Theos-Talk Archives (June 2005 Message tt00414)

Hi Spiro,

Please see at http://www.katinkahesselink.net/his/farnell4.html Kim 
Farnell's biography of Mabel Collins.

There you can read:

Robert Donston Stephenson was the son of a Yorkshire seed mill owner 
who had studied chemistry in Munich and medicine in Paris. He fought 
for Garibaldi in the 1860's, working as a battlefield medic, and 
studied the occult under Bulwer Lytton. ..... Vittoria and Mabel 
commissioned for Lucifer an article from Stephenson that appeared in 
November 1890, African Magic by Tau-Triadelta, which was later 
attributed to Blavatsky.

Kind regards,
Anton



--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, "Spiro" <auspirograph@y...> wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I have a question to ask on a historical article ascribed to
> Blavatsky. In the November 1890 issue of "Lucifer", there is an
> article titled "African Magic" and attributed to HPB yet in other
> places the same article is credited to a certain "Tautriadelta".
> 
> If the article indeed was penned by Blavatsky then within it's text
> the author mentions their experiences in Western Africa and as far as
> I know, HPB didn't actually travel there.
> 
> If HPB was not the author of this article I would be interested in
> knowing more about the anonymous writer "Tautriadelta".
> 
> Thanks
> Spiro