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{{Style P-Book|The Secret Doctrine}}
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Adyar, Madras.<br>
Adyar, Madras.<br>
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1888.<br>
vols. 1, 2 – 1888, vol. 3 – 1897.<ref name="sd3"/><br>
Credits for electronic verbatim edition goes to [https://www.theosociety.org/pasadena/sd/sd-hp.htm Theosophical University Press].}}
Credits for electronic first verbatim edition of volumes 1 and 2 goes to [https://www.theosociety.org/pasadena/sd/sd-hp.htm Theosophical University Press].}}
 




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==={{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(1888) v.1 ch.Preface|Preface]]}} {{SD-p-toc|1|vii|1888}}===
==={{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.1 ch.Preface|Preface]]}} {{SD-p-toc|1|vii|ed.1}}===


==={{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(1888) v.1 ch.Introduction|Introduction]]}} {{SD-p-toc|1|xvii|1888}}===
==={{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.1 ch.Introduction|Introduction]]}} {{SD-p-toc|1|xvii|ed.1}}===
: The Need of such a Book {{SD-p-toc|1|xix|1888}}
: The Need of such a Book {{SD-p-toc|1|xix|ed.1}}
: The Antiquity of Documents and MSS. {{SD-p-toc|1|xxiii|1888}}
: The Antiquity of Documents and MSS. {{SD-p-toc|1|xxiii|ed.1}}
: What the Book is intended to do {{SD-p-toc|1|xxviii|1888}}
: What the Book is intended to do {{SD-p-toc|1|xxviii|ed.1}}
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=<center>VOLUME FIRST. <br><small>COSMOGENESIS.</small></center>=
=<center>VOLUME FIRST. <br><small>COSMOGENESIS.</small></center>=
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==={{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(1888) v.1 ch.Proem|Proem]]}} {{SD-p-toc|1|1|1888}}===
==={{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.1 ch.Proem|Proem]]}} {{SD-p-toc|1|1|ed.1}}===
: The Oldest MSS. in the world and its Symbolism {{SD-p-toc|1|2|1888}}
: The Oldest MSS. in the world and its Symbolism {{SD-p-toc|1|2|ed.1}}
: The One Life, Active and Passive  {{SD-p-toc|1|4|1888}}
: The One Life, Active and Passive  {{SD-p-toc|1|4|ed.1}}
: The Secret Doctrine — Pantheism — Atheism {{SD-p-toc|1|6|1888}}
: The Secret Doctrine — Pantheism — Atheism {{SD-p-toc|1|6|ed.1}}
: “ Space ” in all Religions and in Occultism {{SD-p-toc|1|9|1888}}
: “ Space ” in all Religions and in Occultism {{SD-p-toc|1|9|ed.1}}
: Seven Cosmic Elements — Seven Races of Mankind {{SD-p-toc|1|12|1888}}
: Seven Cosmic Elements — Seven Races of Mankind {{SD-p-toc|1|12|ed.1}}
: The Three Postulates of the Secret Doctrine {{SD-p-toc|1|14|1888}}
: The Three Postulates of the Secret Doctrine {{SD-p-toc|1|14|ed.1}}
: Description of the Stanzas from the Book of Dzyan {{SD-p-toc|1|20|1888}}
: Description of the Stanzas from the Book of Dzyan {{SD-p-toc|1|20|ed.1}}
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== <center>BOOK I.—PART I.<br><small>COSMIC EVOLUTION.</small></center> ==
== <center>BOOK I.—PART I.<br><small>COSMIC EVOLUTION.</small></center> ==
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=== {{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(1888) v.1 p.1 ch.Seven Stanzas from the Book of Dzyan|Seven Stanzas from the Book of Dzyan]]}} {{SD-p-toc|1|27|1888}} ===
=== {{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.1 p.1 ch.Seven Stanzas from the Book of Dzyan|Seven Stanzas from the Book of Dzyan]]}} {{SD-p-toc|1|27|ed.1}} ===


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=== {{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(1888) v.1 p.1 st.1 sl.1|Stanza I.–The Night of the Universe]]}} {{SD-p-toc|1|35|1888}}===
=== {{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.1 p.1 st.1 sl.1|Stanza I.–The Night of the Universe]]}} {{SD-p-toc|1|35|ed.1}}===
: The Seven Eternities {{SD-p-toc|1|36|1888}}
: The Seven Eternities {{SD-p-toc|1|36|ed.1}}
: “ Time ” {{SD-p-toc|1|37|1888}}
: “ Time ” {{SD-p-toc|1|37|ed.1}}
: The Universal Mind and the Dhyan Chohans {{SD-p-toc|1|38|1888}}
: The Universal Mind and the Dhyan Chohans {{SD-p-toc|1|38|ed.1}}
: Nidana and Maya : The Causes of Misery {{SD-p-toc|1|39|1888}}
: Nidana and Maya : The Causes of Misery {{SD-p-toc|1|39|ed.1}}
: The Great Breath {{SD-p-toc|1|43|1888}}
: The Great Breath {{SD-p-toc|1|43|ed.1}}
: Being and Non-Being {{SD-p-toc|1|45|1888}}
: Being and Non-Being {{SD-p-toc|1|45|ed.1}}
: The Eye of Dangma {{SD-p-toc|1|47|1888}}
: The Eye of Dangma {{SD-p-toc|1|47|ed.1}}
: Alaya, the Universal Soul {{SD-p-toc|1|49|1888}}
: Alaya, the Universal Soul {{SD-p-toc|1|49|ed.1}}


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=== {{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(1888) v.1 p.1 st.2 sl.1|Stanza II.–The Idea of Differentiation]]}} {{SD-p-toc|1|53|1888}}===
=== {{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.1 p.1 st.2 sl.1|Stanza II.–The Idea of Differentiation]]}} {{SD-p-toc|1|53|ed.1}}===
: The Absolute knows Itself not {{SD-p-toc|1|55|1888}}
: The Absolute knows Itself not {{SD-p-toc|1|55|ed.1}}
: The Germ of Life was not yet {{SD-p-toc|1|57|1888}}
: The Germ of Life was not yet {{SD-p-toc|1|57|ed.1}}
: The Universe was still concealed in the Divine Thought {{SD-p-toc|1|61|1888}}
: The Universe was still concealed in the Divine Thought {{SD-p-toc|1|61|ed.1}}


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=== {{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(1888) v.1 p.1 st.3 sl.1|Stanza III.–The Awakening of Kosmos]]}} {{SD-p-toc|1|62|1888}}===
=== {{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.1 p.1 st.3 sl.1|Stanza III.–The Awakening of Kosmos]]}} {{SD-p-toc|1|62|ed.1}}===
: The Great Vibration {{SD-p-toc|1|63|1888}}
: The Great Vibration {{SD-p-toc|1|63|ed.1}}
: Nature’s Symbols {{SD-p-toc|1|65|1888}}
: Nature’s Symbols {{SD-p-toc|1|65|ed.1}}
: The Power of Numbers {{SD-p-toc|1|67|1888}}
: The Power of Numbers {{SD-p-toc|1|67|ed.1}}
: The Logoi and the Dragon {{SD-p-toc|1|73|1888}}
: The Logoi and the Dragon {{SD-p-toc|1|73|ed.1}}
: The Astral Light {{SD-p-toc|1|75|1888}}
: The Astral Light {{SD-p-toc|1|75|ed.1}}
: Primeval Radiations from Unity {{SD-p-toc|1|79|1888}}
: Primeval Radiations from Unity {{SD-p-toc|1|79|ed.1}}
: The Web of Being {{SD-p-toc|1|83|1888}}
: The Web of Being {{SD-p-toc|1|83|ed.1}}
: Conscious Electricity : Fohat {{SD-p-toc|1|85|1888}}
: Conscious Electricity : Fohat {{SD-p-toc|1|85|ed.1}}


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=== {{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(1888) v.1 p.1 st.4 sl.1|Stanza IV.–The Septenary Hierarchies]]}} {{SD-p-toc|1|86|1888}} ===
=== {{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.1 p.1 st.4 sl.1|Stanza IV.–The Septenary Hierarchies]]}} {{SD-p-toc|1|86|ed.1}} ===
: The Sons of the Fire {{SD-p-toc|1|86|1888}}
: The Sons of the Fire {{SD-p-toc|1|86|ed.1}}
: The Vehicle of the Universe — the Dhyan Chohans {{SD-p-toc|1|89|1888}}
: The Vehicle of the Universe — the Dhyan Chohans {{SD-p-toc|1|89|ed.1}}
: The Army of the Voice {{SD-p-toc|1|93|1888}}
: The Army of the Voice {{SD-p-toc|1|93|ed.1}}
: Speech and Mind {{SD-p-toc|1|95|1888}}
: Speech and Mind {{SD-p-toc|1|95|ed.1}}
: The Ogdoad and the Heptad {{SD-p-toc|1|99|1888}}
: The Ogdoad and the Heptad {{SD-p-toc|1|99|ed.1}}
: The Stellar “ Sons of Light ” {{SD-p-toc|1|103|1888}}
: The Stellar “ Sons of Light ” {{SD-p-toc|1|103|ed.1}}


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=== {{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(1888) v.1 p.1 st.5 sl.1|Stanza V.–Fohat : The Child of the Septenary Hierarchies]]}} {{SD-p-toc|1|106|1888}}===
=== {{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.1 p.1 st.5 sl.1|Stanza V.–Fohat : The Child of the Septenary Hierarchies]]}} {{SD-p-toc|1|106|ed.1}}===
: The Fiery Whirlwind and the Primordial Seven {{SD-p-toc|1|106|1888}}
: The Fiery Whirlwind and the Primordial Seven {{SD-p-toc|1|106|ed.1}}
: They Produce Fohat {{SD-p-toc|1|108|1888}}
: They Produce Fohat {{SD-p-toc|1|108|ed.1}}
: The Correlation of the “ Gods ” {{SD-p-toc|1|113|1888}}
: The Correlation of the “ Gods ” {{SD-p-toc|1|113|ed.1}}
: Evolution of the “ Principles ” of Nature {{SD-p-toc|1|119|1888}}
: Evolution of the “ Principles ” of Nature {{SD-p-toc|1|119|ed.1}}
: The Mystery of the Fire {{SD-p-toc|1|121|1888}}
: The Mystery of the Fire {{SD-p-toc|1|121|ed.1}}
: The Secret of the Elements {{SD-p-toc|1|123|1888}}
: The Secret of the Elements {{SD-p-toc|1|123|ed.1}}
: The Square of the Tabernacle {{SD-p-toc|1|125|1888}}
: The Square of the Tabernacle {{SD-p-toc|1|125|ed.1}}
: The Planetary Spirits and the Lipika {{SD-p-toc|1|129|1888}}
: The Planetary Spirits and the Lipika {{SD-p-toc|1|129|ed.1}}
: The Ring “ Pass Not ” {{SD-p-toc|1|130|1888}}
: The Ring “ Pass Not ” {{SD-p-toc|1|130|ed.1}}
: The Sidereal Book of Life {{SD-p-toc|1|131|1888}}
: The Sidereal Book of Life {{SD-p-toc|1|131|ed.1}}
: The Soul’s Pilgrimage and its “ Rest ” {{SD-p-toc|1|134|1888}}
: The Soul’s Pilgrimage and its “ Rest ” {{SD-p-toc|1|134|ed.1}}


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=== {{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(1888) v.1 p.1 st.6 sl.1|Stanza VI.–Our World, its Growth and Development]]}} {{SD-p-toc|1|136|1888}}===
=== {{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.1 p.1 st.6 sl.1|Stanza VI.–Our World, its Growth and Development]]}} {{SD-p-toc|1|136|ed.1}}===
: The Logos {{SD-p-toc|1|136|1888}}
: The Logos {{SD-p-toc|1|136|ed.1}}
: Mystery of the Female Logos {{SD-p-toc|1|137|1888}}
: Mystery of the Female Logos {{SD-p-toc|1|137|ed.1}}


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: The Seven Layu Centres {{SD-p-toc|1|138|1888}}
: The Seven Layu Centres {{SD-p-toc|1|138|ed.1}}
: The “ Elementary Germs ” {{SD-p-toc|1|139|1888}}
: The “ Elementary Germs ” {{SD-p-toc|1|139|ed.1}}
: The Evolution of the Elements {{SD-p-toc|1|140|1888}}
: The Evolution of the Elements {{SD-p-toc|1|140|ed.1}}
: Были ли древние не сведущи в физических науках? {{SD-p-toc|1|141|1888}}
: The Building of the Worlds {{SD-p-toc|1|145|ed.1}}
: Сон матери вечной {{SD-p-toc|1|143|1888}}
: A Neutral Centre {{SD-p-toc|1|147|ed.1}}
: The Building of the Worlds {{SD-p-toc|1|145|1888}}
: “ Dead ” Planets — The Moon {{SD-p-toc|1|149|ed.1}}
: ИA Neutral Centre {{SD-p-toc|1|147|1888}}
: “ Dead ” Planets — The Moon {{SD-p-toc|1|149|1888}}


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{{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(1888) v.1 p.1 st.6 sl.4 ch.Theosophical Misconceptions|Theosophical Misconceptions]]}} {{SD-p-toc|1|152|1888}}
{{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.1 p.1 st.6 sl.4 ch.Theosophical Misconceptions|Theosophical Misconceptions]]}} {{SD-p-toc|1|152|ed.1}}
: The Planetary Divisions and the Human Principles {{SD-p-toc|1|153|1888}}
: The Planetary Divisions and the Human Principles {{SD-p-toc|1|153|ed.1}}
: The Moon {{SD-p-toc|1|155|1888}}
: The Moon {{SD-p-toc|1|155|ed.1}}
: Transmigrations of the Ego {{SD-p-toc|1|159|1888}}
: Transmigrations of the Ego {{SD-p-toc|1|159|ed.1}}
: The Septenary Chain {{SD-p-toc|1|161|1888}}
: The Septenary Chain {{SD-p-toc|1|161|ed.1}}
: Relation of the other Planets to the Earth {{SD-p-toc|1|163|1888}}
: Relation of the other Planets to the Earth {{SD-p-toc|1|163|ed.1}}


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{{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(1888) v.1 p.1 st.6 sl.4 ch.Explanations concerning the Globes and the Monads|Explanations concerning the Globes and the Monads]]}} {{SD-p-toc|1|170|1888}}
{{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.1 p.1 st.6 sl.4 ch.Explanations concerning the Globes and the Monads|Explanations concerning the Globes and the Monads]]}} {{SD-p-toc|1|170|ed.1}}
: The Lunar Chain and the Earth Chain {{SD-p-toc|1|172|1888}}
: The Lunar Chain and the Earth Chain {{SD-p-toc|1|172|ed.1}}
: The Earth, the Child of the Moon {{SD-p-toc|1|173|1888}}
: The Earth, the Child of the Moon {{SD-p-toc|1|173|ed.1}}
: Classification of the Monads {{SD-p-toc|1|175|1888}}
: Classification of the Monads {{SD-p-toc|1|175|ed.1}}
: The Monad Defined {{SD-p-toc|1|177|1888}}
: The Monad Defined {{SD-p-toc|1|177|ed.1}}
: The Monad Defined {{SD-p-toc|1|179|1888}}
: The Lunar Monads–the Pitris {{SD-p-toc|1|179|ed.1}}
: A Triple Evolution in Nature {{SD-p-toc|1|181|1888}}
: A Triple Evolution in Nature {{SD-p-toc|1|181|ed.1}}


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=== {{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(1888) v.1 p.1 st.6 sl.1|Stanza VI.]]–Continued}} {{SD-p-toc|1|191|1888}}===
=== {{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.1 p.1 st.6 sl.5|Stanza VI.]]–Continued}} {{SD-p-toc|1|191|ed.1}}===
: “ Creation ” in the Fourth Round {{SD-p-toc|1|191|1888}}  
: “ Creation ” in the Fourth Round {{SD-p-toc|1|191|ed.1}}  
: The “ Curse,” “ Sin,” and “ War ” {{SD-p-toc|1|193|1888}}
: The “ Curse,” “ Sin,” and “ War ” {{SD-p-toc|1|193|ed.1}}
: The Struggle for Life and the Birth of the Worlds {{SD-p-toc|1|202|1888}}  
: The Struggle for Life and the Birth of the Worlds {{SD-p-toc|1|202|ed.1}}  
: The Adepts and the Sacred Island {{SD-p-toc|1|207|1888}}
: The Adepts and the Sacred Island {{SD-p-toc|1|207|ed.1}}


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=== {{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(1888) v.1 p.1 st.7 sl.1|Stanza VII.–The Parents of Man on Earth]]}} {{SD-p-toc|1|213|1888}}===
=== {{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.1 p.1 st.7 sl.1|Stanza VII.–The Parents of Man on Earth]]}} {{SD-p-toc|1|213|ed.1}}===
: Divisions of the Hierarchies {{SD-p-toc|1|214|1888}}
: Divisions of the Hierarchies {{SD-p-toc|1|214|ed.1}}
: Correlations of Beings {{SD-p-toc|1|223|1888}}
: Correlations of Beings {{SD-p-toc|1|223|ed.1}}
: What incarnates in Animal Man {{SD-p-toc|1|233|1888}}
: What incarnates in Animal Man {{SD-p-toc|1|233|ed.1}}
: Formation of Man : the Thinker {{SD-p-toc|1|238|1888}}
: Formation of Man : the Thinker {{SD-p-toc|1|238|ed.1}}
: Occult and Kabalistic Pneumatics {{SD-p-toc|1|243|1888}}
: Occult and Kabalistic Pneumatics {{SD-p-toc|1|243|ed.1}}
: Akâsa and Ether {{SD-p-toc|1|257|1888}}
: Akâsa and Ether {{SD-p-toc|1|257|ed.1}}
: The Invisible “ Lives ” {{SD-p-toc|1|259|1888}}
: The Invisible “ Lives ” {{SD-p-toc|1|259|ed.1}}
: Occult Vital Chemistry and Bacteriology {{SD-p-toc|1|261|1888}}
: Occult Vital Chemistry and Bacteriology {{SD-p-toc|1|261|ed.1}}


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: The Watcher and his Shadow {{SD-p-toc|1|265|1888}}
: The Watcher and his Shadow {{SD-p-toc|1|265|ed.1}}
: Earth peopled by the Shadows of the Gods {{SD-p-toc|1|267|1888}}
: Earth peopled by the Shadows of the Gods {{SD-p-toc|1|267|ed.1}}


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=== {{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(1888) v.1 p.1 ch.Summing up|Summing up]]}} {{SD-p-toc|1|269|1888}} ===
=== {{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.1 p.1 ch.Summing up|Summing up]]}} {{SD-p-toc|1|269|ed.1}} ===
: The pith and marrow of the Secret Doctrine {{SD-p-toc|1|269|1888}}
: The pith and marrow of the Secret Doctrine {{SD-p-toc|1|269|ed.1}}
: Hermes in Christian Garb {{SD-p-toc|1|273|1888}}
: Hermes in Christian Garb {{SD-p-toc|1|273|ed.1}}
: Some Occult Aphorisms {{SD-p-toc|1|289|1888}}
: Some Occult Aphorisms {{SD-p-toc|1|289|ed.1}}
: The Seven Powers of Nature {{SD-p-toc|1|293|1888}}
: The Seven Powers of Nature {{SD-p-toc|1|293|ed.1}}
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== <center>BOOK I.—PART II.<br><small>THE EVOLUTION OF SYMBOLISM IN ITS APPROXIMATE ORDER.</small></center> ==
== <center>BOOK I.—PART II.<br><small>THE EVOLUTION OF SYMBOLISM IN ITS APPROXIMATE ORDER.</small></center> ==
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=== {{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(1888) v.1 p.2 sec.1|I. Symbolism and Ideographs]]}} {{SD-p-toc|1|303|1888}}===
=== {{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.1 p.2 sec.1|I. Symbolism and Ideographs]]}} {{SD-p-toc|1|303|ed.1}} ===
: Emblem and Symbol differ {{SD-p-toc|1|305|1888}}
: Emblem and Symbol differ {{SD-p-toc|1|305|ed.1}}
: Magic Potency of Sound {{SD-p-toc|1|307|1888}}
: Magic Potency of Sound {{SD-p-toc|1|307|ed.1}}
: Mystery Language {{SD-p-toc|1|309|1888}}
: Mystery Language {{SD-p-toc|1|309|ed.1}}


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=== {{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(1888) v.1 p.2 sec.2|II. The Mystery Language and its Keys]]}} {{SD-p-toc|1|310|1888}}===
=== {{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.1 p.2 sec.2|II. The Mystery Language and its Keys]]}} {{SD-p-toc|1|310|ed.1}} ===
: Egypt’s many Religions {{SD-p-toc|1|311|1888}}
: Egypt’s many Religions {{SD-p-toc|1|311|ed.1}}
: The Jews and their System {{SD-p-toc|1|313|1888}}  
: The Jews and their System {{SD-p-toc|1|313|ed.1}}  
: Moses copied from Sargon {{SD-p-toc|1|319|1888}}
: Moses copied from Sargon {{SD-p-toc|1|319|ed.1}}
: Identity of Ancient Symbols {{SD-p-toc|1|323|1888}}
: Identity of Ancient Symbols {{SD-p-toc|1|323|ed.1}}


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=== {{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(1888) v.1 p.2 sec.3|III. Primordial Substance and Divine Thought]]}} {{SD-p-toc|1|325|1888}}===
=== {{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.1 p.2 sec.3|III. Primordial Substance and Divine Thought]]}} {{SD-p-toc|1|325|ed.1}} ===
: Divine Thought, or Cineritious Matter ? {{SD-p-toc|1|327|1888}}
: Divine Thought, or Cineritious Matter ? {{SD-p-toc|1|327|ed.1}}
: Ether and Intelligence {{SD-p-toc|1|330|1888}}
: Ether and Intelligence {{SD-p-toc|1|330|ed.1}}
: The Seven Prakritis {{SD-p-toc|1|335|1888}}
: The Seven Prakritis {{SD-p-toc|1|335|ed.1}}
: The Mystic Fire {{SD-p-toc|1|339|1888}}
: The Mystic Fire {{SD-p-toc|1|339|ed.1}}
: One Tree of Knowledge {{SD-p-toc|1|341|1888}}
: One Tree of Knowledge {{SD-p-toc|1|341|ed.1}}


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=== {{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(1888) v.1 p.2 sec.4|IV. Chaos—Theos—Kosmos]]}} {{SD-p-toc|1|342|1888}}===
=== {{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.1 p.2 sec.4|IV. Chaos—Theos—Kosmos]]}} {{SD-p-toc|1|342|ed.1}} ===
: The Union of Chaos and Spirit {{SD-p-toc|1|343|1888}}
: The Union of Chaos and Spirit {{SD-p-toc|1|343|ed.1}}
: The Birth of Mind {{SD-p-toc|1|345|1888}}
: The Birth of Mind {{SD-p-toc|1|345|ed.1}}


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=== {{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(1888) v.1 p.2 sec.5|V. The Hidden Deity, its Symbols and Glyphs]]}} {{SD-p-toc|1|349|1888}}===
=== {{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.1 p.2 sec.5|V. The Hidden Deity, its Symbols and Glyphs]]}} {{SD-p-toc|1|349|ed.1}} ===
: The Gnostic Idea {{SD-p-toc|1|351|1888}}
: The Gnostic Idea {{SD-p-toc|1|351|ed.1}}
: International Correlation of Gods {{SD-p-toc|1|355|1888}}
: International Correlation of Gods {{SD-p-toc|1|355|ed.1}}


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=== {{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(1888) v.1 p.2 sec.6|VI. The Mundane Egg]]}} {{SD-p-toc|1|359|1888}}===
=== {{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.1 p.2 sec.6|VI. The Mundane Egg]]}} {{SD-p-toc|1|359|ed.1}} ===
: Egg-born Logoi {{SD-p-toc|1|363|1888}}
: Egg-born Logoi {{SD-p-toc|1|363|ed.1}}
: The Winged Globe {{SD-p-toc|1|365|1888}}
: The Winged Globe {{SD-p-toc|1|365|ed.1}}


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=== {{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(1888) v.1 p.2 sec.7|VII. The Days and Nights of Brahmâ]]}} {{SD-p-toc|1|368|1888}}===
=== {{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.1 p.2 sec.7|VII. The Days and Nights of Brahmâ]]}} {{SD-p-toc|1|368|ed.1}} ===
: Human Gods and Divine Men {{SD-p-toc|1|369|1888}}
: Human Gods and Divine Men {{SD-p-toc|1|369|ed.1}}
: The Rebirth of Gods {{SD-p-toc|1|371|1888}}
: The Rebirth of Gods {{SD-p-toc|1|371|ed.1}}
: The Puranic Prophecy {{SD-p-toc|1|377|1888}}
: The Puranic Prophecy {{SD-p-toc|1|377|ed.1}}


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=== {{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(1888) v.1 p.2 sec.8|VIII. The Lotus as a Universal Symbol]]}} {{SD-p-toc|1|379|1888}} ===
=== {{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.1 p.2 sec.8|VIII. The Lotus as a Universal Symbol]]}} {{SD-p-toc|1|379|ed.1}} ===
: Exoteric and Esoteric {{SD-p-toc|1|381|1888}}
: Exoteric and Esoteric {{SD-p-toc|1|381|ed.1}}
: The Purity of ''early'' Phallicism {{SD-p-toc|1|383|1888}}
: The Purity of ''early'' Phallicism {{SD-p-toc|1|383|ed.1}}
: The Egyptian Lotus {{SD-p-toc|1|385|1888}}
: The Egyptian Lotus {{SD-p-toc|1|385|ed.1}}


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=== {{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(1888) v.1 p.2 sec.9|IX. Deus Lunus]]}} {{SD-p-toc|1|386|1888}}===
=== {{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.1 p.2 sec.9|IX. Deus Lunus]]}} {{SD-p-toc|1|386|ed.1}} ===
: A Glance at the Lunar Myth {{SD-p-toc|1|387|1888}}
: A Glance at the Lunar Myth {{SD-p-toc|1|387|ed.1}}
: A Key-note to the Moon {{SD-p-toc|1|389|1888}}
: A Key-note to the Moon {{SD-p-toc|1|389|ed.1}}
: Copies and Originals {{SD-p-toc|1|393|1888}}
: Copies and Originals {{SD-p-toc|1|393|ed.1}}
: The Moon Bi-sexual {{SD-p-toc|1|397|1888}}
: The Moon Bi-sexual {{SD-p-toc|1|397|ed.1}}


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=== {{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(1888) v.1 p.2 sec.10|X. Tree and Serpent and Crocodile Worship]]}} {{SD-p-toc|1|403|1888}}===
=== {{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.1 p.2 sec.10|X. Tree and Serpent and Crocodile Worship]]}} {{SD-p-toc|1|403|ed.1}} ===
: Degeneration of the Symbol {{SD-p-toc|1|405|1888}}
: Degeneration of the Symbol {{SD-p-toc|1|405|ed.1}}
: The Seven-headed Dragons {{SD-p-toc|1|407|1888}}
: The Seven-headed Dragons {{SD-p-toc|1|407|ed.1}}
: Dragon and Crocodile {{SD-p-toc|1|409|1888}}
: Dragon and Crocodile {{SD-p-toc|1|409|ed.1}}


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=== {{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(1888) v.1 p.2 sec.11|XI. Demon est Deus Inversus]]}} {{SD-p-toc|1|411|1888}}===
=== {{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.1 p.2 sec.11|XI. Demon est Deus Inversus]]}} {{SD-p-toc|1|411|ed.1}} ===
: Death is Life {{SD-p-toc|1|413|1888}}
: Death is Life {{SD-p-toc|1|413|ed.1}}
: The Fall of the Angels {{SD-p-toc|1|418|1888}}
: The Fall of the Angels {{SD-p-toc|1|418|ed.1}}
: Transformation of the Legend {{SD-p-toc|1|421|1888}}
: Transformation of the Legend {{SD-p-toc|1|421|ed.1}}


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=== {{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(1888) v.1 p.2 sec.12|XII. The Theogony of the Creative Gods]]}} {{SD-p-toc|1|424|1888}}===
=== {{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.1 p.2 sec.12|XII. The Theogony of the Creative Gods]]}} {{SD-p-toc|1|424|ed.1}} ===
: The Point within the Circle {{SD-p-toc|1|426|1888}}
: The Point within the Circle {{SD-p-toc|1|426|ed.1}}
: The Logos or Verbum {{SD-p-toc|1|429|1888}}
: The Logos or Verbum {{SD-p-toc|1|429|ed.1}}
: The Factors of Creation {{SD-p-toc|1|432|1888}}
: The Factors of Creation {{SD-p-toc|1|432|ed.1}}
: Identity of the Hierarchies in all Religions {{SD-p-toc|1|438|1888}}
: Identity of the Hierarchies in all Religions {{SD-p-toc|1|438|ed.1}}
: Difference between the Aryan and Semitic Systems {{SD-p-toc|1|444|1888}}
: Difference between the Aryan and Semitic Systems {{SD-p-toc|1|444|ed.1}}


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=== {{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(1888) v.1 p.2 sec.13|XIII. The Seven Creations]]}} {{SD-p-toc|1|445|1888}}===
=== {{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.1 p.2 sec.13|XIII. The Seven Creations]]}} {{SD-p-toc|1|445|ed.1}}===
: The Gnostic and the Hindu Versions {{SD-p-toc|1|449|1888}}
: The Gnostic and the Hindu Versions {{SD-p-toc|1|449|ed.1}}
: The Seven Puranic “ Creations ” {{SD-p-toc|1|450|1888}}
: The Seven Puranic “ Creations ” {{SD-p-toc|1|450|ed.1}}


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=== {{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(1888) v.1 p.2 sec.14|XIV. The Four Elements]]}} {{SD-p-toc|1|460|1888}}===
=== {{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.1 p.2 sec.14|XIV. The Four Elements]]}} {{SD-p-toc|1|460|ed.1}} ===
: The “ Gods ” and the “ Elements ” {{SD-p-toc|1|463|1888}}
: The “ Gods ” and the “ Elements ” {{SD-p-toc|1|463|ed.1}}
: The Language of the Elements {{SD-p-toc|1|464|1888}}
: The Language of the Elements {{SD-p-toc|1|464|ed.1}}
: Pagan and Christian Worship of the Elements {{SD-p-toc|1|467|1888}}
: Pagan and Christian Worship of the Elements {{SD-p-toc|1|467|ed.1}}


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=== {{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(1888) v.1 p.2 sec.15|XV. On Kwan-Shi-Yin and Kwan-Yin]]}} {{SD-p-toc|1|470|1888}}===
=== {{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.1 p.2 sec.15|XV. On Kwan-Shi-Yin and Kwan-Yin]]}} {{SD-p-toc|1|470|ed.1}} ===
: Kwan-Shi-Yin and Phallicism {{SD-p-toc|1|471|1888}}
: Kwan-Shi-Yin and Phallicism {{SD-p-toc|1|471|ed.1}}
: The Real Meaning {{SD-p-toc|1|472|1888}}
: The Real Meaning {{SD-p-toc|1|472|ed.1}}
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=== {{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(1888) v.1 p.3 sec.1 | I. Reasons for these Addenda]]}} {{SD-p-toc|1|477|1888}}===
=== {{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.1 p.3 sec.1 | I. Reasons for these Addenda]]}} {{SD-p-toc|1|477|ed.1}}===
: Occultism ''versus'' Materialism {{SD-p-toc|1|479|1888}}
: Occultism ''versus'' Materialism {{SD-p-toc|1|479|ed.1}}
: The Sabbath of the Mystic {{SD-p-toc|1|481|1888}}
: The Sabbath of the Mystic {{SD-p-toc|1|481|ed.1}}


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=== {{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(1888) v.1 p.3 sec.2 | II. Modern Physicists are Playing at Blind Man’s Buff]]}} {{SD-p-toc|1|482|1888}}===
=== {{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.1 p.3 sec.2 | II. Modern Physicists are Playing at Blind Man’s Buff]]}} {{SD-p-toc|1|482|ed.1}}===


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=== {{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(1888) v.1 p.3 sec.3 | III. An Lumen Sit Corpus nec non ?]]}} {{SD-p-toc|1|483|1888}}===
=== {{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.1 p.3 sec.3 | III. An Lumen Sit Corpus nec non ?]]}} {{SD-p-toc|1|483|ed.1}}===
: The Hypothetical Ether {{SD-p-toc|1|485|1888}}
: The Hypothetical Ether {{SD-p-toc|1|485|ed.1}}
: Scientific Theories of its Constitution {{SD-p-toc|1|489|1888}}
: Scientific Theories of its Constitution {{SD-p-toc|1|489|ed.1}}


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=== {{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(1888) v.1 p.3 sec.4 | IV. Is Gravitation a Law ?]]}} {{SD-p-toc|1|490|1888}}===
=== {{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.1 p.3 sec.4 | IV. Is Gravitation a Law ?]]}} {{SD-p-toc|1|490|ed.1}}===
: Intelligences or Blind Forces ? {{SD-p-toc|1|493|1888}}
: Intelligences or Blind Forces ? {{SD-p-toc|1|493|ed.1}}
: The Cause of Attraction {{SD-p-toc|1|498|1888}}
: The Cause of Attraction {{SD-p-toc|1|498|ed.1}}


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=== {{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(1888) v.1 p.3 sec.5 | V. The Theories of Rotation in Science]]}} {{SD-p-toc|1|500|1888}}===
=== {{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.1 p.3 sec.5 | V. The Theories of Rotation in Science]]}} {{SD-p-toc|1|500|ed.1}}===
: Conflicting Hypotheses {{SD-p-toc|1|502|1888}}
: Conflicting Hypotheses {{SD-p-toc|1|502|ed.1}}
: More Hypotheses {{SD-p-toc|1|505|1888}}
: More Hypotheses {{SD-p-toc|1|505|ed.1}}


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=== {{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(1888) v.1 p.3 sec.6 | VI. The Masks of Science]]}} {{SD-p-toc|1|506|1888}}===
=== {{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.1 p.3 sec.6 | VI. The Masks of Science]]}} {{SD-p-toc|1|506|ed.1}}===
: What are the “ Forces ? ” {{SD-p-toc|1|508|1888}}
: What are the “ Forces ? ” {{SD-p-toc|1|508|ed.1}}
: The View of the Occultists {{SD-p-toc|1|510|1888}}
: The View of the Occultists {{SD-p-toc|1|510|ed.1}}
: Scientific and Occult Theories on Heat {{SD-p-toc|1|515|1888}}
: Scientific and Occult Theories on Heat {{SD-p-toc|1|515|ed.1}}
: The Atoms of Science {{SD-p-toc|1|519|1888}}
: The Atoms of Science {{SD-p-toc|1|519|ed.1}}


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=== {{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(1888) v.1 p.3 sec.7 | VII. An Attack on the Scientific Theory of Force by a Man of Science]]}} {{SD-p-toc|1|523|1888}}===
=== {{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.1 p.3 sec.7 | VII. An Attack on the Scientific Theory of Force by a Man of Science]]}} {{SD-p-toc|1|523|ed.1}}===
: Ether and Atoms {{SD-p-toc|1|527|1888}}
: Ether and Atoms {{SD-p-toc|1|527|ed.1}}


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=== {{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(1888) v.1 p.3 sec.8 | VIII. Life, Force, or Gravity ?]]}} {{SD-p-toc|1|529|1888}}===
=== {{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.1 p.3 sec.8 | VIII. Life, Force, or Gravity ?]]}} {{SD-p-toc|1|529|ed.1}}===
: Dr. Richardson on Nervous Ether {{SD-p-toc|1|531|1888}}
: Dr. Richardson on Nervous Ether {{SD-p-toc|1|531|ed.1}}
: The Senses and their Action {{SD-p-toc|1|535|1888}}
: The Senses and their Action {{SD-p-toc|1|535|ed.1}}
: Too much “ Life ” may Kill {{SD-p-toc|1|539|1888}}
: Too much “ Life ” may Kill {{SD-p-toc|1|539|ed.1}}


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=== {{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(1888) v.1 p.3 sec.9 | IX. The Solar Theory]]}} {{SD-p-toc|1|540|1888}}===  
=== {{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.1 p.3 sec.9 | IX. The Solar Theory]]}} {{SD-p-toc|1|540|ed.1}}===  
: The Primordial Element {{SD-p-toc|1|542|1888}}
: The Primordial Element {{SD-p-toc|1|542|ed.1}}
: Elements and ''Meta''-Elements {{SD-p-toc|1|546|1888}}
: Elements and ''Meta''-Elements {{SD-p-toc|1|546|ed.1}}
: The Tree of Life and Being {{SD-p-toc|1|549|1888}}
: The Tree of Life and Being {{SD-p-toc|1|549|ed.1}}
: Prof. Crookes on the Elements {{SD-p-toc|1|552|1888}}
: Prof. Crookes on the Elements {{SD-p-toc|1|552|ed.1}}


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=== {{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(1888) v.1 p.3 sec.10 | X. The Coming Force]]}} {{SD-p-toc|1|554|1888}}===
=== {{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.1 p.3 sec.10 | X. The Coming Force]]}} {{SD-p-toc|1|554|ed.1}}===
: Mr. Keeley, an Unconscious Occultist {{SD-p-toc|1|557|1888}}
: Mr. Keeley, an Unconscious Occultist {{SD-p-toc|1|557|ed.1}}
: Inter-Etheric Waves {{SD-p-toc|1|561|1888}}
: Inter-Etheric Waves {{SD-p-toc|1|561|ed.1}}
: The Secrets of Sound and Odour {{SD-p-toc|1|565|1888}}
: The Secrets of Sound and Odour {{SD-p-toc|1|565|ed.1}}


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=== {{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(1888) v.1 p.3 sec.11 | XI. On the Elements and Atoms]]}} {{SD-p-toc|1|566|1888}}===
=== {{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.1 p.3 sec.11 | XI. On the Elements and Atoms]]}} {{SD-p-toc|1|566|ed.1}}===
: Metaphysical Chemistry {{SD-p-toc|1|569|1888}}
: Metaphysical Chemistry {{SD-p-toc|1|569|ed.1}}
: What are the Seven Planets ? {{SD-p-toc|1|575|1888}}
: What are the Seven Planets ? {{SD-p-toc|1|575|ed.1}}
: The Cyclic Fall of the Gods {{SD-p-toc|1|577|1888}}
: The Cyclic Fall of the Gods {{SD-p-toc|1|577|ed.1}}


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=== {{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(1888) v.1 p.3 sec.12 | XII. Ancient Thought in Modern Dress]]}} {{SD-p-toc|1|579|1888}}===
=== {{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.1 p.3 sec.12 | XII. Ancient Thought in Modern Dress]]}} {{SD-p-toc|1|579|ed.1}}===
: All-Potential Unity {{SD-p-toc|1|583|1888}}
: All-Potential Unity {{SD-p-toc|1|583|ed.1}}
: The “ Seventh ” in Chemistry {{SD-p-toc|1|585|1888}}
: The “ Seventh ” in Chemistry {{SD-p-toc|1|585|ed.1}}


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=== {{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(1888) v.1 p.3 sec.13 | XIII. The Modern Nebular Theory]]}} {{SD-p-toc|1|588|1888}}===
=== {{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.1 p.3 sec.13 | XIII. The Modern Nebular Theory]]}} {{SD-p-toc|1|588|ed.1}}===
: Forces are Emanations {{SD-p-toc|1|591|1888}}
: Forces are Emanations {{SD-p-toc|1|591|ed.1}}
: What is the Nebula ?{{SD-p-toc|1|595|1888}}
: What is the Nebula ?{{SD-p-toc|1|595|ed.1}}


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=== {{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(1888) v.1 p.3 sec.14 | XIV. Forces—Modes of Motion or Intelligences ?]]}} {{SD-p-toc|1|601|1888}}===
=== {{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.1 p.3 sec.14 | XIV. Forces—Modes of Motion or Intelligences ?]]}} {{SD-p-toc|1|601|ed.1}}===
: The Vital Principle{{SD-p-toc|1|603|1888}}
: The Vital Principle{{SD-p-toc|1|603|ed.1}}
: Occult and Physical Science {{SD-p-toc|1|605|1888}}
: Occult and Physical Science {{SD-p-toc|1|605|ed.1}}


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=== {{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(1888) v.1 p.3 sec.15 | XV. Gods, Monads, and Atoms]]}} {{SD-p-toc|1|610|1888}}===
=== {{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.1 p.3 sec.15 | XV. Gods, Monads, and Atoms]]}} {{SD-p-toc|1|610|ed.1}}===
: The Gods of the Ancients — the Monads {{SD-p-toc|1|613|1888}}
: The Gods of the Ancients — the Monads {{SD-p-toc|1|613|ed.1}}
: The Monad and the Duad {{SD-p-toc|1|617|1888}}
: The Monad and the Duad {{SD-p-toc|1|617|ed.1}}
: The Genesis of the Elements {{SD-p-toc|1|621|1888}}
: The Genesis of the Elements {{SD-p-toc|1|621|ed.1}}
: Hermes and Huxley {{SD-p-toc|1|625|1888}}
: Hermes and Huxley {{SD-p-toc|1|625|ed.1}}
: The Teaching of Leibnitz {{SD-p-toc|1|627|1888}}
: The Teaching of Leibnitz {{SD-p-toc|1|627|ed.1}}
: The Monads according to Occultism {{SD-p-toc|1|632|1888}}
: The Monads according to Occultism {{SD-p-toc|1|632|ed.1}}


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=== {{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(1888) v.1 p.3 sec.16 | XVI. Cyclic Evolution and Karma]]}} {{SD-p-toc|1|634|1888}}===
=== {{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.1 p.3 sec.16 | XVI. Cyclic Evolution and Karma]]}} {{SD-p-toc|1|634|ed.1}}===
: Karmic Cycles and Universal Ethics {{SD-p-toc|1|637|1888}}
: Karmic Cycles and Universal Ethics {{SD-p-toc|1|637|ed.1}}
: Destiny and Karma {{SD-p-toc|1|639|1888}}
: Destiny and Karma {{SD-p-toc|1|639|ed.1}}
: Karma — Nemesis {{SD-p-toc|1|643|1888}}
: Karma — Nemesis {{SD-p-toc|1|643|ed.1}}


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=== {{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(1888) v.1 p.3 sec.17 | XVII. The Zodiac and its Antiquity]]}} {{SD-p-toc|1|647|1888}}===
=== {{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.1 p.3 sec.17 | XVII. The Zodiac and its Antiquity]]}} {{SD-p-toc|1|647|ed.1}}===
: The Jewish Patriarchs and the Signs of the Zodiac {{SD-p-toc|1|651|1888}}
: The Jewish Patriarchs and the Signs of the Zodiac {{SD-p-toc|1|651|ed.1}}
: Zodiacal Cycles {{SD-p-toc|1|656|1888}}
: Zodiacal Cycles {{SD-p-toc|1|656|ed.1}}
: Hindu Astronomy {{SD-p-toc|1|661|1888}}
: Hindu Astronomy {{SD-p-toc|1|661|ed.1}}


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=== {{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(1888) v.1 p.3 sec.18 | XVIII. Summary of the Mutual Position]]}} {{SD-p-toc|1|668|1888}}===
=== {{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.1 p.3 sec.18 | XVIII. Summary of the Mutual Position]]}} {{SD-p-toc|1|668|ed.1}}===
: Science Confesses her Ignorance {{SD-p-toc|1|669|1888}}
: Science Confesses her Ignorance {{SD-p-toc|1|669|ed.1}}
: Materialism is leading Europe towards a catastrophe {{SD-p-toc|1|675|1888}}
: Materialism is leading Europe towards a catastrophe {{SD-p-toc|1|675|ed.1}}


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=== {{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(1888) v.2 ch.Preliminary Notes|Preliminary Notes]]}} {{SD-p-toc|2|1|1888}} ===
=== {{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.2 ch.Preliminary Notes|Preliminary Notes]]}} {{SD-p-toc|2|1|ed.1}} ===
: On the Archaic Stanzas, and the Four Prehistoric Continents {{SD-p-toc|2|1|1888}}
: On the Archaic Stanzas, and the Four Prehistoric Continents {{SD-p-toc|2|1|ed.1}}
: The Imperishable Sacred Land {{SD-p-toc|2|6|1888}}
: The Imperishable Sacred Land {{SD-p-toc|2|6|ed.1}}
: The Hyperborean {{SD-p-toc|2|7|1888}}
: The Hyperborean {{SD-p-toc|2|7|ed.1}}
: Lemuria {{SD-p-toc|2|7|1888}}
: Lemuria {{SD-p-toc|2|7|ed.1}}
: Atlantis {{SD-p-toc|2|8|1888}}
: Atlantis {{SD-p-toc|2|8|ed.1}}
: The Tropics at the Pole {{SD-p-toc|2|11|1888}}
: The Tropics at the Pole {{SD-p-toc|2|11|ed.1}}
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== <center>BOOK II.— PART II.<br>ANTHROPOGENESIS.</center> ==
== <center>BOOK II.— PART I.<br>ANTHROPOGENESIS.</center> ==
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=== {{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.2 p.1 ch.Stanzas|Stanzas from the Book of Dzyan]] {{SD-p-toc|2|15|ed.1}}}} ===


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==={{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(1888) v.2 p.1 st.1 sl.1 |Stanza I.—Beginnings of Sentient Life]]}} {{SD-p-toc|2|22|1888}}===
=== {{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.2 p.1 st.1 sl.1 |Stanza I.—Beginnings of Sentient Life]]}} {{SD-p-toc|2|22|ed.1}}===
: Man, the Third Logos {{SD-p-toc|2|25|1888}}
: Man, the Third Logos {{SD-p-toc|2|25|ed.1}}
: The Celestial Governors of Humanity {{SD-p-toc|2|29|1888}}
: The Celestial Governors of Humanity {{SD-p-toc|2|29|ed.1}}
: Parent Stars and Sister Planets{{SD-p-toc|2|33|1888}}
: Parent Stars and Sister Planets{{SD-p-toc|2|33|ed.1}}
: Three Kinds of Light {{SD-p-toc|2|35|1888}}
: Three Kinds of Light {{SD-p-toc|2|35|ed.1}}
: The Numbers of Creation {{SD-p-toc|2|39|1888}}
: The Numbers of Creation {{SD-p-toc|2|39|ed.1}}
: The First War in Heaven {{SD-p-toc|2|45|1888}}
: The First War in Heaven {{SD-p-toc|2|45|ed.1}}


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=== {{Style S-Small capitals|Two Antediluvian Astronomers}} {{SD-p-toc|2|47|1888}} ===
=== {{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.2 p.1 st.1 sl.4 |Two Antediluvian Astronomers]]}} {{SD-p-toc|2|47|ed.1}} ===


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==={{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(1888) v.2 p.1 st.2 sl.5| Stanza II.—Nature Unaided Fails]]}} {{SD-p-toc|2|52|1888}}===
==={{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.2 p.1 st.2 sl.5| Stanza II.—Nature Unaided Fails]]}} {{SD-p-toc|2|52|ed.1}}===
: The Monsters of Chaos {{SD-p-toc|2|53|1888}}
: The Monsters of Chaos {{SD-p-toc|2|53|ed.1}}
: The “ Double Dragon ” {{SD-p-toc|2|57|1888}}
: The “ Double Dragon ” {{SD-p-toc|2|57|ed.1}}
: Who are the Flames ? {{SD-p-toc|2|63|1888}}
: Who are the Flames ? {{SD-p-toc|2|63|ed.1}}


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=== [[HPB-SD(1888) v.2_p.1_st.2_sl.10_ch.The Chronology of the Brahmins|The Chronology of the Brahmins]] {{SD-p-toc|2|66|1888}} ===
=== [[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.2_p.1_st.2_sl.10_ch.The Chronology of the Brahmins|The Chronology of the Brahmins]] {{SD-p-toc|2|66|ed.1}} ===
: The Race that never dies {{SD-p-toc|2|67|1888}}
: The Race that never dies {{SD-p-toc|2|67|ed.1}}
: Cosmogony, an intelligent plan {{SD-p-toc|2|73|1888}}
: Cosmogony, an intelligent plan {{SD-p-toc|2|73|ed.1}}


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==={{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(1888) v.2 p.1 st.3 sl.11| Stanza III.—Attempts to create Man]]}} {{SD-p-toc|2|75|1888}}===
==={{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.2 p.1 st.3 sl.11| Stanza III.—Attempts to create Man]]}} {{SD-p-toc|2|75|ed.1}}===
: The various classes of Creators {{SD-p-toc|2|77|1888}}
: The various classes of Creators {{SD-p-toc|2|77|ed.1}}
: Man, a god in animal form {{SD-p-toc|2|81|1888}}
: Man, a god in animal form {{SD-p-toc|2|81|ed.1}}
: “ Fires,” “ Sparks,” and “ Flames ” {{SD-p-toc|2|83|1888}}
: “ Fires,” “ Sparks,” and “ Flames ” {{SD-p-toc|2|83|ed.1}}


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==={{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(1888) v.2 p.1 st.4 sl.14| Stanza IV.—Creation of the First Races]]}} {{SD-p-toc|2|86|1888}}===
==={{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.2 p.1 st.4 sl.14| Stanza IV.—Creation of the First Races]]}} {{SD-p-toc|2|86|ed.1}}===
: Pitris of the Gods and Demons {{SD-p-toc|2|89|1888}}
: Pitris of the Gods and Demons {{SD-p-toc|2|89|ed.1}}
: What Prometheus symbolized {{SD-p-toc|2|95|1888}}
: What Prometheus symbolized {{SD-p-toc|2|95|ed.1}}
: The Hammer of Thor {{SD-p-toc|2|99|1888}}
: The Hammer of Thor {{SD-p-toc|2|99|ed.1}}
: The Divine Rebels {{SD-p-toc|2|103|1888}}
: The Divine Rebels {{SD-p-toc|2|103|ed.1}}
: Man’s Father, the Sun {{SD-p-toc|2|105|1888}}
: Man’s Father, the Sun {{SD-p-toc|2|105|ed.1}}


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==={{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(1888) v.2 p.1 st.5 sl.18| Stanza V.–The Evolution of the Second Race]]}} {{SD-p-toc|2|109|1888}}===
==={{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.2 p.1 st.5 sl.18| Stanza V.–The Evolution of the Second Race]]}} {{SD-p-toc|2|109|ed.1}}===
: The Secret Work of Chiram {{SD-p-toc|2|113|1888}}
: The Secret Work of Chiram {{SD-p-toc|2|113|ed.1}}
: The outgrowth of Races {{SD-p-toc|2|117|1888}}
: The outgrowth of Races {{SD-p-toc|2|117|ed.1}}
: Leda, Castor, and Pollux {{SD-p-toc|2|121|1888}}
: Leda, Castor, and Pollux {{SD-p-toc|2|121|ed.1}}
: Леда, Кастор и Поллукс {{SD-p-toc|2|121|1888}}
: Jah-Hovah Androgynous {{SD-p-toc|2|125|ed.1}}
: Аллегория Кастора и Поллукса {{SD-p-toc|2|123|1888}}
: The Jewish God-name {{SD-p-toc|2|127|ed.1}}
: Jah-Hovah Androgynous {{SD-p-toc|2|125|1888}}
: The Jewish God-name {{SD-p-toc|2|127|1888}}


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==={{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(1888) v.2 p.1 st.6 sl.22| Stanza VI.–The Evolution of the Sweat-born]]}} {{SD-p-toc|2|131|1888}}===
==={{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.2 p.1 st.6 sl.22| Stanza VI.–The Evolution of the Sweat-born]]}} {{SD-p-toc|2|131|ed.1}}===
: Bi-sexual reproduction {{SD-p-toc|2|133|1888}}
: Bi-sexual reproduction {{SD-p-toc|2|133|ed.1}}
: The Virgin Third Race {{SD-p-toc|2|135|1888}}
: The Virgin Third Race {{SD-p-toc|2|135|ed.1}}
: A Few Words about Deluges and Noah’s {{SD-p-toc|2|138|1888}}
: A Few Words about Deluges and Noah’s {{SD-p-toc|2|138|ed.1}}
: Various Deluges {{SD-p-toc|2|141|1888}}
: Various Deluges {{SD-p-toc|2|141|ed.1}}
: The Arkite Symbols {{SD-p-toc|2|143|1888}}
: The Arkite Symbols {{SD-p-toc|2|143|ed.1}}
: Could Men Exist 18,000,000 Years ago ? {{SD-p-toc|2|148|1888}}
: Could Men Exist 18,000,000 Years ago ? {{SD-p-toc|2|148|ed.1}}
: Spontaneous Generation {{SD-p-toc|2|151|1888}}
: Spontaneous Generation {{SD-p-toc|2|151|ed.1}}
: The Solar System in the Purânas {{SD-p-toc|2|155|1888}}
: The Solar System in the Purânas {{SD-p-toc|2|155|ed.1}}
: Oceans of Carbonic Acid ? {{SD-p-toc|2|159|1888}}
: Oceans of Carbonic Acid ? {{SD-p-toc|2|159|ed.1}}


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==={{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(1888) v.2 p.1 st.7 sl.24| Stanza VII.–From the Semi-Divine down to the First Human Races]]}} {{SD-p-toc|2|161|1888}}===
==={{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.2 p.1 st.7 sl.24| Stanza VII.–From the Semi-Divine down to the First Human Races]]}} {{SD-p-toc|2|161|ed.1}}===
: Monads and Rounds {{SD-p-toc|2|167|1888}}
: Monads and Rounds {{SD-p-toc|2|167|ed.1}}
: A Suggestive Explanation {{SD-p-toc|2|171|1888}}
: A Suggestive Explanation {{SD-p-toc|2|171|ed.1}}


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: A Saint — Hypnotised {{SD-p-toc|2|175|1888}}
: A Saint — Hypnotised {{SD-p-toc|2|175|ed.1}}
: Sweat-born and Androgynes {{SD-p-toc|2|177|1888}}
: Sweat-born and Androgynes {{SD-p-toc|2|177|ed.1}}


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==={{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(1888) v.2 p.1 st.8 sl.28| Stanza VIII.–Evolution of the Animal Mammalians—the First Fall]]}} {{SD-p-toc|2|180|1888}}===
==={{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.2 p.1 st.8 sl.28| Stanza VIII.–Evolution of the Animal Mammalians—the First Fall]]}} {{SD-p-toc|2|180|ed.1}}===
: Archaic Zoology {{SD-p-toc|2|183|1888}}
: Archaic Zoology {{SD-p-toc|2|183|ed.1}}
: The Sin of the Mindless {{SD-p-toc|2|185|1888}}
: The Sin of the Mindless {{SD-p-toc|2|185|ed.1}}


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=== {{Style S-Small capitals|What may be the Objections to the Foregoing}} {{SD-p-toc|2|185|1888}} ===
=== {{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.2 p.1 st.8 sl.29-32#185|What may be the Objections to the Foregoing]]}} {{SD-p-toc|2|185|ed.1}} ===


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==={{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(1888) v.2 p.1 st.9 sl.33-35| Stanza IX.–The Final Evolution of Man]]}} {{SD-p-toc|2|191|1888}}===
==={{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.2 p.1 st.9 sl.33-35| Stanza IX.–The Final Evolution of Man]]}} {{SD-p-toc|2|191|ed.1}}===
: The Hairy Men of China {{SD-p-toc|2|195|1888}}
: The Hairy Men of China {{SD-p-toc|2|195|ed.1}}
: The Separation of Sexes {{SD-p-toc|2|197|1888}}
: The Separation of Sexes {{SD-p-toc|2|197|ed.1}}
: Primeval Language {{SD-p-toc|2|199|1888}}
: Primeval Language {{SD-p-toc|2|199|ed.1}}


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=== {{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(1888) v.2 p.1 st.9 sl.37 ch.Edens, Serpents and Dragons|Edens, Serpents and Dragons]]}} {{SD-p-toc|2|202|1888}} ===
=== {{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.2 p.1 st.9 sl.37 ch.Edens, Serpents and Dragons|Edens, Serpents and Dragons]]}} {{SD-p-toc|2|202|ed.1}} ===
: The Garden of Eden a College {{SD-p-toc|2|203|1888}}
: The Garden of Eden a College {{SD-p-toc|2|203|ed.1}}
: Flying Camels {{SD-p-toc|2|205|1888}}
: Flying Camels {{SD-p-toc|2|205|ed.1}}
: Two Schools of Magic {{SD-p-toc|2|211|1888}}
: Two Schools of Magic {{SD-p-toc|2|211|ed.1}}
: The Flying Dragons {{SD-p-toc|2|219|1888}}
: The Flying Dragons {{SD-p-toc|2|219|ed.1}}


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=== {{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(1888) v.2 p.1 st.9 sl.37 ch.The Sons of God and the Sacred Island|The Sons of God and the Sacred Island]]}} {{SD-p-toc|2|220|1888}} ===
=== {{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.2 p.1 st.9 sl.37 ch.The Sons of God and the Sacred Island|The Sons of God and the Sacred Island]]}} {{SD-p-toc|2|220|ed.1}} ===
: The Magicians of Atlantis {{SD-p-toc|2|223|1888}}
: The Magicians of Atlantis {{SD-p-toc|2|223|ed.1}}


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==={{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(1888) v.2 p.1 st.10 sl.38-39| Stanza X.–The History of the Fourth Race]]}} {{SD-p-toc|2|227|1888}}===
==={{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.2 p.1 st.10 sl.38-39| Stanza X.–The History of the Fourth Race]]}} {{SD-p-toc|2|227|ed.1}}===
: The Mysteries among the Mayas {{SD-p-toc|2|229|1888}}
: The Mysteries among the Mayas {{SD-p-toc|2|229|ed.1}}
: Satanic Myths {{SD-p-toc|2|233|1888}}
: Satanic Myths {{SD-p-toc|2|233|ed.1}}
: Mahasura and Satan {{SD-p-toc|2|237|1888}}
: Mahasura and Satan {{SD-p-toc|2|237|ed.1}}
: Man, the pale shadow of God {{SD-p-toc|2|243|1888}}
: Man, the pale shadow of God {{SD-p-toc|2|243|ed.1}}
: The curse of Vasishta {{SD-p-toc|2|247|1888}}
: The curse of Vasishta {{SD-p-toc|2|247|ed.1}}


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=== {{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(1888) v.2 p.1 st.10 sl.38-39 ch.Archaic Teachings|Archaic Teachings in the Purânas and Genesis]]}} {{SD-p-toc|2|251|1888}} ===
=== {{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.2 p.1 st.10 sl.38-39 ch.Archaic Teachings|Archaic Teachings in the Purânas and Genesis]]}} {{SD-p-toc|2|251|ed.1}} ===
: From worm to man {{SD-p-toc|2|255|1888}}
: From worm to man {{SD-p-toc|2|255|ed.1}}
: Identity of Human and Animal embryos {{SD-p-toc|2|259|1888}}
: Identity of Human and Animal embryos {{SD-p-toc|2|259|ed.1}}


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=== {{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(1888) v.2 p.1 st.10 sl.38-39 ch.Early Races|A Panoramic View of the Early Races]]}} {{SD-p-toc|2|263|1888}} ===
=== {{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.2 p.1 st.10 sl.38-39 ch.Early Races|A Panoramic View of the Early Races]]}} {{SD-p-toc|2|263|ed.1}} ===
: The Natural “ Fall ” {{SD-p-toc|2|267|1888}}
: The Natural “ Fall ” {{SD-p-toc|2|267|ed.1}}
: The Symbolism of Kronos {{SD-p-toc|2|269|1888}}
: The Symbolism of Kronos {{SD-p-toc|2|269|ed.1}}


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=== {{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(1888) v.2 p.1 st.10 sl.40-42|Stanza X.]]}}—''Continued'' {{SD-p-toc|2|271|1888}} ===
=== {{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.2 p.1 st.10 sl.40-42|Stanza X.]]}}—''Continued'' {{SD-p-toc|2|271|ed.1}} ===
: The Golden Age{{SD-p-toc|2|273|1888}}
: The Golden Age{{SD-p-toc|2|273|ed.1}}
: The Devil’s outside Humanity {{SD-p-toc|2|275|1888}}
: The Devil’s outside Humanity {{SD-p-toc|2|275|ed.1}}


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==={{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(1888) v.2 p.1 st.10 sl.40-42 ch.Are Giants a Fiction|Are Giants a Fiction ?]]}} {{SD-p-toc|2|277|1888}}===
==={{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.2 p.1 st.10 sl.40-42 ch.Are Giants a Fiction|Are Giants a Fiction ?]]}} {{SD-p-toc|2|277|ed.1}}===
: The Seven Virgin Youths {{SD-p-toc|2|281|1888}}
: The Seven Virgin Youths {{SD-p-toc|2|281|ed.1}}
: The Tibetan Lilith {{SD-p-toc|2|285|1888}}
: The Tibetan Lilith {{SD-p-toc|2|285|ed.1}}
: The Races of Men not all Human {{SD-p-toc|2|287|1888}}
: The Races of Men not all Human {{SD-p-toc|2|287|ed.1}}


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=== {{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(1888) v.2 p.1 st.10 sl.40-42 ch.The Races with the Third Eye|The Races with the “ Third Eye ”]]}} {{SD-p-toc|2|289|1888}}===
=== {{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.2 p.1 st.10 sl.40-42 ch.The Races with the Third Eye|The Races with the “ Third Eye ”]]}} {{SD-p-toc|2|289|ed.1}}===
: Occult Physiology {{SD-p-toc|2|295|1888}}
: Occult Physiology {{SD-p-toc|2|295|ed.1}}
: The Evolution of the Eye {{SD-p-toc|2|299|1888}}
: The Evolution of the Eye {{SD-p-toc|2|299|ed.1}}
: The Third Eye is now a Gland {{SD-p-toc|2|301|1888}}
: The Third Eye is now a Gland {{SD-p-toc|2|301|ed.1}}


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=== {{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(1888) v.2 p.1 st.10 sl.40-42 ch.The Primeval Manus of Humanity|The Primeval Manus of Humanity]]}} {{SD-p-toc|2|307|1888}} ===
=== {{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.2 p.1 st.10 sl.40-42 ch.The Primeval Manus of Humanity|The Primeval Manus of Humanity]]}} {{SD-p-toc|2|307|ed.1}} ===
: The Four Earlier Races {{SD-p-toc|2|311|1888}}
: The Four Earlier Races {{SD-p-toc|2|311|ed.1}}
: The Esoteric Meaning of “ Fish ” {{SD-p-toc|2|313|1888}}
: The Esoteric Meaning of “ Fish ” {{SD-p-toc|2|313|ed.1}}


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==={{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(1888) v.2 p.1 st.11 sl.43| Stanza XI.—The Civilization and Destruction of the Fourth and Fifth Races]]}} {{SD-p-toc|2|316|1888}}===
==={{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.2 p.1 st.11 sl.43| Stanza XI.—The Civilization and Destruction of the Fourth and Fifth Races]]}} {{SD-p-toc|2|316|ed.1}}===
: Degeneration of Mankind {{SD-p-toc|2|319|1888}}
: Degeneration of Mankind {{SD-p-toc|2|319|ed.1}}
: Atlantis now Ocean Floor {{SD-p-toc|2|325|1888}}
: Atlantis now Ocean Floor {{SD-p-toc|2|325|ed.1}}
: Changes of Climate {{SD-p-toc|2|329|1888}}
: Changes of Climate {{SD-p-toc|2|329|ed.1}}
: How to Read Symbols {{SD-p-toc|2|335|1888}}
: How to Read Symbols {{SD-p-toc|2|335|ed.1}}
: The Antediluvian Buddhas {{SD-p-toc|2|339|1888}}
: The Antediluvian Buddhas {{SD-p-toc|2|339|ed.1}}


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=== {{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(1888) v.2 p.1 st.11 sl.44 ch.Cyclopean Ruins| Cyclopean Ruins and Colossal Stones as Witnesses to Giants]]}} {{SD-p-toc|2|341|1888}} ===
=== {{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.2 p.1 st.11 sl.44 ch.Cyclopean Ruins| Cyclopean Ruins and Colossal Stones as Witnesses to Giants]]}} {{SD-p-toc|2|341|ed.1}} ===
: Living, Speaking, and Moving Stones {{SD-p-toc|2|345|1888}}
: Living, Speaking, and Moving Stones {{SD-p-toc|2|345|ed.1}}
: It takes a God to become a Man {{SD-p-toc|2|349|1888}}
: It takes a God to become a Man {{SD-p-toc|2|349|ed.1}}


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==={{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(1888) v.2 p.1 st.12 sl.47-49|Stanza XII.—The Fifth Race and its Divine Instructors]]}} {{SD-p-toc|2|351|1888}}===
==={{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.2 p.1 st.12 sl.47-49|Stanza XII.—The Fifth Race and its Divine Instructors]]}} {{SD-p-toc|2|351|ed.1}}===
: The Astronomical Dragon {{SD-p-toc|2|353|1888}}
: The Astronomical Dragon {{SD-p-toc|2|353|ed.1}}
: Serpents and Dragons under different Symbolisms {{SD-p-toc|2|355|1888}}
: [[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.2 p.1 st.12 sl.47-49 ch.Serpents and Dragons|Serpents and Dragons under different Symbolisms]] {{SD-p-toc|2|355|ed.1}}
: The Sidereal and Cosmic Glyphs {{SD-p-toc|2|357|1888}}
: [[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.2 p.1 st.12 sl.47-49 ch.The Sidereal and Cosmic Glyphs|The Sidereal and Cosmic Glyphs]] {{SD-p-toc|2|357|ed.1}}
: [[HPB-SD(1888) v.2 p.1 st.12 sl.49 ch.Our Divine Instructors|Our Divine Instructors]] {{SD-p-toc|2|365|1888}}
: [[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.2 p.1 st.12 sl.47-49 ch.Our Divine Instructors|Our Divine Instructors]] {{SD-p-toc|2|365|ed.1}}
: [[HPB-SD(1888) v.2 p.1 st.12 sl.49 ch.Satanic Myth|The Origin of the Satanic Myth]] {{SD-p-toc|2|378|1888}}
: [[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.2 p.1 st.12 sl.47-49 ch.Satanic Myth|The Origin of the Satanic Myth]] {{SD-p-toc|2|378|ed.1}}
: [[HPB-SD(1888) v.2 p.1 st.12 sl.49 ch.Noah was a Kabir|Noah was a Kabir, hence he must have been a Demon]] {{SD-p-toc|2|390|1888}}
: [[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.2 p.1 st.12 sl.47-49 ch.Noah was a Kabir|Noah was a Kabir, hence he must have been a Demon]] {{SD-p-toc|2|390|ed.1}}
: Легенды о Потопе {{SD-p-toc|2|391|1888}}


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: [[HPB-SD(1888) v.2 p.1 st.12 sl.49 ch.Persian Traditions|The oldest Persian Traditions about the Polar, and the Submerged Continents]] {{SD-p-toc|2|393|1888}}
: [[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.2 p.1 st.12 sl.47-49 ch.Persian Traditions|The oldest Persian Traditions about the Polar, and the Submerged Continents]] {{SD-p-toc|2|393|ed.1}}
: [[HPB-SD(1888) v.2 p.1 st.12 sl.49 ch.Western Speculations|Western Speculations founded on the Greek and Purânic Traditions]] {{SD-p-toc|2|401|1888}}
: [[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.2 p.1 st.12 sl.47-49 ch.Western Speculations|Western Speculations founded on the Greek and Purânic Traditions]] {{SD-p-toc|2|401|ed.1}}
: [[HPB-SD(1888) v.2 p.1 st.12 sl.49 ch.Curse|The “ Curse ” from a Philosophical point of view]] {{SD-p-toc|2|409|1888}}
: [[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.2 p.1 st.12 sl.47-49 ch.Curse|The “ Curse ” from a Philosophical point of view]] {{SD-p-toc|2|409|ed.1}}


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=== {{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(1888) v.2 p.1 st.12 sl.49 ch.Additional Fragments|Additional Fragments from a Commentary on the Verses of Stanza XII]]}} {{SD-p-toc|2|423|1888}} ===
=== {{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.2 p.1 st.12 ch.Additional Fragments|Additional Fragments from a Commentary on the Verses of Stanza XII]]}} {{SD-p-toc|2|423|ed.1}} ===
: The Oldest Records about Atlantis {{SD-p-toc|2|425|1888}}
: The Oldest Records about Atlantis {{SD-p-toc|2|425|ed.1}}
: The Doom of Atlantis {{SD-p-toc|2|427|1888}}
: The Doom of Atlantis {{SD-p-toc|2|427|ed.1}}
: The Races, Sub-Races, and Family Races {{SD-p-toc|2|434|1888}}
: The Races, Sub-Races, and Family Races {{SD-p-toc|2|434|ed.1}}


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==={{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(1888) v.2 p.1 ch.Conclusion|Conclusion]]}}  {{SD-p-toc|2|437|1888}}===
==={{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.2 p.1 ch.Conclusion|Conclusion]]}}  {{SD-p-toc|2|437|ed.1}}===


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== <center>BOOK II.—PART II.<br><small>THE ARCHAIC SYMBOLISM OF THE WORLD-RELIGIONS.</small></center> ==
== <center>BOOK II.—PART II.<br><small>THE ARCHAIC SYMBOLISM OF THE WORLD-RELIGIONS.</small></center> ==
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==={{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(1888) v.2 p.2 sec.1|Esoteric Tenets corroborated in every Scripture]]}} {{SD-p-toc|2|449|1888}} ===
==={{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.2 p.2 ch.Esoteric Tenets|Esoteric Tenets corroborated in every Scripture]]}} {{SD-p-toc|2|449|ed.1}} ===


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==={{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(1888) v.2 p.2 sec.2| § XVI. Adam-Adami]]}} {{SD-p-toc|2|452|1888}}===
==={{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.2 p.2 sec.16| § XVI. Adam-Adami]]}} {{SD-p-toc|2|452|ed.1}}===
: The Cabalistic Four Adams {{SD-p-toc|2|457|1888}}
: The Cabalistic Four Adams {{SD-p-toc|2|457|ed.1}}


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==={{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(1888) v.2 p.2 sec.3| XVII. The “ Holy of Holies ” : Its Degradation]]}} {{SD-p-toc|2|459|1888}}===
==={{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.2 p.2 sec.17| XVII. The “ Holy of Holies ” : Its Degradation]]}} {{SD-p-toc|2|459|ed.1}}===
: Christian Symbolism {{SD-p-toc|2|463|1888}}
: Christian Symbolism {{SD-p-toc|2|463|ed.1}}
: The “ Four-faced ” Brahmâ {{SD-p-toc|2|465|1888}}
: The “ Four-faced ” Brahmâ {{SD-p-toc|2|465|ed.1}}
: The Old and the New Jehovah {{SD-p-toc|2|469|1888}}
: The Old and the New Jehovah {{SD-p-toc|2|469|ed.1}}


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==={{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(1888) v.2 p.2 sec.4A| XVIII. On the Myth of the “ Fallen Angel,” in its various aspects]]}} {{SD-p-toc|2|475|1888}}===
==={{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.2 p.2 sec.18| XVIII. On the Myth of the “ Fallen Angel,” in its various aspects]]}} {{SD-p-toc|2|475|ed.1}}===
: [[HPB-SD(1888) v.2 p.2 sec.4 ch.A|The Evil Spirit : Who and What ?]] {{SD-p-toc|2|475|1888}}
: [[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.2 p.2 sec.18 ch.A|The Evil Spirit : Who and What ?]] {{SD-p-toc|2|475|ed.1}}
: [[HPB-SD(1888) v.2 p.2 sec.4 ch.B|The Gods of Light proceed from the Gods of Darkness]] {{SD-p-toc|2|483|1888}}
: [[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.2 p.2 sec.18 ch.B|The Gods of Light proceed from the Gods of Darkness]] {{SD-p-toc|2|483|ed.1}}
: [[HPB-SD(1888) v.2 p.2 sec.4 ch.C|The many meanings of the “ War in Heaven ”]] {{SD-p-toc|2|492|1888}}
: [[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.2 p.2 sec.18 ch.C|The many meanings of the “ War in Heaven ”]] {{SD-p-toc|2|492|ed.1}}


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==={{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(1888) v.2 p.2 sec.5| XIX. Is Pleroma Satan’s Lair ?]]}} {{SD-p-toc|2|506|1888}}===
==={{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.2 p.2 sec.19| XIX. Is Pleroma Satan’s Lair ?]]}} {{SD-p-toc|2|506|ed.1}}===
: Jehovah’s Personating Spirit {{SD-p-toc|2|509|1888}}
: Jehovah’s Personating Spirit {{SD-p-toc|2|509|ed.1}}
: The Mysterium Magnum {{SD-p-toc|2|512|1888}}
: The Mysterium Magnum {{SD-p-toc|2|512|ed.1}}
: The Logos and Satan are One {{SD-p-toc|2|515|1888}}
: The Logos and Satan are One {{SD-p-toc|2|515|ed.1}}


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==={{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(1888) v.2 p.2 sec.6| XX. Prometheus the Titan]]}} {{SD-p-toc|2|519|1888}}===
==={{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.2 p.2 sec.20| XX. Prometheus the Titan]]}} {{SD-p-toc|2|519|ed.1}}===
: His Origin in Ancient India {{SD-p-toc|2|519|1888}}
: His Origin in Ancient India {{SD-p-toc|2|519|ed.1}}
: The Boon he Gives {{SD-p-toc|2|523|1888}}
: The Boon he Gives {{SD-p-toc|2|523|ed.1}}


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==={{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(1888) v.2 p.2 sec.7| XXI. Enoïchion-Henoch]]}} {{SD-p-toc|2|529|1888}}===
==={{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.2 p.2 sec.21| XXI. Enoïchion-Henoch]]}} {{SD-p-toc|2|529|ed.1}}===
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==={{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(1888) v.2 p.2 sec.8| XXII. The Symbolism of the Mystery Names Iao, and Jehovah]]}} {{SD-p-toc|2|536|1888}}===
==={{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.2 p.2 sec.22| XXII. The Symbolism of the Mystery Names Iao, and Jehovah]]}} {{SD-p-toc|2|536|ed.1}}===
: [[HPB-SD(1888) v.2 p.2 sec.8 ch.A|Cross and Circle]] {{SD-p-toc|2|545|1888}}
: [[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.2 p.2 sec.22 ch.A|Cross and Circle]] {{SD-p-toc|2|545|ed.1}}
: [[HPB-SD(1888) v.2 p.2 sec.8 ch.B|The Fall of the Cross into Matter]] {{SD-p-toc|2|553|1888}}
: [[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.2 p.2 sec.22 ch.B|The Fall of the Cross into Matter]] {{SD-p-toc|2|553|ed.1}}


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==={{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(1888) v.2 p.2 sec.9| XXIII. The Upanishads in Gnostic Literature]]}} {{SD-p-toc|2|563|1888}}===
==={{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.2 p.2 sec.23| XXIII. The Upanishads in Gnostic Literature]]}} {{SD-p-toc|2|563|ed.1}}===
: When Time be no longer {{SD-p-toc|2|565|1888}}
: When Time be no longer {{SD-p-toc|2|565|ed.1}}
: The Divine Self’s Wisdom {{SD-p-toc|2|566|1888}}
: The Divine Self’s Wisdom {{SD-p-toc|2|566|ed.1}}


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==={{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(1888) v.2 p.2 sec.10| XXIV. The Cross and the Pythagorean Decade]]}} {{SD-p-toc|2|573|1888}}===
==={{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.2 p.2 sec.24| XXIV. The Cross and the Pythagorean Decade]]}} {{SD-p-toc|2|573|ed.1}}===
: Poseidon’s Five Ministers {{SD-p-toc|2|577|1888}}
: Poseidon’s Five Ministers {{SD-p-toc|2|577|ed.1}}
: The Mystery of the Number Six {{SD-p-toc|2|583|1888}}
: The Mystery of the Number Six {{SD-p-toc|2|583|ed.1}}
: The Cross and Christian After-thought {{SD-p-toc|2|587|1888}}
: The Cross and Christian After-thought {{SD-p-toc|2|587|ed.1}}


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==={{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(1888) v.2 p.2 sec.11| XXV. The Mysteries of the Hebdomad]]}} {{SD-p-toc|2|590|1888}}===
==={{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.2 p.2 sec.25| XXV. The Mysteries of the Hebdomad]]}} {{SD-p-toc|2|590|ed.1}}===
: [[HPB-SD(1888) v.2 p.2 sec.11 ch.A|Saptaparna]] {{SD-p-toc|2|590|1888}}
: [[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.2 p.2 sec.25 ch.A|Saptaparna]] {{SD-p-toc|2|590|ed.1}}
: [[HPB-SD(1888) v.2 p.2 sec.11 ch.B|The Tetraktis in relation to the Heptagon]] {{SD-p-toc|2|598|1888}}
: [[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.2 p.2 sec.25 ch.B|The Tetraktis in relation to the Heptagon]] {{SD-p-toc|2|598|ed.1}}
: [[HPB-SD(1888) v.2 p.2 sec.11 ch.C|The Septenary Element in the Vedas]] {{SD-p-toc|2|605|1888}}
: [[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.2 p.2 sec.25 ch.C|The Septenary Element in the Vedas]] {{SD-p-toc|2|605|ed.1}}
: [[HPB-SD(1888) v.2 p.2 sec.11 ch.D|The Septenary in the Exoteric Works]] {{SD-p-toc|2|611|1888}}
: [[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.2 p.2 sec.25 ch.D|The Septenary in the Exoteric Works]] {{SD-p-toc|2|611|ed.1}}
: [[HPB-SD(1888) v.2 p.2 sec.11 ch.E|Seven in Astronomy, Science and Magic]] {{SD-p-toc|2|618|1888}}
: [[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.2 p.2 sec.25 ch.E|Seven in Astronomy, Science and Magic]] {{SD-p-toc|2|618|ed.1}}
: [[HPB-SD(1888) v.2 p.2 sec.11 ch.F|The Seven Souls of the Egyptologists]] {{SD-p-toc|2|630|1888}}
: [[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.2 p.2 sec.25 ch.F|The Seven Souls of the Egyptologists]] {{SD-p-toc|2|630|ed.1}}
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==<center>BOOK II.—PART III.<br>ADDENDA.<br><small>SCIENCE AND THE SECRET DOCTRINE CONTRASTED.</small></center>==
==<center>BOOK II.—PART III.<br>ADDENDA.<br><small>SCIENCE AND THE SECRET DOCTRINE CONTRASTED.</small></center>==
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==={{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(1888) v.2 p.3 sec.1| I. Archaic, or Modern Anthropology ?]]}} {{SD-p-toc|2|645|1888}}===
==={{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.2 p.3 sec.1| I. Archaic, or Modern Anthropology ?]]}} {{SD-p-toc|2|645|ed.1}}===
: The Occult and the Modern Doctrines {{SD-p-toc|2|649|1888}}
: The Occult and the Modern Doctrines {{SD-p-toc|2|649|ed.1}}
: Science is Silent on every Problem {{SD-p-toc|2|653|1888}}
: Science is Silent on every Problem {{SD-p-toc|2|653|ed.1}}


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==={{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(1888) v.2 p.3 sec.2| II. The Ancestors Mankind is offered by Science]]}} {{SD-p-toc|2|656|1888}}===
==={{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.2 p.3 sec.2| II. The Ancestors Mankind is offered by Science]]}} {{SD-p-toc|2|656|ed.1}}===
: Various Modes of Reproduction {{SD-p-toc|2|659|1888}}
: Various Modes of Reproduction {{SD-p-toc|2|659|ed.1}}
: A Pithecoid Man Wanted {{SD-p-toc|2|669|1888}}
: A Pithecoid Man Wanted {{SD-p-toc|2|669|ed.1}}
: Plastidular Souls and Conscious Nerve-Cells {{SD-p-toc|2|670|1888}}
: Plastidular Souls and Conscious Nerve-Cells {{SD-p-toc|2|670|ed.1}}
: The atoms of our “ Father-Bathybius ” {{SD-p-toc|2|674|1888}}
: The atoms of our “ Father-Bathybius ” {{SD-p-toc|2|674|ed.1}}


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==={{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(1888) v.2 p.3 sec.3| III. The Fossil Relics of Man and the Anthropoid Ape]]}}  {{SD-p-toc|2|675|1888}}===
==={{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.2 p.3 sec.3| III. The Fossil Relics of Man and the Anthropoid Ape]]}}  {{SD-p-toc|2|675|ed.1}}===
: Insurmountable difficulties for the Darwinians {{SD-p-toc|2|677|1888}}
: Insurmountable difficulties for the Darwinians {{SD-p-toc|2|677|ed.1}}
: The Argument of “ Rudimentary Organs ” {{SD-p-toc|2|683|1888}}
: The Argument of “ Rudimentary Organs ” {{SD-p-toc|2|683|ed.1}}
: “ Epitomized History ” in the Fœtus {{SD-p-toc|2|684|1888}}
: “ Epitomized History ” in the Fœtus {{SD-p-toc|2|684|ed.1}}
: The Evidence of Skulls {{SD-p-toc|2|687|1888}}
: The Evidence of Skulls {{SD-p-toc|2|687|ed.1}}


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==={{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(1888) v.2 p.3 sec.4| IV. Duration of the Geological Periods, Race Cycles, and the Antiquity of Man]]}} {{SD-p-toc|2|690|1888}}===
==={{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.2 p.3 sec.4| IV. Duration of the Geological Periods, Race Cycles, and the Antiquity of Man]]}} {{SD-p-toc|2|690|ed.1}}===
: Sayce’s Sketch of Chronology {{SD-p-toc|2|691|1888}}
: Sayce’s Sketch of Chronology {{SD-p-toc|2|691|ed.1}}


: [[HPB-SD(1888) v.2 p.3 sec.4 ch.A|''(a)'' Speculations on the Age of the Globe]] {{SD-p-toc|2|694|1888}}
: [[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.2 p.3 sec.4 ch.A|''(a)'' Speculations on the Age of the Globe]] {{SD-p-toc|2|694|ed.1}}
:: The Adept-Astronomer {{SD-p-toc|2|698|1888}}
:: The Adept-Astronomer {{SD-p-toc|2|698|ed.1}}


: [[HPB-SD(1888) v.2 p.3 sec.4 ch.B|''(b)'' On Chains of Planets and their Plurality]] {{SD-p-toc|2|699|1888}}
: [[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.2 p.3 sec.4 ch.B|''(b)'' On Chains of Planets and their Plurality]] {{SD-p-toc|2|699|ed.1}}
:: States of Consciousness {{SD-p-toc|2|701|1888}}
:: States of Consciousness {{SD-p-toc|2|701|ed.1}}
:: Worlds mentioned in the Bible{{SD-p-toc|2|703|1888}}
:: Worlds mentioned in the Bible{{SD-p-toc|2|703|ed.1}}


:[[HPB-SD(1888) v.2 p.3 sec.4 ch.C|''(c)'' Esoteric Geological Chronology]] {{SD-p-toc|2|709|1888}}
:[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.2 p.3 sec.4 ch.C|''(c)'' Esoteric Geological Chronology]] {{SD-p-toc|2|709|ed.1}}
:: Parallelism of Life {{SD-p-toc|2|711|1888}}
:: Parallelism of Life {{SD-p-toc|2|711|ed.1}}
:: The Two Sciences contrasted {{SD-p-toc|2|713|1888}}
:: The Two Sciences contrasted {{SD-p-toc|2|713|ed.1}}
:: The Palæolithic Landseer {{SD-p-toc|2|721|1888}}
:: The Palæolithic Landseer {{SD-p-toc|2|721|ed.1}}
:: Astral Man—the Solution {{SD-p-toc|2|728|1888}}
:: Astral Man—the Solution {{SD-p-toc|2|728|ed.1}}
:: The Kabalists and Science {{SD-p-toc|2|730|1888}}
:: The Kabalists and Science {{SD-p-toc|2|730|ed.1}}


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==={{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.2 p.3 sec.5| V. Organic Evolution and Creative Centres]]}} {{SD-p-toc|2|731|ed.1}}===
: Dhyan Chohans and these Centres {{SD-p-toc|2|732|1888}}
: Dhyan Chohans and these Centres {{SD-p-toc|2|732|ed.1}}
: [[HPB-SD(1888) v.2 p.3 sec.5 ch.A|''(a)'' Origin and Evolution of the Mammalia]] {{SD-p-toc|2|734|1888}}
: [[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.2 p.3 sec.5 ch.A|''(a)'' Origin and Evolution of the Mammalia]] {{SD-p-toc|2|734|ed.1}}
: [[HPB-SD(1888) v.2 p.3 sec.5 ch.B|''(b)'' The European Palæolithic Races — whence and how distributed]] {{SD-p-toc|2|738|1888}}
: [[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.2 p.3 sec.5 ch.B|''(b)'' The European Palæolithic Races — whence and how distributed]] {{SD-p-toc|2|738|ed.1}}


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==={{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.2 p.3 sec.6| VI. Giants, Civilizations, and Submerged Continents traced in History]]}} {{SD-p-toc|2|742|ed.1}}===
: A Mysterious Nation {{SD-p-toc|2|743|1888}}
: A Mysterious Nation {{SD-p-toc|2|743|ed.1}}
: The Seven Sabbaths {{SD-p-toc|2|747|1888}}
: The Seven Sabbaths {{SD-p-toc|2|747|ed.1}}
: “ Revelation ” and the “ Secret Doctrine ” {{SD-p-toc|2|748|1888}}
: “ Revelation ” and the “ Secret Doctrine ” {{SD-p-toc|2|748|ed.1}}
: Druidic Stones {{SD-p-toc|2|752|1888}}
: Druidic Stones {{SD-p-toc|2|752|ed.1}}
: Races of Giants {{SD-p-toc|2|755|1888}}
: Races of Giants {{SD-p-toc|2|755|ed.1}}
: Mazdean “ Seven Earths ” {{SD-p-toc|2|759|1888}}
: Mazdean “ Seven Earths ” {{SD-p-toc|2|759|ed.1}}


[[HPB-SD(1888) v.2 p.3 sec.6 ch.A|''(a)'' Statements about the Sacred Islands]] {{SD-p-toc|2|760|1888}}
[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.2 p.3 sec.6 ch.A|''(a)'' Statements about the Sacred Islands]] {{SD-p-toc|2|760|ed.1}}
: The Heirloom of Atlantis {{SD-p-toc|2|763|1888}}
: The Heirloom of Atlantis {{SD-p-toc|2|763|ed.1}}
: The God-bearing Land {{SD-p-toc|2|765|1888}}
: The God-bearing Land {{SD-p-toc|2|765|ed.1}}
: The Power of Names {{SD-p-toc|2|767|1888}}
: The Power of Names {{SD-p-toc|2|767|ed.1}}
: The Sons of Cœlus and Terra {{SD-p-toc|2|769|1888}}
: The Sons of Cœlus and Terra {{SD-p-toc|2|769|ed.1}}
: Southern and Northern Atlantis {{SD-p-toc|2|770|1888}}
: Southern and Northern Atlantis {{SD-p-toc|2|770|ed.1}}
: Niobe and her Children {{SD-p-toc|2|771|1888}}
: Niobe and her Children {{SD-p-toc|2|771|ed.1}}
: The Cycles of Time {{SD-p-toc|2|773|1888}}
: The Cycles of Time {{SD-p-toc|2|773|ed.1}}
: The Titans in Prison {{SD-p-toc|2|776|1888}}
: The Titans in Prison {{SD-p-toc|2|776|ed.1}}


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==={{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.2 p.3 sec.7| VII. Scientific and Geological Proofs of the Existence of several Submerged Continents]]}} {{SD-p-toc|2|778|ed.1}}===
: Corroborations of Occultism by Geology {{SD-p-toc|2|779|1888}}
: Corroborations of Occultism by Geology {{SD-p-toc|2|779|ed.1}}
: Evidence of the Flora {{SD-p-toc|2|781|1888}}
: Evidence of the Flora {{SD-p-toc|2|781|ed.1}}
: Atlantis necessary to Ethnology {{SD-p-toc|2|783|1888}}
: Atlantis necessary to Ethnology {{SD-p-toc|2|783|ed.1}}
: Astræa falls on her Head {{SD-p-toc|2|785|1888}}
: Astræa falls on her Head {{SD-p-toc|2|785|ed.1}}
: Communication between South-Sea Islands {{SD-p-toc|2|788|1888}}
: Communication between South-Sea Islands {{SD-p-toc|2|788|ed.1}}
: Evidence of Language {{SD-p-toc|2|790|1888}}
: Evidence of Language {{SD-p-toc|2|790|ed.1}}
: Ragon explains Masonic Symbols {{SD-p-toc|2|795|1888}}
: Ragon explains Masonic Symbols {{SD-p-toc|2|795|ed.1}}
: The End a fitting prelude to Truth {{SD-p-toc|2|797|1888}}
: The End a fitting prelude to Truth {{SD-p-toc|2|797|ed.1}}


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=<center>VOLUME III.<ref name="sd3">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.</ref></center>=
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[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.3 ch.Preface|Preface]] {{SD-p-toc|3|xix|ed.1}}
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[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.3 ch.Introductory|Introductory]] {{SD-p-toc|3|1|ed.1}}
: One Key to All Sacred Books {{SD-p-toc|3|3|ed.1}}
: Assumptions have to be proven {{SD-p-toc|3|5|ed.1}}
: The Spirit of Plato's Teaching {{SD-p-toc|3|7|ed.1}}
: Self-Contradiction of the Critic {{SD-p-toc|3|9|ed.1}}
: The Character of Ammonius Saccas {{SD-p-toc|3|11|ed.1}}
: Plato a follower of Pythagoras {{SD-p-toc|3|13|ed.1}}
[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.3 sec.1|SECTION I.]]
: Preliminary Survey {{SD-p-toc|3|14|ed.1}}
: The Protectors of China {{SD-p-toc|3|15|ed.1}}
: The A B C of Magic {{SD-p-toc|3|17|ed.1}}
: Magic As old As Man {{SD-p-toc|3|19|ed.1}}
: The Tree of Knowledge {{SD-p-toc|3|21|ed.1}}
: Occultism must win the Day {{SD-p-toc|3|23|ed.1}}
: Black Magic at work {{SD-p-toc|3|25|ed.1}}
: Black Magic and Hypnotism {{SD-p-toc|3|27|ed.1}}
: The Philosophy stands on its own Merits {{SD-p-toc|3|29|ed.1}}
[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.3 sec.2|SECTION II.]]
: Modern Criticism and the Ancients {{SD-p-toc|3|30|ed.1}}
: All Honour to Genuine Scientists {{SD-p-toc|3|31|ed.1}}
: What is a Myth? {{SD-p-toc|3|33|ed.1}}
: Chaldean Oracles {{SD-p-toc|3|35|ed.1}}
[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.3 sec.3|SECTION III.]]
: The Origin of Magic {{SD-p-toc|3|36|ed.1}}
: The Books of Hermes {{SD-p-toc|3|37|ed.1}}
: What is the Origin of Magic? {{SD-p-toc|3|39|ed.1}}
: Pherecydes of Syros {{SD-p-toc|3|41|ed.1}}
: Cain, Mathematical and Anthropomorphic {{SD-p-toc|3|43|ed.1}}
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[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.3 sec.4|SECTION IV.]]
: The Secrecy of Initiates {{SD-p-toc|3|44|ed.1}}
: Exoteric and Esoteric Teachings {{SD-p-toc|3|45|ed.1}}
: Origen on “Genesis” {{SD-p-toc|3|47|ed.1}}
: The “Dark Sayings” of the “Testaments” {{SD-p-toc|3|49|ed.1}}
: The Greatest Crime ever perpetrated {{SD-p-toc|3|51|ed.1}}
: Asiatic Religions proclaim their Esoterism openly {{SD-p-toc|3|53|ed.1}}
: The Wisdom Religion {{SD-p-toc|3|55|ed.1}}
[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.3 sec.5|SECTION V.]]
: Some Reasons for Secrecy {{SD-p-toc|3|56|ed.1}}
: The Key of Practical Theurgy {{SD-p-toc|3|57|ed.1}}
: The Ladder of Being {{SD-p-toc|3|59|ed.1}}
: Three Ways open to the Adept {{SD-p-toc|3|61|ed.1}}
: Man is God {{SD-p-toc|3|63|ed.1}}
: Jesus taught Reincarnation {{SD-p-toc|3|65|ed.1}}
[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.3 sec.6|SECTION VI.]]
: The Dangers of Practical Magic {{SD-p-toc|3|67|ed.1}}
: Names are Symbols {{SD-p-toc|3|69|ed.1}}
: The Three Mothers {{SD-p-toc|3|71|ed.1}}
: The Bible and Word-Juggling {{SD-p-toc|3|73|ed.1}}
: Moses and the Jews {{SD-p-toc|3|75|ed.1}}
[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.3 sec.7|SECTION VII.]]
: Old Wine in New Bottles {{SD-p-toc|3|76|ed.1}}
: Copies that Ante-dated Originals {{SD-p-toc|3|77|ed.1}}
: Which were the Thieves? {{SD-p-toc|3|79|ed.1}}
: Character of the “ Bible ” {{SD-p-toc|3|81|ed.1}}
[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.3 sec.8|SECTION VIII.]]
: The “ Book of Enoch ” The Origin and the Foundation of Christianity {{SD-p-toc|3|82|ed.1}}
: The “ Book of Enoch ” and Christianity {{SD-p-toc|3|83|ed.1}}
: Enoch records the Races {{SD-p-toc|3|85|ed.1}}
: The “ Book of Enoch ” symbolical {{SD-p-toc|3|87|ed.1}}
: Occultists do not reject the “ Bible ” {{SD-p-toc|3|89|ed.1}}
{{Page|ix|contents.}}
[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.3 sec.9|SECTION IX.]]
: Hermetic and Kabalistic Doctrines {{SD-p-toc|3|91|ed.1}}
: The “ Kabalah ” and the “ Book of Enoch ” {{SD-p-toc|3|93|ed.1}}
: Numbers and Measures {{SD-p-toc|3|95|ed.1}}
: The Doctrine Belongs to All {{SD-p-toc|3|97|ed.1}}
[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.3 sec.10|SECTION X.]]
: Various Occult Systems of Interpretations of Alphabets and Numerals {{SD-p-toc|3|98|ed.1}}
: Numbers and Magic {{SD-p-toc|3|99|ed.1}}
: Gods and Numbers {{SD-p-toc|3|101|ed.1}}
: The Universal Language {{SD-p-toc|3|103|ed.1}}
[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.3 sec.11|SECTION XI.]]
: The Hexagon with the Central Point, or The Seventh Key {{SD-p-toc|3|105|ed.1}}
: Occult Weapons {{SD-p-toc|3|107|ed.1}}
[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.3 sec.12|SECTION XII.]]
: The Duty of the True Occultist toward Religions {{SD-p-toc|3|109|ed.1}}
: Christian and non-Christian Adepts {{SD-p-toc|3|111|ed.1}}
[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.3 sec.13|SECTION XIII.]]
: Post-Christian Adepts and their Doctrines {{SD-p-toc|3|112|ed.1}}
: Unfair Criticism {{SD-p-toc|3|113|ed.1}}
: The Two Eternal Principles {{SD-p-toc|3|115|ed.1}}
[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.3 sec.14|SECTION XIV.]]
: Simon and his Biographer Hippolytus {{SD-p-toc|3|117|ed.1}}
: Uneven Balances {{SD-p-toc|3|119|ed.1}}
: Stones as “ Evidences ” {{SD-p-toc|3|121|ed.1}}
[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.3 sec.15|SECTION XV.]]
: St. Paul the Real Founder of present Christianity {{SD-p-toc|3|122|ed.1}}
: Abrogation of Law by Initiates {{SD-p-toc|3|123|ed.1}}
: Paul changed to Simon {{SD-p-toc|3|125|ed.1}}
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[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.3 sec.16|SECTION XVI.]]
: Peter a Jewish Kabalist, not an Initiate {{SD-p-toc|3|126|ed.1}}
: The Seat of Peter {{SD-p-toc|3|127|ed.1}}
[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.3 sec.17|SECTION XVII.]]
: Appollonius of Tyana {{SD-p-toc|3|129|ed.1}}
: The Mysterious Teacher {{SD-p-toc|3|131|ed.1}}
: Apollonius cannot be Destroyed {{SD-p-toc|3|133|ed.1}}
: De Mirville on Apollonius {{SD-p-toc|3|135|ed.1}}
: Apollonius no Fiction {{SD-p-toc|3|137|ed.1}}
[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.3 sec.18|SECTION XVIII.]]
: Facts underlying Adept Biographies {{SD-p-toc|3|138|ed.1}}
: Jesus and Apollonius {{SD-p-toc|3|139|ed.1}}
: Biographies of Initiates {{SD-p-toc|3|141|ed.1}}
: Similarity of Legends {{SD-p-toc|3|143|ed.1}}
: Nature of Christ {{SD-p-toc|3|145|ed.1}}
: A Serious Mistranslation {{SD-p-toc|3|147|ed.1}}
: Secret Doctrine of Jesus {{SD-p-toc|3|149|ed.1}}
: The Cross and Crucifix {{SD-p-toc|3|151|ed.1}}
: The Story of Jesus {{SD-p-toc|3|153|ed.1}}
: The Primitive Woman {{SD-p-toc|3|155|ed.1}}
: Kabalistic Reading of Gospels {{SD-p-toc|3|157|ed.1}}
: Universal Teachings {{SD-p-toc|3|159|ed.1}}
[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.3 sec.19|SECTION XIX.]]
: St. Cyprian of Antioch {{SD-p-toc|3|160|ed.1}}
: Magic in Antioch {{SD-p-toc|3|161|ed.1}}
: Sorcerer become Saint {{SD-p-toc|3|163|ed.1}}
[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.3 sec.20|SECTION XX.]]
: The Eastern Gupta Vidya and the Kabalah {{SD-p-toc|3|164|ed.1}}
: A Mystery within a Mystery {{SD-p-toc|3|165|ed.1}}
: Authorship of the “ Zohar ” {{SD-p-toc|3|167|ed.1}}
: Chaldaic and Hebrew {{SD-p-toc|3|169|ed.1}}
: The First Men {{SD-p-toc|3|171|ed.1}}
: Many Events not Historical {{SD-p-toc|3|173|ed.1}}
: The real Hebrew Characters Lost {{SD-p-toc|3|175|ed.1}}
: Hebrew Esotericism not Primitive {{SD-p-toc|3|177|ed.1}}
: The Concealed of All the Concealed {{SD-p-toc|3|179|ed.1}}
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: Three-in-One and Four {{SD-p-toc|3|181|ed.1}}
: The Septenary Sephira {{SD-p-toc|3|183|ed.1}}
: The Blind Leading the Blind {{SD-p-toc|3|185|ed.1}}
[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.3 sec.21|SECTION XXI.]]
: Hebrew Allegories {{SD-p-toc|3|186|ed.1}}
: The Hebrew Bible does not exist {{SD-p-toc|3|187|ed.1}}
: Some Hebrews were Initiates {{SD-p-toc|3|189|ed.1}}
: The Seven Creative Gods {{SD-p-toc|3|191|ed.1}}
: Seven Keys to all Allegories {{SD-p-toc|3|193|ed.1}}
: Gerald Massey on the Seven Creators {{SD-p-toc|3|195|ed.1}}
: The Father and Mother {{SD-p-toc|3|197|ed.1}}
[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.3 sec.22|SECTION XXII.]]
: The “ Zohar ” on Creation and the Elohim {{SD-p-toc|3|199|ed.1}}
: Angels as Builders {{SD-p-toc|3|201|ed.1}}
: Who are the Elohim? {{SD-p-toc|3|203|ed.1}}
: Monad, Duad, and Triad {{SD-p-toc|3|205|ed.1}}
: The Creative Gods {{SD-p-toc|3|207|ed.1}}
: God the Host {{SD-p-toc|3|209|ed.1}}
[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.3 sec.23|SECTION XXIII.]]
: What the Occultists and Kabalists have to say {{SD-p-toc|3|211|ed.1}}
: The Mystery of the Sun {{SD-p-toc|3|213|ed.1}}
[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.3 sec.24|SECTION XXIV.]]
: Modern Kabalists in Science and Occult Astronomy {{SD-p-toc|3|215|ed.1}}
: The Place of Neptune {{SD-p-toc|3|217|ed.1}}
: Self-Generation ex-Niholo? {{SD-p-toc|3|219|ed.1}}
: Are there Angels in Stars? {{SD-p-toc|3|221|ed.1}}
[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.3 sec.25|SECTION XXV.]]
: Eastern and Western Occultism {{SD-p-toc|3|222|ed.1}}
: Primordial Matter {{SD-p-toc|3|223|ed.1}}
: The Great Deep {{SD-p-toc|3|225|ed.1}}
: The Chaos of Genesis {{SD-p-toc|3|227|ed.1}}
: The Bible of Humanity {{SD-p-toc|3|229|ed.1}}
: Chaos is Theos or Kosmos {{SD-p-toc|3|231|ed.1}}
: One Hundred and Eight {{SD-p-toc|3|233|ed.1}}
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[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.3 sec.26|SECTION XXVI.]]
: The Idols and the Teraphim {{SD-p-toc|3|234|ed.1}}
: Divining by Teraphim {{SD-p-toc|3|235|ed.1}}
: Jehovah and Teraphim {{SD-p-toc|3|237|ed.1}}
: Idol of the Moon {{SD-p-toc|3|239|ed.1}}
[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.3 sec.27|SECTION XXVII.]]
: Egyptian Magic {{SD-p-toc|3|241|ed.1}}
: Evidence of Papyri {{SD-p-toc|3|243|ed.1}}
: Symbols and their Reading {{SD-p-toc|3|245|ed.1}}
: Rebirth and Transmigration {{SD-p-toc|3|247|ed.1}}
: The Egyptian Khous {{SD-p-toc|3|249|ed.1}}
: Obsession in Egypt {{SD-p-toc|3|251|ed.1}}
: Two Rituals of Magic {{SD-p-toc|3|253|ed.1}}
: Magical Statues {{SD-p-toc|3|255|ed.1}}
: Romances – but True {{SD-p-toc|3|257|ed.1}}
[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.3 sec.28|SECTION XXVIII.]]
: The Origin of the Mysteries {{SD-p-toc|3|258|ed.1}}
: An Instant in Heaven {{SD-p-toc|3|259|ed.1}}
: Growth of Popular Beliefs {{SD-p-toc|3|261|ed.1}}
: A True Priesthood {{SD-p-toc|3|263|ed.1}}
: The Egyptian Priests {{SD-p-toc|3|265|ed.1}}
: Revealing and Reveiling {{SD-p-toc|3|267|ed.1}}
: Atlanteans Degenerating {{SD-p-toc|3|269|ed.1}}
[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.3 sec.29|SECTION XXIX.]]
: The Trial of the Sun Initiate {{SD-p-toc|3|270|ed.1}}
: Vishvakarma and Vikarttana {{SD-p-toc|3|271|ed.1}}
: The Transmission of Light {{SD-p-toc|3|273|ed.1}}
: Masonry and the Jesuits {{SD-p-toc|3|275|ed.1}}
[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.3 sec.30|SECTION XXX.]]
: The Mystery “ Sun of Initiation ” {{SD-p-toc|3|277|ed.1}}
: The Sun as God {{SD-p-toc|3|279|ed.1}}
[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.3 sec.31|SECTION XXXI.]]
: The Objects of the Mysteries {{SD-p-toc|3|281|ed.1}}
: Mysteries and Theophany {{SD-p-toc|3|283|ed.1}}
: The Mysteries and Masonry {{SD-p-toc|3|285|ed.1}}
{{Page|xiii|contents.}}
[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.3 sec.32|SECTION XXXII.]]
: Traces of the Mysteries {{SD-p-toc|3|287|ed.1}}
: Christos and Chrestos {{SD-p-toc|3|289|ed.1}}
: The Symbolism of Narada {{SD-p-toc|3|291|ed.1}}
: Egyptian Initiation {{SD-p-toc|3|293|ed.1}}
: The Self-sacrificing Victim {{SD-p-toc|3|295|ed.1}}
: Orpheus {{SD-p-toc|3|297|ed.1}}
[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.3 sec.33|SECTION XXXIII.]]
: The Last of the Mysteries in Europe {{SD-p-toc|3|298|ed.1}}
: Alesia and Bibractis {{SD-p-toc|3|299|ed.1}}
: The Learning of Egypt {{SD-p-toc|3|301|ed.1}}
[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.3 sec.34|SECTION XXXIV.]]
: The Post-Christian Successors to the Mysteries {{SD-p-toc|3|303|ed.1}}
: The Root Races {{SD-p-toc|3|305|ed.1}}
: The “ False Gnosis ” {{SD-p-toc|3|307|ed.1}}
: Teachers of Ammonius {{SD-p-toc|3|309|ed.1}}
: Difficulties and Dangers {{SD-p-toc|3|311|ed.1}}
: The Neo-Platonic School {{SD-p-toc|3|313|ed.1}}
[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.3 sec.35|SECTION XXXV.]]
: Symbolism of Sun and Stars {{SD-p-toc|3|315|ed.1}}
: The Circle Dance {{SD-p-toc|3|317|ed.1}}
: Christian Astrolatry {{SD-p-toc|3|319|ed.1}}
: Michael the Conqueror {{SD-p-toc|3|321|ed.1}}
: The Christian Sun-God {{SD-p-toc|3|323|ed.1}}
[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.3 sec.36|SECTION XXXVI.]]
: Pagan Sidereal Worship, or Astrology {{SD-p-toc|3|325|ed.1}}
: The Planetary Angels {{SD-p-toc|3|327|ed.1}}
: Celestial Wheels {{SD-p-toc|3|329|ed.1}}
: The Promethean Mystery {{SD-p-toc|3|331|ed.1}}
[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.3 sec.37|SECTION XXXVII.]]
: The Souls of the Stars — Universal Heliolatry {{SD-p-toc|3|332|ed.1}}
: Christian Star-Worship {{SD-p-toc|3|333|ed.1}}
: A Singular Confession {{SD-p-toc|3|335|ed.1}}
{{Page|xiv|contents.}}
[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.3 sec.38|SECTION XXXVIII.]]
: Astrology and Astrolatry {{SD-p-toc|3|337|ed.1}}
: The Defence of Astrology {{SD-p-toc|3|339|ed.1}}
: Its Later Deterioration {{SD-p-toc|3|341|ed.1}}
: Its Prominent Disciples {{SD-p-toc|3|343|ed.1}}
[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.3 sec.39|SECTION XXXIX.]]
: Cycles of Avatâras {{SD-p-toc|3|345|ed.1}}
: An Unfulfilled Prophecy {{SD-p-toc|3|347|ed.1}}
: Secret Cycles {{SD-p-toc|3|349|ed.1}}
[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.3 sec.40|SECTION XL.]]
: Secret Cycles {{SD-p-toc|3|350|ed.1}}
: The Naros {{SD-p-toc|3|351|ed.1}}
: Age of the Vedas {{SD-p-toc|3|353|ed.1}}
: Testimony of the Song Celestial {{SD-p-toc|3|355|ed.1}}
: Mackey's Arguments {{SD-p-toc|3|357|ed.1}}
[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.3 sec.41|SECTION XLI.]]
: The Doctrine of the Avatâras {{SD-p-toc|3|361|ed.1}}
: All Avatâras Identical {{SD-p-toc|3|363|ed.1}}
: Voluntary Incarnation {{SD-p-toc|3|365|ed.1}}
: Cardinal de Cusa {{SD-p-toc|3|367|ed.1}}
: The Seven Rays {{SD-p-toc|3|369|ed.1}}
: Special Cases {{SD-p-toc|3|371|ed.1}}
: The Higher Astral {{SD-p-toc|3|373|ed.1}}
[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.3 sec.42|SECTION XLII.]]
: The Seven Principles {{SD-p-toc|3|374|ed.1}}
[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.3 sec.43|SECTION XLIII.]]
: The Mystery of Buddha {{SD-p-toc|3|376|ed.1}}
: Shankarâchârya {{SD-p-toc|3|377|ed.1}}
: The Buddha cannot Reincarnate {{SD-p-toc|3|379|ed.1}}
: A Fuller Explanation {{SD-p-toc|3|381|ed.1}}
: Sacrifice {{SD-p-toc|3|383|ed.1}}
: Shankarâchârya still Living {{SD-p-toc|3|385|ed.1}}
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[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.3 sec.44|SECTION XLIV.]]
: “ Reincarnations ” of Buddha {{SD-p-toc|3|386|ed.1}}
: Vajradhara {{SD-p-toc|3|387|ed.1}}
: Living Buddhas {{SD-p-toc|3|389|ed.1}}
: An Obscure Passage {{SD-p-toc|3|391|ed.1}}
[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.3 sec.45|SECTION XLV.]]
: An Unpublished Discourse of Buddha {{SD-p-toc|3|393|ed.1}}
: A Mistaken View {{SD-p-toc|3|395|ed.1}}
[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.3 sec.46|SECTION XLVI.]]
: Nirvana-Moksha {{SD-p-toc|3|396|ed.1}}
: The Ãkâsha {{SD-p-toc|3|397|ed.1}}
: Matter is ever living {{SD-p-toc|3|399|ed.1}}
: Blind Faith not Expected {{SD-p-toc|3|401|ed.1}}
: What Annihilation Means {{SD-p-toc|3|403|ed.1}}
[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.3 sec.47|SECTION XLVII.]]
: The Secret Books of “ Lam-Rin ” and Dzyan {{SD-p-toc|3|405|ed.1}}
[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.3 sec.48|SECTION XLVIII.]]
: Amita Buddha Kwan-Shai-yin, and Kwan-yin. — What the “ Book of Dzyan ” and the Lamaseries of Tsong-Kha-Pa say {{SD-p-toc|3|407|ed.1}}
[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.3 sec.49|SECTION XLIX.]]
: Tsong-Kha-Pa — Lohans in China {{SD-p-toc|3|409|ed.1}}
: The Lost Word {{SD-p-toc|3|411|ed.1}}
: Tibetan Prophecies {{SD-p-toc|3|413|ed.1}}
[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.3 sec.50|SECTION L.]]
: A Few More Misconceptions Corrected {{SD-p-toc|3|414|ed.1}}
: Misrepresentations of Buddhism {{SD-p-toc|3|415|ed.1}}
: A Mysterious Land {{SD-p-toc|3|417|ed.1}}
: Absurd Conclusions {{SD-p-toc|3|419|ed.1}}
: Materialistic Orientalists {{SD-p-toc|3|421|ed.1}}
: Introduction of Buddhism into Tibet {{SD-p-toc|3|423|ed.1}}
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[[HPB-SD(ed.1) v.3 sec.51|SECTION LI.]]
: The “ Doctrine of the Eye ” and the “ Doctrine of the Heart,” or the “ Heart's Seal ” {{SD-p-toc|3|424|ed.1}}
: Swedenborg's Claims {{SD-p-toc|3|425|ed.1}}
: The God “ Who ” {{SD-p-toc|3|427|ed.1}}
: More Misrepresentations {{SD-p-toc|3|429|ed.1}}
: Âryâsanga {{SD-p-toc|3|431|ed.1}}
<center>SOME PAPERS ON THE BEARING OF OCCULT PHILOSOPHY ON LIFE.</center>
: Note {{SD-p-toc|3|434|ed.1}}
: A Warning {{SD-p-toc|3|435|ed.1}}
: The Jewel in the Lotus {{SD-p-toc|3|437|ed.1}}
: The Pythagorean Triad {{SD-p-toc|3|439|ed.1}}
: Seven Correspondential Contents {{SD-p-toc|3|441|ed.1}}
: Correspondence between Races and Man {{SD-p-toc|3|443|ed.1}}
: Man and The Logos {{SD-p-toc|3|445|ed.1}}
: Cosmic, Spiritual, and Physical Centres {{SD-p-toc|3|447|ed.1}}
: Woman and Alchemy {{SD-p-toc|3|449|ed.1}}
: Sound and Colour {{SD-p-toc|3|451|ed.1}}
: The Days of the Week {{SD-p-toc|3|453|ed.1}}
: An Explanation {{SD-p-toc|3|455|ed.1}}
: Astrology and Lunar Weeks {{SD-p-toc|3|457|ed.1}}
: Seeing Sounds and Hearing Colours {{SD-p-toc|3|459|ed.1}}
: Planetary and Human Bodies {{SD-p-toc|3|461|ed.1}}
: Planets and Faculties {{SD-p-toc|3|463|ed.1}}
: Simon Magnus the Magician {{SD-p-toc|3|465|ed.1}}
: Series of Æons {{SD-p-toc|3|467|ed.1}}
: The Triple Æon {{SD-p-toc|3|469|ed.1}}
: Magic and Miracles {{SD-p-toc|3|471|ed.1}}
: Magic a Divine Science {{SD-p-toc|3|473|ed.1}}
: The Seven Hierarchies {{SD-p-toc|3|475|ed.1}}
: Origins {{SD-p-toc|3|477|ed.1}}
: Colours and Principles {{SD-p-toc|3|479|ed.1}}
: The Primordial Seven {{SD-p-toc|3|481|ed.1}}
: The Hierarchies and Man {{SD-p-toc|3|483|ed.1}}
: Wisdom and Truth {{SD-p-toc|3|485|ed.1}}
: Occult Secrecy {{SD-p-toc|3|487|ed.1}}
: The Light and Dark Sides of Nature {{SD-p-toc|3|489|ed.1}}
: Nature's Finer Forces {{SD-p-toc|3|491|ed.1}}
: The “ Seven Principles ” {{SD-p-toc|3|493|ed.1}}
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: Five or Seven Tattvas {{SD-p-toc|3|497|ed.1}}
: The Tattvas {{SD-p-toc|3|499|ed.1}}
: Esoteric and Tântra Tables of the Tattvas {{SD-p-toc|3|501|ed.1}}
: Hatha and Râja Yoga {{SD-p-toc|3|503|ed.1}}
: The Awakening of the Seventh Sense {{SD-p-toc|3|505|ed.1}}
: The Master Chakras {{SD-p-toc|3|507|ed.1}}
: The Human Harp {{SD-p-toc|3|509|ed.1}}
: The Duality of Manas {{SD-p-toc|3|511|ed.1}}
: The Living and the Dead {{SD-p-toc|3|513|ed.1}}
: Gaining Immortality {{SD-p-toc|3|515|ed.1}}
: Light and Life {{SD-p-toc|3|517|ed.1}}
: The Two Egos {{SD-p-toc|3|519|ed.1}}
: Death of the Soul {{SD-p-toc|3|521|ed.1}}
: Reincarnation of Lower Soul {{SD-p-toc|3|523|ed.1}}
: The Dweller on the Threshold {{SD-p-toc|3|525|ed.1}}
: The Word {{SD-p-toc|3|527|ed.1}}
: The Divine Witness {{SD-p-toc|3|529|ed.1}}
: Appendix {{SD-p-toc|3|530|ed.1}}
: A Mantra Operative {{SD-p-toc|3|531|ed.1}}
: Colour and Spiritual Sound {{SD-p-toc|3|533|ed.1}}
: Musical Table {{SD-p-toc|3|535|ed.1}}
: Notes on Some Oral Teachings {{SD-p-toc|3|537|ed.1}}
: The Dweller on the Threshold {{SD-p-toc|3|539|ed.1}}
: Fear and Hatred {{SD-p-toc|3|541|ed.1}}
: Triangle and Quaternary {{SD-p-toc|3|543|ed.1}}
: Prâna and Antahkarana {{SD-p-toc|3|545|ed.1}}
: Sacred Centres of Body {{SD-p-toc|3|547|ed.1}}
: Ãkâsha Nature's Sounding-Board {{SD-p-toc|3|549|ed.1}}
: Kosmic Consciousness {{SD-p-toc|3|551|ed.1}}
: Divisions of the Astral Plane {{SD-p-toc|3|553|ed.1}}
: Kosmic Planes {{SD-p-toc|3|555|ed.1}}
: Differentiation {{SD-p-toc|3|557|ed.1}}
: Men and Pitris {{SD-p-toc|3|559|ed.1}}
: Power of Imagination {{SD-p-toc|3|561|ed.1}}
: Why Cycles Return {{SD-p-toc|3|563|ed.1}}
: Talas and Lokas {{SD-p-toc|3|565|ed.1}}
: States of Consciousness {{SD-p-toc|3|567|ed.1}}
: Man and Lokas {{SD-p-toc|3|569|ed.1}}
: Yogis in Svarloka {{SD-p-toc|3|571|ed.1}}
: Consciousness and Self-Consciousness {{SD-p-toc|3|573|ed.1}}
: Scales of Consciousness {{SD-p-toc|3|575|ed.1}}
: Vibrations and Impressions {{SD-p-toc|3|577|ed.1}}
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: Fire is Kriyâshakti {{SD-p-toc|3|589|ed.1}}
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The Secret Doctrine
The Synthesis of Science, Religion, and Philosophy
by
Helena Petrovna Blavatsky
author of “ Isis Unveiled.”


सत्यात् नास्ति परो धर्मः ।
“ There is no Religion higher than Truth.”


London :
THE THEOSOPHICAL PUBLISHING COMPANY, LIMITED,
7, Duke Street, Adelphi, W.C.
WILLIAM Q. JUDGE,
117, Nassau Street, New York.
THE MANAGER OF THE THEOSOPHIST,
Adyar, Madras.
—
vols. 1, 2 – 1888, vol. 3 – 1897.[1]
Credits for electronic first verbatim edition of volumes 1 and 2 goes to Theosophical University Press.


Table of contents

ix
ix


Preface
... vii

Introduction
... xvii

The Need of such a Book
... xix
The Antiquity of Documents and MSS.
... xxiii
What the Book is intended to do
... xxviii

VOLUME FIRST.
COSMOGENESIS.

Proem
... 1

The Oldest MSS. in the world and its Symbolism
... 2
The One Life, Active and Passive
... 4
The Secret Doctrine — Pantheism — Atheism
... 6
“ Space ” in all Religions and in Occultism
... 9
Seven Cosmic Elements — Seven Races of Mankind
... 12
The Three Postulates of the Secret Doctrine
... 14
Description of the Stanzas from the Book of Dzyan
... 20

BOOK I.—PART I.
COSMIC EVOLUTION.

Seven Stanzas from the Book of Dzyan
... 27

–––––––

Stanza I.–The Night of the Universe
... 35

The Seven Eternities
... 36
“ Time ”
... 37
The Universal Mind and the Dhyan Chohans
... 38
Nidana and Maya : The Causes of Misery
... 39
The Great Breath
... 43
Being and Non-Being
... 45
The Eye of Dangma
... 47
Alaya, the Universal Soul
... 49


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Stanza II.–The Idea of Differentiation
... 53

The Absolute knows Itself not
... 55
The Germ of Life was not yet
... 57
The Universe was still concealed in the Divine Thought
... 61
–––––––

Stanza III.–The Awakening of Kosmos
... 62

The Great Vibration
... 63
Nature’s Symbols
... 65
The Power of Numbers
... 67
The Logoi and the Dragon
... 73
The Astral Light
... 75
Primeval Radiations from Unity
... 79
The Web of Being
... 83
Conscious Electricity : Fohat
... 85
–––––––

Stanza IV.–The Septenary Hierarchies
... 86

The Sons of the Fire
... 86
The Vehicle of the Universe — the Dhyan Chohans
... 89
The Army of the Voice
... 93
Speech and Mind
... 95
The Ogdoad and the Heptad
... 99
The Stellar “ Sons of Light ”
... 103
–––––––

Stanza V.–Fohat : The Child of the Septenary Hierarchies
... 106

The Fiery Whirlwind and the Primordial Seven
... 106
They Produce Fohat
... 108
The Correlation of the “ Gods ”
... 113
Evolution of the “ Principles ” of Nature
... 119
The Mystery of the Fire
... 121
The Secret of the Elements
... 123
The Square of the Tabernacle
... 125
The Planetary Spirits and the Lipika
... 129
The Ring “ Pass Not ”
... 130
The Sidereal Book of Life
... 131
The Soul’s Pilgrimage and its “ Rest ”
... 134
–––––––

Stanza VI.–Our World, its Growth and Development
... 136

The Logos
... 136
Mystery of the Female Logos
... 137


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contents.
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The Seven Layu Centres
... 138
The “ Elementary Germs ”
... 139
The Evolution of the Elements
... 140
The Building of the Worlds
... 145
A Neutral Centre
... 147
“ Dead ” Planets — The Moon
... 149
–––––––
Theosophical Misconceptions
... 152
The Planetary Divisions and the Human Principles
... 153
The Moon
... 155
Transmigrations of the Ego
... 159
The Septenary Chain
... 161
Relation of the other Planets to the Earth
... 163
–––––––
Explanations concerning the Globes and the Monads
... 170
The Lunar Chain and the Earth Chain
... 172
The Earth, the Child of the Moon
... 173
Classification of the Monads
... 175
The Monad Defined
... 177
The Lunar Monads–the Pitris
... 179
A Triple Evolution in Nature
... 181
–––––––

Stanza VI.–Continued
... 191

“ Creation ” in the Fourth Round
... 191
The “ Curse,” “ Sin,” and “ War ”
... 193
The Struggle for Life and the Birth of the Worlds
... 202
The Adepts and the Sacred Island
... 207
–––––––

Stanza VII.–The Parents of Man on Earth
... 213

Divisions of the Hierarchies
... 214
Correlations of Beings
... 223
What incarnates in Animal Man
... 233
Formation of Man : the Thinker
... 238
Occult and Kabalistic Pneumatics
... 243
Akâsa and Ether
... 257
The Invisible “ Lives ”
... 259
Occult Vital Chemistry and Bacteriology
... 261


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The Watcher and his Shadow
... 265
Earth peopled by the Shadows of the Gods
... 267
–––––––

Summing up
... 269

The pith and marrow of the Secret Doctrine
... 269
Hermes in Christian Garb
... 273
Some Occult Aphorisms
... 289
The Seven Powers of Nature
... 293

BOOK I.—PART II.
THE EVOLUTION OF SYMBOLISM IN ITS APPROXIMATE ORDER.

I. Symbolism and Ideographs
... 303

Emblem and Symbol differ
... 305
Magic Potency of Sound
... 307
Mystery Language
... 309
–––––––

II. The Mystery Language and its Keys
... 310

Egypt’s many Religions
... 311
The Jews and their System
... 313
Moses copied from Sargon
... 319
Identity of Ancient Symbols
... 323
–––––––

III. Primordial Substance and Divine Thought
... 325

Divine Thought, or Cineritious Matter ?
... 327
Ether and Intelligence
... 330
The Seven Prakritis
... 335
The Mystic Fire
... 339
One Tree of Knowledge
... 341
–––––––

IV. Chaos—Theos—Kosmos
... 342

The Union of Chaos and Spirit
... 343
The Birth of Mind
... 345
–––––––

V. The Hidden Deity, its Symbols and Glyphs
... 349

The Gnostic Idea
... 351
International Correlation of Gods
... 355


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VI. The Mundane Egg
... 359

Egg-born Logoi
... 363
The Winged Globe
... 365
–––––––

VII. The Days and Nights of Brahmâ
... 368

Human Gods and Divine Men
... 369
The Rebirth of Gods
... 371
The Puranic Prophecy
... 377
–––––––

VIII. The Lotus as a Universal Symbol
... 379

Exoteric and Esoteric
... 381
The Purity of early Phallicism
... 383
The Egyptian Lotus
... 385
–––––––

IX. Deus Lunus
... 386

A Glance at the Lunar Myth
... 387
A Key-note to the Moon
... 389
Copies and Originals
... 393
The Moon Bi-sexual
... 397
–––––––

X. Tree and Serpent and Crocodile Worship
... 403

Degeneration of the Symbol
... 405
The Seven-headed Dragons
... 407
Dragon and Crocodile
... 409
–––––––

XI. Demon est Deus Inversus
... 411

Death is Life
... 413
The Fall of the Angels
... 418
Transformation of the Legend
... 421
–––––––

XII. The Theogony of the Creative Gods
... 424

The Point within the Circle
... 426
The Logos or Verbum
... 429
The Factors of Creation
... 432
Identity of the Hierarchies in all Religions
... 438
Difference between the Aryan and Semitic Systems
... 444


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XIII. The Seven Creations
... 445

The Gnostic and the Hindu Versions
... 449
The Seven Puranic “ Creations ”
... 450
–––––––

XIV. The Four Elements
... 460

The “ Gods ” and the “ Elements ”
... 463
The Language of the Elements
... 464
Pagan and Christian Worship of the Elements
... 467
–––––––

XV. On Kwan-Shi-Yin and Kwan-Yin
... 470

Kwan-Shi-Yin and Phallicism
... 471
The Real Meaning
... 472
––––––––––––––


BOOK I.—PART III.
SCIENCE AND THE SECRET DOCTRINE CONTRASTED.

I. Reasons for these Addenda
... 477

Occultism versus Materialism
... 479
The Sabbath of the Mystic
... 481
–––––––

II. Modern Physicists are Playing at Blind Man’s Buff
... 482

–––––––

III. An Lumen Sit Corpus nec non ?
... 483

The Hypothetical Ether
... 485
Scientific Theories of its Constitution
... 489
–––––––

IV. Is Gravitation a Law ?
... 490

Intelligences or Blind Forces ?
... 493
The Cause of Attraction
... 498


xv
contents.
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V. The Theories of Rotation in Science
... 500

Conflicting Hypotheses
... 502
More Hypotheses
... 505
–––––––

VI. The Masks of Science
... 506

What are the “ Forces ? ”
... 508
The View of the Occultists
... 510
Scientific and Occult Theories on Heat
... 515
The Atoms of Science
... 519
–––––––

VII. An Attack on the Scientific Theory of Force by a Man of Science
... 523

Ether and Atoms
... 527
–––––––

VIII. Life, Force, or Gravity ?
... 529

Dr. Richardson on Nervous Ether
... 531
The Senses and their Action
... 535
Too much “ Life ” may Kill
... 539
–––––––

IX. The Solar Theory
... 540

The Primordial Element
... 542
Elements and Meta-Elements
... 546
The Tree of Life and Being
... 549
Prof. Crookes on the Elements
... 552
–––––––

X. The Coming Force
... 554

Mr. Keeley, an Unconscious Occultist
... 557
Inter-Etheric Waves
... 561
The Secrets of Sound and Odour
... 565
–––––––

XI. On the Elements and Atoms
... 566

Metaphysical Chemistry
... 569
What are the Seven Planets ?
... 575
The Cyclic Fall of the Gods
... 577


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contents.
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XII. Ancient Thought in Modern Dress
... 579

All-Potential Unity
... 583
The “ Seventh ” in Chemistry
... 585
–––––––

XIII. The Modern Nebular Theory
... 588

Forces are Emanations
... 591
What is the Nebula ?
... 595
–––––––

XIV. Forces—Modes of Motion or Intelligences ?
... 601

The Vital Principle
... 603
Occult and Physical Science
... 605
–––––––

XV. Gods, Monads, and Atoms
... 610

The Gods of the Ancients — the Monads
... 613
The Monad and the Duad
... 617
The Genesis of the Elements
... 621
Hermes and Huxley
... 625
The Teaching of Leibnitz
... 627
The Monads according to Occultism
... 632
–––––––

XVI. Cyclic Evolution and Karma
... 634

Karmic Cycles and Universal Ethics
... 637
Destiny and Karma
... 639
Karma — Nemesis
... 643
–––––––

XVII. The Zodiac and its Antiquity
... 647

The Jewish Patriarchs and the Signs of the Zodiac
... 651
Zodiacal Cycles
... 656
Hindu Astronomy
... 661
–––––––

XVIII. Summary of the Mutual Position
... 668

Science Confesses her Ignorance
... 669
Materialism is leading Europe towards a catastrophe
... 675
–––––––

N.B. — The Index and Glossary will be found at the close of Volume II.

VOLUME SECOND.

vii
vii


Preliminary Notes
... 1

On the Archaic Stanzas, and the Four Prehistoric Continents
... 1
The Imperishable Sacred Land
... 6
The Hyperborean
... 7
Lemuria
... 7
Atlantis
... 8
The Tropics at the Pole
... 11
–––––––


BOOK II.— PART I.
ANTHROPOGENESIS.

Stanzas from the Book of Dzyan
... 15

–––––––

Stanza I.—Beginnings of Sentient Life
... 22

Man, the Third Logos
... 25
The Celestial Governors of Humanity
... 29
Parent Stars and Sister Planets
... 33
Three Kinds of Light
... 35
The Numbers of Creation
... 39
The First War in Heaven
... 45
–––––––

Two Antediluvian Astronomers
... 47

–––––––

Stanza II.—Nature Unaided Fails
... 52

The Monsters of Chaos
... 53
The “ Double Dragon ”
... 57
Who are the Flames ?
... 63


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The Chronology of the Brahmins
... 66

The Race that never dies
... 67
Cosmogony, an intelligent plan
... 73
–––––––

Stanza III.—Attempts to create Man
... 75

The various classes of Creators
... 77
Man, a god in animal form
... 81
“ Fires,” “ Sparks,” and “ Flames ”
... 83
–––––––

Stanza IV.—Creation of the First Races
... 86

Pitris of the Gods and Demons
... 89
What Prometheus symbolized
... 95
The Hammer of Thor
... 99
The Divine Rebels
... 103
Man’s Father, the Sun
... 105
–––––––

Stanza V.–The Evolution of the Second Race
... 109

The Secret Work of Chiram
... 113
The outgrowth of Races
... 117
Leda, Castor, and Pollux
... 121
Jah-Hovah Androgynous
... 125
The Jewish God-name
... 127
–––––––

Stanza VI.–The Evolution of the Sweat-born
... 131

Bi-sexual reproduction
... 133
The Virgin Third Race
... 135
A Few Words about Deluges and Noah’s
... 138
Various Deluges
... 141
The Arkite Symbols
... 143
Could Men Exist 18,000,000 Years ago ?
... 148
Spontaneous Generation
... 151
The Solar System in the Purânas
... 155
Oceans of Carbonic Acid ?
... 159
–––––––

Stanza VII.–From the Semi-Divine down to the First Human Races
... 161

Monads and Rounds
... 167
A Suggestive Explanation
... 171


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A Saint — Hypnotised
... 175
Sweat-born and Androgynes
... 177
–––––––

Stanza VIII.–Evolution of the Animal Mammalians—the First Fall
... 180

Archaic Zoology
... 183
The Sin of the Mindless
... 185
–––––––

What may be the Objections to the Foregoing
... 185

–––––––

Stanza IX.–The Final Evolution of Man
... 191

The Hairy Men of China
... 195
The Separation of Sexes
... 197
Primeval Language
... 199
–––––––

Edens, Serpents and Dragons
... 202

The Garden of Eden a College
... 203
Flying Camels
... 205
Two Schools of Magic
... 211
The Flying Dragons
... 219
–––––––

The Sons of God and the Sacred Island
... 220

The Magicians of Atlantis
... 223
–––––––

Stanza X.–The History of the Fourth Race
... 227

The Mysteries among the Mayas
... 229
Satanic Myths
... 233
Mahasura and Satan
... 237
Man, the pale shadow of God
... 243
The curse of Vasishta
... 247
–––––––

Archaic Teachings in the Purânas and Genesis
... 251

From worm to man
... 255
Identity of Human and Animal embryos
... 259
–––––––

A Panoramic View of the Early Races
... 263

The Natural “ Fall ”
... 267
The Symbolism of Kronos
... 269


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Stanza X.—Continued
... 271

The Golden Age
... 273
The Devil’s outside Humanity
... 275
–––––––

Are Giants a Fiction ?
... 277

The Seven Virgin Youths
... 281
The Tibetan Lilith
... 285
The Races of Men not all Human
... 287
–––––––

The Races with the “ Third Eye ”
... 289

Occult Physiology
... 295
The Evolution of the Eye
... 299
The Third Eye is now a Gland
... 301
–––––––

The Primeval Manus of Humanity
... 307

The Four Earlier Races
... 311
The Esoteric Meaning of “ Fish ”
... 313
–––––––

Stanza XI.—The Civilization and Destruction of the Fourth and Fifth Races
... 316

Degeneration of Mankind
... 319
Atlantis now Ocean Floor
... 325
Changes of Climate
... 329
How to Read Symbols
... 335
The Antediluvian Buddhas
... 339
–––––––

Cyclopean Ruins and Colossal Stones as Witnesses to Giants
... 341

Living, Speaking, and Moving Stones
... 345
It takes a God to become a Man
... 349
–––––––

Stanza XII.—The Fifth Race and its Divine Instructors
... 351

The Astronomical Dragon
... 353
Serpents and Dragons under different Symbolisms
... 355
The Sidereal and Cosmic Glyphs
... 357
Our Divine Instructors
... 365
The Origin of the Satanic Myth
... 378
Noah was a Kabir, hence he must have been a Demon
... 390


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The oldest Persian Traditions about the Polar, and the Submerged Continents
... 393
Western Speculations founded on the Greek and Purânic Traditions
... 401
The “ Curse ” from a Philosophical point of view
... 409
–––––––

Additional Fragments from a Commentary on the Verses of Stanza XII
... 423

The Oldest Records about Atlantis
... 425
The Doom of Atlantis
... 427
The Races, Sub-Races, and Family Races
... 434
–––––––

Conclusion
... 437

–––––––

BOOK II.—PART II.
THE ARCHAIC SYMBOLISM OF THE WORLD-RELIGIONS.

Esoteric Tenets corroborated in every Scripture
... 449

–––––––

§ XVI. Adam-Adami
... 452

The Cabalistic Four Adams
... 457
–––––––

XVII. The “ Holy of Holies ” : Its Degradation
... 459

Christian Symbolism
... 463
The “ Four-faced ” Brahmâ
... 465
The Old and the New Jehovah
... 469
–––––––

XVIII. On the Myth of the “ Fallen Angel,” in its various aspects
... 475

The Evil Spirit : Who and What ?
... 475
The Gods of Light proceed from the Gods of Darkness
... 483
The many meanings of the “ War in Heaven ”
... 492
–––––––

XIX. Is Pleroma Satan’s Lair ?
... 506

Jehovah’s Personating Spirit
... 509
The Mysterium Magnum
... 512
The Logos and Satan are One
... 515


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XX. Prometheus the Titan
... 519

His Origin in Ancient India
... 519
The Boon he Gives
... 523
–––––––

XXI. Enoïchion-Henoch
... 529

–––––––

XXII. The Symbolism of the Mystery Names Iao, and Jehovah
... 536

Cross and Circle
... 545
The Fall of the Cross into Matter
... 553
–––––––

XXIII. The Upanishads in Gnostic Literature
... 563

When Time be no longer
... 565
The Divine Self’s Wisdom
... 566
–––––––

XXIV. The Cross and the Pythagorean Decade
... 573

Poseidon’s Five Ministers
... 577
The Mystery of the Number Six
... 583
The Cross and Christian After-thought
... 587
–––––––

XXV. The Mysteries of the Hebdomad
... 590

Saptaparna
... 590
The Tetraktis in relation to the Heptagon
... 598
The Septenary Element in the Vedas
... 605
The Septenary in the Exoteric Works
... 611
Seven in Astronomy, Science and Magic
... 618
The Seven Souls of the Egyptologists
... 630
––––––––––––––

BOOK II.—PART III.
ADDENDA.
SCIENCE AND THE SECRET DOCTRINE CONTRASTED.

I. Archaic, or Modern Anthropology ?
... 645

The Occult and the Modern Doctrines
... 649
Science is Silent on every Problem
... 653


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II. The Ancestors Mankind is offered by Science
... 656

Various Modes of Reproduction
... 659
A Pithecoid Man Wanted
... 669
Plastidular Souls and Conscious Nerve-Cells
... 670
The atoms of our “ Father-Bathybius ”
... 674
–––––––

III. The Fossil Relics of Man and the Anthropoid Ape
... 675

Insurmountable difficulties for the Darwinians
... 677
The Argument of “ Rudimentary Organs ”
... 683
“ Epitomized History ” in the Fœtus
... 684
The Evidence of Skulls
... 687
–––––––

IV. Duration of the Geological Periods, Race Cycles, and the Antiquity of Man
... 690

Sayce’s Sketch of Chronology
... 691
(a) Speculations on the Age of the Globe
... 694
The Adept-Astronomer
... 698
(b) On Chains of Planets and their Plurality
... 699
States of Consciousness
... 701
Worlds mentioned in the Bible
... 703
(c) Esoteric Geological Chronology
... 709
Parallelism of Life
... 711
The Two Sciences contrasted
... 713
The Palæolithic Landseer
... 721
Astral Man—the Solution
... 728
The Kabalists and Science
... 730
–––––––

V. Organic Evolution and Creative Centres
... 731

Dhyan Chohans and these Centres
... 732
(a) Origin and Evolution of the Mammalia
... 734
(b) The European Palæolithic Races — whence and how distributed
... 738


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VI. Giants, Civilizations, and Submerged Continents traced in History
... 742

A Mysterious Nation
... 743
The Seven Sabbaths
... 747
“ Revelation ” and the “ Secret Doctrine ”
... 748
Druidic Stones
... 752
Races of Giants
... 755
Mazdean “ Seven Earths ”
... 759
(a) Statements about the Sacred Islands
... 760
The Heirloom of Atlantis
... 763
The God-bearing Land
... 765
The Power of Names
... 767
The Sons of Cœlus and Terra
... 769
Southern and Northern Atlantis
... 770
Niobe and her Children
... 771
The Cycles of Time
... 773
The Titans in Prison
... 776
–––––––

VII. Scientific and Geological Proofs of the Existence of several Submerged Continents
... 778

Corroborations of Occultism by Geology
... 779
Evidence of the Flora
... 781
Atlantis necessary to Ethnology
... 783
Astræa falls on her Head
... 785
Communication between South-Sea Islands
... 788
Evidence of Language
... 790
Ragon explains Masonic Symbols
... 795
The End a fitting prelude to Truth
... 797
–––––––
INDEX.


VOLUME III.[1]

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vii


Preface
... xix
Introductory
... 1
One Key to All Sacred Books
... 3
Assumptions have to be proven
... 5
The Spirit of Plato's Teaching
... 7
Self-Contradiction of the Critic
... 9
The Character of Ammonius Saccas
... 11
Plato a follower of Pythagoras
... 13


SECTION I.

Preliminary Survey
... 14
The Protectors of China
... 15
The A B C of Magic
... 17
Magic As old As Man
... 19
The Tree of Knowledge
... 21
Occultism must win the Day
... 23
Black Magic at work
... 25
Black Magic and Hypnotism
... 27
The Philosophy stands on its own Merits
... 29


SECTION II.

Modern Criticism and the Ancients
... 30
All Honour to Genuine Scientists
... 31
What is a Myth?
... 33
Chaldean Oracles
... 35


SECTION III.

The Origin of Magic
... 36
The Books of Hermes
... 37
What is the Origin of Magic?
... 39
Pherecydes of Syros
... 41
Cain, Mathematical and Anthropomorphic
... 43


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SECTION IV.

The Secrecy of Initiates
... 44
Exoteric and Esoteric Teachings
... 45
Origen on “Genesis”
... 47
The “Dark Sayings” of the “Testaments”
... 49
The Greatest Crime ever perpetrated
... 51
Asiatic Religions proclaim their Esoterism openly
... 53
The Wisdom Religion
... 55


SECTION V.

Some Reasons for Secrecy
... 56
The Key of Practical Theurgy
... 57
The Ladder of Being
... 59
Three Ways open to the Adept
... 61
Man is God
... 63
Jesus taught Reincarnation
... 65


SECTION VI.

The Dangers of Practical Magic
... 67
Names are Symbols
... 69
The Three Mothers
... 71
The Bible and Word-Juggling
... 73
Moses and the Jews
... 75

SECTION VII.

Old Wine in New Bottles
... 76
Copies that Ante-dated Originals
... 77
Which were the Thieves?
... 79
Character of the “ Bible ”
... 81


SECTION VIII.

The “ Book of Enoch ” The Origin and the Foundation of Christianity
... 82
The “ Book of Enoch ” and Christianity
... 83
Enoch records the Races
... 85
The “ Book of Enoch ” symbolical
... 87
Occultists do not reject the “ Bible ”
... 89


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contents.
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SECTION IX.

Hermetic and Kabalistic Doctrines
... 91
The “ Kabalah ” and the “ Book of Enoch ”
... 93
Numbers and Measures
... 95
The Doctrine Belongs to All
... 97


SECTION X.

Various Occult Systems of Interpretations of Alphabets and Numerals
... 98
Numbers and Magic
... 99
Gods and Numbers
... 101
The Universal Language
... 103


SECTION XI.

The Hexagon with the Central Point, or The Seventh Key
... 105
Occult Weapons
... 107


SECTION XII.

The Duty of the True Occultist toward Religions
... 109
Christian and non-Christian Adepts
... 111


SECTION XIII.

Post-Christian Adepts and their Doctrines
... 112
Unfair Criticism
... 113
The Two Eternal Principles
... 115


SECTION XIV.

Simon and his Biographer Hippolytus
... 117
Uneven Balances
... 119
Stones as “ Evidences ”
... 121


SECTION XV.

St. Paul the Real Founder of present Christianity
... 122
Abrogation of Law by Initiates
... 123
Paul changed to Simon
... 125


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SECTION XVI.

Peter a Jewish Kabalist, not an Initiate
... 126
The Seat of Peter
... 127


SECTION XVII.

Appollonius of Tyana
... 129
The Mysterious Teacher
... 131
Apollonius cannot be Destroyed
... 133
De Mirville on Apollonius
... 135
Apollonius no Fiction
... 137


SECTION XVIII.

Facts underlying Adept Biographies
... 138
Jesus and Apollonius
... 139
Biographies of Initiates
... 141
Similarity of Legends
... 143
Nature of Christ
... 145
A Serious Mistranslation
... 147
Secret Doctrine of Jesus
... 149
The Cross and Crucifix
... 151
The Story of Jesus
... 153
The Primitive Woman
... 155
Kabalistic Reading of Gospels
... 157
Universal Teachings
... 159


SECTION XIX.

St. Cyprian of Antioch
... 160
Magic in Antioch
... 161
Sorcerer become Saint
... 163


SECTION XX.

The Eastern Gupta Vidya and the Kabalah
... 164
A Mystery within a Mystery
... 165
Authorship of the “ Zohar ”
... 167
Chaldaic and Hebrew
... 169
The First Men
... 171
Many Events not Historical
... 173
The real Hebrew Characters Lost
... 175
Hebrew Esotericism not Primitive
... 177
The Concealed of All the Concealed
... 179


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Three-in-One and Four
... 181
The Septenary Sephira
... 183
The Blind Leading the Blind
... 185


SECTION XXI.

Hebrew Allegories
... 186
The Hebrew Bible does not exist
... 187
Some Hebrews were Initiates
... 189
The Seven Creative Gods
... 191
Seven Keys to all Allegories
... 193
Gerald Massey on the Seven Creators
... 195
The Father and Mother
... 197


SECTION XXII.

The “ Zohar ” on Creation and the Elohim
... 199
Angels as Builders
... 201
Who are the Elohim?
... 203
Monad, Duad, and Triad
... 205
The Creative Gods
... 207
God the Host
... 209


SECTION XXIII.

What the Occultists and Kabalists have to say
... 211
The Mystery of the Sun
... 213


SECTION XXIV.

Modern Kabalists in Science and Occult Astronomy
... 215
The Place of Neptune
... 217
Self-Generation ex-Niholo?
... 219
Are there Angels in Stars?
... 221


SECTION XXV.

Eastern and Western Occultism
... 222
Primordial Matter
... 223
The Great Deep
... 225
The Chaos of Genesis
... 227
The Bible of Humanity
... 229
Chaos is Theos or Kosmos
... 231
One Hundred and Eight
... 233


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SECTION XXVI.

The Idols and the Teraphim
... 234
Divining by Teraphim
... 235
Jehovah and Teraphim
... 237
Idol of the Moon
... 239


SECTION XXVII.

Egyptian Magic
... 241
Evidence of Papyri
... 243
Symbols and their Reading
... 245
Rebirth and Transmigration
... 247
The Egyptian Khous
... 249
Obsession in Egypt
... 251
Two Rituals of Magic
... 253
Magical Statues
... 255
Romances – but True
... 257


SECTION XXVIII.

The Origin of the Mysteries
... 258
An Instant in Heaven
... 259
Growth of Popular Beliefs
... 261
A True Priesthood
... 263
The Egyptian Priests
... 265
Revealing and Reveiling
... 267
Atlanteans Degenerating
... 269


SECTION XXIX.

The Trial of the Sun Initiate
... 270
Vishvakarma and Vikarttana
... 271
The Transmission of Light
... 273
Masonry and the Jesuits
... 275


SECTION XXX.

The Mystery “ Sun of Initiation ”
... 277
The Sun as God
... 279


SECTION XXXI.

The Objects of the Mysteries
... 281
Mysteries and Theophany
... 283
The Mysteries and Masonry
... 285


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SECTION XXXII.

Traces of the Mysteries
... 287
Christos and Chrestos
... 289
The Symbolism of Narada
... 291
Egyptian Initiation
... 293
The Self-sacrificing Victim
... 295
Orpheus
... 297


SECTION XXXIII.

The Last of the Mysteries in Europe
... 298
Alesia and Bibractis
... 299
The Learning of Egypt
... 301


SECTION XXXIV.

The Post-Christian Successors to the Mysteries
... 303
The Root Races
... 305
The “ False Gnosis ”
... 307
Teachers of Ammonius
... 309
Difficulties and Dangers
... 311
The Neo-Platonic School
... 313


SECTION XXXV.

Symbolism of Sun and Stars
... 315
The Circle Dance
... 317
Christian Astrolatry
... 319
Michael the Conqueror
... 321
The Christian Sun-God
... 323


SECTION XXXVI.

Pagan Sidereal Worship, or Astrology
... 325
The Planetary Angels
... 327
Celestial Wheels
... 329
The Promethean Mystery
... 331


SECTION XXXVII.

The Souls of the Stars — Universal Heliolatry
... 332
Christian Star-Worship
... 333
A Singular Confession
... 335


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SECTION XXXVIII.

Astrology and Astrolatry
... 337
The Defence of Astrology
... 339
Its Later Deterioration
... 341
Its Prominent Disciples
... 343


SECTION XXXIX.

Cycles of Avatâras
... 345
An Unfulfilled Prophecy
... 347
Secret Cycles
... 349


SECTION XL.

Secret Cycles
... 350
The Naros
... 351
Age of the Vedas
... 353
Testimony of the Song Celestial
... 355
Mackey's Arguments
... 357


SECTION XLI.

The Doctrine of the Avatâras
... 361
All Avatâras Identical
... 363
Voluntary Incarnation
... 365
Cardinal de Cusa
... 367
The Seven Rays
... 369
Special Cases
... 371
The Higher Astral
... 373


SECTION XLII.

The Seven Principles
... 374


SECTION XLIII.

The Mystery of Buddha
... 376
Shankarâchârya
... 377
The Buddha cannot Reincarnate
... 379
A Fuller Explanation
... 381
Sacrifice
... 383
Shankarâchârya still Living
... 385


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SECTION XLIV.

“ Reincarnations ” of Buddha
... 386
Vajradhara
... 387
Living Buddhas
... 389
An Obscure Passage
... 391


SECTION XLV.

An Unpublished Discourse of Buddha
... 393
A Mistaken View
... 395


SECTION XLVI.

Nirvana-Moksha
... 396
The Ãkâsha
... 397
Matter is ever living
... 399
Blind Faith not Expected
... 401
What Annihilation Means
... 403


SECTION XLVII.

The Secret Books of “ Lam-Rin ” and Dzyan
... 405


SECTION XLVIII.

Amita Buddha Kwan-Shai-yin, and Kwan-yin. — What the “ Book of Dzyan ” and the Lamaseries of Tsong-Kha-Pa say
... 407


SECTION XLIX.

Tsong-Kha-Pa — Lohans in China
... 409
The Lost Word
... 411
Tibetan Prophecies
... 413


SECTION L.

A Few More Misconceptions Corrected
... 414
Misrepresentations of Buddhism
... 415
A Mysterious Land
... 417
Absurd Conclusions
... 419
Materialistic Orientalists
... 421
Introduction of Buddhism into Tibet
... 423


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SECTION LI.

The “ Doctrine of the Eye ” and the “ Doctrine of the Heart,” or the “ Heart's Seal ”
... 424
Swedenborg's Claims
... 425
The God “ Who ”
... 427
More Misrepresentations
... 429
Âryâsanga
... 431
SOME PAPERS ON THE BEARING OF OCCULT PHILOSOPHY ON LIFE.
Note
... 434
A Warning
... 435
The Jewel in the Lotus
... 437
The Pythagorean Triad
... 439
Seven Correspondential Contents
... 441
Correspondence between Races and Man
... 443
Man and The Logos
... 445
Cosmic, Spiritual, and Physical Centres
... 447
Woman and Alchemy
... 449
Sound and Colour
... 451
The Days of the Week
... 453
An Explanation
... 455
Astrology and Lunar Weeks
... 457
Seeing Sounds and Hearing Colours
... 459
Planetary and Human Bodies
... 461
Planets and Faculties
... 463
Simon Magnus the Magician
... 465
Series of Æons
... 467
The Triple Æon
... 469
Magic and Miracles
... 471
Magic a Divine Science
... 473
The Seven Hierarchies
... 475
Origins
... 477
Colours and Principles
... 479
The Primordial Seven
... 481
The Hierarchies and Man
... 483
Wisdom and Truth
... 485
Occult Secrecy
... 487
The Light and Dark Sides of Nature
... 489
Nature's Finer Forces
... 491
The “ Seven Principles ”
... 493


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The Auric Egg
... 495
Five or Seven Tattvas
... 497
The Tattvas
... 499
Esoteric and Tântra Tables of the Tattvas
... 501
Hatha and Râja Yoga
... 503
The Awakening of the Seventh Sense
... 505
The Master Chakras
... 507
The Human Harp
... 509
The Duality of Manas
... 511
The Living and the Dead
... 513
Gaining Immortality
... 515
Light and Life
... 517
The Two Egos
... 519
Death of the Soul
... 521
Reincarnation of Lower Soul
... 523
The Dweller on the Threshold
... 525
The Word
... 527
The Divine Witness
... 529
Appendix
... 530
A Mantra Operative
... 531
Colour and Spiritual Sound
... 533
Musical Table
... 535
Notes on Some Oral Teachings
... 537
The Dweller on the Threshold
... 539
Fear and Hatred
... 541
Triangle and Quaternary
... 543
Prâna and Antahkarana
... 545
Sacred Centres of Body
... 547
Ãkâsha Nature's Sounding-Board
... 549
Kosmic Consciousness
... 551
Divisions of the Astral Plane
... 553
Kosmic Planes
... 555
Differentiation
... 557
Men and Pitris
... 559
Power of Imagination
... 561
Why Cycles Return
... 563
Talas and Lokas
... 565
States of Consciousness
... 567
Man and Lokas
... 569
Yogis in Svarloka
... 571
Consciousness and Self-Consciousness
... 573
Scales of Consciousness
... 575
Vibrations and Impressions
... 577
The Crucifixion of the Christos
... 579


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Rising above the Brain
... 581
Christ and Apollonius
... 583
The Beginnings
... 585
Karmic Effects
... 587
Fire is Kriyâshakti
... 589
Responsibility and the Ego
... 591
Functions of the Astral Body
... 593


Footnotes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 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.


See also

  • Main page for this book with general description and links.
  • SD page info to find out to what chapter reference volume:page (f.e. SD 1:45) leads to.
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