Blavatsky
Americannoun
noun
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A thread of fraudulence enters Mr. Gutjahr’s story with the self-help fatuities of Helena Blavatsky and L. Ron Hubbard.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Established in New York by the Russian émigré Madame Blavatsky, Theosophy was a fast-spreading spiritualist movement that sought to reconcile Eastern philosophy and religion with its Western counterparts.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 31, 2018
According to Johnston, one of Hamilton-Byrne’s inspirations was Helena Blavatsky, a Russian-born medium who co-founded the Theosophical Society in New York in 1875.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 20, 2016
Another person who influenced our notion of Tibet very much was a half-Russian lady called Helena Blavatsky.
From Salon ● Jun. 16, 2012
Dr Hodgson's well-known exposure of Madame Blavatsky and other fraudulent mediums and his sane and cautious judgment render his opinion of great weight.
From Occultism and Common-Sense by Beckles Willson
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