See also:

• HELENA
• HELENA, ST (c. 247-c. 327)

HELENA PETROVNA See also:

• HELENA PETROVNA BLAVATSKY (1831-1891)

BLAVATSKY (1831-1891)  , See also:

• RUSSIAN

Russian theosophist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• EKATERINOSLAV

Ekaterinoslav, on the 31st of See also:

• JULY

July (O.S.) 1831,the daughter of See also:

• COLONEL (derived either from Lat. column, Fr. colonne, column, or Lat. corona, a crown)

Colonel See also:

• PETER
• PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
• PETER (PEDRO)
• PETER, EPISTLES OF
• PETER, ST

Peter See also:

• HAHN, AUGUST (1792–1863)

Hahn, a member of a See also:

• MECKLENBURG

Mecklenburg See also:

• FAMILY

family, settled in See also:

• RUSSIA
• RUSSIA (Rossiya)

Russia . She married in her seventeenth See also:

• YEAR

year a See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man very much her See also:

• SENIOR, NASSAU WILLIAM (1790-1864)

senior, Nicephore See also:

• BLAVATSKY, HELENA PETROVNA (1831-1891)

Blavatsky, a Russian See also:

• OFFICIAL (Late Lat. QJicialis, for class. Lat. apparitor, from officium, office, duty)

official in See also:

• CAUCASIA
• CAUCASIA, or CAUCASUS

Caucasia, from whom she was separated after a few months; in later days, when seeking to invest herself with a See also:

• HALO

halo of virginity, she described the See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage as a nominal one . During the next twenty years Mme Blavatsk3l. appears to have travelled widely in See also:

• CANADA

Canada, See also:

• TEXAS

Texas, See also:

• MEXICO
• MEXICO (Span. Mejico, or Mexico,)
• MEXICO, FEDERAL DISTRICT OF
• MEXICO, GULF OF

Mexico and See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India, with two attempts on See also:

• TIBET, or THIBET

Tibet . In one of these she seems to have crossed the frontier alone in disguise, been lost in the See also:

• DESERT

desert, and, after many adventures, been conducted back by a party of horsemen . The years from 1848 to 1858 were alluded to subsequently as "the veiled See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period " of her See also:

• LIFE

life, and she spoke vaguely of a seven years' sojourn in " Little and See also:

• GREAT

Great Tibet," or preferably of a "Himalayan See also:

• RETREAT (O. Fr. retrete, mod. retraite, from Lat. retrahere, to draw back)

retreat." In 1858 she revisited Russia, where she created a sensation as a spiritualistic See also:

• MEDIUM

medium . About 187o she acquiredprominence among the spiritualists of the See also:

• UNITED

United States, where she lived for six years, becoming a naturalized See also:

• CITIZEN (a form corrupted in Eng., apparently by analogy with " denizen," from O. Fr. citeain, mod. Fr. citoyen)

citizen . Her leisure was occupied with the study of occult and kabbalistic literature, to which she soon added that of the sacred writings of India, through the medium of See also:

• TRANSLATIONS

translations . In 1875 she conceived the See also:

• PLAN
• PLAN (from Lat. planes, flat)

plan of combining the spiritualistic " See also:

• CONTROL (Fr. contrdle, older form contre rolle, from Med. Lat. contra-rotulus, a counter roll or copy of a document used to check the original; there is no instance in English of the use of " control " in this, its literal, meaning)

control " with the Buddhistic legends about Tibetan sages . Henceforth she determined to exclude all control See also:

• SAVE, or SAVA (Ger. Sau; Hungarian Szdva; Lat. Savus)

save that of two Tibetan adepts or " mahatmas." The mahatmas exhibited their " astral bodies " to her, " precipitated " messages which reached her from the confines of Tibet in an instant of See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time, supplied her with See also:

• SOUND
• SOUND, THE (Danish Oresund)

sound See also:

• DOCTRINE

doctrine, and incited her to perform tricks for the See also:

• CON

con-version of sceptics . At New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York, on the 17th of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1875, with the aid of Colonel See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry S . Olcott, she founded the " Theosophical Society "with the See also:

• OBJECT

object of (I) forming a universal brotherhood of man,(2) studying and making known the See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient religions, philosophies and sciences, (3) investigating the See also:

• LAWS

laws of nature and developing the divine See also:

• POWERS, HIRAM (1805-1873)

powers latent in man . The Brahmanic and Buddhistic literature supplied the society with its terminology, and its doctrines were a curious See also:

• AMALGAM

amalgam of See also:

• EGYPTIAN

Egyptian, kabbalistic, occultist, See also:

• INDIAN

Indian and See also:

• MODERN

modern spiritualistic ideas and formulas .

Mme Blavatsky's See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal books were See also:

• ISIS (Egyptian Ese)

Isis Unveiled (New York, 1877), The See also:

• SECRET (Lat. secretum, hidden, concealed)

Secret Doctrine, the See also:

• SYNTHESIS (Gr. a6vOeacs, from avvrcBivac, to put together)

Synthesis of See also:

• SCIENCE (Lat. scientia, from scire; to learn, know)

Science, See also:

• RELIGION
• RELIGION, FOLKLORE, CUSTOM

Religion and See also:

• PHILOSOPHY (Gr. gthos, fond of, and vo4 (a, wisdom)

Philosophy (1888), The See also:

• KEY
• KEY (in O. Eng. tang; the ultimate origin of the word is unknown; it appears only in Old Frisian kei of other Teutonic languages; until the end of the 17th century the pronunciation was kay, as in other words in O. Eng. ending in aeg; cf. daeg, day; clang
• KEY (the phraseograms being indicated by hyphens)
• KEY, SIR ASTLEY COOPER (1821-1888)
• KEY, THOMAS HEWITT (1799-1875)

Key to See also:

• THEOSOPHY (from Gr. Oe6s, god, and vogbta, wisdom)

Theosophy (1891) . The two first of these are a See also:

• MOSAIC (corresponding to Lat. opus musivum, from Gr. µovoeiov, an artificial grotto often decorated with mosaics; the word is only found in the sense of mosaic in late Greek, which generally uses k oXI yrlµa)

mosaic of unacknowledged quotations from such books as K . R . H . See also:

• MACKENZIE
• MACKENZIE, ALEXANDER (1822-1892)
• MACKENZIE, HENRY (1745-1831)
• MACKENZIE, SIR ALEXANDER (c. 1755-1820)
• MACKENZIE, SIR ALEXANDER CAMPBELL (1847— )
• MACKENZIE, SIR GEORGE (1636-1691)
• MACKENZIE, SIR MORELL (1837-1892)
• MACKENZIE, WILLIAM LYON (1795-1861)

Mackenzie's Royal Masonic See also:

• ENCYCLOPAEDIA

Encyclopaedia, C . W . See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

King's Gnostics, See also:

• ZELLER, EDUARD (1814-1908)

Zeller's See also:

• PLATO

Plato, the See also:

• WORKS

works on magic by See also:

• DUNLOP, JOHN COLIN (1785-1842)

Dunlop, E . Salverte, See also:

• JOSEPH
• JOSEPH, COMTE DE (1785-1870)
• JOSEPH, FATHER (FRANCOIS LECLERC DU TREMBLAY) (1577-1638)

Joseph Ennemoser, and See also:

• DES

Des Mousseaux, and the-mystical writings of Eliphas See also:

• LEVI, HERMANN (1839-1900)
• LEVI, LEONE (1821-1888)

Levi (L . A . See also:

• CONSTANT, BENJAMIN (1845-1902)

Constant) . A Glossary of Theosophical Terms (1890-1892) was compiled for the benefit of her disciples . But the See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance of See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

Home's See also:

• LIGHTS, CEREMONIAL USE OF

Lights and Shadows of See also:

• SPIRITUALISM

Spiritualism (1877) had a pre-judicial effect upon the propaganda, and Heliona P .

Blavatsky (as she began to See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style herself) retired to India . Thence she contributed some See also:

• CLEVER

clever papers, " From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan " (published separately in See also:

• ENGLISH

English, See also:

• LONDON

London, 1892) to the Russky Vyestnik . Defeated in her object of obtaining employment in the Russian secret service, she resumed her efforts to gain converts to theosophy . For this purpose the See also:

• EXHIBITION

exhibition of " See also:

• PHYSICAL

physical phenomena " was found necessary . Her jugglery was cleverly conceived, but on three occasions was exposed in the most conclusive manner . Nevertheless, her cleverness, volubility, See also:

• ENERGY (from the Gr. ivipyela; iv, in, ipyov, work)

energy and will-See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power enabled her to maintain her ground, and when she died on the 8th of May 1891 (See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

White See also:

• LOTUS

Lotus See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

Day), at the theosophical headquarters in the See also:

• AVENUE (the past participle feminine of Fr. avenir, to come to)

Avenue Road, London, she was the acknowledged See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of a community numbering not far See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short of 1oo,000, with journalistic See also:

• ORGANS

organs in London, See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris, New York and See also:

• MADRAS

Madras . Much See also:

• INFORMATION (from Lat. informare, to give shape or form to, to represent, describe)

information respecting her will be found in V . S . Solovyov's Modern Priestess of Isis, translated by See also:

• WALTER, HUBERT (d. 1205)
• WALTER, JOHN (1738/9-1812)

Walter See also:

• LEAF (O. Eng. leaf, cf. Dutch loof, Ger. Laub, Swed. lof, &c.; possibly to be referred to the root seen in Gr. Ma-eta, to peel, strip)

Leaf (1895), in See also:

• ARTHUR (Fr. Arius)
• ARTHUR, CHESTER ALAN (1830 – 1886)

Arthur Lillie's Madame Blavatsky and Her Theosophy (1895), and in the See also:

• REPORT (O.Fr. report or raport, modern rapport, from O.Fr. reporter, mod. rap porter, Lat. reportare, to bring back, in poetical use only, of bringing back an account, news, &c.)

report made to the Society for Psychical See also:

• RESEARCH (O. Fr. recerche, from recercher, re- and cercer, mod. chercher, to search; Late Lat. circare, to go round in a circle, to explore)

Research by the See also:

• CAMBRIDGE
• CAMBRIDGE, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• CAMBRIDGE, RICHARD OWEN (1717-1802)

Cambridge See also:

• GRADUATE (Med. Lat. graduale, to admit to an academical degree, gradus)

graduate despatched to investigate her doings in India .