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… German. Among his classmates were William Butler Yeates and George William Russell, with whom he shared an interest in the occult. Later, he worked as a journalist. In 1884, he read Alfred Percy Sinnett's work The Occult World and founded, together with Yeats and Russell on 16 June 1885, the Hermetic Society in Dublin. He was …
… Karma, and it is this law which affords the solution to the great question of collective suffering and its relief. It is an occult law, moreover, that no man can rise superior to his individual failings, without lifting, be it ever so little, the … pleasant or painful, well-beloved because tangible to the very lowest senses. The Theosophist who desires to enter upon occultism takes some of Nature's privileges into his own hands, by that very wish, and soon discovers that experiences come …
… genius to the  ravings  of fever and even madness -- are classed by science as having no  existence  outside of our fancy. Occultism and Theosophy, however, regard  reminiscence  in an entirely different light. For us, while  memory  is physical … genius to the  ravings  of fever and even madness -- are classed by science as having no  existence  outside of our fancy. Occultism and Theosophy, however, regard  reminiscence  in an entirely different light. For us, while  memory  is physical …