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...term can be translated as "blissful realm" or "pure land", and corresponds to the [[Mahayana Buddhism|Mahayanic]] ''sukhāvatī'' or the [[Hinduism|Hindu ...] processes that comes after having gone through the [[Kāmaloka]]. [[H. P. Blavatsky]] defines it as follows:

...al Publishing House, 1993), 185.</ref> Seven of these Rounds are necessary to complete the evolution in a given Planetary Chain. ...]] that constitute a [[Planetary Chain]].[[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky|H. P. Blavatsky]] wrote:

== Introduction to occult studies == ...s in nineteenth-century England, so Allen used his surname and rising sign to create the nom de plum "Alan Leo." Eventually he changed his name officiall

...0th century. With the help of [[Henry Steel Olcott]] and [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky]] he became a major reformer and revivalist of Sri Lankan [[Buddhism]] and ...n the Old Testament and by meat consumption by his teachers. He held close to his early Buddhist training. At the age of eighteen, he left school:

...ref> Gomes, Michael, Ed., ''The Secret Doctrine: The Classic Work by H. P. Blavatsky, abridged and annotated'', (New York: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin, 2009), ix. ...- - very distressing to unaccustomed readers.<ref>Charles Johnston letter to J. D. Buck. November 17, 1891. Cincinnati Lodge Records. Theosophical Socie

[[File:HP Blavatsky 1.jpg|250px|right|thumb|H. P. Blavatsky in London on [[January 8]], 1889.]] '''Helena Petrovna Blavatsky''' (Russian: Еле́на Петро́вна Блава́тская, Ukrain

...defined as "a process of continuous change from a lower, simpler, or worse to a higher, more complex, or better state."<ref>[http://www.merriam-webster.c ...e & Aesthetics 21 (1) (June, 2011), 48.</ref> As a response to this, H. P. Blavatsky proposed the existence (and primacy) of intellectual and spiritual aspects

...aughter, such as dairy (milk, cheese), eggs, and honey, some people adhere to vegetarian diets that require the avoidance of these, or other foods, as we ...ing [[Hinduism]], [[Zoroastrianism]], [[Jainism]], and Brahmanism. Central to the beliefs of these traditions were the ideas of non-violence and respect

...er depictions of '''[[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky]]''', also known as Madame Blavatsky or '''HPB'''. They are presented chronologically by date of creation, as mu ...thanks go to the '''Edmonton Theosophical Society''' for the website, and to [[Geoffrey Barborka]] for the research that went into its collection.

...he suffered on Carlyle, who called Cagliostro the "Quack of Quacks".<ref> Blavatsky, Helena. Collected Writings, Volume XII, pages 79-88</ref> ...536, Number 27 of a 29-part series). Accessed online on 7/20/23 at https://blavatsky.net/Wisdomworld/setting/cagliostro.html</ref>

...make a formal conversion to [[Buddhism]]. During his presidency he helped to restore Buddhism in South Asia, and established schools for children of [[B ...less wisdom of Theosophy to the cultures of both East and West, applied it to everyday life, and built the Society into an international organization.

...ns at a particular moment of time in a particular place and read according to well-established rules free of divination derived from thousands of years o ...sm and macrocosm, self and the world. <ref>Valborg, Helen; Judge, William; Blavatsky, Helena; Iyer, Raghavan. <i>Theosophical Astrology.</i> Theosophy Trust Boo