Mystics | Helena Blavatsky's Karma | 2
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Mystics | Helena Blavatsky's Karma | 2

Who invented the spiritual vocabulary of the modern world — karma, reincarnation, yoga studios, the idea that you can be "spiritual but not religious"? What if the hidden masters living in remote Tibetan mountains who inspired her weren't real — but the New Age movement they sparked absolutely was? And can you change the course of Western spirituality forever while being accused of fraud, plagiarism, and dropping fake letters through the ceiling?


Peter and Afua explore the extraordinary life of Helena Blavatsky: Russian aristocrat, globe-trotting mystic, chain-smoking occultist and the most polarising spiritual figure of the 19th century — whose Theosophical Society gave us yoga mats, abstraction in art, and the modern wellness industry, all while she battled accusations of being one of history's greatest frauds.


0:00 Introduction: The Woman Who Invented New Age Spirituality

4:15 Russian Aristocrat: Growing Up Between Two Worlds

9:40 The Lost Years: Tibet, Egypt, and the Mysterious Mahatmas

16:20 Arriving in New York: Spiritualism, Grief, and the Telegraph

23:10 Meeting Henry Steel Olcott: The Partnership That Changed Everything

28:35 Isis Unveiled: 1,200 Pages That Sold Out in 10 Days

35:50 Moving to India: Strategic Genius or Cultural Appropriation?

41:20 The Mahatma Letters: Messages from the Ceiling

47:05 The Coulomb Scandal and the Hodgson Report

53:30 Vindication? The 1986 Harrison Report

58:10 The Secret Doctrine and Her Uncomfortable Nazi Legacy

1:03:45 Blavatsky's New Age Legacy: From Mondrian to Matcha Lattes

1:09:20 Final Verdict: Genius, Fraud, or Both?


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