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Madame Blavatsky's Baboon
A History of the Mystics, Mediums, and Misfits Who Brought Spiritualism to America
by Peter Washington
ISBN: 0805210245
ISBN-13: 9780805210248
Format: Paperback
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"An immensely entertaining book...underscor[ing] the poignancy of the human search for ultimate meaning." -- Barbara Grizzuti Harrison
"It's a wonderful read-funny, poignant, richly researched and written. It opens a forgotten window to the now-ubiquitous seekers of spirituality in American life." -- Jon Katz
-- Wired
"Washington's portrait of [Blavatsky] is especially nuanced and convincing. He sees that she was never really in control of her temperament, her finances, or her courtiers, whom she couldn't resist needling impishly; but he also detects in her an endearing note of self-mockery....[His] masterly telling of the story is not just a chronicle but, implicitly, a parable about the progress of any religion from visionary zeal through the consolidating of a privileged and corruptible priesthood." -- Frederick Crews
-- New York Review of Books
Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Random House Inc
Published date: 1996
Size: 5.25 x 8.5 inches
Weight: 1 pounds
Publisher's Notes
Just before the turn of the century, a renegade Russian aristocrat named Madame Blavatsky came to America claiming that man was descended not from the ape but from spiritual beings. Thus began Theosophy, the very first "new age" religion. This thought-provoking and often hilarious study delineates the course of Theosophy and other sects which have come down through the years. Photos.
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