Archibald Keightley (19 April 1859 – 18 November 1930) was an English physician and Theosophist.

Biography

Keightley was educated at

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. In 1886, he obtained a degree from the

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in London. He was a Fellow of the

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and Master of Arts and Doctor of Medicine from Cambridge."Dr. Archibald Keightley"
fundacionblavatsky.org. Retrieved 28 January 2023. He joined the

Theosophical Society The Theosophical Society is the organizational body of Theosophy, an esoteric new religious movement. It was founded in New York City, U.S.A. in 1875. Among its founders were Helena Blavatsky, a Russian mystic and the principal thinker of the ...

in 1884.Tillett, 1986, p. 982. Retrieved 1 November 2016. In the London Lodge of the TS at the time were: A.P. Sinnett, Dr. Anna Kingsford, William Kingsland, Prof.

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, F.W.H. Myers, Edmund Gurney, Charles Massey. Keightley was a prominent member of the TS who helped in the editing of Helena P. Blavatsky's magnum opus, ''

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''. He served as the General Secretary of the English Theosophical Society from 1888 to 1890. He was married to Julia van der Planck a.k.a. "Jasper Niemand", the author of a number of Theosophical tracts. Bertram Keightley, his uncle (although younger by one year), was also a Theosophist. He later sided with

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and his American branch over that led by

Annie Besant Annie Besant (; Wood; 1 October 1847 – 20 September 1933) was an English socialist, Theosophy (Blavatskian), theosophist, freemason, women's rights and Home Rule activist, educationist and campaigner for Indian nationalism. She was an arden ...

, and then the faction associated with Ernest Temple Hargrove over that led by

Katherine Tingley Katherine Augusta Westcott Tingley (July 6, 1847 – July 11, 1929) was a social worker and prominent Theosophy (Blavatskian), Theosophist. She led the Theosophical Society Pasadena, American Section of the Theosophical Society after W. Q. Judge ...

. After the death of his wife, he relocated to

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, where he participated in the activities of the "Hargrove" branch until his death in 1930.

Selected publications

''The Recovery of Health: With a Chapter on the Salisbury Treatment''
(1890)

(1891)

(1891)

(1893) * ttp://www.theosociety.org/pasadena/theos/v11n11p347_brotherhood_a-fact-in-nature.htm ''Brotherhood – a Fact in Nature''(1897)
''Health and Disease''
(1897)

References

External links

* PhD Thesis,

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, Department of Religious Studies. 19th-century English medical doctors 20th-century English medical doctors 1859 births 1930 deaths Alumni of Pembroke College, Cambridge English Theosophists {{UK-theologian-stub