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Title: Studies in Occultism; A Series of Reprints from the Writings of H. P. Blavatsky
No. 1: Practical Occultism--Occultism versus the Occult
Arts--The Blessings of Publicity

Author: H. P. Blavatsky

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STUDIES
IN
OCCULTISM

by

H.P. BLAVATSKY

STUDIES IN OCCULTISM

A Series of Reprints from the Writings

of

H.P. BLAVATSKY

NO. 1

PRACTICAL OCCULTISM

OCCULTISM VERSUS THE OCCULT ARTS

THE BLESSINGS OF PUBLICITY

POINT LOMA EDITION

The Aryan Theosophical Press
Point Loma, California
1910

See Book List at the end of this volume for the other numbers of this
Series and also for other Theosophical literature.

CONTENTS

PAGE

Practical Occultism 1
From _Lucifer_, April, 1888

Occultism versus the Occult Arts 17
From _Lucifer_, May, 1888

The Blessings of Publicity 42
From _Lucifer_, August, 1891

Occultism is not magic, though magic is one of its tools.

Occultism is not the acquirement of powers, whether psychic or
intellectual, though both are its servants. Neither is occultism the
pursuit of happiness, as men understand the word; for the first step is
sacrifice, the second, renunciation.

Occultism is the science of life, the art of living.--_Lucifer_, Vol. I,
p. 7.

PRACTICAL OCCULTISM

IMPORTANT TO STUDENTS

As some of the letters in the Correspondence of this month show, there
are many people who are looking for practical instruction in Occultism.
It becomes necessary, therefore, to state once for all:--

(_a_) The essential difference between theoretical and practical
Occultism; or what is generally known as Theosophy on the one hand, and
Occult sc