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	Around 1870-1872, [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky\|Madame Blavatsky]] was in Odessa. She received a telegram from her friend Lydia that [[Agardi Metrovich]] had gone to Ramleh [now in Israel] and had become very ill from typhoid fever or possibly from poison. HPB hurried to Alexandria, Egypt by steamer to bring him back to her relatives in Odessa, but was too late.<ref>H. P. Blavatsky, [https://www.theosophy-ult.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Blavatsky-letters-to-Sinnett.pdf "Letter LXXVIII"] ''The Letters of H. P. Blavatsky to A. P. Sinnett'' (London: T. Fisher Unwin, Ltd., 1925), 190-191.</ref>		Around 1870-1872, [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky\|Madame Blavatsky]] was in Odessa. She received a telegram from her friend Lydia that [[Agardi Metrovich]] had gone to Ramleh [now in Israel] and had become very ill from typhoid fever or possibly from poison. HPB hurried to Alexandria, Egypt by steamer to bring him back to her relatives in Odessa, but was too late.<ref>H. P. Blavatsky, [https://www.theosophy-ult.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Blavatsky-letters-to-Sinnett.pdf "Letter LXXVIII"] ''The Letters of H. P. Blavatsky to A. P. Sinnett'' (London: T. Fisher Unwin, Ltd., 1925), 190-191.</ref>

	The Countess wrote of experiences with Madame Blavatsky while traveling in 1872 in Lebanon between Baalbek and the river Orontes. Their parties met and camped together in the desert.
			In her account in ''Tour du Monde'', Paschkoff says she left Egypt on March 9, 1872, by sea, arrived in Damascus at the beginning of April, and then spent about a month making the circuit to Palmyra and then back through Keratein, Emèse (Homs), Baalbek and Beirut. It must then have been on the final legs of this trip, down the Bekaa Valley, probably in early May 1872, that Paschkoff met H.P.B.,

			The Countess wrote of experiences with Madame Blavatsky while traveling in 1872 in Lebanon between Baalbek and the river Orontes. Their parties met and camped together in the desert.
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			In her account in ''Tour du Monde'', Paschkoff says she left Egypt on March 9, 1872, by sea, arrived in Damascus at the beginning of April, and then spent about a month making the circuit to Palmyra and then back through Keratein, Emèse (Homs), Baalbek and Beirut. It must then have been on the final legs of this trip, down the Bekaa Valley, probably in early May 1872, that Paschkoff met H.P.B.<ref>Deveney, John Patrick. [https://www.theosophyforward.com/articles/theosophical-encyclopedia/2792-who-know-h-p-b-when-lydia-paschkoff "Who Knew H.P.B. When?"] Published in Theosophical Encyclopedia, ''Theosophy Forward''. March 4, 2020. Citing information from ''Tour du Monde''.</ref>
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	There was a great monument standing there near the village of Dair Mar Maroon. It was between Lebanon and the Anti-Lebanon [Mountains]. On the monument were inscriptions that no one could ever read. Mme. Blavatsky could do strange things with the spirits, as I knew, and I asked her to find out what the monument was.		There was a great monument standing there near the village of Dair Mar Maroon. It was between Lebanon and the Anti-Lebanon [Mountains]. On the monument were inscriptions that no one could ever read. Mme. Blavatsky could do strange things with the spirits, as I knew, and I asked her to find out what the monument was.

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	== Personal life ==		== Personal life ==

	Lydia Glinsky was born in 1845. She was married to Teleshov and later to Count Pashkov. Writing mostly in French, she produced novels, plays, and travelogues, and was at one time correspondent of the Paris ''Figaro''.		Lydia Glinsky was born in 1845.<ref>This year is from the ''Bibliotheque Nationale'', but Henry S. Olcott indicates that the year must have been 1838. See John Patrick Deveney, [https://www.theosophyforward.com/articles/theosophical-encyclopedia/2792-who-know-h-p-b-when-lydia-paschkoff "Who Knew H.P.B. When?"] Published in Theosophical Encyclopedia, ''Theosophy Forward''. March 4, 2020.</ref> She was married to Teleshov and later to Count Pashkov. Writing mostly in French, she produced novels, plays, and travelogues, and was at one time correspondent of the Paris ''Figaro''.

	A journalist and [[Theosophical Society]] member named Curtis wrote of her visit to [[The Lamasery]], the residence of Madame Blavatsky in New York:		A journalist and [[Theosophical Society]] member named Curtis wrote of her visit to [[The Lamasery]], the residence of Madame Blavatsky in New York:

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	Lydia Glinsky was born in 1845. She was married to Teleshov and later to Count Pashkov. Writing mostly in French, she produced novels, plays, and travelogues, and was at one time correspondent of the Paris ''Figaro''.		Lydia Glinsky was born in 1845. She was married to Teleshov and later to Count Pashkov. Writing mostly in French, she produced novels, plays, and travelogues, and was at one time correspondent of the Paris ''Figaro''.

			A journalist and [[Theosophical Society]] member named Curtis wrote of her visit to [[The Lamasery]], the residence of Madame Blavatsky in New York:

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			Madame Blavatsky was entertaining, in better than royal style, a friend and compatriot, like herself a traveller in strange lands,
			like herself a firm believer in the occult, and a Russian Countess, Madame P-------, whose card, blazoned with her ancestral arms,
			bears three legends and a tantalizing “ &c.” in delicate type, is in her way as wonderful a woman as her hostess. According to one of these legends she is “ Member of the Geographical Society of France.” Another tells that she is a correspondent of the ''Figaro'', and a third that she is corresponding member of the ''Tour du Monde'' [French travel magazine]. She has spent years in tho East, and was the guest in Egypt of the Khedive, whose mother presented her with a rare souvenir of friendship at parting. It is an immense pearl that now hangs from the Countess’s breast-piece in shape and size not unlike the largest molar tooth of [P. T. ] Barnum’s giant. Other jewels, distinguished among them her black eyes, gleamed as she half reclined in gorgeous raiment on a divan, pretending to smoke a cigarette.<ref>D. A. C. (F.T.S.) [Curtis], [http://iapsop.com/archive/materials/theosophist/theosophist_v5_n55_april_1884.pdf "A Night of Many Wonders"] ''The Theosophist'' 5.55 (April, 1884), 167-169.</ref>
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	== Friendship with Madame Blavatsky ==		== Friendship with Madame Blavatsky ==

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	~~'''UNDER CONSTRUCTION'''<br>~~
	~~'''UNDER CONSTRUCTION'''<br>~~
	[[File:Lydia Pashkova.png\|right\|200px\|thumb\|Countess Lydia Pashkov]]		[[File:Lydia Pashkova.png\|right\|200px\|thumb\|Countess Lydia Pashkov]]
	[[File:Lydia Pashkova - Makovsky portrait.jpg\|right\|160px\|thumb\|Portrait by Konstantin Egorovish Makovsky]]		[[File:Lydia Pashkova - Makovsky portrait.jpg\|right\|160px\|thumb\|Portrait by Konstantin Egorovish Makovsky]]
	'''Countess Lydia Alexandrovna de Pashkov''' (1845-19xx) was a Russian writer who was an early friend of [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky]]. She wrote in French under the name Lydie Paschkoff.		'''Countess Lydia Alexandrovna de Pashkov''' (1845-19xx) was a Russian writer who was an early friend of [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky]]. She wrote in French under the name Lydie Paschkoff.

	~~[[Boris de Zirkoff]] wrote of her:~~		== Personal life ==
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	Russian woman-writer and traveller of the middle 19th century. she was ''neé'' Glinsky and had been first married to Teleshov. She travelled extensively in Egypt, Palestine and Syria, and was at one time correspondent of the Paris ''Figaro''. Most of her works were written in French. Among them may be mentioned: ''La pension Vera Glinsky. – Un divorce en Russie. – Moeurs Russes'' (St. Petersburg, 1876-77). – ''En Orient, Drames et Paysages'' (St. Petersburg, 1879)....

	~~H.P.B~~. and ~~Countess de~~ Pashkov ~~travelled together for a while, and various curious phenomena took place at the command of H~~.~~P.B.~~		Lydia Glinsky was born in 1845. She was married to Teleshov and later to Count Pashkov. Writing mostly in French, she produced novels, plays, and travelogues, and was at one time correspondent of the Paris ''Figaro''.

	~~See H. S. Olcott, ''Old Diary Leaves'' I~~, ~~334-35~~, ~~for a quotation from the New York ''World'' of April 21~~, ~~1878~~, and ''the ~~Theosophist~~''~~, Vol. V, April, 1884, p. 168.<ref>Boris de Zirkoff, "Pashkov, Countess Lydia Alexandrovna de" ''H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings~~'' ~~Volume I (Wheaton, Illinois: Theosophical Press, 1966), 521.</ref>~~
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	~~Theosophical historian John Patrick Deveney wrote:~~
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	<ref>John Patrick Deveney, [https://www.theosophyforward.com/articles/theosophical-encyclopedia/2792-who-know-h-p-b-when-lydia-paschkoff "Who Knew H.P.B. When?"] in Theosophical Encyclopedia, ''Theosophy Forward''. March 4, 2020.~~</ref>~~
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	There was a great monument standing there near the village of Dair Mar Maroon. It was between Lebanon and the Anti-Lebanon [Mountains]. On the monument were inscriptions that no one could ever read. Mme. Blavatsky could do strange things with the spirits, as I knew, and I asked her to find out what the monument was.		There was a great monument standing there near the village of Dair Mar Maroon. It was between Lebanon and the Anti-Lebanon [Mountains]. On the monument were inscriptions that no one could ever read. Mme. Blavatsky could do strange things with the spirits, as I knew, and I asked her to find out what the monument was.

	We waited until night. She drew a circle and we went in it. We built a fire and put much incense on it. Then she said many spells. Then we put on more incense. Then she pointed with her wand at the monument and we saw a great ball of white flame on it. There was a sycamore tree near by; we saw many little flames on it. The jackals came and howled in the darkness a little way off. We put on more incense. Then Mme. Blavatsky commanded the spirit to appear of the person to whom the monument was reared. Soon a cloud of vapor arose and obscured the little moonlight there was. We put on more incense. The cloud took the indistinct shape of an old man with a beard, and a voice came, as it seemed, from a great distance, through the image. He said the monument was once the altar of a temple that had long disappeared. It was reared to a god that had long since gone to another world. "Who are you?" asked Mme. Blavatsky, "I am Hiero, one of the priests of the temple," said the voice. Then Mme Blavatsky commanded him to show us the place as it was when the temple stood. He bowed, and for one instant we had a glimpse of the temple and of a vast city filling the plain as far as the eye could reach. Then it was gone, and the image faded away. Then we built up big fires to keep off the jackals and went to sleep.<ref>Lydia A. de Pashkov, "Ghost Stories Galore: A Night of Many Wonders at Second Hand in the Eighth Avenue Lamasery." ''New York World'', April 21, 1878. Selection 3d. Quoted in [https://www.theosophical.org/component/content/article/23-online-resources/online-books/1705--sp-38236380 ''The Esoteric World of H. P. Blavatsky''] Chapter 3 by Daniel H. Caldwell.</ref>		We waited until night. She drew a circle and we went in it. We built a fire and put much incense on it. Then she said many spells. Then we put on more incense. Then she pointed with her wand at the monument and we saw a great ball of white flame on it. There was a sycamore tree near by; we saw many little flames on it. The jackals came and howled in the darkness a little way off. We put on more incense. Then Mme. Blavatsky commanded the spirit to appear of the person to whom the monument was reared. Soon a cloud of vapor arose and obscured the little moonlight there was. We put on more incense. The cloud took the indistinct shape of an old man with a beard, and a voice came, as it seemed, from a great distance, through the image. He said the monument was once the altar of a temple that had long disappeared. It was reared to a god that had long since gone to another world. "Who are you?" asked Mme. Blavatsky, "I am Hiero, one of the priests of the temple," said the voice. Then Mme Blavatsky commanded him to show us the place as it was when the temple stood. He bowed, and for one instant we had a glimpse of the temple and of a vast city filling the plain as far as the eye could reach. Then it was gone, and the image faded away. Then we built up big fires to keep off the jackals and went to sleep.<ref>Lydia A. de Pashkov, "Ghost Stories Galore: A Night of Many Wonders at Second Hand in the Eighth Avenue Lamasery." ''New York World'', April 21, 1878. Selection 3d. Quoted in [https://www.theosophical.org/component/content/article/23-online-resources/online-books/1705--sp-38236380 ''The Esoteric World of H. P. Blavatsky''] Chapter 3 by Daniel H. Caldwell. Also quoted by H. S. Olcott, ''Old Diary Leaves'' I, 334-35.</ref>
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	Madame Blavatsky edited this account when it was published in [[The Theosophist (periodical)\|''The Theosophist'']] in April, 1884. She added editorial notes explaining that "It was the Syrian ascetic who drew the circle, not she," and produced the other wonders.<ref>D. A. C. (F.T.S.), [http://iapsop.com/archive/materials/theosophist/theosophist_v5_n55_april_1884.pdf "A Night of Many Wonders"] ''The Theosophist'' 5.55 (April, 1884), 167-169</ref>		Madame Blavatsky edited this account when it was published in [[The Theosophist (periodical)\|''The Theosophist'']] in April, 1884. She added editorial notes explaining that "It was the Syrian ascetic who drew the circle, not she," and produced the other wonders.<ref>D. A. C. (F.T.S.) [Curtis], [http://iapsop.com/archive/materials/theosophist/theosophist_v5_n55_april_1884.pdf "A Night of Many Wonders"] ''The Theosophist'' 5.55 (April, 1884), 167-169</ref>

	== Writings ==		== Writings ==

	Using the French name Lydie Paschkoff, she wrote novels, plays, and travelogues. These are some examples.		Using the French name Lydie Paschkoff, she wrote novels, plays, and travelogues. She was at one time correspondent of the Paris ''Figaro''. These are some examples of her work.

	* ''Moeurs Russes. La princesse Vera Glinsky, la Nìanìa Marpha, Un divorce en Russie''. Paris: Calmann Lévy, 1876.		* ''Moeurs Russes. La princesse Vera Glinsky, la Nìanìa Marpha, Un divorce en Russie''. Paris: Calmann Lévy, 1876.
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	* [https://www.theosophyforward.com/articles/theosophical-encyclopedia/2792-who-know-h-p-b-when-lydia-paschkoff "Who Knew H.P.B. When?"] ~~by John Patrick Deveney.~~ Published in Theosophical Encyclopedia, ''Theosophy Forward''. March 4, 2020.		* Caldwell, Daniel H. [https://www.theosophical.org/component/content/article/23-online-resources/online-books/1705--sp-38236380 ''The Esoteric World of H. P. Blavatsky''] Chapter 3.
	* ~~[https://www~~.~~theosophical.org/component/content/article/23-online-resources/online-books/1705--sp-38236380~~ ''~~The Esoteric World of~~ H. P. Blavatsky''] ~~Chapter 3 by Daniel H. Caldwell~~.		* Deveney, John Patrick. [https://www.theosophyforward.com/articles/theosophical-encyclopedia/2792-who-know-h-p-b-when-lydia-paschkoff "Who Knew H.P.B. When?"] Published in Theosophical Encyclopedia, ''Theosophy Forward''. March 4, 2020.
			* de Zirkoff, Boris. "Pashkov, Countess Lydia Alexandrovna de" ''H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings'' Volume I (Wheaton, Illinois: Theosophical Press, 1966), 521.
			* Hodgson, Barbara. "Middle East: Desert Queens" in ''No Place for a Lady: Tales of Adventurous Women Travelers.'' Berkeley: Ten Speed Press, 2002. See [http://cbw.iath.virginia.edu/narratives_display.php?id=18411 this website].
	* Johnson, K. Paul. ''The Masters Revealed: Madam Blavatsky and the Myth of the Great White Lodge''. State University of New York Press, 1994.		* Johnson, K. Paul. ''The Masters Revealed: Madam Blavatsky and the Myth of the Great White Lodge''. State University of New York Press, 1994.
	* Hodgson, Barbara. "Middle East: Desert Queens" in ''No Place for a Lady: Tales of Adventurous Women Travelers.'' Berkeley: Ten Speed Press, 2002. See [http://cbw.iath.virginia.edu/narratives_display.php?id=18411 this website].

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	Madame Blavatsky edited this account when it was published in [[The Theosophist (periodical)\|''The Theosophist'']] in April, 1884. She added editorial notes explaining that "It was the Syrian ascetic who drew the circle, not she," and produced the other wonders.<ref>D. A. C. (F.T.S.), "A Night of Many Wonders" ''The Theosophist'' 5.55 (April, 1884), 167-169</ref>		Madame Blavatsky edited this account when it was published in [[The Theosophist (periodical)\|''The Theosophist'']] in April, 1884. She added editorial notes explaining that "It was the Syrian ascetic who drew the circle, not she," and produced the other wonders.<ref>D. A. C. (F.T.S.), [http://iapsop.com/archive/materials/theosophist/theosophist_v5_n55_april_1884.pdf "A Night of Many Wonders"] ''The Theosophist'' 5.55 (April, 1884), 167-169</ref>

	== Writings ==		== Writings ==

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	We waited until night. She drew a circle and we went in it. We built a fire and put much incense on it. Then she said many spells. Then we put on more incense. Then she pointed with her wand at the monument and we saw a great ball of white flame on it. There was a sycamore tree near by; we saw many little flames on it. The jackals came and howled in the darkness a little way off. We put on more incense. Then Mme. Blavatsky commanded the spirit to appear of the person to whom the monument was reared. Soon a cloud of vapor arose and obscured the little moonlight there was. We put on more incense. The cloud took the indistinct shape of an old man with a beard, and a voice came, as it seemed, from a great distance, through the image. He said the monument was once the altar of a temple that had long disappeared. It was reared to a god that had long since gone to another world. "Who are you?" asked Mme. Blavatsky, "I am Hiero, one of the priests of the temple," said the voice. Then Mme Blavatsky commanded him to show us the place as it was when the temple stood. He bowed, and for one instant we had a glimpse of the temple and of a vast city filling the plain as far as the eye could reach. Then it was gone, and the image faded away. Then we built up big fires to keep off the jackals and went to sleep.<ref>Lydia A. de Pashkov, "Ghost Stories Galore: A Night of Many Wonders at Second Hand in the Eighth Avenue Lamasery." ''New York World'', April 21, 1878. Selection 3d. Quoted in [https://www.theosophical.org/component/content/article/23-online-resources/online-books/1705--sp-38236380 ''The Esoteric World of H. P. Blavatsky''] Chapter 3 by Daniel H. Caldwell.</ref>		We waited until night. She drew a circle and we went in it. We built a fire and put much incense on it. Then she said many spells. Then we put on more incense. Then she pointed with her wand at the monument and we saw a great ball of white flame on it. There was a sycamore tree near by; we saw many little flames on it. The jackals came and howled in the darkness a little way off. We put on more incense. Then Mme. Blavatsky commanded the spirit to appear of the person to whom the monument was reared. Soon a cloud of vapor arose and obscured the little moonlight there was. We put on more incense. The cloud took the indistinct shape of an old man with a beard, and a voice came, as it seemed, from a great distance, through the image. He said the monument was once the altar of a temple that had long disappeared. It was reared to a god that had long since gone to another world. "Who are you?" asked Mme. Blavatsky, "I am Hiero, one of the priests of the temple," said the voice. Then Mme Blavatsky commanded him to show us the place as it was when the temple stood. He bowed, and for one instant we had a glimpse of the temple and of a vast city filling the plain as far as the eye could reach. Then it was gone, and the image faded away. Then we built up big fires to keep off the jackals and went to sleep.<ref>Lydia A. de Pashkov, "Ghost Stories Galore: A Night of Many Wonders at Second Hand in the Eighth Avenue Lamasery." ''New York World'', April 21, 1878. Selection 3d. Quoted in [https://www.theosophical.org/component/content/article/23-online-resources/online-books/1705--sp-38236380 ''The Esoteric World of H. P. Blavatsky''] Chapter 3 by Daniel H. Caldwell.</ref>
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			Madame Blavatsky edited this account when it was published in [[The Theosophist (periodical)\|''The Theosophist'']] in April, 1884. She added editorial notes explaining that "It was the Syrian ascetic who drew the circle, not she," and produced the other wonders.<ref>D. A. C. (F.T.S.), "A Night of Many Wonders" ''The Theosophist'' 5.55 (April, 1884), 167-169</ref>

	== Writings ==		== Writings ==

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	== Friendship with Madame Blavatsky ==		== Friendship with Madame Blavatsky ==

	In 1870, [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky\|Madame Blavatsky]] was in Odessa. She received a telegram from her friend Lydia that [[Agardi Metrovich]] had gone to Ramleh [now in Israel] and had become very ill from typhoid fever or possibly from poison. HPB hurried to Alexandria, Egypt by steamer to bring him back to ~~his wife~~ in Odessa, but was too late.<ref>H. P. Blavatsky, [https://www.theosophy-ult.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Blavatsky-letters-to-Sinnett.pdf "Letter LXXVIII"] ''The Letters of H. P. Blavatsky to A. P. Sinnett'' (London: T. Fisher Unwin, Ltd., 1925), 190-191.</ref>		Around 1870-1872, [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky\|Madame Blavatsky]] was in Odessa. She received a telegram from her friend Lydia that [[Agardi Metrovich]] had gone to Ramleh [now in Israel] and had become very ill from typhoid fever or possibly from poison. HPB hurried to Alexandria, Egypt by steamer to bring him back to her relatives in Odessa, but was too late.<ref>H. P. Blavatsky, [https://www.theosophy-ult.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Blavatsky-letters-to-Sinnett.pdf "Letter LXXVIII"] ''The Letters of H. P. Blavatsky to A. P. Sinnett'' (London: T. Fisher Unwin, Ltd., 1925), 190-191.</ref>

	The Countess wrote of experiences with Madame Blavatsky while traveling in 1872 in Lebanon between Baalbek and the river Orontes. Their parties met and camped together in the desert.		The Countess wrote of experiences with Madame Blavatsky while traveling in 1872 in Lebanon between Baalbek and the river Orontes. Their parties met and camped together in the desert.

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	Russian woman-writer and traveller of the middle 19th century. she was ''neé'' Glinsky and had been first married to Teleshov. She travelled extensively in Egypt, Palestine and Syria, and was at one time correspondent of the Paris ''Figaro''. Most of her works were written in French. Among them may be mentioned: ''La pension Vera Glinsky. – Un divorce en Russie. – Moeurs Russes'' (St. Petersburg, 1876-77). – ''En Orient, Drames et Paysages'' (St. Petersburg, 1879).		Russian woman-writer and traveller of the middle 19th century. she was ''neé'' Glinsky and had been first married to Teleshov. She travelled extensively in Egypt, Palestine and Syria, and was at one time correspondent of the Paris ''Figaro''. Most of her works were written in French. Among them may be mentioned: ''La pension Vera Glinsky. – Un divorce en Russie. – Moeurs Russes'' (St. Petersburg, 1876-77). – ''En Orient, Drames et Paysages'' (St. Petersburg, 1879)....

	~~Once when she was travelling between Baalbek and the river Orontes, probably around 1872, the Countess met H~~. P. B. and her caravan. They camped together near Deir Mar Maroon between the Lebanon and the Anti-Lebanon. That night a Syrian ascetic who accompanied H.P.B. evoked the astral picture of an old priest who had been connected with the ancient temple, ruins of which were in the vicinity. They were also shown the place as it was when the temple stood there; a vast city spread then far and wide over the plains.

	H.P.B. and Countess de Pashkov travelled together for a while, and various curious phenomena took place at the command of H.P.B.		H.P.B. and Countess de Pashkov travelled together for a while, and various curious phenomena took place at the command of H.P.B.
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	== ~~Travels~~ with Madame Blavatsky ==		== Friendship with Madame Blavatsky ==

			In 1870, [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky\|Madame Blavatsky]] was in Odessa. She received a telegram from her friend Lydia that [[Agardi Metrovich]] had gone to Ramleh [now in Israel] and had become very ill from typhoid fever or possibly from poison. HPB hurried to Alexandria, Egypt by steamer to bring him back to his wife in Odessa, but was too late.<ref>H. P. Blavatsky, [https://www.theosophy-ult.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Blavatsky-letters-to-Sinnett.pdf "Letter LXXVIII"] ''The Letters of H. P. Blavatsky to A. P. Sinnett'' (London: T. Fisher Unwin, Ltd., 1925), 190-191.</ref>

	The Countess wrote of experiences with Madame Blavatsky while traveling in 1872 in Lebanon between Baalbek and the river Orontes. Their parties met and camped together in the desert.		The Countess wrote of experiences with Madame Blavatsky while traveling in 1872 in Lebanon between Baalbek and the river Orontes. Their parties met and camped together in the desert.
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	<ref>John Patrick Deveney, [https://www.theosophyforward.com/articles/theosophical-encyclopedia/2792-who-know-h-p-b-when-lydia-paschkoff "Who Knew H.P.B. When?"] in Theosophical Encyclopedia, ''Theosophy Forward''. March 4, 2020.</ref>		<ref>John Patrick Deveney, [https://www.theosophyforward.com/articles/theosophical-encyclopedia/2792-who-know-h-p-b-when-lydia-paschkoff "Who Knew H.P.B. When?"] in Theosophical Encyclopedia, ''Theosophy Forward''. March 4, 2020.</ref>
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			== Travels with Madame Blavatsky ==
			The Countess wrote of experiences with Madame Blavatsky while traveling in 1872 in Lebanon between Baalbek and the river Orontes. Their parties met and camped together in the desert.
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			There was a great monument standing there near the village of Dair Mar Maroon. It was between Lebanon and the Anti-Lebanon [Mountains]. On the monument were inscriptions that no one could ever read. Mme. Blavatsky could do strange things with the spirits, as I knew, and I asked her to find out what the monument was.

			We waited until night. She drew a circle and we went in it. We built a fire and put much incense on it. Then she said many spells. Then we put on more incense. Then she pointed with her wand at the monument and we saw a great ball of white flame on it. There was a sycamore tree near by; we saw many little flames on it. The jackals came and howled in the darkness a little way off. We put on more incense. Then Mme. Blavatsky commanded the spirit to appear of the person to whom the monument was reared. Soon a cloud of vapor arose and obscured the little moonlight there was. We put on more incense. The cloud took the indistinct shape of an old man with a beard, and a voice came, as it seemed, from a great distance, through the image. He said the monument was once the altar of a temple that had long disappeared. It was reared to a god that had long since gone to another world. "Who are you?" asked Mme. Blavatsky, "I am Hiero, one of the priests of the temple," said the voice. Then Mme Blavatsky commanded him to show us the place as it was when the temple stood. He bowed, and for one instant we had a glimpse of the temple and of a vast city filling the plain as far as the eye could reach. Then it was gone, and the image faded away. Then we built up big fires to keep off the jackals and went to sleep.<ref>Lydia A. de Pashkov, "Ghost Stories Galore: A Night of Many Wonders at Second Hand in the Eighth Avenue Lamasery." ''New York World'', April 21, 1878. Selection 3d. Quoted in [https://www.theosophical.org/component/content/article/23-online-resources/online-books/1705--sp-38236380 ''The Esoteric World of H. P. Blavatsky''] Chapter 3 by Daniel H. Caldwell.</ref>
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