Rick Spence

They live inside the Himalayas, or they float among them on a cloud, and they guide the spiritual evolution of humanity. What Blavatsky did was to take Western esotericism, and blend it with Hindu and Buddhist esotericism, which became very, very sexy in the West, still is. Buddhism attracts a lot of people because, well, it's Buddhism. It's different, see?

They live inside the Himalayas, or they float among them on a cloud, and they guide the spiritual evolution of humanity. What Blavatsky did was to take Western esotericism, and blend it with Hindu and Buddhist esotericism, which became very, very sexy in the West, still is. Buddhism attracts a lot of people because, well, it's Buddhism. It's different, see?

So the Mahatmas, the ascended masters, were sending her messages, despite the fact that she was later proven pretty much to be a fraud and writing the letters herself. Nevertheless, people still went along with this doctrine, and it's been widely modified and copied since then. So an idea in theosophy was that human spiritual evolution was tied to physical evolution.

So the Mahatmas, the ascended masters, were sending her messages, despite the fact that she was later proven pretty much to be a fraud and writing the letters herself. Nevertheless, people still went along with this doctrine, and it's been widely modified and copied since then. So an idea in theosophy was that human spiritual evolution was tied to physical evolution.

So the Mahatmas, the ascended masters, were sending her messages, despite the fact that she was later proven pretty much to be a fraud and writing the letters herself. Nevertheless, people still went along with this doctrine, and it's been widely modified and copied since then. So an idea in theosophy was that human spiritual evolution was tied to physical evolution.

So in the case of Blavatsky, Blavatsky never said that Aryans, white people, anything out this were superior. She talked about the different root races, but her version of it is just total gobbledygook that seems to include everyone. I defy you to make much sense out of it.

So in the case of Blavatsky, Blavatsky never said that Aryans, white people, anything out this were superior. She talked about the different root races, but her version of it is just total gobbledygook that seems to include everyone. I defy you to make much sense out of it.

So in the case of Blavatsky, Blavatsky never said that Aryans, white people, anything out this were superior. She talked about the different root races, but her version of it is just total gobbledygook that seems to include everyone. I defy you to make much sense out of it.

But in the early 20th century, there were different sort of – one of the things that became fashionable, not terribly popular. These are small movements with the idea that, well, Germany is a new upcoming country. And part of this, I think, was really trying to define who the Germans were.

But in the early 20th century, there were different sort of – one of the things that became fashionable, not terribly popular. These are small movements with the idea that, well, Germany is a new upcoming country. And part of this, I think, was really trying to define who the Germans were.

But in the early 20th century, there were different sort of – one of the things that became fashionable, not terribly popular. These are small movements with the idea that, well, Germany is a new upcoming country. And part of this, I think, was really trying to define who the Germans were.

because remember the german empire germany as a political state doesn't come into existence until 1871 prior to that germany was a geographic expression a vague one which described a large area in central europe where a lot of people who you know wore leather shorts and uh

because remember the german empire germany as a political state doesn't come into existence until 1871 prior to that germany was a geographic expression a vague one which described a large area in central europe where a lot of people who you know wore leather shorts and uh

because remember the german empire germany as a political state doesn't come into existence until 1871 prior to that germany was a geographic expression a vague one which described a large area in central europe where a lot of people who you know wore leather shorts and uh

or something like that, and spoke similar German dialects, were nominally Germans, but they might be Prussians or Bavarians or, you know, they came in all sorts of varieties and religions. There was no German identity. Something very similar happened in Italy in the same period. I mean, you know, there weren't Italians. There were Sardinians and there were Romans and there were Sicilians.

or something like that, and spoke similar German dialects, were nominally Germans, but they might be Prussians or Bavarians or, you know, they came in all sorts of varieties and religions. There was no German identity. Something very similar happened in Italy in the same period. I mean, you know, there weren't Italians. There were Sardinians and there were Romans and there were Sicilians.

or something like that, and spoke similar German dialects, were nominally Germans, but they might be Prussians or Bavarians or, you know, they came in all sorts of varieties and religions. There was no German identity. Something very similar happened in Italy in the same period. I mean, you know, there weren't Italians. There were Sardinians and there were Romans and there were Sicilians.

Umbrians spoke, again, dialects of a similar language, but had never lived, you know, not since the Roman Empire under a single state, and really didn't think of themselves as the same. So you have to create this artificial thing. You have to create Germans. There's now a Germany with an emperor, and so we're all going to be Germans.

Umbrians spoke, again, dialects of a similar language, but had never lived, you know, not since the Roman Empire under a single state, and really didn't think of themselves as the same. So you have to create this artificial thing. You have to create Germans. There's now a Germany with an emperor, and so we're all going to be Germans.

Umbrians spoke, again, dialects of a similar language, but had never lived, you know, not since the Roman Empire under a single state, and really didn't think of themselves as the same. So you have to create this artificial thing. You have to create Germans. There's now a Germany with an emperor, and so we're all going to be Germans.