Olcott writings
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Henry Steel Olcott (August 2, 1832 – February 17, 1907) was an agriculturist, American military officer, journalist, lawyer, and co-founder of the Theosophical Society. He held the title of President-Founder of the Society from 1875 till his death in 1907.
Colonel Olcott wrote numerous books, articles, and pamphlets. Among his writings, the diary series called Old Diary Leaves is especially valued as a first-person account of the early days of the Theosophical Society.
Articles
The Union Index of Theosophical Periodicals lists 66 articles under the initials HSO, 760 under the name HS Olcott, 3 articles under H. S. Olcott, and 1 under Henry S. Olcott. In his work as a journalist, he also wrote for several New York newspapers.
Books and pamphlets
These are books and pamphlets, arranged by topic.
Agriculture
- Sorgho and imphee, the Chinese and African sugar canes subtitled "a treatise upon their origin, varieties, and culture, their value as a forage crop, and the manufacture of sugar, syrup, alcohol, wines, beer, cider, vinegar, starch, and dye-stuffs : with a paper by Leonard Wray, Esq., of Caffraria, and a description of his patented process for crystallizing the juice of the imphee : to which are added, copious translations of valuable French pamphlets". New York: A.O. Moore, 1857. Available from Hathitrust, Biodiversity Heritage Library, Internet Archive, and other sources. There have been numerous reprintings, as recently as 2000.
Genealogy and history
Spiritualism
Buddhism
- The Buddhist Catechism. See The Buddhist Catechism for history and editions.
- The Life of Buddha and Its Lessons. Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1912. Aydar Pamphlet No. 15. It is available at Project Gutenberg, at Classicly, at Maithri.com, at the Canadian Theosophical Association, and at Theosophical Society in America.
Theosophy and Theosophical Society
NOTE: Unless otherwise stated, the publisher was Theosophical Publishing House in Adyar, Madras [now Chennai], India.
- A Collection of Lectures on Theosophy and Archaic Religions. Madras: A. Theyaga Rajier, 1883. Subtitled "Delivered in India and Ceylon".
- Occultism and Its Critics. Essay mentioned in review of Charles Sotheran's book on Calgiostro.
Published lectures
During the course of his life, Colonel Olcott delivered hundreds of lectures. Some have been transcribed and printed in pamphlets and booklets. Unless otherwise stated, the publisher was Theosophical Publishing House in Adyar, Madras [now Chennai], India.