Blavatsky Association

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The Blavatsky Association was an organization formed on November 13, 1923, by William Kingsland, Alice L. Cleather and others to perpetuate the memory of H. P. Blavatsky and defend her name and work whenever possible. The Anagarika Dharmapala was a member. The Association ceased to exist in 1945.[1]

Publications of the Association included:[2]

  • Transactions of the Blavatsky Association.
  • Was She a Charlatan? A Critical Analysis of the 1885 Report of the Society for Psychical Research on the Phenomena connected with Mme. H. P. Blavatsky. London: Blavatsky Association, 1927.
  • Kingsland, William. The Real H. P. Blavatsky: A Study in Theosophy and a Memoir of a Great Soul. London: J. M. Watkins, 1928. Available at Universal Theosophy.
  • Kingsland, William. Religion in the Light of Theosophy, etc. London: Blavatsky Association, 1933. 18 pages.
  • Kingsland, William. Evolution, Involution and Immortality, etc. London: Blavatsky Association, 1931. 15 pages.
  • The Blavatsky Bibliography: A reference book of works, letters, articles, etc. by and referring to Madame H.P. Blavatsky. Published annually beginning in 1933.
  • HPB In memory of Helena Petrovna Blavatsky. London: Blavatsky Association, 1931. A collection of articles from Lucifer "written by H.P.B.'s close students following her death."

Additional resources

Articles

Notes

  1. Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, Collected Writings vol. X (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1988), 422.
  2. William Biersach letter to Walter A. Carrithers, Jr. April 4, 1947. Walter A. Carrithers Papers. Records Series 25.26. Theosophical Society in America Archives.