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Today I've started ´The Voice of the Silence´ by Helena Blavatsky. It is a book that gives me good vibes, peace and calm. I've read about a 33% of it.
Cool. What is it about?
The author talks about spiritual transcendence. It describes the steps needed to achieve a higher state of "self" called Nirvana. One of these steps, for example, is mentally detaching from pleasure and pain. That spiritual philosophy is a mix between oriental religions like Buddhism and some western elements similar to Gnostic Christian values. It's called Theosophy.
Ah, interesting!