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Shady Helena Blavatsky
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1:01:48 - 1:06:35 (04:47)

The speaker discusses the shady actions of Helena Blavatsky, a person who many writers are enamored with despite her questionable behavior, and suggests that she would have benefited from playing Dungeons and Dragons as a child.

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Empress Alexandra Feodorovna showed sympathy towards the lower classes from an early age, preferring to play with servant's children rather than those of her own class, and often made friends with ragged street boys.
1:01:48 - 1:03:39 (01:50)
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Empress Alexandra Feodorovna
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Empress Alexandra Feodorovna showed sympathy towards the lower classes from an early age, preferring to play with servant's children rather than those of her own class, and often made friends with ragged street boys.

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Shady Helena Blavatsky
Episode
Part One: Helena Blavatsky: the woman who inspired the Nazis, and Gwyneth Paltrow
Podcast
Behind the Bastards
The fascination with Helena Blavatsky, a founder of Theosophy, does not negate the shady activities and questionable practices she engaged in, such as sleepwalking and talking to invisible companions.
1:03:39 - 1:06:35 (02:56)
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Helena Blavatsky
Summary

The fascination with Helena Blavatsky, a founder of Theosophy, does not negate the shady activities and questionable practices she engaged in, such as sleepwalking and talking to invisible companions.

Chapter
Shady Helena Blavatsky
Episode
Part One: Helena Blavatsky: the woman who inspired the Nazis, and Gwyneth Paltrow
Podcast
Behind the Bastards