Occult Science In India And Among The Ancients

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This book was written in the 1860s, when reliable information about Hinduism was just starting to filter back to the west. Jacolliot was searching for the roots of western esoteric traditions in the far East. The high point of this book is the travelogue of his encounters in India with a fakir, who demonstrates his siddis (yogic powers) exuberantly. There is also an extensive discourse on Kabbalah, and its relationship to Eastern mystical beliefs. Jacolliot was a diffusionist, and he believed that many western esoteric traditions, specifically Egyptian, Jewish and Christian, had their origin in India. This book has 242 pages in the PDF version. This translation by William L. Felt was originally published in 1919. Production notes: This ebook of Occult Science in India and Among the Ancients was published by Global Grey in 2018. Contents Preface FIRST PART. THE DOCTRINE OF THE PITRIS AND THE OCCULT SCIENCES IN INDIA Chapter 1. The Initiated At The Ancient Temples Chapter 2. The Brahmins Chapter 3. The Brahmin—From His Birth To His Novitiate—The Ceremony Of The Djita Carma Chapter 4. The Brahmin—From His Novitiate To His Reception Into The First Degree Of His Initiation Chapter 5. The First Degree Of Initiation—Ablutions—Prayer—Ceremonies—Evocation.—Evocation Chapter 6. The First Degree Of Initiation.—(Continued.) Chapter 7. The Second Degree Of Initiation Chapter 8. The Third Degree Of Initiation Chapter 9. The Grand Council Chapter 10. The Election Of The Brahmatma Chapter 11. The Yoguys SECOND PART. THE PHILOSOPHICAL TENETS OF THE INDIAN INITIATES Chapter 1. The Degree Of Sanctity Which The Initiates Must Have Attained Before Receiving The Sacred Formula And The Fatal Secret Chapter 2. The Superior Guru—The Sacred Decade Chapter 3. The Guru—Evocations Chapter 4. The Frontal Sign Of The Initiates According To The Agrouchada-Parikchai Chapter 5. The Interpretation Of The Vedas And Other Works Of Sacred Scriptures Chapter 6. Psychology Of The Book Of The Pitris Chapter 7. Reason Chapter 8. A Text From The Vedas Chapter 9. A Few Slocas From Manu Chapter 10. Of The Supreme Being Chapter 11. Words Spoken By The Priests At Memphis Chapter 12. The Formulas Of Evocation Chapter 13. Formulas Of Magical Incantation—Vulgar Magic PART THIRD. THE DOCTRINE OF THE PITRIS AS COMPARED WITH THAT OF THE JEWISH CABALA, OF PLATO, OF THE ALEXANDRIAN SCHOOL, OF PHILO, OF THE PERSIANS, AND OF CHRISTIANITY Chapter 1. Origin Of The Cabala Chapter 2. How The Sacred Books Are To Be Interpreted According To The Jewish Cabalists Chapter 3. Initiation Among The Cabalists Chapter 4. The Divine Essence, According To The Cabalists Chapter 5. The Ten Zephiroth Chapter 6. The Cabalistic Trinity Chapter 7. The Belief In Mediating And Inspiring Spirits According To The Jewish Cabalists Chapter 8. Points Of Resemblance Between The Doctrine Of The Pitris And That Of The Zend-Avesta Of Persia, The Philosophy Of Plato, The Alexandrian School, And Of Christianity FOURTH PART. EXOTERIC MANIFESTATIONS AND DEMONSTRATIONS AMONG THE INITIATES OF THE SACRED TEMPLES OF INDIA, AS SHOWN BY THE PERFORMING FAKIRS To The Reader Chapter 1. As To Who Are Initiated Into The Different Classes Of Occult Power Chapter 2. Agasa Chapter 3. The Performing Fakirs Chapter 4. The Leaf Dance Chapter 5. The Bronze Vase—Musical Accompaniments Chapter 6. The Water-Spout—The Magic Stick Chapter 7. Phenomena Of Elevation And Knocking Chapter 8. The Bamboo Stool—Aërial. Flowers—The Mysterious Punkah Chapter 9. The Stationary Table—A Shower Of Knocks—The Little Mill—Flying Feathers—The Harmoniflute Chapter 10. Sand Drawing—The Metor And The Bucket Of Water—Loss Of Voice—Mind Reading—Reading In A Closed Book—Aërial Melody—The Flying Palm—Leaf—Elevation Of The Fakir Chapter 11. Spontaneous Vegetation APPARITIONS Chapter 1. Mysterious Hands—The Production Of Flowers, Crowns, Etc.—Letters Of Fire—The Spectre Of A Priest Of Brahma—The Phantom Musician Chapter 2. The Phantom Of Karli Conclusion