Isis Unveiled

in Russian, by Madame Blavatsky, 1891

A landmark of modern day occult scholarship, Blavatsky devotes this lengthy book to the destruction of dogmatic thinking which has enslaved theology and science. The book consists of a relativist examination of science, religion, mythology, and philosophy, touching upon topics as a diverse as Christianity, Buddhism, medieval heresy, savior and devil myths, psychic phenomena, freemasonry, ancient mystery cults, Gnosticism, and Platonic philosophy, Blavatsky's survey is comprehensive, but even in 1928 seemed an intellectual dead end. The Orne purchased this book shortly after its publication. (Johnson, Sam, and Sandy Antunes. "Miskatonic University: A Handbook to the Pride of Arkham." Chaosium, Oct. 2005. )