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== SD editions ==
{{Style P-No indent|There are several editions of ''The Secret Doctrine'' by H. P. Blavatsky:}}
* '''Würzburg manuscript''' of the book, which is a version of the book after HPB wrote it and before it was edited and altered for publication.
* '''[[HPB-SD(ed.1)|First edition]]''' – the first original edition, 1888 (volumes 1, 2) and 1897 (vol. 3).
* '''Second edition''' is really a reprint of first edition with minor technical alteration; it was just an issue of additional copies of the book
* '''Third edition''' – third edition by A. Bezant and J. Mead, 1923


See [https://theosophy.wiki/en/The_Secret_Doctrine_(book)#Editions Theosophy Wiki] for more information.


== SD online ==

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* [https://universaltheosophy.com/hpb/secretdoctrine.html Universal Theosophy] – Text has been updated from the 1888 first edition for spelling corrections, typographical errors, styling updates, and transliterations. Updates are traced by highlighting text and [https://universaltheosophy.com/hpb/secretdoctrine-updates.html Table of Updates].

* [https://universaltheosophy.com/hpb/secretdoctrine.html Theosophical University Press Online] –  Obvious errors, such as missing letters, have been corrected against the facsimile edition of 1888, diacritical marks have been left off. Updates are [https://www.theosociety.org/pasadena/sd/sd0-read.htm described] but not highlighted. 

* [https://www.sacred-texts.com/the/sd/index.htm Internet Sacred Text Archive] provides the text without diacritic marks.


== Third volume ==

A third volume was compiled by A. Besant and published in 1897 after H. P. Blavatsky's death (1891). Text belongs to H.P.B., but she did not arrange nor approve this volume.
* ''[https://www.blavatskyarchives.com/sdiiipt1.htm The Myth of the "Missing" Third Volume of The Secret Doctrine]'' by Daniel H. Caldwell

== Files ==

* [https://disk.yandex.ru/d/SYgQwJzb3SfiqS/Text/English/Theosophy/Blavatsky%20HP/Blavatsky%20HP%20-%20The%20Secret%20Doctrine Teopedia Storage] accumulates files with different editions of ''The Secret Doctrine'' and additional information, such as referenced books, articles about SD, etc.


== See also ==
* ''[https://blavatskyarchives.com/caldwell_the_writing_of_the_secret_doctrine_a_chronologypdf.pdf The Writing of the Secret Doctrine. A Chronology]'' by Daniel H. Caldwell (PDF)


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