Hubert van Hook

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'''Hubert van Hook''' (1896-)
 
'''Hubert van Hook''' (1896-)
  
Born in 1896, the son of Dr Weller van Hook, a surgeon in Chicago, and the General Secretary of the Theosophical Society in the United States.  Hubert was selected by Leadbetter, about 1907 "...while on a lecture tour of American a few years before..." (Lutyens, "Awakening", Discus p 12) as the vehicle for the coming World Teacher, called Lord Maitreya by the Theosophists.
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Born in 1896, the son of Dr Weller van Hook, a surgeon in Chicago, and the General Secretary of the [[Theosophical Society]] in the United States.  Hubert was selected by Leadbetter, about 1907 "...while on a lecture tour of American a few years before..." (Lutyens, "Awakening", Discus p 12) as the vehicle for the coming World Teacher, called Lord Maitreya by the Theosophists.
  
 
Hubert had been brought to Europe for a time where he met Besant, and she saw him again in Chicago in 1909 while she was there to give a public lecture, where "...she was so struck by him that she prevailed on his mother to leave her husband and bring the boy to Europe and India for special training for his marvellous destiny."(Lutyens, "Awakening", Discus p 12)
 
Hubert had been brought to Europe for a time where he met Besant, and she saw him again in Chicago in 1909 while she was there to give a public lecture, where "...she was so struck by him that she prevailed on his mother to leave her husband and bring the boy to Europe and India for special training for his marvellous destiny."(Lutyens, "Awakening", Discus p 12)

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