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Black magic versus white magic – it's all about motive…

Blavatsky was rather fond of the concept of ‘black magic’ and I’ve had this on my list of topics to write about ever since I started this blog. But it’s a difficult topic, a messy one. For one thing – I’m not too happy about labeling people, especially into such (literally) black and white categories. [...]

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Jiddu Krishnamurti and theosophy (and occultism)

In response to a question by Gino…
Jiddu Krishnamurti is best known for having left the Theosophical Society early in his career. What’s less well known, though described in the biography by Pupul Jayakar is that at the end of his life, in private conversation, he talked about his life in a way that confirms much [...]

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Blavatsky and music

Madame Blavatsky was known best for her occultism, obviously, but her professional life included concert tours in Italy and Russia playing the piano under the pseudonym ‘Madame Laura’. Olcott reports (in his Old Diary Leaves, first series, p. 458) that she had been a pupil of Moscheles. He says that sometimes, when occupied by one [...]

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Going beyond spiritualism – Blavatsky's first occult shot

H.P. Blavatsky had already written a few articles in spiritualist magazines when she came out with ‘A Few Questions for Hiraf‘. She called this article her ‘first occult shot’ in the diary she kept with Olcott.
This article was a response to a strange joke a few fellows had made who had concocted out of their [...]

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