Talk:Richard Bucke
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[edit] Caleb Pink reference in Bucke's bio
Fawcett5 : Glad to know someone is keeping watch for potential vandalism or mischief in this article. However, the Caleb Pink reference is legit. A "C.P." is mentioned in the text of Cosmic Consciousness in more than one section, and the initials are explained in the book's bibliography.
In Bucke's autobiographical section near the beginning of the book (page 8 in the University Books hardcover edition), C.P. is briefly described; Bucke tells how he sought broader understanding of his illumination experience of 1872 and found his way to C.P. (described as "Christ-like" and "uneducated" and "despising money"and an expositor of the Scriptures). A vignettte of C.P. is included in the second section discussing people who have had cosmic consciousness (pp. 247-251, in my edition). With each cited passage from C.P.'s book, Bucke uses a bibliographic number (132); turning to the Bibliography at the back of the University Press edition, reference #132 is "Pink, Caleb The Angel of the Mental Orient"
Bucke was clearly impressed by Caleb Pink.
On that basis, I'm returning the Caleb Pink paragraph to the article. - J.R.
