Sublime

Philosophy which connects heaven and earth like a mighty ladder, up the rungs of which the illumined of all ages have climbed into the living presence of Reality—even philosophy has become a prosaic and heterogeneous mass of conflicting notions.

The unexamined life is not worth living. – Socrates

The subconscious mind,

Great as is the number of present-day religious movements, both heterodox and orthodox, few of them inspire their followers to serve their fellow men along practical and intelligent lines.

a well-known Sufi sentiment, the presumption that one can see without a veil is the greatest of veils.

The Path of Magic

But man was never left to wander alone in ignorance. When the ties connecting him to the unseen worlds were broken, certain methods were established whereby the will of the gods could be made known. To this end, a certain number of men and women were instructed how to bridge the chasm which then separated the gods from men.

Psychologists today teach how one person may influence another to do things otherwise foreign to his nature.