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CHAPTER I

THE VISIBLE AND INVISIBLE

WORLDS

HE first step in Occultism is the study of the
invisible Worlds. These Worlds are invisible to
the majority of people because of the dormancy
of the finer and higher senses whereby they may be
perceived, in the sa me way that the Physical World abou t us
is perceived through the physical senses. The majority of
people are on a similar footing in regard to the super-
physical Worlds as the man who is born blind is to our
world of sense; although light and color are all about him, he
is unable to see them. To him they are non-existent and
incomprehensible, simply because he lacks the sense of sight
wherewith to perceive them. Objects he can feel; they seem
real; but light and color are beyond his ken.
So with the greater part of humanity. They feel, and see
objects and hear sounds in the Physical World, but the other
realms, which the clairvoyant calls the higher Worlds, are as
incomprehensible to them as light and color are to the blind
man. Because the blind man cannot see color and light,
however, is no argument against their existence and reality.
Neither is it an argument, that because most people cannot
see the super-physical Worlds no one can do so. If the blind
man obtains his sight, he will see light and color. If the
higher senses of those blind to the super-physical Worlds are
awakened by proper methods, they also will be able to
behold the Worlds which are now hidden from them.

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