When H.P. Blavatsky entered the world stage in 1875, roughly two worldviews existed.
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On the one hand the purely materialistic view of life as a struggle for survival, and on the other a strict dogmatic Christian faith that either sought to convert dissenters or excluded them.
She broke through these “thinking garlands of humanity” with a totally different, universal worldview. An image that gives insight, meaning and responsibility by connecting this visible world to the many invisible worlds. Because aren’t we just as much a part of that?