{"product_id":"the-secret-doctrine-the-synthesis-of-science-religion-and-philosophy-paperback-9781108073233","title":"The Secret Doctrine; The Synthesis of Science, Religion, and Philosophy (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108073233","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\"\u003e9781108073233, 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\"\u003e852 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 4.8 cm, 1.22 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 2 looks at the creation of humans and animals, and considers the lost world of Atlantis.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreliminary notes\u003cbr\u003e Book II\u003cbr\u003e Section 1. Anthropogenesis. Stanzas from the Book of Dzyan: 1. Beginnings of sentient life\u003cbr\u003e Two antediluvian astronomers\u003cbr\u003e 2. Nature unaided fails\u003cbr\u003e The chronology of the Brahmins\u003cbr\u003e 3. Attempts to create man\u003cbr\u003e 4. Creation of the first races\u003cbr\u003e 5. The evolution of the second race\u003cbr\u003e 6. The evolution of the weat-born\u003cbr\u003e 7. From the semi-divine down to the first human races\u003cbr\u003e 8. Evolution of the animal mammalians – the first fall. What may be the objections to the foregoing\u003cbr\u003e 9. The final evolution of man. Edens, serpents and dragons. The sons of God and the sacred island\u003cbr\u003e 10. The history of the fourth race. Archaic teachings in the Puranas and Genesis. A panoramic view of the early races\u003cbr\u003e 10. Continue.\u003cbr\u003e Are giants a fiction? The races with the 'third eye'. The primeval manus of humanity\u003cbr\u003e 11. The civilization and destruction of the fourth and fifth races. Gyclopean ruins and colossal stones as witnesses to giants\u003cbr\u003e 12. The fifth race and its divine instructors\u003cbr\u003e Additional fragments from a commentary on the verses of stanza 12\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Section 2. The Archaic Symbolism of the World-Religions: Esoteric Tenets Corroborated in Every Scripture: 16. Adam-Adami\u003cbr\u003e 17. The 'Holy of Holies', its degradation\u003cbr\u003e 18. On the myth of the 'Fallen angel', in its various aspects\u003cbr\u003e 19. Is Pleroma Satan's lair?\u003cbr\u003e 20. Prometheus the Titan\u003cbr\u003e 21. Enoichion-Henoch\u003cbr\u003e 22. The symbolism of the mystery names, Iao, and Jehovah\u003cbr\u003e 23. The Upanishads in Gnostic literature\u003cbr\u003e 24. The cross and the Pythagorean decade\u003cbr\u003e 25. The mysteries of the Hebdomad\u003cbr\u003e Section 3. Addenda. Science and the Secret Doctrine Contrasted: 1. Archaic, or modern anthropology?\u003cbr\u003e 2. The ancestors mankind is offered by science\u003cbr\u003e 3. The fossil relics of man and the anthropoid ape\u003cbr\u003e 4. Duration of the geological periods, race cycles, and the antiquity of man\u003cbr\u003e 5. Organic evolution and creative centres\u003cbr\u003e 6. Giants, civilizations, and submerged continents traced in history\u003cbr\u003e 7. Scientific and geological proofs of the existence of several submerged continents\u003cbr\u003e Index.\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":46266182795544,"sku":"9781108073233","price":44.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108073233i_0530c8f8-5105-47f0-84a9-be5c3c0e2825.jpg?v=1696748980","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-secret-doctrine-the-synthesis-of-science-religion-and-philosophy-paperback-9781108073233","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}