Ukrainian-born Madame Helena Blavatsky (1831 1891) was a co-founder of the theosophy movement in the United States, which she later extended to Europe and India, though her later years were dogged by ill health and controversy. In this book, published in 1886, A. P. Sinnett (1840 1921), a fellow theosophist and writer, sets out a defence of Blavatsky, writing that 'I have reason to believe that the attempt will respond to the wishes of a great many people ... who regard the current aspersion on Mme. Blavatsky's character with profound indignation'. He outlines the many extraordinary events in...
Ukrainian-born Madame Helena Blavatsky (1831 1891) was a co-founder of the theosophy movement in the United States, which she later extended to Europe...
Alfred Percy Sinnett was an English journalist who, at the age of thirty-nine, moved to India to become editor of The Pioneer, the premier English daily on the sub-continent. It was in India he met Madame Helena Petrovna Blavatsky and began his studies into Theosophy and other aspects of the occult world. Esoteric Buddhism was first published in 1883. Wide-ranging in scope, the book covers topics as diverse as life after death, Karma, the origin of Evil, The Chain of Globes, psychic perception, Nirvana, and Esoteric Cosmogony. Delving so deeply into what Sinnett considers "absolute...
Alfred Percy Sinnett was an English journalist who, at the age of thirty-nine, moved to India to become editor of The Pioneer, the premier English dai...
