Introductory to The Secret Doctrine, Volume 3
“Power belongs to him who knows;” this is a very old axiom. Knowledge—the first step to which is the power… Read More »Introductory to The Secret Doctrine, Volume 3
The Secret Doctrine Volume 3
Preliminary Survey [Magic, Adepts, and the Secret Tradition]
Initiates who have acquired powers and transcendental knowledge can be traced back to the Fourth Root Race from our own… Read More »Preliminary Survey [Magic, Adepts, and the Secret Tradition]
Some Reasons for Secrecy
The fact that the Occult Sciences have been withheld from the world at large, and denied by the Initiates to… Read More »Some Reasons for Secrecy
Old Wine in New Bottles
It is more than likely, that the Protestants in the days of the Reformation knew nothing of the true origin… Read More »Old Wine in New Bottles
Preface to The Secret Doctrine, Volume 3
The task of preparing this volume for the press has been a difficult and anxious one, and it is necessary… Read More »Preface to The Secret Doctrine, Volume 3
Modern Criticism and the Ancients
The Secret Doctrine of the Âryan East is found repeated under Egyptian symbolism and phraseology in the Books of Hermes.… Read More »Modern Criticism and the Ancients
The Origin of Magic
Things of late have changed, true enough. The field of investigation has widened; old religions are a little better understood;… Read More »The Origin of Magic
The Secresy of Initiates
The false rendering of a number of parables and sayings of Jesus is not to be wondered at in the… Read More »The Secresy of Initiates
The Dangers of Practical Magic
Magic is a dual power: nothing is easier than to turn it into Sorcery; an evil thought suffices for it.… Read More »The Dangers of Practical Magic
The Book of Enoch the Origin and the Foundation of Christianity
While making a good deal of the Mercavah, the Jews, or rather their synagogues, rejected the Book of Enoch, either… Read More »The Book of Enoch the Origin and the Foundation of Christianity