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


===[[HPB-SD(1888) Introduction|Introduction]] {{SD-p-toc|1|xvii|1888}}===
===[[HPB-SD(1888) v.1 ch.Introduction|Introduction]] {{SD-p-toc|1|xvii|1888}}===
: The Need of such a Book {{SD-p-toc|1|xix|1888}}
: The Need of such a Book {{SD-p-toc|1|xix|1888}}
: The Antiquity of Documents and MSS. {{SD-p-toc|1|xxiii|1888}}
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== BOOK I. — PART I.<br><small>COSMIC EVOLUTION.</small>==
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=== [[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}} ===
 
=== [[HPB-SD(1888) v.1 p.1 st.1 sl.1|STANZA I.]] {{Style S-Small capitals|The Night of the Universe}} {{SD-p-toc|1|35|1888}}===
 
: The Seven Eternities {{SD-p-toc|1|36|1888}}
: “ Time ” {{SD-p-toc|1|37|1888}}
: The Universal Mind and the Dhyan Chohans {{SD-p-toc|1|38|1888}}
: Nidana and Maya : The Causes of Misery {{SD-p-toc|1|39|1888}}
: The Great Breath {{SD-p-toc|1|43|1888}}
: Being and Non-Being {{SD-p-toc|1|45|1888}}
: The Eye of Dangma {{SD-p-toc|1|47|1888}}
: Alaya, the Universal Soul {{SD-p-toc|1|49|1888}}
 
{{Page|x|contents.}}
 
=== [[HPB-SD(1888) v.1 p.1 st.2 sl.1|STANZA II.]] {{Style S-Small capitals|The Idea of Differentiation}} {{SD-p-toc|1|53|1888}}===
 
: The Absolute knows Itself not {{SD-p-toc|1|55|1888}}
: The Germ of Life was not yet {{SD-p-toc|1|57|1888}}
: The Universe was still concealed in the Divine Thought {{SD-p-toc|1|61|1888}}
 
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=== [[HPB-SD(1888) v.1 p.1 st.3 sl.1|STANZA III.]] {{Style S-Small capitals|The Awakening of Kosmos}} {{SD-p-toc|1|62|1888}}===
 
: The Great Vibration {{SD-p-toc|1|63|1888}}
: Nature’s Symbols {{SD-p-toc|1|65|1888}}
: The Power of Numbers {{SD-p-toc|1|67|1888}}
: The Logoi and the Dragon {{SD-p-toc|1|73|1888}}
: The Astral Light {{SD-p-toc|1|75|1888}}
: Primeval Radiations from Unity {{SD-p-toc|1|79|1888}}
: The Web of Being {{SD-p-toc|1|83|1888}}
: Conscious Electricity : Fohat {{SD-p-toc|1|85|1888}}
 
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=== [[HPB-SD(1888) v.1 p.1 st.4 sl.1|STANZA IV.]] {{Style S-Small capitals|The Septenary Hierarchies}} {{SD-p-toc|1|86|1888}} ===
 
: The Sons of the Fire {{SD-p-toc|1|86|1888}}
: The Vehicle of the Universe — the Dhyan Chohans {{SD-p-toc|1|89|1888}}
: The Army of the Voice {{SD-p-toc|1|93|1888}}
: Speech and Mind {{SD-p-toc|1|95|1888}}
: The Ogdoad and the Heptad {{SD-p-toc|1|99|1888}}
: The Stellar “ Sons of Light ” {{SD-p-toc|1|103|1888}}
 
=== [[HPB-SD(1888) v.1 p.1 st.5 sl.1|STANZA V.]] {{Style S-Small capitals|Fohat : The Child of the Septenary Hierarchies}} {{SD-p-toc|1|106|1888}}===
 
: The Fiery Whirlwind and the Primordial Seven {{SD-p-toc|1|106|1888}}
: They Produce Fohat {{SD-p-toc|1|108|1888}}
: The Correlation of the “ Gods ” {{SD-p-toc|1|113|1888}}
: Evolution of the “ Principles ” of Nature {{SD-p-toc|1|119|1888}}
: The Mystery of the Fire {{SD-p-toc|1|121|1888}}
: The Secret of the Elements {{SD-p-toc|1|123|1888}}
: The Square of the Tabernacle {{SD-p-toc|1|125|1888}}
: The Planetary Spirits and the Lipika {{SD-p-toc|1|129|1888}}
: The Ring “ Pass Not ” {{SD-p-toc|1|130|1888}}
: The Sidereal Book of Life {{SD-p-toc|1|131|1888}}
: The Soul’s Pilgrimage and its “ Rest ” {{SD-p-toc|1|134|1888}}
 
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=== [[HPB-SD(1888) v.1 p.1 st.6 sl.1|STANZA VI.]] {{Style S-Small capitals|Our World, its Growth and Development}} {{SD-p-toc|1|136|1888}}===
 
: The Logos {{SD-p-toc|1|136|1888}}
: Mystery of the Female Logos {{SD-p-toc|1|137|1888}}
 
{{Page|xi|contents.}}
 
: The Seven Layu Centres {{SD-p-toc|1|138|1888}}
: The “ Elementary Germs ” {{SD-p-toc|1|139|1888}}
: The Evolution of the Elements {{SD-p-toc|1|140|1888}}
: Были ли древние не сведущи в физических науках? {{SD-p-toc|1|141|1888}}
: Сон матери вечной {{SD-p-toc|1|143|1888}}
: The Building of the Worlds {{SD-p-toc|1|145|1888}}
: 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}}
: The Planetary Divisions and the Human Principles {{SD-p-toc|1|153|1888}}
: The Moon {{SD-p-toc|1|155|1888}}
: Transmigrations of the Ego {{SD-p-toc|1|159|1888}}
: The Septenary Chain {{SD-p-toc|1|161|1888}}
: Relation of the other Planets to the Earth {{SD-p-toc|1|163|1888}}
 
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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}}
: The Lunar Chain and the Earth Chain {{SD-p-toc|1|172|1888}}
: The Earth, the Child of the Moon {{SD-p-toc|1|173|1888}}
: Classification of the Monads {{SD-p-toc|1|175|1888}}
: The Monad Defined {{SD-p-toc|1|177|1888}}
: The Monad Defined {{SD-p-toc|1|179|1888}}
: A Triple Evolution in Nature {{SD-p-toc|1|181|1888}}
 
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Revision as of 10:01, 7 December 2021

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.

1888.


ix
ix


Table of contents

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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
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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


x
contents.
x


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
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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


xi
contents.
xi


The Seven Layu Centres
... 138
The “ Elementary Germs ”
... 139
The Evolution of the Elements
... 140
Были ли древние не сведущи в физических науках?
... 141
Сон матери вечной
... 143
The Building of the Worlds
... 145
ИA Neutral Centre
... 147
“ Dead ” Planets — The Moon
... 149
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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
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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 Monad Defined
... 179
A Triple Evolution in Nature
... 181
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