Julia Keightley
Also: • Julia Wharton Lewis Campbell Ver Planck • Julia Campbell Ver Planck (name at the time of this contribution, before her 1891 marriage to Archibald Keightley) • pseudonyms "Julius," "J——," "August Waldensee," and "Jasper Niemand" •
(10 November 1851 − 9 October 1915)
American Theosophist, writer and lecturer, born in Pennsylvania; discovered Theosophy in 1886. Contributed to The Path from its early issues under several pseudonyms, including "Julius," under which she published "The Singing Silences" (August 1886), "Reticence of Mahatmas and Evolution of the Individual" (September 1886), Part II of "Poetical Occultism" (November 1886; Part I, October 1886, was signed jointly "S. B. J." by Sylvester Baxter and W. Q. Judge), and "Tea Table Talk" (a recurring column, December 1886 to April 1887 and continuing). Printed signature "J——" on "Lines from Lower Levels" (December 1886) stood for her pseudonym "Jasper Niemand," confirmed by her full signature "Jasper Niemand, F. T. S." on "Rotation—Individual Evolution" (January 1887) — showing that pseudonym was already in use well before 1891, though her best-known work under it, "Letters That Have Helped Me," did not begin until that year, after her marriage to Dr. Archibald Keightley. Under the same pseudonym, also wrote "Heralds from the Unseen" (March-April 1887).
Some links:
- Works: Keightley, Julia (works)
- CTD article in Russian: Кейтли, Джулия
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Lifetime: 1851-1915
Shortly: American Theosophist, writer and lecturer, born in Pennsylvania; discovered Theosophy in 1886. Contr...