Excerpt from The Occult Sciences: A Compendium of Transcendental Doctrine and Experiment; Embracing an Account of Magical Practices; Of Secret Sciences in Connection With Magic; Of the Professors of Magical Arts; And of Modern Spiritualism, Mesmerism and Theosophy Ments and modified our individual opinions not only by the best authorities in the literature of the several subjects treated, but by the collaboration of many living writers who are specialists in distinct branches of esoteric science. In this respect the book may be accepted as the result of a collective endeavour rather than of an unaided effort, and it will be received with an increased confidence on this ground. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.