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Title	Isis Unveiled, Volume I: Science, 1
Author	Helena Petrovna Blavatsky
Year	1891
Publisher	Bernard Quaritch
Location	London
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OCLC	508648
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TABLE OF CONTENTS.

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1. PAGE

2. Preface ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   v

 

BEFORE THE VEIL.

1. Dogmatic assumptions of modern science and theology ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   ix

2. The Platonic philosophy affords the only middle ground ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   xi

3. Review of the ancient philosophical systems ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   xv

4. A Syriac manuscript on Simon Magus ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   xxiii

5. Glossary of terms used in this book ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   xxiii

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Volume First.

THE "INFALLIBILITY" OF MODERN SCIENCE.

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CHAPTER I.

OLD THINGS WITH NEW NAMES.

1. The Oriental Kabala ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   1

2. Ancient traditions supported by modern research ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   3

3. The progress of mankind marked by cycles ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   5

4. Ancient cryptic science ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   7

5. Priceless value of the Vedas ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   12

6. Mutilations of the Jewish sacred books in translation ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   13

7. Magic always regarded as a divine science ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   25

8. Achievements of its adepts and hypotheses of their modern detractors ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   25

9. Man's yearning for immortality ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   37

 

CHAPTER II.

PHENOMENA AND FORCES.

1. The servility of society ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   39

2. Prejudice and bigotry of men of science ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   40

3. They are chased by psychical phenomena ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   41

4. Lost arts ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   49

5. The human will the master-force of forces ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   57

6. Superficial generalizations of the French savants ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   60

7. Mediumistic phenomena, to what attributable ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   67

8. Their relation to crime ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   71

 

CHAPTER III.

BLIND LEADERS OF THE BLIND.

1. Huxley's derivation from the Orohippus ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   74

2. Comte, his system and disciples ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   75

3. The London materialists ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   85

4. Borrowed robes ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   89

5. Emanation of the objective universe from the subjective ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   92

 

CHAPTER V.

THEORIES RESPECTING PSYCHIC PHENOMENA.

1. Theory of Gasparin ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   100

2. Theory" of Thury ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   100

3. Theory" of des Mousseaux, de Mirville ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   100

4. Theory" of Babinet ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   101

5. Theory" of Houdin ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   101

6. Theory" of of MM. Royer and Jobart de Lamballe ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   102

7. The twins—"unconscious cerebration" and "unconscious ventriloquism." ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   105

8. Theory of Crookes ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   112

9. Theory" of Faraday ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   116

10. Theory" of Chevreuil ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    117

11. The Mendeleyeff commission of 1876 ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    117

12. Soul blindness ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    121

 

CHAPTER VI.

PSYCHO-PHYSICAL PHENOMENA.

1. The debt we owe to Paracelsus ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   163

2. Mesmirism—its parentage, reception, potentiality ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   165

3. "Psychometry" ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   183

4. Time, space, eternity ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   184

5. Transfer of energy from the visible to the invisible universe ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   186

6. The Crookes experiments and Cox theory ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   195

 

CHAPTER VII.

THE ELEMENTS, ELEMENTALS, AND ELEMENTARIES.

1. Attraction and repulasion universal in all the kingdoms of nature ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   206

2. Phsyical phenomena depend on physical surroundings ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   211

3. Observaitons in Siam ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   214

4. Music in nervous disorders ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   215

5. The "world-soul" and its potentialities ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   216

6. Healing by touch, and healers ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   217

7. "Diakka" and Porphyry's bad demons ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   219

8. The quenchless lamp ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   224

9. Modern ignorance of vital force ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   237

10. Antiquity of the theory of force-correlation ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    241

11. Universality of belief in magic ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    247

 

CHAPTER VIII.

SOME MYSTERIES OF NATURE.

1. Do the planets affect human destiny? ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   253

2. Very curious passage from Hermes ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   254

3. The restlessness of matter ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   260

4. Prophecy of Nostradamus fulfilled ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   260

5. Sympathies between planets and plants ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   264

6. Hindu knowledge of the properties of colors ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   265

7. "Coincidences" the panacea of modern science ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   268

8. The moon and the tides ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   273

9. Epidemic mental and moral disorders ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   274

10. The gods of the Pantheons only natural forces ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    280

11. Proofs of the magical powers of Pythagoras ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    283

12. The viewless races of ethereal space ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    284

13. The "four truths" of Buddhism ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    291

 

CHAPTER IX.

CYCLIC PHENOMENA.

1. Meaning of the expression "coats of skin" ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   293

2. Natural selection and its results ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   295

3. The Egyptian "circle of necessity" ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   296

4. 299 ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   Descent of spirit into matter

5. 302 ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   The triune nature of man

6. 309 ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   The lowest creatures in the scale of being

7. 310 ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   Elementals specifically described

8. 311 ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   Proclus on the beings of the air

9. 312 ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   Various names for elementals

10. 313 ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    317

11. 319 ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    Impure mediums and their "guides"

12. 325 ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    Psychometry an aid to scientific research

13. 333 ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

 

CHAPTER X.

THE INNER AND OUTER MAN.

1. Père Félix arraigns the scientists ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   338

2. The "Unknowable" ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   340

3. Danger of evocations by tyros ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   342

4. Lares and Lemures ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   345

5. Secrets of Hindu temples ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   350

6. Reïncarnation ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   351

7. Witchcraft and witches ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   353

8. The sacred soma trance ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   357

9. Vulnerability of certain "shadows" ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   363

10. Experiment of Clearchus on a sleeping boy ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    365

11. The author witnesses a trial of magic in India ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    369

12. Case of the Cevennois ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    371

 

CHAPTER XI.

PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PHYSICAL MARVELS.

1. Invulnerability attainable by man ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   379

2. Projecting the force of the will ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   380

3. Insensibility to snake-poison ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   381

4. Charming serpents by music ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   383

5. Teratological phenomena discussed ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   385

6. The psychological domain confessedly unexplored ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   407

7. Despairing regrets of Berzelius ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   411

8. Turning a river into blood a vegetable phenomenon ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   413

 

CHAPTER XII.

THE "IMPASSABLE CHASM."

1. Confessions of ignorance by men of science ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   417

2. The Pantheon of nihilism ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   421

3. Triple composition of fire ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   423

4. Instinct and reason defined ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   425

5. Philosophy of the Hindu Jaïns ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   429

6. Deliberate misrepresentations of Lemprière ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   431

7. Man's astral soul not immortal ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   432

8. The reïncarnation of Buddha ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   437

9. Magical sun and moon pictures of Thibet ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   441

10. Vampirism—its phenomena explained ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    449

11. Bengalese jugglery ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    457

 

CHAPTER XIII.

REALITIES AND ILLUSION.

1. The rationale of talismans ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   462

2. Unexplained mysteries ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   466

3. Magical experiment in Bengal ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   467

4. Chibh Chondor's surprising feats ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   471

5. The Indian tape-climbing trick an illusion ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   473

6. Resuscitation of buried fakirs ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   477

7. Limits of suspended animation ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   481

8. Mediumship totally antagonistic to adeptship ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   487

9. What are "materialized spirits"? ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   493

10. The Shudâla Mâdan ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    495

11. Philosophy of levitation ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    497

12. The elixir and alkahest ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    503

 

CHAPTER XIV.

EGYPTIAN WISDOM.

1. Origin of the Egyptians ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   515

2. Their mighty engineering works ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   517

3. The ancient land of the Pharaohs ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   521

4. Antiquity of the Nilotic monuments ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   529

5. Arts of war and peace ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   531

6. Mexican myths and ruins ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   545

7. Resemblances to the Egyptian ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   551

8. Moses a priest of Osiris ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   555

9. The lessons taught by the ruins of Siam ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   563

10. The Egyptian Tau at Palenque ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    573

 

CHAPTER XV.

INDIA THE CRADLE OF THE RACE.

1. Acquisition of the "secret doctrine" ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   575

2. Two relics owned by a Pali scholar ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   577

3. Jealous exclusiveness of the Hindus ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   581

4. Lydia Maria Child on Phallic symbolism ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   583

5. The age of the Vedas and Manu ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   587

6. Traditions of pre-diluvian races ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   589

7. Atlantis and its peoples ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   593

8. Peruvian relics ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   597

9. The Gobi desert and its secrets ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   599

10. Thibetan and Chinese legends ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    600

11. The magician aids, not impedes, nature ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    617

12. Philosophy, religion, arts and sciences bequeathed by Mother India to posterity ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    618