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1The question of the sex relation and its various mysteries are covered in Chapter IV of section I, so we will only add a few words which seem demanded by the fearful danger arising from the illusive doctrines now freely circulated by the “inversive magi.” Love, pure and divine, is the grand keynote according to which all the harmonies of the Infinite Universe are tuned. Love is life and immortality; while lust and the vicious teachings and practices which insidiously, or open¬ ly, produce a contempt for sex and love, all tend toward the dark satellite and death, in its awful and occult sense. Just in proportion as love is displaced, self rushes in to fill the vacuum with ruin. Therefore, to ignorantly follow any occult training which unbalances or crushes, ends as disastrously in self, as selfishness does to start o THE TRIUMPH OF THE SOUL—ADEPTSHIP 169 with. The training must be harmonious to properly develop the sevenfold nature.
2The ascetic, whether ignorant or selfish, who starts out to attain magical powers for himself, and who enters upon a cold, rigid use of the will to crush and annihilate his animal passions, may succeed in these regards; but, he will find out too late, that his powers over the elements and forces of Nature have been purchased at the awful expense of the destruction of the feminine portion of his own soul, by gradual absorption into himself of the being upon whose devel¬ opment, in harmony with his own, depends his immortality. He, therefore, can never realize that union with his twin soul which con¬ stitutes the divine Ego. He can only know self. Thenceforward, he denies there is aught in the universe beyond his state, except Nirvana to which he is drifting, which is practically a condition of annihi¬ lation, but which he fondly pictures, in as vague and pleasing terms as possible, as “absorption into the Infinite.” He denies point blank (since they no longer exist for him) the angelic and celestial states, and devotes himself to a systematic dissemination of the dogmas of karma and re-incamation. Karma and re-incarnation are the most subtle and enervating forms of fatality conceivable by the human mind, since they sap the soul of all true inspiration toward the higher self and perfect life. These subtle doctrines not only continually prompt man to leave undone many things until his next incarnation, but, generally, they leave mankind in that helpless, apathetic condi¬ tion, exactly suited to render them an easy prey for the inversive magi, who exist upon their vitality.
3We will now give a few directions for the evolution of the soul senses or qualities. In the first place, some special time in the morn¬ ing and evening should be set apart for the evolution of the spiritual sight. This may be done by gazing into a crystal magic mirror, or magnetic disc, which is used, matters not, since spiritual lucidity (if the quality exists) will be developed. The spiritual sense of touch, or the powers of psychometry, should be evolved (as often as possible) by placing any object that comes handy, such as rocks, shells, letters, etc., to the forehead. If no particular perception transpires, try the sensorium or that part of the brain situated between the crown and the forehead. If this effort should fail, try the solar plexus, and note the impressions received, then test these as to their correctness or c iooqle 170 THE LIGHT OF EGYPT
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1The question of the sex relation and its various mysteries are covered in Chapter IV of section I, so we will only add a few words which seem demanded by the fearful danger arising from the illusive doctrines now freely circulated by the “inversive magi.” Love, pure and divine, is the grand keynote according to which all the harmonies of the Infinite Universe are tuned. Love is life and immortality; while lust and the vicious teachings and practices which insidiously, or open¬ ly, produce a contempt for sex and love, all tend toward the dark satellite and death, in its awful and occult sense. Just in proportion as love is displaced, self rushes in to fill the vacuum with ruin. Therefore, to ignorantly follow any occult training which unbalances or crushes, ends as disastrously in self, as selfishness does to start o THE TRIUMPH OF THE SOUL—ADEPTSHIP 169 with. The training must be harmonious to properly develop the sevenfold nature.
2The ascetic, whether ignorant or selfish, who starts out to attain magical powers for himself, and who enters upon a cold, rigid use of the will to crush and annihilate his animal passions, may succeed in these regards; but, he will find out too late, that his powers over the elements and forces of Nature have been purchased at the awful expense of the destruction of the feminine portion of his own soul, by gradual absorption into himself of the being upon whose devel¬ opment, in harmony with his own, depends his immortality. He, therefore, can never realize that union with his twin soul which con¬ stitutes the divine Ego. He can only know self. Thenceforward, he denies there is aught in the universe beyond his state, except Nirvana to which he is drifting, which is practically a condition of annihi¬ lation, but which he fondly pictures, in as vague and pleasing terms as possible, as “absorption into the Infinite.” He denies point blank (since they no longer exist for him) the angelic and celestial states, and devotes himself to a systematic dissemination of the dogmas of karma and re-incamation. Karma and re-incarnation are the most subtle and enervating forms of fatality conceivable by the human mind, since they sap the soul of all true inspiration toward the higher self and perfect life. These subtle doctrines not only continually prompt man to leave undone many things until his next incarnation, but, generally, they leave mankind in that helpless, apathetic condi¬ tion, exactly suited to render them an easy prey for the inversive magi, who exist upon their vitality.
3We will now give a few directions for the evolution of the soul senses or qualities. In the first place, some special time in the morn¬ ing and evening should be set apart for the evolution of the spiritual sight. This may be done by gazing into a crystal magic mirror, or magnetic disc, which is used, matters not, since spiritual lucidity (if the quality exists) will be developed. The spiritual sense of touch, or the powers of psychometry, should be evolved (as often as possible) by placing any object that comes handy, such as rocks, shells, letters, etc., to the forehead. If no particular perception transpires, try the sensorium or that part of the brain situated between the crown and the forehead. If this effort should fail, try the solar plexus, and note the impressions received, then test these as to their correctness or c iooqle 170 THE LIGHT OF EGYPT
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
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