H.P. Blavatsky's powers of communication live on
H.P. Blavatsky's Isis Unveiled was published in 1877. Within two years, it had sold over 10,000 copies, a bestseller in the nineteenth century. The following quote from her magnum opus The Secret Doctrine (Vol.1 Stanza 1 Commentary) is now all over the internet, surprisingly, and not just on sites belonging to branches of the Theosophical Society or the wider Theosophical Movement.
Whatever plane our consciousness may be acting in, both we and the things belonging to that plane are, for the time being, our only realities. As we rise in the scale of development we perceive that during the stages through which we have passed we mistook shadows for realities, and the upward progress of the Ego is a series of progressive awakenings, each advance bringing with it the idea that now, at last, we have reached “reality;” but only when we shall have reached the absolute Consciousness and blended our own with it, shall we be free from the delusions produced by Maya (illusion).
In November 2025 that quote appeared on the following websites and social media:
- Instagram (several posts)
- Facebook (several posts)
- Goodreads
- awakeningintuition.com
- https://awaken.com/
- https://hellofearless.com/ whose mission statement is: Empowering Women through fashion to reach their highest potential. Hello Fearless features ‘61 Of Helena Blavatsky’s Most Famous Quotes to Find Meaning & Truth.’
