A typed letter from the Theosophorical Society, 33 Forest Avenue, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Letter from Albert E. S. Smythe discussing his interest in Katharine Maltwood’s book, The Guide to the Temple of the Stars, the legends of the Holy Grail, and the Somerset (Glastonbury) Zodiac. The letter indicates why some people may be tentative to support her theory of the Somerset Zodiac a "conspiracy of silence" is referred to, and also offers assistance to Katharine Maltwood should she wish to further publicize her work. A response to Smythe from Katharine Maltwood is handwritten in pencil on verso.

In Collection:

• Katharine Maltwood Collection

Creator

• Smythe, Albert E. S., General Secretary of Theosophorical Society in Canada

Contributor

• Maltwood, K. E.

Subject

• Archaeoastronomy
• Religion, Prehistoric
• Earthworks (Art)
• Maltwood, K. E.
• Zodiac
• History

Language

• eng

Date created

• December 6, 1936

Resource type

• Text

Rights statement

• In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted

Extent

• 1 page

Alternative title

• From Smythe, Albert E.S. (President of Canadian Theosophical Society)
• “Giants”, Tocknells House, Painswick, Glo.

Geographic Coverage

• England--Somerset Levels
• England--Glastonbury Tor

Coordinates

• 51.128,-2.993
• 51.14433,-2.70032

Physical Repository

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Collection

• Katharine Maltwood Collection

Provenance

• Donor: John Maltwood

Provider

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Genre

• typewriting
• correspondence

Archival item identifier

• Box1_SecIV_A_FoldIV_A_5_1936

Fonds title

• Katharine Maltwood fonds

Fonds identifier

• SC076

Is referenced by

• Finding aid for archival fonds: https://www.uvic.ca/library/locations/home/spcoll/findaids/maltwood_inventory.pdf

Date digitized

• February 7, 2015

Technical note

• Digitized by Robbyn Gordon Lanning. Technical and cataloguing metadata provided by Robbyn Gordon Lanning. Migration metadata by KD.

Rights

• Contact Special Collections and University Archives for access to the original manuscript and for reproduction requests (speccoll@uvic.ca). This material is made available on this site for research and private study only.

DOI

•  https://doi.org/10.58066/1b69-d143

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