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h. yesod: the ninth emanation on the tree of life. yesod is associated with the moon and the element water. regarded as a female sphere, it is the seat of sexual instinct and corresponds to the genital chakra on the archetypal man, adam kadmon. on the tree of life, yesod has the function of channeling the energies of the higher down to the earth below, malkuth. occultists associate yesod with the astral plane, because if the sephiroth above malkuth are regarded as a map of the unconscious psyche, yesod is the most accessible area of the mind. yesod is the sphere of fertility and lunar 67 imagery. it is identified with witchcraft and goddess worship. it is also the so-called animal soul, known by qabalists as nephesch. malkuth: the tenth emanation of the tree of life. malkuth is associated

ive one line interpretations of dreams. a popular book on the market, 10,000 dreams interpreted, is one example of such a book. let it be known that in essence, there is no-one outside of yourself that can interpret your dreams better than you. remember that you play the role of all the characters in the dream. this is a fact, because your dreams are also considered the extended perception of the astral plane. consequently, the images of the dream act as a reflection of your own self. as a force of habit it would be advisable to keep your pathworking and dream diary close to your bed. on a nightly basis, as you fall asleep, you may gently remind yourself that if a dream should occur, you will remember them, and that upon waking, no matter what time of day or night, you will record the expe

ALEISTER CROWLEY EIGHT LECTURES ON YOGA

notice the style? it's pure john bunyan' it was. 21. but all this is neither here nor there. there is only one thing for anybody to do on a path, and that is to make sure of the next step. and the fact which we all have to comfort us is this: that all human beings have capacities for attainment, each according to his or her present position. for instance, with regard to the power of vision on the astral plane, i have been privileged to train many hundreds of people in the course of my life, and only about a dozen of them were incapable of success. in one case this was because the man had already got beyond all such preliminary exercise; his mind immediately took on the formless condition which transcends all images, all thought. other failures were stupid people who were incapable of makin

ALEISTER CROWLEY MAGICK IN THEORY AND PRACTICE

i might do so, or i might not: but if i could not, it would not prove that i was deceiving myself in supposing that i had passed through the roof. this body, which is called by various authors the astral double, body of light, body of fire, body of desire, fine body, scin-laeca and numberless other names is naturally fitted to perceive objects of its own class. in particular, the phantoms of the astral plane. 144 there is some sort of vague and indeterminate relation between the astrals and the materials; and it is possible, with great experience, to deduce facts about material things from the astral aspect which they present to the eyes of the body of light<planes; as in the case of an anglo-indian's liver and this temp

s of the body of light<planes; as in the case of an anglo-indian's liver and this temper. the relation appears "vague and indeterminate" only in so far as one happens to be ignorant of the laws which state the case. the situation is analogous to that of the chemist before the discovery of the law of "combining weights, etc> this astral plane is so varied and so changeable that several clairvoyants looking at the same thing might give totally different accounts of what they saw; yet they might each make correct deductions. in looking at a man the first clairvoyant might say "the lines of force are all drooping; the second "it seems all dirty and spotty; a third "the aura looks very ragged" yet all might agree in deducing t

own body has its eyes shut. use the eyes of the body of light to describe the objects in the room behind you. don't say "it's only an effort of subconscious memory. the time to test that is later on. as soon as you feel more or less at home in the fine body, let it rise in the air. keep on feeling the sense of rising; keep on looking about you as you rise until you see landscapes or beings of the astral plane. such have a quality all their own. they are not like material things- they are not like mental pictures- they seem to lie between the two. after some practice has made you adept, so that in the course 146 of any hour's journey you can reckon on having a fairly eventful time, turn your attention to reaching a definite place on the astral plane; invoke mercury, for example, and examine

e, one may here again mention that you should endeavour to the utmost to develop and fortify this body of light. the best and simplest way to do this is to use it constantly, to exercise it in every way. in particular it may be employed in ceremonies of initiation or of invocation- while the physical body remains silent and still. in doing this it will often be necessary to create a temple on the astral plane. it is excellent practice to create symbols. this one precaution is needed: after using them, they should be reabsorbed. 148 having learned to create astral forms, the next step will be at first very difficult. phantasmal and fleeting as the astral is in general, those forms which are definitely attached to the material possess enormous powers of resistance, and it consequently requir

, which have commonly been classed under the astral. there is some reason for this, as the delimitations are somewhat vague. just as the vegetable kingdom merges into the animal, and as the material plane has beings which encroach upon the boundaries of the astral, so do we find it in the higher planes. the mental images which appear during meditation are subjective, and pertain not at all to the astral plane. only very rarely do astral images occur during meditation. it is a bad break in the circle, as a rule, when they do. there is also a magical plane. this touches the material, and even includes a portion of it. it includes the astral, chiefly a full-blooded type of the astral. it reaches to and includes most, if not all, of the spiritual planes. the magical plane is thus the most comp

ich he has reason to believe died with some teacher of the past, it may be useful to evoke the "shade" of such a one, or read the "akasic record" of his mind<magician belong to adepts sworn to suffer reincarnation at short intervals, and the best elements of such minds are bound up in the "unconscious self" of the adept, not left to wander idly about the astral plane. it will thus be more profitable to try to get into touch with the "dead teacher" in his present avatar. moreover, adepts are at pains to record their teaching in books, monuments, or pictures, and to appoint spiritual guardians to preserve such heirlooms throughout the generations. whenever these are destroyed or lost, the reason usually is that the adept himself judges that their us

ALEISTER CROWLEY MAGICK WITHOUT TEARS

members of the order all over the place is to me quite sufficient. iii. the ruach contains both the moral and intellectual worlds, which is really all that we mean by the conscious mind; perhaps it even includes certain portions of the subconscious. iv. in initiation from the grade of neophyte to that of zelator, one passes by this way. the main work is to obtain admission to, and control of, the astral plane. your expressions about "purifying the feelings" and so on are rather vague to enter into a scientific system like ours. the result which you doubtless refer to is attained automatically in the course of your experiments. your very soon discover the sort of state of mind which is favourable or unfavourable to the work, and you also discover what is helpful and harmful to these states

limbs of yoga" as you will see when you come to read my eight lectures. i am very pleased with your illustrations; that is excellent practice for you. presently you have to make talismans, and a lamen for yourself, and even to devise a seal to serve as what you might call a magical coat-ofarms, and all this sort of thing is very helpful. it occurs to me that so far we have done nothing about the astral plane and this path of tau of which you speak. have you had any experience of travelling in the astral? if not, do you think that you can begin by yourself on the lines laid down in liber o, sections 5 and 6 (see magick, pp. 387-9. if not you had better let me take you through the first gates. the question of noise instantly arises; i think we should have to do it not earlier than nine o'cl

ce! how do you know, pray madam (dial numbers at random: the results are often surprisingly delightful) besides, i didn't ask you to invoke a supersensible (what a word! meaning) being right away, or at any time: that supersensible is getting on my nerves: do you mean "not in normal circumstances to be apprehended by the senses" i suppose so. in a word: do fix a convenient season for going on the astral plane under my eye: half an hour (with a bit of luck) on not more than four evenings would put you in a very different frame of mind. you will soon "feel your feet" and then "get your sea-legs" and then, much sooner than you think "afloat in the aethyr, o my god! my god "white swan, bear thou ever me up between thy wings" 3. now then to your old pons asinorum about the names of the gods! st

mine alone! all others are spurious" but then i'm not a r.g.t. of that kind. for a start, of course, you should put down the words that are bound to come in your way in any case: numbers like 11, 13, 31, 37, and their multiples; the names of god and the principal angels; the planetary and geomantic names; and your own private and particular name with its branches. after that, let your work on the astral plane guide you. when investigating the name and other words communicated to you by such beings as you meet there, or invoke, many more will come up in their proper connections. very soon you will have quite a nice little sepher sephiroth of your very own. remember to aim, above all things, at coherence. it is excellent practice, but the way, to do some mental arithmetic on your walks; acqu

worst difficulty in your way is incomprehensibly removed by some extraordinary "freak of chance" or. 22 in a word, you seem to have strolled into a world where- well, it might be going too far to say that the law of cause and effect is suspended; but at least the law of probability seems to be playing practical jokes on you. this means that your manoeuvres have somehow attracted the notice of the astral plane: your new neighbours (may i call them) are taking an interest in the latest tenderfoot, some to welcome, to do all they can to help you to settle down, others indignant or apprehensive at this disturbance of routine. this is where your banishings and invocations come to the rescue. of course, i am not here referring to the approach to sanctuaries which of necessity are closely guarded

entific methods can be included in this term) i have to assume in all that follows that you have thoroughly understood the doctrine of 0= 2. all magical action may be classed as under the formula of progression from the "0" to the "2; in other words it is complete extraversion. the aspiring magician only analyses himself for the purpose of finding new worlds to conquer. his first objective is the astral plane; its discovery, the classification of its tenants, and their control. all his early practises therefore are devoted to exploring the worlds which surround (if you choose, or if your prefer- are contained in) the object of sense. if there is a tree in your garden, you want to find out whether that tree is occupied by a nymph or a nat, and if so, what are they like? how do they act? how

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st part of it. see liber cdxviii, fifth aethyr> and so represents the aspiration itself; it is the arrow that cleaves the rainbow. this arrow is "temperance" in the taro; it is a life equally balanced and direct which makes our work possible; yet this life itself must be sacrificed! in the burning up of these things arise in our imagination those terrifying or alluring phantasms which throng the "astral plane" this smoke represents the "astral plane" which lies between the material and the spiritual. one may now devote a little attention to the consideration of this "plane" about which a great deal of nonsense has been written. when a man shuts his eyes and begins to look about him, at first there is nothing but darkness. if he continues trying to penetrate the gloom, a new pair of eyes gr

things are themselves totally false. as first the seer will perceive gray gloom; in subsequent experiments perhaps figures may appear with whom the seer may converse, and under whose guidance he may travel about. this "plane" being quite as large and varied as the material universe, one cannot describe it effectively; we must refer the reader to liber o and to equinox ii, pages 295 to 334. this "astral plane" has been described by homer in the odyssey. here are polyphemus and the laestrygons, here calypso and the sirens. here, too, are those things which many have imagined to be the "spirits" of the dead. if the student once take any of these things for truth, he must worship it, since all truth is worshipful. in such a case he is lost; the phantom will have power over him; it will obsess

ALEISTER CROWLEY THE OLD AND NEW COMMENTARIES TO LIBER AL

tabernacle (in its error, that feareth change) in some other body. these shells are broken away utterly from the star that did enlighten them, and they are vampires, obsessing that that adventure themselves into the astral world, without magical protection, or invoke them, as do the spiritists. for by death is man released only from the gross body, at the first, and is complete otherwise upon the astral plane, as he was in his life. but this wholeness suffereth stress, and its girders are loosened, the weaker first, and after that the stronger. de adeptis r.c. eschatologia. consider now in this light what shall come to the adept, to him that hath aspired constantly and firmly to his star, attuning his mind unto the musick of its will. in him, if his mind be knit perfectly together in itsel

ALEISTER CROWLEY THE QABALAH

y perhaps in our blindness stone the son himself when he is sent. so that is no vain counsel of st. john (1 john iv. 1, try the spirits, whether they be of god, no mistake when st. paul claims the discernment of spirits to be a principal point of the armour of salvation (1 cor. xii. 10. now how should frater p. or another test the truth of any message purporting to come from the most high? on the astral plane, its phantoms are easily governed by the pentagram, the elemental weapons, the robes, the god-forms, and such childish toys. we set phantoms to chase phantoms. we make our scin-laeca1 pure and hard and glittering, all glorious within, like the veritable daughter of the king; yet she is but the king s daughter, the nephesch adorned: she is not the king himself, the holy ruach or mind o

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perhaps in our blindness stone the son himself when he is sent. so that is no vain counsel of "st john (1 john iv. 1 "try the spirits, whether they be of god" no mistake when "st paul" claims the discernment of spirits to be a principal point of the armour of salvation (1 cor. xii. 10. now how should frater p. or another test the truth of any message purporting to come from the most high? on the astral plane, its phantoms are easily governed by the pentagram, the elemental weapons, the robes, the god- forms, and such childish toys. we set phantoms to chase phantoms. we make our scin-laeca pure and hard and glittering, all glorious within, like the veritable daughter of the king; yet she is but the king's daughter, the nephesch adorned: she is not the king himself, the holy ruach or mind o

ALEISTER CROWLEY EQUINOX EQ I 1 2

itual work; for that work extends from malkuth to kether. here is the great value of the rationalistic eastern systems.[p.s. of course scientifically worked with pencil, note-book, and stop-watch. the yogi is usually in practice just as vague a dreamer as the mystic. they keep one always balanced by common sense. one might go off on lines of pleasing illusion for years, until one was lost on the "astral plane. all this, observe, is very meaningless, very vague at the best. what is the astral plane? is there such a thing? how do its phantoms differ from those of absinthe, reverie, and love, and so on? we may admit their unsubstantiality without denying their power; the phantoms of absinthe and love are potent enough to drive a man to death or marriage; while reverie may end in anti- vivisec

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g. d. known as fra. i.a. this meeting, as we shall eventually see, ranks only second in importance to his meeting with fra. v.n. ritual of the 2= 9 grade of theoricus this grade is particularly attributed to the element of air; it refers to the moon, and is attached to the thirty-second path of tau, which alludes to the universe as composed of the four elements, to the kerubim, the qliphoth, the astral plane, and the reflection of the sphere of saturn. after this has been explained, the advancement of the zelator takes place, after which the ritual of the thirty-second path is celebrated "hierophant" to zelator "facing you are the portals of the thirty- second, thirty-first, and twenty-ninth paths leading from the grade of zelator to the three other grades which are beyond. the only path

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ents will usually be a definite single act of catastrophic energy. this act, too, does not take place in time or space as we know them. i think that for the first time of experiencing a dhyana it is necessarily single. certain mystical methods may teach us to retain the image; but the criterion of true dhyana is the singleness, so totally opposed as it is to the vague and varying phantoms of the "astral plane" the new consciousness resulting from the combination is, too, always a simple one. even where it is infinitely complex, as in atmadarshana or the vision of the universal 65 peacock, its oneness is the truer of these two contradictory truths. so for the matter of time and space. all time is filled; all space is filled; the phenomenon is infinite and eternal. this is true even though i

nued and passionate love. see "bhagavad gita" chap. xi, the visions of many catholic saints, teresa, gertrude, francis and others, anna kingsford("clothed with the sun" part iii, idra rabba qadisha and so on. the virgin mary is a favourite with many; it is all one phenomenon. observe, though, that many such apparitions are not of the dhyana type at all; they are mostly mere hallucinations of the "astral plane" in section xiii. we have indicated the diagnostics. 69 methods of obtaining these states are to be found in any book on bhakta yoga- swami vivekananda's is the best i know of- and in loyola's "exercitios espirituales" whose discipline and method is, in my opinion, unsurpassed. these phenomena are nearly always tainted with sexuality, and are excessively dangerous from this cause "dir

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se by the invocation hereafter set down (come unto me, o ma &c) with the calls or keys enochian suitable thereunto. and in all this is the wand held by the path of hb:taw: for why? because in drawing down the light divine; so is it manifest in the sphere immediately above malkuth: and in banishing is the flaming sword set against the enemies; and in hb:taw is the knowledge of the elements and the astral plane; also hb:taw= the cross. 270 let him then perform the invoking ritual of the supernals:69 by the names hb:heh hb:yod hb:heh hb:aleph: hb:heh hb:yod: hb:mem-final hb:yod hb:heh hb:lamed hb:aleph hb:heh hb:vau hb:heh hb:yod and hb:aleph hb:taw hb:yod hb:resh hb:aleph hb:resh hb:aleph. and after this let him turn again to the east and recite the great invocation of iota alpha omega begin

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this line, to the left "porta, and to the right "portae. a triple ringed circle rests on this base line, for malkut. arched between the rings at the bottom "ritual dclxxi" written within the circle are the words "the four powers of the sphinx neophyte. liber vii. the building of the magic pentacle" extending vertically from the circle of malkut is the path of taw, with these words "control of the astral plane. this path connects to the circle representing yesod. extending at an angle from the circle of malkut to the left is the path of shin, with these words "meditation practice equivalent to ritual cxx. this path connects to the circle representing hod. extending at an angle from the circle of malkut to the right is the path of qof, with these words "methods of divination. this path conne

ALEXANDRIAN BOOK OF SHADOWS OCCULT

he bos (instead of in a grimoire or in a set of training notes) also appears to be khaled's idea. l water deep body dryness, hotness, mind& body feel seperated, no empathy body puffiness, sinus (etc) flows, mood swings "touchiness, apathy goddess aspect: mother astrological rulers: venus, moon keys: love principle, fertility, gabriel (turns force into form) rules: emotions, love, sorrow, courage, astral planes, clairvoyance, tides, oceans, pools, streams, wells, womb melancholic; feeling; strong, excitatory virtues: compassion, tranquility, tenderness, forgiveness, modesty, fluidity in creativity, receptivity, influence vices: self-indulgence, negligence, cowardice, indifference, instability, moodiness, infatuation, easily put upon, delusions season: autumn time of day: sunset direction: w

ALICE A BAILEY01 THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF THE ATOM

t which is bad and coarse, and are cognisant principally of our brother's faults. we are insensitive, yet, to the best people. another development will be that we shall be able to function consciously on all planes of being. we function consciously now on the physical plane, and there are a few people who are able to function equally consciously on the next subtler plane, that which is called the astral plane (a word i very much dislike, as it conveys no real meaning to our minds) or the plane of the emotional nature, on which a man is active when out of the physical body, in the hours of sleep or immediately after death. very few human beings can function on the mental plane in fully awakened consciousness, and still fewer upon the spiritual plane. the object of evolution is that we shoul

ALICE A BAILEY02 INITIATION HUMAN AND SOLAR

remony of initiation takes place on the three higher sub-planes of the mental plane, and on the three higher planes, according to the initiation. the five-pointed star, at the initiations on the mental plane, flashes out above the head of the initiate. this concerns the first initiations which are undergone in the causal vehicle. it has been said that the first two initiations take place upon the astral plane, but this is incorrect, and the 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 fir

rom the unseen. his is the energy which, through his disciples, is stimulating the psychical research groups everywhere, and he it was who initiated, through various pupils of his, the spiritualistic movement. he has under observation all those who are psychics of the higher order, and assists in developing their powers for the good of the group, and in connection with certain of the devas of the astral plane he works to open up to the seekers after truth that subjective world which lies behind the grossly material. little can be given out anent the two english masters. neither of them takes pupils in the same sense that the master k. h. or the master m. take pupils. one of them, who resides in great britain, has in hand the definite guidance of the anglo-saxon race, and he works upon the

rma, and also upon the exigencies of any special period. this much can be suggested, however: at the first initiation, that of the birth of the christ, the heart centre is the one usually vivified, with the aim in view of the more effective controlling of the astral vehicle, and the rendering of greater service to humanity. after this initiation the initiate is taught principally the facts of the astral plane; he has to stabilise his emotional vehicle and learn to work on the astral plane with the same facility and ease as he does on the physical plane; he is brought in contact with the astral devas; he learns to control the astral elementals; he must function with facility on the lower sub-planes, and the value and quality of his work on the physical plane becomes of increased worth. he p

nas by the bodhisattva. when man individualised in lemurian days, it was through the application of the rod of initiation to the logos of our earth chain, which touched into activity certain centres in his body, with their corresponding groups. this application produced literally the awakening of the life to intelligent work on the mental plane. animal man was conscious on the physical and on the astral planes. by the stimulation effected by the electric rod this animal man awoke to consciousness on the mental. thus the three bodies were co-ordinated, and the thinker enabled to function in them. all rods of initiation cause certain effects: a. stimulation of the latent fires till they blaze. b. synthesis of the fires through an occult activity that brings them within the radius of each oth

fects the matter of an entire plane within a planetary scheme, and consequently the matter of those planes which are subsidiary to the one involved. for instance, an initiate of the third degree, in sounding the word of his degree, affects the matter of the lower mental subplanes, and subsequently the matter of the astral and physical planes. an initiate of the second degree similarly affects the astral plane, and- 93- initiation, human and solar copyright 1998 lucis trust subsequently the physical. far reaching results are thus achieved, and the work of many is thus affected. 7. every word, differentiated or synthesised, affects the deva kingdoms, and hence the form-building aspects of manifestation. no sound is ever made without producing a corresponding response in deva substance, and d

f our scheme. they are given in this brief form both to protect the concealed truths and yet to reveal them to those who are ready. these seven words of the solar system, which form the logoic word which we only know in its triple form as aum, are revealed at the seven initiations. at the first initiation is given the word for the physical plane. at the second initiation is given the word for the astral plane. at the third initiation is given the word for the lower mental plane. at this initiation, in which, as earlier said, the hierophant is the lord of the world, not only is the word given for the lower mental plane, but a word which synthesises the three words for the three worlds is also committed. it is given to the initiate as a topic for meditation, until he takes the fourth initiat

ALICE A BAILEY04 A TREATISE ON COSMIC FIRE

arks shining in it" secret doctrine i. 145- 7- a treatise on cosmic fire copyright 1998 lucis trust contents section one. the internal fires fire by friction introductory remarks division a. of the sheaths macrocosmic and micro cosmic division b. the personality ray and the first fire division c. prana and the etheric body division d. kundalini and the spine division e. motion on the physical and astral planes 1. in the sheaths 2. in the centres division f. the law of economy section two. the fire of mind solar fire introductory questions division a. the nature of manas or mind division b. manas as a cosmic, systemic and human factor division c. the egoic ray and solar fire division b. thought elementals and fire elementals division e. motion on the plane of mind division f. the law of att

und in the human, vegetable and animal kingdoms, and who blend with the fires of the microcosmic systems. certain of the deva kingdom who may be described as ensouling certain of the great light rays, and who are in themselves the essence of those rays. other forms of such elemental lives and of deva groups might be enumerated, but the above tabulation will suffice for our present purpose. 2. the astral plane. the fiery essences of this plane are more difficult for us to comprehend, having not, as yet, the- 38- a treatise on cosmic fire copyright 1998 lucis trust seeing eye upon that plane. they are in themselves the warmth and heat of the emotional body, and of the body of feeling. they are of a low order when upon the path of desire, and of a high order when upon the path of aspiration

brings about and eventually transmutes, the effects of causes which he set in motion earlier in relation to his six brothers, the other planetary logoi. we get an illustrative parallel in the effect which one individual will have upon another in worldly contact, in moulding and influencing, in stimulating or retarding. we have to remember that all fundamental influence and effects are felt on the astral plane and work thence through the etheric to the dense physical thereby bringing matter under its sphere of influence, yet not itself originating on the physical plane. division c- the etheric body and prana the etheric body and prana34(31) i. the nature of the etheric body. 1. its purpose and description. 2. eight statements. ii. the nature of prana. 1. solar prana. 2. planetary prana. 3

he system. all receive in order to give, and to pass on to that which is lesser or not so evolved. upon every plane this process can be seen. thus the etheric body forms the archetypal plane in relation to the dense physical body. the thinker on his own plane stands, in relation to the physical, as the logos to his system. in the synthesis of thought it might be expressed thus: the thinker on the astral plane, the plane of desire and of necessity, stands to the physical body as the logos on the cosmic astral plane stands to his system. as we continue the study we will work out the correspondence in the cosmos, the system, and in the three worlds, for we need to remember that the analogy must be perfect. 1. man, the microcosm, the manifesting monad, or one. 2. the heavenly man, the planetar

our ethers, and built into a specific form. it forms a focal point for certain radiatory emanations, which vivify, stimulate and produce the rotary action of matter. fourth. these pranic emanations when focalised and received, react upon the dense matter which is built upon the etheric scaffolding and framework. fifth. this etheric web, during incarnation, forms a barrier between the physical and astral planes, which can only be transcended when consciousness is sufficiently developed to permit of escape. this can be seen in both the microcosm and the macrocosm. when a man has, through meditation and concentration, expanded his consciousness to a certain point he is enabled to include the subtler planes, and to escape beyond the limits of the dividing web (stop) physical sub-planes solar s

f its place in the scheme of things. we have considered this matter of etherics from the angle of correspondences, and have traced analogies in the system, the planet, and man. we have seen that it formed the foundation of the dense physical form, and in itself constituted a most important link between- 49- a treatise on cosmic fire copyright 1998 lucis trust a. physical man, and the emotional or astral plane. b. planetary man, and essential emotional quality. c. the logos, the grand heavenly man, and the cosmic astral plane. we might now narrow the subject down to the consideration of the etheric body of the human being and not touch upon correspondences to things systemic or cosmic at all, though it may be necessary to remind ourselves that for the wise student the line along which wisdo

ALICE A BAILEY05 THE LIGHT OF THE SOUL

increasingly what is the meaning of restraint of the modifications. 15. non-attachment is freedom from longing for all objects of desire, either earthly or traditional, either here or hereafter. non-attachment can also be described as thirstlessness. this is the most correct occult term to use as it involves the dual idea of water, the symbol of material existence, and desire, the quality of the astral plane, whose symbol is also water. the idea of man being the "fish" is curiously complete here. this symbol (as is the case with all symbols) has seven meanings; two are of use in this place: 1. the fish is the symbol of the vishnu aspect, the christ principle, the second aspect of divinity, the christ in incarnation, whether it is the cosmic christ (expressing himself through a solar syste

formed eventually into nirvanic realization. it may be of value to the student to remember that heaven, the object of aspirational desire, which is the outcome of traditional teaching, and of all formulations of doctrinal faiths has several meanings to the occultist. for the purpose of a clearer understanding the following may be found to be of use: 1. heaven, that state of consciousness upon the astral plane which is the concretion of the longing and desire of the aspirant 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

esses. it is circumscribed and limited. 2. etheric vision. this is a rapidly developing faculty of the human eye which ultimately will reveal the health aura of all forms in the four kingdoms of nature, which will bring about recognition of the vital pranic emanations of all living centres and will make manifest the conditions of the centres. 3. clairvoyance. this is the faculty of sight upon the astral plane and is one of the lower "siddhis" or psychic powers. it is achieved through a surface sensibility of the entire "body of feeling" the emotional sheath, and is sensuous perception carried to a very advanced condition. it is misleading and, apart from its higher correspondence, which is spiritual perception, is the very apotheosis of maya or illusion. 4. symbolic vision. this is a facul

bout 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. there are oth

e can only arrive at his goal. spiritual reading will be found to concern the development of the sense of subjective realities. it is fostered by study as understood in the physical sense, and by the endeavour to arrive at the thoughts which words convey. it is developed by a close scrutiny of the causes which lie back of all desires, aspirations and feelings, and thus is related to the desire or astral plane. it deals with the reading of symbols or geometrical forms ensouling an idea or thought and this concerns the mental plane. this will be dealt with later in book iii. devotion to ishvara may be briefly stated to constitute the attitude of the lower threefold self to the service of the ego, the inner ruler, the god or christ within. this will be triple in its manifestation, bringing th

ontrolled by the real man and put him in contact eventually with the two highest subplanes of the physical plane and not with the lower astral as is now the case. the correct order of this control of the organs of physical perception or of the five senses is as follows: 1. correct intellectual perception of the ideal on the mental plane. 2. pure desire, freed from love of form on the emotional or astral plane, 3. correct use and development of the five centres up the spine (base of spine, sacral centre, solar plexus, heart and throat centres, each of which is found in the etheric body and is allied with one or other of the five senses, 4. consequent correct reaction of the sense organs to the requirements of the true or spiritual man. in connection with the astral body, the result of purif

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e, in their turn, picked up by the concrete thinkers of the world who grasping the main outline of the idea crystallize it and build it into more definite shape, into one more easily apprehended by the general public. it has therefore now reached the lower levels of the mental plane, and a further development becomes possible. it is then seized upon as desirable by those who are focussed upon the astral plane; to them it makes an emotional appeal, becoming public opinion. it is now practically ready to take shape upon the physical plane, and we have the practical adaptation of an ideal to the needs of the physical life. it has been stepped down; it has lost much of its original beauty; it is not as pure and as lovely as when first conceived, and it is distorted from its original shape but

onsequent energizing into independent life and activity. the first hindrance to the potency of the work comes through the failure of the disciple to carry on these activities simultaneously. the second cause of failure lies in his neglecting to consider the condition of the waters or the state of the emotional substance into which this mental form must go and so gather to itself the matter of the astral plane which will enable it to become a- 93- a treatise on white magic copyright 1998 lucis trust functioning entity on that plane. if it cannot do this, it becomes simply and eventually a dead form on the plane of mind, for it will lack that motivating power of desire which is necessary to carry it forward to completion on the physical plane. it is interesting to remember this: if a thought

ew of transferring his consciousness higher still, into the wider and inclusive awareness of the soul. his aim is to include the higher, and there is no need for him, at this stage, to regain that astral facility which was the 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

eeds to be calm and peaceful and to cultivate detachment and so gain control of himself. we teach him that in place of a cross disposition there should be sweetness and calm. this sounds a platitude and most uninteresting. yet what is really being stated is that in place of the restless self-centered emotional nature and the activity of the solar plexus centre (carrying the powerful forces of the astral plane) there should be imposed the steady detached and harmonising rhythm of the soul, the higher self. this work of imposing the higher vibration on the lower is character building, the first pre-requisite upon the path of probation. on reading this the earnest student can begin to sum up his energy assets; he can tabulate the forces which he feels control his life, and thus arrive at a re

e carrying on, and to the magical work of the evolution of the divine plan which is the motivating power of the occult hierarchy- 127- a treatise on white magic copyright 1998 lucis trust rule seven the dual forces on the plane (whereon the vital power must be sought) are seen; the two paths face the solar angel; the poles vibrate. a choice confronts the one who meditates. the battleground of the astral plane. the two paths. the battleground of the astral plane we must start our study and consideration of the seventh rule for magic. we have completed the first six rules which deal specifically with work on the mental plane, and hence have a practical value only for those who are beginning to utilize the power of the mind in the magical work of creation. it is interesting to note in this co

ty as yet, and most people respond to the forces and vibrations emanating from the plane of the emotions and of desire. more and more however are awakening, and the significance of the six first rules of magic will become increasingly apparent. these fifteen rules are divided into: six rules on the mental plane- 128- a treatise on white magic copyright 1998 lucis trust five rules on the desire or astral plane. four rules on the physical plane. the main thought to be held clearly in the mind is that they confine themselves to the use of energy in the three worlds, and that this energy is either consciously manipulated by the governing soul or is swept into activity by the force inherent in the matter of the three worlds, independently of the soul. when this is the case, the man is a victim

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

d consciousness is adequately recording the known. the planes or manifested spheres of expression are influenced in manifestation in a numerical order: ray i. will or power. plane of divinity. ray ii .l ove-wisdom .p lane of the monad. ray iii. active intelligence. plane of spirit, atma. ray iv. harmony. plane of the intuition. ray v. concrete knowledge .m ental plane. ray vi. devotion, idealism. astral plane. ray vii. ceremonial order. physical plane- 36- a treatise on the seven rays- volume i: esoteric psychology i copyright 1998 lucis trust the fifth ray therefore works actively on the plane of the greatest moment to humanity, being, for man, the plane of the soul, and of the higher and the lower mind. it embodies the principle of knowledge, and because of its activity and its close rel

ession of that sensed idea. it is responsible for much of the formulation of the ideas which have led man on, and for much of the emphasis on the appearance which has veiled and hidden those ideals. it is on this ray primarily as it cycles in and out of manifestation that the work of distinguishing between appearance and quality is carried forward, and this work has its field of activity upon the astral plane. the complexity of this subject and the acuteness of the feeling evolved become therefore apparent. the seventh ray of ceremonial order or magic embodies a curious quality which is the outstanding characteristic of the particular life which ensouls this ray. it is the quality or principle which is the coordinating factor unifying the inner quality and the outer tangible form or appear

he sun" for each ray is in its turn a triple manifesting entity as is the solar deity himself. love will be their outstanding characteristic, and through that attractive magnetic force the new forms will come into being which will permit of purer ray types, and thus of more truly expressive appearances. a great deal of the destructive energy extant in the world today is due to the presence on the astral plane of a first ray disciple of the planetary logos. his work it is to clear the way for the manifestation of these other four major disciples, who are primarily builders; they will enter on their work when the task of the wreckers of form has been accomplished. i should like here to give a suggestion, for it is necessary that some of the methods of the hierarchy should begin to be underst

owth of the colour sense and the capacity to respond musically to quarter tones and subtle nuances indicate a thinning of the veil which separates the world of external and tangible phenomena from that of subjective being and of more subtle matter. the growth also of etheric vision and the largely increased numbers of clairvoyant and clairaudient people are steadily revealing the existence of the astral plane and the etheric counterpart of the physical world. more and more people are becoming aware of this subjective realm; they see people walking around who are either the so-called "dead" or who in sleep have dropped the physical sheath. they become aware of colours and distinctive hues and streams of organised light which are not of this physical world; they hear sounds and voices which

f light substance, and at the present time a fourth type is gradually making its presence felt. these types of light are: 1. the light of the sun- 71- a treatise on the seven rays- volume i: esoteric psychology i copyright 1998 lucis trust 2. the light in the planet itself not the reflected light of the sun but its own inherent radiance. 3. a light seeping in (if i may use such a phrase) from the astral plane, a steady and gradual penetration of the "astral light" and its fusion with the other two types of radiance. 4. a light which is beginning to merge itself with the other three types and which comes from that state of matter which we call the mental plane a light in its turn reflected from the realm of the soul. an intensification of the light is going on all the time, and this increas

iscovery was a direct result of this intensification. the electrification of the planet through the wide-spread use of electricity is one of the things which is inaugurating the new age, and which will aid in bringing about the revelation of the presence of the soul. before long this intensification will become so great that it will materially assist in the rending of the veil which separates the astral plane from the physical plane; the dividing etheric web will shortly be dissipated, and this will permit a more rapid inflow of the third aspect of light. the light from the astral plane (a starry radiance) and the light of the planet itself will be more closely blended, and the result upon humanity and upon the three other kingdoms in nature cannot be over-emphasized. it will, for one thin

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e various centres. b. the etheric body intensifies its vitality, and the physical body is consequently powerfully vitalised, galvanised, and energised. c. the entire aura is coordinated and illumined, and the soul can then, at will, withdraw from its physical vehicle in full waking consciousness, or stay in it as an incarnated son of god, whose consciousness is complete on the physical plane, the astral plane, and on the mental levels, as well as in the three aspects of lower mind, causal consciousness and nirvanic realisation. this process finds its consummation at the third initiation. in the life of the aspirant, the power to cause this tremendous happening is dependent upon the carrying forward of the inner subjective and spiritual work previously described as the "building of the brid

ies hid in this simple phrase. it is the basis of the christian doctrine of love and sacrifice. hence the emphasis laid, in the piscean age and through the influence of christianity, upon just these two things, forgiveness and atonement. that man, as usual, distorted and misinterpreted the teaching and the truth, and that it fell, as does all else at present, under the glamour and illusion of the astral plane, plus the piscean influence, is true. man's thought dominated and distorted the ideal and produced such a damnable doctrine as the elect of god, the chosen of the lord, or the sole people to benefit by the sacrifice and death of the great son of god, and who pass, due to the merits of that vicarious death, into a state of bliss in heaven, simply because of an emotional choice, which i

will emerge upon the physical plane glamoured by the idea, for instance, of his amazing personal contacts, whereas he has only contacted some group thought-form of the great ones. he will be under the illusion that he is a chosen vessel or mouthpiece for the hierarchy, when the truth is that he is deceived by the many voices, because the voice of the silence has been dimmed by the clamour of the astral plane; he will be deluded by the idea that there is no other way but his way. such an illusion and deception is common among teachers and workers everywhere today, because so many are definitely making a contact with their souls, and are being swept then into the desire for service; they are not yet free, however, from ambition, and their orientation is still basically- 84- a treatise on th

nd then functioning together (either in selfish coalition for the presentation of an active personality, or in dedicated selflessness and the attitude which is oriented towards soul guidance) the force, flowing through the server will galvanise his etheric body into activity. then, automatically, the physical body will respond. there is, consequently, a great need for the server to pause upon the astral plane, and there, in a holy and controlled silence, wait, before permitting the force to pour through into the centres in the etheric body. this point of silence is one of the mysteries of spiritual unfoldment. once the force or energy of the soul preserved in its purity, or tainted and sidetracked on its way through into physical manifestation has reached the etheric body, there is nothing

communication between the different aspects of the human being is entirely possible at varying stages of unfoldment. 2. they will work at the establishment of communication between that plane which is the plane- 117- a treatise on the seven rays- volume ii: esoteric psychology ii copyright 1998 lucis trust of illumination and pure reason (the buddhic plane) and the plane of illusion which is the astral plane. it should be remembered that our great task is to dispel the world illusion through the pouring in of illumination or of light. when enough groups have been started that have this for their objective, there will then be found upon the physical plane, those channels of communication which will act as the mediators between the world of light and the world of illusion. they will be tran

ave this for their objective, there will then be found upon the physical plane, those channels of communication which will act as the mediators between the world of light and the world of illusion. they will be transmitters of that type of energy which will break up the existing maya or illusion and dissipate the ancient thought-forms. they will release the light and peace which will illumine the astral plane and so dispel the illusory nature of its life. 3. through other groups another type of energy must flow, producing another type of interrelation and communication. these groups will bring about the right healing of the personalities of individuals, in all aspects of their nature. the work intended is the intelligent transmission of energy to various parts of the nature mental, astral

ALICE A BAILEY12 DISCIPLESHIP IN THE NEW AGE VOLUME I

ot be given here. these meditations will be given to you as suggestions for your use and acceptance. endeavour at some stage in your meditation to link up with me but let this linking up take place after you have worked at and brought about an alignment with your soul. the reason that it is essential that you link up after alignment is that you can then avoid the glamours and the illusions of the astral plane whereon thoughtforms and masquerading entities personalise the teachers and the masters and do so in their myriads. add also to your meditation a short period wherein you will try and- 14- discipleship in the new age- volume i copyright 1998 lucis trust link up with your co-disciples, sending them love, soul force, and help. you would find it useful to keep what might be called a spir

athic faculty and become trained communicators. the objective before the hierarchy at this time is to break and dissipate the world glamour. this has to happen on a world scale just as it happens in the life of every disciple. just as a man shifts his focus of consciousness (when on the path of discipleship) on to the mental plane and learns to smash the glamour which has hitherto held him on the astral plane, so the problem before the hierarchy today is to bring about a similar happening in the life of humanity as a whole, for humanity is at the crossroads and its consciousness is being rapidly focussed on the mental plane. a death blow must be struck at the world illusion for it holds the sons of men in thrall. by learning to break through the glamour in their own lives and to live in th

he greater contact need not necessarily include the lesser. telepathic communication between the different aspects of the human being is entirely possible at varying stages of unfoldment. 2. another group is that of the trained observers. their objective is to see clearly through all events, through space and time by means of the cultivation and use of the intuition. they work very largely on the astral plane at the dissipation of glamour, thus bringing in illumination to mankind. thus another type of energy is brought into play, producing another type of inter-relation and communication. this communication is between the plane which is the plane of illumination and pure reason (the buddhic plane) and the plane of illusion and glamour, which is the astral plane. the trained observers are a

g these lines, there will be found upon the physical plane certain channels of communication which will act as the mediators between the world of light and the world of illusion. they will be transmitters of that form of energy which will break up the existing glamours and illusions, and so dissipate the ancient deceptive thoughtforms. they will release the light and peace which will illumine the astral plane and dispel the illusory nature of its life. 3. the third group is that of the magnetic healers. these healers have no relation to the work of the so-called magnetic healers of today. they work intelligently with the vital forces of the etheric body. much of their work is dealt with in the fourth volume of a treatise on the seven rays. this group of healers must bring about the right h

. where the alignment is good, there can be an almost immediate response to my thought; where it is not good, it may take days and even weeks for the impression to be finally realised and consciously registered on the disciple's mind and brain. there are other groups which are consciously working with the energy which can dispel glamour and illusion. this is the energy of the highest level of the astral plane. this level is susceptible to reaction or response to that type of energy which we call the energy of the intuition or of buddhi, if you like the oriental terminology. it is the energy of wisdom. this wisdom energy is the only type of force which is adequate to dispel the miasmas, the fogs and the mists of the world of glamour. those disciples who are working in these groups have to l

see with clarity the way that he should go. it is this realisation which drives the members of the human family to the masters of the wisdom. in atlantean days (i am here telling you something of interest and something which should evoke a sense of responsibility, the major task of the masters of the wisdom was with the great world illusion or rather, glamour. they worked then primarily upon the astral plane and had they not- 54- discipleship in the new age- volume i copyright 1998 lucis trust done so, human life and conditions would not be so good as they are for they are in reality full of beauty, the beauty of potentiality, hovering upon the verge of immediacy of expression. today, they are working primarily upon the mental plane, dealing with ideas and with their impression upon the m

ALICE A BAILEY14 THE REAPPEARANCE OF THE CHRIST

a closer relation between the outer and the inner worlds of thought. the world of meaning and the world of experience will be obviously blended through the stimulation of the advent of the hierarchy and of its head, the christ. a tremendous growth of understanding and of relationships will be the major result. iv. the dispelling of glamour the word "glamour" the outstanding characteristic of the astral plane, has never been correctly employed and it is a pity that it was ever used in the early days of the esoteric teachings. the so-called "astral plane" is simply the name given to that sum total of sentient reactions, of feeling-responsiveness, and of emotional substance which man has himself so powerfully created and so successfully projected that he is today the victim of that which he

a pity that it was ever used in the early days of the esoteric teachings. the so-called "astral plane" is simply the name given to that sum total of sentient reactions, of feeling-responsiveness, and of emotional substance which man has himself so powerfully created and so successfully projected that he is today the victim of that which he has made. eighty per cent of the teaching given about the astral plane is a part itself of the great delusion and a part also of that unreal world to which we refer when we pray the ancient prayer "lead us from the unreal to the real" what is said about it has little basis in fact; it has, however, served a useful purpose as a field of experience in which we can learn to differentiate between the true and the- 70- the reappearance of the christ copyright

true and the- 70- the reappearance of the christ copyright 1998 lucis trust untrue; it is an area also in which the aspirant can use the discriminating faculty of the mind the great discloser of error and the eventual revealer of truth. once that "mind is in us which is also in christ (phil. ii.5, we shall find that the control of this emotional nature and this sentient area of consciousness (the astral plane, if you prefer the term) becomes complete. then this past sentient control and its entire area of influence no longer exists. it has no reality, except as a field of service and a realm in which men wander in despair and bewilderment. the greatest service a man can render his fellowmen is to free himself from the control of that plane by himself directing its energies through the powe

w today, in the world of human affairs, in the realm of human thinking and in the arena of political and economic intercourse, the present world order (which is so largely disorder) can be so modified and changed that a new world order and a new race of men can gradually come into being. world glamour will be dissipated and world illusion be dispelled. within the world of glamour the world of the astral plane and of the emotions appeared, centuries ago, a point of light; the lord of light, the buddha, undertook to focus in himself the illumination which would eventually make possible the dissipation of glamour. within the world of illusion, the world of the mental plane, appeared the christ, the lord of love himself. he undertook to dispel illusion by drawing to himself (by the attractive

of matter; it will produce also the dispelling of illusion and the recognition of the truth as it exists in the consciousness of those who are polarised in the awareness of the christ. this is necessarily no rapid process; it is an ordered and regulated procedure, sure in its eventual success but relatively slow also in its establishment and sequential process. this process was initiated upon the astral plane by the buddha, and on the mental plane when christ manifested on earth. it indicated the approaching maturity of humanity. the process has been slowly gathering momentum as these two great beings have gathered around them their disciples and initiates, during the past two thousand years. it has reached a point of intensive usefulness as the channel of communication between "the centre

ALICE A BAILEY15 THE DESTINY OF THE NATIONS

stupendous battle one that is recurrent and cyclic but which will, in this particular era, prove a decisive and determining factor in the age old conflict between material domination and spiritual control. the forces playing upon the planet at this time are of supreme importance. if you will bear in mind that the sixth ray works through and controls the solar plexus (being closely related to the astral plane, the sixth level of awareness) and that the seventh ray controls the sacral centre, you will see why there is so much emotion, so much idealism and so much desire mixed up in connection with the world conflict and why also apart from the storms in the political arena and the religious field that sex and its various problems has reached a point of interest in the human consciousness wh

nd for the benefit of the evolving life in any particular world cycle: 1. spirit and matter. 2. life and form. 3. the ego and the personality. 4. the soul and its outer expression. 5. the higher worlds of atma-buddhi-manas and the lower reflection of mind emotion and the physical nature. 6. the head and the heart, through the sublimation of the sacral and the solar plexus energies. 7. the etheric-astral planes and the dense physical plane. 8. the intangible subjective levels of existence and the outer tangible worlds. such is the task of the white magician and as evolution proceeds and becomes more complicated and complex it will nevertheless be more rapid and more accurately defined in the mind of the magician. all, therefore, that is conducive to human sensitivity and to increased awaren

other group is working entirely with the soul or the consciousness aspect, and in this group the doctrine of the heart and the law of love control. in this connection, the two groups are working in opposition, therefore, upon the mental plane- 58- the destiny of the nations copyright 1998 lucis trust 2. the plans, which embody these two differing ideals and objectives, are carried down on to the astral plane, and thus into the world of desire. the lines of demarcation remain ever entirely clear as far as the workers in these two groups are concerned, but are not so clear where ordinary human beings and the world disciples and initiates are concerned. there is much chaos on the plane of desire, and the world arjuna is today sitting in bewilderment between the two opposing forces or camps

d and recognised and it is by means of these inner senses that spiritual discovery becomes possible as well as the more familiar psychic discoveries. in the three phases: a. instinct to aspiration b. stimulation of divine desire c. the reflection of reality you have the history of the activity of the sixth ray and of its relation during the past few centuries to its major field of expression, the astral plane. we can now proceed to consider the seventh ray in its relation to the present situation in just the same way as we considered the sixth ray. through doing this, there will unfold in your consciousness an idea of the developing process and of the emerging events and of the imminent happenings which may logically be expected. there are, as you may realise, two ways in which any particu

the methods employed by those who are handling and directing the new energies are not comprehensible by him, grounded as he is in the methods of the past; hence the appearance of the fundamentalist schools, found in every field of thought religious, political and even scientific. again, when the sixth ray disciple attempts to use the new incoming energies, they express themselves for him upon the astral plane and the result is astral magic, deepened glamour and pronounced deception. to this fact must be ascribed today the appearance of teachers, claiming to teach magic, to bring about certain magical results, to work with rays of differing colours and to utilise words of power, to pronounce decrees and to be repositories of the hitherto unrevealed wishes and secrets of the masters of the w

pearance of teachers, claiming to teach magic, to bring about certain magical results, to work with rays of differing colours and to utilise words of power, to pronounce decrees and to be repositories of the hitherto unrevealed wishes and secrets of the masters of the wisdom. it is all a form of astral- 66- the destiny of the nations copyright 1998 lucis trust glamour, and the contacting upon the astral plane of that which will later precipitate upon earth. but the time is not yet and the hour for such usages has not arrived. the sense of time and the understanding of the correct hour for the carrying out of the plan in its future detail has not been learnt by these sincere, but deluded, people and focussed as they are upon the astral plane and undeveloped as they are mentally they misinte

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quest also that you give increased attention at the time of your full moon contact with myself. this group should have a special aptitude for work along the line of dispelling glamour at the period of the full moon. contact is made on the different planes according to the focus of the subtle bodies of the personnel of the group, and this group makes its contact with me on the higher levels of the astral plane. hence the clarity of their reactions and the wealth of their detailed records. also, herein will lie eventually their service, for they can later (but not for some long time yet) utilise the days of contact and the "moment of entrance (as it is sometimes called) for definite work in dispelling some of the world illusion. first must come, however, aptitude in dispelling it in the pers

en your tie with myself and with your fellow group members. one word of warning only will i give. success along this line will bring both its rewards and also its difficulties. you will have to watch with care for the undue stimulation of your astral or emotional nature, with consequent and subsequent glamour. you will have to exercise the deepest watchfulness in the endeavour to work thus on the astral plane, holding simultaneously the attitude of the observer on the high plane of the soul. no constructive work and no service of vital importance can be rendered in this difficult sphere of activity unless there is this detached and liberated attitude. you are to work in one of the most difficult spheres of activity perhaps the most difficult to which a disciple can be called and hence the

his time, and here these groups can help profoundly. one of the things which will emerge most definitely during the next three or four decades is the work that groups can do on levels other than the physical. group service and united effort towards group welfare has for two centuries been seen on earth in all fields of human endeavour political, philanthropic and educational. group service on the astral plane has been started also since 1875, but united effort to dispel the world glamour is only now in process of organising and this group can be a part of the corporate effort towards this end, and swell the number of those so engaged. train yourselves, therefore, and learn how to work. telepathic sensitivity is necessarily the objective of all groups of disciples, but it is the main object

d understand the significance of glamour and the laws for its dissipation. record and note all telepathic activity and phenomena and learn to work this way, but regard it as a secondary issue for you at this time. one of the outstanding characteristics of the work done at the time of the full moon will be the mass of phenomena noted. this is to be expected as this service calls you to work on the astral plane. but it will provide you with a field for the wise use of the faculty of discrimination. it is too early as yet for you to work at the problem of separating the real from the unreal; your task at first will be recording. keep detailed records. preserve the scientific attitude of detachment and of recognition and write down all that is sensed, seen or contacted. these records will serv

aspect of all the souls in manifestation. it is the soul which is submerged in the illusion and the soul that fails to see with clarity until such time as it has learnt to pour the light of the soul through into the mind and the brain. the problem of glamour is found when the mental illusion is intensified by desire. what the theosophist calls "kama-manas" produces glamour. it is illusion on the astral plane. the problem of maya is really the same as the above, plus the intense activity produced when both glamour and illusion are realised on etheric levels. it is that vital unthinking emotional mess (yes, brother of old, that is the word i seek to use) in which the majority of human beings seem always to live. the dweller on the threshold is illusion-glamour-maya, as realised by the physi

nation of intuition and mental activity produces the genius in some field or another; but then there is no illusion, but clear thinking, coupled with a trained equipment in that particular field or enterprise. 3. the weaker and more average mental types of people succumb to the general field of illusion and of mass illusion. the mental plane manifests a different sort of distortion to that of the astral plane or the etheric. the faculty of discrimination which is being developed has produced sharper lines of demarcation, and instead of the dense fogs and mists of the astral plane or the swirling tides and currents of energy of the etheric plane, we have on the mental plane masses of sharply indicated thoughtforms of a particular quality and note and tone, around which are grouped lesser th

ALICE A BAILEY17 TELEPATHY AND THE ETHERIC VEHICLE

d is aware of the subtlety and delicacy of the apparatus required to register the "overshadowing cloud of knowable things) is safeguarded from the sensitivity required to register impacts from other minds, good or bad in their orientation, and from the thought currents of that which is in process of taking form as well as from the powerful pull or urge of the emotional and desire reactions of the astral plane and of the emotionally polarised world in which he lives physically. more understanding will come also if you grasp the fact that this science of impression is concerned with the activity of the head centre as an anchoring centre for the antahkarana, and that the ajna centre is concerned with the process of translating the recorded intuition into a form (through recognition of and rea

gnetic effect of the surrounding environment. step by step, the forms of life upon the physical plane, down through the ages, have unfolded one sense after another; one form of sensitive response after another becomes possible as the mechanism is produced, until the human being can receive impressions from the physical plane and rightly interpret them; can respond to the emotional contacts of the astral plane and succumb to them or surmount them; and can become telepathic to the world of the mental plane, thus sharing physically, emotionally and mentally in the life and contacts of the three worlds which constitute his environment and in which he is submerged whilst in incarnation. what he gets out of this life of constant impression is largely dependent upon his power to invoke his enviro

n with the master a relationship at this stage non-existent. this will not greatly matter, because when the disciple begins to realise certain differences, a new type of registration will awaken and guide the disciple's consciousness. this stage, which embraces the second type of impression in its earliest forms, can be quite a long one, for it covers a very definite period of transition from the astral plane to the mental plane. the time equation varies according to ray and the age of the soul. sixth ray people, for instance, are very slow in making this transition, owing to the pronounced factor of glamour; first and second ray people are relatively quick. third ray people are also slow, for they are lost in the threads of their own glamorous manipulations and their devious thinking, and

rospectively in upon himself, and it is in this stage that many aspirants become prisoners, astrally speaking, because they register in their magnetic aura the many astrally motivated thoughtforms of what they believe and hope "vertical impression" supposedly would convey. they contact with facility the astral counterparts of the higher worlds, which are reflected (and thereby distorted) into the astral plane; the world there registered is glamoured by wrong and selfish desires and by the wishful thinking of well-meaning devotees. upon this i need not enlarge. all disciples at some point or another of their training have to work through this phase of glamour; in so doing they clarify and intensify the magnetic aura and, simultaneously, clarify the surrounding astral world with which they a

tation of the imparted impression is dependent largely upon the purity of the receiving channel and upon the freedom of his nature from all aspects of the lower psychism a point oft forgotten. a thick veil of concrete thoughtforms can also distort the true interpretation, as can astral intervention; the teaching upon the path and the spiritual impression can be interfered with by glamour from the astral plane or by separative and concrete ideas emanating from mental levels. in this case it can be truly said that "the mind is the slayer of the real" there is a deep occult significance to the words "an open mind; it is as essential to correct interpretation as is freedom from glamour and the psychic expressions to be found upon the astral plane. here again you can grasp the necessity of a fa

mal. this "supreme science of contact" can be as already explained broken up into the following phases which are all progressively developed from each other. forget not the inevitable continuity which is the outstanding characteristic of the evolutionary process. 1. astral sensitive awareness. this is based upon the reactions of the solar plexus, and the entire process is carried forward upon the astral plane and with astral substance. this, in its highest form, becomes the factor which later makes intuitive awareness and intuitive sensitivity possible; then the process is carried forward in buddhic substance. aspirants are, at one stage of their development, strongly astral-buddhic in nature. this should be remembered. 2. mental telepathy. this involves naturally two minds or several mind

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

hich is a mass sign and one of the "gates" into manifested life. the following information anent the hierarchies may prove useful. it has been gathered from various sources. i might here remind you that the seven planes of our solar system are the seven subplanes of the cosmic physical plane. the four creative hierarchies which have achieved liberation are now to be found focussed upon the cosmic astral plane; hence their potency even when out of manifestation. the fifth creative hierarchy exists on the highest etheric level and will join the other four hierarchies when the sixth creative hierarchy has measured up to cosmic opportunity and is itself nearing liberation. the following is a tabulation showing some of the astrological relationships in connection with 1. the constellation of th

nd with infinite pain, the human soul learns to function first as a member of the human family, and, secondly as a spiritual entity, the divine soul. you will see from the above that certain positions taken by the esoteric astrologer reverse the position of the orthodox astrology of today. the reason for this is that in the descent of ideas from the plane of ideas, they become "reversed" upon the astral plane and subject to the great illusion; astrology must eventually free itself from this reversal. a right understanding of the effect of the various energies and forces will make it apparent that, when the conditioning planetary forces, the expanding energies of the sun sign and the driving energy of the rising sign are all being controlled and directed by the illumined spiritual man, you

theme of duality, therefore, runs through the whole story of man's development. upon all the three planes of human unfoldment the reconciliation goes forward. 1. upon the physical plane we find the merging of the dense and the etheric forces. this is- 33- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iii: esoteric astrology copyright 1998 lucis trust consummated upon the path of purification. 2. upon the astral plane there must come the resolution of the pairs of opposites. this is consummated upon the path of discipleship. 3. upon the mental plane the angel of the presence and the dweller on the threshold are brought face to face. their synthesis is brought about upon the path of initiation. what is true of man in this connection is true also of humanity as a whole, of the planetary logos of the

s of the earth, as of all planetary logoi, and of a solar logos. the analogy between the fusion of the pairs of opposites, for instance, upon the physical plane can be seen in the conscious and directed fusion of the planetary forces with the energy of any specific planet or group of planets. the analogy, involving discrimination to regulate and offset the force of the pairs of opposites upon the astral plane, can be seen when the energies of the sun sign and of the planets are perfectly directed and adjusted. the analogy can also be carried forward onto the mental plane and when the energies of the sun sign and the rising sign are coherently blended and expressed (in the case of both the individual or a planetary life) there comes a point of crisis wherein the soul and the personality are

finitely express eternal relationships. it is the misuse of the- 38- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iii: esoteric astrology copyright 1998 lucis trust various energies which has created the illusion. this illusory path is consequently as much a reality to humanity today as are the personality illusions of any individual. these illusions are due to the polarisation of the individual upon the astral plane. it is interesting also to note in this connection that due to the precession of the equinoxes a fourth type of force is brought to bear upon the planet and man, but one which is seldom recognised and given due place in the horoscope. the month and the sign, or the place of the sun in the heavens, do not really coincide. when we state, for instance, that the sun is "in aries" it conve

triangles of force there 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

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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 body and to the diseases of which it is a prey. secondly, i seek today to give you another of the laws of healing, as well as one o

ric body, of energies from the physical plane itself and from the outer world of forces. little attention has been paid by occult teachers to these forces which come from without, which originate upon the physical plane, and which affect the inner bodies. there are physical energy and streams of force entering into the etheric bodies of all forms, just as the world illusion and the miasmas of the astral plane oft have their causes in physical plane conditions. the energies entering into the centres of man from the subtler levels have oft been considered in occult books, but the forces which find their way into the centres from the world of physical plane life are seldom realised or discussed. this is a somewhat new thought which i offer for your consideration- 19- a treatise on the seven r

ology. psychologists have discovered (or rather uncovered) the nature of some of these forces, and their terminology in this connection is frequently more truly occult and accurate than is that of the orthodox esotericist and theosophist. it may be of interest to you if i do two things. first of all, give you some technical information in connection with the working through of the forces from the astral plane into the physical body, and then give you the effects of that working through, as they take the form owing to man's wrong use of them of disease and the many varying disorders to which man is prone. with their cure we are not at this time concerned. i am here simply laying down the structure of fact upon which we can later base our conclusions. we shall, in this connection, only consi

it is very largely the work done in our fifth civilisation, our present aryan race, which will, in cooperation with the fifth principle of the mind, bring a shift into a higher level of consciousness. this will produce a harmonising of all the centres through an act of the will, intellectually and intelligently applied, with the objective of producing harmony. this point warrants thought. on the astral plane there will also be found in every astral body seven corresponding focal points through which energy can enter, raying forth then into the vital centres in the etheric physical body as seven differentiated types of force. these types of force produce both bad and good effects, according to the quality of the negative dense physical body. these differ according to the type of ray or for

uld have to be drawn up. 1. there would be required the positive analysis of the astral forces as they express the personality. 2. an analysis of the soul forces as they are faintly indicated. a negative analysis concerning what is not present in the equipment can be of little value here. it will again be necessary to have an analysis of the forces, playing through into the physical body from the astral plane, which are received directly from the soul and are therefore a combination of soul-force plus the highest type of astral energy. this would be in the nature of a synthetic analysis and would only be possible in the case of a disciple or an initiate. you will therefore eventually have for each person: 1. a positive analysis of the personality forces, primarily of the astral force as th

h the above. but combining also the record of positive soul expression. in these tabulations and statements i have given you much food for thought. b. desire, inhibited or rampant. it would be of value to you here if i made clear that one of the first things a student has to remember is that for the majority of human beings, for the huge majority the influences and impulses which emanate from the astral plane are a predisposing factor in all matters with which the individual concerns himself, apart from those conditions which (being imposed upon him from his environment and the period in which he lives) are, for him, unavoidable. the astral plane is a centre of dynamic emanating force, which is fundamentally conditioning in its effect because of the stage of the individual consciousness at

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ical man. as i said elsewhere: we might generalise in the following manner as to the stages of growth and consequent ability to become the agent of ever increasing powers, tapping the resources of dynamic energy in the three worlds: lower types of humanity use the sutratma as it passes through the etheric body. average men utilise almost entirely that part of the sutratma which passes through the astral plane. their reactions are largely based on desire, and are emotional. intellectual men utilise the sutratma as it passes through the lower levels of the mental plane, down through the astral to the physical in its two sections. their activities are energised by mind and not by desire, as in the earlier cases- 25- education in the new age copyright 1998 lucis trust aspirants of the physical

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 three knowledge petals opened in lemurian times and brought a measure of light to the physical plane consciousness of humanity. the second opened in atlantean times and brought light to the astral plane. and in our race, the aryan, the third petal opened and brought the light of mental knowledge to man. thus was completed (in the three races) the arduous task of vitalising the threefold manifested world (physical, astral, mental, and the energy of intelligence became a powerful, ruling factor. now the task of vitalising man with the energy of love is proceeding and making much progre

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ons of human suffering and to penetrate the controlled response which has to be given? there are also other factors of a more subjective nature to which the disciple is sensitive, and among them are the following: 1. the astral or emotional vortex which humanity has inevitably set up as a result of registered pain and through which the observing disciple must move. 2. the glamour induced upon the astral plane as the result of three intermingling and inflowing streams of energy: a. the energies set in motion by the uprising cry of humanity itself, which inevitably shapes and moulds astral substance. b. the new inflowing spiritual energies which the planetary logos is steadily bringing to bear upon human life and upon all forms of physical existence. these must traverse or cut across the ast

manity itself, which inevitably shapes and moulds astral substance. b. the new inflowing spiritual energies which the planetary logos is steadily bringing to bear upon human life and upon all forms of physical existence. these must traverse or cut across the astral realm in reaching the physical plane. c. the retreating forces of evil which are endeavouring to make a last desperate stand upon the astral plane. these three types of force (when brought into relation with each other) are producing an unparalleled vortex of energy of which all disciples are necessarily aware, particularly those (and they are a large number) who are preparing for the second initiation. all disciples, working among their fellowmen, are brought into contact with this astral whirlpool (i would call the attention o

tual and human relations. when in the attitude of meditation and using the- 133- discipleship in the new age- volume ii copyright 1998 lucis trust implement of prayer (by means of the invocation, he attains a relationship with the mass of humanity not otherwise possible, he can implement their recognised though unvoiced need, and he also allies himself with the hierarchy, who work from the cosmic astral plane but through the use of the planetary antahkarana work also on buddhic-mental levels and are evoked by the desire of the mass of men. i do not intend to deal further here with the invocation, because i did so fully in the earlier meditation instructions. i earnestly beg you, however, to reread what i there wrote. meditation vii. the cross. spiritual position it is an occult truism to s

thought; out of this meditative and creative thought which they all so admirably demonstrate will come the structure of the new civilisation. the sixth ray disciple is active also in organising the mystical aspiration of the masses of men everywhere which is in itself a most potent energy; these aspirational men (no matter what may be their immediate aspiration) are necessarily polarised upon the astral plane but are not yet capable of the clear mental perception of the massed intelligentsia or susceptible to the influence of the accurate, esoteric approach. their guided, mystical orientation will be one of the most powerful factors in the destruction of the old values and in the massed recognition of the spiritual- 155- discipleship in the new age- volume ii copyright 1998 lucis trust tru

piercing through the world glamour and thereby effecting two objectives: a. the light of the spiritual triad streams into the consciousness of the initiate, via the antahkarana, so that the plan for humanity and the divine purpose in relation to the planet become increasingly clear. this initiates relation to shamballa. b. part of the world glamour is thus dissipated and thus a clarifying of the astral plane takes place and humanity is consequently served. every disciple who arrives at a recognition of the initiate-revelation releases light and dissipates a part of the glamour which blinds the mass of men. the sixth ray disciple takes far longer over this stage of penetration than do disciples on the other rays but only in this world cycle. 2. the stage of polarisation. this is the stage

of god and of the divine plan. 3. the centre within the one life which we call by the unmeaning word "monad" the spark within the one flame. in the final stages of initiation, the monad becomes the revealer of the purpose of god, of the will of the planetary logos and of the door which opens on to the way of the higher evolution. this way leads a man off the cosmic physical plane on to the cosmic astral plane, and therefore into the world of divine sentiency, of which we can have no possible understanding, but for which the development of consciousness has given us the initial steps. man has learnt to use the physical eye and to find his way, by its means, around and through his environment. the stage in human evolution wherein he learnt first to "see" lies far behind, but when man saw and

ALICE A BAILEY23 THE EXTERNALISATION OF THE HIERARCHY

d its subjective effect was far more potent than has hitherto been grasped. through the power of prolonged sound, carried forward as a great experiment on the battlefields all over the world during a period of four years (1914-1918, and through the intense emotional strain of the entire planetary populace, the web of etheric matter (called the "veil of the temple) which separates the physical and astral planes was rent or torn asunder, and the amazing process of unifying the two worlds of physical plane living and of astral plane experience was begun and is now slowly going on. it will be obvious, therefore, that this must bring about vast changes and alterations in the human consciousness. whilst it will usher in the age of understanding, of brotherhood and of illumination, it will also b

cause of grave concern to all the masters, their disciples and workers. the difficulty can, in the main, be traced back to the overstimulation and the undue strain placed upon the mechanism of the bodies, which the world of souls (in physical incarnation) have to employ as they seek to manifest on the physical plane and so respond to their environment. the flow of energy, pouring through from the astral plane and (in a lesser degree) from the lower mental plane, is brought in contact with bodies that are unresponsive at first, and over-responsive later; it pours into brain cells which, from lack of use, are unaccustomed to the powerful rhythm imposed upon them; and humanity's equipment of knowledge is so poor that the majority have- 4- the externalisation of the hierarchy copyright 1998 lu

pendable intermediaries. above all, let the psychics in the world today grasp the necessity of controlling and of not being controlled; let them realise that all that they do can be done by any trained disciple of the ageless wisdom should the occasion warrant it, and circumstances justify such an expenditure of force. psychics are easily deceived. for example, it is of course obvious that on the astral plane there is a thoughtform of myself, your tibetan brother. all who have received the disciples' degree monthly instructions, all who read the books which i have sent out into the world with the aid of a.a.b, also all who are working in my personal group of disciples have naturally and automatically aided in the construction of this astral thoughtform. it is not me, nor is it linked to me

feed ambition and which foster love of power, and those germs of desire and personal longing (which divide groups) emerge from contact with it. the results to those who are deceived thereby are sad. i would like to point out also that trance mediumship, as it is called, must inevitably be superseded by that mediumship which is offered by the man or woman who is clairvoyant or clairaudient on the astral plane, and who therefore in full waking consciousness and with the physical brain alert and active can offer himself as an intermediary between men in physical plane bodies (and therefore blind and deaf on the subtler levels) and those who, having discarded their bodies, are cut off from physical communication. this type of psychic can communicate with both groups and their value and their

ous and intelligent possession of the lower mechanism of their bodies; they must know which centre in that body they use whilst working psychically, and they must learn to look out, as souls, upon the world of illusion in which they are undertaking to work; from their high and pure position let them see clearly, hear truly and report accurately, and so serve their age and generation, and make the astral plane a familiar and well-known place of activity, accustoming mankind to a state of existence wherein are found their fellowmen, experiencing, living and following the path. i cannot here write concerning the technique of that training. the subject is too vast for a brief article. i do say, with emphasis, that a more careful and wise training is needed and a more intelligent use of the kno

unity offered them is great and the need of their work is vital. the service rendered has been real and essential, but if these movements are to avail themselves of the coming inflow of spiritual energy, they must shift their attention into the realm of true values. the training of the intellect and the presenting to the world of a group of intelligent psychics should be a main objective, and the astral plane will then be, for them, only a stage on the way to that world wherein all the spiritual guides and masters are found, and from whence all souls go forth to incarnation and all souls return from the place of experience and of experiment. it might be asked what ground this training should cover. i would suggest that teaching should be given as to the nature of man and the purpose and ob

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disciple, which was sounded forth "over the seas" it refers to the world of glamour in which humanity struggles, and to the emotional world in which mankind is sunk as if drowning in the ocean. we are told in the bible, and the thought is based on information to be found in the archives of the masters, that "there shall be no more sea; i told you that a time comes when the initiate knows that the astral plane no longer exists. for ever it has vanished and has gone. but when the initiate has freed himself from the realm of delusion, of fog, of mist and of glamour, and stands in the "clear cold light" of the buddhic or intuitional plane (the second or middle aspect of the spiritual triad, he arrives at a great and basic realisation. he knows that he must return (if such a foolish word can su

rom the fire" of this technique, underlying the potent demand, there is little that i may say. from the highest plane of the spiritual will, what is technically called "the atmic plane" the demand goes forth and the result of that demand will work out on mental levels, just as the earlier two demands worked out on the physical and astral levels. i would interject here that even though there is no astral plane, from the standpoint of the master, yet thousands of millions recognise it and labour in its delusive sphere and are there aided by the initiated disciple working from the higher corresponding levels. this is true of all the planetary work, whether accomplished by initiates and masters, working directly in the three worlds, or from higher levels, as work the nirmanakayas (the creative

st in one great sound, move outward from the desert, leave the seas behind and know that god is fire. this means more than its obvious significance. superficially it can mean that when the initiate hears the sound, he leaves behind the desert life of physical incarnation, the emotional life of the- 53- a treatise on the seven rays- volume v: the rays and the initiations copyright 1998 lucis trust astral plane, seething and unstable as the sea, and functions on the plane of mind, of which the symbol is fire. that is the most elementary and obvious meaning, and as this section of a treatise on the seven rays is written for those with initiate understanding, the obvious interpretation will not prove satisfactory. the meaning must be broader and deeper. the words "outward from the desert" have

rm 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 lord, the personality. the above is the very a b c of oc

of being, but only the life aspect, the spirit on its own plane, becomes the dominating factor. some faint dim light on the significance of this may come if you bear in mind that our seven planes are only the seven subplanes of the cosmic physical plane. the process of developing sensitivity in this sevenfold evolution has been undergone in order to enable the initiate to function upon the cosmic astral plane, when withdrawn or abstracted after the higher initiations. he is abstracted from our planetary life altogether. only one factor could prevent this, and that might be his pledge to serve temporarily within the planetary ring-pass-not. such members of the hierarchy who pledge themselves to this work are stated to have the buddhic consciousness, and the line of their descent (occultly u

the masters strive, and which the christ himself is only now attaining. it is for this reason that the symbolism of light and darkness is used in the words: let the group know there is no colour, only light; and then let darkness take the place of light. just as the individual has to pass through the stage wherein all "colour" goes out of life as he emerges out of the glamour which conditions the astral plane, so groups in preparation for initiation must go through the same devastating process. glamour disappears, and for the first time the group (as is the case with the individual) walks in the light. as the group thus walks, unitedly its units learn a lesson (one clearly enunciated by modern science) that light and substance are synonymous terms; the true nature of substance as a field a

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t the serpent and will have to wrestle with him. as the myth states, for a long time hercules could not conquer, but when he lifted the serpent high up into the air, he prevailed. there is a great truth underlying this symbolism. the air has always been regarded as the symbol or the element related to the christ plane, called in the theosophical terminology and in the east, the buddhic plane. the astral plane is the distorted reflection of the buddhic plane, and it is only when we carry glamor up into the clear light of the christ soul that we shall see truth as it is, and become invincible. most solemnly, i would urge upon all aspirants to forego all interest in psychic phenomena, and to shut out as steadily as they can the astral plane until they have developed the power to be intuitive

l. in sagittarius he slaughtered the maneating birds. he was back again to the same problem on the plane of the mind where he demonstrated complete control of that which is the first thing the aspirant to initiation has to do. we control our thoughts and consequently control our words. there is no initiation for us until we do. in aries he began to control thought. in taurus he worked down to the astral plane and came up against the problem of sex, the demonstration of the great law of attraction in the universe in its lowest aspect. he had fairly good success. he did control the bull and drove it into the city of the cyclops. in gemini it began to dawn upon him that he was dual; he was engrossed with the problem of soul and body and how to coordinate them. that is why gemini fluctuates in

side, was nurturing a beautiful hidden something, and his eyes were opened. in libra he went through a difficult stage of achieving equilibrium, a very abstruse sign in many ways because the man is neither the soul nor the body. libra is the balancing on the physical plane of the pairs of opposites. he has balanced them so much that he does not feel that he is getting anywhere. in scorpio, on the astral plane, he takes up again the work begun in taurus, completes it and clears away the great mire, the great illusion and stands free with the goal clear in front of him. gemini is the opposite of sagittarius; gemini duality; sagittarius unity, the onepointed going forward, the unified personality, conscious of the soul, determined to enter the sign capricorn where the great transition is made

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dityas: they are tushitas (in the second kalpa, and adityas in this vaivasvata period (see vayu purana, besides other names for each age. but they are identical with the manasa or rajasas, and these with our incarnating dhyan chohans. they are all classes of the gnanadevas. yes; besides those beings, who, like the yakshas, gandharvas, kinaras, etc, etc, taken in their individualities, inhabit the astral plane, there are real devagnanams, and to these classes of devas belong the adityas, the vairajas, the kumaras, the asuras, and all those high celestial beings whom occult teaching calls manaswin, the wise, foremost of all, and who would have made all men the self-conscious spiritually intellectual beings they will be, had they not been "cursed" to fall into generation, and to be reborn the

e shows- has not always reigned on this terrestrial plane[[footnote(s* it must be noted that, though the astral and physical planes of matter ran parallel with one another even in the earliest geological ages, yet they were not in the same phases of manifestation in which they are now. the earth did not reach its present grade of density till 18,000,000 years ago. since then both the physical and astral planes have become grosser[[vol. 2, page] 158 the secret doctrine. there was a time when even the haeckelian moneron- that simple globule of protoplasm- had not yet appeared at the bottom of the seas. whence came the impulse which caused the molecules of carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, etc, to group themselves into the urschleim of oken, that organic "slime" now christened protoplasm. what were t

amount of organic changes since the glacial epoch, and adds that the previous 140 million years can hardly be considered as sufficient for the development of the varied forms of life which certainly existed toward the close of the cambrian period (ch. gould* let us remember in this connection the esoteric teaching which tells us of man having had in the third round a gigantic ape-like form on the astral plane. and similarly at the close of the third race in this round. thus it accounts for the human features of the apes, especially of the later anthropoids- apart from the fact that these latter preserve by heredity a resemblance to their atlanto-lemurian sires[[vol. 2, page] 689 the incubus of ethnology. man- to develop the necessary barrier. medical science records such cases of monsters

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sense of the german materialist moleschott, who assures us that "thought is the movement of matter" a statement of almost unequalled absurdity. mental states and bodily states are utterly contrasted as such. but that does not affect the position that every thought, in addition to its physical accompaniment (brain-change, exhibits an objective- though to us supersensuously objective- aspect on the astral plane (see "the occult world" pp. 89, 90* the views of our present-day scientific thinkers as to the relations between mind and matter may be reduced to two hypotheses. these show that both views equally exclude the possibility of an independent soul, distinct from the physical brain through which it functions. they are (1) materialism, the theory which regards mental phenomena as the produ

f progression to composite elements in a mathematically identical manner, as to analogy. this refers, of course, only to diagrams made by the occultists; for were the scale of angelic beings to be placed on a parallel line with the scale of the chemical atoms of science- from the hypothetical helium down to uranium- they would of course be found to differ. for these have, as correspondents on the astral plane, only the four lowest orders- the higher three principles in the atom, or rather molecule or chemical element, being perceptible only to the initiated dangma's eye. but then, if chemistry desired to find itself on the right path, it would have to correct its tabular arrangement by that of the occultists- which it may refuse to do. in esoteric philosophy, every physical particle corres

ion" therefore, if any one is helpless before these immutable laws, it is not ourselves, the artificers of our destinies, but rather those angels, the guardians of harmony. karma-nemesis is no more than the (spiritual) dynamical effect of causes produced and forces awakened into activity by our own actions. it is a law of occult dynamics that "a given amount of energy expended on the spiritual or astral plane is productive of far greater results than the same amount expended on the physical objective plane of existence" this state will last till man's spiritual intuitions are fully opened, which will not happen before we fairly cast off our thick coats of matter; until we begin acting from within, instead of ever following impulses from without; namely, those produced by our physical sense

BLUE EQUINOX

h all emotions. don.t allow yourself to think that your own point of view is the only one. read liber lxv, cap. i: 32.40 and 57.61. this is extremely important: for one thing, if you fail to understand, you will go mad when you come to a certain gate (2) you are inclined to vagueness. this is evidently partly caused by the fog of emotion. before you can pass to zelator, you must know and rule the astral plane throughout. astral journeys, however interesting and even splendid and illuminating, don.t count unless they are willed. if you want to go to your office, and find yourself at the town hall instead, it.s no excuse that the town hall has fine columns! you should drop all .meditations on love. what.s the matter with hate, anyway? from beyond the abyss, they look as like each other as tw

onality in patience worth with perhaps no one beyond the scope of .subliminal mrs. curran. and the hypothesis is reasonable since mrs. curran is always at the board when patience manifests. to me it seems a much simpler hypothesis to suppose that patience is mrs. curran.s sub-conscious memory of an elizabethan incarnation than that patience is wandering, unchanged for several centuries, about the astral plane, where things are so easily broken up. it is also quite feasible to imagine patience as an elemental spirit. but undoubtedly her utterance is remarkably distinctive and coherent. it is almost entirely free from the worst of the disfigurements to which psychical researchers have acclimatized us, confound them. the mention of psychical researchers has ruined my temper again. i am going

CHAOS MAGICK AND LUCIFERISM

ic 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 a part of each is severed and a great union may be achieved, from which the conscious becomes aligned with the subconscious. could this be death itself, another level of waking through the web of dreams? what ever the result may be, a fo

state, what is called complete union with the hga (holy guardian angel. the activity of severing the ego, becoming beyond that and leaving the physical world is achieved via trance and the use of human bones as ritual tools. this represents that we are temporary and life ends, and that the spiritual paths may be ascended through desire and gnosis. lucifer is essentially the god of the air, or the astral plane. the luciferic powers are keys into the separation of the spiritual from the material, even though the luciferian may remain earth bound for some time. it is speculated that eventually something as this may grow boring and it would be time for the spirit to remain and move further into the astral. the tools of chaos magick are specifically anything which one would utilize to achieve h

COSIMANO CHARLES ELEMENTARY PSIONICS

greased with olive oil announced that his eyes were healed, threw away his glasses and drove into a tree on the way home. i insist that you do not make the same mistake. if you are under medical care, do not, even if the your pendulum, stick pad, instincts and the sacred chickens say you are healed give up either your medicine or your doctor. the last thing i need to run into on a jaunt into the astral plane is the spirit of one of my readers who died of stupidity. so how do you use the abilities taught in this volume of ineffable wisdom to keep your body in good health? the same way you would use conventional medicine; that is to say, by prevention of what can be prevented and treatment of that which is not. it is far easier from the psychic point of view to prevent illness than it is to

DEITUS

h, astarte, and ishtar; satan, shaitan, shiva, and set are each unique archetypal forms. the archetypal spheres and archetypal spirits i have described thus far exist (subjectively) because man has defined them to exist. some will argue that these gods and demons are real beings who have revealed their existence in the past and that the knowledge of these beings together with the knowledge of the astral planes on which they dwell has been passed down in religion and mythology. it is more likely, however, that these beings take on an apparent existence because people believe in them. the psychologist carl jung, fascinated with metaphysics, alchemy, and dream interpretation, considered that gods and demons existed as symbolic forms in the subconscious mind. further, he suggested that there w

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he left hand path as it is called can render a person mad if they are not able to control their own desires and goals, iblis tests just as he was tested. 21 black is from the root fhm meaning hidden or secret, but also wisdom. the word abufihamat, or head/father of wisdom is the foundation of baphomet. 22 representing fire and continual motion, change and sexual vigor. 23 white is symbolic of the astral plane or luciferian/celestial sabbat, wherein the spirit is elevated with his or her holy guardian angel or true will. 24 green or emerald, representing the jewel from the crown of lucifer. some sabbat rites include green candles which represent the fire of azazel, the light from his crown. 21 satanic or luciferian magick is a dual or opposing system of self-realization. the first area is t

DICTIONARY GLOSSARY OF OCCULT TERMINOLOGY

nowledge and conversation of your holy guardian angel" establishing this relationship is considered to be the same as achieving enlightenment or cosmic consciousness. the principle work of an "adeptus minor" in the hermetic order of the golden dawn. apport: from the french meaning "to bring. in spiritism (q.v, any object brought to a seance by a spirit (q.v) or entity from the spirit world or the astral plane (q.v. aquarius "the water-bearer" in astrology (q.v, the eleventh sign of the zodiac (q.v) having the qualities of fixed (q.v) and air (q.v) and is ruled by the planet uranus (q.v. on the rainbow wand (q.v) and on the lotus wand aries is represented by the color red. keywords include: unconventionally, rebelliously, humanitarianly, impersonally, with originality, with detachment, crea

) membership, and correlates to the earth of earth in the sephiroth of malkuth (i.e. the black colored quarter of malkuth. the primary principle of this grade is based on entering the light from spiritual darkness. asport: from the french meaning "to take or to send. in spiritism (q.v, any object taken from a seance by a spirit (q.v) or entity from the physical world to the spiritual world or the astral plane (q.v. assiah: pronounced "ahs-sie-ah" it is the fourth of the four kabalistic worlds in descending order. it means world of creation. asson: the sacred rattle of voudoun (q.v (see voodoo. they are used to summon the loas (q.v) or gods. astral: greek "from the stars" pertaining to that level of existence which is finer and more penetrating than matter, but denser than mind. in the psyc

ur kabalistic worlds in descending order. it means world of creation. asson: the sacred rattle of voudoun (q.v (see voodoo. they are used to summon the loas (q.v) or gods. astral: greek "from the stars" pertaining to that level of existence which is finer and more penetrating than matter, but denser than mind. in the psyche, it comprises the emotional/instinctual 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

e 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 drawn back into the physical body by either a disturbance near the physical body or an unpleasant occurrence on the astral plane. symptom

the rainbow wand (q.v) and on the lotus wand aries is represented by the color green. keywords include: relate, balance, complement, expressive, diplomatically, socially, discontentedly, harmoniously, impartially. license to depart: granting an entity permission to leave an area to which it has been called. little nasties: a term used by donald michael kraig to denote non-physical dwellers on the astral plane that can be shocking when first seen. this happens when the practice of magick opens up the ability to "see" into the astral plane. they may be surprising, but are harmless. others refer to this phenomena as "astral junk" or "astral garbage. loas: gods or deities in the religion of voudoun (q.v, the religion of haiti, or voodoo (q.v) in general. they enter their devotionaries via invo

anet of the terran solar system. in astrology (q.v, the planet named after the greek god who served as the lord of the ocean and seas. attributed as being the ruler of the zodiac (q.v) sign pisces (q.v. on the tree of life (q.v) within the kabbalah (q.v) attributed to the first sephirah (q.v) kether (q.v. keywords include: idealism, illusion, spiritual, drugs, alcohol, confusion, deceit, elusive, astral plane, psychic, charlatans, impressionable, wishful thinker, false, occult, escape, mystic, dreams, visions, lacks substance, gaseous, diffuse, foggy, vicarious, spell, self delusion. neschamah: the intuition. corresponds with the third sephirah (q.v) of the tree of life (q.v. netzach: victory. the seventh sephirah (q.v) on the tree of life (q.v. ninety-three (93) current: what the follower

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estation of cosmic force in its different types and on its different levels. they are given names, and the initiate thinks of them as persons, not troubling himself about their mystical qabala page 46 metaphysical foundations. consequently, for all practical purposes they are persons, for whatever they may be in actual fact, they have been personalised, and thought-forms have been built up on the astral plane to represent them. these, being charged with force, are of the nature of artificial elementals; but the force with which they are charged being cosmic, they are much more than what we ordinarily imply when we speak of artificial elementals, and we assign them to the angelic kingdom and call them angels or archangels according to their grade. an angelic being, then, may be defined as a

de of initiation of the greater mysteries is to introduce the candidate to the sphere of each sephirah in turn, working from malkuth up the tree. the instructions given in each grade concern the symbolism and forces of the sphere to which it refers and the paths that equilibrate it. the sign and word of the grade are used when treading these paths in the spirit-vision or projecting by them on the astral plane. consequently the initiate is able to move with accuracy and certainty into whatsoever sphere of the unseen he desires to penetrate, and to countercheck ah beings he meets and all visions he sees, 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 scmbr

sents the most spiritual form of the force and is conceived of as representing the functiofliog of that force in the kingdom of atziluth, the highest of the follz kingdoms of the qabalists. mystical qabala page 71 13. the archangelic names represent the functioning of a force in briah, the kingdom of the higher mind, are the archetypal ideas. 14. angelic choirs correspond to the kingdom of or the astral plane, and the mundane chakras are representatives of each force in the kingdom of assiah- the material plane. 15. what i call in my tables the spiritual experience assigned to each sephirah is called by crowley the magical power- whereas this term may be rightly assigned to the twentytwo paths, it is misleading when applied to the sephiroth. i have changed the term in relation to the sephi

oly creatures before the throne. the fact that the four aces of the tarot, assigned to kether, are regarded as representing the roots of the four elements of earth, air, fire, and water further bears out this association. we may look, then, to kether as the fountain-head of the elements. this concept clears up many occult and metaphysical difficulties that occur if we limit their operation to the astral plane and regard elementals as little better than devils, as some schools of transcendental thought appear to do. 22. the whole question of the angels,archons,and elementals is a very vexed and very important one in occultism, because its practical application to magic is immediate. christian thought can tolerate with an effort the idea of archangels, but the ministering spirits, the messen

be taken crudely as representing the parts of the physical body; the references are to the aura and the functions of the magnetic currents in the aura, and it must always be borne in mind, as the swami vivekananda points out, that what is on the right in the male is on the left in the female. in addition to this it must be remembered that what is positive on the physical plane is negative on the astral plane; it is positive again on the mental plane and negative mystical qabala page 89 on the spiritual plane, as is indicated in the twining black and white serpents of the caduceus of mercury [page 132] if this caduceus be placed upon the tree when the tree is marked off to represent the four worlds of the qabalists, a glyph is formed which reveals the workings of the law of polarity in rel

y talk so glibly and say so little. in malkuth, which in the microcosm is the physical body, sex-force is in terms of ovum and spermatozoon; in yesod, which is the etheric double, it is in terms of magnetic force, concerning which nothing is known to orthodox psychology, but concerning which we shall have a good deal to say under the heading of the appropriate sephirah. hod and netzach are on the astral plane, and in hod we find that the sex-force is expressed in mystical qabala page 93 visual images, and in netzach in another and altogether subtler type of magnetism popularly referred to as"(salt) it" in tiphareth, the christ-centre, the force becomes spiritual inspiration, illumination, the influx from the higher consciousness. if it is positive in type, it becomes the dionysiac inspirat

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i have heard of more than one case wherein bruises resembling finger-marks were found on the throats of people who had been victims of an astral attack. i have never actually seen such bruises myself, but i have been told of them by people who have either had them themselves, or seen them. it is a well-known fact that if an occultist, functioning out of the body, meets with unpleasantness on the astral plane, or if his subtle body is seen, and struck or shot at, the physical body will show the marks. i myself have many times found curiously patterned bruises on my body after an astral skirmish. the mechanism of the production of such marks must, i think, be of the same nature as that which produces the stigmata of saints and the curious physical marks and swellings sometimes seen in hyste

wever, 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 desire, for few are born of anything else. but this vortex may not only extend v

run their natural course and take the con sequences. i had had a very strong impulse to write those articles, and now i began to see why i had had it. i shall have something to say in another chapter concerning the watchers, that curious section of the occult hierarchy which is concerned with the welfare of nations. a certain section of their work is apparently concerned with the policing of the astral plane. very little is actually known about them. one comes across their work sporadically and pieces the bits together. i have crossed their trail on several occasions, as i will tell later. whenever black magic is afoot, they set to work to put a spoke in its wheels. be that as it may, i came to the conclusion that, in view of what had now transpired, the impulse i had had to take in hand

rmal population of local mousers remained to us. the vernal equinox was now upon us. i must explain that this is the most important season of the year for occultists. great power-tides are flowing on the inner planes, and these are very difficult to handle. if there is going to be astral trouble, it usually blows up for storm at this season. there are also certain meetings which take place on the astral plane, and many occultists attend them out of the body. in order to do this, one has to throw one self into a trance and then the mind is free to travel. it is usual to get someone who understands these methods of work to watch beside the body while it is vacated to see that it comes to no harm. in the ordinary way, when an occult attack is afoot, one clings to waking consciousness at all c

still existed between her and the thibetan order of which she had been an initiate in her previous life. as is well known to occultists, one returns life after life to the order of which one is an initiate, the rapport being a very strong one. this is one of the reasons why the great mystery schools have no need to make themselves known by advertising, they know their own, and pick them up on the astral plane. but while it is an invaluable thing to be under the aegis of a reputable order, it is an exceedingly unpleasant thing to stand in a similar relationship to a disreputable order. in this particular case it was my opinion that the order to which this lady had belonged in her previous life had sunk to a very low ebb indeed, and its leaders were deliberately drawing upon the vitality of

h accuracy. what is it that induces this change of control in our lives? we are familiar with the fact that the engine of a car has three speeds and a reverse. may it not be that our minds are also geared, and that it is a changing of gears which induces psychism? are there not times when we get into reverse and the ape and tiger within us take charge? 95 of 103 behind the physical plane lies the astral plane, and behind the astral plane lies the mental plane, and behind the mental plane lies the spiritual plane, each plane acting as plane of causation to the one beneath it, and each in turn being controlled from the subtler plane above it. when we "change gear" consciousness is shifted from a denser to a subtler plane and we begin to move among remoter and remoter causes of which the happ

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seek to invoke or banish. project your own personal energy into the pentagram. this has the effect of priming it, and makes its action more powerful. it requires practice and the ability to visualize with all the senses, something that is true of all aspects of ceremonial magic. visualization is not limited to sight. the same basic technique is used in magic to hear, smell, taste and feel on the astral plane, where magic is actually worked. eliphas levi is responsible for making a distinction between the upright and the inverted pentagram. before his time, no such distinction existed. an upright pentagram has a single point at its top. it is used in white magic- magic worked for constructive, benevolent purposes. it represents the body of man standing with arms and legs spread apart. the

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ditary line from father 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

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF OCCULTISM AND PARAPSYCHOLOGY VOL 1

ponsible for vibrations of light and sound. sources: prasad, rama. the science of breath and the philosophy of the tattvas, translated from the sanskrit, with introductory and explanatory essays on nature s finer forces. london: theosophical publishing society, 1897. akashic records a theosophical term denoting a kind of central filing system of all events, thoughts, and actions impressed upon an astral plane, which may be consulted in certain conditions of consciousness. events are believed to make an impression upon the akasha, or subtle ether, which may be reanimated by mystics as if they are switching on a celestial television set. the idea of akashic records was central to the work of seer edgar cayce. when cayce went into trance, it was believed that he accessed the records, sometime

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 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 existenc

ot have to progress from division to division, but they are able to move through any part of the astral world, laboring always in their various lines of action to assist the great evolutionary scheme. many such theosophical teachings derive from traditional hindu mysticism. sources: besant annie. the ancient wisdom. 1897. reprint, wheaton, ill: theosophical press, 1928. leadbeater, charles w. the astral plane. london: theosophical publishing house, 1915. mead, george r. s. the doctrine of the subtle body in western tradition. london: john m. watkins, 1919. reprint, wheaton, ill: theosophical publishing house, 1967. nizida. the astral light. london: theosophical publishing house, 1889. reprint, talent, ore: eastern school press, 1983. astro communications services astro communications servi

tion. although it is a place of torment, it differs in great degree from the dominant conception of hell. its torments are the torments of fleshly cravings, which for want of a physical body cannot be satisfied. people remain after death exactly the same entity as before, and, if in life an individual has been obsessed with strong desires or passions, such obsession still continues, though in the astral plane the satisfaction of these desires or passions is impossible. these torments are of infinite scope, whether it be the confirmed sensualist who suffers them, or more ordinary people who, without being bound to the things of the flesh, have nevertheless allowed the affairs of the world to loom too largely in their lives and are now doomed to regret the small attention they have given to

people who, without being bound to the things of the flesh, have nevertheless allowed the affairs of the world to loom too largely in their lives and are now doomed to regret the small attention they have given to higher matters. avichi is a place of regrets for things done and things undone. its torments are not, however, eternal, and with the passing of time.of which there is no measure in the astral plane. they are gradually discontinued at the cost of terrible suffering. avidya a hindu religious term also used in theosophy to denote the ignorance of mind which causes those commencing the spiritual pathway to expend vain effort and pursue vain courses. it is the antithesis of vidya, or true knowledge. the awakener (magazine) one of several independent journals presenting the teachings

t the work was inspired by an adept, and for some time it was implied that the source was mahatma koot hoomi, one of madame blavatsky s mysterious masters. after fierce controversy over the source of the book s inspiration, collins was expelled from the society. later she was permitted to rejoin. whatever the true source of the book, it seems that collins sustained a claim to have traveled on the astral plane and encountered inspired teachers. another strange episode in her life revolves around allegations that in 1888 she was closely associated with the notorious murderer jack the ripper. according to aleister crowley in his confessions, collins had a lover who was a doctor and later evidence strongly suggested he was the infamous ripper. sources: collins, mabel. the awakening. london: th

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, ralph. the mystery of the human double. london, 1938. reprint, new hyde park, n.y: university books, 1965. smith, susy. the enigma of out-of-body-travel. new york: helix, 1968. reprint, new york: new american library, 1968. turvey, vincent n. the beginnings of seership. london, 1911. reprint, new hyde park, n.y: university books, 1969. walker, george b. beyond the body: the human double and the astral planes. london/boston: george benjamin walker, 1974. wilkins, hubert, and harold sherman. thoughts through space. london: frederick muller, 1971. yram [marcel l. forham. le medecin de l ame. translated as practical astral projection. london, 1935. reprint, new york: samuel weiser, 1966. encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. out-of-the-body travel 1161 owen, alan robert george (

path leads to the complete identification of the self to the primal it. the teachings of the path of gnostic light use the symbolism of the snake and the associated kundalini energy as central to its teachings. that symbol brings together such diverse esoteric teachings as the ancient cult of orpheus and the modern voudou cult of damballah. identification with the snake (and other animals on the astral plane) involves a magical transformation, a form of lycanthropy. pathetism encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. 1190 the path of gnostic light has an internet site at http/ www.mnsi.net/ miskovic/pglvx.htm through which master leo in macedonia and his representative in canada may be contacted. sources: the path of gnostic light. http//www.mnsi.net/ miskovic/ pglvx.htm. may 14

ersonality of sleep maintains the fundamental connection between the spiritual world and the organism, so as to provide the latter with energy while developing itself by the exercise of its spiritual powers. related to theories of sleep are theories on astral projection, also known as obe (out-of-body experience) or soul traveling, in which the soul is said to leave its body, and travel about the astral plane. people who experience this, claim obes eliminate their fears of death, while convincing them of their connection to the spiritual realm. writer sylvan j. muldoon, explains the theory through his own experience: the astral body discoincides during sleep for the purpose of recharging and the depth of sleep and the amount of recuperation depend upon the distance between the astral and p

ossibilities 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 teaching, but there are also other elements in it.kabalistic and greek. t

he rapport which exists between performer and audience, and many have become expert at gaining confidence and power through some instinctive techniques of centralizing and transforming psychic or nervous energy. the common experience of out-of-the-body travel or astral projection has sometimes been associated with visits to other individuals, as well as contacts with frightening elementals on the astral plane. some occultists appear to have mastered techniques by which they can astrally project, and visit their victims while asleep and drain their vitality from them. during the nineteenth century, the french spiritualist z. j. pierart attempted to reconcile the theory of premature burial with astral projection by those who died after being buried alive. he wrote: poor dead cataleptics, bur

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e jessica lansing. yarbro wrote that in 1970, as jessica and her husband, walter (also a pseudonym, played with a ouija board after dinner, they began receiving communications from an entity who first refused to answer the question, who is this? eventually, under prodding, it said, the last name a fragment of this entity used was michael. michael went on to say, we are of the mid-causal lane. the astral plane is accessible to the physical plane. we are not (yarbro, 1979. michael claimed to be composed of more than a thousand fragments of old souls. in later automatic writing and channeling, michael who resisted being identified by a masculine pronoun taught that each individual must go through seven basic soul stages over a minimum of seven re i n c a r n a t e d l i ves. but michael would

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ee in angelic tree language; a specific way that the tree is ascended. yantra (sanskrit: visual image corresponding to states and stations of consciousness. yechidah (hebrew: unity: term for the negatively-existent roots of the tree; alternative name for the neshamah haneshamah. yetzirah (hebrew: formation: one of the four qabalistic worlds, rooted in the supernal sefirah understanding/north; the astral plane; the yang aspect of the name hvhy in the lower worlds. corresponds to the letter vav. yhvh (hebrew: he/she/it will be: the principal name of small face in the mystical qabalah, and the holiest divine name in judaism. yoga (sanskrit: union: direct perception of and union with the divine' 8: h" 2: 2 2:e 8% yom ah-din (arabic: day of judgment: appellation for the fourth head of celestial

FLY THE LIGHT

m to date. being recorded as a musical ritual, fly the light was structured around certain cabalistic numerical values, phi and binaural beats and a foundation based around opening or creating gates of hell within the individual listener, thus throwing open the gates of the subconscious. the name itself derives from lucifuge, or lucifugum, fly-the-light are considered fire spirits who live in the astral plane in a spirit form. lucifuge is also the name of the patron devil in the grand grimoire, being an emissary of lucifer the light bringer. in this sense, lucifuge can be a shadow which comes from the above light of lucifer, thus a connected force of rebellion and self- liberation. contained on fly the light are 14 tracks, with a running time slightly over 70 minutes. seven tracks symboliz

FRATER U D PRACTICAL SIGIL MAGIC

f course, cannot be illustrated in a two-dimensional drawing. the probes a are inlet ventiles which work in both directions. point a f is a double probe through which not only the direct, censor-independent contact between consciousness and unconsciousness is controlled but through which the consciousness also gets in direct contact with the mental sphere (while avoiding the censor-filter and the astral plane. channel c is only permissible in a state of galtered awareness. h the two gdream levels h of the consciousness and the unconsciousness have direct access to the astral level. ucid dreaming would imply an intersection point with the causes are planted by magical means, which often manifest themselves on the physical level (l the mental level, which is very rare) to be effective, sigil

GILBERT AE WAITE A MAGICIAN OF MANY PARTS

order.this of course wecan'tbringforwardbutthe fact remains,l'ordre cest nous.it might be possible to make trustees,butidon'tlike giving upourcontrol over these rolls (letterof26apri11906. elliott also objected to the possibilityofwaite's members working stella matutina ceremonies, for'wecertainly can't confer onthemanyofourspecial knowledge!255 knowledge,thatis, derived fromthesecret chiefs ontheastral plane;thatit had filtereddownthroughdrfelkin's somewhat eccentricmindseemednottobotherthem.theobjections, however, were overcome, andeventually-afterfelkinhadconsulted brodie-innes and obtained his agreement,'onthe understanding that he ifelkini is personally responsibleforthesame-s-the concordat was signedinapril 1907 (nocopy of the document has survived,butthenotesupon it,whichquote some

urn, only to discoverthattheceremonies werenotas impressive as those in england and served mainly as a vehicle for propagating steiner's philosophical teachings.whenfelkin himself visited steiner inthefollowing year he came backwitha far more flowery account of hisowninitiation (he and his wife'werereceived together into four grades),butwaite suspected that manyofhis experiences had occurred ontheastral plane rather than. inthereal world. later in 1912 steiner himselfvisited london and waite had alongtalkwith122 a. e.waite-magicianofmanyparts_him (through an interpreter, in the course of which he discovered that the felkins' initiation had indeed been a prosaic affair. imagination was proving to be only one of many faults on the part offelkin-hewas alsobecoming somewhat devious. according

GILBERT THE GOLDEN DAWN TWILIGHT OF THE MAGICIANS

ctical and theoretical workof both the first and second orders is given in chapter 5 of this book, but the texts quoted there and in the32thegoldendawnappendices do not exhaust the activities of the order; the reader seeking full enlightenment, or more complete confusion, is advised to seekitout in the pages of israel regardie's compre255 hensive study. by march 1890, after countless aeons on the astral planes and two years in the real world, all opposition was routed and the hermetic order of the golden dawn ruled supreme over a bandofsome seventy-eight rosicrucians scattered about the country and gathered into its three temples.thesiting of these temples indicates the order's dependence upon the s.rj.a. for a con255 tinuing supply of members. isis-urania in london was, of course, the hub

1260=10260),theoricus(2260=9260),practicus<30=80)and philosophus(4260=t),which were the only grades given in the manuscript. these five constituted the whole of the first order grades and to them westcott added three more for the secondorder-adeptusminor(so=6260, adeptus majorw=5260)and adeptus exemptus (7260",o)_and a further three for the secret chiefs of the third order who dwelt solely on the astral plane: magister templi (8260=3260),magus(9260=2260)and ipsissimus(10260=i .all save the highest were drawn directly from the structure of the s.r.i.a. and indirectly from the eighteenth-century german masonic order of the gold and rosy cross.itwas essential to westcott's scheme of things to have ten grades, for they were intended to represent the ten sephiroth, or emanations, of the kabbali

lifeof theearth.i am hewhosemoutheverflameth.i am he thebegetterf5manifesteruntolight.i am thegraceoftheworld.theheartgirtwith aserpentismyname.comethouforthf5followmeandmakeallspiritssubjectuntome.[asabove]iinvokethee,terribleandinvisiblegodwhodwellestin the voidplaceofthespirit.iaosabao sucharethewords.65ayton was more at home with alchemy than with magic,buthe was also a great traveller on the astral planes.norwas he alone in combining the two. among ayton's papers is a short accountofthe alchemicaluseofthetablets.hisunsignedbutappears to be in mathers' hand:before commencing any alchemical process, and at the different stages of it, bring the cucurbite, retort, crucible, or other vessel containing the matter, place it in the centre of the table and range the66thegoldendawntablets round

by other astral entities known as thesunmasters.thesewere 'the hidden mastersofasunorder, still, we are told, in existence, and to which these chiefs belonged, closely connected with and in255 fluencing the golden dawn, and which started in edinburgh some time in the earlynineties,'brodie-innes also was supposed to have had contact with thesunmasters but there is no evidence,except-perhaps-onthe astral plane, that there ever was asuntemple in edinburgh. on a more mundane level f elkin had the taskofpersuading his fellow officers of the stella matutina to accept the concordat with waite's independent and rectified rite. brodie-innes agreed,74thegoldendawnbutelliott, in a letter to felkinof26 april 1906, suggested obtaining astral advice 'i should refer it all to headquarters, by which he m

initiatedinsteiner's 'rosicrucian' order, attaining the jrd degree, which he thoughtemanation75was equivalent to the 5=6 grade in the golden dawn although there were few outward similarities: the german order officers wore clothing like that of the masonic royal arch and there was neither vault nor pastos. instead, the candidate was blindfolded and expected to imagine the vault asitexisted on the astral plane. meakin was fortunate, for after a fourteen-hour preparation his initiation took only three hours, whereas it should have taken twenty-six. he was also taught a great deal of occult lore; on his return to england he showed waite a series of tarot cards he had made in accordance with the german order's attributions, which were derived from magical squares of the planets. waite could id

GILBERT THE SORCERER AND HIS APPRENTICE

nate; and the soul alternatessome psychic memories99between them. is this afairstatement''notquite our wayofputting it. still i cannot say it is wrong 'then would you say, practically, that a death on one plane is a birth on the other, and vice versa''ithas been so expressed, and it seems afairanalogy 'thenthe-soulthat entersintoa new-born baby was previously existingonwhat,ibelieve, you call the astral plane, and. when that baby comes til old age and-dies here, it will in fact bebornagain on the astral plane''itwill return to the astral plane. but it' won't be a baby there, the conditions are different 'sobeit,butat any rateitdies here, and.is born there, accordillgto the conditions of that plane. i need not say born as a baby''yes.!that. would be so 'and when itsappropriatetime comes it

baby''yes.!that. would be so 'and when itsappropriatetime comes it dies on. that plane and is born on this, according to the conditions of this plane, that is as a baby 'yes''inthe intervening timeithas been working on that plane, doing 'good among its comrades, and, we presume, interested in its work. now haveyouever metmanor woman who retained the smallest memory of his or her prenatalworkonthe astral plane? any desire to communicate with ortohelp the comrades with whom it had been associated? any looking back,infact, toitsprenatal conditions 'there have been many cases of memoriesofpast inearna255tions,ofwork begun in the last incarnation, left unfinished, and taken up again. these have been someofthe strongest proofs of reincarnation 'possibly. but that's not the point. those, eveniftr

someofthe strongest proofs of reincarnation 'possibly. but that's not the point. those, eveniftrue, are earth memories, continued on earth. whatiamasking for is evidence of memory between the.earth.plane and what you-call the astral. youcla.jm thatitexists one .way, between the dwellers on earth andthosewho have passed on,.logically it should exist the .other way also, between the dwellers011the astral plane and those whobave come intp incarnation.bui:of this thereseems,tobeno evidence,ifastral dwellers (youseei have to coin.words which probably arenotyour words) look back to their earth lives, why should not earth-dwellers also look back, and watch and help friends and comrades they100 the sorcererand his apprenticeloved, worked with, and left 'possibly there may be such memories. i neve

on.bui:of this thereseems,tobeno evidence,ifastral dwellers (youseei have to coin.words which probably arenotyour words) look back to their earth lives, why should not earth-dwellers also look back, and watch and help friends and comrades they100 the sorcererand his apprenticeloved, worked with, and left 'possibly there may be such memories. i never heardofthem. i might suggest, that those on the astral planeare'higher, purer, nobler, than those left behind on earth,andtherefore they require no help, while their friends here may, anddo.'whether the spiritualist fairly stated his case, or whethert( there were points he did not make that might have been made. i cannot say. but it seemed to me that the priesthadstated a difficulty that i have never yet seen adequately met. yet after all the d

ake the idea, held i believe by many spiritualists, that it is only for a measurable, and comparative255 ly short time after physical death on this plane, that the spirit remains in touch with this earth, and its former life on earth..and those left behind. after this(idon'tknow that any definite term has ever been set) it is taken away to higher,andmore distinctively spiritual, avocations on the astral plane,or'whatever plane it may inhabit, and only communicates with..those on the earth-plane on special occasions, and for special purposes.ifthen the analogy holds good, it would only bein!the first years of infancy that the incarnate spirit would remember its astral, prenatal life, its comrades, and its workin-:thatlife. and what do we know of the memories or fancies of.'early infancy, be

GNOSTIC HANDBOOK

ologies, it is found adapted in systems ranging from max heindel's rosicrucian cosmo conception to the work of rudolf steiner and alice bailey. in theosophy and related traditions, there is an original nothing or absence (1st c, a triune principle of will, the word and wisdom (2nd c) and a series of seven planes which bring together the other characteristics. the underworld is subsumed within the astral plane which is heindel s desire plane. the seven planes according to the rosicrucian cosmo-conception (heindel) divine plane. plane of virgin spirits. plane of divine spirit. plane of life spirit. plane of thought. desire plane. physical world. the gnostic handbook page 20 while this model may be useful, especially in the creation of resonances or correspondences between phenomena (for exam

larity of male and female principles which give birth to the rest of the tree of life (they could also be easily related to the fire and ice of yggdrasil. geburah mars chesed jupiter tiphareth sun hod mercury netzach venus yesod moon malkuth earth these planes or world, which can be related to planets and realities bring together the remaining the gnostic handbook page 21 characteristics with the astral plane at the moon and the earth at the base. there are many attributions related to the kabbalah and as a system of classification it is extremely useful. again we must avoid the tendency towards reductionism and see the centres more as a landscape in which townships meld into each other rather than an a classification scheme from a biology textbook! yggdrasil:the world tree nine world i ca

can be many views of such a structure, ranging from alternative universes, dimensions or planes to other realities, each has its place in our understanding. the seven planes max heindel model theosophical model divine plane. divine plane. plane of virgin spirits monadic plane. plane of divine spirit spiritual plane plane of life spirit intuitional plane plane of thought mental plane desire plane astral plane physical plane physical plane the divine plane this is the point of origin, the matrix from which all universal systems evolve. it is the plane of the triune principle and on a more tangible level, the dimension from which the upper world operates. the monadic plane from this plane the true self or the pneumatic light self operates in the present cycles, though in most of humanity it

tuitional plane this plane is also known as the intuitional plane. it is the dimension where the forces and archetypes take creative solidity and manifest. on a human level, it is the dimension of high level intuition and cosmic awareness. the mental plane this is also known as the mental plane. here the flood of energy takes the form of reason and thought, blueprints are formulated and laid. the astral plane the desire plane is also known as the emotional or astral plane. in some traditions it is also seen as the reflective sphere or astral light. the division between the mental and desire plane is not as clear as it seems and intermingling occurs between them both. the physical plane the world on which we live. the earth and the underworld on a critical examine of our models one will not

between them both. the physical plane the world on which we live. the earth and the underworld on a critical examine of our models one will notice an anomaly, in the organic models (yggdrasil etc, the underworld is beneath the earth, indeed in medieval mysticism hell (the christian underworld) is even within the earth, being at its centre. while in the emanation model the underworld is called the astral plane (even the spirit world) and is above the earth, rule by the moon. the first thing to note is that the underworld is not hell. there is no heaven and hell in the gnostic system, the underworld is the realm of the dead and where we experience the afterlife. some people create their own heavens and hells there but that is another story. the models we are outlining cannot be reduce to sci

system, the underworld is the realm of the dead and where we experience the afterlife. some people create their own heavens and hells there but that is another story. the models we are outlining cannot be reduce to scientific charts, while there are seven planes they intermingle and meld. the planes exist behind, through and within the physical and they interpenetrate each other just as much. the astral plane can be imaged under, inside or above the earth, the gnostic handbook page 40 all have the same imagery. it is somewhat a matter of how we conceptualise the universe. the model of the astral plane above the earth, ruled by the moon has a more hierarchy feel, while the underworld communicates more on an emotional level. the model of the underworld also brings to mind the ancient polarit

GNOSTIC STUDIES THE GNOSTIC HANDBOOK II GNOSTIC THEURGY

ontain mixtures of light and darkness. however, it is in the desire and the physical planes that the dialectic has gained the most influence. the plane of thought this is also known as the mental plane. here the flood of energy takes the form of reason and thought, the ground plane are formulated and laid. gnostic theurgy page 29 the desire plane the desire plane is also known as the emotional or astral plane. in some traditions it is also seen as the reflective sphere or astral light. the division between the thought and desire plane is not as clear as it seems and intermingling occurs between them both, the lower reaches of both planes are nearly totally dialectally controlled. the planes of thought and desire are equivalent to the kabbalistic world of yetzirah. the physical plane is the

binah. tsaphkiel. chesed. tsadkiel. geburah. kamael. tiphareth. michael. gnostic theurgy page 97 netzach. haniel. hod. raphael. yesod. gabriel. malkuth. sandalphon. yetzirah: the world of air yetzirah is the world of fixation, it is where forces take forms as intelligences, spirits, powers, archons and angels. there are many different descriptions of forces with this world, which is basically the astral planes. some of the more expressive are those of the hebrew hierarchy. kether. chaioth ha kodosh. holy living creatures. chokmah. orphanism. wheels. binah. aralism. thrones. chesed. chashmalim. shining ones. geburah. seraphim. fiery serpents. tiphareth. malachim. kings. netzach. elohim. the gods. hod. ben elohim. sons of the gods. yesod. cherubim. strong ones. malkuth. ishim. sons of fire

f time the energy degrades, and the idea or thought is forgotten. demiurgic or archonic eggregores are sustained by the fallen field and can continue forever. by the way, if you doubt the power of a group thought look at what occurs in a political rally or even a football riot. how to create and program a thoughtform a successful thoughtform is one which has been given existence on the mental and astral planes by clear, precise creation and programming. it may also require a great deal of sustainment, depending on your time-frame programming. start with a clear idea of what thoughtform you wish to create, and what it should achieve. write down your idea, contemplate it, and make it precise. once this idea has been decided on, do not change it. unless you have what you require clear in mind

on nations and individuals and there is an emphasis on scientific advances rather than simplicity. as we reach the later phases of this degeneration (the present period, anti-traditions and forms of anti-gnosis arise purporting to be of spiritual value. the most dangerous facet of this process is how, in the darkest age, fissures will appear in the barrier between the physical world and the lower astral planes, and there will be an intrusion of the malefic inhabitants of this inferior subtle domain. this process of degeneration is codified in the early vedic system by dividing history into four ages or yugas. the sanskrit names for the four ages are krita or satya yuga, treta yuga, dvapara yuga and kali yuga. these can also be correlated to the greek historical tradition as the ages of gol

GOETIA LUCIFERIAN

s you stare into the eyes of azazel, called lucifer or azal ucel, a lightning flash comes from his left eye into yours. as this flash strikes you, a voice is heard within your mind, a single question is asked. you will know this question as this moment occurs. move yourself and your body of light into this angelic being, and allow your self to become engulfed in his fire. let the eyes open in the astral plane with the eyes of lucifer; you shall awaken in this light. practice this frequently, until you feel an instinctual communication with this force. you are becoming in the luciferian light. the body of light is used in scrying and of tarot workings as well. allow the self to listen to the instincts which grant you foresight, this shall be a powerful tool in all that you do in daily life

some view ahriman as correctly the initiatic and sorcerous daimon of the shadow. the shadow is the vampyric guide, the shape shifting and phantom body of self. the luciferian path works with such demonic forces as initiatic guides, and is related directly to the self. the shadow is significant as the adversary as it is the dreamin body with sloughs off the waking physical body for the dreaming or astral plane to go forth to the sabbat, or the darkness of night. this is the immortal and fiery eye of shadow, 15 which aligned with the body of light, grows eternal and is able to separate from the physical body. when working with goetic demons or angels, allow the shadow and light aspects of the self to invoke them and gain their knowledge and attributes, that under willed association, you will

iting flames. in the shape of a human the head is a raven with a wolf s teeth. amon is also a divinatory spirit whom aligns the conscious mind with the subconscious i.e. true will. 40 legions of spirits can be summoned and used to defend and encircle the magician. h barbatos barbatos is a spirit which reveals astral grimoires that is methods of initiation which may be found by inspiration via the astral plane. this spirit, who rules 30 legions is an angelick ruler of the witchcraft by nature one comes into being by the communication with animals (body language, posture ect) and the ways of astral shape shifting via dream. 40 i paimon paimon is an angel-daimon of lucifer, whom appears as a man crowned upon a camel. this spirit is a familiar of musick, thus by invoking paimon one may work th

forty-fifth spirit whom is also called vinea. being a great king and earl, vine appears often in the form of a lion/beastlike man who rides upon a black horse, holding a serpent in one hand. in black mirror evocations, vine has oftened appeared as a serpent like lion who then looses form and becomes a burning cloud with several eyes peering from the fire. vine builds towers (of protection on the astral plane, destroys great walls (of the sorcerer s enemy) and makes waters rough with storms. vine governs 36 legions of spirits, and acts as an elemental guide unto those who may seek to attack you. vine is also a divinatory spirit who will also brings initiatory knowledge to wizards, witches and hidden aspects. 59 t bifrons bifrons, known also as bifrons, bifrous and bifrovs is an earl, who a

GOLDEN DAWN LESSER BANISHING RITUAL OF THE PENTAGRAM LBRP

the wand or sword. as these pentagrams are formed in midair with the elemental weapon, every effort should be made to impart vitality and reality to them. the blind performance of this ritual, as is so true of every aspect of theurgy, is quite useless, and is a waste of both time and energy. the imagination, simultaneously, should be stimulated to create these pentagrams about the magician on the astral plane in glowing figures of fire, so that through the streaming lines of light and power, representative of the spiritual being, no lesser entity of any kind dare make its way. it is necessary that the magician make certain that he does not lower the elemental weapon after formulating a pentagram in mid-air. the circle must be complete, continuing in an unbroken line from pentagram to penta

GOLDEN DAWN RITUALS ZAM1

rtthe rose cross ritual r. r. e t a. c. z e l a t o r a d e p t u s m i n o r 2 the rose cross ritual is a primary ritual of the adept in the r.r. et. a.c. all adepti in the order perform this ritual on a regular basis. it has several positive uses. it encapsulates the aura, providing a protection against outside influences. it acts as a veil. the pentagrams do protect, but they also light up the astral plane and make entities aware of you. so the rose cross ritual is far more effective for containment. when you feel distracted, unfocused, or unbalanced, it is advisable to use the pentagram ritual to banish and the rose cross ritual to maintain peace. this ritual does not light up the astral plane, and thus, does not attract energies to you. it can be used as a form of meditation. the soun

GRERALD SCHUELER AN ADVANCED GUIDE TO ENOCHIAN MAGICK

re many invisible worlds surrounding this earth. the reason they are invisible is because they are composed of matter that is so tenuous that our eyes cannot see it. there are many degrees of matter's density. the most dense is the physical plane. the next, more ethereal and very close to the physical plane, is the etheric plane symbolized by the element earth. the next more ethereal world is the astral plane which is usually divided into a lower half, symbolized by the element air, anda higher half symbol ized by the element fi re. the highest plane conceivable to human consciousness is the spiritual plane symbolized by the element spirit (the enochian system uses spirit as a fifth element. aboye this is the divine piane which is inconceivable to the human mirad and no descriptions are po

are possible. there are seven cosmic planes in all. little can be raid of the highest two. the lower five cosmic planes are inhabited by man, although most people will acknowledge only the lowest of these, the physical. figure 1 shows the cosmic planes that surraund our world. actually, they are meant to be concentric, interpenetrating spheres, not separate levels like the skins of an onion. the astral plane is not up in the sky somewhere. it interpenetrates the earth plane. however, its extension is larger than that of the earth and so it is shown in the diagram as a larger sphere. 14 the hermetic axiom "as aboye so below" is used in enochian magick to explain how each cosmic plane can be divided into subplanes. there is an air of water subplane, and an earth of fire subplane, and so on

of the subtle body within the human body is another body of approxirnately the lame size and shape; but mude of subtler and less illusory material. this body, which is called by various authors the astraldouble, body of light, body of fire, bodyy of desire, fine body, scin-laeca and numberless other names is naturally fitted to perceive objects of its own class. in particular,the phantoms of the astral plane. aleister crowley, magick in theory and practice may the ba (soul) see its khat (physical body. may it rest in its sahu (spirit body. may it not lose consciousness. may it not lose control over the body, ever. chapter lxxx x, thebook of the dead in order to investigate the watchtowers and aethyrs it is essential to be able to travel in the subtle body, known as the body of light. ther

s. create your own astral temple complete with furniture. exercise your body of light and your magical imagination at regular intervals until your astral temple is as real to you 79 as your physical temple. stage 3. confirme developing your body of light until it is as real as your physical body. slowly, gradually, project it outward from your astral temple into the surrounding environment of the astral plane. stage 4. practice "rising on the planes" going higher and higher each time. try to reach the spiritual planes beyond the mental. note: the development of the body of light is an ongoing process. the key to success is practice. the fruit of your efforts are the experiences and lessons that you will surely encounter as you advance. remember, your subtle body already exists; you are sim

d the abyss that he was able to perceive this fact. for this reason, grades should remain an entirely personal matter. let your own conscience (but not your ego) guide you. table vi. aethyrs and magical grades magical correspondin aethyrs experiencesl grade* sephiroth (up to) abilities neophyte zelato enter therealzas beyond the physi- malkuth tex cal in the etheric enter the lower regions of the astral plane. theoricus yesod bag gata hall use of intellectual practicas hod des capabilities. travel in time and space. philosophus netzach nia adeptas miinor enter regiionsof tiphareth asp mental lower plane (miinor adept) and gain knowledge of past lives. enter the vault of preparation. adeptos mayorr geburah zen (major adept) 150 table vi. aethyrs and magical grades magical corresponding aeth

secret doctrine after you have successfully entered the three lowest aethyrs, tex, ru, and bag, you wi l l be ready for an adventure in loneliness; a meeting with yourself alone. this takes place in the 27th aethyr, zaa, the aethyr of solitude. the three governors of zaa are: saziami sah-zodee-ah-mee mathvla mah-teh-hev-lah korpanib koh-rah-pah-nee-beh zaa is located in the highest region of the astral plane. i t is a region where the emotions and feel ings which characterize the astral plane are almost absent and the mentation of the mental plane beyond is impending. on the watch-towers, zaa is somewhere in or near fire of water. two of the first things that you will probably notice when entering zaa are (1) its lunar nature and (2) the almost total absence of anything except yourself. o

H SPENCER LEWIS ROSICRUCIAN MANUAL AMORC 1990

begun. arcane.that which is not hidden, but visible only to those who attune to it or are ready for its revelation; mystical, divine, cosmic. assumption.exchanging places, persons, and power. you assume you have exchanged places with the other person, assuming the other's personality. in divine assumption, you assume you are exchanging your limited self-consciousness for the consciousness of god. astral plane.the cosmic, ethereal, divine plane. rosicrucians recognize but two planes of existence; that which is the worldly or material plane where we live in both objective and subjective consciousness, and another plane, which is beyond the material.call that other plane the astral, psychic, cosmic, or whatever best expresses your idea; it is that plane where the soul of man functions free fr

HELENA BLAVATSKY THE KEY TO THEOSOPHY

maya -illusion. mediumship a word now accepted to indicate that abnormal psycho-physiological state which leads a person to take the fancies of his imagination, his hallucinations, real or artificial, for realities. no entirely healthy person on the physiological and psychic planes can ever be a medium. that which mediums see, hear, and sense, is "real" but untrue; it is either gathered from the astral plane, so deceptive in its vibrations and suggestions, or from pure hallucinations, which have no actual existence, but for him who perceives them "mediumship" is a kind of vulgarized mediatorship in which one afflicted with this faculty is supposed to become an agent of communication between a living man and a departed "spirit" there exist regular methods of training for the development of

HINE PHIL ASPECTS OF EVOCATION

o disassembly is to perform a ritual .reabsorption. of the servitor, mentally drawing it back from it.s task, taking it apart by visualization, taking back the original desire which sparked it.s creation, and taking apart or destroying any material base which you have created for it. whilst classical occult theory has it that if you do not look after your thoughtforms, they will wander around the astral plane annoying people, there is good psychological sense for terminating the .life. of servitors which have completed their assigned task- that you are reclaiming responsibility for that desire-complex which you used to create the servitor. 5. is a name required? the servitor can be given a name which can be used, in addition to its sigil, for creating, powering, or controlling it. a name a

s these masks to establish a point of access- an interface- between its own experience and the perceptual limits of human beings. reading this brought very much to mind accounts of human- entity contacts. particularly a sentence in dion fortune.s the cosmic doctrine, which reads .what we are you cannot realise and it is a waste of time to try and do so but you can imagine (italics mine) us on the astral plane and we can contact you through your imagination, and though your mental picture is not real or actual, the results of it are real and actual. dion fortune made extensive use of inner-plane contacts to synthesise her magical ideas. alan richardson, in his biography of dion fortune, priestess, discusses the various historical figures that fortune claimed to be in contact with. the most

INITIATION INTO HERMETICS

ir preservation and destruction are subject to the immutable laws of the four-pole magnet, i.e, the secret of the tetragrammaton, and governed by them. if he who is to be initiated will attentively meditate about it, he will win a clear idea not only of the bodily functions, but also of those of the soul, and come to a sound notion of the mutual interaction according to the original laws. 12. the astral plane the astral plane, often designated as the fourth dimension, has not been created out of the four elements, but it is a density-degree of the akasa principle, consequently of all that up to now, i the material world occurred, is actually occurring and will occur, and has its origin, regulation and existence. as said before, akasa in its most subtle form is the ether, well known to all

he ether, well known to all of us, in which, amongst other vibrations, electric as well as magnetic ones are propagating. consequently this vibration-sphere is the origin of light, sound, color, rhythm, and life in all tings created. as akasa is the origin of all existing things, all that ever was produced, is being produced and will be produced in the future is reflected in it. therefore, in the astral plane there is to be seen an emanation of the eternal, having neither a beginning nor an end, as it is timeless and spaceless. the adept who sees his way about this plane may find everything here, no matter if the point in question be in the past, the present or the future. how far this perception will reach depends on the degree of his perfection. occultists and spiritualists and most of r

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 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 t

nhabitants. first of all, there are 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

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 to so-called elementaries, entities with one or only very few qualities, according to the dominant vibrations of the elements. they are living on the similar vibrations proper to man and transmitted by him into the astral plane. among them, there are some which have already reached a certain degree of intelligence, and some magicians are using these low-powered beings for their selfish purposes. another kind of being is the larvae, which have been brought into life consciously or unconsciously, by intense sensorial thinking, through the astral matrix. they are not real beings, but only forms thriving on the

of those men whose passions are responsive to them. they will try, directly or indirectly, to raise and kindle the passions slumbering in man. if these forms are succeeding in seducing men to give in to their suitable passion, they are feeding and thriving on the emanation of this passion produced in man. man laden with many passions will attract a host of such larvae in the lowest sphere of his astral plane. a great fight takes place and, in the problem of magic, this fact plays an important role. more about it is to be founding the chapter dealing with introspection. there are also other elementaries and larvae, which can be produced in the artificial magic way. as to further details, see the practical part of this book. another kind of being the adept often has to deal with in the astr

KNOWLEDGE LECTURE THREE

hree classes of hebrew letters the sepher yetzirah divides the hebrew alphabet into three classes of 3, 7, and 12 letters. three mothers wma seven doubles trpkdgb twelve singles qxisnlyeczvh the holy place of the temple embraces the symbolism of the 22 letters. the table of shew-bread, the single letters. the altar of incense are the three mother letters. astral spirits are those belonging to the astral plane. such are false and illusionary forms, shells of the dead, and ghosts and phantoms, that are occasionally seen in s ances. elemental spirits are those belonging to the nature of the elements; some are good and some are evil. an angel is a pure and high spirit of unmixed good in office and function. in the tarot, the ten small cards of each suit refer to the sephiroth. the four suits r

LEADBEATER C W THE HIDDEN LIFE IN FREEMASONRY 2E

hat struck me much on looking at engravings of vignettes in the book of the dead is that the h c s c of the f.c. is depicted perfectly clearly; a group of people is shown as worshipping the setting sun, or paying respect to it, in that attitude. 21. this book of the dead, as it has been somewhat unfortunately called, is part of a manual which in its entirety was intended as a kind of guide to the astral plane, containing a number of instructions for the conduct both of the departed and the initiate in the lower regions of that other world. the chapters which have been collected from the various tombs do not give us the whole of that work, but only one section of it, and even that is much corrupted. the mind of the egyptian seems to have worked along exceedingly formal and orderly lines; he

ld cover many millions of years. as a whole, this life-wave is spoken of as monadic essence when clothed only in the atomic matter of the various planes at different stages of its descent. when it energizes the matter of the higher mental plane, it is known as the first elemental kingdom. when it descends to the lower or rupa levels of the same plane it is the second elemental kingdom, and on the astral plane it is the third elemental kingdom. even when this monadic essence first comes before us, in the earliest of the elemental kingdoms, it is already not one monad, but very many- not one great life-stream but many parallel streams, each possessing characteristics of its own. the monadic essence ensouls the matter of the sub-planes below it on each plane or division of a plane, and thus f

ich corresponds to this is awakened, it gives to the man the power of hearing in the subtle world at that level- that is, it causes a development of that sense which, in what is usually called the astral world, produces on our consciousness the effect which on the physical plane we call hearing. so, if the etheric centre were fully working, the e.a. would be clairaudient as far as the etheric and astral planes. its slow and partial unfoldment gradually tends to dissipate prejudice in the man, to open his mind to suggestions and, generally speaking, to widen and liberalize his thought. 390. secondly, the development of the brain largely depends upon the opening up of this centre, because it plays an important part in the division and distribution of one of the main streams of vitality which

the candidate on the three symbolical journeys. 502. there are three portals, or doorways, through which the candidate must pass. they are invisible to physical eyes, but are nevertheless perfectly real, because they are made by thought. the first one, as has already been explained, is an emblem of death, the passing out of the physical world into the next stage of life in the lowest part of the astral plane. the candidate enters without sight into that world, but feels the touch of a friend, who takes hold of his hand or arm and guides him on his journey. this friend is the j.d. who, it will be remembered, represents the astral or emotional principle in the human constitution. the i.g. presides over the first portal on behalf of the r.w.m, of whom he is an expression on the physical plan

ch 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 instead of harsh. the candidate is still in the as

nary men to the matter of these middle regions are by no means reprehensible, but on the other hand they are not uplifting. all the pleasures of the body that are not coarse or gross build their tenements here, for the abiding of the souls of the dead until they have tired of these things, and are ready to pass onwards. i have given an account of these regions and the people living in them in the astral plane and the other side of death, and the first lieutenant sovereign grand commander of the co-masonic order, the very illustrious bro. annie besant has also dealt with them at length in the ancient wisdom. 508. the candidate arrives at the third portal, near the pedestal of the w.s.w, who is its guardian. there, facing east, he is introduced to the elementals of the air, who guard the rig

LEADBEATER CW GLIMPSES OF MASONIC HISTORY

nd the whole system of masonic initiation was (and is) the white lodge itself, conferring the five great initiations which lead to human perfection and full union with god. 111. the mysteries of isis 112. in the lesser mysteries the initiate was taught what lies on the other side of death, and the ceremony of initiation was a symbolical map of that intermediate world which is sometimes called the astral plane. probably apuleius refers to this degree when he describes the mysteries of isis as celebrated in greece during the second century a. d, although he wrote at a time when they had fallen into considerable decay. after mentioning various purifications through which he passed, he goes on to relate something of what took place at his initiation: 113. then, behold, the day approached when

were reproduced in a system of symbolic ceremonies, the main outline of which has come down to us today in the initiation ceremony of masonry, although in some obediences only a mere vestige of the original procedure remains. 123. the mystery language 124. besides the teaching upon the life after death- which was elaborated by countless stories of imaginary individuals, showing the results in the astral plane after death of certain courses of action during life- a fine course of education was also given to the initiates of the first degree, embracing what masons term the seven liberal arts and sciences- grammar, logic, rhetoric, arithmetic, geometry, music and astronomy. by grammar the egyptians meant the sacred hieroglyphic writing of the priests, which was taught to all the initiates of

131. within and behind the outer mysteries of isis there were inner circles of students carefully chosen by the priests, the very existence of which was kept utterly secret, even from most of the initiates themselves. in these circles the practical occult teaching was given that enabled the student to awaken and train his inner faculties, so that he could study at first hand the conditions of the astral plane, and thus know for himself what was but theoretical for the majority of the brn. it was in these circles only that the severe tests which have been partially described were imposed upon the candidate, and he was definitely prepared by individual and personal instruction for the greater and holier mysteries which lay behind the whole scheme of egyptian initiation. 132. the candidate fo

th 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 wonderful opening out of the emotional nature is the result of the first in

creed, by the rt. rev. c. w. leadbeater, p. 98) 197. during the ceremony the candidate laid himself down upon a wooden cross, made hollow to receive and support his body. his arms were lightly bound with cords, the ends of which were left loose to typify the voluntary nature of the sacrifice. the candidate then passed into trance, left the physical body and passed in full consciousness on to the astral plane. his body was carried down into a vault below the temple and was placed in an immense sarcophagus, where it lay for three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. 198. during the mystical death of the body the candidate passed through many strange experiences in the astral world, and preached to the spirits in prison, to those who had recently left the body in death and were s

ntil it is burnt out by suffering. in many such ways desire is purified and the man is able to pass onwards to the life of the heaven-world, which was the subject of instruction in the greater mysteries. 357. within the lesser mysteries, just as in the mysteries of egypt, there existed an inner school for the training of specially selected candidates. these were taught to awaken the senses of the astral plane, so that the teaching given in the mysteries could be verified by them at first hand. as in egypt, the severe tests of courage were applied only to the small proportion of those who entered the mysteries who intended to take up positive occult training, and become active workers on the astral and higher planes. tens of thousands of people were initiated without them. one classical aut

LEWIS JAMES SATANISM TODAY AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF RELIGION FOLKLORE AND POPULAR CULTURE

a purely psychological result. evocation is the calling up of that same force from the depths of the self, and it may result in objective physical phenomena. a second belief is in the power of the will, which can be trained to do anything. central to magic is the will, its training and activity. the hermetic order of the golden dawn also looked to other planes of existence, usually referred to as astral planes. these planes are inhabited by entities other than human beings who were called secret chiefs. mathers himself claimed to have contacted the secret chiefs in 1892. the hermetic order of the golden dawn adopted a cabalistic initiation system wherein each grade was given a numerical symbol related to the tree of life. it is divided into the first order, with four levels for neophytes a

led him in 1898 to the hermetic order of the golden dawn. crowley rose quickly through the first order, but was refused initiation to adeptus minor, the lowest degree in the second order, because of his homosexuality.however,crowley went to paris and was initiated to adeptus minor by macgregor mathers, which led to a split in the order in london. in 1904, crowley received a communication from the astral plane with instruction for the establishment of a new order.he left the hogd in 1907 to set up this new order, which he called the astrum argentinum (silver star. the hermetic order of the golden dawn came to an end after the first world war, but it shaped the thinking of a number of persons who have since been very influential in occult and magical circles. a short-lived attempt to revive

LIBER 777

azing& c. tui 24 necromancy. 25 transmutations[[vision of universal peacock. 26 the witches sabbath so-called, the evil eye. 27 works of wrath and vengeance kbn 28 astrology. 29 bewitchments, casting illusions. 30 the red tincture, power of acquiring wealth li and khien 31 evocation, pyromancy kbn 32 works of malediction and death khbn 32 bis alchemy, geomancy, making of pantacles[[travels on the astral plane] kbn 31 bis invisibility, transformations, vision of the genius. table i (continued) 15 xlvii. kings and princes of the jinn. xlviii. figures related to pure number. xlix* lineal figures of the planets &c, and geomany. 0. the circle 1. the point 2. the cross the line, also the cross 3. the triangle the plane, also the diamond, oval, circle, and other yoni symbols 4 tetrahedron or pyra

LIBER ALEPH

w tabernacle (in its error that feareth change) in some other body. these shells are broken away utterly from the star that did enlighten them, and they are vampires, obsessing them that adventure themselves into the astral world without magical protection, or invoke them, as do the spiritists. for by death is man released only from the gross body, at the first, and is complete otherwise upon the astral plane, as he was in his life. but this wholeness suffereth stress, and its girders are loosened, the weaker first and after that the stronger. t the book of wisdom or folly 193 zk de adeptis r. c. escatologia (of the adepts of the rosy cross, their eschatology) onsider now in this light what shall come to the adept, to him that hath aspired constantly and firmly to his star, attuning the mi

LIBER CLXV A MASTER OF THE TEMPLE

h all emotions. don t allow yourself to think that your own point of view is the only one. read liber lxv, cap. i: 32 40 and 57 61. this is extremely important: for one thing, if you fail to understand, you will go mad when you come to a certain gate (2) you are inclined to vagueness. this is evidently partly caused by the fog of emotion. before you can pass to zelator, you must know and rule the astral plane throughout. astral journeys, however interesting and even splendid and illuminating, don t count unless they are willed. if you want to go to your office, and find yourself at the town hall instead, it s no excuse that the town hall has fine columns! you should drop all meditations on love. what s the matter with hate, anyway? from beyond the abyss, they look as like each other as two

LIBER DCCCLX JOHN ST

ritual work; for that work extends from malkuth to kether. here is the great value of the rationalistic eastern systems [p.s. of course scientifically worked with pencil, notebook, and stop-watch. the yog. is usually in practice just as vague a dreamer as the mystic] they keep one always balanced by common sense. one might go off on lines of pleasing illusion for years, until one was lost on the .astral plane. all this, observe, is very meaningless, very vague at the best. what is the astral plane? is there such a thing? how do its phantoms differ from those of absinthe, reverie, and love, and so on? we may admit their unsubstantiality without denying their power; the phantoms of absinthe and love are potent enough to drive a man to death or marriage; while reverie may end in anti-vivisect

LIBER GRADUUM MONTIS ABIEGNI

the poison of the fang of the exalted one. and behold! ere the moon waxed thrice he became an uraus serpent, and the poison of the fang was established in him and his seed even for ever and for ever .liber lxv, ch. v. vv. 51-56. ritual& meditation practice to destroy thoughts talismans, evocations mahasatipathana etc. methods of divination meditation practices equivalent to ritual cxx control of astral plane rising on the planes meditation practice on expansion of consciousness meditation practices equi- valent to ritual dclxxi leads to the grade of adeptus major leads to the grade of adeptus exemptus adeptus minor ritual viii ritual revealed in vision of eighth athyr probationer neophyte zelator practicus philosophus the four powers of the sphinx liber vii the building of the magic penta

LIBER LVII

blindness stone the son himself when he is sent. so that is no vain counsel of .st. john (1 john iv. 1 .try the spirits, whether they be of god. no mistake when .st. paul. 4 liber lviii claims the discernment of spirits to be a principal point of the armour of salvation (1 cor. xii. 10. now how should frater p. or another test the truth of any message purporting to come from the most high? on the astral plane, its phantoms are easily governed by the pentagram, the elemental weapons, the robes, the god-forms, and such childish toys. we set phantoms to chase phantoms. we make our scin- laeca1 pure and hard and glittering, all glorious within, like the veritable daughter of the king; yet she is but the king.s daughter, the nephesch adorned: she is not the king himself, the holy ruach or mind

LUCIFERIAN SORCERY

e opposer, or in a modern context, lucifer. 2 see the book of cain by michael w. ford. 7 the history of the witches sabbat path is one of shadowed presence. such a witchcraft linage speaks through the blood and dreams of those whom with an open mind, invite it in and seek to absorb its essence. consider the egregore of luciferian spirits, those that speak to us through dreams and conclaves on the astral plane. essentially, we are they and once we have learned the techniques of mental freedom, are then we able to be truly alive! the spirit, which may be separated during sleep through dream magick, allows the soul to shape shift into any desire it seeks be it animal, shadow, demon it is up to the imagination and desire of the individual. this would present the vampiric aspect of the craft, w

the nightside waking dreamer transforms the dream body and those of his/her familiar into the night owl, go forth to feed quietly from the profane sleeper. the ritual of going forth by night announces the separation of the spirit from the flesh, thus the witches sabbat is the supreme luciferian awakening, and it is when we become just as lucifer, who is the spirit of the air whom resides upon the astral plane. below lucifer is the puzzle of the black one, being baphomet. baphomet, being the god form of sorcerers and magickians of chaos and witches sabbat currents, is the model of union. consider lilith, the witch queen of the sabbat and of lillitu, the succubus and vampire phantoms and samael, the fire djinn which is considered the same as asmodeus, their infernal union is the manifestatio

e some covens and individuals use the silver cup, one may use a kapala as well, which is a human skull cap often imported from tibet. coven a small group of magickal practitioners. often 13 in number. covens may be of a smaller size as well. daemon from the greek daimon, meaning spirit. the daemon is the root of demon therefore represents the spirit of the sorcerer and the exterior spirits on the astral plane. djed egyptian, represents stability and strength, associated with the backbone in the funerary cult. in the union of the circle, djed is the holy aspect in union with the shadow of the magician, the very aspect of initiation towards the great work. evocation the act of calling the spirit into and area, out from the self. evocation generally involves servitors, familiars, and daemons

MAGIC AND SPELLS

ther plane. also when casting the spell, you cast teleport without error and one or two other spells that are to take effect when you arrive at your destination. the 10-minute casting time is the minimum total for all castings. if the companion spells have combined casting times longer than 10 minutes, use the combined casting times instead. the teleport without error spell whisks you through the astral plane to your destination, so anything that prevents astral travel also foils elminster's evasion. the spells to be brought into effect by the evasion must be ones that affect your person (feather fall, levitate, fly, telepor, and so on) and be of a spell level no higher than one-third of your caster level (maximum 6th level. the conditions you specify to bring the spell into effect must be

MANLY P HALL THE SECRET TEACHINGS OF ALL AGES

to excesses of a degrading nature. for this reason they frequent the atmosphere of the dope den, the dive, and the brothel, where they attach themselves to those unfortunates who have given themselves up to iniquity. by permitting his senses to become deadened through indulgence in habitforming drugs or alcoholic stimulants, the individual becomes temporarily en rapport 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

olph steiner "ran their course at a period when the earth was still 'fiery; and the first human incarnations were formed out of the element of fire; at the end of his earthly career man will himself radiate his inner being outwards creatively by the force of the element of fire. this continuous development from the beginning to the end of the earth reveals itself to the 'seer' when he sees on the astral plane the archetype of evolving man* the beginning of earthly evolution stands forth in the fiery feet, its end in the fiery countenance, and the complete power of the 'creative word' to be finally won, is seen in the fiery source coming out of the mouth (see occult seals and columns) in his restored new testament, james morgan pryse traces the click to enlarge the throne of god and of the

MICHAEL FORD A RITE OF THE WEREWOLF

oo far from realistic workings in the present time. lucifer is found in the higher octave of the sphere of saturn. this 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 (h

. the middle eastern cults and sects of magical practice produced what we commonly call magickal paths today. what was lost or well forgotten, by some incantation or spell of remembrance, such surged forth as a bestial atavism that which was dead now emerged as a 12 angels are considered by abu-hamid mohammed al-ghazali to be the higher faculties of man. 13 empyrean= highest heavens, heights, the astral plane which leads to the psyche or genius revealed. see the key of solomon the king by s.l. mathers, the symbolism of angels (higher octave) and demons (lower octave or infernal spirits. this term is inextricably the same as celestial, the sabbat of luciferian light. 14 baphomet is a magickal transformation of being. baphomet, being the head of wisdom, is related to cain in some sabbatic an

MICHAEL FORD WITCHMOON

canthropy is closely connected with the dual aspects of sex and death, as is vampirism. the lunar current which the sorcerer opens and becomes aligned with is based on the aspect of hidden desire and lustful atavisms which manifest in the spirit and form of a wolf, owl, cat and other such animal. lycanthropy can be a useful exercise and individual power points which can be used effectively on the astral plane. this book is meant as a grimoire for the balanced sorcerer. the purpose of this being to offer further guidance and present a serious form of shadow magick and sorcery which has long been kept hidden. the black art is not that of devil worship, but of hidden knowledge. the key to this lies in the depths of the subconscious, the will to explore and suggest, to destroy and create. the

hidden knowledge, they are the resurgent atavisms, the hidden spirits and archetypes of shadow and night, the black sun shining with life and wisdom- the torch bearer (1) behind the darkness. love, health, wisdom and beauty are the finest forms of existence. the shadows in the night which glow under the moon exist to dance with you, to guide towards a glimpse of the night of pan, to gather on the astral plane at the witches' sabbath. come close, if your will is against it much is deadly, however with pleasure and the glowing lamp of strength all is possible. come within the night side, where varcolaci await. vampirism, lycanthropy and european folklore for thousands of years there have been tales of beasts haunting the countryside by night, demons which stalk the roads and pathways of the

s us the vampire races of nachzehrer, nachttoter, alp, neuntoter and nosferatu. 9 9 nachzehrer is a vampire which is found in the northern part of germany and the kashubes, which include bavaria and other surrounding areas. the nachzehrer is born in the coffin under the light of the moon, it awakes and begins tearing it's own flesh. this vampire is able to contact its living family members on the astral plane, guiding them into its own feeding. when the nachzehrer was exhumed, it was found to be resting in its own blood and a half devoured grave shroud. a peculiar thing about the nachzehrer is that this creature sleeps with it's left eye open and holding it's thumb. it was not rare that this creature would begin to eat its own flesh. when the nachzehrer would leave it s tomb it would somet

s coffin or tomb. found in saxony, the neuntoter was recognized as being a severe carrier of the plague. the alp is a vampire like spirit associated with the incubus/succubus who would torment the dreams of men, women and children alike. the alp is considered often to be that of a recently deceased person, or often a demon of the tomb- that which is bred from the darkest aspects of magick and the astral plane. the alp can take the form of a cat, pig, dog and other creatures such as a werewolf and demonic beasts which resemble rabid, black dogs. this spirit is also known to wear a hat and use its powers to fly the night sky. its methods of feeding include entering the mouth of the victim through a long serpent like tongue and changing to smoke, wherein it absorbs the life force of the indiv

its powers to fly the night sky. its methods of feeding include entering the mouth of the victim through a long serpent like tongue and changing to smoke, wherein it absorbs the life force of the individual. the alp is also said to drain blood from the breast of women, and of men and children through their nipples. this incubus proves difficult to get rid of as it exists almost exclusively on the astral plane. very rarely was it said to manifest anywhere else but dreams. nosferatu (also slavonic in its basis) is a vampire spirit who haunts the astral plane as well as the earth. its bat like appearance exemplifies its predatory qualities. the nosferatu is said to be associated with the incubus and succubus, indicating its connection with the astral plane. once the creature is buried, it wil

t however this vampire would physically enter sleep and its spirit would rise as what was called varcolaci. the undead spirit is able to rise towards the night sky, in the form of a small dragon or wolf with many heads, to drink blood from the moon. the varcolaci are also able to haunt villages and drain astral life force and blood from the sleeping. the varcolaci vampire is quite powerful on the astral plane, being able to haunt the night in many forms, depending on the primal urge and desire. further explanations and developments of this form are discussed in later chapters of this book. dracul or dracula is romanian meaning "son of the dragon" and can also mean "son of the devil. dracula is known as vlad tepes, a romanian noble man who lived from 1431 to 1476 and protected the transylva

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delinquencythe most coherent child development theorieshow to correctly diagnose your child's problemsthe so-called indigo childrenhow to avoid the worst effects of the generation gaphow to save your 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 m

ook is a grimoire. it gives practical instructions on the possibility of sorcerous practice from a luciferian perspective. it is not evil or simply destructive. the most powerful message that can be received in this work is that of creation. the vampyre magickian should create as opposed to destroying. the author and publisher accept no responsibility for use/misuse of this book. 8 vampyrism& the astral plane this book will introduce you to the modern relevance and the possibility of the reality of vampirism. this practice of vampirism is based on the nietzsche and darwin foundations of survival of the fittest. the vampyre magickian as it is defined here is within the realm of the luciferian ideology and practice outlined in lucferian witchcraft, liber hvhi and book of the witch moon. this

lucifer in the grimoire tradition of the middle ages is considered a spirit of the air, as his element is air just as his bride lilith, additionally he is the bringer of light as his direction is the east. lucifer as a vampyric spirit 9 is ahriman the prince of darkness. his wisdom is infernal and is hidden. all symbolism of vampyrism or vampirism as it is spelled is reflective of the spirit and astral plane. the name lucifuge means fly the light and reflects the nocturnal nature of many luciferian spirits. just as lucifer was the brightest of angels, upon his initiation and fall he was encircled in darkness. thus he has the highest articulation and knowledge, the deviation and perverseness of the darkest aspects. he is both beast and serpent and he may take many forms as well. lucifer is

ans fly the light and reflects the nocturnal nature of many luciferian spirits. just as lucifer was the brightest of angels, upon his initiation and fall he was encircled in darkness. thus he has the highest articulation and knowledge, the deviation and perverseness of the darkest aspects. he is both beast and serpent and he may take many forms as well. lucifer is proteus and changes at will. the astral plane when entered will provide an exciting and challenging initiatory experience. you must be willing to trust your instincts and above all know yourself. astral beings may experience the past like recordings in specific areas, pass through walls and enter dark places just as a spirit. this of course depends on the initiatory level of the vampyre magickian. much of this type of practice wi

e initiatory level of the vampyre magickian. much of this type of practice will indeed take time and focus to achieve. projecting your consciousness out of your body can be a frightening experience at first. learn to control your breathing, heart rate and to trust your instincts. this will provide you with a powerful method of practice and more than anything help achieve results. as you enter the astral plane, your mode of focus is of course consuming energy in this state. as your 10 consciousness 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

s 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 shifting understand, your limitations are set by you. this goes back to you are the only god that is and that before you can experience something more spiritual, you have to realize that you control the extent and power of your destiny. platonist philosopher plotinus (a.d. 203-269) defined spec

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objects in the separate worlds are copies of each other, tethered together by a rope; they respond instantly to changes in the others. as above, so below. every individual has a copy of themselves on each of the 5 planes. these 5 copies of the self are not unified, however, but divided in 3 pieces by 2 large gaps. the first gap is often referred to as the veil, and this veil not only divides the astral plane into 2 parts, it also divides the material body, called the lower self, from that person s guardian angel. between the astral and the mental planes lies the second deep gap, this gulf is often called the abyss. the abyss is what separates a person from their higher self, often called their higher genius; the higher self is nothing more than copies of the individual which reside in the

dreams, however, is a bit scarier. to start, it is a false assumption that the events and characters that occupy one s dreamscape are entirely their own creation. far from being mere projections of the sleeper s psyche, some dream characters are in fact spirits who have clothed themselves in some form and have entered into your dream. as it turns out, the land of dreams, often synonymous with the astral plane, is in fact a far more objective reality than it s given credit for. in truth you have met with spirits, and other dreamers in the astral landscape. these spirits, being without a 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 effect

he dreamer is aware of the fact that they re dreaming; instantly, the sleeper is transformed into a god and can resist the efforts of these outside entities. once the dreamer becomes aware, these entities are easily routed and can even come to fear the dreamer. these spirits may attempt to terminate the dream prematurely so that the dreamer does not acquire complete awareness. the dream world, or astral plane, is said to respect the rules of space and time to a degree. this is evident by the fact that some dreams seem to last 30 minutes, while in reality the sleeper was in a dreaming cycle for 5 minutes. distances between 2 points are also non-linear in the dream; concepts of time and space remain, albeit altered. there are cases were the dream world seems to exist outside the boundaries o

air, dark eyes, and olive-colored skin. the standard spirit has only an astral form, but no etheric or physical body. these types of beings may not operate in our world at all without possessing a living creature; only by plugging into a living being may they have any experiences of, or gain any pleasure from, our world. many spirits are described as moving back and forth between the material and astral planes, but direct contact between these entities and human beings usually happens in dreams. it is believed by many members of the occult, and the members of islam, that each human being in assigned both a demonic counterpart, and an angelic counterpart. spirits of this kind, those assigned to you at birth, are often called tutelary spirits. it is true, however, that all humans are subject

l upon the names of god, or entities superior to the possessing spirit, to drive away the pest. the spirit may be cast out during the exorcism, or be confined to an object (which is to be discarded--michael wynn's "the soul travelers" 33 do not make the amateur s mistake of associating the inhabitants of the spirit (astral) world with the afterlife of human beings; the entities that reside in the astral plane are not human, and probably never were. simply put, these entities have nothing to do with your dead grandma. although many people imagine spirits as extremely concerned with the activities of humans, in truth many spirits are indifferent to humans. spirits and elementals see the earth as a 3-dimensional living environment, and as a result many spirits live beneath the ground, in the

m one person to another can be done in multiple ways, even unconsciously (as stated earlier. if you were attempting telepathy, i would recommend you use multiple methods to achieve this. in order to use telepathy to implant thoughts, you must understand this: each person has a part of their body on every plane of existence; reaching all the way up to god himself. telepathy is communication on the astral plane. the astral plane does not respect our sense of space and distances, yet still has separate locations. like the internet parallel that i illustrated earlier, each of these locations (websites) can be accessed by a single mind (computer. in the astral world, to imagine a thing is to access its location, and it is to this location that you will direct your thoughts. detailed visualizati

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aft which breeds the legends of evil concepts, while it is only a hint at the purpose of the left hand path. this way is devoid of moralistic concepts, thus in the absolute and in the isolation from it, we are uniquely separate from all exterior forces, the very essence of gods and goddesses. the ahrimanic vampyre is one who separates the psyche from the natural order and masters the nightside or astral plane within our physical world which we seek to control from within. the forms in the nightside of which we assume (bat. wolf, moth, or a hybrid of each and others) are the extensions of our will and desire. the vampyre is a being which has deified itself through the antinomianian process of death and rebirth, one who has passed through the ancient aspects of set and anubis, the guardians

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hree page essay on how the sigils of luciferian transference hold a demonstration in ones personal life. 7. creation of ones own alphabet of desire, photocopied and sent to succubus publishing. an example of a successful occurrence with the alphabet. examples of how this alphabet works for the individual. see the book of pleasure by austin osman spare. 8. the initiate will seek a mastery over the astral plane partially by waking astral projection or dreaming astral projection, at some instances with solitary karezza or the illumination of the fire serpent. 9. the neonomicon by nathaniel harris iii should be studied and some aspect of it practiced according to the liking of the initiate. this chaos grimoire is essential in a balanced study of magick from different perspectives and ideas. fo

ichael w. ford 2. the assumption of the flesh of the devil, the power of initiation and the mark of the devil as a rite of passage. the god form of satan the adversary is to understand the fallen aspect of darkness to the 12 rise into the dark light, thus a balanced initiation of flesh and spirit. see book of the witch moon. 3. the astral sabbath, dedication to, preparation and emergence into the astral plane. complete records and insight through including if famulus attends the self. 4. averse tree of life (daath) and the spheres of the qlippoth. devotion to the essence of each sphere and its daemonic attributes to be used in a positive way. 5. a working of the black eagle as the initiator unto the path of shadow, records in a detail of 2 pages on successful contact with the black eagle

oodied caul the mark of cain. face now the four directions- from the south, fiery essence of the darkness, satanas i do summon thee, i shall descend into the pleasure fields of midnight and noon i shall taste thy ecstasy of being! from the east, air and shadowed illuminator lucifer, crowned in emerald light, king of the circle of the wise do illuminate me, by dreaming and waking guide me into the astral plane to become, in the twilight i awaken to thy fiery spirit! o archon of this world, djinn of holy fire and perfected spirit do move through me as i descend with you! guide me unto the empyrean and celestial sabbat of self-deification! from the north, belial, lord of the earth and perfected essence of both angel and beast, do move the spirits of the earth of wolf and jackal, come forth th

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e earth and abyss. from the ashes must the gods and goddesses rise. some descended further, some became as angels of light. leviathan and samael descended, lucifer became and angel of light. belial would become an earth bound spirit who would transform into a demon. astaroth, wandering the earth on a great dragon. leviathan, a daemon who became of the ocean and would exist simultaneously with the astral plane and the depths of the sea. leviathan along with the other fallen angels became an ideal, a focus of strength whose power still remains within all of us. awaiting the moment of becoming, these daemonic atavisms exist on subconscious levels of the mind. the opening of such abyssic gates leads the psyche towards rising forth and becoming something of evolutionary progression. lucifer sta

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t mercury. its element is water, and its action represents fluidic mind, the thinking, logical capacity in man, as well as what may be called his magical or nervous force- what the hindu systems denominate as prana. the third of that triad is yesod, the foundation, the ninth sephirah, the operation of the sphere of the moon. this is the airy sphere of the fourth dimension, termed in occultism the astral plane. here we find the subtle electro-magnetic substance into which all the higher forces are focussed, the ether, and it constitutes the basis or final model upon which the physical world is built. its elemental attribution is that of air, ever flo-g, shifting, andin a constant flux- yet because of that flux, in perpetual stabilitv. lust as the tremendous speed of the particles insures th

lf is referred to binai-i. the sepher yetzirah divides the hebrew letters into three classes of three, seven, and twelve. three mothers v: d: n seven double letters n'lb27j3 twelve single letters 33y b2?'ul?lfl the holy place embraces the symbolism of the 22 letters <130> the table of shew-bread, the single letters. the altar of incense the three mothers. astral spirits are those belonging to the astral plane. such are false and illusionary forms, shells of the dead, and ghosts and phantoms. elemental spirits are those belonging to the nature of the elements; some are good and some are evil. an angel is a pure and high spirit of unmixed good in office and operation. in the tarot, the ten small cards of each suit refer to the sephiroth. the four suits refer to the letters of tetragrammaton

at particular element is this grade attributed? heg to the element of air. hiero honoured hiereus, to what plaiiet does this grade especially refer? hiereus to the moon. hiero honoured hegemon, what path is attached to this grade? heg the 32nd path of tau. hiero honoured hiereus, to what does it allude? hiereus to the universe as composed of the four elements- to the kerubim, the qlippoth and the astral plane, and the reflection of the sphere of saturn. hiero (knocks (all rise and face east) let us adore the lord and king of air! hierophant makes circle with sceptre towards e. hiero shaddai el chai, almighty and ever-lasting- ever-living be thy name, ever magnhed in the life of all. amen. all salute. hiero remains facing e. hiereus advances to w. of altar. hegemon and kern advance and stan

led because it directeth and associateth in <79> all their operations, the seven planets, even all of them in their own due courses. to it, therefore, is attributed the due knowledge of the seven abodes of assiah, the material world, which are symbolised in the apocalypse by the seven churches. it refers to the universe as composed of the four elements, to the kerubim, to the qlippoth, and to the astral plane. it is the reflection of the sphere of saturn. it represents the connecting and binding link between the material and formative worlds, assiah and yetsirah, and necessarily passes through the astral plane, the abode of the elementals and the shells of the dead. it is the rending of the veil of the tabernacle, whereon the kerubim and the palm trees are depicted. it is the passing of th

ction. in these numbers and figures are hid many revelations. remember that the whole number of malkuth is 496- which is again a perfect number. malkuth must then be equated and perfected by the 6 ruling the 4: and the link between 6 and 4 is the number of the pentagram. 2ndad. having achieved the entry into malkuth, it is needful that you should pass through the path of tau, the dark path of the astral plane. go, therefore, to the tablet of the east. phil. goes to e. hs. and heg. bar the way, points of implements downwards and touching. heg. demands= sign and words. hs. returns to place. heg. leads phil. to tablet, gives phil. rose leaves, makes cross aver bowl and directs phil. to circumambulate repeating names. heg. stands in= sign while phil, traverses path of tau in the names of shad

my larnen is given you as your badge, for i am the ruler in malkuth, and the guardian against the underworld. i am also lord of the path tau, the link between the first and second degrees, and also between the outer and the inner. this path of tau, dark and full of mystery, under the presidency of saturn and the tarot key of the universe <177> leads, as you have learned in the= grade, through the astral plane. therefore, in the ritual of the 32nd path, you were passed by the four kerubic stations, as a fore-shadowing of the rites of the cross, the full completion of the first order which you have now accomplished. having traversed the path of tau, the darkness of the astral plane and of the black pillar, stand firm in yesod, that the black pillar may become the white. hs. takes away tau af

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only by the absence of such a comparable grade in that initial organization. the third order, that of magister templi (8=[3, magus (9=[2, and ipsissimus (10=[1] have little but mention in the golden dawn. from the third order proceeded the magical flow which guided the (0=[0] through (7=[4] toward initiation and perfection. it was held that these (8=[3] and above initiates occupied places on the astral plane and lower degrees were advised not to hold their breaths until encountering them [for organizational and administrative reasons, the three (7=[4] initiates, wescott, mathers, and woodman, assumed the positions of visible secret chiefs, operating for the invisible secret chiefs, the (8=[3] and higher] of the third order a ca. 1894 document has this to say: the highest of all in this an

se of a vacancy in this order the chief, most learned and most famous adept obtains by decree the well-earned reward.(3) while this may have initially satisfied a need for the presence of the unapproachable, one is left to wonder how a vacancy could come about among exalted beings already occupying an exotic and esoteric plane. the implication is that ageing and death can extend even to the alien astral plane! it is possible this could be explained by the (10=[1] being totally absorbed by the "limitless light" or there may have been talk of there being grades existing beyond the (10=[1, much like the ridiculous "vii" talk which we have heard in our own days. the temple's own magistri and above are very real and accessible initiates. their hands may not always be acutely obvious to the firs

your non-human self to manifest itself here. this explains the high measure of fatigue you experience upon your return to the realm of man. ptah: then this is the truth behind the ideas called "astral travel" as it is misunderstood by the "bungled and botched" set: it is, but with a difference. most non-elect sources believe that there exists another realm of existence which they call either the "astral plane" or "astral dimension" in this "dimension" there is allegedly their other body waiting for them to be conscious of the "fact" a variation on this theme is the idea of an "eternal paradise" and "souls" the truth is, that my realm is empty of all else save myself unless you will yourself to be here as you have done, ptah. ptah: does this mean then, that i am not in reality here within y

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tions. his behavior within the pu is often restricted by his psychological dependence upon the seeming security of the ou. or, conversely, his ability to orient himself to the pu may result in his failure to maintain the intricate connections between the ou& pu. in such a case, the pu becomes a mere fantasy world ungoverned by logic and uninfluential with regard to the ou [this is the well-known "astral plane" phenomenon] now we are in a position to identify the magister templi. the magister is able to understand the ou completely. he knows what makes it tick, what the forces are that act within it, and how these forces may be manipulated most precisely from the vantage point of the pu. now we return to that important point raised earlier: a complete understanding of the ou is possible onl

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tions. his behavior within the pu is often restricted by his psychological dependence upon the seeming security of the ou. or, conversely, his ability to orient himself to the pu may result in his failure to maintain the intricate connections between the ou& pu. in such a case, the pu becomes a mere fantasy world ungoverned by logic and uninfluential with regard to the ou [this is the well-known "astral plane" phenomenon] now we are in a position to identify the magister templi. the magister is able to understand the ou completely. he knows what makes it tick, what the forces are that act within it, and how these forces may be manipulated most precisely from the vantage point of the pu. now we return to that important point raised earlier: a complete understanding of the ou is possible onl

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choir: powers the dynamis, potentiates and authorities, the first angels created by god. they inhabit the border between the first and second heavens. saint paul warns that the powers may be both good and evil. they act as guides to the soul, and their task is to transform the duality of mundane consciousness into a unity with divinity; see romans 13:1. in occult lore they act as guides upon the astral plane, coming to the aid of those deceased who might otherwise be unbalanced by the experience and drawn into insanity. their chief is cama-el, he who sees god, who exemplifies the nature of the powers in that he may be considered as benign and malign, and yet gains the favour of god. as kemu-el, he acts as mediator between the prayers of israel and the hierarchs of the seventh heaven. as c

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ds are stronger yet, for they have a toehold in the here and now. an idea can arrive in a blink, be executed in a flash, and take years to undo. here is wisdom: the closer an adept draws near to the force, the better their ideas become. this lesson is especially important to the serious magician as acting upon whim when performing in the circle can bring unexpected results. there is much upon the astral planes that is not on your side. your opposition would relish the opportunity to cream you where you stand. another way to look at it is that you want maximum return on your magical efforts. anything else is mediocre. an attitude problem attitudes are really mind sets. some are bright and happy, some are cynical and some are pretty bleak. they are also habitual and can be easily improved on

SORCERIES OF ZOS

ain for many apostates to life. now, in this day, i ask you to search your memories, for great unities are near. the inceptor of all memory is your soul. life is desire, death is reformation. i am the resurrection. i, who transcend ecstasy by ecstasy, meditating need not be in self-love. this creed, informed by the dynamism of spare's will and his great ability as an artist, created a cult on the astral plane that attracted to itself all the elements naturally orientated to it. he referred to it as zos kia cultus, and its votaries claimed affinity on the following terms: our sacred book: the book of pleasure. our path: the eclectic path between ecstasies; the precarious funambulatory way. our deity: the all-prevailing woman('and i strayed with her, into the path direct) our creed: the livi

uch celibacy is of a purely local character and confined to the physical plane, or waking state, alone. celibacy, as commonly understood, is therefore a meaningless parody or travesty of the true formula. such is the initiated rationale of tantric celibacy, and some such interpretation undoubtedly applies also to other forms of religious asceticism. the 'temptations' of the saints occuedrr on the astral plane precisely because the physical channels had been deliberately blocked. the state of drowsiness noted in the votaries of the ku suggests that the ensuing shadow-play was evoked after a fashion similar to that obtained by a species of dream control. gerald massey, aleister crowley, austin spare, dion fortune, have- each in their way- demonstrated the bio-chemical basis of the mysteries

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tion of human beings, or even of "black brethren. in a sense, the "black brother" is infinitely above the activities of what we generally name the "black lodge; in another sense, he/she is infinitely below. the "black lodge" is merely the qliphoth in their interaction and activity. the qliphoth are the false sephiroth; projections or reflections of the sphere of the tree of life on the so-called "astral plane. there dwell entities called demoniac, whose plotting against humankind, whose hatred of the human being, is ever active. however, initiates of our order will understand that what we call man, human being (or however we may choose to indicate individual units of the human species as a whole irregardless of their physical sex, is not what the profane generally consider as such. the tre

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ame more prominent in spiritualist circles in america, blavatsky came to the attention of henry steel olcott (1832 1907, a journalist, who established a study group around her unique style of mediumship, a blend of spiritualism and buddhistic legends about tibetan sages. she professed to have direct spiritual contact with two tibetan mahatmas, koot humi and morya, who communicated with her on the astral plane and who provided her with wonderful teachings of wisdom and knowledge. on november 17, 1875, with the aid of henry olcott and william q. judge (1851 1896, an attorney, blavatsky founded the theosophical society in new york. the threefold purpose of the society was: 1) to form a universal brotherhood of man; 2) to study and make known the ancient religions, philosophies, and sciences;

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nomianism. 3 the book of thoth weiser publications 15 lucifer is found in the higher octave of the sphere of saturn. 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 (he

l atavism that which was dead now emerged as a necromantic shade. by the wealth of symbolism there is indeed much to develop from be ready to grasp that which was always slightly out of reach by dream, that fleeting moment of truth not so lightly fallen before you. 4 angels are considered by abu-hamid mohammed al-ghazali to be the higher faculties of man. 5 empyrean= highest heavens, heights, the astral plane which leads to the psyche or genius revealed. see the key of solomon the king by s.l. mathers, the symbolism of angels (higher octave) and demons (lower octave or infernal spirits. this term is inextricably the same as celestial, the sabbat of luciferian light. 6 baphomet is a magickal transformation of being. baphomet, being the head of wisdom, is related to cain in some sabbatic and

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ic 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 a part of each is severed and a great union may be achieved, from which the conscious becomes aligned with the subconscious. could this be death itself, another level of waking through the web of dreams? what ever the result may be, a fo

state, what is called complete union with the hga (holy guardian angel. the activity of severing the ego, becoming beyond that and leaving the physical world is achieved via trance and the use of human bones as ritual tools. this represents that we are temporary and life ends, and that the spiritual paths may be ascended through desire and gnosis. lucifer is essentially the god of the air, or the astral plane. the luciferic powers are keys into the separation of the spiritual from the material, even though the luciferian may remain earth bound for some time. it is speculated that eventually something as this may grow boring and it would be time for the spirit to remain and move further into the astral. the tools of chaos magick are specifically anything which one would utilize to achieve h

of aleister crowley highly commendable thelema system, or 93 current. four flying witches as a sorcerer who is drawn to and receives the initiatory spark via art, i was first drawn to this image years ago. this image was placed above my altar for some time, meditated on before sleeping and held a kind of gateway to my early experiences with the sabbat. here we find the flesh of the witches in the astral plane, mature and well worn. the falling flesh is all ecstasy- that by casting the circle and going forth into the sabbat of spirit can we then begin to learn of ourselves and the very potential we hold. the four flying witches is a gateway of lust and deep set desire; this would belong to the instance of the celestial or luciferian sabbat; the spirit does not regress to therion form, rathe

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ynous primal dragon tiamat, which ahriman and az emerged from later. in the ancient writings of jacob and isaac hacohen of segovia castile, samael and lilith were born by an emanation beneath the throne of glory in the form of a double-faced androgynous angel, said to be in the form of the one above. lilith has a long history and a background in all magical practices. she is the one who is of the astral plane, of the air, and began all legends of vampiric acts committed at night. lilith grows strong from the blood of humans, but also has been worshiped by rebels since babylonian times. in the qlippoth lilith holds great power, the femal of samael is called serpent, woman of harlotry, end of all flesh, end of days. the name of baphomet is regarded by traditional satanists as meaning "the mi

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e same of familiars are some part related to the dead, they may be long forgotten shades which are attracted to the spiritual activity of your own magickal work. they have since lost consciousness and the concept of i, thus proving useful in workings of magick. summon them with blood and bones, sexual energy and the will sharp and focused. they will respond and prove useful guardians while in the astral plane. they feed from our lifeforce just as we absorb from the sacred opfer. never mind harm, they do not seem to draw enough lifeforce to cause any alarm of challenge. these shades, if made malicious by destructive black magick, may cause considerable harm to the intended victim, or even seek havoc upon the caster. be cautious. it is however mostly a chore to create and empower such elemen

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trans, edition of 1639, chapter 48. 52. the apocrypha (london: oxford university press, no date, 131. 53. agrippa, occult philosophy, 561. 54. robinson, ed, the nag hammadi library (san francisco: harper and row, 1981, 294. 55. thorsson, futhark (york beach, maine: samuel weiser, 1984, 46. astral: a dimension of the human mind closely linked with the visual imagina- tion, often referred to as the astral plane or astral level, inhabited by incorpo- real self-aware beings. it is accessible to human consciousness during trance, dreams, and creative visualization. the word 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 t

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utes the sun. having attained the "head" of the tree, he collapses to the floor of the ritual enclosure in a trance, and his soul leaves his body to soar through the heavenly regions he accessed in a symbolic way during his climb. descent to the underworld descent into the underworld of the dead was achieved by passing through an opening in the ground, reached by means of a soul flight across the astral plane. shamans descended to ihe underworld either to escort there the soul of a member of the tribe who had died, or sometimes to retrieve a soul in order to bring the newly dead back to life. such descents were considered dangerous by shamans, and few records of the rituals they used still exist. in one such rare description, an altaic shaman descended vertically down through seven subterr

body. this happens most often when it is projected in animal forms, since the emotions involved are of the most primal and powerful sort, and enable this seeming density of the astral vehicle. repercussion is uncommon in ordinary projection of the astral double, and is not a consequence to be greatly feared by those experimenting with astral travel. 5. eliade, 200-1. 6. ibid, 383. 7. leadbeater, astral plane, 123. chapter one: shamanic soul flight 9 sllamanic mind-altering techniques in order to engage in soul flight, shamans needed to induce an altered state of consciousness. because their role in their societies was so vital, shamans used whatever techniques were found to be effective, even those that might result in permanent injury or death. a shaman was expected to get results and of

religious bilocation 51 astral vision of the laws inscribed by moses himself on the stone tables that he carried down from the mountain. all the great prophets of the old testament exhibit many of the characteristics of shamans. they lived alone, outside the customs of their society, and they went into the wilderness where they received detailed visions while traveling out of their bodies on the astral plane. they acted as intermediaries or mediums, carrying the messages of spiritual beings to humanity. the true nature of the spirits that inspired their prophecies is as much a matter of conjecture as the question of whether the spirits who spoke to joan of arc were saints or fairies. the astral journey of isaiah involves his great vision of the throne of god. in the final year of the reig

t when carrington writes of theosophy. 86. muldoon and carrington, projection of the astral body, 25. 78 soul flight theosophists, for their part, gave forth a remarkable account concerning the origins of spiritualism that indicates by its content the condescending attitude with which they regarded the spiritualist movement. it is related by charles webster leadbeater (1854- 1934) in his book the astral plane: its scenery, inhabitants and phenomena. according to leadbeater, the modern spiritualism movement began as an experiment conducted by the enlightened spiritual chiefs of a secret occult lodge known as the divine rulers of the golden gate, which leadbeater claimed was associated with atlantis. appalled by the creeping materialism of the nineteenth century, these powerful spirits decid

golden gate, which leadbeater claimed was associated with atlantis. appalled by the creeping materialism of the nineteenth century, these powerful spirits decided to make it possible for the average person to converse with the dead, and thereby gain direct proof of the survival of the soul after death: the method adopted was to take some ordinary person after death, arouse him thoroughly upon the astral plane, instruct him to a certain extent in the powers and possibilities belonging to it, and then put him in charge of a spiritualistic circle. he in his turn "developed other departed personalities along the same line, they all acted upon those who sat at their seances, and "developed them as mediums; and so spiritualism grew and flourished. no doubt living members of the original lodge oc

these two popular movements to redefine the afterlife for those who had rejected the conventional christian framework. spiritualists viewed theosophy as theoretical, unscientific, over-elaborated, and foreign. theosophists regarded spiritualism as simplistic, crude, and potentially dangerous-an unfortunate attitude considering that theosophy was a direct outgrowth of spiritualism. 87. leadbeater, astral plane, 101. chapter six: theosophy 79 helena petrovna blavatsky theosophy was founded by the russian spirit medium madame helena petrovna blavatsky (1831-1891) as a way of bringing eastern wisdom to the west. it began in newyork in 1875, but established a second branch in bombay in 1879, and soon shifted its headquarters from the united states to india. blavatsky was an accomplished spiritu

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our entire body for several minutes. sever your link with the beam of light from the star and allow it to return heavenward. lower your hands to your sides and adopt the standing pose facing east. allow your expanded aura to contract to its normal shape. be aware of the interlocked network of lines and crosses of light that surround your practice area gleaming brightly on the 180 moving exercises astral plane. allow them to fade from your awareness without actively destroying them, so that their diffused energy brightens the ambient light in the room. close your eyes momentarily to rest them, and press your palms to your face. slide your hands downward and over your chin as though pulling off a skin-tight mask. relax from your standing pose and go about your day. commentary the ritual of t

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a hora de apolonio. las serpientes, los canales, y el fuego. alquimia sexual (trabajo con el kundalini) magia sexual. 7 arcanum 13 death. the fouth hour of apollonius. the neophite will wonder at night among the sepulchures, and will experience the horror of the visions, he will deliver himself to magic and to goethia (this means the disciple will be attacked by millions of black magicians in the astral plane; those tenebreious magicians will attempt to move the disciple away from the luminous path. arcanum 14 the two urns divine magnetism and human magnetism. the superior waters of heaven. during this time the disciple learns to be pure and chaste, because he understands the value of his seminal fluid. arcanum 15 (the electrical hurricane) typhon baphomet. the sixth hour of apollonius. he

. las pruebas del fuego, de aire, de agua y de tierra definieron siempre las diversas purificaciones de los ne fitos. 28 commonly, these sanctuaries of mysteries were found located at the foot of some volcano. there the disciples would fall to the ground and lose consciousness; in those moments the hierophant would take the students out of their physical bodies (thus, they would already be in the astral plane) and into the profundities of the sanctuary. then he would teach them the grandiose mysteries of life and death. the volcanic emanations of the earth produced that apparent state of death. some disciples fall in that apparent state of death within the gnostic lumisials. the ceremony of carrying the cross (as was practiced in the gnostic lumisials, serves in order to humbly confirm som

e attitude of the man and the woman during the sexual act. inside the ark were found the fourishing rod of aaron, the cup of gomor containing the manna and the two tablets of the law. the number 4 as a result of the addition of the 22 (2+2=4. the internal lodge the first duty of any gnostic is to be sure that the lodge is protected. during the degree of apprentice, the attention is focused on the astral plane. the inner lodge must be protected; the astral body must be clean from any type of animal passions and desires. in the second degree the mental lodge must be protected. thus, worldly thoughts must be cast out of the temple. it is necessary to protect the inner lodge very well so that doctrines, people, demons, etc. do not penetrate inside the inner sanctuary and thus sabotage the grea

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the basics of sex magick will be sought 11 to be understood. read page 4 of shades of algol for information about the 8 pointed sabbatic star. for baphomet study the following booklets. read page 6 of luciferian sorcery read pages 4 through 9 starting with greater black magick. be prepared to perform the infernal sabbat this will help later on with preparing for task #7 which is mastery over the astral plane as well. task #5 luciferian transference- sigils of mastery and how lucifer represents the self in isolation and beautiful perfection. a minimum three page essay on how the sigils of luciferian transference hold a demonstration in ones personal life. luciferian transference the sigil of calling by michael w. ford 2001 lucifer sigil by shemyaza. the isolate self, independent and awaken

. an example of a successful occurrence with the alphabet. examples of how this alphabet works for the individual. the alphabet of desire is the language of the sorcerer, this can be made of symbols and words which represent something to the magician, and may be altered and changed according to the will. read pages 19 through 20 of sabbatic sorcery. task #7 the initiate will seek mastery over the astral plane- partially by waking astral projection or dreaming astral projection, at some instances with solitary karezza or the illumination of the fire serpent. suggested book to read astral dynamics, the use of the herb salvia divinorum is also suggested use. the body of light and body of shadow are explained below. 15 the body of light luzifer by fidus..developed by meditation, yoga and creat

sabbat may be attended in this way..when focused upon the higher and lower octave of saturn also the 17 celestial or infernal sabbat envision the light of the higher octave, azal ucel, the sabbatick initiator. it is essential for the magician to visualize this fire, but then envision the flame within he or she will then be the bearer of this flame the fire of the higher octave is the aethyric and astral plane of lucifer, and all magickal work should be developed and guided by this light, known as the holy guardian angel of initiatic guide. even when one works in the dark light of saturn, or more infernal planes and regions, one must be guided by his or her initiatic angel, the holy guardian angel..algol may encompass the higher and lower octave, the isolated god of storms, desert and chaos

t sands, i do summon thee forth to witness my rites of awakening and union. i command the fires of the abyss to protect my circle, let the gates be opened! fire invoking pentagram east: lucifer-phosphorus, lords of the eastern tower, bearer of the black flame, lord of light and promethean flame, i do summon thee forth to witness my rites of awakening and union. i command the forces of air and the astral plane, send thy luciferian elementals to guard this circle. west: leviathan-ourabouris, lord of the western tower, who beholds the black flame hidden in the depths! great encircling one, who holds the keys to immortality! i summon the forces of water and the sea to witness my rites of awakening and union. be watchful and protect this circle! north: belial lord of the northern tower, who fel

wledge of the darkness, fallen seraph of fire and the sun, i do invoke thee, samael. to you, who has walked the earth for thousands of years, from body to body, now shall you spread your light unto humanity. angel, known as shemna il, who is nasiru d-din, i do invoke thee, solar force, known as sorath, beast whose number is of the sun itself, i do summon thee forth! serpent angel, who came by the astral plane with melek taaus, known as shaitan, lucifer the brothers of light. come forth now through me, manifest in my being, we shall join as one. by the names of power: ar-o-go-go-ru-abrao, pur, iafth, oo, ar, thiaf, a-thele-ber-set, phitheta-soe! i summon thee, revealed as set, whom is the sun and darkness in union! envison now the fire of spirit, which is swirling within your very self, enc

ZALEWSKI GOLDEN DAWN ENOCHIAN MAGIC OCR

must be remembered at this stage that each letter of an angelic name from the bonorum represents a name in itself before it is formed into a composite name representing a king, prince, or governor. figure 51 shows a tablet made up from the first section of the bonorum. notice that planets are arranged in the same column-andrank format as in the elemental tablets. by use of this same formula, the astral planes of the bonorum can be projected into and studied by direct observation. a pyramid is formulated from each square from the planetary order, with no two pyramids being identical to each other in color. a typical truncated pyramid, with numbered sides, is shown in figure 52. the sides of each pyramid are colored as follows: 1. this is made up from the color of the planetary section you

r earth waves, they seem to be waves from a center. it is a symbol of generative force and is veh. the waves come from a common center, but now there comes an opposing force like a black border, which seems to prevent the outcoming of the waves. the waves are much lighter and brighter; they are more like tongues than waves and are curved and short. they seem to flow where the dragon encircles the astral plane and become merged in it" the only common denominator in both visions here is the central force or focal point where the jewel or waves emanate. the black border is not present in my vision, though i have often heard of the mongols called the "black horde" i may be stretching a point slightly by this inference. vision of enochian letter d' or 'gal "encounter a dark, craggy landscape wa

ZALEWSKI SECRET INNER ORDER RITUALS OF THE GOLDEN DAWN OCR

nal phase at the 70=40 grade, a ritual called "transmission of the etheric link" is performed (and is usually reserved for those of the office of chief or who will succeed to that office, where the link is given in its entirety to the adept so that they are able to carry on. the link, in its varying stages, could be described as an astral tunnel of sorts, allowing access to certain regions of the astral plane where a contingency of astral entities govern their respective areas. the main theory is that if there are enough links to humankind, more energy is released to man to accomplish things of "the great work" hence, when one obtains initiation with an order, these links are forged. basically, this is a two way communication. the astral entities need devotion to increase their own power i

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

d, therefore, quite safely; others are profoundly ignorant not only of techniques and methods but also as to the results to be expected from their efforts. results there must inevitably be, and the major result is to turn the consciousness inward, to develop the spirit of introspection, and to orient the man or woman to the inner subjective worlds and to the subtler planes of being usually to the astral realm and seldom to the truly spiritual world of souls. the mind nature is seldom invoked and the processes pursued usually render the brain cells negative and quiescent whilst the mind remains inactive and often unawakened. the only area of consciousness which remains therefore visible is that of the astral. the world of physical and tangible values is shut out; the mental world is equally

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herefore they must be contrasted with the speculations of modern science. archaic axioms must be placed side by side with modern hypotheses and comparison left to the sagacious reader. on the question of the "seven governors" as hermes calls the "seven builders" the spirits which guide the operations of nature, the animated atoms of which are the shadows, in their world, of their primaries in the astral realms- this work will, of course, besides the men of science, have every materialist against it. but this opposition can, at most, be only temporary. people have laughed at everything and scouted every unpopular idea at first, and then ended by accepting it. materialism and scepticism are evils that must remain in the world as long as man has not quitted his present gross form to don the o

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ildings and instead sees everything and everyone as a flow of fast moving numbers and codes- vibrational frequencies. once he reaches this point of awareness and multi-dimensional connection, he is able to brush aside the previously unbeatable agents of human servitude because he can operate outside of their rules and limitations. symbolically he has expanded the point of his awareness beyond the astral realms to much higher levels of himself. higher levels than his controllers can access. once he achieved that, he becomes as powerful to the agents as they were to him when he was still in the physical illusion and they were in the astral one. how do we get out of this mess? we open up to who we really are and let go of who the system tells us we are. the whole illuminati plan has been desi

ess is focused. it's our vibrational state that decides where we can go. in other words, we do. if we are the embodiment of pure love, we will peel off our outer shells, the russian dolls, and our consciousness becomes that spark of pure love that permeates all existence. if we are still seriously stuck in the illusion, which the vast majority of people are, we will perhaps get no higher than the astral realms because our vibrational state will hold us there. when satanists do deals with demonic entities and sign contracts in blood with them, it is a vibrational contract. in return for demonic manipulation to give them power and all that they want in this world, the satanist agrees that their demons should own them when they leave this physical realm. when they leave the body, satanists mo

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an only be compared to the sensation of a narcotic coursing through the blood. physical exhaustion on the magician's part is the only limit to this type of love play. sylphs are most often employed in searching out occult knowledge by magicians. these spirits have access not only to the libraries that physically exist, but also those that were destroyed in past ages but continue to survive in the astral realm, and also to libraries of an inhuman type that never had a material existence in our world. dealing with sylphs is seldom an intimate or emotional experience, as can be the case when dealing with gnomes or undines. sylphs are emotionally detached from human desires and motives. it is easy to love an undine, or feel fondness for a gnome, but difficult to interact with a sylph. salamand

DONALDTYSON GHOSTS

ost. usually there is a difference between our perception of a physical object and an astral object, which is why ghosts appear incomplete, dim, shadowy, pale, translucent, and so on. my point is, at times there is no difference in perception between the physical and astral realities. this rarely occurs for the average person, but it does occur. under this circumstance, any entity or thing in the astral realm can interact with you with all the solidity and reality of a physical entity or thing. if ghosts are merely astral recordings of past events, how do they interact and communicate with human beings? usually, they don't. when they do take notice of a human observer, it indicates that they are not a pure ghost, but an astral entity that has assumed the physical appearance of a dead perso

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gland, 1666. pechlin, j. n. observationes physico-medicae. hamburg, germany, 1691. greatrakes, valentine encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. 662 great white brotherhood the group of superhuman adepts or masters who many theosophists and other occultists believed guide the development of the human race. the brotherhood was occasionally associated with a great white lodge situated in astral realms. modern rosicrucians define the great white brotherhood as the school or fraternity of the great white lodge and into this invisible brotherhood of visible members every true student of the path prepares for admission. current address unavailable. sources: garver, will. brother of the third degree. halcyon, calif: halcyon temple press, 1929. great white brotherhood. the books of azra

sons decided to try a magical experiment to produce a magical child. at this point hubbard showed up at parson s house and was eventually invited by parsons to become the necessary third person in the magical experiment. the experiment consisted of parsons and his female partner engaging in sexual intercourse while a third person, a clairvoyant, would tell them what was occurring in the invisible astral realm. the ritual would climax at what the clairvoyant seer suggested was the proper moment. hopefully the act would result in the pregnancy of the woman and the induction of a spirit in the resulting child. while parsons and hubbard seemed to have developed a strong friendship, early in 1946 they parted ways and hubbard moved to miami. parsons claimed that hubbard had skipped town with oto

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harmonious circle: the lives and work of g. i. gurdjieff, p. d. ouspensky, and their followers. new york: g. p. putnam s sons, 1980. wintle, justin, ed. makers of modern culture. new york: facts on file, 1981. out-of-the-body travel a phenomenon based on the belief that individual consciousness can leave the physical body during sleep or trance and travel to distant places or into an ethereal or astral realm. different religions in the ancient world taught that men and women were essentially spiritual beings (souls) incarnated for a divine purpose, and that they shed the body at death and survived in an afterlife or a new incarnation. the ancient hindus believed in the phenomenon of out-ofthe- body travel, featured in such scriptures as the yoga vashishta- maharamayana of valmiki. hindu t

EXTRAORDINARY ENCOUNTERS AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF EXTRATERRESTRIALS AND OTHERWORLDY BEINGS

a cynical exploiter of a deluded man whom any responsible adult would have directed to the nearest psychiatrist, palmer himself for all his promotional instincts, which he exercised vigorously in the long course of his association with shaver may have been caught up in the belief in at least something. perhaps, he sometimes suggested in public statements, shaver s experiences had occurred on the astral realm (steinberg, 1973. on one occasion, he defended the mystery in private circumstances in which he not only had nothing to gain but also risked looking foolish. though we will never know for sure, one reasonable reading of palmer s role in the affair is that this complex man was both believer and exploiter. see also: atlantis; brodie s deros; hollow earth; lemuria; mount lassen further r

GNOSTIC HANDBOOK

ook of enoch which permeate so much biblical literature suggest that since these spirits desired to have physical bodies they entered the earth stream and interbreed with man producing giants and depraved offspring. this is why the great flood occured, not to destroy man but to purify the earth of these mutated forms. this desire however continued and brought about not only the corruption of many astral realms but allowed these spirits to incarnate on earth! this last fact is important and has far more significance than we may realize. as we will discuss in another work it is possible many of these fallen spirits have taken physical form and are now in controlling positions in governments and institutions. if we believe that spiritually destructive forces are working on many different leve

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ught. thoughts exist primarily in two ways; as a vibration, and as a form. the thought itself exists as a vibration or resonance in the mental body. if the thought was a simple, pure conceptualisation, then it would only exist in this form. however, most thoughts are mixtures of varying vibrations, and hence, exist on multiple planes between the physical and the mental. as the thought reaches the astral realms it triggers an associated emotional response and this combination of vibration and response creates the form. a trained clairvoyant would experience the vibration as a wave in the mental plane, but see the form of the thought as a three dimensional reality in the astral. the best way to understand these forms is to appreciate their nature. gnostic theurgy page 170 thought forms when

GOLDEN DAWN MEDITATION WITH THE ARCHANGEL RAPHAEL

o in attendance! i have gained admission in this temple through the badge of the caduceus of hermes. hear me! i arn one who has received the mystic title of poraios de rejecttis and the symbol of ruach. i have been brought from amoung rejected. as a lord/lady of the 32nd path, i invoke the powers of air to bear witness to my spiritual endeavor. grant me the knowledge of the element of air and the astral realm, so that i may obtain greater understanding of hidden things and thereby advance in the great work" circumambulate the temple three times, saluting with the neophyte signs when passing the east. go to the west and face east. give the adoration to the lord of the universe: holy art thou, lord of the universe (projection sign) holy art thou, whom nature hath not formed (ps) holy art tho

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orted (very, very rare ones) in which the entire physical body is transferred to another location (teleportation, or cases in which the physical body exists and acts in two separate places at once (bilocation! but our primary interest is astral projection proper, and mental projection to a lesser extent. astral and mental projection are not confined to the physical world. travel in the mental and astral realms is feasible, and often preferred. nor are astral and mental projection the basics of magick get any book for free on: www.abika.com 32 restricted to the realm of the earth (you could even go to the moon and planets. states of consciousness the electrical activity of the brain has been observed and classified with eeg (electroencephalograph) equipment; signals picked up from the scalp

ef is that through proficiency in oobe, you no longer need reincarnate after death. the astral world is extremely changeable and subject to your thoughts. your will can control your movements in the astral world, and if you seem to be going somewhere non-volitionally('astral current) it is probably your true will causing it anyway. you might also experience heightened magical ability while in the astral realm [this is a popular subject, and there may be other files online about it. check the paranet file area for files such as- oobe.thr. mias.doc. monroe.doc] review questions 1) what is the relationship between astral projection and dreams. 2) what is mental projection? 3) list the nine basic methods of astral projection. book list h.p. battersby, man outside himself. j.h. brennan, astral

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re delivered to the sleeper in a dream and, months later, the person finds themselves living the exact moment they had predicted and dreamt about. it is said that the divine mind gives visions of the future to the dreamer; going to bed on an empty stomach, a vegetarian diet, and abstinence from alcohol are claimed to facilitate these types of dreams. occultists recognize no difference between the astral realm and the dream realm, to such the extent that astral projection is considered nothing more than lucid dreaming. this world of the astral is alleged to not be a separate world at all, but rather a realm 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

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aded most magical circles, and that is why seldom does their magic succeed. the "white magicians" fear that their efforts will come back on them, and their confidence is impaired. bunk. real black magicians fear not the words of the mystics, nor do they give a fig for karma as they create their own realities day by day. then as they grow in stature (power) they create their own heavens out in the astral realms and become their own savioe prometheus prometheus was one of the titans who was given the task of creating mankind by zeus. he felt great compassion for his creations and stole fire from heaven and cheated the gods in the apportionments of the sacrifice to aide them. this incurred the wrath of zeus who had him chained to mount caucasus and sent the gigantic kaukasian eagle to feed on

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how is believed to facilitate their cultivation. many have said there are only two ways to obtain a mystical state or altered state of consciousness and that is either through drugs or meditation. hoping to achieve that altered state, there are those who take up meditation as the safe means to the more spectacular psychic experiences of visions, voices, out-ofbody experiences, and traveling to an astral realm and to have the mystical high without inducing chemicals. throughout time, mystics, saints, and gurus have reported these expansive occurrences as commonplace amongst dedicated and longtime meditators; however, most of them caution against entering meditation in order to seek such incidents. ancient texts caution that whatever the mind meditates on, it eventually takes the shape of or

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tern tradition, the four worlds of the qabalah as placed upon the tree of life are atziluth (containing kether, bn'ah (composed of the sephiroth of chokmah and binah, yetzirah (including all sephiroth from chesed to yesod, and assiah (consisting only of malkuth. atziluth is the divine world of archetypes, briah is the creative world of archangels, yetzirah is the formative world of angels and the astral realm, and assiah is the active, material world. 20. the state of mind in dreamless sleep. 21. these are known as the chakras. see part two, chapter eight. 22. complete awareness of the state of mind. 23. this is excellent advice. we should point out, however, that not all psychotherapists are sympathetic to magic. it is important to find a therapist who is open-minded enough to realize tha

benefit "14 thus the number five provides us with the ideas of fear, strength, severity power, and justice. the awesome energy of geburah can strike fear into the minds of negative powers and those who do not understand its harsh, purifying, and equilibrating power. eliphas levi tells us that the pentagram is a potent sign that extends its power over the elementary intelligences that inhabit the astral realms: the pentagram .exercises a great influence upon spirits and terrifies phantoms.15 the pentagram 287 however, to the magician who uses it with a divine intent, the pentagram is a potent symbol of strength and justice. the pentagram has always been misunderstood and feared by those who do not comprehend its sacred meaning: we proceed to the explanation and consecration of the sacred a

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dead visited by the hero aeneas, as a pleasant place of smiling lawns and happy groves "here a bright sky robes the fields with fuller radiance and with dazzling light: and they know their own sun, their own stars. some exercise their limbs on grassy wrestlinggrounds; in sport they contend, and struggle on the yellow sand: some mark the measure with their feet, and sing songs."46 fairyland is the astral realm where human beings who have projected their consciousness out of the physical world perceive and interact with the race of spirits known in europe, and particularly in celtic countries, as fairies. it is commonly thought to be the place where fairies live, but since human beings only are aware of fairies in this place when they themselves are present, this is not something that can be

aphael, the poet dante was led through hell by the roman writer virgil, who in this office of astral guide acted the part of the tutelary spirit of the shamans and the familiar of the witch. dante described ingenious torments for the damned souls similar to those described by saint frances. his poem reads very much like an astral journey. both heaven and hell as related in the prophetic books are astral realms, and for this reason it is quite possible for ordinary men and women to visit them while traveling in the astral body. safe passage through hell is often secured by means of spirit guides, who have the power to shield the astral traveler from harm. jesus, having all wisdom and all power unto himself, was without need of either a guide or a protector. despite superstitions to the cont

n, since it was believed that they derived from ancient and forgotten languages. however, the words used by the golden dawn were not meaningless, but were hebrew names of god that were sounded by members of the golden dawn in a manner similar to the way that the egyptian magicians and gnostic priests vocalized their barbarous words. israel regardie wrote that the supreme defense when traveling in astral realms was to assume the god-form of harpocrates, the greek god of healing "the astral image should be formulated either as rising from a lotus, or else standing erect over two crocodile^ a manner of testing the truthfulness of spiritual beings was to confront them with the golden dawn symbol known as the banner of the west, a black banner upon which is an upright white triangle having with

e angels or by dee. the mantra is "christeos luciftias" it translates into english as the emphatic "let there be light (christeoslet there be; iuciftias-brightness. it is a phrase of great power and authority. if you know the astral world into which you wish to travel, you can pick a mantra that resonates with that world, such as the name of its ruling deity or spirit. sometimes, the spirit of an astral realm may be abstract, a quality or condition that perhaps serves as its common name, and this can be used as its mantra. for example "summerland" would make a good mantra when seeking to travel into the summerland of myth. the name or title of a god or goddess particularly associated with an astral world might be used. passage into the land of the rune ansuz would be aided through the repe

pect. listen courteously when they speak to you, and watch closely when they convey information by means of gestures or pantomimes. try to accommodate their wishes, where such accommodation does not interfere in a serious way with your own purposes. imitate their general behavior and customs. for example, if you are in a land where nobody speaks, you should remain silent. if you travel through an astral realm where spirits greet each other with bows, you should bow in return when a spirit greets you. nothing so disgusts and angers the spirits of an astral landscape as a traveler who acts with complete disregard for their presence, bullies them, speaks harshly, or strikes them. do not try to play the great magus, and go around projecting pentagrams or vibrating words of power. do not clothe

etiquette in the astral world 293 mentally, and present them through the intermediary of his astral guide, or directly if he has no guide. the idea of giving astral beings gifts composed of astral substance may appear strange at first consideration, but it is quite an ancient practice. the magicians of babylon and egypt used it when dealing with spirits in their rituals. rather than travel to the astral realms themselves, they employed scryers to see and converse with the spirits, usually a young boy or girl. children are naturally more mediumistic than adults. for the gathering and presentation of the astral offerings, they either had a spirit act as their agent, or they caused the spirits receiving the offerings to bring the offerings themselves. the intention of the magician allowed the

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n system variously as akasa (akasha, aether (ether, spirit, or light. the elemental colors of the tattwa symbols do not agree with the common golden dawn colors for the elements. no attempt was made to reconcile this conflict, and it often causes confusion in the minds of students. the tattwa symbols were used mainly as astral gateways during scrying in order to access the elemental planes of the astral realm, or as representatives of the elements during meditations upon the natures of the elements. they were also sometimes employed to graphically embody the forces of the elements on talismans, amulets, and sigils. they are encountered in modern systems of magic that have descended from the original golden dawn teachings, so it is necessary to be familiar with their meanings and functions

WHO ARE THE DRACONIANS

many questions. the only thing that i know for sure is, don't hit a dracos without gloves on, because it hurts. who are the draconians file//d /my documents/avidya/reptilian agenda/who are the draconians.htm (42 of 68 [8/25/2000 17:20:00] jim note: steven gibb and a woman named 'tianca' also claim to have encountered this reality, gibb astrally and tianca physically, via mental transposition. the astral realm seems to be the major nexus between all parallel realities, both natural& artificial. case file #29 from: rev. billy dee& alan dewalton date sent: wed, 12 may 1999 18:06:43 -0700 (pdt) from: alan dewalton subject: re: more reptoid-nwo research& confirmation to: ufossi@ufossi.org billy, could you re-send me your description of the reptilian "interrogation" that your confidential friend

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e of neophyte in the order of the golden dawn the hierophant weareth a robe of flame-scarlet as symbolic of the dawn. note- it may be objected to this enunciation of the colours that hb:yod, the father, is fire; that hb:heh, the mother, is water; that hb:vau, the son, is air, and yellow instead of red. this also is true, but it relates to the governance of the elemental kingdoms, which are in the astral worlds, and whose monads are on the descending arc of life, whilst man is on the ascending; that scale is therefore inverted. for by the mighty sacrifice of the man made flesh and by his torturous pilgrimage is evolved that glorified son who is greater than his father. in alchemy we have again the descending arc, for we find that the "red" powder cast upon the water of the metals produceth

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to perceive presented ideas or thought forms. for purposes of clarification it might be noted that the presented ideas fall into five groups of thought forms: a. the tangible objective forms in the physical world of every day. with these the seer has for long identified himself in the earlier and more savage stages of human existence. b. the moods, feelings and desires, which all have form in the astral world, the world of the emotions. c. the thought forms in their myriad distinctions which crowd the mental world. through these "presented ideas" the seer achieves knowledge of the not-self. d. the thought forms which he can create himself after he has learned to control his instrument the mind and can discriminate between the illusory world of present ideas and those realities which consti

physical body and its bringing into line with the etheric body. the two parts of the physical vehicle form a unit. 3. the transmission of energy via the etheric body to all parts of the dense physical body. this energy may come from various sources: a. from the planetary aura. in this case it is planetary prana, and so concerns primarily the spleen and the health of the physical body. b. from the astral world via the astral body. this will be purely kamic or desire force and will- 122- the light of the soul copyright 1998 lucis trust affect primarily the centres below the diaphragm. c. from the universal mind or manasic force. this will be largely thought force and will go to the throat centre. d. from the ego itself, stimulating primarily the head and heart centres. most people receive fo

ing it with the downpouring egoic force must also be left for direct teaching by a master in this science to his pupil. there is extreme danger attendant upon the premature awakening of the fire, and the consequent destruction of certain protective structures in the etheric body and the breaking down- 123- the light of the soul copyright 1998 lucis trust of the barriers between this world and the astral world, before the pupil is properly "balanced between the pairs of opposites. there is a menace in the premature growth of the lower psychic powers before the higher nature is awakened, and the effect upon the brain can be seen as insanity in some form or other, mild or the reverse. a few explanatory words can, however, be given which will enable the true occult student to gain that informa

he microcosm, the correspondences are: 1. the personal physical man. body .i ntelligent form. 2. the ego or christ. soul. love. 3. the monad. spirit. life or power- 166- the light of the soul copyright 1998 lucis trust 27. a knowledge of all lunar forms arises through one-pointed meditation upon the moon. there are two translations permissible here, the above and the following "a knowledge of the astral world comes to him who can meditate upon the moon" either is correct and probably a true understanding of the sanskrit is only arrived at through combining the two. it might suffice here to give a simple english paraphrase which will give the essence of the significance of this sutra "one-pointed concentration upon the mother of forms (the moon) will reveal to the aspirant the nature and pu

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the right use of the intellect is the outstanding achievement. this is also characterised by three stages: a. the stage wherein the mind is the receiver of impressions from the outer world, via the five senses and the brain. this is a negative condition, and, in it, the "modifications of the thinking principle" are brought about through the impacts of the external world, and the re-actions of the astral world. b. the stage wherein the mind initiates its own activities, and wherein the intellect is a dominating factor. though thrown into activity by the factors enumerated above, it is responsive also to the thought currents of the mental plane as well, and becomes exceedingly active as the result of these two contacts. out of these a third activity supervenes wherein the reasoning principle

e development of a facility which will enable a man to: a. use the mind in any direction he chooses, turning it externally towards the world of phenomena, or internally towards the world of spiritual being. b. produce consciously and at will a corresponding responsiveness in the physical brain, so that it can register accurately any information coming from the physical world, and the emotional or astral world. c. discriminate intelligently between all these spheres of sentient activity. this will all be eventually covered by a new psychological approach which will emerge out of the old and be a blend of the mechanical schools, the introspective and the more purely oriental position, plus the conclusions of two new schools which will shortly arise but which are as yet too small to warrant a

l appear during the sixth subrace which is now in process of formation. the world war which has just taken place and our present cycle of separativeness and upheaval, do not constitute the real armageddon. the war which is told to us in the mahabharata and the present war had the roots of their trouble and the seeds of the disasters which they brought about, one in the lower and one in the higher astral world. selfishness and desire of a low order were the impulses back of them both. the coming great division will have its roots in the mental world and will consummate in the sixth subrace. in the sixth root race it will have the seeds of portentous disaster in the- 313- a treatise on white magic copyright 1998 lucis trust coordinated triplicity of mind, astralism, and physical nature, whic

paratus to oxygenate and render pure the blood, so will be the health or wholeness of the dense physical body (pp. 218-219) we find it also stated that the forces which make up the vital body or the various pranas of which it is constructed emanate "a. from the planetary aura. in this case it is planetary prana, and so concerns primarily the spleen and the health of the physical body "b. from the astral world via the astral body. this will be purely kamic or desire force and will affect primarily the centers below the diaphragm "c. from the universal mind or manasic force. this will largely be thought force and will go to the throat center "d. from the ego itself, stimulating primarily the head and heart centers (p. 220) we read also that "most people receive force only from the physical a

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

ntific knowledge of their activity was not possible. other cosmic rays will play upon our earth as this seventh ray activity becomes increasingly active, and the result of their influence will be to facilitate the emergence of the new racial types, and above all else, to destroy the veil or web which separates the world of the seen and tangible from the world of the unseen and the intangible, the astral world. just as there is a veil called "the etheric web" dividing off the various force centres in the human body, and protecting the head centres from the astral world, so there is a separating web between the world of physical life and the astral world. this will be destroyed, slowly and certainly, by the play of the cosmic rays upon our planet. the etheric web which is found between the c

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rce latent in the dense physical form the energy of atomic substance, thus producing a definite fusing and blending. this causes the animal nature to conform entirely to the inner impulses emanating from the world of pranic influence, where- 188- a treatise on the seven rays- volume ii: esoteric psychology ii copyright 1998 lucis trust the entirely undeveloped man is concerned, and from the lower astral world where the more developed or the average man is concerned. it is this truth which lies behind the statement frequently made that the dense physical body is an automaton. 2. the moment, however, that an inner orientation towards the world of higher values takes place, then the etheric or vital force is brought into conflict with the lowest aspect of man, the dense physical body, and the

mselves for normal living. they appear to be a danger, both to themselves and to others. they constitute a problem and a difficulty. the ancient habits must be dropped, but because of their antiquity they are very powerful, and to drop them is easier said than done. the practices whereby the lower psychic powers have been developed must be given up. if these faculties of response to an environing astral world appear to have been developed with no difficulty and to be natural to the man, they- 290- a treatise on the seven rays- volume ii: esoteric psychology ii copyright 1998 lucis trust should nevertheless be discontinued and the avenues of approach to this lower world of phenomena should be closed. if human beings make so poor a success of living consciously on the physical plane and in h

the seven rays- volume ii: esoteric psychology ii copyright 1998 lucis trust guidance, therefore, comes from other minds or from the focussed group mind of some band of workers with which the man may have a realised or an unrealised affinity. the guidance thus given can be consciously or unconsciously imparted, and can be, in quality, good, bad, or indifferent. 7. the mental world as well as the astral world is full of thought forms and these can be contacted by man and be interpreted by him as conveying guidance. these thought forms can be used by the guides of the race at times in order to help and guide humanity. they can also be used by undesirable entities and forces. they can, therefore, be most useful, but when interpreted by any man as embodying divine guidance and as constituting

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tion of the light. 2. the power to rest in spiritual being, so as to focus the soul within the chosen field of service. 3. the power to attain right observation, so as to see correctly that which should be done. do this meditation with the consciousness focussed in your fifth ray mind but with your attention- 242- discipleship in the new age- volume i copyright 1998 lucis trust turned towards the astral world whereon your group is planning to work. this may at first produce an intensification of your own point of glamour and to guard against this you will have to institute watchfulness. much good will eventuate if you make one definite and lasting gesture or act of freedom from your glamour (if you know what it is and face it with precision) and opportunity to do so may come to you in a fe

recognise a loving heart, a mind enriched by years of study and lives of service, and by a loyalty and a gift for friendship which is rare, indeed, to find. your soul contact is established and this is a fact upon which you can count. devitalisation of your physical life is due to the cramping to which you have subjected yourself and your pronounced, inner, subjective withdrawal to the mental and astral worlds. you do not express the reality which you are, upon the physical plane. the thoughtforms which surround you drain you of vital force and yet, physically speaking, you have no organic trouble or disease. these thoughtforms sap your vitality and are definitely destructive to yourself and to others. of these thoughtforms there are three- 405- discipleship in the new age- volume i copyri

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ith its streams of directed force and its centres of concentrated light is likewise present, and the eye of the see-er can see it, just as the eye of the mental clairvoyant can see the geometrical pattern which thoughts assume upon the mental plane, or as the lower psychic can contact the glamours- 31- telepathy and the etheric vehicle copyright 1998 lucis trust the illusions and delusions of the astral world. the subjective realm is vitally more real than is the objective, once it is entered and known. it is simply (how simple to some and how insuperably difficult to others, apparently) a question of the acceptance, first of all, of its existence, the development of a mechanism of contact, the cultivation of the ability to use this mechanism at will, and then inspired interpretation. its

reason. ponder for a while on these types of energy and creatively imagine their effect when, in due course of time and spiritual unfoldment, they can pour unrestrictedly into and through the etheric body of a human being. at present, the etheric body is responsive to energies from: 1. the physical world. these are not principles but are the feeders and controllers of the animal appetites. 2. the astral world, determining the desires, emotions and aspirations which the man will express and go after upon the physical plane. 3. the lower mental plane, the lower mind, developing self-will, selfishness, separateness and the direction and trend of the life upon the physical plane. it is this directive instinct which, when turned to higher matters, eventually opens the door to the higher cosmic

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e initiate-consciousness. he discovers that he must learn the divine nature of the destroying aspect of the will; he learns that it is not related, when demonstrating as this particular aspect, to determination or fixed intention, but is a fluid energy which can be directed toward the plane of desire wherever and whenever contacted; he finds out also that, in order to combat this vast and vibrant astral world, an aspect of light must be employed, and that therefore he is being given his first opportunity to work with light under the inspiration of the will as do all the members of the hierarchy; he realises, consequently, that he must employ this aspect of light under the action definitely directed of the will, in order to bring about the disappearance of that world as a sentient conscious

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ting from the soul plane, via the mind, but- 28- the externalisation of the hierarchy copyright 1998 lucis trust excluding the emotional. these energies have to be brought through into physical consciousness and, from the physical level, do their necessary and magnetic work. the task of the healers, if successful, involves: 1. the bringing through of healing divine energy. 2. the exclusion of the astral world, and therefore illusion. 3. the 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 polaris

ALICE A BAILEY24 A TREATISE ON THE SEVEN RAYS VOLUME V THE RAYS AND THE INITIATIONS

ath which the soul brings about. it is definitely under the law of synthesis, a law of the monadic sphere of life, and one therefore most difficult for you to comprehend; it emanates from a point outside the five worlds of human and superhuman evolution, just as the destruction of form in the three worlds emanates from the soul functioning outside the three worlds of the lower, concrete mind, the astral world and the physical plane. this statement again may aid you in understanding. if this is so, it will be apparent to you that only initiates who have taken the fifth initiation and higher initiations can wield effectively this particular form of death for monadic potency only becomes available after the third initiation, and its first successful use is the destruction of the causal body o

BLAVATSKY H P ANTHROPOGENESIS

e logos of the greek philosophers- appearing at the beginning of every new manvantara. from these downwards- formed from the everconsolidating waves of that light, which becomes on the objective plane gross matter- proceed the numerous hierarchies of the creative forces, some formless, others having their[[footnote(s* this is a flat contradiction of swedenborg, who saw, in "the first earth of the astral world" inhabitants dressed as are the peasants in europe; and on the fourth earth women clad as are the shepherdesses in a bal masque. even the famous astronomer huygens laboured under the mistaken idea that other worlds and planets have the same identical beings as those who live on our earth, possessing the same figures, senses, brain-power, arts, sciences, dwellings and even to the same

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ving its root in the ilus, or mud, and spreading its flower in the air above. the lotus thus typifies the life of man and also that of the kosmos; for the secret doctrine teaches that the elements of both are the same, and that both are developing in the same direction. the root of the lotus sunk in the mud represents material life, the stalk passing up through the water typifies existence in the astral world, and the flower floating on the water and opening to the sky is emblematical of spiritual being- stanza ii- continued. 4. her heart had not yet opened for the one ray to enter, thence to fall as three into four in the lap of maya (a (a) the primordial substance had not yet passed out of its precosmic latency into differentiated objectivity, or even become the (to man, so far) invisibl

BLUE EQUINOX

th rarest exceptions a woman objects to a man doing anything of which she is not the centre. his business is only allowable because it provides for her. herein no compromise is possible. you must be master or slave; and the truest kindness is to be master once and for all, whatever the cost. o.m. in this defile we must leave our pilgrim for the present. he is about to confront the denizens of the astral world, menacing or seducing in turn; and, following the bold rosicrucian rule, he remains in the current of life, without the safeguard of an absolute external retirement and renunciation, such as is advocated by eastern teachers. but in the way of the a.a. externals are of less account than essentials, and v.i.o. was under the guidance and guardianship of an order whose omniscience is impe

e corresponds to malkuth and nephesch (the animal soul, learning to tiphareth and ruach (the mind, and wisdom to binah and neschamah (the aspiration or divine mind. the equinox 16 24. the name of hall the second is the hall of learning. in it thy soul will find the blossoms of life, but under every flower a serpent coiled. this hall is a very much larger region than that usually understood by the astral world. it would certainly include ali states up to dhyana. the student will remember that his .rewards. immediately transmute themselves into temptations. 25. the name of the third hall is wisdom, beyond which stretch the shoreless waters of akshara, the indestructible fount of omniscience. akshara is the same as the great sea of the qabalah. the reader must consult the equinox for a full s

BUCKLAND RAYMOND COMPLETE BOOK OF WITCHCRAFT

-step procedures, augmented with photographs and puts-you-in-the-picture" visualization aids, but the vital reasons for undertaking them are clearly explained. beyond this, the great benefits from the various practices themselves are demonstrated in renewed physical and emotional health, mental discipline, spiritual attainment, and the development of extra faculties. guidance is also given to the astral world itself: what to expect, what can be done including the ecstatic experience of astral sex between two people who project together into this higher world where true union is consummated free of the barriers of physical bodies. 0-87542-181-4, 239 pages, 5% x 8, softcover $7.95 the llewellyn practical guide to creative visualization. all things you will ever want must have their start in

DICTIONARY GLOSSARY OF OCCULT TERMINOLOGY

aning "to move. 2) the psionic discipline of the movement of objects without obvious material agency. sometimes mistakenly called psychokinesis (q.v. in telekinesis, the object is not altered or changed in any way. 3) movements of an object caused by psychic or astral (q.v) means. telematic: in golden dawn [g.d] style magick and it's derivatives, the composite image of a spirit constructed in the astral world by the imagination through the use of visualization. each hebrew letter in the name of the spirit contributes part of the image through occult associations. see images, telesmatic. telepathy: 1) from the greek "tele" meaning "far off or at a distance" and "pathy" meaning "feeling. thus to abjure literally means "to feel at a distance" and implies an ability to perceive via some other

DONALDTYSON GHOSTS

to know about ghosts is that they are not the souls of dead people returned to communicate with the living. dead is dead. unless you believe in the reincarnation of the lower soul with the memories of its past lives intact, there is no coming back (i do not believe in the reincarnation of the personality and memory. neither are ghosts physically present when you see them. they are present in the astral world which always overlaps the physical world. you see a ghost when, for various reasons, the separation between the two levels of reality becomes very thin. from historical accounts, it appears that the perception of ghosts occurs most often at night, in relative or complete darkness, or at least in some shadowed place, usually when the air is still. certain localities are favorable for t

interact and communicate with human beings? usually, they don't. when they do take notice of a human observer, it indicates that they are not a pure ghost, but an astral entity that has assumed the physical appearance of a dead person. on rare occasions, it is indeed possible to talk with ghosts, or communicate with them through gestures, but when this happens, the ghost is really a spirit of the astral world in disguise. astral spirits can assume different shapes and features more or less at will. they enjoy the company of and interaction with living human beings. when the emotions of a human being are very strong- for example, just after the death of a loved one- an astral spirit may put on the body of the departed and appear to his or her lover or family. if you have ever had anyone clo

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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 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, clairv

n accordance with the evolutionary process, according to theosophists, the gross sheath of astral matter wears slowly away, and the individual remains clothed with the six less gross sheaths. these also, with the passage of time, wear away, being resolved into their compound elements, and at last when the final disintegration of the least gross sheath of all takes place, the individual leaves the astral world and passes into the mental. however, this rearrangement of the astral body is not inevitable, and those who have learned and know are able at physical death to prevent it. in such cases the change appears a very small one, and the socalled dead continue to live their lives and do their work much as they did in the physical body (see also avichi) sources: mead, george r. s. the doctrin

961. fox, oliver [hugh callaway. astral projection. new hyde park, n.y: university books, 1962. muldoon, sylvan, and hereward carrington. the phenomena of astral projection. london: rider, 1951. the projection of the astral body. london: rider, 1929. rogo, d. scott. leaving the body. englewood cliffs, n.j: prentice-hall, 1983. steiger, brad. astral projection. rockport, mass: para research, 1982. astral world according to theosophical teaching, the astral world is the first sphere after bodily death. it is said to be material of a refined texture. there are many speculations concerning this world of existence. theosophy claims definite knowledge of its conditions and its inhabitants and the numerous teachers influenced by theosophy offer variations on the basic theme. many descriptive acco

in spiritualistic after-death communications. all this, however, is inaccessible to experimental research. in theosophy, the kama world is the second lowest of seven worlds, the world of emotions, desires, and passions. into it man passes at physical death, and there he functions for periods that vary with the state of his development, the primitive savage spending a relatively short time in the astral world, the civilized man spending relatively longer. the appropriate body is the astral body, which although composed of matter as is the physical body, is nevertheless of a texture vastly finer than the latter. although it is in its aspect of the after-death abode that the astral world is of most importance and most interest, it may be said that even during physical life, some clairvoyants

ense of pleasure and pain, and lives for a short time in its own world. here again the state of the primitive differs from that of his more advanced fellows. the less advanced body does not travel far from his immediate surroundings, while the more mature one may perform useful, helpful work for the benefit of humanity. furthermore, note that disembodied people are not the only inhabitants of the astral world, for very many of its inhabitants are said to be of an altogether nonhuman nature.lower orders of the devas, or angels; and nature-spirits, or elementals, both good and bad, such as fairies, which are just beyond the powers of human vision; as well as demons, present to alcoholics in delirium tremens. following physical death, the astral world is said to contain both heaven and hell a

habitants are said to be of an altogether nonhuman nature.lower orders of the devas, or angels; and nature-spirits, or elementals, both good and bad, such as fairies, which are just beyond the powers of human vision; as well as demons, present to alcoholics in delirium tremens. following physical death, the astral world is said to contain both heaven and hell as these are popularly conceived. the astral world is comprised of seven divisions which correspond to the seven divisions of matter: the solid, liquid, gaseous, etheric, super-etheric, subatomic, and atomic. these divisions are believed to play a most important part in the immediate destiny of humans: if through ignorance, one has permitted the rearrangement of the matter of the astral body into sheaths, one is cognizant only of part

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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. the perfected individual would be free of the whole of it, but the ordinary individual in past imperfect experience has gathered only a comparatively small amount of thought and is, therefore, unable to perceive more than a small part of the surroundings. it follows from this that although the individual s bliss i

amount of thought and is, therefore, unable to perceive more than a small part of the surroundings. it follows from this that although the individual s bliss is inconceivably great, the sphere of action is very limited. this limitation, however, becomes less and less with the individual s abode there after each fresh incarnation. in the heaven world-division into which we awake after dying in the astral world, we find vast, unthought-of means of pursuing what has seemed to us good.art, science, philosophy and so forth. here, all these come to a glorious fruition of which we can have no conception, and at last the time arrives when one casts aside the mental body and awakens in the causal body to the still greater bliss of the higher division of the mental world. at this stage, one has done

eing called by followers of the kabala, sylphs, salamanders, undines, and gnomes respectively. at the head of each class is a deva or inferior god. nature spirits are said to work in unsuspected ways, sometimes lending their aid to human beings in the form of certain national spiritualist association of churches encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. 1092 faculties, while those in the astral world are engaged in the creation of form out of the matter that the outpouring of the logos has quickened, hence they form minerals, flowers, and other aspects of nature. these nature spirits of the astral worlds of course have bodies of astral matter, and they frequently form mischievous or other impulses and change the appearance of these bodies. they are just beyond the limits of normal

comes fitted for the first initiation at the entrance to the path proper. it may be mentioned that the chela has the opportunity either during probation or afterward to forego the heavenly life that is due. the chela may allow the world to benefit by the powers that he or she has gained, which in ordinary course would have been utilized in the heavenly life. in this case, the chela remains in the astral world, from whence he or she makes frequent returns to the physical world. there are four initiations that begin a new stage on the path, and each manifests the knowledge of that stage. on the first stage there are three obstacles or, as they are commonly termed, fetters, that must be cast aside, and these are the illusion of self, which must be realized to be only an illusion; doubt, which

one long life in the lower worlds should not suffice in place of a multitude of manifestations, but this is explained by the fact that the dense matter that is the vehicle of these bodies becomes, after a time of progress, incapable of further alteration to suit the developing monad s needs and must accordingly be laid aside for a new body. after physical death, the individual passes first to the astral world, then to the heavenly portion of the mental world. most time is spent in the latter, except when descending into the denser worlds to garner fresh experience and knowledge for further development in preparation for passage into a higher sphere. in the heaven world these experiences and this knowledge are woven together into the texture of the individual s nature. in those who have not

e worlds of finer texture that extend beyond those relatively more dense. the names of the worlds are: first, the divine world, which has not yet been experienced by man; second, the monadic whence come the impulses that form human beings; third, the spiritual world, which is the highest world humans have experienced; fourth, the intuitional world; fifth, the mental world; sixth, the emotional or astral world; and seventh is the world of matter familiar to us. some of these worlds are referred to in other entries as: adi or divine plane; anupadaka plane (see monad; atmic, nirvanic, or spiritual plane; and buddhic or intuitional plane (see also evolution of life) sources: jinarajadasa, c. the early teachings of the masters. chicago: theosophical society, 1923. leadbeater, c. w. a textbook o

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inst an atomistic and materialistic view of man and nature. especially in old norse and celtic magic can we found the dragon as a symbol of the spirit of nature. but also in the chinese tradition of feng shui. all esoteric knowledge exits in nature, but is hidden from the civilized modern man. the tree of knowledge is more than a metaphor. the middle levels that faivre mentions are represents the astral worlds and the different levels that the magician passes during the alchemical initiation. the magical system of dragon rouge is an initiatoric system where the magician gradually enters certain levels. since the goal is not to become one with god, the path towards the divine is an important process to learn how to control the divine fire. the last criteria of faivre is the perhaps most imp

FELDMAN DANIEL QABALAH THE MYSTICAL HERITAGE OF THE CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM

. the sefer hashmoth came back into the world again with the covenant of abraham.11 abraham gave the book to ishmael, isaac, and his offspring by his concubines.12 isaac s copy was handed down to master mosheh and was later sealed in the vault of the first temple of jerusalem. buried in the temple vault, access to the book was limited to those who had the psychic skill to see/read it in yetzirah (astral world of formation, and the strength to survive the impact of its power without shattering their shells.13 the powerful sefer hashmoth resurfaced in the early 1970 s, when it was transmitted through the gentleman responsible for the creation of the work of the chariot trust. for a series of nights, he would awaken in the early hours and record the succession of sinatic hebrew divine names a

tones build six houses, four stones build twenty-four houses, five stones build one hundred and 54' 8: h" 2: 2 2:e 8% twenty-five houses, six stones build seven hundred and twenty houses, seven stones build five thousand and forty houses. from here go out (i.e. extrapolate) and think what the mouth is unable to speak and the ear is unable to hear. 24 the world of yetzirah is commonly known as the astral world. it is rooted in the supernal sefirah understanding/north and correlates with the letter vav v in the name hvhy. in yetzirah, the names of b riyah interact and manifest the forms of the divine archetypes, which are latent and undifferentiated in sefirah understanding/north. beings in yetzirah have both name and form. finally, in the world of asiyah, there is the apparent solidificatio

e sefer yetzirah are based on the elements (spirit of living elohim, air, water, fire, or alternately, on the four heads of celestial messiah (first, last, good, and evil, and the six directions (above, below, east, west, north, south. the six directions are sealed through permutations of the name vhy. the final heh h of the name hvhy is dropped due to the fact that the action is occurring in the astral world of yetzirah. there are ten intangible sefiroth whose measure is ten without end: depth of first and depth of last, depth of good and depth of evil, depth of above and depth of below, depth of east and depth of west, depth of north and depth of south. lord, only one, el, faithful king rules all of them from his holy dwelling place unto eternity. 3 (see figure 4.8) these ten intangible

ufi reflecting the ideal of spiritual poverty. galgalim (hebrew: wheels: qabalistic term for reincarnation, envisioned as the rotation (or migration) of the geviyah through successive physical bodies (nefesh) in the world of asiyah. gan eden (hebrew: garden of eden: an archetype and an idyllic place in sefirah beauty/the last in the world of yetzirah. gan eden alphabet: the source alphabet in the astral world of yetzirah from which differentiate both the hebrew and sanskrit alphabets in the world of asiyah. gate: a passageway associated with one of the hebrew letters that dynamically links one sefirah to another on the tree of life. gate of the alef: letter-gate that crosses the abyss of the invisible sefirah knowledge/first on the fallen tree, and which connects sefirah beauty/last to the

efirah beauty/the last along the central column; described as the mirror of the watcher on the threshold. gemara (hebrew: traditions: dialectics regarding the interpretations of the written law in the mishnah, subsequently redacted into the talmud. 04' 8: h" 2: 2 2:e 8% gematria (hebrew: a type of qabalistic numerology. geviyah (hebrew: name of the shell of embodied existence corresponding to the astral world of yetzirah. halacha (hebrew: adopted opinions, religious rules: traditional interpretations and applications of the written law, specifically the torah. haqiqah latifa (arabic: crown center on the sufi tree corresponds to the sefirah crown/above on the qabalistic tree, and the sahasrara chakra on the tantric tree. hashem (hebrew: the name: a shortened form of shem hameforesh (lit. na

GILBERT THE MAGICAL MASON

ed by his own goodness. ceremonial magic is largely concerned in banishing these evil personalities. simple goodness in thought and action protects130themagical masonagainst such beings in ordinary life; sin and intoxication expose mantotheir attacks, which may cause death or disease. the rosicrucians also taught that when the occultist, leaving the ordinary duties of life voluntarily, enters the astral world around us in magical processes, then he attracts the influence of evil spirits as well as of good angels, and henceitis necessary to pass through a long and arduous study of occult science before any such experiments are permitted. true adeptship, said the rosicrucians, had learned the safe methods of magical proced255 ure, and true adepts would only teach real students of discretion

GILBERT THE SORCERER AND HIS APPRENTICE

bout the fairies unless they were certain of a sympathetic and believing audience, and at the present day, though the fairy-faith is still strong, the islanders will often affect a cynical scepticism in talking to strangers. my friend mr w.b. yeats accuses the scots of taking away all the joyousness of fairy-life.buti think he knows not the fairies of the western islands. different regions of the astral world are familiar to different branches of the celtic race. one must go to brittany for the cult of the dead, and certainlyanyonewho wishes to find fairy-lore as a real and vital faith should go to the western islands, and should go with a comprehension of, and love for, the celtic music. niel munro has told the story ofthelost pibroch as few others could tell it, and there were variants o

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tic system, there are many, many names for them. as they are in the dimensions below the upper world they are partial representations of aspects of the divine and each has its own unique essence, form and so forth. while these too, at heart are principles, there are more and more degrees of independence and uniqueness as we move down the emanation ladder. so, for example, by the time we reach the astral worlds, there are millions of spirits of varying characters and forms, each unique. none are absolutely good and evil but there are variations in their attitude towards man. while these spirits have their own unique essence and expression, the form they manifest in is due to us, not to them. they are clothed by the language and mythology of our cultures, heritage and traditions. we should a

hich tempted jesus as he looked over the cities all this can be yours. it is legion as there are multitudes of archons both dwelling within our minds and within the collective unconscious. the question of the devil being the father of the jews takes us into the darker reaches of archon theory, because not only can they exist in the unconscious collective mind but they can create a breach into the astral worlds through which fallen spiritual entities can then move into the earthly spheres and control the thoughtforms created. these forms as known in the gnostic tradition as archons, they are the products of mankind enlivened by fallen spirits and fed by our own emotions. they can control and influence individuals, collectives even nations and governments. jesus decried the jews not because

ll be caught within the web of exoteric (outer) religion. fundamentalism, cults, literalism, extremism are all products of incorrect readings of the spiritual tradition. when these groups develop their thoughtforms take on a life of their own and not being connected to the real energies of the great chain of being they soon sour and become a nexus for the manifestation of fallen entities from the astral worlds. these fallen spirits work out of step with the universe and invigorate these forms so that they become independent, discrete fields of energy within the astral world (archons. they grow from archons to dominions and rule from their astral kingdoms. their poor and unfortunate worshippers think they are following the true god but are actually feeding monsters created from mans sufferi

d. what is heaven? the hebrew shamayim (always used in the plural) is translated heavens, but basically means high or lofty. it is used to refer to the atmosphere of earth (such as in deut 4:17, proverbs 30:19, outer space (heb 11:12, isa 13:10, the sky (isa 45:8) and a range of other localities. the term is also used to refer to the higher worlds. in some ways it can be used to both refer to the astral worlds (the lower heavens) and the true heavens (the pleroma) above. what is the aim of this spiritual process? to understand this is to focus on a central issue in the teachings of the gnosis, that of the mysteries. to appreciate the esoteric or mystery teachings that are at the centre of gnosticism we need to understand that the gnosis is a progressive revelation. the divine will reveals

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in life of its own and becomes what is known as an eggregore. eggregores are, by rights, not necessarily engramic. there are also positive eggregores of organisations, groups and associations. however, since man is by nature a fallen creature, eggregores tend to end up out of control and become unwieldy, forming little vortexes of energy in the collective unconscious and by correspondence, on the astral worlds. some of the more unusual eggregores are those which are religious in nature. many gods are artificial and created out of fear and insecurity, such gods and deities are real in a psychological sense, but since they lack connection to the light world, they tend to work in destructive and neurotic ways. the degeneration of god-images in judaism and christianity can be clearly seen with

ness but of strength and force. it is martial in tone. the sixth centre is tiphareth. it is known as beauty or mediating intelligence. it has characteristics of harmony and equilibrium. it forms the point of the triangle of chesed, geburah and itself. between tiphareth and netzach and hod is another abyss known as the lesser veil or paroketh. this forms the dividing line between the mind (and the astral worlds) and the higher dimensions of consciousness. the lower pyramid is formed of netzach, hod, yesod and malkuth. their characteristics are: netzach. victory, occult intelligence. emotion or generation. hod. glory, perfect intelligence. mind or psyche. yesod. foundation, clear intelligence. astral. malkuth. kingdom, resplendent intelligence. the gnostic tradition and the tree of life as w

nd. there have been many psychic investigations of the nature of thought ranging from the charismatic charles leadbeater to kirlian photography. while interpretations may vary, all agree that thoughts have power and form, and have far more influence than we credit. the characteristics of thoughts thoughts exist on multiple planes. they are emanated from the mental plane, and then take form on the astral worlds. since many thoughts involve emotions, various levels of existence are moulded together to create the form of a given thought. thoughts exist primarily in two ways; as a vibration, and as a form. the thought itself exists as a vibration or resonance in the mental body. if the thought was a simple, pure conceptualisation, then it would only exist in this form. however, most thoughts a

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permeated throughout by the rays of the ruach, of which is the material completion. the nephesch shineth through the material body and formeth the magical mirror or sphere of sensation. this magical mirror or sphere of sensation is an imitation or copy of the sphere of the universe. the space between the physical body and the boundaries of the sphere of sensation, is occupied by the ether of the astral world. that is to say, the container or recipient of the astral rays of the macrocosm. the nephesch is divided into seven palaces, combining the sephirotic influence in their most material forms. that is, the world of passions dominated by the ruach, or by the world which is beyond. or otherwise said its sephiroth are passionate, expressing a passionate dominion. thus, its three supernal se

GRERALD SCHUELER AN ADVANCED GUIDE TO ENOCHIAN MAGICK

nces. cosmic water is somewhat like physical water. for example, it is reflective, and expressive. both can be easily molded into any desired shape. but the similarities can only be stretched so far. the golden dawn taught the qabalistic doctrine of four worlds or planes as follows: 1. atziluth, the divine world of archetypal ideas. 2. briah, the creative world of the archangels. 3. yetzirah, the astral world of angels and demons. 4. assiah, the physical world, the lowest and most material. these bear striking sinnilarities to the enochian earth, water, air, and fire tablets. you must always remember that the earth tabeet refers to the etheric plane rather than to our physical world. in the same way, the hebrew qabalah equates the lowest sephira, malkuth, with our planet earth. the lowest

GRIFFIN DAVID MAGICAL EVOCATION OF THE AVERSE FORCES

he process. before the evocation, this had remained completely unconscious or, so to speak, in the darkness. with time, the adept learns to quickly recognize these forces whenever they manifest in his or her day-to-day life and to direct their operation to the service of greater psychic unity 5 and harmony. as israel regardie put it "no longer are they [the demons] independent spirits roaming the astral world, or partial systems roaming the unconscious, disrupting the individual's conscious life. they are brought back once more into the personality where they become useful citizens so to speak, integral parts of the psyche, instead of outlaws and gangsters, grievous and dangerous enemies threatening psychic unity and integrity."8 it is frequently easier to recognize the manifestation of th

INITIATION INTO HERMETICS

ce 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 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

the spirit. similar to the spirit, developing in a four-pole magnet by corresponding work and showing an electromagnetic fluid analogous to the astral body, on account of the effect of the elements, as a secondary phenomenon of the polarity on the outside, the mental body develops in the mental or spiritual sphere. just in the same way as the astral body, through the electromagnetic fluid of the astral world, forms an astral matrix, the so-called astral od, the electromagnetic fluid of the mental world forms a mental matrix linking the mental body to the astral body. this mental matrix or the mental od, the so-called mental substance, is the subtlest form of akasa which controls and preserves the spiritual activity in the astral body. at the same time, this mental substance is electromagn

st. this would be very similar to somebody starting with the university studies without having gone through the elementary classes first. the results of such a one-sided training, in some cases, are disastrous, sometimes even drastic, according to the individual talents. generally the error is to be found in the fact that most of the matter comes from the orient, where the material as well as the astral world is regarded as maya (illusion, and consequently little attention is paid to it. it is impossible to point out the details, for this would overstep the frame of this book. sticking to a carefully planned, step-by-step development, there will be neither a mishap nor a failure nor bad consequences, for the simple reason that ripening takes place slowly but surely. it is quite an individu

d manifest itself to the external world. this practice belongs to the field of necromancy or conjuring magic and has nothing at all to do with the generally known spiritualism. the genuine magician will use this practice only in extreme cases, and he will not evoke a being away from its sphere, because anything a being of the fourth state of aggregation has to say or to fulfill in the material or astral world can be achieved likewise by the magician himself through his maturity. summary of exercises of step vi i. magic mental training: 1. meditation on the own spirit 2. becoming conscious of the senses in the spirit ii. magic psychic training: 1. preparation to master the akasa principle 2. deliberate induction to trance with the help of the akasa 3. mastering of the elements with the help

K AMBER THE BASICS OF MAGICK

lds* the ancients 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 (i

m the spiritual to mental to astral to physical. the physical world is a projection (manifestation, reflection, or shadow) of the higher worlds. our center of consciousness is generally within these higher worlds "we are, to quote the rock music group the police "spirits in the material world. there are many similar terms used by other occult groups. for example 'astral light' is another name for astral world, although it may sometimes also refer to the entire non-physical realm, as may 'inner planes' or 'the invisible world. planes are essentially the same as worlds. vehicles or sheaths are the same as bodies. some groups include an etheric or vital body between physical and astral: it is mostly 'physical' with a little of the lower 'astral' besides. and sometimes astral and mental are ea

s divided the world into four basic principles or *elements- earth, water, fire, and air. that viewpoint has mostly changed with advances of science, but the four elements are still accepted in magick, for they are more closely linked with the emotions than modern explanations of the world. many occultists think of the magical elements as forces, or as *qualities* of energy; especially within the astral world. each element has a symbol and color (common symbols are- fire: a triangle pointing up; air: a triangle pointing up and with a horizontal line through the middle of it; water: a triangle pointing down; earth: a triangle pointing down and with a horizontal line through the middle of it) colors of the elements are- earth: brown and green; water: blue; fire: red; air: yellow..the eastern

ing, you will probably dream about driving. you can condition yourself to be aware you are dreaming by doing a repetitive activity many times (walking across the room or a particular magick ritual, for example. then when you dream about it, you will know you are dreaming. although all these techniques may appear straightforward, they all require effort. astral projection is generally learned. the astral world is the "ghostland" into which one passes after death. it is sometimes possible to visit with the dead, or you might be called upon to reassure and assist those who have just passed over (died) or those who are consciously projecting for the first time. many spirits, elementals and ghosts exist in the astral world. the magician should feel comfortable there. tibetan belief is that thro

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ion. the i.g. presides over the first portal on behalf of the r.w.m, of whom he is an expression on the physical plane. 503. in the first circuit of the lodge, or the first symbolical journey, the candidate finds himself surrounded by horrible noises, including the clanking of chains and the clashing of swords, which are intended to tell him of the din and confusion of the lowest sub-plane of the astral world, where are gathered after death those who are in bondage to sensual pleasures, or filled with fear, hatred, malice or revenge. afterwards the w.j.w. explains that this journey is a faint copy of the trials through which the candidate had to go in the ancient mysteries, when he was led through gloomy caverns, symbolizing the underworld, amid tumultuous sounds, in darkness, surrounded b

t should happen so, he will be prepared to go through the experience calmly and without fear. 504. as the candidate approaches the w.j.w. fs pedestal he arrives at the second portal, and is there introduced to the elementals of earth and water, who are related to the region through which he has just symbolically come, which may be thought of as consisting of the solid and liquid sub-planes of the astral world. first he turns to the north and makes a suitable offering to the earth-elementals, and then to the south to make his offering to the elementals of the water. they are not the same creatures as those who were engaged in building the temple, but they stand quite definitely under their captain, who in turn obeys the w.j.w. as the guardian of the second portal. these elementals, which ar

, seen faintly through the second portal. the third portal is of course close to his pedestal; but as it is exactly similar in shape to the second, though differing in colour, no attempt is made to represent it. 506. it is the quality of discrimination between the higher and the lower, between the real and the unreal, which has enabled the candidate to pass scatheless through these regions of the astral world. the j.d, seeking passage for his charge, tells the elementals that he is a blinded child of mortality, seeking immortality. passing through their regions in the course of his pilgrimage to the higher planes, the candidate is prepared to give up 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 mus

he receives the invariable answer: gto prove the lodge close tyled. h in the same form as in the first degree he directs that that duty shall be done, and the inquiries and answers come just as before. yet this tyling is not quite the same as the former. in each case the building of the enclosing wall takes place on all the planes; but in the first degree attention is principally focused upon the astral world, and the defence set up at that level is incomparably stronger than the others, because that is most needed when a determined effort at astral purification and development is being made. it is as though in that purification the density of the candidate fs astral body is reduced, and therefore the pressure on it from without becomes greater than usual, so that a special defence is requ

herhood and altruism which compels him ever to take the standpoints of the ego, so that never again may the square be allowed to obscure the compasses, and leads him through the valley of the shadow of death to the threshold of that heavenly world where the immortal self for ever dwells. for the mystic death and raising again relate not only to the contained existence of man fs personality in the astral world after the death of the physical body, but in a higher sense typify a death to all that is transitory and impermanent, and the attainment of an eternal reality beyond the veils of space and time. 738. the ceremony of installation 739. it has always seemed to me a matter of great regret that in the workings of continental masonry the beautiful ceremony of the installation of the master

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severe trials of his courage and self-command. 122. in the early days of the mysteries, living pictures were materialized by the priests before the eyes of the candidate, so that he was enabled to see for himself what lay on the other side of death. in later days, when there was less knowledge among the hierophants, elaborate mechanical devices were shown to him, representing the realities of the astral world as far as such resources would allow. still later, the characteristic points of these pictures were reproduced in a system of symbolic ceremonies, the main outline of which has come down to us today in the initiation ceremony of masonry, although in some obediences only a mere vestige of the original procedure remains. 123. the mystery language 124. besides the teaching upon the life

sign and word; but at the end, all these combined bore down upon him at once, and in this final effort he was instructed to use the mightiest word of power, by which all possible evil could be vanquished. a course of instruction along these lines was given to those candidates whom the priests deemed suitable, so that at the end of their training they were thoroughly versed in the knowledge of the astral world, and able to wield its powers freely in waking consciousness. 133. the mysteries of serapis 134. the second degree of the egyptian mysteries corresponded somewhat closely with our degree of f.c; these were termed the greater mysteries or in later days the mysteries of serapis. apuleius gives us practically nothing in the way of description beyond the bare fact that he had passed the d

at this stage the intuition or buddhi in the candidate, that hidden wisdom which is horus or the christ dwelling in man, was enormously quickened and aroused, so that the candidate became to some extent a manifestation of that eternal love who in later ages was called the christ, and he was thereby enabled to work upon the emotional nature, which is a partial reflection of it in the matter of the astral world, so as to raise his power to love to greater heights than he could reach before. he now became a veritable priest, able to call down and pour forth the divine love for the helping of the world. a higher degree of this same most wonderful power enabled the bro. to confer this expansion of consciousness and transmit these splendid links to others; and it is this power which is reserved

ided into two degrees, the lesser and the greater. we see no trace of the tri-gradal system suggested by some scholars, although there were special ceremonies for the installation of the principal officers. the lesser mysteries were celebrated in the temple of demeter and kore at agrae, near athens, in the month of march. in them teaching was given upon the life after death in the intermediate or astral world, just as in the lesser mysteries of egypt, and in this sense it is possible to compare the lesser mysteries with our masonic 1, although the details of the ceremonial do not exactly correspond. the ceremony was conducted by the hierophant of eleusis, assisted by his various officers; and the initiates of this degree were called mystae. 352. the ceremonies opened with a preliminary pur

ot exactly correspond. the ceremony was conducted by the hierophant of eleusis, assisted by his various officers; and the initiates of this degree were called mystae. 352. the ceremonies opened with a preliminary purification or baptism in the waters of the ilissus, during which certain ritual formulae were recited; they were continued in the secrecy of the temple, in which representations of the astral world were shown to the candidate, and instruction given upon the results of certain courses of action in the life after death. in earlier days when the hierophant directing the studies described the effect of some particular vice or crime, he used his occult power to materialize some good example of the fate which his words portrayed, in some cases, it is stated, enabling the sufferer to s

LIBER CLXV A MASTER OF THE TEMPLE

th rarest exceptions a woman objects to a man doing anything of which she is not the centre. his business is only allowable because it provides for her. herein no compromise is possible. you must be master or slave; and the truest kindness is to be master once and for all, whatever the cost. o.m. in this defile we must leave our pilgrim for the present. he is about to confront the denizens of the astral world, menacing or seducing in turn; and, following the bold rosicrucian rule, he remains in the current of life, without the safeguard of an absolute external retirement and renunciation, such as is advocated by eastern teachers. but in the way of the a\a\ externals are of less account than essentials, and v.i.o. was under the guidance and guardianship of an order whose omniscience is impe

LIBER MMCMXI NOTE ON GENESIS

lso in the grade of neophyte in the order of the golden dawn the hierophant weareth a robe of flame-scarlet as symbolic of the dawn. note..it may be objected to this enunciation of the colours that y, the father, is fire; that h, the mother, is water; that w, the son, is air, and yellow instead of red. this also is true, but it relates to the governance of the elemental kingdoms, which are in the astral worlds, and whose monads are on the descending arc of life, whilst man is on the ascending; that scale is therefore inverted. for by the mighty sacrifice of the man made flesh and by his torturous pilgrimage is evolved that glorified son who is greater than his father. in alchemy we have again the descending arc, for we find that the red powder cast upon the water of the metals produceth th

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teric index previous next p. 101 ceremonial magic and sorcery ceremonial magic is the ancient art of invoking and controlling spirits by a scientific application of certain formul. a magician, enveloped in sanctified vestments and carrying a wand inscribed with hieroglyphic figures, could by the power vested in certain words and symbols control the invisible inhabitants of the elements and of the astral world. while the elaborate ceremonial magic of antiquity was not necessarily evil, there arose from its perversion several false schools of sorcery, or black magic. egypt, a great center of learning and the birthplace of many arts and sciences, furnished an ideal environment for transcendental experimentation. here the black magicians of atlantis continued to exercise their superhuman power

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'solitary, shunning unnecessary contacts. the reason is that the mind and its magickal abilities are 21 21 strengthened in solitude, and the methods of will training in isolation are therefore the best companions. it is during this time that the sorcerer is able to further practice the methods of sorcery; chaos, thelemic and other methods of magick which will enable a strong transference into the astral world of vampiric sorcery. the individual will begin to learn and understand that all things in this world can be changed or adjusted to the warlock s will and that he/she is ultimately the master of their own destiny. an aspect of proper training techniques is that the aspirant takes to viewing and studying things normally disgusting to their own personal taste. there are objective but sub

ric archetype which represents something of his/her self. this can prove most interesting in the aspect of astral blood. ceremonials are also called upon for a great purpose or astral blood sacrifice. each god form would sacrifice an amount of collected astral energy into what is known as a psychomantieon. a psychomantieon or necromantieon is a mirror that is 37 37 used as the gateway towards the astral world. it is also an object used in the black temple workings as a gateway to the dead. do you recall the legend of lilith living in the mirror and the various vampiric tales of beings communicating through mirrors? vampiric god forms exhale large amounts of astral blood towards this psychomantieon/necromantieon until near exhaustion. this coincides with a sigil representing the groups desi

of witch blood meet in ecstasy. the earthly sabbat is as a gate and purification zone whose purpose is to create the astral grounds in which the meeting is to take place. the following rites may be conducted with very few people, be it two or ten individuals, fulfilling each members dedication and desire. the sabbat of the witches exists in the context of dream control and breaking over into the astral world, where all is based on desire and will. the manifesting of day side activities are brought forth through the dreaming- darkside- aspects of sorcery and magick. a particularly memorable event when i attended an astral sabbat and became fully aware of the current in its witch-blood origin. in such a situation, you feel as though the dead are speaking to you. directing you towards the lu

shades of the dead, given substance by astral blood or 'chi' from the living. qlippothic spirits which exist beyond the sphere of da ath are sometimes very powerful yet directionless. given this tendency the sorcerer with a strong will can channel and control such a daemon without falling prey. qlippothic spirits are generally not 'earth-bound' per se but operate between the lines of the outer or astral world. once they are evoked however, and given a vessel such as a consecrated bottle or sigil, then they remain earth-bound until banished or absorbed. the rites of vampirism call for their evocation and ultimate absorption for individual power and insight into the daemonic or cthonic realm -qlippothic elementals become dangerous if consecrated and left to their own devices by not being ass

MICHAEL WYNN THE SOUL TRAVELERS

hose universes. in the kabala, the universe is divided into 10 parts, each called sephirah, and these 10 sephirah are further divided into 4 worlds and constitute a separate universe, each containing its own ruler and inhabitants. the 4 worlds, in which the 10 sephirah are divided into, are: atziluth, the divine world of archetypal ideas; briah, the creative world of the archangels; yetzirah, the astral world of angels and demons; assiah, the material world. in the kabala, and occult in general, the universe is seen as series of layers where energy, originating from the top, cascades downwards becoming increasingly solid. each layer represents a slightly more solid reflection of the contents of the layers above. since this energy is constantly flowing down through the worlds, any alteratio

not respect time and space, but instead represent timeless identities, and one of these identities is the entity you call you (your soul. the mental world is no more than a collection of concepts and thoughts. things like rocks and trees do not exist on the mental plane, only the idea or concepts of a rock, and the concept of trees. the 3rd world, and perhaps most crucial to the magician, is the astral world. this world, unlike the mental world, is subject to a sense of space and time. the fourth of the worlds is the etheric. this world, sometimes used interchangeably with the astral world, is the--michael wynn's "the soul travelers" 23 universe that provides the foundation for the material plane. the etheric world is also where the life-force, the energy created and used by life forms, r

ing times of high emotional states. feelings like worry, fear, depression, anger, and lust all help to spill the cup of life; at these times, the human being radiates (wastes) life-force more intensely. fresh fruits and vegetables are considered to have higher concentrations of this life-force as opposed to meats and processed foods. life-force, the energy of the spirit, manifests itself from the astral world through specific points on the body often called a chakra. although there is some disagreement regarding how many chakra points the human body has, since in truth it has many, 5-7 of them are widely accepted and considered major chakras. the major chakra points form a linear, vertical path from the soles of the feet, up the spine to a region just above the head. these chakra points ar

ournal. i find this a pain in the ass, and prefer to record dreams audibly with a microphone, rather than a pen. second, do not burst out of bed, but instead take a moment recall your dreams before they slip from the mind as your daily activities begin third, deep trances are nothing more than a kind of dreaming where consciousness remains, so stilling the mind would allow conscious travel of the astral world. deep trances are difficult, but you may be able to take advantage of the brainwaves experienced during sleep by setting an alarm clock for the middle of the night. the gentler the waking, the better. and, as long as you can turn off the alarm without much fuss, you can more easily go into a trance than you could in the waking hours (as long as you don t fall back asleep. fourth, don

them. as stated earlier, every object or person you touch leaves behind invisible astral threads. these threads accumulate over time, and are diminished little by the passage of time. with constant and repeated contact, the threads between a human and a vampire can be such--michael wynn's "the soul travelers" 63 where the vampire need only envision their target and begin feeding. remember, in the astral world, to imagine someone or something in detail is to access its location. the vampire may also use objects that have been in close and repeated contact with the victim to send thoughts and receive life-force. using close personal objects of the victim, the vampire may sense the location and emotional state of the owner, and may also send thoughts down the threads to the target. each time

lso sensitive to the phases of the moon. in days where the moon is large and waxing, their power is at its height; when the moon is only a sliver and wanes, their power is diminished. nights where the moon has become a copper color are most advantageous for the vampire. the aura surrounding the vampire is different than the energy field that surrounds humans. for those sensitive enough to see the astral world, vampires tend to have auras of a deep-purple color, and may also have many grey tendrils extending from their body in every direction. these tendrils automatically begin to feed on those who surround the vampire, even without the conscious effort of the vampire. direct physical contact, as opposed to astral contact across a room, is the best way for a vampire to breathe in deeply the

NAGEL CARL AMAZING SECRETS OF OCCULT POWER

a new car and extensive property upgrading and repairs- i shall keep trying! will let you know what happens! thanks again. signed: helen p, seattle, washington. the magic power of chants ask any witch worth their broomstick, and they will tell you that certain sounds (chants) create unique magical vibrations. they will also tell you that these magical vibrations seek similar vibrations within the astral world, becoming a single creative force of energy that goes to work to make a physical manifestation of its power. this physical manifestation is called magic. the secret chant i will soon reveal to you is so effective that it should be used with caution. i discovered it in a long out of print book of magic. i began using it, idly, without thinking and as i did, a strange sequence of events

their unseeing eyes. you ll see how to build a spirit communication device for less than a dollar, and use it to get fast, precise information on forthcoming events. spirit contact is perfectly safe, and you will never come to any harm using these arcane methods of communicating with the spirit world. secrets of the 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 o

but if you have ever tried any of the many varied techniques to induce astral travel, you will know that it s a very hard thing to do. in fact, for most of us it just doesn t work at all. that is all about to change. i will teach you a new kind of astral travel, a simple method that will allow you to see the invisible world around you. you can master it in just a few attempts and once you do, the astral world will shimmer into view and take shape around you. if you have done any research into the techniques used up to now to induce astral travel, you will recognize that this occult formula is as different from ordinary astral travel as chalk is from cheese. secret of the golden light enter your witching circle. close your eyes and let your body relax. once you have done this, let your mind

t of golden light right in the center of your head. this inner light is your magic power given substance through imagination. let it slowly grow until it fills the entire inside of your head. hold it that size for a few seconds then let it grow again until it fills the room. simply imagine this golden energy field is filling the room, and it will do so. now is the time to probe the secrets of the astral world around you. let your golden energy field begin to feed images of the unseen world into your mind. they will be very faint at first, and it will take a great deal of effort just to become aware of them. but you will be surprised at how fast this talent develops. one or two attempts should give you a unique occult experience. when you have thoroughly mastered the ability to probe the un

or two attempts should give you a unique occult experience. when you have thoroughly mastered the ability to probe the unseen spheres around you, you are ready to go further. lie down at the center of your witching circle. close your eyes and concentrate on the radiant energy of your magical power. imagine its golden light filling the room. focus your thoughts on going deeper and deeper into the astral worlds. it is here, at the deeper levels, you will encounter the truly bizarre inhabitants of this magical dimension. what will appear before you? that i leave for you to find out, but i< can tell you it will be a world stranger than you can imagine filled with swirling energies, psychic forces, and strange creatures resembling the creations of imaginative movie script writers. how to recog

its respond to those who respond to them. only to the uninitiated do things happen by chance. have you ever had an advance warning that something was about to happen in your life and then, later that day, found that you had an unusually good or unusually bad experience? although you may not be aware of it at the time, you had received an omen a direct message from the invisible inhabitants of the astral world. there is a way that you can spot these signs and omens and know what they mean. the signs and omens most people receive are simple everyday occurrences, but the act of noticing them is what makes them significant. the signs and omens that are noticed have a definite relation to the character of the events to come. the key here is you what your normal reaction is. no one can tell you

REGARDIE ISRAEL THE COMPLETE GOLDEN DAWN

ated throughout by the rays of the ruach, of which it is the material completion. the nephesch shineth through the material body and formeth the magical mirror or sphere of sensation. this magical mirror or sphere of sensation is an imitation or copy of the sphere of the universe. the space between the physical body and the <209> boundary of the sphere of sensation is occupied by the ether of the astral world; that is to say, the container or recipient of the astral fifth knowledge lecture 103 rays of the macrocosm. the nephesch is divided into its seven palaces, combining the sephirotic influences in their most material forms. that is, the world of passions dominated by the ruach, or by the world which is beyond. that is, its sephiroth are passionate, expressing a passionate dominion. thu

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eps at first. this would be similar to somebody starting with the university studies, without going through the elementary classes first. the results of such a one-sided training, in some cases, are disastrous, sometimes even drastic, according to the individual talents. the error is generally to be found in the fact that most of the matter comes from the orient, where the material as well as the astral world is regarded as maya (illusion, and consequently paid little attention to. it is impossible to point out details, for this would overstep the frame of this thesis. sticking to a carefully planned, step-by-step development, there will be neither a mishap nor a failure or bad consequences, for the simple reason that ripening takes place slowly, but surely. it is quite an individual matte

THE MAGICIAN S KABBALAH

t the level of briah, it can be noted that the number four, the number of chesed, is also a number of limitation and restriction. the equal-armed cross is not the cross of the four elements redeemed by spirit, the fifth element, and is in some ways a full-stop to progress in the creation process. it is only once the process continues that chesed can function as a source of power. in yetzirah, the astral world, chesed functions as the archetype of authority and religion, with again the danger of stagnation as dogma, convention and compromise. in assiah, chesed is the establishment of the universe in the dimensions, and the generative archetype (reflected in the procreative and generative aspects of netzach at a further stage of the creative process. chesed in assiah signifies security, auth

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di which starts at the base of the spine and runs to the top of the cranium. sushupti: the second world of consciousness according to hindu tradition. the causal world. sutra: the sanskrit word for "thread" buddhist or hindu scriptures. svadisthana: sanskrit word for "dwelling-place of the self" refers to the navel chakra. swapna: the third world of consciousness according to hindu tradition. the astral world. sylphs: elemental spirits of air. tabitom: name of an enochian governor. talihad: angel associated with elemental water. talisman: an object which is charged or consecrated toward the achieving of a specific end. usually intended to draw something to the magician. tao: chinese for the "way" the absolute or noumenal reality. tattva (or tattwa: sanskrit word meaning "quality" the five

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ect it to some point of desire. they work best on the outer circles of being, less well in the higher concerns of the spirit, where concrete forms become redundant. as the magus projects his or her will through the instruments, they act like windows of stained glass, each of a single color that transmits its own wavelength of light. they are most effective when used in the imagination, called the astral world by occultists, especially when they are employed in some material concern. it is sometimes claimed that through an act of will the elemental forces can be used to directly affect the physical sphere-for example, to light a fire with ele- mental fire alone. such things are more often observed than attempted, and per- haps more often written about than observed. however, such claims sho

allotting certain times to certain gods, the mind is aided in focus- ing upon the qualities and powers of those gods. for example, if each sunday is set apart for ritual observances dedicated to helios, the sun god, the magus will dis- cover that it is easier to communicate with helios on sunday than on the other days of the week. regular habit in ritual establishes and maintains a pattern in the astral world which particular spirits can recognize and come to anticipate. there is no essential affiliation between helios and sunday. if the sun were ritually invoked and medi- tated upon each thursday, then thursday would become the day of helios for the magus. however, since the mind is so strongly governed by habit, it is useful to make habit work for the magus rather than to fight against i

mer to infuse them with strong feelings of love and affection. it may be true, as carl jung taught and many modern psychologists believe, that dreams can give us many useful insights into our past lives and waking expe- riences, but this is not the purpose of dreams. it is merely a byproduct. we dream because we are essentially spirits clothed in flesh, and it is necessary for us to reen- ter the astral world, the natural realm of spirits, each night to maintain our incar- nate existence, in exactly the same way it is necessary for frogs to reenter the water periodically. the dream world is the natural environment of the human soul. there is no limit to the power of the magus inside dreams. he or she can shat- ter mountains and turn deserts to gardens, create life from clay and destroy it

ens the way in a just cause. the wise god, the good angel. cast, it brings justice and reason. 5. raid0 (rad: r (r) sound: r [r] english: r literally "journey by horse"-physical travel across the land. by extension, a jour- ney in search of fulfillment. a auest. the seeking of enlightenment. a test of courage and will. magically, this rune is used to seek into the unknown. it opens the way to the astral world in scrying. cast, it can be used to initiate a major change in life. it may be used as a charm to protect travelers and bring about a safe journey. also, a charm of protection for the dead in their journey into the underworld. 6. kenaz (ken( h) sound: k [c] english: k, c, q literally "torch-a flame that guides. thus stability, comfort, direction, aid. it lights the way out of difficul

TYSON DONALD SOUL FLIGHT

ose is termed a rit- ual working. when a ritual is conducted, it is said to be "worked" ritual work is any action of ritual magic. in a ritual working, a single ritual may be worked many times over a period of weeks, months, or even yea 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 tha

ivergent expressions. one of the main reasons that i decided to write this book was to demonstrate that even though astral travel has expressed itself in numerous seemingly distinct ways over the centuries, it always relies on a similar underlying process. the ancient shaman and the modern cold war spy each used the same basic techniques to shift their consciousness from the physical world to the astral world. the experiences of medieval witches at their mountaintop sabbat gatherings and modern alien abductees in the bellies of spacecraft from the stars are not unlike each other even though they are called by different names. another reason i felt a need to write this book was to dispel some popular misconceptions about the nature of astral projection, many of them fossilized relics of the

ccess. 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. it is not the only ritual pattern that may be used, but it provides a good working framework for a ritual of projection that not only facilitates astral travel but also ensures that it is done safely on all levels. the astral world is not some alien or distant land; it is present in each of us every moment of every day of our lives. to enter it, we need only alter our level of consciousness. then we discover to our delight that we have no need to travel out of ourselves because we were there within the astral landscape all along, but did not know it. astral projection is a process of opening the eyes inward. it

ent in each of us every moment of every day of our lives. to enter it, we need only alter our level of consciousness. then we discover to our delight that we have no need to travel out of ourselves because we were there within the astral landscape all along, but did not know it. astral projection is a process of opening the eyes inward. it is attainable by everyone, because everyone possesses the astral world within themselves. what was accomplished by the soul flights of shamans thousands of years ago can be experienced today. whether or not an individual claims that birthright depends on expectation, belief, and persistent practice. no one can prevent you from entering the astral world if you are determined to do so. how to use this book the first part of this book relates the history of

y into the body of a reptile, animal, or bird. sometimes even the shaman 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

the least dangerous of the three, but perhaps the most effective since it can be replicated with exactitude and does not reduce to a serious degree the vital energies of the body. a shaman undergoing an extreme trial of the flesh chapter one: sharnanic soul flight 11 m ayb e brought so near death when he finally achieves separation of the astral body that he is unable to fulfill his tasks in the astral world. the musical technique avoids this unfortunate outcome. as might be expected, rhythm is the most important component. the european shaman is renowned for his drum: a broad, flat instrument resembling a large tambourine that is beaten with a curved stick. it was believed to have been cut from the trunk of the world tree that is the axis of the universe.1 the shamans of the north americ

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spend a minute or two being aware of your body. close your eyes and take a deep breath. press your hands to your face and draw them downward. open your eyes, stretch gently, and rise to go about your day. commentary this exercise strengthens the ability to perceive the astral forms that overlie the physical forms of objects and places. for effective rituals, it is necessary to be able to see the astral world that is usually overwhelmed with the sheer brightness and solidity of the material world. notice that by leaving your chair on the right side and resuming your seat on the left side, you describe a circle around the chair clockwise. it is also best when you turn to face the chair during the exercise, both in your astral and physical forms, that you rotate your body clockwise. clockwis

r beginners to understand that this painted circle is not the actual magic circle, but only a material shadow of it. the circle is always projected in the air at the level of the heart, never on the floor. when a circle is painted or marked on the floor, it merely defines the boundary of the astral circle, which can be projected to any desired diameter. the circle of the art is projected upon the astral world using vital energy drawn from the heart-center, and is usually visible only to the inner sight. with months and years of practice, this astral circle becomes so clearly perceptible to the magician that it can be seen as a glowing white band in the air. however, those with no training would probably receive only a vague impression of its existence. during practice, never step through t

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sed, the world of the intimus fifth, geburah, the world of soulconsciousness, the region of rigor and justice sixth, tiphereth, the causal world, the region of willpower, equilibrium and beauty seventh, netzach, the region of victory, the world of the mental man (anyone who achieves the liberation of themselves from the four bodies of sin, is a buddha. eighth, hod, the splendor, the region of the astral world ninth, yesod, the foundation, sex, the etheric world tenth, malkuth, the kingdom in general, the physical world; malkuth is a supreme filter; from this region we depart to the ain soph or to the abyss, such is the law. the sephiroth are atomic; these ten sephiroth can be reduced to three tables: first: the quantum table of the radiant energy that comes from the sun. second: the atomic

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