What is Occultism?<\/i>
\nThe term OCCULT has noble but largely forgotten origins. Derived from the Latin occult<\/i> meaning \u201chidden,\u201d it properly defines anything which is undisclosed, concealed, or not easily perceived. Early theologians, for example, spoke of \u201cthe occult judgments of God,\u201d while \u201coccult philosopher\u201d was a designation for the pre-Renaissance scientist who sought the unseen causes regulating nature's phenomena. In astronomy, the term is still used when one stellar body occults another by passing in front of it, temporarily hiding it from view.<\/p>\n
Writing a century ago, when the word had not acquired today's mixed connotations, HPBlavatsky defined OCCULTISM as \u201caltruism pure and simple\u201d \u2013 the divine wisdom or hidden theosophy within all religions. Occultism is founded on the principle that Divinity is concealed \u2013 transcendent yet immanent \u2013 within every living being. As a spiritual discipline occultism is the renunciation of selfishness; it is the \u201cstill small path\u201d which leads to wisdom, to the right discrimination between good and evil, and the practice of altruism<\/p>\n
Contents:<\/u>
\n1. Practical Occultism
\n2. Occultism versus the Occult Arts
\n3. The Blessings of Publicity
\n4. Hypnotism
\n5. Black Magic in Science
\n6. The Signs of the Times
\n7. Psychic and Noetic Action
\n8. Cosmic Mind
\n9. The Dual Aspect of Wisdom
\n10. The Esoteric Character of the Gospels
\n11. Astral Bodies, or Doppelg\u00e4ngers
\n12.Constitution of the Inner Man<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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