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OCCULTISM is the methodical study of the forces, potential
or revealed, in man the microcosm, and in Nature the macrocosm. The method
employed in investigating occult phenomena is the method of science; the
aim occult science has in view, is the aim of religion.
But before man can attempt to control Nature by occult means, he must
first realize that he is perfect microcosm himself - that is, that in
his organic, mental and spiritual constitution he mirrors and reflects
all the elements and processes which inhere in Nature. That is, he must
attain to the Vision of the Universal Self in man, thus becoming conscious
of the tremendous fact that he is the Son of the All-Father. That Impersonal
being to whom the Hindus have given the comprehensive name of Mother-Father,
and whom the Rosicrucians obscurely designate by the Rose of Ruby and
the Cross of Gold.
As the initiate Jesus said: "No man cometh unto the father except
by the son." The identification with the absolute Being only
takes place after the aspirant has attained to union with the Angel, Adonai,
the Hebrew term for that misused and misunderstood word, the Higher Self.
There are two kinds of occultists. There are those who use occult powers
for their own personal, and hence selfish ends, and there are also those
who use these powers to uplift and ennoble their fellow creatures.
The first school employs practices to which the name Black Magic has been
given. A black Magician is simply a deluded person who tries to exalt
himself at the expense of those whom he causes to suffer and who uses
occult forces to gain this end. There are, even at the present time, various
organizations in the world that cultivate personality to the detriment
of morality.
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