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Madame Blavatsky and TheosophywithGary Lachman

Gary Lachman

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gary lachman aleister crowley gary lachman aleister crowley: magick, rock and roll, and the wickedest man in the world gary lachman beyond the robot: the life and work of colin wilson gary lachman dark star rising gary lachman dark star rising: magicking and power in the age of trump gary lachman in search of p. d. ouspensky gary lachman jung the mystic gary lachman lost knowledge of the imagination gary lachman madame blavatsky: the mother of modern spirituality gary lachman rudolf steiner gary lachman rudolf steiner: an introduction to his life and his work gary lachman rudolf steiner: an introduction to his life and work gary lachman swedenborg gary lachman swedenborg: an introduction to his life and studies gary lachman the quest for hermes trigmegistus gary lachman the return of holy russia

Gary Lachman is the author of more than twenty books on topics ranging from the evolution of consciousness to literary suicides, popular culture and the history of the occult. He has written a rock and roll memoir of the 1970s, biographies of Aleister Crowley, Rudolf Steiner, C. G. Jung, Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, Emanuel Swedenborg, P. D. Ouspensky, and Colin Wilson, histories of Hermeticism and the Western Inner Tradition, studies in existentialism and the philosophy of consciousness, and about the influence of esotericism on politics and society. His website is https://www.gary-lachman.com/

In this video, rebooted from 2018, he describes the amazing life of Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, whom he characterizes as one of the most remarkable women of any age in human history. She was a world traveler and she read widely in the esoteric, philosophical, and scientific literature available in her day. People around her believed her to possess astounding powers of telepathy and telekinesis. As a founder of the Theosophical Society, she became internationally renowned. She was also an extremely controversial figure. Many concepts associated with modern spirituality can be traced to her.

(Recorded on November 30, 2018)

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Madame Blavatsky and TheosophywithGary Lachman

Gary Lachman

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Gary Lachman is the author of twenty-one books on topics ranging from the evolution of consciousness to literary suicides, popular culture and the history of the occult. He has written a rock and roll memoir of the 1970s, biographies of Aleister Crowley, Rudolf Steiner, C. G. Jung, Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, Emanuel Swedenborg, P. D. Ouspensky, and Colin Wilson, histories of Hermeticism and the Western Inner Tradition, studies in existentialism and the philosophy of consciousness, and about the influence of esotericism on politics and society.

Here he describes the amazing life of Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, whom he characterizes as one of the most remarkable women of any age in human history. She was a world traveler and she read widely in the esoteric, philosophical, and scientific literature available in her day. People around her believed her to possess astounding powers of telepathy and telekinesis. As a founder of the Theosophical Society, she became internationally renowned. She was also an extremely controversial figure. Many concepts associated with modern spirituality can be traced to her.

(Recorded on November 30, 2018)

Published on December 1, 2018

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Here he describes life in the eighteenth century as a time of both enlightenment thought and biblical reverence. Swedenborg’s father was a bishop who also attained a title of nobility. Swedenborg travelled widely and developed many scientific interests. From childhood he began developing breathing practices for purposes of concentration. He explored many nuances of the [...]

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