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The secret doctrine

the synthesis of science, religion, and philosophy

by Елена Петровна Блаватская

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  • 19th century
  • Languages: English, Russian, Spanish
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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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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 matched “Occultism”. Retained metadata contains “occult” in the description and “Occultism” in the subject metadata.

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    • “Occultism”· in subject
  • Theosophy, Anthroposophy, and New Thought

    Controlled discovery queries from openlibrary and openlibrary-title-seed matched “The Secret Doctrine” and “Theosophy”. Retained metadata contains “The Secret Doctrine” in the title, “The Secret Doctrine” in the description, “theosophical” in the description, and 2 additional metadata match(es).

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    • “The Secret Doctrine”· via Open Library
    • “The Secret Doctrine”· in title
    • “The Secret Doctrine”· in description
    • “theosophical”· in description
    • “Theosophy”· in subject
  • Consciousness, mysticism, and metaphysics

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

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    • “Mysticism”· in subject

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the synthesis of science, religion and philosophy

HathiTrust catalog record

1893Theosophical Publishing SocietyEnglish—Public digitized item

the synthesis of science, religion, and philosophy

Open Library record

1888Theosophical Pub. Co.English—Public digitized item

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May 25, 1993Quest BooksEnglish
  • 9780835602389
  • 0835602389
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Cataloging notes

  • Contributing institution: Boston Public Library
  • Contributing institution: Princeton Theological Seminary Library
  • Contributing institution: Robarts - University of Toronto
  • Contributing institution: University of California Libraries
  • Contributing institution: Wellcome Library
  • Digitization sponsor: Internet Archive
  • Digitization sponsor: MSN
  • Digitization sponsor: Wellcome Library
  • 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-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>
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