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Chambers, W. Jerome. '''''In the Weaving'''''.<ref>"For Novel Entertainment." ''The American Theosophist'' 32.4 (April 1944), 92. "One of our own T. S. members, Mr. W. Jerome Chambers, has presented his views of Theosophy and its laws in his popular novel, In the Weaving. (This book was reviewed in the American Theosophists, April, 1943.)"</ref> | Chambers, W. Jerome. '''''In the Weaving'''''. Boston, MA: Meador Publishing Co., 1942<ref>"For Novel Entertainment." ''The American Theosophist'' 32.4 (April 1944), 92. "One of our own T. S. members, Mr. W. Jerome Chambers, has presented his views of Theosophy and its laws in his popular novel, In the Weaving. (This book was reviewed in the American Theosophists, April, 1943.)"</ref> | ||
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Knize, Perry. '''''Grand Obsession: A Piano Odyssey'''''. 2008. See author's [http://www.grandobsession.com/ website]. There is a quotation from ''Music Forms'' published by the Theosophical Publishing House in Madras, India, and another quote from ''Clairvoyant Investigations''. | |||
== Plays == | == Plays == | ||
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Theosophy, Theosophists, and the Theosophical Society are frequently mentioned in works of popular culture. This is a collection of links and quotations.
Novels
Chambers, W. Jerome. In the Weaving. Boston, MA: Meador Publishing Co., 1942[1]
Nonfiction
Knize, Perry. Grand Obsession: A Piano Odyssey. 2008. See author's website. There is a quotation from Music Forms published by the Theosophical Publishing House in Madras, India, and another quote from Clairvoyant Investigations.
Plays
O'Casey, Sean. Juno and the Paycock. 1924. "Set in pre-independence Dublin one of the secondary characters is a Theosophist. This character is quite shallow & is thought to reflect a emptiness of the movement when it was embodied in the Ireland of the time.[2]
Poems
Television
- An episode of Unsolved Mysteries from 2008 mentioned Therapeutic Touch.
Films
- The Brass Teapot. Directed by Ramaa Mosley. 2012. A stranger appears out of nowhere to investigate a mystery and flashes his "Theosophical Society" card.
Notes
- ↑ "For Novel Entertainment." The American Theosophist 32.4 (April 1944), 92. "One of our own T. S. members, Mr. W. Jerome Chambers, has presented his views of Theosophy and its laws in his popular novel, In the Weaving. (This book was reviewed in the American Theosophists, April, 1943.)"
- ↑ http://reincarnation-theosophy.generalanswers.org Generalanswers.org/