Goddard brought a certain intellectual depth and coherence to the idea of manifestation that makes it more compelling than the pop culture The Secret stuff. He also seems to have had a serious familiarity with the Cabala.
I think the weakness of his method is that it works exceptionally well for someone like NG who had a naturally rich imaginative faculty. For more ordinary people the symbolic work and study of occultism is useful. Also, some followers of his work seem to me to exaggerate what his Law of Assumption can be expected to accomplish.
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Date: 2023-08-14 08:48 pm (UTC)I think the weakness of his method is that it works exceptionally well for someone like NG who had a naturally rich imaginative faculty. For more ordinary people the symbolic work and study of occultism is useful. Also, some followers of his work seem to me to exaggerate what his Law of Assumption can be expected to accomplish.