"As Old as Man": Helena Blavatsky's Pagan Perennial Philosophy

This paper explains the perennialist doctrines of Helena Blavatsky (1831-1891), the main theorist of Theosophy, a form of occultism whose heirs include New Age and contemporary Pagan spirituality. The analysis is restricted to her first major work, Isis Unveiled (1877). In that treatise, Blavatsky a...

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Main Author: Chajes, Julie (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Equinox Publ. [2021-03-10]
In: The pomegranate
Year: 2020, Volume: 22, Issue: 1, Pages: 84-116
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Blavatsky, Helena P. 1831-1891 / Philosophia perennis
IxTheo Classification:AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism
AZ New religious movements
Further subjects:B Perennialism
B Theosophy
B H. P. Blavatsky
B Monotheism
B History of ideas
B Paganism
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