This 2022 book is the most enthralling example of “collective biography” of all I’ve found in recent years. I was cited in reference to the Theosophical deification of Krishnamurti, but for this blog more relevant is the Brotherhood of Light lessons about Mohandas Gandhi whose status as a “Mahatma” was a matter of public acclaim rather than mysterious claims. Will follow up from volume 20 of the BOL lessons.
https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250296870/accidentalgods