Transcriber's Notes:
Underscores "_" before and after a word or phrase indicate _italics_
in the original text.
Equal signs "=" before and after a word or phrase indicate =bold=
in the original text.
Small capitals have been converted to SOLID capitals.
Typographical errors have been silently corrected but other variations in spelling and punctuation remain unaltered.
The heading on page 188 was changed from “ON SELF-RELIANCE” to
“ON SELF-SACRIFICE”, to agree with the Table of Contents, and the subject of the section.
The Key to Theosophy
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THE KEY TO THEOSOPHY
BEING
_A CLEAR EXPOSITION, IN THE FORM OF QUESTION AND ANSWER_
OF THE
ETHICS, SCIENCE AND PHILOSOPHY
FOR THE STUDY OF WHICH THE THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY HAS
BEEN FOUNDED
BY
H. P. BLAVATSKY
[Reprinted Verbatim from the Original Edition first published in 1889.]
THE UNITED LODGE OF THEOSOPHISTS
_Dedicated_
by
“_H. P. B._”
_To all her Pupils_
_that_
_They may Learn and Teach in their turn_
CONTENTS
SECTION I.
Page
THEOSOPHY AND THE THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY:
The Meaning of the Name 1
The Policy of the Theosophical Society 3
The Wisdom-Religion Esoteric in all Ages 5
Theosophy is not Buddhism 10
SECTION II.
EXOTERIC AND ESOTERIC THEOSOPHY:
What the Modern Theosophical Society is not 12
Theosophists and Members of the “T.S.” 15
The Difference between Theosophy and Occultism 19
The Difference between Theo…