isis unveiled, volume 2: chapter xii (gazing upon the unveiled truth)

"Some of these nobler Vedantic precepts on the soul and man’s mystic powers, have recently been contributed to an English periodical by a Hindu scholar. “The Sankhya”, he writes, “inculcates that the soul (i.e., astral body) has the following powers: shrinking into a minute bulk to which everything is pervious; enlarging to a gigantic body; [...]

isis unveiled, volume 2: chapter xi (fishers of men and their doctrines)

“Jacolliot must indeed have been stupefied by wonders, for he says: “We have seen things such as one does not describe for fear of making his readers doubt his intelligence... but still we have seen them. And truly one comprehends how, in presence of such facts, the ancient world believed... in possessions of the Devil [...]

isis unveiled, volume 2: chapter xi (fishers of men and their doctrines)

“To judge alone by its jugglers, India must certainly be better acquainted with alchemy, chemistry, and physics than any European academy. The psychological wonders produced by some fakirs of Southern Hindustan, and by the shaberons and hobilhans of Tibet and Mongolia, alike prove our case. The science of psychology has there, reached an acme of [...]

isis unveiled, volume 2: chapter xi (fishers of men and their doctrines)

“To those who believe that there is an intelligent Deity above who takes a certain concern in the welfare of our miserable little world, this contretemps must in itself seem a pretty good proof that Buddhism should have the best of Christianity. Perhaps, who knows, Pope Clement fell sick, so as to save the Buddhists [...]

isis unveiled, volume 2: chapter xi (fishers of men and their doctrines)

“Having repeated the plagiarized story, Diego de Couto, who seems to yield up with reluctance his curious notion that Gautama was Joshua, says: “To this name (Budao) the Gentiles throughout all India have dedicated great and superb pagodas. With reference to this story, we have been diligent in inquiring if the ancient Gentiles of those [...]