The Secret Doctrine, Vol. 3 of 4: The Synthesis of Science, Religion, and PhilosophyBlavatsky, H. P. (Helena Petrovna)
Religion
The Secret Doctrine, Vol. 3 of 4: The Synthesis of Science, Religion, and Philosophy
Blavatsky, H. P. (Helena Petrovna)
Theosophy
Who of our European men of Science,
who believe in such _scientific_ experiments—and very few are they who
still doubt them now‐a‐days, and who do not feel convinced of their actual
reality—who of them, it is asked, is ready to admit this as being Black
Magic? Yet it is the _genuine_, undeniable and actual _fascination_ and
_sorcery_ of old. The Mulu Kurumbas of Nîlgiri do not proceed otherwise in
their _envoûtements_ when they seek to destroy an enemy, nor do the Dugpas
of Sikkim and Bhûtân know of any more potential agent than their _will_.
Only in them that will does not proceed by jumps and starts, but acts with
certainty; it does not depend on the amount of receptivity or nervous
impressibility of the “subject.” Having chosen his victim and placed
himself _en rapport_ with him, the Dugpa’s “fluid” is sure to find its
way, for his will is immeasurably more strongly developed than the will of
the European experimenter—the self‐made, untutored, and _unconscious_
Sorcerer for the sake of Science—who has no idea (or belief either) of the
variety and potency of the world‐old methods used to develop this power,
by the _conscious_ sorcerer, the “Black Magician” of the East and West.
And now the question is openly and squarely asked: Why should not the
fanatical and zealous priest, thirsting to convert some selected rich and
influential member of society, use the same means to accomplish his end as
the French Physician and experimenter uses in his case with his subject?
The conscience of the Roman Catholic priest is most likely at peace. He
works _personally_ for no selfish purpose, but with the object of “saving
a soul” from “eternal damnation.” In his view, if Magic there be in it, it
is holy, meritorious and divine Magic. Such is the power of blind faith.
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