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Mabel Collins
1851–1927
A Victorian writer who moved easily between popular fiction, spiritual writing, and activism, she became especially known for mystical books that kept finding new readers long after her lifetime.
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Light on the Path and Through the Gates of Gold
by Mabel Collins
About the author
Born in St Peter Port, Guernsey, in 1851, Mabel Collins was a British author, journalist, and anti-vivisection campaigner who published more than 46 books. She also became closely associated with the Theosophical movement in the 1880s, a connection that helped make her one of the better-known mystical writers of her era.
Her best-known work is Light on the Path (1885), a short spiritual text that remained influential among Theosophical readers. She also wrote novels and other esoteric works, including The Idyll of the White Lotus, and served as co-editor of Lucifer, a Theosophical magazine.
Collins's career was not confined to one world: she wrote for a broad reading public while also taking part in the religious and occult debates of late Victorian Britain. She died in 1927, leaving behind a body of work that still interests readers of spiritual literature, nineteenth-century culture, and the history of alternative religious movements.