"As Old as Man": Helena Blavatsky's Pagan Perennial Philosophy
This paper explains the perennialist doctrines of Helena Blavatsky (1831-1891), the main theorist of Theosophy, a form of occultism whose heirs include New Age and contemporary Pagan spirituality. The analysis is restricted to her first major work, Isis Unveiled (1877). In that treatise, Blavatsky a...
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The pomegranate
Year: 2020, Volume: 22, Issue: 1, Pages: 84-116 |
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Blavatsky, Helena P. 1831-1891
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