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Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (née Hahn von Rottenstern; 12 August [O.S. 31 July] 1831 – 8 May 1891), often known as Madame Blavatsky, was a Russian and American mystic and author who co-founded the Theosophical Society in 1875.
Helena Blavatsky (born August 12 [July 31, Old Style], 1831, Yekaterinoslav, Ukraine, Russian Empire [now Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine]—died May 8, 1891, London, England) was a Russian spiritualist, author, and cofounder of the Theosophical Society to promote theosophy, a pantheistic philosophical-religious system.
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Jun 29, 2019 · Helena Blavatsky was the co-founder of theosophy, an occult religion which is still practiced. Learn about her life, travels, and philosophies.
Oct 25, 2016 · Madame Helena Blavatsky was the 19th century’s most famous and notorious occultist. She was also the godmother of the New Age movement.
May 29, 2018 · One of the most influential occult thinkers of the nineteenth century, Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (1831-1891) left behind conflicting images of adventuress, author, mystic, guru, occultist, and charlatan.
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As part of a larger movement to reinstate the ageless wisdom of countless seers and sages, Helena Petrovna Blavatsky has been called the greatest esotericist in the history of Western civilization and a “direct agent of the Trans-Himālayan Brotherhood of Adepts,” by the editor of her Collected Writings, Boris de ZIRKOFF.