title: Finding Magic: The Teachings of an American Coven
author:  David Farren 
description: David Farren first trained to be a Jesuit priest, then he began a long career as a college philosophy teacher. He is the author of three non-fiction books on the occult published in the United States and Europe and one novel, published in England. He currently lives in the Los Angeles area when he is not traveling in his research.
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  Lodges of Magic v. 14.11, www.philaletheians.co.uk, 30 September 2017 
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  Lodges of Magic 
  
  LIVING THE LIFE SERIES 
  LODGES OF MAGIC 
  Lodges of Magic v. 14.11, www.philaletheians.co.uk, 30 September 2017 
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  Occult truth cannot be absorbed by a mind that is filled with preconception, prejudice, or 
  suspicion. It is something to be perceived by the intuition rather than by the reason — being 
  by nature spiritual, not material. 
  Among the pre-requisites for psychic development, noted in the mystical Manuals of all 
  Eastern religious systems, are a pure place, pure diet, pure companionship, and a pure 
  mind. 
  Active, wide-awake, earnest, unselfish Branches are needed, whose members shall not be 
  constantly unmasking their selfishness by asking “What will it profit us to join the Theo-
  sophical Society, and how much will it harm us?” but be putting to themselves the question 
  “Can we not do substantial good to mankind by working in this good cause with all our 
  heart