Vintage The Secret Doctrine Volumes 1 & 2: Cosmogenesis and Anthropogenesis by H. P. Blavatsky - There is perhaps no greater enigma in modern Western literature than The Secret Doctrine. The controversial Russian noblewoman Madame Helena Petrovna Blavatsky told the world that the book restored humanity’s lost history and destiny. Its insights, she said, had been gleaned from long-secret books of wisdom and her tutelage under mahatmas, or great souls: adepts from the East who exposed the seeker to their esoteric teaching. To read The Secret Doctrine is to enter a mysterious world of ancient cosmology and spiritual-scientific insights, which tell of humanity’s unthinkably ancient past and its burgeoning evolution into a new, more refined existence. - A facsimile of the original edition published in 1888 published in 1974 by The Theosophy Company, Los Angeles. - 798 pages - Overall good, readable condition. Age spotting to page edges is most notable flaw. Otherwise pages are clean and only have some signs of normal handling. Cover is in good condition with some light surface wear. Inscription of original owner in front.