Helena Blavatsky#Theosophy

The Key to Theosophy ( Original title: The Key to Theosophy ) is a book by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky. It was first published in 1889 in London and New York, was the second to last of their works and the last self- published by her (her last work Theosophical Glossary was published posthumously in 1892). The book will introduce the " ethical, scientific, and philosophical teachings of Theosophy ." It is written on the model of Christian catechisms in the form of question and answer. The book explains to the object of the Theosophical Society and also includes a lengthy glossary, which describes important theosophical concepts in more detail.

The Russian pianist and composer Alexander Scriabin was impressed by Helena Blavatsky's works, and wrote in 1905 in Paris that the key to theosophy is a remarkable book and it was amazing how much this book would be similar to his own mind.

Mahatma Gandhi wrote: " I ​​also remember that I, at the urging of my friends Madame Blavatsky's " Key to Theosophy " read. This book stimulated in me the desire to read books on Hinduism, and disabused me of the spread of the missionaries claim that the Hindu doctrine is full of superstition. "

Book editions

• Key to Theosophy. Statement of ethics, science and philosophy. Translated by Edward Herrmann. Friedrich, Leipzig o.J.
• The Key to Theosophy, a textbook in questions and answers on ethics, science, philosophy, the study of which the Theosophical Society was founded. Theosophical publishing house, Leipzig o.J. ( 2nd ed 1922). 3 ext. and revised. A.: Theosophical Publishing Society, saddle village 1995, ISBN 3-927837-51-2 or aquamarine, Grafing 1995, ISBN 3-89427-199- X.