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Isis Unveiled: A Master-Key to the Mysteries of Ancient and Modern Science and Theology, published in 1877, is a book of esoteric philosophy and Helena Petrovna Blavatsky's first major self-published major work text and a key doctrine in her self-founded Theosophical movement.
Helena Petrovna Blavatsky [a] (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 author who co-founded the Theosophical Society in 1875. She gained an international following as the primary founder of Theosophy as a belief system.
In this recapitulation of The Secret Doctrine, Blavatsky gave a summary of the central points of her system of cosmogony. [5] These central points are as follows: The first item reiterates Blavatsky's position that The Secret Doctrine represents the "accumulated Wisdom of the Ages", a system of thought that "is the uninterrupted record covering thousands of generations of Seers whose ...
[4] [5] [6] His article "The Sources of Madame Blavatsky's Writings" was published in an appendix to Vsevolod Solovyov's A Modern Priestess of Isis (1895). Coleman demonstrated that Blavatsky's Isis Unveiled was largely plagiarized and included a list of the uncredited sources, including works by American orientalist Samuel Fales Dunlap. [6]
The article "Talking to the Dead and Other Amusements" by Paul Zweig New York Times October 5, 1980, maintains that Madame Blavatsky's revelations were fraudulent. [50] Robert Todd Carroll in his book The skeptic's dictionary (2003) wrote that Blavatsky used trickery into deceiving others into thinking she had paranormal powers.
For example, Blavatsky Unveiled Volume 1 [183] by theosophical scholar Moon Laramie provides a modern translation and dispassionate analysis of the first seven chapters of Isis Unveiled. A significant proportion of the scholarship on Theosophy constitutes biographies of its leading members and discussions of events in the Society's history. [179]
Incidents in the Life of Madame Blavatsky: compiled from information supplied by her relatives and friends is a book originally published in 1886 in London; [1] [2] it was compiled by a member of the Theosophical Society, A. P. Sinnett, who was the first biographer of H. P. Blavatsky (née Hahn). [3]
Helena Blavatsky (1831–1891) had a developed gift for drawing, "but no pretensions as an artist." [5] Massimo Introvigne wrote that "the first of a long list of Theosophical painters was none other than Madame Blavatsky herself." [33] [note 8] Paul Weinzweig spoke about her as "a completely cultured woman in the renaissance ideal."