Occult Training Of The Hindus, The

The Occult Training of the Hindus Paperback Occultism is much more than the Indian rope trick, as Ernest Wood points out in this highly interesting account of the practice of the ‘real occult’ in India. Genuine Occultism, the author explains, seeks the pure, eternal life , beyond the restrictions of time and space. The real occult is that which is hidden from those who cannot rise in thought beyond attachment to ‘limited states of consciousness.’ The average Hindu acknowledges that abnormal psychic powers may come to an aspirant who is in pursuit of the Truth. But he takes care that they do not lure him from his real ideal. For such a seeker ‘occultism’ is the science of life, or the science of the Self. This book is an imprint of the Theosophical Publishing House, Adyar, and is imported from India.

About the author: Ernest Wood (1883-1965) took an early interest in science and philosophy. He received his advanced education at the Manchester College of Technology. As a young man, he went to India and took up in 1920 the post of Headmaster of Congress High School, preparing students for the University of Madras. After that he became managing secretary of a group of thirty-seven schools and colleges, and was also Principal and President of the Sind National College and the Madanapalle College, of the Universities of Bombay and Madras. Throughout his entire life, he was deeply interested in the Yoga and Vedanta philosophies of India, learning to read them in the original Sanskrit language. During his long residence in India, Professor Wood wrote many books on education, psychology, and Indian philosophy.