Excerpt from Man's Place in the Universe: A Summary of Theosophic StudyIN the preface it is stated that the teach ing summarised in this little volume may be recognised as having existed during past ages in many parts of the world. What is there referred to is the Wisdom-tradition which the inner and mystical teaching of all religions has handed down in a more or less veiled form - of all religions, that is, whose mystical teaching has been preserved. It is unfortunate that in Christianity it has to a great extent been lost.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.