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==Events==
==Events==
* 1986 – [[Society for Psychical Research]] issued a press release refuting the [[Hodgson Report]] written in 1884 by [[Richard Hodgson]].
* 1917 – The [[Women's Indian Association]] was founded by [[Dorothy Jinarājadāsa]] and [[Margaret Cousins]].
* 1986 – [[Society for Psychical Research]] publishes ''J'Accuse: An Examination of the Hodgson Report of 1885'' by [[Vernon Harrison]] refuting the [[Hodgson Report]].


==Births==
==Births==
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==Deaths==
==Deaths==
* 1891 –  [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky]], Co-founder of Theosophical Society (b. 1831), at 19 Avenue Road, London.
* 1891 –  [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky]], [[Founders#"The_Founders"|Co-founder]] of [[Theosophical Society]], at 19 Avenue Road, London (b. [[August 12]], 1831).


==Holidays and observances==
==Holidays and observances==
* [[White Lotus Day]], celebrated by Theosophists in honor of the death of [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky]]
* '''[[White Lotus Day]]''', celebrated by Theosophists in honor of the death of [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky]]
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==External links==
==External links==

Latest revision as of 23:20, 1 July 2017

May 8 is the 128th day of the year (129th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. It is preceded by May 7, and succeeded by May 9. Following May 8, there are 237 days in the year (238 in leap years).

Blavatsky's Gem of the Day

"Purity and impurity belong to oneself; no one can purify another."

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