{"product_id":"the-secret-doctrine-the-synthesis-of-science-religion-and-philosophy-paperback-9781108073226","title":"The Secret Doctrine; The Synthesis of Science, Religion, and Philosophy (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108073226","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Secret Doctrine\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Synthesis of Science, Religion, and Philosophy\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA three-volume 'synthesis of science, religion, and philosophy' by one of the nineteenth century's most controversial spiritualists.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eH. P. Blavatsky (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108073226, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 19 May 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e730 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 4.1 cm, 1.06 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eUkrainian-born Madame Helena Blavatsky (1831–1891) was a powerful and controversial member of the spiritualist world and for a time famous for her powers as a medium. She was a co-founder of the theosophy movement in the United States, which she later extended to Europe and India, drawing from her extensive global travels and her familiarity with a broad range of belief systems, from Asian religions to New Orleans voodoo, as well as secret societies such as the Freemasons. Drawing from Hinduism and Buddhism, theosophy aimed to understand the mystic powers of the universe and promote the study of other religions. In The Secret Doctrine, published in 1888, Blavatsky aims to explain the spiritual origins of the world. Volume 1 looks at the world's 'cosmic evolution', the mystical symbolism that developed throughout this process, and scientific criticism.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Book I\u003cbr\u003e Section 1. Cosmic Evolution: Seven Stanzas from the Book of Dzyan: 1. The night of the universe\u003cbr\u003e 2. The idea of differentiation\u003cbr\u003e 3. The awakening of kosmos\u003cbr\u003e 4. The septenary hierarchies\u003cbr\u003e 5. Fohat: the child of the septenary hierarchies\u003cbr\u003e 6. Our world, its growth and development, theosophical misconceptions, explanations concerning the globes and the monads\u003cbr\u003e 6. Continued\u003cbr\u003e 7. The parents of man on Earth\u003cbr\u003e Summing up\u003cbr\u003e Section 2. The Evolution of Symbolism in its Approximate Order: 1. Symbolism and ideographs\u003cbr\u003e 2. The mystery language and its keys\u003cbr\u003e 3. Primordial substance and divine thought\u003cbr\u003e 4. Chaos – theos – kosmos\u003cbr\u003e 5. The hidden deity, its symbols and glyphs\u003cbr\u003e 6. The mundane egg\u003cbr\u003e 7. The days and nights of Brahma\u003cbr\u003e 8. The lotus as a universal symbol\u003cbr\u003e 9. Deus lunus\u003cbr\u003e 10. Tree and serpent and crocodile worship\u003cbr\u003e 11. Demon est deus inversus\u003cbr\u003e 12. The theogony of the creative gods\u003cbr\u003e 13. The seven creations\u003cbr\u003e 14. The four elements\u003cbr\u003e 15. On Kwan-Shi-Yin and Kwan-Yin\u003cbr\u003e Section 3. Science and the Secret Doctrine Contrasted: 1. Reasons for these addenda\u003cbr\u003e 2. Modern physicists are playing at blind man's buff\u003cbr\u003e 3. An lumen sit corpus nec non?\u003cbr\u003e 4. Is gravitation a law?\u003cbr\u003e 5. The theories of rotation in science\u003cbr\u003e 6. The masks of science\u003cbr\u003e 7. An attack on the scientific theory of force by a man of science\u003cbr\u003e 8. Life, force, or gravity\u003cbr\u003e 9. The solar theory\u003cbr\u003e 10. The coming force\u003cbr\u003e 11. On the elements and atoms\u003cbr\u003e 12. Ancient thought in modern dress\u003cbr\u003e 13. The modern nebular theory\u003cbr\u003e 14. Forces – modes of motion or intelligences?\u003cbr\u003e 15. Gods, monads, and atoms\u003cbr\u003e 16. Cyclic evolution and karma\u003cbr\u003e 17. The zodiac and its antiquity\u003cbr\u003e 18. Summary of the mutual position.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History of ideas [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of ideas\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20ideas%20%5BJFCX%5D%22\"\u003eJFCX\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46006058090776,"sku":"9781108073226","price":41.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108073226i.jpg?v=1696748961","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-secret-doctrine-the-synthesis-of-science-religion-and-philosophy-paperback-9781108073226","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}