Initiation and Spiritual Realization
Published: 1952
A study of initiation and spiritual realization.
Chapters
Ch. 1
AGAINST VULGARIZATION
Ch. 2
Metaphysics \& Dialectic
Ch. 3
The Malady of Anguish
Ch. 4
Custom Versus Tradition
Ch. 5
Initiatic Affiliation
Ch. 6
Spiritual Influences \& 'Egregores'
Ch. 7
The Necessity of Traditional Exoterism
Ch. 8
Salvation \& Deliverance
Ch. 9
Ritual \& Moral Points of View
Ch. 10
The 'Glorification of Work'
Ch. 11
The Sacred \& The Profane
Ch. 12
Conversions
Ch. 13
Recent Confusions
Ch. 14
'Intellectual Pride'
Ch. 15
Direct Contemplation \& Reflected Contemplation
Ch. 16
Doctrine \& Method
Ch. 17
The Three Ways \& The Initiatic Forms
Ch. 18
Ascesis \& Asceticism
Ch. 19
Guru \& Upaguru
Ch. 20
True \& False Spiritual Teachers
Ch. 21
Innate Wisdom \& Acquired Wisdom
Ch. 22
Collective Initiatic Work \& Spiritual 'Presence'
Ch. 23
The Role of the Guru
Ch. 24
On the Initiatic Degrees
Ch. 25
Against Quietism
Ch. 26
Apparent Madness \& Hidden Wisdom
Ch. 27
The 'Popular' Mask
Ch. 28
The Meeting of Extremes
Ch. 29
Is the Spirit in the Body or the Body in the Spirit?
Ch. 30
The Two Nights
Ch. 31