Biographical Information and Biographies

BLAVATSKY, Helena Petrovna. The Late Mrs. Anna Kingsford, M.D. In H.P. Blavatsky Collected Writings, Vol. IX, pp. 89-91. TPH, Madras, 1962, 487 pp. First published in Lucifer, Vol. II, nº 7, March 1888, pp. 78-79. Important obtuary by Madame Blavatsky, stating: “The first and most important was The Perfect Way, or the Finding of Christ, which gives the esoteric meaning of Christianity.” More information and complete text in this site.

BRIEF CHRONOLOGY: the Life of Anna Kingsford. Summary prepared for this site, giving a brief general view of the life of Anna Kingsford.

BURGESS, Jennifer. A Brief Biography of Dr. Anna Kingsford. Text in the Internet. A small biography of Anna Kingsford. Read the complete text out of the site: http://www.victorianweb.org/religion/kingsford1.html

FERRIER, John Todd. The Work of the Late Anna Kingsford, M.D. and Edward Maitland, B.A. Published by The Order of the Cross, in the magazine The Herald of the Cross, Vol. 5, 1909. Reproduced by permission of the copyright owners, the Trustees of The Order of the Cross. Complete text in this site.

HART, Samuel Hopgood. Anna Kingsford and Vegetarianism. This article was published in The Vegetarian Messenger & Health Review, April 1931, p. 106. More information and complete text in this site.

HART, Samuel Hopgood. Anna Kingsford: Her Life and Work. Pamphlet. Part of the content of this pamphlet was originally contained in articles in Light, September 1930, pp. 472, 486 and 508. More information and complete text in this site.

HART, Samuel Hopgood. Anna Kingsford: In Memoriam. The Leeds Vegetarian Society, Leeds, 1947. More information and complete text in this site.

HART, Samuel Hopgood. Biographical Preface. Long preface in: Addresses and Essays on Vegetarianism. Anna Kingsford and Edward Maitland (pp. 1-60). Book edited by Samuel Hopgood Hart. John M. Watkins, London, 1912. 227 pp. More information and complete text in this site.

HART, Samuel Hopgood. Biographical Preface. Long preface in: The Credo of Christendom: and Other Addresses and Essays on Esoteric Christianity. Anna Kingsford and Edward Maitland, Edward (pp. 1-93). John M. Watkins, London, 1916. 256 pp. More information and complete text in this site.

HART, Samuel Hopgood. Edward Maitland and Vegetarianism. This article was published in The Vegetarian Messenger, January 1932. More information and complete text in this site.

HART, Samuel Hopgood. Edward Maitland: His Life and Work. Quarterly Transactions of the British College of Psychic Science Ltd., Vol. X. No. 4. January 1932. (pp. 274-283). More information and complete text in this site.

HART, Samuel Hopgood. Food and Illumination. This article was published in The Vegetarian Messenger, September 1920, pp. 39-42. More information and complete text in this site.

HART, Samuel Hopgood. Preface to the Third Edition (Dreams and Dream-Stories). John M. Watkins, London, 1908, pp. 07-15. More information and complete text in this site.

HART, Samuel Hopgood. The Food of Perfection. This article was published in The Comet, 17th April 1937 (The Comet is a Nigerian publication). More information and complete text in this site.

HART, Samuel Hopgood. The Late Mr. Edward Maitland. This article was published in Light, 16th October 1897. More information and complete text in this site.

HAUGHTON, Brian. Anna Kingsford – Theosophy and Mysticism. Short interesting biographical article in the Internet site Mysterious People:
http://www.mysteriouspeople.com/Anna_Bonus_Kingsford.htm

JAFFÉ, Aniela. [German] Religiöser Wahn und Schwarze Magie: Das Tragische Leben der Anna Kingsford (Religious Illusion and Black Magic: The Tragic Life of Anna Kingsford). Daimon Verlag, Einsiedeln, Switzerland, 1986. Apparently it is a biographical work, with emphasis on a psychological interpretation based on the school of Carl Gustav Jung. More information out of the site: http://www.daimon.ch/Aniela-Jaffe_Titles

MAITLAND, Edward. Anna Kingsford – Her Life, Letters, Diary and Work. Two volumes. 3^rd Edition, edited by Samuel H. Hart. John M. Watkins, London, 1913 (Vol. I, 442 pp.; Vol. II, 466 pp.). More information and complete text in this site.

MAITLAND, Edward. The Story of Anna Kingsford and Edward Maitland and of the New Gospel of Interpretation. 1^st Edition, 1893. 2^nd Edition, 1894. 3^rd Edition, edited by Samuel H. Hart. Ruskin Press, Birmingham, 1905. 204 pp. More information and complete text in this site.

MAITLAND, Edward. Anna Kingsford, Madame Blavatsky and the Theosophists. Text in the Internet. Selection (by Daniel Caldwell) of parts of the main biography by Edward Maitland, Anna Kingsford – Her Life, Letters, Diary and Work, in the site “Blavatsky Archives”. More information in this site, and complete text, out of the site.

MAP OF THE HEAVENS, Astrological Birth Chart of Anna Kingsford. Text in the Internet, in French. Born September 16, 1846 at 5:00 PM in Stratford (United Kingdom). Sun in 23°25 Virgo, AS in 17°00 Aquarius, Moon in 10°23 Leo, MC (Medium Coeli, Midheaven) in 11°47 Sagittarius. Read, in French, an attempt of interpretation of her Astrological Birth Chart, Map of the Heavens, and Positions of Planets.

NASH, John F. Anna Bonus Kingsford (1846-1888).  Published in the magazine The Esoteric Quarterly – Winter 2012.

PARADOXOS Alpha. Anna Mary Bonus Kingsford – Esotericist, Visionary, Hermetic Mystic. Text in the Internet. More information and complete text in this site. Original text, out of the site: http://www.hermetic.com/sabazius/kingsford.htm

PERT, Alan. Biography of Anna Kingsford. A synthetic biography of Anna Kingsford. The complete text was in the Internet, in an author’s personal page.

PERT, Alan. Red Cactus: The Life of Anna Kingsford. Alan Pert. Wild & Woolley, Watsons Bay, Australia, 2006. A recent biography by a pioneer in spreading the message of Anna Kingsford in the Internet.

POLYPHILUS, T. The Moon under Her Feet. Text in the Internet. More information and complete Html text in this site. Original text, out of the site: http://www.hermetic.com/dionysos/abk.htm

SHIRLEY, Ralph. Anna Kingsford & Edward Maitland. Mandrake Press Booklets nº 13. Mandrake Press, Thame (England), 1993. 24 pp. More information and complete text in this site.

SISSON Filho, Arnaldo. Brief Biographical Information. Original text developed for this site. Brasília, 2005. Summarised and translated (with some additions) from the Longer Biography of Anna Kingsford, by Alan Pert (see above in this section). Complete text in this site.

SISSON, Marina Villares Lenz Cesar. [Portuguese] A Esfinge Helena Blavatsky. (The Sphinx Helena Blavatsky) Edited by the author, Brasília (Brazil), 2003. 307 pp. More information and complete Portuguese text in this site.
[Spanish] The complete Spanish translation of this book in the site Dropbox – La Esfinge Helena Blavatsky (PDF)

SISSON, Marina Villares Lenz Cesar. Anna Kingsford and Helena Blavatsky. Revised and enlarged text, based in the numbers 7, 8 & 9 of the bulletin Informativo HPB. Complete Html text presented to the public for the first time in this site.