Anna Kamenskaya actress Biography

Dr. A. Kamenskaya Anna Alekseevna Kamenskaya was born on August 25 in Pavlovsk near St. Petersburg. Her parents were nobles of medium -sized and early childhood, she spent in Germany Bavaria and Württemberg, then from nine to fifteen she lived in Geneva in Switzerland and, at the end of high school, returned to Petersburg. Here A. At this time, the financial situation of her parents was very shaken and she had to start working at the end of the courses.

She took up pedagogical activity. For a long time A. Obolenskaya and stand -up. At the same time, together with C. Helmbold, she organized a children's primary school. In the evenings and on Sundays they were engaged in a free adult school in a working area. The female question was also close to her and on this basis there was an initial rapprochement with A. Through her childhood friend Nina Gernet A.

In the year A. returning to Petersburg, she began active theosophical activity. There was a lot of charm in it and everyone who knew it personally told about her with enthusiasm. In square brackets are those surnames that I tried to guess, although of course errors are not excluded here. The chairman of the ox was chosen by A. The main apartment was in St. Petersburg on Ivanovo 22 square meters.

The departments of the OK were in Moscow. Sophia Guerge, in Kyiv before. Radzevich, and then E. Kn, in Kharkov, Kaluga before. There were no departments in a number of cities, but there were groups of Theosophists and those interested, such as in Poltava, Kislovodsk, etc. to Rus. Almost annually A. She did not lose connection with international Theos. O-wing and constantly visited Theos.

In the St. Petersburg department, she led separate circles and organized systematic public lectures, usually taking place in the hall of the Tenishevsky school. A significant part of these lectures was read by A. one of her lectures "What Theosophy was published. It was a small book in which the foundations of Theosophy were simple, clearly and seriously stated. Although the activity of Russian.

The island began after a year, when freedom of speech and meetings were officially resolved in Russia, but the government did not quite amiably be friendly to public lectures. In or year, the prosecutor excited against A. in one of the public lectures A. A court took place, which fully acquitted A., it was an unsuccessful attempt on the part of the government with the opening of R.

with the opening of R. She began to publish the magazine "Bulletin of Theosophy", which was published 10 times a year. It was a serious voluminous magazine about or more pages, placing translation and original articles. The advanced article “At the Watchtower” always wrote A. During the time from Pisareva, more than 40 different theosophical books were published, many of which had two or even three editions.

In the city, in addition to personal work, she studied the Sanskrit manuscripts, the result of which her great work was-the excellent translation of the Bhagavad-Gita of the Song of the Lord. The translation is made not only for sure, but also artistically.

Preserving many Sanskrit words that give the style the song, she managed to state it in a simple and clear language, despite its often very abstract content. Kamenskaya was a gene. Secretary of the German section of Theos. The first time after the October Revolution, the Bolsheviks did not pay special attention to society that did not be political in nature. But in the year they decided to put an end to the "bourgeois associations" and first of all to deal with the faces leading them.

Shortly before the proper arrest, Anna Alekseevna and C. Helmbold managed to cross the Finnish border. At the request of Dr. A. Bezant, they settled in Geneva. At this time, Swiss Theos. The section was experiencing some difficulties. Of all the countries of the world, A. Kitezh was born in Tallinn, in Riga - "Holy Outside of Russia, there were already 7 Russian lodges associated with A.

Helmbodd and V. Pushkin attended the Congress dedicated to the" Golden anniversary "of Theos. At the meeting of the International Council T. at that time T. This gave the opportunity to continue the theosophical work in the Russian President T. Bezant supported the initiative A. The Council hesitated to traditions and to prepare the Theosophical. After some time, due to political events and difficult external conditions, some lodges ceased their work, but new centers were born: in Paris, Alkonost and Goodwill, in Belgium "White Lotus", in Boston "Svetlana", in Berlin "Bird Bird".

Since the organizations, “R. began to leave in the form of small notebooks“ Bulletin ”. Having received material assistance from the European Assistance from the European Lodge, A. Pisarev was greatly helped by E. Pisarev with his excellent translations. About 20 books were published and among them many are very vast as“ Ancient Wisdom ”,“ Esoteric Christianity ”,“ On the Hidden sense of life ”,“ Secret doctrine - " Symbolism.

"From that time to G. to the end of the Second World War, when the political situation in the world has changed, the Council of the OK, so as not to cause political complications and not to draw into politics, A. in the place of" R. It was rather spiritual than an official association.With the end of the war from the camps of Germany and Austria, the Theosophists found each other through it.

As soon as it became possible, she began to send them theosof. When she found out that anyone needed, she built a product package. From her letters it blew such cordiality and love that everyone naturally considered her a common mother. For advice on all troubles they turned to her and always received an imminent and wise answer. Most Russian theosophists were alone scattered through the camps and cities of Germany, but the Lotus box was organized in Munich, and theosophus was organized in Schvebish Gmende.

There were no funds for the publication of the magazine and books, but A. She wrote a number of works in French, and also regularly worked in the journal Theosophist. During her short illness, A. She was nearly 85 years old. It was a life full of service to others, a life that embodied theosophical ideals. There is no doubt that even now, being on the highest plans, she is trying to help Russian theosophers and makes efforts to unite them.

Everyone who is dear to the spiritual life of our Motherland will honor the memory of this noble and disinterested soul. This biographical essay was written, apparently, N.