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. Russian ( transliteration:,) is the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages Events 1419 - First Defenestration of Prague. 1502 - Christopher Columbus lands at Guanaja in the Bay Islands off Events 30 BC - Battle of Alexandria: Mark Antony achieves a minor victory over Octavian 's forces but most of his army subsequently Year 1831 ( MDCCCXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a The Julian calendar, a reform of the Roman calendar, was introduced by Julius Caesar in 46 BC and came into force in 45 BC (709 Ab urbe condita Events 1099 - First Crusade: Battle of Ascalon - Crusaders under the command of Godfrey of Bouillon defeat Fatimid Year 1831 ( MDCCCXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today Dnipropetrovsk (Дніпропетровськ Днепропетро́вск Dnepropetrovsk; formerly Yekaterinoslav, ru Екатериносла́въ is The Russian Empire ( Pre-reform Russian: Pоссійская Имперія Modern Russian: Российская Империя translit: Rossiyskaya Events 589 - Reccared summons the Third Council of Toledo 1450 - Jack Cade's Rebellion: Kentishmen Year 1891 ( MDCCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Russian ( transliteration:,) is the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages The Theosophical Society was the organization formed to advance the spiritual principles and search for Truth known as Theosophy. ^[1]

Helena Blavatsky, co-founder of the Theosophical Society. The Theosophical Society was the organization formed to advance the spiritual principles and search for Truth known as Theosophy.

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. Basedow is a municipality in the district of Demmin, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. Mecklenburg ( Low German: Mekelnborg) is a region in northern Germany comprising the western and larger part of the federal state Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Described by Belinsky as the "Russian George Sand", she died at the age of 28, when Helena was eleven. Amandine Aurore Lucile Dupin, later Baroness (French baronne) Dudevant ( July 1, 1804 &ndash June 8, 1876 Helena's sister Vera Zhelikhovsky was a writer of occult/ fantastic fiction. Vera Zhelikhovsky, Russian Ве́ра Петро́вна Желихо́вская ( April 29, 1835 - May 17, 1896) was a Russian writer Fantastic is a literary term that describes a quality of other literary genres and in some cases is used as a genre in and of itself although in this case it is often conflated with the Sergei Witte - Russian Minister, and then Prime-Minister in the reign of Tsar Nicholas II - was her first cousin. Count Sergei Yulyevich Witte (Сергей Юльевич Витте Sergey Yul'evich Vitte) ( 29 June, 1849 - 13 March, 1915) also In his memoirs count Vitte recalls his encounters with Elena.

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 four weeks before she turned seventeen, on July 7, 1848, to the forty-year old Nikifor (also Nicephor) Vassilievitch Blavatsky, vice-governor of Erivan. Events 1456 - A retrial verdict acquits Joan of Arc of heresy 25 years after her death Year 1848 ( MDCCCXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Yerevan (Երևան Երեւան or Երեվան ˌjɛrəˈvɑːn sometimes written as Erevan, Iravan, Erewan, Ayrivan, and Erivan After three unhappy months, she stole a horse, and escaped back over the mountains to her grandfather in Tiflis. Tbilisi (ˌtbiˈliːsi in Georgian: თბილისი is the capital and the largest city of the Republic of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Mt'k'vari Her grandfather shipped her off immediately to her father who was retired and living near Saint Petersburg. Saint Petersburg ( tr: Sankt-Peterburg,) is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River He travelled two thousand miles to meet her at Odessa, but she wasn't there. ODESSA which stands for the German phrase O rganisation d er e hemaligen SS - A ngehörigen which in turn translates She had missed the steamer, and sailed away with the skipper of an English bark bound for Istanbul. Istanbul (historically Byzantium and later Constantinople; see the other Names of Istanbul) is the largest city of Turkey According to her account, they never consummated their marriage, and she remained a virgin her entire life.

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. Year 1848 ( MDCCCXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Year 1858 ( MDCCCLVIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common This article is about the country of Egypt For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Egypt topics. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Quebec (kwɨˈbɛk England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland South America is a Continent of the Americas, situated entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country Greece (Ελλάδα transliterated: Elláda, historically, Ellás,) officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία Definitions of Tibet See also Definitions of Tibet Name In English The English word Tibet, like the word for Tibet in most European She claimed to have become Buddhist while in Sri Lanka^[2] and being initiated in Tibet. Buddhism is a family of beliefs and practices Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka ( Sinhalese:, இலங்கை known as Ceylon before 1972 is an Island Definitions of Tibet See also Definitions of Tibet Name In English The English word Tibet, like the word for Tibet in most European 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.

Agardi Metrovitch

About this time, she met and left with Italian opera singer Agardi Metrovich. The' Italian people' are a Southern European Ethnic group located primarily in Italy, Switzerland, France and by virtue of a wide-ranging Opera is an art form in which Singers and Musicians perform a Dramatic work (called an opera which combines a text (called a Libretto 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. Count Sergei Yulyevich Witte (Сергей Юльевич Витте Sergey Yul'evich Vitte) ( 29 June, 1849 - 13 March, 1915) also 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. See also Eastern Orthodox Church Structure and organization The Slavic Orthodox Church is organized in a hierarchical structure

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. Ramla (רַמְלָה Ramlāh; الرملة also Ramle and sometimes Rama) is a city in central Israel with a mixed Arab and Events 1012 - Martyrdom of Alphege in Greenwich London. 1529 - At the Second Diet of Speyer Year 1870 ( MDCCCLXX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common In the second version, while bound for Cairo on a boat, the 'Evmonia', in 1871, an explosion claimed Agardi’s life, but H. Cairo () which means "the Vanquisher" or "the Triumphant" is the capital and largest city of Egypt. Year 1871 ( MDCCCLXXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common P. Blavatsky continued on to Cairo herself.

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. The word occult comes from the Latin word occultus (clandestine hidden secret referring to "knowledge of the hidden"

Madame Helena Petrova Blavatsky and Henry Steel Olcott, a lawyer, agricultural expert, and journalist who covered the Spiritualist phenomena. Colonel Henry Steel Olcott (1832–1907 founder and first president of the Theosophical Society, was the first well-known person of European ancestry to make a formal conversion Spiritualism is a Religion founded in part on the writings of the Swedish mystic Emanuel Swedenborg (1688-1772

To New York

It was in 1873 that she emigrated to New York City. Year 1873 ( MDCCCLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The City of New York Impressing people with her supposed psychic abilities, she was spurred on to continue her mediumship. The word psychic (ˈsaɪkɨk from the Greek psychikos—"of the soul mental" refers to the claimed ability to perceive things hidden from the normal senses 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. Spiritualism is a Religion founded in part on the writings of the Swedish mystic Emanuel Swedenborg (1688-1772 Rochester is a city in Monroe County, New York State, south of Lake Ontario in the United States. ^[3]

Throughout her career she claimed to have demonstrated physical and mental psychic feats which included levitation, clairvoyance, out-of-body projection, telepathy, and clairaudience. Levitation (from Latin levitas "lightness" is the process by which an object is suspended against Gravity, in a stable position Clairvoyance (from 17th century French with clair meaning "clear" and voyance meaning "visibility" is the apparent ability to gain Telepathy ( Greek τηλε tele meaning "distant" and πάθεια patheia meaning "to be affected by" describes the purported transfer Clairvoyance (from 17th century French with clair meaning "clear" and voyance meaning "visibility" is the apparent ability to gain 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. A materialization is the creation or appearance of Matter from unknown sources The word theory has many distinct meanings in different fields of Knowledge, depending on their methodologies and the context of discussion. Law is a system of rules enforced through a set of Institutions used as an instrument to underpin civil obedience politics economics and 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. Year 1874 ( MDCCCLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Eddy Brothers were Wiliam and Horatio Eddy, best-known in the 1870s who claimed psychic powers Colonel Henry Steel Olcott (1832–1907 founder and first president of the Theosophical Society, was the first well-known person of European ancestry to make a formal conversion Spiritualism is a Religion founded in part on the writings of the Swedish mystic Emanuel Swedenborg (1688-1772 Soon they were working together in the "Lamasery" (alternate spelling: "Lamastery") where her book Isis Unveiled was written. Isis Unveiled, published in 1877, is a book of Esoteric Philosophy, and was Helena Petrovna Blavatsky 's first major work

She married her second husband, Michael C. Betanelly on April 3, 1875 in New York City. Events 1043 - Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England. Year 1875 ( MDCCCLXXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common She separated from Betanelly after a few months, and their divorce was legalized on May 25, 1878. Events 1085 - Alfonso VI of Castile takes Toledo Spain back from the Moors. Year 1878 ( MDCCCLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common On July 8, 1878, she became a naturalized citizen of the United States. Events 939 - The Major Occultation or Ghaybat el-Kubra of Muhammad al-Mahdi 1099 - First Crusade: 15000 Year 1878 ( MDCCCLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Naturalization is the acquisition of Citizenship or Nationality by somebody who was not a citizen or national of that country when he or she was born The United States of America —commonly referred to as the ^[4]

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. The Theosophical Society was the organization formed to advance the spiritual principles and search for Truth known as Theosophy. Colonel Henry Steel Olcott (1832–1907 founder and first president of the Theosophical Society, was the first well-known person of European ancestry to make a formal conversion William Quan Judge ( April 13, 1851 – March 21, 1896) was a mystic, Esotericist, and Occultist, and one of

Madame Blavatsky wrote that all religions were both true in their inner teachings and problematic or imperfect in their external conventional manifestations. Elena Petrovna Gan (Елена Петровна Ган also Hélène, Yekaterinoslav, Ukraine, Russian Empire — May 8 1891 London) better William Quan Judge ( April 13, 1851 – March 21, 1896) was a mystic, Esotericist, and Occultist, and one of Colonel Henry Steel Olcott (1832–1907 founder and first president of the Theosophical Society, was the first well-known person of European ancestry to make a formal conversion Alice Ann Bailey ( June 16, 1880 &ndash December 15, 1949) known as Alice A Annie Wood Besant (ˈbɛsənt Clapham London October 1 1847 &ndash September 20 1933 in Adyar, India) was a prominent Theosophist, Geoffrey Hodson (12 March 1886 in Lincolnshire – 23 January 1983 in Auckland New Zealand) was a Occultist, Theosophist, mystic, CW Leadbeater ( Feb 16, 1854 Stockport, Cheshire, England - March 1, 1934 Perth, Western AP Sinnett (18 January 1840 - 26 June 1921 was an Author and Theosophist. Rudolf Steiner ( 25 February 1861 – 30 March 1925) was an Austrian philosopher literary scholar educator artist playwright Abner Doubleday (June 26 1819 &ndash January 26 1893 was a career United States Army officer and Union general in the American Civil War. The Seven Rays is a metaphysical concept that has appeared in several religions and Esoteric philosophies since at least the sixth century BCE in both Western culture Initiation is a concept in Theosophy that there are nine levels of spiritual development The Theosophical Society was the organization formed to advance the spiritual principles and search for Truth known as Theosophy. The Theosophy Society - Adyar is the main remnant of the original Theosophical Society founded by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky and others in 1875. The Theosophical Society (Pasadena is a successor organization to the original Theosophical Society founded by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky and others in 1875 The United Lodge of Theosophists, or ULT, was founded in 1909 by a Theosophical Society member Robert Crosbie (1849-1919 Isis Unveiled, published in 1877, is a book of Esoteric Philosophy, and was Helena Petrovna Blavatsky 's first major work The Key to Theosophy is a popular book by Helena P Blavatsky first published in 1889 and still in print today expounding the principles of theosophy in a readable The Mahatma Letters are letters that were written by the Theosophical Mahatmas to certain Theosophists especially A The Secret Doctrine the Synthesis of Science Religion and Philosophy, a book originally published as two volumes in 1888, is Helena P The Voice of the Silence is a book by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky. For Sanat-Kumara the sage from Puranic - Hinduism, see Four Kumaras or Sanatkumara. Djwal Khul (variously spelled 'Djwhal Khul' 'Djwal Kul' or simply 'DK' is supposed by some Theosophists and others to be a Tibetan Master in the The Master Morya, in the teachings of the Theosophical Society is one of the "Masters of Wisdom" and in the Ascended Master Teachings is one The Master Kuthumi, in the teachings of Theosophy is one of the "Masters of Wisdom" and in the Ascended Master Teachings is one of the Ascended Paul the Venetian is one of the "Masters of the Ancient Wisdom" in the teachings of Theosophy and is regarded as one of the Ascended masters in the Ascended Serapis Bey, sometimes written as Serapis, is regarded in Theosophy as being one of the Masters of Wisdom; and in the Ascended Master Teachings The Master Hilarion, in the teachings of Theosophy is one of the "Masters of Wisdom" and in the Ascended Master Teachings is one of the Ascended The Master Jesus is Jesus as understood by the metaphysical system of Theosophy as opposed to the Jesus Christ of the Christian religion The Count of St Germain ( fl 1710–1784 has been variously described as a Courtier, Adventurer, Charlatan, Inventor, Agni Yoga is a spiritual teaching transmitted by the artist Nicholas Roerich (Nikolai Konstantinovich Rerikh in Russian and his wife Helena Roerich (Yelena Ivanovna Anthroposophy is a spiritual philosophy based on the teachings of Rudolf Steiner (25 February 1861 – 30 March 1925 which postulates the existence of an objective intellectually The term Neo-Theosophy is a term originally derogatory for the system of Theosophical ideas expounded by Annie Besant and Charles Webster Leadbeater The Liberal Catholic Church (LCC is a form of Christianity open to Theosophical ideas and even Reincarnation. Students of Ascended Master Teachings organizations (also known as " Ascended Master Activities " believe that the Presence of Life - God - Individualizes as the "I Benjamin Creme (b Dec 5 1922 Scotland) is a British Esotericist, lecturer author artist and chief editor of Share International magazine. 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. New Age ( New Age Movement and New Age Spirituality) is a Social Collective Phenomenon and a Spiritual Nature In fact, many researchers feel that much of New Age thought started with Blavatsky.

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. Arya Samaj ( Sanskrit ārya samāja sa आर्य समाज " Noble Society" is a Hindu reform movement founded in India AP Sinnett (18 January 1840 - 26 June 1921 was an Author and Theosophist. 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. Allahabad ( Hindi: इलाहाबाद Urdu: الہ آباد Ilāhābād) is a city in the north Indian state of Uttar ^[6]

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. Allan Octavian Hume ( June 6, 1829 - July 31, 1912) son of Joseph Hume was a Civil servant in British governed India Hume's lost brooch. ^[7]

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 Adyar may refer to Adyar (Tamil Nadu &mdash a locality in Chennai (Madras in the state of Tamil Nadu India Adyar River India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country

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. ||-||-||} Ostend  (  Oostende, French and German Ostende) is a Belgian City and municipality located in the Flemish 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. The Secret Doctrine the Synthesis of Science Religion and Philosophy, a book originally published as two volumes in 1888, is Helena P ||-||-||} Ostend  (  Oostende, French and German Ostende) is a Belgian City and municipality located in the Flemish Finally she went to England.

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. Isabel Cooper-Oakley, (1853/4- was a prominent Theosophist and author Annie Wood Besant (ˈbɛsənt Clapham London October 1 1847 &ndash September 20 1933 in Adyar, India) was a prominent Theosophist, Dr Archibald Keightley (1859-1930 was a prominent member of the Theosophical Society who helped in the editing of Helena P George Robert Stowe Mead (1863–1933 was an author editor translator esotericist and an influential member of the Theosophical Society. T. Sturdy, and Walter Old". ^[9]

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 Bright's disease is a historical classification of kidney diseases that would be described in modern Medicine as acute or chronic Nephritis Events 589 - Reccared summons the Third Council of Toledo 1450 - Jack Cade's Rebellion: Kentishmen Year 1891 ( MDCCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common

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. Cremation is the act of reducing a Corpse by burning, generally in a crematorium furnace or crematory fire William Quan Judge ( April 13, 1851 – March 21, 1896) was a mystic, Esotericist, and Occultist, and one of The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The Ganges (ˈgænʤiːz also Ganga, Devanāgarī: hi गंगा in most Indian languages) is the major river in the Indian subcontinent May 8 is celebrated by Theosophists, and it is called White Lotus Day. Events 589 - Reccared summons the Third Council of Toledo 1450 - Jack Cade's Rebellion: Kentishmen White Lotus Day is a celebration of Theosophists. It's celebrated 8th May, the anniversary of the passing of Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, founder of the

She was succeeded as head of one branch of the Theosophical Society by her protégé, Annie Besant. Annie Wood Besant (ˈbɛsənt Clapham London October 1 1847 &ndash September 20 1933 in Adyar, India) was a prominent Theosophist, Her friend, W. Q. Judge, headed the American Section.

Influences

Blavatsky was influenced by the following authors:

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

Blavatsky's works have shown their influence on the following leaders, authors, artists and musicians:

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]

"It is important to observe that there are also some striking differences between Blavatsky's doctrine and Hitler's later racial ideas. William Blake (28 November 1757 – 12 August 1827 was an English poet, painter, and Printmaker. 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James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (2 February 1882 &ndash 13 January 1941 was an Irish expatriate writer widely considered to be one of the most influential writers of the Wassily Kandinsky (Russian Василий Кандинский first name pronounced as) ( – 13 December 1944 was a Russian painter, Printmaker Alfred Charles Kinsey (June 23 1894 &ndash August 25 1956 was an American Biologist and professor of Entomology and Zoology, who in 1947 CW Leadbeater ( Feb 16, 1854 Stockport, Cheshire, England - March 1, 1934 Perth, Western Guido Karl Anton List, better known as Guido von List ( October 5, 1848, in Vienna, &ndash May 17, 1919, in Sybil Leek ( February 22 1917 - October 26 1982) was an English witch, Astrologer, Psychic Pieter Cornelis (Piet Mondriaan, after 1912 Mondrian, (pronounced Dutch pit 'mɔndrian later pit 'mɔndɹiɔn ( March 7, 1872 &ndash February Boris Leonidovich Pasternak (Бори́с Леони́дович Пастерна́к ( — May 30, 1960) was a Nobel Prize -winning Soviet Nicholas Roerich, ( October 9, 1874 - December 13, 1947) also known as Nikolai Konstantinovich Rerikh (misspelled surname ( George William Russell ( April 10, 1867 &ndash July 17, 1935) who wrote under the Pseudonym Æ (sometimes Guy Warren Ballard ( July 28, 1878 - December 29, 1939) was an American Mining engineer who became with his wife 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 Alexander Nikolayevich Scriabin (Алекса́ндр Никола́евич Скря́бин Aleksandr Nikolaevič Skrjabin; sometimes transliterated as Skriabin Rudolf Freiherr von Sebottendorff (or von Sebottendorf) was the alias of Adam Alfred Rudolf Glauer ( November 9, 1875 &ndash May 8 Rudolf Steiner ( 25 February 1861 – 30 March 1925) was an Austrian philosopher literary scholar educator artist playwright Max Théon (1848-1927 perhaps born Louis-Maximilian Bimstein was a Polish Jewish Kabbalist and Occultist. Samael Aun Weor ( March 6, 1917 - December 24, 1977) was a spiritual teacher Occultist esotericist and author The Mars Volta is the name of a partnership between guitarist Omar Rodríguez-López and singer Cedric Bixler-Zavala founded in 2001 Dr Ekkirala Krisnamacharya also known as Master E K was (born 1926 - 08-11)at Bapatla, Andhra Pradesh to Sri Ananthacharya and Smt Butchamma Swami Sivananda Saraswati ( Sep 8, 1887 — Jul 14, 1963) was a Hindu spiritual teacher and a well known In Theosophy, Root Race (or Epochs to subsequent authors is a term first used in the late 19th century by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky in her book Blavatsky herself did not identify the Aryan race with the Germanic peoples. Aryan is an English word derived from the Sanskrit " Ārya " meaning "noble" or "honorable" And although her racial doctrine clearly entailed belief in superior and inferior races and hence could be easily misused, she placed no emphasis on the domination of one race over another. 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]

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. Isis Unveiled, published in 1877, is a book of Esoteric Philosophy, and was Helena Petrovna Blavatsky 's first major work Year 1877 ( MDCCCLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1879 ( MDCCCLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Secret Doctrine the Synthesis of Science Religion and Philosophy, a book originally published as two volumes in 1888, is Helena P Year 1888 ( MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a 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 The Key to Theosophy is a popular book by Helena P Blavatsky first published in 1889 and still in print today expounding the principles of theosophy in a readable Year 1889 ( MDCCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1892 ( MDCCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year P. Blavatsky. Autobiographic notes compiled by Mary K. Neff (1937)

Her many articles have been collected in the Collected Writings of H. P. Blavatsky. 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 series of 15 volumes edited and compiled by Boris de Zirkoff. This series has 15 numbered volumes including the index.

Notes

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. HPB The Extraordinary Life and Influence of Helena Blavatsky is a book published by Sylvia Cranston in 1993 Sylvia Cranston was the pen name of American author Anita Atkins (born December 12, 1915 died June 20, 2000 in Santa Barbara 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. René Guénon ( November 15 1886 – January 7 1951) was a French author and intellectual who remains an influential figure in the Dr Vernon George Wentworth Harrison PhD (b Warwickshire, 1912 (d Max Heindel - born Carl Louis von Grasshoff in Aarhus, Denmark on July 23, 1865 - was a Christian Occultist, Manly Palmer Hall ( March 18, 1901 - August 29, 1990) was a Canadian -born Author and mystic. John Symonds (b March 12 1914, Battersea, London - d October 21 2006) was an English novelist biographer playwright
• "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). Charles V Ryan is a former mayor of the city Springfield Massachusetts. Everett Franklin Bleiler (born 1920 is an editor and bibliographer of Science fiction and Fantasy. 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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See also

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

External links

• AnandGholap.Net Online Most Important Books on Theosophy
• Blavatsky Study Center
• Books by H. P. Blavatsky
• Writings by H. P. Blavatsky
• H. P. Blavatsky's Collected Writings Online
• Blavatsky Net
• Loge Unie des Théosophes -Paris-
• Theosophical Society
• 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
• Links to books by HP Blavatsky
• H. P. Blavatsky Articles
• The Writings of H. P. Blavatsky
• Articles and books by Helena Blavatsky and other theosophists
• Articles on HP Blavatsky
• 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. Anthroposophy is a spiritual philosophy based on the teachings of Rudolf Steiner (25 February 1861 – 30 March 1925 which postulates the existence of an objective intellectually The " Aryan race " is a concept in European culture that was influential in the period of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries Constance Cumbey (born February 29 1944)is a Lawyer and activist Christian author Jiddu Krishnamurti ( Telugu: జిడ్డు కృష్ణ మూర్తి or J New Age ( New Age Movement and New Age Spirituality) is a Social Collective Phenomenon and a Spiritual Nature Religion and mythology differ but have overlapping aspects Both terms refer to systems of concepts that are of high importance to a certain community making statements concerning the The Coulomb Affair refers to a conflict between Emma and Alexis Coulomb and Blavatsky and the Theosophical Society. The Hodgson Report was a report by the Society for Psychical Research (SPR in 1884 Project Gutenberg, abbreviated as PG, is a volunteer effort to Digitize, archive and distribute Cultural works The Open Directory Project ( ODP) also known as dmoz (from directory
• A current webpage by a distant cousin discusses her society and its goals
• Theosophy Library Online
• Blavatsky Foundation
• Upasika Library (Spanish)

Video

• "Кто Вы, мадам Блаватская?" —- Documentary film in russian language (Russia, 1991) (Viewing of film | Download *torrent. Size of the film –- 500 Mb)