The Inner Life (Quest Book)

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Summary: Couldn't finish it
Review: I bought this book because of the praise in the other review, and because I bought Leadbeaters book on the astral realm which I whole hearted recommend, BUT I want to make sure the reader has larger opinion of this book. I do like a lot of works by the Theosopists and the large amount work that they added to the occult, this book though rummages through the introduction and first chapter of OUTDATED ... about the society of the time (the school that the author took the subjects that you see in this book, and people.) The problem is that the subjects that make up the book are not of any value unless you already have much Theosophical work under your belt and take it into context of the school that he was teaching from. I am sure you could meditate on Dr Suesse and come away with just of a deep experience as this book. The reason I am so hard on the book was because after I felt like I wasted a few hours of my time trying to read it front to back then I started going to differant chapters. The chapters are completely differant "dissertations" which seemed like babbling on subjects that do not have any seeming strong connection or flow with each other. Of which none of them were of any major thought/subject such as the kabala or astral or of major modern occult value that I saw. I would include some of the topics in this review except I do not have the book with me at the moment.

Rating:
Summary: Very Good
Review: This book contains a lot of wisdom, however it takes some patience to read it and understand it. It is a gem though. Read the works of Samael Aun Weor to get a more complete view of the Theosophical Septenary, the Monad, etc.

Rating:
Summary: Great Primer
Review: This is a good book. It is a series of brief lectures answering questions about Theosophy. Very handy to use. Be careful ordering it used. You could wind up with a book by the same title but by a different author. Andrew Murray's book is mainline protestant Christianity, good but not Theosophy.

Rating:
Summary: Great Primer
Review: This is a good book. It is a series of brief lectures answering questions about Theosophy. Very handy to use. Be careful ordering it used. You could wind up with a book by the same title but by a different author. Andrew Murray's book is mainline protestant Christianity, good but not Theosophy.

Rating:
Summary: A wonderful book for seriuous occultism students
Review: While the book is not easy of reading, it is really worth as is a complete exposure of the theosopical ideas. It really answers such important questions as "why the ego had chosen to incarnate and why he does it continually", "which is the purpose of the every day life". It is a heavy book to be read slowly and most of its chapters should be subject to a deep meditation before could be completely assimilated.