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'''''The Key to Theosophy''''' is a book published in 1889 by [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky]] to introduce readers to [[Theosophy]] and the [[Theosophical Society]] in an accessible question-and-answer format.
== Writing and publication ==
== Editions ==
== Editions ==


=== Online versions ===
1889 edition:
*At [http://www.theosociety.org/pasadena/key/key-hp.htm Theosophical University Press]
* [http://www.theosociety.org/pasadena/key/key-hp.htm Theosophical University Press] - digitized text
*At [http://www.theosophytrust.org/Online_Books/The_Key_to_Theosophy_V1.5.pdf Theosophy Trust]
* [http://www.phx-ult-lodge.org/aKEY.htm ULT Phoenix] - digitized text
*At [http://www.phx-ult-lodge.org/aKEY.htm ULT Phoenix]
* [http://blavatskyarchives.com/theosophypdfs/blavatsky_the_key_to_theosophy_1889.pdf Blavatsky Archives] - PDF scanned from original
*At [http://blavatskyarchives.com/theosophypdfs/blavatsky_the_key_to_theosophy_1889.pdf Blavatsky Archives]
 
2006 edition:
* [http://www.theosophytrust.org/Online_Books/The_Key_to_Theosophy_V1.5.pdf Theosophy Trust] - searchable PDF
 
== Reviews ==
 
=== Mohandas Gandhi ===
 
[[Mohandas K. Gandhi]] spoke of ''The Key to Theosophy'' in his autobiography:
:"This book stimulated in me the desire to read books on Hinduism, and disabused me of the notion fostered by the missionaries that Hinduism was rife with superstition."<ref>[http://www.mkgandhi-sarvodaya.org/autobio/chap20.htm Autobiography of Mahatma Gandhi, Chapter 20]</ref>


==Online resources==
==Online resources==
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*[http://www.theosophicalinstitute.org/medialibrary/viewtitle.php?titleid=3B9AE5C8-BED2-428B-90E5-44EAD406FA80# Studies in the Key to Theosophy (2 Parts)] by Ralph Hannon
*[http://www.theosophicalinstitute.org/medialibrary/viewtitle.php?titleid=3B9AE5C8-BED2-428B-90E5-44EAD406FA80# Studies in the Key to Theosophy (2 Parts)] by Ralph Hannon


== Notes ==
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[[Category:Books|Key to Theosophy, The]]
[[Category:Books|Key to Theosophy, The]]

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The Key to Theosophy is a book published in 1889 by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky to introduce readers to Theosophy and the Theosophical Society in an accessible question-and-answer format.

Writing and publication

Editions

1889 edition:

2006 edition:

Reviews

Mohandas Gandhi

Mohandas K. Gandhi spoke of The Key to Theosophy in his autobiography:

"This book stimulated in me the desire to read books on Hinduism, and disabused me of the notion fostered by the missionaries that Hinduism was rife with superstition."[1]

Online resources

Articles

Audio

Video

Notes