Foster Bailey
Foster Bailey was born on March 16, 1888 in Fitchburg, Massachusetts.[1][2] He enlisted in the U. S. Army on September 18, 1917 and was released from service on March 28, 1918.[3]
Theosophical Society work
Bailey served as National Secretary of the American Theosophical Society in California and met Alice A. Evans, editor of the organization's magazine, The Messenger. When L. W. Rogers was elected President of the Society in 1920, he replaced both of them with other workers and moved the headquarters to Chicago.
Marriage and personal life
On March 14, 1921, Foster and Alice were married in Manhattan, New York.[4] She was divorced with three daughters – Dorothy, Mildred, and Ellison. It was through this marriage that she became a naturalized American citizen.[5] The family traveled to Europe several times. They lived in Connecticut for a few years, but mostly in New York City.
Lucis Publishing and Lucis Trust
In 1922 the Baileys founded a quarterly magazine of esoteric philosophy titled The Beacon. Alice and Foster Bailey founded Lucifer Publishing Company, which was later renamed as Lucis Publishing Company.
Masonry
Bailey was a 33rd degree Freemason, and wrote The Spirit of Freemasonry.
Later years
Bailey died on June 3, 1977 in New York City.[6]
Notes
- ↑ U. S. Census, 1930.
- ↑ Passenger List of S.S. Westernland , sailing from Cherbourg to New York in 1931.
- ↑ U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010.
- ↑ New York Marriage Index, 1866-1937.
- ↑ Passenger List of S.S. Galway' , sailing from Galway to New York in 1940.
- ↑ U. S. Social Security Death Index.