H.P. Blavatsky and The Secret Doctrine [Paperback]

Max Heindel (Author), Manly Hall (Introduction)

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Publication Date: January 18, 2003

With a short biography of the author. Considered one of Heindel's first literary endeavors and his only remaining unpublished manuscript. Contains Heindel's thoughts and ideas in sections dealing with Chapters 1 through 5 of The Secret Doctrine. Also included are aphorisms of the author.

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About the Author

Max Heindel - born Carl Louis von Grasshoff in Aarhus, Denmark on July 23, 1865 - was a Christian occultist, astrologer, and mystic. He died on January 6, 1919 at Oceanside, California, United States. At the age of sixteen years, refusing a foreseeable future among the nobility class, he left home to enter the ship-yards at Glasgow, Scotland in order to learn the engineering profession. He was soon chosen as Chief Engineer of a trading steamer, position which took him in trips all over the world and gave him a great deal of knowledge of the world and its people. For a number of years he was Chief Engineer on one of the large passenger steamers of the Cunard Line plying between America and Europe. From 1895 to 1901, he was an ill luck consulting engineer in New York City and during this time he married, the marriage being terminated by the death of his wife in 1905. A son and two daughters were born of this marriage. In 1903, Max Heindel moved to Los Angeles, California, in order to look for a job. Meanwhile, due to his earlier years that had been full of sorrow and to sad events in his own life, an increasingly intense desire to understand the cause of the sorrows and sufferings of humanity began to grow within him, as well as a desire to help alleviate them. Giving a new course to his life, he became interested in the study of metaphysics and, after attending lectures by the theosophist C.W. Leadbeater, he joined the Theosophical Society of Los Angeles. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 136 pages
• Publisher: Kessinger Publishing, LLC (January 18, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0766132196
• ISBN-13: 978-0766132191
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.2 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.7 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,273,344 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a funny little book but I love max heindel, September 25, 2008

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Andras M. Nagy "author, publisher and blogger" (Woodland, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: BLAVATSKY AND THE SECRET DOCTRINE (Kindle Edition)

This booklet (I call it that as it is 70 pages) is an easy read and very enlighning (illuminating) to those who are into the esoteric and the ancient wisdom.
Max Heindel is a gem. He gave up his aristocratic title and considerable inheritance to actually, WORK. Woah, how many today would follow his footsteps?