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464 Pagan and Christian Worship of the Elements ... 467 ------- XV. ON KWAN-SHI-YIN AND KWAN-YIN ... 470 Kwan-Shi-Yin and Phallicism ... 471 The Real Meaning ... 472 --------------------- BOOK I. -- PART III. SCIENCE AND THE SECRET DOCTRINE CONTRASTED. §§ I. REASONS FOR THESE ADDENDA ... 477 Occultism versus Materialism ... 479 The Sabbath of the Mystic ... 481 ------- II. MODERN PHYSICISTS ARE PLAYING AT BLIND MAN'S BUFF ... 482 ------- III. AN LUMEN SIT CORPUS NEC NON? ... 483 The Hypothetical Ether ... 485 Scientific Theories of its Constitution ... 489 ------- IV. IS GRAVITATION A LAW? ... 490 Intelligences or Blind Forces? ... 493 The Cause of Attraction ... 498 [[Vol. 1, Page]] xv CONTENTS. §§ PAGE. V. THE THEORIES OF ROTATION SCIENCE ... 500 Conflicting Hypotheses ... 502 More Hypotheses ... 505 ------- VI. THE MASKS OF SCIENCE ... 506 What are the "Forces?" ... 508 The View of the Occultists ... 510 Scientific and Occult Theories on Heat ... 515 The Atoms of Science ... 519 ------- VII. AN ATTACK ON THE SCIENTIFIC THEORY OF FORCE BY A MAN OF SCIENCE ... 523 Ether and Atoms ... 527 ------- VIII. LIFE, FORCE, OR GRAVITY? ... 529 Dr. Richardson on Nervous Ether ... 531 The Senses and their Action ... 535 Too much "Life" may Kill ... 539 ------- IX. THE SOLAR THEORY ... 540 The Primordial Element ... 542 Elements and Meta -Elements ... 546 The Tree of Life and Being ... 549 Prof. Crookes on the Elements ... 552 ------- X. THE COMING FORCE ... 554 Mr. Keeley, an Unconscious Occultist ... 557 Inter-Etheric Waves ... 561 The Secrets of Sound and Odour ... 565 ------- Xl. ON THE ELEMENTS AND ATOMS ... 566 Metaphysical Chemistry ... 569 What are the Seven Planets? ... 575 The Cyclic Fall of the Gods ... 577 [[Vol. 1, Page]] xvi CONTENTS. §§ PAGE. XII. ANCIENT THOUGHT IN MODERN DRESS ... 579 All-Potential Unity ... 583 The "Seventh" in Chemistry ... 585 ------- XIII. THE MODERN NEBULAR THEORY ... 588 Forces are Emanations ... 591 What is the Nebula? ... 595 ------- XIV. FORCES -- MODES OF MOTION OR INTELLIGENCES? ... 601 The Vital Principle ... 603 Occult and Physical Science ... 605 ------- XV. GODS, MONADS, AND ATOMS ... 610 The Gods of the Ancients -- the Monads ... 613 The Monad and the Duad ... 617 The Genesis of the Elements ... 621 Hermes and Huxley ... 625 The Teaching of Leibnitz ... 627 The Monads according to Occultism ... 632 ------- XVI. CYCLIC EVOLUTION AND KARMA ... 634 Karmic Cycles and Universal Ethics ... 637 Destiny and Karma ... 639 Karma-Nemesis ... 643 ------- XVII. THE ZODIAC AND ITS ANTIQUITY ... 647 The Jewish Patriarchs and the Signs of the Zodiac ... 651 Zodiacal Cycles ... 656 Hindu Astronomy ... 661 ------- XVIII. SUMMARY OF THE MUTUAL POSITION ... 668 Science Confesses her Ignorance ... 669 Materialism is leading Europe towards a catastrophe ... 675 ------- [[ Contents of Volume 2]] Secret Doctrine Homepage