How long does it take to read The Secret Doctrine?
the synthesis of science, religion, and philosophy
The Secret Doctrine by H. P. Blavatsky takes about 10 hours 3 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 10 hours 3 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1888. 548 pages, about 150,700 words.
21 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 16 hours 45 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 10 hours 3 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 6 hours 17 minutes |
The page count is the median across 52 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Madame Blavatsky's Victorian-era masterpiece is now scaled down to its essentials, providing the most readable, accessible experience ever of one of history's seminal occult works. The Secret Doctrine, Helena Petrovna Blavatsky's masterwork on the origin and evolution of the universe and humanity itself, is arguably the most famous, and perhaps the most influential, occult book ever written. Published since 1888 only in expensive, two-volume editions of some 1,400 pages, it has long eluded the grasp of modern readers— until now.This single-volume edition, abridged and annotated by historian and Theosophical scholar Michael Gomes, places the ideas of The Secret Doctrine within reach of all who are curious. In particular, Gomes provides a critical sounding of the book's famous stanzas on the genesis of life and the cosmos...
Subjects: Occultism, Teosofía, Theosophy, Mysticism, Cosmology, Evolution
