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… to all members in India discouraging all expectation of seeing phenomena, or the Masters ( MAHATMAS ), or of receiving occult training; and unless an affirmative reply was received the member would be understood to be actuated by such …
… agrees, for she says, “Thus, the Rig Veda, the oldest of  all the known  ancient records, may be shown to corroborate the occult teachings in almost every respect. Its hymns — the records written by the earliest Initiates of the Fifth (our race) …
… plentiful in Theosophical literature. The Theosophical Society was launched fifty years ago to promote knowledge of the occult side of things because it was known to those who founded it that such knowledge would advance human brotherhood, and … plentiful in Theosophical literature. The Theosophical Society was launched fifty years ago to promote knowledge of the occult side of things because it was known to those who founded it that such knowledge would advance human brotherhood, and …
… once a person pledges oneself to the inner spiritual Path: As soon as anyone pledges himself as a “Probationer,” certain occult effects ensue. Of these the first is the throwing outward of everything latent in the nature of the man: his faults, …
… Conte di (Giuseppe Balsamo) (1743-1795). A well-known occultist of the 18th century. His life is shrouded in myth and conflicting reports; he is regarded by some as a charlatan … and reported death that he did escape, but no supporting evidence has emerged. Gottfried de PURUCKER in Studies in Occult Philosophy (p. 29-30), raises an interesting point arising out of a suggestion that Cagliostro was an Initiate or …
… the minds of men and the emotions of women, whilst Neptune sways the minds of women and the emotions of men. Thus the old occult method of neutralizing the forces of Mars through those of Venus is rapidly becoming abortive and will be completely … the minds of men and the emotions of women, whilst Neptune sways the minds of women and the emotions of men. Thus the old occult method of neutralizing the forces of Mars through those of Venus is rapidly becoming abortive and will be completely …
… mass of curiosities, of information and critical commentary on a truly vast range of subjects, of profound knowledge of the occult tradition in its many forms, but the material is presented in some confusion and often in a sharply polemic tone … broad principles and the secondary material, that is, the working out of the principles in particulars. In speaking of her occult instructors she used the name of Masters, because it was from them, as she explicitly states in The Key to Theosophy, …
… and a greater thing it will be if you do not doubt for you may never see it again. . . . "  William Quan Judge,  Practical Occultism .   Two Persons in Madame Blavatsky In a letter dated February 23, 1887, HPB wrote to William Judge: "Yes there … on "Ego.") In another glossary definition, HPB writes that "Individuality," is one "of the names given in Theosophy and Occultism to the human Higher Ego. We make a distinction between the immortal and divine and the mortal human Ego. . . ." …
… quoting extensively from Clissold’s translation of Principia Rerum Naturalium, and commenting that his description “is Occultism pure and simple” (SD I:118 fn.). P.S.H. © Copyright by the Theosophical Publishing House, Manila …
… made in this little book come from my own memories of early school life; and my own experience since of the methods used in Occult training has shown me how much happier boys' lives might be made than they usually are. I have myself experienced … made in this little book come from my own memories of early school life; and my own experience since of the methods used in Occult training has shown me how much happier boys' lives might be made than they usually are. I have myself experienced …