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The material contained in the following pages is of necessity a selective one, and is intended to serve three purposes: (a) to give condensed information, not otherwise readily available, about the life and writings of some individuals mentioned by H. P. B. in the text, and who are practically unknown to the present-day student; (b) to give similar data about a few well-known scholars who are discussed at length by H. P. B., and whose writings she constantly quotes; and (c) to give full information regarding all works and periodicals quoted or referred to in the main text and in the Compiler’s Notes, with or without biographical data of their authors. All such works are marked with an asterisk (*). | The material contained in the following pages is of necessity a selective one, and is intended to serve three purposes: (a) to give condensed information, not otherwise readily available, about the life and writings of some individuals mentioned by H. P. B. in the text, and who are practically unknown to the present-day student; (b) to give similar data about a few well-known scholars who are discussed at length by H. P. B., and whose writings she constantly quotes; and (c) to give full information regarding all works and periodicals quoted or referred to in the main text and in the Compiler’s Notes, with or without biographical data of their authors. All such works are marked with an asterisk (*). | ||
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'''<nowiki>*</nowiki>Acta Sanctorum quotquot toto orbe coluntur, etc'''. . . . digessit, notis illustravit Joannes Bollandus . . . servata primigenia scriptorum phrasi. Operara et Studium contulit Godefridus Henschenius . . . Editio novissima, curante Joanne Carnandet . . . Parisiis: V. Palmé, 1863, etc.—Orig. ed. Antwerpiae: Joanneus Meursium, 1643, etc. | |||
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'''<nowiki>*</nowiki>Ante-Nicene Fathers''', The. Translations of the Writings of the Fathers down to A.D. 325. Rev. Alexander Roberts and James Donaldson, Editors. Amer, reprod. of the Edinburgh edition, rev. with Notes by A. Cleveland Coxe. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1908-13. 10 vols. | |||
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'''Bauer, Bruno'''. German theologian and historian, b. Sept. 6, 1809, at Eisenberg, Saxe-Altenburg; d. Apr. 13, 1882, at Rixdorf, near Berlin. Studied at Berlin, attaching himself to “Right” of Hegelian school, under P. Marheineke. Taught at Berlin as licentiate of theology, 1834; transí, to Bonn, 1839; license revoked, 1841, because of destructive criticism of his first two works. Retired for remainder of life. Works: Kritik der evangelischen Geschichte der Synoptiker, 3 vols., Leipzig, 8vo.; 2nd ed., Leipzig: 0. Wigand, 1846.—Geschichte der Politik, Kultur und Aufklärung des 18ten Jahrhunderts, 2 vols. Charlottenburg: E. Bauer, 1843-45.—Christus und die Caesaren, 2nd ed., Berlin, 1879. | |||
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'''Beal, Samuel (1825-1889)'''. *Si-yu-ki. Buddhist Records of the Western World. Translated from the Chinese of Hiuen Tsiang (a.d. 629). London, 1885; Trübner & Co., 1906. 2 vols. | |||
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'''Bichat, Marie-Franqois-Xavier'''. French physiologist and anatomist b. at Thoirette (Jura), Nov. 11, 1771. d. July 1802. Went to Paris, 1793; became favorite pupil of P. J. Desault, who adopted {{Page aside|428}}him as his son. Collected and edited the Surgical Works of Desault, 1797, and began lecturing on anatomy, surgery and physiology in a School established by himself. Developed new and important ideas on anatomy of tissues, and on distinction between organic and animal functions. Was first to reduce organs of body to their elementary tissues and explained chemical, physical and vital properties of each primitive tissue. Appointed physician to the Hôtel-Dieu, 1799. Impaired his health by application to studies and died prematurely. Works: Recherches physiologiques . . . sur la vie et la mort, 1800.— Anatomie générale appliquée à la physiologie et à la médecine. 4 vols., 1801-12. | |||
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'''<nowiki>*</nowiki>Book of Law, The'''. No information available. | |||
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'''<nowiki>*</nowiki>Book of the Dead, The''', The Chapters of coming forth by Day. The English text according to the Theban recension in hieroglyphic edited from numerous papyri, with a translation, vocabulary, etc., by E. A. Wallis Budge. Plates. 3 vols. London: Kegan Paul & Co., 1898. 8-vo. 2nd ed., rev. and enl. 7 vols., 1909-11. 8-vo. (Books on Egypt and Chaldaea, vols. 6-8, 28-31). | |||
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'''Bretschneider, Karl Gottlieb'''. German theologian, b. Feb. 11, 1776, at Gersdorf, Saxony; d. Jan. 22, 1848, at Gotha. Lectured on philosophy and theology at Wittenberg, 1804-06; pastor at Schneeberg, Saxony, 1806-08; Supt. Annaberg, Saxony, 1808-16; Genl. Supt. at Gotha until his death. While recognizing supernatural element in the Bible, allowed critical exercise of reason in interpreting its dogmas. Works: Handbuch der Dogmatik der evan· gelisch-lutherischen Kirche, 2 vols. Leipzig, 1882. 8vo.—Lexicon Manuale Graeco-Latinum in libros Novi Testamenti, 2 vols. Leipzig, 1824, 8vo.—Lehrbuch der Religion und der Geschichte der chris- lichen Kirche, Gotha, 1824, 8vo. | |||
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'''Brown, William Tournay'''. Born in Glasgow, May 16, 1857, of elderly parents; had two older brothers; father was clerk at 200 pounds a year in Forth & Clyde Canal Co.; mother was daughter of wealthy Glasgow weaver. Began his education at dame school at age of 4; at 7 sent to Glasgow Academy; at 14 left school to serve law articles with solicitor firm of Bannatynes Kirkwood & Mcjannett, Glasgow, attending meanwhile classes at Glasgow University. When father died, Jan., 1877, took up serious studies for degree in law. Death of mother two years later turned his mind to religion; rebelled against narrow Presbyterianism he was raised in. Lived with a family friend, Dr. M., whom he considered for a time as the “ideal Christian.” Broke with him, after trip to America, 1882, and considered himself psychologized and mesmerized by the doctor; went through a period of great depression. About this time, came into contact with a young man from London, Samuel Baildon, student of magnetism and a vegetarian, and also {{Page aside|429}}with James Coates, a Spiritualist and Prof, of Phrenology. Was advised by them to leave Glasgow. Went to London and stayed with Dr. and Mrs. Nichols, where he was soon restored to health. It is from this time that dates his serious interest in the occult. (Vide pp. 31-32 of the present volume for data on Mr. Brown’s sojourn in India.) On Jan. 4, 1885, left India on his way to the U.S.A., via China and Japan. In America, he went through various changes of mind regarding his future, and decided once again to devote himself to self-development, and to return to India. Reached London, July 6, 1885; after seeing A. P. Sinnett, went to Elberfeld, to see Mrs. Gebhard. Began to waver again in his decision and started touring Europe instead. At Naples, underwent one of the most sudden changes of mind in his whole experience; determined to leave for India, he decided in the shipping company’s office not to board the steamer that was about to sail. After travelling for some time in Italy and Switzerland, he settled down at Freiburg, August, 1885, to write an account of his life. Early in 1886, came once more to the United States and associated himself with Mrs. Josephine W. Cables who had established in 1882 the Rochester Branch of the T.S. and was publishing, since April, 1884, The Occult IT ord. Mr. Brown eventually went back to England, and later to India, where he married an Eurasian lady. As far as is known, he returned to the fold of orthodox Christianity. No further information regarding his later career seems to be available. His writings include the following: *Some Experiences in India. London: Printed under the authority of the London Lodge of the Theosophical Society, 1884, 19 pp. Very scarce. Copy of original in the Adyar Library. Text reprinted in The Canadian Theosophist, Vol. XXVIII, June, 1947.—The Theosophical Society: An Explanatory Treatise. Madras: National Press, 1884(?), 14 pp. Scarce. Orig. in Adyar Library.—*My Life. Printed by D. Lauber, Freiburg, Baden, Germany, Fall of 1885, 64 pp. Very scarce. Orig. in Adyar Library. | |||
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'''Buchanan, Joseph Rodes'''. American physician and writer; b. at Frankfort, Ky., Dec. 11, 1814, of Virginia family. As infant prodigy, he was versed in Geometry and Astronomy at the age of six; took up sociology and began study of law at twelve. After death of father, 1829, supported himself as printer, then as school-teacher. Became interested in phrenology and cerebral physiology, entered Medical School of Univ, of Louisville, graduating in 1842. In college laid foundations for psychometry and sarcognomy, two new sciences, the latter dealing with sympathetic relations between parts of body and soul, healing disease by dispersive passes over body. Lectured on both subjects and established periodical, *The Journal of Man. Joined faculty of Eclectic Med. Inst, of Cincinnati, 1846; forced out, 1856, because of disposition and {{Page aside|430}}turbulent history of Institute. Started rival Eclectic College of Medicine, then removed to Louisville and in 1863 ran for Congress as Peace Party candidate. Went to Syracuse, N.Y. and manufactured salt. Became prof, of physiology in Eclectic Med. Coll, of New York City, 1867. Established his own college of therapeutics, 1881, in Boston. On acc. of poor health, removed to Kansas City, 1892; and to San José, Calif., 1893, where he lived until his death, Dec. 26, 1899. Marr, three times. His medical theories may have influenced Albert Abrams. Works: 'Outlines of lectures on the neurological system of anthropology, as discovered, demonstrated and taught in 1841 and 1842. Cincinnati: printed at the Office of the Journal of Man, 1854, 2 p., 384 pp., ill.—'Moral Education·. its laws and methods. New York, 1882. 395 pp.—Therapeutic Sarcognomy . . . practice ... by the vital nerve aura. Vol. 1st. | |||
Boston: The author, 1884. 269 pp.; also 1891—'Manual of Psy- chometry·. the dawn of a new civilization. Publ. by the author. Boston, 1885.—Primitive Christianity. San José, 1898. Semi-Spiritualistic. incl. lives of Apostles which he said had been dictated to him by themselves.—Various lectures, such as Periodicity (San José, 1897). Vide Harvey W. Felter, Hist, of the Eel. Med. Inst., 1902; Kelly and Burrage, Amer. Medic. Biogrs., 1920. | |||
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'''Bulwer Lytton (Edward George Earle Lytton, 1st Baron, 1803-73)'''. *Zanoni. London, 1842. 8vo; also 1856; rev. ed., 1880. | |||
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'''Busk, R. H.''' *“Ghosts in Catholic Countries,” in Notes and Queries, 6th Ser., Vol. VIII, August 25, 1883. Quoting Unheard-of Curiosities of Jacques Gaffarel (q.v.). | |||
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'''Caithness, Countess Marie of (Marie Sinclair, Countess of C. and Duchesse de Pomar, d. 1895)'''. *The Mystery of the Ages contained in the secret doctrine of all religions. London: C. L. H. Wallace, 1877. 8vo. xxxii, 541 pp. | |||
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'''Cassels, Walter Richard'''. English theological critic, b. London, Sept. 4, 1826; d. 1907. Belonged to a mercantile family. Early literary aptitude; became connected as partner with firm of Peel, Cassels and Co., at Bombay, until 1865. Active in legislative council of Bombay, 1863-65. Returned to London to live. Published in 1874 anonymously two vols, of 'Supernatural Religion; an Inquiry into the Reality of Divine Revelation, impugning credibility of miracles and authenticity of New Testament; aroused instant attention; credited with high scholarship. Work had six editions by 1875. A third vol. was added in 1877; a rev. ed. of the complete work appeared in 1879. Lively controversy ensued with Joseph Barber Lightfoot, 1874 to 1889, though no one knew one of the parties was Cassels. | |||
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Other works: The Gospel according to Peter, 1894.—Poems. 1856.—Eidolon, or the Course of a Soul, 1850.—“Virgin Birth of Jesus,” Nineteenth Century, January 1903. | |||
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'''Cicero, Marcus Tullius (107 B.C.-43 b.c.)'''. *De Natura Deorum. Parallel Latin and English texts in the Loeb Classical Library. | |||
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'''Cocker, Rev. Benjamin F. (1821-83)'''. *Christianity and Greek Philosophy; or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and his apostles. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1870. 8vo. | |||
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'''<nowiki>*</nowiki>Codex Nazaraeus''', “Liber Adami” appellatus, Syriace transcriptus . . . Latineque redditus a Matthias Norberg. 3 vols. Londini Gotho- rum, 1815, 16. 4to. Text is transcribed into Syrian character, and the Mandaean dialect of the original is merely translated into High Syrian. The Book is called Sittra Rabba or the “Great Book” by the Mandaeans themselves. (British Museum: 753.f.2.) | |||
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'''Collins, (William) Wilkie'''. English novelist, b. London, Jan. 8, 1824; d. Sept. 23, 1889. Educated at Highbury; travelled for three years with parents in Italy. At seventeen, apprenticed to a firm engaged in tea trade. Wrote then his first novel, Antonina (publ. only in 1850). Studied law at Lincoln’s Inn, and was called to the bar, 1851, when he also met Charles Dickens with whom he formed ties of intimate friendship, resulting in literary collaboration on several works. Came to the U.S.A., 1873-74. Considered as father of English detective story. Best known works: The Woman in White (1860); The Moonstone (1868). | |||
Passage quoted by H. P. B. from Collins’ writings has not been identified owing to complete lack of reference as to source. | |||
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'''Conway, Moncure Daniel'''. American clergyman and author, b. Meh. 17, 1832, Stafford Co., Virginia; d. Nov. 15, 1907, at Paris. Grad. Dickinson Coll., 1849; stud, law one year; became Methodist minister in Virginia; owing mainly to Emerson’s influence, entered Harvard Divinity School, 1853; grad., 1854; his abolitionist views aroused bitter hostility and brought dismissal from Unitarian Church, Washington, D.C.; minister First Congreg. Church, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1856-61; edited The Dial and the Commonwealth, Boston. During Civil War lectured in England on behalf of the North; minister, So. Place Chapel, Finsbury, London, 1863-84. Travelled extensively in various parts of the world. Returned to U.S.A., 1884. His Autobiography contains sketches of important figures of the 19th century, by whom he was esteemed as leader of liberal thought. Author of: Idols and Ideals, N.Y., H. Hold & Co., 1871.-—Republican Superstitions, Lond., H. S. King & Co., 1872.—The Wandering Jew, N.Y., H. Holt & Co., 1881.—The Life of Thomas Paine, N.Y., London, G. P. Putnam’s sons, 1892, 2 vols. {{Page aside|432}}—Autobiography, Boston & N.Y., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1904.— My Pilgrimage to the Wise Men of the East, Boston & N.Y., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1906, viii, 416.—*“A Tour Round the World—The Theosophists,” The Glasgow Herald, No. 88, April 11, 1884 (dated from Adyar, January, 1884). | |||
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'''Coulomb, Madame Emma'''. *Some Account of My Association with Madame Blavatsky from 1872 to 1884; with a number of Additional Letters and a Full Explanation of the most Marvellous Theosophical Phenomena. Published for the Proprietors of the Madras Christian College Magazine, by Elliot Stock, 62, Paternoster Row, London, E. C., 1885 [issued, acc. to Col. H. S. Olcott’s Diaries, December 23, 1884]. | |||
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'''Denton, William (1823-1883) and Elizabeth M'''. Foote Denton. *The Soul of Things, or, Psychometric Researches and Discoveries. 3rd ed., rev., Boston: Walker, Wise and Co., 1866, viii, 370 pp. *Divine Pymander, The. Translated from Arabic by Dr. Everard, 1650. | |||
New ed., London: Geo. Redway, 1884. | |||
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'''Dondukov-Korsakov, Prince Alexander Mihaylovich (1820-1893)'''. Distinguished Russian military man and administrator. First aide- de-camp, 1869, to the Viceroy of the Caucasus, Prince Mihail Semyonovich Vorontzov; then Governor-General of the Provinces of Kiev, Podol’ and Volin’; Imperial Russian Commissar in Bulgaria, 1878; Commander of the military forces of the Caucasian military district, 1882-90, and Director of civil authorities in the Caucasus. General of Cavalry. Great friend of H. P. B. and of her family. | |||
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'''Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan (1859-1930)'''. *“The Silver Hatchet,” in the Christmas Annual, 1883. | |||
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'''Draper, John William'''. American scientist, b. May 5, 1811, at St. Helen’s near Liverpool; d. Jan. 4, 1882, at Hastings, N.Y. Studied at Woodhouse Grove, Univ, of London, and the Medical School of the Univ, of Penna., 1835-36; elected Med. Prof., N.Y. University, 1837; Prof, of Chemistry, 1839; Prof. N.Y. School of Medicine, 1840-50; President of that School, 1850-73, and Prof, of Chern, until 1881. Made important researches in photo-chemistry. Among the first ones to take human portrait by light, made possible by his improvements on Daguerre’s process. Responsible to a great extent for prominence of N.Y.C. as center of medical education. Works: A Treatise on the Forces which Produce the Organization in Plants, N.Y., Harper & Bros., 1844.—A Text Book on Chemistry, N.Y., Harper & Bros., 1846, etc.—* History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, 1863; 5th ed., N.Y., Harper & Bros., 1869.—History of the Conflict between Religion and Science, N.Y., D. Appleton & Co., 1875, etc.—Scientific Memoirs, N.Y., Harper & Bros., 1878, 8vo. | |||
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NOTE ON THE TRANSLITERATION OF SANSKRIT
The system of diacritical marks used in the Bibliographies and the Index (with square brackets), as well as in the English translations of original French and Russian texts, does not strictly follow any one specific scholar, to the exclusion of all others. While adhering to a very large extent to Sir Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary, as for instance in the case of the Anusvâra, the transliteration adopted includes forms introduced by other Sanskrit scholars as well, being therefore of a selective nature.
It should also be noted that the diacritical mark for a long “a” was in the early days a circumflex, and therefore all of H.P.B.’s writings embody this sound in the form of “â.” No change has been made from this earlier notation to its more modern form of the “macron,” or line over the “a.” Such a change would have necessitated too many alterations, and almost certainly would have produced confusion; therefore the older usage has been adhered to throughout.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ORIENTAL WORKS
Realizing that it will assist the earnest student to have a list of selected editions of Oriental Works, most of which are not readily obtainable, the following Bibliography has been prepared. No attempt has been made to include all the known editions. Those mentioned below represent, therefore, only some of the most noteworthy publications. In a few instances, no definite information could be secured. Translations are in the English language, unless otherwise stated. Certain Serial Publications of Oriental Writings are indicated by italicized capital letters following the editions. Many of the works referred to may be consulted for a short time by means of Inter-Library Loans. To facilitate this, Institutions and Libraries where such works may be obtained, are indicated within square brackets.
The Key to the Abbreviations used is as follows:
Ed.—stands for Editions of the original text in Devanagari characters.
Roman—indicates the text to be in Roman characters.
AOS—Library of the American Oriental Society, New Haven, Conn.
B—Boston Public Library, Boston, Mass.
BM—Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Mass.
C—Columbia University Library, New York City, N. Y.
Ch—University of Chicago Library, Chicago, Ill.
H —Harvard University Library, Cambridge, Mass.
JHU—Johns Hopkins University Library, Baltimore, Md.
NYP—New York Public Library, New York City, N. Y.
Pea—Peabody Institute, Baltimore, Md.
UP—University of Pennsylvania Library, Philadelphia, Pa.
Cl—Cleveland Public Library, Cleveland, Ohio.
Cong—Library of Congress, Washington, D. C.
Y—Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn.
424 AnSS—Ananddsrama Sanskrit Series, Poona.
Bibl. 1nd.—Bibliotheca Indica; a collection of original works (in Sanskrit, Hindi, Persian, and Arabic) publ. by the Asiatic Society of Bengal. Calcutta, Benares, Tungoo, London and Hertford, 1845—. Old and New Series, 4to and 8vo.
PTS—Pali Text Society Publications, London, 1882—. Text and Translation Series, 8vo.
SBE—Sacred Books of the East·, translated by various Oriental scholars, and edited by F. Max Müller. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879-90.
SBH—Sacred Books of the Hindus: translated by various Sanskrit scholars, edited by Mai. B. D. Basu, I.M.S. (Retired). Allahabad: Panini office.
Atmânâtma-vivêka (Samkarâchârya). Trans, together with his Atma- bodha by Mohini M. Chatterjee . . . 66. Bombay: Bombay Theosophical Publ. Fund, 1904. [NYP.C1.]
Atthakathâ. Old Ceylonese commentary-literature on the canonical writings of Buddhism, more especially the Atthakathâ-Mahàvansa.
Avatamsaka-Sûtra. The third section of the Tibetan Kanjur; a collection including a number of works with individual titles. The two works of the collection known to Western scholars are Ganda- vyûha and Bhadrachari. The Avatamsaka was closely associated with the Yogâchâra School founded by Aryasamgha, and was especially important in China.
Bhagavad-Gîtâ. Transi, with Samkarâchârya’s Commentary, by A. Mahâdeva Sâstrî. 2nd ed. Mysore, 1901. Vedic Religion Series, I.
Bhâgavatapurâna. Edited by Bâlakrsiia Sâstrî Yogi. 2nd ed., 710. Bombay: Nirnayasâgara Press, 1898 [C.].—Prose English Transi. Ed. and publ. by Manmatha Nath Dutt ... 2 vols., Calcutta: Elysium Press, 1895-96. Wealth of India [C.NYP.C1.H.BM.]. — Srimad Bhagavatam. Transi, by S. Subba Rau. 2 vols. Tirupati, India: Lakshmana Rao, 1928.—Le Bhâgavata Purâna . . . traduit et publié par M. Eugène Burnouf . . . Vols. 1-3. Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1840, 1844, 1847. Vols. 4-5. Ed. by M. Hauvette-Besnault and P. Roussel. Paris: Imprimerie Nationale, 1884, 1898 (lacks text from book 10, chapt. 49). [UP.Cong.Cl.H.].
425 Brahma Dharma Grantha. Scriptural Book used by the Brahmo Samâj of India. Originally compiled from other Sacred Writings by Debendra Nath Tagore (Devendra nâtha Thakur), known as the Pradhânâchârya (chief minister or guru).
Chhândogyopanishad. With the commentary of Sankara Acharya and the gloss of Ananda Giri. Edited by Dr. E. Röer. 628, 7. Calcutta: Asiatic Society of Bengal, 1850. Bibi. Ind. work 3, 0. S. nos. 14, 15, 17, 20, 23, 25. [Y.AOS.NYP.JHU.Pea.Cong.Cl.Ch.H.].—The twelve principal Uparti shads (English transi.) with notes from the commentaries of Sankarâchârya and the gloss of Anandagiri. Publ. by Tookaram Tatya . . . Bombay: Bombay Theosophical Publication Fund, 1891. (Reprints from Bibliotheca Indica of translation of several Upanishads, incl. the Chhândogyopanishad.) Reprinted, 1906. [C.UP.Cl.Ch.].—The Upanishads. Transi, by F. Max Müller. Part I: includes this part. Upanishad. Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1879. SBE 1. (Part II, 1884. SBE 15.).
Harivansa. Text in editions of Mahabharata.—Trans, by Μ. N. Dutt. Calcutta: H. C. Dass, 1897 [C.NYP.Cl.Ch.H.].
Hi-Shai Sutra. No definite information, owing to uncertainty of title.
Kiu-ti or Khiu-ti. Generic title of a Tibetan series of occult works, well known even exoterically and containing profound esoteric teachings under the form of allegory and symbolism. One of the first works of the Kiu-ti series is the Book of Dzyan (Tibetan or Mongolian way of pronouncing the Sanskrit word Dhyâna), especially selected by H. P. B. to write from because it contains the original archaic teachings, admittedly covered up in the Kiu-ti scriptures with a great deal of extraneous material. The real occult part of the Book of Dzyan is one of the first of the Kiu-ti volumes and deals mainly with cosmogony.
Mahàvansa. Ed. by Wilhelm Geiger. London: for Pâli Text Soc., Oxford Univ. Press, 1908 (Roman). PTS 63.—Trans, by Wilhelm Geiger and Mabel Bode. London: Oxford Univ. Press, 1912. PTS., trans, ser. (3). [both Y.C.NYP.JHU.Pea.Cong.Cl.Ch.H.]
Mânavadharmasâstra or Manusmriti (Manu). The most important and earliest of the metrical Smritis, prob, based on a Manavadhar- masûtra. Closely connected with the Mahabharata, of which three books alone (iii, xii, xvi) contain as many as 260 of its 2684 slokas. Prob, assumed its present shape not much later than 200 A.D. Text crit. edited by J. Jolly. London: Trübner and Co., 1887. Trübner’s Orient. Ser.—Trans, by G. Bühler. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1886. SBE 25.
426 Matsya Purana. Ed. by Jivänanda Vidyäsägara. Calcutta: Saraswati Press, 1876 [Cl.Ch.H.].·—Trans, by a Taluqdar of Oudh. Allahabad: Panini Off., 1916-17. SBH Vol. 17 [C.NYP.UP.Cong.Cl. Ch.H.BM.].
Padma Purana. Ed. by Visvanätha Narayana Mandalika. 4 vols. Poona: Anandasrama Press, 1893, 1894. Anss extra 1. [Y.C.JHU. Ch.H.B.]. No translation listed.
Rigveda-Samhitä. Ed. by F. Max Müller (Samhitä and pada texts in nägari). 2nd ed. London: Trübner and Co., 1877. 2 vols. 8vo.— Ed. by Theodor Aufrecht (Samhitä text in transliteration). 2nd ed. Bonn: Adolph Marcus, 1877, 2 vols. [both Y.C.NYP.UP.Cong. H.].—Trans, by H. H. Wilson. London: Trübner and Co., and Wm. H. Allen and Co., 1850, 54, 57, 66, 88 [AOS.Cong.H.].— Trans, by R. T. H. Griffith. Benares: E. J. Lazarus and Co., 188992 [C.JHU.UP.].—Trans, by F. Max Müller and Hermann Oldenberg. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1891, 1897. SBE 32, 46.
Shing-Tao-ki (Wang-Puh). No information available.
Vayu-Purdna. Ed. by R. Mitra. Calcutta: As. Soc. of Bengal, 1880, 1888. 2 vols. Bibi. Ind. 85 [Y.AOS.NYP.JHU.Pea.Cong.H.].
Vishnu-Purana. Ed. by Jivänanda Vidyäsägara. Calcutta: Saraswati Press, 1882 [Cl.BM.].—Trans, by H. H. Wilson. Ed. by Fitzedward Hall. London: Trübner and Co., 1864, 65, 66, 68, 70. Works of the late H.H. Wilson [ Y.AOS.NYP.Pea.Cong.H.].
Yajurveda (Black). (a) Taittiriyasamhita. Ed. by Albrecht Weber. Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus, 1871-72 (Roman). Indische Studien, Vols. 11-12 [Y.AOS.NYP.JHU.UP.Cong.H.]. — Trans, by A. B. Keith. Cambridge, Mass.: Harv. Univ., 1914. HSO 18. 19.— (Z>) Maitrayanisamhitä. Ed by Leopold von Schroeder. Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus, 1881, 83, 85, 86. 4 vols. [Y.NYP.JHU.UP.H.].—Ed. by E. Röer and E. B. Cowell. Bibi. Ind. 26, Old Ser. [Y.AOS.NYP. JHU.Cong.H.].
Yajurveda (White). Ed. by Albrecht Weber. Berlin: F. Dümmler; London: William and Norgate, 1852, [Y.C.NYP.JHU.UP.Cong.H.]. —Trans, by R. T. H. Griffith. Benares: E. J. Lazarus and Co., 1899 [Y.C.UP.Cong.H.].
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GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY
The material contained in the following pages is of necessity a selective one, and is intended to serve three purposes: (a) to give condensed information, not otherwise readily available, about the life and writings of some individuals mentioned by H. P. B. in the text, and who are practically unknown to the present-day student; (b) to give similar data about a few well-known scholars who are discussed at length by H. P. B., and whose writings she constantly quotes; and (c) to give full information regarding all works and periodicals quoted or referred to in the main text and in the Compiler’s Notes, with or without biographical data of their authors. All such works are marked with an asterisk (*).
*Acta Sanctorum quotquot toto orbe coluntur, etc. . . . digessit, notis illustravit Joannes Bollandus . . . servata primigenia scriptorum phrasi. Operara et Studium contulit Godefridus Henschenius . . . Editio novissima, curante Joanne Carnandet . . . Parisiis: V. Palmé, 1863, etc.—Orig. ed. Antwerpiae: Joanneus Meursium, 1643, etc.
*Ante-Nicene Fathers, The. Translations of the Writings of the Fathers down to A.D. 325. Rev. Alexander Roberts and James Donaldson, Editors. Amer, reprod. of the Edinburgh edition, rev. with Notes by A. Cleveland Coxe. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1908-13. 10 vols.
Bauer, Bruno. German theologian and historian, b. Sept. 6, 1809, at Eisenberg, Saxe-Altenburg; d. Apr. 13, 1882, at Rixdorf, near Berlin. Studied at Berlin, attaching himself to “Right” of Hegelian school, under P. Marheineke. Taught at Berlin as licentiate of theology, 1834; transí, to Bonn, 1839; license revoked, 1841, because of destructive criticism of his first two works. Retired for remainder of life. Works: Kritik der evangelischen Geschichte der Synoptiker, 3 vols., Leipzig, 8vo.; 2nd ed., Leipzig: 0. Wigand, 1846.—Geschichte der Politik, Kultur und Aufklärung des 18ten Jahrhunderts, 2 vols. Charlottenburg: E. Bauer, 1843-45.—Christus und die Caesaren, 2nd ed., Berlin, 1879.
Beal, Samuel (1825-1889). *Si-yu-ki. Buddhist Records of the Western World. Translated from the Chinese of Hiuen Tsiang (a.d. 629). London, 1885; Trübner & Co., 1906. 2 vols.
Bichat, Marie-Franqois-Xavier. French physiologist and anatomist b. at Thoirette (Jura), Nov. 11, 1771. d. July 1802. Went to Paris, 1793; became favorite pupil of P. J. Desault, who adopted 428him as his son. Collected and edited the Surgical Works of Desault, 1797, and began lecturing on anatomy, surgery and physiology in a School established by himself. Developed new and important ideas on anatomy of tissues, and on distinction between organic and animal functions. Was first to reduce organs of body to their elementary tissues and explained chemical, physical and vital properties of each primitive tissue. Appointed physician to the Hôtel-Dieu, 1799. Impaired his health by application to studies and died prematurely. Works: Recherches physiologiques . . . sur la vie et la mort, 1800.— Anatomie générale appliquée à la physiologie et à la médecine. 4 vols., 1801-12.
*Book of Law, The. No information available.
*Book of the Dead, The, The Chapters of coming forth by Day. The English text according to the Theban recension in hieroglyphic edited from numerous papyri, with a translation, vocabulary, etc., by E. A. Wallis Budge. Plates. 3 vols. London: Kegan Paul & Co., 1898. 8-vo. 2nd ed., rev. and enl. 7 vols., 1909-11. 8-vo. (Books on Egypt and Chaldaea, vols. 6-8, 28-31).
Bretschneider, Karl Gottlieb. German theologian, b. Feb. 11, 1776, at Gersdorf, Saxony; d. Jan. 22, 1848, at Gotha. Lectured on philosophy and theology at Wittenberg, 1804-06; pastor at Schneeberg, Saxony, 1806-08; Supt. Annaberg, Saxony, 1808-16; Genl. Supt. at Gotha until his death. While recognizing supernatural element in the Bible, allowed critical exercise of reason in interpreting its dogmas. Works: Handbuch der Dogmatik der evan· gelisch-lutherischen Kirche, 2 vols. Leipzig, 1882. 8vo.—Lexicon Manuale Graeco-Latinum in libros Novi Testamenti, 2 vols. Leipzig, 1824, 8vo.—Lehrbuch der Religion und der Geschichte der chris- lichen Kirche, Gotha, 1824, 8vo.
Brown, William Tournay. Born in Glasgow, May 16, 1857, of elderly parents; had two older brothers; father was clerk at 200 pounds a year in Forth & Clyde Canal Co.; mother was daughter of wealthy Glasgow weaver. Began his education at dame school at age of 4; at 7 sent to Glasgow Academy; at 14 left school to serve law articles with solicitor firm of Bannatynes Kirkwood & Mcjannett, Glasgow, attending meanwhile classes at Glasgow University. When father died, Jan., 1877, took up serious studies for degree in law. Death of mother two years later turned his mind to religion; rebelled against narrow Presbyterianism he was raised in. Lived with a family friend, Dr. M., whom he considered for a time as the “ideal Christian.” Broke with him, after trip to America, 1882, and considered himself psychologized and mesmerized by the doctor; went through a period of great depression. About this time, came into contact with a young man from London, Samuel Baildon, student of magnetism and a vegetarian, and also 429with James Coates, a Spiritualist and Prof, of Phrenology. Was advised by them to leave Glasgow. Went to London and stayed with Dr. and Mrs. Nichols, where he was soon restored to health. It is from this time that dates his serious interest in the occult. (Vide pp. 31-32 of the present volume for data on Mr. Brown’s sojourn in India.) On Jan. 4, 1885, left India on his way to the U.S.A., via China and Japan. In America, he went through various changes of mind regarding his future, and decided once again to devote himself to self-development, and to return to India. Reached London, July 6, 1885; after seeing A. P. Sinnett, went to Elberfeld, to see Mrs. Gebhard. Began to waver again in his decision and started touring Europe instead. At Naples, underwent one of the most sudden changes of mind in his whole experience; determined to leave for India, he decided in the shipping company’s office not to board the steamer that was about to sail. After travelling for some time in Italy and Switzerland, he settled down at Freiburg, August, 1885, to write an account of his life. Early in 1886, came once more to the United States and associated himself with Mrs. Josephine W. Cables who had established in 1882 the Rochester Branch of the T.S. and was publishing, since April, 1884, The Occult IT ord. Mr. Brown eventually went back to England, and later to India, where he married an Eurasian lady. As far as is known, he returned to the fold of orthodox Christianity. No further information regarding his later career seems to be available. His writings include the following: *Some Experiences in India. London: Printed under the authority of the London Lodge of the Theosophical Society, 1884, 19 pp. Very scarce. Copy of original in the Adyar Library. Text reprinted in The Canadian Theosophist, Vol. XXVIII, June, 1947.—The Theosophical Society: An Explanatory Treatise. Madras: National Press, 1884(?), 14 pp. Scarce. Orig. in Adyar Library.—*My Life. Printed by D. Lauber, Freiburg, Baden, Germany, Fall of 1885, 64 pp. Very scarce. Orig. in Adyar Library.
Buchanan, Joseph Rodes. American physician and writer; b. at Frankfort, Ky., Dec. 11, 1814, of Virginia family. As infant prodigy, he was versed in Geometry and Astronomy at the age of six; took up sociology and began study of law at twelve. After death of father, 1829, supported himself as printer, then as school-teacher. Became interested in phrenology and cerebral physiology, entered Medical School of Univ, of Louisville, graduating in 1842. In college laid foundations for psychometry and sarcognomy, two new sciences, the latter dealing with sympathetic relations between parts of body and soul, healing disease by dispersive passes over body. Lectured on both subjects and established periodical, *The Journal of Man. Joined faculty of Eclectic Med. Inst, of Cincinnati, 1846; forced out, 1856, because of disposition and 430turbulent history of Institute. Started rival Eclectic College of Medicine, then removed to Louisville and in 1863 ran for Congress as Peace Party candidate. Went to Syracuse, N.Y. and manufactured salt. Became prof, of physiology in Eclectic Med. Coll, of New York City, 1867. Established his own college of therapeutics, 1881, in Boston. On acc. of poor health, removed to Kansas City, 1892; and to San José, Calif., 1893, where he lived until his death, Dec. 26, 1899. Marr, three times. His medical theories may have influenced Albert Abrams. Works: 'Outlines of lectures on the neurological system of anthropology, as discovered, demonstrated and taught in 1841 and 1842. Cincinnati: printed at the Office of the Journal of Man, 1854, 2 p., 384 pp., ill.—'Moral Education·. its laws and methods. New York, 1882. 395 pp.—Therapeutic Sarcognomy . . . practice ... by the vital nerve aura. Vol. 1st. Boston: The author, 1884. 269 pp.; also 1891—'Manual of Psy- chometry·. the dawn of a new civilization. Publ. by the author. Boston, 1885.—Primitive Christianity. San José, 1898. Semi-Spiritualistic. incl. lives of Apostles which he said had been dictated to him by themselves.—Various lectures, such as Periodicity (San José, 1897). Vide Harvey W. Felter, Hist, of the Eel. Med. Inst., 1902; Kelly and Burrage, Amer. Medic. Biogrs., 1920.
Bulwer Lytton (Edward George Earle Lytton, 1st Baron, 1803-73). *Zanoni. London, 1842. 8vo; also 1856; rev. ed., 1880.
Busk, R. H. *“Ghosts in Catholic Countries,” in Notes and Queries, 6th Ser., Vol. VIII, August 25, 1883. Quoting Unheard-of Curiosities of Jacques Gaffarel (q.v.).
Caithness, Countess Marie of (Marie Sinclair, Countess of C. and Duchesse de Pomar, d. 1895). *The Mystery of the Ages contained in the secret doctrine of all religions. London: C. L. H. Wallace, 1877. 8vo. xxxii, 541 pp.
Cassels, Walter Richard. English theological critic, b. London, Sept. 4, 1826; d. 1907. Belonged to a mercantile family. Early literary aptitude; became connected as partner with firm of Peel, Cassels and Co., at Bombay, until 1865. Active in legislative council of Bombay, 1863-65. Returned to London to live. Published in 1874 anonymously two vols, of 'Supernatural Religion; an Inquiry into the Reality of Divine Revelation, impugning credibility of miracles and authenticity of New Testament; aroused instant attention; credited with high scholarship. Work had six editions by 1875. A third vol. was added in 1877; a rev. ed. of the complete work appeared in 1879. Lively controversy ensued with Joseph Barber Lightfoot, 1874 to 1889, though no one knew one of the parties was Cassels.
431 Other works: The Gospel according to Peter, 1894.—Poems. 1856.—Eidolon, or the Course of a Soul, 1850.—“Virgin Birth of Jesus,” Nineteenth Century, January 1903.
Cicero, Marcus Tullius (107 B.C.-43 b.c.). *De Natura Deorum. Parallel Latin and English texts in the Loeb Classical Library.
Cocker, Rev. Benjamin F. (1821-83). *Christianity and Greek Philosophy; or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and his apostles. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1870. 8vo.
*Codex Nazaraeus, “Liber Adami” appellatus, Syriace transcriptus . . . Latineque redditus a Matthias Norberg. 3 vols. Londini Gotho- rum, 1815, 16. 4to. Text is transcribed into Syrian character, and the Mandaean dialect of the original is merely translated into High Syrian. The Book is called Sittra Rabba or the “Great Book” by the Mandaeans themselves. (British Museum: 753.f.2.)
Collins, (William) Wilkie. English novelist, b. London, Jan. 8, 1824; d. Sept. 23, 1889. Educated at Highbury; travelled for three years with parents in Italy. At seventeen, apprenticed to a firm engaged in tea trade. Wrote then his first novel, Antonina (publ. only in 1850). Studied law at Lincoln’s Inn, and was called to the bar, 1851, when he also met Charles Dickens with whom he formed ties of intimate friendship, resulting in literary collaboration on several works. Came to the U.S.A., 1873-74. Considered as father of English detective story. Best known works: The Woman in White (1860); The Moonstone (1868).
Passage quoted by H. P. B. from Collins’ writings has not been identified owing to complete lack of reference as to source.
Conway, Moncure Daniel. American clergyman and author, b. Meh. 17, 1832, Stafford Co., Virginia; d. Nov. 15, 1907, at Paris. Grad. Dickinson Coll., 1849; stud, law one year; became Methodist minister in Virginia; owing mainly to Emerson’s influence, entered Harvard Divinity School, 1853; grad., 1854; his abolitionist views aroused bitter hostility and brought dismissal from Unitarian Church, Washington, D.C.; minister First Congreg. Church, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1856-61; edited The Dial and the Commonwealth, Boston. During Civil War lectured in England on behalf of the North; minister, So. Place Chapel, Finsbury, London, 1863-84. Travelled extensively in various parts of the world. Returned to U.S.A., 1884. His Autobiography contains sketches of important figures of the 19th century, by whom he was esteemed as leader of liberal thought. Author of: Idols and Ideals, N.Y., H. Hold & Co., 1871.-—Republican Superstitions, Lond., H. S. King & Co., 1872.—The Wandering Jew, N.Y., H. Holt & Co., 1881.—The Life of Thomas Paine, N.Y., London, G. P. Putnam’s sons, 1892, 2 vols. 432—Autobiography, Boston & N.Y., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1904.— My Pilgrimage to the Wise Men of the East, Boston & N.Y., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1906, viii, 416.—*“A Tour Round the World—The Theosophists,” The Glasgow Herald, No. 88, April 11, 1884 (dated from Adyar, January, 1884).
Coulomb, Madame Emma. *Some Account of My Association with Madame Blavatsky from 1872 to 1884; with a number of Additional Letters and a Full Explanation of the most Marvellous Theosophical Phenomena. Published for the Proprietors of the Madras Christian College Magazine, by Elliot Stock, 62, Paternoster Row, London, E. C., 1885 [issued, acc. to Col. H. S. Olcott’s Diaries, December 23, 1884].
Denton, William (1823-1883) and Elizabeth M. Foote Denton. *The Soul of Things, or, Psychometric Researches and Discoveries. 3rd ed., rev., Boston: Walker, Wise and Co., 1866, viii, 370 pp. *Divine Pymander, The. Translated from Arabic by Dr. Everard, 1650. New ed., London: Geo. Redway, 1884.
Dondukov-Korsakov, Prince Alexander Mihaylovich (1820-1893). Distinguished Russian military man and administrator. First aide- de-camp, 1869, to the Viceroy of the Caucasus, Prince Mihail Semyonovich Vorontzov; then Governor-General of the Provinces of Kiev, Podol’ and Volin’; Imperial Russian Commissar in Bulgaria, 1878; Commander of the military forces of the Caucasian military district, 1882-90, and Director of civil authorities in the Caucasus. General of Cavalry. Great friend of H. P. B. and of her family.
Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan (1859-1930). *“The Silver Hatchet,” in the Christmas Annual, 1883.
Draper, John William. American scientist, b. May 5, 1811, at St. Helen’s near Liverpool; d. Jan. 4, 1882, at Hastings, N.Y. Studied at Woodhouse Grove, Univ, of London, and the Medical School of the Univ, of Penna., 1835-36; elected Med. Prof., N.Y. University, 1837; Prof, of Chemistry, 1839; Prof. N.Y. School of Medicine, 1840-50; President of that School, 1850-73, and Prof, of Chern, until 1881. Made important researches in photo-chemistry. Among the first ones to take human portrait by light, made possible by his improvements on Daguerre’s process. Responsible to a great extent for prominence of N.Y.C. as center of medical education. Works: A Treatise on the Forces which Produce the Organization in Plants, N.Y., Harper & Bros., 1844.—A Text Book on Chemistry, N.Y., Harper & Bros., 1846, etc.—* History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, 1863; 5th ed., N.Y., Harper & Bros., 1869.—History of the Conflict between Religion and Science, N.Y., D. Appleton & Co., 1875, etc.—Scientific Memoirs, N.Y., Harper & Bros., 1878, 8vo.
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