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ALEISTER CROWLEY AD MEIORUM CTHULHI GLORIAM

e and number by which he would become famous (after the reference in the book of revelation "the beast 666, was his mother, and he eventually took this appellation to heart. he changed his name to aleister crowley while still at cambridge, and by that name, plus "666, he would never be long out of print, or out of newspapers. for he believed himself to be the incarnation of a god, an ancient one, the vehicle of a new age of man's history, the aeon of horus, displacing the old age of osiris. in 1904, he had received a message, from what lovecraft might have called "out of space, that contained the formula for a new world order, a new system of philosophy, science, art and religion, but this new order had to begin with the fundamental part, and common denominator, of all four: magick. in 193

ALEISTER CROWLEY BOOK OF LIES

t he calls he. in the silence of a dewdrop is every tendency of his soul, and of his mind, and of his body; it is the quintessence and the elixir of his being. therein are the forces that made him and his father and his father's father before him. this is the dew of immortality. let this go free, even as it will; thou art not its book of lies get any book for free on: www.abika.com 44 master, but the vehicle of it [46] commentary( iota-eta) the 18th key of the tarot refers to the moon, which was supposed to shed dew. the appropriateness of the chapter title is obvious. the chapter must be read in connection with chapters 1 and 16. i the penultimate paragraph, vindu is identified with amrita, and in the last paragraph the disciple is charged to let it have its own way. it has a will of its

ALEISTER CROWLEY MAGICK IN THEORY AND PRACTICE

itself suffering mutation thereby. the "earth" is the sphere wherein the operation of these "fundamental" and aethyric forces appears to perception "under the earth" is the world of those phenomena which inform those perceived projections, and determine their particular character "dry land" is the place of dead "material things, dry (i.e. unknowable) because unable to act on our minds "water" is the vehicle whereby we feel such things "air" their menstruum wherein these feelings are mentally apprehended. it is called "whirling" because of the instability of thought, and the fatuity of reason, on which we are yet dependent for what we call "life "rushing fire" is the world in which wandering thought burns up to swift-darting will. these four stages explain how the non-ego is transmuted int

t of the sun, thou, hidden spring of all things known and unknown, thou aloof, alone, thou, the true fire within the reed brooding and breeding, source and seed of life, love, liberty and light, thou beyond speech and beyond sight, thee i invoke, my faint fresh fire kindling as mine intents aspire. thee i invoke, abiding one, thee, centre and secret of the sun, and that most holy mystery of which the vehicle am i. appear, most awful and most mild, as it is lawful, in thy child<child" the preposition is very significant to the meaning "to thy child" would indicate that the priest etc. are taken to be children of the deity or perhaps the god horus "in thy child" would refer to the ix degree secret of o.t.o, of the technique

ALEISTER CROWLEY MEDITATION

ains of earth. the name pantacle implies an image of the all "omne in parvo" but this is by a magical transformation of the pantacle. just as we made the sword symbolical of everything by the force of our magick, so do we work upon the pantacle. that which is merely a piece of common bread shall be the body of god! the wand was the will of man, his wisdom, his word; the cup was his understanding, the vehicle of grace; the sword was his reason; and the pantacle shall be his body, the temple of the holy ghost. what is the length of this temple? from north to south. what is the breadth of this temple? from east to west. what is the height of this temple? from the abyss to the abyss. there is, therefore, nothing movable or immovable under the whole firmament of heaven which is not included in

ALEISTER CROWLEY THE OLD AND NEW COMMENTARIES TO LIBER AL

dy run red with the blood of her faithful! the ignorance or carelessness of a raw youth will no longer hound him to hell. a blighted career or a ruined constitution will no more be the penalty of a moment's exuberance. above all, the world will begin to appreciate the true nature of the sexual process, its physical insignificance as one among many parts of the body, its transcendent importance as the vehicle of the true will and the first of the sheaths of the self. hitherto our sexual tabus have kept far ahead of gilbert and sullivan. we have made love the lackey to property, as who should pay his rent by sneezing. we have swaddled it in politeness, as who should warn god off the grass. we have muddled it up with morality, as who should frown at the himalayas on the one hand, and, on the

rly in the one act of love. it must cease to know itself as anything but the will. it must not have the will; it must transform itself completely to be the will. last of all, the act must be supreme. it must do and it must die. from that death it must rise again, purged of that will, having accomplished it so perfectly that nothing is left thereof in its elements. it must have emptied itself into the vehicle. so shall the child be whole of spirit. but this is not enough. the ground in which the seed is cast must be suitable for its reception. the climate must be favorable, the soil must be prepared, and the enemies of the young child that seek its life must be driven beyond range of malice. these points are obvious enough, if applied to the ordinary affair of breeding children. one needs t

ALEISTER CROWLEY THE OTO GNOSTIC MASS

of the sun, thou, hidden spring of all things known and unknown, thou aloof, alone, thou, the true fire within the reed brooding and breeding, source and seed of life, love, liberty, and light, thou beyond speech and beyond sight, thee i invoke, my faint fresh fire kindling as mine intents aspire. thee i invoke, abiding one, thee, centre and secret of the sun, and that most holy mystery of which the vehicle am i. appear, most awful and most mild, as it is lawful, in thy child! the chorus: for of the father and the son the holy spirit is the norm; male-female, quintessential, one, man-being veiled in woman-form. glory and worship in the highest, thou dove, mankind that deifiest, being that race, most royally run to spring sunshine through winter storm. glory and worship be to thee, sap of

ALICE A BAILEY01 THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF THE ATOM

nds, we shall enter more and more into a knowledge of his plan as he is working it out, and shall eventually be in a position to collaborate with him in his essential purpose. to sum up the central thought of this lecture: let us endeavour to realise that there is no such thing as inorganic matter, but that every atom is a life. let us realise that all forms are living forms, and that each is but the vehicle of expression for some indwelling entity. let us seek to comprehend that this is likewise true of the aggregate of all forms. thus we have the clue to ourselves, and perhaps the clue to the mystery of the solar system. lecture iv the evolution of man, the thinker this is the fourth in the series of talks which we have had the past month, and perhaps by means of them we have been able t

ALICE A BAILEY02 INITIATION HUMAN AND SOLAR

development lying in the hands of small and great, is the instrument of speech. he who guards his words, and who only speaks with altruistic purpose, in order to carry the energy of love through the medium of the tongue, is one who is mastering rapidly the initial steps to be taken in preparation for initiation. speech is the most occult manifestation in existence; it is the means of creation and the vehicle for force. in the reservation of words, esoterically understood, lies the conservation of force; in the utilisation of words, justly chosen and spoken, lies the distribution of the love force of the solar system, that force which preserves, strengthens, and stimulates. only he who knows somewhat of these two aspects of speech can be trusted to stand before the initiator and to carry ou

e building agencies, they have a vital connection with the applicant for initiation, inasmuch as they each embody the force or energy of one or other of the three higher subplanes of the mental plane. therefore at the third initiation one of these kumaras transmits to the causal body of the initiate that energy which destroys third subplane matter, and thus brings about part of the destruction of the vehicle; at the fourth initiation another buddha transmits second plane force, and at the fifth, first subplane force is similarly passed into the remaining atoms of the causal vehicle, producing the final liberation. the work done by the second kumara, with second subplane force, is in this solar system the most important in connection with the egoic body, and produces its complete dissipatio

he world, and the master of the masters and of the angels. buddha (the. the name given to gautama. born in india about b.c. 621 he became a full buddha in b.c. 592. the buddha is one who is the "enlightened" and has attained the highest degree of knowledge possible for man in this solar system. buddhi. the universal soul or mind. it is the spiritual soul in man (the sixth principle) and therefore the vehicle of atma, the spirit, which is the seventh principle. causal body. this body is, from the standpoint of the physical plane, no body, either subjective or objective. it is, nevertheless, the centre of the egoic consciousness, and is formed of the conjunction of buddhi and manas. it is relatively permanent and lasts throughout the long cycle of incarnations, and is only dissipated after t

d to be composed of two roots "pra" to manifest, and "krita" to make; meaning, that which caused the universe to manifest itself. prana. the life principle, the breath of life. the occultist believes the following statement "life we look upon as the one form of existence, manifesting in what is called matter, or what, incorrectly separating them; we name spirit, soul, and matter in man. matter is the vehicle for the manifestation of soul on this plane of existence; soul is the vehicle for the manifestation of spirit, and these three as a trinity are synthesised by life, which pervades them all" purusha. the spiritual self. the embodied self. the word literally means "the dweller in the city" that is, in the body. it is derived from the sanskrit "pura" which means city or body, and "usha" a

ALICE A BAILEY04 A TREATISE ON COSMIC FIRE

st be the shattering. no help is found within the cave, nor any hidden light. around the fourfold one lieth the vault of stone; beneath him menaceth the root of blackness, of utter denseness; beside him and above, naught but the same is seen- 17- a treatise on cosmic fire copyright 1998 lucis trust the threefold watchers know and see. the fourfold is now ready; the work of denseness is completed; the vehicle prepared. soundeth the trump of shattering. blinding the power of the oncoming flame. the mystic earthquake rocks the cavern; the burning flames disintegrate the maya, and lo, the work is done. gone is the gloom and the blackness; rent is the cavern's roof. the light of life shines in; the warmth inspires. the lords on-looking see the work commence. the fourfold one becomes the seven

the standpoint of a cosmos) is the approximation of our system to its central point. this must be considered from the standpoint of time.16(15) the third fire deals with: a. the evolution of spirit. practically nothing can at this stage be communicated anent this evolution. the development of spirit can be only expressed as yet in terms of the evolution of matter, and only through the adequacy of the vehicle, and through the suitability of the sheath, the body or form, can the point- 29- a treatise on cosmic fire copyright 1998 lucis trust of spiritual development reached in any way be appraised. a word of warning should here be interpolated: just as it is not possible upon the physical plane for the physical vehicle fully to express the total point of development of the ego or higher self

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

ysical correspondence. in the system. in the system, the organ of cosmic prana, of the force vitalising matter, is the central sun, which is the direct receiver and dispenser of cosmic radiation. this is one of the threefold divisions of the primordial ray of active intelligence. each of the cosmic rays is in essence threefold, a fact which is oft overlooked, though logically obvious; each ray is the vehicle for a cosmic entity, and all existence is necessarily triple in manifestation. the central sun has within its periphery a centre of reception with a surface radiation. in the planet. in the planet there will be found a similar organ or receiver within its etheric body, the locality of which is not for exoteric publication and cannot therefore be revealed. it is connected with the locat

its circulating fires. let me briefly recapitulate for the sake of clarity: the system receives prana from cosmic sources via three centres, and redistributes it to all parts of its extended influence, or to the bounds of the solar etheric web. this cosmic prana becomes colored by solar quality and reaches the furthest confines of the system. its mission might be described as the vitalisation of the vehicle which is the physical material expression of the solar logos. the planet receives prana from the solar centre, and redistributes it via the three receiving centres to all parts of its sphere of influence. this solar prana becomes colored by the planetary quality and is absorbed by all evolutions found within the planetary ring-pass-not. its mission might be described as the vitalisatio

ehicle which is the physical material expression of the solar logos. the planet receives prana from the solar centre, and redistributes it via the three receiving centres to all parts of its sphere of influence. this solar prana becomes colored by the planetary quality and is absorbed by all evolutions found within the planetary ring-pass-not. its mission might be described as the vitalisation of the vehicle which is the physical material expression of one or other of the seven heavenly men. the microcosm receives prana from the sun after it has permeated the planetary etheric vehicle, so that it is solar prana, plus planetary quality. each planet is the embodiment of some one ray aspect, and its quality is marked predominantly on all its evolution. prana, therefore, which is active radiat

o achieve the ability to escape from the etheric web on the physical plane. later he escapes from its correspondence on the astral plane, and finally from the correspondence on the fourth subplane of the mental plane this time via the mental unit. this- 63- a treatise on cosmic fire copyright 1998 lucis trust leads eventually to causal functioning, or to the ability to dwell, and to be active in, the vehicle of the ego, who is the embodiment of the love and wisdom aspect of the monad. note here the correspondence to that proved fact, that many can even now escape from the etheric body, and function in their astral sheath, which is the personality reflection of that same second aspect. when a man takes the fourth initiation, he functions in the fourth plane vehicle, the buddhic, and has esc

is not our purpose to give facts for verification by science, or even to point the way to the next step onward for scientific investigators; that we may do so is but incidental and purely secondary- 71- a treatise on cosmic fire copyright 1998 lucis trust what we seek mainly is to give indications of the development and correspondence of the threefold whole that makes the solar system what it is the vehicle through which a great cosmic entity, the solar logos, manifests active intelligence with the purpose in view of demonstrating perfectly the love side of his nature. back of this design lies a yet more esoteric and ulterior purpose, hid in the will consciousness of the supreme being, which perforce will be later demonstrated when the present objective is attained. the dual alternation o

s body, the planet, and severs connection. outer attraction ceases and all gravitates towards the centre instead of scattering to the periphery of his body. in the system, the same process is followed by the solar logos; from his high place of abstraction, he ceases to be attracted by his body of manifestation. he withdraws his interest and the two pairs of opposites, the spirit and the matter of the vehicle, dissociate. with this dissociation the solar system, that "son of necessity" or of desire, ceases to be, and passes out of objective existence. third. this leads finally, to the scattering of the atoms of the etheric body into their primordial condition. the subjective life, the synthesis of will and love taking active form, is withdrawn. the partnership is dissolved. the form then br

what is the relationship of the son to the sun? this question brings us primarily to a consideration as to who is the son, and what is his function. two factors are universally recognised in all systems that merit the name of philosophy; they are the two factors of spirit and matter, of purusha and prakriti. there is at times a tendency to confound such terms as "life and form "consciousness and the vehicle of consciousness" with the terms "spirit and matter" they are related, but clarity of view would be- 130- a treatise on cosmic fire copyright 1998 lucis trust facilitated if it were realised that prior to manifestation, or to the birth of a solar system, it is more correct to utilise the words, spirit and matter. when these two are inter-related during manifestation, and after the cess

a master. he also is of the fourth order; he is the quaternary. the etheric plane is the centre of his life in the physical sense, just as we are told that the sun and the planets esoterically are considered as existing in etheric matter. as above, so below, is the occult law. therefore, the relationship of the son of the father, and of the mother, is to the sun the same as man's relationship to the vehicle through which he functions. it is his mode of enterprise, his vehicle of expression; it is the form which his life animates for the- 132- a treatise on cosmic fire copyright 1998 lucis trust specific purpose of a. gaining experience. b. making contact. c. developing full self-knowledge. d. achieving full mastery or control. e. attaining "manhood" cosmically. the cosmic christ must meas

on between the ego and the personality. this narrows the concept down to the sphere of a man's own consciousness, and enables him to differentiate between his subjective self or soul, and the bodies which hold that soul enshrined. this is not by any means so universally developed. most men do not as yet distinguish with accuracy between themselves as the thinker, persistent in time and space, and the vehicle through which they think, which is ephemeral and transient. the real recognition of this essential duality, and the scientific appreciation of it is to be seen in the mystics, the advanced thinkers of the race, the conscious aspirants, and those nearing the portal of initiation. third. discrimination between soul and spirit, or the realisation by the man that not only can he say "i am;

ed as they concern vitally this particular heavenly man, and the particular plane, the physical, on which we undergo experience. these are: first. the will or the one-pointed purpose of some entity. second. the material through which the life proposes to manifest. this material, as we know, is found within the ring-pass-not in seven grades, and in forty-nine subgrades. third. the builders who are the vehicle for the divine purpose, and who mould matter upon a particular plan. these builders evolve the forms out of their own nature and substance. fourth. a plan by which the work is carried out and which is imparted to the builders, being latent in their consciousness. they evolve the form of the grand heavenly man, of the heavenly men, of the human units, and of all forms from within outwar

, and thus to the cells, centres, and organs of his body necessarily; but the whole system works through graded representatives; the same laws govern these agents of plane karma as govern the systemic and cosmic, and during plane manifestation they are, for instance, the only unit in form permitted to pass beyond the plane ring-pass-not. all other units in manifestation on a plane have to discard the vehicle through which they function before they can pass on to subtler levels. c. types of karma. we might here enumerate the different types of karma, even though we have not the time to enlarge upon the subject. a book by itself of vast proportions could not contain all that might be said. we should bear in mind that karma is imposed upon the ensouling entity through the medium of matter or

g with the feminine aspect of the second person. the spirillae therefore are but streams of force, or second aspect vitality which circulates geometrically within the circumscribing wall of substance, composed of third aspect force or substance. what has been said of objectivity, or of the cosmic atom can be equally well predicated of the permanent atom of man the microcosm "the primordial ray is the vehicle of the divine ray."72(150) negative force forms a receptacle for positive force. atoms are but force centres, and the centres as we know of them are but aggregates of force points which have reached a specific point in evolution, and are responding to the first great aspect in some degree, or to electric fire. this sentence, is one to be seriously pondered, for it holds hid much inform

wers of the ego are stupendous and if released now through the agency of an unready personality would lead to dire disaster. but the time will come, and in the meantime a due apprehension of inherent capacity will profit all who have the intuition to recognise the goal. division d- thought elementals and fire elementals i. thought forms 1. their function. a. to respond to vibration. b. to provide the vehicle for an idea. c. to carry out specific purpose. 2: the laws of thought. a. three cosmic laws. b. seven systemic laws. ii. thought elementals and devas 1. the ruler of fire. agni. a. agni and the solar logos. b. agni and the mental plane. c. agni and the three fires. 2. the fire devas. the greater builders. a. introductory statements. b. the functions of the devas. c. the devas and the p

ALICE A BAILEY05 THE LIGHT OF THE SOUL

h has been seen and registered in the brain and which has emanated from the soul must be meditated upon and thus woven into the fabric of the life. it is through this meditation that the soul-perceptions become real to the man upon the physical plane. this meditation therefore is of a very high order as it follows upon the contemplative stage and is soul-meditation with the object of illuminating the vehicle upon the physical plane. 5. right perception. the experience of the soul, and the knowledge of the spirit or father aspect begins to form part of the brain content of the adept or master. he knows the plan as it is to be found on the highest levels and is in touch with the archetype. it is, if i might illustrate in this way, that this class of yogins have reached the point where they c

ough study and self initiated effort arrives at just conclusions. it might be added, that this great word, when meditated upon, gives the clue to the true esoteric meaning of the words in the secret doctrine by h. p. blavatsky "life we look upon as the one form of existence, manifesting in what we call matter; or what, incorrectly separating them, we name spirit, soul and matter in man. matter is the vehicle for the manifestation of soul on this plane of existence, and soul is the vehicle on a higher plane for the manifestation of spirit, and these three are a trinity synthesized by life, which pervades them all" 28. through the sounding of the word and through reflection upon its meaning, the way is found. this is a very general paraphrase but conveys nevertheless the correct significance

he macrocosm, the monad (on its own plane) constitutes the seventh principle. there are other ways of enumerating the principles, for subba rao is correct in one respect when he says there are only five principles. the two highest, atma and the life monadic, are not principles at all- 46- the light of the soul copyright 1998 lucis trust through the conscious utilisation of the will on each plane, the vehicle is directed constantly into an increasingly accurate expression of the one truth. this is the true significance of the sutra under consideration and the clue to why the adepts are as yet still studying this treatise on yoga. their understanding of truth in its entirety is not yet complete on all planes and the basic rules hold good throughout, though they are variously applied. princip

all; it is the summation of all the others, it is the climax and that which completes the work of development in the human kingdom. it is the science of the mind and of the purposeful will, and brings the higher of man's sheaths in the three worlds under the subjection of the inner ruler. this science coordinates the entire lower threefold man, forcing him into a position where he is nothing but the vehicle for the soul, or god within. it includes the other yogas and profits by their achievements. it synthesises the work of evolution and crowns man as king- 69- the light of the soul copyright 1998 lucis trust bhakti yoga is the yoga of the heart; it is the bringing into submission of all the feelings, desires and emotions, to the one beloved, seen and known in the heart. it is the sublima

ds (or samskaras) produce pleasure or pain according as their originating cause was good or evil- 83- the light of the soul copyright 1998 lucis trust it might be noted that good is that which relates to the one principle, to the reality indwelling all forms, to the spirit of man as it reveals itself through the soul, and to the father as he manifests through the son. evil relates to the form, to the vehicle, and to matter and really concerns the relation of the son to his body of manifestation. if the son of god (cosmic or human) is limited, and imprisoned and blinded by his form, that is the power of evil over him. if he is aware of his own self, unfettered by forms, and free from the thralldom of matter that is the power of good. complete freedom from matter causes bliss or pleasure the

centres up the spine (base of spine, sacral centre, solar plexus, heart and throat centres, each of which is found in the etheric body and is allied with one or other of the five senses, 4. consequent correct reaction of the sense organs to the requirements of the true or spiritual man. in connection with the astral body, the result of purification is a quiet spirit, or the "gentle stillness" of the vehicle so that it can adequately reflect the christ principle, or the buddhic nature. the relation of the astral or kamic principle (using the middle vehicle of the threefold lower man) to the buddhic principle using the middle vehicle of the spiritual triad (or atma-buddhi-manas, should be carefully considered. quieted emotions, and the control of the desire nature ever precede the re-orient

jective tangible solar system persist. the following synonyms in connection with this sutra must be borne in mind if clarity of thought is to be achieved: i. spiritual essence. i i. the sound or word. iii. the object. 1. spirit. 1. the soul. 1. body 2. pneuma. 2. the psyche. 2. form 3. the father. shiva 3. the son. vishnu. 3. the holy spirit. brahma 4. the monad. the one. 4. the cosmic christ. 4. the vehicle of life and of incarnation. 5. the eternal will or purpose. 5. eternal love-wisdom. 5. eternal activity and intelligence. 6. one great breath. 6. the aum. 6. the worlds. 7. life. 7. consciousness aspect. 7. activity aspect. 8. synthesising energy. 8. attractive force. 8. matter. 9. first aspect. 9. second aspect. 9. third aspect. in the mind of man these three aspects are confused and

rsist. the outstanding characteristic of the soul (or of force) is light. it brings into visibility that which exists. the outstanding characteristic of living matter is that it is that which "sub-stands" or is found back of the objective body; and provides the true form. it should be remembered here that the basis of all occult teaching and of all phenomena is to be found in the words "matter is the vehicle for the manifestation of soul on this plane of existence; and soul is the vehicle on a higher turn of the spiral for the manifestation of spirit (secret doctrine i. 80) when the soul (or force) withdraws itself out of the matter aspect (the tangible objective form, that form is no longer to be seen. it disappears, and temporarily is dissipated. at present this can be adequately accompl

(the moon) will reveal to the aspirant the nature and purpose of form" if the student will remember that the moon is the symbol of matter, whereas the sun in its aspect of light is the symbol of the soul, he will have no difficulty in ascertaining the meaning of the two sutras we have just considered. one deals with the soul and the various states of consciousness; the other deals with the body, the vehicle of consciousness. one concerns the body incorruptible, not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. the other deals with the "lunar mansions (as one translator calls it) and with the home of the soul in the three worlds of human endeavour. we must be careful however to remember that the moon aspect is the governing one in all the kingdoms below the human, whilst the sun aspect should d

during the demonstration side of his work. it is through an understanding of the method of energising the nerves that the thinker can- 181- the light of the soul copyright 1998 lucis trust galvanise its instrument into activity during incarnation, and similarly produce trance, samadhi, or death. the same basic knowledge enables the adept to raise a dead body, as christ did in palestine, or occupy the vehicle of a disciple for purposes of service, as christ occupied the body of the disciple jesus. this knowledge and its use, we are told, is subject to the great law of karma, of cause and effect, and even the christ himself may not set the law aside in any case unless there is adequate "weakening" of the cause producing the bondage. 39. by subjugation of the upward life (the udana) there is

th. thus has the great objective been reached and through a following of the eight means of yoga the soul can manifest through the lower threefold man, and in its turn form a medium of expression for the spirit. matter has been brought into a state where its vibration can synchronise with that of the soul, and the result is that for the first time spirit can make its presence felt, for "matter is the vehicle for the manifestation of soul on this plane of experience and the soul is the vehicle for the manifestation of spirit on a higher turn of the spiral. these three are a trinity synthesized by life which pervades them all" to the man who has achieved this there is no rebirth. he is free and liberated, and can say with full conscious realization of the significance of the words "my life (

h is spoken of as the black-white. it concerns the karmic activity of the average man, who is governed by the pairs of opposites, and whose life experience is characterized by a swinging back and forth between that which is kindly, harmless, and the result of love, and that which is harsh, harmful, and the result of hate. vyasa says "the black-white is brought about by external means, as in this, the vehicle of actions grows by means of causing pain to, or acting kindly towards others" it becomes apparent therefore that the growth of the human unit and his record are dependent upon his attitude towards others and the effect he has upon them. thus is the return to group consciousness brought about and thus is karma generated or offset. thus, also, is the swing of the pendulum between these

tter and one more completely under the control of the man. by the practice of dispassion and of non-attachment, and by the strenuous control of the desire nature it becomes possible for the man to re-orient himself so that his attention is no longer attracted outward by the stream of mind-images but is withdrawn, and fixed one-pointedly upon reality. this is first attempted through the control of the vehicle of thought, the mind, and the conquest of the modifications of the thinking principle, and then the work of using that mechanism and its employment in right directions and for the achieving of knowledge of the soul-realm instead of the matter realm proceeds. thus again liberation is brought about. 13. the characteristics, whether latent or potent, partake of the nature of the three gun

ual perception take the place of mental perception, yet this stage is an advanced and important one, and opens the door to direct illumination. nothing need now hinder the downflow of spiritual force and wisdom into the brain, for the entire lower threefold man has been purified and dominated, and the physical, emotional and mental bodies form simply a channel for the divine light, and constitute the vehicle through which the life and love of god may manifest. 24. the mind stuff also, reflecting as it does an infinity of mind impressions, becomes the instrument of the self and acts as a unifying agent- 227- the light of the soul copyright 1998 lucis trust nothing remains for the spiritual man to do in connection with this purified lower self but to learn to use his instrument, the mind, an

ALICE A BAILEY07 FROM INTELLECT TO INTUITION

ent. these three hypotheses must be accepted, at any rate, tentatively, if this process of education through meditation is to be rendered effective. in webster's dictionary, the soul is defined in line with these theories, and the definition runs as follows "an entity conceived as the essence, substance, or actuating cause of individual life, especially of life manifested in psychical activities; the vehicle of individual existence, separate in nature from the body and usually held to be separable in existence."4(29) webster adds the following comment which is appropriate in its application to our theme that "some conceptions, such as that of fechner, that the soul is the whole unitary spiritual process in conjunction with the whole unitary bodily process, appear to stand midway between th

god? is promptly answered in the affirmative" thus, through finding himself and understanding his own nature, man arrives at that centre within himself which is one with all that is; he finds he is equipped with an apparatus which can put him in touch with the differentiated manifestations through which deity seeks to express itself. he possesses a vital body, responsive to universal energy, and the vehicle for the two forms of soul energy to which i referred above. the subject of the vital body, its relation to this universal energy, and its seven points of contact with the physical organism are covered in my book, the soul and its mechanism, and will not be enlarged upon here, beyond quoting one paragraph "behind the objective body lies a subjective form constituted of etheric matter, a

of relief by the moral preparation which precedes it..this enforced waiting, this self-imposed receptivity, which is the defining mark of the stage of contemplation, is not the end of the mystic's career. it is the end of his efforts, in the sense that he can do no more, but it is destined to give way to the stage of ecstasy when matters are taken out of the hand of the individual and he becomes the vehicle of a power greater than himself 'remain steadfastly in thyself until thou art drawn out of thyself without any act of thine."13(79) he speaks later on in the same chapter of the breathless attention, the hard-earned and hard-held waiting for the divine revelation. the ancient sage of india, patanjali, tells us the same thing, when he says that, when "the mind-stuff becomes absorbed in

ed control of the mind and can offer it to the soul as a transmitting agent, then a vast region of spiritual awareness can unfold itself. the soul itself can then become a transmitting agent, and can pass on, via the mind and from thence to the physical brain, some of the realizations and concepts of the spirit aspect. students would do well to remember the words in the secret doctrine "matter is the vehicle for the manifestation of soul on this plane of existence, and soul is the vehicle on a higher plane for the manifestation of spirit, and these three are a trinity synthesized by life, which pervades them all."15(81) this, in the academic language of occultism, is the realization of the mystic. cardinal richelieu calls contemplation that state "in which man sees and knows god without us

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of divinity tends to the revelation of the soul or the second aspect which in turn reveals the highest aspect. it must ever be remembered that the secret doctrine of h. p. blavatsky expresses this with accuracy in the words "life we look upon as the one form of existence, manifesting in what is called matter; or what, incorrectly separating them, we name spirit, soul and matter in man. matter is the vehicle for the manifestation of soul on this plane of existence, and soul is the vehicle on a higher plane for the manifestation of spirit, and these three are a trinity synthesized by life, which pervades them all (the secret doctrine. vol: i. p. 79. 80) through the use of matter the soul unfolds and finds its climax in the soul of man, and this treatise will concern itself with the unfoldme

ower light is thrown upward and the greater light illuminates the three; the work of the four proceedeth" what of this lower light? the student should remember that for the present purposes he has three bodies of light to consider: there is the radiant body of the soul itself, found on its own plane, and called, frequently, the karana sarira or the causal body. there is the vital or etheric body, the vehicle of prana which is the body of golden light, or rather the flame coloured vehicle. there is the body of "dark light, which is the occult way of referring to the hidden light of the physical body, and to the light latent in the atom itself. these three types of energy are referred to in the old commentary under the following symbolic terms "when the radiant light of the solar angel is fu

tes work, and from which the masters in their graded ranks direct the evolutionary process of the planet. these two directions in which the soul looks constitute the world of its spiritual experience and the object of its aspiration. let it not be forgotten that the spiritual man, the solar angel, has also his goal of endeavour, and that his becomes the predominant impulse once the subjugation of the vehicle in the three worlds is brought about. just as the fully intelligent human being can only begin consciously to function as a soul and to contact the kingdom of the soul, so only the fully active and dominant soul, in which the buddhic principle is potentially controlling, can begin to contact the state of pure being in which the monad or spirit eternally rests. the development of the in

in this era of the fourth round: 1. the form of the personality, that vehicle of physical, astral and mental matter that provides the means of contact in the three worlds. it is built in each life, the key of the vibration being set up in the life preceding the present. that form proves adequate for the average man and serves him till death. the man who is entering on the occult path starts with the vehicle provided, but during incarnation builds for himself ever a newer and better vehicle, and the more progressed he- 151- a treatise on white magic copyright 1998 lucis trust is the more consciously he works. hence eventuates that constant turmoil and frequent ill-health of the beginner in the occult life. he senses the law, he realises the need of raising his key, and frequently he begins

agony. ideals are transcended only to be found to be stations on the road to higher; visions are seen, only to be replaced by others; dreams are dreamt only to be realized and discarded; friends are made, to be loved and left behind, and to follow later and more slowly the footsteps of the striving aspirant; and all the time the fourth form is being built. 4. the form of the causal body. this is the vehicle of the higher consciousness, the temple of the indwelling god, which seems of a beauty so rare and of a stability of so sure a nature that, when the final shattering comes of even that masterpiece of many lives, bitter indeed is the cup to drink, and unutterably bereft seems the unit of consciousness. conscious then only of the innate divine spirit, conscious only of the truth of the g

human beings remain unaware of the passage of forces through this vehicle and the nearest they get to the recognition of it is when they speak in terms of vitality or lack of vitality. the physical body makes its presence felt when something goes wrong or through the gratification of one or other of the appetites. the situation is however different in connection with the astral body for there is the vehicle of experience for the majority, and few there are who do not pass the greater part of their conscious life, recording the reactions of that body and vibrating between the two poles of happiness and misery, of satisfaction or non-satisfaction, of assurance or doubt, of courage or of fear. this really means that the inherent force and life of the emotional sentient vehicle govern the lif

of energy comes from the physical sun and works actively upon the vital bodies of every form in the natural world, including the physical form of humanity itself. in the terminology of the ageless wisdom, these three are called electric fire, solar fire, and fire by friction, and their purpose in relation to each other is summed up for us in the words of the secret doctrine as follows "matter is the vehicle for the manifestation of soul on this plane of existence, and soul is the vehicle on a higher plane for the manifestation of spirit and these three are a trinity, synthesized by life which pervades them all" s. d. i. 80. humanity, being the meeting-place for all the three types of energy, constitutes therefore a "midway point" in the consciousness of the creator. this "midway point" ha

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he three crosses vii. the rays, constellations and planets volume iv i. the basic causes of disease ii. the basic requirements for healing i ii. the fundamental laws of healing volume v i. stanzas for disciples ii. the fourteen rules for disciples and initiates i ii. the rays and the initiations- 2- a treatise on the seven rays- volume i: esoteric psychology i copyright 1998 lucis trust matter is the vehicle for the manifestation of soul on this plane of existence, and soul is the vehicle on a higher plane for the manifestation of spirit, and these three are a trinity synthesized by life, which pervades them all. the secret doctrine vol. i. page 80. third edition three souls, one man three souls which make up one soul: first, to wit, a soul of each and all the bodily parts, seated therein

found that perfect form, mechanism or expression of the ray quality, nor that absolutely purified appearance in the human family, except in such rare cases as the buddha, or christ, and (in another field of expression) an alexander or julius caesar. leonardo da vinci was an analogous expression. the rays concern energy and consciousness, and determine expression, but where the matter utilised and the vehicle informed is as yet imperfectly evolved, there is then limitation and the "tuning out" automatically of much of the energy. the effect of ray force, working through imperfect forms, must be distorted and curtailed and misapplied. let me illustrate. i have said that first ray energy works out as the destruction of forms; it must be remembered that a pure destroyer is utterly unknown, and

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

onstrated. it conditions the sentient form attracted and the vital body which constitutes the attractive agency upon the physical plane, drawing to itself the type of negative energy or substance through which the quality, tone or vibration of the specific centre of experience can be expressed, and the environment contacted. in the early stages of manifestation, it is the nature of the form or of the vehicle which dominates and is the outstanding characteristic. the nature of quality, of the underlying soul, is not apparent. then the form or vehicle is sentient in two directions: outwards towards the environment, which leads (as evolution proceeds) to the perfecting of the vehicle, and inwards towards the higher progressive impulse, which leads to the definite expansion of consciousness. t

onditions seen in the usual fit. in a lesser degree, and producing no permanent, dangerous results, the same basic cause produces the so-called "petit mal" and certain types of fainting fits; these are caused by the brief and temporary withdrawal of the thread of consciousness energy. it should be remembered that when this withdrawal takes place and there is a separation of the consciousness from the vehicle of conscious contact, all that we understand by the term consciousness, such as self-consciousness, desire and intelligence, is abstracted and only life and the consciousness inherent in the physical body cells remain. as a rule, however, the average man today is a closely knit and functioning unit (this is true whether one is considering the unevolved masses or the materialistically m

rections other than those of physical existence that a process of abstraction has taken place, with the focus of the conscious interest elsewhere. this is the undesirable side or expression of the same power of abstraction which enables the mystic to see his visions and to participate in heavenly happenings, and which enables the advanced adept to enter into the state of samadhi. in the one case, the vehicle is left unguarded and the prey of any passing visitor; and in the other it is left duly guarded and positively attentive to the call and the note of its owner. it is not possible for me to do more than hint at these various explanations and so start investigators with open minds and the willingness to accept unusual hypotheses, along a trail which may lead them into the valley of under

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derlie the nerves, and not upon the bellows-like activity of the lungs. you are not getting the results which you should. your work lies largely with individuals and with the task of bringing solutions into life problems; you have the gift of strength to offer to others and the experience gained through many lives. this work can be increased if you deal with firmness, humour and perseverance with the vehicle which hinders you. june 1933 my brother: you have trodden the upward way with greater speed of late. your horizon is, therefore, wider and your outlook much more impersonal. keep steadily on the move and let not inertia drag you down and set weights upon your feet. the work to be done is steadily increasing, brother of old, and you are needed in that work and needed more dynamically th

under which you so constantly labour? one small personal task i ask of you also. please go back over all the instructions you have received from me and list the specific information i have given you anent your actions upon the physical plane. then note what you have succeeded in doing and what still remains to be done. this will help you to renew your efforts to master the physical body which is the vehicle which gives you the most trouble and which can be brought to heel far more easily than the astral or mental bodies. yet it is this body in this incarnation which gives you the most difficulty. if you mastered it, your work would forge ahead. january 1937 brother: i seek to start with a word of commendation to you. you have progressed this past year and have passed out of a relatively s

ld be a potent destructive force. he must be able to trust himself before his ashram can run on right lines and with safety. in this work of assembling the necessary thought power for constructive work, the etheric web is definitely involved. it leads then to a reorganisation of the web. academic explanations do not help the student to understand this. when the mind (the instrument of thought) is the vehicle of soul life, soul light and soul love, and the etheric web is responsive to the inflow of energy from the mind, then the reorganisation of the individual etheric web takes place. the individual etheric body is only a part, an aspect, of the etheric web of humanity; the steady reorganisation of the many parts leads to a transformation of the whole, when enough time has elapsed. the med

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y as a whole. if it is remembered that humanity is primarily governed by two rays (the second and the fourth) it will be found that those nations and countries whose governing rays are also the second and the fourth must and will play an important part in determining human destiny. therefore, through the five major centres in the planet today, spiritual energy is streaming forth, and according to the vehicle of expression which receives its impact so will be the reaction and activity, and so will be the type of consciousness interpreting and using it. the ancient occult truism remains accurate "consciousness is dependent upon its vehicle for expression and both are dependent upon life and energy for existence" this remains an immutable law. the five cities which are the exoteric expression

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nise the centres into activity and so produce conditions and events upon the physical plane. when these are clear and firmly established in the mind consciousness of the disciple, nothing can then stop their emergence in due time into the light of day. but they must follow an ordered process of gestation and of timed appearance. when there is true idealism, right thought, plus an understanding of the vehicle of expression and the world of forces into which the idea has to be launched, then the student can safely follow- 154- glamour: a world problem copyright 1998 lucis trust certain scheduled breathing exercises and the second phase or the result of sound rhythmic breathing will appear. this is inspiration. breathing exercises, my brother, have a purely physiological effect when not impel

regarded as an automaton, influenced and directed by: 1. the vital body and the forces of maya; or by inspiration, emanating from points of spiritual tension. 2. the astral vehicle and the forces of glamour; or sentient, conscious love, emanating from the soul. 3. the mind and the forces of illusion; or by illumination, coming from higher sources than the life in the three worlds. 4. the soul, as the vehicle of monadic impression, until such time as the antahkarana is built that bridge in mental matter which will eventually link the monad and the personality. one of the problems which disciples have to solve is the source of the incentive, impulses, impressions or inspiration which via the etheric body sweep the physical vehicle into activity upon the physical plane, thus giving a demonstr

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ose around. this is done through the development of compassion and of sympathy, plus that detachment which will enable one to take right action. c. sensitivity to the thoughts of others through mental rapport with them upon the plane of mind. 3. by all these done also in group formation as well as individually. all the activities mentioned above must constitute group activity. in these three ways the vehicle of the personality can be so conditioned that it can become a sensitive receiving apparatus. when, however, soul-consciousness is achieved or developing, then this triple instrument is superseded by the intuitional receptivity of the soul whose inclusiveness is absolute and who is at-one with the soul in all forms. those disciples who are working along this line are the nurturers of th

y speaking) to disappear, and for h.p.b. in particular was already nonexistent, owing to the advanced point in evolution reached by this disciple. realising that the etheric body was an expression always of the dominant energy controlling mankind in any particular cycle, h.p.b. used the term "astral body" as interchangeable with the etheric body. the etheric body, in the vast majority of cases is the vehicle or the instrument of astral energy. the mass of men are still atlantean or astral in their natures, and this means a far larger percentage than the average occultist is willing to admit. h.p.b. was, however, truthful and knew that at that time and for several hundred years afterwards (probably about three hundred years) the astral body would continue to govern the mass of human reactio

direct energy where needed. each of these seven centres has appeared in the course of human evolution in response to energy from one or other, or from several, of the seven rays. the impact of these rays upon the etheric body, emanating as they do periodically and ceaselessly from the seven rays, is so potent that the seven areas in the etheric body become more highly sensitised than the rest of the vehicle, and these in due time develop into responsive distributing centres. the effect of these seven centres upon the physical body in due time produces a condensation or a state of what is called "attracted- 83- telepathy and the etheric vehicle copyright 1998 lucis trust response" from dense matter, and thus the seven major sets of endocrine glands slowly came into functioning activity. it

, sustained by the breath and expressed through the apparatus of the throat determines what the man is. below the diaphragm are found organs whose use is far more objective even if of great importance; though each of these lower organs has a life and purpose of its own, their existence and functioning is impulsed, determined and conditioned by the life and rhythm emanating from the higher part of the vehicle. this is not easy for the average man to comprehend, but any serious limitation or physical disease above the diaphragm has a compelling and serious effect on all that is found below the diaphragm. the reverse is not the case to the same extent. this symbolises the potency and essentiality of the etheric body, both microcosmic and macrocosmic, and the macrocosmic expression of the four

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hey awaken to and respond to the infinitely higher vibrations of the three major constellations. 2. the creative hierarchies. it might here be appropriate if i interpolated a chart or a tabulation which may be found suggestive of some of these interlocking energies which play through, traverse, return, stimulate and energise every part of our solar system. they only evoke conscious response where the vehicle of expression and of response is adequate to the impact, and this statement is true of the solar logos, the planetary logoi, and of all forms in all the kingdoms upon our planet. unconscious reaction will of course exist, but it will be on a general or mass scale, and much of it pours through to us from these distant constellations, via the fifth creative hierarchy. this hierarchy, bei

ort. creation being activity strife synthesis, these are the nature of the lord of the first constellation and enable him to influence our planet to these results. and thus the great cycle of struggle towards expression starts and the foundational words of the secret doctrine, with which you are all so familiar, expresses the goal and the purpose of the first sign of the cardinal cross "matter is the vehicle for the manifestation of soul on this plane of existence, and soul is the vehicle on a higher plane for the manifestation of spirit, and these three are a trinity synthesised by life which pervades them all" s.d. i. 80. what appears in aries as spiritual energy enters into the soul stage in cancer, in which sign the soul incarnates for the first time in form, reaches a point of equilib

g, the science of triangles. aries is, as might be expected, closely connected with the great bear but peculiarly so with one of the stars called the pointers; these point to the pole star which is at this time a major "star of direction" direction, will, purpose and plan are all connected with the solar logos and with his evolutionary undertakings in connection with the many lives manifesting in the vehicle of expression which we call the solar system. all these respond to the influences of the first ray- 117- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iii: esoteric astrology copyright 1998 lucis trust which is, to all intents and purposes, the energy of divine embodied will, which has been esoterically described as "unavoidable directed purpose" within our solar system, vulcan and pluto are ex

indwelling christ. sagittarius rules or conditions (for that is what the word means) the activity of the lunar lords who build the body of man out of their own substance. it will, therefore, be obvious to you why, when a man begins the one-pointed activity of sagittarius and becomes the earnest disciple, it is possible for him to rule his personality and to govern it so that eventually it becomes the vehicle of the soul. it accounts also for the reaction of the personality against this control. it is because of facts such as these that astrology is bound to become one of the major sciences of the future, and when this is so the control of the personality will be scientifically carried forward; full use will be made of the planetary influences and the energies coming from the signs as they

e fact that all four energies of the mutable cross, three of the fixed cross and two of the cardinal cross pour into the sign virgo in relative degrees and potencies indicates the fundamental importance of this "sign of reception" as it is called. all nine energies are required to bring a man to the point where the world and influence of the two solar systems have done their task in: 1. preparing the vehicle of reception and protection, which is the personality, the form, the self-conscious man- 166- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iii: esoteric astrology copyright 1998 lucis trust 2. bringing into manifestation thereby the hidden man of the heart, the christ within, the soul, the group conscious man. what will be the objective and the consummation of the activity of the cardinal cros

icted the three triangles in a certain order with the lower points expressing the energy of certain constellations. in this form they depict the final outcome and the final results of a particular group of three crises. it must be remembered that only through much repetition and frequent focussed effort are these results attained. a crisis is brought about by a certain habit of mind, developed in the vehicle; it is surmounted in time only by a certain habit and rhythm of the spiritual content of the man's nature. it is the establishing of a certain objective rhythm which produces a crisis; it is the emergence of a particular subjective rhythm which enables a man to surmount the crisis and to capitalise on the opportunity. please bear this in mind. these seven crises can also be related to

in this connection two of these ideas are basic where the astrology of the soul is concerned: 1. the reversal of the life of the disciple upon the wheel of life, by means of which his progress becomes anti-clockwise. 2. the influence of the rising sign which is held by the esoteric astrologer to indicate soul possibility and direction, versus the personality opportunity, offered by the nature of the vehicle of response. these two ideas are obviously revolutionary and when to them you add the new sets of planetary rulers which i have given you, it is not surprising if you feel the vastness of the astrological- 295- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iii: esoteric astrology copyright 1998 lucis trust theme. this, however, was the first reaction which i hoped to get from you. astrology mus

trological investigation can run, providing proof of the accuracy of astrological deduction and the guarantee of the truth of what i tell you- 304- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iii: esoteric astrology copyright 1998 lucis trust it is just as impossible to determine which of the planetary influences are conditioning the centres in the fourth kingdom in nature or in the earth (viewing it as the vehicle of the planetary logos) as it is in man, the individual, unless the point in evolution is known and it can be determined upon which stage of the path of return the dweller in the form macrocosmic and microcosmic is standing. the whole subject is constantly shifting and changing, just as the individual human being is constantly changing his focus or is to be found working first in one a

y as a whole. if it is remembered that humanity is primarily governed by two rays (the second and the fourth) it will be found that those nations and countries whose governing rays are also the second and the fourth must and will play an important part in determining human destiny. therefore, through the five major centres in the planet today, spiritual energy is streaming forth, and according to the vehicle of expression which receives its impact so will be the reaction and activity and so will be the type of consciousness, interpreting and using it. the ancient occult truism remains accurate "consciousness is dependent upon its vehicle for expression and both are dependent upon life and energy for existence" this remains an immutable law. the five cities which are the exoteric expression

irit impressed by revelation and sensitive to the emerging new concepts of truth will create the needed new forms of appropriate expression. such are the influences which today are dominating the world, finding expression according to the type of vehicle which reacts to their impact. the type of conscious response and resultant activity is as the occultist well knows dependent upon the quality of the vehicle which is receptive to the approach of any type of energy. the interplay of the energy and the vehicle then produces consciousness of some kind. this is a basic and unalterable law. in the few things which i have been able to say anent these constellations and their relation to our planet at this time, i trust i have made clear and practical something which esoteric astrologers need unc

n the secret doctrine 1 "the sun is a central star and not a planet (s.d. i. 126. note (therefore when it is included among the planets, as it is, it is simply because it stands for or veils a hidden planet- 395- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iii: esoteric astrology copyright 1998 lucis trust 2. the sun is merely one of those suns which "are sunflowers of a higher light" it is "dwelling in the vehicle of a god or of a host of gods, like milliards of other suns (s.d. i. 319) 3 "the sun is the storehouse of vital force which is the noumenon of electricity (s.d. i. 579) 4 "the sun was not a sacred planet (s.d. ii. 26) 5 "the sun. has its growth, changes, development and gradual evolution (s.d. i. 667) 6 "the sun is matter and the sun is spirit (s.d. i. 820) 7 "the sun is a great magnet

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t the base of the spine has a unique function. it is to the substance of the body, to the physical tissue and to all matter not included in the organs mentioned above, the source of life. in the perfected man, the two centres (the highest head centre and the basic centre) represent the great duality of spirit and matter, and they then control and govern, in perfect unison, the entire direction of the vehicle of the soul. finally, you will have the spiritual aspect of the human being expressing itself perfectly through the related monad and personality (which is brought about by a third great major fusion. the material man is then responsive to these two, via the head centre (the monad) and the basic centre (the spiritually energised personality. these two centres will then be in complete r

fe. b. that in which the etheric vehicle, composed of an aggregation of forces, returns these forces to the general reservoir of energy. this dual phase covers the process of restitution. phase two: the "rejection (as it is sometimes called) of the mental-emotional vehicles. these form, in reality, only one body; to it the early theosophists (correctly) gave the name of the "kama-manasic body" or the vehicle of desire-mind. i have said elsewhere that there is no such thing as the astral plane or the astral body. just as the physical body is made up of matter which is not regarded as a principle, so the astral body as far as the mind nature is concerned is in the same category. this is a difficult matter for you to grasp because desire and emotion are so real and so devastatingly important

en rays, vol. i, page 197. death and the etheric body. it is not our purpose to give facts for verification by science, or even to point the way to the next step onward for scientific investigators; that we may do so is but incidental and purely secondary. what we seek mainly is to give indications of the development and correspondence of the threefold whole that makes the solar system what it is the vehicle through which a great cosmic entity, the solar logos, manifests active intelligence with the purpose in view of demonstrating perfectly the love side of his nature. back of this design lies a yet more esoteric and ulterior purpose, hid in the will consciousness of the supreme being, which perforce will be later demonstrated when the present objective is attained. the dual alternation o

n his body, the planet, and severs connection. outer attraction ceases, and all gravitates towards the centre instead of scattering to the periphery of his body. in the system the same process is followed by the solar logos; from his high place of abstraction, he ceases to be attracted by his body of manifestation. he withdraws his interest and the pairs of opposites, the spirit and the matter of the vehicle, dissociate. with this dissociation the solar system, that "son of necessity" or of desire, ceases to be, and passes out of objective existence. third. this leads finally, to the scattering of the atoms of the etheric body into their primordial condition. the subjective life, the synthesis of will and love taking active form, is withdrawn. the partnership is dissolved. the form then br

the average man, the idea has taken- 286- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iv: esoteric healing copyright 1998 lucis trust hold that man withdraws, after true death, first of all into his astral body, and then, later, into his mental vehicle. but this is not actually the case. a body constructed predominantly of astral matter is the basis of this idea. few people are as yet so developed that the vehicle in which they find themselves after death is largely composed of mental substance. only disciples and initiates who live mostly in their minds find themselves, after death, immediately upon the mental plane. most people discover themselves upon the astral plane, clothed in a shell of astral matter and committed to a period of elimination within the illusory area of the astral plane. as

ution. its reaction produces what we call the higher mind, which is of so subtle a nature and so tenuous an emanation that it must perforce relate itself to the two higher aspects and become part of the spiritual triad. the vortex of forces established under the impact of the divine will, expressing divine purpose and unified with being (as identity and not as a quality, produces the egoic lotus, the vehicle of that "identified soul" which has been swept into expression by the third result of the atmic-buddhic impact on the three worlds; the concrete mind and the human intellect come into expression. there is, therefore, a curious resemblance between the three divine aspects in manifestation and the spiritual man upon the mental plane. the correspondence is as follows: the monad. abstract

in the present solar system. in this divine incarnation of our planetary logos through the medium of this little planet, the earth, the physical body is not a goal, but simply something which exists and must be accepted, and which must be adapted and incorporated into the general evolutionary plan. that plan has to do entirely with consciousness. the physical body is simply (no more and no less) the vehicle of consciousness upon the physical plane, but the emphasis of attention is the etheric body as an expression of the subtler vehicles and their state of embodied consciousness. the physical body is important because it has to house and respond to every type of conscious response, from that of the lowest type of human being up to and inclusive of the consciousness of an initiate of the t

arrying its dual lines of life and its magnetic force. let that magnetic living force withdraw and supplement that which is present in the seventh, opposing four and six to three and seven, but dealing not with five. the circular, inclusive vortex descending to the point disturbs, removes and then supplies and thus the work is done. the heart revolves; two hearts revolve as one; the twelve within the vehicle, the twelve within the head and the twelve upon the plane of soul endeavour, cooperate as one and thus the work is done. two energies achieve this consummation and the three whose number is a twelve respond to the greater twelve. the life is known and the years prolonged. if this ancient statement is read in the light of any knowledge you may have (and you probably have more than you r

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only the objective, but also indicates the problem before all interested in education. this problem is to gauge rightly the centre or the focus of a man's attention and to note where the consciousness is primarily centered. then he must be trained in such a way that a shift of that focus into a higher vehicle becomes possible. we can also express this idea in an equally true manner by saying that the vehicle which seems of paramount importance can become and should become of secondary importance as it becomes simply the instrument of that which is higher than itself. if the astral (emotional) body is the centre of the personality life, then the objective of the educational process imposed upon the subject will be to make the mind nature the dominating factor, and the astral body then becom

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needed training and experience and enabled her to demonstrate the quality of the teaching and that esoteric psychology which is the major task in each ashram and particularly in the second ray ashram. i would like to say at this point to all of you who have remained steadfast, even if perforce inactive, that i would ask you as life proceeds and you face eventually and inevitably the discarding of the vehicle, to hold increasingly on to your knowledge of the hierarchy and thus to pass over to the other side with complete dedication to the hierarchical plan. this is not simply a suggestion on my part; it is an attempt on my part to call to your attention the concept of a spiritual continuity of knowledge and of a rightly oriented attitude. thus time will not be lost; you can if you so choose

ty. there is a clue to this in a statement in the secret doctrine that the right eye is the eye of buddhi and the left eye the eye of manas these are the eyes of the high grade integrated personality, en rapport with the soul. d "fire, water and the earth all need the vital air. the air is life" the clue again to this is to be found in the secret doctrine, i.80, where we find the words "matter is the vehicle for the manifestation of soul on this plane of existence, and soul is the vehicle on a higher plane for the manifestation of spirit and these three are a trinity, synthesised by life, which pervades them all" you can see, therefore, upon careful reflection how simple this matter is, exoterically considered, and how the key to understanding lies in conscious identification with all thre

the related ashrams should form your immediate objective and the goal of your endeavour. this would mean, in your case, that when you have achieved the "freedom of the middle point" you would be sensitive to impression from me and from my ashram with which you are now affiliated, but you would also be sensitive to impressions from the ashram of k.h, via a.a.b. 4. it was also indicated to you that the vehicle which you should seek to discipline and subject to refinement was the physical body. the density of your physical vehicle is both an asset and a liability; it is for you to discover the nature of both and offset the liabilities through discipline and employ the assets in active service. these are four of the more important facts which i earlier gave you and i recall them to your attent

forms are built. on the path of return, they are appropriated and used, and the consciousness of their use steadily grows. for the evolved human being, the goal is a clear and conscious appropriation of that which has been built and its use in the service of the plan. forget not that all aspects or externalisations which the soul uses and through which it expresses itself are constituent parts of the vehicle of expression of the one in whom we live and move and have our being. therefore we appropriate that which we earlier "earmarked (if i may use that ancient phrase in its deepest and truest occult significance) on the path of descent. we learn to use it consciously. we hear its note as we descend; we see it as we ascend. we identify ourselves with the form as its sound reaches us during

ALICE A BAILEY23 THE EXTERNALISATION OF THE HIERARCHY

ffensive and defensive groups and through the many warring organisations (political for the most part, or religious, and affecting both the reactionary bodies and those who stand for the new ideals and the coming civilisation and culture, are the five streams above mentioned streams of energy. at this point i would remind you that the effect of the impact of energy is dependent upon the nature of the vehicle of response. according to his equipment and the nature of his bodies, so will man react to the inflowing energies. this is a fundamental statement. it is a law and should be most carefully considered. the effects of a master or initiate upon men are widely different, because each man brings to the impact of his vibration a type of physical body, an astral or emotional nature, and a min

ession becomes possible. 3. appearance or manifestation. every possible step has been taken by the hierarchy to enable the avatar, the coming one, to appear. what these steps are cannot be declared here. only some questions, suggesting possibility, are permissible. think you that his body of manifestation is already on earth, waiting to be overshadowed, inspired and used at the right time, as was the vehicle of the master jesus by the christ? there are those who say that it is waiting and has been waiting for 22 years. is it possible that there will be a sudden descent of the prince of light and peace to change present conditions by the effectiveness of his radiance and his message? there are those who look for him to suddenly appear, and they number millions of expectant people. some say

christ himself, standing as the representative in the hierarchy of the solar energy of love-wisdom. it is a form of peculiar, magnetic energy of which mankind today knows little; nevertheless, upon this energy much speculation has been permitted and many false thoughtforms have been built. it is a dangerous energy because of its exceeding potency and also because this inflowing energy has to use the vehicle of the substance of the three lower worlds, and its area of influence is on the three lower planes of human existence. this at first necessarily produces conflict, and its first major conflict is now impending. i have dealt with this conflict elsewhere when discussing with you the fourth ray of harmony through conflict*(15) the use of this second fundamental energy (which is the primar

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

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

and let them find the word which will carry out that task. let them destroy by their dynamic will that which has been created at the midway point. when the point of tension is reached by the brothers at the fourth great cycle of attainment, then will this work be done. on first reading this rule it is obvious that it concerns the fourth initiation and the consequent destruction of the causal body the vehicle through the means of which the monad has created first of all the personality, and then an instrument for the expression of the second divine aspect. we are therefore dealing with one of the major initiations. i would here call to your recollection the fact that (from the angle of the hierarchy) this initiation is the second major initiation, and not the fourth, as it is regarded from

at a new point of tension and of united attainment. it has to use the dynamic will, the energy of the first aspect, and so bring about the final destruction of the causal body. the life within the causal- 144- a treatise on the seven rays- volume v: the rays and the initiations copyright 1998 lucis trust body has been stimulated and vitalised and is now seeking to break out of its confining form. the vehicle of the soul is being subjected to pressure from within but then both in the case of the individual initiate and of the initiated group the final blow has to be struck also from without, by an act of the united will; this corresponds to the great cry of the christ upon the cross when he exclaimed "it is finished" with these words, we are told, the veil of the temple was rent from the to

hram. i desire first of all to speak of the ashram as a whole, constituted of many ashrams and creating an "invoking area" of relationship for the supreme head of the ashram, sanat kumara, the lord of the world. i seek to enter into no discussion of this leading life of our entire planet. he is to a still greater being, the one referred to elsewhere as "the one about whom naught may be said" what the vehicle of a master in physical incarnation is to him, and on a less accurate basis, what your personality is to you; it is an expression of the soul or of the monad when a disciple has attained initiate-consciousness. all the qualities, the love and the purpose of a supreme entity, referred to in the new testament as the "unknown god" are focussed in sanat kumara. some gauge of the unfoldment

ould have you note them again. 1. ray ii, the ray of love-wisdom; and ray v, the ray of concrete knowledge or science. 2. the second plane, the monadic plane; and the fifth plane, the mental plane. 3. the second solar system of love; and the fifth root race, the aryan race, of active intelligence. in all these basic relationships, that which is the fifth in order is destined to be the instrument, the vehicle or the implementing factor for the second. the universal mind, as it works through all the planes of our conscious planetary life, is the creative agent and the form-building factor which makes the revelation of love possible. today in our aryan age and race, we see the vital expression of this fifth ray energy. when i use the word "race" i deal not with man-made or pseudo-scientific d

iations copyright 1998 lucis trust the love of the hierarchy, and the service of humanity into one great triangle of energies; this triangle will have two major results: the "sealing of the door where evil dwells" and the working out through the power of god, let loose on earth through the invocation, of the plan of love and light. this is no idle dream. from the angle of the human consciousness, the vehicle of light is, first of all, the great educational systems of the world, with their capacity for improvement and for the extension of science along the lines of the betterment of mankind, and not for its destruction as is so oft the case today; to this must be coupled the steady changing or conversion of scientific attainment, by the enlightenment which wisdom brings; this has in the pas

ALICE BAILEY THE LABOURS OF HERCULES

was born of the medieval guilt complex and the torturing of the physical instrument as a means to produce the dominance of the spirit; when the truth is that the body should be attuned to the soul and bring its beauty into manifestation, redeem it. all this is implicit in the sign of the virgin and its labor. in the secret doctrine is a clear statement of the whole message of this sign "matter is the vehicle for the manifestation of soul on this turn of the spiral; and soul is the vehicle on a higher turn of the spiral for the manifestation of spirit, and these three are a trinity synthesized by life which pervades them all. the constellations and stars the three constellations in close proximity to that of virgo are: coma berenice, the mother of the form only; the centaur, the man riding

, we demonstrate our ability to rightly use the arrows of thought. that is the great test [162] there are two birds to be seen in the heavens close to sagittarius. one, aquila, the eagle flying straight into the face of the sun, the bird out of time and space, the symbol of immortality, the symbol of that secret hidden thing that lies back of our souls even; for we are told that matter or form is the vehicle for the manifestation of soul, and soul on a higher turn of the spiral is the vehicle for the manifestation of spirit, and these three are a trinity unified by life that pervades them all. the other constellation is cygnus, symbol of soul. sagittarius, the aspirant, looking to the left and to the right: to the right seeing aquila and saying to himself "i am spirit flying straight for m

ANTINOMIANISM

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

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ay be sexual, and in others a-sexual; i.e, it may reproduce itself alternately by the co-operation of two beings of opposite sex, and also by fissure or budding from one being only, which is of no sex "budding" is the very word used in the stanza. how could these chhayas reproduce themselves otherwise; viz, procreate the second race, since they were ethereal, a-sexual, and even devoid, as yet, of the vehicle of desire, or kama rupa, which evolved only in the third race? they evolved the second race unconsciously, as do some plants. or, perhaps, as the amoeba, only on a more ethereal, impressive, and larger scale. if, indeed, the cell-theory applies equally to botany and zoology, and extends to morphology, as well as to the physiology of organisms[[footnote(s* see laing's "modern science an

e sons of wisdom, the sons of night (issued from the body of brahma when it became night, ready for re-birth, came down. they saw the (intellectually) vile forms of the first third (still senseless race (a "we can choose" said the lords "we have wisdom" some entered the chhayas. some projected a spark. some deferred till the fourth (race. from their own essence they filled (intensified) the kama (the vehicle of desire. those who received but a spark remained destitute of (higher) knowledge. the spark burnt low (b. the third remained mind-less. their jivas (monads) were not ready. these were set apart among the seven (primitive human species. they (became the) narrow-headed. the third were ready. in these shall we dwell, said the lords of the flame and of the dark wisdom (c. this stanza con

projected by the "boneless" the incorporeal creator "first, the breath, then buddhi, and the shadow-son (the body) were 'created' but where was the pivot (the middle principle, manas? man is doomed. when alone, the indiscrete (undifferentiated element) and the vahan (buddhi- the cause of the causeless- break asunder from manifested life "unless cemented and held together by the middle principle, the vehicle of the personal consciousness of jiva; explains the commentary. in other words, the two higher principles can have no individuality on earth, cannot be man, unless there is (a) the mind, the manas-ego, to cognize itself, and (b) the terrestrial false personality, or the body of egotistical desires and personal will, to cement the whole, as if round a pivot (which it is, truly, to the p

arada, the representative of that race of fruitless ascetics, is said, as soon as he dies in one body, to be reborn in another[[vol. 2, page] 276 the secret doctrine. the fourth race, so called. in the vishnu purana it is simply said that daksha, the father of mankind, established sexual intercourse as the means of peopling the world. happily for the human race the "elect race" had already become the vehicle of incarnation of the (intellectually and spiritually) highest dhyanis before humanity had become quite material. when the last sub-races- save some lowest- of the third race had perished with the great lemurian continent "the seeds of the trinity of wisdom" had already acquired the secret of immortality on earth, that gift which allows the same great personality to step ad libitum fro

as en-soph is "one, notwithstanding the innumerable forms which are in him (zohar" i. 2la, so is man, on earth the microcosm of the macrocosm "as soon as man appeared, everything was complete. for everything is comprised in man. he unites in himself all forms (ibid, iii. 48a "the mystery of the earthly man is after the mystery of the heavenly man (ii. 76a. the human form- so called, because it is the vehicle (under whatever shape) of the divine man- is, as so intuitionally remarked by the author of "esoteric studies* the new type, at the beginning of every round "as man never can be, so he never has been, manifested in a shape belonging to the animal kingdom in esse" the author proceeds "he never formed part of that kingdom. derived, only derived, from the most finished class of the latter

inds on this earth; thither thou shalt bring the seeds of every kind of cattle" etc, etc; and v. 28 (74."all those seeds shalt thou bring, two of every kind, to be kept inexhaustible there, so long as those men shall stay in the vara" those "men" in the "vara" are the "progenitors" the heavenly men or dhyani, the future egos who are commissioned to inform mankind. for "vara" or the "ark (or again the vehicle) simply means man* verse 30 says "thou shalt seal up the vara (after filling it up with the seeds, and thou shalt make a door and a window self-shining within" which is the soul. and when yima inquires of ahura mazda how he shall manage to make that vara, he is answered "crush the earth. and knead it with thy hands, as the potter does when kneading the potter's clay (31. the egyptian r

besides the same author shows and demonstrates numerically and geometrically that (a) arets, earth, adam, man, and h'adam are cognate with each other, and are personified in the bible under one form, as the egyptian and hebrew mars, god of the generation; and (b) that jehovah, or jah, is[[footnote(s* jehovah says to moses "the summation of my name is sacr, the carrier of the germ- phallus "it is the vehicle of the annunciation, and the sacr has passed down through ages to the sacr-factum of the roman priest, and the sacr-fice, and sacrament of the english speaking race (source of measures, p. 236) thence marriage is a sacrament in the greek and roman churches[[vol. 2, page] 468 the secret doctrine. noah, or jehovah is noah in hebrew would be[[hebrew, or literally in english, inch" the abo

al key-note in nature which gives birth to the seven notes- the septenary scale of the creative forces, and to the seven prismatic aspects of colour, all born from the one white ray, or light- itself generated in darkness- c. the many meanings of the "war in heaven" the secret doctrine points out, as a self-evident fact, that mankind, collectively and individually, is, with all manifested nature, the vehicle (a) of the breath of one universal principle, in its primal differentiation; and (b) of the countless "breaths" proceeding from that one breath in its secondary and further differentiations, as nature with its many mankinds proceeds downwards toward the planes that are ever increasing in materiality. the primary breath informs the higher hierarchies; the secondary- the lower, on the co

ld know that the great magic agent called by the followers of the marquis de st. martin- the martinists- astral light, by the mediaeval kabalists and alchemists the sidereal virgin and the mysterium magnum, and by the eastern occultists aether, the reflection of akasa- is that which the church calls lucifer. that the latin scholastics have succeeded in transforming the universal soul and pleroma, the vehicle of light and the receptacle of all the forms, a force spread throughout the whole universe, with its direct and indirect effects, into satan and his works, is no news to any one. but now they are prepared to give out to the above-mentioned profane even the secrets hinted at by eliphas levi without adequate explanation; for the latter's policy of veiled revelations could only lead to fu

odile" in truth, at all, even when it is compared with the animal depicted on the hindu zodiac. for it has the head and the fore-legs of an antelope and the body and tail of a fish. hence the tenth sign of the zodiac has been taken variously to mean a shark, a dolphin, etc; as it is the vahan of varuna, the ocean god, and is often called, for this reason, jala-rupa or "water-form" the dolphin was the vehicle of poseidon-neptune with the greeks, and one with him, esoterically; and this "dolphin" is the "sea-dragon" as much as the crocodile of the sacred nile is the vehicle of horus, and horus himself "i am the fish and seat of the great horus of kemour" says the mummy-form god with the crocodile's head (ch. lxxxviii, 2 "book of the dead. with the peratae gnostics it is chozzar (neptune, who

t from ours. leaving the[[footnote continued on next page[[vol. 2, page] 593 spiritual and physical correspondences. mists have it "when the three and the four kiss each other, the quaternary joins its middle nature with that of the triangle (or triad, i.e, the face of one of its plane surfaces becoming the middle face of the other "and becomes a cube; then only does it (the cube unfolded) become the vehicle and the number of life, the father-mother seven" the following diagram will perhaps assist the student to grasp these parallelisms. human principles[[diagram] principles of physical nature. vii. atma. vi. buddhi. v. manas. iv. kama-rupa, the principle of animal desire, which burns fiercely during life in matter, resulting in satiety: it is inseparable from animal existence. hydrogen th

ch burns fiercely during life in matter, resulting in satiety: it is inseparable from animal existence. hydrogen the lightest of all gases: it burns in oxygen giving off the most intense heat of any substance in combustion, and forming water, the most stable of compounds; hydrogen enters largely into all organic compounds. iii. linga-sarira; the inert vehicle or form on which the body is moulded; the vehicle of life. it is dissipated very shortly after the disentigration of the body. nitrogen an inert gas; the vehicle with which oxygen is mixed to adapt the latter for animal respiration; it also enters largely into all organic substances. ii. prana, life, the active power producing all vital phenomena. oxygen the supporter of combustion the life-giving gas; the active chemical agent in all

page "who like[[aisa] gives to all their portion of good and evil" and is therefore karma (vide liddell. by this abbreviation, however, the subject to destiny or karma is meant, the self or ego, and that which is reborn. nor is[[antimimon pneumatos] our conscience, but our buddhi; nor is it again the "counterfeit of spirit" but "modelled after" or a counterpart of the spirit- which buddhi is, as the vehicle of atma (vide ar. theism, 17; and liddell's definitions* c. w. king's gnostics, p. 38* prof. roth (in peter's lexicon) defines the angirases as an intermediate race of higher beings between gods and men; while prof. weber, according to his invariable custom of modernising and anthropomorphising the divine, sees in them the original priests of the religion which was common to the aryan

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of life was not yet. 57 the universe was still concealed in the divine thought. 61- stanza iii- the awakening of kosmos. 62 the great vibration. 63 nature's symbols. 65 the power of numbers. 67 the logoi and the dragon. 73 the astral light. 75 primeval radiations from unity. 79 the web of being. 83 conscious electricity: fohat. 85- stanza iv- the septenary hierarchies. 86 the sons of the fire. 86 the vehicle of the universe- the dhyan chohans. 89 the army of the voice. 93 speech and mind. 95 the ogdoad and the heptad. 99 the stellar "sons of light. 103- stanza v- fohat: the child of the septenary hierarchies. 106 the fiery whirlwind and the primordial seven. 106 they produce fohat. 108 the correlation of the "gods. 113 evolution of the "principles" of nature. 119 the mystery of the fire. 1

nowledge caused him to receive the title of the "buddha of wisdom unmoved" bodha means the innate possession of divine intellect or "understanding "buddha" the acquirement of it by personal efforts and merit; while buddhi is the faculty of cognizing the channel through which divine knowledge reaches the "ego" the discernment of good and evil "divine conscience" also; and "spiritual soul" which is the vehicle of atma "when buddhi absorbs our egotism (destroys it) with all its vikaras, avalokiteshvara becomes manifested to us, and nirvana, or mukti, is reached "mukti" being the same as nirvana, i.e, freedom from the trammels of "maya" or illusion "bodhi" is likewise the name of a particular state of trance condition, called samadhi, during which the subject reaches the culmination of spiritu

ndus say that the universe is brahma and brahm, for brahma is in every atom of the universe, the six principles in nature being all the outcome- the variously differentiated aspects- of the seventh and one, the only reality in the universe whether cosmical or micro-cosmical; and also why the permutations (psychic, spiritual and physical, on the plane of manifestation and form, of the sixth (brahm the vehicle of brahma) are viewed by metaphysical[[footnote(s[[footnote continued from previous page] spirit, an awkward and incorrect expression has to be used, for lack of appropriate words in english. the vedantins call it sutratma (thread-soul, but their explanation, too, differs somewhat from that of the occultists; to explain which difference, however, is left to the vedantins themselves[[vo

the long night of rest called pralaya, when all the existences are dissolved, the "universal mind" remains as a permanent possibility of mental action, or as that abstract absolute thought, of which mind is the concrete relative manifestation. the ah-hi (dhyan-chohans) are the collective hosts of spiritual beings- the angelic hosts of christianity, the elohim and "messengers" of the jews- who are the vehicle for the manifestation of the divine or universal thought and will. they are the intelligent forces that give to and enact in nature her "laws" while themselves acting according to laws imposed upon them in a similar manner by still higher powers; but they are not "the personifications" of the powers of nature, as erroneously thought. this hierarchy of spiritual beings, through which th

of a wick. destroy or extinguish it, and light disappears. esoteric philosophy teaches that everything lives and is conscious, but not that all life and consciousness are similar to those of human or even animal beings. life we look upon as "the one form of existence" manifesting in what is called matter; or, as in man, what, incorrectly separating them, we name spirit, soul and matter. matter is the vehicle for the manifestation of soul on this plane of existence, and soul is the vehicle on a higher plane for the manifestation of spirit, and these three are a trinity synthesized by life, which pervades them all. the idea of universal life is one of those ancient conceptions which are returning to the human mind in this century, as a consequence of its liberation from anthropomorphic theol

gels of christianity, those who refuse- as michael did in the latter system, and as did the eldest "mind-born sons" of brahma (veddhas- to create or rather to multiply- stanza iv- continued. 3. from the effulgency of light- the ray of the ever-darkness- sprung in space the re-awakened energies (dhyan chohans: the one from the egg, the six and the five (a; then the three, the one[[vol. 1, page] 89 the vehicle of the universe. the four, the one, the five- the twice seven, the sum total (b. and these are: the essences, the flames, the elements, the builders, the numbers, the arupa (formless, the rupa (with bodies, and the force or divine man- the sum total. and from the divine man emanated the forms, the sparks, the sacred animals, and the messengers of the sacred fathers (the pitris) within

gnetism, etc, etc. of course we shall never agree with the american substantialists* who call every force and energy- whether light, heat, electricity or cohesion- an "entity; for this would be equivalent to calling the noise produced by the rolling of the wheels of a vehicle an entity- thus confusing and identifying that "noise" with the driver outside, and the guiding master intelligence within the vehicle. but we certainly give that name to the "drivers" and to these guiding intelligences- the ruling dhyan chohans, as shown. the "elementals" the nature-forces, are the acting, though invisible, or rather imperceptible, secondary causes and in themselves the effects of primary causes behind the veil of all terrestrial phenomena. electricity, light, heat, etc, have been aptly termed the "g

c school" the following table and its explanatory text are reprinted from the "theosophist" of madras, and they are also contained in "five years of theosophy- septenary division in different indian systems "we give below in a tabular form the classifications adopted by the buddhist and vedantic teachers of the principles of man- classification in esoteric buddhism. 1. sthula sarira. 2. prana* 3. the vehicle of prana* 4. kama rupa. 5. mind (a) volitions and feelings, etc (b) vignanam. 6. spiritual soul* 7. atma. vedantic classification[[1] annamaya kosa[[2, 3] pranamaya kosa[[4, 5.(a] manomaya kosa[[5.(b] vignanamaya kosa[[6] anandamaya kosa[[7] atma. classification in taraka raja yoga[[1, 2] sthulopadhi[[5.(a (b] sukshmopadhi[[6] karanopadhi[[7] atma[[above is in table format in the origi

mat in the original text[[footnote(s* kosa (kosha) is "sheath" literally, the sheath of every principle "life* the astral body or linga sarira* sthula-upadhi, or basis of the principle* buddhi[[vol. 1, page] 158 the secret doctrine. from the foregoing table it will be seen that the third principle in the buddhist classification is not separately mentioned in the vedantic division, as it is merely the vehicle of prana. it will also be seen that the fourth principle is included in the third kosa (sheath, as the same principle is but the vehicle of will-power, which is but an energy of the mind. it must also be noticed that the vignanamaya kosa is considered to be distinct from the manomaya kosa, as a division is made after death between the lower part of the mind, as it were, which has a clo

anism- up to nirvana, the vanishing point of differentiated matter("five years of theosophy" p. 276) therefore it becomes evident why that which is pertinently called in esoteric buddhism "wave of evolution" and mineral, vegetable, animal- and man-"impulse" stops at the door of our globe, at its fourth cycle or round. it is at this point that the cosmic monad (buddhi) will be wedded to and become the vehicle of the atmic ray, i.e, it (buddhi) will awaken to an apperception of it (atman; and thus enter on the first step of a new septenary ladder of evolution, which will lead it eventually to the tenth (counting from the lowest upwards) of the sephirothal tree, the crown. everything in the universe follows analogy "as above, so below; man is the microcosm of the universe. that which takes pl

cuit. the "monadic[[vol. 1, page] 179 the lunar monads. essence" begins to imperceptibly differentiate towards individual consciousness in the vegetable kingdom. as the monads are uncompounded things, as correctly defined by leibnitz, it is the spiritual essence which vivifies them in their degrees of differentiation, which properly constitutes the monad- not the atomic aggregation, which is only the vehicle and the substance through which thrill the lower and the higher degrees of intelligence. leibnitz conceived of the monads as elementary and indestructible units endowed with the power of giving and receiving with respect to other units, and thus of determining all spiritual and physical phenomena. it is he who invented the term apperception, which together with nerve (not perception, b

tate of the monadic consciousness through all the kingdoms up to man. thus it may be wrong on strictly metaphysical lines to call atma-buddhi a monad, since in the materialistic view it is dual and therefore compound. but as matter is spirit, and vice versa; and since the universe and the deity which informs it are unthinkable apart from each other; so in the case of atma-buddhi. the latter being the vehicle of the former, buddhi stands in the same relation to atma, as adam-kadmon, the kabalistic logos, does to en-soph, or mulaprakriti to parabrahm. a few words more of the moon. what, it may be asked, are the "lunar monads" just spoken of? the description of the seven classes of pitris will come later, but now some general explanations may be given. it must be plain to everyone that they a

e growth and development into still higher phases of activity of the monad in conjunction with- 2. the intellectual, represented by the manasa-dhyanis (the solar devas, or the agnishwatta pitris) the "givers of intelligence and consciousness* to man and- 3. the physical, represented by the chhayas of the lunar pitris, round which nature has concreted the present physical body. this body serves as the vehicle for the "growth (to use a misleading word) and the transformations through manas and- owing to the accumulation of experiences- of the finite into the infinite, of the transient into the eternal and absolute. each of these three systems has its own laws, and is ruled and guided by different sets of the highest dhyanis or "logoi" each is represented in the constitution of man, the micro

nd evolution, its external and internal growth and development, have all one and the same object- man; man, as the highest physical and ultimate form on this earth; the monad, in its absolute totality and awakened condition- as the culmination of the divine incarnations on earth" 2 "the dhyanis (pitris) are those who have evolved their bhuta (doubles) from themselves, which rupa (form) has become the vehicle of monads (seventh and sixth principles) that had completed their cycle of transmigration in the three preceding kalpas (rounds. then, they (the astral doubles) became the men of the first human race of the round. but they were not complete, and were senseless" this will be explained in the books that follow. meanwhile man- or rather his monad- has existed on the earth from the very be

ain to full self-consciousness as a human, i.e, conscious being, which is synthesized for us in man. the jewish kabalists arguing that no spirit could belong to the divine hierarchy unless ruach (spirit) was united to nephesh (living soul, only repeat the eastern esoteric teaching "a dhyani has to be an atma-buddhi; once the buddhi-manas breaks loose from its immortal atma of which it (buddhi) is the vehicle, atman passes into non-being, which is absolute being" this means that the purely nirvanic state is a passage of spirit back to the ideal abstraction of be-ness which has no relation to the plane on which our universe is accomplishing its cycle (b "the curse is pronounced" does not mean, in this instance, that any personal being, god, or superior spirit, pronounced it, but simply that

are arupa (bodiless) and four with bodies (see vishnu purana, book i) they are in fact more truly our pitris (ancestors) than the pitris who projected the first physical men (see book ii[[vol. 1, page] 220 the secret doctrine. when man acquires the knowledge of good and evil; also to the "fallen" gods, or angels of every theogony (2 "i am the fish of the great horus (as mankara is the "crocodile" the vehicle of varuna. i am merged in sekten" this last sentence gives the corroboration of, and repeats the doctrine of, esoteric buddhism, for it alludes directly to the fifth principle (manas, or the most spiritual part of its essence rather, which merges into, is absorbed by, and made one with atma-buddhi after the death of man. for se-khen is the residence or loka of the god khem (horus-osiri

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of the sun, thou, hidden spring of all things known and unknown, thou aloof, alone, thou, the true fire within the reed brooding and breeding, source and seed of life, love, liberty, and light, thou beyond speech and beyond sight, thee i invoke, my faint fresh fire kindling as mine intents aspire. thee i invoke, abiding one, thee, centre and secret of the sun, and that most holy mystery of which the vehicle am i. the equinox 266 appear, most awful and most mild, as it is lawful, in thy child! the chorus: for of the father and the son the holy spirit is the norm; male-female, quintessential, one, man-being veiled in woman-form. glory and worship in the highest, thou dove, mankind that deifiest, being that race, most royally run to spring sunshine through winter storm. glory and worship be

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did not fulfill expectations. casting the shadow. the ego not being totally oblivious, let him retain only and visualise the sigil form, it is his chalice, the means of vacuity and incarnation. by the deliberation of an analogous emotion at that time, he deputises the law (reaction. miraculous is he, balance not known in this world imitated (attained. all other consciousness annulled with safety, the vehicle strong enough for the ecstasy, he is beyond hurt. now let him imagine an union takes place between himself (the mystic union of the ego and absolute. the nectar emitted, let him drink slowly, again and again*(1. after this astonishing experience his passion is incomparable, there is nothing in the world he will desire: unless he wills. that is why people do not understand me. the ecsta

physical, let him imagine another's body, he has that sigil or its emergency. this, although not his original purpose, he will and exceedingly amiable*(2) laughter in this case. by these means there is no desire beyond fulfilment, no accomplishment too wonderful, depending on the amount of free belief*(3*(3) it may be done by localizing desire to one sense, hence by this formula using the ear as the vehicle, one hears the most transcendental music ever conceived, being the voices and harmony of every conceivable animal and human existence and so with each sense. men of small pleasure and enterprise, oblivious of your purpose, fault-finding, avaricious, sinful, who cannot live without women or enjoy without pain, fearsome, inconstant, diseased, and withered, dependent, cruel, deceived, and

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interior than the primal will. this error may be likened to the illusion which ariseth when one seeth a room reflected in a glass, and thinketh he seeth the room itself. for though what presenteth itself in the mirror of wisdom is internal, the medium of reflection hath its place in the without, in the realm of secondary and created things [32] g i m e l 4 as the substance whence all forms arise, the vehicle of my divine essence, mine inferior nature is to the superior as is passive to active, as woman to man, as eve to adam. yet to every light of emanation proceeding from it on the tree of life doth this same wisdom stand as root and source. hence in the scripture is wisdom spoken of as a woman, as when it is said "wisdom hath builded her a house; but elsewhere to this same wisdom the wis

CHIREAU YVONNE BLACK MAGIC RELIGION AND THE AFRICAN AMERICAN CONJURING TRADITION

try in black churches and as therapy by conjuring specialists, african american healing traditions reinforced the belief in supernatural power and the ability of certain individuals to draw on invisible forces to restore wholeness. one significant theological difference separated afro-christian religious healers from supernatural practitioners like the conjurers. pentecostals claimed that god was the vehicle of all miracles and wonders, and all curing rituals were conducted in his name and legitimated by their understanding of sacred scripture. the nature of the source of spiritual power in conjure was more ambiguous. some conjurers claimed that the origins of their abilities were divine, and others believed that spiritual force emanated from the objects and charms that they had themselves

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rol. hence, the knowledge has indeed become 'private [and] confidential. there is an unfolding global awakening, however, which will make these understandings available to all who wish to hear, and the conspiracy to keep humanity in the spiritual dark will crumble and fall. it is already doing so. a key part of this process is to reveal the nature of the deception and why it is being perpetrated. the vehicle for keeping this knowledge from the public arena has been the system of initiations used by the ancient mystery schools and the now immense secret society network all over the world, which i call the brotherhood. each higher level of initiate is given more knowledge than those below. this sets up a pyramid structure, with the few who reach the top levels of initiation knowing far, far

ackground too. roosevelt had earlier described harriman as a man of 'deepseated corruption, but the quarter of a million dollars helped the president to see him in a new light. harriman money was involved in funding the bolsheviks and--i rhodes to ruin 61 both sides of the first world war. he and the rockefellers provided part of the start-up capital for the morgan guaranty trust, which was to be the vehicle for enormous manipulation of world events. edward harriman had two sons, averell and roland, both pillars of the skull and bones society. averell (comm 300) was to become one of the most active manipulators of the twentieth century. but who was really behind these american business and banking giants? the j.p. morgan empire began in 1838 as george peabody and company, in england. it ha

delegation at the founding meeting of the un was like a roll call of the cfr. it included isaiah bowman, hamilton fish armstrong, sumner welles, norman h. davis, james t. shotwell, and the russian-born leo pasvolsky. they were all cfr members who served during the war on roosevelt's advisory committee on post-war foreign policies. in all, seventy-four cfr members were in the delegation. this was the vehicle through which the united nations was manipulated into being. the us delegation at the san francisco conference also included: john j. mccloy (cfr chairman from 1953-70, a member of the committee of 300, the chairman of the ford foundation and the rockefellers' chase manhattan bank, and friend and advisor to nine presidents from roosevelt to reagan; john foster dulles (hitler supporter

the politicians and advisors. the united nations was sold to the public as a means to bring peace to the world, to solve differences by words, not war. most of the people who work for the un genuinely believe that is its purpose. they are about to be disillusioned on that score, i'm afraid. the un is but a 'trojan horse' for the global fascist/communist tyranny known as the new world order. it is the vehicle through which the world government and world army are being manipulated into place and through which public opinion is being softened up, by conflicts and propaganda, to accept this policy as the only way to bring peace and stability to human affairs. all seven of the un secretary generals since 1945 have promoted such thinking. the last holder of the office, dr boutros boutros-ghali

masons who were visiting the capital from other parts of italy. it had only fourteen members by the mid-1960s, but it was about to be launched into world prominence when it was 'restructured' by licio gelli at the request of the grand master of italy, lino salvini. once gelli took over, the membership of the p2 lodge soared within a few years to almost a thousand, although he was almost certainly the vehicle for other powers behind p2 who kept their control secret. some researchers believe this hidden control to be the alpine freemasons' lodge in switzerland, which has had among its membership, henry kissinger and the founder of the club of rome, aurelio peccei (bil. others say this was only the 'middle man' between p2 and its real controllers, the banking interests centred on the house of

would run to israel and he eventually settled there. lansky (israel) was trailing john kennedy for a long time and, of course, lansky hated the kennedy family because of his conflict with father joe. it was a lansky henchman on the west coast called mickey cohen who was behind the introduction of kennedy to the film star, marilyn monroe, after which they began a now much publicised relationship. the vehicle for this meeting was cohen's close friend, the entertainer joey bishop, who was a member of the frank sinatra clique known as "the rat pack. the idea was to use monroe to pump kennedy for information about his attitute to israel, should he become president. she was, of course, later murdered, although it was made to look like "suicide. those who killed her also killed kennedy. mickey c

reveal a much wider picture. the government has consistently increased the size of the 'fertiliser' bomb it claims was built by mcveigh and co, because the size of the bomb and the extent of the devastation are clearly at odds. it was first announced that the 'fertiliser' bomb weighed 1,000 pounds, but this has since increased in stages to reach some 4,800 pounds. as a result, the description of the vehicle used to carry it has had to change in line with the ever greater weight involved. the bomb was first carried in a delivery van, according to government announcements, but now it has changed to a removal van. stand by for the articulated truck to make an appearance! as michael j. riconosciuto, the designer of the barometric bomb said, a fertiliser bomb would have scattered fertiliser al

many centuries and reached a new peak with the opium wars against china in 1840 and 1858, when chinese efforts to stop the flow of opium into their country were thwarted by the might of the british empire. queen victoria's prime minister, who was involved in both wars, was lord palmerston, the grand patriarch or master of grand orient (illuminati) freemasonry and a member of the committee of 300. the vehicle for this trade in opium from india to china and elsewhere was the east india company, a group of scottish merchants who were aligned with the knights of st john of jerusalem and the society of jesus (the jesuits. some researchers believe that the company's real masters were the banking families of northern italy, the black nobility.11 the strategy used by the british in china has becom

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t. at the point we realize we are separate, we attain consciousness, and continue to seek to unite with other consciousness. by this time, we are what i call light balls- our truest conscious nature. just as in darwin's evolution, we develop into more than just a light ball. but this does not happen over millions of years. rather it happens in a single moment of clarity, a flash of consciousness. the vehicle for this transformative growth is reincarnation "so those that people call the reptiles got to the reptile level of development and stopped. some go on [and evolve beyond that. those who continue to take the reptile form do so because of the limitations of what they believe their options are- they're creating their own reality. also, for those at that level, it isn't that they don't kn

fference between these new age heroes and the television "christian" evangelists who fleece and mislead the watching millions. the times i have heard 332 children of the matrix these new age saviours saying that some entity or other had said this or that had happened or was happening when it was provably not true. one guy told his fawning audience that he and his team had changed the vibration of the vehicle pollution in phoenix, arizona, and so dramatically reduced the fumes. this claim was greeted with wild applause. so when i drove through phoenix later that same day, the fume cloud hanging over city and the pollution i breathed in must have been a figment of my imagination. sigh baa, baa i can offer no greater example of the new age conmen and the millions who hand over their minds to

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nger, they wrote the gospels and the rest of the new testament.pliny wrote a number of the epistles (letters) under the name st ignatius, and thissame group, under various names, were the early church fathers. and who was to turnthis roman invention into the vast prison-religion it was to become? a roman emperorin the same babylonian brotherhood as the pisos, called constantine the great. whatwas the vehicle for doing this? the roman church based in rome! geoffrey higgins inhis epic work, anacalypsis, shows how rome was created as a new babylon. nowonder christianity is so awash with babylonian symbols. the whole thing was a setup to create yet another religion to entrap the human mind, and the hierarchy of thechristian church today know all this! the church elite have always known thisbec

n ofafrica. everywhere the reptile-aryans went they sought to destroy the native cultureand knowledge. they took out of general circulation the esoteric knowledge, memoriesand understanding of true history. ancient accounts of the reptilians and the origins ofthe white race were largely destroyed or withdrawn to secret brotherhood libraries, notleast beneath the v atican. christianity was used as the vehicle for eliminatinginformation that we vitally need to know.it would seem that the contraction of these british and european empires,particularly in this century, indicates that this control has diminished. not so. it hasincreased. overt control, such as a dictatorship you can see, always has a finite life,because in the end there will be a challenge and rebellion against it. covert contro

in edinburgh lodging with thewhig party philosopher, professor dugald stewart, and edinburgh university was acommon connection between the members of the lunar society and charles darwin.the brotherhood chosen one, tony blair, the british prime minister elected on may 1st1997, was brought up in edinburgh and went to fettes, a private school there. his fatherwas a lecturer at edinburgh university.the vehicle for the opium trade from india to china and elsewhere, was the east indiacompany, a group of scottish merchants and freemasons who were aligned with theknights of st john of jerusalem (malta) and the society of jesus, the jesuits. someresearchers believe that the companys real masters were the banking families of northernitaly, the black nobility, but by then they were centred in londo

ly do not fully understand. the mercedes which was brought to the rear entranceof the ritz had been stolen some weeks earlier- before the diana-dodi relationshipbegan- and when it was recovered it underwent extensive repairs. it had been standingoutside the exclusive taillevent restaurant when the drivers door was flung open andthe chauffeur pulled out by three arabic-speaking men with hand guns. the vehicle wasmissing for two weeks and when it was found the wheels were missing, the door rippedoff, and the electronic system and equipment controlling the braking system had gone.al fayed, as we have seen, controlled the company, etoile limousines, which suppliedthe vehicle. no wonder the french authorities turned down the offer by experts frommercedes to examine the car after the crash.when

DEITUS

by magus tsirk susej the purpose of this thesis is to elucidate upon the meaning and significance of the word of the aeon of lucifer, deitus, and the law of the aeon of lucifer, thelema, xeper, deitus or will to come into being as a god. in so doing, i will also discuss the demonic bible, the system of magic revealed to me by my unholy guardian demon, the spirit azael, and the embassy of lucifer, the vehicle for the advancement of deitus as the word of the aeon of lucifer. this thesis may, therefore, serve as a commentary on the demonic bible as well as an exposition on deitic philosophy and magic. as stated in the preface to the 2nd edition, the demonic bible is not a work of fiction but is rather the foundation of what is now known as deitic magic. the roots of deitic magic lie in thelem

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ilosophy espoused by nomolos was one of predator and prey emphasizing survival of the fittest. satan, remarked nomolos, was an androgynous being. in the future, he believed, mankind would evolve into an androgynous race. a new embassy a new aeon the embassy of lucifer was established in 1991 ce, by magus tsirk susej, as a political embassy representing the dark lord and his infernal empire and as the vehicle for the creation of a new aeon. magus susej understood at the time only that this new aeon, the aeon of lucifer, would begin sometime after the year 1999. in the year 2000, magus susej s magical experiments with aeonics culminated in the discovery of the word deitus as the magical dictum for the aeon of lucifer. the year 2001 ce became known as year 1 in the aeon of lucifer. magus suse

e to this is the curse of the magus. the curse of the magus is to be perceived by others as misguided. his first act as magus of the aeon of lucifer was to inform the temple of set that a new aeon had begun and that the aeon of set (which immediately preceded the aeon of lucifer) was now at an end. he never received a reply. the following year, magus susej, reestablished the embassy of lucifer as the vehicle for the aeon of lucifer and the word deitus. for six months he carried out in earnest the task of the magus, presenting the word deitus to the satanic world. the demonic bible and other documents of the embassy of lucifer were published freely on the internet, not for profit or prestige but simply to advance the aeon of lucifer. the words thelema, xeper, deitus were used together in or

esponsibility for our actions both individually and collectively. there is much more to being a god than merely wielding power over others. we must accept the responsibility of actually being gods and act appropriately. the embassy of lucifer the embassy of lucifer (eol) was established in 1991, by magus tsirk susej, as a political embassy representing the dark lord and his infernal empire and as the vehicle for the creation of a new aeon. the ecclesiastical arm of the eol was known as the church of lucifer (col. the eol received a small amount of publicity (and caused a minor uproar in the small northern community of stewart, british columbia) when magus susej attempted to have the col added to the churches of stewart sign at the edge of town and placed in the churches of stewart listing

mpetition with any other satanic church or religious organization. the political objectives of the eol bear mention only in passing since they have little relevance to this, the second edition of the demonic bible. the eol is only relevant as a magical and philosophical temple which has applied the rituals and philosophical concepts presented by magus susej in the demonic bible and in its role as the vehicle for the promotion of the word of the aeon and the law of deitus. like the demonic bible, like the system of magic presented herein, and like the deitic philosophy put forward by magus susej, the eol is an evolving organism. what it is now, is not what it will be ten years from now. anything written about the eol will surely be false a few years hence. the eol is, for deitus, what the o

, the cabala, or the tarot pales before that which was written concerning thelema. the eol, similarly, has many goals but its central role is to promote the word deitus. the word of the aeon is deitus (as in a deity or a god. the law of the aeon is thelema, xeper, deitus( will to come into being as a god. this is the aeon of lucifer. lucifer has risen man has become god. the embassy of lucifer is the vehicle for the message of the new aeon. the magical art in the course of a man's life, there are moments of clarity and there are moments of darkness. at his mental peak, he experiences great clarity of thought and profound realization. and at his low, he experiences depression, anger, or melancholy. drugs, chemicals, foods and lifestyle changes may affect his thought processes in various way

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stances associated by tradition with the different gods and goddesses, and these are most effectually potent to stimulate the mood which is in harmony with the function of that deity. 34. magical weapons are also included in the long lists of symbols and substances associated with each path. a magical weapon is an instrument of some sort which is used in the evocation of a particular force, or is the vehicle of its manifestation, such as the rod of the magician or the bowl of water or crystal sphere of the seer. the assignation of the magical weapons to the paths tells us a good deal about the nature of the paths, because we can deduce therefrom the kind of power that operates in the particular sphere in question. 35. as already noted, the various divinatory systems have their relations wi

have the same idea-the nucleus of.pure spirit which emanates but does not indwell its many manifestations upon the planes of form. 25. it is said that never while in incarnation can we rise to the consciousness of kether in atziluth and retain the physical vehicle intact against our return. even as enoch walked with god and was not, so the man that has the vision of kether is disrupted so far as the vehicle of incarnation is concerned. why this must be is readily discerned when we remember that we cannot enter into a mode of consciousness save by reproducing it in mystical qabala page 80 ourselves, just as music means nothing to us unless the heart sings with it. if therefore we reproduce in ourselves the mode of being of that which has neither form nor activities, it follows that we must

ost powerful wizard with his spells. the only approach to malkuth is through yesod, and the approach to yesod is through hod, where the "representations" are "designed" let us once and for all disabuse our minds of the idea that spirit can work directly upon matter; it never does so. spirit works through mind, and mind works through the 'ether; and the 'ether, which is the framework of matter and the vehicle of the life-forces, can be manipulated within the limits of its nature, which are by no means inconsiderable. all miraculous and supernatural happenings, therefore, are brought about by the manipulation of the natural qualities of the 'ether, and if we understood the nature of the 'ether, we should understand the rationale of their production. we should no longer attribute them to the

work the physical particles are built. 8. and equally with malkuth, it is inanimate matter until the powers of yesod ensoul it. 9. we should conceive of the material plane as the outward and visible sign of invisible etheric activity. malkuth, in its prime essence, is only known to the instruments of the physicist. it goes without saying that where there is life, there is yes od, because yesod is the vehicle of life; but it should also be realised that where there is any kind of electrical mystical qabala page 183 activity or conductivity, whether of crystals, metals, or chemicals, there is yesodic force in function. it is this fact which makes certain substances suitable for use as talismans, because they will take a charge of astral force. 10. it is not possible in these pages to go into

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d acts accordingly. similar conditions prevail in the organic insanities; the psychological results are the same, but because the origin is physical, not mental, they are but little amenable to psychotherapy. certain things can be done to alleviate them, however, even if they are not entirely curable; therefore let us consider them from both the psycho-physical and occult standpoints. the body is the vehicle of the mind. if the vehicle be faulty, the mind cannot express itself accurately; its reactions will be distorted. orthodox science says that the brain is the organ of the mind, but esoteric science says the brain is the organ of perception of sense impressions and co-ordination of efferent impulses. it is the telephone exchange of the nervous system. it is only one of the points where

hands of a sensitive person. whatever it may be that affects the diviner is probably the same thing that affects the occult attack. when we recall, moreover, that running water will throw hounds off the scent just as effectually as it will the alleged witch, we may feel that we cannot be accused of gross superstition if we give the old folk-tradition a trial and note the results. water, again, is the vehicle of purification. it is used in the rite of baptism by the church and in the preparation of the place by the occultist about to perform a ceremony. strictly speaking, there should be a trace of salt in the water thus employed, and both salt and water are blessed with powerful invocations when the priest is preparing holy water, whether for a baptism, or for placing in the holy water sto

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pectators who refused to help the prisoner. they followed the others, and were in turn followed by a carriage, which soon came back and was driven toward rochester. it was empty when it went away, but contained several persons on its return. the messenger of mrs. morgan reported that the carriage reached rochester at daybreak and was driven three miles beyond. at that point the party left it, and the vehicle returned. the driver swore that all the men were strangers to him and that he saw no violence. here another point is reached upon which the truth will never be clearly known. many have contended that no personal harm was intended, but that the purpose of the abductors was to compel morgan to abandon his scheme and to leave the country, the promise being made to him that he would be pro

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d in america when blavatsky and henry s. olcott moved to india. besant kept him marginalized internationally, but her efforts cost the society most of its american members. succeeding to the presidency of the society following olcott s death in 1907, she had to devote considerable energies to rebuilding the american work. in 1908 she became sponsor (with c. w. leadbeater) of jiddu krishnamurti as the vehicle of the world savior, and to that end in 1909 organized the order of the star of the east. the order flourished for 20 years, but was dissolved when krishnamurti abandoned it in 1929. besant became deeply involved in indian life. in 1917 she was elected to the indian nationalist congress, one of the organizations promoting indian home rule. she also led in the founding of many schools

ooper remained active in the theosophical society, which became the natural recruitment pool from which members of the church were initially found. he was a firm believer in the messianic role besant assigned to the young jiddu krishnamurti, and in the late 1920s he traveled the united states with coons, peter encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. 336 besant promoting krishnamurti as the vehicle for the coming world savior. cooper led the liberal catholic church until his death on january 17, 1935, though his activity was severely curtailed the last five years due to ill health. he worked for many years perfecting the liturgy and in 1934 saw it published as ceremonies of the liberal catholic church, his major literary production. it remains the standard liturgy of the church

ticed it was beginning to yaw. the second mate ran to the wheelhouse, where he found the helmsman burned to a crisp at the wheel. the compass, varnished wooden wheel, and even the holystoned deck were not scorched. interestingly enough, on the same day two other individuals died of spontaneous combustion. george turner, a british truck driver, was heading for liverpool from southeast england when the vehicle stopped and rolled into a ditch. turner was later found calcined in his cab, but nothing else was burned.not even a grease stain on the passenger side of the truck. willen ten bruik, an 18-year-old dutchman, also similarly died at the wheel of his vehicle while driving into ubbergen, holland. the extraordinary coincidence of these three similar deaths on the same day is heightened by t

wapnick, who worked with schucman in editing the text. the three let skutch in on the secret they shared, and she soon became as enthused as they over the teachings of the course. they met frequently over the next weeks and decided to publish the manuscript that existed in three segments.a text, a workbook for students, and a manual for teachers. skutch offered her already existing corporation as the vehicle for the publishing activity. it was renamed the foundation for inner peace. schucman turned her copyright interest in the course to the foundation and by the end of the summer the first edition was released as a reduced-size, softcover offset reproduction of the manuscript, some 300 copies. the following year a three-volume hardcover edition of 5,000 copies was published. in 1978, hele

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to join the faculty of the american federation of astrologers, the international society for astrological research, and the southwest astrology council. she has been active in both the european international congress and united astrology congress. she was one of the founders of the association for astrological networking. in 1975, march joined forces with joan mcevers to found aquarius workshops, the vehicle for their teaching activity. their magazine, aspects, soon became one of the most popular in the field, and their multivolume textbook series, the only way to .learn astrology, one of the most used textbooks for teaching astrology to newcomers to the field. in addition, she has written numerous articles for the many journals serving astrologers. march has received a variety of honors f

k hero, then the subject of a popular television series. in his book the mothman prophecies: an investigation into the mysterious american visits of the infamous feathery garuda (1975, author john a. keel suggests that these and other occult appearances might be the work of evil entities. the term garuda derives from ancient hindu mythology, where garuda is king of the birds, half-man, half-bird, the vehicle of the god vishnu. in the religious epic the ramayana, jatayu is the son of vishnu s garuda, and dies fighting against the demon ravana in an attempt to prevent the abduction of the princess sita. in february 1976, three schoolteachers in texas reported sightings of a big bird, discussed in grey barker s newsletter (no. 7, march 1977. an earlier issue of the newsletter (no. 5, march 19

utopian colony would be set up in ojai. subscriptions were requested to establish a $200,000 happy valley foundation, covering 465 acres and comprising temples, an art center, places for worship and meditation, and a playground for greek games. during his world lecture tours, krishnamurti was favorably received by his followers. however, in june 1927, he gave a speech that disturbed believers in the vehicle of the great teacher. krishnamurti suggested that masters and other gurus were superfluous and there was a more direct route to the truth within every individual. meanwhile, the objectives of ose were order of the cubic stone encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. 1150 revised as follows: 1. to draw together all those who believe in the presence in the world of the world te

suffer for in another. it may be impossible that actions should be immediately effective, but each is stored up and sooner or later will bear fruit. reincarnation encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. 1300 it may be asked why one long life in the lower worlds should not suffice in place of a multitude of manifestations, but this is explained by the fact that the dense matter that is the vehicle of these bodies becomes, after a time of progress, incapable of further alteration to suit the developing monad s needs and must accordingly be laid aside for a new body. after physical death, the individual passes first to the astral world, then to the heavenly portion of the mental world. most time is spent in the latter, except when descending into the denser worlds to garner fresh

om india to australia, though not before he and besant had produced some of the standard theosophical texts. leadbeater cost the society the considerable support of the scholar g. r. s. mead and some 700 other members in england who left in 1908 and established a rival organization. besant adopted, with the aid of leadbeater, a young brahmin boy named jiddu krishnamurti, who they claimed would be the vehicle through whom the future world teacher would manifest. after world war i, as krishnamurti matured, besant promoted him and took him on speaking tours around the world. the society s membership peaked in response to his presence and both besant and the members were devastated in 1929 when he resigned and renounced the role she had assigned him. krishnamurti went on to become an independe

EXTRAORDINARY ENCOUNTERS AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF EXTRATERRESTRIALS AND OTHERWORLDY BEINGS

fos further reading jacobs, david m, 1998. the threat. new york: simon and schuster. 18 aliens and the dead allingham s martian according to flying saucer from mars (1954, englishman and author cedric allingham witnessed the landing of an extraterrestrial spacecraft while vacationing in scotland in february 1954. a tall man, human in all ways except for an unusually broad forehead, stepped out of the vehicle. the occupant, who indicated that he was from mars, spoke in a friendly fashion, saying that he had earlier visited venus and the moon. he asked if earthlings would soon visit the latter world, and when allingham replied yes, the martian acted concerned. he wanted to know if a war would soon erupt on earth. after this conversation, which occurred mostly by gestures, the martian reenter

irit, looking like a neutral shade and the shape of a man. the ark was brown in color with faint, flitting shades of steel b l u e. like. magnified scales on a large fish. after a while birmingham replied to the spirit. he re m a rked that the ark looked m o re like a ship meant for sailing on water; in any event, he had never seen anything so b e a u t i f u l. he accepted an invitation to board the vehicle. he found himself floating through the air in the spirit s company. when they reached the upper part of the ark, they entered the pilot house by walking down three steep steps. inside the barely furnished room was a table situated two feet from the wall. something like an oilskin covered the table. birmingham stood at the rear end, and, not far away, the spirit held papers in its hand

lling through space, while a globe full of television screens with his picture on each a p p e a red in front of him. he stepped t h rough one of the screens, and on the other side of it, he and cornell we re back on the d o c k. cornell s story was less detailed than lapp s. she remembered being suddenly aboard the ufo and described the entities nearly exactly as her companion had. her recall of the vehicle s interior matched lapp s. webb devoted five years to the investigation in an effort to substantiate anything that could be substantiated. to his disappointment, he found no one, who had been at the camp in august 1968, who could corroborate the ufo sighting. background checks and psychological tests attested to lapp s and cornell s sincerity and honesty. see also: abductions by ufos f

ng on the g round. during the sighting, a truck stopped, and the driver emerged to look at the ufos, but the women would not approach one of a number of actions (or inactions) they we re later unable to understand. when they resumed their journey along an icy, fog-covered highway, something seemed gordon 111 to take control of the car, even managing curves perfectly. but no matter what toews did, the vehicle traveled at no more than twenty-five miles per hour. she and her friend also became aware of a bright light shining through the mist. it was coming from a white cloud twenty to thirty feet above them. as their trip went on, toews was shocked to see that no matter how far they went, the gas gauge did not move. late that night, they stopped at a lodge at muncho lake. it was closed, but t

area. gray in color with humanlike legs, the creature had glowing red, hypnotic eyes and, witness roger scarberry said, was shaped like a man, but bigger. maybe six and a half feet tall. and it had big wings against its back (keel, 1975. terrified, the witnesses fled in their car only to spot the same or a similar creature on a hill by the road. that creature spread its batlike wings and pursued the vehicle at speeds of up to one hundred miles per hour. all the while, it made a squeaking sound. as they sped toward point pleasant, west virginia, where they would tell their story to a deputy sheriff, they noticed a large, dead dog along the side of the road. this last detail would seem significant to later investigators after they learned of the experience that had happened an hour before t

e highway before it came to a complete stop. the two passengers decided to walk to the nearest village to see if they could find a mechanic. the driver stayed with the car and did what he could to get it running again. he jacked up the car and crawled underneath it and began tinkering. there was little traffic, and he felt very much alone. darkness had fallen when he heard footsteps. from beneath the vehicle, he saw two legs covered in what look like corduroy. he crawled out uneasily and stood to face the man. the stranger had a pale white face. he was dressed in a one-piece suit and had a villanueva s visitors 257 three-inch-wide belt around his waist. lights shone from little holes in the belt, and he was holding a helmet under his arm. he had fine features and a penetrating stare. he ha

it was parked behind a mound not far away. feeling more comfortable, villanueva invited him to sit down in the car. but at that moment the lights on the belt started to flash, and a buzzing noise sounded. the stranger donned his helmet and walked toward the hill. the driver returned to his business with the car, and not long afterward two motorcycle police officers came by and ordered him to take the vehicle off the road. afterward, he lay down to sleep inside it. sometime later, knocks sounded on the w i n d ow. groggily vi l l a n u e va sat up, assuming that his passengers had returned. he was surprised to see instead the a v i a t o r and a companion, the latter a taller version of the fir s t. they entered the car and conversed with the d r i ve r. the shorter one did most of the talk

the ship landed, two men rushed from it to help him to his feet and to extend their apologies. one introduced himself as mr. wilson, though the witness doubted that was his real name. wilson stated that he and his companion, scott warren, had invented a fleet of ships. they were now seeking to demonstrate that long-distance airship travel was safe and economical. the young man was invited to tour the vehicle, where he met two other crew members. that same day, at around 11 p.m, at beaumont, texas, according to an account published in the houston daily post of april 21, lights in a neighbor s pasture caught the eyes of j. r. ligon and his son charley. they observed four men moving around a large dark object that they recognized, as they approached it, as an airship. its crew asked for water

FELDMAN DANIEL QABALAH THE MYSTICAL HERITAGE OF THE CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM

gious milieus from which abraham came? how was his faith influenced by the cosmologies of the sumerians, egyptians, and canaanites? was 8- f e the original hebrew alphabet developed before abraham s time as a way to alphabetically represent sumerian cuneiform glyphs? or, did it originate in the mystical manual on the hebrew letters ascribed to him, called the sefer yetzirah (book of formation? as the vehicle for a fresh expression of the universal mystical spirituality promoted directly in the face of widespread idol worship, how did abraham and the israelite tribes practice their religion? the life of the early israelites would have had much in common with all nomadic tribes who dwelled in tents under the starry skies of the desert savannas of canaan and the sinai peninsula. such tribes w

e those who meditate on god-with-form. remember, all depends on the grace of small face to release you from his/her' 8: h" 2: 2 2:e 8% dream-universe in which you are apparently a creature. on the other hand, devotees should regard with proper respect those who pursue the path of knowledge of god-without-form with firm resolve and earnest intent i.e. different strokes for different folks. through the vehicle of his extraordinary life, master ramakrishna demonstrated the ancient upanishadic teaching that there are many paths leading to the same truth.2 also, the ways and lifestyles of monks should not be confused with the ways and lifestyles of householders living in the maelstrom of the world. each one according to their way and their mazal or karma. do not underestimate the power of remem

FRANCIS A YATES GIORDANO BRUNO AND THE HERMETIC TRADITION

through the rays of the sun and of jupiter that our spirit "drinks" the spirit of the world. now there is nothing about the spiritus theory in the passage in the enneads which seems to be the chief basis of ficino's commentary, and, though it may be obscurely referred to elsewhere by plotinus, i have not been able to find in that philosopher any such clear-cut definition of the spiritus mundi as the vehicle of stellar influences and the basis of magical operations such as ficino seems to be working from. where he could have found such a clear-cut theory, and specifically in relation to practical magic and to talismans, was in the picatrix. as we saw in the last chapter, the theory of magic in that work depends on the series intellectus, spiritus, materia; the material of lower things bein

it opens with a terrific incantation to the sun by circe,2 mentioning all his names, attributes, animals, birds, metals, and so on. from time to time, her assistant, moeris, has to look out to inspect the line of the sun's rays and to see if the incantation is working. there is a distinct though slightly garbled reference to ficino's de vita coelitus comparanda in this incantation, on the sun as the vehicle of inscrutable powers reaching us from the "ideas" through "reasons" in the soul of the world, and on the power of herbs, plants, stones, and so on to attract spiritus* circe then makes equally terrific, though not quite so long, incantations to luna, saturn, jupiter, mars, venus, and mercury, finally adjuring all the seven rulers to listen to her.4 she is at the same time doing magic

and superior things "whence as though linked to images and similitudes they descend and communicate themselves' with the last phrase, we reach the familiar ground of the egyptian statues, linked with demons, which bruno has here related to the magic of moses and prometheus to produce a truly amazing hermetic-cabalist justification for the inner magics in his arts of memory. light, says bruno, is the vehicle in the inner world through which the divine images and intimations are imprinted, and this light is not that through which normal sense impressions reach the eyes, but an inner light joined to a most profound contemplation, of which moses speaks, calhng it "primogenita, and of which mercurius also speaks in pimander.2 here the genesis- pimander equation, so characteristic of the hermet

he fludd controversies he condemns the doctrine of the anima mundi,1 or at least the extravagant extension of this indulged in by the renaissance naturalists who affirm that the world lives, breathes, even thinks. once again he has detected here the magical core in renaissance platonism, for this universal animism in nature was the basis for the operations of the magus, and the spiritus mundi was the vehicle which he used. concerning the cabala, mersenne would admit an orthodox cabala, concerned with mystical interpretation of scripture.2 but cabalist magic he, naturally, whole-heartedly condemns, and the whole system of cabalist angelology and its connections with cosmology. in the course of this energetic clearance, which demolishes the hermetist-cabalist basis of renaissance magic, mers

FRATER ELIJAH ANGELS OF CHAOS

but the "hole" was part of it also. the gateways and birth canal. this thing was. the layers came as beings which i was a part: i am/ will be/ am not as/ a. it seems a. is like the older brother to as. and grendel is me/ we. i was given this meaning and conversation by the three sigils which i received from the right of godhood (rog [1] this sigil whose number was 76 was heaven [3] this sigil was the vehicle on earth [2] this sigil was a mystery until tonight. this sigil is like a cross section of the god manifold. it revealed itself to me after fusing the other two sigils. this sigil is revelation/ transmutation/ a unity of heaven and earth. end history. this was when the being, myself) revealed itself/ myself to me. it was like it was beckoning me towards god-hood to form my own manifold

FREEMASONRY AND CATHOLICISM BY MAX HEINDEL

in his wings. then the new testament opens with an account of the birth of christ, who proclaimed a kingdom of heaven which is to be established. he is later called king and priest after the order of melchisedec, uniting within himself the dual office. it is also said that in heaven there will be neither marrying nor giving in marriage, for the soma psuchicon, or soul-body, which paul tells us is the vehicle we shall use in the kingdom of heaven (first corinthians, fifteenth chapter, is not liable to death and decay. thus there will be no death, and birth of bodies like those generated in wedlock would be superfluous, for paul tells us that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of god. hence marriage will be unnecessary, the clashing of interests due to the lust of sex and the love of

uses daily where they become subjected to his will, a part of himself. the soul-body of such a man is naturally very large and powerful; he separates a part of that and makes a mould or matrix into which he may build each day physical particles superfluous to the nourishment of the body he is using. thus by degrees, having assimilated a considerable surplus of new material, he may also draw upon the vehicle he is wearing for material that can be incorporated in the new body. so in the course of some time he gradually transmutes one body into the other, and when the point is reached where emaciation of the old body would be observable to the outside world and cause comment, he would have balanced matters so that the new body is ready to wear, and he can step out of the old into the new. bu

FULLER J F C SECRET WISDOM OF THE QABALAH

ected, for both flourished in adjacent regions. as the qabalah is largely an exposition of the upper and lower, god and the image of god, so is the zoroastrian philosophy founded on the idea of the passive and active in nature- the so-called good and the evil. as to the qabalist the mediating agent is the will, so to the zoroastrian the great magical agent is in actual fact no other than lucifer- the vehicle of light. to pythagoras, god was absolute truth clothed in light, all things emerged from the tetrad, and the mediator was number manifested by form. to him material forms were but images or illusions of real forms, and this was the view also taken by aristotle and plato. to the second of these philosophers ggod, intending to make a visible world, first formed an intelligible one; that

GILBERT THE MAGICAL MASON

us that man is a unity, a perfect machine of the finest structure, manifesting mind, will and action; the dualist, who grants a soul and body; and the more orthodox, who conceiveof man as spirit, soul and body, forming a human triad. those who regard man as composed of four elements, tell us of a divine spirit and a human soul, dwelling in an ethereal or tenuous shadow, the astral form, which is the vehicle of the life essence or vitality, and the passions, and lastly of a material body. those who consider man to have five principles, tell us of spirit, human soul, animal soul, shade and body. when six principles are granted, a separate kama or passionate elementthe number four159is added: these two views are unusual. sevenfold man is widely held to be a proper view:itis notably an indian

posed to consider this subject any further on this present occasion, but rather to refer to several analogies and allied symbols which call for notice when we adopt the view that man is quadripartite, i.e, composed of a pair of higher, lasting principles, and a pair of lower and terrestrial elements which are evanescent and transitory: these four may be called spirit and soul with an astral form, the vehicle of the animal needs and desires, the nephesh of the hebrews, and a coat of skin or material envelope, the body. the mysteries which were celebrated by the priests and initiates of many countries in long past times were partly reproduced in the mystery plays of medieval christian europe and england. these may have been sometimes practised in the160themagical masonform of dramas, partly

an ethereal envelope or magical envelope of the spiritual soul, and named it theaugoeidesoreidolon,the shining image illuminated by divine radi255 ance. porphyry (died 305) tells us that plotinus was six times in his life united for the moment to this divine light, the source of wisdom. bulwer lytton, the novelist, who was a rosicrucian initiated in germany, called theaugoeidesthe luminous self, the vehicle of the higher ego of a man, and inzanonispeaks of the adept as invocating his ownaugoeidesto obtain know255 ledge of high spiritual importance, and adds that any remnant of mortal passions unfits the hierophant from communion with the sublime spirit which dwells in this shining form.theancient persian sacred book thedesatiralso has allusions to this divine light upon man, calling it'th

ody bodysthula soma corpus sariraofmanhebrew kabalistic egyptian emblems.,atziluth an axe of green jade, yechidah yod kether neter a god or deified manira shining form (but briah may be good or bad) neshamah khou heh ph bi sahu is doubtful ba the soul as a bird with a flying upward ruach ren is the name and char- acter, knowing which one has power over,geb chs another tiph vau ab the heart as the the vehicle of the yetzirah hati passional element i-nepheith- net hod nepheshiesodthe dark or hidden sekhem one, or power of the god ka, the personality; man with tzelem arms up. a shadowmkhaibitform-afan malkuth heh assiah guph khat a limp dead fishfinalmaterial man28. man's bloodandgenerationthe german rosicrucian theosophist, rudolph steiner, the author of several very instructive books in reg

sings of the races of mankind as shown in their offspring, notably the occurrence of black, white and mulatto babies, in curious sequence from the union of white men and negro women, is not due to the admixture of blood as used tobesaid,butto the combination of racial germ255 continuity, to be referred to later on. in the blood then and in its corpuscles while in constant movement we seem to find the vehicle of the life essence, the vital force whose presence confers life, whose loss brings man314themagical masonto an end, so far as his physical body and his earthly life history are concerned. what is life? a discovery of its vehicle does not show it to us. we know now no more than did any philosopher of old, and in every age the wise men have sought to answer the question.frompythagoras i

GILBERT THE SORCERER AND HIS APPRENTICE

xistencethree veils of negative existenceofthe.kabalaunthinkable, unapproachable;'betweenparabrahm and humanity there canbeno intercourse whatsoever: the one is totally incompre255 hensibletotheother, therefore prayer is an absurdity. the buddhist says that heinvokes-hishigher self, and he is quite right; that is the highest heknows,andhe is quite right to invoke the highest he can reach. buddhi, the vehicle of the ineffable supreme, is undeveloped and unknown; therefore the intellectual abstraction which the buddhist calls his higher self istheonly thing which he can recognise above himself. buddhi, the christ soul, is undeveloped. now the hermetist, the western, on the other hand, has developed that principle, and by means of the vehicle he can comprehend.'iam the way, the path, and the

y forming the prana,theocean of the tatwas of this earth; and every action that we do not only tends to reproduce the same action in ourselves,butin lesser degree to reproducethesame action in others. therefore tothatextent. isone of us responsible for the moral conduct of every other, because the ocean of prana, through which these tatwas are constantly playing, isformedby ourselves,andis itself the vehicle of the forming of the character of every other human being, forming in fact a network whichlinksus all together.now,such isjustthe very broadestoutlineofthe way in which the tatwas operateuponhumanbeings.itis of course impossible in the time atourdisposal to go into any details anywhere,andi havenotthe slightestdoubtthat numberless questionsmusthave arisen to most of you, questions of

GNOSTIC STUDIES THE GNOSTIC HANDBOOK II GNOSTIC THEURGY

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

a secret tradition known as vajrayana or the diamond vehicle. in this esoteric practise, esoteric methods are used to return the astral-etheric body from its fallen to higher nature and to combine this redeemed light body with the trained psyche. when this is done correctly, they merge together to form a diamond body, an unbreakable jewel, a light that cannot be extinguished. this diamond body is the vehicle in which the true self manifests and is able to travel through the world of the archons, battling against the seven planets and fallen webs and traps. after navigating through gnostic theurgy page 84 the fallen kingdom it can, because of its light nature, shed its lower skin and pass through the cross or barrier and return home to the pleroma. the practices of this buddhist sect are es

GOLDEN DAWN RITUALS U4

riate to utilize the sigil in black and white as it will tend to be less tiring to the adept. the flashing colors are most effective in that it attracts the spiritual essence, but it can become more fatiguing. this is especially true with skrying or clairvoyance. the second method mentioned is the advanced method. it is, in essence, the creation of the body of light as taught in the outer; create the vehicle and project into it. in this, a god form may also be utilized. 3 as in all astral travel and skrying in the spirit vision, it is essential to banish beforehand (so as not to be provoked by unwanted forces) and afterward. test completely. the beginner may experience difficulty in that he/she often commits serious errors in working. one of the most common errors is that the untrained has

GRERALD SCHUELER AN ADVANCED GUIDE TO ENOCHIAN MAGICK

l earth is the lowest of a series of expressions, so your physical body is but the lowest of a graduated series. this view accords well with both eastern and western occultism. you have a body or vehicle to correspond with each cosmic plane. immediately aboye or behind the physical body is the etheric body. next, is the astral body followed by the mental and spiritual bodies. the physical body is the vehicle through which you view and interact with the physical cosmic plane. the astral body is the vehicle through which you view and interact with the astral cosmic plane whose symbolic cosmic element is water. the physical body is limited by a ring-pass-not to the physical cosmic plane. the etheric body is limited to the etheric cosmic plane. the astral body cannot enter the mental cosmic pl

HELENA BLAVATSKY THE KEY TO THEOSOPHY

r (secret) and "lesser (public) mysteries-e.g, in the celebrated solemnities called the eleusinia, in greece. from the hierophants of samothrace, egypt, and the initiated brahmins of the india of old, down to the later hebrew rabbis, all preserved, for fear of profanation, their real bona fide beliefs secret. the jewish rabbis called their secular religious series the merkabah (the exterior body "the vehicle" or, the covering which contains the hidden soul-i.e, their highest secret knowledge. not one of the ancient nations ever imparted through its priests its real philosophical secrets to the masses, but allotted to the latter only the husks. northern buddhism has its "greater" and its "lesser" vehicle, known as the mahayana, the esoteric, and the hinayana, the exoteric, schools. nor can

builder of the temple" q. this is pure altruism, i confess. a. it is. and if only one fellow of the t.s. out of ten would practice it ours would be a body of elect indeed. but there are those among the outsiders who will always refuse to see the essential difference between theosophy and the theosophical society, the idea and its imperfect embodiment. such would visit every sin and shortcoming of the vehicle, the human body, on the pure spirit which sheds thereon its divine light. is this just to either? they throw stones at an association that tries to work up to, and for the propagation of, its ideal with most tremendous odds against it. some vilify the theosophical society only because it presumes to attempt to do that in which other systems-church and state christianity preeminently-ha

to and even pythagoras, while speaking but of three principles, give them seven separate functions, in their various combinations, that if we contrast our teachings this will become quite plain. let us take a cursory view of these seven aspects by drawing two tables. theosophical division of the lower quaternary sanskrit term exoteric meaning explanation 1. rupa, or sthula-sarira physical body is the vehicle of all the other principles during life. 1. prana life, or vital principle necessary only to a, c, d, and the functions of the lower manas, which embrace all those limited to the (physical) brain (c) linga- sarira astral body the double, the phantom body. page 45 the key to theosophy- hp blavatsky.txt (d) kamarupa the seat of animal desires and passions this is the center of the animal

future state and the karmic destiny of man depend on whether manas gravitates more downward to kamarupa, the seat of the animal passions, or upwards to buddhi, the spiritual ego. in the later case, the higher consciousness of the individual spiritual aspirations of mind (manas, assimilating buddhi, are absorbed by it and form the ego, which goes into devachanic bliss (f) buddhi the spiritual soul the vehicle of pure universal spirit (g) atma spirit one with the absolute, as its radiation. in mr. sinnett's esoteric buddhism d, e, and f, are respectively called the animal, the human, and the spiritual souls, which answers as well. though the principles in esoteric buddhism are numbered, this is, strictly speaking, useless. the dual monad alone( atma-buddhi) is susceptible of being thought of

he personal that was, becomes immortal) st. paul calls plato's nous 'spirit';but since this spirit is 'substance, buddhi is meant then and not atma; philosophically speaking this (atma) cannot be called 'substance. we count atma as a human 'principle' in order to not create yet more confusion. in reality it is not a 'human' but the universal absolute principle of which buddhi, the soul-spirit, is the vehicle [reversely translated note from dutch translation- editor -ooo- the distinction between soul and spirit q. do you really teach, as you are accused of doing by some spiritualists and french spiritists, the annihilation of every personality? page 46 the key to theosophy- hp blavatsky.txt a. we do not. but as this question of the duality-the individuality of the divine ego, and the person

nit (monad) composed of three elements, the nous (spirit, the phren (mind, and the thumos (life, breath or the nephesh of the cabalists) which three correspond to our" atma-buddhi (higher spirit-soul, to manas (the ego, and to kamarupa in conjunction with the lower reflection of manas. that which the ancient greek philosophers termed soul, in general, we call spirit, or spiritual soul, buddhi, as the vehicle of atma (the agathon, or plato's supreme deity. the fact that pythagoras and others state that phren and thumos are shared by us with the brutes, proves that in this case the lower manasic reflection (instinct) and kamarupa (animal living passions) are meant. and as socrates and plato accepted the clue and followed it, if to these five, namely, agathon (deity or atma, psuche (soul in i

principle or the immortal element in man, undistinguished from the universal spirit, and you have the same seven again. they are welcome to hold to their division; we hold to ours [see 'secret doctrine, part 1, p. 182 for a clearer exposition] q. then it seems almost the same as the division made by the mystic christians: body, soul, and spirit? a. just the same. we could easily make of the body the vehicle of the "vital double; of the latter the vehicle of life or prana; of kamarupa, or (animal) soul, the vehicle of the higher and the lower mind, and make of this six principles, crowning the whole with the one immortal spirit. in occultism every qualitative change in the state of our consciousness gives to man a new aspect, and if it prevails and becomes part of the living and acting ego

ourse, there would be less confusion, could it only be told; but, as this is directly concerned with the power of projecting one's double consciously and at will, and as this gift, like the "ring of gyges" would prove very fatal to man at large and to the possessor of that faculty in particular, it is carefully guarded. but let us proceed with the principles. this divine soul, or buddhi, then, is the vehicle of the spirit. in conjunction, these two are one, impersonal and without any attributes (on this plane, of course, and make two spiritual principles. if we pass onto the human soul, manas or mens, everyone will agree that the intelligence of man is dual to say the least: e.g, the high-minded man can hardly become low-minded; the very intellectual and spiritual-minded man is separated b

aspects of manas, the higher and the lower; the former, the higher manas, or the thinking, conscious ego gravitating toward the spiritual soul (buddhi; and the latter, or its instinctual principle, attracted to kama, the seat of animal desires and passions in man. thus, we have four principles justified; the last three being (1) the "double" which we have agreed to call protean, or plastic soul; the vehicle of (2) the life principle; and (3) the physical body. of course no physiologist or biologist will accept these principles, nor can he make head or tail of them. and this is why, perhaps, none of them understand to this day either the functions of the spleen, the physical vehicle of the protean double, or those of a certain organ on the right side of man, the seat of the above-mentioned

either seen, touched, smelt, heard, nor tasted-why should not other people believe, on the same principle, in one's permanent ego, a far more logical and important "working hypothesis" than any other? q. what is, finally, this mysterious eternal principle? can you explain its nature so as to make it comprehensible to all? a. the ego which reincarnates, the individual and immortal-not personal-"i; the vehicle, in short, of the atma-buddhic monad, that which is rewarded in devachan and punished on earth, and that, finally, to which the reflection only of the skandhas, or attributes, of every incarnation attaches itself. there are five skandhas or attributes in the buddhist teachings: rupa (form or body, material qualities; vedana, sensation; sanna, abstract ideas; samkhara, tendencies of min

ions now of beggars on the earth, that their original did spring from kings, and many monarchs now, whose fathers were the riff-raff of their age alter the word fathers into egos-and you will have the truth. on the kamaloka and devachan on the fate of the lower principles q. you spoke of kamaloka, what is it? a. when the man dies, his lower three principles leave him forever; i.e, body, life, and the vehicle of the latter, the astral body or the double of the living man. and then, his four principles-the central or middle principle, the animal soul or kamarupa, with what it has assimilated from the lower manas, and the higher triad find themselves in kamaloka. the latter is an astral locality, the limbus of scholastic theology, the hades of the ancients, and, strictly speaking, a locality

onymous, of associating the term self with only man's higher individual or even personal "self" or ego, whereas this term ought never to be applied except to the one universal self. hence the confusion. speaking of manas, the "causal body" we may call it-when connecting it with the buddhic radiance-the "higher ego" never the "higher self" for even buddhi, the "spiritual soul" is not the self, but the vehicle only of self. all the other "selves"-such as the "individual" self and "personal" self-ought never to be spoken or written of without their qualifying and characteristic adjectives. thus in this most excellent essay on the "higher self" this term is applied to the sixth principle or buddhi; and has in consequence given rise to just such misunderstandings. the statement that a child doe

om all the other selves; to learn by experience the utter unreality of all phenomena, foremost of all the visible kosmos; to attain a complete detachment from all that is evanescent and finite, and to live while yet on earth only in the immortal and everlasting. buddhi (sans) universal soul or mind. maha -buddhi is a name of mahat; also the spiritual soul in man (the sixth principle exoterically, the vehicle of atma, the seventh, according to the exoteric enumeration. buddhism the religious philosophy taught by gautama buddha. it is now split into two distinct churches: the southern and northern. the former is said to be the purer, as having preserved more religiously the original teachings of the lord buddha. the northern buddhism is confined to tibet, china, and nepal. but this distincti

ither objective or subjective, but buddhi the spiritual soul, is so-called because it is the direct cause of the sushupti state leading to the turiya state, the highest state of samadhi. it is called karanopadhi "the basis of the cause" by the "taraka raja" yogis, and in the vedanta system corresponds to both the vij anamaya and anandamayakosha (the latter coming next to atma, and therefore being the vehicle of the universal spirit. buddhi alone could not be called a "causal body" but becomes one in conjunction with manas, the incarnating entity or ego. chela (sans) a disciple. the pupil of a guru or sage, the follower of some adept, or a school of philosophy. chr stos (gr) the early gnostic term for christ. this technical term was used in the fifth century bc by aeschylus, herodotus and o

HP LOVECRAFT A DARK LORE

quickened force, and the entry to providence along reservoir and elmwood avenues was a breathless and wonderful thing despite the depths of forbidden lore to which he had delved. at the high square where broad, weybosset, and empire streets join, he saw before and below him in the fire of sunset the pleasant, remembered houses and domes and steeples of the old town; and his head swam curiously as the vehicle rolled down to the terminal behind the biltmore, bringing into view the great dome and soft, roof-pierced greenery of the ancient hill across the river, and the tall colonial spire of the first baptist church limned pink in the magic evening against the fresh springtime verdure of its precipitous background. old providence! it was this place and the mysterious forces of its long, conti

sh older doubting. if that abyss was real, then the great race was real- and its blasphemous reachings and seizures in the cosmos-wide vortex of time were no myths or nightmares, but a terrible, soul-shattering actuality. had i, in full, hideous fact, been drawn back to a pre-human world of a hundred and fifty million years ago in those dark, baffling days of the amnesia? had my present body been the vehicle of a frightful alien consciousness from palaeogean gulfs of time? had i, as the captive mind of those shambling horrors, indeed known that accursed city of stone in its primordial heyday, and wriggled down those familiar corridors in the loathsome shape of my captor? were those tormenting dreams of more than twenty years the offspring of stark, monstrous memories? had i once veritably

ew moments a small motor-coach of extreme decrepitude and dirty grey colour rattled down state street, made a turn, and drew up at the curb beside me. i felt immediately that it was the right one; a guess which the half-legible on the windshield- arkham- innsmouth- newburyport- soon verified. there were only three passengers- dark, unkempt men of sullen visage and somewhat youthful cast- and when the vehicle stopped they clumsily shambled out and began walking up state street in a silent, almost furtive fashion. the driver also alighted, and i watched him as he went into the drug store to make some purchase. this, i reflected, must be the joe sargent mentioned by the ticket-agent; and even before i noticed any details there spread over me a wave of spontaneous aversion which could be neith

HP LOVECRAFT THE SHADOW OVER INNSMOUTH

few moments a small motor-coach of extreme decrepitude and dirty grey colour rattled down state street, made a turn, and drew up at the curb beside me. i felt immediately that it was the right one; a guess which the half-legible on the windshield- arkham- innsmouth- newb'port- soon verified. there were only three passengers- dark, unkempt men of sullen visage and somewhat youthful cast- and when the vehicle stopped they clumsily shambled out and began walking up state street in a silent, almost furtive fashion. the driver also alighted, and i watched him as he went into the drug store to make some purchase. this, i reflected, must be the joe sargent mentioned by the ticket-agent; and even be-fore i noticed any details there spread over me a wave of spontaneous aversion which could be neit

HP LOVECRAFT THE THING IN THE MOONLIGHT

double-trucked type common from 1900 to 1910. it was untenanted, but evidently ready to start; the trolley being on the wire and the air-brake now and then throbbing beneath the floor. i boarded it and looked vainly about for the light switch--noting as i did so the absence of the controller handle, which thus implied the brief absence of the motorman. then i sat down in one of the cross seats of the vehicle. presently i heard a swishing in the sparse grass toward the left, and saw the dark forms of two men looming up in the moonlight. they had the regulation caps of a railway company, and i could not doubt but that they were conductor and motorman. then one of them sniffed with singular sharpness, and raised his face to howl to the moon. the other dropped on all fours to run toward the ca

JENNINGS HARGRAVE ROSICRUCIANS RITES MYSTERIES

light appears so to speak. these men want contradiction. they are ruined in their own self-esteem. they are floated upward in the pride of knowledge with wings of wax. they grope in the debris of nature. their knowledge is scientific knowledge. knowledge as an acquisition to enlighten (its only use) is as ashes with the fire all out of it fire which is faith. these philosophers are converted into the vehicle of the compremystic anatomy. 333 hez`nsion of their own theories; and there they rest, absorbed and occupied in these alone. self-centred, complete, satisfied, distrustless, they fortify themselves in their triumph, and become incompetent to see aught that shall challenge their own fixed ideas. in regard to these merely scientific people, an apt and a forcible remark has been made: nat

ossing and encountering irritated mutually, naturally; became expansive and contractive angularly thence pyramidal and starry. and in the relative counterbalancing con temp eration, the diversity of things arose at the points of the masterdom into form or light. the medium in which the elements were (and the elements themselves) now grew in their natures. from these various rudiments of being (in the vehicle light) the archetypical scheme arranged itself; which, one in essence, was triple, in procession or parade. hence the trinity* from the trinity and the* but it is incomprehensible, obviously, without the means to comprehend it- which is christ. christ the penalty christ the sacrifice. christ the glass of the universe, in which the magic of music. 343 vivifying substratum in the mathema

LEADBEATER C W THE HIDDEN LIFE IN FREEMASONRY 2E

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

perform any episcopal act- even to give the most ordinary blessing- at once attracts the attention of these noble collaborators, though i have not consciously thought of them at all. 824. i have wondered whether it would be irreverent to see in that tiny point of light in the aura which represents the angel, some sort of analogy at an infinitely lower level to the host in the tabernacle which is the vehicle of the lord christ. how often have i seen, in some small village church on the continent, the gentle glow which indicates the holy presence; and when some humble peasant-woman comes in on her way to market, puts down her basket in the porch, and kneels for a few moments of prayer, how often have i seen that glow flash out into a sun-like radiance in immediate response to her earnest th

LEADBEATER CW GLIMPSES OF MASONIC HISTORY

n lodges. the next link in the chain is the roman collegia, in which the transition from speculative to operative masonry took place. 430. we have seen that the science of architecture was always closely connected with the mysteries, and that our masonic craft ritual when properly worked is designed to build a superphysical temple of the ionic order of architecture, which was chosen because it is the vehicle of the special type of force which flows through craft masonry(*see the hidden life in freemasonry, p. 120) 431. other forms are built by the higher degrees, belonging to different kinds of architecture, according to the influences which are to be radiated through them; so we see that we are in the presence of a science of spiritual building, of which material architecture is but the r

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

ony, the cult consisted of wealthy, seemingly respectable citizens, including lawyers, doctors, and veterinarians who owned helicopters and a van with a telescoping lift. in the dark of night, these satanists would use that to extend a man out to the cow, and he would mutilate it from a board platform on the end of the boom and would never touch the ground. the apparatus would telescope back into the vehicle much as a wheelchair lift and not be noticed [the satanists] love the publicity that surrounds the mutilations, and as long as the publicity is in one area they will keep returning because they like to baffle law enforcement (ellis 2000, 269. it is probably no coincidence that this story sounds like something out of the then-recently published jay s journal. in due course arkansas inve

LIBER 141

iates of the ix. but we hold that in this case the priest must be an initiate, for that it is his will which determineth the magical character of his lion; so that if he hath no purpose but that of the goddess adonai he cannot raise agape to her lord thelema, nor will the intention of the priestess, although a lofty initiate, replace this essential power of the priest over that of which he is but the vehicle and guardian. for this reason the ninth degree is not so easy to be made effective by woman initiates. of what may be the result of a development parallel to that indicated above among the noble and chaste ladies of the order, it is at present impossible for us to declare; but a priori it seems that, though the lion and the eagle are best in combination, the lion is more likely to be a

LIBER SAMEKH

e of thought; all such must perish at the hands of their own error in making their minds, internally defective or externally deflected, the measure of the universe. point ii 17 those phenomena which inform those perceived projections, and determine their particular character. gdry land h is the place of dead gmaterial things, h dry (i.e. unknowable) because unable to act on our minds. gwater h is the vehicle whereby we feel such things; gair h their menstruum wherein these feelings are mentally apprehended. it is called gwhirling h because of the instability of thought, and the fatuity of reason, on which we are yet dependent for what we call glife. h grushing fire h is the world in which wandering thought burns up to swift-darting will. these four stages explain how the non-ego is transmu

LOGOMACHY OF ZOS

to begin with, be friends with yourself. man is the unnotable exemplar of much more than he ever remembers. life proceeds only by its ability to create difference, nothing would emerge from the same damn thing after another. when old memories are stimulated by some ephemeral event, thought responds and we can force thinking by association and be fully conscious that we are doing so. matter being the vehicle of mind. to this fractional extent we can control the content of memory. faults made habitual become our idioms and style. nothing easy has much new substance or growth. the eternal alternations compel our untruth, unless we re-orientate. to feel and to understand are an equation. the main premise of religion is the demanding of complete acceptance..1 e..1' 5! u. e- e..1..q k..1 abstra

LUCIFERIAN SORCERY

teaches us to become like lucifer or lilith itself, independent, knowledge seeking and self-deified. the black magickian often called witch or warlock are the individuals who taste from the chalice of the serpent, the wisdom of asmodeus. the universe seeks for all to flow according to its way, from which we work through in order to ultimately emerge through the left hand path. before one provides the vehicle of material and spiritual union, the announcement of the path to nature itself should be observed. the initiate should go forth into the woods in the dawn, remove all clothes the cover his or herself in the mud and green of the earth and meditate. the green man and goddess themselves shall make their awakening to the witch, with whom has communed with nature. by being robed in the sky

MANLY P HALL THE SECRET TEACHINGS OF ALL AGES

s, there are three suns in each solar system, analogous to the three centers of life in each individual constitution. these are called three lights: the spiritual sun, the intellectual or soular sun, and the material sun (now symbolized in freemasonry by three candles. the spiritual sun manifests the power of god the father; the soular sun radiates the life of god the son; and the material sun is the vehicle of manifestation for god the holy spirit. man's nature was divided by the mystics into three distinct parts: spirit, soul, and body. his physical body was unfolded and vitalized by the material sun; his spiritual nature was illuminated by the spiritual sun; and his intellectual nature was redeemed by the true light of grace--the soular sun. the alignment of these three globes in the he

onic chiram "the original word, chiram, is a radical word consisting of three consonants and i. e. cheth, resh and mem (1, cheth, signifies chamah, the sun's light, i. e. the universal, invisible, cold fire of nature attracted by the sun, manifested into light and sent down to us and to every planetary body belonging to the solar system (2, resh, signifies ruach, i. e. spirit, air, wind, as being the vehicle which conveys and collects the light into numberless foci, wherein the solar rays of light are agitated by a circular motion and manifested in heat and burning fire (3, or mem, signifies majim, water, humidity, but rather the mother of water, i. e. radical humidity or a particular kind of condensed air. these three constitute the universal agent or fire of nature in one word, chiram, n

the symbol of death; the resurrection of osiris in the new bull is the symbol of eternal renovation. the white bull was also symbolically sacred as the appointed emblem of the initiates, signifying the spiritualized material bodies of both man and nature. when the vernal equinox no longer occurred in the sign of taurus, the sun god incarnated in the constellation of aries and the ram then became the vehicle of the solar power. thus the sun rising in the sign of the celestial lamb triumphs over the symbolic serpent of darkness. the lamb is a familiar emblem of purity because of its gentleness and the whiteness of its wool. in many of the pagan mysteries it signified the universal savior, and in christianity it is the favorite symbol of christ. early church paintings show a lamb standing up

ch tinctures the blood, being released from the air as it is inhaled and discharged by the hermetic bellows of the lungs (the history of magic) this vital energy has its origin in the spiritual body of the earth. every created thing has two bodies, one visible and substantial, the other invisible and transcendent. the latter consists of an ethereal counterpart of the physical form; it constitutes the vehicle of arch us, and may be called a vital body. this etheric shadow sheath is not dissipated by death, but remains until the physical form is entirely disintegrated. these "etheric doubles "seen around graveyards, have given rise to a belief in ghosts. being much finer in its substances than the earthly body, the etheric double is far more susceptible to impulses and inharmonies. it is der

celsus, recognizing derangements of the etheric double as the most important cause of disease, sought to reharmonize its substances by bringing into contact with it other bodies whose vital energy could supply elements needed, or were strong enough to overcome the diseased conditions existing in the aura of the sufferer. its invisible cause having been thus removed, the ailment speedily vanished. the vehicle for the arch us, or vital life force, paracelsus called the mumia. a good example of a physical mumia is vaccine, which is the vehicle of a semi-astral virus. anything which serves as a medium for the transmission of the arch us, whether it be organic or inorganic, truly physical or partly spiritualized, was termed a mumia. the most universal form of the mumia was ether, which modern s

at the price of free will--or, more correctly, the power of choice--is responsibility. the seventh numbered major trump is called le chariot, the chariot, and portrays a victorious warrior crowned and riding in a chariot drawn by black and white sphinxes or horses. the starry canopy of the chariot is upheld by four columns. this card signifies the exalted one who rides in the chariot of creation. the vehicle of the solar energy being numbered seven reveals the arcane truth that the seven planers are the chariots of the solar power which rides victorious in their midst. the four columns supporting the canopy represent the four mighty ones who uphold the worlds represented by the starstrewn drapery. the figure carries the scepter of the solar energy and its shoulders are ornamented with luna

MEANING OF MASONRY

achieved. the ideals of the masonic fraternity have a wide appeal to the best instincts of men, and the craft has become one of the greatest social institutions in the world. in this new aquarian age, when many individuals and groups are working in various ways for the eventual restoration of the mysteries, an increasing number of aspirants are beginning to recognize that freemasonry may well be the vehicle for this achievement. we have here a sincere effort by a learned and earnest brother to point to the source of masonic light in elegant, and at times profound, language. they who look with him may enjoy the same felicity. the great value of this book is that it was written by one who sets an example for all masters of lodges. his was a soul filled with the wonder of wisdom, strength, a

MICHAEL FORD WITCHMOON

ed through the shadows deep within her own being. residing with her as well was thanatos (god of death, hypnos (god of sleep) and morpheus (god of dreams. hecate is known as the goddess of witches, being that of sorcery and the cunning craft. the aspects of hecate within roman and greek culture show hecate mostly in a dark or hidden aspect, having three heads (two being animal) and three torches. the vehicle wherein she traveled was a chariot guided by several dragons. a key significance of the dragon is that such beings are connected to solar and lunar eclipses. by an eclipse the water in the lunar sign of cancer is altered in force and substance. dragons (which is a form the varcolaci spirits often take) can transverse the night sky, gathering the blood of the moon. the other aspect of 6

MORALS AND DOGMA

rits distinct from god, the "ideas" of plato personified. he is without beginning, and lives in the prototype of time [a, aion. his image is the word [greek, a form more brilliant than fire; that not being the _pure_ light. this logos dwells in god; for the supreme being makes to himself within his intelligence the types or ideas of everything that is to become reality in this world. the logos is the vehicle by which god acts on the universe, and may be compared to the speech of man. the logos being the world of ideas [greek??s??t, by means whereof god has created visible things, he is the most ancient god, in comparison with the world, which is the youngest production. the logos _chief of intelligence, of which he is the general representative, is named _archangel, type_ and _representati

oaster alone, is connected with a faith in one god. light and fire are the most important agents in the phoenician faith. there is a race of children of the light. they adored the heaven with its lights, deeming it the supreme god. everything emanates from a single principle, and a primitive love, which is the moving power of all and governs all. light, by its union with spirit, whereof it is but the vehicle or symbol, is the life of everything, and penetrates everything. it should therefore be respected and honored everywhere; for everywhere it governs and controls. the chaldaic and jerusalem paraphrasts endeavored to render the phrase, debar-yahovah, the word of god, a personalty, wherever they met with it. the phrase "and god created man" is, in the jerusalem targum "and the word of ihu

orld, and as such acts everywhere. he himself fills and bounds his whole existence, and his forces fill and penetrate everything. his image is the word [logos, a form more brilliant than fire, which is not pure light. this word dwells in god; for it is within his intelligence that the supreme being frames for himself the types of ideas of all that is to assume reality in the universe. the word is the vehicle by which god acts on the universe; the world of ideas by means whereof god has created visible things; the more ancient god, as compared with the material world; chief and general representative of all intelligences; the archangel, type and representative of all spirits, even those of mortals; the type of man; the primitive man himself. these ideas are borrowed from plato. and this wor

had assigned a soul to the universe, containing in itself the plenitude of the animal life of particular beings, and even of the stars, they soon supposed that soul to be essentially intelligent, and the source of intelligence of all intelligent beings. then the universe became to them not only animated but intelligent, and of that intelligence the different parts of nature partook. each soul was the vehicle, and, as it were, the envelope of the intelligence that attached itself to it, and could repose nowhere else. without a soul there could be no intelligence; and as there was a universal soul, source of all souls, the universal soul was gifted with a universal intelligence, source of all particular intelligences. so the soul of the world contained in itself the intelligence of the world

MOTTA MARCELO THE COMMENTARIES OF AL

dy run red with the blood of her faithful! the ignorance or carelessness of a raw youth will no longer hound him to hell. a blighted career or a ruined constitution will no more be the penalty of a moment's exuberance. above all, the world will begin to appreciate the true nature of the sexual process, its physical insignificance as one among many parts of the body, its transcendent importance as the vehicle of the true will and the first of the sheaths of the self. hitherto our sexual tabus have kept far ahead of gilbert and sullivan. we have made love the lackey to property, as who should pay his rent by sneezing. we have swaddled it in politeness, as who should warn god off the grass. we have muddled it up with morality, as who should frown at the himalayas on the one hand, and, on the

rly in the one act of love. it must cease to know itself as anything but the will. it must not have the will; it must transform itself completely to be the will. last of all, the act must be supreme. it must do and it must die. from that death it must rise again, purged of that will, having accomplished it so perfectly that nothing is left thereof in its elements. it must have emptied itself into the vehicle. so shall the child be whole of spirit. but this is not enough. the ground in which the seed is cast must be suitable for its reception. the climate must be favorable, the soil must be prepared, and the enemies of the young child that seek its life must be driven beyond range of malice. these points are obvious enough, if applied to the ordinary affair of breeding children. one needs t

ected paul from the pharisees. sound biology and sound theology are for once at one! the question of the limits of individual liberty is fully discussed in liber aleph, to which we refer the student. the following four chapters will give a general idea of the main principles: 36, 37, 38, 39. we of thelema think it vitally right to let a man take opium. he may destroy his physical vehicle thereby (the vehicle is his, not ours) but he may produce another "kubla khan. it is his own responsibility. also we know well that "if he be a king" it will not hurt him in the end. we trust nature to protect, and wisdom to be justified of, their children. it is superficial to object that a man should be prevented from ruining and killing himself, for his own sake or for that of 'those dependent on him. o

NEW WORLD ORDER OR OCCULT SECRET DESTINY

magic became a holy quest. back in 1927, freemason w.l. wilmhurst saw the dawning of the aquarian age as the fufillment of the plan. in the meaning of masonry, p.4, he writes: in this new aquarian age, when many individuals and groups are working in various ways for the eventual restoration of the mysteries, an increasing number of aspirants are beginning to recognize that freemasonry may well be the vehicle for this achievement he would be well proud, i m sure, of today s mainstream acceptance of those very same occult mysteries. another passage on page 46-47, proves the teaching of freemasonry is the same as new age beliefs: he begins his masonic career as the natural man; he ends it by becoming through its discipline, a regenerated man. this the evolution of man into superman was always

ONYX TABLET OF SET

the only "other god [cf. hpl] in such a cosmology, set was understood to be a presence and force which alone could not be apprehended by perceptions of the natural senses. he thus represents the nameless "thing" whose existence we know of by the shadow it casts on things apprehended and things perceived by it: the non-natural "presence of self" in individual intelligent life. we have generalized the vehicle by which this presence is manifest as the ba, spirit, psyche, or soul in the exoteric and general reference writings of the temple [crystal& ruby tablets, because that concept is sufficiently precise for discussion at that level, and also because any attempt at greater precision would doubtless bewilder initiates [to say nothing of profane colleagues. but within the onyx tablet increas

simus aquino has stated that priesthood is a deliberate act. but what is the act of priesthood? to facilitate that same realization within others that we recognize as the true potential of the gift of set. this is possible only through an acknowledgment of the gift onyx tablet: ot.i.3.1 temple of set author: william d. pridgen iii date: may 9, 1996 ce revision: html revision: august 6, 1999 ce as the vehicle of the attainment of the highest of life. life is a necessary prerequisite of self-consciousness, and both are a unique privilege in light of the gift. this truth is demonstrated when someone has a near-death experience and then decides to live life to its fullest. but a distinction must be made between will (in the thelemic sense) and desire before life can be lived at its highest. th

PHILIP NEIL MYTHS LEGENDS EXPLAINED

burns off his head with his third eye; in another, shiva, who has been away, does not recognize his son and sears off his head thinking he is paying court to parvati; yet another tells how the planet saturn, while babysitting ganesh, forgets the power of his glance, and burns off his head by accident. in each story, ganesh s human head is replaced with that of an elephant. peacock the peacock is the vehicle of skanda, the baby on parvati s lap. nandi the bull nandi, shiva s milk-white bull, is the guardian of all four-legged creatures. rudra, shiva s name in the earliest hindu holy books, was the ruler of the beasts. parvati, shiva s wife parvati is the daughter of the himalaya mountain himself. like durga and lakshmi (see p. 108, she is an aspect of the great mother goddess, mahadevi. ga

PHOSPHORUS THE SHADOWING FORTH OF LUCIFER

er on the morning star as is called became the dragon and the devil. shaitan was the base for this materization, which means to oppose, to accuse. lucifer was invariably the first rebel. lucifer is of the spirit of light, from which the foundation of luciferic magick is to ascend towards godhead. the light of the spirit is based within perception and the clarity of an awakened self. perception is the vehicle of knowledge and what the individual can understand. christianity teaches the annihilation of perception and the repression of the awakened mind. the enthusiasm of the driven conscious, charged with the bright luciferian light; leads all individuals towards god itself. lucifer is the fallen angel of light. born strong in the light of the god spirit, his crown held the most beautiful je

RABBI AMIRAM MARKEL MARKEL THE KNOWLEDGE OF G D VOL 1

the power of thought. one can think so much before he has overloaded his brain and must rest. such is not the case with the spiritual light itself. it is unlimited. on rare occasions the unlimited spiritual light of the soul may break forth. examples of this are the well known cases of a mother who rescues her child who is trapped under the wheels of a vehicle. with superhuman strength she lifts the vehicle and rescues the child. another example is a person running for his life from his enemies. he will suddenly be able to run much faster and much further than he is naturally capable of. both of these are cases of the light of the soul breaking forth in an unrestrained fashion. the power to limit& actual limitation there are two kinds of limitation: the first is the essential "ability to

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

e for people is as hard [for g-d] as splitting the sea of reeds, h5 and as is mentioned in the zohar.6 since nourishment and sustenance is associated with difficulty and obstacles, it requires gevurah to overcome these. the middle [stem] of the brain, the seat of da fat, extends via the jugular veins, which are an intermediary between the trachea and the esophagus, and which transport [the blood, the vehicle for] the chief life-force of the person. for the blood, which is [important because it carries] the animating-soul [nefesh] of the person, passes through them. in this view, just as trachea and esophagus carry air and nourishment from the upper part of the body to the lower, the jugular veins carry the gsoul h from the head to the rest of the body. we are accustomed to think of lifegiv

e three names elokim. know as well that the ark is the secret of yesod of abba. yesod of abba is the drive within the initial insight of chochmah toward self-actualization. it becomes the mochin, or divine consciousness, of z feir anpin, the emotional partzuf which is the prinicple partzuf of atzilut. housing the tablets of the covenant, which encapsulated the entire torah, the ark can be seen as the vehicle through which g-d fs plan for creation is transmitted to the world. this, too, is how the ark transforms the world of elokim, the ruthless and unrelenting laws of nature, into havayah, the mercy and goodness of g-d fs presence. as you know, yesod possesses three shells: the foreskin, the mucous membrane, and the blood. to counteract these, the gulgalta of nukva issued as the ark, the w

an independent faculty of the soul, it acts upon the material provided to it by chochmah. similarly, gevurah( gstrength, h gmight h) is the second sefirah of the emotions, which limits the intensity of the first sefirah of the emotions, chesed( gloving-kindness h. here again, gevurah is an independent faculty, but its function is to react to the actions of chesed. finally, malchut( gkingdom h) is the vehicle through which the emotions together express themselves. thus, though it, too, is an independent faculty of the soul, it serves to express the content it is provided with from the emotions. we see, then, that in each case, these sefirot act as vessels or filters for other, more gactive h sefirot, and this commonality is the basis for their all being associated with the name elokim. the

REGARDIE ISRAEL THE COMPLETE GOLDEN DAWN

that central atom of the wheel, which alone revolves not. the mystic circurnambulation is called symbolic of the rise of light and enterer of the threshold 347 from it is drawn another formula for the circulation of the breath. it is the formula of the four revolutions of the breath (not, of course, of the actual air inspired, but of the subtle aethers which may be drawn thence and of which it is the vehicle- the aethers which awaken centres in the subtle body through the formula. this formula should be preceded by that of the middle pillar, described previously. by this method, having invoked the power you wish to awaken in yourself, and contemplated it, begin its circumambulation thus: fill the lungs and imagine the name vibrating in the contained air. imagine this vibration going down t

of the ceremony. let us now consider the enterer of the threshold 359 <125> nature of the body which is mummied. the body itself may be considered as a vehicle whereby the life forces act, and the medium whereby these life-forces act is what are termed the vital organs. withdraw or destroy any of these, and the life ceases to function in that body. not less important, then, than the body itself, the vehicle of the soul, are the organs, the media for the action of organic life, and it is equally important to preserve these from corruption, yet not together with the body. for as the body of osiris was broken up, so must the body of the osirian be divided. this is the meaning of the viscera being preserved apart from the body. the death and resurrection of christ has other symbology and the

RITUEL ET DOGME DE LA HAUTE MAGIE BY ELIPHAS LEVI PART I

eers by their faculty of communicating sensibly to others that which they themselves perceive, and of making themselves believed by the force of enthusiasm and sympathy. such persons are the media of the divine word. let us now specify the manner in which visions operate. all forms correspond to ideas, and there is no idea which has not its proper and peculiar form. the primordial light, which is the vehicle of all ideas, is the mother of all forms, and transmits them from emanation to emanation, merely diminished or modified 26 the doctrine of transcendental magic according to the density of the media. secondary forms are reflections which return to the font of the emanated light. the forms of objects, being a modification of light, remain in the light where the reflection consigns them

that of his punishment, being corrupted and troubled by his sin, which intermingled an impure reflection with those primitive images which composed the book of universal science for his still virgin imagination. the astral light, depicted in ancient symbols by the serpent devouring its tail, represents alternately malice and prudence, time and eternity, tempter and redeemer; for this light, being the vehicle of life, is an auxiliary alike of good and evil, and may be taken not only for the fiery form of satan but for the body of the holy ghost. it is the instrument of warfare in angelic battles, and feeds indifferrealization 39 ently both the flames of hell and the lightnings of st. michael. it may be compared to a horse having a nature analogous to the chameleon, ever reflecting the armou

lows that we attribute the strange phenomena of table-turning to the universal magnetic agent in search of a chain of enthusiasms with a view to the formation of fresh currents. the force of itself is blind, but can be directed by the will of man and is influenced by prevailing opinions. this universal fluid if we decide to regard it as a fluid being the common medium of all nervous organisms and the vehicle of all sensitive vibrations, establishes an actual physical solidarity between impressionable persons, and transmits from one to another the impressions of imagination and of thought. the movement of inert objects, determined by undulations of the universal agent, obeys the ruling impression and reproduces in its revelations at one time all the lucidity the magic chain 57 of the most w

RUBY TABLET OF SET

e species is going to change right out of existence- all except for the elect who know and understand the principles at work, and use it to help bring about their own coming into being. as xem. to possibly support this idea, let me jump ahead to the end of the working "we are not to view the annihilation as an old world dying- but rather as xem being reborn out of itself with the temple of set as the vehicle" this statement from the xem working deserves more comment than what i am prepared to give in this key, but please take note of the positive emphasis of the change rather than the negative. the elect may hope to avoid the annihilation by taking inevitable change and, by force of will, cause the principles to bring about the great work or alxemy. going back to the annihilation statement

but this occurred during the decay of egypt. the temples and shrines of egypt/khem were but replicas of working facilities for xem. the state of beings. there is no true egyptian architecture for its own sake. what there is possesses no significance or purpose. we are not to view the annihilation as the death of an old world, but rather as xem being reborn out of itself, with the temple of set as the vehicle. xemset shall be the beginning of the restoration of facilities for xem, and not a reproduction of a style of architecture called "ancient egyptian" the attitude of all who are there. residing or visiting- is to be in keeping with the principle governing xem or higher man. that being xeper. working. participants: o magus michael a. aquino o magister ronald k. barrett o magister l. dale

ctuality) has to do with what actualizing xem is. the result of the great work in xem will be something different from xem. for, do we not perform the great work in xem? once this great work has been really accomplished, the elect will be "past" xem. is that close to what xem is, at least on a basic level?w i am sure xem has multiple reasons/aspects, but i strive to at best glimpse it. is xem not the vehicle and/or direction of/to xeper? from the quotations of the statement of astaroth, i see the following: non-elect man has long been satisfied with mastery over the mundane. everything on "god's good earth" hath man sought to know. and even not of the earth, but extending to the cosmos. but that by itself is limitation and produces inertia. set strives to see to it that his elect are able

entered onto a roadway that led into the forest. itself seeming lit through phosphorescence. dark, eerie. large, green, seemingly translucent spiders walked along the edge of the road. a sasquach-like creature was spotted; just as quickly, it ran to the protection of the woods. as my companion and i entered the forest, still in the car, we encountered a spacecraft. aliens stood beside it. pulling the vehicle over and exiting it, we received impressions from the visitors that i/we were to continue the search. the deeper we went into the woods, the more surreal and strange the surroundings appeared. i turned my head away from my friend for a moment, then back; he had become a she. intuition told me that the search i had undertaken on behalf) of the aliens was causing problems in the 'outside

blood and the grail i made mine and mine alone. i then perceived myself in a suit of armour, similar to the charioteer's. this symbolized my detachment from the natural order, my reliance upon the mystery that is self, imaged by the grail. i found this a profound confirmation of isolate intelligence. as i mounted my own chariot, the reins of my own destiny were placed in my hands. this chariot is the vehicle of my will, swift and mighty. the two horses represent the objective and subjective universes, both now tamed and subject to my will. i set the chariot in motion and prepared myself to ride to that city which the beast described as the fortress of the next aethyr "i have quested for the grail and found my self" xeper. aethyr 11- ich monday 20th december xxviii aes, 12:52 a.m. as crowle

is in the blood, as the seat of life, that makes atonement. h leviticus is a text written not for the masses, but for the priests of jehovah, and designed to cover ritual in daily life. not only did it provide strict codes for everything from food to sex to housing, but further it added the backing of divine and unquestionable authority behind the priesthood. pointing out that blood was sacred as the vehicle of life painted it as a gift directly from god and therefore sacrosanct. in the light of jehovah's threats, it took a being of considerable power to partake of blood with impunity. and yet life is life, and the instinct for self preservation is stronger than biblical edict. along with having life, blood has power. an illustration of that belief is found in the odyssey in which ulysses

en-ended ones. i have no plans for determining a specific magnum opus and on its attainment sending out an ol letter saying thanks, folks, it's been great. instead of that, our outlook is one of how splendid the adventure is. when i envision the order of leviathan in the future, i see a section of the temple of set dedicated to understanding the potentials of a long distance down the road through the vehicle of having learned to shine our headlights just that distance- a long way down the road. this is not to say we ignore the present moment, but that we appreciate both it and what will remanifest itself along the path. it is for this reason that the entries of the book of leviathan are carefully chosen to reflect the relevant obstacles of the objective universe and the successful overcomi

ds, since he is able to partake of this quality through his understanding. if the order is thought of as a vehicle such as a tardis, the master of the order is at home with the control console and is sensitive to changes in its functioning, movements, and even slight alterations in the rise and fall of the central column. he is a master diagnostician and technician. he is also capable of piloting the vehicle on his own within certain limitations. as an analyst his powers are formidable, and while he is willing to give of his time and understanding, his precision of insight makes him a rather difficult individual to outmaneuver. he retains his priestly prerogatives of recognition and is able to appraise first and second degree initiates for recognitions in accord with his own current degree

SATANICON

ecting such a psychological and physiological change from time to time is beneficial for many reasons: the most important being the re-discovery and stimulation of the deep subconscious which sigmund freud termed the id. the physical residence of the id is found in an area called the mammalian brain, which is a mass of tissue which rests upon the top of the spine. this area of the subconscious is the vehicle of primeval instincts which are inherent in every human being: the instincts that led primitive man to satisfy his needs and to survive through lust, hunting, and killing. the need for the black magician to become more familiar with his id, or inner self, is important to his sense of self-awareness; his instinctual needs, and his outward awareness of the various aspects of his surround

SIR EDWARD BULWER LYTTON ZANONI A ROSICRUCIAN TALE

rraign the prince di? see to it, this night. i trust him to you. robbers murder him, you understand, the country swarms with them; plunder and strip him, the better to favour such report. take three men; the rest shall be my escort" mascari shrugged his shoulders, and bowed submissively. the streets of naples were not then so safe as now, and carriages were both less expensive and more necessary. the vehicle which was regularly engaged by the young actress was not to be found. gionetta, too aware of the beauty of her mistress and the number of her admirers to contemplate without alarm the idea of their return on foot, communicated her distress to glyndon, and he besought viola, who recovered but slowly, to accept his own carriage. perhaps before that night she would not have rejected so sl

his blood be on his own head" said zanoni, calmly. he approached the men who had detained the coachman "you are outnumbered and outwitted" said he "join your lord; you are three men, we six, armed to the teeth. thank our mercy that we spare your lives. go" the men gave way, dismayed. the driver remounted "cut the traces of their carriage and the bridles of their horses" said zanoni, as he entered the vehicle containing viola, which now drove on rapidly, leaving the discomfited ravisher in a state of rage and stupor impossible to describe "allow me to explain this mystery to you" said zanoni "i discovered the plot against you, no matter how; i frustrated it thus: the head of this design is a nobleman, who has long persecuted you in vain. he and two of his creatures watched you from the entr

SORCERIES OF ZOS

he bio-chemical basis of the mysteries. they achieved in the sphere of the 'occult' that which wilhelm reich achieved for psychology, and established it on a sure bio-chemical basis. spare's 'sentient symbols' and 'alphabet of desire$ correlating as they do the marmas of the body with the specific sex-principles, anticipated in several ways the work of reich who discovered- between 1936 and 1939- the vehicle of psycho-sexual energy, which he named the orgone. reich's singular contribution to psychology and, incidentally, to western occultism, lies in the fact that he successfully isolated the libido and demonstrated its existence as a tangible, biological energy. this energy, the actual substance of freud's purely hypothetical concepts- libido and id- was measured by reich, lifted out of t

STEINER RUDOLF CHRISTIANITY AS MYSTICAL FACT

an eternal being, and can be likened both to a god and to a worm. human beings are placed between god and animal. the active, powerful component of them is their daimonic part. it is what reaches out beyond their own self. as heraclitus strikingly puts it, a man s daimon is his destiny. 33 thus for heraclitus something far more extensive than personality is to be found in humanity; personality is the vehicle of the daimonic self, which is not limited by the bounds of individual existence, for which personal dying and being-born have no significance. 30 christianity as mystical fact what has the daimonic self to do with the transient form of the personality? the personality is no more than a mode of appearance for the daimon. the one who attains this insight is able to look forward and back

TECHNICIANS GUIDE TO THE LEFT HAND PATH

tation- are interchangeable in the sense that they can both lead to the third process of neutralization and synchronicity. these first two are not independent of each other, but are part and parcel of an overall methodological approach towards the transformation of consciousness. we augment consciousness through acquiring knowledge, we distill the contents of knowledge through experience. through the vehicle of consciousness itself we can enhance this process by becoming aware of personal affinity or magnetism towards certain types of cognitive platforms which are the gates towards the discovery of the individual true will. distillation and augmentation are the specific principle forms of the generalized concept of expansion and retraction. in the quest for evolutionary consciousness disti

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

s that is explored and reflected through the antinomian spirit. it is this spiritual polarity that dissents from oneness, following the path between one polaric point and the other, experiencing what is in order to sense what it can be. it is through self consciousness that the tools necessary to create change are perceived and utilised. finally, energy extends into the substrate of space through the vehicle of oscillation and resonance. it is through the medium of pure non-phenomenal space that the original surge of energy extended itself. the result of this is synthesis, creation, movement and ultimately through evolutionary process, in self perceived consciousness. without this expansion into space this energy could only exist as one. as such, it is as much nothing as the nonphenomenal

TEXE MARRS CODEX MAGICA SECRET SIGNS MYSTERIOUS SYMBOLS AND HIDDEN CODES OF THE ILLUMINATI

used to invoke, or invite, spirits and to work spells. albert pike thus advised: another jewel is necessary for you, and in certain undertakings cannot be dispensed with. it is what is termed the kabalistic pantacle (pentagram..this carries with it the power of commanding the spirits of the elements. it is necessary for you to know how to use it. 6 in other words, pike is recommending the star be the vehicle to invoke demon powers and cause them to do magical work. now, before you dismiss pike's suggestion and imagine he was just some silly, insane occult nut, let me remind you that so respected is this man by the illuminati of today, that a statue of albert pike stands in front of the department of justice building, the offices of the u.s. attorney-general, in washington, d.c. displayed o

THE BOOK OF PLEASURE

not fulfill expectations. 45 casting the shadow. the ego not being totally oblivious, let him retain only and visualise the sigil form, it is his chalice, the means of vacuity and incarnation. by the deliberation of an analogous emotion at that time, he deputises the law (reaction. miraculous is he, balance not known in this world imitated (attained. all other consciousness annulled with safety, the vehicle strong enough for the ecstasy, he is beyond hurt. now let him imagine an union takes place between himself (the mystic union of the ego and absolute. the nectar emitted, let him drink slowly, again and again22. after this astonishing experience his passion is incomparable, there is nothing in the world he will desire: unless he wills. that is why people do not understand me. the ecstas

hysical, let him imagine another's body, he has that sigil or its emergency. this, although not his original purpose, he will and exceedingly amiable. 23: laughter in this case. by these means there is no desire beyond fulfilment, no accomplishment too wonderful, depending on the amount of free belief 24. 24: it may be done by localizing desire to one sense, hence by this formula using the ear as the vehicle, one hears the most transcendental music ever conceived, being the voices and harmony of every conceivable animal and human existence and so with each sense. men of small pleasure and enterprise, oblivious of your purpose, fault-finding, avaricious, sinful, who cannot live without women or enjoy without pain, fearsome, inconstant, diseased, and withered, dependent, cruel, deceived, and

THE CANOPIC GODS SYMBOLISM

ptian dead was mummied at this part of the ceremony. let us now consider the nature of the body which is mummied. the body itself may be considered as a vehicle whereby the life forces act, and the medium whereby these life-forces act is what are termed the vital organs. withdraw or destroy any of these, and the life ceases to function in that body. not less important, then, than the body itself, the vehicle of the soul, are the organs. these are the media for the action of organic life, and it is equally important to preserve them from corruption, yet not together with the body. for as the body of osiris was broken up, so must the body of the osirian be divided. this is the meaning of the viscera being preserved apart from the body. the death and resurrection of christ has other symbolism

THE GALE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE UNUSUAL UNEXPLAINED VOL 1

dor. an encyclopedia of psychic science. secaucus, n.j: citadel press, 1966. these mysterious people. london: rider& co, 1935. j. z. knight (1946) j. z. knight channels ramtha, or the ram, for the purpose of presenting his message to humankind. the ram says that he lived only one time on earth, 35,000 years ago, as a young man from lemuria who grew up in the port city of onai in atlantis. through the vehicle of j. z. knight, who was his daughter in that existence, he claims that he did not die a physical death during that lifetime but learned to harness the power the of mind so that he could take his body with him to an unseen dimension of life. ramtha states that he is now a part of an unseen brotherhood that loves humankind. he is, therefore, fulfilling a mission of aiding and preparing

THE GALE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE UNUSUAL UNEXPLAINED VOL 3

s consisting of matter, but it is extremely subtle and may be described as super-physical. in his view the physical body is animated by a semi-physical vehicle of vitality that bridges the physical body and the soul body and is the breath of life to which the book of genesis refers. crookall suggests that some projections involve the soul body only; others merely represent an extrusion of part of the vehicle of vitality; most are a combination of the two the soul body goes out accompanied by a tincture of substance from the vehicle. many individuals who have undergone out-of-body experiences have made mention of a kind of cord of silver color that seems to attach their soul or mind to the physical body. such glimpses of the silver cord have prompted those experiencers and researchers of a

THE MOTHMAN PROPHECIES

erstate 77 a sudden crash sounded in the back of his truck. he snapped on his interior lights and looked back. a sewing machine had fallen off the top of a stereo, but there didn't seem to be any real damage. a car swept up behind him and passed him. another vehicle seemed to be following it. he eased his foot on the accelerator. he had been speeding slightly and thought it might be a police car. the vehicle, a black blob in the dark, drew alongside him, cut in front, and slowed. woody derenberger gaped in amazement at the thing. it wasn't an automobile but was shaped like "an old-fashioned kerosene lamp chimney, flaring at both ends, narrowing down to a small neck and then enlarging in a great bulge in the center" it was a charcoal gray. he slammed on his brakes as the object turned cross

bennett, one of the ladies who had had the frightening meeting with mothman in the tnt area on november 16. she and her small daughter, teena, were driving along a deserted back road outside of point pleasant when she became aware of a red ford galaxie following her. it was driven by a large man, a stranger, she said, who appeared to be wearing a very bushy fright wig. she slowed down, expecting the vehicle would pass. instead, it tried to force her off the road. she accelerated and the other car raced around her, shot down the road, and disappeared around a bend. when she circled the bend she was alarmed to find that the ford was now parked crossways on the narrow dirt road, blocking it. badly frightened, she warned her daughter to hold on and jammed the gas pedal to the floor. the other

he was a clean-cut young man of about twenty-five, she said later, and was wearing a colorful mod shirt, no jacket, despite the cold weather. his thick black hair was neatly combed and he appeared to be very suntanned. he spoke with no noticeable accent. the car, though nearly twenty years old, was so well kept it looked like new. even the interior had a look of newness about it. when she reached the vehicle, the young man suddenly lunged, grabbed her arm, and ordered her to get in with him. after a brief struggle she managed to break away. she ran back to her house and locked herself in, completely terrified. she cowered in the house until her husband came home from work. and she decided to stay home the next day, too. at 3 p.m. she heard someone on the porch and there was a loud knock on

sly swooped over the van and stayed with it. shertzer rolled down his window and looked up. he was horrified to see some kind of arm or extension being lowered from the luminous thing cruising only a few feet above the bloodmobile "it's trying to get us" the nurse yelled, watching another arm reach down on her side. it looked as if the flying object was trying to wrap a pincers-like device around the vehicle. shertzer poured on the horses but the object kept pace with them easily. apparently they were saved by the sudden appearance of headlights from approaching traffic. as the other cars neared, the object retracted the arms and hastily flew off. both young people rushed to the police in a state of hysteria. the incident was mentioned briefly on a radio newscast that night but was not pic

ime i got out in the line of traffic" mary said "he was gone across the bridge into ohio. i didn't get the license number but the color looked orange" three days later, on may 8, mrs. hyre arrived home from a civic meeting around 11:30 p.m. just as she was opening her front door a large black car squealed to a stop directly outside her house. she stood on her porch and watched as a man got out of the vehicle, raised a camera to his face, and snapped her picture "his flash gun was very bright" she reported "it blinded me momentarily. while i was standing there rubbing my eyes he got back into his car and it drove off. i couldn't see if there was anyone else in the car" she paused "now why do you suppose anyone would want to take my picture like that" why indeed. our men in black were now en

' isolated cottage has been plagued with apparitions, strange sounds, and poltergeist activity. and a large number of low-flying luminous objects have been seen repeatedly in the vicinity "on more than one occasion mrs. bogart alleges that she has been perturbed to find a yellow volkswagen car (having smoked-glass windows) following her discreetly at a distance" delair reports "once this involved the vehicle slowly following her down a woodland cart-track leading to piltdown lake, of it then stopping some distance from her, of two medium-sized individuals emerging and hurriedly taking photographs of her, and of the individuals quickly re-entering the car and driving off in the opposite direction. on another occasion, in maresfield. the same vehicle (or one exactly similar) seemed to be 'ke

rove off. the lady continued her drive, following ivan's complicated instructions his farm was not easy to find until she came to a small restaurant and decided to stop for a snack. the moment she stepped out of her car the man in coveralls reappeared "i'd really better have a look at that tire" he announced. before she could protest, he crawled under the rear of her car. after fussing underneath the vehicle for two or three minutes he crawled back out "i guess it will be okay" he told her "where are you going "not far from here" she answered. unnerved, she decided to forego the snack, jumped back into her car, and continued on to ivan's. as soon as ivan heard the story he picked up his phone and called me. i snapped on my tape recorder and suggested that he should go out and look under th

THE NECRONOMICON SIMON VERSION

e and number by which he would become famous (after the reference in the book of revelation "the beast 666, was his mother, and he eventually took this appellation to heart. he changed his name to aleister crowley while still at cambridge, and by that name, plus "666, he would never be long out of print, or out of newspapers. for he believed himself to be the incarnation of a god, an ancient one, the vehicle of a new age of man's history, the aeon of horus, displacing the old age of osiris. in 1904, he had received a message, from what lovecraft might have called "out of space, that contained the formula for a new world order, a new system of philosophy, science, art and religion, but this new order had to begin with the fundamental part, and common denominator, of all four: magick. in 193

THE SECRET RITUALS OF THE OTO

he phallus. some mountains are female, from shape or tradition. the ancestor; revered as an incarnation of the phallus. the yoni or kteis; revered as the house of the phallus, and his complement. the snake; revered as giver of death, and as a symbol of the spermatozoon. he has often the head of the lion; to indicate the mighty power of the spermatozoon. the egg; revered as solar, and in itself as the vehicle of phallic energy. the eagle; and many other winged creatures; also wings attached to the symbols. this represents the flight of life from one resting-place to another, and is therefore a proper attribute of the phallus. the tree; is but the flowering phallus. the stars; these being the concourse of the brethren of the sun are venerable for the wise even as he. and the star-universe is

TYSON DONALD THE POWER OF THE WORD

mined by the expressed word in the vital breath of god when he inspired life into adam. the ba'al shem draws upon the divine life force that lies stored in the human blood, particularly the heart. this spiritual energy is the original gift of life from god that has been passed down generation after generation from adam, the first man. it is carried out of the occult circle of the lesser self upon the vehicle of the breath, which is shaped for a specific magical act by the authority of the name vibrated through the vocal cords and defined by the palate, lips, and tongue. about the power of words, the great renaissance magician cornelius agrippa wrote: words therefore are the fittest medium betwixt the speaker and the hearer, carrying with them not only the conception of the mind, but also t

es. sacrifice involved the sprinkling of the blood of the sacrificed animal, or human, upon the stones of the altar; alternately, the blood was dashed down the twelve stones 73 at the base of the altar, but this was probably a later practice. it was magically important that the blood baptize the altar stones if the spirit of god was to be made to reside within the stones. blood was believed to be the vehicle of the life force. blood splashed upon the stones conveyed the life force of the sacrifice, which rested in the blood, to god, who resided in the stones. the act of killing itself was not nearly so significant, magically, as the sprinkling of blood. stones had other uses besides the building of altars. when the prophet jeremiah wished to punish the men and women of judah who had gone t

eir eyes, because through the organs of sight men look upon the adornments of women and awaken to desire. unlawful desire is intended, which in biblical times was desire for any woman out of wedlock, particularly the lust after prostitutes who painted their faces and wore red cloth. lust is not the only sin provoked by the "eyes" of the rulers of the south (more accurately, the west. lust is only the vehicle by which they accomplish their purpose. once the desires of men have been aroused, they are easily persuaded to fight over their whores and to commit mayhem and murder. this lustful fighting over prostitutes is the "wrath of sin" mentioned in the key. the men are said to be "drunken which are empty" to signify that they become intoxicated in their wrath with no need to fill their belli

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he crossroads. it is also the place of where faust summoned mephistopheles, who came forth from the forest before him. the crossroads is the place where you visualize and focus your mind towards before sleep you may also visualize and x or a+ as the meeting place of the dreaming sabbat. the imagination is the ultimate key of the black magician or sorcerer who seeks to go forth to the sabbat it is the vehicle of self-assumption of deific forms or masks of lycanthropy. when preparing for the dream sabbat, decorate your temple or sleeping area in accordance with that which reminds you of a sabbat images from old grimoires, sigils, demonic images, masks or other elements which aid the working. the most important however is the control of the mind. sit comfortably before and clear all thoughts

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ecie, el segundo con las esferas del pensamiento y la voluntad, el tercero con el mundo del esp ritu puro. 68 all of the processes related with sexual transmutation are possible because of the intervention of the vital body. this is the archeus14 that elaborates the blood and the semen in the human organism. this is vulcan that transmutes the seminal liquor into christic energy. the vital body is the vehicle of the soul-consciousness in the human being. the consciousness is the flame and the vital body is the wick. vulcan exists within the microcosmos and within the macrocosmos, in the human being and in nature. the great vulcan of nature is eden, this is the etheric world. cosmic rhythms any alchemist fledgling (after having been crowned) is getting away little by little from the sexual a

superior emotion. these are the two divine centers, the true instruments of the eternal and imperishable man with soul. we can profoundly study the great mysteries of life and death with these two superior centers. we may be able to penetrate within the great reality which is found far beyond eternity and time. the human who believe that he/she is using these two centers without having engendered the vehicle of the mind-christ and the vehicle of the astral-christ is completely mistaken. it is necessary to engender these two vehicles in order to dress the superior mind and the superior emotion. only with the arcanum a.z.f. is it possible to engender these two superior vehicles. in the third initiations of major mysteries the astral-christ is born. in the fourth initiation of major mysteries

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he taking of a physical form. for the most part, however, we will follow the interpretations of the great 1 qabalist and master of gematria, dr. paul foster case, whose orientation is primarily psychological. at any rate, the talismans in this book are not meant to be worn, but rather to be meditated upon. most modern magicians agree that talismanic power, however it is used, resides primarily in the vehicle of symbol. symbol has the strange ability to act as a magnet, drawing to us those things which we conceptualize with a directed will and which are empowered with greatest affect, or emotion. the basic idea of talismanic magic is simply that images attract the forces they represent: for example, any five-pointed image, such as a pentagram or a pentagon, attracts the energy known as gebu

world (malkuth) have their origin in the form-building powers of yesod. it is the raw material from which all imagery is formed and serves as the source of all astral visions, whether of ghosts or the gods. all are filtered through yesod. levi explains how visions operate: all forms correspond to ideas and there is no idea which has not its proper and peculiar form. the primordial light which is the vehicle of all ideas is the mother of all forms, and transmits them from emanation to emanation. hence the astral light, or terrestrial fluid, which we call the great magnetic agent is saturated with all kinds of images or reflections. now our soul can evoke these and subject them to diaphane (transcendental magic, p. 66. diaphanous literally means translucid and by it levi refers to the plast

the tree. gareth knight identifies daath as the highest level of awareness of which the soul is capable, and says it is the "sphere of the upper room at the descent of the pentecostal flames (1965, p. 103. this is an apt analogy connecting it to mars at a higher level, or the great unknown represented by plutonian energy. the path on the tree ruled by mars is peh, which means mouth and represents the vehicle by which the word becomes known. daath, we know, represents knowledge, or the combined concrete expression of wisdom and understanding, its parents on the tree, chokmah and binah. allan bennett, an early golden dawn member, made a penetrating analysis of daath's nature in an equinox article many years ago: when the fall had occurred and the sephira malkuth had been cut off from the tre

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hining in the sky, alone in all the heavens and the entire earth; but when she mirrors herself in the brilliant whiteness of evening dew, which appear like glittering pearls sown upon the earth how wondrously numerous her images! is not every one of them complete in its own fashion? zen stays neither in assertion nor denial. it is like a steering wheel turning to the left or to the right to guide the vehicle onward. the master in this story was not insisting on his own course, but was warning students not to cling to one side or the other. he sought only to play the game of life fairly even though he knew the fact of non-individuality. there are many lodges, clubs, and lecture halls, where all sorts of discourses are delivered, each speaker with an urgent message to give to his audience. y

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ion of the body are respectively involved in the web of fate consequent upon incarnate energies in three different destinies. the oracles urge men to devote themselves to things divine, and not to give way to the promptings of the irrational soul, for, to such as fail herein, it is significantly said "thy vessel the beasts of the earth shall inhabit" the chald ans assigned the place of the image, the vehicle of the irrational soul, to the lunar sphere; it is probable that by the lunar sphere was meant something more than the orb of the moon, the whole sublunary region, of which the terrestrial earth is, as it were, the centre. at death, the rational soul rose above the lunar influence, provided always the past permitted that happy release, great importance was attributed to the way in whic

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andles, is not usually read during the ceremony. ch.ad "behold now the mystery of the 33 lights upon the white and gold altar. the altar itself, you may perceive, is of rhomboidal form, implying thereby that you have consecrated your whole being to the divine inspiration. the five lights in the midst are the five senses and their red colour denoted the passions of which they have in the past been the vehicle, while their exalted position signifies their purification through sacrifice "the two pairs of brown candles are the four somatic divisions, while the two sets of four are the four zoa and the four archangels of revelation which are their counterparts in the yetziratic and briatic worlds, as green is the ethereal counterpart of earth "the two-three symbolize the six divisions of ruach

ALICE A BAILEY01 THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF THE ATOM

ld for itself a better and more satisfactory means of expression, and thus measure up to the mission upon which it was sent. in the different schools of thought everywhere the same thing can be seen. all of them are expressing some idea by means of a particular form, or set of forms, and it is very necessary for us to remember that the triple life back of all forms is nevertheless but one, though the vehicles of expression are diverse, and ever prove inadequate as times elapses. what, then, is the purpose back of this endless process of form building, and this combining of the lesser forms? what is the reason of it all, and what will prove to be the goal? surely it is the development of quality, the expansion of the consciousness, the development of the faculty of realisation, the producti

ALICE A BAILEY02 INITIATION HUMAN AND SOLAR

nd though the throat and heart intensify vibration as a response, the main direction of the force is to the seven head centres, and finally (at liberation) to the radiant head centre above, synthesising the lesser seven head centres. the centres, at initiation, receive a fresh access of vibratory capacity and of power, and this results in the exoteric life as: 1. a sensitiveness and refinement of the vehicles which may result at first in much suffering to the initiate, but which produce a capacity to respond, that far outweighs the incidental pain. 2. a development of psychic faculty that again may lead to temporary distress, but which eventually causes a recognition of the one self in all selves, which is the goal of endeavour. 3. a burning away of the etheric web, through the gradual aro

ALICE A BAILEY04 A TREATISE ON COSMIC FIRE

as seen in volcanic display, for instance) and the radiatory fire of the system were combined. planetary kundalini and solar emanation rushed into conjunction, and the work of destruction was accomplished. the same thing may again be seen, only in matter of the second ether, and the effects therefore will be less severe owing to the rarity of this ether and the comparatively greater refinement of the vehicles. we might here note a fact of interest, though of a mystery insoluble as yet to most of us, and that is, that these destructions by fire are part of the tests by fire of an initiation of that one of the heavenly men whose karma is bound up with our earth. each destruction of a portion of the web results in a greater facility of exit, and is in reality (when seen from the higher planes

the splenic triangle are fires of matter. we must not lose this recollection nor get confused. they have no spiritual effect, and concern themselves solely with the matter in which the centres of force are located. these centres of force are always directed by manas or mind, or by the conscious effort of the indwelling entity; but that entity is held back in the effects he seeks to achieve until the vehicles through which he is seeking expression, and their directing, energising centres, make adequate response. hence it is only in due course of evolution, and when the matter of these vehicles is energised sufficiently by its own latent fires that he can accomplish his long-held purpose. hence again the need of the ascension of the fire of matter to its own place, and its resurrection from

main direction of the force is to the seven head centres, and finally (at liberation) to the radiant head- 121- a treatise on cosmic fire copyright 1998 lucis trust centre above, and synthesising the lesser seven head centres. d. the centres at initiation receive a fresh access of vibratory capacity and of power, and this results, in the exoteric life, as: first. a sensitiveness and refinement of the vehicles which may result, at first, in much suffering to the initiate, but which produces a capacity to respond to contacts that far outweighs the incidental pain. second. a development of psychic faculty that again may lead to temporary distress, but which eventually causes a recognition of the one self in all selves, which is the goal of endeavor. third. a burning away, through a gradual ar

dense physical globe of any one chain being analogous in his case to the physical body of any man, and to the atom on the physical plane. each scheme of seven chains is the expression of the life of an entity, who occupies it, as does a man his body, for purposes of manifestation and in order to gain experience. b. a heavenly man contains within himself that which corresponds to the cells within the vehicles of expression of a human being. the atoms or cells in his body are made up of the aggregate of the deva and human units who vibrate to his key note, and who respond to the measure of his life. all are held together and animated by his will to be, and all vibrate according to the point achieved by him in evolution. from the cosmic standpoint a heavenly man can be seen as a sphere of wo

the etheric body. g. the dense physical. 2. two synthesising bodies: a. the causal body. b. the physical body. 3. one synthesising body: a. the monadic sheath. there are seven centres in the physical vehicle which correspond to these bodies, with the synthesising centres at the heart and throat; the head is then the ultimate synthesiser. this tabulation deals entirely with the form side, and with the vehicles indwelt by the logos, the manasaputras and by man. 3. the subjective development. this is also sevenfold: 1. astral..p.ure desire, emotion, feeling. 2. kama-manas..desire-mind. 3. manas..lower concrete mind. 4. higher manas..abstract or pure mind. 5. buddhi..p.ure reason, intuition. 6. atma..pure will, realisation. 7. monadic..will, love-wisdom- 155- a treatise on cosmic fire copyrigh

principles. others persist throughout the mahamanvantara. of these venus is one. three of the sacred planets, it should be remembered, are the home of the three major rays, of the embodied forms of the three logoic aspects or principles. other planets are embodiments of the four minor rays. we might consider from the standpoint of the present that venus, jupiter and saturn might be considered as the vehicles of the three super-principles at this time. mercury, the earth and mars are closely allied to these three, but a hidden mystery lies here. the evolution of the inner round has a close connection with this problem. perhaps some light may be thrown upon the obscurity of the matter by the realisation that just as the logos has (in the non-sacred planets) the correspondence to the permane

net (from the material bodies of men or devas down to the other kingdoms of nature) form his body corporeal, and are divisible into two types of such lives: a. those on the evolutionary arc, such as in the animal kingdom. b. those on the involutionary arc, such as the totality of all elemental material forms within his sphere of influence. all the involutionary lives, as earlier pointed out, form the vehicles for the spirit of the planet, or the planetary entity, who is the sumtotal of the elemental essences in process of involution. he holds a position (in relation to a heavenly man) analogous to that held by the different elementals that go to the make-up of man's three bodies, physical, astral and mental, and he is like all manifesting beings threefold in his nature, but involutionary

five kumaras, are in full manifestation, and, with the reflection of the other two aspects, make the seven of our manifested system. third. mercury and venus are in process of transmutation, and the manasic principle in both these schemes, having reached a high stage of development, is being transmuted into love-wisdom. when three fifths of the units (deva and human) that go to the composition of the vehicles of any planetary logos are entering upon the path, then the process of transmutation is entered upon. the faculty of mind is then an instrument for creative use, and not the "slayer of the real" and a barrier to the free life of the spirit. again, it must be noted that earth, mars, jupiter, saturn, and vulcan are as yet developing manas, and the stage achieved in each varies, and is n

iple during the present round, the fourth. the manasic principle is the basis of the coming into activity and the mental recognition of the following facts in nature. the fifth spirilla within the atom of matter will become active. this fifth spirilla is beginning faintly to vibrate, while the fourth spirilla in this fourth round is assuming a vibration that will cause the intense vitalisation of the vehicles, and eventually bring about the shattering of the form, and the subsequent escape of the spirit into a form composed of matter which responds to the vibration of the fifth spirilla. the fourth ether is coming into recognition, and along with it will come the knowledge of the lives which it embodies. hence the success of spiritualistic endeavour, for the larger number of the average di

atise on cosmic fire copyright 1998 lucis trust the law of vibration is the law of progress, of movement and of rotation. on the seventh or lowest plane, the vibration is slow, clogged and lethargic from the standpoint of the first, and it is in learning to vibrate or to rotate more rapidly, that we mount the path of return. it involves, therefore necessarily, the building in of finer matter into the vehicles, both deva and human. in this second system, on the five planes of human evolution, we have the five vehicles physical, astral, mental, buddhic and atmic which have all to be purified, rarefied, intensified and refined. in the two lowest, the physical and the astral, only matter of the five higher subplanes, of their respective planes, is to be found, for the two lowest subplanes are

logoic ego as he manifests in his physical vehicle. they are esoterically the "sons of light" sevenfold fire by friction. the seven brothers of fohat. the seven manifestations of electricity, or of electrical phenomena. these are the seven raja-lords or devas of the seven planes; they are the seven fires, or those seven states of activity through which consciousness is expressing itself. they are the vehicles of consciousness and the seven vibrations. they are esoterically the "brothers of energy- 373- a treatise on cosmic fire copyright 1998 lucis trust therefore it will be apparent that the sumtotal of logoic manifestation as it can be seen in existence in time and space is: seven spirits..sevenfold will. seven rays..sevenfold quality or psyche. seven deva lords..sevenfold form. the latt

the body" has to thrill with awakening life before the response comes from the lower. the lunar pitris have to carry on their work in our scheme and system before the solar angels, thrilling with expectancy, take possession of the forms prepared through their endeavour, and stimulate them into self-conscious life and separated existence. thus the four great schemes in the solar system, which are the vehicles for four of the planetary logoi (who constitute the logoic quaternary, have to reach a certain stage of vibratory capacity, and of consciousness before a similar happening occurs in its fullness in the solar system, and the lower four and higher three are synthesised. the logoic heart is thrilling, and response comes already from all the schemes, as three spirillae are vibrating in al

speaking) highly evolved, the "fires of matter" then blazing forth. certain existences attained self-consciousness in that earlier system, and are the "nirvanis" spoken of by h. p. b.26(197) as might be expected, they are characterised by active intelligence, achieved and developed by means of material evolution during a previous mahamanvantara. they are the manasa devas and in their totality are the vehicles of the divine mind, the dhyan-chohanic forces, the aggregate of the ah-hi. in this solar system the vibration of the cosmic astral plane is becoming dominant, and through that vibration, travelling via the fourth cosmic ether (whereon as earlier stated are the etheric centres of the planetary logoi) and our systemic astral plane, certain eventualities become possible. the "sons of des

mic individualisation. the causal body, called sometimes (though inaccurately) the "karana sarira" has its place on the third subplane of the mental plane, the lowest abstract plane, and the one whereon the ray of the third logos provides the necessary "light for construction (this is because each subplane comes specially under the influence of its number, name, or lord) when the hour strikes and the vehicles for buddhi are to be co-ordinated certain great beings, lords of the flame, or manasadevas, through driving external force, come in conjunction with the material of that subplane, and vitalise it with their own energy. they form a new and positive impulse which co-ordinates the material of the plane and produces a temporary balancing of forces. hence the meaning of the "white" or tran

he final stage for the human atom is its withdrawal from the mental vehicle. the life forces after this fourfold abstraction are centralised entirely within the egoic sphere; contact with the three lower planes is still inherently possible by means of the permanent atoms, the force centres of the three personality aspects. in each incarnation the life forces have gained through the utilisation of the vehicles, a. an increased activity, which is stored in the physical permanent atom. b. an added colouring, which is stored in the astral permanent atom. c. a developed quality of strength, or purpose in action, which is stored in the mental unit. these are wrought into faculty in devachan. devachan45,(215)46 is a state of consciousness, reflecting, in the life of the personality, that higher s

r spirilla or life current in the permanent atom of the planetary logos. when these types of force are centralised in any particular adept, and he is expressing simply that extraneous force and nothing else, the effect is shown on the physical plane in the appearance of an avatar. an avatar is, but an adept is made, but frequently the force, energy, purpose or will of a cosmic entity will utilise the vehicles of an adept in order to contact the physical planes. this method whereby cosmic existences make their power felt can be seen- 444- a treatise on cosmic fire copyright 1998 lucis trust working out on all the planes of the cosmic physical plane. a striking instance of this can be seen in the case of the kumaras, who, under certain planetary forces, and through the formation of a systemi

ALICE A BAILEY05 THE LIGHT OF THE SOUL

ible expansion becomes apparent and ever the process is the same. this process may be summed up in the following statements: 1. an urge, or determination to achieve the new knowledge, 2. the holding of the consciousness already unfolded and its utilisation, and from the point achieved working forward towards further realisation, 3. the overcoming of the difficulties incident to the limitations of the vehicles of consciousness and to karma, 4. the occult tests which are imposed upon the pupil when he shows ability, 5. the triumph of the pupil- 32- the light of the soul copyright 1998 lucis trust 6. the recognition of his triumph and attainment by the guides of the race, the planetary hierarchy, 7. the vision of what lies ahead. thus does the unfoldment proceed and in each cycle of endeavor

he adepts are as yet still studying this treatise on yoga. their understanding of truth in its entirety is not yet complete on all planes and the basic rules hold good throughout, though they are variously applied. principles are applicable to all differentiations and to all states of being. as a man studies the spheres in which his consciousness is functioning, as he comes to an understanding of the vehicles he must use in any particular sphere, as he awakens to a knowledge of the specific divine quality which the body is intended to express as a part or aspect of the one truth or reality, he becomes aware of the inadequacies present, of the obstacles which hinder and of the difficulties which must be surmounted. then comes the application of the will and its concentration upon the princi

his nature that danger is no longer possible. 35. the mind can be trained to steadiness through those forms of concentration which have relation to the sense perceptions. we are dealing with those forms of unfoldment and of control which eventuate in what has been called "gracious peace" we have seen that correct group relations and rhythmic living will produce that condition wherein stillness of the vehicles or of the sheaths is attained, and the lower man can then adequately reflect the higher or spiritual man. now we touch upon certain aspects of the raja yoga philosophy and the key to the understanding of this sutra is found in the word detachment. the aspirant (as he makes his sense contacts and through the medium of the five senses comes into touch with the phenomenal world) will gra

he commandments and the rules (yama and nyama) have to do with the lower fourfold self, functioning in the three worlds, and frequently called the lower quaternary. we have seen in the preceding sutra that the purification required is fourfold and concerns four vehicles. the results of this purity are also fourfold and have reference equally to the four sheaths. these results are, in the order of the vehicles- 114- the light of the soul copyright 1998 lucis trust 1. conquest of the organs. the physical body, 2. a quiet spirit. the emotional vehicle, 3. concentration. the lower mind or the mental body, 4. ability to see the self. the synthetic result of the triple condition of the above sheaths. the "conquest of the organs" has reference specially to the senses and is the result of magnetic

rvent aspiration) and by meditation has been covered in the other books and need not be enlarged upon here. 2. the transfer of the consciousness from a lower vehicle into a higher is part of the great creative and evolutionary process. this is a very free translation but conveys a clear interpretation of the truth to be grasped. the evolution of consciousness and the effect of that evolution upon the vehicles in which the conscious entity functions, is the sum total of the processes of nature and from the standpoint of the intelligent human unit, three words cover the process and the result. these words are, transfer, transmutation, and transformation. one of the basic laws in occult development and in spiritual unfoldment is given in the words "as a man thinketh, so is he" and to it one c

he organs through which the sense of individuality is enjoyed. here we have the key to manifestation itself and the reason for all appearances. just as long as the consciousness of any entity (solar, planetary or human) is outward going towards objects of desire, towards sentient existence, towards individual experience, and towards the life of sensuous perception and enjoyment, just so long will the vehicles or organs be created whereby desire can be satisfied, materialized existence can be enjoyed, and objects perceived. this is the great illusion by which consciousness is glamoured, and as long as the glamour exerts any power, just so long will the law of rebirth bring the outward-going consciousness into manifestation upon the plane of materiality. it is the will-to-be and desire for e

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g increasingly positive, it slowly and surely begins to dominate the other phenomenal aspects of man until the personality, in all its four aspects, is completed and unified as a functioning entity on the physical plane. when this happens, a crisis is reached and new developments and unfoldments become possible. all this time, the two energies of the soul, life and mind, have been working through the vehicles, without the man being aware of their source or purpose. as a result of their work, he is now an intelligent, active, high-grade human being. but, as browning puts it "in completed man begins 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 rema

ALICE A BAILEY08 A TREATISE ON WHITE MAGIC

ble, free from error, and which admits him to "the freedom of the heavens. the effect of the free play of the soul of man serves to demonstrate the fallibility and relative uselessness of the powers of the animal soul. all i desire to do here is to show the two senses in which the word "psychic" is used. later we will deal with the growth and development of the lower psychic nature or the soul of the vehicles in which man functions in the three worlds, and then will seek to elucidate the true nature of the soul of man and of the powers which can be brought into play once a man can contact his own spiritual centre, the soul, and live in that soul consciousness. 4. unfoldment. the life at the heart of the solar system is producing an evolutionary unfoldment of the energies of that universe w

all aspirants and for all truly spiritual groups) the mount of initiation is seen and ascended; after obscuration succeeds the vision, and after night comes the day. in the great cycles affecting cosmic groups this also can be seen; in the lesser cycles, controlling the races, the same eventuates and the same law persists in all the lesser groups down to the groups of tiny lives that hold sway in the vehicles of man. this needs emphasis. fourthly, do not permit yourselves to be discouraged. discouragement is due to three causes. paramountly it is due to the lowering of the vitality of the bodily organism. when such is the case, the astral body makes too strong a demand upon the physical, and in the endeavour to respond and in the sensed incapacity to do so adequately, lies one cause of the

e end from the beginning makes no error. a third class of fears which aspirants contact more and more as they grow in strength and usefulness in service is based on the realisation of the forces that are working against the plan and hindering the work to be done. occult attacks and occult powers, warring militantly against the aspirant will occur; they may make their power felt in one or other of the vehicles and in rare cases where the aspirant is important enough, on all at once. sometimes they will be attacks directed against the individual worker, sometimes against groups of workers. to counter them you employ the first method with the following additions and changes. you link yourself up either as an individual or forming one of a group with your own soul and with the lodge of masters

which you are working. then when stillness has been achieved, you visualise those masters of whom you know, and raising your vibration higher still, you connect up, if possible, with the chohans, with the christ and the manu, according to the line, religious or political, with which you may be working, and along which the attack will come. you then pour through the linking chain, and through all the vehicles, a stream of violet light. this method is only for use when the need is dire and the necessity great. the reason for caution lies in the etheric vehicle, which responds most violently to the colour violet. with these precautions in mind the fear vibration can be faced and eventually eliminated. fears- 200- a treatise on white magic copyright 1998 lucis trust fall into two categories f

as to their over-development in one case and under development in another and as to whether there is a preponderance of the force below or above the diaphragm, or whether the main energy is concentrated in that central clearing house, the solar plexus. the quality and the brilliance of the light in the head has to be studied, for it indicates the measure of soul control and the relative purity of the vehicles, and the various etheric "webs" have to be carefully dealt with, and also the rate of vibration of the web and the centre. a synchronisation has to be set up and this is most difficult to bring about. these are only a few of the points that the teacher has to note, and it is apparent therefore that only a teacher who has achieved synthetic vision and can see a man "whole" or as he rea

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

e planets which are the expression of the three major rays are: ray i. uranus. ray ii. neptune. ray iii. saturn. a study of this will make it apparent why saturn is ever the stabiliser. in this present cycle, the two rays of power and love are directing their energies to vulcan and jupiter, whilst saturn's attention is turned towards our planet, the earth. thus we have the ten rays of perfection, the vehicles of manifestation of what h.p.b. calls "the imperfect gods" the planetary logoi. see a treatise on cosmic fire, where this is elaborated. use the index. the rays and the planes- 264- a treatise on the seven rays- volume i: esoteric psychology i copyright 1998 lucis trust ray i..will, dynamically applied, emerges in manifestation as power. ray ii..love, magnetically functioning, produce

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reed from the self-imposed limitations of form. these three major initiations, the first, the third and the fifth, constitute the three syllables of the word made flesh; they embody the musical chord of christ's life, as they will be embodied in the life of all who follow in his steps. through re-orientation to new modes of living and of being we pass through the necessary stages of adaptation of the vehicles of life, up to that mountain-top where the divine in us is revealed in all its beauty. then we pass to a "joyful resurrection" and to that eternal identification with god which is the everlasting experience of all who are perfected. we might depict the process as follows: 1st initiation 3rd initiation 5th initiation new birth transfiguration resurrection initiation revelation completi

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three streams of energy play upon the consciousness of the awakening man: a. the energy of matter itself, as it affects the consciousness of the inner spiritual man, who is using the form as a medium of expression- 11- a treatise on the seven rays- volume ii: esoteric psychology ii copyright 1998 lucis trust b. the energy of the soul itself, or of the solar angel, as that energy pours forth upon the vehicles and produces reciprocal energy in the solar form. c. the energy of life itself, a meaningless phrase, and one that only initiates of the third initiation can grasp, for even the discoveries of modern science give no real idea as to the true nature of life. life or essential energy is more than the activity of the atom, or of that living principle which produces self-perpetuation, repr

be stated that the liberation of the soul or ego comes about when its work of salvaging matter (through utilising it and building it into forms) has been carried forward to a desired point. it is not primarily due to the attainment of a certain spiritual stature by the man and the demonstration of certain spiritual qualities. this desired stature and these spiritual qualities are manifested when the vehicles have been "occultly saved, and matter has thus been transformed, transmuted and symbolically "raised up into heaven. when the vehicles vibrate in unison with the soul, then is liberation achieved. a. the points of crisis just as there are five points of crisis in the life of a man as he achieves the goal of initiation (which we call the five initiations, so there are five similar poin

established; the threefold personality then begins to respond, as a unit, to soul impulse. 5. for the remaining years of life, there should be an increasingly strong relationship between the soul and its vehicles, leading to another crisis between the fifty-sixth or the sixty-third years. according to that crisis will depend the future usefulness of the person and whether the ego continues to use the vehicles on into old age, or whether there is a gradual withdrawal of the indwelling entity. there are many corresponding cycles of crisis in the life history of any soul down through the ages, but these major five crises can be traced with clarity from the standpoint of the higher vision. one of the ways in which the life story of a soul is charted in the archives of the masters (under the pr

thical and moral point of view are all necessary fundamentals, preceding certain definite experiences which usher the soul into worlds of realisation which are so far removed from our present point of view that any definition of them would be meaningless. what we are engaged in is the development of those qualities and virtues which will "clear our vision, because they produce the purification of the vehicles so that the real significance of divinity can begin to emerge in our consciousness. b. certain basic premises with this preamble, we will pass on to the consideration of the mechanism and of that which infuses it and motivates it with life and intelligence. certain basic premises are recognised and can, therefore, be very briefly mentioned: 1. the soul informs the mechanism in two way

astral body, leading to over-sensitivity of the solar plexus centre or of the throat centre, and occasioning consequent difficulty. much of the thyroid instability of the present time is based upon this. there is a third class of difficulties which concern those who are on the path of discipleship, but these we will not consider here. in these latter cases there is an abnormal over-sensitivity in the vehicles, the rush of force through from the soul, via the centres, presents real difficulty, and- 192- a treatise on the seven rays- volume ii: esoteric psychology ii copyright 1998 lucis trust responsiveness to the environment is over-developed in many cases. these conditions are governed, as will be recognised, by the point in evolution, the ray type, the quality of past karma, and the pres

eric psychology ii copyright 1998 lucis trust responsiveness to the environment is over-developed in many cases. these conditions are governed, as will be recognised, by the point in evolution, the ray type, the quality of past karma, and the present family, national and racial inherited characteristics. as we study, let us bear clearly in mind that it is the soul as a centre of consciousness and the vehicles as centres of experience with which we are concerning ourselves. we should seek to eliminate from our minds the more material connotations which past teachings have emphasised. annie besant in her study of consciousness sought to avoid the error of materialism and to voice a real vision of the truth, but words themselves are limiting things and oft veil and hide the truth. her book, t

tification shifts, and he becomes less interested in the field of experience and more aware of the soul as the conscious, thinking individual. the comprehension of each of us will depend upon where we each, as individuals, lay the emphasis, and where we are awake and alive, and of what we are conscious. when we have achieved the experience of the third initiation and are no longer identified with the vehicles of expression, then on a higher turn of the spiral another shift in the life expression and experience will take place. then neither the centre of experience, the soul, nor the vehicles of expression, the lower threefold man, will be considered from the angle of consciousness at all. the life aspect will supersede all others. of what use is it for us to discuss this stage when for man

lding. occultism is the science of energy manipulation, of the attractive or the repulsive aspect of force, and it is with this that we shall concern ourselves. in this soul activity is to be found the source or the germ of all the experiences which on the physical plane today are recognised and considered by the psychologist. in this thought is to be found the fact that there is no difficulty in the vehicles of expression but finds its correspondence and higher truth in the centre of experience which we call the soul. take, for instance, the emphasis which is laid by certain psychologists upon the idea that all that we have inherited of truth (the idea of god, the concept of a future heaven, the ancient and exploded) belief around which the thoughts of men have superstitiously centred) ar

nsions of consciousness which are called initiations in the later stages, when consciously undergone and definitely self-initiated. thus the field of soul influence is steadily enlarged. whilst this soul activity is proceeding, a paralleling activity in the material substance is going on, which steadily brings the negative aspect of matter or substance up to the positive requirements of the soul. the vehicles of expression, the mechanism of manifestation and the centres for experience improve as the consciousness widens and deepens. from the standpoint of psychology, this means that the glandular equipment, the physical apparatus, and the response instrument become increasingly efficient, whilst an inner coordination and integration proceeds apace. the dilemma of the psychologist today is

accept the fact of the initial creation of the forms, based upon the wish or desire to manifest, and proceed with our theme along the idea of experience, expression, and expansion, dealing with modern man and his problems from the standpoint of the psychological development of his problems. c. inter-relations of the personality life in dealing now with the esoteric aspect of the appropriation of the vehicles through which a manifesting son of god can express himself, it is impossible to avoid the use of some form of symbolic rendering of words. so long, however, as the student remembers that they are symbolic, there is no real danger of a basic misunderstanding. the analytical, intelligent mind uses forms of speech in order to limit the concept intuited within terms which can be- 198- a t

upings. it is of interest to bear in mind that the process of the appropriation of the bodies, presents similar stages with respect to the evolution of the form and to the evolution of the indwelling life. in the history of the material aspect of manifestation, there have been (as the occult books teach) the following stages: 1. the stage of involution, or of appropriation, and of construction of the vehicles of expression upon the downward arc, where the emphasis is upon the building, growth and appropriation of the bodies, and not so much upon the indwelling, conscious entity- 199- a treatise on the seven rays- volume ii: esoteric psychology ii copyright 1998 lucis trust 2. the stage of evolution, or of refinement and the development of quality, leading to liberation upon the upward arc

ple with psychological problems of our present time and period. step by step, the various bodies have been developed, utilised, refined and organised; step by step the sensory apparatus of man has been sensitised and used, until the world today is full of men and women whose response apparatus, and whose instruments of contact are as far removed in effectiveness from those of primitive man as are the vehicles of the average modern man from those of the christ and the buddha, with their immensely wide range of subjective and divine awareness. step by step, the unfoldment of the nervous system has paralleled that of the inner psychical apparatus, and the glandular equipment has faithfully reflected that of the great centres of force, with their inter-connecting lines of energy. step by step

d dynamically arousing the centres into activity. this leads eventually to a direct alignment of the centres upon the spine, so that soul energy can pass up and down through the centres from the directing centre in the head. whilst this process of soul control is being perfected (and the time consumed is, from the angle of the limiting personality consciousness, of vast duration, the ray types of the vehicles steadily emerge, the ray of the personality begins to control the life, and finally the soul ray begins to dominate the personality ray and subdue its activity. eventually, the monadic ray takes control, absorbing into itself the rays of the personality and of the soul (at the third and fifth initiations) and thus duality is finally and definitely overcome and "only the one who is rem

on (again arranged according to type) should be arranged and the man forced to occupy himself in some chosen manner. the three suggestions i would make to the psychologist or the mental healer are: 1. study with care the nature of the rays which presumably constitute the man's nature and provide the forces and energies which make him what he is. i have worded this with care. 2. determine which of the vehicles of contact is the most powerful, best organised and well developed. it will indicate through which forms the life expression in this particular incarnation is flowing. 3. investigate the physical condition with care, and where it needs attention see that due care is given. at the same time, take note of the glandular equipment, studying it from the standpoint of its relation to the se

are many hundreds. some day the entire etheric body will be charted and the general direction of the lines of force will then be seen. the great sweep of the energies will be apparent, the point in evolution more easily established and the psychic situation infallibly indicated. the intricacy of the subject is, however, very great, owing to just this difference in the evolutionary development of the vehicles, the stage of the expanding consciousness and the receptivity to stimulation of the human being. the science of meditation will eventually absorb the science of laya-yoga but only in the highest form of the latter. the goal of meditation is to bring about the free play of all the incoming forces so that there is no impediment offered at any point to the incoming energy of the soul; so

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to train workers and it is surely needless with a group such as this. you will remember that i gave much time to the consideration of the rays which governed the various aspects and vehicles of each of the group members, and i trust that a careful analysis of what i said has enabled each of you to know yourselves and to understand your problems more truly and more fully. today i seek to indicate the vehicles of force through which the two major rays are predominantly focussed, reminding you that the task is to relate two energies and three forces in such a manner that you become, in fact, a divine manifestation. let me here be precise- 93- discipleship in the new age- volume i copyright 1998 lucis trust first, your egoic or soul ray focusses itself in and through your fifth ray mental bod

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

nd idealism. 5. the ray of the physical body the second ray of love-wisdom. this means that your entire equipment is along the second ray line of force and, therefore, much wise balancing is required. but how can this be done? and along what line of difficulty will the problem, which this situation brings about, be expected to emerge? i wonder if i can make it clear to you by pointing out that as the vehicles of the lower nature are on the same line as the soul influence, two difficulties will be present and should be recognised: 1. the influence of the ego or soul will come so easily at your particular point in evolution that the chances are that you will not recognise it; its vibration will be similar to the accustomed notes of your various bodies. you have, therefore, to train yourself

probably also better your physical condition. i would ask you to do the following brief exercise: 1. endeavour to focus yourself in the light of the soul through the practice of alignment. you must realise: a. the soul is light. b. light is reflected in the mind. c. then automatically you become one of the light bearers. d. the light shineth in a dark place. 2. make a conscious alignment then of the vehicles with the soul, holding these thoughts in mind. 3. then, consciously, hold the mind steady in the light. 4. give five minutes to: a. a dedication of the personality to the service of the light. b. the assuming of the responsibility of a light bearer. c. seeing the hierarchy of servers with which you are definitely affiliated as a power-house of light. 5. give five minutes to meditation

you earlier that your mental body was conditioned by the fourth ray of harmony through conflict. this ray has been a factor which has resolved many of the difficulties set in motion by your sixth ray personality, focussed and made more powerful by a sixth ray astral body. the personality is always predominantly allied with or focussed in one of its three aspects. i will endeavour to show you now the vehicles through which the soul ray also outstandingly expresses itself: 1. soul energy, in your case, seeks expression through the vital or etheric body. 2. personality force is focussed in the astral body. a little reflection upon these two facts will make clear to you wherein your life problem consists. it has been the problem of fusing and blending the personality so that the energy of the

en" seek during the next few months to understand not only the way a disciple must proceed, but seek to enter more deeply into the technique of understanding your brother's heart by a study of the duality of ray energies (personality and soul rays) which make him what he is in this incarnation. june 1934 brother of old: the past six months have seen you making much effort and the work of refining the vehicles is proceeding apace. you have still several more months of strenuous work before the personality can measure up to the demands ahead but your devotion and humility, your clear vision and your wisdom are such that you can be depended upon to make the grade. there are two points of incipient glamour faintly misty traces which must be watched with care lest they form a thickening cloud b

h month, as outlined in the preceding communication. this time, however, use the word "friendship" during the third month instead of the word "integration- 316- discipleship in the new age- volume i copyright 1998 lucis trust i am going to tell you the governing rays of your life equipment, but please do not elaborate upon them in your mind, as i am not anxious for you to focus any attention upon the vehicles through which your soul seeks expression. i am simply stating them in order to bring your information into line with that of your group brothers. give, therefore, ten minutes each day, and no more, to quiet reflection within the limits of the assigned meditation. at the close of the next six months we will then see what has transpired and what will be possible. the following is a stat

, and in your case such a word is not needed. you have undertaken a task and will not rest short of accomplishment. but you were told that, for a few months, certain work needed doing and, at the close, fresh work might come to you. the past period has seen much inner progress towards realisation. you are much freer, my brother, and the energy of the soul is beginning to sweep more freely through the vehicles cleansing and revitalising. you have presumably followed my instructions and suggestions and the result has justified the experiment. i suggest that you still continue as you have been doing, building in the attitude of constant and continuous meditation. august 1933 my brother: still for you i have no changed word. go forward as you are now doing and continue to focus your attention

t whereof i speak. i enlarge not here upon the hidden significance which is apparent to you. it interested me to see that you discerned the seed thought which was intended to arouse your resistance. it was, for you, the most important of them all. the idea is not negative, as you suppose. the personalities of the "weary pilgrims on the way" are indeed tired and worn. humanity today is very weary. the vehicles have been used for many cycles and their potency (in- 430- discipleship in the new age- volume i copyright 1998 lucis trust a positive sense) is wearing out, which is the approaching goal. for long cycles, the soul has been negative in its effect upon the personality, and the personal equipment has been the positive expression of the spiritual man. then that lower aggregation of force

d frail to be exposed to others' sight. keep them within the locked seclusion of thy heart. 6th month give of thine uttermost on every plane, and give again. and thus, in giving, gain. june 1938 my brother: there is little that anyone can do when tests and deep distress and anxiety overwhelm a disciple except to stand by in love, send healing thoughts and evoke the inner strength of the soul that the vehicles can be used. you have before you some weeks and months of selfless service. give of the service with no thought of self and in a spirit of joy; give of your strength and love with no self-reference in your heart or words and no thought in your mind of the little self. i give you no set study work at this time, but i will give you some new seed thoughts and would ask you to ponder upon

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each of you the rays which govern your threefold personality. you will then be in a position to handle yourselves with greater wisdom, to trace more easily the causes of difficulty and to study more intelligently the effect you may have upon each other and upon those you contact in daily life. i will elaborate in detail the training which should be given to each of the three bodies, taking one of the vehicles at a time and explaining the problem facing each of you in relation to that particular vehicle, and assigning a meditation which will enable you (with greater facility) to handle the personality from that specific angle. you will note from the above that it is, therefore, my intention to give you a much more careful and intensive training. will you profit by it? in the interim and in

given in a treatise on the seven rays as your guide in this self-analysis; i would remind you that the rays govern the three bodies in the following order: 1. rays governing the mental body .r ays 1.4.5. 2. rays governing the astral body. rays 2.6. 3. rays governing the physical body .r ays 3.7. thus you will note that all the rays play their part in the mechanism of man, making all circumstances the vehicles of opportunity and all conditions the medium of development. this statement as to the governing rays is a statement of an infallible rule, except in the case of accepted disciples. as you read and study, you would find it of value to reflect upon and then to answer the following questions: 1. what is the relation of the intuition to the problem of illusion? 2. in what manner can illum

t out that the true significance of the situation exists in the fact that these conditions offer the opportunity to the man of evoking the understanding and point of view of the soul, for they provide the means whereby experience is gained. this experience will lead eventually to the soul assuming control of the mechanism, the personality, and thus giving to that soul a definite field of service. the vehicles through which the soul is seeking experience and expression are normally and naturally subject to world glamours, and to the glamours of humanity as well as illusion. when the soul, in the early stages of experience, falls into the snare of maya, of glamour and eventually of illusion, the reason is that the soul is identifying itself with those forms and therefore with the surrounding

idual history, for the disciple is polarised in the majority of cases in his astral body and is, therefore, subject to the glamours produced by the interplay of the opposites, plus the condition of maya, referred to above. 3. the forces of the lower mental nature, of the chitta or mind-stuff of which the mental body is composed. this is coloured by past activity, as is the substance composing all the vehicles. this adds to maya and glamour, the state of illusion- 69- glamour: a world problem copyright 1998 lucis trust 4. the personality ray then emerges and intensifies all these three aspects of force expression, producing eventually their synthetic work. then we have the emerging of what has been called "the threefold glamorous condition" into one major glamour. 5. the soul ray or energy

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of the spiritual triad and of the monadic glory are transferred into the higher energy centres in the final vehicle used by the developed human being. little has as yet been given out anent the relation of the four physical ethers and the four cosmic ethers; there is nevertheless a direct relation between them, and this the initiatory process reveals. this also brings about significant changes in the vehicles of humanity. there is also a direct relation between the four aspects of karma (the law of cause and effect) and the four physical ethers, as well as the four cosmic ethers; this relationship will later constitute the basis of a new occult science. therefore, there is yet much to be grasped by students concerning energy, its emanating sources, its mode of transfer or its transitional

ve to the physical plane ethers as they transmit energies from the three worlds of human evolution, and that the initiate is responsive to the cosmic ethers, as they play through and awaken the centres above the diaphragm. it must at the same time be remembered that the seven centres in the etheric vehicle of man are always composed of the physical ethers, but become upon the path of discipleship the vehicles of the cosmic ethers. to retain the picture with clarity, it might be well to consider very briefly the four aspects of the centres as i have listed them above, or that totality which they present to the eye of the see-er. these are: 1. the point at the centre. this is the "jewel in the lotus" to use the ancient oriental appellation; it is the point of life by means of which the monad

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r all three activities and purposes must be noted. the energies of the twelve constellations are blended with those of the twelve planets, but their power to evoke response, and to be consciously received, recognised and employed, is dependent entirely upon the type of response mechanism of the planetary life and of the individual man. it has been rightly said that consciousness is dependent upon the vehicles of consciousness, upon their point of development and upon the ability of the individual to identify himself with the energies and impulses which are reaching him, and is not dependent only upon that which is already a recognised part or aspect of himself. it might be said that the higher response to the realities and qualities revealed and made possible by the impact of energy from t

the intuition and sensitivity of the astrologer is actively present. 3. the capacity of the astrologer in any specific period to respond to the changes which are all the time taking place, such as the gradual shifting and changing brought about by the precession of the equinoxes, or the slow shift of the pole of the planet. to this should be added that as man evolves the mechanism of response or the vehicles of consciousness likewise steadily improve. his reactions, therefore, to the planetary influence and to the energy of the various constellations change with equal steadiness and allowance must be made for this. it is consequently essential that the modern astrologer begin to study the point in evolution of the subject, prior to casting his horoscope. he must ascertain his approximate

re distinctive of experience in capricorn. in ancient days, as you may perchance have heard, there were only ten signs, and at that time capricorn marked the end of the zodiacal wheel, and not pisces as is at this time the case. the two signs of aquarius and pisces were not incorporated in the signs for the simple and sufficient reason that humanity could not respond to their peculiar influences; the vehicles of contact and the mechanisms for responses were not adequately developed. originally, there were eight signs; then there were ten and now twelve. 1. in lemurian days, during the early period of animal man and before humanity appeared on earth, in the interim period of development, eight signs influenced the planet and the kingdoms of nature found upon it. there was no response to the

iades who: a. are expressions of the dualism of manifestation in their relation to the seven rishis. b. provide the negative pole to the positive aspect of the seven rishis. c. fuse with the positive energies of the great bear and, unitedly, work through seven of the zodiacal signs. here again the complexity of the forces playing upon our planet and increasing in their number and their potency as the vehicles of response upon our planet become more highly developed and sensitive and are, therefore, capable of a truer reaction and a more rapid response to the many forces impinging upon our planetary forms of life. it has been remarked by a profound astrological expert who works with the masters of the great white lodge that "when humanity comprehends the distinction between the signs and th

these three constellations are: leo, capricorn and- 315- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iii: esoteric astrology copyright 1998 lucis trust pisces. these are curiously and most mysteriously related to the fourth kingdom in nature and therefore to the evolution and the destiny of the human family. add to these the emerging energy of aquarius, and you have four energies which are playing upon the vehicles of men and producing peculiar effects both destructive and constructive. twice before has this relation and intensification of vibration occurred: at the time of the coming of the sons of mind to the earth during the lemurian age and once in the atlantean period at the climax of the conflict between the lords of the dark face and the lords of the shining countenance (see volume ii of

the word of the sun (iii. 279) 6 "the mysteries. were presided over by jupiter and saturn" 7 "occultism makes jupiter blue because he is the son of saturn" 8 "the sign of the messiah's coming is the conjunction of saturn and jupiter in the sign of pisces (iii. 152) references in a treatise on cosmic fire 9 "venus, jupiter and saturn might be considered from the standpoint of the present time, as the vehicles of the three super or major principles. mercury, the earth and mars are closely allied to these three but a hidden mystery lies here (299) 10 "venus and jupiter are closely connected with the earth and form eventually an esoteric triangle (370) 11 "in the jupiter scheme, the sons of mind are just beginning their work (742) the planet mars reference in the secret doctrine 1. in answer

and radiant golden-coloured. in the human system the right eye corresponds with buddhi and the left eye with manas and venus or lucifer (iii. 447, 448) 12 "mercury is called hermes; and venus, aphrodite and their conjunction in man on the psycho-physical plane gives him the name hermaphrodite (iii. 458) references in a treatise on cosmic fire 13 "venus, jupiter and saturn might be considered. as the vehicles of the three super or major principles. mercury, the earth and mars are closely allied to these three but a hidden mystery lies here (299) 14 "the second hint i seek to give lies in the triangle formed by the earth, mars and mercury. in connection with this triangle, the analogy lies in the fact that mercury and the centre at the base of the spine in the human being are closely allied

ather of the gods, has been transformed from eternal duration into the limited period (s.d. i. 451) 2 "jehovah was identified with saturn and vulcan (s.d. i. 632) 3 "in time the planet saturn became reviled by those who worshipped other gods (s.d. i. 631) 4 "saturn was connected with lemuria (s.d. ii. 812) 5 "venus, jupiter and saturn might be considered from the standpoint of the present time as the vehicles of the three super or major principles. mercury, the earth and mars are closely allied to these three but a hidden mystery lies here (c.f. 299) 6 "venus, the earth and saturn form at the present time a triangle of great interest- 394- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iii: esoteric astrology copyright 1998 lucis trust a. it is undergoing vivification. b. it is increasing the vibrat

essed than the other planets (c.f. 300) 15 "at the present stage of evolution in the systemic centres (the planets) venus, the earth and saturn form a triangle of great interest. a. it is undergoing vivification. b. it is increasing the vibratory capacity of the planetary and individual centres (c.f. 181) 16 "venus, jupiter and saturn might be considered from the standpoint of the present time as the vehicles of the three super or major principles. mercury, the earth and mars are closely allied to these three but a hidden mystery lies here (c.f. 299) 17 "in the human system, the right eye corresponds with buddhi and mercury and the left eye with manas and venus (s.d. iii. 447. 458) 18 "in the middle of the fifth round, the logos of mercury will, with the logos of venus, and of our earth fo

results will eventuate: 1. a systemic triangle will be formed (cosmic fire, p. 390 "three of the sacred planets, it should be remembered, are the home of the three major rays, the embodied forms of the three logoic aspects or principles. other planets are embodiments of the four minor rays. we might consider from the standpoint of the present that venus, jupiter and saturn might be considered as the vehicles of the three super-principles at this time. mercury, the earth and mars are closely allied to these three, but a hidden mystery lies here. the evolution of the inner round has a close connection with this problem. perhaps some light may be thrown upon the obscurity of the matter by the realisation that just as the logos has (in the non-sacred planets) the correspondence to the permane

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of study and thought, and a command of clear, forceful english. 3. clairvoyant vision. the various symbols in the books (and there are many) have been shown to mrs. bailey and then described by her. this process is possible only with the aid of a powerful collaborator. the tibetan would impress the desired symbol or glyph upon one of the subtler differentiations of the ether, and the vibration of the vehicles of the pupil being maintained at the required height, the pictures remain as clear and as perfect for study, as would some exquisite masterpiece in oils hung upon the wall of a private art gallery. the picture cannot be taken away, but the viewer may study and describe, and the artist might copy, although the color effects are utterly beyond any possibility of complete reproduction in

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ion and its consequent results of overactivity of the nervous system, with all the attendant problems. these forces, seeking inlet into the dense vehicle, are emanations from three directions (if i may use such a term: 1. from the personality vehicles the astral and mental bodies. 2. from the soul, if contact, recognised or unrecognised, has been established. 3. from the environing world to which the vehicles of the soul and of the personality have acted as "doors of entrance" incidentally, in connection with this last phrase, i would call your attention to a possible relation between these "doors of entrance" and the phrase "door of initiation" in the case where these centres, through which the inflowing energy from these sources of supply flow, are quiescent, unawakened or only functioni

y, worry, acute anxiety, aspiration towards some desired end or goal, depression, plus the dramatic life of the senses and of the "i in the centre" consciousness. few live in the world of thought and fewer still in the world of reality. when they do, the result is inevitably a better average of health, because there is better integration, and as a result a freer play of the life forces throughout the vehicles of expression. b. mental fanaticism. the dominance of thoughtforms. i would point out here that the diseases and difficulties which arise from what i have called wrong mental attitudes, fanaticisms and frustrated idealisms and thwarted hopes, fall into three categories, and a study of these will show you that, in the last analysis, they are not of mental origin at all, but primarily a

d of the glamorous thoughtform and the patient then stands free. this is a psychological healing and only one illustration of it. 3. then there is a type of healing which is brought about in two ways, and this is the true spiritual healing: when the patient makes a sudden and frequently unexpected contact with his soul, and in which the soul energy is so great and so potent that it sweeps through the vehicles and definitely produces effects. thus cures are brought about in some vehicle or another and frequently in the physical vehicle. the physical condition or disease retains, so oft, the undivided attention of the consciousness of the human being involved, and the soul pours through to the point of concentrated attention. in this thought lies, for many of you, a clear hint. b. when the p

, we are- 334- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iv: esoteric healing copyright 1998 lucis trust told also, is expressed through electric fire, through solar fire and through fire by friction. these three fires i dealt with at length in a treatise on cosmic fire and hinted at earlier in the secret doctrine. this law states that because man is divine, the urge to divinity produces resistance in the vehicles of expression; this resistance will localise itself in the area of the physical body and produce a point of friction; this friction, in its turn, produces a condition or an area of inflammation. this eventually leads to disease of some kind or another. it is possible, is it not, that you have here another clue a clue to a problem which has caused so much concern in the metaphysical wo

sponse from every part and aspect of the form nature in the three worlds. i would remind you also that from the angle of the fourth initiation even the egoic vehicle, the soul body, is regarded and treated as a part of the form nature. though the "shattering of the temple of solomon" takes place at the time of the fourth initiation, those qualities of which it was composed have been absorbed into the vehicles which the initiate is using for all his contacts in the three worlds. he is now essentially the essence of all his bodies, and from his point of view and technical understanding it must be borne in mind that the entire mental plane is one of the three planes which constitute the cosmic dense physical plane; this is a point oft forgotten by students, who almost invariably place the sou

ALICE A BAILEY22 DISCIPLESHIP IN THE NEW AGE VOLUME II

cribed by a master and used under his watchful eye, just as there are many medicines available to the public which are not safe except as directed by a physician. an examination of the text will reveal many factors knowable only to a master which made these meditations safe and the breathing exercises useful while he was watching the effects. for example: he knew not only the ray qualities of all the vehicles but also the degree of response to ray stimulant of any particular vehicle in relation to total, balanced progress. he knew also the conditioning rays of the previous incarnation which may appear as a "hangover" not to be developed but to be transcended- 2- discipleship in the new age- volume ii copyright 1998 lucis trust he knew the astrological characteristics of the soul, a factor

there is no physical activity as we understand it unless impulsed by some energy emanating from the etheric body. an understanding of some of the processes of initiation will come from an understanding of the body of vitality. the etheric body is the organ whereby personality or soul expression becomes evidenced upon the physical plane. its potency is that which evokes the physical form. most of the vehicles have a dual capacity invocation and evocation. they also have a third function: they ground or focus energy, thus producing a point of tension, of crisis and an interlude, prior to a process of transmission. ponder on these words. the physical body can be evoked into manifestation and subsequent activity, but it has no power of invocation. hence it is not a principle (as h.p.b. tells

ut right human- 121- discipleship in the new age- volume ii copyright 1998 lucis trust relations. even christ himself struggled with the problem of the divine will, and addressed himself to the monad at the moment when he first realised the extent and the complexity of his mission as world saviour. he then cried aloud "father, not my will but thine be done" those words marked the relinquishing of the vehicles through which he had been attempting to salvage humanity; it indicated to him what might at that time have appeared to be an apparent failure and that his mission was not accomplished. for nearly two thousand years he has waited to bring that mission to fruition; it has marked also for him the entrance into a new cycle of activity; this cycle will culminate during the next three hundr

veral lives (so slow were they to register inner spiritual impression) before i communicated to them my intention to train them. this inner direction definitely precipitates situations and difficulties and engenders problems and none of you are unaware of this. the lot of disciples in these days is particularly hard owing to the fact that sensitivity and a conscious reaction to the impress of all the vehicles in the personality simultaneously is so rapid and direct. this is the result of a measure of alignment and of conscious aspiration. but the compensation is adequate if disciples would be more occupied with the inner realities and less engrossed with the outer difficulties. but this, as you know, is most difficult of achievement. you ask me: what would i have you do in regard to your o

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

on of that which is secondary, and in a sense of rightly adjusted proportion comes that accuracy and one-pointedness which is the hallmark of the occultist. in the right aspiration at the appointed time comes the necessary contact and the inspiration for the work that has to be done. in the steady adherence to self-appointed rules comes the gradual refining of the instrument and the perfecting of the vehicles that will be to the master the medium of help among many little ones. i commend the above thought to you knowing that you will apprehend the implications and will seriously consider the purport of my remarks. the world today is in the throes of agony. just as in the evolving ego, the moment of greatest development is oft the moment of greatest pain (if apprehension measure up to oppor

volume v: the rays and the initiations copyright 1998 lucis trust the three aspects of the will, as focussed in the spiritual triad, are now in full expressions the initiate is animated by purpose, but faces still greater evolutionary developments; of these i do not need to speak, as they concern divine aspects as yet unknown and unregistered by man. the reason for this complete ignorance is that the vehicles of any man below the third initiation contain too much "impure matter" to record the impact of these divine qualities. only the "created body (the mayavirupa) of an initiate of the fourth initiation can begin to register these divine impacts; it is therefore waste of our time to consider even the possibility of their existence. even i, a master, and therefore an initiate of a relative

d not atrophied, and is relegated to its rightful place as one of the usual faculties or appetites with which man is endowed; it is brought under control through the lack of directed interest and is subordinated to the law of the land as regards its relation to its opposite pole either negative and feminine or masculine and positive. to the aspirant it becomes mainly the agent for the creation of the vehicles needed for reincarnating souls. thus by force of example, by the avoiding of all extremes, by the dedication of the bodily energies to the higher uses, and by the acceptance of the law of the land in any given country and at any given time, the present disorder and the current misuse of the sex principle will give way to orderly living and to the right use of this major bodily functio

consciousness of the human being from infancy to full maturity; each unfoldment is part of a series of revelations, as his vision of life and his capacity to experience develops. this is true of all men from the most primitive to the advanced initiate, the difference consisting in that which each brings to the experience as the result of past effort, his point in consciousness and the quality of the vehicles through which that consciousness is developing. with the initiate-disciple this is also the case; he enters consciously into each experience; they are integral parts of his intention. having renounced the three worlds, and having returned back from a contact of great importance and interest to those three worlds and with all that is familiar in them, the initiate suddenly realises tha

BLAVATSKY H P ANTHROPOGENESIS

aksha (the reincarnated creator of men and things in the early third race) disappeared to make room for that portion of mankind which had "separated" this is how the commentary explains the details that preceded the "fall "in the initial period of man's fourth evolution, the human kingdom branched off in several and various directions. the outward shape of its first specimens was not uniform, for the vehicles (the egg-like, external shells, in which the future fully physical man gestated) were often tampered with, before they hardened, by huge animals, of species now unknown, and which belonged to the tentative efforts of nature. the result was that intermediate races of monsters, half animals, half men, were produced. but as they were failures, they were not allowed to breathe long and li

"being the products of the three fires- whose three names answer, in sanskrit, to "the electric fire, the solar fire, and the fire produced by friction- these three fires, explained on the cosmic and human planes, are spirit, soul, and body, the three great root groups, with their four additional divisions. these vary with the schools, and become- according to their applications- the upadhis and the vehicles, or the noumena of these. in the exoteric accounts, they are personified by the "three sons of surpassing brilliancy and splendour" of agni abhimanin, the eldest son of brahma, the cosmic logos, by swaha, one of daksha's* daughters. in the metaphysical sense the "fire of friction" means the union between buddhi, the sixth, and manas, the fifth, principles, which thus are united or cem

pirits. they were all reborn, all men on earth in various kalpas and races. moreover "the four preceding manus" are the four classes of the originally arupa gods- the kumaras, the rudras, the asuras, etc: who are also said to have incarnated. they are not the prajapatis, as the first are, but their informing principles- some of which have incarnated in men, while others have made other men simply the vehicles of their reflections. as krishna truly says--the same words being repeated later by another vehicle of the logos "i am the same to all beings. those who worship me (the 6th principle or the intellectual divine soul, buddhi, made conscious by its union with the higher faculties of manas) are in me, and i am in them (ibid, 29) the logos, being no personality but the universal principle

BLAVATSKY H P COSMOGENESIS

hysical aspect it is the direct progeny of the "ancestors" the lowest dhyanis, or spirits of the earth; for its moral, psychic, and spiritual nature, it is indebted to a group of divine beings, the name and characteristics of which will be given in book ii. collectively, men are the handiwork of hosts of various spirits; distributively, the tabernacles of those hosts; and occasionally and singly, the vehicles of some of them. in our present all-material fifth race, the earthly spirit of the[[vol. 1, page] 225 spirit falling into matter. fourth is still strong in us; but we are approaching the time when the pendulum of evolution will direct its swing decidedly upwards, bringing humanity back on a parallel line with the primitive third root-race in spirituality. during its childhood, mankind

aid of every cosmic element. no one will deny that the human being is possessed of various forces: magnetic, sympathetic, antipathetic, nervous, dynamical, occult, mechanical, mental- every kind of force; and that the physical forces are all biological in their essence, seeing that they intermingle with, and often merge into, those forces that we have named intellectual and moral- the first being the vehicles, so to say, the upadhi, of the second. no one, who does not deny soul in man, would hesitate in[[vol. 1, page] 470 the secret doctrine. saying that their presence and commingling are the very essence of our being; that they constitute the ego in man, in fact. these potencies have their physiological, physical, mechanical, as well as their nervous, ecstatic, clairaudient, and clairvoya

DAVID ICKE AND THE TRUTH SHALL SET YOU FREE

ficial of the same american-israel public affairs committee, is now a top policy advisor to her husband, newt gingrich. the bush and clinton administrations, as with clinton and gingrich, share many common threads and on anything that involves the new world order agenda, they all vote the same way. they are also awash with members of the council on foreign relations and the trilateral commission, the vehicles for the rockefellers and the elite to manipulate the us and the world. the british one party state in the united kingdom, as elsewhere, there is a nexus of people and organisations which connect banking, business, and politics. we have government ministers linked to companies and organisations which their legislation has affected. we have members of parliament taking bribes to ask que

en as they really are: able to lead and cling on to power only by fear, guilt, and mental and emotional suppression. don't deny what you believe, what you think and feel, just because they are different to the prevailing culture in which you find yourself. those beliefs and feelings are you. if you deny them, you are denying the real you. what good is that to anyone? fear, guilt, dogma: these are the vehicles of human control. without them there can be no control, no global elite. you can let them go now if you so choose. in doing this, you will be contributing to creating the world we wish to see for ourselves and those who follow. the means to build that world lies within you and within me. so what are we waiting for? source 1 "the 69 [sic] bravest sex questions (bold, spicy, frank. they

DION FORTUNE MYSTICAL QABALA

lerate with an effort the idea of archangels, but the ministering spirits, the messengers who are flames of fire, and the heavenly builders, are alien to its theology; god, alone and in an instant, made the heavens and earth. the great architect of the universe is also the bricklayer. not so does esoteric science. the initiate knows the legions of spiritual beings who are agents of god's will and the vehicles of creative activity. it is through these that he works, by the grace of their ruling archangel. but an archangel cannot be conjured by any spell, however potent. rather is it that when we effect an operation of the sphere of a particular sephirah, the archangel works through us for the fulfilment of its mission. the art of the magician therefore lies in ahgning himself with cosmic fo

EXTRAORDINARY ENCOUNTERS AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF EXTRATERRESTRIALS AND OTHERWORLDY BEINGS

netic fields. in 1952 smith participated in a small ufo study group put together by the canadian government s de- boys from topside 47 fense research board. the following year, smith released project magnet s findings, which were perhaps not surprisingly that ufos performed in ways that are difficult to reconcile. with the capabilities of our technology; thus, we are forced to the conclusion that the vehicles are probably extra-terrestrial (smith, 1953. he urged his superiors to set up a monitoring station that would check for ufo activity over a twenty-four-hour period. they agreed to the proposal and provided a dot-owned hut on shirley s bay, some ten miles west of ottawa. the installation contained an ionospheric reactor, an electronic sound-measurement device, a gamma-ray detector, a g

n three feet tall. a few seconds later they vanished. schuening did not see them enter the craft, which then flew off toward the cascades. in the early ufo era, however, such reports, relatively rare but hardly nonexistent, received little attention. in 1950, when the first book with flying saucers in its title, donald e. keyhoe s paperback the flying saucers are real, saw print, the occupants of the vehicles keyhoe believed them to be peaceable extraterrestrials who deliberately refrained from contact could only be speculated about. another book published that same year, frank scully s behind the flying saucers, asserted that the u.s. government had recovered crashed spacecraft, containing the bodies of little men dressed in the style of the 1890s and believed to be from venus (subsequent

GILBERT THE GOLDEN DAWN TWILIGHT OF THE MAGICIANS

arted to it some ofits own, for from the point of junction between the blood and the light sprang petal-shaped whiteflamesoutlinedwith gold.(note.i am afraidi haveforgotten whatthe others saw here, and must add it in afterwards. s.l) we now gathered round the altar whichappeared asa cauldron full of a red blood-like, or rather wine-like fluid, withfieryserpents darting through it, as if they were the vehicles of its life. then we vibrated the names and rose in whatwe thought at first was a blade-shaped shaft of white light. afterwards it appeared more like the arrow part of thesymbolof mars, while we seemed to rise from the circlebelow.itseemed to represent the aspiring part of the nature of mars, and on a lower plane mightsymbolizethe ambition whichis a leading characteristic ofthose born

LEADBEATER C W THE HIDDEN LIFE IN FREEMASONRY 2E

poken of as his chord. each of his vehicles contains vibrations of all sorts of different rates, and these blend together so as to make for each vehicle a certain complex sound- the average sound of the whole vehicle, somewhat analogous to the composite photographs which we sometimes see, in which a number of faces are superimposed upon the same plate. such composite notes are produced by each of the vehicles- etheric, astral and mental- and these taken together make up the distinctive chord of the man, by which those who can hear it can always identify him. this is sometimes called the occult name of the personality; the true name which is first heard at his initiation as an adept is that belonging to other and far higher vehicles. much ancient magic took its power from the knowledge of s

LEADBEATER CW GLIMPSES OF MASONIC HISTORY

is in the shape alternately of flowers and buds, suggested by those of a pomegranate. further symbols familiar to freemasons are the frequently recurring sun and moon, shown in our illustration (plate vi, 2 and 3, following p. 50) on a bronze votive tablet from the psychro cave, and a gold ring from mycenae. with regard to the former evans says: 258. the tree, dove and fish, which here appear as the vehicles of divine possession, aptly symbolize her dominion of earth, air and sea. the triple group of sacral horns further emphasize the threefold aspect of the cult, which also explains the triple basin of the libation table. so, too, we see the pillar shrines of the goddess, like that of the knossian wall-painting, regularly divided into three compartments. 259. both the votive tablet and t

MANLY P HALL THE SECRET TEACHINGS OF ALL AGES

her, was called by the hindus akasa. it was closely correlated with the hypothetical ether of modern science, and was the interpenetrative substance permeating all of the other elements and acting as a common solvent and common denominator of them. the twelve-faced solid also subtly referred to the twelve immortals who surfaced the universe, and also to the twelve convolutions of the human brain--the vehicles of those immortals in the nature of man. while pythagoras, in accordance with others of his day, practiced divination (possibly arithmomancy, there is no accurate information concerning the methods which he used. he is believed to have had a remarkable wheel by means of which he could predict future events, and to have learned hydromancy from the egyptians. he believed that brass had

MOTTA MARCELO THE COMMENTARIES OF AL

of drug-addiction. he died in 1947, seventy-two years old, in complete possession of his not inconsiderable mental powers. he had been taking heroin since his teens, and experimented with practically all known drugs. he was the first man to postulate their psychoanalytic powers "the exposure of innocence is a lie" one of the main symptoms of infection by a diseased magical current is confusion in the vehicles. sentimentality is thought tinged by emotion, and in such cases the thought is biased and the emotion misleading. people speak a lot about the innocence of children. children are not innocent. they are merely ignorant. ignorance is not innocence. innocence consists in being true to oneself, in doing one's true will. the ignorant cannot do this. purity consists in keeping everything in

ternal life" every woman of false chastity is subject to the influence of the "black brethren; as are those homosexuals of the type that tries to resemble a woman. such people deny expression to the opposite polarity of their nature. what attracts a man to a woman is, odd as this may seem to the profane, his own femininity, as what attracts a woman to a man is her own masculinity. the polarity of the vehicles is inverted. this subject is too complex for treatment here, but remember the mark of set, the mark of satan, the mark of the beast: moon and sun conjoined "tear down that lying spectre of the centuries" it is most necessary that false modesty be eradicated from the animic life of our race. the only way to do this is to balance it by its opposite. a nun, be it roman catholic, buddhist

NAUDON PAUL THE SECRET HISTORY OF FREEMASONRY

there are certainly strong arguments supporting assertions concerning efforts made by the stuarts and the jesuits through freemasonry. all of this, however, held only an episodic place in the history of the high masonic grades. what is primary and indubitable in the propagation of these grades and the constitution of the systems they embodied is their ritual and symbolic contents, which made them the vehicles of choice for mysticism and all the esoteric and hermetic doctrines that were popular during the eighteenth century. this is clearly where the new focus of the tradition occurred and the question that arises is how this harmonized with the sources of craft freemasonry. the grand lodges and modern freemasonry 261 the pope and the condemnation of freemasonry the pope was never alarmed b

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

h refers to the drops of seminal emission, the holy soul that the first enemy captured, the forces of evil. you will retrieve from his hand the very captive he took from you originally, and return it to the realm of holiness, as it is written, g cand take her into your house. h the first enemy, the forces of evil in general, has captured the vital force in the seminal emissions. these drops were the vehicles through which g-d intended to bring a holy soul into the world. instead, this holy soul became captive to the forces of evil and animated the destructive forces created through it. when a person repents for this sin, he recaptures these holy souls from the forces of evil, and turns them into forces of holiness. alternatively, since gsin crouches at the door, h6 while the good inclinat

REGARDIE ISRAEL THE COMPLETE GOLDEN DAWN

in the golden dawn in the neophyte ritual, so too, every semi-autonomous process, conscious and unconscious,dwelling with that ego in the kingdom of the mind must likewise be initiated as a neophyte in the golden dawn. at every conceivable level of your personality, the little whirling wheels of the cross-flux of the elemental forces represented by i. h. v. h. must each come to view themselves as the vehicles for the spirit represented by shin, thus transforming the whole person, atom by atom, into yeheshuah! in tibet, padmasambhava converted all the bon spirits to buddhism. transcendant realities know no sect. h.s. 3 76 magical formulae of neophyte grade 3 77 followed, since they are purely personal productions. my motive in including them is only to assist the student as showing him a co

SATANIC RITUALS

of each age's message occurs at its midpoint. thus in the year 1237 "a.d" man's fervor for what the last ice age represented had reached its summit. that age ended in 1966, and the new age of fire was born. the twentieth century has prepared us for the future and the coming of the age of fire was well heralded in the last working years of the ice age. the peoples of the earth have been touched by the vehicles of 1894, 1912, 1930, and 1948, and communication has been well wrought. the new satanic age was born in 1966, and that is why his church was built. the infant is learning to walk, and by the first working year of his age-that is to say 1984-he will have steadied his steps, and by the next-2002-he will have attained maturity, and his reign will be filled with wisdom, reason and delight

THE BLACK LODGE

is fact) naturally, it all depends on the true will of the aspirant. if what you want is to conquer the world, well and good. but if you want to conquer yourself- then you must perceive the symptoms, and control them at every step. do not deceive yourselves: the ordeal of self-discipline does not become easier as you progress, it becomes harder. at each stage of initiation, the energy imparted to the vehicles becomes greater in intensity and scope, and therefore the demoniac forces also increase their power and reach- because they are part of the very material being dynamized. the only "consolation" of the pupil is that, if he or she is able to resist the first attack, he or she becomes more aware of his or her psychosomatic processes, and more apt to distinguish between the attitudes whic

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