Hilma af Klint was part of a group of female friends who called themselves 'The Five' which
was active between 1896 and 1908. Together with Anna Cassel Cornelia Cederberg Sigrid Hedman
and Mathilda Nilsson af Klint had been a member of the 'Edelweiss Society' - a group that
combined Christian ideas Theosophy and Spiritualism. The Five received messages from higher
spirits that they called the High Masters and during their seances they documented the
messages in trance-like states with automatic writing and drawing. There are 15 sketchbooks
from this period and Bokförlaget Stolpe are now making three of them (S2 HaK 1515 S6 HaK 1519
and S13 HaK 1526) available in a reproduction edition. The sketchbooks will be sold together in
a slipcase. Hilma af Klint 1862-1944. Anna Cassel 1860-1937. Cornelia Cederberg
1854-1933.Sigrid Hedman 1855-1922. Mathilda Nilsson 1844-1923.
