*** And so would the Christian padris.  But they would never admit that their “fallen angels” were borrowed from the Rakshasas; that their “devil” is the illegitimate son of Dewel, the Sinhalese female demon; or that the “war in heaven” of the Apocalypse—­the foundation of the Christian dogma of the “Fallen Angels” was copied from the Hindu story about Siva hurling the Tarakasura who rebelled against the gods into Andhahkara, the abode of Darkness, according to Brahmanical Shastras. ---------

Do these assertions mean that the Vedas and the Brahmanical esoteric teachings had their origin in the lost Atlantis—­the continent that once occupied a considerable portion of the expanse of the Southern and the Pacific oceans?  The assertion in “Isis Unveiled,” that Sanskrit was the language of the inhabitants of the said continent, may induce one to suppose that the Vedas had probably their origin there, wherever else might be the birthplace of the Aryan esotericism.* But the real esoteric doctrine, as well as the mystic allegorical philosophy of the Vedas, were derived from another source again, whatever that may be—­ perchance from the divine inhabitants (gods) of the sacred island which once existed in the sea that covered in days of old the sandy tract now called Gobi Desert.  However that may be, the knowledge of the occult powers of Nature possessed by the inhabitants of the lost Atlantis was learnt by the ancient adepts of India, and was appended by them to the esoteric doctrine taught by the residents of the sacred island.** The Tibetan adepts, however, have not accepted this addition to their esoteric doctrine; and it is in this respect that one should expect to find a difference between the two doctrines.***

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* Not necessarily. (See Appendix, Note ii.) It is generally held by
Occultists that Sanskrit has been spoken in Java and adjacent islands
from remote antiquity.—­Ed. Theos.

** A locality which is spoken of to this day by the Tibetans, and called by them “Scham-bha-la,” the Happy Land. (See Appendix, Note iii.)

*** To comprehend this passage fully, the reader must turn to vol.  I. pp. 589-594 of “Isis Unveiled.” --------

The Brahmanical occult doctrine probably contains everything that was taught about the powers of Nature and their laws, either in the mysterious island of the North or in the equally mysterious continent of the South.  And if you mean to compare the Aryan and the Tibetan doctrines as regards their teachings about the occult powers of Nature, you must beforehand examine all the classifications of these powers, their laws and manifestations, and the real connotations of the various names assigned to them in the Aryan doctrine.  Here are some of the classifications contained in the Brahmanical system: 

   I. As appertaining to Parabrahmam and existing in the macrocosm.

  II.  As appertaining to man and existing in the microcosm.