Isis Unveiled

H. P. Blavatsky


Blavatsky's first major work on theosophy, examining religion and science in the light of Western and Oriental ancient wisdom and occult and spiritualistic phenomena.

Theosophical University Press Online Edition (print versions also available). Electronic version ISBN 1-55700-135-9. This edition may be downloaded for off-line viewing without charge. For ease of searching, no diacritical marks appear in the electronic version of the text.

The present edition is a faithful reprinting of Isis Unveiled as originally published in New York in 1877.

The Index has been considerably enlarged, and an Appendix added, containing a Bibliographical Index of works and authors quoted and two articles by HPB on the writing of Isis Unveiled: "Theories about Reincarnation and Spirits" (1886) and "My Books" (1891).

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VOLUME 1

TITLE PAGE
PREFACE (pages v - viii)
BEFORE THE VEIL (pages ix - xlv)

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       Volume First: THE "INFALLIBILITY" OF MODERN SCIENCE.

CHAPTER 1: OLD THINGS WITH NEW NAMES (pages 1 - 38)
CHAPTER 2: PHENOMENA AND FORCES (pages 39 - 73)
CHAPTER 3: BLIND LEADERS OF THE BLIND (pages 74 - 99)
CHAPTER 4: THEORIES RESPECTING PSYCHIC PHENOMENA (pages 100 - 125)
CHAPTER 5: THE ETHER, OR "ASTRAL LIGHT" (pages 126 - 162)
CHAPTER 6: PSYCHO-PHYSICAL PHENOMENA (pages 163 - 205)
CHAPTER 7: THE ELEMENTS, ELEMENTALS, AND ELEMENTARIES (pages 206 - 252)
CHAPTER 8: SOME MYSTERIES OF NATURE (pages 253 - 292)

CHAPTER 9: CYCLIC PHENOMENA (pages 293 - 337)
CHAPTER 10: THE INNER AND OUTER MAN (pages 338 - 378)
CHAPTER 11: PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PHYSICAL MARVELS (pages 379 - 416)
CHAPTER 12: THE "IMPASSABLE CHASM" (pages 417 - 461)
CHAPTER 13: REALITIES AND ILLUSION (pages 462 - 514)
CHAPTER 14: EGYPTIAN WISDOM (pages 515 - 574)
CHAPTER 15: INDIA THE CRADLE OF THE RACE (575 - 628)

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VOLUME 2

TITLE PAGE
PREFACE (iii - iv)

Mrs. Elizabeth Thompson and Baroness Burdett-Coutts.

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       Volume Second: THE "INFALLIBILITY" OF MODERN RELIGION.

CHAPTER 1: THE CHURCH: WHERE IS IT? (1-54)
CHAPTER 2: CHRISTIAN CRIMES AND HEATHEN VIRTUES. (55-122)
CHAPTER 3: DIVISIONS AMONGST THE EARLY CHRISTIANS. (123-166)
CHAPTER 4: ORIENTAL COSMOGONIES AND BIBLE RECORDS. (167-211)
CHAPTER 5: MYSTERIES OF THE KABALA. (212-250)
Hindu Cosmic Diagram
Hebrew Cosmic Diagram
CHAPTER 6: ESOTERIC DOCTRINES OF BUDDHISM PARODIED IN CHRISTIANITY. (251-290)
CHAPTER 7: EARLY CHRISTIAN HERESIES AND SECRET SOCIETIES. (291-347)
CHAPTER 8: JESUITRY AND MASONRY. (348-404)
CHAPTER 9: THE VEDAS AND THE BIBLE. (405-476)
CHAPTER 10: THE DEVIL-MYTH. (477-529)
CHAPTER 11: COMPARATIVE RESULTS OF BUDDHISM AND CHRISTIANITY. (530-586)
CHAPTER 12: CONCLUSIONS AND ILLUSTRATIONS. (587-640)

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