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Skinner, James Ralston +

Author of ''Key to the Hebrew-Egyptian Mystery in the Source of Measures'' (1875). The bibliography also cites his 1885 articles “Hebrew Metrology” and “The Cabbalah” in ''Masonic Review''. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.7)#395|7:395]][[SMW::on]]). Bibliographical references include: Key to the Hebrew-Egyptian Mystery in the Source of Measures, etc. Cincinnati: R. Clarke & Co. 1875 (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.8)#475|8:475]][[SMW::on]]). Bibliographical references include: Key to the Hebrew-Egyptian Mystery in the Source of Measures, etc. Cincinnati: R. Clarke & Co. 1875. xvi, 324 pp.; new ed. with 63 pp. of Supplement, 1894; another ed. Philadelphia, Penna.: David McKay Co. 1931 (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.9)#454|9:454]][[SMW::on]]). Bibliographical references include: Key to the Hebrew-Egyptian Mystery in the Source of Measures, etc. Cincinnati: R. Clarke & Co. 1875. xvi, 324 pp.; 3rd ed. Philadelphia, Penna.: David McKay Co. 1931 (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.11)#590|11:590]][[SMW::on]]). Author of Key to the Hebrew-Egyptian Mystery in the Source of Measures (Cincinnati, 1875), reissued with a supplement in 1894 and again in 1931 (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.10)#427|10:427]][[SMW::on]]). His [[Skinner JR - Notes on the Cabbalah of the Old Testament|Notes on the Cabbalah of the Old Testament]] appeared in ''The Path'', volume I, July–August 1886, pp. 103–108 and 134–139. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - The Kabalah and the Kabalists at the Close of the Nineteenth Century#272|BCW 7:272]]) On the manuscript continuation of The Source of Measures he recorded completion of a section on 18 February 1884 and his intention on 10 January 1887 to send the original to [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]] at Ostend. The copy described by [[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]] retains her annotations and corrections. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Zirkoff B. - Compilers Notes (4)#219|BCW 8:219-220]])

Skobelev, Mikhail Dmitriyevich +

A Russian military commander (1843-1882), active in Central Asian campaigns and the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - The Study of Russian by Indian Officers|BCW 3:48-49]]) +

Skrymir +

One of the famous giants in the ''Eddas''. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Skubish, Karen +

A member of the Newberry Library staff who assisted with research for volume XIV of [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]]’s Collected Writings. ([[Eklund, Dara R.|D. Eklund]], [[Eklund D. - Foreword (BCW vol.14)#xxi|BCW 14:xxi-xxii]]) +

Slade, Dr. Henry +

American medium principally known in connection with his slate-writing, familiar to mediumistic circles in Michigan as early as 1860; came to prominence through his selection by the Blavatsky-Olcott committee. Considerable testimony exists in corroboration of the genuineness of Slade's mediumistic phenomena, including from Alfred Russel Wallace, Sir Edward W. Cox, Professor Zöllner and, among Russian witnesses, Grand Duke Constantine, Professor Butlerov and A. N. Aksakov. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.1)#524|1:524-525]][[SMW::on]]). For information on Slade, de Zirkoff refers readers to ''Collected Writings'', volume I, page 525. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.3)#530|3:530]][[SMW::on]]). The appendix refers to his biographical sketch elsewhere in the collected writings. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.4)#665|4:665]][[SMW::on]]). +

Sleep, and its Derangements +

W. A. Hammond’s work (Philadelphia, 1869), tentatively identified with [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]]’s reference to his discussion of sleep. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - The Universe in a Nutshell|BCW 3:429]]) +

Sloka +

The Sanskrit epic metre formed of thirty‐two syllables: verses in four half‐lines of eight, or in two lines of sixteen syllables each. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Small, W. Emmett +

Assisted with the early volumes of [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]]’s collected writings; [[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]] included the name in his collective acknowledgment for research, reference checking, manuscript copying and technical assistance. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Zirkoff B. - Preface (BCW vol.4)#xix|BCW 4:xix]]) Advised the team preparing volume XIII of [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]]’s Collected Writings as a representative of Point Loma Publications. ([[Eklund, Dara R.|D. Eklund]], [[Eklund D. - Foreword (BCW vol.13)#xxii|BCW 13:xxii]]) Provided advice to those preparing volume XIV of [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]]’s Collected Writings as a representative of Point Loma Publications. ([[Eklund, Dara R.|D. Eklund]], [[Eklund D. - Foreword (BCW vol.14)#xxii|BCW 14:xxii]]) +

Smaragdine Tablet of Hermes +

As expressed by Eliphas Lévi,“this Tablet of Emerald is the whole of magic in a single page”; but India has a single word which, when understood, contains “the whole of magic ”. This is a tablet, however, alleged to have been found by Sarai, Abraham’s wife (!) ''on the dead'' ''body of Hermes''. So say the Masons and Christian Kabbalists. But in Theosophy we call it an allegory. May it not mean that ''Sarai‐swati'', the wife of Brahmâ, or the goddess of secret wisdom and learning, finding still much of the ancient wisdom latent in the dead body of Humanity, revivified that wisdom? This led to the rebirth of the Occult Sciences, so long forgotten and neglected, the world over. The tablet itself, however, although containing the “whole of magic ”, is too long to be reproduced here. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Smart, A. J. +

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

Smartava +

The Smârta Brahmans; a sect founded by Sankarâchârya. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Smeeton and Tilly +

The engraving company of 19th century in Paris founded by French wood-engraver Auguste Tilly and British wood-engraver Joseph Burn Smeeton. +

Smith G. - Assyrian Discoveries +

Pages 224–225 recount the Sargon legend compared by [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]] with the biblical account of Moses’s infancy. The editorial note also cites its earlier translation in Transactions of the Society of Biblical Archaeology, vol. I, part 1, p. 46. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - Nebo of Birs-Nimrud#280|BCW 13:280]]) The year 1975 in the BCW reference is a misprint for 1875, as confirmed by the [https://etana.org/sites/default/files/coretexts/20255.pdf original edition]. +

Smith, George +

English Assyriologist (1840-1876), originally a banknote engraver, who became an assistant at the British Museum. He gained renown through ''The Chaldean Account of Genesis'' and conducted three expeditions to Assyrian sites in 1873-1876. His ''History of Babylonia'' was published posthumously in 1877. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.3)#530|3:530-531]][[SMW::on]]). The bibliography cites ''The History of Babylonia'', edited by A. H. Sayce (1877). (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.4)#665|4:665]][[SMW::on]]). Bibliographical references include: The Chaldean Account of Genesis, containing the description of the creation, the fall of man, etc. etc.; from the cuneiform inscriptions. London: S. Low and Rivington, 1876; New York: Scribner, Armstrong & Co. 1876; new ed. 1880. 8vo (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.8)#475|8:475]][[SMW::on]]). +

Smith, George (Queensland Theosophical Society) +

Secretary of the Queensland Theosophical Society at Brisbane in 1883. +

Smith, George Duncan +

The bibliography associates him with ''The Teaching of the Catholic Church'', published by Macmillan at New York in 1949. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.7)#395|7:395]][[SMW::on]]). +

Smith, John (chemist) +

Scottish-born physician and chemist (1822-1885), appointed to the new University of Sydney in 1852. He played a prominent role in public education in New South Wales and was repeatedly elected president of its Council of Education. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.6)#445|6:445]][[SMW::on]]). Member of the Legislative Council and president of the Royal Society of New South Wales; an early Australian Theosophist. [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]] asked [[Terry, William Henry|W. H. Terry]] to find his address in her letter of 5 November 1881. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - Theosophie et Spiritisme#11|BCW 5:11]]) Met [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]] in Bombay on 1 February 1882. A sewn and sealed letter he sent from Naples became the subject of discussion about reading closed correspondence; Blavatsky’s reply is dated 23 July 1882. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - Precipitation#122|BCW 6:122-124]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - Some Scientific Questions Answered#124|BCW 6:124]]) +

Smith, Mary E. +

Corresponding secretary of the Chicago theosophical branch, reporting from 5041 Madison Avenue in 1891. +

Smriti +

Traditional accounts imparted orally, from the word ''Smriti'', “Memory” a daughter of Daksha. They are now the legal and ceremonial writings of the Hindus; the opposite of, and therefore less sacred, than the ''Vedas'', which are ''Sruti,'' or “ revelation ”. [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Society for Psychical Research +

The appendix notes that the first issue of the Society's ''Proceedings'' appeared in October 1882. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.4)#665|4:665]][[SMW::on]]). De Zirkoff lists the Society’s confidential preliminary report on phenomena associated with members of the Theosophical Society (about December 1884) and the December 1885 ''Proceedings'', which included Richard Hodgson’s report on his investigations in India. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.6)#445|6:445-446]][[SMW::on]]). The bibliography cites volume III, part IX, of its ''Proceedings'', dated December 1885 and published at London by Trübner. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.7)#395|7:395]][[SMW::on]]). [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]] left a pencil note on the final pages of a copy of the preliminary report on theosophical phenomena. [[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]] associates it with the crisis of early 1885, when her proposal for legal action was rejected. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Zirkoff B. - H.P.B and the S.P.R. Report#324|BCW 6:324-326]]) +