Esoteric V10: July 1896 - Iapsop.com

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It &Mcbee nry aatarally a law that we ltaow,-that, many timee, difliculties arid
obltructiooalaid in oar pathway, if properly baudled, may becOme great helps-to
1111 ;. but If we ipore the litde Utiap &Del Nl&hly ADd pompoualy oYerride tht>m.
obetrat•tiona will ariae in other directions aDd of a terioua aud mol'l' cliautroaa
natare. Tbia little book ia one of the 8igu of the dmes that all natiooa of the
eart.b are ooruing tog~tber aud intermingling, A& the remote parta of a ain&'le utioo
were not able to do oue hundred yean~ ago.
EDITORIAL.
TbBAe who are ~ngaged in THE EsoTERIC work among the
people · are too apt to make prominent the idea of obtaining magic
powers. This ahoulcl always be held as a secondary consideration,
for it i11 by no means the object, and can, at most, be only one of
the results, of the E110terio life; antl thi11 particular result only
obtains as the individual, after he baa obtained the control of
his own body, hu made the covenant with God au1l ha-t ~rown
into Christ-likeness. True, "Pt·actical Methods" preRents to
the young and aspiring mind, in fact, to all. superior phyt~ical
and mental power~~, whillb will cea·tainly obtain with all who
follow the methods. Thit~ fact an1l the trne Chrit~t·likene~
-harmony with the word of God·-aue the twn pointll which
should be kept prominent in all work among the people. The
most fertile field of labor at the pre~~ent time iR amung the
devout members of the churches, and our people shcuald go to
work wisely there. They should never antagonize the beliefs
of these people, for there is nothing of a sectarian natnre in the
Esoteric teachings,-a fact which is recognized by the clergy :
we have many of tbe cletical teaohers on our subscription list,
and the number is increasing. It should be continuously remflmbered
by all friends of THE EsOTERIC, that itH tea«~hin~
are the true Christian teachings, and that, most emphatically,
we have no connection or sympathy with Theosophy, so-called,
or any other of the magic-hunting sooietles. The central object
of this work is to bring the individual into harmony with the
mind and will of God, physically, mentally, and spiritually;
'Ve have a number of books and papers for review, bnt from
lack of space we are obliged to lay them over until next uionth.
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