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February 2025

February 21, 2025

Charles Johnston, Tolstoyans, And “Rambles In Russia.”

Charles Johnston, Tolstoyans, And "Rambles In Russia" In the late summer of 1888, just...

November 2024

November 29, 2024

Silver Cities Of Yucatan

The Theosophists have long had a fascination with lost, ancient civilizations in Central and...

November 28, 2024

Occultism And The Irish Literary Society In America

I have previously written about Charles Johnston, W.B. Yeats, George Russell, and their role in...

February 2024

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...

February 14, 2024

Okhoy Babu

OKHOY BABU Charles Johnston. Late October 1889. “Your Honor!” Okhoy Babu interrupted, with that...

February 14, 2024

London Missionary Society

LONDON MISSIONARY SOCIETY Evidence would suggest that “Kali Prasanna Chatterji” was the Theosophist, Kali...

February 14, 2024

The Sequel Of Rubbed Mosquito Bites

THE SEQUEL OF RUBBED MOSQUITO BITES Charles Johnston Late September 1889 The water, soaking...

February 14, 2024

Muharram

MUHARRAM Charles Johnston September 4, 1889. There was something peculiarly Indian about the circumstances...

February 14, 2024

When The Levee Breaks

WHEN THE LEVEE BREAKS During the second week of August, Johnston was feeling ill....

February 14, 2024

Eastern Gleanings

EASTERN GLEANINGS Charles Johnston July 1889. The candle pales before the lightning. So do...

February 14, 2024

The Reincarnation Of Ma Sa Nyun

THE REINCARNATION OF MA SA NYUN Charles Johnston June 1889. Margie and little Theo...

February 14, 2024

Punagarami

PUNAGARAMI. Charles Johnston June 1889. I sat reading in the cool of the...

February 14, 2024

Memorial Tree

MEMORIAL TREE May 31, 1889, marked the end of Ramadan, and the great celebration...