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{{Style P-Title|“PSYCHOPHOBIA” IN RUSSIA}}
{{Style P-Title|“PSYCHOPHOBIA” IN RUSSIA}}
{{HPB-CW-comment|view=center|[Banner of Light, Boston, Vol. XXXIX, No. 5, April 29, 1876, p. 8]}}
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To the Editor of the ''Banner of Light'':
To the Editor of the ''Banner of Light'':
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I deeply regret that Russian men of science should have shown themselves as narrow-minded and unfair as the Willis persecutors of 1857, and the lofty souls of the Royal Society, who declined the invitation of the Dialectical Society.
I deeply regret that Russian men of science should have shown themselves as narrow-minded and unfair as the Willis persecutors of 1857, and the lofty souls of the Royal Society, who declined the invitation of the Dialectical Society.


The documents appear in Russian, in the official journals of St. Petersburg. The evidence seems to show that the epidemic which, for the lack of another name, I propose to call PSYCHOPHOBIA, has attacked the scientists of my country as soon as the investigation of phenomenal Spiritualism and mediumism threatened to turn successful.
The documents appear in Russian, in the official journals of St. Petersburg. The evidence seems to show that the epidemic which, for the lack of another name, I propose to call {{Style S-Small capitals|Psychophobia}}, has attacked the scientists of my country as soon as the investigation of phenomenal Spiritualism and mediumism threatened to turn successful.
<center>Respectfully yours,</center>
<center>Respectfully yours,</center>
{{Style P-Signature in capitals|H. P. BLAVATSKY.}}
 
{{Style P-Signature in capitals|H. P. Blavatsky.}}
{{Style P-No indent|''New York, April'' 21st, 1876.}}
{{Style P-No indent|''New York, April'' 21st, 1876.}}
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