Madame Blavatsky's Baboon

A History of the Mystics, Mediums, and Misfits Who Brought Spiritualism to Ameri ca

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Paperback, 496 pages

English language

Published Jan. 13, 1996 by Schocken.

ISBN:
978-0-8052-1024-8
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The New Age is not so new. Peter Washington traces it back to ideas that entered our cultural bloodstream just before the dawn of the twentieth century, when a mysterious renegade Russian aristocrat named Madame Blavatsky appeared in America. Darwin was wrong, she claimed. Man was not descended from apes but from spirit beings. As a reminder, she kept a stuffed baboon in her parlor dressed in wing collar, tail-coat, and spectacles, and holding a copy of The Origin of Species in its hand.

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Quick impressions: While the overall topic of the book could be interesting, the author's presentation is seriously dry and boring. I honestly do not see why anyone, as I've seen in some other reviews after reading this book, to be witty or even humorous.

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Subjects

  • Spirit communication & mediumship, spiritualism
  • Theosophy & Anthroposophy
  • Spiritualism
  • New Age / Parapsychology
  • New Age / Body, Mind & Spirit
  • Religion
  • Theosophy
  • General
  • Religion / Mysticism
  • History
  • 20th century
  • Occultism