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Madame Blavatsky

Occultist whose theosophical ideas influence the narrator's worldview.

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First appearance: vii beatrice

Madame Blavatsky shows up with force in Extracts from My Journal. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Mentioned as a theosophist teacher recommended by the unknown friend.
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In Extracts from My Journal: Mentioned as a theosophist teacher recommended by the unknown friend. Later, in IX: Extracts from the Diary of a Damned Soul: Her occult treatise is sent by a friend; the narrator dismisses…

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