Transcriber’s Notes
Obvious typographical errors have been silently corrected.Variations in hyphenation have been standardised but all other spellingand punctuation remains unchanged with the exception of Greek andHebrew which have been extensively corrected. The corrections arelisted at the end of the book.
The cover was prepared by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain.
Isis Unveiled:
A MASTER-KEY
TO THE
Mysteries of Ancient and Modern
SCIENCE AND THEOLOGY.
BY
H. P. BLAVATSKY,
CORRESPONDING SECRETARY OF THE THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY.
“Cecy est un livre de bonne Foy.”—Montaigne.
Vol. I.—SCIENCE.
FOURTH EDITION.
NEW YORK:
J. W. BOUTON, 706 BROADWAY.
LONDON: BERNARD QUARITCH.
1878.
Copyright, by
J. W. BOUTON.
1877.
Trow’s
Printing and Bookbinding Co.,
PRINTERS AND BOOKBINDERS,
205-213 East 12th. St.,
NEW YORK.
THE AUTHOR
Dedicates these Volumes
TO THE
THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY,
WHICH WAS FOUNDED AT NEW YORK, A.D. 1875,
To Study the Subjects on which they Treat.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
| PAGE | |
| Preface | v |
| BEFORE THE VEIL | |
| Dogmatic assumptions of modern science and theology | ix |
| The Platonic philosophy affords the only middle ground | xi |
| Review of the ancient philosophical systems | xv |
| A Syriac manuscript on Simon Magus | xxiii |
| Glossary of terms used in this book | xxiii |
| Volume first. | |
| THE “INFALLIBILITY” OF MODERN SCIENCE. | |
| CHAPTER I. | |
| OLD THINGS WITH NEW NAMES. | |
| The Oriental Kabala | 1 |
| Ancient traditions supported by modern research | ... BU KİTABI OKUMAK İÇİN ÜYE OLUN VEYA GİRİŞ YAPIN!Sitemize Üyelik ÜCRETSİZDİR! |