The
great interest evinced in Yoga and other occult doctrines by a large number of
people, both in the East and in the West, is a clear indication of a growing
thirst in men to know more about themselves, their birth and death, the real
nature of the conscious principle animating them, and about the mystery
surrounding the universe. There is nothing new in the expression of this
impulse.
It
has been present in various forms from the day man began to lead the life of a
rational being, from the day he began to use Stone implements, of the crudest
type, and to live a family and social life of the most primitive kind. That the
thirst has always been present in one form or another is corroborated by the
earliest relics of primitive men found in different parts of the earth.
Undoubtedly
there is a difference in the intensity of its expression and the form of its
manifestation, but that the thirst has not abated is clear beyond the least
shadow of doubt. There appears to be a
misconception in the minds of some people that Yoga offers an easy and convenient
method for gaining access to the occult. This notion is especially prevalent in
the West, and the idea persists that there are secret practices which can work wonders
in leading men to the realm of the spirit.
Such
a conception is not peculiar to this era alone, but, in various forms, has been
present from the remote past, ever since primitive man began to experiment with
different methods to gain psychic powers, to invoke spirits and ghosts, to
practice the art of magical healing, or to trade in sorcery and witchcraft. The
men who practiced or professed these arts were always a source of wonder and attraction
to novices desirous of attaining similar powers. The idea underlying this
belief, which persists to this day, suggests that there are latent
possibilities in the human mind which, when developed through appropriate
methods, can place at the command of an adept unseen, intelligent forces of
nature which enable him to perform extraordinary feats utterly beyond the
capacity of normal men. How far this concept is based on reality and how far it
is a myth is the aim of this work to expound.
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