The Occult World By A.P. Sinnett
The Occult World is responsible for a great deal of Occult lore today such as Blavatsky’s paranormal phenomena, her teachings, the Mahatma letters, the rise of the popularity of Theosophy, and much more. Sinnett has been praised and criticized for this title.
The book begins with the author's allegation that there is a school of thought which modern culture has forgotten, and that the metaphysics, and to a large degree the present physical science, "have been groping for centuries blindly after knowledge which occult philosophy has enjoyed in full measure all the while." Sinnett takes the liberty to express his belief that his knowledge is certainly true. He argues:
"I have come into some contact with persons who are heirs of a greater knowledge concerning the mysteries of Nature and humanity than modern culture has yet evolved... Modern science has accomplished grand results by the open method of investigation, and is very impatient of the theory that persons who ever attained to real knowledge, either in sciences or metaphysics, could have been content to hide their light under a bushel... But there is no need to construct hypotheses in the matter. The facts are accessible if they are sought for in the right way."
Publishing: 1895 by Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, & Co
Condition: Very Good- / spine is darkened and ends are bumped / pages are aged / text is clean / very minimal spotting on page edges
The Occult World By A.P. Sinnett
The Occult World is responsible for a great deal of Occult lore today such as Blavatsky’s paranormal phenomena, her teachings, the Mahatma letters, the rise of the popularity of Theosophy, and much more. Sinnett has been praised and criticized for this title.
The book begins with the author's allegation that there is a school of thought which modern culture has forgotten, and that the metaphysics, and to a large degree the present physical science, "have been groping for centuries blindly after knowledge which occult philosophy has enjoyed in full measure all the while." Sinnett takes the liberty to express his belief that his knowledge is certainly true. He argues:
"I have come into some contact with persons who are heirs of a greater knowledge concerning the mysteries of Nature and humanity than modern culture has yet evolved... Modern science has accomplished grand results by the open method of investigation, and is very impatient of the theory that persons who ever attained to real knowledge, either in sciences or metaphysics, could have been content to hide their light under a bushel... But there is no need to construct hypotheses in the matter. The facts are accessible if they are sought for in the right way."
Publishing: 1895 by Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, & Co
Condition: Very Good- / spine is darkened and ends are bumped / pages are aged / text is clean / very minimal spotting on page edges
