Courmes, Dominique Albert

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Dominique Albert Courmes

(1843–1914)

French naval officer and Theosophist. Edited Le Lotus Bleu and translated theosophical works into French.

Translated A. O. Hume’s Fragments of Occult Truth into French in February 1883. Publication prompted a Paris controversy between Theosophical occultism and Spiritualism in which H. P. Blavatsky participated. (B. de Zirkoff, BCW 4:xxviii, BCW 4:479-480)

Joined the Theosophical Society on 8 November 1876; the signature D. A. C. identifies D. A. Courmes. Translated substantial portions of The Secret Doctrine for Le Lotus Bleu. (B. de Zirkoff, BCW 5:11)

Together with Baron J. Spadalieri, met H. P. Blavatsky and H. S. Olcott at Marseilles in March 1884. (B. de Zirkoff, BCW 6:xxvii)

Some links:

• CTD article in Russian: Курм, Доминик Альбер
• Theosophy Wiki: Dominique Albert Courmes
• Other resources: The Theosophist, vol. 5, July 1884, p. 245

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