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the book of fifty names the magan text the urilia text the testimony of the mad arab, the second part preface to the second edition there are three major individuals who must share the credit for the astonishingly good reception the necronomicon has enjoyed over the last two years since its publication. l.k. barnes was lured into the magickal childe bookstore in manhattan one day by an incarnated thoughtform we may only refer to by his initials, b.a.k. both were in search of some casual amusement from the slightly distorted version of the supernatural intelligence-dissemination that usually took place on those premises. l.k. barnes, publisher of this tome, has probably come to regret ever setting foot or tentacle inside those clammy precincts, for the crazed proprietor of that institution

the book of fifty names the magan text the urilia text the testimony of the mad arab, the second part preface to the second edition there are three major individuals who must share the credit for the astonishingly good reception the necronomicon has enjoyed over the last two years since its publication. l.k. barnes was lured into the magickal childe bookstore in manhattan one day by an incarnated thoughtform we may only refer to by his initials, b.a.k. both were in search of some casual amusement from the slightly distorted version of the supernatural intelligence-dissemination that usually took place on those premises. l.k. barnes, publisher of this tome, has probably come to regret ever setting foot or tentacle inside those clammy precincts, for the crazed proprietor of that institution

ALICE A BAILEY02 INITIATION HUMAN AND SOLAR

that will ultimately overwhelm him. nevertheless, in the scientific study of this law of analogy will come a gradual growth of knowledge, and in the slow accumulation of facts will gradually be built up an ever-expanding form, that will embody much of the truth. the student will then awake to the realization that after all the study and toil he has at least a wide general conception of the logoic thoughtform into which he can fit the details as he acquires them through many incarnations. this brings us to the last point to be considered before entering upon the subject proper, which is: that the development of the human being is but the passing from one state of consciousness to another. it is a succession of expansions, a growth of that faculty of awareness that constitutes the predominan

in past, present, and future exist as one; a vision of the pageant of the races with the golden thread of pedigree carried through the many types; a vision of the golden sphere that holds in unison all the many evolutions of our system, deva, human, animal, vegetable, mineral, and elemental, and through which the pulsating life can be clearly seen beating in regular rhythm; a vision of the logoic thoughtform on the archetypal plane, a vision that grows from initiation to initiation until it embraces all the solar system. initiation leads to the stream that, once entered, sweeps a man onward until it carries him to the feet of the lord of the world, to the feet of his father in heaven, to the feet of the three-fold logos. initiation leads to the cave within whose circumscribing walls the pa

ALICE A BAILEY04 A TREATISE ON COSMIC FIRE

profound importance in the general evolution of the system. 4. vibrations from sirius via the cosmic mental plane. 5. vibrations from the seven rishis of the great bear, and primarily from those two who are the prototypes of the lords of the seventh and fifth rays. this is a most important point, and finds its microcosmic correspondence in the place which the seventh ray has in the building of a thoughtform, and the use of the fifth ray in the work of concretion. all magicians who work with matter and who are occupied with form-building (either consciously or unconsciously) call in these two types of force or energy. 6. certain very remote vibrations, as yet no more appreciable in the logoic body than is monadic influence in that of average man, from the one about whom naught may be said

builders. here a most interesting factor comes in upon which we shall enlarge later, when considering the elementals. the specific purpose of a thought-form is connected very closely with the type of deva essence of which it is constructed, and (in connection with man on the mental plane, with the type of elemental which he can control, and send forth as the occupier, or vitalising agency of the thoughtform. roughly speaking, a solar logos works only through the greater builders, the manasaputras in their various grades on the two higher planes of the solar system. he works through them, and sends them forth upon the mission of constructing, and vitalising the systemic thought-form, with a specific purpose in view. the planetary logoi work primarily through the builders of the next three

ALICE A BAILEY08 A TREATISE ON WHITE MAGIC

ght. proceed in the following manner: you are, we will say, in a state of panic; suggestions of great unpleasantness are crowding in; your imagination is running riot, and your mind enforces the riot. forget not that the fears of an emotional person are not so potent as yours. having a strong mental body, you clothe your fear reactions with mental matter, highly vitalised, which causes a powerful thoughtform to be created. this circulates between you and the feared event. realising this you will proceed to seek quietness. you will relax your physical body, endeavour to quiet your astral body as far as- 199- a treatise on white magic copyright 1998 lucis trust may be, and to steady the mind. then visualizing yourself (the personality, the soul and the master he, as the apex of the triangle

in you build your thought-form of as much of the vision as foul can bring through into your consciousness. slowly must this be done, for a stable vibration and a well built form is desired. hurried work leads nowhere. as you build there will gradually be sensed a longing, a desire to see this vision brought to earth, and see it becoming known to others among the sons of men. then you vitalise the thoughtform with the power of your will, you seek to make it be; the rhythm becomes heavier and slower, the material built into your form is necessarily coarser, and you find that your thought-form of the vision is clothed in matter of the mental and astral planes. 4. happy the disciple who can bring the vision nearer still to humanity, and work it into existence on the physical plane. remember th

se of the word pronounced is to tell the lives which constitute the form "what to do and where to carry that which has been made" thus we find the idea of purpose, activity and goal- 272- a treatise on white magic copyright 1998 lucis trust there is no need for me to add to the vast amount of literature which has been put forth or to emphasize the significance of purpose in connection with such a thoughtform as a solar system, a planet, a kingdom in nature or a human being. in some respects this subjective triplicity of purpose, activity and goal is well known and in others it is of too high and too inscrutable a nature for us to deal with in these instructions and wander into the realms of speculation. with the goal, religion has long sought to deal; with the activity aspect, the scientis

n or of- 280- a treatise on white magic copyright 1998 lucis trust some desire; in rarer cases it may be built in the light of illumination and embody, therefore, some intuition. but with the majority, the motivating impulse which sweeps the mindstuff into activity is an emotional one, or a potent desire, either good or bad, either selfish or unselfish. second, it should be borne in mind that the thoughtform so constructed will either remain in his own aura, or will find its way to a sensed objective. in the first case, it will form part of a dense wall of such thoughtforms which entirely surround him or constitute his mental aura, and will grow in strength as he pays it attention until it is so large that it will shut out reality from him, or it will be so dynamic and potent that he will

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

ant cultivation of the vision (whatever that might be) led also in many cases to serious if unrecognised psychological trouble. the vision absorbed the mystic's whole attention and instead of indicating to him a goal to which he might some day attain, or existing in his consciousness as the symbol of an inner reality which he would some day know, as it in truth was, he lived always within his own thoughtform of this goal. this powerful dream, this defined thoughtform (built year by year through aspiration, worship and longing) ended by obsessing him to such an extent that he finally ended by mistaking the symbol for the reality. sometimes he died of the ecstasy induced by his identification with his vision. nevertheless, i would point out here that the true attainment of the mystical goal

se of values) anti-social. such an anti-social attitude will range all the way from a relatively usual fanaticism which forces its possessor to see only one point of view out of the many possible, to certain pronounced and recognisable forms of insanity. the mystic is then obsessed by his own peculiar- 364- a treatise on the seven rays- volume ii: esoteric psychology ii copyright 1998 lucis trust thoughtform of truth and of reality. he has only one idea in his head. his mind is not active, for his brain has become the instrument of his astral nature and registers only his fanatical devotion and his emotional obsession. the ajna centre swings into activity before there is any true integration of the whole man, and any true useful purpose to its activity. a period ensues wherein the man expr

ALICE A BAILEY12 DISCIPLESHIP IN THE NEW AGE VOLUME I

ciples and aspirants everywhere have been permitted to share? i would like briefly to enlarge somewhat upon this so as to make the picture clearer to your eyes in order that you may cooperate with greater intelligence, for this is above everything else group work. slowly and gradually, as far as you are all concerned, i have gathered together a band of disciples upon the outer plane. as the group thoughtform integrated and disciples responded to my call, found each other and began to work together, it became possible for me to go forward with my chosen work and carry forward the plans which i set myself when i took a certain initiation. first of all, the books were published and they came out in ordered sequence and provide a body of teaching and of truth which will serve the needs of the

lower aspects of the personality the astral body and the brain as well as the etheric brain; these determine the reactions of the lower centres, particularly of the solar plexus centre. the mind will then be left free to fulfil three functions: 1. that of soul contact; this will result in illumination and a working knowledge of the immediate aspects of the plan. 2. that of thought formulation and thoughtform creation. then a clear thoughtform can be constructed with definiteness, and it can be positively directed. 3. that of working on mental levels with your group brothers so that your thoughtform is a part of their thoughtform and you can, therefore, unitedly produce a living, embodied form which can be directed as i may determine. another question might here arise: are there any specifi

eatly help all of you. next comes a refusal to think unkindly or with criticism; this is essential in connection with those whose minds you seek to impress. silence, complete and unbroken as to what you are doing, is also a vital factor; the utterance of words in connection with this most subtle and confidential work (or even discussion of the work with a fellow disciple) can shatter the delicate thoughtform which you are attempting to build. it can render the work of weeks abortive. a balanced attitude in relation to those in power throughout the world must also be cultivated; they need above all else the inspiration which can be brought to them from the hierarchy. i would ask you, therefore, to practise purging the content of your minds of all critical and unkind thoughts so that you can

have to use the material which lies to hand and are greatly handicapped at all times. after you have worked consciously at the purification of the mind and after you have attempted to free yourselves from prejudice, from preconceived ideas and hasty judgments and determinations (based upon your own background, tradition, social and racial status, you will then brood consciously on the process of thoughtform making; you will remember that for group purposes and for simplicity the following three stages are of importance: 1. the stage of pondering over the idea which is to be impressed upon the mind of some individual. this pondering and carefully directed thinking produces construction; it is a creative activity and is the first real stage in our work. i do not want you to endeavour to bui

hree stages are of importance: 1. the stage of pondering over the idea which is to be impressed upon the mind of some individual. this pondering and carefully directed thinking produces construction; it is a creative activity and is the first real stage in our work. i do not want you to endeavour to build thoughtforms. i want you to think clearly along lines which i may indicate. then the desired thoughtform will automatically take shape and all of you will have contributed something to it. 2. when the thoughtform is thus built in your mind, there will follow a period wherein it comes alive. it slowly becomes the living embodiment of the desired idea vibrant, active and ready for service. 3. when this stage is reached, you can then as a group proceed with the stage of direction. having car

ndus call it) or the mind-stuff which underlies and is the very substance of manifestation itself. god, the planetary life or logos, however, works with the higher correspondence of this mind-stuff and the forces of the mental plane are the reflection or rather the densification of this higher mental substance. these forces, this mind-stuff, is constantly in flux and in motion. this produces that thoughtform-making activity of the mental world which is set in motion by minds working either individually or in group formation. in true telepathic work (carried forward without error and correctly and from a poised point of action) the currents of this mind-stuff are set in motion between certain points by the will and the carefully expressed and formulated idea in the mind of the thinker. a ce

in motion) is built into form and then travels along the current, as set up between the two points. the telepathic worker, such as, for instance, myself, works from the angle of the mind of the transmitter and that of the recipient, establishing first of all a current of rapport (which you sometimes call "sensing the tibetan's vibration; along that current, i send the impression, the idea or the thoughtform which i seek to see impinging first of all upon your minds and then if you are capable of such alignment upon your brains. this process can be either rapid or slow. where the alignment is good, there can be an almost immediate response to my thought; where it is not good, it may take days and even weeks for the impression to be finally realised and consciously registered on the discipl

or line of energy is constructed between the mind and the astral vehicle and it becomes a triple line of energy when the soul of the disciple is utilising this creative process in some planned and definitely constructive manner. this visualising process and this use of the imagination form the first two steps in the activity of- 70- discipleship in the new age- volume i copyright 1998 lucis trust thoughtform building. it is with these self-created forms embodying spiritual ideas and divine purpose that the masters work and hierarchical purpose takes shape. therefore, my disciples, it is essential that you begin with deliberation and slowly to work in this manner and to use the above information constructively and creatively. the need of the times is increasingly great and the utmost of wor

agnetic life" to which i call you afresh for the remainder of this life and its succeeding cycles. january 1939 there has been much questioning in your mind during the past few months and also much mental discomfort, if i might so express it. there has been, at the same time, a steady adherence to the chosen way and to your group brothers. you are still, however, under the influence of an ancient thoughtform, forgetting that one of the tasks of a disciple is to free himself from these holding forms. this thoughtform leads you to look, aye, to demand results of a phenomenal nature; it incites you to believe and urges you to demand that your years of devotion, your personality energy and your astral force (a strong combination, my brother) should be rewarded by a recognition from and a conta

group. i have seen no reason to change my original ideas or plan, because you have all developed as i foresaw, though one or two of the group are learning more slowly than the rest whilst one member of my group has unexpectedly leaped ahead. your work is being steadily consolidated and, as you lay the foundations deep and begin the superstructure, you must guard the original idea and the initial thoughtform from all possible deterioration. the difficulty of the spiritual builders and the architects of the plan only really begins when that which they are constructing becomes public property and subject, therefore, to criticism and outer help. then the task of preserving the original purity of idea and of purpose becomes onerous. be prepared for expansion of the work. but expand according t

lt of a too close and restricted inner, spiritual life and an imposed introspection. having no one to whom to talk and being far from your spiritual brothers, you are much alone; and being in a position of the one who teaches and who gives, you stand somewhat isolated and have withdrawn yourself perhaps unduly, even if unavoidably from the personality angle. this results in your creating a potent thoughtform of aspiration, of spiritual interpretation and of spiritual aims and goals. but this- 140- discipleship in the new age- volume i copyright 1998 lucis trust constitutes a thoughtform, my brother, no matter how lofty in nature, and can result in a pronounced glamour and a glamorous control in some form or another. it can speak to you and condition your psychology and of it you should be

the way that you have come. your very intensity and your strong aspiration have led you into difficulty and you are the victim of your virtues and of your occult inexperience. do you not know, my brother, that the disciple is ever balanced in endeavour and runs not to extremes of any kind? yet balanced effort has not characterised your work the past few months. you have been swept by an emotional thoughtform and the effect of the astral energy has been to increase the emotional devotion and the physical nervousness which have ever handicapped you. the effect of true teaching, emanating from mental levels, is to stabilise, to mentalise and to ground the disciple in spiritual being; to be is for you the goal. it is not the function of the true teacher ever to criticise. it is his function to

on to aid him with instruction. i have today a few things to say to you and they must be briefly expressed because your fatigue is greater than you realise- 180- discipleship in the new age- volume i copyright 1998 lucis trust you need rest and care. this is owing to excessive emotional stimulation which has been thrust upon you; this comes from a group of well-meaning aspirants gathered around a thoughtform of myself to be found on the higher levels of the astral plane. it is only a thoughtform which they see in a glamorous light and such thoughtforms of the teachers are often to be found and are purely astral and not real. first, i would say: be not discouraged but admit the failure of your intuition. be, however, true to yourself and if you feel, my brother, that the position is not as

ALICE A BAILEY13 PROBLEMS OF HUMANITY

. it is important, however, that those who study the book are aware of its history so that the essential teaching can be recognised and absorbed and the irrelevant factors ignored. the spiritual principles to be applied to the problems of humanity as discussed in this book are valid today and remain largely ignored by the majority of mankind. the contribution of esoteric students in creating "the thoughtform of solution" to human problems in a world at crisis point is a vital and practical service. lucis publishing company, new york 1967 foreword the first edition of this book, published in 1947, contained essays on the basic problems of humanity. these had originally been issued in pamphlet form between october 1944 and december 1946, and dealt essentially with conditions during and immed

trust but it is important that those who study this book are aware of its history so that the essential teaching can be recognised and absorbed and the irrelevant factors ignored. the spiritual principles to be applied to the problems of humanity as discussed in this book are valid today and remain largely ignored by the majority of humanity. the contribution of esoteric students in creating "the thoughtform of solution" to human problems in a world at crisis point is a vital and practical service. lucis publishing company, new york, london 1993 introduction it is essential that all thinking people should give time and thought to the consideration of the major world problems with which we are now faced. some of them can be solved with relative rapidity given common sense and a correctly ap

- problems of humanity copyright 1998 lucis trust individuals who are recognized sources of trouble to the well-intentioned remainder. there are nations within the international community which are and have been for a long time disrupting agencies. the problem of the interplay and interaction of the nations is largely a psychological one. the soul of a nation is potent in its effect. the national thoughtform (built up over the centuries by the thinking, the goals and the ambitions of a nation) constitutes its ideal objective and is most effective in conditioning the people. a pole, a frenchman, an american, a hindu, a britisher or a german are easily recognized, no matter where they may be. this recognition is not based solely upon appearance, intonation or habits but primarily upon the ex

ive in conditioning the people. a pole, a frenchman, an american, a hindu, a britisher or a german are easily recognized, no matter where they may be. this recognition is not based solely upon appearance, intonation or habits but primarily upon the expressed mental attitude, the sense of relativity and a general national assertiveness. these indications express reaction to the particular national thoughtform under which the man has been raised. if this reaction makes him a good cooperative citizen within the national boundaries, that is good and to be desired. if it makes him assertive, arrogant, critical of the nationals of other countries and separative in his thinking, he is then contributing to world disunity and, en masse, to international disruption. this menaces the peace of the wor

ALICE A BAILEY14 THE REAPPEARANCE OF THE CHRIST

d spirit of our spirit" we know and trust them and they mean more to us than other divine emergences. they are known, trusted and loved by countless millions. the nucleus of spiritual energy which each of them set up is beyond our measuring; the establishing of a nucleus of persistent energy, spiritually positive, is the constant task of an avatar; he focusses or anchors a dynamic truth, a potent thoughtform or a vortex of magnetic energy in the world of human living. this focal point acts increasingly as a transmitter of spiritual energy; it enables humanity to express some divine idea and this in time produces a civilisation with its accompanying culture, religions, policies, governments and educational processes. thus is history made. history is after all only the record of humanity's c

ALICE A BAILEY16 GLAMOUR A WORLD PROBLEM

ne it) we lay the emphasis upon the finiteness of man's mind. the world of phenomena is not denied, but we regard the mind as misinterpreting it and as refusing to see it as it is in reality. we consider this misinterpretation as constituting the great illusion. the dweller on the threshold is usually regarded as presenting the final test of man's courage, and as being in the nature of a gigantic thoughtform or factor which has to be dissipated, prior to taking initiation. just what this thoughtform is, few people know, but their definition includes the idea of a huge elemental form which bars the way to the sacred portal, or the idea of a fabricated form, constructed sometimes by the disciple's master to test his sincerity. some regard it as the- 14- glamour: a world problem copyright 199

ense activity produced when both glamour and illusion are realised on etheric levels. it is that vital unthinking emotional mess (yes, brother of old, that is the word i seek to use) in which the majority of human beings seem always to live. the dweller on the threshold is illusion-glamour-maya, as realised by the physical brain and recognised as that which must be overcome. it is the bewildering thoughtform with which the disciple is confronted, when he seeks to pierce through the accumulated glamour of the ages and find his true home in the place of light. the above are necessarily only generalisations, and the result also of the activity of the analytical mind, but they serve to embody a part of the problem in words and to convey to your minds a definite thoughtform of what we shall lat

surrounding his entire life. being now an integrated personality (and no one is a disciple, my brother, unless he is mental as well as emotional, which is a point the devotee oft forgets) these three conditions (with the preponderance of the effect in one or other of the bodies) are seen as a whole, and to this whole the term the "dweller on the threshold" is applied. it is in reality a vitalised thoughtform embodying mental force, astral force and vital energy. the problem, therefore, before all of you in this group is to learn first of all: 1. to distinguish between these three inner illusory aspects. 2. to discover what conditions in the environment or in the individual constitution induce these situations of difficulty. 3. to find out what methods are effective in inducing a cessation

ng you into lines of undesirable activity, the light that is in you will shine forth with greater clarity. incidentally the dweller on the threshold will slowly and surely disintegrate and leave your way, to the door of initiation, free and unimpeded. strongly mental types are subject to illusion. this illusion is in reality a condition wherein the aspirant is being definitely controlled by: 1. a thoughtform of such potency that it does two things: a. controls the life activity or output. b. tunes the aspirant in on the mass thoughtforms, which are of a similar nature, and which are built by others under the dominance of a similar illusion. this, in its worst aspect, produces mental insanity or id e fixe, but in its least dangerous and normal result produces the fanatic. the fanatic is usu

ference which will serve to guide your group and analogous groups in the way of right activity. secondly, i wish to recapitulate somewhat those things which i have already stated so as to enrich your understanding of the various phases of the world glamour. this world glamour, the analytical mind has to differentiate into distinctive phases, calling them illusion, glamour, maya and that synthetic thoughtform, found on the path of discipleship, which is called by some schools of esotericism the dweller on the threshold. as you will see from this, my brothers, we have set ourselves a large theme, which must be very carefully handled. my task is a difficult one, because i write for those who are still held by the varying aspects of glamour, and usually by the secondary glamour and maya. illus

it. the mind, endeavouring to remain in- 34- glamour: a world problem copyright 1998 lucis trust constant steady conscious contact with the soul, seeing into the higher world through the medium of the "soul's wide-opened eye" registers the idea with increasing clarity. iv. the idea, revealed, becomes then an ideal to the attentive mind and eventually something to be desired and materialised. the thoughtform-making faculty of the mind then comes into play; the "mind-stuff" becomes actuated by the energy of the idea, vitalised by the recognition of the soul, and the idea then takes its first real step towards embodiment. an ideal is only an embodied idea. these are the first steps towards materialisation. embodiment becomes possible. thus illusion is produced. v. distortion now sets in. thi

dea then takes its first real step towards embodiment. an ideal is only an embodied idea. these are the first steps towards materialisation. embodiment becomes possible. thus illusion is produced. v. distortion now sets in. this is brought about by various causes. these might be enumerated as follows: 1. the ray type of the ego colours the man's interpretation of the idea. it colours the emerging thoughtform. symbolically speaking, the pure light is changed into coloured light. the idea is then "clothed with colour, and thereby the first veil descends" 2. the point in evolution which the man has reached has also its effect, plus the quality of the integration existing between the three aspects of the personality, and the alignment established between soul-mind-brain. this, being necessaril

on which the man has reached has also its effect, plus the quality of the integration existing between the three aspects of the personality, and the alignment established between soul-mind-brain. this, being necessarily imperfect, produces indefiniteness of outline and consequently of the final form. therefore we have: a. imperfect integration of the personality. b. indefiniteness of the proposed thoughtform. c. the wrong material consequently attracted for the building of the thoughtform. d. a shifting focus of attention, owing to the dimness of the seen ideal. e. the rapport of the mind, with the sensed idea, is not stable. 3. the quality of the development of the mental body of the disciple produces the next "veiling" of the idea, as it is called. the idea has become changed through the

ually is, different to that of the soul ray. these are the second steps towards materialisation. the form of the embodiment is qualified. thus illusion is produced. vi. this illusion demonstrates in seven ways usually: 1. through wrong perception of an idea. the disciple cannot distinguish between an idea and an- 35- glamour: a world problem copyright 1998 lucis trust ideal, between an idea and a thoughtform, or between an intuitive and a mental concept. this is one of the ways of producing illusion found most commonly among aspirants. the mental atmosphere in which we all dwell is one of illusion. it is also an atmosphere or area of conscious contact wherein thoughtforms of all kinds are to be found. some of them are placed there by the hierarchy for man's finding; some of them are men's

eat spiritual ideas, and whose responsibility it is to embody them in some form, automatically and spontaneously, through a trained and rhythmic activity of the soul and mind, working always in the closest collaboration. the idea is contacted, but is wrongly clothed in mental matter and therefore wrongly started on its way to materialisation. it finds itself, for instance, integrated into a group thoughtform of a colouring, keynote and substance which is entirely unsuited to its right expression. this happens far more often than you might think. it concerns the higher interpretations of the hindu aphorism: better one's own dharma than the dharma of another. this is illusion through wrong discrimination where substance is concerned. its cause is lack of esoteric training in creative activit

t inevitably ensue- 40- glamour: a world problem copyright 1998 lucis trust that which is the opposite pole of illusion is, as you well know, the intuition. the intuition is that recognition of reality which becomes possible as glamour and illusion disappear. an intuitive reaction to truth will take place when along a particular line of approach to truth the disciple has succeeded in quieting the thoughtform-making propensities of the mind, so that light can flow directly, and without any deviation, from the higher spiritual worlds. the intuition can begin to make its presence felt when glamour no longer grips the lower man, and a man's low or high desires, interpreted emotionally or self- centredly, can no longer come between his brain consciousness and the soul. fleeting moments of this

deal as it should (even though it probably- 77- glamour: a world problem copyright 1998 lucis trust may not) constitute the major glamour of the members of this group. unfortunately the emotional glamour dominates still and, for the majority of you, the second contrast, that between glamour and illumination, may prove the most useful and the most constructive. illusion is the power of some mental thoughtform, of some ideal, and some concept sensed, grasped and interpreted in mental form to dominate the mental processes of the individual or of the race and consequently to produce the limitation of the individual or group expression. such ideas and concepts can be of three kinds, as i realise you should know: 1. they can be inherited ideas, as in the case of those who find it so difficult to

therefore, be apparent to you that the lower or concrete levels of the mental plane will have acquired or accumulated down the ages a vast number of ideas, which have been formulated as ideals, clothed in mental matter, nourished by the vitality of those who have recognised as much of the truth of the idea as they are capable of expressing and who have given to these ideals the emphasis of their thoughtform-making faculty and their directed attention, which necessarily implies the energising of the limited formulated ideal because as you know energy follows thought. these forms of thought become objectives towards which the subjective reality, man, reaches and with which he identifies himself for long periods of time; into them, he projects himself, thus vitalising them and giving them li

ALICE A BAILEY17 TELEPATHY AND THE ETHERIC VEHICLE

ht-directed receiver is the man, in exoteric expression, who has aligned his brain, his mind, and his soul. it is a fact that omnipresence, which is a law in nature and based on the fact that the etheric bodies of all forms constitute the world etheric body, makes omniscience possible. the etheric body of the planetary logos is swept into activity by his directed will; energy is the result of his thoughtform playing in and through his energy body. this thoughtform embodies and expresses his world purpose. all the subhuman forms of life and the human forms up to the stage of advanced man are governed by divine thought through the medium of their energy bodies which are an integral part of the whole. they react, however, unconsciously and unintelligently. advanced humanity, the mystics and t

w disciples. but when he can work somewhat as a conscious soul, then the master can begin to impress him with group ideas via his own soul. he hovers then for quite a while upon the periphery of the group. eventually, as his spiritual sensitivity increases, he can be definitely impressed by the master and taught the technique of contact. later, the group of disciples, functioning as one synthetic thoughtform, can reach him and thus automatically he becomes one of them. to those who have the true esoteric sense, the above paragraph will convey a good deal of information, hitherto hidden. 8. telepathic work between a master and his group. this is the mode of work whereby a master trains and works through his disciples. he impresses them simultaneously with an idea or an aspect of truth. by w

usness which is sufficiently conditioned by the integrated mental person so that he is aware of and inclusive of the mental state and thought processes of another person. 3. the energy of prana, or the etheric force of the vital body. this energy, by an act of the will and under the pressure of the magnetic power of love, responds to or is receptive to the dual energies mentioned above. the idea, thoughtform or mental impression which must be recorded in the brain consciousness of the recipient opens a way in the pranic fluids and so controls their- 16- telepathy and the etheric vehicle copyright 1998 lucis trust activity (which is as ceaseless as the thoughtform-making propensities of the chitta) that the brain becomes responsive in two ways: a. it is rendered passive by the impact of the

luids and so controls their- 16- telepathy and the etheric vehicle copyright 1998 lucis trust activity (which is as ceaseless as the thoughtform-making propensities of the chitta) that the brain becomes responsive in two ways: a. it is rendered passive by the impact of the three types of energy, blended and fused into one stream of force. b. it becomes actively responsive to the idea, impression, thoughtform, symbol, words, etc, which are being swept into the area of its conscious activity. let me attempt to reduce the above information to practical simplicity, thus showing how these three types of energy can be used in practical work: 1. by the use of the energy of love in three ways: a. by sending out love (not sentiment) to your brothers at the time of transmission or reception. b. by c

teract their own efforts. a casual and "don't care" spirit and a close attentiveness to the inner "picturing faculty" will net better results than any violent and strong desire and effort to see the symbol and to contact the mind of the sender. the brain should register a reflection of the mind content. if a ray of light is met by an outgoing force from the receiver's mind or a powerfully emitted thoughtform, it can be prevented from reaching the mind. however, a transmitter with more expert training can overcome this barrier. much of the trouble will be found to be based on the emitted thoughtforms, or in the rush of ill-regulated mental energy or brain radiation which negates efforts. therefore a quiet spirit and well regulated thoughts will aid much, and the cultivation of that dispassi

lepathic cult, the whole science of telepathy (as a- 21- telepathy and the etheric vehicle copyright 1998 lucis trust seed of a future racial potency) can be developed and understood. this is a process now going forward, and it is going on in two ways: through the medium of telepathic groups and of telepathic people, and through the medium of exoteric scientific investigation. the building of the thoughtform which will accustom the race to the idea of telepathic work is proceeding apace, and the seed of this development is becoming very vital and powerful and germinating with real rapidity. it is, in the last analysis, the seed of masterhood. vi. group telepathic work i shall now take up with you the subject of united group telepathic work, its possibilities and the present opportunity, to

al activity of some other mind or group of minds, of some whole, as its radiatory influence affects the unit or aggregate of units. the first stage of correct telepathic reception is ever the registering of an impression; it is generally vague at the beginning, but as a thought, idea, purpose or intention of the sending agent concretises, it slips into the second stage which appears as a definite thoughtform; finally, that- 24- telepathy and the etheric vehicle copyright 1998 lucis trust thoughtform makes its impact upon the consciousness of the brain in the location lying just behind the ajna centre and consequently in the area of the pituitary body. it can appear also in the region of the solar plexus centre. but for those lives who have surmounted life in the three worlds and who are no

f the emotionally polarised world in which he lives physically. more understanding will come also if you grasp the fact that this science of impression is concerned with the activity of the head centre as an anchoring centre for the antahkarana, and that the ajna centre is concerned with the process of translating the recorded intuition into a form (through recognition of and reaction to a mental thoughtform) and its subsequent direction, as an ideal objective, into the world of men. in the early stages and until the third initiation, the science of impression is concerned with the establishing of a sensitivity (an invocative sensitivity) between the spiritual triad (temporarily expressing itself through the abstract mind and the soul or the son of mind) and the concrete mind. this mental

to be impressed; the other with the ability to be an impressing agent. the disciple is not permitted to practise the art of impressing until he himself is among those who receive triadal impression and therefore impression from shamballa, within the protective area or aura of the ashram with which he is affiliated. it must be remembered that this science of impression is in reality the science of thoughtform-making, thoughtform vitalisation and thoughtform direction; and only a disciple who has passed through the processes of transfiguration and is no longer the victim of his own personality can be entrusted with so dangerous a cycle of powers. as long as there exists any desire for selfish power, for unspiritual control and for influence over the minds of other human beings or over groups

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

today the moon is nothing more than a dead form. it has no emanation and no radiation of any kind and, therefore, has no effect of any kind. the moon, from the angle of the esoteric knower, is simply an obstruction in space an undesirable form which must some day disappear. in esoteric astrology, the effect of the moon is noted as a thought effect and as the result of a powerful and most ancient thoughtform; nevertheless, the moon has no quality of her own and can transmit nothing to the earth. let me reiterate: the moon is a dead form; it has no emanation at all. that is why the moon is spoken of in the ancient teaching as "veiling either vulcan or uranus" this hint or inference has always been here and astrologers would do well to experiment with this suggestion i have made anent the mo

ed with these ideas for a while. astrologers- 11- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iii: esoteric astrology copyright 1998 lucis trust might discover some most interesting and arresting problems and perhaps arrive at an accuracy which is at present unknown. it might be of some service if i enlarged somewhat upon this point: in connection with the sun sign, the rising sign and the effect of the thoughtform relating to the moon, the position of esoteric astrology is as follows: 1. the sun sign. this sign indicates the present problem of the man; it sets the pace or the established tempo of his personality life; it is related to quality, temperament and the life tendencies which are seeking expression during this particular incarnation, and it is suggestive of the rajasic or the activity a

ng make it hard for you to understand. cosmically, they mean the activity of deity when spirit and matter are brought into a definite relationship and, under divine purpose, produce that fusion of living energies which will be adequately potent in time and space to bring that purpose to its desired consummation. this is creation, or aries in activity. they mean also the objective appearing of the thoughtform which god has thus created and in which is embodied his desire, his will, his purpose and his plan. this is manifestation, or cancer in activity. they mean again the working out of the plan under spiritual and natural law which is evolutionary in expression; this is the goal of evolution and its expression and is steadily revealing the nature of god, for the laws under which this solar

that great centre we call humanity will be accomplished. ponder on this for the significance of esoteric astrology will emerge more clearly in your minds if you can understand this fourfold activity of mercury and the inter-relation of these four signs of the zodiac connected as they are with the logoic quaternary. it is in this sign also that the moon in its own right of antiquity and of ancient thoughtform control, and also as veiling both vulcan and neptune, connects the force of virgo with the energies of taurus, of cancer and of aquarius. this is of peculiar importance for it relates the- 162- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iii: esoteric astrology copyright 1998 lucis trust form building aspect with the consciousness aspect which, at a high stage of development, produces the man

is dependent upon the final triumph of the forces of light (working through the allied nations) or on the control of the forces of materialism. germany represented materialism in the west and japan in the east. i would also add that those who in both nations (and there are many such) represent the "lighted way" were so imprisoned in their environment and so dominated in their personalities by the thoughtform of their powerful rulers that for them right action was impossible. it is this thought which prompts the hierarchy to renewed effort. the forces of light recognise and work for the spiritual good of all people, irrespective of their national relations. they are working for the release of germany from the glamour which descended upon her people. the hierarchy makes a distinction between

s fluid aspiration. their responsibility is to the general public. the other group of trained thinkers and people who are animated primarily by the will-to-good (which is of more importance in this world cycle than the will-to-peace) have a function to carry out in evoking hierarchical response in reply to the aspiration of the first group. they focus this aspiration on the mental plane, create a thoughtform embodying the objective and project the "call" which may reach the ears of the lords of liberation. the blended invocation and the united call from the different levels of the human consciousness will bring a mighty appeal to bear upon the hidden centres of the "saving force" it is this united appeal which you must now organise. thus the mass of humanity will be stimulated to move off

uces initiation. ray ii. that which is the cause of vision or the power to see. ray iii. that which develops sensory perception into knowledge, knowledge into wisdom and wisdom into omniscience. ray iv. that which is the illumined will, the basis of buddhi or the intuition. ray v. that which is the cosmic seed of liberation. this is an aspect of destruction. ray vi. that which is the cause of the thoughtform building faculty, related to the creative urge. ray vii. that which can be called the principle of order. 9. just as desire has produced this "son of necessity" our solar system, there lies behind all the energies of the heart of god and all the forces which have produced the manifested universe that which is the result of divine need. it is neither the cosmic correspondence of brain o

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

and upon a right understanding of the spiritual possibilities of death. on germs. how inadequately do words meet the need of truth. we use the word "germ" to indicate the source of some disease or the origin of some form. we talk of a germ or seed of life; we refer to the germ of an idea; we indicate that intangible point of energy which results later in some kind of manifested form. it may be a thoughtform, a human being, or a disease, yet the same word has to suffice for all three. how oft have i told you that all is energy and there is naught else. a germ is a point of energy having within it certain living potentialities, causing certain effects upon the surrounding field of energy, and producing certain forms of expression which are recognisable upon the physical plane. but all that

ich robs life of all joy and desire and presents always a sense of futility. many women passing through the menopause experience this. 4. a certain form of breakdown in the cells found in a particular area of the brain. 5. based on fear of insanity and of death a baseless fear which has never materialised but which does constitute an id e fixe, so that the person is the victim of a well developed thoughtform. 6. a tuning-in, through oversensitivity, on the suffering and massed pain of the world. disciples can be temporarily overcome by this. 7. this condition is very seldom brought about by any form of obsession such as "an earthbound entity or a living vampire-like person" a very few such cases have been known, but they are too rare to be considered a factor. 8. sometimes a person tunes i

by a mantram. this is definitely not spiritual healing. 2. there is also that form of healing which can be instantaneous because the disease is largely psychological and hallucinatory. the healer is then in the position to enable the patient to throw off illusion and so stand free. the will of the healer when added to that of the patient, aids in the breaking of the illusion and 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 de

as registered by the physical brain. where no physical brain exists, what humanity understands by time is nonexistent. the removal of the barriers of the form, stage by stage, brings an increasing realisation of the eternal now. in the case of those who have passed through the door of death and who still continue to think in terms of time, it is due to glamour and to the persistence of a powerful thoughtform. it indicates polarisation upon the astral plane; this is the plane upon which leading theosophical writers and psychics have worked, and upon which they have based their writings. they are quite sincere in what they say, but omit to recognise the illusory nature of all findings based on astral clairvoyance. the recognition of a pronounced time factor, and the constant emphasis laid up

seconds. the physical elemental has lost its hold, and the etheric body awaits the final "tug" from the soul, acting under the law of attraction. 5. the etheric body emerges from the dense physical body in gradual stages and at the chosen point of exit. when this emergence is complete, the vital body then assumes the vague outline of the form that it energised, and this under the influence of the thoughtform of himself which the man has built up over the years. this thoughtform exists in the case of every human being, and must be destroyed before the second stage of elimination is finally complete. we will touch upon this later. though freed from the prison of the physical body, the etheric body is not yet freed from its influence. there is still a slight rapport between the two, and this

mployed by the soul, functioning consciously in the three worlds, we shall find it helpful to consider it under two main headings: first: the processes whereby the cycle of incarnation is brought to an end through the complete integration of soul and personality. this we will approach from three points of view: the significance of integration. the state of mind of the soul. the elimination of the thoughtform of the personality. second: the results of this: within the ashram of the master, as far as the disciple is concerned. in the mode whereby the liberated disciple can now create a body for physical plane contact and for service in the three worlds this time not under the law of necessity but under the law of service, as understood by the initiate- 297- a treatise on the seven rays- volu

ehicles, but each of them becomes as much an event as is physical death. finally the time comes when the disciple dies with deliberation and in full consciousness, and with real knowledge relinquishes his various vehicles. steadily the soul takes control, and then the disciple brings about death through an act of the soul-will and knows exactly what he is doing. the elimination of the personality thoughtform in dealing with this subject (and it can only be done very briefly) two things must be borne in mind: 1. that we are considering solely an idea in the mind of the soul and dealing with the basic fact of the illusion which has controlled the entire cycle of incarnation and so held the soul a prisoner to form. to the soul, the personality connotes two things. a. the soul's capacity for i

ct of the illusion which has controlled the entire cycle of incarnation and so held the soul a prisoner to form. to the soul, the personality connotes two things. a. the soul's capacity for identification with form; this is first of all realised by the soul when the personality is beginning to react to a measure of real integration. b. an opportunity for initiation. 2. that the elimination of the thoughtform of the personality, which is consummated at the third initiation, is a great initiation for the soul on its own plane. for this reason, the third initiation is regarded as the first major initiation, since the two previous initiations have very little effect upon the soul and only affect the incarnated soul, the "fragment" of the whole. these are facts which are little realised and sel

or absorb it. it is, however, assumed that goodwill colours the entire attitude and thinking of the healing disciple. the will which must be kept in leash is the will of the personality which, in the case of the initiated disciple, is of a very high order. it also relates to the will of the soul, emanating from the petals of sacrifice in the egoic lotus. all true healers have to create a healing thoughtform, and through this they consciously or unconsciously work. it is this thoughtform which must be kept free from a too powerful use of the will, for it can (unless held in leash, stepped down, modified or, if needed, eliminated altogether) destroy not only the thoughtform created by the healer, but it can also build a barrier between healer and patient; the initial rapport is thus broken

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

ALICE A BAILEY22 DISCIPLESHIP IN THE NEW AGE VOLUME II

er to grasp the needed lessons and learn to train your minds to think in ever wider and more abstract terms, you draw from me a correspondingly adequate instruction? the limitation to the imparted truth lies on your side and not on mine. second, i must isolate in my own consciousness the extent of the instruction, detaching myself from all other concerns and formulating the needed material into a thoughtform which will be comprehensive, clear-cut, sequential in its relation to that which has already been imparted and which will lay the ground for the next instruction in due time. then third, i have to enter into that meditative condition, and that extraverted attitude which will enable me to pour out in a steady stream of constructive sentences which will express, to the mind of the amanue

m which will be comprehensive, clear-cut, sequential in its relation to that which has already been imparted and which will lay the ground for the next instruction in due time. then third, i have to enter into that meditative condition, and that extraverted attitude which will enable me to pour out in a steady stream of constructive sentences which will express, to the mind of the amanuensis, the thoughtform as i see it and build it. putting it otherwise, i become creative with deliberation and endeavour to convey to the vision, to the mind and to the intellectual perception of a.a.b. an ordered presentation of the thoughtform which embodies the lesson i desire the students to learn. all this necessitates an expenditure of force and of time on my part which i feel is well warranted if the

e assigned an alignment exercise when i last communicated with you, and this i did in lieu of more abstruse meditation practices. this meditation is intended to bring about three most definite results: a. the interrelation of the seven centres, and therefore an uninterrupted flow of energy. b. the interplay of energy between the members of this group in my ashram, via the seven centres. the group thoughtform will have in it seven points of energetic life, the energies of- 91- discipleship in the new age- volume ii copyright 1998 lucis trust which will be contributed by the group members. this etheric form of the group life will be an expression of the sum total of the seven types of energy as each individual member utilises them. c. the fusion, consciously and deliberately engineered, of t

t can be presented to others, to your friends, to those you seek to help and to humanity when opportunity offers. think the idea through mentally, emotionally, and practically, thus precipitating it outwards into the world of thought. 3. then (using the creative imagination and seeing yourself as a responsible transmitter, doing the work of the ashram) breathe out the idea as a formulated, living thoughtform into the great stream of mental substance which is ever playing upon the human consciousness. 4. sound the om, thus "closing the episode" close the above meditation with a daily dedication of yourself to the service of humanity; renew your pledge to your master and say the mantram of unification i gave you some years ago: the sons of men are one and i am one with them. i seek to love

rvice and of activity. i send you herewith the final stanza of the great invocation, as per my promise. i gave you the first about nine years ago and the second during the course of the war. i would ask you to use it daily and as many times a day as you can remember to do so; you will- 104- discipleship in the new age- volume ii copyright 1998 lucis trust thus create a seed thought or a clear-cut thoughtform which will make the launching of this invocation among the masses of men a successful venture when the right time comes. that time is not yet. this great invocation can be expressed in the following words: from the point of light within the mind of god let light stream forth into the minds of men. let light descend on earth. from the point of love within the heart of god let love strea

ork are the result of certain mental determinations, which embody the will of the planetary logos and are imposed upon all lesser groups of lives by those whose task it is to wield the divine laws and enforce them. freedom of the will is here to be noted in relation to the time concept but not in relation to the final and inevitable divine results at the end of the immense world period. the major thoughtform of the spiritual hierarchy, created by joint ashramic meditation, is called by us the plan. the basic purpose of sanat kumara is revealed from cycle to cycle by his agents in shamballa, and is by them impressed upon the minds of the senior members of the hierarchy. they, in their turn, make this impression the subject of their ashramic meditation, adapting its various concepts and the

down to abstract levels of thinking where (expressing it symbolically) they form the blueprints, prior to the institution of the creative process which will give them phenomenal existence and being. i would have you, therefore, remember the three factors: 1. the intuition..which contacts and reveals new ideas. 2. the abstract world..i.n which they are given form and substance and which is to the thoughtform eventually created what the etheric body is to the dense physical vehicle. 3. concrete thought..producing the concretising of the thoughtform and thus making the idea available to mankind. here, in this simple summation, is expressed for you the process which the disciple will be able to follow when he is initiate; as each initiation is taken, the scope of the idea steadily increases

hree stages preceding penetration have been necessarily sequential, until he has gained such facility that they can instantaneously be transcended. he has learnt through life in the three worlds, to penetrate into the world of mind and the lower concrete mind has become his instrument, integrating his personality, opening up to him the world of thought, and putting into his power the processes of thoughtform creation; he has learnt through meditation to make contact with the soul, the son of mind, who is himself, and has in time identified himself with that soul; he becomes the soul in fact, and can create in the world of thought those living forms which bring light and help and truth to others; thus he serves; he learns also, through unfolding perception, to penetrate into the levels of a

he masters of the wisdom work in three ways as they endeavour to implement the divine plan: 1. they formulate, deliberately and in line with their fixed intention, those thoughtforms which must be "impressed" upon the substance of the level of consciousness desired. 2. these living forms of thought are then occultly energised and become centres of energy or reservoirs of energy, with the original thoughtform as the creative source at the centre. these- 259- discipleship in the new age- volume ii copyright 1998 lucis trust thoughtforms and this generated energy are held steady within the aura of the master or of a group of masters. 3. the energy is then projected on to a particular plane or into the mind consciousness of those disciples who are en rapport with the master, or of those groups

ghtforms and are developing the power to be impressed. at present, they appear to be putting the cart before the horse, and they need to learn to think after impression; but this the spread of the various meditative processes will eventually correct. later, the directing potency of the ajna centre (the centre between the eyebrows) will attract their attention and the triple process of impression, thoughtform construction, and energy direction will be mastered by them, and the first point of revelation will no longer be a revelation; they will be committed to an intelligent implementing of the plan upon the physical plane. the second point of revelation: the will is an expression of the law of sacrifice. the second point of revelation is of peculiar interest. it concerns the first contact o

ineated step. certain factors must, therefore, be borne in mind if the disciple is to be sure of the ground upon which he stands, and if he is to know that the hint which he has forced to emerge out of the welter of unassimilated and heterogeneous knowledge is correct, and therefore vital for him. these factors are: 1. the hint upon which he is working will be, for him, a. a summation or anchored thoughtform of any wisdom which he may have attained. i did not say summation of knowledge, brother of mine, for wisdom and knowledge are two very different things. b. peculiarly distinguished by his ray quality, and therefore in line with his normal ray development. a hint, for instance, formulated by a first ray aspirant may have no meaning or instruction for an aspirant upon the third ray, and

oups: they follow the way of specialised detail and of a comprehensive inclusiveness, and are the outstanding occultists; the other group is distinguished by pure love. of the group which finds its way into shamballa a developed simplicity will be found to govern all relations. simplicity and unity are related; simplicity is one-pointedness of outlook, free from glamour and the intricacies of the thoughtform-making mind; simplicity is clarity of purpose and steadfastness in intention and in effort, untrammelled by questioning and devious introspection; simplicity leads to simple loving, asking nothing in return; simplicity leads to silence not silence as an escape mechanism, but as an "occult retention of speech" for you, simplicity is a major essential practice in this next cycle of your

k you to do is in the nature of an act of service. it has little reference to yourself, but much to something that is close, very close, to my heart. i would ask you to take the new book, discipleship in the new age, and each day meditate upon its significance, its usefulness and its teaching value in this coming post-war period. read it carefully, e'en when you know much of what is said; build a thoughtform of the book and see it going forth to the very ends of the earth. this book, if rightly distributed, can act as a great magnet, drawing people from all over the planet into the ashrams of the masters, and thereby increasing the potency of the workers for humanity as well as increasing them numerically. this book should go forth upon the wings of meditation, and you can be a potent foca

ALICE A BAILEY23 THE EXTERNALISATION OF THE HIERARCHY

above all, let the psychics in the world today grasp the necessity of controlling and of not being controlled; let them realise that all that they do can be done by any trained disciple of the ageless wisdom should the occasion warrant it, and circumstances justify such an expenditure of force. psychics are easily deceived. for example, it is of course obvious that on the astral plane there is a thoughtform of myself, your tibetan brother. all who have received the disciples' degree monthly instructions, all who read the books which i have sent out into the world with the aid of a.a.b, also all who are working in my personal group of disciples have naturally and automatically aided in the construction of this astral thoughtform. it is not me, nor is it linked to me, nor do i use it. i hav

aturally and automatically aided in the construction of this astral thoughtform. it is not me, nor is it linked to me, nor do i use it. i have definitely disassociated myself from it and do not employ it as a means of contacting those i teach, for i work from choice entirely on mental levels thereby undoubtedly limiting my range of contacts but increasing the effectiveness of my work. this astral thoughtform is a distortion of me and my work, needless to say, and resembles an animated and galvanised shell- 8- the externalisation of the hierarchy copyright 1998 lucis trust because there is in this form much emotional substance and also a certain amount of mental substance, it can make a wide appeal and its validity is such that like all shells, for instance, which are contacted in the seanc

indicated by the plan (which are of a spiritual nature and unifying in their effect, breeding not hatred and separativeness, but world understanding and fusion) spend their time in speculation, in criticism of the various world leaders and in fearful foreboding none of which is in the least helpful and, in the last analysis, is definitely harmful. this harmfulness is due to a powerfully directed thoughtform, constructed by men and women of a certain aptitude in spiritual advancement. the responsibility of thought is little grasped as yet by those who are numbered among the world aspirants; yet their thought-making activity is now either definitely constructive or potentially destructive. i hesitate to enlarge upon this theme, owing to the probable personality reactions which those who rea

he soul in a dynamic manner, involving the serious recognition of the will aspect. the great invocation, the o.m. and all such words of power must go forth from the soul (whose nature is love and whose purpose is solely group good, backed by or "occultly propelled forth (to use a translation of an almost untranslatable occult idea) by the dynamic will aspect, and carried outwards as an integrated thoughtform upon a stream of living, illumined mental substance. this process therefore brings into activity the will, the love and the intelligence of the man who is using these words and formulas. frequently, however, an hiatus occurs even when a man has integrated these three controlling factors within himself as far as he is able to do so at his particular point in evolution. all that he has s

tal substance. this process therefore brings into activity the will, the love and the intelligence of the man who is using these words and formulas. frequently, however, an hiatus occurs even when a man has integrated these three controlling factors within himself as far as he is able to do so at his particular point in evolution. all that he has succeeded in doing is the retaining of the created thoughtform upon the mental plane; he fails to make its presence felt upon the physical plane and to achieve the desired results because his brain (the lower receiving and distributing centre within the head) is incapable of the needed dual activity retaining awareness of the intent, meaning and purpose of the formula being used and, at the same time, carrying on the task of sending forth the pote

meditation. they could change their lives, reorient their life purpose and focus, and achieve spiritual unfoldment and expansion if they could use the om as it should be used. the great invocation, rightly used by the many hundred thousand people who have already attempted to use it, could reorient the consciousness of humanity, stabilise men in spiritual being, disrupt and rebuild the planetary thoughtform which men have created in the past and which has had (and is having) such disastrous and cataclysmic results, and open the door into the new age, thus ushering in the new and better civilisation. this could be done so rapidly, that the needed changes would come about almost overnight; the present reign of horror would end and the race of men could settle down to a life of group goodwil

t they secretly hope and pray for his appearing. still others regard such an idea and hope as simply a psychological fulfilment and the embodiment of the wish-life of the people this time of humanity as a whole, for the first time in racial history. such people are apt to feel that this embodiment has no true substance or place in the life of mankind, but wish that it had. they forget that when a thoughtform has been constructed of sufficient potency and has been built over a long period of time by the people of the world, a further and final stage becomes ever possible. the form can be rendered so magnetic that it can attract an energy which will inform it and give it active potency; it can then become a vital link between the subjective world of energy and the objective world of forces a

by the people of the world, a further and final stage becomes ever possible. the form can be rendered so magnetic that it can attract an energy which will inform it and give it active potency; it can then become a vital link between the subjective world of energy and the objective world of forces and a thing of power, of impelling and guiding activity, and therefore the expression of a life. this thoughtform, duly informed, becomes a mediating factor, constructed by humanity but animated by the will-to-good of some great and spiritual entity. that thoughtforms, embodying evil lives can be and are- 147- the externalisation of the hierarchy copyright 1998 lucis trust constructed is equally true, but with these we are not at this time dealing. we come now to the significant point of what i ha

, constructed by humanity but animated by the will-to-good of some great and spiritual entity. that thoughtforms, embodying evil lives can be and are- 147- the externalisation of the hierarchy copyright 1998 lucis trust constructed is equally true, but with these we are not at this time dealing. we come now to the significant point of what i have to say today in this connection. a great and vital thoughtform is in process of construction upon our planet and within our planetary aura. it is being built by the power of sound, by the magnetic pull of invocation leading to eventual evocation, and by the force of desire-substance, animated by the power of thought. it is being constructed by the united efforts of the hierarchy, of the world disciples and aspirants, of the men and women of goodwi

f goodwill in all nations, and also through the inchoate longings of men everywhere, of all religious beliefs, political views and group loyalties. it is safely anchored upon the physical plane, is of vast proportions upon the astral or emotional plane, but lacks vitality and power upon the mental plane. it is here, within the realm of thought substance, that the weakness of the structure of this thoughtform becomes apparent. it is already potent spiritually, owing to the scientific work of the occult hierarchy and their trained helpers. this spiritual life relates the thoughtform to the waiting extra-planetary forces and can make their work possible and effective. it is potent physically and emotionally through the work of the lovers of humanity, the well-meaning efforts of the emotionall

w invocation. one other thought i would like to touch upon prior to an analysis of the phrases of the invocation. it is a recognized truth today that all expression upon the physical plane is the result, first of all, of thought, then of desire, and finally of physical plane activity. a man sees a vision and a possibility. he broods over it and it enters then into the realm of mental invention. a thoughtform is then organised, whether it is the thoughtform of a sewing machine, of a political party, of an economic idea, or some other type of organisation with some planned objective. much reflection and brooding will eventually produce a magnetic field which will become so potent that desire will enter in; then the dream or vision enters into a new stage of vitalisation. in due time, when th

lection and brooding will eventually produce a magnetic field which will become so potent that desire will enter in; then the dream or vision enters into a new stage of vitalisation. in due time, when the processes of desire have adequately developed, the vision will precipitate upon the physical plane. physical activity and concrete methods of manifestation are then coordinated and gradually the thoughtform becomes an expressed reality, recognisable by all- 173- the externalisation of the hierarchy copyright 1998 lucis trust men. thought, desire, activity such is the history of human vision and dream. down the ages, from the very night of time, man has dreamed, expectant of divine revelation and of divine intervention. when all else seems to fail, men look to god. again and again in the h

sh of our flesh and spirit of our spirit" they therefore mean more to us than any other divine emergence. they are known, loved and followed by countless millions. i would ask you to ponder on the potency of the nucleus of force which they have set up. the establishing of a nucleus of energy, spiritually positive, is the constant task of an avatar. he focusses or anchors a dynamic truth, a potent thoughtform or a vortex of attractive energy in the three worlds of human living. then, as the centuries pass, that truth and the effect of their lives and words begin steadily to condition human thinking; the established thoughtform acts increasingly as a transmitter of divine energy as it expresses a divine idea, and this in time produces a civilisation, with its accompanying culture, religions

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according to the plan. this involves upon his part a vision of that plan, identification with the underlying purpose, and the ability through the medium of the higher mind, which is the lowest aspect of the spiritual triad to work in the world of ideas and to create those forms of thought which will aid in the materialising of the plan in conformity with the purpose. this is the creative work of thoughtform building and that is why, we are told, that the first great demand "sounds forth within the world of god's ideas and towards the desert, a long time left behind. upon that great demand the initiate who has pledged himself to serve the world returns into that desert, bringing with him the seed and water for which the desert cries" the second demand is related to the earlier cry of the d

ng with the senior members of the hierarchy and the latter with those initiates and disciples who are closely related to humanity. here again we come up against the fact that the science of invocation and evocation, with which this rule fundamentally deals, is primarily a great and scientific activity of which modern humanity knows practically nothing, but which is related to thought power and to thoughtform building. only initiates of the highest degree such as the three great lords have the right to invoke alone and unaccompanied by any protective agency, such as a group, and the reason for that is that they themselves are members of the council at shamballa and are individually registrants of the purpose. the annual appearance of the lord buddha is the outer demonstration or symbol of t

consciousness of form and its contacts (which we call knowledge, have in themselves produced a great thought-form which has summed up in itself his entire relation to form, to existence and experience in the three worlds, to matter, to desire and to all that incarnation has brought him. the whole matter looms, therefore, over-large in his consciousness. the detaching of himself from this ancient thoughtform the final form which the dweller on the threshold takes is called by him death. only at the fourth initiation does he realise that death is nothing but the severing of a thread which links him to the ring-pass-not within which he has chosen to circumscribe himself. he discovers that the "last enemy to be destroyed" is brought to that final destruction by the first aspect in himself, th

f love demonstrated by the two groups of triangle members. those responsible for the creative work upon the outer field must begin with the esoteric work. i am writing here for disciples, some of whom are members of my ashram, and for the new group of world servers; these are responsible for carrying forward the work as planned. the two groups of triangles already formed are in reality building a thoughtform anent this work which will evoke response from the true builders. it will be apparent to you, therefore, that this creative work, with its intelligent and practical purposes and its ability when rightly functioning to unite the exoteric and the esoteric workers in one spiritual undertaking, originates in reality in shamballa itself and was grasped as to intent and purpose by masters up

and be better understood; it will have its own inner group who will work entirely subjectively, building the triangles of light and of goodwill, and then will work objectively, directing the activities of those who are building the organisational aspect of triangles of practical goodwill on earth with an effective subsidiary activity. that time is not yet. today we have the creation of a general thoughtform or the germinating of the seed of an idea. later, when the true outer work begins, its potency will be objectively demonstrated because the buddhas of activity will gradually become aware of the existence of- 179- a treatise on the seven rays- volume v: the rays and the initiations copyright 1998 lucis trust the thoughtform in its nature of light and its quality of goodwill. they will

. i cannot see the door. move forward on the path, o pilgrim in the light, and stand together, hand in hand, before the door of light. what seest thou? the door again appears, and wide it seems, not narrow as before. what was that i saw before? it was not like the door which now confronts this band of brothers as we stand together on the path. the door you saw before was a figment of your mind; a thoughtform of your separative creation, something that cuts you off from truth too narrow for your passing yet full of wrong allure. only the man who holds his brother's hand can see the door in truth; only the man, surrounded- 223- a treatise on the seven rays- volume v: the rays and the initiations copyright 1998 lucis trust by the many who are one, can enter the door which shuts itself upon th

now the case. what this means, how it will be accomplished, and what the implications are, will be revealed in such a distant future that we need waste no time considering it. we are working and living in the initial stages of the period wherein preparation is being made for the emergence of the hierarchy into the world of men. this emergence is at present purely on to mental levels, but when the thoughtform of exoteric existence is created by humanity itself and the invocative cry is intense enough, then the great ashram will slowly make its appearance upon the physical plane. on that plane, the distinction between the two centres will be preserved, but the inner relationship and the spiritual fusion will steadily proceed until: soul and personality are one, love and intelligence are coor

has created and in which it has lived practically entirely since early atlantean days. the effect of an increasing soul contact has not simply been to dispel the mists of glamour, but it has also served to consolidate and to bring into effective use, therefore, the imagination with its overwhelmingly powerful creative faculty. this creative energy, when implemented by an illumined mind (with its thoughtform making ability, is then wielded by the disciple in order to make contacts higher than with the soul, and to bring into symbolic form that of which he- 289- a treatise on the seven rays- volume v: the rays and the initiations copyright 1998 lucis trust becomes aware through the medium of a line of energy the antahkarana which he is steadily and scientifically creating. it might be said

ls, and when therefore his mind is intelligently and consciously functioning. he must begin at this stage to have some more exact idea than has hitherto been the case as to the distinctions existing between the thinker, the apparatus of thought, and thought itself, beginning with its dual esoteric function which is: 1. the recognition and receptivity to ideas. 2. the creative faculty of conscious thoughtform building- 291- a treatise on the seven rays- volume v: the rays and the initiations copyright 1998 lucis trust this necessarily involves a strong mental attitude and reorientation of the mind to reality. as the disciple begins to focus himself on the mental plane (and this is the prime intent of the meditation work, he starts working in mental matter and trains himself in the powers an

manifest certain divine qualities, and to attract around themselves those who had latent the same divine qualities, and who could therefore step down the teaching that the world saviour came to give, and translate into human equivalents as much of the divine inspiration as was possible. many of them have been forgotten even if their work was successful. others have been resolved into myths by the thoughtform-making faculty of man but their work is still thereby remembered, and to this, monuments and tradition constantly testify; greater sons of god possessed a potency and a love of humanity which, even at the close of many centuries, evokes the attention of mankind and conditions even yet the reactions of millions of people. vyasa the original vyasa, who was the great individuality evoked

cannot be reduced to symbols or to symbolic happenings; they are formless and remain in the higher consciousness. i am not here saying that the teachings given in the past by various occult groups, or in my book initiation, human and solar, are not correct or do not recount accurately what the candidate believes has taken place. the point i seek to make is that the ceremonial aspect is due to the thoughtform-making capacity of the disciple and (which is of major importance) constitutes his contribution to the future externalisation of the initiatory process in its earlier stages. when an adequate number of disciples will have succeeded in relating the spiritual triad to the soul-infused personality and have occultly "precipitated" the energies of the monad through the medium of the antahka

lated to the emanations or vibrations arising from the three worlds; these creatively result in the myriads of thoughtforms which are found upon the lower levels of the mental plane. it might therefore be said that these qualities or aspects of the fifth ray of spiritual energy produce: pure thought the thinker or the son of mind thoughtforms 4. this energy (as far as mankind is concerned) is the thoughtform making energy, and all impressions from the physical, etheric and astral planes force it into activity on the level of concrete knowledge, with a resultant kaleidoscopic presentation of thoughtforms. 5. it is fundamentally the most potent energy at this time in the planet, because it was brought to maturity in the first solar system, that of active intelligence. 6. it is the energy whi

nd the russian. it posits an ability to function with clarity upon the- 389- a treatise on the seven rays- volume v: the rays and the initiations copyright 1998 lucis trust mental plane, to collate information, rightly to interpret and relate that information, and to create the needed thoughtforms or concepts for those interpretations. these thoughtforms fall into three major fields of thought or thoughtform areas of consciousness: 1. science. under this word i include all that which the educational processes cover or are supposed to cover, and such a useful science as medicine. 2. philosophy, with its presentation of great conditioning ideas. 3. psychology, with its effort to account for humanity and to discover what man is essentially and how he functions. you will note that i have not i

COSIMANO CHARLES ELEMENTARY PSIONICS

own and simplified them because i ve learned how simple they really are. not only that, but this book is no longer the only game in town as far as teaching tech is concerned so there is no longer the need for the extreme details of the first edition. but here it is and i hope you will enjoy it. introduction in the beginning was the thought, and thought created a form, and from that came the word "thoughtform" ok, i couldn't resist having my little joke, but it is true that everything begins with a thought of some sort. goethe has his faust come to that conclusion and he was right, for it is the action of consciousness that gets everything going. this book is about thought. it is about taking the power of human thought and making it do things for you, not for humanity, but for you. there wi

it when i see it. but psionics does sometimes cause the nearly impossible to happen. in fact it has saved my neck on more than one occasion. i have a rule, coincidence does occur, but some coincidences are just too impossible to be that. so what am i going to do for you in this book? this is going to be a very basic text. it is going to teach you how to do basic psychic stuff, like visualization, thoughtform building, psychic transmission and reception, dowsing with a pendulum and how to make and use different machines to help you accomplish these things. so i want you to consider some things. the first thing is that there is nothing miraculous or even very mysterious about these powers. everyone in the world has them and can develop them if they will only take the time. the second thing i

comes on. this will give you the satisfaction of knowing that the advertisers have spent gazillions of bucks and you have foiled their nefarious efforts. having dealt with that problem, let us now turn to the more pleasant subject of protecting yourself from the onset of disease. there are three basic methods of performing this operation: 1)strengthening the etheric body, 2) creating a protective thoughtform and 3) radionics. the process of strengthening your etheric body to resist disease is accomplished by visualization. you should be quite practiced in most of these techniques by now, so this procedure should give you no trouble at all. any disease will appear first in the etheric body before it manifests in the physical one. the length of time prior to its physical appearance will vary

y as it were, and you are now invulnerable to the bugs which float around us continually. you should repeat this procedure with some regularity, depending upon your own health and circumstances. for example, someone who works out of the his house would have to only do this once a week, while a person who deals with the public, as in a store, may have to do it as often as twice a day. the use of a thoughtform to protect your health requires a bit more work and is probably best reserved for those times when a disease is making the rounds, usually during what is commonly called flu season, though the flu does not follow the calendar. now, i know that there are writers who suggest that you can make a health-protecting thoughtform for general use, but my own experience has found that strengthen

one. let s assume that in the place where you work there has been a severe outbreak of stomach colds since one of your co-workers brought her obnoxious child to the office (children are plague carriers and their presence in any environment breeds contagion. you already have your field in place so you are not too worried, but you would like to be certain. you would therefore meditate and create a thoughtform, giving it the specific instruction that it will block the disease as it attempts to enter your body. if you thought that using a thoughform is easy, wait until you use your box to protect yourself. remember that every illness shows up first in the etheric body before it manifests in the physical one. this fact cannot be repeated too often. therefore, it follows that if you can keep yo

, although they argue over which three. abrams listed them as cancer, tuberculosis and syphilis. you can well imagine the furor the last one caused. and to make matters worse and more confusing, abrams was referring to the venereal disease. personally, i think too much is made over the miasms as they are called. the most important thing is to avoid hypochondria. the surest way to create a disease thoughtform is to worry about it. protective radionics can be done in two ways: the long, complicated way which is done by old fashioned practitioners in which the major organs of the body are studied to find weaknesses which are then dealt with specifically; or the short, easy way, in which the entire etheric body is balanced. there is a middle way which i will now teach you. you will need your p

t wants your skills. we will assume that you already know what those skills are but not only must the company want them, it must also want you. back to finding the place to work for. you have searched the want ads daily and diligently, and, despite your best efforts, you have found no one advertising for the type of work you do best. now is the time to start making thoughtforms. create your first thoughtform as you learned so long ago and send it forth with the instructions to create a number of openings in your field. that is all you want this thoughtform to do. while you are waiting for that thoughtform to work, begin working on yourself. use money attracting techniques, such as visualizing your etheric field as a money magnet and begin to condition that field to attract people to you, t

t rate and hook up your helmet. take the rate on the helmet. with the helmet on, visualize the office building where you will be interviewed. try to get as clear an image as possible but don t worry if it fades in and out. they usually do. it is sufficient to know that your mind is linked to the environment of the office. now, once you have placed your psychic body into the office, create another thoughtform. you create this thoughtform with the programming to cause anyone who comes into contact with it to like you lots and lots and that no one will be able to resist your scintillating and dynamic personality. this should be enough to help just about anyone, but we are not through! remove the picture of the building and take the rate for the person doing the interview. use the pendulum to

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, form, and powers can only be described by means of symbols; that is in pictures which in themselves are no more real than a photograph is real when compared to the thing it represents (3) as symbols are but thoughts set forth in pictorial form which possess no activity, we conclude that the world in which we live, and which in fact is shadowed forth by our thoughts, is no more than one infinite thoughtform, a form which exists (how is beyond our understanding) in god, or the unknowable, and which finds its activity in our thoughts by being fragmented by our finite minds (4) to us our thought would be impossible without light, and light would be incomprehensible without darkness, just as heat is incomprehensible without cold. to us, in its ultimate form, the universe is light; it is that

GNOSTIC STUDIES THE GNOSTIC HANDBOOK II GNOSTIC THEURGY

ous eggregores self destruct if people stop concentrating about a given idea, over a period of time the energy degrades, and the idea or thought is forgotten. demiurgic or archonic eggregores are sustained by the fallen field and can continue forever. by the way, if you doubt the power of a group thought look at what occurs in a political rally or even a football riot. how to create and program a thoughtform a successful thoughtform is one which has been given existence on the mental and astral planes by clear, precise creation and programming. it may also require a great deal of sustainment, depending on your time-frame programming. start with a clear idea of what thoughtform you wish to create, and what it should achieve. write down your idea, contemplate it, and make it precise. once th

tart with a clear idea of what thoughtform you wish to create, and what it should achieve. write down your idea, contemplate it, and make it precise. once this idea has been decided on, do not change it. unless you have what you require clear in mind, it will not work or worse, will work against you. gnostic theurgy page 173. visualise what you want clearly, mentally design the form you want your thoughtform to take. clearly see its image in the minds eye, sense it, smell it and touch it if you can. make it as real as possible. using slow and deep breathing sense psychic energy building up in your astral body, sustain the image of the thoughtform clearly in your mind. repeat out loud what you want the thoughtform to achieve. at this stage you may wish to use some energy raising technique o

, sustain the image of the thoughtform clearly in your mind. repeat out loud what you want the thoughtform to achieve. at this stage you may wish to use some energy raising technique of your own. you may use dance, music- anything technique you like to develop a reserve of energy. hold your hands together, and visualise the energy you have accumulated as current between your palms. visualise your thoughtform appearing in this energy field and watch it take form. visualise the thoughtform setting (like mould, made out of your psychic energy. again repeat reasons for which the thoughtform has been created. outline the period it has been programmed for and any other relevant instructions. see the thoughtform leave, and set about the necessary processes to complete the task. come back to every

ng (like mould, made out of your psychic energy. again repeat reasons for which the thoughtform has been created. outline the period it has been programmed for and any other relevant instructions. see the thoughtform leave, and set about the necessary processes to complete the task. come back to everyday consciousness and perform your normal daily activities. do not dwell on your working, let the thoughtform do its work. m remember to schedule in re-chargings (much like the above) at regular intervals if required. some practical advice. remember to start with simple thoughtforms, don t be overambitious. combine thoughtform creation with ritual techniques for better results. try to be sensible in your programming, it is stupid to create thoughtforms which cannot fulfil their task. it should

e sensible in your programming, it is stupid to create thoughtforms which cannot fulfil their task. it should also be remembered that since you are on the transfigurative path your spiritual growth should be considered first and foremost and thoughtforms should gnostic theurgy page 174 be used to expedite this, not to block it by sending out endless material requests. above all remember that if a thoughtform doesn t work, it is because it either was not programmed clearly; or given enough energy. only with clear programming and maximum energy can a thoughtform achieve its goal. x gnostic theurgy page 175 they re out there, moving stealthily in the darkness. the black magicians, the occult terrorists, satanists, mansonoids, mindwarpers, cattle mutilators. nights black agents as the bard cal

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strong vitality brt. turquoise deep sympathy& compassion blue devotion (religious feeling) gray-blue fetishism light blue noble spiritual devotion dark blue religious feeling brt. lilac-blu lofty religious idealism violet spiritual psychic& spiritual faculty white purity/protection .pa thoughtforms and spirits whenever we concentrate our thoughts, we draw psychic energy together. this is called a thoughtform. usually the energy dissipates as soon as we break the concentration, but it is possible to purposely concentrate energy in this way, producing very strong thoughtforms. such thoughtforms are vortexes or centers of psychic energy. they can exist as entities by themselves, at least for a while. they are basically inanimate, non-thinking forces. talking to one is about as logical as talk

ke it more difficult to direct the attention. your emotions follow your thoughts quite easily. your emotions are not you, but are rather reactions prompted by your model and ego- like a performance or an act, while the real you watches. in a similar way, directing your attention toward a specific emotion will cause you to experience that emotion. review questions 1) what is the aura? 2) what is a thoughtform? 3) how can you develope clairvoyance? book list annie bessant and charles leadbeater, thought forms. w.e. butler, how to develop clairvoyance. j.h. brennan, astral doorways. piero ferrucci, what we may be. kilner, the human aura. swami panchadasi, the human aura. a.e. powell, the etheric double. harold sherman, how to make esp work for you* magick 7- basic ritual* it may be said that

ind of aversive magick at this point; they can be nasty little critters to get rid of. should you have to eliminate one of them which you created in error, you must re-absorb it back into yourself through your will; or in some cases you can 'exorcise' it. how to create an artificial elemental you can create your own artificial elemental for various purposes. an artificial elemental is basically a thoughtform which has been strengthened with emotion. refer to the aura color chart in the previous lesson and decide what color to make the elemental, based upon your intended purpose. apple green is a good choice for general purposes. then decide on a shape or outline. do you want your elemental to resemble some sort of animal? a simple circle or cloud is a good place to start. with this in mind

MICHAEL WYNN THE SOUL TRAVELERS

e bible. to my knowledge. and theirs, apparently. meet the neighbors (revisited [2.7] the next classification that those in the spirit world fall into is called larvae. larvae, sometimes called thoughtforms, are the parasites of the spirit world. these parasitic entities are the direct creation of the desires of man. when a person concentrates on a single thought, a larvae is formed. many times a thoughtform will die and dissipate the moment that person s attentions are directed elsewhere, but if the individual is consumed by that thought or desire, the larvae will continue to grow. like vampiric spirits, these non-sentient larvae feed from the--michael wynn's "the soul travelers" 36 very thoughts that created it, and will often induce this thought in the mind of its host in order to feed

ects. in this way can a person accumulate a sinful nature, and places accumulate a bad vibe. this concept of the thought form is, however, a bit more complicated than spiritual insects (you knew it was coming; this is in no small part related to the fact that thought forms can be projected. these thought-projections are a part of our lives in a subtle, yet real way. the deliberate projection of a thoughtform from one mind to another is most commonly known as telepathy. there are certain people that can walk into a room, and send the mood of the whole room into deep-freeze; and there are others who can lighten any atmosphere. humans (and even non-humans) will subconsciously sense the nature of a particular aura, and act on that sense in very conscious ways. how many times have thoughts of s

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f: unable to teach, unable to really understand on a iii level- not ready for that, but classification: v2- c3n- 1 author: l. dale seago iv date: july 19, xiii subject: necromancy; knaust, l. reading list: wanting it desperately- time running out- and wanting to do well, to justify the recognition; but just not able, and not able to admit it. health failing. fear drives to desperation, the horrid thoughtform obsessing lowana. escape- beyond, to the stars. but without a sufficiently trained and experienced will (can desire or intent alone suffice. i sensed nothing existing of the old lowana, only the thought form which she had created and which then controlled her. the only energy i could find was there. the thing looked up, perceived me. arose, shambled forward, tattered black garments cru

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an, that will bring about the conditions desired for the furthering of racial evolution. on the physical plane those great national executives who have far vision and the international ideal are influenced by him, and with him co-operate certain of the great devas of the mental plane, and three great groups of angels work with him on mental levels, in connection with the lesser devas who vitalise thoughtforms, and thus keep alive the thoughtforms of the guides of the race for the benefit of the whole of humanity- 32- initiation, human and solar copyright 1998 lucis trust the master m. has a large body of pupils under his instruction, and works in connection with many organisations of an esoteric and occult kind, as well as through the politicians and statemen of the world. the master koot

, until after this initiation. the aim of all development is the awakening of the spiritual intuition; when this has been done, when the physical body is pure, the astral stable and steady, and the mental body controlled, then the initiate can safely wield and wisely use the psychic faculties for the helping of the race. not only can he use these faculties, but he is able now to create and vivify thoughtforms that are clear and well-defined, pulsating with the spirit of service and not controlled by lower mind or desire. these thoughtforms will not be (as is the case with those created by the mass of men) disjointed, unconnected, and uncorrelated, but will attain a fair measure of synthesis. hard and ceaseless must the work be before this can be done, but when the desire nature has been st

ALICE A BAILEY04 A TREATISE ON COSMIC FIRE

substance. these two factors in turn will be regarded as emanations from a still greater force centre, which is expressing purpose through them both. a thought form, as constructed by man, is the union of a positive emanation and a negative. these two are the emanations of a unity, the coherent thinker. c. to carry out specific purpose. we touch here upon the most vital element in the building of thoughtforms. in our first point we touched upon the aspect of consciousness, or "response to sensation, or feeling" and thus brought into our study of the building process the second aspect logoic, that of the ego, or the realisation of essential duality. in our second point the more objective aspect was somewhat elaborated, and the tangible form dealt with, thus bringing in the third logoic aspe

olid" refers not solely to the lowest objective manifestation, for a solid form may be ethereal, and only the stage of evolution of the entity involved will reveal its relative significance. all that has been here laid down as to the progressive stages of form construction on every plane is true of all forms in all systems and schemes, and is true of all thought-form building. man is constructing thoughtforms all the time, and is following unconsciously the same method as his ego pursues in building his bodies, as the logos follows in building his system, and as a- 464- a treatise on cosmic fire copyright 1998 lucis trust planetary logos uses in constructing his scheme. a man speaks, and a very diversified mantram is the result. the energy thus generated swings into activity a multitude of

friction when brought into contact produce solar fire; it flashes forth from darkness, yet a darkness which is potent with energy. c. will-desire is the cause of incarnation; the will-to-be reacting on substance (whose main quality is desire or responsiveness to sensation) produces the forms through which the central life or existence seeks expression. d. ideas and thought-matter together produce thoughtforms. if the student considers these points, it will become apparent that it is not possible for him to do more than study the effects produced by the juxtaposition of the pairs of opposites; he cannot dissociate them in his mind and deal with spirit per se, or with matter per se any more than the atom of substance in man's physical body can dissociate itself from that body, and consider i

ALICE A BAILEY08 A TREATISE ON WHITE MAGIC

periphery of the outer form itself the lives used in its construction. this, in reality, resembles the stage of conception. latent within the germ (the result of male female interrelation) lie all the potencies and capacities of the finished product. latent within the idea which has been materially conceived, but which has been inspired by the spirit aspect, lie hid the potencies of the finished thoughtforms. the matter aspect, represented by the mind, has been fecundated by the spirit aspect, and the triplicity will eventually be completed by the created form. but in the early stages there is as yet only the "formula" the conceived idea, the latent yet dynamic concept. it is potent enough to draw to itself the essentials for growth and form, yet who shall say whether it will prove an abo

he thought-forms built- 278- a treatise on white magic copyright 1998 lucis trust daily during his mental life, and a soul in incarnation has also to be saved from the form attachments which during the ages have grown and strengthened, and from which he has to be released through the process we call death. we will therefore divide our subject as follows: i. salvation from the power exerted by the thoughtforms we have ourselves created. ii. salvation from the power of the threefold body which the soul has built, through the magical release called death. it is with the latter that i wish primarily to deal, but certain things must be said concerning the power of thought-forms, and concerning their danger, and the mode whereby they can be rendered innocuous. salvation from our thought-forms i

s embodied in his thought-form. his work lies in the world of ideas and not in physical effects. automatically the physical aspects will respond to the spiritual impulse- 285- a treatise on white magic copyright 1998 lucis trust salvation from death we come now to the second phase of our study of the final words of rule xi. we have dealt with salvation from the dangers incident to the creation of thoughtforms by a human being who has learnt, or is learning, to create on the mental plane. much could have been said from the standpoint of the inability of the majority of students to think with clarity. clear thinking involves capacity to dissociate oneself, temporarily at least, from all reactions and activities of an emotional nature. as long as the astral body is in a state of restless move

s in touch, and this carries with it real danger, for he hardly knows as yet how to handle himself, and is scarcely aware of the risk entailed. 2. the people with whom he is working, in their turn, make his problem. their greed, their adulation, and praise, and their criticism tend to becloud his way. because he is not sufficiently detached and spiritually advanced, he walks bemused in a cloud of thoughtforms, and knows it not. thus he loses his way and wanders from the original intent and again he knows it not. 3. his latent weaknesses must emerge under the pressure of the work, and inevitably he will show signs of cracking at times, if i may use such a word. the personality faults become strengthened as he seeks to carry his particular form of service to the world. i refer to that servic

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

plane, the soul knows no separation, and the factor of synthesis governs all soul relations. the soul is occupied not only with the form that the vision of its objective may take, but with the quality or the meaning which that vision veils or hides. the soul knows the plan; its form, outline, methods and objective are known. through the use of the creative imagination, the soul creates; it builds thoughtforms on the mental plane and objectifies desire on the astral plane. it proceeds then to externalise its thought and its desire upon the physical plane through applied force, creatively actuated by the imagination of the etheric or vital vehicle. yet because the soul is intelligence, motivated by love, it can (within the realised synthesis which governs its activities) analyse, discriminat

and understand the nature of the veils of life, but know as well the one who lives. know me. let not the forms of nature, their processes and powers prevent thy searching for the mystery which brought the mysteries to thee. know well the form, but leave it joyously and search for me 'detach thy thought from form and find me waiting underneath the veils, the many-sided shapes, the glamours and the thoughtforms which hide my real self. be not deceived. find me. know me. then use the forms which then will neither veil nor hide the self, but will permit the nature- 225- a treatise on the seven rays- volume ii: esoteric psychology ii copyright 1998 lucis trust of that self to penetrate the veils of life, revealing all the radiance of god, his power and magnetism; revealing all there is of form

ALICE A BAILEY12 DISCIPLESHIP IN THE NEW AGE VOLUME I

se meditations will be given to you as suggestions for your use and acceptance. endeavour at some stage in your meditation to link up with me but let this linking up take place after you have worked at and brought about an alignment with your soul. the reason that it is essential that you link up after alignment is that you can then avoid the glamours and the illusions of the astral plane whereon thoughtforms and masquerading entities personalise the teachers and the masters and do so in their myriads. add also to your meditation a short period wherein you will try and- 14- discipleship in the new age- volume i copyright 1998 lucis trust link up with your co-disciples, sending them love, soul force, and help. you would find it useful to keep what might be called a spiritual diary. this doe

spiritual world are lost and not registered and recorded. you will find it interesting to note, at the end of a few years, the difference in the data recorded and the development of sensitivity to the right kind of impression. this can only be realised after much time has elapsed and much spurious material has been eliminated, after being recognised for what it is: astralism, spurious claims and thoughtforms. another question might here be asked: what should disciples in a master's group look for as evidence of successful group work? first and foremost, as you well know, group integrity and cohesion. nothing can be done without this. the subjective linking of the disciples with each other in their own group, and the linking of the group with other groups occupied with special work within

three major powers of all illumined minds: first: the power to work in and with all thought substance. the hierarchy of illumined minds is- 21- discipleship in the new age- volume i copyright 1998 lucis trust a group whose telepathic powers enable them to be sensitive to the mind currents and to register the thoughts of those who personify the mind of god, the universal mind, and to register the thoughtforms of those who are as far beyond the hierarchy of masters as they, in their turn, are beyond the disciples of the world. those lives who carry out the ideas of the divine mind, exist in their graded orders, and with the detail of their groupings we are not concerned, except with the fact that the planetary brotherhood is in telepathic rapport with those who are responsible for the plane

ring in of light. when there are a sufficient number of groups, working along these lines, there will be found upon the physical plane certain channels of communication which will act as the mediators between the world of light and the world of illusion. they will be transmitters of that form of energy which will break up the existing glamours and illusions, and so dissipate the ancient deceptive thoughtforms. they will release the light and peace which will illumine the astral plane and dispel the illusory nature of its life. 3. the third group is that of the magnetic healers. these healers have no relation to the work of the so-called magnetic healers of today. they work intelligently with the vital forces of the etheric body. much of their work is dealt with in the fourth volume of a tr

throat centre. 60% awakened the heart centre. 50% awakened the solar plexus centre. 75% awakened- 83- discipleship in the new age- volume i copyright 1998 lucis trust you see, therefore, that for the present the ajna centre is the one which should receive immediate attention. our problem is to awaken it and set its two major activities into motion. these are, in your case: 1. its power to project thoughtforms. 2. its capacity to act as an organ of clairvoyance. i will ask you to do the following breathing exercise every day prior to doing your meditation work. you can do this exercise twice a day but no more because it is very powerful. it will soon bring into greater vibratory activity the quiescent ajna centre. should headache or tension supervene, stop the work for a day or two and then

end, your brother and your teacher. july 1935 brother of old: there has been for you lately (as for so many) a time of testing; yet it has been at the same time a condition of consolidation, preparatory to the work of building to which i referred in my last instruction. i am dealing with "building groups" those groups which are coming forth along the teaching line and which are constructing those thoughtforms which will embody the new techniques and ideas. these during the next two centuries will change the face of our civilisation and inaugurate a period in human history in which methods will be tried and- 108- discipleship in the new age- volume i copyright 1998 lucis trust principles established which remain as yet totally unknown to the majority. that period will lead the race into a c

iring soul. the result of this tendency is an excessive intensity of vibration which wrecks and shatters the mechanism. your sixth ray personality produces an intense adherence to your ideals and to the truth, as you see it; it produces also a one-pointedness which has led to a focussing of energy in the head. this has been intensified also, owing to our western civilisation being immersed in the thoughtforms of the piscean age the age of the sixth ray which is still with us. when the first ray energy of the soul pours in and blends itself with the sixth ray force, the shattering effect is increased and the personality carries more force than it can handle. that energy is also unevenly distributed and goes primarily to the throat and to the solar plexus, causing a disturbance and an upsett

r latent love of power facilitated your delusion. your failure to conform to group requirements precipitated the coming of the glamour. but your inner link is strong and your aspiration vital, if you will but see truly and act strongly. the next thing that i want to say to you is that your etheric body (which expresses itself through the nervous body) is in a rent condition. forget not that these thoughtforms of power sap and drain those who attach themselves to them. you have much ground to regain physically as a result of the past few months. again i say: be not discouraged. by our failures and our reactions to glamour, we learn to tread with confidence the way of light. by our falling into criticism, we can gauge our soul quality. neither criticism of those who lead my group and with wh

how can this be done? by three things, my brother, which i give to you for your consideration in the order of their importance. 1. the attainment of the vision; the power to intuit; the capacity to control that which must be brought through and materialised on the physical plane. 2. the following through of this idea or ideal: a. from the sensed intuition to its formulation into mental concepts, thoughtforms, words and phrases; b. to its clothing with desire, with emotion and with beauty of feeling; c. to those wise and intelligent steps which will bring about the emergence of your idea or ideal into the light of the physical plane. 3. the organising of your time so that you get out of each day its full quota of inspiration, mental work and physical plane activity. thus you will impose up

problem; learn to love and understand and so enter into light. march 1936 my friend of old: for such you are and have been and such i trust you will remain. i say this for your strengthening and encouragement. you have made a real effort, and progress has resulted during the past few months. today, you walk not all the time in the darkness of self-pity and of self-interest. you are freer from the thoughtforms of the past. i can look towards you and catch your aura with greater ease and with not too great a vibratory shock. forget not, any of you, that for senior disciples upon the path (and such am i, it is relatively as unpleasant from the vibratory angle to contact you or spend some time within the radius of your aura as it would be for you to enter the sleeping room of those of soiled e

with you. i am hoping that after the full moon of may (the wesak festival) i may be able to change your work so that you can begin the next meditation. this will depend upon the adequacy of the preparation done until the full moon of may. it will also depend upon whether you and l.t.s-k. can free yourselves from glamour you from the glamour of the personal self and he from the glamour of his own thoughtforms. the words and phrases which i have chosen for the theme of your meditation are as follows: 1st month freedom. i stand upon the mountain top and breathe the air whereby the sons of god must live. 2nd month detachment. i seek to love and with my love to live. i seek not love for my own little self. 3rd month purification. let the fires of divinity burn out all dross. let the pure gold

. when your problems descend upon you, when you are swept by an ancient habit of thought that you know to be wrong but which has as yet a rhythmic power over you, then retire into your garden and work there for a short while. in time, make your retreat into the secret garden an instantaneous reaction when distressed and stay not there for a long time. it will aid you to break the power of ancient thoughtforms. you ask: what is my gift to the group? i answer: the gift of a pure and unselfish spirit and a rare capacity to give. no greater gift can be yours the driving urge to give selflessly with no motive but that of a pure and loving spirit. for you, i have these words which are your own to use "let the pure light of reason and understanding dispel the fogs in which i long have walked. let

is simply the failure to be detached. you tie yourself to those you love and oft the clinging hands of love can hinder progress not only our own but also that of those we love. do you realise that? as you live and love those in your immediate environment, do you ever ask yourself the question: am i strengthening them as souls to handle life and serve? again, you tie yourself to certain people by thoughtforms of depression and of suspicion. do you not, my brother? more than you think are their number. these are, however, less hindering to your progress than your absorption in those you love, because they are well known to you and you are consistently struggling with them. it is your love, your clinging possessive love for those you have gathered close around you in the karmic process of li

ALICE A BAILEY16 GLAMOUR A WORLD PROBLEM

amour in the preceding pages we dealt with certain definitions of the words (frequently used interchangeably) dealing with illusion and glamour. we found that: 1. illusion is primarily of a mental quality and was characteristic of the attitude of mind of those people who are more intellectual than emotional. they have outgrown glamour as usually understood. it is the misunderstanding of ideas and thoughtforms of which they are guilty, and of misinterpretations. 2. glamour is astral in character, and is far more potent at this time than illusion, owing to the enormous majority of people who function astrally always- 17- glamour: a world problem copyright 1998 lucis trust 3. maya is vital in character and is a quality of force. it is essentially the energy of the human being as it swings int

f mass illusion. the mental plane manifests a different sort of distortion to that of the astral plane or the etheric. the faculty of discrimination which is being developed has produced sharper lines of demarcation, and instead of the dense fogs and mists of the astral plane or the swirling tides and currents of energy of the etheric plane, we have on the mental plane masses of sharply indicated thoughtforms of a particular quality and note and tone, around which are grouped lesser thoughtforms, created by those who respond to these forms, and to their note, quality and tone. similarities are then seen to exist which constitute channels or avenues for the magnetic drawing power of the more potent thoughtforms. ancient theologies in modern garb, fixed presentations of half truth, the wild

glamour and illusion. in our race, the aryan, the world illusion is gathering weight and slowly emerging into recognition in the human consciousness and this is a real point gained, for that which is recognised can then be intelligently handled, if the will to do so exists. today illusion is so potent, that few people whose minds are in any way developed but are controlled by these vast illusory thoughtforms, which have their roots and draw their life from the lower personality life and desire nature of the masses of men. it is interesting to remember also in connection with our aryan race that these thoughtforms draw their vitality also from the realm of ideas, but of ideas wrongly intuited and grasped and forced to serve the selfish purposes of men. their forms have been brought into ac

to serve the selfish purposes of men. their forms have been brought into activity by the steadily growing creative power of mankind, and have been subordinated to the wishes of men, through the use of language with its power to limit and distort. the illusion is also precipitated more potently than would otherwise be the case by the effort of many devoted idealistic men to impose these distorted thoughtforms upon the mental bodies of the masses. this constitutes one of the major problems with which the hierarchy today has to concern itself; it is also one of the first factors which a master has to consider in connection with any aspirant and disciple. glamour, as we have seen, is of more ancient standing and of earlier emergence than is illusion. it has little in it of the mental quality

isdom of the manipulative and devious science of the intelligence inherent in matter prevents oft the entrance of the true wisdom of the illumined mind. six months ago i felt that it was probably impossible for l.t.s-k. to free himself from the glamour in which he habitually walked. today a little more light shines upon his way and he may, if he frees himself still further from his self-generated thoughtforms, make the needed grade. when group glamour has been somewhat dissipated and the group can walk in the "lighted way" with freedom, then will come the time when the group can be trained in group alignment, group contact and group steadfastness. it can then begin the definite and scientific task of attacking the world glamour. it is of interest in this particular group to be reminded tha

tractive. all of them have been created by man at some stage or another of his individual and racial development. many of them are the shells of long exploded concepts; still others are embryonic; some of them are static and stable; many are in process of descent from intuitional levels; a few are still illumined by the clear light of the soul and are ready for embodiment. a large number of other thoughtforms are in process of disintegration. some of these forms or embodied ideas are of a destructive nature, owing to the type of matter of which they are formed. others are constructive. all of them are coloured by some ray energy. a large number of these forms are necessarily built through the activity of the world of personality; others are in process of construction through the agency of

nts must learn to distinguish between: a. an idea and an ideal. b. between that which is embodied, that which is in process of being embodied, and that which is awaiting disintegration. c. between that which is constructive and that which is destructive. d. between the old and the new forms and ideas. e. between the ray ideas and forms as they colour the higher presentations. f. between ideas and thoughtforms, and between those which are purposely created by the hierarchy and those which are created by humanity. g. between racial thoughtforms and group ideas. i could list many more differentiations, but the above will suffice to show the need for right perceptions, and to indicate the roots of the prevalence of the world illusion, brought about by wrong perception. the cause is an untraine

t be realised as a definite substantial thing, and must be dealt with as such. the disciple or aspirant who is seeking to dispel glamour, either in his own life or as a service rendered to the world, must recognise that he is working with substance, with the breaking up of the forms which it has assumed, and with the dissipation of a material all-enveloping substance material in the same sense as thoughtforms are substantial things but (and here is a point of importance) of a less substantial nature than the forms of glamour found upon the astral plane. we are quite willing to remember that "thoughts are things" and that they have a form life and a purpose of their own. but they have a more unique and separative existence, and more clearly defined and more definite outlines. the forms of g

ss substantial nature than the forms of glamour found upon the astral plane. we are quite willing to remember that "thoughts are things" and that they have a form life and a purpose of their own. but they have a more unique and separative existence, and more clearly defined and more definite outlines. the forms of glamour on the astral plane are even more substantial but are less clearly defined. thoughtforms are dynamic, penetrating, clear cut and outlined. glamours are smothering, vague, and enveloping. in them, a person is immersed as in the ocean or in a "sea of fog" with thoughtforms, he is confronted or faced, but not immersed. it might almost be said that the astral body of a person comes into being as a part of the general world glamour; it is difficult for him to differentiate bet

e mental plane. today we have aspirants at all stages of unfoldment, and find the masses recapitulating the different steps upon the evolutionary way, with the lowest layer of the human race definitely lemurian in their consciousness, even though few in numbers relatively speaking. illusion is rapidly growing as the mental power of the race develops, for illusion is the succumbing to the powerful thoughtforms which the thinkers of the time and of the immediately preceding age have formulated, and which at the time of their creation constituted the hope of the race. they embodied then the new and emerging ideas by means of which the race was intended to progress. these forms, when old and crystallised, become a menace and a hindrance to the expanding life. the realisation of the problems of

any forms of difficulty. b. in the sentient astral body, leading to a vast number of problems and psychological difficulties based upon undue sensitivity, reaction to glamour in the environment, innate tendencies to glamour in the equipment or resulting from sensitivity to the glamours of other people. c. in the mental body, imposing mental illusions of many kinds, such as control by self-created thoughtforms, sensitivity to existing world, national, or environing thoughtforms of any school of thought, id e fixe, the sense of the dramatic or of importance, or a fanatical adherence to groups of ideas, inherited from the past, or mental reactions of a purely personal nature. d. between any of these groups of forces which we call bodies: between the etheric and astral bodies. between the astr

im go. many other factors will warrant careful attention. the problem of the individual is complicated by certain inherited tendencies of a family, national and racial nature. these powerfully affect the- 71- glamour: a world problem copyright 1998 lucis trust physical body in both its aspects, producing glamours of many kinds. it is also affected by certain inherited ideas which are the embodied thoughtforms of family, national and racial approaches to truth. these produce powerful illusions to which the individual man easily succumbs. there are also the inflowing forces of the sign into which the sun may be passing, such as the conditions found in the world today, due to the fact that our sun is passing into a new sign of the zodiac. therefore powerful and new energies are playing upon h

lane, that there can be no narrowing down to one idea with its ramifications as happens among men. there is, at least, sensitivity to seven groups of ideas and their resultant ideals and if it were no more than that the hierarchy is so far fluid and pliable. but it is far more than just this, for, to the members of the hierarchy, the idea and its effects are not only interpreted in terms of human thoughtforms and human idealism, but they are also to be contacted and studied in their relation to the mind of god himself and to the planetary kingdoms. these ideas come from and they emanate from the buddhic plane, which is seldom open to the consciousness of the average disciple and certainly is not open to the contact of the average idealist. i would here remind you that few idealists are per

ALICE A BAILEY17 TELEPATHY AND THE ETHERIC VEHICLE

he working adepts. he then presents the new idea, new discovery, or the new revelation to the group of adepts (telepathically, of course, my brother) and, when it has been discussed by them, he later presents it to his group of disciples. among them he will find one who responds more readily and intelligently than the others and this one, through his clear thinking and the power of his formulated thoughtforms, can then influence other minds. these others grasp the concept as theirs; they seize upon it and work it out into manifestation. each regards it as his special privilege so to do and, because of this specialising faculty and his automatically engendered responsibility, he throws back of it all the energy which is his, and works and fights for his thoughtforms. an illustration of this

ties concerned are using different centres and are sensitive to certain types of force and closed to others. again, some people, even if mentally polarised and therefore sensitive to similar vibrations attempt to make a telepathic contact when one party is under emotional strain and therefore not responsive, or one party is intensively occupied with some mental problem and is encased in a wall of thoughtforms and therefore impervious to impressions. you can see, therefore, how a cultivation of detachment is a necessary qualification for success in telepathic work. all who seek to tread the path of discipleship are endeavouring to live in the head centre, and through meditation to bring in the power of the soul. the problem which you face, as disciples learning telepathic sensitivity, is fo

e soul but, in its turn, it becomes a "transmitting agent" or communicator. the impressions received from the soul, and the intuitions registered as coming- 13- telepathy and the etheric vehicle copyright 1998 lucis trust from the spiritual triad, via the soul, are now formulated into thoughts; the vague ideas and the vision hitherto unexpressed can now be clothed in form and sent out as embodied thoughtforms to the brain of the disciple. in time, and as the result of technical training, the disciple can in this way reach the mind and brains of other disciples. this is an exceedingly interesting stage. it constitutes one of the major rewards of right meditation and involves much true responsibility. you will find more anent this stage of telepathy in my other books, particularly a treatise

gy" this is by no means an easy subject for me to elucidate, and the reasons are two: 1. the members of the hierarchy (among whom i have the status of master*(6) are themselves in process of learning this science of impression. this they do on the levels of the abstract mind, of the intuition, or of manas and buddhi. 2. the science is as yet without a vocabulary. it is not limited at any stage by thoughtforms but it is limited by word forms; and it is therefore a difficult problem for me to pass on any information anent this subtle mode of communication of which telepathy is in fact but an exoteric externalisation. sources of impression to the three planetary centres impression, as an art to be mastered both from the angle of the impressing agent and of the impressed recipient, is definite

t will lead to a great shift of the human consciousness off the levels of emotional and physical life (where the bulk of humanity is focussed) on to the levels of mental perception. you will understand, consequently, the reason why the knowers of the world have ever referred to the dual action of the mind as it is sensitive to the higher impressions and active in the mental creation of the needed thoughtforms. the mind, rightly trained, will seize upon the fugitive impression, subject it to the concretising effect of mental activity, produce the required form, and this, when correctly created and oriented, will finally lead to the externalising of the registered impression, as it took form in an intuition and eventually found its place upon the mental plane. you will see also why disciples

creative work is the name given to the manifestation of the results of the two above processes. the three aspects of the technique of invocation and evocation with which the average disciple should concern himself are those of the building of the antahkarana, the correct use of the lower mind in its two higher functions (the holding of the mind steady in the light and the creation of the desired thoughtforms, and the process of precipitation whereby the impression is enabled eventually to take tangible form. in the above exegesis i have given you much food for thought in connection with telepathic possibilities; it all fits into the theme of world service as it is to be applied in the expansion of the human consciousness on a large scale. this is one of the major tasks of the new group of

instinct of the homing pigeon or the method whereby cats and dogs and horses will find their homes over immense distances. the telepathic interplay between a mother and her children is instinctual and seated in the animal nature. mental telepathy is now being recognised and studied. this is the activity and rapport established from mind to mind; it also includes the telepathic response to current thoughtforms and thought conditions in the world today. interest in this is already very great. 2. intuitional telepathy begins to manifest increasingly among advanced human beings in all lands and all races. this indicates soul contact and the consequent awakening of group consciousness, for sensitivity to intuitional impressions has to do only with group concerns. this science of contact governs

has passed through the processes of transfiguration and is no longer the victim of his own personality can be entrusted with so dangerous a cycle of powers. as long as there exists any desire for selfish power, for unspiritual control and for influence over the minds of other human beings or over groups, the disciple cannot be trusted, under the hierarchical rules, with the deliberate creation of thoughtforms designed to produce specific effects, and with their dispersal to men and groups. after he has passed the tests of the transfiguration initiation he may do so. the science of impression is the bedrock or the foundation for the practice of telepathy. if a major world test were to be made, those receptive to impression would be found to fall into two groups: 1. those possessing unconsci

on initiation he may do so. the science of impression is the bedrock or the foundation for the practice of telepathy. if a major world test were to be made, those receptive to impression would be found to fall into two groups: 1. those possessing unconscious receptivity to telepathic impression. they at present constitute a majority wherein the impression is received via the solar plexus, and the thoughtforms thus generated are dispatched from the throat centre of the one who is the impressing agent. 2. those who are developing or have developed a conscious receptivity wherein the impression is, first of all, received by the mind and then imparted to and registered by the brain. the one who is the impressing agent in this case works via the centre between the eyebrows, the ajna centre- 50

. this registering of his own expanding environment with all its implications of a new vision, a new goal, a wider field of service leads to the inflowing energies( arriving on the wings of inspiration) becoming a reservoir of thought-substance, to the use of which he must accustom himself. the first step then is the fact of recording and of reducing into correct and available concepts, ideas and thoughtforms, that which he has registered. this marks the first stage in his truly occult service, and to this new type of service he will be increasingly dedicated. from the reservoir of thought-substance he learns to project those forms, those magnetic ideas, which will invoke the attention of those he seeks to help; this is called the stage of resultant invocation. it is an invocative act, an

ilable knowledge. the point which i seek to make here, however, is the fact of the existence of a growing reservoir of thought which the disciple has created in response to the many varying impressions to which he is becoming increasingly sensitive; the ideas, concepts and spiritual objectives of which he is becoming aware are steadily being formulated by him into thoughts with their appropriated thoughtforms, and upon these he learns to draw as he seeks to serve his fellowmen. he finds himself in possession of a reservoir or pool of thought-substance which is the result of his own mental activity, of his innate receptivity, and which provides the material for teaching and the "fount of knowledge" upon which he can draw when he seeks to aid other people. the essential point to be grasped i

man factors, his fellowmen and the environment and the circumstances which they create. he longs for what might be called "vertical impression" this motive, being very largely self-centredness, turns the disciple introspectively in upon himself, and it is in this stage that many aspirants become prisoners, astrally speaking, because they register in their magnetic aura the many astrally motivated thoughtforms of what they believe and hope "vertical impression" supposedly would convey. they contact with facility the astral counterparts of the higher worlds, which are reflected (and thereby distorted) into the astral plane; the world there registered is glamoured by wrong and selfish desires and by the wishful thinking of well-meaning devotees. upon this i need not enlarge. all disciples at

chy must give place to the determination to place their magnetic aura at the disposal of humanity; they then learn to register human need and to understand thereby where help is possible and their fellowmen can be served. by means of this conscious registration of invocative appeals from the world of horizontal contacts, the magnetic aura of the disciple is cleared of the hindering and engrossing thoughtforms, and from the aspirational desires and longings which have hitherto prevented right registration. the disciple then ceases to create them, and those which have been created die out or atrophy for lack of attention. later on, when the accepting disciple becomes the accepted disciple and is permitted to participate in ashramic activity, he adds the ability to register hierarchical impre

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

rough mercury and moon. e. ray 6 cancer and sagittarius, through neptune and mars- 43- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iii: esoteric astrology copyright 1998 lucis trust in view of all the above, and starting with the basic fact of the great illusion it should be remembered that the accuracy of astrological prediction and interpretation will be based upon three factors: 1. the potency of the thoughtforms which have been built up in connection with the twelve signs. these thoughtforms were originally constructed or anchored upon the mental plane by the hierarchy in atlantean days and they have steadily gained in power ever since. they serve as focal points for certain forces and enable the individual, for instance, to be in touch with great reservoirs of energy which then definitely co

emerge in a manner undreamt of today by any of you even the most advanced thinkers. speculation on your part is useless. time alone will serve to demonstrate the veracity of the picture i portray and the validity of the inner spiritual structure. this structure has always been present but it has been heavily overlaid by the material desires of mankind. a thick crust (if i may use such a word) of thoughtforms veils and hides the inner realm of beauty and of meaning, of quality and of spiritual consciousness. this crust is being blasted away by the present catastrophic condition in the world. men will feel at the close of this present war as if nothing had been left them and that they are destitute and denuded of all that made life worth living so dependent have they become upon the so-call

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

l, 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 are the result of emotionalism entering in. 1. those incident to the

her completed or in process of soul and personality- 70- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iv: esoteric healing copyright 1998 lucis trust the first cause which i listed earlier in this treatise was summed up in the statement that disease is the result of the blocking of the free life and the inpouring energy of the soul. this blockage is brought about by the mystic when he succumbs to his own thoughtforms, created constantly in response to his mounting aspiration. these become barriers between him and the free life of the soul and block his contact and the consequent resulting inflow of soul energy. the disciple reverses the entire situation and falls a victim (prior to the third initiation) to the terrific inflow of soul energy the energy of the second aspect coming to him from: a. hi

ups to recognise the good in the other groups striving for the physical well-being of humanity which makes it almost impossible for me to do more specific teaching and more direct talking on these matters. have you any idea of the wall of antagonistic thinking and speech against which a new or pioneering idea has to batter itself? have you ever seriously considered the aggregated and crystallised thoughtforms with which all such new ideas (and shall i call them hierarchical proposals) have to contend? do you appreciate the dead weight of preconceived and ancient determinations which have to be moved before the hierarchy can cause a new and needed concept to penetrate into the consciousness of the average thinking (or again should i say, unthinking) public. the field of medicine is a most d

different next century- 223- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iv: esoteric healing copyright 1998 lucis trust as the modern usages of electricity differ from the understanding of the victorian scientist. in connection with your query anent the photography which concerns itself with departed souls, i would advise you that understanding of process will come from a study of the photographing of thoughtforms. a beginning was made in this connection by the great french scientist, d'arsonval, of paris. a.a.b. can tell you something of this if you do not already know. light on the subject will come through this, through the perfecting of the plates of reception and their greatly increased sensitivity, and through the relating of electricity to photography. you may deem it well-nigh impossibl

tly increased sensitivity, and through the relating of electricity to photography. you may deem it well-nigh impossible to make plates of much greater sensitivity than those in use in the best equipped laboratories. but this is not so. along this line of thought-photography and electrical equipment, will come the solution. it is the thought of those on the other side, and their ability to project thoughtforms of themselves, plus the providing of adequately sensitive plates or their equivalent, which will mark a new era in so-called "spirit photography. people frequently are so preoccupied with the tangible instrument on this side of the veil that they neglect the factor of what must be contributed from the other side by those who have passed over. the work will be done from there, with the

demonstrated the presence of an inexplicable factor; the laboratories of the scientific research worker have scarcely proved even that. for every case of the definitely acceptable appearance of a discarnate person there are thousands of cases which can be explained upon the grounds of gullibility, telepathic rapport (with the bereaved person, but not with anyone who has passed over, the seeing of thoughtforms by the clairvoyant and the hearing of voices by the clairaudient, and also by trickery. note that i refer to "acceptable appearances" of a returning spirit. there is enough evidence to warrant belief in survival and to prove its factual nature. upon the grounds of the inexplicable phenomena of contact with the supposedly dead which have been noted, investigated and proven, and upon th

stand it, takes place when your personal, self-will, self-esteem, ideas and plans are infringed upon by those of another person. it is not this form of irritation which the master casts off. the second reaction is that of a meditation process or the generation of power, later to be used in the three worlds to enhance soul energy within the form and to create the field of knowledge, peopled by the thoughtforms into which the personality will later venture. the soul is therefore preparing for its own reorientation towards life and its expression in the three worlds, and not to the gaining of life experience. 3. when the personality becomes dominant, the soul introduces a new factor into the life of its reflection, the incarnating soul. it mobilises and focusses the energy of the soul ray, an

der of his work involves the use the creative imagination, the power to visualise and a- 340- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iv: esoteric healing copyright 1998 lucis trust knowledge of scientific thinking, based upon the fundamental and universal law that "energy follows thought" this visualisation and this scientific thinking do not (where healing is concerned) involve the construction of thoughtforms. it involves the ability to move and direct energy currents. 5. the third eye then directs the healing force, and all is well. the third eye referred to here is that of the healer and not that of the average patient; this the healer uses in conjunction with the eye of the soul. in the case of the healing of a very advanced person who is consciously able to cooperate, the third eye of

copyright 1998 lucis trust this the healer may not count, or the patient either, for they know not the full and warranting circumstances. 11. there are certain elementary requirements or conditions in which the healer should work and which are necessary. these are: a. complete quiet in the sickroom, as far as possible. b. as few people in the patient's room as wisdom may dictate. the thinking and thoughtforms of the people present can either be distracting or distracted, and thereby deflect the healing currents; on the other hand, they can sometimes strongly aid the healer's work. c. the patient-again when possible-should lie on his back, or on his side so that centres up the spine are turned towards the healer. in some cases (and these the healer must himself determine) he should lie in s

ALICE A BAILEY21 EDUCATION IN THE NEW AGE

, the prime function of all educators is twofold: 1. to train the brain to respond intelligently to impressions coming to it via the sense apparatus and so carrying information about the outer tangible world. 2. to train the mind so that it can fulfill three duties: a. deal intelligently with information relayed to it by the brain- 11- education in the new age copyright 1998 lucis trust b. create thoughtforms in response to impulses emanating from the physical planes; to emotional reactions set in motion by the feeling-desire nature; to the thought world, in which the man's environment is found. c. orient itself to the subjective spiritual self, so that, from a condition of potentiality, the self may emerge into active government. in this formulation of the function of the apparatus with w

ponse to economic and sex pressure or to the law of survival. this forces him to use his equipment and knowledge and so take his place as a factor in the group life, and to promote group welfare by some aspect of active work and by the perpetuation of the species. 8. response to pure intellectual awareness. this leads to a conscious free use of the mind, to individual thinking, to the creation of thoughtforms, and eventually to the steady orientation of the mind to a wider and wider field of realisation and awareness. these expansions of consciousness finally bring a new factor into the field of experience. 9. response to the thinker or the soul. with the registration of this response, the man enters into his kingdom. the above and the below become as one. the objective and the subjective

ciousness of harmony and beauty which drives the human unit along the path of evolution to an eventual return to his emanating source. education must work, therefore, with this dissatisfaction and interpret it to those who are taught, so that they can understand themselves and work intelligently. 5. the attribute of concrete knowledge whereby man is enabled to concretise his concepts and so build thoughtforms whereby he materialises his visions and his dreams and brings his ideas into being. this he does through the activity of the lower concrete mind. the true work of education is to train the lower man in right discrimination and true sensitivity to the vision, so that he can build true to the purpose of his soul and produce upon the earth that which will be his contribution to the whole

he task of the new education is therefore the coordination of the personality, eventually bringing about its at-one-ment with the soul. 3. the new education will deal with, analyse and interpret the laws of thought, because the mind will be regarded as the link between the soul and the brain. these laws are the means whereby: a. ideas are intuited. b. ideals are promulgated. c. mental concepts or thoughtforms are constructed which in due time will make their impact telepathically upon the minds of men. 4. the new education will organise and develop the lower concrete mind. 5. it will teach the human being to think from universals to particulars, as well as to undertake the analysis of particulars. there will consequently be less emphasis in future schools upon the training of the memory. i

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nce a year, give to each of you a measure of individual help, personal instruction and individual meditation. the clue to your next step towards the door of initiation and towards the presence will also be indicated by me. this i will do at the time of the full moon of may (taurus) each year. this may involve at times an analysis of your group relation, of the effect that your national and racial thoughtforms have upon you, and also the assets and the liabilities of your personality and egoic rays. i shall endeavour to bring to your attention your personal point in evolution. i would remind you at this point that these seven rays are sharply different as to colouring and phenomenal effect and, at the same time, i would remark that under the law of occult paradox the seven lords of being (t

you are serving in some way or another, but it is a detached and personal service and has no relation to a fused group endeavour. you might here ask: what can we as a group accomplish? what is it that we can do? you can, for one thing, begin to work as an ashram works, using the power of thought, originating pressures, directing thought currents along specified lines out into the world, creating thoughtforms which will make clear-cut contact with other minds and which will bring about definite changes in the consciousness of humanity. this you do not as yet do, nor have you evidenced any desire so to work. i have waited to see if the initiating impulse would come from you without any prompting by me. i have waited in vain. i told you elsewhere that "an ashram is an emanating source of hie

you already know, of six themes or subjects: instruction on meditation. teaching on initiation. training in telepathy. teaching anent the etheric body. the problems of humanity. the externalisation of the ashrams. you will continue to receive these papers, not as an affiliated member of my ashram, but only as an intelligent, trained aspirant who is privileged to be used in building up the needed thoughtforms anent the correct aspects of the teaching so that the seed or germ may be truly implanted in the human consciousness and thus truly grow and influence the coming age. forget this not. march 1947 my brothers: you will by now have recovered from the shock of the cessation of our outer communication. as you may well realise (or do you, my inner relation to you remains an entirely private

indicated. this is not by any means the case. in the last analysis, it indicates a superficial sense of false values, and seventy per cent of their information is wrong and of no importance. i feel it necessary to emphasise the unimportance of their claims to information because the work of the masters and their freedom to serve humanity as they desire have been greatly hindered by these foolish thoughtforms and by the preconceived ideas of well-intentioned aspirants. the masters very seldom resemble the theories, the pictures and the information which is so frequently circulated by the average aspirant. this whole business of occult gossip and of misinformation governs the majority of the many little occult groups. until groups are formed which consist of disciples and senior aspirants w

ion is not that which should be followed by aspirants and disciples who seek to work in an ashram in cooperation with the plan and under the guidance of a master. meditation only becomes effective creatively and on all the three planes in the three worlds when the antahkarana is in process of construction. the worlds of the personality are the worlds of the third divine aspect and the creation of thoughtforms therein (as usually carried forward by the concrete mind) is related to form, to the acquisition of that which is desired and dedicated largely to the material values. but when a man is beginning to function as a soul-infused personality and is occupied with the task of rendering himself sensitive to the higher spiritual impression, then the creative work of the spiritual triad can be

. of the nature of this possibility only the higher ranks of initiates are aware, and towards it they strive. the formulas we now come to the second of the great formulas which give the initiate the key to the next stage of his work. these curious and ancient sets of phrases or symbols are endowed with power, owing to the potency of the minds which have reflected upon them, which have constructed thoughtforms anent them, and which have used them as modes or methods of focussing triadal light upon the personality. i would call your attention to the form of words just used. these formulas do not release the light of the soul into the attentive waiting mind. they release the light of electric fire (and therefore not solar fire) into the integrated personality, so that the entire man now becom

low of ideas intuitively impulsed; it is with this free flow of the new ideas that the initiate is basically concerned, because it is ideas, their right application and interpretation, which determine the future of humanity and of the planetary life. the first thing, therefore, that the disciple in preparation for initiation has to learn is the nature of ideas and their distinction from contacted thoughtforms to express it simply, and therefore, from the complexity of the subject, inadequately. the primary task of the master is to aid the disciple to develop the intuition, and at the same time, keep the mental perception in an active and wholesome state. this is done, first of all, by enabling him to arrive at a right relation and correct evaluation between the abstract and the concrete re

teric teaching may be recognised and absorbed. 3. the transmission of ideas in some form or another to the brain after they have been registered by the mind in the form of seed thoughts, hints or presented themes and concepts. 4. the deliberate focussing of thought upon these ideas. 5. as these ideas are considered and developed, they are subjected to analysis and take shape eventually as created thoughtforms. 6. they are then subjected to a process of unification through the conscious and constant use of a mantram. if this outline for thinking is carefully considered, it will be apparent to you that it is suitable for all true thought processes, all mental moods, and all analysis and application of occult hints. i wanted you to realise the essential simplicity of all divine processes and

enough, in these three you have symbolically and factually given you expression of the three exoteric stages: 1. penetration, the descending and circulatory nature of energy. 2. polarisation, the effect upon this energy of the polarised will. 3. precipitation, through the focussed intent and the directed impulse of the monad. the next sequential revelation will be that of creativity, the world of thoughtforms and the desire which each human being and humanity as a whole have created, and (note this well) the setting in motion by humanity and in relation to its own destiny, the law of cause and effect, or of karma. i have here condensed into a relatively few short paragraphs much important teaching anent revelation and its processes and have emphasised a phase of human activity (needed to p

ficance. you will have noticed that the formulas, as given to you by me, have been arranged into two different groupings. i mention this because these groupings emerge out of the general text and may not have been discriminately seen by you. in one group, you have five formulas indicated, each of them dealing with a major governing concept. these concepts are divine ideas, brought down into human thoughtforms, and each of them conditions the work of our planetary logos. they are so all-inclusive that there is little that the disciple can do about them, except feel himself as an integral part of them from which he may not and cannot differentiate himself. the second grouping is of not nearly so great importance, but it is probably of greater practical usefulness; it will, if subjected to de

the self-will of the personality (of a very high order, necessarily, the will of the soul (as demonstrated by the activity of the highest tier or circle of the egoic petals, atma, expressing itself as the spiritual will, and sanat kumara are also brought, through initiation, into direct alignment, who, again, can predict what the revelation will be? when, again (as hinted on page 313, the myriad thoughtforms of the concrete or lower mind are seen as illusion, and the lower mind, the knowledge petals of the egoic lotus, the abstract mind and buddhi or pure reason are all brought into alignment with the lords of karma in a direct relationship and as signifying the ending of karma in the three worlds, who can foretell the nature of the ensuing revelation? it is alignment that holds the clue

ary process there is essentially nothing but a growing revelation. the two terms, evolution and revelation, go together. any distinction lies within the field of revelation or to word it otherwise within the various planes of consciousness, and particularly that in which the revelation is taking place. earlier i said that "the next sequential revelation will be that of creativity, of the world of thoughtforms which humanity as a whole has created and the setting in motion by humanity and in relation to its own destiny of the law of cause and effect or karma. this will take us back into the very night of time and demonstrate the hope of the present era" revelation is both formless and also within form, and the closer to realisation, the more subtle and devoid of form will be the revelation

y to follow the footsteps of christ. they may know nothing of the occult teaching or of esoteric techniques, but the discipline of their lives and their realised fixed intention and service bring them inevitably, eventually, on to the occult way. they are learning to think; they earnestly seek to know the right way for humanity, and desire to ascertain the will of god; they are therefore building thoughtforms and are developing the power to be impressed. at present, they appear to be putting the cart before the horse, and they need to learn to think after impression; but this the spread of the various meditative processes will eventually correct. later, the directing potency of the ajna centre (the centre between the eyebrows) will attract their attention and the triple process of impressi

ALICE A BAILEY23 THE EXTERNALISATION OF THE HIERARCHY

ive a right lead to human affairs. aggression, fear, terror, foreboding and the numbness that comes from undue and ceaseless mental and physical pain are stultifying and negating free will in many sections of the world at this time. there is no free will in many parts of europe today. prejudice, the misinterpretation of presented facts, false and over-emphasised idealism, racial and nationalistic thoughtforms and the withdrawing fear of responsibility are hindering the expression of free will in the less damaged parts of the world. moral unpreparedness and the refusal to relinquish the many and differing misinterpretations of truth or of christ's teaching are hindering many people today. release for humanity will come when the so-called good people of the world give up their pet theories a

en responsible for so much disease and death. when these new and better conditions are established, then men will be free to live and move in beauty and to seek the "lighted way" section four stages in the externalisation of the hierarchy the subjective basis of the new world religion- 328- the externalisation of the hierarchy copyright 1998 lucis trust introductory statements december 1919 those thoughtforms which will materialise as the religion of the new age already exist on the mental plane and are in process of precipitation upon the physical plane. their lineaments can already be discerned. the wise guides of the race, working under the christ and having in view the need of the public for a form, seek at this time to hold just as much as may be of the old form and lineaments, as muc

the sense of reality, so essential to the recognition of the hitherto unseen hierarchy. 2. i published books which gave the new esoteric teaching, founded on the past, of service today, and indicative of the future. in those books i isolated for the new generation of esoteric students the "truths" which were true, extracting them from the mass of imaginative thinking and consequent formulation of thoughtforms which esotericists (since the time of h.p.b) have so consistently created and presented to the enquiring public as truths. i indicated the new truths- 358- the externalisation of the hierarchy copyright 1998 lucis trust which were of significance for the future and for which the truths of the past were a needed foundation, and gave enough in outline and in "seed" concepts to show the

370- the externalisation of the hierarchy copyright 1998 lucis trust time an embarrassing one, requiring as it does a different mode of adjustment to human demands than that entailed by the admittance of disciples to their ashrams; it requires the attention of certain disciples and initiates in all the ashrams and the ability of the hierarchy to penetrate and dissipate the thick cloud of inchoate thoughtforms which the bewildered, interested and curious public have created anent them. 4. the use by the hierarchy of the destroyer aspect of divinity, the first ray, in such a manner that it is in fact a creative factor and one which, in the last analysis, not only releases the life from its previous limitations, but also calls in under the law of balance the building activity of the second ra

how will the proposed organisation take place? of how much of these changes and organisation will average humanity be aware? these and many similar questions almost automatically arise in your minds, and it is essentially necessary that the creative imagination of the advanced man, of aspirants, of probationary disciples (as well as that of the working disciple, does not run riot, creating those thoughtforms which could intervene between the true vision and the work to be done, and interfere therefore with the needed manifestation. it is exceedingly important that the following facts should be realised: the thinking of those who are preparing humanity for the reappearance of the christ must be most closely guarded and controlled; wishful thinking and the formulation of plans in line with

he second aspect of divinity, vaguely called by the mystics of the past era "the christ consciousness" this naturally focusses through the 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 elsewhe

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the gathering into the form, through the dominant note sounded by the form elemental, of matter with a synchronous vibration. this will tend to increase the magnitude of the task before the ego and sweep into increasing dominance the lower man. the "lunar lords" will become increasingly powerful and the solar lord correspondingly less august. two: the man will find himself surrounded in time with thoughtforms of a lower order (from the standpoint of the soul) and before he can penetrate into the arcana of wisdom and find his way into the master's world he will have to dispel the clouds of thoughtforms which he has attracted to himself. unless the disciple learns that aspiration and self-discipline must proceed side by side, he will find that the spiritual energy he may appreciate and conta

s, in due time, may produce a form-reaction to which we may give the name of death. but the death of that form was not a primary objective and was not even considered, because it was not within the range of awareness of the destroyer. the higher destruction which we are considering is related to the destruction of certain forms of consciousness which express themselves in great areas or extensive thoughtforms; these may have, in turn, conditioned human thinking. perhaps the simplest illustration i can give you of this type of destruction would be concerned with the major ideologies which down the ages have conditioned or may condition humanity. these ideologies produce potent effects in the three worlds. this type of destruction affects those civilisations which condition the human family

is) quite different to the soul ray. it is the personality ray which works to prevent contact, to mislead in recognition, to retard progress and to misinterpret information. as long as a disciple in training is focussed in his personality, group initiation will not be possible for him, his recognition of co-aspirants will be fleeting and rapidly disturbed by the critical lower mind, and a wall of thoughtforms, created by the personality, anent the group members, will be thrown up and prevent a united moving forward through the door of initiation. 4. group initiation cannot be achieved by a group in training until the members, as a group, have developed their particular "spiritual enterprise" it is the law of the spirit that the disciple must appear before the initiator empty-handed, but th

s attracted to him by ancient habit and old controls. he is therefore responsible for the impact of this energy. this type of energy takes form, and the massed forms of these glamours constitute the opposing door and oppose the passing of the aspirant on to the next phase of the path. with this electrical energy he must deal before he takes the second initiation. these particular energies are not thoughtforms; they are drifting, undefined and exceedingly fluid. of this type of energy water is the symbol, and this is one reason why this second initiation is called the baptism initiation, or the initiation of "entering the stream" 3. the electrical energy of the mind now creates the door for the third initiation, and the obstruction which confronts the initiate is that of the electrical figm

meditation. it requires a trained intelligence, so that the line of demarcation between intuitive realisation and the forms of the higher psychism may be clearly seen. it requires a constant disciplining of the mind, so that it can "hold itself steady in the light" and the development of a cultured right interpretation, so that the intuitive knowledge achieved may then clothe itself in the right thoughtforms. it might also be stated here that the construction of the bridge whereby the consciousness can function with facility, both in the higher worlds and in the lower, is primarily brought about by a definitely directed life-tendency, which steadily sends the man in the direction of the world of spiritual realities, plus certain movements of planned and carefully timed and directed reorie

recognition of time- 393- a treatise on the seven rays- volume v: the rays and the initiations copyright 1998 lucis trust during the initiatory process between the second and the third initiations, the initiate has to battle with illusion in exactly the same sense as he earlier had to battle with glamour. illusion is, in the last analysis, the control of the mental processes by great and massive thoughtforms; this conflict persists from the moment that the disciple has achieved mental polarisation (at a midway point between the second and the third initiations) until he stands before the initiator at the sixth initiation of decision, when the last illusion disappears. you will feel and comment that the masters are therefore subject to illusion. this they definitely are, and there are grea

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een the psionics that has pulled my rear out of the fire. so i'm going to give you all the information you need so that if you should get into the same sort of messes i get into, you too will escape with a whole skin. otherwise, as one critic of mine once told me "if you burn your ass, you have to sit on the blisters" i'm going to teach you how to make and use the psionic components, machines and thoughtforms in combination, that will bring you the things you need, and the people you need, like my wife (well, not my wife, you can t have her) second, i'm going to give you enough background material that you can strike out on your own and not have to depend upon me. i am going to give you the designs for some really simple gadgets that you can build. there is something to having equipment th

clearly. second, you should be more relaxed in your everyday life. that is not to say that you will not have any upsets; far from it, but you will be able to handle most of them far better than you do now. finally, you will be able to blot out from your mind any unnecessary worries that might creep in. worry, incidentally, is one thing which is not only unnecessary, but also dangerous. it creates thoughtforms that can attract to you the very things you are worrying about, as you will discover soon when i explain them. but the main reason i am taking the time to teach you this technique is not to improve your mental health. that is a side benefit (no extra charge. meditation has the added advantage of putting your mind into condition to be better able to manipulate psychic energy. why shoul

se times when a disease is making the rounds, usually during what is commonly called flu season, though the flu does not follow the calendar. now, i know that there are writers who suggest that you can make a health-protecting thoughtform for general use, but my own experience has found that strengthening the etheric body seems to work better for that purpose. by now you should be adept at making thoughtforms, so you should have little trouble making this one. let s assume that in the place where you work there has been a severe outbreak of stomach colds since one of your co-workers brought her obnoxious child to the office (children are plague carriers and their presence in any environment breeds contagion. you already have your field in place so you are not too worried, but you would lik

ion that it will block the disease as it attempts to enter your body. if you thought that using a thoughform is easy, wait until you use your box to protect yourself. remember that every illness shows up first in the etheric body before it manifests in the physical one. this fact cannot be repeated too often. therefore, it follows that if you can keep your etheric body free from the waveforms and thoughtforms which weaken it, you should be able to avoid most difficulties, at least in the matter of health. while the strengthening of your etheric body will block individual ailments that appear to be most threatening, the radionic box can seek out and eliminate the weaknesses which are present now and may lead to trouble years from now. when doctors first started studying radionics, they disc

ge can become, and the sensitivity of the equipment you are now using is such that any emotion you feel is going to be transmitted along with the message. but the teleflasher can be used in much more interesting ways than merely sending messages to a subject. let us assume that the local librarian makes you horny as hell and you want to bed her. thus far all of your efforts have failed, including thoughtforms, meditation, even the use of the box. the combination of all the above elements can greatly increase your effectiveness in dealing with this problem. set up the equipment as prescribed and determine when she is going to be sleeping by means of the pendulum. now, place a photograph of yourself on the flasher stand and take the rate for the target. know that as you prepare to transmit

number of openings in your field. that is all you want this thoughtform to do. while you are waiting for that thoughtform to work, begin working on yourself. use money attracting techniques, such as visualizing your etheric field as a money magnet and begin to condition that field to attract people to you, to make them like you. this is very important. continue to work on yourself and send forth thoughtforms about openings until a job appears. when you see the ad for the job you want, ask the pendulum if this is right for you. the pendulum will probably say yes because of your emotional involvement with the answer, but that is all right at this point because you need confidence. and if it is really wrong for you, you may get some warning. now it is time to bring up the machine. let s assu

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rms. the magician can create an image within his subjective mind and "impose" it upon the objective world so that it influences the subjective minds of all those individuals who come into contact with it. objects may be charged with this magical energy and become "charmed" or "cursed. within a magical group or coven a group-consciousness develops and acts as if it were an individual entity. these thoughtforms are also responsible for buildings and locations assuming an aura; becoming "sacred "holy "defiled "unholy, etc. thought-forms were used by egyptian magicians to guard burial chambers and resulted in the deaths of archeologists thousands of years later. this phenomenon cannot be explained by telepathy but is rather a form of magnetism or mesmerism, concerning which much research has a

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st of the other during the process of writing. the source of the messages in such cases may be found in a combined fountain of subconsciousness. the identity of communicators eugene rochas recorded a case where the communicator of the automatic script was found to be a fictional being, a character from a novel. extreme spiritualists would attribute such messages to lying spirits, the occultist to thoughtforms, endowed with temporary intelligence. it is very likely, however, that nothing more than a dream of the subconscious had been witnessed in the case. speculative possibilities are well illustrated by the mediumship of helene smith. if the claim of reincarnation and exceptional remembrance of a preincarnate state were to be admitted, both the information contained in the script and the

without bond s initial mental impetus. the inspiring influences spoke of themselves as the company of avalon, the company of the watchers, etc. the bulk of the philosophical writings which they inspired was published under the title the wisdom of the watchers (new york, 1933. besides these and his own inspirational writings, bond conducted experiments in psychic photography with ada e. deane (see thoughtforms) and pursued various other lines of research. he considered the survival of mind, memory, and personality as proved facts. in the gate of remembrance he proposed that the recall of the olden-time memories were due to a cosmic reservoir of human memory and experience in which the element of personality is preserved and welded into a collective association extending through all times. t

z tried to discover the thickness of the etheric hand. he found that, when materialized, the hand was less than a millimeter thick, and that it was at least very probable that it was flat, and could therefore find room in a space too narrow for a normal hand. the same experiments also assured him that the double could, by autosuggestion, diminish the size of its hand if it met with obstacles (see thoughtforms. projection of the double supposed proof of the double is its experimental projection, often described as astral projection, but now classified as out-of-the-body travel. reportedly the usual method of such experiments is to decide before going to sleep to visit someone during the night. one case, reported in phantasms of the living by edmund gurney, f. w. h. myers, and frank podmore

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e of life, are often replaced by incomplete formations. the relief is often wanting and the forms are flat. there are some that are partly flat and partly in relief, i have seen in certain cases, a hand or a face appear flat, and then, under my eyes assume the three dimensions, entirely or partially. the incomplete forms are sometimes smaller than natural size, being occasionally miniatures. from thoughtforms to full-grown phantoms many of the photographs taken of eva c. s materializations suggest the evolution of thoughtforms. a professor daumer contended that ectoplasmic forms were neither bodies nor souls. he offered the term eidolon (shape. a number of eva c. s phantom forms resembled pictures she had seen, caricatures of presidents wilson and pioncare, and they often had folds as if a

her hair was differently arranged or she appeared smaller. the little figure performed various gymnastic exercises and finally stood on bisson s extended hand (bisson was eva c. s accomplice in producing materializations) the materialization of small heads the size of walnuts in a glass of water was the peculiar feature of lujza ignath s mediumship. nona, the control, said the heads were plastic thoughtforms. describing a visit to an unnamed materialization medium, gladys osborne leonard states in her book my life in two worlds (1931: my husband was sitting with his feet and knees rather wide apart. his gaze suddenly was diverted from the materialised spirit to a kind of glow near his feet. looking down he saw a tiny man and woman, between 12 and 18 inches high, standing between his knees

aiming and demonstrating a number of unusual psychokinetic abilities. he later admitted that he had accomplished everything through fraud. the japan nengraphy association, headed by tsutomu miyauchi, was formed to investigate such phenomena, which appears to have some genuine practitioners. the association is headquartered at awiji-cho 2-25, kannda, chioda, tokyo (see also t. fukurai; ted serios; thoughtforms) sources: berger, arthur s, and joyce berger. the encyclopedia of parapsychology and psychical research. new york: paragon house, 1991. neometaphysical digest publication of the society of metaphysicians, inc, archers court, stonestile lane, the ridge, hastings, east sussex, england. neoplatonism a mystical philosophical system initiated by plotinus of alexandria in 233 c.e. that comb

mediumship of mina crandon (i.e. margery. he also served as a consultant to american society for psychical research during the turbulent years of the 1930s. he died november 1965. sources: pleasants, helene, ed. biographical dictionary of parapsychology. new york: helix press, 1964. thorogood, brackett k. the margery mediumship. proceedings of the american society for psychical research 22 (1933. thoughtforms the existence of thoughtforms has been claimed by occultists, especially theosophists. the idea of thought-forms has supplied a realm for some interesting and curious speculations by psychical researchers as they investigated the substance of their designated study. the suggestion of psychical researcher sir william f. barrett that the operator may so stimulate the mind of the subject

tate of consciousness. in this state i was able to see not only their fronts, but also their backs. to my utter astonishment they were all hollow at the back, like embossed leather, or the ordinary papier mache mask. then my guardians caused me to make a sign, say a word, or think a sentence.what i do not know; but directly it was done or said, these forms disintegrated or dissolved and vanished. thoughtforms are often perceived in the hypnotic state. dr. lindsay johnson, the celebrated british ophthalmic surgeon, described in the may 21, 1921, issue of the spiritualist journal light an experiment of professor koenig of berlin, in a paris hospital at which he assisted. a peasant woman was hypnotized. it was suggested that she saw an imaginary picture on a plain sheet of paper. twenty ident

e blackness, exactly over the intersection. in a second trial, bond hung a small picture frame upon the wall of the studio and asked that an image, the exact character of which he did not specify, might be recorded on the space within the frame. the idea was to preclude any successful preexposure of a plate for the purpose of fraud. he obtained a encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. thoughtforms 1565 cloud of small size that on the first two plates was not quite rightly centered, but was well within the center of the third plate. a mr. warrick, a manufacturing chemist, repeated the experiments but used no camera, only sheets of paper that he had specially sensitized. by impressing upon deane the exact nature of the image he wanted, and placing the paper beneath deane s hands

ral, she gained firsthand experience of tibetan ghosts and demons and saw the paranormal feats of mystics. in her book with mystics and magicians in tibet (1931, she revealed how tibetan mystics acquired the ability to live naked in zero temperatures by generating a protective body heat (tumo, how they learned to float in air and walk on water, and how they brought corpses back to life or created thoughtforms that had independent existence. she described such feats as psychic sports, acquired by special mind and body training. amongst such feats was the lung-gom training of inner breathing and meditation, which enabled an individual to travel at high speed for days and nights without stopping, sometimes with the feet hardly touching the ground. david-neel herself witnessed a lung-gom-pa, o

ed an individual to travel at high speed for days and nights without stopping, sometimes with the feet hardly touching the ground. david-neel herself witnessed a lung-gom-pa, or swift traveler. she described the special training necessary for feats of levitation and for thought-reading and telepathy( sending thoughts on the wind. she successfully experimented in the creation of a tulpa or phantom thoughtforms. after a period in isolation following special concentration techniques, she claimed that she succeeded in creating a phantom monk, who became a guest in her party, seen and accepted by the others. but in the course of time, this phantom form changed from a fat jolly monk, becoming lean, mocking, and somewhat malignant, and it was necessary for her to concentrate on special techniques

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nking and doing are still different things, thinking does have its effects. clairvoyants of many persuasions have seen and documented the shapes and forms produced by various types of thought, witness the work of charles leadbeater. while many of these forms are fleeting, when empowered by the emotions and by reverie and memory they become more than just thoughts, they become thought forms. these thoughtforms exist beyond simply when they are thought, they take on an independent existence within the mind of the thinker. they then influence memory and condition our perceptions of everyday life. we may want to see these thoughtforms as only existing within the psyche of the neurotic or unstable and yet all of us have our lives conditioned by the though forms we have created in the past. for

existence within the mind of the thinker. they then influence memory and condition our perceptions of everyday life. we may want to see these thoughtforms as only existing within the psyche of the neurotic or unstable and yet all of us have our lives conditioned by the though forms we have created in the past. for most people they never see the present unfiltered, all experience is sieved through thoughtforms created from childhood and even beyond through past lives. meme (pron. meem) a contagious idea that replicates like a virus, passed on from mind to mind. memes function the same way genes and viruses do, propagating through communication networks and face-to-face contact between people david s. bennahum. the gnostic handbook page 49 thoughts however go much further. as documented in m

dhood and even beyond through past lives. meme (pron. meem) a contagious idea that replicates like a virus, passed on from mind to mind. memes function the same way genes and viruses do, propagating through communication networks and face-to-face contact between people david s. bennahum. the gnostic handbook page 49 thoughts however go much further. as documented in much modern research on memes, thoughtforms can become like viruses of the mind. they can spread throughout groups, families, nations and indeed the world and are passed through the deeper levels of the unconscious we all experience. rumours, tales, urban myths are all memes or thoughtforms, while they may be primarily past via the printed word, internet, media etc, there is a time when they reach a certain saturation point and

s, tales, urban myths are all memes or thoughtforms, while they may be primarily past via the printed word, internet, media etc, there is a time when they reach a certain saturation point and then become part of the collective unconscious. this is exceptionally dangerous as negative and violent forms can control groups and crowds creating mob violence and aggression. these groups minds are really thoughtforms out of control. if we return to the image of satan for a moment, we may remember that the image of satan in the old testament is primarily that of the tester, the devils advocate rather than one of an evil being. in the new testament, however, things are different. the term satan is used to describe people (jesus calls peter satan and says get behind me, groups (jesus says the father

he new testament, however, things are different. the term satan is used to describe people (jesus calls peter satan and says get behind me, groups (jesus says the father of the jews is the devil) and is described as plural (legion. if we consider this model carefully we start to realize that the new testament satan is not the tester of the old testament, but is bad mind. that is satan is negative thoughtforms. these forms exist in an individual (peter s weakness) or collectively (the idea of ownership and control which tempted jesus as he looked over the cities all this can be yours. it is legion as there are multitudes of archons both dwelling within our minds and within the collective unconscious. the question of the devil being the father of the jews takes us into the darker reaches of

f archons both dwelling within our minds and within the collective unconscious. the question of the devil being the father of the jews takes us into the darker reaches of archon theory, because not only can they exist in the unconscious collective mind but they can create a breach into the astral worlds through which fallen spiritual entities can then move into the earthly spheres and control the thoughtforms created. these forms as known in the gnostic tradition as archons, they are the products of mankind enlivened by fallen spirits and fed by our own emotions. they can control and influence individuals, collectives even nations and governments. jesus decried the jews not because of racial prejudice but because the judaic community of that period had become fundamentalist and literalist

alse god, an archon they had created from their own ignorance. this happens all too often and why the esoteric tradition is so imperative. without the guidance of gnosticism and esotericism, many will be caught within the web of exoteric (outer) religion. fundamentalism, cults, literalism, extremism are all products of incorrect readings of the spiritual tradition. when these groups develop their thoughtforms take on a life of their own and not being connected to the real energies of the great chain of being they soon sour and become a nexus for the manifestation of fallen entities from the astral worlds. these fallen spirits work out of step with the universe and invigorate these forms so that they become independent, discrete fields of energy within the astral world (archons. they grow f

anet, his culture and his soul. the issue of archons is complex for there is an interaction between our own thought forms and real fallen astral entities. these fields (probably a better description than forms) allow these entities to interface with our own unconscious. accordingly they can change form according to the language of the culture they communicate though and being a mixture of our own thoughtforms and fallen spirits can mimic our own hidden desires and needs. while in medieval periods we may have has demons, incubus and succubus, in the present we have aliens, ufo abductions and medical experiments by creatures we cannot see. in the modern mode, these archons are sometimes called ultraterrestrials. however we must realize that these forms are spiritual in origin. sure, they may

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urselves in a way different to how we are, we create a tension between the created form and our reality. this can be useful if a change is needed, but disastrous if we are not prepared for the result (an example here is why an anorexic always sees him/herself as fat. the thought form is fat, the reality is not, and a tension is created. the second form includes a myriad different characteristics. thoughtforms is this class can be images of any physical reality or even of mechanical and fantasy design. for example, you may create a thought form with hundreds of arms and legs, or as a unicorn or giant. any shape than can be thought can be summoned into a form. the third form is when a thought has taken a natural shape, because it has not been have given a form. these forms can range from swi

r example, you may create a thought form with hundreds of arms and legs, or as a unicorn or giant. any shape than can be thought can be summoned into a form. the third form is when a thought has taken a natural shape, because it has not been have given a form. these forms can range from swirling masses to shapes and spirals of immense beauty or darkness. many examples of this form can be found in thoughtforms by besant and leadbeater (theosophical publishing house 1971. each of these forms has one thing in common, they are made of colour. depending on the nature of the form, various colours will manifest. this is the one sure way to appreciate the real nature of a form, while colours can be manipulated by thought, the real vibratory nature of the thought (the real colour) will make itself

hese forms has one thing in common, they are made of colour. depending on the nature of the form, various colours will manifest. this is the one sure way to appreciate the real nature of a form, while colours can be manipulated by thought, the real vibratory nature of the thought (the real colour) will make itself known in some way. the general principles which are the basis for the production of thoughtforms are: gnostic theurgy page 171 the quality of the thought determines colour. the nature of the thought determines its form (except in artificially created thoughtforms. the strength of the thought determines the clarity of the form. some considerations on the nature of thought thoughts (like any energy form) have a tendency towards entropy, they degrade over a period of time. it is nec

e 171 the quality of the thought determines colour. the nature of the thought determines its form (except in artificially created thoughtforms. the strength of the thought determines the clarity of the form. some considerations on the nature of thought thoughts (like any energy form) have a tendency towards entropy, they degrade over a period of time. it is necessary, therefore, when working with thoughtforms to take this into account. for example, some schools divide thoughtforms into three classes, each related to the time-frame they are programmed to operate in. sustained thoughtforms. these are usually designed for protective purposes. the best example is a personal or property watcher. they need to be recharged at regular intervals. periodic thoughtforms these are special thoughtforms

s, each related to the time-frame they are programmed to operate in. sustained thoughtforms. these are usually designed for protective purposes. the best example is a personal or property watcher. they need to be recharged at regular intervals. periodic thoughtforms these are special thoughtforms which are programmed to only exist for a predestined time period. a classic example here would be the thoughtforms which exist at any given religious festival or feast. solo thoughtforms these exist to achieve one action only. they are programmed to achieve a certain task or do a certain job. there are some amazing examples of the above classifications. for example, it is thought that the ancient egyptians used a sustained thoughform which took it s energy from the forces around it in the tomb and

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a specific condition. the other approach to disassembly is to perform a ritual .reabsorption. of the servitor, mentally drawing it back from it.s task, taking it apart by visualization, taking back the original desire which sparked it.s creation, and taking apart or destroying any material base which you have created for it. whilst classical occult theory has it that if you do not look after your thoughtforms, they will wander around the astral plane annoying people, there is good psychological sense for terminating the .life. of servitors which have completed their assigned task- that you are reclaiming responsibility for that desire-complex which you used to create the servitor. 5. is a name required? the servitor can be given a name which can be used, in addition to its sigil, for creat

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major nadies. which nadi is hot? 3) what is pranayama? book list arthur diekman, the observing self. w.y. evans-wentz, tibetan yoga and secret doctrines. sandra gibson, beyond the mind. king and skinner, techniques of high magic. swami sivananda, kundalini yoga. john woodroffe (pseud. for arthur avalon, the serpent power. the basics of magick get any book for free on: www.abika.com 20* magick 6- thoughtforms and spirits* although there are hundreds of kinds of divination, the principle ones are astrology, geomancy, the tarot, the i ching, and direct psychic means (especially clairvoyance. true divination is more than a mechanical system, for it implies true psychic interpretation (receiving. some form of divination is often used in magick ritual to communicate with the entity invoked. sin

gy dissipates as soon as we break the concentration, but it is possible to purposely concentrate energy in this way, producing very strong thoughtforms. such thoughtforms are vortexes or centers of psychic energy. they can exist as entities by themselves, at least for a while. they are basically inanimate, non-thinking forces. talking to one is about as logical as talking to a chair. in this way, thoughtforms are similar to elementals, ghosts, and spirits. all of these psychic entities consist of a psychic energy vortex which could be described as a localized field or as a discontinuity of the physical world. psychic entities respond to certain electrostatic and magnetic fields, and to other energy vortexes. that is why they respond to magick ritual. someday, we may accomplish the same thi

of a psychic energy vortex which could be described as a localized field or as a discontinuity of the physical world. psychic entities respond to certain electrostatic and magnetic fields, and to other energy vortexes. that is why they respond to magick ritual. someday, we may accomplish the same thing with electronic machines. psychic entities are sometimes able to affect our thought processes. thoughtforms, elementals, and ghosts are usually not very smart. if they display any intelligence at all, it is limited. they are the morons of the spirit world. their behavior is usually automatic, repetitive, robot-like (just like some people. we see that artificial elementals are little more than astral robots. spirits and deities are more intelligent and volitional. directed attention your min

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d cannot be commanded, only banished; the only trace of intellect they display is sense of self-preservation. these larvae feed upon the life-force of their host, and continue to steal his vitality until he no longer feeds the being with obsessive thoughts; thoughts which are usually negative in nature. these beings have no function to humans, whether that function is magical, or otherwise. these thoughtforms, which are concentrations of spiritual energy, can flake off of people, and can cling to other people, and even objects. in this way can a person accumulate a sinful nature, and places accumulate a bad vibe. this concept of the thought form is, however, a bit more complicated than spiritual insects (you knew it was coming; this is in no small part related to the fact that thought form

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

e claimed to be infused with dynamic life to be real things, active images that make and testify and create, we begin to comprehend the powerful and explosive meaning with which the illuminati endow their signs and symbols. to them, these are not just geometric shapes, architectural patterns, lines, and circles. their signs and symbols both live and possess creative power. they are archetypes and thoughtforms. in sum, they are real things that perform. one is reminded, therefore, of the "image of the beast" which, in the last days, is prophesied to both move about and to speak (revelation 13. pity the poor, hoodwinked mason it's bad enough that the elite hide their dirty little (and big) secrets behind such smoke screens as secret hand signs, codes, etc. but what is remarkably obscene is t

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tage between death and rebirth. such a recitation by the priest at the bedside of the deceased might include these words from the tibetan book of the dead: since you [no longer] have a material body of flesh and blood, whatever may come sounds, lights, or rays are, all three, unable to harm you; you are incapable of dying. it is quite sufficient for you to know that these apparitions are your own thoughtforms. recognize this to be the bardo [the intermediate state after death. if there is to be no rebirth for the soul, it appears before yama, the god of the dead, to be judged. in tibetan buddhism, there is a direct link between one s earthly lifetimes and intermediate stages of existence in the various spheres of paradise, extending to the appearance of the soul remaining the same as the o

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nter circle which in time will likewise be destroyed. the outer circle is "b" is the world m y or the sams ra chakkra, the inner "a" the bodhi stava, the buddha, the christ. this is fulfilled again and again the great prophecy: whenever the dhamma decays, and a-dhamma prevails, then i manifest myself. for the protection of the good, for the destruction of the evil, for the firm 272 this is a mere thought-form induced by misunderstanding the instruction of m itr nanda swami as to observing the phenomenon. establishment of the national righteousness i am born again and again!273 "it is a fallacy" wrote p "that the absolute must be the all-good. there is "not" an intelligence directing law; but only a line of least resistance along which all things move. its own selfishness has not even the w

ALICE A BAILEY04 A TREATISE ON COSMIC FIRE

f interesting electrical phenomena will be seen, and the opportunity of the manu to separate races, to segregate types, and to submerge and detach continents will be great. this is the ray of separative force, and its place, as a factor in the erection and destruction of forms, is very interesting. it may be asked wherein this can all be interpreted in terms of fire, and thus the integrity of the thought-form of this book be preserved. whenever the words influence, radiation, or the power of a ray, are used, we are dealing inferentially with electrical phenomena, or with energy of some kind. this energy, or electrical manifestation, this "mystery of electricity" to which h. p. b- 256- a treatise on cosmic fire copyright 1998 lucis trust refers,50(133) is the foundation of all manifestation

magnetism, as we see it working out through the form. hence we are very much handicapped. a. response to vibration. it is always recognised in occult circles that the whole object of human evolution is to enable the thinker to respond to every contact fully and consciously, and thus to utilise his material sheath, or sheaths, as adequate transmitter of such contact. the most easily studied human thought-form is the one the ego creates through which to function. he builds his sheaths by the power of thought, and the dense physical body is the best sheath that at any particular stage of evolution he can at the time manufacture. the same can be predicated of the solar logos. he builds by the power of thought a body which can respond to that group of vibrations which are concerned with the co

eath that at any particular stage of evolution he can at the time manufacture. the same can be predicated of the solar logos. he builds by the power of thought a body which can respond to that group of vibrations which are concerned with the cosmic physical plane (the only one we can study. it is not yet adequate, and does not fully express the logoic thinker. the vibrations to which the systemic thought-form must respond are many in number, but for our purposes might be enumerated as mainly seven: 1. the vibrations of the cosmic physical plane, viewing it as all the matter of that plane which exists outside the logoic ring-pass-not. it concerns the pranic and akashic fluids and currents. 2. the vibrations of the cosmic astral plane as they affect the physical form of divine- 328- a treati

oup to the unit. through a more evolved "kingdom of nature" to a less evolved. as regards the third factor of initiation, it must be borne in mind that we are here considering only the great initiations, and not the numerous expansions of consciousness which can be traced through all kingdoms and all manifestations. in connection with what we have considered above, anent the primary function of a thought-form (the power to respond to vibration) i would emphasise the necessity of remembering that that response must be made by the inner embodied idea, and that it will then through a complex reflex action, bring about response from the material sheath which veils it. vibration is the result of subjective impulse, and makes its appeal to the subjective consciousness through impact upon whateve

y man, and a planetary scheme. as his cosmic polarisation becomes more mental, and as his cosmic desire nature becomes transmuted, the force that plays through his centres will correspondingly be seen to vary in direction; he will withdraw force from certain of his lower centres and globes; he will cease to be interested in physical incarnation, and he will eventually withdraw within himself. his thought-form will show a gradual diminution of vitality; the dense physical globe will die and pass out of objectivity, and other globes will temporarily hold his life, though not for long. in due course of time the entire scheme will be obscured, and he will function only in his cosmic astral body. such is the case too with a chain and its informing life, viewing a chain as simply a centre in the

entral life, and employed. the period of dissolution, wherein the form is devitalised, destroyed and dissipated. in the first stage, that which concerns the tangible, that which deals with objectivity, is the more emphasised, and of supreme importance. in the second stage, the life within the form, or the subjective consciousness, comes gradually to the fore, and the quality, or the psyche of the thought-form, becomes apparent. in the final stage, the thought form (having performed its mission, separates into its basic duality, and will or energy (which lies, as a unity, back of duality, ceases in intent. the objective life (spiritual life where cosmic thought-forms are concerned; manasic life when solar thought-forms are constructed; and elemental life where human thought-forms are built)

ill or energy (which lies, as a unity, back of duality, ceases in intent. the objective life (spiritual life where cosmic thought-forms are concerned; manasic life when solar thought-forms are constructed; and elemental life where human thought-forms are built) withdraws and the form dissipates. in all these cases it will be apparent that only in the study of the development of the quality of the thought-form will its inherent purpose be revealed; only as its emanative processes are comprehended will the nature of its mission become recognisable. this is true fundamentally of all forms. where the relatively unimportant forms such as those constructed by man at this time are concerned, this can easily be discovered, and to the trained clairvoyant each form reveals: by its colour, by its vib

t forms such as those constructed by man at this time are concerned, this can easily be discovered, and to the trained clairvoyant each form reveals: by its colour, by its vibration, by its direction, by its keynote, the nature of the inner life, the quality of its vibration and the nature of its goal. in the summation of all these points will the purpose reveal itself. the factor of karma. every thought-form comes under the law of karma through the effect it produces. at this stage in the history of the system that vast transitional stage between dense physical life and existence in the logoic etheric body it is not easy for us to differentiate- 334- a treatise on cosmic fire copyright 1998 lucis trust between those thought forms which are effects and those which are causes. it should be

the mindless,80(157) and in that terrible period spoken of in the secret doctrine, which resulted in abortions and distortions of all kinds. had this period not occurred, and this particular type of "miscarriage of purpose" not taken place, we should not have had the fearful karmic relationship which now exists between the third and the fourth kingdom. the effect of the life and persistence of a thought-form, if maleficent and destructive, works out as "evil karma" if beneficent it works as "good karma" in the group in which the emanator has a place. this is what is meant by there being no karma attached to the working out of a good and altruistic deed. the factor of the lesser builders. here a most interesting factor comes in upon which we shall enlarge later, when considering the elemen

an their own upon a specific mission; they are sent forth by those who are self-conscious and are a blend of mind, spirit and objective form. only the self-conscious can create, and only they are capable of purpose, of co-ordination, of direction and control. even though it may seem that much has been left unsaid, yet in due consideration of the above four points in connection with "purpose" in a thought-form, much can be worked out by the student himself. in extending these ideas to a solar logos, many questions of interest arise which are profitable only in so far as they expand the concept, and widen the horizon of the thinker. the logoic purpose is not yet comprehensible to man; it does not profit him to meditate thereon, yet in the formulation of ideas, and their apprehension by think

, take them plane by plane, showing certain things three in all: 1. we might study their effect as they demonstrate on the path of involution. 2. as they manifest on the path of evolution, or return. 3. we might also touch on the laws as they affect the human and deva organisms that evolve by means of them. as we do this, we shall gradually get a broad general idea of how this system of ours (the thought-form of the logos, was gradually built up, how it is controlled and held together, and- 340- a treatise on cosmic fire copyright 1998 lucis trust how numerous and intricate are the interrelations. certain fundamental hypotheses are assumed, which must form the background for all we would say. we must assume first that a builder, or some creative mind, is working to bring about an ordered p

to the proposition that this builder proceeds with his building under some definite laws that guide his choice of material, that control the form that he erects, and that indicate to him the process to be followed in the consummating of his idea. we must not forget that three great symbols stand, in the mind of the logos, for each of his three systems, that the whole exists for him as a concrete thought-form, for he is learning to manipulate the matter of the cosmic mental plane on concrete levels, in the same way that man is working on the laws of thought, and on the building of thought-forms. it is impossible to do more than sense the symbols of the systems past and present. perhaps if we could visualise a swastika of ten arms revolving at right angles, of a radiant green colour, all th

lane on concrete levels, in the same way that man is working on the laws of thought, and on the building of thought-forms. it is impossible to do more than sense the symbols of the systems past and present. perhaps if we could visualise a swastika of ten arms revolving at right angles, of a radiant green colour, all the ten arms emanating from a central blazing sun, we might have some idea of the thought-form that formed the basis of system i, the activity system. the basic thought-form for the second system embodies the green swastika of the first manifestation, and adds to it concentric and interlaced circles in blue, in groups of three, linked by one large circle. both symbols are, of course, in the higher dimensions. the symbol for the next system is unknown. after grasping and concedi

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spiritual life and along them certain forces or energies are released. a. emotional. intuitional or buddhic. monadic .t o the heart of the aspirant b. mental .s piritual or atmic .l ogoic .t o the head of the aspirant. the student is therefore given the word of restraint or control as a key to all his endeavors. the chitta is the mind, or mind-stuff, the mental body, the faculty of thought and of thought-form making, the sum total of the mental processes; it is the material governed by the ego or soul out of which thought forms are made. the "psychic nature" is kama-manas (desire-mind, the emotional or astral body, tinged faintly with mind, and is the material clothing all our desires and feelings. thereby they are expressed. these two types of substance have their own line of evolution to

ht. when withdrawn from traditional teaching thy soul shall stand steadfast, firm in soul-vision, then thou shalt gain union with the soul" gita ii.51.52. obstacle iv. carelessness. the attitude of mind dealt with here has been translated by some as "light-mindedness" it is really that versatile mental attitude which makes one-pointedness and attention so difficult to achieve. it is literally the thought-form-making tendency of the mind stuff which has also been described as the "mind's tendency to flit from one object to another" see book iii, sutra 11. obstacle v. laziness. all the commentators agree as to this translation, employing the terms, sloth, languor or laziness. this refers not so much to mental inertia (for it may accompany acute mental perception) as to that slothfulness of t

which is seen; then follows the moment of mind control. then ensues a moment wherein the chitta (mind stuff) responds to both these factors. finally these pass away, and the perceiving consciousness has full sway. 10. through the cultivation of this habit of mind there will eventuate a steadiness of spiritual perception. 11. the establishing of this habit, and the restraining of the mind from its thought-form-making tendency, results eventually in the constant power to contemplate. 12. when mind control and the controlling factor are equally balanced, then comes the condition of one-pointedness. 13. through this process the aspects of every object are known, their characteristics (or form, their symbolic nature, and their specific use in time-conditions (stage of development) are known and

creasingly clearer, more informative and less interrupted as time elapses, until a rhythmic response is set up between the soul and the physical plane man. the mind and brain are completely subdued by the soul. it should be remembered here that this condition of the mind and brain is a positive one, not a negative state. 11. the establishing of this habit, and the restraining of the mind from its thought-form-making tendency, results eventually in the constant power to contemplate. little need be said in explanation of this sutra owing to its clarity. it is in the nature of a summation of the previous sutras. the idea conveyed is that of the achievement of a constant state of meditation. though periods in which definite work is done at certain specific and stated hours are of exceeding val

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e power of the creative imagination is only just beginning to be sensed, and it is quite possible to see just what we desire to see, even if it is not there at all. the desire of the aspirant to make progress, and his strenuous effort, has forced him to become awake or aware upon the psychic plane, the plane of vain imaginings, of desire and its illusory fulfillments. in that realm, he contacts a thought-form of the christ or of some great and revered teacher. the world of illusion is full of these thought-forms, constructed by the loving thoughts of men down the ages, and the man, working through his own psychic nature (the line of least resistance for the majority) comes in touch with such a thought-form, mistakes it for the real, and imagines it saying to him all the things he wants sai

hatred and separativeness of the masses. whether the material they record is good or bad, whether it is happy, which it seldom is, or unhappy in nature, and whether it carries a vibration of fear and foreboding, it is all psychic stuff, and it in no way indicates the revealing quality of the soul. the prophecies in the books of daniel and revelations have been responsible for the building up of a thought-form of fear and of terror which has led to much writing of a psychic nature, and the exclusiveness of organized religion has led many to separate themselves off from the rest of humanity and to regard themselves as the elect of the lord, with the mark of the christ on their foreheads and, therefore, to take the position that they are safe and the rest of the world must perish, unless they

ALICE A BAILEY08 A TREATISE ON WHITE MAGIC

the four, waxeth and groweth. the myriads gather round its glowing warmth until its light recedes. its fire grows dim. then shall the second sound go forth. rule four sound, light, vibration, and the form blend and merge, and thus the work is one. it proceedeth under the law, and naught can hinder now the work from going forward. the man breathes deeply. he concentrates his forces, and drives the thought-form from him. rule five three things engage the solar angel before the sheath of the one who thus creates, and steady contemplation. thus are the heart, the throat, and eye, allied for triple service. rule six the devas of the lower four feel the force when the eye opens; they are driven forth and lose their master. rule seven the dual forces of the plane whereon the vital power must be s

he path ends within a blaze of glory, and the wanderer through the night becometh the child of the sun, and entereth within the portals of that radiant orb" rule four sound, light, vibration, and the form blend and merge, and thus the work is one. it proceedeth under the law, and naught can hinder now the work from going forward. the man breathes deeply. he concentrates his forces, and drives the thought-form from him. the creative work of sound. the science of the breath- 73- a treatise on white magic copyright 1998 lucis trust the creative work of sound before centering our attention upon this rule, it would be well to recollect certain things, so that our reflection on the rule may proceed with profit. first, the rule we are at present considering concerns work on the mental plane, and

y have (through the medium of the breath) been carried upward to the head and concentrated there, prior to the stage of breathing forth. this moment of retention, when properly carried forward, produces an interlude of intense concentration and it is in this moment that the aspirant must seize opportunity. herein lies a hint. then comes the process of exhalation. we read in rule iv "he drives the thought-form from him" this is ever the result of the final stage of the science of the breath. the form, vitalized by the one who breathes in correct rhythm, is sent forth to do its work and fulfil its mission. study this idea with care, for it holds the secret of creative work. in the experience of the soul, the form for manifestation in the three worlds is created through intense meditation, wh

he sits down to his morning meditation he is learning to build and vitalize thought-forms, his work might assume greater interest. the tendency of most aspirants is to be occupied with their deficiencies in the work of meditation and their inability to control their minds, whereas both those aspects of their endeavour would be aided if they were to be occupied by the profoundly engrossing work of thought-form building. a secondary and less important thought is that as egos, preparing to take human bodies, are deeply engaged in meditation work, it is highly improbable that they can be reached by the ordinary medium in the ordinary seance. at the most, only those who have passed over quite recently can be thus contacted, and they are, in most cases, in a condition of deep abstraction of a di

cently can be thus contacted, and they are, in most cases, in a condition of deep abstraction of a different kind. there is no time or purpose in enlarging upon this theme here but it is of interest to those investigating these matters. 1. the condition of the waters the creating agency, man, has through the incentives of a co-ordinating purpose, intent meditation, and creative activity built the thought-form which he is ensouling with his own vitality and directing with his will. the time has come for that thought-form to be sent upon its mission and to carry out the purpose of its being. as we saw in the earlier rule, the form is "driven" from its creator by the power of the expulsive breath. this is a symbolic statement but, at the same time, an experimental fact in the magical work. in

nderstand both the esoteric and the literal significance of this expulsive breath as he carries forward his meditation work. this expulsive breath is the result of a preceding period of rhythmic breathing, paralleled by concentrated meditation work, then a definite focussing of the attention and the breath, as the purpose of the created form is mentally defined, and finally, the vitalizing of the thought-form, by its creator, and its consequent energizing into independent life and activity. the first hindrance to the potency of the work comes through the failure of the disciple to carry on these activities simultaneously. the second cause of failure lies in his neglecting to consider the condition of the waters or the state of the emotional substance into which this mental form must go and

of the astral plane which will enable it to become a- 93- a treatise on white magic copyright 1998 lucis trust functioning entity on that plane. if it cannot do this, it becomes simply and eventually a dead form on the plane of mind, for it will lack that motivating power of desire which is necessary to carry it forward to completion on the physical plane. it is interesting to remember this: if a thought-form is sent forth into the emotional world to gather to itself a body of desire (the impelling force which produces all objectivity) and is immersed in a "condition of the waters" which can best be described as purely selfish, all that occurs is as follows: it is lost, by being drawn into the astral body of the disciple, which is the focal point for all astral energy employed by the disci

f he throws it into a whirlpool, it is sucked in time into the central vortex and so disappears. many forms, thus constructed by an aspirant in his meditation work are lost and fail in their objective because of the chaotic and whirling state of the aspirant's emotional body. thus good intentions come to naught; thus good purpose and planned work for the master fail to materialize because, as the thought-form passes downward on to the plane of desire and emotion, it contacts only the seething waters of fear, of suspicion, of hatred, of vicious or purely physical desire. these being more potent than the little form, drown it, and it passes out of sight and out of existence, and the man becomes conscious of another abortive effort. or again, the "condition of the waters" is not that of a sel

, constructed so diligently and prayerfully, come to naught. their "skill in action" is lost, because they are tied to the desired result and so their labour produces nothing. there are many other "conditions of the waters" which each aspirant can for himself supply. there is one more however upon which i would like to touch. the emotional body of the disciple which must feed and nurture the baby thought-form (with its mental nucleus) is necessarily part of the planetary emotional form and hence vibrates in unison with that form. this should also be carefully considered, for the emotional body is thrown into a state of activity by the general astral condition and must be handled wisely from this angle. at this time there are three qualities predominating in the planetary form fear, expecta

her disciples and later with the master. desire for material possession must be superseded by aspiration for those possessions which are the joy of the soul wisdom, love and power to serve. peace, assurance and right aspiration! these three words, when understood and experienced in the life of every day, will bring about that right "condition of the waters" which will ensure the survival of every thought-form, rightly engendered in meditation by the man, functioning as a soul. 2. the safety of the one who thus creates it might be said here with emphasis, even if it is a recognized truism, that people are frequently slain (in the occult and therefore in the more important sense) by their own thought-forms. thought creation, through concentration and meditation, is a potently dangerous matte

ok for those who blend with their desire the determination to learn to use their mental bodies and become creators, and who will work constructively towards these ends. thus it will be seen why, in all systems of true occult training, the emphasis is laid on right thinking, loving desire, and pure, clean living. only thus can the creative work be carried forward with safety, and only thus can the thought-form pass downward into objectivity, and be a constructive agent on the plane of human existence. 3. steady contemplation you will note here that the word 'meditation' is not used. the thought is a different one. the meditation process, involving the use of thought and the mental building of the form so that it can be completed and rounded out and in line with the thought-form of the disci

d life, so that it can fulfill its function. he ceases to reason, to think, to formulate, and to build in mental matter. he simply pours his life into the form and sends it forth to carry out his will. just as long as he can contemplate and hold steady, so will his creation fulfill his intention and act as his agent. just so long as he can focus his attention on the ideal for which he created his thought-form and can link the form and the ideal together in one steady vision, just so long will it serve his purpose and express his ideal. herein lies the secret of all successful co-operation with the plan. we will now study for a while the words "heart, throat, and eye" for they have a peculiar significance. these three form the apparatus to be employed by all disciples during the world cycle

atements. the rules already studied convey the truth anent the magician. 1. the soul has communicated with his instrument in the three worlds- 137- a treatise on white magic copyright 1998 lucis trust 2. the man on the physical plane recognises the contact, and the light in the head shines forth, sometimes recognised and sometimes unrecognised by the aspirant. 3. the soul sounds forth its note. a thought-form is created in consonance with the united meditation of the soul and the man, his instrument. 4. this thought-form, embodying the will of the ego or soul, cooperating with the personality, takes to itself a triple form, constituted of the matter of all three planes, and vitalized through the activity and by the emanations from the heart, throat and ajna centres of the white magician th

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

tage to have some more exact idea than has hitherto been the case as to the distinctions existing between the thinker, the apparatus of thought, and thought- 44- a treatise on the seven rays- volume ii: esoteric psychology ii copyright 1998 lucis trust itself, beginning with its dual esoteric function which is: 1. the recognition of, and receptivity to, ideas. 2. the creative faculty of conscious thought-form building. this necessarily involves a strong mental attitude and a reorientation of the mind to reality. as the disciple begins to focus himself on the mental plane (and this is the prime intent of the meditation work) he starts working in mental matter and trains himself in the powers and uses of thought. he achieves a measure of mind control; he can turn the searchlight of the mind

n the effect will be dual, owing to the condition of the server's astral body and his inner orientation. it may enhance the glamour and deepen the illusion, swinging the server into the psychic illusory effects there to be found. when this happens, he will emerge upon the physical plane glamoured by the idea, for instance, of his amazing personal contacts, whereas he has only contacted some group thought-form of the great ones. he will be under the illusion that he is a chosen vessel or mouthpiece for the hierarchy, when the truth is that he is deceived by the many voices, because the voice of the silence has been dimmed by the clamour of the astral plane; he will be deluded by the idea that there is no other way but his way. such an illusion and deception is common among teachers and work

lan. c. soul contact. the last three groups of problems under sensitivity are most definite and real in the experience of disciples. the first group of problems (those arising out of intense mental activity) are those of the pronounced intellectual and they range all the way from a narrow crystallised sectarianism to that psychological phenomenon called idee fixe. they are largely the problems of thought-form making, and by their means the man becomes the victim of that which he has himself constructed; he is the creature of a frankenstein of his own creation. this tendency can be seen working out in all schools of thought and of cultures and is primarily applicable to the leader type of man and to the man who is independent in his thought life and, therefore, capable of clear thinking and

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

treatise on the seven rays- volume v: the rays and the initiations copyright 1998 lucis trust a. ray ii and ray v b. plane ii and plane v c. solar system ii and root race v in all of these relationships, the fifth in order is the prime agent and the revealer of the second type of spiritual energy 4. the fifth ray energy produces three major areas of thought, or three prime conditions wherein the thought-form-making energy expresses itself: a. science. education. medicine b. philosophy. ideas. ideals c. psychology. in process of modern development 5. this fifth ray energy operates in connection with the law of cleavages. 6. it is also responsible for the rapid formation of great conditioning ideologies. 7. this fifth ray energy is the important factor in making possible the first major ini

ld war was precipitated and, secondly, the fission of the atom, resulting in the atomic bomb, was brought about. both these events were made possible by the pouring-in of the energy and power of the third aspect of the first ray of power or will. this is the lowest aspect, and definite material effects were produced. the destroyer aspect was therefore the first aspect to take effect. it split the thought-form of materialistic living (which was governing and controlling humanity everywhere) upon the mental plane and, at the same time, it produced a great agent of destruction upon the physical plane. thus was the new era ushered in; thus was the stage set for a better future. this was the intent and the purpose of those who compose the council chamber of the lord. it rests with humanity itse

ALICE BAILEY THE LABOURS OF HERCULES

white horse symbolizes the illumined mind of the spiritual man, and so we find in the book of revelations that christ comes forth riding upon a white horse. black horses represent the lower mind, with its false ideas and erring human concepts. the brood mares, such as we meet in this first labor, indicate the feminine aspect of the mind as it gives birth to ideas, to theories and to concepts. the thought-form making tendency of the mind is here symbolized, embodying the ideas conceived, and which are let loose upon the world, devastating and destroying when emanating from the lower mind, but constructing and saving when coming from the soul. the exoteric ruler of this sign is mars, the god of war, and so hercules, acting under the right direction of thought and beginning his work on the me

st, utter consideration for the welfare of those with whom he is associated, and a life of loving service: these constitute the ideals of the aspirant. 3. a right understanding, of the meaning, of celibacy. the word means "single" and the meaning usually given to the word is, to refrain from the marriage relation. many young men and women, driven by spiritual desire and under the influence of the thought-form of the church during the middle ages, with its many monasteries and convents, believe that for them the celibate state is essential and right, and are puzzled when they find that complexes result. but may it not be that the true celibacy has been expressed for us in the words of christ, when he said "if thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light? may it not be that tru

COSIMANO CHARLES ELEMENTARY PSIONICS

ferent parts appearing and disappearing. you will see the point and then the eraser. you may see nothing but the name of the company printed on its side, only to have the image leave completely to be replaced by the smiling face of an old girl-friend. this is all perfectly natural and is an excellent indication of the way the mind works. it also explains why it is so difficult to create a working thought-form. and now you also know why all those teachers who simply tell their pupils to visualize something are all wet. if it is this difficult to hold the simple image of a pencil in a prepared mind, how much more trouble would a completely untrained person have holding the image of a person or complicated object or action. now you understand why most of the books that have been sold on this

ed to other things. take a coin and do the same thing with it as you did with the pencil. you will find that once the ability comes, it grows ever easier with practice, and it will take you far less time to hold a compete image of the coin that it did for the pencil. once you have sufficiently mastered this practice to your own satisfaction, you will be ready to create your first real, deliberate thought-form. what is a thought-form? a thought-form is a hard clump of psychic material, as strange as that idea may seem, and in the pre-physical world in which it functions it will be as solid as a rock, but a rock which will constantly be radiating energy, and it will do so until the energy which is fed into it as its creation is exhausted, kind of like psychic uranium. sit comfortably. you mu

it becomes more and more solidified. make a wish, any wish, and put it into the ball. then release it like a bowling ball into the void. at this point i have to put in one of my very rare words of caution. you will probably get exactly what you ask for, even if you do not know why you are asking for it. therefore, it is of absolute importance that you never, never under any circumstances create a thought-form when you are feeling depressed. all this will do is make matters worse, because worry is one hell of a form of concentration, and thus the things you worry about are made more likely to happen. in my last financial crisis, i made it a point to have friends do the psychic work for me so i wouldn't sabotage myself. but let us not dwell on such unpleasantness. you have made your first th

with this, however. the way our society is constructed it is very easy to become totally isolated, even in the midst of a mass of humanity. all it takes is to be placed in a situation where one cannot connect with one's fellows. this can be true of everyone and if the natural desire for a mate is combined with this state of affairs, it can be very troublesome indeed. this is one situation where a thought-form can come in handy. the first thing you have to do is program your etheric body to bring you a companion. this is begun by making out a program. you have to have some idea of the ideal companion you want to have, but you don't want to micromanage it. the more detail you put into a desire, the more you limit the possibility of it coming true and while it still may, it may take some time

o set up the battle and then went fishing, except your stuff will work. the more you practice, the more automatic the process will become until you will not have to do anything except reap the benefits. now, suppose you do this and you get a particular subject that you want to bring into your life, but for some reason the opportunity to connect just never quite gets there. this is where a working thought-form will come in handy, so go back a couple of pages and review the method for creating one. go through the procedure, but this time, as you program it to bring you the individual you are aiming at, give it a name, like egbert. it is actually best to give the thought-form a name that you are not likely to encounter in everyday life. that way you don't accidentally program the thought-form

est to give the thought-form a name that you are not likely to encounter in everyday life. that way you don't accidentally program the thought-form with qualities of a person. while you are visualizing the ball hanging in the air, instruct it very clearly and concisely in what it is supposed to do. then release it into the void and let it work. one little matter of some importance. never expect a thought-form to do more than one thing. they are not very bright and you will only confuse it and nothing will happen. it may be necessary to repeat the procedure as thought-forms do run out of gas after a while and sometimes it takes more than one to do a job. if that is the case, do not be hesitant to create another one and send it out, and another one after that. i make it habit to send out a n

ught-form to do more than one thing. they are not very bright and you will only confuse it and nothing will happen. it may be necessary to repeat the procedure as thought-forms do run out of gas after a while and sometimes it takes more than one to do a job. if that is the case, do not be hesitant to create another one and send it out, and another one after that. i make it habit to send out a new thought-form every night when i am trying to accomplish something important. once you have mastered this method, you may go onto other and even more interesting things. as i mentioned in the earlier chapter, the energy is emitted by certain parts of the body and the eyes and the fingertips are the best. you can learn to control and direct the power that comes through these parts and put it to use

ecause they think that way. okay, that takes care of the first step. as soon as you notice your attitude changing, and believe me, you will notice it, you should begin to meditate on the subject of wealth. in the course of your meditation, imagine yourself in possession of all the material things you want, the good car, the big house. this act of imagining is very important because it creates the thought-form in your own mind which will ultimately bring those things to you and transforms money from an abstract concept to a concrete reality. you should avoid the mistake i made of visualizing a large check, and stick to the objects. at this point it is time to begin to charge the etheric body to bring money to you. as you meditate, see the light that fills your body make your etheric body ra

nergy on a fool (pearls before swine, as it were. or, it may be that what you are trying to sell does not meet his needs, like refrigerators in antarctica. you must never interpret a less-than-positive response as any failure on your part, at least as far as the use of psychic power is concerned. this brings us to one of the most powerful psychic tools you can put in your tool-box, the stationary thought-form, or as i call it (and get into all kinds of trouble for doing so) the psychic land-mine. it is possible to charge an area with psychic power. you can charge any place, or anything, for that matter, with enough energy to influence anyone who passes by it. there are even those lucky individuals who have enough power to make a thought-form that is visible to people out of virtual thin ai

an charge any place, or anything, for that matter, with enough energy to influence anyone who passes by it. there are even those lucky individuals who have enough power to make a thought-form that is visible to people out of virtual thin air, but we are not even going to try that, and in most cases that sort of thing is very counterproductive anyway. i have already explained how to create a small thought-form and send it to a specific person. now you are going to do much the same thing, but in this case instead of hitting a given individual, it is going to affect everyone who passes near it. this is actually a very simple process and well worth the few minutes it takes to learn it, so let's go back to the lecture hall. let us assume that you are going to speak on some arcane subject, like

subject, like the relationship between the tarot and the commodity market. you can be reasonably sure that everyone who comes to hear you will be at least slightly interested in your topic, but as you are going to approach it from a slightly unconventional point of view, you are not sure how well it will be received (hooo haaaa! don't i know about this) to deal with this, you can use a stationary thought-form. to begin with, you should have a pretty good idea of how the hall you are going to speak in looks. if possible, take a look at it in advance. you create the thought-form by the usual methods, but this time you put at the ceiling, over the audience like a lamp. in fact, if you can see it as a lamp, that is so much the better. see it glow with the light you put into it and charge it to

in hand, you may pursue the grand seduction with more confidence because you already know what buttons to push. using the pendulum as a gauge to test your thought-forms the last chapter taught you how to make and use thought-forms. but the problem with thought-forms is that you have a hard time knowing if they have hit the target. well, the pendulum can solve that problem. before you create your thought-form, you will assign it a name, like eustace, or you will have just given it a command. either one should be written down on a piece of paper and kept in a safe place where you will know where to find it, unlike in this house where to put something in a safe place is to guarantee that it will not be found until the third coming. after you send out your thought-form, forget about it for a

ould be written down on a piece of paper and kept in a safe place where you will know where to find it, unlike in this house where to put something in a safe place is to guarantee that it will not be found until the third coming. after you send out your thought-form, forget about it for a day or two. after a few days have elapsed, take out the paper and hold the pendulum over it, asking it if the thought-form has done what it was created to do. if you get a positive response, there is probably no need for further action unless after a reasonable period of time you see no actual results. if the response is negative, make and fire off another thought-form to replaced the old one. communication i will cover this in more detail later when you have your instruments up and running. by means of t

DEITUS

d of life and the god of the flesh he is the dark lord, satan. the gods and demons which the satanist may invoke, in the performance of satanic rituals, are archetypes associated with the dark side. these beings represent carnality rather than spirituality, life rather than death, and indulgence rather than repression. in the magical art, i make brief mention of the magician s ability to impose a thought-form onto an object which can influence anyone who comes in contact with it. i suggest that this form of magnetism or mesmerism which is responsible for a place or object developing an aura makes it possible that a god or demon will take on an identity, apart from the magician, as a thought-form. this is essentially a subjective existence, rather than objective existence, and the spirit is

DION FORTUNE MYSTICAL QABALA

universe, by virtue of its logical association of symbols, evokes images in the mind; but these images are not randomly evolved, but follow along well-defined association-tracks in the universal mind. the symbol of the tree is to the universal mind what the dream is to- the individual ego- it is a glyph synthetised from subconsciousness to represent the hidden forces. 14. the universe is really a thought-form projected from the mind of god. the qabalistic tree might be likened to a dream-picture arising from the subconsciousness of god and dramatising the subconscious content of deity. in other words, if the universe is the conscious end-product of the mental activity of the logos, the tree is the symbolic representation of the raw material of the divine consciousness and of the processes

DION FORTUNE PSYCHIC SELF DEFENSE

d "hallucinations" are due to repressed instincts giving rise to dissociated complexes of ideas in the patient's own subconscious mind. does this mean that the psychic is mistaken in thinking he perceives an astral entity? in my opinion both psychic and psychologist are right, and their findings are mutually explanatory. what the psychic sees is the dissociated complex extruded from the aura as a thought-form. a great deal of relief can be given to lunatics by breaking up the thought-forms that are surrounding them, but unfortunately the relief is short-lived; for unless the cause of the illness can be dealt with, a fresh batch of thought-forms is built up as soon as the original ones are destroyed. chapter vii 35 of 103 the pathology of non-human contacts there are other forms of life as

e akasha is moulded into a definite form and held thus by the will of the operator until, as it were, it "sets" into this mould is poured the concentrated energy of the operator, something of his own self goes into it. this is its soul, and it is like a self-steering torpedo which is set to move in a curve towards a chosen mark. or the operator, if an expert magician, may deliberately ensoul this thought-form with elemental essence, which is the raw, undifferentiated substance of life drawn from one or another of the elemental kingdoms. it is in order to do this that the curse is invoked in the name of some being. the curser declares "i curse you by so and so" this is the form of evocation which calls the ensouling essence into the thought- form, thus making an artificial elemental which i

ecting ether. great care should be used in taking a psychometric specimen, for it is readily contaminated by the magnetism of anyone who handles it, who is in proximity to it, or who even thinks about it concentratedly. for instance, if while packing up such a specimen for sending off you are brooding over the problem it presents and working out your own theory, the psychometrist may pick up your thought-form instead of reading the conditions of the person to whom the object belongs. the materials which are used for packing should also be free from magnetism. i knew of a case wherein the psychic said that a certain trinket belonged either to a nurse or to someone who had to do with hospitals. as a matter of fact, it belonged to neither, but had been packed in surgical cotton-wool. when pac

each a state when we cannot picture the cross and call upon the name of christ. occult attacks may be divided into two types, those which take place by means of thought-forms, and those which operate by means of a current of force. but even in the latter case the current of force soon gathers to itself or germinates thought-forms congenial to its nature. therefore in every psychic disturbance the thought-form is a factor which has to be considered and dealt with, and which, in fact, forms the readiest means of diagnosis; for it is by the perception of the associated thought-forms that the experienced psychic is able to detect the nature of the attack. thought-force is a thing which has no relation to geographical position, but is a matter of pure consciousness and of tuning in to its key-n

for teaching and developing neophytes, so we will not, therefore, consider its modus operandi in detail. enough has been said to show in what way it works. let us now proceed to the consideration of the practical methods of breaking such a rapport if for any reason it is desired to discontinue its use. to astral vision the telepathic link appears as a ray of light, a shining cord, or some similar thought-form, because it is in this form that it is usually formulated by the person who is making the magnetic link. it sometimes happens, however, if the operator has a high grade of initiation, that instead of connecting the ray direct to the person with whom he desires to be in touch, he will formulate an astral animal at the end of it to which he transfers a modicum of his own consciousness

at is transpiring without the necessity of focussing consciousness thereon. when the psychic substance of the watcher is reabsorbed by the adept, he becomes aware of the content of the watcher's consciousness. the disadvantage of this method lies in the vulnerableness of the watcher to psychic attack, and the fact that its projector is affected if it is injured or disintegrated. in dealing with a thought-form, always bear in mind that it is the product of the imagination, and is in no sense self- existent. what the imagination has made the imagination can unmake. if the maker of a thought-form has thought it into existence by picturing it imaginatively, you can equally well think it out of existence by picturing it clearly and imagining it bursting into a thousand fragments, or going up in

rm has thought it into existence by picturing it imaginatively, you can equally well think it out of existence by picturing it clearly and imagining it bursting into a thousand fragments, or going up in flames, or dissolving into water and being absorbed by the soil. that which is thought into existence by the imagination can be thought out of existence by the imagination. if what was taken for a thought-form resists destruction by this method, it is probably an artificial elemental. now there are two such elementals, one kind being ensouled by the invocation of elemental essence into a thought-form, and the other by the projection of something of the magician's own nature into it. if it is ensouled by elemental essence, the use of the pentagram will serve to banish it; but if it is of the

it but pity for an ignorance that thinks it can gain any good thing for itself in this way. he desires to uplift and educate and free the misguided soul from its bondage. until he has arrived at the point when he has no other feeling than this towards his persecutor, it is not safe for him to attempt an absorption. having satisfied himself that he is ready for the attempt, he proceeds to draw the thought-form towards him by pulling in the silver cord that connects it with his solar plexus if it be a vampiric thought-form, or by opening his aura to it and enfolding it if it be one of the other two types. he literally sucks it in. this process should be done slowly and gradually, taking some minutes in the doing. if it be done suddenly, the adept may not find it possible to keep his own vibr

his solar plexus if it be a vampiric thought-form, or by opening his aura to it and enfolding it if it be one of the other two types. he literally sucks it in. this process should be done slowly and gradually, taking some minutes in the doing. if it be done suddenly, the adept may not find it possible to keep his own vibrations steady, and then he will indeed be in an unpleasant situation. as the thought-form is absorbed, the adept will feel a reaction in his own nature corresponding to the type of the thought-form. if it is a lust-force, he will feel desire rise within him; if it is a malicious force, he will feel anger; and if it is a vampire, he will feel blood-lust. he must immediately overcome this feeling and revert to his mediation upon the opposite quality, maintaining it until his

vil in the world. he will immediately feel a great access of vigour and a sense of spiritual power, as if he could say to a mountain "be ye cast into the sea" and it would be done. it is this sense of spiritual exaltation and power which tells him that the work has been successfully accomplished. it is, however, advisable to repeat the meditation at intervals for two or three days in case another thought-form is formulated and sent after the first. as for the sender of the thought-form, when the absorption takes place he will feel that "virtue has gone out of him" and may even be reduced temporarily to a state of semi- collapse. he will soon revive, however, but with his power for evil of this particular type considerably reduced for some time to come; 91 of 103 and if he have the possibil

. he will soon revive, however, but with his power for evil of this particular type considerably reduced for some time to come; 91 of 103 and if he have the possibility of reform in his nature, it may even be that he himself will be permanently freed from this type of evil. the great advantage of this method is that it actually destroys the evil, root and branch; whereas the mere destruction of a thought-form is like cutting off the top of a weed. on the other hand, it can only be done by an advanced occultist keyed up to the highest pitch. if one is disturbed or harassed or has in any degree lost his nerve, one dare not attempt it. if the rapport is perceived as a line of light, a cord, or any similar form, attached to the solar plexus, the forehead, or any other part of the body, the bes

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF OCCULTISM AND PARAPSYCHOLOGY VOL 2

ned. as already mentioned, psychometry has been utilized to gain information about hauntings. that the victim of some century old villainy, writes sir arthur conan doyle in his book the edge of the unknown (1930, should still in her ancient garments frequent in person the scene of her former martyrdom, is indeed, hard to believe. it is more credible, little as we understand the details, that some thought-form is used and remains visible at the spot where great mental agony has been endured. but he was not unmindful of the difficulties of such speculation, adding, why such a thought-form should only come at certain hours, i am compelled to answer that i do not know. the psychometric impression should always be there and should always be perceived, if the theory is correct. the ghost apparen

imilarities. james h. hyslop, in his book psychical research and the resurrection (1908, quoted a curious communication from a private source. the communicator, while commenting on the peculiarities of his spiritual life, stated that he sometimes saw, for instance, a man reading a book, but when he approached to talk with him he found it was only a thought. hyslop, however, did not agree with the thought-form theory and suggested that the instance was a case of veridical, or subjective hallucination in the spiritual life. james t. fields in a lecture on fiction and its eminent authors, said: dickens was at one time so taken possession of by the characters of whom he was writing that they followed him everywhere and would never let him be alone for a moment. he told me that when he was writ

FULLER J F C SECRET WISDOM OF THE QABALAH

t is single. all things and all thoughts are relative; that is, they are the offspring of a relationship, of an above and of a below (9) relativity is, consequently, the secret of deliverance from darkness; therefore it is the road towards the expansion of light. and as light grows, so does thought grow. consequently, when light has reached its utmost limits, thought will do likewise, and the one thought-form will be re-created. this we feel is the ultimate end of the human will- the myriads of fragments of thought reestablished in the primal idea (10) finally, this transfiguration can only be accomplished through action, that is through will to think or to stop thinking. the world we live in is a world of activity, a conflict between light and darkness, secret wisdom of the qabalah page 6

GILBERT THE SORCERER AND HIS APPRENTICE

d no doubt. other messages were given to various persons present, which appeared to give them great content,butto me the appearance of the face was the striking and unaccountable fact. after leaving the room i walked a short distance with the lady who had sat beside me, and who seemed familiar with the circle, and the proceedings.somepsychicmemories91'whatwas it' i queried.'thatface we saw''justa thought-form' she replied.'hethought it, and it appeared''butthe other lady took it for her mother, and to me it looked like aman''really it looks like nothing. butanyone'sthought can mould it. perhaps her mother's spirit actually took possession of it. or again perhaps it was her own subconscious mind. very likely the message was her own memory of something her mother had said in life.thatoften h

and he would not have been dependent on the comparatively paltry fees he charged. but we could think of no other theory. since that time i have seen very little of physical manifesta255 tions, of the knocking, moving of furniture, and levitation nature. once seen they become wearisome by repetition. but the memory of that face seen in the old disused chapel in bloomsbury, and the suggestion of a thought-form made visible and tangible to a person with noclaimto abnormal sensitiveness, remained as a haunting problem, as also did the whole question of messages alleged to have come from the dead. my experiences with professional mediums have been very disappointing in one way, though extremely interesting in another. trance mediums have given me messages from friends who have passed over, cou

y memory. in fact somespritualistic friends have more than hinted that this was what actually happened, she, however,hadno belief in spiritualism. her gift, such as it was, she declared was perfectly natural, merely a kindoftelepathy, developed by a power of concentration.theidea of thought-forms recurred. was it possible that the disembodied spirit, say of one who had passed over, could create a thought-form, which a medium could see,andthus convey a message?ifso a mine of information lay before us of great value.if,for example, my father could recall to. me, through a medium, an incident known only to me and himself (which seems to be a frequent experience, and considered a convincing proof of bona fides, why should not my grand-some psychicmem.ories95father, who was an indian merchant

emrantonio, a clerk of sessionin edinburgh, and96 the sorcererand his apprenticea strong believer in spirit photography, whether in their experience they had come across any case of a spirit photograph which could not possibly be in the mindormemory of the sitter, or of some person in the room. i wanted to get some evidence excluding the possibilityof a conscious or unconscious projection of some thought-form, that might be recorded on the sensitive plate. however, i could hear of none. such. i have seen of course multitudes of photographs in which recognizableforms and faces appear. andifone can be produced wherein a recognizable face, unknown toanyonepresent, appears, it would be a valuable piece of evidence. this may seem a far-fetched idea, but in a scientific investigation it is neces

HINE PHIL ASPECTS OF EVOCATION

tion, or enhancement of a particular mood. a dab of the perfume can be put onto the servitor.s material base, and the perfume should be inhaled during the launch of the entity. 7. is a specific shape required? servitors can be created to have any desired shape, from tiny homunculi to morphic spheres capable of extruding any required appendage. the shape you choose to identify with this particular thought-form can add another level of representational identity to the entity. a common practice though, is to visualize the servitor as a featureless sphere, pulsing with energy, glowing with appropriately chosen colours, into which has been impressed, it.s sigilised instructions. 19 gohu servitor this short essay is an account of one of my most successful servitors to date. the twin spirits of g

HINE P OVEN READY CHAOS

is the result, shored up by our favourite defence mechanisms, whipped on by fear of failure and lust of result. 53 oven-ready chaos the obsession clouds all reason, impairs the ability to act, makes anything secondary to it seem unimportant. it s a doublebind tug o war. the desire to maintain the fantasy may be stronger than the desire to make it real. in classical occult terms i am describing a thought-form, a monster bred from the darker reccesses of mind, fed by psychic energy, clothed in imagination and nurtured by umbilical cords which twist through years of growth. we all have our personal tunnels of set; set in our ways through habit and patterns piling on top of each other. the thought-form rides us like a monkey; it s tail wrapped firmly about the spine of a self lost to us years

JASMUHEEN THE FOOD OF GODS

even though we may no longer take physical food, that our weight can be maintained by the surrender of the body s cells to our dow provided we also use the specific programming codes as discussed earlier. we also know that as in the research done with hira ratan manek that even if programming re weight stabilization is not applied, the body will eventually stabilize itself if we keep holding the thought-form reality that we are being nourished. we know that body weight reprogramming does not work for everyone particularly if they do not live a suitable lifestyle to maintain themselves in the frequency field where divine nutrition flows easily enough to nourish them properly or if they have past life cellular memories that are powerful enough to over-ride the new programming codes. we know

LEADBEATER C W THE HIDDEN LIFE IN FREEMASONRY 2E

st degree vague and cloudy; we are dealing with a force as definite as electricity- a spiritual power which is spread abroad over the people in certain ways, which leaves its own effect behind it, and needs its own vehicles, just as electricity needs its appropriate machinery. 55. it is possible by clairvoyance to watch the action of that force, to see how the service of the eucharist builds up a thought-form, through which that force is distributed by the priest with the aid of the angel invoked for that purpose. it has been so arranged that the attitude of the priest, his knowledge- even his character- does not in any way interfere with the due effect of the sacrament(*see no. 26 of the thirty-nine articles of the church of england in the book of common prayer) there is, in any case, an

officers. though the latter had special physical actions through which they must go with great accuracy, the former had to use their thought-power all the time. they had all to join at certain points in the ritual in sending out streams of thought, more in the nature of will-power than of meditation, the object of the whole effort being to erect over and around the lodge a magnificent and radiant thought-form of perfect proportions, specially constructed to receive and transmit in the most effective way the divine force which was called down by their act of devotion. if any member fs thought was ineffectual, the mighty temple-like thought-form was correspondingly defective in one part; but the master of the lodge was usually a clairvoyant priest or priestess who could see where the defect

ay very well symbolize the star-lit heavens which canopy the true temple of humanity, when we regard the lodge as universal; but the reference to divers colours indicates another meaning, for the vault of the sky is not of various hues, except at sunrise and sunset, but is blue. the real celestial canopy is the aura of the man whom we have thought of as lying on his back; it is the vividly tinted thought-form that is made during the working of the lodge. we see this symbolism appearing elsewhere also, in joseph fs coat of many colours in the v.s.l, in the robe of glory which the initiate puts on, according to the gnostic hymn; and also in the augoeides of the greek philosophers, the glorified body in which the soul of man dwells in the subtle invisible world. bro. wilmshurst in the meaning

described in the ritual of universal co-masonry (5th edition. 305. with us also it is the master of the lodge who is responsible for the magnetization of the double square, but the brn. ought all to help in that work. the object is to charge that space heavily with the highest possible influence, and to erect a wall round it in order that the influence may be kept in place. the part played by the thought-form is much like that of a condenser. it matters not how much steam may be generated, it is useless for work unless it is enclosed and kept under pressure. in this scheme we accumulate and use the force which otherwise would scatter itself freely over the surrounding neighbourhood. 306. as has been explained in chapter iii, when the floor has thus been set apart and prepared, no one passe

the sacred fire from the i.p.m. the i.p.m. lights a taper at the sacred fire, and with it kindles the small candle standing in an ornamental brass vessel, which the s.d, as lucifer, carries to the r.w.m. and the w.w.s. 307. the floor has now rushing across it magnetic currents or lines of force like the warp and woof of a piece of cloth, and this forms the foundation upon which we build the great thought-form which is one of the objects of our masonic meeting. in view of the enormous value of the thought-form made on the floor of the lodge, we can see how important it is that none should disturb or confuse the currents by walking in the wrong direction, or by bringing into the lodge thoughts of ordinary business-the cares and worries and conflicts of the world of daily life. we go to the l

g. the ceremonies of all great religions aim at producing such results on a larger scale by some sort of common action. in the science of the sacraments i have explained the mechanism of this common action as far as the great christian services are concerned; and the ceremonies of freemasonry attain a similar object, though in a different way. 351. the christian service begins by building a great thought-form to act as a kind of storage-battery or condenser for this force, in order that as it is gradually generated it may be stored up for use instead of being allowed to dissipate itself uselessly in the ambient air; and we in freemasonry have to take the same precaution. in both cases we invoke the aid of non-human entities- the inhabitants of those subtler planes, who are thoroughly accus

and unless there are other p.m.s. present, he is the only man who can do it; but it will be done better and more easily if the brn. understand and co-operate. 356. i remember well that when first i was elected r.w.m. of my mother lodge, i had to do all the magnetization in the opening procession myself; i had to march round the lodge, making an eddy in the flowing forces, building the preliminary thought-form and filling it with a strong current of magnetism. presently i explained matters to some of the older members of the lodge and told them how they could help in this work, and when they got into the habit of doing so i found that it made my own labours very much less. 357. but remember that what the h.o.a.t.f. wants is not a sort of bored acquiescence, but cordial co-operation. he want

his lodge; but we of course have nothing to do with that. 372. in thinking of all these symbolical meanings, we must not forget the actual tyling of the lodge in which we sit. there are several reasons for our extreme care in this matter. we want to keep the lodge shut not merely to preserve our mysteries from the outer gaze, but because only so may we keep its influence pure and undisturbed. the thought-form that is about to be built is a thing very delicately balanced and carefully graduated, and is composed not only of the etheric substances of our material plane, but also of the still finer matter of the emotional and mental worlds. this thought-form is constructed for a definite purpose, and if outsiders, whose minds are working along different lines, were present, they would quite un

; but it may perhaps be said that a golden hue predominates in the w.j.w. fs sphere, and a strong electric blue in that of the w.s.w. the r.w.m fs light-globe is the brightest of all, glowing equally with rose, gold, blue and green, each of which flashes out into prominence at certain points of the ceremony. it is through these deva representatives of the various officers that the building of the thought-form and the outpouring of the force is really done; but on the physical plane the officer of the lodge should also participate in the work to the extent of his power. if he reaches upward to his deva representative, and allows the force to flow freely through him, blending his will with it as it flows, his higher principles will become one with that deva; and he will not only be an excell

mence it with a hymn of praise to t.g.a.o.t.u, during the singing of which the brn. should pour out all the love and devotion of which they are capable. 423. in those lodges which use a portrait of the h.o.a.t.f. it is just before the singing of this hymn that that portrait is unveiled, all the brn. turning towards it and saluting. in instant response to this salutation the great adept projects a thought-form which is an exact image of himself; just as at a higher level the lord christ projects that thought-form which is called the angel of the presence at every celebration of the holy eucharist. so fully is this thought-form a part of the h.o.a.t.f. that the lodge has the benefit of his presence and his blessing just as though he stood there in physical form. the deva representative of th

it with the splendid power of their respective levels. again with lightning-like rapidity they spread a ceiling over the whole of the lodge, and from that ceiling, beginning at the edges, just within the walls of the physical lodge, they drop supporting columns from above downwards like the roots of a banyan-tree, one of them surrounding each of the non-official brn. it will thus be seen that our thought-form is very nearly a reproduction of a greek temple-the rows of columns which support its tremendously heavy roof being outside the central chamber, which is the only part of the temple fully enclosed. the accompanying picture may help to make this clear, and we give at the same time in plate v a drawing of an existing greek temple for the sake of comparison. the mere outline of the templ

: ghim that overcometh will i make a pillar in the temple of my god, and he shall go no more out. h incidentally, we see how necessary it is that the brn. should put their hearts and souls into the words that they sing or say, for upon their efforts in this direction depends the amount of material provided for our super-physical fellow-workers, and consequently the massiveness and richness of the thought-form which they build. all through the ceremony that follows, whatever it may be, the deva representatives of the three principal officers continue to pour into the cella their beneficent influence; and though its strongest force is reserved for those who enter upon the mosaic pavement as candidates, it also somehow filters through the roof and down the columns upon all who are present. 42

cus their feeling of love and loyalty to him and to the h.o.a.t.f. behind him. 968. preparation for closing 969. then inspiring verses are read by the orator from the v.s.l, and the r.w.m. calls upon the brn. to assist him in closing the lodge. we have already seen what a large part the brn. play in the opening of the lodge, by the power of their thought and devotion. all through the ceremony the thought-form made by the visible and invisible brn. and workers has been increasing in the richness and strength of its content; now all turn their attention to the distribution of that force to the world around. 970. i may perhaps illustrate the nature of this effect by reference to the construction of a certain type of hindu mantras. some years ago i was requested by our noble brother sir s. sub

ROBERT KIRK WALKER BETWEEN WORLDS

r. this is kirk's first mention of the double, reflex man or co-walker, a subject which he discusses in several places. although the subject seems to be similar to that of the popularized doppelganger or astral body (astral being a term which is often used indiscriminately today but which had a specific meaning to kirk, he takes care to inform his readers that the double is not a 'projection' or 'thought-form. this concept of 'projection' is possibly found in some of the other instances cited (pages 38 and 44, but as a rule kirk always refers to a reflex or fairy being that http//www.dreampower.com/kirk_wbw/pg_82.htm (1 of 10 [10/9/2001 12:36:03 am] robert kirk- walker between worlds(pages 82-91) commentary 83 mirrors the mortal, rather than an energy, image, or efflux from the human being

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symbol, while the word "picosecond" is a conventional sign bearing no necessary relation to its meaning. noesis is not mystical, but a mode of nonverbal symbolic thought. because it is not a verbal form of reasoning, it seems `superrational' and perceptual in the terms of the verbal mind: the thought `appears' to consciousness in much the same fashion that an object `appears' to the eye. yet the thought-form is subject to rational review and empirical use, just as the object seen with the eye is subject to other tests of existence. compare the prerequisites demanded of students by pythagoras and plato, and those of mystics hostile to intellect. music theory, geometry and astronomy are hardly needed for the abandonment of reason! we never find such things required by shamans, gurus, medita

gthening the individual initiate and the temple of set. 15 xeper, to be xeper, must be continuous. it must also have a means of being continuous. symbolic thought provides the means quite well by presenting some of the most tantalizing concepts and examples and then leaving it up to the initiate to attain a consciousness of what has been suspected and/or glimpsed. indeed, as key #4 says "symbolic thought-form can. both excite and express xeper".which leads to having a firmer grasp on what is known and finding nuances not previously seen and again, ad infinitum. symbols can be subtle in their messages, and something somewhere is keyed to comprehending those messages. again, these are long-range things. it would have done little good for the book of coming forth by night to state verbatim th

ALICE A BAILEY02 INITIATION HUMAN AND SOLAR

stantaneous apprehension of that which is shown them by the hierophant; secondly, by having cultivated within themselves the power to visualise again that which has once been seen. it will be apparent here why the emphasis has been laid by all wise teachers of meditation upon the faculty of the careful building of mental pictures. the aim has been twofold: a. to teach the student to visualise his thought-forms accurately, so that when he begins to create consciously he may lose no time in inaccurate transformation. b. to enable him to picture again accurately the imparted secret, so that it may instantly be of use to him whenever needed. finally, by the strongly applied will of the other four personalities who are holding the rod at the same time as the initiate. their trained intense ment

ALICE A BAILEY04 A TREATISE ON COSMIC FIRE

onnection with man, a similar condition is seen in the gradual disintegration of the physical body after death; the two other aspects are removed, and the form decays. as these fundamental facts are grasped, and man begins to appreciate his position as creator, the entire aspect of the sex question will also change; and emphasis will be laid upon the laws of mental creation, on the formulation of thought-forms in a scientific manner, and the dense physical aspect of creation will be in abeyance. when this is so, then will man be coming into his divine right, and the human kingdom be fulfilling its legitimate function. the sex aspect as at present expressing itself and the whole process of reproduction is one which man shares with the animal kingdom, and is based upon his animal instincts

through them, and sends them forth upon the mission of constructing, and vitalising the systemic thought-form, with a specific purpose in view. the planetary logoi work primarily through the builders of the next three planes (atma-buddhi-manas, who construct and control the work of the planetary schemes. men work through the builders of the lower mental planes, and the astral plane, for the human thought-forms are kama-manasic; the physical plane builders are swept automatically into action by the force of the currents, and energies set up in subtler matter, by the great builders. the inserted tabulation opposite may make this clear. if the table is carefully studied, it will be seen that the fivefold earlier enumeration concerns the most important kingdoms in nature, whilst the final two

m, as a whole, in any way to be ascertained? 6. what is the purpose back of the present root-race evolution? can we realise it? 7. what is the purpose behind the differing national forms? let us next bring the whole idea down to a more practical basis, and formulate questions along the following lines: 1. in what type of matter do i usually formulate thoughts? 2. what is the psychic quality of my thought-forms? 3. with what specific purpose do i use mental matter? 4. do i work in mental matter consciously or unconsciously? 5. do i vitalise my thought-forms with a high or a low order of entity? 6. do i study the laws of construction? 7. do i realise the power of the will to vitalise? 8. do i destroy thought-forms when they have accomplished their purpose by a conscious act of the will? 9. d

ther; it works through the great world cataclysms, and we need to remember that it governs, not only the physical plane catastrophes (as we erroneously term them, but the corresponding cataclysms on the astral plane, and the lower levels of the mental plane. it governs physical plane disruptions, especially those affecting the mineral world; it controls the disintegration, on the astral plane, of thought-forms; it dissolves the astral vehicle when left behind, and the mental likewise. the dissipation of the etheric double is the result of its working. again we can correlate this law with that of attraction, for the two interact upon each other. this law breaks up the forms, and the law of attraction draws back to primal sources the material of those forms, prior to rebuilding them anew. on

, prior to rebuilding them anew. on the path of evolution the effects of this law are well known, not only in the destruction of the discarded vehicles touched upon above, but in the breaking up of the forms in which great ideals are embodied, the forms of political control, the forms in which nature itself evolves, apart from those in which individual consciousness manifests, the great religious thought-forms, the philanthropic concepts and all the forms which science, art, and religion take at any one particular time. all eventually break under the working of this law. its workings are more apparent to the average human mind in its manifestations at this time on the physical plane. we can trace the connection between the atmic and the physical plane (demonstrating on the lower plane as t

according to his thoughts are his desires and acts, and so results the future. he fixes for himself the resultant karma. the word "fixation" is chosen for two purposes: first, because the word implies the capacity of the thinker to shape his own destiny, and secondly because the word implies a stabilising idea, for as evolution progresses, the ego evolves the faculty of forming definite concrete thought-forms, and, through these stable products, of subduing the fluctuations of the astral body. this law of the fifth, or mental plane is one of the most important laws with which we have to do at any time, and it will find its most complete demonstration in the next, or fifth round. in relation to this fourth round the following facts may be gathered about its working: it is the law under whi

devas, who form the central fire, and consciousness of the substance of a subplane. it is with their mutual interplay and work that we are now concerned, or with the study of matter as it is affected and built into form through the medium of divine thought or will. of the higher fires (the lords of the four higher planes) i do not seek to deal, for it only profits us to study the construction of thought-forms in the three worlds through the medium of deva essences; these are vitalised and manipulated by the builders, the dhyan chohans, the heavenly men through the force of their life, through their knowledge of the logoic will or purpose, and through the power of their psychic nature. thus they are occupied in building the logoic physical body, and in carrying out his plans in that body

ut his plans in that body, in this way fulfilling the purpose for which he incarnated. their work is infinitely greater than this, for it lies primarily on cosmic levels, but this is what concerns us, and all that we can, in any way grasp. man in the three worlds of human endeavour works at two things: first. the building of his body of manifestation, a threefold body. second. the construction of thought-forms, which he builds of mental matter and vitalises by- 375- a treatise on cosmic fire copyright 1998 lucis trust desire, and which he holds within his aura, thus constructing a tiny system of his own. both man, and the heavenly men, work in deva substance; both co-operate with the devas; both manifest will, psychic quality and intelligent activity as they pursue their work but a differe

tery is hidden here: on the inner round one planet has nine cycles to run before the purpose of its lord is completed. certain lesser periods of pralaya do not concern man at all, but concern the atom of matter as it is released from form of any kind in the subhuman kingdoms. pralaya is the result of radioactivity carried to a conclusion (c) types of human rebirth. in our study of the building of thought-forms and the agencies for their construction, we have considered: 1. the deva substance out of which they are constructed. 2. the energy which animates them and its source. 3. their appearance in time and space, or their incarnation. 4. their disappearance or pralaya. 5. the constructing entities who in a threefold manner produce these forms, utilising the process of: a. meditation, which

atise on cosmic fire copyright 1998 lucis trust b. solar fire, or the positive negative vishnu aspect, the second aspect. c. electric fire, or the positive shiva aspect, the first aspect. man in the three worlds, consciously or unconsciously, recapitulates the logoic process, and becomes a creator, working in substance through the factor of his positive energy. he wills, he thinks, he speaks, and thought-forms eventuate. atomic substance is attracted to the enunciator. the tiny lives which compose that substance are forced (through the energy of the thinker, into forms, which are themselves active, vitalised and powerful. what man builds is either a beneficent or a maleficent creation according to the underlying desire, motive, or purpose. it is essential that we endeavour to make practica

ought" being largely kamic with an admixture of the lowest grade of mental matter, are responsible for the heavy, slow vibrating or pulsating fog or cloak which envelops the human family, and which produces much of the present evil, crime and mental lethargy. people are mainly polarised in the astral body, as we know, and the lower centres are the most active; when an atmosphere or environment of thought-forms of a low key and vitalised by all the baser forms of astral energy is coupled to this- 576- a treatise on cosmic fire copyright 1998 lucis trust it will become apparent how stupendous is the task of lifting humanity to a clearer, purer and better atmosphere, and how easy it is for the lower aspects and appetites to flourish and to grow. as the vitalisation is pursued and the energy i

dary aspect. the third or spiritual eye has several functions. amongst others, it is the organ of illumination, the unveiled eye of the soul, through which light and illumination comes into the mind, and thus the entire lower life becomes irradiated. it is also the organ through which pours the directing energy which streams out from the conscious creating adept to the instruments of service, his thought-forms. the little evolved do not, of course, employ the third eye for the stimulating of their thought forms. the energy used by them in the majority of cases originates in the solar plexus, and works in two directions, either via the organs of generation, or through the physical eyes. in many people these three points the lower organs, the solar plexus, and the physical eyes form a triang

olution, if the subject may be approached from a different angle, and thus somewhat clarify, distinctions are made, and on the path of evolution, or of return, they are, as we well know, surmounted; on the middle point of equilibrium, as on our globe, for instance, confusion ensues in the mind of the student owing to the occult fact that the various formulas are being employed simultaneously, the thought-forms are at all stages of construction, and the ensuing chaos is terrible. the rule which we are commenting upon may be interpreted as stating that in the magical work, the energy of the waters becomes paramount, and desire for the form and the fulfilment of its objective increases. this takes place after the will energy has formed the central nucleus by being brought into contact with th

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rol. this is the development of control" perhaps the simplest way to understand this thought is to realize that the man in his physical brain is aware of three factors as he attempts to meditate: 1. he is aware of the object of his meditation. this excites or impresses his mind, and throws into activity the "modifications of the thinking principle" or stimulates the tendency of the mind to create thought-forms, and throws the chitta or mind stuff into shapes corresponding to the object seen. 2. he then becomes aware of the necessity to subdue this tendency and so brings in the action of the will and steadies and controls the mind stuff so that it ceases to modify itself and take on shape. by dint of steady persevering endeavour the sequential nature of these two states of consciousness are

great centre, the solar plexus which links the higher three centres and the lower. it accounts also for the fact that flowers are such a feature in materializations at seances, for the vegetable kingdom is the middle kingdom of the three subhuman kingdoms, mineral, vegetable, and animal. the explanation as to the prevalence of indian guides is also found here, for they are the shells and powerful thought-forms left by the second of the three strictly human races, lemurian, atlantean and aryan. no lemurian shells or thought-forms are left now, but many atlantean shells are still to be found preserved through the use of certain forms of atlantean magic. by concentrated meditation upon the distinction between these aspects there will eventually- 150- the light of the soul copyright 1998 lucis

not adequate, they cannot discriminate nor ascertain accurately what they see. the akashic record is like an immense photographic film, registering all the desires and earth experiences of our planet. those who perceive it will see pictured thereon: 1. the life experiences of every human being since time began, 2. the reactions to experience of the entire animal kingdom, 3. the aggregation of the thought-forms of a kamic nature (based on desire) of every human unit throughout time. herein lies the great deception of the records. only a trained occultist can distinguish between actual experience and those astral pictures created by imagination and keen desire. 4. the planetary "dweller on the threshold" with all that appertains to that term and all the aggregations of forms which are to be

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legraphs" the information registered to the mind, which, in its turn, records it. that usually closes the incident. but, in the case of the truly thoughtful, there is more than this. upon the recording follows an analysis of the incident or the information, its correlation with other incidents, and a study of cause and effect. the "mind-stuff" as the oriental calls it, is swept into activity, and thought-forms are created and mental images built in connection with the presented idea. then, if desired, the clear thinking of the man is impressed upon the brain and so a return activity is instituted. but, in the case of the mystic and of the man who is beginning to meditate, something further is discovered. he finds that the mind, when properly governed and disciplined, is capable of wider an

ALICE A BAILEY08 A TREATISE ON WHITE MAGIC

movements you have some thought or aggregation of thoughts cast into the minds of the so-called idealists by the great white brotherhood. the idea is sounded forth by them. they choose a man or a group of men and cast into their minds some idea. there it germinates and is embodied by them in other thoughts, not so pure or so wise but necessarily colored by the individuality of the thinker. these thought-forms are, in their turn, picked up by the concrete thinkers of the world who grasping the main outline of the idea crystallize it and build it into more definite shape, into one more easily apprehended by the general public. it has therefore now reached the lower levels of the mental plane, and a further development becomes possible. it is then seized upon as desirable by those who are fo

bring about as much of the reality as they deem wise. the masters are looking out for those with clear vision, uncompromising adherence to the truth as sensed, and capacity to drive steadily forward toward the ideal. this entails the following factors: 1. a recognition of that ideal through meditation. 2. its application to the present through one-pointedness. 3. removal of the old and hindering thought-forms through self-sacrifice. 4. a refusal to compromise, through clear vision. 5. a discrimination that enables the disciple always to distinguish between the acts of an individual and the individual himself. 6. realization that, in the occult work, it is not permitted to interfere with personal karma any more than it is permitted to shield from the consequences of action. this entails th

s the soul, cosmically or individually. i touch not upon light as the- 85- a treatise on white magic copyright 1998 lucis trust universal second aspect of divinity. i seek only in these instructions to deal with that aspect of truth which will make the aspirant a practical worker, and so enable him to work with intelligence. his main work (and increasingly he will find this to be so) is to create thought-forms to carry revelation to thinking human beings. to do this he must work occultly, and through the sound of his breathed forth work, through the truth revealed in form, will he carry light and illumination into the dark places of the earth then he finally makes his thought form live through the power of his own assurance, spiritual understanding and vitality. thus the significance of th

wrestle through to the light in the strength of his own omnipotent soul. rule five three things engage the solar angel before the sheath created passes downward; the condition of the waters, the safety of the one who thus creates, and steady contemplation. thus are the heart, the throat, and eye, allied for triple service- 91- a treatise on white magic copyright 1998 lucis trust the soul and its thought-forms. heart, throat and eye. the awakening of the centres. the soul and its thought-forms we have been dealing with the processes of creation as they concern: 1. the creator of a solar system or a planetary scheme. 2. the ego, as it creates its body of manifestation. it should here be remembered that the entire human family has been brought into manifestation by a paralleling group of ego

d eye. the awakening of the centres. the soul and its thought-forms we have been dealing with the processes of creation as they concern: 1. the creator of a solar system or a planetary scheme. 2. the ego, as it creates its body of manifestation. it should here be remembered that the entire human family has been brought into manifestation by a paralleling group of egos. 3. man, as he creates those thought-forms by which he expresses himself, through which he works, and by which he is surrounded. it should also here be borne in mind that this definite creative work is only possible to those who function on mental levels the thinkers of the world and the disciples of the masters. in every case, as we have seen, the objective form has been the result of meditation on the part of the creating a

ts and esoteric suggestions which, when followed, will lead the aspirant on to experiment and to experience of truth. those who are not true aspirants will fail to recognize the hints and thus will be preserved from danger and premature experience. let us therefore take up the three factors which engage our attention, and let us consider them from the standpoint of the human being who is creating thought-forms, and not primarily from the standpoint of a solar creator or of an ego, preparing to take incarnation through the medium of form. two collateral thoughts are here of value. one is that the process of creating thought-forms is part of the work done by every aspirant in the daily meditation process. if the student would remember that every time he sits down to his morning meditation he

s. but their astral bodies are again and again swept into a state of agitation by the group for, and in which, they work. they are elated or depressed, satisfied or dissatisfied by the results they achieve or fail to achieve; this achievement or lack of achievement and the steadiness or disloyalties of their fellow servers produce agitation and emotional upset, and on this powerful reaction their thought-forms, constructed so diligently and prayerfully, come to naught. their "skill in action" is lost, because they are tied to the desired result and so their labour produces nothing. there are many other "conditions of the waters" which each aspirant can for himself supply. there is one more however upon which i would like to touch. the emotional body of the disciple which must feed and nurt

tually terrorises its creator. 2. by multiplying so fast that the mental aura of the man becomes like unto a thick and dense cloud, through which the light of the soul must fail to penetrate, and through which the love of human beings, the lovely and beautiful and comforting activities of nature and of life in the three worlds equally fail to pierce. the man is smothered, is suffocated by his own thought-forms, and succumbs to the miasma which he himself has engendered. or again, there are lines of thought which draw forth from the emotional body a reaction of a poisonous nature. a certain line of thought is followed by a human being in relation to his brethren. it breeds hatred, jealousy and envy, and works through into manifestation in such a manner that it produces those physical plane

plane. precipitated writing will be given to those who can be trusted, but the time is not yet for its general use. it will be necessary to wait until the work of the esoteric schools has reached a more definite phase of development. conditions as yet are not appropriate, but humanity is urged to be ready and open-minded and prepared for this development. later will come the power to materialize thought-forms. people will come into incarnation who will have the ability temporarily to create and vitalize these thought-forms, and so enable the general public to see them. the time, however, is not yet. there is too much fear, and not enough experience of truth in the world. more knowledge must be acquired as to the nature of thought and of matter, and this must be followed experimentally by

ble channel of communication between the man and his ego. the light of illumination streams down into the brain cavity and throws into objectivity three fields of knowledge. this is often forgotten and hence the undue distress and premature interpretations of the partially illuminated disciple or probationer. the light first throws into relief and brings into the foreground of consciousness those thought-forms and entities which depict the lower life, and which (in their aggregate) form the dweller on the threshold. thus the first thing of which the aspirant becomes aware is that which he knows to be undesirable and the revelation of his own unworthiness and limitations, and the undesirable constituents of his own aura burst on his vision. the darkness which is in him is intensified by the

tive to higher impulses and which can be impressed by the soul utilizing the "chitta" or mental substance in order to create the needed thought forms, and so express the ideas and purposes of the intelligent loving soul. these are recognized by the brain and are photographed upon the "vital airs" found in the brain cavity. when these vital airs can be sensed by the magician in meditation, and the thought-forms imprinted on this miniature reflection of the astral light, then the real potency in magic can begin to make itself felt. the brain has "heard" occultly the injunctions and instructions of the mind as it relays the behests of the soul. the vital airs are swept into form-making activity just as their higher correspondence, the "modifications of the thinking principle, the mind stuff (

a more just rendering for the immediate present would be "re-orient desire" or "re-direct desire, for a constant process of re-orientation of the entire desire nature so that it eventually becomes a habitual state of mind is the clue to all the transmutation processes, and to effective magical work. as progress on the path is made the thought processes of the aspirant become more potent, and the thought-forms created with definite purpose and in the meditation work become more effective in the bringing about of results. it will be apparent therefore that in magical work (which has ever to be wrought out on the physical plane) there will always exist the tendency towards the "left-hand path" until soul consciousness is permanently established, and purity of motive has become a habit of the

y in the early stages or consciously in the later; of the disciple, as he seeks to express his realization of the work through group work and the organization of his life; and of perfected man, as he learns, through- 153- a treatise on white magic copyright 1998 lucis trust experience, to centre his forces on the mental plane and from there accomplish his purpose in generating and producing those thought-forms which mould the minds of men, and embody in themselves that aspect of the universal mind which is needed for the right production of that immediate fraction of the plan which his age and generation require. all these various applications of the rule could be elucidated and enlarged upon. our problem, however, must be kept clearly in mind. we are conscious souls, or in process of beco

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nsed are not correctly interpreted by the mind nor applied in such a way that they are of general and appropriate application. hence the confusion and the chaotic experimentation going on, and hence also the imposition of personal authority to enforce an individual's idea of the ideal. the need today is for sound teaching as to the laws of thought, and the rules which govern the building of those thought-forms which must embody the ideas sent forth from the universal divine mind. men must begin on the subjective planes of life to work out the needed order. when this is realised, we shall have every important group of men engaged in world affairs, or in the work of government in all its branches, aided on the mental plane by trained thinkers, so that there may be right application and corre

oted by many as of deep significance and as indicating a wide intention (during the coming cycle) to open the door wide into the temple of the hidden mystery to man. one by one we shall undergo the esoteric and spiritual counterpart of the psychological factor which is called "a mental test" that test will demonstrate a man's usefulness in mental work and power, it will show his capacity to build thought-forms and to vitalise them. this i dealt with in a treatise on white magic, and the relation of that treatise to the magical work of the seventh ray and its cycle of activity will become increasingly apparent. a treatise on white magic is an attempt to lay down the rules for training and for work which will make it possible for the candidate to the mysteries to enter the temple and to take

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g in of illumination or of light. when enough groups have been started that have this for their objective, there will then be found upon the physical plane, those channels of communication which will act as the mediators between the world of light and the world of illusion. they will be transmitters of that type of energy which will break up the existing maya or illusion and dissipate the ancient thought-forms. they will release the light and peace which will illumine the astral plane and so dispel the illusory nature of its life. 3. through other groups another type of energy must flow, producing another type of interrelation and communication. these groups will bring about the right healing of the personalities of individuals, in all aspects of their nature. the work intended is the inte

on with the first ray aspect of deity. 3. that coherent force which makes a man a magnetic centre, whether as the major force in any group unity, such as a parent or a ruler, or a master in relation to his group. 4. the power to create. in the lower types, this is connected with the impulse, or the instinct, to reproduce, leading consequently to the sex relation; or it may lead to construction of thought-forms or creative forms of some kind, even if it is only the hut of a savage. in the advanced man 1. the arjuna spirit. this is the urge towards victory, the holding of a position between the pairs of opposites, and the eventual sensing of the middle way. 2. the urge to synthesis (again a first ray impulse) blended with a second ray tendency to love and to include- 177- a treatise on the s

centives to his fellow men. he shares in them all, yet retains his poised position at the centre. thus we can see that the essential integration of this unit into his group can now take place. the problem of the disciple upon this ray is greatly increased by the fact that the sixth ray has been the dominant ray for so many centuries and is only now passing out. therefore the idealistic, fanatical thought-forms, built up by the devotees upon this ray, are powerful and persistent. the world today is fanatically idealistic, and this is one of the causes of the present world situation. it is hard for the man who is the one-pointed devotee to free himself from the prevailing influence, for the energy thus generated feeds that which he seeks to leave behind. if he can, however, grasp the fact th

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e all alike. we have the same faults and failings, the same urges and aspirations, the same goals and desires and i believe that we need to realise this more keenly and practically. we need, also, to free ourselves from the impression which history and its crystallising nationalisms have laid upon us. the past history of every nation is a sorry story but it conditions our thinking. great national thought-forms rule the activities of every nation and it is from these that we need liberation. this can be easily seen if we look at some of the leading nations and their characteristics. take the united states. the pilgrim fathers have set their seal or stamp upon this country, but i am inclined to agree with a friend of mine who remarked that the real founders of america were the brave pilgrim

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f our thoughts. it is only by being able to concentrate this energy that we are able to make it do any work. to use another analogy, there may be more kinetic energy in a good rainstorm than in a slow moving stream, but the stream can be made to run a turbine while the falling rain does little more than water the shrubbery. with that in mind, we will now (or rather you will now) learn how to make thought-forms and to concentrate psychic energy. this is going to take some time and practice, so i advise you to be patient. in the realm of the psychic there are no more free lunches than there are anywhere else. in order to concentrate, you must first have something to concentrate on, and by that i mean a concrete, physical object, rather than some abstract idea. abstracts do not make good thou

nations from whence they spring. there are a few basic rules for their use and they are quite easy to remember. 1. you must be certain that you really want the results that you are programming for. 2. you must keep all commands as simple as possible. 3. you must always phrase the command in a positive way, never using a negative in a statement of purpose. 4. you must remember to keep charging the thought-forms for as long as you wish them to function. now, all this may have the appearance of a complicated, psychological game. if you believe that something is going to happen, it will, that you will act unconsciously in such a way as to make it happen. that is all very good as an argument, but you should also take into account the fact that even if you act on an assumption is no guarantee th

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ly the ability of the human mind to become a powerful "receiver" and "transmitter" of telepathic signals. unlike the mundane, who are influenced continuously by thoughts which are not their own, the magician may "receive" the information he desires without being controlled by the desires or aims of others. there is an interesting phenomenon which occurs in magic and which involves the creation of thought-forms. the magician can create an image within his subjective mind and "impose" it upon the objective world so that it influences the subjective minds of all those individuals who come into contact with it. objects may be charged with this magical energy and become "charmed" or "cursed. within a magical group or coven a group-consciousness develops and acts as if it were an individual enti

to guard burial chambers and resulted in the deaths of archeologists thousands of years later. this phenomenon cannot be explained by telepathy but is rather a form of magnetism or mesmerism, concerning which much research has also been done. the question arises: if spirits or demons are invoked by the magician and exist within his subconscious mind, do they also assume an objective existence (as thought-forms) separate from the magician himself? do gods and deities exist simply on account of man's belief in and worship of them as such? if this is, in fact, the case then the magician may use telepathic (and vocal) communication to communicate with (summon) all manner of gods, angels, and demons as well as to control the minds of other men. having given you a completely rational explanation

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present the different modes of the manifestation of cosmic force in its different types and on its different levels. they are given names, and the initiate thinks of them as persons, not troubling himself about their mystical qabala page 46 metaphysical foundations. consequently, for all practical purposes they are persons, for whatever they may be in actual fact, they have been personalised, and thought-forms have been built up on the astral plane to represent them. these, being charged with force, are of the nature of artificial elementals; but the force with which they are charged being cosmic, they are much more than what we ordinarily imply when we speak of artificial elementals, and we assign them to the angelic kingdom and call them angels or archangels according to their grade. an

e. all mind is group-mind in netzach, but in hod the human mind has its beginnings. 2. let us now consider netzach itself, both in its microcosmic and macrocosmic aspects, bearing constantly in mind that we are now in the sphere of illusion, and that what is about to be described in terms of form are appearances as represented by the intellect to itself and projected back into the astral light as thought-forms. this is a very important point, and should be thoroughly understood in order to avoid falling into superstition. everything that is perceived by the "eyes of the intellect and the contemplations of faith" as the yetziratic text so graphically puts it, has its metaphysical basis in chokmah, the supernal sephirah at the head of the pillar of mercy. but with netzach a great change come

yetzirah as the holy powers" in netzach, however, which represents the upper stratum of the reflecting ether, they undergo a change, the image-making mind of man has begun to work upon them, moulding the astral light into forms that shall represent them to his consciousness. 8. it is very important that we should realise that these lower sephiroth of the plane of illusion are densely populated by thought-forms; that everything which the human imagination has been able to conceive, however dimly, has a form built [page 224] about it out of the astral light, and that the more the human imagination has dwelt upon it to idealise it, the more definite that form becomes. consequently, subsequent generations of seers, when they seek to discern the spiritual nature and inner most essence of any fo

hence it came. the unbalanced force of kether, which gave rise to the dual contending forces, must be neutralised by a corresponding increase in the activity of chokmah, wisdom. 22. the unbalanced force of each sephirab then, which arose unchecked during the temporary phases of disequilibrium that occur periodically in the course of evolution, forms the nucleus around which were organised all the thought-forms of evil arising in the consciousness of sentient beings or through the operation of blind forces that happen to be out of equilibrium, each kind of inharmony seeking its own place. it will follow, then, that what was at first a mere overplus of a force, both pure and good in its intrinsic nature, may, if not compensated, become in the course of ages a highly organised and developed c

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nd, powerfully stirred, affects the etheric double, and the etheric double acts upon the physical molecules held in its meshes. i dare to prophesy the next advances in medicine will be bound up with the knowledge of the nature and function of the etheric double. the next type of psychic attack which we must consider is that conducted by means of artificial elementals. these are distinguished from thought-forms by the fact that, once formulated by the creative mind of the magician, they possess a 23 of 103 distinct and independent life of their own, though strictly conditioned as to nature by the concept of their creator. the life of these creatures is akin to that of an electric battery, it slowly leaks out by means of radiation, and unless recharged periodically, will finally weaken and d

ine, comparatively rare; but i think no one who has a knowledge of the facts will deny that they occur, even as one might occasionally come across a crucifix which had been used upside down at a black mass. it is not every case of psychic disturbance, however, which originates externally. it is a well-known cosmic law that everything moves in circles, and whatever forces we send out, and whatever thought-forms we extrude from our auras, unless absorbed by the object to which they are directed, will return to us in due course. one of the most effective, and also one of the most widely practised methods of occult defence is to refuse to react to an attack, neither accepting nor neutralising the forces projected against one, and thus turning them back on their sender. we must never overlook t

orbed by the object to which they are directed, will return to us in due course. one of the most effective, and also one of the most widely practised methods of occult defence is to refuse to react to an attack, neither accepting nor neutralising the forces projected against one, and thus turning them back on their sender. we must never overlook the fact that a so-called occult attack may be evil thought-forms returning home to roost. there are certain types of insanity in which the lunatic believes himself to be the victim of an attack by invisible beings, who threaten and abuse him and offer base or dangerous insinuations. he will describe his tormentors, or point to their position in the room. a psychic who investigates such a case can very often see the alleged entities just where the

ed. there are such things as black lodges and evil entities. we must not allow the cry of "wolf! wolf" to make us either callous or careless. in any case, the victim is suffering remediable discomfort. it is an exceedingly difficult thing to determine psychic ally whether the complainant has reasonable grounds for his feelings, for his own imagination will have filled his atmosphere with menacing thought-forms. it is no simple matter to decide whether these thought-forms are subjective or objective. the wisest way is to rely 'on such evidence as is capable of objective examination, and enquire into the record of the particular group or occultist against whom the charges are being brought. but it is equally necessary to enquire into the record of the person who is bringing the charges. that

matter) do indeed produce artificial elementals according to the method described in a previous chapter, and that these elementals are something more than subjective images, and have an objective etheric existence and play their part in the genesis of certain experiences. for instance, a person may have dreams and phantasies of a lascivious nature, and these may give rise to their characteristic thought-forms; these thought-forms, now existing independently of the mind that originally conceived them, and being in the aura of that person, give him suggestion just as any other thought-forms projected telepathically from the mind of another person might do. we little realise the extent to which we give ourselves telepathic suggestion by means of extruded thought-forms. we are, in fact, ensph

ine occult organisation is concerned in operations 68 of 103 of either protection or destruction. every occult organisation depends for its power to initiate upon what are called its "contacts" that is to say, upon one or more of its leaders being psychically in touch with certain forces. if, in addition to this, the organisation has a long line of tradition behind it, a very potent collection of thought-forms will be built up in its atmosphere. every initiation ceremony contains in some form or other the oath of the mysteries, which binds the candidate neither to reveal the secrets of the mysteries nor to abuse the knowledge they bestow. this oath always contains a penalty clause and an invocation wherein the candidate submits himself to a penalty in the event of a breach of faith, and ca

t-forms that the experienced psychic is able to detect the nature of the attack. thought-force is a thing which has no relation to geographical position, but is a matter of pure consciousness and of tuning in to its key-note. we can pick up the forces of dead faiths a thousand years after the death of their last votary, and upon the opposite side of the globe to that in which they flourished. but thought-forms are a different matter. they have position in space, and although they can be moved about with the speed of thought, and can be withdrawn to the subtlest level of the astral and there anchored to an idea and thus prevented from impinging upon the planes of form for all practical purposes, nevertheless, although they do not occupy space, they can be referred to definite positions in s

radition it is symbolised by tiphareth, the central sephira of the ten holy sephiroth of the qabalistic tree of life. the christ-force is the equilibriating, compensating, healing, redeeming, purifying factor of the universe. it should be invoked in every operation of psychic self-defence where any human element, incarnate or discarnate, is concerned. where non-human elements, such as elementals, thought-forms, or the qlippoth, have to be dealt with, it is the power of god the father, as creator of the universe, that is invoked, his supremacy over all the kingdoms of nature, visible and invisible, being affirmed. god the holy ghost is the force that is employed in initiations, and it should not be invoked during times of psychic difficulty, as its influence will tend to intensify the condi

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taken of the figure suggest an authentic phenomenon. the story of st. mary s church indicated that was built in 1925 due to a dream in which mary appeared and requested it. in another dream she reportedly had promised to return to the church. while catholics believe it to be simply a miracle, some noted parapsychologists offered another explanation. they thought that perhaps the appearances were thought-forms physically objectified by crowds who knew her promise. that it happened, too, in light of joseph and mary fleeing with the infant jesus away from the slaughter ordered by king herod, right to the same place, adds further to the idea that the energy of the people actually created the phenomenon. the theory continues to be investigated. encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed

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be sounds relayed back to earth from other planets by some unknown natural phenomenon or a potpourri of ordinary radio communications. some skeptics think the voices may be imaginary, since listening to amplified electronics static and hum may suggest voices that do not really exist. another theory is that the voices come from the subconscious of the experimenters, impressed on the tapes like the thought-forms of psychic photography. against such theories and criticisms, a number of highly qualified researchers have conducted and analyzed thousands of careful experiments which lead them to suggest that some of these recordings are of paranormal voices, and voice prints of communications purporting to be from the same source show matching patterns. in june 1970, david ellis, a cambridge gra

specially sensitized. by impressing upon deane the exact nature of the image he wanted, and placing the paper beneath deane s hands or feet, he obtained circles, squares, triangles, or more complex images. bond believed that his part in the success was dependent upon a power of mental visualization that he had special opportunities to cultivate. sources: besant, annie, and charles w. leadbeater. thought-forms: a record of clairvoyant investigations. adyar, madras, india: london theosophical publishing house, 1901. darget, commandant. expose des differentes methodes pour l obtention des photographies fluido-magnetiques et spirites. paris, 1909. eisenbud, jule. the world of ted serios: thoughtographic studies of an extraordinary mind. new york: william morrow, 1967. fukurai, tomobichi. clai

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t h are equally set aside as purely mathematical phantasies. 11 in a spherical universe, if you gaze in any direction long enough. that is if you gaze for six thousand million years. you will see the back of your head. 12 but fortunately we are spared this experiment because a eperfectly spherical world is a mathematical invention h. 13 so also do we conclude are all other worlds fashioned out of thought-forms, whether mathematical religious or whatnot in shape. they are all shadows, all in gsubstance h illusionary. pope said in his dunciad, see mystery to mathematics fly! h. still the keystone is mystery. to the qabalist the number 137 is a number of awe, a complete book of mysteries (qabalah hlbq= 5+ 30+ 2 +100= 137. from the ayin soph to the three supernal sephiroth and thence to the se

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a magazine shocker, with no merit whatever' she was greatly interested, and we talked for some time about it. she told me she had the faculty, when intensely concentrated, of seeing around a person a, series of pictures, usually that person's memories, or the images of those who strongly affected him or her. btlt never before had she come across pictures invented, or imagined, by the consultant. thought-forms again, i said to myself,butunconscious thought-forms again, for certainly i was not consciously thinking of my story at the time. but two points seemed to be clearly demonstrated.(1)thatthepower, whateveritwas, was genuine; and (2) that there was any amount of risk of delusion,ifan imagined story could be mistaken for an actual memory of the events of the past. it would have been per

ld her to try and go back from this, and see, if she could, the signing of it; she did so after a little pause, and described a chapter-house, monks, and the abbot writing; i bade her look over his shoulder and read his signature. she gave this without hesitation, and the date. a letter to the lawyers proved the correctness of the information. the experiences of alfred capper and others of seeing thought-forms naturally raised the question whether these are in any sense objective, and this again suggested the inquiry, if they are objective isitpossible that they could be photo255 graphed? i have inquired of mr david duguid, of glasgow, and the latemrantonio, a clerk of sessionin edinburgh, and96 the sorcererand his apprenticea strong believer in spirit photography, whether in their experie

think no evidential value. at the same time i am convinced that there are many as yet unexplored mysteries, on which light may be thrown by photography.itis of course well known that the sensitive plate can record rays and waves invisible to the human eye, and moreover the science of sensitizing plates is yet in its infancy, and we may deem it quite within the regions of possibility that not only thought-forms, but beings and intelligences at present only dimly guessed at, may become objectively known, andsome psychic memories 97scientifically investigated by some form of photography. on the subject of automatic writing i would preserve a very open mind. in common with, i suppose, a vast number of investigators, i have seen such leagues of drivel going under this name, and often regarded b

HINE PHIL ASPECTS OF EVOCATION

- angerford& lea the masks of god- joseph campbell an introduction to psychology- hilgard, atkinson& atkinson liber null- pete carroll this essay was published in nox magazine, issue 6, 1988. 13 servitors a servitor is an entity consciously created or generated, using evocatory techniques, to perform a task or service. in the western esoteric tradition, such entities are sometimes referred to as .thought-forms, whilst in tibetan magic, for example, they are known as .tulpas. servitors can be usefully deployed to perform a wide range of tasks or functions on your behalf. servitors can be created to work with one particular situation or event or, alternatively, servitors can be created which have a general provenance in one area, such as healing. there are a number of advantages to using mor

LEADBEATER C W THE HIDDEN LIFE IN FREEMASONRY 2E

g bodies of astral matter is aroused, and also a great mass of the elemental essence belonging to the third of the great elemental kingdoms is awakened into activity. then when the question as to the duties is asked, the deva captain draws round him those astral myrmidons, and arranges them as he needs them, and at the same time seizes upon the floating mass of elemental essence and welds it into thought-forms such as he requires to carry out the work that has to be done. 415. in exactly the same way the s.d. is represented by a deva captain whose lowest vehicle is built of the matter of the lower sub-planes of the mental plane (a rupadeva, and lie employs nature-spirits and elemental essence at his own level. it will be noticed that in each case not only the actual situation and duty of t

re difficult conquest than the other; and in the case of many candidates the mental faculty has first of all to be aroused. we all believe ourselves to be at least capable of thinking; and yet the truth is that comparatively few people can think effectively. a person possessing a slight degree of clairvoyance can speedily convince himself of this if he will take the trouble to examine closely the thought-forms of those whom he meets in daily life. the vast majority of these are of vague and uncertain outline; it is among the rarest of phenomena to see clear and definite forms among the thousands that float about us. thus before real progress can be made in the control of thought it is necessary for the average candidate to acquire the power of clear thought. as ruskin remarks in the ethics

LEADBEATER CW GLIMPSES OF MASONIC HISTORY

ptae, and their ceremonial garment was no longer a fawn-skin, but a golden fleece- whence, naturally, the whole myth of jason and his companions. this symbolized the mental body, and the power definitely to function in it. those who have seen the splendid radiance of all which pertains to that mental plane, who have noticed the innumerable vortices produced by the ceaseless emission and impact of thought-forms, who remember that a brilliant yellow is especially the colour which manifests intellectual activity, will acknowledge that this was no inapt representation. 366. in this class, as in the lower one, there were two types- those who could be taught to use the mental body, and to form round it the strong temporary vehicle of astral matter which has sometimes been called the mayavi rupa

LOGOMACHY OF ZOS

without our particular parts and our efforts to become essential and more extensive. our positiveness convinces others who have little of it; suggestion being more powerful to convey it than formal instructions. none of us knows our limitations without full articulation; wrong application, media, and idioms are more to blame than any lack of ability. we should solicit extensively to procreate our thought-forms: the final phase. criticism, revision, rejection. mental activity is stimulated by sex-appeal, but passion is more easily squandered than coagulated. many things grow revertive as they advance in time: we desire longevity without its failings. know the spurious and ephemeral by these characteristics. laziness and imitativeness. the failures will proclaim and embrace them, the genuine

rehension of those relationships which are called( 2 o. re-remembered associations. also, meaning is involved with concurrent thinking from unknown presuppositions or inherencies. abandoned, undigested and forgotten impressions and ideas desire their evolutionary fulfilment and become substitute figures of their meanings. most abstract thinking and dreaming is meandering in this limbo of symbolic thought-forms; such fortuitous gleaning is in the direction of inspiration from something more potent. the only content of reality we know is ego, or potential ego: the thesis that there is related ego. something like our own that can feel in some manner. has credence because all things are parts of a whole: hence, everything has equal significance and an essential and universal interdependence. a

MANLY P HALL THE SECRET TEACHINGS OF ALL AGES

ling the inferior, and the inferior receiving influence from the superior. the archetypal plane was considered synonymous with the intellect of the triune divinity. within this divine, incorporeal, and eternal sphere are included all the lower manifestations of life-all that is, has been, or ever shall be. within the kosmic intellect all things spiritual or material exist as archetypes, or divine thought-forms, which is shown in the table by a chain of secret similes. in the middle region of the table appears the all-form-containing personified spiritual essence--the source and substance of all things. from this proceed the lower worlds as nine emanations in groups of three (the ophionic, ibimorphous, and nepht an triads. consider in this connection the analogy of the qabbalistic sephiroth

REGARDIE ISRAEL THE COMPLETE GOLDEN DAWN

rhears hushed whispers 'well, in the g.d. they 'not "demonology" in the common usage of evil spirits; rather duemonology concerns supernatural beings (including even the holy guardian angel) intermediate between humanity and god. c.lw. 69 7 698 the golden dawn we hear in the opening of the neophytes "by names and images are all powers awakened and reawakened" dion fortune rightly notes that these thought-forms or structures of mind are vessels of power and the means of communication with the powers. as these structures endure beyond the minds of their creators they are available to those who use the names and images as published in such a work as this. in fact these natural forces, anthropomorphised into entities, are accessed by the newcomer through a relatively minute amount of concentra

RUBY TABLET OF SET

revision: dec 22, 1998 ce subject: elect reading list: questioning this phrase, i began to visualize a series of images: colors and patterns incomprehensible to me. i maintained my concentration; gradually the vision became consistent, enabling me to understand aspects of it. first there came an impression of the concentration and extension of will. this seemed only to provoke random, distracting thought-forms which were exorcised with effort. there followed a sensation of false serenity: a trap, at which it would have been futile to linger. this trap was composed of "pointless emotions" yet their very unification and direction by my will had given them purpose. then came a series of abstractions, complete with wild, brilliant colors: seemingly chaotic geometries, unorganized and fleeting

SORCERIES OF ZOS

re the sole surviving remnants. this may or may not be so, but these 'mongols' were not human. they were degenerate survivals of a pre-human phase of our planet's history generally- though mistakenly- classified as atlantean. the characteristic that distinguished them from the others of their kind was the ability to project consciousness into animal forms, and the power they possessed of reifying thought-forms. the bestiaries of all the races of the earth are littered with the results of their sorceries. they were non-human entities; that is to say they pre-dated the human life- wave on this planet, and their powers- which would today appear unearthly- derived from extra-spatial dimensions. they impregnated the aura of the earth with the magical seed from which the human foetus was ultimat

TYSON DONALD SOUL FLIGHT

ialized it. a wound inflicted upon the materialized astral body in animal form will be reflected on to the living physical body of the projector. this is known as repercussion- when something done to the astral body instantly occurs to the physical body. inhuman inhabitants of the astral planes the completely inhuman inhabitants of the astral planes are the elementals, the nature spirits, and the thought-forms. the elementals of theosophy are not the same as those understood in western occultism. they are spirits formed and differentiated out of a single elemental essence, which can express all of the qualities we generally recognize as elemental-fire, water, air, and earth. they arise from random thoughts, and have a brief and mindless existence. at their lowest level, these are the hypno

ecialized personalities and abilities for specific forms of work, and even for individual tasks. adepts of magic sometimes create astral guardians for their disciples, which remain with them as a kind of familiar spirit. deliberately formed astral beings may escape the control of their creators, and move from person to person seeking the vital energy that sustains them. the deliberate creation of thought-forms-known in tibet as tulpas-that take on a life and purpose of their own is described by alexandra david-nee1 in her magic and mystery in tibet, and it is undoubtedly to this type of creation that leadbeater referred. david-nee1 observed on this subject that once the tulpa has been infused with enough vitality to simulate an independent being, it tends to seek freedom from its maker's a

h yeats, mathers would take as his partner an invisible spirit "mathers would shade his eyes with his hands and gaze at the empty chair at the opposite corner of the board before moving his partner's piece."123 yeats did not share mathers' opinion that the secret chiefs with whom he communicated were living human beings. on the contrary, he expressed the view in his autobiographies that they were thought-forms created and given tangible reality by the intense concentration of mathers. once, when mathers told me that he had met his teachers in some great crowd, and only knew that they were phantoms by a shock that was like an electrical shock to his heart, i asked him how he knew he was not deceived or hallucinated. he said "i had been visited by one of them the other night, and i followed

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