Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Dedication
- PRELIMINARY NOTES
- BOOK II.—PART II ANTHROPOGENESIS
- STANZAS FROM THE BOOK OF DZYAN
- STANZA I BEGINNINGS OF SENTIENT LIFE
- STANZA II NATURE UNAIDED FAILS
- STANZA III ATTEMPTS TO CREATE MAN
- STANZA IV CREATION OF THE FIRST RACES
- STANZA V THE EVOLUTION OF THE SECOND RACE
- STANZA VI THE EVOLUTION OF THE SWEAT-BORN
- STANZA VII FROM THE SEMI-DIVINE DOWN TO THE FIRST HUMAN RACES
- STANZA VIII EVOLUTION OF THE ANIMAL MAMMALIANS—THE FIRST FALL
- STANZA IX THE FINAL EVOLUTION OF MAN
- STANZA X THE HISTORY OF THE FOURTH RACE
- STANZA XI THE CIVILIZATION AND DESTRUCTION OF THE FOURTH AND FIFTH RACES
- STANZA XII THE FIFTH RACE AND ITS DIVINE INSTRUCTORS
- BOOK II.—PART II THE ARCHAIC SYMBOLISM OF THE WORLD-RELIGIONS
- BOOK II.—PART III ADDENDA. SCIENCE AND THE SECRET DOCTRINE CONTRASTED
- INDEX
STANZA IV - CREATION OF THE FIRST RACES
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 March 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Dedication
- PRELIMINARY NOTES
- BOOK II.—PART II ANTHROPOGENESIS
- STANZAS FROM THE BOOK OF DZYAN
- STANZA I BEGINNINGS OF SENTIENT LIFE
- STANZA II NATURE UNAIDED FAILS
- STANZA III ATTEMPTS TO CREATE MAN
- STANZA IV CREATION OF THE FIRST RACES
- STANZA V THE EVOLUTION OF THE SECOND RACE
- STANZA VI THE EVOLUTION OF THE SWEAT-BORN
- STANZA VII FROM THE SEMI-DIVINE DOWN TO THE FIRST HUMAN RACES
- STANZA VIII EVOLUTION OF THE ANIMAL MAMMALIANS—THE FIRST FALL
- STANZA IX THE FINAL EVOLUTION OF MAN
- STANZA X THE HISTORY OF THE FOURTH RACE
- STANZA XI THE CIVILIZATION AND DESTRUCTION OF THE FOURTH AND FIFTH RACES
- STANZA XII THE FIFTH RACE AND ITS DIVINE INSTRUCTORS
- BOOK II.—PART II THE ARCHAIC SYMBOLISM OF THE WORLD-RELIGIONS
- BOOK II.—PART III ADDENDA. SCIENCE AND THE SECRET DOCTRINE CONTRASTED
- INDEX
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- The Secret DoctrineThe Synthesis of Science, Religion, and Philosophy, pp. 86 - 108Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011