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s Unveiled by H. P. Blavatsky -- Vol. 2

Theosophical University Press Online Edition

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SIS UNVEILED:

MASTER-KEYO THEYSTERIES OF ANCIENT AND MODERN

CIENCE AND THEOLOGY.

YP. BLAVATSKY,

ORRESPONDING SECRETARY OF THE THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY.

ecy est un livre de bonne Foy." -- MONTAIGNE.

OL. II. -- THEOLOGY.

HEOSOPHICAL UNIVERSITY PRESS

ASADENA, CALIFORNIA

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ABLE OF CONTENTS.

EFACE -- iii

s. Elizabeth Thompson and Baroness Burdett-Coutts.

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olume Second.

HE "INFALLIBILITY" OF MODERN RELIGION.

APTER I.

E CHURCH: WHERE IS IT?

urch statistics . . . 1

tholic "miracles" and spiritualistic "phenomena" . . . 4

ristian and Pagan beliefs compared . . . 10

agic and sorcery practised by Christian clergy . . . 20

mparative theology a new science . . . 25

stern traditions as to Alexandrian Library . . . 27

man pontiffs imitators of the Hindu Brahm-atma . . . 30

ristian dogmas derived from heathen philosophy . . . 33ctrine of the Trinity of Pagan origin . . . 45

sputes between Gnostics and Church Fathers . . . 51

oody records of Christianity . . . 53

APTER II.

RISTIAN CRIMES AND HEATHEN VIRTUES.

rceries of Catherine of Medicis . . . 55

cult arts practised by the clergy . . . 59

tch-burnings and auto-da-fe of little children . . . 62

ing Catholic saints . . . 74

etensions of missionaries in India and China . . . 79

crilegious tricks of Catholic clergy . . . 82

ul a kabalist . . . 91er not the founder of Roman church . . . 91

ict lives of Pagan hierophants . . . 98

gh character of ancient "mysteries" . . . 101

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olliot's account of Hindu fakirs . . . 103

ristian symbolism derived from Phallic worship . . . 109
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ndu doctrine of the Pitris . . . 114

ahminic spirit-communion ... 115

ngers ofuntrainedmediumship . . . 117

APTER III.

VISIONS AMONGST THE EARLY CHRISTIANS.

semblance between early Christianity and Buddhism . . . 123

ter never in Rome . . . 124

eanings of "Nazar" and "Nazarene" . . . 129

ptism a derived right . . . 134

Zoroaster a generic name? . . . 141

thagorean teachings of Jesus . . . 147

e Apocalypse kabalistic . . . 147us considered an adept by some Pagan philosophers and early Christians . . . 150

ctrine of permutation . . . 152

e meaning of God-Incarnate . . . 153

gmas of the Gnostics . . . 155

as of Marcion, the "heresiarch" . . . 159

ecepts of Manu . . . 163

hovah identical with Bacchus . . . 165

APTER IV.

IENTAL COSMOGONIES AND BIBLE RECORDS.

screpancies in the Pentateuch . . . 167

dian, Chaldean and Ophite systems compared . . . 170

ho were the first Christians? . . . 178ristos and Sophia-Achamoth . . . 183

cret doctrine taught by Jesus . . . 191

us never claimed to be God . . . 193

w Testament narratives and Hindu legends . . . 199

tiquity of the "Logos" and "Christ" . . . 205

mparative Virgin-worship . . . 209

APTER V.

YSTERIES OF THE KABALA.

-Soph and the Sephiroth . . . 212

e primitive wisdom-religion . . . 216

e book of Genesis a compilation of Old World legends . . . 217

e Trinity of the Kabala . . . 222

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ostic and Nazarene systems contrasted with Hindu myths . . . 225

balism in the book of Ezekiel . . . 232

ory of the resurrection of Jairus's daughter found in the history of Christna . . . 241

trustworthy teachings of the early Fathers . . . 248

eir persecuting spirit . . . 249

APTER VI.

OTERIC DOCTRINES OF BUDDHISM PARODIED IN CHRISTIANITY.

cisions of Nicean Council, how arrived at . . . 251

urder of Hypatia . . . 252

igin of the fish-symbol of Vishnu . . . 256

balistic doctrine of the Cosmogony . . . 264

agrams of Hindu and Chaldeo-Jewish systems . . . 265

n mythical Avatars of Vishnu . . . 274

nity of man taught by Paul . . . 281

crates and Plato on soul and spirit . . . 283

ue Buddhism, what it is . . . 288

APTER VII.

RLY CHRISTIAN HERESIES AND SECRET SOCIETIES.

zareans, Ophites, and modern Druzes . . . 291

ymology ofIAO . . . 298ermetic Brothers" of Egypt . . . 307

ue meaning of Nirvana . . . 319

e Jayna sect . . . 321

ristians and Chrestians . . . 323

e Gnostics and their detractors . . . 325

ddha, Jesus, and Apollonius of Tyana . . . 341

APTER VIII.

SUITRY AND MASONRY.
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e Soharand Rabbi Simeon . . . 348

e Order of Jesuits and its relation to some of the Masonic orders . . . 352

mes permitted to its members . . . 355

nciples of Jesuitry compared with those of Pagan moralists . . . 364

nity of man in EgyptianBook of the Dead. . . 367

eemasonry no longer esoteric . . . 372

rsecution of Templars by the Church . . . 381

cret Masonic ciphers . . . 395

hovah not the "Ineffable Name" . . . 398

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APTER IX.E VEDAS AND THE BIBLE.

arly every myth based on some great truth . . . 405

hence the Christian Sabbath . . . 406

tiquity of the Vedas . . . 410

thagorean doctrine of the potentialities of numbers . . . 417

ays" ofGenesis and "Days" of Brahma . . . 422

l of man and the Deluge in the Hindu books . . . 425

tiquity of the Mahabharata . . . 429

ere the ancient Egyptians of the Aryan race? . . . 434

muel, David, and Solomon mythical personages . . . 439

mbolism of Noah's Ark . . . 447

e Patriarchs identical with zodiacal signs . . . 459

Bible legends belong to universal history . . . 469

APTER X.

E DEVIL-MYTH.

e devil officially recognized by the Church . . . 477

an the mainstay of sacerdotalism . . . 480

ntity of Satan with the Egyptian Typhon . . . 483

s relation to serpent-worship . . . 489

e Book of Job and the Book of the Dead . . . 493

e Hindu devil a metaphysical abstraction . . . 501

an and the Prince of Hell in the Gospel of Nicodemus . . . 515

APTER XI.

MPARATIVE RESULTS OF BUDDHISM AND CHRISTIANITY.

e age of philosophy produced no atheists . . . 530

e legends of three Saviours . . . 537

ristian doctrine of the Atonement illogical . . . 542

use of the failure of missionaries to convert Buddhists and Brahmanists . . . 553

ither Buddha nor Jesus left written records . . . 559

e grandest mysteries of religion in the Bagaved-gita . . . 562

e meaning of regeneration explained in the Satapa-Brahmana . . . 565

e sacrifice of blood interpreted . . . 566

moralization of British India by Christian missionaries . . . 573

e Bible less authenticated than any other sacred book . . . 577

owledge of chemistry and physics displayed by Indian jugglers . . . 583

APTER XII.

NCLUSIONS AND ILLUSTRATIONS.

capitulation of fundamental propositions . . . 587

ership of the soul and of the spirit . . . 590

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e phenomenon of the so-called spirit-hand . . . 594

fference between mediums and adepts . . . 595

erview of an English ambassador with a reincarnated Buddha . . . 598

ght of a lama's astral body related by Abbe Huc . . . 604

hools of magic in Buddhist lamaseries . . . 609

e unknown race of Hindu Todas . . . 613ll-power of fakirs and yogis . . . 617

ming of wild beasts by fakirs . . . 622

ocation of a living spirit by a Shaman, witnessed by the writer . . . 626

rcery by the breath of a Jesuit Father . . . 633

hy the study of magic is almost impracticable in Europe . . . 635

nclusion . . . 635
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REFACE TO PART II.

ERE it possible, we would keep this work out of the hands of many Christians whom its perusal would not benefit, and for whom it was not written. We allude to

se whose faith in their respective churches is pure and sincere, and those whose sinless lives reflect the glorious example of that Prophet of Nazareth, by whose

uth the spirit of truth spake loudly to humanity. Such there have been at all times. History preserves the names of many as heroes, philosophers, philanthropists,

rtyrs, and holy men and women; but how many more have lived and died, unknown but to their intimate acquaintance, unblessed but by their humble beneficiaries!

ese have ennobled Christianity, but would have shed the same lustre upon any other faith they might have professed -- for they were higher than their creed. The

nevolence of Peter Cooper and Elizabeth Thompson, of America, who are not orthodox Christians, is no less Christ-like than that of the Baroness Angela Burdett-

utts, of England, who is one. And yet, in comparison with the millions who have been accounted Christians, such have always formed a small minority. They are to

found at this day, in pulpit and pew, in palace and cottage; but the increasing materialism, worldliness and hypocrisy are fast diminishing their proportionate number.

eir charity, and simple, child-like faith in the infallibility of their Bible, their dogmas, and their clergy, bring into full activity all the virtues

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t are implanted in our common nature. We have personally known such God-fearing priests and clergymen, and we have always avoided debate with them, lest we

ght be guilty of the cruelty of hurting their feelings; nor would we rob a single layman of his blind confidence, if it alone made possible for him holy living and serene

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analysis of religious beliefs in general, this volume is in particular directed against theological Christianity, the chief opponent of free thought. It contains not one word

ainst the pure teachings of Jesus, but unsparingly denounces their debasement into pernicious ecclesiastical systems that are ruinous to man's faith in his immortality

d his God, and subversive of all moral restraint.

e cast our gauntlet at the dogmatic theologians who would enslave both history and science; and especially at the Vatican, whose despotic pretensions have become

eful to the greater portion of enlightened Christendom. The clergy apart, none but the logician, the investigator, the dauntless explorer should meddle with books like

s. Such delvers after truth have the courage of their opinions.

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