His whole soul flies towards the lovely being,
which attracts him with almost irresistible force, and if his higher
principles, his divine spirit, is not powerful enough to restrain him,
his soul follows the temptations of his physical body. Once again the
animal nature has subdued the divine. Woman rejoices in her victory,
and man is ashamed of his weakness; and instead of being a
representation of strength, he becomes an object of pity.
To be truly powerful a man must retain his power and never for a moment
lose it. To lose it is to surrender his divine nature to his animal
nature; to restrain his desires and retain his power, is to assert his
divine right, and to become more than a man--a god.
Eliphas Levi says: "To be an object of attraction for all women, you
must desire none;" and every one who has had a little experience of his
own must know that he is right. Woman wants what she cannot get, and
what she can get she does not want. Perhaps it is to the man endowed
with spiritual power, that the Bible refers, when it says: "To him who
has much, more shall be given, and from him who has little, that little
shall be taken away.
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