The Secret Doctrine
The Synthesis of Science, Religion, and Philosophy
by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky
volume 2 Anthropogenesis, part 1 Anthropogenesis, stanza 5 The Evolution of the Second Race, sloka 20 The Sons of the Sons of Twilight
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- 20. Their Fathers were the self-born. The self-born, the Chhaya from the brilliant bodies of the Lords, the Fathers, the Sons of Twilight (a).
(a) The “ shadows,” or Chhayas, are called the sons of the “ self-born,” as the latter name is applied to all the gods and Beings born through the will, whether of Deity or Adept. The Homunculi of Paracelsus would, perhaps, be also given this name, though the latter process is on a far more material plane. The name “ Sons of Twilight ” shows that the “ Self-born ” progenitors of our doctrine are identical with the Pitris
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of the Brahmanical system, as the title is a reference to their mode of birth, these Pitris being stated to have issued from Brahmâ’s “ body of twilight.” (See the Purânas.)