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Theosophy Core Library

Jun 14, 1996 03:57 PM
by Nicholas Weeks


H.P. BLAVATSKY AND THEOSOPHY:
RECOMMENDED READING
A Core Library

(All books are currently in print as of 5/96.
Please e-mail or write to us for price and
ordering information. We will gladly suggest
a course of reading.)

Compiled by Daniel H. Caldwell
Issued by The Blavatsky Foundation
P.O. Box 1844, Tucson, AZ 85702, U.S.A.
blafoun@azstarnet.com

"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.

"H.P. Blavatsky...is regarded by all modern theosophical
movements as the most important theosophical writer
and teacher of the modern era."  Robert Ellwood, author
of Religious and Spiritual Groups in Modern America,
Alternative Altars and other works.

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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.

Bookshelf 2:  An Introduction to Theosophy

(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.

Bookshelf 3: An Classical Introduction to Theosophy

(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.

Bookshelf 4:  Others Studies on Theosophy

(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.

Bookshelf 5: A Selection of Writings by 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. 14 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.

Compiled 5/96


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