5 Occult Classics — Annotated PDF Bundle
Five historical books on Hermetic philosophy, Theosophy, sacred symbols and the inner life, delivered as separate annotated PDFs: 1,044 pages in total.
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Hermetic, Theosophical & Esoteric Books
Explore annotated digital editions of historical Hermetic, Theosophical and esoteric books, including Hermes Trismegistus and comparative mystical writing. Each HIPS edition identifies its source text and keeps new reader guides, glossaries and reflection questions separate from the historical work.
H. P. Blavatsky — Six-Volume PDF Collection
Six annotated A4 PDFs: Isis Unveiled I–II, The Secret Doctrine I–III and The Key to Theosophy, with 3,076 pages of historical writing and reading support.
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Isis Unveiled, Volume I: Science
A 588-page annotated edition of Blavatsky’s Isis Unveiled I (1877), on science, spiritualism and ancient philosophy, with vocabulary and reader guides.
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Isis Unveiled, Volume II: Theology
Blavatsky’s 1877 critique of religious authority and comparison of sacred traditions, restored as a 719-page PDF with diagrams, notes and reader guides.
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Isis Unveiled, Volumes I–II — Annotated PDF Bundle
Both volumes of Blavatsky’s Isis Unveiled (1877): Science and Theology, in two separate annotated A4 PDFs totalling 1,307 pages.
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The Human Aura: A Study
A 61-page annotated edition of A. Marques’s 1896 Theosophical study of the human aura, clairvoyance, thought-forms, subtle bodies, Tatwas, plants and magnets.
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The Key to Theosophy
Blavatsky’s 1889 introduction to Theosophy in questions and answers, with vocabulary help, reader guides and reflection questions in a 198-page A4 PDF.
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The Mystery of the Ages
A 303-page annotated edition of Marie, Countess of Caithness’s 1887 work on comparative religion, Theosophy, Hermetic thought and the inward reading of sacred traditions.
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The Secret Doctrine, Volume I: Cosmogenesis
A 521-page annotated edition of Blavatsky’s 1888 Cosmogenesis: the Stanzas of Dzyan, cosmic cycles, spirit and matter, with vocabulary and reader guides.
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The Secret Doctrine, Volume II: Anthropogenesis
Blavatsky’s 1888 Theosophical account of human origins, myth and the awakening of mind, restored as a 616-page PDF with guides and historical context.
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The Secret Doctrine, Volume III
A 434-page reader’s edition of Blavatsky’s papers published as The Secret Doctrine III in 1897, arranged by Annie Besant, with vocabulary and guides.
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The Secret Doctrine, Volumes I–III — PDF Bundle
Three separate annotated PDFs: Cosmogenesis, Anthropogenesis and the 1897 posthumous Volume III, with 1,571 A4 pages of historical text and reading support.
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The Theological and Philosophical Works of Hermes Trismegistus
An annotated reader’s edition of John David Chambers’s 1882 English translation of Hermetic writings attributed to Hermes Trismegistus, with reader guides, a glossary and reflection questions.
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Thought-Forms
A 75-page annotated edition of Thought-Forms (1901), Annie Besant and C. W. Leadbeater’s illustrated Theosophical exploration of thought, colour, emotion, sound and the aura.
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