 Ascended Master Teachings organizations consider Serapis Bey to be the Chohan of the Fourth Ray of Purity, Harmony, and Discipline.The scholar K. Paul Johnson maintains that the "Masters" that Helena Blavatsky wrote about and produced letters from were actually idealizations of people who were her mentors.Also see the article “Talking to the Dead and Other Amusements” by Paul Zweig "New York Times" October 5, 1980, which maintains that Helena Blavatsky's revelations were fraudulent.