A Treatise on White Magic (Summarized Edition)

A Treatise on White Magic is a disciplined manual on the creative use of consciousness, defining magic as the intelligent building and release of thought-forms under soul control. Organized as Rules for Magic with commentary, it blends occult cosmology with practical counsel on meditation, harmless speech, and group work, analyzing glamor and illusion within an emerging psychological vocabulary of integration. Alice A. Bailey, British-born esotericist and cofounder of the Lucis Trust and the Arcane School, produced this text during her claimed telepathic collaboration with the Tibetan, Djwhal Khul. Her journey from orthodox Christianity through the Theosophical Society to independent teaching shaped her emphasis on ethical, experimental occultism oriented to service and responsive to interwar social and psychological upheaval. This volume rewards readers of Western esotericism, comparative mysticism, and the history of psychology, as well as serious practitioners seeking a rigorous program of meditative work. Demanding but lucid, it invites sustained study and application, especially concerning speech, desire, and cooperative endeavor. For such readers, it remains a seminal articulation of spiritual practice as intelligent, creative service.
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