13. The Motives Of Psychic Attack. I-e

The doctrine that human volition, cultivated by discipline and emancipated from passion and servitude, is the primary instrument of magical operation — will confirmed by persistent acts acquires causal power over self, others, and nature; distinct from faith and from mere desire.

The passage discusses the 'control and concentration of the kundalini force' and directing it for 'magical purposes,' implying the use of trained volition to manipulate energy.

Disciplined inward attention — sitting, focused, or open-awareness practice — as a stand-alone term that umbrellas active_contemplation, inner_silence, and dhyana-style sitting.

The passage begins by describing women persuaded to embark upon a 'meditation process whose aim is to pour out force.'

The doctrine and practice of one person deliberately inflicting harm on another through trained will, mind-power, or occult technique alone, without physical contact — producing exhaustion, illness, breakdown, or death in the victim; recognised cross-culturally as witchcraft, hexing, or the evil eye, and treated in Western esotericism as a genuine occult hazard requiring diagnosis and defence rather than dismissed as superstition. Distinct from magical_will (the general doctrine that trained volition has causal power, of which this is one malevolent application) and from spirit_conjuration (which subordinates an already-existing summoned spirit, rather than directing the operator's own power at a person).

The passage explicitly details a case of 'psychic attack' where women are manipulated to pour out force for an occult experiment, fitting the definition of deliberate harm via occult technique.

The maintenance of a state of cleanliness—physical, moral, or spiritual—required for encounter with the divine.

The text contrasts the 'right way' of directing force (referencing 'The Problem of Purity') with abnormal channels, implying a standard of purity in occult practice.

Organized, persisting groups — fraternities, orders, lodges — that maintain esoteric knowledge or practices as an institution distinct from public religion or mainstream society, holding 'the keys' collectively rather than through any one master-disciple pair. Distinct from esoteric_lineage (a genealogical chain of individual transmission, not an institution) and hidden_sayings (the concealment of a teaching's meaning, independent of whether any organized body holds it).

The text references a 'group of people known to be occupied with practical occultism and ceremonial' led by specific operators (Mr. X. and Mr. Z.), indicating an organized esoteric group.