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Harriet Isabella (Isabel) Cooper-Oakley〔Red Cactus: The Life of Anna Kingsford, Alan Pert, 2006, pg 104〕〔http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/rd/1e6c817e-409e-4b6f-af72-d3a40870f273〕 (31 January 1854 – 3 March 1914), was a prominent Theosophist and author.〔(1891 England Census ), showing a household including "Constance Wachtmeister Manager of Publishing Office; G.R.S. Mead, Author Journalist; Isabel Oakley, age 37, born Amritza, India, Millener; Helena Blavatsky, Authoress; and others"〕 She was born in Amritsar, India to (Frederic) Henry Cooper, C.B., commissioner of Lahore 〔Madame Blavatsky: The Woman Behind the Myth, Marion Meade, Putnam, 1980, pg 321〕 and his wife Mary (nee Steel), receiving a good education because of her father's belief in the value of education for women.〔Madame Blavatsky: The Woman Behind the Myth, Marion Meade, Putnam, 1980, pg 321〕 She had suffered a severe injury in an accident aged 23 which prevented her from walking for two years, during which time she intensified her reading.〔Madame Blavatsky: The Woman Behind the Myth, Marion Meade, Putnam, 1980, pg 321〕 She went on to study at Girton College, Cambridge, and whilst at the university she met- and later married- fellow student Alfred John Oakley. They then both changed their surname to Cooper-Oakley. . Alfred stayed some years at Adyar, India, as an assistant to Henry Steel Olcott. He left to become Registrar of the University of Madras.〔("The 'K.H.' letters to Leadbetter" )〕 Sometime in the late 1890s, G.R.S. Mead became her brother-in-law when he married her sister, another prominent Theosophist, Laura Cooper. Isabel Cooper-Oakley died on March 3, 1914, at Budapest, Hungary. ==Works== *Count of Saint-Germain, ISBN 0-7661-0101-0 *The Count of St. Germain: Mystic and Philosopher, ISBN 1-4253-3280-3 *Masonry and Medieval Mysticism: Traces of a Hidden Tradition, ISBN 1-56459-643-5 *The Troubadours and Freemasonry, ISBN 1-4253-1617-4 *The Tradition of the Knights Templar Received in Masonry, ISBN 1-4253-1616-6 *Towards the Hidden Sources of Masonry, ISBN 1-4253-1615-8 *An Introduction to Masonry and Mysticism, ISBN 1-4253-1614-X *Freemasonry and the Heavenly Kingdom of the Holy Grail, ISBN 1-4253-1618-2 *The Count of Saint-Germain and Tragical Prophecies, ISBN 1-4253-3281-1 *Masonic Tradition and the Count of Saint-Germain, ISBN 1-4253-3283-8 *Secret Writings and Ciphers, ISBN 1-4253-4024-5 *The Count of Saint-Germain and His Political Work, ISBN 1-4253-3282-X *Mystical Traditions, ISBN 0-7661-0346-3 *Studies in the "secret doctrine" *The Mystical Traditions and Masonry and Medieval Mysticism, ISBN 1-4254-5390-2 *Samkhya and Yoga Philosophy 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Isabel Cooper-Oakley」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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