The Term OCCULT appears to be derived from the Latin OCCULTA ("hidden things") and refers to the study of the invisible, esoteric or secret things in life.
The original application of the word was to THE STUDY OF THINGS WHICH WERE HIDDEN FROM MEN WHO WERE OF AN ORDINARY LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT; things were not hidden by some act of GOD or by sanction of the celestial hierarchies, but merely by the ignorance of men.
Enlightenment would mean that what was previously hidden, or OCCULT, would be REVEALED.
The disciplines in its various guises were all DESIGNED TO OPEN UP THE SPIRITUAL EYES
of individuals, so that WHAT WAS HIDDEN SHOULD BE REVEALED.
In this sense , therefore, OCCULTISM was originally linked with INITIATION TO THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE COMMUNAL TELEOLOGY BETWEEN MAN AND THE ANGELS. This image of man projected by this ancient knowledge is very different from that projected
by modern scientists, and it is the WARFARE between THE ANCIENT WISDOM and the MODERN VIEW OF THINGS, which have such a effect on Western civilization, and continue working through the tendencies of modern Theosophy.
The Ancient Wisdom expresses a PRECISE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE MICROCOSM
(which is man) AND THE MACROCOSM (which is A SPIRITUALLY POPULATED UNIVERSE). MAN IS VISUALIZED AS BEING CAUGHT BETWEEN THE INVOLUNTARY
POWER OF THE DEMONS AND THE CONSTANT MOVEMENT OF THE POWER OF THE GODS, through which in the evolutionary conflict MAN LEARNS TO DEVELOP THE POWER OF LOVE AND FREEDOM.
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