Old Diary Leaves 1883-7

Old Diary Leaves 1883-7

Author: Henry Steel Olcott

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2011-05-19

Total Pages: 468

ISBN-13: 1108072917

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This volume covers the period 1883-1887 (during which Madame Blavatsky resigns) in the history of the Theosophical Society.


Old Diary Leaves 1893-6

Old Diary Leaves 1893-6

Author: Henry Steel Olcott

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2011-05-19

Total Pages: 558

ISBN-13: 1108072925

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Henry Steel Olcott relates the conflicts and tensions within the Theosophical Society that led to its split in 1895.


Old Diary Leaves 1875–8

Old Diary Leaves 1875–8

Author: Henry Steel Olcott

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1895

Total Pages: 532

ISBN-13: 1108072933

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Henry Steel Olcott (1832-1907), co-founder of the Theosophical Society, was a versatile man. He is regarded as one of the pioneers of American agricultural education and also served in the U.S. War Department. Later Olcott was admitted to the New York Bar and became interested in psychology and spiritualism, travelling to India and Sri Lanka with Madame Blavatsky to explore eastern spiritual traditions, especially Buddhism. This volume (1895) describes the first meeting between Olcott and Madame Blavatsky and the founding of the Theosophical Society in 1875. Olcott continued to practise as a lawyer (and supported the Society financially) while in the evenings he and Madame Blavatsky would entertain visitors or collaborate on the book Isis Unveiled. The author portrays his friend as a spiritual medium and describes how Madame Blavatsky's body was from time to time possessed by other 'entities'.--