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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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Gordon, Lt. Co. W. and [[Alice Gordon|Mrs. Alice]], members of the [[Theosophical Society|TS]], residents of Calcutta and friends of [[A. P. Sinnett|APS]], [[A. O. Hume|AOH]], and the [[Founders]]. They were primarily interested in [[Spiritualism|spiritualism]]. Mrs. Gordon accompanied the Founders on their first trip to [[Simla, India|Simla]] in 1880. The Gordons were hosts to the [[Mediums|medium]], [[William Eglinton]], in Calcutta in the spring of 1882, after his original host, Mr. Meugens, had left Calcutta. The Gordons were witnesses to the [[Vega incident|''Vega'' phenomenon]] connected with Eglinton's trip back to England. [[The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett (book)|ML]] index; [[Letters of H. P. Blavatsky to A. P. Sinnett (book)|LBS]], p. 16.<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), 219.</ref>
Gordon, Lt. Co. W. and [[Alice Gordon|Mrs. Alice]], members of the [[Theosophical Society|TS]], residents of Calcutta and friends of [[A. P. Sinnett|APS]], [[A. O. Hume|AOH]], and the [[Founders]]. They were primarily interested in [[Spiritualism|spiritualism]]. Mrs. Gordon accompanied the Founders on their first trip to [[Simla, India|Simla]] in 1880. The Gordons were hosts to the [[Mediums|medium]], [[William Eglinton]], in Calcutta in the spring of 1882, after his original host, Mr. Meugens, had left Calcutta. The Gordons were witnesses to the [[Vega incident|''Vega'' phenomenon]] connected with Eglinton's trip back to England. [[The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett (book)|ML]] index; [[The Letters of H. P. Blavatsky to A. P. Sinnett (book)|LBS]], p. 16.<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), 219.</ref>
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Revision as of 17:58, 28 January 2014

According to Readers Guide to The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett:

Gordon, Lt. Co. W. and Mrs. Alice, members of the TS, residents of Calcutta and friends of APS, AOH, and the Founders. They were primarily interested in spiritualism. Mrs. Gordon accompanied the Founders on their first trip to Simla in 1880. The Gordons were hosts to the medium, William Eglinton, in Calcutta in the spring of 1882, after his original host, Mr. Meugens, had left Calcutta. The Gordons were witnesses to the Vega phenomenon connected with Eglinton's trip back to England. ML index; LBS, p. 16.[1]

Lt. Col. W. Gordon and his wife, Mrs. Alice Gordon, became members of the Theosophical Society on August 6, 1879.

Notes

  1. George E. Linton and Virginia Hanson, eds., Readers Guide to The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett (Adyar, Chennai, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1972), 219.