Is it a new religion, we are asked? By no means; it is not a religion, nor is its philosophy new; for, as already stated, it is as old as thinking man. Its tenets are not now published for the first time, but have been cautiously given out to, and taught by, more than one European Initiate — especially by the late Ragon.
– H. P. Blavatsky, The Secret Doctrine, 1877, Vol. 1:xxxvi, Introductory.
Photo: 4th ed., 1878, of “Isis Unveiled” with gold print, public domain.
