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	'''Albert Leighton Rawson''' (1829-1902) was an illustrator and engraver who collaborated with [[Charles Sotheran]] and with [[Alexander Wilder]] around the time of the [[Founding of the Theosophical Society\|founding]] of the [[Theosophical Society]] in New York. According to the Membership Register of the Society, he became the 139th member on December 9, 1877.<ref>Theosophical Society General Membership Register, 1875-1942 at [http://tsmembers.org/ http://tsmembers.org/]. See book 1, entry 139 (website file: 1A/13).</ref>He is supposed to have accompanied [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky]] during her early travels in the Middle East, and to have been a friend of [[D. M. Bennett]]. Joscelyn Godwin wrote that "In 1882 Madame Blavatsky's friend Albert Rawson turned up in Rochester [New York] with authority to found the Society's first branch in America, with the energetic Joesphine W. Cables as its secretary."<ref>Joscelyn Godwin, "Western New York's Theosophical Enlightener" in ''Claude Bragdon and the Beautiful necessity" edited by Eugenia Victoria Ellis and Anrea G. Reithmayr (Rochester, NY: Rochester Institute of Technology, 2010), 22.</ref>		'''Albert Leighton Rawson''' (1829-1902) was an illustrator and engraver who collaborated with [[Charles Sotheran]] and with [[Alexander Wilder]] around the time of the [[Founding of the Theosophical Society\|founding]] of the [[Theosophical Society]] in New York. According to the Membership Register of the Society, he became the 139th member on December 9, 1877.<ref>Theosophical Society General Membership Register, 1875-1942 at [http://tsmembers.org/ http://tsmembers.org/]. See book 1, entry 139 (website file: 1A/13).</ref>He is supposed to have accompanied [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky]] during her early travels in the Middle East, and to have been a friend of [[D. M. Bennett]]. Joscelyn Godwin wrote that "In 1882 Madame Blavatsky's friend Albert Rawson turned up in Rochester [New York] with authority to found the Society's first branch in America, with the energetic Joesphine W. Cables as its secretary."<ref>Joscelyn Godwin, "Western New York's Theosophical Enlightener" in ''Claude Bragdon and the Beautiful necessity" edited by Eugenia Victoria Ellis and Anrea G. Reithmayr (Rochester, NY: Rochester Institute of Technology, 2010), 22.</ref>

			Rawson had twin sons, Ned and Bert. John Stienstra recounted having heard from Bert a distinct memory of his father, A.L. Rawson, placing the boy on Madame Blavatsky's lap.<ref>This information comes from a card written by Boris de Zirkoff in his Historical Index, drawer 5. Boris de Zirkoff Papers. Records Series 22. Theosophical Society in America Archives.</ref>

	Rawson was an Orientalist and was influenced by Arab culture. He was initiated into a "Brotherhood of Lebanon" and co-founded the "Nobles of the Mystic Shrine." He and Sotheran were supporters of the [[Free Thought]] movement,<ref>Joscelyn Godwin, "Blavatsky and the First Generation of Theosophy" ''Handbook of the Theosophical Current'' (Leiden: Brill, 2013), 19.</ref> and both were Masons.<ref>Jay Kinney, "Shhh! It's a Secret! Grappling with the Puzzle of Freemasonry" ''The Quest'' 101.3 (July 2013), 98.</ref>		Rawson was an Orientalist and was influenced by Arab culture. He was initiated into a "Brotherhood of Lebanon" and co-founded the "Nobles of the Mystic Shrine." He and Sotheran were supporters of the [[Free Thought]] movement,<ref>Joscelyn Godwin, "Blavatsky and the First Generation of Theosophy" ''Handbook of the Theosophical Current'' (Leiden: Brill, 2013), 19.</ref> and both were Masons.<ref>Jay Kinney, "Shhh! It's a Secret! Grappling with the Puzzle of Freemasonry" ''The Quest'' 101.3 (July 2013), 98.</ref>

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	'''Albert Leighton Rawson''' (1829-1902) was an illustrator and engraver who collaborated with [[Charles Sotheran]] and with [[Alexander Wilder]] around the time of the [[Founding of the Theosophical Society\|founding]] of the [[Theosophical Society]] in New York. According to the Membership Register of the Society, he became the 139th member on December 9, 1877.<ref>Theosophical Society General Membership Register, 1875-1942 at [http://tsmembers.org/ http://tsmembers.org/]. See book 1, entry 139 (website file: 1A/13).</ref>He is supposed to have accompanied [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky]] during her early travels in the Middle East, and to have been a friend of [[D. M. Bennett]].		'''Albert Leighton Rawson''' (1829-1902) was an illustrator and engraver who collaborated with [[Charles Sotheran]] and with [[Alexander Wilder]] around the time of the [[Founding of the Theosophical Society\|founding]] of the [[Theosophical Society]] in New York. According to the Membership Register of the Society, he became the 139th member on December 9, 1877.<ref>Theosophical Society General Membership Register, 1875-1942 at [http://tsmembers.org/ http://tsmembers.org/]. See book 1, entry 139 (website file: 1A/13).</ref>He is supposed to have accompanied [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky]] during her early travels in the Middle East, and to have been a friend of [[D. M. Bennett]]. Joscelyn Godwin wrote that "In 1882 Madame Blavatsky's friend Albert Rawson turned up in Rochester [New York] with authority to found the Society's first branch in America, with the energetic Joesphine W. Cables as its secretary."<ref>Joscelyn Godwin, "Western New York's Theosophical Enlightener" in ''Claude Bragdon and the Beautiful necessity" edited by Eugenia Victoria Ellis and Anrea G. Reithmayr (Rochester, NY: Rochester Institute of Technology, 2010), 22.</ref>

	Rawson was an Orientalist and was influenced by Arab culture. He was initiated into a "Brotherhood of Lebanon" and co-founded the "Nobles of the Mystic Shrine." He and Sotheran were supporters of the [[Free Thought]] movement,<ref>Joscelyn Godwin, "Blavatsky and the First Generation of Theosophy" ''Handbook of the Theosophical Current'' (Leiden: Brill, 2013), 19.</ref> and both were Masons.<ref>Jay Kinney, "Shhh! It's a Secret! Grappling with the Puzzle of Freemasonry" ''The Quest'' 101.3 (July 2013), 98.</ref>		Rawson was an Orientalist and was influenced by Arab culture. He was initiated into a "Brotherhood of Lebanon" and co-founded the "Nobles of the Mystic Shrine." He and Sotheran were supporters of the [[Free Thought]] movement,<ref>Joscelyn Godwin, "Blavatsky and the First Generation of Theosophy" ''Handbook of the Theosophical Current'' (Leiden: Brill, 2013), 19.</ref> and both were Masons.<ref>Jay Kinney, "Shhh! It's a Secret! Grappling with the Puzzle of Freemasonry" ''The Quest'' 101.3 (July 2013), 98.</ref>

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	Rawson was an Orientalist and was influenced by Arab culture. He was initiated into a "Brotherhood of Lebanon" and co-founded the "Nobles of the Mystic Shrine." He and Sotheran were supporters of the [[Free Thought]] movement,<ref>Joscelyn Godwin, "Blavatsky and the First Generation of Theosophy" ''Handbook of the Theosophical Current'' (Leiden: Brill, 2013), 19.</ref> and both were Masons.<ref>Jay Kinney, "Shhh! It's a Secret! Grappling with the Puzzle of Freemasonry" ''The Quest'' 101.3 (July 2013), 98.</ref>		Rawson was an Orientalist and was influenced by Arab culture. He was initiated into a "Brotherhood of Lebanon" and co-founded the "Nobles of the Mystic Shrine." He and Sotheran were supporters of the [[Free Thought]] movement,<ref>Joscelyn Godwin, "Blavatsky and the First Generation of Theosophy" ''Handbook of the Theosophical Current'' (Leiden: Brill, 2013), 19.</ref> and both were Masons.<ref>Jay Kinney, "Shhh! It's a Secret! Grappling with the Puzzle of Freemasonry" ''The Quest'' 101.3 (July 2013), 98.</ref>

	~~== Notes ==~~
	~~<references/>~~

	== See also ==		== See also ==

			* Deveney, John Patrick. “The Travels of H.P. Blavatsky and the Chronology of Albert Leighton Rawson: An Unsatisfying Investigation into H.P.B.’s Whereabouts in the Early 1850s,” ''Theosophical History'' 10, no. 1 (January 2004).
	* Johnson, K. Paul. ''In Search of the Masters: Behind the Occult Myth''. 1990.		* Johnson, K. Paul. ''In Search of the Masters: Behind the Occult Myth''. 1990.
	* Johnson, K. Paul. ''The Masters Revealed: Madam Blavatsky and the Myth of the Great White Lodge''. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1994.		* Johnson, K. Paul. ''The Masters Revealed: Madam Blavatsky and the Myth of the Great White Lodge''. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1994.
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	* [[D. M. Bennett]]		* [[D. M. Bennett]]
	* Goodrick-Clarke, Nicholas. "Western Esoteric Traditions and Theosophy" ''Handbook of the Theosophical Current'' (Leiden: Brill, 2013), 269-271, 279-280.		* Goodrick-Clarke, Nicholas. "Western Esoteric Traditions and Theosophy" ''Handbook of the Theosophical Current'' (Leiden: Brill, 2013), 269-271, 279-280.

			== Notes ==
			<references/>

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	'''Albert Leighton Rawson''' (1829-1902) was an illustrator and engraver who collaborated with [[Charles Sotheran]] and with [[Alexander Wilder]] around the time of the [[Founding of the Theosophical Society\|founding]] of the [[Theosophical Society]] in New York. He is supposed to have accompanied [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky]] during her early travels in the Middle East.		'''Albert Leighton Rawson''' (1829-1902) was an illustrator and engraver who collaborated with [[Charles Sotheran]] and with [[Alexander Wilder]] around the time of the [[Founding of the Theosophical Society\|founding]] of the [[Theosophical Society]] in New York. According to the Membership Register of the Society, he became the 139th member on December 9, 1877.<ref>Theosophical Society General Membership Register, 1875-1942 at [http://tsmembers.org/ http://tsmembers.org/]. See book 1, entry 139 (website file: 1A/13).</ref>He is supposed to have accompanied [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky]] during her early travels in the Middle East, and to have been a friend of [[D. M. Bennett]].

	Rawson was an Orientalist and was influenced by Arab culture. He was initiated into a "Brotherhood of Lebanon" and co-founded the "Nobles of the Mystic Shrine." He and Sotheran were supporters of the [[Free Thought]] movement.<ref>Joscelyn Godwin, "Blavatsky and the First Generation of Theosophy" ''Handbook of the Theosophical Current'' (Leiden: Brill, 2013), 19.</ref>		Rawson was an Orientalist and was influenced by Arab culture. He was initiated into a "Brotherhood of Lebanon" and co-founded the "Nobles of the Mystic Shrine." He and Sotheran were supporters of the [[Free Thought]] movement,<ref>Joscelyn Godwin, "Blavatsky and the First Generation of Theosophy" ''Handbook of the Theosophical Current'' (Leiden: Brill, 2013), 19.</ref> and both were Masons.<ref>Jay Kinney, "Shhh! It's a Secret! Grappling with the Puzzle of Freemasonry" ''The Quest'' 101.3 (July 2013), 98.</ref>

	== Notes ==		== Notes ==
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	== See also ==		== See also ==

			* Johnson, K. Paul. ''In Search of the Masters: Behind the Occult Myth''. 1990.
	* Johnson, K. Paul. ''The Masters Revealed: Madam Blavatsky and the Myth of the Great White Lodge''. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1994.		* Johnson, K. Paul. ''The Masters Revealed: Madam Blavatsky and the Myth of the Great White Lodge''. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1994.
	* [http://www.historyoftheadepts.com/historyoftheadepts/?p=182 "History of the Adepts"]		* [http://www.historyoftheadepts.com/historyoftheadepts/?p=182 "History of the Adepts"]

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	'''Albert Leighton Rawson''' (1829-1902) was an illustrator and engraver who collaborated with [[Charles Sotheran]] around the time of the [[Founding of the Theosophical Society\|founding]] of the [[Theosophical Society]] in New York. He is supposed to have accompanied [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky]] during her early travels in the Middle East.		'''Albert Leighton Rawson''' (1829-1902) was an illustrator and engraver who collaborated with [[Charles Sotheran]] and with [[Alexander Wilder]] around the time of the [[Founding of the Theosophical Society\|founding]] of the [[Theosophical Society]] in New York. He is supposed to have accompanied [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky]] during her early travels in the Middle East.

	Rawson was an Orientalist and was influenced by Arab culture. He was initiated into a "Brotherhood of Lebanon" and co-founded the "Nobles of the Mystic Shrine." He and Sotheran were supporters of the [[Free Thought]] movement.<ref>Joscelyn Godwin, "Blavatsky and the First Generation of Theosophy" ''Handbook of the Theosophical Current'' (Leiden: Brill, 2013), 19.</ref>		Rawson was an Orientalist and was influenced by Arab culture. He was initiated into a "Brotherhood of Lebanon" and co-founded the "Nobles of the Mystic Shrine." He and Sotheran were supporters of the [[Free Thought]] movement.<ref>Joscelyn Godwin, "Blavatsky and the First Generation of Theosophy" ''Handbook of the Theosophical Current'' (Leiden: Brill, 2013), 19.</ref>

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	'''Albert Leighton Rawson''' (1829-1902) was an illustrator and engraver~~. He claimed acquaintance~~ with ~~[[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky]] and was a collaborator of~~ [[Charles Sotheran]]~~, who was present at~~ the [[Founding of the Theosophical Society\|founding]] of the [[Theosophical Society]] in New York.		'''Albert Leighton Rawson''' (1829-1902) was an illustrator and engraver who collaborated with [[Charles Sotheran]] around the time of the [[Founding of the Theosophical Society\|founding]] of the [[Theosophical Society]] in New York. He is supposed to have accompanied [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky]] during her early travels in the Middle East.

	Rawson was an Orientalist and was influenced by Arab culture. He was initiated into a "Brotherhood of Lebanon" and co-founded the "Nobles of the Mystic Shrine." He and Sotheran were supporters of the [[Free Thought]] movement.<ref>Joscelyn Godwin, "Blavatsky and the First Generation of Theosophy" ''Handbook of the Theosophical Current'' (Leiden: Brill, 2013), 19.</ref>		Rawson was an Orientalist and was influenced by Arab culture. He was initiated into a "Brotherhood of Lebanon" and co-founded the "Nobles of the Mystic Shrine." He and Sotheran were supporters of the [[Free Thought]] movement.<ref>Joscelyn Godwin, "Blavatsky and the First Generation of Theosophy" ''Handbook of the Theosophical Current'' (Leiden: Brill, 2013), 19.</ref>
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	== See also ==		== See also ==

	~~Examples of Rawson's work are in~~ ''The ~~masters revealed~~: Madam Blavatsky and the ~~myth~~ of the Great White Lodge''		* Johnson, K. Paul. ''The Masters Revealed: Madam Blavatsky and the Myth of the Great White Lodge''. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1994.
	~~by K~~. ~~Paul Johnson~~.		* [http://www.historyoftheadepts.com/historyoftheadepts/?p=182 "History of the Adepts"]
			* Nance, Susan. ''How the Arabian Nights Inspired the American Dream, 1790-1935''.
	~~See also~~ [http://www.historyoftheadepts.com/historyoftheadepts/?p=182] ~~and ''D. M~~. ~~Bennett: The Truth Seeker''~~		* [[D. M. Bennett]]
			* Goodrick-Clarke, Nicholas. "Western Esoteric Traditions and Theosophy" ''Handbook of the Theosophical Current'' (Leiden: Brill, 2013), 269-271, 279-280.
	''How the Arabian Nights Inspired the American Dream, 1790-1935'' ~~by Susan Nance~~

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	[[~~Category:Artists~~\|Rawson~~, Albert~~]]		'''Albert Leighton Rawson''' (1829-1902) was an illustrator and engraver. He claimed acquaintance with [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky]] and was a collaborator of [[Charles Sotheran]], who was present at the [[Founding of the Theosophical Society\|founding]] of the [[Theosophical Society]] in New York.

			Rawson was an Orientalist and was influenced by Arab culture. He was initiated into a "Brotherhood of Lebanon" and co-founded the "Nobles of the Mystic Shrine." He and Sotheran were supporters of the [[Free Thought]] movement.<ref>Joscelyn Godwin, "Blavatsky and the First Generation of Theosophy" ''Handbook of the Theosophical Current'' (Leiden: Brill, 2013), 19.</ref>

			== Notes ==
			<references/>

	~~Albert Leighton Rawson (1829-1902) was an engraver.~~		== See also ==

	Examples of Rawson's work are in ''The masters revealed: Madam Blavatsky and the myth of the Great White Lodge''		Examples of Rawson's work are in ''The masters revealed: Madam Blavatsky and the myth of the Great White Lodge''
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	* [http://www.historyoftheadepts.com/historyoftheadepts/?p=182 "History of the Adepts"]		* [http://www.historyoftheadepts.com/historyoftheadepts/?p=182 "History of the Adepts"]
	* Nance, Susan. ''How the Arabian Nights Inspired the American Dream, 1790-1935''.		* Nance, Susan. ''How the Arabian Nights Inspired the American Dream, 1790-1935''.
			* [https://www.theosophy.world/encyclopedia/rawson-albert-leighton Rawson, Albert Leighton] in Theosophy World.
	* [[D. M. Bennett]]		* [[D. M. Bennett]]
	* Goodrick-Clarke, Nicholas. "Western Esoteric Traditions and Theosophy" ''Handbook of the Theosophical Current'' (Leiden: Brill, 2013), 269-271, 279-280.		* Goodrick-Clarke, Nicholas. "Western Esoteric Traditions and Theosophy" ''Handbook of the Theosophical Current'' (Leiden: Brill, 2013), 269-271, 279-280.