Farr, Florence. The Way of Wisdom. J. M. Watkins.
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Textual Features | Florence Farr | FF
presents her work as a solution to the mystery of the Kabalists [which] has puzzled occult students . . . [f]or many centuries. Farr, Florence. The Way of Wisdom. J. M. Watkins. 1 |
Cultural formation | Clara Codd | While in Geneva, CC
was first exposed to Theosophy. Her neighbour Madame von Pachten
brought her to Theosophical Society
meetings, one of which was a lecture by Colonel Henry Olcott
. Codd, Clara. So Rich a Life. Caxton Limited. 25-6 |
Employer | Clara Codd | In 1906 CC
became the first National Lecturer for the English Section of the Theosophical Society
. The International Theosophical Year Book: 1938. The Theosophical Publishing House. 173 |
Travel | Clara Codd | CC
travelled to the international headquarters of the Theosophical Society
in Adyar, India, to train further in Theosophy. When she first arrived she felt a strong sense of peace and noted that Adyar was... |
Employer | Clara Codd | When CC
returned to England, she found Annie Besant
had arranged for a wealthy American to pay her salary as a lecturer. These wages enabled her to travel throughout England lecturing for the Theosophical Society |
Textual Production | Clara Codd | CC
continued lecturing for the Theosophical Society
until her death in 1971. Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/. H. S. Olcott Memorial Library. http://www.theosophical.org/library. |
Cultural formation | Clara Codd | CC
joined the French Section of the Theosophical Society
. She first attended the Lodge Dharma
in Geneva and became interested in the Masters of the Wisdom. Dixon, Joy. Divine Feminine: Theosophy and Feminism in England. Johns Hopkins University Press. 42 Codd, Clara. The Way of the Disciple. The Theosophical Publishing House. 5 The International Theosophical Year Book: 1938. The Theosophical Publishing House. 173 |
Occupation | Clara Codd | On several Saturdays during these months, The Times included in its list of Sunday religious services in London CC
's conduct of Theosophical Society
meetings. “The Times Digital Archive 1785-2007”. Thompson Gale: The Times Digital Archive. 43798 (1 November 1924): 17; 43804 (8 November 1924): 7; 43880 (7 February 1925): 15 |
Residence | Clara Codd | CC
returned to Australia years after her first lengthy visit. On this occasion she became the General Secretary of the Australian section of the Theosophical Society
, 1935-1936. Ancestry.co.uk. http://www.ancestry.co.uk. Codd, Clara. So Rich a Life. Caxton Limited. 367, 385 Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/. |
Residence | Clara Codd | CC
travelled to South Africa. She planned to lecture there for only two years, but the Second World War caused her to stay for over eight. During this time she was also the General... |
Cultural formation | Mona Caird | MC
's mother was German and her father was Scots (as was the man she later married). Both before and after her marriage she belonged to families that were in comfortable financial circumstances: her birth... |
Occupation | Annie Besant | Madame Blavatsky
died, having appointed AB
the Chief Secretary of the Theosophical Society
. Taylor, Anne. Annie Besant: A Biography. Oxford University Press. 258 |
Travel | Annie Besant | AB
visited India for the first time to attend a Theosophical Society
convention; the subcontinent became her home. Taylor, Anne. Annie Besant: A Biography. Oxford University Press. 267 Dinnage, Rosemary. Annie Besant. Penguin. 10 |
Textual Production | Annie Besant | The last pamphlet published by AB
before her death appeared through the Theosophical Society
, The Bearing of Religious Ideals on Social Reorganization. The Theosophical Society in Australia. http://www.austheos.org.au/. |
Family and Intimate relationships | Annie Besant | Stead had previously given her what became a highly influential book for her, Blavatsky's The Secret Doctrine. With Henry Steele Olcott
, Madame Blavatsky had founded the Theosophical Society
in 1875. AB
, delighted... |
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