Helena Blavatsky
Also known as Helena von Hahn, Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, H.P. Blavatsky, Madame Blavatsky, Yelena Petrovna von Hahn, Mme. Blavatsky
Russian occult writer (1831-1891)
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Helena Blavatsky was a Russian writer and occult practitioner who lived from 1831 to 1891 and became influential in spreading ideas about esotericism and Eastern spirituality in the Western world. Her work and the organizations she founded shaped modern occultism and alternative spiritual movements that continue to influence people interested in mysticism today.
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Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (Russian: Еле́на Петро́вна Блава́тская, Ukrainian: Олена Петрівна Блаватська), (born as Helena von Hahn (Russian: Елена Петровна Ган, Ukrainian: Олена Петрівна Ган); 12 August [O.S. 31 July] 1831 – 8 May 1891) was a Russian occultist. In 1875, Blavatsky, Henry Steel Olcott, and William Quan Judge established a research and publishing institute called the Theosophical Society. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Helena+Blavatsky">Read more on Last.fm</a>
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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 writer who co-founded the Theosophical Society in 1875. She gained an international following as the primary founder of Theosophy as a belief system.
Born into an aristocratic family in Yekaterinoslav, then part of the Russian Empire, Blavatsky traveled widely around the empire as a child. Largely self-educated, she developed an interest in Western esotericism during her teenage years. According to her later claims, in 1849 she embarked on a series of world travels, visiting Europe, the Americas, and India. She also claimed that during this period she encountered a group of spiritual adepts, the "Masters of the Ancient Wisdom", who sent her to Shigatse, Tibet, where they trained her to develop a deeper understanding of the synthesis of religion, philosophy, and science.
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