THE SECRET DOCTRINE BY H. P. BLAVATSKY 1938 ADYAR EDITION IN SIX VOLUMES

[BLAVATSKY, Helena Petrovna]. The Secret Doctrine: The Synthesis of Science, Religion and Philosophy. Adyar, Madras, India: The Theosophical Publishing House, 1938.

Fourth Adyar Edition. Complete in six volumes. Cloth-bound. Hardcovers. Octavos. Pp. 344; 408; 452; 371; 576; 501. English text. Bound in publisher's original blue cloth. Half-titles. Portrait frontispiece to vol.1. Printed footnotes. Vol.6 forming an index and glossary. Condition: GOOD. Bindings tight and secure with the hinges and joints intact. Covers to vol.5 somewhat marked. Interiors largely well-preserved. A sound set.

Notes: The Adyar edition of this important work by Blavatsky "Her first major publication, it not only became one of the foundation stones of Theosophy, but was highly influential on the Western esoteric and magical traditions in general ..." with Aleister Crowley even going so far as to identify Blavatsky as a fellow Master of the Temple. "'The Secret Doctrine' remains today the most comprehensive sourcebook of the esoteric tradition, outlining the fundamental tenets of the Secret Doctrine of the Archaic Ages. Challenging, prophetic, and strikingly modern, it directly addresses the perennial questions: continuity of life after death, purpose of existence, good and evil, consciousness and substance, sexuality, karma, evolution, and human and planetary transformation. Based on the ancient Stanzas of Dzyan with corroborating testimony from over 1,200 sources, these volumes unfold the drama of cosmic and human evolution - from the reawakening of the gods after a Night of the Universe to the ultimate reunion of cosmos with its divine source."