Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna

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(31.07.1831 — 26.04.1891), Russian spiritualist, author, and cofounder (1875) of the Theosophical Society in New York, promoting Theosophy, an occult philosophical-religious system largely derived from Hindu writings, whose followers believe in a pantheistic evolutionary process integrating deity, cosmos, and self. She came to India in 1879 and established a Theosophical temple at Adyar near Madras.

Mentioned: {SABCL 22} 483 {A & R.04.1983} 29, 32 {A & R.12.1994} 192

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