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The Story of Creation – According to ‘The Secret Doctrine’

21 juni 2023

By Elizabeth W. Preston

109 Pages | First published in 1947, second and revised edition 1968, Second reprint 2007 | Softcover | Theosophical Publishing House, Adyar | ISBN 8170591562

In a first attempt to read The Secret Doctrine (1888), many students lose their way in the richness and exuberance of its ideas. It is like a wood, where the trees are so dense, varied and beautiful that it is difficult to find or follow any special path. For this reason - wishing to follow one path - that of science, and to find out exactly what The Secret Doctrine does say on certain scientific subjects, I have extracted such portions as as appear to have a direct scientific value and interest. These extracts are strictly in the order, in which they appear in the Original.

Writers, such as Mrs. Besant, Mrs. Ransom and Mr. E.L. Gardner have contributed studies in and expansions of certain portions of the teachings. The author's has been a simplification rather than a commentary or elaboration. She tries to indicate very briefly what appears to her to be the main content of each section, comparing the statements with modern scientific thought and terminology.

From the Introduction:

" The 'Secret Doctrine' was first published in 1888. Its purpose, as given by Madame Blavatsky, is:

  1. To show that Nature is not a fortuitous concurrence of atoms.
  2. To assign to man his rightful place in the scheme of the universe.
  3. To rescue from degradation the archaic truths, which are at the basis of all religion.
  4. To uncover, to some extent, the fundamental unity from which they all spring.
  5. To show that the occult side of Nature has never been approached by the science of modern civilization.

The teachings of The Secret Doctrine are based on an ancient book called the 'Book of Dzyan'. In prehistoric times, about 80.000 - 20.000 BC, a civilization existed in Central Asia in the districts now known as the plateau of Tibet and the valley of the Tarim. The 'Book of Dzyan', which was originally written in a language called Senzar, is part of a larger work which was dictated by Divine Beings to the Initiates in the early days of this civilization. Some of the manuscripts were said to be in the keeping of the Teshu Lama, at Shigatse. Madama Blavatsky stated that centuries would pass before much more of 'The Secret Doctrine' is given out, but in the twentieth century another disciple may be sent to give proof of the existence of the Secret Science . . . "

auteur: Preston, E.W.
ISBN: 8170591562
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