H. P. Blavatsky and the Theosophical Movement — Charles J. Ryan

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THEOSOPHICAL PERIODICALS CITED IN TEXT (passim):

• The Aryan Path, Bombay.
• The Canadian Theosophist, Toronto.
• The Irish Theosophist, Dublin.
• Lucifer, London.
• O. E. Library Critic, Washington, D.C.
• The Path, New York.
• The Theosophical Forum, New York.
• The Theosophical Forum, Point Loma.
• The Theosophical Path, Point Loma.
• Theosophical Quarterly, New York.
• The Theosophist, Bombay, Madras.
• The Vahan, London.
• World Theosophy, Los Angeles.

ADDITIONAL READING:

• Barborka, Geoffrey A., H. P. Blavatsky, Tibet and Tulku, Theosophical Publishing House, Madras, Wheaton, London, 1969.
• ------, The Mahatmas and Their Letters, Theosophical Publishing House, Madras, London, Wheaton, 1973.
• Besant, Annie, H. P. Blavatsky and the Masters of the Wisdom, Theosophical Publishing Society, London, 1907 (pamphlet); reprint, Theosophical Publishing House, Los Angeles, 1918.
• Blavatsky, Helena P., H. P. B. Speaks, 2 vols., edited by C. Jinarajadasa, Theosophical Publishing House, Madras, 1950-51.
• Conger, Margaret, Combined Chronology: for use with The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett and The Letters of H. P. Blavatsky to A. P. Sinnett, Washington D.C., 1939; reprint, with First Letter of K.H. to A. O. Hume and View of the Chohan on the T.S., Theosophical University Press, Pasadena, 1973.
• Eek, Sven, comp., Damodar: and the Pioneers of the Theosophical Movement, Theosophical Publishing House, Madras, 1965.
• ------, and de Zirkoff, Boris, compilers, William Quan Judge: 1851-1896, The Life of a Theosophical Pioneer and some of his Outstanding Articles, Theosophical Publishing House, Wheaton, Madras, London, 1969.
• Hanson, Virginia, ed., H. P. Blavatsky and The Secret Doctrine: Commentaries and Her Contributions to World Thought, Quest Book paperback, Theosophical Publishing House, Wheaton, Madras, London, 1971.
• Holt, Elizabeth G. K., "A Reminiscence of H. P. Blavatsky in 1873," The Theosophist, vol. LIII, December 1931, 257-66.
• Keightley, Archibald, "Reminiscences of H. P. Blavatsky," Theosophical Quarterly, vol. VIII, October 1910, 109-22.
• Keightley, Bertram, Reminiscences of H. P. B., Theosophical Publishing House, Madras, 1931.
• Kingsland, William, The Physics of The Secret Doctrine, Theosophical Publishing Society, London, 1910.
• Kuhn, Alvin Boyd, Theosophy: A Modern Revival of Ancient Wisdom, Henry Holt and Co., New York, 1930.
• Linton, George E., and Hanson, Virginia, eds., Readers Guide to The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett, Theosophical Publishing House, Madras, Wheaton, London, 1972.
• Murphet, Howard, Hammer on the Mountain: Life of Henry Steel Olcott (1832-1907), Theosophical Publishing House, Wheaton, Madras, London, 1972.
• ------, When Daylight Comes: A Biography of Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, Theosophical Publishing House, Wheaton, Madras, London, 1975.
• Muller, F. Max, Theosophy or Psychological Religion (Gifford Lectures 1892), Longmans, Green and Co., London, New York, 1893.
• Neff, Mary K., The "Brothers" of Madame Blavatsky, Theosophical Publishing House, Madras, 1932.
• ------, comp., Personal Memoirs of H. P. Blavatsky, E. P. Dutton & Co., New York, 1937; reprint, Quest Book paperback, Theosophical Publishing House, Wheaton, Madras, London, 1971.
• Psaltis, Lina, comp., Dynamics of the Psychic World: Comments by H. P. Blavatsky on Magic, Mediumship, Psychism, and the Powers of the Spirit, Quest Book paperback, Theosophical Publishing House, Wheaton, Madras, London, 1972.
• Purucker, Gottfried de, H. P. Blavatsky: The Mystery, in collaboration with Katherine Tingley, Point Loma Publications, San Diego, 1974.
• The Theosophical Society, H. P. B.: In Memory of Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, by Some of Her Pupils, Theosophical Publishing Society, London, New York, Madras, 1891; 2nd edition, The Blavatsky Association, John M. Watkins, London, 1931.
• Tingley, Katherine, Helena Petrovna Blavatsky: Foundress of the Original Theosophical Society in New York, 1875, Aryan Theosophical Press, Point Loma, 1921.
• Zhelihovsky (also Jelihovsky), Vera P., "Helena P. Blavatsky: Biographical Sketch," Russkoye Obozreniye, vol. VI, November, December 1891; translation, Lucifer, vols. XV-XVI, November 1894-April 1895.

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