James A. Santucci is Emeritus Professor in the Department of Religious Studies at California State University at Fullerton. His PhD is in Asian Civilizations (Australian National University) with emphasis on Vedic literature. He was editor of Theosophical History from 1990 to 2022 and editor of Theosophical History Occasional Papers from 1993 to 2022. He is the author of numerous articles on Buddhism and Theosophy, including “The Theosophical Society,” “George Henry Felt: The Life Unknown,” “H. P. Blavatsky,” “Brahman and Brahmanism,” and “The Notion of Race in Theosophy.” He is also a contributor of the Sanskrit lexicon for inclusion in the Intercontinental Dictionary Series (http://ids.clld.org).
