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ALEISTER CROWLEY MAGICK IN THEORY AND PRACTICE

ditation except of the most arbitrary and accidental kind<metaphysical antithesis that magick is the art of the will-to-live, mysticism of the will-to-die; but "truth comes bubbling to my brim; life and death are one to him> ii beside these open methods thee are also a number of mental methods of invocation, of which we may give three. the first method concerns the so-called astral body. the magician should practise the formation of this body as recommended in liber o, and learn to rise on the planes according to the instruction given in the same book, though limiting his "rising" to the particular symbol whose god he wishes to invoke. the second is to recite a mantra suitable to the god. the third is the assumption of the form of the god- by transmuting the astral bo

out more important than he is; in short to lay in wait for your soul in 333 separate ways. remember that after all the highest of all the gods is only the magus< mayan, the greatest of all the devils. you may also try "rising on the planes< with a little practice, especially if you have a good guru, you ought to be able to slip in and out of your astral body as easily as you slip in and out of a dressing-gown. it will then no longer be so necessary for your astral body to be sent far off; without moving an inch you will be able to "turn on" its eyes and ears- as simply as the man with the microscope (mentioned above) can transfer his complete attention from one eye to the other. now, however unsuccessful your getting out the body may appar

ral is in general, those forms which are definitely attached to the material possess enormous powers of resistance, and it consequently requires very high potential to influence them. the material analogues seem to serve as a fortress. even where a temporary effect is produced, the inertia of matter draws it back to the normal; yet the power of the trained and consecrated will in a well-developed astral body is such that it can even produce a permanent change in the material upon whose body of light you are working, e.g; one can heal the sick by restoring a healthy appearance to their astral forms. on the other hand, it is possible so to disintegrate the body of light even of a strong man that he will fall dead. such operations demand not only power, but judgment. nothing can upset the sum

use millions of people were daily blessing him. it cannot be too clearly understood that magical force is subject to the same laws of proportion as any other kind of force. it is useless for a mere millionaire to try to bankrupt a man who has the bank of england behind him. 149 to sum up, the first task is to separate the astral form from the physical body, the second to develop the powers of the astral body, in particular those of sight, travel, and interpretation; third, to unify the two bodies without muddling them. this being accomplished, the magician is fitted to deal with the invisible. ii it is now useful to contine with considerations of other planes, which have commonly been classed under the astral. there is some reason for this, as the delimitations are somewhat vague. just as

ALEISTER CROWLEY MAGICK WITHOUT TEARS

his correspondence taking clear shape of its own accord. you have really more than you can do already. and i can only tell you what the right tasks- out of hundreds- are by your own reactions to your own study and practice "osiris in amennti- see the book of the dead. i meant you might try to trace a parallelism between his journeyings and the path of initiation. astral travel- development of the astral body is essential to research; and, above all, to the attainment of "the knowledge and conversation of the holy guardian angel" magic without tears get any book for free on: www.abika.com 27 you ought to demonstrate your performance of the pentagram ritual to me; you are probably making any number of mistakes. i will, of course, take you carefully through the o.t.o. rituals to iii as soon a

raining, or diet in sickness. magic without tears get any book for free on: www.abika.com 128 now we get back to the qabalah- how to make use of it. let us suppose that you have been making an invocation, or shall we call it an investigation, and suppose you want to interpret a passage of bach. to play this is the principal weapon of your ceremony. in the course of your operation, you assume your astral body and rise far above the terrestrial atmosphere, while the music continues softly in the background. you open your eyes, and find that it is night. dark clouds are on the horizon; but in the zenith is a crown of constellations. this light helps you, especially as your eyes become accustomed to the gloom, to take in your surroundings. it is a bleak and barren landscape. terrific mountains

strange. however, i didn't invent the system; i must suppose that those who did knew what they were about. magic without tears get any book for free on: www.abika.com 245 to me it is (a) convenient in various practical ways (b) a machine for carrying out the orders of the secret chiefs of a. a (c) by virtue of the secret a magical weapon of incalculable power. you are not "stuck" you can use your astral body well enough: too well, in one way. but i think you need a few more journeys with me: you ought to get on to the stage where the vision results from a definite invocation. do please forget all these vague statements about the "clarification of one's dream-life (meaning what) and "shadow-thinking (meaning what) these speculations are idle, and idleness is poison. in your very next paragr

re naturally and necessarily very distinct from those which we obtain by ordinary methods. to begin with we must build up an apparatus of examination, and this we do by discovering and developing qualities in our own sturcture which ware suitable for the purpose. the first step is the separation of (what we call, for convenience) the magic without tears get any book for free on: www.abika.com 328 astral body from the physical body. as our experiments proceed, we find that our astral body itself can be divided into grosser and subtler components. in this way we become aware of the existence of what we call, for convenience, the holy guardian angel, and the more we realise the implications of the theory of the existence of such a being, the clearer it becomes that our supreme task is to put

ALEISTER CROWLEY THE QABALAH

st doubt my eyes that have served me (well, on the whole) for so many years, must i not much more doubt my spiritual vision, my vision just open like a babe s, my vision untested by comparison and uncriticized by reason? 1 an archaic norweigian term, loosely shining ghost. crowley borrowed it from a bulwer-lytton novel (zanoni or a strange story, i cannot remember which) and used it to denote the astral body t.s. 2 the previous installment of temple of solomon the king, in equinox i (4) t.s. liber lviii 6 fortunately, there is one science that can aid us, a science that, properly understood by the initiated mind, is as absolute as mathematics, more self-supporting than philosophy, a science of the spirit itself, whose teacher is god, whose method is simple as the divine light, and subtle a

ALEISTER CROWLEY EQUINOX EQ I 1 2

erful, but i slack right off into sleep. it's the hour for heroic measures or else to say: a good night's rest, and start fresh in the morning! i suppose, as usual, i shall say the first and do the second. 12.45. have risen, washed, performed the ritual "thee i invoke, the bornless one" physically. the result fair. one gets better magical sight and feeling when one is performing a ritual in one's astral body, so called. for one is on the same plane as the things one's dealing with. if, however, serious work is wanted, one must be all there. to get "materialized""spirits" pardon the absurd language! one should (nay, must! work inside 60 one's body. so, too, i think, for the highest spiritual work; for that work extends from malkuth to kether. here is the great value of the rationalistic eas

path'd waters. we are getting dangerously near "mental arsenic" and "all god good bones truth lights liver mind blessing heart one and not of a series ante and pass the buck. the common sense of the practical man of the world is good enough for me! 1.10. will g. r. s. mead or somebody wise like that tell me why it is that if i get out of my body and face (say) east, i can turn (in the "astral body" as far as west-sou'-west or thereabouts, but no further except with very great difficulty and after long practice? in making the circle, just as i got to west, i would swing right back to west-nor'-west: turn easily enough, in short, to any point but due west, within perhaps 5 but never pass that point. i have taught myself to do it, but always with an effort. is this a common experi

i think because the main thoroughfares radiate from stars, and so the angles puzzle one. the power, too, suits ill with civilized life; it fades as i live in towns, revives as i get back to god's good earth. a seven- foot tent and the starlight who wants more? 1.35. well, i've woke myself writing this. the point that really struck me was this: what would happen if by severe training i forced my "astral body" damn it! isn't there a term for it free from l.-prostitution?(one speaks of "les deux prostitutions" so it's all right. my scin-laeca, then what would happen if i forced my scin-laeca to become a whirling dervish? i couldn't get giddy, because my semicircular canals would be at rest. i must really try the experiment.[scin-laeca. see lord lytton's "strange story. ed. 1.58. i will now

ALEISTER CROWLEY EQUINOX EQ I 3

taken: the restriction 159 and definition of this as a clear form and the actual baptism by water and by fire with the "mystic name of the adept" h. the actual invocation aloud of the form desired to be assumed, to formulate before you. the statement of the "desire" of the operator and the "reason" thereof. i. announcement aloud that all is now ready for the operation of the transformation of the astral body. the magician mentally places this form as nearly as circumstances will admit in the position of the enterer, himself taking the place of the hierophant; holding his wand by the black end ready to commence the oration aloud. j. let him now repeat a powerful exorcism of the shape into which he desires to transform himself, using the names &c, belonging to the plane, planet, or other eid

ALEXANDRIAN BOOK OF SHADOWS OCCULT

diagram from "the alex sanders lectures, with a few obvious errors removed. the ways of making magic the [eight pointed asterisk] sign on the athame is said to represent, among other things, the eight paths which all lead to the center and the eight ways of making magic, and these are: 1. meditation or concentration. 2. chants, spells, invocations. invoking the goddess, etc. 3. projection of the astral body, or trance. 4. incense, drugs, wine, etc. any potion which aids to release the spirit. 5. dancing 6. blood control. use of the cords. 7. the scourge. 8. the great rite. you can combine many of these ways to produce more power. to practice the art successfully, you need the following five things: intention. you must have the absolute will to succeed, the firm belief that you can do so a

ALICE A BAILEY02 INITIATION HUMAN AND SOLAR

begins to make its power felt in advanced men, and increasingly on the probationary path until by the third initiation the control of the lower self by the higher is perfected, and the highest aspect begins to make its energy felt. the ego reflects itself in iii. the personality, or lower self, physical plane man. this aspect is also threefold: 1. a mental body..lower manas. 2. an emotional body..astral body. 3. a physical body..the dense physical and the etheric body. the aim of evolution is therefore to bring man to the realisation of the egoic aspect and to bring the lower nature under its control. chapter i introductory remarks before entering upon the subject matter of the following articles of initiation, on the paths that- 3- initiation, human and solar copyright 1998 lucis trust op

e statement has given rise to a misunderstanding. they are felt profoundly in connection with the astral and physical bodies and the lower mental, and affect their control. the chief effect being felt in those bodies the initiate may interpret them as having taken place on the planes concerned, as the vividness of the effect and the stimulation of the first two initiations work out largely in the astral body. but it must ever be remembered that the major initiations are taken in the causal body or dissociated from that body on the buddhic plane or atmic plane. at the final two initiations which set a man free from the three worlds, and enable him to function in the body of vitality of the logos and wield that force, the initiate becomes the five-pointed star and it descends upon him, merge

tion, and an attempt to show the relation of the hierarchy to its planetary source, and also the close analogy between the method of functioning of a planetary logos and of man, the microcosm. the third kingdom of nature, the animal kingdom, had reached a relatively high state of evolution, and animal man was in possession of the earth; he was a being with a powerful physical body, a co-ordinated astral body, or body of sensation and feeling, and a rudimentary germ of mind which might some day form a nucleus of a mental body. left to himself for long aeons animal man would have eventually progressed out of the animal kingdom into the human, and would have become a self-conscious, functioning, rational entity, but how slow the process would have been may be evidenced by the study of the bus

eventuates has in it the seeds of the next enterprise, and embodies the environment of the next step forward. herein lies much of clarification, and herein may be found that on which the disciple may rest when the vision is clouded, the vibration lower than perhaps it should be, and the judgment fogged by the miasmas arising from circumstances on the physical plane. with many, much arises in the astral body that is based on old vibration and has no foundation in fact, and the battleground is so to control the astral situation that out of present anxieties and worries may grow confidence and peace, and out of violent action and interaction there may be elaborated tranquility. it is possible to reach a point where naught that occurs can ruffle the inner calm; where the peace that passeth un

s work on the physical plane becomes of increased worth. he passes, at this initiation, out of the hall of learning into the hall of wisdom. at this time, emphasis is consistently laid on his astral development, although his mental equipment grows steadily. many lives may intervene between the first initiation and the second. a long period of many incarnations may elapse before the control of the astral body is perfected, and the initiate is ready for the next step. the analogy is kept in an interesting way in the new testament in the life of the initiate jesus. many years elapsed between the birth and the baptism, but the remaining three steps were taken in three years. once the second initiation is taken the progress will be rapid, the third and fourth following probably in the same life

is kept in an interesting way in the new testament in the life of the initiate jesus. many years elapsed between the birth and the baptism, but the remaining three steps were taken in three years. once the second initiation is taken the progress will be rapid, the third and fourth following probably in the same life, or the succeeding. the second initiation forms the crisis in the control of the astral body. just as, at the first initiation, the control of the dense physical has been demonstrated, so here the control of the astral is similarly demonstrated. the sacrifice and death of desire has been the goal of endeavour. desire itself has been dominated by the ego, and only that is longed for which is for the good of the whole, and in the line of the will of the ego, and of the master. t

ich a man brings about within himself through strenuous effort and endeavour. therefore it is here and now that man can prepare himself for initiation, and this he does, not by dwelling upon the ceremonial aspect, as so many do in excited anticipation, but by working systematically and enduringly at the steady development of the mental body, by the strenuous and arduous process of controlling the astral body so that it becomes responsive to three vibrations: a. that from the ego. b. that from the master. c. those from his brothers everywhere around him. he becomes sensitive to the voice of his higher self, thus working off karma under the intelligent guidance of his own ego. he becomes conscious, via the ego, of the vibration emanating from his master; he learns to feel it ever more and mo

ALICE A BAILEY04 A TREATISE ON COSMIC FIRE

will be noted that we are considering those fires which manifest through the medium of those externalities, of those veils of substance which hide and conceal the inner reality. we shall not here take up the subject of the sheaths on the higher planes, but simply deal with the fires that animate the three lower vehicles, the physical body in its two divisions (etheric and dense, the emotional or astral body, and the mental sheath. it is frequently overlooked by the casual student that both the astral and the mental bodies are material, and just as material in their own way, as is the dense physical body, and also that the substance of which they are composed is animated by a triple fire, as is the physical. in the physical body we have the fires of the lower nature (the animal plane) cent

smic ethers are mastered, the functioning is perfected, polarisation is centred in the monadic vehicles, and the seven heavenly men have achieved their goal. j. on these etheric levels, therefore, the logos of our system repeats, as a grand totality, the- 67- a treatise on cosmic fire copyright 1998 lucis trust experiences of his tiny reflections on the physical planes; he co-ordinates his cosmic astral body, and attains continuity of consciousness when he has mastered the three cosmic ethers. k. it is to be observed that just as in man the dense physical body in its three grades dense, liquid and gaseous is not recognised as a principle, so in the cosmic sense the physical (dense) astral (liquid) and mental (gaseous) levels are likewise regarded as non-existing, and the solar system has i

s is a deep mystery, and only a clue to it all can be found at this time by man in the contemplation of his own nature in the three worlds of his manifestation. just as our logos is seeking objectivity through his solar system in its threefold form of which the present is the second, so man seeks objectivity through his three bodies physical, astral and mental. at this time he is polarised in his astral body, or in his second aspect in like manner as the undifferentiated logos is polarised in his second aspect. in time and space as we now conceive it, the sum total of jivas are governed by feeling, emotion, and desire, and not by the will, yet at the same time the will aspect governs manifestation, for the ego who is the source of personality shows in manifestation the will to love. the di

n's ray, point of development, the work earlier accomplished, his temporary limitations, and other causes create a seeming confusion, but in the great scheme as seen from above downwards, the work proceeds as described. hearing on the astral plane is commonly called clairaudience, and means the ability to hear the sounds of the astral plane. it is a faculty that demonstrates throughout the entire astral body, and a man hears all over his vehicle and not only through the specialised organs, the ears, the product of physical plane action and reaction. this would necessarily be so, owing to the fluidic nature of the astral body. man on the physical plane hears at the same time a certain range of sounds, and only a small and particular gamut of vibrations impinges upon his ears. there are many

n. there are ten centres in the grand heavenly man. a heavenly man 1. the seven chains of a scheme. 2. the two synthesising chains- 154- a treatise on cosmic fire copyright 1998 lucis trust 3. one ultimate chain. there are ten centres in a planetary logos. microcosm 1. the seven vehicles employed: a. the atmic sheath. b. the buddhic vehicle. c. the causal or egoic body. d. the mental body. e. the astral body. f. the etheric body. g. the dense physical. 2. two synthesising bodies: a. the causal body. b. the physical body. 3. one synthesising body: a. the monadic sheath. there are seven centres in the physical vehicle which correspond to these bodies, with the synthesising centres at the heart and throat; the head is then the ultimate synthesiser. this tabulation deals entirely with the form

telligence, of desire, and of physical objectivity. always must the analogy be held between the threefold logos and threefold man, and definiteness of thought and of concept results when the one likeness between these is pondered on. man is a unit, functioning as a unit in the causal body. he is a triplicity functioning under the will aspect, or mental body; under the desire or wisdom aspect, the astral body; and under the activity aspect, the physical body. he electrifies or vitalises all three bodies or aspects, unifying them into one, and bringing about by means of the intelligence he is coherency of action, simultaneity of purpose, and synthetic endeavour. finally, therefore, it is apparent that, no matter from what angle we study, the threefold logos (or his reflection, the microcosm)

ought him to his present stage of physical existence from that of animal man. it concerns also the transference of the life on to manasic levels. ii. on the astral plane: a. the discriminative power of man to choose between the pairs of opposites. b. his adaptability to emotional conditions, and his power to attain eventual equilibrium. c. the power of man, through conscious purpose, to clear his astral body of foreign matter, and to ensure its translucence. d. the transmutative inherent power which transmutes, or transfers the life into buddhic forms eventually. iii. on the mental plane: a. in the selective power of man to choose the form through which to manifest. b. his adaptability to mental currents and vibration, and his utilisation of them to control the lower forms. c. the working

ALICE A BAILEY05 THE LIGHT OF THE SOUL

of achieving. in atlantean days, the progress of the sons of men was procured through the imposition of two yogas. first, the yoga which is called by the name of laya yoga, the yoga of the centres which produced a stabilizing of the etheric body and of the centres in man and the development of the astral and psychic nature. later on, bhakti yoga, growing out of the development of the emotional or astral body, was incorporated with laya yoga and the foundation of that mysticism and devotion, which has been the underlying incentive during our particular aryan root race, was laid. the fourth initiation was at that time the objective. the subject of these great initiations has been discussed more at length in my previous volume "initiation, human and solar" now, in the aryan race, the subjugat

omes also the condition of awareness of the man in physical incarnation then the goal has been reached. the man is no longer what his physical body makes him, when identified with it, the victim of the world. he walks free, with shining face (i. cor. 3) and the light of his countenance is shed abroad upon all he meets. no longer do his desires swing the flesh into activity, and no longer does his astral body subjugate him and overcome him. through dispassion and the balancing of the pairs of opposites he has freed himself from the moods, feelings, longings, desires, and emotional reactions which characterise the life of the average man and has arrived at the point of peace. the devil of pride, the personification of the misused mental nature and the distorted perceptions of the mind, are o

spirant. the student is therefore given the word of restraint or control as a key to all his endeavors. the chitta is the mind, or mind-stuff, the mental body, the faculty of thought and of thought-form making, the sum total of the mental processes; it is the material governed by the ego or soul out of which thought forms are made. the "psychic nature" is kama-manas (desire-mind, the emotional or astral body, tinged faintly with mind, and is the material clothing all our desires and feelings. thereby they are expressed. these two types of substance have their own line of evolution to follow and they do so. under the logoic plan, the spirits or divine sparks are imprisoned by them, being first attracted to them through the mutual interplay of spirit and matter. by the control of these subst

ich, occultly speaking, covers that part of human experience which dates from a man's first human incarnation until he "awakens" to a knowledge of the plan, and endeavors to bring the lower man into line with the nature and will of the inner spiritual man; 4. the sleep of the ordinary medium, wherein the etheric body is partially extruded from the physical body, and is likewise separated from the astral body, bringing in a condition of very real danger; 5. samadhi, or the sleep of the yogi, the result of the conscious scientific withdrawal of the real man from his lower threefold sheath in order to work on high levels, preparatory to some active service upon the lower; 6. the sleep of the nirmanakayas, which is a condition of such intense spiritual concentration and focussing in the spirit

for rest, peace and happiness. it is based upon the "forms of joy" it is a condition of sensuous enjoyment, and being constructed for himself by each individual is as varied as there are people participating in it. non-attachment has to be achieved with respect to heaven. it is realized as enjoyed by the lower self, and by the man when bereft only of his physical body, prior to passing out of the astral body on to the mental plane. 2. devachan, that state of consciousness upon the mental plane into which the soul passes when deprived of its astral body and functioning in, or limited by, its mental body. it is of a higher order than the ordinary heaven and the bliss enjoyed is more mental than we ordinarily understand by the word, yet nevertheless it is still within the lower world of form

as to bring about the desired conditions. the sheaths and vehicles are simply his bodies of manifestation on the various planes of the system, and those sheaths must express the principle which is the characteristic or quality underlying each plane. for instance, the seven principles with which man is concerned are: 1. prana .v ital energy. etheric body .p hysical plane. 2. kama. desire, feeling. astral body. astral plane. 3. lower manas .c oncrete mind. mental body .m ental plane. 4. higher manas. abstract mind .e goic body .m ental plane. 5. buddhi .i ntuition .b uddhic body .b uddhic plane. 6. atma. spiritual will. atmic body .a tmic plane. and that which corresponds to the "boundless immutable principle" in the macrocosm, the monad (on its own plane) constitutes the seventh principle

nce of our aryan civilization. bhakti yoga made its exponent an arhat or led him to the fourth initiation. raja yoga makes him an adept and leads him to the portal of the fifth initiation. both lead to liberation, for the arhat is released from the cycle of rebirth but raja yoga liberates him to complete service and freedom to work as a white magician. bhakti yoga is the yoga of the heart, of the astral body. karma yoga has a specific relation to physical plane activity, and to the working out into objective manifestation of all the inner impulses. in its ancient and simplest form it was the yoga of the third or lemurian root race and its two best known expressions are: a. hatha yoga, b. laya yoga. the former has specifically to do with the physical body, its conscious (not subconscious an

ALICE A BAILEY08 A TREATISE ON WHITE MAGIC

ly accurate work. lack of faith, of calmness, of application, and the presence of emotional unrest will hinder. long patience those on the inner side need in dealing with all who- 40- a treatise on white magic copyright 1998 lucis trust must, for lack of other and better material, be utilized. some physical injudiciousness may make the physical body non-receptive; some worry or care may cause the astral body to vibrate to a rhythm impossible for the right reception of the inner purpose; some prejudice, some criticism, some pride, may be present that will make the mental vehicle of no use. aspirants to this difficult work must watch themselves with infinite care, and keep the inner serenity and peace and a mental pliability that will tend to make them of some use in the guarding and guiding

odies, called by man, the sex relation, and- 52- a treatise on white magic copyright 1998 lucis trust deemed of such paramount importance at this time. in the vale of illusion, the symbol oft engrosses attention and that which it represents is forgotten. in the solving of this relationship will come racial initiation, and it is with this that the race is now engrossed. 2. the relation between the astral body and the physical, which, for the majority, is the control, by the positive astral nature, of the negative automatic physical. the physical body, the instrument of desire, is swayed and controlled by desire, desire for physical life, and desire for the acquisition of the tangible. 3. the relation between the mind and the brain, which constitutes the problem of the more advanced men and

that are as ephemeral as a butterfly. these things need bearing in mind and with their recognition comes the ability to be adaptable. clarity of vision results in a circumspect attitude. another cause of difference can be due to the polarization of the bodies. unless this too meets with recognition in dealing with people lack of comprehension ensues. when you use the term "a man polarized in his astral body" you really mean a man whose ego works principally through that vehicle. polarity indicates the clarity of the channel. let me illustrate. the ego of the average man has its home on the third sub-plane of the mental plane. if a man has an astral vehicle largely composed of third sub-plane astral matter, and a mental vehicle mostly on the fifth sub-plane, the ego will centre his endeavo

y" you really mean a man whose ego works principally through that vehicle. polarity indicates the clarity of the channel. let me illustrate. the ego of the average man has its home on the third sub-plane of the mental plane. if a man has an astral vehicle largely composed of third sub-plane astral matter, and a mental vehicle mostly on the fifth sub-plane, the ego will centre his endeavour on the astral body. if he has a mental body of fourth sub-plane matter and an astral body of fifth sub-plane, the polarization will be mental. when you speak of the ego taking more or less control of a man you really mean that he has built into his bodies matter of the higher sub-planes. the ego takes control with interest only when the man has almost entirely eliminated matter of the seventh, sixth, and

so that it appears to the on-looking world as if he accomplishes miracles but forget not that the vast amount of work accomplished by one useful disciple only becomes possible when the control of all his three bodies is co-ordinated and his alignment accomplished. he who has a stable mental body that is strongly positive in reception from above, whilst negative to lower vibrations, he who has an astral body that is clear, uncoloured and still, he who also has a physical body with steady nerves and stable rhythm (it will be like a casket, beautiful, yet strong as steel) will serve as a vessel meet for the master's use, a channel through which he can unhindered pour his blessing upon the world. fourth: it should be noted that even the great ones themselves have to lay their plans largely al

o carry it forward to completion on the physical plane. it is interesting to remember this: if a thought-form is sent forth into the emotional world to gather to itself a body of desire (the impelling force which produces all objectivity) and is immersed in a "condition of the waters" which can best be described as purely selfish, all that occurs is as follows: it is lost, by being drawn into the astral body of the disciple, which is the focal point for all astral energy employed by the disciple. it is swept into a vortex of which the individual astral body is the centre and loses its separate existence. the simile of the whirlpool is of value here. the thinker is like a man throwing a toy boat from the shore into a stream of water. if he throws it into a whirlpool, it is sucked in time in

airaudience that speaks directly from mind to mind. this is not exactly telepathy but a form of direct hearing. the teacher will speak to the disciple as person to person. a conversation is therefore carried on entirely on mental levels with the higher faculties as the focusing point. the use of the head centres is involved and they must both be vivified before this method can be employed. in the astral body the centres corresponding to the physical have to be awakened before astral psychism is possible. the work that i refer to here involves a corresponding vivification in the mental body counterparts. secondly, we have telepathic communication. this is the registry in the physical brain consciousness of information imparted- 105- a treatise on white magic copyright 1998 lucis trust a. di

ALICE A BAILEY09 A TREATISE ON THE SEVEN RAYS VOLUME I ESOTERIC PSYCHOLOGY I

s individuals, to expand their consciousness so that it will embrace the superphysical. forget not the important fact that in the accomplishment of this the web that divides the physical plane from the astral plane will be discovered by the scientists, and its purpose will eventually be acknowledged. with that discovery will come the power to penetrate the web, and so link up consciously with the astral body. another material unification will have been accomplished. then what else will occur, and what will be the method of approach to these devas? more and more, during the next fifteen years, will men receive definite teaching, often subconsciously, from devas to whom they are linked. this will be done telepathically at first. doctors today get much information from certain devas. there ar

e their main fields of influence in the three worlds, and upon this we shall later enlarge. in relation to mankind, these four rays of attribute find a wide expression in connection with the four aspects of the personality, or with the quaternary. the relationship is as follows: ray iv. harmony through conflict. the physical body. ray v. concrete knowledge. the etheric body. ray vi. devotion. the astral body. ray vii. organisation. the mental body. but again remember that the interrelation and interplay is synthetic on all planes, on the formless levels and also on the planes of form, and in this connection, with all states of consciousness and throughout the created universe. the seven rays we are told that seven great rays exist in the cosmos. in our solar system only one of these seven

his nature, producing a fusion of life, of power, of harmonious intent and of mental activity. the following should be noted, for it is of profound psychological interest and import: rays i, iv and v..predominate in the life of humanity and govern with increasing power man's mental life and determine his mental body. rays ii and vi..govern potently his emotional life and determine the type of his astral body. rays iii and vii..govern the vital physical life and the physical body. here you have, if you note carefully, a summation of the rays which govern and differentiate the- 199- a treatise on the seven rays- volume i: esoteric psychology i copyright 1998 lucis trust life of the personality forms, and therefore bring in other factors which psychologists will have to consider as time goes

e ray that determines the aryan race- 207- a treatise on the seven rays- volume i: esoteric psychology i copyright 1998 lucis trust 5. the rays that govern any particular cycle. 6. the national ray, or that ray influence which is peculiarly influencing a particular nation. 7. the ray of the soul, or ego. 8. the ray of the personality. 9. the rays governing: a. the mental body. b. the emotional or astral body. c. the physical body. there are other rays, but the above are the most powerful and have the greater conditioning power. let us briefly consider them: 1. the ray of the solar system it must be remembered that the dominating ray, the outstanding influence in our solar system, is the great cosmic second ray of love-wisdom, a dual ray, that is, a ray combining two great cosmic principles

until he reaches that point in his development when the pull or the magnetic attraction of the subjective world and the intangible mental and spiritual realities are more potent than the factors which have hitherto enticed him on. his sense of values is no longer determined by: 1. the satisfaction of his instinctual animal nature. 2. the desires of a more emotional and sentimental kind which his astral body demands- 211- a treatise on the seven rays- volume i: esoteric psychology i copyright 1998 lucis trust 3. the pull and pleasures of the mind nature, and of intellectual appetites. he becomes potently attracted by his soul, and this produces a tremendous revolution in his entire life, regarding the word "revolution" in its true sense, as a complete turning around. this revolution is hap

occurrence. today the bulk of human beings are polarised on the lower levels of the astral plane, but are conscious in the physical body. this distinction must be studied. soon, many will be conscious in the vital body and beginning to be conscious on the higher levels of the astral plane, and some few upon the mental plane. but large numbers of people today are ready to be fully conscious in the astral body and polarised either on the mental plane entirely or centred in the soul. this produces the wonder and the difficulty of the present time. through the scientific ritual of meditation (for that is what it really is) this refocussing can be brought more rapidly about. through the scientific culture of the ritual of service it can be still further developed. the ritual of the solar system

en rays- volume i: esoteric psychology i copyright 1998 lucis trust it should be remembered that our planetary logos functioning through the planet earth is not considered as producing one of the seven sacred planets. 9. the work of each individual aspirant is therefore to arrive at an understanding of: a. his egoic ray. b. his personality ray. c. the ray governing his mind. d. that governing his astral body. e. the ray influencing his physical body. when he has achieved this fivefold knowledge, he has fulfilled the delphic injunction "know thyself" and can consequently take initiation. 10. every human being is also governed by certain group rays: a. those of the fourth kingdom in nature. this will have different effects, according to the ray of the personality or soul. the fourth kingdom

ALICE A BAILEY11 A TREATISE ON THE SEVEN RAYS VOLUME II ESOTERIC PSYCHOLOGY II

initiation..ego. 3. identification. monad. 1. the three stages of egoic growth we must hold the following statements firmly in our minds. the personality is a triple combination of forces, impressing and absolutely controlling the fourth aspect of the personality which is the dense physical body. the three personality types of energy are the etheric body, which is the vehicle of vital energy, the astral body which is the vehicle of the feeling energy or sentient force, and the mental body which is the vehicle of the intelligent energy of will that is destined to be the dominant creative aspect. it is upon this truth that christian science has laid the emphasis. these forces constitute the lower man. the solar angel is a dual combination of energies the energy of love, and the energy of wil

ersonality is concerned appear sequentially, and qualify the matter aspect with its three major presentations: 1. the quality of physical substance. during this stage of development, the man is almost entirely physical in his reactions and completely under the ray of his physical body. this is the correspondence in man to the lemurian epoch and to the period of pure infancy. 2. the quality of the astral body. this governs the individual for a very long period, and still governs, more or less, the masses of men. it corresponds to the atlantean period and to the stage of adolescence. the ray of the astral body is of very great power. 3. the quality of the mental body. this, as far as the race is concerned, is just beginning to wax in power in this aryan race to which this era belongs. it cor

ciousness" on the path of probation, the ray of the physical body must become subordinated to the potencies emanating from those soul rays which stream forth from the outer tier of petals in the egoic lotus (see a treatise on cosmic fire) these are the- 13- a treatise on the seven rays- volume ii: esoteric psychology ii copyright 1998 lucis trust knowledge petals. on the path of discipleship, the astral body is brought into subjection by the ray of the soul as it pours through the second tier of petals, the love petals. upon the path of initiation, until the third initiation, the ray of the mental body is subdued by the force of the petals of sacrifice, found in the third tier of petals. thus the three aspects of the personality are brought into subjection by the energy emanating from the

scious identification increases, with a growing desire for a larger range of satisfactions; the indwelling and animating soul becomes ever more deeply hidden, the prisoner of the form nature. the entire forces of the life are concentrated in the physical body, and the desires then expressed are physical desires; at the same time there is a growing tendency towards more subtle desires, such as the astral body evokes. gradually, the identification of the soul with the form shifts from the physical to the astral form. there is nothing present at this time which could be called a personality. there is simply a living, active physical body, with its wants and desires, its needs and its appetites, accompanied by a very slow yet steadily increasing shift of the consciousness out of the physical i

ess is no longer entirely identified with the physical vehicle, but it becomes centred in the astral-emotional- 14- a treatise on the seven rays- volume ii: esoteric psychology ii copyright 1998 lucis trust body. then the focus of the soul's attention, working through the slowly evolving man, is in the world of desire, and the soul becomes identified with another response apparatus, the desire or astral body his consciousness then becomes the "atlantean consciousness" his desires are no longer so vague and inchoate; they have hitherto been concerned with the basic urges or appetites, first, his urge to self-preservation; then to self-perpetuation through the urge to reproduce; and next, to economic satisfaction. at this stage we have the state of awareness of the infant and the raw savage

other. each time such an event happens, there is racial unfoldment, and the appropriation, more or less consciously, by the race of another vehicle of expression. the following tabulation shows the appropriations marking the five racial crises. 1. in the lemurian civilisation .t he appropriation of the physical body, with its five senses. 2. in the atlantean civilisation. the appropriation of the astral body. 3. in the present aryan world. the appropriation of the mental body, with consequent intellectual unfoldment. 4. in the coming race. conscious appropriation and integration of the threefold personality. 5. in the final race. the expression, in fullest measure, of the soul and its vehicles, plus some- 33- a treatise on the seven rays- volume ii: esoteric psychology ii copyright 1998 lu

energies in the human mechanism produces what we call consciousness at first self-consciousness and finally group-consciousness. the mechanism is, in its own nature, also a blend or fusion of energies the energy of substance itself which takes the form of the atomic structure of the physical body, plus the vitality which animates that body, and, secondly, the energy of that body which we call the astral body, distinguished by sensitivity, emotional activity- 42- a treatise on the seven rays- volume ii: esoteric psychology ii copyright 1998 lucis trust and that magnetic force which we call desire. there is, finally, the energy of mind itself. these four types of energy form what we call the lower personal self, but it is the higher mental aspect of the mind which links, subjectively, this p

ALICE A BAILEY12 DISCIPLESHIP IN THE NEW AGE VOLUME I

producing lost motion and the emphasis of the non-essential. 5. the glamour of environing conditions, leading frequently to a sense of frustration, or of futility or of importance. 6. the glamour of the mind and of its efficiency and its capacity to deal with any or every problem. this leads inevitably to isolation and loneliness. 7. the glamour of devotion, leading to an undue stimulation of the astral body. the man or woman thus glamoured sees only one idea, one person, one authority and one aspect of truth. it feeds fanaticism and spiritual pride. 8. the glamour of desire with its reflex action upon the physical body. this leads to a constant condition of fighting and of turmoil. it negates all peace and fruitful work and must some day be brought to an end. 9. the glamour of personal am

d the elimination of hurry. all these powers, the disciple must eventually develop, but the process is necessarily slow. next comes the quality of mental polarisation. what exactly is this power or quality? for you (at this time) it must express itself in two ways- 40- discipleship in the new age- volume i copyright 1998 lucis trust 1. through the life of meditation. 2. through the control of the astral body. increasingly must your inner life be lived upon the mental plane. steadily and without descent must the attitude of meditation be held not for a few minutes each morning or at specific moments throughout the day, but constantly, all day long. it infers a constant orientation to life and the handling of life from the angle of the soul. this does not refer to what is so often referred t

of the world" is the right attitude expressed for us by the christ. increasingly must the normal and powerful life of the emotional, astral, desire and glamorous nature be controlled and rendered quiescent by the life of the soul, functioning through the mind. the emotions which are normally self-centred and personal must be transmuted into the realisations of universality and impersonality; the astral body must become the organ through which the love of the soul can pour; desire must give place to aspiration and that, in its turn, must be merged in the group life and the group good; glamour must give place to reality, and the pure light of the mind must pour into all the dark places of the lower nature. these are the results of mental polarisation and are brought about by definite medita

rd "enlightenment" in its occult sense. the full measure of what can be done depends (as far as the individual disciple is concerned) upon his inner power to live each day as a soul free from fear, free from self-consciousness and free from those reactions which stir the astral or emotional body into organised activity, based on ancient habits. for the disciple and for the success of his work, an astral body of stillness and of acquiescence, sensitive to impressions from the soul and from the master, and reflecting the vision with as much purity of outline as may be possible, is the goal. it should be remembered that when the disciple is fully occupied in living the life of service on all three planes, there is little that can be said or should be said to him. but a thought may be of aid

paration is a thing of the past and that unity is the goal of the immediate future; that hatred is retro-active and undesirable and that goodwill is the touchstone which will transform the world. how then can you keep your minds free from your own desires and from your own interpretations? by achieving that poised and positive negativity on the part of the two lower aspects of the personality the astral body and the brain as well as the etheric brain; these determine the reactions of the lower centres, particularly of the solar plexus centre. the mind will then be left free to fulfil three functions: 1. that of soul contact; this will result in illumination and a working knowledge of the immediate aspects of the plan. 2. that of thought formulation and thoughtform creation. then a clear th

ppropriateness of his appeal. i am also assuming that you realise that the so-called "appeal" is the quality of the life lived, the service rendered and the presence of an illumined mind illumined through some definite measure of soul contact. the master's problem is to teach him the stabilisation of the relation between soul and body so that, at will, contact can be established between them; the astral body provides no hindrance that- 72- discipleship in the new age- volume i copyright 1998 lucis trust amounts to anything, and through that soul contact a facile relation to the hierarchy, its purposes and resources can be made. secondly, the nature of energy and its wise utilisation through the medium of an integrated personality is indicated. it is essential that one thing be grasped by a

ng is naturally and normally an astral or an emotional reaction. in considering my group, i am impressed (yes, and somewhat amused) by the effort of some of you and of you, in particular to repudiate emotional or astral sensitivity. some of you admit it but regard it as undesirable; others consider it as something to be inhibited or to be unexpressed and ignored. few of you, if any, look upon the astral body as a divine expression of reality with its definite and specific uses. these questions which i have imposed upon your minds are in the nature of what might be called "catch" questions. the astral body is in its time and place of as real value, purpose and usefulness as the mind. it serves to relate the higher impression to the lower and you cannot record my vibration in the physical br

ALICE A BAILEY14 THE REAPPEARANCE OF THE CHRIST

ightenment, and experience on earth could teach him no more, he looked ahead to the time when his brother, the christ, would be active in the great service as it is called. in order, therefore, to aid the christ, he left behind him (for his use) what are mysteriously called "his vestures" he bequeathed and left in some safe place the sum total of his emotional-intuitive nature, called by some the astral body and the sum total of his knowledge and his thought, called his mind or mental body. these, the legend says, will be assumed by the coming one and prove of service, supplementing christ's own emotional and mental equipment and providing him with what he needs as the teacher of the east as well as of the west. he can then with strength and success contemplate his future work and choose h

ALICE A BAILEY15 THE DESTINY OF THE NATIONS

y of the sons of men. in all of them, the sixth and the second rays were controlling factors, with the first ray reaching full expression. in them, idealism, love-wisdom and indomitable will stood forth in all their divine power. it might be of interest to you to know just what rays controlled these sons of god: hercules, the sun-god, had a first ray soul, a second ray personality and a sixth ray astral body. these potencies and energies sufficed to carry him through all the trials and the labours of the disciple. the buddha had a second ray soul, a first ray personality and a sixth ray mind a very rare phenomenon. the christ had a second ray soul, a sixth ray personality (which accounted for his close relationship with the master jesus, plus a first ray mind. these three all embodied the

ALICE A BAILEY16 GLAMOUR A WORLD PROBLEM

expressed in terms of the concrete mind; and that its significance has in it more of an emotional quality and might be expressed as the type of desire it arouses in you- 6- glamour: a world problem copyright 1998 lucis trust c. esoterically. this would cover the effect of the force or energy upon you and of the quality of the vibration it may arouse in you perhaps in some centre, perhaps in your astral body, or perhaps only in your mind. this study, rightly undertaken, would lead to the unfoldment of the intuition, with its consequent manifestation on the physical plane as illumination, understanding and love. in the first instance, the objective of the study of symbolism is to enable the student to sense its quality and to contact that vibrant something which lies behind that aggregate o

and can be recalled to mind with little effort, endeavour to sense its quality, to contact its vibration and to note its emotional effect upon you. this may vary from day to day or it may always be the same. be simply honest in your noting this astral reaction to the symbol and see where such reactions lead you, remembering always that they are not intuitional but are reactions to the feeling or astral body. finally, take note of what you have found to be, for you, the basic quality of the symbol and then (as in meditation work) lift the whole subject into the mental realm by bringing the focussed attentive mind to bear upon it. this will lead you into the realm of concepts. we have consequently the following stages in the analysis of a symbol: 1. its exoteric consideration: line, form an

ted, so many. this signified the surmounting of the final synthetic illusion. when that has been dispelled, illusion, as it can be understood in the human family, disappears. the man stands free. the illusion of the mental plane can no longer deceive him. his mind is a pure instrument for the reflection of light and of truth. the glamours of the astral plane have no further hold over him, and the astral body itself fades out. you will remember that i hinted to you in a treatise on white magic that the astral body itself was an illusion. it is the definition of the illusory mind upon the mental plane of that which we call the sum total of the desires of the man in incarnation. when illusion and glamour have both been overcome, the astral body fades out in the human consciousness. there is n

h which i dealt in my last instruction. you are thus beginning to develop that discrimination which will lead to right choice of life themes. in this instruction i seek to cast some light upon the glamour which confronts the disciple as an individual and also consider the aspect of glamour with which he must deal as a world server in training. speaking symbolically, i would say that the planetary astral body (viewing it from soul levels) is lost in the depths of a surrounding fog. when at night you look out at some clear sky, you see the stars and suns and planets shining with a clear cold brilliancy and with a twinkling blazing light which penetrates for many millions of miles (or light years as they are called) until the human eye registers them and records the existence of these shining

and more definite outlines. the forms of glamour on the astral plane are even more substantial but are less clearly defined. thoughtforms are dynamic, penetrating, clear cut and outlined. glamours are smothering, vague, and enveloping. in them, a person is immersed as in the ocean or in a "sea of fog" with thoughtforms, he is confronted or faced, but not immersed. it might almost be said that the astral body of a person comes into being as a part of the general world glamour; it is difficult for him to differentiate between his own astral body and the glamours which affect and sway and submerge him. his problem upon the mental plane is more clearly defined, even if it is equally difficult. 3. astral glamour is a form of energy and an energy of great potency, owing to three factors: a. it i

y their sentiment for them and knowing little of the love of the soul which is free itself and leaves others free also, they wander in a dense fog, often dragging with them the ones they desire to serve in order to draw forth a responsive affection. study the word "affection" my brother, and see its true meaning. affection is not love. it is that desire which we express through an exertion of the astral body and this activity affects our contacts; it is not the spontaneous desirelessness of the soul which asks nothing for the separated self. this glamour of sentiment imprisons and bewilders all the nice people in the world, imposing upon them obligations which do not exist, and producing a glamour which must eventually be dissipated by the pouring in of true and selfless love. i am but tou

og of desire. potent desire along any line, when it obliterates the wider vision and shuts a man within a tiny circle of his own desire to satisfy his sentiment of devotion, is just as hampering as any of the other glamours, and is even more dangerous because of the beautiful colouring which the resultant fog takes on. a man gets lost in a rapturous mist of his own making, which emanates from his astral body and which is composed of the sentimentalising of his own nature about his own desire and devotion to the object of his attracted attention. with all true aspirants, owing to the increased potency of their vibrations, this devotional sentiment can be particularly difficult and bring about a lengthy imprisonment. one illustration of this is the sentiment of devotion poured out in a glamo

ALICE A BAILEY17 TELEPATHY AND THE ETHERIC VEHICLE

d is, as we have seen, the etheric substance of all bodies, which is necessarily one with the etheric substance of the planet. the area around the solar plexus (though not in direct relation to that centre as it exists as an instrument differentiated from all other instruments or centres) is sensitive to the impact of etheric energy, for this area in the etheric body is in direct "touch" with the astral body, the feeling body. also, close to the solar plexus is found that centre near the spleen which is the direct instrument for the entrance of prana into the human mechanism. this instinctual response to etheric contact was the mode of communication in lemurian times, and largely took the place of thought and of speech. it concerned itself primarily with two types of impression: that which

at is called "black magic" right motive may protect the group from any serious results to themselves, but the effect upon their victim will be definitely serious, rendering him negative, and with a weakened will. the result of all true telepathic work and rightly directed effort to "impress" a subject will be to leave him with a strengthened will to right action, an intensified interior light, an astral body freer from glamour, and a physical body more vital and purer. the potency of a united group activity is incredibly powerful. the occult aphorism that "energy follows thought" is either a statement of a truth or else a meaningless phrase. forget not that the method of work of the hierarchy is that of impression upon the minds of their disciples, of telepathic work carried on with the ma

rly and almost unnaturally strong. it is stronger than the mental body and its mental direction. 2. the stage wherein the mental vehicle increases its potency and produces, finally, a mental radiation which is so strong that it dominates and controls the astral aura. 3. the stage wherein the soul expresses its essential nature of love and begins to pour its radiation into the astral aura, via the astral body. eventually the sensitivity of love is substituted for emotional sensitivity and desire. aspirants are to be found at all these three stages of sensitivity. there comes a moment during the second initiation when the soul of the initiate sweeps into activity and fundamental force (if i might use such a term) submerges the astral nature, vitalising and inspiring the astral body, changing

nd concerns the interpretation and the clear and correct recording of the impression, which is a far more difficult matter. the subject who is impressed must know the source of the impression; he must be able to relate it to some field of demanded information, correction, instruction, or energy distribution. he must be able to state clearly on what aspect of his recording mechanism (the mind, the astral body, the energy body, or the brain) the imparted and registered impression has made impact. one of the difficulties, for instance, facing the aspiring disciple and the earnest occult student is to record directly in the brain impressions from the spiritual triad (and later from the monad, via the antahkarana. this impression must be a direct descent from mental levels to the brain, avoidin

body, or the brain) the imparted and registered impression has made impact. one of the difficulties, for instance, facing the aspiring disciple and the earnest occult student is to record directly in the brain impressions from the spiritual triad (and later from the monad, via the antahkarana. this impression must be a direct descent from mental levels to the brain, avoiding all contact with the astral body; only in so far as this direct descent is attained will the re corded impression be devoid of error. it will not then be tinctured with any emotional complex whatsoever, for it is the astral level of consciousness which is the great distorter of essential truth. impressions from the ashram or from the spiritual triad (which are the only type of impressions with which i am here concerne

relatively high state of effectiveness upon the earlier stages of the path of discipleship. later, as the disciple consciously creates the antahkarana and becomes a functioning part of the ashram, he learns (whilst practising alignment) to by-pass if i may use such a word two aspects of himself which have hitherto been of major importance: the astral vehicle and the soul body or causal body. the astral body is thus by-passed before the fourth initiation, and the soul body before the fifth; the entire process of "by-passing" takes much time and must be worked at with intensity, first of all with the focus upon the emotional nature through conscious discrimination, and finally upon the soul nature under the inspiration of the spiritual triad which is eventually substituted for the soul. all

gher source than the man himself) work down through the aura of the sacral centre. most of the impressions are therefore purely instinctual in nature and little or no thought is involved; there is evidence, however, of what can be understood as aspiration even if it is not what a true aspirant might regard as spiritual in nature. the average, though still unthinking, human being works through his astral body and, because he is there polarised, works through his solar plexus centre etherically and primarily. all impressions find entrance into the aura via the area around that part of the etheric vehicle. it is through this major centre that the ordinary medium works, receiving impressions and communications from astral entities or from the animated astral forms to be found in the glamours c

ALICE A BAILEY18 A TREATISE ON THE SEVEN RAYS VOLUME III ESOTERIC ASTROLOGY

e are, as you well know, five non-sacred planets, and seven which are regarded as sacred. these twelve planetary lives (with their own cycles, points of crisis and moments of polarisation) are closely related to the seven centres. the five centres up the spine are related to the five non-sacred planets, but in unevolved or average man, are focussed almost entirely upon the astral plane and in the astral body. it should be noted that: 1. two of the non-sacred planets (the earth itself and the moon) are connected with two centres which in the highly evolved man are not of dominating importance: a. the spleen receiving pranic emanations from the planet on which we live and concerned with the etheric and physical bodies and their physical relation- 47- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iii:

st magnitude and which is frequently called "the heart of the lion" there is more real occultism hidden in the names given to the various stars by astronomers down the ages than has yet been realised, and here you have a case in point. it will be apparent to you (given a little thought) that the sun, as it veils neptune, produces a potent effect upon the personality, symbolised for us here by the astral body, whilst uranus (which is also veiled by the sun) symbolises the effect of the soul upon the personality. hence the activity of the seventh ray, which is from one angle the lowest aspect of the first ray. hence you have also the underlying idea of: 1. the awakening of the personality to soul control and contact, with a true expression- 178- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iii: esot

s or by the god of the waters. when the "waters break and are carried away" the mother gives birth to the son and that individual spiritual entity then stands free. i would ask you to ponder upon this point. these two the moon and neptune are, therefore, the direct influences which are brought to bear upon the cancer subject and thus lead to the unfoldment of the form of life and of the emotional-astral body. the supreme usefulness of these aspects will be grasped if you will intelligently realise that without the form and without the ability to bear in mind the need to respond sensitively to the environing conditions and circumstance, the soul would never awaken to knowledge in the three worlds and, therefore, would never know god in manifestation. indirectly, and via the influences of th

re essential for the development of humanity. in this world cycle and for humanity as it is now constituted you have: 1. ray 3. active intelligence, under the influence of this third sign, gemini, slowly conditioning the etheric body. 2. ray 4. harmony through conflict, under the influence of gemini-sagittarius, staging those situations upon the astral plane which will produce the conflict in the astral body which is essential to the final treading of the burning ground and subsequent release. 3. ray 5. concrete knowledge or science, under the influence of capricorn, focussed through venus, which will enable the man to take initiation. these three energies, focussed through the three planets governing gemini, are essentially dedicated to the development of the fourth kingdom in nature and

s interesting here to note that the non-sacred planets rule the first, the fourth, the fifth and the eighth houses in the lesser zodiac. our earth is also a non-sacred planet. you have, therefore, four non-sacred planets, controlling or ruling a fifth non-sacred planet a correspondence to the four aspects of the lower man. you have there, first the physical outer shell, the etheric or vital body, astral body and the mental body, plus a fusion with the fifth body, the personality. the task of our planetary logos and of all advanced human beings is clearly to be seen. from a larger and more synthetic attitude, you have the four kingdoms in nature and the veiled fifth kingdom, the kingdom of god. from still another angle you have: aries ruled by mars. cancer ruled by the moon, veiling a sacre

ALICE A BAILEY19 THE UNFINISHED AUTOBIOGRAPHY

nly. it is the first book ever given out upon the training and control of the astral or emotional body. many occult books have been written on the subject of the physical body and its purification and upon the etheric or vital body. most of them have been compilations of other books, both ancient or modern. this book of mine, however, is intended to train the modern aspirant in the control of his astral body, by the aid of the mind as that mind is, in its turn, illumined by the soul. the next book undertaken was a treatise on the seven rays. it is a long book, not yet completed. it is taking shape in four volumes, two of which are already published, one is ready for publication and the final volume is in process of writing. volumes one and two deal with the seven rays and their seven psych

hs of the past are the exoteric fundamental truths of the present. during the past one hundred years, the esoteric doctrines and the secret teaching of the ageless wisdom given to the public often under the pledge of secrecy have become public property. the nature of man as taught in the mystery schools of the past has under other names become recognisable as modern psychology. the mystery of the astral body, of the etheric body and the mental body are now dealt with in our universities, in our psychological courses, dealing with the vitality of the human being, his emotional nature and the mind. the belief in the masters was a closely guarded secret; now they are discussed from public platforms in all our great cities. the way of meditation and its techniques were closely guarded subjects

ALICE A BAILEY20 A TREATISE ON THE SEVEN RAYS VOLUME IV ESOTERIC HEALING

ll stimulate the patient to the desired activity. this involves occult knowledge and a trained mind. the healer must understand also how to radiate, for the radiation of the soul will stimulate to activity the soul of the one to be healed and the healing process will be set in motion; the radiation of his mind will illumine the other mind and polarise the will of the patient; the radiation of his astral body, controlled and selfless, will impose a rhythm upon the agitation of the patient's astral body, and so enable the patient to take right action, whilst the radiation of the vital body, working through the splenic centre, will aid in organising the patient's force-body and so facilitate the work of healing. therefore, the healer has the duty of rendering himself effective, and according

cal body. it will be left silent and empty of the soul; devoid of light, yet sound and whole: it will then disintegrate, under the natural process, and its constituent atoms will pass back into "the pool of waiting units" until they are again required for the use of incarnating souls. again, on the subjective side of life, the process is repeated, but many have already learnt to withdraw from the astral body without being subject to that "impact in the fog" which is the symbolic way of describing the death of a man upon the astral plane. he then withdraws on to the mental level, and leaves his astral carcass to swell the fog and increase its density. i seek to point out, therefore, that my avoidance of medical technicalities will be deliberate, though we shall refer often to the physical b

es of disease are three in number: they are psychological in nature; they are inherited through group contact; and they are karmic. remember, however, that these are the secondary causes and with the first of these we will now deal. 1. causes arising in the emotional-desire nature in a treatise on white magic, i gave the world for the first time information as to the nature and the control of the astral body. this book is practically the first one ever given out to the public on this theme. much has been given in the past on the subject of the physical body and its care, both by exoteric and esoteric science. much of it is true, and some of it is illusion. it is illusion because it is based on false premises. modern esotericists have dealt with the subject of the etheric body, and this too

possessing their proper inlets and outlets. they are collections of atoms, vibrating at high speed and coloured (according to some schools of occultism) by certain definite hues; they emit a certain tone, and are at varying points of evolution. according to others, they are states of consciousness and some regard them as made in the likeness of a man. what is your definition, brother of mine? the astral body is, for the majority of mankind, the major determining factor to be considered. it is an outstanding cause of ill health. the reason for this is that it has a potent and predisposing effect upon the vital and etheric body. the physical body is an automaton of whichever inner body is the strongest. when you remember that the vital body is the recipient of the streams of energy, and is i

sequently of the glands, could easily be brought about, and the diseased condition might be- 23- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iv: esoteric healing copyright 1998 lucis trust stimulated also and increased, instead of dissipated or healed. a. uncontrolled and ill-regulated emotion. given these basic facts, it can be seen how wrong emotional attitudes and a general unhealthy condition of the astral body must be potent factors in producing discomfort and disease. this is due to the fact that the vital or etheric bodies of the masses of humanity are governed primarily and swept into activity through the action of the astral body. agitation in that body, any violent activity under stress of temper, intense worry or prolonged irritation will pour a stream of astral energy into and through

se cases everything possible should be done from the standpoint of modern medical and surgical science and the allied sciences of which there are today so many. much too can be done from the angle of mental and spiritual healing, aided by the science of psychology. some day there must come cooperation in these various fields and a synthesising of their efforts. i have earlier pointed out that the astral body is the prime motivating factor in the lives of the majority. this is caused by the fact that: 1. it is the body in which the bulk of human beings are today centering their consciousness. 2. it is the most developed of the bodies at this time, and therefore receives the bulk of the life energy as it comes down the life stream, from the soul, and likewise receives the energy of the strea

oriented, if i may so express it, outwards or towards the plane of physical experience. that orientation shifts at times and, temporarily in the case of the aspirant, turns inwards. just as the centres in man, the "lotuses of life" are depicted as turned downwards and with the stalk upwards in the undeveloped man, but are turned upwards in the case of the developed, so there are conditions in the astral body analogous to this. in the case of the highly evolved man, of the initiate or the master, the astral body is steadily oriented towards the soul. in the mystic, the- 26- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iv: esoteric healing copyright 1998 lucis trust aspirant and the disciple, the process of thus definitely changing the direction of the forces is going on and producing, therefore, a

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manner by saying that the vehicle which seems of paramount importance can become and should become of secondary importance as it becomes simply the instrument of that which is higher than itself. if the astral (emotional) body is the centre of the personality life, then the objective of the educational process imposed upon the subject will be to make the mind nature the dominating factor, and the astral body then becomes that which is impressed by, and is sensitive to, environing conditions, but is under the control of the mind. if the mind is the centre of personality attention, then the soul activity must be brought into fuller expression; and so on and on the work proceeds, progress being made from point to point until the top of the ladder has been reached. it might be noted here that

ought forms. the key to the formation of the mayavirupa is found in the right comprehension of the process. a treatise on cosmic fire, pp. 959-960. it should be noted here that the bridging has to be done in the consciousness aspect, and concerns the continuity of man's awareness of life in all his various aspects. the energy which is used in connecting, in consciousness, the physical man and the astral body is focussed in the solar plexus. speaking in symbolical terms, many today are carrying that bridge forward and linking the mind with the two aspects already linked. this thread of energy emanates from, or is anchored in, the head. a few people are steadily linking the soul and the mind, which in its turn is linked with the other two aspects. the soul energy, when linked with the other

used in the ancient occult books and the scriptures of india in connection with this activity of the human being. the threads which man creates are triple and with the two basic threads which have been created by the soul, constitute the five types of energy which make man a conscious human being. the triple threads created by man are anchored in the solar plexus, the head and the heart. when the astral body and the mind- 26- education in the new age copyright 1998 lucis trust nature are beginning to function as a unit, and the soul also is consciously connected (do not forget that it is always unconsciously linked, an extension of this fivefold thread the basic two and the human three is carried to the throat centre; when that occurs man can become a conscious creator on the physical plan

energy flowing from the outer tier of petals has had a triple effect: 1. it has vitalised the entire body of humanity, and has produced the present speed, intelligent (or should i say "intellectual) civilisation, and our modern culture, wherever it is found. the brain of humanity is now open to vitalisation, hence mass education. 2. it has opened a channel so that the love petals can vitalise the astral body of humanity, thus leading to general cooperation and group love. the heart of humanity is now open to vitalisation, hence the philanthropic, goodwill and welfare movements of today. 3. it will make possible, eventually, the vitalising of the mind body by the will or sacrifice petals, and this will give awareness of the plan, directed purpose, and group synthesis. the first of these thr

re fully to express himself, the process is materially hastened. these three self-created lesser threads which constitute the third thread of the antahkarana extend eventually: 1. from the physical body to the etheric body, passing from the heart to the spleen, and thence to the body of prana, the vital or etheric body, unites with force from the egoic will petals. 2. from the etheric body to the astral body. this thread passes from the solar plexus to the heart and from thence to the astral body, picking up the energy of the thread mentioned above, unites with force the love petals. 3. from the astral body to the mental vehicle. this thread passes from the ajna centre to the head centre and from thence to the mind body, picking up the energy of the other two threads mentioned above, unite

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the energy transmitted by each individual- 13- discipleship in the new age- volume ii copyright 1998 lucis trust c. the fusion (consciously undertaken) of the individual soul with the group soul and consequently a conscious rapport with the hierarchy, which is inherently the kingdom of souls. the first meditation affects the three centres in the individual disciple and also, and consequently, his astral body. they can when related, awakened and functioning, and when the two points in the solar plexus are balanced and "enlightened" a word which i shall frequently use in connection with the centres evoke response from the love-petals of the egoic lotus. this must happen automatically and need not be regarded as a complicated technicality. do the required meditation faithfully and correctly a

o of them have passed into what we in tibet call "the clear cold light; they have gone over to the other side of the veil but are still actively cooperating with the group, and receiving the same instructions from me. i can, however, approach them more directly, as the limitations imposed by the physical brain no longer exist. p.d.w, though the latest to pass over, was held by the handicap of the astral body for an exceedingly brief time; he is now focussed and working in connection with my ashram, upon the mental plane. c.d.p. is now in process of freeing herself from astral limitations, and by the time the sun moves- 20- discipleship in the new age- volume ii copyright 1998 lucis trust northward she too will be working entirely mentally. they are both of them of real service to me at thi

next step which i indicated to you was that in which i pointed out that these full moon approaches required one entire week of inner activity, divided as follows: a. the three days prior to the full moon were to be dedicated to preparation. this preparation involved confidence, which swept the brain (the focus of the physical plane expression) into the right condition; aspiration, which held the astral body in the right attitude; and dedication, which was the intelligent process, motivated by free will and involving mental concentration, which enabled the confident aspirant to "hold the mind steady in the light" b. then, there were the twelve hours on the day of the full moon, wherein a consciously achieved contact (dependent upon the success of the previous three days' work by the group)

occult obedience. i would ask you, therefore, to do this simple alignment exercise every day. i. start with the point of soul focus of which you know much theoretically and can know more practically. this falls into three stages: 1. raise the consciousness into the head- 89- discipleship in the new age- volume ii copyright 1998 lucis trust 2. carry the thought or consciousness upward through the astral body and the mind to the soul. 3. identify the personality consciousness with the soul consciousness, and realise that they are one. ii. from that point, definitely and consciously, assume the attitude of the observer. this also involves three stages: 1. observe the personality and consider it from the angle of the etheric body. 2. consciously throw soul energy down into the centre at the b

s is intensified and of still greater value. the first reaction is called the "formula of revelation" and is related to the united sensitivity of the group. as, together, the group members brood upon and come to an understanding of the formula, they will swing into a responsiveness to the feeling and sensitive reactions of the individuals in the group, and these, together, constitute and form the astral body of the group. when this reaction has been established (and a spirit of non-criticism and of love will greatly aid in the process, the group together can arrive at the second purpose of the formula, which is called "the discovery of the point within the circle" this signifies as far as the group is involved the revelation of the central coherent force of the group itself. this is at the

life expression; the will of god is going to take shape consciously in the minds of men in the future in such a manner that the old truths will condition and control as never before, but will drop automatically below the threshold of consciousness and the new emerging values and recognitions will take their place in the surface consciousness of all disciples and their name will be legion. 5. the astral body provides no hindrance to the initiate-disciple, but provides a medium of facile contact with the hierarchy. this is due to the fact that the link between the astral body and the buddhic consciousness becomes at this stage increasingly close. they constitute essentially a pair of opposites which will eventually fuse; then the astral body will disappear as does the soul body at a later s

logos what the third eye is to man. these are mysterious words and can only be understood if brought into relation with the previous revelation, involving the will and the law of sacrifice. it should be remembered that the law of sacrifice (in its destroying aspect) is dominant during the second, the third and the fourth initiations. 1. at the second initiation of the baptism, the control of the astral body is broken; it is sacrificed in order that the intuition, the higher counterpart of the "propelling aspiration (as it is sometimes called) may assume control. 2. at the third initiation of transfiguration, the control of the personality in the three worlds is broken in order that the son of mind, the soul, may be substituted finally for the concrete and hitherto directing lower mind. ag

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utilisation of the healing energy in full waking consciousness upon the physical plane. most of the healers in the world are working as follows: 1. as purely physical healers, dealing with the vital forces of the physical body, and with their own consciousness polarised in the etheric body. 2. as emotional astral psychics, with the consciousness polarised upon the astral plane, and utilising the astral body and working in and with glamour and illusion. the effect of their work, if successful (and i would have you note that "if" for i deal with the idea of relative permanency) may be one of two things: a. they may cure the physical ills in the patient which are of such a nature that the inner astral desire (and therefore the lower desire) has eventuated in physical disease, experienced in

aggression and to rid the world of the focal points for material influence and power, must yet carry forward the task of binding men and women of every nation together in a spirit of loving understanding; they must interpret nation to nation in terms of brotherhood and of the new order. this is no easy thing to do at this time. the astral or emotional bodies of human beings (which constitute the astral body of humanity as a whole) are today in a state of chaos, and are swept by ancient desires, ancient and deep-seated selfish attitudes and by ancient hatreds. the task is also complicated by the activity of the mental processes of man which is characterised by pronounced and developed illusions, by separative attitudes and by specious arguments. but there are, at the same time, enough peop

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ges can be intelligently approached by any earnest student and probationer. to transmute emotion into love the following realisations will be found necessary: 1. a realisation that all moods, all display of sorrow, of pain, or of happy excitement are due to our identification with the objects of desire, with the form aspect, and with that which is material. 2. an understanding of the emotional or astral body and the place it plays in the student's development. it should be recognised as the shadow of the monad, and a connection should be traced between the astral sheath..6th plane the buddhic sheath..4th plane the monadic sheath..2nd plane and the place the love petals in the egoic lotus play should also be carefully considered. 3. a comprehension of the potency of the astral sheath owing

sciousness of that which may be functioning in some form or another, but in a form of which the spiritual entity is totally unaware. the reservoir of life is the place of death, and this is the first lesson the disciple learns. the eighteen fires refer to the eighteen states of matter which constitute the personality. they are: seven physical states of matter, seven emotional states, enabling the astral body to function on the seven subplanes of the astral plane, and four states of matter for each of the four conditions of the concrete mind (7, 7, 4= 18. these are eighteen grades of substance, eighteen vibratory groups of atoms, and eighteen aggregates of life which form the bodies of the lunar lords (as the secret doctrine calls them) which in their totality, form the body of the lunar lo

s a true sense of synthesis. it is the sense of synthesis, putting it very simply, which will be the goal of all the educational- 79- a treatise on the seven rays- volume v: the rays and the initiations copyright 1998 lucis trust movements, once the new age idealism is firmly established. physical coordination, personal integrity (which involves primarily the control and later the negation of the astral body, and personality integration will be the essential first steps. to this will succeed processes whereby the fusion of the personality with the soul, of the lower self with the higher self, and of form with the divine dweller in the form will follow next. then the truly esoteric phase of the educational process will be attempted when the earlier steps or stages have been satisfactorily g

ll also remember that the soul body, the form on the higher levels of the mental plane which has "shrouded" the soul, eventually disappears. this, as you know, takes place at the fourth initiation and is one of the best recognised facts in the occult teaching. in the three worlds, the correspondence to this disappearance of the form of the second divine aspect, the soul, is the dissolution of the astral body the second aspect of the personality. then the personality stands free from its control. sensitivity and reaction to contact in the three worlds has been perfectly developed, but it no longer holds the disciple a prisoner. then, at a later stage upon the path of initiation, the causal body also disappears and the initiate stands free in the three worlds. the astral body and the causal

w on to the physical plane. the retention of speech and the suppression of words, if they are the result of a realisation that what is to be said is wrong, or undesirable, or unwise, or wasteful, of energy will simply increase the inner banking up and will lead eventually to a still more violent display of words at a later date; it may also bring about serious and disastrous conditions within the astral body of the disciple. the silence of thought is to be cultivated and, my brothers, i do not mean silent thinking. i mean that certain lines of thought are refused admission; certain habits of thinking are eradicated and certain approaches to ideas are not developed. this is done by a process of substitution, and not by a violent process of suppression. the initiate learns to keep his though

e as complete fusion of the three bodies and the soul has been effectually brought about and divine indifference has been achieved to all lower reactions of the component parts of the fused and interrelated instrument. so must it be with the group. the group life must express itself upon the physical plane and in group formation. it will possess a sensitive feeling apparatus, corresponding to the astral body, and the group mind will be well organised and functioning rhythmically. thus the group "personality" will be active, but divinely active, by the time this particular stage is reached. the group soul will also be in full flower as- 141- a treatise on the seven rays- volume v: the rays and the initiations copyright 1998 lucis trust an expression of the inner ashram, and at the very hear

express the consequences of that great cosmic law as they demonstrate in the three worlds of human evolution. it is in connection with this effort that he discovers the value, uses and purpose of the creative imagination. this creative imagination is all that remains to him eventually of the active and intensely powerful astral life which he has lived for so many lives; as evolution proceeds, his astral body becomes a mechanism of transformation, desire being transformed into aspiration and aspiration itself being transformed into a growing and expressive intuitive faculty. the reality of this process is demonstrated in the emergence of that basic quality which has always been inherent in desire itself: the imaginative quality of the soul, implementing desire and steadily becoming a higher

BLAVATSKY H P ANTHROPOGENESIS

the third round and also to the third root-race and its branch-races in the fourth round. these are all the creators of the various beings on this earth, the prajapati, and at the same time they appear as divers reincarnations in the early manvantaras or races. it thus becomes clear why the agnishwatta, devoid of the grosser creative fire, hence unable to create physical man, having no double, or astral body, to project, since they were without any form, are shown in exoteric allegories as yogis, kumaras (chaste youths, who became "rebels" asuras, fighting and opposing gods* etc, etc. yet it is they[[footnote(s* because, as the allegory shows, the gods who had no personal merit of their own, dreading the sanctity of those selfstriving incarnated beings who had become ascetics and yogis, an

reserving a hold over them through superstitious fear. the supposed "rebels" then, were simply those who, compelled by karmic law to drink the cup of gall to its last bitter drop, had to incarnate anew, and thus make responsible thinking entities of the astral statues projected by their inferior brethren. some are said to have refused, because they had not in them the requisite materials- i.e, an astral body- since they were arupa. the refusal of others had reference to their having been adepts and yogis of long past preceding manvantaras; another mystery. but, later on, as nirmanakayas, they sacrificed themselves for the good and salvation of the monads which were waiting for their turn, and which otherwise would have had to linger for countless ages in irresponsible, animal-like, though

s the student makes himself familiar with the mystery of evolution, which proceeds on triple lines- spiritual, psychic and physical. that which propels towards, and forces evolution, i.e, compels the growth and development of man towards perfection, is (a) the monad[[vol. 2, page] 110 the secret doctrine. or that which acts in it unconsciously through a force inherent in itself; and (b) the lower astral body or the personal self. the former, whether imprisoned in a vegetable or an animal body, is endowed with, is indeed itself, that force. owing to its identity with the all-force, which, as said, is inherent in the monad, it is all-potent on the arupa, or formless plane. on our plane, its essence being too pure, it remains all-potential, but individually becomes inactive: e.g, the rays of

id than their own. the old form vanished and was absorbed by, disappeared in, the new form, more human and physical. there was no death in those days of a period more blissful than the golden age; but the first, or parent material was used for the formation of the new being, to form the body and even the inner or lower principles or bodies of the progeny (c) when the shadow retires, i.e. when the astral body becomes covered with more solid flesh, man develops a physical body. the "wing" or the ethereal form that produced its shadow and image, became the shadow of the astral body and its own progeny. the expression is queer but original. as there may be no occasion to refer to this mystery later, it is as well to point out at once the dual meaning contained in the greek myth bearing upon th

and a half races that preceded that event may have lived 300,000,000 years ago for all that science can tell. for the geological and physical difficulties in the way of the theory could not exist for the primeval, ethereal man of the occult teachings. the whole issue of the quarrel between the profane and the esoteric sciences depends upon the belief in, and demonstration of, the existence of an astral body within the physical, the former independent of the latter. paul d'assier, the positivist, seems to have proven the fact pretty plainly* not to speak of the accumulated testimony of the ages, and that of the modern spiritualists and mystics. it will be found difficult to reject this fact in our age of proofs, tests, and ocular demonstrations. the secret doctrine maintains that, notwiths

ral. this must be proven. 1. chhaya-birth, or that primeval mode of sexless procreation, the first race having oozed out, so to say, from the bodies of the pitris, is hinted at in a cosmic allegory in the puranas* it is the beautiful allegory and story of sanjna, the daughter of viswakarman- married to the sun, who "unable to endure the fervours of her lord" gave him her chhaya (shadow, image, or astral body, while she herself repaired to the jungle to perform religious devotions, or tapas. the sun, supposing the "chhaya" to be his wife begat by her children, like adam with lilith- an ethereal shadow also, as in the legend, though an actual living female monster millions of years ago. but, perhaps, this instance proves little except the exuberant fancy of the puranic authors. we have anoth

ion to the "pithecoid man" as haeckel so sweepingly affirms. only a portion of these men are a lemurian relic (cf "esoteric buddhism" p.55* in calling the animal "soulless" it is not depriving the beast, from the humblest to the highest species, of a "soul" but only of a conscious surviving ego-soul, i.e, that principle which survives after a man, and reincarnates in a like man. the animal has an astral body, that survives the physical form for a short period; but its (animal) monad does not re-incarnate in the same, but in a higher species, and has no "devachan" of course. it has the seeds of all the human principles in itself, but they are latent "manual of geology" p. 302[[vol. 2, page] 197 the separation of sexes. thing of the oolitic type, while it had been altogether supplanted and r

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three upadhis (material bases) and one spiritual vehicle (vahan) of our seven principles in the human division. if, for the sake of a clearer mental conception, we imagine the human principles to be arranged as in the following scheme, we shall obtain the annexed diagram of correspondences- human principles (1) spirit (2) soul vehicle of spirit (3) mind (4) animal soul upadhi of mind (5) life (6) astral body upadhi of life (7) physical body* the upadhi of all the 6 princ. planetary division. descending into matter 1 2 3 4 d our earth or any (visible) planet ascending to spirit 4 d our earth or any (visible) planet 5 6 7 diagram i[[above is in diagram format in the original text[[footnote(s* as we are proceeding here from universals to particulars, instead of using the inductive or aristote

ual soul* 7. atma. vedantic classification[[1] annamaya kosa[[2, 3] pranamaya kosa[[4, 5.(a] manomaya kosa[[5.(b] vignanamaya kosa[[6] anandamaya kosa[[7] atma. classification in taraka raja yoga[[1, 2] sthulopadhi[[5.(a (b] sukshmopadhi[[6] karanopadhi[[7] atma[[above is in table format in the original text[[footnote(s* kosa (kosha) is "sheath" literally, the sheath of every principle "life* the astral body or linga sarira* sthula-upadhi, or basis of the principle* buddhi[[vol. 1, page] 158 the secret doctrine. from the foregoing table it will be seen that the third principle in the buddhist classification is not separately mentioned in the vedantic division, as it is merely the vehicle of prana. it will also be seen that the fourth principle is included in the third kosa (sheath, as the

wledge with those with whom it is safe to do so. meanwhile, be prudent. do not give out the great truths that are the inheritance of the future races, to our present generation. do not attempt to unveil the secret of being and non-being to those unable to see the hidden meaning of apollo's heptachord- the lyre of the radiant god, in each of the seven strings of which dwelleth the spirit, soul and astral body of the kosmos, whose shell only has now fallen into the hands of modern science. be prudent, we say, prudent and wise, and above all take care what those who learn from you believe in; lest by deceiving themselves they deceive others. for such is the fate of every truth with which men are, as yet, unfamiliar. let rather the planetary chains and other super- and sub-cosmic mysteries rem

logy, so much insisted upon, is broken. not at all. earth will reach her true ultimate form (inversely in this to man- her body shell- only toward the end of the manvantara after the seventh round. eugenius philalethes was right when he assured his readers on his word of honour that no one had yet seen the earth (i.e, matter in its essential form. our globe is, so far, in its kamarupic state- the astral body of desires of ahamkara, dark egotism, the progeny of mahat, on the lower plane. it is not molecularly constituted matter- least of all the human body (sthulasarira- that is the grossest of all our "principles" but verily the middle principle, the real animal centre; whereas our body is but its shell, the irresponsible factor and medium through which the beast in us acts all its life. e

rough the seven races of each round- otherwise they will rest in the lower fields "and it represents also the seven successive devachans, or lokas. in amenti, one becomes pure spirit for the eternity (xxx. 4; while in aanroo "the soul of the spirit" or the defunct, is devoured each time by uraeus- the serpent, son of the earth (in another sense the primordial vital principles in the sun, i.e, the astral body of the deceased or the "elementary" fades out and disappears in the "son of the earth" limited time. the soul quits the fields of aanroo and goes on earth under any shape it likes to assume (see chapter xcix, book of the dead[[vol. 1, page] 675 the gods of egypt. work written by egyptians (vide "book of the dead) would speak of the one universal god of the monotheistic systems- the one

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gave fra. v.i.o. fresh confidence, and we find records of experiments at once..ed] nov. 27, 11:6 to 11:28 p.m. astral journey. rising on the planes. will try and recount this experience in detail as it was somewhat different from any previous experiment. after prayer, formulated astral enclosing body and began to rise. tried to ascend middle pillar. dark blue, then more purple. presently found my astral body in a sort of open temple square with 4 pillars for corners, open sides and a high domed roof. in the centre the equinox 164 of the floor was a circular basin of water. someone said (of the water .it is thyself (or thy mind. could distinguish nothing for some time. presently a star appeared in the centre of the pool, evidently reflected through a circular hole in centre of roof. looking

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within her or his power to bring it about. we create our own reality. the aura the "body" of wo/man is actually composed of seven distinct elements. the first three (solid, liquid and gas) form the physical body. the fourth element is called the etheric body and interpenetrates the physical. generally the etheric body extends beyond the confines of the physical body by about an inch. next is the astral body. it extends several inches beyond the etheric body. then, beyond the astral body, are the mental and spiritual bodies. due to their elasticity, and the speed at which they function, it is impossible to define physical limits for these last two. although the vibrations of the non-physical bodies are too high a rate to be detected by the physical eye, the energy patterns that emanate can

tical guide to astral projection. yes, your consciousness can be sent forth, out-of-the-body, with full awareness and return with full memory. you can travel through time and space, converse with non-physical entities, obtain knowledge by non-material means, and experience higher dimensions. is there life-after-death? are we forever shackled by time& space? the ability to go forth by means of the astral body, or body of light, gives the personal assurance of consciousness (and life) beyond the limitations of the physical body. no other answer to these ageless questions is as meaningful as experienced reality. the reader is led through the essential stages for the inner growth and development that will culminate in fully conscious projection and return. not only are the requisite practices

CHAOS MAGICK AND LUCIFERISM

often throws random lightning bolts, is nonetheless always beside you when you go to sleep at night. it should be considered fair game to dash through the darkness of the night, to understand and explore the very foundations of the demonic and the angelic, as above, so below while the luciferian gnosis is highly approachable through the systems of what is considered chaos magick, the form of the astral body allows a severance of eventual worldly bonds. this allows the luciferian adept to take her or his fill of worldly pleasure and eventually ascend astral in the light of lucifer, as an undead god or completely remain within the astral plane. one would seek to understand the place of the holy guardian angel and the evil genius at this level, in the shedding of flesh could it be considered

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s like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet. for they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of god almighty. revelation 16:13-14 ahriman appeared in the zoroastrian legends in numerous forms. his astral body was considered that of a frog, toad, or crab, often a lizard or serpent as well. the legend of zohak the king proves of significant interest concerning magical transformation, zohak was later known as azi dahaka, the demon of three faces. zohak was said to have descended from a king called mardas and tazak, who dwelled originally in tazikan or arabia. it was according to lore that zoha

s. 11. he stood upon one-third of the inside of the sky, and he sprang, like a snake, out of the sky down to the earth- the bundahishn, translated by e. w. west a form which ahriman took in that relation was a frog as well. this draws an early connection to the powers of the toad in a setting of sorcery, as well as the sexual union with women as a force of inspiration, desire and imagination. his astral body is that of the frog, the vicious crab. he neither thinks of, nor speaks, nor works the weal of the creatures of ohrmazd. greater bundahishn translated by behramgore tehmuras anklesaria ahriman was made better by union with the demon whore, who was in effect his muse but also deeply a part of his being. it took her emergence to bring him again to consciousness, to want to accomplish. de

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levels which unite mind and body. astral plane: a non-physical level of existence which is the basis for the physical plane, and the place where many non-physical entities exist. astral light: 1) a term used by dion fortune (q.v) as a synonym for the term astral plane (q.v. 2) the "substance" or "material" of the astral plane itself. astral projection: the practice of and ability to separate your astral body and consciousness from your physical body. astral temple: the place of ritual working that is created in the astral realm or astral plane (q.v, or within the imagination, by repeated intense acts of visualization (q.v) and meditation (q.v. the true temple of which the material temple is only a reflection. astral whiplash: the result of your astral body and consciousness being suddenly

er. chakras: a sanskrit (hindu) term meaning "wheels" the term is usually pronounced "shah-krah-z" the correct pronunciation is actually "kahk-rahs" these are power centers in the aura (q.v) related to organs or glands in the body. chakras are not in the body per se; they are actually whirls, circles, or lotuses which are seen in the aura. they are in the physical body, because they reside in the astral body. in western magick, the most important are usually seven in number and are located along the spine from the perineum to the crown of the head. opening the chakras results in the attainment of various magickal energies. chalice: a stemmed goblet used as the tool of elemental water. the magickal weapon of elemental water and the west. channeling: the process by which a spirit is allowed

ost" from the late latin "presbyter" meaning "an elder. in the christian faith, a member of the clergy who is ordained to perform and administer the sacraments of the church for a congregation of believers. in the order of the astral star, an adept who has been so ordained. this class makes up the backbone of the clergy. projection: projection, astral: the practice of and ability to separate your astral body and consciousness from your physical body. projection, mental: the practice of and ability to send your mind or mental awareness and consciousness to a location distant from your physical body. not true astral projection (q.v. prophecy: a declaration of something which is going to happen in the future or otherwise ordinarily unknown. the word is often reserved to instances in which the

in conformity with will, using means not currently understood by traditional western science, for the purpose of obtaining the knowledge and conversation of your holy guardian angel (q.v. also known as experiential mysticism. 2) in low magick (q.v, magick (q.v) that is generally worked for good purposes or that involves benevolent actions, agents, or entities. whiplash, astral: the result of your astral body and consciousness being suddenly drawn back into the physical body by a either disturbance near the physical body or an unpleasant occurrence on the astral plane. symptoms can include: headache, dizziness, grogginess, muscle soreness, etc. reprojecting and returning at a normal place will quickly overcome this problem. wicca: a word of somewhat unknown origin and meaning. although prop

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s, for he knows what the colours of the paths are in all four scales, and he checks his vision by these. if he is working up the thirty-second path of saturn, whose colours are all in the scmbre hues of indigo, dark blue and black, he knows that something is amiss if a scarlet-robed figure presents itself. either that figure is illusive, or he himself has wandered off the path. 18. to project the astral body along the paths it is necessary for many reasons to hold the degrees of initiation to which they correspond; chief among which is that, unless one has received the grade, one will be unknown to guardians of the paths, and they will be inimical rather than helpful, and do all in their power to turn the wanderer back. secondly, if one should succeed in forcing one's way past the guardian

l of consciousness and its corresponding aspect in the macrocosm. just as there is an intake and output on the level of malkuth whereby food and water are received into the body as nutriment and rejected as excreta, which is the food of the vegetable kingdom under the polite name of manure-so is there an intake and output between the etheric double and the astral light, and [page 230] between the astral body and the mind side of nature, and 50 on up the planes, with the subtler factors represented by the six higher sephiroth. the essence of the magical qabalah, which is the practical application of the tree of life, is to develop these magnetic circuits of the different levels) and so strengthen and reinforce the soul. just as the physical body is nourished by eating and drinking, and kept

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h that is at the bottom of the trouble. it is her astral visits which cause the seizures of mr. c. and the nightmares of mrs. c, and they correlate with the phases of the moon because certain phases are favourable for the operation she performs and she therefore takes advantage of them. the question now remains, is this woman in incarnation or not? that is to say, is the midnight visit paid in an astral body projected from a living human being, or by an earth-bound spirit which has succeeded in evading the second death? mrs. c. had by now been taken into the confidence of the mutual friend who was concerned for her welfare, and lent a ready ear to the suggestion that some psychic influence might be at the bottom of the trouble, for this explanation coincided with her own intuitions in the

cise for their ingenuity in constructing another that shall explain more satisfactorily the circumstances of the case. miss x. retained subconsciously the knowledge and powers that had been hers during the previous life when she was 17 of 103 implicated in the witch-cult. she also retained her passion for mr. c, a passion which was obviously unrequited, she employed her power of projection of the astral body to visit mr. c. at night, during sleep. in the absence of details it is impossible to decide definitely whether the "fit" of mr. c. was a struggle or an embrace. it might be either, or it might be both, an initial struggle ending in an embrace. the dreams of mrs. c. obviously related to the same astral visitant who caused the seizures of mr. c. there is, unfortunately, no record to sho

a good indication of the truth of a theory. chapter iii a case of modern witchcraft the part played by the ex-witch in occult attack is very marked. again and again do the investigations of independent psychics point to witchcraft in a previous incarnation when trouble of this sort is afoot. the motive is nearly always vengeance, but there is also good reason to believe that the projection of the astral body takes place involuntarily during sleep, and is not deliberately willed by the offender. very many people who are at present psychics 18 of 103 and sensitives got their training in the covens of medieval witchcraft, and for this reason experienced occultists are very wary of the natural psychic, as distinguished from the initiate with his technique of psychism. where psychism and mental

fire-flies in the dark" 26 of 103 mr. skertchley declares that he himself saw and heard a flight of berberlangs pass by, and visiting next day the house he saw them enter, found the occupant dead without any sign of external violence. compare mr. skertchley's account of the berberlangs lying in the long grass and throwing themselves into trance with mr. muldoon's account of "the projection of the astral body" with which every student of occultism ought to be familiar, for it is undoubtedly a classic of occult literature, being a practical account of occult experiences and detailed instructions how to go and do likewise. but to return nearer home. in the course of my experience of the byways of the human mind, which, from the nature of my work, has been, like sam weller's knowledge of londo

ining independent confirmation of this, was that some eastern european troops had been brought to the western front, and among these were individuals with the traditional knowledge of black magic for which south eastern europe has always enjoyed a sinister reputation among occultists. these men, getting killed, knew how to avoid going to the second death, that is to say, the disintegration of the astral body, and maintained themselves in the etheric double by vampirising the wounded. now vampirism is contagious; the person who is vampirised, being depleted of vitality, is a psychic vacuum, himself absorbing from anyone he comes across in order to refill his depleted resources of vitality. he soon learns by experience the tricks of a vampire without realising their significance, and before

tretched a black, elastic, stringy-looking substance that resembled nothing so much as a stick of spanish liquorice that has been well chewed by a small boy. this went off into space. upon trying to see its further end i had a brief and far-off vision of a monastery with a chinese type of roof perched on a crag among vast mountains. i tackled the situation by the simple expedient of passing in my astral body athwart the line of black substance, thus breaking it. it immediately transferred itself to my solar plexus, and for a moment i felt a surge of tempting thoughts urging me to get this woman under my thumb and exploit her to her full financial capacity. i cast these out, and "went for" the rope of astral liquorice in the manner i have described, casting it off and searing the stump, and

f gratitude to the scholarship of the rev. montague summers and the enterprise of messrs. rodker for making available exact and complete translations of the principal books upon witchcraft that were written by the men who were actually concerned in stamping out the witch-cult and had first-hand knowledge of its nature. in addition to these i would direct my readers' attention to projection of the astral body, by muldoon and carrington, which throws a very interesting light upon the manner in which genuine witches attended the sabbats. i do not mean by these words to imply that mr. muldoon is addicted to wizardry, but he certainly possesses the traditional powers, and if he can do these things at the present day, why could not the witches have done them in days past? at any rate, i do not t

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ather to son- it does not appear to have afflicted women. it may have been a genetic disorder, but more likely it was a manifestation of shamanism, the knowledge of which was also passed down within families- the berserker was very likely a form of shape-shifter. modern magicians can also shape-shift, and take on the forms of animals. this is not done on the physical, but on the astral plane. the astral body is easy to mold and transform into any desired pattern. the astral world is a kind of alternative dimension of reality that exists parallel to our everyday physical universe. the shadows of the physical world exist in the astral world, and at certain times and under certain conditions, the astral world overlaps and projects into the physical world. it is possible for astral travelers

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annot be perceptible to the physical senses. but a compromise has been made in the idea of a psychic body, midway between soul and body, which theosophists and some spiritualists theorize clothes the soul at the dissolution of the physical body. the psychic body is said to be composed of very fine and subtle material particles, perceptible as a rule, only to the eye of the clairvoyant. it is this astral body, and not the soul, that is seen as an apparition. experimental evidence for these and various alternative theories has proven far from conclusive. since its formation in 1882, the society for psychical research and its sister organizations, have collected numerous instances of coincidental hallucinations, many of which were recorded in the monumental work phantasms of the living (1886)

ated with particular interpretations, rather in the manner of throwing dice. later developments in fact utilized dice in place of bones, the numbers being associated with letters, to form words which had a bearing on the questions put by the diviner. an associated preliminary ritual was sometimes used, involving writing a question on paper and passing it through the smoke of burning juniper wood. astral body an exact replica of the physical body but composed of finer matter. the term is chiefly employed in theosophy, and those numerous occult systems derived from it, to denote the link between the nervous system and the cosmic reservoir of energy. the astral body corresponds to the double of out-of-the-body experiences reported in psychic research. the term double, however, is less compreh

ysical body but composed of finer matter. the term is chiefly employed in theosophy, and those numerous occult systems derived from it, to denote the link between the nervous system and the cosmic reservoir of energy. the astral body corresponds to the double of out-of-the-body experiences reported in psychic research. the term double, however, is less comprehensive and refers only to the living; astral body refers specifically to the bodily counterpart of the dead. the etheric double or body, in theosophy, is distinct from the astral, but in spiritualistic literature they are often interchanged. these concepts derive from traditional hindu mysticism, though there are also western precursors. the astral body is the instrument of passions, emotions, and desires, and, since it interpenetrate

nd, since it interpenetrates and extends beyond the physical body, it is the medium through which these are conveyed to the latter. when it separates from the denser body. during sleep, or by the influence of drugs, or as the result of accidents.it takes with it the capacity for feeling, and only with its return can pain or any other such phenomena be felt. during these periods of separation, the astral body is an exact replica of the physical, and as it is extremely sensitive to thought, the apparitions of dead and dying resemble even to the smallest details the physical bodies which they have lately left. the astral world is said to be attainable to clairvoyants, and many claim that the appropriate body is therefore visible to them. in accordance with theosophical teaching, thought is no

he appropriate body is therefore visible to them. in accordance with theosophical teaching, thought is not the abstraction it is commonly considered to be, but is built up of definite forms, the shape of which depends on the quality of the thought. it also causes definite vibrations, which are seen as colors. hence, clairvoyants may tell the state of a man s development from the appearance of his astral body. for example, some suggest that a nebulous appearance indicates imperfect development, while an ovoid appearance betokens a more perfect development. as the colors are indicative of the kind of thought, the variety of these in the astral body indicates the possessor s character. inferior thoughts produce loud colors, so that rage, for instance, will be recognized by the red appearance

body. for example, some suggest that a nebulous appearance indicates imperfect development, while an ovoid appearance betokens a more perfect development. as the colors are indicative of the kind of thought, the variety of these in the astral body indicates the possessor s character. inferior thoughts produce loud colors, so that rage, for instance, will be recognized by the red appearance of the astral body. higher thoughts will be recognizable by the presence of delicate colors; religious thought, for instance, will cause a blue color. associazione italiana scientifica. encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. 100 this teaching holds true for the bodies higher than the astral, but the coloration of the astral body is much more familiar to those dwellers in the physical world wh

100 this teaching holds true for the bodies higher than the astral, but the coloration of the astral body is much more familiar to those dwellers in the physical world who can see into the astral plane. less familiar are the coloration and feelings of the higher bodies, for humans are relatively unacquainted with them. there is a definite theory underlying the emotional and other functions of the astral body. the astral body is not composed of matter alive with an intelligent life, but it nevertheless possesses a kind of life sufficient to convey an understanding of its own existence and wants. the stage of evolution of this astral life is that of descent, the turning point not having yet been reached. he who possesses the physical body has, on the other hand, commenced to ascend, and ther

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idea with us is creative. we think and the thing is. i do not remember putting on any garments. her observation was confirmed by caroline d. larsen in my travels in the spirit world (1927: from every spirit emanates a strong aura, a pseudophosphoric light. this aura is completely controlled by the mind. out of this substance is moulded the vesture of the body. about a conscious projection of his astral body, sylvan j. muldoon observed: on one occasion i noticed the clothing forming itself out of the emanation surrounding my astral body, when only a few feet out of coincidence, and the clothing was exactly like that covering my physical body. on another occasion i awakened and found myself moving along at the intermediate speed. a very dense aura surrounded me.so dense, in fact, that i cou

les: institute of mentalphysics, 1939. breathing your way to youth. los angeles: institute of mentalphysics [1931. the voice of the logos. los angeles: institute of mentalphysics, 1950. mental world (in theosophy) formerly known as the manas plane. in the theosophic scheme of things, this is the third lowest of the seven worlds. it is the world of thought into which man passes on the death of the astral body, and it is composed of the seven divisions of matter in common with the other worlds. it is observed that the mental world is the world of thought, but it is necessary to realize that it is the world of good thoughts only, for the base thoughts have all been purged away during the soul s stay in the astral world. depending on these thoughts is the power to perceive the mental world. th

koshas: annamayakosha (food or physical sheath; pranamayakosha (subtle energy sheath; manamayakosha (mental sheath; vijnanamayakosha (wisdom sheath; and anandamayakosha (bliss sheath of spiritual unity. encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. mental world 1023 sources: jinarajadasa, c. the early teachings of the masters, 1881.83. chicago: theosophical press, 1923. powell, arthur e. the astral body and other astral phenomena. london: theosophical publishing house, 1927. mentor one of the controls of william stainton moses, said to be al-gazzali or ghazali, professor of theology at baghdad in the eleventh century, the greatest representative of the arabian philosophical school. mentor s main duty was to manage the phenomena at the seances. he was very successful with lights and sc

an ego, corresponding approximately to the common term soul, an ego which, despite all changes, remains the same until eventually the evolutionary purpose is fulfilled and it is received back again into the logos. from the higher mental sphere, the monad descends to the lower mental sphere and appears in a mental body as possessing mind; then betakes itself to the astral sphere and appears in the astral body as possessing emotions; and finally to the physical sphere and appears in a physical body as possessing vitality. these three lower bodies.the mental, the astral, and the physical. constitute the human personality, which dies at death and is renewed when the monad in fulfillment of the process of reincarnation, again manifests itself in these bodies. monck, rev. francis ward (ca. 1878)

rington, in which carrington had stated that the book le fantame des vivants by charles lancelin covered practically all that was known on the subject of astral projection. muldoon wrote to carrington, challenging this statement and saying that he could write a whole book on things that lancelin did not know. as a result, carrington invited muldoon to collaborate on the book the projection of the astral body (1929. the successful collaboration led to two further volumes, the case for astral projection (1936) and the phenomena of astral projection (1951. these books have become classic works of their kind. meanwhile muldoon wrote two additional books on his own: sensational psychical experiences (1941) and famous psychic stories (1942. during much of his life, muldoon suffered from ill heal

l body in astral projections. in the latter part of his life, his general health improved, but his ability in astral projection correspondingly decreased and he devoted less time to the subject. sources: muldoon, sylvan, and hereward carrington. the case for astral projection. 1936. reprint, chicago: aries press, 1946. the phenomena of astral projection. london: rider, 1951. the projection of the astral body. london: rider, 1929. moyes, winifred encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. 1068 mulford, prentice (1834.1891) american journalist and philosopher, and popular independent new thought writer and mystic. he was born at sag harbour, long island, on april 5, 1834, and followed a rambling life. he served as a seaman, ship s cook, and whalerman before becoming a gold prospector

series of articles in the occult review. his articles would later become the basis of a book, astral projection (1939. meanwhile, sylvan j. muldoon, an american experimenter who professed an ease with astral projection (another name for out-ofthe- body travel, began to work with psychical researcher hereward carrington, their work resulting in the first of a series of books, the projection of the astral body, in 1929. both callaway and muldoon gave detailed firsthand accounts of consciously controlled and involuntary journeys outside the body. sometimes these involved appearances to other individuals or the obtaining of information that could not have been ascertained by other means. such accounts were thus highly suggestive. certain techniques were also described by both callaway and muld

EXTRAORDINARY ENCOUNTERS AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF EXTRATERRESTRIALS AND OTHERWORLDY BEINGS

rush, he( he being walter pierson, the name he held during that lifetime) met quong, a chinese man. quong, a knower of mystical secrets, led pierson into shasta via a hidden tunnel. inside the mountain they found huge chambers and treasures belonging to a secret brotherhood of advanced beings who had lived there for a very long time, devoting themselves to humanity s spiritual betterment. in his astral body, pierson traveled to venus, where he learned many secrets; he also learned of his previous lives. once enlightened, he was rechristened phylos and became a guardian of the cosmos. a modern chronicler remarks that the tibetan part of his title seems to have been added for mystery s sake (kafton-minkel, 1989. oliver s novel owed much of its inspiration to madame blavatsky s theological w

FELDMAN DANIEL QABALAH THE MYSTICAL HERITAGE OF THE CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM

ve states and stations, and associated powers. consciousness in the geviyah (astral shell) gives control over the dream state and lower psychic states, and can afford such powers as astral projection, clairvoyance, precognition, and reading the earth s akashic record.25 the nefesh (physical body in the waking state of the world of asiyah) shuts out the bulk of information coming from the geviyah (astral body) because the nefesh vibrates at a much slower rate. the station of the ruach ha qodesh (holy spirit, causal body) in the sefirah beauty/last is normally experienced as deep sleep. the awakening of consciousness in the ruach ha qodesh in the world of b riyah is usually experienced as an ecstatic and exclusive experience of one s small face chosen ideal. in sanskrit, this experience is c

lifestream and your relationships with others. it is also not unusual for aspirants to notice subtle differences in their sleeping and dream life. it is a good practice to try to stimulate conscious dreaming. by falling asleep on your back while repeating the mantra, or holding on to some thought or image, you may start to experience consciously leaving your body and being awake in your geviyah (astral body) in yetzirah (world of formation. this can be somewhat unsettling in the early stages, until you get accustomed to the experience and more familiar with the process. try not to panic. at first, you will likely try to move around in your geviyah the same way that you move in your physical body. you will try to move your legs and arms as if to walk, and feel unable to do so. this is beca

upon the face of the deep. 24 swami vivekananda is the monastic name of narendranath datta. as sri ramakrishna s ambassador, he traveled to the world s parliament of religions in chicago in 1893, where he electrified the audience with his address. 25 the akashic record is the karmic archive of a planet, which can be accessed through psychic mediation. akasha is the plastic medium of the planet s astral body. 26 the torah begins with the word b reshith; the zohar begins with the word beshoshanah( by the rose; the sefer yetzirah begins with bishaloshym( by thirty; and the qu ran begins with bismaallah( in the name allah. 27 idra rabba 29. 28 idra zuta 56, 57. 29 saradananda, swami. sri sri ramakrishna lilaprasanga, trans. as sri ramakrishna the great master by swami jagadananda. sri ramakri

FRANCIS A YATES GIORDANO BRUNO AND THE HERMETIC TRADITION

.4 also, the gnostic ascent through the spheres had been 1 see above, p. 212. 2c.h, i, p. 116; ii, p. 311. 3 cabala del cavallo pegaseo, dial. 2 (dial, ital, pp. 892 ff. 4 see particularly eroici furori, pt. i, dial. 4 (dial, ital, pp. 1026 ff. 249 giordano bruno in england: the hermetic philosophy avoided, though ficino may have had some hankerings after it in his interest in the doctrine of the astral body' and, as we have seen, the magician agrippa has it. another result is, that all the elaborate arguments used in other types of hermetism, in which hermes is accepted as having foreseen the trinity, as in ficino's christianising commentaries on the corpus hermeticum, are entirely ignored by bruno. this must have been deliberate, since he was certainly using ficino's latin translation of

rue date of the hermetica, and thinks that he is returning to an egyptian philosophy and religion earlier than moses. the question of bruno's philosophy is immensely complicated by the fact that, like ficino and pico, he, too, is a syncretist, and draws in out of a vast reading other philosophies and literatures which are accreted to the hermetic core. he knew the works of 1 see d. p. walker "the astral body in renaissance medicine, j.w.c.i, xxi (1958, p. 123. 2 see above, p. 140. 3 de la causa, dial. 4 (dial, ital, pp. 300 ff. 250 giordano bruno in england: the hermetic philosophy plato and the neoplatonists in ficino's translations. averroist philosophy (also used in pico's synthesis) would be important to him, since the intellectus agens would be a confirmation and expansion of the herm

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out that we have a soma psuchicon (mistranslated natural body) a soul body, and this is made of ether, which is lighter than air and therefore capable of levitation. this is the golden wedding garment, the philosopher's stone, or the living stone, spoken of in some of the ancient philosophies as the diamond soul, for it is luminous, lustrous, and sparkling--a priceless gem. it was also called the astral body by the mediaeval alchemists, because of the ability it conferred upon the one who has it to traverse the starry regions. but it is not to be confounded with the desire body which some of the modern pseudo-occultists mistakenly call the astral body. this vehicle, the soul body, will eventually be evolved by humanity as a whole, but during the change from the aryan epoch to the ethereal

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wordimagehere is tzelem, and likeness is demooth,dmut,a word often used with tzelem. in the english version note that the singular word 'god' is used,butthe plural pronoun 'our; a halting between two opinions, as if the intended meaning were- when i awake or reincarnate in the image or form of thee, who art one above me,i.e.,more divine: for the individuality, the manasic entity, has some sort of astral body or aura in every stage of existence, however much above our present mode of life. this root tzel reappears in the hebrew word tzelmuth, meaning death, and the 'shadow of death: tzel, shadow; and muth, death; in the latin vulgate -umbra mortis,ingreek255skia thanatou.this is a curious coincidence if there be no hebrew recognition of the astral, because the astral, like the physical body

alledseptapama, the seven-told man-plant. rudolf steiner, in histheosophy,describes man as of seven parts, thus: physical body, ethereal or life body, astral or sentient soul body, intellectual soul, spirit-filled conscious255 ness soul, life spirit or spiritual body and spirit man oratma.to this he adds man can have the following arrangement of his members, thus:1.physical body. 2. life body. 3. astral body. 4. i as the soul kernel. 5. spirit self as transmuted astral body. 6. life spirit as transmuted life body. and spirit man as transmuted physical body. max heindel, in hisrosicrucian cosmo-conception,gives a rather different view: he specifies the ego as three-fold spirit- divine spirit, life spirit and human spirit. these reflect themselves upon the 'human mind of concrete thought'306

GNOSTIC HANDBOOK

the mystery of the transformation of eros was reflected in the traditions of courtly love in mediethe gnostic handbook page 112 val england and france and the imagery of alchemy (particularly in the mass of the holy ghost. the bridal chamber is based on the process of solve et coagula. after the instincts and mind have been "destroyed" and reformed, the two poles of the electromagnetic organism (astral body) are stimulated and at their union the shekinah awakens (the shekinah or presence is that part of god which is locked in the lower worlds and awaits redemption) as the shekinah awakens it rises to the higher planes and re-unites with the sophia. this rite is central to many gnostic traditions and is the pre-requisite for the consolamentum or the sacrament of perfection. again, we under

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rk that is caught in matter. the theosophical and rosicruican structure of man four bodies. seven bodies seven bodies (theosophy (rosicrucian. yechidah. supreme self. higher forms of being. yechidah. mediator self. higher forms of being. ruach. spiritual soul. divine spirit. ruach. higher or intuitive soul. life spirit or higher thought. nephesh. instinctual body or prana. lower thought. nephesh. astral body desire body (three aspects. guph. physical body. dense& vital body. fig 12 gnostic theurgy page 48 the mediator self this is the form which is the mediator operating between spiritual soul and the true self. it is the mechanism by which the self comes into being. its task is to collect the information from the spiritual dimensions as the individual becomes truly awakened. it stores the

or desire body this is the electro-magnetic field which surrounds the physical organism. it has three distinct levels: gnostic theurgy page 49 the etheric skin. this clings to the physical organism, somewhat like a second skin. this creates the light layer at the edge of the body. the inner aura. this occupies the first six to ten inches of the energy field, and expands in proportion to the outer astral body. the outer aura. this extends beyond the physical organism and can, at times, be a metre wide depending on your spiritual development. the astral or desire body has also being known as the double imago (doppleganger) as it mimics the physical body and can, though gnostic practises, be temporally separated from the physical organism and used for spiritual purposes. the physical or vital

personal unconscious. mental. yetzirah. rational mind. emotional. yetzirah. cellular consciousness. physical. assiah. seven bodies levels of the psyche. hebrew titles. self. self. yechidah. mediator self. anima and animus. neschamah& chiah spiritual soul. collective unconscious. higher ruach. psychic soul. collective unconscious. intermediate ruach. animal soul. personal unconscious. lower ruach. astral body. rational mind. nepesch. physical body. cellular consciousness. guph (these correlations are from a lower octave of interpretation. on the higher levels the mediator self and self are way beyond the mind. fig 18 fig 19 gnostic theurgy page 72 alien land. however, as the self awakens, the gnostic will then truly know his home and begin to experience genuine spiritual growth and developm

vehicle capable of entering the gnostic theurgy page 74 treasury of light. this light vehicle can then be used by the gnostic to explore the higher worlds where lower vibrations, such as those of the untransfigured astral or etheric bodies, cannot enter. this is an important consideration for when the untransfigured man tries to explore the higher worlds he can only go as far as his untransformed astral body is capable of taking him. accordingly, he ends in the lower astral kingdoms, where he will confuse the astral light of the archons with the real light of the higher worlds. the process of forming the antakarana is through the use of the imagination and is intricately connected to the seven chakras or as the gnostics understood them, the seven churches. to appreciate this we need to und

nless you have what you require clear in mind, it will not work or worse, will work against you. gnostic theurgy page 173. visualise what you want clearly, mentally design the form you want your thoughtform to take. clearly see its image in the minds eye, sense it, smell it and touch it if you can. make it as real as possible. using slow and deep breathing sense psychic energy building up in your astral body, sustain the image of the thoughtform clearly in your mind. repeat out loud what you want the thoughtform to achieve. at this stage you may wish to use some energy raising technique of your own. you may use dance, music- anything technique you like to develop a reserve of energy. hold your hands together, and visualise the energy you have accumulated as current between your palms. visu

egular psychic attack, then visualise the outside of the dome as a reflective, shiny surface, bouncing back any destructive forces. remember to check the dome often and recharge it! the bell visualise a bell between your hands. see it clearly and make yourself aware of all the senses connected to it. move the image to your solar plexus and sense it extending a field of energy to all parts of your astral body. programme it to ring if you are psychically attacked, and react with a shield of light. if a psychic attack should occur, you should hear the sound of bell and a shield of light will surround you. another variation to use is to visualise a laser which shoots down energies which are unsympathetic to your development. the adaptations are endless. familiars a rather fun technique is to c

evolved to include complex mummification processes and were chronicled in the egyptian book of the dead. it is also believed that this text (and others) used secret codes to outline the mysteries as taught within the egyptian occult schools. these teachings were complex and sophisticated. for example, it was taught that man was seen as having ten bodies, ranging from the khu or self to the ka or astral body. it is intriguing that these fit so well with the sephiroth of the tree of life, however, when we consider that moses was an egyptian initiate, the link becomes self evident. the life of the average man or women in egypt was saturated with magic, there was no artificial separation between religion and magic. while there certainly was an esoteric craft sustained by a specialised priest

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s mind. find a comfortable place to meditate, decorated in such which would represent the higher self/daimon. anoint the neck and arms in abramelin oil and have the chamber lit with natural light if possible allowing the sun to enter the chamber. remember, the point is to reach the empyrean or celestial realms of the aethyr, the higher consciousness of self. while quietly meditating, envision the astral body growing, of which a great fire and light is rising above the physical body, envision and eye within this fire. raise yourself up in through the aethyr, from which you are floating and rising in the sky. as you rise begin to visualize a great angel before you. there is a great wind which is violent and rushing about you and this seraph. the angel is illuminated in bright light, with eye

rit reveals hidden aspects of the self through initiatory experience. as a cursing tool, one may evoke marbas in the mind, and his 36 legions of spirits to manifest in the enemy as a disease. he may be used also to improve the ability to will immune system to work more efficiently, thus a beneficial spirit/angelic familiar. f valefor valefor is a vampyric spirit/demon, which initiates through the astral body and dreams. this spirit may be willed and bound to guard one s sleeping chamber and feed from any forms which come near you. valefor has 10 legions of spirits, often appearing through the mirror as a lion with the head of an ass. valefor may also be a guide to the necromantic arts, communion with the dead, ect. 39 g amon amon, the devourer, a werewolf demon whom is a significant initia

ead. he will come forth with his ministers who sound great trumpets. murmur is a spirit of necromancy, who constrains shades of the dead and the deceased to come forth and answer the sorcerer. murmus was once an angel of the order of thrones but now governs 30 legions of spirits. murmur may also, at the command of the sorcerer, send forth shades of the dead to encircle the self and strengthen the astral body and to bring voices of insight or divination unto the witch summoning. he may also send the shades of the dead, often infernal spirits to haunt those who the sorcerer may desire. 3 orobas orobas is the fifty-fifth spirit who is a great prince. he appears in the form of a two legged horse, who will put on a human form at the desire of the magician. he inspires divination and brings impu

GOLDEN DAWN RITUALS Z2

elineation of blind forces, and the awakening of the same by its proper formulation. g. formulating clearly to the mind the form intended to be taken. h. the actual invocation aloud of the form desired to be assumed to formulate before you, the statement of the desire of the operator and the reason thereof. i. announcement aloud that all is now ready for the operation of the transformation of the astral body. the magician mentally places the form as nearly as circumstances permit in the position of the enterer, himself taking the place of the hierophant, holding his wand by the black portion ready to commence the oration aloud. j. let him now repeat a powerful exorcism of the shape into which he desires to transform himself, using the names, etc, belonging to the plane, planet, or other ei

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e l.b.r.p. step 2 perform the b.r.h. step 3 opening by watchtower. step 4 go to the northwest, facing west, perform the rending of the veil "in the name of yjla ydc and in the name of layrbg who carries the souls of the dead away from the body, i tear assunder the veil between this world and the world of the dead, the underworld, the world where osiris is ruler and king" step 5 formulate your own astral body of light, vibrating your earthly name. the shell of the nephesch should be facing east. make the closing of the veil followed by the sign of silence. face east with the shell standing behind you outside of the veil. step 6 go to the east and and perform the invoking ritual of the supernals "supernal splendor which dwellest in the light to which no man can approach, wherein is mystery a

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mula of the middle pillar, infuse the sphere of sensation with the briatic color of dwsy (purple) until the adept feels fully integrated in the yesodic astral current. let the adept now astrally perform the s.i.r.h. of trapt, reciting the divine names and rising in the planes to trapt, the place of the a. the adept now stands in trapt under the light of rtk. step 6 let the adept now integrate his astral body with the rose color of the king scale of trapt with the divine light of rtk above his or her head glowing ever brighter. let the adept now astrally perform the invocation of the supernals. step 7 upon connection and reception of the divine white brilliance of rtk, let the adept make the l.v.x. signs (keeping his hands in the form of osiris risen. 4 step 8 let the adept now recite the f

GRERALD SCHUELER AN ADVANCED GUIDE TO ENOCHIAN MAGICK

of the ego is called nirvana. it involves a magical shift in your sense of identity. your sense of identity will shift from the human personality to the spiritual individuality. this shift in identity is necessary to safely cross the abyss and directly confront the holy guardian angel in zid. 11 the goals of enochian magick "the first step is the separation of (what we call, for convenience) the astral body from the physicai body. as our experiments proceed, we find that our astral body itself can be divided into grosser and subtler components. in this way we become aware of the existence of what we can, for convenience, the holy guardian angel, ami the more we realize the implications of the theory of the existence of such a being, the clearer it becomes that our supreme task is to put o

gical system views man as a microcosm of the macrocosmic world. as the physical earth is the lowest of a series of expressions, so your physical body is but the lowest of a graduated series. this view accords well with both eastern and western occultism. you have a body or vehicle to correspond with each cosmic plane. immediately aboye or behind the physical body is the etheric body. next, is the astral body followed by the mental and spiritual bodies. the physical body is the vehicle through which you view and interact with the physical cosmic plane. the astral body is the vehicle through which you view and interact with the astral cosmic plane whose symbolic cosmic element is water. the physical body is limited by a ring-pass-not to the physical cosmic plane. the etheric body is limited

l and spiritual bodies. the physical body is the vehicle through which you view and interact with the physical cosmic plane. the astral body is the vehicle through which you view and interact with the astral cosmic plane whose symbolic cosmic element is water. the physical body is limited by a ring-pass-not to the physical cosmic plane. the etheric body is limited to the etheric cosmic plane. the astral body cannot enter the mental cosmic plane, and so on. man below the first aethyr lil is dualistic. however, aboye lil, man is monadic. this monadic nature, often called "monadic essence" in occult terminology, is symbolized by a circle with a point in the center as shown in the figure on the following page. the cirde's center is a geometric point of consciousness often called a "consciousne

se. this involves those t radi t ional magical operations wherein deities or demons are brought into material izat ion or physical embodiment under your conscious control. 2. out of body traveling. the second operation consists of leaving the physi cal cosmic plane and traveling through the subtle cosmic planes that surround the earth in your subtle body. this is sometimes called traveling in the astral body, or astral traveling. however, the enochian system views the astral as only one of several cosmic planes and therefore prefers to cali the process traveling in the spirit vision. the terco spirit vision implies maintaining a consciousness which is higher than the normal brain consciousness. traveling in the spirit vision differs from dreaming in that you must retain full consciousness

the peaceful shore of a river. watch the river of your thoughts flow by you. know 171 yourself to be separate from your thoughts. this "shore" is called the tranquil state. abide in it as you watch your thoughts rise and fall. concentrate on the shore, not on the river. whatever thought comes to your mind, do not react to it, but let it pass. any reaction will stir emotions and pull you into your astral body. remain in the mental body, without emotion of any kind. do not control or direct your thoughts but let them come to you as they will. watch them. do not react to them. do not judge them. do not try to stop or change them. continue in the tranquil state for as long as you can. step 5. go back to step 2 and repeat the exercises through step 4 for as many times as you can. step 6. record

natural condition of spirituality in order to master nia and rise above the ring-pass-not that encloses it. 211 tor, stability in change to beget is to die; to die is to beget. cast the seed into the field of night. aleister crowley, book of lies after you have mastered the lower seven aethyrs, you will be ready to pass through the ring-pass-not above nia. this ring-pass- not will not allow your astral body to enter. you must leave your astral body on the astral plane in the same way that you leave your physical body on the physical plane when you travel to any of the aethyrs. you must be able to travel in the mental body in order to enter the 23rd aethyr, tor. also, as a preparation for tor, you are advised to carefully study the formula of kal. as soon as you enter tor you will see symb

initiations as you will undergo in pop and zen will prepare you for entering zax. initiation in the great outer abyss is best left until you are well along in your development. meanwhile, there is an appropriate initiation waiting at each ring-pass-not. these rings are shown in figure 2. the first of these is at the top of nia. in order to pass beyond nia into tor, you must be able to leave your astral body in the same way that you must leave your physical body to enter tex or any other aethyr above tex. your astral body cannot enter tor or any aethyr above tor. in the same way, your mental body cannot enter zax or any aethyr above zax. what does in fact pass through these aethyrs is your consciousness divorced of personality. this divorcing process is the purpose of the initiation in zen

HELENA BLAVATSKY THE KEY TO THEOSOPHY

so to say "spiritual" spiritualism, we do believe, most decidedly. q. do you reject the phenomena also? a. assuredly not-save cases of conscious fraud. q. how do you account for them, then? a. in many ways. the causes of such manifestations are by no means so simple as the spiritualists would like to believe. foremost of all, the deus ex machina of the so-called "materializations" is usually the astral body or "double" of the medium or of someone present. this astral body is also the producer or operating force in the manifestations of slate-writing "davenport"-like manifestations, and so on. q. you say usually-then what is it that produces the rest? a. that depends on the nature of the manifestations. sometimes the astral remains, the kamalokic "shells" of the vanished personalities that

hese seven aspects by drawing two tables. theosophical division of the lower quaternary sanskrit term exoteric meaning explanation 1. rupa, or sthula-sarira physical body is the vehicle of all the other principles during life. 1. prana life, or vital principle necessary only to a, c, d, and the functions of the lower manas, which embrace all those limited to the (physical) brain (c) linga- sarira astral body the double, the phantom body. page 45 the key to theosophy- hp blavatsky.txt (d) kamarupa the seat of animal desires and passions this is the center of the animal man, where lies the line of demarcation which separates the mortal man from the immortal entity. theosophical division of the upper imperishable triad sanskrit term exoteric meaning explanation (e) manas-a dual principle in i

yptians revered the "one-only-one" as nout; and it is from this word that anaxagoras got his denomination nous, or as he calls it, nous autokrates "the mind or spirit self-potent, the archetes kinedeos, the leading motor, or primum-mobile of all. with him the nous was god, and the logos was man, his emanation. the nous is the spirit (whether in kosmos or in man, and the logos, whether universe or astral body, the emanation of the former, the physical body being merely the animal. our external powers perceive phenomena; our nous alone is able to recognize their noumena. it is the logos alone, or the noumenon, that survives, because it is immortal in its very nature and essence, and the logos in man is the eternal ego, that which reincarnates and lasts forever. but how can the evanescent or

h, that their original did spring from kings, and many monarchs now, whose fathers were the riff-raff of their age alter the word fathers into egos-and you will have the truth. on the kamaloka and devachan on the fate of the lower principles q. you spoke of kamaloka, what is it? a. when the man dies, his lower three principles leave him forever; i.e, body, life, and the vehicle of the latter, the astral body or the double of the living man. and then, his four principles-the central or middle principle, the animal soul or kamarupa, with what it has assimilated from the lower manas, and the higher triad find themselves in kamaloka. the latter is an astral locality, the limbus of scholastic theology, the hades of the ancients, and, strictly speaking, a locality only in a relative sense. it ha

tered through great spiritual development and "growth in holiness" they are called the aryamarga. the degrees of arhatship, called respectively srotapatti, sakridagamin, anagamin, and arhat, or the four classes of aryas, correspond to the four paths and truths. aspect the form (rupa) under which any principle in septenary man or nature manifests is called an aspect of that principle in theosophy. astral body the ethereal counterpart or double of any physical body-doppelg nger. astrology the science which defines the action of celestial bodies upon mundane affairs, and claims to foretell future events from the positions of the stars. its antiquity is such as to place it among the very earliest records of human learning. it remained for long ages a secret science in the page 145 the key to t

ar above the region of sensuous perception, and out of the world of matter. lit, contemplation. the six stages of dhyani differ only in the degrees of abstraction of the personal ego from sensuous life. dhyani-chohans (sans) lit "the lords of light" the highest gods, answering to the roman catholic archangels. the divine intelligences charged with the supervision of kosmos. double the same as the astral body or "doppelg nger" ecstasis (gr) a psycho-spiritual state; a physical trance which induces clairvoyance, and a beatific state which brings on visions. ego (lat "i; the consciousness in man of the "i am i" or the feeling of i-am-ship. esoteric philosophy teaches the existence of two egos in man, the mortal or personal, and the higher, the divine or impersonal, calling the former "persona

a roman saint solemnly beatified a few years ago. his great holiness consisted in sitting at one of the gates of rome night and day for forty years, and remaining unwashed through the whole of that time, the result of which was that he was eaten by vermin to his bones. lao-tzu (chin) a great sage, saint, and philosopher, who preceded confucius. law of retribution (see karma. linga-shar ra (sans "astral body" i.e, the aerial symbol of the body. this term designates the doppelg nger, or the "astral body" of man or animal. it is the eidolon of the greeks, the vital and prototypal body, the reflection of the man of flesh. it is born before man and dies or fades out with the disappearance of the last atom of the body. logos (gr) the manifested deity with every nation and people; the outward ex

INITIATION INTO HERMETICS

s of the various magnetic and electric fluids on the grossly material plane. but the interested reader who has decided to walk on the path of initiation and will not be deterred by the study of the principles, will find out by himself all about the varieties of powers and properties. the fruits and the insights he earned, in the course of his studies, will indemnify him amply. 11. the soul or the astral body through subtler vibrations of the elements, through the electric and the magnetic fluid of their polarity, the man proper, the soul has proceeded from the akasa principle or the finer etheric vibrations. in the same way as the elements are functioning in the material body, the soul or the so-called astral body will behave. the four-pole magnet, with its specific qualities, connects or

soul is not identical with the occultists aura i shall speak of later. the astral matrix or the electromagnetic fluid is the connecting link between the body and soul. the fiery principle causes in the soul what is constructive, the principle of water causes the animating, the principle of air is balancing, and the earth principle causes what is thriving, compound and preserving in the soul. the astral body is performing exactly the same functions as the material body. man has been fitted with the five senses corresponding to the five elements, of which the astral body or the soul, with the help of the bodily senses, makes use to receive perceptions of the physical world. our immortal spirit realizes this receiving and operating of the five senses through the astral and the material body

responding to the five elements, of which the astral body or the soul, with the help of the bodily senses, makes use to receive perceptions of the physical world. our immortal spirit realizes this receiving and operating of the five senses through the astral and the material body. why this spirit is immortal will be explained in a later chapter. without any activity of the spirit in the soul, the astral body would be without life and dissolve itself into its components. as the spirit would not be able to operate without the intervention of the soul, the astral body is the seat of all the qualities the immortal spirit has. according to its development and maturity, spirit has a different electric or magnetic fluid vibration, which becomes outwardly patent, in soul, in the four temperaments

ospection. hence, a man s temperament influences his character, and both together, in their effect as total result, are creating the emanation of the soul or the aura. this is also the reason for high adepts or saints always being represented in the images with a halo identical to the aura we have described. besides the character, the temperament and the activity of the electromagnetic fluid, the astral body still has two centers in the brain, the cerebrum being the seat of normal consciousness, whilst in the cerebellum, there is the opposite to the normal consciousness, the sub-conscious. as to their functions, see the chapter concerning the spirit. as it has been said before, according to the elements, the soul is divided in exactly the same way as the body. the psychic functions, powers

ion. occultists and spiritualists and most of religions name the astral pane the world beyond. however, the adept knows very well that there is no such thing as hence and beyond and feels no fear of death, which concept is quite strange to him. if, by the disintegrating work of the elements or a sudden breakup, the astral matrix which is connecting matter between the grossly material body and the astral body has got loose, then will happen what we commonly call death, which, however, in reality is nothing else but a passage from the terrestrial world to the astral world. backed up by this law, the adept knows no fear of death, being convinced that he will not approach uncertainty. through his control of the elements, besides many other things, he also can achieve a slackening of the astral

call death, which, however, in reality is nothing else but a passage from the terrestrial world to the astral world. backed up by this law, the adept knows no fear of death, being convinced that he will not approach uncertainty. through his control of the elements, besides many other things, he also can achieve a slackening of the astral matrix, which will result i a spontaneous separation of the astral body from the mortal frame. thus he will be able to visit the remotest regions, transfer himself into various planes in the form of his astral body. this is the positive explanation of so many tales in which saints have been seen at the same time in different places and even have been working there. the astral plane has various kinds of inhabitants. first of all, there are the deceased ones

the deceased ones who having left the earth are abiding in the corresponding density-degree, according to their spiritual maturity, which is designated by various religions as heaven or hell, the adepts seeing only symbols therein. the nobler, purer and the more perfect an entity happens to be, all the purer and finer will be the density-degree of the inhabited astral plane. little by little, the astral body is dissolving, until it has become suitable to the degree of vibrations of the respective step of the astral level, or identical with it. as you see, this identification depends on the maturity and the spiritual perfection the entity concerned achieved on this earth. besides, the astral plane is inhabited by many other beings of which i am mentioning only some species here. there are t

ISIS UNVEILED

en for a few years of infancy begins again. the astral soul is placed between matter (body) and the highest intellect (its immortal spirit or noiu. which of those two will conquer? the result of the battle of life lies between the triad. it is a question of a few years of physical enjoyment on earth and if it has begotten abuse of the dissolution of the earthly body being followed by death of the astral body, which thus is prevented from being united with the highest spirit of the triad which alone confers on us individual immort^ty; or on the other hand of becoming tnunortal myatae; initiated before the death of the body into the divine truths of the after-life. demi-gods below, and gods above; 4th edil digitizecoy google the subuhest part op the epofteia 113 such was the chi^ object of t

ile the tlbeun buddhiata prodouiice their invocationa aa fodows: nan-mm fo-lhit-gt, ivan-imm rfta-ma-iw, jvim'uait s nf-ki -y, see alao jmimal atutique, tome til, p. 286. 232. llu bodv of man hi> coat of ikiu ia an inert maat of matter, per te; it is but the wnfunl living body within the man that is considei d as the man's body nopa, aad it is tliat which, together with tlic fontal soul or purely astral body, directly con- nected with the imidortal spirit, codstitutea the trinity of man. digitizecoy google how human spmrrs can be conpeebbd with 115 whm ibia trinitf, in anticipation of the final triumphant reunion beyond the gates of corporeal death becomes for a few seconds a unitt. that the candidate is allowed, at the moment of the initiation, to behold his future self. thus we read in t

ddhist vifisidna-^kandha, that principu that lieet from karma and ibe skavdha (groups. it is the latter, the metaphysic- al personations of the 'deeds' of man, whether good or bad, which after the death of his body incarnate themselves, so to say, and form their many invisible but never-dying compounds into a new body, or rather into an ethereal being, the doun* of what man was morally. it is the astral body of the kabalist and the 'incarnated deeds' which form the new sentient self as its ahankdra (the ego. self-consciousness, given to it by the sovereign master (the breath of god, and which can never perish, for it is immortal per se,uaa spirit; hence the sufferings of the newly-bom sdf, till it rids itself of every earthly thought, desire and passion. we now see that the 'four mysteries

K AMBER THE BASICS OF MAGICK

ents described man as mind, body, and soul. psychologists of the twentieth century added the subconscious to that deffinition. this produces a four-fold classification. the universe is also divided into four corresponding parts('worlds, as shown below: world body quality= spiritual world spiritual body (soul or kia) intuition mental world mental body (conscious mind) rational thought astral world astral body (subconscious) emotions physical world physical body physical senses the astral body (subconscious) is the intermediary for intuition, magical and psychic phenomena, and is the 'psychic link' to the physical world. most occult and magical phenomena originate in the invisible, non-sensate, the basics of magick get any book for free on: www.abika.com 10 non-physical realm (ie. without ph

pics (for independent study) 1) examine the differences between western magick and oriental magick. 2) how do medieval grimoirs follow the basic ritual pattern? book list p.e.i. bonewitz, real magic. david conway, magic: an occult primer (or ritual magic. aleister crowley, magick in theory and practice. denning and phillips, creative visualization. ophiel, creative visualization. a.e. powell, the astral body, the mental body. joseph weed, wisdom of the ancient masters. julian wilde, grimoire of chaos magick* magick 8- healing and banishing* psychic or spiritual healing is a human potential we all possess. some people are especially good at this. it is probably easier to heal someone else by occult means than yourself. in addition to healing in the presence of the person, there is 'absent h

ody experiences. richard a. greene, the handbook of astral projection. herbert greenhouse, the astral journey. jack london, star rover (historical occult novel. janet mitchell, out of body experiences. robert monroe, journeys out of the body. the basics of magick get any book for free on: www.abika.com 35 robert e. moser, mental and astral projection. muldoon and carrington, the projection of the astral body. ophiel, the art and practice of astral projection. a.e. powell, the astral body. d. scott rogo, leaving the body. j.m. shay, out of the body consciousness. susy smith, the enigma of out-of-the-body travel. brad steiger, the mind travelers. yram, practical astral projection- the following is from magickal blend magazine, a bay-area periodical that publishes four editions a year. the ma

LEADBEATER C W THE HIDDEN LIFE IN FREEMASONRY 2E

nd of certain precious stones, each of which vibrates at its own rate and has its own value. such things are not usually of importance so great that we need give much time to their consideration, but they all have their effects, and are therefore not to be entirely neglected by wise people. 328. the incense used in the lodge tends to purify that part of man fs nature which is sometimes called the astral body, as it is made of gums which give off an intensely cleansing vibration. in this respect its effect is analogous to the sprinkling of a disinfectant, which will spread about in the air and destroy undesirable germs, though in this case the operation is on higher levels and in finer matter. it has also the effect of attracting denizens of the inner worlds whose presence is helpful to our

driving away those which are unsuitable. 329. two of the most important constituents of such incense as is useful for our work are benzoin and olibanum. the benzoin is a vigorous purifier, and tends to drive away all coarse or sensuous feelings and thoughts. the olibanum has nothing to do with that, but it creates a devotional and restful atmosphere, and tends to stimulate those vibrations in the astral body which make people responsive to higher things. attar of roses is also useful, and adds greatly to the effect produced. 330. if the incense is intelligently magnetized its strength is increased enormously; for example, by putting into olibanum the definite force of the will in the direction of calmness and devotion, its influence may be increased by perhaps a hundredfold. that is why th

o be in their neighbourhood can enter in and possess it. while they are wasting their strength in wrangling over points of no importance, the whole tone of their mental bodies is being steadily deteriorated by the influences which are flowing into it. such a man should learn to tyle his mental body, so that only those thoughts may enter it which he as an ego really approves. 366. the lodge of the astral body must be tyled also, for it is even more difficult to resist the surging of emotions than the pressure of thoughts. the majority of emotions in the world are ill-directed, being motived by selfishness in some one among its many protean forms- jealousy, envy, pride, anger, or intolerance. to keep our own feelings pure and high, to retain the philosophical calm which is as necessary for r

s doing that be is supposed to be gaining complete control of his astral nature; that is the special work of this degree as far as self-development is concerned, though of course the mason is trying to perfect himself in every way all the time. the k c s of the second degree indicate that the physical work is complete, and that the f.c. has still two planes to conquer. he is engaged in making his astral body into a perfect instrument for the expression of high emotion, and is at the same time learning to gain control of his mind. in this stage a mason should be making every day some advances in masonic knowledge, till presently the mind will no longer be wayward and fickle, but controlled. at this point he will pass on to the third degree, and then the k c s indicate that he has but one pl

d enter upon this new field of life, calm, and ready to receive without agitation whatever may come. 495. the i.g, having performed his office, has nothing further to do with the candidate. this we may take as indicating the fact that the man should withdraw entirely from his etheric double as soon as may be after entering the portal of death. he is now taken in hand by the j.d, who signifies the astral body in which the newly deceased has to live for a time. 496. the candidate now kneels at the left of the s.w. while the r.w.m. invokes the blessing of the ministers of t.g.a.o.t.u. and that of the most worthy and venerable master of the wisdom, who is the h.o.a.t.f. throughout the world. once more a true name is sounded, and the great master and others stand ready to help the candidate to

passed into a quiet region, symbolizing the higher sub-planes of the underworld, whereinto the rougher, harsher sounds did not penetrate, though still there was some disharmony amid the souls. 511. it is not inappropriate that life in the astral plane after death should be thought of as a journey, or a series of journeys. the gdead h person does go through a series of well-marked changes, as his astral body becomes more and more purified by the elimination of its denser grades of matter. during life the man fs emotions have been acting like magnets, drawing into the astral body coarse astral matter of the lower regions when they have been base, and fine matter of the higher levels when they have been lofty. after death the man has to sojourn on each of these levels in turn until he has el

fied by the elimination of its denser grades of matter. during life the man fs emotions have been acting like magnets, drawing into the astral body coarse astral matter of the lower regions when they have been base, and fine matter of the higher levels when they have been lofty. after death the man has to sojourn on each of these levels in turn until he has eliminated its grade of matter from his astral body. the mason who knows this meaning of the symbolical journeys will be prepared after death to use his will so as to vanquish his lower emotions, free himself quickly of the heavier matter, and pass rapidly onward into the heaven-world. 512. the third symbolical journey is trodden in the perfect silence that typifies the highest part of the astral plane, on the very borders of the heaven

LEADBEATER CW GLIMPSES OF MASONIC HISTORY

ge; but it has its meaning, and any investigator who has ever had the privilege of seeing the mighty four will at once recognize that s. john and the prophet ezekiel had seen them too, however inadequate are their descriptions. the beast with the face of a man stands for the physical body (earth; the ox or the bull (as in the case of the bull of mithra and the apis bull) typifies the emotional or astral body (water; the lion symbolizes the will or the mental aspect (air; and the soaring eagle is taken to indicate the spiritual side of man s nature (fire. the egyptian forms were a little different; but the same four elements and their rulers are depicted in that ancient symbolism, which indeed we find in all religions. there is a four-faced brahma; there is the fourfold jupiter, who is aeri

he universal christ who is born into the heart of man, and his mystic birth is the purpose of the first great initiation. 191. if the candidate had not already passed through them, as most students in the mysteries would have done, he had at this stage to undergo the trials by earth, water, air and fire, learning with absolute certainty that none of these elements could in any way harm him in the astral body. all this was preparatory to the taking up of service on the astral plane, for the initiate had to fit himself to become a trained and useful servant of humanity both in this and in the other world. 192. the second great initiation corresponds to that stage of the christ-life which is typified by the baptism, in which an expansion of the intellectual faculties takes place, just as a wo

any were interested in one or other of the systems of philosophy. 358. this inner school was kept secret, so that none even of the initiates knew of its existence until actually received into it. the dress of the mystae was the dappled fawn-skin (nebris(*recherches sur les mysteres du paganisme. par m. le baron de sainte-croix. ed, paris, 1817. tome i, p. 347) a fitting emblem of the uncontrolled astral body, which in this 1 had to be trained and brought into subjection by the will. this dress corresponded with the leopard-skin worn by the egyptian priests, and the tiger or antelope skin so often used by the eastern yogis. 359. the greater mysteries 360. the greater mysteries were held at eleusis in the month of september (boedromion, and in connection with their celebration all greece wen

cord, ending in the medulla, while the serpents were symbolical of the two channels called in eastern terminology ida and pingala; and the fire enclosed within it was the serpent-fire which in sanskrit is called kundalini. it was laid by the hierophant against the back of the candidate, and thus used as a strong magnetic instrument in order to awaken the forces latent within him, and to free the astral body from the physical, so that the candidate might pass in full consciousness to the higher planes. to help him in the efforts that lay before him the priest in this way gave the aspirant some of his own magnetism. this rod of power was of the greatest importance, and we can understand why it was regarded with so much awe when we realize something of its occult potency. 379. there was also

LIBER CLXV A MASTER OF THE TEMPLE

gave fra. v.i.o. fresh confidence, and we find records of experiments at once. ed] nov. 27, 11:6 to 11:28 p.m. astral journey. rising on the planes. will try and recount this experience in detail as it was somewhat different from any previous experiment. after prayer, formulated astral enclosing body and began to rise. tried to ascend middle pillar. dark blue, then more purple. presently found my astral body in a sort of open temple square with 4 pillars for corners, open sides and a high domed roof. in the centre the equinox 164 of the floor was a circular basin of water. someone said (of the water) it is thyself (or thy mind. could distinguish nothing for some time. presently a star appeared in the centre of the pool, evidently reflected through a circular hole in centre of roof. looking

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p. it fs the hour for heroic measures or else to say: a good night fs rest, and start fresh in the morning! i suppose, as usual, i shall say the first and do the second. 12.45. have risen, washed, performed the ritual .thee i invoke, the bornless one. physically. 1 [j.f.c. fuller] john st. john 51 the result fair. one gets better magical sight and feeling when one is performing a ritual in one fs astral body, so called. for one is on the same plane as the things one fs dealing with. if, however, serious work is wanted, one must be all there. to get .materialized .spirits..pardon the absurd language!.one should (nay, must) work inside one.s body. so, too, i think, for the highest spiritual work; for that work extends from malkuth to kether. here is the great value of the rationalistic easte

d say, unpath.d waters. we are getting dangerously near .mental arsenic. and .all.god.good.bones.truth. lights.liver.mind.blessing. heart.one and not of a series.ante and pass the buck. the common sense of the practical man of the world is good enough for me! 1.10. will g. r. s. mead or somebody wise like that tell me why it is that if i get out of my body and face (say) east, i can turn (in the .astral body) as far as west-sou.-west or thereabouts, but no further except with very great difficulty and after long practice? in making the circle, just as i got to west, i would swing right back to west- nor.-west: turn easily enough, in short, to any point but due west, within perhaps 5, but never pass that point. i have taught myself to do it, but always with an effort. is this a common exper

; i think because the main thoroughfares radiate from stars, and so the angles puzzle one. the power, too, suits ill with civilized life; it fades as i live in towns, revives as i get back to god.s good earth. a seven-foot tent and the starlight.who wants more? 1.35. well, i.ve woke myself writing this. the point that really struck me was this: what would happen if by severe training i forced my .astral body..damn it! isn ft there a term for it free from l .prostitution (one speaks of .les deux prostitutions; so it fs all right) my scin-laca, then.what would happen if i forced my scin-laca to become a whirling dervish? i couldn.t get giddy, because my semicircular canals would be at rest. i must really try the experiment [scin-laca. see lord lytton.s strange story .ed] liber dccclx 54 1.58

LIBER LVII

urse, of that marvellous stream that pours its living waters into the ocean of apodeictic certainty, the truth that is infinite in its infinity as the primal truth which which it is identical is infinite in its unity. 1 [an archaic norweigian term, loosely .shining ghost. crowley borrowed it from a bulwer-lytton novel (zanoni or a strange story, i cannot remember which) and used it to denote the .astral body. t.s] 2 [the previous installment of temple of solomon the king, in equinox i (4. t.s] on the qabalah 5 need we say that we speak of the holy qabalah? o science secret, subtle, and sublime, who shall name thee without veneration, without prostration of soul, spirit, and body before thy divine author, without exaltation of soul, spirit, and body as by his favour they bathe in his lustra

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il azazel. in islamic lore, azazel is the same as eblis and considered by other lore as the first star (in reference to any angels) which would reveal him as lucifer. azoth the beginning and end in its spiritual aspect, azoth is a form of life and death. from between comes the possibility of manifestation. ba- the soul in egyptian mythology. when the immortal physically dies, the ba, which is the astral body, lives on within the tomb and beyond. ba may be seen as the evil 34 genius of earth bound force often presented in egyptian lore as a human headed bird. the ba is the psyche and force which exists beyond the veil. balefire ritual fire used in coven gatherings. black flame the illuminated essence of being, the concept that we perceive ourselves and our separate aspect from the natural o

ian angel, the spirit of light and perfection in itself. 35 kapala- human skull cap consecrated as a drinking cup or chalice. pathally used in tibetan chod rites. lycanthropy assumption of astral and conscious transformation in to an animal form. used in dreaming projection and atavistic rituals. manes the shadow of the dead, spirit forms which may be controlled and absorbed by the sorcerer s own astral body. one may feed the servitors themselves from this, that they may take their shadow and from your will form their shapes in darkness in whatever fashion you so desire. necromancy evocation and communion with the dead. sabbat- the meeting of witches in the dream plane, the secret arcana of leaving the body. there are two aspects of the sabbat, the empyrean/celestial (of air the luciferian

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n applied indiscriminately by the church fathers to elementals. the incubus and succubus, however, are evil and unnatural creations, whereas elementals is a collective term for all the inhabitants of the four elemental essences. according to paracelsus, the incubus and succubus (which are male and female respectively) are parasitical creatures subsisting upon the evil thoughts and emotions of the astral body. these terms are also applied to the superphysical organisms of sorcerers and black magicians. while these larv are in no sense imaginary beings, they are, nevertheless, the offspring of the imagination. by the ancient sages they were recognized as the invisible cause of vice because they hover in the ethers surrounding the morally weak and continually incite them to excesses of a degr

rt with these denizens of the astral plane. the houris seen by the hasheesh or opium addict and the lurid monsters which torment the victim of delirium tremens are examples of submundane beings, visible only to those whose evil practices are the magnet for their attraction. differing widely from the elementals and also the incubus and succubus is the vampire, which is defined by paracelsus as the astral body of a person either living or dead (usually the latter state. the vampire seeks to prolong existence upon the physical plane by robbing the living of their vital energies and misappropriating such energies to its own ends. in his de ente spirituali paracelsus writes thus of these malignant beings "a healthy and pure person cannot become obsessed by them, because such larv can only act u

MASTERING WITCHCRAFT

bly in its aim. on an earlier page, i referred to a certain use of the witches' cord wherein it is used by the practitioner to bind himself. this is done on two occasions. first, many witches believe that by restricting the use of limbs and blocking up the avenues of the senses, the inherent witch power can be let free to wander abroad, either in an invisible form as a disembodied and clairvoyant astral body, or a semiembodied, half-materialized fetch. the witches' cord itself is often used for this purpose of immobilization. for the sensory deprivation itself, a mask is worn, covering the entire head but leaving the mouth free to breathe. this is sometimes referred to as a witches' cradle or witches' bridle (not to be confused with the old scottish instrument of torture of the same name

MEANING OF MASONRY

elements in balanced proportions" water" represents the psychic nature "air" the mentality" fire" the will and nervous force; whilst" earth" is the condensation in which the other three become stabilized and encased. but it is an oblongated (or duplicated) square, because man's organism does not consist of his physical body alone. the physical body has its" double" or ethereal counterpart in the astral body, which is an extension of the physical nature and a compound of the same four elements in an impalpable and more tenuous form. the oblong spatial form of the lodge must therefore be considered as referable to the physical and ethereal nature of man in the conjunction in which they in fact consist in each of us. the four sides of the lodge have a further significance. the east of the lo

MICHAEL FORD A RITE OF THE WEREWOLF

is mighty angel12 is a revealed source of black light, or intelligence/development/wisdom. lucifer is also a source of brilliance, a state of gnosis from which the sabbatic practitioner emerges. it is in this highest empyrean13 realms of which light is best experienced, the air and astral plane, from which all wind rushes about you like a tornado, where flame and sun envelopes your being and your astral body is purified by flame. the embodiment of wisdom in western occultism is view in the anthropomorphic form of baphomet, called also the sabbatic goat14. the baphometic angel-daemon who resides above a globe (solar) sphere inbetween twilight and night, two moons, the dark (hecate) and the light (lilith or yram-satrina. to the initiate however, lucifer or the baphometic spirit becomes a sta

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aveling/meeting with another, then this can be done through an induced trance and then sleep. many actually are able to lie down and astrally project, while i have developed this ability, my own preference and greatest experiences are obtained from the dream/astral travel, from which all my true desires become flesh. it is up to the individual to distinguish lucid dreams from events involving the astral body. you will find perhaps- as i have- that when truly operating on the astral/dream plane, when waking occurs, you will feel a wild jerk back into your body. one should prepare for the dream by lighting the candle and focusing intensely upon the varcolaci sigil. as you are lying down, relaxed, feel yourself begin to enter the pentagram. feel the wind blow violently in your mind as you ent

pirit, the pentagram by the green man, pan or the witches sabbat goat. remember success is based upon an intent focus of will and investment in belief. belief, desire and will are the power points of success in any working. the kangling is an instrument that may be implemented within your own temple. a kangling is a tibetan instrument in origin used to call the shades of the dead to feast on your astral body. this is specifically used in pre-buddhist chud rites, which act as an elevation of the spirit into the astral plane, luciferian sorcery in nature. the kangling, made of the human thigh bone, is a shade evoking trumpet used in an ancient ritual called cutting of the ego which meant luciferian ascension through disassociation. primarily, the instrument was developed through the bon po p

ling counter-clockwise and intone: i summon the mighty dead from the spaces of silence from which the grave cradles. i give you life by blood and by soil, by the essence of my being. emerge from your sleep of death and encircle my being, protecting my body as i dream and walk the web of night. as thanatos i require your service, for we are bound by the laws of death. the shade will feed from your astral body while you dream, giving it nourishment to perform the duties of its creation. i have found such shades are forced away from the body when you arrive back in the flesh. 59 59 the witches alphabet proves a powerful method of scribing ones own magical name on ones instruments of the craft, or inscribing sigils (if you wish a simple means of creating sigils. the witches alphabet, as it is

m. the scent was beautiful and cold, the smell of the dead floated through the air. covering all in a blanket of decay. this was not the rotting smell mind you, nothing so sickening, it was an ancient scent reminiscent of the dead. the dead in the room had another characteristic along with their 113 113 white eyeballs. they were also surrounded by a gray-blue colored energy field, which was their astral body. for some reason this form had not faded in death as in most cases, but rested in and around each body. a death-mask of a skull like face covered each head, floating in ghostlike energy. i felt very comfortable here. perhaps the dead were created elementals who served the sexual desires of the witch with whom i had grown mutually fond. swift and sudden came her entrance to that chamber

of unspeakable lust and desire. ivory white and very clean looking, this human bone would prove to be an instrument of joy and desire this evening. the witch lowered it to her vagina and with a stroking, slow pace, proceeded to glide it through her lips and into the entrance. i heard the cries of lust and passion as it began probing into her and her hand began to move slowly in and out. her moist astral body seemed so real and so fine that i was growing in excitement watching. i kept my urges controlled even though my own desire wanted her and the dead very badly. her hand began moving faster and with more lust and intent. the searing sight of human bone going deeper and deeper into her moist opening fully awakened the fire snake of my astral. the contrast of the white bone with the firm

MICHAEL W FORD THE VAMPIRE GATE

our children from themselvesdiscipline- whether it is right or wronglog on to www.taroscopes.com and visit the merchandise page for more informatioimpart one vampyrism, theory& practice vampirism and the astral plane the luciferian creed luciferian will and immortality tiamat the words of the dragon- tiamat energy and blood life essence astral projection preparing the luciferian spirit moving the astral body servitor creation astral vampyrism from the material body types of vampirism vampyrism and nocturnal feeding leaving the physical body absorbing astral energy the chakras and vampyrism angra mainyu the practice of vampyrism part two qlippothic black magick and vampyric sorcery the qlipphoth and their servitors part three vampyric rituals the conjuration of the abyssic dragon the ritual

sciousness moves out of your physical shell, you will no doubt be exposed to the astral plane as it is. there is no set or defined elements within the astral plane there are predators though. in this initiatory process, you will align your mind set as a vampyre magickian or sorcerer, thus creating the part for you to become a predator yourself. your physical body is surrounded and connected by an astral body. this is slightly larger than the physical and can be seen in ritual settings, some types of photography and by certain settings of light. the astral body is affected by the food, mental state, psychical health and more. if you are impaired physically, you need not be in the astral plane. this is the process of developing the will. those who utilize the ritual practice of shape shiftin

ach additional chakra. the luciferian who visualizes the twin serpents coil upward around the spine, out of the shoulders and the connection to akoman in the ajna chakra and shortly after the ahriman aspect above will no doubt hold some results driven workings. control of nervous movements is also important in the storing and strength foundation of the chi energy from not only the chakras but the astral body as well. when performing ahrimanic yoga, focus in the energy 25 spiraling through your spine, allow it to be compressed when breathing into a sphere and then stored accordingly. you may try this before sleeping; it provides a powerful preparation and relaxation practice which will fuel your dreams or nightmares. as in the luciferian path, it is essential to the slowed study and plannin

n guide the light. the black flame glows and illuminates in you, the luciferian spirit surges and is encircled around your being. you do not allow this energy to escape, instead spiral it through your chakras and then up upon the crown of your skull. once this is established move it downward again through a cycled, repetitive motion of spiral force. this serpent power will establish power in your astral body. 4. begin a careful focus of this light within your ajna center between the eyes. imagine this black flame burn so great that it cast a long shadow on all around you. you are the greatest light bearer of them all. now you can see there is no other being as bright as you alone and without any other god. does it feel so bad after all? 5. do not allow this great light to expand higher tha

me, this light, as it grows brighter will begin to cast darker shadows, but also magnify darkness around you until your body itself is cloaked. purple and bluish lightning will electrify the room as it strikes down from this great light. focus the light to move downward through your material body, through your limbs and surrounding your shell. 28 7. once you have done this, now you visualize your astral body looking unto another angel in front of you. it is not as bright yet in a challenging pose. visualize your brilliance of being take hold of it and begin ripping it s essence out as a ball of light from its chest. you shall taste it with your astral mouth, which quickly elongates and sharpens into a draconian fanged serpent your entire astral body turns black and red, the colors of preda

inner light and darkness, how you may motivate your light to control and shape the darkness based on what you wish to achieve. say in your mind: by the essence of lucifer am i god. i will devour as much energy as i can. i am both as lucifer and ahriman, lilith and the darkness of night. i will cast aside doubt and illusion and devour the hindering light of god until i am unchallenged! moving the astral body sit in a chair, legs directly in front of you and finger tips touching each other. your hand from the thumb to the forefinger should be raised to your solar plexus level and your two hands touching should form a type of triangle shape with you looking downward at them. 29 start a careful breathing technique, one, two, three and then add a few more seconds between breathes. you will not

nds between breathes. you will notice you will soon be able to control your heart rate. if you are ever in a situation of being nervous you will be able to utilize this to make yourself think clearly. pressing your fingers together you will want with each exhale to watch and visualize your astral energy to flow through your fingers. this process should continue for several minutes. visualize your astral body the color, the extent of which it is larger than your physical body, etc. you will now want to begin visualizing and moving a sharpened end of your astral body to extend out like a serpent would rise up. this will take some practice but extending the astral from your own body you will notice the tendril can be controlled by your will alone. servitor creation and astral entities creatin

MICHAEL WYNN THE SOUL TRAVELERS

form of their own, are given shape by the dreamer. these beings then hijack the dream, and force all of the dream s events to be centered around the spirit. in the waking hours, the dreamer is no less effected by these spirits, but simply remains unaware of their influence; in the dreaming hours, the subconscious mind makes these entities visible. most occultists believe that in a dream state the astral body has detached from the physical body, allowing the astral form to roam while the material body remains in bed. most people in the dream state do not realize that they re dreaming, but instead accept the reality of their environment; helplessness is a common feeling amongst dreamers because they feel as though they re acting out a role in someone else s movie. lucid dreaming is the oppos

alm that lays directly on top of the material world; the astral, or spirit world is said to be touching every point in our space. these dream-invading spirits are often engaging in more than just play, for it is said that many spirits vampirically feed from the sleeper s life-force. lifeforce is an invisible form of energy that surrounds and empowers the body. the life-force, sometimes called the astral body or aura, surrounds the physical body and usually extends a couple inches or feet outside of the physical body. a human void of lifeforce is dead, regardless of the biological health of the--michael wynn's "the soul travelers" 26 person. during the night (especially while dreaming, the body converts food into life-force and replenishes the body, but in truth the process of creation and

from the garden of eden tells eve that the forbidden fruit will remake her as the gods. that s quite a claim! christians have long interpreted the fruit of eden as fruit of the more literal variety (which is just laughable. and, as stated in chapter 1, the pyramid is also a symbol of humanity s ascension into godhood. the powers of the vampire involve the conscious manipulation and liberty of the astral body. the astral bodies of humans is usually tightly bound to the material body, only in the deepest of dreams, in astral travel, and in death itself will the human experience liberation of the 2 bodies. vampires can fly the night sky while their material bodies remain lying in the bed. vampires may also reach out with their senses and steal lifeforce and even whisper into the minds of othe

thin, silvery threads which act as tubes or channels in which to siphon life-force from the etheric bodies of humans. so even though physical blood does indeed contain the lifeforce, vampires usually feed on humans that have gathered in large groups. in the midst of a human crowd, the vampire can siphon life-force from people as they walk by; this is a common method of feeding among vampires. the astral body of a vampire feeding from a sleeping human is another common method for feeding. places where emotionally-charged humans gather, like churches, dance clubs, and stadiums are perfect feeding grounds for the vampire. if--michael wynn's "the soul travelers" 60 a single human is under continued attack, that person will begin to feel weak, drowsy, and mentally dull. the vampires call themse

into awareness of their vampiric nature; these types may still have access to subtle powers, and may be drawn to occupations where they are the center of attention of a large crowd. there are different types of vampires, and each type is different regarding its balance of material and spirit; some vampires lean towards more spirit, while others lean towards the flesh. the vampire is a being whose astral body is disconnected to their physical, unlike humans whose astral and physical bodies are tightly bound. because of this schism, their energy centers, or chakras, are essentially broken and the life-force produced by these centers cannot sustain the vampire s flesh, and so the vampire is forced to feed from the life-force of humans to compensate. humans, unlike vampires, often produce well

ts consider saturday, the day associated with saturn, to be the true day of sabbath, as opposed to most christians who worship on sunday. in truth, it is sunday, and the sun in general, which is more closely associated with jesus and goodness; whereas saturn is mostly related to satan, death, and evil. the infernal sabbat is a gathering that happens here on earth, but most who attend arrive in an astral body. this earthly sabbat, sometimes called black sabbath, usually occurs in remote and secluded places. it is sometimes the case with the earthly sabbat, that those who attend arrive in their fleshly bodies. most vampires who arrive to the sabbat, do not arrive in the flesh but instead in an astral god form. a god form is an astral body that has been temporarily converted into that of anci

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one candle (black) behind this mirror. place yourself on the pillow and begin a slow meditation on what you consider a vampyre spirit to be. think about each attribute and then think of yourself in relation to it. then hold the mirror and gaze into it. focus and do not allow your mind to wander. command the worlds of darkness to open to you, and then watch yourself transform. will your flesh and astral body to change and morph into a vampyric form you hold identity with. perceive yourself and remember it. you will change in time. if you find yourself frightened or if other shadow forms touch you, a feeling of weakness occurs you should banish immediately and consider not attempting this again. this may be a suggestion of your work in reference to vampyrism and shadow sorcery, both of the

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general preparation for this rite of worship "pure heart--see liber aleph, chapter 65; the preliminary invocation of liber lxv; the obverse of the stele 666. also, the book of the dead (which was never "for the dead. it was the standard manual of astral travel, which people were supposed to practice assiduously while they lived. the mummification had as its purpose to delay the dissolution of the astral body of the deceased so that as much of it as possible went with him or her in the next incarnation, thus providing continuity of consciousness through the lives. but this was a gross artifice, not to be compared with our way, for which see liber aleph, chapters 192-193. the book was put in the tomb or sarcophagus because supposedly the owner had used it constantly, which provided a further

NAGEL CARL AMAZING SECRETS OF OCCULT POWER

spirit world spirits, of whom there are millions, reside in what is known as the astral world, an invisible sphere of existence that duplicates the physical world we live in. it is with the inhabitants of this unseen world that mediums make their contacts at seances. until now, access to this unseen world was only possible with astral travel. this is the phenomenon of consciously projecting your astral body from its physical counterpart. the astral body is an exact duplicate of the physical body. it regularly leaves the body during sleep although there is no memory or sensation of this when you awake. to consciously leave the physical body requires practice and understanding of basic occult laws. once you are out of your body you are, in effect, invisible and the laws of physics no longer

REGARDIE ISRAEL THE COMPLETE GOLDEN DAWN

ntended to be taken. the restriction and definition of this as a clear form and the actual baptism by water and by fire with the order name of the adept. h-the actual invocation aloud of the form desired to be assumed to formulate before you, the statement of the desire of the operator and the reason thereof. i-announcement aloud that all is now ready fo the operation of the transformation of the astral body. the magician mentally places the form as nearly as circumstances permit in the position of the enterer< 176> himself taking the place of the hierophant, holding his wand by the black portion ready to commence the oration aloud. j-let him now repeat a powerful exorcism of the shape into which he desires to transform himself, using the names, etc, belonging to the plane, planet, or othe

a slight variation of this which can be employed, using the formula of the rite of the kerubic stations from the theoricus grade ceremony. if this is added, and the student should certainly experiment with its employment since it produces an astonishingly powerful effect, the total time taken by the ceremony will be around two hours. the result of this addition is to build up more deliberately an astral body of incarnation for the invoked spiritual force. the best place for the insertion of this phase of the ceremony is after the three circumambulations, when the operator has projected the entire force of his will upon the talisman which is placed between the two pillars. in this instance, the following appendix is added to page 221, just prior to the invocation repeated from page 215. i w

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by reflections of other minds, and thus temptations are produced on the one hand, and on the other profound and unexpected graces. the traditional doctrine of two angels who sustain and tempt us is explained in this manner. the two forces of the astral light may be represented by a balance wherein are weighed our good intentions for the triumph of justice and the emancipation of our liberty. the astral body is not always of the same sex as the terrestrial, that is, the proportions of the two forces, varying from right to left, seem frequently to belie the visible organization, producing seeming aberrations of human passion and explaining, while in no wise morally justifying, the amorous peculiarities of anacreon or sappho. a skilful magnetizer should take all these subtle distinctions int

l body is visible; the other is unseen by the eyes of earthly and living bodies, nor can it be beheld except by the application of the astral light to the translucid, which conveys its impressions to the nervous system and thus influences the organ of sight, so that it perceives the forms which are preserved and the words which are written in the book of vital light. when a man has lived well the astral body evaporates like a pure incense ascending towards the superior regions; but should he have lived in sin, his astral body, which holds him prisoner, still seeks the object of its passions and wishes to return to life. it torments the dreams of young girls, bathes in the stream of spilt blood and floats about the places where the pleasures of its life elapsed. it watches over treasures wh

up before it, assume monstrous shapes and pursue it; they attack and devour it. the unfortunate creature thus loses successively all the members which have ministered to his iniquities; then he dies a second time and for ever, because he loses his personality and his memory. souls which are destined to live, but are not yet purified completely, remain captive for a longer or shorter period in the astral body, wherein they are burned by the odic light, which seeks to absorb and dissolve them. it is in order to escape from this body that suffering souls sometimes enter the organisms of the living and dwell therein in that state which kabalists term embryonic. now, it is these aerial bodies which are evoked by necromancy. we enter into communion with larvae, with dead or perishing substances

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ssailed her, and the english may have very well been sincere in regarding her as a witch or a sorceress. as a fact, she was a sorceress unconsciously, herself believing that she acted supernaturally, while she was really disposing of an occult force which is universal and invariably governed by the same laws. the magus-magnetizer should have command of the natural medium, and consequently of that astral body by which our soul communicates with our the medium and mediator 41 organs. he must say to the material body, gsleep! h and to the sidereal body, gdream! h thereupon, the aspect of visible things changes, as in hashish-visions. cagliostro is thought to have possessed this power, and he increased its action by means of fumigations and perfumes; but true magnetic ability should transcend

mpsychosis were true, might one not say that the debauch represented by circe really and materially changes men into swine, seeing that, on this hypothesis, the retribution of vices would be a relapse into animal forms corresponding thereunto? now, metempsychosis, which has been misinterpreted frequently, has a perfectly true side; for animal forms communicate their sympathetic impressions to the astral body of man, which reacts speedily on his lineaments according to the force of his habits. a man of intelligent and passive mildness assumes the inert physiognomy and ways of a sheep, but in somnambulism it is a sheep that is seen, and not a man with a sheepish countenance, as the ecstatic and learned swedenborg experienced a thousand times. in the kabalistic book of daniel the seer, this m

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xalted sight. have seen. a double- man. that is, a superterranean and a subterranean inhabitant perfectly resembling one another in all points, whom [the seer] could. distinguish one from the other. this is kirk's first mention of the double, reflex man or co-walker, a subject which he discusses in several places. although the subject seems to be similar to that of the popularized doppelganger or astral body (astral being a term which is often used indiscriminately today but which had a specific meaning to kirk, he takes care to inform his readers that the double is not a 'projection' or 'thought-form. this concept of 'projection' is possibly found in some of the other instances cited (pages 38 and 44, but as a rule kirk always refers to a reflex or fairy being that http//www.dreampower.co

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y yet, flew continues, the second doctrine consists of an insistence on reconstituting the body with the soul in order to have a complete human person who could then go about the business of being immortal. the flaw, insofar as setian thought goes, is that it depends on an omnipotent power to produce an immortal being. the third doctrine, that of the shadow-man, is basically a belief in a type of astral body, and is an attempt to combine doctrines one and two. the combination sits well with white light practitioners, in that it does not force a great deal of debate and conveniently allows for any number of interpretations of exactly what is meant by spirit/soul/being. it can also be exploited easily enough for those using it in the humpty dumpty way in that it can mean anything they want a

e kind of results. i did. magister menschel had asked me a battery of questions about my xeper. this is how i planned to bring the reality of my xeper into manifestation. the following working is a result of those questions from magister menschel. certain african religions initiate an adept into their systems by a method of trance induction. the devotee is put into a state of hypnosis whereby his astral body goes into the nether world to seek information of importance to himself. sometimes the god form is brought into this reality by means of drumming or dancing. once the adept is possessed, the god or goddess begins to speak. during the speech the information that is given will guide the adept on the correct path, thereby enhancing his/her xeper. such were the results of this rite. the op

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of initiation together with the exaggerated interpretations of blasphemy, sacrifice and sexual depravity whilst little emphasis is placed upon an understanding of the internal form of initiation. this internal initiation has also been likened to the process of rebirth. yet this rebirth is an internal one, which is not simply reduceable to a change of mind but also involves the development of the astral body and, dependant upon which tradition the initiate belongs to, later on of the mental and divine bodies. with some ritual initiations, if they are powerful enough, the astral body of the neophyte may become so strong that the individual will have a spontaneous out of body experience. yet in order for the astral body(5) to be fully developed a long process of inner work must begin and thi

ising a crystal filling with darkness whilst continually chanting the word "chaos" entrance into the abyss, if successful, will result in changes of consciousness that will culminate in the individual himself becoming such a gate between the two worlds. speaking less esoterically this means that the individual will, by virtue of the changes in consciousness that include the crystallisation of the astral body, be able to manifest magical energies without recourse to the procedure of magical ritual. symbolism is therefore no longer necessary although it may still be used by the new master or mistress. the third interpretation of the abyss comes from the society of dark lily who teach that it is symbolic of the journey from initiate to adepthood. as such, the satanist passes through the abyss

ath -an analysis appendix ii re-defining satanism appendix iii satanism and child-abuse notes& references 1. graham, magdalene. re-defining satanism. dark lily 8 (dark lily: london, 1989, p. 10. 2. cavendish, r. the black arts (pan books ltd: london, 1967, p. 331. 3. ibid, p. 331. 4. society of dark lily 'dialogue between adept and pupil' in dark lily 1 (dark lily: london, 1987, p.10. 5. the name astral body is a term used to refer to a magical body created from psychical energy by magical methods such as prolonged visualisation. it is considered to consist of a form of energy that vibrates at a higher level than the physical matter. 6. rhodes, h.t.f. the satanic mass (rider& company: london, 1954. 7. cavendish, richard. the black arts (pan book ltd: london, 1967, p. 345. 8. la vey, anton

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ions: analysis of case histories. london: aquarian press, 1964. eadie, betty j. embraced by the light. new york: bantam books, 1994. kubler-ross, elisabeth. on death and dying. new york: macmillan, 1969. moody, raymond a, jr. life after life. new york: bantam books, 1981. morse, melvin. closer to the light. new york: ivy books, 1991. muldoon, sylvan, and hereward carrington. the projection of the astral body. new york: weiser, 1981. ring, kenneth. life at death. new york: coward, mccann and geoghegan, 1980. steiger, brad. minds through space and time. new york: award books, 1971. steiger, brad and steiger, sherry hansen. children of the light. new york: signet, 1995. the mystery schools the great epic of gilgamesh, which dates back to the early part of the second millennium b.c.e, portrays

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oluntarily given beard the information without any prompting on his part. beard concluded his experiments after this episode for verity s nerves had been much shaken, and she had been obliged to send for a doctor in the morning. sylvan j. muldoon was one of those who claim that astral projection can be learned, developed, and mastered by the serious-minded. in his two books, the projection of the astral body (1929) and the case for astral projection (1936, muldoon offers a detailed record of many experiments he personally conducted, and provides a systematic method of inducing the conditions necessary for astral projection. according to muldoon, it is possible to leave the body at will and retain full consciousness in the astral self. muldoon was also cognizant of a silver cord connecting

in childbirth (where an old body gives birth to a new body; and if such is the case, its severance may mean death. dr. alexander cannon saw the various strata of physical and nonphysical human beings a bit differently. in his sleeping through space (1938, cannon related the view of the master-the-fifth of the great white lodge of the himalayas, kushog vogi of northern tibet, who believed that the astral body surrounds the physical body like an eggshell surrounds the egg within it and is linked up with the physical body by invisible vibrations on the ether in the air being carried to the mind centers on the plexuses of the involuntary nervous system. in cannon s view, the astral body is the scriptural golden bowl and the etheric body is the linking silver cord. the astral body, he wrote, is

it and is linked up with the physical body by invisible vibrations on the ether in the air being carried to the mind centers on the plexuses of the involuntary nervous system. in cannon s view, the astral body is the scriptural golden bowl and the etheric body is the linking silver cord. the astral body, he wrote, is mainly the emotional body and has to do with emotions, moods, and feelings. the astral body is not only linked up with the physical body through the solar plexus, but also linked up with the etheric body through vibrations passing from it through the physical body between the eyes to the top of the etheric body. cannon compared the etheric body to a streak of light running down the front of the t h e g a l e e n c y c l o p e d i a o f t h e u n u s u a l a n d u n e x p l a

theric body. cannon compared the etheric body to a streak of light running down the front of the t h e g a l e e n c y c l o p e d i a o f t h e u n u s u a l a n d u n e x p l a i n e d mysteries of the mind 171 spinal cord of the physical body but independent of either the astral or physical body, whereas the physical body is dependent, through the involuntary sympathetic nervous system, on the astral body, and in turn the astral body is dependent on the etheric body. according to cannon, the east has long believed that when the physical body dies, the astral body containing the etheric body separates from the physical body after three days, and that after years, perhaps centuries, the astral body dies and leaves only the etheric body to become a spirit. the eastern schools of initiation

y. according to cannon, the east has long believed that when the physical body dies, the astral body containing the etheric body separates from the physical body after three days, and that after years, perhaps centuries, the astral body dies and leaves only the etheric body to become a spirit. the eastern schools of initiation, cannon informed, teach the chela (student) how to withdraw his or her astral body under the direction of a master. to achieve such control of the spirit, the student must subject himself or herself to a rigorous and prolonged period of highly intensive and specialized training. such esoteric knowledge, cannon reminded his readers, had been acquired by centuries of effort and experimentation by eastern adepts. the western world is only beginning to be made aware of t

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. you say "triple in substance" has man, then, two souls or two bodies? a. no; there is in him a spiritual soul, a material body, and a plastic medium. q. what is the substance of this medium? a. light, partially volatile, and partially fixed. q. what is the volatile part of this light? a. magnetic fluid<astral body. 18th and 19th century efforts to measure ectoplasm, oddic force, etc. and to physically measure an essence of life have persisted to the verge of the 21st century in a strange pseudo-science. at least in the 18th and 19th centuries there was the idea of the luminous aeyther as a partial justification for this sort of thing. now it is generally considered a curiosity dependent on subje

fore everything else, when he says "let there be light" it is at once substance and movement. it is fluid, and a perpetual vibration. its inherent force which set it is motion is called "magnetism" in the infinite, this unique substance is the ether, or the etheric light. in the stars which it magnetizes, it becomes astral light. in organized beings, light, or magnetic fluid. in man it forms the "astral body" or the "plastic medium" the will of intelligent beings acts directly on this light, and by means of it on all that part of nature which is submitted to the modifications of intelligence. this light is the common mirror of all thoughts and all forms; it preserves the images of everything that has been, the reflections of past worlds, and, by analogy, the sketches of worlds to come. it

214 souls to possess themselves of the existence of the others, and to make auxiliaries of them; it explains sympathetic currents either near or distant, and gives the whole secret of occult medicine, because the principle of this medicine is the grand hypothesis of universal analogies, and, attributing all the phenomena of physical life to the universal agent, teaches that one must act upon the astral body in order to react upon the material visible body; it teaches also that the essence of the astral light is a double movement of attraction and repulsion; just as human bodies attract and repel one another, they can also absorb themselves, extend one into another, and make exchanges; the ideas or imaginations of one can influence the form of the other, and subsequently react upon the ext

his ideas, which are simply those of the ancient magi, and 215 to study the elements of that physical qabalah which we call magic. according to the qabalistic principles formulated by the school of paracelsus, death is nothing but a slumber, ever growing deeper and more definite, a slumber which it would not be impossible to stop in its early stages by exercising a powerful action of will on the astral body as it breaks loose, and by recalling it to life through some powerful interest or some dominating affection. jesus expressed the same thought when he said to the daughter of jairus "the maiden is not dead, but sleepeth; and of lazarus "our friend is fallen asleep, and i go to wake him" to express this resurrectionist system in such a manner as not to offend common sense, by which we me

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this mighty angel4 is a revealed source of black light, or intelligence/development/wisdom. lucifer is also a source of brilliance, a state of gnosis from which the sabbatic practitioner emerges. it is in this highest empyrean5 realms of which light is best experienced, the air and astral plane, from which all wind rushes about you like a tornado, where flame and sun envelopes your being and your astral body is purified by flame. the embodiment of wisdom in western occultism is view in the anthropomorphic form of baphomet, called also the sabbatic goat6. the baphometic angel-daemon who resides above a globe (solar) sphere inbetween twilight and night, two moons, the dark (hecate) and the light (lilith or yram-satrina. to the initiate however, lucifer or the baphometic spirit becomes a stat

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isualize each center briefly on your journey backwards and be aware of how all the chakras seem more vitalized and equilibrated. when finished with the base chakra, take some time to become conscious of your surroundings before attempting to get up and move about. endnotes 1. the singular form is galgal. 2. various yoga traditions also attribute different colors to the chakras. 3. also called the astral body. 4. in western alchemy, there are also five elements. however, in samkhya yoga, there are twenty-five tattvas. compare this with the twenty-five traditional sub-elements of the western system. in the golden dawn system, the tattvas are used for skrying and astral projection. 5. a plexus is a network, especially of nerves, blood vessels, or lymphatics. 6. the traditional colors listed h

lace your consciousness in this astral form and go to the east. make yourself "feel" that you are there by touching the wall, opening your eyes, and stomping on the floor. then let your astral form perform the ritual, circumambulating the room, and mentally vibrating the words. when you are finished, try to see your results astrally. then walk back and stand behind your physical body and let your astral body be reabsorbed. in the beginning of one's magical training, the lbrp is to be performed daily for no less than a period of six months. in fact, it should be practiced daily by any magician no matter how long one has been doing the work. some golden dawn and stella matutina manuscripts suggested doing the invoking form of this ritual in the morning and the banishing form at night. howeve

to the practice of reducing a solid to a liquid and back to a solid again. used as a metaphor for the practice of psychotherapy and self-integration, or the magical processes of initiation and spiritual growth. sphere of sensation: the aura. subtle body: the psycho-physical circuitry of a human being through which the life force flows. energy blue print for the physical body. sometimes called the astral body, etheric double, or body of light. superconscious: according to assagioli, the higher unconscious or transpersonal level of consciousness whch contains hgher intuitions, inspirations, latent psychc functions, and spiritual energies. super-ego: according to freud, an unconscious part of the psyche which is created by the internalization of moral standards taken from parents and society

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often throws random lightning bolts, is nonetheless always beside you when you go to sleep at night. it should be considered fair game to dash through the darkness of the night, to understand and explore the very foundations of the demonic and the angelic, as above, so below while the luciferian gnosis is highly approachable through the systems of what is considered chaos magick, the form of the astral body allows a severance of eventual worldly bonds. this allows the luciferian adept to take her or his fill of worldly pleasure and eventually ascend astral in the light of lucifer, as an undead god or completely remain within the astral plane. one would seek to understand the place of the holy guardian angel and the evil genius at this level, in the shedding of flesh could it be considered

has uplifted his own being by the rite of the adversary and the ritual of the holy guardian angel, azal ucel, the essence of the true will may then be understood. incident at the witches sabbath when the circle is cast and the shadow is uplifted, the cunning shall gather as one. here is the great orgy of the horned one, when the luciferic angel and the daemon or akoman is joined, the black adepts astral body is unleashed within the aethyr to formulate their will, to expand their consciousness and then take the sacrament of the black graal of the sabbat, the venom which is turned to nectar. do not restrain in your rites, release your desire as in flesh! the vampires are coming perhaps the most famous aos art piece. this work has played a strong part of inspiration in the formulation of the

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to a god or goddess of their own design. it represents the current of what is collectively called luciferian, despite whatever culture it is made manifest in, to use and grow within that dark power. as one moves through the luciferian path, the initiate becomes like ahriman yet without the right hand path deficiencies placed upon it in traditional folklore. sources from the avesta and denkard his astral body is that of the frog, the vicious crab. greater bundahishn ahriman is the sorcerous being which holds within the darkness the gift of life, while his initiation twists and makes a predator of the one who enters the religion of sorcery. ahriman becomes viable through the adept just as az or jeh does. some initiates of the modern path of yatuk dinoih choose a specific daeva to work with

THE BINDING OF SHADOWS

ling counter-clockwise and intone: i summon the mighty dead from the spaces of silence from which the grave cradles. i give you life by blood and by soil, by the essence of my being. emerge from your sleep of death and encircle my being, protecting my body as i dream and walk the web of night. as thanatos i require your service, for we are bound by the laws of death. the shade will feed from your astral body while you dream, giving it nourishment to perform the duties of its creation. i have found such shades are forced away from the body when you arrive back in the fleflsacred texts egypt ehh index index next the book of gates with the short form of the book am-tuat london; kegan, paul, trench, tr bner& co [1905] scanned at sacred-texts.com, may 2003. j.b. hare, redactor. this text is in

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. both their power and their affiliation with the light must be created within the personal subconscious of the magus through long meditation upon their nature and their frequent use in rituals. an invariable feature of any ritual (at least, it should besome groups omit its for- mation, the magic circle is drawn around the magus physically and at the same time mentally projected around his or her astral body to separate the perception of self, which is the personal identity of the magus, from hostile forces. when properly made, the circle is impassable by an astral entity unless the magus breaks its bound- ary or willfully invites an entity to enter. in everyday life the astral boundary of a human being is established without the need for conscious thought at the limit of the physical body

comes from the latin astrum (star. the astral world is the dwelling place of the angels and spirits believed in ancient times to inhabit the stars and planets. in theosophy and spiritual- ism the astral world is equivalent to the sphere of the moon, and is supposed to be composed of a physical but very attenuated fluid that takes the shape of thoughts and emotions. everyone is supposed to have an astral body formed from this fluid that persists after death. aura: a light supposed to emanate from and surround the human body. it is most often visible around the head and hands. psychics claim to be able to see this aura around everyone at any time. on rare occasions it becomes visible to those with no paranormal perception. when the aura becomes visible around the heads of christian saints, i

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ea t pathworking 221 chapter fourteen: runes 239 chapter fifteen: training for soul flight 259 chapter sixteen: astral guides 275 chapter seventeen: etiquette in the astral world 291 chapter eighteen: astral self-defense 305 conclusion: the end of the journey 3 19 bibliography 32 1 index 331 introduction the astral a stral projection is usually understood to be the act of separating the subtle or astral body from the physical body, so that the astral body can travel away from the physical body, carrying with it the consciousness of the traveler. it is held that the astral body can be projected any desired distance by the force of the will, even to the farthest corner of the universe, unrestricted by the physical laws that govern the movement of matter, such as the limitation of the speed o

sciousness of the traveler. it is held that the astral body can be projected any desired distance by the force of the will, even to the farthest corner of the universe, unrestricted by the physical laws that govern the movement of matter, such as the limitation of the speed of light. vast distances are crossed instantly. the physical body remains behind, as though asleep or in a trance state. the astral body stays connected to the physical body by an astral umbilical cord known as the silver cord that can stretch to an unlimited degree, and when stretched to its thinnest has the appearance of a strand of spider web. the link of the silver cord allows the astral body xvi soul flight in charge of the experiments thought that their travelers were viewing the actual physical environments to wh

nd to be a disappointment. this book presents a new blueprint of soul flight that the astral traveler can build on with confidence. a third important reason for writing it is the tendency of most modern books on the subject to discount or ignore the use of a ritual structure during astral travel. even introduction xvii though rituals were employed in ancient times to achieve the separation of the astral body, modern writers on the subject largely exclude this useful aid. when dealing with malicious astral spirits and safeguarding the security of the traveler, ritual is not merely useful but can be essential for success. the general ritual of projection that i present near the beginning of the second part of this work is what might be called the modern magician's method of astral projection

o were the forerunners of the priests, physicians, and magicians of later times, and proceeding up to the modern experiences of remote viewing and alien abduction, both of which are forms of soul flight. the second part is devoted to practical techniques with which to experience soul flight reliably and safely on a personal level. those impatient to get started with the practice of projecting the astral body need not read all the chapters in the first section, but may move directly to the second part of the book and begin ritual training. later, if you wish, you can always go back and finish those chapters about history that you skipped. they are well worth reading, since they give an overview of soul flight through the ages that is not to be found elsewhere. in my opinion, the first part

. they are well worth reading, since they give an overview of soul flight through the ages that is not to be found elsewhere. in my opinion, the first part of the book is even more valuable than the second part since without a clear understanding of the true nature of soul flight, it is difficult to achieve its greatest utility or to fully understand what is happening during the projection of the astral body. chapter on shamanic i t has been written that shamanism is ten thousand years old, but that is only a vague guess-a nice round number meant to signify, in the biblical sense, a very long time. whlen the first tribes started to gather in caves and chant songs of the hunt, there were shamans to lead them in their chants. when hunters were brought back to the cave dead or dying, shamans

belileves this to be so because he is in trance when it occurs and, in any case, it is in his interest to inflate his own reputation by maintaining this fiction of physical shape-changing, the better to awe and control the tribe. the transformation from human to animal forin really takes place on the astral level. the entire astral world is easily molded by the mind, and this applies also to the astral body of the traveler himself. shamans during soul flight do not meet spirits in the ordinary world, but rather they do so in the higher realms in which the spirits dwell. the shaman possesses an extraordinary fiat to travel unhindered between the intermediate human realm and both the higher realm of the spirits and the lower realm of the dead. he does so for the purpose of carrying out the

the animal with a weapon, causing the wound that was visible on the orpse. this story may not be a complete fiction. the appearance of marks or wounds on the physical body of someone engaged in astral travel is a common feature both of legends of the werewolf and other were-animals, and of the lore of spiritualism and theosophy. it is known as repercussion. werewolves are astral projections. the astral body can take any form desired, since its shape is not fixed but reflects the expectations and emotions of the traveler. regarding repercussion, charles w. leadbeater wrote: the principle of sympathetic vibration mentioned above also provides the explanation of that strange and little-known phenomenon called repercussion, by means of which any injury done to, or any mark made upon, the mate

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the rituals for the first time, never having worked a ritual before. even when a ritual is described in detail, it is not enough for the practitioner to know all of the required physical actions and gestures. much more important are the inner actions-visualization of astral forms, manipulation of energy centers and esoteric currents, vibration of words of power, transformation of the aura and the astral body. in those extremely rare instances where both the outer and inner actions of a ritual are described in precise and exhaustive detail, it is still not enough. the ritual will prove ineffective unless the practitioner has trained and strengthened his or her occult faculties. introduction xiii you can study the theory of how to ride a bicycle for months, and receive advice from hundreds o

n. allow the flame to penetrate and flow upward through the interior of your body from the soles of your feet to the crown of your head. from within the flame, continue to will it to lengthen itself straight into the heavens, like a great burning pillar. extend your awareness on all sides as you stand inside the flame to feel the flowing fire around you, and direct it ever higher as you will your astral body to grow taller and taller. carry the flame up with you. while you sustain your astral body inside the flame, continue to look furedly at the burning candle with your physical eyes. breathe slowly and deeply with a regular rhythm, and be sure to keep your muscles relaxed. blink from time to time to prevent your eyes from drying and becoming red. it is necessary to divide your awareness

our muscles relaxed. blink from time to time to prevent your eyes from drying and becoming red. it is necessary to divide your awareness, so that most of it is present in your astral projection within the enlarged flame of the candle, yet a small amount remains in your physical body to regulate your breathing and keep your muscles from tensing. after five minutes or so, deliberately separate your astral body from the flame. allow your astral form to reduce to normal height and mentally step backward to resume your seated posture inside your physical body. continuing to gaze at the candle flame. take note of how elongated the actual flame of the candle has become. hold your awareness on the flame for several minutes. draw a deeper breath, close your eyes, and place the palms of your hands o

and clenching your jaw will hinder your practice, not aid it. what is required is sustained concentration and a projection of the point of self to the thing you wish to affect, so that it becomes an extension of your own mind. once you make something a part of your self-awareness, you can change it with your will just as you change your thoughts. first let the flame interpenetrate your projected astral body, then lengthen your astral body upward and carry the flame with it. to avoid eyestrain, do this exercise in low light rather than darkness. the flame of a candle is not bright enough to injure your eyesight, but many persons find it difficult to look directly at a flame for more than a few moments in complete darkness. the exercise requires that you continue to fur your gaze on the fla

sets it vibrating in sympathetic response to your body. the air issuing from your lips is driven outward in all directions by the vibrations of your aura with rapidly increasing force until the vibrations of the name fill every part of the universe, and cause a sympathetic vibration in the universe itself. take several normal breaths. allow your aura to resume its usual shape and your visualized astral body to shrink to it physical size. turn a quarter-revolution clockwise to face the west. gaze westward at the distant, unseen horizon beyond the wall of your room and maintain the inner perception of your glowing heart-center. vibrating names of power 93 visualize written within this golden-white, transparent orb from right to left the four hebrew letters of the name eheieh (a- h, ha 7, i

its source in your heart-center and sets the sphere of your aura resonating in sympathy. the breath that issues from between your lips is driven away in all directions by your energized aura so that it fills the entire universe. the universe itself begins to vibrate with the combined sounds of the letters. draw in several normal breaths. allow your aura to contract to its ordinary shape, and your astral body to shrink and fit itself to your physical body. turn a quarter-revolution clockwise to face the north. let your physical eyes focus on the distant, unseen horizon beyond the wall of your room, while you maintain your inner concentration on your glowing heart-center. visualize written from right to left within this warmly glowing orb in the middle of your chest the four hebrew letters o

simultaneously, the air issuing from your lungs is energized and driven outward in all directions by your aura the way sound expands from the vibrating diaphragm of a stereo speaker. it fills the universe and sets the universe vibrating in harmony. take several normal breaths. allow your aura to slowly fall inward until it has its usual form and distance away from your body. draw your visualized astral body in upon itself to reduce it to the dimensions of your physical body. turn a quarterrevolution clockwise to face the east and assume the standing pose. continue breathing easily for half a minute or so. close your eyes for a few seconds to rest them. press the palms of your hands upon your face and slid them down as though drawing off a skin-tight mask. relax from the standing pose and

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hich he or she wishes to become, as the powers of the deific combination of lucifer and ahriman, the light and the darkness are his entirely. let the self become through this dance of the beast and the harlot, through unity in the sun shall the flesh manifest from thy will. vox sabbatum the witches sabbat 28 behold! my names are many, each gives power of both darkness and light! upon the earth my astral body is the toad, in the aethyr my form is that of a dragon! i am yaltabaoth! i am saklas! i am samael! i am arimanius! i am azal ucel! i am set-an, shaitan the adversary! i am lucifer! highest angel-djinn of light! my word is i am god and there is not another beside me! so shall i create through my desire, my will and my belief. the whore upon the beast is my sign upon earth, my flesh live

WEOR SAMAEL AUN ESOTERIC COURSE OF KABBLAH

e with the aforesaid description, the following exercise is suggested: withdraw from your mind all types of thoughts, imagine now the holy eight as it is represented in the following graphic: allow the figure to submerge itself within your consciousness and go to sleep. imagine your mind as a blank screen without thinking of anything1. thus after a while, you will awaken your consciousness in the astral body. now, if the formation of this sign is considered, then we can see the continuity of the same arm which closes a double circuit in the first stroke, while in the second only encloses one, deviating in the other one to project itself towards the exterior after cutting the sign in the central crossing. one closes and the other opens. 1 literally: without thinking in anything arcano numer

los santuarios secretos del brahmanismo, pues son los nicos en darnos la clave real del arcano a.z.f, gracias al conocimiento de la lengua atlante primitiva, watah, ra z fundamental del s nscrito, el hebreo y el chino. la orden sagrada del tibet, es la genuina depositaria del real tesoro de aryavarta (este tesoro es el "gran arcano. 12 bhagavan aklaiva will help you to consciously travel in your astral body. invoke him when you are meditating on the sacred sign of the infinite. on any given night, you will be invoked from the temple of the himalayas. there you will be submitted to seven ordeals. there you will be taught the secret science. now then, after this digression, let us continue with our initial point. the holy eight symbolizes the caduceus of mercury and represents the two gangl

la sequedad del fuego y de la tierra. estos son los tres elementos principios. y este es el i.a.o. y tales son: el azufre, el mercurio y la sal, contenidos en los cuatro elementos de la naturaleza. y en stos tres "elementos principios" se encuentran los para sos elementales de la naturaleza. los cabalestas- alquimistas deben aprender como usar el azufre, el mercurio y la sal. 23 the larvas of the astral body (incubi, succubi, basilisks, dragons, phantoms, etc) are destroyed by putting sulfur powder inside of our shoes. sulfur originates invisible vapors that rise in order to disintegrate these types of larvas. malignant forms of thoughts and larvas enclosed within any room are disintegrated when one burns sulfur upon a flaming piece of charcoal. the quicksilver (mercury) is useful to prepa

s with which the ineffable mystery of eternal life in the loom of god is woven or unwoven. the upper triangle symbolizes kether (the father who is in secret, chokmah (the son) and binah (the holy spirit of each human being. the lower triangle represents the three traitors of hiram abiff; those three traitors are inside of us. the first traitor is the demon of desire; that traitor lives within the astral body. the second traitor is the demon of the mind; that traitor lives within the mental body. the third traitor is the demon of evil will; that traitor lives within the body of willpower (causal body. the bible cites these three traitors in the apocalypse of saint john [in revelations: 16: 13-14: and i saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the

o del laboratorio. total cuarenta a os (40) para realizar todo el trabajo. cuando el alkimista derrama el vaso de hermes se apaga el fuego del hornillo del laboratorio y se pierde todo el trabajo. 69 mantras for sexual magic i.a.o. ou aoai ouo ouoae kore now continue with the powerful mantras: kawlakaw, sawlasaw, zeesar. kawlakaw is the inner god. sawlasaw is the terrestrial man and zeesar is the astral body. these powerful mantras develop all of the internal powers. we have already mentioned the mantram inri and its modifications [inri, enre, onro, unru, anra see arcanum 7. the alchemist must not forget any of these mantrams. the arcanum nine of the tarot, the hermit is prudent and wise, covered with the protective robe of apollonius which symbolizes prudence: he takes as support the staf

man and one from the woman) are nourished with water (the ens seminis) of the well (sex. man and woman can command the quetzal and the fiery bird will obey. the powerful mantra jao ri is the secret clue that grants us the power of commanding the quetzal. this miraculous bird can transform our face or make us invisible if we are in very grave danger, it can also awaken within us any chakra of the astral body or heal any distant ill person, etc. imagination there exist two types of imagination: mechanical imagination (fantasies) and conscious imagination (clairvoyance. gnostic students must learn how to use their conscious imagination. proyecci n del fuego el kundalini puede ser proyectado a cualquier chakra o a cualquier lugar distante, en las v rtebras cervicales el kundalini suele tomar

pluralizado (ahamsara, los residuos k rmicos de los dioses son precisamente estos fantasmas del yo. 91 elixir of long life every man who incarnates the soul may be able to ask for the elixir of long life. this is a gas of immaculate whiteness; such a gas is deposited in the vital depth of the human organism. resurrection on the third day after the death of his physical body, the initiate (in his astral body, accompanied by the divine hierarchies) goes to his holy sepulcher. the initiate then invokes his physical body (with the help of the divine hierarchies; thus his physical body gets up and penetrates the hyperspace. this is how the initiate achieves the escape from the grave. in the super-sensible worlds of hyperspace, the holy women treat the body of the initiate with perfumes and aro

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over-sensitivity. mercury/yellow ray: connected to pineal gland and cerebrum; tone e; cleanses and purifies entire nervous system; mental stimulant; assists in producing an important aid for digestion called chyle; also connected with longevity; deficiency can cause depression; excess can lead to indecision; stimulates alertness and positive thinking. pluto/silver-white ray: connected to etheric-astral body; acts as transmitter to the great unknown; harmonizes all other chakras and brings them to point of transformation beyond the body and outside the world of concept and form. the silence of the great abyss. the highest point of awareness of consciousness as an individualized or separated consciousness. please note that they are given in the order in which they are to be stimulated. if t

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functioning; this, however, is simply my own private belief. i think a witch by her formulae stimulates it, or possibly creates more of it. they say that witches by constant practice can train their wills to blend this, nerve force, or whatever it is, and that their united wills can project this as a beam of force, or that they can use it in other ways to gain clairvoyance, or even to release the astral body. these practices include increasing and quickening the blood supply, or in other cases slowing it down, as well as the use of will-power; so it is reasonable to believe that it does have some effect. i am not stating that it does. i only record the fact that they attempt these effects, and believe that sometimes they succeed. the only-way to find the truth or falsity of this would be t

WILLIAM WESCOTT NUMBERS THEIR OCCULT POWER AND MYSTIC VIRTUES

stituting man are variously named by the esoteric buddhism, by the vedantic scheme, and by other philosophies, but they correspond in idea. first from above come atma, a ray from the absolute; buddhi, spiritual soul; and manas, human soul; these are the superior triad, which separates at human death from the lower tetrad of principles. the lower four are kama rupa, the passions; linga sarira, the astral body; prana, life essence; and sthula sarira, the lower body; see the dogmas of esoteric buddhism. the kabalah divides these into four planes of the soul, which are further separated by adepts; these are chiah, neshamah, ruach and nephesh, which correspond to the symbolical worlds of atziluth, briah, yetzirah and assiah. there is an occult reference in the seven stars in the head of taurus

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within the arte. to attend the sabbat, one must pass the self-initiation of advancing ones magical ability. this takes instinct, desire and focus, not to mention passing the many tests presented by the guardians of the path. one must be strong to walk the sabbatic path, but even more strong upon the daemonic essence of the path, wherein one becomes a living circle of both darkness and light. the astral body and separation of the astral from the physical is essential in the emerging element of the nightside covenant of the luciferian. the most challenging and perhaps dangerous element of the path is the development of the astral body. to build, one must focus and meet the challenges, and the fulfillment of desires upon the dreaming path. the ritual of luciferian transference: let the magic

ZALEWSKI SECRET INNER ORDER RITUALS OF THE GOLDEN DAWN OCR

aning has been lost with time. the current order teaching considers that ia0 fuses the isis, apophis and osiris energies together into one workable formula, being at the hands of the adept to direct for a specific purpose. in the 5=6 ritual, the adept first experiences godform assumption when lashed to the cross of suffering; and later in the role of the chief adept in the pastos, who assumes the astral body of the postulant, and later when the postulant holds the crook and scourge of osiris. the energies of the various godforms, plus the rituals and props, amount to what could be described as a mass attack on the psyche of the individual. those who go through the 5=6 ceremony with full props, or as in an astral temple when the ceremony is done without props, will experience changes in the

tral masters of the third order. the general opinion at whare ra was that the 6=5 grade is an incredibly beautiful ceremony to experience. it is here that the hidden doorway of the mars wall is revealed, and the shekinah enters the vault, with black veil and lamp. to the postulant, it appears as if the lamp is floating in mid-air. this is the first of the rituals where the shekinah takes over the astral body of the adept, and lifts it out of the vault. it then takes it to meet the various forms. in my own case, and others within both the whare ra and thoth hermes temples, this is exactly what happens. for in the next two ceremonies, a great deal occurs on the astral level. the outline of the 6=5 ceremony is like that of the 6th masonic degree; a natural progression from the 5=6 which is al

ess is removed. he is then introduced to the zelem (in the form of the officers, the chiah and yechidah. the loosening of the cords show that the separation of the phases of the soul will not now be necessary as unification has begun. also, it shows that the restriction imposed on the aura (by impregnating the aura with the elements during the outer order rituals) is now removed, and the aura and astral body can now expand to encompass the higher vibrational energies. the venus wall is pointed to by the third adept. the answer alludes to the entrance being solar, the point of tiphareth on the tree where the 5=6 is reached before entrance to the vault is given. daleth, as venus, is the 14th path on the tree, and equates through gematria to "earth of geburah" which signifies that one must ex

in linen, symbolizing the auric envelope of the astral shell (already in the pastos, which will impregnate his own aura. six bells are then sounded; one for kabbalistic sephirah he has been initiated into. this also shows the number of spheres in the yetziratic world (including daath, which is the framework one is currently working in. commitment the divine force is then petitioned to receive the astral body of the postulant through the link of the second order. 36 bells each bell represents a decan in the zodiac, and most important of all, a godform. the astral and soul in fact leave the body of the postulant, and with each sounding bell, traverse the zodiac which is a representative of the soul's progress through the different forms of energy governing it, until a complete cycle is done

le is done. the egyptian zodiac has 37 decans: the first is the actual leaving of the body to meet this godform, while the next 36 are aspects of its journey. the 36 bells were rung to bring things in line with modern astrological studies. with the appearance of the shekinah, the postulant meets the anima of the sphere of geburah; the hidden knowledge of that sphere. the fivefold anointing of the astral body makes the centers aware in the astral (the five basic centers. the postulant is lifted out of the pastos, and the linen around him is removed; he is reborn. the signs of nephthys are given: the signs of adoration on the left and right side. the claw grip shown symbolizes the postulant gripping the hands of the helpers, as he is lifted from the coffin. mystical grade of 70=40 being the

ALEISTER CROWLEY AD MEIORUM CTHULHI GLORIAM

th simon's manuscript, barnes' occult vision and aesthetic scruples, and wasserman's production experience and tireless labour, the abhorred necronomicon began to take shape and the first edition smote the stands on december 22, 1977- the ancient pagan feast of yule, the winter solstice. yet, not without a number of bizarre occurrences that more than once threatened the lives, the sanity, and the astral bodies of the three individuals most deeply involved. jim wasserman was subjected to what we may vaguely refer to as "poltergeist" activity during the time he worked on production and design aspects of the book. a room which, for certain loathsome purposes, was always kept locked was found one day to have been opened- from the inside. in the same building, just below his loft, the typesette

th simon's manuscript, barnes' occult vision and aesthetic scruples, and wasserman's production experience and tireless labour, the abhorred necronomicon began to take shape and the first edition smote the stands on december 22, 1977- the ancient pagan feast of yule, the winter solstice. yet, not without a number of bizarre occurrences that more than once threatened the lives, the sanity, and the astral bodies of the three individuals most deeply involved. jim wasserman was subjected to what we may vaguely refer to as "poltergeist" activity during the time he worked on production and design aspects of the book. a room which, for certain loathsome purposes, was always kept locked was found one day to have been opened- from the inside. in the same building, just below his loft, the typesette

. first among the elder ones was he. he split the sundered tiamat in twain and fashioned the heavens and the earth, with a gate to keep the ancient ones without. with a gate whose key is hid forever save to the sons of marduk save to the followers of our master enki first in magick among the gods. from the blood of kingu he fashioned man. he constructed watchtowers for the elder gods fixing their astral bodies as constellations that they may watch the gate of absu the gate of tiamat they watch the gate of kingu they oversee the gate whose guardian is iak sakkak they bind. all the elder powers resist the force of ancient artistry the magick spell of the oldest ones the incantation of the primal power the mountain kur, the serpent god the mountain mashu, that of magick the dead kutulu, dead

ALICE A BAILEY04 A TREATISE ON COSMIC FIRE

ove the diaphragm, 3. and the spleen make, if one could but see it, a radiant etheric triangle, which triangle is the originating impulse for the later pranic circulation throughout the entire system. the etheric body is really a net-work of fine channels, which are the component parts of one interlacing fine cord, one portion of this cord being the magnetic link which unites the physical and the astral bodies and which is snapped or broken after the withdrawal of the etheric body from the dense physical body at the time of death. the silver cord is loosed, as the bible expresses it44(40) and this is the basis of the legend of the fateful sister who cuts the thread of life with the dreaded shears. the etheric web is composed of the intricate weaving of this vitalised cord, and apart from t

in the other two we are dealing with occult mysteries, bound up in the vivification of solar and not human permanent atoms. e. the fourth creative hierarchy, viewed as a unit functioning on this planet (and leaving out of consideration its manifestation in other schemes) works in a magnetic manner, and in a stimulative capacity upon the animal kingdom, the force of its vibration pouring on to the astral bodies of the animals, and producing response. this awakens to a more effective apprehension all the units of the animal kingdom. hence it can be seen how close is the interplay, and the interdependence, and how closely united all these greater and lesser lives are with each other. growth and development in one part of the body logoic produces a corresponding advance in the whole. no man, f

realisation of energy-radiations emanating from the etheric bodies of all these suns and groups of suns, and from all these planets and groups of planets is little understood. their atomic activity is recognised, but that department of their being, which finds its correspondence in "animal magnetism" in man, is little realised, while the even more potent factor of the magnetic radiation of their astral bodies is totally uncalculated, nor is it admitted. all these factors have to be allowed for in any consideration of the factor of time and cycles, and the true esoteric knowledge is not to be gained by the study of figures by the lower mind. it comes as the result of the intuition and is stimulated at initiation. all that has here been pointed out, can be applied equally (though in a very

is one under which the planetary logos of one of the major three schemes is known upon our planet. certain of his influences and energies affect paramountly the deva essence of this sixth subplane matter, reaching them via the raja lord varuna. this knowledge is of practical value astrologically, for it will enable men to understand the nature of their own physical bodies, and above all of their astral bodies. it is an occult fact that the type of astral matter in a man's body decides the quality of the watery substance of his physical body. there is, in occultism, no dissociating the physico-psychic natures, for the latter determines the former. the planet neptune therefore has a profound effect and a close connection under the law of correspondences with the sixth, or astral plane, whic

ALICE A BAILEY08 A TREATISE ON WHITE MAGIC

not that of a self-engendered whirlpool, but is more allied to that of a pool, stirred into a frothy and boiling surge, through the activities of others. there are many disciples who have achieved a fair measure of self-control and of personal disinterestedness. they are not the victims of personality desire and aims, and are comparatively free from the whirlpool of selfish tendencies. but their astral bodies are again and again swept into a state of agitation by the group for, and in which, they work. they are elated or depressed, satisfied or dissatisfied by the results they achieve or fail to achieve; this achievement or lack of achievement and the steadiness or disloyalties of their fellow servers produce agitation and emotional upset, and on this powerful reaction their thought-forms

he possession, as you well know, of the little evolved races of the earth, and of many of the higher animals. later on, when adeptship has been reached, he can function on the astral plane should he so choose, but it should be remembered, that the master works with the- 97- a treatise on white magic copyright 1998 lucis trust soul aspect of humanity (and of all forms) and does not work with their astral bodies. this has been oft forgotten by teachers both in the east and in the west. in working with souls the true technique of evolution is carried forward, for it is the soul within the forms in every kingdom in nature which is responsible for the developing work of, and within, the form. may i say therefore to students that their main objective is to become aware of the soul, to cultivate

ore information along these lines is not possible, but mention is made of it, as the energies coming from these two factors must be borne in mind. 3. astral energies emanating from the new sign of the zodiac into which we are now entering, the sign aquarius. this sign, that of the water-carrier, is a living sign and an emotional sign. it will (through the effect of its potent force) stimulate the astral bodies of men into a new coherency, into a brotherhood of humanity which will ignore all racial and national differences and will carry the life of men forward into synthesis and unity. this means a tide of unifying life of such power that one cannot now vision it, but which in a thousand years will have welded all mankind into a perfect brotherhood. its emotional effect will be to "purify"

l bodies of men into a new coherency, into a brotherhood of humanity which will ignore all racial and national differences and will carry the life of men forward into synthesis and unity. this means a tide of unifying life of such power that one cannot now vision it, but which in a thousand years will have welded all mankind into a perfect brotherhood. its emotional effect will be to "purify" the astral bodies of men so that the material world ceases to hold such potent allure, and may in its later stages bring about a state of exaggeration as potent in the line of sentiency as that which we have undergone in the line of materiality! the final stages of all signs produce over-development of the factor on which they most potently work. at present the effect of this sign is constructive amon

of symbols and methods which to us would be crude, impossible and of a nature which the race should have transcended for many millions of years. 8. at the time the door of initiation was opened, many millions of years ago the lodge came to two decisions- 220- a treatise on white magic copyright 1998 lucis trust that individualisation must cease until man had not only coordinated the physical and astral bodies and could think self-consciously but until he had also transcended the physical and the astral. when he is becoming group-conscious, then the door into the kingdom of self-consciousness will again be opened. that the path of mysticism must lead eventually to the occult path, and that plans must be made to impart teaching, and mysteries must be organized which would reveal the nature

t propose to deal. the books upon the subject are easily available and should be read with the needed reservations as to symbolical interpretations and the limiting effects of words. an event is however transpiring upon earth which is, in its way, as momentous and as important- 231- a treatise on white magic copyright 1998 lucis trust as that crisis in atlantean times when the physical, vital and astral bodies were coordinated and formed a functioning unit. then the `yoga of devotion' or bhakti yoga was initiated for the training of the aspirants at that time. a physical plane replica (as far as such a replica was then possible) was organised of those who could work devotedly and who could learn, through the use of ceremonial and pictures, some mode of activity which would carry on the hie

uipment of physical body, vital or etheric vehicle, the matter (or mode of being) of the desire nature, and the mind stuff. these constitute the sheaths or outer forms of the incarnated soul. the consciousness aspect is sometimes focussed in one and sometimes in another, or is identified with the form or with the soul. the average man works with facility and self-consciousness in the physical and astral bodies. the intelligent and highly evolved man has added to these two the conscious control of his mental apparatus, though only in certain of its aspects, such as the memorising or analysing faculties. he has also, in some cases, succeeded in unifying these three into a consciously functioning personality. the aspirant is beginning to understand something of the principle of life which is

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through the vital or etheric body. 2. personality force is focussed in the astral body. a little reflection upon these two facts will make clear to you wherein your life problem consists. it has been the problem of fusing and blending the personality so that the energy of the soul may control from mental levels, and so employ your fourth ray mental body that the over-activity of the vital and the astral bodies may be overcome. it is helpful to know this, is it not? there are certain great aligning qualities which are brought into play when the soul can grip and control the vital body, but they demonstrate more as physical vitality than as qualities in consciousness. this i think you know. during the remainder of your life, if you will work with and control (as a soul) your mental body, you

ALICE A BAILEY16 GLAMOUR A WORLD PROBLEM

at period? then the lemurian race slowly passed away and the atlantean race came into existence. during the millions of years this race flourished on earth there were vast numbers of people with the lemurian consciousness flourishing at the same time, just as today in this modern aryan race, there are many, many millions of people who express the atlantean consciousness and are polarised in their astral bodies, the victims of emotion and of consequent glamour. in the atlantean race, the physical duality was then solved, and the physical body and the etheric body constituted a unity, and in the healthy person still do so. the sense of duality shifted then into a growing recognition of the conflict in the realm of quality and into the field of what we- 65- glamour: a world problem copyright

uch as control by self-created thoughtforms, sensitivity to existing world, national, or environing thoughtforms of any school of thought, id e fixe, the sense of the dramatic or of importance, or a fanatical adherence to groups of ideas, inherited from the past, or mental reactions of a purely personal nature. d. between any of these groups of forces which we call bodies: between the etheric and astral bodies. between the astral and the mental bodies. there is, for instance, a definite correspondence between the condition of negativity to physical plane living which is the result of a lack of integration between the physical and the etheric bodies, and that lack of interest and that failure to handle physical plane living which the thinker on abstract and scientific levels so frequently e

resistance and who have learnt or are learning to dominate it by the power of thought and mental light. these are the sixth ray people in the first instance, aided by aspirants and disciples upon the second and fourth rays. in time and space, this task will be first of all instituted and controlled in group formation only by aspirants whose soul or personality rays are the sixth or by those whose astral bodies are conditioned by the sixth ray. when they have grasped the nature of the work to be done and "fanatically adopted the technique of light in the service of the race" their work will be completed by second ray disciples, working from the ashrams of those masters who take disciples. the work done by these two groups will be finally revealed (and at a much later date) by those aspirant

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ested life, and the expression of the essential non-separateness of all life. 3. the astral or desire body (sometimes called the emotional body) is the effect of the interplay of desire and of sentient response upon the self at the centre, and the resultant effect in that body is experienced as emotion and as pain and pleasure and the other pairs of opposites. in these two bodies, the etheric and astral bodies, ninety percent of the causes of physical disease and troubles is to be found. 4. the mental body, or that much of the chitta or mind stuff which an individual human unit can use and impress, constitutes the fourth of the series of mechanisms at the disposal of the soul. at the same time let it not be forgotten that these four constitute one mechanism. five percent of all modern dise

pted as a basic proposition that all disease is a result of the misuse of force in some earlier life or in this. this is fundamental. in connection with this i would remind you of some statements i have earlier made on this matter- 68- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iv: esoteric healing copyright 1998 lucis trust 1. ninety per cent of the causes of disease are to be found in the etheric and astral bodies. wrong use of mental energy and misapplied desire are paramount factors, yet with the bulk of humanity still in the atlantean stages of consciousness, only five per cent of the prevalent diseases are due to mental causes. the percentage varies with the development of the race and its evolution. disease is therefore the working out into manifestation of undesirable, subjective conditi

the withdrawing from out of the top of the head of the radiant etheric body and the consequent disintegration of the physical. the framework goes and the dense physical form falls apart. page 85. a. the etheric body is in reality a network of fine channels which are the component parts of one interlacing fine cord one portion of this cord being the magnetic link which unites the physical and the astral bodies and which is snapped or broken after the withdrawal of the etheric body from the dense physical body at the time of death (see ecc: xii.6- 246- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iv: esoteric healing copyright 1998 lucis trust page 98. b. later "definite methods of demonstrating the fact that life persists after the death of the physical body will be followed and the etheric web wi

of etheric matter, composed of interlacing strands of life energy. during the process of death the pressure of the life energy beating against the web produces eventually a puncturing or opening. out of this the life force pours as the potency of the abstracting influence of the soul increases. in the case of animals, of infants and of men and women who are polarised entirely in the physical and astral bodies, the door of exit is the solar plexus, and it is that web which is punctured, thus permitting the passing out. in the case of mental types, of the more highly evolved human units, it is the web at the top of the head in the region of the fontenelle which is ruptured, thus again permitting the exit of the thinking rational being. in the process of death these are, therefore, the two m

, and this leads to disease. we have here a most interesting hint as to the medium of force direction. the occult significance of the eye and the nature of its symbolism are little understood. the reference here has nothing to do in reality with eyes in the physical body. here the words "the eyes of the personality" refer to the focussed attention of the personality, emanating from the mental and astral bodies which are essentially the two eyes of the soul in incarnation. the use of these two windows or eyes of the soul leads to a concentration of energy (in this case strictly personality energy) in the- 337- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iv: esoteric healing copyright 1998 lucis trust etheric vehicle. this energy is then directed to the area of discomfort, and therefore to the poin

ALICE A BAILEY21 EDUCATION IN THE NEW AGE

8 lucis trust a lower rung of the ladder of hierarchical existence, and with that hierarchical structure which is found immediately above the human in the scale of beings that of the fifth or spiritual kingdom, the kingdom of god. with that great hierarchical unit which we call the animal kingdom, the third kingdom in nature, man is definitely related through the medium of his animal, etheric and astral bodies. he is also related to the kingdom of souls, because his own soul is an integral part of that kingdom, just as his physical body is an integral part of the animal kingdom. the aspect of himself which is strictly and specifically human is the mind or mental body; this is essentially the organ of relationship to all other human races. in connection with our subject, therefore, i would

ALICE A BAILEY23 THE EXTERNALISATION OF THE HIERARCHY

ing to a sorrowing world the vision of the great helper, the christ. he works with the rose devas and with the blue devas on astral levels, with the wise help of the great guardian angel of that plane, called (in hindu terminology) the lord varuna. the activity of the astral plane is being much intensified and the angels of devotion, in whom the aspect of divine love is pre-eminent, work with the astral bodies of all those who are ready to strengthen and redirect their spiritual aspiration and desire. they are the angels who guard the sanctuaries of all the churches, cathedrals, temples and mosques of the world. they are now increasing the momentum of their vibration for the raising of the consciousness of the attendant congregations. the master k.h. works also with the prelates of the gre

BLAVATSKY H P ANTHROPOGENESIS

. stanza iv. creation of the first races (14) creation of men (15) they are empty shadows (16) the creators are perplexed how to create a thinking man (17) what is needed for the formation of a perfect man. 14. the seven hosts, the "will (or mind)-born" lords, propelled by the spirit of life-giving (fohat, separate men from themselves, each on his own zone (a (a) they threw off their "shadows" or astral bodies- if such an ethereal being as a "lunar spirit" may be supposed to rejoice in an astral, besides a hardly tangible body. in another commentary it is said that the "ancestors" breathed out the first man, as brahma is explained to have breathed out the suras (gods, when they became "asuras (from asu, breath. in a third it is said that they, the newly-created men "were the shadows of the

the garden of eden (zohar ii 229 b "man (the heavenly adam) was created by the ten sephiroth of the jetziric world, and by the common power they (the seven angels of a still lower world) engendered the earthly adam. first samael fell, and then deceiving) man, caused his fall also (b) the sentence "they were the shadows of the shadows of the lords" i.e, the progenitors created man out of their own astral bodies, explains an universal belief. the devas are credited in the east with having no shadows of their own "the devas cast no shadows" and this is the sure sign of a good holy spirit. why had they "no fire or water of their own* because (c) that which hydrogen is to the elements and gases on the objective plane, its noumenon is in the world of mental or subjective phenomena; since its tri

t be understood without the help of the commentaries. it means that the first root-race, the "shadows" of the progenitors, could not be injured, or destroyed by death. being so ethereal and so little human in constitution, they could not be affected by any element- flood or fire. but their "sons" the second root-race, could be and were so destroyed. as the "progenitors" merged wholly in their own astral bodies, which were their progeny; so that progeny was absorbed in its descendants, the "sweat-born" these were the second humanity- composed of the most heterogeneous gigantic semi-human monsters- the first attempts of material nature at building human bodies. the everblooming lands of the second continent (greenland, among others) were transformed, in order, from edens with their eternal s

DION FORTUNE PSYCHIC SELF DEFENSE

e journal of the asiatic society, vol. lxv, 1896. these unpleasant people, according to mr. skertchley, the author of the article which commander gould quotes "are ghouls, and must eat human flesh occasionally or they would die. when they feel a craving for a meal of human flesh they go away into the grass, and having carefully hidden their bodies, hold their breaths and fall into a trance. their astral bodies are then liberated. they fly away, and entering a house, make their way into the body of one of the occupants and feed on his entrails "the berberlangs may be heard coming, as they make a moaning noise, which is loud at a distance and dies away to a feeble moan as they approach. when they are near you, the sound of their wings may be heard, and the flashing lights of their eyes can b

eply in these pages, for it would be too much of a digression. some points, however, it is essential to touch upon for a comprehensive survey of our subject. at the moment of sexual union a psychic vortex is formed resembling a waterspout, a funnel-shaped swirling that towers up into other dimension. as body after body engages, the vortex goes up the planes. in all cases the physical, etheric and astral bodies are involved; the vortex therefore always reaches as far as the astral plane; a soul upon the astral plane may be drawn into this vortex if it is ripe for incarnation, and thus enter the sphere of the parents. if the vortex extends higher than the astral plane, souls of a different type may enter this sphere, but such extension is rare, and therefore it is said that man is born of de

ady considered in some detail the question of telepathic suggestion. rapport might be considered as the passive aspect of that of which telepathic suggestion is the active aspect. it forms, in fact, the basic condition necessary for telepathic suggestion to take place. two people who are in rapport might be described as astral siamese twins. although the physical bodies are independent units, the astral bodies are linked in such a manner that there is free circulation of astral force between them, just as the circulatory system of the mother is connected through the umbilical cord with the unborn child, and the same blood circulating freely through both. this fact explains many important occult phenomena. it is the real key to marriage, and explains many facts in the relationship of parent

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF OCCULTISM AND PARAPSYCHOLOGY VOL 1

body into sheaths, one is cognizant only of part of one s surroundings at a time, and it is not till after experience, much of which may be extremely painful, that one is able to enjoy the bliss that the higher divisions of the astral world contain. the lowest of these divisions, the seventh, is the environment of gross and unrestrained passions. since it and most of the matter in the inhabitants astral bodies is of the same type, it constitutes a veritable hell and is the only hell which exists. this is avichi, the place of desires that cannot be satisfied because of the absence of the physical body, which was the means of their satisfaction. the tortures of these desires are the analog of the torments of hell-fire in the older christian orthodoxy. encyclopedia of occultism& parapsycholog

old friends, who, of course, are unaware of the astral presence. indeed, the newly disembodied soul often does not realize that it is dead, so far as the physical world is concerned. the fifth and fourth divisions are in most respects quite similar to this, but their inhabitants become less and less immersed in the activities and interests that previously engrossed them, and each sheath of their astral bodies decays in turn, as did the gross outer sheath of the sensualist s body. the three higher divisions are still more removed from the ordinary material world, and their inhabitants enjoy a state of bliss of which we can have no conception: worries and cares of earth are altogether absent, the insistence of lower desires has worn out in the lower divisions, and it is now possible to live

c, and atomic. the term double is used because the etheric double is a replica of the denser physical body. the sense organs of the etheric double are the chakras, and it is through the chakras that the physical body is supplied with the vitality necessary for its existence and its well-being during life. the etheric double thus plays the part of a conductor, and a bridge between the physical and astral bodies, for without it humans could have no communications with the astral world and hence neither thoughts nor feelings. anesthetics are said to drive out the greater part of the double, and the subject is then impervious to pain. during sleep the double does not leave the physical body; indeed, in dreams the etheric part of the brain is extremely active, especially when, as is often the c

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF OCCULTISM AND PARAPSYCHOLOGY VOL 2

e in debate. eventually kardec s journal was sufficiently successful to overwhelm la revue spiritualiste, which was discontinued during the 1860s. it was revived in 1870 under the title concile de la libre pensee, but in 1873 it was suppressed under pressure generated by clerical authorities. among the ideas pierart advocated was a form of psychic vampirism. he though vampires were the ghostly or astral bodies of deceased persons which vampirized the living to keep their physical bodies (still in graves) vitalized. his idea would explain why some bodies that were later dug up showed signs of life. sources: rogo, scott. in-depth analysis of the vampire legend. fate 21, no. 9 (september 1968: 77. pierrakos, eva (1915.1979) eva pierrakos, a psychic channel who developed a system of spiritual

clopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. 1560 body, none of the possibilities of the grosser bodies can manifest themselves. the mental body is built up of matter of the four lower subdivisions of the mental world, and expresses the individual s concrete thoughts. its size and shape are determined by those of the causal vehicle. while on earth the personality wears the physical, mental, and astral bodies all at once. it is the astral that connects one with the astral plane during sleep or trance. it is easy to see how the doctrine of reincarnation arose from this idea. the ego must travel from existence to existence, physical, astral, mental, until it can transcend the mental world and enter the higher spheres the theosophical path to the goal of nirvana is derived from buddhistic te

EXTRAORDINARY ENCOUNTERS AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF EXTRATERRESTRIALS AND OTHERWORLDY BEINGS

ct known as the shakers. in the latter half of the nineteenth century, spiritualism became the rage, and hundreds of mediums claimed to be in contact with dead people who, through the mediums, spoke with the living. the communicators were not always the deceased, however; in some cases space people and other nonhuman intelligences came through. some mediums spoke of otherworldly journeys in their astral bodies. after world war ii, when flying saucers entered the popular imagination, benevolent extraterrestrial entities such as ashtar and monka starship commanders who came here to oversee the transformation of the human race into cosmic citizenship channeled through individuals who became known as contactees. as the channeling movement grew, reaching its peak in the 1970s and 1980s during t

GRERALD SCHUELER AN ADVANCED GUIDE TO ENOCHIAN MAGICK

arate and distinct areas of your body. notes on step 4. samadhi is the state of one-pointed concentration wherein all else is dissolved. your mind should be solely focused on the mental hunger of your head and your spine. if this step is successful you should begin perspiring and/or find your body twitching. if so, don't worry. let it twitch. you are opening up unused channels in your etheric and astral bodies and you are simply feeling the physical effects. if pain is felt, you are probably trying too hard. lessen the tension and progress at a slower but safer pace. notes on step 5. if the meditation has had a degree of success to this point, this step should have definite physical and psychic results. try to vary the width of this current of light until it fills your entire body as it pa

HELENA BLAVATSKY THE KEY TO THEOSOPHY

er the strong desires of living men and the conditions furnished by the abnormal constitutions of mediums are combined together, these eidolons are drawn-nay pulled down from their plane onto ours and made objective. this is necromancy; it does no good to the dead, and great harm to the living, in addition to the fact that it interferes with a law of nature. the occasional materialization of the "astral bodies" or doubles of living persons is quite another matter. these "astrals" are often mistaken for the apparitions of the dead, since, chameleon-like, our own "elementaries" along with those of the disembodied and cosmic elementals, will often assume the appearance of those images which are strongest in our thoughts. in short, at the so-called "materialization seances" it is those present

INITIATION INTO HERMETICS

l form, needs a certain amount of time to become fully conscious of this thought. according to the mental maturity, the train of thoughts is different in each individual. the more advanced, the more cultured man is, the faster thoughts will develop in mind. likewise as the astral plane is inhabited, so too is the mental plane. besides the ideal forms, there are principally the deceased ones whose astral bodies have been dissolved by the elements in the course of their ripening, and allotted, according to the degree of perfection, to regions corresponding to their mental sphere. besides the mental sphere is the sphere of the so-called elementals, beings created consciously or unconsciously by man as a result of repeated and intense thinking. an elemental being is not yet so condensed to for

ger than necessary, one would not become invisible, but transparent and bright, similar to the sun, shining white without and within. physical invisibility is very difficult to produce; it requires years of training and practice, and hardly anybody but adepts of the highest ranks can execute such an operation correctly. supposing he has achieved this great skill of making invisible his mental and astral bodies, and eventually his physical body too, the magician is in a position to bring about the disappearance of any material object. another way to do this is by the transmutation of an object from the solid into the astral form by means of imagination in connection with akasa. the object vanishes instantly from the sight of any person whose magic senses have not been sufficiently developed

LAITMAN M THE KABBALAH EXPERIENCE

we correct ourselves, we feel it as positive. we ourselves determine if the force is negative or positive, depending on our correction, our spirituality. we call the negative force, satan, but whatever we name the forces, they are inside us, not outside. t h e t ru t h b e h i n d t h e s u p e r n at u r a l q: we know people who claim they can see into the future, heal by touch and leave their astral bodies. how do you relate to that? what can kabbalah offer me instead? a: the things you mention are psychological emotions and sensations that belong to this world. there is nothing you have mentioned that is above our world. my advice to you is to read and try to internalize the books of kabbalah, because as of now, you are showing some resistance to that information. t h e k a b b a l a

LEADBEATER C W THE HIDDEN LIFE IN FREEMASONRY 2E

p all that belongs to them- all that matter which appertains to these levels, earth to earth and water to water. in this region after death must linger all those who cling to the low grade of emotional existence that embodies itself in this order of matter; only when they have become purified through suffering, and are ready to give up their low emotions, can they shake off this matter from their astral bodies, and pass to higher parts of the astral plane. the candidate will not linger here, for discrimination has taught him that there are better things. he must henceforth be recognized as one of the brothers of light and immortality, not in a state of darkness so far as this level is concerned. 507. the second symbolical journey is similar to the first, except that the noise is gentle ins

MICHAEL WYNN THE SOUL TRAVELERS

rder to replenish themselves; many vampires could survive taking only trace amounts of life-force from those around them. but to all vampires, the act of feeding is too pleasurable, regardless of its lack of need. some vampires are made sick by food, especially when they re low on life-force. vampires can live relatively normal day-lives, it s their night-life that s different. when sleeping, the astral bodies of the vampires detaches from their physical completely, which allows them to soar into the sky and travel the dreaming world. vampires often use this time to feed life-force from sleeping humans, and to come into astral congregation with each other. i m sure vampire nation doesn t like me calling them out like this. and i have received many veiled death threats in the past, so if so

, then came he unto me abiding in my virgin heart, its lord and lover- aleister crowley magic in theory and practice the sabbat [4.3] the sabbat is a gathering of witches, warlocks, demons, and, in the earthly sabbat, even humans. there are generally 2 types of gatherings that are called sabbats; the celestial sabbat, and the infernal sabbat. even though sorcerers are always congregating in their astral bodies, there are 4 major meetings a year, and these meeting are called the sabbats. the celestial sabbat is a gathering of astral beings in a place called, and associated with, the sphere of saturn. it s also worth noting that shabbathai is saturn in hebrew; it is likely that the words sabbat and sabbath derive from the hebrew word shabbathai. further, jews and seventh-day adventists consi

MOTTA MARCELO THE COMMENTARIES OF AL

e restricted women and pederasts as instruments. by pederasts we here mean persons who are apparently of the male sex, but are attracted only by their own sex, and try to make of themselves a parody of femininity. the reason why the 'black brethren' can use such people as instruments is that restricted women do not function as women, and the 'swish' does not function as a man. consequently, their astral bodies are unbalanced, and may easily be penetrated or infected by diseased currents. the 'black brothers' hate and fear woman. they have a partial and fixed vision of her, and refuse to see her in her true nature. this is a consequence of that mental attitude psychoanalysts call the oedipus complex, but which they study and interpret, of course, on a very limited plane. the mechanism of th

PHOSPHORUS THE SHADOWING FORTH OF LUCIFER

. thus the great rebel was born. standing against the holy hierarchy, lucifer gathered many of his fellow seraphim, leviathan, belial, astaroth, asmodeus/samael, mephistopheles, dagon, sorath/shaitan, beelzebub and a host of others to stand in the light of selfgodhood and defy that which stood against individual phosphorus; the infinite possibility of existence. a great battle ensued, etheric and astral bodies were devoured and torn from aggressive attacks. the seraphim which sought the throne of god gave all under the flag of lucifer. nothing would stand in the way of individual freedom and the light of godhood; nothing is the basis for destruction and the beginning of creation. the morning star was rising, angelic hosts feared these bright beings. finally the holy angel michael (who will

ROBERT KIRK WALKER BETWEEN WORLDS

p//www.dreampower.com/kirk_wbw/pg_21.htm (6 of 8 [10/9/2001 12:34:36 am] robert kirk- walker between worlds(pages 21-29 [beneficially] in time will be pacified by the death of any other creature instead of the sick man, are only exuded fumes of the man approaching death [these are] exhaled and congealed into a various sickness, as ships and armies are sometimes shaped in the air, and [are] called astral bodies, agitated as wildfire with [the action of the] wind, and are neither souls nor counterfeiting spirits. yet not a few vouch, as is said, that surely these are a numerous people by themselves, having their own politics [that is, systems of society and government. this diversity of judgments may occasion several inconsistencies in this [my the secret commonwealth 29 present] rehearsal [

lore that kirk describes was strictly banned by all christian sects and authorities, catholic, protestant, and multiple orthodox or unorthodox variants thereof. kirk next reports a typical death and sickness tradition (page 28) in which the wraith or death-dog appears, but he gives it an interesting interpretation, saying that this wraith is the exuded fumes of the man approaching death and, like astral bodies tossed in the wind, it is neither a true soul nor a counterfeiting spirit. page 28 yet not a few vouch. that surely these are a numerous people by themselves, having their own polities. having stated this, which is his own viewpoint as well as one asserted in tradition, kirk then reminds us, quite correctly, that there are inconsistencies in tradition, due to diversity of judgements

THE GALE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE UNUSUAL UNEXPLAINED VOL 1

manichaeism, the kabbalah, and the philosophy of plato (c. 428 b.c.e. c. 348 b.c.e) and other mystics, combined with the teachings of mysterious t h e g a l e e n c y c l o p e d i a o f t h e u n u s u a l a n d u n e x p l a i n e d afterlife mysteries 55 masters who dwell in secret places in the himalayas and communicate with their initiates through their psychic abilities and their projected astral bodies. whereas edgar cayce (1877 1945) and rudolf steiner (1861 1925) evolved their spiritual teachings primarily through their own revelations, inspirations, and psychic abilities, blavatsky claimed to be able to draw upon the ancient wisdom of the masters koot hoomi and morya to abet the considerable knowledge that she had distilled from various mystery schools, hindu religious thought

evolution it would be found to supply every missing link in the chain of the latter. there was not a philosopher of any notoriety who did not hold to this doctrine, as taught by the brahmans, buddhists, and later by the pythagoreans. in 1878, blavatsky and olcott moved to bombay, india, to be nearer the mahatmas and masters, the members of the great white brotherhood who appeared to her in their astral bodies to relay metaphysical teachings. after a turbulent period in india, which she left under charges of fraud to settle in london in 1887, blavatsky began work on her magnum opus, the secret doctrine (1888, a massive statement of her theosophical philosophy, including her views on reincarnation. only a constant series of rebirths of one and the same individual, passing through the circle

THE NECRONOMICON SIMON VERSION

. first among the elder ones was he. he split the sundered tiamat in twain and fashioned the heavens and the earth, with a gate to keep the ancient ones without. with a gate whose key is hid forever save to the sons of marduk save to the followers of our master enki first in magick among the gods. from the blood of kingu he fashioned man. he constructed watchtowers for the elder gods fixing their astral bodies as constellations that they may watch the gate of absu the gate of tiamat they watch the gate of kingu they oversee the gate whose guardian is iak sakkak they bind. all the elder powers resist the force of ancient artistry the magick spell of the oldest ones the incantation of the primal power the mountain kur, the serpent god the mountain mashu, that of magick the dead kutulu, dead

TYSON DONALD SOUL FLIGHT

mounts and potencies of the ingredients that made them up, their effects probably varied wildly from batch to batch. there is no way to know if their use was harmless, or caused cumulative damage to the organs and nervous system. the latter case appears more likely in view of the malicious effects of some of the herbs that the ointments contained. fortunately for those who desire to project their astral bodies, drugs are not necessary to achieve useful results- 44. hansen, 99. chapter th re the land of fairy t he description of the vast meadow of the blocula, with its central meeting house and smaller enclosed grassy space for the keeping of horses and other mounts, that we met with in the previous chapter in connection with the testimony of the accused witches of mora, sweden, is relevant

those who have passed through the astral planes on their ascent to heaven after death. shells retain no consciousness, and nothing resembling the genuine personality. they are like astral zombies that can, briefly, be animated into an illusion of awareness by the power of the medium during a seance. on rare occasions, enlightened beings who were once human, but who have long since cast off their astral bodies, find it necessary to descend to the astral planes, and for this purpose they take on astral substance and build temporary astral bodies for themselves. among these beings are the nirmanakaya "the 'spirits (in the sense of an individual, or conscious spirit) of great sages from spheres on a higher plane than our own, who voluntarily incarnate in mortal bodies in order to help the hum

and blood. next above it is what is called the etheric body, which resembles the material body closely but is formed of a more subtle substance. slightly more refined than the etheric body is the astral body, with which human beings are enabled to travel the astral planes. just as, after death, the human body decays and eventually falls to nothingness, so theosophists believe that the etheric and astral bodies also break down and fall to nothing with the passage of sufficient time. the body of flesh is the first to disappear, followed by the body of the etheric, and then by the body of the astral, and so on up to the higher bodies. theosophists believe that the etheric body is able to separate from the physical body during life no more than a couple of feet. it is connected with the physic

an watch the astral doubles of the living as they go about their daily lives, and they will appear completely normal to you, so that you seem to be standing in the physical world with them. they will probably not see you or hear you, but if you touch them they will feel your touch as a cool sensation or a light breeze, or perhaps as a slight tickle on the skin. since they are not inhabiting their astral bodies with their consciousnesses, which function in their physical bodies while they are awake, they usually remain unaware of your presence. those with an uncommon degree of psychic ability may become aware of you. sometimes a person with whom you share a close personal connection will see you. on higher levels, the spirits that are the inhabitants will be aware of you, but may not take a

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