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The secret doctrine

the synthesis of science, religion, and philosophy

Also known as Tainaia doktrina; The Secret Doctrine: The Synthesis of Science, Religion, and Philosophy; The secret doctrine; the synthesis of science, religion and philosophy

by Елена Петровна Блаватская & Helena Petrovna Blavatsky

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  • 19th century
  • Languages: English, Russian, Spanish
  • Content type: Primary source
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Madame Blavatsky's Victorian-era masterpiece is now scaled down to its essentials, providing the most readable, accessible experience ever of one of history's seminal occult works. The Secret Doctrine, Helena Petrovna Blavatsky's masterwork on the origin and evolution of the universe and humanity itself, is arguably the most famous, and perhaps the most influential, occult book ever written. Published since 1888 only in expensive, two-volume editions of some 1,400 pages, it has long eluded the grasp of modern readers— until now.This single-volume edition, abridged and annotated by historian and Theosophical scholar Michael Gomes, places the ideas of The Secret Doctrine within reach of all who are curious. In particular, Gomes provides a critical sounding of the book's famous stanzas on the genesis of life and the cosmos...

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Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Consciousness, mysticism, and metaphysics, Occultism and esotericism, and Theosophy, Anthroposophy, and New Thought.

  • Occultism and esotericism

    Controlled discovery queries from openlibrary and openlibrary-historical matched “Occultism”. Retained metadata contains “occult” in the description and “Occultism” in the subject metadata.

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  • Theosophy, Anthroposophy, and New Thought

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive, online-books-page, openlibrary, openlibrary-historical, and openlibrary-title-seed matched “The Secret Doctrine” and “Theosophy”. Retained metadata contains “The Secret Doctrine” in the title, “The Secret Doctrine” in the alternative title, “The Secret Doctrine” in the description, and 5 additional metadata match(es).

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    • “The Secret Doctrine”· in title
    • “The Secret Doctrine”· in alternative title
  • Consciousness, mysticism, and metaphysics

    Controlled discovery queries from openlibrary and openlibrary-historical matched “Mysticism”. Retained metadata contains “Mysticism” in the subject metadata.

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Editions

Open Library reports 52 editions; 11 cataloged here.

the synthesis of science, religion, and philosophy : index to vols. I and II

Internet Archive institutional pre-1900 scan

1895-01-01T00:00:00ZLondon : The Theosophical Pub. SocietyEnglish—Public digitized item

The secret doctrine; the synthesis of science, religion and philosophy

Internet Archive institutional pre-1900 scan

1893-01-01T00:00:00ZLondon, Theosophical Pub. Society; New York Path Off ice, etc. etc.English—Public digitized item

The secret doctrine; the synthesis of science, religion and philosophy

Internet Archive institutional pre-1900 scan

1893-01-01T00:00:00ZLondon, Theosophical Publishing SocietyEnglish—Public digitized item

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  • Contributing institution: Boston Public Library
  • Contributing institution: Harvard University
  • Contributing institution: Princeton Theological Seminary Library
  • Contributing institution: University of California Libraries
  • Contributing institution: Wellcome Library
  • Digitization sponsor: Google
  • Digitization sponsor: Internet Archive
  • Digitization sponsor: MSN
  • Digitization sponsor: Wellcome Library
  • Discovery required Internet Archive search metadata to report a PDF format; the exact direct-file URL is added only after the item's file listing confirms an unrestricted PDF filename.
  • Internet Archive institutional collection: americana
  • Internet Archive institutional collection: europeanlibraries; medicalheritagelibrary; wellcomelibrary
  • Open Library reports 2 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
  • Open Library reports 3 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
  • Open Library reports 4 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
  • Open Library reports 52 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
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  • Source-listed Library of Congress call number(s): BP561 .S4 1888
  • Source-listed Library of Congress call number(s): BP561 .S4 1893
  • Source-reported rights: <a href="http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" rel="ugc nofollow">This work is available under the Creative Commons, Public Domain Mark</a>
  • Source-reported rights: This work is available under the Creative Commons, Public Domain Mark
  • The Online Books Page bibliographic note: London: Theosophical Pub. Co.; et al., 1888
  • The Online Books Page bibliographic note: third revised edition, 3 text volumes and an index volume; Theosophical Publishing Society; et al., 1893-1897
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