TABLE OF CONTENTS OF THE FIRST EDITION
The
following table of contents appeared in the 1888 publication:
VOLUME FIRST
COSMOGENESIS
INTRODUCTION
The Need of
such a Book xix
The Antiquity
of Documents and MSS. xxiii
What the
Book is intended to do xxviii
PROEM
The Oldest
MSS. in the world and its Symbolism 2
The One
Life, Active and Passive 4
The Secret
Doctrine – Pantheism – Atheism 6
"Space"
in all Religions and in Occultism 9
Seven Cosmic
Elements – Seven Races of Mankind 12
The Three
Postulates of the Secret Doctrine 14
Description
of the Stanzas from the Book of Dzyan 20
BOOK I – PART I
COSMIC EVOLUTION
Seven
Stanzas from the Book of Dzyan 27
STANZA I –
THE NIGHT OF THE UNIVERSE
The Seven
Eternities 36
"Time"
37
The
Universal Mind and the Dhyan Chohans 38
Nidana and
Maya: The Causes of Misery 39
The Great
Breath 43
Being and
Non-Being 45
The Eye of
Dangma 47
Alaya, the
Universal Soul 49
STANZA II –
THE IDEA OF DIFFERENTIATION
The Absolute
knows Itself not 55
The Germ of
Life was not yet 57
The Universe
was still concealed in the Divine Thought 61
STANZA III –
THE AWAKENING OF KOSMOS
The Great
Vibration 63
Nature's
Symbols 65
The Power of
Numbers 67
The Logoi
and the Dragon 73
The Astral
Light 75
Primeval
Radiations from Unity 79
The Web of
Being 83
Conscious
Electricity: Fohat 85
STANZA IV –
THE SEPTENARY HIERARCHIES
The Sons of
the Fire 86
The Vehicle of the Universe – the Dhyan Chohans 89
The Army of the Voice 93
Speech and Mind 95
The Ogdoad and the Heptad 99
The Stellar "Sons of Light" 103
The Vehicle of the Universe – the Dhyan Chohans 89
The Army of the Voice 93
Speech and Mind 95
The Ogdoad and the Heptad 99
The Stellar "Sons of Light" 103
STANZA V –
FOHAT: THE CHILD OF THE SEPTENARY HIERARCHIES
The Fiery
Whirlwind and the Primordial Seven 106
They Produce Fohat 108
The Correlation of the "Gods" 113
Evolution of the "Principles" of Nature 119
The Mystery of the Fire 121
The Secret of the Elements 123
The Square of the Tabernacle 125
The Planetary Spirits and the Lipika 129
The Ring "Pass Not" 130
The Sidereal Book of Life 131
The Soul's Pilgrimage and its "Rest" 134
They Produce Fohat 108
The Correlation of the "Gods" 113
Evolution of the "Principles" of Nature 119
The Mystery of the Fire 121
The Secret of the Elements 123
The Square of the Tabernacle 125
The Planetary Spirits and the Lipika 129
The Ring "Pass Not" 130
The Sidereal Book of Life 131
The Soul's Pilgrimage and its "Rest" 134
STANZA VI –
OUR WORLD, ITS GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
The Logos 136
Mystery of the Female Logos 137
Mystery of the Female Logos 137
The Seven
Layu Centres 138
The "Elementary Germs" 139
The Evolution of the Elements 140
The Building of the Worlds 145
A Neutral Centre 147
"Dead" Planets – The Moon 149
The "Elementary Germs" 139
The Evolution of the Elements 140
The Building of the Worlds 145
A Neutral Centre 147
"Dead" Planets – The Moon 149
THEOSOPHICAL
MISCONCEPTIONS
The
Planetary Divisions and the Human Principles 153
The Moon 155
Transmigrations of the Ego 159
The Septenary Chain 161
Relation of the other Planets to the Earth 163
The Moon 155
Transmigrations of the Ego 159
The Septenary Chain 161
Relation of the other Planets to the Earth 163
EXPLANATIONS
CONCERNING THE GLOBES AND THE MONADS
The Lunar
Chain and the Earth Chain 172
The Earth, the Child of the Moon 173
Classification of the Monads 175
The Monad Defined 177
The Lunar Monads – the Pitris 179
A Triple Evolution in Nature 181
The Earth, the Child of the Moon 173
Classification of the Monads 175
The Monad Defined 177
The Lunar Monads – the Pitris 179
A Triple Evolution in Nature 181
STANZA VI –
CONTINUED
"Creation"
in the Fourth Round 191
The "Curse," "Sin," and "War" 193
The Struggle for Life and the Birth of the Worlds 202
The Adepts and the Sacred Island 207
The "Curse," "Sin," and "War" 193
The Struggle for Life and the Birth of the Worlds 202
The Adepts and the Sacred Island 207
STANZA VII –
THE PARENTS OF MAN ON EARTH
Divisions of
the Hierarchies 214
Correlations of Beings 223
What incarnates in Animal Man 233
Formation of Man: the Thinker 238
Occult and Kabalistic Pneumatics 243
Akasa and Ether 257
The Invisible "Lives" 259
Occult Vital Chemistry and Bacteriology 261
Correlations of Beings 223
What incarnates in Animal Man 233
Formation of Man: the Thinker 238
Occult and Kabalistic Pneumatics 243
Akasa and Ether 257
The Invisible "Lives" 259
Occult Vital Chemistry and Bacteriology 261
The Watcher
and his Shadow 265
Earth peopled by the Shadows of the Gods 267
Earth peopled by the Shadows of the Gods 267
SUMMING UP
The pith and
marrow of the Secret Doctrine 273
Hermes in Christian Garb 285
Some Occult Aphorisms 289
The Seven Powers of Nature 293
Hermes in Christian Garb 285
Some Occult Aphorisms 289
The Seven Powers of Nature 293
BOOK I – PART II
THE EVOLUTION OF SYMBOLISM
IN ITS APPROXIMATE ORDER
I. SYMBOLISM
AND IDEOGRAPHS
Emblem and
Symbol differ 305
Magic
Potency of Sound 307
Mystery
Language 309
II. THE
MYSTERY LANGUAGE AND ITS KEYS
Egypt's many
Religions 311
The Jews and
their System 313
Moses copied
from Sargon 319
Identity of
Ancient Symbols 323
III.
PRIMORDIAL SUBSTANCE AND DIVINE THOUGHT
Divine
Thought, or Cineritious Matter? 327
Ether and Intelligence 330
The Seven Prakritis 335
The Mystic Fire 339
One Tree of Knowledge 341
Ether and Intelligence 330
The Seven Prakritis 335
The Mystic Fire 339
One Tree of Knowledge 341
IV. CHAOS –
THEOS – KOSMOS
The Union of
Chaos and Spirit 343
The Birth of Mind 345
The Birth of Mind 345
V. THE
HIDDEN DEITY, ITS SYMBOLS AND GLYPHS
The Gnostic
Idea 351
International Correlation of Gods 355
International Correlation of Gods 355
VI. THE
MUNDANE EGG
Egg-born
Logoi 363
The Winged Globe 365
The Winged Globe 365
VII. THE
DAYS AND NIGHTS OF BRAHMA
Human Gods
and Divine Men 369
The Rebirth of Gods 371
The Puranic Prophecy 377
The Rebirth of Gods 371
The Puranic Prophecy 377
VIII. THE
LOTUS AS A UNIVERSAL SYMBOL
Exoteric and
Esoteric 381
The Purity of early Phallicism 383
The Egyptian Lotus 385
The Purity of early Phallicism 383
The Egyptian Lotus 385
IX. DEUS
LUNUS
A Glance at
the Lunar Myth 387
A Key-note to the Moon 389
Copies and Originals 393
The Moon Bi-sexual 397
A Key-note to the Moon 389
Copies and Originals 393
The Moon Bi-sexual 397
X. TREE AND
SERPENT AND CROCODILE WORSHIP
Degeneration
of the Symbol 405
The Seven-headed Dragons 407
Dragon and Crocodile 409
The Seven-headed Dragons 407
Dragon and Crocodile 409
XI. DEMON EST
DEUS INVERSUS
Death is
Life 413
The Fall of the Angels 418
Transformation of the Legend 421
The Fall of the Angels 418
Transformation of the Legend 421
XII. THE
THEOGONY OF THE CREATIVE GODS
The Point
within the Circle 426
The Logos or Verbum 429
The Factors of Creation 432
Identity of the Hierarchies in all Religions 438
Difference between the Aryan and Semitic Systems 444
The Logos or Verbum 429
The Factors of Creation 432
Identity of the Hierarchies in all Religions 438
Difference between the Aryan and Semitic Systems 444
XIII. THE
SEVEN CREATIONS
The Gnostic
and the Hindu Versions 449
The Seven Puranic "Creations" 450
The Seven Puranic "Creations" 450
XIV. THE
FOUR ELEMENTS
The
"Gods" and the "Elements" 463
The Language of the Elements 464
Pagan and Christian Worship of the Elements 467
The Language of the Elements 464
Pagan and Christian Worship of the Elements 467
XV. ON
KWAN-SHI-YIN AND KWAN-YIN
Kwan-Shi-Yin
and Phallicism 471
The Real Meaning 472
The Real Meaning 472
BOOK I – PART III
SCIENCE AND THE SECRET DOCTRINE CONTRASTED
I. REASONS
FOR THESE ADDENDA
Occultism versus
Materialism 479
The Sabbath of the Mystic 481
The Sabbath of the Mystic 481
II. MODERN
PHYSICISTS ARE PLAYING AT BLIND MAN'S BUFF
III. AN
LUMEN SIT CORPUS NEC NON?
The
Hypothetical Ether 485
Scientific Theories of its Constitution 489
Scientific Theories of its Constitution 489
IV. IS
GRAVITATION A LAW?
Intelligences
or Blind Forces? 493
The Cause of Attraction 498
The Cause of Attraction 498
V. THE
THEORIES OF ROTATION SCIENCE
Conflicting
Hypotheses 502
More Hypotheses 505
More Hypotheses 505
VI. THE
MASKS OF SCIENCE
What are the
"Forces?" 508
The View of the Occultists 510
Scientific and Occult Theories on Heat 515
The Atoms of Science 519
The View of the Occultists 510
Scientific and Occult Theories on Heat 515
The Atoms of Science 519
VII. AN
ATTACK ON THE SCIENTIFIC THEORY OF FORCE BY A MAN OF SCIENCE
Ether and
Atoms 527
VIII. LIFE,
FORCE, OR GRAVITY?
Dr.
Richardson on Nervous Ether 531
The Senses and their Action 535
Too much "Life" may Kill 539
The Senses and their Action 535
Too much "Life" may Kill 539
IX. THE
SOLAR THEORY
The
Primordial Element 542
Elements and Meta-Elements 546
The Tree of Life and Being 549
Prof. Crookes on the Elements 552
Elements and Meta-Elements 546
The Tree of Life and Being 549
Prof. Crookes on the Elements 552
X. THE
COMING FORCE
Mr. Keeley,
an Unconscious Occultist 557
Inter-Etheric Waves 561
The Secrets of Sound and Odour 565
Inter-Etheric Waves 561
The Secrets of Sound and Odour 565
Xl. ON THE
ELEMENTS AND ATOMS
Metaphysical
Chemistry 569
What are the Seven Planets? 575
The Cyclic Fall of the Gods 577
What are the Seven Planets? 575
The Cyclic Fall of the Gods 577
XII. ANCIENT
THOUGHT IN MODERN DRESS
All-Potential
Unity 583
The "Seventh" in Chemistry 585
The "Seventh" in Chemistry 585
XIII. THE
MODERN NEBULAR THEORY
Forces are
Emanations 591
What is the Nebula? 595
What is the Nebula? 595
XIV. FORCES –
MODES OF MOTION OR INTELLIGENCES?
The Vital
Principle 603
Occult and Physical Science 605
Occult and Physical Science 605
XV. GODS,
MONADS, AND ATOMS
The Gods of
the Ancients – the Monads 613
The Monad and the Duad 617
The Genesis of the Elements 621
Hermes and Huxley 625
The Teaching of Leibnitz 627
The Monads according to Occultism 632
The Monad and the Duad 617
The Genesis of the Elements 621
Hermes and Huxley 625
The Teaching of Leibnitz 627
The Monads according to Occultism 632
XVI. CYCLIC
EVOLUTION AND KARMA
Karmic
Cycles and Universal Ethics 637
Destiny and
Karma 639
Karma-Nemesis
643
XVII. THE
ZODIAC AND ITS ANTIQUITY
The Jewish
Patriarchs and the Signs of the Zodiac 651
Zodiacal
Cycles 656
Hindu
Astronomy 661
XVIII.
SUMMARY OF THE MUTUAL POSITION
Science
Confesses her Ignorance 669
Materialism
is leading Europe towards a catastrophe 675
VOLUME SECOND
ANTHROPOGENESIS
PRELIMINARY NOTES
On the
Archaic Stanzas, and the Four Prehistoric Continents 1
The Imperishable Sacred Land 6
The Hyperborean 7
Lemuria 7
Atlantis 8
The Tropics at the Pole 11
The Imperishable Sacred Land 6
The Hyperborean 7
Lemuria 7
Atlantis 8
The Tropics at the Pole 11
BOOK II – PART I
ANTHROPOGENESIS
STANZAS FROM
THE BOOK OF DZYAN
STANZA I –
THE BEGINNINGS OF SENTIENT LIVE
Man, the
Third Logos 25
The Celestial Governors of Humanity 29
Parent Stars and Sister Planets 33
Three Kinds of Light 35
The Numbers of Creation 39
The First War in Heaven 45
The Celestial Governors of Humanity 29
Parent Stars and Sister Planets 33
Three Kinds of Light 35
The Numbers of Creation 39
The First War in Heaven 45
TWO
ANTEDILUVIAN ASTRONOMERS 47
STANZA II –
NATURE UNAIDED FAILS
The Monsters
of Chaos 53
The "Double Dragon" 57
Who are the Flames? 63
The "Double Dragon" 57
Who are the Flames? 63
THE
CHRONOLOGY OF THE BRAHMINS
The Race
that never dies 67
Cosmogony, an intelligent plan 73
Cosmogony, an intelligent plan 73
STANZA III –
ATTEMPTS TO CREATE MAN
The various
classes of Creators 77
Man, a god in animal form 81
"Fires," "Sparks," and "Flames" 83
Man, a god in animal form 81
"Fires," "Sparks," and "Flames" 83
STANZA IV –
CREATION OF THE FIRST RACES
Pitris of
the Gods and Demons 89
What Prometheus symbolized 95
The Hammer of Thor 99
The Divine Rebels 103
Man's Father, the Sun 105
What Prometheus symbolized 95
The Hammer of Thor 99
The Divine Rebels 103
Man's Father, the Sun 105
STANZA V –
THE EVOLUTION OF THE SECOND RACE
The Secret
Work of Chiram 113
The outgrowth of Races 117
Leda, Castor, and Pollux 121
Jah-Hovah Androgynous 125
The Jewish God-name 127
The outgrowth of Races 117
Leda, Castor, and Pollux 121
Jah-Hovah Androgynous 125
The Jewish God-name 127
STANZA VI –
THE EVOLUTION OF THE SWEAT-BORN
Bi-sexual
reproduction 133
The Virgin Third Race 135
A Few Words about Deluges and Noahs 138
Various Deluges 141
The Arkite Symbols 143
Could Men Exist 18,000,000 Years ago? 148
Spontaneous Generation 151
The Solar System in the Puranas 155
Oceans of Carbonic Acid? 159
The Virgin Third Race 135
A Few Words about Deluges and Noahs 138
Various Deluges 141
The Arkite Symbols 143
Could Men Exist 18,000,000 Years ago? 148
Spontaneous Generation 151
The Solar System in the Puranas 155
Oceans of Carbonic Acid? 159
STANZA VII –
FROM THE SEMI-DIVINE DOWN TO THE FIRST HUMAN RACES
Monads and
Rounds 167
A Suggestive Explanation 171
A Suggestive Explanation 171
A Saint –
Hypnotised 175
Sweat-born and Androgynes 177
Sweat-born and Androgynes 177
STANZA VIII –
EVOLUTION OF THE ANIMAL MAMMALIANS; THE FIRST
Archaic
Zoology 183
The Sin of the Mindless Men 185
The Sin of the Mindless Men 185
WHAT MAY BE
THE OBJECTIONS TO THE FOREGOING
STANZA IX –
THE FINAL EVOLUTION OF MAN
The Hairy
Men of China 195
The Separation of Sexes 197
Primeval Language 199
The Separation of Sexes 197
Primeval Language 199
EDENS,
SERPENTS AND DRAGONS
The Garden
of Eden a College 203
Flying Camels 205
Two Schools of Magic 211
The Flying Dragons 219
Flying Camels 205
Two Schools of Magic 211
The Flying Dragons 219
THE SONS OF
GOD AND THE SACRED ISLAND
The
Magicians of Atlantis 223
STANZA X –
THE HISTORY OF THE FOURTH RACE
The
Mysteries among the Mayas 229
Satanic Myths 233
Mahasura and Satan 237
Man, the pale shadow of God 243
The curse of Vasishta 247
Satanic Myths 233
Mahasura and Satan 237
Man, the pale shadow of God 243
The curse of Vasishta 247
ARCHAIC
TEACHINGS IN THE PURANAS AND GENESIS
From worm to
man 255
Identity of Human and Animal embryos 259
Identity of Human and Animal embryos 259
A PANORAMIC
VIEW OF THE EARLY RACES
The Natural
"Fall" 267
The Symbolism of Kronos 269
The Symbolism of Kronos 269
STANZA X –
Continued
The Golden
Age 273
No Devils outside Humanity 275
No Devils outside Humanity 275
ARE GIANTS A
FICTION?
The Seven
Virgin Youths 281
The Tibetan Lilith 285
The Races of Men not all Human 287
The Tibetan Lilith 285
The Races of Men not all Human 287
THE RACES
WITH THE "THIRD EYE"
Occult
Physiology 295
The Evolution of the Eye 299
The Third Eye is now a Gland 301
The Evolution of the Eye 299
The Third Eye is now a Gland 301
THE PRIMEVAL
MANUS OF HUMANITY
The Four
Earlier Races 311
The Esoteric Meaning of "Fish" 313
The Esoteric Meaning of "Fish" 313
STANZA XI –
THE CIVILIZATION AND DESTRUCTION OF THE FOURTH AND FIFTH RACES
Degeneration
of Mankind 319
Atlantis now Ocean Floor 325
Changes of Climate 329
How to Read Symbols 335
The Antediluvian Buddhas 339
Atlantis now Ocean Floor 325
Changes of Climate 329
How to Read Symbols 335
The Antediluvian Buddhas 339
CYCLOPEAN
RUINS AND COLOSSAL STONES AS WITNESSES TO GIANTS
Living,
Speaking, and Moving Stones 345
It takes a God to become a Man 349
It takes a God to become a Man 349
STANZA XII –
THE FIFTH RACE AND ITS DIVINE INSTRUCTORS
The
Astronomical Dragon 353
Serpents and Dragons under different Symbolisms 355
The Sidereal and Cosmic Glyphs 357
Our Divine Instructors 365
The Origin of the Satanic Myth 378
Noah was a Kabir, hence he must have been a Demon 390
Serpents and Dragons under different Symbolisms 355
The Sidereal and Cosmic Glyphs 357
Our Divine Instructors 365
The Origin of the Satanic Myth 378
Noah was a Kabir, hence he must have been a Demon 390
The oldest
Persian Traditions about the Polar, and the Submerged Continents 393
Western Speculations founded on the Greek and Purânic Traditions 402
The "Curse" from a Philosophical point of view 409
Western Speculations founded on the Greek and Purânic Traditions 402
The "Curse" from a Philosophical point of view 409
ADDITIONAL
FRAGMENTS FROM A COMMENTARY ON THE VERSES OF STANZA XII
The Oldest
Records about Atlantis 425
The Doom of Atlantis 427
The Races, Sub-Races, and Family Races 434
The Doom of Atlantis 427
The Races, Sub-Races, and Family Races 434
CONCLUSION
BOOK II – PART II
THE ARCHAIC SYMBOLISM OF THE WORLD-RELIGIONS
ESOTERIC
TENETS CORROBORATED IN EVERY SCRIPTURE
XVI.
ADAM-ADAMI
The
Cabalistic Four Adams 457
XVII. THE
"HOLY OF HOLIES": ITS DEGRADATION
Christian
Symbolism 463
The "Four-faced" Brahma 465
The Old and the New Jehovah 469
The "Four-faced" Brahma 465
The Old and the New Jehovah 469
XVIII. ON
THE MYTH OF THE "FALLEN ANGEL," IN ITS VARIOUS ASPECTS
The Evil
Spirit: Who and What? 475
The Gods of Light proceed from the Gods of Darkness 483
The many meanings of the "War in Heaven" 492
The Gods of Light proceed from the Gods of Darkness 483
The many meanings of the "War in Heaven" 492
XIX. IS
PLEROMA SATAN'S LAIR?
Jehovah's
Personating Spirit 509
The Mysterium Magnum 512
The Logos and Satan are One 515
The Mysterium Magnum 512
The Logos and Satan are One 515
XX.
PROMETHEUS THE TITAN
His Origin
in Ancient India 519
The Boon he Gives 523
The Boon he Gives 523
XXI.
ENOICHION-HENOCH
XXII. THE
SYMBOLISM OF THE MYSTERY NAMES IAO AND JEHOVAH
Cross and
Circle 545
The Fall of the Cross into Matter 553
The Fall of the Cross into Matter 553
XXIII. THE
UPANISHADS IN GNOSTIC LITERATURE
When Time be
no longer 565
The Divine Self's Wisdom 566
The Divine Self's Wisdom 566
XXIV. THE
CROSS AND THE PYTHAGOREAN DECADE
Poseidon's
Five Ministers 577
The Mystery of the Number Six 583
The Cross and Christian After-thought 587
The Mystery of the Number Six 583
The Cross and Christian After-thought 587
XXV. THE
MYSTERIES OF THE HEBDOMAD
Saptaparna 590
The Tetraktis in relation to the Heptagon 598
The Septenary Element in the Vedas 605
The Septenary in the Exoteric Works 611
Seven in Astronomy, Science and Magic 618
The Seven Souls of the Egyptologists 630
The Tetraktis in relation to the Heptagon 598
The Septenary Element in the Vedas 605
The Septenary in the Exoteric Works 611
Seven in Astronomy, Science and Magic 618
The Seven Souls of the Egyptologists 630
BOOK II – PART III
ADDENDA
SCIENCE AND THE SECRET DOCTRINE CONTRASTED
I. ARCHAIC,
OR MODERN ANTHROPOLOGY?
The Occult
and the Modern Doctrines 649
Science is Silent on every Problem 653
Science is Silent on every Problem 653
II. THE
ANCESTORS MANKIND IS OFFERED BY SCIENCE
Various
Modes of Reproduction 659
A Pithecoid Man Wanted 669
Plastidular Souls and Conscious Nerve-Cells 670
The atoms of our "Father-Bathybius" 674
A Pithecoid Man Wanted 669
Plastidular Souls and Conscious Nerve-Cells 670
The atoms of our "Father-Bathybius" 674
III. THE
FOSSIL RELICS OF MAN AND THE ANTHROPOID APE
Insurmountable
difficulties for the Darwinians 677
The Argument of "Rudimentary Organs" 683
"Epitomized History" in the Foetus 684
The Evidence of Skulls 687
The Argument of "Rudimentary Organs" 683
"Epitomized History" in the Foetus 684
The Evidence of Skulls 687
IV. DURATION
OF THE GEOLOGICAL PERIODS, RACE CYCLES, AND THE ANTIQUITY OF MAN
Sayce's
Sketch of Chronology 691
(a)
Speculations on the Age of the Globe 694
The Adept-Astronomer 698
The Adept-Astronomer 698
(b) On Chains of Planets and their Plurality 699
States of Consciousness 701
Worlds mentioned in the Bible 703
States of Consciousness 701
Worlds mentioned in the Bible 703
(c) Esoteric
Geological Chronology 709
Parallelism of Life 711
The Two Sciences contrasted 713
The Paleolithic Landseer 721
Astral Man – the Solution 728
The Kabalists and Science 730
Parallelism of Life 711
The Two Sciences contrasted 713
The Paleolithic Landseer 721
Astral Man – the Solution 728
The Kabalists and Science 730
V. ORGANIC
EVOLUTION AND CREATIVE CENTRES
Dhyan
Chohans and these Centres 732
(a) Origin and Evolution of the
Mammalia 734
(b) The European Paleolithic Races –
whence and how distributed 738
VI. GIANTS,
CIVILIZATIONS, AND SUBMERGED CONTINENTS TRACED IN HISTORY
A Mysterious
Nation 743
The Seven Sabbaths 747
"Revelation" and the "Secret Doctrine" 748
Druidic Stones 752
Races of Giants 755
Mazdean "Seven Earths" 759
The Seven Sabbaths 747
"Revelation" and the "Secret Doctrine" 748
Druidic Stones 752
Races of Giants 755
Mazdean "Seven Earths" 759
(a)
Statements about the Sacred Islands 760
The Heirloom of Atlantis 763
The God-bearing Land 765
The Power of Names 767
The Sons of Coelus and Terra 769
Southern and Northern Atlantis 770
Niobe and her Children 771
The Cycles of Time 773
The Titans in Prison 776
The Heirloom of Atlantis 763
The God-bearing Land 765
The Power of Names 767
The Sons of Coelus and Terra 769
Southern and Northern Atlantis 770
Niobe and her Children 771
The Cycles of Time 773
The Titans in Prison 776
VII.
SCIENTIFIC AND GEOLOGICAL PROOFS OF THE EXISTENCE OF SEVERAL SUBMERGED
CONTINENTS
Corroborations
of Occultism by Geology 779
Evidence of the Flora 781
Atlantis necessary to Ethnology 783
Astraea falls on her Head 785
Communication between South-Sea Islands 788
Evidence of Language 790
Ragon explains Masonic Symbols 795
The End a fitting prelude to Truth 798
Evidence of the Flora 781
Atlantis necessary to Ethnology 783
Astraea falls on her Head 785
Communication between South-Sea Islands 788
Evidence of Language 790
Ragon explains Masonic Symbols 795
The End a fitting prelude to Truth 798
INDEX
VOLUME THIRD
OCCULTISM
In 1897 Annie Besant
published a book entitled "Occultism"
claiming that it was the Third Volume of the Secret Doctrine, and this book
contains the following table of contents:
INTRODUCTORY
One Key to
All Sacred Books
Assumptions
have to be proven
The Spirit
of Plato’s Teaching
Self-Contradiction
of the Critic
The
Character of Animonius Saccas
Plato a
follower of Pythagoras
SECTION 1
Preliminary
Survey
The
Protectors of China
The A B C of
Magic
Magic as old
as Man
The Tree of
Knowledge
Occultism
must win the Day
Black Magic
at work
Black Magic
and Hypnotism
The
Philosophy stands on its own Merits
SECTION 2
Modern
Criticism and the Ancients
All Honour
to Genuine Scientists
What is a
Myth?
Chaldean
Oracles
SECTION 3
The Origin
of Magic
The Books of
Hermes
What is the
Origin of Magic
Pherecydes
of Syror
Cain
Mathematical and Anthropomorphic
SECTION 4
The Secresy
of the Initiates
Exoteric and
Esoteric Teachings
Origen on
Genesis
The “Dark
Sayings” of the Testaments
The Greatest
Crime ever perpetrated
Asiatic
Religions proclaim their Esotericism openly
The Wisdom
Religion
SECTION 5
Some Reasons
for Secresy
The Key of
Practical Theurgy
The Ladder
of Being
Three Ways
open to the Adept
Man is God
Jesus taught
Reincarnation
SECTION 6
The Dangers
of Practical Magic
Names are
Symbols
The Three
Mothers
The Bible
and Word-Juggling
Mo.ses and
the Jews
Old Wine in
New Bottles
Copies that
Ante-dated Originals
Which were
the Thieves?
Character of
the Bible
SECTION 8
The Book o
Enoch the Origin and Foundation of Christianity
The Book of
Enoch and Christianity
Enoch
records the Races
The Book of
Enoch symbolical
Occultists
do not reject the “Bible”
SECTION 9
Hermetic and
Kabalistic Doctrines
The Kabalah
and the Book of Enoch
Numbers and
Measures
The Doctrine
belongs to All
SECTION 10
Various
Occult Systems of Interpretations of Alphabets and Numerals
Numbers and
Magic
Gods and
Numbers
The
Universal Language
SECTION 11
The Hexagon
with the Central Point, or the Seventh Key
Occult
Weapons
SECTION 12
The Duty of
the True Occultist towards Religions
Christian
and non-Christian Adepts
SECTION 13
Post-
Christian Adepts and their Doctrines
Unfair
Criticism
The Two
Eternal Principles
SECTION 14
Simon and
his Biographer Hippolytus
Uneven
Balances
Stones as
“Evidences”
SECTION 15
St. Paul the
Real Founder of present Christianity
Abrogation
of Law by Initiates
Paul changed
to Simon
SECTION 16
Petera
Jewish Kabalist, not an Initiate
The Seat of
Peter
SECTION 17
Apollonius
of Tyana
The
Mysterious Teacher
Apollonius
cannot be Destroyed
De Mirville
on Apollonius
Apollonius
no Fiction
SECTION 18
Facts
underlying Adept Biographies
Jesus and
Apollonius
Biographies
of Initiates
Similarity
of Legends
Nature of
Christ
A Serious
Mistranslation
Secret
Doctrine of Jesus
The Cross
and Crucifix
The Story of
Jesus
The
Primitive Woman
Kabalistic Reading
of Gospels
Universal
Teachings
SECTION 19
St. Cyprian
of Antioch
Magic in
Antioch
Sorcerer
become Saint
SECTION 20
The Eastern
Gupta Vidya and the Kabalah
A Mystery
within a Mystery
Authorship
of the Zohar
Chaldaic and
Hebrew
The First Men
Many Events
not Historical
The reaj
Hebrew Characters Lost
Hebrew
Esotericism not Primitive
The
Concealed of All the Concealed
Three-in-One
and Four
The
Septenary Sephira
The Blind
Leading the Blind
SECTION 21
Hebrew
Allegories
The Hebrew
Bible does not exist
Some Hebrews
were Initiates
The Seven
Creative Gods
Seven Keys
to all Allegories
Gerald
Massey on the Seven Creators
The Father
and Mothe
SECTION 22
The Zohar on
Creation and the Elohim
Angels as
Builders
Who are the
Elohim
Monad, Duad,
and Triad
The Creative
Gods
God the Host
SECTION 23
What the
Occultists and Kabalists have to say
The Mystery
of the Sun
SECTION 24
Modern
Kabalists in Science and Occult Astronomy
The Place of
Neptune
Self-Generation
ex-Nihilo
Are there
Angels in Stars
SECTION 25
Eastern and
Western Occultism
Primordial
Matter
The Great
Deep
The Chaos of
Genesis
The Bible of
Humanity
Chaos is
Theos or Kosmos
One Hundred
and Eight
SECTION 26
The Idols
and the Teraphim
Divining by
Teraphim
Jehovah and
Teraphim
Idol of the
Moon
SECTION 27
Egyptian
Magic
Evidence of
Papyri
Symbols and
their Reading
Rebirth and
Transmigration
The Egyptian
Khous
Obsession in
Egypt
Two Rituals
of Magic
Magical
Statues
Romances–but
True
SECTION 28
The Origin
of the Mysteries
An Instant
in Heaven
Growth of
Popular Beliefs
A True
Priesthood
The Egyptian
Priests
Revealing
and Reveiling
Atlanteans
Degenerating
SECTION 29
The Trial of
the Sun Initiate
Vishvakarma
Vikarttana
The
Transmission of Light
Masonry and
the Jesuits
SECTION 30
The Mystery
“Sun of Initiation”
The Sun as
God
SECTION 31
The Object
of the Mysteries
Mysteries
and Theophany
The
Mysteries and Masonry
SECTION 32
Traces of
the Mysteries
Christos and
Chrestos
The
Symbolism of Narada
Egyptian
Initiation
The
Self-sacrificing Victim
Orpheus
SECTION 33
The Last of
the Mysteries in Europe
Alesia and
Bibractis
The Learning
of Egypt
SECTION 34
The
Post-Christian Successors to the Mysteries
The Root
Races
The “False
Gnosis”
Teachings of
Ammonius
Difficulties
and Dangers
The
Neo-Platonic School
SECTION 35
Symbolism of
Sun and Stars
The Circle
Dance
Christian
Astrolatry
Michael the
Conqueror
The
Christian Sun-God
SECTION 36
Pagan
Sidereal Worship or Astronomy
The
Planetary Angels
Celestial
Wheels
The
Promethean Mystery
SECTION 37
The Souls of
the Stars–Universal HelioIatry
Christian
Star-Worship
A Singular
Confession
SECTION 38
Astrology
and Astrolatry
The Defense
of Astrology
Its Later
Deterioration
Its
Prominent Disciples
SECTION 39
Cycles and
Avataras
An
Unfulfilled Prophecy
Secret
Cycles
SECTION 40
Secret
Cycles
The Naros
Age of the
Vedas
Testimony of
the Song Celestial
Mackey’s
Arguments
SECTION 41
The Doctrine
of the Avataras
All Avataras
Identical
Voluntary
Incarnations
Cardinal de
Cusa
The Seven
Rays
Special
Cases
The Higher
Astral
SECTION 42
The Seven Principles
SECTION 43
The Mystery
of Buddha
Shankaracharya
The Buddha
cannot Reincarnate
A Fuller
Explanation
Sacrifice
Shankiracharya
still Living
SECTION 44
“Reincarnations”
of Buddha
Vajradhara
Living
Buddhas
An Obscure
Passage
SECTION 45
An
Unpublished Discourse of Buddha
A Mistaken
View
SECTION 46
Nirvana-Moksha
The Akasha
Matter is
ever living
Blind Faith
not Expected
What
Annihilation Means
SECTION 47
The Secret
Books of “Lam-Rin” and Dzyan
SECTION 48
Amita Buddha
Kwan-Shai-yiu, and Kwan-yin. – What the Book of Dzyan and the Lamaseries of
Tsong-Khapa say
SECTION 49
Tsong-Khapa–
Lohans in China
The Lost
Word
Tibetan
Prophecies
SECTION 50
A Few More
Misconceptions Corrected
Misrepresentations
of Buddhism
A Mysterious
Land
Absurd
Conclusions
Materialistic
Orientalists
Introduction
of Buddhism into Tibet
SECTION 51
The
“Doctrine of the Eye” and the “Doctrine of the Heart,” or the “Heart’s Seal”
Swedenborg’s
Claims
The God
“Who”
More
Misrepresentations
Aryasanga
SOME PAPERS ON THE BEARING OF OCCULT PHILOSOPHY ON
LIFE
(Blavatsky's Esoteric Instructions)
Note
A Warning
The Jewel in
the Lotus
The
Pythagorean Triad
Seven
Correspondential Contents
Correspondence
between Races and Man
Man and the
Logos
Cosmic,
Spiritual and Physical Centres
Woman and
Alchemy
Sound and
Colour
The Days of
the Week
An
Explanation
Astrology
and Lunar Weeks
Seeing
Sounds and Hearing Colours
Planetary
and Human Bodies
Planets and
Faculties
Simon Magus
the Magician
Series of
Aeons
The Triple
Aeon
Magic and
Miracles
Magic a
Divine Science
The Seven Hierarchies
Origines
Colours and
Principles
The
Primordial Seven
The
Hierarchies and Man
Wisdom and
Truth
Occult
Secresy
The Light
and Dark Sides of Nature
Nature’s
Finer Forces
The “Seven
Principles”
The Auric
Egg
Five or
Seven Tattvas
The Tattvas
Esoteric and
Tantra Tables of the Tattvas
Hatha and
Raja Yoga
The
Awakening of the Seventh Sense
The Master
Chakras
The Human
Harp
The Duality
of Manas
The Living
and the Dead
Gaining
Immortality
Light and
Life
The Two Egos
Death of the
Soul
Reincarnation
of Lower Soul
The Dweller
on the Threshold
The Word
The Divine
Witness
Appendix
A Mantra
Operative
Colour and
Spiritual Sound
Musical
Table
Notes on
some Oral Teachings
The Dweller
on the Threshold
Fear and
Hatred
Triangle and
Quaternary
Prana and
Antahkarana
Sacred
Centres of the Body
Akasha
Nature’s Sounding-Board
Kosmic
Consciousness
Divisions of
the Astral Plane
Kosmic
Planes
Differentiation
Men and
Pitris
Power of
Imagination
Why Cycles
Return
Talas and
Lokas
States of
Consciousness
Man and
Lokas
Yogis in
Svarloka
Consciousness
and Self-Consciousness
States of
Consciousness
Vibrations
and Impressions
The
Crucifixion of the Christos
Rising above
the Brain
Christ and
Apollonius
The
Beginnings
Karmic
Effects
Fire is
Kriyashakti
Responsibility
and the Ego
Functions of
the Astral Body
