OCCULT SCIENCE IN INDIA. 1. SPIRITISM. CHAPTER T. THE INITIATED .AT THE ANCIENT TEMPLES. IT is not to the religious writings of antiquity, such as the Vedas, the Zend-A vesta, or the Bible, that we are to look for an accurate expression of the highest thought of the period. 'V ritten to be read, or rather chanted, in the temples, upon great festivals, and framed mainly with a view to priestly domination, these books of the law were not intended to make known to common people the seerets of a scienee whieh occupies the leisure moments of the priests and initiated. ,. Bear in mind, Iny son," said the Hindu Brahmin to the neophyte, "that there is but one God, the sovereign master and prineiple of all things, and that every Brahmin should worship him in secret. Learn a1so that this is a Inystery which should never be reyealed to the vulgar herd; otherwise great harm may befal you." 'Ve constantly meet with a similar prohibition in Manu
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