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Blavatsky...dear occultist,... was a genius and the fact that she wrote so brilliantly in English, which was not even her native language, is amazing. Alas, the thesis in Vol. 1, while still valid and which involves her evidence and arguments that science is lacking when it endeavors to prove that only what is material and can be proven "scientifically" is worth considering in life, is contrasted against the science of the 19th century and would be much better if updated against what we have now come to learn and understand about the nature of the world and the universe. The data and articles she cites are, for the most part, long forgotten.Vol. 2, however, which deals with religion, essentially sets out and, we think, demonstrates that nearly all religions, Christian, Hebrew/Judaic, Moslem, Egyptian, Caldean, etc. all stem from India and the earliest Hindu and Pre-Buddhic texts there. There is more to the vol. than that, but this is its essence.We find it difficult to read Blavatsky without being utterly amazed at her erudition and the way she continually expands our knowledge and understanding. This is not a work for the faint of heart. We expect that only a truly devoted occultist would persevere to the end, but it is worth it.kyela,the silver elvesGoodreads authors of Through the Mists of Faerie: A Magical Guide to the Wisdom Teaching of the Ancient Elven and 30 other books on magic and enchantment including Liber Aelph: Words of Guidance from the Silver Elves to Our Magical Children