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Constantine, A. +

This name credited to the publications in ''The Theosophist'', [[Theosophist/Vol3|vol. 3]] (1881–1882). +

Continents +

In the Buddhist cosmogony, according to Gautama Buddha’s exoteric doctrine, there are numberless systems of worlds (or ''Sakwala'') all of which are born, mature, decay, and are destroyed periodically. Orientalists translate the teaching about “the four great continents which do not communicate with each other”, as meaning that “upon the earth there are four great continents” (see Hardy’s ''Eastern Monachism'', p. 4), while the doctrine means simply that around or ''above ''the earth there are on either side four worlds, i.e., the earth appearing as the fourth on each side of the arc [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Contribution à l’Histoire de la Société Théosophique en France +

Contains a reprint of [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]]’s controversy with Tremeschini; [[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]] supplements it from clippings in her Scrapbooks. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Zirkoff B. - Compilers Note (1)#479|BCW 4:479]]) +

Conversations Lexicon +

Listed without further bibliographical information (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.11)#570|11:570]][[SMW::on]]). +

Conway, Moncure D. +

American writer, abolitionist and religious reformer. He served as a Unitarian minister and became a leading advocate of freethought. American clergyman and author (1832-1907), an abolitionist and advocate of liberal thought. His works include a life of Thomas Paine, an autobiography, and accounts of travels and religious inquiry. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.6)#431|6:431-432]][[SMW::on]]). +

Cook, Joseph +

Boston preacher who visited India in 1882 and publicly attacked Spiritualism and the Theosophical Society. His allegations prompted replies from the Society’s founders and members. Attacked Theosophy and D. M. Bennett in Bombay in January 1882. The Theosophical Society held a reply meeting on 20 January; the following day [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]] and [[Olcott, Henry Steel|H. S. Olcott]] followed Cook to Poona. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Zirkoff B. - Chronological Survey & Key to Abbreviations (BCW vol.3)|BCW 3:xxvii-xxviii]]) +

Cook, L. S. +

This name credited to the publications in ''The Theosophist'', [[Theosophist/Vol7|vol. 7]] (1885–1886). +

Cook, Sidney Albert +

As vice-president of the Theosophical Society at Adyar, supplied material and information from the Adyar Archives for Volume V of [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]]’s Collected Writings. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Zirkoff B. - Foreword (BCW vol.5)#xxiii|BCW 5:xxiii]]) +

Cooke, Josiah Parsons +

*''The New Chemistry'', 1872; 2nd ed., London, 1874. See Vol. IX, p. 240, for biogr. sketch. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.1)#450|1:450]][[SMW::on]]). Author of ''The New Chemistry'' (1872; second edition, London, 1874); Zirkoff refers to BCW IX, p. 240, for a biographical sketch. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.4)#640|4:640]][[SMW::on]]). American chemist and professor of chemistry and mineralogy at Harvard, an advocate of laboratory instruction in higher education (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.9)#410|9:410]][[SMW::on]]). +

Cooper, Laura +

With [[Besant, Annie|A. Besant]] was placed in charge of the Working Women’s Club opened with [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]]’s participation at 193 Bow Road, London, on 16 August 1890. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Zirkoff B. - Chronological Survey & Key to Abbrev (BCW vol.12)#xxv|BCW 12:xxv]]) +

Cooper-Oakley, Alfred John +

English Theosophist who accompanied H. P. Blavatsky to India with his wife Isabel in 1884. Served as a Recording Secretary of the Theosophical Society and studied with T. Subba Row. Bibliographical references include: “Sankhya and Yoga Philosophy,” lecture before the Convention of the Theos. Society, Adyar, India, December, 1887; publ. in The Theosophist, Vol. IX, March, 1888, pp. 342-56 (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.9)#410|9:410]][[SMW::on]]). Resigned the editorship of The Theosophist in April 1888, having edited it during [[Olcott, Henry Steel|H. S. Olcott]]’s stay at Ootacamund. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Zirkoff B. - Chronological Survey & Key to Abbreviations (BCW vol.9)#xxiv|BCW 9:xxiv]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - Correspondence (1)#166|BCW 9:166]]) +

Cooper-Oakley, Isabel +

English Theosophist, lecturer and writer, associated closely with H. P. Blavatsky. Joined the Theosophical Society in 1884 and accompanied Blavatsky to India that year. Wrote on the Comte de Saint-Germain, Freemasonry and medieval mysticism. Left Adyar for London on 21 December 1887 after a brief visit with her husband. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Zirkoff B. - Chronological Survey & Key to Abbreviations (BCW vol.8)#xxiii|BCW 8:xxiii]]) Identified as the I.C.O. mentioned in [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]]’s manuscript The Facts Brought Before Masters. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - The Facts Brought Before Masters#59|BCW 12:59]]) +

Coquerel, Athanase Josué +

French Protestant theologian and advocate of religious freedom (1820-1875). He helped establish the ''Nouvelle Revue de théologie'' in 1852; after being barred from ministry by the Paris Consistory in 1864, he continued preaching with the support of the Union Protestante Libérale. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.3)#501|3:501]][[SMW::on]]). +

Corbyn, George +

Author of an article entitled “Rosicrucianism” criticising Hiraf and [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]]’s reply. In her annotation to the cutting she referred to her Masonic diploma ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Zirkoff B. - H.P.B. and Her Masonic Diploma#281|BCW 1:281]]). +

Corelli, Marie +

Bibliographical references include: The Romance of Two Worlds. New York: H.M. Caldwell, 1887. 324 pp. ill.; 30th ed. 1910 (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.8)#434|8:434]][[SMW::on]]). +

Cornelis, K. K. +

This name credited to the publications in ''The Theosophist'', [[Theosophist/Vol4|vol. 4]] (1882–1883). +

Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum +

A four-volume collection initiated by A. Böckh (Berlin, 1828–1877). Volume IV collects Christian inscriptions numbered 8606–9893; this is the work referred to in the [[Massey, Gerald|G. Massey]] essay quoted by [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]]. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Zirkoff B. - Compilers Notes (4)#231|BCW 8:231]]) +

Corson, Caroline Rollins +

Wife of [[Corson, Hiram|H. Corson]], a translator and author of literary articles. The Corsons were close friends of [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]] during her early American period ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Zirkoff B. - The Diaries of H. P. Blavatsky#437|BCW 1:437]]). +

Corson, Eugene Rollin +

*''Some Unpublished Letters of Helena Petrovna Blavatsky''. With an Introduction and Commentary. London: Rider & Co. [1929], 255 pp., facs. & ill. Son of Prof. Hiram Corson. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.1)#450|1:450]][[SMW::on]]). +

Corson, Hiram +

American educator and author. Professor of rhetoric and English literature at Cornell University from 1870 to 1903. Hosted H.P.B. at his home in Ithaca, N.Y., in the Fall of 1875, where she began writing ''Isis Unveiled'' in earnest. A convinced Spiritualist following the death of his daughter in 1874, he later sided with the Spiritualists against H.P.B. and published accusations of bad faith in the ''Banner of Light''. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.1)#450|1:450-453]][[SMW::on]]). Objected to [[Olcott, Henry Steel|H. S. Olcott]]’s inaugural address. [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]] kept his published criticism and responded to it in annotations in her scrapbook ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - An Unsolved Mystery#162|BCW 1:162]]). +