entity_id,source_id,evidence_type,source_note
ENT_REC_MAHATMAS,SRC_BLAVATSKY_SECRET_DOCTRINE,direct attestation,The Mahatmas / Masters of Wisdom are central to The Secret Doctrine (1888); Blavatsky presents them as the hidden adepts transmitting cosmic truth through Theosophy.
ENT_REC_MAHATMAS,SRC_HUTTON_TRIUMPH,scholarly attestation,Hutton (1999) documents the Mahatmas as Blavatsky's claimed semi-divine teachers and notes that Mathers explicitly modelled the Golden Dawn's Secret Chiefs on them.