Elena Petrovna Gan (Russian: Елена Петровна Ган, also Hélène, July 30 - July 31, 1831 (O.S.) (August 12, 1831 (N.S.)) Yekaterinoslav, Russian Empire — May 8, 1891 London), better known as Helena Blavatsky (Russian: Елена Блаватская) or Madame Blavatsky, born Helena von Hahn, was a founder of the Theosophical Society. ^[1] Helena Blavatsky was also an Eastern Star Freemason,^{[citation needed]} and wore an Eastern Star Emblem most of her life as a sign of respect to the Scottish Rite of Freemasonry.^{[citation needed]} is the 211th day of the year (212th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 212th day of the year (213th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Leopold I 1831 (MDCCCXXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... The Julian calendar was a reform of the Roman calendar which was introduced by Julius Caesar in 46 BC and came into force in 45 BC (709 ab urbe condita). ... is the 224th day of the year (225th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Leopold I 1831 (MDCCCXXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... For the calendar of religious holidays and periods, see liturgical year. ... Dnipropetrovsk (Ukrainian: Дніпропетровськ, Dnipropetrovs’k; Russian: Днепропетро́вск, Dnepropetrovsk, formerly Екатериносла́в, Yekaterinoslav) is Ukraines third largest city with 1. ... The subject of this article was previously also known as Russia. ... is the 128th day of the year (129th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1891 (MDCCCXCI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... The Theosophical Society was the organization formed to advance the spiritual doctrines and altruistic living known as Theosophy. ... General Grand Chapter logo The Order of the Eastern Star is the largest fraternal organization in the world that both men and women can join. ... American Square & Compasses Freemasonry is a worldwide fraternal organization. ... It has been suggested that Knight Kadosh be merged into this article or section. ... Freemasons redirects here. ...

Helena Blavatsky, co-founder of the Theosophical Society.

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Biography

Family

Helena's parents were Colonel Piotr Alekseevich Gan / Peter von Hahn (Пётр Алексеевич Ган, 1798-1873) of "original" (Uradel) German nobility from Basedow (Mecklenburg) — and Elena Andreyevna Fadeyeva (Елена Андреевна Фадеева, 1814-1843), the author, under the pen-name "Zeneida R-va", of a dozen novels. Described by Belinsky as the "Russian George Sand", she died at the age of 28, when Helena was eleven. Helena's sister Vera Zhelikhovsky was a writer of occult/ fantastic fiction. Sergei Witte - Russian Minister, and then Prime-Minister in the reign of Tsar Nicholas II - was her first cousin. In his memoirs count Vitte recalls his encounters with Elena. The name Mecklenburg derives from a castle named Mikilenburg (Old German: big castle), located between the cities of Schwerin and Wismar. ... Vissarion Grigorievich Belinskii (Виссарио́н Григо́рьевич Бели́нский) (1811 - 1848) was Russian writer, literary critic, philosopher and revolutionary activist (a Westernizer). ... George Sand sewing, portrait by Eugène Delacroix (1838). ... For other uses, see Fantastic (disambiguation). ... Count Sergei Yulyevitch Witte (Russian: , Sergej Julevič Vitte) (June 29, 1849 – March 13, 1915), also known as Sergius Witte, was a highly influential policy-maker who presided over extensive industrialization within the Russian Empire. ...

Elena's maternal grandparents were Andrei Mikhailovich Fadeyev (Andrey Fadeyev) Governor of Saratov, later of Tiflis (Tbilisi), and his wife Helene (nee Princess Dolgoruky) - prominent figures of the age of Russian enlightenment. Elena grew up amid a culture rich in spirituality and traditional Russian mythologies, which introduced her to the realm of the supernatural.

Elena's great-grand nephew Boris de Zirkoff (Борис Цирков, •1902+1981) was an active member of Theosophical Society and the editor of the Blavatsky Collected Writings; her great-grand niece, also Elena (•1935), lives in Moscow - her resemblance to HPB is striking.

First marriage

She was married three weeks before she turned seventeen, on July 7, 1848, to the forty-year old Nikifor (also Nicephor) Vassilievitch Blavatsky, vice-governor of Erivan. After three unhappy months, she stole a horse, and escaped back over the mountains to her grandfather in Tiflis. Her grandfather shipped her off immediately to her father who was retired and living near Saint Petersburg. He travelled two thousand miles to meet her at Odessa, but she wasn't there. She had missed the steamer, and sailed away with the skipper of an English bark bound for Constantinople. According to her account, they never consummated their marriage, and she remained a virgin her entire life. is the 188th day of the year (189th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1848 (MDCCCXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Yerevan (Armenian: Երեվան or Երևան; sometimes written as Erevan; former names include Erivan and Erebuni) (population: 1,201,539 (1989 census); 1,088,300 (2004 estimate)[1]) is the largest city and capital of Armenia. ... View of Tiflis from the Grounds of Saint David Church, ca. ... Saint Petersburg (Russian: Санкт-Петербу́рг, English transliteration: Sankt-Peterburg), colloquially known as Питер (transliterated Piter), formerly known as Leningrad (Ленингра́д, 1924–1991) and Petrograd (Петрогра́д, 1914–1924), is a city located in Northwestern Russia on the delta of the river Neva at the east end of the Gulf of Finland... The ODESSA, which stands for the German phrase Organisation der ehemaligen SS-Angehörigen, which phrase in turn translates as “Organization of Former Members of the SS,” is the name commonly given to an international Nazi network alleged to have been set up towards the end of World War II... This article is about the city before the Fall of Constantinople (1453). ...

Wandering years

According to her own story as told to a later biographer, she spent the years 1848 to 1858 traveling the world, and is said to have visited Egypt, France, Canada (Quebec), England, South America, Germany, Mexico, India, Greece and especially Tibet to study for two years with the men she called Brothers. She claimed to have become Buddhist while in Sri Lanka^[2] and being initiated in Tibet. She returned to Russia in 1858 and went first to see her sister Vera, a young widow living in Rugodevo, a village which she had inherited from her husband. Year 1848 (MDCCCXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1858 (MDCCCLVIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... This article is about the Canadian province. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... South America South America is a continent crossed by the equator, with most of its area in the Southern Hemisphere. ... This article is about historical/cultural Tibet. ... A replica of an ancient statue found among the ruins of a temple at Sarnath Buddhism is a philosophy based on the teachings of the Buddha, Siddhārtha Gautama, a prince of the Shakyas, whose lifetime is traditionally given as 566 to 486 BCE. It had subsequently been accepted by... This article is about historical/cultural Tibet. ...

Agardi Metrovitch

About this time, she met and left with Italian opera singer Agardi Metrovich. Some sources say that she had several extramarital affairs, became pregnant, and bore a deformed child, Yuri, whom she loved dearly. She wrote that Yuri was a child of her friends the Metroviches (C.W.I p. xlvi-ii, HPB TO APS p. 147). To balance this statement, Count Witte, her first cousin on her mother's side, stated in his Memoirs (as quoted by G. Williams), that her father read aloud a letter in which Metrovich signed himself as "your affectionate grandson". This is evidence that Metrovich considered himself Helena's husband at this point. Yuri died at the age of five, and Helena said that she ceased to believe in the Russian Orthodox God at this point. For other uses, see Opera (disambiguation). ... Count Sergei Yulyevitch Witte (Russian: , Sergej Julevič Vitte) (June 29, 1849 – March 13, 1915), also known as Sergius Witte, was a highly influential policy-maker who presided over extensive industrialization within the Russian Empire. ... The Russian Orthodox Church (Русская Православная церковь) is that body of Christians who are united under the Patriarch of Moscow, who in turn is in communion with the other patriarchs of the Eastern Orthodox Church. ...

Two different versions of how Agardi died are extant. In one, G. Williams states that Agardi had been taken sick with a fever and delirium in Ramleh, and that he died in bed April 19, 1870. In the second version, while bound for Cairo on a boat, the 'Evmonia', in 1871, an explosion claimed Agardi’s life, but H. P. Blavatsky continued on to Cairo herself. Ramla (Hebrew רמלה Ramlāh; Arabic الرملة ar-Ramlah, colloquial Ramleh), is a city in the Center District of Israel in Israel. ... is the 109th day of the year (110th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1870 (MDCCCLXX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... For other uses, see Cairo (disambiguation). ... 1871 (MDCCCLXXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...

Another unfounded account is that while in Cairo she formed the Societe Spirite for occult phenomena with Emma Cutting (later Emma Coulomb), which is said to have closed after dissatisfied customers complained of fraudulent activities. For other uses, see Occult (disambiguation). ...

Madame Helena Petrova Blavatsky and Henry Steel Olcott, a lawyer, agricultural expert, and journalist who covered the Spiritualist phenomena.

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To New York

It was in 1873 that she emigrated to New York City. Impressing people with her supposed psychic abilities, she was spurred on to continue her mediumship. Mediumship (other psychical and spiritual sciences of the time), based upon the quasi-religion known as Spiritualism having began at Rochester, NY, was a widely popular and fast-spreading field upon which Blavatsky based her career.^[3] 1873 (MDCCCLXXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... Edgar Cayce (1877 – 1945) was one of the best-known American psychics of the 20th century and made many highly publicized predictions. ... This article is about the city of Rochester in Monroe County. ...

Throughout her career she claimed to have demonstrated physical and mental psychic feats which included levitation, clairvoyance, out-of-body projection, telepathy, and clairaudience. Another claim of hers was materialization, that is, producing physical objects out of nothing, though in general, her interests were more in the area of 'theory' and 'laws' rather than demonstration. For other uses, see Levitation (disambiguation). ... Clairvoyance, from 17th century French Clair meaning clear and voyant meaning seeing, is a term used to describe the transference of information about an object, location or physical event through means other than the 5 traditional senses (See Psi). ... Telepathy, from the Greek τῆλε, tele, remote; and πάθεια, patheia, to be effected by, describes the hypothetical transfer of information on thoughts or feelings between individuals by means other than the five classical senses. ... Clairaudience is the ability to hear things not audible within normal hearing ranges. ... A materialization is the creation or appearance of matter from nowhere and out of nothing. ... The word theory has a number of distinct meanings in different fields of knowledge, depending on their methodologies and the context of discussion. ... This article is about law in society. ...

In 1874 at the farm of the Eddy Brothers, Helena met Henry Steel Olcott, a lawyer, agricultural expert, and journalist who covered the Spiritualist phenomena. Soon they were working together in the "Lamasery" (alternate spelling: "Lamastery") where her book Isis Unveiled was written. Year 1874 (MDCCCLXXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link with display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... The Eddy Brothers were two brothers who lived in the 1800s, who claimed psychic powers. ... Colonel Henry Steel Olcott (1832-1907), founder and first president of the Theosophical Society, is well-known as the first prominent person of Western descent to make a formal conversion to Buddhism. ... Isis Unveiled, a master-key to the mysteries of ancient and modern science and theology, published in 1877, was Helena Petrovna Blavatskys first major book. ...

She married her second husband, Michael C. Betanelly on April 3, 1875 in New York City. She separated from Betanelly after a few months, and their divorce was legalized on May 25, 1878. On July 8, 1878, she became a naturalized citizen of the United States.^[4] is the 93rd day of the year (94th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1875 (MDCCCLXXV) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... is the 145th day of the year (146th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1878 (MDCCCLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... is the 189th day of the year (190th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1878 (MDCCCLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Naturalization is the process whereby a person becomes a national of a nation, or a citizen of a country, other than the one of his birth. ...

Foundation of Theosophical Society

Living in New York City, she founded the Theosophical Society in September 1875, with Henry Steel Olcott, William Quan Judge and others. Madame Blavatsky wrote that all religions were both true in their inner teachings and problematic or imperfect in their external conventional manifestations. Her writings connecting esoteric spiritual knowledge with new science may be considered to be the first instance of what is now called New Age thinking. In fact, many researchers feel that much of New Age thought started with Blavatsky. The Theosophical Society was the organization formed to advance the spiritual doctrines and altruistic living known as Theosophy. ... Colonel Henry Steel Olcott (1832-1907), founder and first president of the Theosophical Society, is well-known as the first prominent person of Western descent to make a formal conversion to Buddhism. ... William Quan Judge (1851-March 22, 1896 New York) was one of the founders of the original Theosophical Society. ... New Age describes a broad movement characterized by alternative approaches to traditional Western culture. ...

She also lived in Philadelphia for part of 1875, where she resided at 3420 Sansom Street, now home of the White Dog Cafe[1]. While living on Sansom Street, Madame Blavatsky became ill with an infected leg. She claimed to have undergone a "transformation" during her illness which inspired her to found the Theosophical Society. In a letter dated June 12, 1875, Madame Helena Blavatsky described her recovery, explaining that she dismissed the doctors and surgeons who threatened amputation. She is quoted as saying "Fancy my leg going to the spirit land before me!," and had a white dog sleep across her leg by night.

To India

She had moved to India, landing at Bombay February 16 1879,^[5] where she first made the acquaintance of A.P. Sinnett. In his book Occult World he describes how she stayed at his home in Allahabad for six weeks that year, and again the following year.^[6] A.P. Sinnett (died 1921) was an author and Theosophist. ... This article includes a list of works cited or a list of external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ...

Sometime around December 1880, while at a dinner party with a group including A.O. Hume and his wife, she is claimed to have been instrumental in causing the materialization of Mrs. Hume's lost brooch.^[7] Allan Octavian Hume (1829-1912) Allan Octavian Hume (June 6, 1829 - July 31, 1912) son of Joseph Hume was a civil servant in British governed India, and a political reformer. ...

By 1882 the Theosophical Society became an international organization, and it was at this time that she moved the headquarters to Adyar near Madras, India. Year 1882 (MDCCCLXXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... ... Madras redirects here. ...

The society headquartered here for some time, but she later went to Germany for a while, in between she stayed at Ostend (15 July 1886 - 1 May 1887) where she easily could meet her English friends. She wrote a big part of the Secret Doctrine in Ostend ^[8] and there she claimed a revelation during an illness telling her to continue the book at any cost. Finally she went to England. The esplanade with the Thermae Palace, the former Royal Residence and the casino For other uses, see Ostend (disambiguation). ... The Secret Doctrine, the Synthesis of Science, Religion and Philosophy, a book originally published as two volumes in 1888, is Helena P. Blavatsky magnum opus. ... The esplanade with the Thermae Palace, the former Royal Residence and the casino For other uses, see Ostend (disambiguation). ...

A disciple put her up in her own house in England and it was here that she lived until the end of her life.

Final years

In August, 1890 she formed the "Inner Circle" of 12 disciples: "Countess Constance Wachtmeister, Mrs Isabel Cooper-Oakley, Miss Emily Kislingbury, Miss Laura Cooper, Mrs Annie Besant, Mrs Alice Cleather, Dr Archibald Keightley, Herbert Coryn, Claude Wright, G.R.S. Mead, E.T. Sturdy, and Walter Old".^[9] Isabel Cooper-Oakley, (1853/4-) was a prominent Theosophist and author. ... Annie Besant Plaque on house in Colby Road, London SE19 where Annie Besant lived in 1874. ... George Robert Stowe Mead (1863-1933) was an author, editor, translator, esotericist, and an influential member of the Theosophical Society. ...

Suffering from heart disease, rheumatism, Bright's disease, and complications from influenza, Madame Helena Petrovna Blavatsky died at 19 Avenue Road, St Johns Wood,^[10] the home she shared, in England on May 8, 1891. Rheumatism or Rheumatic disorder is a non-specific term for medical problems affecting the heart, bones, joints, kidney, skin and lung. ... Brights disease is a historical classification of kidney diseases that would be described in modern medicine as acute or chronic nephritis. ... Flu redirects here. ... is the 128th day of the year (129th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1891 (MDCCCXCI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...

Her last words in regard to her work were: "Keep the link unbroken! Do not let my last incarnation be a failure."

Her body was cremated; one third of her ashes were sent to Europe, one third with William Quan Judge to the United States, and one third to India where her ashes were scattered in the Ganges River. May 8 is celebrated by Theosophists, and it is called White Lotus Day. Cremation is the practice of disposing of a corpse by burning. ... For other uses, see Europe (disambiguation). ... William Quan Judge (1851-March 22, 1896 New York) was one of the founders of the original Theosophical Society. ... This article is about the river. ... is the 128th day of the year (129th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... White Lotus Day is a celebration of the group known as the Theosophists. ...

She was succeeded as head of one branch of the Theosophical Society by her protégé, Annie Besant. Her friend, W.Q. Judge, headed the American Section. Annie Besant Plaque on house in Colby Road, London SE19 where Annie Besant lived in 1874. ...

Influences

Blavatsky was influenced by the following authors:

• Helene Fadeev, her mother
• William Blake
• Edward Bulwer-Lytton
• Louis Jacolliot

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According to Jackson Spielvogel and David Redles of the Simon Wiesenthal Center,^[12] the influence of the root race teachings of Helena Petrova Blavatsky, and the adaptations of her ideas by her followers in the German Theosophical Lodges, constituted a popularly unacknowledged but decisive influence over the developing mind of Adolf Hitler:^[12] Sir Edwin Arnold (1832-1904), British poet and journalist, was born on June 10, 1832, and was educated at Kings school, Rochester; Kings College, London; and University College, Oxford. ... Alice Ann Bailey (June 16, 1880 – December 15, 1949), known as Alice A. Bailey or AAB, was born as Alice LaTrobe Bateman, in Manchester, England, but moved to the U.S. in 1907, where she spent most of her life as a writer and teacher. ... Lyman Frank Baum (May 15, 1856 – May 6, 1919) was an American author, actor, and independent filmmaker best known as the creator, along with illustrator W. W. Denslow, of one of the most popular books in American childrens literature, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, better known today as simply... Annie Besant Plaque on house in Colby Road, London SE19 where Annie Besant lived in 1874. ... Chris Carter (born October 13, 1956) is an American Jewish screenwriter and producer, best known as the creator of The X-Files. ... Col. ... Aleister Crowley, born Edward Alexander Crowley, (12 October 1875 – 1 December 1947, pronounced ) was a British occultist, writer, mountaineer, philosopher, poet, and mystic. ... For the Montserratian footballer, see Wayne Dyer (footballer). ... James Frederic Ensor, bust, Artist: Edmond de Valériola, Location: Ostende, Belgien James Ensor (April 13, 1860 - November 19, 1949) was a Belgian painter and printmaker, an important precursor to expressionism and surrealism who lived in Ostend for almost his entire life. ... 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January 29] 1890 – May 30, 1960) was a Nobel Prize-winning Russian poet and writer, in the West best known for his epic novel Doctor Zhivago. ... Guests from Overseas, 1899 (Varangians in Russia) Longships Are Built in the Land of the Slavs (1903) Nicholas Roerich, (October 9, 1874 - December 13, 1947) also known as Nikolai Konstantinovich Rerikh (Russian: Николай Константинович Рёрих), was a Russian painter and spiritual teacher. ... George William Russell (pseud. ... Guy Warren Ballard (July 28, 1878 - December 29, 1939) was an American mining engineer who became, with his wife, Edna Anne Wheeler Ballard, the founder of the I AM Activity. ... Geraldine Innocente (died June 21, 1961) is the founder of a New Age church she named The Bridge to Freedom, which was established in 1951 by her and other Students of the Ascended Masters, after she received what was believed to be an Anointing to become a Messenger for the... 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"It is important to observe that there are also some striking differences between Blavatsky's doctrine and Hitler's later racial ideas. Blavatsky herself did not identify the Aryan Race ("Arisch Rennen") with the ("Volkerdeutscher") ("Germanic Peoples"). (And although her racial doctrine clearly entailed belief in superior and inferior races and hence could be easily misused, however as Helena Blavatsky was an Eastern Star Freemason, with close links to the Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, where there has always been a doctrine of racial hierarchies, therefore Adolf Hitler did interpret such material in that manner). She certainly did not advocate the use of force since human racial evolution was an inevitable process that operated primarily on the basis of spiritual laws." ^[12] Aryan (/eərjən/ or /ɑːrjən/, Sanskrit: ) is a Sanskrit and Avestan word meaning noble/spiritual one. ... American Square & Compasses Freemasonry is a worldwide fraternal organization. ... It has been suggested that Knight Kadosh be merged into this article or section. ... Freemasons redirects here. ... Hitler redirects here. ...

Works

Her books included

• Isis Unveiled, a master key to the mysteries of ancient and modern science and theology (1877)Online version
• From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan (1879-80) Online version
• The Secret Doctrine, the synthesis of Science, Religion and Philosophy (1888)Online version
• The Voice of the Silence (1889) Online version
• The Key to Theosophy (1889) Online version
• Nightmare Tales (1892)
• Personal Memoirs of H. P. Blavatsky. Autobiographic notes compiled by Mary K. Neff (1937)

Her many articles have been collected in the Collected Writings of H. P. Blavatsky. This series has 15 numbered volumes including the index. Isis Unveiled, a master-key to the mysteries of ancient and modern science and theology, published in 1877, was Helena Petrovna Blavatskys first major book. ... 1877 (MDCCCLXXVII) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Year 1879 (MDCCCLXXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... The Secret Doctrine, the Synthesis of Science, Religion and Philosophy, a book originally published as two volumes in 1888, is Helena P. Blavatskys magnum opus. ... Year 1888 (MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Friday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... The Voice of the Silence is a book by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky. ... Year 1889 (MDCCCLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... The title of a popular book by Helena P. Blavatsky first published in 1889 and still in print today, expounding the principles of theosophy in a readable question-and-answer manner. ... Year 1889 (MDCCCLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1892 (MDCCCXCII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Collected Writings of H. P. Blavatsky is a book in 15 volumes, edited and compiled by Boris de Zirkoff. ...

Notes

1. ^ 1891 England Census, showing a household including "Constance Wachtmeister Manager of Publishing Office; G.R.S. Mead, Author Journalist; Isabel Oakley, Millener; Helena Blavatsky, Authoress; and others"
2. ^ Blavatsky and Buddhism
3. ^ Blavatsky, Helena, Isis Unveiled, pg. xlv, Theosophical University Press: Pasadena, 1877.
4. ^ Naturalization of Blavatsky
5. ^ http://www.theosociety.org/pasadena/mahatma/ml-ccpre.htm
6. ^ Occult World, A. P. Sinnett. Boston, 1882. p 42
7. ^ Occult World, A.P. Sinnett. Boston, 1882. p 80
8. ^ Letter to mrs. Kingsford from Ostend, Aug. 23, 1886: "I am hard at work now, for I am afraid not to be able to finish my Secret Doctrine if I wait long."
9. ^ Theosophy timeline
10. ^ Occult Investigations - The Work of Annie Besant and CW Leadbeater
11. ^ http://www.dlshq.org/download/modernsage.htm (In his early life, Swami Sivananda had read books from the Theosophical Society and of Blavatsky. Theosophical terminology is found throughout his wittings to translate difficult Sanskrit terms.)
12. ^ ^{a b c} Spielvogel, Jackson; David Redles (1986). "Hitler's Racial Ideology: Content and Occult Sources.". Simon Wiesenthal Center Annual 3, chapter 9. Retrieved on 2007-08-22. 

Helena Blavatsky Helena Petrovna Hahn (also Hélène) (July 31, 1831 (O.S.) (August 12, 1831 (N.S.)) - May 8, 1891 London, England), better known as Helena Blavatsky or Madame Blavatsky was the founder of Theosophy. ... A.P. Sinnett (died 1921) was an author and Theosophist. ... The Secret Doctrine, the Synthesis of Science, Religion and Philosophy, a book originally published as two volumes in 1888, is Helena P. Blavatsky magnum opus. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ... is the 234th day of the year (235th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

Books about her

• Helena Blavatsky. Edited and introduced by Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke. Western Esoteric Masters Series. North Atlantic Books, Berkeley 2006.
• The Esoteric World of Madame Blavatsky by Daniel Caldwell ISBN 0-8356-0794-1
• HPB: The Extraordinary Life and Influence of Helena Blavatsky by Sylvia Cranston, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1993. ISBN 0-9662115-1-0
• Theosophy: History of a pseudo-religion, by René Guénon
• H. P. Blavatsky and the SPR by Vernon Harrison
• Blavatsky and The Secret Doctrine by Max Heindel (1933; from Max Heindel writings & with introduction by Manly Palmer Hall)
• "Madame Blavastky, Medium and Magician", John Symonds, Odhams, 1959.
• "Madame Blavatsky: The Woman Behind the Myth" by Marion Meade ISBN 0399123768
• H. P. Blavatsky and the Theosophical Movement by Charles Ryan ISBN 0-911500-80-4
• Critique of Williams' book by Walter A. Carrithers, Jr
• Bleiler, Everett (1948). The Checklist of Fantastic Literature. Chicago: Shasta Publishers, 54. 
• Biographies / Biographical Studies on and about H. P. Blavatsky
• "Once Upon a Banana Peel" By Jethroe Qwertyuiop, Alfred A Knopf, 1994 0-1234-7689-9
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René Jean Marie Joseph Guénon (November 15, 1886 – January 7, 1951) also named Sheikh Abd al-Wahid Yahya upon his acceptance of Islam, was a French-born author. ... Vernon Harrison (Warwichshire 1912 -) is a professional research worker of disputed documents. ... Max Heindel (1865-1919) Max Heindel - born Carl Louis von Grasshoff in Aarhus, Denmark on July 23, 1865 - was a Christian occultist, astrologer, and mystic. ... Manly Palmer Hall Manly Palmer Hall (March 18, 1901 - August 29, 1990) was a prolific American author and mystic. ... John Addington Symonds was the name of a father and son, both English writers. ... Charles V. Ryan is the current mayor of the city Springfield, Massachusetts. ... Everett Franklin Bleiler (born 1920) is an editor and bibliographer of science fiction and Fantasy. ...

See also

• Anthroposophy
• Aryan race
• Constance Cumbey
• Jiddu Krishnamurti
• New Age
• Religion and mythology
• Coulomb Affair
• Hodgson Report

Anthroposophy, also called spiritual science, is a spiritual philosophy based on the teachings of Rudolf Steiner,[1] which states that anyone who conscientiously cultivates sense-free thinking can attain experience of and insights into the spiritual world. ... The Aryan race is a concept in European culture that was influential in the period of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. ... Constance Elizabeth Cumbey (born 29 February 1944, nee Constance Elizabeth Butler) is a lawyer and Christian author who, after converting to the Baptist faith, first exposed what she saw as the dangers of the New Age movement. ... Jiddu Krishnamurti or J. Krishnamurti, (May 12, 1895–February 17, 1986) was a well-known writer and speaker on fundamental philosophical and spiritual subjects, such as the purpose of meditation, human relationships, and how to enact positive change in global society. ... New Age describes a broad movement characterized by alternative approaches to traditional Western culture. ... Religion and mythology differ, but have overlapping aspects. ... The Hodgson Report was a report by the Society for Psychical Research (SPR) in 1884. ...

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• AnandGholap.Net Online Most Important Books on Theosophy
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• Madame Blavatsky and the Secret Doctrine by Robert Blumetti from the Odinist Library
• Works by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky at Project Gutenberg
• Books by HP Blavatsky at Theosophical University Press
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• Helena Petrovna Blavatsky at the Open Directory Project
• Discussion of H. P. Blavatsky's Literary Influence
• Biographical sketch of H. P. Blavatsky
• Eastern Tradition Research Institute
• Brief biography of Blavatsky with psychological insights and speculations about her childhood.
• A current webpage by a distant cousin discusses her society and its goals
• Theosophy Library Online
• Blavatsky Foundation
• Upasika Library (Spanish)

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