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Josephine Cables was one of the most influential American members of the Theosophical Society in its early days as a cofounder of the Rochester Theosophical Society.
Personal life
Josephine Warner married James Harvey Cables.....
William F. Aldritch joined the Gnostic Lodge of Washington, D.C. on October 15, 1885.[1]
Theosophical Society involvement
Rochester Theosophical Society
On July 27, 1882, Mrs. Cables was a co-founder of the Rochester Branch, which was the first lodge established in the United States. William B. Shelly served as president, and Mrs. Cables was secretary.[2] Her husband James Harvey Cables was among thirteen others who applied for the charter. [3] The lodge grew to at least 25 members, including Matilda Joslyn Gage, a remarkable feminist and mother-in-law of L. Frank Baum. She was admitted to the Rochester Theosophical Society on March 26, 1885.[4][5]
American Board of Control
The American Board of Control was constituted on May 13, 1884 by "Special Order" of President-Founder Henry Olcott, then in India, to establish central management of the American branches of the Theosophical Society. Mrs. Cables was took on the role of corresponding secretary; Elliott B. Page of St. Louis was President; and Dr. J. D. Buck served as recording secretary and treasurer. Other Board members were Abner Doubleday, William B. Shelley, George Frederic Parsons, Thomas Moore Johnson, and Mordecai D. Evans. Professor Elliott Coues was also a member for a time.
The Board of Control held a convention in July, at Rochester, N. Y., when various matters relating to admission of members and other details of organization were discussed. In accordance with a resolution passed on June 6th by the Executive Council, Adyar, the Board was then dissolved.[6]
Theosophical Society in Aldrich, Alabama
Mrs. Cables established the Gita Theosophical Society in the small coal-mining town of Aldrich, Alabama, in 1886 as the twelfth American branch of the Theosophical Society. It was never large, and dissolved on September 29, 1887.[7]
Hermetic Brotherhood of Luxor
Writings
The Union Index of Theosophical Periodicals lists six articles by or about Mrs. Cables. The contents of her journal The Occult Word are not included in the index; issues are quite rare.
Mrs. Cables conducted a large correspondence with such people as William Quan Judge, Damodar K. Mavalankar, and Thomas Moore Johnson.
Notes
- ↑ Theosophical Society General Membership Register, 1875-1942 at http://tsmembers.org/. See book 1, entry 3465 (website file: 1B/15).
- ↑ A. E. S. Smythe, "Editorial Notes" The Lamp 4.6 no. 42 (August, 1900), 181.
- ↑ Theosophical Society General Membership Register, 1875-1942 at http://tsmembers.org/. See book 1, entries 1286-1287 (website file: 1A/42).
- ↑ Theosophical Society General Membership Register, 1875-1942 at http://tsmembers.org/. See book 1, entry 3274 (website file: 1B/11).
- ↑ See A Notable Theosophist: L. Frank Baum by John Algeo.
- ↑ A. J. Cooper-Oakley, "NAME OF ARTICLE," General Report of the TS or Theosophist??? (January, 1887), ???.
- ↑ The Theosophist (April, 1888).