On Sunday May 19th – 6pm BST, veteran writer on alternative spirituality (and former member of the New Wave band Blondie), Gary Lachman will be giving a Zoom talk: The Life and Influence of Helena Petrovna Blavatsky. The talk will be based on Gary`s bio of HPB “Madame Blavatsky: The Mother of Modern Spirituality”
The posted description says:
“Gary Lachman, the acclaimed spiritual biographer behind volumes such as Rudolf Steiner and Jung the Mystic, brings us an in-depth look at Blavatsky, objectively exploring her unique and singular contributions toward introducing Eastern and esoteric spiritual ideas to the West during the nineteenth century, as well as the controversies that continue to colour the discussions of her life and work.”
For more info: https://theosophicalsociety.org.uk/all-events.
Basically anybody who was anybody in the European occult revival of the late 19 and early 20th centuries were members of the Theosophical society, the folks who started the Golden Dawn, etc. Crowley was a big fan of Blavatsky – though he didn’t think much of any of her successors.
