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Victorian Occultism · Theosophy · First Edition

The Challenge to Madame Blavatsky — Arthur Lillie’s Critical Study of Theosophy, 1895

Arthur Lillie · Madame Blavatsky and Her “Theosophy” · London, 1895 · First edition

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Published four years after the death of Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, Arthur Lillie’s study challenges the claimed origins and authority of the Theosophical movement. This is a contemporary critical account rather than a work authored by Blavatsky herself.

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Author
Arthur Lillie
Title
Madame Blavatsky and Her “Theosophy”: A Study
Publication
London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co., 1895
Edition
First edition
Binding
Original burgundy cloth
Condition
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Controversy and Historical Interest

The book belongs to the late-Victorian debate over occultism, psychical research, comparative religion and the authority of claimed hidden spiritual masters. Its value is as an original witness to the debate, not as endorsement of the author’s arguments.

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