Codd, Clara. So Rich a Life. Caxton Limited, 1951.
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Henry Steele Olcott
Standard Name: Olcott, Henry Steele
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| 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
. |
| Cultural formation | Anna Kingsford | Theosophical Society
member Henry Olcott
had suggested that rather splitting the society into two factions, AK
should get a charter and create their own society. The Hermetic Society was inaugurated two days after Kingsford's application... |
| 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... |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Clara Codd | CC
was never married; however, she believed in past lives in which she had been married many times. In one former life, she believed, Henry Olcott
had been her son. Codd, Clara. So Rich a Life. Caxton Limited, 1951. 30, 153 |
| Travel | Annie Besant | AB
attended the Chicago World's Fair (where other speakers included Susan B. Anthony
and Julia Ward Howe
) as Theosophist Henry Steele Olcott
's representative at the Chicago Parliament of Religions. Taylor, Anne, 1932 -. Annie Besant: A Biography. Oxford University Press, 1992. 264 |
Timeline
1875: Madame Blavatsky, now in New York, who had...
Building item
1875
Madame Blavatsky
, now in New York, who had been a spiritualist medium and claimed first-hand knowledge of Eastern religious practice, founded the Theosophical Society
with support from Henry Steele Olcott
and William Q. Judge
.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
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