The Secret Doctrine The Synthesis of Science, Religion, and Philosophy [Paperback]

A three-volume 'synthesis of science, religion, and philosophy' by one of the nineteenth century's most controversial spiritualists.Madame Helena Blavatsky (18311891) was a co-founder of the theosophy movement in the United States, which was later extended to Europe and India. In The Secret Doctrine, published in 1888, Blavatsky aims to explain the spiritual origins of the world.Madame Helena Blavatsky (18311891) was a co-founder of the theosophy movement in the United States, which was later extended to Europe and India. In The Secret Doctrine, published in 1888, Blavatsky aims to explain the spiritual origins of the world.Ukrainian-born Madame Helena Blavatsky (18311891) 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.Preliminary notes; Book II; Section 1. Anthropogenesis. Stanzas from the Book of Dzyan: 1. Beginnings of sentient life; Two antediluvian astronomers; 2. Nature unaided fails; The chronology of the Brahmins; 3. Attempts to create man; 4. Creation of the first races; 5. The evolution of the second race; 6. The evolution of the weat-born; 7. From the semi-divine down to the first human races; 8. Evolution of the animal mammalians  the first fall. What may be the objections to the foregoing; 9. The final evolution of man. Edens, serpents and dlÓ=