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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 Free Library of Philadelphia is a non-Mayoral agency of the City of Philadelphia governed by an independent Board of Trustees as per the Charter of the City of Philadelphia. [4] The Free Library of Philadelphia Foundation is a separate 501(c)(3) non-profit with its own board of directors and serves to support the mission of the Free Library ...
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]
A religious studies scholar Isaac Lubelsky stated that Besant and Leadbeater write in the book the chain of the Moon "was an evolutionary precursor of the chain of the planet Earth." [ 2 ] In the chapter III the authors describe in detail how Sirius, Alcyone, Herakles and Mizar [ note 15 ] achieved individualization [ note 16 ] and left the ...
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 ...
The first issues were co-edited with Mabel Collins. From 1889 until Blavatsky's death in May 1891 Annie Besant was a co-editor. Besant then published the journal until September 1895, when George Robert Stowe Mead became a co-editor. The journal appeared twelve times a year and was 80 to 90 pages long. [1]
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 ...