Jan 6, 2010

Autobiographies | Characters

Mary Battle
Mary Battle was George Pollexfen’s housekeeper and had worked for the Pollexfen family for many years. She was ‘‘second-sighted,’’ according to Yeats. For example, she would know without being told when her employer was bringing someone unexpected home for dinner and would arrange the table with an extra setting before he arrived. So impressed was Yeats with Battle’s psychic abilities and storytelling that much of his book The Celtic Twilight ‘‘is but her daily speech,’’ he noted.

Madame Blavatsky
Madame Blavatsky...