Analysis of The Secret Doctrine of Madame Blavatsky

Analysis of The Secret Doctrine of Madame Blavatsky

 

by Mark Fennell

1/20/2018

Overview

I have been reading much of Madame Blavatsky’s works. I read “Isis Unveiled”. And now I have been reading much of “The Secret Doctrine”.

Here are some main thoughts I have while reading these books, particularly “The Secret Doctrine”.

In brief: I have no idea why these books are popular. They read as if written by a 7^th grade student. They explain nothing, and are very disorganized.

She does NOT have any “Secret Doctrine”

First, let us look at the title. You would think from the title that you would be taught some great information, the great secrets… “The Secret Doctrine”. Yet this is not the case.

She has no secret doctrine. There is no doctrine.

In fact, my writings and videos offer you much more about the truths of the metaphysical world than she ever did.

Also, the book is not about any Truth of the Metaphysical Worlds. Not at all. Instead, the book really is about the origins of the universe, and the creation of man. Not what I would call a Secret Doctrine.

A more accurate title for the book should be: “The origin of the universe and the creation of man, as understood by the ancient spiritualists.”

THAT is what the title should be, because that is what the book is really about. She is writing on the origin of the universe and the creation of man.

She says nothing about spiritual beings, spiritual realms, psychic connections, or any other truths. She does not offer any explanations of how things work, the beings that are out there, or how we humans can use this information in our lives. If you want to know those things, then read my books and come to my presentations. I can give you the REAL SECRETS.

She uses Strange Terms, but NEVER DEFINES THEM

Throughout the book she uses many strange terms. She seems to love these unusual terms. She creates words, names, phrases that have no common understanding. Completely new phrases.

And yet…she never defines these. She never explains them. That is the worst aspect of her entire writing.

She throws out terms that have no meaning, and continues to talk about them as all of us know exactly what she is talking about. Yet she never defines, never explains, and never gives examples of her bizarre terms.

This makes her entire book garbage. It is worthless.

We read page after page after page using these bizarre terms. Yet without any understanding of what she is trying to say. Because she never explains these.

Actually, I think that she herself might not know what she is trying to say. She herself may have no real concept of what she is writing about. She is unclear in her understanding, and therefore she is very unclear in her writing.

In this she reminds me of many physicists who are guilty of the same thing. There are many physicists who use odd terms, such as “singularity”, “black hole”, “negative pressure”, and “negative gravity”. The term “Singularity” has many meanings, yet writers rarely specify which they mean. “Black hole” is a physical impossibility. Then “negative pressure” and “negative gravity” are ridiculous, because better terms would be something like “motion” or “internal energy”. And these are just a few examples.

The bizarre terms which Blavatsky uses are similar in that regard. They are devoid of physical meaning, and likely have no basis in physical reality. Yet most of all….she never defines, explains, or gives examples of these terms. And if you can’t do that, then you are not able to teach anything.

In fact, if you can’t clearly define or explain your phrase, then very likely there is no reality to the phrase at all. It does not exist.

I found this phenomenon with the recent popular word “scalar energy”. After much searching, I learned that nobody could define it, or give an example. Which leads to the conclusion that such a thing does not exist.

That is where I am with the bizarre terms used by Madame Blavatsky in her books. She never defines, never explains, and never gives examples. This means she has no real understanding herself of what these terms mean. And further, it is very likely that these terms don’t exist; that is, there is no physical reality behind these terms.

She has NO PERSONAL EXPERIENCE

Madame Blavatsky has no personal experience. She merely compiles the writings of others. This is very significant.

Blavatsky herself says so, several times…including the beginning pages of “The Secret Doctrine”. She said she never had any personal revelations regarding what she has written.

Now, of course I will applaud any person who has done diligent research. I will applaud anyone who has collected the primary experiences of others into a cohesive report of the topic.

However, her writing is not clear. There is nothing cohesive. And furthermore, none of this comes from her own personal experiences.

Let me be very clear on this: I have had numerous spiritual experiences. I have had more than most people of the earth, now or in history. I have seen things, been places, visited by beings, which very few humans ever have. I know much…very much. That is why I will be writing my own version of a Secret Doctrine in the near future.

In contrast, Blavatsky has not had any of these experiences. And certainly not the rare experiences I have been privileged to have.

Therefore I am highly qualified to judge what seems like reality, and what seems like fiction, in her books.

There are a few portions of her book which she talks about things being not true, which I know for a fact are true. (Based on personal experience).

Of course most of her book is on topics which is not my area of research or experience (the origin of the universe and the stages of man). Therefore, much of her book I cannot judge whether true or not. But because she is basing the information on the experiences of others, and not her own, then every statement can be considered equally true or equally false.

Some Truths, yet Only Brief Glimmers

There are however some portions of the writing which hint at the truth. The ancients did not quite understand, and her writing portrays their views, in their ways of thinking. Yet I can see a few glimmers of truths in there.

I will not say what those are here. But I will say I wish she would have expanded on some of those other truths.

What I can Tell You about Her Book

After reading through her book “The Secret Doctrine”, I can summarize a few concepts for you.

Yes, it is written as term-paper from a 7^th grader. It is incoherent, she doesn’t understand much of what she is saying, and never explains her main terms…then uses those terms frequently….

But in all that, we can pick up a few things. Here are the basic concepts, a summary of her main ideas:

1. In the beginning there was nothing. It was dark.

2. Then something happened. (Descriptions which are similar to the Big Bang Theory). This is when the Universe was “Chaos”.

3. Out of the “Chaos” came various Energies and Ethers. These evolved into beings.

4. Different beings were formed from the Chaos Ethers at different times. This gives us different spiritual beings, and different life forms on planets.

5. There is no one God above all. Nor is there one Devil. (Her opinion). There is merely a collection of energies, which manifests themselves in different ways, in different beings, at different times.

6. Note at this point, she is very unclear. This is where we get her bizarre terms, which she does not explain. Most of the book deals with this in between stuff, which she can’t explain, except for throwing around strange terms which she herself doesn’t understand.

7. Eventually humans were formed.

8. There are several stages of humans. She said we would soon be reaching the next stage of humans.

 

*This I do believe is true. I have been told my purpose is to help humanity evolve. And there are others who are here on similar missions. As a group, we are evolved beings, sent here on missions, to bring humanity to the next stage of their evolution*

 

This is essentially the summary of her book “The Secret Doctrine”

Summary of “Isis Unveiled”

Note that her book “Isis Unveiled” can be summarized even shorter. My summary is this:

“All ancient spiritual traditions and religions have some truth. Find the true parts, and there is a reality which exists. Many of the inner circle of the elite have been taught the deepest truest realities, while presenting the rest as vague ideas and partial truths to the people. Those truths are the Secret Doctrine. And what is the Secret Doctrine? I can’t tell you, because I don’t know. But I do know that those who knew the secrets had to be fully prepared for the truths, capable of understanding the truths, and, in many cases, threatened by the group from teaching the truths to others.”

That is the essential summary of “Isis Unveiled”.

Abridged vs Unabridged Versions

There is one final possibility, that Madame Blavatsky explains more in her full unabridged version.

I have the Abridged Version of The Secret Doctrine. Yet it is no small book, the abridged version is 250 pages. Yet this is an Abridged Version, which seems to be the version that is most available.

The person who abridged this book did make reference to other material which he cut out of the original. He said these items were not necessary to understand her work. Yet from what I have read, her work is really not possible to understand.

Thus, there remains the possibility that some of the original which was chopped out may explain more, and make her work more intelligible.

I open to that possibility.

But for now, with this book…it is a difficult read, without explaining much.

Learning the Real Metaphysical Truths

*If you want to know the REAL METAPHYSICAL TRUTHS, then look for my next book, on Spiritual Truths. In my book you will learn much of the truths of the metaphysical worlds, as personally experienced by myself.

The Current Outline for My Book on Metaphysical Truths:

Part 1: What is Truth

Part 2: Scientists and Spirituality
Part 3: Sensing Other Realities
Part 4: The Multitude of Metaphysical Beings
Part 5: Spiritual Realms and Vortexes
Part 6: Karma, Afterlife, and Reincarnation with Amnesia
Part 7: Spiritualism in Your Life Today
Part 8: Proof, Evidence, Teaching, and Reliability of Witnesses
Part 9: Ancient Wisdom vs Historic Propaganda
Part 10: Virtues, Sins, and Universal Ethics
Part 11: God
Part 12: Evolution of Humanity (past and future)
Part 13: Samples of Personal Experiences
Part 14: Prayers, Rituals, and Rules
Part 15: Analysis of Many Religions
Part 16: Summary and Concluding Thoughts

MF

1/20/2018