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| [[Category:Writers|Midford, Godolphin]] | | #REDIRECT [[Godolphin Mitford]] |
| [[Category:Pseudonyms|Midford, Godolphin]]
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| [[Category:Nationality English|Midford, Godolphin]]
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| According to [[Readers Guide to The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett (book)|''Readers Guide to The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett'']]:<br>
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| Midford, Godolphin, born in Madras, scion of the English family of that name; author of a long article appearing in the March and April 1882 issues of ''The Theosophist'' under the pseudonym of Moorad Aly Beg - also referred to as Mizra Murad Ali Beg - entitled "Elixir of Life." This article is mentioned several times in the [[Mahatma Letters|Letters]]. There are indications that he was inspired to write much of it. However, he was a strange character, who took up Eastern ways of dress and dabbled in black magic until his health was ruined. He came to the [[Adyar Headquarters|Headquarters]] of the [[Theosophical Society|TS]] at one time and [[Henry Steel Olcott|HSO]] tried to help him with [[Mesmerism|mesmeric healing]], but in the end he could not be helped and died insane in 1884 or 1885. See [[The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett (book)|ML]] index under Moorad Ali Beg; [[Letters of H. P. Blavatsky to A. P. Sinnett (book)|LBS]], pp. 161, 165; [[H. P. Blavatsky, Collected Writings (book)| HPB]] IV: 241; [[H. P. Blavatsky, Collected Writings (book)| HPB]] VII: 350; [[Old Diary Leaves (book)|ODL]] 2: 289.<ref>George E. Linton and Virginia Hanson, eds., ''Readers Guide to The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett'' (Adyar, Chennai, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1972), 239.</ref>
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| == Notes ==
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