An Occult
Perspective
Spiritual and Philosophical Insights
regarding Humanitys Search
for Truth
By
A Student of The Ageless Wisdom
First edition: 2016
Cover Design by: The Author
This book is copyrighted 2016 to the Author. No reproduction can be made in
any form without written consent.
Contents
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Preface
The Author
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Definitions
Atlantis: An ancient continent that, according to the
ageless wisdom, was sunk through a gradual
process involving many thousands of years in the
area of the Atlantic Ocean.
Atmic: This is the seventh principle in the sevenfold
constitution of man. It is the universal spirit and
represents Divine Will.
Buddhic: This is the sixth principle in man. It is true
intuition, knowing, and pure reason
Mahatma: Means great soul. A term given to
beings (sometimes referred to as Masters) who
have achieved perfect mastery over their lower
bodies (principles). They are at a higher order of
evolution than Man, yet Man has the potential to
achieve that level just as they did.
Mahamanvantara: This is a great cycle of
manifestation and activity that can run the course of
billions of years in which (human bearing) planets
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Chapter 1
The Mountainous Journey
Chapter 2
The Path of Initiation
*It should here be stated that the word expand is really meant to imply
inclusion.
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Chapter 3
The God Within
Part of the problem has been that for long ages men,
in certain areas of belief have, if truth be told,
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Chapter 4
The Making of Rules
One), on its own level, is the Absolute-ExistenceKnowledge-Bliss, identifying itself with the All and
Its inherent endlessness, being not an individualized
thing. Since the Path of Initiation involves a series
of stages of expansions of consciousness,
identification with the soul then could be said for
many people to be the next point of achievement,
for it represents the height of our individuality. It is
really an extension of the Monad (the real self), and
is therefore infinitely more permanent than those
bodies that comprise the personality. But some
might say: If the Monad is the ultimate reality then
why bother with the soul at all? As suggested
above, it all comes downs to stages of
consciousness. When someone climbs a mountain
you could say that the top of the mountain, being
the object of climbing, is the ultimate reality, the
Monadic experience. What part would we then
consider to be the soul and what part is the
personality? The personality would naturally be the
body of the climber in that it ideally contains, and is
made up of, everything required for the physical
aspect of the assent, and is capable of gathering
everything it needs for the climb in other words,
experience. The soul could be said to be will, desire,
or even knowing there is anything to climb at all,
being an ever-present idea or notion in the mind of
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Chapter 5
Mistaking The Low for The High
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ing as a higher morality. They may also have a newage-style philosophy to support them with an
attitude of everything is right and good where
spirituality is concerned, but this point of view is to
be abhorred by the true occultist because it hinders
the practice of discriminating occult values.
The everything is right and good philosophy
would not contribute well to the mental atmosphere
of, for example, an inspired composer who has to
discriminate between certain notes, chords,
rhythms, and time signatures to produce a particular
effect in line with a musical vision. This trained
composer would know that if he or she were to play
the entire keyboard at once the result would be
unpleasant and ineffective. This is analogous to one
of the current problems in the commerciallyoriented new age arena where practically everything
has an equal value under the banner of Oneness.
Yet the effect on the consciousness of the rest of the
members of the human race who are its intended
recipients
can
be
extremely
divisive.
Fundamentally we are all one but practically we
all evolve differently. The Spiritual Hierarchy has
to practice wise discrimination as to what part of the
Divine Plan It can reveal to the world and even
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Chapter 6
A Light-bearers Sacrifice
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Chapter 7
Continuity of Consciousness
family in general, for they, too, will one day die and
be no more. The apparent benefits, then, of having
quality of life yet devoid of a consciousness that
continues after death are really an illusion, for, like
a passing fad, each earthly enjoyment has an end.
Even our planet will one day die when our Sun dies,
which practically makes our existence meaningless,
and this is so because in order for something to have
meaning there must be a consciousness of some
kind around to derive that meaning and be capable
of considering its worth. An optimistic argument
could be that one day our species will travel to the
stars and carry our legacy with it so that a sense of
human continuity (and therefore meaning) is
propagated. And perhaps we may even develop an
ability to extend the human lifespan in the
adventure. But what is prolonging our lifespan other
than prolonging the illusion of that continuity in that
at some point in time - untimely accidents
notwithstanding - death will still arrive and
consciousness will cease. In fact, it could be argued
that, from the perspective of the materialist, we
spend infinitely more time not existing than we do
existing, which, of course, causes the notion of our
being very precious to spring to mind. The fantasy
elements, then, that are derided by the sceptical
materialists are just as pronounced in their minds as
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Chapter 8
Oneness and Hierarchy
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Chapter 9
Own Two Feet
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Afterword
The Author.
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