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Show Notes
recorded October 29, 2025
It's the last show before Halloween! Let's finish off a season of cults and strange societies with Madame Blavatsky and her occult/religious movement, Theosophy. We discuss the questionable origin story, and how Theosophy has influenced modern culture.
Theosophical Society on Wikipedia
Madame Blavatsky: a seeker of truth — and a fraud
Henry Steel Olcott: Timeline of an Occult Pioneer
William Quan Judge: A Biographical Sketch
Annie Besant on BBC.co.uk
Jiddu Krishnamurti on Wikipedia