Helena Blavatsky

Extrait :"L'étude de la signification dissimulée sous les légendes religieuses et profanes de n'importe quelle nation, grande ou petite, et, principalement, sous les traditions de l'Orient, a occupé la plus grande partie de la vie de celle qui écrit ces lignes. Elle appartient au groupe de ceux qui sont convaincus qu'aucun récit mythologique, aucun événement traditionnel des légendes populaires n'a jamais été, à aucune époque, une pure...

Extrait: "Depuis l'apparition de la littérature théosophique en Angleterre, on a pris l'habitude d'appeler ses données le Bouddhisme ésotérique. Et une fois l'habitude prise, -comme dit un vieux proverbe basé sur l'expérience de tous les jours-, l'erreur descend un plan incliné, tandis que la vérité doit péniblement gravir la montagne. Les vérités banales sont les plus sages..."

The Secret Doctrine Volume 1 Cosmogenesis. The Secret Doctrine, the Synthesis of Science, Religion and Philosophy, a book originally published as two volumes in 1888, is Helena P. Blavatsky's magnum opus. The first volume is named Cosmogenesis, the second Anthropogenesis. It was an influential example of the revival of interest in esoteric and occult ideas in the modern age, in particular because of its claim to reconcile ancient eastern wisdom with...

THE work now submitted to public judgment is the fruit of a somewhat intimate acquaintance with Eastern adepts and study of their science. It is offered to such as are willing to accept truth wherever it may be found, and to defend it, even looking popular prejudice straight in the face. It is an attempt to aid the student to detect the vital principles which underlie the philosophical systems of old. H. P. Blavatsky

A collection of 9 spooky tales from Ukrainian author and co-founder of the Theosophical Society, Helena Petrovna Blavatsky.

This collection contains a mixture of stories about ghosts and contacts from spirits, some by celebrated authors, together with essays on psychical research. As Joseph French notes in the preface, even for the skeptic, tales of ghostly activity retain a distinct fascination. The widespread interest in psychic phenomena in the early twentieth century proved to be a significant stimulus to literary production. CONTENTS 1) "When the World was Young"...