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Tonight we'll read the opening section from from the caves and jungles of Hindostan,

written by Helen Blavatsky and published in 1883. This episode first aired in January of 2020.

Madam Blavatsky was a Russian occultist and philosopher who traveled around the world, including India, before moving to New York City.

She co-founded the Theosophical Society in 1875 and gained an international following from the esoteric religion that the society promoted.

Madame Blavatsky was a controversial figure,

championed by supporters as an enlightened guru,

and derided as a fraudulent charlatan by critics.

Her theosophical doctrines influence the spread of Hindu and Buddhist ideas in the West,

as well as the development of Western esoteric currents like the New Age Movement. Let's get cozy.

get cozy.

close your eyes.

Relax your body into the softness of your bed.

Now, take a few deep breaths. Late in the evening of the 16th of February, 1879.

After a rough voyage which lasted 32 days,

joyful exclamations were heard everywhere on deck. Have you seen the Lighthouse? There it is at last, the Bombay Lighthouse.

Cards, books, music. everything was forgotten. Everyone rushed on deck. The moon had not

risen as yet and in spite of the starry tropical sky it was quite dark. The stars were so

bright that at first it seemed hardly possible to distinguish far away amongst them a small

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