{"product_id":"the-secret-doctrine-the-synthesis-of-science-religion-and-philosophy-paperback-9781108073240","title":"The Secret Doctrine; The Synthesis of Science, Religion, and Philosophy (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108073240","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), Annie Besant (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108073240, 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\"\u003e628 pages, 1 table\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 3.5 cm, 0.91 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. The first two volumes of The Secret Doctrine were published in 1888, but this third volume was published in 1897 by spiritualist Annie Besant from Blavatsky's notes. It looks at some ancient spiritual teachings and mysteries, and the development of the practice of magic.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface Annie Besant\u003cbr\u003e Introductory\u003cbr\u003e 1. Preliminary survey\u003cbr\u003e 2. Modern criticism and the ancients\u003cbr\u003e 3. The origin of magic\u003cbr\u003e 4. The secresy of the initiates\u003cbr\u003e 5. Some reasons for secresy\u003cbr\u003e 6. The dangers of practical magic\u003cbr\u003e 7. Old wine in new bottles\u003cbr\u003e 8. The 'Book of Enoch' the origin and foundation of Christianity\u003cbr\u003e 9. Hermetic and kabalistic doctrines\u003cbr\u003e 10. Various occult systems of interpretations of alphabets and numerals\u003cbr\u003e 11. The hexagon with the central point, or the seventh key\u003cbr\u003e 12. The duty of the true occultist towards religion\u003cbr\u003e 13. Post-Christian adepts and their doctrines\u003cbr\u003e 14. Simon and his biography Hippolytus\u003cbr\u003e 15. St. Paul the real founder of present Christianity\u003cbr\u003e 16. Peter a Jewish kabalist, not an initiate\u003cbr\u003e 17. Apollonius of Tyana\u003cbr\u003e 18. Facts underlying adept biographies\u003cbr\u003e 19. St. Cyprian of Antioch\u003cbr\u003e 20. The eastern Gupta Vidya and the Kabalah\u003cbr\u003e 21. Hebrew allegories\u003cbr\u003e 22. The 'Zohar' on creation and the elohim\u003cbr\u003e 23. What the occultists and kabalists have to say\u003cbr\u003e 24. Modern kabalists in science and occult astronomy\u003cbr\u003e 25. Eastern and western occultism\u003cbr\u003e 26. The idols and the teraphim\u003cbr\u003e 27. Egyptian magic\u003cbr\u003e 28. The origin of the mysteries\u003cbr\u003e 29. The trial of the sun initiate\u003cbr\u003e 30. The mystery 'sun of initiation'\u003cbr\u003e 31. The object of the mysteries\u003cbr\u003e 32. Traces of the mysteries\u003cbr\u003e 33. The last of the mysteries in Europe\u003cbr\u003e 34. The post-Christian successors to the mysteries\u003cbr\u003e 35. Symbolism of sun and stars\u003cbr\u003e 36. Pagan sidereal worship or astronomy\u003cbr\u003e 37. The souls of the stars – universal heliolatry\u003cbr\u003e 38. Astrology and astrolatry\u003cbr\u003e 39. Cycles and avatâras\u003cbr\u003e 40. Secret cycles\u003cbr\u003e 41. The doctrine of the avatâras\u003cbr\u003e 42. The seven principles\u003cbr\u003e 43. The mystery of Buddha\u003cbr\u003e 44. 'Reincarnations' of Buddha\u003cbr\u003e 45. An unpublished discourse of Buddha\u003cbr\u003e 46. Nirvana-Moksha\u003cbr\u003e 47. The secret books of 'Lam-Rin' and Dzyan\u003cbr\u003e 48. Amita Buddha Kwan-Shai-yin, and Kwan-yin\u003cbr\u003e 49. Tsong-Khapa\u003cbr\u003e 50. A few more misconceptions corrected\u003cbr\u003e 51. The 'Doctrine of the eye' and the 'Doctrine of the heart', or the 'heart's seal'\u003cbr\u003e Some papers on the bearing of occult philosophy on life.\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":46005559099672,"sku":"9781108073240","price":41.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108073240i.jpg?v=1696748932","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-secret-doctrine-the-synthesis-of-science-religion-and-philosophy-paperback-9781108073240","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}