Helen Blavatsky

Helen Blavatsky believed in the occult, astral travel, and paranormal realities. At an early age, her mother and father made sure that she had an education complete in French, art, and music. When forced to marry Nikifor Blavatsky she run away by boarding a ship to Constantinople. While there, she met a "mysterious Indian" man who had always appeared in her childhood dreams, referring to him as Master Morya, who she claimed had a special assignment for her. She claimed that Morya helped her develop and control her psychic powers, improve her telepathy, and project her astral body. 

 

In 1874, she met the reporter Henry Olcott and with his help they created the Miracle Club. It was through this club that they met William Quan Judge, who shared many of their psychic interests. At Miracle Club, Blavatsky, Olcott, and Judge established an esoteric organization called the Theosophical Society, where she began working on her book,” Isis Unveiled” outlining her spiritual worldview.

Her next book, “The Secret Doctrine”, Blavatsky outlined ideas about the universe, the planets, and how the human species came to existence. Her primary focus was on being human, dissecting concepts of the soul, and highlighting ideas involving the afterlife. According to her, the theosophical teachings were given to reveal the existence of an "ancient wisdom", known by many communities across the globe. She states, “the universe emanated from a Divine Principle, and before the soul can see, fleshly eyes must be rendered blind to all illusion.”