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In summer 1889 [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]] summoned him to Jersey to read The Voice of the Silence. {{ctd-source|1=[[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Zirkoff B. - Chronological Survey & Key to Abbrev (BCW vol.11)#xxv|BCW 11:xxv]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - Notes on the Gospel according to John#483|BCW 11:483]]}}
In summer 1889 [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]] summoned him to Jersey to read The Voice of the Silence. {{ctd-source|1=[[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Zirkoff B. - Chronological Survey & Key to Abbrev (BCW vol.11)#xxv|BCW 11:xxv]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - Notes on the Gospel according to John#483|BCW 11:483]]}}
Began publishing his English translation of Pistis Sophia in the April 1890 Lucifer. Publication was suspended in May 1891 with an announced six-month interval; the translation was never completed in the magazine. {{ctd-source|1=[[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Zirkoff B. - Note by the Compiler#150|BCW 12:150]]}}
The revised edition of his Pistis Sophia translation (1921) was checked against C. Schmidt’s German translation. Mead was general secretary of the first European Convention of the Theosophical Society in July 1891. {{ctd-source|1=[[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Zirkoff B. - Introductory Notes to H.P.B.s Commentary on the Pistis Sophia#3|BCW 13:3-5]], [[Zirkoff B. - Chronological Survey & Key to Abbrev (BCW vol.13)#xxvi|BCW 13:xxvi]]}}
In Lucifer in July 1897 stated that he had not edited the main body of the posthumous third volume of The Secret Doctrine. In The Occult Review in May 1927 said that he had persuaded [[Besant, Annie|A. Besant]] to add the esoteric instructions. [[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]] compares these statements and points out their inconsistencies. {{ctd-source|1=[[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Zirkoff B. - The Secret Doctrine - Volume III#xxxvii|BCW 14:xxxvii-xl]]}}
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|mentioned in=[[Blavatsky H.P. - The Esoteric Character of the Gospels|The Esoteric Character of the Gospels]] ([[Zirkoff B. - Compilers Notes (4)#238|BCW 8:238-239]]); [[Blavatsky H.P. - Transactions of the Blavatsky Lodge of The Theosophical Society|Transactions of the Blavatsky Lodge of The Theosophical Society]] ([[Blavatsky H.P. - Transactions of the Blavatsky Lodge of The Theosophical Society#299|BCW 10:299]]); [[Zirkoff B. - Chronological Survey & Key to Abbrev (BCW vol.11)|Chronological Survey & Key to Abbrev]] ([[Zirkoff B. - Chronological Survey & Key to Abbrev (BCW vol.11)#xxv|BCW 11:xxv]]); [[Blavatsky H.P. - Notes on the Gospel according to John|Notes on the Gospel according to John]] ([[Blavatsky H.P. - Notes on the Gospel according to John#483|BCW 11:483]]); [[Zirkoff B. - Note by the Compiler|Note by the Compiler]] ([[Zirkoff B. - Note by the Compiler#150|BCW 12:150]]); [[Zirkoff B. - Introductory Notes to H.P.B.s Commentary on the Pistis Sophia|Introductory Notes to H.P.B.’s Commentary on the Pistis Sophia]] ([[Zirkoff B. - Introductory Notes to H.P.B.s Commentary on the Pistis Sophia#3|BCW 13:3-5]]); [[Zirkoff B. - Chronological Survey & Key to Abbrev (BCW vol.13)|Chronological Survey & Key to Abbrev]] ([[Zirkoff B. - Chronological Survey & Key to Abbrev (BCW vol.13)#xxvi|BCW 13:xxvi]]); [[Zirkoff B. - The Secret Doctrine - Volume III|“The Secret Doctrine – Volume III”]] ([[Zirkoff B. - The Secret Doctrine - Volume III#xxxvii|BCW 14:xxxvii-xl]])
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George Robert Stow Mead
1863-1933
George Robert Stow Mead
(English: George Robert Stowe Mead)

(22 March 1863 − 30 September 1933)

was an English Theosophist, scholar, and writer; H. P. Blavatsky’s private secretary since 1889.

His Apollonius of Tyana was published by the Theosophical Publishing Society in London and Benares in 1901; a second edition appeared through University Books in New York in 1966. (BCW 3:515).

The bibliography lists his studies of the Sibyl and Sibylline literature, Pistis Sophia and Did Jesus Live 100 B.C.?, with articles published in The Theosophical Review (BCW 8:468).

Omitted the Lucifer commentaries from his 1896 book translation of Pistis Sophia. B. de Zirkoff reports an intended separate volume of commentaries; J. M. Watkins found no corresponding manuscript among his papers. (B. de Zirkoff, BCW 8:238-239)

As secretary of the Blavatsky Lodge, he explained in the November 1889 Lucifer that publication of the Transactions was delayed because the shorthand reports required rewriting and final revision by H. P. Blavatsky. (B. de Zirkoff, BCW 10:299)

In summer 1889 H. P. Blavatsky summoned him to Jersey to read The Voice of the Silence. (B. de Zirkoff, BCW 11:xxv, BCW 11:483)

Began publishing his English translation of Pistis Sophia in the April 1890 Lucifer. Publication was suspended in May 1891 with an announced six-month interval; the translation was never completed in the magazine. (B. de Zirkoff, BCW 12:150)

The revised edition of his Pistis Sophia translation (1921) was checked against C. Schmidt’s German translation. Mead was general secretary of the first European Convention of the Theosophical Society in July 1891. (B. de Zirkoff, BCW 13:3-5, BCW 13:xxvi)

In Lucifer in July 1897 stated that he had not edited the main body of the posthumous third volume of The Secret Doctrine. In The Occult Review in May 1927 said that he had persuaded A. Besant to add the esoteric instructions. B. de Zirkoff compares these statements and points out their inconsistencies. (B. de Zirkoff, BCW 14:xxxvii-xl)


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