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'''Dr. Wilhelm Hübbe-Schleiden''' (Hamburg, [[October 20]], 1846 - | '''Dr. Wilhelm Hübbe-Schleiden''' (Hamburg, [[October 20]], 1846 - Göttingen, [[May 17]], 1916) was a German scholar greatly interested in geographical exploration and in German colonial politics. In 1884 he became the president of the [[Germania Theosophical Society]] and was the founder and editor of the Theosophical periodical [[The Sphinx (periodical)|''The Sphinx'']]. | ||
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Dr. Wilhelm Hübbe-Schleiden (Hamburg, October 20, 1846 - Göttingen, May 17, 1916) was a German scholar greatly interested in geographical exploration and in German colonial politics. In 1884 he became the president of the Germania Theosophical Society and was the founder and editor of the Theosophical periodical The Sphinx.
Professional career
Wilhelm Hübbe-Schleiden studied jurisprudence and political economy, obtained his degree of doctor, and practiced for some time as an attorney. During the war of 1870-1871 he was attaché to the German Consulate in London. Then he traveled widely and was a great protagonist of German colonial ambitions.[1]
Theosophical involvement
Dr. Hübbe-Schleiden was greatly interested in Occultism and in 1884 became one of the chief founders of the Germania Theosophical Society at Elberfeld, Germany, of which he was the president. His Theosophical activities took primarily a literary form, establishing a theosophical magazine called The Sphinx. His doctorate was in law and political economy. During the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1871, he served as an attaché to the German Consulate General in London.[2]
Dr. Hübbe-Schleiden, like William Quan Judge, received two unusual letters from the Mahatmas Koot Hoomi and Morya, which were called "certificates." Each document stated clearly that The Secret Doctrine was a joint production of the Mahatmas with Helena Petrovna Blavatsky. He found them, evidently precipitated, in his copy of Richard Hodgson's S. P. R. Report. Geoffrey A. Barborka in his extensive analysis of the unusual style of handwriting of the letters, stated: "The point is here made that a precipitated message may be produced by one who knows how to do so in any desired style of writing![3]
Hübbe-Schleiden was instructed not to publish the letters, but he showed them to W. Q. Judge on July 21, 1892. Mr. Judge received permission to print his copies two years after Blavatsky's death, and he did so in The Path, in 1893.[4]
Dr. Hübbe-Schleiden was mentioned in Mahatma Letter No. 132, in which Helena Petrovna Blavatsky corrected a misunderstanding of A. P. Sinnett about what she had said to the doctor concerning Chains and Rounds.
Writings
Dr. Hübbe-Schleide wrote several books:
- Ethiopien Studien Uber West-Afrika (1879)
- Uberseeische Politik 1881-1883 (1883)
- Das Dasein ALS Lust, Leid Und Liebe (1891)
- Indien Und Die Indier: Kulturell, Wirthschaftlich Und Politisch Betrachtet
- Englands Ende In Der Schlacht Bei Dorking
Online resources
Articles
- Wilhelm Hubbe-Schleiden at Theosopedia
- Dr. Hubbe Schleiden on a Letter from the Mahatma K.H. published by Blavatsky Study Center
- Two Letters from H.P. Blavatsky to Dr. Wilhelm Hübbe-Schleiden published by Blavatsky Study Center
- Letter from Master K.H. at KatinkaHesselink.net
Notes
- ↑ Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, The Secret Doctrine vol. I, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), [12].
- ↑ Geoffrey Barborka, The Mahatmas and Their Letters (Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1973), 299.
- ↑ Geoffrey Barborka, The Mahatmas and Their Letters (Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1973), 302.
- ↑ The documents were published in The Path, vol. VIII, April, 1893.