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Money was short and Frank Besant was stingy. Annie Besant was sure a third child would impose too much on the family finances. [4] She wrote short stories, books for children, and articles, the money she earned being controlled by her husband. Besant began to question her own faith, after her daughter Mabel was seriously ill in 1871. [4]
An introduction to Yoga is a book by Annie Besant from 1908. The book consists of four lectures held by the author on the practice of yoga, its connection to Indian philosophy and practical application to everyday life. [1] The book has the purpose to familiarise the West with yoga and to promote Indian culture. Besant additionally adds some of ...
This is a list of classic children's books published no later than 2008 and still available in the English language. [1] [2] [3] Books specifically for children existed by the 17th century. Before that, books were written mainly for adults – although some later became popular with children.
The Periodic Law: the number affixed to an element is the number of "Anu" (the ultimate physical particles of which matter is constituted). Occult Chemistry: Investigations by Clairvoyant Magnification into the Structure of the Atoms of the Periodic Table and Some Compounds (originally subtitled A Series of Clairvoyant Observations on the Chemical Elements) is a book written by Annie Besant ...
The Freethought Publishing Company was established in 1877 by Annie Besant [1] and Charles Bradlaugh [2] to publish books and pamphlets to promote the cause of secularism, social reform and freedom of thought. Their publications were printed initially at 28 Stonecutter Street, London E.C and then at 63 Fleet Street, London E.C.
The league was initially founded during the "Knowlton trial" of Annie Besant and Charles Bradlaugh in July 1877. [2] They were prosecuted for publishing Charles Knowlton's Fruits of Philosophy which explained various methods of birth control. [3]
The two-volume book was reviewed for the Pall Mall Gazette by the social reformer Annie Besant; impressed by it, Besant met with Blavatsky and joined the Theosophists. [224] In August 1890, Blavatsky moved in to Besant's large house at 19 Avenue Road in St. John's Wood. [225] Woking Crematorium in 2018
Mabel "Mabs" Emily Besant-Scott (née Besant; 28 August 1870 in Leckhampton, Cheltenham – 22 May 1952 in Folkestone, Kent [1] [2]) was a Theosophist, Co-Freemason and Rosicrucian. [3] She was the daughter of the Theosophist, Secularist, and Co-Freemason Annie Besant [4] and her husband Rev. Frank Besant. She had an older brother named Arthur ...