isis unveiled, vol 2: chapter ii (sorcery)

"To disbelieve that there exist in man certain arcane powers, which, by psychological study he can develop in himself to the highest degree, become a hierophant and then impart to others under the same conditions of earthly discipline, is to cast an imputation of falsehood and lunacy upon a number of the best, purest, and [...]

isis unveiled, vol 2: chapter ii (sorcery)

"If Demeter was considered the intellectual soul, or rather the Astral soul, half emanation from the spirit and half tainted with matter through a succession of spiritual evolutions - we may readily understand what is meant by the Matron Baubo, the Enchantress, who before she succeeds in reconciling the soul - Demeter, to its new [...]

Grateful Day, Everyone…

"Don't think that you can give your attention to the "Presence" with great intensity for five minutes and then the next hour, have flooding through your feeling all kinds of human desires, and receive the Fulfillment of your Calls - because you would annul the action to a large degree. You would start your human [...]

isis unveiled, vol 2: chapter ii (sorcery)

"If during the Aporreta or preliminary arcanes, there were some practices which might have shocked the pudicity of a Christian convert - though we doubt the sincerity of such statements - their mystical symbolism was all sufficient to relieve the performance of any charge of licentiousness. Even the episode of the Matron Baubo - whose [...]