The Secret Doctrine, Vol. 2 of 4 / The Synthesis of Science, Religion, and Philosophy - H. P. Blavatsky

Anthropogenesis

The Theosophical Publishing House

London

1893

[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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