So he changed the title to Isis Unveiled , which he actually preferred. The first 1,000 copies of Isis Unveiled were sold in 10 days, and it received favorable reviews. The book was reprinted a number of times during HPB's lifetime, and has remained in print ever since. The variety of subjects touched upon, the treatment of alchemy and the secret sciences, her description of some incidents she herself must have witnessed in her extensive travels, all give Isis Unveiled a verve and impact which are still potent today. A glossary of terms is included as part of the Introduction.
People are prone to consider old stories and myths as primitive imaginings.
Scholars such as Joseph Campbell and Mircea Eliade have largely succeeded in restoring myths and legends to their proper place as symbolic representations of the beliefs of ancient peoples who were in no way inferior to us, intellectually or spiritually. Indeed, the ancients themselves often materialized their god or gods, which originally were regarded as symbols of cosmic nature's living inner structure. In one interpretation Isis stands for the second aspect of the trinity of Osiris, Isis, and Horus. Such a trinity is found in nearly all great religious systems. It corresponds in Christian terms to the Father, Holy Ghost, and Son, and among the Hindus to Parabrahman, Mulaprakriti, and Brahman.