Бабуин мадам Блаватской

The book by the English scholar Peter Washington will be of interest both to fans of Western spiritual teachers of the 20th century and to their critics. Despite the mocking and sometimes even sarcastic tone, this work is a deep study of a peculiar layer of spiritual life that has had an undeniable impact on modern European and American culture.

The author examines the socio-cultural phenomenon of `spiritual teaching`, drawing on the most diverse, sometimes scandalous facts from the life of `Western gurus` and relies not only on documents and testimonies of contemporaries, but also on his own meetings with the `last of the magicans` , for example, with Bennett's widow.