The Silent Treatment: Helena P. Blavatsky's The Voice of the Silence and the Construction of Theosophical Scripture

The matriarch of Theosophy, Helena P. Blavatsky (1831–1891), wrote a short devotional text called The Voice of the Silence (1889) towards the end of her life that she intended as scripture and which has been endorsed with enthusiasm by individuals both within and outside the parent Theosophical Soci...

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Main Author: Chajes, Julie (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: University of Californiarnia Press 2024
In: Nova religio
Year: 2024, Volume: 27, Issue: 4, Pages: 5-30
Further subjects:B Helena P. Blavatsky
B Theosophical Society
B New Religious Movements
B Light on the Path
B Mabel Collins
B Scripture
B Kundalini
B The Voice of the Silence
B iddhis(siddhis)
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