The Secret Doctrine, Vol. 2 of 4 / The Synthesis of Science, Religion, and Philosophy
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Chapters (103)
- Preliminary Notes on The Archaic Stanzas, and the Four Pre-Historic Continents.
- Part I. Anthropogenesis.
- Text.
- Stanza I.
- Stanza II.
- Stanza III.
- Stanza IV.
- Stanza V.
- Stanza VI.
- Stanza VII.
- Stanza VIII.
- Stanza IX.
- Stanza X.
- Stanza XI.
- Stanza XII.
- Commentaries On the Twelve Stanzas and Their Terms, According To Their Numeration, In Stanzas And Shlokas.
- Stanza I. Beginnings of Sentient Life.
- Two Antediluvian Astronomers.
- Stanza II. Nature Unaided Fails.
- Creation of Divine Beings in the Exoteric Accounts.
- Stanza II.—Continued.
- The Chronology of the Brâhmans.
- Stanza III. Attempts To Create Man.
- Stanza IV. Creation Of The First Races.
- On The Identity And Differences Of The Incarnating Powers.
- Stanza IV.—Continued.
- Stanza V. The Evolution of the Second Race.
- The Divine Hermaphrodite.
- Stanza VI. The Evolution Of The “Sweat-Born.”
- A Few Words About “Deluges” And “Noahs.”
- Stanza VII. From The Semi-Divine Down To The First Human Races.
- I. Fission.
- II. Budding.
- III. Spores.
- IV. Intermediate Hermaphroditism.
- V. True Sexual Union.
- Stanza VIII. Evolution Of The Animal Mammalians: The First Fall.
- What May Be The Objections To The Foregoing.
- Stanza IX. The Final Evolution Of Man.
- Edens, Serpents, And Dragons.
- The “Sons Of God” And The “Sacred Island.”
- Stanza X. The History Of The Fourth Race.
- Archaic Teachings In The “Purânas” And “Genesis.” Physical Evolution.
- A Panoramic View Of The Early Races.
- Are Giants A Fiction?
- The Races With The “Third Eye.”
- The Primeval Manus Of Humanity.
- Stanza XI. The Civilization And Destruction Of The Fourth And Fifth Races.
- Cyclopean Ruins And Colossal Stones As Witnesses To Giants.
- Stanza XII. The Fifth Race And Its Divine Instructors.
- Serpents And Dragons Under Different Symbolisms.
- The Sidereal And Cosmic Glyphs.
- Our Divine Instructors.
- The Origin Of The Satanic Myth.
- Noah Was A Kabir, Hence He Must Have Been A Demon.
- The Oldest Persian Traditions About The Polar, And The Submerged Continents.
- Western Speculations, Founded On The Greek And Paurânic Traditions.
- The “Curse” From A Philosophical Point Of View.
- Additional Fragments From A Commentary On The Verses Of Stanza XII.
- Conclusion.
- Part II. The Archaic Symbolism Of The World-Religions.
- Section I. Esoteric Tenets Corroborated in Every Scripture.
- Section II. Adam=Adami.
- Section III. The “Holy of Holies.” Its Degradation.
- Section IV. On the Myth of the “Fallen Angels” in its Various Aspects.
- A. The Evil Spirit: Who, And What?
- B. The Gods Of Light Proceed From The Gods Of Darkness.
- C. The Many Meanings Of The “War In Heaven.”
- Section V. Is Plerôma Satan's Lair?
- Section VI. Prometheus, the Titan.
- His Origin In Ancient India.
- Section VII. Enoïchion-Henoch.
- Section VIII. The Symbolism of the Mystery-Names Iao and Jehovah, with their Relation to the Cross and Circle.
- A. Cross And Circle.
- B. The Fall Of The Cross Into Matter.
- Section IX. The Upanishads in Gnostic Literature.
- Section X. The Cross and the Pythagorean Decad.
- Section XI. The Mysteries of the Hebdomad.
- A. Saptaparna.
- B. The Tetraktys In Relation To The Heptagon.
- C. The Septenary Element In The Vedas.
- D. The Septenary In The Exoteric Works.
- E. Seven In Astronomy, Science, And Magic.
- F. The Seven Souls Of The Egyptologists.
- Part III. Addenda. Science And The Secret Doctrine Contrasted.
- Section I. Archaic, or Modern Anthropology?
- Section II. The Ancestors Mankind is Offered by Science.
- Plastidular Souls, And Conscious Nerve-Cells.
- Section III. The Fossil Relics of Man and the Anthropoid Ape.
- A. Geological Facts Bearing On The Question Of Their Relationship.
- B. Western Evolutionism: The Comparative Anatomy Of Man And The Anthropoid In No Way A Confirmation Of Darwinism.
- C. Darwinism And The Antiquity Of Man: The Anthropoids And Their Ancestry.
- Section IV. Duration of the Geological Periods, Race Cycles, and the Antiquity of Man.
- A. Modern Scientific Speculations About The Ages Of The Globe, Animal Evolution, And Man.
- B. On Chains Of Planets And Their Plurality.
- C. Supplementary Remarks On Esoteric Geological Chronology.
- Section V. Organic Evolution and Creative Centres.
- A. The Origin And Evolution Of The Mammalia: Science And Esoteric Phylogeny.
- B. The European Palæolithic Races: Whence, And How Distributed.
- Section VI. Giants, Civilizations, and Submerged Continents Traced in History.
- A. Some Statements About The Sacred Islands And Continents In The Classics, Explained Esoterically.
- Section VII. Scientific and Geological Proofs of the Existence of Several Submerged Continents.
- Footnotes
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