Editing Helena Blavatsky (section)

== Annie Besant ==
The two-volume book was reviewed for ''[[The Pall Mall Gazette]]'' by the social reformer [[Annie Besant]]; impressed by it, Besant met with Blavatsky and joined the Theosophists.{{sfnm|1a1=Washington|1y=1993|1p=93|2a1=Lachman|2y=2012|2pp=157–258}} In August 1890, Blavatsky moved in to Besant's large house at 19 [[Avenue Road, London|Avenue Road]] in [[St. John's Wood]].{{sfnm|1a1=Washington|1y=1993|1p=100|2a1=Lachman|2y=2012|2p=259}}
[[File:Woking Crematorium 2018.jpg|thumb|Woking Crematorium in 2018]]
She appointed Besant to be the new head of the Blavatsky Lodge,{{sfnm|1a1=Washington|1y=1993|1p=99|2a1=Lachman|2y=2012|2p=265}} and in July 1890 inaugurated the new European headquarters of the Theosophical Society in Besant's house.{{sfn|Lachman|2012|p=265}} There, she authored a book containing questions and corresponding answers, ''[[The Key to Theosophy]]''.{{sfn|Lachman|2012|pp=260–261}} This was followed by ''[[The Voice of the Silence]]'', a short devotional text which she claimed was based on a Senzar text known as ''[[The Book of the Golden Precepts]]''. As with ''The Secret Doctrine'', most scholars of Buddhism have doubted that this latter text was an authentic Tibetan Buddhist document.{{sfn|Lachman|2012|pp=261–262}} She continued to face accusations of fraud; U.S. newspaper ''The Sun'' published a July 1890 article based on information provided by an ex-member of the Society, [[Elliott Coues]]. Blavatsky sued the newspaper for libel, and they publicly retracted their accusations in September 1892.{{sfnm|1a1=Santucci|1y=2006|1p=184|2a1=Lachman|2y=2012|2p=268}}