Episode #69- What Does Gary Lachman Think About the Mother of the Occult?

Our Fake History

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🗓️ 26 June 2018

⏱️ 63 minutes

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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 graciously agreed to join me on the podcast to discuss Blavatsky, the challenges that come with writing about the occult, and even David Bowie. Tune in and find out how cats named Khoot Hoomi, female body guards, and rock n' roll occultists all get mentioned in the interview.
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0:00.0	Hi, this is Chris Sauer from the Pluton or Krizar podcast and I'm taking the cubs over the pirates in their game June 19th
0:05.7	Biddle line has free odds and lies available online or on your mobile device is a bit online that net today
0:11.0	Hi again everyone before we start the show today
0:13.8	I just want to remind you that I am going to be appearing live on July 5th at the deepened bunker
0:20.7	Just outside of Ottawa Ontario
0:23.3	So if you are going to be in or around Ottawa on July 5th and you want to see me give a talk on
0:30.9	Podcasting historical myths and all sorts of other fun stuff then please head out to the deepened bunker
0:36.8	To find out more about this event go to the Facebook page that's facebook.com slash our fake history and
0:43.4	Click on the event that is pinned to the top of the page. All right. Let's start the show
0:54.3	After nearly three years of poking my nose into the weirder side of history
1:01.4	I came to realize that one day I was going to have to do a show on Helena Patrovna Blavatsky
1:09.6	When you become an aficionado of let's call it
1:14.3	controversial history you end up reading quite a lot about lost continents
1:19.8	super advanced ancient civilizations
1:22.8	Nazis hunting for super powerful occult objects and people conducting historical research using psychic powers
1:32.2	Well, if you pull at any one of those threads you will eventually be led back to Blavatsky
1:39.8	The 19th century occultist was bold enough to write her own
1:44.6	Weird take on the history of the planet
1:48.1	Complete with spirit beings
1:50.7	super advanced people from Atlantis
1:53.4	Giants who built stonehenge and an Aryan race imbued with its own unique destiny
2:02.1	Her ideas would prove to be surprisingly sturdy
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