Recycled Lives - A History of Reincarnation in Blavatsky''s Theosophy

In Recycled Lives, Julie Chajes explores the rebirth doctrines of the controversial occultist Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (1831-1891), matriarch of Theosophy. Examining her teachings in detail, Chajes places them in the context of multiple dimensions of nineteenth-century intellectual and cultural life.

About the author

Julie Chajes is a cultural historian interested in the ways religion, science, and scholarship intersected in nineteenth-century Britain and America. She is particularly interested in the literature of Spiritualism and occultism and what it reveals about the overlaps between heterodox religiosity and "mainstream" culture. Born in Brazil and raised in the UK, Dr. Chajes teaches at Tel Aviv University. Her articles have dealt with such topics as gender, Orientalism, emergent critical categories and the appropriation of scientific and medical theories in modern forms of religion.

Summary

In Recycled Lives, Julie Chajes explores the rebirth doctrines of the controversial occultist Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (1831-1891), matriarch of Theosophy. Examining her teachings in detail, Chajes places them in the context of multiple dimensions of nineteenth-century intellectual and cultural life.

Additional text

Julie Chaje's book, Recycled Lives: A History of Reincarnation in Blavatsky's Theosophy ... is [a] very welcome contribution to a steadily growing area of research.

Product details

• Authors: Julie Chajes, Julie (Tel Aviv University) Chajes
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.2019
• EAN: 9780190909130
• ISBN: 978-0-19-090913-0
• No. of pages: 232
• Series: Oxford Studies in Western Esotericism; Oxford Studies in Western Esotericism; Oxford Studies in Western Esot
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; RELIGION / Eastern, RELIGION / Spirituality, comparative religion, Social & cultural history, RELIGION / Theosophy, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Religious & spiritual leaders, Social and cultural history, Religious and spiritual figures, Theosophy & Anthroposophy, Theosophy and Anthroposophy