Anglický jazyk

Mystical Vampire

Vydavateľstvo: Mandrake
Rok vydania: 2005
Formát: Paperback
Rozmer: 234 x 156 mm
Jazyk: Anglický jazyk
ISBN: 9781869928858

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O knihe

The characters
Mabel Collins, theosophist, novelist, fashion columnist, and anti-vivisection campaigner

Madame Blavatsky the extraordinary Russian occultist founder of theosophy, and other eminent members of her Theosophical Society

Annie Besant, social reformer and theosophist

Robert Donston Stephenson, a candidate for Jack the Ripper and Mabel's lover

Frances Power Cobbe, social reformer, suffragist and anti-vivisection campaigner

Charlotte Despard, social reformer, and anti-vivisection campaigner

The story
Mabel Collins was an independent woman in the oppressive Victorian climate. She wrote many novels, but most will remember Mabel Collins for her best selling mystical text "Light on the Path" published by the Theosophical Society. After her fall out with Madame Blavatsky, she carried on with her life as an esotericist, traveller and writer. She was moved by the plight and suffering of helplesscreatures, and became a campaigner for the abolition of vivisection.

The author
Kim Farnell is a professional astrologer and writer. She is a contributor to the academic journal "Theosophical History" founded by Leslie Price and edited by Professor James Santucci. Her previous works include a biography of the influential esoteric astrologer Sepharial.