Strange tales from a Russian OccultistThe late nineteenth century saw a rise in the number of people who became interested in the occult and among them were a few who became notable practitioners. Aleister Crowley for example became infamous as a member of ‘the Golden Dawn’ and founder of the religion ‘Thelema’ and the author of this book Russian born Madam Helena Petrovna Blavatsky became a proponent of Theosophy—a religion of archaic wisdom. Her most famous written work on the subject is ‘The