“Occultism is something that ''can'' be tested and proven by all ‘competent’ persons, and is not a mere tangle of assertions and theories. Nay, more, it ''has'' been tested and proven by competent persons a thousand times over, in all countries and in all ages. It is so tested and proven now—in this nineteenth century—and testimony to the fact is borne by some of the most learned, virtuous and unprejudiced of our contemporaries. | “Occultism is something that ''can'' be tested and proven by all ‘competent’ persons, and is not a mere tangle of assertions and theories. Nay, more, it ''has'' been tested and proven by competent persons a thousand times over, in all countries and in all ages. It is so tested and proven now—in this nineteenth century—and testimony to the fact is borne by some of the most learned, virtuous and unprejudiced of our contemporaries. |