“Those best prepared to appreciate occultism are the spiritualists, although through prejudice, until now, they have been the bitterest opponents to its introduction to public notice. Despite all foolish negations and denunciations, their phenomena are real. Despite, also, their own assertions they are wholly misunderstood by themselves. The totally insufficient theory of the constant agency [...]
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isis unveiled, volume 2: chapter xii (gazing upon the unveiled truth)
“From time immemorial, in Russia, in the month of May, on Trinity Day, maidens from city and village have been in the habit of casting upon the river wreaths of green leaves – which each girl has to form herself – and consulting their oracles. If the wreath sinks, it is a sign that the [...]
isis unveiled, volume 2: chapter xii (gazing upon the unveiled truth)
“A great Truth was uttered some fifty years ago by Dr. Francis Victor Broussais, when he said: "If magnetism were true, medicine would be an absurdity.” Magnetism is true, and so we shall not contradict the learned Frenchman as to the rest. Magnetism, as we have shown, is the alphabet of magic. It is idle [...]
isis unveiled, vol 2: chapter x (the devil)
“St. George's Dragon, which figures so promiscuously in the grandest cathedrals of the Christians, is not a whit handsomer than the Kings of Snakes, the Buddhist Nammadanam-naraya, the great Dragon. If the planetary Demon Rawho, is believed, in the popular superstition of the Cingalese, to endeavor to destroy the moon by swallowing it; and if [...]
The Mark Of God: Understanding Your "I AM Presence" 