The Secret Doctrine, Volume 2: Anthropogenesis - The Evolution of Humanity and Consciousness Across Root Races

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1. 01Contents
2. 02Preliminary Notes on The Archaic Stanzas, and the Four Pre-Historic Continents.
3. 03Part I. Anthropogenesis.
4. 04Text.
5. 05Stanza I.
6. 06Stanza II.
7. 07Stanza III.
8. 08Stanza IV.
9. 09Stanza V.
10. 10Stanza VI.
11. 11Stanza VII.
12. 12Stanza VIII.
13. 13Stanza IX.
14. 14Stanza X.
15. 15Stanza XI.
16. 16Stanza XII.
17. 17Commentaries On the Twelve Stanzas and Their Terms, According To Their Numeration, In Stanzas And Shlokas.
18. 18Stanza I. Beginnings of Sentient Life.
19. 19Two Antediluvian Astronomers.
20. 20Stanza II. Nature Unaided Fails.
21. 21Creation of Divine Beings in the Exoteric Accounts.
22. 22Stanza II.—Continued.
23. 23The Chronology of the Brâhmans.
24. 24Stanza III. Attempts To Create Man.
25. 25Stanza IV. Creation Of The First Races.
26. 26On The Identity And Differences Of The Incarnating Powers.
27. 27Stanza IV.—Continued.
28. 28Stanza V. The Evolution of the Second Race.
29. 29The Divine Hermaphrodite.
30. 30Stanza VI. The Evolution Of The “Sweat-Born.”
31. 31A Few Words About “Deluges” And “Noahs.”
32. 32Stanza VII. From The Semi-Divine Down To The First Human Races.
33. 33I. Fission.
34. 34II. Budding.
35. 35III. Spores.
36. 36IV. Intermediate Hermaphroditism.
37. 37V. True Sexual Union.
38. 38Stanza VIII. Evolution Of The Animal Mammalians: The First Fall.
39. 39What May Be The Objections To The Foregoing.
40. 40Stanza IX. The Final Evolution Of Man.
41. 41Edens, Serpents, And Dragons.
42. 42The “Sons Of God” And The “Sacred Island.”
43. 43Stanza X. The History Of The Fourth Race.
44. 44Archaic Teachings In The “Purânas” And “Genesis.” Physical Evolution.
45. 45A Panoramic View Of The Early Races.
46. 46Are Giants A Fiction?
47. 47The Races With The “Third Eye.”
48. 48The Primeval Manus Of Humanity.
49. 49Stanza XI. The Civilization And Destruction Of The Fourth And Fifth Races.
50. 50Cyclopean Ruins And Colossal Stones As Witnesses To Giants.
51. 51Stanza XII. The Fifth Race And Its Divine Instructors.
52. 52Serpents And Dragons Under Different Symbolisms.
53. 53The Sidereal And Cosmic Glyphs.
54. 54Our Divine Instructors.
55. 55The Origin Of The Satanic Myth.
56. 56Noah Was A Kabir, Hence He Must Have Been A Demon.
57. 57The Oldest Persian Traditions About The Polar, And The Submerged Continents.
58. 58Western Speculations, Founded On The Greek And Paurânic Traditions.
59. 59The “Curse” From A Philosophical Point Of View.
60. 60Additional Fragments From A Commentary On The Verses Of Stanza XII.
61. 61Conclusion.
62. 62Part II. The Archaic Symbolism Of The World-Religions.
63. 63Section I. Esoteric Tenets Corroborated in Every Scripture.
64. 64Section II. Adam=Adami.
65. 65Section III. The “Holy of Holies.” Its Degradation.
66. 66Section IV. On the Myth of the “Fallen Angels” in its Various Aspects.
67. 67A. The Evil Spirit: Who, And What?
68. 68B. The Gods Of Light Proceed From The Gods Of Darkness.
69. 69C. The Many Meanings Of The “War In Heaven.”
70. 70Section V. Is Plerôma Satan's Lair?
71. 71Section VI. Prometheus, the Titan.
72. 72His Origin In Ancient India.
73. 73Section VII. Enoïchion-Henoch.
74. 74Section VIII. The Symbolism of the Mystery-Names Iao and Jehovah, with their Relation to the Cross and Circle.
75. 75A. Cross And Circle.
76. 76B. The Fall Of The Cross Into Matter.
77. 77Section IX. The Upanishads in Gnostic Literature.
78. 78Section X. The Cross and the Pythagorean Decad.
79. 79Section XI. The Mysteries of the Hebdomad.
80. 80A. Saptaparna.
81. 81B. The Tetraktys In Relation To The Heptagon.
82. 82C. The Septenary Element In The Vedas.
83. 83D. The Septenary In The Exoteric Works.
84. 84E. Seven In Astronomy, Science, And Magic.
85. 85F. The Seven Souls Of The Egyptologists.
86. 86Part III. Addenda. Science And The Secret Doctrine Contrasted.
87. 87Section I. Archaic, or Modern Anthropology?
88. 88Section II. The Ancestors Mankind is Offered by Science.
89. 89Plastidular Souls, And Conscious Nerve-Cells.
90. 90Section III. The Fossil Relics of Man and the Anthropoid Ape.
91. 91A. Geological Facts Bearing On The Question Of Their Relationship.
92. 92B. Western Evolutionism: The Comparative Anatomy Of Man And The Anthropoid In No Way A Confirmation Of Darwinism.
93. 93C. Darwinism And The Antiquity Of Man: The Anthropoids And Their Ancestry.
94. 94Section IV. Duration of the Geological Periods, Race Cycles, and the Antiquity of Man.
95. 95A. Modern Scientific Speculations About The Ages Of The Globe, Animal Evolution, And Man.
96. 96B. On Chains Of Planets And Their Plurality.
97. 97C. Supplementary Remarks On Esoteric Geological Chronology.
98. 98Section V. Organic Evolution and Creative Centres.
99. 99A. The Origin And Evolution Of The Mammalia: Science And Esoteric Phylogeny.
100. 100B. The European Palæolithic Races: Whence, And How Distributed.
101. 101Section VI. Giants, Civilizations, and Submerged Continents Traced in History.
102. 102A. Some Statements About The Sacred Islands And Continents In The Classics, Explained Esoterically.
103. 103Section VII. Scientific and Geological Proofs of the Existence of Several Submerged Continents.
104. 104Footnotes
105. 105THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG LICENSE
106. 106"Cover"
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