… teacher to whom he proposes his candidature is called in India a Guru; and the real Guru is always an Adept in the Occult Science. A man of profound knowledge, exoteric and esoteric, especially the latter; and one who has brought his … For, though we do hear at very rare intervals of one who has an extraordinary innate capacity for the acquisition of occult knowledge and power, yet even he has to pass the self-same tests and probations, and go through the same …
… answers when he questioned them. “. . . from his earliest years [he was] deeply interested in religious, philosophical and occult subjects . . .” ( Theosophy , Vol. 7, p. 320). Selling their business in Montreal, Crosbie and his partner went to …
… Twelve aspects of these potentialities can readily be identified: 1. The notion of Deity in Cosmos and Man. 2. The Occult Constitution of Man and the Planes of Being. 3. Divine Law, regulating the all-embracing cosmic process. 4. … Twelve aspects of these potentialities can readily be identified: 1. The notion of Deity in Cosmos and Man. 2. The Occult Constitution of Man and the Planes of Being. 3. Divine Law, regulating the all-embracing cosmic process. 4. …
… earlier races. The genesis of that WISDOM-RELIGION, in which all Theosophists believe, dates from that period. So-called "Occultism," or rather Esoteric Science, has to be traced in its origin to those Beings who, led by Karma, have incarnated in …
… 7 th Principles in man will free the subject of much confusion and misapprehension. There is real affiliation as well as an occult connection existing between the seven principles in man and the seven classes of minerals under the earth. There are … is its only avenue of communication, and the language it speaks is known only to him who understands arcane knowledge or occultism. When the Master has initiated his pupil he puts the seal of the mysteries upon his lips and locks them even …
… prime tenets of the natural process. The principal postulates of the above thesis are in fact tenets of the Ancient Wisdom, Occultism, Esoteric Science or Theosophy as contained in many of the world's scriptures but more particularly in the …
… to the modern and future world. He is presently engaged in research work extending the discovereis in the field of Occult Chemistry, particularly dwelling on background radiation and special characteristics of the carbon atom and the role … to the modern and future world. He is presently engaged in research work extending the discovereis in the field of Occult Chemistry, particularly dwelling on background radiation and special characteristics of the carbon atom and the role …
… than most of us. Furthermore, Blavatsky, in a discussion about astrology, states, “‘What is destiny?’ As understood by the Occultist, it is merely the chain of causation producing its correspondential series of effects. One who has carefully followed the teachings of Occultism, as recently given out, concerning Devachan and future re-births, knows that every individual is his own creator …
… being the chief or first formative forces, made themselves to become the heavens and the material sphere” ( Studies in Occult Philosophy , p. 151). Helena P. BLAVATSKY in her The Secret Doctrine , writes, “The introductory chapters of …
… writing that “the ancients, having contemplated this mutual sympathy of things (celestial and terrestrial) applied them for occult purposes. . . . All things are full of divine natures . . . while every order of things proceeds gradually in a … descent from the highest to the lowest” (IU I:244) — in other words, that nature works from within outwards, a key tenet of occult philosophy. His theory about the after-death condition of the soul is essentially the same as that of modern …