Francesca Arundale

Francesca Arundale (* 1847 in Brighton, England, † March 23, 1924 in India) was an English Freemason and Theosophist.

Life

Francesca Arundale in 1881, member of the London Lodge of the Theosophical Society (TG ). In this box they practiced, probably until 1891, the function of the treasurer or treasurer of. , After cleavage of TG in 1895 as a result of Judge Case she followed the Theosophical Society Adyar ( Adyar -TG). She was a close friend of Helena Blavatsky and Annie Besant. Blavatsky was often in Francesca's house as a guest. She also lived for many years in Germany, where she met with leading Theosophists of their time, including perverted them in the house of Marie Gebhardt in Elberfeld. In 1902 she accepted a position Besant to India to work there for the Adyar -TG. On this trip she took with her ​​adopted George Arundale, who later became President of the Adyar -TG should be. In India, Francesca worked closely with Besant together and was particularly active in the TG box in Varanasi, besides, she worked as a teacher.

In 1896 she joined the in "mixed" Masonic obedience Le Droit Humain, 1902 where she reached the 33 and thus the highest degree. Besant heard in 1902 by Francesca Le Droit Humain of the box and then joined in as well. At the founding of the first London Lodge by Besant in 1902, Francesca was actively involved, as at the first lodge in India in 1904.

Her sister Marie G. Martin (1848-1914) was the wife of George Martin, the - next to Mary Deraismes - Le Droit Humain co-founder of. Francesca remained unmarried all her life.

Footnotes

Works

• Idea of Rebirth Including a Translation of on essay to re- incarnation. Kessinger Publishing, Whitefish 1998, ISBN 0-7661-0585-7.
• Intuitional Consciousness. Theosophical Publishing House, Adyar, 1916.
• My Guest, H. P. Blavatsky. Kessinger Publishing, Whitefish 2004, ISBN 0-7661-9125-7.

• Woman
• English
• Theosophist ( Theosophical Society )
• Freemason (19th Century )
• Mason (England)
• Born in 1847
• Died in 1924