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1 The Secret DoctrineTHE SYNTHESIS OF SCIENCE, RELIGION, AND H. P. BlavatskyThis public domain e-book was downloaded from Secret Doctrine by H. P. BlavatskyTheosophical University Press Online EditionThe Secret DoctrineTHE SYNTHESIS OF SCIENCE, RELIGION, AND H. P. BlavatskyBlavatsky's masterwork on theosophy, covering cosmic, planetary, and human evolution, as well as science, religion, and mythology. Based on the Stanzas of Dzyan, with corroborating testimony from over 1,200 published 1888. Theosophical University Press electronic version ISBN 1-55700-124-3 (print version also available). Due to current limitations in the ASCII character set, and for easy in searching, no diacritical marks appear in this electronic version of the text.

2 This edition was corrected against the facsimile edition of 1888. Obvious errors, such as missing letters, have been corrected; otherwise it follows the facsimile edition -- material not appearing there appears in double brackets [[ ]]. Hebrew characters are inserted as illustrations, but Greek text has been transliterated into italic Latin characters in double brackets. For further explanation of the conventions used, go to the Notes Links to Condensed Table of Contents of Volume 1: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 Volume 2: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 Index (prepared by John P. Van Mater) (Link to Full "Verbatim" Table of Contents of Volume 1 and Volume 2) VOLUME FIRST: COSMOGENESIS.

3 PREFACE .. vii INTRODUCTION .. xvii. PROEM .. 1 BOOK (1 von 8) [ 03:30:16]The Secret Doctrine by H. P. Blavatsky. -- PART I: COSMIC STANZAS FROM THE BOOK OF DZYAN .. 27 STANZA I. -- THE NIGHT OF THE 35 STANZA II. -- THE IDEA OF DIFFERENTIATION .. 53 STANZA III. -- THE AWAKENING OF KOSMOS .. 62 STANZA IV. -- THE SEPTENARY HIERARCHIES .. 86 STANZA V. -- FOHAT: THE CHILD OF THE SEPTENARY HIERARCHIES .. 106 STANZA VI. -- OUR WORLD, ITS GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT .. 136 THEOSOPHICAL MISCONCEPTIONS .. 152 EXPLANATIONS CONCERNING THE GLOBES AND THE MONADS .. 170 STANZA VI. -- CONTINUED.. 191 STANZA VII. -- THE PARENTS OF MAN ON EARTH .. 213 (continued in )Formation of Man: the Thinker.

4 238 SUMMING UP .. 269 BOOK I. -- PART II. THE EVOLUTION OF SYMBOLISM IN ITS APPROXIMATE SYMBOLISM AND IDEOGRAPHS .. 303 II. THE MYSTERY LANGUAGE AND ITS KEYS .. 310 III. PRIMORDIAL SUBSTANCE AND DIVINE THOUGHT .. 325 IV. CHAOS -- THEOS -- KOSMOS .. 342 V. THE HIDDEN DEITY, ITS SYMBOLS AND GLYPHS .. 349 VI. THE MUNDANE EGG .. 359 (2 von 8) [ 03:30:16]The Secret Doctrine by H. P. BlavatskyVII. THE DAYS AND NIGHTS OF BRAHMA .. 368 VIII. THE LOTUS AS A UNIVERSAL SYMBOL .. 379 IX. DEUS LUNUS .. 386 X. TREE AND SERPENT AND CROCODILE WORSHIP .. 403 XI. DEMON EST DEUS INVERSUS .. 411 XII. THE THEOGONY OF THE CREATIVE GODS .. 424 XIII. THE SEVEN CREATIONS.

5 445 XIV. THE FOUR ELEMENTS.. 460 XV. ON KWAN-SHI-YIN AND KWAN-YIN .. 470 BOOK I. -- PART III. SCIENCE AND THE Secret Doctrine REASONS FOR THESE ADDENDA .. 477 II. MODERN PHYSICISTS ARE PLAYING AT BLIND MAN'S BUFF .. 482 III. AN LUMEN SIT CORPUS NEC NON? .. 483 IV. IS GRAVITATION A LAW? .. 490 V. THE THEORIES OF ROTATION SCIENCE .. 500 VI. THE MASKS OF SCIENCE .. 506 VII. AN ATTACK ON THE SCIENTIFIC THEORY OF FORCE BY A MAN OF SCIENCE .. 523 VIII. LIFE, FORCE, OR GRAVITY? .. 529 IX. THE SOLAR THEORY .. 540 X. THE COMING FORCE .. 554 (3 von 8) [ 03:30:16]The Secret Doctrine by H. P. BlavatskyXI. ON THE ELEMENTS AND ATOMS .. 566 XII. ANCIENT THOUGHT IN MODERN DRESS.

6 579 XIII. THE MODERN NEBULAR THEORY .. 588 XIV. FORCES -- MODES OF MOTION OR INTELLIGENCES? .. 601 XV. GODS, MONADS, AND ATOMS .. 610 XVI. CYCLIC EVOLUTION AND KARMA .. 634 XVII. THE ZODIAC AND ITS ANTIQUITY .. 647 XVIII. SUMMARY OF THE MUTUAL POSITION .. 668 VOLUME NOTES. BOOK II. -- PART I.: FROM THE BOOK OF DZYAN .. 15 THE BEGINNINGS OF SENTIENT LIVE .. 22 TWO ANTEDILUVIAN ASTRONOMERS .. 47 STANZA II. -- NATURE UNAIDED FAILS .. 52 THE CHRONOLOGY OF THE BRAHMINS .. 66 STANZA III. -- ATTEMPTS TO CREATE MAN .. 75 STANZA IV. -- CREATION OF THE FIRST RACES .. 86 STANZA V. -- THE EVOLUTION OF THE SECOND RACE .. 109 STANZA VI. -- THE EVOLUTION OF THE SWEAT-BORN.

7 131 STANZA VII. -- FROM THE SEMI-DIVINE DOWN TO THE FIRST HUMAN RACES .. 161 (4 von 8) [ 03:30:16]The Secret Doctrine by H. P. BlavatskySTANZA VIII. -- EVOLUTION OF THE ANIMAL MAMMALIANS -- THE FIRST .. 180 WHAT MAY BE THE OBJECTIONS TO THE FOREGOING .. 185 STANZA IX. -- THE FINAL EVOLUTION OF MAN .. 191 EDENS, SERPENTS AND DRAGONS .. 202 THE SONS OF GOD AND THE SACRED ISLAND .. 220 STANZA X. -- THE HISTORY OF THE FOURTH RACE .. 227 ARCHAIC TEACHINGS IN THE PURANAS AND GENESIS .. 251 A PANORAMIC VIEW OF THE EARLY RACES .. 263 STANZA X. -- Continued .. 271 ARE GIANTS A FICTION? .. 277 THE RACES WITH THE "THIRD EYE" .. 289 THE PRIMEVAL MANUS OF HUMANITY.

8 307 STANZA XI. -- THE CIVILIZATION AND DESTRUCTION OF THE FOURTH AND FIFTH RACES .. 316 CYCLOPEAN RUINS AND COLOSSAL STONES AS WITNESSES TO GIANTS .. 341 STANZA XII. -- THE FIFTH RACE AND ITS DIVINE INSTRUCTORS .. 351 The Origin of the Satanic Myth .. 378 Western Speculations founded on the Greek and Puranic Traditions .. 402 ADDITIONAL FRAGMENTS FROM A COMMENTARY ON THE VERSES OF STANZA XII.. 423 CONCLUSION .. 437 BOOK II. -- PART II. THE ARCHAIC SYMBOLISM OF THE WORLD-RELIGIONS. (5 von 8) [ 03:30:16]The Secret Doctrine by H. P. BlavatskyESOTERIC TENETS CORROBORATED IN EVERY SCRIPTURE .. 449 XVI. ADAM-ADAMI .. 452 XVII. THE "HOLY OF HOLIES": ITS DEGRADATION.

9 459 XVIII. ON THE MYTH OF THE "FALLEN ANGEL," IN ITS VARIOUS ASPECTS .. 475 The many meanings of the "War in Heaven" .. 492 XIX. IS PLEROMA SATAN'S LAIR? .. 506 XX. PROMETHEUS THE TITAN .. 519 XXI. ENOICHION-HENOCH .. 529 XXII. THE SYMBOLISM OF THE MYSTERY NAMES IAO AND JEHOVAH .. 536 XXIII. THE UPANISHADS IN GNOSTIC LITERATURE .. 563 XXIV. THE CROSS AND THE PYTHAGOREAN DECADE .. 573 XXV. THE MYSTERIES OF THE HEBDOMAD .. 590 The Septenary Element in the Vedas .. 605 The Seven Souls of the Egyptologists .. 630 BOOK II. -- PART III. ADDENDA. SCIENCE AND THE Secret Doctrine ARCHAIC, OR MODERN ANTHROPOLOGY? .. 645 II. THE ANCESTORS MANKIND IS OFFERED BY SCIENCE.

10 656 III. THE FOSSIL RELICS OF MAN AND THE ANTHROPOID APE .. 675 IV. DURATION OF THE GEOLOGICAL PERIODS, RACE CYCLES, AND THE ANTIQUITY OF MAN .. 690 (c) Esoteric Geological Chronology .. 709 V. ORGANIC EVOLUTION AND CREATIVE CENTRES .. 731 (6 von 8) [ 03:30:16]The Secret Doctrine by H. P. BlavatskyVI. GIANTS, CIVILIZATIONS, AND SUBMERGED CONTINENTS TRACED IN HISTORY .. 742 (a) Statements about the Sacred Islands .. 760 VII. SCIENTIFIC AND GEOLOGICAL PROOFS OF THE EXISTENCE OF SEVERAL SUBMERGED CONTINENTS .. 778 Index (prepared by John P. Van Mater, on this site)HELENA PETROVNA BLAVATSKY 1831-1891 TUP Online Menu (7 von 8) [ 03:30:16]The Secret Doctrine by H.