The Key to Theosophy

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The Key to Theosophy is a book by Helena Blavatsky first published in 1889 and still in print, expounding the principles of theosophy in a readable question-and-answer manner. It covers Theosophy and the Theosophical Society, Nature of the Human Being, Life After Death, Reincarnation, Kama-Loka and Devachan, the Human Mind, Practical Theosophy and the Mahatmas. The book is an introduction to Theosophical mysticism and esoteric doctrine.

First edition

Nonviolent activist Mohandas Gandhi spoke of it in his autobiography:

"This book stimulated in me the desire to read books on Hinduism, and disabused me of the notion fostered by the missionaries that Hinduism was rife with superstition." ^[1]

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Blavatsky, Helena P. (1889). The Key to Theosophy. London: The Theosophical Publishing Company. Theosophy Trust Books. 2007. ISBN 0979320526. Theosophical University Press Online Edition: . ISBN 1-55700-046-8.

• The Key to Theosophy. United Lodge of Theosophists - Phoenix Arizona. 2002. "Scanned Reproduction from a Photographic Reproduction of the Original Edition as First Issued at London, England: 1889".