H.P. Blavatsky
COLLECTED WRITINGS ONLINE

Cover Volume 8 Blavatsky Collected Writings

Compiled by Boris de Zirkoff
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Cover text

Preface & Acknowledgement

(unique contents per volume)

Note on the Transliteration of Sanskrit

(unique general bibliography & index per volume)

VOLUME IX

Foreword (xxiii)

Chronological Survey & Key to Abbrev. (xxiv-xxv)

Table Of Contents (xxvii-xxx)

January, 1888

  1. 1888 (3-5)
  2. “To the Readers of Lucifer” (5-10)
  3. “A Modern Magician”—Review (10-11)
  4. “Absolute Monism”—Review (11-16)
  5. The Church and the Doctrine of Atonement (16-18)
  6. A Note of Explanation (18-23)
  7. Miscellaneous Notes (23-24)

February, 1888

  1. Chinese Shadows (24-29)
  2. “What is Truth?” (30-42)
  3. Footnotes to “The Soldier’s Daughter” (42-44)
  4. “Traité élémentaire de science occulte”—Review (44-46)
  5. What of Phenomena? (46-50)
  6. Correspondence (51-62)
  7. Miscellaneous Notes (63-65)

March, 1888

  1. Sunday Devotion to Pleasure (66-72)
  2. The Life Principle (72-80)
  3. From “Lucifer” to a Few Readers (80-86)
  4. Re the Brain Theorem of the Universe (86-88)
  5. The Late Mrs. Anna Kingsford, M. D. (89-91)
  6. From the Note Book of an Unpopular Philosopher (92-97)
  7. Miscellaneous Notes (98-99)

April, 1888

  1. Conversations on Occultism (99-128)
  2. What Good has Theosophy done in India? (129-134)
  3. Footnotes to “Buddhist Doctrine of the Western Heaven” (135-138)
  4. Footnotes and Comments on “Ultimate Philosophy” (138-141)
  5. Christian Lecturers on Buddhism, and Plain Facts about the same, by Buddhists (142-154)
  6. Practical Occultism (155-162)
  7. Correspondence (163-172)
  8. “Woman: her Glory, her Shame, and her God”—Review (172-176)
  9. “Visions”—Review (177-178)
  10. Controversy between H. P. Blavatsky and the Abbé Roca (CHPBAR) : Reply to Madame Blavatsky’s observations on Christian Esotericism (Abbé Roca)—February, 1888 (179-193)
  11. (CHPBAR) : Réponse aux Fausses conceptions de M. l’Abbé Roca Relatives à mes Observations sur l’Ésotérisme Chrétien (H.P.B.) (194-215)
  12. (CHPBAR) : Reply to the mistaken conceptions of the Abbé Roca concerning my observations on Christian Esotericism (translation of the above) (216-237)
  13. Footnotes to “The Tide of Life” (237-241)
  14. Letter from H. P. Blavatsky to the Second American Convention (241-248)

May, 1888

  1. Occultism versus the Occult Arts (249-261)
  2. Footnotes to “The Sraddha” (261-263)
  3. The Crucifixion of Man (264-275)
  4. Is this an Error? (August, 1888) (275-280)
  5. A Puzzle in “Esoteric Buddhism” (280-285)
  6. Practical Occultism (285-286)
  7. Why do Animals Suffer? (286-288)
  8. Is there no Hope? (288-289)
  9. Who are the Eurasians? (289-290)
  10. Miscellaneous Notes (290)

June, 1888

  1. Theosophy or Jesuitism? (291-307)
  2. [Compiler’s Notes] (307-317)
  3. Karmic Visions (318-339)
  4. [Unsupported Claims of the Roman Catholic Church] (393-341)
  5. Miscellaneous Notes (341-342)
  6. Réponse de l’Abbé Roca aux Allégations de Madame Blavatsky contre l’Ésotérisme Chrétien (Abbé Roca)—with Footnotes by H. P. B. (343-370)
  7. Reply of Abbé Roca to Madame Blavatsky’s Allegations against Christian Esotericism (Abbé Roca)—with Footnotes by H. P. B. (translation of the above) (371-397)
  8. Letter to the Editor of “The Path” (399-400)
  9. [Additional Material: Conversations on Occultism (continued)] (400-400S)

General Bibliography (403-462)

Index (463-488)

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