Chaos to sense, latent deity to reason: Chaos is the Spirit of Truth that the world cannot receive because it does not see It or know It.

Noah’s Ark is the sacred Argha of the Hindus: Noah is Logos

The Rope of the Angels: Fountain of fountains and boundary of all fountains. Glittering with Intellectual Rays, the Tetrad fills the soul with profound Love.

The Seven Creations of the Puranas: Early evolutionary processes and transformations of the Divine Monad emerging from its state of spiritual and intellectual unconsciousness.

Theoretical and Practical Occultism: Between theoretical Occultism or Theosophy, and practical Occultism or Occult Science, there is an abyss.

The Spirit of Life issues from the Earth’s North Pole: It flows around her, and becomes foul at the South Pole.

21 Nuggets of Karmic Law: Karma is the vessel of our person and character.

Astral Light is a term very little understood

Madame Blavatsky pays tribute to Éliphas Levi

Madame Blavatsky on Buddhism: Misconceptions about Buddhism corrected.

The Spirit within is the personal God of each mortal, and his only divine element: Man’s dual soul is only semidivine.

Evil omens and mysterious diseases

Seven Wars in Heaven and on Earth: On the perpetual struggle between the two Great Opposing Powers, Spirit and Matter, Buddhi and Kama-Manas, Divine Love and Worldly Love.

Madame Blavatsky on Mahatmas and Their Bodies: They can appear in forms visible or invisible to mortal sight.

The Cross and the Pythagorean Decad: The Egyptian Cross, or Number 7, proceeds from Number 10.

Pythagoras' ban of beans: The rationale for this proscription is explained physiologically, pathologically, politically, sexually, mystically, biochemically, esoterically, and etymologically.

In ancient times onions were considered too sacred to be eaten

Madame Blavatsky on the Secret Cycles

Bhagavan Das on the Triune Nature of Emotions: Analysis and definitions from his Science of the Emotions.

Selfishness is the hallmark of fakirs, hermits, and yogins: Solitary ascetics are symbols of the most cowardly egotism.