ABSTRACT
When Olcott visited Chicago in 1906 there was much violent discussion about Mr. Leadbeater's case. In the United States this violent discussion was encouraged by Dr Weller van Hook, an ardent disciple of Leadbeater, who was elected General Secretary of the American Section. By August 1907 Leadbeater and Mrs Besant were together, working on their occult investigations at Weisser Hirsch in Germany. The primary source of the 'strong vibrations' was the shrine room of the ES, a small room located between the meeting room of the ES and a large room which Leadbeater later occupied on the roof of the headquarters building. Leadbeater immediately settled down into the routine of Theosophical life almost as though he had never been away from it. But Leadbeater, the fallen prophet restored, had now become a martyr of Theosophy, chosen of the Masters, having undergone suffering and symbolic crucifixion.
