Interpretations of Kabbalah and Magick

His interest in the Occult, particularly the Kabbalah, came to a head after the divorce of his wife and his first encounter with an astronomer named Hoene Wronski. The basis for his belief was the concept that a universal key or "doctrine" to all innate mystical knowledge could be found universally across many ancient cultures. He split up magick into three parts: Astral Light, the Will (similar to Aleister Crowley's doctrine), and Imagination.