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

ALEISTER CROWLEY EIGHT LECTURES ON YOGA

is it we are going to study, and why should we study it (13) the answer is very simple. all this yoga that we know and practice, this yoga that produced these ecstatic results that we call phenomena, includes among its spiritual emanations a good deal of unpleasantness. the more we study this universe produced by our yoga, the more we collect and synthesize our experience, the nearer we get to a perception of what the buddha declared to be characteristic of all component things: sorrow, change, and absence of any permanent principle. we constantly approach his enunciation of the first two 'noble truths' as he called them 'everything is sorrow; and 'the cause of sorrow is desire' by the word 'desire' he meant exactly what is meant by 'love' in 'the book of the law' which i quoted a few mom

rer to find a man with a mind of his own and a will of his own, even in this modified sense (18) i want you therefore to see the nature of the obstacles to union with the absolute. for one thing, the yoga which we constantly practice has not invariable results; there is a question of attention, of investigation, of reflexion. i propose to deal in a future instruction with the modifications of our perception thus caused, for they are of great importance to our science of yoga. for example, the classical case of the two men lost in a thick wood at night. one says to the other 'that dog barking is not a grasshopper; it is the creaking of a cart' or again 'he thought he saw a banker's clerk descending from a bus. he looked again, and saw it was a hippopotamus' everyone who has done any scienti

with the stars of the firmament, with ideas, souls, etc. i perceived also that each star was connected by a ray of light with each other star. in the world of ideas, each thought possessed a necessary relation with each other thought; each such relation is of course a thought in itself; each such ray is itself a star. it is here that logical difficulty first presents itself. the seer has a direct perception of infinite series. logically, therefore, it would appear as if the entire space must be filled up with a homogeneous blaze of light. this is not, however, the case. the space is completely full, yet the monads which fill it are perfectly distinct. the ordinary reader might well exclaim that such statements exhibit symptoms of mental confusion. the subject demands more than cursory exam

nd you say 'there is a breathing in; there is a breathing out' and so on. and very soon, if you practise assiduously, you get another shock. you have no right to say that there is a breathing. all you know is that there is a sensation of that kind. again you change your conception of your observation, and one day make the discovery that the sensation has disappeared. all you know is that there is perception of a sensation of breathing in or breathing out. continue, and that is once more discovered to be an illusion. what you find is that there is a tendency to perceive a sensation of the natural phenomena. 20. the former stages are easy to assimilate intellectually; one assents to them immediately that one discovers them, but with regard to the 'tendency' this is not the case, at least it

ALEISTER CROWLEY AD MEIORUM CTHULHI GLORIAM

er many names, but is still essentially the same goddess. that tiamat was undoubtedly female is to the point; and that the chinese as well as the sumerians perceived of two dragon currents, male and female, gives the researchers a more complex picture. the green dragon and the red dragon of the alchemists are thus identified, as the positive and negative energies that compromise the cosmos of our perception, as manifest in the famous chinese yin-yang symbol. but what of inanna, the single planetary deity having a female manifestation among the sumerians? she is invoked in the necronomicon and identified as the vanquisher of death, for she descended into the underworld and defeated her sister, the goddess of the abyss, queen ereshkigal (possibly another name for tiamat. interestingly enough

ALEISTER CROWLEY BOOK OF LIES

see poe's tale of "the purloined letter) but this is a more serious piece of psychology. in one's book of lies get any book for free on: www.abika.com 37 advance towards a comprehension of the universe, one changes radically one's point of view; nearly always it amounts to a reversal. this is the cause of most religious controversies. paragraph 1, however, is frater perdurabo's formulation of his perception of the universal joke, also described in chapter 34. all individual existence is tragic. perception of this fact is the essence of comedy "household gods" is an attempt to write pure comedy "the bacchae" of euripides is another. at the end of the chapter it is, however, seen that to the master of the temple the opposite perception occurs simultaneously, and that he himself is beyond bot

ook for free on: www.abika.com 153 "but the commissariat camel, when all is said and done 'e's a devil and an awstridge and an orphan-child in one" paragraph 1 may imply a dogma of death as the highest form of initiation. initiation is not a simple phenomenon. any given initiation must take place on several planes, and is not always conferred on all of these simultaneously. intellectual and moral perception of truth often, one might almost say usually, precedes spiritual and physical perceptions. one would be foolish to claim initiation unless it were complete on every plane. paragraph 2 will easily be understood by those who have practised asana. there is perhaps a sardonic reference to rigor mortis, and certainly one conceives the half-humorous attitude of the expert towards the beginner

ALEISTER CROWLEY DUTY

st to manipulate the energies which you control to obtain the results most favourable to it from its relations with the part of the universe which you do not yet control. 6. extend the dominion of your consciousness, and its control of all forces alien to it, to the utmost. do this by the ever stronger and more skilful application of your faculties to the finer, clearer, fuller, and more accurate perception, the better understanding, and the more wisely ordered government, of that external universe. 7. never permit the thought or will of any other being to interfere with your own. be constantly vigilant to resent, and on the alert to resist, with unvanquishable ardour and vehemence of passion unquenchable, every attempt of any other being to influence you otherwise than by contributing new

deform or destroy him; and he is a necessary part of one's own universe, that is, of one's self. 4. seek, if you so will, to enlighten another when need arises. this may be done, always with the strict respect for the attitude of the good sportsman, when he is in distress through failure to understand himself clearly, especially when he specifically demands help; for his darkness may hinder one's perception of his perfection (yet also his darkness may serve as a warning, or excite one's interest) it is also lawful when his ignorance has lead him to interfere with one's will. all interference is in any case dangerous, and demands the exercise of extreme skill and good judgement, fortified by experience. to influence another is to leave one's citadel unguarded; and the attempt commonly ends

ALEISTER CROWLEY LIBER 777

e. line 32. cfbaquwou hnoue. i#tomwou and ahevi ]wumatv: amece: kabexnuf 6 col. xxi. the perfected egyptian exlaims, there is no part of me that is not of the gods. this column gives the attribution in detail. the non-cherubic zodiac signs are omitted, but follow their affinities. col. xxiii. formless state (f= 4 sublime state (s= 4 reflection (r= 10 kashina (k= 10 impurity (i= 10 analysis (a= 1 perception (p= 1 40 notes 36 cols. xxxviii.-xl. the vagueness and extent of these attributions is shown in this table from agrippa,7 who is too catholic to be quite trustworthy. things under the sun which are called solary among stones 1. the eye of the sun. 9. topazius. 2. carbuncle. 10. chrysopassus. 3. chrysolite. 11. rubine. 4. iris (stone. 12. balagius. 5. heliotrope (stone. 13. 6. hyacinth (

ALEISTER CROWLEY MAGICK IN THEORY AND PRACTICE

s are merely symptomatic of the changes in his gross vehicle. a similar order may be assumed to extend throughout nature (illustration: one does not confuse the pain of toothache with xvi the decay which causes it. inanimate objects are sensitive to certain physical forces, such as electrical and thermal conductivity; but neither in us nor in them- so far as we know- is there any direct conscious perception of these forces. imperceptible influences are therefore associated with all material phenomena; and there is no reason why we should not work upon matter through those subtle energies as we do through their material bases. in fact, we use magnetic force to move iron, and solar radiation to reproduce images (14) man is capable of being, and using, anything which he perceives, for everyth

. 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, for this very reason, they do not exist for the purposes of the argument. man has, however, some instruments of knowledge; we may, therefore, define the macrocosm as the totality of things possible to his perception. as evolution develops those instruments, the macrocosm and the microcosm extend; but they always maintain their mutual relation. neither can possess any meaning except in terms of the other. our "discoveries" are exactly as much of ourselves as they are of nature. america and electricity did, in a sense, exist before we were aware of them; but they are even now no more than incomplete

ns in such a way as to redress the balance<equinox vii. see also liber cxi aleph> this, of course, should have been done in a preliminary fashion during the preparation of the weapons and furniture of the temple. to consider in a more particular manner this question of the nature of ritual, we may suppose that he finds himself lacking in that perception of the value of life and death, alike of individuals and of races, which is characteristic of nature. he has perhaps a tendency to perceive the "first noble truth" uttered by buddha, that everything is sorrow. nature, it seems, is a tragedy. he has perhaps even experienced the great trance called sorrow. he should then consider whether there is not some deity who expresses this cycle, a

purified and consecrated. once within the temple, he is required to bind himself by an oath. his aspiration is now formulated as will. he makes the mystic circumambulation of the temple for the reasons to be described in the chapter on "gesture. after further purification and consecration, he is allowed for one moment to see the lord of the west, and gains courage<<fear is the source of all false perception. even freud had a glimpse of this fact> to persist. for the third time he is purified and consecrated, and he sees the lord of the east, who holds the balance, keeping him in a straight line. in the west he gains energy. in the east he is prevented from dissipating the same. so fortified, he may be received into the order as a neophyte by the three principal officers, thus uniting the c

are on record as efficacious. for instance frater i.a, when a child, was told that he could invoke the devil by repeating the "lord's prayer" backwards. he went into the garden and did so. the devil appeared, and almost scared him out of his life. it is therefore not quite certain in what the efficacy of conjurations really lies. the peculiar mental excitement required may even be aroused by the perception of the absurdity of the process, and the persistence in it, as when once frater perdurabo (at the end of his magical resources) recited "from greenland's icy mountains, and obtained his result<crowley "collected works, vol. iii epilogue> it may be conceded in any case that the long strings of formidable words which roar and moan through so many conjurations have a real

ALEISTER CROWLEY MAGICK WITHOUT TEARS

.e. except- possibly- in the case of logically absurd questions, such as the schoolmen discussed in connection with "god" 25 (illustration: one does not confuse the pain of toothache with the decay which causes it. inanimate objects are sensitive to certain physical forces, such as electrical and thermal conductivity; but neither in us nor in them- so far as we know- is there any direct conscious perception of these forces. imperceptible influences are therefore associated with all material phenomena; and there is no reason why we should not work upon matter through those subtle energies as we do through their material bases. in fact, we use magnetic force to move iron, and solar radiation to reproduce images) magic without tears get any book for free on: www.abika.com 43 14. man is capabl

; he will naturally take the bone, whereas a horse would choose the hay. so, while you happen to imagine yourself to be a fair lady seeking the hidden wisdom, you come to me; if you thought you were a nigger15 minstrel, you would play the banjo, and sing songs calculated to attract current coin of the realm from a discerning public! the two actions are ultimately identical- see al i, 22- and your perception of that fact would make you an initiate of very high standing; but in the work-a-day world, you are "really" the fair lady, and leave the minstrel to grow infirm and old and hire an orphan boy to carry his banjo! now then, what bothers me it this: have i or have i not explained this matter of "magick "why should i (who have only just heard of it, at ;east as a serious subject of study)

purpose of returning to its purity, it is discovered sooner or later, that it possesses no qualities at all! in other words, as the farmer said, on being shown the elephant: there ain't no sich animile. it was gautama buddha who perceived the inutility of dragging in this imaginary pachyderm. since our parabrahm, he said to the hindu philosophers, is actually nothing, why not stick to or original perception that everything is sorrow, and admit that the only way to escape from sorrow is to arrive at nothingness? we may complete the whole tradition of the indian peninsula very simply. to the vedas, the upanishads, and the tripitaka of the buddhists, we have only to add the tantras of what are called the vamacharya schools. paradoxical as it may sound the tantrics are in reality the most adva

ow well over a year since you came to me howling like a damned soul in torment- and so you should be- and persuaded me to take you as my pupil. what have you done with that year? magic without tears get any book for free on: www.abika.com 225. first, suppose we put down what you agreed to do: the essential preliminaries of the work of the a. a- you are to be heartily congratulated upon your swift perception that the principles of that august body were absolute. 1. prepare and submit your magical record (without this you are in the position of a navigator with neither chart nor log) it would have been quite easy to get this ready in a week. have you done so in a year? no. 2. learn to construct and perfect the body of light. this might have required anything up to a dozen personal lessons. y

should be made clear as to this trinitarian simplification. one of the most interesting and fruitful periods of my life was when 35 i was involved in research as to the meaning of sankhara "tendencies" may be, indeed is, a good enough translation, but it leaves one very much as deeply in the dark as before. you remember- i hope- that sankhara lies between vinnanam, pure consciousness, and sanna, perception. for instance, an electric fan in motion: a house-fly "tends" to see the vanes as we do when they are still, we "tend" to see a diaphanous blur. then, in delirium tremens, why do we tend to see pink rats rather than begonias or gazelles? magic without tears get any book for free on: www.abika.com 298 we tend to see the myriad flashing colours of the humming bird; the bird itself does no

ALEISTER CROWLEY MEDITATION

nd themselves sufficiently to be able to formulate this will to themselves, and therefore at the end of their probation they choose a new name. 71 it is convenient therefore for the student to express his will by taking magical oaths. since such an oath is irrevocable it should be well considered; and it is better not to take any oath permanently; because with increase of understanding may come a perception of the incompatibility of the lesser oath with the greater. this is indeed almost certain to occur, and it must be remembered that as the whole essence of the will is its one-pointedness<wand is in kether- which is one; and the qliphoth of kether are the thaumiel, opposing heads that rend and devour each other> a dilemma of this sort is the worst in which the m

he shall await the sword of the beloved and bare his throat for the stroke" in the throat is daath- the throne of ruach. daath is knowledge. this final destruction of knowledge opens the gate of the city of the pyramids. it is also written, liber ccxx, iii, 11 "let the woman be girt with a sword before me" but this refers to the arming of vedana with sanna, the overcoming of emotion by clarity of perception. it is also spoken, liber lxv, v, 14, of the sword of adonai "that hath four blades, the blade of the thunderbolt, the blade of the pylon, the blade of the serpent, the blade of the phallus" but this sword is not for the ordinary magician. for this is the sword flaming every way that keeps eden, and in this sword the wand and the cup are concealed- so that although the being of the magi

ALEISTER CROWLEY SEPHER SEPHIROTH

918 a wall *cyx (taking the three hehs in hwhyh) as concealing the mothers# m, we get iota: alpha: omega *mw)y) 919 the sacred wind *my# 920 a branch *pn( i.n.r.i (initials of iesus nazaraeus rex iudaeorum; igni natura renovata integra; intra nobis regnum dei; isis naturae regina ineffabilis; and many other sentences. see crowley, coll. works vol. i. appendix *y r n y thunders *mym(r 921 insight, perception twlktsh 924 so the myhl) created man in his own image md)h t) myhl )rbyw wmlcb 925 the river of justice *nyd r)y 929 the treasures of the north nwpc twrcw) palace of the holy of holies (referred to the supernals) my#dq #wdq lkyh the world of briah (creation; referred to binah *h)yrbh mlw( 930 mocker *cl a record (ch *nwrkd archangel of malkuth *nwpldns perfect, whole *ml# ligure; jacint

ALEISTER CROWLEY TAO TEH KING

t electricity is any of the phenomena by which we know it. we take refuge in the petitio principii of saying that electricity is that form of energy which is the principle cause of such and such phenomena. suppose now that we eliminate this idea as evidently illogical. what remains? we must not hastily answer 'nothing 8 remains' there is some thing inherent in the nature of consciousness, reason, perception, sensation, and of the universe of which they inform us, which is responsible for the fact that we observe these phenomena and not others; that we reflect upon them as we do, and not otherwise. but even deeper than this, part of the reality of the inscrutable energy which determines the form of our experience, consists in determining that experience should take place at all. it should b

trace of desire. i am like a babe before its first smile. i appear sad and forlorn, like a man homeless. the profane man hath his need filled, ay, and more also. for me, i seem to have lost all i had. my mind is as it were stupefied; it hath no definite shape. the profane man looketh lively and keen-witted; i alone appear blank in my mind. they seem eagerly critical; i appear careless and without perception. i seem to be as one adrift upon the sea, with 24 no thought of an harbor. the profane have each one his definite course of action; i alone appear useless and uncomprehending, like a man from the border. yea, thus i differ from all other men: but my jewel is the all-mother((cf 'afloat in the aether, o my god, my god' liber vii. it is the 'aimless winging' which gives 'joy ineffable' to

ineffable' to the self-supported absolute) 25 chapter xxi the infinite womb. 1. the sole source of energy is the tao. who may declare its nature? it is beyond sense, yet all form is hidden within it. it is beyond sense, yet all perceptibles are hidden within it. it is beyond sense, yet all perceptibles are hidden within it. it is beyond sense, yet all being is hidden within it. this being excites perception, and the word thereof. as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, its name((teh. zero contains all possibilities, for it may be written 0= x(-x, where x is anything soever and -x its opposite. however complex x may be, it is always to be cancelled by its -x. thus the universe is always potentially anything and everything, yet actually nothing) operateth continuously, causing

ALEISTER CROWLEY THE OLD AND NEW COMMENTARIES TO LIBER AL

th. all objects are equally capable of conveying any given impression to us; it is merely a question of arranging the conditions of the experiments. we can add or subtract any conceivable quality at will. thus "there is no difference; and each existence is inscrutably itself. we are only the more deceived as it multiplies its protean projections. our proper course is to destroy the instruments of perception which we at present possess, recognizing that they are no more than personal prejudices which limit and delude us in every way. our senses assure us that the earth is flat, and that the sun moves across it, until we amend their assertions by the aid of instruments, and of reason. yet the astronomer with his telescope is no less arbitrary than the cave-man with his eye. we are like the s

be incomplete, symbolic, and variable with the position and faculties of the observer "by his theory of relativity, albert einstein has provoked a revolution of thought in physical science "the achievement consists essentially in this- einstein has succeeded in separating far more completely than hitherto the share of the observer and the share of external nature in the things we see happen. the perception of an object by an observer depends on his own situation and circumstances; for example, distance will make it appear smaller and dimmer. we make allowance for this almost unconsciously in interpreting what we see. but it now appears that the allowance made for the motion of the observer has hitherto been too crude- a fact overlooked because in practice all observers share nearly the sa

with the stars of the firmament, with ideas, souls, etc. i perceived also that each star was connected by a ray of light with each other star. in the world of ideas, each thought possessed a necessary relation with each other thought; each such relation is of course a thought in itself; each such ray is itself a star. it is here that logical difficulty first presents itself. the seer has a direct perception of infinite series. logically, therefore, it would appear as if the entire space must be filled up with a homogeneous blaze of light. this however is not the case. the space is completely full; yet the monads which fill it are perfectly distinct. the ordinary reader might well exclaim that such statements exhibit symptoms of mental confusion. the subject demands more than cursory examin

nowhere found" the old comment 3. a further development of higher meaning. this verse suggests an old mystical definition of god "he whose centre is everywhere and whose circumference nowhere. the new comment this is again interesting as throwing light on the thesis; every man and every woman is a star. there is no place soever that is not a centre of light. this truth is to be realised by direct perception, not merely by intellection. it is axiomatic; it cannot be demonstrated. it is to be assimilated by experience of the vision of the "star-sponge" al ii,4 "yet she shall be known& i never" the old comment 4. the circumference of nuit touches ra-hoor-khuit, kether; but her centre hadit is forever concealed above kether. is not nu the hiding of hadit, and had the manifestation of nuit (i l

ion, we observe two geometrical definitions. the axle is a cylinder set perpendicularly to the plane of the wheel; thus hadit supplies the third dimension to nuith. it suggests that matter is to be conceived as two-dimensional; that is, perhaps, as possessed of two qualities, extension and potentiality. to these hadit brings motion and position. the wheel moves; manifestation now is possible. its perception implies three-dimensional space, and time. but note that the mover is himself not moved. the "cube in the circle" emphasizes this question of dimensions. the cube is rectilinear (therefore phallic no less than the axle; its unity suggests perfection projected as a "solid" for human perception; its square faces affirm balance, equity, and limitation; its six-sidedness sets it among the s

ALEISTER CROWLEY THE SWORD OF SONG

siferous organs, observes, on lifting his arm, i lift my arm. the buddhist examines this proposition closely, and begins: there is a lifting of an arm. by this terminology he avoids teutonic discussions concerning the ego and nonego. 2 but how does he know this proposition to be true? by sensation. the fact is therefore: there is a sensation of the lifting of an arm. but how does he know that? by perception. therefore he says: there is a perception of a sensation &c. and why this perception? from the inherent tendency (note carefully the determinist standpoint involved in the enunciation of his fourth skandha; and that it comes lower than vi anam) there is a tendency to perceive the sensation &c. and how does he know that there is a tendency? by consciousness. the final analysis reads: the

sophers have often shown, ever since descartes fell into the trap, one may begin to analyse, as explained above, and the second stage is there is a sensation (vedana) of a raising &c. sensations are further classed as pleasant or unpleasant. when this is the true intuitive instantaneous testimony of consciousness (so that there is a raising &c. is rejected as a palpable lie),1 we procede to sa a, perception. there is a perception of a (pleasant or unpleasant) sensation of a raising &c. when this has become intuitive why! here s a strange result! the emotions of pain and pleasure have vanished. they are subincluded in the lesser skandha of vedana, and sa a is free from them. and to him who can live in this third stage, and live so for ever, there is no more pain; only an intense interest si

ctual existence of any such oxymoron.1 the truth is that you re a very spiritual sort of being and a prey to longevity. men s lives are so short that yours seems eternal in comparison. but why, you re a nice one to talk! you ll be dead in a week from now. i quite appreciate the force of your remarks! said the seeming cowherd; that about the characteristics is very clever; and curiously enough, my perception of this had always just preceded my death for the last six goes. well, so long, old chap, said gautama, i must really be off. i have an appointment with brother mara at the bo-tree. he has promised to introduce his charming daughters good-bye, and don t do anything rash! rejoice! our lord wended unto the tree !2 as blank verse this scan but ill, but it clearly shows what happened. xi. t

ALEISTER CROWLEY EQ I 1

ugh the evolution of humanity) by which the reign of l.v.x. will be manifest. this society is in the communion of those who have most capacity for light; they are united in truth, and their chief is the light of the world himself, v.v.v.v.v, the one anointed in light, the single teacher for the human race, the way, the truth, and the life. the interior order was formed immediately after the first perception of man's wider heritage had dawned upon the first of the adepts; it received from the masters at first-hand the revelation of the means by which humanity could be raised to its rights and delivered from its misery. it received the primitive charge of all revelation and mystery; it received the key of true science, both divine and natural. but as men multiplied, the frailty of man necess

; it received the key of true science, both divine and natural. but as men multiplied, the frailty of man necessitated an exterior society which veiled the interior one, and concealed the spirit and the truth in the letter, because many people were not capable of comprehending great interior truth. therefore, interior truths were wrapped in external and perceptible ceremonies, so that men, by the perception of the outer which is the symbol of the interior, might by degrees be enabled safely to approach the interior spiritual truths. 8 but the inner truth has always been confided to him who in his day had the most capacity for illumination, and he became the sole guardian of the original trust, as high priest of the sanctuary. when it became necessary that interior truths should be enfolded

eth man is in a devil of a hole! he knows theoretically all about the kether point of view (or thinks he does) and practically all about the malkuth point of view. consequently he goes about contradicting malkuth; he refuses to allow malkuth to obsess his thought. he keeps on crying out that there is no difference between a goat and a god, in the hope of hypnotising himself (as it were) into that perception of their identity, which is his (partial and incorrect) idea of how things look from kether. 126 this man performs great magic; very strong medicine. he does really find gold on the midden and skeletons in pretty girls. in abiegnus the sacred mountain of the rosicrucians the postulant finds but a coffin in the central shrine; yet that coffin contains christian rosencreutz who is dead an

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ible, as so few practise this kammatthana; and so it is next to impossible to find anyone with this spiritual insight. so the best thing to do will be to practise those forms of meditation which will most certainly increase the highest qualities in us, the qualities of love, and pity, and sympathy, and indifference to worldly life and cares; those forms of samm sati which will give us an accurate perception of our own nature, and the sorrow, transitoriness, and soullessness of all things in the samsara cakka; and those forms which 44 will best calm our minds by making us think of holy and beautiful things, such as the life of the buddha, the liberating nature of the dhamma he taught, and the pure life which is followed by his bhikkhus. we have seen how a powerful sankh ra is to be formed i

nd right meditation can free you from them, and can open for you the way to peace. and because men are very much involved in the affairs of the world, because so much of our lives is made of our little hates and loves and fears; because we think so much of our wealth, and those we love with earthly love, and of our enemies, and of all the little concerns of our daily life, therefore is this right perception very difficult to come by, very difficult to realise as absolute truth in the depth of our hearts. we think we have but one life and one body; so these we guard with very great attention and care, wasting useful mental energy upon these ephemeral things. we think we have but one state in life; and so we think very much of how to better our positions, how to increase our fortune "i have

tears you shed over the difficult tasks of learning how to walk and speak: and at last, after long and hard practice, you will remember a little, right back to the time of your birth. if you never get any further than this, you will have done yourself an enormous deal of good by this practice. you will have marvellously increased your memory in every respect; and you will have gained a very clear perception of the changing nature of your desires and mind and will, even in the few years of this life. but to get beyond this point of birth is very difficult, because, you see, you are no longer reading the relatively clear record of this life, but are trying to read one of those fainter, under written records the sankh ras have left on your brain. all this practice has been with the purpose of

ALEISTER CROWLEY EQUINOX EQ I 1 2

d there came to me this passage from the book of abramelin:"and thou wilt begin to inflame thyself in praying" it is the sentence which goes on to declare the result.(p.s. with this rose that curious feeling of confidence, sure premonition of success, that one gets in most physical tasks, but especially when one is going to get 131 down a long putt or a tricky one. whether it means more than that perception and execution have got into unison (for once) and know it, i cannot say. it is well that thus should close this eleventh day of my retirement, and the thirty-third year of my life. thirty and three years was this temple in building. it has always been my custom on this night to look back over the year, and to ask: what have i done? the answer is invariably "nothing. yet of what men coun

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lini, which is coiled up in what is called the sacral plexus, and then forcing this awakened power up a canal called the sushumna, which runs through the centre of the spinal column "when the kundalini is aroused, and enters the canal of the sushumna, all the perceptions are in the mental space or chittakasa. when it has reached that end of the canal which opens out into the brain, the objectless perception is in the knowledge space, or chidakasa" as in the ascent of the central column of the tree of life, there are certain centres, such as malkuth, the path of tau, yesod, the path of samech, tiphereth, the path of gimel, da th, and kether; so in the sushumna are there certain centres or chakkras, viz, muladhara, svadistthana, manipura, anahaba, visuddhi, ajna, and sahasara. for further at

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gic, i could not but begin with book- keeping. when they were dry the two books came very handy to me. i opened them at the first page, and started putting down with a blue pencil the most important among all the thoughts that came into my brain. in "the book which contains all that i know for certain" i began with these sentences "your enemy, when his hatred and persecution lead you to a clearer perception of life's secrets, becomes your benefactor "the men living in my company being unable to realise that my body is nothing but an illusion of their deficient sight, it is useless for me to try and oblige them to recognise it as a mere wood cover "their error will appear even more plausible and explicable when one considers that a few days ago i was myself unaware of my real personality; a

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on the facts of physical life. 3. what hope there may be in investigation of the physical facts of nature on scientific lines is already actively sought after by a powerful and well-organized body of men of perfect probity and high capacity. 4. there is no hope in faith, for there are many warring faiths, all equally positive. 5. the adepts of spiritual experience promise us wonderful things, the perception of truth, and the conquest of sorrow, and there is enough unity in their method to make an eclectic system possible. 6. we are determined to investigate this matter most thoroughly on scientific lines. iii 1. we are mystics, ever eagerly seeking a solution of unpleasant facts. 2. we are men of science, ever eagerly acquiring pertinent facts. 3. we are sceptics, ever eagerly examining th

the student himself is it perceived, when he hears the name of the god vehemently roared forth, as if by the concourse of ten thousand thunders; and it should appear to him as if that great voice proceeded from the universe, and not from himself. in both the above practices all consciousness of anything but the god-form and name should be absolutely blotted out; and the longer it takes for normal perception to return, the better. 18 iv i. the rituals of the pentagram and hexagram must be committed to memory; they are as follows "the lesser ritual of the pentagram (i) touching the forehead say ateh (unto thee (ii) touching the breast say malkuth (the kingdom (iii) touching the right shoulder, say ve-geburah (and the power (iv) touching the left shoulder, say ve-gedulah (and the glory (v) cl

omplete; indeed in a sense valueless, since in such a matter personality may so largely outweigh all other factors of the problem. at the same time i must insist that my armour is more complete in several directions than that of my predecessors, inasmuch as i possess the advantage not only of a prolonged psychological training, a solid constitution, a temperament on which hashish acts by exciting perception (san n a, quite unalloyed by sensation (vedana) and a perfect scepticism; but also of more than an acquaintance with ceremonial drunkenness among many nations and with the magical or mystical processes of all times and all races. it may fairly be retorted upon me that this unique qualification of mine is the very factor which most vitiates my results. however. with the question of intox

one circumstance or another, meets an adept; who, after sundry ordeals, obtains from the said adept, for good or ill, a certain mysterious drug or potion, with the result (at least) of opening the gate of the other-world. this potion was identified with the elixir vitae of the physical alchemists, or one of their "tinctures" most likely the "white tincture" which transforms the base metal (normal perception of life) to silver (poetic conception, and we sought it by fruitless attempts to poison ourselves with every drug in (and out of) the pharmacopoeia. like huckleberry finn's prayer, nuffin' come of it. i must now, like the baker, skip forty years, or rather eight, and reach a point where my travels in india had familiarised me with their systems of meditation and with the fact that many

s space, are modifications of sense; and the whole statement is transformed into "here is a pleasurable set of sensations which we group under the name of a rose" in such a world lives the sensuous artist. next, these modifications of sense are found to be but percepts; the pleasure or pain vanishes; and the sensations are observed coldly and clearly without allowing the mind to be affected. this perception (san n a) is the world of the surgeon or the man of science. next, the perception itself is seen to be dependent on the 58 nature of the observer, and his tendency (sankhara) to perceive. the oyster gets no fun out of the rose. this state establishes a dualistic conception, such as mansel was unable to transcend, and at the same time places the original rose in its cosmic place. the cre

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ll be sung in open places, as heaths, mountains, woods, and by streams and upon islands. 6. moreover, ye shall build you fortified places in great cities; caverns and tombs shall be made glad with your praise. 7. amen. 5 the treasure-house of images here beginneth the book of the meditations on the twelvefold adora- tion, and the unity of god. symbol of the the chapter known as crescent moon, the perception of god horns to right that is revealed unto man for a snare i adore thee by the twelvefold snare and by the unity thereof. 000. in the beginning there was naught, and naught spake unto naught saying: let us beget on the nakedness of our nothingness the limitless, eternal, identical, and united: and without will, intention, thought, word, desire, or deed, it was so. 00. then in the depth

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guardians. the rosy cross lies beyond this veil, and therewith the vision called vishvarupadarshana. moreover, there is the knowledge and conversation of the holy guardian angel. the infinite number and variety of these visions. the impossibility of revealing all these truths to the outer and uninitiated world. the vision of the universal peacock_ atmadarshana. the confusion of the mind, and the perception of its self-contradiction. the second veil_ the veil of the abyss. the fatuity of speech. 11 a discussion as to the means by which the vision arises in the pure soul is useless; suffice it that in the impure soul no vision will arise. the practical course is therefore to cleanse the soul. the four powers of the sphinx; even adepts hardly attain to one of them! the final destruction of t

nt i have only made an abridged monograph on the intoxication; i have confined myself to accentuating its principal characteristics. but what is more important, i think, for the spiritually minded man, is to make acquaintance with the action of the poison upon the spiritual part of man; that is to say, the enlargement, the deformation, and the exaggeration of his habitual sentiments and his moral perception, which present then, in an exceptional atmosphere, a true phenomenon of refraction. the man who, after abandoning himself for a long timr to opium or to hashish, has been able, weak as he has become by the habit of bondage, to find the energy necessary to shake off the chain, appears to me like an escaped prisoner. he inspires me with more admiration than does that prudent man who has n

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bserved" the ego-idea is excluded; all bodily motions are observed and recorded; for instance, one may sit down quietly and say: there is a raising of the right foot "there is an expiration" etc, etc, just as it happens. when once this habit of excluding the ego become intuitive, the next step is to explain the above thus "there is a sensation (vedana) of a raising, etc" the next stage is that of perception (sa a "there is a perception of a (pleasant and unpleasant) sensation of a raising, etc" the two further stages sankhara and vi anam pursue the analysis to its ultimation "there is a consciousness of a tendency to perceive the (pleasant and unpleasant) sensation of a and found it easy to get into the way of it as a mantra which does not interfere much with sense-impressions, 178 but rem

ho has watched the relentless sweep of some great engine crank, and realised its capacity for murder, will catch a glimpse, even in the memory, of the thrill which seemed to say "this iron is a tearless fiend" of the unutterable meaning i saw in those colossal beams and buttresses. i suffered from the vision of that iron as from the presence of a giant assassin. but my senses opened slowly to the perception of still worse presences. by my side there gradually emerged from the sulphurous twilight which bathed the room the most horrible form which the soul could look upon unshattered- a fiend also of iron, white-hot and dazzling with the glory of the nether penetralia. a face that was theferreous incarnation of all imaginations of malice and irony looked on me with a glare withering from its

t the soul only became aware that the strength of a giant was needed to escape when its locks were shorn. upon william n- hasheesh produced none of the effects characteristic of fantasia. there was no hallucination, no volitancy of unusual images before the eye when closed. circulation, however, grew to a surprising fulness and rapidity, accompanied by the same introversion of faculties and clear perception of all physical processes which startled my in my first experiment upon myself. there was stertorous breathing, dilation of the pupil, and a drooping appearance 260 of the eyelid, followed at last by a comatose state, lasting for hours, out of which it was almost impossible fully to arouse the energies. these symptoms, together with a peculiar rigidity of the muscular system, and inabil

sed by me before, of a mind in that state being able to give its phenomena to another and philosophise about them calmly, afforded me the means of a most clear investigation. i found that his case was exactly analogous to those of b. and myself; for, like us, he recognised in distinct inner types every possible sensation, our words making a visible emblematic procession before his eyes, and every perception of whatever sense becoming tangible to him as form and audible as music. 271 the buddhist there never was a face as fair as yours, a heart as true, a love as pure and keen. these things endure, if anything endures. but, in this jungle, what high heaven immures us in its silence, the supreme serene crowning the dagoba, what destined die rings on the table, what resistless dart strike me

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s more curious than all the musings of the mystics, works of the rosicrucians, or the mechanical contrivances which seem to-day so fine, and which our children will disdain as clumsy (r. b. cumminghame graham in his preface to "the canon. 6 form here is synonymous with the hindu m y, it is also the chief power of the buddhist devil, mara, and even of that mighty devil, choronzon. this form? sense perception. what will destroy this form, and reveal to us that which lies behind it? 49 presumably cessation of sense perception. how can we prove our theory? by cutting away every perception, every thought- form as it is born, until nothing thinkable is left, not even the thought of the unknowable. the man of science will often say "i do not know, i really do not know where these bricks came form

votion to some one. 3. love is immortal. 4. obtaining it man becomes perfect, becomes immortal, becomes satisfied. 5. and obtaining it he desires nothing, grieves not, hates not, does not delight, makes no effort. 6. knowing it he become intoxicated, transfixed, and rejoices in the self (atman. this is further explained at the end of sw tm r m sw mi's "hatha-yoga" bhakti really means the constant perception of the form of the lord by the antahkarana. there are nine kinds of bahktis enumerated. hearing his histories and relating them, remembering him, worshipping his feet, offering flowers to him, bowing to him (in soul, behaving as his servant, becoming his companion and offering up one's atman to him. thus, bhakti, in its most transcendental aspect, is included in sampradny ta sam dhi.48

krishna answers "without doubt, o mighty-armed, the mind is hard to curb and restless, but it may be curbed by constant practice and by indifference."121 the kundalini whilst it is yet coiled up in the m l^adhara is said to be in the mah k sa, or in three dimensional space; when it enters the sushumn it enters the chitt k sa or mental space, in which supersensuous objects are perceived. but, when perception has become objectless, and the soul shines by means of its own nature, it is said to have entered the chid k sa or knowledge space, and when the kundalini enters this space it arrives at thee end of its journey and passes into the last chakkra the sahasr ra. vishnu is united to devaki or shiva to shakti, and symbolically, as the divine union takes place, the powers of the ojas rush fort

hat paper, until the rays of light are "focussed" by moving the glass or paper with our hand we obtain the right distance. in the above the will takes the place of the hand. concentration has progressed so far as to train the mind to remain fixed on one object then dhy na or meditation may be practised. and when this power of dhy na becomes so intensified as to be able to pass beyond the external perception and brood as it were upon the very centre or soul of the object held by the will, it becomes known as sam dhi or superconsciousness. the three last stages dh ran, dhy na and sam dhi, which are so intimately associated, are classed under the one name of samy ma.139 thus meditation should rise from the object to the objectless. firstly the external cause of sensations should be perceived

i did the h.p.k. ritual at night to enter into the silence. i think the result was rather good. 190 a draft had been send only payable in hong-kong on personal application. he was consequently afraid lest by staying too long in japan he should become "stranded" 191 harpocrates. 27th. nirvana.192 38 m. if i was not asleep, result pretty good. white circle. 13 m. fair [this day i got my first clear perception "in consciousness"193 of the illusory nature of material objects] h.p.k. on lotus. 17 m. good, as i employed my identity to resolve problems.194 r.r. et a.c. 5 m. very bad. 28th. nirvana. 15 m. calvary cross. 24 m. ten breaks. never got settled till after 8 breaks. 29th. rising on planes. malkuth to kether; this took thirty-six minutes. the result was not very good. calvary cross. 11 m

ALEX SANDERS THE KING OF THE WITCHES

black mass athamll book of shadows coven covens'read esbat esp familiar fith-fath the key of solomon measure pentacle sabbat tarot card voodoo warlock wicca witch wizard the witch's black-hilted knife. with book of rules, written in witch's own handwriting and copied by successive generations, group ofwitches. meeting place of a coven small meeting, not necessarily of a full coven. extra-sensory perception a massofenergy or power raised by the witches and sent to work their will. small image made of clay or plasticine to represent a person on whom a restraint is to be worked. ancient hebrew book of magic. length of cord measuring a witch's height at the time of his initiation. sometimes held as a 'hostage' by the coven leader. originally a five-sided figure but now any circular piece of m

st. learning of his interest in the occult she invited him to a m eting: he was curious to see if it had' anything in commo with witchcrafe, and went along with her. during the evenmg a medium in a trance singled him out 'i see horns on your head' she murmured. there was a ripple oflaughter; horns could mean he was a cuckold. but alex knew them as the ymbol of witchcraft and was impressed by such perception. he went along to every meeting at the spiritualist church and before long he was being trained as a medium. fit .hea:t he felt h; was cheatin, for. while they talked of going into a trance, he was working witchcraft. but what did it matter, he asked himself? the end product was the same a .glimpse into the future, and he was not disobeying the witch law by working alone. witho t tellin

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learn of the spirit that goeth with burdens that have not honour, for 'tis the spirit that stoopeth the shoulders and not the weight. armour is heavy, yet it is a proud burden and a man standeth upright in it. limiting and constraining any of the senses serves to increase the concentration of another. shutting the eyes aids the hearing. so the binding of the initiate's hands increases the mental perception, while the scourge increaseth the inner vision. so the initiate goeth through it proudly, like a princess, knowing it but serves to increase her glory. but this can only be done by the aid of another intelligence and in a circle, to prevent the power thus generated being lost. priests attempt to do the same with their scourgings and mortifications of the flesh. but lacking the aid of bo

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pment of the life within the form, with the progress of the spirit through those ever-changing vehicles, and with the expansions of consciousness that succeed each other from life to life. it deals with the life side of evolution. since it deals with the essence of things and not with the things themselves, it is the intuitive apprehension of truth apart from the reasoning faculty, and the innate perception that can distinguish between the false and the true, between the real and the unreal. it is more than that, for it is also the growing capacity of the thinker to enter increasingly into the mind of the logos, to realise the true inwardness of the great pageant of the universe, to vision the objective, and to harmonise more and more with the higher measure. for our present purpose (which

nd literature in various languages find their way to his study in the himalayas. he concerns himself largely with the vitalising of certain of the great philosophies, and interests himself in a number of philanthropic agencies. to him is given the work very largely of stimulating the love manifestation which is latent in the hearts of all men, and of awakening in the consciousness of the race the perception of the great fundamental fact of brotherhood. at this particular time the master m, the master k. h. and the master jesus are interesting themselves closely with the work of unifying, as far as may be, eastern and western thought, so that the great religions of the east, with the later development of the christian faith in all its many branches, may mutually benefit each other. thus eve

ally, the mind, the mental faculty; that which distinguishes man from the mere animal. it is the individualising principle; that which enables man to know that he exists, feels, and knows. it is divided in some schools into two parts, higher or abstract mind, and lower or concrete mind. mantrams. verses from the vedas. in the exoteric sense a mantram (or that psychic faculty or power that conveys perception or thought) is the older portion of the vedas, the second part of which is composed of the brahmanas. in esoteric phraseology mantram is the word made flesh, or rendered objective through divine magic. a form of words or syllables rhythmically arranged, so that when sounded certain vibrations are generated. manu. the representative name of the great being who is the ruler, primal progen

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not-self is contacted. hence, its rarity these days owing to the intense individualisation of the ego, and its identification with the form necessary identification at this particular time. as the sense of taste on the higher planes is developed, it leads one to ever finer distinctions till one is finally led through the form, right to the heart of one's nature. e. smelling is the faculty of keen perception that eventually brings a man back to the source from whence he came, the archetypal plane, the plane where his true home is to be found. a perception of difference has been cultivated that has caused a divine discontent within the heart of the pilgrim in the far country; the prodigal son draws comparisons; he has developed the other four senses, and he utilises them. now comes in the fa

there will be, in the immediate future, a period of intensified evolution for the units of the fifth rootrace, prior to their passing out of and into another race, globe, chain, or scheme. we have on the fourth subplane of the fifth plane the centre of interest for the present race and the day of its opportunity. here can be seen the awakening of the higher consciousness, and the first ripple of perception of, and vibratory response to, the causal body. in this connection, we must ever remember that the periphery of the causal body encloses the permanent atoms. it is the plane of testing, of the major initiations of the threshold; it is the battleground in man, and from this plane he must secure the right to enter the path, and procure that control over his lower bodies which will make hi

rning upon itself" the major etheric centres are in full action, and the man is nearing the moment of liberation. in the work of creation, as occultly carried on, all these three physical centres have to be utilised, and from a consideration of the subject it will become apparent why it has been necessary to deal with them in this order. by means of the pineal gland,89(255) the organ of spiritual perception, man ascertains the will and purpose of the ego, and from thence he draws the necessary energy from the higher levels, via the head centre and the sutratma. by means of the pituitary body, the second element of desire or of the form-building energy, becomes available, and under the law of attraction he can mould, and build in deva substance. when the alta major centre, the synthesis of

a man and his goal. this matter or separating wall has to be dissipated before further advance can be made, and this process is karmic and unavoidable. third, speech is very largely a mode of communication on the physical levels; on the subtler levels whereon the worker stands, and in his communications with his fellow workers and chosen co-operators it will play an ever lessening part. intuitive perception and telepathic interplay will distinguish the intercourse between aspirants and disciples, and when this is coupled with a full trust, sympathy and united effort for the plan we will have a formation wherewith the master can work, and through which he can pour his force. the master works through groups (large or small) and the work is facilitated for them if the interplay between units

anifestation becomes possible. the third group of rules will deal with the physical plane, with the transmission of force: a. through the centres, b. through the brain, c. through the physical plane itself. a. six rules for the mental plane. certain of the laws of speech will be given, and the significance of colour and of sound will appear beneath the exoteric form of the phrasing to those whose perception suffices. rule i. the solar angel collects himself, scatters not his force, but in meditation deep communicates with his reflection. the significance of this rule is easily to be seen. the white magician is ever one who, through conscious alignment with his ego, with his "angel" is receptive to his plans and purposes, and therefore capable of receiving the higher impression. we must rem

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knows himself as he is in reality. 4. up till now the inner man has identified himself with his forms and with their active modifications. 5. the mind states are five, and are subject to pleasure or pain; they are painful or not painful. 6. these modifications (activities) are correct knowledge, incorrect knowledge, fancy, passivity (sleep) and memory. 7. the basis of correct knowledge is correct perception, correct deduction, and correct witness (or accurate evidence. 8. incorrect knowledge is based upon perception of the form and not upon the state of being. 9. fancy rests upon images which have no real existence. 10. passivity (sleep) is based upon the quiescent state of the vrittis (or upon the non-perception of the senses) 11. memory is the holding on to that which has been known. 12

er activity is quieted. in this stage, the chitta is responsive only to subjective impressions. 19. the samadhi just described passes not beyond the bound of the phenomenal world; it passes not beyond the gods, and those concerned with the concrete world. 20. other yogins achieve samadhi and arrive at a discrimination of pure spirit through belief, followed by energy, memory, meditation and right perception- 7- the light of the soul copyright 1998 lucis trust 21. the attainment of this state (spiritual consciousness) is rapid for those whose will is intensely alive. 22. those who employ the will likewise differ, for its use may be intense, moderate, or gentle. in respect to the attainment of true spiritual consciousness there is yet another way. 23. by intense devotion to ishvara, knowledg

s. 27. the word of ishvara is aum (or om. this is the pranava. 28. through the sounding of the word and through reflection upon its meaning, the way is found. 29. from this comes the realisation of the self (the soul) and the removal of all obstacles. 30. the obstacles to soul cognition are bodily disability, mental inertia, wrong questioning, carelessness, laziness, lack of dispassion, erroneous perception, inability to achieve concentration, failure to hold the meditative attitude when achieved. 31. pain, despair, misplaced bodily activity and wrong direction (or control) of the life currents are the results of the obstacles in the lower psychic nature. 32. to overcome the obstacles and their accompaniments, the intense application of the will to some one truth (or principle) is required

te of identity with, and similarity to that which is realized. the knower, knowledge and the field of knowledge become one, just as the crystal takes to itself the colours- 8- the light of the soul copyright 1998 lucis trust of that which is reflected in it. 42. when the perceiver blends the word, the idea (or meaning) and the object, this is called the mental condition of judicial reasoning. 43. perception without judicial reasoning is arrived at when the memory no longer holds control, the word and the object are transcended and only the idea is present. 44. the same two processes of concentration, with and without judicial action of the mind, can be applied also to things subtle. 45. the gross leads into the subtle and the subtle leads in progressive stages to that state of pure spiritu

ction of the mind, can be applied also to things subtle. 45. the gross leads into the subtle and the subtle leads in progressive stages to that state of pure spiritual being called pradhana. 46. all this constitutes meditation with seed. 47. when this super-contemplative state is reached, the yogi acquires pure spiritual realisation through the balanced quiet of the chitta (or mind stuff. 48. his perception is now unfailingly exact (or his mind reveals only the truth. 49. this particular perception is unique and reveals that which the rational mind (using testimony, inference and deduction) cannot reveal. 50. it is hostile to, or supersedes all other impressions. 51. when this state of perception is itself also restrained (or superseded, then is pure samadhi achieved. the yoga sutras of pa

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enlarging self-mastery, as the spiritual sense of such discipline as the yoga joins with the sober elements of western psychology and a sane system of ethics. no one of these is worth much without the others."4(4) those who have studied in both schools tell us that the mystical imagery of the east (and also of our western mystical exponents) is only a veil behind which those gifted with intuitive perception have always been able to penetrate. the science of the west, with its emphasis upon the nature of the form, has also led us into the realm of the intuition and it would seem as if the two ways could blend and that it should be possible for each discarding the non-essentials to arrive at a basis of understanding. thus they work out a new approach to the central mystery of man founded on

ing is an occurrence."6(6) as we shall see later, it is the thought apparatus which is involved in meditation and which must be trained to add to this first function of the mind an ability to turn in another direction, and to register with equal facility the inner or intangible world. this ability to re-orient itself will enable the mind to register the world of subjective realities, of intuitive perception and of abstract ideas. this is the high heritage of the mystic, but seems as yet not to be within the grasp of the average man. the problem facing the human family today in the realms both of science and of religion results from the fact that the follower of both schools finds he is standing at the portal of a metaphysical world. a cycle of development has come to an end. man, as a thin

n the work of self-preservation and of continuity of consciousness in the subjective and real worlds, is as yet but the privileged knowledge of a few pioneers. if professor h. wildon carr is right, in his definition of the intuition, then our educational methods do not tend to its development. he defines it as "the apprehension by the mind of reality directly as it is, and not under the form of a perception or a conception, nor as an idea or object of the reason, all of which by contrast are intellectual apprehension."2(14) we rate the science of the mind or the modifications of the thinking principle (as the hindu calls it) as strictly human, relegating man's instinctual reactions to qualities he shares in common with the animals. may it not be possible that the science of the intuition

p with the success of those individuals who have the capacity to achieve greater, because more spiritual, things. these units of the human family must be discovered and encouraged to go on and to penetrate into the realm of the intangible. they must be cultured and trained and given an education which will be adapted to the highest and the best that is in them. such an education requires a proper perception of individual growth- 13- from intellect to intuition copyright 1998 lucis trust and status, and a right understanding of what the next step in any given case should be. it requires insight, sympathy and understanding on the part of the teacher. there is an increasing realization among educators of this need to lift the more advanced educational processes and so raise those subjected to

ght understanding of what the next step in any given case should be. it requires insight, sympathy and understanding on the part of the teacher. there is an increasing realization among educators of this need to lift the more advanced educational processes and so raise those subjected to their influence out of the realm of the purely analytical critical mind into that of pure reason and intuitive perception. bertrand russell points out that "education should not aim at a passive awareness of dead facts but at an activity directed towards the world that our efforts are to create" but we must remember that creation posits an alive and functioning creator, acting with intention and utilizing the creative imagination. could it be said that this is the effect of our modern educational systems?

ALICE A BAILEY08 A TREATISE ON WHITE MAGIC

function in the- 17- a treatise on white magic copyright 1998 lucis trust full consciousness of the monad, awareness of that which is divorced even from group form and from those nebulous sheaths which veil and hide the one, becomes possible. the highest types of consciousness work from the plane of the monad as the initiate of lower degree works from the plane of the soul and uses the organs of perception (if such an unsatisfactory phrase is legitimate) and means of knowledge of which average man has no idea; they penetrate or include within their radius of awareness that sum total of life, consciousness and form which we designate god. these initiates of high degree then begin to be aware of a vibration, a revealing light, a note or directional indicating sound which emanates from outsi

eir nature, the real self and the illusory self, can work intelligently. this has been well expressed in the yoga sutras of patanjali "experience (of the pairs of opposites) comes from the inability of the soul to distinguish between the personal self, and the purusa (or spirit. the objective forms exist for the use and experience of the spiritual man. by meditation upon this arises the intuitive perception of the spiritual man" book iii.35. the forty-eighth sutra in the same book gives a statement covering a later stage of this discriminative realisation. this discerning quality is fostered by a re-collected attitude of mind, and by careful attention to the method of a constant review of the life. secondly, i am acting upon the assumption that all have lived long enough and battled suffic

ter on the highest. all is spirit and these differentiations are but the products of the finite mind. therefore, all workers and knowers of god in or out of fleshly bodies, and working in any field of divine manifestation form part of the planetary hierarchy and are integral units in that great cloud of witnesses who are the "onlookers and observers. they possess the power of spiritual insight or perception as well as objective or physical vision. in studying rule i we could summarize it simply yet profoundly under the following words: 1. egoic communication. 2. cyclic meditation. 3. coordination, or at-one-ment. the rules start off in a treatise on cosmic fire with a brief summary of the process and a statement as to the nature of the white magician. i would like in this first considerati

trodden ahead of him the path, leading from darkness to light, from the unreal to the real. he has tasted the joys of life in the world of illusion and has learnt their powerlessness to satisfy and hold him. now he is in a state of transition between the new and the old states of being. he is vibrating between the condition of soul awareness and form awareness. he is "seeing double. his spiritual perception grows slowly and surely as the brain becomes capable of illumination from the soul, via the mind. as the intuition develops, the radius of awareness grows and new fields of knowledge unfold. the first field of knowledge receiving illumination might be described as comprising the totality of forms to be found in the three worlds of human endeavour, etheric, astral and mental. the would-b

copyright 1998 lucis trust then perceives the narrow-edged razor path which leads from the plane of physical life to the soul realm, and finds that when he can tread it with steadiness it leads him out of the ever changing world of the senses into the clear light of day and into the world of reality. the form side of life then becomes to him simply a field for service and not a field of sensuous perception. let the student ponder upon this last sentence. let him aim to live as a soul. then the cyclic impulses, emanating from the soul, are known to be impulses for which he himself is responsible and which he has sent forth; he then knows himself to be the initiating cause and is not subject to the effects. looked at from another angle we get two factors, the breath and the form which the b

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ise on the seven rays- volume i: esoteric psychology i copyright 1998 lucis trust the cosmic to the individual. men are, as yet, too interested in the particular and the individual to find it easy to apply the same interest to the greater whole in which they "live and move and have their being" nor do they at this time (as a general rule) possess that inner mechanism of thought and that intuitive perception of truth which will enable them easily to grasp the significance of that which underlies the symbolism of words, or to see clearly the subjective outline under the objective form. but the effort to understand carries its own reward, and the attempt to grasp and comprehend the soul-cosmic, universal, planetary and individual leads inevitably to an unfoldment of the mental apparatus (with

g, begging you to see to it that there is a steady expansion of your sense of awareness and a growing capacity to make understanding contacts with that emerging truth, reality and beauty which the universe declares. guard yourself at the same time from mystical rhapsodies anent the one life, which are apt to be no more than the negation of all mental apprehension and a luxuriating in the sensuous perception of a highly developed and high grade emotional nature. all our considerations therefore in this treatise on the seven rays will necessarily be held within the realm of thought which involves awareness of duality. i shall employ the language of duality, and this i shall do, not because i seek to emphasize it to the neglect of unity (for this unity is to me somewhat of a reality and i gli

ul will come, and this event will be the result of the study and analysis, by the psychologists of the world, of the nature of genius and the significance of creative work. some men and women in the world tower above their fellow men, and produce that which is superlative in its own field; their work has in it the element of divinity and of immortality. the work of creative artists, the intuitive perception of great scientific investigators, the inspired imagination of the poets of the world and the vision of the illumined idealists, have all to be accounted for and explained, for the laws under which such men and women work have yet to be discovered. the close study, by the psychologist, of the abnormal and the subnormal, of warped and distorted minds and of defective equipments, has been

ience. nevertheless, certain imminent happenings will do more to annihilate the veil between the seen and the unseen than any other line of activity hitherto initiated. of this i may not speak beyond telling you that an illumination will be set up and a radiance revealed which will result in a tremendous stimulation of mankind and bring about an awakening of a new order. man will be keyed up to a perception and to a contact which will enable him to see through, which will reveal the nature of the fourth dimension, and will blend the subjective and the objective together into a new world. death will lose its terrors, and that particular fear will come to an end. men are so occupied with their demand for light, so earnest in their cry for release from the present blindness, and so anxious fo

or metaphysical lines till he is led to the realisation of the great beyond and of the paramount importance of treading the path that leads thither- 129- a treatise on the seven rays- volume i: esoteric psychology i copyright 1998 lucis trust the fourth ray of harmony through conflict special virtues: strong affections, sympathy, physical courage, generosity, devotion, quickness of intellect and perception. vices of ray: self-centredness, worrying, inaccuracy, lack of moral courage, strong passions, indolence, extravagance. virtues to be acquired: serenity, confidence, self-control, purity, unselfishness, accuracy, mental and moral balance. this has been called the "ray of struggle" for on this ray the qualities of rajas (activity) and tamas (inertia) are so strangely equal in proportion

ALICE A BAILEY10 FROM BETHLEHEM TO CALVARY

on leaders; they have stressed adherence to authoritative teaching and rules of life, and have not primarily emphasised adherence to the still small voice of the soul. the way to the place of initiation and to the centre where christ may be found is the way of the soul, the lonely way of self-unfoldment, of self-effacement and of self-discipline. it is the way of mental illumination and intuitive perception. initiation is the revelation of love, of the second great aspect of divinity, expressing itself in wisdom. this expression is found in its fullness in the life of christ. he revealed to us the nature of essential love, and then told us to love. he demonstrated to us what divinity is, and then told us to live divinely. in the new testament this unfolding life of living divine love is he

s to that expansion of consciousness which will make of mankind the great initiate. just as soon as human beings can grasp in a large synthesis the necessity of entering more definitely into the world of true meaning and of value, we shall see the mysteries becoming universally recognised. the new values will be seen and the new techniques and methods of living will be evolved as a result of this perception. there are signs that this is already happening, that the destruction going on around us and the tearing down of the ancient institutions political, religious and social are only preparatory to this undertaking. we are on our way to "that which is within" and many voices are today proclaiming this- 19- from bethlehem to calvary copyright 1998 lucis trust we are on that path of transitio

es are today proclaiming this- 19- from bethlehem to calvary copyright 1998 lucis trust we are on that path of transition (can we call it the path of discipleship) which will lead us into a new dimension, into the interior world of true fact and right energy. it is a world in which only the spiritual body can function and only the eye of spirit can see. it cannot be perceived by those whose inner perception is unawakened and whose intuition sleeps. when the spiritual body begins to be organised and to grow, and when the eye of wisdom slowly opens and trains itself to see truly, then there will come the indications that the christ, latent in each son of god, is beginning to control and to lead man into the world of spiritual being, true meaning and essential values. this world is the kingdo

imit god. under the evolutionary revelation of the nature of divinity it appears that christ climaxed the past and indicated the future is it not possible that there may be aspects and characteristics of the divine nature of which we cannot as yet have the faintest conception? is it not probable that our sentient apparatus is still inadequate to grasp the fullness of god? may not our mechanism of perception require further evolutionary unfoldment before still other divine and spiritual characteristics can be safely revealed to us and in us? there may be future revelations of such stupendous wonder and beauty that as yet we can form no faintest idea of their possible outline. otherwise god would be limited and static, and unable to do more than he has already done. how dare we say that it i

ehem to calvary copyright 1998 lucis trust the religious inheritance of the ages, and above all when he is brought face to face with the transcendent goodness and wonder which christ revealed. from this realisation he passes on to the discovery of the divine in himself, and starts on that long struggle which carries him through the stages of intellectual awareness of possibility, and of intuitive perception of truth, to that illumination which is the prerogative and the gift of all the perfected sons of god. the radiant inner body of light is present both in the individual and in the race, unseen and unrevealed, but slowly and surely emerging. at the present hour a large number of mankind are engaged in the activities of the six days which precede the transfiguration experience. it is impo

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

in mind that, as we read and consider this treatise on psychology, we are talking in symbols. this is necessarily so, for we are dealing with the expression of divinity in time and space, and until man is consciously aware of his divinity and demonstrating it, it is not possible to do more than speak in parable and metaphor with symbolic intent to be ascertained through the medium of the mystical perception and the wisdom of the enlightened man. as is often glibly said with little real understanding of the significance of the words used, we are dealing with forces and energies. these, as they cyclically run their course and play upon and intermingle with other energies and potencies, produce those forms in matter and substance, which constitute the appearance and express the quality of the

s. militarism and a tendency to make trouble with others and with groups. the power to see no point except one's own. suspicion of people's motives. rapid reaction to glamour and illusion. emotional devotion and bewildered idealism. vibratory activity between the pairs of opposites. intense capacity to be personal and emphasise personalities, leading to directed, inclusive idealism. steadiness of perception through the expansion of consciousness. reaction to, and sympathy with, the point of view of others. willingness to see the work of other people progress along their chosen lines. the choosing of the middle way. peace and not war. the good of the whole and not the part. ray seven black magic, or the use of magical powers for selfish ends. the power to "sit upon the fence" till the selfi

d through two points of contact in the body: a. the "thread of life" is anchored in the heart. the life principle is there to be found, and from that station it pervades the entire physical body through the medium of the blood stream, for "the blood is the life. b. the "thread of consciousness" or of intelligence is anchored in the head, in the region of the pineal gland, and from that station of perception it orders or directs the physical plane activities, through the medium of the brain and the nervous system. 2. the directive activity of the soul, or its authoritative grasp upon the mechanism of the body, is dependent for its extent upon the point of development, or upon the so-called "age of the soul- 39- a treatise on the seven rays- volume ii: esoteric psychology ii copyright 1998 l

t is esoterically called. modernising the concept, we might say that the energies which animate the physical body and the intelligent life of the atom, the sensitive emotional states, and the intelligent mind have eventually to be blended with, and transmuted into, the energies which animate the soul. these are the spiritual mind, conveying illumination; the intuitive nature, conferring spiritual perception; and divine livingness. after the third initiation the "way" is carried forward with great rapidity, and the "bridge" is finished which links perfectly the higher spiritual triad and the lower material reflection. the three worlds of the soul and the three worlds of the personality become one world wherein the initiate works and functions, seeing no distinction, viewing one world as the

. a touch of this freedom from the limitations of pain and sorrow can be found among the more advanced sons of men on earth, who know the ecstasy of the mystic, the exaltation of the initiate, and the exquisite agony of sacrifice or of any feeling which is carried forward to the point of sublimation. when this point has been reached, the mechanism of suffering and the ability to register sensuous perception is transcended, and momentarily the man escapes on to the plane of unity. here there is no pain, no sorrow, no rebellion and no suffering. when the living, vibrating antaskarana or bridge is built, this "way of- 64- a treatise on the seven rays- volume ii: esoteric psychology ii copyright 1998 lucis trust escape" becomes the normal path of life. escape from pain is then automatic, for t

ALICE A BAILEY12 DISCIPLESHIP IN THE NEW AGE VOLUME I

the note of all beings. a close study of the third part of the light of the soul (the yoga sutras of patanjali) will indicate the type of phenomena which should find its place in this diary. 5. any experiences of a psychic kind which do not come under any of the above headings. those mentioned above come under the heading of the higher psychism and concern the higher psychic faculties, spiritual perception, intuitive knowledge, mental telepathy (and not the telepathy which is based upon the solar plexus activity. the lower psychic experiences can also be noted whether pleasant or unpleasant. once noted, however, they should be forgotten for they are of no moment- 15- discipleship in the new age- volume i copyright 1998 lucis trust days may go by and weeks with no record. let this in no wa

make upon the mind of the disciple. it is for this reason that i am training you to utilise the full moon contact. 3. quick response to real need. you had not regarded this as one of the psychic powers, my brother, had you? i refer not here to a solar plexus reaction but to heart knowledge. ponder on this distinction. 4. right observation of reality upon the soul plane. this leads to right mental perception, to freedom from illusion and glamour and to the illumination of the brain. 5. correct manipulation of force, involving, therefore, an understanding of the types and qualities of force and their right creative weaving into service upon the outer plane. 6. a true comprehension of the time element, with its cyclic ebb and flow and the right seasons for action a most difficult psychic powe

e perspective. a man is thus left free and untouched by aught that may occur. the ideal attitude for you is that of the onlooker who is in no way identified with aught that may happen on the physical and emotional planes, and whose mind is a limpid reflector of truth. this truth is intuitively perceived because there are no violent mental reactions or emotional states of response; the vehicles of perception are quiet and therefore there is nothing to offset correct attitude. when this state of consciousness is achieved, you will be able to teach with power and at the same time possess that also which must be taught. secondly, you must acquire an increased ability to voice truth through the medium of the written word. opportunity will come to you to reach the world with ideas that are relat

ndicated, such as the educating of public opinion in the principle of non-separativeness. but to do this, much meditation and much clear thinking will be involved. the technique to be followed and the methods employed to arouse interest and to evoke the needed support are for western disciples and workers to decide and not for me, your oriental brother. i can but stimulate your soul to clarity of perception, to wise vision, to true understanding and to right planning. the rest of the work and the materialising of the project lies in your hands and with those who respond to the- 120- discipleship in the new age- volume i copyright 1998 lucis trust ideas presented. as regards your personal development and training, brother of old, i can but enjoin upon you a consideration of the meditation w

brain, the thoughts of that divine perceiver. in order to achieve this attitude there is no need for you to subject yourself to constant criticism. each day, however, subject yourself to a brief and exact analysis. i suggest for your personal use a form of evening review. have the thought of the divine perceiver as you work over it each day, and seek to see yourself in the light of that spiritual perception. it is not necessary, my brother, to do this at night, if the hour, fatigue or your duties should render it inconvenient. do it once in the twenty-four hours and do it with care- 145- discipleship in the new age- volume i copyright 1998 lucis trust disciples everywhere have to work hard at the task of self-perfecting for the world situation demands trained and skilled workers. no group

ALICE A BAILEY13 PROBLEMS OF HUMANITY

d and protected. she demands that nothing be done without consulting her. yet for decades, france has given to the world a picture of great disunity and of political corruption and graft; she has always evidenced a deep love and desire for material gratification, priding herself on her realism, but not on any spiritual idealism, and substituting the brilliance of the intellect and keen scientific perception for the subjective realities. has france learned from her collapse in the summer of 1940 that the values of the spirit must take the place of those which have hitherto motivated her? does she realize that she has to regain the respect of the world a respect which she lost when she surrendered and sought collaboration, thus proving herself innately weaker than those much smaller nations

me of trial, purified and able to demonstrate a new capacity to think in terms of unselfish international relations and not solely in terms of the material civilization which she demonstrated so wonderfully for so many centuries? she can and eventually she will. her brilliant intellect (when turned to the study of the things of the spirit) can outstrip the researchings of lesser minds; that clear perception and ability to convey thoughts in concise and crystal clear terms will be utilized to bring home to many the eternal verities. when france finds her spiritual soul and not just her intellectual soul, she will prove to be the medium through which will come revelation as to the nature of the soul of man. france has in the past revealed the nature of the human soul in its stage of intenses

f the living christ, whilst rejecting man-made interpretations of him and of his message, and which emphasizes the authority of the human soul. the future which lies ahead is full of promise. let us base our optimism upon humanity itself. let us recognize the self-proven fact that there is a peculiar quality in every man, an innate, inherent characteristic to which one may give the name "mystical perception. this characteristic connotes an undying, though oft unrecognized, sense of divinity; it involves the constant possibility to vision and contact the soul and to grasp (with increasing aptitude) the nature of the universe. it enables the philosopher to appreciate the world of meaning and through that perception to touch reality. it is, above all else, the power to love and to go out towa

evelopment of right instinctual reactions will be watched and cultivated; in the later grades, in what is equivalent to the high schools or the secondary schools, the intellectual unfoldment and control of the mental processes will be emphasized; whilst in the colleges and universities the unfoldment of the intuition, the importance of ideas and ideals and the development of abstract thinking and perception will be fostered; this latter phase will be soundly based upon the previous sound intellectual foundation. these three factors instinct, intellect and intuition provide the keynotes for the three scholastic institutions through which every young person will pass and through which, today, many thousands do pass. in the modern schools (grammar or primary schools, high or secondary schools

ed be excluded, only a better motivation will be obvious and a nationalistic, selfish presentation avoided. if history is, for instance, presented on the basis of the conditioning ideas which have led humanity onward and not on the basis of aggressive wars and international- 33- problems of humanity copyright 1998 lucis trust or national thievery, then education will concern itself with the right perception and use of ideas, of their transformation into working ideals and their application as the will-to-good, the will-to-truth and the will-to-beauty. thus a much needed alteration of humanity's aims from our present competitive and materialistic objectives into those that will more fully express the golden rule will come about and right relations between individuals, groups, parties, natio

ALICE A BAILEY14 THE REAPPEARANCE OF THE CHRIST

nd possesses a far more sensitive response apparatus than did humanity in those earlier times. if there was a quick response to the messenger when he came before, it will be more general and quicker now, both in rejection and in acceptance. men are more enquiring, better educated, more intuitive and more expectant of the unusual and the unique than at any other time in history. their intellectual perception is keener, their sense of values more acute, their ability to discriminate and choose is fast developing, and they penetrate more quickly into significances. these facts will condition the reappearance of the christ and tend to a more rapid spreading of the news of his coming and the contents of his message- 7- the reappearance of the christ copyright 1998 lucis trust today, when he com

his own particular brand of religious belief, and also by his capacity to live his life in the light of the divine presence. all mystics have been able to do this to a greater or less degree, but the modern mystic differs from those in the past in that he is able clearly to indicate to others the techniques of the path; he combines both head and heart, intelligence and feeling, plus an intuitive perception, hitherto lacking. the clear light of the spiritual hierarchy now illumines the way of the modern mystic, and not simply the light of his own soul; this will be increasingly the case. thirdly, both of these groups the general public and the world aspirants in their varying degrees have, among them those who stand out from the general average as possessing a deeper insight and understand

. i. the crises of the christ in the life of every disciple, particularly of those who face certain great expansions of consciousness, a point of crisis will come about. in that point of crisis, decisions are voluntarily or involuntarily made; having made them, the disciple then stands at a point of tension, with the decision behind him and the next step to be taken becoming clearer to his mental perception, and influencing his attitude to the future. when the work is done in the period of tension, then there comes what we might call the point of emergence. this is both an emergence from and also an emergence into a field of experience. the christ himself is no exception to this threefold experience and in order that we may understand more fully let us apply these three phrases (inappropri

actions and the reactions of the christ. there is no crisis for him in the sense that crises exist for us; there is no strain or stress attached to his point of tension; the parallel is, however, good enough to convey something to you of what has transpired within that state of awareness which distinguishes the spiritual hierarchy; to this state of consciousness we can give the name of "spiritual perception" in contradistinction to the mental perception which is the human counterpart. it must be remembered that the point of crisis, producing the point of tension to which the christ may be regarded as voluntarily subjecting himself is a hierarchical matter or event, because the entire hierarchy is involved in the crisis. the reason for this is simple: the christ and his workers know only th

oo has moved on in his experience of divinity and is (if it may be so expressed) closer to the father and to the one universal life than ever before. his comprehension and his apprehension of the will of god is deeper and his fulfilment of that will is more in line with the divine purpose than it was in palestine two thousand years ago. there has necessarily been (on the part of christ) a growing perception of the intention of the divine mind, as it is embodied in that identity to whom we give the name of god. no longer need christ, in agony say "father, not my will but thine be done; he has today no personal will but only the will of his father animates him and the ability to make decisions which are a full expression of that divine will. it is difficult to express his achievement in othe

ALICE A BAILEY15 THE DESTINY OF THE NATIONS

ctly and synthetically will pour floods of light upon the most difficult and complex of problems. when the world again settles down to a cycle of peace and with opportunity for further conscious unfoldment, it will be found that that embryonic factor which we call the intuition will flower forth into as recognisable an expression of human consciousness as the present intellectual grasp and mental perception of the race. until this time comes, the searching astrologer must proceed hopefully but cannot yet expect full understanding of what i here impart. 4. an analysis of certain countries. the horoscope of a country can, therefore, be either that of the soul of the nation or of the personality of the nation, based on the form aspect; there are no means, as yet, of determining the date, for

e present plan) sealed and hidden to the experience and experiment of the soul, has been more acutely sensitised and developed during the past two thousand years than in any previous period of ten thousand years. the reason for this is that the mind of man has been consciously aiding in the process of coordinating the instincts and transmuting instinctual reaction, translating it into intelligent perception. in the case of the world disciples, this process has been carried forward into the next stage of unfoldment to which we give the name of intuitional knowledge. the counterparts of the five senses and their higher correspondences upon the subtler planes are being rapidly unfolded, organised and recognised and it is by means of these inner senses that spiritual discovery becomes possible

r facts (under which heading the above item of information might well be placed) can stimulate your imagination and widen your horizon; for aspirants and disciples, that is the major value. all information and happenings which are connected with shamballa are always exciting to the neophyte who is apt to forget that he must make his contact with the more familiar hierarchy before true and related perception is his. i would have you study the tabulation which i gave you in initiation, human and solar, and which you will find in the appendix to the first volume of a treatise on the seven rays. i insert it here for the benefit of those who have no copy of the first volume of the treatise, and whose attention should be turned again from the magnitude of the macrocosm to the responsibility of t

ALICE A BAILEY16 GLAMOUR A WORLD PROBLEM

f it is rare. we are told by physicians and scientists that thousands of cells in the human brain are still dormant and, consequently, that the average human being uses only a small part of his equipment. the area of the brain which is found around the pineal gland is that connected with the intuition, and it is these cells which must be roused into activity before there can be any real intuitive perception which, when aroused, will manifest soul control, spiritual illumination, true psychological understanding of one's fellowmen, and a development of the true esoteric sense, which is the objective before you at this time. i would like to divide what i have to say into three parts, and i plead for a close study of my words: i. i seek to define for you the intuition- 2- glamour: a world pro

ositions of others, provided they are interested. this they must not, however, confound with the intuition. the intuition has no relation to psychism, either higher or lower; the seeing of a vision, the hearing of the voice of the silence, a pleased reaction to teaching of any kind does not infer the functioning of the intuition. it is not only the seeing of symbols, for that is a special sort of perception and the capacity to tune in on the universal mind upon that layer of its activity which produces the pattern-forms on which all etheric bodies are based. it is not intelligent psychology, and a loving desire to help. that emanates from the interplay of a personality, governed by a strong soul orientation, and the group-conscious soul. intuition is the synthetic understanding which is th

stage brings into activity the brain as well as the mind. the study of symbols viewed as a whole, involves three stages: first, the investigation of a symbol, and the consequent progress of the analyst from one progressive stage of awareness to another, to a gradual inclusion of the entire field covered by the- 8- glamour: a world problem copyright 1998 lucis trust symbol. secondly, an intuitive perception of the symbols to be seen everywhere in the divine manifestation. third, the use of symbols on the physical plane, and their right adaptation to a seen and recognised purpose, leading to the subsequent magnetisation of the symbol with the needed quality through which the idea can make its presence felt, in order that the intuited qualified idea may find proper form on the physical plane

alised and worked out in full consciousness upon the physical plane. theory must become fact, and the battles which take place on the subtler levels of the astral and mental planes must be realised in the brain consciousness. it is there that the application is made. as these realisations and inner activities become practical parts of the disciple's life and their consequences become clear to his perception in waking consciousness, they form in time part of his quality equipment. he is in reality integrating and synthesising experience in the three worlds and becoming a master through conscious mastering. he grasps the fact that all that appears and all that happens is due to the circulation and constant mutation of force. he discovers then how these forces interplay in his own experiences

anged through the ray colouring of the soul, and now a still more distorting change is brought about by the ray type of the mental body itself, which may be, and usually is, different to that of the soul ray. these are the second steps towards materialisation. the form of the embodiment is qualified. thus illusion is produced. vi. this illusion demonstrates in seven ways usually: 1. through wrong perception of an idea. the disciple cannot distinguish between an idea and an- 35- glamour: a world problem copyright 1998 lucis trust ideal, between an idea and a thoughtform, or between an intuitive and a mental concept. this is one of the ways of producing illusion found most commonly among aspirants. the mental atmosphere in which we all dwell is one of illusion. it is also an atmosphere or ar

ALICE A BAILEY17 TELEPATHY AND THE ETHERIC VEHICLE

with this class of medium, and in this type of seance, the highly intelligent and mentally polarised man or woman will learn nothing, and will probably receive no messages, unless faked. hence, therefore, when it comes to scientific investigation by trained minds, physical phenomena has predominated and not the more subtle forms of psychism. where the more subtle forms of super- or extra-sensory perception have been involved, the subjects have been either adolescent or in their early twenties and have been primarily and rightly focussed in the emotional-feeling body. this is true even when they are highly intellectual. this form of telepathic communication is therefore of two kinds, with the solar plexus always involved: a. it will be from solar plexus to solar plexus between two people w

o are trained to act as an intermediate receptive group between shamballa and the hierarchy. they receive impression from shamballa and transmit it to the hierarchy, thus enabling the members of the hierarchy to receive it as "a sharpened impression" and to register it accurately because the emanating impression has passed through an area within the divine mind where it is enhanced by the trained perception and the determined receptivity of this group. they are called, in the east, the divine nirmanakayas. i only mention their occult name so that you may learn to recognise them when you meet reference to them. d. the buddha at the time when the wesak festival is celebrated. he then acts as a focal point or as the "distributor of the impression; he then has behind him (little as you may rea

sion begins to take form as an idea; from that point it follows the familiar course of translation from an idea into a presented ideal; it then comes under the invocative appeal of the more concrete-minded until it finally precipitates itself into outer manifestation and takes form. you will see, therefore, that what i am doing is to take the student a step further into the world of reception and perception and point him to the more subtle contacts which lie behind those concepts which are regarded as definitely nebulous and to which we give the name of intuitions. the science of impression if studied by the disciples in the world and by the new group of world servers will greatly facilitate the presentation of those ideals which must and will condition the thinking of the new age and will

ng; it will put mankind into a right relationship with all aspects and expressions of the divine nature, deepening subjective contact and bringing about a diviner objective manifestation and one more in line with divine purpose. it will lead to a great shift of the human consciousness off the levels of emotional and physical life (where the bulk of humanity is focussed) on to the levels of mental perception. you will understand, consequently, the reason why the knowers of the world have ever referred to the dual action of the mind as it is sensitive to the higher impressions and active in the mental creation of the needed thoughtforms. the mind, rightly trained, will seize upon the fugitive impression, subject it to the concretising effect of mental activity, produce the required form, and

men. the kingdom of god is present on earth today and forever has been, but only a few, relatively speaking, are aware of its signs and manifestations. the world of subtle phenomena (called formless, because unlike the physical phenomena with which we are so familiar) is ever with us and can be seen and contacted and proved as a field for experiment and experience and activity if the mechanism of perception is developed as it surely can be. the sounds and sights of the heavenly world (as the mystics call it) are as clearly perceived by the higher initiate as are the sights and sounds of the physical plane as you contact it in your daily round of duties. the world of energies, with its streams of directed force and its centres of concentrated light is likewise present, and the eye of the se

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

solar angel, so the soul itself disappears and its power and radiance fade out when the presence, which it has hitherto veiled, appears and dominates the scene at the end of the greater world cycle. we are told that the incarnating minds, human beings, the solar angels, came originally from venus, but they in turn give place to the monad, the one. mind gives place to intuition and reason to pure perception. 3. saturn "falls" in aries. this has two meanings, for this is a dual sign. first: saturn is the lord of karma, the imposer of retribution and the one who demands full payment of all debts and who therefore condemns us to the struggle for existence, both from the form side and from the soul side. saturn, therefore "fell" when man fell into generation. he "followed the sons of men down

se which is based upon our formulation of a deity who is the product of our mental processes and of devoted idealism (two of the three aspects of- 70- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iii: esoteric astrology copyright 1998 lucis trust the personality nature, and the attempt to interpret his infinite purposes in terms of our own finiteness. let us always remember this. the mechanism for divine perception has not yet been developed in the human family on any large scale and is only achieving some measure of usefulness in the initiate of the third degree. this duality of pisces must be studied in relation to its three keynotes which are 1. bondage or captivity. 2. renunciation or detachment. 3. sacrifice and death. in the first cycle of experience upon the wheel, the soul itself is in cap

for the bondage of incarnation and for the personality. it is in this dual sign that the imprisoned soul and the personality enter upon that process which will transmute 1. the lower nature into the higher manifestation. 2. the lower psychical powers into the higher spiritual faculties, i.e. a. negativity into positive soul control. b. mediumship into mediatorship. c. clairvoyance into spiritual perception. d. clairaudience into mental telepathy and finally inspiration. e. instinct into intellect. f. selfishness into divine selflessness. g. acquisitiveness into renunciation. h. self-preservation into selfless world service. i. self-pity into compassion, sympathy and divine understanding. 3. spiritual and mental inhibition into soul expression and mental sensitivity. 4. devotion to the nee

es an inherent tendency to fusion which nothing can arrest. the achievement of ultimate synthesis is inevitable, and this jupiter promotes. the moon brings about the inclination to create these conditions which lead to the great and critical transformations of instinct into intellect. this the moon brings about, but uranus causes the great transference in the human consciousness from intellectual perception to intuitive knowledge. bear in mind that the esoteric forces combine with the forces of the exoteric or orthodox planets and that they do not negate their influence. they only supplement and dominate them. the man is thereby enriched and his experience is extended and his consciousness expanded by the new energies, but all the time the effects and conditioning achieved and attained und

108- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iii: esoteric astrology copyright 1998 lucis trust this takes place upon the probationary path and is called the experience of the disciple in the depths or the valleys. in sagittarius, the intellect which has been developed, used and finally illumined, becomes sensitive to a still higher type of mental experience and to this we give the name of intuitive perception. there come flashes of light upon problems; a distant yet possible vision of attainment is seen; the man begins to climb out of the depths to which he has descended in scorpio and sees ahead of him the mountain in capricorn which he knows he must eventually climb. he walks no longer in the dark, for he sees what he has to do and he therefore makes rapid progress and travels "fast upon t

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ese revelations) are a major modern spiritual factor; the struggle that is going on between political ideologies, between capital and labour and the breakdown of our past educational systems are all indicative of a divine and spiritual ferment which is leavening humanity. and yet the mystic way of introspection and of divine union must precede the occult way of intellectual realisation and divine perception. it always has in the life of the individual and of humanity as a whole. the mystic and the occult way, the way of the heart and the head, must fuse and blend and then humanity will know god and not just "feel after him if haply they may find him" this personal knowledge of god will, however, come by living normally and as beautifully as possible, by serving and by being interested in o

practicing mystic (or do i mean a practical mystic perhaps both) and the development of the heart response and the power to feel (and to feel accurately) should naturally and normally precede the mental approach and the power to know. surely spiritual instinct must precede spiritual knowledge, just as the instincts of the animal, the child and of the undeveloped person always precede intellectual perception. surely vision must come before the mode to make the vision a reality is mastered. surely questioning and a blind feeling after god must antedate the conscious treading of "the way" which leads to revelation. perhaps the time will come when our adolescent boys and girls will receive some attention along the lines of capitalising on their normal, mystical tendencies. these tendencies are

to human thought through the publication of "the secret doctrine" i have often been amused by the orthodox theosophists who have disapproved of my presentation of theosophical truth. few of them, if any, who have thus disapproved ever had the privilege of being taught by personal pupils of h.p.b. for weeks and months on end, and i'm pretty sure that, thanks to these old students, i have a clearer perception of what "the secret doctrine" was intended to convey than most of them. why should i not? i was well taught and i am grateful. i had joined the theosophical lodge in pacific grove and was beginning to teach and hold classes. i remember the first book which i started to expound. it was that great book by mrs. besant "a study in consciousness" i knew nothing about consciousness and i coul

ct's negativity permits the entrance of a second force which, for some peculiar reason, is never of as high a standard as the first. then there comes danger of obsession. we have had to handle many cases of obsession as the result of automatic writing. in the work that i do there is no negativity but i assume an attitude of intense, positive attention. i remain in full control of all my senses of perception and there is nothing automatic in what i do. i simply listen and take down the words that i hear and register the thoughts which are dropped one by one into my brain. i make no changes in what i give out to the public from that which has been given to me except that i will smooth the english or replace an unusual word with one that is clearer, taking care, always, to preserve the sense

myself embroiled. his clear legal mind, his impersonality and his constant failure to get excited when i thought he should, has saved me constantly from myself. it is not an easy thing to run an esoteric school. it is far from easy to take the responsibility to teach people true meditation. it is difficult to tread the narrow, razor-edged path which leads between the higher psychism, or spiritual perception, and the lower psychism which many people share with the cats and dogs. it is not easy to discriminate between a psychic hunch and an intuitive perception and then, also, take hold of peoples' lives spiritually, when they voluntarily put themselves into your hands for training, and give them what is needed. none of this would have been possible for me to the extent it has been had it no

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

liberation. his error at this time consists in: a. his inability to see the true uses of pain. b. his resentment at suffering. c. his misunderstanding of the law of nonresistance- 8- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iv: esoteric healing copyright 1998 lucis trust d. his over-emphasis of the form nature. e. his attitude to death, and his feeling that the disappearance of the life out of visual perception through the medium of form, and the consequent disintegration of that form, indicates disaster. 5. when human thought reverses the usual ideas as to disease, and accepts disease as a fact in nature, man will begin to work with the law of liberation, with right thought, leading to nonresistance. at present, by the power of his directed thought and his intense antagonism to disease, he on

it is not easy at this stage in evolution to separate feeling and thought, or to say that such or such ills arise in the astral or the mental body, or that certain ills are due to wrong feeling and others to wrong thinking. speaking in terms of the entire human family, the thinking that is done in the world of today, is done by the relatively few. the rest are occupied with feeling, with sensuous perception and with the many and differing aspects of- 55- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iv: esoteric healing copyright 1998 lucis trust emotionalism such as irritability, worry, acute anxiety, aspiration towards some desired end or goal, depression, plus the dramatic life of the senses and of the "i in the centre" consciousness. few live in the world of thought and fewer still in the world

67- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iv: esoteric healing copyright 1998 lucis trust spiritual healing will be divinely possible ultimately; but this is not materially possible at certain given moments in time and space and with people at widely differing points on the ladder of evolution. right timing and a sound knowledge of the working of the law of karma, plus a large measure of intuitive perception, are essential to the high art of spiritual healing. to this must be added the knowledge that the form nature and the physical body are not essentially the major considerations or of the vast importance that some may think. various cultists and healers usually take the position that it is of major importance that the physical vehicle be rendered free from disease and clutched away from

use his personal desires are of importance, and fluidic because astrally polarised. through it the "bright light generated in atlantis" is poured, and the astral light is contacted. it is therefore the centre through which most mediums work and clairvoyants function. later, these people will learn to work as intermediaries, consciously and intelligently using their powers; they will possess clear perception, and this will supersede clairvoyance. they will then be polarised in the ajna centre. it is consequently a most disturbing centre in the body, and is a basic cause of the- 104- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iv: esoteric healing copyright 1998 lucis trust majority of stomach complaints and troubles connected with the liver. the entire area immediately below the diaphragm is in a

s of thought, unity and christian science, have been fantastic and fanciful in their claims and definitely unscientific in their approach. but they have had hold of at- 132- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iv: esoteric healing copyright 1998 lucis trust least one thread in the great process of right adjustment to life and to right relationships. they had the dream and the vision; they lacked perception and commonsense and ignored the evolutionary process. physiological science and psychological power, plus the cooperation of the trained disciple with the trained medical man (particularly with the open-minded endocrinologist, will eventually succeed in solving many human ills and will bring about the cure of the bulk of the diseases now troubling humanity. we have, therefore, studied t

ALICE A BAILEY21 EDUCATION IN THE NEW AGE

ion of the future. 2. the science of the antahkarana. this deals with the mode of bridging the gap which exists in- 7- education in the new age copyright 1998 lucis trust man's consciousness between the world of ordinary human experience, the threefold world of physical-emotional-mental functioning, and the higher levels of so-called spiritual development which is the world of ideas, of intuitive perception, of spiritual insight and understanding. 3. methods of building the antahkarana. this leads to the overcoming of the limitations physical and psychological which restrict man's free expression of his innate divinity. here we can only prepare the ground for this third point because the subject involves advanced meditation practices which must be approached gradually. i have dealt with me

of any mental understanding. they were significantly emotional in reactions to beauty, to the terror evoked by divinity and to the emotional characteristics of god, to the sense of light and to wonder. the mysterious, the sense of awe, the following blindly of some recognised "sensitive" of a higher order than the ordinary human being, and the interpretation of god and nature in terms of feeling-perception these laid the basis of that ancient civilisation and have largely coloured our present racial attitudes, at least- 31- education in the new age copyright 1998 lucis trust up until the advent of christ, who wrought great changes in the human consciousness and ushered in a new civilisation. children are still largely atlantean in their consciousness; it is with them a form of recapitulat

centuries has produced our modern world and this has been strictly materialistic. a nation today is regarded as civilised when it is awakened to mental values and at the same time it is demanding material values; and when the mind (the lower mind) in its memory aspect, its discriminating and separative aspects, its analysing functions, and its ability to formulate concrete ideas based on material perception, material desire and material purposes is receiving the training which will make a material civilisation, and has made our material civilisation what it is today. with the emphasis shifting away from feeling-perception to mental attitudes towards life, with the desire to make the material life of the citizen of every nation the dominant factor in the national thought, with the mind unfo

ology. i would here make a simple request to the earnest student. ponder on the following four statements: 1. the antahkarana expresses the quality of the magnetism which opens the door into the teaching centre of the great white lodge. 2. the antahkarana is the conscious integrating force. 3. the antahkarana is the medium of light transference. 4. the antahkarana concerns the continuity of man's perception. the process of unfoldment i would like to add to the preceding analogy one more, which will serve to clarify the process of unfoldment in your minds and make the entire theme (from the racial angle) still more clear and definite: general racial development..civilisation..path of purification training of the intelligentsia..c. ulture..path of discipleship production of the illuminati..i

ehind the scene of outer happenings into the world of energies, seeking contact and qualifying for the bringing about of certain activities. he thus acquires entrance into the world of meaning. events, circumstances, happenings and physical phenomena of every kind are simply symbols of what is occurring in the inner worlds, and it is into these worlds that the esotericist must enter as far as his perception permits; he will sequentially discover worlds which will call for his scientific penetration. 4. for the majority of aspirants, the hierarchy itself remains an esoteric realm which demands discovery and which will accept penetration. i am choosing my words with care in an effort to- 45- education in the new age copyright 1998 lucis trust evoke your esoteric response. beyond this point o

ALICE A BAILEY22 DISCIPLESHIP IN THE NEW AGE VOLUME II

time. then third, i have to enter into that meditative condition, and that extraverted attitude which will enable me to pour out in a steady stream of constructive sentences which will express, to the mind of the amanuensis, the thoughtform as i see it and build it. putting it otherwise, i become creative with deliberation and endeavour to convey to the vision, to the mind and to the intellectual perception of a.a.b. an ordered presentation of the thoughtform which embodies the lesson i desire the students to learn. all this necessitates an expenditure of force and of time on my part which i feel is well warranted if the students on their side will prepare their minds, give the needed time, respond to the few requests i may make, and eventually cooperate with the work of bringing the edite

al approach, an understanding of the lessons of the past and a vision, based not on love or on soul-sight but on a conviction as to the immediate purpose of sanat kumara, as he works it out through the christ and the planetary hierarchy. this conviction is based, as far as the hierarchy is concerned, on pure reason; it is based, as far as humanity is concerned, through its disciples, on intuitive perception, implemented by love and expressed intelligently. upon this i would ask you to ponder, and as you ponder, make the needed changes in your personal approach to the problem. the third point grows out of the above. you are all pledged disciples, and as such your immediate personal problem (in which i may not and therefore cannot help you) is to overcome- 33- discipleship in the new age- vo

truction of the antahkarana by enlightened souls functioning upon the physical plane and working desperately to aid humanity. their spiritual desperation is what is needed to provide the required "point of tension" from whence the antahkarana can be built. there is a basic distinction between desperation and pessimism. desperation is related to the time element and to a correct and discriminative perception of the need. pessimism is related more to an unjust appraisement of the quality of humanity. all these things are at this time characteristic of the hierarchy. i would remind you that when you think of the hierarchy you think in terms of the masters (as most people do) or of the higher initiates. this is not correct. every accepted disciple is within the periphery of the hierarchy and o

therefore under constant dual investigation; to this test, he must perforce himself add a third: his own position as the observer. he is thus exposed to criticism and judgment from three angles, and upon this fact i would ask you carefully to ponder. a review at night along these three lines would be of value to all disciples, using the imagination as far as possible as an instrument of spiritual perception; learn to "imagine" as far as you can, how a master would view your day's endeavour, how your watching environment would have reacted to your life and words, and how you yourself regard the day's accomplishments. i would recommend this to all disciples and all of you in training for my ashram; and what i have here suggested might well be used also by the arcane school for the senior stu

, in unison and in deep reflection the plans unfold, and each disciple and initiate sees occultly where he is needed and where at any given moment he must place his cooperative energy. note my wording here. the members of an ashram, however, do not sit down for a joint meditation. one of the qualities, developed through ashramic contact, is the ability to live always within the field of intuitive perception a field which has been created, or a sphere of energy which has been generated, by the united purpose, the combined planning and the concentrated energy of the hierarchy. an analogy (but only an analogy, however) would be to regard this field of reflecting, reflective and reflected energies as resembling the brain of a human being; this brain reflects the impacts of telepathic activity

ALICE A BAILEY23 THE EXTERNALISATION OF THE HIERARCHY

clairvoyance and clairaudience are not below the threshold of consciousness, but are actively used and functioning, it means that the solar plexus centre is open and active. when the corresponding mental faculties are present in consciousness, then it means that the throat centre and the centre between the eyebrows are becoming "awake" and active. but the higher psychic powers, such as spiritual perception with its infallible knowledge, the intuition with its unerring judgment, and psychometry of the higher kind with its power to reveal the past and the future, are the prerogatives of the divine soul. these higher powers come into play when the head and heart centres, as well as the throat centre, are brought into activity as the result of meditation and- 6- the externalisation of the hie

f what he sees and contacts on the plane of illusion, the astral plane, should be cultivated. thus we shall gradually find emerging in the world a large body of trained psychics whose powers are understood and who function on the astral plane with as much intelligence as they function on the physical plane, and who are preparing themselves for the expression of the higher psychic powers spiritual perception and telepathy. these people will constitute eventually a body of linking souls, mediating between those who cannot see and hear on the astral plane because they are the prisoners of the physical body and those who are equally the prisoners of the astral plane, lacking the physical response apparatus- 10- the externalisation of the hierarchy copyright 1998 lucis trust the great need, the

ple who have pondered deeply on the theme- 45- the externalisation of the hierarchy copyright 1998 lucis trust what is our theme? a study and an analysis, from the esoteric angle, of the social organisation of humanity. i seek to have you grasp some of the universal implications which the signs of the times portray and not be entirely engrossed with the immediate situation or dilemma; too close a perception and too near a point of view does not tend to true understanding. it fails, for one thing, to indicate the particular place in the general world picture which the immediate happenings outline. it is a platitude and a truism to state that humanity is today passing through a crisis of immense proportions. the causes of this crisis must be sought in many factors. they lie in the past; in t

iet the voices of his own ideas in order to understand and achieve identification with that which must be loved. can you follow the beauty of this concept and comprehend the nature of this silent depth of true understanding? wisdom is the sublimation of the intellect, but this involves the sublimation of the higher as well as of the lower aspects of the mind. it is a blend of intuition, spiritual perception, cooperation with the plan and spontaneous intellectual appreciation of that which is contacted, and all this is fused and blended with and by the love which i have defined above, plus that esoteric sense which must be unfolded before the second initiation can be taken. i call this especially to your attention. seek to understand and perceive the subtle evidences of the esoteric sense

gan to control the purely animal nature; man began to be acquisitive and to surround himself with that which he wanted. the lines of cleavage between the instinctual animal and acquisitive man began to be more clearly defined. gradually the mental element unfolded among these pioneers just as the intuitive element is today unfolding among the mental types; men began to acquire some form of mental perception and to bring what little mind they had to the processes of increasing their material possessions. the stage of civilisation (which is basically a recognition of group relation) began. a period of urban existence superseded that of a pure nomadic and agricultural existence. men began to congregate together for their greater material comfort and protection, and the rhythmic processes of c

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

hiding the reality. the process of 'unveiling' so that one by one those bodies which veil the self are brought to a point where they are simply transparencies, permitting the full shining forth of the divine nature. an expansion of consciousness, which is brought about through the ability of the self to identify with its real nature as the onlooker, and no longer regarding itself as the organ of perception. iii. a re-alignment of the lower sheaths so that the contact with the real man, the thinker, the solar angel, on the higher levels of the mental plane may become complete and continuous. this only becomes possible as the other two points are beginning to be grasped and the theory as to man's constitution and purpose is somewhat understood. as meditation is practiced, as the lower bodie

before them opens out the way. together let the band of brothers onward move out of the fire, into the cold, and toward a newer tension. it will be profitable if we take this rule i sentence by sentence and try to wrest from each its group significance. 1. within the fire of the mind, focussed within the head's clear light, let the group stand. in this sentence, you have the idea of intellectual perception and of focussed unity. intellectual perception is not mental understanding, but is in reality the clear cold reason, the buddhic principle in action and the focussed attitude of the spiritual triad in relation to the personality. i would call your attention to the following analogies: head monad a tma p urpose heart soul b uddhi p ure reason base of spine p ersonality m anas spiritual a

ve the motive being the intelligent fulfillment of the will aspect of divinity, or of the monad. this involves the merging of his personality self-will into that of the sacrificial will of the soul; and this, when accomplished, will lead to the revelation of the divine will. of this will, no one who is not an initiate has any conception. it means, secondly, the release of the faculty of spiritual perception and of intuitive understanding, which involves the negation of the activity of the lower or concrete mind, of the lower personal self, and the subordination of the knowledge aspect of the soul to the clear pure light of the divine understanding. when these two factors are beginning to be active, you will have the emergence of true spiritual activity upon the physical plane, motivated fr

li*(2) makes reference. these two factors, when brought into living activity, bring the disciple into the centre of the burning ground which separates the angel of the presence from the dweller on the threshold. the burning ground is found upon the threshold of every new advance, until the third initiation has been taken. the "clear cold light" is the light of pure reason, of infallible intuitive perception and its unremitting, intensive and revealing light constitutes a major test in its effects. the initiate discovers the depths of evil, and at the same time is enticed forward by the heights of a growing sense of divinity. the clear cold light reveals two things: a. the omnipresence of god throughout nature, and therefore throughout the entire personality life of the initiate or of the i

urpose of deity. the number 6 is the number of form or of manifestation, which is the agent or medium through which this realisation comes and by which the consciousness is unfolded so that it can become the foundation of the higher process which is instituted at the third initiation. that initiation is closely related to the third major centre, shamballa; it is the third, from the angle of man's perception and understanding, but the first from the angle of deity itself. again, 6 being the number of the sixth ray, it is therefore the number of idealism and of that driving force which makes mankind move forward upon the path and in response to the vision and press upward towards the light. it is in reality devotion to an unseen goal, ever on ahead, and an unswerving recognition of the objec

ALICE BAILEY THE LABOURS OF HERCULES

by the question "what is best for the group with which i am associated" it is by doing this that the bull is ridden to the mainland. 2. use common sense. the ancient meaning of the word "common sense" was that there was a sense which synthesized and unified the five senses and so constituted a "common sense, literally, the mind. let the aspirant use his mind, and through the medium of intelligent perception, guide and control the bull of desire. if common sense is used, certain dangers will be avoided. there is a danger in the method of many aspirants in inhibiting or shutting off all sex expression. physiologically they may succeed, but the experience of psychologists and teachers is that where inhibition and a drastic suppression is imposed upon the organism, the result is some form of n

, the mode of awareness of the form, and, therefore, artemis, the moon, who rules over the form, claims the sacred hind. in its own place, animal instinct is as divine as those other qualities which we regard as more strictly spiritual. but man is also a human being; he is rational; he can analyze, criticise, and he possesses that something which we call the mind, and that faculty of intellectual perception and response, which differentiates him from the animal, which opens up to him a new field of awareness, but which is, nevertheless, simply an extension of his response apparatus and the development of the instinct into intellect. through the one he becomes aware of the world of physical contacts and of emotional conditions; through the other he becomes aware of the world of thought and

ample, a tartar chieftain started a great fire behind his own troops, thus forcing them to press forward with such desperate vigor that no enemy could withstand them. again, when hannibal sent his elephants against scipio, the latter ordered soldiers to blow trumpets into the cars of the animals; confused and frightened by the noise, the elephants stampeded, and killed many of hannibal's men. the perception of incongruities is one of the greatest weapons given to mankind in its perpetual fight against glamor. it is [131] the source of the laughter that explodes pretence and destroys outmoded institutions- 75- the labours of hercules this is the only labor that ends in a burst of laughter. not only does hercules perform the task assigned; he makes the ferocious boar an object of ridicule. b

rself can grasp what those types of law will be, based upon the suffering of the individual that has led him to lose interest in himself. when you have suffered enough you do not care about yourself any more. you find that the only way to happiness is not to be free from suffering but to lose yourself in something outside yourself. the aquarian law is based on spiritual illumination, on intuitive perception and brotherly love which is identification with every form in every kingdom in nature. a tremendous future lies ahead; two thousand five hundred years will have been consummated. we are on our way. remember, the more rarefied the forms through which the life is acting, the more rapid the reaction. that is why we have this tremendous speed in every department of life, why we are all so s

he is fit to undertake the tremendous task provided for him in the next sign. in scorpio (october 23- november 22, the scorpion, he enters upon his supreme test, which is also the supreme test for humanity, and which, if we study the times and seasons, appears that to which humanity is subjected at the present time. the problem before hercules was his emancipation from illusion and the freeing of perception from the mists and miasmas, the glamor and the appearances, behind which reality veils itself. in this sign he passes successfully through his greatest trial and [228] thenceforth his problem changes. he has controlled and demonstrated his capacity to overcome desire; he is poised and balanced in his point of view; now, because he is no longer taken in by that which appears and because

ANTINOMIANISM

nd cultural paradigms. this understanding must be based upon what the individual has learned through the strength of their own desire to consciously understand the contents of the proxemic environments each must inhabit. a genuine antinomy has no logical fallacy. one seeks to understand and conceive the unknown through the known so what was once hidden becomes then revealed. this is an antinomian perception. one seeks the spirit through the vehicle of the flesh for it houses within its finite experience, an infinite (for all purposes) existence. these ideas cannot be understood or approached through oneness, these ideas are approached through division and then an eventual separation of elements within the singularity and individuality of consciousness (another antinomy. given the above des

APOCRYPHON OF JOHN

been called with a name exalted above every name. for that name will be mentioned to those who are worthy of it "for from the light, which is the christ, and the indestructibility, through the gift of the spirit the four lights (appeared) from the divine autogenes. he expected that they might attend him. and the three (are) will, thought, and life. and the four powers (are) understanding, grace, perception, and prudence. and grace belongs to the light-aeon armozel, which is the first angel. and there are three other aeons with this aeon: grace, truth, and form. and the second light (is) oriel, who has been placed over the second aeon. and there are three other aeons with him: conception, perception, and memory. and the third light is daveithai, who has been placed over the third aeon. and

hich is in him, which made him more correct in his thinking than the chief archon. and (the latter) wanted to bring about the power which he himself had given him. and he brought a forgetfulness over adam" and i said to the savior "what is the forgetfulness" and he said "it is not the way moses wrote (and) you heard. for he said in his first book 'he put him to sleep (gn 2:21, but (it was) in his perception. for also he said through the prophet 'i will make their hearts heavy, that they may not pay attention and may not see (is 6:10 "then the epinoia of the light hid herself in him (adam. and the chief archon wanted to bring her out of his rib. but the epinoia of the light cannot be grasped. although darkness pursued her, it did not catch her. and he brought a part of his power out of him

ARADIA GOSPEL OF THE WITCHES

npriestesses were naked while they thus worshipped, nudity being a symbol of truth and sincerity.the extinguishing the lights, nakedness, and the orgie, were regarded as symbolical of the bodybeing laid in the ground, the grain being planted, or of entering into darkness and death, to berevived in new forms, or regeneration and light. it was the laying aside of daily life. page 63 n r r r r r the perception of this drove vast numbers of the discontented into rebellion, and as they could notprevail by open warfare, they took their hatred out in a form of secret anarchy, which was, however,intimately blended with superstition and fragments of old tradition. prominent in this, and naturallyenough, was the worship of dianathe protectress for the alleged adoration of satan was a farlater invent

owning, she leaves out syrinxaltogether, that is to say, the voice of the nymph still lingeringin the pipe which had been her body. now to my mind the old prose narrative of these myths ismuch more deeply poetical and moving, and far more inspired with beauty and romance, than arethe well-rhymed and measured, but very imperfect versions given by our poets. and in fact, suchwant of intelligence or perception may be found in all the classic poems, not only of keats, but ofalmost every poet of the age who has dealt in greek subjects. page 47 n r r r r r chapter xii.t ana, the moon goddess.the following story, which appeared originally in the legends of florence, collected from the peopleby me, does not properly belong to the witchs gospel, as it is not strictly in accordance with it; andyet i

BEHOLDERS OF NIGHT

desires of the planet. the fallen angels thus brought divinity with the abyssic daemon of self, that we were divine in our dual essence. it is through the self-alchemical work of saturn, that one emerges awakened in unity. saturn is the guardian of death, or daath or the guardian of the threshold[8. in saturn there is a lower and higher octave, which is a passage way of self-exploration and self-perception. in the lower octave is satan or satanus/saturnus, the guardian of the depths and the daemonum of the earth. saturnus is the breaker of cosmic order, the essence of algol or the adversary, as well as death and regeneration. the demiurge saturnus is related to the number 666, being that of sorath, or the sun. satanas is this aspect is one form of the adversary, being rebellion, death and

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

ritual text. such appropriation may be responsible for tsiu marpo s later popularity as an oracle deity, as will be explored in the next chapter. one other important observation is that tsiu marpo is devoid of his six riders in this ritual text and treated singularly as a protector deity with his own expansive entourage. the hounds of his riders are also understandably missing, and so a different perception of his entourage is given. the nyingma conception makes the six riders tsiu marpo s immediate entourage, with their lesser devotees represented by the hound goddesses; yet this account omits these specific figures and surrounds him instead with a limitless retinue of monks, exorcists, manifestations, and animals, a panoply of beings commonly found in the retinues of other protector deit

y to the classes of deities discussed in the introduction. the attitudes of tibetan buddhists both lay and monastic toward deities exist on multiple levels simultaneously, depending on the orientation of the individual. deities pervade all levels of practice in tibetan buddhism; their versatility in practice allows them to fulfill numerous goals depending on one s intentions. this multiplicity of perception relates back to deity mobility, which can be considered an institutionalized system that recognizes these simultaneously existing perceptions. regarding tsiu marpo, he is primarily considered a worldly deity and there is no documentation to suggest otherwise. however, there is a possibility that he is also perceived as a tutelary deity in some lineages. there is a point in the warlord s

sess primordial wrath, power, and strength; first, what are the causes and conditions of their powerful activities [second] by what antidote were they tamed" the god of great glory replied"[concerning] these seven riders,299 malevolent violence demons: 285 "bliss-producing vajra woman" 286 an exclamation of wonder and amazement. 287 the time of taming having come. 288 ultimate. 289 incorrect self-perception. 290 this refers to karmic tendencies. 291 the fierce root mantra. the combination of the syllable pha "gathering means" and the letter "cutting knowledge" creates the syllable of knowledge and means. 292 completely. 293 who are the seven emanating riders. 294 tib. reg chod. 295 read as gleng gzhi. 296 in fact, he is the continuum of the secret one. 297 she entreated. 298 manifested mig

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ge which moves beyond the constraints of sociological limitation; it is taboo without psychological degradation, self-motivational empowerment through becoming as a god or goddess, to discover your weaknesses and strengths. adamu forbidden sexual magick the definitions of the left hand path has long been a clouded and often misunderstood definition. essentially, the left hand path is by universal perception as being the mutation or transformation of consciousness into a divinity or divine conscious, this is done by the process of the practice of magick and sorcery to achieve the motion of the body and mind towards a higher perception. the black adepts of the order of phosphorus and the black order of the dragon are magicians who are committed to process of self-determined magical exercises

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nseparable from each other- is a philosophical necessity. separate them and that which is left is a gross superstition under a mask of emotionalism. but why "geometrize" as plato has it, why represent these emanations under the form of an immense arithmetical table? the question is well answered by the author just cited. his remarks are quoted in part ii "the theogony of the creative gods "mental perception" he says "to become physical perception, must have the cosmic principle of light: and by this, our mental circle must become visible through light; or, for its complete manifestation, the circle must be that of physical visibility, or light itself. such conceptions, thus formulated, became the groundwork of the philosophy of the divine manifesting in the universe" this is philosophy. it

pitris (see vayu purana. but this is an explanation on the material and the terrestrial plane. the flames are evanescent and only periodical; the fires- eternal in their triple unity. they correspond to the four lower, and the three higher human principles* the suras, who become later the a-suras* atma, buddhi and manas. in devachan the higher element of the manas is needed to make it a state of perception and consciousness for the disembodied monad[[vol. 2, page] 58 the secret doctrine. whose esoteric interpretations may differ from our own- we shall have to explain to them the foregoing by certain passages in their own exoteric books, namely, the puranas. in the allegories of the latter, brahma, who is collectively the creative force of the universe, is said to be "at the beginning of t

vol. 2, page] 96 the secret doctrine. darkness in the realms of truth. good and evil are twins, the progeny of space and time, under the sway of maya. separate them, by cutting off one from the other, and they will both die. neither exists per se, since each has to be generated and created out of the other, in order to come into being; both must be known and appreciated before becoming objects of perception, hence, in mortal mind, they must be divided. nevertheless, as the illusionary distinction exists, it requires a lower order of creative angels to "create" inhabited globes- especially ours- or to deal with matter on this earthly plane. the philosophical gnostics were the first to think so, in the historical period, and to invent various systems upon this theory. therefore in their sche

this attempt was again a failure. it allegorizes the vanity of physical nature's unaided attempts to construct even a perfect animal- let alone man. for the "fathers" the lower angels, are all nature-spirits and the higher elementals also possess an intelligence of their own; but this is not enough to construct a thinking man "living fire" was needed, that fire which gives the human mind its self-perception and self-consciousness, or manas; and the progeny of parvaka and suchi are the animal electric and solar fires, which create animals, and could thus furnish but a physical living constitution to that first astral model of man. the first creators, then, were the pygmalions of primeval man: they failed to animate the statue- intellectually. this stanza we shall see is very suggestive. it

ames, if placed in esoteric order, show the following descending scale- 1. mahapurusha or paramatman. supreme spirit. 2. atman or purvaja (protologos. the living spirit of nature. 3. indriyatman, or hrishikesa. spiritual or intellectual soul (one with the senses. 5. bhutatman. the living, or life soul. 6. kshetrajna. embodied soul, or the universe of spirit and matter. 7. bhrantidarsanatah. false perception- material universe. the last name means something perceived or conceived of, owing to false and erroneous apprehension, as a material form; but, in fact, only maya, illusion, as all is in our physical universe. it is in strict analogy with its attributes in both the spiritual and material worlds, that the evolution of the dhyan chohanic essences takes place; the characteristics of the l

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[[theein "to move "to run" as the first astronomers who observed the motions of the heavenly bodies called the planets[[theoi, the gods (see book ii "symbolism of the cross and circle) later, the word produced another term[[aletheia "the breath of god[[vol. 1, page] 3 proem. phenomenon in nature* intra-cosmic motion is eternal and ceaseless; cosmic motion (the visible, or that which is subject to perception) is finite and periodical. as an eternal abstraction it is the ever-present; as a manifestation, it is finite both in the coming direction and the opposite, the two being the alpha and omega of successive reconstructions. kosmos- the noumenon- has nought to do with the causal relations of the phenomenal world. it is only with reference to the intra-cosmic soul, the ideal kosmos in the i

ribed, it became phallic. it had the same and yet other meanings as a tau inscribed within a circle[[diagram] or as a "thor's hammer" the jaina cross, so-called, or simply svastica within a circle[[diagram] by the third symbol- the circle divided in two by the horizontal line of the diameter- the first manifestation of creative (still passive, because feminine) nature was meant. the first shadowy perception of man connected with procreation is feminine, because man knows his mother more than his father. hence female deities were more sacred than the male. nature is therefore feminine, and, to a degree, objective and tangible, and the spirit principle which fructifies it is concealed. by adding to the circle with the horizontal line in it, a perpendicular line, the tau was formed[[diagram

the creator, who expands himself later into gods and all the visible universe. they say that absolute unity cannot pass to infinity; for infinity presupposes the limitless extension of something, and the duration of that "something; and the one all is like space- which is its only mental and physical representation on this earth, or our plane of existence- neither an object of, nor a subject to, perception. if one could suppose the eternal infinite all, the omnipresent unity, instead of being in eternity, becoming through periodical manifestation a manifold universe or a multiple personality, that unity would cease to be one. locke's idea that "pure space is capable of neither resistance nor motion- is incorrect. space is neither a "limitless void" nor a "conditioned fulness" but both: be

riodical manifestation a manifold universe or a multiple personality, that unity would cease to be one. locke's idea that "pure space is capable of neither resistance nor motion- is incorrect. space is neither a "limitless void" nor a "conditioned fulness" but both: being, on the plane of absolute abstraction, the ever-incognisable deity, which is void only to finite minds* and on that of mayavic perception, the plenum, the absolute container of all that is, whether manifested or unmanifested: it is, therefore, that absolute all. there is no difference between the christian apostle's "in him we live and move and have our being" and the hindu rishi's "the universe lives in, proceeds from, and will[[footnote(s* the very names of the two chief deities, brahma and vishnu, ought to have long ag

for clearer understanding on the part of the general reader, it must be stated that occult science recognises seven cosmical elements- four entirely physical, and the fifth (ether) semi-material, as it will become visible in the air towards the end of our fourth round, to reign supreme over the others during the whole of the fifth. the remaining two are as yet absolutely beyond the range of human perception. these latter will, however, appear as presentments during the 6th and 7th races of this round, and will become known in the 6th and 7th rounds respectively* these seven elements with their numberless sub-elements[[footnote(s[[footnote continued from previous page] from within outwardly, every atom being said to contain in itself creative energy of the divine breath. hence, whereas afte

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ye will, seeing that the diversity of being is infinite also. for this also is the joy of the law, that no two stars are alike, and ye must understand also that this multiplicity is itself unity, and without it unity could not be. and this is an hard saying against reason: ye shall comprehend, when, rising above reason, which is but a manipulation of the mind, ye come to pure knowledge by direct perception of the truth. know also that these four emanations of the law flame forth upon all paths: ye shall use them not only in these highways of the universe whereof i have written, but in every by-path of your daily life. love is the law, love under will. liber cl 103 i of liberty it is of liberty that i would first write unto you, for except ye be free to act, ye cannot act. yet all four gif

analyse well its nature: at the end is in every case one conclusion. the ill springs from the belief in two things, the self and the not-self, and the conflict between them. this also is a restriction of the will. he who is sick is in confliuct with his own body: he who is poor is at odds with society: the equinox 104 and so for the rest. ultimately, therefore, the problem is how to destroy this perception of duality, to attain to the apprehension of unity. now then let us suppose that you have come to the master, and that he has declared to you the way of this attainment. what hindereth you? alas! there is yet much freedom afar off. understand clearly this: that if you are sure of your will, and sure of your means, then any thoughts or actions which are contrary to those means are contra

n in yourselves of the true life that rolls its waves across the shoreless sea of time! live not your petty lives in fear of the hours! the moon and sun and stars by which ye measure time are themselves but servants of that life which pulses in you, joyous drum-beat as you march triumphant through the avenue of the ages. then, when each birth and death of yours are recognized in this liber cl 119 perception as mere milestones on your ever-living road, what of the foolish incidents of your mean lives? are they not grains of sand blown by the desert wind, or pebbles that you spurn with your winged feet, or grassy hollows where you press the yielding and elastic turf and moss with lyrical dances? to him who lives in life naught matters: his is eternal motion, energy, delight of never-failing

love of this light, and drunken on the wine ethereal of this light, communicate not so much with your reason and intelligence, but with that principle hidden in yourself which is ready to partake with me. even so may man and woman become mad with love, no word being spoken between them, because of the induction (as it were) of their souls. and your understanding will depend upon your ripeness for perception of my truth. moreover, if so be that light in you ready to break forth, then light will interpret to you these dark words in the language of light, even as a string inanimate, duly adjusted, will vibrate to its particular tone, struck on another chord. read, therefore, not only with the eye and brain, but with the rhythm of the life which you have attained by your will to love quickened

eminds one of the bistoury of a crazy surgeon. in shelley s elopement, he has taken bernard shaw.s formula for creating absurdity. it is a very simple formula. one reflects that caesar was not a hero to his valet, and that sometimes his toga set awry. the joke consists in making the heroic figure ridiculous by making him real. shaw.s method is mere clowning. alexander harvey.s is perfect artistic perception of the realities of life. in this book he shows you the characters concerned with the absolute fidelity of a balzac. the equinox 278 one understands instantly that one is actually present at these scenes of shelley s life. the atmosphere of the first four lustres of the 19th century, with its affectations and prejudices, is the breath of our lungs as we read. shelley is screamingly ridi

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al story, in which the jinn-patterns may correspond to whole nations in our world, rather than just to individual human beings (each of whom must die and give his or her place. abram questions how a nation can be meaningfully defined and distinguished from other nations, given that sexual reproduction will allow our genetic lines to entwine across any social boundary that we can imagine. for this perception of the common heritage and posterity of all humanity, abram is blessed with a new name, but it is a name that implicitly reaffirms the existence of divisions between nations. the unspoken answer to abram's question is evidently that national identities are cultural, not genetic, and so the patriarchs are the founding fathers of separate cultural traditions. each national or religious gr

f this text, however, and so i wrote my commentary to explain what i saw in it. i have found that many people react to a creation story with some hostility. their logic seems to be that new creation stories start new religions, and so creation stories are ultimately to blame for the thirty years war, the spanish inquisition, etc. having worked so intimately with a creation story, i feel that this perception is a bit off the mark. new religions (for better or for worse) are started not by new creation stories but by new prayer books. i personally have no interest in writing or translating any prayer books [to welcomrabook t- the tarot comprising manuscripts n, o, p, q, r, and an unlettered theoricus adeptus minor instruction a description of the cards of the tarot with their attributions; i

BOOK OF PLEASURE

ion, the cynosure of women. when the believing principle is devoid of faith, as sterile of possessing ideas of god- he is indestructible. only when there is no fear in any form is there realisation of identity with reality (freedom. for them there is no danger in negligence, there being no discrimination. for him who is conscious of the slightest differentiation there is fear. so long as there is perception of self-reproach or conscience, there is pain the book of pleasure (self love) get any book for free on: www.abika.com 19 germinating: there is no freedom. he who believes anything he perceives or imagines, falls into sin. by believing without feeling perturbation, forgetting ideas of external and internal, he regards everything as self, and is the consciousness of non-resistance, has n

ee on: www.abika.com 29 disembodied energy has no vital function. it is this energy which is utilised for the vitalization of sigils. sigils. the psychology of believing. if the "supreme belief" remains unknown, believing is fruitless. if "the truth" has not yet been ascertained, the study of knowledge is unproductive. even if "they" were known their study is useless. we are not the object by the perception, but by becoming it. closing the gateways of sense is no help. verily i will make common-sense the foundation of my teaching. otherwise, how can i convey my meaning to the deaf, vision to the blind, and my emotion to the dead? in a labyrinth of metaphor and words, intuition is lost, therefore without their effort must be learned the truth about one's self from him who alone knows the tr

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s sytem, the individual achieves a sense of well-being and peace. the subconscious begins to clear itself of the negative and undesired patterns of feelings and the images that have been programmed into it through your lifetime. the cosmic force of the kundalini very naturally operates in a calm, relaxed, contemplative atmosphere. as the succession of opening chakras continues, your awareness and perception of life flows continually from within. you are led to do the right thing at the right time. a new vibrancy permeates your being. meditation allows you to learn to control the restless, materially oriented conscious mind and re-program the subordinate subconsciousness, in order that you may function from your spiritually oriented higher consciousness. it opens up the channel to your high

er: a fundamental change of attitude. crying: emotion; usually a sad event. crystal: union of matter and spirit. curtains: concealment; adornment. darkness: the spirit world; the subconscious; turning inward. death: the end of something; opportunity for new beginnings. dog: loyalty; laziness; anger. eating: need for new interests; stimulation. evening: descending into the subconscious world. eye: perception; self-examination. falling: failing to live up to expectations. fish: transcendence from one state of being to another. fire: anger; purification; abundance of energy. flowers: contentment; pleasure. flying: see transportation. girl: immature feminine aspect. glass: perception; being able to see (sometimes into the future. graduation: initiation; completing a phase. hair: thought grey o

et in motion a needed series of experieneces. at other times, the "help" may be external. perhaps our spirit guides, in consort with our higher selves, create the conditions for that much needed lesson. the pendulum of course, is an excellent means of discovering that which is lost, as was described above. do not overlook it. sensory deprivation as an aid to developing, or producing, extrasensory perception, recent studies associated with the department of defense and the space program have turned to what is called sensory deprivation. the theory lesson eight: marriage, birth, death and channeling/ 107 is that our normal living patterns have conditioned us to seek a certain degree of sensation (whether mental, physical or emotional) during all waking moments. if the waking senses are elimi

one but should be of use. again, i strongly recommend that the student study one of the better herbals for greater understanding. it is obviously impossible to give an all-encompassing coverage here to the thousands of herbs that exist. definition of medical actions you will find the following most useful when referring to text books on the subject: alterative producing a healthful change without perception. anodyne relieves pain. anthelmintic a medicine that expels worms. aperient gently laxative without purging. aromatic a stimulant; spicy. astringent causes contraction and arrests discharges. antibiuous acts on the bile, relieving biliousness. antimetic stops vomiting. antileptic relieves fits. antiperiodic arrests morbid periodic movements. anthilic prevents the formation of stones in

ms of magick, for here we are dealing very much with the life forces. dr. jonn mumford, in sexual occultism, states that the most important psycho-physiological event, in the life of a human, is the orgasm. sex magick is the art of using the orgasm indeed, the whole sexual experience for magickal purposes. successful sex magick involves an interplay of four factors (i) all aspects of extrasensory perception are heightened during sexual excitation (ii) immediately before, during and after climax the mind is in a state of hypersensitivity (iii) consistency of peak sexual sensations facilitates access to the unconscious realms (iv) during orgasm many people have experienced timelessness and a total dissolution of the ego, accompanied by subjective sensations of being "absorbed by" their partn

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ns, who interpolated the noun "word. it does not occur in the original, and the rendering given by our author is at once more accurate and more illuminating [158] the meditation on tzaddi* thinkest thou, o seeker for wisdom, that thou bringest thyself into the light by thine own search? not so. i am the hook, cast into the waters of darkness, to bring men from their depths into the sphere of true perception. entering that sphere, they must die to their old selves, even as a fish cast upon the land must die. yet do they die only to live again, and what before seemed life to them now weareth the aspect of death. 2 men think they seek me, but it is i who seek them. no other seeker is there than myself, and when i find mine own, the pain of questing is at an end [161] t h e book o f t o k e n

CHIREAU YVONNE BLACK MAGIC RELIGION AND THE AFRICAN AMERICAN CONJURING TRADITION

sedition among the negroes" after he received an apocalyptic vision in which he had fellowshiped with "god almighty c in the woods" these prophetic, visionary strains of religious radicalism were also in evidence among black insurrectionists in north carolina and virginia at the turn of the nineteenth century.[9] what was distinctive about the turner and vesey uprisings, however, was the rebels f perception of african-based supernaturalism as an additional weapon in their arsenal of resistance. in these conspiracies, conjure harming beliefs and practices would play indispensable roles.[10] a confluence of christianity and african-based spiritual traditions linked turner and vesey. turner, a self-styled prophet, was believed to have interspersed the famous confessions with divine pronouncem

, pp. 64.65 "trial of jacob" october 18, 1779, johnston county miscellaneous records, state archives, cited in alan d. watson "north carolina slave courts, 1715.1785" north carolina historical review 60, no. 1 (1983: 28. 26. of course, not all incidents of poison were attributed to african american supernatural practitioners and magicians. and yet their activities were so closely linked that this perception was carried to the types of sentences that courts meted out for poisoning crimes. typical punishments for the offense of poisoning included hanging, castration, and execution by burning, an action usually reserved for those guilty of witchcraft. see an eighteenthcentury account in john ashton, the devil in britain and america (london: ward and downey, 1896, pp. 311.13; and carroll, slav

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no way to appear dignified while hooked into this stuff) the first thing you have to do is stop laughing. once you have stopped giggling at the absurdity of all this, concentrate on your message, just as you did with only the helmet. if you have chosen the subject and message properly, you should get results very soon. repeat the reception (psychometry) experiments. try to note any differences in perception with the addition of the box. now you can start to have fun and add the teleflasher to your work. a repeat of the dream experiment on aunt myrtle might be a good idea. after all, if you can t torment your relatives you might as well grind them up for dog food. you arrange your equipment as before; the box on a table next to you and the helmet on your head. you then place the teleflasher

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erforming acts of witchcraft. the answer is simple enough: there is no "best" way. each person, being an individual, is predisposed to a variety of techniques and leanings, which makes some people react well to very abstract trance-praxes, and others only respond well to very rigid, concrete, somatic methods. the trance is important for many reasons, but chiefly because it allows for new modes of perception, which in turn allow for the spiritual forces invoked in acts of witchery to be experienced in such a manner that their potential for transformation is increased. their impact is on a more immediate level, one that can be experienced, in some manner, by the consciousness of the practitioner. when craft is done with heart and faith, and with skill, it is effective regardless of the state

degree, to get the needed expansion of awareness and change of perspective. for others, ritual is needed. for some, just "letting go" and realizing that the feeling of "being here" and "nature all around" are not actually truly how we understand them, and realizing that "me here" and "nature all around" are two aspects of their greater being, and thus "making the leap" between the lesser, limited perception and the greater perception of wholeness, is just easy to do. devil take the hindermost i have decided to write this short essay to communicate another technique for achieving the twilight sleep, the trance, which is also known as the waking dream, the paradisal expansion, the "devil's eye open, and many other names. this technique, the "dance of the witches, is not really a dance; but i

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th lunar aspects. the name is traditionally regarded as pre-sumerian in origin of the myth of lilitu/lilith the female counterpart of dagon, remembered as one of the dark gods from their last manifestation on earth. associated with the 10th. and 8th. paths. the dark gods according to tradition, the dark gods are actual entities which exist in the acausal universe. according to our spatial, causal perception, these beings may be regarded as `timeless and chaotic. since our consciousness is by its nature partly acausal these entities can become manifest for us if we possess the keys to reach the appropriate levels of consciousness. what is termed the `abyss' separates our everyday consciousness from the consciousness (and thus apprehension) of the dark gods. the ordeal of the abyss involves

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mind, and it has created the collective physical reflection of this- the religions and other institutions which tell us what to think and use fear and guilt to control. again, we created them. they are a reflection of us, the collective us, at least. that's good news because we have the power to remove this global manipulation by removing our personal manipulation. such a transformation of human perception is so vital to the future of this planet and the world we leave our children. humanity's desire to give its mind away has xx. and the truth shall set you free allowed a structure to develop over thousands of years which today is on the verge of creating a global fascist dictatorship. fascism ended with adolf hitler? if only it were so. that same mindset controls the secret government of

nd-spirit (our consciousness) leaves this temporary physical body and moves on to another wavelength, another stage of experience and evolution. a most important point to make is that, while in the same physical body on the same planet, a person's mind can be tuned to many different wavelengths of knowledge and understanding. this is why there is such a variation in consciousness, perspective and perception within the human race. in our daily lives, we even talk of people being on 'different wavelengths, because they think so differently and have so little in common. our attitude to life and the level of knowledge and wisdom we can attain at any point depends on the vibratory levels which our minds can access. all this is essential background to what i believe is behind the history of the

s and ears and from the greater perspective of mission control, everything is fine and you are operating at full potential. but think what would happen if the link with mission control was cut. suddenly the wider understanding and guidance has gone. only the 'eyes and ears' information from the world immediately around you is left to guide your thinking and behaviour. very soon that behaviour and perception would be enormously different from what it would have been had you and mission control stayed in powerful contact. when that blocking, imprisoning frequency was thrown around this planet, the solar system, and possibly beyond, it had that same effect. we lost touch with our mission control and, crucially, with our eternal memory. we forgot who we were and where we came from. or, at leas

inger said that the truth behind the motivation for population control had to be kept secret from the leaders of these countries "it is vital that the effort to develop and strengthen a commitment on the part of less developed countries not be seen by them as an industrialised country policy to keep their strength down or to reserve resources for use by the 'rich' countries. development of such a perception could create a serious backlash adverse to the course of population stability" in the early 70s, kissinger asked the state department's office of population affairs to produce a study targeting central/south america and africa. this led, to a considerable degree, to the engineering of 'civil wars' in the countries of central america and africa which have caused so much famine, death, an

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m into conflict. these belief systems are known as religions, political parties, economic theories, countries, cultures, and "isms" of endless variety. these beliefs are perceived as "opposites" when, as i pointed out in my book, i am me, i am free, they are opposames. the vision of reality and possibility within the pen is so limited that it contains no opposites. so the elite have to create the perception of them to manufacture the divisions that allow them to divide and rule. i mean, what is the difference between a christian bishop, jewish rabbi, muslim or hindu priest, or a follower of buddha, imposing their beliefs on their children and others? there is none because while the belief they seek to indoctrinate may be slightly different, often very slightly, the overall theme is exactly

r more detailed evidence of these cataclysmic events in the biggest secret and when the earth nearly died, together with a list of other books designer history 27 focussing on this subject. velikovsky's books are listed in the bibliography. the reason this information has been so suppressed in the mainstream of "science "education, and media, is because of the domino effect it would have on human perception. have you seen those world record attempts for knocking down the most dominoes? they line them up so that by pushing down the first one they fall on each other and all of them go down. the system of control, the matrix as i call it, is like that. the illuminati have to work furiously to keep every domino in their agenda from falling because when one goes they all start to go. the contro

t consciousness of like reality and desire. this consciousness is not "reptilian" in or of itself, it just takes a reptilian outer form. consciousness is pure energy, an aspect of the infinite whole, the infinite "i. but it takes a reptilian genetic expression in the lower densities if this dna is a match for its own vibrational state of being. as it evolves beyond those limitations of vision and perception, it begins to incarnate into other forms, or has no need for the lower densities at all. some members of these illuminati bloodlines, who are challenging the agenda from within, have confirmed these themes to me. one member of the "royal" plantagenet bloodline (connected to the de veres and the houses of anjou and lorraine, told me "we all begin as the smallest fragment of energy- barel

lms of this unseen "dark matter" that other-dimensional entities like the reptilians operate. giuliana conforto also points out that in some galaxies, this dark matter, unseen by the human eye, is 100 times the mass we can w 378 children of the matrix observe. we can see from our frequency range just 7% of what exists in such galaxies!2 when we open our minds and expand our own frequency range of perception, so we will "discover" more planets and stars. the atom is said to be the foundation of physical matter and yet all but a fraction of the space within an atom is, to the human eye "empty. a "physical atom" from which all physical forms are made, consists of a nucleus with electrons orbiting around it like a mini solar system. dr douglas baker said in his book, the opening of the third e

es or frequencies and at this moment we are tuned to this one, the "physical world. but all the other frequencies are around us and interpenetrating us while we perceive only the density that our physical senses can see, touch, hear, smell, and taste- the matrix. as physicist, giuliana conforto, put it "the fact that we are not able to observe [it] doesn't mean it doesn't exist, rather that human perception is severely limited" the late and great bill hicks, the brilliant and highly intelligent american comedian, encapsulated these truths magnificently. he said "matter is merely energy condensed to a slow vibration. we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively. there's no such thing as death, life is just a dream. and we are the imagination of ourselves."5 look at the find

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d so that they think,and therefore act, the way you want them to. under this definition, the question is nothow many people are mind controlled, but how few are not. everyone is to a larger orlesser extent. when you are persuaded by advertising or hype to buy something youdont really need or want, you are being mind controlled. when you read or hear aslanted news story and allow it to affect your perception of a person or event, you arebeing mind controlled. look at the training for the armed forces. it is pure mindcontrol. from day one you are told to take orders without question and if some berk ina peaked cap tells you to shoot people you have never met and know nothing about,you must shoot without question. this is the y es sir! mentality and it pervades thenon-military world, also. we

look again at those figures at the start of the first chapter detailing the number ofplanets and stars that exist in the fraction of creation we know about. the number oflife forms in this galaxy alone is beyond imagination and thats only at the three-dimensional level of existence. if we judge possibility, as we do, only by what we seeon one little planet in one little solar system, our range of perception, imagination andvision will be so microscopic that an understanding of what is really happening to thisworld will be impossible. to that level of thinking the idea that a reptile race iscontrolling the planet from another dimension will be so far out as to beincomprehensible. that is the way the vast majority will, at first, receive theinformation in this book, but the appreciation of t

aterabsorbed by another aryan people, the franks, from where we get the name france. inshort, they were different branches of the same white race with the reptile-aryans,unknown to the rest of the population, invariably at the helm. as today, these reptiliansand reptilian puppets looked human, but they were controlled within by a very differentforce working to a long term agenda. long term in our perception, anyway.switzerland remains a fundamentally important financial stronghold for thebrotherhood. this is why it is never attacked and never takes part in wars, even whenevery country along its borders is involved. switzerland is a major financial centre forthe people who are creating the wars and so they ensure it is not involved. see howsimple history becomes when you know the agenda!v e

s in thedepiction of him by artists confirm that no-one has any idea what he looked like. y et thepower of conditioning and accepting the official line attracts millions of people to stratfordfrom all over the world to see the home of the man who didn t write the shakespeare plays!this is only one small example of how the official fairy story called history is used tocontrol current behaviour and perception. what else in history isnt true? just abouteverything. behind the shakespeare plays was the hidden hand behind most historicalevents of significance- the brotherhood networks. and nothing sums up the attitude of thisgroup better than the words bacon/dev ere wrote for the witches in his play, macbeth:fair is foul and foul is fair. as manly p. hall, the freemasonic historian, wrote of bac

ucated initiates celebrated high mass in a medieval private chapelbuilt around a crusaders (knights templar) tomb.8 oreilly and his business associateshave since bought a 60% stake in associated newpapers of zimbabwe (anz) with theintention of launching a new english language daily.9the agenda todaythe control and manipulation of the media and the other institutions which directhuman thinking and perception is not only to achieve power for powers sake, there is amuch bigger reason for it. the agenda is for the complete takeover of the planet by thereptilians without anyone realising that it has even happened. they are well on their274way to achieving this unless people wake up. the basic structure is designed around aworld government which would take all the major decisions in the world (s

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k ta us came unto adam and suggested that he eat of the sacred fruit. this wisdom as he offered would open adam s eyes to his own black light, the gift of iblis. it was azazel who by offering knowledge to adam and eve was by all accounts the opposer, the adversary who by aversion and a different point of view opened the mind and soul to the black flame of shaitan, that which is self-knowledge and perception. then he was wroth with the pearl which he had created, wherefore he cast it away: and from the crash of it were produced the mountains, and from the clang of it the sand-hills, and from its smoke the heavens. then god ascended into heaven, and condensed the heavens, and fixed them without supports, and enclosed the earth. then he took the pen in his hands, and began to write down the n

ef daemon along with lucifer, satan and belial. anton lavey attributed leviathan to the direction of west, associated with water. understanding leviathan provides a more significant challenge than any other daemon. rahab itself is a fallen spirit of timeless existence, as it wraps or folds in upon itself, thus a serpent which has mastered time, thus possesses a higher capacity beyond common human perception. a luciferian or satanic magician would use leviathan as the circle, and within the circle of self (the magician) does he or she transform themselves. and they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast -revelation 13:4 the definition of violence is something marked by extreme force, or a sudden and intense activity. thus as rahab better known as leviathan, is a force of chan

s vii (xxiii) here beelzebub is the tester and accuser of christ, he by having him in myth crucified acted as his initiator and teacher, he tested christ by word and prose and christ proved a powerful student. beelzebub had him face death and christ was then uplifted from flesh to spirit, just as beelzebub has experienced in the fall; yet christ was said to have returned to heaven after gaining a perception of his own being and world. end this essay has intertwined within the basic scope of luciferian and satanic magick, while not leaving a completely exhaustive study. it is meant to open a different point of view to this forbidden area of lore. as a practitioner, i am with confidence able to confirm the path against all others; it is challenge and instinct wherein it dries up all need of

DICTIONARY GLOSSARY OF OCCULT TERMINOLOGY

ng and osborne phillips of the .order of the aurum solis [o.s.v (q.v, wherein the practitioner moves spiritual energy throughout and around the body. circumbambulate: to go around in a circle once. a description of walking in such a circular pattern used in magickal rituals< a name="clairadience">clairaudience: from the latin "clear hearing" a psionic (psychic (q.v) discipline of: 1) the auditory perception by the conscious mind through the unconscious of sounds, usually voices, transmitted by an unknown agency, usually an angel (q.v, spirit, or other entity. or 2) the auditory perception by the conscious mind through the unconscious mind of sounds as a natural function of the psychic (q.v) or sensitive (q.v) mind/ higher self. clairvoyance: from the latin "clear seeing" a psionic (psychic

us mind through the unconscious of sounds, usually voices, transmitted by an unknown agency, usually an angel (q.v, spirit, or other entity. or 2) the auditory perception by the conscious mind through the unconscious mind of sounds as a natural function of the psychic (q.v) or sensitive (q.v) mind/ higher self. clairvoyance: from the latin "clear seeing" a psionic (psychic (q.v) of: 1) the visual perception by the conscious mind through the unconscious mind of objects or scenes transmitted by an unknown entity. or 2) the visual perception by the conscious mind through the unconscious mind of objects or scenes as a natural function of the psychic (q.v) or sensitive (q.v) mind/ higher self. co, demon: a humorous reference to carbon monoxide. when charcoal for incense is burned, it can exhaus

al absorption of attention in a subject and hence to some degree of "altered states of consciousness (q.v. esbat: a lesser gathering of witches for the purposes of celebration and works of magick. an esbat usually occurs on the nights of the full or new moon. esoteric: greek for "secret" a term used to imply a type of knowledge or wisdom that is reserved only for the few. e.s.p: see extra sensory perception. evil eye: the projection of malefic occult force through the glance. persons, beasts, and growing things "overlooked" by the evil eye are believed to wither and die. a form of intentional psychic attack (q.v. evocation: 1) to evoke (q.v. 2) the calling forth of spirits into tactile and sometimes visible appearance or presence. usually spirits are evoked inside an equilateral triangle o

determine it's validity. if replicable experiments support the hypothesis, it may then be developed into a theory. an experiment is not considered valid unless it can be successfully reproduced. if a theory is replicated by experiment over enough time and by several different people, and proven to be true, then the theory becomes a law of science, until disproven by another theory. extra sensory perception; e.s.p: a term coined by dr. j. b. rhine, generally used to indicate a variety of different phenomena. the gain of awareness without using the physical senses. denning and phillips state, the pure esp, such as the gain of awareness directly form the subject matter, not taking it by telepathy form one mind to another. generally speaking, we view telepathy as one form of esp. esp is the f

luids. mercury: the first planet of the terran solar system. in astrology (q.v, the planet named after the roman god who served as the herald and messenger. attributed as being the ruler of the zodiac (q.v) signs gemini (q.v) and virgo (q.v. on the tree of life (q.v) within the kabbalah (q.v) mercury is attributed to the eighth sephirah (q.v, hode (q.v. keywords include: communication, intellect, perception, speaking, writing, computer, words, printed, read, trades, publishing, teaching, learning, schools, reason, logic, conscious memory, travel (local, consciousness, microphone, information, broadcast, distribution, self expression, thoughts, translated, details, brain, nervous system. merkabah: hebrew for "throne" merkabah mysticism was a system of pre-kabalistic spirituality where one w

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the second sephirah, its emanation; it is only when we see the full unfoldment of the ten sephiroth that we are ready to approach kether, and then we approach it with the data that gives us the key to its nature. in working with the tree it is wisest to keep on going over it, rather than to concentrate upon a single point until it is mastered, for one thing explains another, and it is out of the perception of the relationships between the mystical qabala page 23 different symbols that enlightenment arises. again we say, the tree is a method of using the mind, not a system of knowledge. 7. but at the moment we are not engaged in the study of the emanations, but of origins, so far as the human mind may hope to penetrate them; and paradoxical as it may appear, we shall penetrate further when

etration into their significance, a power to perceive their essence and interrelation, which is not necessarily implicit in wisdom, taken as intellectual knowledge. thus we get a concept of an extended series, a chain of associated ideas, in relation to chokmah, which at once correlates with the chokmah symbol of a straight line. but in regard to understanding we get the idea of synthesis, of the perception of significances [page 146] which comes when ideas are related one to another, and superimposed, metaphorically speaking, one upon another. in evolutionary series from the dense to the subtle. thus does the idea of the binding-together binah-principle come once again to our minds. 16. these are subtle ways of mind-working, and may appear foolishness to those unaccustomed to the initiate

e in both philosophy and magic. 2. the abyss, the gulf fixed between macroprosopos and microprosopos, marks a demarcation in the nature of being, in the type of existence prevailing upon the two levels. it is in the abyss that daath, the invisible sephirah, has its station, and it might aptly be named the sephirah of becoming. it is also called understanding, which might be further interpreted as perception, apprehension, consciousness. 3. these two types of existence, macroprosopos and microprosopos, serve to indicate the potential and the actual. actual manifestation, as our finite minds can conceive it, begins with microprosopos; and the first aspect of microprosopos to come into being is chesed, the fourth sephirah, situated immediately below chokmah, the father, in the pillar of mercy

mestication of a portion of the life of nature, and its incarnation in a form built for it by its worshippers. as long as the astral form is kept alive by the appropriate kind of worship, carried out by worshippers who have the necessary capacity to enter into sympathetic communion with that kind of life, there is an incarnated god, available for contacting, brought down within the range of human perception. should the worship cease, the god withdraws to his own place in the bosom of nature. 8hould. other worshippers come along, however, who possess the knowledge necessary to build a form in accordance with the nature of the life that is to be invoked, and the imaginative sympathy necessary to invoke it, it is a comparatively simple natter to attract into the form once more the life that w

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e accuracy of memories of past lives) this foreshadowing emotion may hang about for a long time on the threshold of consciousness before the images clarify sufficiently to became tangible. if the emotion that is rising over the horizon is of a painful nature it may cause considerable disturbance, and in the absence of an experienced adviser may be attributed to an occult attack, or to the psychic perception of evil influences in the occult group to which the neophyte is affiliated. it is necessary to use very great caution in drawing conclusions from the psychic impressions of an inexperienced student, who is apt to be as full of alarms as a two-year-old thorough bred. on the other hand, the instinctive reactions of a pure and sensitive soul are not to be ignored. there are such things as

eviate them, however, even if they are not entirely curable; therefore let us consider them from both the psycho-physical and occult standpoints. the body is the vehicle of the mind. if the vehicle be faulty, the mind cannot express itself accurately; its reactions will be distorted. orthodox science says that the brain is the organ of the mind, but esoteric science says the brain is the organ of perception of sense impressions and co-ordination of efferent impulses. it is the telephone exchange of the nervous system. it is only one of the points where mind touches body, the others being the ductless glands of the endocrine system, the pineal, pituitary, thyroid, adrenals, thymus and gonads; to which may be added the solar plexus and sacral plexus. the student of tantric physiology will be

lace by means of thought-forms, and those which operate by means of a current of force. but even in the latter case the current of force soon gathers to itself or germinates thought-forms congenial to its nature. therefore in every psychic disturbance the thought-form is a factor which has to be considered and dealt with, and which, in fact, forms the readiest means of diagnosis; for it is by the perception of the associated thought-forms that the experienced psychic is able to detect the nature of the attack. thought-force is a thing which has no relation to geographical position, but is a matter of pure consciousness and of tuning in to its key-note. we can pick up the forces of dead faiths a thousand years after the death of their last votary, and upon the opposite side of the globe to

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m heated objects, enters our eyes without the need for us to project rays to link us to the objects. whereas in the past our eyes were considered to be energy projectors, today they are considered to be open windows. neither of these popular notions is entirely accurate, since the faculty of sight entails much more than simply receiving radiant energy that shines upon our optic nerves- sight is a perception that occurs in our brains, where the light received is processed into images that we can comprehend. but the older folk explanation for how our eyes see the world helps to explain the underlying beliefs about the evil eye. the evil eye in its purest form was understood to be the deliberate projection of a ray of occult energy with the malicious intention to cause harm. several factors w

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ives intact, there is no coming back (i do not believe in the reincarnation of the personality and memory. neither are ghosts physically present when you see them. they are present in the astral world which always overlaps the physical world. you see a ghost when, for various reasons, the separation between the two levels of reality becomes very thin. from historical accounts, it appears that the perception of ghosts occurs most often at night, in relative or complete darkness, or at least in some shadowed place, usually when the air is still. certain localities are favorable for the appearance of ghosts- why is difficult to determine. one theory has it that a ghost is a kind of psychic recording of an event in the past that took place at that locality, and that the locality acts as some s

side your head, even though it appears to exist outside your body. because your world is really a mental construction, it is possible for an astral being to appear completely solid and real to your perceptions. when this happens, you may find yourself unable to differentiate between a physical object and an astral object, or a physical person and a ghost. usually there is a difference between our perception of a physical object and an astral object, which is why ghosts appear incomplete, dim, shadowy, pale, translucent, and so on. my point is, at times there is no difference in perception between the physical and astral realities. this rarely occurs for the average person, but it does occur. under this circumstance, any entity or thing in the astral realm can interact with you with all the

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ession (medieval magician evoking a demon outside the magic circle) possession by spirits is one form of a whole range of human interaction with incorporeal intelligences. none of these types of interaction is necessarily dangerous. all types occur frequently to ordinary people, but those affected are usually unaware of the true nature of their experience. at the bottom end of the scale is spirit perception. you may see a spirit in your dreams, and mistake that being for a dream character. interaction is possible. the spirit may talk to you, and if it is mischievous or malicious it may try to torment you. spirits are different from dream characters in that they take over the story of the dream and move it their own way. often you will find yourself forcing yourself awake if the interaction

s in that they take over the story of the dream and move it their own way. often you will find yourself forcing yourself awake if the interaction with the spirit is unpleasant. in dreams, spirits can put on the characters of the dream like suits of clothing. but since these characters are not their real personalities, they often behave in ways the dream character would not. another type of spirit perception is to see a ghost while you are awake. ghosts are not the souls of dead human beings, they are spirits who have put on the forms of dead human beings for the purpose of interacting with your consciousness. spirits are very obliging. if you treat a spirit as the soul of your departed grandmother, for example, the spirit playing the part will do its best to behave as it thinks you want it

EMPERORS NEW RELIGION CHURCH OF SATAN

indulge in one s desires. the emperor s new religion copyright 2002 ole wolf page 3 of 30 and most satanists do not accept satan as an anthropomorphic being with cloven hooves, a barbed tail, and horns. he merely represents a force of nature [which] is an untapped reservoir that few can make use of [6, p. 62] this definition, in conjunction with the term god, lends itself to a theistic or deistic perception of satan in addition to the atheistic persuasion also presented in the book. the church of satan s grotto master application requires prospective grotto masters, who are individuals that lead a local chapter of church of satan followers, to perform a self-initiation ritual: 15. before you complete this application when you sense the time is right perform a ritual (using the basic elemen

ty is not about its ideology at all. 1.3 satanic rituals and magic the satanic bible formally defines magic as: the change in situations or events in accordance with one s will, which would, using normally accepted methods, be unchangeable [6, p. 110] the statement echoes aleister crowley s definition, and in admitting to a rather broad definition anton lavey refers to the equivalence between the perception of magic and science, possibly borrowing athur c. clarke s famous third law, which stipulates that [a]ny sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. most interpretations ranging from mysticism to die hard science are thereby covered. anton lavey asserted that magic falls into three basic categories: anger, lust, and compassion [6, pp. 114-115] feelings that are oft

atanic organization is a detriment to our movement [29] sociologists have proposed the theory that by portraying the leader as a very special person, the followers feel that they themselves become very special people by proxy [25, p. 69. to each follower, the story told about the leader and the new religious group becomes an intricate story about himself or herself: the followers substitute their perception of their identity with that of their leader in the sense that they merge their own identity with the leader s fabricated identity. this also happens between the followers and the group s perceived identity; that is, by believing that the group is superior each follower feels superior and it does not matter to the follower that reality speaks against him or her. focus is thus not on the

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is opposite of what god has revealed; hence, the realm of satan and his legions of demons. some substance for this observation has been provided by religious leaders who combine an exploration of the occult with open opposition to the more traditional religions and religious institutions. as used in eop, however, occultism stands for (1) the broad area of human experience (now called extrasensory perception, or esp) that goes beyond the five senses (2) the philosophical conclusions drawn from consideration of such experiences; and (3) the social structures created by people who have had extrasensory experiences, who attempt to produce and cultivate them, and who believe in their vital significance for human life. therefore, occultism (or its currently preferred term paranormal) entails a w

chology. 5th ed. by extension, the occult or paranormal can also legitimately incorporate a legion of mysterious phenomena not obviously extrasensory in nature: anomalous natural occurrences not easily understood or explained by contemporary science. such phenomena as the loch ness monster, unidentified flying objects (ufos, and bigfoot, may eventually be attributed to the realm of ordinary sense perception, but their very elusiveness has led them to be associated with the occult. the evolution of occultism the present-day view of the occult is highly influenced by the history of the paranormal in the west during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. through the seventeenth century, most people believed in the active operation of occult (then termed supernatural) entities and forces. thi

ctable subjects were not so influenced. stuart also used the term affectable for subjects who were markedly extreme in expressing likes or dislikes to various possible interests, while unaffectable subjects were relatively indifferent to many of these interests. by measurement on a stuart interest inventory, stuart claimed that unaffectable subjects appeared to score higher than affectable on esp perception. however, the term affectability can be applied generally to the degree of suggestibility of a subject. sources: stuart, charles. an analysis to determine a test predictive of extra-chance scoring in card-calling tests. journal of parapsychology vol. 5 (1941. an interest inventory relation to esp scores. journal of parapsychology vol. 10 (1946. affiliated new thought network the affilia

he end of a meal. he was represented pictorially in the form of a serpent or sometimes as a young man holding a horn of plenty, a bowl, and ears of corn. winged serpents were also venerated by the ancient egyptians, chinese, and other peoples (see also dragon) agent term in parapsychology to denote the individual who attempts to communicate information to a percipient, or subject, of extrasensory perception. the age of progress american spiritualist weekly edited by stephen albro, who witnessed and reported on the early demonstrations of the davenport brothers in the 1850s. agharta (or agharti) in his book agharta (1951, robert ernst dickhoff claimed that martians colonized earth 80,000 years ago and built an elaborate system of underground tunnels, starting in antarctica, with exits in ti

subsequently obtained financing to conduct experiments and to publicize the use of such drugs as lsd (lysergic acid diethylamide) in producing altered states of consciousness, thus launching the psychedelic revolution. in propagating the belief that mystical experience could be obtained from a drug, leary and alpert were expanding upon suggestions made earlier in aldous huxley s book the doors of perception (1954, which cited the sacramental use of peyote by certain north american indians. however, the motivations and cultural values of those closely knit groups were left behind in what became a popular movement. the psychedelic revolution contributed to the popularization of mystical experiences in an otherwise materialistic society but at the same time led many into meaningless despair a

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he author of a variety of articles on parapsychology. sources: martin, dorothy r. an analysis of a second series of 25,000 trials. journal of parapsychology 2 (1938. chance and extra-chance results in card matching. journal of parapsychology 1 (1937. a review of all university of colorado experiments. journal of parapsychology 4 (1940. martin, dorothy r, and f. p. stribic. studies in extrasensory perception: an analysis of 25,000 trials. journal of parapsychology 2 (1938. martin, stuart (d. 1947) british spiritualist and journalist, formerly employed on the daily mirror newspaper. he was editor of the newspaper psychic news from march 16, 1946, until his death on january 17, 1947. martin (of tours, saint (ca. 316.400) one of the most venerated christian saints in europe during the middle a

ime in parapsychological work throughout his active career. he was a founding member of the parapsychological association and was the organization s first president (1957.58. he later served a second term in that office (1977.78. in addition to his articles in technical journals, mcconnell has written widely on parapsychology. he contributed chapters to a ciba foundation symposium on extrasensory perception (1956) and a symposium edited by eileen j. garrett, does man survive death? during his retirement he wrote parapsychology in retrospect: my search for the unicorn (1987. sources: berger, arthur s, and joyce berger. the encyclopedia of parapsychology and psychical research. new york: paragon house, 1991. mcconnell, robert a. encounters with parapsychology. pittsburgh, pa: the author, 198

ogy and psychical research. new york: paragon house, 1991. mcmahan, elizabeth anne. an experiment in pure telepathy. journal of parapsychology 10 (1946. pk experiments with two-sided objects. journal of parapsychology 9 (1945. mcmahan, elizabeth anne, and e. k. bates. report of further marchesi experiments. journal of parapsychology 18 (1954. mcmahan, elizabeth anne, and j. b. rhine. extrasensory perception of cards in an unknown location. journal of parapsychology 12 (1948. encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. mcmahan, elizabeth anne 1005. a review of the evidence for dowsing. journal of parapsychology 11 (1947. a second zagreb-durham esp experiment. journal of parapsychology 11 (1947. pleasants, helene, ed. biographical dictionary of parapsychology. new york: helix press, 1

media appearances discussing the subject matter. mcmoneagle and his wife nancy have founded intuitive intelligence applications, inc, through which offers astrological consultant and remote viewing services and programs in paranormal research. sources: mcmoneagle, joseph. mind trek. charlottesville, va: hampton roads publishing co, 1993. rev. ed, 1997. the ultimate time machine: a remote viewer s perception of time, and predictions for the new millennium. charlottesville, va: hampton roads publishing co, 1998. mcnallen, stephen a (1948) stephen a. mcnallen, the pioneer advocate of modern norse neo-paganism in north america, was born in breckenridge, texas, on october 15, 1948. he attended midwestern university in wichita falls, texas, and during his college days discovered the deities of t

upon the adept power over angels, demons (see demonology, elementary spirits, and the souls of the dead, the possession of esoteric wisdom, and actual knowledge of the discovery and use of the latent forces and undeveloped energies resident in man. this was supposed to be accomplished by a combination of will and aspiration, which by sheer force germinated an intellectual faculty of psychological perception, enabling the adept to view the wonders of a new world and communicate with its inhabitants. to accomplish this magic, the ordinary faculties were almost invariably heightened by artificial means. the grandeur of the magical ritual overwhelmed the neophyte and quickened his senses. ceremonial magic was a spur to the latent faculties of human psychic nature, just as were the rich concomi

EXTRAORDINARY ENCOUNTERS AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF EXTRATERRESTRIALS AND OTHERWORLDY BEINGS

4, no alternative-reality book could lack flying saucers. it is entirely likely that nothing in the book you are about to read will tell you anything about actual extraordinary encounters and otherworldly beings. if such exist, however, it is not beyond the range of possibility that somewhere amid the noise of folklore, belief, superstition, credulity, out-of-control thinking, and out-of-ordinary perception a signal may be sounding. if so, it is a faint one, indeed. the world has always been overrun with otherworldly experiences, some of which certainly appear to resist glib accounting; yet so far it has proved exasperatingly tricky to establish that otherworldly experiences are also otherworldly events. the otherworld, perhaps, can happen to any of us at any time, but we may not live in i

inside the mother ship, grevler and her friends went to the temple, visited by returning crews to thank the creator for a safe voyage. subsequently, either in the mother ship or in the smaller scout craft (her account is vague on this detail, she visited venus and saw beautiful buildings and a kind of university. at the latter, students were taught universal knowledge and trained in extrasensory perception. they also learned cosmic language which is expressed simply by symbols of various forms and colors, so that meanings are the same in any language (anchor, 1958. grevler had other space adventures. one was a visit to a depopulated, destroyed planet, the dreary result of science gone amok. see also: contactees further reading anchor [pseud. of ann grevler, 1958. transvaal episode: a ufo

ped with a slight oriental appearance. when she introduced herself, he smiled and indicated that he already knew her name. then he squared his shoulders and announced, i am ashtar. everything that followed faded from her memory, and only a few years later, darrah claimed, would she learn that others knew such an entity. typically, however, contactees and channelers report seeing ashtar in psychic perception or in out-of-body journeys to his starship. perhaps not surprisingly, descriptions vary, some calling him dark, others fair, some estimating his height at less than six feet, others at more than seven. in the 1980s and 1990s, more and more of the messages from ashtar and his associates focused on the ascension, the removal of lightworkers those doing the command s work on earth, many if

el d, 1988. extraterrestrial hybridization unlikely. mufon ufo journal 247 (november: 6 10. hybrid beings 127 imaginal beings university of connecticut psychologist kenneth ring theorizes that an imaginal realm exists somewhere between reality and fantasy. in this third kingdom, entered through (ring s italics) certain altered states of con- sciousness that have the effect of undermining ordinary perception and conceptual thinking (ring, 1992, one encounters magical yet semireal entities such as ufo beings, angels, and various otherworldly intelligences. ring s imaginal realm is much like the interdimensional mind of another parapsychological theorist, michael grosso. to test certain aspects of the hypothesis, ring and a colleague, christopher j. ro s i n g, conducted extensive psychologic

FELDMAN DANIEL QABALAH THE MYSTICAL HERITAGE OF THE CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM

erhaps the scribing of a text, one can feel the patterns and identify the key phrases, power names, imagery, and diagrams upon which the book is built. when you properly intone and scribe the key power names and phrases, and visualize the principal imagery and diagrams, you activate deep archetypes in the mind. these archetypes expand in one s consciousness and trigger associations and flashes of perception- 0' the core teachings of any mystical tradition constitute the infrastructure of its worldview, and thereby form the basis and backdrop for its spiritual practices. all mystical worldviews are at once unique and yet identical. since they are open ended, and provide a ladder for the finite human intellect to connect with an infinite ground of pure being that is inherently unfathomable t

nd small face is depicted in the tree of life (figure 3.1) some of the most important names of small face are yhvh hvhy, el la (pronounced ale, opposite of lo al, and adonai ynda (lord, master. each universe has its own small face who xlike a dreamer who knows he/she is dreaming xcreates, sustains, and dissolves the creation moment by moment by moment. our sense of time is formed by our imperfect perception of the higher planes of' 8: h" 2: 2 2:e 8% existence. our hopes for the future and our memories of a past (also created, sustained, and dissolved moment by moment) instill the impression that time is onflowing. to access the consciousness of vast face, one must renounce small face (in whose dream you are a creature) for release from the dream universe. hence, it is only through the son

e. the ayn) alone exists. theravada, hinayana, tendai, shingon, tibetan, ch an, and zen buddhists perform variations of vast face meditation practices taught by gautama buddha (regarded as the eighth incarnation of vishnu by hindus) and other bodhisattvas (souls who reach enlightenment but remain incarnate to teach and help others awaken. the buddha practiced jnana yoga (lit. union through direct perception of the ayn) and taught ashtanga yoga (lit. eight-limbed yoga of concentration and discrimination. he sat under the bodhi tree, renouncing all experiences on all planes of existence. seeing that all the koshas (sanskrit word for shells of embodied existence) were empty, he perceived the ultimate truth of pure being in nirvana. the vast face taoists follow quietist practices that lead the

ering numbers of petals. chasidim: mystically oriented sect of rabbinical jews tracing its origin to rabbi israel ben eliezer, known as the baal shem tov. chayah (hebrew: holy being, pl. chayot: angelic allusion corresponding to the action of the six directional sefiroth on the chariot shadai tree" 0 chitshakti (sanskrit: energy of consciousness: a synonym for kundalini. clearmirror: non-mediated perception of and communication with divinity; a term for the central column of the tree of life and the station messiah. cloudy mirror: zoharic term referring to a level of psychic mediation. column of the right: masculine side pillar of the flat version of the tree of life, one of two polar opposite reflections in the clear mirror of the central column. column of the left: feminine side pillar o

s on the flat version of the tree. ishvara (sanskrit: a principal name of small face in the vedas. japa (sanskrit: continuous repetition of a mantra in the hindu tradition. corresponds to zakhor in the qabalah and dhikr in sufism. jinn (hebrew: angels of destruction, demons. jivashakti (sanskrit: energy of consciousness manifest in the embodied soul. jnana (sanskrit: knowledge: the path of direct perception of vast face in the hindu system of yoga. kahuna (hawaiian: one who holds the hidden knowledge. kalah (hebrew: bride: a synonym for shekhinah as the bride of the lord hvhy on shabat. kali (sanskrit: dark one: a principal name of small face in the tantric tradition; a form of the goddess. karma (sanskrit: law of cause and effect, synonymous with hebrew word mazal. kav (hebrew: line of li

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o discovered the elliptical orbits of the planets had, in his general outlook, by no means emerged from renaissance influences. his heliocentricity had a mystical background; his great discovery about the planetary orbits was ecstatically welcomed by him as a confirmation of the music of the spheres; and there are survivals of animism in his theories.4 nevertheless, kepler had an absolutely clear perception of the basic difference between genuine mathematics, based on quantitative measurement, and the "pythagorean" or "hermetic" mystical approach to number. he saw with the utmost distinctness that 1 e. garin "nota sull'ermetismo, cultura, p. 144. 2 ibid, p. 146. to the rosicrucian dreams should be added the pseudo- egyptian hermetic dreams of the jesuit, kircher. 3 the importance of the fl

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t see the note and its message anymore. this may even become an unconscious act of sigil magic achieving the desired success. more likely, however, the whole procedure was 38/ practical sigil magic ing this very pattern to draw your final sigil on before it is charge s (or blood or sa nothing but well intentioned amateur work. now we may use the same technique with sigils by employ of behavior or perception. after charging the sigil, you place it in a prominent position until you are no longer consciously aware of it. as mentioned previously, you may also engrave the glyph on the outer side of a ring or into a metal plate as a talisman, etc. sigils and talismans/amulets basically, it is of no importance at all which material you use d. if you are a traditionalist-purist and want to use vir

lly matter depends upon the structures of erception as influenced by the construct e brain r hormones. what is important is the fact that we can human beings nd thus in every psyches (experts on ecclesiastical istory will be pleased to remember in this context the ood old nom holasticism; but our unresolved karma will always aunt us.even as a collective entity.to the umpteenth eneration) king and perception, dependent of their cultural or civilizational background, f political, historical, economical or social factors, etc. and philos attempting for thousands of years to understand itself, its environment and life in general in structural terms( ggod created the world according to measure and number h, it probably won ft be all that easy to find one f al scheme of order which is entirely d

ers: or. you will note that the construction of your own alphabet of desire demands not only a lot of thinking and intuition but great effort and hard work as well. let us now discuss the advantages and the possible applications of this sigil language before we tackle the second construction method of such an alphabet. first of all, dealing with the alphabet of desire trains symbolic thinking and perception. this is of special importance for ceremonial magic, but it also enhances any work with omens and symbolism in general. as is well known, the ceremonial magician operates with a great variety of symbols, glyphs and images (pentagram, hexagram, elemental weapons, figures of archangels, etc, even if s/he may genera lly prefer sigils like the ones the alphabet of desire/ 73 but the real va

ey, only a magician who is capable of direct communication with the hga will achieve a direct connection to the unconscious. the altered state of awareness, c, marks the point of intersection between a, b and d. it may switch off the censor completely and thereby provide direct contact between these areas of the psyche. 98/ practical sigil magic sherwin fs model a= ego, will, belief b= awareness, perception consciousness: individuality, awakeness hga= the holy guardian angel= censorship mechanism reactive mechanisms c= altered consciousness, gliminal state of consciousness h d= sub/unconsciousness, sleep, true will e= macrocosm, chaos k= kia, soul, individuality without ego but how does it work/ 99 to begin with, this model suffers, like most modls do, from being overly one-sided. it prete

, there is usually no (or just a minor) d between cons unconsciousness (imagine it to be like a sieve, where only the smallest particles can slip through the holeshe filter of th the channel of ecstasy goes around ture of ecstasy (m censor, and the press trance) gets rid of the membranes 100/ practical sigil magic model a gon a large scale h whereby the shield of reality, i.e, the limited area of perception and evaluation which are required for normal everyday reality, is bypassed and sometimes even undermined. this model is purely inner-psychic and does not explain why altered states of consciousness or whatever type of communication between consciousness and unconsciousness (read magic) may have an effect on the material plane. but how does it work/ 101 such models are also termed psycho

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our knowledge must depend: what, therefore, can be a more proper subject for the investigation of masons? by anatomical dissection and observation we become acquainted with the body; but it is by the anatomy of the mind alone we discover its power and principles. to sum up the whole of this transcendent measure of god's bounty to man, we shall add that memory, imagination, taste, reasoning, moral perception, and all the active powers of the soul, present a vast and boundless field for philosophical disquisition, which far exceeds human inquiry,and are perculiar mysteries, known only to nature and to nature's god, to whom we and all are indebted for creation, preservation, and every blessing we enjoy* of the seven liberal arts and sciences. grammar teaches the proper arrangement of words, a

GAMBLE ELIZA BURT THE GOD IDEA OF THE ANCIENTS OR SEX IN RELIGION

ethiopian or early cushite race, the people who doubtless carried civilization to egypt, india, and chaldea, is quite probable. if we bear in mind the fact that the gods of the ancients represented principles and powers, we shall not be surprised to find that muth, neith, or isis, who was creator of the sun, was also the first emanation from the sun. minerva is wisdom--the logos, the word. she is perception, light, etc. at a later stage in the history of religion, all emanations from the deity are males who are "saviors" that the office of the male as a creative agency is dependent on the female, is a fact so patent that for ages the mother principle could not be eliminated from the conception of a deity, and the homage paid to athene or minerva, even after women had become only sexual sla

GILBERT AE WAITE A MAGICIAN OF MANY PARTS

not kill to the point of extinction, theworthof his contribution' even this is muted criticism for crowley; more often he heaped abuse on waitewithgusto, tingeing itwithvenomous personal attacks that were as unjustified as were his assaults on waite's writing. his characterization of waite (in his novelmoonchild)as 'edwin arthwait 'a dull and inaccurate pedant without imagination or real magical perception, is more a reflectionofhis self-perception. butwhyshould crowley, flamboyant, indifferent to public opinion and public morals, andwitha perpetual circle of sycophantic acolytes, be so exercisedwiththe need to condemn a man he perceived as a fellow occultist?throughoutthe ten issues of his periodicaltheequinoxcrowley maintained a stream of invective and abuse against a. e. waite, condemn

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ed, or to him in subjection.thelegend of the three grand masters, of whom one islost-becomesremoved to the invisibleworld-isa curious image of the kabbalistic first triad of the emanations of the unseen and unknowable ain soph aur, the boundless one, boundless light; first is kether the crown, thence proceed chochmah and binah, wisdom and understanding, and then is the crown concealed and lost to perception in its exaltedness, the word is lost, and replaced by other titles. in thetensephiroth, as in our lodges, we are taught of two great pillars, one on the right and on the left, the pillars of mercy and judgment; then a third exists between them, that of severity; tempered by mercy, and called pillar of mildness. these are similar to the masonic pillars of wisdom, strength, and beauty, wh

matter, no independent material substratum for our ideas. he said that there is no other existence than spirit, or that which perceives; and that it is simpler to acknowledge that a material body is only the sum total of our perceptions concerning it, than to imagine an unknown something behind the colour, feel, taste, and sight of what we refer to.thebeingof things only consists of theirdreams187perception;as he said, theesseispercipi.this is idealism. nowadays many of us boast of the oppositenotion-material255ism, and deny the soul and spirit world altogether, and call mind and memory only brain function. in philosophy and metaphysics let each one choose the system that he likes best. there are some other characters alleged to be exhibited by some dreamers, which are not true in respect

work in the world. by the christian system of theurgy i donotmean, of course, the simple following of christian morality and belief, which is no doubt capable of gaining for a person a heaven of bliss for an eternity,i.e.a long period, but an entire devotion to the christ ideal as the soul's life duty to be shown in life work.thechristian mystics of old taught that the christian way to spiritual perception was by entire devotion to christ as to god, andbythe completely moral life and temperate care of the body, by retirement from the world with prayers, thanks255 givings and constant meditation, upon seven stages (1)theattainment of complete personal humility typified by christ washing the apostles' feet (2) meditation upon the scourging and sufferings of christ (3) the crown of thorns, g

to have attained success in these supra-normal developments by the christian mystic mode; many of course have expressed to me their assurance of personal salvation, but his may well be possible as the result of a well-spent moral and devotional christian life; this happy conviction is, however, not the condition we have been taking into consideration, which is rather the attainment of a spiritual perception of cosmic processes, of a faculty of a review of past events, and a true conception of the origin, progress and destiny of our humanity in ages yet to come, and until time shall be swallowed up in eternity.[reprinted from s.r.i.a.,transactionsof themetropolitancollege(1917, pp. 18-25.]27.anessayupontheconstitutionofman:spirit, soul, bodya notable author has said that 'the proper study o

the vessels clots and dies.thelife of the flesh is in the blood and the blood permeating the whole body renders every part vitalised and sentient; should injury from without or within check the flow of living blood through anypart,it quickly cools, loses its powers and its sensitiveness and perishes by gangrene. a general bleeding lowers the vital force and if excessive leads to loss of sense and perception; one faints, a partial death.thebody needs then,notonly blood to preserve its functions,buta certain proportion of blood:andwe know from our observationandstudies that to ensure full vitality- that is, perfect health, the bloodmustnot be rendered impure by our sins, our excesses, or our misfortunes.ourblood is not only in constant movement,butit is in a state of constant change: it cont

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t the first noteofthat series, and there will be a tendency to repeat the whole series, and with difficultytotake up, or be sensitive to any other series. now that is the law of vasana.itapplies to all living organisms as distinct from inaniillate objeotsj.and it is a characteristic. one ofthemodifications, oneofthe forms of avidya or ignorance,.because it is one of the greatest obstacles to true perception. directly the brain or nerves are started on a particular line, they will tendtorunalong that line, and reject or refuse to perceive the impressions which should be coming into them from external sources. therefore arises false perception of external thought. now to apply that. themanasplane sends its vibrations primarily into the brain. gradually there comes, bythe-lawof vasana, an imp

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nes d avignon, etude sur dom pernety et son groupe. paris, 1927. 4[4] j. f. c. harrison, the second coming. popular millenarianism 1780 1850. london, 1979, p. 70. 5[5] r. hindmarsh, rise and progress of the new jerusalem church in england, america, and other parts. london, 1861 p. 48. 6[6] ibid. p. 48 neither bryan nor wright was familiar with freemasonry and their account may have been a garbled perception of the exotic trimmings that tended to accompany most of the hauts grades of the time. these bizarre activities of the illumines d avignon came to an end with the upheavals of the french revolution, but although english swedenborgians in general had been hostile to them this was because of their perceived blasphemy, not because of any hostility to freemasonry per se: benedict chastanier

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, including masons, will be able to look at the world with better awareness. after reading this book, the reader will be able to consider many subjects, from schools of philosophy to newspaper headlines, rock songs to political ideologies, with a deeper understanding, and better discern the meaning and aims behind events and factors. dc -ifrom the templars to ancient egypt the crusaders he common perception of the majority of historians of freemasonry is that the origin of the organization goes back to the crusades. in fact, though masonry was only officially established and recognized in england in the early eighteenth century, the roots of the organization do reach back to the crusades in the twelfth century. at the center of this familiar tale is an order of crusaders called the knights

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h, 1910 m.w.0 s.r dated this 25th day of may, in the year of our lord 1903. back to homepage back to waite appendix a appendix b appendix c appendix d the masonic career of a.e. waite the publications of a.e. waite lectures given by a.e. waite constitution of the secret college of ridethe gnostic handbook the institute for gnostic studies introduction 1 what is gnosticism? gnosticism as a form of perception, the source of our tradition, gnosticism and other ways of knowing, esotericism and modern language. 2 the great chain of being flatland, the traditional model of the universe, the axis mundi and the sacred tree, characteristics of the traditional model, the neo-platonic cosmos, theosophical and modern maps, the kabbalistic tree of life, yggdrasil:the world tree. 3 first principles who

realized that if we waited until all the facts were in and we worked to avoid all possible misconceptions, we would end up with the gnostic handbook never being written. accordingly, we believe that within this handbook is a comprehensive summary of the basic principles of the gnostic tradition. we realize that what we outline in this text is unusual and rightly so, gnosticism is a unique form of perception and hence offers a very different worldview from that found in christian, pagan or esoteric and occult traditions. gnosticism is the essence behind such outer forms and hence offers the framework from which religion, occultism and mythology create the form. in recent times with the advent of fundamentalism of all forms, a clear and precise explanation of the ideals of gnosticism is not

nostic, zoroastrian and christian mystical traditions. other interpretations are certainly possible and for those who wish to get behind the symbols, interpretations and beliefs we suggest you study the various publications and courses issued by the institute for gnostic studies. we hope you will find the gnostic handbook edifying as well as enjoyable reading. introduction gnosticism as a form of perception what do we mean when we say gnosticism is a form of perception? to truly understand the gnostic vision it is important to grasp what gnosticism is and not to be bogged down in various historical manifestations of the gnostic way of looking at things. gnosis literally means wisdom but does not mean book learning, even tradition, it is a direct experience of the divine, the flash of wisdo

tic handbook. to give an example, while all gnostic traditions agree on the universe being in some sense dualistic, there are many divergent ways of expressing this dualism and even more ways to understand. some gnostic schools have two a true and false god, one the essence behind all things, the other a demiurge or false creators, others see the dualism as relative and only existing between mans perception (ignorance) and the truth. while all of these representational systems are dif- chapter one: what is gnosticism? the gnostic handbook page 7 ferent, their essential message is the same. in algebraic terms while the letters vary, the numbers they represent are identical. this should be kept in mind while studying this handbook, it is one and one only interpretation of the essential gnost

nfused, where is he? he has no idea of the dimension of up and hence cannot understand the experience, as he begins to hover above the ground he see his friends below, but they cannot see him. however, as he returns to his two-dimensional world, at the moment of contact he re-appears, seemingly out of nowhere. he tries to explain but how can they understand dimensions beyond their two dimensional perception? this tale illustrates the hypothesis of other dimensions, if we attempt to translate a cube into two dimensions we know that what we arrive at, is nothing but a reflection or an approximation. we know that in a cube all lines are of the same length, yet, in a two dimensional representation, the length of the lines seem to vary. according to modern geometry if we take a cube and apply i

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has no gnostic theurgy page 26 idea of the dimension of up and hence cannot understand the experience, as he begins to hover above the ground he see his friends below, but they cannot see him. however, as he returns to his two-dimensional world, at the moment of contact he re-appears, seemingly out of nowhere. he tries to explain but how can they understand dimensions beyond their two dimensional perception? this tale illustrates the hypothesis of other dimensions, if we attempt to translate a cube into two dimensions we know that what we arrive at, is nothing but a reflection or an approximation. we know that in a cube all lines are of the same length, yet, in a two dimensional representation, the length of the lines seem to vary. according to modern geometry if we take a cube and apply i

e and time again. in the terms of the east it is the cyclic wheel of reincarnation. however, there is no eternal travelling salesman, simply incarnational masks or personas created as products of the wave of eternal re-occurrence. this image seems to many a terrifying vision, a meaningless repetition of pain and suffering, death and destruction. while we may wish to distance ourselves from such a perception, when we look life straight in the face these experiences appear to be inherent within human existence. life exists in days and nights, repetitive cycles of greater and greater intensity, a constant re-occurrence of experience until either one awakens- or the cycle ends (eternity in this sense is the existence of time and space, the timeline we spoke of earlier, it is not forever, simpl

ted. take for example, a historical figure. after his death we have the facts about the historical figure and perceptions of that figure. after a period of time we may even have conflicting perceptions of this figure, and hence, have x number of differing perceptions. this process may continue, and schools may develop around these perceptions, with people pouring emotions and feelings into "their perception" of this figure. the end result is a series of eggregores in the lower astral regions and in the collective unconscious that have little or no connection with the original historical figure. these forms are then fed and utilised by the fallen energies that populate the lower plane to their own ends. from one historical figure we have ended up with. gnostic theurgy page 64 1. the histori

ewed a range of people about a robbery which occurred a week or so ago. each would have seen the event according to their own psychological structure, prejudices and values that are part of their make-up. while each maintain their objectivity and may even vigorously defend their interpretation of events (and in some sense they are being true to what they perceive, each would report only their own perception of the event, not the facts of the actual event itself. in the case of the changeover, the equinox of the gods, the observers varied greatly and saw it in many differing terms. some saw it in terms of christianity, others in terms of sufism and still others in terms of the western magical tradition then represented in the hermetic order of the golden dawn. this is made all the more awkw

d y factors) are influenced by the changeover. as the heraldic period takes hold, humanity is drawn throught the transition and experiences vibrations of both a piscean and aquarian nature. at each of the nexus dates within the heraldic period, the energies further accelerate and transform. religious perceptions of the change there were many who witnessed the start of the heraldic period from the perception of traditional christianity. in the adventist movement people were experiencing revelations and visions as early as the 1830 s, as 1844 came close they became convinced that jesus was to return at that date. they were sorely disappointed. interpreting what they experienced in christian terms, they came to the conclusion that they had misunderstood the momentous event. they then evolved

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ty for the misuse of this edition. the author wishes to thank- jack ehrhardt, ms. napper, frater scorpius nokmet, frater a.s.l, dana dark, a special thank you to fellow initiate marie buckner, ugly shyla and mother, robert mahar, shemyaza of immortal coil designs, magus books and all of the brothers and sisters of the order of phosphorus. lucifer triumphans! 3 illumination spell of the seeker the perception of the serpent s mind who in the dream of the celestial and infernal shall walk between the worlds. unto the angelic soul and fiery essence of the serpent, who comes as shadow but is revealed as light. i charge thee to open the gates of this book to those who are of its blood one who may take the knowledge of the pages in the in-between worlds of dreams do come forth, that the seeker sh

ey resonate with the more developed aspects of the self i.e. communion with the initiatic guide/holy guardian angel. demons are spirits/fallen angels which proceed to grow in shadows and the darkness of the earth, but are as significant and beneficial as angelic spirits. in unity these djinn are of fire and air, thus enflame the very essence of self in the illumination of being (black flame self- perception and being. black magick is the development and refinement of the self on every level. it can be unpleasant such as questioning yourself and testing your limits, and it can be pleasure filled. it is necessary not to grow lazy while working with these spirits, as the work will then disintegrate and cause numerous problems. stay focused and resilient to the purpose of the work yet do not a

pirits of solomon were meant as a tool of cursing and empowering ones lusts. while this may continue to be an aspect of lesser or low black magic, the magic of theurgy (high sorcery) has not been a connection in detail explored until now. theurgy is high magick, or high sorcery. it is the development of the self in light and aimed at bettering ones being on numerous levels. light may refer to the perception of being, as lucifer who is the lord of the sun and the emerald crowned initiator of magick. theurgy would be the path of invoking the genius or guardian angel of the self. this operation has been dealt with in length in the works of abramelin, aleister crowley s liber samekh and equally brilliant writings by jake stratton-kent and charles gonzales. the preliminary invocation as it was

y and magick, a definitive purpose is expounded in the nature of the goetic spirits. magick as itself is defined to raise one up, to ascend. as magick is a celestial work, which defines and strengthens the will (or the will strengthens magick) so that a union be brought with the baphometic statements, as above, so below. the goetia is a work of black magick. one often views black magic (k) in the perception of aleister crowley, being the malicious workings of sorcery. a modern or should i say realistic perception is 9 that black magick is the arte of ensorcelling the self, building and isolating the psyche. the goal is specifically a higher articulation of the soul and the will of the individual. it is considered black because this is the symbol of the unknown, such is a large part of the

ociation is lucifuge, latin for fly the light and may have close associations with mephistopheles. lucifer in this aspect is the angel of light, the adversary. lucifer is a title which is beheld by the fire djinn azazel being the first angel, fallen from the stasis of light. by this manner, lucifer is the liberator and developer of humanity with his gift of the black flame, or individualized self-perception. leviathan- west (from lvthn, the crooked serpent/dragon of the sea. leviathan is the daemon of immortality and initiation, that the beast and scarlet whore moves through to arise from the oceans as the beast 666, the solar spirit of manifestation and creativity) satan south (from the root shtn, meaning adversary. satan is the name associated with azazel the fire djinn, who is also luci

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roll the altar aside, open the lid of pastos, and put book "t" upon the table. chief adept steps into the pastos, and stands facing the door. the three adepts join wands and cruces) chief adept "i invoke thee hru, the great angel who art set over the operations of this secret wisdom, to strengthen and establish this order in its search for the mysteries of the divine light. increase the spiritual perception of the members and enable them to rise beyond that lower self-hood which is nothing, unto that highest self-hood which is in god the vast one (the three adepts disjoin their wands and lower them into the pastos, joining them together at the black ends, and directing them toward the center of the floor. they hold cruces as before) chief adept "and now, in the tremendous name of strength

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ught else, unto_(his/her name_ may there be granted the accomplishment of his/her true will" step 9 go to the altar, and visualize the deceased at the east facing west. step 10 "i invoke thee by the divine name iao, thou great angel hru, who art set over the operations of this secret wisdom. strengthen and establish_(his/her name_ in his/her search for the divine light. increase his/her spiritual perception so that he/she may accomplish his/her true will, and that thus he/she may be enabled to rise beyond that lower self-hood which became as nothing unto that highest self-hood which is the clear light of the spirit" step 11 go to the east of the altar. make the rose cross over the elements while vibrating the enochian spirit invocation. perform the qabalistic cross. step 12 "for osiris onn

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will" purify and consecrate the shells with n and o. step 9 walk the shell to the east so that it is facing west. leave it there and return to behind the altar faced east "i invoke thee by the divine name iao, thou great angel hru, who art set over the operations of this secret wisdom. strengthen and establish (state earthly name) in his/her search for the divine light. increase his/her spiritual perception so that he/she may accomplish his/her true will, and that thus, he/she may be enabled to rise beyond that lower self-hood which became as nothing unto that highest self-hood which is the clear light of the spirit" step 10 go to the east of the altar. make the rose cross over the elements while vibrating the enochian spirit invocation. make qabalistic cross "for osiris onnophris who is f

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y "so help me, the lord of the universe and my higher soul" step 18 rise, holding the sword in the right hand with both arms raised on high. contemplate with imagination, and aspire unto the ideal and say "i invoke thee, hru, thou great angel who art set over the operations of this secret wisdom. strengthen and establish me in my search for the mysteries of the divine light. increase my spiritual perception and assist me to rise 8 beyond that lower selfhood which is nothing unto the highest selfhood which is in god the vast one" step 19 pass to the north. project the astral form to the throne of the hierophant in the east, and facing your body, say "the voice of my higher self said unto me 'let me enter the path of light, peradventure i may be prepared to dwell there. i am the only being i

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nd lips. in its right hand it clutched something resembling a knife with a wavy blade like an indonesian kris. in its left hand was an object like a hinged and case-bound book. from the top of this book, however, protruded a device which had been inserted into it as though into a sheath. from the waist down the figure appeared to be clad in a garment of fish scales, and, as though to confirm this perception, the sculptor had formed the individual scales out of rows and rows of small, highlystylized fish-heads. this sign had been persuasively interpreted by posnansky as meaning fish in general.8 it seemed, therefore, that el fraile was a portrayal of an imaginary or symbolic fish man. the figure was also equipped with a belt sculpted with the images of several large crustaceans, so this not

GRERALD SCHUELER AN ADVANCED GUIDE TO ENOCHIAN MAGICK

club or society in order to achieve such initiations, although they could be helpful to you. the t rue ini t iat ion is not in the outward ceremony or magical rite. it takes place within you, in your mind and emotions. this is sometimes called self ini tiat ion and i t is truly the only kind worthy of attainment. your grade in an outer magical organization should reflect the extent of your inward perception, but unfortunately this is not always the case. because magick is a highly personal experience, outer organizations are not necessary to achieve valid initiations. you will discover as you gain insight into the aethyrs that each contains its own initiations. two excellent examples of these are pop and zen. the first, pop, contains an initiation into the feminine current. the table of se

rin lah-pah-ree-neh dokepax doh-keh-pahtz the aethyr will at first appear golden. the pure pale gold colors symbolize the dawning life that exists above the city of the pyramids. if you have successfully reached the grade of magister templi you will soon see a tremendous 235 and beautiful garden. crowley saw this as if on the terrace of a great castle that is sitting on a rocky mountain. your own perception may differ in details but you will certainly see a garden of some kind. it is cal led the garden of nemo. nemo is the title of the angel of the aethyr whose task it isto tend the garden. the word nemo adds up to 180 using enochian gematria. this is the number for the words limlal meaning "a treasure" and mad-netaab meaning "divine government" also 180=90x2 where 90 is the number for son

GREY W G CONDENSATION OF KABBALAH

ges higher up. another concept to consider is the curtain or veil called parochet. this is a sort of imaginary screen drawn across the entire width of the tree. it is frequently shown as being just before the sixth sphere, tiferet, and the opening of the higher-self. it is thought of as being gauzy or sufficiently translucent to give hints of something behind it. it represents the limits of clear perception which we have to impose between ourselves and more advanced consciousness. parochet is a useful background for spiritual studies. most mythologies are full of warnings about mortals who dared to gaze on gods and were destroyed in consequence. the bible says: no man has seen the face of god and lived. the normal human mind can only stretch so far before breaking, and it needs protection

H SPENCER LEWIS ROSICRUCIAN MANUAL AMORC 1990

hich the active principles are imagination, aspiration, and inspiration. it is the center of man's life, poised between two worlds, and naturally open to both. one of the functions of consciousness is the response to its environment or surroundings. another is the response which the animate thing has to its own innate actions or being. the divine consciousness in man has its own faculties for the perception of truth and its own domain of functioning. the spiritual consciousness is the inner self. the physical consciousness can become acquainted only with things of a material nature. consciousness, life force, and mind are related and come into and go out of the body together. contact treatments.the technique whereby the fingers are placed upon the patient's back close to the spine is calle

ng, cannot be utilized to assist. if the objective impairment is due to physiological causes, these should be remedied first, but thereafter the subconscious should be reached and enlisted in the work of curing the mind. this calls for psychic processes applied by those well experienced and knowing all the laws. a hallucination, then, is an imaging experience having the characteristics of a sense perception (visual, auditory, tactile, etc. but without sensory stimulation. it can be contrasted with visualization in that the lucid visualizer knows that he is mentally creating, while the hallucinator believes he is receiving external stimuli which are not actually present. a hallucination is termed veridical if it corresponds to an event or circumstance unknown to the percipient. harmonium.a

n previous generations and in each successive manifestation blends in the additional characteristics of the present union, thereby establishing the conditions and qualities of heredity. this union of the nucleus with the complementary polarity in the field of manifestation, each with its inherent and acquired traits, and their inevitable blending, is what makes evolution possible. o objective.the perception of externality or consciousness of the outer world. objective mind.is the mundane mind, the mind that operates in a material world, through a physical body, and in a self-centered manner for the main purpose of preserving the physical vehicle or tool of the soul as it manifests on the earth plane. the objective mind must necessarily be selfish in purpose, but the selfishness should be c

ubject, the mastery of the self, giving each individual the right blending of the humble, the noble, the magnetic traits which characterize mastership wherever it may be found. it gives these through knowledge. p pantheism.the concept that god is immanent in all things. parapsychology.literally meaning a field of research contiguous to or near psychology. it concerns such subjects as extrasensory perception, telepathy, telekinesis, and the phenomena of psychical research. it is definitely an empirical or scientific approach to such phenomena. peace profound.the harmony of man's accord with the cosmic which brings a warm glow of contentment throughout one's whole being. if we have truly gained peace profound within our minds, we are able to face all changing conditions with a philosophic an

, telekinesis, and the phenomena of psychical research. it is definitely an empirical or scientific approach to such phenomena. peace profound.the harmony of man's accord with the cosmic which brings a warm glow of contentment throughout one's whole being. if we have truly gained peace profound within our minds, we are able to face all changing conditions with a philosophic and detached attitude. perception.is that faculty of the objective mind which obtains knowledge through the five objective senses and faculties. it is the process of getting that infinity of facts of a material or mundane nature which goes to make up the sum total of our objective knowledge after such facts have been classified by another process of mental functioning. personality.to the rosicrucian, in contradistinctio

HAMIL THE ROSICRUCIAN SEER

in ofapersonat a distance, at mexico, may conduct its impressions to the brain of a person, in this case a brother, which in years long past had been in sympathetic intercourse with it, anotherlinkin the mysterious chain conducts those impressions to the brain of the somnambule; and it is quite within the rangeofexperience in these matters that the more sensitiveorganismshould alone have distinct perception of the impressions conveyed to it through an unconscious recipient.the. particular forms in which the impressions are enunciated by the somnambule, as a conversation, a vision &c, areknownto be matters of casual association and habit and predisposition, and the liabilities of mixed failures and success are also notorious.thereseems then no impossibility, according to the condi255 tionso

ommunica255 tion on either side. but in the absenceofsuch coincident sensitiveness there seems no reason,underthe assumptions, for requiring that the absent person should become 'conscious of the communication, and agree in the accuracyofthe conversa255 tions ascribed to them' and to which they did in fact furnish their part, and in defaultofthis for concluding that the 'unreality of the supposed perception is at once obvious, and we have214therosicrucianseeris made out in favour of m. cahagnet's statements, and he will be prepared to reconsider the secrets of the 'celestial telegraph' but if the communication cannot be obtained at home or at paris, and thedistanceof mexico is required to 'lend enchantment to theinterview;'then it is contended that this spiritual intercourse with the broth

expanding itself to whatever point it desires to be in, with'oussr-electro-telegrephic-wire-likespeed' and of acting on other human soul atmospheres, thus becoming cognizant of the past transactions of others like heinrich zschokke-the swisshistorian-ofthe present, how far soever distant, like the americansolitaire*'and mr hazard's patient; and, in like manner, becoming possessed by an intuitive perception of the floating ideas of other coexistent souls, thus accounting for the phenomenon of jacobbehmen-arude, unlettered shoemaker-who, falling, like hispredecessor255mahomet, and his successor-swedenborg, into a 'quasi255 mesmeric state' produced those admirable and voluminous works, theteutonicphilosophy,which thus engendered were merely the reflex of the christianity of his time mixed up

hus to be accounted for, according tomrsandby's hypothesis.thetrees, the seed255 gathering, and the negro 'love of the marvellous' the correct description and part of the answers 'thought reading' a part of the description and a portion of the answers 'suggestive dreaming' thecoup-de-soleilof twenty-four hours' duration 'a remarkable instance of the power of the imagination over the body' and the perception of the circumstances taking place in the vessel and afterwards proved to be minutely correct 'old mesmeric principles of thought reading and clairvoyance 'what's in a name' but similar objections had been made to m. cahagnet personally, and he has given a host of sittings-many of them at the instance of experienced magnetists-to prove their utterfallacy;and in supportofm.cahagnet's view

s spiritual form commences his new life, possessing precisely the same mental and moral attributes which he possessed before.'c.a.-deathis the transition from the corporeal to the spiritual state. but in passing from life into death, man only loses his flesh.themind, faculties, and desires, are exactly the same as those with which he quitted the earth. as he loses those faculties, so he loses the perception of the things he left; and when he has entirely lost sight of them, he then begins his progress.thecorporeal body ceases to exist, and they rise spiritually; but the spiritual body is in the form of the corporeal body, as that of angels might be in the shape of a man; still purer, but preserving the shape and form. proposition5-'thatthe spirit entering the spirit world is drawn by spiri

HANDBOOK OF EGYPTIAN MYTHOLOGY

into the diverse elements that made up the universe. the ways in which this could have happened were the subject of much speculation. the heart and the tongue. the intellectual powers that enabled the creator to bring himself/herself into existence and to create other beings were sometimes conceptualized as deities. the most important of these were the gods sia, hu, and heka. sia was the power of perception or insight, which allowed the creator to visualize other forms. hu was the power of authoritative speech, which enabled the creator to bring things into being by naming them. in coffin texts spell 335, hu and sia are said to be with their father atum every day. in the illustrated underworld books of the new kingdom, these two deities were often shown accompanying the creator sun god. th

carries it out. in coffin texts spell 714, humanity is said to have sprung from tears wept by the creator because of the anger against him, tears that caused a temporary state of blindness. this may be a reference to the rage of the sole eye when she discovers that the creator has grown a new eye in her absence. the creator s blindness implies a temporary loss of his power of creative insight or perception (sia. humanity is the imperfect product of rage and misery: a genesis suited to the rebellious role humanity plays in mythical history. one hymn to the creator states that humanity came forth from the two divine eyes, which are the sun and the moon.16 in the account of creation in the bremner-rhind papyrus, people originate in the tears wept by the creator on the return of shu and tefnu

ogie v. wiesbaden: 1984, 735 737 (in english. s. west. the greek version of the legend of tefnut. journal of egyptian archaeology 55 (1969: 161 183. primary sources: pt 600; ct 76, 78, 80; bd 17; bhc; hmp; mt; brp; ismailia naos; eofs deities, themes, and concepts 197 sia and hu (hw) sia and hu were the principles of creative thought and speech personified as gods. sia has also been translated as perception or insightful planning and hu as authority or authoritative utterance. sia and hu, along with a third deity, heka (magic, were the forces the creator used to make the world and the divine order. as deities, sia and hu were said to have sprung from blood that dripped from the penis of ra. the two gods were regarded as the constant companions of the creator sun god. in the pyramid texts

HELENA BLAVATSKY NIGHTMARE TALES

ident to me that i had once more returned to my senses. forthere i was, vividly realizing that i was rapidly moving forward, while experiencing a queer, strangesensation as though i were swimming, without impulse or effort on my part, and in total darkness. the ideathat first presented itself to me was that of a long subterranean passage of water, of earth, and stifling air,though bodily i had no perception, no sensation, of the presence or contact of any of these. i tried to utter afew words, to repeat my last sentence "i desire but one thing: to learn the reason or reasons why my sisterhas so suddenly ceased writing to me- but the only words i heard out of the twenty-one, were the two "tolearn" and these, instead of their coming out of my own larynx, came back to me in my own voice, bute

HELENA BLAVATSKY THE KEY TO THEOSOPHY

so much animosity at the same time? a. there are several reasons for it, i believe; among other causes that may be mentioned is: 1. the great reaction from the crassly materialistic theories now prevalent among scientific teachers. 2. general dissatisfaction with the artificial theology of the various christian churches, and the number of daily increasing and conflicting sects. 3. an ever-growing perception of the fact that the creeds which are so obviously self-and mutually-contradictory cannot be true, and that claims which are unverified cannot be real. this natural distrust of conventional religions is only strengthened by their complete failure to preserve morals and to purify society and the masses. page 20 the key to theosophy- hp blavatsky.txt 4. a conviction on the part of many, a

theosophy, on earth, is like the white ray of the spectrum, and every religion only one of the seven prismatic colors. ignoring all the others, and cursing them as false, every special colored ray claims not only priority, but to be that white ray itself, and anathematizes even its own tints from light to dark, as heresies. yet, as the sun of truth rises higher and higher on the horizon of man's perception, and each colored ray gradually fades out until it is finally reabsorbed in its turn, humanity will at last be cursed no longer with artificial polarizations, but will find itself bathing in the pure colorless sunlight of eternal truth. and this will be theosophia. q. your claim is, then, that all the great religions are derived from theosophy, and that it is by assimilating it that the

earth as forming part of a chain of earths? a. we do. but the other six "earths" or globes, are not on the same plane of objectivity as our earth is; therefore we cannot see them. q. is that on account of the great distance? a. not at all, for we see with our naked eye planets and even stars at immeasurably greater distances; but it is owing to those six globes being outside our physical means of perception, or plane of being. it is not only that their material density, weight, or fabric are entirely different from those of our earth and the other known planets; but they are (to us) on an entirely different layer of space, so to speak; a layer not to be perceived or felt by our physical senses. and when i say "layer" please do not allow your fancy to suggest to you layers like strata or be

on and remembrance, says: when an idea again recurs without the operation of the like object on the external sensory, it is remembrance; if it be sought after by the mind, and with pain and endeavor found and brought again into view, it is recollection. but even locke leaves reminiscence without any clear definition, because it is no faculty or attribute of our physical memory, but an intuitional perception apart from and outside our physical brain; a perception which, covering as it does (being called into action by the ever-present knowledge of our spiritual ego) all those visions in man which are regarded as abnormal-from the pictures suggested by genius to the ravings of fever and even madness-are classed by science as having no existence outside of our fancy. occultism and theosophy

the fantasy is an impediment to our intellectual conceptions; and hence, page 60 the key to theosophy- hp blavatsky.txt when we are agitated by the inspiring influence of the divinity, if the fantasy intervenes, the enthusiastic energy ceases: for enthusiasm and the ecstasy are contrary to each other. should it be asked whether the soul is able to energize without the fantasy, we reply, that its perception of universals proves that it is able. it has perceptions, therefore, independent of the fantasy; at the same time, however, the fantasy attends in its energies, just as a storm pursues him who sails on the sea. ammonius saccas asserted that the only faculty in man directly opposed to prognostication, or looking into futurity, is memory. furthermore, remember that memory is one thing and

HINE PHIL ASPECTS OF EVOCATION

e. another example of this process is the reports of so-called survivors of .satanic child abuse. which is rich in detail about bizarre practices but very hazy when it comes to names, dates, places and so forth. the common themes which arise in such encounters could well be a product of cultural similarities between individuals, or even commonalities formed from the way the human brain structures perception. paul deveraux tentatively asserts the proposition that the earth light phenomena is consciousness-sensitive. that is, that the energy forms are sensitive to the conscious mind of the observer. many accounts of earth lights talk about the lights following the observer, playing .tag. with them, or appear to display the characteristics of being intelligently guided. this brings us back to

HINE P OVEN READY CHAOS

k is surprisingly simple. what can it offer? 1.a means to disentangle yourself from the attitudes and restrictions you were brought up with and which define the limits of what you may become. 2.ways to examine your life to look for, understand and modify behaviour, emotional and thought patterns which hinder learning and growth. 3.increase of confidence and personal charisma. 4.a widening of your perception of just what is possible, once you set heart and mind on it. 5.to develop personal abilities, skills and perceptions- the more we see the world, the more we appreciate that it is alive. 6.to have fun. magick should be enjoyed. 7.to bring about change- in accordance with will. magick can do all this, and more. it is an approach to life which begins at the most basic premises- what do i n

HOWE THE ALCHEMIST OF THE GOLDEN DAWN

t teachers, but there are only 2 copies of him in brit. mus, and both are in german. lambsprinck, also in german, teaches a great deal to those who have the clue. flamel gives the usual symbolical teaching. bernard trevisan also teaches much, and rather more plainly. eugenius philalethes is very enigmatical. alexis of piedmont is more clear. you may read all these and yet fail to get a sufficient perception of what is meant. even if you get a perception, then comes the great difficulty of the process, in the details of which you may err for ever. labour and anxiety and disappointment and vexation are the general lot of those who enter this study. of course, if a student can conquer entirely his lower nature, and develop his higher faculties, he is much more likely to get the full perceptio

body. had i only just the means ofliving quietly, in addition to 100,000, i would give the latter to help the t.s. as it is, i have only enough to live quietly. we give to it what we can afford, but nothing will induce us to risk any responsibility, for the mismanagement past, and which is sure to recur in the future. i have seen enough of all such affairs in my time, to get a tolerably accurate perception of the whole position, present and future. the appeal from india is most ill-judged and ill-timed. harte is a very pleasant fellow and very zealous. altho' he never uses col. o[lcott]'s name, i doubt very much whether he would have approved of this appeal' my idea of the position is, that some tremendous crisis is at hand, which is foreseen by the mahatmas, and which will probably neces

is of no use to me. i copied a process out ofjo. joachim becher from his "experimentum chymicum novum. my cold got worse and has been very troublesome. in haste. chacombe vicarage 28 december 1892 by this post i return your boerhaave's chemistry or rather harris'[s. what there is in boerhaave is a kind of negative testimony. although so able a chemist in the ordinary sense, he had not the occult perception in his karma, and so opposes alchemy, merely because he was unable to attain to it. something beyond ordinary intelligence and skill is required to achieve success in that, and above all things- silence. at p. 9 of harris, there is a good description of the process of making sublimate, which might be useful. since my return i have been so occupied with parochial and other matters, that

HP LOVECRAFT A DARK LORE

captive minds. according to these scraps of information, the basis of the fear was a horrible elder race of half-polypous, utterly alien entities which had come through space from immeasurably distant universes and had dominated the earth and three other solar planets about 600 million years ago. they were only partly material- as we understand matter- and their type of consciousness and media of perception differed widely from those of terrestrial organisms. for example, their senses did not include that of sight; their mental world being a strange, non-visual pattern of impressions. they were, however, sufficiently material to use implements of normal matter when in cosmic areas containing it; and they required housing- albeit of a peculiar kind. though their senses could penetrate all m

d, and even fear remained as a wraith-like, inactive gargoyle leering impotently at me. eventually, i reached a level floor strewn with fallen blocks, shapeless fragments of stone, and sand and detritus of every kind. on either side- perhaps thirty feet apart- rose massive walls culminating in huge groinings. that they were carved i could just discern, but the nature of the carvings was beyond my perception. what held me the most was the vaulting overhead. the beam from my torch could not reach the roof, but the lower parts of the monstrous arches stood out distinctly. and so perfect was their identity with what i had seen in countless dreams of the elder world, that i trembled actively for the first time. behind and high above, a faint luminous blur told of the distant moonlit world outsi

stige of self-control and sent me running frantically southward past the yawning black doorways and fishily staring windows of that deserted nightmare street. for at a closer glance i saw that the moonlit waters between the reef and the shore were far from empty. they were alive with a teeming horde of shapes swimming inward toward the town; and even at my vast distance and in my single moment of perception i could tell that the bobbing heads and flailing arms were alien and aberrant in a way scarcely to be expressed or consciously formulated. my frantic running ceased before i had covered a block, for at my left i began to hear something like the hue and cry of organised pursuit. there were footsteps and gutteral sounds, and a rattling motor wheezed south along federal street. in a second

HP LOVECRAFT THE THING IN THE MOONLIGHT

ted stone rising to the north. impelled by some obscure quest, i ascended a rift or cleft in this beetling precipice, noting as i did so the black mouths of many fearsome burrows extending from both walls into the depths of the stony plateau. at several points the passage was roofed over by the choking of the upper parts of the narrow fissure; these places being exceeding dark, and forbidding the perception of such burrows as may have existed there. in one such dark space i felt conscious of a singular accession of fright, as if some subtle and bodiless emanation from the abyss were engulfing my spirit; but the blackness was too great for me to perceive the source of my alarm. at length i emerged upon a tableland of moss-grown rock and scanty soil, lit by a faint moonlight which had replac

HP LOVECRAFT THROUGH THE GATES OF THE SILVER KEY

undaries which his mind had hitherto been able to hold, despite a lifetime of cryptical study. he began to understand dimly why there could exist at the same time the little boy randolph carter in the arkham farm-house in 1883, the misty form on the vaguely hexagon. al pillar beyond the first gate, the fragment now facing the presence in the limitless abyss, and all the other carters his fancy or perception envisaged. then the waves increased in strength and sought to improve his understanding, reconciling him to the mul-tiform entity of which his present fragment was an infinitesimal part. they told him that every figure of space is but the result of the intersection by a plane of some corresponding figure of one more dimension- as a square is cut from a cube, or a circle from a sphere. t

ng more of the exact relationship between his various facets- the fragment now beyond the ultimate gate, the fragment still on the quasi-hexagonal pedestal beyond the first gate, the boy of 1883, the man of 1928, the various ancestral beings who had formed his heritage and the bulwark of his ego, arid the nameless denizens of the other eons and other worlds which that first hideous flash ultimate perception had identified with him, slowly the waves of the being surged out in reply, trying to make plain what was almost beyond the reach of an earthly mind. all descended lines of beings of the finite dimensions, continued the waves, and all stages of growth in each one of these beings, are merely manifestations of one archetypal and eternal being in the space outside dimensions. each local be

HUEBNER LOUISE WITCHCRAFT FOR ALL WICCA 04

an unusual happening in my life, i try to explain it to myself in terms of psychic energy. somehow out in the air that separates, and yet connects, all human beings, like water links all fish to one another, something is able to travel between us. we don't know enough about the nature of energy and the power of the mind to refute this possibility, and the sometimes amazing cases of extra sensory perception that occur and which scientists have verified, speak volumes in favour of the strange phenomena. the thing that most persuades me to adopt this theory of the existence of another force beyond everyday experience is the feeling that comes over me when i am giving psychic impressions of complete strangers. all i know for sure is that when i talk with them i feel united with them. not in a

th mauve-tone rosemary bushes. unlike william wordsworth, however, the greek's heart did not "leap up" when he beheld a rainbow in the sky. colour awareness became a sophisticated development only in mankind's most recent history. the colour vibrations always existed somewhere, but man did not have the intellectual capacity to distinguish between the colours. youngsters of today can handle colour perception with more aplomb than most educated early royalty could have maintained. however, in earlier moments, as is still true today, an occasional "freak" was born. he may have been frightened by unusual "sensations" his modern eyes detected. and he probably remained silent most of the time rather than admit to such an undesirable abnormality. but if one waits long enough, the rest of the worl

ed. and he probably remained silent most of the time rather than admit to such an undesirable abnormality. but if one waits long enough, the rest of the world catches up. pumpkin yellow, passionate pink, azure blue and psychedelic green have now left the poets, the dreamers and the schizoids and have turned on the bourgeoisie. cavemen angels from way back in b.c, who had experienced extra sensory perception, now sigh in relief at their own vindication, and straighten their persimmon-tinted halos! it has only been in the last hundred years or so that the aware and hungry eye was given the chemical conditions needed to transform fantasy into reality. the dutch masters, with their monochromatic paintings, may not have been suffering from a lack of intellectual understanding, but rather, from

are the new pioneers. while it may be lonely out there in the lush wilderness, one thing is certain: the colours are vivid in the sparkling clean air, and there's got to be an unbeatable excitement attached to stalking dinosaurs. they used to laugh at people who spoke of ghosts in their houses, but today many universities have a department to investigate reports of the supernatural, extra sensory perception and other strange happenings that long have been spoken of but never satisfactorily explained. those who scoffed at the idea that man might fly were replaced by descendants who were certain man would never travel to outer space. and now, what's beyond that? witches employ a strange power that they think they have explained to themselves. they know witchcraft works, but how much untapped

INFERNAL SABBAT LIVE

mething better. this black mass, as performed in two parts through the musick of psychonaut 75, is that of two aspects of the dragon the light and the grave, unto earth the fallen angels descend, the earth opens and the vampyric shades and the dead walk the earth. this ritual was designed as a means of opposition to bigotry and oppression, that lucifer rises to awaken each with the black flame of perception and self-love, while the vampyric archetype announces the communion of the cthonic forces of the earth, the demonium of the earth. this ritual is thus in two parts i the ritual of lucifer ii- the ritual of lilith join with us, summon with us awaken the black light and master the primal darkness! designed to induce the symbolic role of the vampyre and lycanthrope in modern society an unc

INITIATION INTO HERMETICS

was produced, is being produced and will be produced in the future is reflected in it. therefore, in the astral plane there is to be seen an emanation of the eternal, having neither a beginning nor an end, as it is timeless and spaceless. the adept who sees his way about this plane may find everything here, no matter if the point in question be in the past, the present or the future. how far this perception will reach depends on the degree of his perfection. occultists and spiritualists and most of religions name the astral pane the world beyond. however, the adept knows very well that there is no such thing as hence and beyond and feels no fear of death, which concept is quite strange to him. if, by the disintegrating work of the elements or a sudden breakup, the astral matrix which is co

inent to be solved by the incipient adept. first of all, there is the problem of truth. a great many philosophers have already paid serious attention to this problem, and we also will have to approach this task. we shall deal here only with such kinds of truth about which we must be thoroughly informed. truth depends on the insight of each individual. and as we cannot all have the same insight or perception, it is impossible to generalize the problem of truth. therefore from is standpoint and in conformity with the degree of his maturity, each one will have his own truth, providing he sees it quite honestly. only he who knows and masters the absolute laws of the microcosm and the macrocosm is entitled to speak of an absolute truth. certain aspects of the absolute truth will be surely ackno

tion, or else how a lama is painting his mandala and sets up his thatgatos as a symbol of protective deity. he does not need such strange directions because he knows very well that they are only a mental support for the mind. in this fourth step the magician will learn how to produce his own rituals, gestures and manipulations of the fingers. all this depends a great deal on his individuality and perception. many a magician has achieved more with the most primitive rituals than a philosophic speculator with all his complicated performances of his cult. it is not possible to give an exact direction in this matter and the scholar will have to act intuitively and must understand how to express the ideas, trains of thought and everything he would like to be realized by a suitable gesture, posi

re, of course, just like anywhere else, the analogy of the elements is to be considered. it has been mentioned before that the fire element can be transformed into light and conversely. without light there would never be any reception of color for the eyes; consequently, we could not sue our eyes without the existence of light. from this point of view, it is quite obvious that the sense of visual perception is analogous to the fire element. this element, related to the spirit, shows a specific property of the will. the mental property belonging to the air element is the intellect with all its aspects, and it is imputed to the hearing. the water element of the spirit is expressed in the feeling or life. these three elements of the spirit, fire, air and water together produce the earth princ

the elements, and to choose exercises corresponding to the elements and at the same time to the senses, so that the will or volition (fire, the intellect (air, the feeling (water) and consciousness (earth) are enhanced and developed evenly. the outcome of this description is the following schedule which i will quote for the sake of a synopsis: element: fire air water earth akasa sense: eyes ears perception taste/smell all in all quality: will intellect feeling consciousness conscience exercise: optic acoustic emotional expand consc. realization the akasa principle developing from concentration, there is no need of descending to particulars. it is also superfluous to quote single exercises of concentration and meditation, according to the specific qualities of the elements prevailing in hi

INTERVIEW WITH ANDREW CHUMBLEY

an initiatory tradition and only those who have been so inducted- whether by man or spirit- should speak about it, and even then guardedly. mh: can you explain a little about the actual practice of dreaming on a magical level? ac: every word, deed and thought can empower, magnetise, and establish points of receptivity for a magical dream, likewise any of these means can do the opposite- fixating perception in a manner that is not receptive that seals the soul in the body instead of enabling it to go forth at will. explanations of dreaming practices when given in a ritual context serve their own purpose they reify the knowledge of the dream and empower the dreams of knowledge. dreaming, like possession, trance and mediumism of various kinds, establishes direct communication with spirits an

them go out walking by day away from the company of men, out into the fields of their locality. conscious of their step upon the land, let them ask for a sign or token. if the spirits of the place find you acceptable, an object or omen may be revealed. for example, you might see a white stag, a black dog, a magpie, or find a hagstone, a gnarled root, a fallen antler or a snake-slough. fixate your perception at every opportunity on this object and ask the spirits to open the way for you. when falling into sleep, ho ld the object in attention and again entreat the spirits. by letting awareness wander in the onset of dreaming, but at the same time tethering consciousness to the talismanic object, a scope of receptivity is established a field wherein new wanderings may transpire. if you may wa

INVOCATION OF THE ADVERSARY

d for as one being conducted at both noon and midnight, the sorcerer may choose to conduct both the noon (light) and midnight (darkness) points at both hours, as an further focused point of ensorcelled energy may be raised. this is considering the embodiment of the self is within the perpetual mastery of the psyche in reference to the model of shaitan. it is essential that the magician looses all perception of anything outside of the circle, that being enflamed and submerged in gnosis, the circle is the circumference of the sorcerers' world. that the ritual is a success is the subjected 'turning the knife towards oneself' in the area of self-directed and willed energy. the ritual of the adversary, in conjunction with the lord's prayer averse (used in certain luciferian covens to summon the

ISIS UNVEILED

us, in more correct phraseology, plato's words, but taylor ahows us plato's meaning, and this ia more than can be said of zeller, jowett, and their predecessors. therefore as professor a. wilder writes "taylor's works have met with favor at the hands of men capable of profound and recondite thinking; and it must be conceded that he was endowed with a superiof qualification that of an in- tuitive perception of the interior meaning of the subjects which he considered. others may have known more greek, but he knew more plato" taylor devoted his whole useful life to the search after such old manuscripts as would enable him to have his own speculations concerning several obscure rites in the mysteries corroborated by writers who had been initiated themselves. it is with full confidence in the

ISRAEL REGARDIE A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO GEOMANTIC DIVINATION

et services ltd, liverpool and printed by wcatherby woolnough ltd, sanders road, wellingborough, northamptonshire introduction dedication this book was written for sangreal foundation (dallas, texas) at the suggestion of mr carr p. collins, jr. it is therefore with pleasure that i dedicate this work to carr p. collins, jr and his gracious wife yyvonne. in these days when the phrase 'extra-sensory perception' has become almost a by-word, our problem is not so much to discuss it, which is now relatively fruitless, but to develop it. it is really less a matter of development than of rendering explicit what is actually implicit. just as everyone is moved by the spark of life without in most cases being aware of the direct mechanisms involved, so every man and woman possesses some latent capaci

e almost a by-word, our problem is not so much to discuss it, which is now relatively fruitless, but to develop it. it is really less a matter of development than of rendering explicit what is actually implicit. just as everyone is moved by the spark of life without in most cases being aware of the direct mechanisms involved, so every man and woman possesses some latent capacity for extra-sensory perception. some more, some less. the major contribution of this book is not so much slanted in the direction of prediction of what is yet to come, but to facilitate the growth and expression of this inner psycho-spiritual ability. to this extent, any and all systems of divination may be considered useful. amongst the more commonly used methods are the tarot cards, astrology, palmistry, graphology

JASMUHEEN THE FOOD OF GODS

peated here as it is an essential program for maintaining the divine nutrition flow. this programming code is used to stabilize our weight when we are no longer taking physical food, it is also used to keep our bodies in harmony on all levels and whether we eat food or not and it is used to eliminate any disruption from past life cellular memory. it is also used to free us from the limitations of perception that we absorb from the world re the changing and superficial fashion of image. the command itself is to be used daily and involves sincerely chanting over and over: perfect health, perfect balance, perfect weight and perfect image now. repeat as you connect each finger in turn with the thumb in a repetitive mudra. there are 2 things to be aware of for this code to work. firstly we stre

e feed, via our soul, in a more conscious manner during our waking time. heart 9. nourishment and our purity of heart. if our desire is to be physically nourished by prana alone. level 3. then purity of hearty is one of the chief requirements for doing this successfully. a pure heart is something life provides us through living through our experiences here, and the choices that follow on from our perception of events. our perception and how we choose to respond to people in life situations is a powerful tool to access the divine love channel if we wish to consciously magnetize more of this to our inner and outer fields. in the metaphysical realms, the pureness of our heart determines what level of nourishment we can access to feed our spiritual, mental, emotional and physical bodies. what

theory of the cosmic mind if we think, then our mind, an individual mind, is nothing but the continuity of the cosmic mind with some modifications and adaptations as per the individual. depending upon one s moral strength, ego, intelligence, discipline, the mind gives reactions to every single stimulus; be it physical, social, environmental, ecological, spiritual, emotional etc. the mind gets the perception first, then throws emotional signals, simultaneously thinks, and then initiates a process of acceptance or retaliation. in yogic terms this is felt as happiness at the pure superficial level of raga, and dwesha on a little subtle level. if further acts or responses are needed then the physical systems are activated, e.g. the manifestation of anger which is reflected in our behavior. phy

and a contented mind all of which support mental health. in thoughts and words, one can apply the principle of relativity, which involves looking at things from different angles as truth can be multifaceted. one person s viewing angle is not absolute truth and is merely his/her version of the fact. the ultimate truth is different. it is difficult for a common person to achieve the real and total perception of truth yet this knowledge is required to change the attitude for any person. on spiritual health dr shah, adds: one has to understand that real spirituality lies in the constant awareness about the divine self. the soul. this means no unawareness for even a fraction of a second, and it means the loss of attachment towards the body as to identify oneself with only being a body and not

e for pure and divine communication. this innernet good news station is incorruptible as it can only be accessed by those whose 6th and 7th senses, and hence their pituitary and pineal glands, are open and tuned to the dow power channel. as we have already mentioned, dow power is, by its very essence, incorruptible. however, this suggestion brings in another interesting discussion and that is the perception of good and evil, wrong or right, corruptible and incorruptible. in a tantra view all is perfect and all is borne from god and is one. there is no wrong, no right. in this reality people are gods in forms, and as bio-systems of energy we are encoded with the same software programs that drive the cosmic computer called god. as we are creative gods with free will neither the intelligent q

JENNINGS HARGRAVE ROSICRUCIANS RITES MYSTERIES

ike the shining, showy discs of a snake. man, under these enlightened philosophical circumstances, will only value the unseen kingdoms glimpses of the immortal glories of which and of their rosicrucian inhabitants he has obtained in his magic reveries. what can the longest ordinary man's life give to such a gifted thinker? man s senses and their gratification, as long as the inlets and avenues of perception remain world s music, so long as the strings cling tight, for the air of imagination to play upon them appetites, with downward eyes to find their satisfaction man s mortality, with an exit into the shadows or into the grave while the sun is up: the longest life can but give him repetition to satiety of these things, repetitions until he seems almost to tire of the common sun. of which

rigid axiom, to which all argument must recur. a firm and unalterable experience has established the laws of nature. the proof against a miracle, from the very nature of the fact, is as entire as any argument from experience can possibly be imagined. so says hume. but experience has nothing to do with a miracle, because it is a sense not comprised in the senses, but an unexperienced sensation or perception, exposing the senses as dreams, and overriding their supposed certainty and totality by a new dream, or apparent certainty, contradicting the preceding. if this were not possible, then the senses, or the instantaneous judgment which comes out of their sum or the thing conviction, as we call it would be the measure of everything past, present, and to come, which we know it is not. hume

JESSUP MK THE CASE FOR THE UFO

isappeared for keeps, with at least a dozen or two interested observers watching every move of their airship. why? and where to? will remain in a "stasis neutral" living with l-ms& being fed by them until they are of no use& no farther info can be gotten from the. l-ms use a mental probe, now, something like encalphograph. saves much time& sweat with subjects whose psi factoring& or extra-sensory perception is too low for telepathy' 120 fireballs and lights followers of flying saucers are well acquainted with the "foo fighters" reported so extensively during world war ii. because they are modern, and because their presence is so undeniably established and their activities so well catalogued, we shall do nothing with them other than this brief mention in the general category of lights and f

K AMBER THE BASICS OF MAGICK

al 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 2. clairvoyance 3. clairaudience 4. precognition 5. telepathy 6. telempathy 7. psychometry 8. telekinesis 9. teleportation m. sympathetic magic (poppets and such) n. runes o. mediumship, necromancy, and spirit guides p. philtres and poteins q. cleansing, purification, protection and blessing; esxorcism; ligature, binding r. power animals, totems and familiars; shapeshi

not* a radio wave, since it behaves somewhat differently. the psychic force is too weak to be measured directly (at least so far as we know. everyone has some psychic ability. there are numerous types of psychic phenomena. parapsychology separates them into two groups: esp and pk. the basics of magick get any book for free on: www.abika.com 5 examples of esp esp, the abreviation for extra sensory perception, means the reception of information through paranormal means (ie. not regular physical senses of sight, sound, touch, smell, or taste. in theory, this is accomplished by receiving psychic force from outside the body. here are some examples of esp: 1) clairvoyance, or remote viewing- the ability to sense or 'see (non-physically) distant objects, places, and people. individuals who see gh

on and conditioned by that model; even personality. the model is one of the mind's master programs. change in behavior generally requires a change in the model. these limitations built into our way of thinking cause our perceptions to be subjective. that is why hindu philosophy looks upon the world as illusory (maya; the world itself (object) is not an illusion, however from our viewpoint through perception (subject) it is. thus we are all conditioned by experience. except that our perceptions, hence our experiences, are first conditioned and limited by the model. our perceptions and experiences tend to conform to what we expect. we tend to misinterpret or ignore things which do not match our preconcieved notions about them. this is automatic. the true will the basics of magick get any boo

KARR DON NOTES ON EDITIONS OF SEFER YETZIRAH IN ENGLISH

in it (wisdom of the zohar, p. 48) idel: the sources of important concepts of kabbalah, according to franck, were chaldean and persian, that is zoroastrian. notwithstanding this basic assumption on franck s part which was rejected by subsequent research he regarded kabbalah as a uniquely important jewish phenomenon. this diagnosis of the role of kabbalah is strikingly similar to scholem s famous perception of the role of kabbalah as a vital component of judaism (kabbalah: new perspectives, p. 8) waite, arthur edward. the holy kabbalah: a study of the secret tradition in israel as unfolded by sons of the doctrine for the benefit and consolation of the elect dispersed through the lands and ages of the greater exile. london: williams and norgate ltd, 1929; reprinted new hyde park: university

KETAB E SIYAH

ow perceive upon you. like michael's spear is my blade envenomed and not baalzebub's immunity have you to the viper's sting or traitor's chalice. a single scratch alone and you are finished. savour then these last moments as i savour them" then a flash, a crash, and my eyes saw not nor my ears heard for an instant and i believed that it was some great spasm of the storm 283 yet, regaining then my perception i saw that this was not so. in shards about me was my sword and about me fragments of a quadruple scythe once joined as a cross but broken now into a hundred parts and before me like a bear enraged, steadily, yet with most lethal purpose, advanced utanapishtim, mace raised high, mace that had shattered the weapons locked in that embrace of death escaped, upon now unarmed gabriel who stu

e and judgment. for when satan had first touched the mind of man, he called in hell a council and said, the moment is a solemn one, for we have chosen to pass to man our knowledge. many skills shall we all teach him, each in his own fashion, but in three arts must he be well schooled, for the ways of his future lie within their synthesis. thus it is that i call first upon asmodeus to guide man in perception of truth and error, for before him lie great trials, and he shall not face the consequences of his options lightly. and so i came to earth and witnessed man entrapped in the unreason of barbarism and the extremes of his primitive emotions. sore put was he to organize and direct his thought, for the art of uriel had brought him hunger and cold, pain and fear, and the gnawing worm of 458

LAITMAN M BASIC CONCEPTS IN KABBALAH

000 years and studies the connection of the soul with the general governance of the system of worlds and its cycles of life and death. it also states upon what factors our path in this world depends. governance: the study of our world: inanimate, vegetative, and animate levels of nature, their essence, role, and how they are governed by the spiritual world. it studies the upper governance and our perception of nature, time, and space. it researches the upper forces that move material bodies, and the way one s inner force pushes all things, animate and inanimate, to the preordained goal. can one solve this fundamental puzzle of human life without touching upon the question of its source? every human being encounters this question. the search for the goal and the meaning i n t r o d u c t i

h the creator s mind, and become one with the creator. the importance of kabbalah stems from the fact that by studying it, we learn how the worlds were created and how they are governed. by studying the creator s actions and properties, we discover what we should be like in order to unite with him. 50 c h a p t e r 8 t h e l a n g uag e o f k a b b a l a h because our vocabulary is limited by our perception of the world, which is connected to the concepts of time, space, and motion, we have no words to express or convey spiritual concepts. we have developed our whole vocabulary from being in this world, and thus, if we want to use mundane words to name spiritual phenomena, such words are inadequate. it is difficult to find words that explain the experience of spirituality to someone who ha

sefirot: keter, hochma, bina, hesed, gevura, tifferet, netzah, hod, yesod, malchut, and their combinations. in the same way express any thought with a limited number of letters in the alphabet, so are the combinations of the ten sefirot sufficient to describe every spiritual action or object. however, there are three clear boundaries one should always keep in mind, connected to the four levels of perception (or attainment) in our world: matter, form in matter, abstract form, and essence. these four levels of attainment also exist in the ten sefirot. the first boundary: the zohar researches only matter and form in matter, but it in no way concerns itself with abstract form and essence. the second boundary: all that was created consists of three levels: 1. the world ein sof (infinity; 2. the

animate nature in the corporeal world. in both cases, individual movement is absent, and one merely belongs to the all-encompassing general movement of the collective mass of all the inanimate objects and desires. in correspondence to the 613 spiritual laws, the object called nefesh of the world assiya includes individual elements resembling 613 organs of the human body. each of them has a unique perception (pleasure) of the creator s light. however, the differences among the parts remain inconspicuous and the kabbalist perceives only the light s general impact that spreads equally to all parts. although there is no difference between the sefirot from the highest (keter of ak) to the lowest (malchut of assiya, such a difference does exist with respect to the person receiving the light. sef

suffering, and futility. our own misunderstanding of how the world is ruled, and our inability to sense the creator lead us to incomprehension of his governance. indeed, if the world s from the introduction to the study of the ten sefirot 87 governance were revealed, if reward and punishment immediately followed our actions, everyone would be righteous! thus, the only thing we lack is a tangible perception of the governance. this concrete attainment unfolds in four stages: a double concealment of the creator s actions; a single concealment; attainment of cause and effect, reward and punishment; absolute attainment, once it becomes clear that everything was created for the good of all created beings, both good and bad. the creator is actually doubly concealed from human beings in their ini

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ensates for our inability to sense them. thus, through our intellect we can bring ourselves to the point that we can actually experience them. the opposite is also possible: if we sense something and want to examine how this might affect us, positively or negatively, we can analyze the situation with our intellect and join it to our sensation of the object. thus, the mind and the heart expand our perception of time and place until we become unlimited. therefore, a person living in a certain time or place might want to act like someone he or she had heard of, even if there was a great distance from the object of such admiration, either in time or distance. this is why people sometimes want to be like great historic figures. when our will to receive is satisfied, we experience it as pleasure

ke the geological changes occurring in minerals. humankind, however, has gone through substantial changes over time. chapter one: desire is ever ything 39 evolution of the human desire for pleasure the evolution of the desire for pleasure caused man to sense a constant need to develop, to invent, and to discover new things. a greater desire means greater needs, which yield keener intellectual and perception abilities. the growth of the will to receive generated humanity s evolution in the following ways: first, the will to enjoy manifested in physical desires, such as the desire for sustenance, reproduction, and family. these desires have existed since the dawn of humanity. but because man is a social being, additional desires evolved within us, called human desires or social desires, such

erve them. a person who feels that we are all individual parts of the same system, sees service as one s role, one s sustenance, and one s reward. thus, there is a world of difference between these two kinds of pleasure. a person who has acquired the quality of altruism has a different heart and a different mind. such a person s desires and thoughts are so different from ours that even his or her perception of reality is different from that of others. thanks to the altruistic attitude to others, a person abandons the sensation of being a single cell, connects to the common body, and receives sustenance from it. for such a person, the single system that we partake of comes alive, and one begins to feel the eternal life of the comprehensive nature, the energy flow, and the endless pleasure t

on. when a person feels and understands the feelings and the reasons of the eternal nature, one then enters that world and lives within it. such a person stops regarding his or her life as something that is about to end. unity with the eternal nature makes one s sensation of life continue even when one no longer has a life in a biological body. the death of the physical body means that the body s perception of reality has stopped. the five senses cease to transfer information to the brain, and the chapter nine: a reality of wholeness and infinity 139 brain stops projecting the corporeal world-picture on the brain s screen. however, the system of the spiritual perception of reality does not belong to the level of the corporeal world. hence, as soon as one acquires it, it continues to exist

ne s mind and thinks about life from its start to its end. a person who thinks about life is in touch with an entirely different level of nature. one who reaches the sensation of the good and does good at the level of the corrected speaking regards life as more than mere contentment; rather, he or she is in touch with a higher reality, a flow of information and processes. such a person enjoys the perception of nature s wholeness. this liberates one from any limitation, and one ceases to identify one s self with one s body. the thoughts of such people soar to a level of existence beyond the reality perceived in the physical senses, and reach into nature s thought, the eternal, comprehensive field. hence, when the body of such a person expires, one still feels that one s true self continues

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heir very essence. when we study these modes, we realize that the new planetary consciousness is actually an old, perennial consciousness; only now it is being rediscovered. indeed, it is high time that planetary consciousness was rediscovered. we used to think that the typical, normal human consciousness is what we capture with our five senses. we considered everything else imaginary. the common perception was that we ended where our skin ended. other views were considered new age, mystical, or esoteric. ideas that we somehow belong together, that there is a context in which we are parts of a greater whole, have been considered the exception in the history of civilization. but if we look at the history of ideas, we will find that the truth is quite the opposite. the reductionist, mechaint

ering we see around us is not just our own. all other parts of nature also suffer from our wrongful actions. if every part of nature instinctively follows its law, and if only man does not, then man is the only corrupted element in nature. simply put, when we correct ourselves from egoism to altruism, everything else will be corrected, as well xecology, famine, war, and society at large. enhanced perception there is a special bonus to altruism. it may seem as if the only change will be putting others before ourselves, but there are actually far greater benefits. when we begin to kabbalah: then and now 35 think of others, we become integrated with them, and they with us. think of it this way: there are about 6.5 billion people in the world today. what if, instead of having two hands, two le

nce, or total recall and total knowledge. because altruism is the creator s nature, acquiring it equalizes our nature with his, and we begin to think like him. we begin to know why everything happens, when it should happen, and what to do should we want to make it happen differently. in kabbalah, this state is called equivalence of form, and this is the purpose of creation. this state of enhanced perception, of equivalence of form, is why we were created in the first place. this is why we were created united and were then broken xso we could reunite. in the process of uniting, we will learn why nature does what it does, and become as wise as the thought that created it. when we unite with nature, we will feel as eternal and complete as nature. in that state, even when our 36 kabbalah revea

e process of uniting, we will learn why nature does what it does, and become as wise as the thought that created it. when we unite with nature, we will feel as eternal and complete as nature. in that state, even when our 36 kabbalah revealed bodies die, we will feel that we continue to exist in the eternal nature. physical life and death will no longer affect us because our previous self-centered perception will have been replaced with a whole, altruistic perception. our own lives will have become the life of the whole of nature. the time is now the book of zohar, the bible of kabbalah, was written approximately 2,000 years ago. it states that toward the end of the 20th century, humankind s egoism will soar to unprecedented intensity. as we have seen before, the more we want, the emptier w

e thought of creation xto give pleasure to the creature xis the root of creation. for this reason, the thought of creation is called the root phase or phase zero, and the desire to receive the pleasure is named phase one. kabbalists also refer to the creator as the will to bestow, and to the creature as the will to receive delight and pleasure or simply the will to receive. we will talk about our perception of the creator later on, but what s important at this point is that kabbalists always tell us what they perceive. they don t tell us that the creator has a desire to give; they tell us that what they see of the creator is that he has a desire to give, and this is why they called him the will to bestow. because they also discovered in themselves a desire to receive the pleasure he wants

LAITMAN M KABBALAH ATTAINING THE WORLDS BEYOND

cquaint yourself with your reactions and attitudes towards the same text on different occasions. disagreeing with the material is always positive, as is agreeing with it. the most important aspect of reading the text is your response to it. a feeling of disagreement indicates you have reached the preliminary stage (achoraim, the backside) of understanding, which prepares you for the next stage of perception (panim, face. it is precisely through this slow meaningful manner of reading that you can develop feelings, or "vessels (kelim. these are necessary for us to receive spiritual sensations. once the vessels are in place, the upper light will be able to enter them. prior to their formation, the light merely exists around you, surrounding your soul, although you cannot perceive it. this tex

e wants us to be. we would not have the least concern for ourselves, and would give no thought to ourselves. in fact, we would cease to be aware of our own selves and would transfer all our feelings from ourselves to him, trying to approach him and to live by his thoughts and his will. perceiving the creator- 17- from the above, it should be clear that the only element lacking in our world is our perception of the creator. the attainment of such a perception should be our sole purpose in this world. this is the one goal we should spare no effort to achieve, for only when we can perceive the creator can we receive his help. this would save us from both the calamities of this life and from a spiritual death, thereby according us spiritual immortality without having to return to this world. t

attainment of such a perception should be our sole purpose in this world. this is the one goal we should spare no effort to achieve, for only when we can perceive the creator can we receive his help. this would save us from both the calamities of this life and from a spiritual death, thereby according us spiritual immortality without having to return to this world. themethod of searching for our perception of the creator is known as "kabbalah" our perception of the creator is called "faith" however, we often mistakenly believe that faith implies groping in the dark, without seeing or perceiving the creator. in fact, faith means exactly the opposite. according to kabbalah, the light of the creator that fills a person, the light of the connection to the creator, the light that gives a feeli

ch magnitude, it has often been worse than death itself. who, if not the creator, is the source of that suffering? throughout history, how many individuals have been willing to suffer and endure any pain in order to attain superior wisdom and to achieve spiritual elevation? how many of them voluntarily subjected themselves to unbearable agonies for the sake of finding at least a drop of spiritual perception and understanding of the higher force, and for the sake of uniting with the creator to become his servant? yet they all lived out their lives without ever receiving a response, and without any visible achievements. they left this world with nothing, just as they had come into it. why did the creator ignore their prayers? why did he turn away from them and scorn their suffering? all of t

ties of the creator. only then did they realize that they could unite with the creator only while in the depth of their suffering. only then could they grasp oneness with the creator, since his presence was there, as well as the "drop of unification" with him. at the moment of experiencing this insight, the light became evident to them and filled their wounds. precisely because of these wounds of perception and cognizance, and because of the terrible, soul-tormenting contradictions, the creator himself filled these people with such an unbounded, wonderful bliss that nothing more perfect could be imagined. all of this was given to make them feel there was some value to their suffering and agony. it was required in order for them to experience the ultimate perfection. once having achieved th

LAITMAN M KABBALAH SCIENCE AND THE MEANING OF LIFE

pierre simon laplace (1749-1827) as he sought to explain to napoleon how our solar system had been formed. when napoleon asked him about god s place in the process, laplace replied: je n'avais pas besoin de cette hypoth se-l( i did not need this hypothesis there. thus, science left no room for the existence of other aspects beyond its own limits, including those realities that are hidden from our perception. everyone believed that humanity had discovered the necessary measures to know the world as it really was. in the late 1800s, it seemed that classical physics had provided researchers with a complete set of laws for every natural phenomenon. many researchers maintained that these laws would help them explain even the few phenomena that remained mysteries. since physics has always been c

ity. this is the stage of the evolution of desires that humanity has reached today. this is the background for the appearance of the wisdom of kabbalah, which offers humanity a new perspective, a scientific worldview that kabbalists discovered thousands of years ago. our current desire to know all of reality shows that humanity is ready to be exposed to kabbalah. f o r e wo r d 13 the kabbalistic perception of the world includes premises that other religions accept on faith, coupled with a scientific approach. kabbalah develops tools within us that welcome us into a comprehensive reality and provide means to research it. kabbalah, science and the meaning of life presents the fundamentals of the science that explores the aspects of reality hidden from scientists. when we discover those hidd

the aspects of reality hidden from scientists. when we discover those hidden parts, our knowledge of the world we live in will be complete. by uniting both the hidden and the revealed, we will prepare ourselves for accurate scientific research and the discovery of the genuine formulae. by uncovering the hidden, our view of the world will become complete, liberated from the boundaries of relative perception and we will be able to unveil the existence of every part of reality, beyond time, space and motion. the wisdom of kabbalah grants all the above to anyone who truly seeks it. this book is based on talks given by the author and compiled by his students. 14 15 kabbalah meets quantum physics 16 a unique scientific conference was held in san francisco, california in march, 2005, introducing

efore, we perceive only a part of everything around us. for example, right now there are numerous waves outside us, but we can only perceive one of them, the wave that we are attuned to perceive. hence, we perceive external conditions according to our internal qualities. if we have nothing in common with the outside world, we will not perceive or feel any of it. kabbalah speaks extensively of our perception of time, space, and motion. why does it seem to us that reality expands, that it is at a certain distance from us? what is the source of our perpetual sense of movement and change? is this a result of interp r e s e n t i n g k a b b a l a h 23 nal processes that we are experiencing, or does it exist regardless of them? the more we progress in the study of our internal being, the more w

me, space, and motion. why does it seem to us that reality expands, that it is at a certain distance from us? what is the source of our perpetual sense of movement and change? is this a result of interp r e s e n t i n g k a b b a l a h 23 nal processes that we are experiencing, or does it exist regardless of them? the more we progress in the study of our internal being, the more we find that our perception of reality depends on us. once humankind sufficiently evolves in knowledge, science, and technology, we will be able to perceive what the wisdom of kabbalah has to offer. the wisdom of kabbalah says that around us there is only the upper light, a single force in a permanent, unchanging state. nothing exists besides this upper light. in such a state, the words existent or nonexistent mea

ng of the learning process is the same. that is why in our introductory courses there is no difference between the method provided for men and for women. later on, if a person goes deeper into the study of the actual kabbalah, the difference in the method becomes apparent. men and women begin to feel the world differently, because men and women are indeed two different worlds and have a different perception of creation. i n n e r l i s t e n i n g q: i ve begun to take an interest in kabbalah. i want to start studying, but i m told it s dangerous. what exactly is the danger in studying kabbalah? a: a great many people tried to deter me from kabbalah: they were religious, secular, jews and non-jews alike, and strangers and relatives. i tried to fight the craving to know the purpose of my li

erything is seen in a new way, reminding us of the creator. why is superfluous material out of bounds? a: although everything in the world does point to the creator, we are unable to see it. in order to see, we must know the right direction, have a correct approach to reality, and learn the fundamentals of the universal design and the rules of its development, its goal, and the limitations of our perception. once this is accomplished, we may travel anywhere, though we will lose interest in such travels, since we ll immediately discover the limitations of other approaches to life compared with that of kabbalah. we will see that everything else is just common psychology devised by ordinary people, not by kabbalists. genuine texts such as the psalms can be read today, but one should try to in

l acquire confidence, and the will leave. there cannot be disappointments if the perfect and leads you to him. so all you need to do is to demand to feel him! t h e awa k e n i n g o f f e e l i n g s q: ever since i was a kid, i believed my feelings weren t real. they in me a sensation of boredom and a desire to escape them. i want to feel something real! a: this is a correct of the we feel. the is not felt for what it is, but more like a , as david wrote, when the brought back those that returned to , we were like unto them that (psalms 126, 1. when the returns us to him, we feel that until that time, we were . u n n e c e s s a r y f e a r s q: is there something i should not touch while i am working on