Seth Pancoast

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Dr. Seth Pancoast, M.D., of Philadelphia was according to Col. Olcott "a most erudite Kabbalist". He present at meeting of September 7, 1875, that eventually lead to the forming of the Theosophical Society.[1] Although his name is not among the sixteen people that the next day met to form the Society, he was elected as Vice-President on the meeting held on October 30, previous to the inaugural one on November 17.[2] He was also present at the cremation of Baron de Palm.

Notes

  1. Henry Steel Olcott, Old Diary Leaves First Series (Adyar, Madras: The Theosophical Publishing House, 1974), 116.
  2. Henry Steel Olcott, Old Diary Leaves First Series (Adyar, Madras: The Theosophical Publishing House, 1974), 135.