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In 1911 (Apr-16), the Royal Musicians gave a presentation at San Francisco’s Vedanta Society temple (See Bowen) and in attendance was the person who would become Inayat Khan’s first and most important American disciple: Ada Martin. Born Ada Ginsberg in San Francisco in 1871 (See Bowen) Ada’s parents—both of whom were Russian Jewish immigrants—were of the intellectual type; her father was an artist and her mother, who came from a family of rabbis and Jewish mystics, a scholar. Ada herself, by her late teens, had begun studying religion, philosophy, and mysticism, and after marrying and bearing a daughter, the young mother also dedicated much of her free time to philanthropic activities. In the early 1900s, Ada’s interest in religion and mysticism intensified; she read more, sought out spiritual teachers, and, according to Samuel Lewis, her most well known follower, even joined Edouard Blitz’s Martinist Order, presumably by way of the Groupe Indépendent d’Etudes Esotériques (g.i.e.e.).
In 1912 (Jul-12), the Sufic Order of America (School of Philosophy and Spiritual Culture) launched at 1504 O’Farrell st. SF. Public lectures will at 8PM. The first public lecture will be on “The Sufic Message” on Wednesday and then on Friday afternoon at 3PM on the topic of “Spirit and Matter”, this lecture will be by Mrs. R. Ada Martin (See also The San Francisco Examiner of Sun, Jul 28, 1912 ·Page 75). These announcements continued until The San Francisco of Examiner Sun, Nov 10, 1912 ·Page 85.
In 1914 (Nov-8), the San Francisco Examiner of Sun, Nov 08, 1914 ·Page 13 reports that the there is a meeting at the Sufi Temple at 1333 California St on Friday at 8PM. Hosted by MRS. R. ADA MARTIN.
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1914
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The San Francisco Examiner of Sun, Nov 08, 1914 ·Page 13
Nov 08, 1914, page 13 – The San Francisco Examiner at Newspapers.com™
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In 1914 (Nov-8), the San Francisco Examiner of Sun, Nov 08, 1914 ·Page 13 reports that the there is a meeting at the Sufi Temple at 1333 California St on Friday at 8PM. Hosted by MRS. R. ADA MARTIN.
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Who is Hazrat Inayat Khan and his ‘Sufic Order in America’ – ahmadiyyafactcheckblog
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