# 376: Theosophy pt. 1 - Helena Blavatsky and Her Ghost Friends

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Podcast: [The Empire Never Ended](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-empire-never-ended-1611209)
Published: 2026-05-22T13:49:00+00:00
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Rey started reading a book (Madame Blavatsky's Baboon by Peter Washington) on the very influential Theosophical Society, which was in many ways the starting point for Western Occultism in the 19th century. Music: Arthur Pryor's Band - Dill Pickles Rag (1909 version) --- Subscribe to https://patreon.org/tenepod https://bsky.app/profile/tenepod.bsky.social https://x.com/tenepod

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