No Religion Higher Than Truth: A History of the Theosophical Movement in Russia, 1875-1922

by Maria Carlson

Book Overview

Among the various kinds of occultism popular during the Russian Silver Age (1890-1914), modern Theosophy was by far the most intellectually significant. This contemporary gnostic gospel was invented and disseminated by Helena Blavatsky, an expatriate Russian with an enthusiasm for Buddhist thought and a genius for self-promotion. What distinguished Theosophy from the other kinds of "mysticism"--the spiritualism, table turning, fortune-telling,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691636338
• ISBN13: 9780691636337
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 310 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"