The Hidden Way Across The Threshold
Publisher: Lee and Shepard
Published: 1887
Language: eng
Number of pages: 649
Table of contents: title: CONTENTS; title: CHAPTER 1.; title: FROM NIGHT To LIGHT - Love the Secret of Life - Ancient Temples - Mexican Religion - The Pathway to Light - Gnosticism - The Three Impulses-Practical Love - Ancient Inspiration t; title: CHAPTER II.; title: GOD AND THE DIVINE IMAGE - The Duality of God - Will and Love -; title: The Prodigal Son - Harmony with the Divine Mind - A Universal Language - Union of Dual Forces - Visions of God - The Riddle of; title: the Sphinx - The Trinity - Adonia 22; title: CHAPTER III.; title: SACRED SYMBOLS-The Cross of Life-The Solar Prism-The Papal Keys- The Interlaced Triangles- The Serpent- The Long Face - The Heart and Feather-The Winged Globe-Ezekiel's Wheel-; title: The Zodiac; title: 44; title: CHAPTER IV.; title: MAN AND THE OPPORTUNITIES OF HIS LIFE. -Two Great Obstacles- Astrology - Astral Influence - Palmistry - The Life of Eden - The Hierophant's Power-Adoration and Meditation-Modern Justice- Temperaments in Marriage- Heredity - Unconscious Well-doing . . 54; title: CHAPTER V.; title: SOUL AND SPIRIT SOUL- The Beatitudes - Jesus, the Initiate and Anchorite; title: - Paul, the Gnostic - The Song of Life - Ancient Astronomy - New Birth - Soul Seeds - Sin - The End of the Journey-Memento Vivere, 8z; title: CHAPTER VI.; title: THE ASTRAL BODY-Star Magno-Process of Death - Amputations -A Suggestion in Surgery-Astral Flight-Astral Photospheres - A Scientific Experiment-Trance or Semi-Trance-Elementals and Ele- mentaries-The Arch Gift-Spirit and Soul Forces-Obsessions-; title: White Magic- Human Conscience-Moral Intuition 107; title: CHAPTER VII.; title: A WORLD'S RELIGION - Ancient Religions-Prenatal Rights - The Labor Question - Indifferentism - Spiritualism - Theosophy - Esoteric Buddhism -Voginism-Hierarchy- True Magic- Swedenborg and the New Church - Light of the School of the Prophets - The Lesson; title: of Life 130; title: CHAPTER VIII.; title: ADEPT, SEER, AND MEDIUMSHIP-Trains of Thought -Entrancement-Seek-; title: ing a Sign - Astral Earth-Currents - True Mediumship-Elementals, Elementaries, and Sephiroths - Inspiration - Prophecy and Predic- tion -Adeptship-Black Magic - Red Magic- White Magic . . 191; title: CHAPTER IX.; title: CULTIVATION OF SPIRITUAL GIFTS, OR THE GUIDANCE OF THE UNSEEN HAND-True Education-Soul Development -Astral Colors-13i- Sexuality- True Prayer-Animal Food-Teachings of the Illuminali -Perceptionists and Dogmatists-" Conditions "-Etherealization- Vibration of Light-Formation of Circles-The Twelve Senses- Musical Vibrations 233; title: CHAPTER X.; title: SPIRITUALIZATION OF MATTER - Transfiguration - Materialization - Home Circles-The Condemnation-The Oracle at Delphi - A Soul's Awakening-Sushupti 287; title: CHAPTER XI.; title: METAPHYSICS, THE PRAYER OF THOUGHT ; OR EXPRESSION OF INFINITE MIND-Latent Forces-Mind the Basis of Being-Thought Acting Upon Thought - Impulse Created by Will - Swedenborg's Meta- physics - Teachings to Mental Healers-Pythagorean and Egyptian Theories -Phrenopathy-Prayer Cure - The Royal Touch - Color; title: Cure 320; title: CHAPTER XII.; title: EVOLUTION AND INVOLUTION -The Darwinian Theory - Haeckel's Discov- ery - Involution the True Growth - The Principle of Unity - Evolu- tion a Revelation of God- Brahministic Theory- All Things from; title: Within -Natural and Spiritual Science - Inworld and Outworld . . 345; title: CHAPTER XIII.; title: THE GREAT MYSTERY ; OR, THE HIDDEN WAY-Intuition-Unspeakable Words-The Royal Ladder - Adam and Eve - Hermetic Science- True Love - Immaculate Conception - Christos - Dual Philosophy - Sacred Flame - Lust, not Love- Egyptian, Greek, and Buddhist; title: Teaching- Reincarnation - Polarization - Unselfish Love . . . . 379; title: CHAPTER XIV.; title: THE MANY MANSIONS - Spheres - Spirits in Prison - The Middle Firma- ments-Malicious and False Controls-The Upper Firniaments- Angels and Archangels 431; title: CHAPTER XV.; title: TRANSLATIONS OR THOUGHTS FROM OTHER TONGUES-The Four Elements -The Oldest Traditions -Light of the Cabala-The History of Spirit - Prayer of Savitri - Key of Hermes - The Divine Pymander -The Vedas-Order of the ChaldMan Eastern Star-Cabalistic; title: Names - Philo and Paul - Magus 446; title: CHAPTER XVI.; title: THE TEMPLE WITHIN-No Light from Without-Thought-Chambers- Astral Light-Mirrors of the Soul-The Morning Gate-The Torch; title: . . . . 483; title: CHAPTER XVII.; title: GATHERED SHEAVES-Simple Truth-Objective Intellect-Bioplasm- True Good-Breeding-Development- Homer and the Bible-Book Worship- Opportunities in This Life-Learn to Know All, but Keep Thyself Unknown-Where Are the Dead?-God's Great Whis-; title: pering Gallery-The Latent Magnetic Power in Precious Stones- Precepts and Aphorisms 526; title: CHAPTER XVIII.; title: ACROSS THE THRESHOLD-The Eternal Now- Misunderstood by the World -Trust in the Spirit- The First Step Towards Higher Occult Pow-; title: ers -Do Not Go to War with Evil -Out from the Shoreless Sea of; title: the Great Unknown-Flight of the Adept, or a Human Soul Visiting; title: the Mansions of the BI 2ssed -To All Brethren 566