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The Secret Doctrine

The Synthesis of Science, Religion, and Philosophy

by H. P Blavatsky & Helena Blavatsky

  • First published:
  • 19th century
  • Languages: English, XXX
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Ukrainian-born Madame Helena Blavatsky (1831–1891) was a powerful and controversial member of the spiritualist world and for a time famous for her powers as a medium. She was a co-founder of the theosophy movement in the United States, which she later extended to Europe and India, drawing from her extensive global travels and her familiarity with a broad range of belief systems, from Asian religions to New Orleans voodoo, as well as secret societies such as the Freemasons. Drawing from Hinduism and Buddhism, theosophy aimed to understand the mystic powers of the universe and promote the study of other religions. In The Secret Doctrine, published in 1888, Blavatsky aims to explain the spiritual origins of the world. Volume 2 looks at the creation of humans and animals, and considers the lost world of Atlantis.

Provenance

Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Initiatory orders and secret societies, Lost civilizations and anomalous archaeology, Occultism and esotericism, Theosophy, Anthroposophy, and New Thought, and Witchcraft and folk magic.

  • Occultism and esotericism

    Controlled discovery queries from wellcome matched “occultism”. Retained metadata contains “Occultism” in the subject metadata.

    • “occultism”· via Wellcome Collection
    • “Occultism”· in subject
  • Witchcraft and folk magic

    Retained metadata contains “voodoo” in the description.

    • “voodoo”· in description
  • Theosophy, Anthroposophy, and New Thought

    Controlled discovery queries from bnf, openalex, openlibrary, and wellcome matched “Theosophy” and “théosophie”. Retained metadata contains “Theosophy” in the description, “Theosophy” in the subject metadata, and “théosophie” in the subject metadata.

    • “théosophie”· via Bibliothèque nationale de France
    • “Theosophy”· via OpenAlex
    • “Theosophy”· via Open Library
    • “Theosophy”· via Wellcome Collection
    • “Theosophy”· in description
    • “Theosophy”· in subject
  • Initiatory orders and secret societies

    Controlled discovery queries from openalex matched “secret societies”. Retained metadata contains “Secret societies” in the description.

    • “secret societies”· via OpenAlex
    • “Secret societies”· in description
  • Lost civilizations and anomalous archaeology

    Retained metadata contains “Atlantis” in the description.

    • “Atlantis”· in description

Membership records how this book met the catalog’s discovery criteria — relevance to a tradition, not a judgment of the book’s claims.

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Editions

Open Library reports 6 editions; 5 cataloged here.

BnF national bibliography record

1939-1974Theosophy companyXXX—Catalog record

OpenAlex scholarly book record

2011-05-19Cambridge University Press; Cambridge University Press eBooksEnglish—Unknown

Secret Doctrine

2011Cambridge University PressEnglish
  • 9781108073240
  • 1108073247
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Subjects

22 subject headings

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Cataloging notes

  • Open Library reports 6 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
Catalog id
openlibrary-work:OL20413037W
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