https://theosophy.wiki/w-en/index.php?title=P._G._Bowen&feed=atom&action=historyP. G. Bowen - Revision history2024-03-29T13:16:03ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.39.4https://theosophy.wiki/w-en/index.php?title=P._G._Bowen&diff=51735&oldid=prevSysopJ: /* Writings */2023-11-20T19:51:19Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Writings</span></span></p>
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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>Captain Bowen wrote a few articles listed about [[Theosophy]] in the early 1930s. In addition, some of his works were reprinted or reviewed in magazines. The [[Union Index of Theosophical Periodicals]] lists them under the names [http://www.austheos.org.au/cgi-bin/ui-csvsearch.pl?search=pg+bowen&method=exact PG Bowen] and [http://www.austheos.org.au/cgi-bin/ui-csvsearch.pl?search=pgb+bowen&method=exact PGB Bowen]. He also wrote Short stories for ''Wide World Magazine for Men'' and many papers to various occult journals.</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>Captain Bowen wrote a few articles listed about [[Theosophy]] in the early 1930s. In addition, some of his works were reprinted or reviewed in magazines. The [[Union Index of Theosophical Periodicals]] lists them under the names [http://www.austheos.org.au/cgi-bin/ui-csvsearch.pl?search=pg+bowen&method=exact PG Bowen] and [http://www.austheos.org.au/cgi-bin/ui-csvsearch.pl?search=pgb+bowen&method=exact PGB Bowen]. He also wrote Short stories for ''Wide World Magazine for Men'' and many papers to various occult journals.</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>* '''[http://theos-world.com/tw199912.html#190065400 "What I Owe to a Book"]''' ''The Theosophical Forum'' (September 15, 1932), 9-13. This is a review of ''Fundamentals of the Esoteric Philosophy'' by [[Gottfried de Purucker]]. [https://www.theosociety.org/pasadena/sunrise/49-99-0/th-gdppb.htm Theosophical University Press] offers a version that was "Condensed from a reply published in the September 15, 1932, Theosophical Forum, pp. 9-13, to a book review by R. A. V. Morris published in the June 1932 Canadian Theosophist."</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>* '''[http://theos-world.com/tw199912.html#190065400 "What I Owe to a Book"]''' ''The Theosophical Forum'' (September 15, 1932), 9-13. This is a review of ''Fundamentals of the Esoteric Philosophy'' by [[Gottfried de Purucker]]. [https://www.theosociety.org/pasadena/sunrise/49-99-0/th-gdppb.htm Theosophical University Press] offers a version that was "Condensed from a reply published in the September 15, 1932, Theosophical Forum, pp. 9-13, to a book review by R. A. V. Morris published in the June 1932 Canadian Theosophist."</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>* '''''The Sayings of the Ancient One'''''. London: Rider & Co, 1935. Reprinted Wheaton, Ill.: Theosophical Publishing House, 1969. Available with restrictions at [https://archive.org/details/sayingsofancient00bowe Internet Archive]. </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>* '''''The Sayings of the Ancient One'''''. London: Rider & Co, 1935. Reprinted Wheaton, Ill.: Theosophical Publishing House, 1969. Available with restrictions at [https://archive.org/details/sayingsofancient00bowe Internet Archive]<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">. An extract was printed in ''The Theosophical Path'' 42 no.2 (October, 1932), 185-190</ins>. </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>* '''''Occult Way'''''. London: Rider & Co, 1936. Reprinted London: Theosophical Publishing House Ltd, 1978. Available at [https://archive.org/details/TheOccultWayP.G.Bowen_201809/The%20Occult%20Way%20-%20P.%20G.%20Bowen/ Internet Archive.]</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>* '''''Occult Way'''''. London: Rider & Co, 1936. Reprinted London: Theosophical Publishing House Ltd, 1978. Available at [https://archive.org/details/TheOccultWayP.G.Bowen_201809/The%20Occult%20Way%20-%20P.%20G.%20Bowen/ Internet Archive.]</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>* '''[http://theos-world.com/tw199912.html#190065400 "What I Owe to a Book"]''' ''The Theosophical Forum'' (September 15, 1932), 9-13. This is a review of ''Fundamentals of the Esoteric Philosophy'' by [[Gottfried de Purucker]]. [https://www.theosociety.org/pasadena/sunrise/49-99-0/th-gdppb.htm Theosophical University Press] offers a version that was "Condensed from a reply published in the September 15, 1932, Theosophical Forum, pp. 9-13, to a book review by R. A. V. Morris published in the June 1932 Canadian Theosophist."</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>* '''[http://theos-world.com/tw199912.html#190065400 "What I Owe to a Book"]''' ''The Theosophical Forum'' (September 15, 1932), 9-13. This is a review of ''Fundamentals of the Esoteric Philosophy'' by [[Gottfried de Purucker]]. [https://www.theosociety.org/pasadena/sunrise/49-99-0/th-gdppb.htm Theosophical University Press] offers a version that was "Condensed from a reply published in the September 15, 1932, Theosophical Forum, pp. 9-13, to a book review by R. A. V. Morris published in the June 1932 Canadian Theosophist."</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>* '''''The Sayings of the Ancient One'''''. London: Rider & Co, 1935. Reprinted Wheaton, Ill.: Theosophical Publishing House, 1969. Available with restrictions at [https://archive.org/details/sayingsofancient00bowe Internet Archive]. </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>* '''''The Sayings of the Ancient One'''''. London: Rider & Co, 1935. Reprinted Wheaton, Ill.: Theosophical Publishing House, 1969. Available with restrictions at [https://archive.org/details/sayingsofancient00bowe Internet Archive]. </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>By 1932 Captain Bowen was living in Surrey, England, not far from London.<ref>Patrick Gilman Bowen in the Surrey, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1962.</ref> He passed away in South Dublin, Ireland, on [[July 30]], 1940.<ref>Gillian [Gilman] Beamish Bowen in the Ireland, Civil Registration Deaths Index, 1864-1958.</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>By 1932 Captain Bowen was living in Surrey, England, not far from London.<ref>Patrick Gilman Bowen in the Surrey, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1962.</ref> He <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">spent his time in scholarly writing, and </ins>passed away in South Dublin, Ireland, on [[July 30]], 1940.<ref>Gillian [Gilman] Beamish Bowen in the Ireland, Civil Registration Deaths Index, 1864-1958.</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>Young Bowen was expected by his family to pursue a scholastic career. He did not like the prospect, and "left Ireland for South Africa, where he became attached to the Intelligence Department of the South African Mounted Rifles.<ref>"About the Author" ''From the Sayings of the Ancient One'' (London: Theosophical Publishing House, 1985), ??. Quoted from [http://www.gunnarlarson.se/ Gunnar Larson's web page]. This wording seems to have been quoted directly from an obituary clipping from the ''Irish Times'' newspaper. A digital copy is in Theosophical Society in America Archives.</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>Young Bowen was expected by his family to pursue a scholastic career. He did not like the prospect, and "left Ireland for South Africa, where he became attached to the Intelligence Department of the South African Mounted Rifles.<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">"</ins><ref>"About the Author" ''From the Sayings of the Ancient One'' (London: Theosophical Publishing House, 1985), ??. Quoted from [http://www.gunnarlarson.se/ Gunnar Larson's web page]. This wording seems to have been quoted directly from an obituary clipping from the ''Irish Times'' newspaper. A digital copy is in Theosophical Society in America Archives.</ref></div></td></tr>
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