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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. 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 | 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> | |||
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== 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. ''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"] | ||
* 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. | ||
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[[Category:Associates of HPB|Rawson, Albert]] | [[Category:Associates of HPB|Rawson, Albert]] | ||
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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 in New York. According to the Membership Register of the Society, he became the 139th member on December 9, 1877.[1]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."[2]
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.[3]
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,[4] and both were Masons.[5]
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. The Masters Revealed: Madam Blavatsky and the Myth of the Great White Lodge. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1994.
- "History of the Adepts"
- Nance, Susan. How the Arabian Nights Inspired the American Dream, 1790-1935.
- Rawson, Albert Leighton in Theosophy World.
- D. M. Bennett
- Goodrick-Clarke, Nicholas. "Western Esoteric Traditions and Theosophy" Handbook of the Theosophical Current (Leiden: Brill, 2013), 269-271, 279-280.
Notes
- ↑ Theosophical Society General Membership Register, 1875-1942 at http://tsmembers.org/. See book 1, entry 139 (website file: 1A/13).
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Joscelyn Godwin, "Blavatsky and the First Generation of Theosophy" Handbook of the Theosophical Current (Leiden: Brill, 2013), 19.
- ↑ Jay Kinney, "Shhh! It's a Secret! Grappling with the Puzzle of Freemasonry" The Quest 101.3 (July 2013), 98.
