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isis unveiled, vol 2: chapter ii (sorcery)

"The hierophants and some Brahmans are accused of having administered to their epoptai, strong drinks or anaesthetics to produce visions which shall be taken by the latter as realities. They did and do use sacred beverages which, like the Soma-drink, possess the faculty of freeing the astral form from the bonds of matter; but in [...]

isis unveiled, vol 2: chapter ii (sorcery)

"The doctrine of the Moksha and the Nirvana, as understood by the school of Max Muller, can never bear confronting with numerous texts that can be found, if required, as a final refutation. There are sculptures in many pagodas which contradict, point-blank, the imputation. Ask a Brahman to explain Moksha, address yourself to an educated [...]

isis unveiled, vol 2: chapter ii (sorcery)

"Subjective communication with the human, god-like spirits of those who have preceded us to the silent land of bliss, is in India divided into three categories. Under the spiritual training of a guru or sannyasi, the vatou, (disciple or neophyte), begins to feel them. Were he not under the immediate guidance of an adept, he [...]

isis unveiled, vol 2: chapter ii (sorcery)

"The doctrine of planetary and terrestrial Pitris was revealed entirely in ancient India, as well as now, only at the last moment of initiation, and to the adepts of superior degrees. Many are the fakirs, who, though pure, and honest, and self-devoted, have yet never seen the astral form of a purely human pitar, (an [...]