Photo of Count Alexander Hoyos

Count Alexander von Hoyos  was born in Rijeka, Croatia on 13 May 1876 into the House of Hoyos, a noble family that hailed originally from Spain, but which had immigrated to Austria around 1525. 13 May 1876 – 20 October 1937, was an Austro-Hungarian diplomat who played a major role during the July Crisis while serving as chef de cabinet of the Foreign Minister at the outbreak of the World War I in 1914. He was the grandson of Robert Whitehead, the inventor of the torpedo. Following an expedition to China with his uncle, who served as British chargé d'affaires in Tokyo, Count von Hoyos started his diplomatic career as a provisional attaché at the legation in Beijing in 1900. In April 1912, he was appointed to serve as chef de cabinet to the Imperial Foreign Minister Count von Berchtold.

Shri Nathji’s little book “The Rays of light was given to Court Alexander Hoyos by Mr. Ramgopal Mehta during his stay in Austria. After reading that book he wrote a letter to Shri Nathji This beautiful letter that he wrote to Shri Nath and the beautiful reply that Nathji gave mentioned in the Mahagranth - God Incarnate on page 350 – 356 were we can read his story in detail. In this letter he stated that he read the Rays of light with very great interest and pleasure and after a few weeks reached a state of happiness and inward joy., which you described in Rays of Light. A new world of peace, content and happiness was opened to me.  I greatly liked the way he ended his letter with the words –

(Please forgive me for having troubled your spiritual meditations by this letter, and believe me in deepest respect. 

Your Holiness’ Obedient

Servant,

Count Alexander Hoyos. )

This shows the apt humility of this man. He was so modest despite being a Count and a minister in Austria.

The letter which Shri Nathji wrote back to Count Alexander Hoyos reveals the essence of all spirituality in the world. This letter is so beautiful,  elaborate and full of revelations of the deepest secrets of God Head that it can only be written for a man who is worthy of possessing such divine secrets. This is an indication of Count Alexander Hoyos’s intellect and his love for Shri Nathji.  This letter was latter printed in the booklet “The Inspired Epistle”. A beautiful forward of this letter is written by a devotee Shri Kasinath Saikia, who had the booklet printed in Shillong on 7^th July 1937. Shri Nathji had also stayed in Shillong with Kashinath Sakia who was very proud of his good driver. To sever the pride of His devotee Shri Nathji made the car fall down a cliff while riding it with Kashinath Sakia. Kashinath miraculously was unhurt but Shree Nathji lost a tooth, This lost tooth always reminded Shree Nathji  of his devotee Kashinath Sakia.

The letter which Shri Nathji wrote to Count Alexander Hoyos, hem in  intense spiritual revelations, which I am not worthy of comprehending. All I can say is that they can take one to the pinnacle of Godliness.  I request all to read it on the pages of the Maharagrath and infer their own spiritual understanding depending on their individual taste and capacity.

The year when Count Alexander Hoyos corresponded with Shri Nathji and received this letter, he was in the last stages of his life. He was 61 years of age. After the fall of the Habsburg empire, he retired from public service and spend his time in theosophy and spiritual studies. When we study this letter which he received from Shri Nathji  we can understand that all spiritual truths lay open before him. He attained the height of peace and spiritual bliss and thus had no more desires left to seek in this world. That’s why he peacefully left the world on 20 October 1937 in in Schwertberg.