Editing Helena Blavatsky (section)

=== Western esotericism ===
Blavatsky's Theosophy has been described as representing "a major factor in the modern revival" of Western esotericism.{{sfn|Goodrick-Clarke|2004|p=2}} Godwin deemed there to be "no more important figure in modern times" within the Western esoteric tradition than Blavatsky.{{sfn|Godwin|1994b|p=xv}} For Johnson, Blavatsky was "a central figure in the nineteenth-century occult revival".{{sfn|Johnson|1994|p=2}} Lachman claimed that "practically all modern occultism and esotericism" can trace its origins back to her influence.{{sfn|Lachman|2012|p=xi}}  Blavatsky's published Theosophical ideas, particularly those regarding Root Races, have been cited as an influence on [[Ariosophy]], the esoteric movement established in late 19th- and early 20th-century Germany and Austria by [[Guido von List]] and [[Jörg Lanz von Liebenfels]].{{sfnm|1a1=Gardell|1y=2003|1pp=21–22|2a1=Lachman|2y=2012|2p=251}}<ref name="Spielvogel1986">{{cite journal|title=Hitler's Racial Ideology: Content and Occult Sources.|journal=[[Simon Wiesenthal Center Annual]]|year=1986|first=Jackson|last=Spielvogel|author2=David Redles|volume=3|at=Chapter 9|issn=0741-8450|url=http://motlc.wiesenthal.com/site/pp.asp?c=gvKVLcMVIuG&b=395043|access-date=22 August 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101219035524/http://motlc.wiesenthal.com/site/pp.asp?c=gvKVLcMVIuG&b=395043|archive-date=19 December 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> Hannah Newman stated that via Ariosophy, Blavatsky's Theosophical ideas "contributed to Nazi ideology".{{sfn|Newman|2005|p=73}} Nevertheless, Lachman has asserted that Blavatsky should not be held accountable to any of the [[antisemitism|antisemitic]] and [[racism|racist]] ideas that the Ariosophists promoted, commenting that were she alive to witness the development of Ariosophy, she probably would have denounced its ideas regarding race.{{sfn|Lachman|2012|p=251}} Blavatsky's Theosophical ideas regarding Root Races have also been cited as an influence on [[Anthroposophy]], the esoteric movement developed by [[Rudolf Steiner]] in early 20th-century Germany,{{sfn|Staudenmaier|2008|pp=6–7}} with Steiner's [[Anthroposophical Society]] being [[Rudolf Steiner and the Theosophical Society|termed a "historical offshoot" of the Theosophical Society]].{{sfn|Bevir|1994|p=765}}

Blavatsky's Theosophy has been cited as an influence on the [[New Age]] movement, an esoteric current that emerged in Western nations during the 1970s.{{sfnm|1a1=Bevir|1y=1994|1p=765|2a1=Goodrick-Clarke|2y=2004|2p=18|3a1=Santucci|3y=2006|3p=184}}
"No single organization or movement has contributed so many components to the New Age Movement as the Theosophical Society. ...&nbsp;It has been the major force in the dissemination of occult literature in the West in the twentieth century."{{sfn|Melton|1990|pp=458–461}}{{efn|The "Chronology of the New Age Movement" in ''New Age Encyclopedia'' begins with the formation of the Theosophical Society in 1875.{{sfn|Melton|1990|loc=ix,&nbsp;xxxviii}} See {{harvnb|Lewis|Melton|1994|loc=xi}}.}} Other organizations loosely based on Theosophical texts and doctrines include the [[Agni Yoga]], and a group of religions based on Theosophy called the [[Ascended Master Teachings]]: the [["I AM" Activity]], [[The Bridge to Freedom]], [[Universal Medicine]] and The Summit Lighthouse, which evolved into the [[Church Universal and Triumphant]].<ref>{{harvnb|Lewis|Melton|1994|pp=1–2}}</ref>