About the author
Minna Mabel Collins (9 September 1851 – 31 March 1927) was a British anti-vivisectionist, occultist and author of over 46 books. She was an important figure in the Theosophical Society during the latter part of the nineteenth century but became critical of Helena Blavatsky and Theosophy after being expelled from the Society. == Life == Collins was born in St Peter Port, Guernsey. She was the daughter of Mortimer Collins. She was a writer of popular occult novels, a fashion writer and an anti-vivisection campaigner. Collins was chairman of the Incorporated Parliamentary Association for the Abolition of Vivisection. She was a vegetarian. In 1871 Collins married Keningale Robert Cook (1845–1886), a stockbroker and writer who was associated with the Vegetarian Society. Collins joined the Theosophical Society in the 1880s and assisted Helena Blavatsky in editing her Lucifer magazine. Collins left the Theosophical Society in 1889 over teaching differences. Biographer Marion Meade has noted that Collins was expelled from the Theosophical Society for flirting with other members but this reason was doubtful as Blavatsky had disliked Collins.
