Secret doctrine. Volume 1. In 2 books

This book is a modern and affordable translation of "secret doctrine" E.P. Blavatsky, executed according to the text of the first edition of the book that saw the light during the life of the author. This truly great work reveals the veil over the innermost meanings and riddles of our life, as well as the past, present and future of humanity. In the I volume, we are talking about the formation of the universe, the fundamental symbolism used by the great religions and mythology of the world is considered in detail, and also contains a whole storehouse of scientific, religious and philosophical truths. For the first time, the Russian -speaking reader was able to fully get acquainted with the "Secret Doctrine" - by this fundamental work in the field of Theosophia - thanks to the translation of Elena Ivanovna Roerich, another great compatriot. Each seeker of truth both in modern Russia and abroad has every reason to treat the deepest gratitude to all areas of activity E.I. Roerich and, in particular, to that part of its ascetic work, which is associated with the translations of fundamental Theosophical works, such as the "Secret Doctrine" E.P. Blavatsky and "Letters Mahatm A.P. Sinnetta ". However, as any theosofu is known well, everything in the world develops cyclically, experiencing a period of infancy, maturity and, alas, inevitable old age. The world must develop and move forward. The need for a new translation has risen, and this is obvious in a number of signs. Starting to the new translation of the "secret doctrine", the translator sought, the valuance of E.P.B. with every thought, to state it in a more modern and generally accepted literary Russian language and make the Russian -speaking text of this difficult and wealth of thoughts of the book at the same time and more readable, and more accurate in meaning. The task was set to make such a translation (as far as it succeeded, to judge the reader) so that Elena Petrovna Blavatsky spoke with the modern reader in today"s language