Alice A. Bailey (1880-1949) was grew up in the Anglican Church before turning to Theosophy in 1915. She was born into a wealthy British family and received education in her denominational church. She claims to have attempted suicide three times in her childhood.
She also founded Lucifer Publishing, which later became the Lucis Trust. The later organization is reported to have operated a meditation room in the United Nations building and has ties to the work of the UN through a subsidiary called World Goodwill.
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