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'''Patience Edensor Sinnett''' was an English Theosophist who knew [[H. P. Blavatsky]] in the earliest days of the [[Theosophical Society]] in India. She married [[Alfred Percy Sinnett]] on [[April 6]], 1870 at St. John's <nowiki>[</nowiki>parish church<nowiki>]</nowiki>, Notting Hill, in London..<ref>London Metropolitan Archives, Saint John The Evangelist, Ladbroke Grove, Register of marriages, P84/JN, Item 018.</ref> On [[May 16]], 1877, they had a son, [[Percy Edensor Sinnett|Dennie]], whose health was fragile througout his life. On [[July 14]], 1881, while Alfred was in India, Patience gave birth in England to her second child, still-born. Patience returned to India on [[January 10]], 1882. | '''Patience Edensor Sinnett''' was an English Theosophist who knew [[H. P. Blavatsky]] in the earliest days of the [[Theosophical Society]] in India. She married [[Alfred Percy Sinnett]] on [[April 6]], 1870 at St. John's <nowiki>[</nowiki>parish church<nowiki>]</nowiki>, Notting Hill, in London..<ref>London Metropolitan Archives, Saint John The Evangelist, Ladbroke Grove, Register of marriages, P84/JN, Item 018.</ref> On [[May 16]], 1877, they had a son, [[Percy Edensor Sinnett|Dennie]], whose health was fragile througout his life. On [[July 14]], 1881, while Alfred was in India, Patience gave birth in England to her second child, still-born. Patience returned to India on [[January 10]], 1882. | ||
Revision as of 15:44, 13 November 2013
Patience Edensor Sinnett was an English Theosophist who knew H. P. Blavatsky in the earliest days of the Theosophical Society in India. She married Alfred Percy Sinnett on April 6, 1870 at St. John's [parish church], Notting Hill, in London..[1] On May 16, 1877, they had a son, Dennie, whose health was fragile througout his life. On July 14, 1881, while Alfred was in India, Patience gave birth in England to her second child, still-born. Patience returned to India on January 10, 1882.
H. P. Blavatsky and Mahatmas Koot Hoomi and Morya all expressed great affection for her, and trust in her good judgement and discretion. Her husband, who always called her "Pattie,"[2] commented on her fine qualities in his autobiography, and mentioned that she "studied astrology profoundly".[3]
Portraits of Mahatmas
Patience was present with Mme. Blavatsky and other at the studio of young German artist Hermann Schmiechen when he attempted to paint portraits of the Mahatmas Morya and Koot Hoomi.[4]
Pink note
On September 29, 1880, Mrs. Patience Sinnett, Mme. Blavatsky and Col. Olcott went for a picnic to the top of Prospect Hill at Simla. There, Mrs. Sinnett received a note on pink paper from one of the Masters. It was left in a tree and read: "I believe I was asked to leave a note here. What can I do for you?" The original of this "pink slip" is in the British Library.
Writings
The diary that Mrs. Sinnett kept was highly useful to her husband as he wrote The Occult World and later books. It was "a record of events which anybody might read, not a private diary of thought and feelings, and she kept this up all through our married life so that it now consists of 31 volumes of manuscript."[5]
Mrs. Sinnett also wrote two pamphlets in the Adyar Pamphlets series, number 193 and 194, called "The Purpose of Theosophy". Col. Olcott described them as "an introductory manual for beginners." They are available at :
- Part I from Canadian Theosophical Association. First published 1885, 2nd Indian edition 1886, 3rd edition 1902, 4th edition 1935. Adyar, Chennai, India: Theosophical Publishing House.
- Part II from Canadian Theosophical Association. First published 1885, 2nd Indian edition 1886, 3rd edition 1902, 4th edition 1935. Adyar, Chennai, India: Theosophical Publishing House.
Notes
- ↑ London Metropolitan Archives, Saint John The Evangelist, Ladbroke Grove, Register of marriages, P84/JN, Item 018.
- ↑ A. P. Sinnett, Autobiography of Alfred Percy Sinnet (London: Theosophical History Centre, 1986), 12.
- ↑ A. P. Sinnett, Autobiography of Alfred Percy Sinnet (London: Theosophical History Centre, 1986), 3.
- ↑ Laura C. Holloway, “The Mahatmas and Their Instruments Part II,” The Word (New York), July 1912, pp. 200-206, available at The Blavatsky Archives as Portraits of the Mahatmas
- ↑ A. P. Sinnett, Autobiography of Alfred Percy Sinnet (London: Theosophical History Centre, 1986), 12.