on returning to london, he proceeded to support himself by publishing both prints of his drawings from his voyages, and esoteric texts. he translated latin, german and french alchemical works into english and worked with members of the societas rosicruciana in anglia and the theosophy of the 19th century, according to hockley. bacstrom's translation of "catena aurea homeri" (golden chain of homer) was published by helena petrovna blavatsky in 1891 in the theosophical magazine "lucifer". according to adam mclean, alexander tilloch (1759-1825), the founder of the "philosophical magazine" which published bacstrom's travelogue in 1799, had been a student of bacstrom. mclean reports in his article that tilloch's admission document matches almost verbatim with the corresponding document for bacstrom, giving further indication that the group of rosicrucians in england around 1800 known as “bacstrom society” actually existed. a remarkable feature of this document is, as mclean notes, the 4th promise insures not to exclude women from initiation.