The Secret Doctrine: The Synthesis of Science, Religion, and Philosophy
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Blavatsky's Masterpiece
Contents at a Glance
- Founder of New Age - before the word existed
- The Secret Doctrine: The Synthesis of Science, Religion, and Philosophy
- Blavatsky taught Holism before the word was invented.
Founder of New Age - before the word existed
The Secret Doctrine: The Synthesis of Science, Religion, and Philosophy
The Secret Doctrine : The Synthesis of Science, Religion, and Philosophy (Volumes 1 and 2)
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Blavatsky's great contribution to spiritual understanding worldwide. She united religion and science at a time when the two words seemed to mean opposite things (as they often do now).
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Blavatsky taught Holism before the word was invented.
Holistic thought is basically the fact that everything is both interconnected and (ultimately) goes back to ONE source. Holistic thought is the opposite of reductionist thinking: Reductionist thinking explains things by explaining the part. In holistic thinking the context is stressed.
Inspired by the Secret Doctrine
By Sri Madhava Ashish and Sri Krishna Prem
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Man The Measure Of All Things
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Deep, engaging and insightful interpretation of Blavatsky's 'The Secret Doctrine'. 'Man the measure of all things' is one of those books I've heard about for years, but never had the opportunity to read. Having read Blavatsky's magnum opus myself, I...
Inspiring ideas from 'The Secret Doctrine'
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What you (probably) did not know about The Secret Doctrine
- Although both volumes were first published in 1888, H.P. Blavatsky started writing 1879
- The Secret Doctrine was meant to be a rewrite of Isis Unveiled, Blavatsky's first book
- The book came out in two separate volumes, but as early as 1884 people had subscribed to installments which never came out. Instead the subscribers just received the book itself
- Blavatsky was ill during most of the writing
- Blavatsky was also publicly denounced by the SPR while writing the Secret Doctrine - it's a wonder the book got finished at all, given the amount of stress she was under
- Much of the book was written based on visions she got from her Mahatmas
- After Blavatsky thought she was finished, she had two associates (the Keightley's) look it over - they rearranged the whole thing and added questions that Blavatsky then answered
The Third Volume of the Secret Doctrine
The Secret Doctrine Vol III
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The first half is as good an introduction into theosophical thought as you'll find - ideas jump off every page while it's also very compelling reading. The second half is Blavatsky's Esoteric Instructions to her students. This part is probably edited by Besant more. Still, also very thought provoking.
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Isis Unveiled [Two Volume Set]
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What did you think about The Secret Doctrine?
Please tell me your honest opinion of this book - if you did read it (or part of it).
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Fetching blurbs now... please stand byLove it! Great read.
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I needed all the help I could get reading it (joined a Secret Doctrine Studygroup), but it did change the way I looked at life, science and the universe.
Posted April 25, 2008
Sorry, not my cup of tea.
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Meditating on the Secret Doctrine
aka: what people have to say...
- Reminiscences of H.P. Blavatsky and the Secret Doctrine - Countess Constance Wachtmeister et al.
- In giving an account of the manner in which Helena Petrovna Blavatsky wrote The Secret Doctrine, while yet the circumstances are fresh in my memory, with memoranda and letters still available for reference, I shall not shrink from dwelling at some length on my own relations with my dear friend and teacher; and on many attendant circumstances which, while not directly connected with the actual writing of the book [The Secret Doctrine], will contribute, I feel sure, to an intelligent comprehension of both the author and her work.
- Metaphysics: The "Secret Doctrine" and its study
- Being extracts from the notes of personal teachings given by H.P. Blavatsky. to private pupils during the years 1888 to 1891, included in a large MSS volume left to me by my father, who was one of the pupils. -- P
- The Secret Doctrine as a Contribution to World Thought, Sri Madhava Ashish, Modern Theosophy
- The world's many religious teachings are human attempts to express mankind's half defined ideas about himself and the world he lives in. As we become richer in our wealth of concepts and more knowledgeable about our environment, we find it necessary from time to time to reformulate our religious ideas. H.P. Blavatsky's contribution to world thought was such a reformulation.
- Meditating on The Secret Doctrine, Pablo D. Sender
- Pablo Sender on meditation on Blavatsky's master piece: 'The Secret Doctrine.'
- The path / Mistaken notions on the secret doctrine - Modern Theosophy
- My chief and only object was to bring into prominence that the basic and fundamental principles of every exoteric religion and philosophy, old or new, were from first to last but echoes of the primeval "Wisdom Religion."
- The Secret Doctrine as Spiritual Practice, Pablo Sender - Modern Theosophy
- Pablo Sender on awakening spiritual perception through study of Blavatsky's master piece: 'The Secret Doctrine.'
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- Margo_Arrowsmith Margo_Arrowsmith Feb 27, 2009 @ 5:59 am
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- Zackfaire Zackfaire Sep 18, 2008 @ 4:01 am
- what a very thought provoking lens and i definitely should give you 5 stars for this one.
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