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Katherine Augusta Westcott Tingley
American theosophist
Helena Blavatsky
Helena Blavatsky
Russian spiritualist
Besant, Annie
Annie Besant
British social reformer
Olcott, Henry Steel
Henry Steel Olcott
American theosophist
Jiddu Krishnamurti
Indian spiritual leader
Johann Georg Gichtel
German mystic