Recycled Lives

A History of Reincarnation in Blavatsky's Theosophy

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21st century
Language: English
Content type: Fiction

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"A sizeable minority of people with no particular connection to Eastern religions believe in reincarnation. The rise in popularity of this belief over the last century and a half is the direct result of the impact of the nineteenth-century's largest and most influential Western esoteric movement, the Theosophical Society. In Recycled Lives, Julie Chajes explains and historicises the rebirth doctrines of the matriarch of Theosophy, the controversial occultist, Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (1831-1891). Examining her teachings in detail, Chajes contextualises them in light of multiple dimensions of nineteenth-century intellectual and cultural life. In particular, this book explores Blavatsky's readings (and misreadings) of Spiritualist currents, scientific theories, Platonism, and Hindu and Buddhist thought. These, in turn, are set in relief against broader nineteenth-century American and European trends. The chapters come together to reveal the contours of a modern perspective on reincarnation that is inseparable from the nineteenth-century discourses within which it emerged, and which has shaped how people in the West tend to view reincarnation today"--

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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Afterlife, reincarnation, and near-death experiences, Occultism and esotericism, and Theosophy, Anthroposophy, and New Thought.

Occultism and esotericism
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Theosophy, Anthroposophy, and New Thought
Controlled discovery queries from crossref and libris matched “Theosophy”. Retained metadata contains “Theosophy” in the subtitle, “theosophical” in the description, “Theosophy” in the description, and 1 additional metadata match(es).
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Afterlife, reincarnation, and near-death experiences
Controlled discovery queries from crossref matched “reincarnation”. Retained metadata contains “Reincarnation” in the subtitle, “Reincarnation” in the description, and “Reincarnation” in the edition subtitle.
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- “Reincarnation”· in subtitle
- “Reincarnation”· in description
- “Reincarnation”· in edition subtitle

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Edition	Date	Publisher	Language	ISBN	Access	Links
A History of Reincarnation in Blavatsky's Theosophy Crossref publisher-supplied book record 25 cm; xii, 215 pages	2019-03-28	Oxford University Press; Oxford University PressNew York	English	9780190909130 9780190909161 0190909137	Catalog record	Crossref (opens in a new tab) Libris, National Library of Sweden (opens in a new tab) Libris, National Library of Sweden (opens in a new tab)