Quotes:Higgins, Godfrey

Zirkoff, Boris

Higgins, Godfrey (1773-1833). *Anacalypsis, an Attempt to Draw Aside the Veil of the Saitic Isis, etc. 2 vols. London: Longman, etc., 1836. Very scarce.

Source: Boris de Zirkoff, «H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings», vol. 1, p. 468

Higgins, Godfrey (1773-1833). *Anacalypsis, an Attempt to draw aside the Veil of the Saitic Isis, etc. London: Longman, etc., 1836. 532 2 vols. 4to; 2nd ed., Glasgow, 1878, 8vo; reprinted, New York, 1927. Vide Vol. VIII, pp. 458-59, of present Series for biogr. sketch.

Source: Boris de Zirkoff, «H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings», vol. 2, pp. 531-532

Higgins, Godfrey (1773-1833). *The Celtic Druids. London: R. Hunter, 1827. Rpr. Ly Philosophical Research Soc., L.A. 1977.

Source: Boris de Zirkoff, «H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings», vol. 3, p. 511

Higgins, Godfrey (1773-1833). *Anacalypsis, an Attempt to Draw aside the Veil of the Saitic Isis, etc., 2 vols. London: Longmans,etc., 1836. Very scarce. Vide Vol. VIII of the present Series for biographical sketch of this author.

Source: Boris de Zirkoff, «H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings», vol. 7, p. 374

Higgins, Godfrey (1773-1833). English scholar, b. May 1, 1773; d. Aug. 9, 1833. Only son of Godfrey Higgins, a gentleman of small independent fortune belonging to an old, respected Yorkshire family, and Christiana Matterson. Educated at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, as a pensioner; went to the Temple, but did not take any degree and was not called to the bar. At 27, when father died, inherited house and estate at Skellow Grange, near Doncaster. Married, 1800. Lived there till threatened invasion of Napoleon. Entered the 3rd West-York militia as major; caught bad fever, and never 459 fully recovered. Resigned commission, 1813, and went home. Became justice of the peace and was very active in improving conditions in lunatic asylums; advocated the disestablishment of the Irish Church. Soon turned to the investigation of evidence of religion; then to the origin of all religions; then to the origin of nations and languages. Decided to devote six hours daily for ten years, but found himself working ten hours for twenty years. First ten years relatively fruitless; latter part of twenty years was crowded with material he had searched for. When 40 years of age, applied himself again to further study of the classics, and Greek and Latin languages, unlearning much nonsense taught him in youth, and pursuing research into the antiquities of nations; learned Hebrew also. Made two journeys to Rome and one to Naples; planned to go to the Orient, but failing health prevented. Higgins was a Mason and a Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Soc.; along religious line, he regarded Jesus as a Nazarite who belonged to the Essenes, and was probably a Samaritan by birth.

Higgins’ monumental works embodying his tireless research are classics of scholarship and have been repeatedly referred to by H. P. B. in her writings. They are: Horae Sabbaticae, 1826. 8vo; 2nd ed., 1833; 3rd ed., with autobiography, 1851.—The Celtic Druids, 1829. 4to with valuable prints; was intended as Introduction to his magnum opus.—Anacalypsis, an Attempt to draw aside the Veil of the Saitic Isis; or an Inquiry into the Origin of Languages, Nations, and Religions. London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman, 1836. 2 vols., 4to. The first vol. was printed in June, 1833, just prior to Higgins’ death; the editorial work on the 2nd vol. was finished by Geo. Smallfield, at Higgins’ son’s request. A 2nd ed. appeared at Glasgow in 1878. 8vo. This remarkable work bears a great similarity to H. P. B.’s Isis Unveiled.

Source: Boris de Zirkoff, «H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings», vol. 8, pp. 458-459

Higgins, Godfrey (1773-1833). See Vol. VII, pp. 458-59, for biographical data.

Source: Boris de Zirkoff, «H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings», vol. 11, p. 578