Fundamentals of the Esoteric Philosophy

2nd printing of 1st edition 1932

This classic commentary on H.P. Blavatsky’s Secret Doctrine is now back in print in its original edition, with two appendices and a new expanded index. De Purucker’s comprehensive overview of this “conscious, spiritually purposive universe”, includes the seven jewels of wisdom: including karma, reincarnation, self-becoming, hierarchies, psychology and pneumatology of the universe, space, the boundless all, the microcosm, mirror of the microcosm, interpenetrating spheres of being, the nature of matter and consciousness, etc.
Fundamentals is truly, “a viewpoint of the Real, bringing a sense of the unbroken thread of even-extending life … with “magic casements” opening upon birth, inner worlds of Reality stimulating one to daring flights of thoughts … a further unveiling of the Jewels of Esoteric Wisdom begun in H.P. Blavatsky’s Secret Doctrine

Contents:
PART I
1. The Self: Man’s Inmost Link with the Unutterable. The Esoteric Philosophy: Taught in all the Ancient Religions
2. Where is Reality? Truth can be Known. Man’s Composite Nature according to different Systems: Threefold, Fourfold, Fivefold, or Sevenfold
3. The Doctrine of Mâyâ: Objective Idealism the Basis of Morals: Rooted in the Spiritual Unity–The Divinity–of the All. The Self and the “Selves”

4. From Primordial Point to Universe and Man. How does Manifestation Arise? Manvantara and Pralaya
5. The Esoteric Teachings and the Nebular Theory. Gods behind the Kosmos: Why Nature is Imperfect
6. The Dawn of Manifestation: Laya-Centers. A Conscious Universe–Spiritually Purposive. Stoic Doctrine of the Intermingling of all Beings: “Laws of Nature. ” Philosophical Polytheism and the Doctrine of Hierarchies
7. “Hierarchies”: One of the Lost Keys of the Esoteric Philosophy. The Pythagorean Sacred Tetractys. The Ladder of Life; The Legend of Padmapâni
8.Traces of the Esoteric Philosophy in Genesis
9. Outline of Esoteric Cosmogony. Globes, Rounds and Races: Cosmic Time-Periods
10. The Doctrine of Swabhâva–Self Becoming-Characteristic Individuality. Man, Self-Evolved, His Own Creator. Monadologie of Leibnitz Contrasted with Teachings of the Esoteric Philosophy
11. The Cosmic Pilgrimage from Un-Self-Conscious Godspark to Fully Self-Conscious God
12. Psychology: According to the Esoteric Philosophy. Immortality is Conditional: The Loss of the Soul
13. The Process of Evolution. Self, Ego, and Soul: “I Am” and “I Am I”
14. “Heavens” and “Hells”: Teachings of the Esoteric Philosophy, and of the Exoteric Religions
15. The Evolution of the “Absolute”. Generalized Plan of Evolution on all Planes. Seven Keys to Wisdom and Future Initiations

16. Âtma-Vidyâ: How the One Becomes the Many. “Lost Souls” and “Soulless Beings”. Man, a Composite Being: No Abiding Principle in Man
17. The Silent Watcher

18. The Spiritual-Psychological Hierarchy of Adepts. The “Wondrous-Being”, the Buddhas, Nirmânakâyas, Dhyân-chohans
19. The Seven Jewels and the Seven Stages of Invitation
20. The Higher Aspect of Human Psychology. Initiation and the Mysteries: Avatâras, Buddhas and Bodhisattvas. Their Relation to Globes, Rounds, and Races
21. Initiations and the Ancient Mysteries. Root-Races and their Sub-divisions. Globe-Rounds. Planetary Rounds. Solar Kalpas: How Calculated. Racial Cataclysms
22. The Hierarchy of Compassion. The Incarnation of the Mânasaputras
23. The Sun and the Planets: Their Rôle in the Evolutionary Drama

PART II
1. The Ten Stages of Being According to the Syrian System. Esoteric Method of Teaching: Paradoxes: Intuition
2. The Mysteries of Septenary Nature. Correspondences: Globes, Elements, Human Principles. The Seven Sacred Planets of the Ancients. Racial Time-Periods and Catastrophes
3. The Microcosm, a Mirror of the Macrocosm. Elements, Principles, Manifestations of the One Life. Relativity: A Fundamental Conception of the Ancient Wisdom
4. The Two Fundamental Kosmical Hierarchies: Matter and Spirit-Consciousness. Chaos-Theos-Kosmos. Gods-Monads-Atoms
5. The Adventure of an Atom. Laya-Centers: Sun, Comets, and Planets: Soul and Monad. The Keynote of Occultism
6. Space: The Boundless All. Infilled with Interlocking, Interpenetrating Universes. One Action, One Hierarchical Intelligence, One Course of Operation Throughout Nature: One Organism, One Universal Life
7. The Interrelation of Gods, Monads, Atoms–A Key to the Doctrine of Evolution. Successive Emanations: Sheaths. Higher Beings Emanating and Clothing Themselves in Hosts of Lower Beings. Morality Based on the Structure of the Universe
8. The Building of the Kosmos. The Same Fundamental Law Throughout Life and Being: An Endless Ladder of Progress. Analogical Processes of Cosmical and Psychological Development. The River of Life
9. Out of the Invisible into the Visible. From the Visible into the Invisible. The Magnum Opus
10. The Life-Wave and the Seven Elements. The Esoteric Philosophy as Taught by the Stoics
11. The Spaces of Space. The Secret Doctrine, a Unifier: Universal Keys. Doctrines of “The Void”
and of “The Fullness” Contrasted
12. Occultism and the Mystery-Schools. Seven Degrees of Initiation: Man Becomes a God. Seven Kosmic Planes: Our Planetary Chain of Seven Globes on the Four Lower Planes: The Passage of the Life-Wave Therethrough

13. Interpenetrating Spheres of Being. Lokas and Talas: Bi-Polar Cosmical Principles and Elements. The “Heresy of Separateness”
14. The Frame-Work of the Kosmos. Lokas and Talas: Principles and Elements: World–Not States Merely. Space the Ultimate Reality
15. Degeneration and Closing of the Schools of the Mysteries. Neo-Pythagorean and Neo- Platonic Systems: Main Sources of Christian Theology. Esoteric and Exoteric Teachings: Symbolism
16. Theosophy and Occultism. Occultism: The Quintessence of Thruth, Reality: A Complete Whole. Occultism and Moral Responsibility. Our Solar System: A Kosmic Atom: “Egg of Brahmâ”
17. Definitions of Deity: Atheism: Pantheism. Is there a Supreme Personal God? Kosmic Architects and Builders. Really to Know, One must Become
18. The Doctrine of the Spheres. The Universal Solar System and our Solar System. The Seven Sacred Planets: Why “Sacred”?

19. The Doctrine of the Spheres in its Four Aspects. The Seven Sacred Planets and their Rectors: Their Relation to our Earth-Chain. The Circulations of the Kosmos: Outer Rounds and Inner Rounds: Sishtas. One Universal Basic Law; As above, so Below. The “Eye” and the “Heart” Doctrines
20. Analogy: The Life of Man and the Life of a Planetary Chain. Occultism and Ethics: “Live the Life if Thou Wouldst Know the Doctrine”
21. Principles of Thought and Study: Can Occultism be Taught? Ancient Astrology a True Science. Our Earth-Chain of Globes, the Seven Sacred Planets, and the Twelve Zodiacal Signs. Life-Atoms: The Building-Blocks of the Universe
22. Physiology, Psychology, and Pneumatology of the Universe. Ten and Twelve Planes of the Universal Solar System: Intermediate Critical Planes. All Manifested Being a Graded Continuum of Interrelated, Interlocked Hierarchies: Each with its Own Beginning and End. Sishtas and the “Surplus of Life”
23. The Chela-Life. Seven and Ten Life-Waves: The Course of the Monads Around the Seven Globes: Laws of “Acceleration” on the Downward and of “Retardation” on the Upward Arc. Fifth and Sixth Rounders. The Sacred “Word”
24.Teacher and Pupil. Requisites of Chelaship
25. The Heart of the Universe. The Way to Peace, Bliss, Understanding, is Within. The Great Quest: Know Thyself: The Whole Secret of Initiation. Our Responsibility: Ethical Values and the Laws of the Universe: Harmony