CHAPTER XVII. The Method of Acquiring First- Hand

Knowledge.

The First Steps 430

Western Methods for Western People 437

The Science of Nutrition 441

Table of Food-Values 450

The Law of Assimilation 451

Live and Let Live 460

The Lord's Prayer 462

The Vow of Celibacy 467

The Pituitary Body and the Pineal Gland 473

Diagram 17. Path of the Unused Sex Currents 475

Esoteric Training 477

How the Inner Vehicle is Built 480

Concentration 486

Meditation ." 489

Observation 492

Discrimination , 493

Contemplation 494

Adoration 495