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Mabel Collins
Mabel Collins (9 September 1851 – 31 March 1927) was a British theosophist and author of over 46 books. Life Collins was born in St Peter Port, Guernsey. She was a writer of popular occult novels, a fashion writer and an anti-vivisection campaigner. In 1909 she wrote a political play called ''Outlawed'' with Alice Chapin. Chapin was an American born actress who was an active suffragette. By the time it was produced at the Court Theatre in November 1911 Chapin was a convicted criminal for her militancy. Gossip Aleister Crowley claimed that Vittoria Cremers had suggested that Collins was at one time being romantically pursued by both Cremers and alleged occultist Robert Donston Stephenson. Cremers supposedly claimed that during this time she found five blood-soaked ties in a trunk under Stephenson's bed, corresponding to the five murders committed in Whitechapel by Jack the Ripper. Works *''Light on the Path'' (1885) *''The Prettiest Woman in Warsaw'' (1885) *''Through the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1890 In Literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1890. Events *January – William Heinemann launches his Heinemann publishing business in London's Covent Garden with Hall Caine's successful novel ''The Bondman''. * January 25 – L. Frank Baum begins publishing and editing his newspaper '' The Aberdeen Saturday Pioneer'' in Aberdeen, South Dakota; it survives for just over a year. *March 8 – Bram Stoker begins work on '' Dracula''. *c. June–September – Joseph Conrad, at this time serving as Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski with a Belgian steamer company, makes a journey on the Congo River which will inspire his novel '' Heart of Darkness'' (1899). *July 13 – Ambrose Bierce's short story "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge", one of his best known works, is first published, in ''The San Francisco Examiner''. *July–August – Bram Stoker holidays with his family at Whitby on the north-east coast of England and from the library there re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Theosophists
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1927 Deaths
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1851 Births
Events January–March * January 11 – Hong Xiuquan officially begins the Taiping Rebellion. * January 15 – Christian Female College, modern-day Columbia College, receives its charter from the Missouri General Assembly. * January 23 – The flip of a coin, subsequently named Portland Penny, determines whether a new city in the Oregon Territory is named after Boston, Massachusetts, or Portland, Maine, with Portland winning. * January 28 – Northwestern University is founded in Illinois. * February 1 – ''Brandtaucher'', the oldest surviving submersible craft, sinks during acceptance trials in the German port of Kiel, but the designer, Wilhelm Bauer, and the two crew escape successfully. * February 6 – Black Thursday in Australia: Bushfires sweep across the state of Victoria, burning about a quarter of its area. * February 12 – Edward Hargraves claims to have found gold in Australia. * February 15 – In Boston, Massachusetts, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theosophy And Literature
According to some literary and religious studies scholars, modern Theosophy had a certain influence on contemporary literature, particularly in forms of genre fiction such as fantasy and science fiction. Researchers claim that Theosophy has significantly influenced the Irish literary renaissance of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, notably in such figures as W. B. Yeats and G. W. Russell. Classic writers and Theosophists Dostoevsky In November 1881, Helena Blavatsky, editor in chief of ''The Theosophist,'' started publishing her translation into English of "The Grand Inquisitor" from Book V, chapter five of Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel ''The Brothers Karamazov.'' In a small commentary which preceded the beginning of the publication, she explained that "the great Russian novelist" Dostoevsky died a few months ago, making the "celebrated" novel ''The Brothers Karamazov'' his last work. She described the passage as a "satire" on modern theology in general and on the Roman Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1913 In Literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1913. Events *January – Acmeist poetry, with roots back to 1909 in literature, 1909, is officially born as a reaction to Russian Futurism. Manifestos are printed in the journal ''Apollon'' by Nikolay Gumilyov and Sergey Gorodetsky, with illustrative works by both, and by Anna Akhmatova, Vladimir Narbut, and Osip Mandelstam — the last with "Hagia Sophia". *January 1 – The German National Library is founded in Leipzig. *January 8 – Harold Monro founds the Poetry Bookshop in London, which becomes a noted literary meeting-place. *January 24 – Franz Kafka stops working on his novel ''Amerika'', which he never finishes. *March 24 – New Broadway theatre Palace Theatre (New York City), Palace Theatre opens at 1564 Broadway (at West 47th Street) in midtown Manhattan, New York City. *April 5 – Serialization of the adventures of Gaston Leroux's character :fr:Chéri-Bibi, Chéri-Bibi begins in Le Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1896 In Literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1896. Events *February 11 – While Oscar Wilde is in prison, his play '' Salome'' (written in 1891) is premièred in its original French by Lugné-Poe's Théâtre de l'Œuvre company in Paris, perhaps at the Comédie-Parisienne. *March – Stephanus Jacobus du Toit's ''Die Koningin van Skeba'', the first Afrikaans language novel, begins serialization in ''Ons Klyntji''. *March 3 – Publication begins of the world's first magazine with an orientation to male homosexuality, ''Der Eigene'', by Adolf Brand in Berlin. *March 7 – Gilbert & Sullivan's last operetta ''The Grand Duke'' is premièred in London at the Savoy Theatre. *July 7 – Charles Thomas Wooldridge is hanged at Reading Gaol in England for uxoricide, inspiring fellow-prisoner C.3.3. Oscar Wilde's ''The Ballad of Reading Gaol'' ( 1897). *October 10 – ''The New York Times'' publishes its first book review section, which evolves to beco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1892 In Literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1892. Events *January – The Schauspielhaus Zürich opens as the ''Volkstheater am Pfauen'', a music hall. *January 18 – Rudyard Kipling marries Caroline Starr Balestier. *February 22 – Oscar Wilde's comedy ''Lady Windermere's Fan'' is premièred at St James's Theatre in London, starring Winifred Emery and Marion Terry. *April 27 – The magazine ''Isis'' is established by students at the University of Oxford. *June – Rehearsals for the première of Oscar Wilde's play ''Salome'' for inclusion in Sarah Bernhardt's London season (in French) are halted when the British Lord Chamberlain's licensor of plays prohibits it for including Biblical characters. *July 15 – The Bibliographical Society is established in London. *September 12 – The 11-year-old Virginia Stephen, the later novelist Virginia Woolf, takes a boat trip to Godrevy Lighthouse on a family holiday in Cornwall. *October 14 – The fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1887 In Literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1887. Events *February – Oscar Wilde publishes "The Canterville Ghost", his first short story, in '' The Court and Society Review''. *March 30 – Théâtre Libre, established by André Antoine to promote naturalism in theatre, gives its first performances in Paris, originally as an amateur ensemble. * April 22 – Syracuse University in New York State purchases the Ranke Library from the estate of historian Leopold von Ranke, outbidding the Prussian government. *November – Arthur Conan Doyle's first detective novel, ''A Study in Scarlet'', is published in ''Beeton's Christmas Annual'' by Ward Lock & Co. in London, introducing the consulting detective Sherlock Holmes and his friend and chronicler Dr. Watson (illustrated by D. H. Friston). *December 5 – The Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works (1886) comes into effect. *December 15 – The Romanian literary magazine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theosophist
Theosophy is a religion established in the United States during the late 19th century. It was founded primarily by the Russian Helena Blavatsky and draws its teachings predominantly from Blavatsky's writings. Categorized by scholars of religion as both a new religious movement and as part of the occultism, occultist stream of Western esotericism, it draws upon both older European philosophies such as Neoplatonism and Asian religions such as Hinduism and Buddhism. As presented by Blavatsky, Theosophy teaches that there is an ancient and secretive brotherhood of spiritual adepts known as the Masters of the Ancient Wisdom, Masters, who—although found around the world—are centered in Tibet. These Masters are alleged by Blavatsky to have cultivated great wisdom and supernatural powers, and Theosophists believe that it was they who initiated the modern Theosophical movement through disseminating their teachings via Blavatsky. They believe that these Masters are attempting to revive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack The Ripper
Jack the Ripper was an unidentified serial killer active in and around the impoverished Whitechapel district of London, England, in the autumn of 1888. In both criminal case files and the contemporaneous journalistic accounts, the killer was called the Whitechapel Murderer and Leather Apron. Attacks ascribed to Jack the Ripper typically involved female prostitutes who lived and worked in the slums of the East End of London. Their throats were cut prior to abdominal mutilations. The removal of internal organs from at least three of the victims led to speculation that their killer had some anatomical or surgical knowledge. Rumours that the murders were connected intensified in September and October 1888, and numerous letters were received by media outlets and Scotland Yard from individuals purporting to be the murderer. The name "Jack the Ripper" originated in the "Dear Boss letter" written by an individual claiming to be the murderer, which was disseminated in the press. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
