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Anna Kingsford Research Paper

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Anna (Bonus) Kingsford (1846-1888) is an outstanding figure in the annals of esoteric and mystical thought. She wrote works of deep insight and lasting value in the esoteric field. She lifted the veil of illusion which orthodox Christianity has thrown over the eternal wisdom. Anna helped establish Theosophy in England in the 1880's. She was a woman of exceptional talents in other fields also: a medical practioner, a campaigner for women's rights and for vegetariansim, an ardent opponent of vivisection, and writer.Despite the ill health that plagued her short life, Anna made impressive contributions for the betterment of humans and animalkind.

The main source of information on Anna is the two volume biography by her collaborator Edward Maitland.This …show more content…

When Anna was still young, the family moved to Blackheath, south of the river Thames near Greenwich. Blackheath was a "sleepy village," and with the coming of the railway in 1849 it became an attractive place to live for an increasing number of …show more content…

Queen Victoria had been on the throne for nine years.The Corn Law was abolished, resulting in cheaper bread, and the Whigs were in power.The potato famine was devasting the population of Ireland. Britain took the Punjab in the First Anglo-Sikh War in India.U.S. dentist William T. Morton performed the first successful tooth extraction under ether. Just one week after Anna was born the German astronomer Johann Galle discovered the mystic planet Neptune. The British astronomer William Lasell soon followed with the discovery of Triton, one of Neptune's moons. In the world of music, French composer Hector Berlioz completed his dramatic cantata The Damnation of Faust, and Felix Mendelssohn's oratorio Elijah was completed and it premiered in Birmingham.In France the anarchist Pierre-Joseph Proudhon published The Philosophy of Poverty.Europe was on the brink of upheaval, resulting in the revolutions of

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