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... philosophy of Europe , that only the broadest - minded representatives of either will be able to realize the existence of such powers in Man as those he constantly exercises , -to KOOT HOOMI LAL SINGH , whose gracious friendship has ...
... philosophy of Europe , that only the broadest - minded representatives of either will be able to realize the existence of such powers in Man as those he constantly exercises , -to KOOT HOOMI LAL SINGH , whose gracious friendship has ...
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... philosophy - something sufficiently real to be not merely talked about in poetry , but observed at given times and places , and described in straightforward prose . Evidently sincere , " says one reviewer , “ and so candid that ...
... philosophy - something sufficiently real to be not merely talked about in poetry , but observed at given times and places , and described in straightforward prose . Evidently sincere , " says one reviewer , “ and so candid that ...
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... Percy Sinnett. CONTENTS . INTRODUCTION OCCULTISM AND ITS ADEPTS THE THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY . RECENT OCCULT PHENOMENA TEACHINGS OF OCCULT PHILOSOPHY CONCLUSION PAGE I II 20 30 • 105 118 } THE OCCULT WORLD . INTRODUCTION . I. THERE is.
... Percy Sinnett. CONTENTS . INTRODUCTION OCCULTISM AND ITS ADEPTS THE THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY . RECENT OCCULT PHENOMENA TEACHINGS OF OCCULT PHILOSOPHY CONCLUSION PAGE I II 20 30 • 105 118 } THE OCCULT WORLD . INTRODUCTION . I. THERE is.
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... Philosophy still in existence of which modern culture has lost sight . Glimpses of it are discernible in the ancient philosophies with which all educated men are familiar , but these are hardly more intelligible than frag- ments of ...
... Philosophy still in existence of which modern culture has lost sight . Glimpses of it are discernible in the ancient philosophies with which all educated men are familiar , but these are hardly more intelligible than frag- ments of ...
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... philosophers of old - Egyptian priests , Chaldean Magi , Essenes , Gnostics , theurgic Neo - Platonists , and the rest- who kept their knowledge secret , must have adopted that policy to conceal the fact that they knew very little ...
... philosophers of old - Egyptian priests , Chaldean Magi , Essenes , Gnostics , theurgic Neo - Platonists , and the rest- who kept their knowledge secret , must have adopted that policy to conceal the fact that they knew very little ...
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