Occultism of the Secret Doctrine (Hardcover)

by H. P. Blavatsky (Author) "INITIATES who have acquired powers and transcendental knowledge can be traced back to the Fourth Root Race from our own age..." (more)
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1897. This rare third volume of the Secret Doctrine (virtually impossible to find) completes the papers left by H. P. B. It is a complete course on Occultism! Nothing is left out. Almost 100 chapters. Partial contents: One Key to all Sacred Books; The ABC of Magic; Chaldean Oracles; The Book of Hermes; Three Ways Open to the Adept; Names are Symbols; Characters of the Bible; The Book of Enoch; Hermetic and Kabalistic Doctrines; Numbers and Magic; Occult Weapons; The Duty of the True Occultist; Two Eternal Principles; St. Paul the real founder of Christianity; Apollonius no Fiction; Biographies of Initiates; Kabalistic Readings of Gospels; Magic in Antioch; The Septenary Sephira; Seven Keys to all Allegories; The Mystery of the Sun; Magical Statutes; Masonry and Jesuits; Mysteries and Masonry; Egyptian Initiation; Root of Races; Celestial Wheels; Christian Star Worship; Defense of Astrology; The Seven Rays; Secret Books; Tibetan Prophecies; Swedenborg; Occult Secrecy; and much more! Blavatsky was an occult master. If you are a serious mystical student, you'll need this rare and illuminating book.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 620 pages
• Publisher: Kessinger Publishing, LLC (May 6, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1417911042
• ISBN-13: 978-1417911042
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.3 x 1.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #616,072 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars sum of the dharma, March 3, 2007

By	Michael Fiedler "puri baba" (missoula, MT) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

this is perhaps the most essential,seminal and intense work of HPB,certainly at the very least in the masterful way in which she elucidates the greatly OVER-mystified connections amongst all nations and epochs of planetary and human nature ,and at the same time sheds much sattvic light of wisdom on the greater cosmological mysteries of truth and universal Law. She is ever ardent and somewhat reckless in her honesty; and purposeful ,yet full of humour and emotion, in her relentless yet open-minded and thorough, pursuit of the Truth(dharma)..especially valuable is the expert summing up and re/iterating of the various schools and doctrines esoteric and theosophical,concerning the 7 >principles< and their corresponding >sheaths< or bodies ,colors,deities,senses,etc.Try to find the Quest book edition(a branch of the Theosophical Publishing House @ Wheaton,Ill. and Madras ,India)which includes several fascinating and edifying charts ,diagrams,and some fine color plates! p.s.this book was originally published as vol.# 5 in the Secret Doctrine.

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars You Must Buy this Book!, September 22, 2005

By	An Avid Reader (Sausalito, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Occultism of the Secret Doctrine (Paperback)

If you have any interest whatsoever in learning the true occult science as taught by the ancient mystery schools, then this is the definitive text. It's serious and erudite. It is not for the casual tarot card thrower. This is for the true mystic who wants to evolve as fully as possible in this lifetime. A rare and invaluable treasure!

3.0 out of 5 stars Type, March 2, 2009

By	Jean M. Yetter "yarrow" (Oley, PA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

While I have just begun to read this book and so cannot comment on the content, I have to say I am very disappointed in the quality of the type used. It is not a uniform black type and is very unpleasant to read and cheaply done.