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{{short description|1910 book attributed to Jiddu Krishnamurti}}
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|name=At the Feet of the Master
|author=Alcyone ([[Jiddu Krishnamurti]])
|image=File:At the Feet of the Master.jpg
|alt=image of the 1911 edition front cover
|caption=1911 edition
|country=India
|language=English
|subject=[[Religious text]], [[Theosophy]] 
|published=December 1910 by [[The Theosophist|''Theosophist'' Office]] (''1st edition'')
|media_type=Print ([[bookbinding|cloth]])
|pages=84
|oclc=465903996
|wikisource=At the Feet of the Master
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{{strong|''At the Feet of the Master''}} is a book attributed to [[Jiddu Krishnamurti]] {{lifespan|b=1895|d=1986}}, authored when he was 14 years old. Written under the name {{em|Alcyone}}, it was first published in 1910. The work was closely related to the [[Order of the Star in the East|World Teacher Project]], a contemporary [[Messiah|messianic]] endeavor launched by the [[Theosophical Society]]. The book is considered a spiritual [[Classic book|classic]] and was still in print in 2012. By that time it had been published in dozens of editions and had been translated in many languages; by 2004 early editions were in the [[public domain]]. Throughout its publication history the work has also generated controversy, regarding the author's identity.

==Background==
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The work was an important early milestone of the [[Order of the Star in the East|World Teacher Project]], a worldwide enterprise launched by the [[Theosophical Society]] in early {{nobr|20th century.}} This endeavor, which received widespread publicity, proclaimed the imminent arrival of the [[Maitreya (Theosophy)|World Teacher]], a new [[messiah]].{{sfn|Vernon|2001|pp=10, 22, 38}} [[Jiddu Krishnamurti]], an adolescent [[Brahmin]] from [[South India]], and the presumed author of ''At the Feet of the Master'', was considered the likely "vehicle" for the World Teacher.{{sfn|Lutyens|1975|pp=12, 21}} As a result, the book was seen as being closely related to Krishnamurti's expected mission, an early indication of his spiritual and worldly destiny.{{sfnm|1a1=Vernon|1y=2001|1p=61|1ps=. "Besant described the notes {{interp|compiled as the work}} as Alcyone's 'first gift to the world{{'"}}|2a1=Leadbeater|2y=2007|2loc={{nobr|ch. "III:}} §{{nbsp}}At the Feet of the Master" {{pp.|51|53}}|2ps=; see also {{section link||Reception}}.}}

==About the work==
[[File:At the feet of the master.djvu|page=2|thumb|left|alt=frontispiece of the 1911 US edition with image of Alcyone|Frontispiece of the {{citeref|Alcyone (Jiddu Krishnamurti)|1911|1911 US edition|style=plain}}.]]
The title was reputedly chosen by [[Annie Besant]],{{sfn|Wood|1964|p=289}} then{{en dash}}President of the Theosophical Society, who was also Krishnamurti's [[legal guardian]].{{sfn|Lutyens|1975|p=40}} The author was listed as {{em|Alcyone}}, a [[pseudonym]] assigned to Krishnamurti by one of his [[Mentorship|mentors]], the prominent and controversial Theosophist [[Charles Webster Leadbeater]].{{sfn|Lutyens|1975|p=23|ps=. Alcyone is the [[Alcyone (star)|name of a star]] in the [[Pleiades|Pleiades star cluster]] and of [[Alcyone (mythology)|characters]] from Greek mythology.}}

The original edition's front cover features an illustration (in gold on blue background), of a path leading to an [[Ancient Egyptian architecture|Egyptian-style gateway]]; in the [[Book frontispiece|frontispiece]] there is a contemporary photograph of Alcyone.{{sfn|Lutyens|1975|p=44n}} The book includes a [[preface]] by Besant, and a [[Dedication (publishing)|dedication page]] with the inscription, "To those who knock". Following, is an additional full-page photograph of Alcyone (uncaptioned), a page with a short, unattributed quote in [[Sanskrit]] and English, and a [[foreword]] by Alcyone. The body of the work is then laid out in four parts, corresponding to its proclaimed requirements for [[wikt:disciple#Noun|disciples]] on the [[Spiritual practice|spiritual path]]:{{nnbsp}}{{sfn|Alcyone (Jiddu Krishnamurti)|1911|p=3}}

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|Discrimination
|Desirelessness
|Good conduct
|Love
}}
}}

The book [[epilogue|closes]] with an unsigned, two-verse devotional poem.

The following is stated in the book's foreword: "These are not my words; they are the words of the Master who taught me.{{"-}}{{sfn|Alcyone (Jiddu Krishnamurti)|1911|p={{interp{{!}}1}}}} This is related to Leadbeater's statement that over a period of about five months during {{dash year|1909}}, [[Koot Hoomi|Master Kuthumi]] (or Koot Hoomi){{spaced en dash}} a postulated embodied spiritual entity{{spaced en dash}} was releasing to Krishnamurti, through a [[Mysticism|mystical]] process and while the boy was asleep, the spiritual instruction that makes up the work.{{sfnm|1a1=Lutyens|1y=1975|1pp=10{{en dash}}11, 28, 43|2a1=Vernon|2y=2001|2p=61}} Upon waking, Krishnamurti "with great laboriousness" put the instructions into notes; afterwards, the notes were checked for spelling and grammar, and then arranged and typed by Leadbeater. The resulting [[Manuscript|typescript]] formed the basis for the book's original edition; Krishnamurti's handwritten notes were lost sometime after the book's publication.{{sfnm|1a1=Lutyens|1y=1975|1pp=28, 44|2a1=Wood|2y=1964|2p=289}}
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==Publication history==
The original edition was published at [[Adyar, Chennai|Adyar]], India, through the facilities of ''[[The Theosophist]]'', the Society's main organ; the publisher is listed as "Theosophist Office, Adyar". The book, introduced during the {{nobr|December 1910}} Theosophical Convention at Adyar,{{sfn|Vernon|2001|p=61}} was [[bookbinding|bound]] in blue cloth, with a limited number of copies bound in blue leather.{{sfn|Lutyens|1975|p=44n}}

This edition quickly sold out; within a year the book had been published in twenty-seven editions, and by 1925 there were at least forty.{{sfn|Vernon|2001|p=61}} In the ensuing decades, dozens of editions in many languages and formats were published by Theosophical and non-Theosophical publishers,{{sfnm|1a1=Lutyens|1y=1975|1p=28|2a1=Vernon|2y=2001|2p=61|2ps=; see also [[WorldCat]] [http://www.worldcat.org/title/at-the-feet-of-the-master/oclc/465903996/editions search link] for editions and formats of the original ({{oclc|465903996}}). {{retrieved|access-date=2015-11-04}}}} including the Star Publishing Trust (SPT), publishing arm of the World Teacher Project. Following its founding in 1926, the SPT had assumed the [[copyright]] to the work. This entity became the official publisher of Krishnamurti's work after he effectively ended the World Teacher Project by rejecting his messianic role and leaving the Theosophical Society in {{dash year|1929}};{{sfn|Lutyens|1975|pp=246, 272{{en dash}}276}} however, the SPT still held the rights to ''At the Feet of the Master'' as of 1946. Meanwhile, according to one source, the original edition of the book may have never been legally copyrighted.{{sfnm|1a1=C. V. Williams|1y=2004|1p=528n50|2a1=Vernon|2y=2001|2p=199|2ps=. Krishnamurti biographer [[Roland Vernon]] considers the inclusion of the book in SPT's post-World Teacher Project sales catalog a shrewd business decision, and notes it was offered in three different bindings, "cloth, paper and 'deluxe'."}}

The book is considered a spiritual [[Classic book|classic]],{{sfn|C. V. Williams|2004|p=27}} and was still in print in 2012.{{sfn|Rodrigues|2012|p=462}} Around that time, early editions of the work had been in the [[public domain]] within several [[Jurisdiction (area)|jurisdictions]].{{sfn|C. V. Williams|2004|pp=196{{en dash}}197, 528n50}}

===Select editions===
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Later editions may list the author as both Alcyone and Jiddu Krishnamurti, or solely as Jiddu Krishnamurti.{{sfn|C. V. Williams|2004|pp=26, 28}} They may also omit material, or add new material.

* {{cite book|author=Alcyone (Jiddu Krishnamurti)|year=1911|title=At the feet of the master|others=Preface by Besant, Annie|edition=American|type=[[hardcover]]|no-pp=y|pages=84 pp|location=Chicago|publisher=Rajput Press|oclc=560831417|postscript=none}}{{spaced en dash}} edition is in the public domain {{see below|{{section link||External links}}}}.
* {{cite book|author-last=Jiddu|author-first=Krishnamurti|year=1990|title=At the feet of the master|type=[[hardcover]]|no-pp=y|pages=128 pp|others=Preface by Besant, Annie; illustrated by Eedle, Alfred|location=London|publisher=[[Rider (imprint)|Rider]]|isbn=978-0-7126-3615-5|quote-page=Back cover|quote=An illustrated text of the teachings given to the spiritual teacher, Krishnamurti, by his own guru {{interp|publisher's [[annotation]]}}.}}
* {{cite book|author=Jiddu, Krishnamurti (Alcyone)|year=2001|title=At the feet of the master and towards discipleship|others=Preface by Besant, Annie; additional material by [[John Algeo|Algeo, John]]|type=[[paperback]]|edition=1st Quest|no-pp=y|pages=112 pp|location=Wheaton, Illinois|publisher=Quest Books|isbn=978-0-8356-0803-9|postscript=none}}{{spaced en dash}} expanded edition includes "Towards Discipleship", a previously published private transcript of informal 1924 talks by Krishnamurti, and background material by John Algeo, past president of the [[Theosophical Society in America]].

==Reception<!--This section is linked from within this article and from [[Order of the Star in the East#Cultural references]] ([[MOS:HEAD]]).-->==
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{{anchor|music-img}}[[File:At The Feet of The Master.jpg|thumb|alt=original sheet music cover of the 1925 Leevi Madetoja composition at the feeth [sic] of the Master (Alcyone)|Original front cover of [[Leevi Madetoja]]'s 1925 composition "At the {{sic|nolink=y|feeth}} of the Master (''Alcyone'')".]]
The book was enthusiastically received by Theosophists and members of the [[Order of the Star in the East]], a worldwide organization established by the Theosophical leadership to promote the World Teacher Project.{{sfn|C. V. Williams|2004|pp=25{{en dash}}26}} According to a Krishnamurti biographer, {{nobr|"{{interp|n}}othing,}} since Blavatsky, carried the sort of authority soon ascribed to Alcyone's document";{{sfn|Vernon|2001|pp=61{{en dash}}62|ps=. [[Helena Blavatsky]] {{lifespan|b=1831|d=1891}}, was a founder of modern Theosophy and the Theosophical Society (pp.{{nbsp}}2, 7{{en dash}}8).}} contemporary press reports described it as "a holy book to his {{interp|Alcyone-Krishnamurti}} disciples".{{sfn|Davis|1926|p=SM1}} In 1925 the [[Finland|Finnish]] Section of the Theosophical Society published "At the {{sic|feeth}} of the Master (''Alcyone'')"{{spaced en dash}} a work for voice and piano by the composer [[Leevi Madetoja]] ({{abbrlink|Op.|Opus number}} 71/2); [[#music-img|the composition]], whose lyrics include the book's closing poem, was commissioned by the Section for the 50th{{nbsp}}anniversary of the parent organization's founding. It was republished as "The Word of the Master" ({{langx|fi|Mestarin käsky}}) in 1929.{{sfnm|1a1=Djupsjöbacka|1y=2002|1loc="{{interp{{!}}Track:}} 30 The Word of the Master (Alcyone)" {{pp.|31|32}}|1ps={{sp}}{{interp{{!}}from a 2002 recording}}|2a1=Eskola|2y=2015}}

The extraordinary publicity surrounding Krishnamurti and the World Teacher Project brought increased attention to the book. Favorable early press coverage{{sfn|''Detroit Free Press''|1913|ps=. "It is declared that {{nobr|no one ...}} can read this strangely simple, lucid and beautiful {{nobr|exposition ...}} without realizing its vital significance".}} was complemented by more neutral or strict assessments, which included the tentative characterization of Krishnamurti's writing style as "artless".{{sfnm|1a1=Davis|1y=1926|1p=SM1|1ps=. In this comprehensive report the book is described as a "boyish {{nobr|testament ...}} the messiah dwells {{nobr|upon ...}} all of the stock spiritual soothsayings of all the redeemers and yogi since Christ"|2a1=Scott|2y=1930|2ps=. The book, and "certain public utterances" by Krishnamurti, "if a trifle trite, were entirely unobjectionable."}}

Others have found the book {{nobr|"simple ...}} though not {{nobr|platitudinous ...}} draws on the pious morality that {{nobr|underlies ...}} all {{interp|religions}}".{{sfn|Vernon|2001|p=61}} It has also been pointed out that the main body's themes, and four-part layout, bear close resemblance to [[Advaita Vedanta]] treatises by, or attributed to, the {{nobr|8th century}} Indian philosopher and theologian [[Adi Shankara]].{{sfnm|1a1=C. V. Williams|1y=2004|1p=26|1ps=. {{nobr|"{{interp|T}}he}} book {{nobr|is ...}} in the style of Shankaracharya's 'four qualifications', expounded as Advaita philosophy in {{nobr|about 800 CE"}}|2a1=Rodrigues|2y=2012|2p=462|2ps=. {{nobr|"{{interp|P}}arallels}} between the contents of ''At the Feet of the Master'' and the ''Vivekac ū ḍ ā ma ṇ i'' {{interp|''[[Vivekachudamani]]''}}, attributed to Śaṅkara."}}

Despite the demise of the World Teacher Project in 1929, and the subsequent dismantling of the infrastructure supporting it (which included the book),{{sfn|Lutyens|1975|pp=246, 272{{en dash}}276}} millions of copies have been sold.{{sfnm|1a1=C. V. Williams|1y=2004|1p=26|2a1=''The Star''|2y=1928|2ps=. By {{nobr|January 1928,}} the book's "Million Edition" was advertised in World Teacher Project-related magazines.}} Soon after its original publication, commentaries and detailed analyses by prominent Theosophists started to appear, "in which every line of Alcyone's original is weighed, analyzed, laboriously expanded upon"; in addition, the book became a frequent subject of lectures, a practice that continued past the Project's ending, and into the early 21st century.{{sfn|Vernon|2001|pp=61, 62|ps=. "{{interp|The work}} enjoyed a long and lucrative history in Theosophical circles"; see for example, ''Guideposts for Living: At the Feet of the Master'' (2007, {{oclc|258382667}}) a 2003 lecture published on [[DVD-Video]], and the early print commentaries ''Thoughts on "At the Feet of the Master"'' (1918, {{oclc|556990948}}), and ''Talks on At the feet of the Master'' (1922, {{oclc|22467665}}). The latter commentary was one of the books requested by [[Robert F. Kennedy]] killer [[Sirhan Sirhan]] while in jail awaiting trial {{harv|''Christian Science Monitor''|1968}}.}} The work reputedly also played a role in later [[occult]] endeavors by Leadbeater.{{sfn|Tillett|2012|p=43}}

===Authorship debate===
The identity of the author has been the subject of debate, starting with the appearance of the first edition.{{sfnm|1a1=Michel|1y=1995|1pp=2{{en dash}}3|2a1=Vernon|2y=2001|2p=61}} It has been proposed that Leadbeater was the actual producer of the work; this proposition has had opponents as well as supporters.{{sfnm|1a1=Lutyens|1y=1975|1p=44|2a1=C. V. Williams|2y=2004|2pp=24{{en dash}}29, 476n93{{en dash}}478n100}} Shortly after the original publication, the matter found its way to court in India. It was brought up during a [[Child custody|custody]] battle over Krishnamurti between Besant and Jiddu Narayaniah, Krishnamurti's father. Narayaniah believed the book was "fathered" on Krishnamurti in order to promote his messianic credentials, citing as one proof the boy's poor prior knowledge of English.{{sfnm|1a1=Lutyens|1y=1975|1loc=pp.{{nbsp}}62, 82, 84, {{nobr|ch. "8:}} The Lawsuit" {{pp.|64|71}}|1ps=. Narayaniah had previously granted guardianship of Krishnamurti to Besant|2a1=Vernon|2y=2001|2pp=62{{en dash}}63, 71}} In related litigation, Besant alleged ''[[The Hindu]]'' newspaper was [[Contempt of court|in contempt]] over the "publication of certain {{nobr|correspondence ...}} relating to the authorship of the book {{'}}''At the feet of the Master''{{' "}}.{{sfnm|1a1=''The Times of India''|1y=1912|2a1=Vernon|2y=2001|2p=62}}

Since the original publication, statements reputedly made by Krishnamurti have appeared in a variety of sources, implying he accepted or rejected authorship; his own recorded statements on the matter have been subject to interpretation.{{sfnm|1a1=Michel|1y=1995|1p=20|2a1=Vernon|2y=2001|2pp=61{{en dash}}63}} Decades after the original publication, he stated that he had no memory of writing it, although he did not discount the possibility.{{sfnm|1a1=Landau|1y=1943|1pp=262{{en dash}}263|2a1=C. V. Williams|2y=2004|2pp=196{{en dash}}197, 294, 534n35}}

As the original notes by Krishnamurti are missing, the extent of any differences with Leadbeater's typescript and with the original published edition is not clear.{{sfn|Lutyens|1975|p=44}} The debate regarding the role of Krishnamurti in the production and promotion of this work persisted, a century after its original publication.{{sfn|S. L. Williams|2010|ps=. This author maintains the work is rightly attributable to Krishnamurti.}}

==See also==
* [[Jiddu Krishnamurti bibliography]]

==Notes==
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==References==
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* {{cite news|ref={{sfnref|The Times of India|1912}}|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no byline.-->|date=19 December 1912|title=Alleged Contempt of Court|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|page=7|publisher=Bennett, Coleman & Company|location=[[New Delhi]]|oclc=23379369|id={{ProQuest|346190847}}}}
* {{cite magazine|ref={{sfnref|The Star|1928}}|author=<!--See department.-->|date=January 1928|title=At the Feet of the Master|url=http://iapsop.com/archive/materials/star/star_v1_n1_jan_1928.pdf#page=69|department={{interp|Advertisements}}|periodical=The Star|volume=1|issue=1|page=67|publisher=Star Publishing Trust|location=Los Angeles|oclc=10990552|via=IAPSOP (International Association for the Preservation of Spiritualist and Occult Periodicals)}}
* {{cite news|author-last=Davis|author-first=Forrest|date=15 August 1926|title=A New Deity Comes in Plus Fours: Krishnamurti Sponsored by Theosophists as 'A Messiah From India' Brings No Disturbing or Difficult Doctrine to Jazz-Ridden America|department=Magazine|newspaper=[[New York Herald Tribune]]|pages=SM1{{en dash}}3|others=Krishnamurti portrait by McBride, Hubbell|publisher=Ogden Mills Reid|issn=1941-0646|id={{ProQuest|1112612876}}}}
* {{cite AV media notes|author-last=Djupsjöbacka|author-first=Gustav|date=1 January 2002|url=http://cdn1.orastream.com/pdf/761195099629.pdf|title=Madetoja: Complete Lieder Vol. 1|language=fi, en |others=Gabriel Suovanen|translator-last=Mäntyjärvi|translator-first=Jaakko|publisher=[[Ondine (record label)|Ondine]]|location=[[Helsinki]]|id=ODE996-2. {{UPC|761195099629}}|via=[[Wayback Machine]]|access-date=2021-12-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117021417/http://cdn1.orastream.com/pdf/761195099629.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=2015-11-17}}
* {{cite web|author=<!--See others.-->|editor-last=Eskola|editor-first=Jari|year=2015|url=http://www.madetoja.org/en/works/vocal-and-choral-works-with-accompaniment-solo-songs|title=Vocal and Choral Works with Accompaniment, Solo Songs|website=Leevi Madetoja|others=Source material by Music Finland|publisher=Madetoja Foundation|location=[[Helsinki]]|at=¶ "Mestarin käsky Op. 71/2"|access-date=2015-10-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117021002/http://www.madetoja.org/en/works/vocal-and-choral-works-with-accompaniment-solo-songs|url-status=live|archive-date=2015-11-17}}
* {{cite news|ref={{sfnref|Detroit Free Press|1913}}|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no byline.-->|date=12 January 1913|title=Hailed by Mystics as Divine|newspaper=[[Detroit Free Press]]|page=D7|publisher=[[Gannett Company]]|location=Detroit, Michigan|issn=1055-2758|id={{ProQuest|565163150}}}}
* {{cite book|author-last=Landau|author-first=Rom|year=1943|author-link=Rom Landau|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=Leadbeater|author-first=Charles W.|year=2007|author-link=Charles Webster Leadbeater|orig-year=originally published 1925. Chicago: Theosophical Press|title=The masters and the path|type=[[paperback]]|edition=reprint|publisher=Cosimo Classics|location=New York|isbn=978-1-60206-333-4}}
* {{cite book|author-last=Lutyens|author-first=Mary|author-link=Mary Lutyens|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|author-last=Michel|author-first=Peter|year=1995|orig-year=originally published 1992 in [[German language|German]] as ''Krishnamurti - liebe und freiheit annäherung an ein geheimnis''. [[Grafing]]: Aquamarin Verlag|title=Krishnamurti: love and freedom: approaching a mystery|type=[[paperback]]|translator-last=Michel|translator-first=Petra|location=Woodside, California|publisher=Bluestar Communications|isbn=978-18-853-9400-2}}
* {{cite book|author-last=Rodrigues|author-first=Hillary|editor-last=Sasson|editor-first=Vanessa R.|year=2012|chapter=Chapter 19: Young Lord Maitreya: The Curious Case of Jiddu Krishnamurti|title=Little Buddhas: children and childhoods in Buddhist texts and traditions|type=[[hardcover]]|pages=453{{en dash}}482|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|location=New York|via=Oxford Scholarship Online|isbn=978-0-19986-026-5|doi=10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199860265.003.0019}}
* {{cite news|author=<!--See editor, department.-->|editor-last=Scott|editor-first=Ted|editor-link=Edward Taylor Scott|date=7 August 1930|title=Krishnamurti|department=Editorials|newspaper=[[The Guardian|The Manchester Guardian]]|page=8|publisher=[[Guardian News and Media]]|issn=0261-3077|id={{ProQuest|478105584}}}}
* {{cite news|ref={{sfnref|Christian Science Monitor|1968}}|author=<!--See agency.-->|date=8 June 1968|title=Sirhan asks books on theosophy|newspaper=[[The Christian Science Monitor]]|agency=[[Associated Press]]|page=7|publisher=[[Christian Science Publishing Society]]|location=Boston, Massachusetts|issn=0882-7729|id={{ProQuest|511045808}}}}
* {{cite journal|author-last=Tillett|author-first=Gregory|date=January 2012|title=Modern Western Magic and Theosophy|journal=[[Aries (journal)|Aries]]|volume=12|issue=1|pages=17{{en dash}}51|publisher=[[European Society for the Study of Western Esotericism]]; [[Brill Academic Publishers]]|via=Brill Online|issn=1567-9896|doi=10.1163/147783512X614821}}
* {{cite book|author-last=Vernon|author-first=Roland|year=2001|author-link=Roland Vernon|title=Star in the east: Krishnamurti: the invention of a messiah|type=[[hardcover]]|publisher=[[Palgrave Macmillan|Palgrave]]|location=New York|isbn=978-0-312-23825-4|url=https://archive.org/details/starineastkrishn00vern|url-access=limited|via=[[Internet Archive]]}}
* {{cite book|ref={{sfnref|C. V. Williams|2004}}|author-last=Williams|author-first=Christine V.|year=2004|title=Jiddu Krishnamurti: world philosopher (1895{{en dash}}1986): his life and thoughts|type=[[hardcover]]|edition=1st|location=Delhi|publisher=[[Motilal Banarsidass]]|isbn=978-81-208-2032-6}}
* {{cite journal|ref={{sfnref|S. L. Williams|2010}}|author-last=Williams|author-first=S. Lloyd|date=July{{en dash}}October 2010|url=https://theohistory.org/issue-archive/volume-xiv/vol-xiv-no-3-4/|title=Did J. Krishnamurti write At the Feet of the Master?|journal=Theosophical History|volume=XIV|issue=3{{en dash}}4|pages=11{{endash}}114|type=double issue|location=[[Fullerton, California]]|publisher=Theosophical History Foundation|issn=0951-497X|url-access=subscription|access-date=2015-10-06}}
* {{cite magazine|author-last=Wood|author-first=Ernest|date=December 1964|author-link=Ernest Wood|url=http://www.katinkahesselink.net/his/wood3.html|title=No Religion Higher than Truth|periodical=The American Theosophist|volume=52|issue=12|pages=287{{en dash}}290|location=[[Wheaton, Illinois]]|publisher=[[Theosophical Society in America]]|issn=0003-1402|via=[[Wayback Machine]] (original from KatinkaHesselink.net)|access-date=2025-01-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040216113408/http://www.katinkahesselink.net/his/wood3.html|archive-date=2004-02-16}}

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