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Table of Contents of Volume IIThe Secret Doctrine - by H.P. Blavatsky |
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IntroductionFIRST VOLUME - Cosmogenesis.Book I. Part I. - Cosmic Evolution. |
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SECOND VOLUME - Anthropogenesis
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SECOND VOLUMEANTHROPOGENESIS |
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TABLE OF CONTENTS |
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PREFACE |
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PRELIMINARY NOTES PAGE |
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On the Archaic Stanzas, and the Four Prehistoric Continents |
1 6 7 7 8 11 |
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BOOK II. - PART I.ANTHROPOGENESIS |
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STANZAS FROM THE BOOK OF DZYAN |
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STANZA I.- BEGINNINGS OF SENTIENT LIFE |
22 | |
Man, the Third Logos |
25 29 33 35 39 45 |
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TWO ANTEDILUVIAN ASTRONOMERS |
47 | |
STANZA II.- NATURE UNAIDED FAILS |
52 | |
The Monsters of Chaos |
53 57 63 |
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THE CHRONOLOGY OF THE BRAHMINS |
66 |
The Race that never dies |
67 73 |
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STANZA III.- ATTEMPTS TO CREATE MAN |
75 | |
The various classes of Creators |
77 81 83 |
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STANZA IV.- CREATION OF THE FIRST RACES |
86 | |
Pitris of the Gods and Demons |
89 |
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STANZA V.- THE EVOLUTION OF THE SECOND RACE |
109 | |
The Secret Work of Chiram |
111 |
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STANZA VI.- THE EVOLUTION OF THE SWEAT-BORN |
131 | |
Bi-sexual reproduction |
133 159 |
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STANZA VII.- FROM THE SEMI-DIVINE DOWN TO THE FIRST HUMAN RACES |
161 | |
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Monads and Rounds |
167 171 175 177 |
STANZA VIII.- EVOLUTION OF THE ANIMAL MAMMALIANS - THE FIRST |
180 | |
Archaic Zoology |
182 183 |
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WHAT MAY BE THE OBJECTIONS TO THE FOREGOING |
185 | |
STANZA IX.- THE FINAL EVOLUTION OF MAN |
191 | |
The Hairy Men of China |
195 197 199 |
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EDENS, SERPENTS AND DRAGONS |
202 | |
The Garden of Eden a College |
203 205 211 219 |
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THE SONS OF GOD AND THE SACRED ISLAND |
220 | |
The Magicians of Atlantis |
223 | |
STANZA X.- THE HISTORY OF THE FOURTH RACE |
227 | |
The Mysteries among the Mayas |
229 |
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ARCHAIC TEACHINGS IN THE PURANAS AND GENESIS |
251 | |
From worm to man |
255 259 |
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A PANORAMIC VIEW OF THE EARLY RACES |
263 | |
The Natural "Fall" |
267 269 |
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STANZA X.- CONTINUED |
271 |
The Golden Age |
273 275 |
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ARE GIANTS A FICTION? |
277 | |
The Seven Virgin Youths |
281 285 287 |
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THE RACES WITH THE "THIRD EYE" |
289 | |
Occult Physiology |
295 |
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THE PRIMEVAL MANUS OF HUMANITY |
307 | |
The Four Earlier Races |
311 313 |
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STANZA XI.- THE CIVILIZATION AND DESTRUCTION OF THE FOURTH AND FIFTH RACES |
316 | |
Degeneration of Mankind |
319 325 335 339 |
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CYCLOPEAN RUINS AND COLOSSAL STONES AS WITNESSES TO GIANTS |
341 | |
Living, Speaking, and Moving Stones |
345 349 |
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STANZA XII.- THE FIFTH RACE AND ITS DIVINE INSTRUCTORS |
351 | |
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The Astronomical Dragon |
353 355 357 365 378 390 393 401 409 |
ADDITIONAL FRAGMENTS FROM A COMMENTARY ON THE VERSES OF STANZA XII. |
423 | |
The Oldest Records about Atlantis |
425 427 434 |
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CONCLUSION |
437 | |
BOOK II. - PART II.THE ARCHAIC SYMBOLISM OF THE WORLD-RELIGIONS |
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ESOTERIC TENETS CORROBORATED IN EVERY SCRIPTURE |
449 | |
XVI. ADAM-ADAMI |
452 | |
The Cabalistic Four Adams |
457 | |
XVII. THE "HOLY OF HOLIES": ITS DEGRADATION |
459 | |
Christian Symbolism |
463 465 469 |
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XVII. ON THE MYTH OF THE "FALLEN ANGEL," IN ITS VARIOUS ASPECTS |
475 | |
The Evil Spirit: Who and What? |
475 483 492 |
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XIX. IS PLEROMA SATAN'S LAIR? |
506 | |
Jehovah's Personating Spirit |
509 512 515 |
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XX. PROMETHEUS THE TITAN |
519 |
His Origin in Ancient India |
519 523 |
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XXI. ENOICHION-HENOCH |
529 | |
XXII. THE SYMBOLISM OF THE MYSTERY NAMES IAO, AND JEHOVAH |
536 | |
Cross and Circle |
545 553 |
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XXIII. THE UPANISHADS IN GNOSTIC LITERATURE |
563 | |
When Time be no longer |
565 566 |
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XXIV. THE CROSS AND THE PYTHAGOREAN DECADE |
573 | |
Poseidon's Five Ministers |
577 583 587 |
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XXV. THE MYSTERIES OF THE HEBDOMAD |
590 | |
Saptaparna |
590 598 605 611 618 630 |
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BOOK II. -PART III.ADDENDASCIENCE AND THE SECRET DOCTRINE CONTRASTED |
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I. ARCHAIC, OR MODERN ANTHROPOLOGY? |
645 | |
The Occult and the Modern Doctrines |
649 653 |
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II.THE ANCESTORS MANKIND IS OFFERED BY SCIENCE |
656 |
Various Modes of Reproduction |
659 669 670 674 |
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III. THE FOSSIL RELICS OF MAN AND THE ANTHROPOID APE |
675 | |
Insurmountable difficulties for the Darwinians |
677 683 684 687 |
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IV. DURATION OF THE GEOLOGICAL PERIODS, RACE CYCLES AND THE ANTIQUITY OF MAN |
690 | |
Sayce's Sketch of Chronology |
691 |
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V. ORGANIC EVOLUTION AND CREATIVE CENTRES |
731 | |
Dhyan Chohans and these Centres |
732 734 738 |
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VI. GIANTS, CIVILIZATIONS, AND SUBMERGED CONTINENTS TRACED IN HISTORY |
742 |
A Mysterious Nation |
743 747 748 752 755 759 760 763 765 767 769 770 771 773 776 |
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VII. SCIENTIFIC AND GEOLOGICAL PROOFS OF THE EXISTENCE OF SEVERAL SUBMERGED CONTINENTS |
778 | |
Corroborations of Occultism by Geology |
779 781 783 785 788 790 795 |
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The End a fitting prelude to Truth |
798 |