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	[[File:Edward L. Gardner.jpg\|200px\|right\|thumb\|E. L. Gardner in 1927]]		[[File:Edward L. Gardner.jpg\|200px\|right\|thumb\|E. L. Gardner in 1927]]
	[[File:E L Gardner - frontispiece.jpg\|180px\|right\|thumb\|E. L. Gardner as member of Exec Committee of TS in England]]		[[File:E L Gardner - frontispiece.jpg\|180px\|right\|thumb\|E. L. Gardner as member of Exec Committee of TS in England]]
			[[File:Stamford House, Wimbledon.jpg\|right\|230px\|thumb\|Stamford House in 2016]]
	[[File:N Sri Ram and E L Gardner.jpg\|210px\|right\|thumb\|N. Sri Ram and E. L. Gardner at Tekels Park. © Theosophical Society in England Archives.]]		[[File:N Sri Ram and E L Gardner.jpg\|210px\|right\|thumb\|N. Sri Ram and E. L. Gardner at Tekels Park. © Theosophical Society in England Archives.]]
	'''Edward Lewis Gardner''' (1869-1969) was a noted writer and lecturer from the English Section of the [[Theosophical Society (Adyar)\|Theosophical Society based in Adyar, India]].		'''Edward Lewis Gardner''' (1869-1969) was a noted writer and lecturer from the English Section of the [[Theosophical Society (Adyar)\|Theosophical Society based in Adyar, India]].

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	From its inception he took an active part in the work of the T.R.C. and particularly in the Science Group. He had a special ability to inspire other people to work in a wide variety of branches of modern scholarship, including those of which he was not specially well-informed; he was so interested in everything that could help forward the theosophical movement and was so quick to grasp the essentials of a new subject.		From its inception he took an active part in the work of the T.R.C. and particularly in the Science Group. He had a special ability to inspire other people to work in a wide variety of branches of modern scholarship, including those of which he was not specially well-informed; he was so interested in everything that could help forward the theosophical movement and was so quick to grasp the essentials of a new subject.
	~~[[File:Stamford House, Wimbledon.jpg\|right\|230px\|thumb\|Stamford House in 2016]]~~
	From 1926 to 1940 he founded and presided over a theosophical community at Stamford House, Wimbledon, where members of the Science Group often met him for inspiration and advice. He was also one of the founders of the [[Tekels Park \|Tekels Park Estate, Camberley]], in 1928 as a theosophical community, and where the T.R.C. has held a study week-end every year in May or June since 1952. The last 16 years of his life were spent in a charming house in Tekels Park. Many of us will retain happy memories of valuable personal and group discussions that we were privileged to have with him there.<ref>V. Wallace Slater, "Edward Lewis Gardner" ''Science Group Journal'' 13 no.3 (Autumn, 1969), 67-68.</ref><ref> See also [https://cwleadbeater.wordpress.com/2016/07/17/e-l-gardner-on-leadbeater E. L. Gardner on Leadbeater]: "From 1926 to 1940, there was a theosophical community living at Stamford House, led by Edward Lewis Gardner (1869-1969), who was a leading member of the Theosophical Society in England, and its general secretary from 1924 to 1928" and also Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stamford_House,_Wimbledon "Stamford House, Wimbledon"].</ref>		From 1926 to 1940 he founded and presided over a theosophical community at Stamford House, Wimbledon, where members of the Science Group often met him for inspiration and advice. He was also one of the founders of the [[Tekels Park \|Tekels Park Estate, Camberley]], in 1928 as a theosophical community, and where the T.R.C. has held a study week-end every year in May or June since 1952. The last 16 years of his life were spent in a charming house in Tekels Park. Many of us will retain happy memories of valuable personal and group discussions that we were privileged to have with him there.<ref>V. Wallace Slater, "Edward Lewis Gardner" ''Science Group Journal'' 13 no.3 (Autumn, 1969), 67-68.</ref><ref> See also [https://cwleadbeater.wordpress.com/2016/07/17/e-l-gardner-on-leadbeater E. L. Gardner on Leadbeater]: "From 1926 to 1940, there was a theosophical community living at Stamford House, led by Edward Lewis Gardner (1869-1969), who was a leading member of the Theosophical Society in England, and its general secretary from 1924 to 1928" and also Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stamford_House,_Wimbledon "Stamford House, Wimbledon"].</ref>
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	From its inception he took an active part in the work of the T.R.C. and particularly in the Science Group. He had a special ability to inspire other people to work in a wide variety of branches of modern scholarship, including those of which he was not specially well-informed; he was so interested in everything that could help forward the theosophical movement and was so quick to grasp the essentials of a new subject.		From its inception he took an active part in the work of the T.R.C. and particularly in the Science Group. He had a special ability to inspire other people to work in a wide variety of branches of modern scholarship, including those of which he was not specially well-informed; he was so interested in everything that could help forward the theosophical movement and was so quick to grasp the essentials of a new subject.
	[[File:Stamford House, Wimbledon.jpg\|right\|230px\|thumb\|Stamford House in 2016]]		[[File:Stamford House, Wimbledon.jpg\|right\|230px\|thumb\|Stamford House in 2016]]
	From 1926 to 1940 he founded and presided over a theosophical community at Stamford House, Wimbledon, where members of the Science Group often met him for inspiration and advice. He was also one of the founders of the [[Tekels Park \|Tekels Park Estate, Camberley]], in 1928 as a theosophical community, and where the T.R.C. has held a study week-end every year in May or June since 1952. The last 16 years of his life were spent in a charming house in Tekels Park. Many of us will retain happy memories of valuable personal and group discussions that we were privileged to have with him there.<ref>V. Wallace Slater, "Edward Lewis Gardner" ''Science Group Journal'' 13 no.3 (Autumn, 1969), 67-68.</ref><ref> See also [https://cwleadbeater.wordpress.com/2016/07/17/e-l-gardner-on-leadbeater E. L. Gardner on Leadbeater]: "From 1926 to 1940, there was a theosophical community living at Stamford House, led by Edward Lewis Gardner (1869-1969), who was a leading member of the Theosophical Society in England, and its general secretary from 1924 to 1928" and also Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stamford_House,_Wimbledon "Stamford House, Wimbledon"].		From 1926 to 1940 he founded and presided over a theosophical community at Stamford House, Wimbledon, where members of the Science Group often met him for inspiration and advice. He was also one of the founders of the [[Tekels Park \|Tekels Park Estate, Camberley]], in 1928 as a theosophical community, and where the T.R.C. has held a study week-end every year in May or June since 1952. The last 16 years of his life were spent in a charming house in Tekels Park. Many of us will retain happy memories of valuable personal and group discussions that we were privileged to have with him there.<ref>V. Wallace Slater, "Edward Lewis Gardner" ''Science Group Journal'' 13 no.3 (Autumn, 1969), 67-68.</ref><ref> See also [https://cwleadbeater.wordpress.com/2016/07/17/e-l-gardner-on-leadbeater E. L. Gardner on Leadbeater]: "From 1926 to 1940, there was a theosophical community living at Stamford House, led by Edward Lewis Gardner (1869-1969), who was a leading member of the Theosophical Society in England, and its general secretary from 1924 to 1928" and also Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stamford_House,_Wimbledon "Stamford House, Wimbledon"].</ref>
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	From its inception he took an active part in the work of the T.R.C. and particularly in the Science Group. He had a special ability to inspire other people to work in a wide variety of branches of modern scholarship, including those of which he was not specially well-informed; he was so interested in everything that could help forward the theosophical movement and was so quick to grasp the essentials of a new subject.		From its inception he took an active part in the work of the T.R.C. and particularly in the Science Group. He had a special ability to inspire other people to work in a wide variety of branches of modern scholarship, including those of which he was not specially well-informed; he was so interested in everything that could help forward the theosophical movement and was so quick to grasp the essentials of a new subject.
			[[File:Stamford House, Wimbledon.jpg\|right\|230px\|thumb\|Stamford House in 2016]]
	From 1926 to 1940 he founded and presided over a theosophical community at Stamford House, Wimbledon, where members of the Science Group often met him for inspiration and advice. He was also one of the founders of the Tekels Park Estate, Camberley, in 1928 as a theosophical community, and where the T.R.C. has held a study week-end every year in May or June since 1952. The last 16 years of his life were spent in a charming house in Tekels Park. Many of us will retain happy memories of valuable personal and group discussions that we were privileged to have with him there.<ref>V. Wallace Slater, "Edward Lewis Gardner" ''Science Group Journal'' 13 no.3 (Autumn, 1969), 67-68.</ref>		From 1926 to 1940 he founded and presided over a theosophical community at Stamford House, Wimbledon, where members of the Science Group often met him for inspiration and advice. He was also one of the founders of the [[Tekels Park \|Tekels Park Estate, Camberley]], in 1928 as a theosophical community, and where the T.R.C. has held a study week-end every year in May or June since 1952. The last 16 years of his life were spent in a charming house in Tekels Park. Many of us will retain happy memories of valuable personal and group discussions that we were privileged to have with him there.<ref>V. Wallace Slater, "Edward Lewis Gardner" ''Science Group Journal'' 13 no.3 (Autumn, 1969), 67-68.</ref><ref> See also [https://cwleadbeater.wordpress.com/2016/07/17/e-l-gardner-on-leadbeater E. L. Gardner on Leadbeater]: "From 1926 to 1940, there was a theosophical community living at Stamford House, led by Edward Lewis Gardner (1869-1969), who was a leading member of the Theosophical Society in England, and its general secretary from 1924 to 1928" and also Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stamford_House,_Wimbledon "Stamford House, Wimbledon"].
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	== Additional resources ==		== Additional resources ==

			* '''[https://theosophicalsociety.org.au/union_index/entries?q=Edward+L+Gardner&s=title 12 articles about Edward L. Gardner]''' and '''[https://theosophicalsociety.org.au/union_index/entries?q=EL+Gardner&s=title 18 articles about EL Gardner]'''.
	* [https://www.theosophy.world/encyclopedia/gardner-edward-lewis "Gardner, Edward Lewis"] in Theosophy World.		* [https://www.theosophy.world/encyclopedia/gardner-edward-lewis "Gardner, Edward Lewis"] in Theosophy World.
	* [https://www.theosophy.world/encyclopedia/cottingley-fairies Cottingley Fairies] in Theosophy World		* [https://www.theosophy.world/encyclopedia/cottingley-fairies Cottingley Fairies] in Theosophy World

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	* '''[https://theosophicalsociety.org.au/union_index/entries?q=EL+Gardner&s=author 85 articles by EL Gardner]'''.		* '''[https://theosophicalsociety.org.au/union_index/entries?q=EL+Gardner&s=author 85 articles by EL Gardner]'''.
	* '''[https://theosophicalsociety.org.au/union_index/entries?q=Edward+L+Gardner&s=author 25 by Edward L Gardner]'''.		* '''[https://theosophicalsociety.org.au/union_index/entries?q=Edward+L+Gardner&s=author 25 by Edward L Gardner]'''.
	~~, and 14 under [http://www.austheos.org.au/cgi-bin/ui-csvsearch.pl?search=Edward+L+Gardner&method=perfect Edward L Gardner].~~

	=== Books ===		=== Books ===

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	== Writings ==		== Writings ==

	Gardner was much known for his writings. ~~The~~ [[~~Union Index of Theosophical Periodicals~~]] ~~lists 74 articles under the name~~ [~~http://www~~.~~austheos~~.~~org~~.~~au/cgi-bin/ui-csvsearch~~.~~pl?search=EL+Gardner&method=perfect EL Gardner]~~, ~~3 under [http://www.austheos.org~~.~~au/cgi-bin~~/~~ui-csvsearch.pl?search=E+L+Gardner&method=perfect E L Gardner],~~ and ~~14 under [http~~:~~//www.austheos.org.au/cgi-bin/ui-csvsearch.pl?search=Edward+L+Gardner&method=perfect Edward L Gardner].~~		Gardner was much known for his writings. In 1940 he was awarded the '''[[Subba Row Medal]]''' for his contributions to Theosophical literature, nominated by [[Sidney A. Cook]].<ref>Sidney A. Cook, "The Subba Rao Medal" ''The American Theosophist'' 28 no.4 (April, 1940), 77-78.</ref> These are books and pamphlets that he wrote:

	~~In 1940 he was awarded the '''~~[[~~Subba Row Medal~~]]''' ~~for his contributions to Theosophical literature, nominated by~~ [~~[Sidney A~~. ~~Cook]~~].~~<ref>Sidney A~~. ~~Cook, "The Subba Rao Medal" '~~'~~The American Theosophist~~'' ~~28 no~~.~~4 (April~~, ~~1940), 77~~-78.~~</ref> These are books and pamphlets that he wrote:~~		=== Articles ===
			The [[Union Index of Theosophical Periodicals]] lists:
			* '''[https://theosophicalsociety.org.au/union_index/entries?q=EL+Gardner&s=author 85 articles by EL Gardner]'''.
			* '''[https://theosophicalsociety.org.au/union_index/entries?q=Edward+L+Gardner&s=author 25 by Edward L Gardner]'''.
			, and 14 under [http://www.austheos.org.au/cgi-bin/ui-csvsearch.pl?search=Edward+L+Gardner&method=perfect Edward L Gardner].

			=== Books ===
	* [https://archive.org/details/gardnerthefourthcreativehierarchy '''''The Fourth Creative Hierarchy], Matter is the Shadow of Spirits, and The Web of the Universe'''''. Madras, India: F.E. Philp & Sons, 1913. Reprinted 1936, rev. Ed. 1938.		* [https://archive.org/details/gardnerthefourthcreativehierarchy '''''The Fourth Creative Hierarchy], Matter is the Shadow of Spirits, and The Web of the Universe'''''. Madras, India: F.E. Philp & Sons, 1913. Reprinted 1936, rev. Ed. 1938.
	* '''''The Web of the Universe'''''. London: Theosophical Publishing House, 1936. Available at [https://archive.org/details/weboftheuniverse032400mbp Archive.org].		* '''''The Web of the Universe'''''. London: Theosophical Publishing House, 1936. Available at [https://archive.org/details/weboftheuniverse032400mbp Archive.org].

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	* '''''A Mind to Embrace the Universe'''''. 1965.		* '''''A Mind to Embrace the Universe'''''. 1965.
	* '''''Thyself Both Heaven and Hell'''''. London: Theosophical Publishing House, 1966. 31 pages.		* '''''Thyself Both Heaven and Hell'''''. London: Theosophical Publishing House, 1966. 31 pages.
			* '''''This World and the Next'''''.
			* '''''A Mystery Scroll and Its Key'''''.

	=== Published lectures ===		=== Published lectures ===

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	== Additional resources ==		== Additional resources ==

	* ~~'''~~[https://www.theosophy.world/encyclopedia/gardner-edward-lewis "Gardner, Edward Lewis"]~~'''~~ in Theosophy World.		* [https://www.theosophy.world/encyclopedia/gardner-edward-lewis "Gardner, Edward Lewis"] in Theosophy World.
	* ~~'''~~[https://www.theosophy.world/sites/default/files/ebooks/Doyle%20Sir%20Arthur/The%20Coming%20of%20the%20Fairies.pdf The Coming of the Fairies]~~'''~~ by Arthur Conan Doyle. New York: George H Doran Co, 1921.		* [https://www.theosophy.world/encyclopedia/cottingley-fairies Cottingley Fairies] in Theosophy World
			* [https://www.theosophy.world/sites/default/files/ebooks/Doyle%20Sir%20Arthur/The%20Coming%20of%20the%20Fairies.pdf The Coming of the Fairies] by Arthur Conan Doyle. New York: George H Doran Co, 1921.

	== Notes ==		== Notes ==

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	* '''''Group Work'''''. London: Theosophical Research Centre, 1947.		* '''''Group Work'''''. London: Theosophical Research Centre, 1947.
	* '''''The Nature and the Function of the Soul'''''. London: Theosophical Publishing House, 1946.		* '''''The Nature and the Function of the Soul'''''. London: Theosophical Publishing House, 1946.
	* '''''The Imperishable Body'''''. 1949.		* '''''The Imperishable Body'''''. London: Theosophical Publishing House, 1949. 35 pages. A transaction of the Theosophical Research Centre, London.
	* '''''The Heavenly Man'''''. 1952.		* '''''The Heavenly Man'''''. 1952.
	* '''''The Wider View & Studies in the Secret Doctrine'''''. Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1962. Håkan Blomqvist describes this as "a collection of articles published between 1944-1959. In several of these articles Gardner tries to understand the UFO enigma from a Theosophical viewpoint. His theory is that they represent either etheric Venusians or deva materializations."<ref>Håkan Blomqvist at [http://ufoarchives.blogspot.se/2013_05_01_archive.html at UFOArchives.blogspot.]</ref>		* '''''The Wider View & Studies in the Secret Doctrine'''''. Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1962. 144 pages. Håkan Blomqvist describes this as "a collection of articles published between 1944-1959. In several of these articles Gardner tries to understand the UFO enigma from a Theosophical viewpoint. His theory is that they represent either etheric Venusians or deva materializations."<ref>Håkan Blomqvist at [http://ufoarchives.blogspot.se/2013_05_01_archive.html at UFOArchives.blogspot.]</ref>
	* '''''There Is No Religion Higher Than Truth'''''. 1964. Booklet.		* '''''There Is No Religion Higher Than Truth'''''. 1964. Booklet.
	* '''''A Mind to Embrace the Universe'''''. 1965.		* '''''A Mind to Embrace the Universe'''''. 1965.
	* '''''Thyself Both Heaven and Hell'''''. 1966.		* '''''Thyself Both Heaven and Hell'''''. London: Theosophical Publishing House, 1966. 31 pages.

	=== Published lectures ===		=== Published lectures ===

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	[[File:Edward L. Gardner.jpg\|200px\|right\|thumb\|E. L. Gardner in 1927]]		[[File:Edward L. Gardner.jpg\|200px\|right\|thumb\|E. L. Gardner in 1927]]
	[[File:E L Gardner - frontispiece.jpg\|180px\|right\|thumb\|E. L. Gardner as member of Exec Committee of TS in England]]		[[File:E L Gardner - frontispiece.jpg\|180px\|right\|thumb\|E. L. Gardner as member of Exec Committee of TS in England]]
			[[File:Stamford House, Wimbledon.jpg\|right\|230px\|thumb\|Stamford House in 2016]]
	[[File:N Sri Ram and E L Gardner.jpg\|210px\|right\|thumb\|N. Sri Ram and E. L. Gardner at Tekels Park. © Theosophical Society in England Archives.]]		[[File:N Sri Ram and E L Gardner.jpg\|210px\|right\|thumb\|N. Sri Ram and E. L. Gardner at Tekels Park. © Theosophical Society in England Archives.]]
	'''Edward Lewis Gardner''' (1869-1969) was a noted writer and lecturer from the English Section of the [[Theosophical Society (Adyar)\|Theosophical Society based in Adyar, India]].		'''Edward Lewis Gardner''' (1869-1969) was a noted writer and lecturer from the English Section of the [[Theosophical Society (Adyar)\|Theosophical Society based in Adyar, India]].