Jiddu Krishnamurti’s ‘process’ and early Theosophical records

Record summary

From 1922, Krishnamurti underwent intense physical and psychological episodes later called the ‘process,’ accompanied by accounts of pain, altered states, and a transformative presence. The episodes became central to biographical and Theosophical interpretations of his spiritual development, although Krishnamurti later resisted many institutional explanations. His notebooks, letters, and biographies provide identifiable documentary material for comparing mystical illness narratives and occult initiation. The causes remain interpretively open, with religious, psychological, and medical readings all represented in the literature.