The Theosophist Monthly Journal devoted to Oriental Philosophy Art Literature and Occultism October 1884

The theory now put forward in the missionary journal regarding the nature of the so-called occult phenomena on the basis of these letters as interpreted by the Coulombs amounts to this :- Madame Blavatsky has been producing all the so-called occult phenomena with the assistance of the Coulombs and the instrumentality of a trap-door behind the shrine in the Adyar house. [...] The astral forms of the Mahatmas seen by different persons in different parts of the world were nothing more than the bodies of the Coulombs with " masks bladders and muslin." This summary of the latest theory put forward before the public regarding theosophical phenomena by the oponents of tithe Society is in itself sufficient to show to every one who is tolerably well acquainted with the [...] And above all the evidence of the gentlemen alluded to in the letters the circumstances connected with the phenomena to which reference was made and certain statements and communications signed by the Coulombs themselves all tend to show conclusively that the letters in question could not have emanated from Madame Blavatsky and that the absurd theory now suggested to account for the phenomena [...] It is asserted in the article under consideration that the Coulombs were inserting in the shrine the replies sent by Madame Blavatsky through the hollow in the wall behind the shrine above alluded to and this hole opens from within a cup-board placed quite close to the wall on the other side. [...] The ragged and irregular edges of the opening made into the wall through the back of the newly made cup-board and the manner in which the paper spread on the wall was cut unmistakably show that the said opening was made after the paper was put on and after the cup-board was Made.