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.
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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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The Voice of the Silence: Being Chosen Fragments from the "Book of the Golden Precepts"
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Helena Blavatsky (Western Esoteric Masters Series)
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The Key to Theosophy (Quest Book)
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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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