Did they succeed in some of the operations they undertake, their natures, unpurified and undisciplined, would be shattered by the result. It is only because no power comes through that no disaster follows. If we desire to safely to investigate the Mysteries, we must first approach them under their nobler aspect, as part of a system of spiritual regeneration, and only after we have submitted to their discilpine and offered the dedication of the lower self to the purposes of the Higher, and had that dedication accepted, can we safley study the magical aspects of occultism which usually attract the unenlightened. Our intellectual questionings can only find their resolution in spiritual illumination. The experiences to which it admits us, rightly understood, form a stairway from rational brain-consciousness, dependent on the five physical senses, to the direct apprehensions of spiritual intuition.
Occultism can never be an end in itself.
It does but open up a wider horizon, but a horizon that ever recedes as we approach it. We are still in the realm of appearance. It can, however, be an invaluable means to many ends. Sacred Science Occultism is a sacred science, and should be approached with reverence. The Angel with the flaming sword still guards the gate of the Mysteries, and it is not wise to expose our souls to that force until we have purified them, and are sure that we can give the right password when it is demanded of us.