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How Madame Blavatsky Tried To Restore The Magi's "Ancient Wisdom" But Hid Its Persian Source THE CONFESSION IN HER OWN WORDS What Blavatsky Actually Said "Perhaps the most important contribution that H.P. Blavatsky made to the intellectual and spiritual discourse of the late nineteenth century was her emphasis on a single 'Wisdom-Religion' found in various cultures and religious traditions" She called it "the Ancient Wisdom." She claimed it came from "Masters" or "Mahatmas." But where were these Masters from?

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How Madame Blavatsky Tried To Restore The Magi's "Ancient Wisdom" But Hid Its Persian Source THE CONFESSION IN HER OWN WORDS What Blavatsky Actually Said "Perhaps the most important contribution that H.P. Blavatsky made to the intellectual and spiritual discourse of the late nineteenth century was her emphasis on a single 'Wisdom-Religion' found in various cultures and religious traditions" She called it "the Ancient Wisdom." She claimed it came from "Masters" or "Mahatmas." But where were these Masters from? "According to her later claims, in 1849 she embarked on a series of world travels, visiting Europe, the Americas, and India. She also claimed that during this period she encountered a group of spiritual adepts, the 'Masters of the Ancient Wisdom,' who sent her to Shigatse, Tibet " Tibet. Always Tibet. Never Persia. But the evidence says otherwise.

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