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'''Edward Douglas Fawcett''' (1866-1960) was an English writer who knew [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky]]. He wrote fiction, poetry, and nonfiction about many topics, including metaphysics and flying. His life was filled with adventure, as he piloted airplanes, climbed mountains, drove racecars, and participated in chess tournaments.

== Early years ==

== Theosophical Society association ==

== Other interests and activities ==

== Later years ==

According to [[Boris de Zirkoff]] as of 1955, Fawcett lived at 98 Walton St., London, S.W.3. <ref>Boris de Zirkoff letter to Esther Bright, January 9, 1955. Boris de Zirkoff Papers. Records Series 22. Theosophical Society in America Archives.</ref> He died in 1960.

== Writings ==

E. D. Fawcett was a prolific writer of fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and articles for periodicals.

=== Periodicals ===

The [[Union Index of Theosophical Periodicals]] lists 9 articles under the name [http://www.austheos.org.au/cgi-bin/ui-csvsearch.pl?search=E+Douglas+Fawcett&method=perfect E Douglas Fawcett] and 37 articles under the name [http://www.austheos.org.au/cgi-bin/ui-csvsearch.pl?search=ED+Fawcett&method=perfect&header=field4 ED Fawcett]. Most were published in [[Lucifer (periodical)|''Lucifer'']] and [[The Theosophist (periodical)|''The Theosophist'']]. A non-Theosophical journal, ''Mind: A Quarterly Review of Psychology and Philosophy'', published an article called "Some Observations Touching the Cosmic Imagining and "Reason" in 1927.

=== Fiction and poetry ===

* '''''The Curse of Edelbrock, or, The Viking's Doom a Norse Legend of Viking Tradition and Adventure, in Two Cantos'''''. London: National Pub. Co., 1880-1899.
* '''''Hartmann, the Anarchist, or, The Doom of the Great City'''''.  London: E. Arnold, 1893. Reprinted by various publishers in 1975, 2010, 2011. Illustrated by Fred T. Jane. Available online at: [http://pds.lib.harvard.edu/pds/view/46459556 Harvard University Library], [https://books.google.com/books?id=DWooAAAAMAAJ Google Books], [https://books.google.com/books?id=diQ4AQAAMAAJ Google Books], and [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/1920017.htmlHathitrust].
* '''''Light of the Universe. Being an Account of the Light Beyond the grave of Douglas Leslie, Aviator'''''. London: Sidgwick  Jackson, 1957.
* '''''The Secret of the Desert or How We Crossed Arabia in the "Antelope"'[''''. New York Edward Arnold, 1895.
* '''''Swallowed by an Earthquake'''''. London: E. Arnold, 1894.
* '''''The Wrath of Ana. A Poem, Written During My School-Days, etc.''''' London: Hamilton, Adams & Co., 1880.

=== Nonfiction ===

* '''''The Case for Reincarnation'''''. Adyar, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1919.
* '''''Divine Imagining: An Essay on the First Principles of Philosophy: Being a Continuation of the Experiment Which Took Shape in "The World as Imagination."''''' London: MacMillan, 1921. Available at [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/006569593?type%5B%5D=author&lookfor%5B%5D=%22Fawcett%2C%20E.%20Douglas%201866-1960.%22&ft= Hathitrust].
* '''''From Heston to the High Alps: a Chat about Joy-Flying'''''. London: MacMillan, 1936. Illustrated.
* '''''Kuchu gunkan'''''. Tokyo: Hakubunkan, 1896. Written with Kakutaro Yamagishi. Japanese. [Only one copy exists in the Library of the Japanese Diet.]
* '''''Imaginism'''''. 1923.
* '''''The Individual and Reality an Essay Touching the First Principles of Metaphysics.''''' New York: Longmans, Green and Co., 1909. 449 pages. Available online at [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/4866354.html Hathitrust], [https://archive.org/details/individualrealit00fawcrich Internet Archive], and [https://archive.org/details/cu31924028943152 Internet Archive].
* '''''Oberland Dialogues. [On the standing and prospects of the human soul.]''''' London: Macmillan & co., 1939. Alternate subtitle: Philosophical dialogues, set in the Bernese Oberland. Illustrations. In English.
* '''''The Power Behind the Universe'''''. Madras: Scottish Press, 1891.
* '''''The Riddle of the Universe Being an Attempt to Determine the First Principles of Metaphysic, Considered as an Inquiry into the Conditions and Import of Consciousness'''''. London: Edward Arnold, 1893. 
* '''''A Talk with Sumangala: Is Southern Buddhism Materialistic?''''' Madras, India: Scottish Press.
* '''''The World as Imagination'''''. London: MacMillan, 1916. Two Series. Reprinted 1924, 2007. Available online at [https://archive.org/details/worldasimaginat00fawcuoft Internet Archive], [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/4866421.html Hathitrust], and [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nnc2.ark:/13960/t50g50j8x;view=1up;seq=4 Hathitrust].
* '''''The Zermatt Dialogues: Constituting the Outlines of a Philosophy of Mysticism, etc.''''' London: Macmillan & Co., 1931. 541 pages. Available online at [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/1427036.html Hathitrust – limited access]. 

== Additional resources ==

* Anonymous. '''"Edward Douglas Fawcett"'''. [http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=48019 Chessgames.com].
* Anonymous. '''"Fawcett, E. Douglas"'''. [http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/fawcett_e_douglas Encyclopedia of Science Fiction]. August 25, 2015.
* Girvan, Ray. '''"Edward Douglas Fawcett"'''. Blog post at [http://jsbookreader.blogspot.com/2012/08/edward-douglas-fawcett.html JWBlog]. August 11, 2012.
* Johnson, Raynor Carey and Edward Douglas Fawcett. '''''Nurslings of Immortality [for the most part an exposition of Douglas Fawcett's philosophy of imaginism.]'''''. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1957.
* Jones, R. H. '''"E. Douglas Fawcett"'''. Blog post at [http://www.keverelchess.com/e-douglas-fawcett-1866-1960/ Keverel Chess website].
* Muirhead, John Henry, editor. '''''Contemporary British philosophy personal statements (second series)'''''. London: Allen & Unwin, 1925 ; New York: Macmillan Company, 1925. Contains an essay by Fawcett.
* Poortman, Johannes Jacobus. '''''E. Douglas Fawcett en Raynor C. Johnson ... Overdruk uit Theosofia, etc.''''' Amsterdam, 1958. Nederlands Theosofisch Research Centrum. 16 pages.
* WKnight496. '''"The World as Imagination: Edward Douglas Fawcett"'''. Blog post at [http://www.bubblews.com/posts/the-world-as-imagination-edward-douglas-fawcett WKnight496]. June 22, 2013.

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