O Lanoo! - The Secret Doctrine Unveiled
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Blavatsky's birthplace
In September 2002 I visited Dnepropetrovsk, in the Ukraine. I had been invited by a group of individuals who several years earlier had begun creating a museum in the house where H.P.Blavatsky was born.

Blavatsky's birthplace
Blavatsky's birthplace
There are rival claims on the house, the chief one being from the city council. Before Perestroika theosophy was not studied in the Soviet countries, and the significance of HPB is not generally appreciated. The house itself is owned by the State, and in order that due consideration can be given to the merits of the various claimants, earlier this year the courts ordered the building to be closed. A decision will eventually be made by the Kabinet Minister in Kiev.

Blavatsky's birthplace
Blavatsky's birthplace
The individuals I met are not part of a theosophical movement but follow the teachings of Roerich and Blavatsky. They established a school run on Roerich principles, and believe that HPB's birthplace should be available for students, or lanoos, everywhere. They would like to demonstrate to the Government the international significance of Blavatsky and her teachings. If the Government decides that the building can be used for more mundane purposes the opportunity to establish a museum dedicated specifically to the life and work of HPB might be lost for all time.

We have formed the International H.P. Blavatsky Museum Foundation Charity Organisation to raise awareness of the museum in the international arena. I am a founder member. The other five founder members are all Ukrainian citizens. If you would like to add your support please write to the Museum Director, Igor Tereshchenko at blavatsky@blavatsky.dp.ua so that he can forward your message to the Vice-Premier of Ukraine with a translation.



“This is how evolution progresses; not through brute matter, blind force, senseless motion, but sentient life in intelligent law guided from above.”
O Lanoo! ~ The Secret Doctrine Unveiled, Part 1. Stanza VI.2

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Copyright © 2008 Harvey Tordoff.
H. P. Blavatsky photographs courtesy of Colyn Boyce.


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