H. P. Blavatsky claimed no credit for the teachings in her book, but only for the presentation and comments. The Secret Doctrine was not, however, the final message of theosophy for the nineteenth century, for it was soon followed by the key to its spiritual interpretation, without which it would be hardly more than a profound scientific treatise on the evolution of man and the universe. This culmination of her teaching was reached with the publication in 1889 of The Voice of the Silence, an exquisite prose-poem. This little book reveals the true path leading to the mystical achievement of finding the Self, the inner god. The deeper side of the S.D .
Many persons ask for something practical when they come in contact with theosophy.
In this little book the true way of life is taught in language of great poetical beauty and imagery. They are grand aphorisms, indeed. I only translated them from Telugu, the oldest South-Indian dialect. There are three treatises, about morals, and the moral principles of the Mongolian and Dravidian mystics. The high estimation in which the Voice is held by those qualified to judge is shown by the endorsement by the Tashi Lama of Tibet of a reprint of the original edition, published in China by Alice L. Cleather and Basil Crump.