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Work #1394 · Early

Isis Unveiled

Helena Petrovna Blavatsky
1877 · English
Theosophical philosophical-religious treatise · Theosophy / Esotericism

Blavatsky's 1877 first major Theosophical work

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Rows where works disagree are highlighted in gold. The full ontology grid is shown.

Attribute Isis Unveiled (Early)
Time · Extent Infinite
Time · Ontological Status Substantival
Time · Grain Continuous
Time · Freedom Non-Deterministic
Time · Traversability Linear
Time · Dimensionality One
Time · Direction Uni-directional
Space · Extent Infinite
Space · Ontological Status Substantival
Space · Curvature Flat
Space · Dimensionality Three
Space · Locality Non-Local
Matter · Extent Infinite
Matter · Ontological Status Substantival
Matter · Conservation Conserved
Matter · Dimensionality Three
Matter · Locality Non-Local
Observer · Time Instance Multiple
Observer · Space Instance Single
Observer · Knowledge Extent Total
Observer · Knowledge Retainment Total
Observer · Physicality Embodied
Observer · Agency Active
Observer · Number Plural
Observer · Metaphysical Agency Impersonal
Observer · Moral Authority Experience
Observer · Theological Method
Energy · Extent Infinite
Energy · Ontological Status Substantival
Energy · Conservation Conserved
Energy · Dispersibility Reversible
Information · Ontological Status Substantival
Information · Cosmic Conservation Conserved
Information · Personal Conservation Conserved
Information · Granularity Continuous

Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence

What each work's passages reveal about its stance on each of the six dimensions.

Time

Isis Unveiled

1877.

Space

Isis Unveiled

New York Theosophical setting.

Matter

Isis Unveiled

Religious-philosophical comparative content.

Observer

Isis Unveiled

Blavatsky as Theosophical theorist.

Energy

Isis Unveiled

Theosophical-esoteric energies.

Information

Isis Unveiled

Two-volume content.

Internal Tensions

Where each work's argument pulls against itself.

Isis Unveiled

Isis Unveiled was foundational but subsequently superseded for Blavatsky herself by The Secret Doctrine (1888).