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me that occultism is not a reliable science by itself, that is, when taken apart from religion, and that truly miraculous powers spring only from regular asceticism, though fanatical fervour is also not unlikely to produce some minor mysterious effects, owing to the abnormal development of the inuer psychic forces of life. The latter are, however, most likely to deceive one in the hour of need, and also lead to unhappy conditions and results. For Religion has nothing in common with the ambition for world-power or show. Dispassion and vai ágya (desirelessness or renunciation) are the essential conditions for progress on the path, so that he who aspires for power, whether temporal or spiritual, can hardly be said to have put his foot on it. Hence, even if these psychic powers could be acquired in the way they are described in the Yoga Sutras, they can only be acquired by those saintly ascetics who do not long for them and who will certainly not use them to harm even an enemy. For others it is useless even to think
of them.
I must now say a few words about the sixth school of Hindu thought before summing up the results of our investigation in respect of these world-famous darsanas, This sixth darsana was founded by Jaimini, who again seems to be only a compiler and not the original author. It is known as Purva (prior) mimânsd, while Vedanta is termed Uttara mimânsă (a subsequent dissertation or ratiocination). But there is nothing in this literal significance to furnish a ground for in
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