July 5

July 5 is the 186th day of the year (187th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. It is preceded by July 4, and succeeded by July 6. Following July 5, there are 179 days in the year.

Blavatsky's Gem of the Day

"Be persuaded that those things are not your riches which you do not possess in the penetralia of the reasoning power."

Events

• 1881 – Mr. Sinnett received the first letter from Master K.H. after having returned from England, where he published his book The Occult World. This marked the beginning of teachings on the Esoteric Philosophy that resulted in Sinnett's book Esoteric Buddhism.

Births

• 1905 – Ann Kerr Wylie Greene, whose lifetime of service included being National Secretary, Vice President, and President of the Theosophical Society in America, and head of Krotona Institute of Theosophy (d. February 7, 1989).

Deaths

• 1958 – Captain Sidney Ransom, English engineer and Theosophical lecturer who was married to Australian Josephine Ransom. (b. ??).

Holidays and observances

• None listed for this date.

External links

• This Date in Wikipedia