There is no fact in history more easily and completely demonstrable than the existence of the Secret Doctrine in all ages among all people, and the Adepts or Masters who were familiar with its teachings, and more or less capable of expounding its principles.

It is equally demonstrable that this Secret Doctrine was the real foundation of every great Religion known to man, and that only the initiated know the doctrines, and only these, as a rule, in the earliest history of each religion.

Furthermore, the Sacred Books of all religions, including those of the Jews and the Christians, were and are no more than parables and allegories of the real Secret Doctrine, transcribed for the ignorant and superstitious masses.

Ass commentaries written on these Sacred Books, whether on those of Moses, the Psalms and the Prophets of Judaism, the Gospels of the Gnostics and the Cristians, or those written on the Sacred Books of the East, the Vedas or Puranas, all either make more confusion when written by one ignorant of the Secret Doctrine, or, when written by initiates, but ring the changes on, or further elaborate the parables and allegories.

This Doctrine is everywhere and at all times essentially the same, only the outer gloss, the parables and allegories concealing it differ among different people.