Emily Kislingbury
(31 October 1840 − 19 January 1927)
English Spiritualist and early Theosophist. Secretary of the British National Association of Spiritualists in London before joining the Theosophical Society in February 1877. On 11 December 1877 she met with C. C. Massey, W. Stainton Moses and J. S. Cobb to organize a branch of the Society in England, and when the British Theosophical Society (London Lodge) held its first meeting on 27 June 1878 she became its Secretary. She remained close to H. P. Blavatsky, became a member of her Inner Group in 1890, and served as Treasurer of the first convention of the European Section in 1891.
During her stay in New York in 1877, helped H. P. Blavatsky prepare the table of contents for the second volume of Isis Unveiled (B. de Zirkoff, BCW 1:lxi).
Visited H. P. Blavatsky at Würzburg in April 1886 and accompanied her departure towards Ostend around 8 May; on the journey Blavatsky stayed with the Gebhards at Elberfeld. (B. de Zirkoff, BCW 7:xxv-xxvi)
Some links:
- CTD article in Russian: Кислингбери, Эмили
- Theosophy Wiki: Emily Kislingbury
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To show: Emily Kislingbury; sortable: Kislingbury, Emily
Person's short name: E. Kislingbury; sortable: Kislingbury, E.; for categories: Kislingbury E.
Lifetime: 1840-1927
Shortly: English Spiritualist, founding Secretary of the British Theosophical Society (London Lodge) and member of H. P. Blavatsky's Inner Group.