Madame Blavatsky: The Woman Behind the Myth (96 page)

77. While he denied paternity in 1862, he told Solovyov in 1886 that Yuri was his and H.P.B.'s child (LBS, p. 208).

78. Bechhofer-Roberts, pp. 51- 52.

79. H.P.B. to Alexander Dondoukoff-Korsakoff, December 5, 1881, HPBSP, vol. 2, pp. 19- 20.

80. LBS, p. 151.

81. Ibid., p. 208.

82. Solovyov, p. 177.

83. INC, pp. 85, 119.

84. CW, vol. 1, pp. 11-25.

85. LBS, p. 144.

86. ODL, vol. 1, p. 9; Corson, p. 34; CW, vol. 6, p. 277.

87. Witte, p. 8.

88. H.P.B. to Alexander Dondoukoff-Korsakoff, December 5, 1881, HPBSP, vol. 2, pp. 19, 27.

89. H.P.B. to Nadyezhda Fad- eyev, October 28, 1877, HPBSP, vol. 1, p. 210.

90. However, in a September 25, 1877, letter to the New York
World,
H.P.B. placed herself in Russia by saying that she had been an eyewitness to a riot that had taken place in Odessa during Easter Week, 1870 (CW, vol. 1, p. 263).

91. Witte, p. 9.

92.
London Forum,
December, 1934; Witte, p. 9.

93. NefT, p. 182.

94. LBS, pp. 189-190.

95. INC, p. 125.

96. Coulomb, pp. 3-4.

97. INC, p. 125.

98. Ibid.; NefT, p. 166.

99. Coulomb, p. 4.

100. INC, p. 125.

101. Peebles, p. 315.

102. ODL, vol. 1, pp. 20, 27-28.

103. H.P.B. to Alexander Dondoukoff-Korsakoff, December 5, 1881, HPBSP, vol. 2, p. 23.

104. Solovyov, p. 228.

105. ODL, vol. 1, pp. 28-29.

NEW YORK

1. New York
Sun,
July 28, 1873.

2. Holt,
Theosophist,
December, 1931.

3. H.P.B. to A. N. Aksakov, December 6, 1875, Solovyov, p. 267.

4. Holt,
Theosophist,
December, 1931.

5. McCabe, p. 830.

6. Wolff,
The Two Worlds,
December 11, 1891.

7. CW, vol. l,p. 56.

8. ODL, vol. 1, p. 1.

9. Ibid., p. 2.

10. Hume, p. 132.

11. H.P.B. to Nadyezhda Fad- eyev, July 19, 1877, HPBSP, vol. 1, p. 187.

12. Doyle, vol. 1, p. 254.

13. Olcott,
People from the Other World,
p. 17.

14. Ibid., p. 61.

15. ODL, vol. 1, p. 10.

16. In 1888, Margaret Fox stated publicly that she and her sister were responsible for making the rapping noises. Later, however, she repudiated her confession.  
Other individuals have revealed their methods of producing raps: beneath their skirts, women would suspend weights on elastic strings and it took only a slight movement to strike the weights against the floor. Popular methods by men involved use of fingernails, knees and shoes (Price, pp. 171-172).

17. In a letter to Caroline Corson, August 28, 1878, H.P.B. stated that he was twenty years her junior, although this may have been one of her typical exaggerations.

18. LMW, vol. 2, p. 21.

19.
Religio-Philosophical Journal,
June 13, 1874.

20. H.P.B. to Franz Hartmann, April 3, 1886,
The Path,
March, 1896.

21. ODL, vol. 1, pp. 1-7.

22. Ibid., p. 6.

23. New York
Sun,
October 29, 1874.

24. Olcott,
People from the Other World,
p. 298.

25.
Religio-Philosophical Journal,
December 12, 1874.

26. Olcott,
People from the Other World,
p. 298.

27. Neff, p. 199.

28. Olcott,
People from the Other World,
p. 303.

29. Ibid., p. 297.

30. New York
Sun,
October 29, 1874.

31.
Religio-Philosophical Journal,
December 12, 1874.

32. New York
Daily Graphic,
November 9, 1874.

33. Olcott,
People from the Other World
, p. 294.

34. Ibid., p. 360.

35. H.P.B. to Vera Zhelihovsky, circa 1874-1875,
The Path,
February, 1895. In 1886, H.P.B. rewrote this letter for inclusion in Sinnett's biography of herself. I am quoting from the original.

36. Olcott,
People from the Other World
, pp. 355-359.
NEW YORK

37. H.P.B. to Nadyezhda Fad- eyev, July 19, 1877, HPBSP, vol. 1, p. 187; H.P.B. to Franz Hartmann, April 3, 1886,
The Path
, March, 1896.

38. New York
Daily Graphic,
October 27, 1874.

39. New York
Daily Graphic,
October 30, 1874.

40. Ibid.

41. H.P.B. to A.N. Aksakov, October 28, 1874, Solovyov, pp. 225-226.

42. Michael Betanelly to Henry Olcott, October 29, 1874, Olcott,
People from the Other World
, pp. 305-306.

43. Ibid., p. 306.

44. New York
Daily Graphic,
November 9, 1874.

45. New York
Daily Graphic,
November 13, 1874.

46. ODL, vol. 1, p. 32.

47. H.P.B. to A. N. Aksakov, November 14,1874, quoting Aksakov letter to A. J. Davis, Solovyov, pp. 227-228.

48. Ibid., pp. 228-230.

49. Ibid.

50. ODL, vol. 1, pp. 31-32.

51. Ibid., p. 55.

52. H.P.B. to A. N. Aksakov, December 13, 1874, Solovyov, p. 231.

53.
Religio-Philosophical Journal,
January 9, 1875.

54. H.P.B. to A. N. Aksakov, February 11, 1975, Solovyov, p. 239.

55. Ibid., p. 240.

56. Supreme Court, Hall of Records, New York County, Index Number GA 719-0-1.

57. Olcott,
People from the Other World
, p. 455.

58.
Religio-Philosophical Journal
, September 14, 1889.

59. H.P.B. to A. N. Aksakov, February 11, 1875, Solovyov, p. 243.

60. Ibid.

61. H.P.B. to F. J. Lippitt, June 12, 1875, HPBSP, vol. 1, p. 86.

62. H.P.B. to F. J. Lippitt, February 13, 1875, HPBSP, vol. 1, p. 6.

63. Andrew Jackson Davis's expense ledger, Archives of Edgar Cayce Foundation.

64. H.P.B. to F. J. Lippitt, March, 1875, HPBSP, vol. 1, p. 58.

65. H.P.B. to A. N. Aksakov, April 12, 1875, Solovyov, p. 250.

66. Betanelly to F. J. Lippitt, March 22, 1875, HPBSP, vol. l.p. 59.

67. ODL, vol. 1, p. 56.

68. Ibid.

69. Ibid.

70. H.P.B. to F. J. Lippitt, April 3, 1875, HPBSP, vol. 1, p. 64.

71. Solovyov, pp. 164-165.

72. H.P.B. to A. N. Aksakov, April 12, 1875, Solovyov, p. 247.

73. HPBSP, vol. 1, p. 8.

74. H.P.B. to A.N. Aksakov, April 12, 1875, Solovyov, p. 247.

75. H.P.B. to F. J. Lippitt, June 12, 1875, HPBSP, vol. 1, p. 85.

76. ODL, vol. 1, pp. 44-45.

77. Ibid., p. 47.

78. H.P.B. to A. N. Aksakov, April 12, 1875, Solovyov, pp. 247-248.

79. H.P.B. to Olcott, May 21, 1875, HPBSP, vol. l,p. 45.

80. ODL, vol. 1, p. 34.

81. H.P.B. to F. J. Lippitt, early April, 1875, HPBSP, vol. l,p. 75.

82. Ibid., p. 71.

83. LMW, vol. 2, p. 11.

84. Ibid., p. 18.

85. Ibid., pp. 16-18.

86. CW, vol. 1, p. 88.

87. H.P.B. to A. N. Aksakov, May 24, 1875, Solovyov, p. 251.

88. Ibid., p. 252.

89. Ibid., p. 253.

90. H.P.B. to Henry Olcott, May 21, 1875, HPBSP, vol. 1, p. 37.

91. H.P.B. to F. J. Lippitt, June 12, 1875, HPBSP, vol. 1, pp. 80-82.

92. Ibid., p. 84.

93. Ibid., p. 91.

94. Michael Betanelly to F. J. Lippitt, June 18, 1875, HPBSP, vol. 1, p. 93.

95. LMW, vol. 2, pp. 24-25. Serapis had more to say about Helena and Michael, but the editor of the published letters saw fit to exercise censorship on the grounds that some remarks dealt with "incidents in H.P.B.'s inner life" and "none have a right to peer inquisitively into the workings of the soul."

96. Ibid., p. 26.

97. Ibid., pp. 27-29.

98. H.P.B. to Olcott, circa May-June, 1875, HPBSP, vol. 1, p. 3.

99. Ibid., pp. 3-5.

100. Louisa Andrews to Hiram Corson, December 1, 1875, Department of Manuscripts & University Archives, Cornell University Libraries.

101. LMW, vol. 2, pp. 30-33.

102. Ibid.

103. ODL, vol. 1, p. 114.

104.
The Liberal Christian
, September 4, 1875.

105. H.P.B. to A. N. Aksakov, July 18, 1875, Solovyov, p. 253.

106. INC, p. 146. According to Judge, the prophecy to his friend turned out exactly as predicted.

107. Lillie, p. 44-45.

108. ODL, vol. 1, p. 186.

109. Ibid., p. 202.

110. New York
Tribune,
August 30, 1875.

111. Ibid., September 17, 1875.

112. ODL, vol. 1, pp. 117-118.

113.
Lucifer,
April, 1895.

114. ODL, vol. l,p. 132.

115. H.P.B. to A. N. Aksakov, September 20, 1875, Solovyov, p. 256.

116. Olcott to Hiram Corson, September 14, 1875, Corson, p. 24

117. Hiram Corson to Eugene Corson, undated, Corson, p. 27.

118. H.P.B. to A. N. Aksakov, September 20, 1875, Solovyov, p. 257.

119. Hiram Corson to Eugene Corson, October 2, 1875, Corson, p. 118.

120. Corson, p. 37.

121. Olcott to H.P.B., September 25, 1875, Corson, p. 50.

122. H.P.B. to Hiram Corson, circa October-November, 1875, Corson, pp. 170-171.

123. James Robinson to Frederick W. Hinrichs, November 2, 1875, Flint, p. 128.

124. H.P.B. to A. N. Aksakov, December 6, 1875, Solovyov, p. 265.

125. Quoted in Ransom, p. 83.

126. ODL, vol. 1, p. 137.

127. Ibid., p. 138.

128. Louisa Andrews to Hiram Corson, December 1, 1875, Department of Manuscripts & University Archives, Cornell University libraries.

129. H.P.B. to Hiram Corson, circa October or early November, 1875, Corson, p. 170.

130. ODL, vol. 1, p. 203.

131. H.P.B. to Hiram Corson, January 8, 1876, Corson, p. 175.

132. CW, vol. l,p. 160.

133. H.P.B. to Hiram Corson, January 8, 1876, pp. 173-174.

134. Rawson,
Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly
, February, 1892.

135. H.P.B. to Vera Zhelihovsky, circa 1876,
The Path,
December, 1894.

136. ODL, vol. 1, p. 203.

137. Solovyov, p. 354.

138. ODL, vol. 1, p. 207.

139. Ibid., p. 206.

140. Ibid., p. 208.

141. Ibid., p. 209.

142. Ibid., p. 211.

143. H.P.B. to Vera Zhelihovsky, undated, 1876,
The Path,
January, 1895.

144. Ibid.

145. H.P.B. to Vera Zhelihovsky, circa 1876,
The Path
, December, 1894. The medium, Mrs. Willett, who worked with the Society for Psychical Research, gave a similar description: "When all went well and I was deeply in trance, I became partly identified with the communicator. It seemed as if somebody else was me, as if a stranger was occupying my body, as if another's mind was in me . . . Lifted up on wings, I was in a state in which I understood all things."

146. Ibid.

147. H.P.B. to Nadyezhda Fadeyev, circa 1876,
The Path,
December, 1894.