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	The [[Union Index of Theosophical Periodicals]] ~~list~~ [~~http~~://~~www.austheos~~.org.au/~~cgi-bin~~/~~ui-csvsearch.pl~~?~~search~~=Evans-Wentz 17 articles by ~~or about~~ Evans-Wentz]~~, including reviews of his books~~.		The [[Union Index of Theosophical Periodicals]] lists '''[https://theosophicalsociety.org.au/union_index/entries?q=Evans-Wentz&s=author 11 articles by Evans-Wentz]''' and '''[https://theosophicalsociety.org.au/union_index/entries?q=Evans-Wentz&s=title 7 articles about him]'''.

	These are some of the books he published:		These are some of the books he published:

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	Walter Y. Evans-Wentz was born on [[February 2]], 1978 in Trenton, New Jersey. His parents were German immigrant Christopher Wentz from Baden, and American Mary Evans Wentz. They were [[Free Thought\|Free Thinkers]] and [[Spiritualism\|spiritualists]]. Walter joined the [[Point Loma\|Theosophical Society, Point Loma]] in California in 1902. The Society's leader [[Katherine Tingley]] encouraged him to continue his education at Stanford University, where he earned a Master of Arts degree in 1906.<ref>~~"Evans-Wentz, Walter Yeeling," in~~ [~~http~~://theosophy.ph/~~encyclo~~/~~index.php?title=~~Evans-Wentz,~~_Walter_Yeeling Theosopedia~~].</ref>		Walter Y. Evans-Wentz was born on [[February 2]], 1978 in Trenton, New Jersey. His parents were German immigrant Christopher Wentz from Baden, and American Mary Evans Wentz. They were [[Free Thought\|Free Thinkers]] and [[Spiritualism\|spiritualists]]. Walter joined the [[Point Loma\|Theosophical Society, Point Loma]] in California in 1902. The Society's leader [[Katherine Tingley]] encouraged him to continue his education at Stanford University, where he earned a Master of Arts degree in 1906.<ref>[https://www.theosophy.world/encyclopedia/evans-wentz-walter-yeeling "Evans-Wentz, Walter Yeeling"] in Theosophy World.</ref>

	== Advanced degrees and scholarship ==		== Advanced degrees and scholarship ==

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	== Additional resources ==		== Additional resources ==
	* ~~Harris, Philip S. "Evans-Wentz, Walter Yeeling," ''Theosophical Encyclopedia'' (Quezon City, Philippines: Theosophical Publishing House, 2006), 231. Available at~~ [https://www.theosophy.world/encyclopedia/evans-wentz-walter-yeeling Theosophy World].		* [https://www.theosophy.world/encyclopedia/evans-wentz-walter-yeeling Evans-Wentz, Walter Yeeling]in Theosophy World.
	* Power, Richard, and David Thompson. [https://www.theosophical.org/publications/quest-magazine/falling-awake-the-life-and-message-of-joe-miller "Falling Awake: The Life and Message of Joe Miller"] ''Quest'' 95.1 (January-February 2007): 7-11,17.		* Power, Richard, and David Thompson. [https://www.theosophical.org/publications/quest-magazine/falling-awake-the-life-and-message-of-joe-miller "Falling Awake: The Life and Message of Joe Miller"] ''Quest'' 95.1 (January-February 2007): 7-11,17.
	* Winkler, Ken. ''Pilgrim of Clear Light''. Berkeley: Dawnfire, 1982. A biography of Evans-Wentz.		* Winkler, Ken. ''Pilgrim of Clear Light''. Berkeley: Dawnfire, 1982. A biography of Evans-Wentz.

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	* Harris, Philip S. "Evans-Wentz, Walter Yeeling," ''Theosophical Encyclopedia'' (Quezon City, Philippines: Theosophical Publishing House, 2006), 231. Available at [https://www.theosophy.world/encyclopedia/evans-wentz-walter-yeeling Theosophy World].		* Harris, Philip S. "Evans-Wentz, Walter Yeeling," ''Theosophical Encyclopedia'' (Quezon City, Philippines: Theosophical Publishing House, 2006), 231. Available at [https://www.theosophy.world/encyclopedia/evans-wentz-walter-yeeling Theosophy World].
	* Power, Richard, and David Thompson. "Falling Awake: The Life and Message of Joe Miller." ''Quest'' 95.1 (January-February 2007): 7-11,17~~. Available at [https://www.theosophical.org/publications/quest-magazine/the-layrinth-a-brief-introduction-to-its-history-meaning-and-use?highlight=WyJsYWJ5cmludGgiXQ== Quest website]~~.		* Power, Richard, and David Thompson. [https://www.theosophical.org/publications/quest-magazine/falling-awake-the-life-and-message-of-joe-miller "Falling Awake: The Life and Message of Joe Miller"] ''Quest'' 95.1 (January-February 2007): 7-11,17.
	* Winkler, Ken. ''Pilgrim of Clear Light''. Berkeley: Dawnfire, 1982. A biography of Evans-Wentz.		* Winkler, Ken. ''Pilgrim of Clear Light''. Berkeley: Dawnfire, 1982. A biography of Evans-Wentz.

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	== Additional resources ==		== Additional resources ==
	* Harris, Philip S. "Evans-Wentz, Walter Yeeling," ''Theosophical Encyclopedia'' (Quezon City, Philippines: Theosophical Publishing House, 2006), 231. Available at [~~http~~://theosophy.ph/~~encyclo~~/~~index.php?title=Evans~~-~~Wentz,_Walter_Yeeling Theosopedia~~].		* Harris, Philip S. "Evans-Wentz, Walter Yeeling," ''Theosophical Encyclopedia'' (Quezon City, Philippines: Theosophical Publishing House, 2006), 231. Available at [https://www.theosophy.world/encyclopedia/evans-wentz-walter-yeeling Theosophy World].
	* Power, Richard, and David Thompson. "Falling Awake: The Life and Message of Joe Miller." ''Quest'' 95.1 (January-February 2007): 7-11,17. Available at [~~http~~://www.theosophical.org/publications/quest-magazine/~~1260#~~ Quest website].		* Power, Richard, and David Thompson. "Falling Awake: The Life and Message of Joe Miller." ''Quest'' 95.1 (January-February 2007): 7-11,17. Available at [https://www.theosophical.org/publications/quest-magazine/the-layrinth-a-brief-introduction-to-its-history-meaning-and-use?highlight=WyJsYWJ5cmludGgiXQ== Quest website].
	* Winkler, Ken. ''Pilgrim of Clear Light''. Berkeley: Dawnfire, 1982. A biography of Evans-Wentz.		* Winkler, Ken. ''Pilgrim of Clear Light''. Berkeley: Dawnfire, 1982. A biography of Evans-Wentz.

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	[[File:Evans-Wentz and Lama Kazi Dawa Samdup circa 1919.jpg\|right\|250px\|thumb\|Evans-Wentz, right, with Lama Kazi Dawa Samdup, circa 1919]]		[[File:Evans-Wentz and Lama Kazi Dawa Samdup circa 1919.jpg\|right\|250px\|thumb\|Evans-Wentz, right, with Lama Kazi Dawa Samdup, circa 1919]]
	'''Walter Yeeling Evans-Wentz''' ([[February 2]], 1878 – [[July 17]], 1965) was an American anthropologist, a scholar of Tibetan religions, and ~~was~~ a Theosophist long associated with the [[Point Loma]] community in San Diego. He is most famous for his 1927 publication of '''''The Tibetan Book of the Dead''''' and other pioneering works that transmitted [[Tibetan Buddhism]] to the West. He was a close friend of [[Boris de Zirkoff]].		'''Walter Yeeling Evans-Wentz''' ([[February 2]], 1878 – [[July 17]], 1965) was an American anthropologist, a scholar of Tibetan religions, and a Theosophist long associated with the [[Point Loma]] community in San Diego. He is most famous for his 1927 publication of '''''The Tibetan Book of the Dead''''' and other pioneering works that transmitted [[Tibetan Buddhism]] to the West. He was a close friend of [[Boris de Zirkoff]].

	== Early life ==		== Early life ==

	Walter Y. Evans-Wentz was born on February 2, 1978 in Trenton, New Jersey. His parents were German immigrant Christopher Wentz from Baden, and American Mary Evans Wentz. They were [[Free Thought\|Free Thinkers]] and [[Spiritualism\|spiritualists]]. Walter joined the [[Point Loma\|Theosophical Society, Point Loma]] in California in 1902. The Society's leader [[Katherine Tingley]] encouraged him to continue his education at Stanford University, where he earned a Master of Arts degree in 1906.<ref>"Evans-Wentz, Walter Yeeling," in [http://theosophy.ph/encyclo/index.php?title=Evans-Wentz,_Walter_Yeeling Theosopedia].</ref>		Walter Y. Evans-Wentz was born on [[February 2]], 1978 in Trenton, New Jersey. His parents were German immigrant Christopher Wentz from Baden, and American Mary Evans Wentz. They were [[Free Thought\|Free Thinkers]] and [[Spiritualism\|spiritualists]]. Walter joined the [[Point Loma\|Theosophical Society, Point Loma]] in California in 1902. The Society's leader [[Katherine Tingley]] encouraged him to continue his education at Stanford University, where he earned a Master of Arts degree in 1906.<ref>"Evans-Wentz, Walter Yeeling," in [http://theosophy.ph/encyclo/index.php?title=Evans-Wentz,_Walter_Yeeling Theosopedia].</ref>

	== Advanced degrees and scholarship ==		== Advanced degrees and scholarship ==
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	== Travels and personal life ==		== Travels and personal life ==
	For many years, Evans-Wentz lived away from the United States. From 1907-1914 he was in the British Isles and Europe; during 1914-1917 in Greece and Egypt; and during 1917-1922 in India and Ceylon [Sri Lanka]. After that he traveled to the Straits Settlements, China, and Japan.<ref>U. S. Passport issued in 1922.</ref> Through the 1920s and 1930s his home address alternated between Jesus College, Oxford, where he was teaching, and San Diego, California, with frequent travels to Asia.<ref>Passenger lists.</ref> During World War II he found it necessary to stay in San Diego, teaching and writing. He lived at the Keystone Hotel there for 23 years, and ended at Yogananda's Self-Realization Fellowship in Encinitas, California, dying on July 17, 1965. Passages from his ''Tibetan Book of the Dead'' were read at his funeral.<ref>Lawrence Sutin, ''All is Change: the Two-Thousand-Yyear Journey of Buddhism to the West'' (New York: Little, Brown and Co., 2006), 267.</ref> In addition to the Theosophical Society, Evans-Wentz was associated with the Self-Realization Fellowship and the [[Maha Bodhi Society]], supporting all three financially.<ref>Donal S. Lopez, ''Prisoners of Shangri-La: Tibetan Buddhism and the West'' (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1999), 54.</ref>		For many years, Evans-Wentz lived away from the United States. From 1907-1914 he was in the British Isles and Europe; during 1914-1917 in Greece and Egypt; and during 1917-1922 in India and Ceylon [Sri Lanka]. After that he traveled to the Straits Settlements, China, and Japan.<ref>U. S. Passport issued in 1922.</ref> Through the 1920s and 1930s his home address alternated between Jesus College, Oxford, where he was teaching, and San Diego, California, with frequent travels to Asia.<ref>Passenger lists.</ref> During World War II he found it necessary to stay in San Diego, teaching and writing. He lived at the Keystone Hotel there for 23 years, and ended at Yogananda's Self-Realization Fellowship in Encinitas, California, dying on [[July 17]], 1965. Passages from his ''Tibetan Book of the Dead'' were read at his funeral.<ref>Lawrence Sutin, ''All is Change: the Two-Thousand-Yyear Journey of Buddhism to the West'' (New York: Little, Brown and Co., 2006), 267.</ref> In addition to the Theosophical Society, Evans-Wentz was associated with the Self-Realization Fellowship and the [[Maha Bodhi Society]], supporting all three financially.<ref>Donal S. Lopez, ''Prisoners of Shangri-La: Tibetan Buddhism and the West'' (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1999), 54.</ref>

	[[File:Evans-Wentz book.jpg\|right\|180px\|thumb\|Cover of published text of Ananda College lecture]]		[[File:Evans-Wentz book.jpg\|right\|180px\|thumb\|Cover of published text of Ananda College lecture]]
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	These are some of the books he published:		These are some of the books he published:
	* '''''The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries'''''. London: H. Frowde, 1911 and numerous later publishers. [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc2.ark:/13960/t6g162984;view=1up;seq=7 Hathitrust].		* '''''The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries'''''. London: H. Frowde, 1911 and numerous later publishers. It is available at [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc2.ark:/13960/t6g162984;view=1up;seq=7 Hathitrust].
	* '''''Cachuma and Sacred Mountains'''''. Chicago: Swallow Press; Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Press, 1981. Written with Frank Waters and Charles L. Adams.		* '''''Cachuma and Sacred Mountains'''''. Chicago: Swallow Press; Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Press, 1981. Written with Frank Waters and Charles L. Adams.
	* '''''Tibet's Great Yogi, Milarepa'''''. London: Oxford University Press, 1928 and later publishers. '''''Subtitled: "a Biography from the Tibetan, Being the Jetsün-kahbum, or Biographical History of Jetsün-Milarepa, according to the Late Lama Kazi Dawa-Samdup's English Rendering."''''' Edited with introduction and annotations by W. Y. Evans-Wentz from translation of Mi-la-ras-pai rnam-thar. Authors listed as Gtsan-smyon He-ru-ka (1452-1507) and Zla-ba-bsam-'grub (1868-1922).		* '''''Tibet's Great Yogi, Milarepa'''''. London: Oxford University Press, 1928 and later publishers. '''''Subtitled: "a Biography from the Tibetan, Being the Jetsün-kahbum, or Biographical History of Jetsün-Milarepa, according to the Late Lama Kazi Dawa-Samdup's English Rendering."''''' Edited with introduction and annotations by W. Y. Evans-Wentz from translation of Mi-la-ras-pai rnam-thar. Authors listed as Gtsan-smyon He-ru-ka (1452-1507) and Zla-ba-bsam-'grub (1868-1922).
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	== Additional resources ==		== Additional resources ==
	* Harris, Philip S. "Evans-Wentz, Walter Yeeling," ''Theosophical Encyclopedia'' (Quezon City, Philippines: Theosophical Publishing House, 2006), 231. Available at [http://theosophy.ph/encyclo/index.php?title=Evans-Wentz,_Walter_Yeeling Theosopedia].		* Harris, Philip S. "Evans-Wentz, Walter Yeeling," ''Theosophical Encyclopedia'' (Quezon City, Philippines: Theosophical Publishing House, 2006), 231. Available at [http://theosophy.ph/encyclo/index.php?title=Evans-Wentz,_Walter_Yeeling Theosopedia].
	*[http://www.theosophical.org/publications/quest-magazine/1260# ~~Falling Awake: The Life and Message of Joe Miller~~] ~~by Richard Power and David Thompson~~		* Power, Richard, and David Thompson. "Falling Awake: The Life and Message of Joe Miller." ''Quest'' 95.1 (January-February 2007): 7-11,17. Available at [http://www.theosophical.org/publications/quest-magazine/1260# Quest website].
	* ~~Ken~~ Winkler, ''Pilgrim of Clear Light'' A biography of Evans-Wentz.		* Winkler, Ken. ''Pilgrim of Clear Light''. Berkeley: Dawnfire, 1982. A biography of Evans-Wentz.

	== Notes ==		== Notes ==

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	== Additional resources ==		== Additional resources ==
	=~~==Articles===~~		* Harris, Philip S. "Evans-Wentz, Walter Yeeling," ''Theosophical Encyclopedia'' (Quezon City, Philippines: Theosophical Publishing House, 2006), 231. Available at [http://theosophy.ph/encyclo/index.php?title=Evans-Wentz,_Walter_Yeeling Theosopedia].
	*[http://www.theosophical.org/publications/quest-magazine/1260# Falling Awake: The Life and Message of Joe Miller] by Richard Power and David Thompson		*[http://www.theosophical.org/publications/quest-magazine/1260# Falling Awake: The Life and Message of Joe Miller] by Richard Power and David Thompson
	* Ken Winkler, ''Pilgrim of Clear Light'' A biography of Evans-Wentz.		* Ken Winkler, ''Pilgrim of Clear Light'' A biography of Evans-Wentz.

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	While in Sri Lanka, he gave a public lecture at [[Ananda College]], a Buddhist school founded by [[Henry Steel Olcott]]. The text was subsequently issued in a booklet by the [[Maha Bodhi Society]].		While in Sri Lanka, he gave a public lecture at [[Ananda College]], a Buddhist school founded by [[Henry Steel Olcott]]. The text was subsequently issued in a booklet by the [[Maha Bodhi Society]].

	In 1923 he returned to Point Loma for a time to work with Mrs. Tingley. He became close friends with [[Boris de Zirkoff]], compiler of the [[Collected Writings (book)\|''Collected Writings'']] of [[Theosophical Society]] founder [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky]], and they worked together after Evans-Wentz settled in San Diego in the 1940s. Joe and Guin Miller of San Francisco were also among Evans-Wentz's Theosophist friends. They set to music the “Six Rules of Tilopa” from his ''Tibetan Yoga and Secret Doctrines''.<ref>Richard Power and David Thompson, "Falling Awake: The Life and Message of Joe Miller." ''Quest'' 95.1 (January-February, 2007):7-11,17. Available at [https://www.theosophical.org/publications/quest-magazine/1260# Quest website].</ref>		In 1923 he returned to Point Loma for a time to work with Mrs. Tingley. He became close friends with [[Boris de Zirkoff]], compiler of the [[Collected Writings (book)\|''Collected Writings'']] of [[Theosophical Society]] founder [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky]], and they worked together after Evans-Wentz settled in San Diego in the 1940s. Joe and Guin Miller of San Francisco were also among Evans-Wentz's Theosophist friends. They set to music the “Six Rules of Tilopa” from his ''Tibetan Yoga and Secret Doctrines''.<ref>Richard Power and David Thompson, "Falling Awake: The Life and Message of Joe Miller." ''Quest'' 95.1 (January-February, 2007): 7-11,17. Available at [https://www.theosophical.org/publications/quest-magazine/1260# Quest website].</ref>

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	While in Sri Lanka, he gave a public lecture at [[Ananda College]], a Buddhist school founded by [[Henry Steel Olcott]]. The text was subsequently issued in a booklet by the [[Maha Bodhi Society]].		While in Sri Lanka, he gave a public lecture at [[Ananda College]], a Buddhist school founded by [[Henry Steel Olcott]]. The text was subsequently issued in a booklet by the [[Maha Bodhi Society]].

	In 1923 he returned to Point Loma for a time to work with Mrs. Tingley. He became close friends with [[Boris de Zirkoff]], compiler of the [[Collected Writings (book)\|''Collected Writings'']] of [[Theosophical Society]] founder [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky]], and they worked together after Evans-Wentz settled in San Diego in the 1940s. Joe and Guin Miller of San Francisco were also among Evans-Wentz's Theosophist friends. They set to music the “Six Rules of Tilopa” from his ''Tibetan Yoga and Secret Doctrines''.		In 1923 he returned to Point Loma for a time to work with Mrs. Tingley. He became close friends with [[Boris de Zirkoff]], compiler of the [[Collected Writings (book)\|''Collected Writings'']] of [[Theosophical Society]] founder [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky]], and they worked together after Evans-Wentz settled in San Diego in the 1940s. Joe and Guin Miller of San Francisco were also among Evans-Wentz's Theosophist friends. They set to music the “Six Rules of Tilopa” from his ''Tibetan Yoga and Secret Doctrines''.<ref>Richard Power and David Thompson, "Falling Awake: The Life and Message of Joe Miller." ''Quest'' 95.1 (January-February, 2007):7-11,17. Available at [https://www.theosophical.org/publications/quest-magazine/1260# Quest website].</ref>

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