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etic order of the morning star .n e o p h y t e 0 =0 this ritual for bringing someone comfort can be performed without a prior divination. it can also be performed at any time and place of convenience for you, as long as you know that you will not be disturbed during the ritual. the supplies you will need for this ritual are a purple candle and an incense of your choice. for example: water golden aura frankincense step 1 98 begin with an l.b.r.p. to purify the working area. step 2 perform the middle pillar ritual to raise energy. step 3 if working in a group of two or more persons, hold hands and face each other. say the following: our (my) love is right. our (my) love is might. our (my) love is light. it grows stronger everyday, when we (i) give it away to a _in need. we (i) will feed lov

A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO WITCHCRAFT AND MAGICK SPELLS

iratory difficulties and skin complaints such as eczema, swellings and thyroid problems. turquoise crystals include aquamarine, malachite, opal and turquoise. blue blue is for ideals, the expansion both of perspective and physical horizons and authority, and for allowing what is not of value to be gradually replaced by higher purpose and direction. blue is called the healing colour because a blue aura is often seen around healers. it is a soothing and cooling natural antiseptic, relieving burns, cuts, bruises, insomnia, inflammation of the skin and mouth, sore throats and childhood rashes and teething pains; blue also lowers high temperatures and high blood pressure. all shades of blue, such as violet and indigo, reduce migraines and headaches. blue crystals include sodalite, lapis lazuli

as well as women. animus: jung's term for the male power within women and men. ankh: an egyptian symbol of eternal life. archangels: higher orders of angels, celestial beings featuring in the cosmologies of the three major religions of the western world, christianity, judaism, and islam, as well as many other world religions. athame: a double-edged knife used in formal ritual magick. auric field/aura: the personal energy field around all animate life, visible to clairvoyants. beltain: the celtic festival of summer, beginning on 30 april and lasting for three days. bicarmel mind: a way of thinking that uses both hemispheres of the mind, the logical and the intuitive, rather than the left (logical) hemisphere predominating as is normal in adults. book of shadows: a book of reference contain

ALEISTER CROWLEY MAGICK IN THEORY AND PRACTICE

of the sun, we do not mean that he lives in the sun, but only that he has a certain rank and character; and although we can invoke him, we do not necessarily mean that he exists in the same sense of the word in which our butcher exists. when we "conjure nakhiel to visible appearance" it may be that our process resembles creation- or, rather imagination- more nearly than it does callingforth. the aura of a man is called the "magical mirror of the universe; and, so far as any one can tell, nothing exists outside of this mirror. it is at least convenient to represent the whole as if it were subjective. it leads to less confusion. and, as a man is a perfect microcosm<universe may contain an infinite variety of worlds inaccessible to human apprehension. yet

k in connexion with some actual rituals of magick, for example, 8 that of the evocation of taphtatharath printed in equinox i, iii, pages 170-190, where he will see exactly why these things are to be used. of course, as the student advances in knowledge by experience he will find a progressive subtlety in the magical universe corresponding to his own; for let it be said yet again! not only is his aura a magical mirror of the universe, but the universe is a magical mirror of his aura. in this chapter we are only able to give a very thin outline of magical theory- faint pencilling by weak and wavering fingers- for this subject may almost be said to be co-extensive with one's whole knowledge. the knowledge of exoteric science is comically limited by the fact that we have no access, except in

f no use is to be made of these facts, one must be careful not to let anything be inharmonious with the natural attributions<symbolism altogether, or else think out everything beforehand, and make it significant. do not let some actions be symbolic and others haphazard> for the sensitive aura of the magician might be disturbed, and the value of the ceremony completely destroyed, by the embarrassment caused by the discovery of some such error, just as if a pre-occupied t-totaller found that he had strayed into a temple of the demon rum! it is therefore impossible to neglect the theory of the circle. 81 to take a simple example, suppose that, in an evocation of bartzabel, the planet

se must be protected, not only by the names of god and the invocations used at the same time, but by a long habit of successful defence<banishing ritual of the pentagram (say, thrice daily) for months and years and constant assumption of the god-form of harpocrates (see equinox, i, ii and liber 333, cap. xxv for both of these) should make the "real circle, i.e. the aura of the magus, impregnable. this aura should be clean-cut, resilient, radiant, iridescent, brilliant, glittering "a soap-bubble of razor-steel, streaming with light from within" is my first attempt at description; and is not bad, despite its incongruities: p "frater perdurabo, on the one occasion on which i was able to see him as he really appears, was brighter than the sun at noon. i fell ins

t of venus to procure us the love of an empress, unless we take measures to transmit the influence of our work to the lady. we may for example consecrate a letter expressing our will; or, if we know how, we may use some object connected with the person whose acts we are attempting to control, such as a lock of hair or a handkerchief 113 once belonging to her, and so in subtile connection with her aura. but for material ends it is better to have material means. we must not rely on fine gut in trolling for salmon. our will to kill a tiger is poorly conveyed by a charge of small shot fired at a range of one hundred yards. our talisman must, therefore, be an object suitable to the nature of our operation, and we must have some such means of applying its force to such a way as will naturally co

ion itself may offend nature in many ways; for instance, if there is a subconscious incompatibility between myself and the woman, i deceive myself into thinking 117 that i desire her. such a flaw is enough to bring the whole operation to naught, just as no effort of will can make oil mix with water. i may work "naturally" by wooing, of course. but, magically, i may attack her astrally so that her aura becomes uneasy, responding no longer to her lover. unless they diagnose the cause, a quarrel may result, and the woman's bewildered and hungry body of light may turn in its distress to that of the magician who has mastered it. take a third case of this class 2. i wish to recover my watch, snatched from me in a crowd. here i have no direct means of control over the muscles that could bring bac

unced purpose of the operation. the precaution indicated is not to let oneself sink into one's humanity while the weapon is extended beyond the circle. were the force to flow from it to you instead of from you to it, you would be infallibly blasted, or, at the least, become the slave of the spirit. at no moment is it more important that the divine force should not only fill, but radiate from, the aura of the magician. ii occasionally it may happen that the spirit is recalcitrant, and refuses to appear. let the magician consider the cause of such disobedience! 133 it may be that the place or time is wrong. one cannot easily evoke water-spirits in the sahara, or salamanders in the english lake district. hismael will not readily appear when jupiter is below the horizon<
he 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 that the man was in ill-health. in any case all such deductions are rather unreliable. one must be a highly skilled man before one can trust one's vision. a great many people think that they are extremely good at the business, when in fact they have only made some occasional shrewd guesses (which they naturally remember) in the course of hund

ALEISTER CROWLEY MAGICK WITHOUT TEARS

i have erred. then there have been messages conveyed by natural objects, animate or inanimate39. needless to say, the outstanding example in my life is the whole plan of campaign concerning the book of the law. but is aiwaz a man (presumably a persian or assyrian) and a "secret chief" or is he an "angel" in the sense that gabriel is an angel? is ab-ul-diz an adept who can project himself into the aura of some woman with whom i happen to be living, although she has no previous experience of the kind, or any interest in such matters at all? or is he a being whose existence is altogether beyond this plane, only adopting human appearance and faculties in order to make himself sensible and intelligible to that woman? i have never attempted to pursue any such enquiry. it was not forbidden; and y

free on: www.abika.com 155 let us consider what one can do with an ordinary house, such as you are happy enough to possess. first of all, it is of immense advantage to have a room specially consecrated to the work, never used for any other purpose, and never entered by any other person than yourself, unless it were another initiate, either for inspection or in case you were working together. the aura accumulates with the regularity and frequency of use. 20 the first point is the banishing: everything is to be removed from the room which is not absolutely necessary to the work. in this country, one must attend to the heating. an electric stove in the east or the south, is best: it must not need attention. one can usually buy stoves with excellent appropriate symbolism (last time i did this

ALEISTER CROWLEY MEDITATION

that which conceals, and which protects the magician from the elements; it is the silence and secrecy with which he works, the hiding of himself in the occult life of magick and meditation. this is the "going away into the wilderness" which we find in the lives of all men of the highest types of greatness. and it is also the withdrawing of one's self from life as such. in another sense it is the "aura" of the magician, that invisible egg or sheath which surrounds him. this "aura" must be shining, elastic, impenetrable, even by the light, that is, by any partial light that comes from one side. the only light of the magician is from the lamp which hangs above his head, as he stands in the centre of the circle, and the robe, being open at the neck, opposes no obstacles to the passage of this

ALEISTER CROWLEY THE I CHING

ring forth heaven and earth, and all contained therein. the apparatus 0. tao is the source of the yi king, as of all. 1. thou shalt obtain 6 chinese coins. five shall be of one metal and the sixth of another. one side ye shall call yang, and the other yin (heads and tails. 2. these coins should be kept in a wrapped black cloth, and no other should lay his hand upon them. for they swell with thine aura when used with sincerity and repititon. 3. hast no coins? six sticks will serve. paint one side solid and the other broken. one of the six is especial; it should be made unique by painting one end on both sides. care for thine sticks as though they were coins. the method 4. when a situation ariseth in thy mind, and you wouldst seek an oracle, do thus: go and take out thine coins or sticks. 5

ALEISTER CROWLEY EQUINOX EQ I 1 2

. i forgot one thing in the last entry: i had been reproaching adonai that for six days i had evoked him in vain. i got the reply,"the seventh day shall be the sabbath of the lord thy god. so mote it be!"the seventh day. 12.17. i began this great day with eight breath-cycles; was stopped by the indigestion trouble in its other form.(p.s. evidently the introduction of the cascara into my sensitive aura made its action instantaneous. my breathing passages were none too clear, either; i have evidently taken a chill. now, o, my lord adonai, thou self-glittering one, wilt thou not manifest unto thy chosen one? for see 73 me! i am as a little white dove trembling upon thine altar, its throat stretched out to the knife. i am as a young child bought in the slave market and night is fallen! i awai

ALEISTER CROWLEY EQUINOX EQ I 3 2

formulating duality, the eternal curse. any idea in the mind is of little importance while it stays there, but to select it, to consecrate it, to evoke it to visible appearance, that is indeed dangerous. 205 for as he advanced from grade to grade, penetrating further and further into the mysteries of occult 21 whilst deep in these magical practices his house in london became charged with such an aura of evil that it was scarcely safe to visit it. this was not solely due to p.'s own experiments; we have to consider the evil work of others in the order, such as e.f.e.j, who, envious of his progress and favour with the chiefs, were attempting to destroy him (see "at the fork of the roads" the equinox, vol. i. no. 1, p. 101) weird and terrible figures were often seen moving about his rooms, a

oft on the shoulders of the celestial steed, fiery, or clothed with gold, or naked, or shooting with the bow shafts of light, and standing on the shoulders of the horse; then if thy meditation prolongeth itself, thou shalt unite all these symbols into the form of a lion"(to be continued" 280 79 on this occasion the abramelin demons appeared as misty forms filling the whole house with a pernicious aura, which was still noticeable three years after they had been attracted. whether these demons are to be considered as material or mental beings depends upon the philosophic outlook of the reader. nevertheless, let it be understood that abramelin is not a work to be taken lightly. the obsession of these demons was probably one of the chief causes of d.d.c.f.'s troubles. frater p, in spite of his

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entive (after 4 3/4 years) maitri-bh vana is left, and that alone. aum! at benares he visited the temples, and had a long conversation with sri swami swayam prakash nanda maithila; and then after three days' sojourn there journeyed to agra "i saw the taj. a dream of beauty" he writes "with appallingly evil things dwelling therein. i actually had to use h.p.k. formula! the building soon palls; the aura is apparent, and disgust succeeds. but the central hall is of strained aura, like a magic circle after banishing" at agra p. met astrologer and geomancer munshi elihu bux; who told him that by looking hard at a point on the wall constantly and without winking for many days he would be able to obtain an hypnotic power even to deadly and hostile current of will. on the 16th p. left agra and wen

ALEISTER CROWLEY EQUINOX EQ I 4

mments on the above were as follows: 1. that the test partially failed. 2. that he expected his figure to move more often.160 110 3. the vast shadowy form was very satisfactory and promising.161 on the following day p. records first: meditation upon winged-glob to compose himself. he then imagined d. a. sitting forward with his arms around his knees and his hands clasped. around the figure was an aura of heaving surfaces, and then a focussing movement which brought the surfaces very close together "the figure then started growing rapidly in all dimensions till it reached a vast form, and as it grew it left behind it tiny emaciated withered old men sitting in similar positions, but with changed features, so much so that i should think it were due to other reasons besides emaciation" illustr

ssing movement which brought the surfaces very close together "the figure then started growing rapidly in all dimensions till it reached a vast form, and as it grew it left behind it tiny emaciated withered old men sitting in similar positions, but with changed features, so much so that i should think it were due to other reasons besides emaciation" illustration on page 111 described "diagram 85. aura of heaving surfaces" this is a depiction of three curved arrows about a central pattern of dots. in the dot pattern there are five dots horizontal in the center, two arched rows of three immediately above and below, then two dots above and below the three and lastly one dot above center and one below. the whole dot pattern gives the appearance of the intersection of three lines at equal angle

es. hb:aleph white light there. hb:dalet (6) having thus formulated the letters, take a deep breath hb:tzaddi hb:resh hb:aleph hb:heh hb:nun hb:yod hb:nun hb:dalet hb:aleph and pronounce the name slowly making the letters flash hb:yod (7) invoke the telesmatic image. let it fill the universe. hb:heh (8) then whilst once again vibrating the name absorb it hb:aleph into yourself; and then will your aura radiate with hb:resh whiteness. hb:tzaddi you should obtain your divine white brilliance before formulating the image. there are two methods, the involving and the expanding whorls respectively. 171 similar to the d. a. mediation practices. 172 similar to fra. i. a.'s ritual of jupiter. 173 this is done by making the telesmata flash by meditation. 174 this is done by projecting a physical ima

tuals. consecrated lamen crown and abrahadabra wand with great force. 16th. did the seven hb:shin of hb:shin operations. worked at a z for 5= 6 ritual.183 17th. position 1. 12 m. not good. evening invocation of mercury, chokmah and thoth. 18th. completed z for 5= 6 ritual. 117 may 19th. 1. assumption of the god-form of harpocrates: it lasted nine minutes: the result was good, for i got a distinct aura around me. 2. physical astral projection. i formed a sphere which took a human shape but rather corpse-like. i then projected a gray184 ray from the left side of my head; this was very tiring and there was no result physically. 3. concentrated on imaginary self for ten minutes, and then projected self into it with fearful force. chiah "nearly" passed.185 4. red sphere "darkened" and glorified

ALEXANDRIAN BOOK OF SHADOWS OCCULT

in with second conjuration. if true sword and athame are available, a sword and athame can be consecrated at the same time in which case magus should press with sword on sword, and witch with athame on athame, and new sword and athame should touch. in any case, when finished the weapon should be handed to new owner with fivefold salute, and should be pressed against the body for a time to get the aura; and it should be in as close connection as possible to the naked body for at least a month, i.e. kept under pillow, etc. do not allow anyone to touch or handle any of your tools until thoroughly impregnated with your aura; say six months or as near as possible. but a pair working together may own the same tools, which will be impregnated with the aura of both. notes l published in janet and

roper form and ever be properly prepared. but ever remember, magical operations are useless unless the mind can be brought to the proper attitude, keyed to the uttmost pitch. affirmations must be made clearly and the mind should be inflamed with desire. with this frenzy of will you may do as much with simple tools as with the most complete set. but good and especially ancient tools have their own aura. they do help to bring about that reverential spirit, the desire to learn and develop your powers. for this reason witches ever try to obtain tools from sorcerers, who being skilled men make good tools and consecrate them well, giving them mighty power. but a great witch's tools also gain much power; and you should ever strive to make any tools you manufacture of the finest materials you can

ALICE A BAILEY02 INITIATION HUMAN AND SOLAR

relatively sinless, and hence incapable of response to aught on the dense physical plane, he was unable to take a dense physical body such as ours, and has to function in his etheric body. he is the greatest of all the avatars, or coming ones, for he is a direct reflection of that great entity who lives, and breathes, and functions through all the evolutions on this planet, holding all within his aura or magnetic sphere of influence. in him we live and move and have our being, and none of us can pass beyond the radius of his aura. he is the great sacrifice, who left the glory of the high places and for the sake of the evolving sons of men took upon himself a physical form and was made in the likeness of man. he is the silent watcher, as far as our immediate humanity is concerned, although

s of work, many incomprehensible to us now, but which will become ordinary methods of development as time progresses. the masters also test for those in whom the intuition has reached a point of development that indicates a beginning of the co-ordination of the buddhic vehicle, or to be exact has reached a point where molecules of the seventh sub-plane of the buddhic plane can be discerned in the aura of the ego. when this is so they can go ahead with confidence in the work of instruction, knowing that certain imparted facts will be understood (b) instruction is being given at this time to a special group of people who have come into incarnation at this critical period of the world's history. they have come in, all at the same time, throughout the world, to do the work of linking up the tw

evolutionary difference existing between a human being and a perfected adept. from the standpoint of our planetary scheme, this great life has no greater, and he is, as far as we are concerned, a correspondence to the personal god of the christian. he works through his representative on the physical plane, sanat kumara, who is the focal point for his life and energy. he holds the world within his aura. this great existence is only contacted directly by the adept who has taken the fifth initiation, and is proceeding to take the other two, the sixth and seventh. once a year, at the wesak festival, the lord buddha, sanctioned by the lord of the world, carries to the assembled humanity a dual stream of force, that emanating from the silent watcher, supplemented by the more focalised energy of

ptenary constitution of man (see diagram in introduction) atomic subplane. the matter of the solar system is divided by the occultists into seven planes or states, the highest of which is the atomic plane. similarly, each of the seven planes is divided into seven subplanes, of which the highest is called the atomic subplane. there are therefore forty-nine subplanes, and seven of these are atomic. aura. a subtle invisible essence or fluid which emanates from human and animal bodies, and even from things. it is a psychic effluvium, partaking of both mind and body. it is electro-vital, and also electro-mental. auric egg. an appellation that has been given to the causal body owing to its form. bodhisattva. literally, he whose consciousness has become intelligence, or buddhi. those who need but

ALICE A BAILEY04 A TREATISE ON COSMIC FIRE

other. human, or the microcosmic man: human latent fire, the heat interior of the human frame causes production of other forms of life, such as 1. the physical body cells. 2. organisms nourished by the latent heat. 3. the reproduction of itself in other human forms, the basis of the sex function. human radiatory, or active fire, is a factor as yet but little comprehended; it relates to the health aura and to that radiation from the etheric which makes a man a healer, and able to transmit active heat. it is necessary to differentiate between this radiation from the etheric, which is a radiation of prana, and magnetism, which is an emanation from a subtler body (usually the astral, and has to do with the manifestation of the divine flame within the material sheaths. the divine flame is forme

o the stimulation of the nervous centres, and which creates electrical response to contact between the nerves and the brain. it should now be more closely studied. it corresponds to systemic electricity, and to planetary electricity. 3. pranic emanation. the emanation, via the etheric body, which corresponds in man to solar prana and to planetary prana. this demonstrates principally in the health aura and has naught to do with magnetic qualities, as generally interpreted when considering a personality, or man as a unit. i make this repetition as it is very necessary that no mental confusion exists between that magnetism which is a spiritual emanation and that which is purely animal. it might be wise here to point out that this triple manifestation of fire demonstrates in the astral and men

ble, animal and human would naturally lie where prana is received. it is the esoteric garden of eden, the land of physical perfection. surface radiation demonstrates, after distribution, as planetary prana. in man. the organ of reception is the spleen through its etheric counterpart. after distribution over the entire body via the etheric network it demonstrates in surface radiation as the health aura. seventh. thus in all the three bodies will the resemblance clearly be seen, and the working out in perfect correspondence is easily demonstrable: prana of the solar system the solar system entity manifesting..the solar logos. body of manifestation..t. he solar system. receptive centre..pole of the central sun. surface radiation or emanation..solar prana. movement produced..systemic rotation

of manifestation..a. planet. receptive centre..the planetary pole. surface radiation or emanation..planetary prana. movement produced..planetary rotation. distributive effect..planetary etheric radiation (felt within the system. a human being entity manifesting..the thinker, a dhyan chohan body of manifestation..p. hysical body. receptive centre..the spleen. surface radiation or emanation..health aura. movement produced..atomic rotation. distributive effect..human etheric radiation (felt by environment. the atom of matter entity manifesting..an elementary life. body of manifestation..t. he atomic sphere. receptive centre..pole of the atom. surface radiation or emanation..contribution of atom to the united health aura of body. movement produced..atomic rotation. distributive effect..atomic

hole object of the etheric body's functioning, and is a point which cannot be sufficiently emphasised. the remainder is cast off in the form of animal radiation, or physical magnetism all terms expressing the same idea. man therefore repeats on a lesser scale the work of the great solar devas, and in his turn adds his quota of repolarised or remagnetised emanation to the sumtotal of the planetary aura. 2. planetary prana. this is the vital fluid emanated from any planet, which constitutes its basic coloring or quality, and is produced by a repetition within the planet of the same process which is undergone in connection with man and solar prana. the planet (the earth, or any other planet) absorbs solar prana, assimilates what is required, and radiates off that which is not essential to its

and the force of the triad can be felt definitely in the personality via the astral. again the corresponding vortices on the atmic level come into active vibration as the mental centres become fourth dimensional, till we have a wonderful fiery activity demonstrating on all the three planes- 119- a treatise on cosmic fire copyright 1998 lucis trust from the point of view of fire,86(75) leaving the aura and its colors out of temporary consideration, the evolutionary development marks an equally definite process. a. the vivification of the inner heat of the sheaths, or the tiny point of fire latent in every individual atom of matter. this process proceeds in all three bodies, at first slowly, then more rapidly, and finally simultaneously and synthetically. b. the bringing into activity from l

reater directing intelligence, is as obscure and unknown as the logos is to the thinker, man, himself. the analogy is nevertheless accurate.39(123) man's physical body, for instance, considering it as a corporate whole composed of many lesser lives, suffers or prospers as its directing intelligence acts with wisdom-love or otherwise. the manasic principle actuates all that occurs within the man's aura, and he suffers, or he makes progress, according to the application of that principle. so, reverently may the same be said of the body of the solar logos, a system, and so may it be said of the planetary logos and his scheme. ii. the position of manas 1. manas and karma. having seen that manas is the intelligent purpose of some being, working out in active objectivity, and having touched upon

, make the sum total of the logoic quaternary. associated with them are the three esoteric kumaras, mentioned in the secret doctrine,46(129) who represent the three other logoi, and so make focal points for all the logoic forces within our chain. in each chain such representatives are found, six focal points embraced by the seventh, the planetary logos of the scheme, who holds them all within his aura. their work is threefold: first. they are the centres in the body of the planetary logos. each chain corresponds to one centre, and the globes are but the lesser wheels within any particular centre. the life of the logos in this incarnation on the earth is flowing through three centres and beginning to stimulate a fourth, hence four globes are involved and the three kumaras (so called for lac

ALICE A BAILEY05 THE LIGHT OF THE SOUL

owledge (gnosis. though pure he looks upon the presented idea through the medium of the mind" book ii. sutra 20. deduction is not a sure method of ascertaining knowledge and the other modifications refer primarily to the wrong use of the image making faculty (imagination, to the self-induced passivity of the mind, a condition of semi-trance, and to the retention of thought forms within the mental aura, through the use of the memory. each of these is now dealt with in a separate sutra by patanjali- 14- the light of the soul copyright 1998 lucis trust 7. the basis of correct knowledge is correct perception, correct deduction and correct witness (or accurate evidence. one of the most revolutionary realizations to which the occult student has to adjust himself is the appreciation that the mind

rated as follows: 1. physical vision reveals the nature of the physical plane, and is achieved through the medium of the eyes, photographing through the lens of the eye, the aspect of the tangible form, upon the wonderful film which every man possesses. 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 emotio

physical body into a vibration synchronous with that of the etheric body. this results in the complete subjugation of the dense 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 an

utra can only safely be given directly by the teacher to the pupil, after a proper study of the bodily conditions of that pupil. it is not possible nor right to give in a book intended for the general public those rules, practices and methods which enable the trained disciple to bring his dense physical vehicle into instantaneous synchronization with his etheric body, to densify and irradiate his aura so as to produce certain magnetic results in his environment, and to awaken his centres so that certain psychic powers are displayed. the methods for arousing the kundalini fire and blending 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 cons

the great deception of the records. only a trained occultist can distinguish between actual experience and those astral pictures created by imagination and keen desire. 4. the planetary "dweller on the threshold" with all that appertains to that term and all the aggregations of forms which are to be found in its environment. the trained seer has learnt to dissociate that which pertains to his own aura and the aura of the planet (which is in actuality the akashic record. he can distinguish between those records which are- 151- the light of the soul copyright 1998 lucis trust a. planetary, b. hierarchical or pertaining to the work of the twelve creative hierarchies as they bring to concretion the plan of the logos. c. imaginative forms, the result of the desire-thought activity of the myriad

equipment of the ego. the ego knows that the- 152- the light of the soul copyright 1998 lucis trust possession of the power to do thus and so in the three worlds, is the direct result of past experience, and knows too that certain effects are only to be achieved through certain causes. these he arrives at through concentrated meditation. the thought images he becomes aware of are: 1. those in his aura at the time of his meditation, 2. those in his immediate environment, 3. those of his present family, group and race, 4. those of his present life cycle, 5. these of his egoic group. thus through the process of elimination he gradually works his way through grade after grade of thought images until he arrives at the particular layer of thought impression which deals with the cycle about which

t intelligently the plans of the hierarchy and of evolution. the power here is analogous to that of telepathy but it is not identical. telepathy entails the tuning in of one mind with another, and necessitates their being en rapport. this faculty of the trained seer is more in the nature of an act of the will and the manipulation of certain forces whereby he can instantly see what he wants in any aura at any time. the subject of his investigation may be attuned to him or not; through intense meditation and the use of the will faculty thought images stand revealed. this power is a dangerous one to use and is only permitted to trained disciples. 20. as however the object of those thoughts is not apparent to the perceiver, he sees only the thought and not the object. his meditation excludes t

way to the wheel of rebirth. thus he consciously and intelligently nears his goal and every deed, act and thought is governed by direct knowledge, and in no way chains him. the signs or portents referred to, relate primarily to the mental world, where the real man dwells. through an understanding of three things: a. numbers, b. colours, c. vibrations, the seer becomes aware of the freedom of his aura from "death producing" effects. he knows there is nothing more written, symbolically, in the records which can bring him back to the three worlds, and therefore "by signs" his path is seen to be clear. this has been expressed for us in the ancient writings found in the masters' archives as follows "when the star with five points shines with clarity and no forms are seen within its points, the

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uch wise that radiant glory, magnetic force and (ultimately) spiritual energy may be- 62- a treatise on white magic copyright 1998 lucis trust demonstrated through the medium of the form. thus the power of the three rays of divine manifestation may be seen. first ray. spiritual energy second ray. magnetic force third ray. radiant glory these rays likewise find their microcosmic reflections in the aura of perfected man. first ray. monadic. spiritual energy. head centre second ray. egoic. magnetic force. heart centre third ray. personality. radiant glory .s olar plexus you inquire, why do i not say the throat centre? because the centres below the diaphragm symbolize primarily the personal lower self, and in their synthesising centre, the solar plexus, express the magnetic force of the matter

matter, which, failing to pass downward, poison the man on mental levels. this they do in two ways: 1. by growing so potent on the mental plane that the man falls a victim to the thing he has created. this is the "id e fixe" of the psychiatrist; the obsession which drives to lunacy; the one-pointed line of thought which eventually terrorises its creator. 2. by multiplying so fast that the mental aura of the man becomes like unto a thick and dense cloud, through which the light of the soul must fail to penetrate, and through which the love of human beings, the lovely and beautiful and comforting activities of nature and of life in the three worlds equally fail to pierce. the man is smothered, is suffocated by his own thought-forms, and succumbs to the miasma which he himself has engendered

ce to others is carried out with the right motive, and is beginning to count and make its power felt, and he is losing sight of his own interests in those of others. when this occurs certain esoteric happenings take place. the master confers with some of his senior disciples as to the advisability of admitting the- 98- a treatise on white magic copyright 1998 lucis trust aspirant within the group aura, and of blending his vibration with that of the group. then, if decision is arrived at, for the space of two years a senior disciple acts as the intermediary betwixt the master and the newly accepted aspirant. he works with the new disciple, stepping down (if i so might express it) the vibration of the master so as to accustom the disciple's bodies to the higher increased rate. he impresses t

wherein he is permitted to know the method whereby he may set up a vibration and a call which will entitle him to an interview with the master. this is only permitted to those trusted chelas who can be depended upon not to use the knowledge for anything except the need of the work; no personality reason or distress would prompt them to use it. at this stage the disciple is called "one within the aura" 6. the stage wherein the disciple can get his master's ear at any time. he is in close touch always. this is the stage wherein a chela is being definitely prepared for an immediate initiation or, having taken initiation, is being given specialised work to do in collaboration with his. at this stage he is described as "one within his master's heart" there is a later stage of a still closer id

igh ethics, sound morality and spiritual aspiration are basic and unalterable requirements, yet more is needed if the right to enter the master's ashram is to be granted- 102- a treatise on white magic copyright 1998 lucis trust to be admitted to the privilege of being an outpost of his consciousness requires an unselfishness and a self-surrender for which few are prepared; to be drawn within his aura so that the disciple's aura forms an integral part of the group aura presupposes a purity which few can cultivate; to have the ear of the master and to earn the right to contact him at will necessitates a sensitiveness and a fine discrimination which few would care to purchase at the price. yet a door stands wide open to all who care to come, and no earnest, sincere soul, who meets the requir

st throws into relief and brings into the foreground of consciousness those thought-forms and entities which depict the lower life, and which (in their aggregate) form the dweller on the threshold. thus the first thing of which the aspirant becomes aware is that which he knows to be undesirable and the revelation of his own unworthiness and limitations, and the undesirable constituents of his own aura burst on his vision. the darkness which is in him is intensified by the light which glimmers faintly from the centre of his being and frequently he despairs of himself and descends into the depths of depression. all mystics bear witness to this and it is a period which must be lived through until the pure light of day drives all shadows and darkness away and little by little the life is brigh

the forces in the aspirant's own body are equally in disorder, he blends in with the surrounding chaos to such an extent that it is at first almost impossible for the onlooking soul to dissociate its own astral mechanism from the astral mechanism of humanity as a whole, and from the astral mechanism of the world. one of the first things then that the aspirant has to learn is to dissociate his own aura in the emotional sense from that of his surroundings and much time is expended in learning to do this. it is for this reason that one of the first qualifications of discipleship is discrimination, for it is through the use of the mind, as analyzer and separator, that the astral body is brought under control. secondly, the astral plane is the plane of illusion, of glamour, and of a distorted p

the aspirant has three things to do: 1. ascertain the formula which will crystallise the form he has built, much in the same way that we find architects and bridge builders reducing the desired form to a mathematical formula. 2. pronounce certain words which will give the form vitality and so carry it forth on to the physical plane. 3. utter the phrase which will detach the thought-form from his aura and so save the drain upon his energies- 259- a treatise on white magic copyright 1998 lucis trust it will be noted that the formula has relation to the thought-form, the words of power to the objective for which the form has been constructed, and the mystic phase concerns the severing of the magnetic link which binds together the creator and his creation. one therefore concerns the form, ano

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houghts into words and phrases. in a lesser number of cases, the man who is receiving a dictation or writing is in telepathic rapport with some more advanced disciple than himself, and his mind is being impressed by some chela in his group. this chela, who is closer to the master than he is, passes on to him some of the knowledge that he has absorbed through being able to live within the master's aura. but the master is not concerned in the process; it lies between the chela and the aspirant. in these cases the receiver of the communication is often misled, and thinks that the master himself is dictating to him, whereas in reality he has through a more advanced chela than himself tuned in on the master's thought atmosphere. none of the masters of the sixth initiation (such as the masters m

them to make the right moves in the emergence of the race into greater freedom. but i know of no others, in this particular generation, who are so doing, for they have delegated much of this work to their initiates and disciples. the bulk of the communicators today (working through aspirants on the physical plane) are active working chelas of accepted degree who (living as they do in the thought aura of the master and his group) are steadily endeavouring to reach all kinds of people, all over the world, in all groups. hence the increasing flood of communications, of inspired writings, and of personal messages and teaching- 75- a treatise on the seven rays- volume i: esoteric psychology i copyright 1998 lucis trust when you add to the above the equally large flood of communications which e

bre of the later sub-races of the aryan race, as well as its general tone throughout the aryan age, is also related to the same reason. the influence of the fourth ray of harmony and beauty, and the developing power of the fifth ray of knowledge (synonymous to the merging of the intuition and the intellect in highly evolved man) have a definite effect upon the vegetable kingdom and upon the human aura. yellow-orange shines forth in both. i mention this as an illustration of an externalisation of ray force, and as an indication of the value of the esoteric science when applied to the exoteric. the blue ray of devotion passes now into the violet of what we term the ceremonial ray. what do these words mean? simply that the great musician of the universe is moving the keys, is sounding another

heart of the sun. results .t hese work out in the second kingdom as magnetism, perfume, colour and growth towards the light. these words i commend to you for your earnest study, for it is in this kingdom that one first sees clearly the glory which lies ahead of humanity: a. magnetic radiation. the blending of the mineral and vegetable goals. b. the perfume of perfection. c. the glory of the human aura. the radiant augoeides d. aspiration which leads to final inspiraton. process. conformation, or the power to "conform" to the pattern set in the heavens, and to produce below that which is found above. this is done in this kingdom with greater pliability than in the mineral kingdom, where the process of condensation goes blindly forward. secret .t ransformation. those hidden alchemical proces

arious kingdoms in nature? it should be remembered that every kingdom, viewing it as a whole, is an entity, and (from its form side) the sum total of all forms constitutes that entity's body of manifestation. in the last analysis also, the aggregate of self-initiated influences, or the magnetic radiation of that particular kingdom, is an expression of that entity's basic quality or qualities, the aura of that entity's personality. two rays govern each kingdom in nature, except in the case of the vegetable kingdom, where three rays indicate the nature of that kingdom's life. students will possibly find it helpful to consider this problem from the angle of analogy, and to realise that they (as well as every other human being) are governed or actuated by two rays, i.e, the personality ray and

titutes the energy of externalisation. the united effect of these three rays, working in unison, has been to bring forth the fourth result, the perfume of the flowers, as found in the higher units of the vegetable kingdom. this perfume can be either deadly or vitalising, and can either delight or repel. it attracts and constitutes part of the aroma of this kingdom which is sensed in the planetary aura, though unrecognised as a whole by humanity. you isolate a perfume. yet the perfume of an entire kingdom is a well recognised phenomenon to the initiate. students would find it of interest to trace similar analogies in the other kingdoms in nature, remembering however that this kingdom is esoterically ahead of the others, for there are three rays participating in its perfecting. it might be s

treatise on the seven rays- volume i: esoteric psychology i copyright 1998 lucis trust colour and growth towards the light. these words i commend to you for your earnest study, for it is in this kingdom that one first sees clearly the glory which lies ahead of humanity. a. magnetic radiation. the blending of the mineral and vegetable goals. b. the perfume of perfection. c. the glory of the human aura. the radiant augoeides. d. aspiration which leads to final inspiration. process. conformation, or the power to "conform" to the pattern set in the heavens, and to produce below that which is found above. this is done in this kingdom with greater pliability than in the mineral kingdom, where the process of condensation goes blindly forward. secret .t ransformation, those hidden alchemical proc

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l the forces are gathered together into one fused and blended stream of energy. three things then happen: a. the kundalini fire is raised and immediately burns away all the etheric webs which are the protective barriers, separating the 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 consummat

ecomes aware of his power and capacity, and, having pledged himself to service, he begins furiously to serve; he creates this, that and the other channel for the expression of the force which is driving him; he tears down and destroys just as fast as he creates. he temporarily becomes a serious problem to the other servers with whom he may be associated, for he sees no vision but his own, and the aura of criticism which surrounds him and the strenuous push of the assertive force within him produces the stumbling of the "little ones" and there has to be constant repair work undertaken (on his behalf) by older, more experienced disciples. he becomes the victim, for the time, of his own aspiration to serve, and of the force which is flowing through him. this stage will in some cases fan into

uras can meet and contact each other. thus one group subjective and objective can be functioning. there are today enough centres of light, scattered all over the world, and enough disciples and aspirants, that the little beams or threads of light (speaking symbolically) which radiate from each of them, can meet and interlace, and form a network of light in the world. this constitutes the magnetic aura of the new group of world servers. each individual in the group is sensitive to the plan, either through his own personal knowledge through contact with his soul, or because his intuition tells him that what the group, which attracts him, accepts as its immediate work is for him true and right, and with it all that is highest and best in him can cooperate. each individual in that group will w

and clairaudience? several possibilities, which i might list as follows: 1. a revelation of the "wish life" of the person or the group to whom the medium is addressing himself. this wish life takes form in proportion to the power of the unexpressed wish or the mental ability of the person or persons concerned. 2. a recognition by the medium of the thought forms or thought form to be found in the aura of the person in the audience or circle. these thought forms have been built over a space of time and are usually of some one deeply loved or as deeply disliked. they are often so real in appearance that the person can recognise them when described by the medium and the medium can at the same time by a process of telepathy (via the solar plexus centre) become aware of the things which the sit

all by these factors, owing to his relatively partial integration. i refer here to his integration in the group. people are still so insulated in their personalities that they are shut off, in many cases, from group stimulation, group effects and group impulses. it is only as they become decentralised and, therefore, more easily responsive to the group ideas, the group idealism, and to the group aura (with its outbreathing and its inbreathing and its group livingness) that they can and do succumb to those difficulties which group life imposes. today it is the central figure in the group life, the dominant personality or soul, who is the one to whom the group life and the group thought turns, with all the consequences of such turning. it is this person, upon whom the group life pivots (if

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tervals the tide of life roll over you; i have noted your progress and your delay. i have watched you succeed and i have seen you fail. this i do through noting the pulsation of your light not in watching the detail of your daily living. that is not warranted in this time of crisis, and owing to the evolutionary development of disciples will never again be warranted. you are still within my group aura, within my ashram. your position there is determined by yourself and not by me. there exists at times something which resembles a pulsation in the relation between teacher and pupil a withdrawing and a coming forward where the probationary disciple is concerned and a standing with steadfastness and expectancy on the part of the teacher. when the fluctuations of contact are ended and the pupil

stand steady in the midst of it all i say: that which appears is not always that which truly is; that which rends and disrupts the personality life is frequently the agent of release, if rightly apprehended; that which will emerge when the forces of light have penetrated the world darkness will demonstrate the nature of the undying human spirit. to all of you i say: my love surrounds you and the aura of the ashram of which i am the centre stands like a great defending wall around you and around all who are battling for the right. see that you battle. you can then, if you will, sense this loving protection. each day, if you will, you can put yourself en rapport with your master. we are not blind or uncaring. we know, however, that there are worse evils than death and pain. we know that thi

are ever tired. forget not that a weakened etheric body is easily drained by other people though they do this quite unconsciously. therefore, for you, close contact with others is not desirable not only from the standpoint of your health but from the angle of the status which you have reached upon the path of discipleship- 106- discipleship in the new age- volume i copyright 1998 lucis trust your aura requires sealing (if i may use so unusual a term) and the leakage now present can then be stopped. this cannot be done, occultly speaking, until you have made some changes in your life. close inter-mingling with the auras of other people causes in your case a constant seepage of vitality, for you are constantly oriented towards giving. your course is obvious but more i cannot say nor shall i

times as a personality, achieving alignment; then sound it three times as the soul, conferring inspiration. 2. then, focussing yourself at as high a point as possible and using the creative imagination to your fullest capacity, see the radiation of love as light pouring from the soul and raying forth as a mental influence to others, as an emotional benediction to others, and as vital life in your aura and physical presence. 3. sound the o.m. again three times as an integrated personality and soul, fused and blended into one. my blessing rests upon you. january 1939 you have one glamour, my brother, which to you is well known. i will not give it a name for that is needless, and you will know whereof i speak. it is allied to fear and tunes you in on that potent and well developed world glamo

cilitate your- 151- discipleship in the new age- volume i copyright 1998 lucis trust progress on the way. the inhibitions to the free play of the light of the soul through you in your environment are not be found in any particular mental or astral reaction but in the response your entire personality makes to your outer environing conditions. that response produces an outer swirl of forces in your aura wherein comes opportunity for your fourth ray mind to produce harmony through conflict, and skill in action, which is the true significance of the subsidiary names of this ray, called frequently the ray of art or beauty. it is the ray of creative living, and not creative art. creative living produces beauty and harmony in the outer life, so that others can see the achievement. how can this sk

position where you can be of much service to others. your usefulness depends upon your ability to achieve a constant inner growth and progressive realisation and your consequent capacity to meet all who seek your aid in a spirit of love, free from personal criticism and with the intelligent reticence which is so pre-eminently one of your characteristics. the intensification of the potency of your aura (your personality emanation) is most desirable for it is through the right use of the aura that we stimulate others to renewed effort, or slow them down to less potent expression. this intensification is dependent upon the quality, potency and tempo of your subjective life. hence the earlier suggestions i have made to you. as regards your meditation work, i would change it somewhat. for the n

to continue at this time. to r. v. b. november 1931 to you, my brother, my words are as follows: you have this life stepped out into a greater- 199- discipleship in the new age- volume i copyright 1998 lucis trust measure of release than was anticipated by your soul or by those who watch upon the inner side of life. the day of opportunity opened for you and you took it. i have sought within your aura for that with which i should deal and my message for you is perhaps an unexpected one the message of speed. not hurry nor the rushing forward into experience with undue haste, but the steady, conscious quickening of the vibration which leads to power. your outer demonstration gives not full expression to the pulsating life within; the activity of your soul is limited by your physical plane mo

sition of trust in relation to their fellowmen. your work is, therefore, the work of training people to be workers and so fit them to be cooperators with the plan. you will contact those who need you not as a leader or teacher. they will be those whom you know and feel require training and help. they have to be taught to work inclusively and to be animated by intelligent love. take them into your aura and hold them in the light. note their increase of capacity and later their individual reaction to you yourself. by this you will arrive at an understanding of your vibratory, magnetic capacity. the soul's nature is love and love is the great attractive force- 200- discipleship in the new age- volume i copyright 1998 lucis trust in reference to my comment anent "accepted disciples" i would re

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his material age comes the great opportunity to strike a deadly blow on the planetary dweller on the threshold. the reaction at this time, through the stress of circumstances, is bringing about a more spiritual understanding and a reorganisation of human values, and this is part of the process whereby a vital part of the world glamour may be dissipated if only all men of goodwill within the world aura adhere to their appointed task. when the buddha was on earth and achieved illumination, he "let in" a flood of light upon the world problem through his enunciation of the four noble truths. his body of disciples and his nine hundred arhats formulated those four great truths into a structure of dogma and doctrine that by the power of collective thought has greatly helped in the attack upon the

e mass is made up of the individuals, and in the steady release from the control of these inner delusions will come the eventual clarification of humanity. therefore each of you in this group must of necessity work separately and apart with himself, and learn to induce those conditions of clarity and truth which will overcome the ancient rhythms and deep-seated habits and thus steadily purify the aura. but this has now to be done as a group, and this group constitutes one of the first of the exoteric groups with which it is intended to work in the new age. through the activity of such groups, the world glamour will be dissipated, but first of all the aspirant must learn to deal with individual and group glamour. it is necessary to remember the following three things. i am going to be brief

her complicated by his consequent distress and his deep disgust with himself. he walks ever in a fog and sees naught as it truly exists. he is deceived by the appearance and forgets that which the appearance veils. the emanatory astral reactions which each human being initiates ever surround him and through this mist and fog he looks out upon a distorted world. these reactions and the surrounding aura which they constitute blend and merge with the world glamour and fog and form part of the miasmas and unhealthy emanations for which the masses of men, for millions of years, are responsible. i would point out to you that, in lemurian days, glamour and illusion were relatively unknown from the human standpoint. there were no mental reactions and but little emotional response to environment. m

astral clarification and mental release. i would ask you to study these instructions with peculiar care, for i am taking the time and trouble these busy days to meet your need and to bring as much light as i can, without infringing your free will, to meet your need and clear your course to service. i would suggest also that you find out all that you can anent the much misunderstood subject of the aura: search out what is said in my books and in the writings extant in any good occult library. i seek no copying out of paragraphs but a formulation of your knowledge so that you can answer clearly questions which might be asked. the following three questions are basic: 1. what is the aura and how does it come into existence? 2. how can the aura be made the medium of light, and the light which s

owledge so that you can answer clearly questions which might be asked. the following three questions are basic: 1. what is the aura and how does it come into existence? 2. how can the aura be made the medium of light, and the light which should shine through it be- 22- glamour: a world problem copyright 1998 lucis trust intensified? 3. have you noticed what is the effect which your own individual aura is making upon your environment and how can you improve that effect? this will enable you to make practical application of that which i seek to teach you. forget not that as you look out upon the world and your immediate environment, that you look out through your aura and have, therefore, to deal with glamour and illusion. there are three further questions which you might put to yourself, fa

nsciousness which we call the astral plane. all glamour is produced by the bringing together of one or more streams of energy which produce a temporary whirlpool of energies and, from the angle of man the onlooker and participator produce a condition of darkness, a state of bewilderment which makes clear choice and right discrimination difficult and, in the early stages, impossible. it creates an aura which is today of such a general nature and so all-enveloping that everybody is, figuratively speaking, immersed in it. this aura, in the infancy of the race, only surrounded the more advanced people. to understand what i mean by this statement, i would call your attention to the fact that very unintelligent people, those who are among the lowest human types, and those who are little more tha

d and a new race of men can gradually come into being. renunciation and the use of the sacrificial will should be the keynote for the interim period after the war, prior to the inauguration of the new age. students need to remember that all manifestations and every point of crisis are symbolised by the ancient symbol of a point within the circle, the focus of power within a sphere of influence or aura. so it is today with the entire problem of ending the world glamour and illusion which fundamentally lie behind the present acute situation and world catastrophe. the possibility of such a dispelling and dissipation is definitely centred in the two avatars, the buddha and the christ. within the world of glamour the world of the astral plane and of the emotions appeared a point of light. the l

tites and makes the task of the aspirant much harder as he seeks to sublimate the lower nature and anchor or focus the life of the centres above the diaphragm or in the head. glamour and maya are then increased and for the life in which these exercises are misapplied, the aspirant remains in a static and unprofitable condition. as he breathes in or inhales, he draws the breath from within his own aura, his auric ring-pass-not; he feeds the lower nature and sets up a vicious circle within himself which strengthens day by day until he is completely enmeshed by the glamour and maya which he is constantly establishing and re-establishing. the lower centres are steadily vitalised and become extremely active and the point of tension from which the aspirant then works is found in the personality

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ult information which together make a man a master of the wisdom and eventually a christ all-inclusive in his developed attractive and magnetic power- 35- telepathy and the etheric vehicle copyright 1998 lucis trust earlier i made the following statement which, as you study it, will summarise the above detailed analysis. i said, defining impression, that it "concerns the engendering of a magnetic aura on which the highest impressions can play" see chart the constitution of man. this might also serve as a definition of the art of invocation and evocation. as the man (for we will not consider this science apart from him, as it would include too vast a field) becomes sensitive to his environment, as the forces of evolution play upon him and lead him on from stage to stage, from point to point

s it would include too vast a field) becomes sensitive to his environment, as the forces of evolution play upon him and lead him on from stage to stage, from point to point, from plane to plane, and from height to height, he becomes enriched and increasingly magnetic. as this attractive or magnetic force increases, he himself becomes invocative; this outgoing demand, emanating from or through the aura which he has engendered brings to him a developing revelation. this revelation, in its turn, enriches the magnetic field of his aura so that he becomes a revealing centre to those whose field of experience and aura need the stimulus of his practised assurance. finally, it might be said that the entire human kingdom will eventually be a major magnetic centre upon our planet, invoking all the h

tance. there are, in reality, no man-made ideas. there are only ideas as grasped by the intelligentsia and then as "stepped down" by humanity's constant reaction to glamour, to emotional or astral conclusions, and to selfish interpretations. it must be remembered that the activity of all these "impressing agencies" is felt in a wide and general sense throughout the entire planet and the planetary aura. no kingdom in nature escapes this impact, and it is thus that the purpose of the lord of the world is carried out. being, coherence and activity are thus blended into one created and creative whole; life, quality and appearance respond unitedly to the imposed intention of the planetary logos and yet, at the same time, remain creatively free as regards their reaction to these contacted impres

s of mastering the science of impression. there are therefore, two aspects to this work of impression: one deals with the capacity to be impressed; the other with the ability to be an impressing agent. the disciple is not permitted to practise the art of impressing until he himself is among those who receive triadal impression and therefore impression from shamballa, within the protective area or aura of the ashram with which he is affiliated. it must be remembered that this science of impression is in reality the science of thoughtform-making, thoughtform vitalisation and thoughtform direction; and only a disciple who has passed through the processes of transfiguration and is no longer the victim of his own personality can be entrusted with so dangerous a cycle of powers. as long as there

vity, and which provides the material for teaching and the "fount of knowledge" upon which he can draw when he seeks to aid other people. the essential point to be grasped is that sensitivity to impression is a normal and natural unfoldment, paralleling spiritual development. i gave you a clue to the entire process when i said that "sensitivity to impression involves the engendering of a magnetic aura upon which the highest impressions can play" i would have you give the deepest consideration to these words. as the disciple begins to demonstrate soul quality, and the second divine aspect takes possession of him and controls and colours his entire life, automatically the higher sensitivity is developed; he becomes a magnet for spiritual ideas and concepts; he attracts into his field of cons

ield of consciousness the outline, and later the details, of the hierarchical plan; he becomes aware eventually of the planetary purpose; all these impressions are not things which he must seek out and learn laboriously to ascertain, to hold and- 54- telepathy and the etheric vehicle copyright 1998 lucis trust seize upon. they drop into his field of consciousness because he has created a magnetic aura which invokes them and brings them "into his mind. this magnetic aura begins to form itself from the first moment he makes a contact with his soul; it deepens and grows as those contacts increase in frequency and become eventually an habitual state of consciousness; then, at will and at all times, he is en rapport with his soul, the second divine aspect. paralleling spiritual development it i

ich invokes them and brings them "into his mind. this magnetic aura begins to form itself from the first moment he makes a contact with his soul; it deepens and grows as those contacts increase in frequency and become eventually an habitual state of consciousness; then, at will and at all times, he is en rapport with his soul, the second divine aspect. paralleling spiritual development it is this aura which is in reality the reservoir of thought-substance upon which he can spiritually rely. his point of focus is upon the mental plane. he is no longer controlled by the astral nature; he is successfully constructing the antahkarana along which the higher impressions can flow; he learns not to dissipate this inflow but to accumulate within the aura (with which he has surrounded himself) the k

by the astral nature; he is successfully constructing the antahkarana along which the higher impressions can flow; he learns not to dissipate this inflow but to accumulate within the aura (with which he has surrounded himself) the knowledge and the wisdom which he realises his service to his fellowmen requires. a disciple is a magnetic centre of light and knowledge just in so far as the magnetic aura is held by him in a state of receptivity. it is then constantly invocative of the higher range of impressions; it can be evoked and set into "distributing activity" by that which is lower and which is demanding aid. the disciple therefore, in due time, becomes a tiny or minute correspondence of the hierarchy invocative as it is to shamballa and easily evoked by human demand. these are points

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s, is again sevenfold. 2. as the seven colours of the solar spectrum correspond to the seven rays or hierarchies so each of these is sub-divided into seven. 3. each of these hierarchies furnishes the essence (the soul) and is the builder of one of the seven kingdoms in nature the three elemental kingdoms, the mineral, vegetable, animal and kingdom of spiritual man. 4. each hierarchy furnishes the aura of one of the seven principles in man with its specific colour. 5. each of these hierarchies is the ruler of one of the sacred planets. thus astrology came into existence and has a strictly scientific basis (s.d. iii. 482) 17. all the great astrologers have admitted that man could react against the stars (s.d. iii. 339) 18. this system (or cycles) cannot be comprehended if the spiritual actio

ion. planetary prana. movement produced. planetary rotation. distributive effect. planetary etheric radiation (felt within the system) the human being entity manifesting. the thinker, a dhyan chohan. body of manifestation. physical body. receptive centre. the spleen- 384- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iii: esoteric astrology copyright 1998 lucis trust surface radiation or emanation. health aura. movement produced. atomic rotation. distributive effect. human etheric radiation (felt by environment) the seven stars of the great bear references in the secret doctrine and a treatise on cosmic fire 1 "the seven rishis are the regents of the seven stars of the great bear, and, therefore, of the same nature as the angels of the planets or the seven great planetary spirits (s.d. ii. 332. not

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

is magnetic work. it cures disease, or may increase the so-called evil state, according to the knowledge of the healer. the healer must seek to link his soul, his brain, his heart and auric emanation. thus can his presence feed the soul life of the patient. this is the work of radiation. the hands are needed not. the soul displays its power. the patient's soul responds through the response of his aura to the radiation of the healer's aura, flooded with soul energy. in considering the causes of disease, i find it necessary to speak a word in connection with conditions external and internal. it will be apparent to the casual thinker that many diseases and many causes of death are due to environing conditions for which he is in no way responsible- 11- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iv:

re, in the first cycle of work, attempt the radiatory method. it is simpler and far more easily mastered. later, they can experiment with the method of magnetic healing. you will now see the purpose of the rules anent the modes of healing which i gave early in this series of instructions. you will realise why, in this radiatory work, the linking process involves the soul, the brain and the entire aura or the magnetic field of individual or group activity. the mind is not mentioned or involved, and the brain acts solely as the focussing point of the love and the healing force to be projected into the stream of energy which issues from the ajna centre. the healer will, therefore, keep all the forces focussed in the head, and his attention must be concentrated there also. the heart will be au

en with their emotional natures. do this by the use of the imagination, realising that energy follows thought and that the linking process is inevitable, if correctly done. you can then function as a group. then forget about the group relation and concentrate upon the work to be done. 2. within yourself, then, link soul and brain and gather together the forces of love that are to be found in your aura and focus yourself and all that you have to offer within the head, picturing yourself as a radiant centre of energy or a point of vivid light. this light is to be projected upon the patient through the ajna centre between the eyes. 3. then say the following group mantram "with purity of motive, inspired by a loving heart, we offer ourselves for this work of healing. this offer we make as a gr

atient. this is magnetic work. it cures disease, or increases the evil state, according to the knowledge of the healer. the healer must seek to link his soul, his brain, his heart and auric emanation. thus can his presence feed the soul life of the patient. this is the work of radiation. the hands are needed not. the soul displays its power. the patient's soul responds through the response of his aura to the radiation of the healer's aura, flooded with soul energy. rule two the healer must achieve magnetic purity, through purity of life. he must attain that dispelling radiance which shows itself in every man when he links the centres in the head. when this magnetic field is established, the radiation too goes forth. rule three let the healer train himself to know the inner stage of thought

. but these requirements are not and can not be met. healers, as a rule, have none of these powers. that they frequently heal (though not as often as they think they do) is true, but when successful they have succeeded in doing one or other of the following: healed the patient when his destiny and fate so willed it and his soul had therefore drawn its vehicle (the physical man) into the radiatory aura of a healer or a healing group. the probability is that the patient would have recovered in any case but that the process was hastened by the- 101- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iv: esoteric healing copyright 1998 lucis trust applied effort and attention, plus faith. interfered with the immediate design or pattern of the patient's life, and so postponed certain processes of spiritual t

position of a mediumship based upon clairvoyance and clairaudience, but not upon trance. this will still necessitate a contact via a third party, and will be entirely astral; it will therefore be full of glamour and error. it will, however, be a step forward from the present mediumistic performances which simply ignore the man who is dead and give to the enquirer only what the medium reads in his aura his recollection of the personal appearance, significant remembrances stored in the enquirer's consciousness, and wishful thinking anent advice demanded because the enquirer believes that because a man is dead he must be more wise than heretofore. when the medium at times succeeds in establishing true communication, it is because the enquirer and the dead person are mental types, and there is

rance, energy-force each have their own emanating aspect; they each have a relation to each other; each have a mutual temporary objective, and thus in unison produce the eternal flux, the cyclic ebb and flow of life in manifestation. in this process of relationship between father-spirit and mother-matter the son comes into being, and during the child stage carries on his life processes within the aura of the mother, identified with her yet forever seeking to escape from her domination. as maturity is reached, the problem intensifies, and the "pull" of the father begins slowly to offset the possessive attitude of the mother, until finally the hold of matter, or of the mother, over her son (the soul) is finally broken. the son, the christ-child, released from the guardianship and clinging ha

rily concerns the etheric body. there is first of all the collecting and the withdrawing of the etheric substance, so that it no longer interpenetrates the dense physical organism, and its subsequent densification (a word i deliberately choose) in that area of the etheric body which has always surrounded, but not penetrated, the dense vehicle. this has been sometimes erroneously called the health aura, and it can be photographed more easily and successfully during the process of dying than at any other time, owing to the accumulation of the withdrawn forces for several inches external to the tangible body. it is at this point in the experience of the withdrawing soul that the "word of death" is spoken, and it is prior to this enunciation of this word that a return to physical living can be

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ent. the conquests of science, the conquests of nations, and the conquests of territory are all indicative of the piscean method, with its idealism, its militancy, and its separativeness in all fields religious, political and economic. but the age of synthesis, of inclusiveness and of understanding is upon us, and the new education of the aquarian age must begin very gently to penetrate the human aura. iv. education is more than memory training and more than informing a child or student as to the past and its achievements. those factors have their place, and the past must be understood and studied, for out of it must grow that which is new, its flower and its fruit. education involves more than the investigation of a subject and the forming of subsequent conclusions leading to hypotheses w

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pressure and if she is occupied with urgent problems, it may be needful for me to wait until such time as circumstances give her the needed leeway both of time and strength, and of mental detachment. my own sphere of occult work must also come under consideration. then, having established a rapport with her, i have three things to do. first, i must gather the group of disciples as a whole into my aura and so gauge its general- 8- discipleship in the new age- volume ii copyright 1998 lucis trust condition of receptivity for that must determine the scope of the intended communication. do you realise, my brothers, that as you extend your power to grasp the needed lessons and learn to train your minds to think in ever wider and more abstract terms, you draw from me a correspondingly adequate i

art of my ashram) entirely out of the question. you have many of you not done the work which i requested; only a few a very few endeavoured to fulfil requirements. had you managed to carry them out, you might have found your entire path in life more simple and easy and your service more effective- 25- discipleship in the new age- volume ii copyright 1998 lucis trust certain things anent the group aura, or rather anent its general characteristics, might prove of interest to you. a master, when studying a group considers, first of all, the various lines of force which relate the individuals in the group to him, to the inner ashram and to each other. he looks for the constancy of the interplay, for the brilliance of the group light, as a whole, and for its emanatory influence, its radiation a

i have, however, indicated enough to show my reasons why there is so poor an exoteric showing of a truly esoteric, inner movement an inner movement which remains intact even though the outer form does not hold together, owing to the weaknesses of its members and the pressure of daily life upon the outer group. all of you from the first admitted to the last who joined the group are still within my aura or within the aura of the greater ashram of the master k.h, and will, i am confident, remain so. i would remind you also that there are many members of my ashram of whom you know nothing and who came into my ashram without the help of a.a.b. you are not the group of major importance. forget not these other co-disciples. some day, when you have established continuity of consciousness, you will

n the outer world through its initiates and disciples and through affiliated disciples, such as the majority of you. two or three of you are beyond the stage of affiliation. this assignment need not take you long- 68- discipleship in the new age- volume ii copyright 1998 lucis trust my brothers, i am spiritually ambitious for you. i have gathered you into my ashramic group and, therefore, into my aura for vitalising, for training and for protection. my love goes ever out to you and my unifying desire. will you not aid me in my task? will you stand with me in the hierarchical endeavour to which i am pledged and which i have undertaken in consort with the other masters? there is much that you can do by speech, by pen and by example. will you not do it with a simple heart and a single eye for

tside. remember also that the ashrams exist upon the plane of buddhi or of the intuition. the joint undertaking and the united adhering to the desired and arranged cyclic technique binds all members of the ashram into one synthetic whole; there is therefore no possible controversy or any emphasis upon individual ideas, because no personality vibratory quality can penetrate in the periphery or the aura of an ashram. 3. the planning and the assignment of tasks connected with the enterprise in hand is carried forward through the medium of an ashramic, reflective meditation, initiated by the custodian of the plan. the master of an ashram does not say "do this" or "do that" together, in unison and in deep reflection the plans unfold, and each disciple and initiate sees occultly where he is need

sting nature within himself, and consequently within his environment. it is not upon the results, however, that you are asked to focus, but simply upon the themes presented for your use and consideration. in the earlier stages of your training the emphasis was laid upon the form side, upon the achieving of alignment (still most necessary, upon the sounding of the om, with its power to clarify the aura and the atmosphere, and upon the processes to be followed. in the meditation which you should now be doing, alignment should be instantaneous and easy and the following of a set form unnecessary, because you start as a centre of focussed thought, as the ready recipient of awaited impression, as the trained analyser of ideas, and finally as a transmitter of that which has been received from th

life, are controlled by them, and all this is produced through the potency of their creative meditation which impresses the needed inspiration (another phrase for the breath of life itself) upon the nirmanakayas and through them upon the spiritual hierarchy. their link with all these planetary groups (and it is real and vital) can be grasped in the key statement that "all lives upon or within the aura of the planetary logos and of his manifested body, the earth, have been, are or will be in the future human being, thereby establishing and demonstrating their past, present or future identity with humanity, the fourth kingdom in nature" this kingdom is the planetary group or centre which expresses in time and space all the divine aspects sometimes in latency and sometimes in potency. here li

their planetary service: a. in active contemplation of the divine purpose. b. in a developed receptivity to that aspect of the purpose which must be expressed through the medium of the divine plan, and thus presented to the hierarchy. c. in developing that spirit of sevenfold receptivity which will make them a channel for the inflow of ray energies from shamballa into the hierarchy. their united aura or area of influence and the extent of their magnetic and dynamic radiation correspond roughly to the aura of the planet itself; they contain (within their ranks) members who are identified with the lords of the seven rays- 148- discipleship in the new age- volume ii copyright 1998 lucis trust they are, in a peculiar sense, the creative agents of life as it streams forth from shamballa into a

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ome dynamically effective. students all the world over have for years used the sacred word, and have sounded the o.m. with great diligence. i would like here to ask: with what results? i myself will reply. with practically no results except a slight stimulation of the aspiration and a small awakening of the creative imagination. this means that the results achieved have had effect only within the aura of the person concerned and have not penetrated into his environment or produced any recognisable effects. the o.m. is potent and dynamically effective when rightly used and will produce changes, destroy that which must be eliminated or ended, and will build in, by attraction and consolidation that which is desired into the fabric of the group life, producing incidentally (though none the les

ict, and the issue depends upon the clear thinking, wise speech and selfless intent of the world disciples, working in collaboration with all the forces for good in the world today, doing their duty as citizens of their own country but cultivating ceaselessly and unrelentingly a world-consciousness. let me now enlarge somewhat upon the possibility of divine intervention. hovering today within the aura of our planet are certain great spiritual forces and entities, awaiting the opportunity to participate actively in the work of world redemption, readjustment and reconstruction. their presence is sensed at times by the spiritually-minded people of the world, and their reality is recognised by the mystics and occultists working in every land. men and women express this recognition according to

ual entity. that thoughtforms, embodying evil lives can be and are- 147- the externalisation of the hierarchy copyright 1998 lucis trust constructed is equally true, but with these we are not at this time dealing. we come now to the significant point of what i have to say today in this connection. a great and vital thoughtform is in process of construction upon our planet and within our planetary aura. it is being built by the power of sound, by the magnetic pull of invocation leading to eventual evocation, and by the force of desire-substance, animated by the power of thought. it is being constructed by the united efforts of the hierarchy, of the world disciples and aspirants, of the men and women of goodwill in all nations, and also through the inchoate longings of men everywhere, of all

and a new race of men can gradually come into being. renunciation and the use of the sacrificial will should be the keynote for the interim period after the war, prior to the inauguration of the new age. students need to remember that all manifestations and every point of crisis are symbolised by the ancient symbol of the point within the circle, the focus of power within a sphere of influence or aura. so it is today with the entire problem of ending the world glamour and illusion which fundamentally lie behind the present acute situation and world catastrophe. the possibility of such a dispelling and dissipation is definitely centred in the two avatars, the buddha and the- 236- the externalisation of the hierarchy copyright 1998 lucis trust christ. within the world of glamour the world of

which i am responsible) it is the energy of wisdom which is being effectively used. it might be said that this dual energy, hitherto a fused and blended energy, is today working as a true duality. the energy of wisdom is active within all the ashrams (on all rays and under all the masters; the energy of love is directed primarily towards the third great planetary centre, humanity, stimulating the aura of that mass of living units so that their "magnetic appeal will be the outstanding quality of their divine approach" the directing agents for this dual activity are the master k.h. and a chosen group of his senior initiates and disciples, of whom i am not one, because i have another task committed to me. the master k.h. is therefore constantly in close association with the christ, the head o

n. this mental approach is not the same thing as the constant aspirational preoccupation of the earnest christian follower with the thought of christ. it is something quite different- 445- the externalisation of the hierarchy copyright 1998 lucis trust it is a unified group endeavour, generated in each ashram and fostered by all alike, to bring the entire group as a band of world servers into the aura of the thought currents of the christ, as he formulates his ideas, creates the thoughtform needed prior to manifestation, and makes his arrangements for his reappearing. this is not the same thing as establishing a telepathic rapport between an individual disciple and the christ, for that is not needed or desirable. the unity of aim, the desire to serve, the recognition of the present focusse

to consider these conditions, for some understanding of the problem is necessary if right work is to be done. necessarily, the problem is one of a change in the orientation of perception but not necessarily in modes of living or in any definitely physical plane adjustments. hierarchical orientation has for some centuries been one of a very strict internal consolidation, in order that the magnetic aura of- 448- the externalisation of the hierarchy copyright 1998 lucis trust the hierarchy may unfailingly respond to impression from shamballa, and also be of so potent a nature that it can form a protective screen around the human family. forget not the nature of the protective service which the masters have assumed on behalf of mankind, standing between humanity and the emanations and influenc

ternalisation of the hierarchy copyright 1998 lucis trust the hierarchy may unfailingly respond to impression from shamballa, and also be of so potent a nature that it can form a protective screen around the human family. forget not the nature of the protective service which the masters have assumed on behalf of mankind, standing between humanity and the emanations and influences and the magnetic aura of the black lodge. this internal consolidation has been greatly strengthened during the past one hundred years. because of this, and because of the resultant clarity of impression and of the potent out-going influence, the plan for humanity as a whole was imparted with emphasis to disciples in the ashrams, and by them was formulated clearly and presented to humanity. h.p.b (one of the first

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ervice; let him seek the mark of the messenger in his feet and let him learn to see with the eye which looks out from between the two. for disciples and initiates: let the group serve as aquarius indicates; let mercury speed the group upon the upward way and let taurus bring illumination and the attainment of the vision; let the mark of the saviour, as the group toils in pisces, be seen above the aura of the group. rule xiii. for applicants: four things the disciple must learn and comprehend before he can be shown the inmost mystery: first, the laws of that which radiates; the five meanings of magnetisation make the second; the third is transmutation or the secret lost of alchemy; and lastly, the first letter of- 15- a treatise on the seven rays- volume v: the rays and the initiations copy

interplay, but basically it leads to an unalterably staunch loyalty, underlying the surface of the outer life. the master's influence, as he seeks to aid his disciple, always produces transitory turmoil transitory from the angle of the soul, but frequently appalling from the angle of the personality. similarly, the projection of the life and influence of any senior disciple into the periphery or aura of the aspirant or lesser disciple is in its degree likewise disturbing and upsetting; this is a point which should be carefully borne in mind, both as regards the disciple's own reactions and training, and as regards any effect which he may call forth in the life of a probationary disciple or lesser disciple in his own sphere of influence. these intrusive influences and their consequent effe

orerunner will be the christ is equally sure. when christ comes it will be for the advanced units of the human family; they will recognise him because he has always been with us, whilst his advent will evoke a responsive vibration from the masses, but not straight recognition. in connection with the avatar, it will be a process of hierarchical recognition of an overshadowing presence within whose aura the planetary logos will take his stand as the planetary representative. then from shamballa will descend a stream of spiritual potency, qualified by the will-to-good, and this will reach the attentive hierarchy. the members of this group will, through the medium of the christ, pour- 61- a treatise on the seven rays- volume v: the rays and the initiations copyright 1998 lucis trust light and

undergone. this all takes much time, but when a certain measure of success has been achieved, when the initiate's understanding is somewhat enlightened and his energy-use and his power of direction are becoming intelligently applied, he can then begin to work within the framework of the greater seven groups, that is, within the hierarchy. this he does first upon the periphery of the hierarchical aura and later as a conscious, accepted and pledged worker in some ashram the ashram being dependent upon his ray type. he then is in a position to discover the close interlocking that exists between the supplementary seven (his own seven centres) and the seven great groups within the hierarchy; he comes to realise that only when his centres are somewhat awakened and attuned is it possible for him

on of a fixed objective by the aspirant to initiation, is nevertheless a mantram definitely appropriate to the third initiation. it is only effective in its invocative appeal when used in conjunction with a word of power. this word of power is communicated to the candidate (ever an initiate of the second degree) by the christ who has initiated him in the first two initiations but whose protective aura (in conjunction with the initiate's master and another master or an adept of the fourth initiation) is required before the star can shine forth the focussed light of the one initiator. for the first time the expanded consciousness of the initiate can contact shamballa and the one who rules there, the lord of the world. for the first time, the focussed purpose which brought sanat kumara into i

and to respond to the pull of illusion" in this teaching, you have presented to you, though in a somewhat different form, the ancient problem of duality, involving as it does the immense potency of the deva evolution. it definitely affects humanity; this is due to the fact that it is an expression of the will aspect of shamballa. as man develops the will aspect, he learns to break loose from the aura of the deva evolution, and the major task of the hierarchy (as far as basic essentials are concerned) is to "provide sanctuary" to those who have liberated themselves from the ocean of deva energies in which their vehicles must perforce move and live and have their being, but with which they have otherwise no point of contact, once liberated by their own effort and will "from the angels" let

in unperceived by the average aspirant until some light appears through the rents in the "curtain of impediment" the glory of the christ and the uniqueness of his accomplishment lies in the fact that he was the first to bring about the rending of the veils from "the top to the bottom" this he could do because he acted as the world saviour, outside and independent of humanity; he was free from the aura of the human family and again quoting the old commentary, as far as it is possible to translate these archaic terms "from above he worked and from the further side issued the force which tore its way into the- 127- a treatise on the seven rays- volume v: the rays and the initiations copyright 1998 lucis trust separating forces, driving them in a threefold direction, from the point which is th

n which will slowly come into being when the world has straightened itself out after the processes of the world war (1914-1945. the rule runs as follows: rule xii. let the group serve as aquarius indicates; let mercury speed the group upon the upward way and let taurus bring illumination and the attainment of the vision; let the mark of the saviour, as the group toils in pisces, be seen above the aura of the group. you will remember that the rule as given to applicants emphasised: 1. the use of the hands in service for healing, blessing and for invocation. 2. the mark of the messenger in the feet; this referred to the use of the intuition, which is governed by mercury. 3. the use of the "eye" this is not in reality the third eye (which is after all only a symbolic phrase, but the ability t

BELL CHRISTOPHER PAUL TSIU MARPO THE CAREER OF A TIBETAN PROTECTOR DEITY

d and the buddhist monastic community could be institutionalized.39 tamdrin (tib. rta mgrin; skt. hayagr.va "the horse-necked one" is a wrathful aspect of the bodhisattva avalokite.vara (spyan ras gzigs, one of the most important figures in tibetan buddhism. tamdrin s name is suggested in his iconographic representation, which often depicts him as a red snout-nosed deity with an angry face and an aura of flames. he wears a crown, from which the head of a turquoise horse sprouts (figure 5. as a bodhisattva, tamdrin fits into the category of powerful tantric and tutelary deities, and has been fully assimilated from the indian deity of hayagr.va, found in both buddhist and hindu tantric traditions. as a wrathful deity, tamdrin is particularly known for keeping all protector deities in line. i

n order to aid the performer in his visualizations. this further solidifies tsiu marpo as a focus of offering and entreaty. indeed, as previously examined, the purpose of tsiu marpo s detailed iconographic descriptions is to assist the intense visualization process that is an important requisite in imbuing these ritual activities and the implements involved with an internal substance and external aura of sacrality. this descriptive segment ends with a clear indication of the role of musical accompaniment in this ritual, requesting music, whistling, incense smoke, and the sounds of a thigh-bone trumpet (rkang gling. 1.3 ritual offerings after these steps have been established, the process of offering can begin. the first set of offerings consists of a series of drinks, either of beer or blo

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us which is nourished by the substance of the cell. then why could not beings have lived thus, and been created in this way- at the very beginning of human and mammalian evolution? this may, perhaps, serve as an analogy to give some idea of the process by which the second race was formed from the first. the astral form clothing the monad was surrounded, as it still is, by its egg-shaped sphere of aura, which here corresponds to the substance of the germ-cell or ovum. the astral form itself is the nucleus, now, as then, instinct with the principle of life. when the season of reproduction arrives, the sub-astral "extrudes" a miniature of itself from the egg of surrounding aura. this germ grows and feeds on the aura till it becomes fully developed, when it gradually separates from its parent

substance of the germ-cell or ovum. the astral form itself is the nucleus, now, as then, instinct with the principle of life. when the season of reproduction arrives, the sub-astral "extrudes" a miniature of itself from the egg of surrounding aura. this germ grows and feeds on the aura till it becomes fully developed, when it gradually separates from its parent, carrying with it its own sphere of aura; just as we see living cells reproducing their like by growth and subsequent division into two. the analogy with the "polar cells" would seem to hold good, since their death would now correspond to the change introduced by the separation of the sexes, when gestation in utero, i.e, within the cell, became the rule "the early second (root) race were the fathers of the 'sweat-born; the later sec

rogressed and spiritualized to be thrown back forcibly from dhyan-chohanship into the vortex of a new primordial evolution through the lower kingdoms, this then happens. where a new solar system has to be evolved these dhyan-chohans are borne in by influx 'ahead' of the elementals (entities. to be developed into humanity at a future time) and remain as a latent or inactive spiritual force, in the aura of a nascent world. until the stage of human evolution is reached. then they become an active force and commingle with the elementals, to develop little by little the full type of humanity" that is to say, to develop in, and endow man with his self-conscious mind, or manas* when the earth with its planetary chain and man were to appear* our earth and the physical plane of consciousness* when

dation of the physical man, the interminable and complex vicissitudes and tribulations of zoological development, that median "eye" ended by atrophying along with the early spiritual and purely psychic characteristics in man. the eye is the mirror and also the window of the soul, says popular wisdom* and vox populi vox dei[[footnote(s* the "nervous ether" of dr. b. w. richardson, f.r.s- the nerve-aura of occultism. the "animal spirits) are equivalent to the currents of nerve-auric compound circulation* let us remember that the first race is shown in occult sciences as spiritual within[[footnote continued on next page[[vol. 2, page] 299 the evolution of the eye. in the beginning, every class and family of living species was hermaphrodite and objectively one-eyed. in the animal, whose form w

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ion of created spirits; and that in the intimate association between the spirit-world and the world of matter, the more opaque spirits in the disembodied state were drawn towards the more dense parts of the material world, and therefore tended towards the centre of the earth, where they found the conditions most suited to their state; while the more transparent spirits passed into the surrounding aura of the planet, the most rarified finding their home in its satellite" this relates exclusively to our elementary spirits, and has naught to do with either the planetary, sidereal, cosmic or inter-etheric intelligent forces or "angels" as they are termed by the roman church. the jewish kabalists, especially the practical occultists who dealt with ceremonial magic, busied themselves solely with

d it generates equally life and death, beauty and ugliness, good and bad, and even the agreeable and disagreeable, the beneficent and maleficent sensations. it is that mysterious life, represented collectively by countless myriads of lives, that follows in its own sporadic way, the hitherto incomprehensible law of atavism; that copies family resemblances as well as those it finds impressed in the aura of the generators of every future human being, a mystery, in short, that will receive fuller attention elsewhere. for the present, one instance may be cited in illustration. modern science begins to find out that ptomaine (the alkaloid poison generated by decaying matter and corpses- a life also) extracted[[vol. 1, page] 262 the secret doctrine. with the help of volatile ether, yields a smell

ercury; the egyptian phtha-ra; the grecian zeus cataibates (the descending) of pausanias; the pentacostal fire-tongues; the burning bush of moses; the pillar of fire of the exodus, and the "burning lamp" of abram, the eternal fire of the "bottomless pit; the delphic oracular vapours; the sidereal light of the rosicrucians; the akasa of the hindu adepts; the astral light of eliphas levi; the nerve-aura and the fluid of the magnetists; the od of the reichenbach; the psychod and ectenic force of thury; the psychic force of sergeant cox, and the atmospheric magnetism of some naturalists; galvanism; and finally, electricity- all these are but various names for many different manifestations or effects of the same mysterious, all-pervading cause, the greek archeus" we now add- it is all this and

etism, etc, etc, a substance* mr. clerk maxwell has stated that the pressure of strong sunlight on a square mile is about 3 1/4 lbs. it is, they are told "the energy of the myriad ether waves" and when they call it a "substance" impinging on that area, their explanation is proclaimed unscientific. there is no justification for such an accusation. in no way- as stated[[footnote(s* referring to the aura, one of the masters says in the "occult world "how could you make yourself understood by, command in fact, those semi-intelligent forces, whose means of communication with us are not through spoken words but through sounds and colours in correlation between the vibrations of the two" it is this "correlation" that is unknown to modern science, yet was many times explained by the alchemists* th

but see what paracelsus said of 'nervous ether "the archaeus is of a magnetic nature, and attracts or repels other sympathetic or antipathetic forces belonging to the same plane. the less power of resistance for astral influences a person possesses, the more will he be subject to such influences. the vital force is not enclosed in man, but radiates (within) and around him like a luminous sphere (aura) and it may be made to act at a distance. it may poison the essence of life (blood) and cause diseases, or it may purify it after[[footnote(s* the conductor in the sense of upadhi- a material or physical basis; but, as the second principle of the universal soul and vital force in nature, it is intelligently guided by the fifth principle thereof* and too great an exuberance of it in the nervou

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o tread their path in darkness. the principal method of karma yoga indicated is the preaching of the good law. of course it will be understood that anyone thus unfortunately situated cannot understand the law, but the law is of such virtue that this is not a fatal disadvantage. see liber ccc. 54. behold migmar (mars) as in his crimson veils his .eye. sweeps over slumbering earth. behold the fiery aura of the .hand. of lhagpa (mercury) extended in protecting love over the heads of his ascetics. both are now servants to nyima (the sun) left in his absence silent watchers in the night. yet both in kalpas past were bright nyimas, and may in future .days. again become two suns. such are the falls and rises of the karmic law in nature. the astronomy of the author of this book is not equal to her

ing love over the heads of his ascetics. both are now servants to nyima (the sun) left in his absence silent watchers in the night. yet both in kalpas past were bright nyimas, and may in future .days. again become two suns. such are the falls and rises of the karmic law in nature. the astronomy of the author of this book is not equal to her poetic prose. mercury can hardly be said to have a fiery aura, or to be a silent watcher in the night. nor is it easy to attach any meaning to the statement that mars and mercury were once suns. the theories of transmigration of personality involved are a little difficult! the equinox 58 55. be, o lanoo, like them. give light and comfort to the toiling pilgrim, and seek out him who knows still less than thou; who in his wretched desolation sits starving

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repetitive dream; group dreams; dreams vs out-of-body experiences. rituals spring equinox; summer solstice; autumnal equinox; winter solstice. lesson eight 97 marriage, birth, death and channeling handfasting rite; handparting rite; birth rite; crossing the bridge. the intuitive process-categories of channeling; clearing the channel; external focal points; interpreting channeled information. the aura. sensory deprivation. the witches' cradle. lesson nine 111 divination, tarot; scrying; saxon wands; cheiromancy; tea-leaf reading; numerology; astrology; fire scrying. lesson ten 135 herbalism herbal lore; getting the most out of herbs; simples, syrups, salves, poultices and powders; herb simples; definition of medical actions; herbs in materia medica. botanicals alteratives, anthel-mintics

e things happen. often these people have a peculiar affinity with animals. you may not be like this. you may.well feel somewhat envious of such people. yet you shouldn't feel that way, for the power that these people have and it is a very real power is inherent in all of us. to be sure, that power comes out quite naturally in some, but that doesn't mean that it can't be brought out in others. the aura (which will be dealt with extensively in a later lesson) is a visible manifestation of this power. those able to see the aura and you will become one of these can see it around everyone; again demonstrating that the power is within everyone. witches have always had the power and used it. most of them seem to have it naturally, but not all by any means. for that reason the witches have their o

consistent score, try your hand at other unsealed objects. a friend's ring, for instance. a letter, a photograph, a watch. as you hold the objects, start by thinking of them in themselves. then ask yourself, who has handled them most? where did they come from? when were they made? practice all the time. such an item as a coin has usually passed through too many hands to have gathered any positive aura. concentrate more on objects of an individual nature. whenever possible, check on the results you achieve and keep a written record of them. in this way you can watch your progress. the above exercises can be done quite well in a group. you can even arrange two teams and see which is the more accurate. other exercises and tests will suggest themselves. keep trying. don't be discouraged. and k

involved. a physical illness can be avoided by correcting the probable cause, such as an improper diet, balancing the emotional state, etc. nothing has to be! the channeled information is merely stating that, as conditions exist at the moment, this is the probable result. if the individual desires a different outcome, it is within her or his power to bring it about. we create our own reality. the aura the "body" of wo/man is actually composed of seven distinct elements. the first three (solid, liquid and gas) form the physical body. the fourth element is called the etheric body and interpenetrates the physical. generally the etheric body extends beyond the confines of the physical body by about an inch. next is the astral body. it extends several inches beyond the etheric body. then, beyon

beyond the astral body, are the mental and spiritual bodies. due to their elasticity, and the speed at which they function, it is impossible to define physical limits for these last two. although the vibrations of the non-physical bodies are too high a rate to be detected by the physical eye, the energy patterns that emanate can be seen by the adept. these energy patterns are what is known as the aura. usually the energy of the etheric body is detected, or "seen, first because of its denseness. as your perceptions improve you can begin to detect the energy that radiates beyond the etheric body. often it can be seen flowing, ebbing and spiralling much like the northern lights. the colors detected are usually indicative of the person's state of being. thus, a person with a deeply spiritual s

tioned about trying to see what another person sees. if you and a friend are reading auras, don't be surprised if one of you detects blue and the other detects yellow. neither of you is necessarily wrong. individual sensitivities are different and you are more sensitive to certain vibrations while your friend is more receptive to others. any state of the individual's being causes reactions in the aura. emotional states will primarily affect the color. physical conditions not only affect color, but also cause peculiarities in the patterns of the aura, such as vortexes, holes and sometimes dark spots. you should be careful in your treatment of information concerning auras. you may think that someone has a physical problem because of what seems to be a defect in their aura. ask him if he has

p c to temporarily close the circle whilst gone. on returning, s/he will then need to cut through again (at the same spot; steps a and b, pass through and close as usual with step c, followed by step d to seal it. once magick work is started the circle must not be broken. cone of power we all have power within our bodies. it is this same power that can be used for healing; that can be seen as the aura; that can move inanimate objects; that lets you see things in a crystal ball or in the tarot cards. it is a very awesome power, and when used as you are about to learn, one which can change your very life. when working in a coven, the power can be drawn off from the individuals and contained by the confines of the consecrated circle-blended together to form one massive instrument to "cause ch

results of my research. i am not engaged in rendering medical advice. such advice should be sought from a competent professional person. in lesson ten you studied the use of herbs in the healing process and learned that witches have long been considered community healers. in this lesson you will see some of the other forms of healing used in the craft, plus less obvious applications of herbs. the aura i briefly touched on the aura in an earlier lesson. to recapitulate, the aura is the electrical magnetic energy that emanates from the human body. our bodies, of course, vibrate. animals and plants do the same, for all things radiate energy: a chair, a house, a tree, a flower, a bird. everything is vibration. so everything gives off an aura. this aura can most easily be seen in humans, howeve

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iratory difficulties and skin complaints such as eczema, swellings and thyroid problems. turquoise crystals include aquamarine, malachite, opal and turquoise. blue blue is for ideals, the expansion both of perspective and physical horizons and authority, and for allowing what is not of value to be gradually replaced by higher purpose and direction. blue is called the healing colour because a blue aura is often seen around healers. it is a soothing and cooling natural antiseptic, relieving burns, cuts, bruises, insomnia, inflammation of the skin and mouth, sore throats and childhood rashes and teething pains; blue also lowers high temperatures and high blood pressure. all seite 105 wicca01.txt shades of blue, such as violet and indigo, reduce migraines and headaches. blue crystals include s

as well as women. animus: jung's term for the male power within women and men. ankh: an egyptian symbol of eternal life. archangels: higher orders of angels, celestial beings featuring in the cosmologies of the three major religions of the western world, christianity, judaism, and islam, as well as many other world religions. athame: a double-edged knife used in formal ritual magick. auric field/aura: the personal energy field around all animate life, visible to clairvoyants. beltain: the celtic festival of summer, beginning on 30 april and lasting for three days. seite 177 wicca01.txt bicarmel mind: a way of thinking that uses both hemispheres of the mind, the logical and the intuitive, rather than the left (logical) hemisphere predominating as is normal in adults. book of shadows: a boo

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what is happening inside us at that moment, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. second by second we are broadcasting an energy field that reflects what we think of ourselves. this may not seem to have anything to do with the manipulation of the world, but it is, in fact, at the core of what has happened and continues to happen. you might imagine this process as like casting a magnetic cape or aura around ourselves. under the law of like attracts like, this magnetic energy field, the outer reflection of the inner person, will attract to it compatible energy fields. everything we are what we think xvii is energy, as even mainstream, closed minded science is beginning to appreciate. a person is a series of magnetic energy fields, so is a place, an experience, a situation, everything. life

nceive only of the world they knew and saw all around them. they could remember no other. we return to the central theme of the book: creating our own reality. the prison warder consciousness knows all about this process. our physical reality is the creation of the thoughts we hold onto, past and present. these create a pattern within us which is then cast around us in the form of a magnetic cape/aura. this attracts to us a physical reality in terms of people, places, and events which exactly reflects our inner pattern, how we see ourselves. the key to this reality is thought. if you can manipulate someone's thoughts and view of themselves, you are creating that person's reality and, as a result, their physical experience. more than that, people will generally pass onto their children larg

grammed into their collective psyche. they expect it; they create it. when jewish people as a whole break free from the mind control of their hierarchy and start to let go of those feelings of fear and expectation of prejudice, they will stop attracting such experiences to them. when they openly reject the inherited view of racial superiority, those patterns will disperse from their magnetic cape/aura, and they will cease to attract racism to them. also, like those brought up in the extreme versions of roman catholicism, jewish people need to love themselves and leave behind the guilt their controllers demand that they retain. of all the people i meet, those brought up in the roman catholic and jewish faith are among the most screwed-up, mentally and emotionally. this is no coincidence. bo

imes an upheaval in our lives is necessary to present us with such an opportunity. it seems terrible at the time, but from my own experience and the countless people i have met who have been through this process, you always look back at such events as gifts and not punishment. energy codings in our consciousness are triggered, often by astrological influences, to create change within our magnetic aura and, therefore, our physical lives. this is especially true today with the great transformation upon us. the process i have described is pattern breaking, in this case, our personal thought patterns. but we are also affecting other, collective, thought patterns as we open up to the higher frequencies. a lot of people ask why life can be so tough sometimes, even when we have given our commitme

success. mr rockefeller, dr kissinger, mr carter et al, it's over my friends. i could have been allocated any seat among the three and a half thousand in the arena. i could have gone to any performance of the show over more than a year. but ayem and i were there on that night sitting next to that man. incredible. during the performance i said to ayem that i felt i was taking energy from carter's aura. i didn't know exactly what it was, but there was definitely a flow from him to me. by the end of the show i was feeling a little agitated and later i was seriously agitated. in the end i was writhing around on the bed screaming and growling like some crazed animal. two friends, including ayem, kneeled beside me projecting love towards me. one level of my consciousness was in total control be

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reptilian shape-shifters come in from all over the world and the "men in black" phenomenon has also been connected to them. these are the guys dressed in black suits, who intimidate many ufo researchers and abductees. most appear to be government agents, but there are other expressions of them who do not look serving the dragon: the present (2) 259 "human" in the usual sense. they have a strange aura around them and, many people have reported, they can suddenly "disappear. i remember seeing a garage owner and ufo investigator telling his story on a tv programme about men in black or "mibs. they turned up out of nowhere without a vehicle and yet his garage was in the middle of the countryside, all by itself. after their conversation, they just as quickly vanished and it was impossible for

bone structure and so they do not portray the outer flesh, which is vibrating to a different frequency. x-rays don't show the walls of buildings, just the rods of iron within them for the same reason. look at the world from the x-ray frequency and it looks very different than it does from ours. how an object or person appears depends purely on the frequency from which you are observing. the human aura, as technology has shown, is a mass of different colours (frequencies) that change as our thoughts and emotions (frequencies) change. the x-ray is just one example of 380 children of the matrix frequencies that science has confirmed exist, but we can't see. ultraviolet, gammarays, infra-red, radio waves, etc, are some of the others. but had you suggested to a conventional scientist that any o

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e their effects. these instruments have enabled some of the discoveries in this treatise to be understood. in addition to physical instrumentation, i have also used clairvoyants as human instruments when i have been able to prove conclusively that they have their inner sight open. a true clairvoyant is able to see the energy fields of the aetheric plane such as the light around a person (i.e, the aura, around various activities of light in nature (e.g, around and inside trees and living organisms, around geometrical shapes, around magnets, can see into matter, has both microscopic and telescopic vision and many other remarkable abilities. they can see the flow direction of subtle energy fields, its color, and general shape. my experience in psychic research and psychological testing enable

add together to create a large flow around the magnet. the novel research, in the last century on the odic force, by baron von reichenbach 13, used clairvoyants to study the energies around magnets, people, etc. one of the observations they made was that there was blue energy at the north pole and a red energy at the south pole. holding permanent magnets will charge up a person's energy field or aura. two magnets facing ns-sn have a big bubble of energy between them. shape power can tap the energy flow around magnets. 1.2.4 gravity gravity is also a force related to the aether. as electric charge, e, is a gradient in aether, the gravitational force is a gradient of electric charge (i.e, a grad e. thus, if the aetheric gradient is changed around an atom, the gravity force will also change

nce ley-lines and cause the energy flow intensity to become stronger or weaker. so we can see that if ley lines are influenced by natural and man-made structures then the leys can be controlled and the energy manipulated. those with their inner sight can sometimes see the ley lines under special conditions. dowsers (i.e, motor sensitives) readily detect them with dowsing instruments such as rods, aura meters, etc. 3.3 energy grids according to dowsers there are several types of grids which vary in size and distance above the earth. these are east-west/north-south energy grids that form a natural energy system which covers the entire earth. the curry net and the hartmann net are the two most well known of the earth grids. recent research by bruce cathie, a new zealander, has also discovered

actually moving like the energy moves in an ocean wave. weather conditions such as wind do not affect the green energy flow. the green energy field is not the same as the earth grids. after the tests with sensitives to sense the green energy field, i then informed them of the scooping movement which i had been shown. visual (i.e, clairvoyant) tests after demonstrating the scoop movement showed my aura going from a normal energy level to a brilliant white light radiating all through my auric field and forming an ovoid of white light around me about 4 feet thick around my physical body. in all my research, i have never run across any description of a flowing field of green energy at the surface of the earth. the green energy goes from a minimum of 6 inches to a maximum of three feet above th

on a different aspect of aetheric energy which has little or nothing to do with the green energy field. table 3.5.2-1 green energy transmission through various materials one of the more interesting aspects of transmissibility is the fact that the green energy field does not pass through plastic. for some reason, not only does the green energy not pass through plastic but we found that a person's aura does not pass through plastic. related to this is the fact that synthetic fabrics block the flow of a person's aura while natural fabrics readily pass or conduct the auric energies. natural clothing materials, such as cotton, silk, wool, and leather, all readily conduct auric and other aetheric energies. fabrics such as polyester and acrylics all block aetheric flows. for this reason, i recom

a permanent magnet, the atoms' aetheric flows all add together to create a large flow around the magnet. the seminal research, in the last century, by baron von reichenbach using clairvoyants, studied the energies around magnets. one of the observations they made was that there was blue energy at the north pole and red energy at the south pole. holding permanent magnets will charge up a person's aura. two magnets facing ns-sn have a big bubble of energy between them. shape power can tap the energy flow around magnets. 8.4.1 gravity as summarized in table 8.1-1, the gravitation constant, as grad e, correlates with the seminal work by t. townsend brown. brown discovered that a capacitor will tend to move in the direction of the positive plate. apparent weight loss is the result when the pla

pped and arms moving in circular arcs toward the body, scooping in the energy. the word "bodies" is used to make you think and visualize the energy going into your mental, emotional, physical, and aetheric bodies. the initial scooping should be done with hands close to the ground doing several scoops, and maintain the scooping as you slowly stand up. as the masters stood up, they fluffed up their aura with a circular motion of moving the hands around in arcs bringing energy into the body. also, they seemed to visualize the energy being drawn into the body. at the end, they flicked their hands, flicking off any negatively qualified energy they might have pulled out of their bodies. the main effect of this movement is that it charges up the four lower bodies (i.e, the physical, mental, emoti

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side. these beings represent carnality rather than spirituality, life rather than death, and indulgence rather than repression. in the magical art, i make brief mention of the magician s ability to impose a thought-form onto an object which can influence anyone who comes in contact with it. i suggest that this form of magnetism or mesmerism which is responsible for a place or object developing an aura makes it possible that a god or demon will take on an identity, apart from the magician, as a thought-form. this is essentially a subjective existence, rather than objective existence, and the spirit is fundamentally archetypal in nature, but through the magician s subconscious mind the spirit may assume an identity separate from the magician who summons him and act independent of the magicia

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se" it upon the objective world so that it influences the subjective minds of all those individuals who come into contact with it. objects may be charged with this magical energy and become "charmed" or "cursed. within a magical group or coven a group-consciousness develops and acts as if it were an individual entity. these thoughtforms are also responsible for buildings and locations assuming an aura; becoming "sacred "holy "defiled "unholy, etc. thought-forms were used by egyptian magicians to guard burial chambers and resulted in the deaths of archeologists thousands of years later. this phenomenon cannot be explained by telepathy but is rather a form of magnetism or mesmerism, concerning which much research has also been done. the question arises: if spirits or demons are invoked by th

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itizens. augurs were astrologers, and diviners which interpreted such omens as the flight of birds or the occurrence of thunder and lightening. they were of the noble class, and wore white robes, trimmed in purple. there is an old legend that states that several druids of gaul and britain were converted to a roman religion, and were made augurs for their territories after rome had conquered them. aura: an emanation of energy, or "halo" of colored light given out by, and forming a force-field surrounding all physical objects, including the human body, beasts, plants, and rocks, which people with psychic vision can see or other sensitives can sense. the observed colors of the aura are said to indicate definite emotional states and/or physical and/or mental conditions. don tyson states that b

ords include: mother, abandonment, fertility, alternative parenting- including foster parenting, nurturing, governess, nanny, menopause, ecological, domesticating, animal husbandry, agriculture, survival, compassion, anger. chakras: a sanskrit (hindu) term meaning "wheels" the term is usually pronounced "shah-krah-z" the correct pronunciation is actually "kahk-rahs" these are power centers in the aura (q.v) related to organs or glands in the body. chakras are not in the body per se; they are actually whirls, circles, or lotuses which are seen in the aura. they are in the physical body, because they reside in the astral body. in western magick, the most important are usually seven in number and are located along the spine from the perineum to the crown of the head. opening the chakras resul

begin in a kind of "psychic vacuum. this ritual is celestial in nature. lbrp: the lesser banishing ritual of the pentagram. a general method of abjuration (q.v. a powerful technique popularized by the hermitic order of the golden dawn [g.d (q.v) to rid your area of unwanted negative influences. also a good technique of psychic self defense, as this ritual strengthens, fortifies, and magnifies the aura. this ritual is terrestrial in nature. lemures: see larvae. leo "the lion" in astrology (q.v, the fifth sign of the zodiac (q.v) having the qualities of fixed (q.v) and fire (q.v) and is ruled by the planet sol (the sun (q.v. on the rainbow wand (q.v) and on the lotus wand aries is represented by the color yellow. keywords include: loudly, proudly, powerfully, creatively, dramatically, hearti

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early turned me out for writing the esoteric philosophy of love and marriage, on the grounds that i was betraying the inner teaching of the order, but it was pointed out to her that i had not then got the degree in which that teaching was given, and i was pardoned. she suspended me for some months for writing sane occultism, and finally turned me out because certain symbols had not appeared in my aura a perfectly unanswerable charge. however, i transferred again to yet another section of the order, where, for the first time, i saw justice done to what is, in my opinion, a very great system, and continued my studies without interruption. the fraternity of the inner light" was founded by me in agreement with mrs. mathers, to be an outer court to the "golden dawn" system. all went well at fir

a very great system, and continued my studies without interruption. the fraternity of the inner light" was founded by me in agreement with mrs. mathers, to be an outer court to the "golden dawn" system. all went well at first, and i was in high favour; but presently i fell from grace; why i never knew. no specific charges were ever made against me, save that of not having the proper symbols in my aura. finally i was turned out without reason assigned, save the ridiculous one above. my experiences, when i persisted in using the order system, i have related in psychic self-defence. unpleasant as those experiences were, the fact remains that mrs. mathers' rejection of me did not close the gates of the order to me on either the outer or the inner planes. i personally believe that the temples o

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herwise confusion results. in his valuable book upon the literature of the qabalah, the holy kabalah, mr waite, in the frontispiece, for some reason best known to himself, reverses the usual presentation of the tree; but it may be taken for granted that most representations of the symbol give the objective tree, not the subjective. when the tree is being used to indicate the lines of force in the aura, it is the subjective tree that must be used, so that geburah equates with the right arm. in all cases, of course, the middle pillar remains steadfast. 5. the pillar of severity is considered to be negative or feminine, and the pillar of mercy to be positive or masculine. superficially it may be thought that these attributions lead to incompatible symbolism, but a study of the pillars in the

e sphere on the physical plane in the furniture of the temple; they construct an astral replica of it by concentrated mystical qabala page 52 imagination; and by means of invocation they call down into this temple not made with hands the forces of the sphere of the sephirah they are working upon. 21. these forces stimulate the corresponding chakras of the initiate and wake them to activity in his aura. the process of self-mitiation by the meditations i have described is slower than the processes of ritual initiation, but it is sure enough if persevered with by a suitable person, but one cannot teach a jelly-fish to sing by feeding it on canary-seed. chapter xi the subjective sephiroth 1. as above, so below, man is a miniature macrocosm. all the factors that go to the make-up of the manifes

d the manner in which they lead the mind on from concept to concept when pondered upon. the first sephirah is called the crown, be it noted, not the head. now the crown is something superimposed upon the head, and this gives us a clear hint that kether is of our cosmos, but not in it. we also find its microcosmic correspondence in the thousand-petalled lotus, the sahamsara chakra, which is in the aura immediately above the head. this, i think, teaches [page 112] us clearly that the innermost spiritual essence of anything, whether man or world, is never in actual manifestation, but is always the underlying, behind-standing basis or root whence all springs, belonging in fact to a different dimension, a different order of being. it is this concept of the different types of existence which is

e universe itself; and the microcosm is the individual man. it is said that man is the only being that has a fourfold nature exactly corresponding in its levels to the cosmos. the angels lack the lower planes, and the animals lack the higher planes. 28. the references to the microcosm should not, of course, 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

ne moderns, who fill the divorce courts with abundant evidence of their overflowing philoprogenitiveness. 32. these things we can understand in the light that is thrown on them when they are "placed upon the tree" the two pillars, the positive under chokmah and the negative under binab, correspond respectively to the jda and pingala of the yoga systems. these two magnetic currents, running in the aura parallel to the spine, are called the sun and moon currents. in a male incarnation we work predominantly with the sun current, the fertiliser; in a female incarnation we work predominantly with the moon-forces. if we desire to work with the opposite type of force to that with which we are naturally endowed, we have to do so by using our natural mode as th basis of operations and, as it were "

arily come to attention. it is an extraordinary experience to hear a word of power vibrated. it is an even more extraordinary experience to vibrate it. 73. the archangel of tiphareth is raphael, the "spirit that standeth in the sun" who is also the angel of healing. 74. when the initiate is "working on the tree" that is to say is building up in his imagination a diagram of the tree of life in his aura, he formulates tiphareth in his solar plexus between the abdomen and the breast; if he intends to work in the sphere of the sixth sephirah, and concentrates the power in this centre, he will find that he himself has suddenly become a spirit standing in the sun, with the blazing photosphere all round him. it is one thing to formulate a sephirah in one's aura; but it is quite another to find on

ts are mystical qabala page 145 chosen because their nature is congenial to that of the force to be invoked; or in modern language, because their form suggests the force to the imagination by association of ideas. 86. tiphareth is traditionally associated with the breast, both by virtue of the network of nerves which is called the solar plexus, and by its position when the tree is built up in the aura. consequently the breast jewel of the adept is held to be the focus of the tipharic force, whatever operation may be performed. the actual force, operating in its own sphere, is represented by the magical weapon assigned to it. for instance, an adept performing an operation of the element of water would have as his magical weapon the cup, and with the cup would make all signs, and upon the cu

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we have considered the modus operandi of telepathic suggestion in detail because it forms the real basis of every kind of occult attack. whether it be a discarnate entity, a being of another order of evolution, a demon from the pit, or merely the panic-stricken soul of a selfish friend, clinging to the life of form regardless of consequences, in all cases the opening gambit is the same. until the aura is pierced, there can be no entrance to the soul, and the aura is always pierced from within by the response of fear or desire going out towards the attacking entity. if we can inhibit that instinctive emotional reaction, the edge of the aura will remain impenetrable, and will be as sure a defence against psychic invasion as the healthy and unbroken skin is a defence against bacterial infecti

what little old men and women they are as children. they never have a normal childhood, but always are mentally mature for their years. i persuaded various patients to show me photographs of themselves as children, and was much struck by the elderly, worried expression of the childish faces, as if they had known all of life's problems and burdens. knowing what we do of telepathy and the magnetic aura, it appears to me not unreasonable to suppose that in some way which we do not as yet fully understand, the negative partner of such a rapport is "shorting" on to the positive partner. there is a leakage of vitality going on, and the dominant partner is more or less consciously lapping it up, if not actually sucking it out. such cases are by no of means uncommon, and clear up rapidly when the

hority as evelyn underhill. the average clergyman is not conversant with the technique of occultism, and has therefore little or no understanding of what he is doing. what influences he brings to the altar, and what forces he takes away therefrom, must therefore be an open question in each individual case. a man whose consciousness has been exalted by ritual, and who does not know how to seal his aura and return to normal, is liable to psychic invasion. objects associated with any form of ceremonial operations are invariably highly charged with magnetism and intimately linked with the force whose uses they have served. i remember, many years ago, when i had but little know ledge of occultism and no pretentions at all to psychism, that two friends and myself were amusing ourselves by turnin

e so-called "hallucinations" are due to repressed instincts giving rise to dissociated complexes of ideas in the patient's own subconscious mind. does this mean that the psychic is mistaken in thinking he perceives an astral entity? in my opinion both psychic and psychologist are right, and their findings are mutually explanatory. what the psychic sees is the dissociated complex extruded from the aura as a thought-form. a great deal of relief can be given to lunatics by breaking up the thought-forms that are surrounding them, but unfortunately the relief is short-lived; for unless the cause of the illness can be dealt with, a fresh batch of thought-forms is built up as soon as the original ones are destroyed. chapter vii 35 of 103 the pathology of non-human contacts there are other forms o

hanged and de-humanised if exposed to it for long periods without the companionship of others of their race. natives, on the other hand, seem to enter into it and be part of it. it is well known how often trees are objects of worship in all parts of the world. they have very marked personalities and strong magnetic fields. in the spring, when the sap is rising, even non-psychics can often see the aura of a tree. it can best be seen by getting at a distance of a couple of hundred yards and looking at the sky beyond the top of the tree. the aura will then be perceived as a whitish cloud, like a patch of lighter-coloured sky, surrounding the top of the tree, and usually swaying gently from side to side. there is a curious antagonism between elms and humanity, and about orchids all sensitive p

rges 300 for one of the initiations he confers; and he will give it to anyone who has got 300. in my opinion, the person who pays out 300 for such a purpose deserves the kind of initiation he is going to get. it is also a bad sign when an occultist makes free with signs and wonders before the uninitiated. no genuine adept ever does this. the person who reads your past incarnations, describes your aura, rolls up his eyes, twitches, and gives you a message from your master as soon as he is introduced, is a person to be avoided. the more i see of the occult movement, the more i am amazed at the things people can say and do and "get away with" the average person is out of his depth when he deals with psychic matters. he usually goes through three phases. firstly, he thinks it is all superstiti

to fire a gnn and avoid the recoil. having invoked and concentrated his force, our sorcerer has next to consider his target. he has to get into astral contact with his victim. in order to do this, he must form a rapport, not quite as easy as might be imagined. first he has to find his victim and establish a point of contact in his sphere, and then, working from this base, succeed in piercing his aura. an unfocussed force is not very much use. a focus has to be achieved. the usual method is to obtain some object which is impregnated with the intended victim's magnetism, a lock of hair, nail-paring, or something habitually worn or handled. such an object is magnetically connected with its owner, and the sorcerer can work up the trail and thus enter the sphere of his victim and establish a r

mentals are something more than subjective images, and have an objective etheric existence and play their part in the genesis of certain experiences. for instance, a person may have dreams and phantasies of a lascivious nature, and these may give rise to their characteristic thought-forms; these thought-forms, now existing independently of the mind that originally conceived them, and being in the aura of that person, give him suggestion just as any other thought-forms projected telepathically from the mind of another person might do. we little realise the extent to which we give ourselves telepathic suggestion by means of extruded thought-forms. we are, in fact, ensphered by our own atmospheres, emanated by ourselves. i remember being told as a child that if a bird-cage were hung immediate

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or impossible for an advanced, extraterrestrial race, any more than an australian aborigine of the 18th century could have judged what was possible for europeans landing on his shores. i do think that if an alien species traveled across the gulf of space to earth, it would not be intent on concealing itself, and very likely would not be able to conceal itself even if it wished to do so. the very aura of uncertainty surrounding ufo accounts renders them less plausible, in my view. first contact with an alien race is apt to be clear, sustained, and impossible to mistake for anything else. it seems to me that ufo sightings represent a psychological phenomenon of considerable interest for what it reveals about the workings of the human mind. it is a phenomenon that has been occurring for many

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ampire and its victim can be broken, sooner or later death of the victim will result from suicide, drugs, alcoholism, accident through weakness or inattention, or the inability to fight off disease. the vampire and his or her victim can be recognized by their relative energy levels, by the subservience of the victim and dominance of the vampire, and by the colors and strengths of their auras (the aura of a psychic vampire is bright, flaring, florid, and feverish; the aura of the victim is dark, dirty, grey, spotted, and weak. the third type of true vampire is little known outside the circles of the hermetic arts. it is a type of parasitic spirit that feeds upon the vital energy of human beings. these spirit vampires are known by various names. often they adopt the opposite sex to their vic

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how or why the rituals work [25, pp. 320-321. followers accept the designers as authorities solely based on the designers personal testimonials. if a designer says that a ritual works, the follower accepts it as fact and does not seek scientific or even theological explanations. for example, if a crystal healer states that speaking a particular sentence to a pink stone will improve the follower s aura, the follower will unquestioningly do it, evidence and explanations be damned. anton lavey thus provides recipes for rituals in both the satanic bible and the satanic rituals, but does not humor the reader with explanations beyond nebulous hints at bioelectricity, directed emotional force, adrenaline, cosmic push/pull effects, tumblers in a combination lock, etc [6, pp. 135, 143; 15, pp. 17

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ology and the experimental esp participation among laymen, and to stimulate interest in scientific research and encourage public involvement in future research. the foundation offered a complete course in parapsychology, including basic theories, principles, and histories of phenomena involving telepathy, clairvoyance, hypnosis, and sensory awareness, and psychometry, psychokinesis, and the human aura. it maintained a consultation and advisory service and awards a certificate after completion of the prescribed course of study in the advancement of psychic research and human understanding. last known address: po box 5395, 15446 sherman way, sherman oaks, ca 91413. american psychical institute and laboratory a short-lived parapsychology facility organized in new york in 1920 by hereward carr

piritual awakening that included her adopting a new age perspective. in 1979, she underwent some past-life therapy. in her first session she experienced herself sitting on a mountain listening to jesus teach. as she watched, several spaceships flew above him. she experienced a direct contact with jesus through her third eye and was flooded with light. when she came out of the session, she saw the aura of the regressionist and her own reflected in a mirror. she later came to understand the vision and the empowerment she felt in the light of extraterrestrials. she believed her healing had been overseen by the pleiadians and the spaceships she saw from sirius. she began to teach classes and workshops and became a fulltime teacher in 1985. she also began to make jewelry and sell gemstones, wor

parapsychology foundation, 1972. parapsychology today: a geographic view. new york: parapsychology foundation, 1971. angoff, allan, and diana barth, eds. parapsychology and anthropology. new york: parapsychology foundation, 1973. angoff, allan, and betty shapin, eds. proceedings of an international conference: a century of psychical research. new york: parapsychology foundation, 1971. angstadt, l(aura) jean (1931) parapsychologist who has conducted experiments on teachers and pupils in esp. she was born april 10, 1931, in carlisle, pennsylvania, and studied at pennsylvania state university (b.s, 1953) and st. john s university, jamaica, new york (m.s, education, 1961. angstadt, for a time, was a teacher, then became a guidance counselor to westbury high school on long island, in 1960. sour

s question to the control of the famous medium d. d. home, he received the following answer: at times we make passes over the individual to cause him to see us, sometimes we make the actual resemblance of our former clothing, and of what we were, so that we appear exactly as we were known to you on earth; sometimes we project an image that you see, sometimes you see us as we are, with a cloudlike aura of light around us. the perception is not restricted to the small hours of the night or to times of seclusion. it may occur publicly and at the most unexpected moments, a fact demonstrated by a ghost in evening dress seen one morning in a london street in 1878. as the daily telegraph reported: a woman fled in affright, the figure had a most cadaverous look, but the next person the apparition

wami, with frederick manchester. the spiritual heritage of india. garden city, n.y: doubleday, 1963. atziluth encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. 116 wood, thomas e. the mandukya upanishad and the agama shastra: an investigation into the meaning of the vedanta. honolulu: university of hawaii press, 1990. aum see association for the understanding of man aum magazine see anahata nada aura an emanation said to surround human beings, chiefly encircling the head and supposed to proceed from the nervous system. it is described as a cloud of light suffused with various colors. this is seen clairvoyantly, being imperceptible to the physical sight. some authorities trace the existence of the aura in such biblical instances as the bright light shining about moses, which the children o

light, and st. charles borromeo was similarly illuminated. this is said to be due to the fact that when a person is engaged in lofty thought and spiritual aspiration, the auric colors become more luminous and translucent and therefore more easily discernible. in christian art, around the heads of saints and the sacred characters is portrayed the halo, or nimbus, which is supposed to represent the aura. medieval saints and mystics distinguished four different types of aura; the nimbus, the halo, the aureola, and the glory. the first two stream from the head, the aureola from the whole body, the glory is a combination of the two. theosophists speak of five divisions: the health aura, the vital aura, the karmic aura, the aura of character, and the aura of spiritual nature. clairvoyants often

istinguished four different types of aura; the nimbus, the halo, the aureola, and the glory. the first two stream from the head, the aureola from the whole body, the glory is a combination of the two. theosophists speak of five divisions: the health aura, the vital aura, the karmic aura, the aura of character, and the aura of spiritual nature. clairvoyants often claim the ability to see the human aura. from its colors they draw inferences as to the emotional state of character. brilliant red means anger and force; dirty red, passion and sensuality; brown, avarice; rose, affection; yellow, intellectual activity; purple, spirituality; blue, religious devotion; green, deceit and jealousy; a deeper shade of green, sympathy. polish psychic stephan ossowiecki occasionally saw a kind of dark aura

sh psychic stephan ossowiecki occasionally saw a kind of dark aura that always meant the approach of unexpected death. it is also thought that the colors of the body and clothing in medieval paintings and stained glass are intended to represent the auric colors of the person portrayed. the crowns and distinctive headdresses worn by the kings and priests of antiquity are said to be symbolic of the aura. in many of the sacred books of the east, representations of the great teachers and holy men are given with the light extending around the whole body. instances of this may be found in the temple caves of india and ceylon, in the japanese buddhistic books, also in egypt, greece, mexico, and peru. in occult literature the tradition of the aura is an old one. paracelsus mentioned it in the sixt

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ic writing, he produced psychic art in the manner of thomas bewick, thomas rowlandson, aubrey beardsley, paul keel, henri matisse, picasso, and other great names with remarkable fidelity to the artists styles. he also discovered an ability to bend spoons in a manner similar to that manifested by uri geller and to record startling demonstrations of some unknown force in himself by means of kirlian aura photography. matthew duplicated the geller effect of starting inactive clocks and watches, as well as radios, tape recorders, music boxes, and even electric lights. he had a premonition of the june 1975 plane crash near kennedy airport that killed 121 people, as well as the 1975 subway train disaster at moorgate station, england, in which 43 people died. while touring japan, he appeared on te

tes that the spirit is at the first moment quite unclothed, as at birth. when the thought of nakedness crosses the spirit s mind, there comes the clothing which you need. the idea with us is creative. we think and the thing is. i do not remember putting on any garments. her observation was confirmed by caroline d. larsen in my travels in the spirit world (1927: from every spirit emanates a strong aura, a pseudophosphoric light. this aura is completely controlled by the mind. out of this substance is moulded the vesture of the body. about a conscious projection of his astral body, sylvan j. muldoon observed: on one occasion i noticed the clothing forming itself out of the emanation surrounding my astral body, when only a few feet out of coincidence, and the clothing was exactly like that co

f the body. about a conscious projection of his astral body, sylvan j. muldoon observed: on one occasion i noticed the clothing forming itself out of the emanation surrounding my astral body, when only a few feet out of coincidence, and the clothing was exactly like that covering my physical body. on another occasion i awakened and found myself moving along at the intermediate speed. a very dense aura surrounded me.so dense, in fact, that i could scarcely see my own body. it remained so until the phantom came to a stop, when i was dressed in the typical ghost like garb. the idea of a power to form spirit clothing seems to have emerged slowly in materialization seances, where the formation of spirit drapery came to be viewed as preliminary to the building up of the body. it served, some spe

anced somnambules soon gained popularity and increasing trust. in the united states the students of mesmerism believed they had discovered a new science.phreno-mesmerism. j. rhodes buchanan, r. h. collyer, and rev. la roy sunderland contended for the honor of the first discovery. buchanan mapped out an entirely new distribution of the phrenological organs in 1843 and developed the theory of nerve-aura as a connecting link between will and consciousness. the title page of collyer s psychography; or, the embodiment of thought (philadelphia, 1843) represented two persons looking into a bowl, illustrating, in collyer s words, that when the angle of incidence from my brain was equal to the angle of reflection from her brain she distinctly saw the image of my thought at the point of coincidence

the will of the experimenters and paranormal movements (joseph maxwell, metapsychical phenomena, 1905. exteriorization of motricity was postulated in the case of eusapia palladino by enrico morselli, theodor flournoy, gustav geley, and hereward carrington. essentially the same theory was advanced earlier, in 1875, by francis gerry fairfield in ten years with spiritual mediums, suggesting a nerve aura that surrounds every organic structure, capable of receiving sensory impressions, acting as a force and assuming any desired shape. the nerve aura, however, suggests something different from ectoplasm. it suggests the presence of a third factor, a nervous force to which both the medium and the sitters contribute. during the levitation of a table in the margery seances on june 23, 1923, the si

ty for psychical research in london formed a committee to report on reichenbach phenomena. the committee s first report was published in the society s proceedings and contributions on the subject also appeared from time to time in the proceedings and the journal of the society for psychical research. reichenbach s experiments with od made an interesting comparison with the phenomenon of the human aura reported by walter j. kilner, oscar bagnall and others, and also with the research of wilhelm reich and his concept of orgone energy. sources: bagnall, oscar. the origin and properties of the human aura. new hyde park, n.y: university books, 1970. kilner, walter j. the human aura. new hyde park, n.y: university books, 1965. reich, wilhelm. the discovery of the orgone. 2 vols. new york, 1948

ribed the picture of a young lady known to the listener, but then at a distant location, and told him that she was not dead and yet not actually in the room. turvey demonstrated this faculty intermittently from 1905 to 1908, but complained that it was a great strain on the brain and that too frequent use would lead to very serious injury. in most cases, he reported that he saw. through a halo, or aura, of bright heliotrope, or pale violet-coloured fire, the flashes or sparks of which do not appear to cover all the window, so to speak, but to leave the centre clear and colourless, and in that centre appears the person or object that is seen. another extraordinary thing is that occasionally a part of my mentality seems to ooze out of me, and to run along the line for a little distance, say a

3301, honokaa, hi 96727. it has a website at http//www.users.totalise.co.uk/ tmd/person.htm. the measurable growth of interest in physiognomy associated with the new age movement can be traced both to personology and to the influx of chinese into north america since 1965. pushing the practice of physiognomy ahead is rose rosetree, a former transcendental meditation instructor who now teaches both aura readings and face readings and trains teachers in suburban washington, d.c. based on her initial study of both european and chinese texts, she developed her own new system of physiognomy. she is the author of one of the most popular contemporary texts in the field, the power of face encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. physiognomy 1209 reading. she may be contacted through her w

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off again, this time going to mars, then to venus. after a short stay there, a female pilot, mondra-oleeka, a venusian, relieved andra-o-leeka, and the ship went on to clarion, a planet hidden on the other side of the sun (clarion first ap- andra-o-leeka and mondra-o-leeka 21 pears in contactee stories after truman bethurum reported meeting a scow [a small spacecraft] and its pilot, the beautiful aura rhanes, who hailed from that planet) after a short stop on clarion, vea-o-mus took a two-hour journey to a planet called oreon (as opposed to orion, a constellation. standing horse stayed there for two days. oreon, he reported, was a beautiful planet, so lovely that as a man of the gospel he wondered if he were in heaven. heaven is a long way from here, he was told (dean, 1964. while there, h

ts drove him back to a hollywood bus station in a car without wheels and powered by electromagnetic energy. two cops were arresting two men on the corner, standing horse wrote to john w. dean, and were they dumbfounded when they saw the car come down and let me out! standing horse claimed to have met mondra- o-leeka one more time on the streets of cedko, california, on october 11, 1962. see also: aura rhanes; bucky; contactees further reading dean, john w, 1964. flying saucers and the scrip- tures. new york: vantage press. angel of the dark on several occasions, new age writer alice bryant has encountered the angel of the dark, who sometimes calls herself an angel of the divine plan. the angel stands nearly three stories tall. large, matte-dark feathers with iridescent tips cover her. she

ignatius, 1882. atlantis: the antediluvian world. new york: harper. ellis, richard, 1998. imagining atlantis. new york: alfred a. knopf. omar, steve, 1996. history of the golden ages, volume i. http//www.nii.net/ obie/historygold. htm spence, lewis, 1924. the problem of atlantis. london: rider. steiner, rudolf, 1968. cosmic memory: prehistory of earth and man. west nyack, ny: paperback li- brary. aura rhanes heavy-equipment operator truman bethurum encountered the beautiful aura rhanes, captain of a scow (spaceship) from the idyllic planet clarion, on the other side of the moon, in the early morning hours of july 28, 1952, in the nevada desert. when male crew members ushered him inside the craft, parked in an area known locally as mormon mesa, bethurum saw aura rhanes for the first time. s

18, did she reveal her name. once he spotted her walking down a street in las vegas, but she refused to speak with him, apparently not wanting to be recognized. bethurum participated actively in the 1950s contact movement. most outside observers believed him to be a hoaxer. his wife, mary, apparently felt otherwise. she divorced him in 1956 on the grounds that he was having sexual relations with aura rhanes. as with many other contactees from that period, it is impossible to judge just what bethurum believed or did not believe about his reported interactions with extraterrestrials. a privately kept scrapbook published after his death carried a poem titled third visit to mormon mesa aug 18 1952 commemorating the meeting in which aura rhanes let him touch her to convince him of her physical

pbook consist of clippings about himself and of materials lending support to his story. though a skeptic of contact claims, british writer hilary evans remarks that we still have no yardstick whereby we can separate contactees into genuine and fake, and until we can establish some such criteria, we must provisionally extend the benefit of the doubt even to poor old truman bethurum and cute little aura rhanes from the far side of the sun (evans, 1987. see also: bethurum, truman; contactees further reading bethurum, truman, 1954. aboard a flying saucer. los angeles: devorss and company, 1982. personal scrapbook. scotia, ny: arcturus book service. evans, hilary, 1987. gods, spirits, cosmic guardians. wellingborough, northamptonshire, england: aquarian press. aurora martian an article in the a

llingborough, northamptonshire, england: aquarian press. aurora martian an article in the april 19, 1897, edition of the dallas morning news told an extraordinary story in a very few words. datelined aurora, forty-five miles northwest of dallas, it related that a mysterious airship had crashed into a local windmill at 6 a.m. two days earlier. on colliding, it went to pieces with a terrific ex- 34 aura rhanes plosion, scattering debris over several acres of ground, wrecking the windmill and tower and destroying [windmill owner judge j. s. proctor s] flower garden, correspondent s. e. haydon wrote. haydon went on to report that citizens who rushed to the scene found the body of a badly disfigured being whom one observer identified as a martian. the story concluded with the news that the fune

the waters of this earth. new york: world publishing company. bethurum, truman (1898 1969) truman bethurum was one of the stars of the 1950s contactee movement. in a 1953 issue of saucers magazine, bethurum reported that in the early morning hours of july 28, 1952, he met eight little men of latin appearance and was led to a nearby flying saucer. there he met the captain, a beautiful woman named aura rhanes from clarion, a planet never visible to humans because it is always on the other side of the moon. clarion, bethurum was informed, is a peaceful, utopian world; fear of nuclear war on earth had led the clarionites to visit and observe earthlings at first hand. bethurum claimed further contacts. in the mid-1950s, bethurum established a communelike sanctuary of thought in prescott, arizo

mained active on the circuit until his death in landers, california, on may 21, 1969. two early chroniclers of the contactee subculture found themselves favorably and very deeply impressed with mr. bethurum s unimaginative sincerity (reeve and reeve, 1957. another apparent believer was mary bethurum, his first wife, who divorced him on the grounds that he was engaged in a sexual relationship with aura rhanes. more cynical observers, such as saucer news editor james w. moseley, judged bethurum to be a liar, motivated by a desire to enrich himself at believers expense. bethurum refused to undergo polygraph examination to verify his story, and when asked to submit, for scientific analysis, a letter said to have been composed by aura rhanes, he declined, explaining that paper on clarion is mad

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by the group-spirit from without entirely and it is the group-spirit which generates the life-giving currents responsible for the animation in these creatures; these currents pass inwards to sustain the nascent life until it shall be able to respond and begin to send currents outwards from itself) these radiant lines of force emanating invisibly to the physical sight from our dense bodies are our aura, as already stated, and while the color of each individual's aura differs from that of all other individuals there is nevertheless a basic or ground color showing its status in the scale of evolution. in the lower races this ground color is a dull red like the color of a slow burning fire, indicating their passionate, emotional nature. when we examine people upon a somewhat higher rung of the

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

triune man below, after the type of a triune god above. many ancient nations have regarded, and some existing onesman's blood and generation 315still regard man as a much more complex being.thehindoo philosophies teach that man is a sevenfold being having a material envelope (1) as its lowest form. then they see a tenuous, ethereal prototype of the material body and call it the astral form (2) or aura; then a vital principle called prana (3) or jiva; then a body of passion or desire, the animal soul called kama (4. above these is the mental sphere, the human soul which is the mind or manas (5, supervised by the spiritual soul they call buddhi (6) the fount of wisdom and above all is atma, a flame from the lamp of god. they say the true ego is the manas, the human mind or soul, always strug

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it is not hallucination, as has been proved over and over again, when actual scenes and actual occurrences have been seen in this way which were absolutely impossible to be seen by the natural eye, or known of. now the question arises, is there any scientific or physical explanation of this? and there certainly is,ifwe accept the philosophy of the tatwas. because the atmosphere of the world, its aura in fact, is bounded, and rigorously bounded, at the distance of some few miles from the earth where the air ceases; and there, according to the philosophy of the tatwas, the solar prana passes through the akas to merge into the terrestrial prana. or, to put it in perhaps a more intelligible form to those who are not familiar with the eastern language, the blue vault of the sky may be compared

call the infinitely little in the primordial cell. and so exactly was it in the creation of the universe, and so wasitinthecreation of man. the two centres were there, the brain and heart. for each human being is the inmost and most material heart and centre of an akasa of his own- that is to say, every human being is surrounded by a sphereofsome sort, which, in theosophical language, we call his aura.thataura is what the human being is conscious of, and he is consciousofnothing else. and in this sphere the tatwic currents operate; now here comes a pointc.,it is a doctrine of the tatwic philosophy, that the aura of each man is therealman. the physical body which we see is merely the stula sharira, but everybody knows quite well that the physical human body is not all summed up in the mere

t is a doctrine of the tatwic philosophy, that the aura of each man is therealman. the physical body which we see is merely the stula sharira, but everybody knows quite well that the physical human body is not all summed up in the mere material flesh and bones which we share with all animals- there is much of our intellectual and emotional nature which is as physical as the body. now how does the aura make itself felt to others without. as some mystical philosophers have said, the difference lies entirely within, the difference between the man who is a saint,212 the sorcerer and his apprenticeand the man who is a depraved and sensual animal is such that it can be felt directly he enters a room.ifthat be the case, how is it possible to say that the difference between these two men is entire

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

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ire. raise yourself up in through the aethyr, from which you are floating and rising in the sky. as you rise begin to visualize a great angel before you. there is a great wind which is violent and rushing about you and this seraph. the angel is illuminated in bright light, with eyes that are black despite the beautiful and strong continence of this being. the face is saturnine yet strong, and the aura you sense is tinctured with darkness beneath the surface. the body of the angel is almost flame, and his crown is an emerald brilliance. in the hand of this angel is a forked staff, which is cruel looking and sharp. the wings of this fire djinn are black and sharp, indicating an infernal aspect not so visible in the flames of self. as you stare into the eyes of azazel, called lucifer or azal

GOLDEN DAWN LESSER BANISHING RITUAL OF THE PENTAGRAM LBRP

al work, such as a ceremony or meditation. as an exorcism the lesser ritual of the pentagram can be used by the neophyte as a protection against impure magnetism, and as a practical form of exorcism, to eliminate obsessing or disturbing thoughts. in this the neophyte should first formulate a mental image of the obsession or disturbing thought, then s/he should project the image outside of his/her aura with the sign of projection (sign of horus, and when the image is approximately three feet away, the neophyte should give the sign of silence (sign of harpocrates) to prevent the image from returning unto him or her. with the image of the obsession or disturbing thought in the east, the neophyte should then perform the lesser banishing ritual of the pentagram to disintegrate the image, seeing

n the magician is enclosed. the last phrase of the ritual declares the pentagrams aflame about him, and invokes once again the holy guardian angel so that the operation is sealed with the stamp of the divine light (see figure 87, in regardies tol) one of the highly significant and important results of this ritual, if rightly performed in the manner indicated, is the cleansing of the entire sphere/aura of personality. only a little practice will demonstrate to us as to whether we are succeeding in obtaining the required effect. there should be a clear sense, unmistakable in its manifestation, as of cleanliness, even of holiness and sanctity, as though the whole being were gently but thoroughly purged, and that every impure and unclean element had been dispersed and annihilated. just as a pl

GOLDEN DAWN RITUALS Z1

is there as the affirmer of the powers of moisture, n, reflected through the tree into dwh. the cup is the receptacle of this, filled from dwh so as to transmit its forces into twklm, restoring and purifying the vital forces therein by cold and moisture "goddess of the scale of the balance at the black pillar" is the name of stolistes, and she is "the light shining through the waters upon earth" aura-mo-ooth, and there is a connection between her and the aurim or urim of the hebrews. the dadouchos is stationed toward the midst of the southern part of the hall, to the southwest of the white pillar whose base is in jxn and is there as the affirmer of the powers of o reflected down the tree to jxn. the censer is the receptacle thereof, the transmitter of the fires of jxn to twklm, restoring

t, pointed ears well pricked up. his nemyss is purple banded with white. he wears a collar of yellow and purple bands, and a tunic of yellow flecked with tufts of black hair. his body is red. his waist cloth is yellow striped with purple, and from it hangs a lion s tail. his ornaments are purple and gold. his phoenix wand and ankh are blue. he stands on a pavement of purple and yellow. stolistes: aura-mo-ooth. the light shining through the waters upon earth. goddess of the scales of the balance at the black pillar. aura-mo-ooth is mainly in blue. her face and body are natural. she wears a blue crown of the north from which springs a delicate gold plume, over a vulture headdress of orange and blue. her collar is orange and blue, she carries a blue ankh and a lotus wand, having an orange lot

GOLDEN DAWN RITUALS Z2

ion thereof, and raised in the air erect. j. let the aspirant now slowly recite an oration unto the gods and unto the higher self (as that of the second adept in the entering of the vault, but as if with his astral consciousness which is projected to the east of the altar. note: if at this point the aspirant should feel a sensation as of faintness coming on, let him at once withdraw the projected aura and properly master himself before proceeding any further) k. then let the aspirant pass unto the north, and facing east solemnly repeat the oration of the hierophant, as before endeavoring to project the speaking conscious self to the place of the hierophant (in this case, to the throne of the east. then, let him slowly mentally formulate before him the eidolon of a great angel torch-bearer

GOLDEN DAWN RITUALS ZAM1

gemon is m, spirit, and the principal officer. she reconciles from east to west, and from north to south, and in a circular formulrtthe 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 ritua

order does not deny such things as psychic vampires, intentional or unintentional. most of us know people who are well meaning and perhaps not intentionally negative, but when you are around them you find that your energy is just depleted, drained, or much less. the rose cross ritual is a good protection from them. it provides mild invisibility because the nature of the ritual itself contains the aura. some occultists feel that one's aura, or the auric body of a person, actually sees the auric body of another long before the physical eyes do. be as it may, you can remove the possibility of them seeing you without them at least having the intention of doing so. in highlight, this is a good ritual if you want to go unnoticed. however, it is not pure invisibility in the sense that if a person

GOLDEN DAWN RITUALS ZAM10

e, and concealment. i am the great one invisible of the paths of the shades. i am without fear, though veiled in darkness, for within me, though unseen, is the magic of the light divine" go round, knock as before, halt in north, formulate pillars, and the blueblack egg between them. then pass to east. step 19 do the rose cross, keeping your hands close to your body. dedicate it to containing your aura within the black egg. say "invisible, i cannot pass by the gate of the invisible, save by the virtue of the name of light" step 20 formulate the shroud forcibly. say" i am the light shrouded in darkness. i am the wielder of the forces of the balance" 9 step 21 concentrate the shroud mentally. go to the west of the altar, and remain standing. say "o thou divine creature of the creative darknes

GOLDEN DAWN RITUALS ZAM11

upon a lonely hill, the light of the red rose upon the golden cross. oh thou beautiful one, thou red rose of life and light, teach me of death, teach me of life, teach me of self sacrifice, so that i may not shrink in my hour of trial, but that my name may be written upon high and my genius stand in the presence of the holy one, blessed be he" step 5 standing in the east facing west, expand your aura and create an animated shell of yourself from your own nephesch through your ruach. vibrate your power name (motto) into the creation of this form. step out of it and then go to the altar in the west facing east and look at yourself. 4 invocation of hru "i invoke thee by the divine name of iao, thou great angel hru, who art set over the operations of secret wisdom as the sphinx is set over th

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concentrate now on the power rather than the color; the power and energy that you are circulating should now remain brilliant white. step 2 in the circulation of this geyser fountain of white light, the power and energy should, by force of will, be drawn up through center of your body, and then with an exhalation, the energy should be directed down the left side and so on until all areas of your aura have been expanded to its maximum potential. as the aura expands, begin forming it into the god form of osiris. step 3 when the god form becomes extremely strong, make the lvx symbols with your arms, and vibrate hcwhy hwchy. feel the energy expand from your heart center until it encompasses your whole body. concentrate, now, only on the divine white brilliance above you, and vibrate iao and c

GRAHAM HANCOCK FINGERPRINTS OF THE GODS

arther away were more mounds not yet investigated by archaeologists. to my right was a ball court. in that long, i-shaped arena, terrible gladitorial games had been staged in ancient times. teams, or sometimes just two individuals pitted against each other, would compete for possession of a rubber ball; the losers were decapitated. the idols on the platform behind me had a solemn and intimidating aura. i stood up to look at them more closely. their sculptor had given them hard, implacable faces, hooked noses and hollow eyes and they seemed without sympathy or emotion. what interested me most, however, was not so much their ferocious appearance as the objects that they clutched in their hands. archaeologists admitted that they didn t really know what these objects were but had tentatively i

ient even then, and therefore originated long before the dawn. we cannot say how long. the fact remains that no scholar has ever been able to establish a date for the creation of any myth, let alone for these venerable and widespread traditions. in a very real sense they seem always to have been around part of the permanent baggage of human culture. 2 the possibility cannot be ruled out that this aura of vast antiquity is not an illusion. on the contrary, we have seen that many of the great myths of cataclysm seem to contain accurate eye-witness accounts of real conditions experienced by humanity during the last ice age. in theory, therefore, these stories could have been constructed at almost the same time as the emergence of our subspecies homo sapiens sapiens, perhaps as long as 50,000

n for a long, quiet moment. his effigy had been carved out of stuccoed wood, entirely covered with black resin, then painstakingly inlaid with gold, alabaster, calcite, obsidian and silver materials used to particular effect in the eyes, which glittered watchfully with an unsettling sense of fierce and focused intelligence. at the same time his finely etched ribs and lithe musculature gave off an aura of understated strength, energy and grace. captured by the force field of this occult and powerful presence, i was vividly reminded of the universal myths of precession i had been studying during the past year. canine figures moved back and forth among these myths in a manner which at times had seemed almost plotted in the literary sense. i had begun to wonder whether the symbolism of dogs, w

GREENFIELD ALLEN SECRET CIPHER OF THE UFONAUTS

ystery, up until the discovery of the cipher of the ufonauts. barker, a close ally of james w. moseley, died suddenly in the early 1980s. bell, dr. fred, contactee in communication with a female ufonaut, one semjase, a pleiadean being, since 1971. semjase has shown up in a number of other cases over the last twenty or so years. bethurum, truman, became a contactee in 1952, with the female ufonaut aura rhanes from the planet clarion. a physical contactee of the adamski type, bethurum seemed a down-to- earth person with an extraordinary story to tell. secret cipher of the ufonauts 9 bimstein, louis m, also known as max theon and aia aziz. the son of a polish rabbi, bimstein traveled in nineteenth century egypt and became a disciple of the coptic initiate paolos metamon, under whom he became

or the cipher to be exploited by adepts, and at least another 10 for you to read about it. but in the meantime, as if the phenomena responded to obscure events in human history, after 1973 the rules, for the most part, were different. the last classical ufo flap was in 1973, and this itself emphasized the growing contact without communication with impersonal nonhuman aliens very unlike orthon and aura rhanes. grays and blonds were always present in ufo lore, although mostly in france and latin america prior to the 73 flap. indeed, the betty and barney hill abduction case was, when it appeared in the 1960s, a total departure in american close encounter cases. but, after 1973, the personal aliens with funny names were nearly universally replaced with blonds and grays. dr. fred bell s semjase

ence, pointing the way to whatever the essence of the encounter is. the clues in the adamski case would have yielded to the initiate of these runes, for example, that the yamski reincarnation episode was bound to happen immediately upon adamski s death. this leads to the well-known scientific prerequisite the ability to predict the results of an experiment. for example, truman bethurum s contact, aura rhanes, a female and thus unusual in the history of contactee accounts, has the cipher meaning of female. one would then expect, in future funny-name cases with female entities, some cipher reference to the femaleness of the being hidden in the being s name. thus, when semjase arrives in fred bell s life, we are not surprised to find her name the equivalent of gynander, the female in a so-cal

esearch for this book is dictated by necessity of illustration, not any attempt to create qabalistic connections. all the more reason to note, therefore, the frequency of the number 11, the number of magick, and ciphers. ala aziz= 65= 6+ 5= 11( aziz or max theon was a secret chief of the hermetic brothers of egypt) aiwass= 38= 3+ 8= 11 morya= 56= 5+ 6= 11 ashtar= 47= 4+ 7= 11 firkon= 83= 8+ 3= 11 aura rhanes= 92= 9+ 2= 11 fact= 56= 5+ 6= 11 (remember that ray palmer always said his personal advantage regarding ufos was to judge a case by his secret fact) secret cipher of the ufonauts 41 aleister crowley called 11 the great magical number, as uniting the antithesis of 5 and 6 etc (see aia aziz, fact and morya, above) and further, the general number of magick, or energy tending to change. re

ht. this was a distress beacon, disguised as a contact episode. the whole mothman thing was a distress beacon that failed. ahg: so the whole mystery can be decoded in this way? trw: probably. ahg: so are you a secret chief. trw: that would be telling. 76 allen h. greenfield 77 appendix one select control names from mediumship, adepts hip and contacteeism ashtar, maat, thor, osomo all= 47 (4+7=11) aura rhanes= 92 (9+2=11) morya, voltra, manco all= 56 (5+6=11) val thor= 60= ra disc. master aetherius= 224= elixir of life& god but, curiously, also indrid cold+carl ardo+lanulus (the complete myth cycle) aura rhanes= 92= female and let her. she is one of the few contacts who is named and female. orlon= 42= sananda and zago+zo orthon= jesus and lomec haa ton= 64= markon j.w= 19= ro (see shaver my

GRERALD SCHUELER AN ADVANCED GUIDE TO ENOCHIAN MAGICK

e first aethyr lil is dualistic. however, aboye lil, man is monadic. this monadic nature, often called "monadic essence" in occult terminology, is symbolized by a circle with a point in the center as shown in the figure on the following page. the cirde's center is a geometric point of consciousness often called a "consciousness center" the surrounding circumference in the microcosm is called the "aura" while in the macrocosm it is called the "magical universe" a well-known axiom of occultism is that the aura of man is a magical mirror of the universe. in enochian magick, your aura is your personal replica of the magical universe. 18 man is like a circle whose center is nowhere (microscopic) and whose circumference is everywhere (infinite. enochian magick represents this center by the god h

article of magical clothing is the robe. there are two main types: black with a hood, and white without a hood. appropriate symbols can be used to decorate the robe according to your wat. the chief function of the black robe is to protect you by concealing. lt offers both silence and secrecy. xt symbolizes your temporary withdrawal from the everyday bustle of iife. the white robe symbolizes your aura. your aura is the invisible sheath or sphere of light that surrounds your physical body. because of its shining nature it is often called the body of light. the magical nature of the' white robe is shining, elastic, and impenetrable. the nature of your specific magical operation will determine which robe you should wear. 58 enochian words for magical instruments all powerful magic is within m

rwise it is a good idea to experiment with different things. what will work well for one person may not work for another. your magical diary will show you what works or doesn't work for you. notes to step 2. this technique is used in tibetan yoga and is remarkably effective. when you "feei" your empty body coexisting with your physical body, then you will be able to experience your subtle body or aura. with mastery you will find that this subtle body contains the naclis and chakras of kundalini yoga. notes to step 3. this is the critical step in this exercise. normally you associate your body with the physical. now you must shift your consciousness to a new plane of orientation. although this may seem to be a difficult task, you do it automatically every night when you fall asleep. notes t

.p. blavatsky, isis unveiled enochian magick has a magical formula that is used primarily for healing sickness and disease. the formula is gono (pronounced goh-noh. this is an enochian word that means "faith" the formula is derived from the phrase: gigipa-ollo g-napzs-olprt which means "the living breath of every man is a sword of light" the term living breath' should be taken in the sense of the aura-everything that is man minus the physical body. the aura itself is often called the body of light and it is the starry nature of the aura that prompted the designation''astral body' healing of the physical body must begin in the aura that surrounds and pervades it. the gematric value of the parent phrase is 472. the g ennatric value of the 274 formula gono is 118 and 118x4=472. the let ters o

evity. it is symbolically called the philosopher's stone, the stone of the magician, and it works through a magical process of transmutation. it is not just a physical process but mental as well. the 'base metal' is the human body and mind, and the 'pure gold' is the body immunized against sickness and age with mind enl ightened to the true nature of things. within and around the human body is an aura, a subtle body of light with several gradations. the lowest of these is called the etheric body. the etheric body consists of an electromagnetic field. like any magnet, there is a north pole and a south pole. in the male body the north pole is in the region of the loins while the south pole is in the chest. in the female body the poles are reversed; the north pole is in the chest while the so

n of maz floating unsuspended before you. visualize the urn clearly. let it be made of fixed mercury. hold your cup toward the mystic urn and say, behold, the urn of guilt and grace at the very center of infinite space. part 5. the cloud. let a dark cloud form above the urn/ create this cloud using all of your past karma. let your guilts and your failures and your wrongs-done-to-others leave your aura and lodge in this cloud. let the dark cloud be seeped full with your karma. continue until your body is completely empty even as your cup is empty. with the power of your magical will, let the loud which is your karma, slowly descend into the urn. part 6. the consumption of karma. hold the talisman of iao before you in your right hand and hold your talisman of lahalasa in your left hand and s

GRIMM JACOB TEUTONIC MYTHOLOGY VOL 3

ns. 1,24 (ed. duac. p. ii5) relates one instance of the eagle' conscenso silvosi mentis vertice, dum circumferentes oculorum aciem de monasterii corde volutant positione, subito sublimi coelorum mittitur aliger index a culmine, per quern coelos scansuro locus in tern's beato depromeretur theoderico. nam mysticus ales aqiiila spatiando gyrans et gyrando circumvolans locum monasterii capacem secans aura designavit. et ut expressius ostenderet quid domiuus vellet, unius fere horae spatio supra ubi ecclesia construi debuit lentis volatibus stetit; et ne hoc ab incredulis casu coutigisse putaretur, ipso natali domini die quadriennio continue supervolando monasterium circumire, mirautibus plurimis, eadem aqidla cernebatur/ a flying jten indicates the site of the future castle, deut. sag. no. 570

dem locum ita herbs: mode of culling. 1197 nt vivat herha, aiunt denteni eum postea non doliturum' 25, 13 [106. a great point was to guard against cold iron touching the root (hence gold or redhot iron was used in cutting, and against the herb pulled up, or the branch cut oflf, touching the ground 0' radicem (pistolochiae) ante solis ortum erutam involvunt lana colons quern nativum vocant. quidam aura effodlendam consent, cavendumque ne (erram adtingat' 20,4 [l-l (viscum) collectum e robore sine ferro, si terram non attlgit, comitialibus mederi (putant^ 24, 4 [6' virgam e myrice defractara, ut neque terram neque ferrum attingeret' 24, 9 [41' cavendum ne avulsa lierba terram tangat' 25, 13. mierba juxta quam canes urinam fundunt, evulsa ne ferro attiiigatnr, luxatis celerrinie medetur' 24,1

GRIMM TEUTONIC MYTHOLOGY VOL 2 1883 COMPLETE

bp. agobard (d. 840) wrote contra insulsam vulgi opinionem de grandine et tonitruis. from this treatise, following baluz s edit, of the works of agobard, i take a few passages. 1, 145: in his regionibus pene omnes homines, nobiles et ignobiles, urbani et rustici, senes et juvenes, putant grandines et tonitrua hominum libitu posse fieri. dicunt enim, mox ut audierint tonitrua et viderint fulgura: aura levatitia est/ luterrogati vero, quid sit aura levatitia? alii cum verecundia, parum remordente conscientia, alii autem confidenter, ut imperitorurn moris esse solet, confirrnant incantationibus hominum qui dicuntur tempestarii, esse levatam, et ideo dici levatitiam auram. 1, 146: plerosque autem vidimus et audivimus tanta dementia obrutos, tanta stultitia alienates, ut credant et dicant, qua

qui dispersam grandinem et late per regionem decidentem faciant unum in locum fluminis aut siivae infructuosae, aut super unam, ut ajunt, cupam, sub qua ipse lateat, defluere. frequenter certe audivimus a multis dici quod talia nossent in certis locis facta, sed necdum audivimus, ut aliquis se haec vidisse testaretur. 1, 158: qui, mox ut audiunt tonitrua vel cum levi flatu venti, dicunt levatitia aura est/ et maledicunt dicentes: maledicta lingua ilia et arefiat et jam praecisa esse debebat, quae hos facit! 1, 159: nostris quoque temporibus videmus aliquando, collectis wind. stoem. 639 messibus et vindemiis, propter si^citatem agricolas seminare non posse. quare non obtinetis apud tempestarios vestros, ut mittant auras levatitias, quibus terra inrigetur, et postea seminare possitis? 1, 161

H SPENCER LEWIS ROSICRUCIAN MANUAL AMORC 1990

the purpose of such forms is to bring the two poles of the magnet close together; for every piece of steel or other mineral having magnetic qualities must have two poles or points of distinct polarity.the north pole and the south pole, marked n and s on the chart. when the two poles come within a certain distance of each other, a magnetic effect is made manifest. this is because each pole has an aura or field of magnetic attraction around it. if we say that the north pole is negative, and the south pole positive, in polarity, then the north pole has a space around it in which negative magnetism radiates, and around the south pole is a field or space in which positive magnetism radiates. we cannot see this magnetic radiation.any more than we can see any form of electrical energy; but we ca

trogen dioxide acetic acid ammonium nitrate carbon dioxide carbon monoxide acetylene ethylene water combining atoms plate three let us turn our attention to plate 3. here dr. dalton illustrates many other laws of the atoms. to understand what dr. dalton meant to convey.and to make plain to our rosicrucian readers the laws they have been studying. we must bear in mind that all atoms have a certain aura around them due to their vibrations. considering the nature of an atom and its composition from the rosicrucian point of view, it is not surprising that we should speak of an aura surrounding an atom. this aura of influence or magnetic quality has been recognized by scientists for many years. modern science describes the atom as consisting of a tiny nucleus of positive polarity around which m

cians call vibration.[122] plate 3 [123] according to modern theory, electrons, as electromagnetic wave-functions, are the entities that hold atoms together in molecules. the foresight displayed by frater dalton in declaring that when atoms combine to form molecules, they are held together by the strong affinity of vibration, is therefore a testament to the efficacy of rosicrucian principles. the aura which surrounds atoms is a function as much of the electrons which surround the nucleus as the positive nature of the nucleus itself. modern chemists acknowledge the existence of polarity in atoms as being due to the positive influence of their inner nature. the nucleus. the nuclei of atoms exert an influence far beyond the bounds of their physical size. this positive influence the modern che

ngements of the atoms concerned. changes in physical arrangements of atoms are usually accompanied by changes in density and, especially in the case of sulphur, elasticity. in figures 1, 2, and 3, of plate 3, dalton shows atoms in groups to form certain elastic fluids. figure 1 shows atoms form hydrogen. figure 2 shows nitrous gas. figure 3 shows carbonic acid. what he intends to show is that the aura from the atoms, composing these three, causes the atmosphere around the atoms to be charged with certain emanations from the atoms, and that this atmosphere and the vibrations in it cause the composition or element formed by the atoms to be "elastic. in this way, he says, are elastic fluids or gases formed. in figure 4, however, we come to one of the most interesting diagrams and illustration

o the workers in chemistry before. assuming (and this may not be an assumption at all) that the atoms do have certain rays emanating from them, we can best illustrate these emanations by making them diagrammatic. therefore, we will consider that the rays issue from the center of each atom and go outward from the atom in straight lines. for a very good reason we will assume that these rays form an aura around each atom, and that this aura is in the form of a square.(i must repeat that this may not be an assumption at all. we find, however, that there are four emanations from each atom which form diagonal lines in the square aura surrounding each atom. in other words, there are four definite rays from each atom, stronger than the others, which leave the atom at equidistant points, and these

ipates in both.this is foundation! thus we see the significance of the number four. as student mystics, we can learn much from the book of nature. another point to be remembered is that not all atoms are of the same size. figure 5 on plate 3 shows a number of atoms representing sixteen different elastic fluids, from a to p. the atoms are drawn in their proportion to one another, and the square of aura surrounding each atom is drawn in proportion to the size of the atoms. thus we can plainly see by the size of the square aura the difference in the aura of each of these sixteen atoms. behind all the laws known to chemistry for the combining of certain atoms, or the mixing of certain elements, is this law: that the rays from each atom must meet and find harmony with the rays of other atoms if

came and to which it returns. all soul personalities on this earth plane and on the cosmic plane are in constant attunement. it is because man's soul personality is attuned with all other soul personalities that thought vibrations operate at great distances. by attuning ourselves to the divine mind we can receive the laws, rules, and facts of knowledge which we can depend upon as being truthful. aura.a field of multi-colored luminous radiations seen by active and passive visualization techniques to surround objects, the human [164] body, and other living things. everything in nature is surrounded by energy fields. the following contribute to the properties of auras: electric fields, magnetic fields, infrared radiation, ultraviolet radiation, volatile chemicals and hormones, and psychic em

luminous radiations seen by active and passive visualization techniques to surround objects, the human [164] body, and other living things. everything in nature is surrounded by energy fields. the following contribute to the properties of auras: electric fields, magnetic fields, infrared radiation, ultraviolet radiation, volatile chemicals and hormones, and psychic emanations. in other words, the aura consists of both spirit energy and vital life force. our thoughts, emotions, health, and growth all affect, and are affected by, the energy flow in and around the body. the study of human energy is an important aspect of a rosicrucian's work and research. avatar.in general mystical parlance, and in the mode used by the rosicrucians, an avatar is one whose soul personality is highly advanced o

HELENA BLAVATSKY NIGHTMARE TALES

nversation; but no sooner had the reverend speaker relieved himself of the quotation than i saw in that haloof vibrating light, which i now noticed almost constantly over every human head on the steamer, the words offielding's next proposition "and scepticism makes him mad" i had heard and read of the claims of those who pretend to seership, that they often see the thoughts of peopletraced in the aura of those present. whatever "aura" may mean with others, i had now a personal experienceof the truth of the claim, and felt sufficiently disgusted with the discovery! i- a clairvoyant! a new horroradded to my life, an absurd and ridiculous gift developed, which i shall have to conceal from all, feelingashamed of it as if it were a case of leprosy. at this moment my hatred to the yamabooshi, an

s the unknown words issued from his lips, the flames of the candles and torches wavered and flickered,until they began dancing in rhythm with the chant. a cold wind came wheezing from the dark corridorsbeyond the water, leaving a plaintive echo in its trail. then a sort of nebulous vapour, seeming to ooze fromthe rocky ground and walls, gathered about the shaman and the boy. around the latter the aura was silveryand transparent, but the cloud which enveloped the former was red and sinister. approaching nearer to theplatform the magician beat a louder roll upon the drum, and this time the echo caught it up with terrificeffect! it reverberated near and far in incessant peals; one wail followed another louder and louder, until thethundering roar seemed the chorus of a thousand demon voices ri

HELENA BLAVATSKY THE KEY TO THEOSOPHY

ing powers, still an entity, however astral and fluidic, as shown in certain cases when, having been magnetically and unconsciously drawn toward a medium, it is revived for a time and lives in him by proxy, so to speak. this "spook" or the kamarupa, may be compared with the jelly-fish, which has an ethereal gelatinous appearance so long as it is in its own element, or water (the medium's specific aura, but which, no sooner is it thrown out of it, than it dissolves in the hand or on the sand, especially in sunlight. in the medium's aura, it lives a kind of vicarious life and reasons and speaks either through the medium's brain or those of other persons present. but this would lead us too far, and upon other people's grounds, whereon i have no desire to trespass. let us keep to the subject o

agoras a platonic philosopher of athens, who wrote an apology for the christians in 177 ad, addressed to marcus aurelius, to prove that the accusations brought against them, viz, that they were incestuous and ate murdered children, were untrue. atma (sans) the universal spirit, the divine monad "the seventh principle" so called, in the exoteric "septenary" classification of man. the supreme soul. aura (gr. and lat) a fine, delicate invisible essence or fluid that emanates from human, animal, and other bodies. it is a psychic effluvium partaking of both the mind and the body, as there is both an electro-vital and at the same time an electro-mental aura; called in theosophy the akashic or magnetic aura. in r.c. martyrology, a saint. avatara (sans) divine incarnation. the descent of a god or

HP LOVECRAFT A DARK LORE

og-sothoth is the key to the gate, whereby the spheres meet. man rules now where they ruled once; they shall soon rule where man rules now. after summer is winter, after winter summer. they wait patient and potent, for here shall they reign again. dr. annitage, associating what he was reading with what he had heard of dunwich and its brooding presences, and of wilbur whateley and his dim, hideous aura that stretched from a dubious birth to a cloud of probable matricide, felt a wave of fright as tangible as a draught of the tomb's cold clamminess. the bent, goatish giant before him seemed like the spawn of another planet or dimension; like something only partly of mankind, and linked to black gulfs of essence and entity that stretch like titan phantasms beyond all spheres of force and matte

lines and proportions of the georgian age. perhaps it was reared around 1810 or 1815. as months passed, blake watched the far-off, forbidding structure with an oddly mounting interest. since the vast windows were never lighted, he knew that it must be vacant. the longer he watched, the more his imagination worked, till at length he began to fancy curious things. he believed that a vague, singular aura of desolation hovered over the place, so that even the pigeons and swallows shunned its smoky eaves. around other towers and belfries his glass would reveal great flocks of birds, but here they never rested. at least, that is what he thought and set down in his diary. he pointed the place out to several friends, but none of them had even been on federal hill or possessed the faintest notion o

and notes, the cipher (title in cipher also, and the formula-filled message 'to him who shal come after- and let him glance inside such as were in obscure characters. he also opened the diary at a page carefully selected for its innocuousness and gave willett a glimpse of curwen's connected handwriting in english. the doctor noted very closely the crabbed and complicated letters, and the general aura of the seventeenth century which clung round both penmanship and style despite the writer's survival into the eighteenth century, and became quickly certain that the document was genuine. the text itself was relatively trivial, and willett recalled only a fragment 'wedn. 16 octr. 1754. my sloope the wakeful this day putt in from london with xx newe men pick'd up in ye indies, spaniards from m

ngalow keys which charles yielded up, he urged them to explore allen's vacant room which had been identified when the patient's belongings had been packed; obtaining what clues they could from any effects he might have left about. mr. ward talked with the detectives in his son's old library, and they felt a marked relief when they left it at last; for there seemed to hover about the place a vague aura of evil. perhaps it was what they had heard of the infamous old wizard whose picture had once stared from the panelled overmantel, and perhaps it was something different and irrelevant; but in any case they all half sensed an intangible miasma which centred in that carven vestige of an older dwelling and which at times almost rose to the intensity of a material emanation. v. a nightmare and a

to his host, and urged that he leave a great deal of the future investigation to him. there would be, he predicted, certain obnoxious elements which a friend could bear better than a relative. as family physician he must have a free hand, and the first thing he required was a period alone and undisturbed in the abandoned library upstairs, where the ancient overmantel had gathered about itself an aura of noisome horror more intense than when joseph curwen's features themselves glanced slyly down from the painted panel. mr. ward, dazed by the flood of grotesque morbidities and unthinkably maddening suggestions that poured in upon him from every side, could only acquiesce; and half an hour later the doctor was locked in the shunned room with the panelling from olney court. the father, listen

salt masonry, and tapered slightly toward their rounded tops. nowhere in any of them could the least traces of windows or other apertures save huge doors be found. i noticed also some lower buildinigs- all crumbling with the weathering of aeons- which resembled these dark, cylindrical towers in basic architecture. around all these aberrant piles of square-cut masonry there hovered an inexplicable aura of menace and concentrated fear, like that bred by the sealed trap-doors. the omnipresent gardens were almost terrifying in their strangeness, with bizarre and unfamiliar forms of vegetation nodding over broad paths lined with curiously carven monoliths. abnormally vast fern-like growths predominated- some green, and some of a ghastly, fungoid pallor. among them rose great spectral things res

gments seemingly without clear motivation. within the dreams i seemed gradually to acquire a greater and greater freedom of wandering. i floated through many strange buildings of stone, going from one to the other along mammoth underground passages which seemed to form the common avenues of transit. sometimes i encountered those gigantic sealed trap-doors in the lowest level, around which such an aura of fear and forbiddenness clung. i saw tremendously tessellated pools, and rooms of curious and inexplicable utensils of myriad sorts. then there were colossal caverns of intricate machinery whose outlines and purpose were wholly strange to me, and whose sound manifested itself only after many years of dreaming. i may here remark that sight and sound are the only senses i have ever exercised

HP LOVECRAFT BEYOND THE WALL OF SLEEP

. as i gazed, i perceived that my own brain held the key to these enchanting metamorphoses; for each vista which appeared to me was the one my changing mind most wished to behold. amidst this elysian realm i dwelt not as a stranger, for each sight and sound was familiar to me; just as it had been for uncounted eons of eternity before, and would be for like eternities to come. then the resplendent aura of my brother of light drew near and held colloquy with me, soul to soul, with silent and perfect interchange of thought. the hour was one of approaching triumph, for was not my fellow-being escaping at last from a degrading periodic bondage; escaping forever, and preparing to follow the accursed oppressor even unto the uttermost fields of ether, that upon it might be wrought a flaming cosmic

HP LOVECRAFT THE NAMELESS CITY

he wolverine, no. 11: 3-15. when i drew nigh the nameless city i knew it was accursed. i was traveling in a parched and terrible valley under the moon, and afar i saw it protruding uncannily above the sands as parts of a corpse may protrude from an ill-made grave. fear spoke from the age-worn stones of this hoary survivor of the deluge, this great-grandfather of the eldest pyramid; and a viewless aura repelled me and bade me retreat from antique and sinister secrets that no man should see, and no man else had dared to see. remote in the desert of araby lies the nameless city, crumbling and inarticulate, its low walls nearly hidden by the sands of uncounted ages. it must have been thus before the first stones of memphis were laid, and while the bricks of babylon were yet unbaked. there is n

HP LOVECRAFT THROUGH THE GATES OF THE SILVER KEY

in avoiding what seemed- even more than the notion of a man transferred through the years to boyhood- an air of trivial, puerile extravagance. mr. aspinwall, in disgust, gave an apoplectic snort and virtually stopped listening. for the rite of the silver key, as practiced by randolph carter in that black, haunted cave within a cave, did not prove unavailing. from the first gesture and syllable an aura of strange, awesome mutation was apparent- a sense of incalculable disturbance and confusion in time and space, yet one which held no hint of what we recognize as motion and duration. imperceptibly, such things as age and location ceased to have any significance whatever. the day before, randolph carter had miraculously leaped a gulf of years. now there was no distinction between boy and man

HUEBNER LOUISE WITCHCRAFT FOR ALL WICCA 04

is a witch really like? for one thing, a witch is not an ugly old hag. the very idea is unkind and illogical. if a witch has, as she is said to have, special powers and an ability to disturb natural happenings, then she must be able to project the illusion, if not the truth, of beauty. when one has the power to charm, enchant and fascinate, then it also follows that one has the power to create an aura of pleasing good looks if not something more. if a witch has some secret force that enables her to control and influence others, this ability should certainly lead to an abundant popularity and many successful attractions, rather than to condemnation and repulsion. who then were the ugly hags called witches? if historical accuracy is lacking as to who and what they were, it must follow that t

st efforts to contact the supernatural, god. odd? not a bit. if thought has any force beyond our own small persons, then no greater communication with the thought energies of millions could be approached than through the common human fascination with controlled fire. 13. the coleopterous charm one charm that will have a catalytic effect upon all personal relationships, and will project a romantic aura about the charmer that love objects will find irresistibly exciting, is the ancient coleopterous charm. since cleopatra's time, the coleopterous (beetle) has been a symbol for occult beginnings, germination force, power, birth, life and death- and, above all, magic. enchantresses insist that a coleopterous charm will insure a very satisfying love life. the charm should increase sexual vitalit

a. however, the saturn constrictions and controls were not compatible with her nature as a number eight dynamic personality. however, both wilding and hilton caused her to be a number five in her profession. elizabeth taylor hilton and elizabeth taylor wilding are both five. five is ruled by mercury, which makes her adaptable, always in the limelight, having a variety of interests. it provides an aura of seeking, constantly groping, trying to find your place. they did turn her on to exploring herself, which may not have occurred with someone else to begin with. they were quite different, the two men. but we are interested in what their personalities did to her, not what they were. her reactions are important, and to them she reacted with a saturn influence. not two people are alike and we

INITIATION INTO HERMETICS

, connects or amalgamates the soul with the body. this amalgamation takes place, with analogy to the body, by the electromagnetic influence of the elements. we, the adepts, call the astral matrix or life this active behavior of the elements or the so-called electromagnetic fluid of the soul. this astral matrix or the so-called electromagnetic fluid of the soul is not identical with the occultists aura i shall speak of later. the astral matrix or the electromagnetic fluid is the connecting link between the body and soul. the fiery principle causes in the soul what is constructive, the principle of water causes the animating, the principle of air is balancing, and the earth principle causes what is thriving, compound and preserving in the soul. the astral body is performing exactly the same

nthropy, dullness, tardiness, laziness, unreliability, laconism, and so on. the qualities of the temperaments, according to the preponderant quality, form the basis of the human character. the intensity of these qualities shown outwardly depends on the polarity, the electric or the magnetic fluid. the total influence of the effects of the temperaments results in an emanation professionally called aura. therefore this kind of aura is not to be compared with the astral matrix, because between these two conceptions there is a thumping difference. the astral matrix is the connecting substance between body and soul, whilst the aura is the emanation of the action o the elements in the various qualities, having its origin either in the active or in the passive form. this emanation in the whole so

g difference. the astral matrix is the connecting substance between body and soul, whilst the aura is the emanation of the action o the elements in the various qualities, having its origin either in the active or in the passive form. this emanation in the whole soul produces a certain vibration corresponding to a certain color. on the grounds of this color, the adept can exactly recognize his own aura of that of another being with the astral eyes. backed by this aura, the seer can establish not only a man s basic character, but he also can perceive the action or the polarity of the soul s vibration, and influence it eventually. i shall speak of these problems in a more detailed way in a separate chapter relating to introspection. hence, a man s temperament influences his character, and bot

lish not only a man s basic character, but he also can perceive the action or the polarity of the soul s vibration, and influence it eventually. i shall speak of these problems in a more detailed way in a separate chapter relating to introspection. hence, a man s temperament influences his character, and both together, in their effect as total result, are creating the emanation of the soul or the aura. this is also the reason for high adepts or saints always being represented in the images with a halo identical to the aura we have described. besides the character, the temperament and the activity of the electromagnetic fluid, the astral body still has two centers in the brain, the cerebrum being the seat of normal consciousness, whilst in the cerebellum, there is the opposite to the normal

cal equipoise, he is standing in the center of all events, and will be aware of all the laws, all the constitutive moments and processes taking place in the universe, in the true perspective. the scholar is spared from many illnesses producing an effect of balance on his own karma and thus on his fate; he becomes more resistant against any dangerous influence. he is cleaning his mental and astral aura, strengthening his mental and astral matrix, he is reviving his magical faculties, and his intuition will become of universal character. his astral senses will be refined and his intellectual capacities will rise. magical physical training (iv) the exercises of the first step should have become a habit by now. those of the second step have to be enforced and deepened according to time and opp

u are protected against any magic drawback or reaction. now leave the bath and dry yourself, but leave the puppet in the water until it has cooled down. the silk in which it was wrapped might also have fallen into the water. let the cold water drain off, but make sure that nobody else comes in touch with this water. if your eyes are clairvoyant and you notice that the figure is still emanating an aura, throw it once more into hot water and the fluid condenser will mix with the water. you may perform this experiment in any case even if you don t see the emanation. at least you will be sure that all life in the elementary is extinct. burn or bury the remains of the doll together with the silk. with this last operation the elementary is dead and gone for you. before i terminate this chapter

perienced in this field will even manage to take photographs using a red filter. when you are not so much interested in the material occurrences that you are observing at a distance, but only in the psychic life, the character and feelings of a human being, then do not think of the material body of the person you want to see, but imagine the astral body only. after a little while you will see the aura and the characteristics of this person in the various shades of color, from which you will be able to come to logical conclusions concerning his character and his faculties, according to the rules of analogy. if you want to see only the spirit of a person in the mirror, imagine the material and astral body as not being there. here too the images corresponding to the spirit will appear, and in

ISIS UNVEILED

iv" how reliable are the pious fathers in their explanations of divers heresies may be illustrated in the case of ejn- phanius, who mistook the pythagorean sacred tetrad, called in the valentinian gnosis, kol-arbaa, for a heretic leader^ what with the involuntary blunders and dehberate falsifications of the teachings of those who differed in views with them; the canonization of the mytho- logical aura placida (gentle breeze) into a p^ of christian martyrs st. aura and st. placida* the deification of a rpear and a ctodt, under the names of ss. longimus and amphibolus" and the patristic quotations from prophets, of what was never in those prophets at all one may well ask in blank amazement whether the so-called religion of christ has ever been other than an incoherent dream since the death o

JASMUHEEN THE FOOD OF GODS

ah sums up his research into solar nutrition as follows: if this theory can be generalized, then it can change the destiny of mankind. first of all, the food crisis will be solved. through activation of this supreme energy in body and the transforming of it in the electrical, chemical and the magnetic forms, a person can not only become free of diseases but can gain positive health with a vibrant aura. his luster can impress even enemies enough so that their enemity may dissolve. with the improvement of mental and intellectual capacities one may be able to use brain-power up to 90 to 100, as against to 3. 10% as we normally do. there will be reign of peace and prosperity. as there is no food, the bad thoughts and ill feelings will be stopped, so eternal peace is bound to follow. this will

JENNINGS HARGRAVE ROSICRUCIANS RITES MYSTERIES

hius, whose productions are very famous among the hermetic philosophers, insomuch that the noble olaus borrichius, an excellent writer and a most candid critic, recommends these books to the attentive perusal of those who would acquire knowledge of this sublime highest philosophy. he is said to have invented a cabalistic magnet which possessed the extraordinary property of secretly attracting the aura, or mysterious spirit of human efflorescence and prosperous bodily growth, out of young men; and these benign and healthful springs of life he gathered up, and applied by his magic art to himself, by inspiration, transudation, or otherwise, so that he concentred in his own body, waning in age, the accumulated rejuvenescence of many young people: the individual owners of which new fresh life s

irresistible force upward (when it has opportunity, can be liberated; that dead matter will yield this spirit in a space more or less expeditious by the art of the alchemist. there are worlds within worlds, we, human organisms, only living in a deceiving, or bhuddistic, dreamlike phase of the grand panorama. unseen and unsuspected (because in it lies magic, there is an inner magnetism, or divine aura, or ethereal spirit, or possible eager fire, shut and confined, as in a prison, in the body, or in all sensible solid objects, which have more or less of spiritually sensitive life as they can more successfully free themselves from this ponderable, material obstruction. thus all minerals, in this spark of light, have the rudimentary possibility of plants and growing organisms; thus all plants

eing is not possible or existent, according to human idea, unless he, or the original light is manifested or expressed in some special comprehensible other light or form. the second reflects the glory of the first light, and is that in which the first displays. this second light, or anima mundi, is manifestation, or the son as proceeding from the father. this synthesis is the light* breath, life, aura, or sacred spirit. it is the solar or golden alchemical soul, which is the sustainment and perfection of every thing* the pendulum of the world beats between inspiration and expiration. this is the breath of the angels, who burn and glow (scriptural expression, in the pulsative access and re-inforcement of the soul of the world. this breath of the angels is made human in the mechanism of the

in the stone otherwise practical magic; whereby demons are commanded, good spirits evoked, and the innermost hidden resources of nature, and the spirits of nature, laid bare and availed-of. rosicrucian magic system. 339 secondly. when deity is said to be light pervading and vivifying all nature, he enters not in anything unless a mask of the object is adopted as the medium in which he fixes. this aura (or the deliquescence of the uproused light) is the infinite ethereal spirit. the spring or the moving spirits, or the means, of alchemy evolve out of it. they are fivefold in their exercise or delimitation. god is indeed identical with this supreme spirit. and the radiant or intense material-nucleus is the lucid conflux-spot, or the sun: stored (by its spirits) with vigour, sensitiveness, an

antiq, livre 29, chap. 5. these extraordinary narrations form the basis, and supply the material, for keats's poem of lamia, and coleridge's poetic sketch, christabel. nous avons de plus, a 1'appui de notre these, l evangile de s. jean, ch. 10, v. 16, o il est dit: j ai encore d autres brebis qui ne sont pas de cette bergerie; il faut aussi que je les am ne, et elles entendront ma voix, et il n y aura qu une seule bergerie et qu un seul berger. si nous dernandons quelles peuvent etre ces brebis qui ne sont pas de cette bergerie, et quelle est cette bergerie dont parle le seigneur christ, tous les commentateurs nous r spondent rosicrucian children of the elemnts. 359 que la seule bergerie du christ c est l eglise, laquelle la predication de l evangile devait amener les gentils, qui taient d

K AMBER THE BASICS OF MAGICK

ndings. it's just a simple step to extend what you see with your eyes closed into what you remember seeing in the next room, or what you *imagine* seeing in the next building, the next city, even the other side of the world. don't expect perfect results, especially at first. just try to be even partly right. another exercise is to picture a clock face, and thereby tell the time clairvoyantly. the aura under the right conditions, it is possible to clairvoyantly observe a colored light around other people. this is known as the 'aura. sometimes the aura is seen as multi-colored emanations around the person, built up of various differently colored layers and zones. although many occult dabblers claim to be able to see the aura easily and under many varied conditions, i seriously doubt that the

bject is in front of a light surface, you may observe a fringe of complementary color around the object after a few moments. this is all very normal, and is used by some magical groups as an aid to visualization sometimes called 'flashing colors. some silly people will stare at other people in the same way. and when they see the after image of the person's clothing, they think they are seeing his aura. what is more, various meanings have been attributed to the colors of the aura. a psychic who can see the aura is supposed to be able to determine that persons emotional state. thus psychic frauds can have a marvelous time with auras. one deluded psychic taught a class i attended in which he performed instant psychoanalysis on the basis of the supposed aura. it was obvious that he was actuall

. a psychic who can see the aura is supposed to be able to determine that persons emotional state. thus psychic frauds can have a marvelous time with auras. one deluded psychic taught a class i attended in which he performed instant psychoanalysis on the basis of the supposed aura. it was obvious that he was actually observing after images from the students clothes! this brings us to the chart of aura colors on the next page. it is a general guide, based mostly on theosophical material. various groups may attribute different meanings to the colors. the colors we show on the chart are emotional in nature; useful if you plan to create an artificial elemental or do healing. surrounding yourself with a particular color will tend to produce the specific psychological effect described in the cha

aterial. various groups may attribute different meanings to the colors. the colors we show on the chart are emotional in nature; useful if you plan to create an artificial elemental or do healing. surrounding yourself with a particular color will tend to produce the specific psychological effect described in the chart. that quality of color is useful in magick ritual .pa (next page) colors of the aura black malice dark gray depression pale gray fear brown materialism muddy gray selfishness or dull rust red energy bright red anger and force dirty red passion and sensuality dull red selfish love rose unselfish love orange pride orange cloud irritability bright orange noble indignation yellow intellect yellow-green low intellect earthy yellow selfish thought lemmon high intellect bright gold

d thoughts which make it more difficult to direct the attention. your emotions follow your thoughts quite easily. your emotions are not you, but are rather reactions prompted by your model and ego- like a performance or an act, while the real you watches. in a similar way, directing your attention toward a specific emotion will cause you to experience that emotion. review questions 1) what is the aura? 2) what is a thoughtform? 3) how can you develope clairvoyance? book list annie bessant and charles leadbeater, thought forms. w.e. butler, how to develop clairvoyance. j.h. brennan, astral doorways. piero ferrucci, what we may be. kilner, the human aura. swami panchadasi, the human aura. a.e. powell, the etheric double. harold sherman, how to make esp work for you* magick 7- basic ritual* i

ters to get rid of. should you have to eliminate one of them which you created in error, you must re-absorb it back into yourself through your will; or in some cases you can 'exorcise' it. how to create an artificial elemental you can create your own artificial elemental for various purposes. an artificial elemental is basically a thoughtform which has been strengthened with emotion. refer to the aura color chart in the previous lesson and decide what color to make the elemental, based upon your intended purpose. apple green is a good choice for general purposes. then decide on a shape or outline. do you want your elemental to resemble some sort of animal? a simple circle or cloud is a good place to start. with this in mind you can use ritual to create your elemental. creative visualizatio

illness may yield to only one or two treatments; serious ills will require many treatments over time. psychic healing should always be combined with medical care and treatment. it does not replace doctors, medicine, or hospitals, since different levels (worlds) are involved. in creative visualization, we visualize the person being well. it may be helpful to utilize the appropriate color from the aura chart (such as bright apple-green, rose pink, or white) sent as a beam to the person or as a cloud surrounding him. this technique can be extended to include a simple kind of yoga in which we feel energy sent as we exhale explosively; the energy sent either via the breath or from one of the chakras such as the solar plexus. sometimes in absent healing it is helpful to arrange a time for treat

KNOWLEDGE LECTURE ONE

al work, such as a ceremony or meditation. as an exorcism the lesser ritual of the pentagram can be used by the neophyte as a protection against impure magnetism, and as a practical form of exorcism, to eliminate obsessing or disturbing thoughts. in this the neophyte should first formulate a mental image of the obsession or disturbing thought, then s/he should project the image outside of his/her aura with the sign of projection (sign of horus, and when the image is approximately three feet away, the neophyte should give the sign of silence (sign of harpocrates) to prevent the image from returning unto him or her. with the image of the obsession or disturbing thought in the east, the neophyte should then perform the lesser banishing ritual of the pentagram to disintegrate the image, seeing

LEADBEATER C W THE HIDDEN LIFE IN FREEMASONRY 2E

the covering of a, free-mason fs lodge is a celestial canopy of divers colours. this may very well symbolize the star-lit heavens which canopy the true temple of humanity, when we regard the lodge as universal; but the reference to divers colours indicates another meaning, for the vault of the sky is not of various hues, except at sunrise and sunset, but is blue. the real celestial canopy is the aura of the man whom we have thought of as lying on his back; it is the vividly tinted thought-form that is made during the working of the lodge. we see this symbolism appearing elsewhere also, in joseph fs coat of many colours in the v.s.l, in the robe of glory which the initiate puts on, according to the gnostic hymn; and also in the augoeides of the greek philosophers, the glorified body in whi

f the lodge. we see this symbolism appearing elsewhere also, in joseph fs coat of many colours in the v.s.l, in the robe of glory which the initiate puts on, according to the gnostic hymn; and also in the augoeides of the greek philosophers, the glorified body in which the soul of man dwells in the subtle invisible world. bro. wilmshurst in the meaning of masonry also interprets the canopy as the aura of man, which is surely more reasonable than to suppose with dr. mackey that because the early brn. met on the highest hills and in the lowest vales this symbol must refer to the over-arching vault of heaven. 104. the altar 105. the altar should be in the middle of the square nearest to the r. w. m, though this differs in different obediences. in the grand lodge of england working there is ge

ify themselves for that step before very long. indeed, in the great days of the mysteries this stage was accessible only to initiates, and one feels that it ought to be given only to such now just as it would seem appropriate that the marvellous gift of the episcopate should be conferred only upon members of the great white brotherhood. the power of the degree when in operation shows itself in an aura of dazzling white and gold, enfolding within it the rose and the blue of rose-croix and k.h; and yet it is also strongly permeated with that peculiar shade of electric blue which is the especial sign of the presence of the king. the sovereign grand inspector general is the gbishop h of masonry, and if the life of the degree is really lived he should be an ever-radiating centre of power, a ver

ow-workers- spirits of gigantic size as compared to humanity, and radiantly white in colour. among the angels there is no sex as we understand the word; yet these two great ones differ in a sense which is best expressed by saying that one of them is predominantly masculine and the other predominantly feminine. he who stands usually on the right hand of the sovereign grand inspector general has an aura of brilliant white light shot with gold, and represents osiris, the sun and the life, the positive aspect of the deity; she who stands on the left has an aura of similar light veined with silver, and represents isis, the moon and the truth, the negative or feminine aspect of the divine glory. they are splendid beyond all words, and radiant with living love, though most of all they convey a se

on is of an unusual character. this shining retinue of the heavenly host does not visibly accompany either the bishop or the sovereign grand inspector general at all times, yet the consciousness of these high angelic comrades is never out of touch with his own, though the link is not easy to explain. the angel keeps a line of communication always open, and the end of this line, which rests in the aura of his human partner, floats there like a star or tiny point of light. if the bishop or the prince-mason calls upon his inner friend, the latter is instantly there; indeed, a call, is not necessary- the merest flash of thought is enough. the link must be of a very remarkable nature, for i myself have found that the intention to perform any episcopal act- even to give the most ordinary blessin

st flash of thought is enough. the link must be of a very remarkable nature, for i myself have found that the intention to perform any episcopal act- even to give the most ordinary blessing- at once attracts the attention of these noble collaborators, though i have not consciously thought of them at all. 824. i have wondered whether it would be irreverent to see in that tiny point of light in the aura which represents the angel, some sort of analogy at an infinitely lower level to the host in the tabernacle which is the vehicle of the lord christ. how often have i seen, in some small village church on the continent, the gentle glow which indicates the holy presence; and when some humble peasant-woman comes in on her way to market, puts down her basket in the porch, and kneels for a few mom

l. is the angel fs force-centre something like a faint reflection of that? 825. perhaps another analogy may be found in the twelve stars which, following the beautiful description in the apocalypse, are so often shown in medieval paintings round the head of the blessed virgin mary. all these represent powers; perhaps they correspond in some way to the points of light which the angels leave in our aura. the star always floating over the head of an initiate betokens the power of the king, upon which he can draw at any moment, while the star upon his forehead is the symbol of his own acquired power. 826. chapter x 827. two wonderful rituals 828. the workings in egypt 829. in chapter vi we have commented upon the procedure adopted in lodge when there is a candidate to be initiated. naturally t

phere of the lodge whose greeting is given. every lodge exists on the mental plane as a definite mental object- a real thing in the realm of thought. when, therefore, one of its members gives a greeting in another lodge, there comes to him from his own a spear of light, bearing good influence, which radiates through him. when a bro. is in his own lodge, a certain aspect or facet or segment of his aura, which represents his relation to that lodge, is galvanized into activity; some portion of his potential being is vivified because he is part of that lodge. 955. the lodge as a mental entity is made up of such sections of all its members, welded together to form a whole, and it is from that whole that the spear of light comes and flashes out when the greetings are given. when we speak of a lo

LEADBEATER CW GLIMPSES OF MASONIC HISTORY

eric level that they may give their blessing to the candidate. 181. the hierophant makes the actual links both with himself and with the reservoir of power set apart for the work of the masonic brotherhood, and through himself with that mighty king whose representative he is, while the great white angels of the order remain as the guardians of the bro. throughout life. he on the right hand has an aura of brilliant white light shot with gold, and represents osiris, the sun and life, the positive aspect of the deity; she on the left has an aura of similar light, veined with silver, and represents isis, the moon and truth, the negative or feminine aspect of the divine glory. their power is stern and splendid; and they give strength to act with decision, accuracy, courage and perseverance on t

fy themselves for that step before very long. indeed, in the great days of the mysteries this stage was accessible only to initiates, and one feels that it ought only to be given to such now, just as it would seem appropriate that the marvellous gift of the episcopate should be conferred only upon members of the great white brotherhood. the power of the degree when in operation shows itself in an aura of dazzling white and gold, enfolding within it the rose and blue of rose-croix and k.h; and in it also is manifested that peculiar shade of electric blue which is the especial sign of the presence of the king. the sovereign grand inspector-general is the bishop of masonry, and if the life of the degree is really lived he should be an ever-radiating centre of power, a veritable sun of light a

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

as it should through the aperture of brahma; if so, he pulls out three hairs, if the head is not bald. if circumstances are such that there is no corpse, the lama visualizes the body as though present, and proceeds with the rites. a setting-face-to-face with the clear light is repeated until a yellowish liquid exudes from body orifices. in some descriptions, it is a yellowish luminosity, like an aura. if the deceased led an evil life, this state lasts but a moment. if enlightened, it lasts for an hour or so. an astrologer lama casts a death horoscope, based on the moment of death, to determine who may touch the corpse, how it will be disposed of, and what funeral rites should be performed. at the end of the first stage, the corpse is seated upright in a corner of the death chamber. care i

han in doing the original research that would have laid the mystery to rest. the legend of the bermuda triangle, he wrote, is a manufactured mystery. it began because of careless research and was elaborated upon and perpetuated by writers who either purposely or unknowingly made use of misconceptions, faulty reasoning, and sensationalism. it was repeated so many times that it began to take on the aura of truth (kusche, 1986, 277. jerome clark see also demons; ufos for further reading: begg, paul. into thin air: people who disappear. north pomfret, vt: david and charles, 1979. berlitz, charles, with j.manson valentine. the bermuda triangle. garden city, ny: doubleday and company, 1974. eckert, allan w. the mystery of the lost patrol. american legion magazine (april 1962: 12 13, 39 41. edwar

LIBER ALEPH

uct thee. first, if thou have a reasonable link with him by word or letter, it is most natural simply to create in thyself, as i have taught, a child or bud-will, and let that radiate from thee through the channels aforesaid. but if thou have no link, the case is otherwise and is not easy. here thou mayst make communication through others, as it were by relays; or thou mayst act directly upon his aura by magical means, such as the projection of the scin-laeca. but unless he be sensitive and well-attuned, thou mayst fare but ill. yet even in this case thou mayst attain much skill by practice with intelligence. in the end it is better altogether to work wholly within thine own universe, slowly and with firm steps advancing from the centre, and dealing, one by one, with those unharmonized par

LIBER DCCCLX JOHN ST

. i forgot one thing in the last entry: i had been reproaching adonai that for six days i had evoked him in vain. i got the reply .the seventh day shall be the sabbath of the lord thy god. so mote it be! the seventh day. 12.17. i began this great day with eight breath-cycles; was stopped by the indigestion trouble in its other form (p.s..evidently the introduction of the cascara into my sensitive aura made its action instantaneous) my breathing passages were none too clear, either; i have evidently taken a chill. now, o, my lord adonai, thou self-glittering one, wilt thou not manifest unto thy chosen one? for see me! i am as a little white dove trembling upon thine altar, its throat stretched out to the knife. i am as a young child bought in the slave market. and night is fallen! i await l

LURQUIN STONE EVOLUTION AND RELIGIOUS CREATION MYTHS

nsus view of nature must by definition be a scientific hero or a misunderstood genius? not at all. the history of science abounds with false claims, flawed observations, and unsustainable theories. even today, there are still some who pretend they have manufactured a perpetual motion machine (and try to patent it, can change lead into gold, have proved einstein wrong, and routinely photograph the aura surrounding human beings. these are all pseudoscientific claims that have never withstood the scrutiny of sound science. the difference between galileo and these scientific mavericks is that galileo actually performed reproducible experiments that shattered the view held in his time by religious and other authorities. these experiments dealt with the motion of accelerated bodies, the results

MAGIC AND SPELLS

ral potential destinations, each equipped with a matching portal, but most are simply two-way doors between one point and another far distant. once created, a portal cannot be moved. detecting portals an archway or frame of some kind usually marks a portal's location so it can be found when needed and so that creatures don't blunder into it accidentally. detect magic can reveal a portal's magical aura. if the portal is currently functioning (ready to transport creatures it has a strong aura. if the portal is not currently able to transport creatures (usually because it has a limited number of uses, and they are currently exhausted it has a weak aura strong or weak, a portal radiates transmutation magic. the analyze portal spell can reveal even more about a portal. portal operation creature

MANLY P HALL THE SECRET TEACHINGS OF ALL AGES

called to the three circles of zodiacs surrounding the orbits of the planets. these zodiacs represent the threefold spiritual constitution of the universe. the orbits of the planets are the governors of the world and the four elemental spheres in the center represent the physical constitution of both man and the universe, ptolemy's scheme of the universe is simply a cross section of the universal aura, the planets and elements to which he refers having no relation to those recognized by modern astronomers. p. 18 to form an endless variety of aspects or modes. the mind of man is one of the modes of infinite thought; the body of man one of the modes of infinite extension. through reason man is enabled to elevate himself above the illusionary world of the senses and find eternal repose in per

es on the rose-tree (unheard-of curiosities concerning talismanical sculpture of the persians) paracelsus, recognizing derangements of the etheric double as the most important cause of disease, sought to reharmonize its substances by bringing into contact with it other bodies whose vital energy could supply elements needed, or were strong enough to overcome the diseased conditions existing in the aura of the sufferer. its invisible cause having been thus removed, the ailment speedily vanished. the vehicle for the arch us, or vital life force, paracelsus called the mumia. a good example of a physical mumia is vaccine, which is the vehicle of a semi-astral virus. anything which serves as a medium for the transmission of the arch us, whether it be organic or inorganic, truly physical or partl

it is taught that man's body is enveloped in an ovoid of bubblelike iridescence, which is called the auric egg. this is the causal sphere of man. it bears the same relationship to man's physical body that the globe of ain soph bears to its created universes. in fact, this auric egg is the ain soph sphere of the entity called man. in reality, therefore, the supreme consciousness of man is in this aura, which extends in all directions and completely encircles his lower bodies. as the consciousness in the kosmic egg is withdrawn into a central point, which is then called god--the supreme one--so the consciousness in the auric egg of man is concentrated, thereby causing the establishment of a point of consciousness called the ego. as the universes in nature are formed from powers latent in th

MASTERING WITCHCRAFT

nforcing one's will, to the more exotic and difficult practices such as the "binding" of animals (snake charming, and control of physical phenomena like the gathering or splitting up of clouds (weather working) and controlled poltergeist phenomena (smashing windows, levitating ashtrays, etc. the human body radiates energy, which forms an egg-shaped cocoon about it which modern occultists call the aura. exactly what the nature of this energy is and where it comes from we don't know; the prevalent theory among witches is that it is produced via the nervous system. it is known variously by the names od, odyle, magnetism, telergy, or simply witch power. red-haired people are said to possess this energy in free-floating form available for projection more than any others, hence the awe and fear

s to see! even as a beginner, you should try to restrict yourself to carrying not more than one amulet at a time (excluding your witch jewel. this will allow you to experiment with its effectiveness. as your powers develop, you should learn to rely less and less on portable "batteries" of this sort, however. finally, you will be able to discard all such artificial aids, relying completely on your aura of witch power to ward off any bad vibration or hostile current. portable amulets the cross-stone, also known as staurotides, is, in fact, a crystal of ferrous aluminium silicate or staurolite, which occurs naturally in orthorhombic form (a crystal possessing three planes set at right angles to each other. in fact, the crystal is formed in the shape of a three-dimensional greek cross or solid

MEANING OF MASONRY

ast to its black and white flooring and is described as" a celestial canopy of divers colours, even the heavens" if the flooring symbolizes man's earthy sensuous nature, the ceiling typifies his ethereal nature, his" heavens" and the properties resident therein. the one is the reverse and the opposite pole of the other. his material body is visible and densely composed. his ethereal surround, or" aura" is tenuous and invisible (save to clairvoyant vision, and like the fragrance thrown off by a flower. its existence will be doubted by those unprepared to accept what is not physically demonstrable, but the masonic student, who will be called upon to accept many such truths provisionally until he knows them as certainties, should reflect (i) that he has entered the craft with the professed ob

s and their meanings will better conduce to his advancement than a critical or hostile one. the fact that man throws off, or radiates from himself, an ethereal surround or" covering" is testified to by the aureoles and haloes shown in works of art about the persons of saintly characters. the unsaintly are not so distinctified, not because they are not so surrounded, but because in their case the" aura" exists as but an irregularly shaped and coloured cloud reflecting their normal undisciplined mentality and passional nature, as the rain-clouds reflect the sunlight in different tints. the" aura" of the man who has his mentality clean and his passions and emotions well in hand becomes a correspondingly orderly and shapely encasement of clearly defined form and iridescence, regularly striated

ing their normal undisciplined mentality and passional nature, as the rain-clouds reflect the sunlight in different tints. the" aura" of the man who has his mentality clean and his passions and emotions well in hand becomes a correspondingly orderly and shapely encasement of clearly defined form and iridescence, regularly striated like the colours of the spectrum or the rainbow. biblically, this" aura" is described as a" coat of many colours" and as having characterized joseph, the greatest of the sons of jacob, in contrast with that patriarch's less morally and spiritually developed sons who were not distinctified by any such coat. in masonry the equivalent of the aureole is the symbolic clothing worn by provincial and grand lodge officers. this is of deep blue, heavily fringed with gold

MICHAEL FORD WITCHMOON

f. with every glance at the fire i could see a myriad of faces and shapes forming. the ground was mist covered, congealing into further shapes which would then dissipate. the black one stood within the center of the gathering, while others floated and danced. ecstasy was writhing within each being, visible as a yellowish hue surrounding each witch present. the goat headed one, surrounded by a red aura, holding both hands aloft while two different colored flames danced from it's shapeless claws. one flame was green and the other blue. the drums which i heard from the depths of my mind grew pounding and loud, combined with the flutes of pan which danced and entered each glorious note of this primal musick. i lost sight of the sabbat after my last view of the hags which danced in the passion

shall be opened move and appear within this circle, so that thou can be within this sacred space no harm shall come to us for our rite is sacred under the sign of carrefour; black witch mother of blood giving life of night bane and the moths of the hidden space, i evoke thy specter to this circle" my evocations led up to a powerful intonation, at which i felt kundalini rising through my spine. an aura of great strength visible as an outline of red light surrounding me emanated through my being and was observed by soror davcina. so much may be expected by those who would use such evocations from the very heart of night. the atmosphere of the chamber became rather humid and heavy, so much so that sweat began to form upon my forehead. i felt i was ready to assume the death posture, to perform

MICHAEL TSARION ATLANTIS ALIEN VISITATION AND GENETIC MANIPULATION

m not destroyed. i have entered the order, i rely upon the order, i become masterof the order, i emerge in the order, i make my form distinct, i am the lord of the chennet(granary of memphis, i have entered into the order, i have reached its limits (egyptian:coffin text 330)if we turn to ancient egypt, we learn..that the religious consciousness of early egyptian civ-ilization was saturated by the aura and influence of nature (alvin boyd kuhn)in all their works [the ancients] proceeded on definite principles of fitness and in waysderived from the truth of nature. thus they reached perfection, approving only those thingswhich, if challenged, can be explained on the grounds of truth (vitruvius, 1st century bc,roman architect, engineer, writer)atlantis, alien visitation, and genetic manipulati

he sun] in the east indianpantheon it is connected with the serpent spirit and the dragon spirit. it has an equivalence to the bur-mese nats, or god-serpents. in the esoteric tradition it is synonymous for adepts, or initiates. in indiaand egypt, and even in central and south america, the naga stands for one who is wise. the [buddhist philosopher] nagarjuna of india, for example, is shown with an aura, or halo, of sevenserpents which is an indication of a very high degree of initiation. the symbolism of the seven serpents,usually cobras, are also on masonic aprons or certain systems in the buddhist ruins of cambodia(ankhor) and ceylon. the great temple-builders of the famous ankhor wat were considered to be thesemi-divine khmers. the avenue leading to the temple is lined with the seven-hea

MICHAEL W FORD THE VAMPIRE GATE

its means to become real by your desire and belief. with the tiamat foundation of vampirism, you may more easily move through the egyptian or ahrimanic aspects of luciferian sorcery to utilize the predatory spiritual aspects of each. energy and blood life essence as we have made reference to qi or chi, astral energy. life energy is taken from human beings without harming them. life energy is the aura and the very essence which is slightly larger than the human body. the mind directly influences the amount and strength of this chi energy. whether you find subjective confirmation in the existence of chi or not, please take note of the psychological foundations of predatory 24 spiritualism. this process aligns the mind to a specific type of luciferian thinking a way of approach. approaching

hakras, the archdaevas, being centers and deific masks of power, may be encircled and cultivated within the mind and body. this awakens points of serpent-power as it is called, when directed out in magickal practice no matter if it is sorcery to obtain a physical result or one to initiate selftransformation (they are usually connected in some way) this energy is vital. chi also direct affects the aura. depression, anger and over excitability will cause this energy to be used up carelessly and without purpose. have you not noticed when you exercise you feel vital and direct mentally? the same is such in yoga practice. vampirism is the consuming of this energy, from the earth and other life around us. 49 vampirism or predatory spirituality is applied in the real world and in the ritual circl

MICHAEL WYNN THE SOUL TRAVELERS

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

ns are a part of our lives in a subtle, yet real way. the deliberate projection of a thoughtform from one mind to another is most commonly known as telepathy. there are certain people that can walk into a room, and send the mood of the whole room into deep-freeze; and there are others who can lighten any atmosphere. humans (and even non-humans) will subconsciously sense the nature of a particular aura, and act on that sense in very conscious ways. how many times have thoughts of someone you know come into your mind moments before you received a phone call from them? some of these instances are coincidence, in that the people who we often receive phone calls from are the very same who are often on our minds. in other cases, especially when the thought of that person came abruptly, and did n

asthma? why would a spirit care if it's a full moon, or what day of the week it is? and then there's all these rules relative to my environment; my ritual circle bearing certain symbols, drawn on the floor relative to the points on the compass, my alter at its center. and who was the first to try all this? and are they sane enough to take seriously? but hey, i m not here to debunk, nor project an aura of disbelief with all my questions, i m merely curious. and, of coarse, then came the time for me to actually start practicing magic. one can't study the occult without studying magic, and magic is something that's impossible to learn completely from afar. i can say, without exaggeration, that i've read at least 70 books about magic in an effort to study the occult from the outside. the ultra

t actually drink blood, and they do not kill their victim. in movies and novels, the act of drinking physical human blood is symbolic for the taking of life-force. the bite of the vampire is also symbolic for the rite of transformation. vampires feed in the manner that all vampiric spirits feed, by coming into close proximity to a human, reaching out, and drawing life-energy out of their target s aura. the vampire extends from himself what are often described as thin, silvery threads which act as tubes or channels in which to siphon life-force from the etheric bodies of humans. so even though physical blood does indeed contain the lifeforce, vampires usually feed on humans that have gathered in large groups. in the midst of a human crowd, the vampire can siphon life-force from people as th

h, and so the vampire is forced to feed from the life-force of humans to compensate. humans, unlike vampires, often produce well above their needs of life-force, and can even survive being leeched upon by vampires and other astral entities. vampires use visualization techniques in order to feed from the lifeforce of humans; from across the room they can extend astral tendrils that latch on to the aura of energy surrounding their target and begin drawing that energy into their chakra points. the chakra located at the solar plexus is a favorite target. they may also absorb free-floating lifeforce energy that humans have cast off. places where large numbers of people gather in high emotions tend to be places where energy is produced and floats directionless. this undirected energy tends to co

a human would find them. techniques like feng shui can be used to create a more agreeable living environment. vampires are also 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

MOTTA MARCELO THE COMMENTARIES OF AL

ugh the lives. but this was a gross artifice, not to be compared with our way, for which see liber aleph, chapters 192-193. the book was put in the tomb or sarcophagus because supposedly the owner had used it constantly, which provided a further link. but in practice, just as few people studied it as study the bible today, although you find the damn silly thing all over the place "single robe: an aura clean and whole, without any leak of force anywhere "rich headdress: the sahashara activated "put on the wings: awaken the ajna, which when active has two petals, or wings "coiled splendour: kundalini, of course. the above interpretations are on just one plane. several other details have better remain uncommented. one further word is necessary as to the rich jewels, store of women and spices

, ajna and sahashara (see liber v; instead, it disperses itself in a reflex, confused, indirected activity of the intermediary centers. in the trained initiate, the lower cakkrams function entirely under the control of the head centers. initiates are therefore frequently considered by "mediums" and "clairvoyants"to be "cold; or "pitiless, or without compassion. imperfect seers call the initiate's aura "black; being unable to perceive the radiation of the higher centers (see al i, 16-18, 21,27, 28,29, 60; ii, 6, 14,23, 50-53; iii, 19-20, 22, 38,44-45,49, 74, 75) the "black brothers; on the other hand seem to them to "radiate sunlight. the prana in them never rises to the higher centers at all, and its rate of vibration is low enough to be "seen of the unseeing. the only radiation of their h

ana in them never rises to the higher centers at all, and its rate of vibration is low enough to be "seen of the unseeing. the only radiation of their higher centers is the normal nerve circuitry of the body. the cakkrams, if developed and functioning, are like electric transformers. they step up the vibratory rate of prana. the faster they spin, the "fainter" and "faerier" becomes the initiate's aura, until it becomes attuned to the aura of the milky way -the "orgone light" of wilhelm reich-the "kisses of the stars. or, if you prefer, to the body of nuit, which of course is omnipresent. any lower forms of energy exist in it) if the aspirant becomes attuned to "because; he may mistake the "dog syndrome" of cakkram malfunction for the "god syndrome" of higher cakkram awakening. he will iden

NAUDON PAUL THE SECRET HISTORY OF FREEMASONRY

t, he compelled the god of his trade to come to his aid. so a union was therefore effected between the humble mortal and the god who worked through him, using him as an intermediary, therefore deifying the human through work. each trade exalted its tutelary deity. rich in imagination, the ancients were able to poeticize the actions of daily life and give their professional occupations a celestial aura. thus were born the mysteries of the different trades.1 the cult of the ancient builders must have been of a distinct scope, for the noblest object of their labor was the construction of temples in which the gods were worshipped. in addition, human dwellings had religious significance. rituals were an indispensable part of their construction. among the romans the home was the temple of the la

REGARDIE ISRAEL THE COMPLETE GOLDEN DAWN

self- 7 reflecting, meditating ,l i would suggest reading :rn the task of memorizing found within the first i.?abet has no connotation_ a 1 il "holy" symbols-pow- 2,-1.1ated with dogma or esomr r= a r i z intgh ese letters is to ri- 2. 2 all become acquainted are then "built" within the "sphere with clay. the astral light as termed constant) is malleable by focused symbols thus created within the aura and guidance and prevent emotional of us have felt depleted by being around by a negative environment. using the description of this ritual right hand at full extension straight opposite the left hip tracing a large inverted and outwards from the left shoulder, reconnectingat the starting point. circle connecting each pentagram. the gold, not unlike a gas flame. the four which bring a refresh

in fact, that a vast'amount of self-discipline and training is required to make it effective. the counsel given in the portal document (p. 175 of volume one, preparing the student for the adept grade is of the greatest importance here. it should be read, reread, and then studied some more. one of the items referred to for the first time in this portal document is "building the tree of life in the aura" i have found this rudimentary scheme so useful and so important in my own growth and development that it came to have tremendous significance in my own daily practice. there is rarely a time when i permit myself to fall asleep at night without "lighting the lamp above my head, as i personally describe for myself the formulation of kether. this powerfulmagical technique is vital and i cannot

taken the grades, and build them up in his imagination so that he re-lives them as vividly as when he was in the temple. the practical exercise that accompanied the portal grade was one in which the aspirant built up, again in the imagination, a symbolic form of the qabalistic tree of life, paying at first particular attention to the formulation of the middle pillar in the sphere of sensation or aura. this latter was conceived to be an ovoid shape of subtle <80> matter, and the imaginative formulation of the various sephiroth therein whilst vibrating the appropriate divine names went far towards opening, in a safe and balanced way, the psycho-spiritual centres of which the sephiroth were but symbols. this technique, with the so-called vibratory formula of the middle pillar which is a deve

nt of magical vitality and atmosphere to the temple. what actually they do bestow is rather subtle, and perhaps indefinable. they are not absolute essentials, however, and may be dispensed with. but since magic works by the intervention of symbol and emblem, the surrounding of the student's sphere with the correct forms of magical symbolism, assists in the imvressiner of those svrnbols within the aura or sphere of sensation, the true magical e a tl he-is. may be 6ft to the ingenium and the sonvenience of the-student himself to discover after having made a close examination of the documents involved <91> another matter upon which brief comment must be made concerns the instruments. it would have given me great pleasure to have had illustrations of these reproduced in colour, for only thus c

ly in the breath vibrating it as much as possible and feeling that the whole body throbs with the sound and sends out a wave of vibration directed to the ends of the quarter. 2. as a protection against impure magnetism, the banishing ritual can be used to get rid of obsessing or disturbing thoughts. give a mental image to your obsession and imagine it formulated before you. project it out of your aura with the saluting sign of a neophyte, and when it is about three feet away, prevent its return with the sign of silence. now imagine the form in the east before you and do the banishing ritual of the pentagram to disintegrate it, seeing it, in your mind's eye, dissolving on the further side of your ring of flame. 3. it can be used as an exercise in concentration. seated in meditation or lying

portal and@-a the work comes under six headings as follows: 1. a thesis on the rituals. 2. a meditation on the crosses which have been used as admission badges in the grades. this is a preparation for the meditation which precedes the@-a grade and should be applied for when you have been a portal member for seven months. 3. a complete diagram of the tree of life. 4. the practice of control of the aura. 5. the placing of the tree of life in the aura. 6. tattwas-astrology-divination. 1. the thesis. read the rituals. build themupin imagination. compare the opening and closing in the various grades. note the general underlying scheme for each elemental grade-and note where the differences occur. follow the careers of the various officers. note at what grade an officer disappears. make a precis

. this should be done fairly large in order that the writing and symbols should be clear. it is essential to show the deity names, names of archangels and angels in hebrew in the sephiroth, and to number the paths and give their attributions. apart from this, the tree should be your personal synthesis of the order symbolism as it applies to the tree of life. colours may be used. 4. control of the aura. if you are not already familiar with the parts of your own body such as nervous system, respiratory system, digestive system, get some simple text-book such as is used in ambulance work, or attend a course of first-aid lectures so that, before starting to work on your subtle body, you may know something about your physical body. your physical body is interpenetrated by a subtle body or aura

m, digestive system, get some simple text-book such as is used in ambulance work, or attend a course of first-aid lectures so that, before starting to work on your subtle body, you may know something about your physical body. your physical body is interpenetrated by a subtle body or aura which also surrounds the physical body like an egg of light. you should now begin to practise controlling this aura or sphere of sensation. this means that you must first try to get our emotional reactions under conscious control. instead of automaticall y' l iking this, disliking that, you must try to understand the mechanism which underlies these feelings. to assist you in this, the study of psychology is recommended. there are many books on the subject, of which the following are easy to understand and

REGARDIE TALISMANS

ly useful if the student of this manual were familiar with an earlier work of mine based on some elementary golden dawn formulae. it is called the art of true healing, and describes a process based on the qabalistic tree of life called the middle pillar, which can readily be adapted to the task of charging a talisman thus prepared. the opening phases of this process consist in highly charging the aura or sphere of sensation of the student with energy. it is followed by changing the colour of the electro-magnetic field, by an effort of imagination, to that of the element being considered. in this case, the element is water and, in that particular system, is coloured blue. when the field is charged with this blue colour, the appropriate names on the talisman itself are frequently vibrated, a

ROBERT KIRK WALKER BETWEEN WORLDS

0 and figure 8. page 30. he saw a. shroud creep up around a walking healthy person's legs. this is a classic example of second sight, and as the shroud progresses so does the person draw nearer to death. it must be stressed that this is, in kirk's thesis, a symbolic action made by the fairy people, and not an efflux from the human, nor is it an example of 'clairvoyance' or perception of the human aura. the fairy tradition is a very specific one of contact between human and underworld or otherworldly entities, with its own techniques and symbolic language. page 31 there be many places called fairy hills, which the mountain people think impious and dangerous to. uncover. believing the souls of their predecessors to dwell therein. and to that end, they say, a mote or mount was dedicated besid

RUBY TABLET OF SET

ion of the ancient priesthoods of egypt has passed through an era of silver (early secret societies and medieval witchcraft, gold (the g:.d. and a:.a, stones of precious water (the order of the trapezoid and church of satan, and ultimate sparks of the intimate fire (the temple of set. 68. yet to all it shall seem beautiful. its enemies who say not so, are mere liars. the book of the law exudes an aura of both beauty and authenticity that is not simply a function of its included statements. it too is a form which cannot be defined by purely logical methods. it must be apprehended through noesis. 69. there is success. and thus is the book of the law understood and revealed. 70. i am the hawk-headed lord of silence& of strength; my nemyss shrouds the nightblue sky. 71. hail! ye twin warriors

ng very frightened, the words "higher man must conquer fear" suddenly came to my mind. by an effort of will, my fear subsided. i turned back to welcome whatever "it" was, and this time it was gone, not to return. i was awake. i proceeded to scan the mountain with the aid of full night vision and moonlight, and i saw it quite differently than i ever had before. there was a light blue-green haze or aura around all the plant life, and somehow it would have seemed unnatural not to have seen it. my eyes were drawn to the waning moon. i felt an association of set with its darker side and of osiris with its waning bright side, and something within me recoiled in rejection of the associations. immediately i had a vision of a large hall, dimly lit, with several entities (approximately 15) gathered

raying them across the table.(22) learn how to shuffle the cards, so that you look experienced and feel comfortable during a reading. flex the cards, so they are not too stiff during the reading. many texts and tarot readers believe the cards have a magical quality similar to sanctity- a quality which is lost if the cards are touched by a mundane person, or by someone with an unhealthy (or "evil) aura. you should be aware of this belief, and always be courteous; you should refrain from touching someone else's cards unless invited. and you, the setian tarot reader, must avoid having such misconceptions. remember our postulates and theory: tarot cards, paper and ink, have no inherent magic when you first take them out of their box. all magical energy in these cards comes from the magician, f

- when the box they originally came in fell apart. this pouch is made of the same (expensive) black angora wool as my ritual robe. it was made for me by my wife, a magician in her own right (once an adept in the temple of set. the purpose of the pouch is fairly mundane- to physically protect the cards from damage. i do so in a manner which increases my respect for the cards, increases the magical aura of my relationship with the cards, and increases the respect others will feel towards my cards. 5. the layout layout: n 1: the act or process of planning or laying out in detail. 2: the plan or design or arrangement of something that is laid out. 3: something that is laid out. vt 1: to prepare for viewing. 2: to plan in detail. the term "layout" can be used to mean the process of laying the c

licking it phoenix-like as it ascended. i felt myself ascending also, in a pillar of fire that stripped me of my mundane personality and concerns. as i rose, i was aware of a sensation of being compressed and tightened. but i then understood this to be a concentration rather than a confinement, a focussing and intensification of my will and awareness. i sat high above the earth, surrounded by an aura of blackness somehow deeper than the surrounding dark, almost as if my concentrated self was within a black hole, too powerful to remain within the universe at large. i feel this sheds some light upon set's creation of harwer and his manifestation through a void, for here i raised the tcham sceptre and created a vehicle in my own image to interact within the confines of not-self, controlled f

ng them from feeling the full effects of esc. in carrying out the experiment, we were to take an unorthodox approach; the roles of sender and receiver were expressly altered. for their part, receivers were to "attempt to penetrate the fabric of 'space' itself in their efforts to penetrate the essential sender" for my own part, as a sender, i would try to divert "energy and impulses away from [my] aura-like shield" in developing the experiment, it seemed to me that this redistribution of tasks represented one of the missing links or smoking guns of the misaligned field of parapsychology. in metamind ii, there would not be "an actual, active transmission" with no specific targets, and no active transmission, how could we proceed in a largely goaloriented working? i felt the best possible ans

SATANICON

ty is two-fold in its nature. first, it constitutes a voluntary and willful submission/regression of the mind to the deepest darkside of one s nature. the secondary part of the act allows the release and attendance of demonic forces who carry out you magickal will. the pentagonia satan s horizontal blackstar of the air. at the beginning; the genesis of the rituals, the celebrant creates the great aura of evil by evoking the five angles of darkness with the bell of commencement and the sword of satan. the pentagonia: satan s blackstar of the air the invocation of infernal power the invocation formalizes the celebrant s alliance and regression to satanic dominion, and it further serves to inspire all who are present. whenever the invocation of infernal power is recited in the black chapel, a

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set. this was denytenamun's first article on set. every setian is sooner or later bound to form some sort of opinion on the entity whose name s/he has taken as a part of her/himself. whether set exists or not, and what should we think about his priesthood, are two of the bunch of very frequently discussed issues in the temple. the lack of empirically testifiable evidence gives these questions an aura of perennial problems. sometimes the possibility of set's existence has been tried to be refuted on the basis that we cannot know about it, that all attempts at apprehending him are mere mystical nonsense. what more, profane society- if it is at all familiar with set the egyptian god- knows him as an envious and savage murderer, sexual pervert, and what not that seems to justify condemning hi

SIR EDWARD BULWER LYTTON ZANONI A ROSICRUCIAN TALE

nt of a jesting cavalier, he said "the signor glyndon woos your mistress; he may wed her. i know your love for her. disabuse her of any caprice for me. i am a bird ever on the wing" he dropped a purse into gionetta's hand as he spoke, and was gone. chapter 2.iv. les intelligences celestes se font voir, et see communiquent plus volontiers, dans le silence et dans la tranquillite de la solitude. on aura donc une petite chambre ou un cabinet secret, etc "les clavicules de rabbi salomon" chapter 3; traduites exactement du texte hebreu par m. pierre morissoneau, professeur des langues orientales, et sectateur de la philosophie des sages cabalistes (manuscript translation (the celestial intelligences exhibit and explain themselves most freely in silence and the tranquillity of solitude. one will

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ject consciousness into animal forms, and the power they possessed of reifying thought-forms. the bestiaries of all the races of the earth are littered with the results of their sorceries. they were non-human entities; that is to say they pre-dated the human life- wave on this planet, and their powers- which would today appear unearthly- derived from extra-spatial dimensions. they impregnated the aura of the earth with the magical seed from which the human foetus was ultimately generated. arthur machen was, perhaps, near the truth of the matter when he suggested that the fairies and little people of folklore were decorous devices concealing processes of non-human sorcery repellent to mankind. machen, blackwood, crowley, lovecraft, fortune, and others, frequently used as a theme for their w

TELESMATA AND FLASHING TABLETS

er and earthy love. in fact, what many claim to be love is actually "need" and the fulfillment of the nephesch. danger of making mass talismans making a large supply of talismans on a wholesale basis may not be in the best interest of the adept or the people he/she is making them for. a ray from yourself must charge each talisman. in the charging of a talisman, you have sent forth a ray from your aura which goes onto the talisman and attracts a like force from the atmosphere. thus, if you made a dozen talismans, you would have a dozen likes connecting with you. this places you in a kind of sympathetic communication with the talismans you have created. if opposing forces were coming up against a talisman that you have created, it would mean a loss of vitality in you as it would pull or drai

TELESMATIC FIGURES

e-cross ritual. pass to the center of the room, and face east. then formulate before you in brilliant white flashings the letters of the name in the form of a cross i.e. both perpendicular and horizontal, as seen in the diagram below. that is the expanding whirl: a d r a h n y n d a y h a r these, then, are two processes: the invoking whirl related to the heart. the expanding whirl related to the aura. ynda makes the figure from head to waist; rah from waist to feet. the whole name is related to tklm, matter, and zelatorship. a. winged, white, brilliant, radiant crown. d. head and neck of a woman, beautiful but firm, hair long, dark and waving. n. arms bare, strong, extended as a cross. in the right hand are ears of corn, and in the left a golden cup. large, dark spreading wings. y. deep y

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the whole process, once aspiration is formulated, becomes automatic. let us suppose that the aspirant, man or woman, becomes linked to a true initiatic order. his or her vehicles are immediately dynamized and encouraged to expand. at the same time, he or she must obey a guru, or a hierarchic superior. beginners on the way, simultaneously exalted by the magick current of the order or by the guru s aura, and subjected to agitation of all their faculties, will experience impulses of vanity, envy, resentment and other perturbing emotions as long as they don t learn to separate the planes, at the same time keeping them coordinated through those harmonic structural links which are the basis of the system of correspondences of the qabalah. as it is written in an old initiatic document of our orde

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smiling, cherubic, innocent young girl. demons became all the more real when people realized that possession could occur to their child, to their spouse, even to them. father merrin, the exorcist in the film, uses the actual roman ritual of exorcism that was created by the roman catholic church in 1614, and the repetitious chanting of the actors performing the rites gave the presentation an added aura of reality and of participation in a supernatural event. reverend bob larson, an evangelical preacher and author who runs an exorcism ministry in denver, told the new york times (november 28, 2000) that he had 40 exorcism teams across the country and that his goal was that no one should ever be more than a day s drive from a city where you can find an exorcist. larson could not see why anyone

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alley. the guest in question was edgar allan poe (1809 1849, who scratched his initials on a window of the inn in 1843. t h e g a l e e n c y c l o p e d i a o f t h e u n u s u a l a n d u n e x p l a i n e d ghosts and phantoms 39 thespirits of the hessians had been seen by many customers and employees at the general wayne inn. m delving deeper brown, jennifer. legendary inn haunted by ghosts, aura of death. centre daily times, march 1, 1997 [online] http//tristate.pgh.net/ bsilver/ haunted.htm. hauck, dennis william. haunted places: the national directory. new york: viking/penguin, 1996. norman, michael, and beth scott. historic haunted america. new york: tor, 1996. the gray man of hinton ampner the account of the disturbances that gripped hinton ampner was first set down by mary ricke

e working with other ergot derivatives and experienced a kind of pleasant feeling of inebriation, which consisted of hallucinations that lasted for several hours. since hofmann s accidental discovery, scientists have been trying to fit lsd-25 and other drugs with hallucinogenic properties into biochemical schemes of many kinds. in the 1960s and 1970s, substances and chemicals that formerly had an aura of mystery around them were being broken down by chemical analysis and were hailed by some individuals as mindexpanders and by others as recreational drugs that could be exploited for fast trips to farout places. during the 20 years following world war ii (1939 45, lsd was used to study brain chemistry and to trace its effectiveness in treating patients with schizophrenia and other mental dis

een received by the bride and accepted, the marriage contract is considered complete and neither party can withdraw from the union. among many native american tribes, the suitor was expected to bring gifts of horses, hides, or any item that might be esteemed to the woman s father as an indication of his prosperity and his ability to care for the man s daughter in a marital relationship. a certain aura of romance has centered around flowers since early humans began to notice the beauty of nature and developed the aesthetic sense necessary to draw correlations between the appeal of a flower and the attractive qualities of one s beloved. it was a custom among the ancient greeks for two lovers to t h e g a l e e n c y c l o p e d i a o f t h e u n u s u a l a n d u n e x p l a i n e d supersti

tremendously. with the growing volume of reports, a scientific advisory panel on ufos was established in late 1952. at a meeting held during january 14 18, 1953, all available data was examined. conclusions and recommendations of this panel were published in a report and made public. the panel concluded that ufos did not threaten the national security of the united states and recommended that the aura of mystery attached to the project be removed. in march of 1952 project grudge became known as project blue book. from this time to its conclusion in 1969, the project concerned itself with investigation of sightings, evaluation of the data, and release of informa- t h e g a l e e n c y c l o p e d i a o f t h e u n u s u a l a n d u n e x p l a i n e d 256 invaders from outer space ufo photo

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ished branches of the illuminati throughout all of germany. a few months after knigge had joined weishaupt fs cause, membership in the illuminati swelled to 300. weishaupt had taken great care to enlist as many young men of wealth and position as possible, maintaining that philanthropy, as well as mysticism, was a principal goal of the society. he had also managed to create around himself a great aura of mystery, permitting himself to be seen by none but those in the highest ranks of the society, encouraging the myth that he was an adept of such great power that he existed largely as an invisible presence. initiates into the ranks of the illuminati underwent secret rites, wore bizarre costumes, and participated in grotesque ceremonies that were designed to give complete obedience to weisha

ibes of gypsies who brought the prototype of what is today considered a deck of cards to europe some time in the fourteenth century. although it is thought that the gypsies came west from india by way of persia, they often claimed that they were originally from egypt. to make such an association with the ancient mysteries of the nile added to their status with the europeans and also increased the aura of the mysterious that they sought to create around themselves. portraying themselves as diviners in the magical traditions of egypt, the gypsies began reading fortunes with picture cards called atouts that were popular in persia. when the deck underwent a transformation in europe, it was called tarots. these decks were similar to modern packs, but there were 78, rather than 52, cards, and th

much progress in understanding stonehenge by the time he wearily gave up the task around 1925. since then, many others have tried, and much information has been gained. still, old legends and theories about stonehenge seem to carry as much validity as information based on careful tests performed with the best in modern equipment. as hawley observed, each new discovery seems to broaden the sublime aura of stonehenge. located on salisbury plain in england, stonehenge is a site of concentric rings of stone, an avenue, and paths leading to nearby burial sites. the stone circles are situated on a henge, an area enclosed by a bank and ditch; the surrounding circular ditch is 340 feet in diameter and five feet deep. there are four stone alignments.two are circles and two others are horseshoe-shap

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rits of the dead. thus it is not applicable to divinity or kether in the way perkins sees it, as it would rather be allocated to yesod in terms of the sephiroth or the nefesh in terms of the divisions of the soul. egyptian name glyph qualities khat (kat, xat, kab) fish body sahu mummy& seal spiritual body ka (kai) upraised hands image, double ba (baie) various birds spirit-soul khaibt fan shadow, aura akh (khu, khou, yekh) bennu bird bright spirit sekhem owl vital power ren kneeling man name hati lion whole heart ab jar will tet (zet) upright snake soul hammemit radiating sun unborn soul florence farr, in her book egyptian magic, saw these divisions acting through magical practice by influencing the ka and the ba in the ab. this representation is a mirror image, she said, of the ka reachin

THE MIDDLE PILLAR

of certain magical techruques, the effects of which can be compared to the processes of analytical psychology. regardie gave readers clear directions on how to perform the qabalistic cross, the lesser banishing ritual of the pentagram, and the middle pillar exercise, along with its accompanying methods of circulating the light, the vibratory formula, and the building up of the tree of life in the aura. regardie, more than any other individual, saw the vast potential of the middle pillar exercise, whch was first published in a rather incomplete form in the manuscirpts of the stella matutina. regardie realized that this simple ritual could be adapted into a variety of exercises with varying levels of complexity and spiritual development, or xxii introductitoon t he thirde dition used for num

third exercise in my classification. if the student remembers the tree of life he will see that the middle pillar is a series of five spheres arranged in a single upright column. the exercise proceeds by the visualization of these sephiroth as circles or spheres of light in various sigruficant parts of the physical body. more accurately, they are to be realized as centers already existent in the aura, which is for this purpose defined as an egg-shape of subtle electric matter, a magnetic field which surrounds and interpenetrates the material body of man. the object of this visualization is to awaken these sephiroth in balanced activity as a means of providing the higher genius, as the it may be named, with a psychic mechanism by which it may freely function within consciousness at the int

certain of the psychological principles of man have their correspondence with various organs and limbs and parts of the physical body. the exercise called the middle pillar is a demonstration of this axiom, giving the attributions of these principles as a practical experiment to be attempted. the visualization of the sephiroth and the measured vibration of divine names arouse the centers of this aura, or sphere of sensation, from their former latent condition. the effect is gradually to bring into operation the dormant and hitherto unsuspected parts of the psyche. the results of this practice evince, for one thing, an unparalleled increase of vitality and power. this induces and is succeeded by a calmer judgment, less perturbable by the affairs of the external life, though the capacity fo

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 that one's magical or spiritual path is not "part of the problem" 24. such as evocation, astral projection, or skrying in the spirit vision. 25. the "sphere of sensation" is the aura. 26. the term "circumambulation" is not accurate here. circumarnbulation refers to "walking around" as in walking around the temple. it would be more accurate to describe this process as "circulationf' or "circumagitation" of the light. however, regardie has derived the misuse of the word "circurnambulation" from original order manuscripts-see the golden dawn, page 347, line 7. 27. one of the

eheieh, meaning "i am" 19. this word is a notariqon-an acronym for the hebrew sentence atah gibor le- olahm adonai, which means "thou art great forever, my lord" the first letter of each word is used to make up the word agla. 20. the positioning of a hexagram behind the magician alludes to an advanced magical working in which the magician visualizes the golden dawn's banner of the east within his aura. there are several variations of lines 11 and 12 given in many books; their differences are very slight. the version given here is consistent with that described in regardie's the golden dawn. another version states "for around me shines the pentagram and within me shines the sixrayed star" the total number of points formed by the four pentagrams (4 x 5, and the single hexagram (6) is 26, the

me in hebrew can be sung or played on a musical instrument. see the appendix: the musical qabalah. 6. in this list, regardie has given the name of the sephiroth of the middle pillar next to their corresponding part of the soul. beneath that he has provided the divine hebrew name that is to be intoned or vibrated in the exercise. thus kether, which is equated with the yechidah, is activated in the aura by vibrating the divine name "ahih (whch is the transliteration for eheieh 797x, and so on. 7. daath has no divine name of its own, so in the exercise of the middle pillar, it "borrows" the divine name for binah whch is the highest sephrah that is close to daath (since daath is usually considered a passageway to the supemals, binah would be the sephirah at its point of termination) although r

ith the exhalation of breath, while the ascending current accompanies the inhalation. it is really very easy, and it is only the description of it whch sounds involved and complex. th fso rmula we will call circulation number two. the tlurd formula of circulation is rather different. the two preceding methods will be discovered to have produced wheels of power spinning around the periphery of the aura or sphere of sensation at right angles, as it were. the thrd formula is more akin to the motion of a spiral. having returned on each of the former occasions of circulation to the contemplation of kether, imagine the upright column of brilliance, corresponding to the middle pillar, formulated through the center of the body. pass now to the visualization of malkuth emanating its inherent power

r unconscious, the nephesh is a low level of awareness that answers to the primal instincts, fundamental drives, and animal vitality from our prehistoric past. the nephesh embraces the lowest components of the collective unconscious, those basic aspects whch relate to survival, sex, and the reptilian brain. it is also the seat of our personal unconscious. the nephesh is sometimes equated with the aura and the etheric body, a kind of energy sheath which fonns the matrix for physical body. proper use of the vital raw nephesh energy is important in many aspects of magic, but it must always remain under the firm control of the ruach, the conscious mind. psychology and magic 135 the nephesh is the most misunderstood part of the soul. due to its placement and relationship to the ruach above it a

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ad. however, it had become my policy to say very little about these matters to anyone, even close friends. after mary and i had concluded our interview with charles hern and his wife in ohio, mr. hern had escorted us to the door and remarked "you know, we've told you about everything we've seen; and you haven't told us a damned thing" i was so taciturn that the ufo buffs had surrounded me with an aura of mystery (they tend to surround everything with mystery. james moseley, editor of saucer news (now defunct, once told gray barker "he gives you the impression of not only knowing as much as we about flying saucers but actually knowing a lot more a lot that he is not telling" the truth was more mundane than the mysterious. i was keeping many of my findings a secret to prevent pranksters from

me. they'd either lose time, or gain time. or they'd just stop. i never did find one that would keep correct time. i even tried elgins, these railroad pocket watches? and they don't keep correct time. so i don't tote a watch" obviously mr. hickson's physical makeup includes some unknown but not unheard of force which interferes with watches. he could be surrounded by that special energy field or aura which attracts ufo-type phenomena. calvin parker was just unfortunate enough to be present when the phenomenon zeroed in on hickson. since the light was not operating on his alpha wave frequency, parker wasn't entranced. he was knocked unconscious. hickson entered a hypnoticlike trance and hallucinated. besides all the press attention, crank phone calls, and attending nonsense, calvin parker

to go for a pointless late-night walk or drive. during that drive he encounters, he thinks, the space people and has a fine visit with them. actually his body proceeds on to, say, point a where he picks up a letter or object left there by another contactee. he carries the letter or object to point b and deposits it. later he has no memory of these actions. meanwhile some poor slob with the wrong aura, like myself, receives a phone call advising him to proceed to point b where he will find something left for him by the space people. in short, all physical evidence and manifestations are produced by human beings. they dig holes in fields, rifle mailboxes, and who knows what else. these games have been going on since forever. i have received thousands of letters from contactees since 1967, m

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his magickial awakenings. it was though this that mrs. paterson passed on the "power" and allowed aos to become properly initiated into the magickial current which would drive him the rest of his earthly life. austin's first publication "earth inferno" was privately published in 1905 and "set in stone" what was to be his path. the images of sexuality, the macabre and of death provided an intense aura of mystery and sensuality. spare had expanded more into the inspired and powerful web of interlocking his art with magick, and how so were both intertwined! around the year 1906, aos had begun signing his paintings and drawings in what was to become a sigil, which is described as a "representation of will, delimiting belief and rendering it transvaluative through desire (zos kia an introducto

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g. a circle is characterized by the separation of inside from outside. inside is order; outside is anarchy. in magic a circle is used as a wall of protection to divide the greater hostile world from the zone of law. the most obvious magic circle is the human body. humans look upon the inside of their skins as their own property to do with as they see fit. mystics extend the personal sphere to the aura, a supposed invisible field of energy that is shaped like an egg around the body and that pro- tects the perceived self from hostile psychic "vibrations" just as the body insulates it from extreme heat and cold. animals have their territorial limit, another kind of magic circle. the border of a country is a magic circle established by a society. just as the human mind will limit an idea into

ircle. in some modern practice this sphere of protection is delineated by three cir- cles set perpendicularly to one another, each circle being drawn in one spatial dimension. this is a needless refinement. however, the three interlocking rings are useful for locating the point of self, as will be explained further on. a variation on the magic circle is to limit its scope to the boundaries of the aura. when the magus moves about, the magic circle moves with him or her, there- by eliminating the danger of stepping outside it. this requires great powers of visualization and should not be attempted by a beginner. a trick used by the ancients to facilitate the forming of a portable magic circle was to link it with a magic ring. the ring became the physical locus of the circle. the sliding of t

f conscious- ness. the center is the fixed point of observation around which all other observed things move. in magic, the circle-cross locates the self in the center of the person- al universe, which is usually represented physically by the heart. this is done by visualizing three axes passing through the self, each perpendicular to the others, and extending to the spherical inner surface of the aura. because of its inherent nature, the cross is always used for defense, never for attack. it will absorb and distribute force but has no ability to emanate it. the magus crosses his or her own body to protect the perceived self from hurtful change. the cross is magically projected onto objects outside the body to preserve them or to lock in occult virtues that the magus has infused into them

is the personal identity of the magus, from hostile forces. when properly made, the circle is impassable by an astral entity unless the magus breaks its bound- ary or willfully invites an entity to enter. in everyday life the astral boundary of a human being is established without the need for conscious thought at the limit of the physical body and a bit beyond. this shell of self is known as the aura. when, during ritual, the magus consciously projects what are considered to be elements of his or her psyche outward into the greater world-metaphorically externalizing his or her self beyond the skin-the natural boundary of the aura threatens to become indistinct and must be reinforced by the circle. in effect, the magic circle becomes a second skin for the lower self (the identity of the ma

er of the magus by reversing the actions that extend- ed it. that is, it should be drawn in through the index finger of the left hand, or through the wand held in the left hand, as it is retraced counterclockwise by the magus, who walks once around the altar for this purpose. remember, the right side of the body projects, the left side receives. this reintegrates the circle of protection with the aura of the magus and returns the ritual chamber to its neutral resting state. once again the magus crosses him or herself through the heart-center with the three axes of colored light, and speaks the short prayer to the light, as described in the section on centering, above. the magus reaffirms his or her position at the heart of the universe. the ritual is clearly and unequivocally stated by the

to the sphere that envelopes and warms your feet, with three more spheres set at intervals like great glowing beads at your neck, heart-center, and pelvis, imagine that your entire body is surrounded by a glowing egg of soft white light. further imagine that the light is circulating downward from the sphere of kether to the sphere of makuth, then flowing out and up along the pearly shell of your aura like a shimmering curtain that completely surrounds you, until it reaches the sphere of kether once again. continue to circulate the light in this fashion for several minutes while shifting your awareness from the spheres to the descending col- umn of light to the ascending curtain on the outer skin of your aura. feel your entire being washed and cleansed by the light. 13. perform the kabbali

s such as jesus or siddhartha. the light will drive out any possessing god or demon, for it is all powerful. when your heart is filled with light, there is no room in it for evil. in effect, by invoking an angel of light you substitute that being within your person- al circle for the spirit you wish to expel-you become possessed by the good angel. after the possessing evil spirit is expelled, the aura can be strengthened and defended against its return, and a magical image made for the binding of the spir- it should it persist in bothering you, it is a common error to assume that invocation is less dangerous than evocation. just the reverse is true. by invoking a spirit the magus willingly allows it to enter past his or her personal defenses. if it then chooses to make mischief, the magus

break the plane of the shield. when powerfully projected, the shield will stop a charging beast in its tracks. like the sword it must be consciously extended, but can be formed or retracted at a moment's notice. its color is yellow, its element air, and its motion vibratory. the armor is formed around the entire body out of the limit, or edge, of the per- ceived self, which is usually called the aura. the mystical aura is an imaginary egg that extends around the body at approximately arm's length and defines what the individual regards as his or her space. a person is uncomfortable when this space is violated by someone who has not been invited in. to create the armor the magus contracts his or her aura and hardens it until it is a gently glowing second skin that floats about an inch over

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out-of-the-way places-in central asia, india, south america, africa, and eastern u r o p e" 88. kuhn, modern revival ofdncient wisdom, 45. 89. sinnett, incidents in the life of madame blavatsky, 39-40. there is undoubtedly much more myth in the unobserved portions of the life of blavatsky than fact. she had no intention of telling the truth about herself when a more exciting lie would add to the aura of mystery and romance that she deliberately cultivated. this hidden period in her life, the ten years after her first marriage in which she is supposed to have wandered among the mystic masters of tibet and india, was probably a good deal more squalid than she preferred to acknowledge. she traveled on the fringes of the law, taking advantage of the foolish, and it was during this period that

e physical body is formed. it exists before the existence of the physical body, and when the physical body dies, it continues to survive for some time on the astral planes. the etheric body remains closely linked to the corpse, and is said to be responsible for ghosts seen in graveyards and near the bodies of the dead. it decays more quickly than the astral body. surrounding the human body is the aura, which theosophy divides into seven layers that distinguish themselves by different colors and varying densities. those projecting on the astral planes carry their aura with them. it is said to be plainly visible to spirits and to those possessed with psychic ability. the state of health, and also the level of spiritual advancement, is revealed by an intelligent interpretation of the aura. th

be heard on the cool night air. across the empty field, the dotted campfires of the enemy are visible in the distance like a scattering of stars. the god of the land is a stocky foot soldier with a longbow slung over his back, who walks restlessly between the campfires and speaks encouragement to the other men in a gruff voice. in spite of his unkempt black hair and brooding eyes, he projects an aura of nobility and authority that suggests he is more than he seems. 14. perth literal meaning: apple general sense: luxury, pleasure, sensuality, indulgence, intoxication, gambling, gaming, divination the land of perth is an extensive grove of apple trees at the time of the harvest. the harvesters climb the trees on ladders and pick the ripe red fruit into woven wicker baskets slung on straps o

nd yourself. you should turn clockwise when forming the circle. this is a useful technique when you are surrounded by threats, and your retreat is cut off. it is not a good practice to carry a weapon into the astral world when you engage in soul flight. steel blades are effective weapons against spirits, but by carrying a weapon with you when you explore an astral landscape, you project a hostile aura that will automatically arouse resentment and hostility in the inhabitants of that place. a penknife is acceptable because it is more of a tool than a weapon, but a knife that might be used for fighting is better left behind when you project your astral body. a sword is a very effective weapon, but again it is usually ill-advised to take a sword with you on astral explorations, since its offe

TYSON DONALD THE MAGICAL WORKBOOK

ation 111: water boiling .55 exercise 17 visualization i: geometric shapes .57 exercise 18 visualization 11: leaving the body .61 exercise 19 visualization 111: astral temple .64 contents ix exercise 20 projection of the will i: affecting an object .68 exercise 2 1 projection of the will 11: affecting an element. 71 exercise 22 projection of the will 111: affecting a living being .74 exercise 2 3 aura awareness .81 exercise 24 groundng and centering .86 exercise 25 vibrating names of power .90 exercise 26 charging an object -97 kercise 27 the kabbalistic cross. 105 exercise 28 the middle pillar. 111 exercise 29 projecting the lesser circle. 121 exercise 30 projecting the greater circle. 125 x contents exercise 3 1 invoking the guardians of the quarters, 130 exercise 32 projecting the penta

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

he chinese. it is the ether that was supposed by primitive science to pervade all of space between the stars and act as a conducting medium for light. due to its universal nature, it was assigned both white (all colors) and black (no colors. the rainbow, which also embodies all colors, is appropriate to represent it. when imagining the black egg against the black background of space, visualize an aura of silvery light around its edge. this radiant aura will distinguish the shape of the egg from the darkness behind it. the founder of the golden dawn, s. l. macgregor mathers, specifically instructed against placing the tattwa symbols on the forehead, on the grounds that it would cause headaches. i have not found this to be the case. on the contrary, placing the tattwa symbols on the forehead

the television screen with projection of the will 111: affecting a living being 77 both your eyes simultaneously-the right side of the body is projective. the cross that is mentally drawn through the left pupil of the subject, first the vertical beam from top to bottom, then the horizontal beam from left to right, establishes at its intersection the point of focus for your projected ray of will. aura awareness s tand in your practice area facing an undistracting surface with your feet together and your arms at your sides. keep your back straight. for a few moments, imagine that a string is pulling gently upward on the top of your skull. this will aid you in establishing the correct posture, hereafter referred to as the standing posture. your weight should be distributed equally on both fe

knees, and shins, around the tips of your toes to the underside of the balls of your feet. complete this orbit several times. feel your skin tingling and radiating with subtle energy. the sensation is similar to the static-electric attraction you experience when you rub the surface of a balloon with a silk scarf. imagine all the tiny hairs on your skin stirring. this tingling on your skin is your aura. with your astral perception see and feel it all around you like a softly glowing second skin that lies within several inches of your physical skin. it is sustained by tiny jets of astral light that stream outward through your pores. imagine a bright blue-white star blazing in the heavens directly above the top of your skull, but far away in the distant darkness of space. raise your point of

ased at one end. from your point of view within the sphere, project its golden light outward in all directions. imagine its light spreading throughout the interior of your entire body, up and down your torso, into your head, along your arms and legs, even to the tips of your fingers and toes, until you are filled with light. feel the radiance press against the inside of your skin, seeking escape. aura awareness 83 allow this light to radiate out through the pores of your skin by deliberately willing your pores to open. feel it stream through your skin in a million tiny filaments of brightness. the outflow of radiance expands your aura the way air pressure expands a balloon. continue to expel light from the golden sphere in the tenter of your chest with your will until your aura has been pu

your aura the way air pressure expands a balloon. continue to expel light from the golden sphere in the tenter of your chest with your will until your aura has been pushed out from your body into a perfect globe. it extends a foot or so above your head and a foot or so through the floor beneath your feet-physical objects cannot contain it. spend at least three minutes contemplating this expanded aura of golden light. strive to feel its gentle warmth, and to see its glow. it is transparent and exceedingly pale. its shape ripples and moves in response to your thoughts, like the flame of a candle swaying on faint currents of air. from time to time colors flare across its surface, triggered by different emotions. keep your emotions calm and balanced, and if you perceive your aura disturbed by

shape ripples and moves in response to your thoughts, like the flame of a candle swaying on faint currents of air. from time to time colors flare across its surface, triggered by different emotions. keep your emotions calm and balanced, and if you perceive your aura disturbed by color, use the power of your will to make it resume its uniform pale yellow. after you have contemplated your expanded aura, allow the outward flow of energy from the blazing yellow ball of light in your chest to lessen, so that your aura begins to shrink back in upon itself visualize the intensity of the sphere in your heart-center becoming less and less. it reduces to a faint spark and fades completely away. your energized aura naturally sustains itself away from the surface of your body at a distance that is be

UNLEASHING THE BEAST

aps nowhere is this more apparent than in the case of eroticism. not a matter of simple nudity, eroticism arises in the dialectic of veiling and revealing, clothing and striptease, between the creation of sexual taboos and the exhilarating experience of overstepping them. so too, in ecstatic mystical experience or religious rites (such as blood sacrifices, carnivals, etc, one must first create an aura of purity and sanctity before one can defile it with violence, transgression or the overturning of law "the prohibition is there to be violated" rules are made to be broken, for it is the experience of over-stepping limits that brings the blissful sense of continuity and communion with the other [t]aboos..are not only there to be obeyed..it is always a temptation to knock down a barrier..fear

e can defile it with violence, transgression or the overturning of law "the prohibition is there to be violated" rules are made to be broken, for it is the experience of over-stepping limits that brings the blissful sense of continuity and communion with the other [t]aboos..are not only there to be obeyed..it is always a temptation to knock down a barrier..fear invests [the forbidden act] with an aura of excitement "there is nothing" writes de sade "that can set bounds to licentiousness..the best way of enlarging and multiplying one's desires is to try to limit them."c -161- the ultimate aim of transgression, however, is not mere sensual pleasure; rather, it is the transgression of the very boundaries of the self, the expenditure (depense) without hope of any return, which shatters the lim

WESTERN MANDALAS OF TRANSFORMATION SR AL

eliminating the outdated and no longer useful; assists in projects involving large numbers of people. planetary body parts and mental health saturn: skin, teeth, bones, gallbladder, pituitary glands (with jupiter. time passages: aging and dying; depression. jupiter: liver, pituitary glands, hormones. growth of the human organism. mental optimism. mars: sex organs, muscles. fevers. strong magnetic aura. sun: heart, spine, thymus. to maintain youthfulness; health in general. helps to fight bacteria. venus: kidneys, throat, parathyroid. calcium level in the body. emotional balance. mercury: brain, nervous system, breathing. mental alertness and concentration. moon: breasts, pancreas, menstruation and conception. to achieve a reconciled heart. work with cycles, fluctuations. pluto: antibodies

cred signatures. numbers are the primary blueprint of the sphere or planetary energy. when sigils are traced through a kamea, connecting specific planetary numbers, they draw out the particular planetary power being invoked. if one traces a sigil of one's own name (and one's magical name, or h. g. a) on the kamea, one begins to instill the force behind the magical field of the planet in one's own aura. the correct way of tracing sigils is given in the next section. 53 there is no science that teaches the harmonies of nature more clearly than mathematics, and the magic squares are like a magic mirror which reflects a ray of the symmetry of the divine norm immanent in all things .paul cams, magic squares and cubes magical squares and sigils chapter 4 it is not necessary to understand all of

meanings become personally verified. figure 13-0 chapter 14 using tattwas for healing and balancing the next time you see a flashing point of light on a television advertisement, or a point of light that scintillates accompanied by a single pinging note of music, please remember that the advertiser has just implanted what amounts to a directive in your subconscious mind; he has just polluted your aura with junk energy .david tansley, the rainment of light the principles of using sound and color, both for healing and for maintaining emotional and physical health are ancient and are the foundation upon which the modern use of tattwas employed by dr. case and others is based. chapter one examined the variety of techniques that tattwas.or any systematized method of colored talismanic mandalas

t that the body was composed of a visible substance that was subject to corruption, and a more etheric substance, which was not. health of the physical body was brought about by reharmonizing it with its etheric vehicle that provided the elements necessary to overcome the malady. since his time, many auric healers have espoused the mental and physical benefits of projecting colors into a person's aura through thought transference. numerous investigators of aural phenomenon during the past two centuries, many of whom claimed to be psychic, sought to describe the magnetic atmosphere surrounding the physical body. in 1911, w. j. kilner sought to separate himself from the mystical aspects of aura reading. he concluded in his laboratory speculations that surrounding the human body is an envelop

ht to describe the magnetic atmosphere surrounding the physical body. in 1911, w. j. kilner sought to separate himself from the mystical aspects of aura reading. he concluded in his laboratory speculations that surrounding the human body is an envelope with three definite parts that under certain conditions can be seen. he developed a method called the kilner screen, still used today, to view the aura, and wrote about actual rays that shot out at right angles from the body in projections, the colors of which were defined by the health of the body. the aura of a healthy person presents a symmetrical, web-like appearance through the screens, while an unhealthy one is spiny, blotched, or broken (1965. his work was followed by oscar bagnall who in 1937 discovered that no aura emanated from a d

tists, who don't believe in auras) can be photographed through kirlian photography. these electrical emanations captured many times on film also show a definite lack or dominance of certain colors, depending on certain conditions (such as stress, health, even what a person is presently thinking. this auric field is often called the bioplasmic body, and is thought to comprise only one layer of the aura. in other words, it is not nearly as fully developed as what can be seen clairvoyantly. for an excellent examination of newer developments using science and clairvoyance, see the work of dr. shafica karagulla (1967, who diagnosed many of her patients with the aid of psychics who could read auras. another interesting development in energy photography is called the schlieren system, now used by

cularly the chart in figure 14-b. it is not a random arrangement of colors. keep in mind the principles discussed earlier about complementary colors, and the hermetic principle "as above, so below" what happens when they are done in this order? they also stimulate these corresponding colors. the silver-white at the end is not really a chakra; it is the absent daath. it corresponds to the shell or aura of the etheric body, and is visualized as surrounding all of the chakras, which are flashing in the shining colors attributed to them. as alice bailey said: think of the etheric body as a shimmering body of light, a reflector of the conditions of all the other subtle bodies, and the network that connects to the physical body. it is here that we find the key. figure 14-d the occult uses of col

ctually draw it or mark it in a part of the room, perhaps using three stones. close your eyes and try to cease your thoughts, clearing your mind of anything except your present purpose (to consecrate) and intention (relating to the talisman. take several deep breaths to cleanse your thought field, and when sufficiently relaxed, begin to imagine the color you are charging the talisman with in your aura. the color corresponding to the talisman is determined by the particular planetary seal, or else by the color most appropriate to the angel or vibration you are working with, if doing a talisman of a name (as explained in chapter thirteen. determine the numerical vibration in harmony with your purpose.for example, six, yellow, and the sun. breathe in deeply and steadily for a count of six and

WHO ARE THE DRACONIANS

re draining energy to manifest, like happens in various kinds of apparitions. they did change density at times. they made heavy footsteps, in the hallway, on the wood floor. who are the draconians file//d /my documents/avidya/reptilian agenda/who are the draconians.htm (24 of 68 [8/25/2000 17:19:58] and could walk through the walls. they "glow" an electrical blue/greenish color, like some kind of aura. the head is similar to the reptilian humanoids on the tv program "babylon 5. the head was more cone shaped, like the "yeti" kind of have. in fact, the reptoids are built like big foot. the one has scales, the other has hair. the eyes are "slit" serpert-like. very strange "flame-like" and flickery. three fingers and an opposing thumb. with claw-like talons(on fingers and feet. a small tail. l

WICCA WITCHCRAFT TODAY

omstick, to replace the story told at so many witch trials of wild dances in the moonlight by beautiful young witches. personally i am inclined to believe that while allowing for imagination there is something in the witches' belief. i think that there is something in the nature of an electromagnetic field surrounding all living bodies, and that this is what is seen by some people who call it the aura. i can sometimes see it myself, but only on bare flesh, so clothes evidently obstruct its functioning; this, however, is simply my own private belief. i think a witch by her formulae stimulates it, or possibly creates more of it. they say that witches by constant practice can train their wills to blend this, nerve force, or whatever it is, and that their united wills can project this as a bea

nhibitions and putting you into a favourable state of mind. i think, indeed, that there is something even more than this to be obtained from these methods, but of course that all depends on what you wish to achieve. witches were taught that magic was contagious, that what you did to a material object which had formed part of a man's body, or had been in close contact with it, and had absorbed its aura, could have some effect on that person, even at a distance 'forming the link, they called it. they also believe it is possible to form a mental link without having any material object; but, as kipling says, that is another story. quoting from elementary radiesthesia by f. a. arch-dale, p. 29 'the basis of medical radiesthesia is that the pendulum held over a healthy organ gives one reaction

WOLFSON ELLIOT ALEF MEM TAU KABBALISTIC MUSINGS ON TIME TRUTH AND DEATH

r representations of the infinite will are widely attested in the theosophic ruminations of thirteenth-century kabbalists for instance, azriel of gerona, jacob ben sheshet, isaac ibn latif, moses de le n, and other castilian figures whose views are preserved in zoharic homilies, and the many subsequent authors influenced thereby, including luria and his disciples.268 keter, the supernal will, the aura that is coextensive with and hence ontically inseparable even if distinguishable from ein sof,269 is also characterized as nothing (ayin),270 a designation that denotes not lack but surplus of being that is beyond comprehension, the pure ether that cannot be apprehended. 271 the nature of that primordial will is to will naught but itself, which is to say, to will nothing; but to will nothing

ZALEWSKI GOLDEN DAWN ENOCHIAN MAGIC OCR

could use crystal gazing to reestablish communication with enoch's angels, thus restoring the fountainhead of supernatural knowledge. whether or not dee succeeded is open to question. dee certainly believed that he had tapped into angelic power, but there is little evidence that the knowledge did him much good. nevertheless, by the time he died, his experiments were widely enough known to lend an aura of mystery and power to his name. xii the language was given on a large tablet of 49 one-inch squares which constituted the four watchtower tablets and the tablet of union. the 48 enochian calls were also derived by the use of these large tablets. dee and kelley had at their disposal a highly sophisticated system of magic which apparently neither of them comprehended. it remained just a colle

d to ask me a number of questions on what i knew about the various astral bodies. he had discussed them briefly in ritual analysis work, but now he began to probe deeper into what i actually knew. this turned out to be very little. he then began to explain each of the functions, which he told me he had learned from alice bailey's works on the subject. he informed me that he had seen papers on the aura but had put those aside for bailey's work, which was far superior. i had done visionary work before, both eastern and western, but taylor's relentless probing into what i was actually using during these astral trips made me appreciate a whole new level of aware159 ness (i use the term astral here for "inner space" to divorce myself from the psychological viewpoint) my wife, chris, has the abi

e she was called akna-oor, guide to the path and letter. it started to darken, and we entered a small temple of grey stone that looked like a cromlech or capstone at the end of the path. she stops and turns, then shows me a new sign that i am to use when i enter this realm again. both arms across the chest, at right angles, right above left, palms facing downwards. there is very much a red indian aura about her, though she is nordic in color and stature. as we enter the temple she takes me to a room where there are three benches or altars. the left one has two cups on it, the middle a sword and the right a smoldering urn. above each (the walls are gold) there are blank tablets with six lines down and six lines across (the tablets are gold also, while the lines are red. the center piece of

ducer of the seeds of fruit on earth which represents spring. the "n" is scorpio, apophis the destroyer the destructive force of nature that represents winter "r" is sol and relates to summer. the final "i" is osiris slain and risen, and relates to autumn and all of its characteristics. by uttering this initial keyword, the invoker of this force calls forth and links the power of the sun into his aura. yod nun resh yod! virgo, isis, mighty mother! sol, osiris, slain and risen! isis, apophis, osiris! i-a-o! the letters iao compose a synthetic name relating to the sun entering virgo and the introduction of the air element, which in itself represents spirit or unification with the part of the kabbalistic soul called the ruach or "breath" the sign of orisis slain! this represents the forces of

h the life force of osiris. v the sign of typhon and apophis! the hands show a further movement of the arc, which represents the sun at winter solstice, thus representing the forces of darkness. x. the sign of osiris risen! this shows the combination effect of the energy from both the equinox and solstice forces. the energy here is then brought down in an even flow, thus cementing itself into the aura. the entire concept of doing these signs is twofold. the first is that one brings down the solar influences by imitation through a process of god-form assimilation when doing the signs, which interrelates with a force called the ruach, the second functioning part of the kabbalistic soul (for a full explanation of this see regardie's middle pillar, llewellyn publications. the idea is to unify

sciousness to your kether above your head and vibrate the name eheieh which means "i am" imagine the light flowing down through daath (at the nape of your neck) to tiphareth. 4. in the same manner, establish yesod in the name shaddai el chat, and malkuth in the name adonai ha-aretz. 5. make the qabalistic cross to indicate that you have called down the light of your kether and balanced it in your aura. then let your imagination dwell on the aura and see it oval and clear, pulsating with the glow from tiphareth. 186 187 appendix h sign and color correspondences astrological king's queen's sign scale scale aries scarlet red taurus red orange deep indigo gemini orange pale mauve cancer amber maroon leo greenish yellow deep purple virgo yellowish green slate grey libra emerald green blue scorp

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an tablets 2. consecration of elemental weapons, sword, lotus want, rose cross 3. introduction to the enochian system 4. concourse of forces part 1 5. lecture on name extraction from the tablets 6. hierarchy of the tablets 7. astrology and the tablets 8. notanda 9. introduction to skrying 10. systematic method of studying the squares (tablets) 11. official lecture for slaying enochian squares 12. aura control and the enochian tablets 13. enochian dictionary 14. enochian chess papers 15. instructions for making an enochian chess set 16. watch tower ceremony 17. equinox ceremony 18. ritual of spiritual development 19. invocation of the higher genius ritual 20. lecture of the symbolism of the 5=6 grade 21. lecture of task undertaken by adeptus minor 22. fama confessio documents 23. lecture th

f golden dawn ritual work. the main effort for the adept is to discern and record what energies govern what areas of what ceremonies. the published rituals of the golden dawn give only the barest hint as to what exactly happens in ceremonies like the neophyte. jack taylor revealed to us that before each grade ceremony, the hierophant had to go down to the temple, and with his sphere of sensation (aura, link directly into the astral shells of each of the godforms in the rituals. taking the 0=0 as an example, the hierophant would have to "bring through" the astral shells of (1) the invisible stations (2, the officers of the temple, and (3) the osiris godform on the dias. this is an example of the verbal information that the former hierophant would divulge and show to the present hierophant (

of all is the thoth current; for without it the rituals become mere dramatic gestures. the z-1 document, prefaced by the general exordium, is a fair indication of the powers and duties of thoth. the following paper was a flying rolls paper issued out in the thoth hermes temple which also explains the function of the rituals from a kabbalistic concept. f l y i n g r o l l 3 7 kabbalistic soul and aura activation during ritual by now most of you will be familiar with the three main principles of the kabbalistic soul (neschamah, ruach and nephesch. the importance of understanding this principle is because during ritual, the link of the three aspects of the soul opens the gate to a tremendous source of energy. if we study how this energy can be acquired, we use the principles of the aura as a

of you will be familiar with the three main principles of the kabbalistic soul (neschamah, ruach and nephesch. the importance of understanding this principle is because during ritual, the link of the three aspects of the soul opens the gate to a tremendous source of energy. if we study how this energy can be acquired, we use the principles of the aura as a method of expanding this principle. the aura around the body is made up of images of the man, which start next to the skin, and can be seen extending 6 to 12 feet from the physical body. some have grouped these images together in 7 stages, but the fact remains that they all emanate from the physical in shape, and can be attributed to the nephesch. the ruach during ritual is the astral shell the hierophant creates before the ritual begin

ephesch. the ruach during ritual is the astral shell the hierophant creates before the ritual begins, and which the officers step into (the method of doing this will be explained at higher grades. this is the accumulated unconscious energy of the order which is drawn from the matrix and sent back when the ceremony is completed. when the temple officer silently meditates, he consciously linkes his aura with the shell which opens up new channels of awareness within him. the neschamah is the divine spark brought about by the ruach and nephesch, linked with the officer stretching forth his faculty of reason; all are joined as a unified force by the hierophant who welds them together as he brings down the power of the order which could be classed as the neschamah. while this entire principle is

s a unified force by the hierophant who welds them together as he brings down the power of the order which could be classed as the neschamah. while this entire principle is inherited in us as living beings (with the neschamah as our soul or disassociated state of awareness, we have in fact learned to extend this faculty via group ritual working. as one advances through the ranks of the order, the aura is impregnated with the vital forms of each element grade. this forces a link between your own aura and the ruach or order. it is power which binds the two together in a positive manner, the link being stronger with each grade you undertake. this makes it easier each time for the power of the neschamah to give the divine spark and bind to the ruach, to come through during ceremony. it is not

each element grade. this forces a link between your own aura and the ruach or order. it is power which binds the two together in a positive manner, the link being stronger with each grade you undertake. this makes it easier each time for the power of the neschamah to give the divine spark and bind to the ruach, to come through during ceremony. it is not unusual, if this is done correctly, for the aura to light up, and/or images appear around the officers, especially the hierophant. the shapes will vary according to the officer and grade, but shows that the nephesch, ruach, and neschamah, have linked together correctly. generally, imbalances in these ceremonies occur when the ruach has blocked off the power of neschamah, and in cases like these the onus is on the hierophant or another offic

they were given to me by taylor after going through this grade ceremony. the final ritual is called "transmission of the etheric link" and was only given out to a few at whare ra. its purpose was to transmit the link of the order in its fullest capacity to the adept. this was only given out at 7=4 level, and is not a substitute for any grade ceremony, but in fact seals off the link in the adept's aura. why this was given out in the 7=4 grade and not 8=3 or 9=2 levels is not clear. it is slightly complicated, but in essence is as follows. during felkins reign on the temples, the 8=3 and 9=2 grades were left for those who had made contact with the third order. however, when felkin gave out these grades to the chiefs of the other british temples who had not made this contact, the chiefs of sa

ZOETIC GRIMOIRE OF ZOS

to return evil to its source sorcery may be good or evil, as predetermined by its purpose, and is your responsibility. corrective punishment, being amoral, is the only legitimate motivation. ability is the determining factor of success. sufficient hate is the potency, which must be stored up, formulated and focused so as to become incarnate through the elemental employed to pierce the protective aura of the offenders. requisites: something personal belonging to the victim or victims. a symbolic replica of them (drawing, statuette, etc. also, the deployment of an animal familiar, and a simulation of the deed and desired consequences formulated as a ritual convincing to yourself. there is also a direct method by suggestion, when knowing the offenders..achilles heel. evil in others may be ma

means: what is of consequence, and portentous, is the. state of mind. that is induced in the consultant by the method and downright explanations given to him: there is an indirect or transposed auto-suggestion. anything so entering the near-subconscious must reformulate and re-suggest itself with commitment to a later, similar, event. likewise, the sorcerer..s shaft pierces through the protective aura by assertion becoming indirect suggestion as the consultant. s own. paradoxically, the quickest way of susceptibility is by denial as disbelief. cards may be used for formulating the will, casting spells, mathematical numerology, and fortune telling. i was taught quite early in life by the greatest witch of recent years. here is a rough synopsis of my formula based on what i remember of hers

al reasons, though thoth or athene would have been more appropriate. hymn begins "o. glorious isis, mother of men, let thy hand reach out and touch my travail, etc, all of which is expressed by sigils (they should be of one. s own composition) followed by the evocation of the familiar or elemental necessary (1) to act as carrier and bring en rapport subject and object (2) to pierce the protective aura of the subject, if necessary (3) to assist the dynamic qualities. the animal chosen should typify the qualities necessary: tiger= strength, fierceness, etc, or selected from one. s own totem or from face value, i.e, if you look like a horse or a snake, they are your nearest familiars. they are evoked by their secret name which should be inscribed on a strip of parchment, and burnt immediately

A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO WITCHCRAFT AND MAGICK SPELLS

e to the water. sit near to the source of power, touching it with your two hands so that you create a circuit of energy parallel to that being absorbed by the crystals and so empower your own auric field (the area of psychic energy that exists around our bodies. auric fields contain different colours; they can be seen spontaneously by clairvoyants but anyone can, with time and practice, interpret auras, which change according to a person's mood and the influences on it. after about ten minutes you may detect a slight luminescence around yourself as well as the crystals. your crystals will now be charged and can be placed in their drawstring bag. when under stress, touch your chosen crystal for strength and protection. keep it on your desk at work, place it between you and an adversary or n

ALEISTER CROWLEY MAGICK IN THEORY AND PRACTICE

urpose than "phallic orgies, whatever they may be. utterly incapable of keeping to a subject, he would drag the conversation down again and again to the sole subject of which he really thought- sex and sex-perversions and sex and sex and sex and sex again. this was the plain result of his spiritism. all spiritists are more or less similarly afflicted. they feel dirty even across the street; their auras are ragged, muddy and malodorous; they ooze the slime of putrefying corpses. no spiritist, once he is wholly enmeshed in sentimentality and freudian fearphantasms, is capable of concentrated thought, of persistent will, or of moral character. devoid of every spark of the divine light which was his birthright, a prey before death to the ghastly tenants of the grave, the wretch, like the mesme

ALICE A BAILEY04 A TREATISE ON COSMIC FIRE

e divided into the following classes, amongst many others. class 1. the special agents of magic. they are peculiarly susceptible to the building vibrations of the seven rays. class 2. a group of agnichaitans who manifest as physical plane electricity. they are a group who are coming somewhat under the control of man, and will be more and more dominated by him. class 3. a group who form the health auras of all the three middle kingdoms of nature (vegetable, animal and human) either collectively or individually. man is coming into contact with them along medical lines and beginning somewhat to recognise them. one of the great errors into which the human family has fallen has been the endeavour to administer mineral drugs to man for medicinal purposes. it has resulted in a combination of deva

ALICE A BAILEY05 THE LIGHT OF THE SOUL

n whose ring-pass-not all our kingdoms of nature are found, or the solar atom, god in manifestation through the medium of a solar system. christ "knew what was in man" and therefore could be a saviour. 9. fancy rests upon images which have no real existence. this means that these images have no real existence in so far as they are conjured up by men themselves, constructed within their own mental auras, energized by their will or desire and are consequently dissipated when attention is directed elsewhere "energy follows thought" is a basic tenet of the raja yoga system and is true even where these images of fancy are concerned. these fancied images fall primarily into three groups, which the student would do well to consider- 16- the light of the soul copyright 1998 lucis trust 1. those th

ALICE A BAILEY08 A TREATISE ON WHITE MAGIC

him whatsoever. it is quite possible for a man to tune in on the fears of other people whilst he himself has literally nothing to fear of any kind. he can so identify himself with their forebodings of future disaster that he interprets them in terms of his own coming experience. he is unable to dissociate himself from their reactions and absorbs so much of the poison in their emotional and mental auras that he is swept into a very vortex of terror and of fear. yet, if he did but know it, the future holds for him no hidden catastrophes. he is simply deluded, but the effect on his astral body and upon his solar plexus is identically the same. this is painfully the case now that there are so many thousands of sensitive aspiring souls, inexperienced in the handling of the world karma, wide ope

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

ppears. the secret is hidden in the word "transformation" for the rays 2.4.6 are the great transformers. the clue to the secret is to be found in the processes of assimilation and in the building forces that transmute the assimilated minerals, the absorbed moisture, the food in the air, and the proffered offering of the insect kingdoms into the manifested bodies, the radiant colours, the magnetic auras, and the distilled perfumes of this kingdom. much along this line has been the subject of investigation by the modern scientist, but until he recognises the fact of ray influences, and the part they play in the producing of these factors, he will fail to discover the true secret of the transformations which he notes. it will appear, therefore, to the careful reader, that in the relation of t

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

29- a treatise on the seven rays- volume ii: esoteric psychology ii copyright 1998 lucis trust mind, to serve that plan" ray four "the angel of the presence stands in his beauty rare upon the lighted way. the glow of the presence pours throughout the field of combat and ends, in peace, the strife. the warrior stands revealed. his work is done. back to back, the angel and the warrior stand, their auras meeting in a radiant sphere of light. the two are one. the voice goes forth 'harmony is restored and the beauty of the lord of love shines forth. such is the plan. thus is the whole revealed. the higher and the lower meet; form and the formless merge and blend, and know themselves as one. in harmony with all united souls, i serve the plan" ray five "the angel of the presence serves the three

his is the first time that such a situation has been possible. up till this century, individuals could be impressed, here and there, in different parts of the world, and at widely separated times and periods. but today a group can respond and their numbers are relatively so great that there can be formed upon the planet a group composed of a number of persons of such radiatory activity that their auras can meet and contact each other. thus one group subjective and objective can be functioning. there are today enough centres of light, scattered all over the world, and enough disciples and aspirants, that the little beams or threads of light (speaking symbolically) which radiate from each of them, can meet and interlace, and form a network of light in the world. this constitutes the magnetic

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ife must proceed amidst the devastating racket of modern life in the great cities. such is your problem and such is my problem as i seek to aid you. for me, there is also the problem of excessive expenditure of force as i attempt to reach each of you and to study each of you at certain intervals. there is the work, at long range, of reading your minds, of seeing your light, and of vitalising your auras. this has not hitherto been the problem of the eastern teachers, except in very rare cases. those who are now working in the modern world under the masters of the wisdom have undergone a preliminary tuning-up process and a training in receptivity during an earlier incarnation or incarnations. forget not, therefore, that i also have a problem which i am willing to undertake for the sake of a

ur thought and energy from the standpoint of the hierarchy and of the work that the hierarchy seeks to accomplish. study these words, for they give you the clue to the type and quality required- 109- discipleship in the new age- volume i copyright 1998 lucis trust your problems of adjustment must still continue till solved, and the processes of detaching yourself from too close a contact with the auras of others must proceed and must be carried into the field of your service to others. i see in you a better comprehension of this problem and an increased facility in application. you are learning fast, my brother, and will find ample compensation as the work proceeds. go forward to a fuller release and, therefore, to fuller power to serve. december 1935 my brother: i have earlier indicated t

d you give them what they need but your prime function is to charge the group members with dynamic energy. through the power of your soul you must awaken their souls into selfless activity. you can touch them dynamically and then never again will their orientation be purely personal. the task of re-orienting people can be yours. some people work with groups and, through the inclusiveness of their auras and the potency of their souls, they sweep large numbers of people into a higher aspirational attitude and into a deeper spiritual tide. others have the duty of finding the advanced men and women of the world, the individuals who stand at the portal of discipleship but blindly, knowing not where they are or why. they then, through their dynamic soul potency, call into living activity the sou

ediments to contact are twenty per cent less. for this, i can and do commend you and, in commending, urge you to proceed with the task of purification and cleansing. i ask this for the sake of your own soul and for that of your fellow disciples. there is real need for this group to work as a group. but this will only be possible when unity of purpose, steadiness of rhythm and purity of the united auras have been achieved. see to it, my friend, that you continue to do your share. all i seek to do today for you is to speak this word of commendation and to give you certain words and phrases upon which you should meditate until i again communicate with you. i am hoping that after the full moon of may (the wesak festival) i may be able to change your work so that you can begin the next meditati

the effort to establish mutual contact through an united recognition of the vision, of the esoteric basis of life and the laws governing action. it is not a place, however, for long and silent meditation processes, for it is a point of tension where, together, the ageless wisdom in its more esoteric aspects is discussed, where the nature of soul relationship is recognised and where the fusion of auras and the inter-blending of the "triangles" goes forward consciously. an ashram is the state of mind of a spiritual group. it is a point of united thought; it is a centre for the clarification of the vision and not of physical plane methods of work. as disciples learn to integrate themselves into a master's ashram, they discover that the first thing they have to do is to establish a basic harm

you can see, therefore, that the hierarchy itself is only a great ashram with a triangle at the- 579- discipleship in the new age- volume i copyright 1998 lucis trust centre, composed of the christ, the mahachohan and the manu. symbolically speaking, this triangle constitutes one radiant centre, for the radiatory activity of each of these great lords is such that they are swept into each other's auras in such a way that there is a complete blending and fusing. every ashram radiates some one major quality according to the ray of the master at the centre; in the same way the hierarchy radiates the quality of the second divine aspect, just as the all-inclusive ashram (to which we give the name shamballa) has the outstanding characteristic of the first aspect, life itself. this is not a quali

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the activity of such groups, the world glamour will be dissipated, but first of all the aspirant must learn to deal with individual and group glamour. it is necessary to remember the following three things. i am going to be brief and technical in teaching this group, for my time is short and you have an adequate technical knowledge with which to understand that whereof i speak. first, the united auras of the group members ever determine the group condition, the group activity, usefulness, problem and glamour. hence emerges individual group responsibility and- 18- glamour: a world problem copyright 1998 lucis trust individual usefulness. each of you either hinders or aids the group, according to his auric condition, which is either in a state of glamour or illusion or is kept relatively fr

work with deliberation towards its solution with deliberation, brother of old, and with no speed, but with due care and caution and with right understanding. thirdly, you must remember that as i look at the individual in any of these groups, i can at the same time gauge the quality of the group itself as a whole. the amount of inner light that can shine through and make its presence felt in your auras can be seen by me and indicate to me the strength and the efficiency and also the potency of your individual group influence, for the positive auras subordinate the negative auras. what is required is a combination of positive auras, deliberately subordinated to group work. as you deal with illusion and as you free your minds from its effects, and as you dissipate the astral glamour in which

our: a world problem copyright 1998 lucis trust presence of divinity itself, intuited by the hierarchy and dimly sensed by humanity but providing in this manner that threefold synthesis which is divine manifestation in form. all these three have powerful emanations (though the emanation of the presence via shamballa has been wisely held in leash since the human race came into being. they all have auras, if you care so to call them, and in the three worlds at present that of the dweller is still the most powerful, just as in the life of the aspirant, his personality is as yet the dominant predisposing factor. it is this powerful human emanation which constitutes the major glamour in the life of humanity and of the individual disciple. it is a synthesis of glamour, fused and blended by the p

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

an work as a unit unless they love and serve each other. the healing energy of the spiritual hierarchy cannot flow through the group if there is disharmony and criticism. the first work, therefore, of any group of healers, is to establish themselves in love and to work towards group unity and understanding. i would like to point out here the need for patience as a healing group integrates and the auras of the group members blend. it takes a little time for people to learn to work together in perfect understanding and impersonality, and at the same time to achieve, during their work, a one-pointedness which will produce the needed group rhythm a rhythm of such unity and intensity that the work can synchronise internally. aspirants and students as they work along these lines must train thems

ital body of the patient- 381- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iv: esoteric healing copyright 1998 lucis trust 2. the healer who works on a higher level, and necessarily therefore with a higher type of patient; he uses the energy of his own overshadowing soul in conjunction with the energy of his individualised soul, and thereby radiates it forth into the soul of the patient, via both of the auras. 3. the healer who can employ both techniques and whose range of contacts and possibilities of usefulness are far greater than the other two. he can employ with equal facility the energy of the soul or the vital pranic force, and has therefore mastered the two techniques which govern the two sets of related faculties. this class of healer is much rarer than the other two. at present, in the

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te of awareness an awareness which is fundamentally inclusive and not exclusive. this is a primary platitude of which you are well aware. in most of you this platitude remains a mental proposition. you hope some day to arrive at this basic sense of inclusiveness which is characteristic of the hierarchy. at present you do not feel fused, blended and incorporated into the mental, astral and etheric auras of those who form the group of which you know yourself to be a part. i would ask you to study what i have just said with care. do you like, for instance, to penetrate into the mental atmosphere of a fellow member, or do you care to have him penetrate into yours and thus find out what is the content of your thought? a major test is here involved, and it is one which you will have some day to

. 2. that it had been decided, in view of a.a.b.'s recall for more definite work in his ashram, that you would continue to work in my ashram for the remainder of this life. a.a.b. had temporarily given up some of her work in the ashram of k.h. in order to be of assistance to me in the specialised work i was attempting to do and which she was equipped to aid. 3. that the "middle point" between the auras or spheres of influence of the related ashrams should form your immediate objective and the goal of your endeavour. this would mean, in your case, that when you have achieved the "freedom of the middle point" you would be sensitive to impression from me and from my ashram with which you are now affiliated, but you would also be sensitive to impressions from the ashram of k.h, via a.a.b. 4. i

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is capable too of imaginary portraits of more unearthly denizens. there exist near photographic quality pictures of satyrs and half-human creatures rendered in crisp, lifelike clarity, as if they had just walked in off the walworth road and into his studio for a sitting. all of his portraits of actors and tramps and faerie folk resonate with a strong sense of his london roots. his use of coloured auras, halos, symbols and sigils add up to create an enhanced style of portraiture that he called glyphographs. spare s women are always powerful in a way that strongly links them to the fin de siecle cult of the female in an artistic vision that flows from the sumptuous art nouveau forms through to the streamlined art deco ideal of the feminine. he is subtle and sensitive in his handling of all h

s. he also paints, and his highly coloured depictions of the psychic realms contain striking thematic similarities to the work of spare. transformations of man into animals along with animal totems and familiars populate his dense pictures. there are also numerous chthonic serpent, snake and large dragonlike creatures in his work, in addition to spirit portraits and the inclusion of multicoloured auras and rainbows. it has been left to anthropology to find precise meanings in all these various phenomena depicted in ameringo s art. perhaps such a correlative anthropological precision could be applied to the study of spare s art and his use of similar devices. they are clearly not there for mere decoration such areas of investigation are perhaps waiting to be explored. having renounced both

CASSANDRA EASON A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO WITCHCRAFT AND MAGIC

e to the water. sit near to the source of power, touching it with your two hands so that you create a circuit of energy parallel to that being absorbed by the crystals and so empower your own auric field (the area of psychic energy that exists around our bodies. auric fields contain different colours; they can be seen spontaneously by clairvoyants but anyone can, with time and practice, interpret auras, which change according to a person's mood and the influences on it. after about ten minutes you may detect a slight luminescence around yourself as well as the crystals. your crystals will now be charged and can be placed in their drawstring bag. when under stress, touch your chosen crystal for strength and protection. keep it on your desk at work, place it between you and an adversary or n

DAVIDSON DAN SHAPE POWER

3.5 earth energy experience in the summer of 1995, i decided that i needed to know more about how to personally manipulate aetheric energy. a few days later, in a very vivid spiritual experience, i found myself in an open area with three beings. it was a beautiful place, green grass, a few nice trees, and peaceful but with a feeling of great energies. the beings had very intense energy fields or auras, which i could both see and feel. their auras radiated great power, strength, and control. the beings were masters or adepts of aetheric energy who had first totally mastered themselves. the master in charge showed me an energy movement to build up my own energy field like theirs. i have had three more of these experiences since the first one in 1995, so there are a total of four movements

ergy movements introduction in the summer of 1995, i decided that i needed to know more about how to personally manipulate aetheric energy. a few days later, in a very vivid spiritual experience, i found myself in an open area with three beings. it was a beautiful place, green grass, a few nice trees, and peaceful, but with a feeling of great energies. the beings had very intense energy fields or auras, which i could both see and feel. their auras radiated great power, strength, and control. the beings were masters or adepts of aetheric energy who had first totally mastered themselves. the master in charge showed me an energy movement to build up my own energy field like theirs. i have had three more of these experiences since the first one in 1995, so there are a total of four movements

DION FORTUNE PSYCHIC SELF DEFENSE

nk no one who has a knowledge of the facts will deny that they occur, even as one might occasionally come across a crucifix which had been used upside down at a black mass. it is not every case of psychic disturbance, however, which originates externally. it is a well-known cosmic law that everything moves in circles, and whatever forces we send out, and whatever thought-forms we extrude from our auras, unless absorbed by the object to which they are directed, will return to us in due course. one of the most effective, and also one of the most widely practised methods of occult defence is to refuse to react to an attack, neither accepting nor neutralising the forces projected against one, and thus turning them back on their sender. we must never overlook the fact that a so-called occult at

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF OCCULTISM AND PARAPSYCHOLOGY VOL 1

rror will, in a moment, change everything to a ghastly grey. the fourth aura is that of the permanent character, and is said to contain the record of the past earth life of the personality. the fifth aura is not often seen even by clairvoyants, but it is described by those who have seen it, only in the cases where the spiritual nature is the most powerful factor, as outshining all the rest of the auras with startling brilliancy. the auric colors, it is declared, cannot be adequately described in terms of the ordinary colors discernible to the physical vision, being very much brighter and of more varied hues and shades. the symbolic meaning of these is roughly of the following order: rose, pure affection; brilliant red, anger and force; dirty red, passion and sensuality; yellow of the pures

uring the seance. nineteenth-century biblical scholar allen putnam saw the ark of the covenant as an interesting model by which to understand the spiritualist cabinet: the ark of the covenant was constructed expressly for use as a spirit battery, or an instrument through which to give forth the commands of the lord. the special care taken to have the ark and all its appurtenances charged with the auras or magnetisms of a selected class of workmen, becomes very interesting in these days when much wonder is expressed at the customary stickling of spirits and mediums for right conditions. biblical history furnishes precedent for great particularity, when constructing a cabinet for manifestations. the cabinet is usually of very simple construction. it need not be more than a curtain thrown acr

her of kundalini yoga. his broad studies led to an awakening experience in 1974, which he describes in terms of his self-realization of his i am presence. the master of the great white brotherhood gave him a new name, tattenaiananda, one who bestows the gifts of god and liberated bliss. in the astral physics school, tat demonstrated and taught various psychic abilities from clairvoyance to seeing auras. the work led naturally to the opening of the church early the next year. the church is an eclectic spiritualist church centered upon belief in the one god, whom tat refers to as transcendental consciousness. basic to the practice of church members is the rainbow bridge meditation, a special meditation technique designed to bridge the gap between the conscious self and the white light of god

ars later. sources: harris, louie. they walked among us. london: psychic press, 1980. harris, bertha (1900?.1981) bertha harris, a leading british spiritualist medium, was born in chester, england, around the turn of the twentieth century. there is no record of her birth and the exact date is unknown. what is known is that as a child she experienced her initial spirit contacts and reported seeing auras as nice lights around people. her brother s death in 1917 became traumatic for her; she claimed he appeared to her. frantic, she found her way to a medium. in the accepting atmosphere, her own mediumship blossomed. about this time her father died, and she was forced to give up her plans for a career as a pianist. she left school and took a job as a bookkeeper. over the next years she continu

material eye (1882. houghton never sat for research and knew nothing of test conditions. her mediumship, which developed after a visit to mary marshall, appears to have consisted of automatic drawing, other acts of automatism, minor telekinetic phenomena, unconfirmed cases of levitation or floating above the ground while apparently walking like anyone else, apports, and the ability to see colored auras about the heads of others. she claimed a band of 70 archangels as her guardian spirits and implicitly believed and obeyed every subconscious impulse, even to the extent of leaving it to the spirits to choose the wallpapers and carpets in her house. the spirit photographs in her book chronicles of the photographs of spiritual beings were taken at the studio of frederick hudson, the first in e

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eateur de forces et de formes (the creative rhythm of forces and forms. paris: les editions de champselysees, 1942. ossowiecki, stephan (1877.1944) polish engineer and clairvoyant. reportedly, he read thoughts from early childhood. at the engineering institute at petrograd, where ossowiecki studied, he reportedly answered questions enclosed in sealed envelopes. supposedly he described the colored auras of people in his presence, heard raps, and could move objects telekinetically (without physical means. reportedly when ossowiecki practiced telekinesis, his clairvoyant powers diminished. at the age of thirty-five he lost his telekinetic powers and his gift of reading sealed papers developed. with human subjects ossowiecki claimed to know their most intimate thoughts and read their past, pre

now-defunct group founded in 1976 from among members and associates of mensa (persons who have established by score in a standard intelligence test that their intelligence is higher than that of 98 percent of the population. psisig was concerned with interest in and conducting of scientific research in the psychic sciences and arts, such as theories of existence and reality, states of mind, human auras, clairvoyance, mental and thought projection, telepathy, dowsing, psychometry, healing and defense, multiple personalities and possession, psychokinesis, survival after death, discarnate entities, and extraterrestrial life. it disseminated research findings and applied research and education for the benefit of humanity in mental health, reduction of superstition and fraud, safety, and enhanc

the medium eusapia palladino, claimed to have been palladino s father in a previous existence. john king claimed manifestation through many different mediums at different times, however. the experiences of carl a. wickland and his wife in obsession cases did not bear out the theory. they were told by earthbound spirits, brought into their rescue circles, that on passing over they had entered the auras of young children and obsessed them. the children, however, never ceased to struggle against these invaders. in those cases in which the wickland rescue circle enlightened the obsessors of their error, the sanity of the patient quickly returned as the obsessing influence was relieved. in the nineteenth century, however, hints of support for reincarnation began to emerge. charles richet gives

ll him about his life, what was in store for the next month and then events that would occur over the next decades. most importantly, she predicted major changes to the earth that would begin at the end of the 1980s and increase annually through the 1990s. immediately after the woman departed, scallion s voice returned. it also appeared that he had experienced a psychic awakening. he began to see auras around people and emerged as a healer. he continued to receive visions of future events and through the 1980s had a series of successful predictions, including the 1984 mexico city earthquake and george bush s election as president in 1988. in 1984, inner guidance told him to move to a location within ten miles of the new hampshire border at an elevation 300 feet above sea level. he settled

as the movement of objects without contact (telekinesis, vibratory effects, increase and decrease in weight, and spelling out of messages by typtology. reports of psychophysiological phenomena include change in stature (elongation, shrinking or puffing out of the human body; stigmata; effects of personation, transfiguration, obsession, and trance; loss of weight; nervous drain; the appearance of auras; and various emanations. thermodynamic effects include the frequently reported variations of temperature and the less common reports of increase of heat in apported objects or, in case of penetration of matter through matter, currents of air and psychic winds. explanations although numerous fanciful explanations for mediumistic phenomena have been put forth.including one positing the existen

FREEMASONRY AND CATHOLICISM BY MAX HEINDEL

the wonderful alloy of the molten sea has been made from the dross of the earth. all that then remains is to "pull the plugs" and pour it. the natural golden color is the christ ray finding its chemical expression in the oxygen, a solar element, and as we advance upon the path of evolution towards universal brotherhood even those who are not professedly religious acquire a tinge of gold in their auras due to the higher altruistic impulses common to the west. paul speaks of this as "christ being formed in you" for when we have learned to mix the alloy by spiritual lives, when we vibrate to the same pitch as he, we are christ-like, ready, as said, to pull the plugs of the crucibles and to pour the molten sea. christ was liberated on the cross through spiritual centers located where the nail

GRIMM TEUTONIC MYTHOLOGY VOL 2 1883 COMPLETE

rican or oriental; but this i doubt. as for the birds with which the 13th cent, poem provides the tree, and which correspond to the norse eagle and squirrel, i will lay no stress on them. but one thing is rather surprising: it is pre cisely to the ash that virgil ascribes as high an elevation in the air as its depth of root in the ground, georg. 2, 291: aesculus in primis, quae quantum vortice ad auras aetherias, tantum radice in tartara tendit; upon which pliny 16, 31 (56) remarks: si yirgilio credimus, esculus quantum corpore eminet tantum radice descendit/ 1 so that the norse fable is deeply grounded in nature; conf. what was said, p. c96, of the bees on this ash-tree, another and still more singular coincidence carries us to oriental traditions. in the arabian calila and dimna the huma

H SPENCER LEWIS ROSICRUCIAN MANUAL AMORC 1990

in certain lines, which plainly show the lines of magnetic attraction and repulsion. in illustration no. 3 we see a small, straight magnet under a piece of tissue paper and the powder grains of steel sprinkled over the paper. this enables us to see the radiations of magnetism from each pole. when the north and south poles of a magnet are brought so close together that their fields of magnetism or auras begin to contact each other, there is a stressed condition set up which is greatest in the center of the space between the two poles. this magnetic field and stressed condition is used in many wonderful electrical inventions, and the same principle in nature is responsible for many startling, natural phenomena. even in the most minute forms of cell life in animal bodies, the principles of ma

ls and nonmetals, leads to the formation of ionic molecules or salts. thus we see that the type of union that exists between atoms covers the range from ionic, on the one hand, to non-polar covalent on the other. the type of molecule formed when atoms combine is dependent only upon the ability of atoms to attract electrons to themselves, i.e. the degree of difference between the strength of their auras. atoms of a given type and polarity (electronegativity) do not always find themselves in the presence of atoms of a different polarity. in other words, atoms often find themselves in the presence of their own kind. under appropriate conditions of temperature and pressure the auras of like atoms may interact in such a way as to lead to the formation of liquids from gases, or solids from liqui

e difference in the aura of each of these sixteen atoms. behind all the laws known to chemistry for the combining of certain atoms, or the mixing of certain elements, is this law: that the rays from each atom must meet and find harmony with the rays of other atoms if they would blend or unite. this law is illustrated in figure 4 on plate 3. there are four atoms of azote (nitrogen) in their square auras at the top of figure 4. you will note that the rays from these four atoms, forming the square auras around each atom, unite or meet. because these rays join in this manner the four atoms form a united element. you will further note that the potential rays of each of the four atoms meet and thereby form diagonals in the large square [126] composed of the four smaller squares. at the bottom of

e rays join in this manner the four atoms form a united element. you will further note that the potential rays of each of the four atoms meet and thereby form diagonals in the large square [126] composed of the four smaller squares. at the bottom of the four squares of azote there are two squares containing atoms of hydrogen. these latter squares are larger than the others above them, because the auras of hydrogen are larger than the auras of azote, as shown in the diagrams c and p in figure 5. however, the atoms of hydrogen unite well with the atoms of azote because the diagonal rays, or the potential rays of all the atoms in the combination of figure 4, meet and unite perfectly. this is shown in figure 4 by the heavy dark diagonal lines running through four squares and which represent th

n figure 5. however, the atoms of hydrogen unite well with the atoms of azote because the diagonal rays, or the potential rays of all the atoms in the combination of figure 4, meet and unite perfectly. this is shown in figure 4 by the heavy dark diagonal lines running through four squares and which represent the potential rays. to make this more clear. figure 6 has three different atoms and their auras enlarged. here we find that because of the difference of the rays forming the auras of those atoms, not one of the rays in one of those atoms or auras meets with the others. no matter how you may place or try to unite those three atoms.whatever they may be.they will not make the perfect association desired. by this we learn that when the potential rays of atoms unite there is one form of mix

JESSUP MK THE CASE FOR THE UFO

soldiers in eighteenth-century france who were simultaneously struck down by an invisible agency. one had a compass on him, fouled a "sweep" made l-ms angry after analyzing these things, one speculates as to new types of obstacles as well as new forces. take the mysterious maunder object, which moved deliberately across the sky above southern england in november 1882. rand capron, an authority on auras, said it was auroral, while other equally competent scientists said it was a physical or material object. then there are the many modern sightings of things which seem to manifest intelligent action, and to possess all normal physical characteristics except mass or weight. we recollect that radar sees things which are not visible to the eye. ark in stasis, then came out of stasis. from such

K AMBER THE BASICS OF MAGICK

the excess (grounding it) vii. systems and techniques a. spellcraft b. words of power and affirmations, charms and incantations c. dance, postures and mudras d. meditation, trancework and hypnosis, fascination e. stone magick f. candle magick g. amulets and talismans; power objects or "psychic batteries" h. healing 1. psychic (visualization, laying on of hands) 2. herbal 3. energy channeling iwht auras and chakras 4. color therapy the basics of magick get any book for free on: www.abika.com 3 5. other systems listed above i. divination 1. scrying 2. astrology 3. tarot 4. runesticks 5. lithomancy (casting the stones) 6. i ching 7. other systems 8. pendulum or radiesthesia j. astral travel k. thought forms; wraths, fetches, artificial elementals l. extra-sensory perception 1. clairsentience

LAITMAN M THE KABBALAH EXPERIENCE

orever remain at the level of our world, confined by its limitations. these systems have nothing to do with spirituality, but merely with psychological processes that occur around our bodies. in order to come to the upper world, we must acquire a screen and break the barrier between the two worlds. that impediment can be crossed only by the system of kabbalah. everything people may feel as karma, auras, etc. is a psychological process, though a very subtle one, which happens around the physical body. there is nothing unusual about it, nothing above our nature. in the future, our science will learn how to work with these systems very well. b e l i e f s, m y s t i c i s m a n d t h e s u p e r n a t u r a l 285 t h e t e ac h i n g s o f t h e e a s t q: in one of your talks, you said that

MAGIC AND SPELLS

antaneous (see text) saving throw: reflex half (see text) spell resistance: yes magic '73 a cone of fiery. white moonlight springs from your hand. living creatures in the area feel an unnatural chill and take 1d8 points of damage per two caster levels, to a maximum of 10d8. undead and shapechangers take double damage. this application of the spell allows a reflex save for half damage. all magical auras within the cone glow .with a faint blue light for 1 round per caster level. disguised, shapechanged, or polymorphed creatures and objects in the spell's area at the time the spell is cast must make will saves or immediately return to their normal forms. even if the save succeeds, they remain covered in ghostly white outlines that show their true forms for 1 round per caster level. the entire

SCHLAGER NEIL WORLD RELIGIONS REFERENCE LIBRARY

he earned a master s degree in political science in 1983. finally he attended brandeis university in massachusetts in the united states, where he earned yet another master s degree in 1984 and a doctorate in literature in 1990. some later wrote that he found school easy because of his initiation ritual. he even claimed that he knew the answers to the professors questions just by looking at their auras, or the energy fields surrounding them. the dagara elders wanted some to live in the united states. they believed that in the united states he could be fully immersed in the western world. in fact, some has said that he finds he can be more african in the united states than he can in africa. he explains that because of his extensive education, he has found it difficult to be accepted in afri

THE GALE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE UNUSUAL UNEXPLAINED VOL 3

ire landscape. an alternate theory maintains that surviving minds, emotionally held to the area, may telepathically invade the mind of sensitive individuals and enable them to see the scene as they, the original participants, once saw the events occurring. whatever the reasons may be, it cannot be denied that some locales definitely have built up their own atmospheres over the years and that such auras often give sensitive people feelings of uneasiness and often sensations of fear and discomfort. whether this may be caused by surviving minds, a psychic residue, or an impression of the actual event in the psychic ether is a question that remains unsolved at the present stage of parapsychological research. paranormally restored battle scenes offer excellent examples of what seem to be phanto

THE MIDDLE PILLAR

n a period of six months. in fact, it should be practiced daily by any magician no matter how long one has been doing the work. some golden dawn and stella matutina manuscripts suggested doing the invoking form of this ritual in the morning and the banishing form at night. however, we feel that the beginner needs to concentrate only on the banishing form.27 beginners have a tendency to have their auras light up on the astral-they unknowingly attract all kinds of elementals at ths early stage of the work. it's far more important for the beginner to know how to banish rather than to invoke. anyone can attract an elemental or energy form. getting rid of it can be more difficult. the following section describes a number of different versions of the lbrp, including egyptian, greek, gaelic, and

THE MOTHMAN PROPHECIES

in which whole towns are seized by hallucinations, usually in obscure parts of south america and asia. such events are traditionally explained as being caused by tainted bread despite the fact that people who have not eaten the local bread are also affected. in contactee parlance, persons who perform involuntary acts are said to be "used" apparently a relatively small part of the population have auras or biological radiations which attract elements of the superspectrum. such people are prone to controlled hallucinations and possession. since the entities probably exist as energy in a field outside our space-time continuum they can only see, and be seen, by these special people (in innumerable ufo reports the ufonauts apparently could not see the witnesses) derenberger's cold identified hi

WESTERN MANDALAS OF TRANSFORMATION SR AL

n the subconscious becomes well acquainted with the associations of various sounds and colors, it speaks back to us using this language. when the student has a good grasp of talismanic associations, many interesting techniques can be employed that will greatly enhance his or her qabalistic work. the student will see that, done correctly, exercises with the tattwas helps develop the ability to see auras. consistent work invariably proves this, but it must be remembered that the talismans themselves.no matter what variety.are only doors that when meditated on lead one inside, for this is where all true masters have said that we will find the light of god. the figures on pages 168-187 are tattwas that can be photocopied and colored for personal use, according to the color keys and designs giv

ZALEWSKI SECRET INNER ORDER RITUALS OF THE GOLDEN DAWN OCR

s in charge of ritual. take the neophyte ritual again as an example. after the hierophant activates the astral shells, they stay activated until the hierophant breaks the etheric link, for it is he that activates the current of osiris. when the officers take their places on the floor of the temple at the beginning of the ceremony, the activated shells of the godforms then link with their physical auras. because of the delicate nature of this linking (these auric shells are sometimes seen clairvoyantly as light green in colour, it must be done correctly on two levels: the first by the hierophant, and the second by the temple officer. in the old order, the temple officers were to hold low outer order grades, but with the discoveries of those adepti of whare ra (whose temple officers were alm

o full 7=4 signs. appendix one the equinox ceremony the equinox ceremony is one that very little information has been published on, and as a result many of those in charge of some g.d. temples do not realize its full worth. in fact, i know of one g.d. temple head who wanted to perform the ceremony a week after the event, which showed a lack of understanding of its essence. while people have their auras continually charged by the order's ritual, the order itself, as a group soul, also needs charging; by this i do not simply mean the astral contacts with the chiefs. the equinox ceremony literally draws down the power, so that contact by the guardians of the order can be made with strength. also, for those present, the astral links are made stronger, and their benefits are multifaceted. on th

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