-"It is a brilliant introduction to Theosophy I think! And I am also impressed by how Sylvia Cranston wrote this biography. For me it is inspiring and there are also a sort of beauty in her way to express her self who H.P. Blavatsky was (they address her with Madame) In this magnificently  researched biography, with materials never printed before, Sylvia Cranston tells the remarkable story of  the founder of the Theosophical Movement. She tells us in a style so you feel that you are back in the days when she lived 1831 - 1891. Is it truth or fiction? If I didn't know of her before I would have that feeling. For she is so remarkable (even I also realize today more than ever before that she more than any other person, was responsible for the introduction of  Eastern religious and  spiritual thinking into Western religion, science, psychology, art, music, and literature. As I see it maybe the greatest woman since…This book avoids speculation and instead shows the documented facts of  the life of this outstanding woman. It is maybe the best and most objective biography of  Helena P. Blavatsky. This book has she advantage of being written near the end of the twentieth century when interest in her works such as Isis Unveiled and The Secret Doctrine is increasing specially in Eastern Europe, where they have a free press today!"

-"The book does not characterize  the Theosophical Movement  as a "New Age" fad, but makes an attempt to bring Theosophy (Latin;Divine Wisdom) into our ages and it is in all world religions and mature philosophy. The chapters on Theosophy and modern science in the book are fascinating, because they do show what Theosophy is; like it's essence, a scientific attempt to understand religions, and also a religious attempt to spiritualise science. Another interesting part of the book is the conclusion in which Blavatsky's influence on the "Reincarnation Renaissance" and "New Age" is discussed. Regarding science, for example, the book cites the ideas of the atom, and the matter of energy, which were predicted in the first volume of The Secret Doctrine [p. 519-20]  (It was maybe because of that that Einstein had this book). Blavatsky never claimed to be the inventor or discoverer of these ideas, but declares they have long been a part of esoteric [secret] science in  occult teaching."

-"The last section of the book also discusses H.P. Blavatsky's great influence on the arts and humanity. Great poets and writers such as W. B. Yeats, George William Russell, Jack London, E. M. Forster, D. H. Lawrence, T. S. Eliot, James Joyce, Thornton Wilder and others are mentioned as being influenced by Theosophy, and their writings acknowledge a belief  in reincarnation. An idea first introduced to the West by Blavatsky - in modern time. The occult dynamic of Theosophy is also visible in the paintings of Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, Piet Mondrian, and Nicholas Roerich. Even musician like Scriabin, Sibelius and Mahler would not have written without the inspiration of Theosophy. Some of them e.g. Kandinsky and Mondrian had great photos of  HPB in their work room. Einstein the scientist had The Secret Doctrine on his desk. Thomas A. Edison was a member in the early days of Theosophy. Elvis Priesley always had the book; The Voice of Silence in his pocket. Gorbachov and his wife are really devoted to Theosophy."

• First showed that all major religions are derived from one original religious philosophy. 
• Started the Theosophical Movement and calling her message Theosophy. 
• Introduced knowledge of  eastern religions to the West - including the ideas of karma and reincarnation. 
• Demonstrated that the ancient wisdom was still known. Presented a portion of that ancient Wisdom. 
• Performed phenomena not explainable by "known" laws of science. 
• Gave the logical  basis for morality and brotherhood. Required that the first objective of the Theosophical  Movement be Universal  Brotherhood without regard to race, creed, sex, caste, or color. 
• Claimed that there are Masters who have reached to a height we can't even imagine... And that those so called Masters inspired and helped her to write her books! 

-"Helena Petrovna Blavatsky was born on August 12,  1831, at Dnepropetrovsk (today Ekaterinoslav), Ukraine, daughter of Colonel Peter Alexeyevich von Hahn and novelist Helena Andreyevna (née de Fadeyev).She was born with gifts - psychic powers. They were so fantastic that you will not believe me if  I write it down on this page! In 1849 she married N. V. Blavatsky, and shortly thereafter began more than 20 years of extensive travel. See; Her life in figures,  bringing her into contact with mystic traditions the world over. Madame Blavatsky was a very controversial figure. Some people feel she was a prophet, others feel she was a fraud. Whatever one's opinion, there is no doubt that Blavatsky was an important figure in modern history.  Her founding of the Theosophical Society reintroduced many ideas into Western civilization that had been forgotten for centuries. In 1873 Blavatsky arrived in New York from Paris where, impelled by her teachers, she began her work. At first she attempted to interest the Spiritualists in the philosophy behind phenomena but they resented her refusal to accept their standard explanations. Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, along with Col. Henry Steel Olcott and William Quan Judge, founded the Theosophical Society in 1875. At about the same time that the Society began, she started to write her first major work, Isis Unveiled, and after its publication in 1878 she and H. S. Olcott left for India. "