Michael Wynn's Occult Reference Library
THE ETHERIC

Return to Occult Library Index

A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO WITCHCRAFT AND MAGICK SPELLS

es in a divinity of some sort, whether it be god, goddess or spirit, good or evil. evocations were performed by medieval practitioners of magick to summon up angels (and sometimes demons) and bind them to perform tasks, rather like the middle eastern djinn, or genie, who, in faerie tales, would appear from a magick lamp or corked bottle and grant wishes. incense would be used to give substance to the etheric form of the angel or demon concerned (modem magick tends to be a little wary of calling up spirits, however, whose malevolent energies may cause harm) in contrast, invocations were used to endow the practitioner with the power to carry out magical purposes through a form of possession, with the angel or god acting directly from within the practitioner's body. elementals have also been

ALICE A BAILEY02 INITIATION HUMAN AND SOLAR

asingly on the probationary path until by the third initiation the control of the lower self by the higher is perfected, and the highest aspect begins to make its energy felt. the ego reflects itself in iii. the personality, or lower self, physical plane man. this aspect is also threefold: 1. a mental body..lower manas. 2. an emotional body..astral body. 3. a physical body..the dense physical and the etheric body. the aim of evolution is therefore to bring man to the realisation of the egoic aspect and to bring the lower nature under its control. chapter i introductory remarks before entering upon the subject matter of the following articles of initiation, on the paths that- 3- initiation, human and solar copyright 1998 lucis trust open before the perfected man, and on the occult hierarchy

-one-ment on all levels emotional, intuitional, spiritual and divine consists in conscious, continuous functioning. in all cases it is preceded by a burning, through the medium of the inner fire, and by the destruction, through sacrifice, of all that separates. the approach to unity is through destruction of the lower, and of all that forms a barrier. take, in illustration, the web that separates the etheric body and the emotional. when that web has been burned away by the inner fire the communication between the bodies of the personality becomes continuous and complete, and the three lower vehicles function as one. you have a somewhat analogous situation on the higher levels, though the parallel cannot be pushed to detail. the intuition corresponds to the emotional, and the four higher le

tional. when that web has been burned away by the inner fire the communication between the bodies of the personality becomes continuous and complete, and the three lower vehicles function as one. you have a somewhat analogous situation on the higher levels, though the parallel cannot be pushed to detail. the intuition corresponds to the emotional, and the four higher levels of the mental plane to the etheric. in the destruction of the causal body at the time of the fourth initiation (called symbolically "the crucifixion) you have a process analogous to the burning of the web that leads to the unification of the bodies of the personality. the disintegration that is a part of the arhat initiation leads to unity between the ego and the monad, expressing itself in the triad. it is the perfect

an go ahead with confidence in the work of instruction, knowing that certain imparted facts will be understood (b) instruction is being given at this time to a special group of people who have come into incarnation at this critical period of the world's history. they have come in, all at the same time, throughout the world, to do the work of linking up the two planes, the physical and astral, via the etheric. this sentence is for serious consideration, for it covers the work that a number of the newer generation have come to do. in this linking up of the two planes people are required who are polarised in their mental bodies (or, if not polarised there, are nevertheless well rounded out and balanced) and can therefore work safely and with intelligence in this type of work. it necessitates

which the man contacts the different types. these facts involve the secrets of the mysteries, and no purpose is served by revealing them. other types of force from certain of the planetary schemes, as well as from cosmic centres, are brought into play by the initiator and transmitted through the medium of the rod to the various centres in the initiate's three vehicles, the mental, the astral, and the etheric centres. at the fourth initiation a specialised type of force from a centre which must remain nameless is applied to a man's causal body, and is one of the causes of its final disintegration. in thinking of this matter of the attainment of the sons of men, we must recognise that as mankind completes one unification after another, the "heavenly men" on intuitional levels and on spiritua

nk between the two planes exists in the continuity of consciousness which the initiate will have developed, and which will enable him to bring through to the physical brain, occurrences and happenings upon the subjective planes of life. corroboration of initiation corroboration of these occurrences, and proof of the accuracy of the transmitted knowledge will demonstrate as follows: in and through the etheric centres. these centres will be greatly stimulated, and will, through their increased inherent energy, enable the initiate to accomplish more in the path of service than he ever before dreamed possible. his dreams and ideals become, not possibilities, but demonstrating facts in manifestation. the physical centres, such as the pineal gland and the pituitary body, will begin to develop ra

umaras" form a triangle wherein the initiate stands, when he faces the planetary logos. these facts are imparted to teach two things, first, the unity of the method, second, that the truism "as above so below" is an occult fact in nature. at the final two initiations many members of the hierarchy who are, if one might so express it, extra-planetary, and who function outside the dense physical and the etheric globe of our planet, take part, but a stricter enumeration is needless. sanat kumara is still the hierophant, yet in a very esoteric manner it is the planetary logos himself who officiates. they are merged at that time into one identity, manifesting different aspects- 63- initiation, human and solar copyright 1998 lucis trust suffice it to say, in concluding this brief statement, that

ALICE A BAILEY04 A TREATISE ON COSMIC FIRE

ns of the physical vehicle. the autobiography also contains certain statements by the tibetan in regard to his work and some information as to the reasons why it was undertaken. in the early stages the work involved careful attention to the physical plane conditions which might best help to make the telepathic process more successful. but during the latter years the technique was so perfected and the etheric mechanism of a.a.b. so skilfully attuned and adjusted that the whole process was- 1- copyright 1998 lucis trust practically effortless, and the reality and practical usefulness of telepathic interplay was demonstrated to an unique degree. the spiritual truths dealt with involved in many cases the expression by the lower concrete mind (often with the insuperable restrictions of the engl

blending of two divine aspects through the influence of a third, and produces the manifestation which we call a form, starting it upon its evolutionary cycle in time and space. thus is form brought to the point where it is an adequate medium for the demonstration of the nature of that which we call god. fourthly, to give practical information anent those focal points of energy which are found in the etheric bodies of the solar logos, the macrocosm, and of man, the microcosm. as the etheric substratum which is the true substance underlying every tangible form is understood, certain great revolutions will be brought about in the domains of science, of medicine and of chemistry. the study of medicine, for instance, will eventually be taken up from a new angle, and its practice will be built

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

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

the base of the spine. they are situated at a spot which stands in relation to the physical body as the physical sun to the solar system. this central point of heat radiates in all directions, using the spinal column as its main artery, but working in close connection with certain central ganglia, wherever located, and having a special association with the spleen [chart i evolution of matter] in the etheric body, which is an exact replica of its denser counterpart, we have the organ of active or radiatory fire, and, as is well known, the vehicle of prana. its function is to store up the rays of radiatory light and heat which are secured from the sun, and to transmit them, via the spleen, to all parts of the physical body. hence in the future it will come to be recognised that the spine an

scientific endeavor at this time. 3. that emanation of the planet which we might term planetary prana. it is that which is referred to when one speaks of the health-giving qualities of mother nature, and which is back of the cry of the modern physician, when he wisely says "back to the earth" it is the fluidic emanation of this prana which acts upon the physical body, though in this case not via the etheric body. it is absorbed through the skin purely and the pores are its line of least resistance. c. the man. at the base of the spine lie hid the fires of the human system, or the internal fires of the microcosm. the centre is located there, and from it the radiations go forth along the three channels, recognisable in the spine. 1. bodily warmth, the channel along which the heat radiates a

kasha, and in planetary productive substance. 2. nervous response. this is the vitalising tenuous fluid which applies itself to the stimulation of the nervous centres, and which creates electrical response to contact between the nerves and the brain. it should now be more closely studied. it corresponds to systemic electricity, and to planetary electricity. 3. pranic emanation. the emanation, via the etheric body, which corresponds in man to solar prana and to planetary prana. this demonstrates principally in the health aura and has naught to do with magnetic qualities, as generally interpreted when considering a personality, or man as a unit. i make this repetition as it is very necessary that no mental confusion exists between that magnetism which is a spiritual emanation and that which

ALICE A BAILEY05 THE LIGHT OF THE SOUL

l of initiation. at that time the attainment of the third initiation, resulting in the transfiguration of the personality, was the highest initiation that man was capable of achieving. in atlantean days, the progress of the sons of men was procured through the imposition of two yogas. first, the yoga which is called by the name of laya yoga, the yoga of the centres which produced a stabilizing of the etheric body and of the centres in man and the development of the astral and psychic nature. later on, bhakti yoga, growing out of the development of the emotional or astral body, was incorporated with laya yoga and the foundation of that mysticism and devotion, which has been the underlying incentive during our particular aryan root race, was laid. the fourth initiation was at that time the o

with his environment, through the medium of the senses and the mind; 3. the sleep of the soul, which, occultly speaking, covers that part of human experience which dates from a man's first human incarnation until he "awakens" to a knowledge of the plan, and endeavors to bring the lower man into line with the nature and will of the inner spiritual man; 4. the sleep of the ordinary medium, wherein the etheric body is partially extruded from the physical body, and is likewise separated from the astral body, bringing in a condition of very real danger; 5. samadhi, or the sleep of the yogi, the result of the conscious scientific withdrawal of the real man from his lower threefold sheath in order to work on high levels, preparatory to some active service upon the lower; 6. the sleep of the nirm

y fall into four groups: 1. the rendering of the body immune to the attacks of disease or indisposition. this is in itself a triple process involving: a. the eradication of present disease, b. the refining and the purifying of the body so as to rebuild it eventually, c. the protection of the body from future attack and its utilization as a vehicle of the soul. 2. the strengthening and refining of the etheric body in order that it may be finally tuned up so that the work of force direction may be safely undertaken. the disciple has to pass the forces used in his work through his body. 3. the unfoldment and awakening of the centres in the etheric body, the centralization of the fires of the body and their just progression up the spine, in order to make union with the fire of the soul. 4. the

al processes (as they speed up the mental body) have been largely contributory factors. the great contribution of education (in schools, colleges, universities and other allied activities) has been to stimulate the mental bodies of men. it is all part of the great plan, working ever towards the one objective soul unfoldment. 4. wrong directions of the life currents. this is the effect produced in the etheric body by the inner turmoil. these life currents (for the student of occultism) are two in number: a. the life breath or prana, b. the life force or the fires of the body. it is the misuse of the life breath or wrong utilisation of prana that is the cause of eighty per cent of the present physical diseases. the other twenty per cent is produced through ill directed life force through the

knowledge which dreams give. method vii. sutra 39. heart centre. peace can also be reached through concentration upon that which is dearest to the heart. these should be carefully considered, even if no details of procedure can here be given. only the principle and the law involved can be considered by the student. it should be remembered also that all these centres have their correspondences in the etheric matter found in the region of the head and that it is when these seven head centres are awakened that their counterparts are also safely awakened. these seven head centres correspond in the microcosm to the seven rishis of the great bear, the prototypes of the seven heavenly men, and the centres above enumerated relate to the energy of the seven heavenly men themselves. it is not neces

it was the yoga of the third or lemurian root race and its two best known expressions are: a. hatha yoga, b. laya yoga. the former has specifically to do with the physical body, its conscious (not subconscious and automatic) functioning and all the various practices which give man control over the different organs and the entire mechanical apparatus of the physical body. the latter has to do with the etheric body, with the force centers or chakras found in that body and with the distribution of force currents and the awakening of the serpent fire. it might be pointed out that if we divide the human torso into three departments it might be stated that: 1. karma yoga resulted in the awakening of the four centres below the diaphragm, 2. bhakti yoga resulted in their transmutation and transfer

anifestations of his life, or begin to deal with the samkaras or seeds of his future activities. these seeds are kama-manasic (or partially emotional and partially mental) in nature, for desire is potent in its effects and produces the physical vehicle in its two aspects- 82- the light of the soul copyright 1998 lucis trust a. lower manas, or concrete mind is the basic factor in the production of the etheric body. b. kama, or desire is the prime factor in calling the dense physical vehicle into being. the two together are responsible for manifested existence. it is well known that the tree of life is depicted with the roots above and the flowering leaves downwards. in the tiny tree of life of the ego the same symbolic presentation holds true. the roots are found on the mental plane. the fl

ALICE A BAILEY07 FROM INTELLECT TO INTUITION

ts seven points of contact with the physical organism are covered in my book, the soul and its mechanism, and will not be enlarged upon here, beyond quoting one paragraph "behind the objective body lies a subjective form constituted of etheric matter, and acting as a conductor of the life principle of energy, or prana. this life principle is the force aspect of the soul, and through the medium of the etheric body the soul animates the form, gives it its peculiar qualities and attributes, impresses upon it its desires and, eventually, directs it through the activity of the mind. through the medium of the brain the soul galvanizes the body into conscious (directed) activity and through the medium of the heart all parts of the body are pervaded by life".9(34) there is also another "body" whic

ALICE A BAILEY08 A TREATISE ON WHITE MAGIC

in connection with the dense physical body, through the heart. 3. as the activity of the atoms and cells of which the physical body is composed. it is the sum total of those little lives of which the human organs, comprising the entire man, are composed. these have a life of their own and a consciousness which is strictly individual and identified. this aspect of the life principle works through the etheric or vital body and, in connection with the solid mechanism of the tangible form, through the spleen. therefore let us remember that the definition of spirit is not possible of accomplishment, nor is the definition of god. when one says that spirit is the inexpressible, undefinable cause, the emanating energy, the one life and source of being, the totality of all forces, of all states of

e are no separated organisms in it, but it is simply a body of freely flowing force, that force being a blend or unification of two types of energy in varying quantities, dynamic energy, and attractive or magnetic energy. these two types characterise the universal soul likewise the force of will, and of love, or of atma and buddhi, and it is the play of these two forces on matter that attracts to the etheric body of all forms the needed physical atoms and that having so attracted them by the will force drives them into certain activities. 4. this coherent unified body of light and energy is the symbol of the soul in that it has within it seven focal points, wherein the condensation, if it must be so called, of the two blended energies is intensified. these correspond to the seven focal poi

the symbol of the soul in that it has within it seven focal points, wherein the condensation, if it must be so called, of the two blended energies is intensified. these correspond to the seven focal points in the solar system, wherein the solar logos, through the seven planetary logoi, focuses his energies. this will be later elaborated. the point to be noted here is simply the symbolic nature of the etheric or vital body, for it is by understanding the nature of the energies displayed and the unified nature of the form and work that some idea as to the work of the soul, the middle principle in nature, can be grasped. 5. the symbolism is also carried forward when one remembers that the etheric body links the purely physical, or dense body with the purely subtle, the astral or emotional bod

his will be handled particularly with reference to meditation in the daily life, more than from the theoretical and the academical. the significance of the words "the lower light is thrown upward" these deal with the centers and the kundalini fire. i would like here to point out the advisability of each student arriving at an understanding of his etheric body, and this for certain reasons. first, the etheric body is the next aspect of the world substance to be studied by scientists and investigators. this time will be hastened if thinking men and women can formulate intelligent ideas anent this interesting subject. we can aid in the revelation of the truth by our clear thinking and from the standpoint of the present pronouncements about the ether, scientists will eventually arrive at an un

ubstance to be studied by scientists and investigators. this time will be hastened if thinking men and women can formulate intelligent ideas anent this interesting subject. we can aid in the revelation of the truth by our clear thinking and from the standpoint of the present pronouncements about the ether, scientists will eventually arrive at an understanding of etheric forms or bodies. secondly, the etheric body is composed of force currents, and in it are vital centers linked by lines of force with each other and with the nervous system of the physical man. through these lines of force, it is connected also with the etheric body of the environing system. note that in this lies the basis for a belief in immortality, for the law of brotherhood or unity and for astrological truth. thirdly

d of force currents, and in it are vital centers linked by lines of force with each other and with the nervous system of the physical man. through these lines of force, it is connected also with the etheric body of the environing system. note that in this lies the basis for a belief in immortality, for the law of brotherhood or unity and for astrological truth. thirdly, the need of realizing that the etheric body is vitalized and controlled by thought and can (through thought) be brought into full functioning activity. this is done by right thinking and not by breathing exercises and holding the nose. when this is grasped, much dangerous practice will be avoided and people will come into a normal and safe control of that most potent instrument, the vital body. that this end may rapidly be

odies which offer not that resistance which occidental bodies so oft afford. the environment has been long permeated with the strong vibrations of the great ones who reside within its borders and who, in their passage to and fro, and through their proximity, continuously magnetise the environing ether. this in itself affords another line of least resistance, for this etheric magnetisation affects the etheric bodies of the contacted population. these two facts, of time and of high vibration, result in that stability of rhythm which facilitates occult work, and offer a quiet field for mantric and ceremonial enterprise. these conditions are not to be found in the west, where constant change in every branch of life is found, where frequent rapid shifting of the scene of action causes wide area

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

que of contact which is its objective in any particular form. the soul therefore, viewed from one angle, is an aspect of the body, for there is a soul in every atom comprising all bodies in all kingdoms in nature. the subtle coherent soul which is the result of the bringing together of spirit and matter exists as an entity apart from the body nature, and constitutes (when separated from the body) the etheric body, the double, as it is sometimes called, or the counterpart of the physical body. this is the sum total of the soul of the atoms constituting the physical body. it is the true form; it is the principle of coherence in every form. the soul, in relation to the human being, is the mind principle in two capacities, or the mind expressing itself in two ways. these two ways are registere

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

ric psychology i copyright 1998 lucis trust hundred years. first, in about ten years time the first ether, with all that is composed of that matter, will be recognised scientific fact, and the scientists who work intuitionally will come to recognise the devas of that plane. people coming into incarnation on this seventh ray will have the eyes that see, and the purple devas and the lesser devas of the etheric body will be visioned by them. secondly, when he whom both angels and men await, will approach near unto this physical plane, he will bring with him not only some of the great ones and the masters, but some of the devas who stand to the deva evolution as the masters to the human. forget not that the human evolution is but one of many, and that this is a period of crisis among the devas

the human. forget not that the human evolution is but one of many, and that this is a period of crisis among the devas likewise. the call has gone forth for them to approach humanity, and with their heightened vibration and superior knowledge unite their forces with those of humanity, for the progression of the two evolutions. they have much to impart anent colour and sound, and their effect upon the etheric bodies of men and animals. when that which they have to give is apprehended by the race, physical ills will be nullified and attention will be centred upon the infirmities of the astral or emotional body. these violet devas of the four ethers form, as you may imagine, four great groups with seven subsidiary divisions. these four groups work with the four types of men now in incarnation

r are found universally. the four groups of devas are a band of servers to the lord, and their special work is to contact men and to give them definite and experimental teaching. they will instruct in the effect of colour in the healing of disease, especially the effect of the violet light in the lessening of human ills and in the cure of those physical plane sicknesses which have their origin in the etheric body or double. they will teach men to see etherically, by heightening human vibration by action of their own. they will demonstrate to the materialistic thinkers of the world the fact that the superconscious states exist not the superhuman only and will also make clear the hitherto unrecognised fact that other beings, besides the human, have their habitat on earth. they will also teac

ilise the ethers, as he now utilises physical plane matter for his various needs- 84- a treatise on the seven rays- volume i: esoteric psychology i copyright 1998 lucis trust they will enable human beings so to control the ethers that weight will be for them transmuted, and motion will be intensified, becoming more rapid, more gliding, noiseless, and therefore less tiring. in the human control of the etheric levels lie the lessening of fatigue, rapidity of transit, and the ability to transcend time. until this prophecy is a fact in consciousness, its meaning is obscure. they will also teach men how rightly to nourish the body and to draw from the surrounding ethers the requisite food. man will in the future concentrate more on the sound condition of the etheric body, and the functioning of

es itself through all the four kingdoms in nature, is that which gives to our planet its light in the heavens. the planetary light is the sum total of the light, dim and uncertain, to be found in all atoms of radiatory and vibratory matter or substance, which compose all forms in all kingdoms. added to this, there is, within the planet and also within each kingdom in nature, the correspondence to the etheric body with its centres of radiant energy, found underlying or "substanding" the outer physical form. man's etheric body is a corporate part of the planetary etheric body, and constitutes its most refined and most highly developed aspect. as the aeons pass away there is a growing intensity of light radiating forth from our planet. this does not necessarily mean that a dweller on neptune

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

ls into three stages: 1. individualisation..personality. 2. initiation..ego. 3. identification. monad. 1. the three stages of egoic growth we must hold the following statements firmly in our minds. the personality is a triple combination of forces, impressing and absolutely controlling the fourth aspect of the personality which is the dense physical body. the three personality types of energy are the etheric body, which is the vehicle of vital energy, the astral body which is the vehicle of the feeling energy or sentient force, and the mental body which is the vehicle of the intelligent energy of will that is destined to be the dominant creative aspect. it is upon this truth that christian science has laid the emphasis. these forces constitute the lower man. the solar angel is a dual combi

this concerns the passing down to a lower plane, or from a lower plane onto a higher. indications of the importance and the crucial nature of such transition can be seen in certain formulas which are used when passing from one degree in masonry to another, as in raising a lodge from a lower to a higher degree. b. another such point of crisis occurs when the mental body is swept into activity and the etheric body is similarly vitalised. 2. relationship between the ego or soul and the dense physical body is established when a. matter of the three lowest subplanes of the physical plane is built into the etheric body, prior to physical incarnation, and the potential channels of communication and of exit are established. these are the main channel or line of communication found between the cen

us system and are in reality the actuating power of the nervous system. their responsiveness to impacts, outer and inner, is unbelievably great. the nervous reactions of the disciple and highly developed person, whose etheric body is in close rapport with his nervous system, is beyond the average comprehension. 5. the sum-total of the nerves, with the millions of nadis or "thread counterparts" in the etheric body, form a unit, and this unit, according to the teaching of the ageless wisdom, has in it points of focus for different types of energy. these are called "force centres, and upon these depend the life experience of the soul and its expression, and not upon the body. they are the factors which condition the glandular system of the body. 6. this subjective and objective system governs

them with the dual energy emanating from the spleen. the spinal- 41- a treatise on the seven rays- volume ii: esoteric psychology ii copyright 1998 lucis trust tract with its five centres then awakens into activity, and finally all the forces are gathered together into one fused and blended stream of energy. three things then happen: a. the kundalini fire is raised and immediately burns away all the etheric webs which are the protective barriers, separating the various centres. b. the etheric body intensifies its vitality, and the physical body is consequently powerfully vitalised, galvanised, and energised. c. the entire aura is coordinated and illumined, and the soul can then, at will, withdraw from its physical vehicle in full waking consciousness, or stay in it as an incarnated son of

may be stated and is, today, coming to be recognised. but when that has been said, the mystery remains, and will not be revealed, even in partial measure, until the middle of the next century. then revelation may be possible, as there will be more initiates in the world, and inner vision and inner hearing will be more generally recognised and present. when man arrives at a better understanding of the etheric body and its seven force centres (which are all related to the seven rays, and in their expression show the seven characteristics and techniques which are here tabulated anent the rays) then some further light can intelligibly be thrown upon the nature of the seven types of electrical phenomena which we call the seven rays. on the path of return and in connection with the process of de

t way in which i can handle a theme so new and yet so hackneyed is by formulating certain questions and then answering them as fully and as concisely as possible. 1. how do we define the word "service? 2. what is the field of this science and why do we call it a science? 3. what are the characteristics of the true server? 4. what effect does service have? a. on the mind? b. on the emotions? c. on the etheric body? 5. does this science prove that the seven key or ray types employ distinctive methods in their service? the consideration of these questions will enable me to do three things: 1. show in my answers to each question that service is not a sentiment or an ideal, but that it is an effect and a scientific procedure at the same time. 2. indicate the need today for the right understandi

ism (that dire creator of misery) and is the silence that sounds. it would be well to ponder on these last words, for their true meaning cannot be conveyed in words, but only through a life dedicated to the newer rhythms and to the service of the whole. then that "sounding joy" and that "joyful sounding" can make its true meaning felt. what effect does service have upon the mind, the emotions and the etheric body? it must be remembered that it is through its effects that the scientist of the future will begin to deduce the effectual existence of an inner cause, of an inner reality, or of a self or soul. we have- 82- a treatise on the seven rays- volume ii: esoteric psychology ii copyright 1998 lucis trust seen that service is not simply an activity of some person or group doing something w

ALICE A BAILEY12 DISCIPLESHIP IN THE NEW AGE VOLUME I

he channels of communication are between the various individuals in the group and the master, and between the various groups within the ashram of a master. a master's group of disciples, upon the inner side of life, forms an integrated organism, characterised by mutual life, love and interplay. the relationships in such a group are entirely on mental and astral levels and hence the limitations of the etheric force body and of the physical brain are not felt. needless to say the fundamental relation is on soul levels. the fact that the etheric body and the physical brain lie outside these basic relations where the ashram is concerned leads to greater facility in understanding and to reciprocal interplay. it is wise to remember, however, that the astral potency is far more strongly felt on t

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

up the existing glamours and illusions, and so dissipate the ancient deceptive thoughtforms. they will release the light and peace which will illumine the astral plane and dispel the illusory nature of its life. 3. the third group is that of the magnetic healers. these healers have no relation to the work of the so-called magnetic healers of today. they work intelligently with the vital forces of the etheric body. much of their work is dealt with in the fourth volume of a treatise on the seven rays. this group of healers must bring about the right healing of the personalities of individuals in all aspects of their nature. the work to be done is that of the intelligent transmission of energy to various parts of the nature mental, emotional and physical through the right organisation and cir

hat unity is the goal of the immediate future; that hatred is retro-active and undesirable and that goodwill is the touchstone which will transform the world. how then can you keep your minds free from your own desires and from your own interpretations? by achieving that poised and positive negativity on the part of the two lower aspects of the personality the astral body and the brain as well as the etheric brain; these determine the reactions of the lower centres, particularly of the solar plexus centre. the mind will then be left free to fulfil three functions: 1. that of soul contact; this will result in illumination and a working knowledge of the immediate aspects of the plan. 2. that of thought formulation and thoughtform creation. then a clear thoughtform can be constructed with def

ion and the setting up of that inter-communication between the group members which will result in the needed interplay and- 58- discipleship in the new age- volume i copyright 1998 lucis trust telepathic communication; this will finally establish that golden network of light which will serve to create a powerful focal point; this focal point will be the agent for the revitalisation spiritually of the etheric body of humanity as a whole. this is an essential and important statement. this focal point will, in its turn, aid in the revitalising of the etheric body of the planet with new power and with fresh impulse. i have for several years attempted to be your teacher, your master and, i think i may say, your friend. there has been established between us a very strong link of love and underst

ingly possible, but in the meantime a hint will have to suffice. it is foundational in nature and will have to be accepted and somewhat understood prior to successful work in all these pioneering groups. think outwardly towards each other in love. just simply that, my brothers simply and humbly that and no more than that at present. can you accept such a simple rule apparently simple? in this way the etheric body of this group of disciples will be animated by the golden energy and the light of love and thus a network of light will be- 62- discipleship in the new age- volume i copyright 1998 lucis trust established which will form a focal point of energy in the etheric body of humanity itself and eventually in the planetary etheric body also. 3. the general group objective. this is the shif

light of love and thus a network of light will be- 62- discipleship in the new age- volume i copyright 1998 lucis trust established which will form a focal point of energy in the etheric body of humanity itself and eventually in the planetary etheric body also. 3. the general group objective. this is the shifting of consciousness of all integrated human beings in increasingly large numbers on to the etheric levels of consciousness and activity. this entails conscious work on those levels as energy units, each contributing his individual share and his special quota of energy to the sum total of available etheric energy and doing this both consciously and intelligently. when this is done, the man is then ready for the first initiation and is a true occultist working with energy under hierar

ALICE A BAILEY15 THE DESTINY OF THE NATIONS

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

n of the human personality, the higher integration between soul and personality is today more possible and more easily accomplished than ever before. the new forms, through which that much desired consummation can be affected, must be consequently gradually and scientifically developed. this, as you may well conceive, will be achieved through the intensification of the forces, functioning through the etheric body, through the coordination of the seven major centres, and the establishing of their rhythmic relationship. the seventh ray governs predominantly upon the etheric levels of the physical plane. it does not govern the dense physical form which is under the control of the third ray. it is the vital or the etheric body which is responsive to and developed by the incoming seventh ray in

for that which could unify the three lower physical levels and this is in its nature deeply symbolic of racial unfoldment. these levels symbolise the integrated man physical, astral and mental. when to these elements the philosopher's stone is added and has done its magical work, then you have the symbolic representation of the control by the soul of the four higher levels of the physical plane, the etheric or energy levels. of this desirable consummation, the philosopher's stone is the emblem. i said "emblem" and i did not say "symbol" a symbol is an outer and visible sign of an inner and spiritual reality, carried out into expression upon the physical plane by the force of the inner embodied life. an emblem is man's formulation of a concept, created by man and embodying for him the trut

i said "emblem" and i did not say "symbol" a symbol is an outer and visible sign of an inner and spiritual reality, carried out into expression upon the physical plane by the force of the inner embodied life. an emblem is man's formulation of a concept, created by man and embodying for him the truth as he sees it and understands it. a symbol is ever greater in its implications than is an emblem. the etheric levels are also the field of expression for the soul, whether it is the human soul or the soul as an expression of the higher triad, the monadic life. i wonder whether any of you have the faintest idea what will happen to humanity when the inner subjective reality, functioning through the etheric and pouring its forces unimpeded through the centres in that body, will have made its majo

impulsive activity is called energy and that which is conditioned by and swept into activity through its agency is called force. the terms are therefore relative and- 70- the destiny of the nations copyright 1998 lucis trust movable. for the bulk of humanity, for instance, astral impulse is the highest energy to which they normally aspire and the forces upon which astral energy plays will then be the etheric and physical forces. higher energies may intermittently control, but as a general rule the life incentive or impulse is astral, and this can either be called desire or aspiration, according to the objective. the latter may simply be mental ambition or desire for power and the term "aspiration" should not be confined only to so-called religious impulses, mystical longings and the demand

lucis trust the keynote of the seventh ray disciple is "radiatory activity" hence the emergence in world thought of certain new ideas mental radiation or telepathy, the radiatory use of heat, the discovery of radium. all this connotes seventh ray activity. the divine principle with which the seventh ray humanity will be mainly concerned is that of life as it expresses itself through the medium of the etheric body. it is for this reason that we find a growing interest in the nature of vitality; the function of the glands is being studied and before long their major function as vitality generators will be noted. esoterically, they are regarded as externalisations upon the physical plane of force centres in the etheric body and their aliveness or their lack of activity are indicative of the c

ically, they are regarded as externalisations upon the physical plane of force centres in the etheric body and their aliveness or their lack of activity are indicative of the condition of those centres. the shift of the world interest is also into the realm of economics which is definitely the realm of life sustenance. much is, therefore, bound to happen in all these spheres of interest, and once the etheric body becomes an established scientific fact and the centres major and minor are recognised as the foci of all energy as it expresses itself through the human body upon the physical plane, we shall see a great revolution take place in medicine, in diet and in the handling of daily life activity. this will produce great changes in the mode of work and labour and above everything else in

ALICE A BAILEY16 GLAMOUR A WORLD PROBLEM

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

which he should be rendering. emphasise in your own minds the spontaneity of the life of the soul and spoil it not with the glamour of high aspiration selfishly interpreted, self-centredness, self-immolation, self-aggressiveness, self-assertiveness in spiritual work such are some of the glamours of the path- 48- glamour: a world problem copyright 1998 lucis trust next, we will consider glamour on the etheric plane and the theme of the dweller upon the threshold, and thus complete the brief outline of our problem which the first part of this teaching was intended to convey. before taking up this subject in some detail, i would like to add something to our previous consideration of the problem of glamour. in your last instruction, i elaborated somewhat upon the subject of the various types o

early stages of evolution. upon the path, one begins to watch for and to discover the effects of force; one finds oneself consciously the victim of force currents; one is swept into activity of some kind by uncontrolled forces, and the world of force becomes a consciously sensed reality to the struggling aspirant. it is for this reason that i have stated that maya is predominantly a difficulty of the etheric body, for in relation to maya we are dealing with the forces pouring through the seven centres of the body (in all or in some, producing reactions and effects that are desirable or disastrous. it is naturally necessary to realise that all manifestation on all levels is an expression of force, but the forces to which i refer here under the term maya are those uncontrolled energies, thos

rstand the means to freedom which are: intuition, illumination and inspiration. the problem of maya is complicated by the fact that upon the physical plane (as upon the astral plane, though this is as yet little realised) you have the battle of a pair of opposites. these are of a different nature in some respects to those found upon the astral plane. on the physical plane (and by that i mean upon the etheric levels of the physical plane whereon the deceptive power of maya is experienced) there is the meeting of the forces of the subjective world of the personality and the ancient energies of matter itself, brought over as latent seeds from an earlier solar system. it might perhaps become clearer to your perception if i worded the truth about maya as follows: the latent impulses of the pers

t impulses of the personality life, when divorced from and not under soul control, are blended with the pranic fluids within the periphery of the personality sphere of influence, and then become potent directed streams of force, seeking emergence into physical manifestation through the medium of the seven centres in the physical body. these forces or impulses, plus the prana available, constitute the etheric body of the undeveloped and frequently of the average man. it will be apparent, therefore, how much the undeveloped man is the victim of mass energy of a low kind, for his etheric body is responsive to, and draws its energy from a type of general environing prana, until such time as there is a definite direction and a higher control either through oriented aspiration and mental discipl

ic substance, thus producing a definite fusing and blending. this causes the animal nature to conform entirely to the inner impulses, emanating from the world of prana, where the entirely undeveloped man is concerned, or from the lower astral where the more developed or average man is concerned. 2. the moment, however, that an inner orientation towards the world of higher values takes place, then the etheric or vital force is brought into conflict with the lowest aspect of man, the dense physical body, and the battle of the lower pairs of opposites takes place. it is interesting to note that it is during this stage that the emphasis is laid upon physical disciplines, upon such controlling factors as total abstinence, celibacy, and vegetarianism, and- 52- glamour: a world problem copyright

wo aspects is concerned, can be seen taking place in the animal kingdom. in this process, human beings act as the agents of discipline, and the domesticated animals, which are forced to conform to human control, are wrestling (even if unconsciously from our point of view) with the problem of this lower pair of opposites. their battle is fought out through the medium of the dense physical body and the etheric forces, and in this way a higher aspiration is brought into expression. this produces in them the experience which we call "individualisation" wherein the seed of personality is sown. on the human battlefield, the kurukshetra, the higher aspect of the soul begins to dominate, producing the process of divine-human integration which we call "initiation" ponder upon this. when an aspirant

ALICE A BAILEY17 TELEPATHY AND THE ETHERIC VEHICLE

r you. to more active and steady enterprise i call you. the tibetan. publisher s note: see also the techniques of fusion and integration in a treatise on the seven rays, vol. ii, esoteric psychology, pp. 345-401- 163- glamour: a world problem copyright 1998 lucis trust endnotes 1 discipleship in the new age, vol. i, pp. 583-584- 164- glamour: a world probascopyright 1998 lucis trust telepathy and the etheric vehicle by alice a. bailey copyright 1950 by lucis trust copyright renewed 1978 by lucis trust teaching on telepathy i. the field of telepathic interplay one of the characteristics, distinguishing the group of world servers and knowers, is that the outer organisation which holds them integrated is practically non-existent. they are held together by the inner structure of thought and by

e rather meaningless word: omnipresence. omnipresence has its basis in the substance of the universe, and in what the scientists call the ether; this word "ether" is a generic term covering the ocean of energies which are all inter-related and which constitute that one synthetic energy body of our planet. in approaching, therefore, the subject of telepathy, it must be carefully borne in mind that the etheric body of every form in nature is an integral part of the substantial form of god himself not the dense physical form, but what the esotericists regard as the form-making substance. we use the word god to signify the expression of the one life which animates every form on the outer objective plane. the etheric or energy body, therefore, of every human being is an integral part of the eth

god to signify the expression of the one life which animates every form on the outer objective plane. the etheric or energy body, therefore, of every human being is an integral part of the etheric body of the planet itself and consequently of the solar system. through this medium, every human being is basically related to every other expression of the divine life, minute or great. the function of the etheric body is to receive energy impulses and to be swept into activity by these impulses, or streams of force, emanating from some originating source or other. the etheric body is in reality naught but energy. it is composed of myriads of threads of force or tiny streams of energy, held in relation to the emotional and mental bodies and to the soul by their coordinating effect. these streams

ty naught but energy. it is composed of myriads of threads of force or tiny streams of energy, held in relation to the emotional and mental bodies and to the soul by their coordinating effect. these streams of energy, in their turn, have an effect on the physical body and swing it into activity of some kind or another, according to the nature and power of whatever type of energy may be dominating the etheric body at any particular time. through the etheric body, therefore, circulates energy emanating from some mind. with humanity in the mass, response is made unconsciously to the rulings of the universal mind; this is complicated in our time and age by a growing responsiveness to the mass ideas called sometimes public opinion of the rapidly evolving human mentality. within the human family

mplicated in our time and age by a growing responsiveness to the mass ideas called sometimes public opinion of the rapidly evolving human mentality. within the human family are also found those who respond to that inner group of thinkers who, working in mental matter, control from the subjective side of life the emergence of the great plan and the manifestation of divine purpose- 2- telepathy and the etheric vehicle copyright 1998 lucis trust this group of thinkers falls into seven main divisions and is presided over by three great lives or super-conscious entities. these three are the manu, the christ, and the mahachohan. these three work primarily through the method of influencing the minds of the adepts and the initiates. these latter in their turn influence the disciples of the world

in conclave and it was felt that something could be done. the master jesus undertook to present it to his group of disciples as he was working in the occident. one of these disciples on the inner planes, seized upon the suggestion and passed it on (or rather stepped it down) until it registered in the brain of colonel house. he, not recording the source (of which he was totally- 3- telepathy and the etheric vehicle copyright 1998 lucis trust unaware, passed it on in turn to that sixth ray aspirant, called woodrow wilson. then, fed by the wealth of analogous ideas in the minds of many, it was presented to the world. it should be borne in mind that the function of a disciple is to focus a stream of energy of some special kind upon the physical plane where it can become an attractive centre

veloped by the emerging group of mystics and world servers who constitute, in embryo, the world saviour. only those who know something of the meaning of concentration and meditation and who can hold the mind steady in the light will be able to understand the first law and comprehend that interplay of thought-directed energies which finds one terminal of expression in the mind of- 4- telepathy and the etheric vehicle copyright 1998 lucis trust some inspired thinker, and the other terminal in the mind of the attentive world server who seeks to tune in on those mind processes which hold the clue to ultimate world salvation. the thought-directing energy has for its source a thinker who can enter into the divine mind, owing to his having transcended human limitation; the thought-directed receiv

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

the activity and the manifestation of energy of certain lives whose cycle of expression and whose infinite purposes lie outside the comprehension of the most advanced and illumined minds on our planet. the next point for each of you to grasp is the fact that the ether of space is the field in and through which the energies from the many originating sources play. we are, therefore, concerned with the etheric body of the planet, of the solar system, and of the seven solar systems of which our system is one, as well as with the general and vaster etheric body of the universe in which we are located. i employ the word "located" here with deliberation and because of the inferences to which it leads. this vaster field, as well as the smaller and more localised fields, provides the medium of tra

mines and conditions the physical body, for it is itself the repository and the transmitter of energy from the various subjective aspects of man and also from the environment in which man (both inner and outer man) finds himself. two other points should here be added. first: the individual etheric body is not an isolated and separated human vehicle but is, in a peculiar sense, an integral part of the etheric body of that entity which we have called the human family; this kingdom in nature, through its etheric body, is an integral part of the planetary etheric body; the planetary etheric body is not separated off from the etheric bodies of other planets but all of them in their totality, along with the etheric body of the sun constitute the etheric body of the solar system. this is related

etheric body of that entity which we have called the human family; this kingdom in nature, through its etheric body, is an integral part of the planetary etheric body; the planetary etheric body is not separated off from the etheric bodies of other planets but all of them in their totality, along with the etheric body of the sun constitute the etheric body of the solar system. this is related to the etheric bodies of the six solar systems which, with ours, form a cosmic unity and into these pour energies and forces from certain great constellations. the field of space is etheric in nature and its vital body is composed of the totality of etheric bodies of all constellations, solar systems and planets which are found therein. throughout this cosmic golden web there is a constant circulatio

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

vements" he must perforce share because his small modicum of energy is an integral part of theirs. there is one aspect of energy for which the modern astrologer makes very little allowance, and yet it is of paramount importance. this is the energy which emanates from or radiates from the earth itself. living as all human beings do upon the surface of the earth and being, therefore, projected into the etheric body of the planet (for the reason that "man stands erect) man's body is at all times bathed in the emanations and the radiations of our earth and in the integral quality of our planetary logos as he sends forth and transmits energy within his planetary environment. astrologers have always emphasised the incoming influences and energies as they beat upon and play through our little pla

s which are related to the constellations of the zodiac and whose force reaches us through these constellations and not directly. besides these, it should be remembered that technically we should also add the radiatory influence which comes direct to us from the planet, the earth, upon which we live. then, and only then, can you have a fairly complete analysis and picture of the energies to which the etheric body of man (conditioning the physical body which is pre-eminently automatic and negative in its reactions) must and does ever respond. an understanding of that response and the conscious intelligent control of individual reactions are supremely necessary to man but only become possible at a fairly advanced stage of development and as he nears the path (technically understood. man lear

und the zodiac from aries to pisces instead of the reverse movement, from aries to taurus. this is repeated in the human frame and the four lower centres eventually return that which has come to them. they thus reverse the process normally followed and the centres above the diaphragm become radio-active, dynamic and magnetic. this is an intricate occult study and is concerned with the response of the etheric body to the incoming energies. it relates finally the lowest centre at the base of the spine to the highest centre, the head centre. this is a correspondence to the relation of the earth to the sun. think this out. as we work and study over these matters, let us bear in mind always the fact that we are considering the seven rays and their inter-relations in the cosmic process. we are c

ALICE A BAILEY19 THE UNFINISHED AUTOBIOGRAPHY

s trust then followed a treatise on white magic. this was written years ago and as it was written it went out, chapter by chapter, to the senior students of the arcane school as reading matter only. it is the first book ever given out upon the training and control of the astral or emotional body. many occult books have been written on the subject of the physical body and its purification and upon the etheric or vital body. most of them have been compilations of other books, both ancient or modern. this book of mine, however, is intended to train the modern aspirant in the control of his astral body, by the aid of the mind as that mind is, in its turn, illumined by the soul. the next book undertaken was a treatise on the seven rays. it is a long book, not yet completed. it is taking shape i

re the exoteric fundamental truths of the present. during the past one hundred years, the esoteric doctrines and the secret teaching of the ageless wisdom given to the public often under the pledge of secrecy have become public property. the nature of man as taught in the mystery schools of the past has under other names become recognisable as modern psychology. the mystery of the astral body, of the etheric body and the mental body are now dealt with in our universities, in our psychological courses, dealing with the vitality of the human being, his emotional nature and the mind. the belief in the masters was a closely guarded secret; now they are discussed from public platforms in all our great cities. the way of meditation and its techniques were closely guarded subjects and the public

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

s trust possess the varying functions which enable the soul to express itself on the physical or objective plane as part of a greater and more inclusive organism. the physical body is the response apparatus of the indwelling spiritual man and serves to put that spiritual entity en rapport with the response apparatus of the planetary logos, the life in which we live and move and have our being. 2. the etheric body, which has one main objective. this is to vitalise and energise the physical body and thus integrate it into the energy body of the earth and of the solar system. it is a web of energy streams, of lines of force and of light. it constitutes part of the vast network of energies which underlies all forms whether great or small (microcosmic or macrocosmic. along these lines of energy

e solar system. it is a web of energy streams, of lines of force and of light. it constitutes part of the vast network of energies which underlies all forms whether great or small (microcosmic or macrocosmic. along these lines of energy the cosmic forces flow, as the blood flows through the veins and arteries. this constant, individual human, planetary and solar circulation of life-forces through the etheric bodies of all forms is the basis of all manifested life, and the expression of the essential non-separateness of all life. 3. the astral or desire body (sometimes called the emotional body) is the effect of the interplay of desire and of sentient response upon the self at the centre, and the resultant effect in that body is experienced as emotion and as pain and pleasure and the other

sis of all manifested life, and the expression of the essential non-separateness of all life. 3. the astral or desire body (sometimes called the emotional body) is the effect of the interplay of desire and of sentient response upon the self at the centre, and the resultant effect in that body is experienced as emotion and as pain and pleasure and the other pairs of opposites. in these two bodies, the etheric and astral bodies, ninety percent of the causes of physical disease and troubles is to be found. 4. the mental body, or that much of the chitta or mind stuff which an individual human unit can use and impress, constitutes the fourth of the series of mechanisms at the disposal of the soul. at the same time let it not be forgotten that these four constitute one mechanism. five percent of

of and the vital causes of such diseases, and to indicate the general laws with which the healer must work and the six rules which he must impose upon himself and to which he gives obedience, through discipline and understanding. you will have noted that i listed the psychological causes under four headings: 1. those arising out of the emotional-feeling nature. 2. those which have their origin in the etheric body. 3. those which are based on wrong thought. 4. the peculiar complaints and psychological troubles of disciples. it may have interested you to see that i place the ills of the etheric body in the second place and not the first. the reason for this is that the group ills and diseases which have fastened upon the race, work primarily through the etheric body and find their way out in

those which are based on wrong thought. 4. the peculiar complaints and psychological troubles of disciples. it may have interested you to see that i place the ills of the etheric body in the second place and not the first. the reason for this is that the group ills and diseases which have fastened upon the race, work primarily through the etheric body and find their way out into manifestation via the etheric bodies of all forms. but i have placed them second, even though they are in the last analysis the most numerous, owing to the fact that humanity cannot as yet deal with these en masse. the approach has to be through individuals, and men must clear their astral or emotional bodies of those conditions which pre-dispose them to disease, as individuals. at present, the race is astrally pol

n such a condition that death naturally supervenes. it might be stated as a basic generalisation that personal physical trouble has its seat at present in the emotional body, and that that vehicle of expression is the one predominant predisposing agent in the ill health of the individual, just as group ills and the sweep of epidemics of any kind through the masses are founded in some condition in the etheric substance of the planet. those diseases which are general, national, racial and planetary find their way to an individual via his etheric body, but are not so personal in their implications. upon this i will later enlarge. today i but lay down the general proposition. i would also like to point out that the diseases for the masses, for the average citizen, for the- 15- a treatise on th

nise; it is not easy or possible for him to grasp these distinctions and to gauge the point in evolution which a man may have reached. some diseases must be dealt with from the mental plane, and will call in the mind of the healer; others require a concentration of emotional energy by the healing agent; and again, in other cases, the healer should seek to be only a transmitter of pranic energy to the etheric body of the patient, via his own etheric body. how many healers are really consciously aware of the focus of the consciousness or the life force in the patient with whom they may be concerned? how many realise anything of the type of healing which it is possible and necessary to apply to a disciple? how few realise that no disciple, for instance, can place himself in the hands of the a

ALICE A BAILEY21 EDUCATION IN THE NEW AGE

the truth of this bridging necessity. the antahkarana is the bridge the man builds through meditation, understanding and the magical creative work of the soul between the three aspects of his mind nature. therefore the primary objectives of the coming education will be: 1. to produce alignment between mind and brain through a correct understanding of the inner constitution of man, particularly of the etheric body and the force centres. 2. to build or construct a bridge between the brain-mind-soul, thus producing an integrated personality which is a steady developing expression of the in-dwelling soul. 3. to build the bridge between the lower mind, soul, higher mind, so that the illumination of the personality becomes possible- 10- education in the new age copyright 1998 lucis trust viii. t

en done. humanity has as a whole already bridged the gap between the emotional astral nature and the physical man. as i said elsewhere: we might generalise in the following manner as to the stages of growth and consequent ability to become the agent of ever increasing powers, tapping the resources of dynamic energy in the three worlds: lower types of humanity use the sutratma as it passes through the etheric body. average men utilise almost entirely that part of the sutratma which passes through the astral plane. their reactions are largely based on desire, and are emotional. intellectual men utilise the sutratma as it passes through the lower levels of the mental plane, down through the astral to the physical in its two sections. their activities are energised by mind and not by desire, a

l. this soul is essentially intelligence, vitally used on each plane. it functions as the discriminating mind on the mental plane, as the sensitive consciousness on the emotional plane, and as the active participator in physical life. this intelligent activity is always used from the wisdom angle. 11. the new education will take into consideration: a. the mind and its relation to the energy body, the etheric body, which underlies the nervous system and which galvanises the physical body into activity. b. the mind and its relation to the brain. c. the mind and its relation to the seven centres of force in the etheric body, and their externalisation and utilisation through the medium of the major nerve plexi to be found in the human body, and their relation (which will become increasingly ob

re of the forces which constitute his personality equipment and which he himself magnetically brought into expression in the three worlds. they form a combination of active forces; he must learn to differentiate between strictly physical energy, which is automatic in its response to other and inner energies, and those which come from emotional and mental levels of consciousness, focussing through the etheric body which, in turn, motivates and galvanises his physical vehicle into certain activities. 2. to become sensitive to the impelling energies of the soul, emanating from the higher mental levels. these seek to control the forces of the threefold man when a certain definite point in evolution is reached. 3. to recognise the conditioning energies in his environment, seeing them not as eve

ly revealed world of meaning; he then learns to incorporate his little personal problems into the problem of the larger whole, thus losing sight of the little self and discovering the larger self. the true esoteric viewpoint is always that of the larger whole. he finds the world of meaning spread like an intricate network over all activity and every aspect of the phenomenal world. of this network the etheric web is the symbol and design; and the etheric web to be found between the centres up the individual spinal column is its microcosmic correspondence, like a series of doors of entrance into the larger world of meaning. this, in reality, concerns the true science of the centres to which i have frequently referred. they are modes of conscious entry (when developed and functioning) into a

e which will be indicative of future developments and point the way to where the changed attitude may be anticipated. let me list them as follows: 1. the emphasis in the future will shift from the urge to produce large families to that of producing quality and intelligence in the offspring. this will include that science of which eugenics is the distorted and exoteric indication. when the fact of the etheric body with its force centres is scientifically established, the above prophecy will assume significance and meaning. 2. the need of an increasing birthrate will be eventually regarded as erroneous, and this for three reasons which it would profit you to study: a. many souls are rapidly achieving perfection and passing away altogether from our planetary life. this process will be intensi

purpose, is especially the science of light manifestation with its results of revelation and consequent changes. it should be remembered that- 94- education in the new age copyright 1998 lucis trust a. light is substantial, and from the angle of the spirit is a sublimation or higher form of material matter. b. light is also the quality or major characteristic of the soul in its own realm, and of the etheric body (a reflection of the soul eventually) in the three worlds of human evolution. c. the object of the science with which we are dealing is to fuse the lower and the upper lights, so that one light shines forth in physical manifestation and a synthesis of light is consequently brought about. d. technically speaking, two light bodies exist the vital or etheric body and the soul vehicle

ALICE A BAILEY22 DISCIPLESHIP IN THE NEW AGE VOLUME II

as the spiritual result of the esoteric manifestation of the potency of life to be found in the seed group. the work to be done by us in joint cooperation (as regards your training) was organised by me into seven teaching units: i. definite planned meditation. ii. teaching upon the subject of initiation. iii. training in telepathy. iv. consideration of the problems of humanity. v. teaching anent the etheric body. vi. added to the above, i seek to give each of you a measure of individual help and instruction. vii. as time goes on, i will convey information anent the work of the masters' ashrams and their planned externalisation. i am going to ask you to give two relatively brief periods of time each day to definite and defined meditation. one period (the most important) must be given to th

oks. it is the new world which we shall start to study, the new opportunities and the new complexities, as well as the new and coming simplifications in life and being. they concern primarily the service of the initiate; hitherto we have only considered the service which disciples, aspirants and men of goodwill can render. v. i shall give you some clear and definite instructions anent the uses of the etheric body. this vehicle of vitality or energy is the ultimate conditioning factor in the activity of the physical body. it is an initiator, for there is no physical activity as we understand it unless impulsed by some energy emanating from the etheric body. an understanding of some of the processes of initiation will come from an understanding of the body of vitality. the etheric body is th

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

es upon the masters as well as upon the incoming and junior, and therefore inexperienced, disciples? if, however, the relation between the hierarchy and humanity is thus strengthened and there is freer access in both directions, there will clearly emerge the invocational pull or the magnetic potency of these blending centres: the pull will be upon shamballa, which is the highest centre of all. is the etheric web of the planet sufficiently stable and balanced so that it can adequately respond to the new and potent forces which could and will pour through it into objective expression? i- 43- discipleship in the new age- volume ii copyright 1998 lucis trust would remind you that the release of atomic energy has had a far more potent effect in the etheric web than in the dense physical vehicle

and will pour through it into objective expression? i- 43- discipleship in the new age- volume ii copyright 1998 lucis trust would remind you that the release of atomic energy has had a far more potent effect in the etheric web than in the dense physical vehicle of the planet. three times the atomic bomb was used, and that fact is itself significant. it was used twice in japan, thereby disrupting the etheric web in what you erroneously call the far east; it was used once in what is also universally called the far west, and each time a great area of disruption was formed which will have future potent, and at present unsuspected, results. the formation of the triangles of light and of goodwill[page 62] essentially the manipulation of energy into a desired thought pattern has a definite relat

esoteric truth, necessary in preparation for initiation, will continue; it is essential that the second volume of discipleship in the new age should reach the public. this new teaching (or rather this new sequence of teaching) in its timed presentation consists, as you already know, of six themes or subjects: instruction on meditation. teaching on initiation. training in telepathy. teaching anent the etheric body. the problems of humanity. the externalisation of the ashrams. you will continue to receive these papers, not as an affiliated member of my ashram, but only as an intelligent, trained aspirant who is privileged to be used in building up the needed thoughtforms anent the correct aspects of the teaching so that the seed or germ may be truly implanted in the human consciousness and t

right 1998 lucis trust 2. carry the thought or consciousness upward through the astral body and the mind to the soul. 3. identify the personality consciousness with the soul consciousness, and realise that they are one. ii. from that point, definitely and consciously, assume the attitude of the observer. this also involves three stages: 1. observe the personality and consider it from the angle of the etheric body. 2. consciously throw soul energy down into the centre at the base of the spine. then raise it slowly, via the five centres and the two head centres (ajna and highest head centre, up into the soul body. this produces, when correctly done, a vivifying of the sutratma and links the personality and soul into one blended unit. it is what might be called the acme of alignment. 3. then

ALICE A BAILEY23 THE EXTERNALISATION OF THE HIERARCHY

ll souls go forth to incarnation and all souls return from the place of experience and of experiment. it might be asked what ground this training should cover. i would suggest that teaching should be given as to the nature of man and the purpose and objectives of the soul; training can be offered as to the technique of expression, and careful instruction also given as to the use of the centres in the etheric body and in the development of the ability to preserve inviolate the attitude of the positive onlooker, who is always the directing, controlling factor. there will have to be careful analysis of the type and character of the psychic, and then the application of differentiated and suitable methods so that he may progress with the least hindrance. training schools and classes which seek

uiescent cells into activity and awakens the brain consciousness to the light of the soul. this process of ordered meditation, when carried forward over a period of years and supplemented by meditative living and one-pointed service, will successfully arouse the entire system, and bring the lower man under the influence and control of the spiritual man; it will awaken also the centres of force in the etheric body and stimulate into activity that mysterious stream of energy which sleeps at the base of the spinal column. when this process is carried forward with care and due safeguards, and under direction, and when the process is spread over a long period of time there is little risk of danger, and the awakening will take place normally and under the law of being itself. if, however, the tu

the initial or first group to lay the emphasis upon telepathic rapport, because upon that rapport, understandingly cultivated and developed, the success of these seed groups must depend. it does not mean that their success depends upon the established success of the first group, but upon the comprehension by all the groups of the meaning and purpose and techniques of telepathy (see telepathy and the etheric vehicle) the founding upon the inner planes of a school of telepathy to which humanity can become sensitive, even if unconsciously so, is part of the task which the first group, the telepathic communicators, has undertaken. they are the custodians of the group purpose, and work on mental levels. the second group, the trained observers, has the objective to see clearly through- 21- the

ession, through consciousness, of the divine life. the first three groups which i have formed are intended to be small reflections of these three aspects from the angle of modern need and the meeting of that need. i have indicated somewhat the intended work of the first group from the angle of telepathic- 24- the externalisation of the hierarchy copyright 1998 lucis trust interplay (telepathy and the etheric vehicle. the method of communication between the members of the hierarchy has to be externalised, eventually, upon earth and this is one of the tasks of the group. it might be of service to you if i outlined a little more clearly what is the purpose of the new seed groups, in terms of the new age civilisation and culture so that the practical results might be visioned with clarity and

olves: 1. the bringing through of healing divine energy. 2. the exclusion of the astral world, and therefore illusion. 3. the utilisation of the healing energy in full waking consciousness upon the physical plane. most of the healers in the world are working as follows: 1. as purely physical healers, dealing with the vital forces of the physical body, and with their own consciousness polarised in the etheric body. 2. as emotional astral psychics, with the consciousness polarised upon the astral plane, and utilising the astral body and working in and with glamour and illusion. the effect of their work, if successful (and i would have you note that "if" for i deal with the idea of relative permanency) may be one of two things: a. they may cure the physical ills in the patient which are of su

me in the work of the future, each day to use the very brief meditation which i outline below. it is dynamic- 205- the externalisation of the hierarchy copyright 1998 lucis trust affirmative and if rightly used should link head and heart, leading thus to intelligent loving service, and it should also serve to bind you all together in the closest spiritual unity. this will aid in the vitalising of the etheric bodies of all workers, and therefore in a group vitality which will be irresistible. suggested meditation each morning, prior to starting the day's activities, achieve an inner quiet, see the self as the soul, place your self at the disposition of the soul, of humanity and of your group. 1. then say silently and with full dynamic intent: at the centre of all love i stand; from that cen

enter into the lives of human beings with more power than has lately been the case. the call has gone out for them again to approach humanity, and with their heightened vibration and superior knowledge unite their forces with those of the christ and his disciples for the helping of the race. they have, for instance, much to communicate anent colour and sound, and the effect of these two forces on the etheric bodies of men and animals and flowers. when what they have to impart is apprehended by the race, physical ills and sickness will be offset. the group of violet angels or devas who work on the four etheric levels will be especially active and they will work in the four main groups of men who are in incarnation at any given time. four rays dominate at any period, with one of the four mor

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

they tend to become powerful, and thereby fully express that which is in them. c. a dominant controlling lunar lord who is that which we understand by the term the 'lower personality; he (if the personal pronoun can be used) is the sumtotal of the physical, astral and mental elementals, and it is this power which at present forces the 'fiery energies' of the body to feed the lower three centres. the etheric body has a unique and curious position, being simply the vehicle for prana or life and the centre which it uses exists in a category by itself. 3. all subhuman forms in their aggregate prove a powerful deterrent factor in the progress towards emancipation of the real man. they form the opposite to what we understand by the world of the master and the two are in direct opposition to eac

ehind the group there stands the door; before them opens out the way" this is the lower correspondence of the higher initiate-experience with which our rule is dealing. again, this time in relation to the soul, comes the repetition of the discovery of the door, its use and its appearance, finally, behind the initiate. this time the door must be found upon the mental plane, and not as earlier upon the etheric level; this is brought about by the aid of the soul and of the lower mind and through the revealing power of the clear cold light of the reason. when discovered, the "revelation of a terrible though beautiful experiment" faces the initiate. he finds that this time alignment is not his need, but the definite undertaking of a creative work the building of a bridge between the door which

t be. this law of the supplementary seven is concerned with the inflow of energy from the seven planetary centres to the seven groups or types of men, via the seven groups within the hierarchy. in this work of transmission the seven centres of the initiate are used as agencies; their work, therefore, is not the interrelated work of right transmission of energy within the septenary constitution of the etheric body of the individual initiate, implementing his life expression, but is the task of being responsive to the seven types of planetary energy which are received in a pure state. it is then channeled through the seven centres in the initiate's etheric vehicle and out into the world of men as regenerative and constructive forces. these living spiritual energies transmitted by the individ

ss-not altogether. thus the law of the supplementary seven is ever in force. it functions in the processes going on in the seven centres of the individual man, gathering energy from one centre into another until all are centred, controlled and directed in the head. in the stage of what the hindus call "samadhi" the vital energies from all the centres are concentrated in the highest head centre in the etheric body, in the area just above the physical head. thus the analogy is complete. the processes of abstraction are (as you may thus see) connected with the life aspect, are set in motion by an act of the spiritual will, and constitute the "resurrection principle which lies hidden in the work of the destroyer" as an old esoteric saying expresses it. the lowest manifestation of this principl

initiation all veils are rent and naught stands- 115- a treatise on the seven rays- volume v: the rays and the initiations copyright 1998 lucis trust between the initiate and essential being. rule ten we now come to one of the most abstruse and difficult of all the rules for initiates; yet at the same time it is one of the most practical in application and of the greatest usefulness. it concerns the etheric levels of activity. i would have you note that i did not say the etheric levels of consciousness, for there is no such thing as consciousness upon the etheric planes. the four planes which constitute the etheric levels of the physical plane are the lowest correspondence to the four planes whereon the monad and the spiritual triad are active, and as i have oft told you upon those levels

their methods; let him learn the rules whereby the army works within the veils of maya. these particular devas in "their serried ranks" are the directive agents of the divine energy which implements the purposes of deity upon the physical plane. they work only on etheric levels either upon our physical plane or on the cosmic etheric levels. they are therefore active in the realm of maya, which is the etheric plane as we usually understand it, or upon the planes of the spiritual triad. they are not active on the three gross physical levels or upon the astral or mental planes, nor are they active upon the highest or logoic plane. there they are implicit or latent but not active. they are the great "impulsive factors" in manifestation, organising substance, directing the multiplicity of lives

ee qualities of the christ evolution. this latter evolution is carried on within the created sphere of influence of the third aspect. god is life. god is fire. god is pure being. these are the qualities of the spirit aspect, the omnipotent aspect of deity. all these three aspects focus themselves and find an outlet for expression upon the levels of the cosmic etheric planes and upon the levels of the etheric planes known to humanity in the three worlds. the law of correspondences is infallible, if rightly approached and applied. this broad and general presentation must be rightly grasped if the rule, as given to disciples and initiates, is to be correctly understood. you have been taught that illusion is the characteristic which must be mastered by the initiate as he "escapes" occultly fro

ALICE BAILEY THE LABOURS OF HERCULES

ng similar lines [the soul and its mechanism by alice a. bailey. lucis publishing company, new york, n.y, and the lucis press limited, london] it is in this cave that the lion of the developed personality or individuality has its lair, and it is here that the sun god, hercules, must conquer [111] for centuries the egyptians, and especially the hindus, have known of the chakras or force-centers in the etheric body. the discovery of the endocrine system shows corresponding physical glands in the same locations. one of these, the pituitary body, with its two lobes, symbolizes the cave with two openings, one of which hercules had to close before he could control the personality by the higher mind. for it was only when he had blocked the opening of the personal emotions (postpituitary, thrown a

BLAVATSKY H P COSMOGENESIS

it, is due the recently produced phenomena of the so-called "keely motor" what is it that acts as the formidable generator of invisible but tremendous force, of that power which is not only capable of driving an engine of 25 horse-power, but has even been employed to lift the machinery bodily? yet this is done simply by drawing a fiddle-bow across a tuning fork, as has been repeatedly proven. for the etheric force, discovered by the well-known (in america and now in europe) john worrell keely, of philadelphia, is no hallucination. notwithstanding his failure to utilize it, a failure prognosticated and maintained by some occultists from the first, the phenomena exhibited by the discoverer during the last few years have been wonderful, almost miraculous, not in the sense of the supernatural*

rce" without the intervention of any "will power" or personal influence, whether conscious or unconscious of the operator. in this he has failed, so far as others were concerned, for no one but himself could operate on his "machines" occultly this was a far more advanced achievement than the "success" which he anticipates from his "wire" but the results obtained from the fifth and sixth planes of the etheric (or astral) force, will never be permitted to serve for purposes of commerce and traffic. that keely's organism is directly connected with the production of the marvellous results is proven by the following statement emanating from one who knows the great discoverer intimately. at one time the shareholders of the "keely motor co" put a man in his workshop for the express purpose of dis

s, if he succeeds, will be quite sufficient in the present generation to make of him the greatest discoverer of this age. what mr. keely says of sound and colour is also correct from the occult stand-point. hear him talk as though he were the nursling of the "gods-revealers" and had gazed all his life into the depths of father-mother aether. in comparing the tenuity of the atmosphere with that of the etheric flows, obtained by him from his invention for breaking up the molecules of air by vibration, keely says that "it is as platina to hydrogen gas. molecular separation of air brings us to the first sub-division only; inter-molecular, to the second; atomic, to the third; inter-atomic, to the fourth; etheric, to the fifth; and inter-etheric, to the sixth sub-division, or positive associatio

BUCKLAND RAYMOND COMPLETE BOOK OF WITCHCRAFT

eled information is merely stating that, as conditions exist at the moment, this is the probable result. if the individual desires a different outcome, it is within her or his power to bring it about. we create our own reality. the aura the "body" of wo/man is actually composed of seven distinct elements. the first three (solid, liquid and gas) form the physical body. the fourth element is called the etheric body and interpenetrates the physical. generally the etheric body extends beyond the confines of the physical body by about an inch. next is the astral body. it extends several inches beyond the etheric body. then, beyond the astral body, are the mental and spiritual bodies. due to their elasticity, and the speed at which they function, it is impossible to define physical limits for th

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

CASSANDRA EASON A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO WITCHCRAFT AND MAGIC

es in a divinity of some sort, whether it be god, goddess or spirit, good or evil. evocations were performed by medieval practitioners of magick to summon up angels (and sometimes demons) and bind them to perform tasks, rather like the middle eastern djinn, or genie, who, in faerie tales, would appear from a magick lamp or corked bottle and grant wishes. incense would be used to give substance to the etheric form of the angel or demon concerned (modem magick tends to be a little wary of calling up spirits, however, whose malevolent energies may cause harm) in contrast, invocations were used to endow the practitioner with the power to carry out magical purposes through a form of possession, with the angel or god acting directly from within the practitioner's body. elementals have also been

CONCERNING THE CEREMONY OF THE CONSECRATING THE VAULT

iting of the neschamah, the ruach and the nephesch can only be accomplished in an atmosphere of zero space. this happens as the third order enters the vault to recharge it. this power is brought down from the triangle formed above by the wands into the pastos or the physical body through the ankhs below. in this case, the physical body of the third order is the devoted adepti of the second order. the etheric link is now sealed and confined through the lvx sign and the grand word. banishing of negative energy in the vault now we address the quarter of how negative energy is removed from the vault of the adepti. the link and lvx bring forth the light and seal the link, but negative energy still remains since no banishing may be performed in the vault. 6 the chief adept absorbs this negative

COSIMANO CHARLES ELEMENTARY PSIONICS

ecause you don't want it to explode (damn! she was ugleeeee, your body seems like a pretty solid piece of work. in fact for some of us it is just a bit too, too solid (i write as i regard my tummy. you would never dream that this oh so solid mass of flesh is more nothing than matter and that the matter is hung on an energy field like a skyscraper is hung on steel girders. this framework is called the etheric body and it is made up of the stuff we call psychic energy. and it does not stop there, because in one form or another, this is true of all physical matter. atoms are nothing more than solidified, slow energy and the energy particles that constitute atoms, one way or another, go back to the energy of the psychic. it gets a little complicated at that point and there is no point in borin

l physical matter. atoms are nothing more than solidified, slow energy and the energy particles that constitute atoms, one way or another, go back to the energy of the psychic. it gets a little complicated at that point and there is no point in boring you with the theory, just accept it as true for the moment and we can deal with questions later if we have time. but we can make an assertion about the etheric body because we have some real unpleasant evidence for it in the phenomena of the phantom pain. if something terrible happens to a person and they lose a body part, like an arm or a leg, it seems that the etheric body of that part does not leave. it sticks around and causes all manner of trouble for the poor person. the individual may very well feel intense pain where the missing part

does not leave. it sticks around and causes all manner of trouble for the poor person. the individual may very well feel intense pain where the missing part should be, but there is no reason why such a pain should occur. after all, all the nerve endings went with the part. however, if a person suffers from a birth defect and a part is missing, no such pain will occur. why should this be? because the etheric body never formed that part and thus does not react to a loss. phantom pain, however, is useful to study because it gives us some idea of the interface between the etheric body and the physical one, in this case, the nervous system. remember that there are no nerve endings present. they are gone to wherever amputated parts go (and i don't know that and i don't want to know. after all

between the etheric body and the physical one, in this case, the nervous system. remember that there are no nerve endings present. they are gone to wherever amputated parts go (and i don't know that and i don't want to know. after all, you cannot cut a finger that is not there. in spite of this, there is significant pain where there should be none. why? clearly there exists a relationship between the etheric body and the physical brain. the nervous system is carrying signals to the part of the brain that says "pain" and that part is responding. so let's go back to the bit about psychic energy being carried by electrical conductors. there are still etheric nerves (or their equivalent) present. they are being activated by something, we have no idea what. they carry information to the interfa

are very smart, the brain is not, at least at that level, and does not know that there is nothing there and thus sends out the message automatically. here we get to the real important part of this stuff, the ability of psychic energy to act as a carrier of information. and at this point we have to make just a bit of a leap, so bear with me. we will operate under the assumption that the energy of the etheric body is in some way all-pervasive. this means that the etheric body of one person is connected at some level, by some instrumentality, with the etheric body of everyone else in the world, if not in the universe and this connection is the means by which psychic powers operate. will this cure our water addiction? how the hell should i know, but that is not what this book is about, thank

some instrumentality, with the etheric body of everyone else in the world, if not in the universe and this connection is the means by which psychic powers operate. will this cure our water addiction? how the hell should i know, but that is not what this book is about, thank badness. but it will gives up a working framework for our system. let us posit that once a piece of information is placed in the etheric body of the person sending it, it can be directed to the etheric body of the receiver and from there to the nervous system and thence to the physical brain. in some way it will operated the same way as the phantom pain. thus it is not only possible to send specific thought messages to other people, such as "send the royalty check" but also to send emotions, like love and even physical

esponses. for example, have you ever seen someone get banged up, like a football player who lands wrong, and actually feel the impact? that is what i am talking about. it is not mere empathy, but an actual connection made by the transmission, in such a case involuntary, of the feeling of impact. when you transmit a psychic message, you transmit it to the nervous system of the receiver by means of the etheric connections. there is one final and real super important property of this energy to remember. it cannot die. energy does not die. it may be transformed, but it does not die. it is always there in one form or another. it never ceases to exist. now, let us consider this. if your body is made up of energy, what are your thoughts made of? is it such a great leap to think that they have the

DAVID ICKE CHILDREN OF THE MATRIX

when the cause is removed, its physical consequences disappear and this is reported as a "miracle cure, but, like i say, it is nothing of the kind. i have experienced some of these "miracles" myself. the physical body has an energy blueprint known to healers as 354 children of the matrix the "etheric body" and when this is damaged or imbalanced it manifests as physical dis-ease. you might imagine the etheric body standing by a pool and its reflection in the water as the physical body. when the etheric changes its state or form in any way, the same happens to the physical. so if you keep the etheric level in good shape, the physical will do the same. while i was writing this book, i bashed my toe and after ten days it was getting worse, not better. it was extremely painful to walk. a healer

e physical body. when the etheric changes its state or form in any way, the same happens to the physical. so if you keep the etheric level in good shape, the physical will do the same. while i was writing this book, i bashed my toe and after ten days it was getting worse, not better. it was extremely painful to walk. a healer did some "hands on" healing, channelling energy to repair the damage to the etheric level. within half an hour my toe was feeling better and within two days it was back to normal. i have met healers who have worked on some famous people in the far east and these are the healing methods the illuminati use. they don't want us to know about such treatments and so they ridicule them, call them "quackery, or condemn them as evil, while secretly using them for their own ben

olls, one inside the other, all vibrating at different speeds. and all, except that spark of love that interpenetrates all existence, are illusions of varying degrees. the dense physical body, the outer of all the shells, is therefore part of the greatest illusion because it not only has its own personal illusions, it encompasses all the others, too. the nearest "bodies" to the dense physical are the etheric, astral, mental and emotional. they are all vibrating at higher speeds than our physical senses and so we can't see them, although psychic people can when they access those frequencies. we feel them, however, as good and bad "vibes. the etheric is a mirror image of the physical, but less dense, and the lower levels of the astral frequency range (lower fourth dimension) appear to be the

DAVIDSON DAN SHAPE POWER

ection (looking down on the pyramid) with an upward thrust due to the stoping pyramid the third flow is a flow/pressure of the aether from above down into the earth. when this flow hits the ccw rotating flow, a vortex action is created which could create toroidal vortexes in the aether. these would automatically become simple particles and most likely they would be electrons. figure 4.8.4-1 shows the etheric flows acting across a magnetically oriented pyramid. the current theory in the new vision science network is that the sub-atomic particles are various combinations of aetheric toroidal vortexes as first discovered and written about by john keely in figure 4.8.4-1 aetheric flows acting across a magnetically oriented pyramid so we now have a method of explaining how the electrons are for

DION FORTUNE MYSTICAL QABALA

of manifestation. ii 9. we have hitherto considered kether in atziluth, that is to say as its essential and primal essence. we must now consider kether as it appears in the three other kingdoms distinguished by the qabalists. 10. each kingdom or plane of manifestation has its primary form; matter, for instance, is in all probability primarily electric, and this is expressed by the esotericists as the etheric sub-plane which lies behind the four elemental planes of earth, air, fire, and water; or in other words, the four conditions of dense matter, solid, liquid, gaseous, and etheric. 11. the qabalists conceive of the tree as existing in each of the four kingdoms of atailuth, pure spirit; briah, archetypal mind; yetzirah, astral picture-consciousness; and assiah, the material world in both

may be. 44. this sounds very complex and abstract, but examples will soon serve to show it to be simple and practical when understood. take the problem of the sublimation of sex-force, which besets the psychotherap;sts, concerning which they talk so glibly and say so little. in malkuth, which in the microcosm is the physical body, sex-force is in terms of ovum and spermatozoon; in yesod, which is the etheric double, it is in terms of magnetic force, concerning which nothing is known to orthodox psychology, but concerning which we shall have a good deal to say under the heading of the appropriate sephirah. hod and netzach are on the astral plane, and in hod we find that the sex-force is expressed in mystical qabala page 93 visual images, and in netzach in another and altogether subtler type

qabalistic system, for we must of necessity forestall with partial explanations if our argument is to be comprehensible. we must therefore give some explanation of the three lower sephiroth grouped around tiphareth,netzach, hod, and yesod. 5. netzach is concerned with the nature forces and ele-mental contacts; hod with ceremonial magic and occult [page 190] knowledge; and yesod with psychism and the etheric double. tiphareth itself, supported by geburah and gedulah, re presents seership, or the higher psychism of the individuality, each sephirah, of course, has its subjective and objective aspects-its factor in psychology and its plane in the universe, 6. the four sephiroth below tiphareth represent the pet sonality or lower self; the four sephiroth above tiphareth are the individuality

lect. yesod represents the fifth element, kether, and malkuth the four elenients which are the subtle aspect of matter. all that the average human intellect can realise is the nature of dense niatter, malkuth, and of the intellect, hod, both concrete aspects of existence. it has no appreciation of the forces which build the forms, as represented by netzach, the sphere of the instincts, and yesod, the etheric double or subtle body. consequently we must make a careful study of netzach because its nature and importance are so little understood. 17. we shall comprehend the nature of netzach in the microcosm best if we remember that it is the sphere of venus, with all that that implies. translated from the symbolic language of the qabalah into plain english, it means that we are concerned here

l group for whatever purpose, whether army, church, or limited company, we see the exemplification of this flowing of energy in circuit. the great point we need to realise is that in the microcosmic tree there is a flow down and up the positive and negative aspects of our own subjective levels of consciousness, whereby the spirit inspires mind, and mind directs the emotions, and the emotions form the etheric double, and the etheric double inoulds the physical vehicle, which is the "earth" of the circuit. this is a fact that is generally realised, and its implications are easily seen as soon as attention is drawn to them. 25. but a point we do not so readily realise is that there is a 'flow and return between each "body" or level of consciousness and its corresponding aspect in the macrocos

lise is that there is a 'flow and return between each "body" or level of consciousness and its corresponding aspect in the macrocosm. just as there is an intake and output on the level of malkuth whereby food and water are received into the body as nutriment and rejected as excreta, which is the food of the vegetable kingdom under the polite name of manure-so is there an intake and output between the etheric double and the astral light, and [page 230] between the astral body and the mind side of nature, and 50 on up the planes, with the subtler factors represented by the six higher sephiroth. the essence of the magical qabalah, which is the practical application of the tree of life, is to develop these magnetic circuits of the different levels) and so strengthen and reinforce the soul. jus

abalists the path of the arrow, and passes over the abyss into kether. he who enters this light cometh not forth again. 15. yesod is also the sphere of the moon; therefore to understand its significance we must know something about the way in which the moon is regarder in occultism. it is held by initiates that the moon separated from the earth at the period when evolution was on the cusp between the etheric phase of its development and the phase of dense matter. those who are familiar with the termonology of astrology will know that the cusp is that phase between two signs wherein the influence of both is intermingled. the moon, then, has something of the material in its composition, hence the luminous globe we see in the sky; but the really important part of its composition is etheric, b

DION FORTUNE PSYCHIC SELF DEFENSE

west. coue' just missed the turning when he sought in prolonged attention a substitute for spontaneous emotion. diagrams mystical qabala page 209 mystical qabala page 210 mystical qabala page olpsychic self-defense dion fortune contents preface part i types of psychic attack i. signs of psychic attack ii. analysis of the nature of psychic attack iii. a case of modern witchcraft iv. projection of the etheric body v. vampirism vi. hauntings 1 of 103 vii. the pathology of non-human contacts viii. the risks incidental to ceremonial magic part ii differential diagnosis ix. distinction between objective psychic attack and subjective psychic disturbance x. non-occult dangers of the black lodge xi. the psychic element in mental disturbance part iii the diagnosis of a psychic attack xii. methods e

rview as aft& the preceding one, but an additional symptom now manifested itself. as i walked out of the room at the end of the interview i had a curious sensation as if my feet were not in the place i expected them to be. anyone who has walked across a carpet that is bellying up with the under-floor draught will know what i mean. occultists will recognise it as having to do with the extrusion of the etheric double. the next incident to occur in this curious menage did not concern myself, but another girl, an orphan with considerable means. my employer kept this girl constantly with her, and finally persuaded her to put the whole of her capital into her schemes. however, trustees descended in wrath, forced my employer to disgorge, and took the girl away with them then and there, leaving al

efore my physical health became normal. my body was like an electric battery that has been completely discharged. it took a long time to charge up again, and every time it was used before the charging was completed, it ran down again rapidly. for a long time i had no reserves of energy, and after the least exertion would fall into a dead sleep at any hour of the day. in the language of occultism, the etheric double had been damaged, and leaked prana. it did not become normal until i took initiation into the occult order in which i subsequently trained. within an hour of the ceremony i felt a change, and it is only upon the rarest occasions since then, after some psychic injury, that i have had a temporary return of those depleting attacks of exhaustion. i have told this story in detail bec

trange eventful history can be explained away, but taken together they make a curious story, especially when it is remembered that without any previous information a psychic investigation had "spotted" the existence of a person with abnormal faculties who was interested in mr. c. cancer is a disease upon which certain occult hypotheses throw a good deal of light. it is believed to be a disease of the etheric double, not of the physical body, and that a "cancer elemental" is the infective factor. to prove or disprove anything concerning the foregoing story is impossible, but the following occult hypothesis may explain much. if this hypothesis be not accepted, readers may find an interesting exercise for their ingenuity in constructing another that shall explain more satisfactorily the circu

f sacred symbols. she would not occupy a room where there was a picture of a religious subject. nothing would induce her to wear any piece of jewelry in the form of a cross, and it was impossible for her to enter a church. this case has many points of interest, especially in the fact that what was apparently a case of well-marked insanity was cleared up by occult methods. chapter iv projection of the etheric body before we can leave the subject of attack by incarnate human beings, we must consider the subject of etheric projection. in this case not only is the mind at work, but also something which is pretty nearly physical; sufficiently physical, at any rate, to leave bruises on the flesh of the victim, throw the furniture about, or at least make a considerable amount of noise. where such

fects are to be wrought on the physical plane. the living body is such an instrument; it is manipulated by the mind every time a voluntary movement takes place, and the operations of spiritual healing are simply an extension of this principle to the involuntary muscles and physiological processes not ordinarily directed by the conscious mind. occultists maintain that mind affects body by means of the etheric double, as it is called, the "mortal mind" of the christian scientists. we may not unreasonably conclude that when physical action is produced at a distance by occult means, it is done by employing this etheric double. the etheric double is primarily a body of magnetic stresses in the framework of whose meshes every cell and fibre of the physical body is held as in a rack. but intermed

them. this, of course, was in no way an occult attack, but rather the visit of a friend, who had come to lean upon me in the course of his illness, and instinctively came to me for consolation when out of his body in trance at a time when his weakened condition prevented him from retaining his normal control over his psychic activities. nevertheless, it serves to illustrate what could be done if the etheric form that visited me had been energised by a malignant will. it may explain the nature of the sense of weight that oppresses the victims of a certain type of nightmare. i have heard of more than one case wherein bruises resembling finger-marks were found on the throats of people who had been victims of an astral attack. i have never actually seen such bruises myself, but i have been to

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF OCCULTISM AND PARAPSYCHOLOGY VOL 1

in theosophy, and those numerous occult systems derived from it, to denote the link between the nervous system and the cosmic reservoir of energy. the astral body corresponds to the double of out-of-the-body experiences reported in psychic research. the term double, however, is less comprehensive and refers only to the living; astral body refers specifically to the bodily counterpart of the dead. the etheric double or body, in theosophy, is distinct from the astral, but in spiritualistic literature they are often interchanged. these concepts derive from traditional hindu mysticism, though there are also western precursors. the astral body is the instrument of passions, emotions, and desires, and, since it interpenetrates and extends beyond the physical body, it is the medium through which

d pieces of glass. looking through it in daylight and then turning the eye to view a naked man in dim light before a dark background, three distinct radiations, all lying in the ultraviolet end of the spectrum, became visible. encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. aura 117 the first, dark and colorless, surrounded the body to the depth of a quarter to half an inch. kilner called this the etheric double. the second, the inner aura, extended three inches beyond. the third, the outer aura, was about a foot in depth. kilner tried various experiments. he found that the depth of the aura is influenced by a magnet and that it is sensitive to electric currents, completely vanishing under a negative charge from a wimshurst machine, then increasing to an additional 50 percent after the

hological problems. sources: bendit, laurence j. the mirror of life and death. adyar, madras, india: theosophical publishing house, 1965. the mysteries today, and other essays. adyar, madras, india: theosophical publishing house, 1973. self knowledge: a yoga for the west. wheaton, ill: theosophical publishing house, 1967. bendit, laurence j, and phoebe d. bendit. man incarnate. 1957. reprinted as the etheric body of man. wheaton, ill: theosophical publishing house, 1977. this transforming mind. wheaton, ill: theosophical publishing house, 1970. mills, joy. one hundred years of theosophy: a history of the theosophical society in america. wheaton, ill: theosophical publishing house, 1987. bendit, phoebe daphne (payne (1891) psychotherapist, author, and collaborator with her husband, dr. l. j

london. she was sole author of several books and co-author of other books with her husband. in 1961 she moved with her husband to wheaton, illinois, and the following year to ojai, california, where they revived the work of the krotona institute of theosophy. sources: bendit, l. j, and phoebe bendit. living together again. london, gramol publications, 1946. man incarnate. n.p, 1957. reprinted as the etheric body of man. wheaton, ill: theosophical publishing house, 1977. this transforming mind. wheaton, ill: theosophical publishing house, 1970. bendit, phoebe. man s latent powers. london, faber and faber, 1938. the psychic child or over-sensitive child. n.p, 1955. bendit, phoebe, and laurence j. bendit. the psychic sense. london: faber and faber, 1943. this world and that. london: faber an

upy the chair. the dutch sensitive gerard croiset appears to have had remarkable success with this type of clairvoyant precognition, which also had been earlier demonstrated by the french psychic pascal forthuny. sources: pollack, jack harrison. croiset the clairvoyant. garden city, n.y: doubleday, 1964. reprint, new york: bantam books, 1965. chakras according to theosophists, the sense organs of the etheric double that receive their name from their appearance, which resembles vortices. altogether there are ten chakras (visible only to clairvoyants) but of these it is advisable to use only seven. they are situated not on the denser physical body, but opposite certain parts of it as follows (1) the top of the head (2) between the eyebrows (3) the throat (4) the heart (5) the spleen (where v

be that the intelligence operating at a seance is a thought-projection of ourselves.that each one of us has his simulacrum in the unseen. that with the growth of our life and character here, a ghostly image of ourselves is growing up in the invisible world; nor is this inconceivable. there are opinions in essential agreement with part of the spiritist view, according to which the sense organs of the etheric body come into play or the information is impressed on the seer s mind by the spirits. it is also suggested that in traveling clairvoyance the double travels to the scene. the objection to this suggestion is that the double is temporarily separated the body is usually left behind unconscious and the memory of the journey is seldom brought back, whereas in traveling clairvoyance the sub

roat and lungs, evidently without any definite idea of its cause. it seemed to me that the spirits. were compelled to draw directly from the vocal and pulmonary organs of the medium those elements that are liberally supplied by public cir- encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. direct voice 419 cles, and which are necessary for the production of spirit voices. findlay s on the edge of the etheric (1931) states that the communicators often make use of a psychic tube from the mouth of the medium to the trumpet. this might explain why the independent voice resembled that of the medium and also why moisture was sometimes found within the trumpet it but is consistent with the medium s speaking directly into the trumpet. findlay s spirit communicators also offered a description of ho

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF OCCULTISM AND PARAPSYCHOLOGY VOL 2

wn as the sthula plane. it is the limit of the ego s descent into matter, and the matter which composes the appropriate physical body is the densest of any of these worlds. physical matter has the seven divisions of solid, liquid, gas, ether, super-ether, sub-atom, and atom in common with the matter of the other worlds. beside the physical body, familiar to ordinary vision, there is a finer body, the etheric double, which plays a very important part in collecting vitality from the sun for the use of the denser physical body through its etheric centers, the chakras. at death, the physical body and the etheric double are cast aside and slowly resolved into their components. theosophy adopted these ideas from hindu teachings. physiognomy physiognomy, also known today as personology, is an anc

science, james hewat mckenzie found employment for sloan in a london garage and made him accessible to various experimenters. after his return to glasgow, sloan cooperated in experiments with j. arthur findlay. in 1924, findlay published a small book on his findings: an investigation of psychic phenomena, with a preface by sir william barrett. this was followed by a larger volume: on the edge of the etheric (1931, in which findlay graded his evidential cases a1 and a2, according to the quality of the evidence. examining three of the 180 a1 communications, he stated: an eminent mathematician on calculating the chances of correctly guessing all the facts recorded, answers that to have reached such accuracy, represented the equivalent of 1 to 5,000,000,000,000 in other words the odds were 5

ications, he stated: an eminent mathematician on calculating the chances of correctly guessing all the facts recorded, answers that to have reached such accuracy, represented the equivalent of 1 to 5,000,000,000,000 in other words the odds were 5,000,000,000,000 to 1 against chance being the explanation. sources: findlay, j. arthur. an investigation of psychic phenomena. n.p, 1924. on the edge of the etheric. london: rider, 1931. slocum, john (1842.1897) john slocum, a native american prophet and visionary, was a member of the squaxin people who resided on puget sound in the state of washington. among his people he was known as squ-sacht-un. as a young man he had lived on the skokomish reservation, where he attended a presbyterian church and also became familiar with the roman catholic fai

from the greek and implies mapping-out of the soul. jones massages the auras of his patients, using a diagnostic device taken over from radionics and designed by an american named mark gallot. this therapy of healing through the human aura recalls an earlier technique of hyppolite baraduc, who used to clip a short distance around the face and body of his patient with large copper scissors to free the etheric body from the physical part of the aura. jones operates a center for healing known as the company of somatographers, located in nottingham pl, london, w.1, england. sommer, robert (1929) research psychologist with special interest in imagery and its relationship to paranormal experience. he was born april 26, 1929, in new york city. he studied at hobart college, geneva, new york (b.a

true: the doctor looks at spiritualism. london: hutchinson, 1936. reprint, boston: rowan& littlefield, 1975. doyle, arthur conan. the history of spiritualism. 2 vols. london: cassell; york: george h. doran, 1926. reprint, new york: arno press, 1975. ducasse, c. j. a critical examination of the belief in a life after death. springfield, ill: charles c. thomas, 1961. findlay, arthur. on the edge of the etheric; or, survival after death scientifically explained. london: psychic press, 1931. reprint, corgi, 1971. garrett, eileen j. my life as a search for the meaning of mediumship. london: rider, 1939. reprint, new york: arno press, 1975. gauld, alan. the founders of psychical research. london: routledge& kegan paul, 1968. reprint, new york: schocken books, 1973. mediumship and survival: a cen

s; unfortunately, keel added, nobody would listen to him. but ufologists, forteans, and psychic enthusiasts were listening to keel, whose writing and pronouncements excoriated traditional ufology as the domain of buffs who lacked the courage, the imagination, or even the mental health to face the truth. the truth according to keel was that ultraterrestrials from the superspectrum (keel s term for the etheric realm) are entering our world and doing terrible things to us. we are biochemical robots helplessly controlled by forces that can scramble our brains, destroy our memories and use us in any way they see fit, he wrote. they have been doing it to us forever. here he parted radically from layne, who believed the ethereans to be largely benevolent. to keel the contact claims loved by sauce

EXTRAORDINARY ENCOUNTERS AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF EXTRATERRESTRIALS AND OTHERWORLDY BEINGS

(according to most contactees who have dealings with him) head of the ashtar command he is, in the words of his sponsor lord michael, supreme director in charge of all of the spiritual program for earth. from his giant starship in earth s general vicinity he gives orders to millions of extraterrestrial and inter-dimensional beings who are trying to reform and enlighten earthlings. his home is in the etheric realm, which means that to visit our physical universe he must descend the vibratory scale, or we would not be able to hear or perceive him at all. he explains his mission thus: we have come to fulfill the destiny of this p l a n e t, which is to experience a short period of c l e a n s i n g and then to usher in a n e w g o l d e n ag e o f l i g h t. we are here to lift off the s u r

a group of beings she called the guardians. in april 1954, one of the latter introduced himself as sananda from the planet clarion. in a previous lifetime, sananda said, he was jesus. martin or at least her unconscious mind got the name clarion from contactee truman bethurum, but bethurum s clarion was a planet on the other side of the moon; martin/sananda s clarion, on the other hand, existed in the etheric realm. a companion planet, cerus (sometimes confusingly referred to also as a sister thedra 229 constellation, housed other space people who kept martin s arm and hand in furious motion with automatic writing as they made good on their promise to teach her cosmic wisdom. the elder brother promised that he would return soon. they that have told you that they do not believe shall see us

FREEMASONRY AND CATHOLICISM BY MAX HEINDEL

had been freed from the flesh by the violent death on golgotha. when anyone is killed, the venous blood with its impurities clings closely to the flesh, and therefore the arterial blood which flows is distinctly cleaner than it would otherwise be; it is more free from passion and desire. and being etherealized by the great christ spirit, the cleansed blood of jesus overflowed the world, purified the etheric region of selfishness to a great extent, and gave man a better chance to draw to himself materials which will allow him to form altruistic purposes and desires. thus the age of altruism was there inaugurated. by faith in this blood, and by imitation of the christ life the sons of seth are therefore provided with a means of purging from themselves the curse of selfishness; while the son

GNOSTIC STUDIES THE GNOSTIC HANDBOOK II GNOSTIC THEURGY

is the physical body and related electro-magnetic fields. it has no innate immortality and returns to the earth at death (in pre-fall man the guph was simply an electro-magnetic extension of the higher bodies with no related physical form. the nephesh the nephesh is roughly defined as the instinctual bodies. it can be divided into upper and lower forms and these could be related to the astral and the etheric bodies. these levels are the energy fields which invigorate and control the physical and psychic organism and relay commands from the mental complex (ruach. gnostic theurgy page 45 the ruach the ruach is the mental complex or mind. in the understanding of modern psychology it represents all facets of psyche, from the unconscious right through to the rational or conscious mind. it inclu

his is the higher mind. the instinctual body, pranic body or lower thought force this is the psychic energy which radiates through the organism. it is sometimes also known as od, prana or psychic energy. it also encompasses facets of the lower mind. astral or desire body this is the electro-magnetic field which surrounds the physical organism. it has three distinct levels: gnostic theurgy page 49 the etheric skin. this clings to the physical organism, somewhat like a second skin. this creates the light layer at the edge of the body. the inner aura. this occupies the first six to ten inches of the energy field, and expands in proportion to the outer astral body. the outer aura. this extends beyond the physical organism and can, at times, be a metre wide depending on your spiritual developme

n, at times, be a metre wide depending on your spiritual development. the astral or desire body has also being known as the double imago (doppleganger) as it mimics the physical body and can, though gnostic practises, be temporally separated from the physical organism and used for spiritual purposes. the physical or vital body the physical organism with related physiological structures, sometimes the etheric skin is also included in this category. it is sometimes called the vehicle or vessel in gnostic traditions to emphasise the distance the gnostic should keep from his physical form. now we have come to some understanding of the multi-dimensional nature of man we need to examine a most important question, what is the nature of man s spirit and by extension, where does immorality exist? t

the essence which controls and motivates it (the electro- magnetic field, has a special role in the transfiguration process. for the gnostic to explore and learn within the spiritual worlds he must have a spiri- tual body or vehicle. hence a major task within the process of transfigura- tion is to formulate a body of light from the electromagnetic field. this light body exists in potential within the etheric and astral fields, but only through the trained use of the imagination can it be manifest;this light body is known as the antakarana. the antakarana the sanskrit word antakarana has no equivalent in english, the closest definition we can come to is the process of building a psychic antenna. it literally comes from two words antar meaning inner and karana meaning action. the antakarana

GOLDEN DAWN RITUALS G

trace within a circle the invoking passive spirit pentagram, the invoking water pentagram, and insert the kerub in the center. note: with using the magical sword of the art in this case, use the pommel and not the point to do the tracing. empowering the lesser angle of m let the adept hold the air dagger up high and recite the following "o thou powerful angel htaad, thou who art lord and ruler of the etheric and airy qualities of n, i beseech thee to endue this chalice with the magic powers of which thou art lord, that i may, with its aid, direct the spirits who serve thee in purity and singleness of aim" with the dagger held over the chalice, trace within a circle the invoking passive spirit pentagram and the invoking water pentagram with the kerub. empowering the lesser angle of l let th

GRERALD SCHUELER AN ADVANCED GUIDE TO ENOCHIAN MAGICK

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

ctrine of four worlds or planes as follows: 1. atziluth, the divine world of archetypal ideas. 2. briah, the creative world of the archangels. 3. yetzirah, the astral world of angels and demons. 4. assiah, the physical world, the lowest and most material. these bear striking sinnilarities to the enochian earth, water, air, and fire tablets. you must always remember that the earth tabeet refers to the etheric plane rather than to our physical world. in the same way, the hebrew qabalah equates the lowest sephira, malkuth, with our planet earth. the lowest of the enochian aethyrs, however, is just aboye (i.e, less dense than) the earth and thus does not precisely equate wi th malkuth. correspondences between the enochian system and the hebrew qabalah have impressive similarities, but the enoc

ey, liberlibrae the enochian magical system views man as a microcosm of the macrocosmic world. as the physical earth is the lowest of a series of expressions, so your physical body is but the lowest of a graduated series. this view accords well with both eastern and western occultism. you have a body or vehicle to correspond with each cosmic plane. immediately aboye or behind the physical body is the etheric body. next, is the astral body followed by the mental and spiritual bodies. the physical body is the vehicle through which you view and interact with the physical cosmic plane. the astral body is the vehicle through which you view and interact with the astral cosmic plane whose symbolic cosmic element is water. the physical body is limited by a ring-pass-not to the physical cosmic plan

etheric body. next, is the astral body followed by the mental and spiritual bodies. the physical body is the vehicle through which you view and interact with the physical cosmic plane. the astral body is the vehicle through which you view and interact with the astral cosmic plane whose symbolic cosmic element is water. the physical body is limited by a ring-pass-not to the physical cosmic plane. the etheric body is limited to the etheric cosmic plane. the astral body cannot enter the mental cosmic plane, and so on. man below the first aethyr lil is dualistic. however, aboye lil, man is monadic. this monadic nature, often called "monadic essence" in occult terminology, is symbolized by a circle with a point in the center as shown in the figure on the following page. the cirde's center is a

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

consciously. they are entered in dreams at night, in daydreams and psychic visions during the day, and after death of the physical body. tex is usually considered to be divided as follows: 1) karma and strong karmic forces in the north. 2) desire and strong emotional forces in the east. 3) silence and strong forces of inertia in the south. 4) limiting and restrictive forces in the west. tex is on the etheric plane and coincides with those regions normally included under the cosmic element of earth. traveling to tex in the spirit vision is a big first step for you, the enochian magician. it implies a working know-iedge of your subtle bodies. rh includes the heavens of the world's religions. it is usually divided into four sections as follows: 1) your karmic burdens as well as your karmic ne

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

HELENA BLAVATSKY THE KEY TO THEOSOPHY

sicists tell us, from stratum to stratum out into space forever and ever; an impulse has been given to matter, and that is never lost, can never be recalled! so with crime, and so with its opposite. the action may be instantaneous, the effects are eternal. when, after the stone is once flung into the pond, we can recall it to the hand, roll back the ripples, obliterate the force expended, restore the etheric waves to their previous state of non-being, and wipe out every trace of the act of throwing the missile, so that time's record shall not show that it ever happened, then, then we may patiently hear christians argue for the efficacy of this atonement -and cease to believe in karmic law. as it now stands, we call upon the whole world to decide, which of our two doctrines is the most appr

INITIATION INTO HERMETICS

a mystic, a quabbalist or a yogi, etc, can derive his practical benefit from it. should i succeed in teaching the reader so far that he is able to deal with the subject in the proper way and to find the practical key to the branch of knowledge most suitable for him, i will be glad to see that the purpose of my book has been fulfilled. 2. the principle of fire as it has been said before, akasa or the etheric principle is the cause of the origin of the elements. according to the oriental scriptures, the first element born from akasa is believed to be tejas, the principle of fire. this element as well as all the others manifest their influence not only in our roughly material plane but also in everything created. the basic qualities of the fiery principle are heat and expansion. in the begin

active in all things created, as a matter of fact, in the whole universe beginning from the tiniest grain of sand to the most sublime substance visible or invisible. 3. the principle of water in the previous chapter we have studied the origin and the qualities of the positive element of fire. in this chapter i am going to describe the opposite principle, the water. it is also derived from akasa, the etheric principle. but in comparison with fire, it has quite contrasting qualities. these basic qualities are coldness and shrinkage. the point in question are also two poles, the active one being constructive, life-giving, nourishing and protective, whereas the negative pole, similar to the one of fire, is destructive, dissecting, fermenting, and dividing. as this element owns the basic quali

. in the abdomen it must be the contrary, the watery, the secretion, the work of the saps, etc. the chest underlies the air and has a mediating part, because here breathing takes place quite mechanically. the earthy principle with its cohesive power or ability of holding together represents the whole of the human body with all its bones and flesh. now the question will arise were and how akasa or the etheric principle occurs in the grossly material body. in doing some deeper thinking, everybody will be able to answer this question by himself, for the etheric principle is hidden in its most grossly material form in the blood and in the seed and in the reciprocal action of these two substances in the vital matter or in the vitality. as we have learned, the fiery element produces the electric

inciple, the impulsive part, means the will (volition. the airy principle shows up in the intellect (mind, the watery principle respectively in the life and the feeling, and the earthy principle is representing the union of all the three elements in the consciousness of the ego. all the other qualities of the spirit are based upon these four original principles. the typical part of the fifth, say the etheric principle (akasa) manifests itself, in the highest aspect, in the faith and, in the lowest form, in the instinct of self-preservation. each of these mentioned four elemental principles has many other aspects corresponding to the law of analogy of the polarity or the positive and negative elements. all of them together form the ego or the spirit. for this reason, we can make the fiery p

the mental od, with its double-pole fluid, is the subtlest substance we can imagine in the human body. simultaneously, the mental sphere is the sphere of thoughts which have their origin in the world of ideas, consequently in the spiritual akasa. each thought is preceded by a basic idea which, according to its property, accepts a definite form, and arrives to the consciousness of the ego through the etheric principle, consequently the mental matrix, as expression of the thought in the shape of a plastic picture. therefore man himself is not the founder of the thoughts, but the origin of each thought is to be sought in the supreme akasa sphere or the mental plane. man s spirit, as it were, is the receiver, the antenna of thoughts from the world of ideas, according to the situation in which

ur lungs are breathing, i.e, inhaling air, but the whole body is doing so. be firmly convinced that, together with your lungs, each single pore of your body simultaneously receives vital power and conveys it to the body. you ought to feel like a dry sponge which, when dipped into water, sucks it in greedily. you must have the same feeling when breathing in. this way the vital power will pass from the etheric principle and your surroundings to yourself. according to his character, each individual will feel this entering of vital power through the pores in a different manner. when, after a certain amount of time and repeated exercises, you are skilled in inhaling through the lungs and with the whole body simultaneously, connect the two breathing methods to your desire-inhaling, i.e, breathin

cise is as follows: take up your usual position (asana) and close your eyes. imagine that you are in the center of an unlimited space. there is no above or below or sideways. this unlimited space is filled with the finest energetic matter, the universal ether. ether is colorless, but to our senses it appears to be of ultra-violet, near black-violet color, and this is the color in which we imagine the etheric matter. you are inhaling this etheric matter and conveying it deliberately through pulmonary breathing to the blood. if you have achieved a certain skill in doing so, execute the same operation by breathing through the lungs and pores as you did in the accumulation of vital power, but with the difference that you inhale the colored ether and fill your whole body with it instead of with

JASMUHEEN THE FOOD OF GODS

d your elimination system. wrap your whole digestive system in a field of pink light, then golden light, then blue light, then violet light. check on the inner planes using your third eye to see that your digestive system has now been cocooned. next this new energy matrix needs to be programmed as these light fields remain relatively inert until coded. recommended programming code: first focus on the etheric web around your digestive system and. see it as a living field of intelligence just waiting for a software program to run itself. then command into it telepathically the following statement: i now command that all food, all fluid, and all that i ingest from this moment on that flows through my digestive system bio-shield. is automatically converted into the perfect frequency of light a

us yardsticks for comparison. also, generally speaking, by the time one has tuned their vibration and energy fields to the beat of being able to be sustained by prana they are no longer creating any disease or discomfort in the energy bodies to warrant seeing therapists or doctors. digestion and nourishment are two separate discussions. if organs, blood and bones are nourished, whether it be from the etheric (prana) or physical realms (food) they will maintain and demonstrate complete health and vitality. to self diagnose energetically, i recommend that the individual recall the memory of the lifetime where they were well trained and practiced in this refined art of energy work and command full conscious awareness of, and ease with, the practice of energy diagnosis. it is simply intuition

en obscure the beat of our own, and hence we can become invisible by tuning into, then being hidden in the more dominant field. being invisible is sometimes very appropriate and opportune and is a great tool to use for travelers. i have long drawn nourishment during my travels from my nature spirit bridges even though i have been based in city fields, for the nature spirit bridges work with us on the etheric realms and can cross constraints of both time and matter. bridging and merging with a tree spirit for example means that we open our fields to be flooded with the devic* energy of the tree spirit whose essence is so huge in comparison to our own physical form bio-system that we can easily disappear into the tree field and become nothing more than a small leaf on one of its branches. th

K AMBER THE BASICS OF MAGICK

pecific emotion will cause you to experience that emotion. review questions 1) what is the aura? 2) what is a thoughtform? 3) how can you develope clairvoyance? book list annie bessant and charles leadbeater, thought forms. w.e. butler, how to develop clairvoyance. j.h. brennan, astral doorways. piero ferrucci, what we may be. kilner, the human aura. swami panchadasi, the human aura. a.e. powell, the etheric double. harold sherman, how to make esp work for you* magick 7- basic ritual* it may be said that ritual is the very heart of magick. for it is through ritual that we acheive our magical results. ritual is a magical procedure or ceremony we perform in order to change the environment. usually we think of ritual as bearing on active magick, although certainly, it can also affect passive

jection and astral projection you are able to travel through solid objects, but are not able to act directly upon them or to move them (if they are in the physical world. this is not true during etheric projection. whether it is simply subconscious expectation, or whether it is a true etheric projection which in theory means that part of your physical body has been relocated with your projection (the etheric or vital part) may be difficult to determine. etheric projections generally travel at or very near the physical world. there are even cases reported (very, very rare ones) in which the entire physical body is transferred to another location (teleportation, or cases in which the physical body exists and acts in two separate places at once (bilocation! but our primary interest is astral

LEADBEATER C W THE HIDDEN LIFE IN FREEMASONRY 2E

g tools, and the egyptian interpretation of them. chapter vii the second degree the questions. the preparation. the inner preparation. the opening. the e.a.'s last work. the five stages. the five steps. the o. the working tools. closing the lodge. chapter viii the third degree the opening of the lodge. the c c the preparation. the internal preparation. entering the lodge. the seven steps. the o c the etheric forces. hiram abiff. death and resurrection. the star. the raising of humanity. fire, sun and moon. the villains. the inscription (second edition: our master h. a. instead of hiram abiff) chapter ix the higher degrees the masonic plane. the ceremony of installation. the mark degree. the holy royal arch. still higher. the rose croix. black masonry. white masonry. how to use the powers

he wants to see and to work where he wants to work. that body, trained perhaps for a particular profession, brought up in the special culture of one of the nations, with its manners and habits of action, feeling and thought, constitutes his personality, the mask through which his voice can be heard in the world of outside appearances. this personality is fourfold- there is the physical body, then the etheric double or counterpart of that, then the emotional nature, then the lower mind- the last two constituting his own private storehouse and gallery of personal feelings and ideas. the s.d. stands for the lower mind, the j.d. for the emotional or astral nature; the i.g. for the etheric double, and the o.g. or t. for the physical body(*for a fuller study of these principles from this point o

e when we are about to do a great piece of work is to concentrate upon it, and in order to do that we must be free from interruption; so the fortress of mansoul (to adopt john bunyan fs picturesque terminology) needs a strong wall all round outside, and our entrance must be well guarded. therefore the spirit calls to the intelligence, which is its link with the lower worlds; the intelligence asks the etheric double, who in turn signals the dense physical body to know how things look from the outside, and receives the satisfactory reply that all the defences are in order, so that the spirit is reassured on the important point that the lodge may labour in safety. 362. each one of us has to tyle his own lodge on various levels, and this must be done with great care and wisdom. through thousan

the actual tyling of the lodge in which we sit. there are several reasons for our extreme care in this matter. we want to keep the lodge shut not merely to preserve our mysteries from the outer gaze, but because only so may we keep its influence pure and undisturbed. the thought-form that is about to be built is a thing very delicately balanced and carefully graduated, and is composed not only of the etheric substances of our material plane, but also of the still finer matter of the emotional and mental worlds. this thought-form is constructed for a definite purpose, and if outsiders, whose minds are working along different lines, were present, they would quite unintentionally cause a good deal of friction and destroy the balance and efficacy of the form. it is not that we consider ourselv

unseen, quite apart from its signification on the physical plane. lodges in europe usually know nothing whatever of all this; perhaps there may be some in oriental countries which are better instructed. 380. the force-centres exist as points of connection at which energy flows from one vehicle or body of a man to another. anyone who possesses a slight degree of clairvoyance may easily see them in the etheric double, where they show themselves as saucer-like depressions or vortices in its surface. when quite undeveloped they appear as small circles about two inches in diameter, glowing dully in the ordinary man; but when awakened and vivified they appear as blazing, coruscating saucers, much increased in size. we sometimes speak of them as roughly corresponding to certain physical organs; i

saucer-like depressions or vortices in its surface. when quite undeveloped they appear as small circles about two inches in diameter, glowing dully in the ordinary man; but when awakened and vivified they appear as blazing, coruscating saucers, much increased in size. we sometimes speak of them as roughly corresponding to certain physical organs; in reality they show themselves at the surface of the etheric double, which projects slightly beyond the outline of the dense body. if we imagine ourselves to be looking straight down into the bell of a flower of the convolvulus type, we shall get some idea of the general appearance of a chakra. the stalk of the flower in each case springs from a point in the spine, so another view might show the spine as a central stem, from which flowers shoot

se body. if we imagine ourselves to be looking straight down into the bell of a flower of the convolvulus type, we shall get some idea of the general appearance of a chakra. the stalk of the flower in each case springs from a point in the spine, so another view might show the spine as a central stem, from which flowers shoot forth at intervals, showing the opening of their bells at the surface of the etheric body. 381. the seven centres with which we are at present concerned are indicated in the accompanying illustration (plate ix) it will be seen that they are situated at (1) the base of the spine (2) the spleen (3) the navel or solar plexus (4) the heart (5) the throat (6) the space between the eyebrows; and (7) the top of the head. i have described them fully in the inner life; and i ha

LEADBEATER CW GLIMPSES OF MASONIC HISTORY

s consciousness which is called the angel of the presence. if the recipient of the degree happens to be already an initiate the star (called in egypt the star of horus) which marks the approval of the one initiator once more flames out above him in all its glory; while in any case the two great white angels of the rite flash down in splendour from the heavenly places, showing themselves as low as the etheric level that they may give their blessing to the candidate. 181. the hierophant makes the actual links both with himself and with the reservoir of power set apart for the work of the masonic brotherhood, and through himself with that mighty king whose representative he is, while the great white angels of the order remain as the guardians of the bro. throughout life. he on the right hand

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

case the circle within which the rate of vibration can be modified. in occult traditions, the other dimensions are understood as constituting a series of different realms or planes, arranged according to rate of vibration. it is the subtle energies found in these other realms that one manipulates during magical operations. in occult literature, the plane closest to the physical is referred to as the etheric plane, and the subtle energies of this realm are often termed etheric energies. etheric energies are subdivided into four categories according to the four classical elements of greek philosophy earth, air, fire, and water and hence are sometimes also referred to as elemental energies. it is from these etheric energies that the magician constructs the circle. as both consecrated space i

MANLY P HALL THE SECRET TEACHINGS OF ALL AGES

pring-root, so they followed this bird to its nest, and then stopped up the hole in the tree where its young were. the red-crested woodpecker went at once in quest of the spring-root, and, discovering it, brought it to the tree. it immediately drew forth the stopper from the entrance to the nest. the magician then secured the root from the bird. it was also asserted that because of its structure, the etheric body of the spring-root was utilized as a vehicle of expression by certain elemental spirits which manifested through the proclivity of drawing out or opening things "aciebel: a mighty ruler of the sea, controlling things both upon and under the water. he furnishes things lost or sunk in rivers, lakes, and oceans, such as sunken ships and treasures. the more sharply you invoke him, the

latter consists of an ethereal counterpart of the physical form; it constitutes the vehicle of arch us, and may be called a vital body. this etheric shadow sheath is not dissipated by death, but remains until the physical form is entirely disintegrated. these "etheric doubles "seen around graveyards, have given rise to a belief in ghosts. being much finer in its substances than the earthly body, the etheric double is far more susceptible to impulses and inharmonies. it is derangements of this astral light body that cause much disease. paracelsus taught that a person with a morbid mental attitude could poison his own etheric nature, and this infection, diverting the natural flow of vital life force, would later appear as a physical ailment. all plants and minerals have an invisible nature

immediately observe a kind of little dark cloud; which dividing it selfe into many parts, it came at length to represent a rose; but so faire, so fresh, and so perfect a one, that you would have thought it to have been as substancial& as odoriferous a rose, as growes on the rose-tree (unheard-of curiosities concerning talismanical sculpture of the persians) paracelsus, recognizing derangements of the etheric double as the most important cause of disease, sought to reharmonize its substances by bringing into contact with it other bodies whose vital energy could supply elements needed, or were strong enough to overcome the diseased conditions existing in the aura of the sufferer. its invisible cause having been thus removed, the ailment speedily vanished. the vehicle for the arch us, or vita

MICHAEL TSARION ATLANTIS ALIEN VISITATION AND GENETIC MANIPULATION

builders of the temple of luxor, than from the cre-ators of napalm (anthony west)w e are here to learn to love each other. i don t know what the others are here for (w. h.auden) the high priests and priestesses within the adepts of the rose have (from pre-dilu-vian days) closely monitored and counteracted the machinations of their nemesis. inthe sixteenth century, they sensed the colossal rip in the etheric dimensions and weretroubled that their adversarial cousins had committed such a deplorable and prohibiteddeed. they knew the consequences of necromantic communion with pan-dimensionalentities could be incalculable and foresaw much tribulation ahead. they realized thatextraordinary measures had to be taken if disaster of cosmic proportions was to beaverted.the adepts called their leader

MICHAEL W FORD THE VAMPIRE GATE

niverse 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 form at night, they are gaining a replenished system of energy which is very pure. the luciferian must have a clear point of focus

MICHAEL WYNN THE SOUL TRAVELERS

ll you (your soul. the mental world is no more than a collection of concepts and thoughts. things like rocks and trees do not exist on the mental plane, only the idea or concepts of a rock, and the concept of trees. the 3rd world, and perhaps most crucial to the magician, is the astral world. this world, unlike the mental world, is subject to a sense of space and time. the fourth of the worlds is the etheric. this world, sometimes used interchangeably with the astral world, is the--michael wynn's "the soul travelers" 23 universe that provides the foundation for the material plane. the etheric world is also where the life-force, the energy created and used by life forms, resides. finally, there s the 5th level of reality, the material universe. the operations of magic are rarely aimed at th

ial plane. the etheric world is also where the life-force, the energy created and used by life forms, resides. finally, there s the 5th level of reality, the material universe. the operations of magic are rarely aimed at the lowest level of reality (material, but instead the magician will attempt to alter the higher levels of the universe knowing that those changes will eventually trickle down to the etheric and material world. it is in the way does the magician alter reality by intention. the mental world, being nothing but concepts and thoughts, are affected by the magician in such a way as to produce predictable results on the lower levels of reality. one could argue that my distinction of mental/astral/etheric worlds is unnecessary, or just plain wrong; some occults only make reference

e-force. the bite of the vampire is also symbolic for the rite of transformation. vampires feed in the manner that all vampiric spirits feed, by coming into close proximity to a human, reaching out, and drawing life-energy out of their target s aura. the vampire extends from himself what are often described as thin, silvery threads which act as tubes or channels in which to siphon life-force from the etheric bodies of humans. so even though physical blood does indeed contain the lifeforce, vampires usually feed on humans that have gathered in large groups. in the midst of a human crowd, the vampire can siphon life-force from people as they walk by; this is a common method of feeding among vampires. the astral body of a vampire feeding from a sleeping human is another common method for feed

REGARDIE ISRAEL THE COMPLETE GOLDEN DAWN

goes out, and you get all the sensation of walking around your own quiescent body. used thus, with rhythmmic breathing, it will withdraw your mind from pain (if it be not too severe) and release you for sleep. you can do the analysis of the key-word standing behind your physical head, and you can call down the divine white brilliance, watching it flow over your body and smooth out the tangles in the etheric double, bringing peace and rest. 4. you can do the ritual with intention to help others in pain or difficulty. for this purpose, you build up an astral image of the person, in the centre of the room, and call down the light upon him, after surrounding him with the six crosses. when the ceremony is done, command the astral shape you have made to return to the person, bearing with it the

water: 0 thou powerful angel htdim, thou who art lord and ruler over the pure and fluid element of water, i beseech thee to endue this cup with the magic powers of which thou art lord, that i may with its aid direct the spirits who serve thee in purity and singleness of aim. with sword trace invoking water pentagram. lesser angle of air: 0 thou powerful angel htaad, thou who art lord and ruler of the etheric and airy qualities of water, i beseech thee to endue this cup with the magic powers of which thou art lord, that i may with its aid direct the spirits who serve thee in purity and singleness of aim. with dagger trace invoking water pentagram. lesser angle of earth: 0 thou powerful angel hmagl, thou who art lord and ruler of the more dense and solid qualities of water, i beseech thee to

THE GALE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE UNUSUAL UNEXPLAINED VOL 1

nd soar with the wind. he believes himself to be dead and realizes that there is an existence beyond physical death. then instead of going on, i felt myself slide back. i breathed and i was back. dr. robert crookall, a british biologist and botanist, was one of the great pioneers in the clinical study of near-death experiences. crookall theorized that what metaphysicians had labeled the astral or the etheric body the soul is normally enmeshed in the physical body so that most people are never aware of its existence. during out-of-body or near-death experiences, however, the soul body separates or projects from the physical body and is used temporarily as an instrument of consciousness. according to crookall, this soul body consists of matter but it is extremely subtle and may be described

THE GALE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE UNUSUAL UNEXPLAINED VOL 3

o these spontaneous, involuntary experiences, there are also those voluntary and conscious projections during which the subject deliberately endeavors to free his or her mind from the physical body. dr. robert crookall, the british geologist and botanist who was also a pioneer in the study of out-of-body experience, stated in the introduction to his more astral projections (1964) that the astral, the etheric, body is normally enmeshed in, or in gear with the familiar physical body so that most people are not aware of its existence. but many people have become aware of it, for [their] soul body separated or projected from the physical body and was used, temporarily, as an instrument of consciousness. crookall perceived this soul body as consisting of matter, but it is extremely subtle and m

ge of the himalayas, kushog vogi of northern tibet, who believed that the astral body surrounds the physical body like an eggshell surrounds the egg within it and is linked up with the physical body by invisible vibrations on the ether in the air being carried to the mind centers on the plexuses of the involuntary nervous system. in cannon s view, the astral body is the scriptural golden bowl and the etheric body is the linking silver cord. the astral body, he wrote, is mainly the emotional body and has to do with emotions, moods, and feelings. the astral body is not only linked up with the physical body through the solar plexus, but also linked up with the etheric body through vibrations passing from it through the physical body between the eyes to the top of the etheric body. cannon comp

theric body is the linking silver cord. the astral body, he wrote, is mainly the emotional body and has to do with emotions, moods, and feelings. the astral body is not only linked up with the physical body through the solar plexus, but also linked up with the etheric body through vibrations passing from it through the physical body between the eyes to the top of the etheric body. cannon compared the etheric body to a streak of light running down the front of 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 mysteries of the mind 171 spinal cord of the physical body but independent of either the astral or physical body, whereas the physical body is dependent, through the involuntary sympathetic nervous system, on the astral body, and in turn the

of light running down the front of 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 mysteries of the mind 171 spinal cord of the physical body but independent of either the astral or physical body, whereas the physical body is dependent, through the involuntary sympathetic nervous system, on the astral body, and in turn the astral body is dependent on the etheric body. according to cannon, the east has long believed that when the physical body dies, the astral body containing the etheric body separates from the physical body after three days, and that after years, perhaps centuries, the astral body dies and leaves only the etheric body to become a spirit. the eastern schools of initiation, cannon informed, teach the chela (student) how to withd

THE KEY TO THE MYSTERIES

ce is what hermes trismegistus calls the great "telesma" when it produces splendour, it is called light. it is this substance which god creates before everything else, when he says "let there be light" it is at once substance and movement. it is fluid, and a perpetual vibration. its inherent force which set it is motion is called "magnetism" in the infinite, this unique substance is the ether, or the etheric light. in the stars which it magnetizes, it becomes astral light. in organized beings, light, or magnetic fluid. in man it forms the "astral body" or the "plastic medium" the will of intelligent beings acts directly on this light, and by means of it on all that part of nature which is submitted to the modifications of intelligence. this light is the common mirror of all thoughts and al

THE MIDDLE PILLAR

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

TYSON DONALD SOUL FLIGHT

ical concept of the astral world differed from that of the spiritualists who came before them, and from that of the ritual magicians of the golden dawn who followed. the astral body theosophy divided the human body into seven degrees or levels. we need only concern ourselves with the lowest three. the lowest body is the material or physical body of flesh and blood. next above it is what is called the etheric body, which resembles the material body closely but is formed of a more subtle substance. slightly more refined than the etheric body is the astral body, with which human beings are enabled to travel the astral planes. just as, after death, the human body decays and eventually falls to nothingness, so theosophists believe that the etheric and astral bodies also break down and fall to n

re refined than the etheric body is the astral body, with which human beings are enabled to travel the astral planes. just as, after death, the human body decays and eventually falls to nothingness, so theosophists believe that the etheric and astral bodies also break down and fall to nothing with the passage of sufficient time. the body of flesh is the first to disappear, followed by the body of the etheric, and then by the body of the astral, and so on up to the higher bodies. theosophists believe that the etheric body is able to separate from the physical body during life no more than a couple of feet. it is connected with the physical body by its own cord that has very little elasticity. it cannot travel far from the physical body.lo4 during the seance, it is the etheric body that beco

, 28. 90 soul flight composed of in the dim past when the processes of evolution had not yet arrived at the point of producing the material body for man.lo5 theosophy understands the astral body to be the template upon which the physical body is formed. it exists before the existence of the physical body, and when the physical body dies, it continues to survive for some time on the astral planes. the etheric body remains closely linked to the corpse, and is said to be responsible for ghosts seen in graveyards and near the bodies of the dead. it decays more quickly than the astral body. surrounding the human body is the aura, which theosophy divides into seven layers that distinguish themselves by different colors and varying densities. those projecting on the astral planes carry their aura

dmission. it shook his nerves to such a degree that doyle decided not to become a member.125 two members of the golden dawn later visited doyle in an attempt to change his mind. they told him of an astral journey they had made together to central africa. doyle wrote "from what i learnt i should judge that the powers of this society included that of loosening their own etheric bodies, in summoning the etheric bodies of others (mine, for example) and in making thought images."126 this might be dismissed as merely an odd fixation in the mind of doyle, who was a confirmed believer in spiritualism, were it not that others reported the same sort of astral experience. ithell colquhoun (1906-1988, who attempted many years later to gain initiation into both a descendant offshoot of the golden dawn

with unpleasantness on the astral plane, or if his subtle body is seen, and struck or shot at, the physical body will show the marks."240 she described the patterned bruising found on her own body after an "astral skirmish" and quite wisely compared the bruises to the stigmata of saints and the swelling or bruising sometimes seen on hysterics. she wrote that "the mind, powerfully stirred, affects the etheric double, and the etheric double acts upon the physical molecules held in its meshes."241i t is evident from this that she did not believe such injuries were caused by the direct actions of astral beings, but rather were generated reflexively by the mind of the sufferer. the unpleasant encounter of sylvan muldoon with the ghost of his dead neighbor shows that while hostile spirits can co

WEOR SAMAEL AUN ESOTERIC COURSE OF KABBLAH

les de los elementos, de la simiente de todo g nero (estudio sobre los misterios menores, las nueve arcadas por las cuales tiene que subir el estudiante. 8 arcanum 19 the resplendent light. the tenth hour of apollonius "the doors of the sky are opened and the man leaves the lethargy" this is the number 10 of the second great iniciation of the major mysteries that permits the iniciate to travel in the etheric body. this is the wisdom of john the baptist. arcanum 20 "the awakening of the dead" the eleventh hour of apollonius. the angels, the cherubims, and the seraphims fly with rumors of wings. there is rejoicing in the sky, awakening on the earth, and the sun that raises adam. this process belongs to the great iniciations of major mysteries where only the terror of the law reigns. arcanum

he blood and the semen in the human organism. this is vulcan that transmutes the seminal liquor into christic energy. the vital body is the vehicle of the soul-consciousness in the human being. the consciousness is the flame and the vital body is the wick. vulcan exists within the microcosmos and within the macrocosmos, in the human being and in nature. the great vulcan of nature is eden, this is the etheric world. cosmic rhythms any alchemist fledgling (after having been crowned) is getting away little by little from the sexual act. the connubial secret is more distant each time according to certain cosmic rhythms marked by the oriental gong. this is how the sexual energies are sublimated and transmuted in a continuous ecstasy. the alchemist fledgling that worked in the magisterium of fir

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

WESTERN MANDALAS OF TRANSFORMATION SR AL

newing and transforming anima, she immerses us in the bath of regeneration. she is the fecundating power of spirit. the moon is also the reservoir of memory. occult philosophy tells us that subconscious memory is already perfect. we cannot improve it; we can only improve our ability to tap into its power. in tarot, this occult power is represented by the high priestess (see figure 11-a, who holds the etheric record of all experience on her lap, often called etheric water or occult water. this is because in yesod are manifested the fluidic energies of the astral light, often perceived as wave-like. occultists know that this astral light is often associated in folklore with magic and sorcery. in gematria, we note the association in the word ob (avb, which has a double meaning. it can be tran

ch swirl all of the colors of the rainbow, which are then distributed to the chakras as necessary. in this system it acts as the transmitter of the energies of the life-force, and is the sun behind the sun, since it resides behind tiphareth in the abyss. the number of daath, 474, also adds up to six, which is the number of tiphareth, the sun sphere on the tree. properly visualized, it is not just the etheric egg surrounding the body, but the point of contact through which we are made aware of the great transformation. in tantra, this concept is thought of as the bindu point, which, through great concentration, can release tremendous power. it is the chakra that will open up vast new areas of consciousness in the future. it is represented by pluto because true plutonian energy is transforma

halo can be seen not only many shimmering colors, but actual bacteria, which seems to breed in the lower auric field before invading the body. corine heline has said that the correct use of color will be the preventive against epidemics in the coming new age and "will replace the present barbaric custom of vaccination (1987, p. 35. it has been thought by nearly everyone working in this field that the etheric body needs to be cleansed and healed in order for the physical body to reflect optimum health. we do not know for sure, but we can only presume that this same concept was understood by the ancient healers as well. although the relationships between the planets, colors, and tones may have been known and used before pythagorus, it was the pythagoreans who perfected the art and left it as

nation of the twelve zodiacal signs and the eight planets we have covered thus far in our explorations. the student can photocopy these for use in making talismanic mandalas. we are also employing an alternative version of coloring the tattwas based on blavatsky's interpretation. with these we will have a full range of color that, when used together, create a proper balance for the harmonizing of the etheric body. this whole technique is simple, yet quite powerful, figure 14-a and can be done in about twenty minutes once all of the talismanic tattwas and other preparations have been made. first, color the tattwa cards in the correct colors. make sure the colors are vibrant, pure, and uniform. you can use paints or magic markers, but crayons or colored pencils are not advised. when the tatt

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

simple as shining a red light on one's head for a headache or a blue light on the hip for arthritis or sciatica. in experimental studies, yellow has been shown to be more effective in treating arthritis, sciatica, or neuritis, followed by blue or violet light, and red is certainly not good to meditate on to relieve a headache. the point in using these exercises as a holistic method of harmonizing the etheric and physical bodies is to use the whole spectrum so the combination of sound and color works on the whole body. we do not need to consciously understand what is working on what for the technique to be effective. dr. case never advocated shining colored lights on specific body parts; rather, he suggested immersing oneself in the color completely in the imagination through the after-imag

n alter our behavior. the occult student should re-read the quote at the beginning of this chapter and heed it accordingly. tansley was referring to subliminal programming, where light phenomenon has been used to influence the subconscious in a very systematic way for quite some time. one of the great benefits of doing the twenty minute meditation outlined here is that it cleanses and strengthens the etheric web, which is continually being assailed by our modern pollutants and technologies. numerous practitioners in the field of alternative medicine have incorporated various aspects of color therapy as an adjunct to their practice based on results of both laboratory experiments and their own research. what few have attempted to do, however, is combine the influences of sound vibration with

ZALEWSKI GOLDEN DAWN ENOCHIAN MAGIC OCR

tion occurs in the astral or emotional body. this body exists within the human body but in a different dimension. it can travel to certain areas and see certain events that exist on our physical, visual level as well. to understand what the astral/emotional body is and what its functions are, one will have to look at subtle body anatomy. the first and main body is the physical body. the second is the etheric body, which resembles a series of road maps; its function is to supply energy to the physical body. this is done through the chakras, the acupuncture meridians, and the nadis, which are finer channels yet again. professor motoyama and kim bong han have published numerous papers on these systems and their functions which have been attributed to the etheric body. the astral/emotional bod

ZALEWSKI SECRET INNER ORDER RITUALS OF THE GOLDEN DAWN OCR

the thoth hermes temple. apparently, the snobbish structure of whare ra prevented this type of communication between temple members, and few had any real idea of their fellow members real potential, other than of their direct seniors in charge of ritual. take the neophyte ritual again as an example. after the hierophant activates the astral shells, they stay activated until the hierophant breaks the etheric link, for it is he that activates the current of osiris. when the officers take their places on the floor of the temple at the beginning of the ceremony, the activated shells of the godforms then link with their physical auras. because of the delicate nature of this linking (these auric shells are sometimes seen clairvoyantly as light green in colour, it must be done correctly on two l

ace. included after the 6=5 ritual are some notes i made a few years ago as a part of my 6=5 thesis, and have included here as a matter of interest. the 7=4 ceremony uses the two outer rooms of the vault, and the notes included with the ritual were, i presume, written by felkin, as they were given to me by taylor after going through this grade ceremony. the final ritual is called "transmission of the etheric link" and was only given out to a few at whare ra. its purpose was to transmit the link of the order in its fullest capacity to the adept. this was only given out at 7=4 level, and is not a substitute for any grade ceremony, but in fact seals off the link in the adept's aura. why this was given out in the 7=4 grade and not 8=3 or 9=2 levels is not clear. it is slightly complicated, but

t, the chiefs of said temples treated these two higher grades as nothing more than temple grades, given out to those who had devoted a lifetime of effort to the order. i was told this by a former chief of whare ra when i quizzed her about these grades and their significance. mrs. felkin told jack taylor that the 7=4 grade was the last of the physical grades, and not to bother with the other ones. the etheric link brought in at this level seals the aura of the adept, and theoretically gives him the highest level of energy the order has to offer. no one really believed that those of 8=3 or 9=2 grades were adepts beyond the physical. this stemmed over from the old golden dawn temples. one could say that the bottom line of the 8=3 and 9=2 grades is that they were temple grades only, having lit

50=60, it is impregnated into the individual for life, unless the chiefs who emanate the link choose to close it down. in the order one can only reduce the adept in rank to the portal, but they have no power to alter or cut the link. if one advances through the second order grades, this link is further strengthened by ritual. in the final phase at the 70=40 grade, a ritual called "transmission of the etheric link" is performed (and is usually reserved for those of the office of chief or who will succeed to that office, where the link is given in its entirety to the adept so that they are able to carry on. the link, in its varying stages, could be described as an astral tunnel of sorts, allowing access to certain regions of the astral plane where a contingency of astral entities govern thei

st be remembered that even in the astral, there is a certain amount of give and take. in algebraic terminology "a" must go through "b" to arrive at "c" the christian faith is a good example of this as are the numerous off-shoots of our own order. in a case like this, once the new link at "c" is formed, the old one at "b" is dosed, and a direct link from "a# to "c" is utilized. the transmission of the etheric link chief adept 2nd adept 3rd adept chief adept "v.h. third adept, who is he that waiteth without the portal" 3rd adept "our frater et soror, who hath attained unto the high grade of. chief adept "go then, v.h. associate adept, and see that it is in truth our frater..test him if he be well prepared to proceed with this ceremony, being in a calm and recollected frame of mind, that we m

kneels on the threshold facing east. chief adept stands east of him, facing east. 2nd adept in s. east. 3rd adept in n. east. they stretch out their right hands towards the centre east holding their wands. chief adept "christian rosenkreutz" 2nd adept "christian rosenkreutz" 3rd adept "christian rosenkreutz" all "christian rosenkreutz, we invoke thee to manifest thyself and to transmit through us the etheric link with thyself to this our frater..that he may indeed become thy son and spiritual heir" there is a pause; the three officers turn slowly, form a triangle about the postulant. they lay aside their wands and ankhs. postulant is directed to place his left hand on chief's breast, his right hand in the chief's right hand. 2nd and 3rd place their hands: one on the head of postulant over

Return to Occult Library Index



Related Matches
active adept age air akasa angel angels angle astral aura awakening blood ceremony chakras christian communication conscious consciousness corresponds cosmic devas dead death degree disciple discipleship disease divine earth east ego element elements emanating emanation emblem energy energies enochian esoteric ether etheric existence fire flesh force forces form forms glamour gnostic god golden healing heart hierarchy hod human humanity illusion incarnation initiate initiation intelligence intelligent invoking kingdom knowledge living lodge logos london lord lucis magic magick magical magician malkuth manifestation manifested material matter meditation medium mental microcosm mind modern moon mysteries nature negative network netzach occult occultism order pentagram people physical plane planes planetary planet planets positive power powers psychic psychology re reality realm ritual ruach sephiroth sensitive set seven sex solar soul sphere spirit spirits spiritual state subtle sun symbol symbolic teaching telepathic telepathy temple theosophy theosophical three tiphareth tree truth universe vault vibration water west white wisdom world worlds yesod yoga


http://www.hollywoodinsiders.net
MWLibCreator Ver.2 By:Michael Wynn