National Sections of the Order were eventually formed in as many as forty countries.{{r|wh1925|sab1924}} An affiliated international youth organisation, the Servants of the Star, was established in London in {{nobr|October 1913}} with Krishnamurti's younger brother Nitya as its Head; it accepted persons {{nobr|under 21}} years of age as {{nobr|members.{{r|sos}}}}

On {{nobr|28 December 1911,}} during a ceremony officiated by Krishnamurti at the close of the annual Theosophical Convention (held that year at Benares), those present were reported to be suddenly overwhelmed by a strange feeling of "tremendous power", which seemed to be flowing through Krishnamurti. In Leadbeater's description, "it reminded one irresistibly of the rushing, mighty wind, and the outpouring of the Holy Ghost at Pentecost. The tension was enormous, and every one in the room was most powerfully affected." The next day, at a meeting of the Esoteric Section, Besant for the first time announced that it was now clear Krishnamurti was the required vehicle. Thereafter, 28 December became a "sacred day" for the {{nobr|Order.{{r|sacred-day}}}}

In 1912, Krishnamurti's father sued Besant in order to annul her guardianship of his sons, which he had previously granted. Among the reasons stated in Narayaniah's deposition was his objection to the [[Religion:Apotheosis|deification]] of Krishnamurti, said to have been caused by Besant's "announcement that he was to be the Lord Christ, with the result that a number of respectable persons had prostrated before him." Besant eventually won the case on {{nobr|appeal.{{r|ml1975-pp62}}}}

Also in 1912, most members of the Theosophical Society's {{wipe|Germany}} Section followed its head, [[Biography:Rudolf Steiner|Rudolf Steiner]], in splitting from the parent Society{{spaced en dash}} partly due to disagreement over Besant's and Leadbeater's proclamations concerning Krishnamurti's [[Religion:Messiah|messianic]] {{nobr|status.{{r|rmd1992}}}}

Controversy regarding the OSE and Krishnamurti again engulfed the Central Hindu College. In 1913, a number of the Order's supporters resigned their positions at the CHC following opposition by the school's administration and trustees, who considered the Order's activities {{nobr|unacademical.{{r|chc|gt1986-ch15}}}}

In 1920, Nitya replaced Wodehouse as OSE Organising Secretary.{{r|ml1975-p125}} The next year, the first international Congress of the Order of the Star in the East was held in Paris, France, attended by {{nobr|2,000 members}} out of then {{nobr|about 30,000}} worldwide. At the Congress it was decided that there would be no special ceremonies or rituals associated with the Order or with the World Teacher.{{r|ml1975-p129}} Also in the 1920s, regularly scheduled multiday Star Camps, supported by well-organised facilities, started to be held in the Netherlands, the {{wipe|United States}}, and {{wipe|India}}. They were attended by thousands of members, with coverage provided by local and international {{nobr|media.{{r|rl1943-pp88}}}}

In 1922, during a stay in Ojai, California, Krishnamurti had a series of physical, psychological and spiritual experiences over a period of several months, that affected him deeply. Rumours of strange happenings started circulating among OSE members, yet the events of Ojai (and similar later Krishnamurti experiences) remained unknown outside of the Theosophical leadership and Krishnamurti's inner {{nobr|circle.{{r|ml1975-chs18}}}}

In {{nobr|late 1925,}} close Krishnamurti associate and friend {{nobr|D. Rajagopal}}{{nnbsp}}{{r|vehicle}} was appointed General Secretary following Nitya's unexpected death. While the Order's activities continued without visible disruption, Nitya's death was a privately devastating, watershed event for {{nobr|Krishnamurti.{{r|jn-death}}}}

Financing the venture and subsequent expansion did not appear to present a problem.{{r|ml1975-p74b}} Properties in several countries were acquired via specially-formed trusts or by affiliates, for a variety of purposes.{{r|properties}} Donations were regularly solicited, along with project-based funding appeals to the members, some of whom were considerably wealthy.{{r|rv2001-pp74}} In collaboration with the Theosophical Society, the OSE had been producing a number of publications and propaganda material {{see below|{{section link||External links}}}}; in 1926, it organised its own publishing arm: the Star Publishing Trust, based at Eerde, Ommen, the Netherlands. Along with an official international bulletin published in Ommen (the ''International Star Bulletin''), national bulletins eventually appeared in twenty-one countries, and in fourteen different languages.{{r|bulletins}} Also in 1926 it was reported that the Order's membership had reached {{nobr|about 43,000,}} {{nobr|two thirds}} of which were members of the Theosophical {{nobr|Society.{{r|members}}}}

====Claims and expectations====
By {{nobr|year-end 1925,}} efforts of prominent Theosophists and their affiliated factions to favourably position themselves for the expected {{em|Coming}} were reaching a climax. Extraordinary pronouncements of accelerated spiritual advancement were being made by various parties, privately disputed by others. Ranking members of the Order and the Society had publicly declared themselves to have been chosen as [[Religion:Apostle|apostle]]s of the new Messiah. The escalating claims of spiritual success, and the internal (and hidden from the public) Theosophical politics, alienated an increasingly disillusioned Krishnamurti. His commitment and enthusiasm had been uneven since the Order's early days, and in private he had occasionally expressed doubts about his presumed mission.{{r|ml1975-chs10}} He refused to recognise anyone as his disciple or apostle.{{r|ml1975-chs25}} In the meantime, World Teacher-related spinoff projects proliferated: in {{nobr|August 1925}} the establishment of a "World Religion" and a "World University" were announced by the Theosophical leadership. Both of them were later "quietly {{nobr|shelved".{{r|ml1975-pp214}}}}

The annual Star Congress for 1925 opened at Adyar on the "sacred day" of {{nobr|28 December,}} following the much anticipated but uneventful Theosophical Convention.{{r|ml1975-p223}} At the opening, an event occurred that was reminiscent of the incident that reputedly happened on the same day of 1911. Krishnamurti had been giving a speech about the World Teacher and the significance of his coming, when "a dramatic change" took place: his voice suddenly altered and he switched to first person, saying "I come for those who want sympathy, who want happiness, who are longing to be released, who are longing to find happiness in all things. I come to reform and not to tear down, I come not to destroy but to build." For many of the assembled who noticed, it was a "spine-tingling" revelation, {{nobr|"felt ...}} instantly and independently"{{spaced en dash}} confirmation, in their view, that the manifestation of the Lord Maitreya through his chosen vehicle had {{nobr|begun.{{r|manifest}}}}

===Order of the Star<!--This section is linked from within this article (MOS:HEAD).-->===
The reputed manifestation of the World Teacher prompted a number of celebratory statements and assertions by prominent Theosophists that were not unanimously accepted by Society members. One result was the persistence of controversy regarding the project.{{r|wt-controv}} Besant and other leaders of the Society largely managed to contain the dissenters and the controversy, but in the process sustained unflattering publicity.{{r|lat1926b}} However the endeavour, often referred to as "the World Teacher Project", was also receiving serious and neutral coverage in the global media, and according to reports it was followed sympathetically and with interest by {{nobr|non-Theosophists.{{r|wt-pov}}}}
[[File:Jiddu Krishnamurti 01.jpg|thumb|left|upright|alt=photo portrait of Jiddu Krishnamurti in the 1920s|Jiddu Krishnamurti in the 1920s]]

In related developments following the perceived manifestation, Besant announced in {{nobr|January 1927,}} {{nobr|"{{interp|t}}he}} World Teacher is here",{{r|ml1975-p241}} and many Star members expected Krishnamurti's unequivocal public proclamation of his messianic status. Land was purchased in Ojai for a "colony project", to serve as a "miniature model of a new civilisation" mentored by the World Teacher.{{r|colony}} Reflecting the new situation, in {{nobr|June 1927}} the name of the organisation was changed to {{strong|Order of the Star}}, and its main organ was retitled {{italics correction|''The Star Review''}}; the organisation relocated at Ommen, with {{nobr|D. Rajagopal}} serving as Chief {{nobr|Organiser.{{r|os-obj|review}}}}

The renamed organisation had two objectives:{{nnbsp}}{{r|os-obj}}

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{{blist
|To draw together all those who believe in the Presence of the World Teacher in the world
|To work with Him for the establishment of His ideas
}}
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Complementing the reorganisation and the proclamations of the World Teacher's manifestation, in 1928 the "World Mother Project", headed by Rukmini Devi Arundale (George Arundale's young wife), was put in motion by Theosophical leaders. Krishnamurti again distanced himself from this endeavour, which Indian and international press reports dubbed "Mrs. Besant's New Fad", and it was to be {{nobr|short-lived.{{r|wmp}}}}
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===Dissolution and repudiation===
By the {{nobr|late 1920s,}} Krishnamurti's emphasis in public talks and private discussions had changed. He had been gradually discarding or contradicting Theosophical concepts and terminology, disagreeing with leading Theosophists, and talking less about the World Teacher; public interest, and attendance at his speaking engagements, remained high.{{r|lat1926a|ml1975-p257}} The shift in emphasis mirrored fundamental changes in Krishnamurti as a person, including his increasing disenchantment with the World Teacher Project. Instrumental in these changes, according to his biographers, were among other reasons the reputed experiences that had first occurred at Ojai, and Nitya's unexpected death {{see above|{{section link||Activities}}}}.{{r|jk-reeval}} Consequently, Krishnamurti stated that he undertook a thorough re-evaluation of his relationship with the Project, the Theosophical Society, and Theosophy in {{nobr|general.{{r|jk1929-p14a}}}}

Finally, on {{nobr|3 August 1929}}, at the Ommen Star Camp, he disbanded the Order in front of Besant and {{nobr|about 3,000}} members.{{r|isb1929|wp1929}} In his speech dissolving the organisation (also broadcast on Dutch radio),{{r|ml1975-p272}} Krishnamurti said:

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|text=I maintain that Truth is a pathless land, and you cannot approach it by any path whatsoever, by any religion, by any sect. That is my point of view, and I adhere to that absolutely and unconditionally. Truth, being limitless, unconditioned, unapproachable by any path whatsoever, cannot be organized; nor should any organization be formed to lead or to coerce people along any particular path.
|author=Jiddu Krishnamurti|source=''The Dissolution of the Order of the Star''{{spaces|thin}}{{r|jk1929-pp3}}
}}

Despite the changes in Krishnamurti's outlook and pronouncements during the preceding years (and more recent rumours of impending dissolution),{{r|ml1975-pp260}} the ending of the Order and its mission shocked many of its supporters. Prominent Theosophists openly or under various guises turned against Krishnamurti{{spaced en dash}} including Leadbeater, who reputedly stated, "the Coming has gone wrong".{{r|ml1975-pp277}} However, other Society members supported Krishnamurti's new direction, and opposed the critical views expressed by Theosophical {{nobr|leaders.{{r|jk-support}}}}

Soon after the dissolution Krishnamurti severed his ties to Theosophy and the Theosophical Society.{{r|tmg1930|jk-ts}} He denounced the concepts of [[Religion:Messiah|saviors]], spiritual teachers, leaders and followers.{{r|rv2001-pp180|jk-not-wt}} Vowing to work towards setting humankind "absolutely, unconditionally free",{{r|jk1929-p14b}} he repudiated all doctrines and theories of inner, spiritual and psychological evolution such as those implied in the Theosophical tenets {{see above|{{section link||Background}}}}. Instead, he posited that his goal of complete psychological freedom could be realised only through the understanding of individuals' actual relationships with themselves, society, and {{nobr|nature.{{r|rv2001-pp180|jk2009}}}}

Krishnamurti returned to the donors estates, property and funds that had been given to the Order in its various incarnations.{{r|assets}} He spent the rest of his life promoting his post-Theosophical message around the world as an independent speaker and writer. He became widely known as an original, influential thinker on philosophical, psychological, and religious {{nobr|subjects.{{r|ww1986}}}}

==Consequences==
In 1907, the first year for which reliable records were kept,{{r|gt1986-p943}} the worldwide membership of the Theosophical Society was estimated at {{nobr|over 15,000.}} During the following two decades membership suffered due to splits and resignations, but by the mid{{en dash}}1920s it was rising again; it eventually peaked in 1928 at {{nobr|about 45,000 members.}}{{r|ts-members}} The membership of the Order in its various guises kept increasing steadily, yet Krishnamurti's changing message in the period leading to the dissolution may have negatively affected growth.{{r|jk-support}} Many members of the Order were also members of the Theosophical Society;{{nnbsp}}{{r|jr1986-p288}} consequently, as many as a third of the members of the Society left "within a few years" of Krishnamurti's disbanding of the Order.{{r|bc1980-pp130}} In the opinion of a Krishnamurti biographer, the Society, already in decline for other reasons, "was in disarray" upon the dissolution of the Order. While Theosophical publications and leading members tried to minimise the effect of Krishnamurti's actions and the defunct Order's importance, the {{nobr|"truth ...}} was that the Theosophical Society had been {{nobr|pole-axed. ...}} {{interp|Krishnamurti}} had combatively challenged the central tenet of its {{nobr|beliefs".{{r|rv2001-pp188}}}}

The failed project led to considerable analysis and retrospective evaluations by the Society and prominent Theosophists, at the time and since.{{r|wt-eval-1}} It also resulted in governance changes in the [[Philosophy:Theosophical Society Adyar|Theosophical Society Adyar]], a reorientation of its Esoteric Section, re-examination of parts of its doctrine, and reticence to outside questions regarding the OSE and the World Teacher Project.{{r|rv2001-pp268}} According to both theosophical and non-theosophical observers, Theosophical organisations, especially the Theosophical Society Adyar, by the close of the {{nobr|20th century}} had yet to recover from Krishnamurti's rejection and the entire World Teacher affair, and entered the 21st still dealing with their {{nobr|effects.{{r|ts-state}}}}

Krishnamurti, who in his post-Theosophical life avoided the subject, publicly addressed the Project and his role in it almost fifty years after the dissolution, stating in 1975, {{nobr|"... the}} past is dead, buried and gone".{{r|jk-?-wt}} However, during the last decade of his life the subject was often brought up in probing private discussions with close {{nobr|associates.{{r|jk-wt}}}}

Independent evaluations of the project and its aftermath have also been attempted, especially in light of Krishnamurti's post-Theosophical career and influence as a philosopher and thinker; according to a researcher, such evaluations face questions "without unambiguous {{nobr|answers".{{r|wt-eval-2}}}}

==Cultural references==
Events and personalities related to the World Teacher Project and the OSE have been portrayed, or alluded to, in artistic and cultural works.

"The Word of the Master" ({{lang-fi|Mestarin käsky}}), is a 1925 work for voice and piano by {{wipe|Finland}} composer Leevi Madetoja {{nobr|({{abbrlink|Op.|Opus number}} 71/2).}} Originally published as "At the Feet of the Master (''Alcyone'')", its devotional lyrics are based on the eponymous book {{see above|{{section link||Order of the Rising Sun}}}}. The three-minute-long work was republished under the new title in 1929; {{as of|2002|lc=y}}, it was included in contemporary performances on {{nobr|[[Company:Compact Disc Digital Audio|CD-Audio]].{{r|madetoja}}}}

"Benares, 1910", an episode in the 1990s US television series ''The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles'' created by George Lucas, is taking place in Benares around the time of Krishnamurti's discovery and the formation of the OSE. The hour-long episode loosely (and sympathetically) portrays these and related events. The including series explores the childhood and youth of the fictional character Indiana Jones; in this instalment, the protagonist gets to meet the boy Krishnamurti, Besant and Leadbeater.{{r|ijc}} Filmed on location at Benares. The episode originally aired on {{nobr|3 July 1993,}} during primetime, on the ABC television network;{{nnbsp}}{{r|cbssb2007}} it achieved modest [[Finance:Nielsen ratings|Nielsen ratings]].{{r|dg1993}} It was later re-packaged in a [[Engineering:Television film|television film]] titled ''The Journey of Radiance''{{nbsp}}(2000),{{r|cbssb2007}} which was also released, along with related documentary material, on {{nobr|[[Engineering:DVD-Video|DVD-Video]] (2007).{{r|ijc}}}}

''Blue Dove'', a musical in two acts, is based on Krishnamurti's life between his discovery by Leadbeater and the start of his career as an independent philosopher and speaker following the dissolution of the Order of the Star. The musical, with a running time of two hours and fifteen minutes, premiered in {{nobr|October 2004}} at Los Angeles' Ivar Theatre and had a three-week stage run; a 40-minute recording of songs was released in 2005. The libretto and plot, by Englishman Peter Wells, employ considerable artistic licence in their portrayals of related persons and {{nobr|events.{{r|bd}}}}

''Order of the Star in the East'' is the title of an electronic ambient music work by Planet Supreme (an alias/stage name of Swedish composer Karl Ture Rydby) released {{nobr|December 2020}} as an audio CD and [[Audio file format|digital album]]. The seven-track, 53-minute recording opens with a composition of the same name. The CD liner notes describe the work as an exploration of "inner/outer {{nobr|space ...}} infused with a broad palette of references".{{r|ps2020}}

==Notes==
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{{refn|name="chc"|{{harvnb|M. Lutyens|1975|pp=42{{en dash}}43, 61, 134}}. Besant, and Leadbeater (who had been the subject of controversy and lurid accusations in the past{{nnbsp}}{{r|cwl-impact}}{{--)}}, portrayed much of the opposition to the OSE and its mission{{spaced en dash}} as well as the litigation regarding Krishnamurti's guardianship{{spaced en dash}} as being part of wider, interrelated conflicts: ongoing debates about the role of the Theosophical Society in Indian life, and campaigns by political-religious opponents who disagreed with Besant's positions on Indian Home Rule; a contrary viewpoint to such portrayal of events can be found in {{harvnb|Das|1913}}. The author, a co-founder of the CHC {{harv|Lubelsky|2012|p=258}} and former General Secretary of the Indian Section of the Theosophical Society, was opposed to the World Teacher Project, the OSE, and eventually to Besant.<!--This templated note must be at the top of the ref list due to longstanding issue (nested ref in same ref list). Please do not change its order.-->}}

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<ref name="abk1930-pp327">{{harvnb|Kuhn|1930|pp=327, 328{{en dash}}331}}.</ref>

<ref name="aew1911">{{harvnb|Wodehouse|1911}}.</ref>

<ref name="alcyone">{{harvnb|Besant|Leadbeater|2003|p=9}}. "To this 'himself{{'}} or ego {{interp|i.e. each of the characters in the ''Lives of Alcyone''}} we have given a distinguishing name, so that he may be recognized under all the disguises put on to suit the part he is playing. These are mostly names of constellations, stars, or Greek heroes." Krishnamurti's pseudonym may be related to [[Unsolved:Alcyone (Pleiades)|one of the mythical Pleiades]] or to another mythological Alcyone, a character whose story is related to the so-called {{em|halcyon days}}; Theosophy assigns occult or esoteric significance to practically all ancient mythologies {{harv|Kalnitsky|2003|pp=294{{en dash}}296, 300}}, whose theogonies are considered by Theosophical doctrine to be closely related to actual [[Astronomy:Cosmology|cosmological]] and astronomical events{{xref|text=. See also [[Astronomy:Pleiades in folklore and literature|Pleiades in folklore and literature]]}}.</ref>

<ref name="assets">{{harvnb|M. Lutyens|1975|p=276}}; some OSE assets were repurposed for Krishnamurti's continuing work {{harv|D. Rajagopal|1929a}}.</ref>

<ref name="atfm">{{harvnb|Vernon|2001|pp=61{{en dash}}64}}. ''[[Religion:At the Feet of the Master|At the Feet of the Master]]'' went on to become an international bestseller, eventually published in over two dozen languages; {{harvnb|Alcyone|1911}} is an early edition; the work's publication has also generated controversy regarding the author's identity. Considered a spiritual classic, it was still in print {{as of|2012|lc=y}} {{harv|Rodrigues|2012|p=462}}.</ref>

<ref name="b&l1913-fwd">{{harvnb|Besant|Leadbeater|1913|loc=Foreword {{pp.|1|8}}}} {{interp|specific context {{pp.|2|3}}}}.</ref>

<ref name="bc1980-pp130">{{harvnb|Campbell|1980|pp=130, 176}}. Almost half a century later (1980), the [[Philosophy:Theosophical Society Adyar|Theosophical Society Adyar]] had {{nobr|about 35,000 members.}}</ref>

<ref name="bd">{{harvnb|''Blue Dove''|2004|loc="Welcome to Blue Dove" ([[Home page|home page]]), "Synopsis"}}; {{harvnb|Hirschhorn|2004}}. Review (negative), and production info; for the recording see {{allMusic|class=album|id=mw0001555608|title=''Blue Dove''|access-date=2016-05-21}}</ref>

<ref name="bulletins">{{harvnb|M. Lutyens|1975|p=246}}. The ''International Star Bulletin'', with {{nobr|D. Rajagopal}} as chief editor, joined the pre-existing {{italics correction|''Herald of the Star''}}; {{harvnb|Hotchener|1928b}}. From the bulletin of the Order's United States Section.</ref>

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<ref name="cbssb2007">{{harvnb|''CBS Syndication Bible''|2007|loc="Young Indiana Jones Chronicles" overview, "Episode Listing", "MOW Listing"}}.</ref>

<ref name="colony">{{harvnb|''The China Press''|1927}}; {{harvnb|M. Lutyens|1975|p=240}}. Almost 500 acres were purchased as the future site of the "Happy Valley" community, which did not materialise as planned; a descendant independent educational organisation, the Happy Valley Foundation, established in 1946, assumed ownership of most of the original grounds {{harv|HVF|2021}}.</ref>

<ref name="cwl-impact">{{harvnb|M. Lutyens|1975|pp=x{{en dash}}xi|loc=(in Foreword)}}; {{harvnb|Tillett|1986|pp=7{{en dash}}8, 11{{en dash}}18}}; {{harvnb|Hammer|2004|p=62}}.</ref>

<ref name="cwl-work">{{harvnb|Lubelsky|2012|loc={{nobr|§ "Leadbeater's}} Doctrine" {{pp.|139|146}}}}; {{harvnb|Leadbeater|2007|loc={{nobr|pp. 31,}} 74, 191, 232, and {{nobr|ch. "XIII:}} The Trinity and the Triangles" {{pp.|250|260}}}}.</ref>

<ref name="dg1993">{{harvnb|Gable|1993}}.</ref>

<ref name="dr1929a">{{harvnb|D. Rajagopal|1929a}}.{{xref|text={{sp}}See a cover image of the {{nobr|August 1930}} issue [[:c:File:International Star Bulletin.jpg|here]] (at Wikimedia Commons).}}</ref>

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<ref name="ew1964-pp287">{{harvnb|Wood|1964|pp=287{{en dash}}288, 289}}. From the eyewitness account of Krishnamurti's "discovery" by Ernest Wood, a close associate of Leadbeater's. The latter maintained he was directed by the Masters {{see above|{{section link||Background}}}} on the matter; according to Wood, Leadbeater also stated that Krishnamurti should fulfil the expectations {{nobr|"...}} 'unless something goes wrong.{{'"}} The article includes commentary on related events and controversies.</ref>

<ref name="gs1999">{{harvnb|Schüller|1999}}.</ref>

<ref name="gt1986-ch15">{{harvnb|Tillett|1986|loc={{nobr|ch. "15. Conflict}} over Krishnamurti" {{pp.|506|553}}}}. Information on contemporary controversies regarding Krishnamurti, inside and outside the Theosophical Society.</ref>

<ref name="gt1986-p943">{{harvnb|Tillett|1986|p=943n[2]}}.</ref>

<ref name="hb1889-p306">{{harvnb|Blavatsky|1889|loc=[https://books.google.com/books?id=cE8VAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA306 {{p.|306}}]}}. {{retrieved|access-date=2016-07-07|via=[[Google Books]]}} {{nobr|"{{interp|D}}uring}} the last quarter of every hundred years an attempt is made by those {{nobr|'Masters,' ...}} to help on the spiritual progress of {{nobr|Humanity ....}} Towards the close of each {{nobr|century ...}} an outpouring or upheaval of {{nobr|spirituality ...}} has taken place. Some one or more persons have appeared in the world as their agents, and a greater or less amount of occult knowledge and teaching has been given out."</ref>

<ref name="hb1889-pp306">{{harvnb|Blavatsky|1889|loc=[https://books.google.com/books?id=cE8VAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA306 {{pp.|306|307}}]}}. {{retrieved|access-date=2016-07-07|via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref>

<ref name="herald">{{harvnb|M. Lutyens|1975|pp=46, 64, 75}}; {{harvnb|Vernon|2001|pp=64, 100}}. The bulletin listed Krishnamurti as (nominal) editor. It relocated to London in 1914, revamped as a 64-page glossy magazine with several full-page color illustrations{{xref|text={{sp}}(see external image for link to a front cover example and {{section link||External links}} for an archive of issues)|printworthy=y}}; it also solicited {{harv|''Credo''|n.d.}}, and published, articles by non-members and non-Theosophists, on a variety of current issues{{spaced en dash}} such as two contributions in 1917 by philosopher and mathematician [[Biography:Bertrand Russell|Bertrand Russell]] {{harv|Russell|1995|pp=123, 301}}; a socio-political article by then Prime Minister of Italy Benito Mussolini, reprinted in the ''Herald of the Star'' {{nobr|June 1924}} issue, was preceded by a disclaimer from the ''Herald''{{'s}} editor {{harv|Baldini|2015|p=777n42}}.</ref>

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<ref name="ijc">{{harvnb|Carrier et al.|1993}}; {{harvnb|Brooks|Marsh|2009}}; {{harvnb|YIJ Media Kit|2007|loc={{p.|8}} {{nobr|§ "Journey}} of Radiance"}}; [[WorldCat]] listing of DVD-Video at {{OCLC|173852798}}.{{xref|text={{sp}}See also List of The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles episodes {{interp|no.}} 21 "Benares, January 1910".}}</ref>

<ref name="il2012-pp132">{{harvnb|Lubelsky|2012|pp=132{{en dash}}134}}.</ref>

<ref name="il2012-pp136">{{harvnb|Lubelsky|2012|pp=136{{en dash}}137}}.</ref>

<ref name="il2012-pp298">{{harvnb|Lubelsky|2012|pp=298{{en dash}}299}}.</ref>

<ref name="isb1929">{{harvnb|D. Rajagopal|1929b}}. In the previously official international bulletin of the Order of the Star; the bulletin published several issues post-dissolution, following Krishnamurti's new direction {{harv|M. Lutyens|1975|p=314n"{{interp|page}}246"}}.</ref>

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<ref name="jk-?-wt">{{harvnb|J. Krishnamurti|1975|loc=[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwiPPFup9wU&t=415s 6&nbsp;min 55&nbsp;s in] (transcript {{nobr|¶ {{interp|12}})}}}}. {{retrieved|access-date=2023-10-07|append=}}; the publication of {{citeref|M. Lutyens|1975|Krishnamurti's biography by Mary Lutyens|style=plain}} in 1975 had generated fresh interest in the project. Krishnamurti had previously suppressed publication of details about his World Teacher-related past {{harv|Vernon|2001|pp=227{{en dash}}228}}.</ref>

<ref name="jk-ab">{{harvnb|M. Lutyens|1975|p=40}}; reputedly, the Indian mystics who had initially alerted Besant to Maitreya's manifestation{{xref|text={{sp}}(see related note)|printworthy=y}} independently confirmed Krishnamurti's suitability as the "vehicle" upon meeting her a few months after his "discovery" {{harv|Jayakar|1986|pp=30{{en dash}}31}}; Besant and Krishnamurti developed a very close, lasting personal relationship {{harv|Vernon|2001|pp=46{{en dash}}47}}.</ref>

<ref name="jk-jn">{{harvnb|M. Lutyens|1975|pp=27, 30, 35, 136, 163, 178}}; {{harvnb|Vernon|2001|p=29}}. There was a strong brotherly bond between Nitya (1898{{en dash}}1925), and Krishnamurti. In addition, Nitya was charged by Theosophical leaders, and reputedly by the Masters, with looking after Krishnamurti and with assisting him in his presumed mission.</ref>

<ref name="jk-not-wt">Despite Krishnamurti's rejection of the messianic role and authority, there is no record of him expressly stating he was not the World Teacher, and he declared the question irrelevant ({{harvnb|Vernon|2001|p=253}}; {{harvnb|Landau|1943|pp=261, 263}}); in a 1934 interview in California he stated, "Any confirmation or denial on my part would only evoke corresponding expectations". He added he was also determined not to hurt Besant's feelings and reputation by denying her proclamations outright {{harv|Landau|1943|pp=263{{en dash}}264}}.</ref>

<ref name="jk-ose">{{harvnb|M. Lutyens|1975|pp=129, 135, 169{{en dash}}170, 171, 172{{en dash}}173}}; {{harvnb|Vernon|2001|pp=84, 85, 132{{en dash}}133}}; Krishnamurti talks were also broadcast on radio {{harv|''The Manchester Guardian''|1926}}.</ref>

<ref name="jk-reeval">{{harvnb|M. Lutyens|1975|pp=219{{en dash}}222, 236, 265{{en dash}}266, 276}}; {{harvnb|Vernon|2001|pp=131{{en dash}}132}}. The unexplained experiences provided Krishnamurti with an avenue of growth and life independent of Theosophy, the Order, and the Society. Nitya's premature death in {{nobr|November 1925,}} that had deeply affected Krishnamurti, had revelatory consequences. His disagreements with leading Theosophists became more acute, despite Besant's efforts for conciliation. She offered to resign as President of the Society, and in 1928, in sympathy with Krishnamurti, closed the Esoteric Section. She reopened it after the dissolution of the Order.</ref>

<ref name="jk-support">{{harvnb|Vernon|2001|p=179}}; {{harvnb|Réhault|2006|pp=9, 10}}.</ref>

<ref name="jk-ts">{{harvnb|M. Lutyens|1975|pp=276, 285}}. Krishnamurti remained on friendly terms with individual members of the Society; in 1980, he visited the Adyar Headquarters after an almost 50-year absence, and "reconciled the rift that seemingly existed between him and the Society" {{harv|Rodrigues|2012|p=470}}.</ref>

<ref name="jk-wt">{{harvnb|Vernon|2001|pp=248{{en dash}}250}}. In public and privately Krishnamurti disputed explanations based on Theosophy or any other system of thought; he considered the doctrines and theories regarding Maitreya "too concrete" {{harv|M. Lutyens|1988|p=93}}; he stated in {{nobr|October 1985,}} "The Theosophists, especially Leadbeater, made a mess of the whole thing" {{harv|Forbes|2021|p=270}}; after he was informed in {{nobr|January 1985}} by a scholar in India that there were ancient religious texts seemingly specifically referring to him, he was intrigued but skeptical ({{harvnb|M. Lutyens|1988|pp=92{{en dash}}93}}; {{harvnb|Forbes|2021|pp=44{{en dash}}45|loc={{nobr|"Appendix:}} Note 5" {{pp.|267|272}}}}); his final public statement, recorded ten days before his death, raised additional questions regarding his role and has been subject to interpretation. He had emphatically refused to clarify it ({{harvnb|M. Lutyens|1988|pp=148{{en dash}}149}}; {{harvnb|Vernon|2001|pp=245{{en dash}}246}}); yet he reputedly matter-of-factly stated to close associates in 1985, "I am the world teacher" ({{harvnb|Forbes|2021|p=46}}; {{harvnb|Zimbalist|2013|loc=[https://inthepresenceofk.org/issues/issue-86/ "Issue 86"]}}. {{retrieved|access-date=2023-10-07|append=}}).</ref>

<ref name="jk1929-p14a">{{harvnb|J. Krishnamurti|1929|p=14}}. {{nobr|"So ...}} after careful consideration for two years, I have made this decision. It is not from a momentary {{nobr|impulse. ...}} For two years I have been thinking about this, slowly, carefully, patiently, and I have now decided to disband the Order, as I happen to be its Head."</ref>

<ref name="jk1929-p14b">{{harvnb|J. Krishnamurti|1929|p=14}}.</ref>

<ref name="jk1929-pp3">{{harvnb|J. Krishnamurti|1929|pp=3{{en dash}}4}}.</ref>

<ref name="jk2009">{{harvnb|J. Krishnamurti|2009}}.</ref>

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<ref name="jn-death">{{harvnb|Vernon|2001|pp=152{{en dash}}153}}; {{harvnb|M. Lutyens|1975|loc={{nobr|ch. "24. Fears}} for Nitya" {{pp.|202|209}}, also {{pp.|219|221}}, 227}}. Despite Nitya's chronic ill health, his death (from [[Medicine:Tuberculosis|tuberculosis]]) shocked Krishnamurti's circle; it "broke him {{interp|Krishnamurti}} completely". He had received assurances regarding his brother's well-being by prominent Theosophists and reputedly, by members of the hidden spiritual hierarchy. Yet he recovered quickly.</ref>

<ref name="jr1986-p288">{{harvnb|Roe|1986|p=288}}.</ref>

<ref name="lat1926a">{{harvnb|''Los Angeles Times''|1926a}}. Krishnamurti interviewed by the ''{{wipe|Los Angeles Times}}'' {{nobr|25 May 1926,}} during a visit to Paris.</ref>

<ref name="lat1926b">{{harvnb|''Los Angeles Times''|1926b}}. This press report considered "the strenuous efforts" of Besant "and her cult" regarding the World Teacher as objects of amusement; in contrast, Krishnamurti was said to "have retained no little common sense despite his recent dip into theosophy".</ref>

<ref name="madetoja">{{harvnb|Djupsjöbacka|2002|loc={{p.|7}}, {{nobr|§ "{{interp|Track}}}} 30 The Word of the Master (Alcyone)" {{pp.|31|32}}}}; the lyrics incorporate the epilogue of ''At the Feet of the Master'' {{harv|Alcyone|1911|p=73}}; {{harvnb|Eskola|2015}}. The work was commissioned by the Theosophical Society in {{wipe|Finland}} for the parent organization's {{nobr|50th anniversary.}}{{xref|text={{sp}}See {{sectionlink|At the Feet of the Master|Reception}} for an image of the cover of the original [[Software:Sheet music|sheet music]].}}</ref>

<ref name="manifest">{{harvnb|M. Lutyens|1975|pp=223{{en dash}}225}}; however, not all of those present noticed anything unusual. Krishnamurti later stated that he could not recall details of the incident {{harv|Vernon|2001|p=158}}.</ref>

<ref name="masters">{{harvnb|Goodrick-Clarke|2004|loc=[https://books.google.com/books?id=Z9AqCWRKkWkC&pg=PA4 {{pp.|4|6}}]}}. {{nobr|"Masters, ...}} {{nobr|feature ...}} prominently in the inspiration of Theosophy and its founding myth" ({{p.|5}}). {{retrieved|access-date=2015-11-02|via=[[Google Books]]|note={{font|size=111%|text=limited preview}}|append=}}; {{harvnb|Lubelsky|2012|pp=79{{en dash}}81}}.</ref>

<ref name="members">{{harvnb|M. Lutyens|1975|p=232n}}. From the 1926 ''Annual Report'' of the Order; the membership included people of many faiths: "In {{nobr|India ...}} Mahometans, Buddhists and Christians sit together without any holy war starting, to hear Krishnamurti" {{harv|''Boston Daily Globe''|1926}} {{interp|[[Religion:Mohammedan|Mohammedan]] variant spelling "Mahometan"}}; {{harvnb|von Weisl|1929|p=6}}. {{nobr|"{{interp|H}}alf}} the members of the local Zionist group in {{nobr|Bombay,...}} are also members of the theosophical movement, and many of {{nobr|them ...}} {{nobr|are ...}} members of the 'Order of the {{nobr|Star,' ...}} believers in the so-called new world-saviour Krishnamurti".</ref>

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<ref name="ml1975-chs10">{{harvnb|M. Lutyens|1975|loc={{nobr|ch. "10. Doubts}} and Difficulties" {{pp.|80|96}}, {{nobr|ch. "14. Critical}} and Rebellious" {{pp.|118|123}}, and {{pp.|103|104}}, 124{{en dash}}125, 127{{en dash}}128, 133{{en dash}}134, 138{{en dash}}139, 147}}. Krishnamurti reputedly exclaimed about his presumed mission around {{dash year|1914}}, {{nobr|"... 'Why}} did they ever pick on me?{{'"}} ({{p.|86}}). He was admonished by Besant regarding the importance of his work for the World Teacher Project ({{p.|86}}). Leadbeater had been critical in the late 1910s, and in 1922 he again made Krishnamurti aware of the Masters' expectations; later that year, following certain experiences in California {{see above|{{section link||Activities}}}}, Krishnamurti reaffirmed his commitment in letters to Leadbeater, Besant and others ({{pp.|160|162}}).</ref>

<ref name="ml1975-chs18">{{harvnb|M. Lutyens|1975|loc={{nobr|chs. "18. The}} Turning Point"{{spaced en dash}} {{nobr|"21. Climax}} of the Process" {{pp.|152|188}} {{interp|cumulative}}}}. Leadbeater and leading Theosophists were expecting similar occurrences as part of the vehicle's preparation for Maitreya's presumed manifestation. However, the novelty of the reputed events mystified them, and ultimately they were unable to explain them satisfactorily. The 1922 events at Ojai were originally revealed in this, first volume of Mary Lutyens' biography of Krishnamurti, where they were described in some detail. They were called {{em|the process}} by Krishnamurti and his circle, while certain experiences eventually became known as {{em|the otherness}}, among other terms. Similar experiences reputedly occurred throughout Krishnamurti's life.{{xref|text={{sp}}See also {{section link|Jiddu Krishnamurti|Life-altering experiences}}.}}</ref>

<ref name="ml1975-chs25">{{harvnb|M. Lutyens|1975|loc={{nobr|chs. "25. The}} Self Appointed Apostles"{{spaced en dash}} {{nobr|"26. The}} First Manifestation" {{pp.|210|226}} {{interp|cumulative}}}}.</ref>

<ref name="ml1975-p74a">{{harvnb|M. Lutyens|1975|p=74}}. "Not all of them {{interp|i.e. OSE members}} Theosophists".</ref>

<ref name="ml1975-p74b">{{harvnb|M. Lutyens|1975|p=74}}. "Neither the Theosophical Society nor the Order of the Star ever seemed to be prevented from carrying out any of their projects through lack of funds".</ref>

<ref name="ml1975-p84">{{harvnb|M. Lutyens|1975|p=84}}.</ref>

<ref name="ml1975-p125">{{harvnb|M. Lutyens|1975|p=125}}. Nitya was appointed following the resignation of Wodehouse.</ref>

<ref name="ml1975-p129">{{harvnb|M. Lutyens|1975|p=129}}. Many of those present attended "at great financial cost".</ref>

<ref name="ml1975-p223">{{harvnb|M. Lutyens|1975|p=223}}. The 1925 Theosophical Convention took place on the {{nobr|50th anniversary}} of the founding of the Theosophical Society. There were high expectations among Theosophists and Star members, mainly due to rumours of significant imminent manifestations related to the World Teacher. The Convention attracted large crowds and wide representation by the international media.</ref>

<ref name="ml1975-p241">{{harvnb|M. Lutyens|1975|p=241}}. Statement by Besant to the Associated Press.</ref>

<ref name="ml1975-p257">{{harvnb|M. Lutyens|1975|p=257}}. A Krishnamurti speaking appearance at the Hollywood Bowl (Los Angeles) on {{nobr|15 May 1928}} was attended by 16,000 people. His subject was "Happiness through Liberation".</ref>

<ref name="ml1975-p272">{{harvnb|M. Lutyens|1975|p=272}}.</ref>

<ref name="ml1975-pp1">{{harvnb|M. Lutyens|1975|pp=1, 20{{en dash}}21}}. Mary Lutyens, whose family was involved with Theosophy and the Theosophical Society, was an authorized biographer and longtime friend of Krishnamurti.</ref>

<ref name="ml1975-pp11">{{harvnb|M. Lutyens|1975|pp=11{{en dash}}12, 46}}.</ref>

<ref name="ml1975-pp23">{{harvnb|M. Lutyens|1975|pp=23{{en dash}}24}}. Leadbeater proclaimed his [[Unsolved:Clairvoyance|clairvoyance]] as a matter of fact; this was accepted by many Theosophists. [[Philosophy:Reincarnation|Reincarnation]] is considered a fundamental doctrine in [[Philosophy:Theosophy|Theosophy]]. Besides Krishnamurti, Leadbeater assigned names with Esoteric Theosophical significance to several other actors in the "lives of Alcyone".</ref>

<ref name="ml1975-pp42">{{harvnb|M. Lutyens|1975|pp=42{{en dash}}46}}. "George Arundale {{interp|appeared as}} Fides in ''The Lives of Alcyone''". The CHC had been co-founded by Annie Besant and counted several prominent Theosophists among its faculty and staff.</ref>

<ref name="ml1975-pp46">{{harvnb|M. Lutyens|1975|pp=46, 125, 227}}. Ernest Armine Wodehouse, an educator and brother of the poet and writer P.G. Wodehouse, was another prominent Theosophist.</ref>

<ref name="ml1975-pp62">{{harvnb|M. Lutyens|1975|loc={{nobr|pp. 62,}} 82, 84, and {{nobr|ch. "8. The}} Lawsuit" {{pp.|64|71}}}}.</ref>

<ref name="ml1975-pp214">{{harvnb|M. Lutyens|1975|pp=214, 222}}.</ref>

<ref name="ml1975-pp260">{{harvnb|M. Lutyens|1975|pp=260, 271}}.</ref>

<ref name="ml1975-pp277">{{harvnb|M. Lutyens|1975|pp=277{{en dash}}279, 315n"{{interp|page}}278{{en dash}}279"}}. Letters by Krishnamurti to Emily Lutyens {{nobr|(December 1929,}} including reference to reputed quote by Leadbeater) and Annie Besant {{nobr|(February 1930),}} and reaction of leading Theosophists to the dissolution.</ref>

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<ref name="ngc2004-pp7">{{harvnb|Goodrick-Clarke|2004|pp=7{{en dash}}8}}.</ref>

<ref name="nyt1909">{{harvnb|''New York Times''|1909}}. Report on the occasion of Besant's early-20th-century lecture tour of the United States.</ref>

<ref name="os-obj">{{harvnb|Hotchener|1928a}}; {{harvnb|M. Lutyens|1975|pp=178, 245{{en dash}}246}}. The renamed organization was headquartered at Castle Eerde. The 18th-century castle and {{convert|5000|acre|mi2|0}} of the surrounding estate had been gifted to the OSE in the {{nobr|early 1920s.}}</ref>

<ref name="principles">{{harvnb|Wodehouse|1911}}; {{harvnb|Hartmann|1925}}.</ref>

<ref name="promo">{{harvnb|''The American Theosophist''|1913}}. Issue of the official organ of the [[Philosophy:Theosophical Society in America|American Section of the Theosophical Society]] has Krishnamurti on the cover and includes multiple references to the World Teacher and the OSE; a comprehensive independent press report about the World Teacher Project stated that Besant lectures on the subject in London in 1926 attracted {{nobr|audiences of 8,000}} per talk {{harv|''The New Statesman''|1926|p=255}}.</ref>

<ref name="properties">{{harvnb|Vernon|2001|pp=138{{en dash}}139, 144{{en dash}}145}}; one of the projects was the [[Philosophy:Star Amphitheatre|Star Amphitheatre]], an open-air temple built in the {{nobr|early 1920s}} on OSE land in Balmoral, New South Wales. It was to be utilized by the World Teacher as a platform for his message {{harv|Roe|1986|pp=287{{en dash}}288}}.</ref>

<ref name="ps2020">{{harvnb|Planet Supreme|2020|loc=liner notes}}. Released through Netherlands record label Databloem, which incorporated ''Holy Mountain'', a second work by the same artist.</ref>

<ref name="publicity">{{harvnb|Vernon|2001|pp=10, 22, 38}}; {{harvnb|Stead|1911}}. "{{interp|The Messiah's}} present name is {{nobr|J. Krishnamurti ... ";}} {{harvnb|''Grand Forks Daily Herald''|1912}}. "A stripling of fifteen, Krishnamurti, a Hindu is thought by many Theosophists to be a second Messiah and a new sect has been formed for his support with the star of the east the emblem"; Krishnamurti was seventeen-years-old at the time of the article's publication {{harv|M. Lutyens|1975|p=308n"{{interp|page}}2"}}.</ref>

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<ref name="review">{{harvnb|M. Lutyens|1975|pp=246, 315n"{{interp|page}}252"}}. The new bulletin was edited by Lutyens' mother Emily (née Lady Lytton). Like its predecessor, it also increasingly published or republished articles on a wide array of issues. Again, not all contributors were associated with the Order or with Theosophy; among those was novelist D. H. Lawrence, whose essay "Men and Women" was first published in the ''Review''{{'s}} {{nobr|November 1929}} issue {{harv|Lawrence|2004|loc={{p.|xxx}} {{interp|in "Introduction"}}}}.</ref>

<ref name="rl1943-pp88">{{harvnb|Landau|1943|pp=88{{en dash}}103}}. Rom Landau attended the 1927 Eerde, Ommen gathering and Star Camp at Krishnamurti's invitation. He described his impressions of the proceedings and of the attending members.</ref>

<ref name="rmd1992">{{harvnb|McDermott|1992}}. Rudolf Steiner, at the time [[Philosophy:Rudolf Steiner and the Theosophical Society|leader of the German Section of the Theosophical Society]], rejected the claims of Krishnamurti's messianic status. The resulting tensions between the German Section and Besant and Leadbeater was one of the reasons that led to a split in the Society and, in 1912, to Steiner forming the [[Organization:Anthroposophical Society|Anthroposophical Society]].</ref>

<ref name="rv2001-chs4">{{harvnb|Vernon|2001|loc={{nobr|chs. "4. At}} the Feet of the Master"{{spaced en dash}} {{nobr|"5. Moulding}} a Messiah" {{pp.|51|93}} {{interp|cumulative}}}}.</ref>

<ref name="rv2001-p35">{{harvnb|Vernon|2001|p=35}}.</ref>

<ref name="rv2001-p64">{{harvnb|Vernon|2001|p=64}}.</ref>

<ref name="rv2001-pp74">{{harvnb|Vernon|2001|pp=74, 134, 169}}.</ref>

<ref name="rv2001-pp180">{{harvnb|Vernon|2001|pp=180{{en dash}}181, 186, 213{{en dash}}215}}.</ref>

<ref name="rv2001-pp188">{{harvnb|Vernon|2001|pp=188{{en dash}}189}}.</ref>

<ref name="rv2001-pp268">{{harvnb|Vernon|2001|pp=268{{en dash}}270}}. Roland Vernon, a Krishnamurti biographer, comments briefly on contemporary Theosophy. He writes of the changes in the outlook of the Theosophical Society Adyar since the era of Besant and Leadbeater, and of the Society's continuing relationship with, and influence by, Krishnamurti and his message.</ref>

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<ref name="sab1924">{{harvnb|OSE South Australian Branch|1924}}. Pamphlet promoting [[Philosophy:Vegetarianism|vegetarianism]]. OSE Sections and Branches independently produced publications on a variety of subjects.</ref>

<ref name="sacred-day">{{harvnb|M. Lutyens|1975|pp=54{{en dash}}55, 56}}{{xref|text={{sp}}(also see {{section link|Pentecost|New Testament}} and Holy Spirit)}}; according to Leadbeater and other Theosophists, Krishnamurti had previously undergone a spiritual Initiation and had been accepted as a pupil by the reputed hidden overseers of the Theosophical Society {{harv|M. Lutyens|1975|loc={{nobr|chs. "4. First}} Initiation"{{spaced en dash}} {{nobr|"5. First}} Teaching" {{pp.|29|46}} {{interp|cumulative}}}}.</ref>

<ref name="sands1912-pp575">{{harvnb|Sands|1912|pp=575{{en dash}}578}}. Round-up of news articles regarding the controversies surrounding the Order and Krishnamurti. From a regular police report on the Indian press in the United Provinces, submitted to [[History:British Raj|British Raj]] authorities.</ref>

<ref name="sd">{{harvnb|Goodrick-Clarke|2004|loc={{pp.|1|2}}, 132, and {{nobr|§ "The}} Secret Doctrine" {{pp.|14|17}}}}; {{harvnb|Kuhn|1930|loc={{nobr|ch. "VIII: The}} Secret Doctrine" {{pp.|194|231}}}}.</ref>

<ref name="shf2021-p268">{{anchor|ref-shf}}{{harvnb|Forbes|2021|p=268}}. Reputedly, in the first decade of the 20th century respected Indian [[Philosophy:Mysticism|mystic]]s at Benares convinced Besant that the [[Philosophy:Bodhisattva|Maitreya Bodhisattva]] {{"'}}was manifesting and you have to find the body in which that manifestation can take place{{'"}}. Besant presumably informed Leadbeater, and the Theosophists began {{"'}}looking for a {{nobr|boy ...}} in America and Europe.{{'"}} Krishnamurti, from transcript of discussion audio-taped {{nobr|18 October 1985}}.<!--The anchor tag in this note provides a permanent target for incoming links independently of the ref link. Please do not move it. This anchor is linked to from within another note in this article. See Template:Anchor for details.--></ref>

<ref name="sos">{{harvnb|Ellwood|2006|p=59}}; {{harvnb|''The Herald of the Star''|1914|p=643}}; {{harvnb|B. Lutyens|1914|p=47}}. {{nobr|"{{interp|O}}ur}} organisation has two divisions: the first, {{nobr|for ...}} members of the Order of the Star in the East; and the second, for those who have no belief or disbelief in the coming of a World-Teacher, but are not opposed". Barbara Lutyens, Mary Lutyens' sister, was the youth arm's General Secretary.</ref>

<ref name="tmg1930">{{harvnb|Scott|1930}}. {{nobr|"{{interp|T}}he}} Vehicle stands quite alone." From an editorial in {{wipe|The Guardian}}; a related news agency report is in the same issue {{harv|''The Manchester Guardian''|1930}}.</ref>

<ref name="ts-es">{{harvnb|Lachman|2012|pp=248{{en dash}}249}}; {{harvnb|M. Lutyens|1975|pp=10{{en dash}}11}}. Members of the Esoteric Section had access to [[Philosophy:Occult|occult]] instruction and more detailed knowledge of the inner order and mission of the Society and of its reputed hidden Masters or [[Philosophy:Mahatma#Theosophy|Mahātmās]].</ref>

<ref name="ts-members">{{harvnb|Taylor|1992|p=328}}; {{harvnb|Rodrigues|2012|p=472}}. {{nobr|"{{interp|M}}any ...}} were wealthy and influential in their countries."</ref>

<ref name="ts-state">{{harvnb|Schüller|2008}}; {{harvnb|Lubelsky|2012|p=317}}.</ref>

<ref name="tw2013">{{harvnb|Theosophy Wiki|2013}}.</ref>

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<ref name="vehicle">{{harvnb|M. Lutyens|1975|pp=3{{en dash}}4, 21{{en dash}}22, 26}}; {{harvnb|Vernon|2001|pp=99{{en dash}}100}}. Krishnamurti was not the first, or only, candidate for {{em|Vehicleship}}. Before him, the young son of a high-ranking American Theosophist was considered promising by Leadbeater. Also, thirteen-year-old Indian Desikacharya Rajagopalacharya {{nobr|("D. Rajagopal",}} 1900{{en dash}}1993) was "discovered" by Leadbeater in 1913, and for a time it was rumored in Theosophical circles that he might supplant Krishnamurti. However, Krishnamurti was considered the most likely vehicle candidate, for whom the Society made available its resources. Rajagopal went on to become a decades-long close associate and friend of Krishnamurti's, but their relationship soured in old age.</ref>

<ref name="wh1925">{{harvnb|Hartmann|1925}}.</ref>

<ref name="wmp">{{harvnb|Tillett|1986|p=766}}; {{harvnb|M. Lutyens|1975|pp=257, 258n}}. In the then{{en dash}}prominent Esoteric [[Religion:Christology|Christology]] of Theosophists, the World Mother corresponded to the Virgin Mary, the World Teacher being the embodiment of the Christ-principle. Rukmini Arundale was to be the World Mother's vehicle; however, the project has also been described as an attempt (by leading Theosophists opposing him) to sideline Krishnamurti, who was by then becoming increasingly vocal in his maverick course {{harv|Vernon|2001|pp=174{{en dash}}175}}.</ref>

<ref name="wp1929">{{harvnb|''Washington Post''|1929}}.</ref>

<ref name="wt-controv">{{harvnb|''New York Times''|1926a}}; {{harvnb|''Washington Post''|1926}}. Report about the {{nobr|1926 Convention}} of the {{wipe|United Kingdom}} Section of the Theosophical Society.</ref>

<ref name="wt-eval-1">{{harvc|last=Schüller|first=Govert W.|year=1930|nb=yes|c=Introduction by the editor|in=van der Leeuw|loc=(Alpheus reprint)|ignore-err=yes}} 2001 annotation to a 1930 commentary about the crisis in the Theosophical Society after the dissolution of the Order of the Star. Original commentary by a prominent Dutch Theosophist; {{harvnb|Schüller|1997}}. Later analysis from a theosophical perspective, examines whether the project may have failed relative only to contemporary expectations.</ref>

<ref name="wt-eval-2">{{harvnb|Rodrigues|2012|pp=477, 482}}. "{{interp|F}}eatures of Krishnamurti's post-Theosophical life aligned itself in certain respects with the dispositions to which he was conditioned as the physical vehicle for 'Lord Maitreya,' but veered away from those dispositions in certain crucial areas"; {{harvnb|Vernon|2001|loc={{nobr|ch. "12.}} The Empty Throne" {{pp.|245|274}}}}. Final chapter of Krishnamurti biography in part discusses his post-Theosophical life and work relative to the World Teacher Project; {{harvnb|Vas|2004}}. A book-length analysis.</ref>

<ref name="wt-pov">{{harvnb|''Boston Daily Globe''|1926}}. "Whether one believes in this 'second coming' or not, interest is being displayed in this question throughout the world. In many cases representatives of orthodox religious organizations have expressed receptiveness to this {{nobr|belief. ...}} There is widespread expectation of such an event, which disregards denominational and religious and even national boundaries"; the Order's membership included priests and clergymen of various faiths and denominations, some of whom actively promoted the organisation's goals {{harv|Ellwood|2006|p=60}}; however, others were not supportive, with some considering the messianic claims blasphemous {{harv|''New York Times''|1926b}}.</ref>

<ref name="ww1986">{{harvnb|Weatherby|1986}}. An obituary of Krishnamurti.</ref>

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* {{cite book |author-last=Hammer |author-first=Olav |year=2004 |orig-year=originally published 2001 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EZYsPQgBNioC |url-access=limited |access-date=2023-08-20 |title=Claiming knowledge: strategies of epistemology from theosophy to the new age |type=paperback |edition=reprint |series=Studies in the history of religions |volume=90 |publisher=[[Company:Brill Publishers|Brill Publishers]] |location=Leiden & Boston |isbn=9789004136380 |via=[[Google Books]]}}

* {{cite encyclopedia |author-last=Hartmann |author-first=William C. |year=1925 |section-url=http://www.ehbritten.org/docs/1925_hartmann_whos_who_in_occult_psychic_and_spiritual_realms_r.pdf#page=108 |section=The Order of the Star in the East |section-format=[[PDF]] |title= |encyclopedia=Hartmann's who's who in occult, psychic and spiritual realms |type=hardcover |publisher=Occult Press |location=Jamaica, New York |pages=110{{en dash}}111 |via=Emma Hardinge Britten Archive |oclc=38253911 |access-date=2019-05-06 |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6aiM6inWc?url=http://www.ehbritten.org/docs/1925_hartmann_whos_who_in_occult_psychic_and_spiritual_realms_r.pdf#page=108 |url-status=live |archive-date=2015-08-12}}

* {{cite web |author-last=Hirschhorn |author-first=Joel |date=1 November 2004 |url=https://variety.com/2004/legit/markets-festivals/blue-dove-1200529843/ |title=Review: 'Blue Dove' |website=Variety.com |edition=US |location=New York & Los Angeles |publisher=Reed Business Information |issn=0042-2738 |access-date=2016-05-21 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160521154711/http://variety.com/2004/legit/markets-festivals/blue-dove-1200529843 |archive-date=2016-05-21}}

* {{cite web |ref={{harvid|HVF|2021}} |author=<!--Not specified.--> |year=2021 |title=History |url=https://www.happyvalleyfdn.org/history.html |website=The Happy Valley Foundation |location=Ojai, California |access-date=2021-07-27}}

* {{cite magazine |ref={{harvid|Hotchener|1928a}} |author=<!--See editor.--> |editor-last=Hotchener |editor-first=Marie |date=February 1928 |title=The Order of the Star |url=http://iapsop.com/archive/materials/star/star_v1_n2_feb_1928.pdf#page=69 |magazine=The Star |volume=1 |issue=2 |at=Back matter |publisher=Star Publishing Trust |location=Los Angeles |oclc=10990552 |via=IAPSOP}}

* {{cite magazine |ref={{harvid|Hotchener|1928b}} |author=<!--See editor.--> |editor-last=Hotchener |editor-first=Marie |editor-mask=2 |date=February 1928 |title=The Star |url=http://iapsop.com/archive/materials/star/star_v1_n2_feb_1928.pdf |magazine=The Star |volume=1 |issue=2 |at=Front matter |publisher=Star Publishing Trust |location=Los Angeles |oclc=10990552 |via=IAPSOP}}

* {{cite magazine |ref={{harvid|The American Theosophist|1913}} |author=<!--Not specified.--> |date=January 1913 |title=J. Krishnamurti |url=http://iapsop.com/archive/materials/theosophic_messenger_all/american_theosophist_and_theosophic_messenger_v14_n4_jan_1913.pdf|magazine=The American Theosophist and The Theosophic Messenger|department=Front cover |volume=14 |issue=4 |publisher=[[Philosophy:Theosophical Society in America|American Section of the Theosophical Society]] |location=Los Angeles |oclc=145378042 |via=IAPSOP}}

* {{cite book|author-last=Jayakar|author-first=Pupul|year=1986|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.56775/page/n5/mode/2up|title=Krishnamurti: a biography|type=hardcover|edition=1st US|location=San Francisco|publisher=Harper & Row|isbn=978-0-062-50401-2|via=[[Internet Archive]]}}

* {{cite book |ref={{harvid|J. Krishnamurti|1929}} |author-last=Jiddu |author-first=Krishnamurti |year=1929 |url=http://www.jkrishnamurti.org/about-krishnamurti/dissolution-speech.php |title=The dissolution of the order of the star: a statement |type=[[Biology:Pamphlet|pamphlet]] |publisher=Star Publishing Trust |location=Eerde, Ommen |oclc=32954280 |via=J. Krishnamurti Online |access-date=2021-01-01 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6aOaz3UK2?url=http://www.jkrishnamurti.org/about-krishnamurti/dissolution-speech.php |archive-date=2015-07-30 |quote=January 11, 1911 Benares {{interp|;}} Ommen August 3, 1929 |quote-page=Front cover |no-pp=y}}.

* {{cite AV media |ref={{harvid|J. Krishnamurti|1975}} |author-last=Jiddu |author-first=Krishnamurti |author-mask=2 |year=1975 |title=Audio: J. Krishnamurti Brockwood Park 1975 public discussion 1: The action of total awareness |transcript=Transcript |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwiPPFup9wU |transcript-url=https://www.jkrishnamurti.org/content/action-total-awareness |series=Talks at Brockwood Park 1975 |medium=[[Company:YouTube|YouTube video]] |publisher=Krishnamurti Foundation Trust |id=Transcript Date Code 750909 |via=J. Krishnamurti Official Channel; J. Krishnamurti Online |access-date=2023-10-07 |no-pp=y |quote={{interp|Foot of transcript title:}} 09 September 1975}}.

* {{cite web |ref={{harvid|J. Krishnamurti|2009}} |author-last=Jiddu |author-first=Krishnamurti |author-mask=2 |year=2009 |url=http://www.jkrishnamurti.org/about-krishnamurti/the-core-of-the-teachings.php |title=The Core of the Teachings |website=J. Krishnamurti Online |publisher=[[Organization:Krishnamurti foundations|Krishnamurti foundations]] |access-date=2023-01-07 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090223100749/http://www.jkrishnamurti.org/about-krishnamurti/the-core-of-the-teachings.php |archive-date=2009-02-23}}

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* {{cite news |ref={{harvid|The Manchester Guardian|1926}} |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no byline.--> |date=24 July 1926 |title=Krishnamurti to broadcast |newspaper={{wipe|The Guardian}} |page=12 |publisher=Guardian News and Media |location=Manchester, UK |issn=0261-3077 |id={{ProQuest|477230327}}}}

* {{cite book |author-last=Kuhn |author-first=Alvin Boyd |year=1930 |url=https://archive.org/details/A_Modern_Revival_Of_Ancient_Wisdom_-_A_Boyd_Kuhn |title=Theosophy: a modern revival of ancient wisdom |type=hardcover |edition=1st |publisher=[[Company:Henry Holt and Company|Holt]] |location=New York |oclc=602891867 |via=[[Internet Archive]]}}

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* {{cite book |author-last=Landau |author-first=Rom |year=1943 |orig-year=originally published 1935. London: I. Nicholson and Watson |url=https://archive.org/details/godismyadventure032951mbp |title=God is my adventure: a book on modern mystics, masters, and teachers |type=hardcover |publisher=Faber and Faber |location=London |oclc=561790498 |via=[[Internet Archive]]}}

* {{cite book |author-last=Lawrence |author-first=D. H. |editor-last=Boulton |editor-first=James T. |year=2004 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=te9woZSUMd0C |url-access=limited |access-date=2019-04-25 |title=Late essays and articles, volume 2 |type=hardcover |edition=Cambridge |series=The Works of D. H. Lawrence |publisher={{wipe|Cambridge University Press}} |isbn=978-0-52158-431-9 |via=[[Google Books]]}}

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* {{cite book |author-last=Lubelsky |author-first=Isaac |year=2012 |title=Celestial India: Madame Blavatsky and the birth of Indian nationalism |type=hardcover |translator-last=Lotan |translator-first=Yael |publisher=Equinox |location=Oakville, Connecticut |isbn=978-1-84553-922-1 |oclc=778810939 |postscript=none}} {{link note|note={{font|size=111%|text=OCLC § Details: "English translation of an unpublished manuscript in Hebrew."}}}}.

* {{cite magazine |ref={{harvid|B. Lutyens|1914}} |author-last=Lutyens |author-first=Barbara |date=11 January 1914 |title=Servants of the Star |url=http://iapsop.com/archive/materials/herald_of_the_star/herald_of_the_star_v3_1914.pdf#page=50 |magazine=The Herald of the Star |volume=III |number=1 |pages=46{{en dash}}48 |location=London |institution=Order of the Star in the East |oclc=1070929974 |via=IAPSOP}}

* {{cite book |ref={{harvid|M. Lutyens|1975}} |author-last=Lutyens |author-first=Mary |year=1975 |title=Krishnamurti: the years of awakening |url=https://archive.org/details/krishnamurtiyear0000unse_n4b0 |url-access=registration |type=hardcover |publisher=Farrar, Straus and Giroux |location=New York |edition=1st US |isbn=978-0-374-18222-9 |via=[[Internet Archive]]}}

* {{cite book |ref={{harvid|M. Lutyens|1988}} |author-last=Lutyens |author-first=Mary |author-mask=2 |year=1988 |title=Krishnamurti: the open door |url=https://archive.org/details/krishnamurtiopen00luty |url-access=registration |type=hardcover |edition=1st US |location=New York |publisher=Farrar Straus & Giroux |isbn=978-037418225-0 |via=[[Internet Archive]]}}

* {{cite book |author-last=McDermott |author-first=Robert A. |editor1-last=Faivre |editor1-first=Antoine |editor1-link=Antoine Faivre |editor2-last=Needleman |editor2-first=Jacob |editor2-link=Jacob Needleman |name-list-style=amp |year=1992 |chapter=Rudolf Steiner and Anthroposophy |title=Modern esoteric spirituality |type=hardcover |edition=1st |series=World Spirituality |volume=21 |pages=288{{en dash}}310 |publisher=Crossroad Publishing |location=New York |isbn=978-0-82451-145-6}}

* {{cite news |ref={{harvid|Los Angeles Times|1926a}} |author=<!--See others.--> |date=26 May 1926 |title=Messiah pooh-poohs role; Krishnamurti declares world saving mere rubbish; plans to study on Los Angeles ranch |newspaper=The Los Angeles Times |others=Cable{{spaced en dash}} exclusive dispatch |page=6 |issn=0458-3035 |id={{ProQuest|161780630}}}}

* {{cite magazine |ref={{harvid|The New Statesman|1926}} |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no byline.--> |date=19 June 1926 |title=Mrs. Besant's Messiah |magazine=The New Statesman |volume=27 |issue=686 |pages=255{{en dash}}256 |publisher=Statesman and Nation Publishing |location=London |issn=1364-7431 |id={{ProQuest|1306855167}}}}

* {{cite news |ref={{harvid|Grand Forks Daily Herald|1912}} |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no byline.--> |date=2 April 1912 |title=New religion is headed by youth |newspaper=Grand Forks Daily Herald |publisher=Geo. B. Winship |location=Grand Forks, North Dakota |page=1 |oclc=12165939}}

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* {{cite AV media |author=Planet Supreme |date=1 December 2020 |title=Order Of The Star In The East / Holy Mountain |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/17376370 |medium=double CD |publisher=Databloem |location=Netherlands |via=[[Company:Discogs|Discogs]] |id=Catalog no. DBCD093 |access-date=2023-07-06}}

* {{cite AV media |ref={{harvid|Blue Dove|2004}} |author=<!--Not specified.--> |section-url=http://www.bluedove.net/press.html |section=Press Releases & News |title=Blue Dove |year=2004 |medium=theatrical production |others=Papp, Mark (director); Wells, Peter (writer); David O (music direction & arrangement) |publisher=BlueDove |access-date=2022-12-28 |via=[[Wayback Machine]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151226045439/http://www.bluedove.net/press.html |archive-date=2015-12-26}}

* {{cite book |author-last=Réhault |author-first=Ludowic |year=2006 |orig-year=originally published 1934 in [[Social:French language|French]] as ''L' instructeur du monde, Krishnamurti''. Nice: Table d'Harmonie |title=Krishnamurti: man is his own liberator |type=paperback |translator-last=Harper |translator-first=Ina |edition=reprint of 1939 Christopher Publishing House |location=Whitefish, Montana |publisher=Kessinger Publishing |isbn=978-1-4286-5570-6}}

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* {{cite book |author-last=Roe |author-first=Jill |year=1986 |title=Beyond belief: theosophy in Australia 1879-1939 |type=paperback |series=Modern History |volume=3 |publisher=University of New South Wales Press |location=[[Place:Sydney|Sydney]] |isbn=978-0-86840-042-6}}

* {{cite book |author-last=Russell |author-first=Bertrand |editor-last=Rempel |editor-first=Richard A. |year=1995 |display-editors=etal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=67vhSIBLHQUC |url-access=limited |access-date=2019-04-25 |title=Pacifism and revolution, 1916{{en dash}}1918 |type=hardcover |series=The Collected Papers of Bertrand Russell |volume=14 |publisher=[[Company:Routledge|Routledge]] |location=London & New York |isbn=978-0-415-09410-8 |via=[[Google Books]]}}

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* {{cite web |author-last=Schüller |author-first=Govert W. |author-mask=2 |year=1999 |orig-year=originally published 1997 |url=http://www.alpheus.org/html/articles/esoteric_history/story.html |title=The Masters and their emissaries: From H.P.B. to Guru Ma and beyond |website=Alpheus |edition=2nd |publisher=Self-published |location=Carol Stream, Illinois |access-date=2021-01-01 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150718192423/http://www.alpheus.org/html/articles/esoteric_history/story.html |archive-date=2015-07-18}}

* {{cite web |author-last=Schüller |author-first=Govert W. |author-mask=2 |year=2008 |url=http://www.alpheus.org/html/articles/theosophy/StateOfTS2008.htm |title=The State of the TS (Adyar) in 2008: a psycho-esoteric interpretation (draft) |website=Alpheus |publisher=Self-published |location=Carol Stream, Illinois |access-date=2016-06-04 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160316213225/http://alpheus.org/html/articles/theosophy/StateOfTS2008.htm |archive-date=2016-03-16}}

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* {{cite news |author-last=Stead |author-first=William T. |date=2 July 1911 |title=The New Messiah |url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1911-07-02/ed-1/seq-65/ |department=Part 7 |newspaper=Evening Star |page=5 |others=Special cablegram to the Star |location=Washington D.C. |issn=2331-9968 |via=Chronicling America}}

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* {{cite book |author-last=Taylor |author-first=Anne |year=1992 |title=Annie Besant: a biography |type=hardcover |publisher=[[Organization:Oxford University Press|Oxford University Press]] |location=Oxford |isbn=978-0-19-211796-0}}

* {{cite press release |ref={{harvid|YIJ Media Kit|2007}} |author=<!--Not specified.--> |year=2007 |title=The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones |url=http://www.indyintheclassroom.com/lessons/docs/press_release.pdf |type=[[Social:Press kit|press kit]] |publisher=Lucasfilm |via=Adventures in Learning with Indiana Jones |access-date=2015-11-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304053319/http://www.indyintheclassroom.com/lessons/docs/press_release.pdf |url-status=live |archive-date=2016-03-04}}

* {{cite magazine |ref={{harvid|The Herald of the Star|1914}} |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no byline.--> |date=11 November 1914 |title=The Servants of the Star |url=http://iapsop.com/archive/materials/herald_of_the_star/herald_of_the_star_v3_1914.pdf#page=635 |magazine=The Herald of the Star |volume=III |number=11 |pages=643{{en dash}}644 |location=London |institution=Order of the Star in the East |oclc=1070929974 |via=IAPSOP}}

* {{cite news |ref={{harvid|The Manchester Guardian|1930}} |author=<!--See agency.--> |date=7 August 1930 |title=The Star Camp: Krishnamurti Leaves the Theosophical Society |newspaper={{wipe|The Guardian}} |page=13 |agency={{wipe|Reuters}} |publisher=Guardian News and Media |issn=0261-3077 |id={{ProQuest|478102929}}}}

* {{cite news |ref={{harvid|New York Times|1926a}} |author=<!--See others.--> |date=2 March 1926 |title=Theosophist 'Messiah' will visit America; mrs. Besant to accompany Hindu on world tour—dissenters are quitting cult |others=[[Engineering:Wireless telegraphy|Wireless]] to The New York Times |newspaper={{wipe|The New York Times}} |page=8 |issn=0362-4331 |id={{ProQuest|103941913}}}}

* {{cite news |ref={{harvid|Washington Post|1926}} |author=<!--See agency.--> |date=13 June 1926 |title=Theosophists give Mrs. Annie Besant confidence ballot; veteran leader threatens to resign as Head of British movement. Delegates divided on 'World Teacher'; official points out that vote is no indorsement of Krishnamurti |newspaper={{wipe|The Washington Post}} |page=M13 |agency=Associated Press |issn=0190-8286 |id={{ProQuest|149688087}}}}

* {{cite news |ref={{harvid|Boston Daily Globe|1926}} |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no byline.--> |date=20 March 1926 |title=Theosophists prepare for their new Messiah |newspaper=Boston Daily Globe |page=A4 |publisher=Globe Publishing |oclc=12674818 |id={{ProQuest|498743885}}}}

* {{cite thesis |author-last=Tillett |author-first=Gregory J. |year=1986 |title=Charles Webster Leadbeater 1854{{en dash}}1934: a biographical study |degree=PhD |publisher=Dept. of Religious Studies, University of Sydney |hdl=2123/1623 |hdl-access=free |oclc=271774444}}

* {{cite book |author-last=van der Leeuw |author-first=Johannes J. |year=1930 |url=http://www.alpheus.org/html/source_materials/krishnamurti/leeuw.html |title=Revelation or realization: the conflict in theosophy |type=[[Biology:Pamphlet|pamphlet]] |publisher=Theosofische Vereeniging Uitgevers Maatschappy |location=[[Place:Amsterdam|Amsterdam]] |oclc=500301988 |via=Alpheus |access-date=2010-10-03 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140118113835/http://www.alpheus.org/html/source_materials/krishnamurti/leeuw.html |archive-date=2014-01-18}}

* {{cite book |last=Vas |first=Luis S. R. |year=2004 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9-fzHE8pRlUC |title=J. Krishnamurti: great liberator or failed messiah? |type=paperback |edition=1st Indian |location=[[Place:Delhi|Delhi]] |publisher=Motilal Banarsidass |via=[[Google Books]] |url-access=limited |isbn=978-81-208-2051-7 |access-date=2023-10-07}}

* {{cite book |author-last=Vernon |author-first=Roland |year=2001 |title=Star in the east: Krishnamurti: the invention of a messiah |type=hardcover |publisher=[[Company:Palgrave Macmillan|Palgrave]] |location=New York |isbn=978-0-312-23825-4 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/starineastkrishn00vern |via=[[Internet Archive]]}}

* {{cite news |author-last=von Weisl |author-first=Wolfgang |date=4 October 1929 |title=Tragedy of Jews in India |newspaper=The Jewish Chronicle |pages=5{{en dash}}8 |location=Newark, New Jersey |oclc=16902318}}

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* {{cite news |author-last=Weatherby |author-first=William J. |date=19 February 1986 |title=Wise traveller in a pathless land |newspaper={{wipe|The Guardian}} |location=London |page=21 |issn=0261-3077 |id={{ProQuest|186654452}}}}

* {{cite magazine |author-last=Wodehouse |author-first=E. A. |date=September 1911 |url=http://www.katinkahesselink.net/his/stareas1.html |title=The Order of the Star in the East |magazine=The Adyar Bulletin |volume=4 |issue=9 |pages=274{{en dash}}284 |publisher=[[Philosophy:The Theosophist|Theosophist Office]] |location=Adyar |via=KatinkaHesselink.net |oclc=224686058 |access-date=2016-06-04 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150321195224/http://www.katinkahesselink.net/his/stareas1.html |archive-date=2015-03-21}}

* {{cite magazine |author-last=Wood |author-first=Ernest |date=December 1964 |url=http://www.katinkahesselink.net/his/wood3.html |title=No Religion Higher than Truth |magazine=The American Theosophist |volume=52 |issue=12 |pages=287{{en dash}}290 |location=Wheaton, Illinois |publisher=[[Philosophy:Theosophical Society in America|Theosophical Society in America]] |issn=0003-1402 |via=KatinkaHesselink.net |access-date=2016-06-04 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040216113408/http://www.katinkahesselink.net/his/wood3.html |archive-date=2004-02-16}}

* {{cite encyclopedia |ref={{harvid|CBS Syndication Bible|2007}} |author=<!--Staff contributor(s); no byline.--> |url=http://synbible.cbstvd.com/series/young_indiana_jones_chronicles/young_indiana_jones_chronicles.htm |title=Young Indiana Jones Chronicles |encyclopedia=CBS Television Distribution Syndication Bible |date=25 July 2007 |location=Santa Monica, California |publisher=CBS Television Distribution |access-date=2023-08-04 |via=[[Wayback Machine]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117022319/http://syndicationbible.cbstvd.com/series/young_indiana_jones_chronicles/young_indiana_jones_chronicles.htm |archive-date=2015-11-17}} {{webarchive|format=addlpages|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117084831/http://syndicationbible.cbstvd.com/series/young_indiana_jones_chronicles/young_indiana_jones_chronicles_episode_listing.htm|title="Episode Listing"|date=2015-11-17|url2=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117164641/http://syndicationbible.cbstvd.com/series/young_indiana_jones_chronicles/young_indiana_jones_chronicles_mow_listing.htm|title2="MOW Listing"|date2=2015-11-17}}

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* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1ROMC4qFJo "Audio | J. Krishnamurti - Brockwood Park 1970 - Interview by {{sic|Wilfred|expected=Wilfrid|nolink=y}} Thomas"]{{spaced en dash}} In the first seven-and-a-half minutes of this interview, published in a 29-minute [[Company:YouTube|YouTube]] video by the ''J. Krishnamurti Official Channel'', broadcaster/radio host Wilfrid Thomas asks Krishnamurti about the World Teacher Project, his erstwhile Theosophical sponsors and the Theosophical Society. Brockwood Park in Hampshire, UK, is the site of a Krishnamurti-affiliated school.

* [http://iapsop.com/archive/materials/herald_of_the_star/ "Herald of the Star (IAPSOP)"]{{spaced en dash}} An archive of the OSE publication, maintained and hosted by {{vanchor|IAPSOP}} (International Association for the Preservation of Spiritualist and Occult Periodicals). {{as of|2022|02}} it contained several annual volumes and individual issues.

* [http://www.katinkahesselink.net/kr/index2.html "Jiddu Krishnamurti Quotes and Stories"]{{spaced en dash}} Hosted at ''{{vanchor|KatinkaHesselink.net}}'', an independent website by a member of the [[Philosophy:Theosophical Society Adyar|Theosophical Society Adyar]]. Scroll to section "Material from before the {{sic|disolvement}} of the order of the star". Katinka Hesselink.

* [http://www.alpheus.org/html/contentindices/krishnamurti_index.html "Krishnamurti"]{{spaced en dash}} Information and commentary about the World Teacher Project and the relationship between Krishnamurti and the Theosophical Society. Hosted at ''{{vanchor|Alpheus.org}}'', an independent website. Govert W. Schüller.


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