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| : Borrowed robes {{IU-p-toc|1|89}} | | : Borrowed robes {{IU-p-toc|1|89}} |
| : Emanation of the objective universe from the subjective {{IU-p-toc|1|92}} | | : Emanation of the objective universe from the subjective {{IU-p-toc|1|92}} |
| + | |
| + | <center>CHAPTER IV</center> |
| + | <center>{{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-IU_v.1_ch.4|Theories respecting psychic phenomena]]}}</center> |
| + | : Theory of de Gasparin {{IU-p-toc|1|100}} |
| + | : Theory of Thury {{IU-p-toc|1|100}} |
| + | : Theory of des Mousseaux, de Mirville {{IU-p-toc|1|100}} |
| + | : Theory of Babinet {{IU-p-toc|1|101}} |
| + | : Theory of Houdin {{IU-p-toc|1|101}} |
| + | : Theory of Drs. Rayer and Jobert de Lamballe {{IU-p-toc|1|102}} |
| + | : The twins–“unconscious cerebration” and “unconscious ventriloquism” {{IU-p-toc|1|105}} |
| + | : Theory of Crookes {{IU-p-toc|1|112}} |
| + | : Theory of Faraday {{IU-p-toc|1|116}} |
| + | : Theory of Chevreul {{IU-p-toc|1|116}} |
| + | : The Mendeleyeff commission of 1876 {{IU-p-toc|1|117}} |
| + | : Soul blindness {{IU-p-toc|1|121}} |
| + | |
| + | <center>CHAPTER V</center> |
| + | <center>{{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-IU_v.1_ch.5|The aether, or “astral light”]]}}</center> |
| + | : One primal force, but many correlations {{IU-p-toc|1|126}} |
| + | : Tyndall narrowly escapes a great discovery {{IU-p-toc|1|127}} |
| + | : The impossibility of miracle {{IU-p-toc|1|128}} |
| + | : Nature of the primordial substance {{IU-p-toc|1|133}} |
| + | : Interpretation of certain ancient myths {{IU-p-toc|1|133}} |
| + | : Experiments of the fakirs {{IU-p-toc|1|139}} |
| + | : Evolution in Hindu allegory {{IU-p-toc|1|153}} |
| + | |
| + | <center>CHAPTER VI</center> |
| + | <center>{{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-IU_v.1_ch.6|Psycho-physical phenomena]]}}</center> |
| + | : The debt we owe to Paracelsus {{IU-p-toc|1|163}} |
| + | : Mesmerism – its parentage, reception, potentiality {{IU-p-toc|1|165}} |
| + | : “Psychometry” {{IU-p-toc|1|183}} |
| + | : Time, space, eternity {{IU-p-toc|1|184}} |
| + | : Transfer of energy from the visible to the invisible universe {{IU-p-toc|1|186}} |
| + | : The Crookes experiments and Cox theory {{IU-p-toc|1|195}} |
| + | |
| + | <center>CHAPTER VII</center> |
| + | <center>{{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-IU_v.1_ch.7|The elements, elementals and elementaries]]}}</center> |
| + | : Attraction and repulsion universal in all the kingdoms of nature {{IU-p-toc|1|206}} |
| + | : Psychical phenomena depend on physical surroundings {{IU-p-toc|1|211}} |
| + | : Observations in Siam {{IU-p-toc|1|214}} |
| + | : Music in nervous disorders {{IU-p-toc|1|215}} |
| + | : The “world-soul” and its potentialities {{IU-p-toc|1|216}} |
| + | : Healing by touch, and healers {{IU-p-toc|1|217}} |
| + | : “Diakka” and Porphyry’s bad daemons {{IU-p-toc|1|219}} |
| + | : The quenchless lamp {{IU-p-toc|1|224}} |
| + | : Modern ignorance of vital force {{IU-p-toc|1|237}} |
| + | : Antiquity of the theory of force-correlation {{IU-p-toc|1|241}} |
| + | : Universality of belief in magic {{IU-p-toc|1|247}} |
| + | |
| + | <center>CHAPTER VIII</center> |
| + | <center>{{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-IU_v.1_ch.8|Some mysteries of nature]]}}</center> |
| + | : Do the planets affect human destiny? {{IU-p-toc|1|253}} |
| + | : Very curious passage from Hermes {{IU-p-toc|1|254}} |
| + | : The restlessness of matter {{IU-p-toc|1|257}} |
| + | : An old prophecy fulfilled {{IU-p-toc|1|260}} |
| + | : Sympathies between planets and plants {{IU-p-toc|1|264}} |
| + | : Hindu knowledge of the properties of colors {{IU-p-toc|1|265}} |
| + | : “Coincidences” the panacea of modern science {{IU-p-toc|1|268}} |
| + | : The moon and the tides {{IU-p-toc|1|273}} |
| + | : Epidemic mental and moral disorders {{IU-p-toc|1|274}} |
| + | : The gods of the Pantheons only natural forces {{IU-p-toc|1|280}} |
| + | : Proofs of the magical powers of Pythagoras {{IU-p-toc|1|283}} |
| + | : The viewless races of ethereal space {{IU-p-toc|1|284}} |
| + | : The “four truths” of Buddhism {{IU-p-toc|1|291}} |
| + | |
| + | <center>CHAPTER IX</center> |
| + | <center>{{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-IU_v.1_ch.9|Cyclic phenomena]]}}</center> |
| + | : Meaning of the expression “coats of skin” {{IU-p-toc|1|293}} |
| + | : Natural selection and its results {{IU-p-toc|1|295}} |
| + | : The Egyptian “circle of necessity” {{IU-p-toc|1|296}} |
| + | : Pre-Adamite races {{IU-p-toc|1|299}} |
| + | : Descent of spirit into matter {{IU-p-toc|1|302}} |
| + | : The triune nature of man {{IU-p-toc|1|309}} |
| + | : The lowest creatures in the scale of being {{IU-p-toc|1|310}} |
| + | : Elementals specifically described {{IU-p-toc|1|311}} |
| + | : Proclus on the beings of the air {{IU-p-toc|1|312}} |
| + | : Various names for elementals {{IU-p-toc|1|313}} |
| + | : Swedenborgian views on soul-death {{IU-p-toc|1|317}} |
| + | : Earth-bound human souls {{IU-p-toc|1|319}} |
| + | : Impure mediums and their “guides” {{IU-p-toc|1|325}} |
| + | : Psychometry an aid to scientific research {{IU-p-toc|1|333}} |
| + | |
| + | <center>CHAPTER X</center> |
| + | <center>{{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-IU_v.1_ch.10|The inner and outer man]]}}</center> |
| + | : Père Félix arraigns the scientists {{IU-p-toc|1|338}} |
| + | : The “Unknowable” {{IU-p-toc|1|340}} |
| + | : Danger of evocations by tyros {{IU-p-toc|1|342}} |
| + | : Lares and Lemures {{IU-p-toc|1|345}} |
| + | : Secrets of Hindu temples {{IU-p-toc|1|350}} |
| + | : Reincarnation {{IU-p-toc|1|351}} |
| + | : Witchcraft and witches {{IU-p-toc|1|353}} |
| + | : The sacred Soma trance {{IU-p-toc|1|357}} |
| + | : Vulnerability of certain “shadows” {{IU-p-toc|1|363}} |
| + | : Experiment of Clearchus on a sleeping boy {{IU-p-toc|1|365}} |
| + | : The author witnesses a trial of magic in India {{IU-p-toc|1|369}} |
| + | : Case of the Cévennois {{IU-p-toc|1|371}} |
| + | |
| + | <center>CHAPTER XI</center> |
| + | <center>{{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-IU_v.1_ch.11|Psychological and physical marvels]]}}</center> |
| + | : Invulnerability attainable by man {{IU-p-toc|1|379}} |
| + | : Projecting the force of the will {{IU-p-toc|1|380}} |
| + | : Insensibility to snake-poison {{IU-p-toc|1|381}} |
| + | : Charming serpents by music {{IU-p-toc|1|383}} |
| + | : Teratological phenomena discussed {{IU-p-toc|1|385}} |
| + | : The psychological domain confessedly unexplored {{IU-p-toc|1|407}} |
| + | : Despairing regrets of Berzelius {{IU-p-toc|1|411}} |
| + | : Turning a river into blood a vegetable phenomenon {{IU-p-toc|1|413}} |
| + | |
| + | <center>CHAPTER XII</center> |
| + | <center>{{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-IU_v.1_ch.12|The “impassable chasm”]]}}</center> |
| + | : Confessions of ignorance by men of science {{IU-p-toc|1|417}} |
| + | : The Pantheon of nihilism {{IU-p-toc|1|421}} |
| + | : Triple composition of fire {{IU-p-toc|1|423}} |
| + | : Instinct and reason defined {{IU-p-toc|1|425}} |
| + | : Philosophy of the Hindu Jainas {{IU-p-toc|1|429}} |
| + | : Deliberate misrepresentation of Lemprière {{IU-p-toc|1|431}} |
| + | : Man’s astral soul not immortal {{IU-p-toc|1|432}} |
| + | : The reincarnation of Buddha {{IU-p-toc|1|437}} |
| + | : Magical sun and moon pictures of Thibet {{IU-p-toc|1|441}} |
| + | : Vampirism–its phenomena explained {{IU-p-toc|1|449}} |
| + | : Bengalese jugglery {{IU-p-toc|1|457}} |
| + | |
| + | <center>CHAPTER XIII</center> |
| + | <center>{{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-IU_v.1_ch.13|Realities and illusion]]}}</center> |
| + | : The rationale of talismans {{IU-p-toc|1|462}} |
| + | : Unexplained mysteries {{IU-p-toc|1|466}} |
| + | : Magical experiment in Bengal {{IU-p-toc|1|467}} |
| + | : Chibh Chondor’s surprising feats {{IU-p-toc|1|471}} |
| + | : The Indian tape-climbing trick an illusion {{IU-p-toc|1|473}} |
| + | : Resuscitation of buried fakirs {{IU-p-toc|1|477}} |
| + | : Limits of suspended animation {{IU-p-toc|1|481}} |
| + | : Mediumship totally antagonistic to adeptship {{IU-p-toc|1|487}} |
| + | : What are “materialized spirits”? {{IU-p-toc|1|493}} |
| + | : The Shudâla-Mâdan {{IU-p-toc|1|495}} |
| + | : Philosophy of levitation {{IU-p-toc|1|497}} |
| + | : The elixir and alkahest {{IU-p-toc|1|503}} |
| + | |
| + | <center>CHAPTER XIV</center> |
| + | <center>{{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-IU_v.1_ch.14|Egyptian wisdom]]}}</center> |
| + | : Origin of the Egyptians {{IU-p-toc|1|515}} |
| + | : Their mighty engineering works {{IU-p-toc|1|517}} |
| + | : The ancient land of the Pharaohs {{IU-p-toc|1|521}} |
| + | : Antiquity of the Nilotic monuments {{IU-p-toc|1|529}} |
| + | : Arts of war and peace {{IU-p-toc|1|531}} |
| + | : Mexican myths and ruins {{IU-p-toc|1|545}} |
| + | : Resemblances to the Egyptian {{IU-p-toc|1|551}} |
| + | : Moses a priest of Osiris {{IU-p-toc|1|555}} |
| + | : The lessons taught by the ruins of Siam {{IU-p-toc|1|563}} |
| + | : The Egyptian Tau at Palenque {{IU-p-toc|1|573}} |
| + | |
| + | <center>CHAPTER XV</center> |
| + | <center>{{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-IU_v.1_ch.15|India the cradle of the race]]}}</center> |
| + | : Acquisition of the “secret doctrine” {{IU-p-toc|1|575}} |
| + | : Two relics owned by a Pâli scholar {{IU-p-toc|1|577}} |
| + | : Jealous exclusiveness of the Hindus {{IU-p-toc|1|581}} |
| + | : Lydia Maria Child on Phallic symbolism {{IU-p-toc|1|583}} |
| + | : The age of the Vedas and Manu {{IU-p-toc|1|587}} |
| + | : Traditions of pre-diluvian races {{IU-p-toc|1|589}} |
| + | : Atlantis and its peoples {{IU-p-toc|1|593}} |
| + | : Peruvian relics {{IU-p-toc|1|597}} |
| + | : The Gobi desert and its secrets {{IU-p-toc|1|599}} |
| + | : Thibetan and Chinese legends {{IU-p-toc|1|600}} |
| + | : The magician aids, not impedes, nature {{IU-p-toc|1|617}} |
| + | : Philosophy, religion, arts and sciences bequeathed by Mother India to posterity {{IU-p-toc|1|618}} |
| + | |
| + | |
| + | <center><big>{{Style S-Small capitals|Volume II}}</big></center> |
| + | |
| + | : {{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-IU_v.2_ch.Preface|Preface]]}} {{IU-p-toc|2|iv}} |
| + | :: Mrs. Elizabeth Thompson and Baroness Burdett-Coutts |
| + | |
| + | <center>–––––––</center> |
| + | <center>'''Volume Second'''</center> |
| + | <center>THE “INFALLIBILITY” OF RELIGION</center> |
| + | <center>–––––––</center> |
| + | |
| + | <center>CHAPTER I</center> |
| + | <center>{{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-IU_v.2_ch.1|The church: where is it?]]}}</center> |
| + | : Church statistics {{IU-p-toc|2|1}} |
| + | : Catholic “miracles” and spiritualistic “phenomena” {{IU-p-toc|2|4}} |
| + | : Christian and Pagan belief compared {{IU-p-toc|2|10}} |
| + | : Magic and sorcery practiced by Christian clergy {{IU-p-toc|2|20}} |
| + | : Comparative theology a new science {{IU-p-toc|2|25}} |
| + | : Eastern traditions as to Alexandrian Library {{IU-p-toc|2|27}} |
| + | : Roman pontiffs imitators of the Hindu Brahmâtma {{IU-p-toc|2|30}} |
| + | : Christian dogmas derived from heathen philosophy {{IU-p-toc|2|33}} |
| + | : Doctrine of the Trinity of Pagan origin {{IU-p-toc|2|45}} |
| + | : Disputes between Gnostics and Church Fathers {{IU-p-toc|2|51}} |
| + | : Bloody records of Christianity {{IU-p-toc|2|53}} |
| + | |
| + | <center>CHAPTER II</center> |
| + | <center>{{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-IU_v.2_ch.2|Christian crimes and heathen virtues]]}}</center> |
| + | : Sorceries of Catherine of Medici {{IU-p-toc|2|55}} |
| + | : Occult arts practiced by the clergy {{IU-p-toc|2|59}} |
| + | : Witch-burning and auto-da-fé of little children {{IU-p-toc|2|62}} |
| + | : Lying Catholic saints {{IU-p-toc|2|74}} |
| + | : Pretensions of missionaries in India and China {{IU-p-toc|2|79}} |
| + | : Sacrilegious tricks of Catholic clergy {{IU-p-toc|2|82}} |
| + | : Paul a kabalist {{IU-p-toc|2|91}} |
| + | : Peter not the founder of Roman church {{IU-p-toc|2|91}} |
| + | : Strict lives of Pagan hierophants {{IU-p-toc|2|98}} |
| + | : High character of ancient “mysteries” {{IU-p-toc|2|101}} |
| + | : Jacolliot’s account of Hindu fakirs {{IU-p-toc|2|103}} |
| + | : Christian symbolism derived from Phallic worship {{IU-p-toc|2|109}} |
| + | : Hindu doctrine of the Pitṛis {{IU-p-toc|2|114}} |
| + | : Brahmanic spirit-communion {{IU-p-toc|2|115}} |
| + | : Dangers of untrained mediumship {{IU-p-toc|2|117}} |
| + | |
| + | <center>CHAPTER III</center> |
| + | <center>{{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-IU_v.2_ch.3|Divisions amongst the early Christians]]}}</center> |
| + | : Resemblance between early Christianity and Buddhism {{IU-p-toc|2|123}} |
| + | : Peter never in Rome {{IU-p-toc|2|124}} |
| + | : Meaning of “Nazar” and “Nazarene” {{IU-p-toc|2|129}} |
| + | : Baptism a derived right {{IU-p-toc|2|134}} |
| + | : Is Zoroaster a generic name? {{IU-p-toc|2|141}} |
| + | : Pythagorean teachings of Jesus {{IU-p-toc|2|147}} |
| + | : The Apocalypse kabalistic {{IU-p-toc|2|147}} |
| + | : Jesus considered an adept by some Pagan philosophers and early Christians {{IU-p-toc|2|150}} |
| + | : Doctrine of permutation {{IU-p-toc|2|152}} |
| + | : The meaning of God-Incarnate {{IU-p-toc|2|153}} |
| + | : Dogmas of the Gnostics {{IU-p-toc|2|155}} |
| + | : Ideas of Marcion, the “heresiarch” {{IU-p-toc|2|159}} |
| + | : Precepts of Manu {{IU-p-toc|2|163}} |
| + | : Jehovah identical with Bacchus {{IU-p-toc|2|165}} |
| + | |
| + | <center>CHAPTER IV</center> |
| + | <center>{{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-IU_v.2_ch.4|Oriental cosmogonies and Bible records]]}}</center> |
| + | : Discrepancies in the Pentateuch {{IU-p-toc|2|167}} |
| + | : Indian, Chaldean and Ophite systems compared {{IU-p-toc|2|170}} |
| + | : Who were the first Christians? {{IU-p-toc|2|178}} |
| + | : Christos and Sophia-Akhamôth {{IU-p-toc|2|183}} |
| + | : Secret doctrine taught by Jesus {{IU-p-toc|2|191}} |
| + | : Jesus never claimed to be God {{IU-p-toc|2|193}} |
| + | : New Testament narratives and Hindu legends {{IU-p-toc|2|199}} |
| + | : Antiquity of the “Logos” and “Christ” {{IU-p-toc|2|205}} |
| + | : Comparative Virgin-worship {{IU-p-toc|2|209}} |
| + | |
| + | <center>CHAPTER V</center> |
| + | <center>{{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-IU_v.2_ch.5|Mysteries of the Kabala]]}}</center> |
| + | : Ain-Soph and the Sephîrôth {{IU-p-toc|2|212}} |
| + | : The primitive wisdom-religion {{IU-p-toc|2|216}} |
| + | : The book of Genesis a compilation of Old World legends {{IU-p-toc|2|217}} |
| + | : The Trinity of the Kabala {{IU-p-toc|2|222}} |
| + | : Gnostic and Nazarene systems contrasted with Hindu myths {{IU-p-toc|2|225}} |
| + | : Kabalism in the book of Ezekiel {{IU-p-toc|2|232}} |
| + | : Story of the resurrection of Jairus’ daughter found in the history of Kṛishṇa {{IU-p-toc|2|241}} |
| + | : Untrustworthy teachings of the early Fathers {{IU-p-toc|2|248}} |
| + | : Their persecuting spirit {{IU-p-toc|2|249}} |
| + | |
| + | <center>CHAPTER VI</center> |
| + | <center>{{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-IU_v.2_ch.6|Esoteric doctrines of Buddhism parodied in Christianity]]}}</center> |
| + | : Decisions of Nicæan Council, how arrived at {{IU-p-toc|2|251}} |
| + | : Murder of Hypatia {{IU-p-toc|2|252}} |
| + | : Origin of the fish-symbol of Vishṇu {{IU-p-toc|2|256}} |
| + | : Kabalistic doctrine of the Cosmogony {{IU-p-toc|2|264}} |
| + | : Diagrams of Hindu and Chaldeo-Jewish systems {{IU-p-toc|2|265}} |
| + | : Ten mythical Avatâras of Vishṇu {{IU-p-toc|2|274}} |
| + | : Trinity of man taught by Paul {{IU-p-toc|2|281}} |
| + | : Socrates and Plato on soul and spirit {{IU-p-toc|2|283}} |
| + | : True Buddhism, what it is {{IU-p-toc|2|288}} |
| + | |
| + | <center>CHAPTER VII</center> |
| + | <center>{{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-IU_v.2_ch.7|Earlier Christian heresies and secret societies]]}}</center> |
| + | : Nazareans, Ophites, and modern Druzes {{IU-p-toc|2|291}} |
| + | : Etymology of IAŌ {{IU-p-toc|2|298}} |
| + | : “Hermetic Brothers” of Egypt {{IU-p-toc|2|307}} |
| + | : True meaning of Nirvâṇa {{IU-p-toc|2|319}} |
| + | : The Jaina sect {{IU-p-toc|2|321}} |
| + | : Christians and Chrêstians {{IU-p-toc|2|323}} |
| + | : The Gnostics and their detractors {{IU-p-toc|2|325}} |
| + | : Buddha, Jesus, and Apollonius of Tyana {{IU-p-toc|2|341}} |
| + | |
| + | <center>CHAPTER VIII</center> |
| + | <center>{{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-IU_v.2_ch.8|Jesuitry and Masonry]]}}</center> |
| + | : The Zohar and Rabbi Shimon {{IU-p-toc|2|348}} |
| + | : The Order of Jesuits and its relation to some of the Masonic orders {{IU-p-toc|2|352}} |
| + | : Crimes permitted to its members {{IU-p-toc|2|355}} |
| + | : Principles of Jesuitry compared with those of Pagan moralists {{IU-p-toc|2|364}} |
| + | : Trinity of man in Egyptian Book of the Dead {{IU-p-toc|2|367}} |
| + | : Freemasonry no longer esoteric {{IU-p-toc|2|372}} |
| + | : Persecution of Templars by the Church {{IU-p-toc|2|381}} |
| + | : Secret Masonic ciphers {{IU-p-toc|2|395}} |
| + | : Jehovah not the “Ineffable Name” {{IU-p-toc|2|398}} |
| + | |
| + | <center>CHAPTER IX</center> |
| + | <center>{{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-IU_v.2_ch.9|The Vedas and the Bible]]}}</center> |
| + | : Nearly every myth based on some great truth {{IU-p-toc|2|405}} |
| + | : Whence the Christian Sabbath {{IU-p-toc|2|406}} |
| + | : Antiquity of the Vedas {{IU-p-toc|2|410}} |
| + | : Pythagorean doctrine of the potentialities of numbers {{IU-p-toc|2|417}} |
| + | : “Days” of Genesis and “Days” of Brahmâ {{IU-p-toc|2|422}} |
| + | : Fall of man and the Deluge in the Hindu books {{IU-p-toc|2|425}} |
| + | : Antiquity of the Mahâbhârata {{IU-p-toc|2|429}} |
| + | : Were the ancient Egyptians of the Âryan race? {{IU-p-toc|2|434}} |
| + | : Samuel, David, and Solomon mythical personages {{IU-p-toc|2|439}} |
| + | : Symbolism of Noah’s Ark {{IU-p-toc|2|447}} |
| + | : The Patriarchs identical with zodiacal signs {{IU-p-toc|2|459}} |
| + | : All Bible legends belong to universal history {{IU-p-toc|2|469}} |
| + | |
| + | <center>CHAPTER X</center> |
| + | <center>{{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-IU_v.2_ch.10|The Devil-myth]]}}</center> |
| + | : The devil officially recognized by the Church {{IU-p-toc|2|477}} |
| + | : Satan the mainstay of sacerdotalism {{IU-p-toc|2|480}} |
| + | : Identity of Satan with the Egyptian Typhon {{IU-p-toc|2|483}} |
| + | : His relation to serpent-worship {{IU-p-toc|2|489}} |
| + | : The Book of Job and the Book of the Dead {{IU-p-toc|2|493}} |
| + | : The Hindu devil a metaphysical abstraction {{IU-p-toc|2|501}} |
| + | : Satan and the Prince of Hell in the Gospel of Nicodemus {{IU-p-toc|2|515}} |
| + | |
| + | <center>CHAPTER XI</center> |
| + | <center>{{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-IU_v.2_ch.11|Comparative results of buddhism and christianity]]}}</center> |
| + | : The age of philosophy produced no atheists {{IU-p-toc|2|530}} |
| + | : The legends of three Saviors {{IU-p-toc|2|537}} |
| + | : Christian doctrine of the Atonement illogical {{IU-p-toc|2|542}} |
| + | : Cause of the failure of missionaries to convert Buddhists and Brahmanists {{IU-p-toc|2|553}} |
| + | : Neither Buddha nor Jesus left written records {{IU-p-toc|2|559}} |
| + | : The grandest mysteries of religion in the Bhagavad-Gîtâ {{IU-p-toc|2|562}} |
| + | : The meaning of regeneration explained in the Śatapatha-Brâhmaṇa {{IU-p-toc|2|565}} |
| + | : The sacrifice of blood interpreted {{IU-p-toc|2|566}} |
| + | : Demoralization of British India by Christian missionaries {{IU-p-toc|2|573}} |
| + | : The Bible less authenticated than any other sacred book {{IU-p-toc|2|577}} |
| + | : Knowledge of chemistry and physics displayed by Indian jugglers {{IU-p-toc|2|583}} |
| + | |
| + | <center>CHAPTER XII</center> |
| + | <center>{{Style S-Small capitals|[[HPB-IU_v.2_ch.12|Conclusions and illustrations]]}}</center> |
| + | : Recapitulation of fundamental propositions {{IU-p-toc|2|587}} |
| + | : Seership of the soul and of the spirit {{IU-p-toc|2|590}} |
| + | : The phenomenon of the so-called spirit-hand {{IU-p-toc|2|594}} |
| + | : Difference between mediums and adepts {{IU-p-toc|2|595}} |
| + | : Interview of an English ambassador with a reincarnated Buddha {{IU-p-toc|2|598}} |
| + | : Flight of a lama’s astral body related by Abbé Huc {{IU-p-toc|2|604}} |
| + | : Schools of magic in Buddhist lamaseries {{IU-p-toc|2|609}} |
| + | : The unknown race of Hindu Tôḍas {{IU-p-toc|2|613}} |
| + | : Will-power of fakirs and yogis {{IU-p-toc|2|617}} |
| + | : Taming of wild beasts by fakirs {{IU-p-toc|2|622}} |
| + | : Evocation of a living spirit by a Shaman, witnessed by the writer {{IU-p-toc|2|626}} |
| + | : Sorcery by the breath of a Jesuit Father {{IU-p-toc|2|633}} |
| + | : Why the study of magic is almost impracticable in Europe {{IU-p-toc|2|}635} |
| + | : Conclusion {{IU-p-toc|2|635}} |
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