Biography of Madam Blavatsky founder of the
Madam Blavatsky was a remarkable woman who was Russian by birth. Both her father, Col. Peter Hahn, and her grandfather were officers in the Russian Army. Being well educated she spoke forty languages and dialects, making her an exeptional liguist.
While she did marry, Madam Blavatsky only lived with her husband for three months and then she returned to her father's home. She was sixteen at the time and her husband was sixty. After spending some time in her father's house, Madam began traveling extensively. She continued her travels for ten years before ever returning home. She had an unquenchable thirst for unusual knowledge which led her into the study of pagan religions and the occult and when she returned to her native land, she had become a Buddhist. She strongly believed in telepathic communication and during her life she had claimed that she could communicate with the spirit world.
Madam Blavatsky was an odd individual and was known for her eccentricities. At one point and time she had an accident where she was thrown off a horse and fractured her spine and this casualty created certain mental disturbances in the woman that greatly baffled the doctors of her day. In fact, it appears that she had a split-personality for at least a year following the accident and she live a dual existence.
She did recover, however, and continued on her travels, spending several years touring in various parts of Europe. While traveling she notes that she had several unusual experiences. For example, during one of her trips she chose to travel on a ship. The ship was loaded with gunpowder and was consequently blown up, yet Madam Blavatsky herself was one of the few saved. She also went on a quest to research spiritualism which led her to Africa and to the Voodoo sect of Negroes which were located in New Orleans in America. This sect was thought to have possessed magical skills. She also visited Japan, India, and sought to enter Tibet.
Upon her return to America in 1875, Madam Blavatsky founded the "Theosophical Society" along with Colonel Olcott. This society propagated the teachings about God and the world based on mystical insight taken mainly from Buddhism and Brahmanic theories, especially those involving reincarnation and pantheistic evolution.
Madam Blavatsky authored many books including "Isis Unveiled". At one point she also edited a magazine called "Lucifer, The Light-bringer" and her "Confessions", where her strange personality is on display.
