CHAPTER VI. The Occult Sciences

THE OCCULT SCIENCES

A synthesis in summary—Recapitulation of principles—The search after the absolute 500

CHAPTER VII

SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION

The enigma of the sphinx and its solution—Paradoxical questions and their answers—Knowledge and faith—The communion of faith—The temporal power of the pope—The science of moral equilibrium—Consequences of its recognition—A citation from the Blessed Vincent de Lerins—Another from Comte Joseph de Maistre—An axiom of St. Thomas Aquinas—The liberation of Magic—Purpose of this work 503