Esoterika Formulas Against the False Self - Mitch Horowitz - Esoterika

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Esoterika: Formulas Against the False Self examines a pervasive modern experience of unreality—alienation from one’s own being under artifice and “simulation” thinking. Mitch Horowitz argues that habitual, scripted responses replace genuine selfhood, amplified by cultural decline, technological displacement, and collective ennui. The book offers practical, results-oriented esoteric formulas drawn from neglected Western occult threads, aiming to expose the narrowness of “false being” and provide dignity and self-agency within real circumstances, rather than abstract knowledge.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryReligion & Spirituality

FormatPDF

Pages202

Reading Time8 h 29 min

AccessFree to download

Contents

Introduction - Esoterika

One - Wish Come True?

Two - “Good Things Always Arrive Unexpectedly”

Three - Do You Seek Truth—Or Happiness?

Four - “The Body Has to See It Can Be Told What to Do”

Five - Identification Is Not the Problem

Six - What Is Yours to Give

Seven - What Is Power?

Eight - Dignity

Nine - Do You Enjoy Suffering?

Ten - If You Must Fight, Fight to Win

Eleven - “Be, and Not Seem”

Twelve - Against Forgiveness

Thirteen - What Is Evil?

Fourteen - Anti-Serenity

Fifteen - “My Name Is Called Disturbance”

Sixteen - It Is Not Getting Better

Seventeen - The Day My Search Changed

Epilogue - The Exercise

Appendix - 101 Rules of Effective Living

Index

About the Author

ALSO BY MITCH HOROWITZ Practical Magick Modern Occultism Occult America One Simple Idea The Miracle Club Uncertain Places Daydream Believer The Seeker ’s Guide to the Secret Teachings ofAll Ages The Miracle Habits The Miracle Month The Power of the Master Mind Magician of the Beautiful Mind As Builder Cosmic Habit Force Happy Warriors The Miracle of a Definite Chief Aim Secrets of Self-Mastery Awakened Mind The 30-Day Mental Challenge The Sixth Sense [OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com) ESOTERIKA FORMULAS AGAINST THE FALSE SELF MITCH HOROWITZ [OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com) Published 2026 by Gildan Media LLC aka G&D Media [www.GandDmedia.com](www.GandDmedia.com) ESOTERIKA. Copyright © 2026 Mitch Horowitz. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used, reproduced or transmitted in any manner whatsoever, by any means (electronic, photocopying, recording, or otherwise), without the prior written permission of the author, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. No liability is assumed with respect to the use of the information contained within. Although every precaution has been taken, the author and publisher assume no liability for errors or omissions. Neither is any liability assumed for damages resulting from the use of the information contained herein. Cover art copyright © 2026 John Newsom. All rights reserved. Front cover design by Tom McKeveny Interior design by Meghan Day Healey of Story Horse, LLC. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available upon request eISBN: 978-1-7225-2893-5 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 [OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com) “He travels the fastest who travels alone.” [OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com) Contents Introduction Esoterika One Wish Come True? Two “Good Things Always Arrive Unexpectedly” Three Do You Seek Truth—Or Happiness? Four “The Body Has to See It Can Be Told What to Do” Five Identification Is Not the Problem Six What Is Yours to Give Seven What Is Power? Eight Dignity Nine Do You Enjoy Suffering? Ten If You Must Fight, Fight to Win Eleven “Be, and Not Seem” Twelve Against Forgiveness Thirteen What Is Evil? Fourteen Anti-Serenity— Fifteen “My Name Is Called Disturbance” Sixteen It Is Not Getting Better Seventeen The Day My Search Changed Epilogue The Exercise Appendix 101 Rules of Effective Living Index About the Author About the Cover [OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com) INTRODUCTION Esoterika Every generation believes it lives on a precipice. That is near-universal. Historically, our era differs little from most in its apocalyptic expectancy. But a different and, in my view, more pernicious spectre haunts our age. It is the nearly global attitude that we are living an unreal existence: blinded by artifice, strangers to ourselves, and acclimated to ersatz reality. Our alienation, broadly gnostic—echoing the late-ancient sects who rejected the material world as the simulation of a false deity—plots our most popular movies, books, television shows, and video games; this media resonates with international audiences across disparate cultures. Simulation theory haunts us. The Matrix is our Beatles. If there is one thing that everyone can seem to agree on: we are not ourselves. This sensation is correct. The pangs of doubt we feel toward ourselves and our surroundings are responses to the automaticity of our existence. We traverse life with a menu of, say, twenty responses, and claim selfhood. That is not real existence. Neither we nor others around us are functioning as beings supposedly made in the image of a creator or as the likely older Hermetic dictum goes: as above, so below. In Western culture, our unease is compounded by loss of civility, technological displacement, and directionless prosperity, which are producing a generation of ennui, rage, and despair. To that, I have no macro solutions. But I do have form

FAQs

What does the book mean by “false self”?

The “false self” is described as the product of conformity and habitual automaticity that blocks genuine self-agency and authentic personal expression.

Why does the author emphasize “formulas” instead of only knowledge or symbolism?

The author argues that accumulating customary or symbolic knowledge fails to penetrate and transform. The formulas are meant to be practical, results-oriented expressions that support self-development.

Where do the book’s ideas come from?

The ideas are said to emerge from rejected or discontinued threads of Western esotericism and occult philosophy, which the author reconstitutes from neglected fragments.

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