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      "subtitle": "The Stanzas of Dzyan I–VII + science addenda",
      "blurb": "Volume I (1888): Cosmogenesis. Proem, the Seven Stanzas from the *Book of Dzyan* (I–VII) with commentary, and the Addenda sections (I–XV) on science and the secret doctrine — Blavatsky's exposition of the universe's origin through the sefirotic Lipikas, the Dhyāni-Chohans, and the seven Logoi.",
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      "subtitle": "The Stanzas of Dzyan VIII–XII + archaic anthropology",
      "blurb": "Volume II (1888): Anthropogenesis. The Stanzas of the Anthropogenesis (I–XII) with commentary on the evolution of the human races — the seven Root Races, the descent of the Lemurians and Atlanteans, the Sons of God and the Daughters of Men — and the Addenda sections (XVI–XXV) on archaic anthropology.",
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