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ALEISTER CROWLEY MAGICK WITHOUT TEARS

e the "investigators" take no magical precautions soever- against, say, the impersonation of iophiel by hismael, or the doves of venus by the a'arab zareq. all they attempt especially at "demonstrations" and "materializations" is to guard with great elaboration and (as a rule) complete futility against the deceptions of the common conjuror. they are not expecting any genuine manifestation of the "spirit world" and this fact makes clear their true subconscious attitude. as for those mediums who possess magical ability, they almost always come from the most ignorant classes- celts are an exception to this rule- and have no knowledge whatever of the technique of the business. worse, they are usually of the type that delights in the secret dirty affinities, and so naturally and gladly attract

ALEX SANDERS THE KING OF THE WITCHES

t next to do with the wailing infant, and alex tried eo conjure up a familiar to help him. none would come, so he then went into a trance to see if nick would help. when alexawakenedt paul was in tears and the baby gone 'we shall never see him again' he told alex 'nick told me that we were to train michael to be.obedient in wicca so that he could be as a son tome. but he won't stay a baby; in the spirit world he'll mature so quickly that within twenty-four hours he'll be older.thani am now' until now alex had gone into a trance onlywhen hewished, but michael altered that. within the space ofa few days he stopped being a helpless baby and became a precociotls 93 nuisance.he began by invading alex's body, taking him over so completely that when alex came to, he would fmd that he had insulted

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

phing. the grosser the person in the body, desire and appetite, the more easily will he be photographed after passing over (if anyone wants to photograph him, and the more advanced the person, the more difficult it will be to get a photograph- 224- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iv: esoteric healing copyright 1998 lucis trust as regards the use of radio as a means of communication with the "spirit world" the present electrical instruments are too slow in vibratory activity (if i may use such an unscientific term) to do the work; if astrally clothed "spirits" approach them they are apt to have a shattering effect. yet the first demonstration of existence after death, in such a way that it can be registered upon the physical plane, will come via the radio, because sound always precedes

hich will fill in some of the existing gaps in the scale of light vibration, carrying on from the high frequency rays and waves as you now have them. this will necessitate instruments hitherto undreamt of but really quite possible. they will be so sensitive that they will be set in motion by the power of the human eye under the focussed direction of thought. from then on tangible rapport with the spirit world will be possible. i cannot do more than give you the clue. i am also handicapped by the complete ignorance of a.a.b. on these matters which involve electrical knowledge and terms. there is no seed thought in her mind on which i can work or from which i can expand the idea. she can explain what i mean if you ask her to do so. but even if she had a training such as you have, i could not

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horse charities at a time when their welfare was low in most people s agenda, and he kept an open house for cats in the various places he lived. in some earlier pictures it seems as if more than half the image is made up of scales and feathers of the winged and crawling creatures that intertwine with captured humanity. their constant companionship accompanies spare s twilight journeys through the spirit worlds. equality with the beasts seems paramount to his vision. spare s obsession with the hybrid and grotesque in nature and supernature, something which takes in the full spectrum of ovidian metamorphoses, suggests in the artist s mind a vision of the active trafficking of creatures between one world and the other. all of the janus-headed, multi-faced, theriomorphic swarms which prolifera

atures as were in the pictures i had just viewed. even now, i have a tendency to check my fellow passengers to see if they have pointed ears and hairs sprouting from the bridges of their noses to see what stage of satyrisation they are showing, in their journey through the underworld. there is a very definite sense that, through my contact with the art of austin osman spare, the previously unseen spirit world has become tangible and palpable, more reachable and more real. powerful stuff indeed. john balaohbalanone's temple of set faq contents: 1.0 introduction 2.0 philosophy 2.1 xeper 2.2 initiation 2.3 satanism 2.4 left hand path 2.5 metaphysics 2.6 dogma vs doctrine 3.0 religion 3.1 the temple of set as a religion 3.2 set 3.3 the gift of set 4.0 magic 4.1 black magic 4.2 ritual practices

BUCKLAND RAYMOND COMPLETE BOOK OF WITCHCRAFT

ility, understanding, patience, health, truth, devotion, sincerity indigo changeability, impulsiveness, depression, ambition, dignity violet tension, power, sadness, piety, sentimentality cradle: potential for advancement. crossing the river: a fundamental change of attitude. crying: emotion; usually a sad event. crystal: union of matter and spirit. curtains: concealment; adornment. darkness: the spirit world; the subconscious; turning inward. death: the end of something; opportunity for new beginnings. dog: loyalty; laziness; anger. eating: need for new interests; stimulation. evening: descending into the subconscious world. eye: perception; self-examination. falling: failing to live up to expectations. fish: transcendence from one state of being to another. fire: anger; purification; abu

CHIREAU YVONNE BLACK MAGIC RELIGION AND THE AFRICAN AMERICAN CONJURING TRADITION

were his paternal grandmother, whom he described as "very religious" and his mother, an african-born slave who arrived in virginia in the late 1790s and was given the name nancy. nat was born in 1800. recognizing precocity in her son, nancy predicted that he was destined for "some great purpose" that was yet to be revealed. distinguished in his youth by an ability to receive revelations from the spirit world, turner enjoyed something of a seer's reputation among the local population. his gift at interpreting esoteric signs confirmed his status as a holy man. according to one commentator "nat was no preacher, but c he had acquired the character of a prophet c he traced his divination in characters of blood, on leaves, alone in the woods; he would arrange them in some conspicuous place, hav

gospel in foreign parts, in roswell randall hoes "the negro plot of 1712" new-york genealogical and biographical record 21 (1890: 162.63; scott\ 176 "slave insurrection in new york" p. 46. particularly among coromantee, an ethnic group inclusive of speakers of the akan and ga-adangme dialects, oaths unified warriors in preparation for combat. the oath secured a covenant between the forces of the spirit world and the parties sealing it with blood, a sign of kinship and a customary ingredient in african rituals of spiritual invocation. 5. wyatt macgaffey, art and healing of the bakongo, commented by themselves: minkisi from the laman collection (bloomington: indiana university press, 1991, p. 121; willem bosman, a new and accurate description of the coast of guinea, divided into the gold, t

list sect in nashville, p. 27. the history and manifestations of black spiritual traditions in new orleans, although beyond the scope of this chapter, are the subject of two recent studies. see claude jacobs and andrew kaslow, the spiritual churches of new orleans: origins, beliefs and rituals of an african-american religion (knoxville: university of tennessee press, 1991; see also michael smith, spirit world: pattern in the expressive folk culture of afro-american new orleans (new orleans: new orleans folklife society, 1984; hurston "hoodoo in america; and robert tallant, voodoo in new orleans (new york: macmillan, 1946; baer, black spiritual movement, p. 110. see also hans baer "black spiritual churches: a neglected socio-religious institution" phylon 42 (fall 1981: 210. 50. hurston "hoo

DICTIONARY GLOSSARY OF OCCULT TERMINOLOGY

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

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF OCCULTISM AND PARAPSYCHOLOGY VOL 1

her ph.d. from the college of william and mary and settled in the tidewater area of virginia. three years later she took a job in richmond, virginia. in 1991, meyer s husband, jerry, began to hear voices. he did not let anyone know what was happening for two years. only after he read james redfield s book, the celestial prophecy, which discussed the phenomenon of increased communications from the spirit world, did he relax his fears and seriously listen. subsequently he told his wife the story that three angels had come to him as messengers of god. they said that the world s wickedness was leading to a punishment through which god would cleanse the wickedness from the earth (through a series of natural disasters. he was a chosen survivor who would assist other survivors to recover what was

of death in new orleans. sources: clayton, rev. george. angelology; agency& ministry of holy angels. new york, 1851. davidson, gustav. a dictionary of angels: including the fallen angels. new york: free press, 1967. duke, h. h. the holy angels: their nature& employments. london, 1875. hodson, geoffrey. the kingdom of faerie. london, 1927. miller, c. leslie. all about angels: the other side of the spirit world. glendale: g/l regal books, 1973. newhouse, flower a. natives of eternity. vista, calif: the author, 1950. o kennedy, rev. r. book of the holy angels. london, 1887. swedenborg, emanuel. earths in planets& in starry heavens: inhabitants, spirits& angels. london, 1758. wendell, leilah. the book of azrael. new york: westgate press, 1988. angelseaxisce ealdriht angelseaxisce ealdriht is o

ped out of his hand. when he first came into contact with spiritualism, he was discovered to be a medium for telekinesis, ectoplasmic phenomena, and trance mediumship in general. his gifts of automatic painting were discovered at the age of 18 or 19 after the end of the war. in a state of trance and in full daylight, he could produce pictorial representations of anything suggested.scenes from the spirit world, historical events, striking portraits of dead people whom he did not know in life.the compositions were often interwoven with grinning demons and weird faces. in paris at the institut metapsychique, he drew designs and painted portraits in complete darkness, although these were inferior to those produced in light. the quality improved with red light, even if it never reached the tabl

ied at norsham, sussex, december 17, 1943. blatter aus prevorst (periodical) leaves from prevorst, a psychic periodical founded by dr. justinus kerner in 1831. after publication of 12 volumes, it was superseded in 1839 by magikon: archire fur beobachtunger aus dem gebiete der geisterkunde und des magnetischen vad magischa lebens (magikon; or, archives for observations concerning the realms of the spirit world of magnetic life. this publication continued until 1853. blavatsky, helena petrovna (1831.1891) one of the most influential occult thinkers of the nineteenth century, blavatsky left behind conflicting images of adventuress, author, mystic, guru, occultist, and charlatan. born at ekaterinoslav, russia, july 31, 1831, she was the daughter of col. peter hahn, a member of a mecklenburg fa

she was often impressed by spirits. this was not incongruous, as buchanan himself was an avowed spiritualist. he published an astounding narrative of his own experiences in the light of truth, columbus, ohio, in 1899. he stated that from 1849 to 1855 he was the only medical scientist to defend the fox sisters and repel their assailants. he told his friends that he was as well acquainted with the spirit world as they were with europe. this knowledge was derived from instructions given by direct voices through mrs. hollis- billing (mary j. hollis) and from direct scripts. he was further helped by psychometric explorations that he began in 1879.80 through cornelia h. buchanan. the past was to her as open a book as the present, and during the years in which she portrayed historic characters o

d learned to talk. many years later, after the whole affair had died down, a strange unidentified animal was killed in the district. some suggested that it might have been gef. sources: price, harry h, and r. s. lambert. the haunting of cashen s gap. london, 1936. cassadaga cassadaga, a spiritualist camp in central florida near deland, was founded in 1895, but grew out of a message given from the spirit world to a young minnesota medium, george colby (1848.1833, in 1868. he was told that he would be the instrument for the founding of a large spiritualist camp in the southern united states. in 1875, directed by his spirit guide seneca, colby traveled to wisconsin where he met t. d. giddings. the two then traveled to florida and found the land to which seneca had directed him. in 1880 he fil

center every hope in the infinite goodness of the great adonai. the god invoked in black magic was not satan but the jehovah of the jews and the trinity of the christians. the foundation of practical magic was the belief in the power of divine words to compel the obedience of all spirits to those who could pronounce them. such words and names were supposed to invoke or dismiss the denizens of the spirit world, and they, with suitable prayers, were used in all magical ceremonies. again it was thought that it was easier to control evil spirits than to enlist the sympathies of angels. he who would gain such power over demons was exhorted in the magical texts to observe continence and abstinence, to disrobe as seldom and sleep as little as possible during the period of preparation, to meditate

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among anthropologists. a clue to the mystery is provided by a similar custom among the bushmen. g. w. stow, in his book the native races of south africa (1905, refers to this strange form of sacrifice. he once came into contact with a number of bushmen who had all lost the first joint of the little finger, which had been removed with a stone knife for the purpose of ensuring a safe journey to the spirit world. another writer told of an old bushman woman whose little fingers of both hands had been mutilated, three joints in all having been removed. she explained that each joint had been sacrificed to express her sorrow as each one of three daughters died. in his report on the northwestern tribes of the dominion of canada (1889, franz boas gives evidence of the custom among these peoples. wh

ca. marryat is best remembered today, however, as a dedicated spiritualist who was acquainted with most of the celebrated mediums of the 1870s and 1880s both in england and america. she was, for example, a witness to the famous farewell of katie king to florence cook at the seance held by sir william crookes. florence marryat recorded her experiences in two books: there is no death (1891) and the spirit world (1894, and both, especially the first, were frequently reprinted, being immensely popular. the two books are credited with securing hundreds of converts to spiritualism. later she also claimed mediumistic gifts herself, among them the strange power of summoning the spirits of the living. she died in london on october 27, 1899. in the 1930s, sir oliver lodge cast doubts upon the accura

spiritualism. later she also claimed mediumistic gifts herself, among them the strange power of summoning the spirits of the living. she died in london on october 27, 1899. in the 1930s, sir oliver lodge cast doubts upon the accuracy of the phenomena reported by marryat. sources: lodge, sir oliver. letters from sir oliver lodge. edited by j. a. hill. london: cassell, 1932. marryat, florence. the spirit world. new york: c.b. reed, 1894. there is no death. 1891. reprint, new york: causeway books, 1973. mars, face on in 1977, electrical engineer vincent dipietro discovered a photograph released the previous year by the national aeronautics and space administration (nasa) of what appeared to be a stone structure in the shape of a human face on the surface of mars. the picture had been taken b

rookes, who produced the most sensational materializations. at the begining of her spiritualistic career, she was a pretty young girl of 16 or 17. she was at that time a private medium, though at the outset she held some materialization seances with herne. from her childhood, it was said, cook was attended by a spirit girl who said her name on earth had been annie morgan, but that her name in the spirit world was katie king. under the latter name, cook s control was destined to become famous in spiritualist circles. during a seance the medium was usually put into a sort of cupboard or cabinet, tied to her chair, and the cords sealed. after a short interval a form clad in flowing white draperies would emerge from the cabinet. on one occasion, a seance was held at the cooks house, at which s

munications to w. t. stead (letters from julia, 1897, notes that the spirit is at the first moment quite unclothed, as at birth. when the thought of nakedness crosses the spirit s mind, there comes the clothing which you need. the idea with us is creative. we think and the thing is. i do not remember putting on any garments. her observation was confirmed by caroline d. larsen in my travels in the spirit world (1927: from every spirit emanates a strong aura, a pseudophosphoric light. this aura is completely controlled by the mind. out of this substance is moulded the vesture of the body. about a conscious projection of his astral body, sylvan j. muldoon observed: on one occasion i noticed the clothing forming itself out of the emanation surrounding my astral body, when only a few feet out o

. london: duckworth, 1962. reprinted as the medium and the scientist: the story of florence cook and william crookes. buffalo, n.y: prometheus books, 1984. henry, t. shekleton. spookland: a record of research and experiment in the much talked of realm of mystery. chicago, 1902. marryat, florence. there is no death. 1891. reprint, new york: causeway books, 1973. medhurst, r. g, ed. crookes and the spirit world: a collection of writings by or concerning the work of sir william crookes, o.m, f.r.s. in the field of psychical research. new york: taplinger; london: souvenir press, 1972. medium, a [a. lunt. mysteries of the seance. boston, 1905. olcott, henry s. people from the other world. hartford, conn: american publishing, 1875. reprint, rutland, vt: charles tuttle, 1972. price, harry, and er

ubjects as the investigation of dutch psychic gerard croiset and duke university s esp cards. he discussed one project to discover esp agents and percipients and wrote a number of book reviews. he headed the spr s library committee. sources: berger, arthur s, and joyce berger. the encyclopedia of parapsychology and psychical research. new york: paragon house, 1991. medhurst, r. g. crookes and the spirit world: a collection of writings by or concerning the work of sir william crookes. edited by k. m. goldney and m. r. barrington. london: taplinger, 1972. on the origin of the prepared random numbers used in the shackleton experiments. journal of the society for psychical research 46 (1971. medhurst, r. g, and k. m. goldney. william crookes and the physical phenomena of mediumship. proceeding

GILBERT AE WAITE A MAGICIAN OF MANY PARTS

and new;thatit was rooted in the likelihood of thingsratherthan abnormal and far beyond the ken(sly,p.57).thuspredisposed-andin 1878,whenthis revelation occurred" he was eager for his doubts to beoverthrown-waitetook up spiritualismwithenthusiasm.thespiritualist movement had begun. in america, at hydesville innewyork state, in 1848,.although for some four years before then visionary accountsofthe spirit world had been issuing from the entranced andrewjackson davis, the 'poughkeepsie seer'.intheyearofeuropeanrevolution the little americantownhad been disturbed by the alleged spirit ofa murdered pedlar,whobegan to communicate by meansofpersistent rappingsthatoccurred in the oftwoyoung girls, kate and margaret fox.onthe basis of the rapped messages evidenceofthe murder was discovered and the

iums. both 'real' phenomena and exposures of fraud were faithfully reported in the spiritualist journals and in the multitude of books devoted tothesubject, for the devotees were eager to present a respectablefaceto the world and to establish their 'science, philosophy and religion of continuous life, based upon the demonstrated fact of communication, by meansofmedium ship,withthosewholive.in the spirit world'2as an acceptable faith. indeed, it was largely through the propaganda of the journals that potential converts were gained: waite among them. before he.beganto attend seances waite immersed himselfinspiritualist literature, until 'there came a timewheni could almost say that i was acquainted sufficientlywiththe wholeoutputof spiritism, so far as england, america and france were concer

GILBERT THE MAGICAL MASON

t it is simpler to acknowledge that a material body is only the sum total of our perceptions concerning it, than to imagine an unknown something behind the colour, feel, taste, and sight of what we refer to.thebeingof things only consists of theirdreams187perception;as he said, theesseispercipi.this is idealism. nowadays many of us boast of the oppositenotion-material255ism, and deny the soul and spirit world altogether, and call mind and memory only brain function. in philosophy and metaphysics let each one choose the system that he likes best. there are some other characters alleged to be exhibited by some dreamers, which are not true in respect to all dreams.forexample, it has been said that sight is the only faculty which is active in dreams, that persons do not dream of tastes, scents

GILBERT THE SORCERER AND HIS APPRENTICE

have myselfevidenceofsuch communications, convincing to me, though: possibly not 'to anyoneelse;butthe methods have been non242 of the ordinarily accepted. ways of communications. neither' by seances, nor mediums, nor rappings, nor knockings,nor,ouija board, or planchette, or anyofthe parlour toys.auoftheseiknow, andhaveseen them' work,but.so far as messages. from the spirit worldate'concerned not one has come with evidence to satisfy an olef lawyer.farbe it fromme.todeny that others mayhaveconclusive evidence of messages, obtained through these, sources' or others like them,thenumber of able men who. have recorded their convictions, after most searching inves255 tigation, under strictesttestconditions, would render any such denial. an impertinence. i can only

GNOSTIC HANDBOOK

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

HAMIL THE ROSICRUCIAN SEER

tol to be inducted into the zelator grade of thesria.uponhis being elected a member of the college,inabsentia,irwin. by post advanced him to the vii degree ofadeptusexemptus,the highest grade irwin could confer in his college. hockley never attended the bristol collegebutwas pressed by irwin to prepare a paper for them. he sent a copy of one of hiscrystal:experiments 'evenings with indwellersofthespirit world'.averbatimintroduaion17was rapid. within fifteen months of his initiation he became its junior warden and its master in 1867, serving for the customary twelve months. his proficiency in the ritual must have been equally rapidly attained for he was a regular attender at the emulation lodgeofimprovement and served on its committee from 1866 to 1868, ceasing to attend after he had instal

of the revdc.m. davies 'all of a sudden he would feel an uncontrollable desire to go home. whatever the hourofnight or day might be, he must set off at once. he felt sure his wife was working the spell, and afterwards found out that such was the case' hockley obviously had a great affection for his wife and spent the thirty-odd years between her death and hisownin trying to contactherthrough the spirit world. as histransitionnoticein light" shows, he was eventually successful.'hemaintained his interest in spiritual255 ism to the end, one of his last visits being to mr.egfinton,"through whose mediumship he received, in writing between slates, a cherished communication from his long departed wife intimating that he would speedily rejoin her' whatever hockley's position had been with denley

and that he had told him that his wife was much distressed about him; that he had then stated his reason why his return was delayed andofhis not writing, and that he would shortly corne back; on which he lost sight of the man among the company.contributionsto the zoist209many somnambules as appearing like a lambent flame.theouterandnottheinnerman,and, so far from not being in connection with the spirit world, is, in fact, never out of it; and, as the opposite pole of a magnet repels the needle which the other attracts, so does the body, when in its normal state, by overpowering by its will the soul, repel all other soul atmos255 pheres: but in the magnetic state, the body being rendered inert, the soul is left free to exert itself, and in that state exists, irrespective of time or space

n hispsychographyorembo4ymentofthought,and also in his lectures, which he delivered at bristol and mostotherlarge towns in england.206therosicrucianseerstate; endued, also, with a prodigious amount of varied knowledge, which he brought, by his peculiar idiosyncracy, to bear in support of dogmas founded on the doctrine of hades, the possibility of a communion with the souls of the departed and the spirit world, particularly the ministry of guardian angels-doctrines which appeared novel to the great body of the protestant faith, though strictly scriptural and strenuously asserted by the ancient fathers and numerous modem author255 ities of the church of england.theclaims of mahomet ]acobbehmen, or swedenborg, to a divine mission arose from their cases being isolated, though exceedingly eleva

t countless number of somnambulists, tending incontestibly to prove that the great disposer of all things has thus placed the same powers in the hands of every man, irrespectively of his creed or station, ought to be deemed sufficient to strip from their revelations everyparticle of a belief in their being the,result of aspecialinterpositionof the divine will, but leave their statements as to the spirit world to be attested or refuted by subsequent investigations. in m. cahagnet's theorem 'that the soul is an intelligent being or fluid, independent in that (the magnetic) state of the material body, and able to see, hear, feel, and converse with another being at a distance,'mrsandby demurs to the logical accuracy of the termindependent.tomsyelf it appears only to mean that when the body is

the holy bible.thereis no evil in developing these to the extentofall power on earth.174therosicrucianseeri nextasked:-i.-maynoticor. ch.14,v.22-'whereforetongues are for a sign, not to them that believe,butto them that believe not; but prophecying serveth not for them that believe not, but for them which believe'-apply also to spirit rapping, seeing that many have come thereby to a belief in the spirit world and a future state, who neither by argument nor scripture could have been convinced? c.a.-everyevil as well as good comes under the direct knowledge of god. and he could not permit any evil to come, unless some good should come from it.therappings, the movings, the appearance on earth of deceased persons, and thegiftof tongues, are sent for no actual divine purpose,butto convince the

es the body.thesoul is the reason and the feelings.thelife is in the blood; it is something besides the spirit.thesoul is distinct from the body.thespirit animates the body; but when the body dies, the spirit does not cease to exist.correspondencewith robert owen 173they all recognise the same law; and they all are governed by the same desires. proposition7-'thatmen, women, and children, from the spirit world, may, and do communicate with those on earth, and that such communicationisfull of good to the race' c.a.-spirits,both good and evil,butmore especially the latter, can communicate with man, before their gradual rise towards happiness. after that, they lose all knowledgeofmen, and therefore have no will or desire to communicate with them. but when a manifestation is desired by good tho

HUEBNER LOUISE WITCHCRAFT FOR ALL WICCA 04

f it, that's more than positive thinking. when your lover does telephone, that's witchcraft. 2- the tools of witchcraft "o'r folded bloom, on swirls of musk, the beetle booms adown the glooms and bumps along the dusk (james whitcomb riley) how can you use the powers of witchcraft for yourself? does it mean a dangerous involvement with covens, warlocks, psychics, familiars, fortune tellers and the spirit world? most of these questions stem from popular misconceptions of witchcraft. real witchcraft can be as sensible as a blue-chip stock investment, and often a lot less complicated. witches aren't creatures of a dark, shadowy world. a modern witch is more likely to be a swinger in mini or mink. to practise witchcraft, you don't have to join your local sex orgy club. there are witches who arg

le german shepherd and would receive energy from petting her, because she was so full of life. you're bound to feel turned-on when you're near someone who vibrates with energy. but i can't go for people using a toad as a familiar, because how can you get turned on with a toad? it just doesn't have the same warm, vibrant personality as a dog or cat. many people claim that dogs and cats can see the spirit world. they can feel and react readily to energy, even your primitive, subconscious force. witches are supposedly able to take an animal shape, or send an animal on a mission, but that isn't true. witches assume no form other than their own natural human one. as far as ghosts or images are concerned, i believe that you can project your personality with enough force so that someone will acce

ends. some witches even use green candles to keep a relationship going, because it gives another aspect to it: newness. green is also specially good for financial security. black candles are for evil wishes. if you want to tap evil forces, harm someone, or just to gain control of a rough situation without necessarily harming anybody, use the black candle. the purple candle is for contact with the spirit world, and it's good for giving psychic readings. if you want to get messages from somebody who has departed, use a purple candle. the silver candle is to stop slanderous gossip about yourself, your friends or family. the gold candle projects good health. don't fool with a red candle. it's beyond sex. it's awfully primitive, and it's best not to mess with it. not if you're a novice, anyway

nd make no move that day. still, the day should be used to find yourself, the meaning of what you are, and to establish possible relationships that will have a hold on your life in a haunting, mysterious, melancholy way. sometimes you may be tired on a neptunian day. that doesn't mean you can't do any of the things that you can do on any other day. it's just that it will be easier to explore your spirit world on your ninth day. you see, through witchcraft and its control and understanding, you are programming yourself to experience the full range of numerical life adventure. knowing what the days offer in potential for you, you are in position to take advantage of all experiences. every day can be your lucky day once you have mastered the formula. 7- letters to a witch "everything happens

K AMBER THE BASICS OF MAGICK

ertain electrostatic and magnetic fields, and to other energy vortexes. that is why they respond to magick ritual. someday, we may accomplish the same thing with electronic machines. psychic entities are sometimes able to affect our thought processes. thoughtforms, elementals, and ghosts are usually not very smart. if they display any intelligence at all, it is limited. they are the morons of the spirit world. their behavior is usually automatic, repetitive, robot-like (just like some people. we see that artificial elementals are little more than astral robots. spirits and deities are more intelligent and volitional. directed attention your mind follows your attention. wherever you direct your attention, there will your thoughts go too. by directing attention to a specific place or purpose

MICHAEL W FORD THE VAMPIRE GATE

y conduct this several times and different days. you may notice by this process the focus individual will grow tired and sick. use caution in ritual focused vampirism. responsibility is of course the most important. people should never be harmed by any vampyric process. 6. rituals are essential in establishing a link with the luciferian current. it does not matter if you believe in the subjective spirit world or if you view it as a psychological link or both. practice, practice and practice. record results! dream vampyrism 1. utilizing ahrimanic yoga techniques (liber hvhi) gain complete and calm control of the body. this calm should be near perfect. 2. meditate on your chosen victim before sleeping. visualize how you wish to drain their energy. 3. starting with your mind and face, visuali

MICHAEL WYNN THE SOUL TRAVELERS

d abstinence from alcohol are claimed to facilitate these types of dreams. occultists recognize no difference between the astral realm and the dream realm, to such the extent that astral projection is considered nothing more than lucid dreaming. this world of the astral is alleged to not be a separate world at all, but rather a realm that lays directly on top of the material world; the astral, or spirit world is said to be touching every point in our space. these dream-invading spirits are often engaging in more than just play, for it is said that many spirits vampirically feed from the sleeper s life-force. lifeforce is an invisible form of energy that surrounds and empowers the body. the life-force, sometimes called the astral body or aura, surrounds the physical body and usually extends

have no correlation, and whose beings share different types of flesh. secondly, the story of digi-guy is significant because you are digi-guy. it is you, we, who live in the computer. you re on the inside, looking out. so who s out there? i can t believe it s not fiction: false reality the matrix dark city meet the neighbors [2.5] contrary to popular belief, the variety of beings one finds in the spirit world is nearly as rich as the variety of beings in the material world. even though all of these beings are often erroneously clumped together and called spirits, just like those who inhabit the material plane, the inhabitants of the spirit world can fall into general categories. i will use this blanket-label spirits too, although it doesn t do justice to the variety of beings in the other

surge of emotions like joy or fear. many ghost hunters claim that spirits (perhaps more likely elementals) produce a slight magnetic field when they re present, and produce fluctuations in magnetic fields as they pass. it is also often reported that they can use microphones to produce noise they otherwise would be unable to indulge the ears of those present with. if our eyes were sensitive to the spirit world, we would see orbs and shadows moving about our homes countless times in a single day; some objects, which we know to be inanimate, may even appear alive. this spiritual traffic is quite normal, and usually not harmful. the possible psychological effects on those who are sensitive to the spirit world (in a world of those who aren t) could be crippling, and those sensitive people who c

nd shadows moving about our homes countless times in a single day; some objects, which we know to be inanimate, may even appear alive. this spiritual traffic is quite normal, and usually not harmful. the possible psychological effects on those who are sensitive to the spirit world (in a world of those who aren t) could be crippling, and those sensitive people who cannot reconcile the material and spirit worlds are more readily labeled insane. cats, and a few other animals, can see more of the spirit world and you may find them transfixed by seemingly empty space; this empty space may only be empty in your eyes, whereas the cat may be observing the coming and goings of a spirit. most intelligent spirits are associated with the 5 elements, the 7 planets, or the qliphoth. they are considered

o continue feeding in the material plane. although capable of wearing many forms, demons tend to prefer arriving as hideous forms, with voices and odors that humans find disagreeable. the jinn [2.6] the word jinn is arabic for demon, and it is where we get the word genie. unlike many religions (christianity to name one, muslims have been given more detailed information regarding the beings in the spirit world, and since much of these details are echoed by those in the occult, the muslim perspective regarding the spirit world is worth reviewing here. muslims believe that the jinn were created before mankind and are beings are free-will (to an extent. the bodies of the jinn are said to be made of smokeless flame, while humans are said to be made of clay, and angels of light. the jinn may com

y that each person is assigned a demon and an angel at the birth. this combination of angel and demon, and your relationship to them, is the true source of much your personality. christians only believe in guardian angels, because the guardian demon is not mentioned in the bible. to my knowledge. and theirs, apparently. meet the neighbors (revisited [2.7] the next classification that those in the spirit world fall into is called larvae. larvae, sometimes called thoughtforms, are the parasites of the spirit world. these parasitic entities are the direct creation of the desires of man. when a person concentrates on a single thought, a larvae is formed. many times a thoughtform will die and dissipate the moment that person s attentions are directed elsewhere, but if the individual is consumed

t ready to move on. consequently, with unfinished business in our world, they continue to roam the place where they perished. attached to each, of coarse, is this traumatic, tear-jerker story of how the person died, and why they have unfinished business. this theory has been screamed and echoed from the hills by every spiritualist and self-proclaimed psychic out there. while i was researching the spirit world, i ignored these spiritualists and psychics. even if they were indeed psychic, and even if they honestly, and accurately relay to me all they knew about the spirit world, they demonstrated no control. their knowledge was limited to what information a spirit, or environment would volunteer; a merely subjective relationship. but to see or hear something i can t (not being a psychic) imp

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te magical word of power. the tetragrammaton is an essential part of the cabala, a form of mysticism that evolved from judaism. one tradition surrounding the cabala is that magic spells and rituals based upon its system possesses an extremely potent effect over all forms of matter. chapter 5 tells you exactly how to use the magical power of the cabala to increase your money supply. secrets of the spirit world is there a place of coming together between the living and the dead? an essential part of the esoteric arts is communicating with the spirit world. this is something that occultists have been doing since the beginning of time, and now you can join their ranks. the secret of contacting the spirit world is disclosed in chapter 6. there you ll see how you can make a powerful occult tool

is in the area of increased prosperity. these amazing secrets of occult power can bring you good fortune beyond your wildest dreams. i should know. i have used them to win gold sovereigns, clothes, cameras, and over $10,000 in lotteries and contests and you can do the same. contents introduction secrets of witchcraft secrets of money magic secrets of sex magic secrets of the cabala secrets of the spirit world< you can work magic 1: the witching circle the gray man what witches do welcome to the coven anyone can be a witch the circle of protection the sign of the elder gods love and witchcraft the black pullet the magic of herbs the children of the night the fear of witchcraft witchcraft made easy be your own secret coven 2: you can awaken your magic power the ritual that will awaken your f

ome thank you letter #7 magical aphrodisiacs the black candle of love thank you letter #8 sex magic for couples 5: ancient secrets of the cabala the tree of life the power of the spheres the sacred names of power the middle pillar circulation ritual using the middle pillar ritual to obtain money the ultimate protection the cabalistic cross the flaming pentagram 6: the esoteric arts secrets of the spirit world secret of the golden light how to recognize signs and omens how one man used visions to receive $300 how to make a spirit communication device between the living and the dead getting answers from your pendulum how to ensure the spirit force will not lead you astray advanced pendulum work a secret code of communication your psychic legacy from the past the ritual of yog-sothoth how to

act. you ll see how spirits communicate with us through dreams, visions and omens, and can see the future with their unseeing eyes. you ll see how to build a spirit communication device for less than a dollar, and use it to get fast, precise information on forthcoming events. spirit contact is perfectly safe, and you will never come to any harm using these arcane methods of communicating with the spirit world. secrets of the spirit world spirits, of whom there are millions, reside in what is known as the astral world, an invisible sphere of existence that duplicates the physical world we live in. it is with the inhabitants of this unseen world that mediums make their contacts at seances. until now, access to this unseen world was only possible with astral travel. this is the phenomenon of

. now by holding the instrument over the chart, you can divine precise answers to your questions. as an example, let us. using your magical< divining instrument, ask first, then ask, in this manner you can pinpoint the dog s location. as you become more adept, you may even ask for a house number. these early contacts between you and the spirit force are important. keep your first contact with the spirit world fairly brief. your obsession with it can be the real danger. if you succeed in contacting the same spirit a number of times, the spirit will become familiar, sense your needs, take instruction readily, and help to bring your wishes into the here and now. a secret code of communication dreams, intuitions and hunches, visions and thoughts that will be sent to you from the depths of the

l code of communication. you may ask the spirit any question you desire. ask only one question at a time and each time wait for an answer. occasionally you may suspect that some spirit of malicious intent is controlling your pendulum because the answers seem to be gibberish. in advanced pendulum work, you can divine precise answers to your questions. it is best to keep your first contact with the spirit world brief. eventually you will have no further need for your initial magical working, the fiery serpent ritual. as you continue to apply the magic power of the occult to banish the influences that have been holding you back from the life you desire, you will find more and more that the need for the ritual will gradually recede< that will be the time when you can achieve your desires witho

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was a princess of the holy roman empire. in the year 1204 (when wolfram von eschenbach was probably at work on parzival, henry of brabant,who has no sons, received authority from emperor philip to name his daughter maria as his heir, thus giving topicality to von eschenbach s use of lohengrin story. swan helm lohengrin s helm with swan s wings marks him as a knight, both of this world and of the spirit world. ortrud ortrud, wife of friedrich von telramund, is an invention of wagner and does not appear in the medieval sources. the evil antithesis of the pure elsa, it is she who urges friedrich to denounce the girl and taunts her at her wedding with lohengrin s anonymity. in wagner s version of the tale, friedrich is elsa s guardian and his accusation is that she has murdered her brother go

shu statuette this wooden carving of eshu is part of the costume of an eshu priest and is designed to be worn hooked over the shoulder. it shows eshu dressed as a priest with an eshu statuette (like itself) over its left shoulder. eshu s contradictory nature is shown by the fact that the carving has two faces, the second one at the back of the phallic headdress (see above. one face looks into the spirit world, and the other into the world of men. also, each side of the carving is different. lightning the decoration here may represent lightning; the lightning bolt was eshu s gift to shango, the thunder god. eshu the trickster eshu is the trickster god of the yoruba people of west africa. he acts as a messenger and mediator between gods and men, and he is a key player in divination, the corn

SCHLAGER NEIL WORLD RELIGIONS REFERENCE LIBRARY

ammadar rasulullah, or i declare there is no god except god, and i declare that muhammad is the messenger of god. shaman: in indigenous tribes, an intermediary between the gods and the tribal members; also one who controls various spiritual forces, can look into the future, and can cure the ill with magic. shamanism: a term used generally to refer to indigenous religions that believe in an unseen spirit world that influences human affairs. shari ah: islamic law. shi ite: one of the main sects of islam; from the phrase shi at ali, or the party of ali. shinbutsu bunri: the separation of shinto and buddhism when shinto was declared the official state religion. shinbutsu shugo: the combination of shinto and buddhism. shinto: literally, the way of the gods or the way of the kami. shiva: the des

nding. confucius also told his followers never to neglect the offerings due to heaven. in fact, such rituals were part of the tradition he was attempting to preserve. the chinese had for millennia made offerings and sacrifices to dead ancestors, to heaven, and to the many and various gods of nature. chinese folk religion (traditional beliefs) had a long tradition of two-way communication with the spirit world. people regularly made offerings to spirits: food and drink were presented at altars, incense burned, and prayers said. the spirits, for their part, communicated with the living by means of omens, or signs of things that are about to happen. confucianism is a belief system completely in harmony with such rituals. in fact, one of the classic confucian texts is the yijing (also spelled

. religious daoists believe that after death they may become important ancestors, just like those they worshipped during their lifetimes. there is also a form of hell, with nine different stages of punishment, each of which is ruled by a different demon king. prayers, however, can help get a person out of hell. magic rites, exorcism (or ridding the body of evil spirits, and communication with the spirit world are all duties of the daoist priest. it is important to understand, however, that daoism, as it is viewed in the west, is mainly the philosophical branch of the belief system. the major themes of that sort of daoism include quiet action, the power of emptiness or a sense of being at one with the universe, detachment( being apart from worldly concerns, openness and spontaneity, the str

. orishas: name given to the lesser gods of santer a. regla de ocha: the formal name for the santer an religion. santer a: the way of the saints; an africanbased religion practiced primarily in cuba and other central and south american countries. santero: a practitioner of santer a. shaman: a priestlike person in an indigenous religion who is thought to have special powers to communicate with the spirit world; often used as a synonym for a traditional healer. shamanism: a term used generally to refer to indigenous religions that believe in an unseen spirit world that influences human affairs. supernatural: that which is beyond the observable world, including things relating to god or spirits. vodou: an african-based religion practiced primarily in haiti and in other central and south ameri

water and spirit: ritual, magic, and initiation in the life of an african shaman. new york: penguin books, 1994: page 222. world religions: almanac 277 indigenous religions to refer to any religion that believes in an unseen world of spirits that continue to play a role in the affairs of the living) an individual shaman is believed to have special wisdom and insight and can communicate with this spirit world, including ancestors, to heal the sick. in decades past, the term medicine man was used to refer to these people. in the twentyfirst century the preferred term is traditional healer or traditional doctor. indigenous religions see sickness as having a spiritual cause, so they seek spiritual remedies. many people also rely on herbalists, that is, those who learn through training and exp

readily absorb the beliefs of other religious systems. the result has been a blend of religious traditions. it is not unusual for a person to, for example, attend a christian service and then immediately afterwards attend an indigenous ritual. african indigenous religions have influenced christianity and islam in africa by making them more mystical, reflecting africans strong belief in an unseen spirit world. 278 world religions: almanac indigenous religions for instance, african shamans who practice christianity alongside indigenous beliefs will often say that they have mystical powers that come from the holy spirit, which enable them to channel the spirits of others. in contemporary life, the indigenous religions of africa have enjoyed a revival. many westerners are exploring the belief

skins to make clothing. at the very center of this unity was the supreme god of the sioux religion, wakan tanka, who was called the grandfather or the great mystery. according to lakota tradition, their lives passed through four stages: childhood, adolescence, maturity, and old age. at death, a person s spirit went to meet an old woman who would determine if the person was ready to pass on to the spirit world or would be reborn on earth to learn to live peacefully and in harmony. values such as a sense of community, bravery, wisdom, and generosity were highly valued. holy men, or wicasa wakan, were responsible for conducting seven sacred rites or rituals given to the lakota by the legendary white buffalo calf woman. along with instructions for these holy rituals, she also gave the lakota c

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ne and masculine principle is known as "adam kadmon" both adam and eve, a golem. this conjunction of opposites is part of the science of alchemy, or hermeticism, and is especially beloved by occult magicians. in witchcraft, it is known as the joining of sun and moon, and sacred sex rituals are common. janus, roman two-faced "god of the sun" was said to be the "keeper of the keys" to the invisible spirit world. hislop (the two babylons) called him "the source and fountain of all the pagan gods" is the masonic doubleheaded eagle symbolic of his predecessor, janus? thirteen the riddle of the great seal of the united states, and the all-seeing eye of the illuminati's serpent of wisdom and the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the devil, and satan, which deceiveth the whole wo

d thought..through which the new incoming aquarian energies can function, the new ideas spread, and the new world order emerge."7 according to bailey, the coming new world order of the new age is best symbolized by a triangle within a circle, with a single dot, or point, within the triangle. this symbol is said to represent three centres (in u.s.a, centers, the point standing for the ruler of the spirit world, sanat (an anagram for "satan" apparently, the entity who at the appointed time will emerge to rule the earth and humanity. the second centre is sanat's "hierarchy" the many unseen spirits (i.e. devils, and the third centre is the human masses.8 at the close of the age, bailey assures us "the three major centres will be in complete unified and synchronized activity" controlling all ma

four squares. symbologywise, this arrangement conceives of the freemasons and their coming prince to be rulers of all four corners of the globe (from the back cover of scottish rite journal, october 1998) black magic, masonic witchcraft, and triangle powers 375 eastern religions believe that the use of the sri yantra produces unparalleled spiritual power by evoking (inviting) help from the unseen spirit world. commonly employed in sexual tantra rituals, the design of the sri yantra meditation device begins with the four "t"s (tau) which, interestingly, is the same as the design of the mason's 3 2 n d degree jewel. from this base, the sri yantra is drawn from nine (666=6+6+6=18=1 +8=9) triangles, four pointed downward and five pointed upward, forming 42 (6x7) triangular fragments around a c

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preparatory dance, cutting off a bit of an enemy s hair or clothing to be used in a charm against him, or invoking evil spirits to cause harm to others, eventually gained a higher level of sophistication and evolved into more formal religious practices. as such beliefs developed, certain tribal members were elevated in status to shaman and magician because of their ability to communicate with the spirit worlds, to influence the weather, to heal the sick, and to interpret dreams. shamans entered a trance-like condition separating them from life s mundane existence and allowing them to enter a state of heightened spiritual awareness. according to anthropologists, shamanic methods are remarkably similar throughout the world. in our own time, spiritualist mediums who claim to be able to commun

as these, a statue or a kind of reconstruction or artistic portrait would be used for the departing spirit. an important ritual was performed at the funeral service of the departed, called the opening of the mouth. this ceremony was a magical treatment of the mouth and other apertures of the body to ensure the spirit s ability to continue to hear, see, eat, and so forth, should it need to in the spirit world. the egyptians also performed this ceremony over statues and paintings, to endow them with a form in the afterworld. sources: ruffle, john. ancient egypt: land of the priest-king; egyptian temples: houses of power. in eerdman s handbook to the world s religions. edited by r. pierce beaver. grand rapids, mich: william b. eerdman s publishing co, 1982. egyptian journey to the next world

h: seventy-three percent of the adult population in the united states believe in life after death; 74 percent expect to be reunited with their loved ones after death. in the fall of 1988, the editors at better homes and gardens drew more than 80,000 responses when they surveyed their readership regarding their spiritual lives. eighty-nine percent believed in eternal life; 30 percent believed in a spirit world; and 86 percent believed in miracles. deathbed visions for thousands of years, many individuals have received personal proof of survival by observing their fellow humans at the moment of death. reports of deathbed experiences have long intrigued physical researchers, but systematic investigations of such accounts were not attempted until the pilot study of dr. karlis osis (deathbed ob

t in space. the other manitou, pauguk, protected the realm of the dead from unwelcome intruders with his bow and arrows. many native american tribes believed that spirits of the dead lingered among the living until certain rites had been performed that would aid the spirits in their passage to the other world. among the ogallala sioux, it was maintained that the spirit of the dead passed into the spirit world, by degrees, at the completion of necessary rituals that became the duty of the deceased person s family. like fleeting shadows, the spirits of the dead slowly migrated to the land of the grandparents, gaining strength for their journey from the t h e g a l e e n c y c l o p e d i a o f t h e u n u s u a l a n d u n e x p l a i n e d afterlife mysteries 37 energy received from their l

e from the topside world at night. others believed the place of the departed spirits was far away in the south. medicine priests among the algonquin people taught that two souls resided in the physical body. one of the souls kept the body animate and remained with it during sleep. the other, less attached to the material plane, moved about at will, free to travel to faraway places and even to the spirit world. it was for the soul that remained with the physical body that the tribespeople left food beside their dead. the dakota, among other tribes, believed that each person possessed four souls: one animated the body and required food; a second watched over the body, somewhat like a guardian spirit; a third hovered around the village; the fourth went to the land of the grandparents at the t

ed beside him, trying to establish communication with him, trying to let him know that he should not grieve for her. bridey told the astonished hypnotist and the witnesses that her spirit had waited around belfast until father john, a priest friend of her husband s, had passed away. she wanted to point out to him that he had been wrong about purgatory, she said, and added that he admitted it. the spirit world, bridey said, was one in which you couldn t talk to anybody very long they d go away. in the spirit realm, one did not sleep, never ate, and never became tired. bridey thought that her spirit had resided there for about 40 earth years before she was born as ruth simmons (ruth/virginia had been born in 1923, so bridey s spirit had spent nearly 60 years in that timeless dimension) at a

re she was born as ruth simmons (ruth/virginia had been born in 1923, so bridey s spirit had spent nearly 60 years in that timeless dimension) at a second session, bridey again stressed that the afterlife was painless, with nothing to fear. there was neither love nor hate, and relatives did not stay together in clannish groups. her father, she recalled, said he saw her mother, but she hadn t. the spirit world was simply a place where the soul waited to pass on to another form of existence. details of bridey murphy s physical life in ireland began to amass on morey bernstein s tape recorders. business associates who heard the tapes encouraged bernstein to continue his experiments, but to allow someone else, a disinterested third party, to check bridey s statements in old irish records or wh

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preparatory dance, cutting off a bit of an enemy s hair or clothing to be used in a charm against him, or invoking evil spirits to cause harm to others, eventually gained a higher level of sophistication and evolved into more formal religious practices. as such beliefs developed, certain tribal members were elevated in status to shaman and magician because of their ability to communicate with the spirit worlds, to influence the weather, to heal the sick, and to interpret dreams. shamans entered a trance-like condition separating them from life s mundane existence and allowing them to enter a state of heightened spiritual awareness. according to anthropologists, shamanic methods are remarkably similar throughout the world. in our own time, spiritualist mediums who claim to be able to commun

fancied collies. terhune replied that was true. in fact all the dogs that he presently owned were collies. rev. grannis firmly disagreed. then what dog was it that stood all afternoon on the porch looking in through the french window at you? he s a big dog with a nasty, peculiar scar on his forehead. while the author knew at once that it was his old friend rex returning for another visit from the spirit world, terhune thought better than to attempt to explain the situation to a conventional man of the cloth. terhune said that even the other dogs were able to sense the presence of old rex. one of the collies that had always been careful to keep his distance from the big scar-faced crossbreed continued to skirt very carefully around the rug where rex had always sat waiting for his master to

medical school, found that twothirds of americans claimed to have had at least one mystical experience. of that remarkably high number, 39.9 percent said that they had an encounter with a ghost or had achieved contact with the spirit of a deceased person. according to a survey published in the december 1997 issue of self, 85 percent of its readers believed in the reality of communication with the spirit world. the more that is learned of the remarkable powers of the human psyche, the more difficult it is to prove that one has actually made contact with a spirit of a deceased person, rather than experienced some facet of extrasensory perception, such as clairvoyance or telepathy. in order for psychical researchers to consider accounts of alleged communication with the dead to be authentic

illand and hussey portray two ordinary, but intelligent and rational, people who must deal with a place occupied by an evil entity. the film is extremely subtle in presenting the spirits, and therein lies much of its power to seize the imagination and to provoke genuine chills. director lewis allen never forces his hand, but focuses instead on allowing the audience to feel the emanations from the spirit world along with the actors. the innocents (1961) this adaptation of henry james s the turn of the screw (1898) is made particularly effective by director jack clayton s decision to allow the audience to see the ghosts only through the eyes of the protagonist, the governess miss gliddens (deborah kerr. the film is a psychological masterpiece, dealing with ghosts that may or may not be truly

move into a new home which unknown to them has been built over a graveyard, the film became extremely popular with motion picture audiences. the tension in the film centers on little carol anne (heather o rourke, who announces that they re here, shortly before the entities pull her into a spiritual vortex. the challenges faced by the freeling family as they struggle to reclaim carol ann from the spirit world make for a presentation of unrelenting suspense. neither of the sequels was able to maintain the edgeof- the-seat tensions of the original film. ghost busters (1984) three parapsychology professors (bill murray, dan aykroyd, and harold ramis) lose their funding at the university, so they establish a ghost-removal business. big trouble arises when dana barrett (sigourney weaver) discov

horror movies. new york: harper& row, 1986. 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 50 ghosts and phantoms t h e g a l e e n c y c l o p e d i a o f t h e u n u s u a l a n d u n e x p l a i n e d ghosts and phantoms 51 although ghosts and phantoms are frequent subjects for television documentaries, there have been few series that have treated the spirit world in a serious manner. in 1953, topper, a fantasy-comedy about a businessman who is harassed by a ghostly couple trying to get him to loosen up and enjoy life, became a successful television series. the characters were derived from topper (1937, a comedy that became popular enough among motion picture audiences to produce two sequels. on alcoa presents: one step beyond, which premiered

of ghosts and phantoms remained largely the province of documentaries until the x-files premiered in the 1993 94 season. although fbi agents fox mulder (david duchovny) and dana scully (gillian anderson) investigated many areas of the paranormal, hauntings and ghostly phenomena were treated as matters of serious inquiry throughout the series nine-year run. the others (1999 2000) also treated the spirit world seriously, but was canceled after one season. the series starred julianne nicholson as a college student with latent mediumistic abilities who was mentored by an experienced medium (bill cobbs. in september 2002, the series haunted premiered with matthew fox as a private investigator who received assistance from the spirit world while solving crimes. in october 2002, the sci fi channe

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reparatory dance, cutting off a bit of an enemy fs hair or clothing to be used in a charm against him, or invoking evil spirits to cause harm to others, eventually gained a higher level of sophistication and evolved into more formal religious practices. as such beliefs developed, certain tribal members were elevated in status to shaman and magician because of their ability to communicate with the spirit worlds, to influence the weather, to heal the sick, and to interpret dreams. shamans entered a trance-like condition separating them from life fs mundane existence and allowing them to enter a state of heightened spiritual awareness. according to anthropologists, shamanic methods are remarkably similar throughout the world. in our own time, spiritualist mediums who claim to be able to commu

n paleolithic times, at least 50,000 years ago, when early humans began to believe that there was supernatural power in a charm, a spell, or a ritual to work good or evil. as such beliefs progressed, certain tribal members were elevated in status to that of magician, sorcerer, priest, and priestess by their demonstrable abilities to influence the weather, to heal the sick, to communicate with the spirit worlds, and to interpret dreams. the four main principles behind early magic remained constant throughout the evolution of magical practices: 1) a representation of a person or thing can be made to affect the person or thing it depicts. 2) once objects have been in touch with each other they continue to influence one another even at great distances. 3) an unseen world of spirit forces may b

concise summary of all the revelations that had come down to humankind through the ages. levi saw in the symbolism of the tarot cards the key to the egyptian hieroglyphs, the mysteries of solomon, and the truths hidden in the apocryphal text of the book of enoch and the scrolls of hermes trismesgistus. to do a spread of the tarot cards, in levi fs opinion, was to establish communication with the spirit world. to seek within the tarot might bring the serious magician a clue to the manipulation of the natural and divine energy that permeated all of nature. the existence 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 68 magic and sorcery marie laveau was the recognized voodoo priestess of new orleans. such a force, eliphas levi believed, was to d

hat bears her name was transmitted through the process of automatic writing, wherein a medium produces a script without the control of the conscious self.but allegedly under the control of a spirit entity. the vast majority of those men and women who practice automatic writing on a regular basis do so because they believe that they receive spiritual and material guidance from intelligences in the spirit world or from a higher aspect of their own mind. most of these individuals cherish this information as highly personal and seldom to be shared with others. few practitioners of automatic writing seek to channel another gpatience worth h and produce extensive literary works. those who practice automatic writing seat themselves comfortably at a table, a piece of paper before them, a pen or pe

ans. new york: collier books, 1970. mintz, ruth finer. auguries, charms, amulets. middle village, n.y: jonathan david publishers, 1983. nelson, felicitas h. talismans& amulets of the world. new york: sterling publishers, 2000. pavitt, william thomas. the book of talismans, amulets, and zodiacal gems. new york: samuel weiser, 1970. bells bells have been associated with mystical occurrences and the spirit world since ancient times. goddess images were frequently cast in the shape of bells. ancient jews wore bells tied to their clothing to ward off evil. the ringing of bells or death knells for the deceased is an old custom. some authorities believe that the ringing of bells at times of death originated in the practice of seeking to frighten away the evil spirits that lurk beside a corpse, wa

h particular meanings that were used to convey brief magical inscriptions and were often used in rites of divination. the word grune h means gsecret, h especially as it might apply to a hidden wisdom, and the various symbols were inscribed on a wide variety of objects to give them power. the runes were used to send secret messages, to cast spells, to divine the future, and to communicate with the spirit world. some scholars say that some of the symbols used in the mystical runic markings may have originated as far back as paleolithic times and been combined in historic times with certain characters from an old etruscan alphabet. certain traditions attribute the runes to the volsungr, an ancestral tribe of heroic and semidivine beings that settled in northern europe just prior to the ice ag

endent reality beyond the material world, the dimension that lay beyond time and space. for all the members of the tribes, their own totem animal 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 198 objects of mystery and power bone pendants (corbis corporation) gave them their spiritual power and provided them with their own instrument of passage into the spirit world. their totem animal would guide them in the purification of their spirit, helping them to achieve self-discipline through fasting, prayer, and the emptying of their hearts of all earthly desires. although many in the judeo-christian tradition prefer to emphasize the charge that humans shall have dominion over all animals, it might be mindful to also take serious notice of job 12:7.8:

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since all were found to alter and exalt consciousness. this attitude is shamanic to the core. needless to say, wine was soon debased for common purposes of pleasure, as was music and theater, but in their most ancient forms, they were sacred. most individuals who get drunk in a bar on a friday night probably don't consider that, at one time, intoxication was held to be an important pathway to the spirit world. used with careful moderation, in company with drumming and chanting, alcohol can be highly effective. excessive indulgence overwhelms the mind completely and no useful result is possible. carried to its extreme, alcohol is a deadly poison. the wine brewed in primitive cultures was fairly weak, and was limited by the concentration of alcohol that the yeast excreting the alcohol could

a ratio or roughly one man for every ten women. since the practice of shamanism in pagan times was divided between men and women, it may be wondered why witchcraft, its descendent, came to be associated predominantly with women. a possible answer lies in tracing what became of the role in society that had been filled by male shamans. it is apparent that their functions of intermediaries with the spirit world and healers of the sick were assumed, respectively, by priests and physicians- and neither profession was open to women in medieval europe. to be a healer, a woman had to become a witch. to converse with the spirit realms and work magic, a woman had to become a witch. or, at least, women who healed and made charms were understood to be witches by the general population, and may have c

alice e. bailey her shelf of bewildering esoteric writings identified himself to her as a man living in tibet at the time he communicated with her "i live in a physical body like other men, on the borders of tibet, and at times (from the exoteric standpoint) preside over a large group of tibetan lamas, when my other duties permit."229s he did not believe herself to be receiving dictation from the spirit world but from a living human being in communication with her psychically, on the astral level. when encountering inhabitants of the astral planes, it is impossible to know, without asking them outright, whether they are spirits or projections of living human beings. even then, you may not receive a satisfactory answer, since those who project in sleep often forget their everyday human iden

en traveling in astral realms, to engender a spirit child on a spirit woman, who becomes pregnant and gives birth to that child within her native astral world. it is also possible, as strange as it sounds, for a woman, while projecting her double into an astral world, to become pregnant in her astral body by making love to a male spirit, and for her to give birth to that astral child while in the spirit world. the baby remains in the astral land of its birth, but its human mother can visit it whenever she travels to that land. you may protest this as rubbish. at first consideration, it does seem absurd that a woman of flesh and blood could have an astral child. yet i know a woman who was made pregnant by her spirit lover, and gave birth to a healthy baby boy. the child is presently being r

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ents through visuals, music or writing causes willed change according to the individuals wishes. 13 this is the sigil of dream control and astral projection. the witches sabbat is explored in its language of magickal awakening. the dream gateway to the sabbat is the very essence of a gathering of spirits, when the trance by dream is gathered by ones created and ancestral familiars passed from the spirit world to the physical. the sabbat itself is meant to be an encircling or ensorcerling the circle of creative symbolism, from which the gnosis grows in the shadows and shall be cultivated by those within the arte. to attend the sabbat, one must pass the self-initiation of advancing ones magical ability. this takes instinct, desire and focus, not to mention passing the many tests presented by

ALEISTER CROWLEY THE SWORD OF SONG

who see it will say. this was aleister crowley? what rubbish it is to suppose that an eternal substance, sentient or not, omniscient or not, depends for its information on so absurd a series of bodies as are groups under that crowley! yet the buddhist meets all arguments of the spiritual order with a simple statement which, if not certain, is at least not improbable. there is, he will tell you, a spiritual world, or to avoid any (most unjustifiable) misunderstandings, let us say a world of subtler matter than the visible and tangible, which has its own laws (analogous to, if not identical with, those laws of matter with which we are acquainted) and whose inhabitants change, and die, and are re-born very much as ordinary mortal beings. but as they are of subtler matter, the cycle is less ra

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the mighty order that reacheth from the frontier fortresses that guard the uttermost abyss unto my throne. this is the formula of the aeon, and with that the voice of lil, that is the lamp of the invisible light, is ended. amen. biskra, algeria "december" 19, 1909. 1.30- 3.30 p.m. 172 a comment upon the natures of the aethyrs. 30. without the cube- the material world- is the sphere-system of the spiritual world enfolding it. the cry seems to be a sort of exordium, and external showing forth of the coming of the new aeon, the aeon of horus the crowned child. 29. the disturbance of equilibrium caused by the coming of the aeon. 28. now is a further and clearer shadowing-forth of the great mystery of the aeon which is to be led up to by the aethyrs. note however that the king of the new aeon

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ought suitable materials for copying it fair; and this i did without solemnity or ceremonial, 42 but quite simply, just as anybody else might buy them. in short, i bought them in a truly rosicrucian manner, according to the custom of the country. i add a few considerations on the grade of adeptus major 6 5 (p.s. distinction is to be made between attainment of this grade in the natural and in the spiritual world. the former i long since possessed. 1. it may perhaps mean severe asceticism. in case i should be going out on that path i will try and get a real good dinner to fortify myself. 2. the paths leading to geburah are from hod, that of the hanged man, and from tiphereth, that of justice, both equilibrated aspects of severity, the one implying self-sacrifice, the other involuntary suffe

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ilence than in an attempted explanation: this has generally been the case with the true adepts; and those who have tried to explain themselves have been called mad by the "canaille "the truth is" continues the mystic "both of you have been talking foolishness through your material and idealistic hats. for "in the material world matter is existence "in the sensible world sense is existence "in the spiritual world spirit is existence "and though in the sensible world a cow or an angel exists solely as an idea to us, this does not preclude the possibility of a cow existing as beef in the material world, or an angel as a spirit in the spiritual world "the fact is" interrupts the sceptic "i doubt all three of you; for from the above you all three infer a chain of events- whether material, sensu

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d uncivilised ways "now, mrs. ridley was a spiritualist. and she was not a widow! her husband was not dead! he was the great gun-maker whom you know, and whose obsequies you may remember. his coffin contained but another man's remains "love, my dear sir, is a much-mistaken phenomenon, which only perhaps the most loutish among us could understand because of its very simplicity. love belongs to the spiritual world; it is an attraction, based on affinities. there were such affinities between mrs. ridley and her husband. 293 "of course, you know something about wireless telegraphy. a wireless message can be intercepted by some one for whom it is not meant, even if that some one had no inclination towards that kind of french game. he unwillingly receives the message which is for another, and it

rs. ridley and her husband. 293 "of course, you know something about wireless telegraphy. a wireless message can be intercepted by some one for whom it is not meant, even if that some one had no inclination towards that kind of french game. he unwillingly receives the message which is for another, and it may so happen that he obtains a similar knowledge of the answer. such is the case also in the spiritual world: such was the case of mrs. ridley. her love- thoughts went to her husband; her husband's love-thoughts went to her, but "have you ever taken into your field of consideration how many 'buts' there come into the field of our actions? i submit to you that every painful, or sinful, or harmful, or simply unpleasant incident of our lives is the outcome of the best intentions_ relatively

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fender. ii la papesse lionel tabard had been horse-whipped by a woman; he had received- to taken- no compensation. this i attribute to his mother. one reads many tales, the paper thereof being 28 damnably wasted; in most of these, mothers are all author-made angels- sweet, loving, kind, forbearing, forgiving creatures, who feel the responsibility they undertook when they called upon a part of the spiritual world to come down among us. of course, such mothers are the ideal mothers of a perfect human race, and the authors may consider themselves justified. nevertheless, let us be true in this one history, and acknowledge the fact that some mothers are a thoroughly bad lot. they are mostly to be found among the well-to-do people, i suppose- and i do not wonder. when i see a mother smiling upo

ALICE A BAILEY05 THE LIGHT OF THE SOUL

s. the analogy will be seen as follows: 1. physical plane .b hu. earth world. physical consciousness. 2. astral plane. antariksa. world of the emotions. kamic or desire consciousness. 3. mental plane .m ahendra .w orld of the mind and of the soul. mind consciousness. 4. buddhic plane .m ahar prajapatya .c hrist world. intuitional or christ consciousness. group consciousness. 5. atmic plane. jana. spiritual world. planetary consciousness. world of the third aspect. 6. monadic plane. tapas. divine world. god-consciousness. world of the second aspect. 7. logoic plane .t atya. world of the emanating cause. absolute consciousness. world of the first aspect. it is interesting to note certain comments of vyasa on this differentiation, for they blend in with modern theosophical thought. the earth

the pineal gland the point where spirit resides in man. the second or consciousness aspect, via the ego, makes a point of contact with the heart centre, whilst the third aspect or third part of the sutratma links up with the centre at the base of the spine, which is the main source of the personality or bodily activity. through concentration, therefore, on the light in the head, knowledge of the spiritual worlds and of those pure spirits who work and walk in them is achieved, for atma or spirit shines there. similarly through concentrated meditation upon the heart, knowledge of the second aspect, of the conscious intelligent principle which makes a man a son of god, is gained. through the development of the head and the use of the head centre, the will is brought into [page 320 functionin

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usands of years. what has made them what they are? are they miracles, emerging from the heart of the infinite, and, hence, can never find their equal? are they products of the evolutionary process, and so have become potent through vast experience and unfoldment? or are they the flower of the human race, who added to their equipment and training a specialized culture which enabled them to enter a spiritual world, which is sealed to the majority, and to function in a dimension of which even our most advanced thinkers know nothing? have our present educational systems brought humanity, as a whole, to a condition where many thousands are ready for this specialized culture, and, therefore, are we facing a crisis in the educational field which has its roots in a success, which, if carried forwa

ion of things, this cleansing of the doors of perception, is surely what we might expect to occur as man moves towards higher centres of consciousness. his surface intelligence, purified from the domination of the senses, is invaded more and more by the- 71- from intellect to intuition copyright 1998 lucis trust transcendent personality, the 'new man' who is by nature a denizen of the independent spiritual world, and whose destiny, in mystical language, is a 'return to his origin. hence an inflow of new vitality, extended powers of vision, an enormous exaltation of his intuitive powers."15(102) this immediate access to truth is the ultimate destiny of all human beings, and it seems probable that some day the mind itself will lie as much below the threshold of consciousness as the instincts

s from- 107- from intellect to intuition copyright 1998 lucis trust darkness to light, from death to immortality, and from the unreal to the real. it might be of value here if we considered these two points a little more closely. we have seen that the deep need of the aspirant is to see that he succeeds in bringing through into his physical brain-consciousness, with accuracy, the phenomena of the spiritual world which he may succeed in contacting. the probability is, however, that it will be a long time before he can penetrate into that world at all. therefore, he has to learn to discriminate between the fields of awareness which may open up before him as he becomes more sensitive, and know the nature of what he is seeing and hearing. let us look for a moment at some of the phenomena of th

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on the rock" and though he may experience the alternation of light and shade, though the waves of the purifying waters may roll over him, and threaten to sweep him off his feet, and though he may feel himself deaf and dumb and blind, naught can ultimately defeat the purpose of the soul. all that is lacking is the developed spiritual body which is equipped to respond to the vibration of the inner spiritual world. it exists in embryo, and the secret of its use lies in the attitude of the brain to the functions of the etheric body, as it exists as an intermediary between the brain, nervous system and the mind, or between the soul, mind and the brain. this cannot be elaborated here but the hint can be given for the reflection of the keen aspirant. we have therefore the following stages dealt

ossession of a correlating and co-ordinating mind. b. sensitivity, or awareness of moods, emotions and feelings, desires and aspirations which have their roots within him in the principle of self-consciousness, or in the ahamkara principle, as the occultist (who loves difficult phrases) is apt to call it. this he shares in common with his fellow-men. c. spiritual awareness or sensitiveness to the spiritual world, and the feeling aspect of the higher consciousness. this has its roots in the soul, presupposes the dominance of the mental nature, and is that faculty which constitutes him a mystic. this awareness he shares in common with all disciples and it is the reward of the gained victories of his astral plane experience. the mental plane comes next. in it the right use of the intellect is

n gained in these two ways, sets its own streams of thoughts, and formulates its own thought forms, as well as registering those of others. c. the stage wherein the soul, through concentration and meditation succeeds in imposing its ideas and impressions upon the mind held "steady in the light" and so 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

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ossible, except as an act of the spiritual will. the significance of the above may be found difficult of comprehension for it is one of the mysteries of a higher initiation. therefore, it will be seen that we begin and we end with an expansion of consciousness. the first one led to the inclusion of the material world, and the second one includes or appropriates, consciously and intelligently, the spiritual world. we see the desire consciousness transmuted into aspiration for the spiritual realities and the focussed, vital approach to the kingdom of god. we see the appearance on the physical plane of the imprisoned consciousness, limited and confined for purposes of defined, intelligent development, within an evolving form, and the final emergence upon the mental plane of the enriched, rele

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

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s in no way disconcert you. the sensitivity of the mechanism of the soul to spiritual vibration has to be cultivated and existing sensitivity to lower psychic impressions has to be tuned out; so many voices clamour for attention, so many impressions emanating from the physical and astral forms around us register upon our consciousness, that the vibrations and sounds coming from the subjective and spiritual world are lost and not registered and recorded. you will find it interesting to note, at the end of a few years, the difference in the data recorded and the development of sensitivity to the right kind of impression. this can only be realised after much time has elapsed and much spurious material has been eliminated, after being recognised for what it is: astralism, spurious claims and t

y to your second ray soul, for it is on the same line of force. at the same time, it makes your mind a focal point for soul force in your fifth ray personality, which is itself a mental ray. the building of the antahkarana should constitute for you no real problem. your astral body is on the sixth ray. this gives you a one-pointed attitude to life and primarily, in your case, to the things of the spiritual world. you are definitely "on your way" and with a quite satisfactory simplicity are going forward. this ray also enables you to make a fairly facile soul contact, should you so desire. your rays, therefore, are: 1. the soul ray the second ray of love-wisdom. 2. the personality ray the fifth ray of concrete science. 3. the ray of the mind the fourth ray of harmony through conflict. 4. th

ALICE A BAILEY13 PROBLEMS OF HUMANITY

d be implemented so that there is justice for all and plenty for all? 5. must some form of totalitarian control be adopted by the various world governments in order to meet the requirements of supply and demand? must we legislate for material ends and comfort? 6. what standard of living will in the new age seem essential to man? shall we have a purely materialistic civilization or shall we have a spiritual world trend? 7. what must be done to prevent the monied interests from again mobilizing for the exploitation of the world? 8. what really lies at the very heart of the modern materialistic difficulty? this last question can be answered in the well known words "the love of money is the root of all evil. this throws us back on the fundamental weakness of humanity the quality of desire. of

the stupendous results which eventually would be seen? not only would an underlying unity between men of all faiths be attained, not only would brotherhood be recognized as a fact and not only would our oneness of origin, of goal and of life be recognized but that which would be evoked would change all aspects of human living, would condition our civilisation, change our mode of life and make the spiritual world a dominant reality in the human consciousness. god, in the person of christ and his hierarchy would draw nearer to his people; god, through the instrumentality of the buddha, would reveal his eternal light and evoke our intelligent cooperation; god, through the spiritual hierarchy and through that centre where the will of god is known, would bring humanity to the point of resurrect

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he churches in all countries have familiarised the public with the phrase "the kingdom of god; the esotericists and occultists everywhere have publicised the fact of the hierarchy during the past century; the spiritualists have laid the emphasis upon the aliveness of those who have passed over into the hidden world of being, and their guides have also borne testimony to the existence of an inner, spiritual world. all this creates a unique preparedness which presents the christ with unique opportunities and unique problems. all these spiritual forces and many others, both within and without the world religions and the philosophical and humanitarian groups, are working at this time under direction, are closely related and their activities most intimately synchronised. they are all working to

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ividual exercise. the potency of an integrated group composed of disciples who have a common vision and an established group purpose is very great, and can be a real service to mankind. the newer aquarian techniques include such group endeavours. the published writings by the tibetan and alice a. bailey provide information for wise and useful experimentation in group work which is undertaken as a spiritual world service and not as a means of spiritual unfoldment of the individual aspirant- 1- copyright 1998 lucis trust such group action, voluntarily entered into, when not dominated by autocratic leadership control, and if undertaken with due humility and caution, is greatly to be desired at the present time. such action should be recognized as being pioneering experimental ventures. groups

s, as you well know, the intuition. the intuition is that recognition of reality which becomes possible as glamour and illusion disappear. an intuitive reaction to truth will take place when along a particular line of approach to truth the disciple has succeeded in quieting the thoughtform-making propensities of the mind, so that light can flow directly, and without any deviation, from the higher spiritual worlds. the intuition can begin to make its presence felt when glamour no longer grips the lower man, and a man's low or high desires, interpreted emotionally or self- centredly, can no longer come between his brain consciousness and the soul. fleeting moments of this high freedom come to all true aspirants at times, during their life struggle. they have then an intuitive flash of unders

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apparatus of contact, the medium of learning, the mechanism of registration, and then learning to use it constructively and intelligently. this work proceeds from cycle to cycle, in the earliest stages, with no conscious intention on the part of the unit of life, thus developing; yet field after field of consciousness is slowly recorded, and area after area of the surrounding physical, mental and spiritual worlds come within the arena of perception, and are mastered and controlled, until eventually the unit of life (i know not what else to call it) becomes the human being, self-directed, an individual. finally the man becomes the master, controlling and directing within the periphery of his wide awareness, in consonance with the divine mind and plan. but and this is a point i seek to impre

ALICE A BAILEY19 THE UNFINISHED AUTOBIOGRAPHY

ct that much of the above, being in the realm of phenomena, is concerned with the physical body, its correct adjustment, its vitalisation and energising and that it deals with effects and not with the essential causes of the effects. all these phenomenal results will be demonstrated normally, safely and sanely as well as automatically when the inner man emotional and mental is en rapport with the spiritual world and is beginning to function as a spiritual being. this secondary approach to truth has done much harm to the cause of real occultism, and has properly disturbed the best minds in the spiritual field. in the schools now forming, the emphasis is upon soul awareness, spiritual knowledge, and understanding of the higher forces, direct and first-hand knowledge of the spiritual hierarch

ion) are gradually mastered and by its means the disciple is taught the right use of the mind, right control of thought and right interpretation of all spiritual phenomena. he learns the meaning of illumination with its seven stages, and begins (with increasing effectiveness) to live the inspired life of a son of god- 161- the unfinished autobiography copyright 1998 lucis trust 5. the laws of the spiritual world are studied and the disciple learns to apply the laws to himself, to events, to the world and to humanity. these laws include, among many others: a. the law of cause and effect. b. the law of rebirth. c. the law of evolution. d. the law of health. these laws concern the manifestation of the world of spiritual values and impulses through the medium of the world of material phenomena

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rimarily occupied with the registering of the more phenomenal results and with what they, as individuals, sensed, and have neglected to pay due attention to the inner group relation which is the only thing of major importance. it is the only thing which will release the stored up energy on the subjective side. 2. the second factor of importance is deep recognition of the subjective reality of the spiritual world. i, in myself, as you thought of me, am only the symbol of that world, as are other masters, focussed as channels of contact and service in the hierarchy. you, as a group, unitedly and together, were asked to approach me and to contact me just as, in the coming new age, the churches of the future will (at the full moon period) make a definite approach to the hierarchy in order to a

e solar plexus itself has two points of dynamic energy one most ancient and awakened, being expressive of the life of the astral or lower psychic body, and the other waiting to be brought into conscious activity by the soul. when this has happened, the awakening to the higher issues of life makes the disciple sensitive to the higher "psychic gift waves (as the tibetan occultists call them) of the spiritual world. all this is a somewhat new concept for the average esotericist and theosophist, and is one of the new items of information which disciples (in preparation for initiation) are told. this truth lies behind the method of meditation which i shall seek to give you, and which is divided into two parts one aspect or technique will cover approximately the first six months, and the other t

discipleship in the new age, you may well wonder why on earth i chose such a group of people or why i chose to make myself aware of their thinking, faults and failures. i will tell you. from a survey of one thousand years which i have been enabled to make (as are all the masters, everyone of these people shows a definite soul intention, all are definitely oriented in their personality life to the spiritual world, and react to soul control correctly if at times quite feebly. the soul has them in a true grip, and that grip has become a stable and persistent hold. therefore, in spite of serious faults, and in spite of pronounced personality qualities of undesirable nature, and in spite of wrong emphases, these people were and are ready for training. their failings and faults will disappear mo

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sive to desire. civilisation intellectuals. positive. responsive to mind. culture in these you have the two poles which distinguish the race, and it is through the interplay between these two that human activity, progress and development is generated and carried forward. there is another grouping which should not be overlooked. the spiritually minded people of the world are negative to the higher spiritual world as it expresses itself through or calls forth the higher type of desire which we call aspiration. this produces those exponents of the spiritual nature who constitute in the aggregate the church of christ or the world religions in the exoteric sense and in any race or time. positive to this group and giving them the keynote of the culture of their particular age on this higher turn

will be the effective expression of a fusion of the inner spiritual way of- 127- the externalisation of the hierarchy copyright 1998 lucis trust life and the outer civilised and cultural way of acting; this is a definite possibility because humanity, in its upper brackets, has already developed the power to live in the intellectual and physical worlds simultaneously. many today are living in the spiritual world also. tomorrow there will be many more. iii. some problems involved the new world order will be confronted with many problems. these problems will not be solved by the imposition of a solution by means of force, as in the axis world order. they will be solved by right educational processes and by understanding the objectives of the true world order. they fall roughly into four cate

have been victims during those ages of a gigantic fraud emanating from what and where? either the consistency of the evolving presentation of the spiritual effort of the hierarchy is a witness to a great reality or mankind has developed a mentality which is an instrument for the fabrication of non-existent facts, and this is in itself so paradoxical as to give the lie to the inference. either the spiritual worlds and the three worlds of human endeavour can be related, or there is nothing to past beliefs, to ancient stories of manifesting divinity and to the constantly recurring periods of divine intervention. i would here face you with these alternatives and would ask you to consider your own position in these matters. does the story of easter and of the living christ carry no truth, and i

hysical plane (and it is won, humanity has now earned the right to carry that accomplishment through to psychological and actual mental victory, and to do this together and with the mustered aid of enlightened men and women from every country hence the inauguration of this cycle of conferences and councils. this cycle will prove long or short, according to the release of the will-to-good from the spiritual world, in response to the massed intent of the men and women of goodwill everywhere. as the destroying aspect of the will of god nears the accomplishing of divine purpose, the- 297- the externalisation of the hierarchy copyright 1998 lucis trust will-to-good can emerge with clarity and dominate human affairs. out of the immensity of planetary evil, demonstrated through the destructive wa

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basic unity, he passes on to practice ashramic methods of making this fundamental truth still more apparent. you can here see why as a hierarchical technique we brought to the attention of the general public the fact of the existence of the new group of world servers. they offer a practical expression of an existent unity, based upon oneness of motive, of recognition, of orientation (towards the spiritual world and towards the service of humanity, of methods and of ideas; and all this in spite of the fact that the physical plane relationship is usually non-existent and outer organisation and recognition lack. the unity is subjective, and for that reason is impervious to every taint of separateness. the inner organisation, to which we have given the name of the new group of world servers f

is is, in reality, a higher and most abstruse branch of the science of impression, which disciples upon their lower level have to master. this aspect of impression is, however, concerned with the formless worlds, whereas all the impressions to which the disciple has to learn to react emanate from and within the cosmic physical plane, of which all our seven planes are an integral part; our highest spiritual world is a part of the substantial world. the masters, therefore, are working at a conscious receptivity or sensitivity to the cosmic astral plane, the source of the spirit or energy of love. there is a fundamental connection between the hierarchy (the source of expression of love on earth) and the cosmic astral plane, and it is towards this objective that the masters work who choose the

isciple the simplicity of the life which a master expresses. the science of the antahkarana as we enter on the consideration of "the dual life of the initiatory process" i would call your attention to the wording used, and particularly to its significance in reference to the initiatory process. this deals, as we shall see, not with the effort of the disciple to live simultaneously the life of the spiritual world and the practical life of physical plane service, but entirely with the preparation of the disciple for initiation, and therefore with his mental life and attitudes. this statement might be regarded as concerning itself primarily with two major aspects of his mental life and not with the life of relation between soul and personality. it is proper, consequently, to see a duality exi

of all, on goodwill to all forms in the three worlds, and secondly, upon the will-to-good which impulses and implements the three creative and manifesting aspects of divinity. these are deep things whereof we speak; it is wise to remember that all crises in the material world individual crises and those related to humanity as a whole are governed by the principle of conflict, whilst crises in the spiritual world are controlled by the esoteric principle of decision. the principle of conflict is the prime factor lying behind the evolution of form as the field of- 399- a treatise on the seven rays- volume v: the rays and the initiations copyright 1998 lucis trust experience for the soul in the four kingdoms in nature: the human and the three subhuman. it is based on the intellectual factor of

AN INTRO TO STUDY OF THE KABALAH

ut at death, as all religions agree, great changes occur. according to the kabalah, the visible material body, the guph, decays, and the animal aspect of the soul, the nephesh, only gradually fades away from it: the ruach, the human aspect, passes away from the assiatic plane, and the neshamah, the spiritual soul, returns to the treasury of heaven, to the gan oidin, or of paradise, perfected to a spiritual world beyond the plain of rebirths. the "sepher jareh chattaim" says that a man is judged in the same hour in which he dies; for the shekinah, a presence of the divine one, comes near him, with three angels, of whom the chief is dumah, the angel of silence: if the soul is condemned, dumah takes it to gai-hinnom, or hell, for a period of punishment before the next incarnation; if approved

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as the effigy of some mysterious working of the same system, is shown from the very fact of the use. there seems to be deep below deep as to the mysterious workings of these number values (the symbolization of the connection of 113: 355, with 20612: 6561, by a crucified man. not only are they shown to work in the kosmos. but by sympathy, they seem to work out conditions relating to an unseen and spiritual world, and the prophets seem to have held knowledge of the connecting link. reflection becomes more involved when it is considered that the power of expression of the law, exactly, by numbers, clearly defining a system, was not the accident of the language, but was its very essence, and of its primary organic construction; therefore, neither the language, nor the mathematical system atta

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rove that no seven principles of man nor septenary constitution of our chain were taught in our earlier volume "isis unveiled" though in that work the doctrine could only be hinted at, there are many passages, nevertheless, in which the septenary constitution of both man and chain is openly mentioned. speaking of the elohim in vol. ii, page 420, it is said "they remain over the seventh heaven (or spiritual world, for it is they who, according to the kabalists, formed in succession the six material worlds, or rather, attempts at worlds that preceded our own, which, they say, is the seventh" our globe is, of course, upon the diagram representing the "chain" the seventh and the lowest; though[[footnote continued on next page[[vol. 1, page] 232 the secret doctrine. vegetable, and animal kingdo

ts more intuition than any other modern scientist, with the exception of dr. richardson, perhaps, the theorist on the "nerve force" or nervous ether, also on "sun force and earth force* for aether, in esotericism, is the very quintessence of all possible energy, and it is certainly to this universal agent (composed of many agents) that all the manifestations of energy in the material, psychic and spiritual worlds are due. what are electricity and light, in fact? how can science know that one is a fluid and the other a "mode of motion? why is it not made clear why a difference should be made between them, since both are considered force-correlations. electricity is a fluid, we are told, immaterial and non-molecular (though helmholtz thinks otherwise, and the proof of it is that we can bottl

h the soul and spirit of cosmic space, not merely with its illusive appearance and behaviour. that of official physical science is to analyze and study its shell- the ultima thule of the universe and man, in the opinion of materialism. with the latter, occultism has nought to do. it is only with the theories of such men of learning as kepler, kant, oersted, and sir w. herschell, who believed in a spiritual world, that occult cosmogony might treat, and attempt a satisfactory compromise. but the views of those physicists differed vastly from the latest modern speculations. kant and herschell had in their mind's eye speculations upon the origin and the final destiny, as well as the present aspect, of the universe, from a far more philosophical and psychic standpoint; whereas modern cosmology

BUCKLAND RAYMOND COMPLETE BOOK OF WITCHCRAFT

people, and functions through the interaction of the masculine and feminine. we value neither above the other, knowing each to be supportive to the other. we value sex as pleasure, as the symbol and embodiment of life, and as one of the sources of energies used in magickal practice and religious worship. 5. we recognize both outer worlds and inner, or psychological, worlds sometimes known as the spiritual world, the collective unconscious, inner planes, etc. and we see in the inter-action of these two dimensions the basis for paranormal phenomena and magickal exercises. we neglect neither dimension for the other, seeing both as necessary for our fulfillment. 6. we do not recognize any authoritarian hierarchy, but do honor those who teach, respect those who share their greater knowledge an

CHIREAU YVONNE BLACK MAGIC RELIGION AND THE AFRICAN AMERICAN CONJURING TRADITION

smos as a heavily populated world in which a reciprocating traffic of invisible and visible beings moved, interacted, and influenced each other. while anglo-american christians utilized a colorful language of "wonder" and "remarkable providences" to bear witness to the proximity of the supernatural in their lives, africans depicted the universe in myth and beckoned the timeless inhabitants of the spiritual world with ritual. in some cases, images from european folklore wove their way into the cosmologies of africa. the earthly reality of witches, demons, and other purveyors of misfortune underwrote the oral traditions and beliefs of both races. stories passed on of restless souls and apparitions.such as "raw head and bloody bones" a fiendish specter appearing in africanand anglo-american f

trating the dynamic influence of protestant revivalism. furthermore, like their pentecostal counterparts, black spiritualists incorporated prayer, the laying on of hands, and anointing with oil into their healing services. a primary difference between the spiritualists and other afro-christian churches concerned the emphasis that the former placed on human mediation with the diverse forces of the spiritual world. in the black spiritual tradition, a pivotal event was the believer's interaction with divinities, sacred entities, persons who had "passed on" roman catholic saints, or other powerful beings. while some spiritual churches instituted public ceremonies for "calling up" the spirits, such rituals more frequently occurred in the context of private seances or in personal sessions with s

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that these circles of this pentagram were used to denote powerful spiritual forces. and, of course, these spiritual forces are from lucifer. map of washington d.c. with outlined luciferic design. but, there is much more symbolism expressed by the circle in occultic thought. the circle has also been used as a halo above a person's head, denoting that "he or she is in direct communication with the spiritual world. the circle has also been utilized to represent the sun, especially in spiritual terms, denoting spiritual light. but, the circle also is utilized as a symbol of the all-seeing eye. remember the all- seeing eye atop the pyramid on the american one-dollar bill? this eye is within a triangle, but the important factor to realize is that the eye is atop a pyramid. of course, a pyramid

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ss and light. ahriman himself was born of light but yet chose darkness. in the zurvanite myth ahriman first perceived his own being and chose to exit the womb before his brother, who was born of light. ahriman was called dark and stinking by his father zurvan, who by casting aside his first born, allowed ahriman to go forth from the heavenly realm to choose his own devices within the physical and spiritual world. ahriman has free will to choose his own path, to become in both planes of existence based on that desire. the writer eznik11 presented a zoroastrian statement of ahriman- it is not the case that i am unable to do anything good myself, but that i do not wish it; and to make this thing certain, i have produced the peacock. offerings to ahriman (arimanius) were made by magi who sough

DICTIONARY GLOSSARY OF OCCULT TERMINOLOGY

ro 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 than matter, but denser

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quent reports by ufo contactees of shining visitors from outer space arriving in flying saucers. universality of belief in apparitions it is clear that the belief in apparitions, and the varied forms under which this belief exhibits itself in various times and countries, is universal. both ancient and modern peoples believe in hauntings and the basic principles of the phenomena.the existence of a spiritual world capable of manifesting itself in the sphere of matter, and the survival of the human soul after the dissolution of the body.are the same. while the beliefs in ancient and medieval times may arouse interest and curiosity for their own sakes, psychical researchers have valued them chiefly as throwing light on modern occurrences and beliefs. the belief in apparitions, for example, has

ies were on the divining rod. he collaborated with theodore besterman on a brilliant and comprehensive study of the subject. he did one of the earliest studies of near-death experiences and explored the philosophical implications of psychic matters. in his paper some reminiscences of fifty years of psychical research (1924, he concludes that there is convincing evidence for (1) the existence of a spiritual world (2) for survival after death, and (3) for occasional communications from those who have died. barrett was convinced of the possibility of life of some kind in the luminiferous ether. it is in harmony with all we know, he writes in on the threshold of the unseen, to entertain a belief in an unseen world, in which myriads of living creatures exist, some with faculties like our own, a

i, myself, all spirit seem to grow. and in most of his poems, indeed, he is all spirit, while often he spellbounds the reader into feeling something of his own spirituality. waiving coleridge s metaphysical poems altogether, it might be justly said that he introduced the occult into verse with a mastery rarely equaled in english literature. the romantic had its dark side as well. not only was the spiritual world explained, but often, in opening the unconscious, the world of nightmare and evil was also opened to the poets and novelists. coleridge was no exception. along with his mystical bent, coleridge wrote the first vampire poem in the english language. christabel tells the story of the invasion of a castle by the vampire figure geraldine, who not only attacks the title character, but as

eportation) correspondences, doctrine of central idea in the work of swedish seer emanuel swedenborg (1688.1772. swedenborg, in contrast to the new opinion of his intellectual colleagues that reality was basically found in the visible material world, argued that everything visible is but the shadow of a corresponding spiritual reality. ultimately, he believed the nature of the connection with the spiritual world is most easily realized through a knowledge of the correspondences found in the bible. swedenborg devoted a considerable part of his life to writing a 12-volume commentary on the books of genesis and exodus (arcana coelestia (1905.10) and several volumes on the book of revelation (apocalypse revealed (1970. encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. correspondences, doctrin

man s mind its appropriate divine truth. such desultory and uncertain links between the seen and the unseen are so many imperfect attempts toward that harmony of the two worlds which he believed himself commissioned to reveal. the happy thoughts of the artist, the imaginative analogies of the poet, are exchanged with swedenborg for an elaborate system. all the terms and objects in the natural and spiritual worlds are catalogued in pairs. for those who do not accept swedenborg s system, his continued attempt to draw out the correspondences make the reading of his commentaries quite difficult. however, his intense affirmation of a spiritual world drew a welcome response from those satisfied with neither traditional christianity nor the new, truncated scientific worldview. sources: woofenden

pecially the spirit of nature, and involves healing and empowerment through personal transformation as well as the healing of the larger social context. each individual is pictured as a miniature model of the whole universe, within whom possesses the wisdom of the whole. shamanism teaches its practitioners to apprehend that arrangement and to understand and to live in harmony with the natural and spiritual worlds. the foundation was established by brant secunda, who had been inspired by his grandfather and teacher, don jose matsuwa (1880.1990, the renowned huichol shaman. don jose believed that the huichol traditions were available for everyone with an open heart and hoped that those people who learned of the huichol way would want to support the survival of his people. he commissioned his

forms seen by the dying and occasionally by others. such near-death apparitions remain a topic of intense debate in both psychological and parapsychological circles. those who accept a psychic explanation of near-death experiences assert that the individual s spirit, when near to being freed from its connection to the body, is immersed in two planes of existence and acts in both the material and spiritual worlds. many reports also exist in which persons who were dead returned to life and remembered their experience of death. they verify an often-told story that in the last moments of earthly existence a panorama of the person s life flashes by. near-death experiences a professor heiron of zurich slipped in the alps on a snow covered crag, slid head first about a mile, and then shot 60 fee

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john. sakti and sakta. madras, india: ganesh, 1918. magical numbers certain numbers and their combinations were traditionally held to be of magical power, by virtue of their representation of divine and creative mysteries. the doctrines of pythagoras (see greece) furnished the basis for much of this belief. according to his theory, numbers contained the elements of all things, of the natural and spiritual worlds and of the sciences. the real numerals of the universe were the primaries one to ten, and in their combination the reason of all else might be found. magical blend magazine encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. 960 to the pythagoreans, one represented unity, therefore god; two was duality, the devil; four was sacred and holy, the number on which they swore their most

t to respond to the wave of skepticism that assaulted christianity at the end of the seventeenth century and emerged in the next century as deism. deism denied the possibility of human contact with what had mather, increase encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. 998 traditionally been thought of as the supernatural. both of the mathers wrote books offering evidence of contact with the spiritual world as an apologetic for christian faith. part of their understanding of the supernatural was supernatural evil. witchcraft, which they equated with satanism, was one major form taken by supernatural evil, and they saw evidence of witchcraft both among the native americans and members of the boston urban community. this caused them to be seen as believers in the existence of widespread

female larynx and may occasionally attain oratorical proportions. moreover, the orator may deal with great themes in a style which we cannot associate with the fragile little woman who has gone into trance and is now under control. this is a phenomenon which undoubtedly calls attention to the existence of something supernormal, and can be appealed to as testifying to the reality and activity of a spiritual world. it is, indeed, being used for purposes of such demonstration, and seems well calculated to attract more and more attention from serious and religious people; who would be discouraged and offended by the trivial and barely intelligible abnormalities associated with what are called physical (or physiological) phenomena and would not be encouraged by what is called clairvoyance. in a

f margery s fingers. f. w. h. myers suggested, as a correlative to telepathic effect, a telergic action, by which he meant the excitation of the motor and sensory centers of the medium by an external mind. he said that in the case of possession the external intelligence may directly act upon the body and liberate unknown energies. this theory goes far, as the external mind appears to dwell in the spiritual world, although it is of frequent observation that the sitters thoughts exercise a certain influence upon the phenomena. m. barzini, journalist for corriere della sera, wrote about his seances with palladino in genoa, 1906.07: it was obvious that our conversations were listened to, so as to yield a suggestion in the execution of the strange performance. if we spoke of levitation the tabl

eading theoretician during the first generation of psychical research. he was born february 6, 1843, at keswick, cumberland, england, and educated at trinity college, cambridge. for 30 years myers filled the post of an inspector of schools at cambridge. here his resolve to pursue psychical investigation was born in 1869 after a starlight walk and talk with henry sidgwick. his theory was that if a spiritual world ever manifested to humans, a serious investigation must be made to discover unmistakable signs of it. for if all attempts to verify scientifically the intervention of another world should be definitely proved futile, this would be a terrible blow, a mortal blow, to all our hopes of another life, as well as of traditional religion for it would thenceforth be very difficult for men t

imilar to mediumships in spiritualism. the ability to contact spirit entities. however, in spiritualism, a mediumship had concentrated upon the communication with a large number of spirit entities bringing greetings or messages to their still-living relatives with the aim of proving their continued existence after the transition of bodily death. channeling, in contrast, assumed the existence of a spiritual world with which contact could be made for the purpose of learning about the nature of the world and receiving guidance on how to live. mediumship was seen as the special prerogative of a few special individuals, while channeling was seen as possible for almost anyone. a medium usually had a control, one or a few individual spirit entities who facilitated contact with the deceased relati

suggestion of the possibility of possession. an arbitrary personality may possess the organism of the hypnotic subject at the hypnotizer s suggestion. secondary personalities are often hostile and antagonistic to the primary one. traveling clairvoyance in dream states points to the wandering of the spirit while the body is asleep. cases of religious ecstasy in which an excursion is made into the spiritual world furnish another instance of the temporary separation of body and soul. once we admit the possibility of the soul leaving the body, we have to admit the possibility of another spirit entering it. whether possession actually takes place or whether a secondary personality speaks through the organism is a question of evidence. such evidence has to be furnished by the nature and content

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e by high and noble thought, by meditation upon spiritual subjects, and by altruism expressed in the daily life. the second half of the creative energy thus drawn upward through the spinal canal is a spinal spirit-fire, the serpent of wisdom. gradually it is raised higher and higher and when it reaches the pituitary body and the pineal gland in the brain, it sets them to vibrating, opening up the spiritual worlds and enabling man to commune with the gods. then this fire radiates in all directions and permeates the whole body and its auric atmosphere, and man has become a living stone, whose luster surpasses that of the diamond or the ruby. he is then the philosopher's stone" there are many other symbols and similes taken from the world of chemistry and applied to the processes of spiritual

christian mysteries. in the last chapter we saw while considering "the philosopher's stone" that the spinal cord is the principal laboratory for the alchemist, and that the spinal spirit fire, generated by turning the creative force upward through the spinal canal, passing it between the pituitary body and the pineal gland in the brain, gives to man a third eye as it were wherewith to see in the spiritual worlds. when this serpentine spirit fire has been sufficiently evolved, he may read by its light the wisdom of the ages. therefore christ exhorted his disciples to be wise as serpents. the egyptian word naja, which means serpent, is used at least once in the hebrew bible in the 58th psalm. in ancient egypt the pharaohs were kings and priests, holding a double office, and they therefore w

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inert and lacking in desire and aspirations. at that time man was the tractable ward of the divine hierarchs who guided him physically, these being darkly referred to in the bible as "kings of edom" later, during the lemurian epoch, when the body of man had crystallized and condensed somewhat more, mankind was divided into sexes physically. but as the consciousness of man was still focused in the spiritual world they were unconscious of the physical act of generation, as we are now of digestion; neither did they know birth or death and were in fact totally unaware 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, tau

donkey, the outcome is a hybrid, the mule; in that mule something is missing on account of the mixture of strange blood, namely, the faculty of propagation which is lacking in all hybrids. similarly when we marry internationally something else is destroyed and that is the pictures in the inner vision. the different pictures of different families clash. and so the clairvoyance, the touch with the spiritual world, with the memory of nature, has waned since the practice of marrying in the tribe was broken up. the highland scot who marries in the clan and the gypsies alone retain this second sight in a measure. thus we see that the blood is now differently constituted from what it was in the earlier ages of human evolution. the body of jesus was a pioneer vehicle of superlative purity at the

one which they have made previously and fitted to serve their purpose. the question will now probably arise in the reader's mind "how can an initiate create such a new adult body, ready to wear, before he relinquishes his old one" the answer to this question involves an understanding of the law of assimilation, but it should be said in the first place that no one who has just become aware of the spiritual world and perhaps learned to function in the soul-body only recently is capable of performing this feat. this requires a vastly more spiritual development, and only those who are very high in the scale of initiation at our present time are able to perform the feat. the method is, however, said to be as follows: when food is taken into the body of anyone, be he adept or ignoramus, the law

FULLER J F C SECRET WISDOM OF THE QABALAH

and female h. to the christian this may seem a blasphemy, but remembering that in the qabalah the union of the sexes is looked upon as the sublimest act in life, to the jews it is the reverse. gbenediction does not abide save when male and female are together h; 35 and even moses the law-giver of israel was not considered perfect because he was separated from his wife. 36 god being a unity in the spiritual world, this oneness is manifested in the material world when the male is united to the female gin a righteous purpose h 37; for it is through the union of bodies and souls that perfect unity is attained. so long as jacob was unmarried, god did not manifest to him clearly. after marriage he arrived at the perfection which is above as distinguished from the perfection which is below, and g

have the same numerical values, namely 358; consequently when one is subtracted from the other the result is zero- that is deliverance from both good and evil. in order to understand this we will repeat it again: good is a means of balancing out evil, and evil a means of balancing out good. neither is desirable in itself except in the material world, which cannot exist without them; equally, the spiritual world cannot be entered as long as they exist; consequently their adverseness is purely relative to the spiritual world. further on in this book we will show that the power of using either is drawn from the same source- shin, shekinah, astral light, ether, electricity, whatever name it may be called by- and to understand the use of this force, yet never to be obsessed by it, is to trampl

e come from is not living matter in the sense that we are. we infer, therefore, that as the earth is one thing and as we are partly earth and partly something else, this something else is another thing, and further still that in all probability we are a link between these two things which can only consciously manifest in ourselves, but which evertheless may exist apart from us as a material and a spiritual world or, when united in perfect equilibrium, form god. accepting these possibilities, which are not far removed from the doctrines of the qabalah, then if any one of us could by some process or another know as much about the spiritual world and its possible spheres of power as we know about the material world, surely such a spiritualized person would possess a stupendous power over his

GILBERT AE WAITE A MAGICIAN OF MANY PARTS

thatiwenttoworkuponit andwrotein all kinds of places, in trains and trams and buses, as well as in myownsanctum';butthe most important partofthebook was neither the many brief poems drawn fromthe page,s ofhorlick'smagazine,northehiddensacramentoftheholygraal(the play' he hadwrittenwitharthurmachen),buta second verse drama,thebook king'sdole.it is, said waite 'a pregnant illustrationof trot?in the spiritual world; that there is achurchbehind thechurchon a more inward planeofbeing; andthatit is formedofthosewhohave opened the iridescent. shellofexternal doctrine and havefoundthatwhichabideswithinit. it is achurch,-the way ofdivineunion137ofmore worlds than one, for some of thecommunityare among us here andnowand some are in a stage beyond the threshold of the physicalsenses (slt; pp.170-1).i

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p theirtherosicrucians, past and present 43 .olleges and membership entirely secret, they print no trans255 uctions nor even any notices, and it is almost impossible to identify any member. the german groups of rosicrucians now existing are much more immersed in mystic and occult lore than ourselves; they endeavour to extend the human faculties beyond the material towards the ethereal, astral and spiritual worlds: at the present time i understand that they use no formulated ritual, but giveoioavoceteaching, instead of written knowledge. the german collegeshave experienced a notable revival since 1900, and the teachings of rudolf steiner are considered as giving an introduction of their system of occult theosophy. several of steiner's volumes are now available in english translations, such

ofthereligious notions of the aryan racesandvoicetheirappeal tothegods of the elements,ofthesun,themoon,andofthe beneficent forces of nature.theethical system of thebuddhiststeachesfournoble truths,andthepathto nirvana is four-fold. someoftheoldclassicalauthorsfollowing hesiodtaughtalso offourages, viz.,thegolden, silvern, bronze andironagesofhumanity.thegreekhermeswas an initiator, revealer ofthespiritual worldandwas invested by greekartwithfour implements:thewandofthemagician.thewingsoftheadventurous one.theswordofthewillofthehero.andthe cap of the discretionoftheadept.theriver styx, orofexistence,bringforth four powers: zeal, success,fortitudetobear,and powertoact.thesepowersconquerthetitans,or elemental forces ofnature.therewere four notable mastersofirelandwho,in the 17th century, com

of force. so long as one true account of a dream which gave positive information otherwise unattainable by the dreamer, is left unexplained by science, so long may, such as desire it, hold the belief that god or some divine power, or some spiritual being superior to ourselves, may on occasion deliver unto some man, some truth it is good for him to know. let no one be ashamed still to believe in a spiritual world, although he cannot prove its existence to the rationalist or material philosopher; for remember that the philosopher candreams 191certainly never prove that a divinity and a spiritual world do not exist.[paper read on 4 october 1906. reprinted from s.r.i.a.,transactionsofthe metropolitan college(1906, pp.31-8.]20.divinationandits historya famous poet has written 'knowledge comes

rom these students, modern continental teachers who claim to be representatives of the older rosicrucians, seek for initiates for their special culture, which leads, as they allege, to the evolution of the finer human faculties such as the higher clairvoyance and intuition. rosicrucians taught in the past, and their successors of today endeavour to show, how man may still more nearly approach the spiritual world which exists beyond the restrictions of matter. as waves of high thought and others of materialism have passed over europe, so in earlier times we observe the same alterations to have occurred in the east; in persia with zoroaster, in india with the promulgation of the vedas, in egypt with the osirian myth, and with moses, david and solomonamong the jews, we have seen spiritual dev

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 learned. so there arose a great conflict between christian orthodoxy, natural science, the theosophy of the indian faith, and of the rosicrucian and hermetic doctrines and occult sciences. even if spirituality has not yet won a victory it has broadened the minds of mater

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

obin larsen (ed, emonael scoedenborg. a coetinuing vision. new york, 1988; and r. l. tafel, documenrs concerning the life and character of emmanuel saedenborg, collected, translated and annotated. london, 1875. commission to publish the heavenly doctrines revealed to him and to make known to mankind that the second coming would soon take place, in 1770, and the new jerusalem be established in the spiritual world. for the next twenty-five years until his death in london in 1772, he was the complete theologian, writing extensively and assiduously to expound and defend his doctrines2[2. his works attracted a small but enthusiastic following and some years after his death their activities were crystallised in the form of the new jerusalem church, a denomination that has survived to the present

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e vertical line represents ethics, content and meaning, the horizontal represents results, activity and relativity. the interface between these two lines is within the "sacred centre. it is from this centre that we can begin to unfold some of the major concepts of the traditional view of the world. the sacred centre is the point where man touches the divine and can come under the influence of the spiritual world while existing within the physical, it is only at this nexus that enlightenment is possible. the gnostic handbook page 17 if we consider the image of the cross we can delineate certain characteristics, there is the sacred centre, the vertical line becomes the axis mundi, the horizontal line becomes the earth, above which are the supernal worlds, below which are the infernal. this m

king, in these theocracies individuals could not be deified in their own right, but achieved the power to develop and grow through the mediatorship of the divine priest/king. while certainly the morality of these kings varied and so did the focus of their mediatorship, the principle remained, nevertheless, the same and the tradition continued. as the ages rolled on, mankind s interaction with the spiritual worlds changed, rather than theocracies non-theistic political systems developed and the role of mediator was replaced by the priest, shaman or wise person. through death and rebirth rites the priest achieved a state of power whereby s/he was able to mediate between the spiritual and physical worlds. at this stage we can see that individual theosis was still far in the future, mediatorsh

purification or sanctification through which you must travel before you are actually reborn. by grace you have entered the spiritual path, by works you make it to the moment of rebirth. the process of transformation is a difficult and demanding trek however by following the teachings of the gnosis you will reach the goal. just like there are many miscarriages in this world, there are many in the spiritual world. being conceived on the path of transfiguration is not enough, the path itself must be traveled! the gnostic handbook page 91 therefore if any man be in christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. 1 corinthians 5:17 the two paths the first path is known as the terrestrial path or that of the dove. there are actually two paths within

and beauty and should always be treated as such. in the gnostic apostolic church both churches and temples are governed by ordained ministers of our tradition, even though laymen are encouraged to developed private "spiritual" spaces within their own homes for their own use the use of ritualism ritual is a means by which we can formulate an artificial world in which internal realities (and other spiritual worlds) can be explored. through ritual the conscious mind is controlled and the unconscious is explored and conditioned so that external realities from beyond the physical plane can be investigated, other spiritual powers contacted and other dimensions opened. the key to ritual is that it must have two distinct forms. the first must always be the training of the mind, the exploration of

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ogical systems. in this sense they are esoteric, eso- meaning inner, they are the inner teachings that are behind or beyond the secular, they are core religious wisdom available to the few. they are occult in that they are secret, hidden or unknown. they are religious in the sense that religion means to bind back, to return to the source or origin. these teachings are those which lead back to the spiritual world, the treasury of light from which we have become alienated. but it is perhaps desirable to state unequivocally that the teachings here, however fragmentary and incomplete, belong neither to the hindus, the zoroastrian, the chaldean, nor the egyptian religion, nor to buddhism, islam, judaism or christianity exclusively. the secret doctrine is the essence of all these. madame blavask

ith many from other cultures, traditions and scriptures) the essential truth is that the alpha event was one of cosmic error. the line of time, space and matter should not have come into being. it is a fallen system, one which is a mixture of light and darkness, but with a tendency towards darkness. entropy is the nature of the day, all things suffer and die. the alpha event caused a split in the spiritual worlds, which resulted in a division, a dualism between the higher and lower worlds (the subject of study three) and the higher and lower bodies (the subject of study four. the alpha event forms the central pivot of the gnostic worldview. if matter is an error and the particles of light or souls are locked within it, then we can begin to comprehend the duality between matter and spirit

ties which existed in potential, spirit matter the timeline omega point matter contra spirit: the nature of the alpha event. omega point chart of evolutionary technological cycle versus yuga/spirit cycle. fig three gnostic theurgy page 21 become dualites of an ethical nature. humanity can critically reason beyond genes and memes, beyond the archons, beyond the alpha event and return to the higher spiritual worlds. this means that mans error cannot be excused. he must awaken himself and achieve a rectification of the scheme of things. this rectification, however, can only occur after the nature of the system has been truly comprehended. the scheme of things in the gnostic worldview, however, goes far beyond the physical, or for that matter even the mental. if we accept the hypothesis that o

since we know that in the lower worlds the spiritual light we receive is actually a mixture of positive and negative forces, then we can understand how our experience of reality is influenced and conditioned through the energy we receive. if we go further and contemplate how the brain/mind complex is programmed with painful memories and neuroses, we can appreciate how energy distributed from the spiritual worlds can be distorted by flaws in the matrix. we can also see how the resulting spectrum (our emotional/physical reality) is conditioned and influenced by variations in our ourselves (the matrix) and the energy we receive. from the refraction model we can be already deduce some of the basic tasks of esoteric technology. 1. to assure that only the highest quality light is received. 2. t

t fits into our model. however, there is more, since the alpha event changed the quality of our energy source, it also changed the resulting spectrum- we now have reality as a hologram, a mirage or illusion. this hologram, in terms of the esoteric tradition, contaminated the planes and caused the lowest reaches of the desire plane to become what we know as physical. it also caused a breach in the spiritual world, and formed what is known in gnosticism as the great schism. the great schism the church teaches that god is the source of all perfect and that the whole world, visible and invisible, is his creation. yet one does not need to be a philosopher to observe that in this world of ours moral and physical evil- suffering, cruelty, decay, death- is abundantly present. how then can god, the

nto the coils of matter. this change transformed the very essence of the earth stream, a chasm was created between the spiritual and material worlds, and man became the centre of the cosmic battle. while certainly the material world in its beauty still reflects the nature of light, in its transience and pain, it reflects the fact that it has fallen and is under the dominion of darkness. since the spiritual worlds are under the laws of light and the fallen worlds are under the laws of darkness, there is an immense barrier between man and the higher worlds (fig 8. the great chasm the powers of light, the static laws, the christed ones, the elohim. this world is known as the treasury of light or the pleroma. chasm the rulers of this world, the powers of darkness. this world is known as the wo

ectic. 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 comprised of both light and dakrness. the highest spiritual worlds are governed by static laws. man is in the centre of the battle between these two orders or hierarchies, each with its own related hierarchies and powers. it is important to understand the extent to which the dialectic powers extend. when the lifestream fell, it took with it the spiritual worlds. accordingly, the spiritual sphere surrounding the earth is an amalgam of good and evi

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mperance/art. also, the desire for creativity (strength/lust in leo) is carefully guarded by initiated consciousness (hierophant in taurus. the sigil of iliatai from the watchtower of earth 197 the sigil of iliatai from the watchtower of water the letters gon, ur, gon, un, gisa, un, gon are written: 198 tex and rh, the lowest aethyrs without the cube-the material world-is the sphere-system of the spiritual world enfolding it. aleister crowley, a comment upon the nature of the aethyrs,found in the vision and the voice the two lowest aethyrs are tex, the 30th aethyr, and rll, the 29th tex is "the aethyr that is in four parts" but actually rh is usually divided into four parts as well. you mus t ent e r the s e two ae thyr s c ons c i ous l y be for e attempting to enter any of the higher aet

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solve economical, social, ethical, and religious problems, yet it does do precisely that. universal laws are operative in like manner and degree through all the planes of creation, in all conditions. it may seem stranger yet that by studying the universal and natural laws, as they manifest and apply in the purely material world, mankind should know how they operate and manifest in the immaterial, spiritual world, yet each study does just that. by studying all about the seen world, by recognizing the laws that apply to it, learning how to make use of those laws and putting them into operation, if altruism is the motive actuating the purpose, the unseen world becomes not only intelligible but as intimately known, contacted, and associated with as the seen. by learning how to use natural, uni

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ansference of thought is once established as a truth, the otherpoints,-cana brain which is not inapparentrapportwith the sleeper (a brain which is at acontributionstothezoist213between adele, the clairvoyante, and the mother of m. lucas, an alleged resident in mexico. here mr hockley says, that'mrs, in placing before his readers a proof that m. cahagnet's revelations are not a connection with the spiritual world, has selected two cases of clairvoyant communications with persons actually declared by the somnambulist to beliving,and, although in stating them that gentleman has given us the truth, still if he had not most ingeniously disjointed it, i think very few of his readers would have coincided with him in opinion &c &c. now the reason why facts, which are in themselves curious, were th

rd party shall subsequently confirm theprocesverbalof the dialogue, and admit that his 'reasoning faculty' did really feel conscious of the same spiritual conversation; and if this fact be well established by repeated trials, thenmrsandby will admit that a primafaciecase212therosiemcianseerinconclusion, it must still depend on our individual idiosyncracy, whether we believe the revelations of the spiritual world thus obtained are parallel truths or mere repetitions; but m. cahagnet has promised us a tangible proof in a volume of alchemical revelations, and we must forewarn him that in these sceptical days we shall expect from him, with such a goodly host of defunct adepti 'real sons of thefire'-fromsynesius to philalethes-for interlocutors, who, if judged from their volumi255 nous writings

our finite compre255 hension, are still full of sublimetruths-readerswho believe that the phenomena of clairvoyance, soul travelling, transference of thought, taste, and feeling 'are established truths, and who differ only as to the questions of degree.'mrsandby, in placing before his readers a proof that m. cahagnet's revelations are theresultof transference of thought and not aconnexionwith the spiritual world, has selectedtwocases of clairvoyant communication with persons actually declared by the somnambulist to beliving;and although, in stating them, that gentleman has given us the truth (of which there could be no possible doubt, still, if he had not most ingeniously disjointed it,ithink very few of his readers would have coincided with him in opinion; and as the case appears to me a

ighth sitting, m. lucas, desirous of learning the fate of his brother-in-law, who had left france twelve years before, in consequence of an altercation with his father, applied to m. cahagnet for a sitting. scarcely was adele asleep, than she asked for this man by his name, as she usually does for deceased persons. she then said to us 'i see him: he is not dead; he is on the earth, and not in the spiritual world' she then gaveso exact a description of him to m. lucas, that the latter declared even the very gestures true to life. a few days later, m. lucas and the mother of the man had a second sitting. adele once asleep, said 'i see him' where do you see him 'here present' give us, once more, a description of him, as also of the place where he is.'heis a fair man, browned by the heat of th

it so, but knowing unto whom, and for whose only sake i do write them, i am much comforted therewith, well knowing you are the most knowing man in these curiosities of any man now living in england' so far as myownexperience extends, i feel convinced that nothing approaching a transmission of thought takes place196 therosicrucianseerthatthe phenomena thus elicited has a closer connexion with the spiritual world than the rationalists of the present day are disposed to allow: the following extracts are given from that remarkable piece of autobiography,williamlilly'shistoryof hislife andtimes,from the year1602to1681.'all the ancient astrologers of england were much startled and confounded at my manner of writing, especially old mr wm. hodges, who lived near wolverhampton, he swore 1 did more

'actions' yet sufficiently attest that both dee and kelly (his seer) werefirmbelieversin the truth of their researches; and the very singular coincidences arising from a perusal of this work with the revelations made todrkerner by the seeress of prevorst, and by the somnambulist described indrhenry werner's work, entitled 'guardian spirits; or, remarkable cases of vision by two seeresses into the spiritual world,'247 will well repay an attentive perusal, although, unfortunately,itwould"'miscellaniesbyj.aubrtry,esq.,8vo, l696,p.128.thudibras,canto iii, line63l'kelly didallhis feats uponthedevil's looking-glass a stone, where, playing with him at bo-pcep, he solved all questions ne'er so deep [london. folio:l6s9.247stuttgart,l839.new york,l847.translated by a. e. ford.contributionsto the zoi

-andthat's all' do you think messrs [blank] and [blank] will be tried for cowardice?excerptsfromthecrystalmss125carefully guided there by the powerful and good spirits, and sustained there by a knowledge of the way, in which they ascendthere-theyare liable to great danger and error, but having arrived there, and once looked through those holes, they obtain whilst still upon earth a glimpse of the spiritual world, through that they see and converse with their guardianspirit-theatmospheric spirits that guard the loop-hole, and are more nearly connected with them or if they wish it with the evil spirits that dwell beneath. i must again go back further than i have done and explain, the rise and cause of evil spirits and the rise and the end of goodspirits-itwill take too long for me to do so t

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with the body, then in their case they simply utter an unconscious prophecy, for once they are firmly convinced of what they assert, no conscious after-life is possible for them. for there are exceptions to every rule -ooo- on postmortem and postnatal consciousness q. but if human self-consciousness survives death as a rule, why should there be exceptions? a. in the fundamental principles of the spiritual world no exception is possible. but there are rules for those who see, and rules for those who prefer to remain blind. q. quite so, i understand. this is but an aberration of the blind man, who page 74 the key to theosophy- hp blavatsky.txt denies the existence of the sun because he does not see it. but after death his spiritual eyes will certainly compel him to see. is this what you mea

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und useful. the pineal gland is considered one of the body s greatest mysteries. today we know that it is an endocrine gland which secrets the hormone melatonin. it is shaped like a pine cone and placed exactly in the middle of the brain. the french philosopher descartes suggested that the pineal gland, or the cone gland, as he called it, was the dwelling place of the soul, and the gateway to the spiritual world. but apart from this comment, western science has mainly ignored this gland and considered it more or less useless. since darwin it has been described as reminiscent of an eye which no longer is in use, and originates from earlier history of evolution when we were a more primitive species. it is not until the last 50 years that science has started to uncover some of the pineal glan

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torious that objects change their character really as we look at them when operated upon by beautiful music) may not those dream-producing, somnolent, enchanting vapours of incense, which seem to loosen from around each of us the walls of the visible, and to charm open the body, and to let out (or to let in) new and unsuspected senses, alight with a new light not of this world, the light of a new spiritual world, in which we can yet see things, and see them as things to be recognised, may not all this be true, and involve impossibilities as only seeming so, but true enough; inasmuch as miracle possibly is true enough? may not all these effects, and may not the place and the persons in the body, and may not the suggestions, labouring to that end, of unseen, unsuspected, holy ministries, suc

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lilly, simulations of god. alan watts, the book (on the taboo against knowing who you are* magick 3- the four worlds* the ancients described man as mind, body, and soul. psychologists of the twentieth century added the subconscious to that deffinition. this produces a four-fold classification. the universe is also divided into four corresponding parts('worlds, as shown below: world body quality= spiritual world spiritual body (soul or kia) intuition mental world mental body (conscious mind) rational thought astral world astral body (subconscious) emotions physical world physical body physical senses the astral body (subconscious) is the intermediary for intuition, magical and psychic phenomena, and is the 'psychic link' to the physical world. most occult and magical phenomena originate in

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senses would experience the same things in a totally different way. at the same time, we do not feel a lack of sensory organs, such as a sixth finger on our hands. just as it is impossible to explain the meaning of eyesight to one blind from birth, so, too, will we fail to discover the concealed forms of nature with the research methods we are applying today. according to kabbalah, there exists a spiritual world that is imperceptible to our sense organs. at its center is one tiny part our universe and our planet--the heart of this universe. this sphere of information, thoughts, and emotions affects us through the laws of the material nature and its incidents. it also places us under certain conditions upon which we must act. we do not choose where, when, with whom, and with what traits and

c e p t s i n k a b b a l a h 16 the goal of man s creation is to form a system with an illusion of the existence of free will by combining the soul with the body, and by controlling them through nature and the apparent factor of chance with the help of two mutually balanced systems of light and dark forces. functioning: the study of the human essence its interconnection and interaction with the spiritual world. functioning deals with one s arrival to and departure from this world. it also includes the upper worlds reactions to our world and towards other human beings, caused by man s actions. it researches everyone s individual path, from the creation of worlds to the attainment of the ultimate goal. incarnations of the soul: the study of every soul's essence and its incarnations, as wel

er and cycles of souls. it also follows this path over 6,000 years and studies the connection of the soul with the general governance of the system of worlds and its cycles of life and death. it also states upon what factors our path in this world depends. governance: the study of our world: inanimate, vegetative, and animate levels of nature, their essence, role, and how they are governed by the spiritual world. it studies the upper governance and our perception of nature, time, and space. it researches the upper forces that move material bodies, and the way one s inner force pushes all things, animate and inanimate, to the preordained goal. can one solve this fundamental puzzle of human life without touching upon the question of its source? every human being encounters this question. the

as if our universe were resting on a net of forces. take, for example, the tiniest living organism whose role is merely to reproduce and sustain its species. think about how many forces and complex systems function within it, and how many of them remain undetected by the human eye. if we multiply them by the number of organisms living today, and by those that once lived in our universe and in the spiritual worlds, we will then have a vague idea of the vast number of forces and connections that control them. one can depict the spiritual forces as two interconnected and equal systems. the difference between them is that one comes from the creator and develops from up downward through all the worlds to our world. the other begins in our world and rises according to the laws that were develope

ed from matter only in one s imagination. therefore, all conclusions in such cases will be based purely on theoretical assumptions. all of philosophy refers to this kind of science, and humanity has often suffered from the unsubstantiated conclusions of philosophers. most modern scientists have rejected this kind of research because its conclusions are completely unreliable. while researching the spiritual worlds, we discover that our perceptions are merely a will from above that wants us to feel as if we are a separately existing entity, and not a part of the creator. the entire surrounding world is actually the result of the influence of spiritual forces on us. this is why the surrounding world is considered a world of illusions. let me explain what i mean with an allegory: once upon a t

tually close, and the distance between their corporeal shells is unimportant. the relationship between them is determined by their spiritual affinity. if one likes something that is disliked by another, the distance between them depends on the difference in their views and sensations. they are considered completely opposite if one of them likes everything the other hates. thus, we see that in the spiritual world (the world of desires, similarity or difference in aspirations, desires, ideas, and properties plays the role of an axe, dividing the spiritual into parts. the distance between spiritual objects is determined by the extent of incongruence between their sensations and properties. therefore, by following the creator s will, feelings, and thoughts, we approach him. since the creator a

ssing in the body, the soul is seemingly a single whole with the creator. however, once dressed in the body, it completely separates itself from him due to the difference between the properties of the creator and those of the body. this means that by imparting the sensation of egoism to the soul, the creator created something else besides himself, because different desires separate objects in the spiritual world. therefore, the object (the soul) and the egoism (the body) become separate parts. similarly, man is remote from the creator, like an organ that was cut off from the body. they are so distant from each other that man does not feel the creator at all. indeed, the distance is so great that he can only believe in him, not know him. hence, if we attain unity with the creator by making

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iously, and harness them to the process. for instance, we normally think of envy, lust, and honor in negative terms. there is even a well-known maxim that says, envy, lust, and honor bring a man out of the world (avot, 4:21. what is not so familiar, however, is the deeper meaning of this maxim. the world that envy, lust, and honor bring us from is this world; but the world they bring us to is the spiritual world, a higher degree of nature. however, there is a condition: it happens only if we channel these natural inclinations in a positive and beneficial direction, enabling us to attain balance with nature s altruistic force. 72 from chaos to harmony t h e c r i s i s a s a n o p p o rt u n i t y to r e s to r e b a l a n c e the chinese use two brush strokes to write the word crisis. one

ch other objects, and can learn about your surroundings. when you didn t have these senses, you couldn t even imagine that such a rich world was there the whole time. this is the world of the blind-at-birth. had you been in their shoes, would you feel that you needed the sense of sight, as well? would you even know that you don t have it? not at all. in a sense, you may say that we don t feel the spiritual world for a similar reason, because we do not have a soul. we are living our lives without even knowing that chapter nine: a reality of wholeness and infinity 141 there is a spiritual dimension that we are not sensing. we don t miss it. our present world is quite sufficient. dayby- day, year-by-year, and generation-by-generation we are born, live, enjoy, suffer, and eventually die. and t

a coincidence that his name was adam, because it comes from the words adamme la elyon, i will be like the most high (isaiah 14:14. adam was named after his desire to transcend his qualities and become similar to nature s quality of altruism. adam passed on what he had discovered to his offspring. also, the book, raziel ha malaach (the angel raziel, is ascribed to him. the day adam discovered the spiritual world is called the day of the creation of the world. this was the day on which humanity made its first contact with the spiritual world, and this is why the hebrew calendar begins on this day. according to nature s plan, humanity will achieve balance with the inclusive nature, the final correction of the human ego, within 6,000 years of this day. this is why it was written that the worl

the land of israel is predetermined in nature s plan. to understand it, we must understand the spiritual meaning of the term the land of israel. and for this, we must understand the language that kabbalists use. when kabbalists achieved balance with nature, they discovered a part of reality that is beyond the range of the egoistic person s perception. they called that part the upper world, or the spiritual world. once they discovered that every element in the upper world hangs down to our world and begets a corporeal manifestation, they called the elements in the upper world, roots, and their manifestations in the corporeal world, branches. thus, the language of roots and branches israel s role 171 came to be, based on the parallels between the upper world and our world. in the language of

from it, remaining with only superficial symbols of israel s tradition. we should be aware that the method for correcting the ego, which moses gave to israel the torah (pentateuch) was written in the language of the branches. it uses corporeal terms (branches) to point to spiritual elements (roots. kabbalists people who have attained the comprehensive nature and live in both the physical and the spiritual worlds simultaneously know how to decipher the language of the branches. they identify to which spiritual root each corporeal branch points. hence, they see the torah as instructions for internal work in the three previously mentioned lines, which will correct the ego. however, other people cannot see the language of the branches as anything other than corporeal depictions. they only see

hing hidden within it. consequently, during the course of the exile, people began to treat the torah as something superficial, like a history book or a legal constitution. in the essence of the wisdom of kabbalah, and in talmud eser sefirot, part one, baal hasulam refers to this phenomenon as materializing. he explains that it is a consequence of thousands of years of israel s detachment from the spiritual world. 188 from chaos to harmony until our time, kabbalists kept silent about it. but when the immigration to israel began, marking the end of exile, they emerged from hiding and called on the people to reacquaint themselves with life s purpose, which had been forgotten since the ruin of the temple. they urged the people to use the wisdom of kabbalah to that end. kabbalah is unique in th

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hey are talking about nature or nature s laws. these terms are synonymous. to a kabbalist, the term, creator, does not signify a supernatural, distinct entity, but the next degree that a human being should reach when pursuing higher knowledge. the hebrew word for creator is boreh, and contains two words: bo (come) and re eh (see. thus, the word, creator, is a personal invitation to experience the spiritual world. t h e c r a d l e o f s c i e n c e the knowledge that the first kabbalists acquired did more than help them understand how things worked behind the scenes. with it, they were able to explain the natural phenomena we all encounter. it was only natural, therefore, that they became teachers, and that the knowledge they passed on to us became the basis for both ancient and modern sci

del that worked in the creation of the phases. the left-hand side of figure 4 is a look the origin of creation 67 into the contents of phase four, showing its division into upper and lower parts, and that the upper part contains the worlds and the lower part contains the creature. figure 4: left hand side of the drawing focuses on malchut s inner structure, showing that it s the source of all the spiritual worlds as well as the corporeal world. 68 kabbalah revealed so let s talk some more about phase four and how it works with the masach. after all, phase four is us, so if we understand how it works, we might learn something about ourselves. phase four, malchut, didn t just pop up out of nowhere. it evolved from phase three, which evolved from phase two, etc. similarly, abraham lincoln did

ower part of the animate level, the creature, is the unworkable part. from all we ve learned so far, we still don t know which of the five worlds we talked about is our world. actually, none of them is ours. keep in mind that there are no places in spirituality, only states. the higher the world, the more altruistic a state it represents. the reason our world is not mentioned anywhere is that the spiritual worlds are altruistic, and our world is, like us, egoistic. because egoism is opposite to altruism, our world is detached from the system of the spiritual worlds. this is why kabbalists did not mention it in the structure they depicted. moreover, the worlds don t actually exist unless we create them by becoming like the creator. the reason they are spoken of in past tense is that kabbali

rld is, like us, egoistic. because egoism is opposite to altruism, our world is detached from the system of the spiritual worlds. this is why kabbalists did not mention it in the structure they depicted. moreover, the worlds don t actually exist unless we create them by becoming like the creator. the reason they are spoken of in past tense is that kabbalists who have climbed from our world to the spiritual worlds tell us what they ve found. if we want to find the spiritual worlds as well, we will have to recreate these worlds within us by becoming altruistic. the origin of creation 71 the world yetzira is the workable part of the speaking level, and the lower part of the speaking level, the creature, is the unworkable part. finally, the world assiya is the workable part of the spiritual, m

evel, the creature, is the unworkable part. now you know why, if we correct humanity, everything else will be corrected at the same time. so let s talk about us and what happened to us. a dam h a r i s h o n x t h e c ommo n s o u l adam ha rishon, the common soul (the creature, is the actual root of everything that happens here. it is a structure of desires that emerged once the formation of the spiritual worlds was completed. as we ve said above, the five worlds, adam kadmon, atzilut, beria, yetzira, and assiya complete the development of the upper part of phase four. but the lower part still needs to be developed. in other words, the soul is made of unworkable desires that couldn t receive light in order to give to the creator when they were first created. now they must surface one by o

s to look solely at the pleasure we are giving to the origin of creation 73 the giver, regardless of the pleasure we may or may not experience in the process. this is called the intention to bestow. it is both the essence of the correction, and what turns us as human beings from egoists to altruists. and finally, once we have acquired this quality, we can connect to the creator, which is what the spiritual worlds are meant to teach us. until we feel connected to the creator, we are considered broken pieces of the soul of adam ha rishon, uncorrected desires. the moment we have the intention to bestow, we become corrected and connected, both to the creator and to the whole of humanity. when all of us are corrected, we will rise again to our root phase, even beyond the world adam kadmon, to t

which created the worlds adam kadmon through assiya, which then created the soul of adam ha rishon, which broke into the myriad souls we have today. it s very important to remember this order of creation because it reminds us that things evolve from above downward, from spiritual to corporeal, and not the other way around. in practical terms, it means that our world is created and governed by the spiritual worlds. moreover, there is not a single event in our world that doesn t happen up there first. and the only difference between our world and the spiritual worlds is that events in the spiritual worlds reflect altruistic intentions, and events in our world reflect egoistic intentions. 76 kabbalah revealed because of this cascading structure of the worlds, our world is called the world of

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laitman- 10- attaining the worlds beyond how to read the text the need for this text became apparent to me from the questions that i received from my students, and from the questions that were asked during various lectures and radio programs, as well as from the letters that continue to flood in from all over the world. the difficulty of explaining and teaching kabbalah lies in the fact that the spiritual world has no counterpart in our world. even if the object of our studies becomes clear, our understanding of it is only temporary. what we learn is grasped by the spiritual component of our ability to understand, which is constantly renewed from above. thus, a subject we initially understand may appear unclear at a later date. depending on our mood and our spiritual state, the text can a

process of the soul s development. rather than rushing to complete reading the text, it is recommended to concentrate on the sections that appeal to us the most. only then will the text be able to help and guide us in our search for personal spiritual ascent. the goal of this text is to help us become interested in the mysteries of life, such as: why were we born into this world? can we enter the spiritual worlds from here? can we ever understand the purpose of the creation? is it possible to perceive the creator, eternity and immortality? how can we begin to grow spiritually? if you listen with your heart to one famous question, i am sure that all your doubts as to whether you should study kabbalah will vanish without a trace. this question is a bitter and a fair one, asked by all born on

to reveal their knowledge to vast numbers of people in society, in order to help others communicate with him. in a language we can understand, kabbalists explain that the structure and function of reason in the spiritual, heavenly worlds are based on laws that are different from and opposite in nature to our own laws. faith above reason there is no boundary separating our world from the heavenly, spiritual world. but because the spiritual world is, according to its properties, an "anti-world" it is placed so far beyond our perception that after we are born into this world, we completely forget all about our past condition. naturally, the only way for us to perceive this "anti-world" is by acquiring its essence, its reason, and its qualities. how must we alter our present nature in order to

rding to its properties, an "anti-world" it is placed so far beyond our perception that after we are born into this world, we completely forget all about our past condition. naturally, the only way for us to perceive this "anti-world" is by acquiring its essence, its reason, and its qualities. how must we alter our present nature in order to acquire a completely opposite one? the basic law of the spiritual world is summarized in two words "absolute altruism" how can we acquire this quality? kabbalists suggest that we undergo a transformation within ourselves. it is only through this inner act that we are able to perceive the spiritual world and start living in both worlds simultaneously. such a transformation is called "faith above reason" the spiritual world is an altruistic one. every de

because they are determined by blindly following decisions made by someone else, rather than by reason or calculation. our actions can also be dictated by our upbringing, having become second nature to such an extent that we must make an effort not to act mechanically, through sheer force of habit. in order to make the transition from following the laws of our world, to following the laws of the spiritual world, we must meet certain conditions. first, we must completely discard the arguments of reason, and forsake using our intellect to determine our actions. as if suspended in midair, we should attempt to hold on to the creator with both hands, thus allowing the creator, and only the creator, to determine our actions. perceiving the creator- 25- figuratively speaking, we should replace o

nly the creator, to determine our actions. perceiving the creator- 25- figuratively speaking, we should replace our own minds with the creator s, and act contrary to our own reason. we must place the creator s will above our own. once we are capable of doing this, our behavior will represent "faith above reason" having completed the first stage, we will be able to perceive both this world and the spiritual world. we will subsequently discover that both worlds function according to the same spiritual law of "faith above reason" our willingness to suppress our own reason and be guided only by the desire to give ourselves to the creator forms the spiritual vessel in which we will receive all of our spiritual understanding. the capacity of that vessel; i.e. the capacity of our spiritual reason

o bestow only benefit and good, we realize this is possible only by drawing closer to him. thus, if we feel distanced from the creator, we perceive this as "bad" and then we consider ourselves to be sinners. but if we feel ourselves to be so evil that we cry out to the creator to save us, asking the creator to reveal himself to give us the power to break out from the prison of our egoism into the spiritual world, then the creator will help us instantly. it is for this form of human condition that this world and the higher worlds were created. when we reach the level of absolute sinner, we can cry out to the creator and eventually rise to the level of the absolutely righteous- 36- attaining the worlds beyond thus, we can only become worthy of perceiving the creator s greatness after we have

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ua n t u m p h y s i c s 24 when we are liberated from the chains of our innate perceptions, we can discover a whole new world and begin to experience life s eternal, complete, and unbounded flow. we will be able to experience the forces that operate on reality as a single power, and events that seemed accidental to us, unexpected or incomprehensible will suddenly make sense. for such people, the spiritual world can become a system of forces that stands behind our perceived reality, the forces that propel reality. it is similar to examining embroidery: from the front, it looks like any other picture, but from the back, you can see the threads that comprise the picture, and their interconnections. discovering these threads and interconnections provides knowledge about ourselves and the worl

. kabbalah does not repeal any other teachings or sciences. nor does it challenge humanity s progress over the generations. it cherishes humankind s achievements, but as we come to the crest of these achievements, humanity is beginning to experience a growing need to sense the complete reality. this is the reason for the growing interest in kabbalah today. to reach this goal and to experience the spiritual world, we must cultivate within us identical qualities to those of the spiritual world. everything we perceive in reality is through an equivalence of qualities. therefore, we see and discover new things in the world according to the qualities within us. as we mature, we acquire new qualities, both from our parents and from our surroundings. after absorbing them, we can use them to study

hild. the mother enjoys her child s pleasure and can therefore give without restraint and delight in it. if i could love someone in such a way that pleasing him or her would feel like my own pleasure, my delight would be unlimited. in order to recognize that principle, our souls had to break and come down to this world. when the point in the heart a genuine desire to reawaken the sensation of the spiritual world awakens in people, they come to the wisdom of kabbalah. the study of the wisdom of kabbalah is the study of our true state: the pre-shattering state. this is the only state that exists. even now we are in it, though we are unaware of it. by wanting to come out of the dark state we are in and awaken to feel our real existence, we draw to ourselves the effect of the light within that

light that fills one when he or she is corrected project upon one s present state. the surrounding light corrects us and brings us back to the quality of bestowal. it pa r t i: k a b b a l a h m e e t s q ua n t u m p h y s i c s 46 is like a decent person who has gone astray and now reawakens to return to decency. in fact, in order to cross the barrier that separates the corporeal world from the spiritual world, we must change our intention from relating to each other hatefully to relating to each other with love. the same rules apply to all parts of creation, from the lowest element of reality to the highest. it all depends on the perspective of the observer who discovers the rules. however, until a science is mathematically established, it cannot be considered a science. for example, qu

zum. this enables us to exist on the physical level before we begin to correct ourselves and become more like the creator. we must understand that an egoistic existence, such as our current existence in this world, does not exist in reality. ascending from this world implies the ascension of one s desire toward the quality of bestowal. in this world, the will to receive works inwardly, and in the spiritual world, it works outwardly, giving, like the creator. in other words, the spiritual world observes the law of tzimtzum, and the term spirituality refers to states in which we are similar to the creator. in our present state, we are egoists, and are opposite from the creator. let us go back to the process of creation. the term world depicts a certain state of the creature, the will to rece

eption, but bestowal. it follows that the guest uses the host s love to give pleasure back to the host. another example of a giving-receiving relationship is between parents and children. actually, the child is the head of the family, using the parents love to manipulate them in order to satisfy its needs. naturally, the people in these examples are egoists. things happen quite differently in the spiritual world, but such examples can help us understand the principle. the process occurring in the upper worlds is built upon a very similar principle: if one receives pleasure for the sake of pleasing the creator, it is not considered reception, but bestowal. in performing this act, the human being equalizes with the creator and acquires the creator s thoughts. in other words, the light create

sensation of absence is the greatest degree of suffering. to advance, to exit the boundaries of this world and begin to search for something higher, we must suffer. we must feel sufpa r t i: k a b b a l a h m e e t s q ua n t u m p h y s i c s 68 fering at the deepest level so that we can demand the correspondingly highest state. that sublime state of being that stands vis -vis this world is the spiritual world; hence the suffering, too, must be spiritual, not physical. in spiritual suffering, one does not suffer from absence of mundane fulfillments. while mundane fulfillments exist, they do not provide a sensation of livelihood, or even a sensation of being alive. those who specifically regret a lack of feeling alive will have the strength to ask for something beyond this life. for this

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ttered into 600,000 parts. each part corrects itself independently by equalizing itself with the creator. each and every creature must consciously go through that process. the correction of each part makes it possible to fill it with the light of the creator, meaning to feel the creator. the sensation that the creator fills you up is a new sensation. it is in that sensation that you will find the spiritual worlds. our goal is to be entirely filled up with the creator. however, as of now, our souls are in a state called this world, where the creator is not felt, but is concealed and hidden from them. when the soul perceives contact with the creator for the first time, it rises to its first spiritual degree. it then begins to make itself resemble the creator more and more, and thus feel him

to occur, and only in our time are souls that possess a genuine demand for spiritual development descending to this plane. i n t e r e s t i n t h e p u r p o s e o f c r e at i o n q: why are so few people asking themselves questions about creation? how can people be made more interested in learning the purpose of creation? a: our world- with its history of torment and its achievements, and the spiritual worlds, with all their substance v- is nothing in comparison to what man is about to discover. the vast magnitude of the design of creation is incomprehensible to a human being. billions of people live their lives in our world so that a few dozen will attain the correct concept of the creator, and from those dozens, only a few will attain him. but out of those dozens, even those who test

nly a few will attain him. but out of those dozens, even those who test themselves in kabbalah are already chosen ones. the kabbalah is revealed from above; it evolves slowly and will, at some point, burst into everyone s awareness, offering a clear goal for the lives of each of us. billions of people will actually participate in this process. t h e s t at e o f h u m a n i t y q: relative to the spiritual world, what is humanity s position? a: man s place in the upper world depends solely on the power of the screen that he attained. this, in turn, is determined only by the distance from the state where all of man s desires are in this world, with the aim for me, and by the nearness to the degree of the creator, meaning the intent for him. t h e t h o u g h t o f c r e a t i o n 17 q: to t

s uninvited, and pokes our mind and throws us to the ground, before we find the old subterfuge to be carried senselessly in the currents of life as always (introduction to the study of the ten sefirot, item 2. after that, the writer explains that only when we learn how to master our own destinies do we receive the answer to that question. o p e n q u e s t i o n s q: why does the creator hide the spiritual world from us? a: i like your question a lot because it indicates a quest for spirituality. what do you think? why haven t people found these answers for thousands of years? or perhaps they have found the answer, but they hid it from us! how is it that so many intelligent people--philosophers, scientists, and researchers--cannot answer man s most important questions? in fact, why can t w

swer it ourselves? why does the creator hide these answers from us? notice that he hides the answers, but he doesn t hide the questions! on the contrary, it is he who makes you ask them, which is why human beings can ask them and taste their bitterness. read the introduction to the study of the ten sefirot from item two onward. t h e s p i r i t ua l r o o t q: do we influence our position in the spiritual world? is this the goal of the correction? a: in our spiritual root, in malchut of the world, ein sof, we exist in an eternal, completely corrected situation, which does not change. we have to come to that state by ourselves, through our desire and our t h e k a b b a l a h e x p e r i e n c e 22 consciousness that the root is the single most perfect and desirable situation for us. we ha

ches this to us when we study the breaking of the vessels, which occurred prior to our creation. as a result of that shattering, all the parts of all the souls got mixed together, so that each soul contains parts of every other soul. this is the source of the mutual responsibility and the reciprocal bond between all mankind that is a major focus of kabbalah. a single individual cannot exit to the spiritual world. this would be like one individual beginning to develop the whole of physics or chemistry, and then starting to use these sciences. it would be similar to living like a neanderthal without using all that humanity has achieved thus far, before attaining that knowledge by one s own resources. it is for this reason that a beginning student needs a teacher who has already attained the

t is because we must relate to everything in this world in accordance with the upper world. but my teacher would say that he doesn t care where and how his bag of bones will be buried. t h e k a b b a l a h e x p e r i e n c e 32 there will come a time when the whole of humanity will open its eyes and will see both at the level that it does today, and a greater space, one that kabbalists call the spiritual world. that state is called the coming of the messiah. then, everyone will change their egoistic natures (their bodies) into the nature of the spiritual sphere, a giving nature. kabbalah calls that process the revival of the dead. how can we reach the creator? we accumulate experience over our cycles in this world and evolve to the level that we are able to begin to develop consciously t

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(smallness, infancy. if we in this world have only beastly and corporeal desires, then we live like everything else on earth. our next state begins only when the point in the heart appears in us. then, we begin to feel a mysterious attraction to spirituality that we cannot ease, even though we do not know what spirituality is. if we study kabbalah at that state, we cross the barrier and enter the spiritual world. this is the third situation. at that stage, a screen t h e pa t h o f k a b b a l a h 18 with aviut shoresh (root coarseness) replaces the point in the heart. it is called galgalta with the light of nefesh. that state is regarded as the embryonic state. much like an embryo in our world, the seeker wants nothing but to lie inside the maternal womb, inside a higher partzuf that will

he development of the embryo. during labor, blood pours out; this blood is impure and cannot be corrected. it becomes impure desires, denied of any desire to give, to bestow. but there is a part of the blood that turns into milk after labor. it rises from the sefira of yesod, where the womb is, to the chazeh (chest, which is in the sefira of tifferet of the partzuf. everything that happens in the spiritual world and every spiritual law automatically applies to our world. thus, by studying the processes of impregnation, the evolution of the embryo, and labor, as well as the infancy and growth of the spiritual partzufim, we can understand the processes that occur in our world and their origins. the state following infancy is the state of gadlut (adulthood. the partzuf receives mochin (light

f the creator and can receive some light of wisdom, the first of which is called the light of neshama. the entire spiritual relationship between the creator and the creature in the state of katnut is built exactly like the relationship in our world between mother and child. we can solve all the problems that arise in physical relationships by understanding the root relationships that exist in the spiritual world between the creator and the creature. the creator sends us obstructions on purpose, so that we will begin to want to approach him through our efforts. without obstructions in our corporeal life, we would not feel any need or desire for him, and would never be able to advance. if the soul of the first man hadn t been broken, it would have remained a single soul, uncorrected and with

by rejection? there is a difference, but in both cases he still wants to bring us closer to him. c h a p t e r 1. 4 t h e awa k e n i n g o f t h e p o i n t i n t h e h e a r t the study of the wisdom of kabbalah is research into man s relationship with the creator. it explores man s every thought, desire and in fact, the entire reality one attains with one s senses. even in our world, below the spiritual world, there are degrees of attainment. at the beginning of our preparation period for spirituality, we begin to understand the connections and relationships between spiritual properties, although this understanding cannot be compared with the actual sensation when spirituality is attained. when the zohar says, go and ask rabbi shimon and rabbi abba, it means that you should ascend to th

e connected to man s heart, we could see the axis of the spiritual life in different people. some live a thousand years, and others live only for a minute. our ordinary clock shows only the still time, meaning the pace of progress of the still toward the purpose of creation. c h a p t e r 1. 5 k a b b a l a h a s a m e a n s o f at t a i n i n g s p i r i t ua l i t y kabbalah revolves around the spiritual worlds. therefore, the student attracts spiritual lights during the study. studying other parts of the torah also awakens a certain spiritual illumination, but the intensity of the light during the study of kabbalah is much stronger than when studying other writings. t h e pa t h o f k a b b a l a h 26 however, we must make sure we are studying in the right path of instruction, otherwise

ower state than this world, since defining our state as this world implies that we are already aware that there is another world. it is so low that we cannot feel any spirituality. the torah is not a historic epic, though there is a correlation between the text and human history. but this is only because the construction of the worlds is based on the same principle: everything that happens in one spiritual world is reflected in its adjacent lower world, down to our own. everything that humankind will have to go through during its ascent through the worlds must be felt by each and every individual in each of the worlds, especially our own. our ascent in this world is done while in our current state and with our egoistic substance of this world. t h e pa t h o f k a b b a l a h 28 there is a

t must touch a corporeal branch. this means that every spiritual origin and spiritual force must hang down and build its final corporeal manifestation in our world. for instance, there is a negative force in the world of atzilut named pharaoh and a positive one named moses. these forces must materialize at least once in our world. in principle, everything that happened or that is happening in the spiritual world has already happened in ours, everything except the coming of the messiah and our ascent and exit from this world to the spiritual world. this is all that still awaits us. but the times to come before the ascent are also the hardest, darkest, and most painful. when we work on ourselves with kabbalah, we enter a state called the exile in egypt. during this process, we feel that we a

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the tracing board h. the tesselated border refers us, says the masculine ritual, to the beautiful border formed round the sun by the planets in their various revolutions. the co-masonic ritual makes it an emblem of the guardian wall protecting humanity, composed of adepts or men who have attained the perfection of human evolution in past centuries and millennia. they stand around humanity in the spiritual worlds, it is said in a buddhist scripture, to save mankind from further and far greater misery and sorrow. 218. there is a similar dual interpretation also for the four tassels which appear in the corners of the border. in masculine masonry they are usually considered to mean temperance, fortitude, prudence and justice; their significance is always interpreted as ethical. but they stand

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zing tendencies of those who did not understand; for there is no clear mention of a resurrection in the account given by plutarch, but merely a vague return from the dead. this represents, however, a very late version of the tradition, one which is materialized and distorted almost beyond recognition; and in the mysteries of osiris the legend was much more in accordance with the real facts of the spiritual world. even in the egyptian inscriptions which have been deciphered there are clear indications of a resurrection. the main outline of the true legend was the death of osiris at the hands of set; the division of his body into twice seven parts, representing the coming forth of the seven rays, or types of manifestation, consequent upon the descent of the logos into matter; the search of i

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her right arm, her hand around his neck, and in her left she is holding a blood-filled skull to his lips. do not be afraid of him, do not be terrified, do not be taken aback. recognize in him the form of your own spirit (evans- wentz 1960, 140 141) the central objective of tibetan death rites is to extract the consciousness-principle from the gross physical body so that it can truly perceive the spiritual world. following death, the spirit enters a transit that lasts exactly forty-nine days and is divided into three stages. at the end of the bardo, one either enters nirvana, an ineffable state, or returns to earth for another reincarnation. only the most enlightened avoid reincarnation. it is of paramount importance that the dying person remain fully conscious for as long as possible, for

he died peacefully in london in 1827. a great deal of blake s imagery and symbolism are adopted from both boehme and swedenborg, both of whom deviated from prevailing theological opinion. boehme was a mystical and theosophical writer, whereas swedenborg was a scientist who devoted himself to studies arising out of what he claimed to be persistent communications from angels and other agencies in a spiritual world. for example, he was influenced by boehme s idea that there are three principles heaven, hell, and our own world and that every spirit is confined in its own principle, the evil angels in hell and the good in heaven. in the frontispiece of the marriage of heaven and hell, blake shows each kind of spirit in its own dwelling, which can be of fire or of light. in the drawing entitled

allows energy to build up without leaking out into the surrounding 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

nt editor, dan lloyd, explicitly identified satan as the moving force behind the ufo phenomenon. satan wants people to believe that ufos are of extraterrestrial origin, because that is a materialist concept and materialistic concepts encourage a one-sided development of man s intellect. there could be no greater distortion of what is actually happening at the present time in man s relation to the spiritual world than to spread the delusion that physical machines are coming to earth with physical beings from outer space (lloyd 1969, 10. f. w. holiday, a regular contributor to fsr, theorized that the loch ness monster is a demonic entity, a literal dragon. on one occasion in 1973 holiday believed he had encountered a demonic man in black on the shores of scotland s most famous lake and assoc

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e bought suitable materials for copying it fair; and this i did without solemnity or ceremonial, but quite simply, just as anybody else might buy them. in short, i bought them in a truly rosicrucian manner, according to the custom of the country. i add a few considerations on the grade of adeptus major 6= 5 (p.s..distinction is to be made between attainment of this grade in the natural and in the spiritual world. the former i long since possessed) 1. it may perhaps mean severe asceticism. in case i should be going out on that path i will try and get a real good dinner to fortify myself. 2. the paths leading to geburah are from hod, that of the hanged man, and from tiphereth, that of justice, both equilibrated aspects of severity, the one implying self-sacrifice, the other involuntary john

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during the other she may revisit the upper world, offers material for deep consideration. it is probable that the eleusinians realized that the soul left the body during steep, or at least was made capable of leaving by the special training which undoubtedly they were in a position to give. thus persephone would remain as the queen of pluto's realm during the waking hours, but would ascend to the spiritual worlds during the periods of sleep. the initiate was taught how to intercede with pluto to permit persephone (the initiate's soul) to ascend from the darkness of his material nature into the light of understanding. when thus freed from the shackles of clay and crystallized concepts, the initiate was liberated not only for the period of his life but for all eternity, for never thereafter

than a source of power. the sun was sometimes represented as a shield carried on the arm of the sun god, as for example, frey, the scandinavian solar deity. this sun reflected the light of the invisible spiritual sun, which was the true source of life, light, and truth. the physical nature of the universe is receptive; it is a realm of effects. the invisible causes of these effects belong to the spiritual world. hence, the spiritual world is the sphere of causation; the material world is the sphere of effects; while the intellectual--or soul--world is the sphere of mediation. thus christ, the personified higher intellect and soul nature, is called "the mediator" who, by virtue of his position and power, says "no man cometh to the father, but by me" what the sun is to the solar system, the

ody. from the evolutionary viewpoint the central gate becomes the point of both entrance and exit. here also is set forth the process of initiation, in which the candidate after passing successfully through the various ordeals is finally brought into the presence of his own soul, which he alone is capable of unveiling. if cosmogony be the subject of consideration, the central panel represents the spiritual worlds, the upper panel the intellectual worlds, and the lower panel the material worlds. the central panel may also symbolize the nine invisible worlds, and the creature marked t the physical nature--the footstool of isis, the spirit of universal life. considered in the light of alchemy, the central panel contains the metals and the borders the alchemical processes. the figure seated on

origin of the various colors of feathers. the navahos declare that when all living things climbed to the stalk of a bamboo to escape the flood, the wild turkey was on the lowest branch and his tail feathers trailed in the water; hence the color was all washed out. gravitation, which is a law in the material world, is the impulse toward the center of materiality; levitation, which is a law in the spiritual world, is the impulse toward the center of spirituality. seeming to be capable of neutralizing the effect of gravity, the bird was said to partake of a nature superior to other terrestrial creation; and its feathers, because of their sustaining power, came to be accepted as symbols of divinity, courage, and accomplishment. a notable example is the dignity attached to eagle feathers by th

f the pelican's beak is entirely missing, the head of the phoenix being far more like that of an eagle than of a pelican. in the mysteries it was customary to refer to initiates as phoenixes or men who had been born again, for just as physical birth gives man consciousness in the physical world, so the neophyte, after nine degrees in the womb of the mysteries, was born into a consciousness of the spiritual world. this is the mystery of initiation to which christ referred when he said "except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of god (john iii. 3. the phoenix is a fitting symbol of this spiritual truth. european mysticism was not dead at the time the united states of america was founded. the hand of the mysteries controlled in the establishment of the new government, for the sig

rm elements has been applied to the lower, or physical, phases of these four primary principles, and the name elemental essences to their corresponding invisible, spiritual constitutions. minerals, plants, animals, and men live in a world composed of the gross side of these four elements, and from various combinations of them construct their living organisms. henry drummond, in natural law in the spiritual world, describes this process as follows "if we analyse this material point at which all life starts, we shall find it to consist of a clear structureless, jellylike substance resembling albumen or white of egg. it is made of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen. its name is protoplasm. and it is not only the structural unit with which all living bodies start in life, but with which the

ident that for every one of the discovered properties there may not be many powers concealed in the inner nature of the plant? well have flowers been called the 'stars of earth' and why should they not be beautiful? have they not from the time of their birth smiled in the splendor of the sun by day, and slumbered under the brightness of the stars by night? have they not come from another and more spiritual world to our earth, seeing that god made 'every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew" many primitive peoples used herbal remedies, with many remarkable cures. the chinese, egyptians, and american indians cured with herbs diseases for which modern science knows no remedy. doctor nicholas culpeper, whose useful life ended in 1654, was pr

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s, nagaraja, nagendra, nagesha (king ofnagas, natal (mongoose, one who is immune from the serpent venom, v yalin (one who possessessnakes, etc. shiva is the main object of worship at benares under the name vishveshvara (master ofthe universe. one of his features is time (bhagavad-gita 11.32: time i am, bhagavata purana 3.5.26-27, brahma-samhita 5.10, the separating factor between the material and spiritual world (bhagavata purana3.10.12) and a medium to perceive the lord's influence (bhagavata purana 3.26.16. shiva's female consort is known under various names as uma, sati, parvati, durga, kali, and shakti.the divine couple, together with their sons- the six-headed skanda and the elephant-headed ganesha -are inhabiting the mount kailasa in the himalayas as well as the mahesha-dhama on the

edium to perceive the lord's influence (bhagavata purana 3.26.16. shiva's female consort is known under various names as uma, sati, parvati, durga, kali, and shakti.the divine couple, together with their sons- the six-headed skanda and the elephant-headed ganesha -are inhabiting the mount kailasa in the himalayas as well as the mahesha-dhama on the border of thematerial world (devi-dhama) and the spiritual world (v aikuntha or hari-dhama).in the brahma-samhita he is said to be another form of maha-vishnu, and is compared to a yogurt.yogurt is nothing but milk, yet it is not milk. as yogurt is prepared when milk is mixed with a culture,the form of shiva expands when the supreme personality of godhead is in touch with material nature.since shiva and vishnu are aspects of one god, shiva occur

MICHAEL W FORD THE VAMPIRE GATE

stronger from refining the flow of this energy through the different chakras. while qi can be controlled, it is a part of the universe and thus may be absorbed and used magickally. 12 qi was written about by the chinese philosopher mo di and noxious vapors that would arise from a corpse were it not buried deep enough. later qi was understood as being a part of everything in the material and even spiritual world. qi was best understood as the energy surrounding the human body, slightly larger than the physical body. qi is the etheric body, the astral essence which maintains the human body. it can be directly controlled by the mind. psychic energy or the energy surrounding the human body is transferred from what we eat to energy through resting or sleeping. when a vampyre feeds in astral fo

y. she is the mother of darkness, dragons and vampirism. vampirism is a concept which begins in the subconscious. it is a power which hungers, that which seeks to consume all. it has no concern for rules or for the spiritual laws it is the essence of the law of the talon. this very hunger is related to az or lilith, symbolically tiamat, it is the hunger for continued existence in this physical or spiritual world. this hunger, is manifest in our desire to achieve our goals in this life to possess life and to become masters of this world. this is why the symbols in luciferian witchcraft are strong belial, the lord of the earth is one such symbol of power and strength. predatory spirituality, the instinctual spiritual faith of devouring and absorbing spirits via the practice of magick, define

MORALS AND DOGMA

jesus to life and gave him an ethereal body, in which he remained eighteen mouths on earth, and receiving from wisdom the perfect knowledge [g??s. gnosis, communicated it to a small number of his apostles, and then arose to the intermediate region inhabited by ialdabaoth, where, unknown to him, he sits at his right hand, taking from him the souls of light purified by christos. when nothing of the spiritual world shall remain subject to ialdabaoth, the redemption will be accomplished, and the end of the world, the completion of the return of light into the plenitude, will occur. tatian adopted the theory of emanation, of eons, of the existence of a god too sublime to allow himself to be known, but displaying himself by intelligences emanating from his bosom. the first of these was his spiri

f things being contained and comprehended in it. this wisdom is the principle of all things, and in it beginning and end are found. the book of the abstruse, says the _siphra de zeniutha, is that which describes the equilibrium of the balance. before the balance was, face did not look toward face. and the _commentary_ on it says: the scales of the balance are designated as male and female. in the spiritual world evil and good are _in equilibrio, and it will be restored, when of the evil good becomes, until all is good. also this other world is called the world of the balance. for, as in the balance are two scales, one on either side and the beam and needle between them, so too in this world of restoration, the numerations are arranged as distinct persons. for hakemah is on the right hand

, of matter and bodies, which is the world of _fabrication, or, as it were, of manufacture. in each of these the deity is _present, as, in, and _through_ the ten sephiroth. first of these, in each, is kether, the crown, ring, or circlet, the head. next _in_ that head, as the two hemispheres of the brain, are hakemah and binah, and their result and progeny, daath. these three are found also in the spiritual world, and are universals in the psychical and material world, producing the lower sephiroth. then follow, in perfect equilibrium, law and equity, justice and mercy, the divine infinite nature and the human finite nature, good and evil, light and darkness, benignity and severity, the male and the female again, as hakerrah and binah are, mutually tempering each other, and by their intimat

mall, compared with _infinite_ space, as those between the atoms that compose the bulk of the smallest invisible animalcule, of which millions swim in a drop of salt-water. the same attraction holds together the animalcule, the sponge, the system, and the universe. every particle of matter in that universe is related to each and all the other particles; and attraction is their common bond. in the spiritual world, the world of human consciousness, there is also a law, an ideal mode of action for the spiritual forces of man. the law of justice is as universal an one as the law of attraction; though we are very far from being able to reconcile all the phenomena of nature with it. the lark has the same right, in our view, to live, to sing, to dart at pleasure through the ambient atmosphere, as

NAUDON PAUL THE SECRET HISTORY OF FREEMASONRY

on that provided him with a military organization. the word assassin as applied to the brotherhood does not mean, as some have maintained "eater of hashish" in reality, assassin is the plural form of the arab word for guardian, assas. the assassins or "guardian brothers were so named because the purpose of their order was the protection of the holy land, whose central orientation, the axis of the spiritual world, was the mystic mountain, which explains the title held by the grand master, the sheik el djebel" interpreted by the europeans to mean the old man of the mountain (sheik means "master "teacher" or "head of a brotherhood" and "old man" as in a person worthy of respect.)28 the higher adepts within the assassins devoted their time to the study of philosophy in the fortress of alamut

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e of total concealment. it is specifically the kav v chut, the line and thread that extends from the point of the reshimu, which brings about revelation to the worlds. unlike the ohr ein sof, which is an unlimited, infinite revelation of g-d, the kav v chut is a "thin band" of revelation specifically tailored to the capacity of the world. it is the "thread" of revelation that runs through all the spiritual worlds from the highest spiritual levels to this lowly physical world. the kav v chut (line and thread) is the "connection" between the giver and the receiver. in this fashion the kav v chut represents both concealment and revelation. it is a concealment in that it reveals only a "thin band" of finite revelation, rather than the complete infinite light. on the other hand, it is a revelat

in contrast, one who has tasted the results of his efforts in the path of truth can testify to the fact that love and fear of g-d have been aroused within him as the automatic result of hitbonenut. he can bear witness to the fact that what results from hitbonenut is true love and fear, only for g-d. because of this, he begins to disdain the false pleasures of this lowly world, and even the upper spiritual worlds cannot satisfy him. g-d alone is his passion and cure. truth is the only path upon which his feet trod, and there is profound purpose to his existence. he gives his life over to his creator, and his sole desire is to fulfill the will of his master and king. truly, this is the purpose of man, as stated "in conclusion, after everything has been heard (which, as mentioned before, ref

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in contrast, one who has tasted the results of his efforts in the path of truth can testify to the fact that love and fear of g-d have been aroused within him as the automatic result of hitbonenut. he can bear witness to the fact that what results from hitbonenut is true love and fear, only for g-d. because of this, he begins to disdain the false pleasures of this lowly world, and even the upper spiritual worlds cannot satisfy him. g-d alone is his passion and cure. truth is the only path upon which his feet trod, and there is profound purpose to his existence. he gives his life over to his creator, and his sole desire is to fulfill the will of his master and king. truly, this is the purpose of man, as stated "in conclusion, after everything has been heard (which, as mentioned before, ref

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

ppeared to [abraham] in the plains of mam-re. h1 all that we are required to rectify in this world is only for the purpose of causing z feir anpin and nukva to couple. for we receive the means of livelihood, divine beneficence, and children only from them, who are our [spiritual] father and mother. g-d has set up the creational order such that he channels our needs into the physical world via the spiritual world. the latter must therefore be functioning properly in order for the channels of divine blessing to flow properly. in this context, the divine blessings are the goffspring h of the union of the spiritual male and female antecedents of our own souls. thus rabbi shimon bar yochai interpreted the verse, gyour father and mother will rejoice h2 to mean that gyour father h is the holy one

on of the gtwo thousand years of tohu h that preceded abraham, and in fact, the two thousand years of tohu are a manifestation in this physical world of the world of tohu in the spiritual dimension. in other words, the course of history in our physical world mirrors the spiritual course of ghistory h (in quotes because this ghistory h occurs outside the creation of time) in the development of the spiritual worlds [this is alluded to in the torah fs account of how] various people fathered children and died, and then [their children] fathered children [and died, and so on.8 then he wiped them all out in the flood, and replanted them through noah until [he began again in] the generation of the dispersion, when the nations were destroyed and all the evildoers were dispersed. in this way the wo

tegories. hence the analogy between the gfathers h of damages and the fathers of the jewish people. the ox corresponds to the attribute of isaac, i.e, gevurah, as it is written, gthe face of the lion to the right, and the face of the ox to the left. h7 left is the side of gevurah. the verse quoted is from the prophet ezekiel fs vision of the divine chariot, the image of the sefirotic array in the spiritual worlds. the holy gox, h holy gevurah, is power harnessed in the service of g-d. the evil ox is power misused in order to cause damage. the pit corresponds to [the attribute of] abraham, who was gthe well of living water. h8 the pit [however] is ga pit of raging waters, slimy mud. h9 the attribute of abraham was chesed, which is associated with life-giving water. evil water is water that

erings) to g-d.3 the intention of the priest while offering the sacrifice is an essential aspect of the rite; if something is amiss in his intentions it could render the sacrifice invalid. these [five aspects of the sacrifice] are the nefesh, ruach, neshamah, chayah, and yechidah. in addition to manifesting themselves in the material reality of this world (and the gproto-material h reality of the spiritual worlds, the five partzufim correspond to the five aspects of the spiritual reality of creation, i.e, the divine soul. they thus correspond as well to the five aspects of the sacrifice: sefirah in tohu partzuf in tikun the name havayah aspect of sacrifice level of the soul atik yomin( gthe ancient of days h) keter arich anpin( gthe long face h) upper thorn of yud the intention of the prie

rom this level. as it is said of [the the arizal on parashat shemini 441 angel] gabriel, gand the bird will fly in heaven. h2 in contrast, physical birds derive from yesod of z feir anpin of [the three lower worlds] beirah, yetzirah, and asiyah. whereas the physical fish and locusts derive from yesod of z feir anpin of atzilut, the fowl derive only from the projection of this level onto the lower spiritual worlds. the difference between atzilut and the three subsequent worlds is that the pervading consciousness in the world of atzilut is that of total submersion in the divine presence. gdenizens h of this world do not conceive of themselves as independent beings, but rather as aspects of divinity. in the lower worlds, the pervading consciousness is that of selfhood; the gdenizens h of thes

committed. this blemish was that of gstrange fire, h i.e, a foreign woman. this refers to the first eve, lilith, who copulated with adam before [the real] eve. this is why adam said [about eve: gthis one shall be called ewoman f h3. gthis one, h and not the other one. instead of rectifying the sin of adam and his sons, nadav and avihu repeated it. a sin causes a gblemish h or imperfection in the spiritual worlds. this imperfection has repercussions throughout all creation and must therefore be rectified. the torah refers to the incense that nadav and avihu offered as a gstrange fire. h the linguistic and thematic connected between gfire h and gwoman h will be explained presently. 1 leviticus 16:1-2. 2 ibid. 10:1-2. 3 genesis 2:23. the arizal on parashat acharei mot 478 lilith4 is a female

l progression of spiritual steps leading to our universe. this sequence may be referred to as gproto-time h: although all these steps goccurred h simultaneously in the ginstant h before the creation of the physical world, they followed a certain developmental order, which we as finite humans would experience eventually as real time. in this context, we may speak of the process the creation of the spiritual worlds preceding ours as if it happened in the context of what we call time (since we have no other way of describing a sequential progression. we must bear in mind, however, that time, as we know it, did not yet exist. 1 leviticus 19:3. 2 exodus 31:16. 3 sanhedrin 97a. the arizal on parashat kedoshim 490 in any case, after g-d emanated the first three sefirot (keter, chochmah, and binah

REGARDIE ISRAEL THE COMPLETE GOLDEN DAWN

dawn in the outer, the second order of the r.r. et a.c, and the unnamed third order of masters, whose sephiroth obtain above the abyss- is based upon a natural and a very recondite series of correspondences "as above so below" so that as the tree of life consists of a glyph which represents not only a material 272 the three chiefs 2 73 physical universe but also a uranography of the invisible and spiritual world, so does the order consist, in all actuality, of more than an external order. concealed within and behind the grade system, is the invisible order, of true adepts, unknown and, in most cases, unnamed masters. at the close of the second point of the 5-6 ceremony, there are <292> named, without further reference, the names and ages of the "three highest chiefs of the order. these chi

RUBY TABLET OF SET

phere of religious freedom and relative secularity of nineteenth century america. the three main branches of metaphysical religion emerged in the nineteenth century as spiritualism, theosophy, and new thought. each affirmed the reality of a spiritual reality of which the visible material world was but a pale reflection. spiritualism was built around the belief in the possibility of contacting the spiritual world, specifically the spirits of the departed, through the use of the talents of very special people called mediums. spiritualism became a fad in the 1850s and then settled into a quieter existence as a new religious movement. the universal church of the master described below is a typical spiritualist group. theosophy grew out of spiritualism but directed its contact to a more evolved

SAPPHIRE TABLE OF SET MAIN

g true* we sadly live in a world where oaths are taken very lightly. the idea that one should get beyond infantilism and actually seek to yoke themselves to ideals- even self-chosen ideals- is a bit quaint. yet people who will join and leave occult societies at the drop of a hat, lie to their spouses, and betray their friends, often actually expect their words and deeds to have some weight in the spiritual world. they don't have enough discipline to stick with anything tough, yet expect their spells to accomplish the impossible. if a person can't be true to a path for a year, what possible chance do they have at personal immortality? if a person can't stand by a friend in trouble, what chance of their will doing anything out of the ordinary? they can't even do the ordinary. if a person can

SAPPHIRE TABLET OF SET

g true* we sadly live in a world where oaths are taken very lightly. the idea that one should get beyond infantilism and actually seek to yoke themselves to ideals- even self-chosen ideals- is a bit quaint. yet people who will join and leave occult societies at the drop of a hat, lie to their spouses, and betray their friends, often actually expect their words and deeds to have some weight in the spiritual world. they don't have enough discipline to stick with anything tough, yet expect their spells to accomplish the impossible. if a person can't be true to a path for a year, what possible chance do they have at personal immortality? if a person can't stand by a friend in trouble, what chance of their will doing anything out of the ordinary? they can't even do the ordinary. if a person can

SCHLAGER NEIL WORLD RELIGIONS REFERENCE LIBRARY

e baha faith and one that is unique to the religion. spiritual growth and social conscience baha s believe that the purpose of human life is to know god and to develop one s spiritual foundation in order to better advance civilization and bring about world peace. concepts such as heaven and hell are, for baha s, only a matter of distance from god. when a person dies, his or her soul works through spiritual world religions: almanac 77 baha levels to get nearer to an understanding of god. although a person can never completely understand god, he or she can understand parts of the concept of a divine being through such divine qualities as wisdom and compassion. education is thus extremely important for baha s, as it teaches these qualities. education is emphasized not just for the study of th

major confucian festival. phrases. there are no commonly used phrases that unite all confucians, though some of the sayings of confucius from the analects are universally recognized as confucian. 156 world religions: almanac confucianism c. 179 c. 104 bce, who introduced more spiritual elements into confucianism. for dong, human actions have results not only in the physical world but also in the spiritual world. he merged theories of spiritual forces from many different schools of thought, including native religions ranging from shamanism (belief in powerful nature spirits that a shaman, or holy man, can reach) to daoism into his explanation of the confucian way, emphasizing a love of the natural or cosmic order. in so doing, he further justified the role of the emperor as the living link

indigenous religions, such as that of the aztec, mixed with religions like christianity, which moved into native areas. the indigenous faiths often adapt and take on aspects of other religions. it is not unusual for a person to practice both an indigenous faith and one that came to their region later. danny lehman/corbis. 274 world religions: almanac indigenous religions strong connections to the spiritual world and use that connection to help others. diviners are people who can read signs in nature to determine things such as the location of scarce water or future events. african indigenous religions in many fundamental ways, african indigenous religions are little different from many of the world s more dominant religions. they believe in the concept of god and the supernatural. the supe

n haiti and cuba, respectively, when the beliefs of african slaves blended with those of indigenous peoples and other migrants to these islands. the result of this cultural contact was the merger of two dominant religions that attracts many followers in modern times. shamans are believed by many to be able to communicate with spirits and understand the future. they have a strong connection to the spiritual world. lindsay hebberd/corbis. world religions: almanac 279 indigenous religions the number of practitioners of vodou and santer a, however, is virtually impossible to calculate. most of the people who practice these religious beliefs also practice other religions, particularly catholicism, and they are most likely to identify themselves as catholics. further, both religions are extremel

lers and gold miners and were killed by soldiers. black elk also fought as a young man and was present at two of the most important battles in the closing chapter of indian independence: the defeat of george 51 armstrong custer (1839 1879) at the battle of the little big horn in montana, and the 1890 massacre of indians at wounded knee in south dakota. ultimately, however, black elk turned to the spiritual world to help his people recover from the loss of their lands. said to experience powerful visions as a boy, he became a wicasa wakan, or holy man. he was also a strong supporter of the preservation, or saving, of traditional indian religious practices. when his healing and spiritual work were limited by the whites, who the native americans referred to as wasichu, black elk became a cath

and reports web site, she wrote that she wanted an authentic and purified life among paupers and tramps. she saw the world as her convent and offered help and spiritual comfort to anyone who approached her. the door of her small room in central paris was open to all those who needed help or simply wanted to talk, especially about religion. she wrote, as quoted by forest, if someone turns with his spiritual world toward the spiritual world of another person, he encounters an awesome and inspiring mystery. he comes into contact with the true image of god in man. indeed, perhaps in part because of the death of her daughter, she came to see herself as a universal mother figure, providing maternal comfort and aid to any who needed it. her motto, according to forest, was, each person is the very

lder and shaman in some s view, the west suffers from a kind of spiritual sickness. he claims this sickness shows itself in many ways: materialism (desiring to have material objects, consumerism (the buying of such objects, damage to the environment, the unequal distribution of wealth, prejudice against (or mistreatment of) people of color, and, especially, a sharp divide between the physical and spiritual worlds. some believes that indigenous religions such as shamanism can return people to a sense of oneness and connection with the world, with nature, and with one another. as an elder in the dagara tribe, some acts as one of its spiritual leaders as well as a shaman. he points out that in contrast to western religions, shamanism does not view the supernatural as separate from the materia

SIR WALLIS BUDGE EGYPTIAN MAGIC

the ivth dynasty the working of magic was a recognized art among the egyptians, and everything we learn from later texts indicates that it is well-nigh impossible to imagine a time in egypt when such was not the case. but the "wisdom" of the egyptians was of two kinds, that is to say, they were possessed of the two kinds of "wisdom" which enabled them to deal with both the material world and the spiritual world; the nations around, however, confused the two kinds, and misunderstood matters in consequence. one of the oldest names of egypt is "kamt" or "qemt" a word which means "black" or "dusky" and it was applied to the country on account of the dark colour of the mud which forms the land on each side of the nile; the christian egyptians or copts p. 20 transmitted the word under the form

STEINER RUDOLF CHRISTIANITY AS MYSTICAL FACT

ound metaphor: the connectedness of things is a tension between opposites, just as in a bow or a lyre.29 how much lies concealed in this metaphor! tension in one direction is exactly balanced by that in the other, resulting in a unity and harmonization of forces. there are high and low notes; yet their contradictions are resolved in the musical scale. heraclitus thought extends the analogy to the spiritual world: the mysteries and pre-socratic philosophy 27 immortals are mortal, mortals immortal; living the ones death, dying the others life.30 the primal fault of human beings was to fix their thought on changeable things, and so become estranged from the eternal. life became a danger to human beings, for all that happens to them comes from life. the sting of this danger is removed, however

as mystical fact not lead to death but to new life. that part of lazarus becomes ill that is to give birth to the new man the one who is united with the eternal word. how are we to understand the grave out of which the word is born? we need only recall the expression of plato, who calls the body the grave of the soul. we may remember, too, that plato speaks of a sort of resurrection, in that the spiritual world stirs to life in the body. the spiritual reality of the soul, in plato s terms, corresponds to the logos in the gospel of john the word that for him is christ. whereas plato asserts that to become a spiritual being is to raise the divine in human beings from the grave of the body, for john this actually took place through the life of jesus. it is not surprising that he makes jesus

der stands for righteousness in religion. when the fifth seal is opened, the souls of those who have already taken up christianity appear: the creative idea behind christianity itself is manifested. but this refers only to the first stage of christian society, which is no less transitory than the other manifestations of the creative ideas. the sixth seal is opened. and now it is revealed that the spiritual world of christianity is something eternal. the apocalypse of john 133 the people are pervaded by the spiritual reality that actually brought christianity into existence. they are themselves made holy by what they have created: and i heard the number of those who were sealed: one hundred and forty-four thousand out of all the tribes of the children of israel were sealed.143 these are the

and we are glad of this existence and this knowledge. in those three things there is no plausible deception to trouble us. for we do not apprehend those truths by the bodily senses by which we are in contact with the world outside us.185 a person s experience of god begins when the soul is able to grasp its own inherently spiritual nature, and augustine and the church 165 thence the path into the spiritual world. it was augustine s achievement that he understood this. in pagan culture, a similar mood had given rise to the wish among those who sought for knowledge to approach the portals of the mysteries. in augustine s time one might instead become a convert to christianity. the word that had become man, jesus, had shown the path by which the soul could come once more to be at peace with i

the investigation of spiritual things can indeed learn from the example of natural science only it must be a real imitation of scientific discovery, and not be misled by the views of certain proponents of science. there should be research in the spiritual domain as there has been in the physical domain. but that is a different matter from the opinions scientists have formed about the appendix 183 spiritual world, confused by their narrow application to physical phenomena alone. to act in the spirit of natural science would be to study the spiritual evolution of humanity impartially, as the naturalist observes the senseworld. that would lead in the domain of spiritual life to a method of investigation as different from purely natural science as is geology from theoretical physics, or evolut

n anthropology does not pursue the origins of the word man or its subsequent linguistic history. the subject is interesting, not its name, and in the study of spiritual life we must also hold fast to the spirit and not to its documentary outer forms. appendix 185 additional remarks (1910) by rudolf steiner p. 4 spiritual eye: it is said here that those whose spiritual eyes are open can see in the spiritual world. but that does not mean that they alone can understand the findings of initiates who are able to see for themselves. that may be true for actual research; but everyone can apply rational understanding and evaluate the truth of the results once they have been communicated. and anyone can use them in life and appreciate their value, even if they cannot yet see spiritually. p. 8 sink

ally. p. 8 sink into the mire: on the meaning of plato s words, cf. previous remark. p. 9 criminal to impart: such is no longer the case owing to the conditions of the present day, when spiritual knowledge can be grasped in the form of ideas. recent humanity has a relationship to ideas that was quite lacking in ancient times. nowadays it is quite possible for there to be people who experience the spiritual world directly, and people who grasp what they have experienced in ideas. but that would not have been the case in the ancient world. what is said about the impossibility of communicating the teachings of the mysteries really refers to the kind of experience the initiate has, which certainly cannot be shared by those who have not undergone preparation. but they have always been communica

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, he came to believe that helena petrovna blavatsky (1831 1891) and other high-ranking theosophists were distorting many of the eastern doctrines that they claimed to espouse. in 1913, steiner made a formal break with the theosophical society and set about forming his own group, which he declared would be about the utilization of human wisdom (anthro man; sophy wisdom) to achieve contact with the spiritual world. the human intellect, steiner insisted, could be trained to rise above material concerns and to perceive a greater spiritual reality. the human consciousness had the ability to activate the seed that the great spirit beings had implanted within their human offspring. steiner recognized that while the physical seeds of male and female intermingled to pro- t h e g a l e e n c y c l o

communication with surviving loved ones. m delving deeper stevenson, ian. twenty cases suggestive of reincarnation. 2d ed. charlottesville: university press of virginia, 1974. making the connection anthroposophy a spiritual or religious philosophy that rudolph steiner (1861 1925, an austrian philosopher and scientist, developed, with the core belief centering around the human accessibility of the spiritual world to properly developed human intellect. steiner founded the anthroposophical society in 1912 to promote his ideas that spiritual development should be humanity s foremost concern. 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 70 afterlife mysteries clairvoyance the ability to see, visualize, or sense things beyond the normal range of human

. in 1916, after 30 years of intense study, doyle accepted the phenomena of spiritualism as genuine. he was 58, at the height of his literary career, and filled with self-confidence, so he openly associated himself with the cause of modern spiritualism in two books, the new revelation (1918) and the vital message (1919. in that same year, with world war i creating turmoil in both the physical and spiritual worlds, his second wife, jean, lost her brother at the battle of mons. in the midst of her grief, she began experimenting with automatic writing, a mediumistic technique whereby one allows the pen to flow across the page under the guidance of spirit writers. when her early attempts at spirit communication proved successful, sir arthur and lady doyle became convinced that their earthly mi

he scriptures. the bible was the word of god, he was told, but its true meaning differed greatly from its more apparent teachings. only swedenborg, with the help of ministering angels, could translate the actual message of scripture. after a series of dreams and visions, swedenborg abandoned his life of politics and science to spend all of his considerable energy delving into the mysteries of the spiritual world. he immediately resigned all of his appointments and retired at half his pension. not only had god revealed himself and the true spiritual essence of the scriptures to him, but swedenborg felt that god wanted him to develop a new church. swedenborg said that he could hear the conversations of angelic beings and could even participate in such otherworldly discussions. in time, he wa

pparent change of focus, swedenborgianism did become a religion, with churches established in england in 1778 and in the united states in 1792. swedenborg believed strongly in what he termed the doctrine of correspondence: that everything in the visible, material world has a counterpart in the unseen, nonmaterial world. to those who questioned the validity of his journeys and conversations in the spiritual world, swedenborg responded firmly that his 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 mediums and mystics 153 emanuel swedenborg (1688 1772. observations of these other dimensions had been recorded as strictly as any man of science among his detractors. it had been given to him, as a scientist and as a man of spirit, to be able to reach int

ut of demonstrated survival, demonstrated by occasional interaction with matter in such a way as to produce physical results. among the books written by sir oliver lodge are such titles as: man and the universe (1908; science and religion (1914; raymond or life and death (1917; raymond revisited (1922; science and human progress (1927; why i believe in personal immortality (1928; the reality of a spiritual world (1930; and my philosophy (1933. m delving deeper jolly, w. p. sir oliver lodge. london: constable, 1974. tabori, paul. pioneers of the unseen. new york: taplinger, 1973. fredric w. h. myers (1843 1901) fredric william henry myers was born in 1843 in keswick, cumberland, england, into the family of a clergyman. he was educated at cheltenham and trinity college, cambridge. in 1865, h

end it assumes the present existence of a world of spiritual beings always close to and acting on this world of flesh and blood. from creation to judgment, the spiritual beings are forever present. they act as truly in the drama as the men and women who, with their unmistakable humanity, walk the sacred stage in successive scenes. there is nothing of hesitation about the bible s treatment of the spiritual world. there is no reserve, no vagueness that would leave a chance for the whole system to be explained away in dreams and metaphors. the spiritual world, with all its multitudinous existence, is just as real as the crowded cities and the fragrant fields and the loud battlegrounds of the visible, palpable judea, in which the writers of the sacred books were living. the teachings of islam

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cal bodies spontaneously and project to considerable distances at will. muldoon and carrington were certain that such a fact represented an important truth to all humankind: individuals are not their material brains, nor are they a product of their brains functional activities. muldoon and carrington argued that if humans are here and now spiritual entities, then the prospect of another life in a spiritual world becomes not only a possibility but nearly a certainty. there is nothing new about the belief in immortality and in humankind s possession of a nonphysical capacity that remains aloof to the physical considerations of time, space, and matter. but just how could science go about proving out-of-the-body experiences? can an astral, or soul, body be weighed and measured? can it be seen

ue the faithful. can also refer to any person who is in opposition to or an enemy of jesus christ or his teachings, as well as to those who claim to be christ, but in fact are false and misleading. anthroposophy a spiritual or religious philosophy that rudolph steiner (1861 1925, an austrian philosopher and scientist, developed, with the core belief centering around the human accessibility of the spiritual world to properly developed human intellect. steiner founded the anthroposophical society in 1912 to promote his ideas that spiritual development should be humanity s foremost concern. apocalypse from the greek apokalupsis, meaning revelation. in the bible, the book of revelation is often referred to as the apocalypse. comes from many anonymous, second-century b.c.e. and later jewish and

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btle things h might penetrate gevery solid thing, h and by which base material might be transformed into precious metals and gems. for centuries, the writings of hermes trismegistus were considered a precious legacy from the master of alchemy. the hermetics believed that the nature of the cosmos was sacramental: gthat which is above is like that which is below. h in other words, the nature of the spiritual world could be discovered through the study of the material substance of earth; and earthly humans, created of the dust of the ground, comprised the prima materia of the heavenly beings they would become, just as the base elements of earth comprised the raw materials for gold. the alchemical adepts believed that the most perfect thing on the planet was gold and that it was linked with th

l substance of earth; and earthly humans, created of the dust of the ground, comprised the prima materia of the heavenly beings they would become, just as the base elements of earth comprised the raw materials for gold. the alchemical adepts believed that the most perfect thing on the planet was gold and that it was linked with the sun. the sun was considered to be the lowest manifestation of the spiritual world and therefore provided the intermediary between god and humankind. the science of alchemy was introduced to the western world at the beginning of the second century of the common era. it was, however, 200 years before the practice of the craft reached its zenith, concurrent with the persecutions of the pagans by the christians. zosimus of panapolis, self-appointed apologist of alch

sts, who were concerned with the spiritual perfection of humans as well as the transmutation of base metals into gold, recorded their formulas and esoteric truths in allegorical form. the hermetics believed that the nature of the cosmos was sacramental, and hermes f dictum that gthat which is above is like that which is below h was the essence of universal truth. in other words, the nature of the spiritual world could be discovered through the study of the material, and earthly humans, created of the gdust of the ground, h comprised the prima materia of the heavenly, just as the base elements of the earth comprised the raw materials for gold. in greece, where the world of matter was held in subjugation to the powers of mind, arithmetic was used as a means of divination. numbers were assign

mong the oldest of the psychic sciences, and numerological divination and number charms are found in india, greece, egypt, china, and europe. pythagoras (c. 580.c. 500 b.c.e, the great greek mathematician and mystic, proclaimed that the very world is built upon the magical power of numbers. according to his doctrines, numbers contained within them the essence of all that is in the natural and the spiritual worlds. for those who followed the teachings of pythagoras, the number one symbolized unity and therefore the creator-god. two represented the duality of good and evil and stood for the devil. four, symbolizing balance, was considered by pythagoreans as their most holy and sacred number, and their most solemn oaths were sworn on four. pythagoreans also used numbers to represent various p

ue the faithful. can also refer to any person who is in opposition to or an enemy of jesus christ or his teachings, as well as to those who claim to be christ, but in fact are false and misleading. anthroposophy a spiritual or religious philosophy that rudolph steiner (1861.1925, an austrian philosopher and scientist, developed, with the core belief centering around the human accessibility of the spiritual world to properly developed human intellect. steiner founded the anthroposophical society in 1912 to promote his ideas that spiritual development should be humanity fs foremost concern. apocalypse from the greek apokalupsis, meaning grevelation. h in the bible, the book of revelation is often referred to as the apocalypse. comes from many anonymous, second-century b.c.e. and later jewish

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you and us. deign to continue to assure me, as well as my brothers, of your holy and understanding protection. may we be always- you and myself- forever, inscribed in the book of life. by ieshouah, our lord, amen. operator replaces the lid of the censer and then extinguishes the central luminary, but first he says the following: may the invisible and spiritual light return into the invisible and spiritual world just as the elementary flame is being returned to its natural elementary source, but may the divine fire and divine light dwell forever in my soul and in the souls of my brothers. by ieshouah, our lord, amen. operator now takes the poignard (or the sword) and knocks with it, successively, all four corners of the room tracing there with distinct knocks of the blade, a greek cross. d

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lely physical centers. to think of them in this way is to fall into the trap of western rationalization. anyone who believes that the chakra system is a network of purely physical organs and responses will never be able to experience the "raising of the kundalini" since they are partially corporeal and partially incorporeal, the chakras can influence and be influenced by both the material and the spiritual worlds. the subtle body of the individual is affected by h s or her physical habits (diet, posture, physical tension, etc) as well as mental and psychological habits (thought processes, emotions, imagination, aptitude, etc. 2. svadisthana 1. muladhara navel root apas prithivi figure 9: the chakras. yoga, chakras, and the wisdom of the east 169 kundalini the vital energy that is used to a

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embryo. during labor the blood of labor pours out, it is an impure blood that can t be corrected. it becomes impure desires, denied of any desire to give, to bestow. but there is a part of the blood that turns into milk after labor. it rises from the sefira of yesod, where the womb is to the haze (chest, which is in the sefira of tifferet of the partzuf. 13 of 273 every thing that happens in the spiritual world and all the spiritual laws automatically apply to our world. thus, by studying the processes of impregnation, the evolution of the embryo and labor, as well as the infancy and the growing of the spiritual partzufim, we can accurately understand the processes that occur in our world and their causes. the state following the infancy is the state of gadlut (adulthood. the partzuf rece

tor and can receive some light of wisdom, the first of which is called the light of neshama. the entire spiritual relationship between the creator and the creature in the state of katnut is built exactly like the corporeal relationships in our world between mothers and children. we can solve all the problems that arise in corporeal relationships by knowing the root relationships that exist in the spiritual world between the creator and the creature. the creator sends us obstructions on purpose, so that we will begin to want to approach him through our efforts. without obstructions in our corporeal life, we would not feel any need and desire for him and would never be able to advance. if the soul of the first man hadn t been broken, it would remain a single soul, uncorrected and with very l

ant to provoke me by rejection? there is a difference, but in both cases he still wants to bring me closer to him 15 of 273 chapter 1.4 the awakening of the point in the heart about body and soul the study of the wisdom of kabbalah is a research of man s relationship with the creator, our every thought, desire and in fact, the entire reality we attain with our senses. even in our world, below the spiritual world, there are degrees of attainment. at the start of the time of preparation for spirituality we begin to understand the connections and relationships between the spiritual objects, although it cannot be compared with the actual sensation once you get there. when the zohar says, go and ask rabbi shimon and rabbi abba it means that you should ascend to their degree and ask why they pre

18 of 273 if there were a special timer that could be connected to man s heart, we could see the axis of the spiritual life in different people. some live a thousand years, and others live only for a minute. our ordinary clock shows only the still time, meaning the pace of progress of the still toward the purpose of creation. 19 of 273 chapter 1.5 kabbalah as a means kabbalah revolves around the spiritual worlds. therefore, the student attracts spiritual lights during the study. studying other parts of the torah also awakens a certain spiritual illumination, but the intensity of the light during the study of kabbalah is much stronger than when studying other writings. however, one must make sure one is studying in the right path of instruction, otherwise he is liable to achieve the opposi

have no sensation whatsoever of who or where we are. it is even 20 of 273 a lower state than this world. it is so low that we cannot feel any spirituality, not even as good or bad. the torah is not a historic epic, though there is a correlation between the text and human history. but this is only because the construction of the worlds is based on the same principle: everything that happens in one spiritual world is reflected in its adjacent lower world, down to our own. everything that humankind will have to go through during its ascent in the worlds must be felt by each and every individual in each of the worlds, especially our own. the ascent in our world is done in our current state and with our egoistic substance of this world. there is a law for the spiritual nature that states that

oot must touch a corporeal branch. this means that every spiritual origin, spiritual force, must hang down and build its final corporeal manifestation in our world. for instance: there is a negative force in the world of atzilut named pharaoh and a positive one named moses. these forces must materialize at least once in our world. in principle, everything that happened or that is happening in the spiritual world has already happened in ours, everything except the coming of the messiah, the ascent and the exit to the spiritual world. this is all that still waits to happen. but the times to come before the ascent are also the hardest, darkest and most painful. a person who works on himself with kabbalah enters a state called the exile in egypt. during this process, he feels that he is declin

a person who works on himself with kabbalah enters a state called the exile in egypt. during this process, he feels that he is declining in his virtues that he was better before and now he has become worse. this is how he discovers his nature. as he continues to study and be influenced by the light and the correct study of kabbalah, he develops a strong desire to cross this barrier and enter the spiritual world. he longs to resemble the creator in as little as his smallest attribute. 21 of 273 chapter 1.6 land marks a person might be amazed to find along his spiritual path that not only is he not evolving, but has come to a halt, or is even retreating. he will find that the chances to enter the spiritual are rapidly dimming. but it is at that precise stage when we feel our inability to co

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iled a.d. 827. see baluz, ib, col. 825. 2 logan, the scottish gael, vol. ii, p. 64, and jamieson s scottish dictionary, suppl. sub. v. neidfyre. 3 see grimm, deutsche mythologie, pp. 341 349. generative powers 165 leaped over it, or rushed through it, which was looked upon not only as a purification, but as a protection against evil influences. it was the night when ghosts and other beings of the spiritual world were abroad, and when witches had most power. it was believed, even, that during this night people's souls left the body in sleep, and wandered over the world, separated from it. it was a night of the great meetings of the witches, and it was that in which they mixed their most deadly poisons, and performed their most effective charms. it was a night especially favourable to divina

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was what he called being "in the spirit" in this condition, his spirit was taken to the realms of the angels, and to the spheres of the planets as well. since by the spirit of man his mind is meant, therefore by being "in the spirit" which is sometimes spoken of in the word, is meant a state of the mind separate from the body; and because in this state the prophets saw such things as exist in the spiritual world, it is called "the vision of god" their state was then like that of the spirits and angels themselves in that world. in this state the spirit of man,-like his mind as respects the sight,-can be transported from place to place, the body remaining in its position. this is the state in which i have been now for twenty-six years; with the difference that i have been in the spirit and a

the time, though it were many hours or days; neither is there any sense of fatigue. then, the man is led also through ways of which he himself is ignorant, until he comes to the place intended.68 all three types of experiences may be classed as soul flight. the first is astral projection with a divided awareness, part of which is conscious of the normal physical world, while the other part visits spiritual worlds on the astral level. it can be called partial projection. the second is what might be called classic astral projection, in which there is a complete forgetfulness of the body, which sits or lies as though entranced, insensible to pain and almost impossible to arouse from the trance. the third is astral projection with forgetfulness of the body, which however does not remain sittin

ch gave rise to the conception of the twenty-fifth path as a great arrow. 202. knight, vol. 2,277. 203. regardie, 464. the astrological sun was placed in the central sephirah, tiphareth (beauty, which was understood to be the seat of jesus christ and all other divine human beings, or messiah figures. to attain the level of tiphareth in a true sense was believed to be as high on the actual tree of spiritual worlds that the normal human consciousness was capable of ascending. tiphareth is infused with divine radiance continually from the summit of the tree, the sphere of kether (the crown, via the vertical path that links kether with tiphareth. to rise on the planes in this manner was to ascend in consciousness directly toward god as high as consciousness was able to rise. the divine names m

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

ed (mal 3:6, for there is no alteration in god, blessed be he, from before the world was created when he and his name were alone275 (and, similarly, prior to the coming-to-be of the aspect of time, for time similarly was created and generated anew, but there was an order of time [seder zemannim] prior to the creation of this world, that is, from the moment of the emanation and coming-to-be of the spiritual worlds [et asilut we-hithawwut olamot ha-ruhaniyyim. but prior to this no order of time was appropriate [qodem lazeh lo hayah shayyakh shum seder zemannim, for he, blessed be he, is entirely beyond time [lema alah me-ha-zeman legamrei, and so it will be after the world is destroyed, and also now in the time of the creation and subsistence of the world, before him everything is verily con

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of our own race under a microscope, or, with de bergerac, a graceful play of fancy and satire; but we always find that at bottom the new world is but the one we ourselves live in. so strong is this tendency that even great natural, though non-initiated seers, when untrained, fall a victim to it; witness swedenborg, who goes so far as to dress the inhabitants of mercury, whom he meets with in the spirit-world, in clothes such as are worn in europe. commenting on this tendency, flammarion in his work "sur la pluralite des mondes habites" says "it seems as if in the eyes of those authors who have written on this subject, the earth were the type of the universe, and the man of earth, the type of the inhabitants of the heavens. it is, on the contrary, much more probable, that, since the nature

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opean birth, imanuel kant, assures us that such a communication is in no way improbable "i confess i am much disposed to assert the existence of immaterial natures in the world, and to place my own soul in the class of these beings. it will hereafter, i know not where, or when, yet be proved that the human soul stands even in this life in indissoluble connection with all immaterial natures in the spirit-world, that it reciprocally acts upon these and receives impressions from them (traume eines geistersehers, quoted by c. c. massey, in his preface to von hartmann's "spiritismus[[vol. 1, page] 134 the secret doctrine. she is before a dead wall, on the face of which she traces, as she imagines, great physiological and psychic discoveries, but every one of which will be shown later on to be n

opacities and transparencies of elemental or uncreated spirit were reproduced. and that these spirits in the disembodied state attracted, appropriated, digested and assimilated elemental spirit and elemental matter whose condition was conformed to their own "they therefore taught that there was a wide difference in the condition of created spirits; and that in the intimate association between the spirit-world and the world of matter, the more opaque spirits in the disembodied state were drawn towards the more dense parts of the material world, and therefore tended towards the centre of the earth, where they found the conditions most suited to their state; while the more transparent spirits passed into the surrounding aura of the planet, the most rarified finding their home in its satellite

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ef in ghosts, a belief which european explorers found among the peoples they encountered as they set out on their empire-building expansions. one of the most noteworthy features of ghosts in indigenous cultures was the fear and antagonism with which many regarded them. the spirits of the deceased were frequently thought to be unfriendly towards the living, desirous of drawing their souls into the spirit-world. sometimes, as with the australian aborigines, they were represented as malignant demons. naturally, everything possible was done to keep such ghosts at a distance from the habitations of the living. barriers to ghosts were constructed of thorn bushes planted around the beds of surviving relatives. persons returning from a funeral might pass through a cleft tree, or other narrow apert

t desolates utterly that dearest yearning of the human heart for reunion with its loved ones in a permanent world. if some are to go back into fresh physical bodies, and bear new names, and new natures, if they are to become respectively tom styles, ned snooks, and a score of other people, who shall ever hope to meet again with his friends, wife, children, brothers and sisters? when he enters the spirit-world and enquires for them, he will have to learn that they are already gone back to earth, and are somebody else, the sons and daughters of other people, and will have to become over and over the kindred of a dozen other families in succession! surely, no such most cheerless crochet could bewitch the intellects of any people, except under the most especial bedevilment of the most sarcasti

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m into a world-view based on thefoundation19reality of spirit communion. spiritualism itself entered britain in the1850sand by1860was well-established.thebasis of spiritualism is a belief in the continuing, post255 humous existence of the individual human being in spirit form, the ability and willingness of spirits to communicate with the living, and the existenceofan orderly, happy and permanent spirit-world, in which the dead lived out their after-lives in an idealized mirror-image of contemporary society. in this spirit255 world hell had no place and many spiritualists were undoubtedly converted to the cause by a desire to evade the probability of eternal damnation that victorian popular theology offered them. further, spiritualism offered the novel attraction, which no church could off

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ianity found a heathen belief in magic- wielding women existing among celts and germans as well as greeks and romans, but has largely modified it; views held by heretics or imputed to witches. 1045 them got mist up with it, and out of everything put together witchcraft has to be explained. down to the latest period we perceive in the whole witch-business a clear connexion luith the sacrifices and spirit-world of the ancient germans. this of itself proves the gross unfairness and grotesque absurdity of witchburning in later times. a world-old fancy, that has penetrated all nations, finds in sorcery the power to hide or change one's figure. enchanters would turn into wolves, enchantresses into cats; the wolf was the sacred beast of wuotan, the cat of frouwa, two deities that had most to do w

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him, and appears in the world of spirits; but of this the living man knowsnothing-thespirit,however,knowseverything.this familiar spirit has in the world of spirits the same figure, the same countenance, the same tone of voice, and wears also similar garments' although in some points swedenborg is, i believe, in error, yet these co-existing doubles of the human race, who perform over again in the spirit-world our actions in this, however minute, exert, a very important part in the phenomena of mesmeric clairvoyance, self255 somnambulism, the revelations of cahagnet's extatics, and particularly in visions by crystal, mirrors, ink, water,&c.-phenomenathe occult laws of which are at present so inscrutable to materialists. my opinion of the quality of the spirits who have now so numerously ent

HELENA BLAVATSKY NIGHTMARE TALES

ere is danger that the subject may pass out ofhis control- if he could will the spirit out, never to return? it is capable of demonstration that themesmerist can act on a subject at a distance of many miles; and it is no less certain that, the majority ofmesmerists know little or nothing of the laws that govern their powers. it may be a pleasant dream to attempt to conceive of the beauties of the spirit-world; but the time can bespent more profitably in a study of the spirit itself, and it is not necessary that the subject for study should bein the spirit-world. nightmare talesan unsolved mystery10 karmic visionsby h. p. blavatsky, under the pen name "sanjna" oh, sad no more! oh, sweet no more! oh, strange no more! by a mossed brook bank on a stone i smelt a wild weed-flower alone; there w

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