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[[File:1888 Kodak photo by W Q Judge.jpg|right|360px|thumb|HP Blavatsky working on ''Lucifer'', 1888<ref>This photo was taken by William Quan Judge using a Kodak camera in her home at No. 17 Lansdowne Road, London. The occasion was described in Volume 1 of ''Echoes from the Orient'', Judge's collected writings on pages 259 and 262-263. Photo courtesy of Will Thackara at International Theosophical Society (Pasadena); restoration of photo by Pavel Malakhov.</ref>]]<br />
[[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky]] was a prolific and skillful writer in English, French, and Russian. Her Theosophical works were produced first in English, and later translated by other people into many languages. Most of the Russian writing was travel stories and occult tales for popular consumption. Her contract to provide material to the publisher Katkoff was her principal source of income in the early 1880s. <br />
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This is a source of links to Web-based resources for the writings of [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky]]. Sources for her letters are listed separately in '''[[Blavatsky correspondence]]'''.<br />
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== Chronological listing of major writings ==<br />
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*[[September 29]], 1877 - '''[[Isis Unveiled (book)|''Isis Unveiled'']]''' in 2 volumes.<br />
*[[October 1]], 1879 - beginning of publication of '''[[The Theosophist (periodical)|''The Theosophist'']]''' which she edited and to which she contributed frequently.<br />
* September 1887 - beginning of publication of '''[[Lucifer (periodical)|''Lucifer'']]''' which she co-edited and to which she contributed frequently.<br />
*[[October 20]], 1888 - [[The Secret Doctrine (book)|''The Secret Doctrine'']]''' Volume I published, followed by Volume II in December.<br />
*July 1889 - '''[[The Key to Theosophy (book)|''The Key to Theosophy'']]'''.<br />
*Second half of 1889 - '''[[The Voice of the Silence (book)|''The Voice of the Silence'']]'''.<br />
* 1890 - '''''Gems From the East'''''. It was first published by the Theosophical Publishing Society in London and New York in birthday book format, with illustrations by "F. W." <br />
*1890-1891 - The '''[[Transactions of the Blavatsky Lodge (book)|''Transactions of the Blavatsky Lodge'']]''' were issued in two parts.<br />
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Published posthumously:<br />
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*1892 - '''[[The Theosophical Glossary (book)|''The Theosophical Glossary'']]'''. A digital version is available of [http://resources.theosophical.org/pdf/Authors/Blavatsky/Blavatsky_Theosophical_Glossary.pdf Boris de Zirkoff's annotated copy].<br />
*1892 - '''''Nightmare Tales'''''.<br />
*1892 - '''''From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan'''''.<br />
*1893 - '''''The People of the Blue Mountains'''''.<br />
*1897 - '''''The Secret Doctrine, Volume III''''', first edition. This was compiled by [[Annie Besant]] and [[G. R. S. Mead]] from fragmented material left by Madame Blavatsky. This volume was much maligned, but defended by [[James Morgan Pryse]]. See [[The Secret Doctrine (book)#Theosophical Publishing House]].<br />
*1985 - '''''The Inner Group Teachings of H.P. Blavatsky''''', first edition. <br />
*1995 - '''''The Inner Group Teachings of H.P. Blavatsky''''', second edition.<br />
*2010 - '''''The Secret Doctrine Commentaries'''''.<br />
*2014 - '''''The Secret Doctrine Wurzburg Manuscript'''''.<br />
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Online versions of most of Blavatsky's writings at [https://universaltheosophy.com/writings-hpb/ Universal Theosophy website].<br />
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== Collected Writings ==<br />
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The fifteen volumes of '''[[H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings (book)|''H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings'']]''' (fourteen volumes and index) include almost all of her known writings from 1874-1891, excluding personal letters. It is available online at [http://www.katinkahesselink.net/blavatsky/ Katinka Hesselink's website] The editor was [[Boris de Zirkoff]]. The first volume of her personal letters was edited by Dr. John Algeo and published by TPH in 2003 as part of the Collected Writings series.<br />
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== ''The Secret Doctrine'' ==<br />
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HPB's masterwork, '''[[The Secret Doctrine (book)|''The Secret Doctrine'']]''', was published in 1888 in two volumes.<br />
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* '''''The Secret Doctrine Volume I: Cosmogenesis'''''. 1888 edition. Full text online at [http://www.theosociety.org/pasadena/sd/sd-hp.htm# Theosophical University Press Online] or available in PDF format at [http://www.philaletheians.co.uk/Study%20notes/Blavatsky%20Speaks/The%20Secret%20Doctrine%20(1888)%20Vol.%201%20of%202,%20Cosmogenesis.pdf Philalethians web page.]<br />
* '''''The Secret Doctrine Volume II: Anthropogenesis'''''. 1888 edition. Full text online at [http://www.theosociety.org/pasadena/sd/sd-hp.htm# Theosophical University Press Online] or available in PDF format at [http://www.philaletheians.co.uk/Study%20notes/Blavatsky%20Speaks/The%20Secret%20Doctrine%20(1888)%20Vol.%202%20of%202,%20Anthropogenesis.pdf Philalethians web page.]<br />
* '''''The Secret Doctrine'' Volumes I and II'''. Searchable HTML text at [https://universaltheosophy.com/hpb/secretdoctrine.html# Universal Theosophy].<br />
* '''''Pages from The Secret Doctrine: Version 1 Abridged'''''. Selections commended by H. P. Blavatsky and B. P. Wadia. Available at [http://www.philaletheians.co.uk/Study%20notes/Blavatsky%20Speaks/Pages%20from%20the%20Secret%20Doctrine%201%20-%20Abridged.pdf Philalethians web page.]<br />
* '''''Pages from The Secret Doctrine: Version 2 Full Text'''''. Selections commended by H. P. Blavatsky and B. P. Wadia. Available at [http://www.philaletheians.co.uk/Study%20notes/Blavatsky%20Speaks/Pages%20from%20the%20Secret%20Doctrine%202%20-%20Full%20text.pdf Philalethians web page.]<br />
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* '''''The Secret Doctrine Index'''''. Prepared by John P. Van Mater. Pasadena, CA: Theosophical University Press, 1997. Available at [http://www.theosociety.org/pasadena/sd-index/dx-00hp.htm Theosophical University Press Online]. This valuable study aid, 441 pages in length, indexes major subject terms; foreign-language terms with 1888 and modern spellings; and people and works mentioned in the SD.<br />
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===''The Secret Doctrine Commentaries'' ===<br />
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In 2010 the I.S.I.S. Foundation (TS Point Loma-Blavatskyhouse) in The Hague published '''''The Secret Doctrine Commentaries. The Unpublished 1889 Instructions''''', transcribed and annotated by Michael Gomes. <br />
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PDF version available at [https://www.hightail.com/download/bWJvY05rdGpubVhvS3NUQw Blavatsky House]. HTML version available at [https://universaltheosophy.com/hpb/secretdoctrinedialogues.html# Universal Theosophy] and [http://www.phx-ult-lodge.org/SD-Diialogues.htm ULT Phoenix] websites.<br />
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=== Wurzburg Manuscript ===<br />
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In 2014 the Eastern School Press in Colorado, USA, published '''''The Secret Doctrine Wurzburg Manuscript. The 1885-1886 Version with the Stanzas of Dzyan and H.P.B.’s Accompanying Commentaries''''', transcribed by David Reigle. Available online at [http://www.easterntradition.org/SD%20Wurzburg%20ms.%20complete%20book%20bc.pdf Eastern Tradition Research Institute]<br />
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== ''The Inner Group Teachings'' ==<br />
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In 1985 Point Loma Publications (San Diego, CA), published '''''The Inner Group Teachings of H.P. Blavatsky. To Her Personal Pupils, 1890-91''''', compiled by H. J. Spierenburg (Author). In 1995 a 2nd revised and enlarged edition was produced.<br />
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== ''Isis Unveiled'' ==<br />
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'''[[Isis Unveiled (book)|''Isis Unveiled'']]''' was HPB's first major work, in which she discussed scientific theories and religious beliefs of the time. Some of the information presented is considered to be inaccurate compared to her masterwork [[The Secret Doctrine (book)|''The Secret Doctrine'']]. Searchable HTML version of 2 volumes in 1 at [https://universaltheosophy.com/hpb/isisunveiled.html Universal Theosophy]<br />
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== ''The Key to Theosophy'' ==<br />
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'''[[The Key to Theosophy (book)|''The Key to Theosophy'']]''' is a basic work about the principles of Theosophy, in which HPB answers questions. It was written in 1889. Sources of audio and printed versions, both free and commercial offerings, are listed at [http://blavatskyarchives.com/hpbwritingskey.htm KeytoTheosophy.Net.] Another HTML version at [https://universaltheosophy.com/hpb/keytotheosophy.html Universal Theosophy].<br />
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== ''The Voice of the Silence'' ==<br />
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'''[[The Voice of the Silence (book)|''The Voice of the Silence'']]''' is a small volume that serves as a guide for those who wish to become disciples on the spiritual path. <br />
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* [[The Voice of the Silence (book)|''The Voice of the Silence'']]. 1889. HTML text available at [https://universaltheosophy.com/hpb/voiceofthesilence.html Universal Theosophy] with spelling of foreign terms corrected <br />
* Sources of audio and printed versions, both free and commercial offerings, are listed at [http://voiceofthesilence.net./ voiceofthesilence.net.]<br />
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== ''Theosophical Glossary'' ==<br />
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HPB also worked on a '''[[The Theosophical Glossary (book)|glossary of Theosophical terminology]]''', but did not live to complete it. The volume was published posthumously in 1892 after some editorial work by [[G. R. S. Mead]], but the final result was regarded as unsatisfactory by many Theosophists. Boris de Zirkoff wrote an illuminating study of the glossary in [http://resources.theosophical.org/pdf/Authors/De%20Zirkoff/De_Zirkoff_Who_Played_That_Trick.pdf "Who Played That Trick on H. P. B.? the Puzzle of 'The Theosophical Glossary.'"].<ref>Boris de Zirkoff, "Who Played That Trick on H. P. B.?", [[Theosophia (periodical)|''Theosophia'']] 24.113 (Winter, 1967-1968), 12.</ref><br />
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* '''''[http://resources.theosophical.org/pdf/Authors/Blavatsky/Blavatsky_Theosophical_Glossary.pdf The Theosophical Glossary]''''' by H. P. Blavatsky. This link is [[Boris de Zirkoff|Boris de Zirkoff's]] personal annotated copy of the glossary.<br />
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== ''The Theosophist'' magazine == <br />
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'''[[The Theosophist (periodical)|''The Theosophist'']]''' magazine was established by [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky|H.P. Blavatsky]] in 1879, and has been published continuously ever since. It is the flagship periodical of the [[Theosophical Society (Adyar)]].<br />
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== ''Lucifer'' magazine ==<br />
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'''[[Lucifer (periodical)|''Lucifer'']]''' was a magazine founded by H. P. Blavatsky in 1887. <br />
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* Volumes 1-10 and index available at Blavatsky Study Center [http://blavatskyarchives.com/luciferreprints.htm Blavatsky Study Center]<br />
* Volumes 1-20 (some partial runs) available at [http://www.iapsop.com/archive/materials/lucifer/ IAPSOP website].<br />
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== Travel accounts ==<br />
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* '''''The Durbar in Lahore'''''. 1880-1881. Serially published in Russkiy Vestnik (''Russian Messenger''). In 1960-61 a translation was published in ''The Theosophist'' in eight parts. Boris de Zirkoff introduced that series: "The present English translation is based on a rough MSS. translation made many years ago by Miss Inga Sjostedt. It has been compared word for word with the original Russian text, worked over by the present writer [de Zirkoff], and thoroughly gone over and polished up by Mrs. Irene R. Ponsonby."<br />
** Digital version in 2009 by Mark Jaqua at [https://www.scribd.com/document/21184316/The-Durbar-in-Lahore-Blavatsky Scribd.com]. Per Mark Jaqua: "H.P. Blavatsky's "This is my transcription and scans. This is the only book of Blavatsky's that has never been published in book-form."<br />
** Russian edition is available in print-on-demand format.<br />
* '''''The People of the Blue Mountains'''''. Wheaton, Illinois: Theosophical Press, 1930. This was compiled from a series of five monthly installments written for the ''Russian Messenger'' newspaper between December 1884 and April 1885). Mrs. A. J. Gouffe made the translation for the 1930 edition.<ref>Library of Congress registration card. Records Series 16. Book Publishing. Theosophical Society in America Archives.</ref> <br />
** Spanish translations, 1984, 2006.<br />
** No digital versions.<br />
* '''''From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan'''''. London: Theosophical Publishing Society; New York: The Path; Madras: Theosophical Society, Adyar, 1892, 1908. The 1908 edition is available at [https://archive.org/details/FromCavesJunglesOfHindustanHelenaPetrovnaBlavatskyAdyar/page/n3 Internet Archive]. Other editions and printings:<br />
** Delhi: Indological Book House, 1892.<br />
** Wheaton, Illinois: Theosophical Pub. House, 1975, 1994.<br />
** '''''Mr. Peters and the Goddess'''''. Los Angeles, California: Philosophical Research Society, 1970s. Excerpt of ''The People of the Blue Mountains'''''.<br />
** Digital versions available at [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/1300011.html Hathitrust], [https://archive.org/details/cu31924024113650 Internet Archive], and [http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/6687 Project Gutenberg].<br />
** Numerous Russian editions and printings beginning in 1883; also Spanish translation, 2012.<br />
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[[File:Nightmare Tales cover by Machell.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Cover art by Reginald Machell]]<br />
== Occult stories ==<br />
* '''''Nightmare Tales'''''. London: Theosophical Publishing Society; New York; The Path; Madras: Theosophical Society, 1892. The cover art was by [[Reginald Machell]].<ref>"Nightmare Tales" ''Lucifer'' 10.57 (May, 1892), 264.</ref> An account in [[Lucifer (periodical)|''Lucifer'']] relates that both the cover art of ''Nightmare Tales'' and this illustration were created by [[Reginald Machell]], along with "some clever tailpieces, consisting of Japanese monsters of indescribable curliness."<ref>"Nightmare Tales" ''Lucifer'' 10.57 (May, 1892), 264.</ref> Other editions and translations:<br />
** Point Loma, California: Aryan Theosophical Press, 1907.<br />
** London, Los Angeles: Theosophical Publishing House, 1916.<br />
** Digital editions at [http://www.theosociety.org/pasadena/nightmar/night-hp.htm Theosophical University Press Online], [http://blavatskyarchives.com/theosophypdfs/blavatsky_nightmare_tales_1892.pdf Blavatsky Archives], [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/3424017.html Hathitrust], [https://library.biblioboard.com/content/73addcd0-e851-436b-92bf-bfdbbf7d2632 Biblioboard], and others.<br />
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== Organizational lectures, instructions, and reports ==<br />
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* '''''The Original Programme of The Theosophical Society'''''. 1886. Available at [http://www.theosophy-nw.org/theosnw/theos/th-origp.htm Theosophy Northwest].<br />
* '''''Madame Blavatsky's Esoteric Papers A Comprehensive Compilation of H. P. Blavatsky's Esoteric Papers'''''. 1888-1891. Compiled by Daniel Caldwell. Portions are available at the [http://esotericpapers.net/ Blavatsky Archives].<br />
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== Pamphlets and articles ==<br />
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* '''''The Kabalah and the Kabalists'''''. Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1919. Adyar Pamphlet #105. Reprinted from "Kabalah and the Kabalists at the Close of the Nineteenth Century''Lucifer'' Vol X (May, 1892), 185-196. Available at [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=yale.39002088664496;view=1up;seq=7 Hathitrust] and [https://cdn.website-editor.net/e4d6563c50794969b714ab70457d9761/files/uploaded/AdyarPamphlet_No105.pdf Canadian Theosophical Association]. <br />
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== Collections and compilations ==<br />
* '''''Gems from the East: A Birthday Book of Precepts and Axioms'''''. A Birthday Book of Precepts and Axioms, compiled by H.P.B. from Oriental literature. It was first published in 1890 by the Theosophical Publishing Society in London and New York in birthday book format, with illustrations by "F. W." The original edition is available at [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.31822035059872;view=1up;seq=2 Hathitrust] and a recent edition at [http://www.theosociety.org/pasadena/ts/hpb-gems.htm Theosophical University Press Online]. Many later editions were published as books of quotations, without the birthday book format or illustrations. [See also [http://www.theosophyforward.com/articles/theosophy/1937-sources-of-the-gems-the-list-of-sources-of-the-aphorisms-used-in-gems-from-the-east-by-h-p-blavatsky Sources of the Gems] by Pavel Malakhov.]<br />
* '''''Studies in Occultism: a Series of Reprints from the Writings of H.P. Blavatsky'''''. Point Loma, California: Aryan Theosophical Press, 1910. Available at [http://www.theosociety.org/pasadena/ts/hpbstdoc.htm University Press Online]. Six volumes reprinted from ''Lucifer'', April 1888-January 1889. Contents: No. I. Practical occultism. Occultism versus the occult arts. The blessings of publicity -- No. II. Hypnotism. Black magic in science. Signs of the times -- No. III. Psychic and noetic action -- No. IV. Kosmic mind. The dual aspect of wisdom -- No. V. The esoteric character of the gospels -- No. VI. Astral bodies. Constitution of the inner man.<br />
* '''''Other Writings from H.P. Blavatsky's Pen'''''. Letters, articles, and E. S. instructions available at [http://www.blavatskyarchives.com/compitems2.htm#Blavatsky Blavatsky Archives]. Some are not in the Collected writings.<br />
* '''''A Modern Panarion: A Compilation of Forgotten Fragments 1874-1884'''''. Edited and abridged by G.R.S. Mead, published in 1895. It is available at [http://theosophy.org/Blavatsky/Modern%20Panarion/Panarion.htm The Theosophy Company website] and at the [http://blavatskyarchives.com/modernpanarion.htm Blavatsky Archives].<br />
*'''''Pamphlets by H. P. Blavatsky'''''. A compilation of articles arranged by topics by the United Lodge of Theosophists. Available at [http://www.ultindia.org/blavatsky_articles_topic.html# Ultindia.org]<br />
*'''''Blavatsky Speaks'''''. A compilation of articles arranged by topics available at [http://www.philaletheians.co.uk/SN-blavatsky-speaks.htm# Philaletheians.co.uk]<br />
*'''''Theosophical Literature by H. P. Blavatsky'''''. A collection of books and articles available at the [http://theosophy.org/blavatsky.htm# Theosophy Library Online]<br />
* '''''Dynamics of the Psychic World; comments by H. P. Blavatsky on magic, mediumship, psychism, and the power of the spirit.'''''. Compiled with notes by Lina Psaltis. Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1972.<br />
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== Notes ==<br />
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[[File:Theosophical Glossary cover.jpg|right|245px|thumb|Boris de Zirkoff's copy - a 1952 replica of 1892 first edition]]<br />
'''''The Theosophical Glossary''''' was written by [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky]], but published posthumously in 1892 after some editorial work by [[G. R. S. Mead]]. An ambitious work, the glossary included 2797 terms from Sanskrit, other oriental languages, Kabbalah, Freemasonry, Rosicrucianism, Hermeticism, Egyptology, Judeo-Christian studies, and other sources. The manuscript did not benefit from an opportunity for the author to review and revise it, due to her death on [[May 8]], 1891. Consequently, the quality is uneven, and the glossary entries include errors, especially in Sanskrit. This volume has to be read with discrimination, as Madame Blavatsky herself recommended for any form of study. <br />
::'''NOTE: A detailed analysis by [[Boris de Zirkoff]] of the glossary is provided in this wiki article as an aid to readers, along with <u>[http://resources.theosophical.org/pdf/Authors/Blavatsky/Blavatsky_Theosophical_Glossary.pdf a link to his annotated copy of the glossary]</u>.'''<br />
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An '''HTML version of the glossary''' is available at [https://theosophytrust.org/Online_Books/Theosophical_Glossary_V2.4.pdf TheosophyTrust.org].<br />
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Two other resources that should be consulted for comparison to ''The Theosophical Glossary'', or to supplement its information, are [http://www.theosociety.org/pasadena/ocglos/og-hp.htm '''''Occult Glossary'''''] by [[Gottfried de Purucker]] and the [http://www.theosociety.org/pasadena/etgloss/anj-arc.htm '''''Encyclopedic Theosophical Glossary'''''] at Theosophical University Press Online. See also the '''''[http://www.theosophy-nw.org/theosnw/ctg/ctg-hp.htm Collation of Theosophical Glossaries]'''''.<br />
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== Writing and publication ==<br />
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Many definitions used in this glossary were published previously in other Blavatsky works such as [[Isis Unveiled (book)|''Isis Unveiled'']] and [[The Key to Theosophy (book)|''The Key to Theosophy'']]. Madame Blavatsky, known as HPB, combined these with definitions from Western esotericism that were provided by her associate [[William Wynn Westcott]]. She also wrote and assembled many additional definitions, working in her own unique style, which was psychically inspired rather than scholarly. When writing, she turned herself over to her higher mind, or served as an amanuensis to her [[Masters of Wisdom|Masters]]. In many cases the resultant wording was identical to that published by other writers, but any effect of seeming plagiarism was purely unintentional. During the last months of preparing the manuscript, HPB was very ill, and was also working intently on other writing projects. <br />
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Elsie Benjamin wrote of the glossary:<br />
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The fact that the book wasn't prepared until shortly before her death, would seem to indicate that its preparation was one of her last literary undertakings, and with all the other terrific amount of literary work she had on her hands, I THINK the book was compiled by one or more of her students.<ref>Mrs. Harry Benjamin, "Theosophical Glossary and the Psychic," ''Theosophy World'' (August 1996). [http://www.theos-world.com/archives/show.php?NAME=tw199608&PATH=txt&DESC=August%201996%20Issue Available online.]</ref><br />
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Clearly Madame Blavatsky had the opportunity to review only a few pages of the manuscript before her death. The work of editing the glossary was taken over by [[G. R. S. Mead]], then only 28 years old. He was well-educated in philosophy, but not as an orientalist. Perhaps he was under some pressure to get the manuscript into print quickly. In his preface to the book, Mead freely admitted that he had not been able to undertake the scholarly work needed to verify the glossary entries and identify their sources. According to HPB's wishes, he did acknowledge the assistance of [[William Wynn Westcott]] and the works of four authors as significant sources of information: Ernest John Eitel, John Dowson, H. H. Wilson, and Kenneth R. H. MacKenzie.<br />
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::'''Daniel H. Caldwell has shared a very thorough [http://blavatskyarchives.com/Caldwell_Chronology_Theosophical_Glossary.pdf chronology] of the writing and publication of this book.'''<br />
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== Editions and availability online ==<br />
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Compared to other Blavatsky works, the glossary has had relatively few reprintings, and no new editions have been issued. Even [[Boris de Zirkoff]], editor of her [[Collected Writings (book)|''Collected Writings'']], did not attempt the much-needed revision.<br />
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All English printings except the 1918 Krotona version have been photographic reproductions of the original.<br />
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* London: Theosophical Publishing Society; New York: The Path Office, 1892. No digital version available.<br />
* Krotona, Hollywood, Los Angeles: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1918. Available at [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/4563096.html Hathitrust]. 360 pages. <br />
* Los Angeles, Theosophy Co., 1930, 1952, 1966, 1971, 1973, 1990. Photographic reproductions of the original 1892 version. 389 pages. 1930 copy available at [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=inu.39000003129744;view=1up;seq=5 Hathitrust].<br />
* Ann Arbor: Gryphon Books, 1971. Facsimile reprint. 389 pages.<br />
* Detroit: Gale Research Co., 1974. Facsimile reprint. 389 pages.<br />
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The glossary has been translated into Russian, French, and Spanish.<br />
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The [[Union Index of Theosophical Periodicals]] lists [http://www.austheos.org.au/cgi-bin/ui-csvsearch.pl?search=theosophical+glossary&method=exact&page=1 106 articles] about or extracted from the Glossary. From 1894 to 1913 the journal [[Le Lotus Bleu (periodical)|''Le Lotus Bleu'']] regularly printed entries from the French edition, ''Glossaire Theosophique'', and other journals have frequently based articles on the Glossary.<br />
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== Abbreviations used in definitions ==<br />
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Immediately following most of the terms in the glossary, there is a gloss in parentheses identifying the language or tradition from which the term is derived. The most common is '''(''Sk.'')''', for Sanskrit. These glosses are presented as abbreviations in italics. In addition, over 100 entries are followed by '''[w.w.w.]''', representing [[William Wynn Westcott]] as the source.<br />
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A list of common abbreviations follows:<br />
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Alch. = Alchemical sources<br><br />
Arab. = Arab traditions<br><br />
Assyr. = Assyrian language<br><br />
Celtic = Celtic language<br><br />
Chald. = Chaldean language<br><br />
Chin. = Chinese language<br><br />
Copt. = Coptic mythology<br><br />
Eg. = Egyptian mythology<br><br />
Esot. = Esoteric sources<br><br />
Germ. = German language<br><br />
Gn./Gnost. = Gnostic sources<br><br />
Gr. = Greek language<br><br />
Heb. = Hebrew language<br><br />
Hind. = Hindu religion<br><br />
Iceland. = Icelandic language<br><br />
Irish = Irish traditions<br><br />
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Jap. = Japanese language<br><br />
Kab. = Kabbalah<br><br />
Kolarian = Kolarian tribe in India<br><br />
Lat. = Latin language<br><br />
Mazd. = Mazdaism or Zoroastrianism<br><br />
Mex. = Mexican traditions<br><br />
Mong./Mongol. = Mongolian language<br><br />
Mys./Mystic = mysticism<br><br />
Occult. = Occultist literature<br><br />
Pali = Pali language<br><br />
Pers. = Persian language<br><br />
Peruv. = Peruvian language<br><br />
Phoen. = Phoenician language<br><br />
Prakrit = ancient Indian dialects<br><br />
Quiché = Guatelamalan; Popol Vuh<br><br />
Ros. = Rosicrucian sources<br />
<br />
{{Col-break|width=30%}}<br />
Russ. = Russian language<br><br />
Saxon = Saxon language<br><br />
Scand. = Scandinavian mythology<br><br />
Septuag. = Septuagint<br><br />
Sing. = Singhalese language<br><br />
Sk. = Sanskrit language<br><br />
Slavon. = Slavonian tradition<br><br />
Syr. = Syrian language<br><br />
Tah. = Tahitian language<br><br />
Tam. = Tamil language<br><br />
Tib. = Tibetan language<br><br />
Vulgate = Vulgate Bible<br><br />
Zend = Zend-Avasta scripture<br><br />
Zohar = Zohar commentaries<br><br />
<br />
{{Col-end}}<br />
<br />
== Reviews and criticisms of the Glossary ==<br />
<br />
The eagerly-awaited Glossary was quickly found wanting, after its release in 1892. Several criticisms were leveled against the work:<br />
::* Errors were made in transliteration of Sanskrit terms.<br />
::* Definitions of terms were erroneous.<br />
::* Important concepts and persons were omitted.<br />
::* Sources of definitions were not identified.<br />
<br />
=== Review by Colonel Olcott ===<br />
<br />
[[Henry Steel Olcott]], President-Founder of the [[Theosophical Society]], wrote one of the earliest reviews. He praised the production of the book, its paper, binding, and timeliness; and its definitions of terms from [[The Secret Doctrine (book)|''The Secret Doctrine'']]. He expressed great regret, however, that Sanskrit scholars had not been consulted to review the manuscript.<br />
<blockquote><br />
Nothing could have been more timely for, with the expansion of our literature, fresh Oriental terms are being introduced which, without interpretation, are meaningless to the Western reader. The present work supplies a crying want, therefore, and will add enormously to H. P. B.s literary reputation while, at the same time, going to show her extraordinary clairvoyant intuition. Needless to say, she never made the least pretence to what is called scholarship, i.e., acquiring her knowledge in the usual way by book-study: it came to her mainly while in the act of writing. In a letter to her sister, quoted by [[Alfred Percy Sinnett|Mr. Sinnett]] in his biography of her, she very clearly describes this mental process. But when it came to quoting or translating from current literature, her habit was to ask the help of those who were learned in the specialities she might be discussing. When she first undertook the [[The Secret Doctrine (book)|“Secret Doctrine”]] there was an agreement between her and the late erudite [[T. Subba Row|Mr. T. Subba Row]], that he should edit the portions relating to Indian Philosophy, verify her transliterations and correct her interpretations of Sanskrit words. If she had lived to bring out the Glossary, this would undoubtedly have been her course, and the work would have been free from the large number of errors which now characterize it, and which are more than likely to be pointed out by unfriendly Orientalist critics. Deserving of all praise, as Mr. Mead’s industry and skill in editing this are, he would have done better service to H. P. B. by calling upon some one or more of our most competent Indian colleagues to have verified the renderings of the Sanskrit words and phrases; the more so as they would doubtless have considered it a labor of love. Accuracy would not then have been sacrificed to speed. As it stands, the Glossary must be taken as giving the meanings which H. P. B. supposed the words to have, and which interpret the ideas she put in to English words while writing. In this respect it is invaluable to theosophical students. But from the point of [[Sanskrit]] scholarship it appears full of blunders. In imitation of H. P. B.’s own example, I have asked an English-knowing Sanskrit pandit to report upon the Sanskrit words under the initial A. He says:<br />
[[File:Glossary spine.jpg|right|90px|thumb|Spine label on Boris de Zirkoff copy]]<br />
<blockquote><br />
“The transliteration of the Sanskrit words is sometimes so bad that readers may often confound them for others which have a different meaning. With this general remark, I may say that out of 154 words beginning with A, put down as Sanskrit, 28 words are so transliterated that some of them would not, in their new garb, be taken to be Sanskrit. Eighteen of the words are very badly explained, as, for instance, ''Adhyátma vidya'', which literally means 'the Science of Atma,’ and not ‘the esoteric luminary.’ (This mistake is copied from Dr. Eitel.) ''Amitábha'' is a Sanskrit expression, meaning ‘boundless splendor' not a ‘Chinese corruption of the Sanskrit Amrita Buddha,’ as explained. The Amitábhas are certain Devas who are said, in the Vishnu Purana, to rule the sky in Raivata and Sávarni Manvantaras. ''Aindriya'' means literally ‘pertaining to the senses,’ not ‘Indrani, the wife of Indra.’ ''Apana'' is wrongly explained as 'inspirational breath' and is not ‘a practice in Yoga.’ It means the 'wind' or 'vayu' which is said to be in the lower portion of the body. ''Prána,'' again, is ‘not expirational breath.’ ''Arasamaram'' is not Sanskrit but pure Tamil, and means simply <br />
the Pipal tree, literally, ‘the king of trees.’ Two of the erroneous renderings of Sanskrit under the letter A have been taken over from Dowson’s ‘Classical Dictionary of India,’ and five from Dr. Eitel’s 'Sanskrit-Chinese “Dictionary.’ Under the letter B there are seven mis-translations; under C one; and under D fourteen. Thus, overlooking minor ones, in the first four letters of the alphabet, out of 303 words, there are no less than 40 glaring mis-translations. I have examined no farther.”<br />
</blockquote><br />
<br />
Among the many proofs of the incompleteness of the MS. must be mentioned these: Sankara, Founder of the Adwaita school, is mentioned, but not Ramanuja and Madhava, the equally well known Founders of the other two great schools, the Dwaita and Vishisthadvaita ... All these would have been rectified if H. P. B. had lived.<br />
<br />
In his modest Preface to the Glossary, [[G. R. S. Mead|Mr. Mead]] disclaims all "pretension to the elaborate and extraordinary scholarship requisite for the editing" of the work, and candidly admits the likelihood of there being mistakes in transliteration: he tells us also that, for the interpretation of facts relating to the Kabalah, to Rosicrucian and Hermetic doctrines, H. P. B. availed of the Help of our erudite brother [[William Wynn Westcott|W . Wynn Westcott]]. It is a thousand pities that the Sanskrit portions were not sent here for verification by Mr. Gopalacharlu, Prof. Manilal, Mr. Govinda Dasa, of Benares, or R. Sundara Sastri, of Kumbakonam — all [[F.T.S.|F. T. S.’s]] and staunch friends of [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky|H. P. B.]] Permitting the work to be hurried out with so many errors of omission and commission in its Sanskrit department, are we not playing into the hands of [[Max Müller |Prof. Muller]] and other Sanskritists who concur with him in calling us a lot of pseudo-scholars?<br />
<br />
As for the explanations of terms pertaining to [[Occultism|occultism]] and the Secret Doctrine in particular, words of praise are superfluous, for H. P. B. wrote upon those themes with perfect knowledge of her subject and with unequalled force and brilliancy. For this reason, I repeat, the work should be in every Theosophist’s library.<ref>H. S. Olcott, "Theosophical Glossary by HP Blavatsky," ''The Theosophist'' 13.7 (April, 1892), 444. Available from [http://www.iapsop.com/archive/materials/theosophist/theosophist_v13_n07_april_1892.pdf IAPSOP website].</ref><br />
</blockquote><br />
[[File:Glossary spine label.jpg|300px|right|thumb|Spine label on Boris de Zirkoff copy]]<br />
=== Critique by Boris de Zirkoff ===<br />
<br />
[[Boris de Zirkoff]], editor of Madame Blavatsky's [[Collected Writings (book)|''Collected Writings'']], wrote an article in his journal [[Theosophia (periodical)|''Theosophia'']] called '''[http://resources.theosophical.org/pdf/Authors/De%20Zirkoff/De_Zirkoff_Who_Played_That_Trick.pdf "Who Played That Trick on H. P. B.? the Puzzle of 'The Theosophical Glossary.'"]'''<ref>Boris de Zirkoff, "Who Played That Trick on H. P. B.? the Puzzle of 'The Theosophical Glossary.'" ''Theosophia'' 24.113 (Winter, 1967-1968), 12. It was reprinted in [[The Canadian Theosophist (periodical)|''The Canadian Theosophist'']] Vol. 49, May-June, 1968.</ref> He reiterated much of the criticism expressed by Colonel Olcott, and also his praise of definitions written purely by Madame Blavatsky without reference to other sources.<br />
<blockquote><br />
As far as Mead is concerned, he lets us know, in his Preface to this work, that H.P.B. desired to express her indebtedness “as far as the tabulation of facts is concerned,” to four works, namely, the ''Sanskrit-Chinese Dictionary'' of Eitel, the ''Hindu Classical Dictionary'' of Dowson, Wilson’s ''Vishnu-Purâna'' and the ''Royal Masonic Cyclopaedia'' of Kenneth R. H. MacKenzie. He also points out the definitions signed W.W.W. are by [[William Wynn Westcott|W. W. Westcott]]...<br />
<br />
A careful analysis of the definitions and of the probable sources from which they were borrowed, has disclosed that out of the 2,767 definitions, a minimum of 2,212 have been taken from the works of a large number of scholars, either verbatim or with very minor alterations, and with no acknowledgement whatsoever; in a few cases a line or two has been added, giving an occult interpretation probably by H.P.B. herself; such instances are very few...<br />
<br />
There are 124 terms signed by W. Wynn Westcott; 217 terms identical, or practically so, with the corresponding terms in the Glossary of the 2nd edition of ''The Key to Theosophy''; about 25-30 terms from ''The Secret Doctrine''; and about 70 terms from ''Isis Unveiled''.<br />
<br />
We are faced here with a perfectly honest but woefully inadequate attempt on the part of various early scholars to grasp the subtle meaning of Oriental and other ancient terms, and to render their phonetic or actual form in English letters...<br />
<br />
To publish the Theosophical Glossary as it now stands simply means to perpetuate willingly and deliberately hundreds of errors; it also means to ascribe them, at least partially so, to H.P.B., imagining that the definitions are hers, as no source of reference is given; while in reality, when adequate explanation and analysis of the text is made, nothing could be more erroneous than to imagine that H.P.B. was herself responsible for the majority of the definitions in the book...<ref>Boris de Zirkoff, "Who Played That Trick on H. P. B.? the Puzzle of 'The Theosophical Glossary.'" ''Theosophia'' 24.113 (Winter, 1967-1968), 12. It was reprinted in [[The Canadian Theosophist (periodical)|''The Canadian Theosophist'']] Vol. 49, May-June, 1968.</ref><br />
</blockquote><br />
<br />
=== Daniel Caldwell on other critiques ===<br />
<br />
Blavatsky scholar Daniel H. Caldwell wrote a lengthy posting in the Internet discussion group '''Theos-talk''' in which he refuted some of the claims made by Boris de Zirkoff and other critics. He presented a very logical case that some of the erroneous glossary entries had been published previously by HPB herself, and that young G. R. S. Mead should not bear all the burden of the glossary's flaws. See '''[http://blavatskyarchives.com/caldwell_theos_talk_theosophical_glossary.pdf "Some Observations on the Claims made by Boris de Zirkoff and others."]''' In his view the estimable Mr. de Zirkoff seems to have overstated the case that Mead played a "trick" on HPB.<ref>Daniel H. Caldwell, "Some Observations on the Claims made by Boris de Zirkoff and others " in [http://blavatskyarchives.com/caldwell_theos_talk_theosophical_glossary.pdf Blavatsky Archives website]. Accessed May 20, 2019.</ref><br />
<br />
For more on the Theosophical Glossary, visit the [http://blavatskyarchives.com/theosophicalglossaryhtm.htm# Blavatsky Study Center] website.<br />
<br />
=== Comments by Elsie Benjamin ===<br />
<br />
Elsie Benjamin commented about this controversy:<br />
<blockquote><br />
Do you Know -- I think it is very salutary that we have these uncertainties, because it throws us back onto our own investigations and intuitions, if we find something that seems not "to ring true" to us, or something that we think may be a misprint. Which of course doesn't mean that we should immediately reject it, but they are points to ponder over and see whether we can accept them. Remember HPB's advise to the American Convention: "orthodoxy in Theosophy is a thing neither possible nor desirable. It is diversity of opinion, within certain limits ... a certain amount of uncertainty, etc. that keeps the Society a healthy body."<ref>Mrs. Harry Benjamin, "Theosophical Glossary and the Psychic," ''Theosophy World'' (August 1996). [http://www.theos-world.com/archives/show.php?NAME=tw199608&PATH=txt&DESC=August%201996%20Issue Available online.]</ref><br />
</blockquote><br />
<br />
== Analysis of sources, by Boris de Zirkoff ==<br />
<br />
[[Boris de Zirkoff]] devoted a considerable effort to analyzing the sources of the Glossary entries. He took a 1952 replica of the 1892 first edition and penciled marginal notes beside most of the terms. '''[http://resources.theosophical.org/pdf/Authors/Blavatsky/Blavatsky_Theosophical_Glossary.pdf Here is a scan of his annotated copy].''' <br />
<br />
Richard Robb, Michael Conlin, and Janet Kerschner worked together to expand Mr. de Zirkoff's notes identifying his sources:<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable" <br />
|-<br />
! Abbreviation<br />
! # of<br>terms<br />
! Author<br />
! Title<br />
! Digital links<br />
|-<br />
| <center>Anson</center><br />
| <center>68</center><br />
| Wilhelm Wägner<br>M. W. MacDowell<br>W. S. S. Anson<br />
| ''Asgard and the Gods''. Adapted by M. W. MacDowell, and edited by William Swan Sonnenschein<br>(afterwards Stallybrass) Anson. London, 1880; 2nd ed, 1882; 5th ed 1887. <br />
| [https://archive.org/details/cu31924098820842 1882 edition]<br />
|-<br />
| <center>Bonwick</center><br />
| | <center>52</center><br />
| James Bonwick<br />
| ''Egyptian Belief and Modern Thought''. London: Kegan Paul & Co., 1878.<br />
| [https://archive.org/stream/egyptianbeliefmo00bonw/egyptianbeliefmo00bonw_djvu.txt 1876 edition]<br />
|-<br />
| <center>Browne</center><br />
| <center>1</center><br />
| Bishop E. Harold Browne<br />
| Unidentified<br>[NOTE: Glossary term Dionysos]<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| <center>Cory</center><br />
| <center>1</center><br />
| Isaac Preston Cory<br />
| ''Ancient Fragments of the Phoenician, Carthaginian, Babylonian, Egyptian, and other authors''. First edition 1832. The 1876 abridged edition was reduced by 30%.<br>[NOTE: Glossary term Odacon - see 1832 edition under Berossus.]<br />
| [http://www.sacred-texts.com/cla/af/index.htm 1832 edition]<br>[https://archive.org/details/corysancientfrag00coryuoft 1876 abridged edition]<br />
|-<br />
| <center>D</center><br />
| | <center>414</center><br />
| John Dowson<br />
| ''A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature''.<br> London: Trübner & Co., 1879. <br />
| [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001392774 1879 edition]<br />
|-<br />
| <center>Draper</center><br />
| <center>1</center><br />
| John William Draper<br />
| ''History of the Conflict between Religion and Science''. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1875.<br>[NOTE: Glossary term Ecbatana]<br />
| [http://moses.law.umn.edu/darrow/documents/Draper_History_Conflict_Religion_Science.pdf 1875 edition]<br />
|-<br />
| <center>Eit/Eitel</center> <br />
| <center>125</center> <br />
| Ernest John Eitel<br />
| (1) ''Handbook of Chinese Buddhism, being a Sanskrit-Chinese dictionary''.<br>Hong Kong, 1870; London: Trübner & Co., 1888 2nd ed.<br>(2) ''Buddhism, its Historical, Theoretical and Popular Aspects''. Hong Kong: Lane Crawford & Co., 1884. <br />
| [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100544030 Handbook 1888 edition]<br>[https://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/6258489.html Buddhism 1884 edition]<br />
|-<br />
| <center>Hardy</center> <br />
| <center>34</center><br />
| Robert Spence Hardy<br />
| (1) ''Eastern Monachism''. London, 1850.<br>(2) ''A Manual of Budhism in its Modern Development''. London, 1853; 2nd edition 1880. Translated from a Singalese manuscript.<br />
| [https://archive.org/details/easternmonachism00hard Monachism - 1860 edition]<br>[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015011294975;view=1up;seq=9 Manual 1860 edition]<br />
|-<br />
| <center>H.P.B.</center> <br />
| <center>469</center><br />
| [[H. P. Blavatsky]]<br />
| 469 terms were written by HPB in whole or in part<br />
| Not applicable<br />
|-<br />
| <center>Isis</center><br />
| <center>70-80</center><br />
| [[H. P. Blavatsky]]<br />
| [[Isis Unveiled (book)|''Isis Unveiled'']]. New York: J.W. Bouton, 1877. <br />
| [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.31822035060367;view=1up;seq=8 1893 edition]<br />
|-<br />
| <center>K</center><br />
| <center>217</center><br />
| [[H. P. Blavatsky]]<br />
| [[The Key to Theosophy (book)|''The Key to Theosophy'']]. London: Theosophical Publishing Company; New York: W.Q. Judge, 1889.<br />
| [http://archive.org/details/thekeytotheosoph00blavuoft/ 1889 edition]<br />
|-<br />
| <center>King</center><br />
| <center>1</center><br />
| C. W. King<br />
| ''The Gnostics and Their Remains''. London: Bell and Dalby, 1864.<br />
| [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/6291443.html 1864 edition]<br>[https://archive.org/details/gnosticsandtheir00kinguoft 1887 edition]<br />
|-<br />
| <center>McK</center><br />
| <center>100</center><br />
| Kenneth R. H. MacKenzie<br />
| ''The Royal Masonic Cyclopaedia''. London: Hogg, 1877.<br />
| [https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/royal-masonic-cyclopaedia-of-history-rites-symbolism-and-biography/110C4996414D28ABA84362D8FBA33C67 limited access]<br>[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015013286037 limited access]<br />
|-<br />
| <center>Mathers</center><br />
| <center>1</center><br />
| S. L. MacGregor Mathers<br />
| ''The Kabbalah Unveiled''. London: G. Redway ; Boston: Occult, 1887.<br>[NOTE: Glossary term Siphra Dtzeniouta]<br />
| [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/4443757.html 1962 edition]<br />
|-<br />
| <center>Myer</center><br />
| <center>39</center><br />
| Preston Isaac Myers<br />
| ''Qabbalah''. Philadelphia, 1888.<br />
| [https://archive.org/details/qabbalahphiloso00myergoog 1888 edition]<br />
|-<br />
| <center>P</center><br />
| <center>8</center><br />
| Paracelsus<br />
| Unidentified writings<br>[NOTE: Glossary terms include Alchemy, Akasa, Gnomes, Limbus Major, Mysterium Magnum, Necromancy, Pentacle, Sylphs]<br />
| <br />
|-<br />
| <center>Pop. Encycl.</center><br />
| <center>1</center><br />
| Alexander Whitelaw<br>Charles Annandale<br />
| ''The Popular Encyclopedia; or, Conversations Lexicon''. London: Blackie & Son, in many editions.<br>[NOTE: Glossary term Alchemy]<br />
| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popular_Encyclopedia_or_Conversations_Lexicon Public Domain Sources]<br>in Wikipedia<br />
|-<br />
| <center>Schl/Sch</center><br />
| <center>34</center><br />
| Emil Schlagintweit<br />
| ''Buddhism in Tibet''. Leipzig: E. A. Brockhaus and London: Trübner & Co., 1863.<br />
| [https://archive.org/details/buddhismintibet00schlgoog 1863 edition]<br />
|-<br />
| <center>SD</center><br />
| <center>25-30</center><br />
| [[H. P. Blavatsky]]<br />
| [[The Secret Doctrine (book)|''The Secret Doctrine'']]. London: Theosophical Publishing Co., Ltd., 1888.<br />
| [http://www.theosociety.org/pasadena/sd-pdf/sdpdf-hp.htm 1888 edition]<br />
|-<br />
| <center>Skinner</center><br />
| <center>1</center><br />
| [[James Ralston Skinner]]<br />
| ''The Source of Measures''. Philadelphia: D. McKay Co., 1886.<br>[NOTE: Glossary term Anuki]<br />
| [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/007695973?type%5B%5D=all&lookfor%5B%5D=Skinner%2C%20J%20Ralston&ft=ft 1886 edition]<br />
|-<br />
| <center>Smith</center><br />
| <center>18</center><br />
| George Smith<br />
| ''The Chaldean Account of Genesis''. New York: Scribner, Armstrong, & Co., 1876.<br />
| [https://archive.org/details/chaldeanaccounto00smit 1876 edition]<br />
|-<br />
| <center>Voice</center><br />
| <cenTer>1</center><br />
| [[H. P. Blavatsky]]<br />
| [[The Voice of the Silence (book)|''The Voice of the Silence'']]. London: Theosophical Publishing Co. and New York: W. Q. Judge, 1889.<br>[NOTE: Glossary term Shangna]<br />
| [http://blavatskyarchives.com/theosophypdfs/blavatsky__the_voice_of_the_silence_1889.pdf 1889 edition]<br />
|-<br />
| <center>W. W. W.</center> <br />
| <center>124</center><br />
| [[William Wynn Westcott]]<br />
| Westcott, a member of Blavatsky's [[Esoteric Section|Inner Group]], assisted her directly with contributions to the glossary. His written works were published in ten volumes as the ''Collectanea Hermetica''.<br />
| [http://theosophy.wiki/en/William_Wynn_Westcott various sources]<br />
|-<br />
| <center>Wilson, H.H.</center><br />
| <center>4</center><br />
| Horace Hayman Wilson <br />
| ''Vishnu Purana''. London: John Murray, 1840.<br><br>The second edition in six volumes, edited by Fitzedward Hall, London: Trübner & Co., 1864-1877, was the version referenced in ''The Secret Doctrine.''<br>[NOTE: Glossary terms Anyamsam, Pums, Yuga, Svabhavika] <br />
| [http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/vp/ 1840 edition]<br>[https://archive.org/stream/worksbylatehorace06wils/worksbylatehorace06wils_djvu.txt 1864 edition]<br />
|-<br />
| <center>5</center> <br />
| <center>304</center><br />
| [[H. P. Blavatsky]]<br />
| ''Five Years of Theosophy''. London: Reeves and Turner, 1885.<br />
| [http://blavatskyarchives.com/theosophypdfs/five_years_of_theosophy_1885.pdf 1885 edition]<br />
|-<br />
| <center>'''?'''</center><br />
|<br />
| '''more research is needed'''<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| <center>[[File:Check mark.jpg|25px]]</center><br />
|<br />
| '''check for references'''<br />
| <br />
| <br />
|}<br />
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== Additional notes about sources ==<br />
<br />
Jon Fergus has suggested that Madame Blavatsky may have relied on French Sinologists for some her definitions of '''Chinese''' words.<ref>[https://universaltheosophy.com/research/sien-tchan/ "Research: Sien-Tchan and Related Terms"] by Jon Fergus. Posted in Universal Theosophy website on January 21, 2020 and updated February 14, 2020.</ref><br />
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== Notes ==<br />
<references/><br />
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[[Category:Books|Theosophical Glossary, The]]</div>Jon Fergushttps://theosophy.wiki/w-en/index.php?title=The_Theosophical_Glossary_(book)&diff=44985The Theosophical Glossary (book)2021-03-24T18:54:21Z<p>Jon Fergus: /* Additional notes about sources */ just a little tweak in the phrasing.</p>
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[[File:Theosophical Glossary cover.jpg|right|245px|thumb|Boris de Zirkoff's copy - a 1952 replica of 1892 first edition]]<br />
'''''The Theosophical Glossary''''' was written by [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky]], but published posthumously in 1892 after some editorial work by [[G. R. S. Mead]]. An ambitious work, the glossary included 2797 terms from Sanskrit, other oriental languages, Kabbalah, Freemasonry, Rosicrucianism, Hermeticism, Egyptology, Judeo-Christian studies, and other sources. The manuscript did not benefit from an opportunity for the author to review and revise it, due to her death on [[May 8]], 1891. Consequently, the quality is uneven, and the glossary entries include errors, especially in Sanskrit. This volume has to be read with discrimination, as Madame Blavatsky herself recommended for any form of study. <br />
::'''NOTE: A detailed analysis by [[Boris de Zirkoff]] of the glossary is provided in this wiki article as an aid to readers, along with <u>[http://resources.theosophical.org/pdf/Authors/Blavatsky/Blavatsky_Theosophical_Glossary.pdf a link to his annotated copy of the glossary]</u>.'''<br />
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An '''HTML version of the glossary''' is available at [https://theosophytrust.org/Online_Books/Theosophical_Glossary_V2.4.pdf TheosophyTrust.org].<br />
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Two other resources that should be consulted for comparison to ''The Theosophical Glossary'', or to supplement its information, are [http://www.theosociety.org/pasadena/ocglos/og-hp.htm '''''Occult Glossary'''''] by [[Gottfried de Purucker]] and the [http://www.theosociety.org/pasadena/etgloss/anj-arc.htm '''''Encyclopedic Theosophical Glossary'''''] at Theosophical University Press Online. See also the '''''[http://www.theosophy-nw.org/theosnw/ctg/ctg-hp.htm Collation of Theosophical Glossaries]'''''.<br />
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== Writing and publication ==<br />
<br />
Many definitions used in this glossary were published previously in other Blavatsky works such as [[Isis Unveiled (book)|''Isis Unveiled'']] and [[The Key to Theosophy (book)|''The Key to Theosophy'']]. Madame Blavatsky, known as HPB, combined these with definitions from Western esotericism that were provided by her associate [[William Wynn Westcott]]. She also wrote and assembled many additional definitions, working in her own unique style, which was psychically inspired rather than scholarly. When writing, she turned herself over to her higher mind, or served as an amanuensis to her [[Masters of Wisdom|Masters]]. In many cases the resultant wording was identical to that published by other writers, but any effect of seeming plagiarism was purely unintentional. During the last months of preparing the manuscript, HPB was very ill, and was also working intently on other writing projects. <br />
<br />
Elsie Benjamin wrote of the glossary:<br />
<blockquote><br />
The fact that the book wasn't prepared until shortly before her death, would seem to indicate that its preparation was one of her last literary undertakings, and with all the other terrific amount of literary work she had on her hands, I THINK the book was compiled by one or more of her students.<ref>Mrs. Harry Benjamin, "Theosophical Glossary and the Psychic," ''Theosophy World'' (August 1996). [http://www.theos-world.com/archives/show.php?NAME=tw199608&PATH=txt&DESC=August%201996%20Issue Available online.]</ref><br />
</blockquote><br />
<br />
Clearly Madame Blavatsky had the opportunity to review only a few pages of the manuscript before her death. The work of editing the glossary was taken over by [[G. R. S. Mead]], then only 28 years old. He was well-educated in philosophy, but not as an orientalist. Perhaps he was under some pressure to get the manuscript into print quickly. In his preface to the book, Mead freely admitted that he had not been able to undertake the scholarly work needed to verify the glossary entries and identify their sources. According to HPB's wishes, he did acknowledge the assistance of [[William Wynn Westcott]] and the works of four authors as significant sources of information: Ernest John Eitel, John Dowson, H. H. Wilson, and Kenneth R. H. MacKenzie.<br />
<br />
::'''Daniel H. Caldwell has shared a very thorough [http://blavatskyarchives.com/Caldwell_Chronology_Theosophical_Glossary.pdf chronology] of the writing and publication of this book.'''<br />
<br />
== Editions and availability online ==<br />
<br />
Compared to other Blavatsky works, the glossary has had relatively few reprintings, and no new editions have been issued. Even [[Boris de Zirkoff]], editor of her [[Collected Writings (book)|''Collected Writings'']], did not attempt the much-needed revision.<br />
<br />
All English printings except the 1918 Krotona version have been photographic reproductions of the original.<br />
<br />
* London: Theosophical Publishing Society; New York: The Path Office, 1892. No digital version available.<br />
* Krotona, Hollywood, Los Angeles: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1918. Available at [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/4563096.html Hathitrust]. 360 pages. <br />
* Los Angeles, Theosophy Co., 1930, 1952, 1966, 1971, 1973, 1990. Photographic reproductions of the original 1892 version. 389 pages. 1930 copy available at [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=inu.39000003129744;view=1up;seq=5 Hathitrust].<br />
* Ann Arbor: Gryphon Books, 1971. Facsimile reprint. 389 pages.<br />
* Detroit: Gale Research Co., 1974. Facsimile reprint. 389 pages.<br />
<br />
The glossary has been translated into Russian, French, and Spanish.<br />
<br />
The [[Union Index of Theosophical Periodicals]] lists [http://www.austheos.org.au/cgi-bin/ui-csvsearch.pl?search=theosophical+glossary&method=exact&page=1 106 articles] about or extracted from the Glossary. From 1894 to 1913 the journal [[Le Lotus Bleu (periodical)|''Le Lotus Bleu'']] regularly printed entries from the French edition, ''Glossaire Theosophique'', and other journals have frequently based articles on the Glossary.<br />
<br />
== Abbreviations used in definitions ==<br />
<br />
Immediately following most of the terms in the glossary, there is a gloss in parentheses identifying the language or tradition from which the term is derived. The most common is '''(''Sk.'')''', for Sanskrit. These glosses are presented as abbreviations in italics. In addition, over 100 entries are followed by '''[w.w.w.]''', representing [[William Wynn Westcott]] as the source.<br />
<br />
A list of common abbreviations follows:<br />
<br />
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<br />
{{Col-break|width=30%}}<br />
Alch. = Alchemical sources<br><br />
Arab. = Arab traditions<br><br />
Assyr. = Assyrian language<br><br />
Celtic = Celtic language<br><br />
Chald. = Chaldean language<br><br />
Chin. = Chinese language<br><br />
Copt. = Coptic mythology<br><br />
Eg. = Egyptian mythology<br><br />
Esot. = Esoteric sources<br><br />
Germ. = German language<br><br />
Gn./Gnost. = Gnostic sources<br><br />
Gr. = Greek language<br><br />
Heb. = Hebrew language<br><br />
Hind. = Hindu religion<br><br />
Iceland. = Icelandic language<br><br />
Irish = Irish traditions<br><br />
<br />
{{Col-break|width=30%}}<br />
Jap. = Japanese language<br><br />
Kab. = Kabbalah<br><br />
Kolarian = Kolarian tribe in India<br><br />
Lat. = Latin language<br><br />
Mazd. = Mazdaism or Zoroastrianism<br><br />
Mex. = Mexican traditions<br><br />
Mong./Mongol. = Mongolian language<br><br />
Mys./Mystic = mysticism<br><br />
Occult. = Occultist literature<br><br />
Pali = Pali language<br><br />
Pers. = Persian language<br><br />
Peruv. = Peruvian language<br><br />
Phoen. = Phoenician language<br><br />
Prakrit = ancient Indian dialects<br><br />
Quiché = Guatelamalan; Popol Vuh<br><br />
Ros. = Rosicrucian sources<br />
<br />
{{Col-break|width=30%}}<br />
Russ. = Russian language<br><br />
Saxon = Saxon language<br><br />
Scand. = Scandinavian mythology<br><br />
Septuag. = Septuagint<br><br />
Sing. = Singhalese language<br><br />
Sk. = Sanskrit language<br><br />
Slavon. = Slavonian tradition<br><br />
Syr. = Syrian language<br><br />
Tah. = Tahitian language<br><br />
Tam. = Tamil language<br><br />
Tib. = Tibetan language<br><br />
Vulgate = Vulgate Bible<br><br />
Zend = Zend-Avasta scripture<br><br />
Zohar = Zohar commentaries<br><br />
<br />
{{Col-end}}<br />
<br />
== Reviews and criticisms of the Glossary ==<br />
<br />
The eagerly-awaited Glossary was quickly found wanting, after its release in 1892. Several criticisms were leveled against the work:<br />
::* Errors were made in transliteration of Sanskrit terms.<br />
::* Definitions of terms were erroneous.<br />
::* Important concepts and persons were omitted.<br />
::* Sources of definitions were not identified.<br />
<br />
=== Review by Colonel Olcott ===<br />
<br />
[[Henry Steel Olcott]], President-Founder of the [[Theosophical Society]], wrote one of the earliest reviews. He praised the production of the book, its paper, binding, and timeliness; and its definitions of terms from [[The Secret Doctrine (book)|''The Secret Doctrine'']]. He expressed great regret, however, that Sanskrit scholars had not been consulted to review the manuscript.<br />
<blockquote><br />
Nothing could have been more timely for, with the expansion of our literature, fresh Oriental terms are being introduced which, without interpretation, are meaningless to the Western reader. The present work supplies a crying want, therefore, and will add enormously to H. P. B.s literary reputation while, at the same time, going to show her extraordinary clairvoyant intuition. Needless to say, she never made the least pretence to what is called scholarship, i.e., acquiring her knowledge in the usual way by book-study: it came to her mainly while in the act of writing. In a letter to her sister, quoted by [[Alfred Percy Sinnett|Mr. Sinnett]] in his biography of her, she very clearly describes this mental process. But when it came to quoting or translating from current literature, her habit was to ask the help of those who were learned in the specialities she might be discussing. When she first undertook the [[The Secret Doctrine (book)|“Secret Doctrine”]] there was an agreement between her and the late erudite [[T. Subba Row|Mr. T. Subba Row]], that he should edit the portions relating to Indian Philosophy, verify her transliterations and correct her interpretations of Sanskrit words. If she had lived to bring out the Glossary, this would undoubtedly have been her course, and the work would have been free from the large number of errors which now characterize it, and which are more than likely to be pointed out by unfriendly Orientalist critics. Deserving of all praise, as Mr. Mead’s industry and skill in editing this are, he would have done better service to H. P. B. by calling upon some one or more of our most competent Indian colleagues to have verified the renderings of the Sanskrit words and phrases; the more so as they would doubtless have considered it a labor of love. Accuracy would not then have been sacrificed to speed. As it stands, the Glossary must be taken as giving the meanings which H. P. B. supposed the words to have, and which interpret the ideas she put in to English words while writing. In this respect it is invaluable to theosophical students. But from the point of [[Sanskrit]] scholarship it appears full of blunders. In imitation of H. P. B.’s own example, I have asked an English-knowing Sanskrit pandit to report upon the Sanskrit words under the initial A. He says:<br />
[[File:Glossary spine.jpg|right|90px|thumb|Spine label on Boris de Zirkoff copy]]<br />
<blockquote><br />
“The transliteration of the Sanskrit words is sometimes so bad that readers may often confound them for others which have a different meaning. With this general remark, I may say that out of 154 words beginning with A, put down as Sanskrit, 28 words are so transliterated that some of them would not, in their new garb, be taken to be Sanskrit. Eighteen of the words are very badly explained, as, for instance, ''Adhyátma vidya'', which literally means 'the Science of Atma,’ and not ‘the esoteric luminary.’ (This mistake is copied from Dr. Eitel.) ''Amitábha'' is a Sanskrit expression, meaning ‘boundless splendor' not a ‘Chinese corruption of the Sanskrit Amrita Buddha,’ as explained. The Amitábhas are certain Devas who are said, in the Vishnu Purana, to rule the sky in Raivata and Sávarni Manvantaras. ''Aindriya'' means literally ‘pertaining to the senses,’ not ‘Indrani, the wife of Indra.’ ''Apana'' is wrongly explained as 'inspirational breath' and is not ‘a practice in Yoga.’ It means the 'wind' or 'vayu' which is said to be in the lower portion of the body. ''Prána,'' again, is ‘not expirational breath.’ ''Arasamaram'' is not Sanskrit but pure Tamil, and means simply <br />
the Pipal tree, literally, ‘the king of trees.’ Two of the erroneous renderings of Sanskrit under the letter A have been taken over from Dowson’s ‘Classical Dictionary of India,’ and five from Dr. Eitel’s 'Sanskrit-Chinese “Dictionary.’ Under the letter B there are seven mis-translations; under C one; and under D fourteen. Thus, overlooking minor ones, in the first four letters of the alphabet, out of 303 words, there are no less than 40 glaring mis-translations. I have examined no farther.”<br />
</blockquote><br />
<br />
Among the many proofs of the incompleteness of the MS. must be mentioned these: Sankara, Founder of the Adwaita school, is mentioned, but not Ramanuja and Madhava, the equally well known Founders of the other two great schools, the Dwaita and Vishisthadvaita ... All these would have been rectified if H. P. B. had lived.<br />
<br />
In his modest Preface to the Glossary, [[G. R. S. Mead|Mr. Mead]] disclaims all "pretension to the elaborate and extraordinary scholarship requisite for the editing" of the work, and candidly admits the likelihood of there being mistakes in transliteration: he tells us also that, for the interpretation of facts relating to the Kabalah, to Rosicrucian and Hermetic doctrines, H. P. B. availed of the Help of our erudite brother [[William Wynn Westcott|W . Wynn Westcott]]. It is a thousand pities that the Sanskrit portions were not sent here for verification by Mr. Gopalacharlu, Prof. Manilal, Mr. Govinda Dasa, of Benares, or R. Sundara Sastri, of Kumbakonam — all [[F.T.S.|F. T. S.’s]] and staunch friends of [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky|H. P. B.]] Permitting the work to be hurried out with so many errors of omission and commission in its Sanskrit department, are we not playing into the hands of [[Max Müller |Prof. Muller]] and other Sanskritists who concur with him in calling us a lot of pseudo-scholars?<br />
<br />
As for the explanations of terms pertaining to [[Occultism|occultism]] and the Secret Doctrine in particular, words of praise are superfluous, for H. P. B. wrote upon those themes with perfect knowledge of her subject and with unequalled force and brilliancy. For this reason, I repeat, the work should be in every Theosophist’s library.<ref>H. S. Olcott, "Theosophical Glossary by HP Blavatsky," ''The Theosophist'' 13.7 (April, 1892), 444. Available from [http://www.iapsop.com/archive/materials/theosophist/theosophist_v13_n07_april_1892.pdf IAPSOP website].</ref><br />
</blockquote><br />
[[File:Glossary spine label.jpg|300px|right|thumb|Spine label on Boris de Zirkoff copy]]<br />
=== Critique by Boris de Zirkoff ===<br />
<br />
[[Boris de Zirkoff]], editor of Madame Blavatsky's [[Collected Writings (book)|''Collected Writings'']], wrote an article in his journal [[Theosophia (periodical)|''Theosophia'']] called '''[http://resources.theosophical.org/pdf/Authors/De%20Zirkoff/De_Zirkoff_Who_Played_That_Trick.pdf "Who Played That Trick on H. P. B.? the Puzzle of 'The Theosophical Glossary.'"]'''<ref>Boris de Zirkoff, "Who Played That Trick on H. P. B.? the Puzzle of 'The Theosophical Glossary.'" ''Theosophia'' 24.113 (Winter, 1967-1968), 12. It was reprinted in [[The Canadian Theosophist (periodical)|''The Canadian Theosophist'']] Vol. 49, May-June, 1968.</ref> He reiterated much of the criticism expressed by Colonel Olcott, and also his praise of definitions written purely by Madame Blavatsky without reference to other sources.<br />
<blockquote><br />
As far as Mead is concerned, he lets us know, in his Preface to this work, that H.P.B. desired to express her indebtedness “as far as the tabulation of facts is concerned,” to four works, namely, the ''Sanskrit-Chinese Dictionary'' of Eitel, the ''Hindu Classical Dictionary'' of Dowson, Wilson’s ''Vishnu-Purâna'' and the ''Royal Masonic Cyclopaedia'' of Kenneth R. H. MacKenzie. He also points out the definitions signed W.W.W. are by [[William Wynn Westcott|W. W. Westcott]]...<br />
<br />
A careful analysis of the definitions and of the probable sources from which they were borrowed, has disclosed that out of the 2,767 definitions, a minimum of 2,212 have been taken from the works of a large number of scholars, either verbatim or with very minor alterations, and with no acknowledgement whatsoever; in a few cases a line or two has been added, giving an occult interpretation probably by H.P.B. herself; such instances are very few...<br />
<br />
There are 124 terms signed by W. Wynn Westcott; 217 terms identical, or practically so, with the corresponding terms in the Glossary of the 2nd edition of ''The Key to Theosophy''; about 25-30 terms from ''The Secret Doctrine''; and about 70 terms from ''Isis Unveiled''.<br />
<br />
We are faced here with a perfectly honest but woefully inadequate attempt on the part of various early scholars to grasp the subtle meaning of Oriental and other ancient terms, and to render their phonetic or actual form in English letters...<br />
<br />
To publish the Theosophical Glossary as it now stands simply means to perpetuate willingly and deliberately hundreds of errors; it also means to ascribe them, at least partially so, to H.P.B., imagining that the definitions are hers, as no source of reference is given; while in reality, when adequate explanation and analysis of the text is made, nothing could be more erroneous than to imagine that H.P.B. was herself responsible for the majority of the definitions in the book...<ref>Boris de Zirkoff, "Who Played That Trick on H. P. B.? the Puzzle of 'The Theosophical Glossary.'" ''Theosophia'' 24.113 (Winter, 1967-1968), 12. It was reprinted in [[The Canadian Theosophist (periodical)|''The Canadian Theosophist'']] Vol. 49, May-June, 1968.</ref><br />
</blockquote><br />
<br />
=== Daniel Caldwell on other critiques ===<br />
<br />
Blavatsky scholar Daniel H. Caldwell wrote a lengthy posting in the Internet discussion group '''Theos-talk''' in which he refuted some of the claims made by Boris de Zirkoff and other critics. He presented a very logical case that some of the erroneous glossary entries had been published previously by HPB herself, and that young G. R. S. Mead should not bear all the burden of the glossary's flaws. See '''[http://blavatskyarchives.com/caldwell_theos_talk_theosophical_glossary.pdf "Some Observations on the Claims made by Boris de Zirkoff and others."]''' In his view the estimable Mr. de Zirkoff seems to have overstated the case that Mead played a "trick" on HPB.<ref>Daniel H. Caldwell, "Some Observations on the Claims made by Boris de Zirkoff and others " in [http://blavatskyarchives.com/caldwell_theos_talk_theosophical_glossary.pdf Blavatsky Archives website]. Accessed May 20, 2019.</ref><br />
<br />
For more on the Theosophical Glossary, visit the [http://blavatskyarchives.com/theosophicalglossaryhtm.htm# Blavatsky Study Center] website.<br />
<br />
=== Comments by Elsie Benjamin ===<br />
<br />
Elsie Benjamin commented about this controversy:<br />
<blockquote><br />
Do you Know -- I think it is very salutary that we have these uncertainties, because it throws us back onto our own investigations and intuitions, if we find something that seems not "to ring true" to us, or something that we think may be a misprint. Which of course doesn't mean that we should immediately reject it, but they are points to ponder over and see whether we can accept them. Remember HPB's advise to the American Convention: "orthodoxy in Theosophy is a thing neither possible nor desirable. It is diversity of opinion, within certain limits ... a certain amount of uncertainty, etc. that keeps the Society a healthy body."<ref>Mrs. Harry Benjamin, "Theosophical Glossary and the Psychic," ''Theosophy World'' (August 1996). [http://www.theos-world.com/archives/show.php?NAME=tw199608&PATH=txt&DESC=August%201996%20Issue Available online.]</ref><br />
</blockquote><br />
<br />
== Analysis of sources, by Boris de Zirkoff ==<br />
<br />
[[Boris de Zirkoff]] devoted a considerable effort to analyzing the sources of the Glossary entries. He took a 1952 replica of the 1892 first edition and penciled marginal notes beside most of the terms. '''[http://resources.theosophical.org/pdf/Authors/Blavatsky/Blavatsky_Theosophical_Glossary.pdf Here is a scan of his annotated copy].''' <br />
<br />
Richard Robb, Michael Conlin, and Janet Kerschner worked together to expand Mr. de Zirkoff's notes identifying his sources:<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable" <br />
|-<br />
! Abbreviation<br />
! # of<br>terms<br />
! Author<br />
! Title<br />
! Digital links<br />
|-<br />
| <center>Anson</center><br />
| <center>68</center><br />
| Wilhelm Wägner<br>M. W. MacDowell<br>W. S. S. Anson<br />
| ''Asgard and the Gods''. Adapted by M. W. MacDowell, and edited by William Swan Sonnenschein<br>(afterwards Stallybrass) Anson. London, 1880; 2nd ed, 1882; 5th ed 1887. <br />
| [https://archive.org/details/cu31924098820842 1882 edition]<br />
|-<br />
| <center>Bonwick</center><br />
| | <center>52</center><br />
| James Bonwick<br />
| ''Egyptian Belief and Modern Thought''. London: Kegan Paul & Co., 1878.<br />
| [https://archive.org/stream/egyptianbeliefmo00bonw/egyptianbeliefmo00bonw_djvu.txt 1876 edition]<br />
|-<br />
| <center>Browne</center><br />
| <center>1</center><br />
| Bishop E. Harold Browne<br />
| Unidentified<br>[NOTE: Glossary term Dionysos]<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| <center>Cory</center><br />
| <center>1</center><br />
| Isaac Preston Cory<br />
| ''Ancient Fragments of the Phoenician, Carthaginian, Babylonian, Egyptian, and other authors''. First edition 1832. The 1876 abridged edition was reduced by 30%.<br>[NOTE: Glossary term Odacon - see 1832 edition under Berossus.]<br />
| [http://www.sacred-texts.com/cla/af/index.htm 1832 edition]<br>[https://archive.org/details/corysancientfrag00coryuoft 1876 abridged edition]<br />
|-<br />
| <center>D</center><br />
| | <center>414</center><br />
| John Dowson<br />
| ''A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature''.<br> London: Trübner & Co., 1879. <br />
| [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001392774 1879 edition]<br />
|-<br />
| <center>Draper</center><br />
| <center>1</center><br />
| John William Draper<br />
| ''History of the Conflict between Religion and Science''. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1875.<br>[NOTE: Glossary term Ecbatana]<br />
| [http://moses.law.umn.edu/darrow/documents/Draper_History_Conflict_Religion_Science.pdf 1875 edition]<br />
|-<br />
| <center>Eit/Eitel</center> <br />
| <center>125</center> <br />
| Ernest John Eitel<br />
| (1) ''Handbook of Chinese Buddhism, being a Sanskrit-Chinese dictionary''.<br>Hong Kong, 1870; London: Trübner & Co., 1888 2nd ed.<br>(2) ''Buddhism, its Historical, Theoretical and Popular Aspects''. Hong Kong: Lane Crawford & Co., 1884. <br />
| [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100544030 Handbook 1888 edition]<br>[https://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/6258489.html Buddhism 1884 edition]<br />
|-<br />
| <center>Hardy</center> <br />
| <center>34</center><br />
| Robert Spence Hardy<br />
| (1) ''Eastern Monachism''. London, 1850.<br>(2) ''A Manual of Budhism in its Modern Development''. London, 1853; 2nd edition 1880. Translated from a Singalese manuscript.<br />
| [https://archive.org/details/easternmonachism00hard Monachism - 1860 edition]<br>[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015011294975;view=1up;seq=9 Manual 1860 edition]<br />
|-<br />
| <center>H.P.B.</center> <br />
| <center>469</center><br />
| [[H. P. Blavatsky]]<br />
| 469 terms were written by HPB in whole or in part<br />
| Not applicable<br />
|-<br />
| <center>Isis</center><br />
| <center>70-80</center><br />
| [[H. P. Blavatsky]]<br />
| [[Isis Unveiled (book)|''Isis Unveiled'']]. New York: J.W. Bouton, 1877. <br />
| [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.31822035060367;view=1up;seq=8 1893 edition]<br />
|-<br />
| <center>K</center><br />
| <center>217</center><br />
| [[H. P. Blavatsky]]<br />
| [[The Key to Theosophy (book)|''The Key to Theosophy'']]. London: Theosophical Publishing Company; New York: W.Q. Judge, 1889.<br />
| [http://archive.org/details/thekeytotheosoph00blavuoft/ 1889 edition]<br />
|-<br />
| <center>King</center><br />
| <center>1</center><br />
| C. W. King<br />
| ''The Gnostics and Their Remains''. London: Bell and Dalby, 1864.<br />
| [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/6291443.html 1864 edition]<br>[https://archive.org/details/gnosticsandtheir00kinguoft 1887 edition]<br />
|-<br />
| <center>McK</center><br />
| <center>100</center><br />
| Kenneth R. H. MacKenzie<br />
| ''The Royal Masonic Cyclopaedia''. London: Hogg, 1877.<br />
| [https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/royal-masonic-cyclopaedia-of-history-rites-symbolism-and-biography/110C4996414D28ABA84362D8FBA33C67 limited access]<br>[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015013286037 limited access]<br />
|-<br />
| <center>Mathers</center><br />
| <center>1</center><br />
| S. L. MacGregor Mathers<br />
| ''The Kabbalah Unveiled''. London: G. Redway ; Boston: Occult, 1887.<br>[NOTE: Glossary term Siphra Dtzeniouta]<br />
| [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/4443757.html 1962 edition]<br />
|-<br />
| <center>Myer</center><br />
| <center>39</center><br />
| Preston Isaac Myers<br />
| ''Qabbalah''. Philadelphia, 1888.<br />
| [https://archive.org/details/qabbalahphiloso00myergoog 1888 edition]<br />
|-<br />
| <center>P</center><br />
| <center>8</center><br />
| Paracelsus<br />
| Unidentified writings<br>[NOTE: Glossary terms include Alchemy, Akasa, Gnomes, Limbus Major, Mysterium Magnum, Necromancy, Pentacle, Sylphs]<br />
| <br />
|-<br />
| <center>Pop. Encycl.</center><br />
| <center>1</center><br />
| Alexander Whitelaw<br>Charles Annandale<br />
| ''The Popular Encyclopedia; or, Conversations Lexicon''. London: Blackie & Son, in many editions.<br>[NOTE: Glossary term Alchemy]<br />
| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popular_Encyclopedia_or_Conversations_Lexicon Public Domain Sources]<br>in Wikipedia<br />
|-<br />
| <center>Schl/Sch</center><br />
| <center>34</center><br />
| Emil Schlagintweit<br />
| ''Buddhism in Tibet''. Leipzig: E. A. Brockhaus and London: Trübner & Co., 1863.<br />
| [https://archive.org/details/buddhismintibet00schlgoog 1863 edition]<br />
|-<br />
| <center>SD</center><br />
| <center>25-30</center><br />
| [[H. P. Blavatsky]]<br />
| [[The Secret Doctrine (book)|''The Secret Doctrine'']]. London: Theosophical Publishing Co., Ltd., 1888.<br />
| [http://www.theosociety.org/pasadena/sd-pdf/sdpdf-hp.htm 1888 edition]<br />
|-<br />
| <center>Skinner</center><br />
| <center>1</center><br />
| [[James Ralston Skinner]]<br />
| ''The Source of Measures''. Philadelphia: D. McKay Co., 1886.<br>[NOTE: Glossary term Anuki]<br />
| [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/007695973?type%5B%5D=all&lookfor%5B%5D=Skinner%2C%20J%20Ralston&ft=ft 1886 edition]<br />
|-<br />
| <center>Smith</center><br />
| <center>18</center><br />
| George Smith<br />
| ''The Chaldean Account of Genesis''. New York: Scribner, Armstrong, & Co., 1876.<br />
| [https://archive.org/details/chaldeanaccounto00smit 1876 edition]<br />
|-<br />
| <center>Voice</center><br />
| <cenTer>1</center><br />
| [[H. P. Blavatsky]]<br />
| [[The Voice of the Silence (book)|''The Voice of the Silence'']]. London: Theosophical Publishing Co. and New York: W. Q. Judge, 1889.<br>[NOTE: Glossary term Shangna]<br />
| [http://blavatskyarchives.com/theosophypdfs/blavatsky__the_voice_of_the_silence_1889.pdf 1889 edition]<br />
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| <center>W. W. W.</center> <br />
| <center>124</center><br />
| [[William Wynn Westcott]]<br />
| Westcott, a member of Blavatsky's [[Esoteric Section|Inner Group]], assisted her directly with contributions to the glossary. His written works were published in ten volumes as the ''Collectanea Hermetica''.<br />
| [http://theosophy.wiki/en/William_Wynn_Westcott various sources]<br />
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| <center>Wilson, H.H.</center><br />
| <center>4</center><br />
| Horace Hayman Wilson <br />
| ''Vishnu Purana''. London: John Murray, 1840.<br><br>The second edition in six volumes, edited by Fitzedward Hall, London: Trübner & Co., 1864-1877, was the version referenced in ''The Secret Doctrine.''<br>[NOTE: Glossary terms Anyamsam, Pums, Yuga, Svabhavika] <br />
| [http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/vp/ 1840 edition]<br>[https://archive.org/stream/worksbylatehorace06wils/worksbylatehorace06wils_djvu.txt 1864 edition]<br />
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| <center>5</center> <br />
| <center>304</center><br />
| [[H. P. Blavatsky]]<br />
| ''Five Years of Theosophy''. London: Reeves and Turner, 1885.<br />
| [http://blavatskyarchives.com/theosophypdfs/five_years_of_theosophy_1885.pdf 1885 edition]<br />
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== Additional notes about sources ==<br />
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Jon Fergus has suggested that Madame Blavatsky may have relied on French Sinologists for her definitions of '''Chinese''' words.<ref>[https://universaltheosophy.com/research/sien-tchan/ "Research: Sien-Tchan and Related Terms"] by Jon Fergus. Posted in Universal Theosophy website on January 21, 2020 and updated February 14, 2020.</ref><br />
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<div>'''Elbridge Gerry Brown''' ([[April 15]], 1849 - [[August 28]], 1928) was an American [[Spiritualism|Spiritualist]] and editor of the ''Spiritual Scientist'' of Boston, Mass. <br />
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== Biographical data==<br />
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Elbridge Gerry Walter Channing Brown was born on [[April 15]] (or 19?), 1849, at the residence of his parents, Thomas W. and Sarah D., at 34 Hanover St.; Boston, MA. Later in life he dropped two of his names and was known as Elbridge Gerry Brown. <br />
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On [[July 21]], 1875, he got married to 22 years old Hannah M. Fluker in the Town of South Abington. In 1874 he founded and edited a weekly Spiritualist newspaper titled, the ''Spiritual Scientist''. In 1880 census he was living in Boston, listed as Gary E. Brown, with wife Hannah L., daughters Alice G. and Jennie C.<br />
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He died on [[August 28]], 1928, and was buried at Colebrook Cemetery, Whitman Plymouth County, Mass.<ref>[http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=25052765# Elbridge Gerry Brown, Sr] at Findagrave.com</ref><br />
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== Theosophical involvement ==<br />
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Young E. G. Brown, editor of the ''Spiritual Scientist'', was interested in understanding the occult laws behind Spiritualistic phenomena. In November of 1874, after reading a defense of the genuineness of this phenomena that [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky|H. P. Blavatsky]] had published in the ''Daily Graphic'', Mr. Brown sent her a sample of his own Spiritualist newspaper with a note of appreciation for her article. This gave rise to a correspondence that got him close to Blavatsky's work. In fact, in early letters from Egyptian [[Masters of Wisdom]] to [[Henry Steel Olcott|Col. H. S. Olcott]], it is evident that they had thought Mr. Brown could become the third main Founder of what would be the [[Theosophical Society]]. [[Serapis|Master S.]] wrote:<br />
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<blockquote>This cause—in your country—depends entirely on the closest unity between you three—our Lodge’s chosen Triad—you, verily so, you three so utterly dissimilar and yet so closely connected to be brought together and linked in one by the never-erring Wisdom of the Brotherhood.<ref>Curuppumullage Jinarājadāsa, ''Letters from the Masters of the Wisdom'' Second Series No. 6 (Adyar, Madras: The Theosophical Publishing House, 1988), 17.</ref></blockquote><br />
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Mr. Brown began to publish many of Blavatsky's letters. He was educated but very poor; for, to become a Spiritualist and editor of his paper, he had quarreled with his family.<ref>Josephine Ransom, ''A Short History of The Theosophical Society'' (Adyar, Madras: The Theosophical Publishing House, 1989), 68.</ref> During his cooperation with the [[Founders#"The Founders"|the Founders]], they supported him and his paper financially. However, in 1876, as they started striving to wean the public mind away from Spiritualism, Brown decided to keep his belief in [[Mediumship#Spirit_guides|"Spirits"]] and go his own way, eventually turning against the Founders.<ref>George E. Linton and Virginia Hanson, eds., ''Readers Guide to The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett'' (Adyar, Chennai, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1972), 221-222.</ref></blockquote> This was shortly after the birth of his first child, after accusing HPB of trying to psychically harm his wife and cause the death of his then unborn child.<ref>See [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=25052765# Elbridge Gerry Brown, Sr] at Findagrave.com</ref><br />
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HPB wrote in her first scrapbook the following remarks:<br />
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<blockquote>Several hundred dollars out of our pockets were spent on behalf of the Editor, and he was made to pass through a minor "diksha" [initiation]. This proving of no avail — the Theosophical Society was established. . . . The man might have become a POWER, he preferred to remain an ASS. ''De gustibus non disputandum est''.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. I (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1988), 88.</ref></blockquote><br />
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<blockquote>The Editor and Medium Gerry Brown has thanked us for our help. Between Col. Olcott & myself, H.P.B., we have spent over a 1000 dollars given him to pay his debts & support his paper. Six months later he became our mortal enemy, because only we declared our unbelief in Spirits. Oh grateful mankind . . . H.P.B.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. I (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1988), 95.</ref></blockquote><br />
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In her third scrapbook, HPB includes a bankruptcy notice for Brown summarized in this way by [[Mary K. Neff]]:<br />
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<blockquote>Creditors list includes Col Olcott ($590), Mme. Blav. ($150), to which HPB has red pencilled a note: "And several hundred more given without asking for a note. HPB." Also: "A constant shower of abuse and sneering in his paper against us, and in other papers too, and bankruptcy to end the whole without a single line of acknowledgment, excuse or regret. Such is Gerry Elbridge Brown, the Spiritualist." (Total debt of Brown: $3710)<ref>Mary K. Neff, "H.P.B.'s Scrapbooks," a summary of the scrapbooks written about 1934. Quoted from Boris de Zirkoff Papers, Records Series 22, Theosophical Society in America Archives.</ref></blockquote><br />
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Other references to Brown exist in Blavatsky's letters to [[Hiram Corson]] and in Olcott's [[Old Diary Leaves (book)|''Old Diary Leaves'']].<br />
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'''James Morgan Pryse''' ([[November 14]], 1859 - [[April 22]], 1942) was an American Theosophist born in Cincinnati, Ohio. He assisted [[William Quan Judge]] and [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky]] in setting up publishing operations.<br />
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== Theosophical Society involvement ==<br />
[[File:James Morgan Pryse.jpg|left|150px|thumb|James Morgan Pryse]]<br />
He and his brother [[John Morgan Pryse]] purchased and operated newspapers and printing plants in Nebraska, Montana, and Wisconsin, finally moving to Los Angeles in 1886. He joined the Los Angeles Lodge of the [[Theosophical Society]] on August 7, 1887.<ref>Theosophical Society General Membership Register, 1875-1942 at [http://tsmembers.org/ http://tsmembers.org/]. See book 1, entry 4042 (website file: 1B/31).</ref><br />
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The brothers were soon invited by [[William Quan Judge|W. Q. Judge]] to New York to assist him with the printing work. They formed the [[Aryan Theosophical Press]] which printed the Esoteric Instructions of [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky|H. P. Blavatsky]] and other Theosophical works.<br />
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At the request of Mme. Blavatsky James Pryse went to London in 1889 and became one of HPB’s staff in Avenue Road. While there, he set up the [[HPB Press]].<br />
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== An encounter with the Master ==<br />
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In August 1889, while still in Los Angeles, California, Mr. Pryse had the following experience:<br />
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<blockquote>One evening [in 1889] while I was thus meditating the face of H.P.B. flashed before me. I recognized it from her portrait in Isis, though it appeared much older. Thinking that the astral picture, as I took it to be, was due to some vagary of fancy, I tried to exclude it; but at that the face showed a look of impatience, and instantly I was drawn out of my body and immediately was standing "in the astral" beside H.P.B. in London. It was along toward morning there, but she was still seated at her writing desk. While she was speaking to me, very kindly, I could not help thinking how odd it was that an apparently fleshy old lady should be an Adept. I tried to put that impolite thought out of my mind, but she read it, and as if in answer to it her physical body became translucent, revealing a marvellous inner body that looked as if it were formed of molten gold. Then suddenly the [[Morya|Master M.]] appeared before us in his [[Māyāvi-Rūpa|mayavi-rupa]]. To him I made profound obeisance, for he seemed to me more like a God than a man. Somehow I knew who he was, though this was the first time I had seen him. He spoke to me graciously and said, "I shall have work for you in six months." He walked to the further side of the room, waved his hand in farewell and departed. Then H. P. B. dismissed me with the parting words, “God bless you,” and directly I saw the waves of the Atlantic beneath me; I floated down and dipped my feet in their crests. Then with a rush I crossed the continent till I saw the lights of Los Angles and returned to my body, seated in the chair where I had left it.<ref>[http://www.blavatskyarchives.com/mastersencounterswith.htm# A Casebook of Encounters with the Theosophical Mahatmas] Case 61, compiled and edited by Daniel H. Caldwell</ref></blockquote><br />
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== Later years ==<br />
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In 1895, Mr. Pryse followed [[William Quan Judge|W. Q. Judge]] when most of the American Section seceded from the [[Theosophical Society (Adyar)|Theosophical Society based in Adyar]]. Pryse continued his theosophical work in the [[Point Loma]] community, but eventually lost faith in the leadership of [[Katherine Tingley]].<ref>Emmett A. Greenwalt, ''California Utopia: Point Loma: 1897-1942'' 2nd revised edition (San Diego, CA: Point Loma Publications, 1978), 207</ref> He died on [[April 22]], 1942, in New York.<br />
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[[File:Pryse book flyer.jpg|240px|right|thumb|Advertisement for Pryse book]]<br />
== Writings ==<br />
The [[Union Index of Theosophical Periodicals]] lists 35 articles [http://www.austheos.org.au/cgi-bin/ui-csvsearch.pl?search=pryse+James&method=all by or about James M. Pryse], and he also wrote several important books and pamplets:<br />
* '''"Brotherhood"'''. ''Universal Brotherhood''. (March, 1898). Available at [http://www.theosociety.org/pasadena/ub/v12n12p289_brotherhood.htm# Theosophical University Press.] <br />
* '''"The Evangel according to Iôannês'''. ''Universal Brotherhood''. (September, 1898). Available at [http://www.theosociety.org/pasadena/ub/v13n06p321_the-evangel-according-to-ioannes.htm# Theosophical University Press.] <br />
* '''"Memorabilia of H.P.B."'''. ''The Canadian Theosophist''. (March 15, 1935), 1-5. Available at [http://www.blavatskyarchives.com/pryse.htm# Blavatsky Archive.] This is a reminiscence of H.P.B.'s final illness and death.<br />
* '''''The Restored New Testament'''''. Los Angeles: John M. Pryse and London: John M. Watkins, 1914. Subtitled "The Hellenic fragments, freed from the pseudo-Jewish interpolations, harmonized, and done into English verse and prose, with introductory analyses, and commentaries, giving an interpretation according to ancient philosophy and psychology and a new literal translation of the synoptic gospels, with introduction and commentaries." 848 pages. Available in several versions at [https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%22Pryse%2C+James+M.+%28James+Morgan%29%2C+b.+1859%22 Internet Archive].<br />
* '''''The Apocalypse Unsealed'''''. New York: John M. Pryse, 1910. 244 pages. Subtitled: "being an esoteric interpretation of the initiation of Iôannês (Apokalypsis Iōannou) commonly called the Revelation of (St.) John : with a new translation". Available at [https://archive.org/details/cu31924029295289 Internet Archive]. A gnostic work.<br />
* '''''Reincarnation in the New Testament'''''. New York: Theosophical Society, 1904. 109 pages. Three versions available from [https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%22Pryse%2C+James+M.+%28James+Morgan%29%2C+b.+1859%22 Internet Archive].<br />
* '''''The Magical Message According to Iônannês (To kata Iōannon Euangelion)'''''. Subtitled "commonly called the Gospel according to [St.] John". New York: Theosophical Publishing Company of New York, 1909. 248 pages. Two versions available at [https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%22Pryse%2C+James+M.+%28James+Morgan%29%2C+b.+1859%22 Internet Archive].<br />
* '''''The Sermon on the Mount and Other Extracts from the New Testament'''''. New York: Elliott B. Page & Co., 1899. Subtitled "a verbatim translation from the Greek". Available at [https://archive.org/details/sermononmountoth00prys Internet Archive].<br />
* '''''Prometheus Bound'''''.<br />
* '''''Adorers of Dionysos'''''. Los Angeles: John M. Pryse, 1925. This is a study of symbolism in Euripides' ''The Bachhanals'' and a sequel to ''Prometheus Bound'', per review by M. L. T. in ''The Messenger'' 13.6 (November, 1925), 118.<br />
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== Online resources ==<br />
===Articles===<br />
*[http://theosophy.ph/encyclo/index.php?title=Pryse,_James_Morgan# James Morgan Pryse] at Theosopedia<br />
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[[Category:People|Pryse, James M.]]</div>Jon Fergushttps://theosophy.wiki/w-en/index.php?title=Esoteric_Buddhism_(book)&diff=44731Esoteric Buddhism (book)2021-01-29T21:24:25Z<p>Jon Fergus: /* Electronic editions */ added link to new html version of the 5th edition</p>
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'''''Esoteric Buddhism''''' was one of the first Theosophical books, published in 1883. In it, [[Alfred Percy Sinnett]] wrote about [[Occultism|occultism]], the [[Adept|Adepts]], the [[Theosophical Society]], and first-hand experience with the existence of powers unknown to science which the occultist has developed.<br />
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== Writing of the book ==<br />
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The bulk of the material composing the book came from a series of articles Sinnett wrote under the title of [[Fragments of Occult Truth (article)|Fragments of Occult Truth]]. They were published in ''The Theosophist'' on October (pp. 2-5) and November 1882 (pp. 46-48), and March (pp. 131-135), April (pp. 161-164), and May 1883 (pp. 194-195). The information for these articles came from [[The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett (book)|the letters]] he received from Mahatmas [[Koot Hoomi|K.H.]] and [[Morya|M.]], as well as discussions with [[H. P. Blavatsky]].<br />
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== Publication history ==<br />
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The book was published in 1883. Shortly after it was published, there appeared in [[The Theosophist (periodical)|''The Theosophist'']] a very important series of articles titled, "Some Inquiries Suggested by Mr. Sinnett's Esoteric Buddhism." These were written, or caused to be written, by three adepts. Largely as a result of these articles, Sinnett prepared an "annotated and enlarged" edition of ''Esoteric Buddhism'', which constitutes the 1885 fifth edition.<br />
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== Mahatma comments ==<br />
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In [[Mahatma Letter No. 113]], Master [[Koot Hoomi]] wrote:<br />
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Be certain, that with a few mistakes and omissions notwithstanding, your "Esoteric Buddhism" is the only right exposition — however incomplete — of our Occult doctrines. You have made no cardinal, fundamental mistakes; and whatever may be given to you hereafter will not clash with a single sentence in your book but on the contrary will explain away any seeming contradiction.<ref>See pages 11-12 of [[Mahatma Letter No. 113]] in the Chronological 4th edition, or letter 82 in the Barker numbering.</ref> <br />
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== Errors in Esoteric Buddhism ==<br />
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== Book reviews ==<br />
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== Online Resources ==<br />
=== Electronic editions ===<br />
Complete text of ''Esoteric Buddhism'' is available at these Websites:<br />
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* 1884 - Third Edition, London: Trubner & Co. at [http://blavatskyarchives.com/sinnettesobuddgateway.htm Blavatsky Archives]. This 1884 edition has the same pagination & text as the original 1883 edition.<br />
* 1885 - Fifth Edition, at [https://cdn.website-editor.net/e4d6563c50794969b714ab70457d9761/files/uploaded/EsotericBuddhism_APSinnett.pdf Canadian Theosophical Association].<br />
* 1885 - Fifth Edition, at [http://cs3.a5.ru/media/f1/90/2a/f1902acb199b35adb3c7951501aa96b4.pdf a Russian Website]<br />
* 1885 - Fifth Edition, at [https://universaltheosophy.com/aps/esotericbuddhism.html Universal Theosophy] <br />
* 1889 - New American Edition, Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1884, [http://archive.org/details/esotericbuddhis00sinn Internet Archive].<br />
* More editions at [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/010519075 HathiTrust].<br />
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===Articles===<br />
* Blavatsky, H. P. [http://www.blavatsky.net/index.php/esoteric-buddhism-and-its-critic# "'Esoteric Buddhism' and Its Critic"] ''Light'', 1883. Available from Theosophy Net. (Also available in HPB's book ''A Modern Panarion''.)<br />
* Blavatsky, H. P. [http://www.blavatsky.net/index.php/esoteric-buddhism-and-secret-doctrine# "''Esoteric Buddhism'' and ''The Secret Doctrine''"] Available from Blavatsky Net and in ''Theosophical Articles'', a 3-volume set of HPB's writings.<br />
* Blavatsky, H. P. [http://www.blavatsky.net/index.php/puzzle-in-esoteric-buddhism# A Puzzle in "Esoteric Buddhism"]. ''Lucifer'' Vol 2. (May, 1888), 254. Letter from "An Agnostic Student of Theosophy" and response by HPB. Reprinted as a pamphlet by the Theosophy Company.<br />
* Sinnett, A. P. [http://www.theosociety.org/pasadena/path/v08n06p166_esoteric-teachings.htm "Esoteric Teaching"]. ''The Path'' 8.6 (September, 1893), 166. Available from Blavatsky Net.<br />
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'''''The Letters of H. P. Blavatsky to A. P. Sinnett''''', edited by [[A. Trevor Barker]], is a companion to [[The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett (book)|''The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett'']]. It provides transcriptions of letters inherited by [[Alfred Percy Sinnett|A. P. Sinnett's]] executor, [[Maud Hoffman]], that are now preserved in the British Library.<br />
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The Letters were first published in 1925 in London by T. Fisher Unwin, Ltd. <br />
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* 1925 First Edition available at [https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Letters_of_H_P_Blavatsky_to_A_P_Sinn.html?id=4yUOAQAAMAAJ Google Books], and [https://www.theosophy-ult.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Blavatsky-letters-to-Sinnett.pdf from ULT].<br />
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[[Category:Books|Letters of H. P. Blavatsky to A. P. Sinnett, The]]</div>Jon Fergushttps://theosophy.wiki/w-en/index.php?title=The_Secret_Doctrine_(book)&diff=44719The Secret Doctrine (book)2021-01-23T01:52:17Z<p>Jon Fergus: /* Study of The Secret Doctrine */ added ref to Johnston’s SD Outline.</p>
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[[File:1888 SD.jpg|right|170px|thumb|1897 edition and 1895 Index]]<br />
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'''''The Secret Doctrine'', the Synthesis of Science, Religion and Philosophy''', is a two-volume work written by [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky]], which laid the foundation of modern [[Theosophy]]. It is regarded as "one of the monuments of modern esotericism. Originally published in 1888, it gave the spiritual history of the development of the cosmos (or kosmos, as the author would have it) and of human life on earth. In doing this Mme. Blavatsky drew on her impressive knowledge of myth and ancient scripture for verification of the lineage of her theories. The book has gone on to become one of the most influentuial expositions of esoteric ideas, and its two volumes, comprising more than fifteen hundred pages, remain in print." <ref> Gomes, Michael, Ed., ''The Secret Doctrine: The Classic Work by H. P. Blavatsky, abridged and annotated'', (New York: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin, 2009), ix.</ref><br />
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[[Charles Johnston]] wrote of the challenge of reading the books:<br />
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I always think that to read the S.D. one must consider it an oriental work in which you have five lines of text, ten lines of commentary, and twenty lines of commentary on the commentary on each page - - very distressing to unaccustomed readers.<ref>Charles Johnston letter to J. D. Buck. November 17, 1891. Cincinnati Lodge Records. Theosophical Society in America Archives.</ref><br />
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== Writing and publication of First and Second Volumes ==<br />
[[File:Italian HPB Postcard Portrait.jpg|left|200px|thumb|1885 Portrait of H. P. Blavatsky from an Italian postcard]]<br />
Two excellent books describe how ''The Secret Doctrine'' was written: <br />
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* '''''Rebirth of the Occult Tradition: How the Secret Doctrine of H. P. Blavatsky was written''''' by [[Boris de Zirkoff]]<ref>Published by Theosophical Publishing House, Adyar, 1977, 2015.</ref> <br />
* [http://blavatskyarchives.com/caldwell_the_writing_of_the_secret_doctrine_a_chronologypdf.pdf '''''The Writing of THE SECRET DOCTRINE: A Chronology'''''] by Daniel H. Caldwell.<ref>Published by the Blavatsky Study Center in Tucson, Arizona, 2015.</ref> <br />
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[[Charles Johnston]] described a writing process that differed from that used to create [[Isis Unveiled (book)|''Isis Unveiled'']]: "The Masters, instead of writing thru the H.P.B. body, as described by Olcott, when Isis was written; precipitated the Secret Doctrine texts onto the [[Astral Light]] from which H.P.B. laboriously copied it &ndash; word by word!"<ref> Eleanor Broenniman, "A Plea for Justice" ''The Theosophical Messenger'' 19.4 (April, 1931), 371.</ref><br />
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[[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky|H. P. Blavatsky]] is best known as the author of ''The Secret Doctrine'', the crowning achievement of her literary endeavors. In May 1879, soon after moving to India to lead the establishment of the Theosophical Society, she began to draft ''The Secret Doctrine''. It was intended as an enlarged and improved rendering of ''Isis Unveiled'' which, according to the Master K. H., writing in 1882, "really ought to be re-written for the sake of the family honour," and in which everything is "hardly sketched — nothing completed or fully revealed."<ref>[http://www.theosociety.org/pasadena/forum/f23n03p97_some-notes-on-the-secret-doctrine.htm# Some Notes on The Secret Doctrine] by Charles J. Ryan</ref><br />
<br />
In January 1884 the Supplement to [[The Theosophist (periodical)|''The Theosophist'']] published an advertisement announcing that "a New Version of [[Isis Unveiled (book)|''Isis Unveiled'']]," which was to be published as monthly articles. Although Mme. Blavatsky had some written material to start the monthly installments, this plan never came to fruition in the way planned, due to ill-health, her [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky#Visiting Europe|travel to Europe]], and the [[Hodgson_Report#Coulomb_affair|Coulomb affair]].<br />
<br />
In January 1885 the monthly installments plan was dropped, and ''The Secret Doctrine'' was conceived as a book. In the fall of that year, a few months after HPB moved to Wurzburg, Germany, she started working steadily on writing. The [[Constance Wachtmeister|Countess Wachtmeister]] moved with HPB to help in this endeavor. As the writing of the book developed with the help of [[Morya|Masters M.]] and [[Koot Hoomi|K.H.]], HPB realized it was much more than a rewriting of ''Isis Unveiled''. In a letter to [[Alfred Percy Sinnett|A. P. Sinnett]] she said she felt that this could vindicate the [[Theosophical Society]] after the unfavorable [[Hodgson Report|Report]] that Richard Hodgson had made.<ref>A. Trevor Barker, ''The Letters of H. P. Blavatsky to A. P. Sinnett'' Letter No. CXVI, (Pasadena, CA: Theosophical University Press, 1973), 79.</ref><br />
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In connection to the method of writing her book, HPB told Countess Wachtmeister (who had witnessed her struggle in writing a certain section on that day) the following:<br />
<br />
<blockquote>Well, you see, what I do is this. I make what I can only describe as a sort of vacuum in the air before me, and fix my sight and my will upon it, and soon scene after scene passes before me like the successive pictures of a diorama, or, if I need a reference or information from some book, I fix my mind intently, and the astral counterpart of the book appears, and from it I take what I need. The more perfectly my mind is freed from distractions and mortifications, the more energy and intentness it possesses, the more easily I can do this; but today, after all the vexations I have undergone in consequence of the letter from X., I could not concentrate properly, and each time I tried I got the quotations all wrong. Master says it is right now, so let us go in and have some tea.<ref>Constance Wachtmeister, ''Reminiscences of H.P. Blavatsky and The Secret Doctrine'' (London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1893), 33.</ref></blockquote><br />
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In the spring of 1886 she sent a preliminary manuscript of the first volume to Adyar, where [[T. Subba Row]] was supposed to read it and contribute additional material related to [[Hinduism|Hindu philosophy]]. However, he refused to do so. HPB moved to Ostende, Belgium, where she continued working on the book.<br />
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By the end of March 1887 she fell gravely ill with a kidney infection, and was not expected to live. [[Morya|Master Morya]] came at night and asked her if she wanted to be freed from the body, or to live, with much suffering, to finish ''The Secret Doctrine''. She agreed to finish the book. On [[May 1]], 1887, she moved to London where a group of earnest students helped her to prepare the huge manuscript for publication.<br />
<br />
The '''First Volume''' of ''The Secret Doctrine'' came off the press on [[October 20]], 1888 and all 500 copies were sold out before the date of publication. The '''Second Volume''' came out towards the end of the year. The third volume, in which HPB planned to write of the history of occultism and the lives of the adepts, was never completed under her supervision. She placed that work in the hands of [[Annie Besant]], who published it in June, 1897. See [[The Secret Doctrine (book)#Editions|Editions: Theosophical Publishing House]] below.<br />
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== Compilation and Publication of Third Volume ==<br />
<br />
After the death of Madame Blavatsky, Annie Besant endeavored to compile the proposed '''Third Volume''' of the SD from the remaining manuscript pages. James Morgan Pryse wrote, "It [the manuscript] was in an unfinished state, and badly arranged. [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky|H.P.B.]] had rewritten some of the pages several times, with erasures and changes, but with nothing to indicate which copy was the final revision; Mrs. Besant had to decide that as best she might. As it contained far less matter than either of the other volumes, Mrs. Besant told me that she would pad it out by adding the E.S.T. Instructions, since H.P.B. had told her she might do so." He went on to say that critics of the third volume were unjust to Mrs. Besant and Mr. Mead.<ref>James Morgan Pryse, "An Important Statement by Mr. J. M. Pryse" ''The Messenger'' 14.6 (November, 1926), 125.</ref><br />
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:(See [http://www.blavatskyarchives.com/sdiiipt5.htm# The Myth of the "Missing" Third Volume of The Secret Doctrine] by Daniel H. Caldwell)<br />
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== Wurzburg manuscript ==<br />
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Some of the original manuscript was not included in the first two volumes published. Portions have been lost, but through the scholarship of David and Nancy Reigle, the Würzburg Manuscript of ''The Secret Doctrine'' was finally published in 2014. A PDF edition is available at '''[http://www.easterntradition.org/article/Secret%20Doctrine%20Wurzburg%20Manuscript.pdf Eastern Tradition website]'''. <br />
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According to the editors:<br />
[[File:Wurzburg manuscript.jpg|right|140px|thumb|Würzburg Manuscript, David and Nancy Reigle, 2014]]<br />
<blockquote><br />
It includes H. P. Blavatsky’s first translations of stanzas from the [[Stanzas of Dzyan|Book of Dzyan]] with her unrevised commentaries on them. Only the stanzas from the Würzburg manuscript had been published until now, not her unrevised commentaries on them. These comprise cosmogenesis, and a few on anthropogenesis. The Würzburg manuscript also includes a large introductory section, comprising about half the book. Most of the chapters in this introductory section were later published in the 1897 third volume of The Secret Doctrine. As with the commentaries on the stanzas, here we have her unrevised versions.<br />
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<br><br />
The so-called Würzburg manuscript is a partial copy of Blavatsky’s early manuscript of The Secret Doctrine, written while she was staying at Würzburg, Germany, and then at Ostende, Belgium, in 1885 and 1886. Her manuscript of the almost completed Secret Doctrine was copied by two or more scribes to send to India for revision by [[T. Subba Row]], which revision did not occur. Only part of this copy has been found. What we have is estimated to be about a fourth or a third of the whole that was sent to India. Fortunately, it includes the whole cosmogenesis section, all seven stanzas and their commentaries.<ref>Posting by David and Nancy Reigle to Theos-Talk discussion group. May 5, 2014.</ref><br />
</blockquote><br />
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Nicholas Weeks commented: "When compared with the SD III or CW XIV many passages gain a new perspective. A few of the differences from the WMS were bracketed in CW XIV, but there could have been many more."<ref>Nicholas Weeks email to Janet Kerschner. May 24, 2019. Theosophical Society in America Archives digital files.</ref><br />
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== Book Reviews ==<br />
=== Review by Annie Besant ===<br />
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In 1889, [[William Thomas Stead|W. T. Stead]], the famous Editor of the ''Pall Mall Gazette'' and founder of the journal ''Review of Reviews'', gave [[Annie Besant]] two large volumes of ''The Secret Doctrine'', asking her if she could review them. "My young men all fight shy of them, but you are quite mad enough on these subjects to make something of them." She wrote the review and published in ''The Pall Mall Gazette'' (London) on [[April 25]], 1889. It was reprinted in August of that year in [[The Theosophist (periodical)|''The Theosophist'']], and is available at [http://www.blavatskyarchives.com/besant1888.htm The Blavatsky Archives Online].<br />
[[File:Annie Besant at desk.jpg|right|320px|thumb|Annie Besant]]<br />
She described her experience in reading the book as follows:<br />
<blockquote><br />
As I turned over page after page the interest became absorbing; but how familiar it seemed; how my mind leapt forward to presage the conclusions, how natural it was, how coherent, how subtle, and yet how intelligible. I was dazzled, blinded by the light in which disjointed facts were seen as parts of a mighty whole, and all my puzzles, riddles, problems, seemed to disappear. The effect was partially illusory in one sense, in that they all had to be slowly unravelled later, the brain gradually assimilating that which the swift intuition had grasped as truth. But the light had been seen, and in that flash of illumination I knew that the weary search was over and the very Truth was found.<ref>Annie Besant, ''An Autobiography'' (Adyar, Madras: Theosophical Publishing House, 1984), 310.</ref><br />
</blockquote><br />
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Her review opens with these words:<br />
<blockquote><br />
It would be difficult to find a book presenting more difficulties to the "reviewer with a conscience" than these handsome volumes bearing the name of Mdme. Blavatsky as author --- or, perhaps, it would be more accurate to say, as compiler and annotator. The subject-matter is so far away from the beaten paths of literature, science, and art; the point of view so removed from our Occidental fashion of envisaging the universe; the lore gathered and expounded so different from the science or the metaphysics of the West, that to ninety-nine out of every hundred readers --- perhaps to nine hundred and ninety-nine among every thousand --- the study of the book will begin in bewilderment and end in despair.<ref>[[http://www.blavatskyarchives.com/besant1888.htm The Blavatsky Archives Online]].</ref><br />
</blockquote><br />
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=== Stainton Moses and ''Pall Mall Observer'' ===<br />
<br />
[[William Stainton Moses]] writing in [[Light (periodical)|''Light'']], quoted the book reviewer from the ''Pall Mall Observer'':<br />
<blockquote><br />
The would-be reader must have an intense desire to know, and to know not merely the relations between phenomena but the causes of phenomena; he must be eagerly searching for that bridge between matter and thought, between the vibrating nerve-cell and percipiency... ; he must be free from the preposterous conceit... that this world and its inhabitants are the only inhabited world and the only intelligent beings in the universe; he must recognize that there may be, and most probably are, myriads of existences invisible, inaudible, to us, because we have no senses capable of responding to the vibrations that they set up, and which are non-existent to us, although in full activity, just as there are rays at either end of the solar spectrum quite as real as the visible rays although invisible to us.<ref>M. A. (Oxon.) [William Stainton Moses], "Notes by the Way," ''Light'' No. 435 Vol XI (May 4, 1889). Quoting the ''Pall Mall Observer'''s review of ''The Secret Doctrine''.</ref><br />
</blockquote><br />
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Stainton Moses admitted to his own "absolute incapacity to tackle that mountain of promiscuous erudition in any manner at all likely to be profitable to me readers that has kept me silent with regard to its contents."<ref>M. A. (Oxon.) [William Stainton Moses], "Notes by the Way," ''Light'' No. 435 Vol XI (May 4, 1889).</ref><br />
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== Structure of ''The Secret Doctrine'' ==<br />
<br />
''The Secret Doctrine'' was originally published in two volumes, with three parts to each volume. Boris de Zirkoff explained its contents as follows:<br />
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<blockquote>The skeleton of Book I is formed by [[Stanzas of Dzyan|Seven Stanzas]] translated from the secret [[Book of Dzyan]], the original of which is written in the sacred language of the [[Initiation|Initiates]]—the [[Senzar]]. The stanzas and their commentaries and explanations form Part I of this First Book. Part II is devoted to the elucidation of the fundamental symbols contained in the great religions of the world, and the occult meaning of the hidden ideographs and glyphs. Part III outlines the contrasting views of [[Science#Modern_Science|Science]] and the Secret Doctrine and meets probable scientific objections by anticipation. This Part serves as a connecting link between the two volumes.<br><br />
The general arrangement of Volume II is similar to that of Volume I. It deals primarily with the [[Evolution]] of Man on this [[Globe#Globe D|Planet]]. Part I is based on Twelve Stanzas from the Book of Dzyan describing the gradual evolution of humanity through many occult stages, the origin of the lower [[Kingdoms of Life|kingdoms of nature]], the submergence of ancient continents, and presents a panoramic view of bygone civilizations. Part II deals with the Archaic Symbolism of the [[Religion|World-Religions]], with special emphasis on the [[Septenary Principle|Sevenfold]] and Quaternary classifications of elements and forces. Part III contrasts again the teachings of the Wisdom-Religion with those of the then current Science, mainly in the domain of Anthropology and Geology.<ref>Boris de Zirkoff, “What is ''The Secret Doctrine''”, Theosophia XXV:1</ref></blockquote><br />
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Below are the titles of the main sections:<br />
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:'''VOLUME I: COSMOGENESIS'''<br />
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::''Proem'' - [[Three Fundamental Propositions]]<br />
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::''Part I. Cosmic Evolution''<br />
:::[[Stanzas_of_Dzyan#Cosmogenesis|Seven Stanzas from the Book of Dzyan]]<br />
:::Summing Up - [[Recapitulation]]<br />
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::''Part II. The Evolution of Symbolism in its Approximate Order''<br />
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::''Part III. Science and The Secret Doctrine Contrasted''<br />
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:'''VOLUME II: ANTHROPOGENESIS'''<br />
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::''Preliminary Notes''<br />
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::''Part I. Anthropogenesis''<br />
:::[[Stanzas_of_Dzyan#Anthropogenesis|[Twelve] Stanzas from the Book of Dzyan]]<br />
:::Conclusion<br />
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::''Part II. The Archaic Symbolism of the World-Religions''<br />
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::''Part III. Addenda. Science and The Secret Doctrine Contrasted''<br />
{{Col-end}}<br />
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== Study of ''The Secret Doctrine'' ==<br />
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Sanskrit scholar [[Charles Johnston]] wrote a letter to [[Jirah Dewey Buck|Dr. J. D. Buck]], discussing the "Secret Doctrine outline" that each of them planned to write:<br />
<blockquote><br />
"I always think that to read the S. D. one must consider it an oriental work in which you have five lines of text, ten lines of commentary, and twenty lines of commentary on the commentary on each page -- very distressing to unaccustomed readers.<br />
<br />
I hope to make a single volume of my outline, to sell for two shillings or so, but it will take me some months to finish it... Please send me any notes on my "outline" that occur to you; except your letter, I have not received any comment from anyone, though I believe the outline is appearing in India and America (Path) as well as here [London].<ref>Charles Johnston letter to J. D. Buck. November 17, 1891. Letter number 16. Cincinnati Theosophical Society Records. Records Series 20.02.01. Theosophical Society in America Archives.</ref><ref>Johnston’s Outline was published as "An Outline of the 'Secret Doctrine'" in [[Lucifer (periodical)|Lucifer]], from October, 1891 to May, 1892. See: ''Hidden Wisdom: Collected Writings of Charles Johnson'', 2014, Vol. 3, p. 241.</ref><br />
</blockquote><br />
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[[Robert Bowen|Commander Robert Bowen]] was a personal student of [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky|Madame Blavatsky]] in London. On April 19, 1891, he wrote notes about her recommendations for how to study ''The Secret Doctrine'':<br />
<blockquote><br />
H. P. B. was specially interesting upon the matter of ''The Secret Doctrine'' during the past week. I had better try to sort it all out and get it safely down on paper while it is fresh in my mind. As she said herself, it may be useful to someone thirty or forty years hence...<br />
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First of all then, ''The Secret Doctrine'' is only quite a small fragment of the Esoteric Doctrine known to the higher members of the Occult Brotherhoods. It contains, she says, just as much as can be received by the World during this coming century... <br />
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Reading the ''SD'' page by page as one reads any other book (she says) will only end in confusion. The first thing to do, even if it takes years, is to get some grasp of "Three Fundamental Principles" give in ''Proem''. Follow that up by study of the ''Recapitulation'' - the numbered items in the ''Summing up'' to Vol. I (Part 1). Then take the ''Preliminary Notes'' (Vol. II) and the ''Conclusion'' (Vol. II). <br />
<ref>Robert Bowen, notes on "''The Secret Doctrine and Its Study''", April 19, 1891. Notes recorded less than three weeks before the death of Madame Blavatsky.</ref><br />
</blockquote><br />
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'''See [[Robert Bowen Notes (article)|Robert Bowen Notes]] for the complete text.'''<br />
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== Editions ==<br />
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* '''First edition in 2 vol., 1888'''. The first volume was published on [[October 20]]. The second volume was published towards the end of the year. Both volumes have a greyish binding bearing in the usual place the imprint: Theosophical Publishing Co., Ltd., London. They bear the inscriptions: "Printed by Allen Scott and Co., 30, Bouverie Street, E.C." facing the title-page; and "Entered at Stationer’s Hall. All Rights Reserved" facing the dedication. <br />
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:It seems that the sheets of the First Volume, most likely folded, were sent to [[William Quan Judge|W. Q. Judge]] in New York. The American edition was published in a dark brown and a dark blue binding, and bears the inscription: “Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1888, by H.P. Blavatsky, in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington, D.C.” facing the dedication.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. X (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1988), 157-158.</ref><br />
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* '''Second edition in 2 vol., 1888'''. The 500 copies of the first printing of volume 1 were sold before date of publication to advance subscribers. This was followed by an immediate second impression, erroneously called “second edition”. It was only a second printing from the same plates, with a few minor inaccuracies rectified.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Se:cret Doctrine'' vol. I, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), [59].</ref> <br />
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[[File:1893 SD Vol II.jpg|right|200px|thumb|1893 edition]]<br />
* '''Third and revised edition in 2 vol., 1893'''. The text in this edition was considerably revised, mainly by scholar and former secretary of [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky|Mme. Blavatsky]], [[G. R. S. Mead]],<ref>See [http://www.blavatskyarchives.com/mead1.htm# Facts about ''The Secret Doctrine''] by G.R.S. Mead</ref> with some involvement of [[Annie Besant]]. The corrections involved imperfect English and grammatical errors; transliteration of foreign terms; changes in punctuation, capitalization and italics; some footnotes of the original edition were incorporated to the main text; and any reference to HPB's projected Third or Fourth volumes that never saw the light were eliminated. As a result of this, the pagination in this edition is different from the two previous.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' Index, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 476-477.</ref> This drew criticism in some quarters by students who claimed some changes are not justifiable. According to printer [[James Morgan Pryse]]:<br />
<br />
<blockquote><br />
"the printing was done from the type, but stereotype matrices were made in case another should be called for. When that time came, however, we found that the matrices had been accidently destroyed; and I, for one, was decidedly pleased at their loss, since it made opportune a much needed revision of the text, which arduous labor was undertaken by Mr. Mead and Mrs. Besant."<ref>James Morgan Pryse, "An Important Statement by Mr. J. M. Pryse" ''The Messenger'' 14.6 (November, 1926), 125.</ref><br />
</blockquote><br />
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:When accusations were made that [[G. N. Chakravarti|Professor Chakravarti]] had influenced the revisions, [[Bertram Keightley]] vigorously responded: <br />
<br />
<blockquote><br />
Our friend Mr. Chakravarti had nothing whatever to say or to do with reference to the second [revised] edition &ndash; the so-called Besant edition &ndash; of the ''Secret Doctrine''. It was far more Mr. Mead than Mrs. Besant who was responsible for it.<ref>C. Jinarajadasa, "The Writing of the Secret Doctrine" ''The Messenger'' 11.3 (Aug 1923), 43.</ref><br />
</blockquote><br />
<br />
:This widely circulated edition was published by [[Theosophical Publishing Society (London)|The Theosophical Publishing Society, London]]; ''The Path'' Office, New York; and ''The Theosophist'' Office, Adyar, and printed by the [[HPB Press|H.P.B. Press]], London.<ref>[http://www.theosociety.org/pasadena/forum/f23n03p97_some-notes-on-the-secret-doctrine.htm# Some Notes on The Secret Doctrine] by Charles J. Ryan</ref><br />
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:This edition was reprinted by the [[Theosophical Society (Adyar)]] in 1902, 1905, 1908, 1911.<br />
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* '''Index to the "Third and revised edition", 1895'''. This large and comprehensive Index prepared by [[A. J. Faulding|Mr. A. J. Faulding]] was published as a separate volume, substantially expanding the "Index to v. 1 & 2" in the first and second editions. A Concordance of pagination with the previous editions was included. The publishers were The Theosophical Publishing Society, London; ''The Path'' Office, New York; The Theosophical Publishing Society, Benares; and ''The Theosophist'' Office, Adyar.<br />
[[File:1993 Quest Books BdeZ edition.jpg|right|180px|thumb|1993 Quest Books edition, edited by [[Boris de Zirkoff]]]]<br />
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=== Theosophical Publishing House ===<br />
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* '''First edition of Volume 3, 1897'''. <br />
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* '''Three-volume edition, 1911'''. Reprinted in 1913, 1918, 1921, and 1928.<br />
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* '''Fourth (Adyar) edition, 6 vol., 1938'''. Volume five of this edition contains the text of the 1897 Volume 3, and volume six is an Index. Many of the footnotes introduced into the text in 1893 were restored as footnotes, and the few left in the text were enclosed in square brackets. This edition was reprinted in [[Theosophical Publishing House (London)|London]] in 1950.<br />
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* '''Fifth (Wheaton) edition, 6 vol., 1946'''. (By the [[Theosophical Press]] in Wheaton, Ill.)<br />
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* '''Sixth (Wheaton) edition, 6 vol., 1952'''. (By the Theosophical Press in Wheaton, Ill.)<br />
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* '''Fifth (Adyar) edition, 6 vol., 1962'''.<br />
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* '''Sixth (Adyar) edition, 6 vol., 1971'''. Published by [[Theosophical Publishing House (Adyar)|Theosophical Publishing House (Adyar)]] and [[Theosophical Publishing House (Wheaton)|Theosophical Publishing House (Wheaton)]] with orange & white book jackets.<br />
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* '''Centenary Edition, 1988'''. Edited by [[Boris de Zirkoff]] in two volumes and Index, it follows the text and pagination of the original edition. Reprinted in 1993.<br />
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=== Theosophical University Press ===<br />
<br />
In 1909 a new edition of Volumes I and II of ''The Secret Doctrine'' was produced by the [[Aryan Theosophical Press]], Point Loma, California (since then moved to Covina, California, and known as the [[Theosophical University Press]]) under the direction of [[Katherine Tingley]]. This is virtually a reprint of the original 1888 edition with a scholarly transliteration of [[Sanskrit]] words according to an accepted standard, some corrections of faulty Greek and Latin and of obvious typographical errors, and the occasional substitution of square brackets in place of parentheses for clearness. No changes were made in H. P. Blavatsky's language and no passages were eliminated. This is the standard edition still being published by the Theosophical University Press, Covina.<ref>[http://www.theosociety.org/pasadena/forum/f23n03p97_some-notes-on-the-secret-doctrine.htm# Some Notes on The Secret Doctrine] by Charles J. Ryan</ref> <br />
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The 1909 edition was reprinted in 1917 as Second Point Loma edition, bound in four volumes, and a Third Point Loma edition took place in 1925 (bound in two and four volumes), all published by the Aryan Theosophical Press.<br />
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The Fourth edition was published by the Theosophical University Press, Covina, California, in 1947, as a reprint of the 1925 edition. The edition of 1952 is ''verbatim'' with the original 1888 edition. This was reprinted in The Netherlands in 1963 and 1970, and in the United States in 1974.<br />
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=== The Theosophy Company ===<br />
<br />
[[The Theosophy Company]] of Los Angeles published in 1925 a photographic facsimile of the two volumes of ''The Secret Doctrine'', bound in one volume. This edition provides the opportunity to study the work in exactly the way the author wrote it, although this edition perpetuates many typographical errors.<ref>[http://www.theosociety.org/pasadena/forum/f23n03p97_some-notes-on-the-secret-doctrine.htm# Some Notes on The Secret Doctrine] by Charles J. Ryan</ref> Several printings of it were issued in subsequent years.<br />
[[File:SD Russian.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Russian edition]]<br />
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== Translations ==<br />
<br />
''The Secret Doctrine'' has been translated into numerous languages, including the following editions:<br />
[[File:Secret_Doctrine_1-2_(Serbian).jpg|right|150px|thumb|Croatian edition]]<br />
* '''Croatian'''<br />
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* '''Danish'''<br />
** ''''' Den hemmelige lære: en syntese af videnskab, religion og filosofi''''' was published in 1975 by Strube. <br />
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* '''Dutch'''<br />
** A. Terwiel translated '''''De geheime leer: de samenvatting van wetenschap, godsdienst en wijsbegeerte''''', which was published in Amsterdam by Theosofische Uitgeversmaatschappij, 1907-1911 and 1923.<br />
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* '''French''' <br />
** '''''La doctrine secrète: synthèse de la science, de la religion & de la philosophie''''' was published in several editions by La Famille Théosophique in Paris. <br />
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* '''German'''<br />
** The [[Franz Hartmann]] translation, '''''GrundriB der Geheimlehre''''', was published by Theosophisches Verlagshaus, Leipzig, in 1919. <br />
** Robert Froebe's translation,'''''Die Geheimlehre : die Vereinigung von Wissenschaft, Religion und Philosophie'''', was published in Leipzig by Friedrich in 1900 and reissued in 1919 by Theosophisches Verlagshaus.<br />
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* '''Japanese'''<br />
** '''''Shikuretto dokutorin uchu hasseiron''''' was translated by Emiko Tanka and Jeff Clark and published by Shinchigaku Kyokai Nippon Rojji of Tokyo in 1989. It is available at [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/79626207.html Hathitrust].<br />
** '''''Shikuretto dokutorin o yomu''''' was translated by Masato Tojo and published in Tokyo by Shuppanshinsha in 2001. <br />
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* '''Portuguese'''<br />
** '''''A doutrina secreta: síntese de ciência, filosofia e religião'''' was published in São Paulo, Brasil by Pensamento in 1995.<br />
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* '''Russian'''<br />
** E. I. Rerikh, or Helena Ivanovna Roerich, wife of painter [[Nicholas Roerich]], translated '''''Tainaia doktrina: sintez nauki, religii i filosofii''''' in the early 1930s. She was able to complete the translation in less than two years due to her great proficiency with languages. Her edition was published in Moscow, St. Petersburg, and Riga. A 1900 edition shows A P. Hadock as a co-translator.<br />
** '''''Ezotericheskoe uchenie : Tainaia doktrina, t. III : kliuch k tainam drevnei i sovremennoi nauki i teologii''''' was translated by K. I. U. Leonov. It was published in 1993 in Moscow by Rossiiskoe teosofskoe obshchestvo. <br />
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* '''Spanish''' <br />
** [[José Xifré|Don José Xifré]] of Spain, a personal pupil of [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky]], published a Spanish translation in 1895-98, but almost every copy was destroyed by the Roman Catholic Church, according to [[Boris de Zirkoff]].<ref>Boris de Zirkoff letter to Willamay Pym. January 1, 1979. Boris de Zirkoff Papers. Records Series 22. Theosophical Society in America Archives.</ref> <br />
[[File:Preston-Humphries abridgement of SD.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Preston-Humphries abridgement]]<br />
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== Writings and teachings on ''The Secret Doctrine'' ==<br />
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Theosophists worldwide have written and lectured about ''The Secret Doctrine''. Over [http://www.austheos.org.au/cgi-bin/ui-csvsearch.pl?search=Secret+Doctrine&method=all 1800 articles] are listed in the [[Union Index of Theosophical Periodicals]] giving reviews, excerpts, quotations, and analyses of the books' contents. That count is based only on the term "Secret Doctrine," and searching on additional terms reveals a vast periodical literature dealing with Blavatsky's masterwork.<br />
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=== Abridgements ===<br />
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Several authors have attempted to make ''The Secret Doctrine'' more accessible by creating abridgements and commentaries.<br />
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* Gomes, Michael, Ed. '''''The Secret Doctrine: The Classic Work by H. P. Blavatsky, abridged and annotated'''''. New York: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin, 2009.<br />
: "This single-volume edition, abridged and annotated by historian and Theosophical scholar Michael Gomes, places the ideas of ''The Secret Doctrine'' within reach of all who are curious. In particular, Gomes provides a critical sounding of the book's famous stanzas on the genesis of life and the cosmos - mysterious passages that Blavatsky said originated from a primeval source and which form the heart of ''The Secret Doctrine''. Gomes scrupulously scales down the book's key writings on symbolism to their essentials, and offers notes and a glossary to illuminate arcane references. His historical and literary introduction casts new light on some of the book's sources and on the career of its brilliant and elusive author, one of the most intriguing personages of recent history. At once compact and representative of the work as a whole, this new edition of ''The Secret Doctrine'' brings unprecedented accessibility to the key esoteric classic of the modern era." <ref> Gomes, Michael, Ed., ''The Secret Doctrine: The Classic Work by H. P. Blavatsky, abridged and annotated'', (New York: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin, 2009), from the book jacket.</ref><br />
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* Preston, Elizabeth, and Humphreys, Christmas. '''''An Abridgement of The Secret Doctrine'''''. London: Theosophical Publishing House, 1966. <br />
: "This book is the product of a team of scholars from many parts of the theosophical world. It can be regarded as an introduction to the complete work, but it is not a substitute for it. The Abridgement contains the basic principles in the actual words of Mme. Blavatsky from the 1888 edition ot THE SECRET DOCTRINE; matters that the compilers consider to be in these days of secondary importance have been left out." <ref>Advertisement in supplement to ''The Theosophical Journal'', Jan-Feb 1966.</ref> This abridgement was translated into German in 1984.<br />
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* Hillard, Katharine. '''''An Abridgment of the Secret Doctrine'''''. New York: Qauterly Book Department, 1907.<br />
: This abridgement seeks to offer a somewhat simplified version of the book. All Sanskrit terms are translated into English and some paragraphs rearranged to facilitate easier reading. Also, the sevenfold division of man is simplified into the triune constitution of body, soul, and spirit.<br />
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=== Commentaries ===<br />
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* Ashish, Madhava, '''''Man, Son of Man: In the Stanzas of Dzyan''''', 1970, 352 pages.<br />
: A continuation of ''Man, The Measure of All Things'' by Sri Krishna Prem, this book is a commentary to the stanzas of the second volume of ''The Secret Doctrine'' outlining the process of human evolution culminating in man as he is today.<br />
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* [[Geoffrey A. Barborka|Barborka, Geoffrey A.]] '''''[[The Divine Plan (book)|The Divine Plan]] – Written in the Form of a Commentary on H. P. Blavatsky's''''' '''Secret Doctrine''' – '''''Expressly for the Purpose of Those Who Wish to Read and Gain a Deeper Understanding of''''' '''“The Secret Doctrine”''' '''''– Presenting an Exposition of the Doctrines of the Esoteric Philosophy Analysing and Explaining All the Terms Used'''''. Adyar: [[Theosophical Publishing House (Adyar)|The Theosophical Publishing House]], 1961.<br />
: Barborka presents an exposition of the esoteric doctrines of Cosmogenesis from Volume I of ''The Secret Doctrine'', analyzing and explaining all the terms used. ''The Divine Plan'' is a particularly useful commentary, and stands as a classic of Theosophical literature in its own right. <br />
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* Barborka, Geoffrey A., '''''The Peopling of the Earth: A Commentary on Archaic Records in the Secret Doctrine''''', 1975, 233 pages.<br />
: Barborka recounts the story of how the first humans came to the Earth, as it is presented in the first three stanzas of the second volume of ''The Secret Doctrine''. The book offers the student a synthesis of the teachings and assistance in understanding the symbols and cryptic expressions used by Mme. Blavatsky. This book is continued by ''The Story of Human Evolution''.<br />
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* Barborka, Geoffrey A., '''''The Story of Human Evolution''''', 1980, 147 pages.<br />
: Based on Stanzas III to XII of the second volume of ''The Secret Doctrine'', the author presents the evolutionary stages which have been accomplished by human beings since coming to the Earth. This book is a continuation of ''The Peopling of the Earth''. <br />
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* Chodkiewicz, Kazimierz, '''''Occult Cosmogony: A Modern Commentary to the Stanzas of Dzyan''''', 1957-1961, 5 vol.<br />
: A commentary to the first volume of ''The Secret Doctrine'' comparing its teachings with the scientific knowledge of the time. <br />
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* Gomes, Michael, Ed. '''''The Secret Doctrine Commentaries: The Unpublished 1889 Instructions'''''. The Hague: I.S.I.S. Foundation, 2010.<br />
: "Immediately after ''The Secret Doctrine'' was published, Blavatsky assembled a small group of students, at the Blavatsky Lodge in London, for more in depth inquiry and study of the ideas in the book. ''The Secret Doctrine Commentaries'' contains the never before published transcription of the shorthand notes of these Blavatsky Lodge meetings. Here is Blavatsky in dialogue with her students: Provocative, insightful, spontaneous, and inspiring of the deeper meaning. It offers a unique opportunity to read Blavatsky’s direct, prescient answers to questions on Cosmogenesis, Fohat, the infinitude of the Atom, the nature of Consciousness etc., giving the reader the impression of participating in these Blavatsky Lodge meetings themselves." <ref>Gomes, Michael, Ed., ''The Secret Doctrine Commentaries: The Unpublished 1889 Instructions'', (The Hague: I.S.I.S. Foundation, 2010), from the book jacket.</ref><br />
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* Prem, Sri Krishna, '''''Man, the Measure of All Things: In the Stanzas of Dzyan''''', 1969, 360 pages.<br />
: Based on the Stanzas found in the first volume of ''The Secret Doctrine'', the author traces the story of the emergence of human consciousness from its divine source. It is a symbolic account of the evolution of the concrete universe. <br />
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* Preston, Elizabeth, '''''The Story of Creation: According to The Secret Doctrine''''', 1968, 109 pages.<br />
: The main teachings given in the Stanzas of Dzyan in the first volume of ''The Secret Doctrine'' are presented here in a simplified manner. Another essay by the same author, ''The Story of Man'', deals with the teachings found in the second volume of HPB’s book. <br />
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* Tordoff, Harvey, '''''O Lanoo!: The Secret Doctrine Unveiled''''', 1999, 126 pages.<br />
: A poetical re-writing of the Stanzas of Dzyan which forms the basis to ''The Secret Doctrine'', using HPB’s explanations it conveys the main concepts in simple, poetic, language.<br />
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=== Studies and courses ===<br />
* Algeo, John, '''''Getting Acquainted with The Secret Doctrine: A Study Course''''', c2007, 60 pages.<br />
: A course based on the [[Robert Bowen Notes (article)|notes taken by Robert Bowen]], a personal student of Mme. Blavatsky, which purportedly record her own advice as to how to approach the study of ''The Secret Doctrine''.<br />
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* Argus, '''''A Voyage of Discovery in The Secret Doctrine: A Centennial Homage''''', c1988, 134 pages.<br />
: A collection of essays on fundamental teachings found in ''The Secret Doctrine'', often containing comparisons with Western philosophies and modern scientific theories. <br />
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* Benjamin, Elsie, '''''Man at Home in the Universe: A Study of the Great Evolutionary Cycle''''', 1981, 35 pages.<br />
: A general study of the cyclic evolution of humanity through the different "Globes", "Rounds", "Root-Races", and "Sub-Races" as depicted in ''The Secret Doctrine''. <br />
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* Besant, Annie, '''''The Pedigree of Man''''', 1943, 211 pages.<br />
: A study of man’s three-fold origins based on the second volume of ''The Secret Doctrine'', where Dr. Besant supplies information that further facilitates the study of HPB’s great work.<br />
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* Blavatsky, H. P., '''''Evolution and Intelligent Design in The Secret Doctrine: The Synthesis of Science, Religion, and Philosophy''''', c2006, 241 pages.<br />
: A selection of passages from ''The Secret Doctrine'' dealing with this subject, offering a middle ground for a perspective that is both religious and rational.<br />
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* Cooper-Oakley, Isabel, '''''Studies in The Secret Doctrine''''', 1895, 30 pages.<br />
: Two studies, one on the Monad and the other on the Tetraktys and Tetragrammaton, based on the teachings given in ''The Secret Doctrine''. <br />
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* Gardner, Edward, '''''The Fourth Creative Hierarchy''''', 1913, 32 pages.<br />
: A study about the information given in ''The Secret Doctrine'' concerning the origin and evolution of the Monads now incarnated in the human kingdom.<br />
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* Hanson, Virginia, '''''H. P. Blavatsky and The Secret Doctrine''''', 1988, 240 pages.<br />
: Appearing first as a companion volume to An Abridgement of ''The Secret Doctrine'', edited by E. Preston and C. Humphreys, this book offers a collection of articles by many well-known Theosophists that explore some of the contributions of HPB’s great opus to world thought. <br />
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* Judge, W. Q., '''''Hidden Hints in The Secret Doctrine''''', 1892, 23 pages.<br />
: Comments on selected passages from ''The Secret Doctrine'' by one of the founders of the Theosophical Society.<br />
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* Lancri, Salomon, '''''Selected Studies in The Secret Doctrine''''', c1977, 86 pages.<br />
: An outline of the main tenets in HPB’s work, supplying a useful guide for the student of ''The Secret Doctrine''. <br />
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* Mills, Joy, '''''An Approach to the Study of The Secret Doctrine''''', [195-?], 12 pages.<br />
: An exploration into how to study ''The Secret Doctrine'', rather than what to study in it, based upon HPB’s own words and the advice of various renowned students.<br />
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* Mills, Joy, '''''Living in Wisdom: Lectures on The Secret Doctrine''''', 1994, 57 pages.<br />
: A collection of lectures by the very well-known Theosophist and student of ''The Secret Doctrine'', in which she elaborates on the mythological nature of the contents of HPB’s book, particularly in reference to the origins and development of man.<br />
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* Noia, Beverley B., '''''An Intuitive Approach to the Seven Stanzas of Dzyan''''', 1986, 29 pages.<br />
: This program offers a series of exercises aimed at stimulating an intuitive understanding of the Stanzas of Dzyan which form the basis of ''The Secret Doctrine''. <br />
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* Ohlendorf, W. C., '''''An Outline of The Secret Doctrine''''', c1941, 75 pages.<br />
: A brief outline of the origin of the universe and man on Earth, based on the explanations given in ''The Secret Doctrine''.<br />
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* Preston, Elizabeth, '''''The Earth and its Cycles''''', 1954, 160 pages.<br />
: A comparison between results of geological and archaeological research and the statements of ''The Secret Doctrine'' regarding the history of Earth and the development of human beings.<br />
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* Ransom, Josephine, '''''Studies in The Secret Doctrine''''', 1934, 172 pages.<br />
: A series of studies by a very well-known student of ''The Secret Doctrine'' exploring the hierarchy of spiritual beings and their role in the evolution of human beings. <br />
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* Robertson, John K., '''''The Astrological Key to The Secret Doctrine''''', 1977, 18 pages.<br />
: An astrological interpretation of world mythologies helps the reader to understand the system underlying the Stanzas of ''The Secret Doctrine''.<br />
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* Taylor, A. E., '''''The Secret Doctrine: Commentaries and Analogies''''', 1970-1971, 2 vol.<br />
: By relating the esoteric principles expounded upon in the teachings of ''The Secret Doctrine'' to different aspects of human life, the author clarifies complex ideas for the reader.<br />
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* Theosophical Society (Great Britain), '''''Centenary of "The Secret Doctrine"''''', 1888-1988, 1988, 24 pages.<br />
: A series of articles about ''The Secret Doctrine'' to commemorate the centenary of the book’s publication. <br />
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* Theosophical Society (Pasadena, Calif.), '''''Report of Proceedings: Secret Doctrine Centenary''''', 1989, 121 pages.<br />
: The report of the proceedings of the Secret Doctrine Centenary, held at Pasadena, California, on October 29-30, 1988, including lectures, panels and discussions among several well-known students of ''The Secret Doctrine''. <br />
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* Trew, Corona, '''''Studies in The Secret Doctrine''''', 1969, 40 pages.<br />
: A study course on the Stanzas of Dzyan, the basis of the first volume of ''The Secret Doctrine'' that clarifies the fundamental principles of the building and origin of the cosmos.<br />
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* Trew, Corona, '''''This Dynamic Universe''''', c1983, 167 pages.<br />
: Three essays by the Science Group of the English Theosophical Research Center about universal energy or Fohat, universal law, and the purpose of the universe, based upon teachings given in ''The Secret Doctrine''.<br />
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* Two students, '''''Theosophical Gleanings''''', 1978, 76 pages.<br />
: A collection of articles originally published in 1890 in a theosophical journal, where two students of ''The Secret Doctrine'' offer a survey of the fundamental principles of cosmic evolution depicted in Mme. Blavatsky’s book.<br />
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* Van Pelt, Gertrude W., '''''Archaic History of the Human Race''''', c1979, 52 pages.<br />
: Using numerous quotes from ''The Secret Doctrine'', the author offers a survey of the evolution of humankind, arranging the information in a systematic and chronological order.<br />
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* Wadia, B. P., '''''Studies in The Secret Doctrine''''', 1961-1963, 2 vol.<br />
: A collection of articles written in two theosophical journals during the years 1922-25 (vol. 1) and 1934-36 (vol. 2), approaching different aspects of ''The Secret Doctrine''.<br />
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* Warcup, Adam, '''''Cyclic Evolution: A Theosophical View''''', 1986, 144 pages.<br />
: An account of the process of evolution of life, from the spiritual realms to the physical plane, according to Mme. Blavatsky and her teachers.<br />
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* Wizards Bookshelf, '''''Symposium on H. P. Blavatsky's Secret Doctrine''''', 1984, 110 pages. <br />
:Seventeen papers by authors from four countries, presented in a symposium held at San Diego, California, July 21-22, 1984.<br />
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* Wood, Ernest, '''''A "Secret Doctrine" Digest''''', 1956, 480 pages.<br />
: The author offers a presentation of the laws and facts of nature and life as taught by H. P. Blavatsky, trying to explain the teachings without introducing anything of his own.<br />
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== See also ==<br />
*[[Book of Dzyan]]<br />
*[[Stanzas of Dzyan]]<br />
*[[Three Fundamental Propositions]]<br />
*[[Recapitulation]]<br />
*[[Robert Bowen Notes (article)|Robert Bowen Notes]]<br />
*[[:Category:Concepts in The Secret Doctrine|Concepts in ''The Secret Doctrine'']]<br />
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== Online resources==<br />
===Articles and pamphlets===<br />
*[http://www.katinkahesselink.net/other/ashish.htm# ''The Secret Doctrine'' as a Contribution to World Thought] by Sri Madhava Ashish<br />
*[http://www.katinkahesselink.net/his/besant2.html# Second book Review of ''The Secret Doctrine''] by Annie Besant<br />
*[http://www.blavatsky.net/index.php/mistaken-notions-on-the-secret-doctrine# Mistaken Notions on the Secret Doctrine] by H. P. Blavatsky<br />
*[http://www.blavatskyarchives.com/sdiiipt5.htm# The Myth of the "Missing" Third Volume of The Secret Doctrine] by Daniel H. Caldwell<br />
*[http://www.blavatsky.net/index.php/authorship-of-the-secret-doctrine# Authorship of Secret Doctrine] by William Q. Judge<br />
*[http://www.blavatsky.net/index.php/hidden-hints-in-the-secret-doctrine# Hidden Hints in the Secret Doctrine] by William Q. Judge<br />
*[http://www.theosociety.org/pasadena/sunrise/38-88-9/th-sdek.htm# The Secret Doctrine in the Light of 20th-Century Thought] by Jerry Hejka-Ekins<br />
*[http://www.blavatskyarchives.com/kuhnthesecretdoctrine.htm# The Secret Doctrine] by Alvin Boyd Kuhn<br />
*[http://www.blavatskyarchives.com/reiglecon.htm# The Book of Dzyan Research Reports] by David Reigle<br />
*[https://pablosender.wordpress.com/about/the-secret-doctrine# Seven articles on ''The Secret Doctrine''] by Pablo Sender<br />
*[http://www.theosophy-nw.org/theosnw/theos/th-kvms.htm# The Writing of The Secret Doctrine] by Kirby Van Mater<br />
*[http://prajnaquest.fr/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010-2012-Book-of-Dzyan-Studies.pdf# Book of Dzyan Studies] by various contributors on Theosophy.net<br />
*[https://www.theosophical.org/online-resources/leaflets/25-online-resources/online-leaflets/1804-the-secret-doctrine-and-its-study# The Secret Doctrine and its Study] at Theosophical Society in America website<br />
*[https://blavatskytheosophy.com/a-beginners-guide-to-studying-the-secret-doctrine/# A Beginner’s Guide To Studying ''The Secret Doctrine''] at Blavatsky Theosophy Group UK website<br />
*Twenty-four articles compiled for [https://www.theosophical.org/files/resources/selfstudy/Sample_SD_Symposium.pdf# The Secret Doctrine Symposium - Part 1] and [https://www.theosophical.org/files/resources/selfstudy/Sample-SD-Symposium-2.pdf Part 2] by David Bruce<br />
* ''Compilation of articles related to the'' [http://www.philaletheians.co.uk/SN-secret-doctrines-proposition-1.htm# First Fundamental Proposition], [http://www.philaletheians.co.uk/SN-secret-doctrines-proposition-2.htm# Second Fundamental Proposition], ''and'' [http://www.philaletheians.co.uk/SN-secret-doctrines-proposition-3.htm# Third Fundamental Proposition] at Philaletheians.co.uk<br />
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===Books===<br />
*''Transactions of the Blavatsky Lodge'' (HTML) at [https://universaltheosophy.com/hpb/transactions.html Universal Theosophy] and [http://www.phx-ult-lodge.org/Transactions.htm# ULT Phoenix's] websites<br />
*''The Secret Doctrine Dialogues'' (HTML) at [https://universaltheosophy.com/hpb/secretdoctrinedialogues.html# Universal Theosophy] and [http://www.phx-ult-lodge.org/The%20Secret%20Doctrine%20Dialogues.html# ULT Phoenix's] websites<br />
*[https://www.hightail.com/download/bWJvY05rdGpubVhvS3NUQw# The Secret Doctrine Commentaries (PDF)] at Point Loma Blavatsky House Website<br />
*[http://blavatskyarchives.com/caldwell_the_writing_of_the_secret_doctrine_a_chronologypdf.pdf# The Writing of ''The Secret Doctrine''. A Chronology] by Daniel Caldwell<br />
*[http://www.anandgholap.net/Pedigree_Of_Man-AB.htm# The Pedigree of Man] by Annie Besant<br />
*[https://cdn.website-editor.net/e4d6563c50794969b714ab70457d9761/files/uploaded/TheosophicalGleanings_TwoStudents.pdf# Theosophical Gleanings] by Two Students (Annie Besant & Isabel Cooper-Oakley)<br />
*[https://www.theosophical.org/files/resources/selfstudy/IntuitiveApproach.pdf# An Intuitive Approach to the Seven Stanzas of Dzyan] by Beverley Noia<br />
*[http://www.theosophy-nw.org/theosnw/books/archaic/archaic1.htm# Archaic History of the Human Race] by Gertrude W. van Pelt<br />
*[http://www.katinkahesselink.net/his/hpb_wach.htm# Reminiscences of H.P. Blavatsky and ''The Secret Doctrine''] by Countess Constance Wachtmeister<br />
*[http://www.theosophy-ult.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Studies-In-The-Secret-Doctrine.pdf# Studies in ''The Secret Doctine''] by B. P. Wadia<br />
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===Audio===<br />
*[https://www.theosophical.org/files/resources/Downloads/mp3/abdill/Introduction%20to%20the%20Study%20of%20The%20Secret%20Doctrine:%20Part%201.mp3# Introduction to the Study of The Secret Doctrine - Part 1], [https://www.theosophical.org/files/resources/Downloads/mp3/abdill/Introduction%20to%20the%20Study%20of%20The%20Secret%20Doctrine:%20Part%202.mp3# Part 2], [https://www.theosophical.org/files/resources/Downloads/mp3/abdill/Introduction%20to%20the%20Study%20of%20The%20Secret%20Doctrine:%20Part%203.mp3# Part 3], [https://www.theosophical.org/files/resources/Downloads/mp3/abdill/Introduction%20to%20the%20Study%20of%20The%20Secret%20Doctrine:%20Part%204.mp3# Part 4], [https://www.theosophical.org/files/resources/Downloads/mp3/abdill/Introduction%20to%20the%20Study%20of%20The%20Secret%20Doctrine:%20Part%205.mp3# Part 5], [https://www.theosophical.org/files/resources/Downloads/mp3/abdill/Introduction%20to%20the%20Study%20of%20The%20Secret%20Doctrine:%20Part%206.mp3# Part 6] by Ed Abdill<br />
*[https://theosophy.world/sites/default/files/audio/Hodson,%20G/081A%20Hodson,%20G%20-%20Cosmogenesis%20Creation%20of%20the%20Universe%20&%20Man%20-%20Part%201.mp3# Cosmogenesis - Part 1], [https://theosophy.world/sites/default/files/audio/Hodson,%20G/081B%20Hodson,%20G%20-%20Cosmogenesis%20Creation%20of%20the%20Universe%20&%20Man%20-%20Part%202.mp3# Part 2], [https://theosophy.world/sites/default/files/audio/Hodson,%20G/081C%20Hodson,%20G%20-%20Cosmogenesis%20Creation%20of%20the%20Universe%20&%20Man%20-%20Part%203.mp3# Part 3], [https://theosophy.world/sites/default/files/audio/Hodson,%20G/081D%20Hodson,%20G%20-%20Cosmogenesis%20Creation%20of%20the%20Universe%20&%20Man%20-%20Part%204.mp3# Part 4], [https://theosophy.world/sites/default/files/audio/Hodson,%20G/081E%20Hodson,%20G%20-%20Cosmogenesis%20-%20Creation%20of%20the%20Universe%20&%20Man%20-%20Part%205.mp3# Part 5], [https://theosophy.world/sites/default/files/audio/Hodson,%20G/081F%20Hodson,%20G%20-%20Cosmogenesis%20-%20Creation%20of%20the%20Universe%20&%20Man%20-%20Part%206.mp3# Part 6], [https://theosophy.world/sites/default/files/audio/Hodson,%20G/081G%20Hodson,%20G%20-%20Cosmogenesis%20-%20Creation%20of%20the%20Universe%20&%20Man%20-%20Part%207.mp3# Part 7] by Geoffrey Hodson<br />
*[https://www.theosophical.org/files/resources/Downloads/mp3/mcdavid/Secrets%20of%20The%20Secret%20Doctrine.mp3# Secrets of The Secret Doctrine] W. Doss McDavid<br />
*[https://theosophy.world/sites/default/files/audio/Mills,%20J/1017%20Mills,%20J%20-%20Interpretation%20of%20the%20Secret%20Doctrine%20from%201888%20to%201988.mp3# Interpretation of The Secret Doctrine from 1888 to 1988] by Joy Mills<br />
*[https://archive.org/download/1316_20191227/1314_01.mp3# Important Principles in The Secret Doctrine - Part 1], [https://archive.org/download/1316_20191227/1314_02.mp3# Part 2], [https://archive.org/download/1316_20191227/1315_01.mp3# Part 3], [https://archive.org/download/1316_20191227/1315_02.mp3# Part 4], [https://archive.org/download/1316_20191227/1316.mp3# Part 5] by Joy Mills<br />
*[https://archive.org/download/1339_20191228/1339.mp3# Studies in The Secret Doctrine (Series #7) - Part 1], [https://archive.org/download/1339_20191228/1340.mp3# Part 2], [https://archive.org/download/1339_20191228/1341.mp3# Part 3], [https://archive.org/download/1339_20191228/1342_01.mp3# Part 4], [https://archive.org/download/1339_20191228/1342_02.mp3# Part 5], [https://archive.org/download/1339_20191228/1343.mp3# Part 6], [https://archive.org/download/1339_20191228/1344.mp3# Part 7], [https://archive.org/download/1339_20191228/1345_01.mp3# Part 8], [https://archive.org/download/1339_20191228/1345_02.mp3# Part 9], [https://archive.org/download/1339_20191228/1346.mp3# Part 10] by Joy Mills<br />
*[https://archive.org/download/studiesinthesecretdoctrineser11/1361-1norm.mp3# Studies in The Secret Doctrine (Series #11) - Part 1], [https://archive.org/download/studiesinthesecretdoctrineser11/1361-2norm.mp3# Part 2], [https://archive.org/download/studiesinthesecretdoctrineser11/1362-1norm.mp3# Part 3], [https://archive.org/download/studiesinthesecretdoctrineser11/1362-2norm.mp3# Part 4], [https://archive.org/download/studiesinthesecretdoctrineser11/1363-1norm.mp3# Part 5], [https://archive.org/download/studiesinthesecretdoctrineser11/1363-2norm.mp3# Part 6] by Joy Mills<br />
*[https://www.theosophy.world/resource/audio/joy-mills-secret-doctrine-talks# Secret Doctrine Talks in Naarden] by Joy Mills<br />
*[https://archive.org/download/5983norm/5983norm.mp3# The Secret Doctrine: Cosmogenesis (Series #3) - Part 1], [https://archive.org/download/5983norm/5984norm.mp3# Part 2], [https://archive.org/download/5983norm/5985norm.mp3# Part 3], [https://archive.org/download/5983norm/5986norm.mp3# Part 4], [https://archive.org/download/5983norm/5987norm.mp3# Part 5], [https://archive.org/download/5983norm/5988norm.mp3# Part 6], by Pablo Sender<br />
*[https://archive.org/download/secretdoctrineandamericahorowitz/SecretDoctrineAndAmerica_Horowitz.mp3# The Secret Doctrine and America] by Mitch Horowtiz<br />
<br />
===Video===<br />
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_e28A_I1cvU&list=PLPAXKoJZrGCny-HyPZiTwUbGrx_R1SCiT# Foundations of the Ageless Wisdom (5 Parts)] by Ed Abdill<br />
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14H8Rwj-enY&list=PLPAXKoJZrGClHPpQLikSaVCx6-8sPHqim Introduction to the Study of The Secret Doctrine (5 Parts)] by Ed Abdill<br />
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_R586lQCMc&list=PLPAXKoJZrGClo4d6Alb7ntprtnYkV_eGd The Secret Doctrine - A 100 Years Later (9 parts)] by Joy Mills<br />
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDVAHHIV0ug&list=PLPAXKoJZrGCmYIPVe6FPjUcodtytdxR1s# The Cosmogonic Processes (13 Parts)] by Joy Mills<br />
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RU1MMabZf3A&list=PLgd5q-JA8xpLJbdIjnh-zB9dUa7Eb4oUt&t=389s# Fundamental Teachings in The Secret Doctrine (5 Parts)] Pablo Sender & Michele Sender<br />
*[http://www.theosophical.org/online-programs/2880 Three Fundamental Propositions - Theory and Practice (8 Parts)] by Pablo Sender<br />
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dC3Z59g-Lq4&list=PLgd5q-JA8xpIAatUDVMMR_PlFnyZ0ZI6e# Cosmogenesis 1st Series (6 Parts)] by Pablo Sender<br />
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJGAUrCrUnM&list=PLgd5q-JA8xpIwDcuC2T-vRQMbSM8vmkak# Cosmogenesis 2nd Series (6 Parts)] by Pablo Sender<br />
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOZUjqtWc5c&list=PLgd5q-JA8xpIgB34Kgf6Wh34RdydE1Dlo# Cosmogenesis 3rd Series (6 Parts)] by Pablo Sender<br />
<br />
===Bibliographies===<br />
*[http://www.theosophical.org/files/resources/library/Bibliography/TheSecretDoctrine.pdf# Bibliography on ''The Secret Doctrine''] from the [[Henry S. Olcott Memorial Library]].<br />
<br />
===Websites===<br />
*[http://www.theosociety.org/pasadena/sd/sd-hp.htm ''The Secret Doctrine''] Theosophical University Press online edition.<br />
*[https://universaltheosophy.com/hpb/secretdoctrine.html ''The Secret Doctrine''] Universal Theosophy searchable online edition of the two volumes, with corrected spelling of foreign terms.<br />
*[http://www.theosociety.org/pasadena/sd-index/dx-00hp.htm Index to ''The Secret Doctrine''] Theosophical University Press online edition prepared by John P. Van Mater.<br />
*[http://www.blavatsky.net/index.php/secret-doctrine# About ''The Secret Doctrine''] Compilation of material at Blavatsky Net.<br />
*[http://www.theosociety.org/pasadena/invit-sd/invsd-hp.htm#contents An Invitation to ''The Secret Doctrine''] Includes ''The Secret Doctrine and Its Study'' by Robert Bowen, ''The Writing of The Secret Doctrine'' by Kirby Van Mater, and a ''Glossary of Terms'' by the Theosophical University Press.<br />
*[http://wisdomworld.org/additional/StudiesInTheSecretDoctrine# Studies in ''The Secret Doctrine''] WisdomWorld.org.<br />
<br />
== Notes ==<br />
<references/><br />
<br />
[[Category:Books|Secret Doctrine, The]]<br />
[[es:La Doctrina Secreta (libro)]]</div>Jon Fergushttps://theosophy.wiki/w-en/index.php?title=The_Theosophical_Quarterly_(periodical)&diff=44077The Theosophical Quarterly (periodical)2020-07-08T17:52:11Z<p>Jon Fergus: /* Availability online */ Found remaining 2 volumes (21 & 26)</p>
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<div>{{DISPLAYTITLE: ''The Theosophical Quarterly'' (periodical)}}<br />
<br />
'''''The Theosophical Quarterly''''' was the journal of the [[Theosophical Society in America (Hargrove)|Theosophical Society in America (later renamed Theosophical Society)]] headed by [[Ernest Temple Hargrove]]. The editor was [[Clement Acton Griscom, Jr.]] It was published in New York from 1903 to 1938. Each year, beginning in 1929, the July issue reported about the annual convention of the organization. This is the mission of the journal, printed in each issue:<br />
<blockquote><br />
The THEOSOPHICAL QUARTERLY is the official organ of the original Theosophical Society founded in New York by H. P Blavatsky, W. Q. Judge and others, in 1875.<br />
<br><br />
We have no connection whatsoever with any other organization calling itself Theosophical, headed by Mrs. Besant or others, nor with similar bodies, the purposes and methods of which are wholly foreign to our own.<br />
</blockquote><br />
<br />
Contributors to the periodical often signed their articles with initials or pseudonyms, or remained anonymous. Among the most frequent contributors were [[Charles Johnston]], [[Henry Bedinger Mitchell]], [[Archibald Keightley]], [[Clement Acton Griscom, Jr.]], Katharine Hillard, John Scofield, Spencer Montague, John Charlton, John Blake, Jr., and Julia Chickering.<br />
<br />
== Availability online ==<br />
<br />
* Volumes 1-20 (1903-1922)- high-quality PDFs available at '''[http://www.universaltheosophy.com/theosophical-periodicals/ UniversalTheosophy.com]'''. <br />
* Volumes 1-20 (1903-1922) - high-quality PDFs available at '''[http://www.iapsop.com/archive/materials/theosophical_quarterly/ IAPSOP.com]'''.<br />
* Volume 1 not available at the Internet Archive.<br />
* Volume 2 not available at the Internet Archive.<br />
* Volume 3 not available at the Internet Archive.<br />
* Volume 4 not available at the Internet Archive.<br />
* [https://archive.org/details/theosophicalquar05theouoft Volume 5] at the Internet Archive.<br />
* [https://archive.org/details/theosophicalquar06theouoft Volume 6] at the Internet Archive.<br />
* [https://archive.org/details/theosophicalquar07theouoft Volume 7] at the Internet Archive.<br />
* [https://archive.org/details/theosophicalquar08theouoft Volume 8] at the Internet Archive.<br />
* [https://archive.org/details/theosophicalquar09theouoft Volume 9] at the Internet Archive.<br />
* [https://archive.org/details/theosophicalquar10theouoft Volume 10] at the Internet Archive.<br />
* [https://archive.org/details/theosophicalquar11theouoft Volume 11] at the Internet Archive.<br />
* [https://archive.org/details/theosophicalquar12theouoft Volume 12] at the Internet Archive.<br />
* [https://archive.org/details/theosophicalquar13theouoft Volume 13] at the Internet Archive.<br />
* [https://archive.org/details/theosophicalquar14theouoft Volume 14] at the Internet Archive.<br />
* [https://archive.org/details/theosophicalquar15theouoft Volume 15] at the Internet Archive.<br />
* [https://archive.org/details/theosophicalquar16theouoft Volume 16] at the Internet Archive.<br />
* [https://archive.org/details/theosophicalquar17theouoft Volume 17] at the Internet Archive.<br />
* [https://archive.org/details/theosophicalquar18theouoft Volume 18] at the Internet Archive. <br />
* [https://archive.org/details/theosophicalquar19theouoft Volume 19] at the Internet Archive.<br />
* [https://archive.org/details/theosophicalquar20theouoft Volume 20] at the Internet Archive.<br />
* [https://books.google.ca/books/about/Theosophical_Quarterly.html?id=14okAQAAIAAJ Volume 21] at Google Books.<br />
* [https://archive.org/details/14_20200110 Volume 22] at the Internet Archive.<br />
* [https://archive.org/details/14_20200110_202001 Volume 23] at the Internet Archive.<br />
* [https://archive.org/details/24_20200114_202001 Volume 24] at the Internet Archive.<br />
* [https://archive.org/details/25_20200114/ Volume 25] at the Internet Archive.<br />
* [https://archive.org/details/26_20200115 Volume 26] at the Internet Archive.<br />
* [https://archive.org/details/vol.271929 Volume 27] at the Internet Archive.<br />
* [https://archive.org/details/vol.281930/ Volume 28] at the Internet Archive.<br />
* [https://archive.org/details/vol.291931 Volume 29] at the Internet Archive.<br />
* [https://archive.org/details/vol.301932 Volume 30] at the Internet Archive.<br />
* [https://archive.org/details/v.31.141933 Volume 31] at the Internet Archive.<br />
* [https://archive.org/details/v.32141934 Volume 32] at the Internet Archive.<br />
* [https://archive.org/details/v.331935 Volume 33] at the Internet Archive.<br />
* [https://archive.org/details/v.341937 Volume 34] at the Internet Archive.<br />
* [https://archive.org/details/vol.351938/ Volume 35] at the Internet Archive.<br />
<br />
== Index to the periodical ==<br />
<br />
The [[Union Index of Theosophical Periodicals]][http://www.austheos.org.au/indices/pindex.htm] provides an [http://www.austheos.org.au/indices/THQLY_.HTM index to most of this periodical online], listing article titles and authors in chronological sequence, with a search feature. The index is not quite complete.<br />
<br />
A '''Cumulative Index to ''Theosophical Quarterly'' for Volume I - XXXV (July 1903 - October 1938)''' is available in print, and now online.<ref>Anonymous. ''The Theosophical quarterly cumulative index to volume I - volume XXXV, July, 1903 - October, 1938''. Kent, Ohio: Quarterly Book Dept., 1966.</ref><br />
In a posting on [[Theos-talk]], Jake Benson provided this additional information:<br />
<br />
<blockquote><br />
The index was anonymously compiled and published in 1966 by the late Joseph Politella, Professor of Religion at Kent State University. <br />
http://speccoll.library.kent.edu/faculty/polit.html. He in turn drew upon earlier unpublished attempts to create an authors index by the late John Kirkpatrick, a professor of Music for many<br />
years at Cornell and Yale. A copy of this unpublished index are among the Kirkpatrick papers at the Gilmore Music Library at Yale. [That link is broken.] Kirkpatrick in turn utilized an unpublished index compiled anonymously by several TS members.<ref> Jake Benson, [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/theos-talk/message/44897], accessed April 27, 2012.</ref><br />
</blockquote><br />
Jake Benson posted the index at [http://www.scribd.com/doc/21907264/theosophical-quarterly-index Scribd,com].<br />
<br />
== Notes ==<br />
<references/><br />
<br />
[[Category:Periodicals|Theosophical Quarterly]]<br />
[[Category:TS Hargrove|Theosophical Quarterly]]</div>Jon Fergushttps://theosophy.wiki/w-en/index.php?title=The_Theosophical_Quarterly_(periodical)&diff=44076The Theosophical Quarterly (periodical)2020-07-08T17:40:07Z<p>Jon Fergus: /* Availability online */ Added more volumes recently added to archive.org</p>
<hr />
<div>{{DISPLAYTITLE: ''The Theosophical Quarterly'' (periodical)}}<br />
<br />
'''''The Theosophical Quarterly''''' was the journal of the [[Theosophical Society in America (Hargrove)|Theosophical Society in America (later renamed Theosophical Society)]] headed by [[Ernest Temple Hargrove]]. The editor was [[Clement Acton Griscom, Jr.]] It was published in New York from 1903 to 1938. Each year, beginning in 1929, the July issue reported about the annual convention of the organization. This is the mission of the journal, printed in each issue:<br />
<blockquote><br />
The THEOSOPHICAL QUARTERLY is the official organ of the original Theosophical Society founded in New York by H. P Blavatsky, W. Q. Judge and others, in 1875.<br />
<br><br />
We have no connection whatsoever with any other organization calling itself Theosophical, headed by Mrs. Besant or others, nor with similar bodies, the purposes and methods of which are wholly foreign to our own.<br />
</blockquote><br />
<br />
Contributors to the periodical often signed their articles with initials or pseudonyms, or remained anonymous. Among the most frequent contributors were [[Charles Johnston]], [[Henry Bedinger Mitchell]], [[Archibald Keightley]], [[Clement Acton Griscom, Jr.]], Katharine Hillard, John Scofield, Spencer Montague, John Charlton, John Blake, Jr., and Julia Chickering.<br />
<br />
== Availability online ==<br />
<br />
* Volumes 1-20 (1903-1922)- high-quality PDFs available at '''[http://www.universaltheosophy.com/theosophical-periodicals/ UniversalTheosophy.com]'''. <br />
* Volumes 1-20 (1903-1922) - high-quality PDFs available at '''[http://www.iapsop.com/archive/materials/theosophical_quarterly/ IAPSOP.com]'''.<br />
* Volume 1 not available at the Internet Archive.<br />
* Volume 2 not available at the Internet Archive.<br />
* Volume 3 not available at the Internet Archive.<br />
* Volume 4 not available at the Internet Archive.<br />
* [https://archive.org/details/theosophicalquar05theouoft Volume 5] at the Internet Archive.<br />
* [https://archive.org/details/theosophicalquar06theouoft Volume 6] at the Internet Archive.<br />
* [https://archive.org/details/theosophicalquar07theouoft Volume 7] at the Internet Archive.<br />
* [https://archive.org/details/theosophicalquar08theouoft Volume 8] at the Internet Archive.<br />
* [https://archive.org/details/theosophicalquar09theouoft Volume 9] at the Internet Archive.<br />
* [https://archive.org/details/theosophicalquar10theouoft Volume 10] at the Internet Archive.<br />
* [https://archive.org/details/theosophicalquar11theouoft Volume 11] at the Internet Archive.<br />
* [https://archive.org/details/theosophicalquar12theouoft Volume 12] at the Internet Archive.<br />
* [https://archive.org/details/theosophicalquar13theouoft Volume 13] at the Internet Archive.<br />
* [https://archive.org/details/theosophicalquar14theouoft Volume 14] at the Internet Archive.<br />
* [https://archive.org/details/theosophicalquar15theouoft Volume 15] at the Internet Archive.<br />
* [https://archive.org/details/theosophicalquar16theouoft Volume 16] at the Internet Archive.<br />
* [https://archive.org/details/theosophicalquar17theouoft Volume 17] at the Internet Archive.<br />
* [https://archive.org/details/theosophicalquar18theouoft Volume 18] at the Internet Archive. <br />
* [https://archive.org/details/theosophicalquar19theouoft Volume 19] at the Internet Archive.<br />
* [https://archive.org/details/theosophicalquar20theouoft Volume 20] at the Internet Archive.<br />
* [https://archive.org/details/14_20200110 Volume 22] at the Internet Archive.<br />
* [https://archive.org/details/14_20200110_202001 Volume 23] at the Internet Archive.<br />
* [https://archive.org/details/24_20200114_202001 Volume 24] at the Internet Archive.<br />
* [https://archive.org/details/25_20200114/ Volume 25] at the Internet Archive.<br />
* [https://archive.org/details/vol.271929 Volume 27] at the Internet Archive.<br />
* [https://archive.org/details/vol.281930/ Volume 28] at the Internet Archive.<br />
* [https://archive.org/details/vol.291931 Volume 29] at the Internet Archive.<br />
* [https://archive.org/details/vol.301932 Volume 30] at the Internet Archive.<br />
* [https://archive.org/details/v.31.141933 Volume 31] at the Internet Archive.<br />
* [https://archive.org/details/v.32141934 Volume 32] at the Internet Archive.<br />
* [https://archive.org/details/v.331935 Volume 33] at the Internet Archive.<br />
* [https://archive.org/details/v.341937 Volume 34] at the Internet Archive.<br />
* [https://archive.org/details/vol.351938/ Volume 35] at the Internet Archive.<br />
<br />
== Index to the periodical ==<br />
<br />
The [[Union Index of Theosophical Periodicals]][http://www.austheos.org.au/indices/pindex.htm] provides an [http://www.austheos.org.au/indices/THQLY_.HTM index to most of this periodical online], listing article titles and authors in chronological sequence, with a search feature. The index is not quite complete.<br />
<br />
A '''Cumulative Index to ''Theosophical Quarterly'' for Volume I - XXXV (July 1903 - October 1938)''' is available in print, and now online.<ref>Anonymous. ''The Theosophical quarterly cumulative index to volume I - volume XXXV, July, 1903 - October, 1938''. Kent, Ohio: Quarterly Book Dept., 1966.</ref><br />
In a posting on [[Theos-talk]], Jake Benson provided this additional information:<br />
<br />
<blockquote><br />
The index was anonymously compiled and published in 1966 by the late Joseph Politella, Professor of Religion at Kent State University. <br />
http://speccoll.library.kent.edu/faculty/polit.html. He in turn drew upon earlier unpublished attempts to create an authors index by the late John Kirkpatrick, a professor of Music for many<br />
years at Cornell and Yale. A copy of this unpublished index are among the Kirkpatrick papers at the Gilmore Music Library at Yale. [That link is broken.] Kirkpatrick in turn utilized an unpublished index compiled anonymously by several TS members.<ref> Jake Benson, [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/theos-talk/message/44897], accessed April 27, 2012.</ref><br />
</blockquote><br />
Jake Benson posted the index at [http://www.scribd.com/doc/21907264/theosophical-quarterly-index Scribd,com].<br />
<br />
== Notes ==<br />
<references/><br />
<br />
[[Category:Periodicals|Theosophical Quarterly]]<br />
[[Category:TS Hargrove|Theosophical Quarterly]]</div>Jon Fergushttps://theosophy.wiki/w-en/index.php?title=Mabel_Collins&diff=43708Mabel Collins2020-05-29T22:24:33Z<p>Jon Fergus: /* Books */ Corrected first edition date for Idyll of the White Lotus, linked to first edition on google books, and moved entry to chronological placement.</p>
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<div>[[File:Mabel Collins - drawing.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Mabel Collins]]<br />
'''Mabel Collins''' (1851-1927) is the name under which '''Mrs. Keningale Cook''' published her many writings. She was an English Theosophist, and author of at least 46 books, including '''[[Light on the Path (book)|''Light on the Path'']]''', a perennial favorite among Theosophists.<br />
<br />
== Early life and education ==<br />
Minna Mabel Collins was born on [[September 9]], 1851 at St Peters Port, Guernsey. She "liked to refer to herself as a 'Nine' because she was the ninth child and was born on the ninth day of the ninth month."<ref>"Collins, Mabel" at [http://theosophy.ph/encyclo/index.php?title=Collins,_Mabel Theosopedia].</ref> Her parents were Edward James Mortimer Collins, a self-taught poet and journalist, and Susanna Hubbard, a merchant's daughter. When they married, Mortimer was nineteen years younger than his wife, who already had six children. The family moved frequently, as Mortimer repeatedly overspent and landed in debtors' prisons. "By the time she was twelve years old Minna had begun to write romances and verse herself. She had never attended school – what education she had was from her father. Poetry and philosophy formed the main content of her lessons."<ref>Kim Farnell, "The Many Lives of Mabel Collins," Theosophical History Conference 2003, available at [http://www.katinkahesselink.net/his/farnell.html Katinkahesselink.net].</ref><br />
<br />
== Marriage ==<br />
[[File:Mabel Collins.jpg|right|200px]]<br />
Young Minna began a new life when she married Keningale Robert Cook on [[August 3]], 1871 at St. Peters Church in Knowl Hill. He was six years older than she, and was well educated at Rugby and Trinity College in Dublin. He earned several degrees culminating in a Doctorate in Laws in 1875. During the years at Trinity College he was employed by the Post Office dealing with money orders, but by 1875 he had become a stockbroker in London. He published a book of poetry and numerous articles for the magazine ''Woman.'' This same magazine began to publish Minna's writings as well. "Almost every issue contained Minna’s or Robert’s writings. They covered a range of subjects but were primarily concerned with education, the role of women and the arts." <br />
<br />
Her married life was not happy. She felt bored, and once remarked that on embarking into married life she felt her brain was atrophying. By February 1885 the Cooks' marriage had failed, and the couple separated. Robert died in June 1886, leaving her enough money to be able to live comfortably for a few years.<ref>Kim Farnell, "The Many Lives of Mabel Collins," Theosophical History Conference 2003, available at [http://www.katinkahesselink.net/his/farnell.html Katinkahesselink.net]</ref><br />
<br />
== Working with H. P. Blavatsky ==<br />
<br />
Mabel had been introduced to [[Theosophy]] in 1881, when their neighbor [[Isabelle de Steiger]] loaned Robert a copy of [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky|H. P. Blavatsky]]'s first book [[Isis Unveiled (book)|''Isis Unveiled'']]. Mabel became a regular visitor of the [[A. P. Sinnett|Sinnetts]] on Tuesday afternoons. In April of 1884, Blavatsky came to London for a visit. On [[November 8]], 1884, Mabel meets Blavatsky shortly before she returned to India. According to Blavatsky, they met on two or three occasions during the autumn of 1884, always in the presence of others. It was in this year that Mabel wrote her book [[Light on the Path (book)|''Light on the Path'']], which would become a Theosophical classic.<br />
<br />
When Blavatsky moved to England she stay at "Maycot", a small cottage in Norwood owned by Mabel, who shared her home with Blavatsky. The two women created the monthly journal [[Lucifer (periodical)|''Lucifer'']] in September 1887 and worked together as editors until February 1889 when she resigned.<br />
<br />
When [[Elliott F. Coues|Prof. Elliott Coues]] attempted to discredit Madame Blavatsky in his May 11, 1889, article published in the [[The Religio-Philosophical Journal (periodical)|''The Religio-Philosophical Journal'']], he used as evidence an unsigned and undated note purportedly sent by Mabel Collins in 1885. He had inquired about the authorship of the Collins work [[Light on the Path (book)|''Light on the Path'']]. The note claimed that the [[Mahatmas]] inspired the writing of the book.<ref>''The Theosophical Movement 1875 -1950'' (Los Angeles, CA: Cunningham Press, 1951), 143. Available at [http://www.phx-ult-lodge.org/theosophica%20lmovement.htm phx-ult-lodge.org].</ref> HPB quickly and vigorously disputed Coues in a letter to [[Light (periodical)|''Light'']], written June 1, 1889.<ref>''''Light: A Journal of Psychical, Occult, and Mystical Research'' (June 8, 1889), 278. Available at [http://books.google.com/books?id=ZO4aAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA278&dq=Our+Glorious+Future+mabel+collins&hl=en&sa=X&ei=KGiPT8XhMcvhggfSrZ3iBA&ved=0CDMQ6AEwADgK#v=onepage&q=Our%20Glorious%20Future%20mabel%20collins&f=false Google Books].</ref><br />
<br />
== Other activities ==<br />
[[File:Mabel Collins June 1921.jpg|right|210px|thumb|Mabel Collins in June, 1921]]<br />
<br />
Before encountering [[Theosophy]], Mabel became a renowned medium. In later years, however, she opposed [[Spiritualism]] vigorously. Her experiences at the séances, both as a medium and as part of the circle, led her to believe that the practice was highly dangerous; a view that agreed with that of [[H. P. Blavatsky]] and her [[Masters of Wisdom|Masters]].<br />
<br />
Mabel Collins was also known for her work for animal rights and her campaign against vivisection. She founded the Incorporated Parliamentary Association for the Abolition of Vivisection, which was registered as a corporation on February 22, 1907.<ref>Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. ''Papers by command, Volume 96'' (HMSO, 1908), 67.</ref><br />
<br />
== Writings in periodicals ==<br />
<br />
The [[Union Index of Theosophical Periodicals]] lists more than 230 articles under the name [http://www.austheos.org.au/cgi-bin/ui-csvsearch.pl?search=mabel+collins&method=exact Mabel Collins], including those she wrote, reviews of her writings, and excerpts from her popular books. These are some examples:<br />
<br />
* "Pensées," a long-running series of reprints in [[Le Lotus Bleu (periodical)|''Le Lotus Bleu'']].<br />
* "In the New Forest." The English Illustrated Magazine'' (June, 1885). Illustrated.<br />
* "Thoreau: Hermit and Thinker." ''The Dublin University Magazine'' (November, 1877).<br />
* "In a Corner of Bohemia." ''Tinsley's Magazine'', Volume 24-26. Book published serially.<br />
* "Love Is More Than Life." ''Home Chimes'' (1885). Book published serially.<br />
* ''The Blossom and the Fruit: The True Story of a Magician'' was another book published serially in [[Lucifer (periodical)|''Lucifer'']] in 1888. <br />
<br />
She also wrote numerous articles for the magazine ''Woman'', as did her husband.<br />
<br />
== Books ==<br />
[[File:Outlawed-Book-Cover.jpg|right|240px|thumb|Novel coauthored with [[Charlotte Despard]]]]<br />
[[File:Collins - Morial the Mahatma.jpg|right|200px|thumb|''Morial the Mahatma'']]<br />
Mabel Collins wrote at least 46 books. These are the English-language titles according to the <ref>OCLC Worldcat online database.[http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch OCLC Worldcat library union catalog]</ref>, listed here by publication date:<br />
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* '''''The Blacksmith and Scholar'''''. 1875.<br />
* '''''An Innocent Sinner; a Psychological Romance'''''. London: Tinsley Bros., 1877. Available online at [http://books.google.com/books?id=v90BAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=inauthor:%22Mabel+Collins%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=D2aQT6j6A-yC0QHp39nABQ&ved=0CGsQ6AEwBzgU#v=onepage&q=inauthor%3A%22Mabel%20Collins%22&f=false Google Books.]<br />
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* '''''Our Bohemia'''''. London: Tinsley Brothers, 1879. <br />
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* '''''In This World: a Novel'''''. London: Chapman and Hall, 1879. Available online at [http://books.google.com/books?id=peIBAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=inauthor:%22Mabel+Collins%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=v2SQT-fBFarh0QHP2dm_BQ&ved=0CD0Q6AEwATgU#v=onepage&q=inauthor%3A%22Mabel%20Collins%22&f=false Google Books.]<br />
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* '''''Too Red a Dawn'''''. London: Tinsley Brothers, 1881. <br />
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* '''''Cobwebs'''''. London: Tinsley Brothers, 1882. Also printed with subtitle "Tales."<br />
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* '''''In the Flower of Her Youth. A Novel.'''''. London: F. V. White & Co., 1883. Available online at [http://books.google.com/books?id=t-kBAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=inauthor:%22Mabel+Collins%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=imWQT4iQCabq0gGz-6CGBQ&ved=0CEMQ6AEwAjgU#v=onepage&q=inauthor%3A%22Mabel%20Collins%22&f=false Google Books.]<br />
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* [[Idyll of the White Lotus (book)|'''''Idyll of the White Lotus''''']] (1884). Advertised as "an occult story." Numerous editions. Available online at [https://books.google.ca/books?id=h-AHAAAAQAAJ Google Books.] The author claimed to have created this book by automatic writing, dictated by the [[Mahatmas|Master]] [[Hilarion]]. The work was first published in ''The Banner of Light''.<br />
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* '''''Viola Fanshawe. A novel'''''. London: F. V. White & Co., 1884. <br />
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* '''''The Story of Helena Modjeska, (Madame Chlapowska)'''''. London: W. H. Allen, 1883. Second edition, 1885. Available online at [http://archive.org/details/storyhelenamodj00collgoog Internet Archive], another version at [http://archive.org/details/storyofhelenamod00colluoft Internet Archive], and at [http://books.google.com/books?id=XNUNAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=inauthor:%22Mabel+Collins%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=J2KQT5bsEKLt0gH_6oG_BQ&ved=0CHIQ6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=inauthor%3A%22Mabel%20Collins%22&f=false Google Books.]<br />
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* [[Light on the Path (book)|'''''Light on the Path''''']]. Subtitle "a treatise written for the personal use of those who are ignorant of the eastern wisdom, and who desire to enter within its influence." (1885). Published in numerous editions and languages.<br />
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* '''''The Prettiest Woman in Warsaw'''''. London: Ward and Downey, 1885. New York: G. Munro, 1886 (and 1887 5th edition). Available online at [http://books.google.com/books?id=ZQ0GAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=inauthor:%22Mabel+Collins%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=oGOQT4j6F6n20gHiw_H8BA&ved=0CGMQ6AEwBjgK#v=onepage&q=inauthor%3A%22Mabel%20Collins%22&f=false Google Books.]<br />
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* '''''Lord Vanecourt's Daughter. A Novel'''''. London: Ward & Downey, 1885. New York: Harper & Bros., 1886. Cleveland: Arthur Westbrook Co., 1890, 1985.<br />
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* [[Through the Gates of Gold (book)|'''''Through the Gates of Gold''''']]. London: Ward and Downey, 1887 and Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1887 and numerous other editions. One prominent edition paired it with ''Dreams'' by South African feminist Olive Schreiner. <br />
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* '''''The Blossom and the Fruit''''' Subtitle: "a true story of a black magician." London, 1887. Sydney, Australia, 1887. Reprinted New York, J.W. Lovell Co., 1889. London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1910. Advertised as "a tale of mystery and adventure." Available online at [http://archive.org/details/blossomandfruit01collgoog Internet Archive] and [http://books.google.com/books?id=dDYmAAAAMAA Google Books.J]<br />
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* '''''Ida: an Adventure in Morocco'''''. London: Ward & Downey, 1890. New York : J.W. Lovell, 1890. <br />
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* '''''The Confessions of a Woman'''''. New York: J.W. Lovell, 1890.<br />
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* '''''A Debt of Honour'''''. New York: Lovell, 1891. London; Sydney, N.S.W.: Eden, Remington & Co., Publishers, 1892.<br />
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* '''''Morial the Mahatma'''''. New York: United States Book Co., 1891. New York, Lovell, Gestefeld & Co. 1892. This was supposedly a fictionalized account of events at the Theosophical Society, and caused a minor scandal. <br />
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* '''''Suggestion'''''. New York: Lovell, Gestefeld & Co., 1892.<br />
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* '''''Juliet’s Lovers'''''. London: Ward & Downey, 1893. Available online at Internet Archive in three parts:[http://archive.org/details/julietslovers01coll Part I], [http://archive.org/details/julietslovers02coll Part II], [http://archive.org/details/julietslovers03coll Part III].<br />
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* '''''The Story of the Year'''''. Subtitle: "a record of feasts and ceremonies." London: George Redway, 1895. <br />
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* '''''Green Leaves'''''. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., Ld., 1895.<br />
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* '''''The Star Sapphire'''''. London, 1896. Boston: Roberts Bros., 1896. London: Anthony Treherne & Co., Ld., 1902.<br />
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* '''''[https://archive.org/details/CollinsMPleasureAndPain Pleasure and Pain]'''''. Subtitle: "an Essay in Practical Occultism Addressed to Readers of 'Light on the Path'". London: Isis Publishing Co., 1896. <br />
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* '''''The Illumined Way'''''. Subtitle: "a Guide to Neophytes, Being a Sequel to 'Light on the Path'". Chicago, Ill.: The Yogi Publication Society, 1800s. This is a later edition in book form of the ''Comments on Light on the Path'' that Mabel Collins published monthly in [[Lucifer (periodical)|''Lucifer'']] magazine, from September 1887 to January 1888. <br />
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* '''''When Love Is True, or, The Story of an Heiress'''''. New York: Street & Smith, 1902.<br />
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* '''''The Scroll of the Disembodied Man'''''. London: John M. Watkins, 1904. Written with Helen Bourchier. Available online at [http://books.google.com/books?id=QQwkc3CG4DsC&printsec=frontcover&dq=inauthor:%22Mabel+Collins%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=tGWQT9-QB6Xz0gGO3YGEBQ&ved=0CFUQ6AEwBTgU#v=onepage&q=inauthor%3A%22Mabel%20Collins%22&f=false Google Books.]<br />
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* '''''A Cry from Afar'''''. Subtitle: "to students of ''Light on the Path''." Percy Lund, Humphries and Co., 1905. Reprinted New York: Theosophical Publishing Company, 1907; London, Theosophical Publishing Society, 1913; London, 1954.<br />
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* '''''Illusions'''''. London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1905. Essays on the inner side of nature, illustrated by actual psychic experiences. <br />
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* '''''Love's Chaplet'''''. London: Theosophical Publishing Society], 1905. A short treatise on the inner life. Available online at [http://books.google.com/books?id=bNAbAQAAIAAJ Google Books.]<br />
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* '''''The Awakening'''''. London: Theosophical Publishing Society], 1906 and 1915. An account of how ''Light on the Path'' came to be. Excerpted in [[The Temple Artisan (periodical)|The ''Temple Artisan'']] article "Death - Life's Great Portal." <br />
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* '''''Fragments of Thought and Life'''''. Subtitle: "being seven essays, and seven fables in illustration of the essays." London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1908. <br />
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* '''''Outlawed'''''. Subtitle: "A Novel on the Woman Suffrage Question." London: Henry J. Drame, 1908. Coauthored with [[Charlotte Despard]].<br />
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* '''''One Life One Law'''''. Subtitle: "Thou Shall Not Kill." London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1909. Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Press, 1938. <br />
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* '''''The Builders'''''. London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1910. <br />
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* '''''The Story of Sensa'''''. Subtitle: "An Interpretation of the Idyll of the White Lotus." London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1911. New York: J.W. Lovelle, 1913 and Los Angeles: Theosophical Publishing House, 1913, 1920. Available online at Internet Archive in two versions[http://archive.org/details/storyofsensanint00colliala][http://archive.org/details/storyofsensainte00coll] and at [http://books.google.com/books?id=2Z40tQBh0r8C&printsec=frontcover&dq=inauthor:%22Mabel+Collins%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=ZmKQT-mMIejz0gGLh9HDBQ&ved=0CDcQ6AEwADgK#v=onepage&q=inauthor%3A%22Mabel%20Collins%22&f=false Google Books].<br />
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* '''''The Transparent Jewel'''''. London: W. Rider & Son, 1912. On the [[Yoga Sutras of Patanjali|Aphorisms of Yoga compiled by Patañjali]]. With the text of Sutras in English, partly in the translation by [[Manilal N. Dvidedi|Manilala Nabhubhai Dvivedi]], partly in that by [[Tookaram Tatya|Tukarama Tatya]]. <br />
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* '''''When the Sun Moves Northward'''''. Subtitle: "being a treatise on the six sacred months: containing the mystic ritual from the Story of the year and the teaching concerning the resurrection from Green leaves." London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1912. London: Theosophical Publishing House, 1923. Chicago, IL: Theosophical Press, 1912, 1923. Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Press, 1948 and 1963. Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Press, 1941. <br />
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* '''''The Crucible'''''. London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1914. In September-October 1914, MC wrote her prediction that World War I, which had commenced the previous month, would turn into a crucible for humanity. She wrote of her experiences visiting wounded soldiers, and of talking with members of "Kitchener's Army." MC described this book, and experiences that led to writing it, in an article in [[The Messenger (periodical)|''The Messenger'']], September, 1921.<br />
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* '''''As the Flower Grows'''''. London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1915. Also, London: Theosophical Publishing House, 1919. Subtitle: "some visions and an interpretation, in two parts.<br />
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* '''''Our Glorious Future''''' Subtitle: the Interpretation of "Light on the Path". First Edition 1915. Edinburgh: Theosophical Book Shop, 1917 (2nd edition). <br />
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* '''''The Locked Room.''''' Subtitle: "A True Story of Experiences in Spiritualism." London: Theosophical Publishing House, 1920.<br />
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* '''''Designers and manufacturers of artistic garden pots, sundials, birds' baths, birds' feeding tables, etc. etc. in red and grey terra cotta'''''. Subtitle: "a treatise written for the personal use of those who are ignorant of the Eastern wisdom and who desire to enter within its influence, and An essay on Karma." Compton: Potters' Arts Guild, 1921. With an introduction by [[Charles Webster Leadbeater|C.W.Leadbeater]].<br />
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== Impact of her writings ==<br />
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[[Light on the Path (book)|''Light on the Path'']], [[Through the Gates of Gold (book)|''Through the Gates of Gold]], and [[Idyll of the White Lotus (book)|''Idyll of the White Lotus'']] have been widely read by Theosophists worldwide and translated into numerous languages, including Dutch, German, Spanish, Slovenian, French, Croatian, Danish, Sanskrit, Swedish, Czech, Norwegian, Finnish, Sindhi, Russian, Polish, Tamil, Italian, Portuguese, Amharic, Japanese, Telegu, and Esperanto. <br />
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''Idyll of the White Lotus'' was adapted into a play by [[Maud Hoffman]] ''Sensa, a Mystery Play in Three Acts''.<ref>Published in 1950 by [[Theosophical University Press]] in Covina, California.</ref><br />
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== Online resources ==<br />
*[http://www.kimfarnell.co.uk/mabel1.htm The Many Lives of Mabel Collins] by Kim Farnell<br />
*[http://www.katinkahesselink.net/other/c/c_mcc.html# Mabel Collins: articles and books] at KatinkaHesselink.net<br />
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'''''Theosophy''''' was the name of two different periodicals. <br />
This article describes the more famous periodical of the same name, published from November, 1912 until September-October, 2007. It was produced out of San Francisco and Los Angeles, California, by [[The Theosophy Company]] associated with the [[United Lodge of Theosophists]]. It was initially edited by [[Robert Crosbie]].<br />
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'''[[Theosophy 1896-1897 (periodical)|An earlier journal of the same name]]''' was issued from 1896-1897. It succeeded [[William Quan Judge|William Quan Judge's]] [[The Path (periodical)|''The Path'']], and continued the same volume numbering scheme. It was edited by [[Ernest Temple Hargrove]]. <br />
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== Statement of policy and purpose ==<br />
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The magazine described itself this way in advertisements:<br />
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A monthly magazine, devoted to the promulgation of Theosophy as it was given by those who brought it. The policy of the Magazine is independent devotion to the cause of Theosophy, without professing attachment to any Theosophical Organization. It is loyal to the great Founders of the Theosophical Movement, but does not concern itself with dissensions or differences of individual opinion.<br />
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The purpose of the Magazine is to reprint the many valuable articles by [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky|H. P. Blavatsky]] and [[William Quan Judge|William Q. Judge]] that are long since out of print and inaccessible to most students; to publish original studies and collations of the teachings of the Messengers; to encourage and aid all students to a "return to the source" and a "following of the lines laid down" by H. P. B.; for the true basis of Unity among all Theosophists, wherever and however situated, must be "Similarity of Aim, Purpose and Teaching."<ref>Back cover of ''The American Theosophist'' 14.6 (March, 1912), 520.</ref><br />
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== Index to the periodical ==<br />
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The [[Union Index of Theosophical Periodicals]] provides a [http://www.austheos.org.au/indices/THPHY2.HTM searchable index to this periodical] online, listing article titles and authors in chronological sequence. <br />
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== Digital versions ==<br />
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More than 1400 articles are available at the [https://web.archive.org/web/20181116020355/http://www.wisdomworld.org/additional/index.html Wisdom World website.]<br />
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<div>[[File:HPB and family.jpg|right|350px|thumb|Charles Johnston between wife Vera and H. S. Olcott, with H. P. Blavatsky and her sister Vera in front. Image from TSA Archives.]]<br />
[[File:Charles Johnston with sled.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Charles Johnston]]<br />
'''Charles Johnston''' ([[February 17]], 1867 - [[October 16]], 1931) was a [[Sanskrit]] scholar and translator of several Hindu classics, and was married to [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky|H. P. Blavatsky's]] [[Vera Johnston|niece]]. He was a founder of the Dublin Lodge of the [[Theosophical Society]] of which [[William Butler Yeats]] and A.E. or Æ, as [[George William Russell]] was known, were also members. The Johnstons became members of the [[Theosophical Society in America (Hargrove)|Theosophical Society in America]] headed by [[Ernest Temple Hargrove]] in New York.<br />
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== Early life ==<br />
Charles Johnston was born in Ireland, at Ballykilbeg, County Down, on [[February 17]], 1867. His father was a prominent Orangeman, a Member of Parliament for Belfast and leader of the temperance movement. His mother was the daughter of Sir John Hay, a Scottish baronet. Johnston's education was at Derby, England, and later at Dublin University, where he became acquainted with the Irish poets [[William Butler Yeats]] and [[George William Russell]], who became known as A.E. or Æ.<ref>H. B. M.<nowiki>[</nowiki>Henry Bedinger Mitchell<nowiki>]</nowiki> "Charles Johnston", ''The Theosophical Quarterly'' 29.3 (January, 1932), 214.</ref><br />
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== Introduction to the Theosophical Society ==<br />
As a 17-year-old, in November, 1884, Johnston read [[Alfred Percy Sinnett|A. P. Sinnett's]] [[The Occult World (book)|''The Occult World'']], and the following year joined the [[Theosophical Society]] on June 20, 1885.<ref>Theosophical Society General Membership Register, 1875-1942 at [http://tsmembers.org/ http://tsmembers.org/]. See book 1, entry 3357 (website file: 1B/13).</ref> When Madame Blavatsky was attacked by the [[Society for Psychical Research]] in the [[Coulomb affair]], Johnston "made a vigorous protest in H.P.B.'s defence"<ref>Charles Johnston, ''The Theosophical Quarterly'' 29.1 (July, 1931).</ref> [[File:Charles Johnston and family.jpg|right|280px|thumb|Charles Johnston with wife Vera, mother, and brother Lewis in 1895]]He read [[Esoteric Buddhism (book)|''Esoteric Buddhism'']], [[Isis Unveiled (book)|''Isis Unveiled'']], [[Light on the Path (book)|''Light on the Path'']], and ''Five Years of Theosophy'', and in 1887 met Madame Blavatsky in person. During his years at university, he had prepared for the Bengal Civil Service exam, which he passed brilliantly in 1888. In August of that year, he married [[Vera Jelihovsky Johnston|Vera Vladimirovna de Zhelihovsky]], daughter of Madame [[Vera Petrovna de Zhelihovsky]] and H. P. Blavatsky's niece. They had met while she was staying with her aunt in London. The ceremony took place at H.P.B.'s home, 17, Lansdowne Road, London. [[Henry Steel Olcott|Col. Olcott]], visiting London at the time, represented Vera's mother and the rest of the family at the civil marriage at the registrar's office.<ref>Henry Steel Olcott, ''Old Diary Leaves'' Fourth Series (Adyar, Madras: The Theosophical Publishing House, 1974), 71.</ref> <br />
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Shortly after the wedding, the Johnstons left for India, arriving in November. He contracted malaria, and became so ill that he was sent home after only two years in the Civil Service position for which he had trained. In order to make a living he turned to writing for periodicals:<br />
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He succeeded in connecting himself with some English journals, to which he sent letters on foreign news, and he contributed, to the more serious reviews, articles on ethnological, political and economic questions. Thus employed, for the next six years he and his wife traveled extensively in Europe, visiting her relatives - Madame Blavatsky's nearest kin - in Russia, and staying in different places in England, Holland, Belgium, Germany, Austria, and France. They lived for some time in Salzburg, where Dr. Franz Hartmann then resided, and where Mr. Johnston finally threw off his jungle malaria.<ref>H. B. M.<nowiki>[</nowiki>Henry Bedinger Mitchell<nowiki>]</nowiki> "Charles Johnston", ''The Theosophical Quarterly'' 29.3 (January, 1932), 207.</ref><br />
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== Life in New York ==<br />
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The Johnstons emigrated to the United States, becoming naturalized citizens in 1908. In 1900, they were living in Queens; in 1910 had moved to Manhattan; and in 1920 were in Brooklyn.<ref>U. S. Census records, 1900, 1910, 1920.</ref> At the request of the American Theosophical Society leader [[William Quan Judge]],<br />
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Mr. Johnston undertook a series of translations from the Sanskrit, which were made a regular feature of the Theosophical Society's literary activity, being published by Mr. Judge as the "Oriental Department papers". It was from the work done in this connection that his first separate volume on the Indians scriptures, ''From the Upanishads'', was culled.<ref>H. B. M.<nowiki>[</nowiki>Henry Bedinger Mitchell<nowiki>]</nowiki>, 211.</ref><br />
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The Theosophical Society was in turmoil in the years just after 1895, when most American lodges chose to follow Mr. Judge into formation of an American society that was dissociated from the international headquarters based in Adyar, India. Judge's death in 1896, and the changes instituted by his successor [[Katherine Tingley]] created difficulties that led to the formation of the [[Theosophical Society in America (Hargrove)|Theosophical Society]] that was led by [[Ernest Temple Hargrove]]. The Johnstons became mainstays of [[Theosophical Society in America (Hargrove)|that group]]. Charles Johnston served for more than 25 years as Chairman of the Executive Committee.<br />
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== Teaching ==<br />
[[File:Charles Johnston advert.jpg|right|200px|thumb|''Theosophy'' September 1897. Image from Boris de Zirkoff Papers, TSA Archives.]]<br />
Charles Johnston lectured for the Theosophical Society, travelling across the United States and Europe to visit branches. He also lectured and taught at educational institutions.<br />
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He lectured at Cooper Union, and for the New York Board of Education. In 1908, he was Special Lecturer in Political Science at the University of Wisconsin... and he also delivered a number of addresses at Columbia University in New York. At one time he taught at the Russian Seminary.<ref>H. B. M.<nowiki>[</nowiki>Henry Bedinger Mitchell<nowiki>]</nowiki>, 211.</ref><br />
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In his first months in New York, he advertised a [[Sanskrit]] course on the inside back cover of ''Theosophy'' magazine in September 1897. It mentions classes formed in New York, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Jersey, Georgia, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Oregon, California, and Canada.<ref>"Sanskrit Revival" advertisement in ''Theosophy'' 12.6 (September 1897).</ref><br />
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== Later years ==<br />
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Mr. Johnston was an active member of the '''Linnaean Society''', a group of amateur and professional naturalists in the New York City area who studied natural history and especially ornithology. <br />
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According to [[Henry Bedinger Mitchell]], "In 1918-19, he served as Captain in the '''Military Intelligence''' Division at Washington."<ref>H. B. M.<nowiki>[</nowiki>Henry Bedinger Mitchell<nowiki>]</nowiki>, 211.</ref><br />
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The 1930 United States Census listed Johnston as a writer and editor, with '''Encyclopedia Britannica''' as an employer.<br />
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He died on [[October 16]], 1931 of heart disease at St. Luke's Hospital in New York City. A funeral service was held at the '''Chapel of the Comforter''', where [[Clement Acton Griscom, Jr.]], [[Henry Bedinger Mitchell]], and [[Ernest Temple Hargrove]] were active members. According to the ''New York Times'' obituary of October 17, "He was a widower and is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Samuel Brew who is now in British Columbia and another sister in Ireland".<ref>Letter from Paul North Rice of New York Public Library to Boris de Zirkoff. November 8, 1951. Boris de Zirkoff Papers. Records Series 22. Theosophical Society in America Archives.</ref> He was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery in New York.<ref>Dr. Clarence C. Clark letter to Boris de Zirkoff. November 30, 1951. Boris de Zirkoff Papers. Records Series 22. Theosophical Society in America Archives.</ref><br />
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== Writings ==<br />
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Mr. Johnston wrote a great number and variety of articles and books, ranging from scholarly writings on scriptures to popular volumes of humor, travel, and history. The flair and grace of an Irish poet are apparent even in the serious works. See, for example, the introduction to ''The Song of Life'', and the dedication of ''From the Upanishads'', addressed to his Irish friend [[George William Russell]]. ''Ireland: Historic and Picturesque'' is a charming travelogue, and ''Kela Bai: An Anglo-Indian Idyll'' is a tale from India.<br />
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Online versions of most of Johnston's writings at [https://universaltheosophy.com/writings-johnston# Universal Theosophy website].<br />
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=== Articles for Theosophical periodicals ===<br />
During 46 years of service to the Theosophical movement, Johnston was very prominent and highly esteemed for his writing. The first article that Johnston wrote for the Theosophical Society was printed in the December 1886 issue of [[The Theosophist (periodical)|''The Theosophist'']], when he was only 19 years old. After his death, [[The Theosophical Quarterly (periodical)|''The Theosophical Quarterly'']] summarized his contributions:<br />
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A succession of articles followed, totaling 16 in all. He contributed 27 articles to [[Lucifer (periodical)|''Lucifer'']], beginning with the first volume, December, 1887, and continuing until the Society ceased to concern itself with that publication, which passed into alien hands. Five of these comprised his first translations from the [[Upanishads (book)|Upanishads]], while in addition there were eight half-pages of translated aphorisms. He contributed 15 articles to [[The Irish Theosophist (periodical)|''The Irish Theosophist'']]; 20 to the [[The Path (periodical)|''Path'']]; 8 to [[Theosophy (periodical)|''Theosophy'']] in the less than two years of its brief existence; 53 translations in the series of [[Oriental Department Papers (periodical)|''Oriental Department Papers'']], all from the Sanskrit; 53 that have been identified in the [[The Theosophical Forum (periodical)|''The Theosophical Forum'']] (where in the later volumes all articles were unsigned), of which 26 were translations; and 242 articles to the [[The Theosophical Quarterly (periodical)|''Theosophical Quarterly'']], from its first to the current volume, not including reviews, answers to questions, or his addresses reported during the sessions of Convention. This is an average of 8 1/2 articles a year for the QUARTERLY, or more than two for each issue. The total number of articles is, therefore, about 434, of which 170 were translations, or an average of almost 10 articles a year for the 44 years he was writing for the [[Theosophical Movement|Movement]].<ref>Q.<nowiki>[</nowiki>author unknown<nowiki>]</nowiki>, "Mr. Johnston and the Upanishads", ''The Theosophical Quarterly'' 29.3 (January, 1932), 214-215.</ref><ref>The "alien hands" referred to in this quotation were those of [[Annie Besant]] and [[G. R. S. Mead]]</ref><br />
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This was all voluntary effort; he was not compensated for this work.<br />
The [[Union Index of Theosophical Periodicals]] has over 200 articles listed [http://www.austheos.org.au/cgi-bin/ui-csvsearch.pl?search=Charles+Johnston&method=exact&header=field4 under the name Charles Johnston]. Many other articles were published with the initials [[CJ]], but some of those were written by [[Curuppumullage Jinarājadāsa|C. Jinarājadāsa]] of Adyar. The "CJ" articles of Charles Johnston appear in the following journals: [[Theosophical Quarterly (periodical)|''Theosophical Quarterly'']], [[Theosophy (periodical)|''Theosophy'']], [[The Path (periodical)|''The Path'']], [[The Irish Theosophist (periodical)|''The Irish Theosophist'']], and possibly some in [[The Theosophist (periodical)|''The Theosophist'']].<br />
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=== Articles for non-Theosophical periodicals ===<br />
He also published numerous articles for non-Theosophical journals and newspapers, including several articles in [[The Open Court (periodical)|''The Open Court'']]:<br />
* "The Vedanta Philosophy" in February, 1906. Available at [http://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/ocj/vol1906/iss2/2/ OpenSIUC].<br />
* "The Kingdom of Heaven and the Upanishads" in December, 1905. Available at [http://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/ocj/vol1905/iss12/1/ OpenSIUC]. Previously published in ''Metaphysical Magazine'', April, 1897. Johnston suggests the the poetic words of Jesus on "the kingdom of heaven is within you" are similar to wording found in the Upanishads.<ref>"Book Reviews," ''Mercury'' 3.10 (June, 1897), 315.</ref><br />
* "The Childhood and Youth of St. Paul" in April, 1911. Available at [http://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/ocj/vol1911/iss4/1/ OpenSIUC].<br />
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=== Theosophical and scholarly books ===<br />
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NOTE: In addition to the following titles, Johnston worked on a "Secret Doctrine Outline" that he mentioned in a letter to [[Jirah Dewey Buck|Dr. J. D. Buck]] in 1891.<ref>Charles Johnston letter to J. D. Buck. November 17, 1891. Letter number 16. Cincinnati Theosophical Society Records. Records Series 20.02.01. Theosophical Society in America Archives.</ref><ref>This outline was serialized in [[Lucifer_(periodical)|Lucifer]], October-December, 1891, January-March & May, 1892.</ref><br />
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*'''''Useful Sanskrit Nouns and Verb in English Letters'''''. London: Luzac, 1892. Text available online at [http://archive.org/details/cu31924023201126 Internet Archive]. Advertised on page 59 of ''Luzac's Oriental List and Book Review, Volume 4'' by Luzac & Co., booksellers. Advertisement is available online at [http://books.google.com/books?id=Np5UAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA59&lpg=PA59&dq=m.r.a.s.+sanskrit+prizeman&source=bl&ots=g1qQXpQraT&sig=MQrxto_FzYYMPlI5LLvsXPcQtjw&hl=en&sa=X&ei=X-13UemkGMawqgHP44CgCg&ved=0CDoQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=m.r.a.s.%20sanskrit%20prizeman&f=false Google Books.]<br />
*'''''The Awakening to the Self'''''. Translation of Sankarâchârya. New York: Johnston, 1897.<br />
*'''''From the Upanishads'''''. Portland, ME: Thomas Mosher, 1899. Available online at [http://archive.org/details/fromupanishadsby00thomiala Internet Archive] and [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc2.ark:/13960/t6639n558;view=1up;seq=11 Hathitrust].<br />
*'''''The Memory of Past Births'''''. New York: Theosophical Society Publishing Co., 1899. Available to [http://archive.org/details/memoryofpastbirt00johnrich Internet Archive] and [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/007366099 Hathitrust].<br />
*'''''Karma: Works and Wisdom'''''. New York : Metaphysical Pub. Co., 1900. Available at [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008434946 Hathitrust].<br />
*'''''The Song of Life'''''. Flushing, NY: Charles Johnston, 1901. A translation of the "dialogue of Janaka and the sage", preceded by "a modern paraphrase of the Teachings". Available at [http://archive.org/details/songlife00johngoog Internet Archives].<br />
*[[Bhagavadgītā (book)|'''''The Bhagavad-gîta: "The Songs of the Master"''''']]. Flushing, N.Y.: C. Johnston, 1908. Available online at [http://archive.org/details/cu31924097311702 Internet Archive].<br />
*'''''Parables of the Kingdom'''''. Flushing, NY: Charles Johnston, 1909.<br />
*'''''The system of the Vedânta according to Bâdarâyaṇa's Brahma-sûtras and Cankara's commentary thereon set forth as a compendium of the dogmatics of brahmanism from the standpoint of Çankara'''''. Chicago, The Open Court Publishing Company, 1912. Available at [http://archive.org/details/systemvedntaacc00deusgoog Internet Archive] and [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001380098 Hathitrust].<br />
*[[Yoga Sutras of Patanjali|'''''Yoga Sutras''''']] of [[Patanjali]]. New York: Quarterly Book Department, 1912. Available online at [http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Yoga_Sutras Wikisource] and [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/009013672 Hathitrust].<br />
*'''''Eastern and Western Psychology: a Theosophical Need'''''. New York: Theosophical Society, 1917.<br />
*'''''The Great Upanishads, Isha, Kena, Katha, Prashna, Upanishads Volume 1'''''. New York: Quarterly Book Department, 1927.<br />
*[[The Crest-Jewel of Wisdom (book)|'''''The Crest-Jewel of Wisdom''''']] by [[Śankarâchârya]]. San Diego: Theosophical University Press, 1946. Translated by Charles Johnston. Available at [http://www.theosociety.org/pasadena/crest/crest-1.htm Theosophical University Press Online].<br />
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=== Modern compilations by Kshetra Books ===<br />
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Printed editions and e-books are available at [https://www.kshetrabooks.com/ this website].<br />
:'''Books:'''<br />
* '''''Vedanta Philosophy of Sankaracharya, The'''''. Kshetra Books, 2014. Introductory articles by Charles Johnston, followed by compilation of translations by Charles Johnston and Mohina M. Chatterji:<br />
** ''Vakya Sudha'', tr. Charles Johnston. First Edition, ''Theosophical Quarterly'', 1925.<br />
** ''Atma Bodha'', tr. Charles Johnston. First Edition, ''Theosophical Quarterly'', 1925.<br />
** ''Tattva Bodha'', tr. Charles Johnston. First Edition, ''Oriental Department Papers'', 1894. Second (partial) Edition, ''Theosophical Quarterly'', 1913.<br />
** ''Vivekachudamani'', tr. Charles Johnston. First Edition, Serialized in the ''Theosophical Quarterly'', 1923-24. First Edition, Quarterly Book Department, 1925.<br />
** ''Siddhanta-Tattva-Vindu'', tr. Charles Johnston. First Edition, ''Oriental Department Papers'', 1895.<br />
** ''Atmanatma-viveka'', tr. Mohini M. Chatterji. Serialized in the ''Theosophist'', 1882-83. Reprinted in ''Five Years of Theosophy'', 1885.<br />
* '''''Tao Teh King: Lao Tse's Book of the Way and of Righteousness, The'''''. 2014.<br />
* '''''Bhagavad Gita: Songs of the Master, The'''''. 2nd (Expanded) Edition. 2014.<br />
* '''''Yoga Sutras of Patanjali: The Book of the Spiritual Man, The'''''. 3rd (Expanded) Edition ). 2014.<br />
* '''''Mukhya Upanishads: Books of Hidden Wisdom, The'''''. 1st Edition. 2014.<br />
* '''''Hidden Wisdom: Collected Writings of Charles Johnson'''''. 2014. E-book.<br />
* '''''System of the Vedanta, The'''''. Dr. Paul Deussen, tr. Charles Johnston, 1st Edition . 1912.<br />
* '''''Katha Upanishad: in the House of Death, The'''''.<br />
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:'''Essays and article collections:'''<br />
* '''''Karma: Works and Wisdom'''''.<br />
* '''''Memory of Past Births, The'''''.<br />
* '''''Theosophy of the Upanishads, The'''''.<br />
* '''''Wisdom Traditions of East and West'''''.<br />
* '''''Noble Teachings of Lord Buddha, The'''''.<br />
* '''''Unveiling the Wisdom of the Bible'''''.<br />
* '''''Emanation & States of Consciousness'''''.<br />
* '''''Beginning of Real Life, The'''''.<br />
* '''''On Initiation and the Mysteries'''''.<br />
* '''''Logos Doctrine, The'''''.<br />
* '''''Study of Ancient Speech and Writing, A'''''.<br />
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=== Popular books ===<br />
*'''''Kela Bai: An Anglo-Indian Idyll'''''. New York: Doubleday & McClure, 1900. Novel. Available at [http://archive.org/stream/kelabaiangloindi00johniala#page/106/mode/2up Internet Archive].<br />
*'''''Ireland: Historic and Picturesque'''''. Philadelphia: Henry T. Coates & Co., 1902. Illustrated travelogue. Available at [http://archive.org/stream/cu31924028049298#page/n11/mode/2up Internet Archive] and [http://archive.org/details/irelandhistoricp00johnrich a second Internet Archive version].<br />
*'''''Ireland's Story'''''. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1905, 1923. Written with Carita Spencer. Illustrated history of Ireland. Available at [http://archive.org/details/irelandsstory00john Internet Archive].<br />
*'''''Why the World Laughs'''''. New York: Harper & Bros, 1912. A book of humorous stories from many countries. Available at [https://archive.org/details/whyworldlaughs01johngoog Internet Archive] and [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001438664 Hathitrust].<br />
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== Additional resources ==<br />
*[http://www.universaltheosophy.com/bios/charles-johnston# Charles Johnston] Biographical Sketch by ''Universal Theosophy''<br />
*[http://www.universaltheosophy.com/writings-johnston# The Writings of Charles Johnston] compiled by ''Universal Theosophy''<br />
* Obituary in ''The Canadian Theosophist'' 12 (November, 1931), 268.<br />
* [https://theosophy.world/encyclopedia/johnston-charles Johnston,Charles] at Theosophy World<br />
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[[Category:People|Johnston,Charles]]</div>Jon Fergushttps://theosophy.wiki/w-en/index.php?title=The_New_Californian_(periodical)&diff=43133The New Californian (periodical)2020-04-27T00:21:47Z<p>Jon Fergus: added link to volume 1 online</p>
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<div>'''The New Californian''' was a periodical published in San Francisco and Los Angeles <br />
from July, 1891 to June, 1894 as an organ of the American Section of the [[Theosophical Society]]. Editors were [[Jerome A. Anderson|Dr. Jerome A. Anderson]] of San Francisco and [[Louise A. Off]] of Los Angeles. Miss Off, an artist and art teacher, took over the editorial work in July, 1892, when Dr. Anderson became ill. [[Lucifer (periodical)|''Lucifer'']] reported:<br />
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We are exceedingly sorry to see that Dr. Jerome A. Anderson is compelled by ill health to resign the editing of the magazine. Miss Louisa A. Off, of Los Angeles, will be the succeeding editor. And while we are confident that Miss Off will discharge her new office with her well-known energy and devotion, we cannot help expressing a hope that the recovery of health will once more see our able friend and colleague Dr. Anderson in the editorial chair.<ref>"The New Californian," ''Lucifer'' Vol 10 No. 59 (July 15, 1892), 437. Available at [https://books.google.com/books?id=I0lDAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA437&lpg=RA1-PA437&dq=%22Louisa+A.+Off%22&source=bl&ots=YXoQ3ccfAz&sig=sQbSPrMHZYz1aZs3OD1TLYTEvIw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiO_qCrqonRAhUE_4MKHVw3A8IQ6AEIKzAE#v=onepage&q=%22Louisa%20A.%20Off%22&f=false Google Books].</ref><br />
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An [http://www.austheos.org.au/indices/NEWCAL.HTM index] is available at the [[Union Index of Theosophical Periodicals]].<br />
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== Issues available online ==<br />
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* '''Volume 1''' available from [https://books.google.ca/books?id=qlkpAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP9 Google Books].<br />
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[[Category:Periodicals|New Californian]]</div>Jon Fergushttps://theosophy.wiki/w-en/index.php?title=Yih-sin&diff=41411Yih-sin2019-12-18T01:19:10Z<p>Jon Fergus: /* Identification of the term */ added Chinese and proper pinyin of "yixin"</p>
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<div>'''Yih-sin''', variously spelled as "yin sin", "yinsin" or "yi-hsin", is a term found in [[The Secret Doctrine (book)|''The Secret Doctrine'']] and in [[The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett (book)|''The Mahatma Letters'']]. The term, claimed to be [[Chinese]] in origin, cannot be found in the given spelling. David Reigle has proposed that it is a phonetic spelling of the term ''yixin'' in the pinyin system, meaning "the one mind". Another clue could be in the reversed term ''sin-yin'', which means the "heart's seal" of the Buddha.<br />
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== Theosophical definition ==<br />
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Yih-sin is mentioned in two of [[The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett (book)|''The Mahatma Letters'']], and translated as "the one form of existence", following Samuel Beal's definition (see [[Yih-sin#Identification of the term|below]]). [[Mahatma Letter No. 67|Letter No. 67]] identifies it with [[Adi-Buddha#Adi-Buddhi|Adi-Buddhi]] and [[Dharmakāya]]:<br />
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<blockquote>This 'force' so-called, shows itself truly indestructible but does not correlate and is not convertible in the sense accepted by the Fellows of the R.S., but rather may be said to grow and expand into 'something else' while neither its own potentiality nor being are in the least affected by the transformation. Nor can it well be called force since the latter is but the attribute of Yin Sin (Yin Sin or the one 'Form of existence' also Adi-Buddhi or Dharmakaya the mystic, universally diffused essence) when manifesting in the phenomenal world of senses namely only your old acquaintance Fohat.<ref>Vicente Hao Chin, Jr., ''The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett in chronological sequence'' No. 67 (Quezon City: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 182.</ref></blockquote><br />
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A similar reference is found in [[Mahatma Letter No. 111|Letter No. 111]] although here Yih-sin is said to be "the child of Dharmakāya":<br />
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<blockquote>In symbology the central point is Jivatma (the 7th principle), and hence Avalokitesvara, the Kwan-Shai-yin, the manifested 'Voice' (or Logos), the germ point of manifested activity; -- hence -- in the phraseology of the Christian Kabalists 'the Son of the Father and Mother,' and agreeably to ours -- 'the Self manifested in Self' -- Yih-sin, the 'one form of existence,' the child of Dharmakaya (the universally diffused Essence), both male and female. Parabrahm or 'Adi-Buddha' while acting through that germ point outwardly as an active force, reacts from the circumference inwardly as the Supreme but latent Potency.<ref>Vicente Hao Chin, Jr., ''The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett in chronological sequence'' No. 111 (Quezon City: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 378-379.</ref></blockquote><br />
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[[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky]] mentions "Yin-Sin" in connection with absolute consciousness:<br />
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<blockquote>The true Buddhist, recognising no “personal god,” nor any “Father” and “Creator of Heaven and Earth,” still believes in an absolute consciousness, “Adi-Buddhi”; and the Buddhist philosopher knows that there are Planetary Spirits, the “Dhyan Chohans.” But though he admits of “spiritual lives,” yet, as they are temporary in eternity, even they, according to his philosophy, are “the maya of the day,” the illusion of a “day of Brahmâ,” a short manvantara of 4,320,000,000 years. The “Yin-Sin” is not for the speculations of men, for the Lord Buddha has strongly prohibited all such inquiry.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' vol. I, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 635.</ref></blockquote><br />
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Another reference to Yinsin is found in the Proem of [[The Secret Doctrine (book)|''The Secret Doctrine'']], where Mme. Blavatsky was transcribing [[Stanzas of Dzyan#Stanza I|Stanza I]] in its original Tibetan and Senzar version:<br />
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<blockquote>Thus, were one to translate into English, using only the substantives and technical terms as employed in one of the Tibetan and Senzar versions, Verse I would read as follows: — 'Tho-ag in Zhi-gyu slept seven Khorlo. Zodmanas zhiba. All Nyug bosom. Konch-hog not; Thyan-Kam not; Lha-Chohan not; Tenbrel Chugnyi not; Dharmakaya ceased; Tgenchang not become; Barnang and Ssa in Ngovonyidj; alone Tho-og Yinsin in night of Sun-chan and Yong-grub (Parinishpanna), &c., &c.,' which would sound like pure Abracadabra.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' vol. I, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 23.</ref></blockquote><br />
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== Identification of the term ==<br />
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The term "yih-sin" appears in the book ''A Catena of Buddhist Scriptures from the Chinese'', written by the scholar Samuel Beal in 1871:<br />
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<blockquote>So again, when the idea of a universally diffused essence (dharmakaya) was accepted as a dogmatic necessity, a further question arose as to the relation which this 'supreme existence' bore to time, space, and number. And from this consideration appears to have proceeded the further invention of the several names Vairochana (the Omnipresent), Amitabha (for Amirta) the Eternal, and Adi-Buddha (yih-sin) the 'one form of existence.'<ref>Samuel Beal, ''A Catena of Buddhist Scriptures from the Chinese'' (London: Trubner & Co., 1871), 373.</ref></blockquote><br />
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David Reigle proposes that this term used by Beal was his phonetic transcription of yixin (一心, yīxīn) meaning "one-mind":<br />
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The term "undivided" suggests the idea of "single" or "one." A Chinese term for this is transcribed as "i" or "yi", similar to Beal's transcription "yih". Shortly after Beal's time, the Wade-Giles system of transcription came into use, and remained in wide use until recently . . . [when] the pinyin system superseded it . . .<br />
The term "heart" suggests the Sanskrit term citta, normally translated today as "mind" . . . The word for this mind is written as "hsin" in the Wade-Giles system, or as "xin" in the pinyin system. So the "one mind" is i-hsin, or yixin, apparently Beal's yih-sin.<ref>[http://theosnet.ning.com/profiles/blog/show?id=3055387%3ABlogPost%3A30727&xg_source=activity&page=60#comments Post on October 29, 2010 at 9:33pm by David Reigle] at Theosophy.net</ref><br />
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A second possibility for the origin of this term could be the reversed term ''sin-yin'' (心印, xīn-yìn) meaning the "heart's seal," which is said to contain "the whole mind of Buddha." <ref>Joseph Edkins, ''Chinese Buddhism'' by (London: Trubner and Co., 1880), 63.</ref> According to J. Edkins, this term is associated to the [[swastika]] placed on the Buddha's chest, symbolizing his esoteric doctrines.<br />
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<div>'''Khobilgan''' (Mongolian script: ᠺᠦᠪᠢᠯᠭᠠᠨ, Qubilүan or Kubilqan; Cyrillic: хубилга́н, Khubilgan; also variously spelled as hobilgan, hobilghan, hobilhan, hubilhan, hubilgan, hubilkhan, or khubilkhan) is a Mongolian term related to the idea in Tibet of high lamas being the "reincarnations" of different Buddhas and other spiritual personalities. <br />
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[[H. P. Blavatsky]] used the term Khobilgan to refer to the higher and initiated Lamas of Tibet,<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. XIII (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1982), 330.</ref> who can be seen as incarnations of a Buddha-like spirit.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. III (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1995), 179.</ref><br />
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== Divine Reincarnations ==<br />
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In a glossary compiled by John R. Krueger, the term Khobilgan is defined as follows: <br />
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<blockquote>khubilgan (Mo. qubilgan) a transformation, i.e., someone who has changed his shape from a previously reincarnated Buddhist saint into his present form.”<ref>Aleksei M. Pozdneyev ''Religion and Ritual in Society: Lamaist Buddhism in Late 19th-Century Mongolia'' (Bloomington: The Mongolia Society, Inc., 1978), 680.</ref></blockquote><br />
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[[Tibetan Buddhism|Tibetan Buddhists]] believe that the [[Buddha]]s, Bodhisattvas, and even [[Dhyāni-Buddha]]s reincarnate in some of their high Lamas. [[H. P. Blavatsky]], however, interpreted this teaching in a more abstract way. She wrote: <br />
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<blockquote>The Taley-Lamas of Tibet claim to be [reincarnations] of Buddha. The latter, by the way, are loosely called Shaberons and Hubilgans (both in various degrees reincarnations, not of Buddha, the MAN, but of his Buddha-like divine spirit).<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. III (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1995), 179.</ref></blockquote><br />
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Drawing from E. R. Huc,<ref>"These living Buddhas compose the numerous class of the Chaberons, of whom we have before spoken. The most celebrated are the Tale Lama, at Lha-Ssa; the Bandchan Remboutchi, at Djachi-Loumbo; the Guison-Tamba, at Grand-Kouren; the Tchang-Kia-Fo, at Pekin; and the Sa-Dcha-Fo, in the county of the Ssamba, at the foot of the Himalaya mountains." Evariste Régis Huc, ''Recollections of a journey through Tartary, Thibet, and China, during the years 1844, 1845, and 1846'' vol. 2 (1852), 213. Reference provided by [[David Reigle]].</ref> Mme. Blavatsky described the "reincarnations" of the "buddha-like spirit" at the time in Tibet as follows:<br />
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<blockquote>These five “Hubilgans” are distributed in the following order:<br><br />
(1) Taley-Lama, of Lhasa, the incarnation of the “Spiritual passive wisdom,”—which proceeds from Gautama or Siddhartha Buddha, or Fo.<br><br />
(2) Ban-dhe-chan Rim-po-che, at Tashi Lhünpo. He is “the active earthly wisdom.”<br><br />
(3) Sa-Dcha-Fo, or the “Mouthpiece of Buddha,” otherwise the “word” at Ssamboo.<br><br />
(4) Guison-Tamba—the “Precursor” (of Budda) at the Grand Kuren.<br><br />
(5) Tchang-Zya-Fo-Lang, in the Altai mountains. He is called the “Successor” (of Buddha).<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. III (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1995), 185.</ref></blockquote><br />
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== Shaberon ==<br />
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A related term is that of ''Shaberon'', a term connected to the Tibetan ''zhabs-drung'' (shabrong, also spelled as zabdrung or shabdrung). According to [[H. P. Blavatsky|Mme. Blavatsky]], Shaberons are one degree lower than the Khobilgans.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. III (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1995), 185.</ref> This is supported by a quote from a famous book by the Russian Mongolianist Pozdneev:<ref>''Sketches of the Life of Buddhist Monasteries and Clergy in Mongolia'' (1887 Russian edition), 249.</ref><br />
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<blockquote>What concerns the young hubilgans [= Tib. sprul-sku] they do not bear any titles in their first, second and even third reincarnation; moreover, they are rarely even called the "hubilgans", but more often they are known by the name 'shabron' which really means 'a young hubilgan'.</blockquote><br />
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Similarly, Wesley Needham, a more modern scholar, wrote:<br />
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<blockquote>Shaberon is the Mongol title of a Hubilgan not officially confirmed, or whose previous incarnations were not known or recorded.<ref>Wesley Needham, ''Dilowa Gegen Hutukhtu'' (Tibet Society Bulletin, vol. 7, 1974), 36, note 3.</ref></blockquote><br />
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In Bhutan the title Shabdrung refers to Ngawang Namgyal (1594–1651), the founder of the Bhutanese state, or one of his successive reincarnations.<br />
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== Chutuktu ==<br />
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Another related term is that of ''chutuktu''<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Theosophical Glossary'' (Krotona, CA: Theosophical Publishing House, 1973), 85.</ref> (Mongolian script: ᠺᠦᠲᠦᠭᠲᠦ or ᠬᠤᠲᠤᠭᠲᠤ, Qutuγtu or Kutuqtu; Cyrillic: Хутагт, Khutagt or Khutuktu; also spelled as Hutuktu, Huthugtu, Houtouktou, or hothogthu). This is a Mongolian term used by Tibetans to refer to a "divine" incarnation.<ref>In a personal communication, [[David Reigle]] stated he has a book in Tibetan whose author is called a "ho thog thu" (written in Tibetan characters). This shows that Tibetans used the Mongolian title hutukhtu.</ref> [[H. P. Blavatsky|Mme. Blavatsky]] defines it as:<br />
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<blockquote>Chutuktu (Tib.). An incarnation of Buddha or of some Bodhisattva, as believed in Tibet, where there are generally five manifesting and two secret Chutuktus among the high Lamas.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Theosophical Glossary'' (Krotona, CA: Theosophical Publishing House, 1973), 85.</ref></blockquote><br />
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== Other related terms ==<br />
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[[H. P. Blavatsky]] also related this concept with that of [[Bodhisattva]]s and [[Nirmanakaya]]s:<br />
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<blockquote>The five chief Bodhisattvas, or Hubilgans of Tibet, each of whom is the bodily temple of the spirit of one of the five Buddhas.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. III (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1995), 183.</ref></blockquote><br />
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<blockquote>Thus a Nirmânakâya is not, as popularly believed, the body “in which a Buddha or a Bodhisattva appears on earth”, but verily one, who whether a Chutuktu or a Khubilkhan, an adept or a yogi during life, has since become a member of that invisible Host which ever protects and watches over Humanity within Karmic limits.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Theosophical Glossary'' (Krotona, CA: Theosophical Publishing House, 1973), 231.</ref></blockquote><br />
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== Notes ==<br />
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[[Category:Mongolian terms]]<br />
[[Category:Theosophical concepts]]<br />
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[[Category:Buddhist concepts]]</div>Jon Fergushttps://theosophy.wiki/w-en/index.php?title=Khobilgan&diff=40615Khobilgan2019-12-02T19:07:35Z<p>Jon Fergus: /* Chutuktu */</p>
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<div>'''Khobilgan''' (variously spelled as hobilgan, hobilghan, hobilhan, hubilhan, hubilgan, hubilkhan, khubilgan, or khubilkhan) is a Mongolian term related to the idea in Tibet of high lamas being the "reincarnations" of different Buddhas and other spiritual personalities. <br />
<br />
[[H. P. Blavatsky]] used the term Khobilgan to refer to the higher and initiated Lamas of Tibet,<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. XIII (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1982), 330.</ref> who can be seen as incarnations of a Buddha-like spirit.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. III (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1995), 179.</ref><br />
<br />
== Divine Reincarnations ==<br />
<br />
In a glossary compiled by John R. Krueger, the term Khobilgan is defined as follows: <br />
<br />
<blockquote>khubilgan (Mo. qubilgan) a transformation, i.e., someone who has changed his shape from a previously reincarnated Buddhist saint into his present form.”<ref>Aleksei M. Pozdneyev ''Religion and Ritual in Society: Lamaist Buddhism in Late 19th-Century Mongolia'' (Bloomington: The Mongolia Society, Inc., 1978), 680.</ref></blockquote><br />
<br />
[[Tibetan Buddhism|Tibetan Buddhists]] believe that the [[Buddha]]s, Bodhisattvas, and even [[Dhyāni-Buddha]]s reincarnate in some of their high Lamas. [[H. P. Blavatsky]], however, interpreted this teaching in a more abstract way. She wrote: <br />
<br />
<blockquote>The Taley-Lamas of Tibet claim to be [reincarnations] of Buddha. The latter, by the way, are loosely called Shaberons and Hubilgans (both in various degrees reincarnations, not of Buddha, the MAN, but of his Buddha-like divine spirit).<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. III (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1995), 179.</ref></blockquote><br />
<br />
Drawing from E. R. Huc,<ref>"These living Buddhas compose the numerous class of the Chaberons, of whom we have before spoken. The most celebrated are the Tale Lama, at Lha-Ssa; the Bandchan Remboutchi, at Djachi-Loumbo; the Guison-Tamba, at Grand-Kouren; the Tchang-Kia-Fo, at Pekin; and the Sa-Dcha-Fo, in the county of the Ssamba, at the foot of the Himalaya mountains." Evariste Régis Huc, ''Recollections of a journey through Tartary, Thibet, and China, during the years 1844, 1845, and 1846'' vol. 2 (1852), 213. Reference provided by [[David Reigle]].</ref> Mme. Blavatsky described the "reincarnations" of the "buddha-like spirit" at the time in Tibet as follows:<br />
<br />
<blockquote>These five “Hubilgans” are distributed in the following order:<br><br />
(1) Taley-Lama, of Lhasa, the incarnation of the “Spiritual passive wisdom,”—which proceeds from Gautama or Siddhartha Buddha, or Fo.<br><br />
(2) Ban-dhe-chan Rim-po-che, at Tashi Lhünpo. He is “the active earthly wisdom.”<br><br />
(3) Sa-Dcha-Fo, or the “Mouthpiece of Buddha,” otherwise the “word” at Ssamboo.<br><br />
(4) Guison-Tamba—the “Precursor” (of Budda) at the Grand Kuren.<br><br />
(5) Tchang-Zya-Fo-Lang, in the Altai mountains. He is called the “Successor” (of Buddha).<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. III (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1995), 185.</ref></blockquote><br />
<br />
== Shaberon ==<br />
<br />
A related term is that of ''Shaberon'', a term connected to the Tibetan ''zhabs-drung'' (shabrong, also spelled as zabdrung or shabdrung). According to [[H. P. Blavatsky|Mme. Blavatsky]], Shaberons are one degree lower than the Khobilgans.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. III (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1995), 185.</ref> This is supported by a quote from a famous book by the Russian Mongolianist Pozdneev:<ref>''Sketches of the Life of Buddhist Monasteries and Clergy in Mongolia'' (1887 Russian edition), 249.</ref><br />
<br />
<blockquote>What concerns the young hubilgans [= Tib. sprul-sku] they do not bear any titles in their first, second and even third reincarnation; moreover, they are rarely even called the "hubilgans", but more often they are known by the name 'shabron' which really means 'a young hubilgan'.</blockquote><br />
<br />
Similarly, Wesley Needham, a more modern scholar, wrote:<br />
<br />
<blockquote>Shaberon is the Mongol title of a Hubilgan not officially confirmed, or whose previous incarnations were not known or recorded.<ref>Wesley Needham, ''Dilowa Gegen Hutukhtu'' (Tibet Society Bulletin, vol. 7, 1974), 36, note 3.</ref></blockquote><br />
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In Bhutan the title Shabdrung refers to Ngawang Namgyal (1594–1651), the founder of the Bhutanese state, or one of his successive reincarnations.<br />
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== Chutuktu ==<br />
<br />
Another related term is that of ''chutuktu''<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Theosophical Glossary'' (Krotona, CA: Theosophical Publishing House, 1973), 85.</ref> (Mongolian script: ᠺᠦᠲᠦᠭᠲᠦ or ᠬᠤᠲᠤᠭᠲᠤ, Qutuγtu or Kutuqtu; Cyrillic: Хутагт, Khutagt or Khutuktu; also spelled as Hutuktu, Huthugtu, Houtouktou, or hothogthu). This is a Mongolian term used by Tibetans to refer to a "divine" incarnation.<ref>In a personal communication, [[David Reigle]] stated he has a book in Tibetan whose author is called a "ho thog thu" (written in Tibetan characters). This shows that Tibetans used the Mongolian title hutukhtu.</ref> [[H. P. Blavatsky|Mme. Blavatsky]] defines it as:<br />
<br />
<blockquote>Chutuktu (Tib.). An incarnation of Buddha or of some Bodhisattva, as believed in Tibet, where there are generally five manifesting and two secret Chutuktus among the high Lamas.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Theosophical Glossary'' (Krotona, CA: Theosophical Publishing House, 1973), 85.</ref></blockquote><br />
<br />
== Other related terms ==<br />
<br />
[[H. P. Blavatsky]] also related this concept with that of [[Bodhisattva]]s and [[Nirmanakaya]]s:<br />
<br />
<blockquote>The five chief Bodhisattvas, or Hubilgans of Tibet, each of whom is the bodily temple of the spirit of one of the five Buddhas.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. III (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1995), 183.</ref></blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>Thus a Nirmânakâya is not, as popularly believed, the body “in which a Buddha or a Bodhisattva appears on earth”, but verily one, who whether a Chutuktu or a Khubilkhan, an adept or a yogi during life, has since become a member of that invisible Host which ever protects and watches over Humanity within Karmic limits.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Theosophical Glossary'' (Krotona, CA: Theosophical Publishing House, 1973), 231.</ref></blockquote><br />
<br />
== Notes ==<br />
<br />
<references/><br />
<br />
<br />
[[Category:Mongolian terms]]<br />
[[Category:Theosophical concepts]]<br />
<br />
[[Category:Buddhist concepts]]</div>Jon Fergushttps://theosophy.wiki/w-en/index.php?title=Khobilgan&diff=40614Khobilgan2019-12-02T18:53:31Z<p>Jon Fergus: /* Chutuktu */ added Mongolian scripts & transliterations</p>
<hr />
<div>'''Khobilgan''' (variously spelled as hobilgan, hobilghan, hobilhan, hubilhan, hubilgan, hubilkhan, khubilgan, or khubilkhan) is a Mongolian term related to the idea in Tibet of high lamas being the "reincarnations" of different Buddhas and other spiritual personalities. <br />
<br />
[[H. P. Blavatsky]] used the term Khobilgan to refer to the higher and initiated Lamas of Tibet,<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. XIII (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1982), 330.</ref> who can be seen as incarnations of a Buddha-like spirit.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. III (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1995), 179.</ref><br />
<br />
== Divine Reincarnations ==<br />
<br />
In a glossary compiled by John R. Krueger, the term Khobilgan is defined as follows: <br />
<br />
<blockquote>khubilgan (Mo. qubilgan) a transformation, i.e., someone who has changed his shape from a previously reincarnated Buddhist saint into his present form.”<ref>Aleksei M. Pozdneyev ''Religion and Ritual in Society: Lamaist Buddhism in Late 19th-Century Mongolia'' (Bloomington: The Mongolia Society, Inc., 1978), 680.</ref></blockquote><br />
<br />
[[Tibetan Buddhism|Tibetan Buddhists]] believe that the [[Buddha]]s, Bodhisattvas, and even [[Dhyāni-Buddha]]s reincarnate in some of their high Lamas. [[H. P. Blavatsky]], however, interpreted this teaching in a more abstract way. She wrote: <br />
<br />
<blockquote>The Taley-Lamas of Tibet claim to be [reincarnations] of Buddha. The latter, by the way, are loosely called Shaberons and Hubilgans (both in various degrees reincarnations, not of Buddha, the MAN, but of his Buddha-like divine spirit).<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. III (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1995), 179.</ref></blockquote><br />
<br />
Drawing from E. R. Huc,<ref>"These living Buddhas compose the numerous class of the Chaberons, of whom we have before spoken. The most celebrated are the Tale Lama, at Lha-Ssa; the Bandchan Remboutchi, at Djachi-Loumbo; the Guison-Tamba, at Grand-Kouren; the Tchang-Kia-Fo, at Pekin; and the Sa-Dcha-Fo, in the county of the Ssamba, at the foot of the Himalaya mountains." Evariste Régis Huc, ''Recollections of a journey through Tartary, Thibet, and China, during the years 1844, 1845, and 1846'' vol. 2 (1852), 213. Reference provided by [[David Reigle]].</ref> Mme. Blavatsky described the "reincarnations" of the "buddha-like spirit" at the time in Tibet as follows:<br />
<br />
<blockquote>These five “Hubilgans” are distributed in the following order:<br><br />
(1) Taley-Lama, of Lhasa, the incarnation of the “Spiritual passive wisdom,”—which proceeds from Gautama or Siddhartha Buddha, or Fo.<br><br />
(2) Ban-dhe-chan Rim-po-che, at Tashi Lhünpo. He is “the active earthly wisdom.”<br><br />
(3) Sa-Dcha-Fo, or the “Mouthpiece of Buddha,” otherwise the “word” at Ssamboo.<br><br />
(4) Guison-Tamba—the “Precursor” (of Budda) at the Grand Kuren.<br><br />
(5) Tchang-Zya-Fo-Lang, in the Altai mountains. He is called the “Successor” (of Buddha).<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. III (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1995), 185.</ref></blockquote><br />
<br />
== Shaberon ==<br />
<br />
A related term is that of ''Shaberon'', a term connected to the Tibetan ''zhabs-drung'' (shabrong, also spelled as zabdrung or shabdrung). According to [[H. P. Blavatsky|Mme. Blavatsky]], Shaberons are one degree lower than the Khobilgans.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. III (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1995), 185.</ref> This is supported by a quote from a famous book by the Russian Mongolianist Pozdneev:<ref>''Sketches of the Life of Buddhist Monasteries and Clergy in Mongolia'' (1887 Russian edition), 249.</ref><br />
<br />
<blockquote>What concerns the young hubilgans [= Tib. sprul-sku] they do not bear any titles in their first, second and even third reincarnation; moreover, they are rarely even called the "hubilgans", but more often they are known by the name 'shabron' which really means 'a young hubilgan'.</blockquote><br />
<br />
Similarly, Wesley Needham, a more modern scholar, wrote:<br />
<br />
<blockquote>Shaberon is the Mongol title of a Hubilgan not officially confirmed, or whose previous incarnations were not known or recorded.<ref>Wesley Needham, ''Dilowa Gegen Hutukhtu'' (Tibet Society Bulletin, vol. 7, 1974), 36, note 3.</ref></blockquote><br />
<br />
In Bhutan the title Shabdrung refers to Ngawang Namgyal (1594–1651), the founder of the Bhutanese state, or one of his successive reincarnations.<br />
<br />
== Chutuktu ==<br />
<br />
Another related term is that of ''chutuktu''<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Theosophical Glossary'' (Krotona, CA: Theosophical Publishing House, 1973), 85.</ref> (Mongolian script: ᠬᠤᠲᠤᠭᠲᠤ, Qutuγtu or Kutuqtu; Cyrillic: Хутагт, Khutagt or Khutuktu; also spelled as Hutuktu, Huthugtu, Houtouktou, or hothogthu). This is a Mongolian term used by Tibetans to refer to a "divine" incarnation.<ref>In a personal communication, [[David Reigle]] stated he has a book in Tibetan whose author is called a "ho thog thu" (written in Tibetan characters). This shows that Tibetans used the Mongolian title hutukhtu.</ref> [[H. P. Blavatsky|Mme. Blavatsky]] defines it as:<br />
<br />
<blockquote>Chutuktu (Tib.). An incarnation of Buddha or of some Bodhisattva, as believed in Tibet, where there are generally five manifesting and two secret Chutuktus among the high Lamas.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Theosophical Glossary'' (Krotona, CA: Theosophical Publishing House, 1973), 85.</ref></blockquote><br />
<br />
== Other related terms ==<br />
<br />
[[H. P. Blavatsky]] also related this concept with that of [[Bodhisattva]]s and [[Nirmanakaya]]s:<br />
<br />
<blockquote>The five chief Bodhisattvas, or Hubilgans of Tibet, each of whom is the bodily temple of the spirit of one of the five Buddhas.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. III (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1995), 183.</ref></blockquote><br />
<br />
<blockquote>Thus a Nirmânakâya is not, as popularly believed, the body “in which a Buddha or a Bodhisattva appears on earth”, but verily one, who whether a Chutuktu or a Khubilkhan, an adept or a yogi during life, has since become a member of that invisible Host which ever protects and watches over Humanity within Karmic limits.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Theosophical Glossary'' (Krotona, CA: Theosophical Publishing House, 1973), 231.</ref></blockquote><br />
<br />
== Notes ==<br />
<br />
<references/><br />
<br />
<br />
[[Category:Mongolian terms]]<br />
[[Category:Theosophical concepts]]<br />
<br />
[[Category:Buddhist concepts]]</div>Jon Fergus