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Kenneth Paul Johnson (born 1953) is a retired public library director from southern Virginia, and a writer on modern Western esotericism as well as North Carolina history. He is website manager for the Melungeon Heritage Association, and maintains an author blog on genealogical themes for Backintyme Publications and a historical blog about the Hermetic Brotherhood of Luxor for the Church of Light.


Books

  • Report of Proceedings: Secret Doctrine Centenary (Theosophical University Press, 1989) includes a presentation by Johnson, "The Chaldean Book of Numbers".
  • In Search of the Masters (self-published, 1990)
  • The Masters Revealed (SUNY Press, 1994)[1][2][3]
  • Initiates of Theosophical Masters (SUNY Press, 1995),
  • Edgar Cayce in Context (SUNY Press, 1998).[4][5]
  • The Inner West (Tarcher/Penguin, 2004)
  • Dictionary of Modern American Philosophers (Thoemmes, 2005)
  • Dictionary of Virginia Biography, Vol. 3 (Library of Virginia, 2006)
  • Pell Mellers: Race and Memory in a Carolina Pocosin (Backintyme, 2008, 2013)
  • Carolina Genesis: Beyond the Color Line (Backintyme, 2010)

Articles

  • Johnson, K. Paul. "book review, Brother Twelve by John Oliphant". Gnosis. 26 (Winter 1993): 71.
  • Johnson, K. Paul. "Imaginary Mahatmas". Gnosis. 28 (Summer 1993): 24.
  • Johnson, K. Paul. "book review, HPB: The Extraordinary Life of Helena Blavatsky by Sylvia Cranston". Gnosis. 29 (Fall 1993): 66.
  • Johnson, K. Paul. "Holy Book of Baha'is Unveiled in English". Gnosis. 30 (Winter 1994): 8.
  • Johnson, K. Paul. "book review, The White Buddhist by Stephen Prothero". Gnosis. 41 (Fall 1996): 42.
  • Johnson, K. Paul. "Baha'i Leaders Vexed by On-line Critics". Gnosis. 42 (Winter 1997): 10.
  • Johnson, K. Paul. "After Life Visions of a Sleeping Prophet". Gnosis. 42 (Winter 1997): 34.

References

  1. ^ "Review Essays". Religious Studies Review,. 23 (2): 259–261. 1997. doi:10.1111/j.1748-0922.1997.tb00324.x. Retrieved 2 November 2014.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
  2. ^ Hower, Edward. "The Medium With a Message". New York Times. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
  3. ^ Alger, J (1995). "Review Essay: K. Paul Johnson's The Masters Revealed". Theosophical History journal. 7: 232–237. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
  4. ^ Faux, D.H. (October 2000). "Edgar Cayce in Context: The Readings: Truth and Fiction (review)". Nova Religio: The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions. 4 (1): 153–154. doi:10.1525/nr.2000.4.1.153. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
  5. ^ Thurston, Mark; Cayce, Edgar (2004). The Essential Edgar Cayce. Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin. p. 5. ISBN 1585423157. Retrieved 2 November 2014.

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