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Colonel Henry Steel Olcott (1832-1907), founder and first president of the Theosophical Society, is well-known as the first prominent person of Western descent to make a formal conversion to Buddhism. His subsequent actions as president of the Theosophical Society helped Buddhism into a new renaissance. He is still honoured in Sri Lanka for these efforts.
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Olcott had grown up on his father's New Jersey farm. In 1860 he married Mary Epplee Morgan daughter of the rector of Trinity parish, New Rochelle; they had three sons. Olcott was agricultural editor of the New York Tribune (1858–60), and sometimes submitted newspaper articles on various other subjects. He served in the Civil War and afterward was admitted to the bar in New York City. With the rank of Colonel, he was special commissioner in the U.S. War and Navy departments (1863–66). He published a genealogy of his family that traced him back to Thomas Olcott, one of the founders of Hartford, Connecticut in 1636.
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by H. S. Olcott - Compiled by S. B. Dougherty, from speeches collected in Theosophy, Religion and Occult Science (1885), and from Theosophical Siftings, vol. 4, no. 10 (1891).
by Sarah Belle Dougherty - From Sunrise magazine, February/March 1997.
A Review of The White Buddhist - Critical review.
Applied Theosophy - by H.S.Olcott, Adyar Pamphlet No. 143.
Ascetism - A word of friendly advice, by H.S.Olcott. On the difference between external and internal purity.
Buddhism [Flags] - Several Buddhist flags shown. The one Olcott helped design is accompanied with a description of his life.
Col. Olcott - The Buddhist revivalist - From Dhamma Times.
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Col. Olcott - The great Buddhist revivalist - by Aryadasa Ratnasinghe.
Colonel Henry Steele Olcott - A description of his life.
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Golden Rules of Buddhism - The too prevalent ignorance among even adult Sinhalese Buddhists of the ethical code of their religion lead H.S. Olcott to issue this little compilation. It consists of quotes from Therevada sources on daily life, organized by topic.
H.P.B. Wrote Tibetan and Mongolian - Article on Blavatsky Archives by Henry S. Olcott.
Henry Steel Olcott [aryasangha.org] - Introduction to the book by Stephen Prothero and a long article looking at Olcott's interpretation of Buddhism.
Olcott on H.P. Blavatsky - Extract from the Foreword to 'Old Diary Leaves,' by H.S.Olcott, 1895.
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Olcott, Henry Steele - Description of his life.
On Madame Blavatsky and the Mahatmas - An extract from Olcott's lecture titled Theosophy, the Scientific Basis of Religion,
Spiritualism and Theosophy by H.S.Olcott - Lecture delivered at the rooms of the United Service Institution of India, Simla.
The Kiddle Mystery by Henry S. Olcott - Reprinted from Light.
The Life of Buddha and its lessons - By H.S.Olcott- Adyar Pamphlet No. 15.
The Source and Value of the Mysteries - Article by H.S. Olcott.
The Vampire, by H.S.Olcott - Adyar Pamphlet No. 112. it is most evident that too much care cannot be taken to ascertain beyond doubt the actual and complete death of a person before committing the body to the grave.
The White Buddhist: The Asian Odyssey of Henry Steel Olcott - A review of this book.
Theosophy and Its Opponents - A Letter by Henry S. Olcott on the Hodgson Report
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