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to this card you will want to give serious consideration and interpretation. the card to the right of the reading indicates "what is the probable outcome if i perform__gical act or__ysical act." tis card will tell you karmically, the probable outcome. in addition, it will give you some idea as to the mundane effect. for example, the star card would indicate a very positive outcome both on the physical plane and on the spiritual plane. if in your judgment both cards are equally positive, then the card on the left-hand side of the reading is moved next to the card on the right-hand side of the reading. in other words it is a go. it is significant that by doing a magical ritual or the act, you will have a very positive outcome. if both cards are negative, it requires you study the influen

ALEISTER CROWLEY BOOK OF LIES

ht and night in love. n.o.x. the night of pan; and laylah, the night before his threshold [68] commentary( kappa-theta) chapter 29 continues chapter 28. note that the word laylah is the arabic for "night. the author begins to identify the beloved with the n.o.x. previously spoken of. the chapter is called "the southern cross, because, book of lies get any book for free on: www.abika.com 66 on the physical plane, laylah is an australian [69] 30 kappa-epsilon-phi-alpha-lambda-eta lambda john-a-dreams dreams are imperfections of sleep; even so is consciousness the imperfection of waking. dreams are impurities in the circulation of the blood; book of lies get any book for free on: www.abika.com 67 even so is consciousness a disorder of life. dreams are without proportion, without good sense, w

ALEISTER CROWLEY THE SWORD OF SONG

rrot. the old lady stopped her ears. wring its neck! she said. the parrot was only eight years old. vii. you re a muddle and an idiot! said the infuriated god. why not make him a spiritual thing? a nat2 lives 10,000 years. make him a nat then! said the magician, already beginning to fear that fate would be too strong for him, in spite of all his cunning. there s some one working against us on the physical plane. we must transcend it. no sooner said than done: 1 o the jewel in the lotus! aum! the most famous of the buddhist formularies. 2 the burmese name for an elemental spirit. the three characteristics 105 a family of nats in a big tree at anuradhapura had a little stranger, very welcome to mamma and papa nat. blessed indeed was the family. fiveand- forty feet1 away stood a most ancient

ALICE A BAILEY01 THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF THE ATOM

ed upon the different kingdoms of nature, and traced the development of the soul or the psyche in all of them. of the atom we have already predicated intelligence, or discriminative power, and we found that in the building up of forms in the mineral, vegetable, and animal kingdoms what we understand as sensation begins to appear, and we then have the rudiments of embryonic emotion, or feeling the physical plane reflection of love. thus we have one aspect of the threefold nature of god, intelligence demonstrating through the atom; and through the form we have the love, or attractive quality manifesting. this can also be expressed in the recognition that in these two aspects of the central divine life you have the third person of the logoic trinity co-operating with the second; you have the

through touch, but it is only when sight or conscious recognition comes in that the relation between the two is established. two more senses are utilised by the self in making its contacts, those of taste and smell, but they are not so essential to the development of intelligent awareness as are the other three. through these five senses we make every contact that it is possible to make upon the physical plane; through them we learn, we grow, we become aware, and we develop; through them all the great instincts are evolved; they are the great protective senses, not only enabling us to contact our environment, but also protecting us from that environment. having, then, learnt to be intelligent units by means of these five senses, and having, through their medium, expanded our consciousness

consciousness of the atom copyright 1998 lucis trust ourselves the ability to respond to the divine in our brother. we usually see only that which is bad and coarse, and are cognisant principally of our brother's faults. we are insensitive, yet, to the best people. another development will be that we shall be able to function consciously on all planes of being. we function consciously now on the physical plane, and there are a few people who are able to function equally consciously on the next subtler plane, that which is called the astral plane (a word i very much dislike, as it conveys no real meaning to our minds) or the plane of the emotional nature, on which a man is active when out of the physical body, in the hours of sleep or immediately after death. very few human beings can func

y being recognised somewhat) is the development of the ability to- 47- the consciousness of the atom copyright 1998 lucis trust see in subtler matter. everywhere there are children being born who see more than you or i can. i am here referring to something that is based purely on material grounds, and concerns the physical eye. i refer to etheric vision, which is seeing in the finer matter of the physical plane, or in that which is called the ethers. much interesting work has been done along this line by students and scientists in california. dr. frederick finch strong has been working along this line in a valuable way, and teaching that the physical eye is capable of seeing etherically, and that etheric vision is the normal function of the eye. what will the development of this faculty me

we have developed the powers of the soul, and have unfolded its potentialities, we shall be true psychics. now what are those powers? all i can do to-night is to enumerate a few out of the many- 49- the consciousness of the atom copyright 1998 lucis trust one is the conscious control of matter. the majority of us control our physical bodies consciously, making them carry out our behests upon the physical plane. some of us control our emotions consciously, but very few of us can control the mind. most of us are controlled by our desires, and by our thoughts. but the time is coming when we shall consciously control our threefold lower nature. time will then not exist for us at all. we shall have that continuity of consciousness upon the three planes of being physical, emotional, and mental

ALICE A BAILEY02 INITIATION HUMAN AND SOLAR

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

ter it is an utter impossibility for us to do more than get a general idea of the scheme; hence the futility of dogmatism. we can do no more than sense a fraction of some wonderful whole, utterly beyond the reach of our consciousness, a whole that the highest angel or perfected being is but beginning to realise. when we recognise the fact that the average man is as yet fully conscious only on the physical plane, nearly conscious on the emotional plane, and only developing the consciousness of the mental plane, it is obvious that his comprehension of cosmic data can be but rudimentary. when- 5- initiation, human and solar copyright 1998 lucis trust we recognise the further fact, that to be conscious on a plane and to have control on that plane are two very different conditions, it becomes a

a large scale, and not from the standpoint of the individual. when viewed from the individual standpoint it has come to be narrowed down to the moment wherein the evolving unit definitely apprehends that (by dint of his own effort, aided by the advice and suggestions of the watching teachers of the race) he has reached a point wherein a certain range of knowledge of a subjective nature, from the physical plane point of view, is his. it is in the nature of that experience wherein a pupil in a school realises suddenly that he has mastered a lesson, and that the rationale of a subject, and the method of procedure, are his to use intelligently. these moments of intelligent apprehension follow the evolving monad throughout his long pilgrimage. what has been misinterpreted somewhat at this stag

fostering of the various attributes of divinity, the tending of the seed of self-consciousness in all beings, is the work of those entities who have achieved, who have entered into the fifth kingdom and who have there made their great decision, and that inconceivable renunciation which leads them to stay within the planetary scheme, and thus co-operate with the plans of the planetary logos on the physical plane. to transmit the will of the planetary logos they act as the transmitter to men and devas or angels, of the will of the planetary logos, and through him of the solar logos. each planetary scheme, ours amongst the others, is a centre in the body logoic, and is expressing some form of energy or force. each centre expresses its particular type of force, demonstrated in a triple manner

thing that men need to know and to realise as a basic fact is that this hierarchy is composed of those who have triumphed over matter, and who have achieved the goal by the very self-same steps that individuals tread today. these spiritual personalities, these adepts and- 16- initiation, human and solar copyright 1998 lucis trust masters, have wrestled and fought for victory and mastery upon the physical plane, and struggled with the miasmas, the fogs, the dangers, the troubles, the sorrows and pains of everyday living. they have trodden every step of the path of suffering, have undergone every experience, have surmounted every difficulty, and have won out. these elder brothers of the race have one and all undergone the crucifixion of the personal self, and know that utter renunciation of

ALICE A BAILEY04 A TREATISE ON COSMIC FIRE

suffused himself through all the world; to the god who is in summer plants and in the lords of the forest; to that god be adoration, adoration" sh vet upanishad, ii.17. introduction the story of the many years of telepathic work by the tibetan with alice a. bailey is revealed in her unfinished autobiography, published in 1951. this includes the circumstances of her first contact with him, on the physical plane, which took place in california in november 1919. thirty years' work was planned. when this had been accomplished, and within thirty days after that period, mrs. bailey gained her release from the limitations of the physical vehicle. the autobiography also contains certain statements by the tibetan in regard to his work and some information as to the reasons why it was undertaken. i

9. thirty years' work was planned. when this had been accomplished, and within thirty days after that period, mrs. bailey gained her release from the limitations of the physical vehicle. the autobiography also contains certain statements by the tibetan in regard to his work and some information as to the reasons why it was undertaken. in the early stages the work involved careful attention to the physical plane conditions which might best help to make the telepathic process more successful. but during the latter years the technique was so perfected and the etheric mechanism of a.a.b. so skilfully attuned and adjusted that the whole process was- 1- copyright 1998 lucis trust practically effortless, and the reality and practical usefulness of telepathic interplay was demonstrated to an uniqu

in comprehensible terms, and to point out the next step forward in the understanding of the true psychology. it is an elucidation of the relation existing between spirit and matter, which relation demonstrates as consciousness. it will be found that the treatise deals primarily with the aspect of mind, with consciousness and with the higher psychology, and less with matter as we know of it on the physical plane. the danger involved in giving out information concerning the various energies of atomic matter is too great, and the race as yet too selfish to be entrusted with these potencies. man is already, through the able work of the scientists, discovering the needed knowledge with adequate rapidity. the emphasis in this book will be found to be laid upon those forces which are responsible

tencies. man is already, through the able work of the scientists, discovering the needed knowledge with adequate rapidity. the emphasis in this book will be found to be laid upon those forces which are responsible for the objective manifestation of a solar logos and of man, and only in the first section will indication be given as to the nature of those energies which are strictly confined to the physical plane. thirdly, to show the coherent development of all that is found within a solar system; to demonstrate that everything which exists evolves (from the lowest form of life at the densest point of concretion up to the highest and most tenuous manifestation) and that all forms are but the expression of a stupendous and divine existence. this expression is caused by the blending of two di

s the corporeal frame and demonstrates also in the twofold manner: first, as latent heat which is the basis of life of the spheroidal cell, or atom, and of its rotary adjustment to all other cells. second, as active heat or prana; this animates all, and is the driving force of the evolving form. it shows itself in the four ethers and in the gaseous state, and a correspondence is here found on the physical plane in connection with man to the akasha and its fivefold manifestation on the plane of the solar system. this fire is the basic vibration of the little system in which the monad or human spirit is the logos, and it holds the personality or lower material man in objective manifestation thus permitting the spiritual unit to contact the plane of densest matter. it has its correspondence i

ALICE A BAILEY05 THE LIGHT OF THE SOUL

entually find its greatest demonstration in the west. this is owing to the fact that under cyclic law the fifth root race (in its fifth subrace) must inevitably touch its highest point. that point, in the economy of the races, is seen exemplified in the right use of the mind and its utilisation by the soul for the achievement of group objectives and the development of group consciousness upon the physical plane- 1- copyright 1998 lucis trust hitherto the mind has either been prostituted to material ends or has been deified. through the science of raja yoga, the mind will be known as the instrument of the soul and the means whereby the brain of the aspirant becomes illuminated and knowledge gained of those matters which concern the realm of the soul. under the law of evolution likewise, the

rs 1965 and 2025. towards this end the adepts of the east and of the west are unitedly working, for they follow always the law. this coming impulse is (as was that in the time of the buddha) a second ray impulse, and has no relation to any first ray impulse, such as that which brought forth h. p. blavatsky. first ray impulses rise in the first quarter of each century and reach their climax on the physical plane during the last quarter. the interest now shown in raja yoga and the study of this science and the rules it provides for man's unfoldment, is indicative of the general trend of this rising second ray impulse. this interest will be increasingly shown. thus comes the day of opportunity. there are three books which should be in the hands of every student, the bhagavad gita, the new tes

1998 lucis trust perfect" step by step there is unfolded for us a graded system of development, leading a man from the stage of average good man, through those of aspirant, initiate and master on to that exalted point in evolution at which the christ now stands. john, the beloved disciple, has said that "we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is" and the revelation of the soul to man in physical plane incarnation works ever the great transformation. christ himself has said that "greater works than i do shall ye do" holding out to us the promise of the "kingdom, the power and the glory" provided our aspiration and endurance suffice to carry us along the thorny way of the cross, and enable us to tread that path which "leads up hill all the way" to the summit of the mount of transfi

should remember that uncontrolled desire and an unregulated mind shut off the light of the soul and negate spiritual consciousness. union is impossible as long as the barriers exist, and the master therefore directs the attention of the student (at the beginning of his instruction) to the practical work to be done in liberating this light so that it may "shine forth in a dark place" i. e, on the physical plane. it should be borne in mind that, occultly speaking, when the lower nature is controlled it can manifest the higher. when the second aspect of the lower personal self, the emotional body, is subjugated or transmuted then the christ light (the second aspect egoic) can be seen. later, in its light, the monad, the father, the one, will stand revealed. equally, when the first aspect of

interpreted through the subsequent assent of the intuition and the reason. 5. right transmission to the physical brain of that which has been perceived; the testimony of the sixth sense is correctly interpreted, and the evidence is transmitted with occult accuracy. result: correct reaction of the physical brain to the transmitted knowledge. when the process is studied and followed, the man on the physical plane becomes increasingly aware of the things of the soul, and the mysteries of the soul realm or the "kingdom of god" all group concerns and the nature of group consciousness are revealed to him. it will be noted that these rules are even now regarded somewhat as essential premises where all accurate testimony is under consideration in world affairs. when these same rules are carried fo

ALICE A BAILEY07 FROM INTELLECT TO INTUITION

tuit truth which the best minds evidence, lacks much. if it leaves its students with closed and static minds, it has left them without the equipment to touch that intangible and finest "four-fifths of life" which dr. wiggam tells us, lies outside the realm of scientific training altogether.6(18) the door must be opened for those who can go beyond the academic training of the mind with relation to physical plane living. the success of the future of the race is bound up 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 hig

ace in the new age. first: in the eastern system, it is assumed that within every human form dwells an entity, a being, called the self or soul. second: this self utilizes the form of the human being as its instrument or means of expression, and through the sum total of the mental and emotional states will eventually manifest itself, utilizing the physical body as its functioning mechanism on the physical plane. finally, the control of these means of expression is brought about under the law of rebirth. through the evolutionary process (carried forward through many lives in a physical body) the self gradually builds a fit instrument through which to manifest, and learns to master it. thus the self or soul becomes truly creative and self-conscious in the highest sense and active in its envi

evelopment. mystical development standardization. uniqueness mass education .s pecialized training science. religion memory training. meditation investigation. reflection yet the cause is basically one a method of education. both are also fundamentally right, yet both are needed to supplement and complement each other. the education of the masses of the orient will lead to the rectifying of their physical plane problems which call aloud for solution. a wide general system of education reaching down among the illiterate masses of the people in asia is the outstanding need. the culturing of the individual in the west, and the grafting upon his body of imposed knowledge, of a technique of soul culture, as it has come to us from the orient, will lift and salvage our civilization which is so fa

copyright 1998 lucis trust mental mechanism is at first entirely objective in its orientation, and swings into activity through impacts coming to it from the outer world, via the senses. becoming increasingly positive, it slowly and surely begins to dominate the other phenomenal aspects of man until the personality, in all its four aspects, is completed and unified as a functioning entity on the physical plane. when this happens, a crisis is reached and new developments and unfoldments become possible. all this time, the two energies of the soul, life and mind, have been working through the vehicles, without the man being aware of their source or purpose. as a result of their work, he is now an intelligent, active, high-grade human being. but, as browning puts it "in completed man begins

vision. the higher correspondences of the lower physical and psychical powers are brought into functioning activity through meditation, and so supersede their lower expressions. these powers unfold normally and naturally. this they do, not because they are desired and consciously developed, but because as the inner god assumes control and dominates his bodies, his powers become apparent upon the physical plane and potentialities will then demonstrate forth as known realities. the true mystic does not concern himself with the powers and faculties, but only with the possessor of those powers. he concentrates upon the self, and not upon the potencies of that self. as he merges himself more and more in the reality who is himself, the powers of the soul will begin to demonstrate normally, safe

ALICE A BAILEY08 A TREATISE ON WHITE MAGIC

ever into more esoteric and inner realms. these three aspects are seen in man, the divine unit of life. first he recognises them in himself; then he sees them in every form in his environment, and finally he learns to relate these aspects of himself to the similar aspects in other forms of divine manifestation. correct relation between forms will result in the harmonising and right adjustment of physical plane life. correct response to one's environment will result in correct rapport with the soul aspect, hidden in every form, and- 14- a treatise on white magic copyright 1998 lucis trust will produce right relations between the various parts of the inner nervous structure to be found in every kingdom of nature, subhuman and superhuman. this is as yet practically unknown but is rapidly com

the only way in which we can get an appreciation of the process followed in the expansion of the divine consciousness in man is to study the relation of the mind and the brain and note what follows when the brain becomes the intelligent instrument of the mind; then study the relation of the soul to the mind and what eventuates when man is directed by his soul and utilises the mind to control the physical plane activities through the medium of the brain. in these three soul, mind and brain we have the analogy and the clue to the understanding of spirit, soul and body, and their mutual functions. this was the subject matter of the book, the light of the sou1. upon the perfecting of the conditions dealt with in that book there follows still another expansion when the spirit aspect, man's ema

aracteristics, pursuing its own instinctual life and working as a whole towards something higher and better. a. therefore the soul is that which gives distinctive characteristics and differing form manifestations. b. the soul plays upon matter, forcing it to assume certain shapes, to respond to certain vibrations and to build those specified phenomenal forms which we recognise in the world of the physical plane as mineral, vegetable, animal and human, and for the initiate certain other forms as well. 4. the qualities, vibrations, colours, and characteristics in all the kingdoms of nature are soul qualities, as are the latent powers in any form seeking expression, and demonstrating potentiality. in their sum total at the close of the evolutionary period, they will reveal what is the nature

, as it energises and acts throughout the physical man is the correspondence to the energy of spirit. 13. in the head we have the analogy to the spirit aspect, the directing will, the monad, the one: a. the brain with its five ventricles is the analogy to the physical form which the spirit animates in connection with man, that fivefold sum total which is the medium through which the spirit on the physical plane has to express itself. b. the three glands in the head are closely related to the soul or psychic nature (higher and lower. c. the two eyes are the physical plane correspondences to the monad, who is will and love-wisdom, or atma-buddhi, according to the occult terminology. 14. in the upper body we have an analogy to the triple soul nature. a. the throat, corresponding to the third

breath of life, is the correspondence of spirit. 15. in the lower torso again we have this triple system carried out- 28- a treatise on white magic copyright 1998 lucis trust a. the sex organs, the creative aspect, the fashioner of the body. b. the stomach, as the physical manifestation of the solar plexus is the analogy to the soul nature. c. the spleen, the receiver of energy and therefore the physical plane expression of the centre which receives this energy is the analogy to the energising spirit. the vital body is the expression of the soul energy and has the following function: 1. it unifies and links into one whole the sum total of all forms. 2. it gives to every form its particular quality, and this is due to: a. the type of matter drawn into that particular part of the web of lif

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

not be estimated, but unless there is a key idea interjected into the whole field of thought, it will fall of its own weight, and produce- 10- a treatise on the seven rays- volume i: esoteric psychology i copyright 1998 lucis trust (as it is already producing) problems, complexes and diseases of the mind which are direct results of its own methods. the knowledge we now have of how men work on the physical plane as integrated personalities, and of how they can be expected to work, given certain conditions, is broad and sound, and the wideness of its grasp can be somewhat gauged if we compare what we know today with what was known a hundred and fifty years ago. but it has been largely based upon a study of the abnormal, and upon the form aspect (this latter being the true scientific method

ychology and enrich its content with that esoteric psychology which deals with the soul or self, the ensouling entity within the form. c. the third effect of the study of these rays should be twofold. not only shall we understand somewhat the inner side of history, not only shall we gain an idea of the divine qualities emerging from the three aspects and determining the forms of expression on the physical plane, but we shall have a practical method of analysis whereby we can arrive at a right understanding of ourselves as ensouling entities, and at a wiser comprehension of our fellowmen. when, through our study, we ascertain for instance that the tendency of our soul ray is that of will or power, but that the ray governing the personality is that of devotion, we can more truly gauge our op

brought together into a synthesis in the manifested universe and in man incarnate, and the result of this synthesis is sevenfold, producing seven types of qualified forms which emerge on all planes and in all kingdoms. it must be remembered that all the planes which we, from our little point of view, regard as formless are not really so. our seven planes are but the seven subplanes of the cosmic physical plane. we shall not deal with the planes, except in their relation to man's unfoldment, nor shall we deal with the macrocosm, or with the developing life of the cosmic christ. we shall confine our attention entirely to man and to his psychological reactions to the qualified forms in three directions: to those in the subhuman kingdoms in nature, to those with whom he associates in the huma

as the builders of the system. the great mystery, which is finally revealed in the higher initiations, is the relation of a ray to a planet. therefore seek not full information at this time. the influence of this sixth lord is now passing out. 7. the lord of ceremonial order or magic is now coming into power and is slowly but surely making his pressure felt. his influence is most potent upon the physical plane, for there is a close numerical interrelation between (for instance) the lord of the seventh ray and the seventh plane, the physical, just as the seventh root race will see complete conformity to and a perfect expression of law and order. this ray of order and its incoming is partially responsible for the present tendency in world affairs toward governmental dictatorship and the imp

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

ALICE A BAILEY10 FROM BETHLEHEM TO CALVARY

e symbolism of esotericism the word "river" frequently means discrimination. we have seen that water symbolises the emotional nature, and that the purification in jordan, through baptism, typifies the complete cleansing of all feeling, of all wishes and of that desire life which is the determining factor with most people. the first initiation symbolises the dedication of the physical body and the physical plane life to the soul. the second initiation stands for the demonstrated control and consecration to divinity of the desire nature, with its emotional reactions and its potent "wish life" a new factor now enters in, the discriminating faculty of the mind. by means of it, the disciple can bring the mental life under control and dedicate it to the life of the kingdom of god, which is consu

f. modern science has told us that there is nothing visible or invisible which is not energy, and that every form is simply an aggregate of energy units in constant ceaseless motion, to which we have to adjust ourselves and in which we "live and move and have our being."39 such is the outer form of deity, and we are part of it. maya is vital in character, and we know little of its effect upon the physical plane (with all that that term connotes, and upon the human being "glamour" refers to the world of emotional being and of desire, in which all forms dwell. it is this glamour which colours all our lives and produces false values, wrong desires, needless so-called necessities, our worries, anxieties and cares; but glamour is age-old, and has us in so close a grip that there seems little we

forms would be free from death a kingdom of which the man released from the cross should be the symbol. we thus complete the entire circle, from the man in space, with arms outspread in the form of a cross, through the sequence of crucified saviours, telling us again and again what god had done for the universe until we arrive at the culminating son of god who carried the symbolism down on to the physical plane, in all its stages. he then rose from the dead to tell us that the long task of evolution had at last reached its final phase if we so choose, and if we are ready to do as he did pay the price, and, passing through the gates of death, attain to a joyful resurrection. st. paul sought to bring this truth home to us, though his words have been so often distorted through translation and

takes on a different meaning. it becomes a mystical experience, a form of initiation, finding its culminating point in the crucifixion. all previous lesser renunciations prepare us for the great renunciation; all earlier deaths are but the prelude for the stupendous episode of dying. death brings us release temporary perhaps, though eventually permanent from the body nature, from existence on the physical plane and its visible experience. it is a setting free from limitation; and whether one believes (as many millions do) that death is only an interlude in a life of steadily accumulating experience, or the end of all such experience (as many other millions hold, there is no denying the fact that it marks a definite transition from one state of consciousness into another. if one believes in

d-conscious and god-conscious. his lines of contact are clearly delineated in both directions: he is interested not in himself, but in god and his fellowmen, and his duty to god is worked out through the love he feels and shows for those around him. he knows no barriers and recognises no divisions; he is living as a soul in every aspect of his nature, through his mind and his emotions, and on the physical plane of life. he works through love and in love; and because of the love of god. a close study of the gospel story and a spirited attention to the words of christ will make apparent that the three outstanding characteristics of his work and the three main lines of his activity are intended to be ours also. these three are, as we have seen, first, the achieving of perfection and its demon

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

l the inherent purpose of god. it is this that determines the quality. the soul embodies that purpose and will of god as it expresses itself in seven aspects. the monad expresses the same purpose as it exists, unified in the mind of god himself. this is a form of words conveying practically nothing to the average thinker. as these three expressions of the one great life are realised by man on the physical plane, he begins to tune in consciously on the emerging plan of deity, and the whole story of the creative process becomes the story of god's realised purpose. in the first place, as the third aspect is consciously developed, man arrives at a knowledge of matter, of substance and of outer creative activity. then he passes on to a realisation of the underlying qualities which the form is i

tise on cosmic fire, which deals specifically with the creative process and with manifestation. it deals therefore with the outer personality expression of that great all-encompassing life, which we call god, for lack of a better term. we need to bear in mind that our universe (as far as the highest human consciousness can as yet conceive of it) is to be found on the seven subplanes of the cosmic physical plane, and that our highest type of energy, embodying for us the purest expression of spirit, is but the force manifestation of the first subplane of the cosmic physical plane. we are dealing, therefore, as far as consciousness is concerned, with what might be regarded symbolically as the brain reaction and response to cosmic purpose, the brain reaction of god himself. in man, the microco

ven- 7- a treatise on the seven rays- volume ii: esoteric psychology ii copyright 1998 lucis trust unfoldment and an unbalanced condition. there is frequently the theory of unfoldment, and a mental grasp anent the facts of the initiatory process before they are practiced experimentally in the daily life and thus psychologically integrated into the practical expression of the living process on the physical plane. herein lies much danger and difficulty, and also much loss of time. the mental grasp of the individual is ofttimes much greater than his power to express the knowledge, and we have consequently those outstanding failures and those difficult situations which have brought the whole question of initiation into disrepute. many people are regarded as initiates who are only endeavoring t

rtain formulas which are used when passing from one degree in masonry to another, as in raising a lodge from a lower to a higher degree. b. another such point of crisis occurs when the mental body is swept into activity and the etheric body is similarly vitalised. 2. relationship between the ego or soul and the dense physical body is established when a. matter of the three lowest subplanes of the physical plane is built into the etheric body, prior to physical incarnation, and the potential channels of communication and of exit are established. these are the main channel or line of communication found between the centre at the base of the spine and that in the head, via the spleen. b. a corresponding activity takes place in the process of liberation upon the path of return in which the bri

ine of communication found between the centre at the base of the spine and that in the head, via the spleen. b. a corresponding activity takes place in the process of liberation upon the path of return in which the bridge (or the antaskarana) is established between the lower mental body, the causal body, and the higher mental worlds. when the work under the first category is accomplished upon the physical plane and its technique is understood, man can then achieve escape from the physical body in full, waking continuity of consciousness. when a similar work has taken place on the higher plane and the "bridge" is satisfactorily built, then the "initiate" can escape from the limitations of form life and enter into that state of consciousness called nirvana, by the buddhist. this high state o

ALICE A BAILEY12 DISCIPLESHIP IN THE NEW AGE VOLUME I

in united group meditation or in the contemplative life (wherein the soul knows itself to be one with all souls) must work out in some form of group activity. this should demonstrate at once in the group itself and later on when the unification is more complete in the world at large. it is in this way that the masters' ashrams will be externalised on earth and the hierarchy function openly on the physical plane and not behind the scenes as hitherto. then will come the restoration of the mysteries. part ii the question might here be asked: how can this work out practically in a group of disciples all of them individuals but all sincerely anxious to cooperate and aid in this work? let me try and give a clear reply. you have undertaken voluntarily to work together when proffered the opportuni

etheric force body and of the physical brain are not felt. needless to say the fundamental relation is on soul levels. the fact that the etheric body and the physical brain lie outside these basic relations where the ashram is concerned leads to greater facility in understanding and to reciprocal interplay. it is wise to remember, however, that the astral potency is far more strongly felt on the physical plane than elsewhere and hence the major emphasis laid upon emotional-desire control in all treatises on discipleship or on preparation for that state. it is not easy for the average beginner on the path of discipleship to grasp this or to see the necessity for the rules and suggestions made. for some people to conform to rule and discipline is not easy unless it is entirely self-initiate

s as far as is reasonably possible and not by adapting the requirements to his life. flexibility within certain limits is always needed but that flexibility must not be set in motion by any personality inertia or mental questioning. a change in this relationship between disciples is now being made. an attempt is being set on foot to see if a group activity and interplay can now be set up upon the physical plane, involving consequently the use of the etheric body and the brain. the difficulties confronting you are, therefore, great and i am anxious that you should realise this. will you realise, for instance, that any differences of opinion which may occur in the relations of this group of disciples will be caused by astral-brain reactions and, therefore, must not be considered of any impor

n unbroken rhythm and demonstrating spontaneously and naturally this will be the glory of the new age. to see the link of pure love and of soul relation, realised and utilised in group form and work is indeed new and the attainment of this is the ideal which i set before this group of my disciples. if this group measures up to the vision as it exists in my mind, there will be established upon the physical plane focal points of specialised force through which the hierarchy can work with greater surety than heretofore. there will (through this and analogous groups) be set in motion on earth a network of spiritual energies which will facilitate the regeneration of the world. the influence of these groups when permanently established and potently working will have a wider objective than just t

hest form of creative work; healing, with its understanding of energy and forces which will lead later to the rebirth of humanity. little by little, the picture of the possibilities and of the plan will unfold before you as your minds increase in sensitivity and your brains become more responsive to mental impulses. little by little, the disciples of the world will work at the reproduction on the physical plane of that which exists subjectively. little by little, there will appear all over the earth, groups of illumined souls who can cooperate with the masters with perfect freedom of intercourse because their responsiveness has been scientifically trained and developed. their power to work in tune with or in unison with the hierarchy, to cooperate with the group life of many other groups o

ALICE A BAILEY13 PROBLEMS OF HUMANITY

ustodian. her activity is therefore premature. the true secret of brotherhood (one hitherto unknown and unrealized) is hers to give the world, but as yet she knows not what it is. this fact, that russia is the spiritual custodian of a revelation, is sensed by the other nations in the world; and the first reaction has been fear, based on certain initial mistakes and her premature activity upon the physical plane. nevertheless, all peoples view russia with expectation; they dimly realize that from her will come some new thing, for russia is rapidly maturing and integrating and will demonstrate that she has much to give. the world is witnessing the uprising and the surging forward of a nation which has accomplished in a quarter of a century what other nations have taken many generations to wo

are the materialistic and political ambitions of the churches. in the eastern faiths this is not so prominently the case; in the western world this tendency is fast bringing on the degeneration of the churches. in the oriental religions a disastrous negativity has prevailed; the truths given out have not sufficed to better the daily life of the believer or to anchor the truths creatively upon the physical plane. the effect of the eastern doctrines is largely subjective and negative as to daily affairs. the negativity of the theological interpretations of the buddhist and hindu scriptures have kept the people in a quiescent condition from which they are slowly beginning to emerge. the mohammedan faith is, like the christian, a positive presentation of truth though very materialistic; both t

ALICE A BAILEY14 THE REAPPEARANCE OF THE CHRIST

the most familiar; it is, however, one which means little in our modern civilisation. the fact of importance is that he will come. the wesak festival has been held down the centuries in the well-known valley in the himalayas (if the faithful would only believe it) in order: 1. to substantiate the fact of christ's physical existence among us ever since his so-called departure. 2. to prove (on the physical plane) the factual solidarity of the eastern and western approaches to god. both the christ and the buddha are present- 23- the reappearance of the christ copyright 1998 lucis trust 3. to form a rallying-point and a meeting-place for those who annually in synthesis and symbolically link up and represent the father's house, the kingdom of god and humanity. 4. to demonstrate the nature of t

l hierarchy, and that hierarchy is today composed of those who have united in themselves both the intellect and the intuition, the practical and the apparently impractical, the factual way of life and way of the man who sees a vision. there are also people who must be found in the market place of daily life; these are the people who must be trained in the divine recognitions which are essentially physical plane responses to the newer expansions of consciousness. the christ who will return will not be like the christ who (apparently) departed. he will not be a "man of sorrows; he will not be a silent pensive figure; he will be the enunciator of spiritual statements which will not necessitate interpretation and receive the wrong interpretation, because he will be present to indicate the true

rist and share the bread and wine (symbols of nourishment. preparations for that shared feast (symbolically speaking) are on their way, and those preparations are being made by the masses of men themselves, as they fight and struggle and legislate for the economic sustenance of their nations, and as the theme of food occupies the attention of legislators everywhere. this sharing, beginning on the physical plane, will prove equally true of all human relations and this will be the great gift of the aquarian age to humanity. this the church has ignored and yet their ecclesiastics cannot explain away the fact that the jews demonstrated their liking for the taurian worship of the bull in the golden calf, that the jewish dispensation used the symbol of the scapegoat or ram in the age of aries, t

love and power within and above the head of the disciple of the christ. this abundant life enables him to cooperate, not only with humanity and with the spiritual hierarchy, but also with shamballa itself the centre of life in its purest essence. if we say that life is the livingness which enables, the words are relatively meaningless, are they not? if, however, the livingness is referred to the physical plane life, to the spiritual life of the disciple and to the living purpose of god, then some faint concept may come of the wonder of- 45- the reappearance of the christ copyright 1998 lucis trust the work undertaken by the christ in the past, and foreseen by him as his future responsibility. christ can draw upon the energies which are defined by the phrase "life more abundantly" because

d advisedly) as a mode of establishing right human relations to god and to one's fellowmen. he told men that they were all the sons of god in the same sense that he was; he told them in many symbolic ways who and what he was and assured them that they could do even greater things than he had done, because they were divine as he was. these greater things, humanity has already accomplished upon the physical plane and in its control of nature, as christ knew men would, because he knew the workings of the law of evolution. he taught them that service was the key to the life of liberation, teaching them the technique of service through his own life as he went about doing good, healing the sick, as well as preaching and teaching the things of the kingdom of god and feeding the hungry, both physi

ALICE A BAILEY15 THE DESTINY OF THE NATIONS

udied as you have can relate if they so choose, these three centres to the three solar systems, referred to in a treatise on cosmic fire 1. in the first solar system, the centre which is humanity was prepared, and the principle of intelligence came into manifestation. 2. in the second solar system, the hierarchy of love made its appearance and must eventually come into full manifestation upon the physical plane, thereby enabling the love of god to be seen. 3. in the next solar system, the centre which we today call shamballa will manifest (intelligently and through love) the will aspect of deity. it is only however in this second solar system that all these three centres, expressing the three divine aspects, meet simultaneously at various stages of livingness. it is interesting to note tha

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

f psychical living. this requires the recognition, by the brain consciousness, of the need for mental and spiritual control, as the first step. 2. the world of mental unfoldment. 3. the world of the soul or ego, the individualised man. when these recognitions are established in the aspirant, then there comes the recognition by the disciple of the master who should guide him. 4. the control of the physical plane life by the soul. 5. the functioning and the utilisation of the psychic powers and their place and part in the field of intelligent service. 6. the interpretative faculty of the illumined mind. 7. an inspired creative life upon the physical plane. in that development of the racial consciousness, the process does not necessarily follow the above seven stages and sequence. this is owi

ch governs the soul of london, and which is also a channel for the soul force of the british empire which is essentially that of love-wisdom when given real expression and not controlled and dominated by the libra influence- 45- the destiny of the nations copyright 1998 lucis trust f. ray 7. ceremonial order or organised ritual, reaching our planet via uranus and giving to the empire its grounded physical plane control over place and circumstance, its legal fundamentals, in cooperation with libra, and its love of order and of rule, thus providing full expression for the first ray energies of the british empire. a study of the interplay of these energies and forces will account adequately for great britain and her activities; they indicate also certain definite lines of affinity and also po

opposition upon the plane of desire. 3. the materialising of the plans of these two groups of illumined minds proceeds steadily under the differing laws of their being the laws of form life and the laws of spiritual living. in this initial stage and whilst the battle is being fought out in the realm of desire (for that is where the major conflict is being waged, and all that is happening upon the physical plane is only a reflection of an inner conflict) the forces of these two groups, working with the energies of the sixth and seventh rays, have brought about in the field of physical living, a state of complete cataclysm. the economic situation and the religious hatreds are the two major instruments. this is a subject upon which you would do well to ponder. consequently, you have two group

ALICE A BAILEY16 GLAMOUR A WORLD PROBLEM

in you- 6- glamour: a world problem copyright 1998 lucis trust c. esoterically. this would cover the effect of the force or energy upon you and of the quality of the vibration it may arouse in you perhaps in some centre, perhaps in your astral body, or perhaps only in your mind. this study, rightly undertaken, would lead to the unfoldment of the intuition, with its consequent manifestation on the physical plane as illumination, understanding and love. in the first instance, the objective of the study of symbolism is to enable the student to sense its quality and to contact that vibrant something which lies behind that aggregate of line, colour and form of which the symbol is composed. to some types of people this study is relatively easy; to the majority it is not easy at all, thereby indi

ree 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. deal, therefore, with the symbols in a wide generalisation, exoteric, conceptual and esoteric, but add to th

itiation, with energy and learns to distinguish between the energy of life, the energies of the soul, and the forces of the phenomenal world- 26- glamour: a world problem copyright 1998 lucis trust another point also should be emphasised here and that is that the nature of these forces and energies, and their use and control have always to be realised 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

s the great dissipating agency, and pours down from soul levels (the higher levels of the mental plane) through the mind to the brain of the disciple carrying illumination to the astral plane. 3. these two types of spiritual energy work differently upon the forces of the personality, and their purpose and activity have to be realised in the brain consciousness of the disciple as he works upon the physical plane. 4. then and only then can the light of the intuition and the light of the soul return to the astral plane through the conscious effort and the dynamic intelligent will of the serving disciple. ponder on these points for they outline your way and your service. i have organised somewhat our ideas and outlined the plan under which we would approach this theme. i gave you certain basic

nfluence of glamour and be of greater service consequently to your fellowmen. i have endeavoured to give you here some practical assistance in this difficult battle between the pairs of opposites, which is the major cause of glamour. 3. glamour upon etheric levels. maya we come now to a consideration of the ways and means whereby maya can be ended and the disciple stand free from the influence of physical plane force. in the above statement the whole story of maya can be found. it might be added also (perhaps not wholly correctly but nevertheless with sufficient truth to warrant the statement) that maya, as a recognised effect, is only experienced when one is upon the path, beginning with the path of probation or purification. one is always in the midst of forces. but maya (as a problem) o

ALICE A BAILEY17 TELEPATHY AND THE ETHERIC VEHICLE

the minds of the adepts and the initiates. these latter in their turn influence the disciples of the world, and these disciples, each in his own place and on his own responsibility, work out their concept of the plan and seek to give expression to it as far as possible. it is, therefore, as you can surmise, a process of stepping down rates of vibration until they are sufficiently heavy to affect physical plane matter and thus make possible the building of organised effects on the physical plane. these disciples have hitherto worked very much alone except when karmic relationships have revealed them to each other, and telepathic intercommunication has been fundamentally confined to the hierarchy of adepts and initiates, both in and out of incarnation, and to their individual work with thei

ed very much alone except when karmic relationships have revealed them to each other, and telepathic intercommunication has been fundamentally confined to the hierarchy of adepts and initiates, both in and out of incarnation, and to their individual work with their disciples. it is, however, now deemed possible to establish a resembling condition and a telepathic relation between disciples on the physical plane. no matter where they may find themselves, this group of mystics and knowers will eventually find it feasible to communicate with one another and frequently do even now. a basic mystical idea or some new revelation of truth is suddenly recognised by many and finds expression simultaneously through the medium of many minds. no one person can claim individual right to the enunciated p

g the source (of which he was totally- 3- telepathy and the etheric vehicle copyright 1998 lucis trust unaware, passed it on in turn to that sixth ray aspirant, called woodrow wilson. then, fed by the wealth of analogous ideas in the minds of many, it was presented to the world. it should be borne in mind that the function of a disciple is to focus a stream of energy of some special kind upon the physical plane where it can become an attractive centre of force and draw to itself similar types of ideas and thought currents which are not strong enough to live by themselves or to make a sufficiently strong impact upon the human consciousness. in union is strength. this is the second law governing telepathic communication. the first law is: 1. the power to communicate is to be found in the ver

nding of the second law produces results in a lesser receiving station, the brain. this is possible through the strengthening of a man's own mental reaction by the mental reaction of others, similarly receptive. it will be found therefore that this process of communication, governed by these two laws, has always been in operation among the adepts, the initiates and the senior disciples who are in physical plane bodies. now the operation of this process is to be extended and steadily developed by the emerging group of mystics and world servers who constitute, in embryo, the world saviour. only those who know something of the meaning of concentration and meditation and who can hold the mind steady in the light will be able to understand the first law and comprehend that interplay of thought

r plexus and solar plexus, and therefore purely emotional. d. between all these three aspects of energy simultaneously, in the case of very advanced people. 3. telepathic communication is also- 8- telepathy and the etheric vehicle copyright 1998 lucis trust a. between a master and his disciples or disciple. b. between a master and his group and a group or groups of sensitives and aspirants on the physical plane. c. between subjective and objective groups. d. between the occult hierarchy and groups of disciples on the physical plane. e. between the hierarchy and the new group of world servers in order to reach humanity and lift it nearer the goal. this concerns the new science of group telepathic communication, of which herd or mass telepathy (so well known) is the lowest known expression

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

of all constellations, solar systems and planets which are found therein. throughout this cosmic golden web there is a constant circulation of energies and forces and this constitutes the scientific basis of the astrological theories. just as the forces of the planet and of the inner spiritual man (to mention only one factor among many) pour through the etheric body of the individual man upon the physical plane, and- 7- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iii: esoteric astrology copyright 1998 lucis trust condition his outer expression, activities, and qualities, so do the varying forces of the universe pour through every part of the etheric body of that entity we call space and condition and determine the outer expression, the activities and qualities of every form found within the cosmi

y, plus those potent yet infinitely subtle forces which pour into our solar- 19- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iii: esoteric astrology copyright 1998 lucis trust system from the three major constellations referred to above. in the early stages, the response is in the subtler bodies and the brain fails to register them, but after the third initiation, there is a recognition of them upon the physical plane. bringing the theme back to the subject of this treatise, which is that of the seven rays, i would point out that these rays have a close connection with the seven stars of the great bear (again always the four and the three as a secondary differentiation) and to the seven sisters, the pleiades. the first constellation is the agent of positive force to the planetary logos and the ot

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

h the etheric body of the solar logos and take forms composed of either gaseous, liquid, or dense substance. the others cannot. they cannot fall into physical generation- 26- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iii: esoteric astrology copyright 1998 lucis trust students must bear in mind that from the standpoint of the logos, the solar angels on the mental plane (the fifth subplane of the cosmic physical plane) are in physical incarnation, and what is called the "second fall" applies to this. the first fall has reference to the taking of a form of cosmic etheric matter, such as is the case with the heavenly men, the prototypes of the human jivas. in this latter case the bodies used are called "formless" from our standpoint, and are "vital bodies" animated by cosmic prana. in the case of o

cis trust 3. the physical sun. b. the heart centre of the planetary logos, situated on the fourth cosmic etheric plane (our buddhic plane. c. the egoic lotus of a human being on the mental plane, which is literally a correspondence to the "heart of the sun" the monadic point is a reflection in the human system of the "central spiritual sun" d. the heart centre of a man on the etheric plane of the physical plane, which is in its turn a correspondence to the physical sun. thus the tiny atom is linked with the great central life of the solar system. this fifth hierarchy is equally, under the law, a distributor of energy to the fifth subplane of each plane in the system, only it must be borne in mind that, in the three worlds, it is the fifth subplane counting from above downwards, whilst in t

ALICE A BAILEY19 THE UNFINISHED AUTOBIOGRAPHY

ar month of vaisakha (taurus) under its ancient name. this month is of vital importance to all buddhists and the first- 24- the unfinished autobiography copyright 1998 lucis trust day of this month is the national holiday known as the hindu new year's day. this tremendous event takes place each year in the himalayas. it is held in a valley and is not a mythical, subconscious happening but a real, physical plane occurrence. i found myself (whilst wide awake) in this valley and forming part of a vast, orderly crowd mostly oriental but with a large sprinkling of occidental people. i knew exactly where i stood in that crowd and realised that it was my correct place and indicated my spiritual status. the valley was large and oval shaped, rocky and with high mountains on either side. the people

etops to the general public and unless there was an inner mechanism of spiritual recognition no harm could possibly be done. therefore pledges to secrecy became meaningless. there are no secrets. there is only the presentation of truth and its understanding. there has been a great deal of confusion in the minds of the general public between esotericism and magic. magic is a mode of working on the physical plane relating substance and matter, energy and force in order to create forms through which life can express itself. this work as it deals with elemental forces is dangerous and even the pure in heart need protection. esotericism is in reality the science of- 120- the unfinished autobiography copyright 1998 lucis trust the soul. it concerns the living, spiritual, vital principle found in

h certain spiritual qualities necessary for the expression of discipleship and initiation are considered and emphasised. one other revolutionary activity brought to the attention of humanity by the tibetan indicates the first steps that are being taken by the hierarchy to approach closer to humanity, to restore the ancient mysteries, and to externalise and make possible the manifestation upon the physical plane of the masters and their groups of disciples gathered together in what are technically called ashrams. implicit in this effort, therefore, lies the significance of the second advent of the christ. he will come bringing his disciples with him. the masters will again some day be present upon earth as they were millions of years ago during the infancy of mankind. then they left us for

n is an adult being. he warrants the name of "personality" and has brought about within himself (as a result of the evolutionary process) a series of integrations. many of the students in the arcane school are working at the problem of personality integration or at the task of developing the mind so that it may effectively control the emotional nature and direct the activities of the man upon the physical plane. others have attained a fair measure of this personality integration and are now working at a still higher synthesis, i.e, that of the soul with the personality or of the higher self with the lower self. when this latter integration has been achieved, then the man can be regarded as a "soul-infused personality" at this point, or when it is in process of accomplishment, he can become

on and hate. this decision on our part not to hold a neutral position was according to the will of the majority of the students. there are esotericists, however, who hold that to be an esotericist means that one holds oneself aloof from mundane affairs and that esoteric students should take no part in the affairs of humanity as a whole; they should be active in spiritual and mental realms. if the physical plane and its affairs lie outside the sphere of influence of spiritual livingness, then there is something basically wrong with our interpretation of truth; if the goal of the spiritual effort is to establish the kingdom of god on earth, then all physical plane events become the concern of all spiritual people everywhere. may it not be true that, because of this ancient cleavage between s

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

icates 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 only tends to energise the difficulty. when he reorients his thought to truth and the soul, physical plane ills will begin to disappear. this will become apparent as we study later the method of eradication. disease exists. forms in all kingdoms are full of inharmony and out of alignment with the indwelling life. disease and corruption and the tendency towards dissolution are found everywhere. i am choosing my words with care. 6. disease is not, therefore, the result of wrong human thoug

that no disciple, for instance, can place himself in the hands of the average magnetic healer or radiatory worker, or psychological expert of any kind! a disciple dare not subject himself to the auric emanations of any chance healer, nor put himself in the power of the inexperienced academic psychologist, no matter how prominent he may be. he may, however, subject himself to the wise skill of the physical plane physician or surgeon, as for him the physical body is but an automaton. he can therefore avail himself of physical means for its benefiting. much of the failure of the healing methods at present employed consists in the inability of the healer to: 1. gauge the extent of the trouble, where it may be located basically, and in what body it principally arises and lies. 2. know where the

, it lies beyond man's ken. man has some day to learn that all the laws of nature have their higher, spiritual counterparts, and of these we shall shortly be in search. our laws today are but secondary laws. they are the laws of group life and they govern the kingdoms of nature and find their expression (for the human kingdom) through the medium of the mind, of the emotional nature, and through a physical plane- 18- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iv: esoteric healing copyright 1998 lucis trust agent. it is not my intention in this present short treatise to elucidate the primary laws. i but state them, and at a future time (dependent upon certain factors yet undeveloped) i may deal with them. in this treatise, the third part of it is stated to deal with the basic laws of healing. thes

up origin, is inherited, is the result of infection, or the result of undernourishment. the last named cause is primarily an evil of civilisation; it is the result of economic maladjustment or the corruption of food. as i earlier pointed out, these latter causes of disease are not primarily the result of inner subtle forces, but are the pouring upwards, into the etheric body, of energies from the physical plane itself and from the outer world of forces. little attention has been paid by occult teachers to these forces which come from without, which originate upon the physical plane, and which affect the inner bodies. there are physical energy and streams of force entering into the etheric bodies of all forms, just as the world illusion and the miasmas of the astral plane oft have their cau

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

ALICE A BAILEY21 EDUCATION IN THE NEW AGE

hild becomes aware of his environment and that he is an integral part of a whole. 5. response to knowledge. this begins with the impartation of informative facts, and so to the registration, through the memory, of these facts; thus are developed interest, correlation, synthesis and application to the exigencies of the life. 6. response to the innate need to search. this leads to experiment on the physical plane, to- 14- education in the new age copyright 1998 lucis trust introspection on the emotional plane, and to intellectual study and a love of reading or of listening, thus bringing the mind into some condition of activity. 7. response to economic and sex pressure or to the law of survival. this forces him to use his equipment and knowledge and so take his place as a factor in the group

f their very sensitive response apparatus to group ideas and the dominant thoughts of their time and age, or of someone in their environment. let me now deal briefly with the points raised concerning the attitude of the teacher, particularly towards adult aspirants. the true teacher must deal in truth and in sincerity with all seekers. his time (in so far as he is held by the time equation on the physical plane) is too valuable to waste in social politeness or in refraining from making critical comment where a good purpose would be served. he must depend thoroughly upon the sincerity of those whom he teaches. nevertheless, criticism and the pointing out of faults and errors does not always prove helpful; it may but increase responsibility, evoke antagonism or unbelief, or produce depressio

alisation of a clothed idea of some kind, whereas writing is, curiously enough, concerned with the individual's conscious self-relation to ideas, and his use of words in writing is the measure of the grasp he may have of these universal ideas. arithmetic (and the power to add, to subtract, and to multiply) is related also to the creative process and concerns the production of those forms upon the physical plane which will adequately produce the idea and bring it to manifestation. vision might be regarded as concerning itself with the higher levels of the mental plane, whereon the idea is sensed and seen. writing has a more definite relation to the concrete levels of the mental plane and to the ability of the man to bring through and express these visioned ideas in his own particular form

higher levels of the mental plane, whereon the idea is sensed and seen. writing has a more definite relation to the concrete levels of the mental plane and to the ability of the man to bring through and express these visioned ideas in his own particular form. arithmetic has a definite relation to subsequent aspects of the process and to the emergence of the idea into some correlated form upon the physical plane. the visioning of the thoughtform is a process which must be succeeded by the appropriation of as much energy by the idea as is needed to make it effective or "apparent (esoterically speaking. of this the symbolism of arithmetic is the expression. from another angle, man reads his destiny in the heavens and writes out that destiny in his life upon the earth; he reduces, knowingly or

ght be added here that creative activity in the field of art becomes possible when the first aspect of the bridging energy of man can function and the soul (manifesting its third or lowest aspect) can begin to work. creative work can be carried forward when two of the "knowledge petals" of the egoic lotus are unfolded. the man can produce, through knowledge and creative energy, something upon the physical plane which will be expressive of the soul's creative power. when two of the "love petals" are also unfolded, then a genius makes his appearance. this is a technical piece of information for those students who are studying the science of the ageless wisdom, but it is of no value to those who do not recognise symbology, or the fact of the higher ego or soul. it might be of value here if i

ALICE A BAILEY22 DISCIPLESHIP IN THE NEW AGE VOLUME II

ffort to evoke the intuition and thus arrive at the three meanings which they hold for you, and for disciples like you. there are literally seven meanings, but i would advise you to confine yourself to the comprehension of the first three. there will be one meaning for your personality, indicating certain brain and mind realisations which are essential for the right transmission of force upon the physical plane one of the first things an initiate has to master. there will be the soul meaning which will indicate relation to the hierarchy, in the same way that the personality significance will indicate relationship to humanity. then there will be a still higher meaning which will be exceedingly difficult for you to grasp, but for which you must strive and which will necessitate the conscious

tioning factor in the activity of the physical body. it is an initiator, for there is no physical activity as we understand it unless impulsed by some energy emanating from the etheric body. an understanding of some of the processes of initiation will come from an understanding of the body of vitality. the etheric body is the organ whereby personality or soul expression becomes evidenced upon the physical plane. its potency is that which evokes the physical form. most of the vehicles have a dual capacity invocation and evocation. they also have a third function: they ground or focus energy, thus producing a point of tension, of crisis and an interlude, prior to a process of transmission. ponder on these words. the physical body can be evoked into manifestation and subsequent activity, but

producing a point of tension, of crisis and an interlude, prior to a process of transmission. ponder on these words. the physical body can be evoked into manifestation and subsequent activity, but it has no power of invocation. hence it is not a principle (as h.p.b. tells us in the secret doctrine) but is basically an automaton. the etheric body invokes and evokes; but it also, in relation to the physical plane, precipitates energy through a process of appropriation. a study of these things- 15- discipleship in the new age- volume ii copyright 1998 lucis trust will bring to our attention the entire subject of the centres and this we will approach from the angle of invocation and evocation. the teaching upon the etheric body naturally follows upon any instructions which i may give anent tel

f self-effacement and complete dedication to their fellowmen "what can i do" is of less importance to them than "what am i learning, and is the master satisfied with me" i shall be satisfied with you when you have forgotten both yourself and me in your strenuous service for mankind. service, i would remind you, is a scientific process, calling forth all the soul powers into full expression on the physical plane. it is service which causes a divine manifestation or what you call a divine incarnation. if a man is truly serving, he will perforce draw upon all the resources of spiritual strength and light and all the wisdom and directing power of his soul, because the task to be done is always too big for the personality. some of the world's greatest servers are men and women who are very clos

dequate alignment of the bodies. the may full moon will inaugurate the first real united effort to synthesise subjectively the present existing groups. this synthesis and corporate effort will become an annual endeavour as time goes on, and will take place regularly each wesak festival. of the original twenty-four members of the new (reorganised) seed group only eighteen now remain working on the physical plane. two of them have passed into what we in tibet call "the clear cold light; they have gone over to the other side of the veil but are still actively cooperating with the group, and receiving the same instructions from me. i can, however, approach them more directly, as the limitations imposed by the physical brain no longer exist. p.d.w, though the latest to pass over, was held by th

ALICE A BAILEY23 THE EXTERNALISATION OF THE HIERARCHY

of prolonged sound, carried forward as a great experiment on the battlefields all over the world during a period of four years (1914-1918, and through the intense emotional strain of the entire planetary populace, the web of etheric matter (called the "veil of the temple) which separates the physical and astral planes was rent or torn asunder, and the amazing process of unifying the two worlds of physical plane living and of astral plane experience was begun and is now slowly going on. it will be obvious, therefore, that this must bring about vast changes and alterations in the human consciousness. whilst it will usher in the age of understanding, of brotherhood and of illumination, it will also bring about states of reaction and the letting loose of psychic forces which today menace the u

t and frequently devastating forces have been let loose upon the earth, and that the effect is a cause of grave concern to all the masters, their disciples and workers. the difficulty can, in the main, be traced back to the overstimulation and the undue strain placed upon the mechanism of the bodies, which the world of souls (in physical incarnation) have to employ as they seek to manifest on the physical plane and so respond to their environment. the flow of energy, pouring through from the astral plane and (in a lesser degree) from the lower mental plane, is brought in contact with bodies that are unresponsive at first, and over-responsive later; it pours into brain cells which, from lack of use, are unaccustomed to the powerful rhythm imposed upon them; and humanity's equipment of knowl

o those who are deceived thereby are sad. i would like to point out also that trance mediumship, as it is called, must inevitably be superseded by that mediumship which is offered by the man or woman who is clairvoyant or clairaudient on the astral plane, and who therefore in full waking consciousness and with the physical brain alert and active can offer himself as an intermediary between men in physical plane bodies (and therefore blind and deaf on the subtler levels) and those who, having discarded their bodies, are cut off from physical communication. this type of psychic can communicate with both groups and their value and their usefulness as mediums is beyond computation when they are singleminded, unselfish, pure and dedicated to service. but in the training to which they subject th

ctor. his clairvoyant and clairaudient powers should gradually be perfected, and the right interpretation of 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

embodied in my books and pamphlets and who, with mental interest and devotion, follow out as far as may be my line of thought. i have for years ever since 1919 sought to aid you to the best of my ability. the hierarchy (a name covering the working disciples of all degrees) has for hundreds of generations sought to aid humanity, and since the fifteenth century has steadily approached closer to the physical plane and sought to make a deeper impact on the human consciousness. this has resulted in a recognition which has in it (at this time) the seeds of world salvation. until the fifteenth century, the pull and the magnetic appeal was from the side of the watching elder brothers. today, so numerous are the inner and outer disciples, and so many are the world aspirants, the pull and the magnet

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

lete 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 bodies are painstakingly dominated, and as the nature of the sutratma or thread is better comprehended it will become increasingly possible to bring into the lower personality on the physical plane that spiritual illumination and that divine energy which is the soul's heritage. little by little the light will shine forth, year by year the strength of the higher contact will grow, gradually the downpour of divine love and wisdom into the head centres will be increased until eventually the entire lower man will be transformed, his sheaths will be refined, controlled and used, an

iations copyright 1998 lucis trust i have called you from refreshment to labour at this time (october 1942) because the coming few days are exceedingly busy ones for me as they are for all members of the hierarchy. i seek to give you some further instructions anent the hierarchy itself*(1) students at this time would do well to remember that all basic and fundamental changes taking place upon the physical plane are necessarily the result of inner subjective causes, emanating from some level of the divine consciousness, and therefore from some plane other than the physical. the fact that tremendous and unusual upheavals are taking place in the kingdoms of nature is attributed by men to other men or to certain forces generated by human thinking, frailty and ambition. is it not possible that

idea of the underlying- 8- a treatise on the seven rays- volume v: the rays and the initiations copyright 1998 lucis trust synthesis of relationships and the unity of the whole. there is therefore a line of descending energy which has its origin outside our planetary life altogether; the inflow of this energy, its inevitable effect under cyclic law and its consequences, as they work out upon the physical plane, has produced and is producing all the changes of which mankind is so terribly aware at this time. this swings into immediate conflict the past and the future, and in this statement i have expressed the deepest esoteric truth which mankind is competent to grasp; it brings into a culminating struggle the great white lodge and the black lodge and opens the door to great contending ene

vil forces (so-called) are met with upon the highest spiritual levels because they are in their turn evoked by the impelling impact of the coming avatar whose "note is heard ahead of him, and his energy spreads before him" this is a great mystery and can only be understood (and then merely theoretically) if you bear in mind that all our planes even the very highest are the subplanes of the cosmic physical plane. when this fact is somewhat grasped there comes a simplification of thought. as a consequence of all this, great and fundamental readjustments are going on within the hierarchy itself and within that intervening area of the divine consciousness to which we give the- 9- a treatise on the seven rays- volume v: the rays and the initiations copyright 1998 lucis trust name (as far as hum

at process of ascension and of spiritual attainment is under way, though as yet only its faint beginnings can be traced, owing to the intensity of the point of conflict. hence also many probationary disciples are finding their way into the ranks of accepted disciples, and many disciples are taking initiation. to this fact of hierarchical upheaval paralleling and intensifying the upheaval upon the physical plane can be traced the process of preparation which i have instituted among some disciples, thus hastening the period and point of attainment, provided i receive due cooperation from them (discipleship in the new age, vols. i and ii) as regards the hierarchy itself, speaking esoterically and technically, its members (many of them) are "being abstracted from the middle point of holiness a

ALICE BAILEY THE LABOURS OF HERCULES

ents the point at which humanity now finds itself. his early name was alkeides, which was changed to hercules after he had undergone a strange experience, and before he started forth upon his labors. the name hercules was originally herakles, which signifies "the glory of hera. hera represents psyche, or the soul, so his name embodied his mission, which was to manifest forth in active work on the physical plane the glory and the power of his innate divinity. one of the ancient scriptures of india says "by mastery of the binding life comes radiance" and it was this mastery of the imprisoning form which was the glorious consummation of all the undertakings of hercules. we are told that he had a divine father and an earthly mother and so, as with all sons of god, we find the same basic symbol

nd the allied constellations with the forces let loose through their combination, constitute a complete story which is full of instructive elements. i would like to point out for the sake of clarity, therefore, that the constellations symbolize the threefold spirit aspect; that the sign gives us the field of activity of the soul, and that the labor portrays the work of the disciple, living on the physical plane and endeavoring to demonstrate on the battlefield of the world his innate divinity and latent powers. in these three we have spirit, soul and body summarized. life, consciousness and form meet in hercules, the personal self, who, acting under the influence of the soul, the indwelling christ, carries out the purposes of the spirit, the father in heaven. we shall next consider the rel

elling christ or soul. the aspirant, therefore, is tested in two ways: first as to the caliber of his animal nature and the motives underlying its utilization; second, he is tested as to the attraction which the great illusion can exert over him. maya, or the great illusion, and sex are but two aspects of the same force, that of attraction: one, as it manifests- 31- the labours of hercules on the physical plane, and the other, as it expresses itself in the field of the emotional-desire nature. the disciple and sex an aspirant to discipleship has in sex a real problem with which to contend. selfindulgence and the control of the human being by any part of his organism are always inevitably wrong. when a man's entire mind is occupied with the thought of women, or vice versa; when he lives mai

is essential and right, and are puzzled when they find that complexes result. but may it not be that the true celibacy has been expressed for us in the words of christ, when he said "if thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light? may it not be that true celibacy is the refusal of the soul any longer to identify itself with the form? may not the real marriage relation, of which the physical plane relation is but the symbol, be that of the union of the soul and the form, the positive spirit aspect and the negative mother-matter? let the soul be single in its purpose and freed from the thralldom of matter, and then right action and a right point of view will inevitably be the characteristics of the physical plane life. let the soul ride the form, controlling and mastering it

brontes, steropes and arges will guard the sacred bull, and hercules, the disciple, will no longer have any responsibility. brontes is the symbol of the first aspect of god, the father who spoke and is the creative sound. steropes means lightning, or light, and is the second aspect, the soul. arges means whirling activity, the third aspect of divinity, expressing itself in the intense activity of physical plane life. these divine aspects constitute the controlling factor and once they have gained possession of the sacred bull, the problem of hercules is solved. the two keywords of taurus are (from esoteric astrology, p. 403: 1 "let struggle be undismayed (the form aspect) 2 "i see and when the eye is opened, all is light (the soul aspect [54- 34- the labours of hercules labor iii gathering

BLAVATSKY H P ANTHROPOGENESIS

prematurely developed intellects (on the spiritual plane) in our race are abnormal; they are those whom we call the "fifth-rounders" even in the coming seventh race, at the close of this fourth round, while our four lower principles will be fully developed, that of manas will be only proportionately so. this limitation, however, refers solely to the spiritual development. the intellectual, on the physical plane, was reached during the fourth root-race. thus, those who were "half ready" who received "but a spark" constitute the average humanity which has to acquire its intellectuality during the present manvantaric evolution[[vol. 2, page] 168 the secret doctrine. after which they will be ready in the next for the full reception of the "sons of wisdom" while those which "were not ready" at

t or inactive spiritual force, in the aura of a nascent world. until the stage of human evolution is reached. then they become an active force and commingle with the elementals, to develop little by little the full type of humanity" that is to say, to develop in, and endow man with his self-conscious mind, or manas* when the earth with its planetary chain and man were to appear* our earth and the physical plane of consciousness* when the pure, celestial being (dhyan chohan) and the great pitris of various classes were commissioned- the one to evolve their images (chhaya, and make of them physical man, the others to inform and thus endow him with divine intelligence and the comprehension of the mysteries of creation* the "dynasties of the kings" who all regard themselves as the "anointed" r

isdom from india, left to posterity a glimpse into this truth. his school regarded number 7 as a compound of numbers 3 and 4, which they explained in a dual manner. on the plane of the noumenal world, the triangle was, as the first conception of the manifested deity, its image "father-mother-son; and the quaternary, the perfect number, was the noumenal, ideal root of all numbers and things on the physical plane. some students, in view of the sacredness of tetraktis and the tetragrammaton, mistake the mystic meaning of the quaternary. the latter was with the ancients only a secondary "perfection" so to speak, because it related only to the manifested planes. whereas it is the triangle, the greek delta[[diagram, which was the "vehicle of the unknown deity" a good proof of it lies with the na

preceding this "menocerca with tails (19th stage. nevertheless, we have one thing in common with the darwinian school: it is the law of gradual and extremely slow evolution, embracing many million years. the chief quarrel, it appears, is with regard to the nature of the primitive "ancestor" we shall be told that the dhyan chohan, or the "progenitor" of manu, is a hypothetical being unknown on the physical plane. we reply that it was believed in by the whole of antiquity, and by nine-tenths of the present humanity; whereas not only is the pithecoid man, or "ape-man" a purely hypothetical creature of haeckel's creation, unknown and untraceable on this earth, but further its genealogy- as invented by him- clashes with scientific facts and all the known data of modern discovery in zoology. it

BLAVATSKY H P COSMOGENESIS

0 is the number ten to the third power, and therefore the number 7,000 is also symbolical. in the secret doctrine the figure and number 4 are the male symbol only on the highest plane of abstraction; on the plane of matter the 3 is the masculine and the 4 the female: the upright and the horizontal in the fourth stage of symbolism, when the symbols became the glyphs of the generative powers on the physical plane- stanza i- continued. 2. time was not, for it lay asleep in the infinite bosom of duration (a[[footnote(s* it is stated in book ii, ch. viii, of vishnu purana "by immortality is meant existence to the end of the kalpa" and wilson, the translator, remarks in a footnote "this, according to the vedas, is all that is to be understood of the immortality (or eternity) of the gods; they pe

h alone anything has true existence, were our senses but able to cognize it there- stanza i- continued. 3. universal mind was not, for there were no ah-hi (celestial beings) to contain (hence to manifest) it (a[[vol. 1, page] 38 the secret doctrine (a) mind is a name given to the sum of the states of consciousness grouped under thought, will, and feeling. during deep sleep, ideation ceases on the physical plane, and memory is in abeyance; thus for the time-being "mind is not" because the organ, through which the ego manifests ideation and memory on the material plane, has temporarily ceased to function. a noumenon can become a phenomenon on any plane of existence only by manifesting on that plane through an appropriate basis or vehicle; and during the long night of rest called pralaya, whe

e viewed as graduated. though one and the same thing in their origin, spirit and matter, when once they are on the plane of differentiation, begin each of them their evolutionary progress in contrary directions- spirit falling gradually into matter, and the latter ascending to its original condition, that of a pure spiritual substance. both are inseparable, yet ever separated. in polarity, on the physical plane, two like poles will always repel each other, while the negative and the positive are mutually attracted, so do spirit and matter stand to each other- the two poles of the same homogeneous substance, the root-principle of the universe[[vol. 1, page] 248 the secret doctrine. therefore, when the hour strikes for purusha to mount on prakriti's shoulders for the formation of the perfect

ted units in nature; but develops, furthermore, the reflection of all its forty-nine fires in him. each of his seven principles is an heir in full to, and a partaker of, the seven principles of the "great mother" the breath of her first principle is his spirit (atma. her second principle is buddhi (soul. we call it, erroneously, the seventh. the third furnishes him with (a) the brain stuff on the physical plane, and (b) with the mind that moves it [which is the human soul- h. p. b- according to his organic capacities (e) it is the guiding force in the cosmic and terrestrial elements. it resides in the fire provoked out of its latent into active being; for the whole of the seven subdivisions of the* principle reside in the terrestrial fire. it whirls in the breeze, blows with the hurricane

animal creation. that which is meant by "animals" in primary creation, is the germ of awakening consciousness or of apperception, that which is faintly traceable in some sensitive plants on earth and more distinctly in the protistic monera* on our globe, during the first round, animal "creation" precedes that of man, while the former (or mammal) evolves from the latter in our fourth round- on the physical plane: in round i. the animal atoms are drawn into a cohesion of human physical form; while in round iv. the reverse occurs according to magnetic conditions developed during life. and this is metempsychosis (see "mineral monad" in "five years of theosophy" p. 276. this fifth stage of evolution, called exoterically "creation" may be viewed in both the primary and secondary periods, one as

BOOK OF SATYRS

the scientific. the "earth" book of spare was an elemental and chaotic thing, full of significant art, and of still more significant conception. so mighty a theme may only remain littered with fragments, each, like the sphinx, an unread riddle, existing in the mind amid a turmoil of unaccustomed thought. but the present series of designs occupies the more circumscribed area of local allegory on a physical plane, the artist aiming not only to stir the optical centres by agreeable contours and adjacencies, when he adjusts with powerful deliberation the actual to a purpose which extends in his mind beyond executive considerations. for that is a narrow scope to which some would compel art, as though a predisposition to beauty were the sole equipment desirable for the expression of life. popula

DICTIONARY GLOSSARY OF OCCULT TERMINOLOGY

: the sacred rattle of voudoun (q.v (see voodoo. they are used to summon the loas (q.v) or gods. astral: greek "from the stars" pertaining to that level of existence which is finer and more penetrating than matter, but denser than mind. in the psyche, it comprises the emotional/instinctual levels which unite mind and body. astral plane: a non-physical level of existence which is the basis for the physical plane, and the place where many non-physical entities exist. astral light: 1) a term used by dion fortune (q.v) as a synonym for the term astral plane (q.v. 2) the "substance" or "material" of the astral plane itself. astral projection: the practice of and ability to separate your astral body and consciousness from your physical body. astral temple: the place of ritual working that is cre

nment. mait-tete: literally, the "master of the head" each worshiper in voudoun (q.v) has a special loa (q.v, usually the one by which the person was first possessed, with which the person enjoys a more familiar relationship. malkuth: pronounced "mahl-koot" it means "kingdom" in hebrew. the tenth sephirah (q.v) on the tree of life (q.v. it is at the bottom of the central pillar and relates to our physical plane. mambo: a priestess of voudoun. in some parts of haiti, she is considered lower in status than the houngan (q.v) or priest, but her role is similar. mana: a polynesian word for the occult essence that pervades the universe and gives objects, words, animals, people, and places their magickal potency. mana is the force or energy of magick (q.v. mantra; mantram: a word, phrase, or sent

by the planet neptune (q.v. on the rainbow wand (q.v) and on the lotus wand aries is represented by the color crimson. keywords include: impressionably, emotionally, vaguely, idealistically, spiritually, with compassion. place of comfort: a special place within a magickal circle for a couple to engage in sex magick (q.v. plane, astral: a non-physical level of existence which is the basis for the physical plane, and the place where many non-physical entities exist. pluto: the ninth planet of the terran solar system. in astrology (q.v, the planet named after the greek god who served as the lord of the underworld and death. attributed as being the ruler of the zodiac (q.v) sign scorpio (q.v. on the tree of life (q.v) within the kabbalah (q.v) attributed to the unmanifest sephirah (q.v) daath

occult discipline, and achieving some level of recognized competency. furthermore the portal adeptus grade is used as a time for serious reflection on what it means to be an adept. positive affirmations: the use of phrases, repeated over and over (as a mantra (q.v) as a means of influencing your subconscious in order to cause a change on the astral plane (q.v. this will result in a change in the physical plane. poteau-mitan: the center post that stands in the middle of the ceremonial enclosure for voudoun (q.v) rituals. it is a form of the world tree so common to shamanism. practice: the only true method of developing psychic and magickal skills, powers, and abilities. that which one actually does. practicus: in the order of the astral star [o.a.s (q.v, a practicus is the title of the fif

with an hallucination, which is an unwilled picture in the mind's eye. 2) the practice of imagining a place, person, thing, or event with unusual clarity and intensity. often it is done in a ritual context and reinforced by repetition. visualization, creative: a process of using visualizations to affect you unconscious. this will have an effect on the astral plane (q.v, leading to changes on the physical plane. voice, great: silently. one vibratory formulae (q.v) method. in some situations it is impossible to vibrate words out loud. in these instances the practitioner say them to themself, thus causing the "great voice" however, the practitioner should still cause themselves and the universe to vibrate as if saying the word(s) out loud. voodoo: a religion mixing roman catholicism and the

DION FORTUNE CEREMONIAL MAGIC UNVEILED

sess a psychic efficacy which is lacking in original systems, however theoretically correct or aesthetically beautiful they may be. it is my belief that mathers got the keys to his system from the mysterious manuscripts, and that these connect up with the genuine european tradition whose symbol is the rose on the cross, and concerning which so little is known. i cannot prove this statement on the physical plane, because i have never been allowed a sight of those manuscripts or any opportunity to test the statements that are current in the order concerning its origin; but from the psychic experiences i have had in connection with the "golden dawn" i have formed the above opinion, for what my opinion may be worth, and i may say that i have had a fairly wide range of experience in practical o

the "golden dawn" i have formed the above opinion, for what my opinion may be worth, and i may say that i have had a fairly wide range of experience in practical occultism. it seems to me that whoever can work the system of the "golden dawn` in such a manner as to pick up the contacts of the secret chiefs need not pay very much attention to the "trespassers will be prosecute boards put up on the physical plane by persons who are not altogether disinterested. the system, when worked by competent persons, is effectual, whether they are chartered or not. but even the "golden dawn" system, when worked by incompetent persons, is ineffectual, as i know to my cost. it is not advisable however, for persons with no experience of practical occultism to make their first experiments with no other gui

DION FORTUNE MYSTICAL QABALA

they would be greatly surprised if they knew that these fragments, supplemented by manuscripts that have never been allowed to pass out of the hands of initiates, and completed by an oral tradition, are handed down in schools of initiation to this day, and are used as the bases of the practical work of the yoga of the west. 2. the adepts of those races whose evolutionary destiny is to conquer the physical plane have evolved a yoga technique of their own which is adapted to their special problems and peculiar needs. this technique is based upon the well-known but little understood qabalah, the wisdom of israel. 3. it may be asked why it is that the western nations should go to the hebrew culture for their mystical tradition? the answer to this question will be readily understood by those wh

ct traditional order, and i propose to adhere to it in these pages. 13. the qabalists further placed upon the paths of the tree the signs of the zodiac, the planets, and the elements. now there are twelve signs, seven planets, and four elements, making twenty-three symbols in all. how are these to be fitted on to the twenty-two paths? herein is another "blind" but the solution is simple. upon the physical plane [page 24] we are ourselves in the element of earth, therefore that symbol does not appear upon the paths which lead into the unseen. remove this, and we are left with twenty-two symbols, which fit accurately and, correctly placed, are found to correspond perfectly with the tarot trumps, each elucidating the other in the most remarkabl& fashion, and giving the keys to esoteric astrol

ficance. 17. in the yetziratic world the divine emanations manifest, not through a single being, but through different types of beings, which are called the angelic hosts or choirs. 18. the assiatic world is not, strictly speaking, the world of matter when viewed from the sephirotic standpoint, but rather the lower astral and etheric planes which, together, form the background of matter. upon the physical plane the divine emanations manifrst through what may not inapdy be called the ten mundane chakras, likening these centres of manifestation to the centres that exist in the human body, an exact analogy. these chakras are the primum mobile or first swirlings, the sphere of the zodiac, the seven planets, and the elements taken together-ten in all. 19. it will be seen from the foregoing that

dered from the initiatory standpoint, is the link between the microcosm, which is man, and the macrocosm, which is god made manifest in nature. a ritual initiation is the act of linking the microcosmic sephirah, the chakra, with the macrocosmic sephirah; it is the introduction of a newcomer to the sphere by those who are already there. they construct a symbolic representation of the sphere on the physical plane in the furniture of the temple; they construct an astral replica of it by concentrated mystical qabala page 52 imagination; and by means of invocation they call down into this temple not made with hands the forces of the sphere of the sephirah they are working upon. 21. these forces stimulate the corresponding chakras of the initiate and wake them to activity in his aura. the proces

16. meditation upon kether gives us an intuitive realisation that the issue of an operation does not matter in the very least "let the dirt play with the dirt if it pleases the dirt" once that realisation has been obtained we have lordship over the astral images and can turn them this way and that as it pleases us. it is only when the operator cares nothing for the outcome of the operation on the physical plane that he attains to this com plete lordship over the astral images. he is concerned simply and solely with the handling of forces and the bringing of them through into manifestation in form; but he does not care what form the forces may ultimately assume, he leaves that to them; for they will assuredly assume the form that is most consonant with their nature, and thus be truer to cos

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the universe around us we cannot fail to realise that there must be some overruling plan co-ordinating its infinite complexity. if we take into our hands and examine minutely any living thing, however simple, equally must we realise that the ordered diversity of its parts is built up on a determining framework. science has sought in vain for this organising principle; it will never find it on the physical plane, for it is not physical. it is not the inherent nature of 9 of 103 atoms which causes them to arrange themselves in the complex patterns of living tissues. the driving forces of the universe, the framework upon which it is built up in all its parts, belong to another phase of manifestation than our physical plane, having other dimensions than the three to which we are habituated, an

han those to which we are accustomed. we live in the midst of invisible forces whose effects alone we perceive. we move among invisible forms whose actions we very often do not perceive at all, though we may be profoundly affected by them. in this mind-side of nature, invisible to our senses, intangible to our instruments of precision, many things can happen that are not without their echo on the physical plane. there are beings that live in this invisible world as fish live in the sea. there are men and women with trained minds, or special aptitudes, who can enter into this invisible world as a diver descends to the ocean-bed. there are also times when, as happens to a land when the sea-dykes break, the invisible forces flow in upon us and swamp our lives. normally this does not occur. we

er, be such wasting of the tissues that the victim is reduced to a mere bloodless shell of skin and bones, lying on the bed, too weak to move. and yet no definite disease can be demonstrated. such a case is an extreme example, proceeding unchecked to its logical conclusion. other issues are possible, however. the resistance may be good, in which case the attack is unable to gain a foothold on the physical plane, and is limited to that borderland between matter and mind which we perceive upon the threshold of sleep. this is a very terrible experience, for the victim is afraid to sleep and cannot keep awake indefinitely. worn out by fear and lack of sleep, mental breakdown soon supervenes. nervous exhaustion and mental breakdown are the commoner results of astral attack among white people, f

g more substantial than the mind, for although mind can influence mind, and through it the body to an extent to which in the present state of our knowledge it is difficult to set limits, mind cannot manipulate matter directly: that is to say, you cannot smash a window by means of a thought. there must be some physical vehicle that can be manipulated by the mind if effects are to be wrought on the physical plane. the living body is such an instrument; it is manipulated by the mind every time a voluntary movement takes place, and the operations of spiritual healing are simply an extension of this principle to the involuntary muscles and physiological processes not ordinarily directed by the conscious mind. occultists maintain that mind affects body by means of the etheric double, as it is ca

. it was merely force in a state of tension. it was sheer physical noise that made the disturbance, as i can testify, for i have slept, or rather, tried to sleep, there. where a ghost is seen, it is usually also heard because for a form to be sufficiently substantial to be visible there must be a modicum at least of ectoplasm in its composition, and ectoplasm is capable of exercising force on the physical plane, in some degree at least. where a ghost is both seen and heard, we may be sure there is an actual haunting. where it is seen, but not heard, it may possibly be that a person with psychic tendencies is perceiving the images in the reflecting ether, the photographic plate of nature, and there may be no actual entity present. where the disturbance is heard, but not seen, it may be due

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adquartered in denver, colorado. the hermetic brotherhood was the outward expression of the brotherhood of light, a mystical order of enlightened beings believed by occultists to guide the destiny of humankind. the brotherhood of light was believed to have been founded in ancient egypt and to have continued to the present under the leadership of a group of teachers not presently incarnated on the physical plane. the group is popularly known by many as the great white brotherhood. the hermetic brotherhood of luxor circulated a series of lessons written by the hermetic brotherhood s founder, thomas h. burgoyne. in 1907 benjamine directly contacted what he believed to be the brotherhood of light in response to his prayer for direction in his life. the members of the brotherhood assured him th

gotten treasure, exorcism, prayer, or mass often lays the ghost to rest. this suggests that the haunters are conscious of causing the disturbance, that the physical effects are not simple repercussions of the spirit s tormented mental state. but, as andrew lang remarked, the ghost can make signs, but not the right signs. they suffer from what he calls spectral aphasia, imperfect expression on the physical plane. he believed that lights in haunted houses are partial failures of ghosts to appear in form. the possibility of causing physical effects often disappears if the haunted house is rebuilt, or if the furniture is taken out. the psychical researcher col. taylor once cured a haunted house by ordering the inhabitants to burn an old, moth-eaten bed he had discovered in the attic. whether t

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a couple living in the san francisco bay area. the couple were playing with a ouija board when reportedly a simple message appeared: we are here with you tonight. when asked who we were, an entity replied, the last name a fragment of this entity used was michael and added, each soul is a part of a larger body, an entity. each entity is made up of about one thousand souls, each of which enters the physical plane as many times as necessary is to experience all aspects of life and achieve human understanding. at the end of the cycles on the physical plane, the fragments once again reunite as we have reunited. michael indicated that the fragments comprised an ancient entity that comes to those who ask and teaches some understanding of human evolution. they hope to redirect people to their pers

she wrote a book published by stevens in 1986. the account included a variety of problems, including claims of significant habitation of all of the planets of the solar system and assertions of conditions existing on these planets that contradict the repeated observations of various space probes. to defend the account, it had to be assumed that the inhabitants resided on something other than the physical plane of existence. sources: onec, omnec. from venus i came. tucson, ariz: w. c. stevens, 1986. oneiromancy term for divination by dreams, possibly the oldest of the divinatory systems. written records exist of dream interpretation in a papyrus ca. 1250 b.c.e. prophetic dreams involving the interpretation of symbolic images and information are also in biblical history (see gen. 41:1.36; m

t why should spirits knock and rap? according to andrew lang: were we inventing a form for a spirit s manifestation to take, we never should invent that. he frankly admitted that medieval and later tales of rapping have never been satisfactorily accounted for on any theory. he advanced a theory of spectral aphasia, suggesting that raps may be the easiest signs which a spirit wishing to affect the physical plane may produce, though he may aim at a different effect. in the march 1888 issue of psyche, a dr. purdon reported on the curious connection he had discovered between raps and chorea. he noted the case of two soldiers in guernsey, both of them of neurotic temperament, in whose presence rappings of an unnatural character were heard. under the administration of iodide of potassium, salicy

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smic awareness communications, 1994. awareness teaches that the united states of america came into being through intervention with the founding fathers. the motive was to allow personal freedom, which would accelerate the process of change through which human beings must go to be reunited with awareness. the result will be a united states of awareness, where entities no longer feel trapped by the physical plane, but may realize their true identity as being cosmic beings of life, light and energy( cosmic awareness introduces itself, n.d. further reading cosmic aw a reness communications, 1994. http/ n e t. i n f o. n l/ c o s m i c. h t m l cosmic awareness introduces itself to the world, n.d. http//www.transactual.com/cac/intro.html melton, j. go rdon, 1996. en c yclopedia of am e r i- can

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

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ature, the most enigmatic and passionately discussed is the revelation of john. it opens with a description of john s vision of the ancient of days with fiery eyes and a two-edged sword coming from his mouth, etc. the text then goes on to delineate a series of seven sets of seven images. these images have long been regarded as allegorically depicting a linear series of events all occurring in the physical plane, leading to the reemergence of christ, his vanquishing of satan, and his ascension as the lamb of god to the throne on high in the new jerusalem. however, from the perspective of the mystical qabalah, the series of images listed in the revelation provide an allusion for the process of mystical awakening through the four worlds in the ascension of a specialized version of the single

ecific hebrew letter. the sefer yetzirah is the primary source for the teachings regarding the nature of the letters and their distribution among the sefiroth on the tree. the gates connecting the sefiroth are doors that allow our consciousness to travel from one plane of existence to another. for example, all living beings pass through two gates connecting three sefiroth every day and night. the physical plane, which is the waking state of dualistic consciousness in most human beings, is represented by the sefirah at the very bottom of the tree called kingdom (there is no equivalent in the sefer yetzirah. when we go to sleep at night, we first move through the gate of the letter beyt b that links sefirah kingdom to sefirah foundation/below, and into the geviyah (astral shell) in the world

erently colored liquid. then, imagine successively pouring some of the colored liquid from each one into the six others, resulting in a total of forty-nine different colors. the revelation tree has a different set of names for the sefiroth than the tree of the treasuries of elohim shown in figure 4.5 on page 120. most interpreters of the revelation see all the action described as occurring in the physical plane. however, the events described in the revelation occur on multiple planes. only the allusions involving the seven churches exist in the lowest sefirah victory, representing the physical plane. the forty-nine allusions in their qabalistic format as a tree of life are presented below :2 h' 8 :2" 2" f "1" 2: e2 2" 3 2 f 0#0 way of the treasuries of revelation (peshitta) 33' 8: h" 2: 2

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neptune, the ruler of the unstable waters; the second by the threepronged fork of the medieval devil, by which souls are cast into hell. the united trident and fork are symbolized in the double shin, and also in the hexagram or seal of solomon or of david. like moths the uninitiated circle round these blinding lights and, becoming drunken on their brilliance, are scorched in their fire. as on the physical plane a man can become intoxicated on wine, and on the sensuous on love, and on the intellectual on knowledge, so also in the super-sensuous world can he become drunken on the energy of the spirit. woe to him who so drinks, for in place of seeing he will become blind. reeling through the world he will use his trident like a pitchfork, turning humanity upside down. such a man, as eliphas l

GILBERT AE WAITE A MAGICIAN OF MANY PARTS

of love. in the intellectual order: in the realization. of the dreamofpoetry. in the spiritual. order .in therealization ofthedream of the mystics [note:theprospectus was issued in1891.1have been unable to identify mr rothwell or to determine his relationshipwithwaite. rag](ii)'a tentative267 rite'for'anorderof the spiritual temple'wearetold bythemystics that there is an exterior evolution on the physical plane, and an interior evolution on the psychic plane. there is a promise to the outward man and a promise to the inward man. they prophesyunto us of a glory to berevealedoutwardly and of a glory to be realizedwithin-oran exterior splendour and an interior light. this two-fold evolutionwillbe represented in. the ministry of devotional mysticism by the liturgy and the ritual.theliturgy wil

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es and beyond the law of karma.thesubstitution of libra for ara marks a distinct stage in the progress of religious history; many others are marked in the zodiac, and will appear as we proceed.thesymbol of libra is simply ara cut off at the top (fig 12. to see one instance of how these symbols are written on the face of physical nature, and how everyone of them must be in fact just as true on the physical plane asitis on the abstract metaphysical or spiritual plane, consider a ray of light. we know it is threefold; we pass it through the triangle, that is the prism, whose section is triangular, and the unity becomes a trinity, three prismatic colours coming from the white light and retiring into the white light again, and each one being in itself a perfect vehicle forthemanisfestation of l

ellect uses, which the manas uses in order to function through that material human body. now itfollowsfrom this, that outside of ourselves, and on a higher plan altogether, exists an intellectual, a mental counterpart of ourselves, of each one of us, which perceives, recognises, and directs this physical body. you will, no.doubt, ask, how then does the physical body come into manifestation on the physical plane, and what is the connection binding it to the mental plane, the plane of manas? well, you may find the key to that, which is very difficult to put into words, by an attentive consideration of the cosmic pictures. a picture is formed upon this earth's plane.itgoes off into the air. from the limits of the earth's atmosphere a quick reflection is sent back. that is very slight. the bul

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one further to this, the seven logii form the body of the universe or great chain of being. it is from their forms that the seven planes of existence come into being. this is one of the most important aspects of the gnostic teachings. the seven planes are not simply geographic locations, they are living, growing, transforming bodies which are enlivened by the seven logii. it is the sane with the physical plane, it is not inert matter but is alive. the earth is not simply a ball of dirt in space, but is gaia a immense organism which is as much alive as we are. each plane subdivides into lesser planes and each plane dimension has its own consciousness and reality. in this model everything is inter-related. so, for example, man is in a unique symbiotic relationship with gaia which in turn is

y a ball of dirt in space, but is gaia a immense organism which is as much alive as we are. each plane subdivides into lesser planes and each plane dimension has its own consciousness and reality. in this model everything is inter-related. so, for example, man is in a unique symbiotic relationship with gaia which in turn is part of a greater web of spiritual energy which makes up the logii of the physical plane. all forces are in symbiotic relationship with those above them, the gnostic handbook page 37 that which is not divine will the logos sophia the seven logoii the seven planes, dimensions or worlds each a living web empowered by one of the seven logii. the gnostic handbook page 38 hence, man is part of the body of gaia and his behavior and actions effects gaia as much as would our ow

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

he mental plane. here the flood of energy takes the form of reason and thought, blueprints are formulated and laid. the astral plane the desire plane is also known as the emotional or astral plane. in some traditions it is also seen as the reflective sphere or astral light. the division between the mental and desire plane is not as clear as it seems and intermingling occurs between them both. the physical plane the world on which we live. the earth and the underworld on a critical examine of our models one will notice an anomaly, in the organic models (yggdrasil etc, the underworld is beneath the earth, indeed in medieval mysticism hell (the christian underworld) is even within the earth, being at its centre. while in the emanation model the underworld is called the astral plane (even the

this last fact is important and has far more significance than we may realize. as we will discuss in another work it is possible many of these fallen spirits have taken physical form and are now in controlling positions in governments and institutions. if we believe that spiritually destructive forces are working on many different levels, then we cannot ignore the existence of these forces on the physical plane as well as on the spiritual. for centuries there has been a belief in a secret government which manipulates and controls world politics, while conspiracy theories may seem, at first glance, unbelievable, when we consider the current state of world affairs then it does seem that some sort of nefarious plan has been in operation. in conspiracy or degeneracy by revilo.p.oliver we read

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as the emotional or astral plane. in some traditions it is also seen as the reflective sphere or astral light. the division between the thought and desire plane is not as clear as it seems and intermingling occurs between them both, the lower reaches of both planes are nearly totally dialectally controlled. the planes of thought and desire are equivalent to the kabbalistic world of yetzirah. the physical plane is the kabbalistic world of assiah, the fallen world of matter. now i realise these descriptions are far from satisfactory, however it is very difficult to define alternate realities without reference to other subjects which we have not covered as yet. since the gnostic system is self referencing, we have a situation where each truth is dependant on an understanding of others. so pl

ins that the essential earth logos is a light force (even in some traditions sophia herself) which has been locked in an outer physical cage or prison. this is where the gnostic concept of earth is radically different from earth religions, to worship the earth is to worship a cage, to be subservient to the earth is to risk annihilation. the earth is a living field, but like everything else on the physical plane, it is in a state of flux and drifts between light and darkness. the earth logos receives mixed energy currents from the solar sphere and transmits them to the earth system (fig 10) the body or form of the earth is covered by a fig 10- gnostic theurgy page 43 grid-like pattern of energy lines. these lines (like acupuncture points on the human body) relay the energies received and co

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use the black mirror to visualize its form and impressions it may send. if a specific goetic spirit is bound with the magician as a familiar/famulus, then the black mirror is ideal in communication. some have used divination boards in front of black mirrors to communicate with spirits, this techniques proves a powerful gnosis to step into, as you essentially bring the astral/ghost realm into the physical plane. the mirror is used in the following way- 1. summon the spirit in the evocation circle 2. bind the spirit to the vessel and sigil accordingly. 3. use the mirror to contact the spirit later after it has been bound. 4. contact the spirit before sleep to ensure a detailed communication if you dare. seeking first communicationonce the spirit has been properly bound to the vessel, you ma

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cal system presented by sir john dee, court astrologer to queen elizabeth 1, views the physical world as only the lowest in a graduated series of cosmic planes. there are many invisible worlds surrounding this earth. the reason they are invisible is because they are composed of matter that is so tenuous that our eyes cannot see it. there are many degrees of matter's density. the most dense is the physical plane. the next, more ethereal and very close to the physical plane, is the etheric plane symbolized by the element earth. the next more ethereal world is the astral plane which is usually divided into a lower half, symbolized by the element air, anda higher half symbol ized by the element fi re. the highest plane conceivable to human consciousness is the spiritual plane symbolized by the

e: the development of the body of light is an ongoing process. the key to success is practice. the fruit of your efforts are the experiences and lessons that you will surely encounter as you advance. remember, your subtle body already exists; you are simply becoming conscious of it. warning: do not confuse the planes. always keep your subtle body on the subtle planes and your physical body on the physical plane. mental imbalance can result from confusing the planes in your mirad. this is probably the chief error made by the novice magician. work sheet: use the following sample work sheet to keep an on-going record of your operations. a sample completed work sheet is provided to demonstrate the kind of data that you peed to record. you will find this helpful in determining what works best f

ena which partake of all these. thus in sex we find every one of the primary correspondences of chokmah. aleister crowley, magick without tears the first aethyr, lil, and all the inconceivable realms above the first aethyr are without sex, which is to say that masculinity and femininity do not exist as separate qualities in those sublime regions. however, below lil each subplane downward into the physical plane is charged with forces that are either masculine or feminine or combinations of both. masculinity and femininity are two sides of a duality. your great work is to unite all dualities. the union of microcosm and macrocosm, the subjective self with its objective world, implies the union of all dualities including sexual polarities. it is your task as a magician to seek within yourself

change to beget is to die; to die is to beget. cast the seed into the field of night. aleister crowley, book of lies after you have mastered the lower seven aethyrs, you will be ready to pass through the ring-pass-not above nia. this ring-pass- not will not allow your astral body to enter. you must leave your astral body on the astral plane in the same way that you leave your physical body on the physical plane when you travel to any of the aethyrs. you must be able to travel in the mental body in order to enter the 23rd aethyr, tor. also, as a preparation for tor, you are advised to carefully study the formula of kal. as soon as you enter tor you will see symbols of power and generative energy. crowley saw a black bull, furiously pawing up the ground with flames shooting from its mouth. t

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he vedantins, and the buddhist system. with this object in view, it is the duty of all theosophists to promote in every practical way, and in all countries, the spread of non-sectarian education) see remark on the use of the word aryan a couple of pages back page 24 the key to theosophy- hp blavatsky.txt q. what do the written statutes of your society advise its members to do besides this? on the physical plane, i mean? a. in order to awaken brotherly feeling among nations we have to assist in the international exchange of useful arts and products, by advice, information, and cooperation with all worthy individuals and associations (provided, however, add the statutes "that no benefit or percentage shall be taken by the society or the 'fellows' for its or their corporate services. for inst

it is not enough. what is also needed is to impress men with the idea that, if the root of mankind is one, then there must also be one truth which finds expression in all the various religions-except in the jewish, as you do not find it expressed even in the cabala. q. this refers to the common origin of religions, and you may be right there. but how does it apply to practical brotherhood on the physical plane? a. first, because that which is true on the metaphysical plane must be also true on the physical. secondly, because there is no more fertile source of hatred and strife than religious differences. when one party or another thinks himself the sole possessor of absolute truth, it becomes only natural that he should think his neighbor absolutely in the clutches of error or the devil

be at liberty to free himself from all the obligations he had taken, whenever he pleases? what security, confidence, or trust would ever exist among men, if pledges such as this were to have no really binding force at all? believe me, the law of retribution (karma) would very soon overtake one who so broke his pledge, and perhaps as soon as the contempt of every honorable man would, even on this physical plane. as well expressed in the new york path just cited on this subject, a pledge once taken, is forever binding in both the moral and the occult worlds. if we break it once and are punished, that does not justify us in breaking it again, and so long as we do, so long will the mighty lever of the law (of karma) react upon us. the relations of the t.s. to theosophy on self-improvement q

lf. the student must not confuse this spiritual ego with the "higher self" which is atma, the god within us, and page 62 the key to theosophy- hp blavatsky.txt inseparable from the universal spirit) the personality with its skandhas is ever changing with every new birth. it is, as said before, only the part played by the actor (the true ego) for one night. this is why we preserve no memory on the physical plane of our past lives, though the real "ego" has lived them over and knows them all. q. then how does it happen that the real or spiritual man does not impress his new personal "i" with this knowledge? a. how is it that the servant-girls in a poor farmhouse could speak hebrew and play the violin in their trance or somnambular state, and knew neither when in their normal condition? becau

process of incarnation, therefore, is not fully described when we speak of an alternate existence on the physical and spiritual planes, and thus picture the soul as page 81 the key to theosophy- hp blavatsky.txt a complete entity slipping entirely from the one state of existence to the other. the more correct definitions of the process would probably represent incarnation as taking place on this physical plane of nature by reason of an efflux emanating from the soul. the spiritual realm would all the while be the proper habitat of the soul, which would never entirely quit it; and that non-materializable portion of the soul which abides permanently on the spiritual plane may fitly, perhaps, be spoken of as the higher self. this "higher self" is atma, and of course it is "non-materializable

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d to the answers one can expect. first of all, the magician is not supposed to boast of his exercises and results. the ore silent he is keeping about his communication with the invisible ones, the better for him. furthermore, when choosing the questions to be asked, you always have to consider that the beings you are contacting are subject to laws different from those we have to deal with on this physical plane. besides, beings that have been living before on this earth will soon lose their orientation because our physical plane is tri-dimensional, depending on time and space which does not occur i the sphere of the fourth dimension. only highly developed beings are capable of giving correct information about time, events, future, etc. consequently the magician will first inquire about the

n making and becoming invisible in mental wandering, the same procedure also can be used in sending out the astral body. here as well the practice of loading the whole personality with akasa is very much in line with the loading of the mental and astral body together. the other measures are the same as previously described. from the magic standpoint, it is also possible to become invisible on the physical plane, but here invisibility is not produced by akasa by means of light. filling the physical body with light, it must be in harmony with the intensity of the light prevailing at the moment. if the accumulation of light were stronger than necessary, one would not become invisible, but transparent and bright, similar to the sun, shining white without and within. physical invisibility is ve

JASMUHEEN THE FOOD OF GODS

re more than just our minds and bodies and emotions and education into the fact that all our bodies need proper nourishment and education regarding how to do provide this in a way that is honoring of all. once this education has been given, with its practical tools, then there really is no excuse any more for. as gods in form. it is up to us to choose and create the life we desire to have on this physical plane and in doing this both our personal and our global needs have to be assessed (there are more practical tools for this in the biofields& bliss series) for forty years i hungered for enlightenment and to have the experiences that the holy ones have shared. the sort of experiences that i have personally had during my life in the pursuit of this, are certainly not rare and many have bee

amics? answer q7: in the field of dimensional biofield science, this is an interesting challenge. for example, the below diagram shows a classic image of an individual existing in the denser material reality of this world yet being guided by the higher divine nature. the questions are as follows: 1. if the current esoteric reality is that rather than ascending, we are to descend our dow into this physical plane and manifest our christed or buddhic consciousness, then how can a predominantly theta. delta field being exist in a beta. alpha field? isn t this like trying to mix oil and water and is hence an energetic incompatibility? 2. what about the reality that if god is everywhere and in everything, then aren t we already enlightened? 3. how can the field dynamics be altered to support the

ur christed or buddhic consciousness, then how can a predominantly theta. delta field being exist in a beta. alpha field? isn t this like trying to mix oil and water and is hence an energetic incompatibility? 2. what about the reality that if god is everywhere and in everything, then aren t we already enlightened? 3. how can the field dynamics be altered to support the descent of our dow into the physical plane? the above 3 questions confront every esoteric student at some point in their philosophical thinking, especially those concerned with field science, and the answers are quite simple. diagram 20: the descent of our dow divine nutrition: the madonna frequency& the food of gods with jasmuheen 164 firstly, it is true that at this point in humanity s evolution we are looking at the group

LEADBEATER C W THE HIDDEN LIFE IN FREEMASONRY 2E

tudes of worshippers, shedding the benediction of the gods as they passed by, and evoking tremendous enthusiasm and devotion in the people. 48. the ancient egyptians have often been accused of polytheism, but in reality they were no more guilty of the charge than are the hindus. all men knew and worshipped the one god, amen-ra, the gone without a second h, the centre of whose manifestation on the physical plane is the sun; but they worshipped him under different aspects and through different channels. in one of the hymns addressed to him it was said: 49. the gods adore thee, they greet thee, o thou the one dark truth, the heart of silence, the hidden mystery, the inner god seated within the shrine, thou producer of beings, thou the one self. we adore the souls that are emanated from thee

s to the depths. it is written elsewhere that the father fs house has many mansions; many levels and resting-places for his creatures in their different conditions and degrees of progress. it is these levels, these planes and sub-planes, that are denoted by the rungs and staves of the ladder. and of these there are, for us in our present state of evolutionary unfoldment, three principal ones; the physical plane, the plane of desire and emotion, and the mental plane, or that of the abstract intelligence which links up to the still higher planes of the spirit. these three levels of the world are reproduced in man. the first corresponds with his material physique, his sense-body; the second with his desire and emotional nature, which is a mixed element resulting from the interaction of his ph

he special work, from the occult point of view, of this degree, but he also commands the aid of the powers in nature connected with and controlled through that centre in whatever work he is about to undertake. the gestures and words taught in freemasonry are not chosen at random; each has a definite meaning and a definite power in the world of the unseen, quite apart from its signification on the physical plane. lodges in europe usually know nothing whatever of all this; perhaps there may be some in oriental countries which are better instructed. 380. the force-centres exist as points of connection at which energy flows from one vehicle or body of a man to another. anyone who possesses a slight degree of clairvoyance may easily see them in the etheric double, where they show themselves as

r centre with which this degree of e.a. is principally concerned, three factors are important. when the centre in the emotional body which corresponds to this is awakened, it gives to the man the power of hearing in the subtle world at that level- that is, it causes a development of that sense which, in what is usually called the astral world, produces on our consciousness the effect which on the physical plane we call hearing. so, if the etheric centre were fully working, the e.a. would be clairaudient as far as the etheric and astral planes. its slow and partial unfoldment gradually tends to dissipate prejudice in the man, to open his mind to suggestions and, generally speaking, to widen and liberalize his thought. 390. secondly, the development of the brain largely depends upon the open

five of the seven planes of nature, and has sheaths or bodies built of the matter of the lower of those planes, and principles or constituents within himself which correspond to the higher. this will be made clearer by fig. 13, and its accompanying diagram. 398. therefore for our work we need forces of all these different levels, and each officer of a masonic lodge has, besides his duties on the physical plane, the function of representing one of these levels, and acting as a focus for its special energies. the arrangement made by the founders of freemasonry is that the enumeration of the officials and the recitation of their positions and duties shall act as an evocation of the devas or angels belonging to and working on those respective levels. the fact that thousands of r.w.m.s have as

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n the great white lodge in the persons of its three chief officers, through whom the mighty power of god descends to men. 27. the occult records 28. it will be seen that this occult knowledge depends no more upon the study of books and records than do the experiences of the mystics; both belong to a higher order of consciousness, the existence of which cannot be satisfactorily demonstrated on the physical plane. nevertheless, the study of the physical-plane records of the past is of value in confirming the historical researches of the trained occultist, who is able to read what are sometimes called the akashic records, and so to acquire an accurate knowledge of the past. this subject is so little understood that it may perhaps be useful if at this point i quote somewhat at length from a bo

other hand, there have been cases in which a rite or grade has been manufactured by a student who wished to throw some great truth into ceremonial form, but knew little of all this inner side of masonry; if such a degree or rite were doing useful work and attracting suitable candidates, sacramental powers fitted for that rite or grade were sometimes introduced into it, either by some bro. on the physical plane who possessed one of the lines of succession mentioned above, which was then adapted by the h.o.a.t.f. for the work, or by a direct and non-physical interference from behind. 41. furthermore, the inner effect of a given degree, even in a rite that may be fully valid, may vary greatly with the degree of advancement and general attitude of the bro. upon whom it is conferred; so that i

ll manifest itself as greater advancement is made in the development of character. it also appears to be possible for power to be temporarily withdrawn in cases of evil-doing by one of the brn, and to be restored later when the evil-doing has ceased. 42. all this may seem a little bewildering to the student of the form side of masonry; and indeed it is a fact that there is but little means on the physical plane of judging the inner effect of a given degree without reference to those who may be working it. it may however be generally stated that the chief lines of masonic tradition- those which are of the greatest inner or spiritual value- are the craft degrees, upon which all other grades are superimposed, the mark and the arch degrees, and the chief degrees of the ancient and accepted sco

med with the idea that his power, his connection with the deity (which was a very close one as pharaoh, would be preserved and would continue to radiate so long as the body remained. this resembled the later custom of preserving the relics of a saint. the strong love of the egyptians for their coun-try provided another reason for embalming their dead; they hoped to preserve a definite link on the physical plane which would operate to draw them back to rebirth among their own people. that it did so operate in many cases seems to have been a fact, although the will of the re-incarnating ego would doubtless have been sufficient to achieve the same result. the custom was not altogether a good one, because if the body of a man of evil life is embalmed, a good deal of additional power is thereby

own people. that it did so operate in many cases seems to have been a fact, although the will of the re-incarnating ego would doubtless have been sufficient to achieve the same result. the custom was not altogether a good one, because if the body of a man of evil life is embalmed, a good deal of additional power is thereby left to him after death; he may more easily materialize and operate on the physical plane in undesirable ways. it is on the whole fortunate that the practice has not persisted. 71. other deities 72. many other deities were reverenced in ancient egypt, in much the same way as numerous gods are adored to-day in india; and in every case the devotion addressed to the supreme obtained its response through the particular channel chosen by the worshipper. great angels of differ

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eing eaten is again transmuted into will. thus thou mayst in many ways impress any particular will upon the proper substance, so that by due use thou comest at last to its accomplishment. so general is this formula, in truth, that all conscious actions may be included within its scope. there is also the converse, as when external objects create appetite, whose satisfaction again reacteth upon the physical plane. praise thou the wonder of the mystery of nature, rising and falling with every breath, so that there is no part which is not mystically partaker of the whole. h the book of wisdom or folly 55 bg de arcano subtilissimo (of the most subtle secret) my son, there is that within thee of marvellous puissance which is by its own nature the incarnation of thy will, most ready to receive th

LIBER LXVII THE SWORD OF SONG

rrot. the old lady stopped her ears .wring its neck. she said .the parrot was only eight years old. vii .you.re a muddle and an idiot. said the infuriated god .why not make him a spiritual thing? a nat2 lives 10,000 years .make him a nat then. said the magician, already beginning to fear that fate would be too strong for him, in spite of all his cunning .there.s some one working against us on the physical plane. we must transcend it. no sooner said than done: 1 .o the jewel in the lotus! aum. the most famous of the buddhist formularies. 2 the burmese name for an elemental spirit. the three characteristics 73 a family of nats in a big tree at anuradhapura had a little stranger, very welcome to mamma and papa nat .blessed indeed was the family. fiveand- forty feet1 away stood a most ancient

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torment the victim of delirium tremens are examples of submundane beings, visible only to those whose evil practices are the magnet for their attraction. differing widely from the elementals and also the incubus and succubus is the vampire, which is defined by paracelsus as the astral body of a person either living or dead (usually the latter state. the vampire seeks to prolong existence upon the physical plane by robbing the living of their vital energies and misappropriating such energies to its own ends. in his de ente spirituali paracelsus writes thus of these malignant beings "a healthy and pure person cannot become obsessed by them, because such larv can only act upon men if the later make room for them in their minds. a healthy mind is a castle that cannot be invaded without the wil

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s an excellent hunter, able to travel long periods without rest and to move virtually soundlessly in the night. it is known that the wolf can run up to fifteen miles an hour for the period of roughly three hours or more. it is not rare for a wolf to cover up to one hundred miles a day when food is scarce during a brutal winter or such "werewolves in european history" the werewolf can exist on the physical plane as well as the astral one. the main difference is the form, on the physical plane the wolf attributes are mental, consisting of heightened senses and physical strength. the face and hands may resemble those of a beast. it is useful to call upon such atavisms when one is in a defensive situation or for physical survival in the extreme cold. i can recall numerous times when i had unde

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ouring (self work- vigor and prowess, instinctual drive, knowledge of the self and emotions therein. chakra one: the root chakra- taromati earth, physical identity, material body. located at the base of the spine, this chakra forms our foundation. it represents the element earth, and is therefore related to our survival instincts, and to our sense of grounding and connection to our bodies and the physical plane including our ability to rebel against monotheistic or enslaving principles mentally and spiritually. devouring- draining through touch and grasping objects, this type of vampyrism is the easiest as it 45 stimulates the nervous system early on. this is usually the first element of a practicing vampyre. non-devouring (self work- focus on the antinomian aspects of self, know who you a

RABBI MOSHE WISNEFSKY APPLES FROM THE ORCHARD THE ARIZAL ON THE PARASHAH

or this gsoul h to transmigrate into an incarnation in which it feels the horror of unfulfillment, as we have explained previously. although the midrash describes a situation that persisted for 130 years and the arizal describes a process that occurred simultaneously with the sin, this is simply because spiritual processes that occur outside the context of time require time when manifested in the physical plane. in addition [adam] blemished souls that were associated with his own, personal soul-root. these were [intended to be] rectified in the souls of cain and abel, abel rectifying the aspect of chochmah and cain the aspect of binah. all [the souls that originate in the left side] from binah downward, became gshells h [i.e, evil. in contrast, even the gevurah-aspects of [the right side

uld not affect reality the way a righteous person fs can, the arizal says that the fact that the torah takes the trouble to record laban fs greeting means that it in this case, the reverse was true: because on the spiritual level, eliezer had already been gone from being cursed to being blessed, laban was able to intuit this and unknowingly articulated it, thereby causing it to take effect on the physical plane, as well. eliezer fs transference from cursed to blessed allowed him to be reincarnated as caleb. 1 2 samuel 3:3. 2 genesis 9:25. 3 see rashi on genesis 24:39. the arizal on parashat shelach (2) 594 therefore, because of this ascent that he [accomplished in eliezer] when he said gcome, o blessed of g-d, h [laban] was reincarnated as naval the carmelite [this is indicated by the fact

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the whole astral plane, apparently, seeks to delude the seer and if he opens himself, by neglecting the tests, he is lost. with considerable practice, too, the symbols may be discarded for they will not be required to give entrance to the planes, though for the beginner no attempt should be made to work without the use of the actual material symbol. it will be found wisest to keep as much to the physical plane as possible, by employing the physical symbols, and by making the appropriate signs and steps with the physical body, as well as by speaking audibly and describing the vision as it proceeds. when the student has become fairly proficient with the use of simple tattwas, he should experiment with the compound tattwas, and not <22> be satisfied with his ability to skry until he is perfe

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has created, as in the prophecy of the red magus in the "word of leviathan" 2. mysteries: these are the concepts we hold sacred, and which trigger responses in our innermost being. these include the self, set and his various aspects and names, the black flame, setamorphoses, the aeonic words, and the neters of the various orders. the mysteries are not related to the life stages that occur in the physical plane, as we saw in the analysis of all other religions. the mysteries of the temple of set are largely of the subjective realm, and utilize the rational and non-rational to access their truth. by this i mean that we not only study everything we can, discuss it, and learn from each other, but we also value and develop the mystical skills necessary to learn first hand the truths of these m

ple makes a decision if he is right for it. differ though they may, the foundations of the first degree program was laid. the (1=[10] of the golden dawn was known as the zelator. it was followed by the (2=[9] theoricus, the (3=[8] practicus, and the (4=[7] philosophus. grades (1=[10] through (4=[7] were concerned primarily with "an understanding and mastery of the "elemental" forces governing the physical plane"(2) again, all this- plus some- is more clearly and more accurately covered in the searches of the first degree setian["more clearly and more accurately" is defined as dealing with having a great deal of obscure nonsense previously dumped overboard] after attaining (0=[0] through (4=[7, the golden dawn initiate could then expect to advance to what was known as the second order. this

al working i spoke aloud only once, and for a short duration, so the others could hear the thoughts passing through my mind. for most of the working i was active etherically and/or astrally, allowing my physical body to symbolize my lesser human self become passive, while higher man came into being. the whole experience became intensely dreamlike for me, as in a lucid dream when the "laws" of the physical plane no longer bind the creativity of the self. instead, dream-laws reigned and the astral potentials become actual. through this i experienced xem of the past, present, and possible futures in what seemed to be an "eternal moment" the "bridge" or gate of xem had become established in the perceptions of my heart. i could "see" the first xemset working as magistra reynolds read it aloud

te. this composite i knew was set, the ageless intelligence, pure spirit, unbound by time and space, yet unable to manifest in physical form on this plane. the microcosmic i saw more clearly defined as a three-dimensional function realized by those magicians in this dimension, realizing to the fullest their function of one of those aspects of the set composite; and reaching up as it were from the physical plane and touching classification: v2- b6m.19- 1 (u5) author: ricco a. zappitelli iii date: september/october xv subject: personal xeper reading list: on their individual color or aspect of set that they related to. they were able this way to give life to it in this dimension, so indeed the old ones could come through. i saw a symbol then of the pentagram with its five points (only after

even in expensive perfume products. the value of this category in perfumes lies in the immensely pleasing fragrances, which for the animals are used in attracting mates. the response in humans is such that these aromas in minute amounts also act as attractants, erotic stimulants, and if knowledgeably used, facilitators of ecstatic states for sex magic, or singular efforts at transcendance of the physical plane whether of a sexual or non sexual method. in practical use, the "staying power" is referred to also as the base note, as it lingers the longest after the other oils have dissipated. the base oil however prevents the additional oils from evaporating as fast as they normally might. depending on the oil, the base can contribute a "dark" quality to the perfume. the aromas of this class

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usage is deviant and not of the earth. the parallelogram, by definition, is a plane figure characterized by four sides connected, with opposite sides parallel. this figure represents the principles which govern imitative magick. the left side of the figure represents the realities and actions of the dark will which manifest upon the etherical plane during ritual. moving towards the right lies the physical plane, which, if properly affected parallels the previous etherical event -14- when the black magician exercises his dark will, he enters into the governing etherical plane where everything lawful is subject to his desires. hence, this is the nature of the parallelogram, which is the foundation of cause and effect. devaxcus librt, the beast of revelation, was sired by satan and brought fo

e and essential to the order of natural behavior. the psycho-therapeutic term used to describe these ritualistic activities is psychodrama: a purging of the emotions; expression of the emotions through various forms of art. outer magical art: oma is executed after the ritual and continues until the desired effect is achieved. demonic forces have been evoked to bring about a desired outcome on the physical plane. the demons of pandemonium utilize three (3) basic elements which are the outer magickal art formulae: 1 the satanist(s) must have profound confidence in the efficacy of the spell or curse. 2 in most cases there must be inducement of strategically-placed suggestion on a repetitive basis. 3 there must be symbolism which reinforces the spell or curse. core theory and application of bl

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brow. its locus should be determined by the magician with respect to the position he adopts during coitus. the act will then assume all the characteristics of a ninth degree working, because the presence of the shadow-woman will be experienced with a vivid intensity of sensation and clarity of vision. the sigil thus becomes sentient and in due course the object of the working materializes on the physical plane. this object is, of course, determined by the desire embodied in and represented by the sigil. the important innovation in this system of dream control lies in the transference of the sigil from the waking to the dream state of consciousness, and the evocation, in the latter state, of the shadow-woman. this process transforms an eighth degree rite! into the similitude of the sexual

certain tantric practices, the idea being that the bindu (seed) then breeds astrally, not physically. in other words, an entity of some sort is brought to birth at astral levels of consciousness. this, and analogous techniques, have given rise to the impressionquite erroneous- that celibacy is a sine qua non of magical success; but such celibacy is of a purely local character and confined to the physical plane, or waking state, alone. celibacy, as commonly understood, is therefore a meaningless parody or travesty of the true formula. such is the initiated rationale of tantric celibacy, and some such interpretation undoubtedly applies also to other forms of religious asceticism. the 'temptations' of the saints occuedrr on the astral plane precisely because the physical channels had been de

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an mind: sexual fidelity for life is the ideal union between a man and a woman. in order to enhance this lie, the demons try to uphold social attitudes that restrict sexual activity in any human couple. according to them, not only "infidelity" is a sin, but also the only lawful purpose of the sex act is procreation. this, of course, is the equivalent of maintaining that love can only exist on the physical plane, and that human beings are incapable of relating to each other on other planes of existence. but in reality, it is not normal (in the statistic sense) for men and women to keep up monogamous sexual activity during years and years. studies on this subject show that, between partners who copulate only one with the other during five years, the nervous centers reach a saturation point o

e years, the nervous centers reach a saturation point of biomagnetism. this produces symptoms of satiety, followed by apparent emotional indifference, and even physical repulsion. if a man is no longer capable of a spontaneous erection at the sight of his wife s naked body, there is not (at least temporarily) sexual love between them. in such circumstances, both should avoid a forced union on the physical plane, even if they esteem and respect each other on other planes "what is bound in heaven must not be sundered on earth" is but half of the idea expressed in this passage of the "gospels. the converse is also true! see al i 41. the subject of love is too complex to be covered in this document. it is taught, step by step, in the grades of the inner circle of h.o.o.r. the theory is reveale

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and introduced into that body. bernstein observed that a person who boasts of t h e g a l e e n c y c l o p e d i a o f t h e u n u s u a l a n d u n e x p l a i n e d 64 afterlife mysteries toa number of americans, bridey murphy has become synonymous with reincarnation and accounts of past lives. having noble french ancestry might have been a slave or a concubine on his or her prior visit to the physical plane of existence. in bernstein s opinion, one could take only one of two points of view in regard to the strange case of bridey murphy. one might conclude that the whole thing had been a hoax without a motive. this conclusion would hold that ruth simmons was not the normal young gal she appeared to be, but actually a frustrated actress who proved to be a consummate performer in her inte

t a crystal ball or being in a trance. possession. the doctor recognizes the plausibility of temporary possession as an explanation for some apparent memories of former incarnations. but he makes a very important distinction: in cases of possession, the entity that has accomplished the transformation of personality usually does so solely for the purpose of communication with its loved ones on the physical plane, and it never claims to be a former incarnation of the subject who has temporarily provided a physical body. in true cases suggestive of reincarnation, there is no other personality claiming to occupy the body of the subject and the entity speaks of a former life, not of communication with surviving loved ones. m delving deeper stevenson, ian. twenty cases suggestive of reincarnatio

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thrones. the second hierarchy: dominions, powers, and authorities [virtues. the third hierarchy:principalities, archangels, and angels. these spirits are considered more perfect in essence than humans, and they are thought to be on earth to help. they work out the pattern of ordeals that each human being must pass through, and they give an account of human actions to god after one passes from the physical plane. they cannot, however, interfere in any way with human free will, which always must make the choice between good and evil. in their capacity to help, though, these angels can be called upon to assist humans in various ways. it is these archangels, then, that the magi evoke in their ceremonies. accompanying the concept of the planetary spirits, or archangels, was something the egypti

lishers, 1983. nelson, felicitas h. talismans& amulets of the world. new york: sterling publishing, 2000. totems among the shamanic teachings of the traditional native americans, the totem represents the physical form of one fs spirit helper, his or her guardian or guide. the totem entity may in some ways be comparable to the concept of a guardian angel or spirit guide that presents itself on the physical plane in the form of an animal. traditional native americans believed that the great mystery prepared the land as a place where all things that swam, walked, crawled, and flew were to mingle in harmony. gifts were bestowed upon each creature, with abilities to learn lessons from one another. the native people accepted their kinship with all of nature and believed that each entity performe

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, he finds her frozen still, her eyes are closed again, her lips are paler and colder than ever, the sensitive soul has trembled, the frail cord is broken anew- and for ever. eurydice is dead, and the hymns of orpheus can no longer recall her to life! in our "dogme et rituel de la haute magie" we had the temerity to say that the resurrection of the dead is not an impossible phenomenon even on the physical plane; and in saying that, we have not denied or in any way contradicted the fatal law of death. a death which can discontinue is only lethargy and slumber; but it is by lethargy and slumber that 122 death always begins. the state of profound peace which succeeds the agitations of life carries away the relaxed and sleeping soul; one cannot make it return, and force it to plunge anew into

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he purpose of ceremonial is that of all magic-the awakening of the interior man, the aligning it with the consciousness and powers of the circulating the light and the formula of vibration 97 universe about him. its method, though, seems to the novice slightly different from the others. actually, however, its procedure is identical with the other techniques, except that it brings them down to the physical plane. that is to say, instead of performing a series of purely introverted exercises, ceremonial magic devotes itself to enacting on the physical plane a series of psychic events. that is to say, it combines, according to its own principles, the benefits of introversion with those of the extraverted temperament. we have seen that the ten sephiroth represent different principles in man. t

is the realm in which we live and function. malkuth is said to contain the four elements of the manifest universe. this is why in many drawings, malkuth is shown divided into four sections. the sub-elements are: air of malkuth, water of malkuth, fire of malkuth, and earth of malkuth. but for our purposes it would be better to refer to them simply as air, fire, water, and earth-the elements of our physical plane. with respect to the entire tree of life, malkuth is the only sephirah to which is assigned the element of earth. this is why the banishing earth pentagram22 in particular is used throughout the lbrp. however, in this instance it would be better to refer to the pentagram used in this ritual as the lesser banishing pentagram to avoid confusion.23 all of the divine hebrew names intone

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s with each stride. you may remember having done this in your dreams. the lower level of the astral corresponds very closely with the physical world. indeed, it is often difficult for astral travelers to tell the difference. they believe themselves to be moving through the physical world. this is impossible, as the astral body cannot be present in our physical reality. physical things stay on the physical plane, and astral things stay on the astral plane. confusion arises when astral travelers projecting on the base astral plane that corresponds most closely with the physical plane are perceived by other human beings during waking consciousness. then it appears to those who have seen the astral double that the double is present in the physical world. not so. the double always remains in th

le. the lowest of the ten spheres is not actually the physical realm, but is the astral reflection of the physical. it chapter thirteen: pathworking 225 is the same as what i have called the base level of the astral world, through which astral travelers wander when they believe themselves to be traveling across the surface of the earth in the physical realm. it is an almost exact duplicate of the physical plane, and may be thought of as corresponding with the astral chamber that acts as the staging zone for soul flights in the general ritual. rising on the planes it is possible to move from this base astral level straight upward on the tree by following the vertical paths. this was known in the golden dawn as rising on the planes.202m athers wrote "by concentration and contemplation of the

t ages, it was sought as a precious attainment, a source of wisdom and power. the concept of astral travel that evolved during the nineteenth century within the religion of theosophy and the spiritualist movement was only a pale shadow of soul 320 soul flight flight, shorn of most of its ritual and spiritual aspects, and reduced to the mechanical sending forth of the awareness across the ordinary physical plane, as a kind of invisible and powerless ghost-an ethereal peeping tom that could pass through walls and frighten friends asleep in their beds. the sad thing is that this crippled concept of soul flight has remained the popular understanding to this day, in the forms of modern astral projection and remote viewing. having read this book, you know that both astral projection, as it is ge

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this exercise, green is a better choice for the north than black. it is best to begin the visualization of the astral temple by opening the door, and end it by backing out of the temple and closing the door without turning around. in this way, all of your attention is concentrated on the temple itself, without being distracted by externals. the temple occupies a plane of reality separate from the physical plane, and by passing through the doorway you pass from one dimension to another. for best results this exercise should be repeated regularly. as you gain a sense of how you would like your own astral temple to look, you can visualize the features of your own temple replacing those described in the exercise. over time you will want to add ritual furniture and instruments to your visualiza

WESTERN MANDALAS OF TRANSFORMATION SR AL

tral doorways, we mean a conscious excursion into the realm of the imagination. neither are we trying to just enter some kind of daydream, unless we mean a controlled daydream. fantasizing and daydreaming, in the western occult tradition, are the great thieves of the 13 1 14. western mandalas of transformation. life energy. doing active pathworking opens the door for the energy to manifest on the physical plane that is compatible with a full, rich life. in harmony with the magician's intentions. as steinbrecher explains: the inner guide meditation is a way of working on inner planes that is a direct outgrowth. of the western mystery tradition. it is an action oriented method: you move, you utilize your ego and your senses, you ask questions. and barter, you insist, you explore, you discove

hould always include a triangle. its powers express as creativity, materialization, concrete action, self-expression, and imagination. 4. following the archetypal idea of the ternary is the quaternary, represented by a square or a cross. it characterizes the created, extended world of natural forms. the cross is a coordinate which defines and limits a plane. it again represents the duality of the physical plane: light and dark, spirit and matter. the tau cross in qabalah is the special seal or sign of redemption, the spirit crucified to matter and transforming it. four symbolizes the unity of the higher and lower worlds, integration and equilibrium. it finds expression in the four elements, the four directions, and the four seasons. in qabalah it is a very sacred number because the most ho

ssons i have seen that use the same sigil as we do in our lodge, and it is published here. taphthartharath, the spirit of mercury, is correct in nearly all books i have seen, and to the unaware student, this could pose a danger, because one should never use the spirit or daimon without also including figure 4-v figure 4-w the sigil of the intelligence of the planet on the talisman as well. on the physical plane, it would be rather like a person who had a tremendous amount of energy (spirit) without knowing how to direct it (intelligence. such a person may be active but mindless, like a chicken with its head cut off, to use an analogy that i find suits taphthartharath quite well. spirit needs direction, it needs intelligence. a little knowledge, in the occult tradition, can do more harm tha

r swelling, as well as pupil of the eye (d 'olivet. there is a hidden connection with this idea and ayin, which is the hebrew letter that means eye, as well as surface appearance, and mammon or wealth. another root word is gaa (ga, which means proud or haughty, and is one of the negative characteristics of jupiter. pride is often associated with the power and authority of majesty (gedulah) on the physical plane. these correspondences are listed at the end of this chapter. the divine name attributed to chesed is ab el, a combination of the two divine names we have already examined in some detail (see chapter five for the name ab. it's numerical summation is thirty-four, the magic number of the kamea, and it's meaning is god the father. it's sigil on the jupiter kamea is two arrows descendin

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e ushered in, the existing password is abrogated, denoting the end of a dispensation. old links are broken, and the stage is set for the reception of a new life, bringing with it a new relationship. this is done by kerux, the executor of the will of the hierophant. there now takes place an interchange of force between two pairs of opposites: light and darkness heat and cold. irreconcilable on the physical plane, each pair of opposing forces is yet merged into one harmonious channel through the balancing action of the hegemon. as representative of the spirit, she stands at the centre of the universe. the opposing forces from east and west and from south and north go through her. she gathers them up into herself, and by adding the essence of the spirit, transmutes them and sends them out aga

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ard triange is blue. these are symbols of fire and water, which again are opposing forces brought together in unity. the white "t" in the center of the gold cross is the symbol of tav, the beginning pathway in which we must traverse as we climb up the tree of life from malkuth into yesod. it is also the final pathway through which the divine light manifests down from the higher sephiroth into the physical world, known as malkuth. the background of the banner is white. this is symbolical of ain soph aur. you will be learning more about that later, but it suffices to say that it is divine white brilliance. the banner itself is suspended by a gold colored bar and by a red cord; and the pole at the base of the banner to hold it upright should be in the color white, so even the shaft that holds

arly qabalist, when lucifer was thrown out of heaven by michael, the flaming sword blocked him from returning. the path shows the order of the sephiroth by how they were created, from the supernal or celestial triangle of kether, chokmah, and binah to the moral triangle of chesed, geburah, and tiphareth. then finally the mundane triangle of netzach, hod, and yesod. from yesod came malkuth, or the physical world. key sephira hebrew english translation (q. s. color 1) kether rtk kthr crown white brilliance 2) chokmah hmkj chkmh wisdom gray 3) binah hnyb binh understanding black 4) chesed dsj chsd mercy blue 5) geburah hrwbg gburh strength scarlet 6) tiphareth trapt thpharth beauty gold 7) netzach jxn ntzch victory emerald 8) hod dw h hod splendor orange 9) yesod dwsy ysod foundation violet 1

he twenty-two major arcana, and we are only covering the major arcana because the circle spread divination is a spiritual divination in that it only talks about the spiritual nature of a particular action. don't underestimate that. let's not forget the emerald tablet that states, as above so below,"for the things that manifest in the higher planes of existence must eventually filter down into the physical world. therefore, if we have negative cards surrounding us or the situation in the higher planes of existence, we will eventually find that these influences work their way into our physical lives and can either bring reward or havoc. remember that the idea of self mastery is that you are responsible for your own universe, you are responsible for your own world. so, a lot of practitioners

A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO WITCHCRAFT AND MAGICK SPELLS

es, but also to harmonise with them, rather than fighting against our bodies and spirits in our everyday lives. rituals throughout the ages have tapped into the prevailing lunar energies that, like the tides, are affected by the different cycles. in this way, magical intentions can be carried on either the outflowing or inflowing psychic tide to give them the impetus to manifest themselves in the physical world. to go against the moon cycles in magick or in life is a bit like swimming against the flow: quite possible with practice, but involving unnecessary effort. the moon mother the moon was regarded as the mother of all long before written records existed, for she was seen to give birth to a new moon every 29 days. because the old moon apparently died, it was believed that that she took

ALEISTER CROWLEY MAGICK IN THEORY AND PRACTICE

e (or rate of vibration) whose manifestation is in characteristic metallic qualities. this need not be a chemical substance at all in the ordinary sense of the word. the elixir of life will similarly consist of a living organism capable of growth, at the expense of its environment; and of such a nature that its "true will" is to cause that environment to serve it as its means of expression in the physical world of human life. the universal medicine will be a menstruum of such subtlety as to be able to penetrate all matter and transmute it in the sense of its own tendency, while of such impartial purity as to accept perfectly the impression of the will of the alchemist. this substance, properly prepared, and properly charged, is able to perform all things soever that are physically possible

ALEISTER CROWLEY THE SWORD OF SONG

in the language, not of the temple, but of the laboratory, its results, 1 it is of course a special kind of effort, not mere struggle. that i make this appeal; that i seek to enlist genuine, not pseudo-scientific men in the research; so that our children may be as far in advance of us in the study of the supernormal phenomena of the mind as we are in advance of our fathers in the sciences of the physical world.1 note carefully this practical sense of my intention. i care nothing for the academic meanings of the steps in the path; what they meant to the arahats of old is indifferent to me. let the dead past bury its dead! what i require is an advance in the knowledge of the great problem, derived no longer from hearsay revelation, from exalted fanaticism, from hysteria and intoxication; bu

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x. where originates this power of production? it is said there is no change, the medium remaining alike throughout. burt we say there is a change- a change of form,6 and not only a change, but a distinct birth and a distinct death of form. what creates 5 verworn in his "general physiology" says "it was found that the sole reality that we are able to discover in the world is mind. the idea of the physical world is only a product of the mind. but this idea is not the whole of mind, for we have many mental constituents, such as the simple sensations of pain and of pleasure, that are not ideas of bodies. every process of knowledge, including scientific knowledge, is merely a psychical event. this fact cannot be banished by the well-known method of the ostrich (pp. 39, 40 "the real mystery of

regulated in eating and amusement, regulated in performing actions, regulated in sleeping and waking.64 this balancing of what is vulgarly known as virtue and vice,65 and which the yogi philosophy does not always appreciate, is illustrated still more forcibly in that illuminating work "konx om pax" in which mr. crowley writes: as above so beneath! said hermes the thrice greatest. the laws of the physical world are precisely paralleled by those of the moral and intellectual sphere. to the prostitute i prescribe a course of training by which she shall 81 comprehend the holiness of sex. chastity forms part of that training, and i should hope to see her one day a happy wife and mother. to the prude equally i prescribe a course of training by which she shall comprehend the holiness of sex. unc

ALICE A BAILEY05 THE LIGHT OF THE SOUL

true perception, the onlooker has been dependent upon three other methods of ascertaining truth, all of them limited and imperfect. they are: 1. sense perceptions. in this method the dweller in the body ascertains the nature of the objective world through the medium of his five senses. objectivity or tangibility becomes known to him and he hears, sees, touches, tastes and smells the things of the physical world. he deals, however, with the effects produced by the subjective life, but has no clue to the causes or to the subjective energies of which they are the product. his interpretation of them is consequently false, leading to wrong identification and an erroneous set of values. 2. mental perception. through the use of the mind the onlooker becomes aware of another grade of phenomena and

tage he touches the one life which synthesises the many lives, the one purpose which blends the many ideas into one homogeneous plan. 3. the mind. this is the instrument which the seer employs in order to perceive presented ideas or thought forms. for purposes of clarification it might be noted that the presented ideas fall into five groups of thought forms: a. the tangible objective forms in the physical world of every day. with these the seer has for long identified himself in the earlier and more savage stages of human existence. b. the moods, feelings and desires, which all have form in the astral world, the world of the emotions. c. the thought forms in their myriad distinctions which crowd the mental world. through these "presented ideas" the seer achieves knowledge of the not-self

s relationships and into all his affairs. he accustoms himself, through persistent unbroken practise, to distinguish between the self and the not-self, and to occupy himself with the affairs of spirit and not with those of the great maya or world of forms. this distinction is at first theoretical, then intellectual but later assumes more reality and enters into the happenings of the emotional and physical world. finally the following of this method eventuates in the entrance of the aspirant into an entirely new dimension and his identification with a life and a world of being dissociated from the three worlds of human endeavour. when this is so the new environment becomes familiar to him so that he knows not only the form but the subjective reality which produces or causes the existence of

ALICE A BAILEY07 FROM INTELLECT TO INTUITION

eaning of this word to signify the energies and potencies which lie back of every form in nature and which give to each of them their essential distinguishing characteristics and qualities. for thousands of years all over the planet, the mystics and knowers have borne witness to experiences in subtler worlds where they have been brought into contact with forces and phenomena which are not of this physical world. they speak of meeting with angelic hosts; they refer to the great cloud of witnesses; they commune with the elder brothers of the race who work in other dimensions and who demonstrate powers about which ordinary human beings know nothing; they speak of a light and of a glory; of a direct knowledge of truth and of a world of phenomena which is uniform to the mystics of all races. th

an be resolved back into its original meaning psyche, the name of the soul. the process has been that of a gradual unveiling, and of a sequential approach nearer and nearer to the soul. the psyche emerges in its true being. back of matter, there can be found an immanent and potent factor which is responsible for the coherence of the form nature, and which constitutes the acting personality in the physical world. this can be regarded as the life aspect, and scholars are wrestling all the time with the problem of life, trying to arrive at its origin and its cause. more deeply seated still can be found the feeling, suffering, experiencing emotional aspect of the self, working through the nervous system and the brain, and governing most potently all activities in the world of human affairs. it

ALICE A BAILEY08 A TREATISE ON WHITE MAGIC

enables the mental body to respond to impressions and contacts emanating from the subjective and spiritual worlds. yet the battle, par excellence, is fought out in the astral body, and only reaches its most intense point and its potent fierceness when there is a good physical instrument and a well-equipped mentality. the greater the sensitivity of the astral body, the greater its reactions to the physical world and to the mental condition and hence the fact emerges that disciples and the more highly evolved people in the world have a more potent astral body and work under greater emotional strain than the less highly evolved and the liberated sons of god- 133- a treatise on white magic copyright 1998 lucis trust students are therefore begged to deal drastically and potently with their emot

the soul can make itself felt. 3. the development of a facility which will enable a man to: a. use the mind in any direction he chooses, turning it externally towards the world of phenomena, or internally towards the world of spiritual being. b. produce consciously and at will a corresponding responsiveness in the physical brain, so that it can register accurately any information coming from the physical world, and the emotional or astral world. c. discriminate intelligently between all these spheres of sentient activity. this will all be eventually covered by a new psychological approach which will emerge out of the old and be a blend of the mechanical schools, the introspective and the more purely oriental position, plus the conclusions of two new schools which will shortly arise but wh

prise you in view of the many speculations of the uninitiate. but so it is. they know that there is a time and a season for all things, and looking ahead and comprehending intuitively the goal for all kingdoms in the immediate future, all their united effort is bent to one end the cultivating of the intuitional telepathic responsiveness of the communicators who bridge the gap between them and the physical world. these latter in their turn seek to employ the observers, knowers, communicators, and observers all working in a close if oft-times unrealised unity, and all responsive (according to their degree) to the impulsion of the mind and will of the logos, the solar deity- 348- a treatise on white magic copyright 1998 lucis trust beyond this triple group stand the thrones, principalities, a

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

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

sophically from the angle of constituting the true medium of knowledge. the soul is light symbolically, for it is like the rays of the sun, which pour out into the darkness; the soul, through the medium of the brain, causes revelation. it throws its light into the brain, and thus the way of the human being becomes increasingly illumined. the brain is like the eye of the soul, looking out into the physical world- 89- a treatise on the seven rays- volume i: esoteric psychology i copyright 1998 lucis trust in the same sense the soul is the eye of the monad, and in a curious and occult sense, the fourth kingdom in nature constitutes on our planet the eye of the planetary deity. the brain is responsive to the seven senses: 1. hearing 5. smell 2. touch 6. the mind, the common-sense 3. sight 7. t

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

ing the head centre, and eventually flooding with light or energy all the centres, thus linking a man in consciousness with all the corresponding parts of the divine whole. thus the trend to synthesis is an instinct inherent in the entire universe, and man is today only awakening to its immediacy and potency. it is this divine attribute in man which makes his physical body an integral part of the physical world; which makes him psychically gregarious and willing to herd (of choice or perforce) with his fellow man. it is this principle, working or functioning through the human consciousness, which has led to the formation of our huge modern cities symbols of a coming higher civilisation which we call the kingdom of god, wherein the relationship between men will be exceedingly close psychica

ALICE A BAILEY16 GLAMOUR A WORLD PROBLEM

, that in these three activities of that reality which is not identified with appearance, the will of god, the destroyer aspect of deity, is beneficently present. the act of abstraction produces the dispelling of the illusory world of thought; the withdrawal of the divine attention dissipates the sentient universe and brings glamour to an end; the cessation of divine direction brings death to the physical world. all these activities are evidences of the will or of the first aspect the will-to-good which can and will function in perfection only when goodwill is finally and fully developed on earth, through the agency of humanity. the will and the breath, my brother, are occultly synonymous terms. in this statement you have the clue to the ending of maya. the above remarks are preliminary to

ALICE A BAILEY19 THE UNFINISHED AUTOBIOGRAPHY

ws: 1. esoteric schools in the past these are the schools with which we are most familiar, such as the inner schools of the many theosophical groups, the rosicrucian orders and the countless mystical and metaphysical organisations. they are definitely exoteric in nature but are useful in challenging public interest. they convey much useful information about the three worlds of human evolution the physical world, the world of the emotions and the mental world. they are definitely for neophytes upon the path of probation. they are concerned with the heart approach to god and with the deep human instinct, if haply man may find him. 2. esoteric schools of the present these schools, now forming, have more esoteric knowledge; this is being correlated and applied. much remains theoretical, but th

becoming masters of the wisdom. this they achieve by mastering all difficulties and obstacles by the power of their own souls. they thus release some master, now active in the world, for higher and different work- 155- the unfinished autobiography copyright 1998 lucis trust 7. an esoteric school is, therefore, a medium through which the disciple's life-focus becomes that of the soul; neither the physical world, nor the emotional and mental worlds are to him the major sphere of his activities. they are simply his field of service, and his personality becomes that through which his soul serves. he learns to work entirely from spiritual levels, and his consciousness is stably centered in the soul and in his master's ashram. the esoteric school teaches him how to achieve this, how to make con

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

l again becomes conscious of itself as the angel of the presence and is reabsorbed into the world of souls, thus entering into a state of reflection. later, under the impact of the law of karmic liability or necessity, the soul again prepares itself for another descent into form. the field of experience (in which is death, as the average person knows it) is the three worlds of human evolution the physical world, the world of emotion and desire, and the mental plane. this world is, in the last analysis twofold, from the angle of death, and hence the phrase "the second death" this i have earlier applied to the death or destruction of the causal body, in which the spiritual soul has hitherto functioned. it can be applied, however, in a more literal sense, and- 241- a treatise on the seven ray

of thousands of people are untrue and deceiving, are diseased and distorted. such a gigantic collective insanity is more difficult to credit than the alternative of an expanded consciousness. page 98-99. a. the growth of etheric vision and the largely increased numbers of clairaudient and clairvoyant people is steadily revealing the existence of the astral plane and the etheric counterpart of the physical world. more and more people are becoming aware of this subjective realm: they see people walking around who are either the so-called "dead" or who, in sleep, have dropped the physical sheath. page 98. b. the next two hundred years will see the abolition of death, as we now understand that great transition, and the establishing of the soul's existence. the soul will be known as an entity

ALICE A BAILEY21 EDUCATION IN THE NEW AGE

re concerns the individual and the unseen spiritual man. therefore a civilisation which is a full expression of true culture lies far ahead in the development of the race. culture is the approximation of the two ways feeling and mind; of two worlds sensitivity and thought; and of the attitudes, relational in nature, which will enable a man to live as an intelligent, subjective being in a tangible physical world. the man of culture relates the world of meaning to the world of appearances and regards them in his mind (thus recognising them with his brain, an indication of an established link or relationship) as constituting one world with two aspects. he moves with equal freedom in both worlds, and with simultaneity as far as his consciousness or his sense of awareness is concerned. even in

ALICE A BAILEY22 DISCIPLESHIP IN THE NEW AGE VOLUME II

should be relatively easy of accomplishment as your astral ray is the sixth ray of devotion and idealism. 5. carry the radiation of the sun to the vital body and see it bringing (on the beam of the seventh ray of your physical nature) such a dynamic energising that you will have the power, figuratively speaking, to break through the wall which prevents the inner radiation extending into the outer physical world. 6.then sound the om softly seven times, concentrating upon the picture of this sun (which is you and your solar quality, thus irradiating the outer life. this process should be fairly easy as all your rays tend to facilitate it. the process is also highly scientific for it is in reality the manipulation of radiant solar energy straight from "the heart of the sun" technically speaki

ALICE A BAILEY23 THE EXTERNALISATION OF THE HIERARCHY

is freedom will be brought about when "right observation" takes the place of the disturbed vision of the present, and glamour will be dissipated through the "right direction" of the light of the soul throughout the plane of illusion. the aquarian age will be predominantly the age of synthesis and light. the third group carries the initial impulse through "into the light of day" and will bring the physical world into a condition whereby "the healing of the nations through the arising of the sun of righteousness" will become possible, because the laws of healing (which are basic and fundamental) can be applied and worked out in all departments of life upon the outer levels of appearance for disease is only found in the world of phenomena. as regards telepathic communication between the membe

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

se days, but it came increasingly to have significance as millennia of years- 436- a treatise on the seven rays- volume v: the rays and the initiations copyright 1998 lucis trust elapsed; civilisations came and went; races developed and disappeared. in lemurian days, the indwelling light of perception (though it was a perception so remote from ours as to be practically inconceivable) revealed the physical world and that found upon it which the human being of that time would deem desirable. later, in atlantean times, that same indwelling light and unfolding light of the mind served to reveal the world of emotions, and in the later half of that period it revealed the more aesthetic values; the arts began to flourish; colour and beauty were registered. in our more modern aryan race, the light

ANALYSIS OF THE 5 6 INITIATION

throughout the entire initiation. all now repeat lvx signs with the aspirant. the aspirant is bearing the chief adept wand and crux ansanta. this allows him safe passage within the gate of isis of the seven-sided vault, the door of c. upon entrance, the trampling down of the forces of evil takes place. at one time, that same evil the aspirant tramples down on was his support and foundation in the physical world. the aspirant now stands in the vault of seven sides, seven is an esoteric holy number to the qabbalist. each side has a total of ten primary squares and thirty lesser squares which equal forty squares; 7 x 40= 280. the number 280 equals wpldns. recall that in 1=10 wpldns created a path for the aspirant. in addition, 280=2+8=10, the number of sephiroth through which all the forces o

BLAVATSKY H P ANTHROPOGENESIS

the fragment read by the late george smith (see "the chaldean account of genesis" p. 304) is sufficient to disclose the source of the xii. chapter of the apocalypse. here it is as given by the eminent assyriologist "our. fragment refers to the creation of mankind, called adam; as (the man) in the bible, he is made perfect. but afterwards joins[[footnote(s* the "life and the light" of the material physical world, the delight of the senses- not of the soul. apollo is pre-eminently the human god, the god of emotional, pomp-loving and theatrical church ritualism, with lights and music* see chap. xii. in revelation where we find apollo's mother persecuted by that python, the red dragon, who is also porphyrion, the scarlet or red titan[[vol. 2, page] 384 the secret doctrine. with the dragon of t

f tetragrammaton- i.e, the four-fold heavenly man, or pure spirit, is resolved into septenary man, pure matter and spirit. thus the tetrad is microprosopus, and the latter is the male-female chochmah-binah, the 2d and 3d sephiroth. the tetragrammaton is the very essence of number seven, in its terrestrial significance. seven stands between four and nine- the basis and foundation (astrally) of our physical world and man, in the kingdom of malkuth. for christians and believers, this reference to zaccharias and[[footnote(s[[footnote continued from previous page] for, this "tree of life" is also the "tree of knowledge of good and evil" whose chief mystery is that of human procreation. it is a mistake to regard the kabala as explaining the mysteries of kosmos or nature; it explains and unveils

BLAVATSKY H P COSMOGENESIS

ose divine names are jehovah, yah, and elohim, is simply the chaldean tiamat, the female power, the thalatth of berosus, who presides over the chaos, and was made out later by christian theology to be the serpent and the devil. she-he (yah-hovah) is the supernal (heh, and eve. this yah-hovah then or jehovah, is identical with our chaos- father, mother, son- on the material plane and in the purely physical world. demon and deus at one and the same time; the sun and moon, good and evil, god and demon. lunar magnetism generates life, preserves and destroys it, psychically as well as physically. and if, astronomically, she is one of the seven planets of the ancient world, in theogony she is one of the regents thereof; with christians now as much as with pagans, the former referring to her unde

erialists only. prime cheerer, light, of all material beings, first and best. for the occultists it is both spirit and matter. behind the "mode of motion" now regarded as "the property of matter" and nothing more, they perceive the radiant noumenon. it is the "spirit of light" the first born of the eternal pure element, whose energy (or emanation) is stored in the sun, the great life-giver of the physical world, as the hidden concealed spiritual sun is the light- and life-giver of the spiritual and psychic realms. bacon was one of the first to strike the key-note of materialism, not only by his inductive method (renovated from ill-digested aristotle, but by the general tenor of his writings. he inverts the order of mental evolution when saying that "the first creation of god was the light

of space, the mind has, as it were, to dive into a metaphysical world to find and grasp the real essence of what appears in space merely as a mathematical point. as a cone stands on its point, or a perpendicular straight line cuts a horizontal plane only in one mathematical point, but may extend infinitely in height and depth, so the essences of things real have only a punctual existence in this physical world of space; but have an infinite depth of inner life in the metaphysical world of thought (p. 144. this is the spirit, the very root of occult doctrine and thought. the "spirit-matter" and "matter-spirit" extend infinitely in depth, and like "the essence of things" of leibnitz, our essence of things real is at the seventh depth; while the unreal and gross matter of science and the ext

stated in our first occult volumes, in isis unveiled, p. 268, vol. ii, in the following words- as our planet revolves once every year around the sun, and at the same time turns once in every twenty-four hours upon its own axis, thus traversing minor circles within a larger one, so is the work of the smaller cyclic periods accomplished and recommenced, within the great saros. the revolution of the physical world, according to the ancient doctrine, is attended by a like revolution in the world of intellect- the spiritual evolution of the world proceeding in cycles, like the physical one. thus we see in history a regular alternation of ebb and flow in the tide of human progress. the great kingdoms and empires of the world, after reaching the culmination of their greatness, descend again, in a

BUCKLAND RAYMOND COMPLETE BOOK OF WITCHCRAFT

f and your mental identifications and you become aware of the true source. when you sit in meditation, with your attention focused on the third eye, you lift yourself above and beyond the conscious and subconscious cares of the physical. notice that when you are feeling well and alert you are in touch with your environment through the eyes and other physical senses. your focus is outward into the physical world. when you are in a negative mood, or depressed, notice how you withdraw from your physical world. you turn your eyes down and your focus reflects subconscious thoughts and problems. the next time that you feel depressed or moody, lift your eyes; focus your attention outward and upward above the level of the horizon. be aware of your surroundings and communicate with them. you will b

CASSANDRA EASON A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO WITCHCRAFT AND MAGIC

CHAOS MAGICK AND LUCIFERISM

specific union of various systems of magickal practice is important to those who may seek to unite various cultures. the buddhist system, or perhaps more detailed in mentioning the ancient bon po practice of chud, presents the luciferian gnosis in its holy state, what is called complete union with the hga (holy guardian angel. the activity of severing the ego, becoming beyond that and leaving the physical world is achieved via trance and the use of human bones as ritual tools. this represents that we are temporary and life ends, and that the spiritual paths may be ascended through desire and gnosis. lucifer is essentially the god of the air, or the astral plane. the luciferic powers are keys into the separation of the spiritual from the material, even though the luciferian may remain earth

CONCERNING THE CEREMONY OF THE CONSECRATING THE VAULT

entrance into the center of the mystical burying place of our founder. opening of the portal five knocks are given after the adorations and invocations of the watchtowers. five is the number of the pentagram,and its symbology should be apparent. each knock also alludes to the pentagrammaton as well. 5 hwchy forms the grand word of the 5=6 grade. the reference to the river called phrath shows the physical world, the outer order, and its hidden and secret link to the true order of the r.r. et a.c. the qabalistic cross is done in unison. this indicates our unity as one body of christ under the light divine. it is also a symbol of bringing forth and invoking the higher genius. there is a much more hidden meaning in the symbology of the cross as it relates to corpus cristi and the solstice. th

COSIMANO CHARLES ELEMENTARY PSIONICS

hey love to bug anthropologists. so we have to take them with lots and lots of salt, and maybe a little pepper and just a dash of garlic to keep the vampires away. even taking that into account, there is a mass of material that is difficult to account for without accepting the possibility of this energy, so accept it we will and get on with the business of relating it to living and working in the physical world. let us start with the energy fields of the human body. if you take a look at yourself in the mirror, making first sure that the spirit of eleanor roosevelt is not looking over your shoulder because you don't want it to explode (damn! she was ugleeeee, your body seems like a pretty solid piece of work. in fact for some of us it is just a bit too, too solid (i write as i regard my tu

ws ever easier with practice, and it will take you far less time to hold a compete image of the coin that it did for the pencil. once you have sufficiently mastered this practice to your own satisfaction, you will be ready to create your first real, deliberate thought-form. what is a thought-form? a thought-form is a hard clump of psychic material, as strange as that idea may seem, and in the pre-physical world in which it functions it will be as solid as a rock, but a rock which will constantly be radiating energy, and it will do so until the energy which is fed into it as its creation is exhausted, kind of like psychic uranium. sit comfortably. you must now prepare yourself to work with the stuff of the psychic world, and that means following certain forms and techniques, just as working

world in which it functions it will be as solid as a rock, but a rock which will constantly be radiating energy, and it will do so until the energy which is fed into it as its creation is exhausted, kind of like psychic uranium. sit comfortably. you must now prepare yourself to work with the stuff of the psychic world, and that means following certain forms and techniques, just as working in the physical world means a certain preparation, if only to turn on the computer before typing. begin to meditate. use the mantra to clear your mind of the troubles of the day. there must be no outside interference with this, so get anything that will cause you to lose your concentration out of your head. do not consciously will such unwelcome thoughts to leave; that will only impress them further. it

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global elite, they are missing the point i am making throughout. what is happening in the world is the here and now reflection of what is going on inside us, the human race. we created this reality. but how? contrary to what medical science is obsessed with telling us, the physical body is not the whole human being. it is the fantastic physical shell through which the eternal us experiences this physical world. there is far more to us than a body. creation is the expression of one infinite mind and all lifeforms are aspects of that one mind: what many people call god. we are each other. we are all god, if you xv w xvi..and the truth shall set you free wish to use that term. at the heart of this mind is a consciousness i see as a blinding light- the source consciousness from which all has

cts of that one mind: what many people call god. we are each other. we are all god, if you xv w xvi..and the truth shall set you free wish to use that term. at the heart of this mind is a consciousness i see as a blinding light- the source consciousness from which all has been thought into existence. creation consists of an infinite number of dimensions, wavelengths, frequencies, of reality. this physical world is only one of them. these frequencies share the same space that our physical world occupies, in the same way that all the radio, television, and telecommunication frequencies broadcasting to your area are sharing the same space that your body is occupying now. they don't interfere with each other because they are on different frequencies or dimensions; they are vibrating at differe

possibilities. i don't use the word 'programmed' in a patronising way, because we are all programmed by the messages and beliefs we constantly hear in our childhood, through the media, and through the education system. it is the letting go of that programming which opens our minds and our hearts to wonder, potential, and understanding beyond our dreams. i've pondered on the nature of this visible physical world for a long time, trying to make sense of it. since 1990 i've been on a conscious spiritual journey of discovery. it has opened me to so much i had never thought or felt before in this lifetime and, painful as some of it has been, those moments, too, have led me to greater understanding. i have experienced how we can tune our minds, our consciousness, to other levels of reality and a

nding. i have experienced how we can tune our minds, our consciousness, to other levels of reality and access information available there which is not known, or at least not widely known on earth. i have realised that our minds- the thinking, feeling us- are a series of energy fields, which use the physical body as a vehicle for experience. at this moment, our consciousness is tuned to this dense physical world, so this is our reality. when we 'die, our mind-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

ly negative energy operating from the fourth dimension. the luciferic consciousness takes two main forms. different cultures give these forms different symbolic names. one seeks to imprison us in the material world by persuading us to reject all idea of the spiritual realms and the eternal nature of life. the other works on spiritually-minded people to persuade them to ignore the realities of the physical world and to float around in a spiritual daze. either way it means that the people involved can be controlled and their potential to bring positive change to the physical world is seriously curtailed. the veil of tears 9 the takeover of the earth by the extraterrestrial expressions of this luciferic consciousness took the form, i feel, of creating a vibratory prison. we are multidimension

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of course, the white race is known in north blood brothers 85 america as "caucasian. a swedish contact had a long relationship with russia's leading "ufo expert, whom she later discovered had secret service connections. she said that he had spoken of the caucasus mountains as an inter-dimensional portal or gateway through which other-dimensional beings could enter this frequency range we call the physical world. this region was also a place where bloodlines from the middle and near east intermingled and no doubt interbred with those from the far east and northern russia. robert temple highlights in the sirius mystery the importance of the colchis people at the foot of the caucasus mountains and relates them, with persuasive evidence, to the greek myth of jason and the argonauts, a story wh

of 210 children of the matrix england and joined the roman catholics when women priests were allowed by the c of e. and this lady claims to be intelligent enough to run the country! the illuminati set out to close down the feminine, intuitive, energy, that connects us all (including men) to our higher levels of being. the unrestrained male energy is "out there, expressing itself outward into the physical world and, without the feminine, it becomes isolated from its deeper self. macho man is an extreme expression of this. they are lost little boys who have symbolically lost touch with their inner "mum. but while suppressing the female among the masses, these religions have continued to covertly worship the illuminati goddess, symbolised as the dragon queen or queens and the "snake mother

arance they are not. the reason the illuminati are so obsessed with bloodline is that the hybrid genetics were created to make these bodies more easily possessed by the lower fourthdimensional entities because of the vibrational compatibility. it means that if you can put these bloodlines into positions of power, you are, in truth, putting these entities into power. this way they can control this physical world from their dimension while the human population think humans are governing them. the united states of america is not governed by bill clinton, george w. bush, or any "president. americans are governed by the reptilian entity that possesses the bodies we call bill clinton or george w. bush. the john carpenter movie, they live, says it all, really. this is why two of cathy o'brien's m

your job if you continue to do so throughout your career. it is the same with scientists, teachers, government officials, the whole lot. the manipulation of medicine there is far more to the human entity than a physical body. that is the least of what we are. it is the genetic spacesuit through which our eternal consciousness, the thinking, feeling us experiences this frequency range we call the physical world. the brain is the computer, the switching station, which connects our immortal mind to our mortal body. we don't think from the brain, we think through the brain. people with brain damage do not have damaged minds; they have a damaged computer, which cannot transmit the messages of the mind to the physical level of experience. the mind is an energy field working through the brain, n

movie, the matrix e think we live in a "world. in fact we live in a frequency range. that's all it is. we are trapped in a frequency range and therefore trapped in an illusion. this is what the well-known movie calls the matrix. the "world" we see around us is merely the tiny fraction of multi-dimensional infinity that our physical senses of sight, hearing, touch, smell, and taste can access. the physical world we perceive is like a radio station and our physical senses are tuned to its frequency. so that is all we see. but all around us are the other frequencies or densities of infinite creation- the ones that "science" has denied exist. they are all around us on frequencies beyond the range of our physical senses. these are the frequencies that can be seen and heard by animals, like cats

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by fifth dimensional entities. where does it end? who the hell knows. yeah,yeah, yeah, i know it sounds off the wall, but the truth usually does. you can put thebook down now if it is too much to take, but you need to read it all to see whatenormous evidence there is that this is true. the station from which the reptiliansoperate is the lower level of the fourth dimension, the one closest to this physical world.other people know this as the lower astral dimension, the legendary home of demonsand malevolent entities going back to antiquity. it is from here that todays satanistssummon their demonic entities in their black magic rituals. they are actuallysummoning the reptilians of the lower fourth dimension. it is suggested by someresearchers, with good reason, that the non-physical reptilia

m and devoured mankind. and they began to sin against birds and beasts, andreptiles, and fish, and to devour one anothers flesh and drink blood. the earth laidaccusation against the lawless ones.16that passage describes the bloodlines i am highlighting and they came together inthe babylonian brotherhood which has since expanded across the planet. while welook out of our eyes and feel part of this physical world, the reptiles look into this thirddimension, much like someone looking through a window. in this case, the eyes of thephysical body. we are consciously in the third dimension, they are consciously in thefourth looking into the third. when you know what you are looking for it is the eyesthat give them away. they are dark, piercing and cold. the reptile full-bloods are notattached to

e and bring an end to roman rule.an ancient visigoth chateau, the chateau dhautpoul, still survives at rennes-le-chateau and it has an alchemists tower. alchemy is the transformation of base man/woman into pure spirit, but it has another meaning too, the transformation of basemetals into gold. the theory of this was summed up by the ancient greek initiate,aristotle, who said that the basis of the physical world was what he called prime or firstmatter. this, he said, was a non-physical energy which you could not see or touch. hebelieved that prime matter could manifest as physical form through the four elements ofearth, fire, water and air. these elements are different from each other, but each isconnected by a common bond of dryness, moisture, heat or cold. every element has twoof these qu

he frequency is gettingfaster. i remember i was given a channelled communication through a psychic in the early1990s which said that the day was coming when time would seem to be moving so quicklyit would be frightening. that moment is near. its nothing to worry about, just a naturalcycle, but it will present many challenges and therefore infinite opportunities.the universe, like the whole of the physical world, is a hologram- beams of lightcolliding to create the appearance of three-dimensional form. it is like throwingstones into a pond and watching the waves collide and create patterns. two scientistsin the united states, terrance and dennis mckenna, suggest that the universe is ahologram of 64 waves or time scales and this is why we have the 64 hexagrams ofthe 1-ching, 64 keys of the t

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reath while attempting to practice the very art which historically has been attributed to the dark lord. the satanist recognizes that magic is magic, be it used to help or to hinder. the last page of the demonic bible is a diagram entitled the map of the spheres. the spheres illustrated are essentially archetypal. they have been described countless times in grimoires and magical treatises. in the physical world there are four elemental spheres: earth, air, fire, and water. there are also the four great watchtowers: north, east, south, and west. above the earth are the seven planetary spheres: the moon, mercury, venus, the sun, mars, jupiter, and saturn. beyond the planetary spheres are the fixed stars and the primum mobil, the twelve signs of the zodiac, and the heavenly spheres. beneath t

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

tin "iusticum necare regis impium" meaning "it is just to kill an impious king" invocation: to invoke (q.v. a general incantation or prayer to invoke a deity or other entity. invoke: 1) from the french language from the latin "in" meaning "on" and "vocare" meaning "to call" thus literally meaning "to call on" 2) to allow an entity to use your body as a temporary vehicle for communicating with the physical world. 3) the calling of spirits into an object, such as a crystal, or into a human being. mediums and channelers invoke spirits. see channeling. it is done by a magician to obtain intimate communication with a spirit or to assume a portion of the spirit's knowledge, skill, ability, or powers. i.o.b: a ritual developed by donald michael kraig, as a powerful method of getting rid of negati

d. for occultists today, a device that will draw something (health, money, wisdom, etc) toward the practitioner or wearer. tallit: a prayer shawl used by male jews during prayer. talmud: a huge commentary on the jewish law, or torah (q.v. tantra: sanskrit for "warp and woof of all creation" or "that which extends knowledge" a mystical philosophy from ancient india (and later tibet) which sees the physical world as spiritual. also, several books about tantrik philosophy. tantra centers on the great mother, shakti, as the fountain of all life. in the west, it is understood in a narrow sense to be the yogic practices and rituals involve piercing the seven major chakras (q.v) of the body with awakened kundalini (q.v) energy. tantra of the "left hand" advocates sexual practices that have been t

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yetziratic text says, it is the function of yes od to purify the emanations, and to prove and correct them; consequently it is in the sphere of yesod that all operations are carried out which are designed for the correcting of the sphere of dense matter, or in any way to dispose of its unity of design. yesod, then, is the all-important sphere for any magic which is designed to take effect in the physical world. 7. now be it well noted that all spheres operate according to their nature, and that that nature cannot in any way be altered by any magical or miraculous influence, however powerful; we can only "correct" the "designing" of the representations. the things represented remain constant. the conditions of the material world cannot therefore be arbitrarily disposed of, even by the high

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doyle makes use of it in one of his sherlock holmes stories. this sound varies from a dear, bell-like note to a faint click. i have often heard it resemble the sound made by striking a cracked wine-glass with a knife-blade. it commonly announces the advent of an entity that is barely able to manifest, and need not necessarily be a herald of evil at all. it may simply be a knock on the door of the physical world to attract the attention of the inhabitants to the presence of one who stands without and would speak with them. if, however, it occurs in the presence of other symptoms of an astral attack, it would give strong evidence in confirmation of the diagnosis. inexplicable outbreaks of fire are also sometimes seen in this connection. these indicate that elemental forces, not human, are at

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

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s- the berserker was very likely a form of shape-shifter. modern magicians can also shape-shift, and take on the forms of animals. this is not done on the physical, but on the astral plane. the astral body is easy to mold and transform into any desired pattern. the astral world is a kind of alternative dimension of reality that exists parallel to our everyday physical universe. the shadows of the physical world exist in the astral world, and at certain times and under certain conditions, the astral world overlaps and projects into the physical world. it is possible for astral travelers, either in human or animal form, to interact with ordinary human consciousness, allowing the astral traveler to be seen just as clearly as though he or she was physically present. so, if on some dark night w

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iritualists turned to mediums.people with special access to those realms once called the supernatural. entering a trance-like state, these mediums would bring forth messages containing information that seemingly could not have been acquired by normal means. the mediums manifestations of a wide variety of extraordinary phenomena seemingly pointed to the existence of unusual forces operating in the physical world, forces unknown or undocumented by the emerging scientific community at the time. almost concurrently with the emergence and spread of spiritualism, a few intellectuals, having close ties to traditional religion, yet imbued with the new scientific methodology, concluded that scientific observation could be used to investigate reports of supernatural phenomena, especially reports of

ppearance of the astral body. higher thoughts will be recognizable by the presence of delicate colors; religious thought, for instance, will cause a blue color. associazione italiana scientifica. encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. 100 this teaching holds true for the bodies higher than the astral, but the coloration of the astral body is much more familiar to those dwellers in the physical world who can see into the astral plane. less familiar are the coloration and feelings of the higher bodies, for humans are relatively unacquainted with them. there is a definite theory underlying the emotional and other functions of the astral body. the astral body is not composed of matter alive with an intelligent life, but it nevertheless possesses a kind of life sufficient to convey

of the astral world, but according to character finds itself in one or other of the three next higher divisions. the sixth division is very little different from physical existence, and the new inhabitant continues in the old surroundings among old friends, who, of course, are unaware of the astral presence. indeed, the newly disembodied soul often does not realize that it is dead, so far as the physical world is concerned. the fifth and fourth divisions are in most respects quite similar to this, but their inhabitants become less and less immersed in the activities and interests that previously engrossed them, and each sheath of their astral bodies decays in turn, as did the gross outer sheath of the sensualist s body. the three higher divisions are still more removed from the ordinary m

y scheduled basis. in the redwood interview, cayce emerged the idealist along with his role as the benevolent administrator when he stated that .my fondest dream for the a.r.e .would be for the a.r.e. to go out of business .the role of the a.r.e, through my grandfather s readings, is to help people awaken to their spiritual nature, to help people see ways to manifest that spiritual nature in this physical world .it would just be wonderful if that were to happen more and more, to the point where those structures weren t necessary, including the a.r.e. sources: association for research and enlightenment. http/ www.are-cayce.com. april 11, 2000. redwood, daniel. a daniel redwood interview with charles thomas cayce, 1995. available at: http/ www.drredwood.com/interviews/cayce/html. april 11, 2

chological research as part of the program being sponsored by the u.s. government. over the next 15 years he continued such research at princeton university, edinburgh university, and then in the early 1990s, the university of nevada. he is the author of more than 150 papers and three books on parapsychology. the particular emphasis of crl, as its name implies, is the role of consciousness in the physical world, especially as it is expressed in psychic phenomena. its research program is focused on controlled laboratory experiments, especially mind-matter interactions (psychokinesis, distant healing, and precognition. it has conducted investigations of haunted sites and psirelated factors at the casinos. it does not offer a training program. crl is located in palo alto, california. it may b

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es (see also alchemy. the eighteenth century was rich in occult personalities, for example, the alchemists lascaris martines de pasqually and louis claude de saint-martin, who founded the martinist school, which was continued by papus (gerard encausse. by the end of the eighteenth century, magic practice had reached its lowest ebb as emphasis on the exploration of causative agents centered on the physical world and supernatural explanations were pushed aside. it was not until the nineteenth century that a spreading mesmerist philosophy offered philosophical underpinnings for a scientific worldview. magic merged for the moment with mesmerism, and many of the secret magic societies that abounded in europe about this period practiced animal magnetism experiments as well as astrology, kabbalis

persia, china, and india, it was rediscovered in the early twentieth century and increasingly and openly discussed in the writings of aleister crowley and his disciples. throughout this century practitioners of magic have made some extraordinary claims about achieving desired ends. there are still two opinions among occultists as to how such feats are achieved. one is that desired effects in the physical world are produced through the operator s willpower, assisted by various ritual practices. the other opinion, still held by a minority, is that desired effects are achieved by means of spirit entities evoked during rituals (among skeptics there are various mundane explanations for the seemingly positive results of magic activity) conjuring tricks and stage magic today the term magic norma

e spirit world and through whose instrumentality intelligences in that world are able to convey messages and produce the phenomena of spiritualism. through the medium, spiritualism asserts, the spirits of the departed may communicate with their friends or relatives still on earth, either by making use of the material organism of the medium (i.e, through automatic phenomena) or by producing in the physical world certain manifestations that cannot be explained by known physical laws (i.e, physical phenomena. the essential qualification of a medium is a unique sensitiveness that enables the medium to be readily controlled by spirits. mediums thus stand in contrast to sensitives or psychics, terms applicable to psychically gifted individuals who are not controlled by spirits of the dead. if on

allucination, automatism, double personality, and mediumship as connected parts of one whole subject. theodore flournoy, a profound psychologist himself, considered myers one of the most remarkable personalities of our time in the realm of mental science. further, he observed, if future discoveries confirm his thesis of the intervention of the discarnate, in the web and the woof of our mental and physical world then his name will be inscribed in the golden book of the initiated, and, joined to those of copernicus and darwin, he will complete the triad of geniuses who have the most profoundly revolutionised scientific thought, in the order, cosmological, biological and psychological. walter leaf compared myer to ruskin and considered him in some respects his peer. according to charles riche

rly transcendent supreme deity from whom there issues an audible life stream of spirit. this life stream sustains the existence of all worlds and universes. human beings are soul existing in the ocean of spirit. souls have been placed in physical embodiment to awaken to their true nature. the soul may learn to exist apart from its physical body and to travel in the planes of existence between the physical world and god, beginning with the astral, causal, and mental planes. wendelle stevens has noted the similarity of these teachings with eckankar. onec believed in reincarnation and karma and accepted the idea of coming to earth to balance her personal karma. after landing, she said she was substituted for a seven-year-old girl who had just been killed in an accident. she was raised in chat

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s. animals do not have a concept of god, but they do have a profound understanding of their place in nature s order. we do live in an eternal now of loving cooperation within nature, which we recognize without words as a divine force, and as many divine energies working together for the greater good. like humans, animals evolve and move into higher dimensions in a different vibrational range. the physical world that you know is only a tiny part of reality, according to shiva. shiva 227 you will be exploring the nonphysical worlds and dimensions, too. as multi-dimensional beings you already do this in your dreams, but you will soon do it consciously. see also: ayala further reading ayres, toraya, 1997. messages from the animal kingdom. http//www.spiritweb.org/spirit/animal- kingdom-ayres.ht

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f humans. the ultimate experiences possible with the tree of life are given as final details of the end. in sefirah blessing! the etz hachayyim yields several forms of the tree of life. the first renders the sefiroth as a pattern of ten concentric circles, like layers of an onion, with kingdom (malkhuth) as the centermost sefirah (see figure 5.6 on page 148. this format reflects the idea that the physical world of kingdom represents the densest form of spirit-matter, and that each layer is successively more subtle. as previously mentioned, the principal source for the yosher (lit. upright, straight, firm) form of the name hvhy is the sh ir qoma in the sefer raziel hagadol. in branch 3 of the etz hachayyim, luria synthesizes a meditation image in which the sefirothic pattern of the tree is

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possible to reconstruct their inter-relationship in terms of a hierarchy, and to examine the correspondences between lovecraft s imaginary pantheon and those of pre-existing religious and mythological systems. basically, the gods of the cthulhu mythos fall into two groups, the great old ones and the elder gods, though of the latter, only nodens is mentioned by name. between ultimate chaos and the physical world stand yog-sothoth and azathoth, who share dominion over the lesser deities, pre-human races, and mankind. yog-sothoth is the outer manifestation of the primal chaos, the gate though which those outside must enter. in the dunwich horror, lovecraft writes, the old ones were, the old ones are, and the old ones shall be. not in the spaces we know, but between them, they walk serene and

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ts. they are pure and innocent, their propagative practices are untainted by passion, and their whole creative force is turned upwards toward the light, where it manifests as the flower, a thing of joy and beauty for all to behold. yet the plants are unable to do otherwise, for they have no intelligence, no consciousness of the outside world and no free-will in action. they can only create in the physical world, however "above man in the scale of evolution are the gods, creators upon the spiritual and physical planes. they also are pure as the plants, for their whole creative force is also turned upwards and is expended in whatever manner their intelligence directs; and knowing good and evil, they always do good by choice "between the gods and the plant kingdom stands man, a being endowed

shame and is outraged when it is dragged into the light. this condition must be altered ere spiritual progress can be made, and, therefore, you must carefully consider the similarity between the chaste plant and the pure spiritual gods who both turn their whole creative power upwards towards the light. in the course of evolution you have risen above the plant, which has creative power only in the physical world, and have become like the gods possessing creative power, on both the mental and the physical planes of being, besides intelligence and free-will to direct it. this was accomplished by the diversion of one-half of your sex-force upwards for building a brain and larynx, organs which are still fed and nourished by this uplifting half of the sex-force. but while the gods direct their w

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rts and crafts of temple-building. about five months after the quickening, when the last of the watery signs, pisces, has been passed, the representative of the lucifer spirits, samael, focuses the forces of the fiery sign, aries, where mars is positively polarized, so that under the impulse of their dynamic energy the waters of the womb are voided, and the imprisoned spirit is liberated into the physical world, to fight the battle of life. it may blindly butt its head against the cosmic forces typified by the first of the fiery signs, aries, the ram, which is a symbol of the brute strength brought to bear upon the problems of life by the most primitive races; or it may adopt the more modern method of cunning, as a means of attaining mastery over others, which characteristic is indicated i

are of the possession of a physical vehicle until in time they sensed it during the generative process; it was then said that "adam knew eve" at that time lucifer spirits, fallen angels and inhabitants of the warlike planet mars, taught them how to eat of the tree of knowledge, which is the symbolical name for the generative act. thus by degrees their eyes were opened and they became aware of the physical world, but lost touch with the spiritual and the guardian angels who had previously been their benevolent guides. only a few of the most spiritual among them retained their higher vision and communion with the divine hierarchs. these were then known as prophets, who acted as messengers between the invisible divine leaders and their respective peoples. but in time mankind desired to select

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o multiplied together making 12 and representing the zodiac (see plate v on page 34, the twelve months of the year, etc, and consequently the entire creative cycle symbolized by two interlaced six-pointed stars or seals of solomon; the one being the great work below and the other the great work above. there are four manifestations- the no-thing, the intellectual world, the sensuous world, and the physical world; also the four elements air, fire, water, and earth, the four living beasts of the chariot throne, and the four letters in the name of tetragrammaton. in the zohar we read: the firmament is imprinted, at the four corners of a square, with four figures, of a lion, an eagle, an ox, and a man; and the face of a man is traced in all of them, so that the face of lion is of man, the face

nfold itself and we enter the sphere of time, of thought in extension. from this unfolding emerges form- geometricity, or a multiplication of spaces, shadows of things to be. so far there is no materiality; only mathematics, numbers, and letters; symbols, of shapes which are still dreaming. lastly, in these forms movement is born and they become what we call substantial; then only do we enter the physical world of action- of materialized thought. movement presupposes a working outwards from a centre, or a working inwards from a circumference, a breathing in and out. in both there is a starting-point and a beyond the starting-point: a duality which presupposes a choice between at least two directions, the value of each differing according to the circumstances which surround each at any give

t is matter into god. as we have already stated, it was on account of the potency of this mystery that it was so heavily shrouded. here existed an idea which could either re-create divinity or plunge mankind into still deeper depths of devilry. it could exalt man to supreme genius or cast him down into complete madness. its potency was so stupendous that it may be compared to atomic energy in the physical world; for. gas above so beneath h- it followed that its destructive force was as great as its creative force. which would be used depended entirely upon the will of the user. therefore it is the will which is the redeemer. man the instrument of redemption. though we cannot consciously transcend our reason, we can transcend the realized and gain knowledge of things which we cannot explain

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ve asserted. poets and writers of romance have also shed a halo of unreality about the rosicrucians, as we find in the volume calledthe count de gabalis,in theundine,of la motte fouque, and pope'srapeofthe lock.the fraternity has, however, instructed its pledged mem255 bers in the doctrine of human reincarnation, has declared that the law of cause and effect acts in the spiritual, as well asinthe physical world, that man has around him unseen beings related to elemental forces, that man is influenced by the sun, moon and planets, and that special training and the use of certain personal processes will in some students lead to supra-normal spiritual functions and a high form of clairvoyant faculty in the present life; provided that the body be duly cared for, the mind well cultured, and the

erati to the vendanta and indian philosophic systems, then recently produced in english translations by members of the asiatic society and by professors wilson,290themagical masonmoor, wheeler, colebrook, monier williams and max miiller. we became acquainted with the outlines of the great conception of karma, which insists that the 'law of cause and effect' acts in the spiritual as well as in the physical world, and of the reincarnation of the human ego in a series of personalities with a view to experiencing all phenomena in a struggle which may lead upward all the way from man to his creator.ourengland had in the victorian age lost much of its faith in the spiritual world, and developed a grossly material view of the universe, and physical science reigned supreme in the minds of the lear

GILBERT R A CHAOS OUT OF ORDER THE RISE AND FALL OF THE SWEDENBORGIAN RITE

bership of some 25,000. swedenborg s ideas, however have had a greater effect the secular world, influencing individuals as diverse as blake, balzac, emerson, yeats, and d. t. suzuki. a detailed discussion of those ideas, and of swedenborgian theology in general is beyond the scope of this paper but certain aspects must be noted in order to make sence of the swedenborgian rite. for swedenborg the physical world is the result of spiritual causes, and the laws of nature are reflections of spiritual laws; thus objects and even the material world are images of their spiritual counterparts. this is his doctrine of correspondences. from this derives the other notion that concerns us: the idea behind the literal, historical meaning of the scriptures is an inner, spiritual sense which sense is dra

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ic writings, we can clearly see the answer to this question: the goal of this organization is to spread the humanist philosophy throughout the world, and to eradicate the monotheistic religions (islam, christianity and judaism. for example, in an article published in the masonic magazine mimar sinan, it says "masons do not search for the origin of the ideas of evil, justice and honesty beyond the physical world, they believe that these things arise from a person's social conditions, social relationships and what he strives for in his life" and adds "masonry is trying to spread this idea throughout the whole world."53 selami isindag, a senior turkish mason, writes: according to masonry, in order to rescue humanity from a morality of the supernatural based on religious sources, it is necessa

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t as it gives rise to the sexual polarity of most pagan traditions and the balance between mind and intuition in others. the third is the other world, it is an intermediate reality and is comprised of any number of planes, worlds or locales. these can be described in semi-analytic terms as planes or dimensions or in more organic terms as worlds, halls or localities. the fourth is the earth or the physical world. the fifth is the underworld, the realm of the dead. in most organic models this is seen inside or below the earth, in the emanation models it is usually related to the moon and seen above or around the earth. the third, fourth and fifth characteristics are more noticeable in organic models, in emanation models they tend to be included within a gradient of states or worlds. these ca

re him both pythagoras and socrates are of great significance, it was plato who outlined the major characteristic of the great chain of being- ideals. for plato an ideal was more than just a notion or idea, ideals existed eternally in the world of ideals (similar to the gnostic pleroma) and had eternal, abstract qualities. it is from this world of ideals the lower worlds emanate, resulting in the physical world. platonism, neo platonism and gnosticism argue between themselves in regards to the nature of matter. while all posit a demiurge which created the material dimensions, the nature of this being (from demonic to malefic, bungling to a demi-god) depends on the school and sect. plutarch (45-125ad, for example, posited a negative world soul (demiurge) and hence heralded a reconciliation

e principle of will, the word and wisdom (2nd c) and a series of seven planes which bring together the other characteristics. the underworld is subsumed within the astral plane which is heindel s desire plane. the seven planes according to the rosicrucian cosmo-conception (heindel) divine plane. plane of virgin spirits. plane of divine spirit. plane of life spirit. plane of thought. desire plane. physical world. the gnostic handbook page 20 while this model may be useful, especially in the creation of resonances or correspondences between phenomena (for example, relating seven planes to the seven bodies of man, seven colours and rays etc. it can also be counter traditional and reductionist. the tendency is to use the seven planes in a standard "scientific" chart and ignore the more organic

he gnostic handbook page 22 (the system of nine rather than seven duplicates the principles of fire and ice as distinct worlds, this is not found in later models of the universe such as the anglo saxon) the world in the center is called midgard. the word gard means dwelling, it is obviously related to the word garden. midgard is middle earth, the garden in which ex live our lives. it includes the physical world as it is perceived by our senses. encircling midgard is the world serpent (4th c) niflheim is the realm of ice and darkness, while muspellsheim is the world of fire and heat. the interaction between fire and ice, niflheim and muspellsheim (2nd c) is a major dynamic within the activity of the world tree. this interaction occurs in ginnungagap (1st c, an empty abyss, where the fire of

ns jonas. so when we read a description of gnosticism such as that found in the classic text the gnostic religion by hans jonas, we must appreciate that the seeming cosmic dualism is actually a dualism between the real and the unreal, between the light of the higher worlds and forces which have been created through ignorance. they are like monsters from the id, they seem real enough and since the physical world is shaped and formed by our perceptions, they are for all intents and purposes real. the only way for us to escape hiemarmene (universal fate) is to realize that we have created the prison bars ourselves. what a tragic world this is, he reflected. those down here are prisoners, and the ultimate tragedy is that they don t know it; they think they are free because they never have been

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yearning to know the original creator she gives birth to a demi-god, ialdabaoth who in turn creates the material world. he becomes conceited and arrogant, and his creation (matter) becomes fallen and trapped within his dominion. in this legend the god of the old testament is seen as evil and christ is the only emissary of the light world. in another tradition satanel (the fallen one) creates the physical world, but his creation is sterile and marred. yahweh as the emissary of light rectifies this false creation by breathing life into shells satanel has formed. however, the fallen world cannot be fully rectified and a mixed system of light and darkness is formed. if we wish to move into another realm of myth, we could try a modern legend. in one fig 2 a multiple views of the central event

h the source of light originates. this is the goal for those on the celestial path. the seven planes. four worlds traditional lifeforms (rosicrucian (kabbalah. divine plane. atziluth. source of all light. plane of virgin spirits. atziluth. gods. plane of divine spirit. briah. arch angels. plane of life spirit. briah. arch angels. plane of thought. yetzirah. angels. desire plane. yetzirah. angels. physical world. assiah. human spirits. from briah through to assiah there are mixtures of light and darkness due to the alpha event. accordingly there are destructive as well as constructive arch angels, demons as well as angels and fallen spirits as well as human spirits. fig 5 gnostic theurgy page 28 the plane of virgin spirits this is also known as the monadic plane. from this plane the true se

ods. static. plane of divine spirit. briah. arch -angels. static. plane of life spirit. briah. arch -angels. dialectic. plane of infernal spirit. briah. arch-demons dialectic. plane of death spirit. briah. arch-demons static. plane of thought. yetzirah. aeons. dialectic. plane of thought. yetzirah. archons. static. desire plane. yetzirah. angels. dialectic. desire plane. yetzirah. archons. static physical world. assiah. human spirits. dialectic. physical world. assiah. fallen forces. fig 9 static systems mixed systems chasm gnostic theurgy page 38 this barrier cannot be crossed by those who are governed by dialectic law and this includes both the earth sphere and the lower spiritual planes. the intermediate planes are mixed in their characteristics and while under dialectic law are compris

ach) and constructs a little sense of self from these experiences. however, neither of these offer a truly discrete, individual identity. the kabbalistic structure of man body. description. world& description. god-name. yechidah. potential self atziluth- word of gods. yod. ruach. personality. briah- creative world. he. nephesh. instincts. yetzirah- etheric world. vau. guph. physical body. assiah- physical world. he. fig 11 gnostic theurgy page 46 hence the yechidah only exists in potential, as a possibility and, i am afraid, in most cases is never realised. ultimately then, cessation of existence, after a cycle of lives and many lost opportunities, becomes the end for most of humanity. when man descended into the fallen world of matter, he lost his right to immortality and hence became tru

he three a s the three a s are animal, adept and angel. each represents an image of a certain level of human consciousness. the animal is the body, the adept the mind and the angel, the developing higher self. each can only exist correctly at the level to which he is assigned. the animal and adept make good servants but very bad masters. the animal is the body which we have as an interface to the physical world, if it is allowed to go its own merry way then it will become our master. it is a difficult beast to control and is manipulated by desires, lusts and, of course, genes. the adept is the mind, it too, is a servant not a master. there are lots of highly intelligent people who have no sense of the spiritual life whatsoever. the mind is a scribe, a record keeper, even a grand machine, i

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r all sephirotic influences as well. let us never confuse a sephiroth with one of the heavens of assiah, or with a planet or a zodiacal. all sephirotic influences should be invoked with the white band held on high. the white band is also employed for rising in the planes. 4 when working with mundane matters, you will use the black portion of the lotus wand, as this deals with the material and the physical world. the symbology of the lotus the inner ten petals refer to the purity of the ten sephiroth. understanding the symbology of the lotus itself is very important. this is, of course, why we hold the white portion of the lotus wand when working with the nature of the sephiroth directly. the middle eight refer to the counter charged or natural and spiritual forces of m and o. the lower and

GRERALD SCHUELER AN ADVANCED GUIDE TO ENOCHIAN MAGICK

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

e lamp, that gines light by jettingfour columns of vortex rings of luminous smoke. and he points to the map of the aethyrs, that are arranged as a flaming sword, so that the thirty aethyrs go into the ten sephiroth. and the first nine are infinitely holy. aleister crowley, the vision and the voice, the 9th aethyr enochian magick describes thirty aethyrs or aires that are situated above/behind our physical world. unlike the watchtower squares, the aethyrs are positioned in serial order from number 30, tex, the lowest and most material, to number 1, lil, the highest and most spiritual. here again you must remember that "high" and "low" are not to be tallen literally, but figuratively. these aethyrs can be compared to the sephiroth and tarot paths of the qabalistic tree of life, but the only

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concept of victory on the tree. everyone wants to achieve something in and with their lives. anything which counts as a victory gained by struggles with all the opposition encountered in earth-life. intentions of achieving such victory over the worst side of ones own nature should be very much included here. anything of a good over bad nature. these three paths are those which start us from this physical world on our way back to god. so, stage by stage, a path at a time, does our serpent-symbol take us back up the tree. it is true that all these journeys are purely imaginative, but never under-estimate the faculty of imagination. imagination has led mankind to our present place in creation and will lead us 14 further in the future. it has been said without vision the people will perish an

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or glands which receive and transform the psychic vibrations which we receive into grosser ones, enabling us to have a consciousness of them. these are the thyroid, the pituitary, the pineal, the adrenals or suprarenals, the thymus, the parathyroids, and the pancreas. psychic experience.a phenomenon related to the higher levels of consciousness, beyond or behind those levels which respond to the physical world only. it may originate as a transmission from other minds or from attunement with cosmic forces and intelligences outside the individual organic being, or from a realization of the cosmic consciousness. to realize a psychic experience, the phenomenon has to be translated into terms of our sense faculties and associated ideas. psychic plane.that plane or condition in the divine econo

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toa man of his sensibility the basic principlesofcraft masonry, brotherly love, relief and truth, and the practice of ceremonies which attempt to instil in a candidate a 'system of morality, veiled in allegory and illustrated by symbols, would have had an attraction.toa certain extent the craft ritual is a means towards the same end that the rosicrucians were seeking: the perfection of man in the physical world and the preparation for and contemplation of the eternal world which will open to allmankindat the close of their physical existence. it may also have been a part of his publicpersona,the successful and respectable professional man en255 joying membership of an eminently respectable society. this would not, however, explain the assiduity with which he attended to his masonicduties,t

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ve the earth. shu created a space between earth and sky in which creatures could breathe the air that gives life. in this space, the sun could rise for the first time and drive away the primeval darkness. this first sunrise is the perfect moment celebrated in numerous egyptian texts and images. from this moment the creator was chiefly manifest in the world as the sun god ra. the boundaries of the physical world became fixed, though the upper sky (nut, the atmosphere (shu, and the earth (geb) were still encircled by the dark primeval waters. as part of establishing the divine order, shu and tefnut also become two different types of time. shu is eternal recurrence and tefnut is eternal sameness. 15 this began a great cycle in which everything had to change to survive and yet everything remai

hrough the two lands (egypt) because my heart longed to see what i have created. he gives a vivid description of the symptoms of snake bite. he feels colder than water and hotter than fire; he is drenched with sweat and has lost his sight. isis claims that she can help if ra will tell her his name. ra describes himself by many phrases that define his role as creator. he is the one who created the physical world, he made the bull for the cow so sex came into being. he is the one who causes the nile to flood. he is the one who divided the year into seasons and the day into hours. he ends by proclaiming that he is called khepri 70 handbook of egyptian mythology figure 13. votive bronze statuette of isis with her son, horus the child (cleveland museum of art, bequest of harley c. lee and eliza

HELENA BLAVATSKY THE KEY TO THEOSOPHY

he should think his neighbor absolutely in the clutches of error or the devil. but once get a man to see that none of them has the whole truth, but that they are mutually complementary, that the complete truth can be found only in the combined views of all, after that which is false in each of them has been sifted out-then true brotherhood in religion will be established. the same applies in the physical world. q. please explain further. a. take an instance. a plant consists of a root, a stem, and many shoots and leaves. as humanity, as a whole, is the stem which grows from the spiritual root, so is the stem the unity of the plant. hurt the stem and it is obvious page 25 the key to theosophy- hp blavatsky.txt that every shoot and leaf will suffer. so it is with mankind. q. yes, but if you

orientalists, every scholar who has visited india, china, or japan, is well aware. it is "escape from misery" but only from that of matter, freedom from klesha, or kama, and the complete extinction of animal desires. if we are told that abhidharma defines nirvana as "a state of absolute annihilation" we concur, adding to the last word the qualification "of everything connected with matter or the physical world" and this simply because the latter (as also all in it) is illusion or maya. sakyamuni buddha said in the last moments of his life "the spiritual body is immortal" as mr. eitel, the scholarly sinologist, explains it: the popular exoteric systems agree in defining nirvana negatively as a state of absolute exemption from the circle of transmigration; as a state of entire freedom from

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instructions which define the nature, abilities, and functions of the entity. into this information matrix is projected energy, which forms the entity as a whole, which is then able to act, independently of its creator. a purely psychological or subjective account of this process cannot account for the ability of such an entity to manifest results (in accordance with the creator.s intent) in the physical world. following choronzon.s ideas on chaos dynamics, it seems likely to me that in evoking, and thereby creating, an elemental servitor, one could be bringing into existence a structure such as is outlined above. if we can accept (at least in theory) that these structures are capable of retaining information over time, then we could be looking at a partial model for a wide range of pheno

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imating, the principle of air is balancing, and the earth principle causes what is thriving, compound and preserving in the soul. the astral body is performing exactly the same functions as the material body. man has been fitted with the five senses corresponding to the five elements, of which the astral body or the soul, with the help of the bodily senses, makes use to receive perceptions of the physical world. our immortal spirit realizes this receiving and operating of the five senses through the astral and the material body. why this spirit is immortal will be explained in a later chapter. without any activity of the spirit in the soul, the astral body would be without life and dissolve itself into its components. as the spirit would not be able to operate without the intervention of t

s, but the magician will soon notice that he is not training himself to become a person without any will of his own, called a medium by the spiritualists. the magician may not become a plaything of uncontrollable powers; on the contrary, he directs his powers consciously and also learns to use them deliberately. in this respect, he considers the laws of the invisible world as well as those of the physical world. to further the passive communication with invisible beings, there are recommended mainly the levitation exercises with the purpose to magically prepare any part of the body in such a manner that such beings can manifest themselves with the help of levitation. let us begin the practice at once: sit comfortably in front of a table and put your hands on it. perform an accumulation of

for example, you are not only able to see an illness wit your mental eyes, but you also have the chance to treat sick people with your mental body, right on the spot, or of performing other favorable influences. all the success and work you learned to accomplish with the help of an elementary now can be managed by your own mental body on the mental plane. if you are at home at last in the entire physical world with the help of your mental wandering, and if this world has nothing new to offer you, try to visit other spheres in your mental body, contacting the beings there and acquiring a knowledge of things of which the average human being hasn t the faintest idea. the elevation to any other sphere is now very simple and you have to do nothing else but concentrate on the sphere that you wo

he bond of life that still ties him to his physical frame. doing so would mean to commit suicide in the same way as on the physical body. besides, it would be an offence against the divine providence and naturally would have karmic consequences. it is quite understandable that the temptation to commit such a suicide is very strong, especially if the magician is nearly pining away for grief in the physical world after all the blissfulness he experienced on the other planes. having made good progress in these exercises concerning the sending out of the astral body, so that he can cover any distance, the magician now has the opportunity to use this ability for manifold tasks. he can transfer himself anywhere with his astral body, wherever he likes to be, he can treat sick people by accumulati

person whose senses are thoroughly undeveloped is of course subject to the vibrations of the material world only and will never be able to form a mental picture of the existence of any other kind of beings, to say nothing of being convinced of this fact. most people are preoccupied by the material mode of life to such a degree that they will not understand anything higher and subtler outside our physical world and least of all will they perceive it. it is quite otherwise with a magician who is developing his senses purposefully and therefore will see and perceive far more, convincing himself very soon of the existence of higher powers, planes and beings. properly speaking, it is the goal of our training to qualify the learner to perceive and to master not only the physical world but the h

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thus yielding the third trinity of 'head' the tenth sepbira is in tact a duad, and is represented on the diagrams as the lowest circle. it is malkhuih or kingdom, no^s, and ske!ainak, n2''d'v, also called adonat, and chervbim among the angelic hosts. the first 'head' is called the intel- lectual world; the second 'head'isthesensible, or the world of percep- tion; and the third is the material or physical world "before he gave any shape to the universe" says the kabala "before sos. idrak zutah. ch. il digitizecoy google 214' isis unveiled he produced any form, he was alone, without any form and resemblance to anything dse. who, then, can comprehend bim or how he was before the creation, since he was formless? hence it is forbidden to represent bim by any form, similitude, or even by his sa

rkness was upon the face of the deep [chaos. and the spirit of god moved upon the face of the waters" in the kabala, the emanation of the primordial pas- sive principle (sephira, by dividing itself into two parts, active and passive, emits 'hokbmah- wisdom and binah-yebovah, and in conjunc- tion with these two acolytes, which complete the trinity, becomes the creator of the abstract universe; the physical world being the produc- soe. zakar. it, p. 42 b: anut. ed, 1714. 507. ibid iii, p. 288 s, idrah zidak, ch. i, 41-3. 508. ego turn qui turn( zod. iii, 14. 509. jones: ordin. qf manv, ch. i. 510. chunpollioii-pijem: bgjrfle aneietate, p. 141. digitizecoy google/ all woeld-religions fundamentally edenltcal 215 tion of later and still mate material powers" in the hindfl cos- mogony, svajfamih

tes call ilda-baoth* though fetahil is the only-hegooen one, the reflexion of the father, abatur, who begets him hy looking into the 'dark water* but the lord mano "the lord of loftiness, the lord of all genii" is higher than the father in this kabalistic cadex one is purely spiritual, the other material. so for instance while abatur's "only-hegotten" one is the genius fetahil, the creator of the physical world; lord mano the 'lord of celsitude' who is the son of him who is "the father of all who preach the gospel" produces also an "only-begotten" one, the lord lehdoio "a just lord" he ia the christos, the anointed, who pours out the 'grace' of the livinhle jordan, the spirit of the higheet crown. in the arcanum "in the assembly of splendor, ughted by mano, to whom the scintillas of splend

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etain conscious awareness in this field as this depends on how deep we dive into the delta zone, however bathing in this field changes us permanently and on such deep levels that we can not explain our experience there and often lose our words when we try. in this stage we often oscillate between the theta and delta fields as it is difficult to retain the desire to function in, or partake of, the physical world when we are immersed in the delta zone. in fact our awareness of the physical world usually disappears when we bathe in this frequency field. this is the realm of the all that is and of perfection consciousness, for it is the home of the gods where pure nourishment and creative possibilities flow endlessly. the food of gods is a timeless mystery that is delivered throughout our syst

nt for our dow to exist within. together with a) the we radiate rather than absorb attitude, the cosmic source cable plug in meditation in chapter 7 that allows us access to a never-ending source of love and light, b) and the commitment to always act impeccably that attracts like forces to us, we can then move through the world, well connected and able to attract, hold and radiate our dow in this physical world. the use of a bio-shield device is one way of altering the field dynamics so that our physical bio-system can match frequencies with our dow in all its glory. however it is important to note, that our dow can only download it s power into our circuitry according to our capacity to receive its light and love. our capacity can be increased via the luscious lifestyles 8 point program a

JESSUP MK THE CASE FOR THE UFO

eld was underlayed at a depth of a few feet with a solid stratum of limestone. the press of tennessee was filled for months with stories about the "lang disappearance" there were searches made immediately following lang's vanishing and for months afterwards. bloodhounds were used. detectives were called in. the story reached vienna, and a dr. hern stated that "there are vortices (in the so-called physical world) through which a man might vanish" ambrose bierce wrote a fictionalized version of the incident. the bloodhounds, the detectives and the theorists produced nothing. vortices, nodes, dead spots "traps= all the same things. the case has been the subject of endless speculation. but no one has ever found a trace of david lang. and there remains only the affidavit of lang's daughter and

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c. astrological conjunctions d. planetary hours and days e. individual biorhythms ix. creating your own reality, following your true will prepared by: amber k our lady of the woods the basics of magick get any book for free on: www.abika.com 4 used by permission* magick 1- why magick* the ability to think seems to set us apart from other creatures. and although we are concerned with living in the physical world, we are mental beings. the fact is we are thinking all the time. we plan, we brood, we get depressed or elated- all of it is thought. but the universe is mental too, and if we could control our thinking we would see magnificent results in the everyday world. many systems have been developed over the ages to help us control our thoughts. a great amound of dogma too has been kicked ar

n. banks, an introduction to psychic studies. annie besant, thought power. michael h. brown, pk, a report on the power of psychokinesis. richard cavendish, the black arts. alexandira david-neel, magic and mystery in tibet. raynor c. johnson, the imprisoned splendour. ostrander and shroeder, psychic discoveries behind the iron curtan* magick 2- the subjectivity of experience* your awareness of the physical world and of your place within it is mostly based upon the physical senses (hearing, sight, smell, touch, taste. these five senses continually send information to the mind, and it is up to the mind to select and interpret them. if you could not do so, your senses would overwhelm you and be meaningless. selection and interpretation of your sensory inputs is essentially an automatic, mostly

om 8 the forgoing demonstrates how it is that there are so many different versions of 'truth. one's particular view is almost arbitrary. although numerous religions, philosophies, and occult systems abound, they do not contradict one and other as much as it might appear. rather, they describe the same (universal) reality taken from different perspectives. for there can be no ultimate truth in the physical world. we can only base our actions upon assumptions and agreements. all experience is subjective. yet, there is a separate reality within each of us which is often ignored unless we seek it. this inner self is in magick called the 'true will. the true will is the center of consciousness and identity. it is the 'real you. everything else is an interface or link to it from the outer (illus

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

gical and psychic phenomena, and is the 'psychic link' to the physical world. most occult and magical phenomena originate in the invisible, non-sensate, the basics of magick get any book for free on: www.abika.com 10 non-physical realm (ie. without physical senses. each of the four worlds interacts with the other worlds. psychic energy flows from the spiritual to mental to astral to physical. the physical world is a projection (manifestation, reflection, or shadow) of the higher worlds. our center of consciousness is generally within these higher worlds "we are, to quote the rock music group the police "spirits in the material world. there are many similar terms used by other occult groups. for example 'astral light' is another name for astral world, although it may sometimes also refer to

LAITMAN M BASIC CONCEPTS IN KABBALAH

find that humanity seemingly exists outside of this system of rational laws. for example, when we observe how wisely nature created our bodies and how precisely and purposefully every cell in our bodies functions, we are unable to answer the question: why does the entire organism exist? all that surrounds us is permeated with cause-and-effect connections. nothing is created without a purpose; the physical world is governed by precise laws of motion, transformation, and circulation. however, the main question why does it all exist (not only us, but b a s i c c o n c e p t s i n k a b b a l a h 14 the entire universe? remains unanswered. is there anyone in this world who has not been touched by this question at least once? the existing scientific theories assert that the world is governed by

he spiritual and the physical worlds. this is why it is impossible to replace even a single word, and however absurd it may seem, the branch should exactly correspond to the root. what separates spiritual objects is not space, but their spiritual incongruence and dissimilarity of properties. therefore, the number of souls, meaning separate spiritual objects, determines the number of people in the physical world. in the beginning of creation there was one common soul: the light (pleasure) and the corresponding body (desire, adam. these were merged in adhesion with the creator, and therefore received maximum delight. the soul s nature is merely the will to receive pleasure, and the soul was filled with pleasure in accordance with its desire. however, once having received pleasure, the soul s

LAITMAN M FROM CHAOS TO HARMONY

elevate one s desire toward the quality of altruism, toward nature s quality of love and giving. to sense spirituality means to sense how we are interconnected as parts of a single system, and to sense a higher degree of nature. life s purpose is to climb to the spiritual reality and experience it, in addition to our sensing of the corporeal reality, while we are living in a physical body, in the physical world. by nature s plan, humanity was created with the ability to perceive only the first, imaginary level, and thus it evolved over the millennia. during that time, humanity accumulated observations and experiences that brought chapter nine: a reality of wholeness and infinity 137 it to the awareness that an egoistic existence did not bring it happiness, and that it needed to switch to t

LAITMAN M KABBALAH REVEALED

r sense of oneness with the creator. this breaking of adam ha rishon brought humanity to its present state, with an unseen barrier that separates the spiritual worlds (above it) from our world (below. below the barrier, the spiritual force created a corporeal particle, which began to evolve. this was the big bang. keep in mind that when kabbalists talk about the spiritual world and the corporeal, physical world, they are referring to altruistic or egoistic features, respectively. they never refer to worlds that take up physical space in some undiscovered universe. we can t take a spaceship and fly to the world yetzira, for example, or even discover spirituality by changing our behavior. we can only discover it by becoming altruistic x similar to the creator. when we do that, we will discov

ween my present state and my desired goal, i can never really know what my 90 kabbalah revealed goal will be like until i actually reach it. when i do reach it, it is greater than anything i could ever imagine; but i ll never know for sure how great it is until i have actually reached it. if i knew my reward in advance, it wouldn t be real altruism, but disguised egoism. i n a n u t s h e l l the physical world evolves by the same order of degrees as the spiritual world, through a pyramid of desires. in the spiritual world, the desires (still, vegetative, animate, speaking, and spiritual) create the worlds adam kadmon, atzilut, beria, yetzira, and assiya. in the physical world, they create minerals, plants, animals, people, and people with points in their hearts. the physical world was cre

e within me there is an appropriate kli to perceive it. just as our brains use the letters of the alphabet to study what this world has to offer, our kelim use the ten sefirot to study what the spiritual worlds offer. and just as we study this world under certain restrictions and rules, to study the spiritual worlds we need to know the rules that shape those worlds. when we study something in the physical world, we must follow certain rules. for example, for something to be considered true, it must be empirically tested. if tests show that it works, it s considered correct, until someone shows xin tests, not in words xthat it doesn t work. before something is tested, it s nothing but a theory. 96 kabbalah revealed the spiritual worlds have boundaries, too xthree of them, to be exact. if we

LAITMAN M KABBALAH ATTAINING THE WORLDS BEYOND

ed in jacob s dream and was described by baal hasulam rabbi yehuda ashlag and his son, baruch ashlag. often, we turn our backs on the source of knowledge symbolized by this ladder, and only through great effort will we manage to turn around and start moving towards the creator. this is why he sends us teachers, books, and study companions. students who follow the teachings of kabbalah live in the physical world, but are overburdened by their selfishness. this is why they cannot properly understand the sages who are physically close to them, but who also evolve in the spiritual worlds. those who can leave aside reason and opinions, and follow the ways of writers of authentic books of wisdom, will be able to bond unconsciously with the spiritual. it is because we do not see or feel the creat

abbi yehuda ashlag said "the reward for keeping a commandment is in gaining the perception of the one who commands it" rabbi yehuda ashlag said "the worries of this world are of no concern to those engaged in spiritual ascent, just as the person who is seriously ill does not worry about getting his salary, but only about surviving the illness" rabbi yehuda ashlag said "in the spiritual, as in our physical world, if something occurs to us because of circumstances that were beyond our control, this fact itself will not save us. for example, if someone inadvertently falls off a cliff, the mere fact that he fell, even though he did not want to fall, will not save him from dying. the same is true in the spiritual world. when rabbi yehuda ashlag was sick, a doctor was called to come and see him

LAITMAN M KABBALAH SCIENCE AND THE MEANING OF LIFE

or many years assumes that it is a completely lifeless object. finally, after long, arduous years of research, he examines the complex symbols on the inner part of the shell and concludes that this has to be a shell of a living object, probably containing within it a living, evolving organism that is not the shell itself. just like that person, modern science has been successfully researching the physical world for hundreds of years, assuming that this world is the whole reality. the premise was that the physical world was a lifeless entity, and that there was nothing else besides it. science has recently concluded that if we meticulously test the purely physical world, we will be able to find subtle evidence that the physical world is only a shell covering a living entity inside it. let m

ensive debate around quantum theory, so i will present only what i think is correct. i also recommend that you study this topic on your own to know what other researchers have found, and then draw your own conclusions. i would like to stress that quantum mechanics and modern science do not say anything about kabbalah or about spirituality. q ua n t u m t h e o r y 71 however, they do say that the physical world is not the end. they have proved that there is something beyond, but they cannot say a thing about its nature. i think that accurately defining this point is of paramount importance. all our knowledge, coupled with the immense power of quantum theory and its inferences about the physical world, lead us to deduce two things: 1. there must be something beyond the physical world. 2. we

icle. this is a very trendy saying, and perhaps you are imagining something about it, or are setting up a little mental equation. in fact, however, this is nothing but a line of utterly senseless symbols. there is no way to make them sound logical. i previously stated that quantum theory allows us to understand the boundaries of contemporary science and declares that there is something beyond the physical world itself. to explain this, i will later describe an astounding phenomenon whose research is now evolving, called quantum computation. in addition, i will relate to a witty experiment that was first described conceptually back in the 1960 s by richard feynman (1918-1988, one of the greatest physicists of the 20th century and a nobel prize laureate in physics. this depiction is, even to

kinds of particles. i will offer my explanation as to why this science demonstrates the boundaries of science, and why it points directly to the existence of something beyond the straightforward material world. for generations, the fundamental perspective of science matched that of einstein. einstein s perception still prevails among many scientists, maintaining that there is nothing besides the physical world. since the brain is built solely of physical particles, any specific event, meaning interaction of one particle with another, is defined wholly by the location of the particles and their movements in the preceding moment. the same perspective applies to every event in the physical world, including events in our bodies, our minds, our thoughts, and our interconnections. in other word

int on the screen, we get a mathematical result that does not perfectly match a moving wave of probabilities. instead, it is the square root of the probability. in fact, some of the square roots are negative. the probability that something will happen in the real world can be anywhere between 0 and 1, but it cannot be negative. in other words, this thing that expands in space doesn t exist in the physical world, but it still creates an impact. figure 11 q ua n t u m t h e o r y 77 even if we were to fire one particle per week, the probability distribution would remain identical to the interference pattern of the two waves we mentioned above. actually, even if we fired a single particle, dismantled the equipment, put it back together a year later, and fired another single particle, we would

LAITMAN M THE KABBALAH EXPERIENCE

re the sensations of the receiver and the giver. we do not even understand what it means to give or to receive, because in order to feel it, you must possess those two attributes. everything we feel comes out of comparison with an opposite, but within us are no attributes of the creator, and thus we can neither feel nor understand the attributes of creation. t h e e n d o f m at t e r q: will the physical world vanish at the end of correction? is malchut of malchut the material world? are the souls that do not have a screen always in it? a: kabbalah speaks of desires and intents. there is not a single word in kabbalah that refers to our world, meaning physical bodies. t h e t h o u g h t o f c r e a t i o n 25 creation was made with the desire for pleasure and there are only two participan

in our corporeal world, and that this occurs until they reach their individual end of correction. a: it is true when you speak about the unification of the soul and the body, at which time the body is like a cover, a shirt for the soul. q: in your book, you write: just as we must seemingly serve our egoistic desires (our inner nations of the world, so we serve all the nations of the world in the physical world. our spiritual state is what determines our situation in this world. is that really so? a: to the extent that we serve our inner desires in order to enjoy them, instead of serving the creator, we are not serving ourselves, but the nations of the world. they are the ones that enjoy the fruits of our work, not us. therefore, we have to know that we are the only ones who can change our

hat kabbalists encourage, whereas those who follow ideas and beliefs blindly, purposely forbid it. b i r t h a n d c o r r e c t i o n q: man is born in our world through the joining of a physical body with its spirit, which may already be at a certain level in the spiritual worlds, meaning, by definition, it can already have a screen. why, then, is there a need to start from the beginning in the physical world? a: every birth in our world signifies a correction of the corporeal level of desires. even if a person studied kabbalah in the past and reached a certain level, but not a final one, that person must be born as a baby, suffer, learn, and arrive at kabbalah from the beginning. but the student will very quickly return to the level of the previous life and continue from there. there is

a result of that, all the terms of kabbalah bear an opposite meaning to the ones we have in this world. we tend to materialize spiritual concepts and relate them to ourselves. thus, we interpret the curse as something that goes against us and not against the creator. q: is there a curse in the corporeal world? a: perhaps you are asking about the evil eye, and the answer is: yes, it exists. in the physical world there is a possibility to harm a person, and not only in a visible way. it is possible to influence a person in every degree of this world: one s body, his consciousness and subconscious, the inner structures of one s body by a magnetic and bioelectric field, and heat. b e l i e f s, m y s t i c i s m a n d t h e s u p e r n a t u r a l 297 a person s fields can also be influenced b

ch moments while studying (this does not exclude the special places, but we ll discuss them some other time with those who can feel the specialty of places) t h e w e l l o f m i r i a m q: many people ask where the well of miriam is, and whether one can drink from it. is this reality or a legend? a: any spiritual source spreads through all the spiritual worlds and must materialize (appear in our physical world. there is a certain force called the bina, the superior mother, and in the physical world it reveals in fountains and springs. however, it is forbidden to relate anything spiritual to water. one who drinks from a fountain does not get anything spiritual from it. the question is, who give that person the water? water, like anything else, can be linked with its spiritual origin with t

LAITMAN M THE PATH OF KABBALAH

o the framework of our five senses. this method enables us to receive additional desires to the ones we are born with, and in them receive the actual sensation of reality. although this method is complex, serious, and profound, it is one that anyone can understand and use. furthermore, kabbalists claim that until we attain the real sensation of our existence and reach beyond the boundaries of our physical world, we will have to be reborn into this world over and over again. kabbalists live and feel our world and the spiritual world at the same time, and pass their knowledge and insights on to us. they say that there are many other worlds besides our own. these worlds are like circles that surround one another. our world is at the innermost circle. we call this tiny circle our universe. pa

nst egoism, it is called a partzuf, which is a spiritual object. when the partzuf receives pleasure in order to please the creator, performing t h e pa t h o f k a b b a l a h 116 zivug de hakaa, this act is called a mitzva, and the light that enters the partzuf is called torah. if a person can receive the light of the torah into one s corrected egoism while performing a physical mitzva, then the physical world and the spiritual world are now combined within that person. in order to do this, one must first learn what one wishes to attain from this act. simply performing mitzvot (plural for mitzva) gives no spiritual attainment, but only places one in a degree of spiritual still. only one s aim its power and direction can bring one into the spiritual world and determine the spiritual degree

on a way out of the anguish that befalls us and offers the spiritual world through a second path the path of kabbalah (torah. the hebrew word, torah, means instruction. there are clear instructions in the torah/kabbalah that teach us how to attain spiritual attainment, while combining it with family life, study and work. it tells us how to discover our inner spiritual worlds, as well as the outer physical world. d e s i r e q: if we are only a desire, like all other creations, then what is our deepest desire? a: our deepest desire is to cleave to the creator. that is everyone s unconscious desire. it has been imprinted in us to begin with and it is the only desire that we are actually eager to satisfy. but that desire only becomes clear to us to the extent that we are willing to accept and

ed only know the name for each type of light. then, when we read the torah, we will understand which spiritual degrees, actions and places it talks about. t h e pa t h o f k a b b a l a h 190 then we will no longer be led to think that the torah speaks of anything lower than the spiritual world. we will know that it doesn t speak of our corporeal life, about history, or about how to get on in the physical world. we will know that all the books in the torah are in fact instructions for man that explain how to attain the purpose of our lives, while living in this world, so that we do not have to return to it time after time and suffer again and again from this empty, purposeless life. a partzuf consists of ten sefirot: keter, hochma, bina, zeir anpin, and malchut. expressed in letters it wou

, is the creature. a creature is a part of adam ha rishon that is inside a person of our world. all creatures, meaning souls, are parts of the body of adam ha rishon. they all need to correct their breaking, thus returning to the state that was before the sin, and add adhesion with the creator. they sort the parts from within the shells. all of us must come to the roots of our souls while in this physical world. otherwise, we will return here until we realize the purpose of our creation. c h a p t e r 3. 2 3 b a s i c t e r m s sefirot: properties, clothes that the creator wears in order to appear before his creatures. they are not his real properties and there is nothing we can say about them, because we cannot grasp their meaning. we can only grasp what he wants to reveal to us. we regar

LEADBEATER C W THE HIDDEN LIFE IN FREEMASONRY 2E

ommandment, gthus saith the lord, h but on definite facts and laws in nature which cannot be doubted. 42. the work is a preparation for death, and for what follows it. the two pillars b. and j. were supposed to stand at the entrance to the other world, and the various experiences through which the candidate passed were intended to symbolize those which would come to him when he passed out of this physical world into the next stage. there is a vast amount of information about the life after death to be derived from an intelligent consideration of masonic ceremonies, and through constantly practising them these worlds will become really familiar to us; so that when we shall pass beyond the grave, no longer in figurative death, we shall feel ourselves quite at home in repeating once more what

its own, just as have the great medieval cathedrals; as they are permeated by the influence of centuries of devotion, so should the very walls of our temple radiate strength, broadmindedness and brotherly love. 89. chapter ii 90. the lodge 91. form and extension 92. it is customary in speaking of the freemasonic lodge to which one belongs to think of a hall or room in an ordinary building in the physical world. therefore, when its extension is mentioned, the ordinary ideas of its measurements in length, breadth and height come up in the mind. it is necessary, however, to think of much more than that, for the lodge represents the universe at large, as is explained in the ritual of the craft degrees of universal co-masonry. in the description of the t c b c, we are told that the lodge is in

selessly to see that the force generated in that centre is employed only in the helping of mankind and in the furtherance of the designs of t.g.a.u.t.u. the man does not lose his individuality and initiative, but he learns to use them rightly. 363. the man must learn to tyle the lodge of his mental body; but this must be done with discretion and indeed with exceeding great care. we often find the physical world uncomfortably crowded, especially if our lot imposes upon us the necessity of living or working in one of the great cities. but we must remember that the astral and mental worlds are also crowded- very much more so than the physical, although not quite in the same way. those finer worlds have far greater extension than the physical, and also in them bodies freely interpenetrate one

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

lization. the journeys are outward signs of the raising of the candidate fs consciousness through the planes. 597. in the first stage he carries the mallet and chisel, and learns about the five senses-touch, hearing, sight, taste and smell. this is the physical stage, for the physical body is not valuable in itself, but only as the vehicle of the senses, through which a man gains knowledge of the physical world with which to direct his work. it is these senses in his body which must now receive his attention, that they may serve him well. 598. on the journey of the second stage the a. carries a rule and compasses, and learns something of the arts. these are classified as architecture, sculpture, painting, music and poetry- all forms of beauty- a sufficient indication that all true work pro

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

opedia of american religion. 5th ed. detroit, mi: gale research, 1996. abraxas abraxas is a term associated with gnosticism, an ancient religious movement influencing judaism, christianity, and contemporaneous paganism that was prominent during the first few centuries of the common era. its central teaching was that this world was the creation of an evil deity who had trapped human spirits in the physical world. our true home is the absolute spirit, referred to as the pleroma, to which we should seek to return. two distinct types of entities are associated with gnosticism: aeons and archons. the aeons are the higher spiritual beings who reside in the pleroma. the archons are the rulers, created by the evil demiurge, who govern this world and who act as guardians preventing the sparks of li

ation. according to thomas aquinas, salvation is possible through scriptural knowledge, which contains certain truths that exceed human reason and can be accepted only on faith. human beings cannot directly know god s essence, which transcends all species and genera. god s existence can be proved in five ways that employ the principle of causality and, starting from the empirical knowledge of the physical world, include the argument from motion, the argument from nature of efficient cause, the argument from possibility and necessity, the argument from the gradations of perfection to be found in things, and finally the argument from the order of the world. all these arguments imply the principle that reason needs a final stopping point in any chain of explanation, which must be outside of t

nt role in gnostic thought and who are roughly comparable to evil archangels. gnosticism refers to a movement and school of thought that was prominent in the hellenistic mediterranean world that influenced paganism, judaism, and christianity. its core teachings were that this world, and especially the human body, were the products of an evil deity the demiurge who had trapped human spirits in the physical world. our true home is the absolute spirit, referred to as the pleroma, to which we should seek to return. according to the gnostic myth of creation, sophia, one of the spiritual beings (one of the aeons) residing in the pleroma inadvertently creates another entity often called yaldabaoth who creates our familiar world (e.g, the apocryphon of john 2, in robinson 1981, 9f. this creation i

rounding area until the proper moment when the energy is projected outward in a concentrated burst. more generally, the circle provides an arena within which the vibrations of the group energy can be altered so as to draw the participants nearer to the otherworld. in most religious traditions, one finds the notion that the normally unseen spiritual world coexists in the same time and space as the physical world, in what might be referred to as a different dimension. what separates them is their differing rates of vibration (understood literally or metaphorically. thus, in order to enter into rapport with the otherworld, one needs to create a space in this case the circle within which the rate of vibration can be modified. in occult traditions, the other dimensions are understood as constit

ual realm, inadvertently creates another entity often called yaldabaoth who creates our familiar world (e.g, refer to the apocryphon of john 2, in robinson 1981, 9f. this evil deity, who is alternately designated the demiurge (a term originally utilized by plato to refer to a demigod who creates the world in the timaeus, also creates the human body for the purpose of trapping human spirits in the physical world. our true home is the absolute spirit, the pleroma. a standard tenet of gnostic christianity was that yahweh, the god of the old testament, was one and the same as this evil demiurge. pointing to the discrepancy between the jealous, vengeful god of the old testament and the teachings of the gentle jesus, these gnostics asserted that jesus was a teacher sent from the pleroma to guide

LIBER LXVII THE SWORD OF SONG

in the language, not of the temple, but of the laboratory, its results, 1 it is of course a special kind of effort, not mere struggle. that i make this appeal; that i seek to enlist genuine, not pseudo-scientific men in the research; so that our children may be as far in advance of us in the study of the supernormal phenomena of the mind as we are in advance of our fathers in the sciences of the physical world.1 note carefully this practical sense of my intention. i care nothing for the academic meanings of the steps in the path; what they meant to the arahats of old is indifferent to me .let the dead past bury its dead. what i require is an advance in the knowledge of the great problem, derived no longer from hearsay revelation, from exalted fanaticism, from hysteria and intoxication; bu

LIBER XLI THIEN TAO

ng time, and that because you have been fool enough to read thus far, you have no excuse for being fool enough to read farther. gphenacetin is a useful drug in fever, but woe to that patient who shall imbibe it in collapse. because calomel is a dangerous remedy in appendicitis, we do not condemn its use in simple indigestions. gas above so beneath! said hermes the thrice greatest. the laws of the physical world are precisely paralleled by those of the moral and intellectual sphere. to the prostitute i prescribe a course of training by which she shall comprehend the holiness of sex. chastity forms part of that training, and i should hope to see her one day a happy wife and mother. to the prude equally i prescribe a course of training by which 10 liber xli she shall comprehend the holiness o

LOGOMACHY OF ZOS

as do the silent passages of deep meditation. whatever we invite or accept of our own thought must first of all be expressed as a memory-metaphor. the figures and forms of our less deliberate expressions become, when persistent, the personifications of our abstracts. aesthetics are a reality. more permanent possibilities of sensation. any concept of reality is unanalyzable, yet through the whole physical world there runs an unknown content which must be tactual to consciousness. for it gives it reality. mankind returns to its old self by the path of its deviations: faith in genetic systems gives substance to audacious ability. if the heart decay, pleasurable life ends and a deadly race of elementals shall incarnate, protecting their powers by cruelty and nihilism. gross human minotaurs. e

LURQUIN STONE EVOLUTION AND RELIGIOUS CREATION MYTHS

entific concepts, the theory of evolution has benefited over many years from the input of many scientists. in the process, the theory of evolution has also evolved. this type of change over time holds true for all good scientific theories. even einstein s theories of 52 evolution and religious creation myths relativity have evolved and were never seen by their discoverer as immutable views of the physical world. this is a sign of scientific good health because incorrect theories eventually perish. 2. modern evolutionary theory incorporates much genetics. this fact is generally ignored by id enthusiasts. it is legitimate to wonder why. 3. mutations are completely chance events. no one has ever been able to prove that mutations are driven or directed toward a particular goal by any external

lank 7 the dangers of creationism human values remain a human matter, for which human beings, not nature, must provide justification and ultimately accept responsibility. kathryn dooley, spring 2005 term paper people need purpose and values in their lives. but as eloquently stated above by one of our students, values (which in many ways define purpose) should not be rooted in and justified by the physical world; they must come from within our moral selves. traditionally, human beings have found purpose and values, as well as morality, in religions. but religions are not the only way to a moral, purposeful life. over the centuries, secular moral philosophies have been developed and adopted by many all over the world. great figures such as einstein, linus pauling, and mahatma gandhi, who bas

MACNULTY W KIRK KABBALAH AND FREEMASONRY

jurers, necromancers and witches (those grand impostors) who violently intrude themselves into magick, as if swine should enter into a faire and delicate garden."7 this distinction between "true magicians" whom ashmole considers to be practitioners of the mystical ascent in the hermetic/ kabbalistic tradition, and "conjurers, necromancers, and witches" who attempt to use "magick" to influence the physical world is a significant one. for ashmole "magick" aspires to a transformation of the individual; it requires the individual to surrender his will to the will of god; and it is part of the mystical ascent. conjuring and witchcraft aspire to produce result in the physical world upon which the individual seeks to impose his own will.8 this distinction has been made by the contemporary scholar

in the case of the glory which stands alone, the idea of duality occurs throughout the board from the black and white squares at the bottom to the sun and moon, an ancient symbol for the paired opposites of masculine and feminine, at the top. in the central area of the board duality is represented by two of the three columns; but here, as we rise from the fixity of the elemental existence of the physical world, the third column introduces a new idea. the striking thing about these columns is that each is of a different order of architecture. in masonic symbolism they are assigned names: wisdom to the ionic column in the middle, strength to the doric column on the left, and beauty to the corinthian column on the right.42 the three pillars, like the tree of life, speak of a universe in whic

ng agency. in masonic terms this idea is called the "rule of three" four worlds the universe as it was perceived43 by the renaissance philosophers consisted of "four worlds" the hermetica describes such a division with each of the four worlds associated with one of the classical "elements."44 kabbalah has the same division as review of "tree mechanics" will indicate.45 they are the "elemental" or physical world (asiyyah, the "celestial" world of the psyche or soul (yezirah, the "supercelestial" world or spirit (beriah, and the divine world (azilut. we can see that these same levels are represented on the board. the pavement represents the "elemental" physical world, the central part of the board including the columns and most of the symbols, represents the "celestial" world of the psyche o

part of the board including the columns and most of the symbols, represents the "celestial" world of the psyche or soul, the heavens represent the "supercelestial" world of the spirit, and the glory, as we have seen, represents the divinity. in figure 10 i have related these macro-cosmic symbols to the tree of life. since a person starting on a masonic career enters the lodge from his life in the physical world, i will consider the lodge to be a representation of the psyche which is the world of consciousness contiguous with the physical world. the psyche is also the bridge between the physical world and the world of the spirit. because of that, this tree on which we shall place the symbols of masonry is a yeziratic tree. the corinthian column, a style derived from the ideas of energy and

sented, symbolically, by the progress through the masonic degrees; and it is, in fact, the ascent up jacob's ladder one of the "principal rounds" for each degree. this should be no surprise. as we have seen, the notion of a "mystical ascent" was part and parcel of the hermetic/kabbalistic tradition. we should note that this journey is an ascent in consciousness; from ordinary consciousness of the physical world, through the soul and the spirit, to a consciousness of the divine presence. reuchlin describes such an ascent in de arte kabbalistica;51 another can be found in the hermetica.52 some of these ascents are deeply christian in their character. in de occulta philosophia agrippa. rises through the three worlds, the elemental world, the celestial world, the supercelestial world. where he

MANLY P HALL THE SECRET TEACHINGS OF ALL AGES

f those who never freed their spiritual natures from the cravings, habits, viewpoints, and limitations of their plutonic personalities. those who made no endeavor to improve themselves (whose souls have slept) during their physical lives, passed at death into hades, where, lying in rows, they slept through all eternity as they had slept through life. to the eleusinian philosophers, birch into the physical world was death in the fullest sense of the word, and the only true birth was that of the spiritual soul of man rising out of the womb of his own fleshly nature "the soul is dead that slumbers" says longfellow, and in this he strikes the keynote of the eleusinian mysteries. just as narcissus, gazing at himself in the water (the ancients used this mobile element to symbolize the transitory

ightning; others, that failing to save his beloved eurydice, he committed suicide. the generally accepted version of his death, however, is that he was torn to pieces by ciconian women whose advances he had spurned. in the tenth book of plato's republic it is declared that, because of his sad fate at the hands of women, the soul that had once been orpheus, upon being destined to live again in the physical world, chose rather to return in the body of a swan than be born of woman. the head of orpheus, after being torn from his body, was cast with his lyre into the river hebrus, down which it floated to the sea, where, wedging in a cleft in a rock, it gave oracles for many years. the lyre, after being stolen from its shrine and working the destruction of the thief, was picked up by the gods a

wer in man is divided into three parts, which are termed the threefold human spirit of man. all three of these spiritual natures are said to be radiant and transcendent; united, they form the divinity in man. man's threefold lower nature--consisting of his physical organism, his emotional nature, and his mental faculties--reflects the light of his threefold divinity and bears witness of it in the physical world. man's three bodies are symbolized by an upright triangle; his threefold spiritual nature by an inverted triangle. these two triangles, when united in the form of a six-pointed star, were called by the jews "the star of david "the signet of solomon" and are more commonly known today as "the star of zion" these triangles symbolize the spiritual and material universes linked together

erage individual the creative are limited in their to purely --and correspondingly materialistic--expression. obsessed by his belief in the and permanence of , man does not correlate the with the blank wall of the . as the light is said to die as it approaches the winter , so the may be termed click to enlarge of ephesus. from montfaucon's antiquities. with a -like tiara and her adorned with creatures representative of her , stood for the source of that imperishable which, flowing from the bosom of the great multimammia, is the food of those aspiring men and who have conse