SYMHC Classics: Madame Blavatsky

Beulah was such a prolific inventor in the early 20th century that the press nicknamed her Lady Edison. She was an outlier as an unmarried woman who got her foot in the door as an inventor by pounding the pavement in 1920s New York. Research: Bengtson, Harlan H. “Beulah Louise He ...  Show more

Mary Mallon became known as Typhoid Mary in the early 20th century. She has often been vilified in in modern references, though her story is actually quite complex. Research: "Mary Mallon." Encyclopedia of World Biography Online, vol. 21, Gale, 2001. Gale In Context: Opposing Vie ...  Show more

It's finally time for us to explore the life of one of the most famous occultists of all time: Madame Helena Blavatsky. Join us on this first part as we mostly cover the veiled years of Blavatsky's life, when she supposedly travelled the world and formed the knowledge base for ...

On this, our conclusion to our series on Madame Blavatsky, we cover both the fraud committed by Madame Blavatsky in India that still sullies her reputation to this day as well as her most influential work, The Secret Doctrine, and all of the influence both good and bad that it ...

When I was researching Helena Blavatsky I was often amazed at how someone so weird, with such an outrageous life story, could inspire so much dull writing. That was until I discovered Gary Lachman's 2012 biography Madame Blavatsky: The Mother of Modern Spirituality. Gary gracious ...  Show more

📖 Episode Transcripts in Link Below ⬇️ Today, we’ll delve into the mysterious and intriguing life of Mata Hari, one of history's most famous and enigmatic spies. Her story is one of glamour, intrigue, and ultimately tragedy, set against the backdrop of World War I. https://patre ...  Show more