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'''Rhoden Berkeley Wriothesley Noel''' (27 August 1834—26 May 1894) was an English poet. He was interested in [[spiritualism]] and was a founding vice-president of the [[Society for Psychical Research]].<ref>W. C. Lubenow, ''The Cambridge Apostles, 1820-1914: Liberalism, Imagination, and Friendship in British Intellectual and Professional Life'' (Cambridge University Press, 2007), 229</ref>

== Reference in Mahatma Letters ==

[[The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett (book)|'The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett'']] refers to Mr. Noel in '''[[Mahatma Letter No. 111]]''' in the chronological numbering, or '''No. 59''' in the Barker scheme of numbering. On Page  18 he is mentioned in a section about sacred geometry:
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Well may the Geometer of the R.S. not know that the apparent absurdity of attempting to square the circle covers a mystery ineffable. It would hardly be found among the foundation stones of Mr. [[Roden Noel]]'s speculations upon the "pneumatical body . . . of our Lord," nor among the debris of Mr. Farmer's "A New Basis of Belief in Immortality"; and to many such metaphysical minds it would be worse than useless to divulge the fact, that the Unmanifested Circle — the <u><span style="border-bottom: 2px double #000;">Father</span></u>, or <u>[[Absolute]]</u> Life — is non-existent outside the Triangle and Perfect Square, and — is only manifested in the <u>Son</u>; and that it is when, reversing the action and returning to its absolute state of [[Unity]], and the square expands once more into the [[Circle]] — that "the Son returns to the bosom of the Father"...<ref>[http://theosophy.wiki/en/Mahatma_Letter_No._111#Page_18 Mahatma Letter No. 111, Page 18.]</ref>
</blockquote>

== Writings ==

* '''''The Collected Poems of Rhoden Noel'''''. London: Kegan, Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., 1902. Available at [https://archive.org/details/collectedpoemsof00noel Internet Archive].
* ''Behind the Veil, and Other Poems''. 1863. Not in ''Collected Poems''.
* ''Beatrice, and Other Poems''. 1868.
* ''The Red Flag''. 1872.
* ''Livingstone in Africa''. 1874.
* ''A Little Child's Monument''. 1881.
* ''Songs of the Heights and Deeps''. 1885.
* ''A Modern Faust, and Other Poems''. 1888.
* ''Poor People's Christmas''. 1890.
* ''My Sea, and Other Poems''. 1896.

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