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When Leo Tolstoy was working on his book The Thoughts of Wise People for Every Day, [15] he used a magazine of the Theosophical Society of Germany Theosophischer Wegweiser.He extracted eight aphorisms of the Indian sage Ramakrishna, eight from The Voice of the Silence [16] by Blavatsky, and one of fellow Theosophist Franz Hartmann, from the issues of 1902 and 1903, and translated them into ...
Theosophy played a significant role in bringing knowledge of Eastern religions to the West and encouraging cultural pride in South Asia. Many prominent artists and writers have also been influenced by Theosophical teachings. Theosophy has an international following, and during the 20th century had tens of thousands of adherents.
G. R. S. Mead. George Robert Stow Mead (22 March 1863 in London [1] – 28 September 1933 in London [1]) was an English historian, writer, editor, translator, and an influential member of the Theosophical Society, as well as the founder of the Quest Society.
Helena Petrovna Blavatsky [a] (née Hahn von Rottenstern; 12 August [O.S. 31 July] 1831 – 8 May 1891), often known as Madame Blavatsky, was a Russian and American mystic and author who co-founded the Theosophical Society in 1875.
Alice Ann Bailey (16 June 1880 – 15 December 1949) was author of about 25 books on Theosophy and among the first writers to use the term New Age.She was born Alice La Trobe-Bateman, in Manchester, England [1] and moved to the United States in 1907, where she spent most of her life as a writer and teacher.
An important part of Olcott's work in Ceylon became the patronage of young Buddhist Don David Hewavitharana, who took himself later name Anagarika Dharmapala. [6] [10] [11] [E] Dharmapala, a founder the Maha Bodhi Society, Sri Lanka's national hero, was one of the major figures in the movement for the revival of Buddhism in Ceylon during the British colonial rule. [13]
George William Russell (10 April 1867 – 17 July 1935), who wrote with the pseudonym Æ (often written AE or A.E.), was an Irish writer, editor, critic, poet, painter and Irish nationalist. He was also a writer on mysticism, and a central figure in the group of devotees of theosophy which met in Dublin for many years.
Charles Webster Leadbeater (/ ˈ l ɛ d ˌ b ɛ t ər /; 16 February 1854 – 1 March 1934) was a member of the Theosophical Society, Co-Freemasonry, an author on occult subjects, and the co-initiator, with J. I. Wedgwood, of the Liberal Catholic Church.