H. P. Blavatsky

Occultist, Author, Chela, Co-founder of the Theosophical Society. Bio: H. P. Blavatsky.

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Modern Idealism, Worse than Materialism

Article/ by H. P. Blavatsky, The Theosophist, October, 1896 [Posthumously Published]

That which is herein presented will be, as a matter of course, Dead Sea fruit to blind materialism; withal it… Read More »Modern Idealism, Worse than Materialism

The Late Mrs. Anna Kingsford, M.D.

Editorial/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, March, 1888

Obituary We have this month to record with the deepest regret the passing away from this physical world of one… Read More »The Late Mrs. Anna Kingsford, M.D.

[On the Śraddha ritual]

Note(s)/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, May-July, 1888 [Serialized]

Article selections by Andrew T. Sibbald | Notes by H.P.B. Śrāddha1 1. Śrāddha” is a Brahmanical rite, of which there are… Read More »[On the Śraddha ritual]

[On the Book of Genesis, Evolution, & Elements]

Note(s)/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, April, 1888

Article selections from “The Tide of Life,” by Charles Johnston | Notes by H.P.B. [The book of Genesis] splits off… Read More »[On the Book of Genesis, Evolution, & Elements]

[Notes on The Life Principle]

Note(s)/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, March, 1888

Article selections by N. D. Khandalavala | Notes & Editor’s Note by H.P.B. . . . Protoplasm in its substance… Read More »[Notes on The Life Principle]

[Review:] Visions

Review/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, April, 1888

In his Introduction to this little pamphlet, “M. A. Oxon.” strikes the key-note of his Visions. They are “teaching” or… Read More »[Review:] Visions

[On the Pentacle and the Colors Yellow and Red]

Note(s)/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, February, 1888

Article selections by M. L. Brainard | Notes by H.P.B. We have now discovered a triangular key—light, music, form—which will… Read More »[On the Pentacle and the Colors Yellow and Red]

The Devil! Who is He?

Note(s)/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, August, October & December, 1888 [Incl. Follow-up(s)]

Correspondence by Rev. T. G. Healey & Thomas May | Notes by H.P.B. The Devil! Who is He? Jesus, or… Read More »The Devil! Who is He?

H. P. Blavatsky to the Third Annual American Convention

Lecture/ by H. P. Blavatsky, April, 1889 [Read aloud by W.Q.J. at the Convention, April 28th]

17 Lansdowne Road, Holland Park, London, W. April 7, 1889 Friends and Brother Theosophists: You are now once again assembled… Read More »H. P. Blavatsky to the Third Annual American Convention

What Good has Theosophy done in India?

Article/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, April, 1888

“The race of mankind would perish, did they cease to aid each other. From the time that the mother binds… Read More »What Good has Theosophy done in India?

[On Karma, Law, etc.]

Note(s)/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, December, 1887

Selections from Correspondence by Mr Beatty & Replies from A. Keightley | Notes by H.P.B. The following letter has been… Read More »[On Karma, Law, etc.]

From Lucifer to a Few Readers

Editorial/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, March, 1888

After waiting vainly for three months for a reply to the article “Lucifer to the Archbishop of Canterbury,” during which… Read More »From Lucifer to a Few Readers

[On Anima or Vitality & “I am Brahman”]

Note(s)/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, March, 1888

Article Selections | Notes by H.P.B. We may hence alone assume that no second subsance is intelligible or logically thinkable,… Read More »[On Anima or Vitality & “I am Brahman”]

What of Phenomena?

Article/Q & A/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, February, 1888

To the Editors of Lucifer: I avail myself of your invitation to correspondents, in order to ask a question. “How… Read More »What of Phenomena?

To Dr. Lewins, and the Hylo-Idealists at Large

Article/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, February, 1888

The editors have received the two following letters—one from the learned Founder of Hylo-Idealism, the other from a gentleman, a… Read More »To Dr. Lewins, and the Hylo-Idealists at Large

[On “Blood”]

Note(s)/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, November, 1887

Review Article selection by Gerald Massey | Notes by H.P.B. Dr. Trumbull claims the Egyptians as witnesses to the truth… Read More »[On “Blood”]

Karmic Visions

Story/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, June, 1888

Oh, sad no more! Oh, sweet No more! Oh, strange No more! By a mossed brook bank on a stone… Read More »Karmic Visions

[On the Universal Application of Symbolism]

Note(s)/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, February, 1888

Poem selection by Wm. C. Eldon Serjeant | Note and Editor’s Note by H.P.B. . . .All hail! thou glorious… Read More »[On the Universal Application of Symbolism]

[On Kama-rupas and Kama-loka]

Note(s)/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, November, 1887

Correspondence question by “N.D.” | Reply by H.P.B. “As the Editors of Lucifer kindly invite questions concerning Theosophy and kindred… Read More »[On Kama-rupas and Kama-loka]

Re: The Brain Theorem Of The Universe

Note(s)/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, March, 1888

Letter to the Editor by Robert Lewins | Notes by H.P.B. Kindly permit me to direct attention to the Adversary’s… Read More »Re: The Brain Theorem Of The Universe

Occult Vibrations

Q & A/ by H. P. Blavatsky with W. Q. Judge, , The Path, June, 1893

A FRAGMENT OF CONVERSATION WITH H. P. B. IN 1888 The following was written by me at the dictation of… Read More »Occult Vibrations

Chinese Shadows

Article/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Новое время (New Times), February, 1888 [Translation from the original Russian]

Vicars of the Anglican Church here are at loggerheads with their own Bishops. And on what a subject, if you… Read More »Chinese Shadows

Star Angel Worship in the Roman Catholic Church

Article/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, July, 1888

[The subject matter of the present article has not been chosen from any desire of “finding fault” with the Christian… Read More »Star Angel Worship in the Roman Catholic Church

“Thou Shalt Not Bear False Witness . . .”

Editorial/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, March, 1889

The God-fearing and truth-speaking padris of India and their pals in England are once more at work. The bitter truths… Read More »“Thou Shalt Not Bear False Witness . . .”

H. P. Blavatsky to the Fifth Annual American Convention

Lecture/ by H. P. Blavatsky, April, 1891 [Read aloud by Annie Besant at the Convention, April 26th]

To the Boston Convention, T.S., 1891 For the third time since my return to Europe in 1885, I am able… Read More »H. P. Blavatsky to the Fifth Annual American Convention

[On Jephthah’s Sacrifice]

Note(s)/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, February, 1888

Article selections by Rev. T. G. Headley. | Notes by H.P.B. . . . Jephthah is mockingly told that he… Read More »[On Jephthah’s Sacrifice]

[On Aanru, Amrita and the Jiva]

Note(s)/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, February, 1888

Article selections by A.J.C. | Notes by H.P.B. . . . I (Âtman) have crossed the sea—I have reached the… Read More »[On Aanru, Amrita and the Jiva]

Letter No. 5 to A. P. Sinnett

Letter(s)/ by H. P. Blavatsky to A. P. Sinnett, , November, 1880 [Posthumously Published]

{Written mid-November, 1880, at Lahore} {Hume had written to K.H. on October 17, proposing that instruction be given to Sinnett… Read More »Letter No. 5 to A. P. Sinnett

Is There No Hope?

Note(s)/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, May, 1888

LTTE by David Crichton | Editor’s Note by H.P.B. I think, after reading the conditions necessary for Occult study given… Read More »Is There No Hope?

Letter No. 35 to A. P. Sinnett

Letter(s)/ by H. P. Blavatsky to A. P. Sinnett, , April, 1884 [Posthumously Published]

46, Rue Notre Dame des Champs, April 27. {1884} My dear Mrs. Sinnett, Yours—all right. Please convey my tenderest regards… Read More »Letter No. 35 to A. P. Sinnett

Letter No. 4 to A. P. Sinnett

Letter(s)/ by H. P. Blavatsky to A. P. Sinnett, , October, 1881 [Posthumously Published]

{Received Simla, mid to late October 1881} {H.P.B. left Simla late October, visited several towns and branches on the way… Read More »Letter No. 4 to A. P. Sinnett

Reply to the Mistaken Conceptions of the Abbé Roca Concerning My Observations on Christian Esotericism

Article/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Le Lotus, April, 1888 [Translation from the original French]

In the February issue of Le Lotus [see “Reply to Madame Blavatsky’s Observations on Christian Esotericism”], the Abbé speaks of… Read More »Reply to the Mistaken Conceptions of the Abbé Roca Concerning My Observations on Christian Esotericism

[Review:] Woman: Her Glory, Her Shame, and Her God

Review/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, April & September, 1888

[Review of Volume 1] The title of the above work is scarcely suggestive of Anti-Christian polemics, despite the fact that… Read More »[Review:] Woman: Her Glory, Her Shame, and Her God

[Review:] Traité Élémentaire de Science Occulte

Review/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, February, 1888

Traité Élémentaire de Science Occulte [Elementary Treatise of Occult Science], par Papus [Gérard Encausse]. Published by Georges Carré, 58, Rue… Read More »[Review:] Traité Élémentaire de Science Occulte

Lodges of Magic

Article/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, October, 1888

When fiction rises pleasing to the eye,Men will believe, because they love the lie;But Truth herself, if clouded with a… Read More »Lodges of Magic

[On Knowledge of Post-Mortem States]

Editorial/Q & A/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, April, 1888

A lady writes from America: In the fourth number of Lucifer on page 328 are the words: “Enough has been… Read More »[On Knowledge of Post-Mortem States]

Letter No. 2 to A. P. Sinnett

Letter(s)/ by H. P. Blavatsky to A. P. Sinnett, , March, 1882 [Posthumously Published]

March 25th. {1882} My dear Mr. Sinnett, You are right. All or nothing is their motto. And why should you… Read More »Letter No. 2 to A. P. Sinnett

Our Third Volume

Editorial/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, September, 1888

With the present number our magazine enters the second year of its career, and the torch of our Flame-Bearer is… Read More »Our Third Volume

H. P. Blavatsky to the Fifth Annual American Convention, Re: W. Q. Judge

Lecture/ by H. P. Blavatsky, April, 1891 [Read aloud by Annie Besant at the Convention, April 26th]

THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY: EUROPEAN SECTION 19, Avenue Road,Regent’s Park,London, N.W. 15:4:1891 To the 5th Convention of the American Section of the… Read More »H. P. Blavatsky to the Fifth Annual American Convention, Re: W. Q. Judge

[Review:] The Secular Review on “The Origin of Evil”

Review/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, December, 1887

In the Secular Review for November 26th, Mr. Beatty makes an attack upon a former article in Lucifer, entitled “The… Read More »[Review:] The Secular Review on “The Origin of Evil”

An Explanation Important to All Theosophists

Editorial/ by H. P. Blavatsky with H. S. Olcott, , Lucifer Magazine, October, 1888 [Originally published as a Pamphlet; reprinted with edits as “To Theosophists” in Lucifer]

It having been affirmed by some French members of the Theosophical Society (in the Bulletin d’Isis), as well as some… Read More »An Explanation Important to All Theosophists

[Unsupported Claims of the Roman Catholic Church]

Editorial/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, June, 1888

Correspondence letter by “Disculpa” | Editor’s Note by H.P.B. A Protest As a subscriber to the Theosophical Publication Society, I… Read More »[Unsupported Claims of the Roman Catholic Church]

Letter No. 16 to A. P. Sinnett

Letter(s)/ by H. P. Blavatsky to A. P. Sinnett, , August, 1882 [Posthumously Published]

{Hume’s “H.X.” article criticizing Isis Unveiled and the Masters was printed in the September 1882 Theosophist, together with the Chelas’… Read More »Letter No. 16 to A. P. Sinnett

Letter No. 18 to A. P. Sinnett

Letter(s)/ by H. P. Blavatsky to A. P. Sinnett, , September, 1882 [Posthumously Published]

Received about September 19th {1882} Bombay. My dear friends Mrs. and Mr. Sinnett, I am afraid you will have soon… Read More »Letter No. 18 to A. P. Sinnett

Letter No. 22 to A. P. Sinnett

Letter(s)/ by H. P. Blavatsky to A. P. Sinnett, , July, 1883 [Posthumously Published]

{Around July 15th, 1883} Ootacumund Nigiri and Blue Hills. July Something. Beloved She-Fellow and Sister, To prove to you that… Read More »Letter No. 22 to A. P. Sinnett

Letter No. 23 to A. P. Sinnett

Letter(s)/ by H. P. Blavatsky to A. P. Sinnett, , August, 1883 [Posthumously Published]

Ooty, 15th Aug. {1883} My dear Boss, Enclosed please find my private reply (so far) to the Remonstrance of the… Read More »Letter No. 23 to A. P. Sinnett

Letter No. 26 to A. P. Sinnett

Letter(s)/ by H. P. Blavatsky to A. P. Sinnett, , September, 1883 [Posthumously Published]

Ooty, Sept. 14. {1883} My dear Mr. Sinnett, For over two months I have been ordered by K.H. not to… Read More »Letter No. 26 to A. P. Sinnett

Letter No. 14 to A. P. Sinnett

Letter(s)/ by H. P. Blavatsky to A. P. Sinnett, , August, 1882 [Posthumously Published]

{Bombay} August 4, 1882. My dear Young Boss, And now you will catch it, and aren’t I glad you will.… Read More »Letter No. 14 to A. P. Sinnett

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