Vay, Adelma von

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Adelma von Vay

(21 October 1840 − 24 May 1925)

Mystical writer also known as Adelheid von Vay; author of Geist, Kraft, Stoff (1870) and Studien über die Geisterwelt (1874). The appendix describes her friendship with Blavatsky and accounts of automatic writing and healing associated with her. (BCW 4:668-669). Her interpretation of elementals in Isis Unveiled drew an objection from H. P. Blavatsky, preserved in an annotation to a newspaper cutting in her scrapbook (B. de Zirkoff, BCW 1:281-282).

Some links:

• Quotes: Zirkoff, Boris
• CTD article in Russian: Вай, Адельма фон
• Wikipedia: Adelma Vay

Mentions

Mentioned in: H.P.B. Corrects an Error about Elementals – objection to the interpretation of elementals (BCW 1:281-282)

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Lifetime: 1840-1925
Shortly: Her interpretation of elementals in Isis Unveiled drew an objection from H. P. Blavatsky, preserved in an annotation to a newspaper cutting in her scrapbook.