Born into nobility, Helena Petrovna von Hahn married Nikifor Blavatsky when she was only 18 and, after a few months of an unconsummated marriage, ran away and travelled throughout Turkey, Egypt and Greece, before settling in London. There she met the Mahatma Morya who influenced her in matters of the occult. Thereafter she travelled extensively around the world including Canada, the USA, Mexico, South America, the West Indies, Ceylon and Java, before returning to London in 1853. From 1854 through 1873, Helena again travelled to all points of the globe. Finally, in 1875, together with William Judge and Henry Olcott, she founded the Theosophical Society in New York. In 1877, she published her first book, Isis Unveiled, a monumental work covering the occult, magic and Christianity, and which was an instant success. She became a US citizen in 1878. Late in 1878 she travelled to India where she became editor of the Theosophist journal in 1879. Over the next 5 years, she travelled throughout India establishing branches of the Society finally returning to Europe in 1885. Her other works of note include The Secret Doctrine (1888), The Key to Theosophy (1889) and The Voice of the Silence (1889). She established the European Headquarters of the Society in London in 1890 and died there the following year. |
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