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The Deeper Issues of Occultism
Occultism Can Never Be An End In Itself It does but open up a wider horizon, but a horizon that ever recedes as we approach it. We are still in the realm of appearance. It can, however, be an invaluable means to many ends. A knowledge of its philosophy can give a clue to the researches of the scientist, balances to ecstasies of the mystic, and it may very well be that in the possibilities of ritual magic we shall find an invaluable therapeutic agent for use in certain forms of mental disease which Psycho-analysis has demonstrated have no physiological cause, but of which it can very seldom effect a cure; it is here that the occultist, with his knowledge of the hidden side of things, can teach the psychologist a very great deal. Sacred Science Occultism is a sacred science, and should be approached with reverence. "Strait is the gate and narrow the way" that leads to its holy places, and "few there be that find it". The Angel with the flaming sword still guards the gate of the Mysteries, and it is not wise to expose our souls to that force until we have purified them, and are sure that we can give the right password when it is demanded of us. There comes a time in the experience of every student of the occult subjects, provided he is sufficiently interested in them, when the ideas that occupy his mind begin to affect him, and the unseen world of which he has read is slowly rising above the horizon of consciousness, and the subtle is becoming tangible. No Man's Land He will find himself in a veritable No Man's Land of the mind, and he must do one of two things, and do it quickly. He must either bolt back into his body like a rabbit down its hole, or he must press on and open up the higher consciousness. But one thing he must not do, and that is, linger in the land of phantasms that is the frontier between subconsciousness and super-consciousness, for that way madness lies.
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