Review: Revisiting Visionary Utopia: Katherine Tingley’s Lomaland, 1897–1942, by Kenneth R. Small

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Book Review| May 01 2023 Review: Revisiting Visionary Utopia: Katherine Tingley’s Lomaland, 1897–1942, by Kenneth R. Small Revisiting Visionary Utopia: Katherine Tingley’s Lomaland, 1897–1942. By Kenneth R. Small. Theosophical History Occasional Papers, Volume XV, 2022. 257 pages. $30.00 softcover. W. Michael Ashcraft W. Michael Ashcraft Truman State University Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Nova Religio (2023) 26 (4): 128–130. https://doi.org/10.1525/nr.2023.26.4.128 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation W. Michael Ashcraft; Review: Revisiting Visionary Utopia: Katherine Tingley’s Lomaland, 1897–1942, by Kenneth R. Small. Nova Religio 1 May 2023; 26 (4): 128–130. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/nr.2023.26.4.128 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentNova Religio Search This volume would not exist without the diligence of Kenneth R. Small, who saved items that his parents, W. Emmett and Carmen Fick Small, collected during the many years that they were residents of the Theosophical community called Lomaland and, later on, as former members of that community. Some of the primary source materials published in Revisiting Visionary Utopia were on display for four years in an exhibit at San Diego State University that Small co-curated with SDSU archivist Robert C. Ray. The presentation contained art works and three-dimensional objects as well as documents, photographs, and other ephemera. In conjunction with this exhibit, Small collaborated with Ray and worked with Theosophical History editor James A. Santucci to create the book under review, an occasional paper that contains a wealth of materials relevant to the history of the Lomaland community. By way of background, Katherine Tingley (1847–1929), a social reformer, became... You do not currently have access to this content.