madame blavatsky; the making of a satanist

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The New Federalist April 7, 1989 Page 5

American Almanac

Madame Blavatsky:

The Making of a Satanist

by Patricia Noble-Schenk

Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, in !!" in #ondon, from $here she maintained

contact $ith a net$ork of s%irit&alists aro&nd the $orld'

What do Bolshevism, Nazism, hard-ore !ata"ism, #lvis Presle$, a"d heav$metal ro% m&si have i" ommo"' All, to a large e(te"t, a" trae their

roots )a% to *adame +ele"a Petrov"a Blavats%$, o-o&"der o the

Theosophial !oiet$, a %e$ )ra"hi"g poi"t or toda$s New Age !ata"i

moveme"t.


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#lvis Presle$ li%ed *adame Blavats%$s writi"gs so m&h, that he /some-

times read rom 0her )oo% Voice of Silence o" stage, a"d was i"spired )$ it

to "ame his ow" gospel gro&p, 2oie./ Ater his arrest or the assassi"atio"

o 3o)ert 4e""ed$, o"e o the irst ats o !irha" !irha" was to re&est a

op$ o Blavats%$s The Secret Doctrine. Aleister 6rowle$, /leadi"g light/

o moder" da$ hard ore !ata"ists, was i"spired )$ *adames /o&lt/

teahi"gs, as were the m$stis that ormed the leadership o +itlers Nazi

part$ a"d 3&ssias Bolshevi% Part$.

Blavats%$s &p)ri"gi"g a"d ed&atio" made her a ps$hoti. "e she was

destro$ed me"tall$, her amil$s )a%gro&"d a"d i"tellige"e o""etio"s

made her the peret target or rer&itme"t )$ the 3&ssia" oligarh$s

reemaso"i i"tellige"e "etwor%s, or whose )e"eit she spread her l&rid

theosophial dotri"e aross Wester" #&rope a"d the "ited !tates or more

tha" ive deades.

" the perso" o *adame Blavats%$ a"d her Theosophial !oiet$, is

em)odied the em)r$o o the A"glo-!oviet New Age moveme"t we see

toda$. Not o"l$ was Blavats%$ the irst 3&ssia" woma" to )eome a

"at&ralized Ameria" itize", )&t the Theosophial !oiet$ was :oi"tl$

o&"ded )$ Blavats%$ a"d a" Ameria" Freemaso", 6ol. +e"r$ l&tt, who

pla$ed a leadi"g role i" the over-&p o the assassi"atio" o Preside"t

A)raham ;i"ol" ods "at&ral law, as e(empliied )$ the o&"di"g o

the "ited !tates i" the great Ameria" 3evol&tio". 6e"tral to the traditio"o the Ameria" 3evol&tio" is the right o the i"divid&al to develop the

reative spar% o reaso" give" to eah a"d ever$ i"divid&al )$ >od? a"d it is

preisel$ this reative spar% o reaso" whih the m$stial irratio"alism

promoted )$ *adames Theosoph$ was reated to destro$.


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A Satanist (s Born

Bor" +ele"a Petrov"a vo" +ah", *adame Blavats%$, a mem)er o 3&ssias

high "o)ilit$, o&ld trae her roots all the wa$ )a% to the twelth e"t&r$s

lege"dar$ Pri"e 3&ri%, irst r&ler o 3&ssia. +er a"estors o" her mothers

side i"l&ded Pri"e >regor$, am)assador to Pola"d? Pri"e @a%ov, theavorite o Peter the >reat? a"d Pri"ess 6atheri"e, who was )etrothed to

6zar Peter .

Blavats%$s mother was a radial emi"ist, the /irst "ovel-writer that had

ever appeared i" 3&ssia,/ who revolted agai"st the low stat&s o wome" i"

3&ssia )$ t&r"i"g her rage o" her h&s)a"d, a"d writi"g "ovels, i" whih

wome" are a)&sed )$ domi"eeri"g, evil me". As a res&lt o this &p)ri"gi"g,

Blavats%$ wo&ld later sa$ o hersel, /There is "othi"g o the woma" i" me.

Whe" was $o&"g, i a $o&"g ma" had dared to spea% to me o love,

wo&ld have shot him li%e a dog who )it me,/ a"d, /;ove is a vile dream, a

"ightmare./

Bor" premat&rel$, pla"s were made or her immediate )aptism, )&t as the

eremo"$ drew to a lose, a"d !ata" was )ei"g s$m)oliall$ re"o&"ed, a

a"dle lit the )ottom o the priests ro)es. The priest a"d several )$sta"ders

were severel$ )&r"ed. Aordi"g to )elies o orthodo( 3&ssia, she was

doomed rom that da$ orward to a lie o tro&)le a"d viissit&de.

+ele"a grew &p i" a ho&sehold domi"ated )$ a deadl$ om)i"atio", )ei"g

)oth devo&tl$ 3&ssia" rthodo(, with io"s ha"gi"g i" ever$ room, while atthe same time retai"i"g the pop&lar paga" religio" amo"g the serva"ts.

!&per"at&ral )ei"gs, aordi"g to paga" lege"d, o&ld )e plaated or o"-

trolled )$ i"divid&als who were )or" )etwee" &l$ 1 a"d 1, as was +el-

e"a. " the "ight o her )irthda$, the serva"ts wo&ld arr$ +ele"a aro&"d

the gro&"ds, spri"%li"g hol$ water a"d repeati"g m$stial i"a"tatio"s to

appease the loal go)li".

At a" earl$ age, +ele"a )elieved i" a" i"visi)le world o s&per"at&ral

)ei"gs, a"d )eame i"reasi"gl$ o"vi"ed that might$ ores wo&ld arr$

o&t her wishes. Tr$i"g "&mero&s e(orisms a"d )eati"gs to e"d what was

desri)ed as /her o&trageo&sl$ &"aepta)le )ehavior,/ did"t help a"$.

Perhaps the a)&se meted o&t to +ele"a was desig"ed to reate a !ata"i

perso"alit$.

+ele"a too% to lights o me"tal a"tas$, aordi"g to her sister, )elievi"g

that, /People o&ld ha"ge i"to a"imals a"d ta%e a"$ orm the$ li%ed, i the$


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o"l$ %"ew how? me" o&ld l$, i the$ o"l$ wished so irml$./ Whe" the

other hildre" la&ghed at her, she wo&ld sa$, /s&h wise me" had e(isted i"

all ages, a"d e(isted eve" i" o&r ow" da$s, ma%i"g themselves %"ow", o

o&rse, o"l$ to those who were worth$ o %"owi"g a"d seei"g them, a"d

who )elieved i" them./

!he imagi"ed she had i"visi)le pla$mates, a"d wo&ld )e o&"d i" deep

o"versatio" with these )ei"gs. ;ater, her sister 2era wo&ld write that

+ele"a /was the stra"gest girl o"e had ever see"./ *a"$ alled her raz$,

"ot witho&t a&se. +er oiial )iographer, +e"r$ !i""ett, reported that as a

hild she e(perie"ed terri$i"g hall&i"atio"s i" whih she was p&rs&ed )$

the /terri)le glari"g e$es/ o i"a"imate o):ets. /!he wo&ld sh&t her e$es

tight d&ri"g s&h visio"s, a"d r&" awa$ to hide rom the ghostl$ gla"es

throw" o" her )$ piees o &r"it&re or artiles o dress, sreami"g desper-

atel$, a"d righte"i"g the whole ho&sehold. At other times, she wo&ld )eseized with its o la&ghter, e(plai"i"g them as the am&si"g pra"%s o her

i"visi)le ompa"io"s./

C&ri"g her adolese"e, +ele"a was e(posed to a" e(te"sive o&lt li)rar$,

whih had )elo"ged to her great gra"dather, Pri"e Pa&l Colgor&%ov. The

li)rar$ o"tai"ed h&"dreds o )oo%s o" alhem$, magi, a"d o&lt sie"es,

a"d she read all o them )eore she reahed itee" $ears o age. B$ mid-

adolese"e, she lived, i" her words, /a do&)le e(iste"e, m$sterio&s,

i"omprehe"si)le eve" to m$sel,/ spe"di"g, /the da$ i" m$ ph$sial )od$

a"d m$ "ights i" m$ astral )od$./ !he was i"vestigati"g, /the powers o"at&re that are i"aessi)le to o&r reaso"./ t is preisel$ this d&alit$

)etwee" "at&re a"d reaso", that la$s the )asis or the !ata"i perso"alit$.


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The symbol of Blavatsky)s Theoso%hical Society, com%lete $ith gnostic cross,

ser%ent, and s$astika'

Blavatsky in Ne$ *ork in !+, the year she fo&nded the Theoso%hical Society'


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EIRNS/William Martel

An o&t%ost in Boston, Massach&setts today of the Theoso%hical Society,

fo&nded by Blavatsky and the American freemason ol' Henry .lc&tt, in !+'

A scene from the early "!/s filmExcalibur, only one of do0ens %rod&ced in

Holly$ood to %o%&lari0e the occ&lt o&tlook and mysticism s&bscribed to by

Blavatsky, among today)s yo&th'


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1hat (s Satanism2

" a ree"t do&me"t o" the !ata"i perso"alit$, ;$"do" +. ;a3o&he

stressed that !ata"ists )ase their world view o" a speii sort o d&alism,

whih alsel$ separates the realm o the ph$sial a"d metaph$sial. This

ta%es the orm i" the evil philosoph$ o mma"&el 4a"t, o de"$i"g thei"telligi)ilit$ o the reative proessDthat the proess o reatio" is "ot

%"owa)le to ma", a"d he"e is "ot apa)le o reaso"a)le e(pla"atio"Dit is

impossi)le or the h&ma" mi"d to desri)e or represe"t the proess )$ whih

sie"tii disoveries are made. " other worlds, >ods laws are "ot %"ow-

a)le to me", there is a" &")ridgea)le g&l )etwee" the metaph$sial

ods

reatio", whih wo&ld ma%e ph$sis a"d metaph$sis ohere"t.

" his Theodicy, ;ei)"iz sa$s, /B&t si"e reaso" is a git o >od, eve" as

aith is, o"te"tio" )etwee" them wo&ld a&se >od to o"te"d agai"st >od?

a"d i the o):etio"s o reaso" agai"st a"$ artile o aith are i"sol&)le, the"

it m&st )e said that this alleged artile will )e alse a"d "ot revealedE thiswill )e a himera o the h&ma" mi"d, a"d the tri&mph o this aith will )e

apa)le o ompariso" with )o"ires lighted ater a deeat./

t is i" this realm o d&alit$, the area whih to the proto-!ata"ist is &"%"ow-

a)le to reaso", that the gro&"dwor% or !ata"ism is laid.

" this d&alit$, *adame Blavats%$ is ver$ e(pliit i" her )oo%, The Secret

Doctrine, /The *a"iested "iverse . . . is pervaded )$ d&alit$./ The ver$

irratio"alit$ o the /o&lt m$steries/ )eomes the )asis or the destr&tio"

o reaso". To o"e who does "ot have !ata"ist prolivities, there is "o s&h

dihotom$, as >od wo&ld "ot reate the )est possi)le &"iverse with irratio"-

alit$ as its )ase. The ohere"e )etwee" the two a" readil$ )e see" i" the

at that the material mea"s


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A"other mar% o the !ata"i method is to o"sio&sl$ ha"ge dee"t h&ma"

val&es i"to their opposite. " this, *adame Blavats%$ is shamelessl$

straightorward. While haraterizi"g >e"esis as /mi"d )ali"g a"d sie"e

harassi"g,/ she proeeds to desri)e dar%"ess as /the o"e tr&e at&alit$, the

)asis or the root o light, witho&t whih the latter o&ld "ever . . . eve"

e(ist./

!he proeeds, "Demon est Deus inersus 0the devil is the i"verse o

>od. . . . The Cevil is "ow alled Car%"ess )$ the 6h&rh, whereas, i" the

Bi)le he is alled the !o" o >od, the )right star o the earl$ mor"i"g,

;&ier. . . . +e was tra"sormed )$ the 6h&rh i"to ;&ier or !ata",

)ea&se he is higher a"d older tha" ehovah a"d had to )e sariied to the

"ew dogma./

The Pan-Slavs

The $o&"g +ele"as earl$ irratio"alit$ made her a peret rer&it or the

3&ssia" oligarh$s reemaso"i i"tellige"e "etwor%s. +er amil$ was

ative i" a atio" o the 3&ssia" "o)ilit$ %"ow" as the Pa"-!lavsDthose

who were ommitted to e(pa"di"g the 3&ssia" empire immediatel$ i" the

Bal%a"s, the *ideast, a"d e"tral Asia. !he was pi%ed &p at a" earl$ age

)$ Pri"e >olits$", a high-level maso" rie"d o her &"le, >e"eral

3ostislav Fade$ev, whom she was lose to.

>olits$" arried o" the traditio" o his gra"dather, who )elieved that

spirit&al ores r&led the world a"d that a "ew &"iversal o&lt h&rh wo&ldspri"g &p i" 3&ssia. The $o&"ger Pri"e >olits$" was i"volved i" medi&m-

ship a"d lairvo$a"e. A writer a"d pamphleteer or the Pa"-!lavs, the

ge"eral was a propo"e"t o militar$ o"ro"tatio" with #&rope, to deplo$ the

!lavs agai"st the West, there)$ lea"si"g themselves o Wester" ideas,

Wester" &lt&re, a"d Wester" i"stit&tio"s.

!ig"iia"tl$, +ele"a had the )lessi"g o the 3&ssia" rthodo( 6h&rh. The

*etropolita" o 4iev, sidore, met with +ele"a i" 18G, a"d, ater i"&iri"g

a)o&t her /ps$hi/ gits, said, /There is "o ore, that )oth i" its esse"e

a"d i" its ma"iestatio" does "ot proeed rom the 6reator. !o lo"g as $o&

do "ot a)&se the gits give" $o&, have "o &"easi"ess. We are )$ "o mea"s

or)idde" to i"vestigate the hidde" ores o "at&re. "e da$ the$ will )e

&"derstood a"d &tilized )$ ma", tho&gh that is "ot $et. *a$ the )lessi"g o

>od rest o" $o&, m$ hildH/


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B$ the time o her marriage to Ni%ior Blavats%$, +ele"a was a ommitted

o&ltist, )elievi"g i" magi a"d m$stial spirits. !hortl$ ater her marriage,

she ra" awa$ rom her h&s)a"d, to 6o"sta"ti"ople, where she had o""e-

tio"s thro&gh Pri"e >olits$". At this time, *adame Blavats%$ )eame a"

avid hashish a"d opi&m ta%er, whih ativit$ she o"ti"&ed or deades.

Altho&gh she was %"ow" or her large "&m)er o se(&al esapades, a"d had

a" illegitimate hild )$ Agardi *etrovith, a ollower o the talia" terrorist

*azzi"i, toward the e"d o her lie, she i"sisted that she was a virgi", d&e to

a /o"ge"ital roo%ed"ess o the &ter&s. . . . am la%i"g somethi"g a"d the

plae is illed &p with some roo%ed &&m)er,/ she said.

B&t l$i"g a"d dr&g additio" were )&t two o ma"$ o the /*adames/ vies.

!he was also %"ow" to reg&larl$ smo%e a po&"d o to)ao a da$, whih,

alo"g with the dr&gs, helped i" her /o&t o )od$/ e(perie"es. / lose m$

e$es a"d loat o" a"d o", a"$where or wherever wish,/ she said.

From here o", *adame Blavats%$s lie rossed paths with a virt&al Whos

Who o reemaso"r$ a"d the A"glo-Ameria"-!oviet o&lt )&rea&, a"d she

was i" to&h with ever$ %e$ spirit&alist aro&"d the world. "e o her lose

3&ssia" rie"ds, *adame Novi%o, was deplo$ed )$ the Freemaso"i

"etwor%s to ;o"do", a"d desri)ed )$ a o"temporar$ "ovelistE /0*adame

Novi%o, whose i"l&e"e a"d power over a ertai" Premier o #"gla"d is

)&t a matter o on dits, a"d who at o"e time serio&sl$ aeted the oreig"

poli$ o >reat Britai"./

!aili"g to the "ited !tates i" 187, she )eame rie"ds with a "&m)er o

spirit&alists, i"l&di"g A"drew a%so" Cavis, who p&t her i" to&h with

Ale(a"der A%sa%ov, a 3&ssia" spirit&alist who i"a"ed Blavats%$ &ite

e(te"sivel$. t is ver$ stri%i"g, how /Ameria" spirit&alism/ is ver$ losel$

tied to 3&ssia. Priv$ 6o&"ilor to Ale(a"der , A%sa%ov )ro&ght a "&m)er

o Ameria" medi&ms to 3&ssia, to give sea"es to Ale(a"der ater

Ale(a"der s assassi"atio". A%sa%ov also gave over hal o the mo"e$

whih i"a"ed the 3esearh #"dowme"t F&"d o the !oiet$ or Ps$hial

3esearh, whih to this da$ is a o""etio" poi"t )etwee" the 3&ssia" a"d

British spirit&alists.

;ater, whe" Blavats%$ was i" "dia, she o"ti"&ed to reeive 3&ssia" mo"e$

rom *ihael 4at%ov, a "ewspaper editor a"d p&)lisher o theMosco!

hronicle, a leadi"g Pa"-!lav paper whih was losel$ read )$ a"d greatl$

i"l&e"ed the 6zar.


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A 3&ssian S%y

Ater the o&"di"g o the Theosophial !oiet$ i" 1875 i" New @or% 6it$,

*adame Blavats%$ a"d the oo&"der, +e"r$ l&tt, set o, i" 1878, to

"dia, whih )eame the i"ter"atio"al head&arters o the soiet$. C&ri"g

her time i" "dia, she was a&sed )$ more tha" o"e perso" o )ei"g a3&ssia" sp$. B&t as to *adame Blavats%$s real p&rpose, let her spea% or

hersel.

The ollowi"g &ote is ta%e" rom a letter writte" )$ *adame to a"other

3&ssia" m$sti, 2sevolod !olov$ovE

;oo% here, this is what it is, $o& are soo" goi"g to !t. Peters-

)&rg? "ow do &"derta%e a ver$ importa"t )&si"ess o the great-

est )e"eit to 3&ssia. wish to propose m$sel as a seret age"t

o the 3&ssia" >over"me"t i" "dia. To promote the tri&mph om$ o&"tr$ over those vile #"glish am apa)le o a"$thi"g.

hate the #"glish >over"me"t i" "dia, with its missio"aries?

the$ are all m$ perso"al e"emies, thirsti"g or m$ destr&tio".

That alo"e is reaso" e"o&gh wh$ sho&ld throw m$ whole so&l

i"to the str&ggle with them. A"d that a" do them imme"se

harm i" "dia is ertai"? a"d alo"e a" do it, "o o"e else is

apa)le o the tas%. *$ i"l&e"e o" the +i"d&s is e"ormo&s?

o that a" easil$ prod&e as m&h evide"e as $o& will. At a

sig" rom me, millio"s o +i"d&s wo&ld ollow me. a"easil$ orga"ize a giga"ti re)ellio". will g&ara"tee that i" a

$ears time the whole o "dia wo&ld )e i" 3&ssias ha"ds. "l$

the$ m&st give me the pe&"iar$ mea"sD do"t wa"t m&h.

@o& %"ow how am i" this respet. A"d the$ m&st p&t it i" m$

power to pe"etrate i"to "dia thro&gh 3&ssiaDor a"t go

)a% there a"$ other wa$, si"e this aair o the 6o&lom)s a"d

the missio"ariesDa"d will )ri"g a)o&t o"e o the greatest

eve"ts i" histor$. proposed the same thi"g )eore, some $ears

ago, whe" Timashe was still mi"ister? )&t did "ot reeive

a"$ a"swer. B&t "ow, "ow it is m&h easier or me? a"arra"ge the whole thi"g i" a $ear. +elp me i" s&h a patrioti

a&se.


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1hat (s Theoso%hy2

From its i"eptio", theosoph$ was )ased o" ra&d a"d lies. ste"si)l$ to

i"vestigate /espeiall$ . . . the st&d$ o those laws least &"derstood )$

moder" people, a"d so termed the o&lt sie"es/ a"d to promote a /eeli"g

o )rotherhood amo"g "atio"s,/ the gro&p gathered together i"ormall$ at*adames drawi"g room i" New @or% 6it$ or wee%l$ dis&ssio"s. At the

e"ter o these dis&ssio"s were the ree"t /spirit&al ma"iestatio"s/ at the

Fo( a"d #dd$ homes i" &pstate New @or%. These /ma"iestatio"s o

departed spirits/ were later admitted to )e ra&d&le"t.

*adame Blavats%$, "ot to )e &pstaged, )ro&ght her ow" spirits to these

sea"es, as well as havi"g /astral )ells/


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slidi"g pa"els, where ollowers wo&ld ome to pa$ homage to the /masters/

a"d reeive omm&"iatio"s.

Tho&gh she was e(posed as a ra&d, a&ght i" "&mero&s lies, e(posed as a

plagiarist, a"d was a)sol&tel$ a)&sive to those aro&"d her, she "o"etheless

remai"s toda$ as a leadi"g g&r& a"d i"spiratio" to the m$stis, who orm a"importa"t part o orga"ized !ata"ism toda$.

" the &deo-6hristia" traditio", e(pliated i" ;eviti&s, 6hapter IG, verses

a"d I7, o&r tas% toda$ is well dei"edE

A"d the so&l that t&r"eth ater s&h as worship spirits, a"d ater

wizards, to go a whori"g ater them, will eve" set m$ ae

agai"st that so&l, a"d will &t him o rom amo"g his people.

A ma" also or woma" that worshippeth spirits, or that is awizard, shall s&rel$ )e p&t to death? the$ shall sto"e them with

sto"es? their )lood shall )e &po" them.

madame blavatsky; the making of a satanist

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