From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan
Translator’s Preface “You must remember,” said Mme. Blavatsky, “that I never meant this for a scientific work. My letters to… Read More »From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan
occult stories
Fictional and Occult Stories.
Fictional and Occult Stories.
A Bewitched Life [1st Ed.]
[Note: the following is a verbatim reproduction of the story as it first appeared in The Theosophist. For the enlarged, posthumous… Read More »A Bewitched Life [1st Ed.]
The Skin of the Earth
The cold materialism of the 19th century paralyzes sentiment and kills mysticism. Thus it commits a double crime, in robbing… Read More »The Skin of the Earth
The Luminous Circle [1st Ed.]
Wonderful Powers of the Divining Girl of Damascus ——— Wonderful Powers of the Divining Girl of Damascus.A Theosophical Tale Told… Read More »The Luminous Circle [1st Ed.]
The Ensouled Violin [1st Ed.]
The almost supernatural or magic art of Nicolo Paganini—the greatest violin player that the world has ever produced—was often speculated… Read More »The Ensouled Violin [1st Ed.]
The Cave of the Echoes [1st Ed.]
In the older countries of Europe and Asia there frequently occur examples of interference by the dead with the living,… Read More »The Cave of the Echoes [1st Ed.]
An Unsolved Mystery
The circumstances attending the sudden death of M. Delessert, inspector of the police de sûreté, seems to have made such an… Read More »An Unsolved Mystery
A Weird Tale
Part I. The readers of this magazine have read in its pages, narratives far more curious and taxing to belief… Read More »A Weird Tale
The Tell-Tale Picture Gallery
Although the gallery of pictures about which I now write has long ago been abandoned, and never since its keepers… Read More »The Tell-Tale Picture Gallery
A Story of the Mystical: Can the “Double” Murder?
[Forward from the republication in The Theosophist:] The story which follows was written by the editor of this magazine some years… Read More »A Story of the Mystical: Can the “Double” Murder?
Nocturnal Thoughts on Newspaper Clippings
We begin with a strange story from the Gainesville Eagle—an American journal:— “Some time ago Dr. Stephenson was prospecting the… Read More »Nocturnal Thoughts on Newspaper Clippings
The Serpent’s Blood
It was an old and magic island. Many centuries before, the great good Adepts had landed on its shores from… Read More »The Serpent’s Blood
Zanoni
“The Occult Novels of Bulwer-Lytton,” by H. T. Edge Contents Introduction Book the First: The Musician Book the Second: Art,… Read More »Zanoni
The Wandering Eye
This is not a tale in which I fable a mythical and impossible monster such as the Head of Rahu,… Read More »The Wandering Eye
Papyrus
The Tale-teller, shading his gentle eyes from the evening sun, paused a moment while he listened to the soft strains… Read More »Papyrus
The Magic Screen of Time
An old Hindu saying thus runs: “He who knows that into which Time is resolved, knows all.” Time, in the… Read More »The Magic Screen of Time
A Curious Tale
Some years ago I ran down to the Lakes of Killarney, but not for the purpose merely of seeing them… Read More »A Curious Tale
[An Experience of the Astral World]
Recently the tea-table was chatting about the Widow’s escape from the Romish fold. She was nearly converted by the urbane… Read More »[An Experience of the Astral World]
The Cave of the Echoes: A Strange but a True Story [2nd Ed.]
This story is given from the narrative of an eye-witness, a Russian gentleman, very pious, and fully trustworthy. Moreover, the… Read More »The Cave of the Echoes: A Strange but a True Story [2nd Ed.]
A Bewitched Life (As Narrated by a Quill Pen) [3rd Ed.]
Introduction It was a dark, chilly night in September, 1884. A heavy gloom had descended over the streets of A——,… Read More »A Bewitched Life (As Narrated by a Quill Pen) [3rd Ed.]
From the Polar Lands: A Christmas Story
[The following story was published posthumously in Nightmare Tales (1892), and no earlier publication of Blavatsky’s English text is presently… Read More »From the Polar Lands: A Christmas Story
An Intro and Retrospective Dream: A Tale of the XXIV Century
[Editor’s Note: This unfinished fragment, apparently the beginning of a story by H. P. Blavatsky, was published posthumously in The… Read More »An Intro and Retrospective Dream: A Tale of the XXIV Century
The Luminous Shield [3rd Ed.]
[This story is a revised version, the earlier versions were titled “The Luminous Circle”] We were a small and select… Read More »The Luminous Shield [3rd Ed.]
The Luminous Circle [2nd Ed.]
The following narrative appeared in the columns of a New York paper in the year 1875 [Jan, 1876]. Since putting… Read More »The Luminous Circle [2nd Ed.]
A Bewitched Life (As Narrated by a Quill Pen) [2nd Ed.]
The following story appeared originally in the Theosophist. Several of such stories by H.P.B. have appeared in various publications, and… Read More »A Bewitched Life (As Narrated by a Quill Pen) [2nd Ed.]
The Ensouled Violin [3rd Ed.]
I. In the year 1828, an old German, a music teacher, came to Paris with his pupil and settled unostentatiously… Read More »The Ensouled Violin [3rd Ed.]
The Ensouled Violin [2nd Ed.]
I. In the year 1828, an old German, a music teacher, came to Paris with his pupil and settled unostentatiously… Read More »The Ensouled Violin [2nd Ed.]
The Cave of the Echoes: A Strange but True Story [3rd Ed.]
This story is given from the narrative of an eye-witness, a Russian gentleman, very pious, and fully trustworthy. Moreover, the… Read More »The Cave of the Echoes: A Strange but True Story [3rd Ed.]