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Goldstücker, Theodor +

German orientalist (1821-1872), professor of Sanskrit at University College London from 1852. He assisted H. H. Wilson with a new edition of the Sanskrit dictionary and helped found the Sanskrit Text Society. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.2)#530|2:530]][[SMW::on]]). +

Goltz, Wilfried +

Together with his wife traced the poem by A. von Haller 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]]) +

Gomara, Francisco López de +

Spanish historian and chaplain to Cortés, author of Historia de las Indias y Crónica de la conquista de Nueva España (1553). He did not visit America; Bernal Díaz wrote his own account partly to correct Gómara’s presentation of the conquest. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.2)#530|2:530]][[SMW::on]]). +

Gomes, Michael +

Sent from Adyar material from the manuscript of [[Sinnett, Alfred Percy|A. P. Sinnett]]’s Incidents in the Life of Madame Blavatsky with [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]]’s notes and prepared a synopsis of the passages to which her comments refer. These were included in the appendix to volume XIV of the Collected Writings. ([[Eklund, Dara R.|D. Eklund]], [[Eklund D. - Foreword (BCW vol.14)#xxii|BCW 14:xxii]]; [[BCW|BCW editors]], [[Zirkoff B. - Appendices (BCW vol.14)#475|BCW 14:475]]) +

Gonemys, N. +

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

Gonpa +

A temple or monastery; a ''Lamasery.'' [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Gonpis +

Shepherdesses — the playmates and companions of Krishna, among whom was his wife Raddha [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Goolam Khader +

This name credited to the publications in ''The Theosophist'', [[Theosophist/Vol9|vol. 9]] (1887–1888). +

Goonesekara, D. O. D. S. +

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

Goonewardene, C. P. +

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

Gopi Nath +

Indian scholar and editor of the Lahore newspaper ''Mittra Vilasa''. He corresponded with ''The Theosophist'' about religious affairs in the Punjab. +

Gopinath, Pandit +

General secretary of the North-Western Section of the Theosophical Society in India in 1890. +

Gorchakov, Prince Alexander Mihaylovich +

Russian statesman. Entered foreign office under Count Nesselrode. Appointed, 1856, minister of foreign affairs in place of Nesselrode. Became Chancellor and was, for a time, the most powerful minister in Europe. At the congress of Berlin, 1878, at the end of the Russo-Turkish campaign, the aged chancellor held nominally the post of first plenipotentiary, but left to Count Shuvalov the odium for the concessions which Russia had to make to Great Britain and Austria. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.1)#464|1:464]][[SMW::on]]). (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Blavatsky H.P. - Journalist versus Missionary#392|2:392]][[SMW::on]]) +

Gordon, Alice +

An early member of the Theosophical Society in India. She and her husband, Lieutenant-Colonel William Gordon, joined in 1879. She became president of the Ladies’ Theosophical Society in Calcutta in 1883. Her interests included spiritualism; she published accounts of her experiences. Her admission to the Society dates to August 1879. She accompanied the Founders to Benares that December and hosted them and the Sinnetts at Simla in October 1880. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Zirkoff B. - Chronological Survey & Key to Abbreviations (BCW vol.2)|BCW 2:xxviii-xxix,xxxiv]]) [[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]] dates her presidency of the Ladies’ Theosophical Society at Calcutta to March 1883. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Zirkoff B. - Chronological Survey & Key to Abbreviations (BCW vol.4)#xxix|BCW 4:xxix]]) +

Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew +

An apocryphal prefatory letter in Jerome’s name to Chromatius and Heliodorus proved to be the source of extracts used by [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]], previously sought unsuccessfully among Jerome’s genuine works. [[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]] compares J. Martianay’s edition, volume V (1706), column 445, with C. Michel’s text of 1911. ([[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Zirkoff B. - Compilers Notes (4)#234|BCW 8:234-238]]) +

Gossain +

The name of a certain class of ascetics in India [[Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary]] (TG). +

Goswami, Madhusoodan +

This name credited to the publications in ''The Theosophist'', [[Theosophist/Vol6|vol. 6]] (1884–1885). +

Gotama Akshapada +

The bibliography lists editions of Gotama’s logical aphorisms with commentary, including an English translation of 1828 and J. R. Ballantyne’s Sanskrit-English edition (Allahabad, 1850, 1853 and 1854). (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.2)#530|2:530]][[SMW::on]]). +

Gougenot des Mousseaux +

French writer. Trained in diplomacy. Served at the Court of King Charles X. Retired to his native town during revolution of 1830, and devoted himself to archaeological, religious and spiritistic studies. Ardent Catholic and prolific writer, whose passion for accumulating factual data from the civilizations of the past was used to great advantage by H.P.B. in her discussions of magic. Chief work: ''Dieu et les Dieux'' (1854); also *''La Magie au XIXme siecle, ses agents, ses verites, ses mensonges'' (1860). (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.1)#464|1:464]][[SMW::on]]). His Moeurs et pratiques des démons appeared in Paris in 1854, with a revised second edition in 1865. Other works are referenced in BCW V, 374-375. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.2)#530|2:530]][[SMW::on]]). His works cited here are ''Mœurs et pratiques des démons'' (1854; second edition, 1865) and ''Les Hauts Phénomènes de la magie'' (1864), both published in Paris. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.3)#509|3:509-510]][[SMW::on]]). The bibliography lists ''Mœurs et pratiques des démons'' (1854), ''La Magie au XIXe siècle'' (1860) and ''Les Hauts Phénomènes de la Magie'' (1864). (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.4)#648|4:648]][[SMW::on]]). French Catholic writer (1805-1878), formerly attached to the court of Charles X. Devoted himself to religious, archaeological and spiritistic studies; Blavatsky drew on the historical material collected in his writings on magic, including ''Dieu et les Dieux'' and ''Les Hauts Phénomènes de la Magie''. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.5)#374|5:374-375]][[SMW::on]]). His ''Les médiateurs et les moyens de la magie'' appeared at Paris in 1863. Zirkoff explains that “Le Fantôme humain” and “Le Monde magique” denote a portion of that work and a descriptive title, rather than separate books. (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.7)#373|7:373]][[SMW::on]]). Bibliographical references include: Moeurs et pratiques des démons. Paris, 1854; 2nd rev. ed. Paris: H. Pion, 1865 (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.8)#438|8:438]][[SMW::on]]). Bibliographical references include: Mœurs et pratiques des démons. Paris, 1854; 2nd rev. ed. Paris: H. Plon, 1865. Les hauts phénomènes de la magie, précédés du spiritisme antique. Paris: H. Plon, 1864. Vide for biographical data Volume V, pp. 374-75, of the present Series (BCW [[SMW::off]][[Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.9)#418|9:418]][[SMW::on]]).

Gougenot des Mousseaux H.R. - Les mediateurs et les moyens de la magie +

Published in Paris by Henri Plon in 1863. Pages 114–117 and 122 are identified for [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]]’s discussion; the author also refers there to his Dieu et les dieux, Paris, 1854. ([[BCW|BCW editors]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - Facts Underlying Adept Biographies#148|BCW 14:148]]) Authorship and edition are checked against the [https://books.google.com/books?id=9Vt1MLrMkYgC National Central Library of Florence copy]. +