Episode from 12.16.07

[valiens]

Dave, you mentioned Henry Steele Olcott. Is that the same guy who co-founded Theosophy, which produced Krishnamurti, which produced the energy in me, whose sister worked on "The Good Shepherd," which starred Alec Baldwin, who was in "She's Having A Baby" with Kevin Bacon?

 

[David Biedny]

Jeremy,

Yes, the one and the same Olcott. He wrote a book about his 10 week analysis of the Eddy brothers situation in Chittenden, Vermont. The book, "People from the Other World", is available in it's entirety on Google books, and is a fascinating read.

 

[valiens]

I'm gonna give it a read. Thanks for pointing us to it. Olcott/Blavatsky/Leadbeater - the founders of that Theosophical Society are really something else. Or their story is, anyway.