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In 1874 Colonel Henry Steel Olcott went to a seance by a bizarre spiritualist named Helena Petrova Blavatsky. A skeptical New York journalist and lawyer, he expected to expose her as a fraud.

NEW YORK-- Ananda College OBA emerged the Winner of the Col. Henry Steele Olcott Challenge Cup at the 3rd Annual East Coast Cricket Festival (www.cricketfestival.blog.com) held last weekend in New ...