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Esoteric Orders and Their Work Paperback - 2000
by Dion Fortune
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- Title Esoteric Orders and Their Work
- Author Dion Fortune
- Binding Paperback
- Edition 1st Printing Thu
- Condition New
- Pages 147
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Weiser Books, York Beach, Maine, U.S.A.
- Publication date 2000-10-01
- Features Index
- Bookseller's Inventory # OTF-9781578631841
- ISBN 9781578631841 / 157863184X
- Weight 0.46 lbs (0.21 kg)
- Dimensions 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.37 in (21.59 x 13.97 x 0.94 cm)
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Themes
- Religious Orientation: New Age
- Topical: New Age
- Category New Age / Body, Mind & Spirit
- Library of Congress subjects Occultism
- Library of Congress Catalogue Number 00040892
- Dewey Decimal Code 135
- Quantity available 69
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BEFORE embarking upon the study of the subject of this book, The Esoteric Orders and their Work, it is necessary to define the sense in which the term esotericism is used to include all aspects of super-physical science.
From the rear cover
People have been interested in secret traditions since the beginning of time. Fraternal brotherhoods and sisterhoods, and secret orders of varying degrees exist in every country, race, and religion. Dion Fortune, in Esoteric Orders and Their Work, gets to the root of exactly what esoteric orders are, leaving no stone unturned. "Esotericism, Occultism, and Mysticism" defines what esotericism is in relation to exoteriscism; in layman's terms, the inner life versus the outer one. In "The Origin of the Mysteries", she looks at how esotericism grew hand-in-hand with the evolution of humankind, discussing how humans evolved from a group soul (still present in animals today, i.e.: packs of wolves) into a singular soul. "The Paths of the Western Tradition" is a discussion on the different schools that have developed (known as Rays) and how students, after having formed a solid base of knowledge, work through each ray on their way to becoming closer to an esoteric ideal. She expounds upon Masters in "The Evolution and Functions of the Masters". We discover that they are not so much superhuman entities as beings who have learned all they need to know on the physical plane and now teach from the ethereal. Chapters such as "The Right and Left-Hand Paths" and "The Use and Power of Ritual" explain the differences between Black and White Occultism, and how long-kept-secret rituals taught only to initiates are used to further the order's members along their paths.
Today, in the centers of the civilized world, there is renewed interest in esoteric schools, and although they may be misunderstood by the mainstream, some of the noblest people have been among their advocates. This book removes the shroudof mystery and fear from esotericism, and makes the Western Mystery Tradition accessible to anyone who has ever been curious about this fascinating spiritual path! Revised edition contains a new foreword by Gareth Knight, and an index.
