H.P. BLAVATSKY AND THEOSOPHY: A Core Library of Recommended Reading
Dec 18, 1996 06:08 PM
by The Blavatsky Study Center on the WWW
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H.P. BLAVATSKY AND THEOSOPHY:
A Core Library of Recommended Reading
(All books are currently in print as of 12/96.
Please e-mail us for price and ordering information.
We will gladly suggest various courses of reading.)
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Compiled by Daniel H. Caldwell
Issued by The Blavatsky Study Center on the WWW
URL address: http://www.azstarnet.com/~blafoun/
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"Helena Petrovna Blavatsky...[is]...the most insightful
and comprehensive teacher of esoteric philosophy in
modern times...." Shirley Nicholson. Ancient Wisdom,
Modern Insight. 1985.
"...Madame Blavatsky...stands out as the fountainhead
of modern occult thought...." J. Gordon Melton, Jerome
Clark and Aidan A. Kelly. New Age Almanac. 1991.
"Helena Petrovna Blavatsky...is surely among the most
original and perceptive minds of her time....[In her two
major books]....lies...the first philosophy of psychic and
spiritual evolution to appear in the modern West...."
Theodore Roszak. The Unfinished Animal. 1975.
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This suggested reading list is divided into five bookshelves:
**An Introduction to the Life and Influence of Madame Blavatsky
**An Introduction to Theosophy by several modern writers
**An Classical Introduction to Theosophy by H.P. Blavatsky, A.P.
Sinnett and Constance Wachtmeister
**Others Studies on Theosophy and Madame Blavatsky
**The Writings of H.P. Blavatsky and the Mahatmas
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Bookshelf 1: An Introduction to the Life and Influence of Madame
Blavatsky
(1) When Daylight Comes: Biography of Helena Petrovna
Blavatsky. By Howard Murphet.
(2) The Occult World of Madame Blavatsky: Reminiscences
And Impressions by Those Who Knew Her. Compiled and edited
by Daniel H. Caldwell
(3) H.P. Blavatsky and "The Secret Doctrine": Commentaries on
Her Contributions to World Thought. Edited by Virginia Hanson.
(4) HPB: The Extraordinary Life and Influence of Helena
Blavatsky, Founder of the Modern Theosophical Movement.
By Sylvia Cranston.
(5) The Real H.P. Blavatsky: A Study of Theosophy, and a
Memoir of a Great Soul. By William Kingsland.
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Bookshelf 2: An Introduction to Theosophy by several modern authors
(6) An Introduction to Esoteric Principles: A Study Guide. By
William Doss McDavid.
(7) Deity, Cosmos and Man: An Outline of Esoteric Science. By
Geoffrey A. Farthing.
(8) Ancient Wisdom---Modern Insight. By Shirley Nicholson.
(9) The Divine Plan: Written in the Form of a Commentary on
H.P. Blavatsky's "Secret Doctrine." By Geoffrey A. Barborka.
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Bookshelf 3: An Classical Introduction to Theosophy by H.P.
Blavatsky, A.P. Sinnett and Constance Wachtmeister
(10) An Invitation to "The Secret Doctrine." By H.P. Blavatsky.
TUP.
(11) The Occult World. By A.P. Sinnett. TPH edition.
(12) Esoteric Buddhism. By A.P. Sinnett. Wizards Bookshelf
edition.
(13) The Key to Theosophy. By H.P. Blavatsky. With Glossary.
TPH edition.
(14) Spiritual Evolution: Articles by H.P. Blavatsky. TC
(15) Teachers and Disciples: Articles by H.P. Blavatsky. TC
(16) The Voice of The Silence: Being Chosen Fragments from the
"Book of The Golden Precepts" for the Daily Use of Lanoos
(Disciples). Translated and Annotated by "H.P.B." TUP edition.
(17) Reminiscences of H.P. Blavatsky and "The Secret Doctrine."
By Countess Constance Wachtmeister and others.
(18) An Abridgement of "The Secret Doctrine." By H.P. Blavatsky.
Edited by Elizabeth Preston and Christmas Humphreys.
(19) H.P. Blavatsky Teaches: An Anthology. Compiled by Michael
Gomes.
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Bookshelf 4: Others Studies on Theosophy and Madame Blavatsky
(20) An Inquiry into the Nature of Mind. By Adam Warcup.
(21) Exploring the Great Beyond: A Survey of the Field of the
Extraordinary. By Geoffrey A. Farthing.
(22) When We Die: A Description of the After-Death States and
Processes. By Geoffrey A. Farthing. PLP.
(23) Reincarnation: A New Horizon in Science, Religion and
Society. By Sylvia Cranston and Carey Williams. TUP.
(24) Reincarnation, the Phoenix Fire Mystery: An East-West
Dialogue on Death, and Rebirth from the Worlds of Religion, Science,
Psychology, Philosophy, Art, and Literature, and from Great Thinkers
of the Past and Present. Compiled and Edited by Joseph Head and
S.L. Cranston. TUP.
(25) Concentration and Meditation: A Manual of Mind Development.
By Christmas Humphreys.
(26) Esoteric Keys to the Christian Scriptures & Universal Mystery
Language of Myth and Symbol. By Henry Travers Edge. PLP.
(27) The Gnosis or Ancient Wisdom in the Christian Scriptures. By
William Kingsland.
(28) The Cosmic Womb: An Interpretation of Man's Relationship to
the Infinite. By Arthur W. Osborn.
(29) The Divine Plan by Geoffrey A. Barborka.
(30) Man, The Measure of All Things: In the Stanzas of Dzyan. By
Sri Krishna Prem and Sri Madhava Ashish.
(31) Man, God and the Universe. By I.K. Taimni.
(32) The Mathematics of the Cosmic Mind: A Study in Mathematical
Symbolism. by L. Gordon Plummer.
(33) Cyclic Evolution: A Theosophical View. By Adam Warcup.
(34) Archaic History of the Human Race: As Recorded in "The
Secret Doctrine" By H.P. Blavatsky. By Gertrude W. van Pelt.
PLP.
(35) The Peopling of the Earth. By Geoffrey A. Barborka.
(36) The Story of Human Evolution. By Geoffrey A. Barborka.
(37) The Dawning of the Theosophical Movement. By Michael
Gomes.
(38) H.P. Blavatsky, Tibet and Tulku. By Geoffrey A. Barborka.
(39) The Hall of Magic Mirrors. By Victor A. Endersby.
(40) Obituary: The "Hodgson Report " on Madame Blavatsky:
Re-Examination Discredits the Major Charges Against H.P.
Blavatsky. By Adlai W. Waterman. BF.
(41) Theosophy: A Modern Revival of Ancient Wisdom. By Alvin
Boyd Kuhn.
(42) Masters and Men: The Human Story in The Mahatma Letters.
By Virginia Hanson.
(43) The Mahatmas and Their Letters. By Geoffrey A. Barborka.
(44) The Readers Guide to "The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett."
Compiled and Edited by George E. Linton and Virginia Hanson.
Second edition.
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Bookshelf 5: The Writings of H.P. Blavatsky and the Mahatmas
(45) Isis Unveiled. By H.P. Blavatsky. TC Facsimile of the
Original Edition. 2 volumes bound in one volume.
(46) Isis Unveiled. By H.P. Blavatsky. Edited by Boris de
Zirkoff. TPH edition. 2 volumes.
(47) The Secret Doctrine. By H.P. Blavatsky. TUP Facsimile
of the Original Edition. 2 volumes.
(48) Index to "The Secret Doctrine." TC.
(49) The Secret Doctrine. By H.P. Blavatsky. Edited by Boris de
Zirkoff. TPH edition. 3 volumes. Volume 3 is an index volume.
(50) The Key to Theosophy. By H.P. Blavatsky. With Glossary.
TUP edition.
(51) The Voice of the Silence. By H.P. Blavatsky. TUP edition.
Also available as a cassette.
(52) The Voice of the Silence. By H.P. Blavatsky. With
Historical Introduction and Index by Boris de Zirkoff. TPH edition.
(53) Secret Doctrine Commentary, Stanzas I-IV: Transactions
of the Blavatsky Lodge. By H.P. Blavatsky. TUP edition.
(54) The Theosophical Glossary. By H.P. Blavatsky. TC edition.
(55) "The Esoteric Instructions." By H.P. Blavatsky. TPH,
Collected Writings, Vol. 12
(56) The Inner Group Teachings of H.P. Blavatsky. Second edition.
PLP
(57) Theosophical Articles. By H.P. Blavatsky. 3 volumes. TC.
(58) A Modern Panarion: A Collection of Fugitive Fragments from
the Pen of H.P. Blavatsky. TC
(59) The Collected Writings. By H.P. Blavatsky. Compiled and
Edited by By Boris de Zirkoff. 15 volumes. Vol. 15 is an index
volume. TPH.
(60) The New Testament Commentaries of H.P. Blavatsky.
Compiled and Annotated by H.J. Spierenburg. PLP
(61) The Vedanta Commentaries of H.P. Blavatsky. Compiled
and Annotated by H.J. Spierenburg. PLP
(62) H.P. Blavatsky on the Gnostics. Compiled and Annotated
by H.J. Spierenburg. PLP
(63) The Buddhism of H.P. Blavatsky. Compiled and annotated
by H.J. Spierenburg. PLP
(64) Glyphs and Symbols. By H.P. Blavatsky. CGP
(65) The Letters of H.P. Blavatsky to A.P. Sinnett.
Compiled by A. Trevor Barker. TUP
(66) H.P.B. Speaks. 2 volumes. TPH.
(67) From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan. By H.P.
Blavatsky. TPH
(68) The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett. [In
Chronological Sequence]. Arranged and edited by Vicente Hao
Chin, Jr. [Fourth edition.] TPH Philippines.
(69) The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett. Facsimile of 2nd
Edition. Paparback. TUP.
(70) Letters from the Masters of the Wisdom. 2 volumes.
Transcribed and edited by C. Jinarajadasa. TPH.
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