143

XXIV
THE CHOICE OF EITHER EARTHLY AGELESSNESS Oki
NORMAL DEATH

Because the mind rebels when confronted with the extra-

ordinary, the seemingly impossible, frightening new reality,
what I am going to tell you now will be rejected by most im-
mediately, BUT NOT BY A SMALL GROUP who comprise the
Great Concealed Adepts. These latter, who are ageless by
choice, will smile and shake their heads at my temerity be-
cause they think that I cannot possibly be believed by any av-
erage human.
Be that as it may, no matter what you are able to ac-
cept, THERE ARE THOSE UPON EARTH WHO HAVE LIVED
LET THE SAME BODY FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS. This can
he done and IS done by sonic Advanced Adepts through the use
of two difficult disciplines, the second of whiehparticularly
they must practice almost continuously. It is not a black art,
nor is it a compromise with any sort of evil, in fact it is the
exact opposite. An evil person would have but limited success
in the second step toward the ability to cannibalize the ecto-
plasm. Also, only a. rugged few can bear the long periods of
isolation, intense struggle, deprivation, fasting, and protract-
ed mental effort.
After I, myself, performed the first discipline, I was
contacted by an Initiated Master who offered to guide me to
success in the second and final discipline necessary to attain
agelessness. I refused his help, thanked him and explained