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... tion of the higher human principles after death , which are infused with quite a startling flavour of true occult knowledge . Again , the ardour now shown in " Psychical Research , " by the very distin- guished , highly gifted , and ...
... tion of the higher human principles after death , which are infused with quite a startling flavour of true occult knowledge . Again , the ardour now shown in " Psychical Research , " by the very distin- guished , highly gifted , and ...
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... six supernatural powers . " A few sentences from Mr. Hoey's recent transla- tion of Dr. Oldenberg's " Buddha : his Life , his Doctrine , his Order , " may fall conveniently into We read : - this place , and then we 6 ESOTERIC BUDDHISM .
... six supernatural powers . " A few sentences from Mr. Hoey's recent transla- tion of Dr. Oldenberg's " Buddha : his Life , his Doctrine , his Order , " may fall conveniently into We read : - this place , and then we 6 ESOTERIC BUDDHISM .
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... tion of their doctrine or science . A good deal of this is dimly set forth in occult writing ; but very little of this is of the least use to readers who take up the subject without previous knowledge acquired independently of books ...
... tion of their doctrine or science . A good deal of this is dimly set forth in occult writing ; but very little of this is of the least use to readers who take up the subject without previous knowledge acquired independently of books ...
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... tion of the whole system , and avoid some difficulties to which the earlier names gave rise . If the earlier presentations of esoteric science were thus imperfect , one can hardly be surprised • 1. The Body 2. Vitality 3. Astral Body 4 ...
... tion of the whole system , and avoid some difficulties to which the earlier names gave rise . If the earlier presentations of esoteric science were thus imperfect , one can hardly be surprised • 1. The Body 2. Vitality 3. Astral Body 4 ...
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... tion over some serious embarrassments of the familar scientific idea of evolution . The evolution of man is not a process carried out on this planet alone . It is a result to which many worlds in different conditions of material and ...
... tion over some serious embarrassments of the familar scientific idea of evolution . The evolution of man is not a process carried out on this planet alone . It is a result to which many worlds in different conditions of material and ...
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