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'''Maude Louise Boyle-Travers''' (? - [[August 4]], 1929) was a psychic and member of the [[London Lodge]] of the [[Theosophical Society]]. She was the daughter of an Irish physician.<ref>Joscelyn Godwin, ''Atlantis and the Cycles of Time'' (Rochester, VT: Inner Traditions, 2011), 69-70.</ref>  
'''Maude Louise Boyle-Travers''' (18?? - [[August 4]], 1929) was a psychic and member of the [[London Lodge]] of the [[Theosophical Society]]. She was the daughter of an Irish physician, Robert Boyle Travers of Farsid, County Cork.<ref>Joscelyn Godwin, ''Atlantis and the Cycles of Time'' (Rochester, VT: Inner Traditions, 2011), 69-70.</ref><ref>Keith S. M. Scott, ''Scott 1118-1923, Being a Collection of "Scott" pedigrees containing all known male descendants from Buccleuch, Sinton, Harden, Balweary, etc.'' (Privately published, 1923), 213. Available online at [https://www.seekingmyroots.com/members/files/G006152.pdf Seekingmyroots.com].</ref>  


Known under the pseudonym of "Mary". She became a close friend of [[Alfred Percy Sinnett|A. P. Sinnett]], who was convinced that she was in contact with the [[Masters of Wisdom]]. On [[October 11]], 1893, she married 44-year old [[William Scott-Elliot]], also a member of the London Lodge, and two years later, on [[October 9]], 1895, they had a son, Walter Travers Scott-Elliot.<ref>Daniel Caldwell and Michelle B. Graye, "Mari Unveiled," Theosophical History 1:8 (October, 1986), 206.</ref>
Known under the pseudonym of "Mary". She became a close friend of [[Alfred Percy Sinnett|A. P. Sinnett]], who was convinced that she was in contact with the [[Masters of Wisdom]]. On [[October 11]], 1893, she married 44-year old [[William Scott-Elliot]], also a member of the London Lodge, and two years later, on [[October 9]], 1895, they had a son, Walter Travers Scott-Elliot.<ref>Daniel Caldwell and Michelle B. Graye, "Mari Unveiled," ''Theosophical History'' 1:8 (October, 1986), 206.</ref><ref>Keith S. M. Scott, ''Scott 1118-1923, Being a Collection of "Scott" pedigrees containing all known male descendants from Buccleuch, Sinton, Harden, Balweary, etc.'' (Privately published, 1923), 213. Available online at [https://www.seekingmyroots.com/members/files/G006152.pdf Seekingmyroots.com].</ref>


In 1909, following [[Charles Webster Leadbeater|C. W. Leadbeater]] rejoining the [[Theosophical Society (Adyar)]] upon invitation by [[Annie Besant]], "Mary" instigated the London Lodge members to unanimously withdraw from the Theosophical Society, subsequently forming the short-lived [[London Lodge #Eleusinian Society|Eleusinian Society]].
In 1909, following [[Charles Webster Leadbeater|C. W. Leadbeater]] rejoining the [[Theosophical Society (Adyar)]] upon invitation by [[Annie Besant]], "Mary" instigated the London Lodge members to unanimously withdraw from the Theosophical Society, subsequently forming the short-lived [[London Lodge #Eleusinian Society|Eleusinian Society]].

Revision as of 03:42, 7 December 2023

Maude Louise Boyle-Travers (18?? - August 4, 1929) was a psychic and member of the London Lodge of the Theosophical Society. She was the daughter of an Irish physician, Robert Boyle Travers of Farsid, County Cork.[1][2]

Known under the pseudonym of "Mary". She became a close friend of A. P. Sinnett, who was convinced that she was in contact with the Masters of Wisdom. On October 11, 1893, she married 44-year old William Scott-Elliot, also a member of the London Lodge, and two years later, on October 9, 1895, they had a son, Walter Travers Scott-Elliot.[3][4]

In 1909, following C. W. Leadbeater rejoining the Theosophical Society (Adyar) upon invitation by Annie Besant, "Mary" instigated the London Lodge members to unanimously withdraw from the Theosophical Society, subsequently forming the short-lived Eleusinian Society.

Notes

  1. Joscelyn Godwin, Atlantis and the Cycles of Time (Rochester, VT: Inner Traditions, 2011), 69-70.
  2. Keith S. M. Scott, Scott 1118-1923, Being a Collection of "Scott" pedigrees containing all known male descendants from Buccleuch, Sinton, Harden, Balweary, etc. (Privately published, 1923), 213. Available online at Seekingmyroots.com.
  3. Daniel Caldwell and Michelle B. Graye, "Mari Unveiled," Theosophical History 1:8 (October, 1986), 206.
  4. Keith S. M. Scott, Scott 1118-1923, Being a Collection of "Scott" pedigrees containing all known male descendants from Buccleuch, Sinton, Harden, Balweary, etc. (Privately published, 1923), 213. Available online at Seekingmyroots.com.