https://theosophy.wiki/w-en/index.php?title=Louise_A._Off&feed=atom&action=historyLouise A. Off - Revision history2024-03-29T08:35:45ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.39.4https://theosophy.wiki/w-en/index.php?title=Louise_A._Off&diff=53453&oldid=prevSysopJ: /* Theosophical Society involvement */2024-03-11T20:15:44Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Theosophical Society involvement</span></span></p>
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</table>SysopJhttps://theosophy.wiki/w-en/index.php?title=Louise_A._Off&diff=44666&oldid=prevPablo Sender at 19:22, 5 January 20212021-01-05T19:22:59Z<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>In July 1892 she became editor of [[The New Californian (periodical)|''The New Californian'']] as successor to [[Jerome A. Anderson|Dr. Jerome Anderson]]. In addition to her work in this journal, she wrote articles for the ''Los Angeles Times'', ''Pages from a Young Man's Journal'', [[The Platonist (periodical)|''The Platonist'']], and Theosophical periodicals including [[Lucifer (periodical)|''Lucifer'']], [[Theosophical Siftings (periodical)|''Theosophical Siftings'']], and [[The Theosophist (periodical)|''The Theosophist'']]. These are some of the titles:</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 July 1892 she became editor of [[The New Californian (periodical)|''The New Californian'']] as successor to [[Jerome A. Anderson|Dr. Jerome Anderson]]. In addition to her work in this journal, she wrote articles for the ''Los Angeles Times'', ''Pages from a Young Man's Journal'', [[The Platonist (periodical)|''The Platonist'']], and Theosophical periodicals including [[Lucifer (periodical)|''Lucifer'']], [[Theosophical Siftings (periodical)|''Theosophical Siftings'']] <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">(using the pseudonym Nizida)</ins>, and [[The Theosophist (periodical)|''The Theosophist'']]. These are some of the titles:</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>* At the annual convention of 1890 she was elected as a '''member of the Council''', along with such prominent Theosophists as [[Jirah Dewey Buck|Dr. J. D. Buck]], [[Abner Doubleday|General Abner Doubleday]], Elliott B. Page, and George E. Wright.<ref>"The Theosophical Convention," ''The Path'' (May, 1890), 72. Available at [http://www.universaltheosophy.com/pdf-library/path/the-path_v5.pdf the Universal Theosophy website].</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>* At the annual convention of 1890 she was elected as a '''member of the Council''', along with such prominent Theosophists as [[Jirah Dewey Buck|Dr. J. D. Buck]], [[Abner Doubleday|General Abner Doubleday]], Elliott B. Page, and George E. Wright.<ref>"The Theosophical Convention," ''The Path'' (May, 1890), 72. Available at [http://www.universaltheosophy.com/pdf-library/path/the-path_v5.pdf the Universal Theosophy website].</ref></div></td></tr>
</table>SysopJhttps://theosophy.wiki/w-en/index.php?title=Louise_A._Off&diff=37867&oldid=prevSysopJ at 18:49, 25 March 20192019-03-25T18:49:43Z<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>Miss Off died at 31 years of age, on January 6, 1895.<ref>Anonymous. "Obituary <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">- Miss Louise Off. Deceased (1895/1/6). </del>''The Path'' 9.11 (February 1895), 408.</ref> She was said to be "a prominent member of the Society in California, and one of the pioneers of the movement on the Pacific Coast."<ref>"Theosophical Activities: America" ''Lucifer'' Vol 16 (March-August 1895), 81.</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>Miss Off died <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">of consumption </ins>at 31 years of age, on January 6, 1895<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, with her remains cremated on the 7th</ins>.<ref>Anonymous. "Obituary<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">" </ins>''The Path'' 9.11 (February 1895), 408.</ref> She was said to be "a prominent member of the Society in California, and one of the pioneers of the movement on the Pacific Coast."<ref>"Theosophical Activities: America" ''Lucifer'' Vol 16 (March-August 1895), 81.</ref></div></td></tr>
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</table>SysopJhttps://theosophy.wiki/w-en/index.php?title=Louise_A._Off&diff=36850&oldid=prevJanet Kerschner at 21:53, 5 November 20182018-11-05T21:53:02Z<p></p>
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</table>Janet Kerschnerhttps://theosophy.wiki/w-en/index.php?title=Louise_A._Off&diff=36849&oldid=prevJanet Kerschner at 21:52, 5 November 20182018-11-05T21:52:12Z<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>Miss Off was a very early active member of the [[Theosophical Movement|Theosophical movement]] in the United States, joining in 1886. She was secretary of one of the very first American lodges – the '''Los Angeles Theosophical Society'''. The group was chartered in 1885 as the seventh lodge in the United States, a year before the [[American Section]] formed. Mrs. Elizabeth A. Kingsbury was President.<ref>"American Branches," ''The Path'' 5.12 (March, 1891), 394.</ref> Miss Off "conducted in her home well-attended weekly meetings for the discussion of Theosophy."<ref><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">" </del>Clifton L. Holland, An Overview of Religion in Los Angeles from 1850 to 1930," Available at [http://www.prolades.com/glama/la5co07/overview_1850-1930.htm <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">this </del>website].</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>Miss Off was a very early active member of the [[Theosophical Movement|Theosophical movement]] in the United States, joining in 1886. She was secretary of one of the very first American lodges – the '''Los Angeles Theosophical Society'''. The group was chartered in 1885 as the seventh lodge in the United States, a year before the [[American Section]] formed. Mrs. Elizabeth A. Kingsbury was President.<ref>"American Branches," ''The Path'' 5.12 (March, 1891), 394.</ref> Miss Off "conducted in her home well-attended weekly meetings for the discussion of Theosophy."<ref>Clifton L. Holland, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">"</ins>An Overview of Religion in Los Angeles from 1850 to 1930," Available at [http://www.prolades.com/glama/la5co07/overview_1850-1930.htm <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Prolades.com </ins>website].</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>Louise A. Off was born in Wisconsin in 1864. After spending her childhood in Springfield, Iowa, she settled in Los Angeles about 1882. </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>Louise A. Off was born in <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Newville, </ins>Wisconsin in 1864<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, as the daughter of a clergyman born in Germany</ins>. After spending her childhood in Springfield, Iowa, she settled in Los Angeles about 1882. </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>According to a compendium of artists' biographies, "She taught painting to small groups while active with women’s clubs and the social scene until her death there in 1895. Her works are rare due to her short life span."<ref>"Louisa A. Off" on EdanHughes.com website. Available at [http://www.edanhughes.com/biography.cfm?ArtistID=1321 this website].</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>According to a compendium of artists' biographies, "She taught painting to small groups while active with women’s clubs and the social scene until her death there in 1895. Her works are rare due to her short life span."<ref>"Louisa A. Off" on EdanHughes.com website. Available at [http://www.edanhughes.com/biography.cfm?ArtistID=1321 this website].</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>Miss Off was a very early active member of the [[Theosophical Movement|Theosophical movement]] in the United States. She was secretary of one of the very first American lodges – the '''Los Angeles Theosophical Society'''. The group was chartered in 1885, a year before the [[American Section]] formed. Mrs. Elizabeth A. Kingsbury was President.<ref>"American Branches," ''The Path'' 5.12 (March, 1891), 394.</ref> Miss Off "conducted in her home well-attended weekly meetings for the discussion of Theosophy."<ref>" Clifton L. Holland, An Overview of Religion in Los Angeles from 1850 to 1930," Available at [http://www.prolades.com/glama/la5co07/overview_1850-1930.htm this website].</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>Miss Off was a very early active member of the [[Theosophical Movement|Theosophical movement]] in the United States<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, joining in 1886</ins>. She was secretary of one of the very first American lodges – the '''Los Angeles Theosophical Society'''. The group was chartered in 1885 <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">as the seventh lodge in the United States</ins>, a year before the [[American Section]] formed. Mrs. Elizabeth A. Kingsbury was President.<ref>"American Branches," ''The Path'' 5.12 (March, 1891), 394.</ref> Miss Off "conducted in her home well-attended weekly meetings for the discussion of Theosophy."<ref>" Clifton L. Holland, An Overview of Religion in Los Angeles from 1850 to 1930," Available at [http://www.prolades.com/glama/la5co07/overview_1850-1930.htm this website].</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>Here are some of her other activities:</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>Here are some of her other <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Theosophical Society </ins>activities:</div></td></tr>
<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>* On October 12-13, 1889, Miss Off presented a paper, "A Few Suggestions Regarding the Higher Life" at the convention of the Pacific Coast Branches.<ref>"Theosophical Activities" ''The Path'' 4.9 (December, 1889), 291.</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>* On October 12-13, 1889, Miss Off presented a paper, "A Few Suggestions Regarding the Higher Life" at the convention of the Pacific Coast Branches.<ref>"Theosophical Activities" ''The Path'' 4.9 (December, 1889), 291.</ref></div></td></tr>
<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>* At the annual convention of 1890 she was elected as a '''member of the Council''', along with such prominent Theosophists as [[Jirah Dewey Buck|Dr. J. D. Buck]], [[Abner Doubleday|General Abner Doubleday]], Elliott B. Page, and George E. Wright.<ref>"The Theosophical Convention," ''The Path'' (May, 1890), 72. Available at [http://www.universaltheosophy.com/pdf-library/path/the-path_v5.pdf the Universal Theosophy website].</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>* At the annual convention of 1890 she was elected as a '''member of the Council''', along with such prominent Theosophists as [[Jirah Dewey Buck|Dr. J. D. Buck]], [[Abner Doubleday|General Abner Doubleday]], Elliott B. Page, and George E. Wright.<ref>"The Theosophical Convention," ''The Path'' (May, 1890), 72. Available at [http://www.universaltheosophy.com/pdf-library/path/the-path_v5.pdf the Universal Theosophy website].</ref></div></td></tr>
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</table>Janet Kerschnerhttps://theosophy.wiki/w-en/index.php?title=Louise_A._Off&diff=31730&oldid=prevJanet Kerschner at 16:26, 23 December 20162016-12-23T16:26:49Z<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>Miss Off died <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">young</del>, on January 6, 1895.<ref>Anonymous. "Obituary - Miss Louise Off. Deceased (1895/1/6). ''The Path'' 9.11 (February 1895), 408.</ref> She was said to be "a prominent member of the Society in California, and one of the pioneers of the movement on the Pacific Coast."<ref>"Theosophical Activities: America" ''Lucifer'' Vol 16 (March-August 1895), 81.</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>Miss Off died <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">at 31 years of age</ins>, on January 6, 1895.<ref>Anonymous. "Obituary - Miss Louise Off. Deceased (1895/1/6). ''The Path'' 9.11 (February 1895), 408.</ref> She was said to be "a prominent member of the Society in California, and one of the pioneers of the movement on the Pacific Coast."<ref>"Theosophical Activities: America" ''Lucifer'' Vol 16 (March-August 1895), 81.</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>* On October 12-13, 1889, Miss Off presented a paper, "A Few Suggestions Regarding the Higher Life" at the convention of the Pacific Coast Branches.<ref>"Theosophical Activities" ''The Path'' 4.9 (December, 1889), 291.</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>* On October 12-13, 1889, Miss Off presented a paper, "A Few Suggestions Regarding the Higher Life" at the convention of the Pacific Coast Branches.<ref>"Theosophical Activities" ''The Path'' 4.9 (December, 1889), 291.</ref></div></td></tr>
<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>* At the annual convention of 1890 she was elected as a '''member of the Council''', along with such prominent Theosophists as [Jirah Dewey Buck|Dr. J. D. Buck]], [[Abner Doubleday|General Abner Doubleday]], Elliott B. Page, and George E. Wright.<ref>"The Theosophical Convention," ''The Path'' (May, 1890), 72. Available at [http://www.universaltheosophy.com/pdf-library/path/the-path_v5.pdf the Universal Theosophy website].</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>* At the annual convention of 1890 she was elected as a '''member of the Council''', along with such prominent Theosophists as <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[</ins>[Jirah Dewey Buck|Dr. J. D. Buck]], [[Abner Doubleday|General Abner Doubleday]], Elliott B. Page, and George E. Wright.<ref>"The Theosophical Convention," ''The Path'' (May, 1890), 72. Available at [http://www.universaltheosophy.com/pdf-library/path/the-path_v5.pdf the Universal Theosophy website].</ref></div></td></tr>
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