The Equinox (Volume I, Number II)

THE EQUINOX them. Let us call this supernormal consciousness, or, for want of a better name, “ Spiritual Experience.” 4. Faith has been proposed as a remedy. But we perceive many incompatible forms of Faith founded on Authority— The Vedas, The Quran, The Bible; Buddha, Christ, Joseph Smith. To choose between them we must resort to reason, already shown to be a fallacious guide. 5. There is only one Rock which Scepticism cannot shake ; the Rock of Experience. 6. We have therefore endeavoured to eliminate from the conditions of acquiring Spiritual Experience its dogmatic, theological, accidental, climatic and other inessential elements. 7. We require the employment of a strictly scientific method. The mind of the seeker must be unbiased: all prejudice and other sources of error must be perceived as such and extirpated. 8. We have therefore devised a Syncretic-Eclectic Method combining the essentials of all methods, rejecting all their trammels, to attack the Problem, through exact experiments and not by guesses. 9. For each pupil we recommend a different method (in detail) suited to his needs; just as a physician prescribes the medicine proper to each particular patient. 10. We further believe that the Consummation of Spiritual Experience is reflected into the spheres of intellect and action as Genius, so that by taking an ordinary man we can by training produce a Master. This thesis requires proof: we hope to supply such proof by producing Genius to order. 4