The Voice of the Silence
H. P. Blavatsky · 1889
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About the book
A small book of instructions for quieting the mind, rendered by Blavatsky from verses she learned by heart. The gentlest thing she ever wrote, and the one mystics of every school still hand to beginners.
Try the short course
Part 1 · A book she carried in memory. The first six slides, free.
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Before a single verse, the title page tells you what kind of book this is. It calls itself chosen fragments from the Book of the Golden Precepts, "for the daily use of Lanoos (disciples)."
Daily use. Not for study, not for a shelf of important books. The word Lanoo is simply a disciple, a person in training, and the book assumes you are one the moment you open it.
That changes what counts as reading it well. A novel is read once and finished. A handbook for disciples is used, not finished: you pick it up in the morning, take one instruction into the day, and come back to it tomorrow to find it has quietly changed shape.
Inside the course
11 parts- A book learned by heart before it was written downFree above
- The voice you hear when the mind goes quiet
- The three halls: ignorance, learning, wisdom
- The mind as slayer of the real
Questions
Is The Voice of the Silence free to read in Astra Trainer?
Yes. The full book opens free in the app’s reader, in English, Spanish, German, French, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, and Russian.
What is the short course?
11 short parts that walk through the book’s key ideas in slides, each with a quick quiz. The first six slides are free to try on this page.
Where do I get the app?
Astra Trainer is free on the App Store and Google Play. The Voice of the Silence is waiting in the app’s library.
