Anna Kingsford was an Englishwoman of many accomplishments: mystic, prophet, doctor, women's activist, vegetarian, and writer. She was president of the London Lodge of the British Theosophy Society in 1883 and formed the Hermetic Society in 1884. Her books The Perfect Way and Clothed With the Sun are classics of mystical thought.
Anna's name appears in studies of the women's movement in the second half of the nineteenth century in England. She has a prominent place in the history of vegetarianism and action against vivisection. She figures in medical history as among the pioneer women who gained qualifications in a male profession. Her place is assured as a mystic and proponent of esoteric Christianity.
This book contains the startling new revelation that Maitland, Anna's co-worker and biographer, wrote many lies about her. He turned against her and systematically besmirched her reputation. His greatest outrage was to write that she killed two French vivisectors by mind power. Red Cactus shows this and many other accusations by Maitland are false. Anna Kingsford's reputation is now restored and her true greatness can receive just recognition.
Alan Pert has written Anna's biography packed with new information and sensational revelations!
"Engrossing.....a marvel." - Professor Joscelyn Godwin, Colgate University,USA
"It floored me." - Dr Richard Kaczynski, Yale University"A masterpiece." - Sue Poulson, Shropshire, England