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H.P.Blavatsky's heritage in the modern world

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=H.P.Blavatsky's life=

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(Main article: [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky]])

The great minds of the world are born at all the times. They are destined to become the mediators of the evolutionary powers. Some of them follow their way being unnoticed, others become the hubs of many global changes. Helena Petrovna Blavatsky is one of such great people. Her life and work help to broad our consciousness, understand the world around us in new terms. She worked for the future of every man for the new age, the dawn of which illuminated the progressive minds of 19th century.

Helena Petrovna faced her birthday for 60 times, including the day of birth itself. It was 96 days until the 61st one. She made her first breath in August 12, 1831 (July 31 according to Julian calendar which Russia used at that time) in Yekaterinoslav city (now it is Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine). For the last time she made her breath in May 8th 1891 in London.

A day when a man passes away indicates that his or her mission on Earth has been fulfilled. All the seeds were sowed and it is for the future generations to see what seeds will harvest and what will not. The passing away of H.P. Blavatsky was not once and for all, her activity and energy have started up a lot of spiritual organizations and movements throughout the world. We can say that she is still with us nowadays.

We remember a person until his or her ideas and deeds inspire new generations. H.P. Blavatsky still inspires all the seekers for the truth, her numerous writings help to show how to find one’s own way in spiritual world. We confess that her devotion for the Masters, her efforts to bring their teachings to the world, her service for mankind have made great changes in our minds. She feed up our thoughts and light up our hearts.

Death and birth are the points where worlds share their experience in everlasting cycle. Every death is an impulse for birth. Every birth attracts our attention toward life and existence, to something obvious for us, to something we can feel and analyse, to something we accept as real. These two important days of HPB's life turns our attention to the fact that her ideas and thoughts have spread throughout the world very widely, that they are still alive. Her works are under constant study on all the continents, they have been translated into many languages, they are constantly reprinted in different editions and this process ones started never stops.

The Theosophical Society (which she was co-founder of) according to the 2013 annual report has 26 000 members, 947 branches and 175 Official Study Centres in 56 countries. There are some other organizations which were inspired by H.P.Blavatsky on educational and enlightenment work, on exploring the hidden powers of nature and human, on strengthening the brotherly relationship between people and all living beings.

A short report below on some countries reflects HPB influence on the modern world. It does not contain the full information and is going to be filled with new data.

=H.P.Blavatsky in the world=
==Argentina==

In Argentina H.P. Blavatsky’s books are read in Spanish. Her works are very popular, the most requested are:

* The Secret Doctrine (La Doctrina Secreta)
* The Voice of the Silence (La voz del Silencio)
* Isis Unveiled (Isis Sin Velo)
* The Key to Theosophy (La Clave de la Teosofia)

==Austria==

Blavatsky’s works are very well honored among Austrian theosophists, namely her best known works "The Voice of Silence", "The Key to Theosophy" and "The Secret Doctrine". Original teachings of Blavatsky and "The Mahatma Letters" are the main source of their own spiritual activities.

TS Lodge in Graz is named after H.P.Blavatsky.

==Belgium==

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The Belgians read H.P.Blavatsky in English, Dutch and French. All the main HPB works are translated into Dutch (see Netherlands) and more of them into French (see France).

The most popular books in the country are “The Key to Theosophy”, “Practical Occultism” and “The Voice of the Silence”. The theosophists who have studied these books usually want to continue with “The Secret Doctrine” and “The Mahatma Letters”.

In Brussels in Belgium there was a Lodge called "Branche Blavatsky" for one hundred years, but it did not continue after 2012.

The Belgian artist Ferdinand Schirren made H.P.Blavatsky mask.

==Bolivia==

TS Members in Bolivia have regular study groups where they study theosophy basics including “The Secret Doctrine” and “The Voice of the Silence”.

Two study groups in Santa Cruz are studying “The Secret Doctrine” and one study group in Tarua meet three times a week and study “The Secret Doctrine” and “The Theosophical Glossary”. The Oruro City study group meets weekly to study “The Voice of the Silence”.

==Brazil==

All the main works by H.P. Blavatsky have been translated into Portuguese:
* “The Secret Doctrine”
* “Isis Unveiled”
* “The Key to Theosophy”, translated by Celia Moraes, 1st edition 1991, 4th edition 2011
* “Practical Occultism”
* “The Voice of the Silence”
* “Moments of Wisdom” - the quotations of her for the daily life

There are also:
* “Foundations of Esoteric Philosophy”, 1s edition 1991, 3rd edition 2001
* “H.P.B. The Extraordinary Life and Influence of Helena Blavatsky” by Sylvia Cranston, translated by Murillo Nunes de Azevedo

All these books are available to anyone who wants to buy them in Brazilian Theosophical Publishing House. The most popular among theosophists are “The Secret Doctrine” and “The Key to Theosophy”.

There is a Lodge of the Theosophical Society in the city of Vitoria, Espirito Santo State, in the east of Brazil, called “Blavatsky Lodge”.

==Canada==

There is Blavatsky Lodge of TS in Canada in Burnaby, British Columbia.

==Chile==

Theosophists in Chile read H.P.Blavatsky books mostly in Spanish. Currently the following works are translated:

* The Secret Doctrine (La Doctrina Secreta)
* Isis Unveiled (Isis Sin Velo)
* The Key to Theosophy (La Clave de la Teosofia)
* The Voice of the Silence (La voz del Silencio)
* Practical Occultism (Ocultismo Práctico)
* From the Caves and Jungles of Hindustan (Por las grutas y selvas del Indostan)
* H.P.Blavatsky - Collected Writings, volumes 1 - 9 (10 - 15 have not been translated yet)
* many articles

The most popular HPB's book among thesophists in Chile is “The Key to Theosophy”. The members of TS in Chile study “The Secret Doctrine” and “The Voice of the Silence” on their regular meetings.

==China==

The Key to Theosophy (證道學的關鍵 (Traditional), 证道学的关键 (Simplified)) is being translated by Chinese Project Team, TS Asia, East & South East

==England==

H.P. Blavatsky and her works are the cornerstones of the Theosophical study in England. Her three main works are the ones most studied with weekly study groups at HQ – Mondays: “Isis Unveiled”; Tuesdays: “The Secret Doctrine”; and every other Wednesday; “The Key to Theosophy”. HPB’s work is also studied in regular study groups in Lodges throughout the UK.

Blavatsky Lodge (of the TS in England), based in London, is one of the oldest in the world (2nd in England, 3rd in Europe), formed in 1887 ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blavatsky_Lodge http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blavatsky_Lodge] ). The distinguishing factor in the Blavatsky Lodge was that Madame Blavatsky herself was present at the Lodge every Thursday. Those discussions were collected in the “Transactions of the Blavatsky Lodge” and contain many commentaries on the Secret Doctrine. The Lodge still meets on Thursdays at HQ.

There is also HPB Lodge of the TSE, a peripatetic Lodge currently based in the Midlands.

There is The Blavatsky Trust, formed by Geoffrey Farthing, a past president of the TSE, specifically to promote Blavatsky Theosophy ([http://www.blavatskytrust.org.uk/ http://www.blavatskytrust.org.uk] ).

H.P. Blavatsky spent a considerable amount of time in and around London and at the TS in England, and passed away here. This, and the importance of her works, may account for why she is more celebrated here than the other two founders of the TS.

==Finland==

A lot of Blavatsky’s works have been translated into Finnish:
* The Secret Doctrine I and II and III (Salainen Oppi I ja II ja III), original translation by V.H.V. and P.E. in 1917, revised translation by P Carpelan in 1988 and 2012 to ebooks
* Index to the Secret Doctrine I and II (Salaisen Opin hakemisto osat I ja II), translated by P Carpelan in 1988
* The Secret Doctrine abridgement and the Stanzas of Dzyan (Salainen Oppi, johdanto ja Dzyanin runot), original translation by V.H.V. and P.E. in 1917, revised in 1988
* Isis Unveiled (Hunnuton Isis), translation by V.H.V. and P.E. in 1917
* The Key to Theosophy (Teosofian avain), first translation in 1906 and second in 1925 by P Ervast
* The Voice of the Silence (Hiljaisuuden ääni), translated in 1907 and 1973
* Practical Occultism (Käytännön okkultismi), translated early 1900s
* Theosophical glossary (Teosofinen sanakirja), translated by group in 1980s
* H.P. Blavatsky – a Herald of Light (H.P. Blavatsky – Valon airut), 45 writings of HPB compiled by P&K Salonen in 1981
* Esoteric instructions I, II and III (Esoteeriset ohjeet I, II ja III), translation by P Carpelan in 2012 to ebook
* Buddhist writings (Buddhalaisia kirjoituksia), a compilation of 8 articles by HPB about buddhism, with explanation of Sanskrit words

There are also published:
* Foundations of Esoteric Philosophy according to HPB (Esoteerisen filosofian perusteet HPB:n mukaan), translated by EH and VA in 1988

There is also a bi-weekly study group dedicated to "The Secret Doctrine".

One [http://www.kolumbus.fi/elonpyora/index.htm Helsinki TS lodge] is named as Blavatsky Lodge.

Secret Doctrine seminars are held around Finland approximately 3-4 times a year.

==France==

All the main H.P.Blavatsky works are translated into French:

* The Secret Doctrine (La Doctrine Secrète), 3 volumes
* Isis Unveiled (Isis Dévoilée)
* The Voice of the Silence (La Voix du silence)
* Theosophical Glossary (Le Glossaire Théosophique)
* Practical Occultism (Occultisme pratique)

These books could be purchased in web-store “Les Editions Adyar”, [http://www.editionsadyar.com/index.php?page=auteur&auteur=5 http://www.editionsadyar.com/index.php?page=auteur&auteur=5]

==Germany==

All major works of H. P. Blavatsky have been translated into German even longer time ago. This is especially:

* The Secret Doctrine (Geheimlehre) was translated first. In 1895 Annie Besant gave the permission for translating it. The Translation was initiated by Franz Hartmann, the translator was Dr.  Robert Froebe. Since then, other translations appeared, also abbreviated editions. The most popular abbreviated edition is the translation by Hank Troemel, finished in 2003.
* Isis Unveiled (Isis entschleiert)
* The Key to Theosophy (Der Schlüssel zur Theosophie)
* The Voice of the Silence (Die Stimme der Stille)

All her books one can buy in German section of Amazon ([http://www.amazon.de/ www.amazon.de]).

The German Section of the TS dates to 1902. In the first half of the 20th century, many German esoterics and occultists took over ideas from Blavatsky without mentioning her. The most popular of them was Rudolf Steiner, the founder of the so-called "Anthroposophie".

After having been forbidden in the "Third Reich", the work of the TS started up immediately in 1945 and the following years.

The Berlin lodge of TS is named ‘Blavatsky Lodge’.

H.P. Blavatsky lived in Würzburg, Ludwigstraße, 6 during the years 1885/1886, in Mme Constance Wachtmeister’s home. There she worked on the first part of The Secret Doctrine. There is the plaque on the building in Würzburg where she once resided.

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==Greece==

There are several works by H.P. Blavatsky which are translated into the Hellenic language. They are:

* The Secret Doctrine (ΜΥΣΤΙΚΗ ΔΟΞΑΣΙΑ), 3 volumes, 3rd volume was finished in 2013, published in 2 books titled "Mystics, Occult and Magical Arts" (ΜΥΣΤΕΣ, ΑΠΟΚΡΥΦΟ ΚΑΙ ΜΑΓΙΚΕΣ ΤΕΧΝΕΣ, vol. Α & B)
* Isis Unveiled (ΑΠΟΚΑΛΥΜΕΝΗ ΙΣΙΣ) published in 7 small volumes
* The Key to Theosophy (ΤΟ ΚΛΕΙΔΙ ΤΗΣ ΘΕΟΣΟΦΙΑΣ)
* The Voice of the Silence (Η ΦΩΝΗ ΤΗΣ ΣΙΓΗΣ)
* Practical Occultism (ΤΑ ΠΡΩΤΑ ΒΗΜΑΤΑ ΣΤΟΝ ΑΠΟΚΡΥΦΙΣΜΟ), the Hellenic title of the first book means: "The First Steps in Occultism"
* Yoga and occultism (ΓΙΟΓΚΑ ΚΑΙ ΑΠΟΚΡΥΦΙΣΜΟΣ (ΑΝΘΟΛΟΓΙΑ ΕΣΩΤΕΡΙΚΗΣ ΓΝΩΣΗΣ) ) – an anthology of her writings under this title

TS Lodge in Athens named after HPB “Blavatsky Lodge”.

The White Lotus Day is celebrated by Greek theosophists every year.

==Hungary==

In Hungary up to now the following H.P.Blavatsky works have been translated and published:

* The Secret Doctrine (Titkos Tanítás), 1st volume is complete, 2nd is being done
* The Voice of the Silence (A Csend Hangja)
* Practical Occultism (Gyakorlati okkultizmus)

“The Voice of the Silence”, “The Practical Occultism” and in the same volume her two articles (“Is Theosophy a Religion?” and “The Origin of Evil”) have translated and published, with the Foundation of Esoteric Philosophy (ed. by I. Hoskins).

The most of H.P. Blavatsky’s writings were (and are) translated by Mr. János Szabari and can be downloaded from the site of TS in Hungary: [http://teozofia.hu/index.php?fent=olvasnivalo http://teozofia.hu/index.php?fent=olvasnivalo] .

H.P. Blavatsky’s books can be bought in some great bookstores (such as Alexandra, Lira, Elixir), in some yearly exhibitions and during regular public lectures.

==India==

There is the international headquarter of the Theosophical Society in Adyar, Chennai (former Madras until 1996) of which H.P.Blavatsky was the co-founder. There are founder's statue, “Blavatsky bungalow” and “Blavatsky banyan” on Adyar territory.

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HPB's works are studied at annual School of Wisdom in Adyar. The Theosophical Publishing House publishes H.P.Blavatsky works constantly.

==Ireland==

The majority of the TS members in Ireland are now studying notes on “The Voice of the Silence” by HPB, which is favourite and much loved mystical booklet of hers some of Irish theosophists have at their bedsides and frequently refer to.

Personal libraries of theosophists in Ireland include all major works by H.P.Blavatsky.

==Israel==

The following Helena Blavatsky's (הלנה בלבצקי) books are translated into the Hebrew language:
* "Key to Theosophy" (מפתח לתאוסופיה) was translated and published at the end of the 1970-s. The translation was done by a professional translator Mr. Tuvia Ornan and edited by Mr. Vitally Rubissa.
* "The Voice of Silence" (קול הדממה) was translated and published in the beginning of the 1990-s by Mrs. Anava Kantor a long time Theosophist and edited by Abraham Oron.
* "Practical Occultism" (תורת הנסתר המעשית) was translated by Mrs. Anava Kantor and edited by Abraham Oron somewhen at the end of the 1990-s
* "The abridgment of The Secret Doctrine" () (not yet published), was translated by Mr. Ezion Becker and is being still checked and edited .

First 3 books can be bought from TS in Israel website, http://theosophia.co.il/

==Italy==

A lot of Blavatsky’s works have been translated into Italian:

* The Secret Doctrine (La Dottrina Segreta) and “The Secret Doctrine abridgement” (La Dottrina Segreta versione di studio). A new edition of the latter has been recently published.
* The Voice of the Silence (La voce del Silenzio)
* The Key to Theosophy (La chiave della Teosofia)
* Isis Unveiled (Iside svelata)
* The Stanzas of Dzyan (Le Stanze di Dzyan)
* Raya Yoga or Occultism (Raja Yoga o occultismo)

Italian theosophists are much obliged to H.P.Blavatsky and they highly regard her works, ''in primis'' the “The Voice of the Silence” and “The Secret Doctrine”.

The official website of the Italian Theosophical Society ([http://teosofica.org/ http://teosofica.org]) speaks widely about H.P. Blavatsky. Her biography is also present on the website. Many biographies have been published in Italian, the most important by Sylvia Cranston,  and by Sinnett.  Other books written by two  Italian Theosophists are the following: 

* “Helena Petrovna Blavatsky e la Società Teosofica” by Paola Giovetti; 
* “Blavatsky e Besant – il fulmine e il tuono” by Livia Lucchini.

The Italian version of the DVD  "The Life of Helena Petrovna BLAVATSKY" by Ian Wilson (“La vita di HPB”) was also published.

As for H.P.Blavatsky presence in Italy and her contacts with  Giuseppe Garibaldi one could read an article by Patrizia Calvi: “Helena Petrovna Blavatsky and Italy“, which was also published in the May 2012 issue of "The Theosophist". 

There is a Lodge in Milan, named after HPB, the same in Rome, and in Piea d’Asti where a Study Group is present with her name.

==Japan==

Currently the following H.P.Blavatsky works are translated into Japanese:

* The Secret Doctrine, volume 1, published under the title “Secret Doctrine. Universe Generation Theory” (シークレット・ドクトリン　宇宙発生論《上》). The second volume is being translated and published in the bi-monthly The Japanese Theosophist. The translators are Emiko Tanaka (田中恵美子) and Jeff Clark (ジェフ･クラーク).
* 365 days words of Blavatsky (ブラヴァツキーのことば365日) – the translation of “Madame Blavatsky’s Words for Each Day of the Year”. Translator: Yamaguchi (山口多一).
* Isis Unveiled, volume I - Science (ベールをとったイシス第１巻科学上), translator: Oimatsu Katsuhiro (老松克博)
* Proceedings of the Secret Doctrine (シークレット・ドクトリンの議事録), the translators are Emiko Tanaka (田中恵美子) and Jeff Clark (ジェフ･クラーク).
* History of the Secret Doctrine (シークレット・ドクトリンの沿革), translator: Matsuda Katsurahate (松田桂果)

The TS Lodge in Tokyo which is consist of 51 members study H.P.Blavatsky works in their native language.

==Myanmar (Burma)==

TS members in Myanmar study “The Secret Doctrine” among other spiritual literature on their meetings.

==Netherlands==

Some of H.P. Blavatsky works have been translated into Dutch:

* The Secret Doctrine (Geheime Leer) was first translated and published in 1907. The “Introduction” in The Secret Doctrine, vol. 1, together with some other parts of vol. 1 and 2 and the ‘Bowen notes’ are published in a book titled “Een introductie tot De Geheime Leer”
* The Voice of the Silence (De stem van de stilte) was first translated and published 1907
* The Key to Theosophy (De sleutel tot de theosofie) was first translated and published 1906
* Isis Unveiled (Isis ontsluierd) was first translated and published in 1911
* Transactions of the Blavatksy Lodge (Een toelichting op De Geheime Leer stanza;s I – IV; Handelingen van de Blavatsky Lodge) published in 1995
* H.P. Blavatsky to the American Conventions: 1888-1891 published in 1980 under the title “H.P. Blavatsky aan de Amerikaanse conventies: 1888-1891”
* Occult stories of H.P. Blavatsky and W.Q. Judge, collected and translated into Dutch and published in 1999 under the title “Occulte verhalen van H.P. Blavatksy and W.Q. Judge”.
* Many essays and articles of H.P. Blavatsky have been translated into Dutch and published in booklet.

Many Internet sites in Dutch give information about her.

Books by H.P.Blavatsky issued by UTVN Publishing House could be purchased from web-store http://theosofie.nl.

There are always lectures and study groups of HPB works in The International Theosophical Centre in Naarden. At the headquarters two study groups have taken up “The Secret Doctrine” and “The Mahatma Letters” for study.

“The Theosophical Society Point Loma – Blavatskyhouse The Haque” uses HPB name in its own name to indicate the priority of their activity as to follow the H.P.Blvatsky vision of theosophical movement.

==Nicaragua==

There is a TS branch “H.P.Blavatsky Lodge” in the country, which consist of 12 members.

==Peru==

The Blavatsky Lodge in Peru celebrated its 90th anniversary on 1 June 2014.

==Qatar==

There is a TS branch “H.P.Blavatsky Lodge” in the State of Qatar.

==Russia==

Soon after revolution of 1917 the theosophy in Russia was forbidden as well as many other mystical and religious organizations. Elena Petrovna Blavatsky's (Елена Петровна Блаватская) works got under a ban almost until the time of the Soviet Union disintegration in 1991. One year prior to this event in May, 1990 the first officially opened action devoted to return of name and heritage of H.P.Blavatsky to Russia took place. There were the exhibition “Sphinx of XIX century” (where most people could see the photo of HPB and other Russian and foreign theosophists for the first time) and the special evening meeting devoted to her life and creativity. Opening of an exhibition was shown on the central channel of television. The TS international President Radha Burneir came to USSR and took part in the opening ceremony. She brought two volumes of “The Secret Doctrine” as a gift and gave the inspiring speech. In 1991, the 160th anniversary of H.P. Blavatsky's birthday and the 100th anniversary of her passing away, there were 4 editions of “The Secret Doctrine” at once issued by 4 independent publishing houses in different cities of Russia. This fact made obvious that there was a great interest to the works of the world-known compatriot among the citizens, despite a ban. Since then different works by H.P.Blavatsky are published every year to satisfy constant interest of readers.

Nowadays all her books, most articles and majority of letters have been translated and published, most of them several times and in different translations. The major publications are:

* The Secret Doctrine (Тайная Доктрина) – volumes 1 and 2 are translated by H.I.Roerich (first publication was in 1937), volume 3 is translated by A.P.Heidok. “The Secret Doctrine” is issued almost every year. There were no less than 17 issues by 15 different publishing houses from 1991 till 2014 ([http://ru.teopedia.org/lib/Блаватская_Е.П._-_Тайная_Доктрина_(публикации) see the list] in Russian). There was another translation of “The Secret Doctrine” by A.A.Kamensky at the beginning of 20th century, but it is lost for now.
* Isis Unveiled (Разоблачённая Изида) – translated by A.P.Heidok and published by several publishing houses. There was an attempt to correct the translation by publishing houses “Sfera” ("Сфера", Moscow) and Lotac ("Лотаць", Minsk, Belarus). The work started at 2000 and still going on.
* The Voice of the Silence (Голос Безмолвия) – translated by H.F.Pisareva. The book was published by several publishing houses.
* The Key to Theosophy (Ключ к теософии) – have several translations and published by several publishing houses.
* Theosophical Glossary (Теософский словарь) – have several translations and published by several publishing houses in 1994, 2003, 2004, 2009.
* Articles were published in several volumes by different publishing houses in their series:
** White Lotus series (серия «Белый Лотос»), Sfera Publishing House, the series started in 1993, 21 volumes were published
** H.P.Blavatsky series (серия «Е.П.Блаватская»), MCF Publishing House, 1994-1999, 4 volumes were published
** Great Adepts series (серия «Великие посвящённые»), Eksmo-Press, the series started in 2001, 7 volumes were published
** H.P.Blavatsky for the offspring series (серия «Е.П.Блаватская – потомкам»), Sfera Publishing House, the series started in 2004, 9 volumes were published
** Delphis Publishing House (издательство «Дельфис»), started its series at 2014 (without special name) and 6 volume already issued
* From the Caves and Jungles of Hindustan (Из пещер и дебрей Индостана) originally published in Russian magazine “Russky Vestnik” («Русский Вестник», Russian Messenger) in 1883 and was issued in a separate book in 1912 in Saint-Petersburg. Recently it was published in 1994, 2001 and 2008 by different publishing houses.

There are more than dozen H.P.Blavatsky's biographies were translated into Russian and published. Those written by Constance Wachtmeister, Sylvia Cranston, Murphy Howard are among them. The biographies by V.P.Zhelihovskaya and H.F.Pisareva were written in Russian originally, they published as well. The modern authors made their contribution also:

* Kim Kiuru – HPB (Ким Киуру. «Е.П.Б.») published in 2010 by Belovodie Publishing House (издательство «Беловодье»)
* O.G.Boldyrev – Blavatsky. Shambhala messanger (О.Г.Болдырев, «Блаватская – вестница Шамбалы») published in 2013 by Veche Publishing House (издательство «Вече»)

Except literature Elena Petrovna's name became constant to sound at various conferences (not only theosophical). There are also works devoted to H.P.Blavatsky in poetry, fine arts and sculpture: Moscow Theosophical Society issued the poetry collection book “Helena Petrovna Blavatsky's Memories”, the sculptor Alexey Leonov modeled H.P.Blavatsky's head:

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There are several communities in every large Russian-speaking social network in Internet devoted to H.P.Blavatsky. Almost each large web-site of the mystical and/or educational content has the page devoted to her. There are some resources:

* http://www.theosophy.ru/hpb.htm
* http://www.theosophist.ru
* http://ru.teopedia.org/hpb/
* http://hpblavatsky.ru
* http://www.lomonosov.org/section/epblavatskaya.htm

All her works can be read and purchased on-line or downloaded for free.

Numerous groups of researchers continue work on studying H.P.Blavatsky's heritage. They make an effort to restore the interest to her works in Russia and show the meaning of HPB activity in true light. The following are some of them, which currently continue their activity (in chronological order of their appearance):

* International Centre of the Roerichs (Международный Центр Рерихов) founded in 1989, http://en.icr.su/, and other Roerich organizations
* Scientific Philosophical Society “Peace via culture” (Научно-философское общество "Мир через культуру") founded in 1991 by V.M.Sidorov, http://nfo-mir.com
* Public organization “H.P.Blavatsky Russian Esoteric School of Theosophy” (Русская эзотерическая школа теософии имени Е.П.Блаватской) founded in 1993 by V.A.Bakanov, [http://resht.ru/eng/index.htm http://resht.ru]
* Nonprofit organization “Charity foundation of preservation and development of cultural values “Delphis” (Некоммерческая организация "Благотворительный фонд сохранения и развития культурных ценностей "Дельфис") founded in 1997, http://delphis.ru
* Moscow Theosophical Society
* Internet project “Teopedia” (Теопедия) founded in 2007 by P.N.Malakhov, http://teopedia.org/
* Logaeva's Theosophical Group (Теософская группа Логаевой) founded in 2010 by H.A.Logaeva, http://www.theosophist.ru/
* TS in Russia has 7 branches, the first was founded in 2011 in Moscow. The TS branch in Kemerovo named “H.P.Blavatsky Lodge”.

==Serbia==

There are some H.P.Blavatsky's books translated into Serbian by "Metaphysica" Publishing House in Belgrade:
* The Secret Doctrine (Tajna doktrina I-III. Kosmogeneza, Antropogeza, Okultizam. Metaphysica, Beograd 2007).
* The Key to Theosophy (Ključ teozofije. Metaphysica, Beograd 2006).

[[Image:Secret Doctrine 1-2 (Serbian).jpg | 100px]]
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==Singapore==

Some talks and lectures the Singapore Lodge of TS organize are devoted to H.P.Blavatsky.

==Slovenia==

There are 3 HPB's books were translated into Slovenian language:
* The Voice of the Silence
* The Key to Theosophy
* The Stanzas of Dzyan

==Sweden==

There are some books of H.P.Blavatsky translated into Swedish:

* The Secret Doctrine (Den Hemliga Läran), translated by F. Kellberg in 1898
* The Key to Theosophy (Nyckel till Teosofin), translated by Barbro Melander and Märta Wiklund
* The Voice of the Silence (Tystnadens röst), translated by Carin Scholander
* Practical Occultism (Praktisk Ockultism), translated by Ingeborg Schönmeyr

H.P. Blavatsky’s books are studied very well in Sweden. There is a study group of “The Secret Doctrine” for 40 years. “The Voice of the Silence” is very popular.

==Ukraine==

All Ukrainian theosophists study H.P.Blavatsky's works. Being born on the south of modern Ukraine in Dnepropetrovsk city (former Ekaterinoslav) Helena Petrovna is deeply esteemed by the compatriots for her broad enlightenment work which she conducted worldwide.

The house where she has born is under government protection and has a status of museum. There are annual meetings of adherents in there since 1991. In 2011 these meetings are transformed into scientific readings, which have a goal to study the heritage of the outstanding compatriot, the researcher, the philosopher and the writer and also to study a scientific and creative heritage of her family members. Currently the museum is under construction.

The Voice of the Silence (Голос Безмовностi) was translated in 2010 by H.Gordienko.

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==Uruguay==

Uruguayans read H.P.Blavatsky's works in Spanish. The most popular is The Secret Doctrine and The Voice of the Silence.

==The USA==

The works of H.P. Blavatsky are still popular among the general public in the USA and members of the Theosophical Society in the USA. The most popular of her works is “The Secret Doctrine” followed by “Isis Unveiled”.

Theosophical Publishing House '''Quest Books''',(Wheaton, Illinois, http://www.questbooks.net) publishes:
* "Collected Writings of H.P.Blavatsky", 15 volumes
* "The Letters of H.P. Blavatsky", 1-st volume
* numerous other HPB's works and other theosophical books in text, audio and video.

The following Internet sites are devoted to H.P. Blavatsky:

* http://www.blavatskyarchives.com
* http://www.blavatsky.net
* http://theosophy.wiki (partly)

There are many links to the Internet resources devoted to H.P.Blavatsky on [http://blavatskyarchives.com/hpblinks.htm Blavatsky Archives web-page]

There is the TS branch “The Miami-Dade Blavatsky Lodge” located in Florida.

==Zambia==

In Zambia, in the 1980s efforts were made to translate some H.P. Blavatsky's works into a local language Bemba. One such was “The Key to Theosophy” but somewhere along the way this work was not continued. So theosophists in Zambia read HPB in English.

Mufulira and Kitwe Lodges have copies of the six Volume of the Secret Doctrine. Senior, serious students keenly study and share with others on excerpt from “The Secret Doctrine”, “Isis Unveiled” and “Practical Occultism”.

=Internet resources=

H.P.Blavatsky's works can be bought read or downloaded on several languages:

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* [http://www.theosophycompany.org/cart_blavatsky.html TheosophyCompany.org]
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* [http://blavatskynews.blogspot.de/ Blavatsky News] - world news regarding H.P.Blavatsky name
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* [http://www.theosophy.ru/byauthor.htm Theosophy.ru]
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* [http://ru.teopedia.org/pool/Категория:Труды_Блаватской_ЕП Teopedia.org]
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[[Category: Blavatsky Helena Petrovna]]

H.P.Blavatsky's heritage in the modern world

2015-03-24T04:05:21Z

P. Malakhov: + info from Serbia

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=H.P.Blavatsky's life=

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(Main article: [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky]])

The great minds of the world are born at all the times. They are destined to become the mediators of the evolutionary powers. Some of them follow their way being unnoticed, others become the hubs of many global changes. Helena Petrovna Blavatsky is one of such great people. Her life and work help to broad our consciousness, understand the world around us in new terms. She worked for the future of every man for the new age, the dawn of which illuminated the progressive minds of 19th century.

Helena Petrovna faced her birthday for 60 times, including the day of birth itself. It was 96 days until the 61st one. She made her first breath in August 12, 1831 (July 31 according to Julian calendar which Russia used at that time) in Yekaterinoslav city (now it is Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine). For the last time she made her breath in May 8th 1891 in London.

A day when a man passes away indicates that his or her mission on Earth has been fulfilled. All the seeds were sowed and it is for the future generations to see what seeds will harvest and what will not. The passing away of H.P. Blavatsky was not once and for all, her activity and energy have started up a lot of spiritual organizations and movements throughout the world. We can say that she is still with us nowadays.

We remember a person until his or her ideas and deeds inspire new generations. H.P. Blavatsky still inspires all the seekers for the truth, her numerous writings help to show how to find one’s own way in spiritual world. We confess that her devotion for the Masters, her efforts to bring their teachings to the world, her service for mankind have made great changes in our minds. She feed up our thoughts and light up our hearts.

Death and birth are the points where worlds share their experience in everlasting cycle. Every death is an impulse for birth. Every birth attracts our attention toward life and existence, to something obvious for us, to something we can feel and analyse, to something we accept as real. These two important days of HPB's life turns our attention to the fact that her ideas and thoughts have spread throughout the world very widely, that they are still alive. Her works are under constant study on all the continents, they have been translated into many languages, they are constantly reprinted in different editions and this process ones started never stops.

The Theosophical Society (which she was co-founder of) according to the 2013 annual report has 26 000 members, 947 branches and 175 Official Study Centres in 56 countries. There are some other organizations which were inspired by H.P.Blavatsky on educational and enlightenment work, on exploring the hidden powers of nature and human, on strengthening the brotherly relationship between people and all living beings.

A short report below on some countries reflects HPB influence on the modern world. It does not contain the full information and is going to be filled with new data.

=H.P.Blavatsky in the world=
==Argentina==

In Argentina H.P. Blavatsky’s books are read in Spanish. Her works are very popular, the most requested are:

* The Secret Doctrine (La Doctrina Secreta)
* The Voice of the Silence (La voz del Silencio)
* Isis Unveiled (Isis Sin Velo)
* The Key to Theosophy (La Clave de la Teosofia)

==Austria==

Blavatsky’s works are very well honored among Austrian theosophists, namely her best known works "The Voice of Silence", "The Key to Theosophy" and "The Secret Doctrine". Original teachings of Blavatsky and "The Mahatma Letters" are the main source of their own spiritual activities.

TS Lodge in Graz is named after H.P.Blavatsky.

==Belgium==

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The Belgians read H.P.Blavatsky in English, Dutch and French. All the main HPB works are translated into Dutch (see Netherlands) and more of them into French (see France).

The most popular books in the country are “The Key to Theosophy”, “Practical Occultism” and “The Voice of the Silence”. The theosophists who have studied these books usually want to continue with “The Secret Doctrine” and “The Mahatma Letters”.

In Brussels in Belgium there was a Lodge called "Branche Blavatsky" for one hundred years, but it did not continue after 2012.

The Belgian artist Ferdinand Schirren made H.P.Blavatsky mask.

==Bolivia==

TS Members in Bolivia have regular study groups where they study theosophy basics including “The Secret Doctrine” and “The Voice of the Silence”.

Two study groups in Santa Cruz are studying “The Secret Doctrine” and one study group in Tarua meet three times a week and study “The Secret Doctrine” and “The Theosophical Glossary”. The Oruro City study group meets weekly to study “The Voice of the Silence”.

==Brazil==

All the main works by H.P. Blavatsky have been translated into Portuguese:
* “The Secret Doctrine”
* “Isis Unveiled”
* “The Key to Theosophy”, translated by Celia Moraes, 1st edition 1991, 4th edition 2011
* “Practical Occultism”
* “The Voice of the Silence”
* “Moments of Wisdom” - the quotations of her for the daily life

There are also:
* “Foundations of Esoteric Philosophy”, 1s edition 1991, 3rd edition 2001
* “H.P.B. The Extraordinary Life and Influence of Helena Blavatsky” by Sylvia Cranston, translated by Murillo Nunes de Azevedo

All these books are available to anyone who wants to buy them in Brazilian Theosophical Publishing House. The most popular among theosophists are “The Secret Doctrine” and “The Key to Theosophy”.

There is a Lodge of the Theosophical Society in the city of Vitoria, Espirito Santo State, in the east of Brazil, called “Blavatsky Lodge”.

==Canada==

There is Blavatsky Lodge of TS in Canada in Burnaby, British Columbia.

==Chile==

Theosophists in Chile read H.P.Blavatsky books mostly in Spanish. Currently the following works are translated:

* The Secret Doctrine (La Doctrina Secreta)
* Isis Unveiled (Isis Sin Velo)
* The Key to Theosophy (La Clave de la Teosofia)
* The Voice of the Silence (La voz del Silencio)
* Practical Occultism (Ocultismo Práctico)
* From the Caves and Jungles of Hindustan (Por las grutas y selvas del Indostan)
* H.P.Blavatsky - Collected Writings, volumes 1 - 9 (10 - 15 have not been translated yet)
* many articles

The most popular HPB's book among thesophists in Chile is “The Key to Theosophy”. The members of TS in Chile study “The Secret Doctrine” and “The Voice of the Silence” on their regular meetings.

==China==

The Key to Theosophy (證道學的關鍵 (Traditional), 证道学的关键 (Simplified)) is being translated by Chinese Project Team, TS Asia, East & South East

==England==

H.P. Blavatsky and her works are the cornerstones of the Theosophical study in England. Her three main works are the ones most studied with weekly study groups at HQ – Mondays: “Isis Unveiled”; Tuesdays: “The Secret Doctrine”; and every other Wednesday; “The Key to Theosophy”. HPB’s work is also studied in regular study groups in Lodges throughout the UK.

Blavatsky Lodge (of the TS in England), based in London, is one of the oldest in the world (2nd in England, 3rd in Europe), formed in 1887 ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blavatsky_Lodge http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blavatsky_Lodge] ). The distinguishing factor in the Blavatsky Lodge was that Madame Blavatsky herself was present at the Lodge every Thursday. Those discussions were collected in the “Transactions of the Blavatsky Lodge” and contain many commentaries on the Secret Doctrine. The Lodge still meets on Thursdays at HQ.

There is also HPB Lodge of the TSE, a peripatetic Lodge currently based in the Midlands.

There is The Blavatsky Trust, formed by Geoffrey Farthing, a past president of the TSE, specifically to promote Blavatsky Theosophy ([http://www.blavatskytrust.org.uk/ http://www.blavatskytrust.org.uk] ).

H.P. Blavatsky spent a considerable amount of time in and around London and at the TS in England, and passed away here. This, and the importance of her works, may account for why she is more celebrated here than the other two founders of the TS.

==Finland==

A lot of Blavatsky’s works have been translated into Finnish:
* The Secret Doctrine I and II and III (Salainen Oppi I ja II ja III), original translation by V.H.V. and P.E. in 1917, revised translation by P Carpelan in 1988 and 2012 to ebooks
* Index to the Secret Doctrine I and II (Salaisen Opin hakemisto osat I ja II), translated by P Carpelan in 1988
* The Secret Doctrine abridgement and the Stanzas of Dzyan (Salainen Oppi, johdanto ja Dzyanin runot), original translation by V.H.V. and P.E. in 1917, revised in 1988
* Isis Unveiled (Hunnuton Isis), translation by V.H.V. and P.E. in 1917
* The Key to Theosophy (Teosofian avain), first translation in 1906 and second in 1925 by P Ervast
* The Voice of the Silence (Hiljaisuuden ääni), translated in 1907 and 1973
* Practical Occultism (Käytännön okkultismi), translated early 1900s
* Theosophical glossary (Teosofinen sanakirja), translated by group in 1980s
* H.P. Blavatsky – a Herald of Light (H.P. Blavatsky – Valon airut), 45 writings of HPB compiled by P&K Salonen in 1981
* Esoteric instructions I, II and III (Esoteeriset ohjeet I, II ja III), translation by P Carpelan in 2012 to ebook
* Buddhist writings (Buddhalaisia kirjoituksia), a compilation of 8 articles by HPB about buddhism, with explanation of Sanskrit words

There are also published:
* Foundations of Esoteric Philosophy according to HPB (Esoteerisen filosofian perusteet HPB:n mukaan), translated by EH and VA in 1988

There is also a bi-weekly study group dedicated to "The Secret Doctrine".

One [http://www.kolumbus.fi/elonpyora/index.htm Helsinki TS lodge] is named as Blavatsky Lodge.

Secret Doctrine seminars are held around Finland approximately 3-4 times a year.

==France==

All the main H.P.Blavatsky works are translated into French:

* The Secret Doctrine (La Doctrine Secrète), 3 volumes
* Isis Unveiled (Isis Dévoilée)
* The Voice of the Silence (La Voix du silence)
* Theosophical Glossary (Le Glossaire Théosophique)
* Practical Occultism (Occultisme pratique)

These books could be purchased in web-store “Les Editions Adyar”, [http://www.editionsadyar.com/index.php?page=auteur&auteur=5 http://www.editionsadyar.com/index.php?page=auteur&auteur=5]

==Germany==

All major works of H. P. Blavatsky have been translated into German even longer time ago. This is especially:

* The Secret Doctrine (Geheimlehre) was translated first. In 1895 Annie Besant gave the permission for translating it. The Translation was initiated by Franz Hartmann, the translator was Dr.  Robert Froebe. Since then, other translations appeared, also abbreviated editions. The most popular abbreviated edition is the translation by Hank Troemel, finished in 2003.
* Isis Unveiled (Isis entschleiert)
* The Key to Theosophy (Der Schlüssel zur Theosophie)
* The Voice of the Silence (Die Stimme der Stille)

All her books one can buy in German section of Amazon ([http://www.amazon.de/ www.amazon.de]).

The German Section of the TS dates to 1902. In the first half of the 20th century, many German esoterics and occultists took over ideas from Blavatsky without mentioning her. The most popular of them was Rudolf Steiner, the founder of the so-called "Anthroposophie".

After having been forbidden in the "Third Reich", the work of the TS started up immediately in 1945 and the following years.

The Berlin lodge of TS is named ‘Blavatsky Lodge’.

H.P. Blavatsky lived in Würzburg, Ludwigstraße, 6 during the years 1885/1886, in Mme Constance Wachtmeister’s home. There she worked on the first part of The Secret Doctrine. There is the plaque on the building in Würzburg where she once resided.

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==Greece==

There are several works by H.P. Blavatsky which are translated into the Hellenic language. They are:

* The Secret Doctrine (ΜΥΣΤΙΚΗ ΔΟΞΑΣΙΑ), 3 volumes, 3rd volume was finished in 2013, published in 2 books titled "Mystics, Occult and Magical Arts" (ΜΥΣΤΕΣ, ΑΠΟΚΡΥΦΟ ΚΑΙ ΜΑΓΙΚΕΣ ΤΕΧΝΕΣ, vol. Α & B)
* Isis Unveiled (ΑΠΟΚΑΛΥΜΕΝΗ ΙΣΙΣ) published in 7 small volumes
* The Key to Theosophy (ΤΟ ΚΛΕΙΔΙ ΤΗΣ ΘΕΟΣΟΦΙΑΣ)
* The Voice of the Silence (Η ΦΩΝΗ ΤΗΣ ΣΙΓΗΣ)
* Practical Occultism (ΤΑ ΠΡΩΤΑ ΒΗΜΑΤΑ ΣΤΟΝ ΑΠΟΚΡΥΦΙΣΜΟ), the Hellenic title of the first book means: "The First Steps in Occultism"
* Yoga and occultism (ΓΙΟΓΚΑ ΚΑΙ ΑΠΟΚΡΥΦΙΣΜΟΣ (ΑΝΘΟΛΟΓΙΑ ΕΣΩΤΕΡΙΚΗΣ ΓΝΩΣΗΣ) ) – an anthology of her writings under this title

TS Lodge in Athens named after HPB “Blavatsky Lodge”.

The White Lotus Day is celebrated by Greek theosophists every year.

==Hungary==

In Hungary up to now the following H.P.Blavatsky works have been translated and published:

* The Secret Doctrine (Titkos Tanítás), 1st volume is complete, 2nd is being done
* The Voice of the Silence (A Csend Hangja)
* Practical Occultism (Gyakorlati okkultizmus)

“The Voice of the Silence”, “The Practical Occultism” and in the same volume her two articles (“Is Theosophy a Religion?” and “The Origin of Evil”) have translated and published, with the Foundation of Esoteric Philosophy (ed. by I. Hoskins).

The most of H.P. Blavatsky’s writings were (and are) translated by Mr. János Szabari and can be downloaded from the site of TS in Hungary: [http://teozofia.hu/index.php?fent=olvasnivalo http://teozofia.hu/index.php?fent=olvasnivalo] .

H.P. Blavatsky’s books can be bought in some great bookstores (such as Alexandra, Lira, Elixir), in some yearly exhibitions and during regular public lectures.

==India==

There is the international headquarter of the Theosophical Society in Adyar, Chennai (former Madras until 1996) of which H.P.Blavatsky was the co-founder. There are founder's statue, “Blavatsky bungalow” and “Blavatsky banyan” on Adyar territory.

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HPB's works are studied at annual School of Wisdom in Adyar. The Theosophical Publishing House publishes H.P.Blavatsky works constantly.

==Ireland==

The majority of the TS members in Ireland are now studying notes on “The Voice of the Silence” by HPB, which is favourite and much loved mystical booklet of hers some of Irish theosophists have at their bedsides and frequently refer to.

Personal libraries of theosophists in Ireland include all major works by H.P.Blavatsky.

==Israel==

The following Helena Blavatsky's (הלנה בלבצקי) books are translated into the Hebrew language:
* "Key to Theosophy" (מפתח לתאוסופיה) was translated and published at the end of the 1970-s. The translation was done by a professional translator Mr. Tuvia Ornan and edited by Mr. Vitally Rubissa.
* "The Voice of Silence" (קול הדממה) was translated and published in the beginning of the 1990-s by Mrs. Anava Kantor a long time Theosophist and edited by Abraham Oron.
* "Practical Occultism" (תורת הנסתר המעשית) was translated by Mrs. Anava Kantor and edited by Abraham Oron somewhen at the end of the 1990-s
* "The abridgment of The Secret Doctrine" () (not yet published), was translated by Mr. Ezion Becker and is being still checked and edited .

First 3 books can be bought from TS in Israel website, http://theosophia.co.il/

==Italy==

A lot of Blavatsky’s works have been translated into Italian:

* The Secret Doctrine (La Dottrina Segreta) and “The Secret Doctrine abridgement” (La Dottrina Segreta versione di studio). A new edition of the latter has been recently published.
* The Voice of the Silence (La voce del Silenzio)
* The Key to Theosophy (La chiave della Teosofia)
* Isis Unveiled (Iside svelata)
* The Stanzas of Dzyan (Le Stanze di Dzyan)
* Raya Yoga or Occultism (Raja Yoga o occultismo)

Italian theosophists are much obliged to H.P.Blavatsky and they highly regard her works, ''in primis'' the “The Voice of the Silence” and “The Secret Doctrine”.

The official website of the Italian Theosophical Society ([http://teosofica.org/ http://teosofica.org]) speaks widely about H.P. Blavatsky. Her biography is also present on the website. Many biographies have been published in Italian, the most important by Sylvia Cranston,  and by Sinnett.  Other books written by two  Italian Theosophists are the following: 

* “Helena Petrovna Blavatsky e la Società Teosofica” by Paola Giovetti; 
* “Blavatsky e Besant – il fulmine e il tuono” by Livia Lucchini.

The Italian version of the DVD  "The Life of Helena Petrovna BLAVATSKY" by Ian Wilson (“La vita di HPB”) was also published.

As for H.P.Blavatsky presence in Italy and her contacts with  Giuseppe Garibaldi one could read an article by Patrizia Calvi: “Helena Petrovna Blavatsky and Italy“, which was also published in the May 2012 issue of "The Theosophist". 

There is a Lodge in Milan, named after HPB, the same in Rome, and in Piea d’Asti where a Study Group is present with her name.

==Japan==

Currently the following H.P.Blavatsky works are translated into Japanese:

* The Secret Doctrine, volume 1, published under the title “Secret Doctrine. Universe Generation Theory” (シークレット・ドクトリン　宇宙発生論《上》). The second volume is being translated and published in the bi-monthly The Japanese Theosophist. The translators are Emiko Tanaka (田中恵美子) and Jeff Clark (ジェフ･クラーク).
* 365 days words of Blavatsky (ブラヴァツキーのことば365日) – the translation of “Madame Blavatsky’s Words for Each Day of the Year”. Translator: Yamaguchi (山口多一).
* Isis Unveiled, volume I - Science (ベールをとったイシス第１巻科学上), translator: Oimatsu Katsuhiro (老松克博)
* Proceedings of the Secret Doctrine (シークレット・ドクトリンの議事録), the translators are Emiko Tanaka (田中恵美子) and Jeff Clark (ジェフ･クラーク).
* History of the Secret Doctrine (シークレット・ドクトリンの沿革), translator: Matsuda Katsurahate (松田桂果)

The TS Lodge in Tokyo which is consist of 51 members study H.P.Blavatsky works in their native language.

==Myanmar (Burma)==

TS members in Myanmar study “The Secret Doctrine” among other spiritual literature on their meetings.

==Netherlands==

Some of H.P. Blavatsky works have been translated into Dutch:

* The Secret Doctrine (Geheime Leer) was first translated and published in 1907. The “Introduction” in The Secret Doctrine, vol. 1, together with some other parts of vol. 1 and 2 and the ‘Bowen notes’ are published in a book titled “Een introductie tot De Geheime Leer”
* The Voice of the Silence (De stem van de stilte) was first translated and published 1907
* The Key to Theosophy (De sleutel tot de theosofie) was first translated and published 1906
* Isis Unveiled (Isis ontsluierd) was first translated and published in 1911
* Transactions of the Blavatksy Lodge (Een toelichting op De Geheime Leer stanza;s I – IV; Handelingen van de Blavatsky Lodge) published in 1995
* H.P. Blavatsky to the American Conventions: 1888-1891 published in 1980 under the title “H.P. Blavatsky aan de Amerikaanse conventies: 1888-1891”
* Occult stories of H.P. Blavatsky and W.Q. Judge, collected and translated into Dutch and published in 1999 under the title “Occulte verhalen van H.P. Blavatksy and W.Q. Judge”.
* Many essays and articles of H.P. Blavatsky have been translated into Dutch and published in booklet.

Many Internet sites in Dutch give information about her.

Books by H.P.Blavatsky issued by UTVN Publishing House could be purchased from web-store http://theosofie.nl.

There are always lectures and study groups of HPB works in The International Theosophical Centre in Naarden. At the headquarters two study groups have taken up “The Secret Doctrine” and “The Mahatma Letters” for study.

“The Theosophical Society Point Loma – Blavatskyhouse The Haque” uses HPB name in its own name to indicate the priority of their activity as to follow the H.P.Blvatsky vision of theosophical movement.

==Nicaragua==

There is a TS branch “H.P.Blavatsky Lodge” in the country, which consist of 12 members.

==Peru==

The Blavatsky Lodge in Peru celebrated its 90th anniversary on 1 June 2014.

==Qatar==

There is a TS branch “H.P.Blavatsky Lodge” in the State of Qatar.

==Russia==

Soon after revolution of 1917 the theosophy in Russia was forbidden as well as many other mystical and religious organizations. Elena Petrovna Blavatsky's (Елена Петровна Блаватская) works got under a ban almost until the time of the Soviet Union disintegration in 1991. One year prior to this event in May, 1990 the first officially opened action devoted to return of name and heritage of H.P.Blavatsky to Russia took place. There were the exhibition “Sphinx of XIX century” (where most people could see the photo of HPB and other Russian and foreign theosophists for the first time) and the special evening meeting devoted to her life and creativity. Opening of an exhibition was shown on the central channel of television. The TS international President Radha Burneir came to USSR and took part in the opening ceremony. She brought two volumes of “The Secret Doctrine” as a gift and gave the inspiring speech. In 1991, the 160th anniversary of H.P. Blavatsky's birthday and the 100th anniversary of her passing away, there were 4 editions of “The Secret Doctrine” at once issued by 4 independent publishing houses in different cities of Russia. This fact made obvious that there was a great interest to the works of the world-known compatriot among the citizens, despite a ban. Since then different works by H.P.Blavatsky are published every year to satisfy constant interest of readers.

Nowadays all her books, most articles and majority of letters have been translated and published, most of them several times and in different translations. The major publications are:

* The Secret Doctrine (Тайная Доктрина) – volumes 1 and 2 are translated by H.I.Roerich (first publication was in 1937), volume 3 is translated by A.P.Heidok. “The Secret Doctrine” is issued almost every year. There were no less than 17 issues by 15 different publishing houses from 1991 till 2014 ([http://ru.teopedia.org/lib/Блаватская_Е.П._-_Тайная_Доктрина_(публикации) see the list] in Russian). There was another translation of “The Secret Doctrine” by A.A.Kamensky at the beginning of 20th century, but it is lost for now.
* Isis Unveiled (Разоблачённая Изида) – translated by A.P.Heidok and published by several publishing houses. There was an attempt to correct the translation by publishing houses “Sfera” ("Сфера", Moscow) and Lotac ("Лотаць", Minsk, Belarus). The work started at 2000 and still going on.
* The Voice of the Silence (Голос Безмолвия) – translated by H.F.Pisareva. The book was published by several publishing houses.
* The Key to Theosophy (Ключ к теософии) – have several translations and published by several publishing houses.
* Theosophical Glossary (Теософский словарь) – have several translations and published by several publishing houses in 1994, 2003, 2004, 2009.
* Articles were published in several volumes by different publishing houses in their series:
** White Lotus series (серия «Белый Лотос»), Sfera Publishing House, the series started in 1993, 21 volumes were published
** H.P.Blavatsky series (серия «Е.П.Блаватская»), MCF Publishing House, 1994-1999, 4 volumes were published
** Great Adepts series (серия «Великие посвящённые»), Eksmo-Press, the series started in 2001, 7 volumes were published
** H.P.Blavatsky for the offspring series (серия «Е.П.Блаватская – потомкам»), Sfera Publishing House, the series started in 2004, 9 volumes were published
** Delphis Publishing House (издательство «Дельфис»), started its series at 2014 (without special name) and 6 volume already issued
* From the Caves and Jungles of Hindustan (Из пещер и дебрей Индостана) originally published in Russian magazine “Russky Vestnik” («Русский Вестник», Russian Messenger) in 1883 and was issued in a separate book in 1912 in Saint-Petersburg. Recently it was published in 1994, 2001 and 2008 by different publishing houses.

There are more than dozen H.P.Blavatsky's biographies were translated into Russian and published. Those written by Constance Wachtmeister, Sylvia Cranston, Murphy Howard are among them. The biographies by V.P.Zhelihovskaya and H.F.Pisareva were written in Russian originally, they published as well. The modern authors made their contribution also:

* Kim Kiuru – HPB (Ким Киуру. «Е.П.Б.») published in 2010 by Belovodie Publishing House (издательство «Беловодье»)
* O.G.Boldyrev – Blavatsky. Shambhala messanger (О.Г.Болдырев, «Блаватская – вестница Шамбалы») published in 2013 by Veche Publishing House (издательство «Вече»)

Except literature Elena Petrovna's name became constant to sound at various conferences (not only theosophical). There are also works devoted to H.P.Blavatsky in poetry, fine arts and sculpture: Moscow Theosophical Society issued the poetry collection book “Helena Petrovna Blavatsky's Memories”, the sculptor Alexey Leonov modeled H.P.Blavatsky's head:

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There are several communities in every large Russian-speaking social network in Internet devoted to H.P.Blavatsky. Almost each large web-site of the mystical and/or educational content has the page devoted to her. There are some resources:

* http://www.theosophy.ru/hpb.htm
* http://www.theosophist.ru
* http://ru.teopedia.org/hpb/
* http://hpblavatsky.ru
* http://www.lomonosov.org/section/epblavatskaya.htm

All her works can be read and purchased on-line or downloaded for free.

Numerous groups of researchers continue work on studying H.P.Blavatsky's heritage. They make an effort to restore the interest to her works in Russia and show the meaning of HPB activity in true light. The following are some of them, which currently continue their activity (in chronological order of their appearance):

* International Centre of the Roerichs (Международный Центр Рерихов) founded in 1989, http://en.icr.su/, and other Roerich organizations
* Scientific Philosophical Society “Peace via culture” (Научно-философское общество "Мир через культуру") founded in 1991 by V.M.Sidorov, http://nfo-mir.com
* Public organization “H.P.Blavatsky Russian Esoteric School of Theosophy” (Русская эзотерическая школа теософии имени Е.П.Блаватской) founded in 1993 by V.A.Bakanov, [http://resht.ru/eng/index.htm http://resht.ru]
* Nonprofit organization “Charity foundation of preservation and development of cultural values “Delphis” (Некоммерческая организация "Благотворительный фонд сохранения и развития культурных ценностей "Дельфис") founded in 1997, http://delphis.ru
* Moscow Theosophical Society
* Internet project “Teopedia” (Теопедия) founded in 2007 by P.N.Malakhov, http://teopedia.org/
* Logaeva's Theosophical Group (Теософская группа Логаевой) founded in 2010 by H.A.Logaeva, http://www.theosophist.ru/
* TS in Russia has 7 branches, the first was founded in 2011 in Moscow. The TS branch in Kemerovo named “H.P.Blavatsky Lodge”.

==Serbia==

There are some H.P.Blavatsky's books translated into Serbian by "Metaphysica" Publishing House in Belgrade:
* The Secret Doctrine (Tajna doktrina I-III. Kosmogeneza, Antropogeza, Okultizam. Metaphysica, Beograd 2007).
* The Key to Theosophy (Ključ teozofije. Metaphysica, Beograd 2006).

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==Singapore==

Some talks and lectures the Singapore Lodge of TS organize are devoted to H.P.Blavatsky.

==Slovenia==

There are 3 HPB's books were translated into Slovenian language:
* The Voice of the Silence
* The Key to Theosophy
* The Stanzas of Dzyan

==Sweden==

There are some books of H.P.Blavatsky translated into Swedish:

* The Secret Doctrine (Den Hemliga Läran), translated by F. Kellberg in 1898
* The Key to Theosophy (Nyckel till Teosofin), translated by Barbro Melander and Märta Wiklund
* The Voice of the Silence (Tystnadens röst), translated by Carin Scholander
* Practical Occultism (Praktisk Ockultism), translated by Ingeborg Schönmeyr

H.P. Blavatsky’s books are studied very well in Sweden. There is a study group of “The Secret Doctrine” for 40 years. “The Voice of the Silence” is very popular.

==Ukraine==

All Ukrainian theosophists study H.P.Blavatsky's works. Being born on the south of modern Ukraine in Dnepropetrovsk city (former Ekaterinoslav) Helena Petrovna is deeply esteemed by the compatriots for her broad enlightenment work which she conducted worldwide.

The house where she has born is under government protection and has a status of museum. There are annual meetings of adherents in there since 1991. In 2011 these meetings are transformed into scientific readings, which have a goal to study the heritage of the outstanding compatriot, the researcher, the philosopher and the writer and also to study a scientific and creative heritage of her family members. Currently the museum is under construction.

The Voice of the Silence (Голос Безмовностi) was translated in 2010 by H.Gordienko.

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==Uruguay==

Uruguayans read H.P.Blavatsky's works in Spanish. The most popular is The Secret Doctrine and The Voice of the Silence.

==The USA==

The works of H.P. Blavatsky are still popular among the general public in the USA and members of the Theosophical Society in the USA. The most popular of her works is “The Secret Doctrine” followed by “Isis Unveiled”.

Theosophical Publishing House '''Quest Books''',(Wheaton, Illinois, http://www.questbooks.net) publishes:
* "Collected Writings of H.P.Blavatsky", 15 volumes
* "The Letters of H.P. Blavatsky", 1-st volume
* numerous other HPB's works and other theosophical books in text, audio and video.

The following Internet sites are devoted to H.P. Blavatsky:

* http://www.blavatskyarchives.com
* http://www.blavatsky.net
* http://theosophy.wiki (partly)

There are many links to the Internet resources devoted to H.P.Blavatsky on [http://blavatskyarchives.com/hpblinks.htm Blavatsky Archives web-page]

There is the TS branch “The Miami-Dade Blavatsky Lodge” located in Florida.

==Zambia==

In Zambia, in the 1980s efforts were made to translate some H.P. Blavatsky's works into a local language Bemba. One such was “The Key to Theosophy” but somewhere along the way this work was not continued. So theosophists in Zambia read HPB in English.

Mufulira and Kitwe Lodges have copies of the six Volume of the Secret Doctrine. Senior, serious students keenly study and share with others on excerpt from “The Secret Doctrine”, “Isis Unveiled” and “Practical Occultism”.

=Internet resources=

H.P.Blavatsky's works can be bought read or downloaded on several languages:

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* [http://www.theosophycompany.org/cart_blavatsky.html TheosophyCompany.org]
* [http://www.questbooks.net/author.cfm?authornum=22 QuestBooks.net]
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* [http://www.blavatskyarchives.com/theosophypdfs/early_theosophical_publications_authors.htm BlavatskyArchives.com]
* [http://www.blavatsky.net/index.php/links-support-theosophy-blavatsky-reading-seeker Blavatsky.net]
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* [http://blavatskynews.blogspot.de/ Blavatsky News] - world news regarding H.P.Blavatsky name
* [http://theosophy.wiki/ Theosophy.Wiki] - provides quotes from HPB, collected under different topics
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* [http://agnibooks.ru/catalog/501 AgniBooks.ru]
* [http://www.delphis.ru/search/books?category=544 Delphis.ru]
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* [http://www.theosophist.ru/index_works.shtml Theosophist.ru]
* [http://ru.teopedia.org/lib/Категория:Блаватская_Елена_Петровна Teopedia.org]
* [http://www.theosophy.ru/byauthor.htm Theosophy.ru]
* [http://www.ligatma.org/ LigAtma.org]
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* [http://www.roerich.com/7_2.htm Roerich.com]
* [http://ru.teopedia.org/pool/Категория:Труды_Блаватской_ЕП Teopedia.org]
* [http://www.theosophist.ru/index_works.shtml Theosophist.ru]
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[[File:HP Blavatsky 1.jpg|250px|right|thumb|H. P. Blavatsky in London on [[January 8]], 1889.]]
'''Helena Petrovna Blavatsky''' (Russian: Еле́на Петро́вна Блава́тская, Ukrainian: Олена Петрівна Блаватська), was born at Dnepropetrovsk (Ekaterinoslav), Ukraine, on [[August 12]], 1831 (31 July, old style). She was a [[Theosophist]], writer, and traveler.

In 1875 (together with Colonel [[H. S. Olcott]], attorney [[William Quan Judge]] and others) she established the [[Theosophical Society]]. Blavatsky was the main source of [[Theosophy#Modern Theosophy|Theosophical teachings]] and discussed the major themes of Theosophy in many articles and several major works, including [[Isis Unveiled (book)|''Isis Unveiled'']], [[The Secret Doctrine (book)|''The Secret Doctrine'']], [[The Key to Theosophy (book)|''The Key to Theosophy'']], and [[The Voice of the Silence (book)|''The Voice of the Silence'']]. She died in London, on [[May 8]], 1891.

Bllavatsky was instrumental in bringing the spiritual wisdom of the East and that of the ancient Western mysteries to the modern West, where they were virtually unknown.

== Early years ==
[[File:HPB's house - Ukraine.jpg|250px|left|thumb|[[H. P. Blavatsky House-Museum|H. P. Blavatsky house/museum]] in Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine]]
Helena Petrovna von Hahn (Russian: Елена Петровна Ган, Ukrainian: Олена Петрівна Ган) was the first child of Colonel Peter Alexeyevich von Hahn (1798-1873) and Helena Andreyevna Hahn (née de Fadeyev), a well-known social novelist. She was born at Ekaterinoslav in Southern Russia on [[August 12]], 1831 (or [[July 31]] in the Julian Calendar, then current in Russia). Having been born on the seventh month of the year she was called by the servants and locals "the Sedmitchka" (a possible alternate spelling--Sedgmika), an untranslatable term, meaning one connected with number Seven (other pet names she had were "Lelinka" and "Lyolya", the latter being a diminutive of Helena).

Although no official record has ever been produced of the exact time of her birth, it has been determined with sufficient accuracy by astrological rectification, based on various important events in H.P.B.’s life, to have been 1:42 A.M., local time, which, equated for Greenwich, would be 11:22 P.M., on August 11th, 1831.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. I (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1988), xxvi.</ref>

Helena was born prematurely. As in 1831 Russia was suffering a widespread epidemic of cholera that had raged several members of her parents’ household, there was fear for the infant’s life. An immediate baptism took place, in which a child who fell asleep holding a candle in the first row behind the officiating priest set fire to his robes during the ceremony.

Helena had a sister [[Vera Petrovna de Zhelihovsky|Vera Petrovna]] ([[April 29]], 1835 - 1896) and a brother, Leonid (June, 1840 - [[November 9]], 1885).

According to [[Vera Petrovna de Zhelihovsky|Vera P. de Zhelihovsky]], her mother, at the time, was worried about the destiny of her elder daughter, "gifted from childhood by outstanding features".<ref>Желиховская. Е. П. Блаватская. II. С.246.</ref>

The first ten years of Helena’s life were spent in frequent changes from one place of residence to another, partly due to the fact that her father’s battery of Horse-Artillery was being transferred from place to place, and partly because of the precarious health of her mother.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. I (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1988), xxx.</ref>
[[File:H.Hahn and H.Blavatsky.jpg|250px|right|thumb|HPB and her mother. H. P. B. museum in Dnepropetrovsk. Painter unknown.]]
Helena’s mother died on [[July 6]], 1842 at the age of 28 of galloping consumption. Before her death, her mother said: "Well! Perhaps it is for the better that I am dying: at least, I will not suffer from seeing Helena’s hard lot! I am quite sure that her destiny will be not womanly, that she will suffer much".<ref>Jelihovsky. Helena Petrovna Blavatsky // Lucifer. C.204; The Theosophist. C. 240</ref> Her father would die was on [[July 27]], 1873, after only three days of illness, while HPB was in New York ready to start her public career.

After her mother’s death, Helena’s grandfather Andrei Mikhailovich and Grandmother Helena Pavlovna (who was an accomplished amateur scientist) took the children to Saratov, where they had quite a different life. Fadeyev’s house was visited by Saratov’s intellectuals.

Helena was clairvoyant from early childhood. In occasions she saw the magestic figure of a Hindu in a white turban who she called her "Protector", since he had saved her in dangers. One of these accidents took place when she was was a young child. Wanting to examine a picture hanging high up on a wall, she piled up a couple of tables and a chair and started climbing. When she reached the painting she lost her balance and remembered nothing else. She then found herself safe on the floor, both tables and the chair standing in their usual places, with the trace of a small hand left on the dusty wall under the picture. Another instance took place when she was 13 years old. She was riding a horse which became frightened and ran away. She fell from her seat, her foot got caught in the stirrup and hung on to it. Instead of being killed she felt someone’s arms around her body supporting her until the horse was stopped.<ref>Helene F. Pissareff, "Helena Petrovna Blavatsky," The Theosophist, 34:4 (January, 1913), 505-506.</ref>

=== First marriage ===

The Winter season of 1848-49 was spent at Tiflis in the mansion of the old Princes Chavchavadze. Striving for full independence 16-year old Helena became betrothed to vice-governor of Erevan, Nikifor Vassilyevich Blavatsky, who was about 40 years old. Their wedding ceremony took place on [[July 7]], 1849. In October Helena left her husband and started on horseback for Tiflis to rejoin her relatives.<ref>[http://www.katinkahesselink.net/his/hishpb1.htm# New Light on the First Marriage of HPB] by Marina Cesar Sisson</ref><ref>исьмо А. М. Дондукову-Корсакову от 1 марта 1882 года // Блаватская Е. П. «Письма друзьям и сотрудникам». Сборник. Перев. с англ. — М., 2002. — С. 250 ISBN 5-93975-062-1</ref> Nikifor Blavatsky tried to obtain a divorce on the ground that "his marriage had never been more than a form." His attempt failed, however, owing to the fact Russian law at the time regarded divorce with disfavor.

It is not certain when Nikifor died. In Helena's scrapbook there is a cutting from a newspaper talking about her life, where we find the sentence: "For many years they [Helena and Nikifor] resided together at Odessa, and finally a legal separation was affected." To this, HPB added two notes. The one commenting on her stay with her husband "for many years" said: "a lie—was with him but for three weeks." To the second phrase: "finally a legal separation was affected" she added "legal, because he died." The name and date of the newspaper do not appear in print, but H.P.B. wrote in ink above the cutting: "From the N. Y. Mercury, Jan. 18, 1875."<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. I (Wheaton, Ill: Theosophical Publishing House, 1988), 54.</ref>

=== Travels ===

Shortly after her marriage Mme. Blavatsky began more than 20 years of extensive travel all over the world, which is extremely difficult to trace in any coherent manner. Between 1848 and 1875 she went around the world three times in search of wisdom about the nature of life and the reason for human existence. This brought her into contact with mystic traditions the world over. Since she traveled alone, this period of Blavatsky’s life is difficult for her biographers to document, although she wrote and talked about her adventures in later years. N. A. Fadeyeva reported that only her father knew where his daughter was, and from time to time would send money to her.

A chronological account of her movements is in [[Blavatsky’s travels]].

=== Meeting Master Morya ===

In her Sketchbook, now in the Adyar Archives, Mme. Blavatsky says that she met her Teacher, [[Morya|Master M.]], in the physical body for the first time at Ramsgate, on her twentieth birthday, [[August 12]], 1851. However, she told Countess [[Constance Wachtmeister]] that “Ramsgate” was a blind, and that this took place in Hyde Park, London. She told [[Alfred Percy Sinnett|A. P. Sinnett]] that this was "in the year of the first Nepal Embassy", that is, in 1850.

It is almost certain that H.P.B. was in London in the Summer of 1854, because she says that she met her Master again "in the house of a stranger in England, where he had come in the company of a dethroned native prince". This was undoubtedly Prince Dhuleep Singh, Mahârâja of Lahore.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. I (Wheaton, Ill: Theosophical Publishing House, 1988), xli.</ref>

=== In Tibet ===

The subject of Mme. Blavatsky’s stay in Tibet is wrapped in considerable mystery, as she kept the specific information secret. In 1884 she wrote the following:

<blockquote>I have lived at different periods in Little Tibet as in Great Tibet, and . . . these combined periods form more than seven years. Yet, I have never stated either verbally or over my signature that I had passed seven consecutive years in a convent. What I have said, and repeat now, is, that I have stopped in Lamaistic convents; that I have visited Tzi-gadze, the Tashi-Lhünpo territory and its neighbourhood, and that I have been further in, and in such places of Tibet as have never been visited by any other European, and that he can ever hope to visit.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. VI (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1989), 272.</ref></blockquote>

Sometime during 1852 she attempted to get into Tibet through Nepal. This first attempt failed through what she believed to be the opposition of the British Resident. When she tried to cross the Rangit river, she was see and brought her back.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. I (Wheaton, Ill: Theosophical Publishing House, 1988), xl.</ref>

In 1855 she and some friends formed a plan to penetrate Tibet under various disguises. According to Mr. Sinnett, H.P.B. crossed into Tibetan territory, with the help of a Tartar Shaman who was on his way home to Siberia, while the others were prevented from carrying out their plan.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. I (Wheaton, Ill: Theosophical Publishing House, 1988), xlii.</ref>

It is presumed that sometime in 1868 H.P.B. went via India to some parts of Tibet. It is on this journey that she met [[Koot Hoomi|Master K.H.]] for the first time, and lived in the house of his sister at Shigadze.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. I (Wheaton, Ill: Theosophical Publishing House, 1988), xlviii.</ref>

On [[November 11]], 1870, her aunt, Miss [[Nadyezhda Andreyevna de Fadeyev]], received the first known letter from Master K.H. stating that H.P.B. was well and would be back with the family soon.

It is important to bear in mind the term Tibet was then used in a general manner that included not only Tibet proper, but also regions such as Ladakh (then known as Little Tibet).

=== Société Spirite ===

In 1871 Mme. Blavatsky embarked for Egypt from Greece, where she had seen [[Hillarion|Master Hillarion]]. The ship was carrying guns and gunpowder as a protection against pirates and on [[July 4]], 1871, its powder magazine blew up, with a considerable loss of life. H.P.B., however, was uninjured. She eventually reached Alexandria with hardly any means at all. In October or November she went to Cairo where she met [[Emma Coulomb]] (then still Miss Emma Cutting) who was able to loan her some money for the time being.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. I (Wheaton, Ill: Theosophical Publishing House, 1988), xlix.</ref>

It was here that H.P.B. made a first attempt at investigating and explaining the nature of [[phenomena]]. For that purpose, she formed the Société Spirite (“Spiritist Society”) for the investigation of the [[Spiritism]] of the French occultist [[Allan Kardec]]. It would appear that this was done against the advice of Paulos Metamon, a well-known Coptic mystic and occultist with whom she was in touch at the time.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. I (Wheaton, Ill: Theosophical Publishing House, 1988), xlix.</ref> Her sister Vera de Zhelihovsky, who was in correspondence with her during these years, wrote that H.P.B. chose to start in this way “since there was no other [philosophy available]; to give people a chance to see for themselves how mistaken they were. She would first give room to an already established and accepted teaching and then, when the public would see that nothing was coming out of it, she would then offer her own explanations”.<ref>John Algeo (ed.), ''The Letters of H. P. Blavatsky''. (Wheaton: Theosophical Publishing House, 2003), 21.</ref>

However, the Société Spirite failed within a fortnight as Blavatsky could not find honest and qualified mediums to do the kind of research she had envisioned.

== Life in the United States ==

Probably in June, 1873, while in Paris, Mme. Blavatsky received an order from [[Morya|her Master]] to go to New York. She arrived in New York on [[July 7]] and began to work designing illustrated advertising-cards. She also seems to have tried some ornamental leather work, artificial flowers, and cravats.

In July of 1874 Col. [[Henry Steel Olcott|Henry S. Olcott]] became interested in [[Spiritualism]] and decided to investigate and report as a journalist the spiritualistic phenomena taking place at the Eddy farmhouse in Chittenden, Vermont. He went back to New York after a few days and published an account for the New York Sun. On [[September 17]] he returned to Chittenden for further investigation and on [[October 14]], acting on instructions received, HPB joined him, quickly becoming friends.

Through her [[Occultism|occult]] training, Mme. Blavatsky had develop [[Siddhi|psychic abilities]] that allowed her to command the [[elemental]]s (certain invisible powers of nature) through which she could perform many [[phenomena]]. Col. Olcott began to witness some of these abilities and naturally became very interested in this. As she began to instruct him in the [[Occult Science]] and the [[Esoteric Philosophy]], the two started working together in connection with the Spiritualistic movement in the US. During this time, HPB performed at will many phenomena normally ascribed to “the spirits,” and published articles in different spiritualistic journals explaining the origin and nature of these psychic incidents, in ways that contradicted many of the Spiritualists' theories. Most spiritualists were not pleased with HPB’s attempt to reform, sometimes quite radically, their beliefs.

See also: [[Phenomena]]

[[File:HPB citizenship.jpg|160px|right|thumb|Grant of citizenship]]
=== American citizenship ===
[[File:HPB citizenship 1.jpg|200px|left|thumb|Certificate of citizenship]]
On [[September 22]], 1874, Mme. Blavatsky signs a U.S.A. Government application form expressing her intention to become naturalized.

On [[July 8]], 1878, "Helen P. Blavatsky" appeared in the Court of Common Pleas in New York City and completed the process of applying for citizenship in the United States. She was the first Russian woman to be naturalized as an American citizen.

According to [[Boris de Zirkoff]] in 1978, her naturalization papers were in the hands of Geoffrey Watkins<ref>Boris de Zirkoff letter to Dora Kunz. October 17, 1978. Boris de Zirkoff Papers. Records Series 22. Theosophical Society in America Archives.</ref>, who was the son of [[John Watkins]], a personal friend of Blavatsky<ref>[http://www.watkinsbooks.com/shop-history# "History of Watkins"] at WatkinsBooks.com</ref>.

=== Second marriage ===

On [[April 3]], 1875, a few months before founding the [[Theosophical Society]], Mme. Blavatsky married a Georgian importer living in Philadelphia, [[Michael C. Betanelly]]. The wedding was conducted by Rev. William H. Furness at the First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia.<ref>GBC letter to Boris de Zirkoff, dated March 9, 1956. Boris de Zirkoff Papers. Records Series 22. Theosophical Society in America Archives. The church was located at Chestnut and Van Pelt Street, and the pastor described HPB as Russian, aged 36 [she was actually 43] and her husband as Russian, aged 33.</ref> She had agreed to this marriage after her suitor agreed that she could retain her name and independence, and that it was a marriage in name only. Colonel Olcott was astonished at the situation and she later told him that the situation resulted from karmic complications from past lives.<ref>Charles J. Ryan, ''H. P. Blavatsky and the Theosophical Movement'' (Pasadena: Theosophical University Press), 55.</ref> The marriage broke off after several months and Betanelly sued for divorce, which was finally granted on [[May 25]], 1878, with [[William Quan Judge|William Q. Judge]] acting as Blavatsky's counsel.

=== Injured leg ===

In the last days of January, 1875, Mme. Blavatsky injured her leg and her knee. By the middle of April [[John King]] cured the leg, but the trouble returned owing to lack of rest. By May her leg grew worse, becoming paralyzed and almost in need of amputation. A message precipitated from John King claimed that he would cure it. On [[June 3]], at midnight, HPB laid cold, pulse-less, and rigid; her injured leg had swollen to twice the natural size and had turned black. Her physician had given her up and her attendants thought her to be dead. However, within a few hours, the swelling subsided and she revived.

During that month HPB was very ill and, according to her husband [[Michael C. Betanelly]], she sometimes appeared to be "dead". As it would appear from [[Serapis|Master Serapis]]' letters to [[Henry Steel Olcott|Col. Olcott]] she underwent a serious trial or [[initiation]]. By the end of June, HPB had recovered.

=== The Miracle Club ===

While living in New York, Mme. Blavatsky started publishing some articles and letters on [[Spiritualism]], [[Magic]], and [[Occultism]]. According to [[Henry Steel Olcott|Col. Olcott]] this and "the stories that were afloat about her magical powers, and our several affirmations of the existence of non-human races of spiritual beings, drew into our acquaintanceship numbers of bright, clever people of occult leanings".<ref>Henry Steel Olcott, ''Old Diary Leaves'' First Series (Adyar, Madras: The Theosophical Publishing House, 1974), 113-114.</ref> At this time Mme. Blavatsky recorded the following in her scrap-book:

<blockquote>An attempt in consequence of orders received from [[Tuitit Bey|T*** B***]] through P*** personating [[John King]]. Ordered to begin telling the public the truth about the [[phenomena]] and their [[Mediumship|mediums]]. And now my martyrdom will begin! I shall have all the [[Spiritualism|Spiritualists]] against me, in addition to the [[Christianity|Christians]] and the Sceptics. Thy will, oh [[Morya|M.]], be done. H.P.B.<ref>Henry Steel Olcott, ''Old Diary Leaves'' First Series (Adyar, Madras: The Theosophical Publishing House, 1974), 25.</ref></blockquote>

In May 1875 it was decided to form a private investigating committee under the title of the "Miracle Club" where the phenomena of spiritualism would be studied, tested, and demonstrated; "All the manifestations, including materialisations, to occur in the light, and without a cabinet".<ref>Henry Steel Olcott, ''Old Diary Leaves'' First Series (Adyar, Madras: The Theosophical Publishing House, 1974), 25-26.</ref> This attempt, however, failed, mainly because the medium that was to be involved wanted to earn money from this endeavor, something HPB always opposed.

=== Founding of the Theosophical Society ===

In July 1875, HPB wrote in her scrapbook: "Orders received from India direct to establish a philosophico-religious society and choose a name for it, also to choose Olcott."<ref>Daniel H. Caldwell, ''The Esoteric World of Madame Blavatsky'' (Wheaton, Ill., Quest Books, 2001), 71</ref>

On [[September 7]], sixteen or seventeen people joined HPB in her rooms at 46 Irving Place to hear a lecture by [[George H. Felt]] on "The Lost Canon of Proportion of the Egyptians, Greeks and Romans." The talk was enthusiastically received and [[Henry Steel Olcott|H. S. Olcott]] wrote on a slip of paper "Would it not be a good thing to form a society from this kind of study?" He handed it to [[William Quan Judge|W. Q. Judge]] to pass it to HPB, who nodded in assent.<ref>Sylvia Cranston, ''H.P.B. The Extraordinary Life & Influence of Helena Blavatsky'', (New York: Putnam Book, 1993), 143.</ref>

At subsequent meetings bylaws were decided upon and officers were elected, with Col. Olcott as President, [[G. H. Felt]] and Dr. [[Seth Pancoast]] as Vice-Presidents; Madame Blavatsky, Corresponding Secretary; and W. Q. Judge as Counsel to the Society.

On [[November 17]], seventy days after the formation of the Society was proposed, Col. Olcott gave his inaugural address as President-Founder of the newly formed [[Theosophical Society]].

See also [[Founding of the Theosophical Society]].

=== The "Lamasery" ===
[[File:HP Blavatsky 1877.jpg|200px|right|thumb|H. P. Blavatsky around 1876-1877, in New York.]]
Since June 1876 till December 1878 Mme. Blavatsky and [[Henry Steel Olcott|Col. Olcott]] lived in an apartment situated at 302 West 47th Street in New York. Known as [[The Lamasery|the "Lamasery"]], the place became the unofficial headquarters of the newly formed Theosophical Society and a center of attraction for people interested in [[Occultism]], [[Kabbalah]], [[Spiritualism]], Platonism, as well as those curious about [[phenomena]]. Col. Olcott and Mr. Judge were nearly always present, and, after the departure of the visitors would remain far into the night immersed in study and discussion.

See also [[The Lamasery]].

=== ''Isis Unveiled'' ===

H. P. Blavatsky's first major literary effort was [[Isis Unveiled (book)|''Isis Unveiled'']], a critical response to the growing materialism in both scientific and religious institutions. The book was started in 1875, a few months before the formation of the [[Theosophical Society]], although at the time HPB did not know what was to become of the growing pile of manuscripts.

Described as "A Master-Key to the Mysteries of Ancient and Modern Science and Theology," the book was published in two volumes on [[September 29]], 1877, quickly becoming a classic in occult literature. Two large editions of this "epoch-making" work were sold immediately, and new editions have been appearing ever since.

On [[December 18]], 1878, five months after being officially naturalized as a U.S. citizen, Mme. Blavatsky (along with [[Henry Steel Olcott|Col. Olcott]], [[Edward Wimbridge]], and [[Rosa Bates]] left for India via England. She would not return to the country again. The party arrived in London on [[January 3]], 1879, and spent two weeks at the house of [[Harry J. Billing|Dr.]] and [[Mary Hollis Billing|Mrs. Billing]]. They sailed for Bombay on [[January 19]].

== Life in India ==
=== Arriving at Bombay ===
Mme. Blavatsky and the party arrived in Bombay on [[February 16]], 1879. In October of this year she started publishing [[The Theosophist (periodical)|The Theosophist]]. On [[December 4]] [[Founders#"The Founders"|the Founders]] visited [[Alfred Percy Sinnett|A. P. Sinnett]], editor of [[The Pioneer (periodical)|''The Pioneer'']], who would become an important figure in the early [[Theosophical Society]]. A second visit was paid in 1880 where Mme. Blavatsky performed many wonderful [[phenomena]] that Mr. Sinnett described in his book [[The Occult World (book)|''The Occult World'']].

During 1880 Mme. Blavatsky suffered much personal attacks concerning her identity and antecedents. Being Russian and earning money from publication of stories in Russian newspapers, the British government feared she was a Russian spy.

=== Taking Pansil ===

On [[May 25]], 1880, at the invitation of two head Buddhist monks of Ceylon (Sri Lanka), Mme. Blavatsky and a group of [[Theosophist]]s went to the island. Here they "took Pansil", that is, they formally identified themselves with [[Buddhism]] by reciting the Five Precepts at the Vijayananda Temple in Galle.

[[File:Crows Nest Bombay.jpg|380px|right|thumb|Crow's Nest, Bombay]]
=== "Crow's Nest" period ===

By the end of December 1880, after their second visit to the Sinnetts, Mme. Blavatsky and Col. Olcott moved to a spacious house on the hill of Breach Candy, Bombay, nicknamed the "Crow's Nest". This became a great center of Theosophical activity, [[phenomena]], and visitations by the [[Masters of Wisdom]].

In July 1882 Mme. Blavatsky traveled incognito to go into Sikkim. At about thirty miles into Sikkim territory she met physically Masters [[Morya|M.]] and [[Koot Hoomi|K.H.]] with whom she spent two days. The latter, wrote about this in [[Mahatma Letter No. 92#Page 20|one of his letters]]:

<blockquote>I do not believe I was ever so profoundly touched by anything I witnessed in all my life, as I was with the poor old creature’s ecstatic rapture, when meeting us recently both in our natural bodies, one — after three years, the other — nearly two years absence and separation in flesh. Even our phlegmatic M. was thrown off his balance by such an exhibition — of which he was chief hero. He had to use his power, and plunge her into a profound sleep, otherwise she would have burst some blood-vessel including kidneys, liver and her “interiors” — to use our friend [[William Oxley|Oxley’s]] favourite expression — in her delirious attempts to flatten her nose against his riding mantle besmeared with the Sikkim mud! We both laughed; yet could we feel otherwise but touched?<ref>Vicente Hao Chin, Jr., ''The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett in chronological sequence'' No. 92 (Quezon City: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), ???.</ref></blockquote>

=== Adyar Period ===

On [[April 23]], 1882, [[Founders#"The Founders"|the Founders]] arrived by ship at Madras, where they met [[T. Subba Row]], and others. On [[May 31]] they were taken to see a piece of property as a possible new headquarters for the Theosophical Society. When Mme. Blavatsky saw the Estate she declared "Master wants this purchased".<ref>[http://www.blavatskyarchives.com/chettyodl.htm# Old Diary Leaves] by G. Subbiah Chetty</ref>

On [[December 17]] Mme. Blavatsky and [[Henry Steel Olcott|Col. Olcott]] left Bombay by train heading for Adyar, accompanied by the [[Emma Coulomb|Emma]] and [[Alexis Coulomb]], [[Damodar K. Mavalankar|Damodar]], [[Gwala K. Deb|"Mr. Deb"]], Dora Swami Naidu, and five Hindu servants. They arrived on the [[December 19|19th]], 1882.

In 1883 she passed most of her time editing [[The Theosophist (periodical)|''The Theosophist'']] (which was the main source of Theosophical teachings at the time) and answering correspondence. It also fell to her to take charge of both [[chela]]s and lay chelas.<ref>Josephine Ransom, ''A Short History of The Theosophical Society'' (Adyar, Madras, India: The Theosophical Publishing House, 1989), 178.</ref>

In the second part of the year she spent about three months in the "Blue Mountains" (Nilgiri Hills) investigating the primitive Toda people living there. Her account was eventually published in book form under the title of [[The People of the Blue Mountains (book)|''The People of the Blue Mountains'']].

=== Visiting Europe ===

At a council meeting on [[January 20]], 1884, it was decided that Mme. Blavatsky should accompany [[Henry Steel Olcott|Col. Olcott]] on his trip to Europe, partly for reasons of health. Before leaving the President issued a special order designating some members of the General Council to act as a Board of Control during his absence to take care of the official business.

They left [[Adyar (campus)|Adyar]] and reached Marseilles on [[March 13]]. HPB stayed in France for about three week, mostly in Paris. On [[April 7]], she unexpectedly appeared at the election of officers in the [[London Lodge]].

On [[August 17]] she visited the [[Gebhard Family]] at Elberfeld, Germany. It was here that she heard from [[Damodar K. Mavalankar]] in Adyar about the attack from the Missionaries, incited by [[Emma Coulomb]], accusing HPB of having fraudulent [[phenomena]].

Mme. Blavatsky left for India from Liverpool on [[October 5]], 1884, accompanied by [[Isabelle Cooper-Oakley]] and [[A. J. Cooper-Oakley|her husband]]. They were joined by [[Charles Webster Leadbeater|C. W. Leadbeater]] at Port Said, in north east Egypt. After stopping in Cairo, they went to Ceylon (Sri Lanka) and joined [[Henry Steel Olcott|Col. Olcott]] there. They arrived at [[Adyar (campus)|Adyar]] on [[December 17]], 1884.

=== The Hodgson Report ===

In 1884, while [[Founders#"The Founders"|the Founders]] were in Europe the members of the Board of Control at Adyar could not tolerate [[Emma Coulomb]] any longer. They asked her to leave and she planned to take revenge. She and her husband Alexis went to the missionaries in Madras (now Channai) and organized an attack on Mme. Blavatsky.

When HPB arrived at Madras on [[December 17]] she received a tumultuous reception. She spoke in Pachaiappa's Hall packed with supporters, and declared that [[Emma Coulomb]]'s letters, as they stand, had not been written by her.

The [[Society for Psychical Research]] (S.P.R.) decided to send young [[Richard Hodgson]] to [[Adyar (campus)|Adyar]] to investigate Mme. Blavatsky's [[phenomena]], the production of the [[Mahatma Letters]], and the Coulomb's accusations. He arrived at Adyar in November, 1884, were he was friendly received. However, he began to be deceived by Emma and her husband into believing that she had faked them.

In April 1885 Hodgson returned to London. At the General Meeting of the S.P.R. held on [[June 24]] he presented a 200-page report declaring that Mme. Blavatsky was one of the most gifted, ingenious and interesting impostors in history.

Although her reputation was seriously damaged due to this report, the next years of her life can be regarded as the most productive in her role as a spiritual teacher.

In January 1885, while in [[Adyar (campus)|Adyar]], Mme. Blavatsky's became seriously ill. One night when she was about to die when [[Morya|Master M.]] came and laid his hands upon her to bring her back from death.<ref>Josephine Ransom, ''A Short History of The Theosophical Society'' (Adyar, Madras, India: The Theosophical Publishing House, 1989), 218.</ref> Unable to perform any administrative duties due to her health, on [[March 21]] 1885 she resigned as Corresponding Secretary of the [[Theosophical Society]].

Eventually, partly because of her health and partly to diffuse the effects of the accusations brought by the [[Emma Coulomb|Coulombs]], Mme. Blavatsky was "sent to Europe", in spite of her protests.

That this move had been contemplated by the [[Masters of Wisdom|Masters]] for some time can be ascertained from a letter [[Koot Hoomi|Master K.H.]] wrote to [[Alfred Percy Sinnett|A. P. Sinnett]] in October, 1884. In reference to Mme. Blavatsky, he stated:

<blockquote>She is permitted to retire for three reasons (1) to disconnect the [[Theosophical Society|T.S.]] from her [[phenomena]], now tried to be represented all fraudulent; (2) to help it by removing the chief cause of the hatred against it; (3) to try and restore the health of the body, so it may be used for some years longer.<ref>Vicente Hao Chin, Jr., ''The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett in chronological sequence'' No. 130 (Quezon City: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 434.</ref></blockquote>

See also: [[Hodgson Report]]

== Life in Europe ==
On [[March 31]], 1885, [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky|Mme. Blavatsky]] sailed away from India, never to return. With her went [[Babaji]], [[Franz Hartmann|Dr. Hartmann]], and [[Mary Flynn]] to look after her.

She stayed in Torre del Greco, Italy, for about three months and in August then decided to go to Wurzburg, near Munich, Germany. With the regaining of her health she started to become involved in the administration of the TS in Europe and she started working in a systematic way on her next book, [[The Secret Doctrine (book)|''The Secret Doctrine'']].

=== ''The Secret Doctrine'' ===

In May 1879, soon after moving to India, Mme. Blavatsky started designing a new book on [[Theosophy]] that would eventually become [[The Secret Doctrine (book)|''The Secret Doctrine'']].

In January 1884 the Supplement to [[The Theosophist (periodical)|''The Theosophist'']] published an advertising announcing that "a New Version of [[Isis Unveiled (book)|''Isis Unveiled'']]", which was to be published in monthly. Although Mme. Blavatsky had some written material to start the monthly installments, this never came to fruition in the way planned, due to ill-health, her travel to Europe, and the [[Hodgson_Report#Coulomb_affair|Coulomb affair]].

In the fall of 1885, a few months after HPB moved to Wurzburg, Germany, she started working steadily on its writing. The [[Constance Wachtmeister|Countess Wachtmeister]] moved with HPB to help her in this endeavor. As the writing of the book developed with the help of Masters [[Morya|M.]] and [[Koot Hoomi|K.H.]], HPB realized it was much more than a rewriting of ''Isis Unveiled''. In a letter to [[Alfred Percy Sinnett|A. P. Sinnett]] she said she felt that this could vindicate the [[Theosophical Society]] after the unfavorable [[Hodgson Report|Report]] that Hodgson made.<ref>A. Trevor Barker, ''The Letters of H. P. Blavatsky to A. P. Sinnett'' Letter No. CXVI, (Pasadena, CA: Theosophical University Press, 1973), 79.</ref>

In the spring of 1886 she sent a preliminary manuscript of the first volume to Adyar, where [[T. Subba Row]] was supposed to read it and contribute in what had to do with [[Hinduism|Hindu philosophy]]. However, he refused to do so. HPB moved to Ostende, Belgium, where she continued working on the book.

The First Volume of ''The Secret Doctrine'' came off the Press on [[October 20]], 1888, while the Second Volume was out towards the end of the year.

=== Bright's disease ===
[[File:HPB reading book JPEG.jpg|160px|left|thumb|HPB reading in London, in 1887.]]
By the end of March 1887 she fell gravely ill with a kidney infection. She was not expected to live. [[Morya|Master M.]] came at night and asked her if she wanted to be freed from the body or live, amidst much suffering, finish ''The Secret Doctrine'' and do some more work for [[Theosophy]] in Europe. She agreed on finishing the book. On [[May 1]], 1887, at the invitation of [[Archibald Keightley|Archibald]] and [[Bertram Keightley]] she moved to London. She settled with a few devoted friends in Lansdowne Road, Notting Hill, in September 1887.<ref>''The Vahan''. January 1, 1891.</ref> A group of earnest students took care of her and helped her finish and publish her book.

=== Blavatsky Lodge ===

Soon after Mme. Blavatsky arrived in London the group of student that had gathered around her convinced her of the need to form a TS Lodge. This was done, and they called it "[[Blavatsky Lodge|The Blavatsky Lodge of the Theosophical Society]]". In addition, they decided to form a Theosophical Publishing Company and start a Theosophical journal they daringly called [[Lucifer (periodical)|Lucifer]], with HPB and Mabel Collins as editors. HPB wrote many articles for this.

After the publishing of [[The Secret Doctrine (book)|''The Secret Doctrine'']] the Lodge met regularly to discuss with HPB any obscure points they found in its first volume. The dialogues they held were partially published under the title [http://www.phx-ult-lodge.org/Transactions.htm# ''Transactions of the Blavatsky Lodge''] and later a complete version was published as [https://www.hightail.com/download/bWJvY05rdGpubVhvS3NUQw# ''The Secret Doctrine Commentaries'']. In these meetings the content of another important book by HPB, [[The Key to Theosophy (book)|''The Key to Theosophy'']] was also discussed before its publication.

=== Esoteric Section ===
[[File:Blavatsky Olcott.jpg|300px|right|thumb|Last photo of Mme. Blavatsky and Col. Olcott together, taken in London, Oct. 1888]]
On [[October 9]], 1888, as a response to the demand by many earnest members to have esoteric teachings given by H. P. Blavatsky, [[Henry Steel Olcott|Col. Olcott]] agreed to form the "[[Esoteric Section|Esoteric Section of the Theosophical Society]]" with Mme. Blavatsky as its responsible head.

In August 1890 she formed an [[Esoteric_Section#Inner_Group|"Inner Group"]] of this Section mainly with some of her students living in London at the time. The group held its meetings weekly in HPB's place, at 19 Avenue Rd, in a room specially built for it. Participants would ask questions in regards to the [[Esoteric Philosophy]] or the spiritual practice and HPB would answer.

=== ''The Voice of the Silence'' ===

In July, 1889, Mme. Blavatsky went to Fontainebleau, France, for a few week's rest. There she wrote most of the material that would turn into the mystical Theosophical work known as [[The Voice of the Silence (book)|''The Voice of the Silence'']]. This book is a translation of three treatises contained in a secret work, ''[[The Book of the Golden Precepts]]'', which she had learned by heart during her training in Tibet.

During this time HPB received a visit from the newly joined [[Herbert Burrows]] and [[Annie Besant]]. In regards to the writing of this book, Mrs. Besant said:

<blockquote>She wrote it swiftly, without any material copy before her. I sat in the room while she was writing it. I know that she did not write it referring to any books, but she wrote it down steadily, hour after hour, exactly as though she were writing either from memory or from reading it where no book was and in the evening made me read it aloud to see if the 'English was decent.' Herbert Burrows was there, and Mrs. Candler, a staunch American Theosophist, and we sat round HPB while I read. The translation was in perfect and beautiful English, flowing and musical; only a word or two could we find to alter, and she looked at us like a startled child, wondering at our praises—praise that any one with the literary sense would endorse if they read that exquisite prose poem.<ref>Annie Besant, ''The Masters'', (Adyar, Madras: The Theosophical Press, 1977), 32-33.</ref></blockquote>

== Other writings ==

There exists no definite evidence that Mme. Blavatsky had ever published any articles, essays or letters to Editors prior to October, 1874, although there are statements that seem to indicate that her literary work began much earlier in life. Besides the books she wrote, for much of her adult life HPB supported herself by writing travelogues and stories for Russian periodicals.

For a list of her books and other writings, see [[Blavatsky writings]].

[[File:HPB death mask.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Death mask of HPB, from ''The Theosophist'', May 1991]]
== Death ==
In April, 1891, a very serious epidemic of influenza struck London. Practically the entire staff at 19 Avenue Rd. was affected, with three of them being at death's door. On [[April 25]]th, H.P.B. had a very high fever. On the [[April 30|30th]], she developed an abscess in her throat, and then another on the bronchial tubes, and became progressively weaker. On [[May 6]] she somewhat improved and managed to walk into her sitting room, although she said she felt she was dying. However, on [[May 8]], at 11 a.m., H.P.B. grew worse. Seated in her chair, she passed away at 2:25 p.m., GMT, surrounded by [[Laura M. Cooper|Miss Laura Cooper]], [[Claude Falls Wright]], [[Walter Gorn Old]], and Miss Black, the nurse.<ref>Daniel H. Caldwell, ''The Esoteric World of Madame Blavatsky: Insights into the Life of a Modern Sphinx'' (Wheaton:Quest Books, 2001), 396-397.</ref> The Countess [[Constance Wachtmeister]] and [[Isabel Cooper-Oakley]] arrived just after she passed. Miss Cooper left a detailed account of the event.<ref>Laura M. Cooper, "How She Left Us," ''H.P.B.: In Memory of Helena Petrovna Blavatsky'' (London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1891), 3-7.</ref>

H.P.B. had left instructions that "no parade or show of any kind should be made over her body."<ref>G. R. S. Mead,"The Cremation," ''H.P.B.: In Memory of Helena Petrovna Blavatsky'' (London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1891), 7.</ref> Her body was cremated at Woking Crematorium, Surrey, on [[May 11]], 1891. [[G. R. S. Mead]], General Secretary of the European Section and H.P.B.'s private secretary, addressed the small assembly of officers, staff, and friends, and then the ashes were returned to her own rooms.<ref>G. R. S. Mead,"The Cremation," 8-11. Available at [https://archive.org/stream/hpbinmemoryhele00unkngoog/hpbinmemoryhele00unkngoog_djvu.txt Internet Archive.</ref>

Between May 8 and 9 [[Henry Steel Olcott|Col. Olcott]] had three distinct warnings about Mme. Blavatsky's passing. He received a cablegram about the fact on [[May 10]].

On [[July 9]], 1891, the First Annual Convention of the European Branches was held in London. [[William Quan Judge|W. Q. Judge]] offered a resolution for the creation of an "H.P.B. Memorial Fund". Col. Olcott, as Chairman, suggested the partition of H.P.B.'s ashes. Some of the ashes are buried under the Blavatsky and Olcott statues in the [[Adyar (campus)|Adyar headquarters]] that they had established in 1882.
[[File:HPB-HSO statues in Adyar.jpg|280px|right|thumb|Statues of H.P. Blavatsky and H.S. Olcott at Adyar headquarters.]]
== Tributes and memorials ==

The first '''Blavatsky Lodge''' was in London, but similar names have also been adopted by groups in Sydney, Auckland, Berlin, Brussels, Colombia, Vancouver, Mumbai, Richmond (BC), and at least seven groups in the [[Theosophical Society in America]]. The name '''Blavatsky Hall''' has been used in London, Mumbai, Chennai, Los Angeles, San Diego, and San Francisco. '''Blavatsky Avenue''' is found in Jakarta and in Adyar, Chennai. The '''Blavatsky Study Centre''' is at the [http://tsperth.wikkii.com/wiki/Mt._Helena_Retreat Mt. Helena Retreat] near Perth, Australia.

[[H. P. Blavatsky House-Museum]] in Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine is a museum located in the house in which HPB was born. The '''Blavatsky Study Centre''' is at the [http://tsperth.wikkii.com/wiki/Mt._Helena_Retreat Mt. Helena Retreat] near Perth, Australia.
The [[H. P. B. Library]] in Canada was founded by [[Alice L. Cleather]], who also helped establish the [[Blavatsky Association]] that existed from 1923 to 1945.

Madame Blavatsky continues to fascinate modern writers, and is frequently mentioned in plays, popular fiction, Web-based fan fiction, and blog postings. A brief summary of her continued influence in many countries can be found at "[[H.P.Blavatsky's heritage in the modern world]]".

== Online resources ==

For online resources of Helena Petrovna Blavatsky's writings see [[Blavatsky writings]].

===Articles and pamphlets===
*[http://theosophy.ph/encyclo/index.php?title=Blavatsky,_Helena_Petrovna# H. P. Blavatsky] in Theosopedia.
*[http://www.theosophical.org/publications/quest-magazine/1492# Blavatsky and Mount Rushmore] by John Algeo
*[http://hpb.narod.ru/HPB_Light_Bringer.htm# H. P. Blavatsky - the Light-Bringer] by Geoffrey A. Barborka
*[http://www.blavatskyarchives.com/dallasblavatsky.htm# HPB - Chronological Review of Events in her Life] published by Blavatsky Study Center
*[http://www.theosophical.ca/adyar_pamphlets/AdyarPamphlet_No157.pdf# The Theosophical Society and H.P.B.] by Annie Besant and H.T. Patterson
*[http://www.blavatskyfoundation.org/carrith1.htm# The Truth About Madame Blavatsky] by Walter A. Carrithers, Jr.
*[http://blavatskyarchives.com/cooperl1891.htm# How She Left Us] by Laura M. Cooper
*[http://www.blavatsky.net/theosophy/judge/articles/esoteric-she.htm# The Esoteric She] by William Q. Judge
*[http://www.blavatsky.net/theosophy/judge/articles/lionhearted-colleague-passes.htm# H.P.B. - A Lion-Hearted Colleague Passes] by William Q. Judge
*[http://www.blavatsky.net/theosophy/judge/articles/hpb-at-enghien.htm# H.P.B. at Enghien] by William Q. Judge
*[http://www.blavatsky.net/theosophy/judge/articles/hpb-not-deserted.htm# H.P.B. Was Not Deserted by the Masters] by William Q. Judge
*[http://www.blavatsky.net/theosophy/judge/articles/yours-till-death-and-after.htm# "Yours Till Death and After, H.P.B."] by William Q. Judge
*[http://www.katinkahesselink.net/his/mead.html# Address Read at the Cremation of HPB's Body] by G. R. S. Mead
*[http://www.blavatskyarchives.com/meadconhpb.htm# Concerning H.P.B. - Stray Thoughts on Theosophy] by G.R.S. Mead
*[http://www.katinkahesselink.net/his/shearman2.html# A Message Ahead of Its Time] by Hugh Shearman
*[http://www.katinkahesselink.net/his/hishpb1.htm# New Light on the First Marriage of HPB] by Marina Cesar Sisson
*[http://www.theosophical.org/publications/quest-magazine/1696# Against Blavatsky: Rene Guenon's Critique of Theosophy] by Richard Smoley
*[http://blavatskytheosophy.com/praise-for-h-p-blavatsky-and-theosophy# Praise for H.P. Blavatsky and Theosophy] at BlavatskyTheosophy.com

===Books===
*[http://blavatskyarchives.com/theosophypdfs/wachtmeister_reminiscences_of_h__p__blavatsky_1893.pdf# Reminiscences of H.P. Blavatsky and ''The Secret Doctrine''] by Countess Constance Wachtmeister

===Audio===
*[https://www.theosophical.org/files/resources/Downloads/mp3/algeo/The%20Real%20Madame%20Blavatsky.mp3# The Real Madame Blavatsky] by John Algeo
*[https://www.theosophical.org/files/resources/Downloads/mp3/algeo/Olcott%20and%20Blavatsky:%20Theosophical%20Twins.mp3# Olcott and Blavatsky: Theosophical Twins] by John Algeo
*[https://www.theosophical.org/files/resources/Downloads/mp3/bruce/H.%20P.%20Blavatsky%20Remembered:%20White%20Lotus%20Day%20Commemoration.mp3# H. P. Blavatsky Remembered: White Lotus Day Commemoration] by David Bruce
*[https://www.theosophical.org/files/resources/Downloads/mp3/dezirkoff/The%20Life%20of%20HPB.mp3# The Life of HPB] Boris de Zirkoff
*[https://www.theosophical.org/files/resources/Downloads/mp3/hoeller/H.%20P.%20Blavatsky:%20Woman%20of%20Mystery.mp3# H. P. Blavatsky: Woman of Mystery] by Stephan Hoeller

===Video===
*[http://www.theosophicalinstitute.org/medialibrary/viewtitle.php?titleid=4CF0374D-ADAC-4E43-B5C0-166075160B6F# Blavatsky's Tibet: Sacred Power Places and their Spiritual Mysteries] by Glenn Mullin

===Additional resources===
*[http://www.theosophy-nw.org/theosnw/theos/hpb-selc.htm# H. P. Blavatsky - Theosophical Topics in Depth] Links to articles, letters, and books on and by HPB
*[http://www.blavatsky.net/gen/refute/refute.htm# Refutation of charges against Madame Blavatsky] at Blavatsky Net
*[http://www.astro.com/cgi/chart.cgi?wgid=wgeJxNTssKwjAQ_Bpvq2Q3lVbDHiqIHr2I5y2NtbSJ0qSW_r0pgngZhhnmMbVdy2Qax4LG13zo5S0xdDOcbW-9rEhdNnAHJCgAC42gaI85OJ3Z7Q4a6UHBsZNoh9Y_Q0rDtYSvmRWechhBoyKgXBegjNSVF2f5rz3Bb3Xx61TGSEkux2YMMZFl2FRxfqWrLj5Y4mQeYeY1miEw3k4fTvg8TA# H. P. Blavatsky's Natal Chart] at Astrodienst
*[http://ru.teopedia.org/hpb/%D0%97%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B0# Articles, books and quotations from HPB in Russian language] at Теопедия (Teopedia)

== Notes ==
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H.P.Blavatsky's heritage in the modern world

2015-01-19T12:20:07Z

P. Malakhov:

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=H.P.Blavatsky's life=

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(Main article: [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky]])

The great minds of the world are born at all the times. They are destined to become the mediators of the evolutionary powers. Some of them follow their way being unnoticed, others become the hubs of many global changes. Helena Petrovna Blavatsky is one of such great people. Her life and work help to broad our consciousness, understand the world around us in new terms. She worked for the future of every man for the new age, the dawn of which illuminated the progressive minds of 19th century.

Helena Petrovna faced her birthday fo 60 times, including the day of birth itself. It was 96 days until the 61st one. She made her first breath in August 12, 1831 (July 31 according to Julian calendar which Russia used at that time) in Yekaterinoslavl city (now it is Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine). For the last time she made her breath in May 8th 1891 in London.

A day when a man passes away indicates that his or her mission on Earth has been fulfilled. All the seeds were sowed and it is for the future generations to see what seeds will harvest and what will not. The passing away of H.P. Blavatsky was not once and for all, her activity and energy have started up a lot of spiritual organizations and movements throughout the world. We can say that she is still with us nowadays.

We remember a person until his or her ideas and deeds inspire new generations. H.P. Blavatsky still inspires all the seekers for the truth, her numerous writings help to show how to find one’s own way in spiritual world. We confess that her devotion for the Masters, her efforts to bring their teachings to the world, her service for mankind have made great changes in our minds. She feed up our thoughts and light up our hearts.

Death and birth are the points where worlds share their experience in everlasting cycle. Every death is an impulse for birth. Every birth attracts our attention toward life and existence, to something obvious for us, to something we can feel and analyze, to something we accept as real.

In August 12, 2014 we celebrate HPB's 183rd birthday. This date turns our attention to the fact that her ideas and thoughts have spread throughout the world very widely, that they are still alive. Her works are under constant study on all the continents, they have been translated into many languages, they are constantly reprinted in different editions and this process ones started never stops.

The Theosophical Society (which she was co-founder of) according to the 2013 annual report has 26 000 members, 947 branches and 175 Official Study Centres in 56 countries. There are some other organizations which were inspired by H.P.Blavatsky on educational and enlightenment work, on exploring the hidden powers of nature and human, on strengthening the brotherly relationship between people and all living beings.

A short report below on some countries reflects HPB influence on the modern world. It does not contain the full information and is going to be filled with new data.

=H.P.Blavatsky in the world=
==Argentina==

In Argentina H.P. Blavatsky’s books are read in Spanish. Her works are very popular, the most requested are:

* The Secret Doctrine (La Doctrina Secreta)
* The Voice of the Silence (La voz del Silencio)
* Isis Unveiled (Isis Sin Velo)
* The Key to Theosophy (La Clave de la Teosofia)

==Austria==

Blavatsky’s works are very well honored among Austrian theosophists, namely her best known works "The Voice of Silence", "The Key to Theosophy" and "The Secret Doctrine". Original teachings of Blavatsky and "The Mahatma Letters" are the main source of their own spiritual activities.

TS Lodge in Graz is named after H.P.Blavatsky.

==Belgium==

[[Image:Блаватская Е.П. - маска (Ferdinand Schirren).jpg| 200px | right | H.P.Blavatsky mask by Ferdinand Schirren]]
The Belgians read H.P.Blavatsky in English, Dutch and French. All the main HPB works are translated into Dutch (see Netherlands) and more of them into French (see France).

The most popular books in the country are “The Key to Theosophy”, “Practical Occultism” and “The Voice of the Silence”. The theosophists who have studied these books usually want to continue with “The Secret Doctrine” and “The Mahatma Letters”.

In Brussels in Belgium there was a Lodge called "Branche Blavatsky" for one hundred years, but it did not continue after 2012.

The Belgian artist Ferdinand Schirren made H.P.Blavatsky mask.

==Bolivia==

TS Members in Bolivia have regular study groups where they study theosophy basics including “The Secret Doctrine” and “The Voice of the Silence”.

Two study groups in Santa Cruz are studying “The Secret Doctrine” and one study group in Tarua meet three times a week and study “The Secret Doctrine” and “The Theosophical Glossary”. The Oruro City study group meets weekly to study “The Voice of the Silence”.

==Brazil==

All the main works by H.P. Blavatsky have been translated into Portuguese:
* “The Secret Doctrine”
* “Isis Unveiled”
* “The Key to Theosophy”, translated by Celia Moraes, 1st edition 1991, 4th edition 2011
* “Practical Occultism”
* “The Voice of the Silence”
* “Moments of Wisdom” - the quotations of her for the daily life

There are also:
* “Foundations of Esoteric Philosophy”, 1s edition 1991, 3rd edition 2001
* “H.P.B. The Extraordinary Life and Influence of Helena Blavatsky” by Sylvia Cranston, translated by Murillo Nunes de Azevedo

All these books are available to anyone who wants to buy them in Brazilian Theosophical Publishing House. The most popular among theosophists are “The Secret Doctrine” and “The Key to Theosophy”.

There is a Lodge of the Theosophical Society in the city of Vitoria, Espirito Santo State, in the east of Brazil, called “Blavatsky Lodge”.

==Canada==

There is Blavatsky Lodge of TS in Canada in Burnaby, British Columbia.

==Chile==

Theosophists in Chile read H.P.Blavatsky books mostly in Spanish. Currently the following works are translated:

* The Secret Doctrine (La Doctrina Secreta)
* Isis Unveiled (Isis Sin Velo)
* The Key to Theosophy (La Clave de la Teosofia)
* The Voice of the Silence (La voz del Silencio)
* Practical Occultism (Ocultismo Práctico)
* From the Caves and Jungles of Hindustan (Por las grutas y selvas del Indostan)
* H.P.Blavatsky - Collected Writings, volumes 1 - 9 (10 - 15 have not been translated yet)
* many articles

The most popular HPB's book among thesophists in Chile is “The Key to Theosophy”. The members of TS in Chile study “The Secret Doctrine” and “The Voice of the Silence” on their regular meetings.

==China==

The Key to Theosophy (證道學的關鍵 (Traditional), 证道学的关键 (Simplified)) is being translated by Chinese Project Team, TS Asia, East & South East

==England==

H.P. Blavatsky and her works are the cornerstones of the Theosophical study in England. Her three main works are the ones most studied with weekly study groups at HQ – Mondays: “Isis Unveiled”; Tuesdays: “The Secret Doctrine”; and every other Wednesday; “The Key to Theosophy”. HPB’s work is also studied in regular study groups in Lodges throughout the UK.

Blavatsky Lodge (of the TS in England), based in London, is one of the oldest in the world (2nd in England, 3rd in Europe), formed in 1887 ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blavatsky_Lodge http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blavatsky_Lodge] ). The distinguishing factor in the Blavatsky Lodge was that Madame Blavatsky herself was present at the Lodge every Thursday. Those discussions were collected in the “Transactions of the Blavatsky Lodge” and contain many commentaries on the Secret Doctrine. The Lodge still meets on Thursdays at HQ.

There is also HPB Lodge of the TSE, a peripatetic Lodge currently based in the Midlands.

There is The Blavatsky Trust, formed by Geoffrey Farthing, a past president of the TSE, specifically to promote Blavatsky Theosophy ([http://www.blavatskytrust.org.uk/ http://www.blavatskytrust.org.uk] ).

H.P. Blavatsky spent a considerable amount of time in and around London and at the TS in England, and passed away here. This, and the importance of her works, may account for why she is more celebrated here than the other two founders of the TS.

==Finland==

A lot of Blavatsky’s works have been translated into Finnish:
* The Secret Doctrine I and II and III (Salainen Oppi I ja II ja III), original translation by V.H.V. and P.E. in 1917, revised translation by P Carpelan in 1988 and 2012 to ebooks
* Index to the Secret Doctrine I and II (Salaisen Opin hakemisto osat I ja II), translated by P Carpelan in 1988
* The Secret Doctrine abridgement and the Stanzas of Dzyan (Salainen Oppi, johdanto ja Dzyanin runot), original translation by V.H.V. and P.E. in 1917, revised in 1988
* Isis Unveiled (Hunnuton Isis), translation by V.H.V. and P.E. in 1917
* The Key to Theosophy (Teosofian avain), first translation in 1906 and second in 1925 by P Ervast
* The Voice of the Silence (Hiljaisuuden ääni), translated in 1907 and 1973
* Practical Occultism (Käytännön okkultismi), translated early 1900s
* Theosophical glossary (Teosofinen sanakirja), translated by group in 1980s
* H.P. Blavatsky – a Herald of Light (H.P. Blavatsky – Valon airut), 45 writings of HPB compiled by P&K Salonen in 1981
* Esoteric instructions I, II and III (Esoteeriset ohjeet I, II ja III), translation by P Carpelan in 2012 to ebook
* Buddhist writings (Buddhalaisia kirjoituksia), a compilation of 8 articles by HPB about buddhism, with explanation of Sanskrit words

There are also published:
* Foundations of Esoteric Philosophy according to HPB (Esoteerisen filosofian perusteet HPB:n mukaan), translated by EH and VA in 1988

There is also a bi-weekly study group dedicated to "The Secret Doctrine".

One [http://www.kolumbus.fi/elonpyora/index.htm Helsinki TS lodge] is named as Blavatsky Lodge.

Secret Doctrine seminars are held around Finland approximately 3-4 times a year.

==France==

All the main H.P.Blavatsky works are translated into French:

* The Secret Doctrine (La Doctrine Secrète), 3 volumes
* Isis Unveiled (Isis Dévoilée)
* The Voice of the Silence (La Voix du silence)
* Theosophical Glossary (Le Glossaire Théosophique)
* Practical Occultism (Occultisme pratique)

These books could be purchased in web-store “Les Editions Adyar”, [http://www.editionsadyar.com/index.php?page=auteur&auteur=5 http://www.editionsadyar.com/index.php?page=auteur&auteur=5]

==Germany==

All major works of H. P. Blavatsky have been translated into German even longer time ago. This is especially:

* The Secret Doctrine (Geheimlehre) was translated first. In 1895 Annie Besant gave the permission for translating it. The Translation was initiated by Franz Hartmann, the translator was Dr.  Robert Froebe. Since then, other translations appeared, also abbreviated editions. The most popular abbreviated edition is the translation by Hank Troemel, finished in 2003.
* Isis Unveiled (Isis entschleiert)
* The Key to Theosophy (Der Schlüssel zur Theosophie)
* The Voice of the Silence (Die Stimme der Stille)

All her books one can buy in German section of Amazon ([http://www.amazon.de/ www.amazon.de]).

The German Section of the TS dates to 1902. In the first half of the 20th century, many German esoterics and occultists took over ideas from Blavatsky without mentioning her. The most popular of them was Rudolf Steiner, the founder of the so-called "Anthroposophie".

After having been forbidden in the "Third Reich", the work of the TS started up immediately in 1945 and the following years.

The Berlin lodge of TS is named ‘Blavatsky Lodge’.

H.P. Blavatsky lived in Würzburg, Ludwigstraße, 6 during the years 1885/1886, in Mme Constance Wachtmeister’s home. There she worked on the first part of The Secret Doctrine. There is the plaque on the building in Würzburg where she once resided.

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==Greece==

There are several works by H.P. Blavatsky which are translated into the Hellenic language. They are:

* The Secret Doctrine (ΜΥΣΤΙΚΗ ΔΟΞΑΣΙΑ), 3 volumes, 3rd volume was finished in 2013, published in 2 books titled "Mystics, Occult and Magical Arts" (ΜΥΣΤΕΣ, ΑΠΟΚΡΥΦΟ ΚΑΙ ΜΑΓΙΚΕΣ ΤΕΧΝΕΣ, vol. Α & B)
* Isis Unveiled (ΑΠΟΚΑΛΥΜΕΝΗ ΙΣΙΣ) published in 7 small volumes
* The Key to Theosophy (ΤΟ ΚΛΕΙΔΙ ΤΗΣ ΘΕΟΣΟΦΙΑΣ)
* The Voice of the Silence (Η ΦΩΝΗ ΤΗΣ ΣΙΓΗΣ)
* Practical Occultism (ΤΑ ΠΡΩΤΑ ΒΗΜΑΤΑ ΣΤΟΝ ΑΠΟΚΡΥΦΙΣΜΟ), the Hellenic title of the first book means: "The First Steps in Occultism"
* Yoga and occultism (ΓΙΟΓΚΑ ΚΑΙ ΑΠΟΚΡΥΦΙΣΜΟΣ (ΑΝΘΟΛΟΓΙΑ ΕΣΩΤΕΡΙΚΗΣ ΓΝΩΣΗΣ) ) – an anthology of her writings under this title

TS Lodge in Athens named after HPB “Blavatsky Lodge”.

The White Lotus Day is celebrated by Greek theosophists every year.

==Hungary==

In Hungary up to now the following H.P.Blavatsky works have been translated and published:

* The Secret Doctrine (Titkos Tanítás), 1st volume is complete, 2nd is being done
* The Voice of the Silence (A Csend Hangja)
* Practical Occultism (Gyakorlati okkultizmus)

“The Voice of the Silence”, “The Practical Occultism” and in the same volume her two articles (“Is Theosophy a Religion?” and “The Origin of Evil”) have translated and published, with the Foundation of Esoteric Philosophy (ed. by I. Hoskins).

The most of H.P. Blavatsky’s writings were (and are) translated by Mr. János Szabari and can be downloaded from the site of TS in Hungary: [http://teozofia.hu/index.php?fent=olvasnivalo http://teozofia.hu/index.php?fent=olvasnivalo] .

H.P. Blavatsky’s books can be bought in some great bookstores (such as Alexandra, Lira, Elixir), in some yearly exhibitions and during regular public lectures.

==India==

There is the international headquarter of the Theosophical Society in Adyar, Chennai (former Madras until 1996) of which H.P.Blavatsky was the co-founder. There are founder's statue, “Blavatsky bungalow” and “Blavatsky banyan” on Adyar territory.

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HPB's works are studied at annual School of Wisdom in Adyar. The Theosophical Publishing House publishes H.P.Blavatsky works constantly.

==Ireland==

The majority of the TS members in Ireland are now studying notes on “The Voice of the Silence” by HPB, which is favourite and much loved mystical booklet of hers some of Irish theosophists have at their bedsides and frequently refer to.

Personal libraries of theosophists in Ireland include all major works by H.P.Blavatsky.

==Israel==

The following Helena Blavatsky's (הלנה בלבצקי) books are translated into the Hebrew language:
* "Key to Theosophy" (מפתח לתאוסופיה) was translated and published at the end of the 1970-s. The translation was done by a professional translator Mr. Tuvia Ornan and edited by Mr. Vitally Rubissa.
* "The Voice of Silence" (קול הדממה) was translated and published in the beginning of the 1990-s by Mrs. Anava Kantor a long time Theosophist and edited by Abraham Oron.
* "Practical Occultism" (תורת הנסתר המעשית) was translated by Mrs. Anava Kantor and edited by Abraham Oron somewhen at the end of the 1990-s
* "The abridgment of The Secret Doctrine" () (not yet published), was translated by Mr. Ezion Becker and is being still checked and edited .

First 3 books can be bought from TS in Israel website, http://theosophia.co.il/

==Italy==

A lot of Blavatsky’s works have been translated into Italian:

* The Secret Doctrine (La Dottrina Segreta) and “The Secret Doctrine abridgement” (La Dottrina Segreta versione di studio). A new edition of the latter has been recently published.
* The Voice of the Silence (La voce del Silenzio)
* The Key to Theosophy (La chiave della Teosofia)
* Isis Unveiled (Iside svelata)
* The Stanzas of Dzyan (Le Stanze di Dzyan)
* Raya Yoga or Occultism (Raja Yoga o occultismo)

Italian theosophists are much obliged to H.P.Blavatsky and they highly regard her works, ''in primis'' the “The Voice of the Silence” and “The Secret Doctrine”.

The official website of the Italian Theosophical Society ([http://teosofica.org/ http://teosofica.org]) speaks widely about H.P. Blavatsky. Her biography is also present on the website. Many biographies have been published in Italian, the most important by Sylvia Cranston,  and by Sinnett.  Other books written by two  Italian Theosophists are the following: 

* “Helena Petrovna Blavatsky e la Società Teosofica” by Paola Giovetti; 
* “Blavatsky e Besant – il fulmine e il tuono” by Livia Lucchini.

The Italian version of the DVD  "The Life of Helena Petrovna BLAVATSKY" by Ian Wilson (“La vita di HPB”) was also published.

As for H.P.Blavatsky presence in Italy and her contacts with  Giuseppe Garibaldi one could read an article by Patrizia Calvi: “Helena Petrovna Blavatsky and Italy“, which was also published in the May 2012 issue of "The Theosophist". 

There is a Lodge in Milan, named after HPB, the same in Rome, and in Piea d’Asti where a Study Group is present with her name.

==Japan==

Currently the following H.P.Blavatsky works are translated into Japanese:

* The Secret Doctrine, volume 1, published under the title “Secret Doctrine. Universe Generation Theory” (シークレット・ドクトリン　宇宙発生論《上》). The second volume is being translated and published in the bi-monthly The Japanese Theosophist. The translators are Emiko Tanaka (田中恵美子) and Jeff Clark (ジェフ･クラーク).
* 365 days words of Blavatsky (ブラヴァツキーのことば365日) – the translation of “Madame Blavatsky’s Words for Each Day of the Year”. Translator: Yamaguchi (山口多一).
* Isis Unveiled, volume I - Science (ベールをとったイシス第１巻科学上), translator: Oimatsu Katsuhiro (老松克博)
* Proceedings of the Secret Doctrine (シークレット・ドクトリンの議事録), the translators are Emiko Tanaka (田中恵美子) and Jeff Clark (ジェフ･クラーク).
* History of the Secret Doctrine (シークレット・ドクトリンの沿革), translator: Matsuda Katsurahate (松田桂果)

The TS Lodge in Tokyo which is consist of 51 members study H.P.Blavatsky works in their native language.

==Myanmar (Burma)==

TS members in Myanmar study “The Secret Doctrine” among other spiritual literature on their meetings.

==Netherlands==

Some of H.P. Blavatsky works have been translated into Dutch:

* The Secret Doctrine (Geheime Leer) was first translated and published in 1907. The “Introduction” in The Secret Doctrine, vol. 1, together with some other parts of vol. 1 and 2 and the ‘Bowen notes’ are published in a book titled “Een introductie tot De Geheime Leer”
* The Voice of the Silence (De stem van de stilte) was first translated and published 1907
* The Key to Theosophy (De sleutel tot de theosofie) was first translated and published 1906
* Isis Unveiled (Isis ontsluierd) was first translated and published in 1911
* Transactions of the Blavatksy Lodge (Een toelichting op De Geheime Leer stanza;s I – IV; Handelingen van de Blavatsky Lodge) published in 1995
* H.P. Blavatsky to the American Conventions: 1888-1891 published in 1980 under the title “H.P. Blavatsky aan de Amerikaanse conventies: 1888-1891”
* Occult stories of H.P. Blavatsky and W.Q. Judge, collected and translated into Dutch and published in 1999 under the title “Occulte verhalen van H.P. Blavatksy and W.Q. Judge”.
* Many essays and articles of H.P. Blavatsky have been translated into Dutch and published in booklet.

Many Internet sites in Dutch give information about her.

Books by H.P.Blavatsky issued by UTVN Publishing House could be purchased from web-store http://theosofie.nl.

There are always lectures and study groups of HPB works in The International Theosophical Centre in Naarden. At the headquarters two study groups have taken up “The Secret Doctrine” and “The Mahatma Letters” for study.

“The Theosophical Society Point Loma – Blavatskyhouse The Haque” uses HPB name in its own name to indicate the priority of their activity as to follow the H.P.Blvatsky vision of theosophical movement.

==Nicaragua==

There is a TS branch “H.P.Blavatsky Lodge” in the country, which consist of 12 members.

==Peru==

The Blavatsky Lodge in Peru celebrated its 90th anniversary on 1 June 2014.

==Qatar==

There is a TS branch “H.P.Blavatsky Lodge” in the State of Qatar.

==Russia==

Soon after revolution of 1917 the theosophy in Russia was forbidden as well as many other mystical and religious organizations. Elena Petrovna Blavatsky's (Елена Петровна Блаватская) works got under a ban almost until the time of the Soviet Union disintegration in 1991. One year prior to this event in May, 1990 the first officially opened action devoted to return of name and heritage of H.P.Blavatsky to Russia took place. There were the exhibition “Sphinx of XIX century” (where most people could see the photo of HPB and other Russian and foreign theosophists for the first time) and the special evening meeting devoted to her life and creativity. Opening of an exhibition was shown on the central channel of television. The TS international President Radha Burneir came to USSR and took part in the opening ceremony. She brought two volumes of “The Secret Doctrine” as a gift and gave the inspiring speech. In 1991, the 160th anniversary of H.P. Blavatsky's birthday and the 100th anniversary of her passing away, there were 4 editions of “The Secret Doctrine” at once issued by 4 independent publishing houses in different cities of Russia. This fact made obvious that there was a great interest to the works of the world-known compatriot among the citizens, despite a ban. Since then different works by H.P.Blavatsky are published every year to satisfy constant interest of readers.

Nowadays all her books, most articles and majority of letters have been translated and published, most of them several times and in different translations. The major publications are:

* The Secret Doctrine (Тайная Доктрина) – volumes 1 and 2 are translated by H.I.Roerich (first publication was in 1937), volume 3 is translated by A.P.Heidok. “The Secret Doctrine” is issued almost every year. There were no less than 17 issues by 15 different publishing houses from 1991 till 2014 ([http://ru.teopedia.org/lib/Блаватская_Е.П._-_Тайная_Доктрина_(публикации) see the list] in Russian). There was another translation of “The Secret Doctrine” by A.A.Kamensky at the beginning of 20th century, but it is lost for now.
* Isis Unveiled (Разоблачённая Изида) – translated by A.P.Heidok and published by several publishing houses. There was an attempt to correct the translation by publishing houses “Sfera” ("Сфера", Moscow) and Lotac ("Лотаць", Minsk, Belarus). The work started at 2000 and still going on.
* The Voice of the Silence (Голос Безмолвия) – translated by H.F.Pisareva. The book was published by several publishing houses.
* The Key to Theosophy (Ключ к теософии) – have several translations and published by several publishing houses.
* Theosophical Glossary (Теософский словарь) – have several translations and published by several publishing houses in 1994, 2003, 2004, 2009.
* Articles were published in several volumes by different publishing houses in their series:
** White Lotus series (серия «Белый Лотос»), Sfera Publishing House, the series started in 1993, 21 volumes were published
** H.P.Blavatsky series (серия «Е.П.Блаватская»), MCF Publishing House, 1994-1999, 4 volumes were published
** Great Adepts series (серия «Великие посвящённые»), Eksmo-Press, the series started in 2001, 7 volumes were published
** H.P.Blavatsky for the offspring series (серия «Е.П.Блаватская – потомкам»), Sfera Publishing House, the series started in 2004, 9 volumes were published
** Delphis Publishing House (издательство «Дельфис»), started its series at 2014 (without special name) and 6 volume already issued
* From the Caves and Jungles of Hindustan (Из пещер и дебрей Индостана) originally published in Russian magazine “Russky Vestnik” («Русский Вестник», Russian Messenger) in 1883 and was issued in a separate book in 1912 in Saint-Petersburg. Recently it was published in 1994, 2001 and 2008 by different publishing houses.

There are more than dozen H.P.Blavatsky's biographies were translated into Russian and published. Those written by Constance Wachtmeister, Sylvia Cranston, Murphy Howard are among them. The biographies by V.P.Zhelihovskaya and H.F.Pisareva were written in Russian originally, they published as well. The modern authors made their contribution also:

* Kim Kiuru – HPB (Ким Киуру. «Е.П.Б.») published in 2010 by Belovodie Publishing House (издательство «Беловодье»)
* O.G.Boldyrev – Blavatsky. Shambhala messanger (О.Г.Болдырев, «Блаватская – вестница Шамбалы») published in 2013 by Veche Publishing House (издательство «Вече»)

Except literature Elena Petrovna's name became constant to sound at various conferences (not only theosophical). There are also works devoted to H.P.Blavatsky in poetry, fine arts and sculpture: Moscow Theosophical Society issued the poetry collection book “Helena Petrovna Blavatsky's Memories”, the sculptor Alexey Leonov modeled H.P.Blavatsky's head:

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There are several communities in every large Russian-speaking social network in Internet devoted to H.P.Blavatsky. Almost each large web-site of the mystical and/or educational content has the page devoted to her. There are some resources:

* http://www.theosophy.ru/hpb.htm
* http://www.theosophist.ru
* http://ru.teopedia.org/hpb/
* http://hpblavatsky.ru
* http://www.lomonosov.org/section/epblavatskaya.htm

All her works can be read and purchased on-line or downloaded for free.

Numerous groups of researchers continue work on studying H.P.Blavatsky's heritage. They make an effort to restore the interest to her works in Russia and show the meaning of HPB activity in true light. The following are some of them, which currently continue their activity (in chronological order of their appearance):

* International Centre of the Roerichs (Международный Центр Рерихов) founded in 1989, http://en.icr.su/, and other Roerich organizations
* Scientific Philosophical Society “Peace via culture” (Научно-философское общество "Мир через культуру") founded in 1991 by V.M.Sidorov, http://nfo-mir.com
* Public organization “H.P.Blavatsky Russian Esoteric School of Theosophy” (Русская эзотерическая школа теософии имени Е.П.Блаватской) founded in 1993 by V.A.Bakanov, [http://resht.ru/eng/index.htm http://resht.ru]
* Nonprofit organization “Charity foundation of preservation and development of cultural values “Delphis” (Некоммерческая организация "Благотворительный фонд сохранения и развития культурных ценностей "Дельфис") founded in 1997, http://delphis.ru
* Moscow Theosophical Society
* Internet project “Teopedia” (Теопедия) founded in 2007 by P.N.Malakhov, http://teopedia.org/
* Logaeva's Theosophical Group (Теософская группа Логаевой) founded in 2010 by H.A.Logaeva, http://www.theosophist.ru/
* TS in Russia has 7 branches, the first was founded in 2011 in Moscow. The TS branch in Kemerovo named “H.P.Blavatsky Lodge”.

==Singapore==

Some talks and lectures the Singapore Lodge of TS organize are devoted to H.P.Blavatsky.

==Slovenia==

There are 3 HPB's books were translated into Slovenian language:
* The Voice of the Silence
* The Key to Theosophy
* The Stanzas of Dzyan

==Sweden==

There are some books of H.P.Blavatsky translated into Swedish:

* The Secret Doctrine (Den Hemliga Läran), translated by F. Kellberg in 1898
* The Key to Theosophy (Nyckel till Teosofin), translated by Barbro Melander and Märta Wiklund
* The Voice of the Silence (Tystnadens röst), translated by Carin Scholander
* Practical Occultism (Praktisk Ockultism), translated by Ingeborg Schönmeyr

H.P. Blavatsky’s books are studied very well in Sweden. There is a study group of “The Secret Doctrine” for 40 years. “The Voice of the Silence” is very popular.

==Ukraine==

All Ukrainian theosophists study H.P.Blavatsky's works. Being born on the south of modern Ukraine in Dnepropetrovsk city (former Ekaterinoslav) Helena Petrovna is deeply esteemed by the compatriots for her broad enlightenment work which she conducted worldwide.

The house where she has born is under government protection and has a status of museum. There are annual meetings of adherents in there since 1991. In 2011 these meetings are transformed into scientific readings, which have a goal to study the heritage of the outstanding compatriot, the researcher, the philosopher and the writer and also to study a scientific and creative heritage of her family members. Currently the museum is under construction.

The Voice of the Silence (Голос Безмовностi) was translated in 2010 by H.Gordienko.

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==Uruguay==

Uruguayans read H.P.Blavatsky's works in Spanish. The most popular is The Secret Doctrine and The Voice of the Silence.

==The USA==

The works of H.P. Blavatsky are still popular among the general public in the USA and members of the Theosophical Society in the USA. The most popular of her works is “The Secret Doctrine” followed by “Isis Unveiled”.

Theosophical Publishing House '''Quest Books''',(Wheaton, Illinois, http://www.questbooks.net) publishes:
* "Collected Writings of H.P.Blavatsky", 15 volumes
* "The Letters of H.P. Blavatsky", 1-st volume
* numerous other HPB's works and other theosophical books in text, audio and video.

The following Internet sites are devoted to H.P. Blavatsky:

* http://www.blavatskyarchives.com
* http://www.blavatsky.net
* http://theosophy.wiki

There are many links to the Internet resources devoted to H.P.Blavatsky on [http://blavatskyarchives.com/hpblinks.htm Blavatsky Archives web-page]

There is the TS branch “The Miami-Dade Blavatsky Lodge” located in Florida.

==Zambia==

In Zambia, in the 1980s efforts were made to translate some H.P. Blavatsky's works into a local language Bemba. One such was “The Key to Theosophy” but somewhere along the way this work was not continued. So theosophists in Zambia read HPB in English.

Mufulira and Kitwe Lodges have copies of the six Volume of the Secret Doctrine. Senior, serious students keenly study and share with others on excerpt from “The Secret Doctrine”, “Isis Unveiled” and “Practical Occultism”.

=Internet resources=

H.P.Blavatsky's works can be bought read or downloaded on several languages:

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* [http://blavatskynews.blogspot.de/ Blavatsky News] - world news regarding H.P.Blavatsky name
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* [http://ru.teopedia.org/pool/Категория:Труды_Блаватской_ЕП Teopedia.org]
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H.P.Blavatsky's heritage in the modern world

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The great minds of the world are born at all the times. They are destined to become the mediators of the evolutionary powers. Some of them follow their way being unnoticed, others become the hubs of many global changes. Helena Petrovna Blavatsky is one of such great people. Her life and work help to broad our consciousness, understand the world around us in new terms. She worked for the future of every man for the new age, the dawn of which illuminated the progressive minds of 19th century.

Helena Petrovna faced her birthday fo 60 times, including the day of birth itself. It was 96 days until the 61st one. She made her first breath in August 12, 1831 (July 31 according to Julian calendar which Russia used at that time) in Yekaterinoslavl city (now it is Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine). For the last time she made her breath in May 8th 1891 in London.

A day when a man passes away indicates that his or her mission on Earth has been fulfilled. All the seeds were sowed and it is for the future generations to see what seeds will harvest and what will not. The passing away of H.P. Blavatsky was not once and for all, her activity and energy have started up a lot of spiritual organizations and movements throughout the world. We can say that she is still with us nowadays.

We remember a person until his or her ideas and deeds inspire new generations. H.P. Blavatsky still inspires all the seekers for the truth, her numerous writings help to show how to find one’s own way in spiritual world. We confess that her devotion for the Masters, her efforts to bring their teachings to the world, her service for mankind have made great changes in our minds. She feed up our thoughts and light up our hearts.

Death and birth are the points where worlds share their experience in everlasting cycle. Every death is an impulse for birth. Every birth attracts our attention toward life and existence, to something obvious for us, to something we can feel and analyze, to something we accept as real.

In August 12, 2014 we celebrate HPB's 183rd birthday. This date turns our attention to the fact that her ideas and thoughts have spread throughout the world very widely, that they are still alive. Her works are under constant study on all the continents, they have been translated into many languages, they are constantly reprinted in different editions and this process ones started never stops.

The Theosophical Society (which she was co-founder of) according to the 2013 annual report has 26 000 members, 947 branches and 175 Official Study Centres in 56 countries. There are some other organizations which were inspired by H.P.Blavatsky on educational and enlightenment work, on exploring the hidden powers of nature and human, on strengthening the brotherly relationship between people and all living beings.

A short report below on some countries reflects HPB influence on the modern world. It does not contain the full information and is going to be filled with new data.

=H.P.Blavatsky in the world=
==Argentina==

In Argentina H.P. Blavatsky’s books are read in Spanish. Her works are very popular, the most requested are:

* The Secret Doctrine (La Doctrina Secreta)
* The Voice of the Silence (La voz del Silencio)
* Isis Unveiled (Isis Sin Velo)
* The Key to Theosophy (La Clave de la Teosofia)

==Austria==

Blavatsky’s works are very well honored among Austrian theosophists, namely her best known works "The Voice of Silence", "The Key to Theosophy" and "The Secret Doctrine". Original teachings of Blavatsky and "The Mahatma Letters" are the main source of their own spiritual activities.

TS Lodge in Graz is named after H.P.Blavatsky.

==Belgium==

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The Belgians read H.P.Blavatsky in English, Dutch and French. All the main HPB works are translated into Dutch (see Netherlands) and more of them into French (see France).

The most popular books in the country are “The Key to Theosophy”, “Practical Occultism” and “The Voice of the Silence”. The theosophists who have studied these books usually want to continue with “The Secret Doctrine” and “The Mahatma Letters”.

In Brussels in Belgium there was a Lodge called "Branche Blavatsky" for one hundred years, but it did not continue after 2012.

The Belgian artist Ferdinand Schirren made H.P.Blavatsky mask.

==Bolivia==

TS Members in Bolivia have regular study groups where they study theosophy basics including “The Secret Doctrine” and “The Voice of the Silence”.

Two study groups in Santa Cruz are studying “The Secret Doctrine” and one study group in Tarua meet three times a week and study “The Secret Doctrine” and “The Theosophical Glossary”. The Oruro City study group meets weekly to study “The Voice of the Silence”.

==Brazil==

All the main works by H.P. Blavatsky have been translated into Portuguese:
* “The Secret Doctrine”
* “Isis Unveiled”
* “The Key to Theosophy”, translated by Celia Moraes, 1st edition 1991, 4th edition 2011
* “Practical Occultism”
* “The Voice of the Silence”
* “Moments of Wisdom” - the quotations of her for the daily life

There are also:
* “Foundations of Esoteric Philosophy”, 1s edition 1991, 3rd edition 2001
* “H.P.B. The Extraordinary Life and Influence of Helena Blavatsky” by Sylvia Cranston, translated by Murillo Nunes de Azevedo

All these books are available to anyone who wants to buy them in Brazilian Theosophical Publishing House. The most popular among theosophists are “The Secret Doctrine” and “The Key to Theosophy”.

There is a Lodge of the Theosophical Society in the city of Vitoria, Espirito Santo State, in the east of Brazil, called “Blavatsky Lodge”.

==Canada==

There is Blavatsky Lodge of TS in Canada in Burnaby, British Columbia.

==Chile==

Theosophists in Chile read H.P.Blavatsky books mostly in Spanish. Currently the following works are translated:

* The Secret Doctrine (La Doctrina Secreta)
* Isis Unveiled (Isis Sin Velo)
* The Key to Theosophy (La Clave de la Teosofia)
* The Voice of the Silence (La voz del Silencio)
* Practical Occultism (Ocultismo Práctico)
* From the Caves and Jungles of Hindustan (Por las grutas y selvas del Indostan)
* H.P.Blavatsky - Collected Writings, volumes 1 - 9 (10 - 15 have not been translated yet)
* many articles

The most popular HPB's book among thesophists in Chile is “The Key to Theosophy”. The members of TS in Chile study “The Secret Doctrine” and “The Voice of the Silence” on their regular meetings.

==China==

The Key to Theosophy (證道學的關鍵 (Traditional), 证道学的关键 (Simplified)) is being translated by Chinese Project Team, TS Asia, East & South East

==England==

H.P. Blavatsky and her works are the cornerstones of the Theosophical study in England. Her three main works are the ones most studied with weekly study groups at HQ – Mondays: “Isis Unveiled”; Tuesdays: “The Secret Doctrine”; and every other Wednesday; “The Key to Theosophy”. HPB’s work is also studied in regular study groups in Lodges throughout the UK.

Blavatsky Lodge (of the TS in England), based in London, is one of the oldest in the world (2nd in England, 3rd in Europe), formed in 1887 ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blavatsky_Lodge http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blavatsky_Lodge] ). The distinguishing factor in the Blavatsky Lodge was that Madame Blavatsky herself was present at the Lodge every Thursday. Those discussions were collected in the “Transactions of the Blavatsky Lodge” and contain many commentaries on the Secret Doctrine. The Lodge still meets on Thursdays at HQ.

There is also HPB Lodge of the TSE, a peripatetic Lodge currently based in the Midlands.

There is The Blavatsky Trust, formed by Geoffrey Farthing, a past president of the TSE, specifically to promote Blavatsky Theosophy ([http://www.blavatskytrust.org.uk/ http://www.blavatskytrust.org.uk] ).

H.P. Blavatsky spent a considerable amount of time in and around London and at the TS in England, and passed away here. This, and the importance of her works, may account for why she is more celebrated here than the other two founders of the TS.

==Finland==

A lot of Blavatsky’s works have been translated into Finnish:
* The Secret Doctrine I and II and III (Salainen Oppi I ja II ja III), original translation by V.H.V. and P.E. in 1917, revised translation by P Carpelan in 1988 and 2012 to ebooks
* Index to the Secret Doctrine I and II (Salaisen Opin hakemisto osat I ja II), translated by P Carpelan in 1988
* The Secret Doctrine abridgement and the Stanzas of Dzyan (Salainen Oppi, johdanto ja Dzyanin runot), original translation by V.H.V. and P.E. in 1917, revised in 1988
* Isis Unveiled (Hunnuton Isis), translation by V.H.V. and P.E. in 1917
* The Key to Theosophy (Teosofian avain), first translation in 1906 and second in 1925 by P Ervast
* The Voice of the Silence (Hiljaisuuden ääni), translated in 1907 and 1973
* Practical Occultism (Käytännön okkultismi), translated early 1900s
* Theosophical glossary (Teosofinen sanakirja), translated by group in 1980s
* H.P. Blavatsky – a Herald of Light (H.P. Blavatsky – Valon airut), 45 writings of HPB compiled by P&K Salonen in 1981
* Esoteric instructions I, II and III (Esoteeriset ohjeet I, II ja III), translation by P Carpelan in 2012 to ebook
* Buddhist writings (Buddhalaisia kirjoituksia), a compilation of 8 articles by HPB about buddhism, with explanation of Sanskrit words

There are also published:
* Foundations of Esoteric Philosophy according to HPB (Esoteerisen filosofian perusteet HPB:n mukaan), translated by EH and VA in 1988

There is also a bi-weekly study group dedicated to "The Secret Doctrine".

One [http://www.kolumbus.fi/elonpyora/index.htm Helsinki TS lodge] is named as Blavatsky Lodge.

Secret Doctrine seminars are held around Finland approximately 3-4 times a year.

==France==

All the main H.P.Blavatsky works are translated into French:

* The Secret Doctrine (La Doctrine Secrète), 3 volumes
* Isis Unveiled (Isis Dévoilée)
* The Voice of the Silence (La Voix du silence)
* Theosophical Glossary (Le Glossaire Théosophique)
* Practical Occultism (Occultisme pratique)

These books could be purchased in web-store “Les Editions Adyar”, [http://www.editionsadyar.com/index.php?page=auteur&auteur=5 http://www.editionsadyar.com/index.php?page=auteur&auteur=5]

==Germany==

All major works of H. P. Blavatsky have been translated into German even longer time ago. This is especially:

* The Secret Doctrine (Geheimlehre) was translated first. In 1895 Annie Besant gave the permission for translating it. The Translation was initiated by Franz Hartmann, the translator was Dr.  Robert Froebe. Since then, other translations appeared, also abbreviated editions. The most popular abbreviated edition is the translation by Hank Troemel, finished in 2003.
* Isis Unveiled (Isis entschleiert)
* The Key to Theosophy (Der Schlüssel zur Theosophie)
* The Voice of the Silence (Die Stimme der Stille)

All her books one can buy in German section of Amazon ([http://www.amazon.de/ www.amazon.de]).

The German Section of the TS dates to 1902. In the first half of the 20th century, many German esoterics and occultists took over ideas from Blavatsky without mentioning her. The most popular of them was Rudolf Steiner, the founder of the so-called "Anthroposophie".

After having been forbidden in the "Third Reich", the work of the TS started up immediately in 1945 and the following years.

The Berlin lodge of TS is named ‘Blavatsky Lodge’.

H.P. Blavatsky lived in Würzburg, Ludwigstraße, 6 during the years 1885/1886, in Mme Constance Wachtmeister’s home. There she worked on the first part of The Secret Doctrine. There is the plaque on the building in Würzburg where she once resided.

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==Greece==

There are several works by H.P. Blavatsky which are translated into the Hellenic language. They are:

* The Secret Doctrine (ΜΥΣΤΙΚΗ ΔΟΞΑΣΙΑ), 3 volumes, 3rd volume was finished in 2013, published in 2 books titled "Mystics, Occult and Magical Arts" (ΜΥΣΤΕΣ, ΑΠΟΚΡΥΦΟ ΚΑΙ ΜΑΓΙΚΕΣ ΤΕΧΝΕΣ, vol. Α & B)
* Isis Unveiled (ΑΠΟΚΑΛΥΜΕΝΗ ΙΣΙΣ) published in 7 small volumes
* The Key to Theosophy (ΤΟ ΚΛΕΙΔΙ ΤΗΣ ΘΕΟΣΟΦΙΑΣ)
* The Voice of the Silence (Η ΦΩΝΗ ΤΗΣ ΣΙΓΗΣ)
* Practical Occultism (ΤΑ ΠΡΩΤΑ ΒΗΜΑΤΑ ΣΤΟΝ ΑΠΟΚΡΥΦΙΣΜΟ), the Hellenic title of the first book means: "The First Steps in Occultism"
* Yoga and occultism (ΓΙΟΓΚΑ ΚΑΙ ΑΠΟΚΡΥΦΙΣΜΟΣ (ΑΝΘΟΛΟΓΙΑ ΕΣΩΤΕΡΙΚΗΣ ΓΝΩΣΗΣ) ) – an anthology of her writings under this title

TS Lodge in Athens named after HPB “Blavatsky Lodge”.

The White Lotus Day is celebrated by Greek theosophists every year.

==Hungary==

In Hungary up to now the following H.P.Blavatsky works have been translated and published:

* The Secret Doctrine (Titkos Tanítás), 1st volume is complete, 2nd is being done
* The Voice of the Silence (A Csend Hangja)
* Practical Occultism (Gyakorlati okkultizmus)

“The Voice of the Silence”, “The Practical Occultism” and in the same volume her two articles (“Is Theosophy a Religion?” and “The Origin of Evil”) have translated and published, with the Foundation of Esoteric Philosophy (ed. by I. Hoskins).

The most of H.P. Blavatsky’s writings were (and are) translated by Mr. János Szabari and can be downloaded from the site of TS in Hungary: [http://teozofia.hu/index.php?fent=olvasnivalo http://teozofia.hu/index.php?fent=olvasnivalo] .

H.P. Blavatsky’s books can be bought in some great bookstores (such as Alexandra, Lira, Elixir), in some yearly exhibitions and during regular public lectures.

==India==

There is the international headquarter of the Theosophical Society in Adyar, Chennai (former Madras until 1996) of which H.P.Blavatsky was the co-founder. There are founder's statue, “Blavatsky bungalow” and “Blavatsky banyan” on Adyar territory.

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HPB's works are studied at annual School of Wisdom in Adyar. The Theosophical Publishing House publishes H.P.Blavatsky works constantly.

==Ireland==

The majority of the TS members in Ireland are now studying notes on “The Voice of the Silence” by HPB, which is favourite and much loved mystical booklet of hers some of Irish theosophists have at their bedsides and frequently refer to.

Personal libraries of theosophists in Ireland include all major works by H.P.Blavatsky.

==Israel==

The following Helena Blavatsky's (הלנה בלבצקי) books are translated into the Hebrew language:
* "Key to Theosophy" (מפתח לתאוסופיה) was translated and published at the end of the 1970-s. The translation was done by a professional translator Mr. Tuvia Ornan and edited by Mr. Vitally Rubissa.
* "The Voice of Silence" (קול הדממה) was translated and published in the beginning of the 1990-s by Mrs. Anava Kantor a long time Theosophist and edited by Abraham Oron.
* "Practical Occultism" (תורת הנסתר המעשית) was translated by Mrs. Anava Kantor and edited by Abraham Oron somewhen at the end of the 1990-s
* "The abridgment of The Secret Doctrine" () (not yet published), was translated by Mr. Ezion Becker and is being still checked and edited .

First 3 books can be bought from TS in Israel website, http://theosophia.co.il/

==Italy==

A lot of Blavatsky’s works have been translated into Italian:

* The Secret Doctrine (La Dottrina Segreta) and “The Secret Doctrine abridgement” (La Dottrina Segreta versione di studio). A new edition of the latter has been recently published.
* The Voice of the Silence (La voce del Silenzio)
* The Key to Theosophy (La chiave della Teosofia)
* Isis Unveiled (Iside svelata)
* The Stanzas of Dzyan (Le Stanze di Dzyan)
* Raya Yoga or Occultism (Raja Yoga o occultismo)

Italian theosophists are much obliged to H.P.Blavatsky and they highly regard her works, ''in primis'' the “The Voice of the Silence” and “The Secret Doctrine”.

The official website of the Italian Theosophical Society ([http://teosofica.org/ http://teosofica.org]) speaks widely about H.P. Blavatsky. Her biography is also present on the website. Many biographies have been published in Italian, the most important by Sylvia Cranston,  and by Sinnett.  Other books written by two  Italian Theosophists are the following: 

* “Helena Petrovna Blavatsky e la Società Teosofica” by Paola Giovetti; 
* “Blavatsky e Besant – il fulmine e il tuono” by Livia Lucchini.

The Italian version of the DVD  "The Life of Helena Petrovna BLAVATSKY" by Ian Wilson (“La vita di HPB”) was also published.

As for H.P.Blavatsky presence in Italy and her contacts with  Giuseppe Garibaldi one could read an article by Patrizia Calvi: “Helena Petrovna Blavatsky and Italy“, which was also published in the May 2012 issue of "The Theosophist". 

There is a Lodge in Milan, named after HPB, the same in Rome, and in Piea d’Asti where a Study Group is present with her name.

==Japan==

Currently the following H.P.Blavatsky works are translated into Japanese:

* The Secret Doctrine, volume 1, published under the title “Secret Doctrine. Universe Generation Theory” (シークレット・ドクトリン　宇宙発生論《上》). The second volume is being translated and published in the bi-monthly The Japanese Theosophist. The translators are Emiko Tanaka (田中恵美子) and Jeff Clark (ジェフ･クラーク).
* 365 days words of Blavatsky (ブラヴァツキーのことば365日) – the translation of “Madame Blavatsky’s Words for Each Day of the Year”. Translator: Yamaguchi (山口多一).
* Isis Unveiled, volume I - Science (ベールをとったイシス第１巻科学上), translator: Oimatsu Katsuhiro (老松克博)
* Proceedings of the Secret Doctrine (シークレット・ドクトリンの議事録), the translators are Emiko Tanaka (田中恵美子) and Jeff Clark (ジェフ･クラーク).
* History of the Secret Doctrine (シークレット・ドクトリンの沿革), translator: Matsuda Katsurahate (松田桂果)

The TS Lodge in Tokyo which is consist of 51 members study H.P.Blavatsky works in their native language.

==Myanmar (Burma)==

TS members in Myanmar study “The Secret Doctrine” among other spiritual literature on their meetings.

==Netherlands==

Some of H.P. Blavatsky works have been translated into Dutch:

* The Secret Doctrine (Geheime Leer) was first translated and published in 1907. The “Introduction” in The Secret Doctrine, vol. 1, together with some other parts of vol. 1 and 2 and the ‘Bowen notes’ are published in a book titled “Een introductie tot De Geheime Leer”
* The Voice of the Silence (De stem van de stilte) was first translated and published 1907
* The Key to Theosophy (De sleutel tot de theosofie) was first translated and published 1906
* Isis Unveiled (Isis ontsluierd) was first translated and published in 1911
* Transactions of the Blavatksy Lodge (Een toelichting op De Geheime Leer stanza;s I – IV; Handelingen van de Blavatsky Lodge) published in 1995
* H.P. Blavatsky to the American Conventions: 1888-1891 published in 1980 under the title “H.P. Blavatsky aan de Amerikaanse conventies: 1888-1891”
* Occult stories of H.P. Blavatsky and W.Q. Judge, collected and translated into Dutch and published in 1999 under the title “Occulte verhalen van H.P. Blavatksy and W.Q. Judge”.
* Many essays and articles of H.P. Blavatsky have been translated into Dutch and published in booklet.

Many Internet sites in Dutch give information about her.

Books by H.P.Blavatsky issued by UTVN Publishing House could be purchased from web-store http://theosofie.nl.

There are always lectures and study groups of HPB works in The International Theosophical Centre in Naarden. At the headquarters two study groups have taken up “The Secret Doctrine” and “The Mahatma Letters” for study.

“The Theosophical Society Point Loma – Blavatskyhouse The Haque” uses HPB name in its own name to indicate the priority of their activity as to follow the H.P.Blvatsky vision of theosophical movement.

==Nicaragua==

There is a TS branch “H.P.Blavatsky Lodge” in the country, which consist of 12 members.

==Peru==

The Blavatsky Lodge in Peru celebrated its 90th anniversary on 1 June 2014.

==Qatar==

There is a TS branch “H.P.Blavatsky Lodge” in the State of Qatar.

==Russia==

Soon after revolution of 1917 the theosophy in Russia was forbidden as well as many other mystical and religious organizations. Elena Petrovna Blavatsky's (Елена Петровна Блаватская) works got under a ban almost until the time of the Soviet Union disintegration in 1991. One year prior to this event in May, 1990 the first officially opened action devoted to return of name and heritage of H.P.Blavatsky to Russia took place. There were the exhibition “Sphinx of XIX century” (where most people could see the photo of HPB and other Russian and foreign theosophists for the first time) and the special evening meeting devoted to her life and creativity. Opening of an exhibition was shown on the central channel of television. The TS international President Radha Burneir came to USSR and took part in the opening ceremony. She brought two volumes of “The Secret Doctrine” as a gift and gave the inspiring speech. In 1991, the 160th anniversary of H.P. Blavatsky's birthday and the 100th anniversary of her passing away, there were 4 editions of “The Secret Doctrine” at once issued by 4 independent publishing houses in different cities of Russia. This fact made obvious that there was a great interest to the works of the world-known compatriot among the citizens, despite a ban. Since then different works by H.P.Blavatsky are published every year to satisfy constant interest of readers.

Nowadays all her books, most articles and majority of letters have been translated and published, most of them several times and in different translations. The major publications are:

* The Secret Doctrine (Тайная Доктрина) – volumes 1 and 2 are translated by H.I.Roerich (first publication was in 1937), volume 3 is translated by A.P.Heidok. “The Secret Doctrine” is issued almost every year. There were no less than 17 issues by 15 different publishing houses from 1991 till 2014 ([http://ru.teopedia.org/lib/Блаватская_Е.П._-_Тайная_Доктрина_(публикации) see the list] in Russian). There was another translation of “The Secret Doctrine” by A.A.Kamensky at the beginning of 20th century, but it is lost for now.
* Isis Unveiled (Разоблачённая Изида) – translated by A.P.Heidok and published by several publishing houses. There was an attempt to correct the translation by publishing houses “Sfera” ("Сфера", Moscow) and Lotac ("Лотаць", Minsk, Belarus). The work started at 2000 and still going on.
* The Voice of the Silence (Голос Безмолвия) – translated by H.F.Pisareva. The book was published by several publishing houses.
* The Key to Theosophy (Ключ к теософии) – have several translations and published by several publishing houses.
* Theosophical Glossary (Теософский словарь) – have several translations and published by several publishing houses in 1994, 2003, 2004, 2009.
* Articles were published in several volumes by different publishing houses in their series:
** White Lotus series (серия «Белый Лотос»), Sfera Publishing House, the series started in 1993, 21 volumes were published
** H.P.Blavatsky series (серия «Е.П.Блаватская»), MCF Publishing House, 1994-1999, 4 volumes were published
** Great Adepts series (серия «Великие посвящённые»), Eksmo-Press, the series started in 2001, 7 volumes were published
** H.P.Blavatsky for the offspring series (серия «Е.П.Блаватская – потомкам»), Sfera Publishing House, the series started in 2004, 9 volumes were published
** Delphis Publishing House (издательство «Дельфис»), started its series at 2014 (without special name) and 6 volume already issued
* From the Caves and Jungles of Hindustan (Из пещер и дебрей Индостана) originally published in Russian magazine “Russky Vestnik” («Русский Вестник», Russian Messenger) in 1883 and was issued in a separate book in 1912 in Saint-Petersburg. Recently it was published in 1994, 2001 and 2008 by different publishing houses.

There are more than dozen H.P.Blavatsky's biographies were translated into Russian and published. Those written by Constance Wachtmeister, Sylvia Cranston, Murphy Howard are among them. The biographies by V.P.Zhelihovskaya and H.F.Pisareva were written in Russian originally, they published as well. The modern authors made their contribution also:

* Kim Kiuru – HPB (Ким Киуру. «Е.П.Б.») published in 2010 by Belovodie Publishing House (издательство «Беловодье»)
* O.G.Boldyrev – Blavatsky. Shambhala messanger (О.Г.Болдырев, «Блаватская – вестница Шамбалы») published in 2013 by Veche Publishing House (издательство «Вече»)

Except literature Elena Petrovna's name became constant to sound at various conferences (not only theosophical). There are also works devoted to H.P.Blavatsky in poetry, fine arts and sculpture: Moscow Theosophical Society issued the poetry collection book “Helena Petrovna Blavatsky's Memories”, the sculptor Alexey Leonov modeled H.P.Blavatsky's head:

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There are several communities in every large Russian-speaking social network in Internet devoted to H.P.Blavatsky. Almost each large web-site of the mystical and/or educational content has the page devoted to her. There are some resources:

* http://www.theosophy.ru/hpb.htm
* http://www.theosophist.ru
* http://ru.teopedia.org/hpb/
* http://hpblavatsky.ru
* http://www.lomonosov.org/section/epblavatskaya.htm

All her works can be read and purchased on-line or downloaded for free.

Numerous groups of researchers continue work on studying H.P.Blavatsky's heritage. They make an effort to restore the interest to her works in Russia and show the meaning of HPB activity in true light. The following are some of them, which currently continue their activity (in chronological order of their appearance):

* International Centre of the Roerichs (Международный Центр Рерихов) founded in 1989, http://en.icr.su/, and other Roerich organizations
* Scientific Philosophical Society “Peace via culture” (Научно-философское общество "Мир через культуру") founded in 1991 by V.M.Sidorov, http://nfo-mir.com
* Public organization “H.P.Blavatsky Russian Esoteric School of Theosophy” (Русская эзотерическая школа теософии имени Е.П.Блаватской) founded in 1993 by V.A.Bakanov, [http://resht.ru/eng/index.htm http://resht.ru]
* Nonprofit organization “Charity foundation of preservation and development of cultural values “Delphis” (Некоммерческая организация "Благотворительный фонд сохранения и развития культурных ценностей "Дельфис") founded in 1997, http://delphis.ru
* Moscow Theosophical Society
* Internet project “Teopedia” (Теопедия) founded in 2007 by P.N.Malakhov, http://teopedia.org/
* Logaeva's Theosophical Group (Теософская группа Логаевой) founded in 2010 by H.A.Logaeva, http://www.theosophist.ru/
* TS in Russia has 7 branches, the first was founded in 2011 in Moscow. The TS branch in Kemerovo named “H.P.Blavatsky Lodge”.

==Singapore==

Some talks and lectures the Singapore Lodge of TS organize are devoted to H.P.Blavatsky.

==Slovenia==

There are 3 HPB's books were translated into Slovenian language:
* The Voice of the Silence
* The Key to Theosophy
* The Stanzas of Dzyan

==Sweden==

There are some books of H.P.Blavatsky translated into Swedish:

* The Secret Doctrine (Den Hemliga Läran), translated by F. Kellberg in 1898
* The Key to Theosophy (Nyckel till Teosofin), translated by Barbro Melander and Märta Wiklund
* The Voice of the Silence (Tystnadens röst), translated by Carin Scholander
* Practical Occultism (Praktisk Ockultism), translated by Ingeborg Schönmeyr

H.P. Blavatsky’s books are studied very well in Sweden. There is a study group of “The Secret Doctrine” for 40 years. “The Voice of the Silence” is very popular.

==Ukraine==

All Ukrainian theosophists study H.P.Blavatsky's works. Being born on the south of modern Ukraine in Dnepropetrovsk city (former Ekaterinoslav) Helena Petrovna is deeply esteemed by the compatriots for her broad enlightenment work which she conducted worldwide.

The house where she has born is under government protection and has a status of museum. There are annual meetings of adherents in there since 1991. In 2011 these meetings are transformed into scientific readings, which have a goal to study the heritage of the outstanding compatriot, the researcher, the philosopher and the writer and also to study a scientific and creative heritage of her family members. Currently the museum is under construction.

The Voice of the Silence (Голос Безмовностi) was translated in 2010 by H.Gordienko.

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==Uruguay==

Uruguayans read H.P.Blavatsky's works in Spanish. The most popular is The Secret Doctrine and The Voice of the Silence.

==The USA==

The works of H.P. Blavatsky are still popular among the general public in the USA and members of the Theosophical Society in the USA. The most popular of her works is “The Secret Doctrine” followed by “Isis Unveiled”.

Theosophical Publishing House '''Quest Books''',(Wheaton, Illinois, http://www.questbooks.net) publishes:
* "Collected Writings of H.P.Blavatsky", 15 volumes
* "The Letters of H.P. Blavatsky", 1-st volume
* numerous other HPB's works and other theosophical books in text, audio and video.

The following Internet sites are devoted to H.P. Blavatsky:

* http://www.blavatskyarchives.com
* http://www.blavatsky.net
* http://tswiki.net

There are many links to the Internet resources devoted to H.P.Blavatsky on [http://blavatskyarchives.com/hpblinks.htm Blavatsky Archives web-page]

There is the TS branch “The Miami-Dade Blavatsky Lodge” located in Florida.

==Zambia==

In Zambia, in the 1980s efforts were made to translate some H.P. Blavatsky's works into a local language Bemba. One such was “The Key to Theosophy” but somewhere along the way this work was not continued. So theosophists in Zambia read HPB in English.

Mufulira and Kitwe Lodges have copies of the six Volume of the Secret Doctrine. Senior, serious students keenly study and share with others on excerpt from “The Secret Doctrine”, “Isis Unveiled” and “Practical Occultism”.

=Internet resources=

H.P.Blavatsky's works can be bought read or downloaded on several languages:

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* [http://www.theosophycompany.org/cart_blavatsky.html TheosophyCompany.org]
* [http://www.questbooks.net/author.cfm?authornum=22 QuestBooks.net]
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* [http://www.blavatskyarchives.com/theosophypdfs/early_theosophical_publications_authors.htm BlavatskyArchives.com]
* [http://www.blavatsky.net/index.php/links-support-theosophy-blavatsky-reading-seeker Blavatsky.net]
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* [http://blavatskynews.blogspot.de/ Blavatsky News] - world news regarding H.P.Blavatsky name
* [http://theosophy.wiki/ Theosophy.Wiki] - provides quotes from HPB, collected under different topics
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* [http://agnibooks.ru/catalog/501 AgniBooks.ru]
* [http://www.delphis.ru/search/books?category=544 Delphis.ru]
* [http://www.labirint.ru/authors/11698/ Labirint.ru]
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* [http://www.theosophist.ru/index_works.shtml Theosophist.ru]
* [http://ru.teopedia.org/lib/Категория:Блаватская_Елена_Петровна Teopedia.org]
* [http://www.theosophy.ru/byauthor.htm Theosophy.ru]
* [http://www.ligatma.org/ LigAtma.org]
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* [http://www.roerich.com/7_2.htm Roerich.com]
* [http://ru.teopedia.org/pool/Категория:Труды_Блаватской_ЕП Teopedia.org]
* [http://www.theosophist.ru/index_works.shtml Theosophist.ru]
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