Next. Chapter Vii. Phenomena Of Elevati : * "Occult Science in India", by Louis Jacoilliot, [1919], p. 237 CHAPTER VII. PHENOMENA OF ELEVATION AND KNOCKING. The Fakir's third visit was short, as he was to pass the night in prayer upon the banks of the sacred river, upon the occasion of a religions festival, and he had been invited...
Next. Chapter V. The Bronze Vasemusical Accompaniments : * "Occult Science in India", by Louis Jacoilliot, [1919], p. 225 CHAPTER V. THE BRONZE VASE--MUSICAL ACCOMPANIMENTS. "In view of the strange phenomena which succeed each other so rapidly, and which are as yet unexplained," says the learned Mr. Crookes, in the article to which we have referred, "I...
Next. Chapter Iii. The Performing Fakirs : * "Occult Science in India", by Louis Jacoilliot, [1919], p. 208 CHAPTER III. THE PERFORMING FAKIRS. Every European has heard of the extraordinary skill of the Hindu. Fakirs, who are popularly designated under the name of Charmers or Jugglers. They claim to be invested with supernatural powers...
Part Ii. The Philosophical Tenets. Part 05 : * "Occult Science in India", by Louis Jacoilliot, [1919], p. 118 CHAPTER IX. A FEW SLOCAS FROM MANU. The soul is the assemblage of the gods. The universe rests in the supreme soul. It is the soul that accomplishes the series of acts emanating from animate beings. The Brahmin should figure...
Apparations. Chapter I. Mysterious Hands : * "Occult Science in India", by Louis Jacoilliot, [1919], p. 265 APPARITIONS. "CHAPTER I. MYSTERIOUS HANDS--THE PRODUCTION OF FLOWERS, CROWNS, ETC.--LETTERS OF FIRE--THE SPECTRE OF A PRIEST OF BRAHMA--THE PHANTOM MUSICIAN. Looking over my notes of travel, which were jotted down the next day, I see...
Part I. The Doctrine Of The Pitris. Chapter. Part 05 : * "Occult Science in India", by Louis Jacoilliot, [1919], p. 69 CHAPTER VII. THE SECOND DEGREE OF INITIATION. Having spent twenty years of his life after receiving the first degree of initiation, during which the body is mortified by fasting and privations of every kind, and the intellect is...
Next. To The Reader : * "Occult Science in India", by Louis Jacoilliot, [1919], p. 196 p. 197 FOURTH PART. EXOTERIC MANIFESTATIONS AND DEMONSTRATIONS AMONG THE INITIATES OF THE SACRED TEMPLES OF INDIA, AS SHOWN BY THE PERFORMING FAKIRS. p. 198 Power belongs to him who knows. (Agrouchada-Parikchai) He who has penetrated...
Part Iii. Compared With The Jewish Cabal. Part 05 : * "Occult Science in India", by Louis Jacoilliot, [1919], p. 189 CHAPTER VIII. POINTS OF RESEMBLANCE BETWEEN THE DOCTRINE OF THE PITRIS AND THAT OF THE ZEND-AVESTA OF PERSIA, THE PHILOSOPHY OF PLATO, THE ALEXANDRIAN SCHOOL, AND OF CHRISTIANITY. The Jewish Cabala is not the only philosophical...
Untitled : * This book was written in the 1860s, when reliable information about Hinduism was just starting to filter back to the west. Jacolliot was searching for the roots of western esoteric traditions in the far East. The high point of this book is the travelogue of his encounters in India with a "fakir"...
Part Ii. The Philosophical Tenets. Part 09 : * "Occult Science in India", by Louis Jacoilliot, [1919], p. 102 CHAPTER V. THE INTERPRETATION OF THE VEDAS AND OTHER WORKS OF SACRED SCRIPTURES. Before searching the Book of the Pitris in order to see what it teaches, it may not be amiss to say a few words regarding the question of how the sacred...
Part Iv. Exoteric Manifestations And Demonstrations : * "Occult Science in India", by Louis Jacoilliot, [1919], p. 259 CHAPTER XI. SPONTANEOUS VEGETATION. Huc, the missionary, in his account of his travels in Thibet, gives a description of a phenomenon similar to that which I am about to relate, and which I can only look upon as a cunning trick. I...
Part I. The Doctrine Of The Pitris. Chapter. Part 09 : * "Occult Science in India", by Louis Jacoilliot, [1919], p. 27 CHAPTER III. THE BRAHMIN--FROM HIS BIRTH TO HIS NOVITIATE--THE CEREMONY OF THE DJITA CARMA. When a Brahmin's wife has given birth to a son, her husband is careful to note upon his tablets the hour, the day, the year, and the epoch...
Part Ii. The Philosophical Tenets. Part 13 : * "Occult Science in India", by Louis Jacoilliot, [1919], p. 87 SECOND PART. THE PHILOSOPHICAL TENETS OF THE INDIAN INITIATES. REGARDING THE FIRST CAUSE, AND THE PART PERFORMED BY THE SPIRITS IN WORLDLY MATTERS. p. 88 Regarding the ten Pradjapatis, or lords of creatures, who are...
Next. Chapter X. Sand Drawingthe Met : * "Occult Science in India", by Louis Jacoilliot, [1919], p. 252 CHAPTER X. SAND DRAWING--THE METOR AND THE BUCKET OF WATER--LOSS OF VOICE--MIND READING--READING IN A CLOSED BOOK--ARIAL MELODY--THE FLYING PALM--LEAF--ELEVATION OF THE FAKIR. Covindasamy had promised me that before he left to return...
Part I. The Doctrine Of The Pitris. Chapter. Part 03 : * "Occult Science in India", by Louis Jacoilliot, [1919], p. 73 CHAPTER IX. THE GRAND COUNCIL. In the present chapter we will merely give a few verses from the Agrouchada-Parikchai treating of the Supreme Council. "Seventy Brahmins more than seventy years old are chosen from among the Nirvanys...
Part Iii. Compared With The Jewish Cabal. Part 03 : * "Occult Science in India", by Louis Jacoilliot, [1919], p. 163 CHAPTER II. HOW THE SACRED BOOKS ARE TO BE INTERPRETED ACCORDING TO THE JEWISH CABALISTS. In order to show that these things are not to be taken in their literal signification, and that they have a hidden meaning which is contained...
Part Ii. The Philosophical Tenets. Part 07 : * "Occult Science in India", by Louis Jacoilliot, [1919], p. 113 CHAPTER VII. REASON. [From the twenty-third dialogue of the Second Book of the Agrouchada-Parikchai.] VATU 1 (the Disciple). Our ablutions have been performed, as prescribed. The regular sacrifices have all been accomplished...
Part Ii. The Philosophical Tenets. Part 03 : * "Occult Science in India", by Louis Jacoilliot, [1919], p. 131 CHAPTER XI. WORDS SPOKEN BY THE PRIESTS AT MEMPHIS. The vandalism committed by Csar's soldiers in the destruction of the Alexandrian library has left us nothing but sculptures and inscriptions with which to reconstruct the religious...
Part Iii. Compared With The Jewish Cabal. Part 07 : * "Occult Science in India", by Louis Jacoilliot, [1919], p. 176 CHAPTER VI. THE CABALISTIC TRINITY. "Having divided his body into two parts, the sovereign ruler became half male and half female, and uniting with the female portion, begot Viradj the son." (Manu, sloca 34, book i.) "I, Viradj...
Part I. The Doctrine Of The Pitris. Chapter. Part 07 : * "Occult Science in India", by Louis Jacoilliot, [1919], p. 45 CHAPTER V. THE FIRST DEGREE OF INITIATION--ABLUTIONS--PRAYER--CEREMONIES--EVOCATION.--EVOCATION. [Taken from the Agrouchada-Parikchai.] After his marriage, the Brahmatchary left the class of neophytes, but he did not, however, enter...
Apparations. Chapter Ii. The Phantom Of Karli : * "Occult Science in India", by Louis Jacoilliot, [1919], p. 272 CHAPTER II. THE PHANTOM OF KARLI. About four years after this, I was travelling in the province of Aurungabad, on a visit to the subterranean temple of Karli, having come through Madras, Bellary, and Bedjapour. These celebrated...
Part I. The Doctrine Of The Pitris. Chapter. Part 11 : * "Occult Science in India", by Louis Jacoilliot, [1919], FIRST PART. "THE DOCTRINE OF THE PITRIS AND THE OCCULT SCIENCES IN INDIA. Remember, my son, that there is only one God, the sovereign master and principle of all things, and that the Brahmins should worship Him in secret; but learn also...
Part Ii. The Philosophical Tenets. Part 11 : * "Occult Science in India", by Louis Jacoilliot, [1919], p. 98 CHAPTER III. THE GURU--EVOCATIONS. From noon to sunset the sacred decade was under the orders of the Master of Celestial Science, or Philosophy: from sunset to midnight it passed under the direction of the Guru of Evocations, who...
Part Ii. The Philosophical Tenets. Part 02 : * "Occult Science in India", by Louis Jacoilliot, [1919], p. 132 CHAPTER XII. THE FORMULAS OF EVOCATION. After an examination of the part performed by the human soul, and the superior and inferior spirits, as well as by the universe, in the Great All which we call God, and, having established...
Part Iii. Compared With The Jewish Cabal. Part 06 : * "Occult Science in India", by Louis Jacoilliot, [1919], p. 183 CHAPTER VII. THE BELIEF IN MEDIATING AND INSPIRING SPIRITS ACCORDING TO THE JEWISH CABALISTS. "The inferior world has been created in the similitude of the superior. Everything that exists in the superior world appears here below...
Part I. The Doctrine Of The Pitris. Chapter. Part 06 : * "Occult Science in India", by Louis Jacoilliot, [1919], p. 61 CHAPTER VI. THE FIRST DEGREE OF INITIATION.--("CONTINUED".) "Morning, Noon, and Evening Sandyas". 1 When ten years have been spent in the first degree of initiation and there still remains an equal period of time before the Grihast...
Next. Chapter I. As To Who Are Initiated : * "Occult Science in India", by Louis Jacoilliot, [1919], p. 203 CHAPTER I. AS TO WHO ARE INITIATED INTO THE DIFFERENT CLASSES OF OCCULT POWER. We have already seen what a long life of prayer, maceration, ablution, and fasting the novices were required to pass in the different degrees...
Part I. The Doctrine Of The Pitris. Chapter. Part 02 : * "Occult Science in India", by Louis Jacoilliot, [1919], p. 78 CHAPTER X. THE ELECTION OF THE BRAHMATMA. I have not much to add to what I have already said about the Brahmatma. The requisite qualifications for the position were that the candidate should have been initiated, that he should have...
Part Iii. Compared With The Jewish Cabal. Part 02 : * "Occult Science in India", by Louis Jacoilliot, [1919], p. 167 CHAPTER III. INITIATION AMONG THE CABALISTS. We have seen that the mysteries taught in the Indian pagoda comprised three degrees of initiation, in each of which a probation of twenty years was required before being promoted...
Part Ii. The Philosophical Tenets. Part 06 : * "Occult Science in India", by Louis Jacoilliot, [1919], p. 117 CHAPTER VIII. A TEXT FROM THE VEDAS. Nothing is commenced or ended. Everything is changed or transformed. Life and death are only modes of transformation which rule the vital molecule, from the plant up to Brahma himself...
Part Ii. The Philosophical Tenets. Part 10 : * "Occult Science in India", by Louis Jacoilliot, [1919], p. 100 CHAPTER IV. THE FRONTAL SIGN OF THE INITIATES ACCORDING TO THE AGROUCHADA-PARIKCHAI. Every morning those who have been initiated into the third degree, after terminating their ablutions, and before going to the pagoda to listen...
Next. Chapter Vi. The Water Spoutthe Magic Stick : * "Occult Science in India", by Louis Jacoilliot, [1919], p. 234 CHAPTER VI. THE WATER-SPOUT--THE MAGIC STICK. Covindasamy was punctual in the performance of his engagement. Gazing at the extraordinary flood of light which the sun poured upon the surface of the Ganges as it rolled by, I stood...
Part I. The Doctrine Of The Pitris. Chapter. Part 10 : * "Occult Science in India", by Louis Jacoilliot, [1919], p. 20 CHAPTER II. THE BRAHMINS. Before touching upon the main point of our subject, it may not be amiss to say a few words about the Brahmins. We do not propose, however, to raise the question of their real origin, which has been...
Part I. The Doctrine Of The Pitris. Chapter. Part 04 : * "Occult Science in India", by Louis Jacoilliot, [1919], p. 71 CHAPTER VIII. THE THIRD DEGREE OF INITIATION. It is not until he has spent a further period of twenty years in the study of the occult sciences and manifestations that the Sannyassi becomes a Sannyassi-Nirvany or Naked Cenobite, so...
Part Iii. Compared With The Jewish Cabal. Part 04 : * "Occult Science in India", by Louis Jacoilliot, [1919], p. 157 PART THIRD. THE DOCTRINE OF THE PITRIS AS COMPARED WITH THAT OF THE JEWISH CABALA, OF PLATO, OF THE ALEXANDRIAN SCHOOL, OF PHILO, OF THE PERSIANS, AND OF CHRISTIANITY. p. 158 It is not lawful to explain the history of creation to two...
Next. Chapter Viii. The Bamboo Stoolaerial : * "Occult Science in India", by Louis Jacoilliot, [1919], p. 240 CHAPTER VIII. THE BAMBOO STOOL--ARIAL. FLOWERS--THE MYSTERIOUS PUNKAH. I spent a part of the night, in reflection upon this subject, but I was not able to solve the riddle. Since I had lived in India I had often seen similar...
Part I. The Doctrine Of The Pitris. Chapter : * "Occult Science in India", by Louis Jacoilliot, [1919], p. 81 CHAPTER XI. THE YOGUYS. Previous to a more thorough investigation into the doctrine of the Pitris, and the external manifestations by whose aid the Hindus attempt to prove the existence of an occult power, we have a few words further...
Part Ii. The Philosophical Tenets. Part 04 : * "Occult Science in India", by Louis Jacoilliot, [1919], p. 119 CHAPTER X. OF THE SUPREME BEING. [Twenty-fourth dialogue of the Book of the Pitris.] After giving as a text the words of the Atharva-Veda, and a few verses from Manu, which we have just quoted, the Agrouchada-Parikchai devotes...
Part Ii. The Philosophical Tenets. Part 12 : * "Occult Science in India", by Louis Jacoilliot, [1919], p. 96 CHAPTER II. THE SUPERIOR GURU--THE SACRED DECADE. Upon reaching the third degree of initiation, the Brahmins were divided into tens, and a superior Guru, or professor of the occult sciences, was placed over each decade. He was revered...
Part I. The Doctrine Of The Pitris. Chapter. Part 08 : * "Occult Science in India", by Louis Jacoilliot, [1919], p. 32 CHAPTER IV. THE BRAHMIN--FROM HIS NOVITIATE TO HIS RECEPTION INTO THE FIRST DEGREE OF HIS INITIATION. "The Ceremony of Oupanayana". [Taken from the Nitia-Carma, the first part of the Agrouchada-Parikchai, or book of the occult...
Part Iii. Compared With The Jewish Cabal. Part 08 : * "Occult Science in India", by Louis Jacoilliot, [1919], p. 173 CHAPTER V. THE TEN ZEPHIROTH. The ten Zephiroth represent the ten essential qualities, by means wher the deity is manifested in creation. These ten attributes, representing goodness, glory, wisdom, power, grace, justice, intelligence...
Next. Chapter Ix. The Stationary Tablea Shower : * "Occult Science in India", by Louis Jacoilliot, [1919], p. 244 CHAPTER IX. THE STATIONARY TABLE--A SHOWER OF KNOCKS--THE LITTLE MILL--FLYING FEATHERS--THE HARMONIFLUTE. Covindasamy had only three days more to stay at Benares. I determined to devote our last meeting to experiments in "magnetism...
Conclusion : * "Occult Science in India", by Louis Jacoilliot, [1919], p. 275 CONCLUSION. In conclusion, we can only repeat the words of our preface: "It is not our office to decide, either for or against, the belief in spirits, whether "mediating" or "inspiring"." Our aim is merely to give an account...
Part Ii. The Philosophical Tenets. Part 08 : * "Occult Science in India", by Louis Jacoilliot, [1919], p. 107 CHAPTER VI. PSYCHOLOGY OF THE BOOK OF THE PITRIS. The superior Guru began his lessons to those who had been admitted to the third degree of initiation, with the following aphorisms: The first of all sciences is that of man: man is...
Title Page : * "Occult Science in India", by Louis Jacoilliot, [1919], OCCULT SCIENCE IN INDIA AND AMONG THE ANCIENTS. WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THEIR MYSTIC INITIATIONS AND THE HISTORY OF SPIRITISM. BY LOUIS JACOLLIOT CHIEF JUSTICE OF CHANDENAGUR (FRENCH EAST INDIES) AND OF TAHITI (OCEANICA). TRANSLATED...
Next. Chapter Iv. The Leaf Dance : * "Occult Science in India", by Louis Jacoilliot, [1919], p. 210 CHAPTER IV. THE LEAF DANCE. We select at random some facts that fell under our own observation, as they were noted down at the time, grouping them, however, according to the method adopted by us, to make the Hindu classification more...
Part Iii. Compared With The Jewish Cabal : * "Occult Science in India", by Louis Jacoilliot, [1919], p. 170 CHAPTER IV. THE DIVINE ESSENCE, ACCORDING TO THE CABALISTS. Rabbi Simon, having assembled his disciples, seated himself beneath the shade of a sacred forest, and informed them that, before dying, he would reveal to them the gre...
Preface : * "Occult Science in India", by Louis Jacoilliot, [1919], p. v PREFACE. We will lay aside, for the present, our inquiries into the general subject of the primitive civilizations of the far East, and the people who have sprung from the Brahminic stock in the old world, in order to publish...
Part Ii. The Philosophical Tenets : * "Occult Science in India", by Louis Jacoilliot, [1919], p. 136 CHAPTER XIII. FORMULAS OF MAGICAL INCANTATION--VULGAR MAGIC. The formulas of magical incantation, addressed to evil spirits, are kept as secret as those used in the evocation of superior spirits. They even form a part of a special...
Next. Chapter Ii. Agasa : * "Occult Science in India", by Louis Jacoilliot, [1919], p. 206 CHAPTER II. AGASA. In order to make ourselves understood, where there is as yet no accepted mode of speech, we will say what we mean by the term "spirit force." By "spirit force" we mean the alliance between the intellect...