J. Ralston Skinner
(8 November 1830 − 8 November 1893)
American attorney, Freemason and Kabbalist of Cincinnati, Ohio; a founding member of the Cincinnati Society of Natural History. Wrote on Hebrew metrology, Kabbalah, and the mathematical and mystical "Source of Measures" connecting Hebrew and Egyptian mystery traditions, the Great Pyramid, and the Temple of Solomon; his works were influential among early Theosophists. Contributed "Notes on the Cabbalah of the Old Testament" to The Path (from July 1886), reprinted with his permission from his writing on Hebrew Metrology.
Some links:
- Works: Skinner, J. Ralston (works)
- CTD article in Russian: Скиннер, Дж. Ралстон
- Other resources: Key to the Hebrew-Egyptian Mystery in the Source of Measures at the Internet Archive
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Lifetime: 1830-1893
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