The Esoteric (Volume 2) (Paperback)

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: to his comrades he said "I am an old man, I can be of little assistance to Power; I will, my friends, remain with Truth.." Strength and Reason, departed from the tent of Truth and became the supporters of Power. Truth and Virtue are rarely found allied with Power. They are a power unto themselves and dwell together in the tent of righteousness, where right alone is might and Truth still sits with his back against the wall, fixed and immovable, for there is nothing behind Truth. How evident the majesty of true character! Neither honor, nor worth attach to the man who in his character is devoid of truth: without truth, there can be no true power. When Truth, by Experience and Reason, has obtained Understanding of wrong, it will ever refuse to be deceived by the blandishments and lavish offers of Power, in no matter what form they may come. Truth, such as this, is the adamantine rock upon which rests the fabr.c of a character, whose influence will endure throughout eternity's unborn centuries. To win the price Understanding, battle with the weapons of Truth! When tempted sit with thy back to the wall of the eternal Verities, so that thou be as Wisdom defying destruction! SOMETHING ABOUT THE ASTRAL LIGHT. Such frequent reference is made in occult works to the Astral Light as the prime substance and factor in the creation and control of all visible existence, that we deem it will be of interest to our readers to present the general views entertained by occultists on this subject. The mysterious vril which figures so conspicuously in Lord Lytton's "Coming Race" appears to be identical with it in character, and it is claimed that he derived his idea of this almost omnipotent and universal force from his contemporary Eliphas Levi with whom there is evidence that he had personal a...