In the fall of 1874 a renowned New York journalist Henry Olcott takes a trip to Vermont to investigate the mysterious apparitions of the ghostly spirits at the Eddy family homestead. On the train he meets a peculiar woman, Madame Blavatsky, who claims to be a messenger of the Great Mahatmas of Tibet. Madame calls them Masters and reveals that the connection with the Masters leads to the attainment of supernatural powers.