The Esoteric Writings of Helena Petrovna Blavatsky: A Synthesis of Science, Philosophy and Religion

The Esoteric Writings of Helena Petrovna Blavatsky: A Synthesis of Science, Philosophy and Religion

From the ancient halls of learning, down through the centuries, comes a vast wealth of heretofore secret information about the intrinsic nature of life. Until the time of H.P. Blavatsky, much of this knowledge was a deep mystery to most of the world. It was only through her efforts that, quit tardily, Western civilization was granted access to this occult lore. the Esoteric Writings contain her comments on many puzzling aspects of creation as she writes about astrology, kundalini, magic, prayer, the origin of the Mysteries, and many other occult lore.

Helena Petrovna Blavatsky

Preface to the 1897 edition / by Annie Besant

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Publisher's foreward -- Preface to the 1897 edition / by Annie Besant -- Introductory -- Preliminary survey -- Modern criticism and the ancients -- The origin of magic -- The secrecy of initiates -- Some reasons for secrecy -- The dangers of practical magic -- Old wine in new bottles -- The 'Book of Enoch' the origin and foundation of Christianity -- Hermetic and Kabalistic doctrines -- Various occult systems of interpretations of alphabets and numerals -- The hexagon with the central point, or the seventh key -- the duty of the true occultist toward religions -- Post-Christian adepts and their doctrines -- Simon and his biographer Hippolytus -- St. Paul the real founder of present Christianity -- Peter a Jewish Kabalist, not an initiate -- Apollonius of Tyana -- Facts underlying adept biographies -- St. Cyprian of Antioch -- The Eastern Gupta Vidyā and the Kabalah -- Hebrew allegories -- The Zohar on creation and the Elohim -- What the Occultists and Kabalists have to say -- Modern Kabalists in science and occult astronomy -- Eastern and Western occultism -- The idols and the Teraphim -- Egyptian magic -- The origin of the mysteries -- The trial of the Sun Initiate -- The mystery 'Sun of Initiation' -- The objects of the mysteries -- Traces of the mysteries -- The last of the mysteries in Europe -- The post-Christian successors to the mysteries -- Symbolism of sun and stars -- Pagan sidereal worship or astrology -- The souls of the stars, universal heliolatry -- Astrology and astrolatry -- cycles and Avatāras -- Secret cycles -- The doctrine of Avatāras -- The seven principles -- The mystery of Buddha -- Reincarnations of Buddha -- An unpublished discourse of Buddha -- Nirvāna-Moksha -- The secret books of Lam-Rin and Dzyān -- Amita Buddha, Kwan-Shai-Yin, and Kwan-Yin, "what the book of Dzyān" and the lamāseries of Tsong-Kha-Pa say -- Tsong-Kha-Pa ; Lohans in China -- A few more misconceptions corrected -- The "Doctrin of the eye" and the "Doctrine of the heart," or the "Heart's seal" -- Some papers on the bearing of occult philosophy on life -- Appendices -- Glossary -- Index.

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