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Met [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]] in the autumn of 1884, after completing The Idyll of the White Lotus. According to Blavatsky, she first saw Light on the Path in the summer of 1886, when [[Gebhard, Arthur|A. Gebhard]] gave her a copy. {{ctd-source|1=[[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Zirkoff B. - Chronological Survey & Key to Abbreviations (BCW vol.6)#xxxvii|BCW 6:xxxvii-xxxviii,xli]]}} | Met [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]] in the autumn of 1884, after completing The Idyll of the White Lotus. According to Blavatsky, she first saw Light on the Path in the summer of 1886, when [[Gebhard, Arthur|A. Gebhard]] gave her a copy. {{ctd-source|1=[[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Zirkoff B. - Chronological Survey & Key to Abbreviations (BCW vol.6)#xxxvii|BCW 6:xxxvii-xxxviii,xli]]}} | ||
Was co-editor of Lucifer from its first issue until October 1888. Chapter XXX of her novel The Blossom and the Fruit was signed “Mabel Collins and ——”; [[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]] considers a contribution by [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]] possible but does not establish its extent. {{ctd-source|1=[[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Zirkoff B. - Compiler’s Introductory Note#3|BCW 8:3]], [[Zirkoff B. - The Blossom and the Fruit#91|BCW 8:91-93]]}} | |||
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(9 September 1851 − 31 March 1927)
(1851–1927)
English novelist and mystical writer. She was the eldest daughter of Mortimer Collins, the well-known writer, and was born in Guernsey, Channel Islands, September 9, 1851 (BCW 8:424-434).
Author of Light on the Path, published in London in 1885 (BCW 10:416).
Met H. P. Blavatsky in the autumn of 1884, after completing The Idyll of the White Lotus. According to Blavatsky, she first saw Light on the Path in the summer of 1886, when A. Gebhard gave her a copy. (B. de Zirkoff, BCW 6:xxxvii-xxxviii,xli)
Was co-editor of Lucifer from its first issue until October 1888. Chapter XXX of her novel The Blossom and the Fruit was signed “Mabel Collins and ——”; B. de Zirkoff considers a contribution by H. P. Blavatsky possible but does not establish its extent. (B. de Zirkoff, BCW 8:3, BCW 8:91-93)
Some links:
- Quotes: Zirkoff, Boris
- CTD article in Russian: Коллинз, Мэйбл
- Theosophy Wiki: Mabel Collins
- Other resources: The Theosophist, vol. 6, June 1885, p. 206-210
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Shortly: English Theosophist and novelist, author of Light on the Path and The Idyll of the White Lotus...