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[[File:HPB and family.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Charles Johnston between wife Vera and H. S. Olcott, with H. P. Blavatsky and her sister Vera in front. Image from TSA Archives.]] | [[File:HPB and family.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Charles Johnston between wife Vera and H. S. Olcott, with H. P. Blavatsky and her sister Vera in front. Image from TSA Archives.]] | ||
'''Charles Johnston''', a Sanskrit scholar and translator of several Hindu classics, was a founder of the Dublin Lodge of the [[Theosophical Society]] of which [[William Butler Yeats]] and A.E. or Æ, as [[George William Russell]] was known, were also members. His wife [[Vera Jelihovsky|Vera]] was a niece of [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky|H. P. Blavatsky]]. Charles and Vera were members of the [[Theosophical Society in America (Hargrove)|Theosophical Society]] headed by [[Ernest Temple Hargrove]] in New York. | '''Charles Johnston''', a [[Sanskrit]] scholar and translator of several Hindu classics, was a founder of the Dublin Lodge of the [[Theosophical Society]] of which [[William Butler Yeats]] and A.E. or Æ, as [[George William Russell]] was known, were also members. His wife [[Vera Jelihovsky|Vera]] was a niece of [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky|H. P. Blavatsky]]. Charles and Vera were members of the [[Theosophical Society in America (Hargrove)|Theosophical Society]] headed by [[Ernest Temple Hargrove]] in New York. | ||
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== Teaching == | == Teaching == | ||
[[File:Charles Johnston advert.jpg|right|200px|thumb|''Theosophy'' September 1897. Image from Boris de Zirkoff Papers, TSA Archives.]] | [[File:Charles Johnston advert.jpg|right|200px|thumb|''Theosophy'' September 1897. Image from Boris de Zirkoff Papers, TSA Archives.]] | ||
Charles Johnston advertised a Sanskrit course on the inside back cover of ''Theosophy'' magazine in September 1897. It mentions classes formed in New York, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Jersey, Georgia, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Oregon, California, and Canada.<ref>"Sanskrit Revival" advertisement in ''Theosophy'' 12.6 (September 1897).</ref> | Charles Johnston advertised a [[Sanskrit]] course on the inside back cover of ''Theosophy'' magazine in September 1897. It mentions classes formed in New York, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Jersey, Georgia, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Oregon, California, and Canada.<ref>"Sanskrit Revival" advertisement in ''Theosophy'' 12.6 (September 1897).</ref> | ||
== Writings == | == Writings == | ||
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Revision as of 15:18, 26 April 2013
Charles Johnston, a Sanskrit scholar and translator of several Hindu classics, was a founder of the Dublin Lodge of the Theosophical Society of which William Butler Yeats and A.E. or Æ, as George William Russell was known, were also members. His wife Vera was a niece of H. P. Blavatsky. Charles and Vera were members of the Theosophical Society headed by Ernest Temple Hargrove in New York.
Early life
Teaching
Charles Johnston advertised a Sanskrit course on the inside back cover of Theosophy magazine in September 1897. It mentions classes formed in New York, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Jersey, Georgia, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Oregon, California, and Canada.[1]
Writings
Mr. Johnston translated several important Sanskrit works into English.
- The Bhagavad-gîta: "The songs of the master". Flushing, N.Y.: C. Johnston, 1908. Available online at Internet Archive.
- The Crest-Jewel of Wisdom by Śankarâchârya.[2]
- Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. 1912. Available online at Wikisource.
- Useful Sanskrit Nouns and Verb in English Letters. London: Luzac, 1892. Text available online at Internet Archive. Advertised on page 59 of Luzac's Oriental List and Book Review, Volume 4 by Luzac & Co., booksellers. Advertisement is available online at Google Books.
- From the Upanishads. Portland, ME: Thomas Mosher,1899. Available online at Internet Archive.