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Described his search for occult knowledge, study of Theosophy and investigation of séances; asked [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]] how mediumistic drawings differed from appearances of the Teachers’ astral forms. {{ctd-source|1=[[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - Comment on Curious Mediumistic Phenomena#293|BCW 4:293]]}} | Described his search for occult knowledge, study of Theosophy and investigation of séances; asked [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]] how mediumistic drawings differed from appearances of the Teachers’ astral forms. {{ctd-source|1=[[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - Comment on Curious Mediumistic Phenomena#293|BCW 4:293]]}} | ||
His article The Cabbalah appeared in The Theosophist, volume V, November 1883, pp. 44–45. [[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]] reads it as suggesting that [[Skinner, James Ralston|J. R. Skinner]] possessed one or more unpublished manuscripts. {{ctd-source|1=[[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - The Kabalah and the Kabalists at the Close of the Nineteenth Century#271|BCW 7:271]]}} | |||
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Revision as of 11:29, 19 October 2026
(20 November 1838 − 13 December 1916)
(1838–1916)
American physician, homeopathic educator, Mason and early Theosophist. He led the Cincinnati branch, served on the American Section's Executive Committee and contributed to The Path, The Theosophist and Lucifer. His books include The Nature and Aim of Theosophy (1887) and Mystic Masonry (1896). (BCW 3:498-499).
Bibliographical references include: Modern World Movements. Indo-American Book Co. Chicago, 1913. 191 pp (BCW 8:421).
Described his search for occult knowledge, study of Theosophy and investigation of séances; asked H. P. Blavatsky how mediumistic drawings differed from appearances of the Teachers’ astral forms. (B. de Zirkoff, BCW 4:293)
His article The Cabbalah appeared in The Theosophist, volume V, November 1883, pp. 44–45. B. de Zirkoff reads it as suggesting that J. R. Skinner possessed one or more unpublished manuscripts. (B. de Zirkoff, BCW 7:271)
Some links:
- Quotes: Zirkoff, Boris
- CTD article in Russian: Бак, Джира Дьюи
- Theosophy Wiki: Jirah Dewey Buck
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