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th my soul" in liber clxxv many practical devices for attaining this one-pointedness are given, and though the subject of that book is devotion to a particular deity, its instructions may be easily generalized to suit the development of any form of will. this will is then the active form of understanding. the master of 76 the temple asks, on seeing a slug "what is the purpose of this message from the unseen? how shall i interpret this word of god most high" the magus thinks "how shall i use this slug" and in this course he must persist. though many things useless, so far as he can see, are sent to him, one day he will find the one thing he needs, while his understanding will appreciate the fact that none of those other things were useless. so with these early practices of renunciation it w

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ic wand of double power: thee, thee we invoke! thou who bearest in thy left hand the rose and cross of light and life: thee, thee we invoke! thou whose 176 head is of green, whose nemys is of night sky- blue; whose skin of of flaming orange, as though it burned in a furnace: thee, thee we invoke! behold, i am yesterday, to-day, and the brother of the morrow! for i am born again and again. mine is the unseen force which created the gods, and giveth life unto the dwellers in the watch-towers of the universe. i am the charioteer in the east, lord of the past and the future, he who seeth by the light that is within him. i am the lord of resurrection, who cometh forth from the dusk, and whose birth is from the house of death. o ye two divine hawks upon your pinnacles, who are keeping watch over

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ouble power: thee, thee we invoke! thou who bearest in thy left hand the rose and cross of light and life: thee, thee we invoke! o thou whose head is as an emerald, and thy nemyss 101 as the night sky- blue! thou whose skin is of flaming orange, as though it burned in a furnace: thee, thee we invoke! behold, i am yesterday, to-day, and the brother of the morrow! i am born again and again. mine is the unseen force from which the gods are sprung; that giveth life unto the dwellers in the watch-towers of the universe. i am the charioteer of the east, lord of the past and the future. i see by mine own inward light; lord of resurrection, who cometh forth from the dusk, and whose birth is from the house of death. o ye two divine hawks upon your pinnacles, who keep watch over the universe! ye who

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rnation was paul of tarsus. he is occupying a cretan body, but spends a large part of his time in egypt. he it was who gave out to the world that occult treatise "light on the path" and his work is particularly interesting to the general public at this crisis, for he works with those who are developing the intuition, and controls and transmutes the great movements that tend to strip the veil from the unseen. his is the energy which, through his disciples, is stimulating the psychical research groups everywhere, and he it was who initiated, through various pupils of his, the spiritualistic movement. he has under observation all those who are psychics of the higher order, and assists in developing their powers for the good of the group, and in connection with certain of the devas of the astr

he doubt, but he has become instead, through his own effort, a knower. his oneness with his brothers is proven, and he realises the indissoluble link which binds him to his fellow-men everywhere. brotherhood is no longer a theory but a proven scientific fact, no more to be disputed than the separateness of men on the physical plane is to be disputed. the immortality of the soul and the reality of the unseen worlds is for him proven and ascertained. whereas, before initiation, this belief was based on brief and fleeting vision and strong inner convictions (the result of logical reasoning and of a gradually developing intuition) now it is based on sight and on a recognition past all disproving, of his own immortal nature. he realises the meaning and source of energy, and can begin to wield p

ALICE A BAILEY04 A TREATISE ON COSMIC FIRE

study the etheric body, its relation to the dense physical body, and its function as the receiver, storer, and transmitter of the vital fluids of the system. the foundation of the new church, which will be no longer along devotional and idealistic lines but which will be an outgrowth of the old idealism, demonstrating through mental forms. it will have for its basis the scientific recognition of the unseen world and its due appreciation and apprehension by means of accurate scientific ceremonial. this ceremonial of the universal church being founded on the mental unity of all peoples will not be ceremonial as it is now understood, as it will be the guarded, guided, scientific utilisation of sound and color to bring about certain desired ends, such as the aligning of the ego, the influenci

he influencing of groups, the making of contact with the occult hierarchy, the co-operation with the devas in order to further the constructive ends of evolution, and many other objects which will grow out of the scientific comprehension of the constitution of man, the nature of vibration or radioactivity, and the demonstrated reality of the hitherto metaphysical hypothesis and religious dogma of the unseen world of thought and of spiritual existence. increased facility in approaching the path. this will be based on the fact that so many of the then existent humanity will have personal knowledge of the ruling powers and forces, will perhaps be on the probationary path, or will be initiates of the first degree. thus the present scepticism will become non-existent. the dangers then will be a

h, since the birth of our globe, rotation has ceased" s. d, i, 179. 62 72: bible. i cor, xv, 53. 63 73: bible. deut. iv, 24; hebrews xii, 29. 64 74 "when the last cycle of man-bearing has been completed by that last fecund earth; and humanity has reached in a mass the stage of buddhahood and passed out of the objective existence into the mystery of nirvana then "strikes the hour; the seen becomes the unseen, the concrete resumes its pre-cyclic state of atomic distribution. but the dead worlds left behind the onsweeping impulse do not continue dead. motion is the eternal order of things and affinity or attraction its handmaid of all works. the thrill of life will again re-unite the atom, and it will stir again in the inert planet when the time comes. though all its forces have remained stat

word maga meaning a priest of the sun, but this was evidently a later borrowing from the zend which had originally derived its root from its neighbor the sanskrit. lucifer, vol. x, p. 157. 260) 94:magic. the art of divine magic consists in the ability to perceive the essence of things in the light of nature (astral light, and by using the soul-powers of the spirit to produce material things from the unseen universe, and in such operations the above and the below must be brought together and made to act harmoniously. s. d, ii, 538. magic is the second of the four vidyas, and is the great maha-vidya in the tantric writings. it needs the light of the fourth vidya (atmavidya) thrown on it in order to be white magic. s. d, i, 192. black magic is defined by h. p. b. as follows: a. black magic e

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is uniform to the mystics of all races. that much of the testimony can be discarded on the grounds of hallucination may be true; that many of the saints of old were psychopathic cases and neurotics may be equally true; but there still remains a residue of testimony and a sufficient number of reputable witnesses, substantiating this testimony, to force our belief in its verity. these witnesses to the unseen world spoke with words of power and gave forth messages which have moulded the thoughts of men, and directed the lives of millions. they claimed there was a science of spiritual knowledge and a technique of development whereby men could attain to the mystical experience and whereby they could know god. it is this science which we will study in this book, and this technique which we will

rm of nature to that which is its cause. we are perhaps, too apt to confuse the religious spirit with the mystic search. all clear thinking about life and about the great laws of nature, if carried forward with persistence and steadfastness, leads eventually into the mystic world, and this the foremost scientists of our day are beginning to realize. religion starts with the accepted hypothesis of the unseen and the mystical. but science arrives at the same point by working from the seen to the unseen and from the objective to the subjective. thus, as has been said, by the process of investigation and of passing inwards from form to form, the mystic arrives eventually at the glory of the unveiled self. it seems to be unalterably true that all paths lead to god viewing god as the ultimate go

of the soul, life and mind, have been working through the vehicles, without the man being aware of their source or purpose. as a result of their work, he is now an intelligent, active, high-grade human being. but, as browning puts it "in completed man begins anew a tendency to god,"10(35) and he is driven by a divine unrest towards a conscious awareness of, and a conscious contact with, his soul the unseen factor which he senses, but of which he remains personally unaware. now he enters upon a process of self-education and of an intensive investigation into his true nature. his personality, which has been outgoing towards the world of physical, emotional and mental life, with its attention focussed objectively, goes through a process of reorientation, and turns inward towards the self. it

awareness, and are the faint indications of the coming brotherhood of souls. applied science in all fields has now been so developed that it has entered the realm of energy and of pure metaphysics. the study of- 89- from intellect to intuition copyright 1998 lucis trust matter has landed us in the realm of mysticism and of transcendentalism. science and religion are joining hands in the world of the unseen and intangible. these are steps in the right direction. when the mental faculties have been developed racially through our occidental technique in the business world (a vast school of concentration, a transmutation analogous to that which occurs in the realm of the desire nature, must inevitably take place, and has frequently done so. the mind can then be reoriented to the truer and hig

ALICE A BAILEY08 A TREATISE ON WHITE MAGIC

the point of evolution reached by the mass of men in the occident. remember that this point is indicative of the success of the evolutionary process and not of its failure but, because much yet remains to be done, the work of the lodge is often hindered. the point reached at this time might be expressed as a swinging from the rank materialism of the past into a growing and profound realization of the unseen worlds without the balance that comes from self-acquired knowledge. the forces that have been set in motion by the thinkers the scientists of the world, the truly advanced religious men, the spiritualists, the christian scientists, the new thought workers, the theosophists and the modern philosophers and workers in other fields of human thought are gradually and steadily affecting the s

hinkers the scientists of the world, the truly advanced religious men, the spiritualists, the christian scientists, the new thought workers, the theosophists and the modern philosophers and workers in other fields of human thought are gradually and steadily affecting the subtler bodies of humanity and are bringing them to a point where they are beginning to realize three things: a. the reality of the unseen worlds. b. the terrific power of thought. c. the need for scientific knowledge on these two matters. fifth: certain dangers which aspirants must watch as they seek to be of use should here be mentioned: they must guard against overemphasizing one aspect at the expense of another part of the plan or- 79- a treatise on white magic copyright 1998 lucis trust vision. they must avoid unequal

therefore recognised as teachers, writers and workers, later they will recede more and more into the background and will work through the outer circle. they will inspire them, and will place increasing responsibility upon their shoulders; they will nurture the growth of telepathic interplay in the world and thus weave those strands which will eventually bridge the present gap between the seen and the unseen and so make the new world possible a world in which death as we know it will be abolished and a trained universal continuity of consciousness be established. that is why the emphasis is laid in training the members of this group in the new group, upon telepathic- 347- a treatise on white magic copyright 1998 lucis trust sensitivity. the members of this second circle of workers are taugh

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

and nurture all the dreams of men. then shall the master in the east awaken those who are asleep. then shall the warden in the west test and try all the true seekers after light. then shall the warden in the south instruct and aid the- 60- a treatise on the seven rays- volume i: esoteric psychology i copyright 1998 lucis trust blind. then shall the gate into the north remain wide open, for there the unseen master stands with welcoming hand and understanding heart, to lead the pilgrims to the east where the true light shines forth "why this opening of the temple" demand the greater seven. because the work is ready; the craftsmen are prepared. god has created in the light. his sons can now create. what can else be done "naught" came the answer from the greater seven "let the work proceed. l

a national or a racial god; not christian, hindu or buddhist. such a god will not be a figment of man's creative imagination or an extension of his own consciousness, but a deity of essential life, who is the sum total of all energies; the energy of life itself, the energy of love, the energy of intelligence, of active experience, and that energy which produces the interplay between the seen and the unseen; a god most surely transcendent, but at the same time most assuredly immanent; a god of such immensity that the heavens proclaim him, and so intimate that the humblest child can recognise- 115- a treatise on the seven rays- volume i: esoteric psychology i copyright 1998 lucis trust him. how can this be? you ask. i give a simple reply to your question, and yet one so scientific and so pr

rays- volume i: esoteric psychology i copyright 1998 lucis trust discovery also in the field of photography, now being investigated, will the fact of survival be proven. through the use of the radio by those who have passed over will communication be eventually set up, and reduced to a true science. nevertheless, certain imminent happenings will do more to annihilate the veil between the seen and the unseen than any other line of activity hitherto initiated. of this i may not speak beyond telling you that an illumination will be set up and a radiance revealed which will result in a tremendous stimulation of mankind and bring about an awakening of a new order. man will be keyed up to a perception and to a contact which will enable him to see through, which will reveal the nature of the four

an intensive effort on the part of the hierarchy and on the part of the new group of world servers. there is a term set to their effort, and later this type of activity will end, and workers will enter into more extensive fields, if the work proves effective. should the spiritually minded and intellectually constituted people of the race fail at this time to initiate the plan, to wrest it out of the unseen and carry it into the realm of the seen, then we shall see a period of difficulty and of slower growth, but no entire collapse of the fabric of civilisation as the fear-mongers indicate. but we shall anticipate no such failure and no such setback to the carefully laid plans of the watchers on the inner side. the word has gone out to rally all the disciples and aspirants of the world to

es its forms of activity, and "judges by appearances" the awakening aspirant begins to sense some of the beauties that lie unrevealed behind all forms; the awakened disciple lays the focus of his attention upon the emerging world of qualities, and becomes steadily aware of colour, of new ranges of sound, of an inner evolving and newer response apparatus which is beginning to enable him to contact the unseen, the intangible, and the unrevealed. he becomes aware of those subjective impulses which condition the quality of the life, and which are slowly and gradually revealing themselves. it is this unrevealed inner beauty which lies back of the emphasis laid by the churches upon the cultivation of the virtues, and by the occultists upon the use of a seed thought in meditation. these seed thou

active as it now is. therefore scientific knowledge of their activity was not possible. other cosmic rays will play upon our earth as this seventh ray activity becomes increasingly active, and the result of their influence will be to facilitate the emergence of the new racial types, and above all else, to destroy the veil or web which separates the world of the seen and tangible from the world of the unseen and the intangible, the astral world. just as there is a veil called "the etheric web" dividing off the various force centres in the human body, and protecting the head centres from the astral world, so there is a separating web between the world of physical life and the astral world. this will be destroyed, slowly and certainly, by the play of the cosmic rays upon our planet. the ether

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rated and proven; meanwhile that something apparently persists beyond physical death has been demonstrated. the fact of immortality has not been proven as yet, though it constitutes a basic belief in the minds of millions, and where such a belief is universally found, there must indubitably be a basis for it. the entire question of immortality is closely linked with the problem of divinity and of the unseen, subjective world, which seems to underlie the tangible and visible, frequently making its presence felt. working therefore on the premise of the unseen and invisible, it is probable that we shall eventually penetrate to it and discover that it has always been with us, but that we have been blinded and unable to recognise its presence. always some have done so, and their note sounds for

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life- 49- a treatise on the seven rays- volume ii: esoteric psychology ii copyright 1998 lucis trust 10. the return of the prodigal son to the fathers home. 11. the application and use of energy for group purpose and in cooperation with the plan for the whole. 12. the life of the soul with all that is implied in that phrase. 13. love of god in contradistinction to love of self. 14. attachment to the unseen, the true, the subjective and the real, which is only possible when there has been detachment from the seen, the false, the objective and the unreal. 15. complete liberation from the control of the lower mind. 16. the period wherein the centre of interest is the kingdom of god and of the soul. 17. reality. formlessness. god. it should be remembered, when considering the seven ray method

of the plan, the colour and the beauty of the whole. destroy the carpet which you have for ages wrought. it does not meet your need..then weave again, weaver. weave in the light of day. weave, as you see the plan" the direction of ray iv"'i take and mix and blend. i bring together that which i desire. i harmonise the whole' thus spoke the mixer, as he stood within his darkened chamber 'i realise the unseen beauty of the world. colour i know and sound i know. i hear the music of the spheres, and note on note and chord on chord, they speak their thought to me. the voices which i hear intrigue and draw me, and with the sources of these sounds i seek to work. i seek to paint and blend the pigments needed. i must create the music which will draw to me those who like the pictures which i make

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he abstract vision of future glory and reward for the immediate duty and goal and to learn the spiritual values of the immediate moment as they are to be found in the foreground of daily living. i can remember the time, my brother, when it was hard for you to identify yourself with the problem of the hour, so occupied were you with the hierarchy, its personnel and plans, and with your relation to the unseen master. perhaps in the right adjustment which you have been successful in bringing about, you may have forgotten that time of distant and difficult striving. but i have not. you have to lose sight of the far-off spiritual possibility in the service of the hour. this you have learnt to do in no small measure, only to make the discovery that this path of service and of self-forgetfulness

se of responsibility shines forth in flickering flames from every soul which has sought and found alignment. fan those flames into a steady fire in every soul you meet. ponder on this. 2. the sense of sacrifice is faintly seen in every soul that loves the plan. teach them that sacrifice must touch the depths of giving and not call forth that which upon the surface lies or that which can be known. the unseen sacrifice must go with that which can be seen. teach this. 3. the sense of comradeship is surely known by each and all of you but needs the deepening of service shared. shew this and draw it forth. the comradeship of burdens shared, the sense of deep response to need, the comradeship of service rendered, the urge to sacrifice teach these to those who seek to work within the master's pla

as it reaches towards the sun. it sends its beauty and aroma forth into the world of souls and hence into the world of men. one hint only would i give you at this time. your one-pointed devotion is known and the powerful vibration of your aspiration is realised. let devotion now be transmuted into an all-embracing love to all beings, so that that love can unfold within its radiation the seen and the unseen, the known and the unknown, the loved and that which needs loving. such is the attitude of consciousness which radiates from the lord of life. watch your physical strength somewhat and live not at so high a tension. relax a little during the coming months and foster those lighter moments of relaxation which give to your soul opportunity to attend to its own affairs upon its own high lev

fts) is your immediate need. there is a divine aspect to time. i would like to see your meditation carried forward more dynamically and with a more instantaneous alignment and its consequent results. seek during the ensuing months to make your meditation periods short and powerful, remembering that at present their objective is the inner organising of the bodies and not so much the realisation of the unseen. that realisation is for you somewhat easy. its bringing through into the brain consciousness and its wise use in service is what calls for your attention. i can now alter your meditation form, as you have had the one you are now employing for a year. some of it i will preserve, but i will radically change part of it. this may be regarded as a mode of intercessory activity, for interces

ot for you should there be the usual glamours and distresses. i would say to you, my brother, look not back at the past. in that direction lies glamour and distress. it is the usual direction and the line of least resistance for the majority. but such is not the way for you. look not either to revelation or the imparted illusory comfort of those who hover on the dividing line between the seen and the unseen. that way is not the way for you. you are not a distressed and bereaved- 357- discipleship in the new age- volume i copyright 1998 lucis trust disciple looking anxiously at the separating veil and hoping for some sign to come through which will convince you that all is well. such, i reiterate, is not the way for you. reach up to the heights of the soul and, having sought and found that

processes through the medium of the form so as to produce a divine manifestation. the world today is entering a phase of extreme sensitivity. disciples must train themselves to help. the shift of the consciousness of ordinary and mediocre individuals will be on to levels of- 570- discipleship in the new age- volume i copyright 1998 lucis trust conscious astralism and the veil between the seen and the unseen will rapidly disappear. how can disciples be of service in that difficult period if they have no experience in the distinction and interpretation which must exist between aspects of phenomena? how can they rescue and safeguard others if they fear to enter into realms of life where the lower psychism rules? i am not asking you to cultivate psychic powers, but i do ask you to hold yoursel

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nd i don't want to be drawn into anything like that" i was startled to hear myself speaking out loud. the voice went on to say that wise people did not make snap judgments, that i had a peculiar gift for the higher telepathy and that what i was being asked to do embodied no aspect of the lower psychism. i replied that i didn't care, that i wasn't interested in any work of a psychic nature at all. the unseen person who was speaking so clearly and directly to me then said that he would give me time for consideration; that he would not take my answer then and that he would come back in three weeks' time exactly, to find out what i intended to do. i then shook myself as if i was awakening from a dream and went home and entirely forgot all about the matter. i never gave it another thought and d

ogether in what are technically called ashrams. implicit in this effort, therefore, lies the significance of the second advent of the christ. he will come bringing his disciples with him. the masters will again some day be present upon earth as they were millions of years ago during the infancy of mankind. then they left us for a while and disappeared behind the veil which separates the seen from the unseen. this they did in order to give man time to develop free will, to become an adult using his mind, making his own decisions, orienting himself finally towards the kingdom of god and consciously endeavoring to tread the path of return. this has taken place on such a large scale that it now appears possible that within the coming century the masters may emerge from their silence and again

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wledge should be required. medicine is entering slowly into a new usefulness. once the cause of disease is shifted out of an organ or bodily system into a more subtle and vital realm, we shall see radical and needed changes, leading to simplification and not to a greater complexity and difficulty. from the above remarks it will be seen that disease emerges into the physical body from the world of the unseen, and from the use, or misuse, of the subtler forces on the inner planes. it must be remembered, however, that disease as it expresses itself in man can be generally regarded as due to the following causes, and students would do well to have this most carefully in mind as they ponder on these matters- 30- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iv: esoteric healing copyright 1998 lucis trus

t for disciples there should be none of the usual glamour and distress. i would say to you, look not back at the past. in that direction lie glamour and distress. it is the usual direction and the line of least resistance for the majority. but such is not the way for you. look not either to revelation or to the imparted illusory comfort of those who hover on the dividing line between the seen and the unseen. again, that is not the way for you. you are not a distressed and bereaved disciple looking anxiously at the separating veil and hoping for some sign to come through which will convince you that all is well. reach up to the heights of the soul, and having sought and found that pinnacle of peace and that altitude of joy whereon your soul immovably stands, then look into the world of livi

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ent two extreme objectives or positions towards which the humanity of the two periods directed and still direct their attention. the atlantean civilisation was definitely religious in its attitudes; religion was the commonplace of life and the raison d' tre of all that was. the world after death was the subject of interest and unwavering, unquestioning belief. the subtle influences emanating from the unseen realms, the forces of nature and man's relation to them through a keen sensitivity, and the entire gamut of his- 32- education in the new age copyright 1998 lucis trust emotional attitudes constituted the life of the race, and coloured all that there was or might have been of embryo thought. the result of all this, inherited by us when history as we now have it arose (from the time of t

net. both civilisations have gone too far, and in the swing of the pendulum we shall inevitably return to a middle position, to the "noble middle path" this middle way, utilising the best and the highest ideals which the two preceding civilisations have produced, will characterise the coming aquarian age and its civilisations. such an expression of the material and the immaterial, of the seen and the unseen, of the tangible and the spiritual has ever been the goal and the objective of those who comprehend the true meaning of culture. in the last analysis, and for the purposes of our theme, civilisation concerns the masses and the racial consciousness, while culture concerns the individual and the unseen spiritual man. therefore a civilisation which is a full expression of true culture lies

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k- 143- discipleship in the new age- volume ii copyright 1998 lucis trust the accepted disciple in this group work is in conscious rapport with both planetary centres (that of humanity and that of the hierarchy) and their creative thinking largely conditions the group. many, however, in this group are conscious of their relation to humanity and of their planned service, but are totally unaware of the unseen source of their inspiration. this matters not, for if their motive is pure, their intelligence keen and their meditational capacity adequate they receive the inspiration and develop the intuition in any case. it is those in the new group of world servers who can and do meditate who are the real agents of the relation existing between the hierarchy and humanity. such a relation has, of c

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with the developing welfare of humanity, is to be found. this is an age of culminations. such culminations appear today in the field of religion as well as in the field of science and politics. all the great lines of human approach to reality and to truth are passing out of the realm of the tangible and exoteric, into that of the intangible and esoteric. science is rapidly becoming the science of the unseen and of the unprovable; religion has emerged from the realm of the mystical into the clearer atmosphere of the occult, and must now- 185- the externalisation of the hierarchy copyright 1998 lucis trust emphasise the reality of the unseen as the efficient cause of the seen; politics and governments are engaged with processes of thought and ideologies. what then is the true inner structure

tanding; consequently, for centuries, the emphasis has been laid upon death, and only on easter day or in the cemeteries is the resurrection acclaimed. this must change. it is not helpful to a progressive understanding of the eternal verities to have this condition perpetuated. the hierarchy is today dedicated to bringing about this change and thus altering the approach of mankind to the world of the unseen and to the spiritual realities. before, however, they could do anything, our present civilisation had to die. during the coming century, the meaning of the resurrection will be unfolded and the new age will reveal its true significance. the first step will be the emergence of humanity from the death of its civilisation, of its old ideas and modes of living, the relinquishing of its mate

the people who carry forward the destiny of christianity. the master hilarion is actively occupied in the field of america, stimulating the intuitive perception of its people. he has under observation all those who are true psychics, and who develop their powers for the good of the community. he controls and transmutes the great active movements which endeavour to strip the veil from the world of the unseen. he impresses the minds of those whose vision will justify his effort. and he has much to do with various psychical research movements throughout the world. with the aid of certain groups of angels, he works to open up the world of departed souls to the seeker, and much that has of late convinced the materialistic world of life beyond has emanated from him. he whom you call the master d

rs the requisite food. man will concentrate his attention upon the etheric body and the work and health of the physical body will become increasingly automatic. f. they will also teach human beings as individuals and as a race to expand their consciousness to include the superphysical. in the accomplishment of this, the separating web (the veil of the temple) which divides the physical plane from the unseen world will be recognised as a fact in nature by the scientist. its purpose will be acknowledged. eventually it will be destroyed, by man discovering how to penetrate it. the date is imminent. through the increasing sensitivity of men and through the steady thinning of the separating veil, more and more during the coming years will the telepathic faculties of men and their power to respo

person, who constantly pledges and dedicates himself to the christ or to the masters in a spirit of adoration, will not be chosen for this specific training. their own attitudes and development come violently between them and their objective. the man who forgets about himself, and who is more interested in helping unhappy human beings, but who is nevertheless staunchly convinced of the factor of the unseen worlds, is the man for whom search is at this time being made. when these men and women are found, the work of the discovering initiate is to see to it that information comes to the aspirant in some form or another anent the hierarchical plan, concerning the reappearance of the christ (under some name familiar to the aspirant's religious background, and about the fundamental and needed

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hidden which shall not be revealed. when we invoke the mind of god and say "let light stream forth into the minds of men, let light descend on earth" we are voicing one of the great needs of humanity and if invocation and prayer mean anything at all the answer is certain and sure. when we find present in all people at all times, in every age and in every situation, the urge to voice an appeal to the unseen spiritual centre, there is a fixed surety that such a centre exists. invocation is as old as the hills or as old as humanity itself; therefore no other argument for its usefulness or its potency is required. the usual invocative appeal has hitherto been selfish in its nature and temporary in its formulation. men have prayed for themselves; they have invoked divine help for those they lo

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suggests in the artist s mind a vision of the active trafficking of creatures between one world and the other. all of the janus-headed, multi-faced, theriomorphic swarms which proliferate in spare s paintings threaten to break out of their world and spill into ours. the soul is the ancestral animals. a.o.s spare is a sorceror and a shamanic artist he attempts to represent the occult, the hidden, the unseen, to illustrate the unseeable, to portray sensations and subconscious energies: to delineate and draw into focus the astral forms of the spirits and shells who swarm about him in his everyday world. few are capable of perceiving these layers of existence, even fewer of making a lifelong attempt to illustrate this hidden inner world. the shaman is a person who deliberately remains in a pe

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nts. the first beginning opens invariably with the unknown and passive deity, from which emanates a certain active power or virtue, the mystery that is sometimes called wisdom, sometimes the son, very often god, angel, lord, and logos* the latter is sometimes applied to the very first emanation, but in several systems it proceeds from the first androgyne or double ray produced at the beginning by the unseen. philo depicts this wisdom as male and female. but though its first manifestation[[footnote(s[[footnote continued from previous page] the chariots attached to dhruva (the pole star, parasara speaks of "the chariots of the nine planets" which are attached by aerial cords* justin "cum. trypho" p. 284[[vol. 2, page] 490 the secret doctrine. had a beginning, for it proceeded from oulom (aio

the planet venus or lucifer. thus to the profane, the astral light may be god and devil at once[[footnote(s* says johannes tritheim, the abbot of spanheim, the greatest astrologer and kabalist of his day "the art of divine magic consists in the ability to perceive the essence of things in the light of nature (astral light, and by using the soulpowers of the spirit to produce material things from the unseen universe, and in such operations the above and the below must be brought together and made to act harmoniously. the spirit of nature (astral light) is a unity, creating and forming everything, and acting through the instrumentality of man it may produce wonderful things. such are accomplished, if you learn to know yourself. you will know it by the power of the spirit that is in yourself

faithful in this to the oldest traditions of the secret doctrine the world over- they deny that such imperfect and often not very clean work could ever be produced by absolute perfection. there is no need to mention here other still greater metaphysical difficulties. between speculative atheism and idiotic anthropomorphism there must be a philosophical mean, and a reconciliation. the presence of the unseen principle throughout all nature, and the highest manifestation of it on earth- man, can alone help to solve the problem, which is that of the mathematician whose x must ever elude the grasp of our terrestrial algebra. the hindus have tried to solve it by their avatars, the christians think[[footnote(s[[footnote continued from previous page] de grandeur oppose a celui de tant de misere

secure casket which holds the keys to the secret wisdom. true, a casket so profusely ornamented that its fancy work hides and conceals entirely any spring for opening it, and thus makes the unintuitional believe it has not, and cannot have, any opening in it. still the keys are there, deeply buried, yet ever present to him who searches for them[[vol. 2, page] 586 the secret doctrine. mysteries of the unseen universe and primordial cosmogony and theogony "since fohat crossed the circle like two lines of flame (horizontally and vertically, the hosts of the blessed ones have never failed to send their representatives upon the planets they are made to watch over from the beginning" this is why the swastica is always placed- as the ansated cross was in egypt- on the breasts of the defunct mysti

cal, and not alone in their cosmical meaning; further, its four arms, bent at right angles, are intimately related, as shown elsewhere, to the pythagorean and hermetic scales. one initiated into the mysteries of the meaning of the swastica, say the commentaries "can trace on it, with mathematical precision, the evolution of kosmos and the whole period of sandhya" also "the relation of the seen to the unseen" and "the first procreation of man and species" to the eastern occultist the tree of knowledge in the paradise of man's own heart, becomes the tree of life eternal, and has nought to do with man's animal senses. it is an absolute mystery that reveals itself only through the efforts of the imprisoned manas and the ego to liberate themselves from the thraldom of sensuous perception and se

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his infinite space, of which the gods, the rishis, the manus, and all in this universe are simply the potencies, vibhutayah[[vol. 1, page] 9 proem. return to, brahma (brahma: for brahma (neuter, the unmanifested, is that universe in abscondito, and brahma, the manifested, is the logos, made male-female* in the symbolical orthodox dogmas. the god of the apostle-initiate and of the rishi being both the unseen and the visible space. space is called in the esoteric symbolism "the seven-skinned eternal mother-father" it is composed from its undifferentiated to its differentiated surface of seven layers "what is that which was, is, and will be, whether there is a universe or not; whether there be gods or none" asks the esoteric senzar catechism. and the answer made is- space. it is not the one u

rywhere, in philosophy as in religious symbolism, an emblem of eternity, infinitude, regeneration, and rejuvenation, as well as of wisdom (see part ii "tree and serpent and crocodile worship) the mystery of apparent self-generation and evolution through its own creative power repeating in miniature the process of cosmic evolution in the egg, both being due to heat and moisture under the efflux of the unseen creative spirit, justified fully the selection of this graphic symbol. the "virgin egg" is the microcosmic symbol of the macrocosmic prototype- the "virgin mother- chaos or the primeval deep. the male creator (under whatever name) springs forth from the virgin female, the immaculate root fructified by the ray. who, if versed in astronomy and natural sciences, can fail to see its suggest

layan esotericism. every philosophy, however, has its own way of dividing these principles[[footnote(s* mr. subba row seems to identify him with, and to call him, the logos (see his four lectures on the "bhagavadgita" in the theosophist[[vol. 1, page] 111 the protean spirit-substance. fohat, then, is the personified electric vital power, the transcendental binding unity of all cosmic energies, on the unseen as on the manifested planes, the action of which resembles- on an immense scale- that of a living force created by will, in those phenomena where the seemingly subjective acts on the seemingly objective and propels it to action. fohat is not only the living symbol and container of that force, but is looked upon by the occultists as an entity- the forces he acts upon being cosmic, human

ter-etheric intelligent forces or "angels" as they are termed by the roman church. the jewish kabalists, especially the practical occultists who dealt with ceremonial magic, busied themselves solely with the spirits of the planets and the "elementals" so-called. therefore this covers only a portion of the esoteric teaching* the possibility of the "soul (i.e, the eternal spiritual ego) dwelling in the unseen worlds, while its body goes on living on earth, is a pre-eminently occult doctrine, especially in chinese and buddhist philosophy. see "isis unveiled" vol. i[[footnote continued on next page[[vol. 1, page] 235 dii sunt demones inversi. can do, the dhyanis, who have no physical body to hamper them, can do still better. this was the belief of the antediluvians, and it is fast becoming tha

m) the ever-existing; and the phenomenal- the world of illusion, the reflection, and shadow thereof. during the great mystery and drama of life known as the manvantara, real kosmos is like the object placed behind the white screen upon which are thrown the chinese shadows, called forth by the magic lantern. the actual figures and things remain invisible, while the wires of evolution are pulled by the unseen hands; and men and things are thus but the reflections, on the white field, of the realities behind the snares of mahamaya, or the great illusion. this was taught in every philosophy, in every religion, ante as well as post diluvian, in india and chaldea, by the chinese as by the grecian sages. in the former countries these three universes were allegorized, in exoteric teachings, by the

and dogmas the principal teachings of the secret doctrine. thus, in the seventeenth chapter mentioned by maspero, one finds (1) osiris saying he is toum (the creative force in nature, giving form to all beings, spirits and men, self-generated and self-existent, issued from noun, the celestial river, called father-mother of the gods, the primordial deity, which is chaos or the deep, impregnated by the unseen spirit (2) he has found shoo (solar force) on the staircase in the city of the eight (the two cubes of good and evil, and he has annihilated the evil principles in noun (chaos) the children of rebellion (3) he is the fire and water, i.e, noun the primordial parent, and he created the gods out of his limbs- 14 gods (twice seven) seven dark and seven light gods (the seven spirits of the p

vol. 1, page] 343 the union of chaos and spirit. than science does now- which are rightly enough supposed to act as an agent for many forces that manifest on earth. their aether was the akasa of the hindus; the ether accepted in physics is but one of its subdivisions, on our plane- the astral light of the kabalists with all its evil as well as good effects. on account of the essence of aether, or the unseen space, being held divine as the supposed veil of deity, it was regarded as the medium between this life and the next one. the ancients considered that when the directing active "intelligences (the gods) retired from any portion of ether in our space- the four realms which they superintend- then that particular place was left in the possession of evil, so called by reason of the absence

lence and darkness as soon as it has evolved the triad, from which emanate the remaining seven numbers of the 10 (ten) numbers which are at the base of the manifested universe. in the norse cosmogony it is again the same "in the beginning was a great abyss (chaos, neither day nor night existed; the abyss was ginnungagap, the yawning gulf, without beginning, without end. all father, the uncreated, the unseen, dwelt in the depth of the 'abyss (space) and willed, and what was willed came into being (see "asgard and the gods) as in the hindu cosmogony, the evolution of the universe is divided into two acts: called in india the prakriti and padma creations. before the warm rays pouring from the "home of brightness" awake life in the great waters of space, the elements of the first creation come

hat the twelve great transformations of spirit into matter (the 12,000 divine years) take place during the four great ages, or the first mahayuga. beginning with the metaphysical and the supra-human, it ends in the physical and purely human natures of kosmos and man. eastern philosophy can give the number of mortal years that run along the line of spiritual and physical evolutions of the seen and the unseen, if western science fails to do so. primary creation is called the creation of light (spirit; and the secondary- that of darkness (matter* both are found in genesis, chap. i, v. 2, and at the beginning of chapter ii. the first is the emanation of self-born gods (elohim; the second of physical nature. this is why it is said in the zohar "oh, companions, companions, man as emanation was b

e part accessible to the profane. by its four colours the curtain symbolized the four principal elements, and signified the knowledge of the divine that the five senses of men can enable man to acquire with the help of the four elements (see stromata i, v. 6. in cory's ancient fragments, one of the "chaldean oracles" expresses ideas about the elements and ether in language singularly like that of the unseen universe, written by two eminent scientists of our day. it states that "from ether have come all things, and to it all will return; that the images of all things are indelibly impressed upon it; and that it is the store-house of the germs or of the remains of all visible forms, and even ideas. it appears as if this case strangely corroborates our assertion that whatever discoveries may

rences in the objective world are ultimately due to the various motions of absolutely simple material units, and, nevertheless, repudiating the proposition that these units are equal (p. xix "the blindness of eminent physicists to some of the most obvious consequences of their own theories is marvellous. when prof. tait, in conjunction with prof. stewart, announces that 'matter is simply passive (the unseen universe, sec. 104, and then, in connection with sir w. thomson, declares that 'matter has an innate power of resisting external influences (treat. on nat. phil, vol. i, sec. 216, it is hardly impertinent to inquire how these statements are to be reconciled. when prof. du bois reymond. insists upon the necessity of reducing all the processes of nature to motions of a substantial, indiff

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at my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth. the equinox 304 do not even the most pious and pig-headed agree that these are the last days? are we not come through much tribulation to the latter end of the apocalypse, and shall we not cry with the apostle "the spirit and the bride say: come "yea, come, lord jesus, come quickly" john st. john. on the threshold of the unseen. an examination of the phenomena of spiritualism and of the evidence for survival after death. by sir william f. barrett. e. p. dutton& co. sir william barrett.s book is decidedly well worth reading by those who imagine that there is nothing in spiritualism and kindred subjects. sir william barrett has marshalled his facts and fictions in a very creditable manner. it is quite surprising

f no change; the hindu statement identical with the buddhist, and the identity covered by crazy terminology. x= a says the hindu, y= a says the buddhist. x= y is furiously denied by both, although these two equations are our only source of information about either x or y. m etaphysics has always been full of this airy building. we must postulate an unseen behind the seen; and when we have defined the unseen as a round square, we quarrel with our fellow-professors who prefer to define it as a quadrilateral circle. the only way to avoid this is to leave argument altogether alone, and pay attention only to concentration, until the time comes to tackle mental phenomena once for all, by some such method as that of liber 474 (see the equinox, vol. i, no. 7) 42 .the eight dire miseries forsake fo

CHIREAU YVONNE BLACK MAGIC RELIGION AND THE AFRICAN AMERICAN CONJURING TRADITION

rpenetrated the beliefs of many black believers, churchgoing christians or not. in the african american religious imagination there were a host of forces that intervened directly in human life and its affairs, including spirits, ghosts, and angelic personalities that were periodically summoned to assist human beings in their endeavors. the biblical god of jesus and moses was also the sovereign of the unseen world whose power was witnessed in "signs and wonders" on the earth. to many, it was all a matter of correctly perceiving the nature of things "the old folks c knows more about the signs that the lord uses to reveal his laws than the folks of today" recalled a ninety-one-year-old former slave "some of the folks laughs c says it am superstition, but it am knowing how the lord reveals his

o have actually been a fusion of ideas that derived, in part, from older indigenous african religious concepts and the new world perspectives to which they were linked. thus, as i noted, a sharp delineation between "magic" and "religion" can be misleading, for these notions were nearly always connected in practice "magic" and "religion" were reflected in attitudes toward the human relationship to the unseen, or supernatural, world. as the authors of an influential study of religious movements in zaire have written "the constituent components of magic are the same as those of religion c in practice religion and magic are often blended in ritual performance" a yoruba historian, bolaji idowu, further notes that "although african traditional beliefs recognize a clear distinction between what i

ter periods.[15] there are numerous documented cases of cultural interactions between blacks and whites in various areas of life. african-european encounters had a broad impact on the development of language, work methods, and artistic forms. africans and europeans possessed comparable ideas concerning supernatural power, the efficacy of spiritual force, and practitioners who were able to mediate the unseen world. within interracial contexts blacks and whites came to learn of the others f spiritual practices. africans were impacted by popular notions of the "worlds of wonder" that so captivated whites in seventeenthand early-eighteenth-century america, just as they were by evangelical christianity.[16] the correlations between african and european ideas of the supernatural world underscore

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n be human! aren t you the lucky one? so, if you do any work along these lines, please please please consider it to be in the nature of a fun experiment and not go hog wild over any information you receive. take any contact with much salt and if you decide to form a new religion make sure it is a profitable one. there is a long standing tradition that humans are not the only life forms inhabiting the unseen realms; that among the various creatures to be found there are gods, devils, angels and assorted nature spirits that may disguise themselves as gods, devils and angels. there is also the long standing tradition that these beings like to play pranks on long suffering humans, particularly those who run into them without knowing the proper etiquette and as no one knows the proper etiquette

DAVID ICKE CHILDREN OF THE MATRIX

archy of the priesthood were the only ones allowed to "see god (the gods. the levite priesthood of the hebrews is just one example of how only the priests were allowed to approach the deity, as outlined in the hebrew torah. according to various descriptions, even most of the sumerian priests never looked the gods in the face. the priests controlled all the administration of the state on behalf of the unseen gods. what was yahweh-jehovah always saying? he must not be seen..you cannot see my face, for man may not see me and live".25 this was possibly one reason for the ban on the making of "graven images" of the gods. yahweh-jehovah has also been associated with a reptilian in some versions. the sumerian tablets describe how their cities were overlooked by a large stepped pyramid or "ziggura

magic as his brand of satanism was called. he put the flying sun disk on the front of his books, an ancient illuminati symbol going back to egypt and babylon. the watchtower magazine has always been a mass of subliminal and less subliminal occult symbolism and the very name, watchtower, is part of illuminati and freemasonic legend and code. to them watchtowers are areas of the "magical universe, the unseen realms. russell was buried under a pyramid in the united states after, according to some researchers, he was ritually killed on halloween 1917. as i've said, these leading satanists of the illuminati are ritually killed when their time comes, so their occult power can be passed on. the jehovah's witness organisation is named over and over by survivors of trauma-based mind control for be

DION FORTUNE CEREMONIAL MAGIC UNVEILED

self in case of astral trouble. if mr. regardie is justified in drawing back the veil at all, then he is, undoubtedly, justified in providing the necessary protection against anything untoward that may come through that veil. the lesser pentagram is of the nature of a fire extinguisher, and it is very necessary to have some such device handy, when one adventures into such highly charged levels of the unseen as are contacted by the methods he describes. now what is going to be the outcome of this general disclosure of the secrets of the mysteries? as in most drastic happenings, the results will be mixed; but it is my belief that the good will far outweigh the evil. that some folk will burn their fingers experimenting with that which they do not understand i have no doubt, but on the whole t

DION FORTUNE MYSTICAL QABALA

s are used by the uninitiated as a means of concentratmg the mind and introducing into it certain thoughts, calling up certain associated ideas, and stimulating certain feelings. the initiate, however, uses a symbol-system differently; he uses it as an algebra by means of which he will read the secrets of unknown potencies; in other words, he uses the symbol as a means of guiding thought out into the unseen and incomprehensible. mystical qabala page 13 9. and how does he do this? he does it by using a composite symbol; a symbol which is an unattached unit would not serve his purpose. in contemplating such a composite symbol as the tree of life he observes that there are definite relations between its parts. there are some parts of which he knows something; there are others of which he can

s of the zodiac, the planets, and the elements. now there are twelve signs, seven planets, and four elements, making twenty-three symbols in all. how are these to be fitted on to the twenty-two paths? herein is another "blind" but the solution is simple. upon the physical plane [page 24] we are ourselves in the element of earth, therefore that symbol does not appear upon the paths which lead into the unseen. remove this, and we are left with twenty-two symbols, which fit accurately and, correctly placed, are found to correspond perfectly with the tarot trumps, each elucidating the other in the most remarkabl& fashion, and giving the keys to esoteric astrology and tarot divination. 14. the essence of each path is to be found in the fact that it connects two of the sephiroth, and we can only

rience of it at one remove. that is to say, although we cannot know its nature, we know its effects, in the same way as we are ignorant of the nature of electricity yet are able to turn it to good account in our lives, and from our experience of its effects we are able to come to certain conclusions concerning some at least of the qualities it must possess. those who have penetrated furthest into the unseen have given us symbolic descriptions by means of which we may turn our minds in the direction of the absolute, even if we cannot reach it. they have spoken of negative existence as light "ain soph aur, the limitless light" they have spoken of the first manifest as sound "in the beginning was the word" i remember once hearing a man, who was an adept if ever there was one, say "if you want

forget my own experience with the first attempt i made at this method. i was working on the thirty-second path, the path of saturn, uniting malkuth and yesod, a very difficult and treacherous path. in my horoscope saturn is not well aspected, and i have often experienced his opp9sing influence in my affairs. but after i had succeeded in treading the path of saturn out into the indigo darkness of the unseen until the moon of yesod rose in purple and silver over the horizon, i felt that i had received the initiation of saturn, that he was no longer inimical to me, but a friend who, though candid and stern, was to be trusted to protect me from mistakes and rash judgments. i realised his function mystical qabala page 48 as the tester, and not the antagonist or avenger. i realised him as time

s. now there are twelve signs in the zodiac, seven planets, and four elements, making in all twenty-three symbols. how are these to be arranged on twenty-two paths? here is another qabalistic blind to puzzle the uninitiated. the answer is quite simple when it is known. our consciousness being in the element of earth, we do not need the symbol of earth in our calculations when we make contact with the unseen, so we leave it out and then find ourselves with the correct set of correspondences. malkuth is all the earth we need for practical purposes [page 72] the third set of symbols to go upon the paths are the twenty-two trumps or major arcana of the tarot pack. with these three sets of symbols and the colours of the four colour scales, our major symbolism is complete; the minor symbolism co

, working from malkuth up the tree. the instructions given in each grade concern the symbolism and forces of the sphere to which it refers and the paths that equilibrate it. the sign and word of the grade are used when treading these paths in the spirit-vision or projecting by them on the astral plane. consequently the initiate is able to move with accuracy and certainty into whatsoever sphere of the unseen he desires to penetrate, and to countercheck ah beings he meets and all visions he sees, for he knows what the colours of the paths are in all four scales, and he checks his vision by these. if he is working up the thirty-second path of saturn, whose colours are all in the scmbre hues of indigo, dark blue and black, he knows that something is amiss if a scarlet-robed figure presents its

nd discerns the gods. be it noted that primitive man has never achieved monotheism in a single stride; he has alwavs conceived of causation as multiform and it has required many generations of culture to reduce the many to the one. 11. this brings us to the great question, which might almost be called the dweller on the threshold of occult science, the horror which confronts every adventurer into the unseen which unites in itself the functions of the sphinx, and asks a question of the soul upon the answer to which hangs his fate. shall he be condemned to wander in the realms of illusion? shall he be turned back on to the planes of form, or shall he he permitted to pass on into the light? this question is, do you believe in the gods? if he answers yes, he will he a wanderer in the planes of

DION FORTUNE PSYCHIC SELF DEFENSE

chic assault is not hearing the reverberation of his own dissociated complexes. the differential diagnosis between hysteria, insanity and psychic attack is an exceedingly delicate and difficult operation, for so frequently a case is not clear-cut, more than one element being present; a severe psychic attack causing a mental breakdown, and a mental breakdown laying its victim open to invasion from the unseen. all these factors have to be borne in mind when investigating an alleged occult attack, and it shall be my task in these pages not only to indicate the methods of occult defence, but also to show the methods of differential diagnosis. it is very necessary, with so much occult knowledge about, that people should know an occult attack when they see it. these things are much more common t

, who can enter into this invisible world as a diver descends to the ocean-bed. there are also times when, as happens to a land when the sea-dykes break, the invisible forces flow in upon us and swamp our lives. normally this does not occur. we are protected by our very incapacity to perceive these invisible forces. there are four conditions, however, in which the veil may be rent and we may meet the unseen. we may find ourselves in a place where these forces are concentrated. we may meet people who are handling these forces. we may ourselves go out to meet the unseen, led by our interest in it, and get out of our depth before we know where we are; or we may fall victim to certain pathological conditions which rend the veil. the threshold of the unseen is a treacherous coast on which to ba

sult is disastrous for us, for we have broken a natural law; but they are not out to attack us, any more than we are out to attack them. we must face the fact, however, that men and women with knowledge of these things, have, both in the past and in the present, used that knowledge unscrupulously, and that we may find our selves involved in the results of their actions. it may safely be said that the unseen is only evil and inimical to humanity when it has been corrupted and perverted by the activities of these unscrupulous men and women, whom initiates call adepts of the left-hand path. we must consider the outward and visible signs of psychic attack before we are in a position to analyse the nature of such attacks and indicate their source of origin. it is a fundamental rule that diagnos

eive at his hands a severe shock. so it may be with many an occult attack. the person from whom it emanates may not have originated it. therefore we should never respond to attack by attack, thus bringing ourselves down to the moral level of our attackers, but rely upon more humane methods, which are, in reality, equally effectual and far less dangerous to handle. people also come into touch with the unseen through the influence of places. someone who is not actually psychic, but who is sufficiently sensitive to perceive the invisible forces subconsciously, may go to a place where they are concentrated at a high tension. normally, although we move in the midst of these forces (for they sustain our universe, we are oblivious of them. where they are concentrated, however, unless we are very

eed, this author is exceedingly fond of drawing his inspiration from the deva kingdom, and has some most interesting studies of the subject scattered through his books. any organic geographical unit develops something of an oversoul, and where the differentiation is marked, the over soul may become a very definite entity. if there are among the inhabitants of the district any who are sensitive to the unseen, they may form either an affinity or a repulsion for this oversoul. a great forest has a very marked personality, and there are few white men who can resist its influence, becoming markedly changed and de-humanised if exposed to it for long periods without the companionship of others of their race. natives, on the other hand, seem to enter into it and be part of it. it is well known how

is the same, however- a discrepancy between the force and form with the consequent inability to maintain a central, reasoned, directing control. the technique of the occult discipline is largely directed towards maintaining control of the disparate forces, compensating the sensitiveness of the psychic, and protecting him from unwanted impressions. it is never well to learn how to open the door of the unseen unless at the same time one learns how to close and latch it. as was noted in the introduction, it is comparatively seldom that the unseen comes in search of human beings. as the caterpillar told alice concerning the puppy-dog "you let it alone, and it will let you alone" but if we begin to study occultism, or even to dabble in it, sooner or later we are liable to obtain results, provid

ic insanity, which proceeds to its logical conclusion. it is for this reason that a neurotic, although he may suffer severely, seldom has a complete breakdown unless he is sure of the necessities of life. the self-preservation instinct keeps him on his feet. having considered the physical and subjective bases of mental disturbances, we are now in a position to assess accurately the part played by the unseen. what happens when a neurotic takes up occultism? we can best answer this question by considering what happens when a normal person takes up occultism. he learns for the first time of the existence of the invisible worlds and begins to think about them. immediately he does this he comes into touch with them. at first he may not be able to perceive them consciously; nevertheless he is fe

he learns for the first time of the existence of the invisible worlds and begins to think about them. immediately he does this he comes into touch with them. at first he may not be able to perceive them consciously; nevertheless he is feeling them subconsciously and they are affecting him. his life shows this to the close observer in a thousand ways. there are great forces moving like currents in the unseen and we are drawn into these according to our temperamental affinity for them. the violent personality is drawn into the current of mars, the emotional, suggestible one into the sphere of luna. the influences of these spheres play upon them. now the occultist working under a proper system, knowing that he has got to meet these forces sooner or later, picks them up one by one voluntarily

ient gets a chance to pull himself together and the evil influences are undermined. a courageous patient, who is co-operating intelligently, will seldom have to be exorcised more than three times provided material conditions are favourable. i have seen cases cleared by a single exorcism, and remaining well indefinitely so long as the patient obeyed instructions and had nothing whatever to do with the unseen, neither reading books upon occultism nor associating with people who were interested in such subjects; and i have also seen the abyss re-establish its influence when the patient disobeyed instructions and re-awakened the old vibrations. we need to realise that the human consciousness is not a closed vessel, but like the body, has a continual intake and output. the cosmic forces are cir

, and these were published in the occult review. my writing is largely inspirational, a great deal "coming through" of which i have no previous knowledge, and in this particular case i evidently shot a great deal better than i knew, and got myself into serious trouble. my first intimation of it was a sense of uneasiness and restlessness. next came a feeling as if the barriers between the seen and the unseen were full of rifts and i kept on getting glimpses of the astral mingling with my waking consciousness. this, for me, is unaccustomed, for i am not naturally psychic, and in the technique in which i was trained we are taught to keep the different levels of consciousness strictly separate and to use a specific method for opening and closing the gates. consequently one seldom gets spontane

this operation under the circumstances, for my attacker was of much higher grade than i was, and could come through any seals i might set. however, it afforded protection against minor unpleasantness. the method of making these astral journeys is highly technical, and i cannot enter upon it here. in the language of psychology, it is auto-hypnosis by means of a symbol. the symbol acts as a door to the unseen. according to the symbol chosen will be the section of the unseen to which access is obtained. the trained initiate, therefore, does not wander on the astral like an uneasy ghost, but comes and goes by well-known corridors. my enemy's task was therefore not a difficult one; for she knew about the time i must make this journey and the symbol i must use in order to get out of the body. i

ble to unidentified psychic influences. where ignorance is bliss 'tis folly to be wise is truer in psychic matters than anywhere else. never open the eyes of your patient to a danger for which you cannot give him an effectual defence. the surgeon who is about to operate covers his instruments with a cloth so that the patient shall not see them. the wise occultist does the same. do not forget that the unseen is always suspect to the uninitiated. having conducted an enquiry along the lines laid down in the previous pages, you should have acquired a considerable amount of material for investigation. examine it carefully for correlations of cause and effect. note if any exacerbation of the trouble is regularly associated with any incident, place, or person. consider also the various type-cases

than our physical lives, another voice makes itself heard, the voice of the bright angel. i have never known this to occur when a man was fighting simply for his physical life. to those who see beyond the veil, death is no great evil; but in times of spiritual crisis, when the very self is being swept away, then it is that the cry of the soul is heard, and something manifests out of the mists of the unseen, manifests in a form that is comprehensible to the one who calls. whether intense stress induces a temporary expansion of consciousness, a fugitive psychism, or whether a being of its own volition passes through the veil and manifests, i do not know; there are never any details available of these incidents. they take place only in times of dire stress and go as swiftly as they came, lea

in trouble of any sort. at his request she wrote to me to enquire how i was faring, but mentioned no names, and i, not realising the significance of the incident, returned a non-committal answer. he heard my story and told me to leave the matter in his hands, which i did. this is a queer enough story of coincidence, but the sequel is even queerer. after leaving colonel y, i enquired once more of the unseen whether i should take any further steps. the reply came through that for the present i was to do nothing, but that i would be told when further action was to be taken. i learnt afterwards that x. had left the country a few days after my interview with colonel y. nothing happened for about five months, and then one evening when i was sitting over my fire in the dusk i distinctly heard th

happen too regularly in occultism for one to be able to look upon them as chance. it is my belief that it is possible for anyone who has need of them to get into touch telepathically with this occult police force. the symbol i was taught to use was a black calvary cross with circle on a scarlet ground. this is pictured in the imagination, and while gazing at it mentally the call is sent out into the unseen, projecting it from the centre of the forehead. 99 of 103 various attempts have been made to prove that the occult fraternities are all directed from a single headquarters, said variously to be situated in germany, thibet, mongolia and south america. personally i do not believe it. i suppose that i have a pretty varied acquaintance with the inner workings of the occult movement, and i h

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stigated the case and reported on it in the journal of the society for psychical research (december 1895, was not satisfied. working on the theory that a manservant may have come in and seated himself in the chair, he took a test photograph and got a picture that was almost a duplicate of the combermere photograph. with this the matter seemed ended, but, as he told in his book on the threshold of the unseen (1918, some time later he received a letter from lord combermere s daughter-in-law in which she said: the face was always too indistinct to be quite convincing to me, though some of his children had no doubt at all of the identity. i may add, none of the menservants in the house in the least resembled the figure and were all young men; whilst the outside men were all attending the funer

drawing, and painting. 3. phonetic automatism: trance speaking. 4. mixed automatism: incarnations. sensory automatism embraces the phenomena of clairvoyance, clairaudience, and crystal gazing. therefore, according to myers s scheme, the bulk of the phenomena of psychical research would range under the heading: automatism. autoscope term used by sir william barrett in his work on the threshold of the unseen (1917) to denote any mechanical means whereby communication from the unknown may reach us. the unknown may be an extraneous mind, living or dead, or the subconscious. the planchette, the ouija board, and the divining rod are typical autoscopes. sources: barrett, william. on the threshold of the unseen. new york: e. p. dutton, 1917. autoscopy a term dating from the mesmeric age and denot

reminiscences of fifty years of psychical research (1924, he concludes that there is convincing evidence for (1) the existence of a spiritual world (2) for survival after death, and (3) for occasional communications from those who have died. barrett was convinced of the possibility of life of some kind in the luminiferous ether. it is in harmony with all we know, he writes in on the threshold of the unseen, to entertain a belief in an unseen world, in which myriads of living creatures exist, some with faculties like our own, and others with faculties beneath or transcending our own; and it is possible that the evolutionary development of such a world has run on parallel lines to our own. the rivalry of life, the existence of instinct, intellect, conscience, will, right and wrong are as pr

, 1925, in london. sources: barrett, sir william f. death-bed visions. london: methuen, 1926. reprint, wellingborough, england: aquarian press, 1986. the divining rod. new hyde park, n.y: university books, 1968. on the threshold of a new world of thought: an examination of the phenomena of spiritualism and of the evidence for survival after death. new york: e. p. dutton, 1918. on the threshold of the unseen. 1917. reprint, new york: e. p. dutton, 1918. psychical research. new york: h. holt [1911. some reminiscences of fifty years of psychical research, proceedings of the society for psychical research 34 (1924. berger, arthur s, and joyce berger. the encyclopedia of parapsychology and psychical research. new york: paragon house, 1991. inglis, brian. sir william barrett (1844.1925. journal

n davies have written books covering the basics of bota teachings, especially the work with the tarot. sources: case, paul foster. the book of tokens. los angeles: b.o.t.a, 1947. the tarot. richmond, va: macoy publishing, 1947. the true and invisible rosicrucian order. the author, 1928. davies, ann. thoughts on the tarot. burbank, calif: candlelight press, 1983. frazer, felix j. parallel paths to the unseen worlds. los angeles: builders of the adytum, 1967. bull, titus (1871.1946) new york physician. he was a member of the american association for the advancement of science and the director of the james h. hyslop foundation for the treatment of cases of obsession by psychic methods. bull was a close friend of the distinguished psychic researcher james h. hyslop (1854.1920. hyslop had alrea

miliar spirits supposed to be continually in communication with this people. the chinese have a large number of books upon this subject, among the most noted of which is the liau-chaichei, a large work of sixteen volumes. tu sein signifies a spirit in the body, and there are a class of familiar spirits supposed to dwell in the bodies of certain chinese who became the mediums of communication with the unseen world. individuals said to be possessed by these spirits are visited by multitudes, particularly those who have lost recently relatives by death, and wish to converse with them. remarkable disclosures and revelations are believed to be made by the involuntary move- children of the night encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. 278 ments of a bamboo pencil, and through a simila

ng, the chinese phoenix, emblem of immortality and appearing to mortals only as a presage of the auspicious reign of a virtuous emperor. the tortoise (kuei, which bears upon its back the seagirt abode of the eight immortals, is a third supernatural creature associated with strength, longevity, and (because of the markings on its back) the mystic plan of numerals that is a key to the philosophy of the unseen. colors have their significance, blue being the color of the heavens, yellow of the earth and the emperor, red of the sun, and white of jupiter or the year star. each dynasty had its own particular hue, that of the chou dynasty being described as blue of the sky after rain where it appears between the clouds. the apparently haphazard conjunction of objects in the decorative schemes of c

y or beyond the limits of the bodily person, and in the lucid state this exo-neural apprehension seems to extend to every object and person around. this hypothesis differs only in degree from another, much bolder speculation put forward by which sir william barrett: it may 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

stens and believes, they press on and deceive and seduce in divers ways. to some extent the character of an established control may be responsible for untrustworthy communications. hester dowden observed that the controls seem to have a private circle of acquaintances to draw from. these acquaintances always choose to come through the same control and are generally as trustworthy as the keeper of the unseen barrier. when the control was seeking a communicator dowden often noticed that quite foolish and irrelevant little messages were spelled out as if spirits of the poltergeist type had been playing with the ouija board. communications that seem to originate in an extraneous mind are sometimes followed by others in which the subconscious element is overwhelming. dowden cited a case in whic

of the bible. robert a. vaughan, author of hours with the mystics (1905, notes in regard to swedenborg: according to swedenborg, all the mythology and the symbolisms of ancient times were so many refracted or fragmentary correspondences.relics of that better day when every outward object suggested to man s mind its appropriate divine truth. such desultory and uncertain links between the seen and the unseen are so many imperfect attempts toward that harmony of the two worlds which he believed himself commissioned to reveal. the happy thoughts of the artist, the imaginative analogies of the poet, are exchanged with swedenborg for an elaborate system. all the terms and objects in the natural and spiritual worlds are catalogued in pairs. for those who do not accept swedenborg s system, his co

yce berger. the encyclopedia of parapsychology and psychical research. new york: paragon house, 1991. bird, j. malcolm. margery the medium. boston: small, maynard, 1925. murchison, carl a, ed. the case for and against psychical belief. worchester, ma: clark university, 1927. reprint, new york: arno press, 1975. psychical belief. worcester, mass: clark university, 1927. tabori, paul. companions of the unseen. london: h. a. humphrey, 1968. reprint, london: souvenir press, 1972. tietze, thomas r. margery. new york: harper& row, 1973. crawford, william jackson (1881.1920) engineering professor at queens university, belfast, ireland, and researcher in psychic phenomena. crawford was born in new zealand. he received his doctorate from the university of glasgow. he resided in belfast when around

his pleasures. with some occultists, again, elemental really signifies a subhuman being, probably identical to an elementary spirit, but of a mental and moral status considerably lower than that of a human. sources: levi, eliphas. transcendental magic. london: redway, 1896. reprint, new york: samuel weiser, 1970. encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. elementals 489 elementary spirits the unseen entities said to inhabit the four elements; they are composed of the finest essence of each element. the creatures of the air are called sylphs; of the earth, gnomes; of fire, salamanders; and of water, nymphs or undines. the abbe de villars (1635.ca. 1673) is often cited as an authority on the subject, since he published a treatise entitled comte de gabalis (1670, from which a good dea

ile skepticism or uncritical beliefs of scientific investigators may respectively inhibit or enhance paranormal phenomena. moreover, there is disturbing evidence that scientists can also cheat; review of the evidence for the paranormal has disclosed some probable manipulation of data. sources: barrett, w. f. on the threshold of a new world. london: kegan paul, 1908. revised as on the threshold of the unseen: an examination of the phenomena of spiritualism and of the evidence for survival after death. new york: e. p. dutton, 1971. dingwall, eric j, and john langdon-davies. the unknown. is it nearer? new york: new american library, 1956. ducasse, c. j. paranormal phenomena, science, and life after death. new york: parapsychology foundation, 1969. garrett, eileen j. my life as a search for th

themes before he turned his attention to the deductive logic of the great sherlock holmes. but after world war i, conan doyle became a champion of spiritualism and his novel the land of mist (1925) fictionalizes an investigation into the subject. an early novel the parasite (1894, deals with a psychic vampire. some of doyle s short stories on occult themes were collected in tales of twilight and the unseen and included in the conan doyle stories (1929. kipling wrote several impressive short stories of the eerie and supernatural, including the mark of the beast (1890, the house surgeon (1909, the brushwood boy (1898, and they (1904. these are contained in his various collections. wells was a prolific writer of short stories, many of which were on occult and fantasy themes, including the re

een able to bear. the man afterwards was apparently no worse. an american woman named suydam handled hot iron and live coals and lamp chimneys at their most intense heat in public seances. while she is under the control of the fire queen, reported the religio philosophical journal of chicago, her hands are cold and clammy; as cold as ice. james robertson, in his book spiritualism, an open door to the unseen universe (1908) describes a seance with john hopcroft, a london shoemaker, in his own house in glasgow in which he placed his hands amidst the ruddy coals in the fireplace, and lifting a piece which was perfectly red, he walked through the room so that its glow was reflected by the pictures on the wall. the new york herald of september 7, 1871, published the remarkable case of nathan co

search of lost health and enlightenment through divine dreams. famous above all was that of apollo, the delphian oracle, on the southern slopes of parnassus, where kings, princes, heroes, and slaves of all countries journeyed to ask the questions as to the future and what it might hold for them. the temple was built above a volcanic chasm, amid a wildness of nature that suggested the presence of the unseen powers. here the priestess, the pythia, so named after the serpent pytho whom apollo slew, was seated on a tripod placed above the gaseous vapors rising from the chasm. intoxicated to a state of frenzy, her mouth foaming, wild torrents of words fell from her lips. these words were shaped into coherence and meaning by the attendant priests and given to the waiting questioner crowned with

throughout his life be luck aye near! twigs and branches now in store, and still of branches many more, give we to thy flame, o fire! burn ye, burn ye, fast and high, hear the little baby cry! it is noted that the spirits of the earth and water here are regarded as malevolent, and only to be overcome by the superior aid of fire. these women who are believed to have learned their occult lore from the unseen powers of earth and water are held to be the greatest magicians of the tribe. moreover, the water-being is not invariably regarded as inimical, but is sometimes directly propitiated. as when a mother, to charm away convulsive crying in her child, goes through the prescribed ceremonial details, including casting a red thread into the stream and repeating the following: take this thread

although little known outside europe, hanussen was a celebrity in prewar germany and austria, and in 1955 a german film company made a film about his life in which this strange charlatan and clairvoyant was represented as an anti-nazi martyr. in 1989, he was the subject of another movie in the united states. sources: hanussen, erik jan. meine lebenslinie. berlin, 1930. tabori, paul. companions of the unseen. london, 1968. haraldsson, erlendur (1931) icelandic psychologist and parapsychologist, born in 1931 near reykjavik, iceland. haraldsson graduated from reykjavik gymnasium in 1954, studied languages and philosophy at the university of edinburgh, scotland (1955.56, and completed his studies at the university of freiburg, germany (1957.58. hansel, c(harles) e(dward) m(ark) encyclopedia of

ggests, beneath the threshold of waking consciousness there lies, not merely an unconscious complex of organic processes but an intelligent vital control. to incorporate that profound control with our waking will is the great evolutionary end which hypnotism, by its group of empirical artifices, is beginning to help us to attain. this vital control he believed to be the result of some influx from the unseen world; the efficacy of suggestion was dependent on the quantity of new energy that could be imbibed from the spiritual world by directing subliminal attention to a corporeal function. the problem of psychic healing, however, is much more complex than it appears. it bristles with interesting and stubborn facts that refuse to be fitted into convenient pigeonholes. suggestion appears to be

ed in them that bear a close resemblance to those of the shamans and medicine men of tribes around the world. the ancient irish cycles frequently allude to animal transformation, one of the most common feats of the witch, and in hibernian legend most heroes have a considerable working magic available to them. wonder-working druids also abound. seymour claimed that, in celtic ireland dealings with the unseen were not regarded with such abhorrence, and indeed had the sanction of custom and antiquity. he added that .the celtic element had its own superstitious beliefs, but these never developed in this direction, by which he meant witchcraft. he lacked support for this observation. an absence of records of such a system is no proof that one never existed, and it is possible that a thorough ex

at of the famous british fake medium william roy, who was equally shameless. laszlo resumed his everyday work as an electrician, and in due course became a criminal again. ten years later he was arrested for burglary and housebreaking. before the hearing could be completed, he died of a lung hemorrhage in 1936. sources: tabori, cornelius. my occult diary. london, 1951. tabori, paul. companions of the unseen. london, 1968. latihan a spiritual exercise that is a basic feature of the subud movement (the term is indonesian. the object of the latihan is worship of god. in a state of submission, contact is said to be made with the divine life force, resulting in a process of regeneration. in principle the latihan can be practiced individually, but usually a number of individuals gather together

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ruction such as that disclosed in the ship teleplasm of june 4th [1903. we are forced to conclude that the supernormal personalities in this case (by some means as yet unknown to us) so manipulated or otherwise influenced the primary materialising substance after it had left the body of the medium, or was otherwise brought into its objective state, as to cause it to represent the idea which they, the unseen directors, had in view, namely the idea of a sailing ship (psychic science, vol. 11, no. 4, jan. 1933. the appearance of images instead of forms was said to have something to do with the available power. geley often observed strange, incomplete forms, imitations or simulacra of organs. his theory was as follows: the formations materialised in mediumistic seances arise from the same biol

eveloped what many people think of as an abnormal or extraordinary power. dangers of mediumship dangers, nevertheless, do exist in mediumship, but of another kind. hereward carrington warned that there is a true terror of the dark as well as principalities and powers with which, in our ignorance we can toy, without knowing or realizing the frightful consequence that may result from tampering with the unseen world. for that reason, he argued that a few men of well-balanced minds should be designated lifelong investigators in this field; they should be looked upon as recognized authorities, and their work accepted upon these problems just as any other physicist is accepted on a problem in physics. moses agreed, saying, i do not think it would be reasonable to say that it is wise and well for

f we spoke of levitation the table would rise up. if we began to discuss luminous phenomena instantly a light would appear upon the medium s knees. if one considers the world of spirits in the search for the agency in psychokinesis, baron lazar de baczolay hellenbach s suggestion, from his birth and death as a change of form of perception (1886) might provide a starting point: i am convinced that the unseen world has first to learn how to act, so as to make themselves accessible to our senses somewhat in the same way that we have to learn how to swim in water, or communicate with the deaf and dumb. in the weighing-scale experiments of the scientific american committee with margery, the photograph of a curious, semitransparent cylinder was obtained (with flashlight and a quartz lens. the cy

society caused by the fading of the divine light in human beings. jesus work was beginning to show signs of success in the twentieth century. ferrier saw the changes occurring as the century progressed as signs of the increase of light. those who actively align themselves with the effort to restore the light to human life will be endowed with a sense of purpose and an ability to communicate with the unseen (i.e, psychic abilities. according to ferrier, the message of jesus had been missed by the mainstream of christianity. he intended not to create the vast earthly institution, but to restore spirituality to individuals. thus the order of the cross has adopted a somewhat anti-institutional bias and devoted itself to introducing people to jesushood, a state of spiritual realization. jesush

f a wooden tripod on rollers. it is an ancient invention; a similar device was used in the days of pythagoras, about 540 b.c.e. according to a french historical account of the philosopher s life, his sect held seances or circles at a mystic table, moving on wheels, moved towards signs, which the philosopher and his pupil, philolaus, interpreted to the audience as being revelations supposedly from the unseen world. the original ouija board was replaced with a piece of alphabetical cardboard, and a finger-like pointer was added to the narrow end of the wooden tripod. if the pointer and the roll at the apex is replaced by a pencil to form a third leg, the ouija board becomes a planchette. mrs. hester dowden, an english medium stated: the words come through so quickly that it is almost impossi

the truly far-reaching fact that there are in the universe human or non-human intelligences that can act directly on matter. modern spiritualism began with rappings at hydesville, new york, in 1848 in connection with the fox sisters. but the history of this paranormal manifestation reaches back into antiquity and the belief that it was in the house of the fox family that intelligent contact with the unseen world through such agency was established for the first time is shortsighted. historical background rudolf of fulda, a chronicle dating from 858 c.e. spoke of communications with a rapping intelligence. the sixteenthcentury physician paracelsus called it pulsatio mortuorum. an omen of approaching death. the early church knew of spiritus percutiens (rapping spirits. they were conjured aw

er, on the table, on the chairs of the sitters. sometimes they are like hammerblows, so loud that they can be heard outside, and they shake the floor and the chairs. they can imitate any different sounds, the step of a man, the trot of a horse, the rubbing of a match, or the bouncing of a ball. sir william f. barrett, who like crawford also sat in the goligher circle, wrote in on the threshold of the unseen (1917: very soon knocks came and messages were spelt out as one of us repeated the alphabet aloud. suddenly the knocks increased in violence, and being encouraged, a tremendous bang came which shook the room and resembled the blow of a sledge hammer on an anvil. in proceedings of the society for psychical research (vol. 17, p. 726, a case of rapping was described by a mrs. davis who had

raps occurred apparently on the floor with the same quality of sound as when her feet were on the floor. i then tried the steam radiator some distance away, and the rap had a metallic ring, as if on iron. i then tried the piano experiment again. the raps were very loud, and made the string ring so that the sound could be heard perhaps a hundred feet away. again barrett, in his on the threshold of the unseen, observed: on one occasion i asked for the raps to come on a small table near me, which florrie [the medium] was not touching, they did so; i then placed one of my hands on the upper and the other on the under surface of the table, and in this position i felt the slight jarring made by the raps on the part of the table enclosed between my hands. it made no difference whether florrie and

vening of the 31st, they went to bed early, hoping to get some undisturbed sleep. but the rappings broke out even more vigorously than they had on previous occasions, and mrs. fox, much alarmed and excited when the raps manifested signs of intelligence, decided to call in her neighbors to witness the phenomenon. the neighbors heard the raps distinctly and it was decided to try to communicate with the unseen forces. questions were asked by the sitters of this informal seance.if the answer was in the affirmative, raps were heard, if in the negative, there was silence. by this means the knocker indicated that he was a ghost, the spirit of a peddler who had been murdered for his money by a former resident of the house. the raps also answered correctly other questions relating to the ages of th

the animal, running with blood, carried to the altar of the regia. the blood was stored in the temple of vesta until the following spring and used in the sacrifice of the festival of parilia. the sacrifice was essentially magical, all citizens present being purified by the blood-sprinkling and bonfire. the roman outlook upon life was largely colored by magic. bodily foes had their counterpart in the unseen world. wandering spirits of the dead, spirits of evil, the anger of innocently offended deities, and the menace of the evil eye. portents and prodigies were everywhere. in the heavens, strange things might be seen. the sun had been known to double, even treble itself, its light turn to blood, or a magical halo to appear round the orb. thunder and lightning were always fraught with presa

returned to his birthplace in cracow and became a victim of the nazi occupation of poland. sources: bagger, e. s. psycho-graphology. london; new york: g. p. putnam s& sons, 1924. fischer, oskar. experimente mit raffael schermann. ein beitrag zum problem der graphologie, telepathie und des hellsehens. n.p, 1924. hayek, max. der schriftdeuter raffael schermann. n.p, 1921. tabori, paul. pioneers of the unseen. london: souvenir press, 1972. schierling, charlotte anna (1911) german archivist and evangelical christian who conducted research in parapsychology. she was born on january 10, 1911, at tiegenhof, west prussia. she received her doctorate at the university of berlin. after world war ii, she joined the staff of the danzig library (1946) and then became the archivist of the federal board

dictionary of parapsychology. new york: helix press, 1964. schrenck-notzing, albert von. materialisations-phenomene. munich: ernst reinhardt, 1914. phenomena of materialisation. london, 1920. reprint, new hyde park, n.y: university press, 1975. die traumtanzerin magdeleine c. stuttgart, 1904. sudre, rene. the life and works of schrenck-notzing. psychic research 23 (1929. tabori, paul. pioneers of the unseen. london: souvenir press, 1972. schucman, helen (1910.1981) helen schucman, the psychologist and channel who received the material later incorporated into a course in miracles (acim, the most successful channelled work of the late twentieth century, was born helen cohn, the daughter of sigmund cohn, a chemist. her mother had dabbled both in theosophy and christian science, but helen had

y scotland medicine and magic went hand in hand, and the man suffering from a physical malady (particularly one whose cause he could not understand) very seldom entrusted himself to a professional leech (a physician whose medical technique was the placement of bloodsucking leeches on the patient s body) and much preferred to consult one who claimed healing capacities derived from intercourse with the unseen world. sorcerers, however, were generally also experts in the art of poisoning, and while a good many cures are credited to them, their triumphs in the opposite direction would seem to have been much more numerous. thus we find that in july 1702, a certain james reid of musselburgh was brought to trial, being charged not merely with achieving miraculous cures, but with contriving the mu

what you want. new york: fawcett, 1978. how to turn failure into success. englewood cliffs, n.j: prentice-hall, 1958. how to use the power of prayer. unity village, mo: unity books, 1985. know your own mind. new york: g& r. anthony, 1953. tnt.the power within you. englewood cliffs, n.j: prentice-hall, 1959. wonder healers of the philippines. los angeles: de- vross, 1967. you can communicate with the unseen world. new york: fawcett, 1974. you live after death. new york: creative age press, 1949. your key to happiness. 1935. reprint, new canaan, conn: mulvey books, 1990. your power to heal. new york: harper& row, 1972. shermer, michael (1954) michael shermer, cofounder of the skeptics society, one of the major organizations debunking what it considers pseudoscientific claims, especially of

and the lord of divine words, i.e, the holy writings or scriptures. as he was the lord of books and master of the power of speech, he was considered to be the possessor of all knowledge both human and divine. the priests of thoth were the learned magicians skilled in the written language for which thoth had been responsible. at the creation of the world, it was he who reduced to words the will of the unseen and unknown creative power, who uttered them so wisely that the universe came into being, and who proved himself by the exercise of his knowledge to be the protector and the friend of osiris and of isis, and of their son horus. from the evidence of the texts we know that it was not by physical might that thoth helped these three gods, but by giving them words of power and instructing th

ckedest industry (1932; harry houdini s a magician among the spirits (1924; and the anonymous revelations of a spirit medium (1891; reissued by harry price and eric j. dingwall. sources: ancient wisdom and secret sects, mysteries of the unknown. alexandria, va: time-life books, 1996. barbanell, maurice. spiritualism today. london: herbert jenkins, 1969. barrett, sir william f. on the threshold of the unseen: an examination of the phenomena of spiritualism and of the evidence for survival after death. london: kegan paul; new york: e. p. dutton, 1917. bayless, raymond. voices from beyond. new hyde park, n.y: university books, 1975. beard, paul. survival of death: for and against. london: psychic press, 1972. berger, arthur s, j.d; and, berger, joyce, m.a. the encyclopedia of parapsychology a

ulien j. spook crooks! exposing the secrets of the prophet-eers who conduct our wickedest industry. new york: a. l. burt, 1932. reprint, ann arbor, mich: gryphon books, 1971. richet, charles. thirty years of psychical research. london and new york, 1923. reprint, new york: arno press, 1975. sargent, epes. the scientific basis of spiritualism. boston: colby& rich, 1880. tabori, paul. companions of the unseen. london: h. a. humphrey, 1968. pioneers of the unseen. london: souvenir press, 1972. thomas, john f. beyond normal cognition: an evaluative and methodological study of the mental content of certain trance phenomena. boston: boston society for psychical research, 1973. reprint, new york: arno press, 1975. spirit summonings, mysteries of the unknown. alexandria, va: time-life books, 1996

ble rappers. new york: st. martin s, 1972. podmore, frank. modern spiritualism: a history and a criticism. 2 vols. london, 1902. reprinted as mediums of the 19th century. new hyde park, n.y: university books, 1963. spicer, henry. sights and sounds: the mystery of the day; comprising an entire history of the american spirit manifestations. london: thomas bosworth, 1853. tabori, paul. companions of the unseen. london: h. a. humphrey, 1968. pioneers of the unseen. london: souvenir press, 1972. spiritual israel church and its army the beginnings of the spiritual israel church and its army, a prominent spiritual church within the african american community of the united states, are somewhat obscure. it seems to have begun with the absorption of black jewish ideas by derk field, a black alabama

ared opal. to the end nearest the medium was attached a thin white neck, like a piece of macaroni. it advanced towards the centre, and then rapidly withdrew to the shadow. stella c. married leslie deacon in 1928 and ceased to give sittings. her last sittings in 1926 and 1928 were attended by scientists such as julian huxley, edward andrade, and r. j. tillyard. sources: tabori, paul. companions of the unseen. london: h. a. humphrey, 1968. turner, james, ed. stella c. an account of some original experiments in psychical research. london: souvenir press, 1973. encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. stella c (cranshaw) 1491 stella maris gnostic church the stella maris gnostic church, one of a number of south american gnostic sect groups, was founded in 1989 by rodolfo perez and for

in the phenomena of the medium daniel douglas home, of whom he commented to sir william crookes: mr. home possesses great electrobiological power by which he influences those present. however susceptible the persons in the room to that assumed influence, it will hardly be contended that mr. home biologized the recording instrument. stewart coauthored with professor tait the anonymously published the unseen universe (1875, a book that created a stir as the first serious scientific attempt to establish a spiritual view of the universe to oppose the prevailing materialistic one. he died suddenly on december 19, 1887, of a cerebral hemorrhage. sources: berger, arthur s, and joyce berger. the encyclopedia of parapsychology and psychical research. new york: paragon house, 1991. stewart, kenneth

leads to the supposition of a cosmic mind that is tapped by the telepathist, forming thereby a more farreaching and less justified theory than individual survival. as evidence against telepathy, the results of some crosscorrespondences and book (and newspaper) tests are quoted. philosophic speculation has often supported the concept of survival. p. g. tait and balfour stewart posit in their book, the unseen universe (1875, that the main realities of the universe are not in matter at all, but in the ether of space. although the concept of the ether has since been refuted, the enigma of the relationship between matter and consciousness remains, and it is feasible that consciousness continues to survive the death and disintegrating changes of the physical body. this implies that consciousness

FOCUS OF LIFE

again develops. death is a transfiguration of life, an inversion, a reversion of the consciousness to parantage and may be a diversion! a continuation of evolution. the coming forth of the suppressed. do you know what happens to the body at death? exactly what changes take place? well, so it happens to your beliefs, desires, etc, that make consciousness, for all things seen are incarnate desire, the unseen; ideas of the past and future bodies "the death posture" from these the new body is determined and parentage selected by the laws of attraction. the wise man makes sure of his future parents and a male incarnation before death. consciousness [for most, only three dimensions] is not so definite as in life but to the extent of your will in life, that much is your consciousness in death. d

FREEMASONRY AND CATHOLICISM BY MAX HEINDEL

me; the former lies sleeping, invisible in everything, and is kindled into light in various ways: by a blow of a hammer upon a stone, by friction of wood against wood and by chemical action, etc. this gives us a clue to the identity and state of the father "whom no man hath seen at any time" but who is revealed in "the light of the world" the son, who is the highest initiate of the sun period. as the unseen fire is revealed in the flame, so also the fullness of the father dwelt in the son, and they are one as fire is one with the flame in which it manifests. this is the root of all true sun and fire worship. all look beyond the physical symbol and adore "our father who art in heaven" the mystic masons of today hold this faith in fire as firmly as ever. thus it will be seen that the unity w

GILBERT AE WAITE A MAGICIAN OF MANY PARTS

interior sanctuary bytheministry of a man and a woman.(e)theliturgy, or devotionalservice,by which it is sought to unite the three principles of man in a common aspiration and outreaching towards the divine) thehigh. priest, also within the sanctuary,whois the chiefcelebrant, the 'sign of the possibility which exists, the type of communication, the living symbol of the bridge between the seen and the unseen, the representative of god, the speaker who, symbolically, is commissioned from the other side of life. in the order of mysticalideas,the priest ministersto the three principles, butespeciallyto the spirit; the spirit ministers to the two inferior principles,butespecially to the soul; the soul ministers to the whole body.ourmystic service will be shaped along these lines; they are not a

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not unknown and unseen powers, learn of us of their existence, dwelling, qualities, powers, origin and end- else how can you combat them? the courage i vaunt so highly will protect you in moments of rest, and in your hours of loneliness. but theknowledgewe teach, and you learn, you will require, and must have not only to gain success in practical magic,butfor bare safety, to control the powers of the unseen world of spirits. but again however learned you may be, still would your knowledge be vain without courage to enable you to use it when performing or attempting any occult work, for then indeed do the powers of evil assail, and then do horrors appal. as to evil spirits, hark even to the christian hymnbook 'christian, dost thou see them- on the holy ground. how the hosts of darkness comp

the refusal to admit a slave, or anybut120themagical masona free man.ifthe whole aim of freemasonry were to propagate brotherly love and charity, why refuse to extend its blessings to the cripple, or the maimed, or to him in subjection.thelegend of the three grand masters, of whom one islost-becomesremoved to the invisibleworld-isa curious image of the kabbalistic first triad of the emanations of the unseen and unknowable ain soph aur, the boundless one, boundless light; first is kether the crown, thence proceed chochmah and binah, wisdom and understanding, and then is the crown concealed and lost to perception in its exaltedness, the word is lost, and replaced by other titles. in thetensephiroth, as in our lodges, we are taught of two great pillars, one on the right and on the left, the p

f asia and of egypt formulated the conception of many gods and goddesses, and also believed in the existence of unseen beings, angels and devils, ghosts and phantoms of the dead as being around them, and that they used prayers to propitiate the good gods, and exorcisms to banish evil beings.itis uncertain, however, in most cases whether these beings were supposed to assist orhurtthe body only, or the unseen soul in itspostmortemstates also. there are some nations, however, in regard to which it has been discoveredthatviews of man's constitution were form255 ulated, notably the hindoos and the egyptians: then, at a later date, we have the views of some greek philisophers still extant.298themagical masontheold testament gives us light on the hebrew doctrines, and the jewish rabbis of the mid

GOLDEN DAWN RITUALS ZAM21

power, thee, thee i invoke. thou who bearest in thy left hand the rose and cross of light and life, thee, thee i invoke. thou whose head is as an emerald, and thy nemyss as the night sky blue, thee, thee i invoke. thou whose skin is a flaming orange as though it burned in a furnace, thee, thee i invoke. behold, i am yesterday, today, and the brother of tomorrow. i am born again and again. mine is the unseen force whereof the gods are sprung, which is as life unto the dwellers in the watchtowers of the universe. i am the charioteer of the east; lord of the past and the future. i see by my own inward light; lord of resurrection who cometh forth from the dust, and my birth is from the house of death. oh, ye two divine hawks upon your pinnacles who keep watch over the universe, ye who company

GOLDEN DAWN RITUALS ZAM7

power, thee, thee i invoke. thou who bearest in thy left hand the rose and cross of light and life, thee, thee i invoke. thou whose head is as an emerald, and thy nemyss as the night sky blue, thee, thee i invoke. thou whose skin is a flaming orange as though it burned in a furnace, thee, thee i invoke. behold, i am yesterday, today, and the brother of tomorrow. i am born again and again. mine is the unseen force whereof the gods are sprung, which is as life unto the dwellers in the watchtowers of the universe. i am the charioteer of the east; lord of the past and the future. i see by my own inward light; lord of resurrection who cometh forth from the dust, and my birth is from the house of death. oh, ye two divine hawks upon your pinnacles who keep watch over the universe, ye accompany th

GOLDEN CHAIN AND THE LONELY ROAD

agistry and serve to transmit the states of magical attainment needful for the on-going realisation of their diverse and specific currents. the absorption of thought, word and deed in the all-consuming process of such rituals (many being of great duration and procedural complexity) facilitates the saturation of the mundane self with the magical ambience of a state or entity. herein the impress of the unseen initiator upon the matrix of sentience or 'mind' is most powerful and efficacious. in practice, mystery-rites comport additional 'degrees, adjunctive zones of empowerment, to which an aspirant has access and in which he or she may gain authority. self-initiation if by predilection one is led to the craft and the only means of entrance there-to is by an initiation self-performed, then le

H SPENCER LEWIS ROSICRUCIAN MANUAL AMORC 1990

f. any individual claiming to have membership in any society, group, or body terming itself the "great white brotherhood, is either misrepresenting the truth or is being deluded by a fraudulent body.[177] guardian of the threshold.your conscience, your inner self, the sentinel of the subconscious mind, acting as your guide and protector. the guardian also stands at the threshold of the cosmic, of the unseen, and is at the threshold of every soul, of every chamber of privacy, of every mind. h habit.in the early degrees of the order habit is carefully analyzed and studied. there is a short, too short, definition given to the effect that habit is an unconscious law of the subconscious mind. a more comprehensive definition would be that habit is a law of the subconscious mind, which law has be

versal and natural laws, as they manifest and apply in the purely material world, mankind should know how they operate and manifest in the immaterial, spiritual world, yet each study does just that. by studying all about the seen world, by recognizing the laws that apply to it, learning how to make use of those laws and putting them into operation, if altruism is the motive actuating the purpose, the unseen world becomes not only intelligible but as intimately known, contacted, and associated with as the seen. by learning how to use natural, universal laws in transmuting material, physical conditions and things mankind can learn to transmute unfavorable conditions of whatever kind. ontology teaches what are the universal and natural laws. it teaches how to use them in transmuting destructi

HANDBOOK OF EGYPTIAN MYTHOLOGY

rces the creation of life involves three elements: the creation of a body, the transfer to that body of some part of the divine essence of the creator, and the animation of the body by the breath of life. some creator deities were more strongly associated with one of these elements than with the others. khnum, for example, was chiefly a creator of bodies, whereas shu and amun-ra were both gods of the unseen breath of life. the second element, the transfer of the divine essence, eventually led to the concept that all deities, or even all living beings, were not just made by a transcendent creator but were in some sense forms of the creator. from the new kingdom onward, this was a distinctive feature of egyptian religious thought. the creator was sometimes referred to as the one who made him

the name of this noble god. isis s opportunity comes when ra starts to show symptoms of old age, such as a drooping mouth and a tendency to drool. isis finds some of ra s saliva on the ground. she mixes it with earth and shapes it into a snake. when the snake comes to life, she leaves it at a crossroads where ra passes every day. when ra next walks this road to view his creation, he is bitten by the unseen snake. the poison burns like fire, and ra gives a terrible scream that dis- mythical time lines 69 turbs all the gods. as the snake has come from the body of ra just like the eye goddess, it presumably has the same terrible fiery poison as that goddess s snake form. at first, ra is unable to speak because his lips are trembling and his limbs are shaking. the poison had overwhelmed his b

HELENA BLAVATSKY NIGHTMARE TALES

e found only occasionally in men who are evenmore selfish than they are sceptical, or vulgarly worldly. but when a man who is kindly disposed in hisnature, for no selfish motives but because of reason and love of truth, becomes what is called atheistical, he isonly strengthened in his family affections, and in his sympathies with his fellow men. all his emotions, allthe ardent aspirations towards the unseen and unreachable, all the love which he would otherwise haveuselessly bestowed on a supposititional heaven and its god, become now centred with tenfold force upon hisloved ones and mankind. indeed, the atheist's heart alone. can know, what secret tides of still enjoyment flow when brothers love. it was such holy fraternal love that led me also to sacrifice my comfort and personal welfare

HELENA BLAVATSKY THE KEY TO THEOSOPHY

me (body; secondly, an invisible, astral fire (soul; and thirdly, spirit. the four aspects are (a) heat (life (b) light (mind (c) electricity (kamic or molecular powers, and (d) the synthetic essences, beyond spirit, or the radical cause of its existence and manifestation. for the hermetist or rosicrucian, when a flame is extinct on the objective plane, it has only passed from the seen world into the unseen; from the knowable into the unknowable. gautama (sans) a name in india. it is that of the prince of kapilavastu, son of sudhodana, the s kya king of a small territory on the borders of nepal, born in the seventh century bc, now called the "savior of the world" gautama or gotama was the sacerdotal name of the s kya family. born a simple mortal, he rose to buddhaship through his own perso

HP LOVECRAFT A DARK LORE

ery was now bending. this, indeed, proved to be true; and the party were seen to gain the minor elevation only a short time after the invisible blasphemy had passed it. then wesley corey, who had taken the glass, cried out that armitage was adjusting the sprayer which rice held, and that something must be about to happen. the crowd stirred uneasily, recalling that his sprayer was expected to give the unseen horror a moment of visibility. two or three men shut their eyes, but curtis whateley snatched back the telescope and strained his vision to the utmost. he saw that rice, from the party's point of advantage above and behind the entity, had an excellent chance of spreading the potent powder with marvellous effect. those without the telescope saw only an instant's flash of grey cloud- a cl

e. then at last there was a sound of splintering wood and a large, heavy object crashed down in the yard beneath the frowning easterly fa ade. the tower was invisible now that the candles would not burn, but as the object neared the ground the people knew that it was the smoke-grimed louvre-boarding of that tower's east window. immediately afterwards an utterly unbearable foetor welled forth from the unseen heights, choking and sickening the trembling watchers, and almost prostrating those in the square. at the same time the air trembled with a vibration as of flapping wings, and a sudden east-blowing wind more violent than any previous blast snatched off the hats and wrenched the dripping umbrellas of the crowd. nothing definite could be seen in the candleless night, though some upward-lo

wild thunder of the mountain, raised to hysteric fury- i must have been crawling upward for some time, so that the surface was now quite near. and as the muffled thunder clattered, those eyes still stared with vacuous viciousness. thank god i did not then know what it was, else i should have died. but i was saved by the very thunder that had summoned it, for after a hideous wait there burst from the unseen outside sky one of those frequent mountainward bolts whose aftermath i had noticed here and there as gashes of disturbed earth and fulgurites of various sizes. with cyclopean rage it tore through the soil above that damnable pit, blinding and deafening me, yet not wholly reducing me to a coma. in the chaos of sliding, shifting earth i clawed and floundered helplessly till the rain on my

ng went along the hall and down the stairs, so i knew that the prowler had raised the bolted condition of my doors and was giving up his attempt for a greater or lesser time, as the future would shew. the readiness with which i fell into a plan of action proves that i must have been subconsciously fearing some menace and considering possible avenues of escape for hours. from the first i felt that the unseen fumbler meant a danger not to be met or dealt with, but only to be fled from as precipitately as possible. the one thing to do was to get out of that hotel alive as quickly as i could, and through some channel other than the front stairs and lobby. rising softly and throwing my flashlight on the switch, i sought to light the bulb over my bed in order to choose and pocket some belongings

HP LOVECRAFT THE LURKING FEAR

wild thunder of the mountain, raised to hysteric fury- i must have been crawling upward for some time, so that the surface was now quite near. and as the muffled thunder clattered, those eyes still stared with vacuous viciousness. thank god i did not then know what it was, else i should have died. but i was saved by the very thunder that had summoned it, for after a hideous wait there burst from the unseen outside sky one of those frequent mountainward bolts whose aftermath i had noticed here and there as gashes of disturbed earth and fulgurites of various sizes. with cyclopean rage it tore through the soil above that damnable pit, blinding and deafening me, yet not wholly reducing me to a coma. in the chaos of sliding, shifting earth i clawed and floundered helplessly till the rain on my

HP LOVECRAFT THE MUSIC OF ERICH ZANN

uading me to move down from the fifth story. he did not ask me to call on him, and when i did call he appeared uneasy and played listlessly. this was always at night in the day he slept and would admit no one. my liking for him did not grow, though the attic room and the weird music seemed to hold an odd fascination for me. i had a curious desire to look out of that window, over the wall and down the unseen slope at the glittering roofs and spires which must lie outspread there. once i went up to the garret during theater hours, when zann was away, but the door was locked. what i did succeed in doing was to overhear the nocturnal playing of the dumb old man. at first i would tip-toe up to my old fifth floor, then i grew bold enough to climb the last creaking staircase to the peaked garret

HP LOVECRAFT THE SHADOW OVER INNSMOUTH

ng went along the hall and down the stairs, so i knew that the prowler had raised the bolted condition of my doors and was giving up his attempt for a greater or lesser time, as the future would shew. the readiness with which i fell into a plan of action proves that i must have been subconsciously fearing some menace and considering possible avenues of escape for hours. from the first i felt that the unseen fumbler meant a danger not to be met or dealt with, but only to be fled from as precipitately as possible. the one thing to do was to get out of that hotel alive as quickly as i could, and through some channel other than the front stairs and lobby. rising softly and throwing my flashlight on the switch, i sought to light the bulb over my bed in order to choose and pocket some belongings

INDUCTION CHARM AND THE INITIATION

e most inclusive meaning of the word- an oath which places taboos upon you. you will not knowingly pollute or fill the natural world with anything that you know will despoil it, that will destroy the land or degrade it- you will not destroy or move nor help another to destroy or move standing stones, the remains of stone age tumuli, or other ancient monuments that are gateways into the land, into the unseen. you will not defile or destroy or deface burial mounds; you will not despoil graves except to take a little earth for needful things. if you take from the land, or from any sacred place, you will take only tiny amounts and leave behind something of yourselfblood, hair, nails, offerings of ale or beer, or something valuable to you. you will not wantonly destroy natural areas, in form or

ome one with, and the creatures who dwell on it and within it- and you will uphold the values expressed in the hidden tradition- the belief in the sacredness of life, and the central importance of truth, chief among those. this moving oath is ended with the initiate swearing him or herself to them once more, and taking a new name to be used in the witching way- the name that spirits and beings in the unseen will know you nspsychonaut 75 a luciferian& vampyric self-liberation ritual december 22nd, 2002 a b l a c k x-ma s s at the engine room the infernal sabbat chthonic summons article by michael ford, psychonaut 75 the ritual of the black mass was originally a ritual of rebellion against the church. in a time when if you were not christian of god fearing, your life would be made unlivable

IRISH WITCHCRAFT AND DEMONOLOGY

ment of witchcraft along similar lines to those in england or the continent, and it is with this that we are dealing in this book; the celtic element had its own superstitious beliefs, but these never developed in this direction. in england and scotland during the medi val and later periods of its existence witchcraft was an offence against the laws of god and man; in celtic ireland dealings with the unseen were not regarded with such abhorrence, and indeed had the sanction of custom and antiquity. in england after the reformation we seldom find members of the roman catholic church taking any prominent part in witch cases, and this is equally true of ireland from the same date. witchcraft seems to have been confined m the protestant party, as far as we can judge from the material at our di

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of torquehaoa so eedena mm noou sanguintm! meekly repeated the scarlet-robed car (tinab. and to avoid the siullmg of blood which horrified them, they in- stituted the holy inquisition' if, as the occultists maintain, and science half confinns, our most trifling acts and thoughts are indelibly impressed upon the eternal mirror of the astral ether, there must be somewhere, in the boundless realm of the unseen universe, the imprint of a curious pic- ture. it is that of a gorgeous standard waving in the heavenly breeze at the foot of the great 'white throne' of the almighty on its crimson rtnmiialf face a cross, symbol of 'the son of god who died for mankind' with an olire branch on one side, and a sword, stained to the hilt with hu- man gore, on the other; a legend selected from the psalma em

tad beauty in a cinft lodge of masonry, while the ain-soph fomis the mysterious biasing star, or mystk light of the east (p- 407- digitizecoy google 21s bis dnvbited wisdou, sometimes the son, veiy often god, angel, lord, and logos" the latter is sometimes applied to the very first emanation, but in several systems it proceeds from the firat androgjrne or double ray pro- duced at the beginning by the unseen. fhilo depicts this wisdom as male and female* but though its first manifestation had a beginning for it proceeded from oulam (aion, time, the hi^est of the aeons when emitted from the fathers it had remained with him before all ereatiotu, for it is part of him" therefore philo judaeua calls adam sadmon 'mmd (tite ennoia of byuuu in the gnostic system "the mind, let it be named adam* st

JENNINGS HARGRAVE ROSICRUCIANS RITES MYSTERIES

sunk infinitely below. his is the sky, and the bright questions as to utilities. 15 shapes of the clouds of the sky; which he is going to convert, perhaps, into prisms, showering solid triumphs. he can well leave to common man his acres of mud, and the turbid pools spotted over them like the shining, showy discs of a snake. man, under these enlightened philosophical circumstances, will only value the unseen kingdoms glimpses of the immortal glories of which and of their rosicrucian inhabitants he has obtained in his magic reveries. what can the longest ordinary man's life give to such a gifted thinker? man s senses and their gratification, as long as the inlets and avenues of perception remain world s music, so long as the strings cling tight, for the air of imagination to play upon them a

hers who knew him, was a man of remarkable piety, and of unstained morals. he has written and edited several invaluable works upon the secrets of the philosophers, some of which are in our possession; among others: introitus apertus ad occlusum regis palatium; lumen de lumine; magia adamica; anima magica abscondita; and other learned books; advancing very peculiar theories concerning the seen and the unseen. these books were disbelieved at the time, and remain discredited, principally because they treat of eccentric and seemingly impossible things. it is, however, certain that we go but a very little way out of the usual learned track before we encounter puzzling matters, which may well set us investigating our knowledge, and looking with some suspicion upon its grounds, spite of all the p

ng of the ideas of the horse and the supernatural and religious? it is an awing thought; but spirits and supernatural embodiments unperceived by our limited, vulgar senses may make their daily walk amidst us, invisible, in the ways of the world. it may indeed be that they are sometimes suddenly happened upon, and, as it were, surprised. the world although so silent may be noisy with ghostly feet. the unseen ministers may every day pass in and out among our ways, and we all the time think that we have the world to ourselves. it is, as it were, to this inside, unsuspected world that these recognitive, deprecatory signs of horseimplying the mysterious ultra-natural scorn, ranging in meaning with the attiring and stigmatising of act on turned into the stag, and hunted by his own hounds for sur

every day pass in and out among our ways, and we all the time think that we have the world to ourselves. it is, as it were, to this inside, unsuspected world that these recognitive, deprecatory signs of horseimplying the mysterious ultra-natural scorn, ranging in meaning with the attiring and stigmatising of act on turned into the stag, and hunted by his own hounds for surprising diana. watch of the unseen. 99 shoes and of charms are addressed; that the harming presences, unprovoked, may pass harmless; that the jealous watch of the unseen over us may be assuaged in the acknowledgment; that the unrecognised presences amidst us, if met with an unconsciousness for which man cannot be accountable, may not be offended with carelessness in regard of them for which he may be punishable. mont st

ofessor huxley s late supposed original speculations. the assertion is that the matrix or formative substance is, at the base, in all productions, from mineral to man, the same. the germinal powers of the plant transmute the fixed air and the elementary base of water into grass or leaves; and on these the organific principle in the ox or the elephant exercises an alchemy still more stupendous. as the unseen agency weaves its magic eddies, the foliage becomes indifferently the bone and its marrow, the pulpy brain or the solid ivory; and so on through all the departments of nature. coleridge s aids to reflection, 6th ed. vol. i. p. 328. see also herder s ideen, book v. cap. iii. we think that we have here shown the origin of all professor huxley s speculations on this head appearing in his l

their grade, or nobler or meaner in their functions; thus all plants and all vegetation might pass off (by sideroads) into more distinguished highways, as it were, of independent, completer advance, allowing their original spark of light to expand and thrill with higher and more vivid force, and to urge forward with more abounding, informed purpose all wrought by planetary influence, directed by the unseen spirits (or workers) of the great alchemy. 191 original architect, building his microcosmos of a world from the plans and powers evoked in the macrocosm, or heaven of first forms, which, in their multitude and magnificence, are as changeable shadows cast off from the central immortal first light, whose rays dart from the centre to the extremest point of the universal circumference. it i

LAITMAN M KABBALAH ATTAINING THE WORLDS BEYOND

come to know the spiritual world the very system that monitors and leads reality, including the reality of this world, the whole of humanity and each and every one of us at any given moment. through this method, we can control the system of the worlds and determine how to conduct our daily lives- 450- a guide to the hidden wisdom of kabbalah with ten complete kabbalah lessons kabbalah deals with the unseen forces of the upper worlds, the roots of all our thoughts and feelings, which are just beyond our grasp. since we have no control over the worlds, we have no idea how and why our thoughts and feelings are formed. we wonder at experiences that are bitter, sweet, pleasant or rough. yet so far, we have been unsuccessful at creating tools for accurately examining our feelings, even in the r

LEADBEATER C W THE HIDDEN LIFE IN FREEMASONRY 2E

ry-day life, for in that way we shall get so much more out of it. the same truth applies to higher things- to religion, for example. religion has always spoken to mankind of unseen things above- not only far away in the future, but close around us here and now. our life and what we can make of it largely depend upon how real these unseen things are to us. whatever we do, we should think always of the unseen consequences of our action. some of us know how useful that knowledge has been to us in our church services; and it is just the same in freemasonry. though this vast inner world is unseen by most of us, it is not therefore invisible. as i wrote in the science of the sacraments: there are within man faculties of the soul which, if developed, will enable him to perceive this inner world

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

al ceremony performed annually on the church festival of st. michael and all angels. it is worth the notice of the masonic as well as of the ecclesiastical student that a number of these festivals of the christian church are much more than mere commemorations; they are definitely occasions on which, for various reasons, heaven and earth draw nearer together, and communication between the seen and the unseen worlds is noticeably easier than is commonly the case. often there is an astronomical basis for the phenomenon, as in the case of the festivals of the two st. johns who are said to be the patron saints of freemasonry- one occurring on june 24th, and the other on december 27th- obviously aiming respectively at the summer and winter solstices, though wrong by a few days because of the mal

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

is assumed modus operandi of the satanists persists to this day (89) the word sacrifice derives from the latin sacrificium, denoting a victim killed and consumed on 234 sacrifice the altar. the victim is an object or animal that has been made sacer (holy) by being entirely devoted to a god. therefore, a sacrifice is something consecrated to a deity, as a mode of communication between humanity and the unseen powers, and an expression of intentions in relation to those powers. it may be offered as a gift, as an act of atonement, or as an act of fellowship and communion. in some religions sacrifices are also made to the elements, the sun and the moon, the cardinal points, sacred landmarks, ghosts and other supernatural beings. among the most popular gifts are food, drink, fruits of harvest, a

dly frightening. rather, satan s cheerleaders is more of a mild, quasi-sexploitation movie aimed at a pg audience. the story revolves around the adventures of four cheerleaders from benedict high (located in the town of arnold) and their cheerleading coach, ms. johnson. while the four girls casually throw around sexual innuendos and at one point strip down to their bras, the only sexual action is the unseen rape of johnson by the leader of a satanic cult. everyone, especially the four cheerleaders, make fun of the stuttering, overweight school janitor. but the janitor is a satanist who lusts after the girls and decides to avenge himself against them. when they drive to a game with johnson, the janitor follows. chanting audi praecus meos satana blessed be! while rubbing his pentagram medall

LIBER DCLXXI VEL PYRAMIDOS

ltar: behold! the perfect one hath said these are my body.s elements tried and found pure, a golden spoil incense and wine and fire and bread these i consume, true sacraments for the perfection of the oil. act accordingly. for i am clothed about with flesh and i am the eternal spirit i am the lord that riseth fresh from death, whose glory i inherit since i partake with him. i am the manifestor of the unseen 14 liber dclxxi without me all the land of khem is as if it had not been. proceed as in building to end: for from the silence of the wand unto the speaking of the sword, and back again to the beyond, this is the toil and the reward. this is the path of a w h. ho! this is the path of. bell. hail asi! hail, thou wanded wheel! alpha and delta kissed and came for five that feed the flame. b

LIBER ISRAFEL

ee, thee i invoke! thou who bearest in thy left hand the rose and cross of light and life: thee, thee i invoke. thou, whose head is as an emerald, and thy nemmes as the night-sky blue! thee, thee i invoke. thou, whose skin is of flaming orange as though it burned in a furnace! thee, thee i invoke. 6. behold! i am yesterday, to-day, and the brother of to- morrow! i am born again and again. mine is the unseen force, whereof the gods are sprung! which is as life unto the dwellers in the watch-towers of the universe. 1 [more usually known as gjudgement h or gthe last judgement. h in crowley fs thoth deck it is called gthe aon. h. t.s] 2 liber israfel i am the charioteer of the east, lord of the past and of the future. i see by mine own inward light: lord of resurrection; who cometh forth from

LOGOMACHY OF ZOS

an impossibility. the essential predisposition to love all things for a while is intoxication. we fail to understand the mysterious lives we live, the plurality of things and the singularity of ego. whatever stage we reach is through unities. in relating ourselves. the unknown, the receding. everything that escapes the geocentric seems more significant. the reality we know is interconnected with the unseen by some design of thought we have yet to know. the superman becomes idiot saying "i am the law. outside of himself he is a dangerous somnambulist for he leads the blind. beauty and ideals should be strong social passions, not ornaments hidden in a closet. a mental purging of meanings is essential for a more vital thoughtstream to shape our near ability. man must become a realist first o

birth to illusions, and we are as vaulted catacombs inhabited by strange phantoms that wait to suck that energy to resurrect, to live, by a memory of that time when we made flesh from dreams. there is no greater mystery than man because of his imperfections, his great love of falsity, his great hatred of his self. ego, with all its varying degrees of consciousness, is our light in the darkness of the unseen and unknown, for it has infinite relatability that will replenish our light. we often feel more in strangers, in new things, forgetting our nearer relatives, so seek relation elsewhere. no! not when. i am forgetting the sticky anticipated near-legacy. that damned something for nothing. chaos is the hyle of order and the future design. if this universe sprang into existence from non-inte

t as true, from what is true for us. the law of the great id: to trespass all laws. nature would be gladly rid of us by making us autonomous. i..q..1 2( e 5! 6( 9=h..1 2..q 5 (m of our solitariness: great depths are sometimes sounded; truth hides in company. w( n- 9=h &7#7e7 s( e -devouring vampire taking only bloody repayment. the answer: our gods so do. do not be over-proud: the forgotten iota, the unseen germ, can kill or make you slip on your own midden. such as they are, and whatever they are, hold fast to your beliefs. if your own. there is nothing more indigenous to yourself and its effort towards becoming. when desire arises from necessity and is acceptable to functional purpose it will formulate aesthetically and have great relationships, experiencing the full emotional scale. inc

LUCIFERIAN SORCERY

l the results to some extent and to make intelligent decisions about what could be the future. remember, you control a majority of your future. the leaving of ones spirit to fly in the night as any ancestral form such as bat, owl, wolf or human form allows the shadow or soul (called ba in egyptian systems) to nourish from the sleepers and achieve a hidden knowledge transmitted only by the path of the unseen. it is from this that we awake, and to be understood clearly, advance us in the image of the prince of darkness whom is ultimately revealed as the lord of light. upon the great meeting of lilith, the witch queen of the sabbat, shall the woman emerge as the model for the goddess to manifest in the earth. therefore shall the woman dress, think and align herself with this positive and bala

MANLY P HALL THE SECRET TEACHINGS OF ALL AGES

mancy, invocation, sorcery, and thaumaturgy. in one of the myths concerning her, isis is said to have conjured the invincible god of eternities, ra, to tell her his secret and sacred name, which he did. this name is equivalent to the lost word of masonry. by means of this word, a magician can demand obedience from the invisible and superior deities. the priests of isis became adepts in the use of the unseen forces of nature. they understood hypnotism, mesmerism, and similar practices long before the modem world dreamed of their existence. plutarch describes the requisites of a follower of isis in this manner "for as 'tis not the length of the beard, or the coarseness of the habit which makes a philosopher, so neither will those frequent shavings, or the mere wearing [of] a linen vestment c

e the tarot, and that so long as they study only material elements they can at best discover but half of the mystery. astrology has crystallized into astronomy, whose votaries ridicule the dreams of ancient seers and sages, deriding their symbols as meaningless products of superstition. nevertheless, the intelligentsia of the modern world can never pass behind the veil which divides the seen from the unseen except in the way appointed--the mysteries. what is life? what is intelligence? what is force? these are the problems to the solution of which the ancients consecrated their temples of learning. who shall say that they did not answer those questions? who would recognize the answers if given? is it possible that under the symbols of alchemy and astrology lies concealed a wisdom so abstru

MASTERING WITCHCRAFT

terrors. we are still powerless in the face of overmastering fate. science still completely fails to come to grips with that outer darkness beyond the flickering ring of light. however, down the ages it has seemed to some intrepid souls that only with weapons forged from the darkness itself, and by the aid of those others before them who have made it their business to know the ways in and out of the unseen world, can any man maybe hope to bend to his will an indifferent fate, whose roots appear to reach back into the outer regions of that night. among those who understand the darkness which is no darkness to them anymore are those that tread the way of witchcraft. they of their own accord have walked beyond the ring of firelight and learned the paths in the wilderness beyond. now that aqu

ion, let me emphasize. of course, there are many other ironclad systems of thought without occult bases which have been imposed upon the public mind from time to time, such as communism, fascism, or capitalism, but these at least function under the pretence of ministering to the bodies of mankind rather than to the good of the soul, whatever that might be. the domain of witchcraft is the realm of the unseen and the point at which it impinges upon man's psyche, and as it is in this very same area that the various churches have sought to dabble their fingers, it is with these institutions that we witches take issue in principle. ironically, you will find that all the innovators and founders of said religions were revolutionaries in their time who took issue with their parent religions and we

themselves. they reward contemplation. all successful witchery stems from their accurate employment. you can burn your cabalistic books and drown your yoga sutras they will avail you nothing in your quest for power unless you have already understood and mastered the ideas embodied in the witches' pyramid, the four great rules of magic which are the keys to all practical operations in the world of the unseen. casting your spells whenever you wish to work a piece of witchcraft, it is always best if you tie all your supercharged will, faith, and imagination into a single, sizzling bolt with the help of a pattern of spoken words: the charm, or incantation. witches, like poets, painters, and chefs, have always taken a bit from here and a bit from there in the exercise of their craft, so much so

risen, nimue, hellawes, or fredegonda, nocticula, bensozia, sidonia, or even urganda! or you might choose a name of more classical inspiration like apollonius, medea, or circe; or ancient egyptian like nectanebo or arnuphis, or maybe something really complicated like diancecht, osmandine, or ansuperomin! the choice is yours. you must find one that appeals to you, that calls forth your feeling for the unseen world, gives you a thrill, and frankly makes you feel considerably powerful and no less sinister! should you not wish to use a name from legend, you may try toying with those of the gods and demigods of mythology. greek, roman, norse, celtic whichever you wish. a very good lead in these matters can be provided by finding out your astrological birth sign and planet and looking up the leg

50 16 64 2 3 61 60 6 7 57 as a matter of interest, one of the characteristics of magic squares, which is known to most mathematicians, is that the numbers in each line, vertical or horizontal, add up to the same total. in this case, 260. now you may well ask what all this has to dp with mercury? well, you can think of magic squares as being signaling devices, types of psychic telephone numbers to the unseen. the way of using the square of mercury before any divination is this: take a blank sheet of white paper, and exorcise it with salt water and a mercurial incense such as you will find listed under the heading "herbs and incenses" having done this, draw a square with sixtyfour compartments as shown above with your pen and ink of art. now carefully and deliberately inscribe the numbers in

orm of talisman, whether for good or ill as the case may be, which acts as a kind of battery or condenser of magical power. the loving cup most philters partake of this second definition. the puppet spell given later in the chapter provides at excellent example of total completion of the circuit, using both object link and power object. the chalice is dedicated to certain of the subtler powers of the unseen, which are considered feminine in relation to the more violent nature of those invoked in works of, say, wrath and chastisement; the chalice powers are invoked by means of a symbolism somewhat similar to that of the classical divinities of love, such as venus and amor. indeed the chalice is obviously sexual in its implication of receptive passivity, as opposed to the more thrusting aggr

ishing the lamp, redraping the portrait, and so concluding. during the thirteen days of preparation you must also try to seclude yourself from company as much as possible, even from that of other witches, reserving most of your affections for the memory of the dead person. this can be very difficult, but it should be persevered in. it is, in effect, the sounding of a preliminary, gentle call into the unseen to the shade of the departed one, which builds each evening at your meditation, culminating finally in the actual evocation ceremony. when the night of evocation arrives, having eaten no supper nor partaken of any refreshment since sunset, just before the hour of midnight strikes, arrange your place of working in the following manner: cover your altar table with a new, white, exorcised

so here; should you wish to experiment with new essences and perfumes, go ahead. however, for matters of lust, as opposed to romantic love, i would advise you to stick to the more bitter and piney perfumes. leave the flowery essences to habondia and her works of romance. 5- counter magic and protection don't delude yourself. the minute you set foot upon the path of witchcraft, a call rings out in the unseen world announcing the fact of your arrival. and sooner or later you are going to have to confront the problem of protecting your friends and yourself from the magical bolts that will undoubtedly be slung at you by less friendly practitioners. supernaturally induced bad luck, whether occasioned by the casual glance of someone's evil eye or a more potently organized attack, is always the r

MEANING OF MASONRY

otested" i die daily" it is over the grave, not of one's dead body but of one's lower self, that the aspirant must walk before attaining to the heights. what is meant is that complete self-sacrifice and self-crucifixion which, as all religions teach, are essential before the soul can be raised in glory" from a figurative death to a reunion with the companions of its former toils" both here and in the unseen world. the perfect cube must pass through the metamorphosis of the cross. the soul must voluntarily and consciously pass through a state of utter helplessness from which no earthly hand can rescue it, and in trying to raise him from which the grip of any succouring human hand will prove but a slip: until at length divine help itself descends from the throne above and, with the" lion's g

und. us, and the eternal spiritual verities. in all scriptures and cosmologies the tradition is universal of a" golden age" an age of comparative innocence, wisdom and spirituality, in which racial unity and individual happiness and enlightenment prevailed; in which there was that open vision for want of which a people perisheth, but in virtue of which men were once in conscious conversation with the unseen world and were shepherded, taught and guided by the" gods" or discarnate superintendents of the infant race, who imparted to them the sure and indefeasible principles upon which their spiritual welfare and evolution depended. the tradition is also universal of the collective soul of the human race having sustained a" fall" a moral declension from its true path of life and evolution, whi

MICHAEL FORD WITCHMOON

ll put it in the context of the spirit already existing, since the first part of the rite dealt with actually creating it. the evocation sprinkle drops of blood within the triangle and pace widdershins around it, focusing upon the nature of the vampire spirit you are evoking. an enochian key or call to aethyr is recommended "i hereby evoke thee, oh spirit, to act as a guide towards the shadows of the unseen. come and be greeted with much thanks and regard for your very essence, i seek to give a material vessel. by the spirit of lilith and of cain, of which blood you are born and by the dragon which you serve: night haunt vampire spirit of belial, from whose domain your spirit is guided by the wolves from regions unspoken and grave cold i evoke thee into this circle come within and manifest

MICHAEL TSARION ATLANTIS ALIEN VISITATION AND GENETIC MANIPULATION

is 3:4-5. in one form or another, cultsand secret societies falsely promise something better than what god has to offer, promising immortalityatlantis, alien visitation, and genetic manipulation273 appendix c: suggested areas of research on earth and godhood. secret societies often determine in the depths the changes that take place on thesurface. arthur edward waite, quoted by a. ralph epperson, the unseen hand 126 (1985. of all the secretsocieties in the world, the only one in which the number 33 is important is the secret cult of freema-sonry, which mixes a brew of symbols from egypt, the bible, persia, alchemy, and twisted occultists'imaginations. freemasons are sworn to protect their brother freemasons should they engage in immoral or criminalconduct. the royal arch mason swears, i wi

y you doubt your own strength, abilities, and future, or even your belief in love and divinity?why the evil flourish and the good perish?the phenomenon of the food-chain, is an accepted scientific fact. it cannot be denied how eachspecies on this planet is dependent, for its own survival, on the life essences of other creatures that arenatural prey. however, humanity has still to properly address the unseen and unrecognized truth ofhow certain predatory human-beings thrive off the energy and life-force of others of their own species.this fact is not acknowledged by the vast majority of healers, psychologists or even religious leaders.hence the predators go about their nefarious activities largely undetected, and their victims fall with-out justice, or understanding as to what has happened

MORALS AND DOGMA

d often mended. printing made the movable letters prolific. thenceforth the orator spoke almost visibly to listening nations; and the author wrote, like the pope, his cumenic decrees _urbi et orbi, and ordered them to be posted up in all the market-places; remaining, if he chose, impervious to human sight. the doom of tyrannies was thenceforth sealed. satire and invective became potent as armies. the unseen hands of the juniuses could launch the thunderbolts, and make the ministers tremble. one whisper from this giant fills the earth as easily as demosthenes filled the agora. it will soon be heard at the antipodes as easily as in the next street. it travels with the lightning under the oceans. it makes the mass one man, speaks to it in the same common language, and elicits a sure and singl

nother; but to do his duty and fulfill his destiny on this earth; to do all that lies in his power to improve it, to render it a scene of elevated happiness to himself, to those around him, to those who are to come after him. his life here is _part_ of his immortality; and this world, also, is among the stars. and thus, masonry teaches us, will man best prepare for that future which he hopes for. the unseen cannot hold a higher place in our affections than the seen and the familiar. the law of our being is love of life, and its interests and adornments; love of the world in which our lot is cast, engrossment with the interests and affections of earth. not a low or sensual love; not love of wealth, of fame, of ease, of power, of splendor. not low worldliness; but the love of earth as the ga

s planted the thorns in its own path; it grasps them, and cries out in loud complaint; and that complaint is but the louder _confession_ that the thorns which grew there _it_ planted. a certain kind and degree of spirituality enter into the largest part of even the most ordinary life. you can carry on no business, without some faith in man. you cannot even dig in the ground, without a reliance on the unseen result. you cannot think or reason or even step, without confiding in the inward, spiritual principles of your nature. all the affections and bonds, and hopes and interests of life centre in the spiritual; and you know that if that central bond were broken, the world would rush to chaos. believe that there is a god; that he is our father; that he has a paternal interest in our welfare a

light of his existence. let no man speak the word, for by it the father made light and darkness, the world and living creatures. the chaldean upon his plains worshipped me, and the sea-loving ph nician. they builded me temples and towers, and burned sacrifices to me upon a thousand altars. light was divine to them, and they thought me a god. but i am nothing-_nothing; and light is the creature of the unseen god that taught the true religion to the ancient patriarchs: awful, mysterious, the absolute. man was created pure; and god gave him truth, as he gave him light. he has lost the _truth_ and found _error. he has wandered far into darkness; and round him sin and shame hover evermore. the soul that is impure, and sinful, and defiled with earthly stains, cannot again unite with god, until

in analogy with his assumed character, he should submit to _all_ the conditions of visible existence. in death, as in life, isis and osiris were patterns and precursors of mankind; their sepulchres stood within the temples of the superior gods; yet though their remains might be entombed at memphis or abydus, their divinity was unimpeached, and they either shone as luminaries in the heavens, or in the unseen world presided over the futurity of the disembodied spirits whom death had brought nearer to them. the notion of a dying god, so frequent in oriental legend, and of which we have already said much in former degrees, was the natural inference from a literal interpretation of nature-worship; since nature, which in the vicissitudes of the seasons seems to undergo a dissolution, was to the

already said much in former degrees, was the natural inference from a literal interpretation of nature-worship; since nature, which in the vicissitudes of the seasons seems to undergo a dissolution, was to the earliest religionists the express image of the deity, and at a remote period one and the same with the "varied god" whose attributes were seen not only in its vitality, but in its changes. the unseen mover of the universe was rashly identified with its obvious fluctuations. the speculative deity suggested by the drama of nature, was worshipped with imitative and sympathetic rites. a period of mourning about the autumnal equinox, and of joy at the return of spring, was almost universal. phrygians and paphlagonians, b otians, and even athenians, were all more or less attached to such

rom an exploded symbolism to a purer one. they continued the veneration which, in the background of poetry, has been maintained for sun and stars, the fire or ether. socrates prostrated himself before the rising luminary; and the eternal spheres, which seem to have shared the religious homage of xenophanes, retained a secondary and qualified divinity in the schools of the peripatetics and stoics. the unseen being or beings revealed only to the intellect became the theme of philosophy; and their more ancient symbols, if not openly discredited, were passed over with evasive generality, as beings respecting whose problematical existence we must be "content with what has been reported by those ancients, who, assuming to be their descendants, must therefore be supposed to have been well acquain

NAGEL CARL AMAZING SECRETS OF OCCULT POWER

agic power given substance through imagination. let it slowly grow until it fills the entire inside of your head. hold it that size for a few seconds then let it grow again until it fills the room. simply imagine this golden energy field is filling the room, and it will do so. now is the time to probe the secrets of the astral world around you. let your golden energy field begin to feed images of the unseen world into your mind. they will be very faint at first, and it will take a great deal of effort just to become aware of them. but you will be surprised at how fast this talent develops. one or two attempts should give you a unique occult experience. when you have thoroughly mastered the ability to probe the unseen spheres around you, you are ready to go further. lie down at the center o

ng energies, psychic forces, and strange creatures resembling the creations of imaginative movie script writers. how to recognize signs and omens spirits communicate with us through dreams, visions and omens, and can see the future with their unseeing eyes. there are spirits in the room with you. does that surprise you? it shouldn t, spirits surround us 24 hours a day. you need to become aware of the unseen forces that cluster around you. feel them standing there in silence watching you, sensing your every thought and desire. for once you do, you will not only never be lonely again, but also able to get help to bring your desires to you. spirits respond to those who respond to them. only to the uninitiated do things happen by chance. have you ever had an advance warning that something was

PATH OF INITIATION

o take into account that the true purpose of "traditional groups" is not to build membership and share rituals. the purpose of a serious spiritual grouping is to achieve wisdom and illumination. no wise, thinking person would ever make the claim that illumination and wisdom only come from membership in a special group. in truth, illumination and wisdom come from the soul of the world itself, from the unseen worlds, from spiritual beings, from other mysterious forces, and from within. what "groups" do, is merely speak a symbolic language, hoping to channel these very things "groups" do not and cannot originate these things, nor make them happen in their members with any certainty. groups may serve some useful purposes, but without members coming to them already aware of the deeper origin of

ch or mystery initiate. there are vouches, initiations. but they do not come only from groups. to understand how we all partake of these things, we have to understand the deeper pattern. the period of learning can occur totally between a person and the land itself; the group you join are the pale people, or hidden people, the dwellers in the underworld; you are vouched for by your own devotion to the unseen and by your own heart s weight, and the heart of authentic initiation occurs totally within the underworld, which is simultaneously inside the individual. some organizations try to take control of this process, act as "guardians" of it, teachers of it, but i believe that this is haphazard at best; it leads often to a certain abuse of power and a harmful egocentrism that does more harm t

nsformation, great and timeless realities that no human being or group can claim a monopoly on, as they underlie all works of art, culture, and inspiration. the path of initiation, in traditional folklore, as well as (more generally) in the western mystery tradition, has several stages, that manifest in outward events, but are primarily innerworld realities: 1. the "reaching out" to the powers of the unseen world; the "petition" at the hollow hill or the faery mound, a stage by which the limitations of the human being are defined through perception and understanding, and the "leap of faith" or the "longing for the beyond" is felt and expressed, from human to what is beyond human; this is the earth or land experience. 2. the 'year and a day' period (or a set period of a fixed time) of inter

ul is now united with the spirit) and it causes the special modes of perception and understanding to open in the candidate (gradually) that are the source of many mythical seership abilities and the like "magical" abilities (and i hate to use that term) are also sometimes gained, though this is a far more poetic idea than the term "magic" expresses. knowledge and real wisdom, direct experience of the unseen world, and the ability to "reach into" the self, or the depths, to directly experience and mediate extra-sensory reality, causes what seem to be like "powers" or abilities to understand and influence some events in life. but this is only a tiny matter of a greater growth. the five-fold initiatory pattern leads to internal transformation, a "road change" from the straight road of the com

out exception. this entire pattern can be realized through working groups that have the means and understanding to really bring about these five transformations, but at heart, all of these transformations (and whatever symbols people use to represent them in the outer world) are not physical, blunt realities; they are internal, otherworldly mysteries that emerge through all things. they come from the unseen. a group is very unique and special indeed if it can really bring about these transformations in a systematic, direct way- most groups cannot, because 99% of people have not gone past the first one or two "steps" on the initiatory path. most people who call themselves occultists have not even gone past the first. luckily, a person can walk this entire path alone. in fact, even before yo

REGARDIE ISRAEL THE COMPLETE GOLDEN DAWN

ch, movement and noise. make doubly sure all is arranged and supplies available as needed before starting to avoid last minute shuffling. lock doors, draw curtains, take the phone off the hook and in general ensure as much as possible that there will be no rude or embarrassing interruptions. discretion in magical activities, as is advised in the= e l initiation so emphatically, is as important to the unseen workings and effectiveness of ceremony as the secrecy of the visible, physical location of the temple is to the protection from unwanted observation, eavesdropping, or even deliberate interference. in any temple of the outer order, the sign of the enterer or projecting sign is given toward the east upon entering and the sign of silence given when leaving. these signs, special to the= el

RITUALS OF THE SOCIETAS ROSICRUCIANIS IN ANGLIA

engendered and distracted by the purchases of riches.possessions, honour, rank and money to him are but as trifles; he forces the growing supernaturalsoul to work amidst the loving sunshine and to propagate holy thoughts as the most precious ofheavenly gifts.worldly grandeur fades before intellectual elevation; the physical world sinks below him and hefeels nearer to the angelic hosts. he values the unseen kingdoms, and glimpses of immortal gloriesobtained from magic reveries. he dwells in an atmosphere of heavenly music, his soul keepingharmony with the yearnings of his intellect.the earnest wish of the rosicrucians was to pass through with world unnoticed and unchallenged,but ever prepared for exalted action when in their power, without a revelation of who they are.now, frater zelator

ROBERT KIRK WALKER BETWEEN WORLDS

janet's challenge to gain tam lin's secret, her magical rescue is a willed alteration of the normal or expected pattern of events. in the first example, she turns against the laws of natural cause and effect in the outer world, by rejecting the so-called oeinevitable, the wheel of procreation. her second challenge, however, is on an inner or magical level whereby she moves against the current of the unseen powers, and seeks to suspend their cycle of operations also. she is stealing tam lin from the fairies- operating the magic known as 'the path of the thief. 1o. the nature of fairyland and the fine to hell tam lin's description of fairyland is heavily colored by those of the celtic paradise. in many versions of the ballad, the pleasures of the land are described, and one wonders why the

RUBY TABLET OF SET

ow, blindly reactive, the act of an animal? what are the results? are you truly better off? is the aeon, the temple, and humanity improved? or did the behavior bring forth negative results, harm and decay? measure and weigh the behavior and the result, and sin or virtue will be seen [tefnut] motives are unseen, internal, as are initiation and xeper. along with the visible results, we must examine the unseen motivations- why were this action and method chosen? were the motives noble, godly, or were they petty and selfserving [shu] now is the time to shine the light of truth upon your plans, your motives, your paths of action. look deep within yourself, with set's guidance, with maat's balance, with shu's conscious vision, and tefnut's conscientious reflection. plan your future, create your

then gives sign of the enterer: ggreat elemental of air, we unite with thee. we are focused. our minds are keen and attuned to reveal our true wills. h keeper of the elements gives sign of welcome: ggreat yellow powers of air, come forth and aid and guard us in this work of art! h keeper of the elements faces the altar and gives the sign of the enterer: gwe are spirit. we are all that is. ours is the unseen force that enters and departs throughout the farthest reaches of the universe. we are balance and self-unity. we are that from which our true wills spring! h the consecration of the lights each participant now brings his or her candle to the altar and consecrates it according to his or her ingenium, dedicating it to aid them in discovering their true will. the celebrant does this last o

possibilities that, by the year xiv, a new magus was able to say this "the components of this complex are distinct in their functions and are intricately interwoven. the components are the t.s, the temple of set, the order of set, the initiatory degrees, the council of nine, the high priesthood, majestic man or king/pharaoh, and xem" key #2 brought out that there is a balance between the seen and the unseen and so it is with the t.s. inc. and the veil it presents to the initiated. magus barrett describes the "t.s (inc" as. the manifestation of the temple of set in the temporal or mundane world" brief, but it says a great deal when one is on this side of the temple walls. the t.s. inc. does a number of things it fulfills the legal needs of the religious organization, assists its own, and ma

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lized that a great weight had lifted from him; his spirits grew lighter by the second, until by the time the sun was in the sky he was literally delirious with joy. now it could really begin: the tyranny of his enemies, of rekha and alleluia cone and all the women who wished to bind him in the chains of desires and songs, was broken for good; now he could feel light streaming out, once more, from the unseen point just behind his head; and his weight, too, began to diminish- yes, he was losing the last traces of his humanity, the gift of flight was being restored to him, as he became ethereal, woven of illumined air- he could simply step, this minute, off this blackened parapet and soar away above the old grey river- or leap from any of its bridges and never touch land again. so: it was tim

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rity; you have not besides him any guardian or any intercessor, will you not then mind? beneficent: good. intercessor: one who prays or makes a plea on behalf of another. 26 world religions: primary sources qur an [32.5] he regulates the affair from the heaven to the earth; then shall it ascend to him in a day the measure of which is a thousand years of what you count [32.6] this is the knower of the unseen and the seen, the mighty the merciful [32.7] who made good everything that he has created, and he began the creation of man from dust [32.8] then he made his progeny of an extract of water held in light estimation [32.9] then he made him complete and breathed into him of his spirit, and made for you the ears and the eyes and the hearts; little is it that you give thanks [32.10] and they

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eeped down from some rocky crag, or the discordant cry of a bird of prey, startled in its sombre haunt, was heard above the hills. these were the only signs of life; not a human being was met, not a hut was visible. wrapped in his own ardent and solemn thoughts, the young man continued his way, till the sun had spent its noonday heat, and a breeze that announced the approach of eve sprung up from the unseen ocean which lay far distant to his right. it was then that a turn in the road brought before him one of those long, desolate, gloomy villages which are found in the interior of the neapolitan dominions: and now he came upon a small chapel on one side the road, with a gaudily painted image of the virgin in the open shrine. around this spot, which, in the heart of a christian land, retain

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ball of dung, the beetle rolls it from east to west, and having dug a hole, he buries it in it for eight and twenty days; on the twenty-ninth day he opens the ball, and throws it into the water, and from it the scarabai come forth. the fact that the scarab flies during the hottest part of the day made the insect to be identified with the sun, and the ball of eggs to be compared to the sun itself. the unseen power of god, made manifest under the form of the god khepera, caused the sun to roll across the sky, and the act of rolling gave to the scarab its name kheper, i.e "he who rolls" the sun contained the germs of all life, and as the insect's ball contained the germs of the young scarabs it was identified also with the sun as a creature which produced life in a special way. now, the god k

alled the "scribe of the gods" the "lord of writing" the "master of papyrus" the maker of the palette and the inkjar" the "lord of divine words" i.e, the holy writings or scriptures, and as he was the lord of books and master of the power of speech, he was considered to be the possessor of all knowledge both human and divine. at the creation of the world it was he who reduced to words the will of the unseen and unknown creative power, and who uttered them in such wise that the universe came into being, and it was he who proved himself by the exercise of his knowledge to be the protector and friend of osiris, and of isis, and of their son horus. from the evidence of the texts we know that it was not by physical might that thoth helped these three gods, but by giving them words of power and

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e is born, no longer a hidden god but something manifest, alive palpably alive and moving among humankind. in human beings the mysteries and mysteriosophy 21 the spirit has been released from enchantment; yet it is the offspring of the spellbound god. he is not the great god who was, and is, and shall be, yet he may in a certain sense be taken as a revelation of him. the father remains at rest in the unseen. the son is born to human beings out of their own souls. initiatory knowledge is thus an actual event in the cosmic process. it is the birth of a divine child a process just as real as any natural process. the great secret of the mystai was precisely this, that they creatively release the divine child in themselves. first of all, however, they must be prepared so as to recognize it. the

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nes, well-known radio personality and top-notch producer of many videos documenting the rise of the police state. dr. cathy burns, author of the excellent masonic and occult symbols illustrated, as well as the hidden secrets of the eastern star. dean grace, author of a little guide to the all-seeing eye symbol on our dollar bill. ralph epperson, author of masonry: conspiracy against christianity, the unseen hand, and other fine books. dr. gail riplinger, author of the bestselling classic, new age bible versions. david meyer, occult researcher and publisher of last trumpet newsletter. michael hoffman, ii, author of the groundbreaking book, secret societies and psychological warfare. fritz springmeier, author of bloodlines of the illuminati and other revealing works. robert gaylon ross, auth

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

op it are also significant in occult teaching. victory for the devil 525 526 codex magica victory for the devil 527 the occultist who drew the design at right well understood the esoteric meaning behind the symbols. first, we see the "v" sign which, in shadow, becomes the gnarled and ugly, dark image of satan. what appears at first to be good (benediction, when seen from the hidden perspective of the unseen becomes malediction. the diamond and circle at top indicate the same principle, that black equals, or shadows, white, and white mirrors black. this is the hegelian principle of the synthesis of opposites (pictured in the book, pictorial history of magic and the supernatural, by maurice besey) michael jackson, black entertainer accused of child molestation, presents the "v" to the crowd

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is come. 3. thus we say unto thee, fasten thy soul unto our voice of sublime mystery: let all who have ears to hear, listen to the vast symphony of our holy words of illumination; yea, listen to the vast symphony of our holy words of illumination. 4. we come in the power of the light! we come in the light of wisdom! we come in the mercy of the light! the light hath liberty in its wings! 5. we are the unseen liberty of the great unfathomable mystery of the universe: we are the ineffable and boundless freedom in the secret sanctuary of the mystic beyond! 6. in the heavenly palace of our heart shalt thou smell our spirit of perfume, as though a thousand and one different perfumes were ignited therein. 7. but hear thou our majestic music of the spheres! hear thou the ineffable sound of our mys

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ees most of whom were accomplished amateur magicians palladino would settle down to producing some of the most remarkable psychic phenomena ever recorded and witnessed by an investigating body of skeptics. m delving deeper carrington, hereward. eusapia palladino and her phenomena. new york: b. w. dodge, 1909. dingwall, e. j. very peculiar people. london: rider& co, 1950. tabori, paul. pioneers of the unseen. new york: taplinger, 1973. leonora e. piper (1857 1950) psychical researcher hereward carrington (1880 1958) considered leonora e. piper to be the greatest psychical medium of her time. piper was a resident of boston, as was margery crandon (1888 1941, but her mediumship had already won the endorsement of such luminaries as william james (1842 1910, dr. richard hodgson (1855 1905, and

p, and he generously shared his talents with his friends and neighbors in meyer, austria, where he had supported his family by starting his own driving school. m delving deeper gregory, anita. the strange case of rudi schneider. metuchen, n.j: scarecrow press, 1985. inglis, brian. science and parascience: a history of the paranormal. london: hodder and stoughton, 1984. tabori, paul. companions of the unseen. new hyde park: n.y: university press, 1968. witch of endor (c. 1025 b.c.e) the witch of endor receives her indelible moments in the spiritual history of the judeo- christian traditions in chapter 28: 4 28 of i samuel. saul, king of israel, had begun his reign with a great military victory over the ammonites, but he, who had once been a humble man, allowed his early successes to go to h

that the center of the disturbances seemed to be the bedroom shared by 12-year-old catherine (katie) and 15-year-old margaretta (maggie. one night in march 1848, when john fox was once again attempting to discover a cause for the rappings, the family was startled to hear mysterious sounds imitating those that their father was making as he went hammering about the room. katie excitedly challenged the unseen presence, which she laughingly personified as old splitfoot, to follow the snappings of her fingers. when the sounds responded in a precise manner, other members of the family began to test the mysterious invisible agency. as word spread that the john fox family had a knocking ghost that could respond to any question answerable with a yes or no (one rap for yes; two for no, people from

ollowed by two others, and katie cried out that they were answering him. for a few moments, no one moved. then fox cautiously knocked on the window sill. there came an answering knock from somewhere in the room. katie was more excited than frightened. as if it were all some thrilling game, she commanded the sounds to follow the snaps of her fingers and called out: here, mr. splitfoot, do as i do. the unseen prankster did so perfectly, even when she only held up a certain number of fingers to prompt an appropriate number of raps. it can see as well as hear! she laughed in childlike triumph. soon other members of the family had entered the game with the mysterious unseen visitor and were asking it to pound out number sequences or to sound one rap for yes, two raps for no. mrs. fox was no str

ughter of colonel peter hahn. as a child, she loved mystery and fantasy and claimed supernatural companions that kept her safe from harm. she appeared to demonstrate this paranormal protection when she fell from the saddle while horseback riding and caught her foot in the stirrup. according to young helena, she would surely have been dragged to death before the horse was stopped if it weren t for the unseen entities that kept her from falling to the ground. at the age of 17 she married nicephore blavatsky, a russian official in caucasia, who was 40 years older than she. she separated from her husband after three months and spent over a year traveling in texas, mexico, canada, and india. all the time she was wandering, she was developing her mediumistic abilities, secure in the confidence t

ky: the woman behind the myth. new york: g. p. putnam s sons, 1980. murphet, howard. when daylight comes: a biography of helena petrovna blavatsky. wheaton, ill: theosophical publishing house, 1975. rudolf steiner (1861 1925) rudolf steiner was born in krajevec austria- hungary (now yugoslavia, on february 27, 1861, the son of a minor railway official. by the age of eight, steiner had experienced the unseen worlds, the invisible reality within the everyday world. once he even perceived the apparition of a deceased relative. because of his tendencies toward the spiritual aspects of life, it was thought for a time that steiner might become a clergyman; but his freethinking father argued that he was a bright boy, and he envisioned him following a more practical and materially rewarding occupa

to stage these, together with the dramas of goethe, in the goetheanum, a school for esoteric research that he founded in dornach, near basel, switzerland. together with the talents of his wife, steiner began to develop new approaches to speech and drama, which led to the beginnings of eurythmy, an art of movement that makes visible those inner forms of language and music formerly revealed only in the unseen levels of artistic expression. after the first world war, an international group of volunteers, together with local craftsmen, constructed the unique building designed by steiner. the goetheanum was opened in 1920, to serve the awareness of one s humanity and to support the developing work of anthroposophy. on december 31, 1922, an arsonist burned the wooden building to the ground. a ne

enaissance men he was fluent in nine languages, wrote 150 works in 17 sciences, was expert in numerous crafts, and was a musician, a politician, and an inventor with dozens of major contributions attributed to his name. when his name is recalled today, it is usually as a swedish mystic and medium who courted angels and cursed demons. swedenborg claimed daily communications with the inhabitants of the unseen world, and his manifestations of remarkable psychic phenomena are well documented. emanuel swedberg was born in stockholm, sweden, on january 29, 1688. his father was a professor of theology at the university of upsala, who later became the lutheran bishop of scara in spite of certain opinions which appeared to challenge orthodox religious views. emanuel completed his university educati

cere members of all existing religious systems were connected as one in a spiritual sense. in spite of this apparent change of focus, swedenborgianism did become a religion, with churches established in england in 1778 and in the united states in 1792. swedenborg believed strongly in what he termed the doctrine of correspondence: that everything in the visible, material world has a counterpart in the unseen, nonmaterial world. to those who questioned the validity of his journeys and conversations in the spiritual world, swedenborg responded firmly that his t h e g a l e e n c y c l o p e d i a o f t h e u n u s u a l a n d u n e x p l a i n e d mediums and mystics 153 emanuel swedenborg (1688 1772. observations of these other dimensions had been recorded as strictly as any man of science a

d. the case for psychic survival. new york: citadel press, 1957. murphy, gardner. challenge of psychical research: a primer of parapsychology. new york: harper& row, 1970. murphy, gardner, and robert o. ballou, eds. william james on psychical research. new york: viking press, 1960. rhine, louisa e. hidden channels of the mind. new york: william sloane associates, 1960. steinour, harold. exploring the unseen world. new york: citadel press, 1959. sudre, rene. parapsychology. new york: citadel press, 1960. hereward carrington (1880 1958) hereward carrington spent his childhood years in jersey, one of britain s channel islands, and received his early schooling in london. although he would one day write over one hundred books in the field of psychical research, as a teenager, he was far more in

ism (1907; your psychic powers and how to develop them (1920; and psychic science and survival (1947. hereward carrington died on december 26, 1958, in los angeles. m delving deeper carrington, hereward. the case for psychic survival. new york: citadel press, 1957. essays in the occult: experiences out of a lifetime of psychical research. new york: thomas yoseloff, 1958. tabori, paul. pioneers of the unseen. new york: taplinger, 1973. sir william crookes (1832 1919) sir william crookes, a physicist and chemist of international reputation, was a professor at the university of london, editor of the quarterly journal of science, president of the british chemical society, discoverer of the element thallium, and inventor of the radiometer and the crookes tube, which made the later development o

en by sir oliver lodge are such titles as: man and the universe (1908; science and religion (1914; raymond or life and death (1917; raymond revisited (1922; science and human progress (1927; why i believe in personal immortality (1928; the reality of a spiritual world (1930; and my philosophy (1933. m delving deeper jolly, w. p. sir oliver lodge. london: constable, 1974. tabori, paul. pioneers of the unseen. new york: taplinger, 1973. fredric w. h. myers (1843 1901) fredric william henry myers was born in 1843 in keswick, cumberland, england, into the family of a clergyman. he was educated at cheltenham and trinity college, cambridge. in 1865, he became a lecturer in the classics at cambridge, but in 1872, he resigned that position to become a school inspector. myers published several volu

s professor of psychology at john f. kennedy university; and published more than 150 scientific papers and written several books on his research, such as the presence of other worlds: the psychological/ spiritual findings of emanuel swedenborg (1974) and the natural depth in man (1974. in a landmark research paper, the clinical psychologist noted the striking similarities between the hierarchy of the unseen world described by the swedish inventor-mystic emanuel swedenborg (1688 1772) and the alleged hallucinations of his patients in a state mental hospital. van dusen began to seek out those from among the hundreds of chronic schizophrenics, alcoholics, and brain-damaged persons who could distinguish between their own thoughts and the products of their hallucinations. he would question thes

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lobe2/203/ metro/haunted_experiences_draw_skeptical_ socie. denning, hazel m. true hauntings. st. paul, minn: llewellyn publications, 1996. murphy, gardner. the challenge of psychical research. new york: harper& row, 1970. spooky! we re still haunted by ghosts. sydney morning herald, july 23, 2001 [online] http/ www.smh.com.au/news/0107/23entertainment/ entertain2.html steinour, harold. exploring the unseen world. new york: citadel press, 1959. sullivan, lawrence e, ed. death, afterlife, and the soul. new york: macmillan publishing, 1989. tyrrell, g. n. m. apparitions. new york: collier books, 1963. ghostly beings there is not a single culture on planet earth that does not have its ghost stories. while individuals around the world may argue politics, religion, and philosophy from the persp

ciety together. boston globe, july 22, 2001 [online] http//www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/ 203/metro/haunted_experiences_draw_skeptical_ socie murphy, gardner. the challenge of psychical research. new york: harper& row, 1970. spooky! we re still haunted by ghosts. sydney morning herald, july 23, 2001 [online] http/ www.smh.com.au/news/0107/23entertainment/ entertain2.html. steinour, harold. exploring the unseen world. new york: citadel press, 1959. tyrrell, g. n. m. apparitions. new york: collier books, 1963. animal spirits just as a large percentage of the population of all cultures believe that the ghosts of the dearly departed members of their human families t h e g a l e e n c y c l o p e d i a o f t h e u n u s u a l a n d u n e x p l a i n e d ghosts and phantoms 5 apoltergeist is a proj

ons of stress or other unusual psychological situations arise these memories may be projected outside the body as real images. m delving deeper black, david. ekstasy: out-of-the-body experiences. new york: bobbs-merrill, 1975. crookall, robert. more astral projections. london: aquarian press, 1964. fodor, nandor. mind over space and time. new york: citadel press, 1962. steinour, harold. exploring the unseen world. new york: citadel press, 1959. tyrrell, g. n. m. apparitions. new york: collier books, 1963. ghosts of the living psychical research has identified the following types of situations in which out-of-body experiences (obes) or astral projections might occur: 1. projections that occur while the subject sleeps. 2. projections that occur while the subject is undergoing surgery, childb

in the framework of our conception of space and time. in fact, after its transitory manifestations, it seems to be absorbed back into another dimension or dimensions. m delving deeper edsall, f. s. the world of psychic phenomena. new york: david mckay, 1958. t h e g a l e e n c y c l o p e d i a o f t h e u n u s u a l a n d u n e x p l a i n e d ghosts and phantoms 17 steinour, harold. exploring the unseen world. new york: citadel press, 1959. stevens, william oliver. unbidden guests. new york: dodd, mead& co, 1957. tyrrell, g. n. m. apparitions. new york: collier books, 1963. poltergeists the perverse talents of the poltergeist (german for pelting or throwing ghost) range from the ability to toss pebbles and smash vases, to the astonishing ability to materialize human or beastlike entiti

al happening, but there is a natural cause for the manifestation of the ghost. once science determines just how the energy released by intense emotions is able to permeate the matter of wood, stone, metal, and gems and just how the furnishings of a room are able to absorb these vibrations, it will be as easy to dehaunt a house as it is to rid it of pests. medical doctors have learned to deal with the unseen world of viruses; physicists have learned to work with such unseen lines of force as electricity; so may it be one day with the psychic germs that infect haunted houses and the invisible field of force that dictates the mechanism of ghosts. in the hauntings described in this chapter, however, there were no psychical researchers available who had the ability to negate the effect of the p

ates, 1947. rhine, louisa. hidden channels of the mind. clifton, n.j: sloane associates, 1961. schwarz, berthold e. a psychiatrist looks at esp. new york: new american library, 1968. 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 169 spraggett, allen. the unexplained. new york: new american library, 1968. steinour, harold. exploring the unseen world. new york: citadel press, 1959. stevens, jay. storming heaven: lsd and the american dream. new york: grove press, 1988. targ, russell, and harold e. puthoff. mind-reach: scientists look at psychic ability. new york: delacorte press/eleanor friede, 1977. out-of-body experience (obe) to primitive humans, a dream was an actual experience enacted by the soul as it wandered about durin

is probably as old as humankind itself. can one change the course of future events or is everything inexorably preordained? it is perhaps not so much a question of free will as it is a matter of what constitutes time. in any attempt to bridge the domains of experience belonging to the spiritual and physical sides of our nature, time occupies the key position, mused a. s. eddington in science and the unseen world (1929. there is a general consensus among psi researchers that there are five types of precognitive experiences. at the most elementary level is subliminal precognition, or the hunch that proves to be an accurate one. next would come trivial precognition, which takes place only a short time before the actual occurrence of a rather unimportant event. then, in the area of full-blown

william sloane associates, 1947. rhine, louisa. hidden channels of the mind. clifton, n.j: sloane associates, 1961. schwarz, berthold e. a psychiatrist looks at esp. new york: new american library, 1968. spraggett, allen. the unexplained. new york: new american library, 1968. steiger, brad. the psychic feats of olof jonsson. englewood cliffs, n.j: prentice-hall, 1971. steinour, harold. exploring the unseen world. new york: citadel press, 1959. targ, russell, and harold e. puthoff. mind-reach: scientists look at psychic ability. new york: delacorte press/eleanor friede, 1977. telepathy in his the psychopathology of everyday life (1904, sigmund freud (1856 1939) had discussed several alleged supernormal occurrences and expressed a profound skepticism about prophetic dreams and telepathic ph

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nimals they killed for food, to dispel the restless spirits of the humans they had slain in territorial disputes, and to bring peace to the spirits of their deceased tribal kin. throughout the evolving centuries to the present day, humankind continues to seek magical means of improving its lot in life, providing order to the chaos of the physical world, and winning the favor of the inhabitants of the unseen world. 39 chapter exploration alchemy valentine andreae roger bacon. helvetius hermes trismegistus albertus magnus. paracelsus magick abremelin magick black magick enochian magick vodun/vodoun/voodoo white magick magi agrippa count allesandro cagliostro aleister crowley. john dee dr. faust. marie laveau eliphas levi. simon magus pico della mirandola. pythagoras count saint-germain wicca

an illness or a proper charm to drive away an evil spirit. in these same early societies, the roles of priest and magician were often combined into a man or a woman who had the ability to enter a trance state and commune with the entities that dwelt in nature and the spirits who lived 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 56 magic and sorcery in the unseen world. the priest/magican knew how to appease angry entities whose sacred spaces were violated, how to eject an unwelcome possessing spirit from a human body, and where to find the herbs that could banish illness. all of these tasks were accomplished with the good of the tribal members as the priest/magician fs primary objective. by the middle ages in europe, magic and religion remained

thin a human being contains the elements of the universe (macrocosm, and that the study of humankind can lead the adept to an understanding of all creation. the number one signifies the first principle, unity, and in every religion it is the number representing the divine being. one is also the number of the soul of nature, the soul of the elements, and the active, causative and creative force of the unseen universe. the high priestess (arcanum two) is the most holy card in the tarot deck. it represents humankind fs innate ability to interpret the word of god, the highest form of intellectual activity. the high priestess symbolizes the knowledge hidden in the subconscious of every human being, and her image offers the wisdom that in order to tap the wellspring of occult knowledge, one must

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s in the middle of the night. efforts made to find a natural cause of the sounds were met with failure. 64 soul flight the youngest daughter, kate fox, who was seven years old at the time, discovered that the raps would respond to her in kind when she snapped her fingers or clapped her hands. her mother began to ask for responses to questions, such as the ages of her children, as a way of testing the unseen maker of the sounds, and then asked if the source of the noises was a spirit. the answer was yes. by causing the spirit to respond with two raps for yes, and silence for no, she determined that the spirit was of a man of thirty-one years who had been murdered in the house and was buried in the cellar. the spirit indicated that his family consisted of a wife and five children-two sons an

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the more common earth color, black, should not be used in this breathing exercise, since it tends to have a depressing effect. the visualization of the torso as hollow and the division of the in-breath into three stages are useful tricks that help to expand all regions of the lungs. while you visualize the violet-colored air entering your body, your physical eyes should look directly in front at the unseen distant horizon. remember to blink so that your physical eyes do not become dry and red. in the beginning, you will probably find beats of one second too long to sustain for more than half a dozen breath cycles. if so, shorten the beats to half a second by mentally sounding the mantra more quickly. it does not matter how long each interval is, only that all intervals are regular. the in

you intend to perform. adopt the standard sitting posture, with your feet flat on the floor six inches apart, your hands on the tops of your knees, and your lower back concave as you lean slightly forward. imagine a string attached to the top of your skull that pulls your head and spine gently upward, and remember to keep your shoulders relaxed. direct your gaze forward with your eyes focused on the unseen distant horizon on the other side of the wall. visualize the tiny molecules in the air around you dancing and vibrating with golden energy. with your mental vision, see them as small flecks of light that vibrate and mingle so rapidly, they merge into a kind of energized golden mist. be aware that this mist is really composed of ultrafine particles. exhale completely, but without strain

e. hold it in your left hand during practice. sit on a plain wooden chair facing a blank wall or other featureless surface. adopt the standard sitting posture, your feet flat on the floor six inches apart and your hands on your knees, your torso inclined slightly forward with a concavity in your lower back, the top of your head extended upward, and your shoulders relaxed. gaze through the wall at the unseen distant horizon as though the wall were transparent. deepen your breaths slightly, and for a minute or two continue to breathe slowly and deeply with your awareness focused on the rhythm of your breath. remember to blink so that your eyes do not become dry and irritated. exhale completely before beginning the first controlled breath cycle. it is best to use a mantra to regulate the dura

phase of inhalation, but take care not to hunch them. lock your throat shut by tightening the muscles inside the base of your throat and pressing the back portion of your tongue upward and backward, while at the same time inclining your head forward and tucking in your chin. this creates a tightness at the pit of your throat. take care not to strain the muscles in your throat. continue to gaze at the unseen horizon beyond the wall in front of you. retain the air in your lungs for nine repetitions of the mental mantra. unlock your throat by lifting your head and relaxing the muscles inside the base of your throat and at the back of your tongue. exhale in a slow, controlled manner for three repetitions of the mantra. on the first, roll your shoulders down and empty the top of your torso; on

nd compare it with your visualization of it. study the details of this side of the room, just as you did earlier in your imagination. be aware of all the things you missed during the visualization. walk around the left side of the chair and sit down. adopt the sitting posture, feet flat on the floor about six inches apart and hands on knees. let your gaze focus through the wall in front of you at the unseen distant horizon. spend a minute or two being aware of your body. close your eyes and take a deep breath. press your hands to your face and draw them downward. open your eyes, stretch gently, and rise to go about your day. commentary this exercise strengthens the ability to perceive the astral forms that overlie the physical forms of objects and places. for effective rituals, it is neces

, hereafter referred to as the standing posture. your weight should be distributed equally on both feet, and equally between your heels and the balls of your feet. tuck your chin in just a little, push your pelvis forward, and turn your hands slightly outward. there should be no strain, only balance and a slight tone in your muscles to maintain the alignment of your body. gaze directly forward at the unseen, distant horizon that lies on the other side of the wall of your practice room. take several deep, regular breaths. direct your inner awareness to the surface of your skin. slowly, allow your perception to wander over your entire body. start at the sole of your left foot and move your awareness up your left 82 standing exercises side, over the top of your head, and down your right side

t a part in later exercises. grounding and centering f ace a blank wall, curtain, door, or other surface that has few visual distractions, and assume the standing pose described in the previous exercise, with feet together, arms at sides, back straight, chin tucked in, and pelvis pushed forward. strive for straightness in your body, but do not strain. direct your gaze ahead and focus your eyes on the unseen horizon that lies beyond the surface in front of you. take several slow, deep breaths. visualize your body as a rough, natural pillar of gray stone that rises up from the grassy ground in a clearing of the forest. the pillar is of human dimensions, but irregular. feel the sunlight warming one side of the pillar and the coolness of the other side in shadow. feel the grass that grows on t

this dagger to draw the beams of the cross on your body. once you have charged the dagger, it becomes a ritual instrument and thereafter must not be used for common purposes or handled by any other person. the middle pillar m ake sure there are no visual distractions in the western end of your practice chamber. assume the standing posture facing west. direct your gaze straight ahead and focus on the unseen distant horizon. take several slow breaths to calm your thoughts. visualize a brilliant blue-white star blazing in space directly over your head. extend your awareness up toward this radiant point of light like an invisible hand and draw it downward until it is just above the top of your head. expand it into a sphere the size of a dinner plate. it spins and vibrates as though alive. be

t to paint an astral circle of fire upon the air around you. focus your gaze upon the flaming ring as it forms itself. begin this circle in the east and carry it around at the level of your heart so that it ends where it began, and links up with its starting point. lower your arms to your sides and reassume the standing posture, facing east, with your gaze straight ahead, and your eyes focused on the unseen horizon. extend your inner senses to feel the lesser circle of fire floating upon the air all around you at the level of our heart. be aware of the entire unbroken circle. visualize the flaming band of the circle in your field of view below your line of sight. it is tinged with a slight golden color, like bright sunlight-the same color as your heart-center. feel the radiance of the flam

down your right arm, and out the center of your right palm into your chest. as more and more of the lesser circle is absorbed, your heart-center blazes more brightly and vibrates with greater energy. you end where you began, pointing east with your left index finger, the entire projected circle ofwhite flame drawn back into your heart-center. lower your arms to your sides and return your gaze to the unseen distant horizon beyond the wall of your practice room. breathe slowly and deeply for a minute or two as you contemplate with your astral vision your heart-center shining brightly in your chest. feel its gentle warmth. expand the sphere of your heart-center to fill the entire interior of your body so that every part of your physical form is evenly suffused with gentle vitality. feel it t

ral circle is an actual band of fire that would burn you if you touched it. feel its heat and hear the flutter of its flames. in this way it becomes a real barrier to spiritual beings. projecting the greater circle f ind a practice area with an open floor at least seven by seven feet. assume the standing posture in the center of the floor facing east, with your gaze level and your eyes focused on the unseen distant horizon beyond the wall in front of you. draw and exhale several slow, deep breaths. visualize a white star in the heavens directly above your head. rise up toward the star, through the ceiling of your practice room, the roof of the building, beyond the level of the clouds, until you enter the star and are surrounded with dazzling bluish light that dances and scintillates with s

our practice room as you walk. extend your awareness outward to the flaming ring while it forms itself. begin this great circle in the east and carry it around the room at the level of your heart so that it ends where it began, and links up with its starting point. lower your arms to your sides and reassume the standing posture, facing east, with your gaze straight ahead, and your eyes focused on the unseen horizon. be aware of the diminished strength of the light in your heart-center. step backward until you once more stand in the center of the room. assume the basic standing pose. extend your inner senses to feel and see the circle of fire floating upon the air all around the room at the level of your heart. visualize the flaming band of the circle in your field of view below your line o

he circle is absorbed, your heart-center blazes more brightly and vibrates with greater energy. when you complete the circle, and absorb the last of the white flame back into your heart-center, lower your arms to your sides and turn your body on its axis to face the east so that you stand on the eastern side of your practice chamber facing east. assume the standing posture and return your gaze to the unseen distant horizon. breathe slowly and deeply for a minute or two as you contemplate your heartcenter shining brightly in your chest. feel its gentle warmth. step backward to stand in the center of your practice area facing east. be aware only of the light ofyour heart-center. mentally expand its sphere to fill the interior of your entire body so that every part of your physical form is ev

o its normal shape nearer to the limits of your projected form. allow your giant form to shrink back into your physical body within your practice chamber. the magic circle shrinks to remain at the level of your heart. hold an awareness of the lion-headed angel in the south towering above you like a vast statue. turn a quarter revolution clockwise to face the west. adopt the standing pose. gaze on the unseen western horizon and maintain the inner perception of your glowing heart-center and the flaming circle that surrounds you. visualize written within this golden-white, transparent orb from right to left the four hebrew letters of the name eheieh (a= n, h- 7, i, h= 7. these letters shimmer and almost blind your inner sight with their blue-white intensity. draw in a deep breath and imagine

gradually flicker and fade as their contrary energies neutralize each other. step backward to return to the center of the room. rotate a quarter-turn clockwise to face the west, and become aware of the western wall. step forward toward the western wall of your practice chamber and adopt the standing pose, with your feet together and arms at your sides. for a minute or so, gaze through the wall at the unseen western horizon. adopt the posture of projection and draw on the air to the west a pentagram of blue fire from the tip of your right index finger, beginning at the upper-left point of the pentagram and proceeding clockwise. project the pentagram away from you onto the western wall. stand with arms at your sides and contemplate the bright blue flaming lines of this pentagram. in the syst

ng pose, watch the flaming lines of these two overlapping blue pentagrams become unstable and fade from the wall. take a step backward to once more stand in the middle of the room. rotate a quarter turn clockwise and become aware of the northern wall. step forward toward the northern side of your practice room and adopt the standing posture with your arms at your sides, gazing through the wall at the unseen distant northern horizon. assume the pose of projection, with your left palm pressed to the center of your chest just above the end of your sternum and your right arm and index finger extended in front of your body. use the fire flowing from the tip of your index finger like a stream of ink and your finger like a pen to draw in the north upon the air in front of you a green five-pointed

in diameter. if necessary due to lack of space, the ritual can be done by standing in one spot and rotating on your own axis to form a lesser circle, but it is better to use a greater circle. stand in the middle of the floor facing east. adopt the standing pose, with your feet together, arms at your sides, back straight and head erect. direct your gaze straight ahead and look through the wall at the unseen, distant horizon. take several long, deep breaths to focus your resolve and prepare for what you are about to do. visualize high over your head a blue-white star that blazes with pure spiritual energy. ascend in your inner awareness to this star and enter it. allow the star's brilliant rays to completely surround you and saturate your awareness with cooling light. extend a ray of white

determine beforehand the approximate direction of east by means of the rising sun or a magnetic compass, and use this as your reference point for the exercise. creating a vortex g o to the center of your practice area and face the east. assume the standing pose with your back straight, head erect, shoulders relaxed, arms at your sides, and feet together. gaze straight ahead and focus your eyes on the unseen, distant horizon beyond the wall in front of you. take several slow, normal breaths to calm your thoughts and prepare your intention. ascend upward in your astral awareness to the brilliant bluewhite star that should always be visualized as high in the heavens directly above your head. feel its scintillating, dancing light surround you. send down a ray of this light through the top of y

e or plant stand to act as an altar. put a white candle in a candle holder in the middle of the table and light the candle. position yourself on the western side of the altar facing east, so that the altar is immediately in front of you. adopt the standing pose, with your feet together, arms at your sides, back straight, and head erect. direct your gaze straight ahead and look through the wall at the unseen, distant horizon. take several long, deep breaths to focus your resolve and prepare for what you are about to do. visualize high over your head a blue-white star that blazes with pure spiritual energy. ascend in your inner awareness to this 190 moving exercises star and enter it. allow the brilliant rays from the star to completely surround you and saturate your awareness with cooling l

n the medieval grimoires. cleansing prayer i t is best to perform this exercise directly following a bath or shower. if it is done at other times, first wash your hands and face and brush your teeth. it is also best to do the exercise nakedotherwise, wear comfortable, loose clothing and remove your shoes. assume the standing pose facing east. direct your gaze straight ahead and focus your eyes on the unseen distant horizon. take several deep breaths to calm your thoughts and prepare for what will follow. visualize yourself standing in the western quarter of your astral temple, facing the upright yellow triangle on the east wall, with the altar of black marble in front of you. raise your arms slowly out to your sides with your elbows locked until they are angled slightly above your head. tu

in diameter. if necessary due to lack of space, the ritual can be done by standing in one spot and rotating on your own axis to form a lesser circle, but it is better to use a greater circle. stand in the middle of the floor facing east. adopt the standing pose, with your feet together, arms at your sides, back straight, and head erect. direct your gaze straight ahead and look through the wall at the unseen, distant horizon. take several long, deep breaths to focus your resolve and prepare for what you are about to do. visualize high over your head a blue-white star that biazes with pure spiritual energy. ascend in your inner awareness to this star and enter it. allow the star's brilliant radiance to completely surround you and saturate your awareness with cooling light. extend a ray of wh

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