Theosophical gleanings, or, notes on the “Secret Doctrine”

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Studies in Theosophy 1. Issued by the Indian Section of the Theosophical Society for free distribution to its members. Madras : printed by Thompson and Co., 1893. Octavo, printed wrappers (dusty, loss to lower panel), pp. ii; 57; [3], diagrams, light foxing, some finger marks. Madam Blavatsky s Secret Doctrine was first published in 1888 and remains one of the foundation texts of esotericism. Following Blavatsky s death in 1891, her disciple Annie Besant edited and published her remaining papers. According to OCLC, In the 1896 publication of Annie Besant s work, Man and his bodies, Theosophical gleanings, or notes on the Secret Doctrine , is attributed on page 119 to Annie Besant and I. Cooper-Oakley. Rare; three copies recorded in OCLC. A single example recorded on Rare Book Hub, at Anderson Galleries, New York, 1905, even then catalogued as scarce .

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