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Excerpt from The Initiate: Some Impressions of a Great Soul
I have said that to all outward appearance these Adepts are perfectly normal, perfectly human; but it is to outward appearance only, and not to the deeper knowledge which accrues as the result of a closer relationship with them, and their minds and faculties. To the casual acquaintance, apart from an appearance of unusual health, calm,dignity, and force, there is nothing which might awaken the suspicion that they possessed powers of, whose existence he was entirely unaware. Dressing neither in strange garments nor living in ghost-haunted castles, these men, far from wishing to awaken the curiosity or admiration of their fellows, seek to render themselves as ordinary to the casual observer as they possibly can. Many of them even affect some harmless Vice of their fellows - such as smoking for instance - in order the more to'' normalise them selves in the eyes of the world. But this is indeed only to the world, for those who come to them, seeking With the necessary qualifications occult wisdom at their hands, obtain a very different impression; an insight into their marvellous personalities, which to any others is sedulously denied. And it is absolutely essential that in order to find we must know how to seek, only to him who follows the requisite of this maxim is it possible to discover the truth; and that truth is the very quintessence of real romance. In other words, the outer world, not knowing for what to search, finds nothing, or at best very little; so that for any portrayal of an Adept or Initiate, we must of necessity turn to the student or disciple, and to him alone; for through his thirst for occult wisdom he has earned the right to know the Masters as they really are in all their divine possibility.
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I have said that to all outward appearance these Adepts are perfectly normal, perfectly human; but it is to outward appearance only, and not to the deeper knowledge which accrues as the result of a closer relationship with them, and their minds and faculties. To the casual acquaintance, apart from an appearance of unusual health, calm,dignity, and force, there is nothing which might awaken the suspicion that they possessed powers of, whose existence he was entirely unaware. Dressing neither in strange garments nor living in ghost-haunted castles, these men, far from wishing to awaken the curiosity or admiration of their fellows, seek to render themselves as ordinary to the casual observer as they possibly can. Many of them even affect some harmless Vice of their fellows - such as smoking for instance - in order the more to'' normalise them selves in the eyes of the world. But this is indeed only to the world, for those who come to them, seeking With the necessary qualifications occult wisdom at their hands, obtain a very different impression; an insight into their marvellous personalities, which to any others is sedulously denied. And it is absolutely essential that in order to find we must know how to seek, only to him who follows the requisite of this maxim is it possible to discover the truth; and that truth is the very quintessence of real romance. In other words, the outer world, not knowing for what to search, finds nothing, or at best very little; so that for any portrayal of an Adept or Initiate, we must of necessity turn to the student or disciple, and to him alone; for through his thirst for occult wisdom he has earned the right to know the Masters as they really are in all their divine possibility.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Language - English
Hardback
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Author
Cyril Scott
Published Date -
ISBN - 9780266270485
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.2 cm
Page Count - 406
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Author
Cyril Scott
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ISBN - 9781334025686
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.2 cm
Page Count - 408
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