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The aim of this work may be thus stated:to show that Nature is not “a fortuitous concurrence of atoms,” and to assign to man hisrightful place in the scheme of the Universe;to rescue from degradation the archaic truthswhich are the basis of all religions; and touncover, to some extent, the fundamentalunity from which they all spring; finally, toshow that the occult side of nature has neverbeen approached by the Science of moderncivilization.— 1  : viiThe birth and evolution of the Sacred Science of the Past are lost in the very night ofTime ; . . . It is only by bringing before thereader an abundance of proofs all tending toshow that in every age, under every conditionof civilization and knowledge, the educatedclasses of every nation made themselves themore or less faithful echoes of one identicalsystem and its fundamental traditions — thathe can be made to see that so many streamsof the same water must have had a commonsource from which they started. — 2  : 794But it is perhaps desirable to state unequivocally that the teachings, however fragmentary and incomplete, contained in thesevolumes, belong neither to the Hindu, theZoroastrian, the Chaldean, nor the Egyptianreligion, neither to Buddhism, Islam, Judaism nor Christianity exclusively. The SecretDoctrine is the essence of all these.— 1  : viiiOver a century has passed since the firstcopy of The Secret Doctrine came off thepresses in 1888. Today, after numerous reprintings and translations, the SD remainsthe most comprehensive sourcebook of theesoteric tradition, outlining the fundamentaltenets of the “Secret Doctrine of the ArchaicAges.” Challenging and prophetic, it directlyaddresses the questions of who we are, wherewe came from, where we are going, and why.Based on the ancient Stanzas of Dzyan(with corroborating testimony from hundreds of sources), these two volumes unfoldthe drama of cosmic and human evolution— from the reawakening of the gods aftera “Night of the Universe” to the ultimatereunion of cosmos with its divine source.Supplementary sections discuss relevantscientific issues as well as the mystery language of myths, symbols, and allegories,helping the reader decipher the often abstruseimagery of the world’s sacred literature.A 440-page Index volume is also availableseparately in print and PDF eBook. Majorentries are cross-referenced; foreign terms areidentified by language, often with a one ortwo word definition; subentries are arrangedalphabetically, and an appendix gives translations and sources of Greek, Hebrew, Latin,and French phrases in the text.Complete catalog available on requestTheosophical University PressUnabridged Verbatim EditionPost Office Box CPasadena, California 91109-7107www.theosociety.org

THE SECRET DOCTRINE.

THE SECRET DOCTRINE   :THE SYNTHESISofSCIENCE,   RELIGION,   AND   PHILOSOPHY.byH . P . B L A V A T S K Y,author of “ isis unveiled.”“ There is no Religion higher than Truth. ”Vol.  I.—COSMOGENESIS.London :THE THEOSOPHICAL PUBLISHING COMPANY, LIMITED,7, Duke Street, Adelphi, W.C.WILLIAM Q. JUDGE,117, Nassau Street, New York.THE MANAGER OF THE THEOSOPHIST,Adyar, Madras.—1888.

“ Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1888, by H. P. Blavatsky,in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington, D.C. ”hTheosophical University PressPost Office Box CPasadena, California 91109-7107www.theosociety.org2019Unabridged Verbatim EditionThis edition is a character-for-character, line-for-line reproduction of thetwo-volume 1888 first edition. It is set in new type which closely matchesthe Miller & Richard Old Style font used in the original. The Index at theend of Volume II is the version revised in 1925. Readers are also referredto The Secret Doctrine: Index, a separate 440-page volume available in printand online at our website.ISBN 978-1-55700-228-0ISBN 978-1-55700-230-3ISBN 978-1-55700-229-72-volumes, paperback2-volumes, hardback2-volumes, PDF ebookThe paper in the print edition is acid free and meets the requirements ofANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992 for libraries and archives.Manufactured in the United States of America

This WorkI Dedicate to all True Theosophists,In every Country,A n d o f ev er y R a ce,For they called it forth, and for them it was recorded.

PREFACE.The Author—the writer, rather—feels it necessary to apologise for the longdelay which has occurred in the appearance of this work. It has beenoccasioned by ill-health and the magnitude of the undertaking. Even thetwo volumes now issued do not complete the scheme, and these do not treatexhaustively of the subjects dealt with in them. A large quantity of materialhas already been prepared, dealing with the history of occultism as containedin the lives of the great Adepts of the Aryan Race, and showing the bearing ofoccult philosophy upon the conduct of life, as it is and as it ought to be.Should the present volumes meet with a favourable reception, no effort will bespared to carry out the scheme of the work in its entirety. The third volumeis entirely ready ; the fourth almost so.This scheme, it must be added, was not in contemplation when the preparation of the work was first announced. As originally announced, it was intendedthat the “ Secret Doctrine ” should be an amended and enlarged version of “ IsisUnveiled.” It was, however, soon found that the explanations which could beadded to those already put before the world in the last-named and otherworks dealing with esoteric science, were such as to require a different methodof treatment : and consequently the present volumes do not contain, in all,twenty pages extracted from “ Isis Unveiled.”The author does not feel it necessary to ask the indulgence of her readersand critics for the many defects of literary style, and the imperfect Englishwhich may be found in these pages. She is a foreigner, and her knowledge ofthe language was acquired late in life. The English tongue is employedbecause it offers the most widely-diffused medium for conveying the truthswhich it had become her duty to place before the world.These truths are in no sense put forward as a revelation ; nor does the authorclaim the position of a revealer of mystic lore, now made public for the firsttime in the world’s history. For what is contained in this work is to be foundscattered throughout thousands of volumes embodying the scriptures of thegreat Asiatic and early European religions, hidden under glyph and symbol,and hitherto left unnoticed because of this veil. What is now attempted is togather the oldest tenets together and to make of them one harmonious andunbroken whole. The sole advantage which the writer has over her predecessors,is that she need not resort to personal speculations and theories. For thiswork is a partial statement of what she herself has been taught by moreadvanced students, supplemented, in a few details only, by the results of her

viiipreface.own study and observation. The publication of many of the facts herein statedhas been rendered necessary by the wild and fanciful speculations in whichmany Theosophists and students of mysticism have indulged, during the lastfew years, in their endeavour to, as they imagined, work out a complete systemof thought from the few facts previously communicated to them.It is needless to explain that this book is not the Secret Doctrine in itsentirety, but a select number of fragments of its fundamental tenets, specialattention being paid to some facts which have been seized upon by variouswriters, and distorted out of all resemblance to the truth.But it is perhaps desirable to state unequivocally that the teachings, howeverfragmentary and incomplete, contained in these volumes, belong neither to theHindu, the Zoroastrian, the Chaldean, nor the Egyptian religion, neither toBuddhism, Islam, Judaism nor Christianity exclusively. The Secret Doctrine isthe essence of all these. Sprung from it in their origins, the various religiousschemes are now made to merge back into their original element, out of whichevery mystery and dogma has grown, developed, and become materialised.It is more than probable that the book will be regarded by a large section ofthe public as a romance of the wildest kind ; for who has ever even heard ofthe book of Dzyan ?The writer, therefore, is fully prepared to take all the responsibility for whatis contained in this work, and even to face the charge of having invented thewhole of it. That it has many shortcomings she is fully aware ; all that sheclaims for it is that, romantic as it may seem to many, its logical coherence andconsistency entitle this new Genesis to rank, at any rate, on a level with the“ working hypotheses ” so freely accepted by modern science. Further, itclaims consideration, not by reason of any appeal to dogmatic authority, butbecause it closely adheres to Nature, and follows the laws of uniformity andanalogy.The aim of this work may be thus stated : to show that Nature is not “ afortuitous concurrence of atoms,” and to assign to man his rightful place in thescheme of the Universe ; to rescue from degradation the archaic truths whichare the basis of all religions ; and to uncover, to some extent, the fundamentalunity from which they all spring ; finally, to show that the occult side of Naturehas never been approached by the Science of modern civilization.If this is in any degree accomplished, the writer is content. It is written inthe service of humanity, and by humanity and the future generations it must bejudged. Its author recognises no inferior court of appeal. Abuse she isaccustomed to ; calumny she is daily acquainted with ; at slander she smiles insilent contempt.De minimis non curat lex.London, October, 1888.H. P. B.

TABLE OF CONTENTS.Introduction The Need of such a Book The Antiquity of Documents and MSS.What the Book is intended to do page. xvii. xix. xxiii. xxviii.VOLUME FIRST .COSMOGENESIS.Proem The Oldest MSS. in the world and its Symbolism The One Life, Active and Passive The Secret Doctrine—Pantheism—Atheism “ Space ” in all Religions and in Occultism Seven Cosmic Elements—Seven Races of Mankind The Three Postulates of the Secret Doctrine Description of the Stanzas from the Book of Dzyan 12469121420BOOK I. — PART I.COSMIC EVOLUTION.Seven Stanzas from the Book of Dzyan 27Stanza I. — The Night of the Universe The Seven Eternities “ Time ” The Universal Mind and the Dhyan ChohansNidana and Maya : The Causes of Misery The Great Breath Being and Non-Being The Eye of Dangma Alaya, the Universal Soul 353637383943454749

xcontents.Stanza I I. — The Idea of Differentiation The Absolute knows Itself not The Germ of Life was not yet The Universe was still concealed in the Divine Thought page.53555761Stanza I II. — The Awakening of KosmosThe Great Vibration Nature’s Symbols The Power of Numbers The Logoi and the Dragon The Astral Light Primeval Radiations from UnityThe Web of Being Conscious Electricity : Fohat 626365677375798385Stanza IV. — The Septenary Hierarchies The Sons of the Fire The Vehicle of the Universe—the Dhyan Chohans The Army of the Voice Speech and Mind The Ogdoad and the Heptad The Stellar “ Sons of Light ” 86 86 89 93 95 99 103 Stanza V. — Fohat : The Child of the Septenary HierarchiesThe Fiery Whirlwind and the Primordial Seven They Produce Fohat The Correlation of the “ Gods ” Evolution of the “ Principles ” of Nature The Mystery of the Fire The Secret of the Elements The Square of the Tabernacle The Planetary Spirits and the Lipika The Ring “ Pass Not ” The Sidereal Book of Life The Soul’s Pilgrimage and its “ Rest ” Stanza V I. — Our World, its Growth and DevelopmentThe Logos Mystery of the Female Logos 136 136 137 106106108113119121123125129130131134

xicontents.The Seven Layu Centres The “ Elementary Germs ” The Evolution of the Elements The Building of the Worlds A Neutral Centre “ Dead ” Planets—The Moon page.138139140145147149Theosophical Misconceptions The Planetary Divisions and the Human Principles The Moon Transmigrations of the Ego The Septenary Chain Relation of the other Planets to the Earth 152153155159161163Explanations concerning the Globes and the MonadsThe Lunar Chain and the Earth Chain The Earth, the Child of the Moon Classification of the Monads The Monad Defined The Lunar Monads—the Pitris A Triple Evolution in Nature 170172173175177179181Stanza V I. — Continued “ Creation ” in the Fourth Round The “ Curse,” “ Sin,” and “ War ” The Struggle for Life and the Birth of the WorldsThe Adepts and the Sacred Island 191191193202207Stanza V I I. — The Parents of Man on EarthDivisions of the Hierarchies Correlations of Beings What incarnates in Animal Man Formation of Man : the Thinker Occult and Kabalistic Pneumatics Akâsa and Ether The Invisible “ Lives ” Occult Vital Chemistry and Bacteriology 213 214 223233 238 243 257 259 261

xiicontents.The Watcher and his Shadow Earth peopled by the Shadows of the Gods page. 265 267Summing up The pith and marrow of the Secret DoctrineHermes in Christian Garb Some Occult Aphorisms The Seven Powers of Nature 269273285289293BOOK I. — PART I I.THE EVOLUTION OF SYMBOLISM IN ITS§§I. Symbolism and Ideographs Emblem and Symbol differ Magic Potency of Sound Mystery Language APPROXIMATE ORDER. 303305307309 310311313319323I I I. Primordial Substance and Divine ThoughtDivine Thought, or Cineritious Matter ? Ether and Intelligence The Seven Prakritis The Mystic Fire One Tree of Knowledge 325327330335339341IV. Chaos — Theos — Kosmos The Union of Chaos and SpiritThe Birth of Mind 342 343 345V. The Hidden Deity, its Symbols and GlyphsThe Gnostic Idea International Correlation of Gods 349 351 355I I. The Mystery Language and its KeysEgypt’s many Religions The Jews and their System Moses copied from Sargon Identity of Ancient Symbols

xiiicontents.§§ page. 359 363 365 VIII. The Lotus as a Universal Symbol Exoteric and Esoteric The Purity of early Phallicism The Egyptian Lotus 379 381 383385 386387389393397Worship 403405407409 411413418421 424426429432438444VI. The Mundane EggEgg-born LogoiThe Winged Globe VII. The Days and Nights of BrahmâHuman Gods and Divine MenThe Rebirth of Gods The Puranic Prophecy IX. Deus Lunus A Glance at the Lunar MythA Key-note to the Moon Copies and Originals The Moon Bi-sexual X. Tree and Serpent and CrocodileDegeneration of the SymbolThe Seven-headed DragonsDragon and Crocodile XI. Demon est Deus InversusDeath is Life The Fall of the Angels Transformation of the Legend XII. The Theogony of the Creative Gods The Point within the Circle The Logos or Verbum The Factors of Creation Identity of the Hierarchies in all Religions Difference between the Aryan and Semitic Systems368369371377

xivcontents. page. 445 449 450XIV. The Four Elements The “ Gods ” and the “ Elements ” The Language of the Elements Pagan and Christian Worship of the Elements XV. On Kwan-Shi-Yin and Kwan-YinKwan-Shi-Yin and PhallicismThe Real Meaning 470 471 472§§XIII. The Seven Creations The Gnostic and the Hindu VersionsThe Seven Puranic “ Creations ” 460463464467BOOK I. — PART I II.SCIENCE AND THE SECRET DOCTRINE CONTRASTED.§§I. Reasons for these Addenda Occultism versus MaterialismThe Sabbath of the Mystic II. Modern Physicists are Playing at Blind Man’s Buff 477 479 481 482III. An Lumen Sit Corpus nec non ? The Hypothetical Ether Scientific Theories of its Constitution 483 485 489IV. Is Gravitation a Law ? Intelligences or Blind Forces ?The Cause of Attraction 490 493 498

xvcontents.§§V. The Theories of Rotation in ScienceConflicting Hypotheses More Hypotheses VI. The Masks of Science What are the “ Forces ? ” The View of the OccultistsScientific and Occult Theories onThe Atoms of Science Heat page. 500 502 505 506 508510515 519VII. An Atta ck on the Scientific Theory of Force by a Man ofScience 523Ether and Atoms 527VIII.  Life, Force, or Gravity ? Dr. Richardson on Nervous EtherThe Senses and their Action Too much “ Life ” may Kill IX. The Solar Theory The Primordial Element Elements and Meta-ElementsThe Tree of Life and BeingProf. Crookes on the Elements X. The Coming Force Mr. Keeley, an Unconscious OccultistInter-Etheric Waves The Secrets of Sound and Odour XI. On the Elements and AtomsMetaphysical Chemistry What are the Seven Planets ?The Cyclic Fall of the Gods 529531535539 540542546549552 554557561565 566569575577

xvicontents. page 579 583 585 588 591 595 601 603 605§§X I I. Ancient Thought in Modern DressAll-Potential Unity The “ Seventh ” in Chemistry XI I I. The Modern Nebular TheoryForces are Emanations What is the Nebula ? XIV. Forces — Modes of Motion or Intelligences ?The Vital Principle Occult and Physical Science XV. Gods, Monads, and Atoms The Gods of the Ancients—the MonadsThe Monad and the Duad The Genesis of the Elements Hermes and Huxley The Teaching of Leibnitz The Monads according to Occultism 610613 617 621625 627 632XV I. Cyclic Evolution and Karma Karmic Cycles and Universal EthicsDestiny and Karma Karma—Nemesis 634637639643 647651656661X V I I. The Zodiac and its Antiquity The Jewish Patriarchs and the Signs of the ZodiacZodiacal Cycles Hindu Astronomy XVIII. Summary of the Mutual Position Science Confesses her Ignorance Materialism is leading Europe towards a catastrophe . 668 669 675N.B.—The Index and Glossary will be found at the close of Volume II.

INTRODUCTORY.“ Gently to hear, kindly to judge.”— Shakespeare.Since the appearance of Theosophical literature in England, ithas become customary to call its teachings “ Esoteric Buddhism.”And, having become a habit—as an old proverb based on daily experience has it—“ Error runs down an inclined plane, while Truth hasto laboriously climb its way up hill.”Old truisms are often the wisest. The human mind can hardlyremain entirely free from bias, and decisive opinions are often formedbefore a thorough examination of a subject from all its aspects has beenmade. This is said with reference to the prevailing double mistake (a)of limiting Theosophy to Buddhism: and (b) of confounding thetenets of the religious philosophy preached by Gautama, the Buddha,with the doctrines broadly outlined in “ Esoteric Buddhism.” Anything more erroneous than this could be hardly imagined. It hasenabled our enemies to find an effective weapon against theosophy;because, as an eminent Pali scholar very pointedly expressed it, therewas in the volume named “ neither esotericism nor Buddhism.” Thesoteric truths, presented in Mr. Sinnett’s work, had ceased to be esotericfrom the moment they were made public  ; nor did it contain the religionof Buddha, but simply a few tenets from a hitherto hidden teachingwhich are now supplemented by many more, enlarged and explained inthe present volumes. But even the latter, though giving out manyfundamental tenets from the Secret Doctrine of the East, raise but asmall corner of the dark veil. For no one, not even the greatest l

The Secret Doctrine is the essence of all these. — 1 : i i vi Unabridged Verbatim Edition Over a century has passed since the first copy of The Secret Doctrine came off the presses in 1888. Today, after numerous re- . hidden under glyph and symbol, and hitherto left un

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