How does occultism regard vegetarianism?

It regards it very favourably, and that for many reasons. These reasons may be divided into two classes: those that are ordinary and physical, and those that are occult or hidden. Let us see in detail why a vegetarian diet is emphatically the purest and the best.

Bishop Leadbeater points out why anybody working with the Occult cannot eat the flesh of other living beings. He makes it clear that the stain on one's soul for causing such suffering to others renders one unfit for occult studies. His is yet another argument for why causing the suffering of other living beings is wrong, not just for altruistic reasons but because of the harm that one does to oneself. I highly recommend this book for anybody who is working in the Occult. With the discipline necessary for mastering those studies, it should be easy to add a switch to a vegetarian diet to the list of requirements. If you do not have the discipline to become a vegetarian or vegan, then you do not belong in the world of the Occult. Leadbeater does not mince his words at all.

Witches and Ceremonial Magicians, take heed.
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