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The Secret Doctrine

THE SYNTHESIS OF SCIENCE, RELIGION, AND PHILOSOPHY.

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By H. P. Blavatsky

Volume 1Volume 2INTRODUCTION ... xvii.PROEM ... 1SEVEN STANZAS FROM THE BOOK OF DZYAN ... 27STANZA I. -- THE NIGHT OF THE UNIVERSE... 35STANZA II. -- THE IDEA OF DIFFERENTIATION ... 53STANZA III. -- THE AWAKENING OF KOSMOS ... 62STANZA IV. -- THE SEPTENARY HIERARCHIES ... 86STANZA V. -- FOHAT: THE CHILD OF THE SEPTENARY HIERARCHIES ... 106STANZA VI. -- OUR WORLD, ITS GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT ... 136THEOSOPHICAL MISCONCEPTIONS ... 152EXPLANATIONS CONCERNING THE GLOBES AND THE MONADS ... 170STANZA VI. -- CONTINUED. ... 191STANZA VII. -- THE PARENTS OF MAN ON EARTH ... 213Formation of Man: the Thinker ... 238SUMMING UP ... 269I. SYMBOLISM AND IDEOGRAPHS ... 303II. THE MYSTERY LANGUAGE AND ITS KEYS ... 310III. PRIMORDIAL SUBSTANCE AND DIVINE THOUGHT ... 325IV. CHAOS -- THEOS -- KOSMOS ... 342V. THE HIDDEN DEITY, ITS SYMBOLS AND GLYPHS ... 349VI. THE MUNDANE EGG ... 359VII. THE DAYS AND NIGHTS OF BRAHMA ... 368VIII. THE LOTUS AS A UNIVERSAL SYMBOL ... 379IX. DEUS LUNUS ... 386X. TREE AND SERPENT AND CROCODILE WORSHIP ... 403XI. DEMON EST DEUS INVERSUS ... 411XII. THE THEOGONY OF THE CREATIVE GODS ... 424XIII. THE SEVEN CREATIONS ... 445XIV. THE FOUR ELEMENTS. ... 460XV. ON KWAN-SHI-YIN AND KWAN-YIN ... 470I. REASONS FOR THESE ADDENDA ... 477II. MODERN PHYSICISTS ARE PLAYING AT BLIND MAN'S BUFF ... 482III. AN LUMEN SIT CORPUS NEC NON? ... 483IV. IS GRAVITATION A LAW? ... 490V. THE THEORIES OF ROTATION SCIENCE ... 500VI. THE MASKS OF SCIENCE ... 506VII. AN ATTACK ON THE SCIENTIFIC THEORY OF FORCEVIII. LIFE, FORCE, OR GRAVITY? ... 529IX. THE SOLAR THEORY ... 540X. THE COMING FORCE ... 554XI. ON THE ELEMENTS AND ATOMS ... 566XII. ANCIENT THOUGHT IN MODERN DRESS ... 579XIII. THE MODERN NEBULAR THEORY ... 588XIV. FORCES -- MODES OF MOTION OR INTELLIGENCES? ... 601XV. GODS, MONADS, AND ATOMS ... 610XVI. CYCLIC EVOLUTION AND KARMA ... 634XVII. THE ZODIAC AND ITS ANTIQUITY ... 647XVIII. SUMMARY OF THE MUTUAL POSITION ... 668PRELIMINARY NOTES.STANZAS FROM THE BOOK OF DZYAN . . . 15THE BEGINNINGS OF SENTIENT LIVE ... 22STANZA II. -- NATURE UNAIDED FAILS ... 52STANZA III. -- ATTEMPTS TO CREATE MAN ... 75STANZA IV. -- CREATION OF THE FIRST RACES ... 86STANZA V. -- THE EVOLUTION OF THE SECOND RACE ... 109STANZA VI. -- THE EVOLUTION OF THE SWEAT-BORN ... 131STANZA VII. -- FROM THE SEMI-DIVINE DOWN TO THE FIRST HUMAN RACES ... 161STANZA VIII. -- EVOLUTION OF THE ANIMAL MAMMALIANS -- THE FIRST ... 180STANZA IX. -- THE FINAL EVOLUTION OF MAN ... 191EDENS, SERPENTS AND DRAGONS ... 202THE SONS OF GOD AND THE SACRED ISLAND ... 220STANZA X. -- THE HISTORY OF THE FOURTH RACE ... 227ARCHAIC TEACHINGS IN THE PURANAS AND GENESIS ... 251A PANORAMIC VIEW OF THE EARLY RACES ... 263ARE GIANTS A FICTION? ... 277THE RACES WITH THE "THIRD EYE" ... 289THE PRIMEVAL MANUS OF HUMANITY ... 307STANZA XI. -- THE CIVILIZATION AND DESTRUCTIONCYCLOPEAN RUINS AND COLOSSAL STONES AS WITNESSES TO GIANTS ... 341STANZA XII. -- THE FIFTH RACE AND ITS DIVINE INSTRUCTORS ... 351The Origin of the Satanic Myth ... 378Western Speculations founded on the Greek and Puranic Traditions ... 402ADDITIONAL FRAGMENTS FROM A COMMENTARYCONCLUSION ... 437ESOTERIC TENETS CORROBORATED IN EVERY SCRIPTURE ... 449� XVI. ADAM-ADAMI ... 452XVII. THE "HOLY OF HOLIES": ITS DEGRADATION ... 459XVIII. ON THE MYTH OF THE "FALLEN ANGEL," IN ITS VARIOUS ASPECTS ... 475The many meanings of the "War in Heaven" ... 492XIX. IS PLEROMA SATAN'S LAIR? ... 506XX. PROMETHEUS THE TITAN ... 519XXI. ENOICHION-HENOCH ... 529XXII. THE SYMBOLISM OF THE MYSTERY NAMES IAO AND JEHOVAH ... 536XXIII. THE UPANISHADS IN GNOSTIC LITERATURE ... 563XXIV. THE CROSS AND THE PYTHAGOREAN DECADE ... 573XXV. THE MYSTERIES OF THE HEBDOMAD ... 590The Septenary Element in the VedasThe Seven Souls of the EgyptologistsI. ARCHAIC, OR MODERN ANTHROPOLOGY? ... 645II. THE ANCESTORS MANKIND IS OFFERED BY SCIENCE ... 656III. THE FOSSIL RELICS OF MAN AND THE ANTHROPOID APE ... 675IV. DURATION OF THE GEOLOGICAL PERIODS, RACE CYCLES(c) Esoteric Geological Chronology ... 709V. ORGANIC EVOLUTION AND CREATIVE CENTRES ... 731VI. GIANTS, CIVILIZATIONS, AND SUBMERGED CONTINENTS(a) Statements about the Sacred Islands ... 760VII. SCIENTIFIC AND GEOLOGICAL PROOFS