Episode · Behind the Bastards · 2022-09-01
Books mentioned on Part Four: Helena Blavatsky: the woman who inspired the Nazis, and Gwyneth Paltrow
In part four of this series, Robert concludes his conversation with Jamie Loftus about Helena Blavatsky. See omnystudio.
Robert Evans discussed The Occult World by A. P. Sinnett, The Mahatma Letters, The Secret Doctrine by Helena P. Blavatsky, The Antediluvian World by Ignatius Donnelly, Coming Race by Edward Bulwer Lytton, and The Myth of the 20th Century by Alfred Rosenberg.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Occult World
Discussed“In 1882, he published a book consisting of his correspondence with Master Khumi. Soon after the book's release, a gentleman named Richard KD publicly accused Master Khumi of plagiarism.”
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The Mahatma Letters
Discussed“The Mohammed papers are like a huge moment in Theosophy where like they release these they it's it's basically kind of like the Sylmerelion of Theosophy.”
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The Secret Doctrine
The Secret Doctrine by Helena P.
Discussed“She lands in Naples she travels around a bit and she spends most of the next 3 years living off of a society pension which I think was quite comfortable and working on her last book her very last book the secret doctrine”
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The Antediluvian World
Discussed“Although writing shortly after Ignatius Donnelly, whose Atlantis, the antid-doluvian world, launched the Atlantis craze. Bllovzky did not place Atlantis in between Europe and America as Donnelly had, but rather in the far north near the North Pole.”
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Coming Race
Coming Race by Edward Bulwer-Lytton is a nineteenth-century science fiction novel depicting an advanced subterranean civilization of beings who harness a mysterious and powerful energy source known as vril.
Discussed“So, the entire cosmology of Blovsky's last book is based in large part on a mix of Bailey's work and that novel, The Coming Race, by Edward Bullworth Littton. Now, where he'd envisioned this underground master race as being like potential conquerors, she saw sees them as benevolent spirit guides.”
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The Myth of the 20th Century
Discussed“Alfred Rosenberg's book book, The Myth of the 20th century, which he publishes in 1930, is the second bestselling book in Nazi Germany under mine comp. Right? That's what I mean when I say this guy's like the number two ideologue of the Nazis.”
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Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Mein Kampf
“Alfred Rosenberg's book book, The Myth of the 20th century, which he publishes in 1930, is the second bestselling book in Nazi Germany under mine comp. Right? That's what I mean when I say this guy's like the number two ideologue of the Nazis.”