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Serpent

… who brought fire (i.e., intelligence) to mankind, and was punished by Zeus for that by being chained to a rock. From the occult point of view, the serpent here represents  kundalini , the “serpent fire,” entwined around our spinal column. Eating …

Astrology

… Esoteric astrology “is concerned with the inner growth of individuals, and that which deals with the science from an occult standpoint.” The sun, for example, represents the inner individuality, while the Moon the outer personality. Mercury … and understand correctly the great Law of  Universal Sympathy . Not only astrology but magnetism, theosophy and every occult science, especially that of attraction and repulsion, depend upon this law for their existence. Without having …

Christian Ritual, Esoteric Significance of

… in Christianity, are considered by many theosophical writers to have a deeper significance as well, called “esoteric” or “occult.” Most, if not all, important religious ceremonies are derived initially from a scripture or from an oral tradition. … said, upon his clairvoyant investigations into the subject. There are also some further claims made in his Some Glimpses of Occultism: Ancient and Modern (1903), The Hidden Side of Things (1913), and The Hidden Side of Christian Festivals (1920) …

The Maha Chohan's Letter

… path of Theosophy, far more than any other man who chooses as his goal the gratification of his own ardent aspirations for occult knowledge. Buddhism stripped of its superstitions is eternal truth, and he who strives for the latter is striving for … with both its hapless founders than that we should permit it to become no better than an academy of magic and a hall of occultism. That we , the devoted followers of that spirit incarnate of absolute self sacrifice, of philanthropy, divine …

H.P.B. on Meditation & Yoga

… book or magazine. [S.D.II, 490]   This is an important statement that should guide us in our views in many other aspects of Occultism or Theosophy when we think maybe we are being given access to real secrets.   To the solo student other warnings …

Steiner, Rudolf

… (1904); The Way of Initiation (1908; Foreword by Annie Besant); Knowledge of Higher Worlds and Its Attainment (1909); Occult Science, an Outline (1913); Christianity as Mystical Fact (and the Mysteries of Antiquity) (1914); A Road to …

Levi Zahed, Éliphas

… thought highly of Lévi although she warned against some of his teachings and did not consider him an initiate of genuine “occultism.” There is no doubt that he was by nature an idealist who constantly campaigned against the rigid and autocratic …

Brotherhood, Universal

… would —  if they chose to submit to our conditions , instead of  dictating theirs  — be allowed to BEGIN the study of the occult sciences under the written directions of a ‘Brother’” ( ML , p. 30). Thus the changes in the wordings of the First …

Mahātma

… effected by him in a comparatively very short period by passing through the process of self-evolution laid down by the Occult Philosophy” (ibid., 239-240). Blavatsky states that Mahātmas have physical bodies, and while they have conquered the …

Subba Row, T.

… inadequate idea of its scope or importance. In truth, however, it is one of the seven main branches into which the whole occult science is divided . . .” (Esoteric Writings, TPH, 1931, p. 364-5). Since the system of classification of the human …

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