2025 has a been a tough year for Blavatsky in the mainstream. We have noticed several rather unflattering posts about her that went viral, a level attention that I don't recall seeing before:
Red Pill Drifter May 29 2025 2.3m viewshttps://x.com/RedpillDrifter/status/1928157890465915189
Tucker Carlson The Occult, Kabbalah, the Antichrist’s Newest Manifestation, & How to Avoid the Mark of the Beast 4m views
at 35m30s Conrad Flynn summarizes Nick Land's views on Theosophy & Blavatsky Gnosticism
Jun 19, 2025 125k Hymorphia
1875 Krishnamurti Adyar 201k views
Blavatsky did not shift to coming of world teacher, exaggerated, prob based on 1 footnote
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Wouter J. Hanegraaff gives a glowing review of a book about Blavatsky with a less than flattering thesis:
Urs App, “The Mother of All Religions: The Genesis of Blavatsky’s
Theosophy. Ancient Theology, Orientalism, and Buddhism” (Wil and Paris:
UniversityMedia, 2025) September 2
Massimo Introvigne review, November 11bitterwinter.org/theosophys-lit
a moderator on an Alice Bailey Facebook group (10.5k members) made the following choice remark (Nov. 7):
'It was the start (Isis also) of the new phase of the Ancient Wisdom teachings, and as such would only partially 'hit the mark', but we should be grateful for this push forward, although I believe the SD has almost entirely been outgrown now.'
But every cloud has a silver lining. The long-awaited second volume of Blavatsky's collected letters was released in March, a great event which will receive more coverage in the future:
The Letters of H. P. Blavatsky: Volume 2 1879-1883theosophical.org/publications/q
another recent book:
Katherine Tingley: The Hijacking of the Theosophical Society in America, Ernest E. Pelletier, Edmonton Theosophical Society
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