Talk:Siddhi
This sounds very similar to a description I read of the "magicians" path up the tree of life (as distinguished from the mystics).
The magicain would aquire "powers", but ultimately they are another distraction holding them back, not the goal, and must be sacrificed when crossing the abyss.
(This is from memory, to remind me to put a better commentary in next time I encounter the right book).
Elseware 14:59, 3 Oct 2003 (BST)