UHarold W. Percival
Njengoko uHarold W. Percival watshoyo kwiSandulela soMbhali sencwadi ethi Thinking and Destiny, wayekhetha ukugcina ubumbhali bakhe buyimfihlo. Wayefuna ukuba imibhalo yakhe izimele ngokwayo. Injongo yakhe yayikukuba ukunyaniseka kweengxelo zakhe kungachatshazelwa bubuntu bakhe, kodwa kuvavanywe ngokomgangatho wolwazi lwakhe ngaphakathi komfundi ngamnye. Nangona kunjalo, abantu bafuna ukwazi okuthile ngombhali obalulekileyo, ingakumbi ukuba babandakanyeka kwiincwadi zakhe.
Ngoko ke, kukho iinkcukacha ezimbalwa ngoMnu. Percival ezikhankanyiweyo apha, kwaye iinkcukacha ezithe vetshe ziyafumaneka kwiNtshayelelo yoMbhali wakhe . UHarold Waldwin Percival wazalelwa eBridgetown, eBarbados ngo-Epreli 15, 1868, kwifama yabazali bakhe. Wayengowesithathu kubantwana abane, akukho namnye kubo owasindayo. Abazali bakhe, uElizabeth Ann Taylor noJames Percival babengamaKristu azinikeleyo; kodwa uninzi lwezinto awazivayo esengumntwana omncinci lwalubonakala lungenangqiqo, kwaye kwakungekho zimpendulo zanelisayo kwimibuzo yakhe emininzi. Wayevakalelwa kukuba kufuneka kubekho abo babesazi, kwaye esemncinci kakhulu wagqiba kwelokuba uza kufumana “Abalumkileyo” aze afunde kubo. Njengoko iminyaka yayihamba, ingcamango yakhe “yabalumkileyo” yatshintsha, kodwa injongo yakhe yokufumana ulwazi ngokwaKhe yahlala injalo.
1868-1953
Xa wayeneminyaka elishumi ubudala, utata wakhe wasweleka kwaye umama wakhe wafudukela eUnited States, ehlala eBoston, nakwisiXeko saseNew York. Wayekhathalela umama wakhe kangangeminyaka elishumi elinesithathu de wasweleka ngo-1905. UPercival waba nomdla kwiTheosophy wajoyina uMbutho weTheosophiki ngo-1892. Olo luntu lwahlukana lwaba ngamaqela emva kokusweleka kukaWilliam Q. IJaji ngo-1896. I-Theosophical Society Independent, eyadibana ukuze ifunde imibhalo kaMadame Blavatsky kunye "nezibhalo" zaseMpuma.
Ngo-1893, kwaye kabini kwiminyaka elishumi elinesine elandelayo, uPercival waba “ngumntu oqondayo ngeNgqondo,” Wathi ixabiso laloo mava kukuba lamenza wakwazi malunga nayo nayiphi na into ngenkqubo yengqondo awayeyibiza ngokuba kukucinga ngokoqobo. Wathi, “Ukuba ngumntu oqondayo ngeNgqondo kutyhila into ‘engaziwayo’ kumntu obesazi kangaka.”
Ngomnyaka we-1908, kunye neminyaka eliqela, uPercival kunye nabahlobo abaliqela babenee-acres ezingamakhulu amahlanu zeediliya, umhlaba weefama, kunye ne-cannery malunga neekhilomitha ezingamashumi asixhenxe kumantla esiXeko saseNew York. Xa ipropathi yayithengisiwe uPercival wagcina malunga neeyure ezisibhozo. Kulapho, kufutshane neHighland, NY, apho wayehlala khona ngeenyanga zehlobo kwaye wanikela ngexesha lakhe emsebenzini oqhubekayo kwimibhalo yakhe ebhaliweyo.
Ngowe-1912 uPercival waqala ukuchaza izinto ezifunekayo kwincwadi ukuze aqulathe inkqubo yakhe epheleleyo yokucinga. Ngenxa yokuba umzimba wakhe kwakufuneka uhlale uthule ngelixa ecinga, wayeyalela nanini na xa kukho uncedo olufumanekayo. Ngowe-1932 uyilo lokuqala lwagqitywa lwaza lwabizwa ngokuba yiThe Law of Thought. Akazange anike izimvo okanye enze izigqibo. Kunoko, waxela oko wayekuqonda ngokucinga okuzinzileyo nokugxileyo. Isihloko satshintshwa saba yiThinking and Destiny, kwaye ekugqibeleni incwadi yashicilelwa ngowe-1946. Ngoko ke, le ncwadi yobugcisa enamaphepha aliwaka enika iinkcukacha ezibalulekileyo ngoluntu kunye nolwalamano lwethu nendalo iphela nangaphaya yaveliswa kwixesha leminyaka engamashumi amathathu anesine. Emva koko, ngowe-1951, wapapasha uMntu noMfazi noMntwana , kwaye ngowe-1952, uMasonry and Its Symbols— In the Light of Thinking and Destiny, and Democracy is Self-Government.
Ukususela ngo-1904 ukuya ku-1917, uPercival wapapasha imagazini yenyanga, iThe Word, eyayisasazwa kwihlabathi liphela. Ababhali abaninzi abadumileyo baloo mihla banegalelo kuyo, kwaye zonke ezi ncwadi zazinenqaku likaPercival. Ezi ncwadi zapapashwa kwimagazini nganye kwezili-156 kwaye zamfumana indawo kwiWho 's Who in America. I-Word Foundation yaqalisa uthotho lwesibini lweThe Word ngo-1986 njengemagazini yekota efumanekayo kumalungu ayo.
UMnu. Percival usweleke kwizizathu zendalo ngo-Matshi 6, 1953 kwisiXeko saseNew York. Umzimba wakhe watshiswa ngokweminqweno yakhe. Kucacisiwe ukuba akukho mntu wayenokudibana noPercival ngaphandle kokuziva ukuba wadibana nomntu ophawuleka ngokwenene, kwaye amandla negunya lakhe linokuviwa. Ngabo bonke ubulumko bakhe, wahlala enesidima kwaye ethozamile, eyindoda yokungathembeki, umhlobo oshushu onovelwano. Wayesoloko ekulungele ukuba luncedo kuye nawuphi na umntu ofuna, kodwa angaze azame ukunyanzelisa ifilosofi yakhe nakubani na. Wayengumfundi okhutheleyo kwizifundo ezahlukeneyo kwaye wayenomdla omkhulu, kubandakanya imicimbi yangoku, ezopolitiko, ezoqoqosho, ezembali, ukufota, ukulima kunye nejoloji. Ngaphandle kwetalente yakhe yokubhala, uPercival wayenomdla kwimathematics nakwiilwimi, ngakumbi isiGrike nesiHebhere; kodwa kwathiwa wayehlala enqandwa ekwenzeni nantoni na ngaphandle kwento ekubonakala ukuba ebelapha.
Kwiincwadi zakhe nakweminye imibhalo uHarold W. Percival utyhila imeko yokwenene, kunye namandla anokubakho omntu.