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Student of Éliphas Lévi and an active Theosophist, wife of Gustav Gebhard. She became vice-president of the Germania Theosophical Society, founded at their Elberfeld home in 1884, and repeatedly hosted H. P. Blavatsky. {{ctd-source|BCW|6|434-436}}. | Student of Éliphas Lévi and an active Theosophist, wife of Gustav Gebhard. She became vice-president of the Germania Theosophical Society, founded at their Elberfeld home in 1884, and repeatedly hosted H. P. Blavatsky. {{ctd-source|BCW|6|434-436}}. | ||
First contacted the Theosophical centre in London around June 1881. {{ctd-source|1=[[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Zirkoff B. - Chronological Survey & Key to Abbreviations (BCW vol.3)|BCW 3:xxiv]]}} | |||
Recipient of [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]]’s letter of 24 January 1886 on precipitation. In September 1886 she conveyed a portion of The Secret Doctrine manuscript for dispatch to Adyar; in the spring of 1887 she came to the gravely ill Blavatsky at Ostend. {{ctd-source|1=[[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Zirkoff B. - Chronological Survey & Key to Abbreviations (BCW vol.7)#xxiv|BCW 7:xxiv,xxvii-xxviii]], [[Zirkoff B. - H. P. Blavatskys Instructions to Countess Constance Wachtmeister#301|BCW 7:301]]}} | |||
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Latest revision as of 06:25, 19 October 2026
Mary Gebhard
(1832–1892)
Member of the Theosophical Society and a student of Éliphas Lévi. Hosted H. P. Blavatsky at her home in Elberfeld. The Germania Theosophical Society was founded there in 1884, with her as Vice-President.
Student of Éliphas Lévi and an active Theosophist, wife of Gustav Gebhard. She became vice-president of the Germania Theosophical Society, founded at their Elberfeld home in 1884, and repeatedly hosted H. P. Blavatsky. (BCW).
First contacted the Theosophical centre in London around June 1881. (B. de Zirkoff, BCW 3:xxiv)
Recipient of H. P. Blavatsky’s letter of 24 January 1886 on precipitation. In September 1886 she conveyed a portion of The Secret Doctrine manuscript for dispatch to Adyar; in the spring of 1887 she came to the gravely ill Blavatsky at Ostend. (B. de Zirkoff, BCW 7:xxiv,xxvii-xxviii, BCW 7:301)
Some links:
- Quotes: Zirkoff, Boris
- CTD article in Russian: Гебхард, Мэри
- Theosophy Wiki: Mary Gebhard
- Other resources: The Theosophist, vol. 7, January 1886, p. 241-242
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