Wilder, Alexander

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Alexander Wilder

1823–1909

Alexander Wilder

(English: Alexander Wilder)

(14 May 1823 − 18 September 1908)

(1823–1909)

An American physician and scholar of Neoplatonism. He was an early member of the Theosophical Society and assisted in preparing H. P. Blavatsky’s Isis Unveiled for publication. His writings ranged across medicine, ancient philosophy and religious history.

His translation of Iamblichus's treatise on the mysteries first appeared in The Platonist, with some instalments in The Theosophist in 1881. It was later issued as Theurgia or the Ancient Mysteries (New York, 1911). (BCW 3:537-538).

Bibliographical references include: Alchemy or the Hermetic Philosophy. No specific information regarding this work is available (BCW 8:478).

Bibliographical references include: New Platonism and Alchemy: A Sketch of the Doctrines and Principal Teachers of the Eclectic or Alexandrian School; also an Outline of the Interior Doctrines of the Alchemists of the Middle Ages. Albany, N.Y. 1869 (BCW 11:592-593).

(BCW 3:269)

Author of Psycho-Physiological Notes, to which H. P. Blavatsky added a comment on the biblical association of blood with life. (B. de Zirkoff, BCW 6:20)

Some links:

• Quotes: Zirkoff, Boris
• CTD article in Russian: Уайлдер, Александр
• Theosophy Wiki: Biographical source

Mentions

Mentioned in: Editors Note to Should Men Cut their Hair – Editorial comment on the article defending long hair (BCW 4:503) Footnote to Psycho-Physiological Notes (BCW 6:20)

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