Occult philosophy seems to have been the nurse or god-mother of all intellectual forces. It reigned in Persia with the Magi, who perished in the end, as perish all masters of the world. It concealed the principles of all sciences, all progress in the human mind, in the daring calculations of Pythagoras.
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Rituel et Dogme de la Haute Magie by Eliphas Levi Part I
Occult philosophy seems to have been the nurse or god-mother of all intellectual forces. It reigned in Persia with the Magi, who perished in the end, as perish all masters of the world. It c…