Published by The Blavatsky Archives. Online Edition copyright 1998-2007.


H.P. Blavatsky's Esoteric Instructions

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E.S.T.S. Pledge Folder
Issued in 1888 by H.P. Blavatsky to all applicants seeking admission to the Esoteric Section of the Theosophical Society.

Preliminary Memorandum (E.S.T.S.)
Strictly Private, Confidential, Personal, for Members only. 1888.

E.S.T.S. Instructions No. I (photographic facsimile of the complete 1890 unabridged ed.)

Extract from H.P.B.'s E.S.T.S. Instruction No. I

Esoteric Instruction No. 1 (Later edited and abridged edition from Collected Writings, Vol. XII. Note about the editing of this version. )

Esoteric Instruction No. 2 (Later edited and abridged edition from Collected Writings, Vol. XII.  Earlier unabridged ed.  is published in EsotericPapers.Net.)

Memorandum at End of HPB's Esoteric Instruction No. II

The Esoteric Section of the Theosophical Society

The Esoteric Section T.S.: Reorganization of the Section in America

To The Members of the E.S. of the T.S.

Esoteric Instruction No. 3 (Later edited and abridged edition from Collected Writings, Vol. XII).

Examination Paper No. 1, London, June 12, 1890, by order of H.P.B.

Inner Group Teachings of H.P. Blavatsky.  1890-1891.
Here are Mme. Blavatsky's "Notes on Some Oral Teachings," which were given to H.P.B.'s Inner Group in London in 1890-1891.  In this reprint of H.P.B.'s oral teachings the text has been heavily edited but an accurate and complete transcription of the original oral teachings by H.P.B. has been published in two different books:  Book 1 and Book 2. This original manuscript is not yet online.

H.P. Blavatsky's E.S. Notice dated Jan. 1, 1891

Reprint of Instructions I, II and III.

Esoteric Instruction No. 4 (From Collected Writings, Vol. XII.  Based on H.P. Blavatsky's Inner Group Teachings. 
The original transcription of the Inner Group Teachings has been published in two different books:  Book 1 and Book 2. This original manuscript is not yet online.).

Esoteric Instruction No. 5 (From Collected Writings, Vol. XII.  Based on H.P. Blavatsky's Inner Group Teachings. 
The original transcription of the Inner Group Teachings has been published in two different books:  Book 1 and Book 2. This original manuscript is not yet online.).

NOTE:  H.P.B.'s first three Esoteric Instructions were first issued to the public in 1897 in The Secret Doctrine, Volume III.   These instructions were edited in this 1897 publication when compared to H.P.B.'s originals.   The 1897 version of these instructions are online at:.

Paper I [Originally titled E.S.T.S. Instruction I]  Paper I starts on page 435.
Paper II [Originally titled E.S.T.S. Instruction II]  Paper II starts on page 455.
Paper III [Originally titled E.S.T.S. Instruction III]  Scroll down. Paper III starts on page 486.


Many of the above papers plus other esoteric documents have been published in The Esoteric Papers of Madame Blavatsky.
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