Helena Patrovena Blavatsky (1831-1891) born in Russia and was most noted as the founder of the Theosophical Society in 1875, and believed the Akashic records were much more than simply that, they actively have an influence on our daily lives particularly creativity:
Akasha is one of the cosmic principles and is a plastic matter, creative in its physical nature, immutable in its higher principles. It is the quintessence of all possible forms of energy, material, psychic, or spiritual; and contains within itself the germs of universal creation, which sprout forth under the impulse of the Divine Spirit.
Alchemy and the Secret Doctrine
She was a huge figure in the theosophy movement of the 19th Century and many of her ideas and beliefs are now are associated with new age religions.
Theosophy is the study of religious philosophy and maintains that each world religion has a portion of the truth.
She travelled widely particularly to India and Tibet as well as America and Europe and helped to introduce many Eastern religious ideas and teachings to the West.
She also published two hugely popular books Isis Revealed in 1877 and The Secret...