Isis Unveiled: A Mastery-Key to the Mysteries of Ancient and Modern Science and Theology
Los Angeles, California: The Theosophy Company, 1931. Centenary Anniversary Edition; both volumes bound in one book. Tall octavo. xlv, 628, ix, 708 pages, publisher's original red pebbled cloth covered boards. Illustrated with fold-out plates. Originally published in 1877, Isis Unveiled is Helena Petrovna Blavatsky’s first major work and one of the foundational texts of Theosophy, Western occultism, esoteric philosophy, and comparative religion. Blavatsky explores ancient mystery traditions, Hermeticism, Kabbalah, Gnosticism, Spiritualism, magic, psychic phenomena, Eastern philosophy, Christianity, mythology, metaphysics, and the relationship between religion and science, arguing for the survival of an ancient universal wisdom tradition. Volume I, “Science,” examines occult forces, paranormal phenomena, mesmerism, magic, and critiques of nineteenth-century materialist science, while Volume II, “Theology,” considers Christianity, ancient religions, Gnostic traditions, Kabbalistic teachings, and comparative theology. This 1931 Centenary Anniversary Edition, issued to commemorate the hundredth anniversary of Blavatsky’s birth, combines both volumes in a single substantial book and reproduces the original edition in facsimile form. An important work for collectors and students of H. P. Blavatsky, the Theosophical Society, Theosophy, occultism, esotericism, mysticism, comparative religion, Hermetic philosophy, Kabbalah, Gnosticism, Spiritualism, metaphysics, and the history of alternative religious movements. Fraying along front hinge, discoloration to the spine, marginalia, underling and notes throughout, some slight rubbing and wear, else in good + condition. Item #561
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