![]() The article explores another possibility: that HPB's ideas about a seven-fold subtle anatomy was there since the grounding of The Theosophical Society (1875), and that it was rooted in specific numerological, mathematical and geometric speculations which she shared with several other contemporary authors. ![]() Earlier research has concluded that the exchange of ideas with Hindus and Buddhists initiated the transformation of Blavatsky's doctrine regarding the number of human principles. A hypothesis regarding how and why Blavatsky's first doctrine of three human principles (body, soul, and spirit) developed into her later teaching of seven human principles, is also presented. ![]() A change in her teaching took place around 1880-81, in an interaction between American, European and Indian theosophists which distinguishes her two major works Isis Unveiled (1877) and The Secret Doctrine (1888). ![]() Focus is on a central period in late 19th-century when the Theosophical Society and its most significant forefront, Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (HPB), first presented her doctrine of subtle anatomy. This article traces essential sources behind the Western reception of Sanskrit terminology relating to subtle anatomy.
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