Gordon, Alice

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Alice Gordon

An early member of the Theosophical Society in India. She and her husband, Lieutenant-Colonel William Gordon, joined in 1879. She became president of the Ladies’ Theosophical Society in Calcutta in 1883. Her interests included spiritualism; she published accounts of her experiences.

Her admission to the Society dates to August 1879. She accompanied the Founders to Benares that December and hosted them and the Sinnetts at Simla in October 1880. (B. de Zirkoff, BCW 2:xxviii-xxix,xxxiv)

B. de Zirkoff dates her presidency of the Ladies’ Theosophical Society at Calcutta to March 1883. (B. de Zirkoff, BCW 4:xxix)

Some links:

• CTD article in Russian: Гордон, Элис
• Theosophy Wiki: Alice Gordon

Mentions

Mentioned in: Chronological Survey & Key to Abbreviations (BCW 2:xxviii-xxix,xxxiv) Chronological Survey & Key to Abbreviations (BCW vol.4) (BCW 4:xxix)

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