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1、THETRAININGANDWORKOFANINITIATEByDIONFORTUNESecondEditionTHEAQUARIANPRESSLONDON1955PublishedbyTheAquarianPublishingCompany(London)Ltd.,3D,DenisonHouse,296,VauxhallBridge.Road,London,S.W.1PRINTEDINENGLANDBytheCourierPrintingandPublishingCo.Ltd.,GroveHillRoad,TunbridgeWells
2、FOREWORDALT:HOUGHTheTrainingandWorkofanInitiateiscompleteinitself,andanentirelyindependentwork,itiscomplementarytotheauthor'spreviousbook,TheEsotericOrdersandtheirWork.Consequently,manypointswhicharedealtwithatlengthinthatbookareonlytoucheduponbrieflyinthesepages.Thetwob
3、ooks,takentogether,coverthewholefieldofinitiationupontheRight-handPathoftheWesternTradition.InformationconcerningthenatureandworkingoftheBlackLodgesisgiveninanotherofDionFortune'sbooks,SaneOccultism.7INTRODUCTIONOFallthosewhostudythespiritualsciencethatusedtobecalledoccu
4、lt,orhidden,butisfastceasingtodeservethatname,notmanywillevergoontothehigherdegreesofinitiationandaspireafteradepthood.Wemayreasonablyask,if-thisscienceisliterallyesotericorreservedforthefew,whetheritisworthwhileforthosewhocannotdedicatetheirwholelivestoitspursuittostudy
5、itatall?Itcannotbedeniedthatthehigherachievementsinanypursuitcanbeobtainedonlybythemanwhogiveshislifetoit.Esotericscienceisnoexceptiontothisrule.Never•theless,ithasaverygreatdealtogiveeventothosewhoonlytouchthehemofitsgarment.Fromits.teachingstherearisesaphilosophyoflife
6、whichnotonlyilluminesourprofounderproblems,butshinesonourdailypathandrevealssignificancesofwhichwehaveneverdreamt.Itshowsusthatourindividuallives,andeveryhappeningofthoselives,isanintegralpartofthecosmicwhole;itshowsusourindividualrelationshiptothatwhole.Aknowledgeofeven
7、theelementsofesotericscienceleadstoacompletechangeofallourvalues.Weseethatthingsweconsideredofsupremeimportancearenotthevitalpointswethoughttheywere;weseethatthingswedidnotthinkmatteredatallaretherealstrategiccentresofourlives.Moreover,wefindthattherearecertainpowersin:o
8、urminds,notintheleastrareorsupernatural,forweareusingthemeveryday.which,ifdevelopedandconsciouslydirect