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'''Allan Kardec''' (October 3, 1804 – March 31, 1869) is the pen name of the French teacher and educator '''Hippolyte Léon Denizard Rivail''', who developed the system of [[Spiritism]]. | '''Allan Kardec''' (October 3, 1804 – March 31, 1869) is the pen name of the French teacher and educator '''Hippolyte Léon Denizard Rivail''', who developed the system of [[Spiritism]]. | ||
== Connections to Theosophists == | |||
Allan Kardec died in 1869, before the founding of the [[Theosophical Society]] and before the writings of [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky]] introduced the concepts of [[Theosophy]]. However, his own writings and the [[Spiritism|Spiritist]] journal ''Revue Spirite'' were well known to the first Theosophists. | |||
=== D. A. Courmes === | |||
[[Annie Besant]] wrote of the early French Theosophist Commander [[Dominique Albert Courmes]]: | |||
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He had studied Spiritualism both theoretically and practically, and it was in the Revue Spirite, during 1877 and '78, that he published the first message of Theosophy in France, for in 1876 he had met some of the first writings of H. P. Blavatsky. During the struggle of the Commune in the streets of Paris, M. Courmes, then a naval lieutenant, had saved from destruction the spiritualistic records and a statue of Allan Kardec, and it may have been in gratitude for this that his Theosophical articles were accepted.<ref>Annie Besant, "Theosophical Worthies: Dominique Albert Courmes," The Theosophist 32.8 (May, 1911), 297-299.</ref> | |||
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In other words, [[Theosophy]] was introduced into the pages of the Spiritist journal quite early in the history of the Theosophical Movement because Courmes had protected the legacy of Allan Kardec. | |||
=== References in Mahatma Letters === | |||
The writings and theories of Allan Kardec were familiar to all the correspondents in the Mahatma Letters, and were used as reference points in several of the letters. | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
Revision as of 14:35, 23 September 2022
UNDER CONSTRUCTION
UNDER CONSTRUCTION
Allan Kardec (October 3, 1804 – March 31, 1869) is the pen name of the French teacher and educator Hippolyte Léon Denizard Rivail, who developed the system of Spiritism.
Connections to Theosophists
Allan Kardec died in 1869, before the founding of the Theosophical Society and before the writings of Helena Petrovna Blavatsky introduced the concepts of Theosophy. However, his own writings and the Spiritist journal Revue Spirite were well known to the first Theosophists.
D. A. Courmes
Annie Besant wrote of the early French Theosophist Commander Dominique Albert Courmes:
He had studied Spiritualism both theoretically and practically, and it was in the Revue Spirite, during 1877 and '78, that he published the first message of Theosophy in France, for in 1876 he had met some of the first writings of H. P. Blavatsky. During the struggle of the Commune in the streets of Paris, M. Courmes, then a naval lieutenant, had saved from destruction the spiritualistic records and a statue of Allan Kardec, and it may have been in gratitude for this that his Theosophical articles were accepted.[1]
In other words, Theosophy was introduced into the pages of the Spiritist journal quite early in the history of the Theosophical Movement because Courmes had protected the legacy of Allan Kardec.
References in Mahatma Letters
The writings and theories of Allan Kardec were familiar to all the correspondents in the Mahatma Letters, and were used as reference points in several of the letters.
Notes
- ↑ Annie Besant, "Theosophical Worthies: Dominique Albert Courmes," The Theosophist 32.8 (May, 1911), 297-299.