Isis Unveiled

752 Pages·34.162 MB·English

by  H. P. Blavatsky

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Isis
A MASTER-KEY
TO THE
Mysteries of Ancient and Modern
AND THEOLOGY.
SCIENCE
BLAVATSKY,
H. P.
CORRESPONDING SECRETARY OF THE THEOSOPHICAE SOCIETY.
“Cecy est un livre de bonne Foy.” Montaigne.
VoL. W.—THEOLOGY.
fourth edition.
NEW YORK:
BOUTON, BROADWAY.
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LONDON: BERNARD QUARITCH.
1878.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PAGE
iv
Preface
Mrs. Elizabeth Thompson and Baroness Burdett-Coutts.
THE ^INFALLIBILITY" OF RELIGION.
CHAPTER
I.
THE CHURCH WHERE IS IT?
:
Church statistics I
Catholic “ miracles” and spiritualistic “phenomena” 4
Christian and Pagan beliefs compared
Magic and sorcery practised by Christian clergy 20
Comparative theology a new science 25
Eastern traditions as to Alexandrian Library 27
Roman pontiffs imitators of the Hindu Brahm-atma 3°
Christian dogmas derived from heathen pliilosophy 33
Doctrine ofthe Trinity of Pagan origin 45
Disputes between Gnostics and Church Fathers 5^
Bloody records ofChristianity S3
CHAPTER
II.
CHRISTIAN CRIMES AND HEATHEN VIRTUES.
Sorceries ofCatherine ofMedicis 55
Occult arts practised by the clergy 59
Witch-burnings and auto-da-fe oflittle children 62
Lying Catholic saints 74
Pretensionsof missionaries in India and China 79
Sacrilegious tricks ofCatholic clergy 82
Paulakabalist 9^
Pet'ir not the founder ofRoman church 91
Strict lives of Pagan hierophants 9^
Pligh character of ancient “mysteries” lOl
CONTENTS.
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Jacolliot’s accountofHindu fakirs 103
Christian symbolism derived from Phallic worship 109
114
Hindu doctrine ofthe Pitfis
115
Brahminic spirit-communion
Dangers ofuntrainedmediumship 117
CHAPTER HI.
DIVISIONS AMONGST THE EARLY CHRISTIANS.
Resemblance betweenearly Christianity and Buddhism 123
Rome 124
Peter never in
Meanings of “Nazar” and ‘‘Nazarene” 129
134
Baptism a derived right.
Is Zoroaster a generic name 141
Pythagorean teachings of Jesus 147
The Apocalypsekabalistic 147
Jesus considered an adept by some Pagan philosophers and early Christians ISO
Doctrine ofpermutation 152
The meaning of God-Incarnate • • • 153
Dogmas ofthe Gnostics 15s
Ideas of Marcion, the “heresiarch” 159
PreceptsofManu 163
Jehovah identical with Bacchus 165
CHAPTER IV.
ORIENTAL COSMOGONIES AND BIBLE RECORDS.
167
Discrepancies in the Pentateuch
Indian, Chaldean andOphite systems compared 170
178
Who were the first Christians?
183
Christos and Sophia-Achamoth
191
Secret doctrine taught by Jesus
Jesus never claimed to beGod 193
New Testament narratives and Hindu legends 199
205
Antiquity ofthe “ Logos” and “Christ”
209
Comparative Virgin-worship
CHAPTER V.
MYSTERIES OF THE KABALA.
212
En-Soph and the Sephiroth
216
The primitive wisdom-religion
The book of Genesis a compilation of Old Wo:Id legends 217
222
The Trinity of the Kabala