The Secret Doctrine: (Three Volumes in a Slipcase)

Helena Petrovna Blavatsky

Quest Books, Jan 1, 1993 - Religion - 1500 pages

In perhaps the most definitive work on esoteric wisdom ever written, HPB comprehensively surveys the origins of the cosmos and the prehistory of humanity, synthesizing religion and science within the context of the perennial philosophy. Originally published in 1888, The Secret Doctrine continues to be the principal source book for students of Theosophy, not as the final word on the subject, but as a stimulus to encourage the student to ponder its thoughts with a free and questing mind.

Contents

• THE THEORIES OF ROTATION IN SCIENCE: v
• INTRODUCTORY: xvii
• PROEM: 1
• The Oldest MSS in the world and its Symbolism: 13
• THE SEVEN CREATIONS: 21
• VOLUME IPART I: 25
• STANZA ITHE NIGHT OF THE UNIVERSE: 35
• SUMMING: 38
• The Causes of Misery: 43
• STANZA IITHE IDEA OF DIFFERENTIATION: 53
• STANZA IIITHE AWAKENING OF KOSMOS: 62
• The Astral Light: 73
• STANZA IVTHE SEPTENARY HIERARCHIES: 86
• The Army of the Voice: 93
• GOTTFRIED WILHELM FREIHERR VON LEIBNITZ op cit: 97
• SIR HUMPHRY DAVY: 112
• PAGE: 135
• The Seven Laya Centres: 138
• Elements and MetaElements: 141
• A FEW EARLY THEOSOPHICAL MISCONCEPTIONS: 152
• EXPLANATIONS CONCERNING THE GLOBES AND THE MONADS: 170
• HALLEYS COMET AND MRKOS COMET: 176
• A Triple Evolution in Nature: 181
• STANZA VICONTINUED: 191
• EARTHRISE OVER THE MOON J P L: 192
• STANZA VIITHE PARENTS OF MAN ON EARTH: 213
• Correlation of Beings: 221
• Occult and Kabalistic Pneumatics: 243
• ROCKY SURFACE OF THE PLANET: 256
• ANOTHER VIEW OF THE SURFACE N A S A: 272
• VOLUME IPART II: 301
• ISYMBOLISM AND IDEOGRAPHS: 303
• THE MYSTERYLANGUAGE AND ITS KEYS: 310
• Moses copied from Sargon: 319
• PRIMORDIAL SUBSTANCE AND DIVINE THOUGHT: 325
• The Seven Prakritis: 335
• Baron G von HoyningenHuene Egypt 1943: 336
• The Mystic Fire: 339
• IVCHAOSTHEOSKOSMOS: 342
• The Birth of Mind: 345
• THE FOUR ELEMENTS: 347
• VON THE HIDDEN DEITY ITS SYMBOLS AND GLYPHS: 349
• 62: 350
• The Gnostic Idea: 351
• International Correlation of Gods: 355
• VITHE MUNDANE EGG: 359
• THE DAYS AND NIGHTS of BrahmĀ: 368
• THE LOTUS AS A UNIVERSAL SYMBOL: 379
• THE MOON DEUS LUNUS PHOEBE: 386
• TREE SERPENT AND CROCODILE WORSHIP: 403
• DAEMON EST DEUS INVERSUS: 411
• THE THEOGONY OF THE CREATIVE GODS: 424
• The Factors of Creation: 432
• ON KUANSHIHYIN AND KUANYIN: 443
• THE SEVEN CREATIONS: 445
• XVITHE FOUR ELEMENTS: 460
• VOLUME IPART III: 475
• REASONS FOR THESE ADDENDA: 477
• MODERN PHYSICISTS ARE PLAYING AT BLIND MANS BUFF: 482
• AN LUMEN SIT CORPUS AN NON: 483
• IS GRAVITATION A LAW?: 490
• AN ATTACK ON THE SCIENTIFIC THEORY OF FORCE BY: 523
• LIFE FORCE OR GRAVITY?: 529
• Identity of the Hierarchies in all Religions: 531
• 523: 540
• The Secrets of Sound and Odor: 565
• ON THE ELEMENTS AND ATOMS: 566
• ANCIENT THOUGHT IN MODERN DRESS: 579
• THE MODERN NEBULAR THEORY: 588
• FORCEMODES OF MOTION OR INTELLIGENCES?: 601
• GODS MONADS AND ATOMS: 610
• CYCLIC EVOLUTION AND KARMA: 634
• THE ZODIAC AND ITS ANTIQUITY: 647
• SUMMARY OF THE MUTUAL POSITION: 668
• 152: 675
• 6: 692
• 14: 17
• 566: 53
• 86: 86
• 106: 106
• THE CHILD OF THE SEPTENARY HIERARCHIES: 161
• 170: 170
• 191: 191
• 411: 411
• 569: 417
• 424: 424
• 490: 490
• 575: 532
• THE SYMBOLISM OF THE MYSTERYNAMES IAÕ and JEHOVAH WITH THEIR: 536
• THE UPANISHADS IN Gnostic LITERATURE: 563
• THE CROSS AND THE PYTHAGOREAN DECAD: 573
• 577: 577
• B The Tetraktys in relation to the Heptagon: 590
• 601: 601
• The Septenary Element in the Vedas It corroborates the Occult: 605
• 610: 610
• The Septenary in the Exoteric Works: 611
• 617: 617
• E Seven in Astronomy Science and Magic: 618
• 625: 625
• F The Seven Souls of the Egyptologists: 630
• 634: 634
• THE FOSSIL RELICS OF MAN AND THE ANTHROPOID: 675
• GIANTS CIVILizations and SUBMERGED CONTINENTS TRACED IN HISTORY: 742
• GENERAL INDEX 1: 1
• 647: 171
• 656: 181
• 661: 187
• 668: 193
• 669: 199
• 675: 212
• TWO VIEWS OF THE SURFACE: 337
• CONCORDANCE 401: 401
• BIBLIOGRAPHY 409: 409
• Selected Bibliography: 495
• Stanzas in the Würzburg Manuscript 514: 514

About the author

Helena Petrovna Blavatsky was born on August 12, 1831, at Dnepropetrovsk (Ekaterinoslav), Ukraine, daughter of Colonel Peter Alexeyevich von Hahn and novelist Helena Andreyevna (née de Fadeyev). In 1849 she married N. V. Blavatsky, and shortly thereafter began more than 20 years of extensive travel, which brought her into contact with mystic traditions the world over. She was the principal founder of the Theosophical Society in New York City in 1875, and devoted her extraordinary literary talents to its humanitarian and educational purposes until her death in London, England, on May 8, 1891. Along with writing her several books, H. P. Blavatsky kept up a voluminous correspondence and also contributed a steady stream of essays and articles to periodicals in English, French, and Russian.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Secret Doctrine: (Three Volumes in a Slipcase); Collected writings, 1888 / H.P. Blavatsky; Volume 1 of The Secret Doctrine; Theosophical heritage classics
• Author: Helena Petrovna Blavatsky
• Editor: Boris De Zirkoff
• Edition: reprint
• Publisher: Quest Books, 1993
• ISBN: 0835602389, 9780835602389
• Length: 1500 pages
• Subjects: Religion / Theosophy