For those that prefer a more scientific approach ( or even if you don't. ) The scientific method is certainly a must use approach when wading through the waters of what is hidden(occult.) especially when so much dis and misinformation is out there. Some deliberate to sidetrack the profane and much way off the mark due to lack of research or researching using improper materials.
Naturalistic Occultism: An Introduction to Scientific Illuminism is an attempt to introduce the approach of Scientific Illuminism to occultism. It is in line with the motto of Scientific Illuminism, "The Method of Science, the Aim of Religion." Naturalistic Occultism approaches the theory and practice of occultism in a way that is scientific (using the scientific method and being up-to-date in current scientific knowledge), naturalistic (not supernatural), and pragmatic (whatever works is provisionally 'true'). This book represents an honest attempt to separate the gold of the practice of magick from the dross of superstition and dogma.
A must have read. Highly recommended to any practitioner of the occult arts -- beginner or advanced -- and any academic student of Western esotericism.
"Initiation in occultism always consists in... the continuous de-conditioning (i.e. overcoming mental and behavioral habits) and then reconditioning of the human nervous system in accordance with the volition of the organism; it is the self-discipline of the aspirant – through the continual cultivation of health and strength in mind and body through austerities – and the exploring of the occult ('hidden') regions of the mind. This is signified in traditions of occultism by the Serpent of Wisdom climbing the ten Sephiroth of the Tree of Life from Malkuth to Kether, the building of the Pyramid, the removal of dross to find gold, or the chiseling or forming of the rough ashlar/stone into the perfect ashlar."
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Naturalistic Occultism: An introduction to scientific illuminism
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