Harold W. Percival
Monga momwe Harold W. Percival ananenera m'mawu oyamba a wolemba a Kuganiza ndi Kutha, adakonda kusunga zolemba zake kumbuyo. Ndi chifukwa cha izi pomwe sanafune kulemba mbiri yakale kapena kukhala ndi mbiri yolembedwa. Ankafuna kuti zolemba zake ziyimire pawokha. Cholinga chake chinali chakuti zonena zake zisakhudzidwe ndi umunthu wake, koma ziyesedwe molingana ndi momwe amadziwira aliyense owerenga. Komabe, anthu amafuna kudziwa kena kake za wolemba, makamaka ngati ali ndi zolemba zake.
Chifukwa chake, zochepa za Mr. Percival zatchulidwa pano, ndipo zambiri zimapezeka mwa iye Mawu Oyamba A wolemba. Harold Waldwin Percival anabadwira ku Bridgetown, Barbados pa Epulo 15, 1868, pamunda wa makolo ake. Anali mwana wachitatu mwa ana anayi, ndipo palibe amene anapulumuka. Makolo ake, Elizabeth Ann Taylor ndi James Percival anali Akhristu odzipereka; komabe zambiri zomwe anamva ali mwana wamng'ono sizinkawoneka zomveka, ndipo panalibe mayankho ogwira mtima pamafunso ake ambiri. Anamva kuti payenera kukhala omwe amadziwa, ndipo adakali wamng'ono adatsimikiza kuti apeza "anzeru" ndikuphunzira kwa iwo. Zaka zidapita, malingaliro ake a "Anzeru" adasintha, koma cholinga chake chodzidziwa Chokha chidakhalabe.
1868-1953
Ali ndi zaka khumi, abambo ake adamwalira ndipo amayi ake adasamukira ku United States, ndikukakhazikika ku Boston, kenako ku New York City. Anasamalira amayi ake kwa zaka pafupifupi khumi ndi zitatu kufikira atamwalira ku 1905. Percival adachita chidwi ndi Theosophy ndipo adalowa Theosophical Society ku 1892. Gululi lidagawika m'magulu atamwalira a William Q. Judge ku 1896. A Percival pambuyo pake adakonza Theosophical Society Independent, yomwe idakumana kuti iphunzire zolemba za Madame Blavatsky ndi "malembo" aku Eastern.
Mu 1893, komanso kawiri pazaka khumi ndi zinayi zotsatira, Percival "adazindikira Chidziwitso," Anatinso kufunikira kwa zomwe zidachitikazo ndikuti zidamuthandiza kudziwa za mutu uliwonse mwa malingaliro omwe adayimba kuganiza kwenikweni. Iye adati, "Kudziwa za Chidziwitso kumavumbula 'zosadziwika' kwa yemwe wakhala akuzindikira kwambiri."
Mu 1908, ndipo kwa zaka zingapo, Percival ndi abwenzi angapo anali ndi ndikugwiritsa ntchito mahekitala pafupifupi mazana asanu a minda ya zipatso, minda, ndi kanyumba kanyumba pafupifupi makilomita makumi asanu ndi awiri kumpoto kwa New York City. Pomwe malowa adagulitsidwa Percival adasunga pafupifupi maekala makumi asanu ndi atatu. Anali komweko, pafupi ndi Highland, NY, komwe amakhala miyezi yachilimwe ndikugwiritsa ntchito nthawi yake pantchito yolemba pamanja.
Mu 1912 Percival adayamba kufotokoza mwatsatanetsatane kuti buku likhale ndi malingaliro ake onse. Chifukwa thupi lake limayenera kukhala bata pomwe amaganiza, amamuuza nthawi iliyonse thandizo likapezeka. Mu 1932 zolemba zoyambirira zidamalizidwa ndipo adayitanidwa Lamulo la Maganizo. Sanapereke malingaliro kapena kuganiza. M'malo mwake, adanenanso zomwe amazindikira mwa kulingalira mozama, mozama. Mutu udasinthidwa kukhala Kuganiza ndi Kutha, ndipo bukulo pamapeto pake lidasindikizidwa mu 1946. Ndipo kotero, mwambowu wa masamba chikwi chimodzi womwe umafotokoza mwatsatanetsatane za anthu komanso ubale wathu ndi cosmos komanso kupitilira apo udapangidwa pazaka makumi atatu ndi zinayi. Pambuyo pake, mu 1951, adafalitsa Mwamuna ndi Mkazi ndi Mwana ndipo, mu 1952, Chomangamanga ndi Zizindikiro Zake—Mu Kuwala kwa Kuganiza ndi Kutha, ndi Demokalase Ndi Kudziyimira pawokha.
Kuchokera ku 1904 mpaka 1917, Percival inafalitsa magazini ya mwezi uliwonse, Mawu, amene anafalitsidwa padziko lonse. Olemba ambiri otchuka a tsikulo adathandizira, ndipo nkhani zonse zinali ndi nkhani ya Percival. Zolemba izi zidafotokozedwa m'magazini aliwonse 156 ndipo zidamupatsa mwayi Ndani Ndani ku America. The Word Foundation idayamba mndandanda wachiwiri wa Mawu mu 1986 ngati magazini ya kotala yomwe imapezeka kwa mamembala ake.
A Percival amwalira pazifukwa zachilengedwe pa Marichi 6, 1953 ku New York City. Thupi lake lidawotchedwa malinga ndi zofuna zake. Zanenedwa kuti palibe amene angakumane ndi Percival popanda kumva kuti adakumana ndi munthu wodabwitsa kwambiri, ndipo mphamvu ndi ulamuliro wake zimamveka. Mwa nzeru zake zonse, adakhalabe wofatsa komanso wodzichepetsa, njonda yosawonongeka, bwenzi labwino komanso lomvera ena chisoni. Nthawi zonse anali wokonzeka kuthandiza aliyense wofunafuna, koma osayesa kukakamiza aliyense kudziwa nzeru zake. Anali wowerenga mwakhama pamitu yosiyanasiyana ndipo anali ndi zokonda zambiri, kuphatikizapo zochitika zapano, ndale, zachuma, mbiri, kujambula, kulima maluwa ndi miyala. Kuphatikiza pa luso lake lolemba, Percival anali wokonda masamu ndi zilankhulo, makamaka achi Greek komanso achiheberi; koma zidanenedwa kuti nthawi zonse amaletsedwa kuchita chilichonse kupatula zomwe zimawoneka kuti akufuna kuchita.
Harold W. Percival m'mabuku ake ndi zolembedwa zina amavumbula zenizeni, komanso kuthekera, kwamunthu.