Esoteric V10: July 1896 - Iapsop.com

l F ehruaa·y
&he ideal of truth one of the principal poilllt8. I have no doubt that.
aa a child, you would sit and by the hour tell stories drawn from your­
~wn imagination. With proper culture and opportunities, you would
make novel writing a success.
In your effortl! to livw tlte hight!r life, remember that to be angry i11
to poison the life forceM. Your 11eme-.·on~~eiowmess is well open to the
aatnl wol'ld, and you a&l'e in danger of being deceive4 by a multitude
of visions arising mainly from the activity of your ideality, whilst you.
are in a state of pB1111ivity. You should •·entember that nmhing is good
but that which is u11eful : for that cla1111 of infl.uencles that ~us, wheu.
he wae here, called "devils," and whi~h the Orient calltl "elemental& ·•
ean very rf!adily play many pranks with the imaginative and visionary
tendency. 1'hel-efore I would advitce you to igoore all visions. uni(I!08
you have the evidence of their truth within yourself. and the know}.
edge of their utility.
You will make very little progre~