Dion Fortune: Sane Occultism
Dion Fortune: Sane Occultism
 

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C   CHAPTER I   (p.7-12)
What is occultism?

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Page 8. There are states of consciousness which transcend the normal, and when these states prevail, we can discern forms of existence with which normally we have no contact. All the seers are agreed on this point, and we may take it as being the fundamental experience from which occult science is derived.

[Psychology has demonstrated the importance and causative nature of factors present in the subconscious mind. Yet, most 'scientific' or 'academic' discussion seems to assume the unconscious and unconscious perceptions have no effects in the 'real', physical world.]

Page 8-9 ... It is the cumulative supernatural experience of the ages, perceived by means of the supernormal faculties sporadically developed in mankind, that forms the subject-matter of occult science and the data for its speculations.

 

 

CHAPTER II   (p.13-21)
Is occultism worthwhile?

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CHAPTER III   (p.22-28)
The deeper issues of occultism

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CHAPTER IV   (p.29-38)
Credulity in occult research

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CHAPTER V   (p.39-51)
Meditation and psychism

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CHAPTER VI   (p.52-59)
The use and abuse of astrology

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CHAPTER VII   (p.60-71)
Records of past lives

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CHAPTER VIII   (p.72-84)
Numerology and prophecy

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CHAPTER IX   (p.85-93)
Group karma in occult societies

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CHAPTER X   (p.94-106)
Authority and obedience in occultism

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CHAPTER XI   (p.107-116)
Secrecy in occult fraternities

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CHAPTER XII   (p.117-124)
The left-hand path

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CHAPTER XIII   (p.125-132)
Occultism and immorality

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CHAPTER XIV   (p.133-142)
Psychic pathologies

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CHAPTER XV   (p.143-146)
Mental trespassing

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CHAPTER XVI   (p.147-159)
Occultism and vegetarianism

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CHAPTER XVII   (p.160-168)
Eastern methods and western bodies

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CHAPTER XVIII   (p.169-180)
Standards of judgement

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CHAPTER XIX   (p.181-192)
The ideals of occultism

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