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	Other references to Brown exist in Blavatsky's letters to [[Hiram Corson]] and in Olcott's [[Old Diary Leaves (book)\|''Old Diary Leaves'']].		Other references to Brown exist in Blavatsky's letters to [[Hiram Corson]] and in Olcott's [[Old Diary Leaves (book)\|''Old Diary Leaves'']].

			== Additional resources ==
			* [https://www.theosophy.world/encyclopedia/brown-eldridge-gerry Brown, Eldridge Gerry] in Theosophy World

	== Notes ==		== Notes ==

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	<blockquote>Several hundred dollars out of our pockets were spent on behalf of the Editor, and he was made to pass through a minor "diksha" [initiation]. This proving of no avail — the Theosophical Society was established. . . . The man might have become a POWER, he preferred to remain an ASS. ''De gustibus non disputandum est''.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. I (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1988), ~~888~~.</ref></blockquote>		<blockquote>Several hundred dollars out of our pockets were spent on behalf of the Editor, and he was made to pass through a minor "diksha" [initiation]. This proving of no avail — the Theosophical Society was established. . . . The man might have become a POWER, he preferred to remain an ASS. ''De gustibus non disputandum est''.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. I (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1988), 88.</ref></blockquote>

	<blockquote>The Editor and Medium Gerry Brown has thanked us for our help. Between Col. Olcott & myself, H.P.B., we have spent over a 1000 dollars given him to pay his debts & support his paper. Six months later he became our mortal enemy, because only we declared our unbelief in Spirits. Oh grateful mankind . . . H.P.B.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. I (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1988), 95.</ref></blockquote>		<blockquote>The Editor and Medium Gerry Brown has thanked us for our help. Between Col. Olcott & myself, H.P.B., we have spent over a 1000 dollars given him to pay his debts & support his paper. Six months later he became our mortal enemy, because only we declared our unbelief in Spirits. Oh grateful mankind . . . H.P.B.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. I (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1988), 95.</ref></blockquote>
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	<blockquote>Creditors list includes Col Olcott ($590), Mme. Blav. ($150), to which HPB has red pencilled a note: "And several hundred more given without asking for a note. HPB." Also: "A constant shower of abuse and sneering in his paper against us, and in other papers too, and bankruptcy to end the whole without a single line of acknowledgment, excuse or regret. Such is Gerry Elbridge Brown, the Spiritualist." (Total debt of Brown: $3710)<ref>Mary K. Neff, "H.P.B.'s Scrapbooks," a summary of the scrapbooks written about 1934. Quoted from Boris de Zirkoff Papers, Records Series 22, Theosophical Society in America Archives.</ref></blockquote>		<blockquote>Creditors list includes Col Olcott ($590), Mme. Blav. ($150), to which HPB has red pencilled a note: "And several hundred more given without asking for a note. HPB." Also: "A constant shower of abuse and sneering in his paper against us, and in other papers too, and bankruptcy to end the whole without a single line of acknowledgment, excuse or regret. Such is Gerry Elbridge Brown, the Spiritualist." (Total debt of Brown: $3710)<ref>Mary K. Neff, "H.P.B.'s Scrapbooks," a summary of the scrapbooks written about 1934. Quoted from Boris de Zirkoff Papers, Records Series 22, Theosophical Society in America Archives.</ref></blockquote>

	Other references to Brown exist in Blavatsky's letters to [[Hiram Corson]] and in Olcott's [[Old Diary Leaves (book)\|''Old Diary Leaves'']].		Other references to Brown exist in Blavatsky's letters to [[Hiram Corson]] and in Olcott's [[Old Diary Leaves (book)\|''Old Diary Leaves'']].

	== Notes ==		== Notes ==

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	== Theosophical involvement ==		== Theosophical involvement ==

	~~From~~ early letters from Egyptian [[Masters of Wisdom]] to [[Henry Steel Olcott\|Col. H. S. Olcott]], it is evident that they had ~~originally chosen three people to form~~ the ~~nucleus~~ of what would ~~become~~ the [[Theosophical Society]]. Two of them were the Colonel and [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky\|H. P. Blavatsky]], the third one being young E. G. Brown, then editor of the ''Spiritual Scientist'' and interested in understanding the occult laws behind spiritualistic phenomena. [[Serapis\|Master S.]] wrote:		Young E. G. Brown, editor of the ''Spiritual Scientist'', was interested in understanding the occult laws behind Spiritualistic phenomena. In November of 1874, after reading a defense of the genuineness of this phenomena that [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky\|H. P. Blavatsky]] had published in the ''Daily Graphic'', Mr. Brown sent her a sample of his own Spiritualist newspaper with a note of appreciation for her article. This gave rise to a correspondence that got him close to Blavatsky's work. In fact, in early letters from Egyptian [[Masters of Wisdom]] to [[Henry Steel Olcott\|Col. H. S. Olcott]], it is evident that they had thought Mr. Brown could become the third main Founder of what would be the [[Theosophical Society]]. [[Serapis\|Master S.]] wrote:

	<blockquote>This cause—in your country—depends entirely on the closest unity between you three—our Lodge’s chosen Triad—you, verily so, you three so utterly dissimilar and yet so closely connected to be brought together and linked in one by the never-erring Wisdom of the Brotherhood.<ref>Curuppumullage Jinarājadāsa, ''Letters from the Masters of the Wisdom'' Second Series No. 6 (Adyar, Madras: The Theosophical Publishing House, 1988), 17.</ref></blockquote>		<blockquote>This cause—in your country—depends entirely on the closest unity between you three—our Lodge’s chosen Triad—you, verily so, you three so utterly dissimilar and yet so closely connected to be brought together and linked in one by the never-erring Wisdom of the Brotherhood.<ref>Curuppumullage Jinarājadāsa, ''Letters from the Masters of the Wisdom'' Second Series No. 6 (Adyar, Madras: The Theosophical Publishing House, 1988), 17.</ref></blockquote>

	~~According~~ to ~~Col. Olcott’s account in his ''Old Diary Leaves'~~' ~~(Vol. I, pp. 72-73), Mme. Blavatsky became seriously interested in Mr Brown’s journal during the first quarter of 1875~~. He was educated but very poor; for, to become a Spiritualist and editor of his paper, he had quarreled with his family.<ref>Josephine Ransom, ''A Short History of The Theosophical Society'' (Adyar, Madras: The Theosophical Publishing House, 1989), 68.</ref> At the ~~beginning he worked with~~ [[Founders#"The Founders"\|the Founders]], ~~who~~ supported him and his paper financially. However, in 1876, as they started striving to wean the public mind away from Spiritualism, Brown decided to keep his belief in [[Mediumship#Spirit_guides\|"Spirits"]] and go his own way, eventually turning against the Founders.<ref>George E. Linton and Virginia Hanson, eds., ''Readers Guide to The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett'' (Adyar, Chennai, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1972), 221-222.</ref></blockquote> This was shortly after the birth of his first child, after accusing HPB of trying to psychically harm his wife and cause the death of his then unborn child.<ref>See [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=25052765# Elbridge Gerry Brown, Sr] at Findagrave.com</ref>		Mr. Brown began to publish many of Blavatsky's letters. He was educated but very poor; for, to become a Spiritualist and editor of his paper, he had quarreled with his family.<ref>Josephine Ransom, ''A Short History of The Theosophical Society'' (Adyar, Madras: The Theosophical Publishing House, 1989), 68.</ref> During his cooperation with the [[Founders#"The Founders"\|the Founders]], they supported him and his paper financially. However, in 1876, as they started striving to wean the public mind away from Spiritualism, Brown decided to keep his belief in [[Mediumship#Spirit_guides\|"Spirits"]] and go his own way, eventually turning against the Founders.<ref>George E. Linton and Virginia Hanson, eds., ''Readers Guide to The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett'' (Adyar, Chennai, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1972), 221-222.</ref></blockquote> This was shortly after the birth of his first child, after accusing HPB of trying to psychically harm his wife and cause the death of his then unborn child.<ref>See [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=25052765# Elbridge Gerry Brown, Sr] at Findagrave.com</ref>

			HPB wrote in her first scrapbook the following remarks:

			<blockquote>Several hundred dollars out of our pockets were spent on behalf of the Editor, and he was made to pass through a minor "diksha" [initiation]. This proving of no avail — the Theosophical Society was established. . . . The man might have become a POWER, he preferred to remain an ASS. ''De gustibus non disputandum est''.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. I (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1988), 888.</ref></blockquote>

			<blockquote>The Editor and Medium Gerry Brown has thanked us for our help. Between Col. Olcott & myself, H.P.B., we have spent over a 1000 dollars given him to pay his debts & support his paper. Six months later he became our mortal enemy, because only we declared our unbelief in Spirits. Oh grateful mankind . . . H.P.B.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. I (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1988), 95.</ref></blockquote>

	In her third scrapbook, HPB includes a bankruptcy notice for Brown summarized in this way by [[Mary K. Neff]]:		In her third scrapbook, HPB includes a bankruptcy notice for Brown summarized in this way by [[Mary K. Neff]]:

	<blockquote>Creditors list includes Col Olcott ($590), Mme. Blav. ($150), to which HPB has red pencilled a note: "And several hundred more given without asking for a note. HPB." Also: "A constant shower of abuse and sneering in his paper against us, and in other papers too, and bankruptcy to end the whole without a single line of acknowledgment, excuse or regret. Such is Gerry Elbridge Brown, the Spiritualist." (Total debt of Brown: $3710)<ref>Mary K. Neff, "H.P.B.'s Scrapbooks," a summary of the scrapbooks written about 1934. Quoted from Boris de Zirkoff Papers, Records Series 22, Theosophical Society in America Archives.</ref></blockquote>		<blockquote>Creditors list includes Col Olcott ($590), Mme. Blav. ($150), to which HPB has red pencilled a note: "And several hundred more given without asking for a note. HPB." Also: "A constant shower of abuse and sneering in his paper against us, and in other papers too, and bankruptcy to end the whole without a single line of acknowledgment, excuse or regret. Such is Gerry Elbridge Brown, the Spiritualist." (Total debt of Brown: $3710)<ref>Mary K. Neff, "H.P.B.'s Scrapbooks," a summary of the scrapbooks written about 1934. Quoted from Boris de Zirkoff Papers, Records Series 22, Theosophical Society in America Archives.</ref></blockquote>

	~~Some time later HPB wrote in a personal note the following remark:~~

	<blockquote>Several hundred dollars out of our pockets were spent on behalf of the Editor, and he was made to pass through a minor "diksha" [initiation]. This proving of no avail — the Theosophical Society was established. . . . The man might have become a POWER, he preferred to remain an ASS. ''De gustibus non disputandum est''.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. I (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1988), 888.</ref></blockquote>

	Other references to Brown exist in Blavatsky's letters to [[Hiram Corson]] and in Olcott's [[Old Diary Leaves (book)\|''Old Diary Leaves'']].		Other references to Brown exist in Blavatsky's letters to [[Hiram Corson]] and in Olcott's [[Old Diary Leaves (book)\|''Old Diary Leaves'']].

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	'''Elbridge Gerry Brown''' was an American [[Spiritualism\|Spiritualist]] and editor of the ''Spiritual Scientist'' of Boston, Mass.		'''Elbridge Gerry Brown''' ([[April 15]], 1849 - [[August 28]], 1928) was an American [[Spiritualism\|Spiritualist]] and editor of the ''Spiritual Scientist'' of Boston, Mass.

			== Biographical data==

			Elbridge Gerry Walter Channing Brown was born on [[April 15]] (or 19?), 1849, at the residence of his parents, Thomas W. and Sarah D., at 34 Hanover St.; Boston, MA. Later in life he dropped two of his names and was known as Elbridge Gerry Brown.

			On [[July 21]], 1875, he got married to 22 years old Hannah M. Fluker in the Town of South Abington. In 1874 he founded and edited a weekly Spiritualist newspaper titled, the ''Spiritual Scientist''. In 1880 census he was living in Boston, listed as Gary E. Brown, with wife Hannah L., daughters Alice G. and Jennie C.

			He died on [[August 28]], 1928, and was buried at Colebrook Cemetery, Whitman Plymouth County, Mass.<ref>[http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=25052765# Elbridge Gerry Brown, Sr] at Findagrave.com</ref>

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	<blockquote>This cause—in your country—depends entirely on the closest unity between you three—our Lodge’s chosen Triad—you, verily so, you three so utterly dissimilar and yet so closely connected to be brought together and linked in one by the never-erring Wisdom of the Brotherhood.<ref>Curuppumullage Jinarājadāsa, ''Letters from the Masters of the Wisdom'' Second Series No. 6 (Adyar, Madras: The Theosophical Publishing House, 1988), 17.</ref></blockquote>		<blockquote>This cause—in your country—depends entirely on the closest unity between you three—our Lodge’s chosen Triad—you, verily so, you three so utterly dissimilar and yet so closely connected to be brought together and linked in one by the never-erring Wisdom of the Brotherhood.<ref>Curuppumullage Jinarājadāsa, ''Letters from the Masters of the Wisdom'' Second Series No. 6 (Adyar, Madras: The Theosophical Publishing House, 1988), 17.</ref></blockquote>

	Mr. ~~Brown~~ was educated but very poor; for, to become a Spiritualist and editor of ~~a spiritualistic~~ paper, he had quarreled with his family.<ref>Josephine Ransom, ''A Short History of The Theosophical Society'' (Adyar, Madras: The Theosophical Publishing House, 1989), 68.</ref> At the beginning he worked with [[Founders#"The Founders"\|the Founders]], who supported him and his paper financially. However, as they started striving to wean the public mind away from Spiritualism, Brown decided to keep his belief in [[Mediumship#Spirit_guides\|"Spirits"]] and go his own way, eventually turning against the Founders.<ref>George E. Linton and Virginia Hanson, eds., ''Readers Guide to The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett'' (Adyar, Chennai, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1972), 221-222.</ref></blockquote> ~~Mme~~. ~~Blavatsky's~~ third scrapbook includes a bankruptcy notice for Brown summarized in this way by [[Mary K. Neff]]:		According to Col. Olcott’s account in his ''Old Diary Leaves'' (Vol. I, pp. 72-73), Mme. Blavatsky became seriously interested in Mr Brown’s journal during the first quarter of 1875. He was educated but very poor; for, to become a Spiritualist and editor of his paper, he had quarreled with his family.<ref>Josephine Ransom, ''A Short History of The Theosophical Society'' (Adyar, Madras: The Theosophical Publishing House, 1989), 68.</ref> At the beginning he worked with [[Founders#"The Founders"\|the Founders]], who supported him and his paper financially. However, in 1876, as they started striving to wean the public mind away from Spiritualism, Brown decided to keep his belief in [[Mediumship#Spirit_guides\|"Spirits"]] and go his own way, eventually turning against the Founders.<ref>George E. Linton and Virginia Hanson, eds., ''Readers Guide to The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett'' (Adyar, Chennai, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1972), 221-222.</ref></blockquote> This was shortly after the birth of his first child, after accusing HPB of trying to psychically harm his wife and cause the death of his then unborn child.<ref>See [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=25052765# Elbridge Gerry Brown, Sr] at Findagrave.com</ref>

			In her third scrapbook, HPB includes a bankruptcy notice for Brown summarized in this way by [[Mary K. Neff]]:

	<blockquote>Creditors list includes Col Olcott ($590), Mme. Blav. ($150), to which HPB has red pencilled a note: "And several hundred more given without asking for a note. HPB." Also: "A constant shower of abuse and sneering in his paper against us, and in other papers too, and bankruptcy to end the whole without a single line of acknowledgment, excuse or regret. Such is Gerry Elbridge Brown, the Spiritualist." (Total debt of Brown: $3710)<ref>Mary K. Neff, "H.P.B.'s Scrapbooks," a summary of the scrapbooks written about 1934. Quoted from Boris de Zirkoff Papers, Records Series 22, Theosophical Society in America Archives.</ref></blockquote>		<blockquote>Creditors list includes Col Olcott ($590), Mme. Blav. ($150), to which HPB has red pencilled a note: "And several hundred more given without asking for a note. HPB." Also: "A constant shower of abuse and sneering in his paper against us, and in other papers too, and bankruptcy to end the whole without a single line of acknowledgment, excuse or regret. Such is Gerry Elbridge Brown, the Spiritualist." (Total debt of Brown: $3710)<ref>Mary K. Neff, "H.P.B.'s Scrapbooks," a summary of the scrapbooks written about 1934. Quoted from Boris de Zirkoff Papers, Records Series 22, Theosophical Society in America Archives.</ref></blockquote>

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	'''Elbridge Gerry Brown''' was an American ~~Editor of the ''Spiritual Scientist'' of Boston, Mass. According to~~ [[~~Readers Guide to The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett (book)~~\|~~''Readers Guide to The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett''~~]]:		'''Elbridge Gerry Brown''' was an American [[Spiritualism\|Spiritualist]] and editor of the ''Spiritual Scientist'' of Boston, Mass.
	~~<br>~~
	~~<blockquote>Brown, Elbridge Gerry,~~ editor of the ~~magazine~~ ''Spiritual Scientist'' in Boston. Referred to in [[Old Diary Leaves (book)\|ODL]] and early letters from the Egyptian [[Adepts]] to [[Henry Steel Olcott\|HSO]]. Apparently he was one of the three selected by the [[Brotherhood of Adepts\|Brotherhood]] to start the TS movement through an interest in [[Spiritualism\|spiritualism]]. "Educated but very poor; for, to become a Spiritualist and editor of a spiritualistic paper, he had quarreled with his family" ([[A Short History of the Theosophical Society (book)\|SH]], p. 68). Later, when [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky\|HPB]] and [[Henry Steel Olcott\|HSO]] were trying to wean the public mind away from spiritualism, Brown decided to go his own way and keep his belief in "Spirits." [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky\|HPB]] said "he might have become a ''Power''" but preferred otherwise ([[A Short History of the Theosophical Society (book)\|SH]], p. 71).<ref>George E. Linton and Virginia Hanson, eds., ''Readers Guide to The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett'' (Adyar, Chennai, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1972), 221-222.~~</ref></blockquote>~~

	== Theosophical involvement ==		== Theosophical involvement ==

	From early letters~~, it is evident that the~~ [[Masters of Wisdom]] had originally chosen three people to form the nucleus of what would become the [[Theosophical Society]]. Two of them were [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky\|H. P. Blavatsky]] ~~and [[Henry Steel Olcott\|H. S. Olcott]]. The~~ third one ~~was~~ young E. G. Brown, then editor of the ''Spiritual Scientist'', and interested in understanding the occult laws behind spiritualistic phenomena. As [[Serapis\|Master S.]] wrote ~~in a letter to Col. Olcott~~:		From early letters from Egyptian [[Masters of Wisdom]] to [[Henry Steel Olcott\|Col. H. S. Olcott]], it is evident that they had originally chosen three people to form the nucleus of what would become the [[Theosophical Society]]. Two of them were the Colonel and [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky\|H. P. Blavatsky]], the third one being young E. G. Brown, then editor of the ''Spiritual Scientist'' and interested in understanding the occult laws behind spiritualistic phenomena. [[Serapis\|Master S.]] wrote:

	<blockquote>This cause—in your country—depends entirely on the closest unity between you three—our Lodge’s chosen Triad—you, verily so, you three so utterly dissimilar and yet so closely connected to be brought together and linked in one by the never-erring Wisdom of the Brotherhood.<ref>Curuppumullage Jinarājadāsa, ''Letters from the Masters of the Wisdom'' Second Series No. 6 (Adyar, Madras: The Theosophical Publishing House, 1988), 17.</ref></blockquote>		<blockquote>This cause—in your country—depends entirely on the closest unity between you three—our Lodge’s chosen Triad—you, verily so, you three so utterly dissimilar and yet so closely connected to be brought together and linked in one by the never-erring Wisdom of the Brotherhood.<ref>Curuppumullage Jinarājadāsa, ''Letters from the Masters of the Wisdom'' Second Series No. 6 (Adyar, Madras: The Theosophical Publishing House, 1988), 17.</ref></blockquote>

	Mr. Brown ~~worked for the Theosophical project~~ for a ~~short time~~ with the ~~financial support of~~ [[Founders#"The Founders"\|~~The~~ Founders]], ~~since he was very poor~~. However, ~~he failed~~ to ~~continue with this work~~ and eventually ~~turned~~ against it. ~~Mme~~. ~~Blavatsky wrote about him: "The man might have become a Power~~, ~~he preferred to remain an Ass"~~.~~<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky~~, ''~~Collected Writings~~'' ~~vol. I~~ (~~Wheaton~~, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, ~~1988~~), ~~888~~.</ref> ~~Madame~~ Blavatsky's third scrapbook includes a bankruptcy notice for Brown summarized in this way by [[Mary K. Neff]]:		Mr. Brown was educated but very poor; for, to become a Spiritualist and editor of a spiritualistic paper, he had quarreled with his family.<ref>Josephine Ransom, ''A Short History of The Theosophical Society'' (Adyar, Madras: The Theosophical Publishing House, 1989), 68.</ref> At the beginning he worked with [[Founders#"The Founders"\|the Founders]], who supported him and his paper financially. However, as they started striving to wean the public mind away from Spiritualism, Brown decided to keep his belief in [[Mediumship#Spirit_guides\|"Spirits"]] and go his own way, eventually turning against the Founders.<ref>George E. Linton and Virginia Hanson, eds., ''Readers Guide to The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett'' (Adyar, Chennai, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1972), 221-222.</ref></blockquote> Mme. Blavatsky's third scrapbook includes a bankruptcy notice for Brown summarized in this way by [[Mary K. Neff]]:

	<blockquote>Creditors list includes Col Olcott ($590), Mme. Blav. ($150), to which HPB has red pencilled a note: "And several hundred more given without asking for a note. HPB." Also: "A constant shower of abuse and sneering in his paper against us, and in other papers too, and bankruptcy to end the whole without a single line of acknowledgment, excuse or regret. Such is Gerry Elbridge Brown, the Spiritualist." (Total debt of Brown: $3710)<ref>Mary K. Neff, "H.P.B.'s Scrapbooks," a summary of the scrapbooks written about 1934. Quoted from Boris de Zirkoff Papers, Records Series 22, Theosophical Society in America Archives.</ref></blockquote>		<blockquote>Creditors list includes Col Olcott ($590), Mme. Blav. ($150), to which HPB has red pencilled a note: "And several hundred more given without asking for a note. HPB." Also: "A constant shower of abuse and sneering in his paper against us, and in other papers too, and bankruptcy to end the whole without a single line of acknowledgment, excuse or regret. Such is Gerry Elbridge Brown, the Spiritualist." (Total debt of Brown: $3710)<ref>Mary K. Neff, "H.P.B.'s Scrapbooks," a summary of the scrapbooks written about 1934. Quoted from Boris de Zirkoff Papers, Records Series 22, Theosophical Society in America Archives.</ref></blockquote>

			Some time later HPB wrote in a personal note the following remark:

			<blockquote>Several hundred dollars out of our pockets were spent on behalf of the Editor, and he was made to pass through a minor "diksha" [initiation]. This proving of no avail — the Theosophical Society was established. . . . The man might have become a POWER, he preferred to remain an ASS. ''De gustibus non disputandum est''.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. I (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1988), 888.</ref></blockquote>

	Other references to Brown exist in Blavatsky's letters to [[Hiram Corson]] and in Olcott's [[Old Diary Leaves (book)\|''Old Diary Leaves'']].		Other references to Brown exist in Blavatsky's letters to [[Hiram Corson]] and in Olcott's [[Old Diary Leaves (book)\|''Old Diary Leaves'']].

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	Some references exist in Blavatsky's letters to [[Hiram Corson]] and in Olcott's [[Old Diary Leaves (book)\|''Old Diary Leaves'']]. Madame Blavatsky's third scrapbook includes a bankruptcy notice for Brown summarized in this way by [[Mary K. Neff]]:		Some references to Brown exist in Blavatsky's letters to [[Hiram Corson]] and in Olcott's [[Old Diary Leaves (book)\|''Old Diary Leaves'']]. Madame Blavatsky's third scrapbook includes a bankruptcy notice for Brown summarized in this way by [[Mary K. Neff]]:
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	Creditors list includes Col Olcott ($590), Mme. Blav. ($150), to which HPB has red pencilled a note: "And several hundred more given without asking for a note. HPB." Also: "A constant shower of abuse and sneering in his paper against us, and in other papers to, and bankruptcy to end the whole without a single line of acknowledgment, excuse or regret. Such is Gerry Elbridge Brown, the Spiritualist." (Total debt of Brown: $3710)<ref>Mary K. Neff, "H.P.B.'s Scrapbooks," a summary of the scrapbooks written about 1934. Quoted from Boris de Zirkoff Papers, Records Series 22, Theosophical Society in America Archives.</ref>		Creditors list includes Col Olcott ($590), Mme. Blav. ($150), to which HPB has red pencilled a note: "And several hundred more given without asking for a note. HPB." Also: "A constant shower of abuse and sneering in his paper against us, and in other papers too, and bankruptcy to end the whole without a single line of acknowledgment, excuse or regret. Such is Gerry Elbridge Brown, the Spiritualist." (Total debt of Brown: $3710)<ref>Mary K. Neff, "H.P.B.'s Scrapbooks," a summary of the scrapbooks written about 1934. Quoted from Boris de Zirkoff Papers, Records Series 22, Theosophical Society in America Archives.</ref>
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[[Category:Editors|Brown, Elbridge Gerry]]
[[Category:Writers|Brown, Elbridge Gerry]]
[[Category:Spiritualists|Brown, Elbridge Gerry]]
[[Category:Nationality American|Brown, Elbdridge Gerry]]
According to [[Readers Guide to The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett (book)|''Readers Guide to The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett'']]:<br>
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Brown, Elbridge Gerry, editor of the magazine ''Spiritual Scientist'' in Boston. Referred to in [[Old Diary Leaves (book)|ODL]] and early letters from the Egyptian [[Adepts]] to [[Henry Steel Olcott|HSO]]. Apparently he was one of the three selected by the [[Brotherhood of Adepts|Brotherhood]] to start the TS movement through an interest in [[Spiritualism|spiritualism]]. "Educated but very poor; for, to become a Spiritualist and editor of a spiritualistic paper, he had quarreled with his family" ([[A Short History of the Theosophical Society (book)|SH]], p. 68). Later, when [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky|HPB]] and [[Henry Steel Olcott|HSO]] were trying to wean the public mind away from spiritualism, Brown decided to go his own way and keep his belief in "Spirits." [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky|HPB]] said "he might have become a ''Power''" but preferred otherwise ([[A Short History of the Theosophical Society (book)|SH]], p. 71).<ref>George E. Linton and Virginia Hanson, eds., ''Readers Guide to The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett'' (Adyar, Chennai, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1972), 221-222.</ref>
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Some references exist in Blavatsky's letters to [[Hiram Corson]] and in Olcott's [[Old Diary Leaves (book)|''Old Diary Leaves'']]. Madame Blavatsky's third scrapbook includes a bankruptcy notice for Brown summarized in this way by [[Mary K. Neff]]:
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Creditors list includes Col Olcott ($590), Mme. Blav. ($150), to which HPB has red pencilled a note: "And several hundred more given without asking for a note. HPB." Also: "A constant shower of abuse and sneering in his paper against us, and in other papers to, and bankruptcy to end the whole without a single line of acknowledgment, excuse or regret. Such is Gerry Elbridge Brown, the Spiritualist." (Total debt of Brown: $3710)<ref>Mary K. Neff, "H.P.B.'s Scrapbooks," a summary of the scrapbooks written about 1934. Quoted from Boris de Zirkoff Papers, Records Series 22, Theosophical Society in America Archives.</ref>
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