Guide to the Benedicion Santa Ana de Branconière : Lecture notes taken by Josephine Robinson, 1906-1910
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Guide to the Benedicion Santa Ana de Branconière : Lecture notes taken by Josephine Robinson, 1906-1910
Collection number: M1112
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Stanford University Libraries
Stanford, California
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- Department of Special Collections
- Green Library
- Stanford University Libraries
- Stanford, CA 94305-6004
- Phone: (650) 725-1022
- Email: speccoll@sulmail.stanford.edu
- URL: http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/spc/
- Processed by:
- Special Collections staff
- Date Completed:
- 2000 May 18
- Encoded by:
- Steven Mandeville-Gamble
© 2001 The Board of Trustees of Stanford University. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Branconière, Benedicion Santa Ana de. Lecture notes taken by Josephine Robinson,
Date (inclusive): 1906-1910
Collection number: M1112
Creator:
Branconière, Benedicion Santa Ana de.
Extent:
8 linear ft.
Repository:
Stanford University. Libraries. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
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Benedicion Santa Ana de Branconière : Lecture notes taken by Josephine Robinson. M1112. Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford
University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biography
Miss Benedicion Santa Ana de Branconiere was born the daughter of a British nobleman during the 18th century. Her father was
a well-read and educated man, and at the time was the owner of one of the finest private libraries in the world. At a fairly
young age, Miss de Branconiere was found to suffer from tuberculosis of the bone. After English medical science failed to
cure her, Miss de Branconiere set out with her father to search the world for treatment. They finally found help in India,
from spiritual healer and great religious figure Swami Vivekananda. To display her gratification for his assistance, Miss
de Branconiere began to study under Swami Vivekananda in the hope of one day helping to spread his word to the western world.
His doctrine was one of bringing together people of all religions to recognize that the God they worshiped was one. At the
conference of World Religions held in Chicago in 1893, he said "People born in different religions finally reach the same
God, as rivers born in different places finally reach the sea." To carry out her promise, Miss de Branconiere studied at the
School of Illumination in Paris (Brotherhood of Light), where she later taught. After her tenure there, Swami Vivekananda
sent her to spread the word, as he had briefly, in still-developing America. Miss de Branconiere acquiring a position at the
University of California, Berkeley, teaching religion, philosophy, and literature. She also instructed evening classes to
a private study group in Alameda. Through her teachings, Miss de Branconiere examined the sacred books of the world's four
great religions, as well as the classic literary works of the time, seeking what common truths they held that could assist
the plight of man. The central point of her teachings, as is any serious pursuit of the truth, was the discovery and salvation
of the individual human soul.
Scope and Content
This collection contains transcripts of the lectures Miss de Branconiere gave from 1906 through 1910. Josephine Robinson,
then employed by the Bank of Alameda, attended her evening sessions, took notes in shorthand, and typed them later. The collection
fills sixteen manuscript boxes and is organized chronologically. The collection includes two indexes: one that provides dates
for lectures in which certain topics were discussed, and a second, which exclusively pertains to Biblical references. The
lectures given by Miss de Branconiere cover a wide variety of religious and philosophical issues, while citing sources that
range from classic Greek myths to Shakespeare to major religious texts. Miss de Branconiere quotes Swami Vivekananda extensively
in her teachings, and students of the Swami should find great interest in the lectures of his disciple and protégée, Miss
de Branconiere.
Access Terms
Vivekananda, Swami, 1863-1902.
Robinson, Josephine.
Hinduism.
Hindus--India.
Philosophy.
Religion.
Vedanta.
Lecture notes.
Collection Contents
Box 1, Folder 1
St. John7/11/1906-8/15/1906
Box 1, Folder 2
St. John8/19/1906-9/21/1906
Box 1, Folder 3
Science9/16/1906-10/2/1906
Box 1, Folder 4
Science10/5/1906-10/24/1906
Box 1, Folder 5
Exodus10/24/1906-12/5/1906
Box 1, Folder 6
Exodus10/2/1906-10/28/1906
Box 1, Folder 7
Exodus11/4/1906-12/16/1906
Box 1, Folder 8
Exodus2/10/1907-2/26/1907
Box 1, Folder 9
Genesis11/21/1906-12/29/1906
Box 1, Folder 10
Genesis1/31/1907-2/28/1907
Box 1, Folder 11
Virtue12/12/1906-2/17/1907
Box 1, Folder 12
Virtue2/13/1907-2/27/1907
Box 2, Folder 1
Virtue II3/24/1907-4/14/1907
Box 2, Folder 2
Virtue II4/17/1907-4/28/1907
Box 2, Folder 3
Virtue II5/1/1907-6/5/1907
Box 2, Folder 4
Virtue II6/2/1907-6/9/1907
Box 2, Folder 6
Exodus3/26/1907-4/16/1907
Box 2, Folder 7
Exodus4/23/1907-4/30/1907
Box 2, Folder 8
Genesis (Hand Written)11/21/1906-5/2/1907
Box 2, Folder 9
Genesis3/7/1907-3/28/1907
Box 2, Folder 11
Genesis5/9/1907-5/23/1907
Box 2, Folder 12
Exodus5/10/1907-5/28/1907
Box 2, Folder 15
Exodus9/17/1907-12/16/1907
Box 3, Folder 1
Genesis II6/3/1907-6/13/1907
Box 3, Folder 2
Genesis II6/20/1907-8/23/1907
Box 3, Folder 3
Genesis II9/1/1907-9/19/1907
Box 3, Folder 4
Evasion: Volitive Latency 6/2/1907-6/19/1907
Box 3, Folder 5
Evasion: Volitive Latency6/23/1907-8/25/1907
Box 3, Folder 6
Evasion: Volitive Latency9/4/1907-9/15/1907
Box 3, Folder 7
Evasion: Volitive Latency9/18/1907-10/2/1907
Box 3, Folder 8
Evasion: Volitive Latency10/9/1907-10/29/1907
Box 3, Folder 11
Omar10/13/1907-12/15/1907
Box 4, Folder 1
Meditation1/7/1908-1/12/1908
Box 4, Folder 2
Meditation1/13/1908-1/15/1908
Box 4, Folder 3
Meditation1/16/1908-1/19/1908
Box 4, Folder 4
Meditation1/20/1908-1/23/1908
Box 4, Folder 6
Hamlet1/28/1908-1/30/1908
Box 4, Folder 7
Merchant of Venice & Othello2/23/1908-3/1/1908
Box 4, Folder 9
Peacock Plume & Minerva2/9/1908-3/8/1908
Box 4, Folder 11
Aristaeus5/10/1908-5/17/1908
Box 4, Folder 12
Orpheus & Eurydice1/14/1909-1/24/1909
Box 4, Folder 13
Proserpine & Pluto2/16/1908
Box 4, Folder 15
Hercules4/12/1908-5/3/1908
Box 4, Folder 16
Nemesis & Golden Fleece5/24/1908-6/7/1908
Box 4, Folder 17
Sister Helen, Medusa & Perseus6/19/1908-7/12/1908
Box 4, Folder 18
Meditation2/2/1908-2/4/1908
Box 5, Folder 1
Meditation2/5/1908-2/11/1908
Box 5, Folder 2
Meditation2/12/1908-2/18/1908
Box 5, Folder 3
Meditation2/19/1908-2/27/1908
Box 5, Folder 4
Meditation3/2/1908-3/10/1908
Box 5, Folder 5
Meditation3/11/1908-3/18/1908
Box 5, Folder 6
Meditation3/19/1908-3/31/1908
Box 5, Folder 7
Meditation4/1/1908-4/19/1908
Box 5, Folder 8
Meditation4/20/1908-4/22/1908
Box 5, Folder 9
Meditation4/27/1908-4/29/1908
Box 5, Folder 10
Meditation4/9/1908-4/23/1908
Box 5, Folder 11
Meditation5/7/1908-7/9/1908
Box 5, Folder 14
Meditation5/4/1908-5/12/1908
Box 5, Folder 15
Meditation5/13/1908-5/19/1908
Box 5, Folder 16
Meditation5/20/1908-5/27/1908
Box 6, Folder 1
Meditation6/1/1908-6/8/1908
Box 6, Folder 2
Background, Definitions7/13/1908-7/16/1908
Box 6, Folder 3
Background, Definitions7/19/1908-7/28/1908
Box 6, Folder 4
Background, Definitions7/29/1908-7/30/1908
Box 6, Folder 5
Exodus III7/14/1908-7/21/1908
Box 6, Folder 6
Exodus III7/23/1908-7/28/1908
Box 6, Folder 7
Exodus III7/30/1908-8/6/1908
Box 6, Folder 8
Exodus III8/11/1908-8/27/1908
Box 6, Folder 9
Preliminary Meditation7/24/1908-7/30/1908
Box 6, Folder 10
Preliminary Meditation7/31/1908-8/17/1908
Box 6, Folder 11
Ezekiel7/10/1908-7/12/1908
Box 6, Folder 12
Ezekiel7/17/1908-7/19/1908
Box 6, Folder 14
Ezekiel7/27/1908-7/31/1908
Box 6, Folder 15
Ezekiel II8/2/1908-8/9/1908
Box 6, Folder 16
Ezekiel II8/16/1908-8/26/1908
Box 6, Folder 17
Ezekiel II8/27/1908-8/30/1908
Box 7, Folder 1
Biology of Creation8/2/1908-8/3/1908
Box 7, Folder 2
Biology of Creation8/4/1908-8/5/1908
Box 7, Folder 3
Biology of Creation8/6/1908-8/11/1908
Box 7, Folder 4
Biology of Creation8/2/1908-9/6/1908
Box 7, Folder 5
Nescience and Knowledge10/1/1908-10/4/1908
Box 7, Folder 6
Nescience and Knowledge10/15/1908-10/21/1908
Box 7, Folder 7
Nescience and Knowledge10/22/1908-10/27/1908
Box 7, Folder 8
Nescience and Knowledge10/28/1908-10/30/1908
Box 7, Folder 10
Hindu Classics7/21/1909 & 3/1/1908
Box 7, Folder 11
Hindu Classics3/1/1908-3/7/1908
Box 7, Folder 12
Parisfal10/18/1908-10/25/1909
Box 7, Folder 13
Parisfal11/1/1908-11/15/1908
Box 7, Folder 14
Parisfal11/29/1908-12/13/1908
Box 7, Folder 15
Knowledge & Consciousness11/2/1908-11/3/1908
Box 8, Folder 1
Knowledge & Consciousness11/4/1908-11/10/1908
Box 8, Folder 2
Knowledge & Consciousness11/11/1908-11/18/1908
Box 8, Folder 3
Knowledge & Consciousness11/23/1908-11/30/1908
Box 8, Folder 4
Knowledge & Consciousness11/10/1908-11/24/1908
Box 8, Folder 5
Knowledge12/7/1908-12/14/1908
Box 8, Folder 7
Knowledge12/15/1908-12/17/1908
Box 8, Folder 8
Knowledge12/17/1908-12/22/1908
Box 8, Folder 10
Memory1/19/1909-1/25/1909
Box 8, Folder 11
Memory1/26/1909-1/31/1909
Box 8, Folder 12
Entity of the Mind1/12/1909-1/21/1909
Box 8, Folder 13
Entity of the Mind1/26/1909-1/28/1909
Box 8, Folder 14
Body & Recognition2/1/1909-2/9/1909
Box 9, Folder 1
Body & Recognition2/10/1909-2/28/1909
Box 9, Folder 2
Body & Recognition3/2/1909-3/10/1909
Box 9, Folder 3
Le Grande Persone8/22/1909-8/24/1909
Box 9, Folder 4
Le Grande Persone8/25/1909-8/31/1909
Box 9, Folder 8
International Lectures9/1/1909-9/29/1909
Box 9, Folder 9
International Lectures10/2/1909-10/27/1909
Box 9, Folder 10
Classics9/11/1909-10/28/1909
Box 9, Folder 11
Classics11/11/1909-11/13/1909
Box 9, Folder 12
Miss Branconiere's Meditation9/15/1909-9/21/1909
Box 10, Folder 1
Miss Branconiere's Meditation9/22/1909-9/30/1909
Box 10, Folder 2
Consciousness & Creation 10/2/1909-10/4/1909
Box 10, Folder 3
Consciousness & Creation10/5/1909-10/7/1909
Box 10, Folder 4
Intelligence10/19/1909-10/24/1909
Box 10, Folder 5
Intelligence10/25/1909-10/31/1909
Box 10, Folder 6
Time and Space 11/1/1909-11/7/1909
Box 10, Folder 7
Time and Space11/9/1909-11/10/1909
Box 10, Folder 8
Time and Space11/11/1909-11/17/1909
Box 10, Folder 9
Lecture Summaries by Date
Box 15, Folder 6
A-B (The following are an index of Biblical References)
