Blavatsky H.P. - The Secret Doctrine
There are several editions of The Secret Doctrine by H. P. Blavatsky:
- Würzburg manuscript of the book, which is a version of the book after HPB wrote it and before it was edited and altered for publication.
- 1888 edition – the first original edition
- Second edition is really a reprint of first edition with minor technical alteration; it was just an issue of additional copies of the book
- 1923 edition – third edition by A. Bezant and J. Mead, 1923
SD online
There are several other online resources with The Secret Doctrine text:
- Universal Theosophy – Text has been updated from the 1888 first edition for spelling corrections, typographical errors, styling updates, and transliterations. Updates are traced by highlighting text and Table of Updates.
- Theosophical University Press Online – Obvious errors, such as missing letters, have been corrected against the facsimile edition of 1888, diacritical marks have been left off. Updates are described but not highlighted.
- Internet Sacred Text Archive provides the text without diacritic marks.