Helena Blavatsky / edited and introduced by Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Blavatsky, H. P. (Helena Petrovna), 1831-1891.

Contributor:

Goodrick-Clarke, Nicholas

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Western esoteric masters series

Standardized Title:

Works. Selections. 2004

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Theosophy.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

12 unnumbered pages, 220 pages, 8 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, California : North Atlantic Books : [Distributed to the book trade by Publishers Group West], [©2004]

Summary:

Today's Ideas of reincarnation, karma, and Tibetan wisdom owe much to Helena Blavatsky (1831-1891), the foremother of New Age religion. Russian-born, she became a teenage runaway and traveled in search of ancient wisdom and mysterious cults throughout Egypt, the Middle East, and India. A gifted psychic, she flirted with American spiritualism before launching Theosophy, a new religion based on magic and the revelations of secret Mahatmas in Tibet, who offered divine guidance to humanity. The rapid expansion of the Theosophical Society in Europe and America spurred the popularity of Oriental religions and the modern occult revival. Helena Blavatsky became a legend in her own time and is as visible today as any modern guru. This volume of the Western Esoteric Masters Series offers a concise anthology of her extensive writings. An essay on her life and work is followed by readings and editorial commentary on such topics as Cosmology, Anthropology, Gnosticism, Hermeticism, Kabbalah, the Vedas, and Buddhism.

Contents:

Introduction: H.P. Blavatsky and Theosophy

Part 1. Western Esoteric Tradition

1. From Spiritualism to Occultism

2. Ancient Wisdom Rediscovered

3. Secret Brotherhoods

4. Oriental Kabbalah

5. Mesmerism and Magic

6. Hermetic Philosophers and Rosicrucians

Part 2. Theosophy

7. Buddhism and Brahmanism

8. Cosmogony

9. Macrocosm and Microcosm

(i). Hierarchical Structure and Government of the Cosmos

(ii). Septenary Constitution of Man and the Cosmos

(iii). Correspondences

10. Evolution

11. Personal Growth and Devotion

(i). Spiritual Guidance

(ii). Meditation

(iii). Devotional Works.

Notes:

Publisher's advertisements: [1] p. at end.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-213) and index.

ISBN:

155643457X

9781556434570

OCLC:

53992973

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