BLAVATSKY, H. P. Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (1831–1891) was the principal founder of the modern theosophical movement. Blavatsky, née von Hahn, was born in Ekaterinoslav, Russia, of distinguished parentage. Her father, of German descent,...

(1831–1891), founder of theosophy. The granddaughter of a Russian princess, the woman known to the world as Madame Blavatsky was born Helena Petrovna Hahn in Ekaterinoslav (now Dnipropetrovs'k) in the Caucasus. At age fifteen she began to...

(born Aug. 12, 1831, Yekaterinoslav, Ukraine, Russian Empire—died May 8, 1891, London, Eng.) Russian spiritualist and writer. After a brief marriage, she studied occultism and spiritualism and traveled through Europe, Asia, and the U.S. In 1873...

Born Russia, midnight 30/31 July, 1831. Co-founder with Col. Olcott (q.v.) of Theosophical Society; author of Isis Unveiled, The Secret Doctrine, The Key to Theosophy, The Voice of the Silence, etc. Declared herself a Buddhist at Galle (Ceylon) in 1880...

(1831–91) the cofounder, with Colonel Olcott, of the Theosophical Society, in 1875, and the author of voluminous works based on Hindu and Buddhist teachings which had some influence on the neo-Hindu reform...

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