Fifth Edition, Annotated
And Enlarged by the Author
A.P. Sinnett
Alfred P. Sinnett (1840-1921) and
the opening page of the book
PREFACE
TO THE ANNOTATED EDITION
Since this book
was first published in the beginning of 1883, I have come into possession of
much additional information bearing on many of the problems dealt with. But I
am glad to say that such later teaching only reveals incompleteness in my
original conception of the esoteric
doctrine, - no material error so far. Indeed I have received from the
great Adept himself, from whom I obtained my instruction in the first instance,
the assurance that the book as it now stands is a sound and trustworthy
statement of the scheme of Nature as understood by the initiates of occult
science, which may have to be a good deal developed in the future, if the
interest it excites is keen enough to constitute an efficient demand for
further teaching of this kind on the part of the world at large, but will never
have to be remodelled or apologized for….
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The book “Esoteric Buddhism” was published in our
associated websites on 19 January 2019.
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On 14 September 2016, after examining the
state of the esoteric movement worldwide, a group of students decided to found
the Independent Lodge of Theosophists. Two of the priorities
adopted by the ILT are learning from the past and building
a better future.
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