https://theosophy.wiki/w-en/index.php?title=Constance_Wachtmeister&feed=atom&action=historyConstance Wachtmeister - Revision history2024-03-28T23:34:15ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.39.4https://theosophy.wiki/w-en/index.php?title=Constance_Wachtmeister&diff=49183&oldid=prevSusanne Hoepfl-Wellenhofer at 13:06, 18 April 20232023-04-18T13:06:21Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* [https://archive.org/details/wachtmeisterspiritualisminthelightoftheosophy1897 '''''Spiritualism in the Light of Theosophy''''']. San Francisco: Mercury Publishing Co., 1897. Translated into French by Annie Besant.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* [https://archive.org/details/wachtmeisterspiritualisminthelightoftheosophy1897 '''''Spiritualism in the Light of Theosophy''''']. San Francisco: Mercury Publishing Co., 1897. Translated into French by Annie Besant. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">This was from a lecture at the Northwestern Spiritualists' camp meeting.<ref>"Book Reviews" ''Mercury'' 4.2 (1897), 69.</ref></ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Countess Constance’s only child, Alex Raoul Wachtmeister, was born on April 2nd, 1865 in London. He was a globetrotter and composed an impressive amount of music in all genres. He was only six years old when his father died and already as a young child he traveled with his mother when she was involved in Theosophical matters but also stayed with relatives and friends. He became a member of the Society on February 25, 1889.<ref>Theosophical Society General Membership Register, 1875-1942 at [http://tsmembers.org/ http://tsmembers.org/]. See book 1, entry 6793 (website file: 1C/21).</ref> After finishing his studies, he traveled the entire globe taking adventurous trips filled with hardships. He climbed the Great Pyramid of Giza, visited Kashmir and Ceylon, and socialized with writers such as Robert Louis Stevenson and Rudyard Kipling. In the company of Swedish author and Nobel Prize winner, Verner von Heidenstam, he searched for traces left behind by the soldiers of Sweden’s King Charles XII in Romania and southern Russia. In 1896 he was in Greece during the first modern Olympic Games. In <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">1898 </del>he edited the theosophical journal [[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The Theosophic Messenger </del>(periodical)|''<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Messenger</del>'']] in San Francisco and wrote a few articles for this and other Theosophical publications. He described many of his adventures and activities in his memoir written in English, ''Memories'' from 1936. </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Countess Constance’s only child, Alex Raoul Wachtmeister, was born on April 2nd, 1865 in London. He was a globetrotter and composed an impressive amount of music in all genres. He was only six years old when his father died and already as a young child he traveled with his mother when she was involved in Theosophical matters but also stayed with relatives and friends. He became a member of the Society on February 25, 1889.<ref>Theosophical Society General Membership Register, 1875-1942 at [http://tsmembers.org/ http://tsmembers.org/]. See book 1, entry 6793 (website file: 1C/21).</ref> After finishing his studies, he traveled the entire globe taking adventurous trips filled with hardships. He climbed the Great Pyramid of Giza, visited Kashmir and Ceylon, and socialized with writers such as Robert Louis Stevenson and Rudyard Kipling. In the company of Swedish author and Nobel Prize winner, Verner von Heidenstam, he searched for traces left behind by the soldiers of Sweden’s King Charles XII in Romania and southern Russia. In 1896 he was in Greece during the first modern Olympic Games. In <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">1897 </ins>he edited the theosophical journal [[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Mercury </ins>(periodical)|''<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Mercury</ins>'']] in San Francisco and wrote a few articles for this and other Theosophical publications.<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><ref>W. J. Walters, "Notices" ''Mercury'' 3.1 (June 1897), 317.</ref> </ins>He described many of his adventures and activities in his memoir written in English, ''Memories'' from 1936. </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Countess Constance’s only child, Alex Raoul Wachtmeister, was born on April 2nd, 1865 in London. He was a globetrotter and composed an impressive amount of music in all genres. He was only six years old when his father died and already as a young child he traveled with his mother when she was involved in Theosophical matters but also stayed with relatives and friends. He became a member of the Society on February 25, 1889.<ref>Theosophical Society General Membership Register, 1875-1942 at [http://tsmembers.org/ http://tsmembers.org/]. See book 1, entry 6793 (website file: 1C/21).</ref> After finishing his studies, he traveled the entire globe taking adventurous trips filled with hardships. He climbed the Great Pyramid of Giza, visited Kashmir and Ceylon, and socialized with writers such as Robert Louis Stevenson and Rudyard Kipling. In the company of Swedish author and Nobel Prize winner, Verner von Heidenstam, he searched for traces left behind by the soldiers of Sweden’s King Charles XII in Romania and southern Russia. In 1896 he was in Greece during the first modern Olympic Games. In 1898 he edited the theosophical journal [[The Theosophic Messenger (periodical)|''Messenger'']] in San Francisco and wrote a few articles for this and other Theosophical publications. He described many of his adventures and activities in his memoir written in English, ''Memories'' from 1936. </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Countess Constance’s only child, Alex Raoul Wachtmeister, was born on April 2nd, 1865 in London. He was a globetrotter and composed an impressive amount of music in all genres. He was only six years old when his father died and already as a young child he traveled with his mother when she was involved in Theosophical matters but also stayed with relatives and friends. He became a member of the Society on February 25, 1889.<ref>Theosophical Society General Membership Register, 1875-1942 at [http://tsmembers.org/ http://tsmembers.org/]. See book 1, entry 6793 (website file: 1C/21).</ref> After finishing his studies, he traveled the entire globe taking adventurous trips filled with hardships. He climbed the Great Pyramid of Giza, visited Kashmir and Ceylon, and socialized with writers such as Robert Louis Stevenson and Rudyard Kipling. In the company of Swedish author and Nobel Prize winner, Verner von Heidenstam, he searched for traces left behind by the soldiers of Sweden’s King Charles XII in Romania and southern Russia. In 1896 he was in Greece during the first modern Olympic Games. In 1898 he edited the theosophical journal [[The Theosophic Messenger (periodical)|''Messenger'']] in San Francisco and wrote a few articles for this and other Theosophical publications. He described many of his adventures and activities in his memoir written in English, ''Memories'' from 1936. </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1896 she organized and helped build up 12 branches, besides visiting the existing old ones. In some places, as in Chicago for example, where she gave paid lectures, she handed over the profits to the lodge. She lectured in every town where there was a possibility of listeners. She lectured also in Europe, Australia, and India, where she traveled with [[Annie Besant]].<ref>Burnett and Burnett, 811-812.</ref> On the left is a certificate for Countess Wachtmeister expressing appreciation for her work at the TS of South Yarra (a lodge in a suburb of Melbourne), Australasian Section. It is dated July 1895 and signed by members of the lodge.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1896 she organized and helped build up 12 branches, besides visiting the existing old ones. In some places, as in Chicago for example, where she gave paid lectures, she handed over the profits to the lodge. She lectured in every town where there was a possibility of listeners. She lectured also in Europe, Australia, and India, where she traveled with [[Annie Besant]].<ref>Burnett and Burnett, 811-812.</ref> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">In 1897, the Countess traveled with [[Annie Besant]] across the United States for six months, with her son Axel Wachtmeister going before them as an advance agent to set up the lecture venues and dates.<ref>"A Herald of Theosophy" ''Boston Herald'' (28 August 1897), 9.</ref></ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>After H.P.B.’s death Countess Wachtmeister went to America and lectured in Chicago and other places, and eventually moved with her son to California to stay.<ref>Bonggren, 167-168.</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>After H.P.B.’s death Countess Wachtmeister went to America and lectured in Chicago and other places, and eventually moved with her son to California to stay.<ref>Bonggren, 167-168.</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Her heart and head were filled with the truth of Theosophy and she promoted the organization and teachings tirelessly. She visited every lodge of the T.S. and worked in a number of lodges to share her knowledge. Her time and energy were always at the disposal of the Cause and she helped financially whenever she could. <ref>van der Linden, 74-76.</ref><ref>Anonymous, "Faces of Friends" ''The Path'' 8.8 (Nov. 1893), 246-247.</ref></del></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Theosophical Society President-Founder [[Henry Steel Olcott|Henry S. Olcott] increasingly relied on Wachtmeister's judgment. When he formed a League of Theosophical Workers in 1891, he designated Wachtmeister as its first president. Late in the same year, she traveled to the Adyar headquarters, and Olcott appointed her as president of the Women's Education league, organized to improve the education of Indian women.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><blockquote></ins></div></td></tr>
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</table>SysopJhttps://theosophy.wiki/w-en/index.php?title=Constance_Wachtmeister&diff=43817&oldid=prevSysopJ: /* Personal life */2020-06-02T13:45:02Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Personal life</span></span></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''Constance Georgina Louise Bourbel de Monpincon''' was born in Florence, Italy on [[March 28]], 1838, to a French father and an English mother. <ref>Anonymous, "Mme. Blavatsky's Companion Here: the Countess Wachtmeister Will Lecture on Theosophical Questions," ''New York Times'' (September 20, 1894).</ref> Constance lost her parents at an early age and was sent to England to her aunt, Mrs. Bulkley of Linden Hall, Berkshire, where she was educated and lived until her marriage in 1863 with her cousin, the Count Wachtmeister, then Swedish and Norwegian minister at the court of St. James. They had a son, count Axel Raoul, who was born in 1865. The family moved to Stockholm, Sweden, when the Count was appointed as the Minister of Foreign Affairs. Countess Wachtmeister’s husband died in 1871. <ref> R.A. Burnett, Mary W. Burnett, "Death of Countess Wachtmeister." ''The Theosophic Messenger'' 12.1 (Oct. 1910), 811-812.</ref> </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''Constance Georgina Louise Bourbel de Monpincon''' was born in Florence, Italy on [[March 28]], 1838, to a French father<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, the</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Marquis de Bourbel, </ins>and an English mother<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, Constance Bulkley</ins>.<ref>Anonymous, "Mme. Blavatsky's Companion Here: the Countess Wachtmeister Will Lecture on Theosophical Questions," ''New York Times'' (September 20, 1894).</ref> Constance lost her parents at an early age and was sent to England to her aunt, Mrs. Bulkley of Linden Hall, Berkshire, where she was educated and lived until her marriage in 1863 with her cousin, the Count Wachtmeister, then Swedish and Norwegian minister at the court of St. James. They had a son, count Axel Raoul, who was born in 1865. The family moved to Stockholm, Sweden, when the Count was appointed as the Minister of Foreign Affairs. Countess Wachtmeister’s husband died in 1871. <ref> R.A. Burnett, Mary W. Burnett, "Death of Countess Wachtmeister." ''The Theosophic Messenger'' 12.1 (Oct. 1910), 811-812.</ref> </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>She remained in Sweden for several years, spending the winter in warmer climates on account of health. Because the countess herself had some psychic abilities and had witnessed some [[phenomena]], she became interested in psychic research.<ref>Jacob Bonggren" Countess Constance Wachtmeister" ''The Theosophic Messenger'', 12.3., Dec. 1910, p. 167-168.</ref> She began investigations into [[Spiritualism]] in 1879, but after two years of arduous research she found it unsatisfactory and dangerous.<ref>Anonymous, "Faces of Friends" ''The Path'' 8.8 (Nov. 1893), 246-247.</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>She remained in Sweden for several years, spending the winter in warmer climates on account of health. Because the countess herself had some psychic abilities and had witnessed some [[phenomena]], she became interested in psychic research.<ref>Jacob Bonggren" Countess Constance Wachtmeister" ''The Theosophic Messenger'', 12.3., Dec. 1910, p. 167-168.</ref> She began investigations into [[Spiritualism]] in 1879, but after two years of arduous research she found it unsatisfactory and dangerous.<ref>Anonymous, "Faces of Friends" ''The Path'' 8.8 (Nov. 1893), 246-247.</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>After H.P.B.’s death Countess Wachtmeister <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">came over </del>to America and lectured in Chicago and other places and eventually moved with her son to California to stay. <ref>Bonggren, 167-168.</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>After H.P.B.’s death Countess Wachtmeister <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">went </ins>to America and lectured in Chicago and other places<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, </ins>and eventually moved with her son to California to stay.<ref>Bonggren, 167-168.</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Her heart and head were filled with the truth of Theosophy and she promoted the organization and teachings tirelessly. She visited every lodge of the T.S. and worked in a number of lodges to share her knowledge. Her time and energy were always at the disposal of the Cause and she helped financially whenever she could. <ref>van der Linden, 74-76.</ref> </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Her heart and head were filled with the truth of Theosophy and she promoted the organization and teachings tirelessly. She visited every lodge of the T.S. and worked in a number of lodges to share her knowledge. Her time and energy were always at the disposal of the Cause and she helped financially whenever she could. <ref>van der Linden, 74-76.</ref> </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1896 she organized and helped build up 12 branches, besides visiting the existing old ones. In some places, as in Chicago for example, where she gave paid lectures she handed over the profits to the lodge. She lectured in every town where there was a possibility of <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">hearers</del>. She <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">did not only lecture in the U.S. but </del>also in Europe, Australia and <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">in </del>India, where she traveled with [[Annie Besant]].<ref>Burnett and Burnett, 811-812.</ref> On the left is a certificate for Countess Wachtmeister expressing appreciation for her work at the TS of South Yarra (a lodge in a suburb of Melbourne), Australasian Section. It is dated July 1895 and signed by members of the lodge.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1896 she organized and helped build up 12 branches, besides visiting the existing old ones. In some places, as in Chicago for example, where she gave paid lectures<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, </ins>she handed over the profits to the lodge. She lectured in every town where there was a possibility of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">listeners</ins>. She <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">lectured </ins>also in Europe, Australia<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, </ins>and India, where she traveled with [[Annie Besant]].<ref>Burnett and Burnett, 811-812.</ref> On the left is a certificate for Countess Wachtmeister expressing appreciation for her work at the TS of South Yarra (a lodge in a suburb of Melbourne), Australasian Section. It is dated July 1895 and signed by members of the lodge.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>On one or other of his early visits to Europe, Countess Wachtmeister also met [[Mahatma|Master]] [[Morya]]. H. P. B. mentions the fact in a letter to [[N. D. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Khandalvala</del>|Mr. N. D. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Khandalvala</del>]], dated July 12, 1888:</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>On one or other of his early visits to Europe, Countess Wachtmeister also met [[Mahatma|Master]] [[Morya]]. H. P. B. mentions the fact in a letter to [[N. D. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Khandalavala</ins>|Mr. N. D. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Khandalavala</ins>]], dated July 12, 1888:</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Constance Wachtmeister joined the T.S. because she recognised in the portrait of my ''Master her living Master'' who saved her on several occasions, whom she saw in his physical body years ago when he was in England, whom she saw in his [[astral body]] a number of times, and who wrote to her from the first in the same handwriting he uses for our Society. When she assured herself of this, she joined the T.S. at his advice; and now for three years and more she lives with and takes care of me."<ref>Mary K. Neff, ''The "Brothers" of Madame Blavatsky'' (Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1932), 82.</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Constance Wachtmeister joined the T.S. because she recognised in the portrait of my ''Master her living Master'' who saved her on several occasions, whom she saw in his physical body years ago when he was in England, whom she saw in his [[astral body]] a number of times, and who wrote to her from the first in the same handwriting he uses for our Society. When she assured herself of this, she joined the T.S. at his advice; and now for three years and more she lives with and takes care of me."<ref>Mary K. Neff, ''The "Brothers" of Madame Blavatsky'' (Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1932), 82.</ref></div></td></tr>
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