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1- Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815 – 1902)
Major early US feminist, her Woman's Bible is full of theosophical notions.
He is the very model of a modern major general...
Was into transcendentalism and was a major early theosophist in the days of Blavatsky and Olcott. There is a statue of him west of Gettysburg on Reynolds Avenue.historicalspaghetti.blogspot.com/2020/04/the-my
Important feminist, advocate for abolition and Native American rights.
spent time among the Iroquois & received the name- "she who holds
the sky" - upon her initiation into the Wolf Clan, admitted into
Iroquois Council of Matrons
4- William James (1842–1910)
Philosopher, pragmatism, psychologist, & 1st educator to offer a psychology course in US
A Theosophical Discipline: Revisiting the History of Religious Studies
JĀJ Storm. ( JAAR ), Vol. 89, 4, Dec 2021
https://www.academia.edu/102895353/A_Theosophical_Discipline_Revisiting_the_History_of_Religious_Studies5- Thomas Edison (1847 – 1931)
Thomas Edison (1847 – 1931)
Madame Blavatsky Tracking Down Tinfoil Phonograph #158 Allen Koenigsberg The Antique Phonograph JUNE 2014 27-30 The TS bought a phonograph, Blavatsky was recorded, recording damaged, phonograph lost
academia.edu/82205911/Ediso
Pitcher,
manager, & executive in the early years of professional baseball,
& co-founder of A.G. Spalding sporting goods company
Major figure in making good baseball gloves & balls & developing
baseball into a major sport.
7- L. Frank Baum (1856 – 1919)
American author best known for his children's fantasy books, particularly The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part of a series. 1939 adaptation of the first Oz book became a landmark of 20th-century cinema
8- Claude Bragdon (1866 – 1946)
Architect, writer, & stage designer based in Rochester & New York City-remarkable books on sacred geometry, multi-talented.
Frank Loyd Wright possibly had some theosophical influence as well
9- Charles Johnston (1867 – 1931)
Irish
writer, journalist, theosophist, naturalist, and Sanskrit scholar,
married to the niece of Madame Blavatsky and was involved in the
development of the Theosophical Society in the United States as of 1900. First person to translate all the major Upanishads.
The Comparative Study of Religion A Common Core of Theosophy in Celtic Myth, Yoga, and Tibetan Buddhism Jens Schlieter
Occult Roots of Religious Studies 2021
https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783110664270-007/html?lang=enEnglish writer of adventure fiction, US in 1909, joined TS 1923
compared with Haggard & Kipling, he adopted an anti-colonialist stance & positive interest in Asian religion & philosophy
12- William Grant Still (1895-1978)
Dean of African American Composers
influenced by Theosophy via music therapist Evelyn Benham-Bull (1897-1983) but was more of a spiritualist. Symphony No.5 program notes here some seem to show Theosophical influence. More research needed.
13- Dane Rudhyar
(1895 – 1985)
Astrologer, composer, painter
New York City, 1916, association with Theosophy, began when asked to compose music in LA,1920. Married Marla Contento, secretary to independent Theosophist Will Levington Comfort, introduced him to Marc Edmund Jones
14- Thornton Wilder (1897 – 1975)
Playwright and novelist. He won three Pulitzer Prizes — for the novel The Bridge of San Luis Rey and for the plays Our Town and The Skin of Our Teeth — and a U.S. National Book Award for the novel The Eighth Day. In his last novel, The Eighth Day (1967), one of his characters gives quite a lengthy dissertation on reincarnation.
The Novelists and the Ancient Wisdom Philip Harris 1999
15- Ruth Crawford Seeger (1901–1953)
Composer & folk music specialist. step-mother of Pete Seeger. 1924, began private piano lessons with Djane Lavoie-Herz, sparked Crawford's interest in theosophy & Scriabin, met Dane Rudhyar & Henry Cowell
Toast 6 Nov 2019
16- Judith Tyberg (1902–1980)
Sanskrit scholar and orientalist. Founder and guiding spirit of the East-West Cultural Center in Los Angeles, California.
17- Alonzo G. Decker Jr. (1908 – 2002)
A theosophist for all your power tool needs. Businessperson and engineer who served as the chairman of the board of Black & Decker.
He is known for developing power tools for use in the home, including
the first cordless electric drill, which helped create the do it
yourself market. Throughout his life he was an active philanthropist. Served as trustee for Theosophical Society in America.18- Alan Hovhaness (1911 – 2000)
American-Armenian composer,one of the most prolific 20th-century composers, wonderful synthesis of east-west styles
Spent time with composer Henry Cowell & theosophist colony of Halcyon in California
19- Jackson Pollock (1912 – 1956)
The
bad boy of the group...compelling artist. Studied with Phillip Guston and Thomas Hart Benton. Through Frederic John de
St. Vrain Schwankovsky—introduced to Theosophy, attended Krishnamurti’s
camp-meetings at Ojai
The Mysterious Rituals Of Jackson Pollock's Abstraction Ahmed Kheder
https://www.khederpaintings.com/post/the-mysterious-rituals-of-jackson-pollock-abstraction20- Ian Stevenson (1918 –2007)
Psychiatrist, founder & director of the Division of Perceptual Studies at the University of Virginia School of Medicine
Theosophy & the Dissenting Western Imagination Dara Tatray Literature & Aesthetics Vol 21 N 1 June 2011
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