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April 12, 2024

Penetrating The Ascension.

"On my penetrating into the Ascension at chosen noon, and standing for the first...

April 12, 2024

“It Is A Better Flag Than The American Flag.”

WRECK OF THE HEREFORD In the spring of 1907 Arthur “Punk” Buckley paid Irvine...

March 2024

March 09, 2024

The Lost Canon Of Proportion Of The Ancient Egyptians

THE LOST CANON OF PROPORTIONS OF THE EGYPTIANS September 7, 1875. Judge and Castle...

March 08, 2024

What The Concave Gutta Percha Revealed

GUNS AND ROSES.[1] First week of September 1875 Judge and Castle knocked on the...

March 08, 2024

To Hear The Dewy Echoes Calling

THE ENCOUNTER WITH THE STRANGER August 22, 1875. Olcott used to go to The Sun...

March 08, 2024

“Chela Bill”

When Olcott returned to New York, he was approached by William Quan Judge, a young...

March 08, 2024

The Flower Goddess of Boston

HEATHER FROM THE GRAMPIAN HILLS July 4, 1875.[1] Colonel Henry Steel Olcott fastened the...

February 2024

February 24, 2024

Devil Worship And France

“I have, I know, been told that this correspondence may have been forged from...

February 23, 2024

The Ivory Tower Of Theosophy

William James, Harvard’s first professor of Psychology, was probably the most famous Theosophist from Cambridge,...

February 20, 2024

The Guardian Angel Of Persecuted Spiritualist Girls

“It is not true that I was converted to Spiritualism by the Fox sisters,” said...

February 18, 2024

Findlay’s Hovering Hand

There were still quite a few citizens of Findlay walking home from work on...

February 17, 2024

Miss Cremers And The Ripper

Mabel Collins (1851-1927) was born Minna Mabel Collins in 1851 at St Peters Port,...

February 15, 2024

Murshidabad: Table Of Contents

Murshidabad Table Of Contents Pre-India Charley The English In India: Part I...

February 15, 2024

Everything Near And Dear

EVERYTHING NEAR AND DEAR Vera Johnston July 10 1890, Suez Canal. Approaching Port Said. ...

February 15, 2024

The S.S. Chusan

THE S.S. CHUSAN Vera Johnston July 4 1890, Near Aden On The Red Sea. ...

February 15, 2024

Boatila-Manji

BOATILA-MANJI Vera Johnston June 27-July 4, 1890. “Native Boats Off Bombay.”[1] We hired...

February 15, 2024

Going Home

GOING HOME Vera Johnston June 27 1890. We were detained in Bombay for a...

February 15, 2024

The Tree In Hell

THE TREE IN HELL Charles Johnston June 1890. You enter Allahabad across the splendid...

February 15, 2024

Cholera

CHOLERA Charles Johnston February 1890 The pariah dogs were forgotten in the sterner, depressing...

February 15, 2024

Rosanchik

ROSANCHIK Vera Johnston. January 6 & January 19, 1890. (January 6, 1890) There is...

February 15, 2024

Kandi Subdivision

KANDI SUBDIVISION Charles Johnston January 1890 The Civil Station celebrated the Nativity by a...

February 15, 2024

Poet Of The Empire

POET OF THE EMPIRE Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936,) the Anglo-Indian writer who was born in...

February 15, 2024

Nevermind The Babu

NEVERMIND THE BABU. Charles Johnston Late November 1889. “Sir! Do you not know...

February 14, 2024

The Phantom Palki

THE PHANTOM PALKI. Charles Johnston. Late November 1889. I remember a certain camping ground...

February 14, 2024

The Emeralds Of Somnath

Johnston tells us that one day during camp the Nawab sent a messenger...

February 14, 2024

The Bengal Bazaar

THE BENGAL BAZAAR Charles Johnston. November 1889. India is a ruin, beautiful only...

February 14, 2024

An Indian School

AN INDIAN SCHOOL Charles Johnston. Early November 1889. We came back to our tents...

February 14, 2024

On The Field Of Plassey

ON THE FIELDS OF PLASSEY Charles Johnston. November 1889. In one of the camping...

February 14, 2024

Belgaon

BELGAON Charles Johnston. Early November 1889. It was a heartening sight in the approaching...

February 14, 2024

Out-Of-Door Life

OUT-OF-DOOR-LIFE During the colder months (November-March) many Government officials were required to travel about...