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Neresheimer served as an agent of Mrs. Tingley in searching for land in [[Point Loma, California]], where the [[Lomaland]] community was later situated. | Neresheimer served as an agent of Mrs. Tingley in searching for land in [[Point Loma, California]], where the [[Lomaland]] community was later situated. | ||
[[File:Theosophists of 1893.jpg|450px|thumb|Theosophists<br>assembled before<br>Parliament]] | |||
In 1893, after the [[World's Parliament of Religions (1893)|World's Parliament of Religions]], he and his wife Minnie hosted the Society's delegation as they assembled in New York. Maude Ralston, [[Alexander Fullerton]], [[Henrietta Müller|Miss F. Henrietta Müller]], [[C. J. Strauss]], and Mrs. Ella Judge were listed among the party. | |||
== Additional resources == | == Additional resources == | ||
Revision as of 20:50, 9 September 2014
Emil Augustus Neresheimer (1847-1937) was a prominent member of the Aryan Theosophical Society who supported William Quan Judge and later Katherine Tingley. He was a diamond broker. His daughter married Ernest Temple Hargrove.
Neresheimer served as an agent of Mrs. Tingley in searching for land in Point Loma, California, where the Lomaland community was later situated.
In 1893, after the World's Parliament of Religions, he and his wife Minnie hosted the Society's delegation as they assembled in New York. Maude Ralston, Alexander Fullerton, Miss F. Henrietta Müller, C. J. Strauss, and Mrs. Ella Judge were listed among the party.
Additional resources
- Ashcraft, W. Michael. The Dawn of the New Cycle: Point Loma Theosophists and American Culture. Knoxville, TN: University of Tennessee Press, 2002.