H. P. BLAVATSKY (1831-1891) was the principal founder of the Theosophical Society in 1875, and the major inspiration of the resulting Theosophical Movement. Her best known works are Isis Unveiled (1877) and The Secret Doctrine (1888).
Of almost equal importance were her voluminous periodical writings which she contributed to the Theosophist, Lucifer, The Path and other Theosophical journals and nineteenth-century periodicals.
The articles of Madame Blavatsky are an invaluable source of Theosophical teaching and explanation, so in 1963 The Theosophy Company of Los Angeles gathered them into a series of 37 pamphlets – usefully grouped into related themes to make them more easily accessible to students and researchers – and later into the three volume hard back edition pictured.
The three volumes are not her complete works but they include her best known and major articles, along with important comments and contributions to the magazines she edited.
To purchase the hardback set, see Price List on top right of the library page.
These articles are also available in a series of 37 pamphlets from the USA and India; note that the numbers of the American and Indian pamphlets are different.
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CONTENTS – Alphabetical | ||
[ for the three volumes of 164 articles ] | ||
A | ||
Adyar, A Puzzle from | I | 217 |
A Few Thoughts on Some Wise Words from a Wise Man | III | 80 |
Affinities between Man and Nature, The Electric and Magnetic | II | 397 |
African Magic | II | 520 |
After-Life, Dialogue on the Mysteries of the | II | 194 |
Ahriman, The Devil’s Own—Thoughts on Ormuzd and | III | 300 |
An Astral Prophet | II | 369 |
Ancient Doctrines Vindicated by Modern Prophecy | III | 76 |
Ancient Magic in Modern Science | II | 431 |
Animals Souls? Have | II | 301 |
Animals Suffer? Why Do | II | 327 |
Animated Statues | II | 337 |
A Note on “Memory” | II | 206 |
Answers, Queries and | II | 467 |
Answers to Queries | I | 328 |
Antiquity of the Vedas | III | 321 |
Apostles and Pseudo-Messiahs, Modern | II | 514 |
Appendix, Editorial | III | 330 |
Appollonius Tyaneus and Simon Magus | III | 161 |
Are Chelas “Mediums”? | I | 295 |
Art and Beauty, Civilization, the Death of | I | 149 |
Atoms, Transmigration of the | II | 249 |
Authorities, Literary Jottings on Criticism and | II | 389 |
B | ||
Babel of Modern Thought, The | III | 35 |
Black Magic in Science | II | 418 |
Blessings of Publicity, The | II | 393 |
Books, My | I | 475 |
Brothers”, Madame Blavatsky on the “Himalayan | I | 315 |
Buddhism” and the “Secret Doctrine”, “Esoteric | III | 18 |
Buddhism”, A Puzzle in “Esoteric | III | 10 |
Buddhism, Christianity and Phallicism | III | 29 |
C | ||
Cagliostro a “Charlatan”? Was | III | 152 |
Can the Mahatmas Be Selfish? | I | 321 |
Case of Obsession, A | II | 485 |
Cat”, “It’s the | I | 496 |
Chelas | I | 299 |
Chelas and Lay Chelas | I | 308 |
Chinese Spirits | II | 348 |
Christianity and Phallicism, Buddhism, | III | 29 |
Christianity, Leo Tolstoi and His Unecclesiastical | III | 109 |
Christmas Then and Christmas Now | III | 58 |
Church and Masonry, The Roots of Ritualism in | III | 203 |
Church, Star-Angel Worship in the Roman Catholic | III | 386 |
Civilization, The Death of Art and Beauty | I | 149 |
Classification of “Principles” | II | 233 |
Comment, Editorial | III | 91 |
Crime? Is Foeticide a | II | 335 |
Crime? Is Suicide a | II | 329 |
Criticism and Authorities, Literary Jottings on | II | 389 |
Critics, Old Philosophers and Modern | I | 12 |
Cross and Fire | II | 490 |
Culture, Progress and | III | 309 |
Cycle and the Next, Our | I | 367 |
Cycle Moveth, The | I | 355 |
Cycles, The Theory of | III | 369 |
Cycle, The New | I | 397 |
D | ||
Danger, A Signal of | III | 145 |
Dead, She Being, Yet Speaketh | I | 115 |
Death and Satan, Stray Thoughts on | Ill | 267 |
Death, Life and | II | 264 |
Death of Art and Beauty, Civilization, the | I | 149 |
Denials and the Mistakes of the Nineteenth Century, The | III | 132 |
Denunciation a Duty? Is | I | 199 |
Desire to Live Selfish? Is the | II | 115 |
Devil’s Own, The—Thoughts on Ormuzd and Ahriman | III | 300 |
Diagnoses and Palliatives | III | 117 |
Dialogue on the Mysteries of the After-Life | II | 194 |
Dialogues between the Two Editors | II | 38 |
“Discrepancies”, Seeming | I | 488 |
Doctrines, Ancient, Vindicated by Modern Prophecy | III | 76 |
Does Vaccination Prevent Smallpox? | I | 337 |
Dogma, A Society without a | I | 260 |
Do the Rishis Exist? | III | 365 |
Drift of Western Spiritualism, The | II | 458 |
Druses, Lamas and | III | 281 |
Dual Aspect of Wisdom, The | II | 28 |
Duty? Is Denunciation a | I | 199 |
Dying, Memory in the | II | 375 |
E | ||
Editorial Appendix | III | 330 |
Editorial Comment | III | 91 |
Editors, Dialogues between the Two | II | 38 |
1888 | I | 215 |
1890! On the New Year’s Morrow | II | 495 |
Eighth Wonder, The | III | 63 |
Electric and Magnetic Affinities between Man and Nature, The | II | 397 |
Elementals | II | 127 |
Elementals, Thoughts on the | II | 164 |
Esoteric Axioms and Spiritual Speculations | III | 326 |
“Esoteric Buddhism” and the “Secret Doctrine” | III | 18 |
“Esoteric Buddhism”, A Puzzle in | III | 10 |
Esoteric Character of the Gospels | III | 168 |
Evil, The Origin of | I | 124 |
F | ||
Fall of Ideals, The | I | 137 |
Fascination, Hypnotism and its Relations to Other Modes of | II | 477 |
Fellow-Men? What Shall We Do for Our | I | 459 |
Few Thoughts on Some Wise Words from a Wise Man, A | III | 80 |
Fire, Cross and | II | 490 |
Foeticide a Crime? Is | II | 335 |
Force of Prejudice, The | III | 1 |
Fragments | II | 526 |
G | ||
Genius | II | 119 |
Gospels, Esoteric Character of the | III | 168 |
H | ||
Have Animals Souls? | II | 301 |
“Himalayan Brothers”, Madame Blavatsky on the | I | 315 |
Hindu Ships, Old | I | 335 |
History of a Planet, The | III | 376 |
H. P. Blavatsky on Precipitation and Other Matters | II | 508 |
Human Magnets, Nature’s | II | 355 |
Hypnotism and Its Relations to Other Modes of Fascination | II | 477 |
I | ||
Ideals, The Fall of | I | 137 |
Imperfections of Science, The | II | 446 |
India, Why 1 Do Not Return to | 1 | 106 |
Intro-Version of Mental Vision | II | 474 |
Is Creation Possible for Man? | 1 | 324 |
Is Denunciation a Duty? | I | 199 |
Is Foeticide a Crime? | II | 335 |
“Isis Unveiled” and the “Theosophist” on Reincarnation | I | 491 |
Isis Unveiled and the Visishtadwaita | III | 264 |
Is Suicide a Crime? | II | 329 |
Is the Desire to Live Selfish? | II | 115 |
Is Theosophy a Religion? | I | 56 |
“It’s the Cat!” | I | 496 |
J | ||
Jesuitism? Theosophy or | III | 95 |
K | ||
Kabalah and the Kabalists, The | III | 235 |
Karmic Visions | I | 382 |
Kosmic Mind | II | 179 |
Kum Bum, The Sacred Tree of | III | 352 |
L | ||
Lamas and Druses | III | 281 |
Land of Mystery, A | III | 410 |
Last Song of the Swan, The | I | 409 |
Lay Chelas, Chelas and | I | 308 |
Leo Tolstoi and His Unecclesiastical Christianity | III | 109 |
Le Phare de L`Inconnu | I | 424 |
“Let Every Man Prove His Own Work” | I | 69 |
Life and Death | II | 264 |
Life Atoms, Transmigration of the | II | 249 |
Life Principle, The | II | 257 |
Life, The Science of | II | 207 |
Literary Jottings on Criticism, Authorities, and Other Matters | II | 389 |
Lodges of Magic | I | 287 |
Logic Versus Peripatetic | II | 461 |
‘Lucifer’,” “To the Readers of | I | 279 |
“Lucifer”, What’s in a Name?—Why the Magazine is called | III | 369 |
M | ||
Madame Blavatsky on “the Himalayan Brothers” | I | 315 |
Magic, African | II | 520 |
Magic in Modern Science, Ancient | II | 431 |
Magic in Science, Black | II | 418 |
Magic, Lodges of | I | 287 |
Magnetic Affinities between Man and Nature, The Electric | II | 397 |
Magnetism, The Substantial Nature of | II | 402 |
Magnets, Nature’s Human | II | 355 |
Magus, Simon and Appollonius Tyaneus | III | 161 |
Mahatmas and Chelas | I | 293 |
Mahatmas Be Selfish? Can the | I | 321 |
Mahatmas”, “The Theosophical | I | 301 |
Masonry, The Roots of Ritualism in Church and | III | 203 |
“Mediums”? Are Chelas | I | 295 |
Memory, A Note on | II | 206 |
Memory in the Dying | II | 375 |
Mental Vision, Intro-Version of | II | 474 |
Mind in Nature, The | II | 217 |
Mind, Kosmic | II | 179 |
Missing Link, The | I | 341 |
Mistaken Notions on the “Secret Doctrine” | I | 485 |
Mistakes of the Nineteenth Century, The | III | 132 |
Modern Apostles and Pseudo-Messiahs | II | 514 |
Modern Thought, The Babel | III | 35 |
Mote and the Beam, The | I | 176 |
My Books | I | 475 |
Mysteries of the After-Life, Dialogue on the | II | 194 |
Mysterious Race, A | III | 55 |
Mystery, A Land of | III | 410 |
N | ||
Name? What’s in a—Why the Magazine is called “Lucifer” | III | 368 |
Nature’s Human Magnets | II | 355 |
Nature, The Electric and Magnetic Affinities between Man and | II | 397 |
Nature, The Mind in | II | 217 |
Negators of Science, The | II | 75 |
New Cycle, The | I | 397 |
New Year’s Morrow, 1890! On the | II | 495 |
Nineteenth Century, The Denials and Mistakes of the | III | 132 |
Noetic Action, Psychic and | II | 7 |
Number Seven and Our Society, The | I | 351 |
Number Seven, The | I | 345 |
Numbers, Stars and | III | 401 |
Nutshell, The Universe in a | II | 290 |
O | ||
Objects, Our Three | I | 83 |
Obsession, A Case of | II | 485 |
Occultism, Practical | II | 91 |
Occultism Versus the Occult Arts | II | 100 |
Occult or Exact Science | II | 46 |
Old Hindu Ships | I | 335 |
Old Philosophers and Modern Critics | I | 12 |
Olympus, War in | II | 448 |
On Pseudo-Theosophy | I | 161 |
On the New Year’s Morrow, 1890! | II | 495 |
Organisation of the Theosophical Society, The | I | 223 |
Origin of Evil, The | I | 124 |
Ormuzd and Ahriman, The Devil’s Own—Thoughts on | III | 300 |
Our Cycle and the Next | I | 367 |
Our Three Objects | I | 83 |
P | ||
Palliatives, Diagnoses and | III | 117 |
Paradoxical World, A | I | 187 |
Peripatetic, Logic Versus | II | 461 |
Persian Zoroastrianism and Russian Vandalism | III | 293 |
Pertinent Queries | III | 15 |
Pertinent Questions | III | 165 |
Phallicism, Buddhism, Christianity and | III | 29 |
Phare de L’Inconnu, Le | I | 424 |
Phenomenal Growths, Premature and | I | 420 |
Phenomena? What of | I | 79 |
Philosophers and Modern Critics, Old | I | 12 |
Philosophers and Philosophicules | I | 91 |
Planet, The History of a | III | 376 |
Popular Idea of Soul-Survival, The | II | 223 |
Posthumous Publication, A | III | 276 |
Practical Occultism | II | 91 |
Pralaya of Modern Science, The | II | 443 |
“Precipitation” | II | 505 |
Precipitation and Other Matters, H.P.B. on | II | 508 |
Prejudice, The Force of | III | 1 |
Premature and Phenomenal Growths | I | 420 |
“Principles”, Classification of | II | 233 |
Principles, Re-Classification of | II | 244 |
Principle, The Life | II | 257 |
Progress and Culture | III | 309 |
Progress, Spiritual | II | 110 |
Prophecy, Ancient Doctrines Vindicated by Modern | III | 76 |
Prophet, An Astral | II | 369 |
Pseudo-Messiahs, Modern Apostles and | Il | 514 |
Pseudo-Theosophy, On | I | 161 |
Psychic and Noetic Action | II | 7 |
Psychic Warning, A | II | 364 |
Psychology—The Science of the Soul | II | 1 |
Publicity, The Blessings of | II | 393 |
Puzzle from Adyar, A | I | 217 |
Puzzle in “Esoteric Buddhism”, A | III | 10 |
Q | ||
Queries and Answers | II | 467 |
Queries, Answers to | I | 328 |
Queries, Pertinent | III | 15 |
Questions Answered, Some Scientific | II | 440 |
Questions, Pertinent | III | 165 |
R | ||
Race, A Mysterious | III | 55 |
Recent Progress in Theosophy | I | 265 |
Re-Classification of Principles | II | 244 |
Reincarnation and Spirits, Theories about | II | 274 |
Reincarnation, “Isis Unveiled” and the “Theosophist” on | I | 491 |
Reincarnations in Tibet | III | 356 |
Religion? Is Theosophy a | I | 56 |
Rishis Exist? Do the | III | 365 |
Roman Catholic Church, Star-Angel-Worship in the | III | 386 |
Roots of Ritualism in Church and Masonry, The | III | 203 |
Russian Vandalism, Persian Zoroastrianism and | III | 293 |
S | ||
Sacred Tree of Kum Bum, The | III | 352 |
Satan, Stray Throughts on Death and | III | 267 |
Science, Ancient Magic in Modern | II | 431 |
Science, Black Magic in | II | 418 |
Science? Occult or Exact | II | 46 |
Science of Life, The | II | 207 |
Science of the Soul, Psychology—The | II | 1 |
Science, The Imperfections of | II | 446 |
Science, The Negators of | II | 75 |
Science, The Pralaya of Modern | II | 443 |
Scientific Questions Answered, Some | II | 440 |
“Secret Doctrine”, “Esoteric Buddhism” and the | III | 18 |
“Secret Doctrine”, Mistaken Notions on the | I | 485 |
Seeming “Discrepancies” | I | 488 |
Seven and Our Society, The Number | I | 351 |
Seventeen-Rayed Sun Disc, The | III | 53 |
Seven, The Number | I | 345 |
She Being Dead Yet Speaketh | I | 115 |
Signal of Danger, A | III | 145 |
Signs of the Times, The | II | 381 |
Smallpox? Does Vaccination Prevent | I | 337 |
Society without a Dogma, A | I | 260 |
Some Scientific Questions Answered | II | 440 |
Song of the Swan, The Last | I | 409 |
Soul, Psychology—The Science of the | II | 1 |
Souls? Have Animals | II | 301 |
Soul-Survival, The Popular Idea of | II | 223 |
Spirits, Chinese | II | 348 |
Spirits, Theories about Reincarnation and | II | 274 |
Spiritualism, The Drift of Western | II | 458 |
Spiritualism, Theosophy and | II | 368 |
Spiritual Progress | II | 110 |
Spiritual Speculations, Exoteric Axioms and | III | 326 |
Star-Angel Worship in the Roman Catholic Church | III | 386 |
Stars and Numbers | III | 401 |
Statues, Animated | II | 337 |
Stray Thoughts on Death and Satan | III | 267 |
Substantial Nature of Magnetism, The | II | 402 |
Suicide a Crime? Is | II | 329 |
Sun-Disc, The Seventeen-Rayed | III | 53 |
Swan, The Last Song of the | I | 409 |
T | ||
Tetragrammaton | III | 249 |
Theories about Reincarnation and Spirits | II | 274 |
Theory of Cycles, The | III | 69 |
Theosophical Mahatmas”, “The | I | 301 |
Theosophical Society, Its Mission and Its Future, The … | I | 245 |
Theosophical Society, The Organisation of the | I | 223 |
“Theosophist” on Reincarnation, “Isis Unveiled” and the | I | 491 |
Theosophists? What Are the | I | 48 |
Theosophy and Spiritualism | II | 368 |
Theosophy a Religion? Is | I | 56 |
Theosophy, A Year of | I | 210 |
Theosophy or Jesuitism? | III | 95 |
Theosophy, Recent Progress in | I | 265 |
Theosophy? What is | I | 39 |
Thoughts on Some Wise Words from a Wise Man, A Few | III | 80 |
Thoughts on the Elementals | II | 164 |
Thought, The Babel of Modern | III | 35 |
Tibetan Teachings | III | 337 |
Tibet, Reincarnations in | III | 356 |
Tidal Wave, The | I | 99 |
Times, Signs of the | II | 381 |
Tolstoi and His Unecclesiastical Christianity, Leo | III | 109 |
“To the Readers of ‘Lucifer’ ” | I | 279 |
Transmigration of the Life Atoms | II | 249 |
Tree of Kum Bum, The Sacred | III | 352 |
Truth? What is | I | 1 |
U | ||
Universe in a Nutshell, The | II | 290 |
V | ||
Vaccination Prevent Smallpox? Does | I | 337 |
“Vahan”? Why the | I | 284 |
Vedas, Antiquity of the | III | 321 |
Visions, Karmic | I | 382 |
Visishtadwaita, Isis Unveiled and the | III | 264 |
W | ||
War in Olympus | II | 448 |
Warning, A Psychic | II | 364 |
Was Cagliostro a “Charlatan”? | III | 152 |
Wave, The Tidal | I | 99 |
Western Spiritualism, The Drift of | II | 458 |
What Are the Theosophists | I | 48 |
What Is Theosophy? | I | 39 |
What Is Truth? | I | 1 |
What of Phenomena | I | 79 |
What Shall We Do for Our Fellow-Men? | I | 459 |
What’s in a Name?—Why the Magazine is called “Lucifer” | III | 368 |
Why Do Animals Suffer? | II | 327 |
Why I Do Not Return to India | I | 106 |
Why the “Vahan”? | I | 284 |
Wisdom, The Dual Aspect of | II | 28 |
Wise Words from a Wise Man, A Few Thoughts on Some | III | 80 |
Work”, “Let Every Man Prove His Own | I | 69 |
World, A Paradoxical | I | 187 |
World-Improvement or World-Deliverance | I | 447 |
Y | ||
Year Is Dead, Long Live the Year, The | I | 504 |
Year of Theosophy, A | I | 210 |
Year’s Morrow, On the New, 1890! | II | 495 |
Z | ||
Zoroastrianism and Russian Vandalism, Persian | III | 293 |