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ALEISTER CROWLEY BOOK OF LIES

magick are closely interwoven: h, the letter of of breath, is suitable for spirit; abrahadabra is called the name of spirit, because it is cheth: l is earth, green and fertile, because venus, the greenness, fertility, and earthiness of things is the lady of libra, lamed. in paragraph 7 we turn to the so-called jetziratic attribution of pentagrammaton, that followed by dr. dee, and by the hindus, tibetans, chinese and japanese. fire is the foundation, the central core, of things; above this forms a crust, tormented from below, and upon this condenses the original steam. around this flows the air, created by earth and water through the action of vegetation. such is the globe; but all this is a mere strain in the aethyr, alpha-iota-theta-eta-rho. here is a new pentagrammaton, presumably suit

ALEISTER CROWLEY THE OLD AND NEW COMMENTARIES TO LIBER AL

ficial or amusing to myself. this thesis concerning compassion is of the most palmary importance in the ethics of thelema. it is necessary that we stop, once for all, this ignorant meddling with other people's business. each individual must be left free to follow his own path. america is peculiarly insane on these points. her people are desperately anxious to make the cingalese wear furs, and the tibetans vote, and the whole world chew gum, utterly dense to the fact that most other nations, especially the french and british, regard 'american institutions' as the lowest savagery, and forgetful or ignorant of the circumstance that the original brand of american freedom- which really was freedom- contained the precept to leave other people severely alone, and thus assured the possibility of e

ALEISTER CROWLEY THE SWORD OF SONG

rue. for instance: this, the opening stanza of my masterly poem on ladak, reads- the way was long, and the wind was cold: the lama was infirm and advanced in years; his prayer-wheel, to revolve which was his only pleasure, was carried by a disciple, an orphan. there is a reminiscence of some previous incarnation about this: european critics may possibly even identify the passage. but at least the tibetans should be pleased* they were; thence the pacific character of the british expedition of 1904. a.c. notes 53 97. while their buddha i attack.30 many buddhists think i fill the bill with the following remarks on pansil. unwilling as i am to sap the foundations of the buddhist religion by the introduction of porphyry s terrible catapult, allegory, i am yet compelled by the more fearful balli

ALICE A BAILEY10 FROM BETHLEHEM TO CALVARY

fools, shall not err therein."16 it is a way that leads from that which lies without to that which dwells within. it reveals, step by step, the hidden life which every form and symbol veils and hides. it assigns to the aspirant certain tasks which lead to his understanding, and produces an inclusiveness and wisdom which meet his deeply sensed need. he passes from the stage of enquiry to what the tibetans call "straight knowledge" upon that path vision and hope give place to realisation. initiation after initiation is undergone, each one leading the initiate nearer to the goal of complete unity. those who in the past thus worked, agonised and attained, constitute a long chain, reaching out of the remotest past into the present, for the initiates are still with us and the door still stands

e his widest reach, enabling him eventually to attain his highest, though dimly sensed, ideal. a consideration of the resurrection may provide a greater surety, provided we keep in mind the long continuity of revelation given out by god, and realise that we can know little as yet beyond the fact that sons of god have died and risen again, and that behind that fact lies a cause which is basic. the tibetans speak of the process of death as that of "entering into the clear cold light."7 it is possible that death can be best regarded as the experience which frees us from the illusion of form; and this brings clearly to our minds the realisation that when we speak of death we are referring to a process which concerns the material nature, the body, with its psychical faculties and its mental pro

ALICE A BAILEY12 DISCIPLESHIP IN THE NEW AGE VOLUME I

fog and deep seated ambition. the two are allied. forget not either my earlier injunction to you that "there are other things to be done than to be a devotee of the tibetan brother" or of the tibetan and a spurious astral double. your key words are self-knowledge, lucidity and truth, and they must all be called into play at this time. remember that your decision, if based on a choice between two tibetans, will be a false one. your problem is that of choosing between the teacher which we call the personality and the teacher which we call the higher self. settle this problem in the light of the soul, and not through impulsive personality reactions. july 1934 my brother: when i think of you, it is with a sense of enquiry, of loving kindness and also with a sense of urgency. the years slip by

BELL CHRISTOPHER PAUL TSIU MARPO THE CAREER OF A TIBETAN PROTECTOR DEITY

y concerned with enlightenment and the lay community concerned with more pragmatic interests.1 the tibetan cultural landscape is overrun with the lives, adventures, and influences of innumerable gods and demons, both foreign and autochthonous. these deities play a significant role in shaping the religious history of tibet and continue to have a strong presence in the daily practice and worship of tibetans. as such, to better understand tibetan religious history and practice it is important to study these deities, where they come from, and how they evolve. despite this importance, very little research has been conducted on tibetan deities, compared to the overwhelming scholarship on tibetan buddhist philosophy. i suspect this is a preferential bias that still exists toward the high value of

early date does not necessarily make the text obsolete, as its approach is synchronic and descriptive, but it severely dates it. the text contains obscure or incorrect information that has since been responsibly clarified in more recent scholarship. de nebesky-wojkowitz conducted his research between 1950 and 1953 in the town of kalimpong on the indo-sikkimese borderland. his resources were three tibetans and their individual tibetan texts. as such, the bulk of de nebesky-wojkowitz s information rests on very limited resources despite the extensive text citations found at the end of the book. also, the text is not especially friendly to non-specialists; he continues to use many tibetan words in their transliteration without phonetic equivalents or translations in several instances. the gen

ard for transliteration, but a standard for phonetic pronunciation does not yet exist. this is evident in the innumerable ways that even popular names have been phonetically transcribed in tibetan scholarship: tr isong deutsen, trhi songdetsen, trihsong d tsen. some authors, such as de nebesky-wojkowitz and david snellgrove, have even decided to forego equivalent pronunciations and transcribe all tibetans words in wylie; however, this reduces accessibility. nonetheless, the tibetan himalayan digital library (thdl) has created a phonetic transcription system in order to combat the incongruities created when individual authors devise their own phonetic systems based on personal notions of pronunciation. it is hoped that this system, the thdl simplified phonetic transcription of standard tibe

al realms are also found on the surface; and the heaven realm is where the gods and demi-gods reside. the intermediate realm is somewhat extraneous in this 13 see haarh 1969, pp. 134-136 for the development of this cosmological scheme. 10 scheme and so has become a location for a great deal of potential involvement, being an expansive abode of many hidden realms and deities.14 geographically, the tibetans have adopted the indian view of a universe with the mythical mount meru at its center acting as the axis mundi. this central mountain is surrounded by four major continents and eight subcontinents. india, as well as tibet and surrounding countries like khotan and mongolia, form the southern continent of jambudv.pa( dzam bu gling).15 this structure, along with the multiple overlapping real

is surrounded by four major continents and eight subcontinents. india, as well as tibet and surrounding countries like khotan and mongolia, form the southern continent of jambudv.pa( dzam bu gling).15 this structure, along with the multiple overlapping realms full of various entities, is mimicked in the powerful representative symbol of the ma..ala, which will be explored more fully in chapter 3. tibetans further attribute a great deal of sacred significance to the landscape and the necessity for its constant taming; this concept and its personification in tibetan religious history will also be examined in chapter 3 and discussed further below. the divine hierarchy because of the numerous deities, demons, and various other spirits that inhabit the vast and multifaceted landscape in tibetan

ey must interact with the world and its various denizens, humans too have a specific role in existence. in this complex scheme of realms and deities, overlaid with buddhist cosmology and divinity, humans are also categorized by systems concerning their bodies and souls. these systems likewise are an admixture of indigenous and buddhist beliefs that complement and, at times, contradict each other. tibetans hold a belief in multiple bodies and souls, a tradition that is apparently pre-buddhist. there are two major bodies within the tibetan system: the coarse and subtle bodies. the coarse body is simply the physical body, through which we encounter the world on a daily basis. the subtle body, as its name implies, is hidden metaphysically beneath the gross physical shell. as a buddhist concept

or at least the buddhist ideals that have come to recreate it, became viewed as a treasure to be continually discovered across tibet s mythic landscape.32 as padmasambhava was connected to this past he became a popular figurehead of the terma tradition, authenticating the teachings of the nyingma sect, which has its roots in this dynastic period. we will continue to see multiple methods by which tibetans envision a continued connection to this glorified past, including in the development of tsiu marpo. understandably, termas provide a vast field of possibility for the creative enhancement of buddhist teachings in tibet. tibetan textual lineages make the concept of transmission a necessity as a matter of propagation and maintenance. the terma tradition allows transmission to be no longer c

le kamala..la, who propounded that the "gradualist" way of vajray.na was the correct path to enlightenment, and chinese buddhists represented by the chinese chan master hvashang mah.y.na, who represented the "spontaneous" enlightenment tradition. there is actually some dispute as to who won, but tradition holds that kamala..la defeated hvashang, thus resulting in the full adoption of vajray.na by tibetans.37 padmasambhava (8th century) is the tantric master invited to tibet by trisong deutsen to aid in the popular institutionalization of buddhism (figure 4).38 mythically, this process required that the numerous indigenous spirits of tibet be tamed; as a tantric master, padmasambhava had the skill for this task. upon disciplining these deities, he assigned to many of them the job of protect

pervades much of the ritual preparation and iconographic depictions found in the primary texts, as future chapters will elucidate and as the appendices illustrate. 65 see mpg, pp. 333-349. 66 gibson (1991, p. 204-205) contrasts tsiu marpo with another deity named yangneber (yang ne ber, who was also a prince of khotan in a previous life. see the conclusion for a further analysis of this deity. 67 tibetans have a penchant for instilling the surrounding geography with multiple layers of sacrality. also, it is widely believed among tibetans that there are hidden lands within the tibetan geography accessible only to spiritually adept practitioners. these secret holy lands are buddha fields manifested on earth to advance the enlightenment of individuals. see dowman 1988; gyatso 1987; and huber

a tantra of tsiu marpo as a warlord. this is a specifically iconic representation of royalty and martial force, as well as the power and subjugation inherent in each. before expansion, tibet was known as a land of disputing tribes and families; this is still indicative in many of the sectarian conflicts that pervade tibetan history. intertribal strife was common until the various groups of ethnic tibetans became centralized under one kingdom. nonetheless, border societies always held a fluctuating status in their relationship with the central ruling power. such early beginnings are mythologized in accounts of tibet being a land of demons in its prehistory; even the early tibetan tribes were considered to have descended 88 this hound goddess has the same name as the previous. 89 see mpg, pp

t surrounds the oracle tradition. such supernatural abilities include shows of super strength, such as being able to bear the heavy crown associated with the position of the oracle said to be so heavy that two or three men are needed to hoist it onto the oracle s head and twisting swords into knots. this twisted sword, called the "knotted thunderbolt (rdo rje mdud pa, is a prized possession among tibetans, and those honored enough to obtain one hang it above doorways to ward off demonic influences. other feats of supernatural ability gained under trance include an oracle thrusting a sword into his or her chest until its end comes out the back and removing it to show no sign of injury, as well as vomiting coins.163 such miraculous exhibitions accompany the central supernatural abilities of

, caused the oracle to disembowel himself and hang his entrails on the statues in his private chapel.168 a final feature of oracles worth examining is the moral state of the oracle. it is never quite clear why a particular individual is chosen; that a number of oracle lineages are hereditary provides one explanation.169 in most cases, an individual is chosen by a deity for his own reasons, though tibetans speculate that there is a moral element to this choice. some claim that an oracle must live a blameless and virtuous life in order to be a vessel pure enough for a deity to inhabit temporarily.170 yet this is not universally held, as it is also claimed that oracles tend to be of low moral quality; however, this may be specific only to local oracles, where a distinction is drawn between th

y .215 the sacred mask is described as being the face of a fierce demon with three eyes and a wide open mouth. it consists of leather or, in some accounts, strips of cloth, though popular legend claims that it was made of coagulated blood. its magic powers are said to make the mask appear alive; its eyes roll and drops of blood appear on its surface. de nebesky-wojkowitz mentions a belief by some tibetans that the mask is actually only a fifteenth-century replica of the original.216 currently, it is not known if the mask still exists, given the destruction sustained by the jokwukhang during the cultural revolution.217 de nebesky-wojkowitz expresses an alternative subjugation account that is very similar to tsiu marpo s own conversion narrative. according to his informants, other legends cl

BLAVATSKY H P ANTHROPOGENESIS

of the last sentence in the above-quoted commentary on stanza 27, namely, that the fourth race were the children of padmapani, may find its explanation in a certain letter from the inspirer of "esoteric buddhism" quoted on p. 68 "the majority of mankind belongs to the seventh sub-race of the fourth root-race- the above-mentioned chinamen and their off-shoots and branchlets (malayans, mongolians, tibetans, hungarians, finns, and even the esquimaux are all remnants of this last offshoot" padmapani, or avalokiteswara in sanskrit, is, in tibetan, chenresi. now, avalokiteswara is the great logos in its higher aspect and in the divine regions. but in the manifested planes, he is, like daksha, the progenitor (in a spiritual sense) of men. padmapani-avalokiteswara is called esoterically bhodhisat

e great logos in its higher aspect and in the divine regions. but in the manifested planes, he is, like daksha, the progenitor (in a spiritual sense) of men. padmapani-avalokiteswara is called esoterically bhodhisatva (or dhyan chohan) chenresi vanchug "the powerful and all-seeing" he is considered now as the greatest protector of asia in general, and of tibet in particular. in order to guide the tibetans and lamas in holiness, and preserve the great arhats in the world, this heavenly being is credited with manifesting himself from age to age in human form. a popular legend has it that whenever faith begins to die out in the world, padmapani chenresi, the "lotus-bearer" emits a brilliant ray of light, and forthwith incarnates himself in one of the two great lamas- the dalai and teschu lama

BLAVATSKY H P COSMOGENESIS

. boards of fine wood for the four sides, north, south, west, and east. of the tabernacle. with cherubims of cunning work (exodus, ch. xxvi, xxvii) the tabernacle and the square courtyard, cherubim and all, were precisely the same as those in the egyptian temples. the square form of the tabernacle meant just the same thing as it still means, to this day, in the exoteric worship of the chinese and tibetans- the four cardinal points signifying that which the four sides of the pyramids, obelisks, and other such square erections mean. josephus takes care to explain the whole thing. he declares that the tabernacle pillars are the same[[footnote(s[[footnote continued from previous page] materialism" this doctrine, which commands a very wide assent, counting among its upholders such men as lewis

DAVID ICKE CHILDREN OF THE MATRIX

meaning hawk. the hawk or sun-hawk was a sumerian symbol for the sun, as we see above in sargon's very title. the heru of the pygmy people, hul-kin of the indians, helios of the greeks, and hurki of the akkadian/chaldeans of mesopotamia probably come from the same source and all relate to a sun god of the horus mould. in the same way, the mayans of central america had a god called hurakan and the tibetans had the deity, heruka, which later evolved into the herakles and hercules of the greeks, a society that was founded on the sumerian (atlantean) knowledge and beliefs. hercules fought a shape-shifting "river god" called achelous. the word hurricane can be traced to the same "storm god" symbolism, as the writer and researcher, acharya, points out in her superb work, the christ conspiracy (a

DAVID ICKE THE BIGGEST SECRET

themselves and we will not age. we will live inphysical bodies indefinitely if we wish to and our mental and psychic powers will know nobounds, no limitations. if it is also correct that we are entering a massive electrical fieldcalled a photon belt we are going to experience some amazing things. the ancients knewof these great cycles of change and all the ancient calendars of the egyptians, maya,tibetans, chinese and others end in the period we are living through now. that egyptiancalendar dates back some 39,000 years and the mayan one perhaps 18,000. the maya saidthat there would be a transition period between the old world and the new as one version oftime was replaced by another. they called this period no time and they said this wouldbegin in july 1982 and lead to the shift on decembe

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF OCCULTISM AND PARAPSYCHOLOGY VOL 1

the postwar pressures created by an expansive communist china, he assumed formal powers at the age of 16. at the age of 24 he finished his education with the degree of lharampa geshe. the dalai lama had little time to enjoy his position. unable to hold the chinese back, on march 17, 1959, he was forced to flee tibet and to establish his government in exile in dharmasala, india. more than 100,000 tibetans fled at the same time. a mirror of the traditional tibetan community, complete with monasteries and headquarters of all of the tibetan buddhist sects, have been created in india and nepal. he set about the task of regaining independence for tibet, which has been incorporated into china. as tibetan buddhism spread from india into the world, especially the west, he opened offices of the tib

914, which was a standard reference for many years. in 1921 dingle settled in oakland, california. he began his career as a teacher after being asked to lead an informal class on what he had learned from his teachers in singapore and tibet. he taught informally for more than a decade before incorporating the institute of mentalphysics in 1934. dingle taught his students out of his belief that the tibetans had preserved the ancient wisdom of the aryans, the founders of the indian, mediterranean, and anglo-saxon cultures. he taught them the disciplines he had learned and advised a vegetarian diet. dingle developed a center in los angeles, the international church of the holy trinity, where he not only taught classes but sent out a correspondence course to students across north america. he wa

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF OCCULTISM AND PARAPSYCHOLOGY VOL 2

f the isle of man off the coast of britain. the swastika dates back to the neolithic age, when it was engraved on stone implements, but it has also been found in many cultures.in ancient britain, ireland, mycenae, and gascony, as well as among the etruscans, celts, hindus, germanic peoples, central asians, and pre-columbian americans. the buddhists regarded it as a chakra or wheel of the law; the tibetans called it yun-drun or path of life. the swastika has traveled from the ancient greek cities of troy and mycenae down to the 9th century in ireland, as well as to persia, china, north africa, and scandinavia. some authorities have interpreted the swastika as a symbol of the deity during the iron age, and others have associated it with agriculture, compass points, and the origin of the univ

h ancient religious and mystical traditions that, over the last two centuries, have become the focus of occult legends. the peaceful accumulation of data on tibet was abruptly altered following the chinese communist invasion in october 1950, when tibet lost its independent status. on may 23, 1951, tibetan leaders were obliged to sign a sino- tibetan agreement for the peaceful liberation of tibet. tibetans had formerly been a separate people with a distinctive language, culture, and religion, but had been in an uneasy relationship with china since 1720, when the manchus entered tibet to help drive out mongol invaders and used the situation to become overlords. over the subsequent period, the acknowledgment of chinese suzerainty was the price of tibetan autonomy, but for practical purposes t

irit, which issues forth from the dalai lama over the whole of tibet. as tibetan buddhism has spread to the west and lamas have died in the west, the search for successors has also been conducted in the families of western converts and several european children have been identified as reincarnated lamas. the title dalai lama is from a mongolian term meaning wide ocean, and is not normally used by tibetans among themselves, who prefer such terms as precious protector or precious ruler, of kundun (presence, implying spiritual association. the first dalai lama was tsong ka-pa, born in am-do in 1358. his disciples became the yellow hat sect, as distinct from the earlier priesthood of the red hats. in addition to the regular monastic disciplines of complex prayer, meditation rites, and regular

laimed 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 to destroy a phantom, which was beginning to take on independent life. she explained that tibetans believed that such psychic phenomena were the result of utilizing natural forces by the powers of the mind. her experiences seem to have been the result of a long and intimate association with tibet and its peoples in a period when magic and mystery were more common. few subsequent travelers have reported such remarkable phenomena, and her books survive as a unique record of a tibet that

medicine by western countries, as it and its practitioners listen and are aware of the individual body, as an extension of religion. the body then exists as only part of the whole scheme of the universe. it is still too early to predict whether the upheavals of the last half of the twentieth century will involve a permanent loss of spiritual and psychic identity for the tibetan people. those many tibetans who moved into exile have established strong enclaves of traditional tibetan culture and many people have given of their time, energy, and financial resources to see that the manuscripts and artifacts taken out of the country are preserved. sources: bernard, theos. land of a thousand buddhas. london: rider, 1952. bromage, bernard. tibetan yoga. london: aquarian press, 1952. a buddha busts

GILBERT THE SORCERER AND HIS APPRENTICE

id christiane roiss malcumsone held in her awin hand,egyptian ritual and modern witchcraft 133and thow shott two shottis with the said arrow heid att ye said ladie balnagoun, and loskie loncart shott thrie shottis at ye said young laird of fowlis.'inthis trial it is also recorded that certain images were made of butter, which is a curious parallel to certain ceremonies recorded by abbe hue of the tibetans. a distinction strikes one at once in comparing these modern rituals with that against apophi.thewax image in the latter case was that of the great bad god himself, and it was his name that was written in green ink. but the witches never, so far as is recorded, made an image of the devil. the reason of this becomes evident at once when we reflect that to the mediaeval witch the devil was

GRIMM TEUTONIC MYTHOLOGY VOL 2 1883 COMPLETE

ume, nackblad, muhme and mummel (i.e. swan-maiden. the frisians put seven sea-blades (zeven plompenbladen) in their escutcheon, and under that emblem looked for victory; 1 our gudrunlied (1373) knows all about it, and furnishes herwic of sewen or sclanden with a sky-blue flag: f sobletcr swebent (float) dar irme/ this sea-flower is the sacred lotus of old egypt, and is also honoured in india; the tibetans and nepalese bow down to it, it is set up in temples, brahma and vishnu float on its leaf; and it is no other than a m. nethl. poem that still remembers thumbkin floating on the leaf (p. 451. 1 j. h. halbertsma s het buddhisme en zijn stichter, deventer 1843, pp. 3. 10; and lie adds, that the people are to this day very careful in picking and carrying the plompen: if you fall with the flo

H SPENCER LEWIS ROSICRUCIAN MANUAL AMORC 1990

he master k-h-m (often called "k-h" passed through a number of reincarnations and was an important character on this earth many times, and has lived for over a hundred and forty years in many incarnations. during his most recent incarnation on the earth plane, he lived at a secret monastery and temple near kichingargha, called variously kichinjirgha, kichi-jirg-jargha, or parcha-jarg-hatba by the tibetans and sikkimese. cosmic initiation hence, the real preparation of which we are speaking is for the purpose of ultimately being admitted, by cosmic initiation, into the symbolic great white brotherhood, that herein the master will [145] appear to the student who is ready, to take him under personal instruction, and lead him (or her) on to higher development, where, someday, mastership in the

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n the buddhistic system, during the reugious services, the gods of the deva-loka are always invoked and invited to descend upon the altars, by the ringing of bells suspended in the pagodas. the bell of the sacred table of siva at kuhama is described in kaiuua, and every buddhist mh&ra and lamasery has lis bells. we thus see that the bells used by christians come to them directly bota the buddhist tibetans and chinese. the beads and rosaries have the same origin, and have been used by buddhist monks for over 3300 jrears. the lingams in the hindfi temples are ornamented upon certain days with large berries, from a tree sacred to mahddeva, which are strung into rosaries. thetitleof'nud'isauegyptian word, and had with them the accepted meaning; the christians did not even take the trouble to t

, and in his name baptiecd and preached. now, if jesus was baptized by john, the inference is that he was baptized according to his own faith i therefore, jesus too, was a beuever in ferho, or faho, as they c^ him; a conclusion that seems the more warranted by his silence a^ to the name of his 'father' and why should the hypothecs that faho is but one of the many corruptions of flio or fo, as the tibetans and chinese call buddha, appear ridiculous? in the north of nepal, buddha is more often called fo than buddha. the book of mahdrania shows how early the work of buddhistic proselytism began in nepal; and history teaches that buddhist monks crowded into syria* and babylon in the century preceding our era, and that monumtntal chrutianity, p. 2lt, referring to bq irish round tower, obatrres

K AMBER THE BASICS OF MAGICK

elled with a 'k) is one of the oldest and most general of these systems. magick is the study and application of psychic forces. it uses mental training, concentration, and a system of symbols to program the mind. the purpose of magick is to alter the self and the environment according to the will. most of the magick we see today comes to us from ancient egypt and chaldea. the chinese, hindus, and tibetans developed their own unique types of magick. western magick was locked up by the egyptian priests for thousands of years and then supressed by the rise of christianity. it was not until medieval europe that magical knowledge was rediscovered by the alchemists and cabalists. only during the past hundred years or so has western culture been open minded enough to permit widespread investigati

here has been quite a bit written on the subject, astral projection is difficult for many people. the main difficulty is the tendency to forget dream consciousness upon awakening. accordingly, the successful practice of astral projection requires work. modern psychology discounts the idea of actual oobe (that the spirit temporarily vacates the physical body. however, the idea is very ancient. the tibetans have an entire system of yoga (dream yoga) based upon astral projection. and here we have an important assumption: you are involved in an oobe (at least to a degree) whenever you dream. what sets it apart from a full oobe is your hazy consciousness during the experience and poor recall afterwards. many people forget most of their dreams completely. learning astral projection requires a ki

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

corpse is made of wood and dressed in the clothes of the deceased. for the remainder of the bardo, it stays in the corner, attended by the lamas who chant by relays the various liturgies at the appropriate time. at the end of the bardo, the effigy is hung with ornaments and dismantled, and the ghost of the death is warned not to return to haunt the body. the corpse, meanwhile, is given a funeral. tibetans favor cremation, as they believe earth burial can cause the dead one to survive as a vampire. another favored means is to dismember the corpse and leave it to the birds. the beast computer legend 23 at the moment of death, the spirit sees the primary clear light, and experiences ecstasy. all persons get at least a glimpse of the clear light, but the more enlightened can see it longer and

LIBER LXVII THE SWORD OF SONG

rue. for instance: this, the opening stanza of my masterly poem on ladak, reads..the way was long, and the wind was cold: the lama was infirm and advanced in years; his prayer-wheel, to revolve which was his only pleasure, was carried by a disciple, an orphan. there is a reminiscence of some previous incarnation about this: european critics may possibly even identify the passage. but at least the tibetans should be pleased* they were; thence the pacific character of the british expedition of 1904..a.c. 50 the sword of song 97. while their buddha i attack.30.many buddhists think i fill the bill with the following remarks on. pansil. unwilling as i am to sap the foundations of the buddhist religion by the introduction of porphyry.s terrible catapult, allegory, i am yet compelled by the more

MANLY P HALL THE SECRET TEACHINGS OF ALL AGES

rimposed, and its eight points are still preserved to christendom in the peculiarly formed cross of the knights templars, which is essentially buddhistic. india has preserved the cross, not only in its carvings and paintings, but also in its architectonics; a great number of its temples--like the churches and cathedrals of christendom--are raised from cruciform foundations. on the mandalas of the tibetans, heaven is laid out in the form of a cross, with a demon king at each of the four gates. a remarkable cross of great antiquity was discovered in the island caves of elephanta in the harbor of bombay. crosses of various kinds were favorite motifs in the art of chaldea, phoenicia, egypt, and assyria. the initiates of the eleusinian mysteries of greece were given a cross which they suspended

MICHAEL TSARION ATLANTIS ALIEN VISITATION AND GENETIC MANIPULATION

ferent prayer flags bearing the image of ahorse. the 'wind-horse' or lung-ta is the symbol of one's luck. the tibetan expression 'his wind-horseis running' or 'is broken' refers to this luck, and the prayer flags fluttering in the wind, a tradition of bonorigin, is believed to give the upper hand to one's wind-horse. since humans cannot survive without some form of land exploitation and building, tibetans take cer-tain measures to prevent unnecessary mishaps. while the hanging of prayer flags is like a general pre-ventive measure, that of avoiding harm which has no direct cause, more particular measures are soughtwhen any kind of digging is involved. whenever choosing a site for building, whether for a mandala,temple or house, a lama is consulted as to the method by which the nagas and sa

MOODY RAYMOND A LIFE AFTER LIFE

his senses seem more keen and more perfect and closer in nature to the divine. if he has been in physical life blind or deaf or crippled, he is surprised to find that in his "shining" body all his senses, as well as all the powers of his physical body, have been restored and intensified. he may encounter other beings in the same kind of body, and may meet what is called a clear or pure light. the tibetans counsel the dying one approaching this light to try to have only love and compassion towards others. the book also describes the feelings of immense peace and contentment which the dying one experiences, and also a kind of "mirror" in which his entire life, all deeds both good and bad, are reflected for both him and the beings judging him to see vividly. in this situation, there can be no

MOTTA MARCELO THE COMMENTARIES OF AL

bout 'suffering humanity' is principally drivel based on the error of transferring one's own psychology to one's neighbor. it is necessary that we stop, once for all, this ignorant meddling with other people's business. each individual must be left free to follow his own path! america is peculiarly insane on these points. her people are desperately anxious to make the cingalese wear furs, and the tibetans vote, and the whole world chew gum, utterly dense to the fact that other nations, specially the french and british, regard 'american institutions' as the lowest savagery, and forgetful or ignorant of the circumstance that the original brand of american freedom which really was freedom contained the precept to leave other people severely alone, and thus assured the possibility of expansion

SCHLAGER NEIL WORLD RELIGIONS REFERENCE LIBRARY

eligions unified tibet was formed, buddhism was chosen as the official religion. bon went into decline. later in the eighth century ce the beliefs of bon and of buddhism merged to form a religion unique to tibet. buddhism was regarded as the religion that dealt with otherworldly concerns. bon was more of a folk religion (the beliefs of the common people) that dealt with the affairs of this world. tibetans historically have believed that their harsh, mountainous country is inhabited by spirits and supernatural forces that have a direct effect on people s lives. a class of shamans communicates with these spirits and predicts the influences of the spirits on people. the shamans help people perform rituals either to enlist the help of the spirits or to overcome the harmful effects of spirits

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described seeing merely a cord and said that it was about half an inch wide. t. d. compared his to a thread. h. considered, i am sure that, had a feeble thread between soul and body been severed, i would have remained intact (i.e, the soul would t h e g a l e e n c y c l o p e d i a o f t h e u n u s u a l a n d u n e x p l a i n e d afterlife mysteries 27 have survived the death of the body. the tibetans also observed that a strand subsisted between the [soul body] and the [physical] body. like h, miss k. realized that once [the cord] was loosed the reentry into the body would have been impossible. she said, this is what death means. those men and women of a judeo-christian belief construct who have undergone the near-death experience (nde) sometimes quote ecclesiastes 12:5 7 as scriptura

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is chronicles, abbot ralph of coggeshall abbey, essex, england, wrote of a strange monster whose charred body had been found after a lightning storm on the night of st. john the baptist in june 1205. he stated that a terrible stench came from the beast with monstrous limbs. villagers of the caucasus mountains have legends of an apelike wildman going back for centuries. the same may be said of the tibetans living on the slopes of mt. everest and the native american tribes inhabiting the northwestern united states. the gilyaks, a remote tribe of siberian native people, claim that there are animals inhabiting the frozen forests of siberia that have human feelings and travel in family units. based on the eyewitness descriptions of hundreds of reliable individuals around the world who have enco

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common in tibet, they are sometimes even referred to as gtibetan prayer wheels h or gmani, h derived from the mantra or prayer gom mani padme hum. h tibetan buddhists believe these words sacred and its recital, silently or out loud, evokes a powerful, spiritual and benevolent blessing. traditionally, even though the wheel itself and its practical uses for carts were known from other cultures, the tibetans considered the wheel very sacred and did not allow its use for any other purpose other than that of the prayer wheel. ironically, in recent years the reverse is true, as much of tibetan culture has had to seek refuge outside its homeland. now the wheel is used largely for trucks, cars, busses, and tanks, and the spiritual uses of the wheel and other practices are severely restricted. sour

THE MOTHMAN PROPHECIES

f us. a very large part of the ufo lore is, in fact, based upon the observations of such people. what seems normal to them seems abnormal, even ridiculous, to the rest of us. people who see ghosts or the wandering shadow have these abilities. they are peering at forms that are always there, always present around us like radio waves, and when certain conditions exist they can see these things. the tibetans believe that advanced human minds can manipulate these invisible energies into visible forms called tulpas, or thought projections. did walter gibson's intense concentration on his shadow novels inadvertently bring a tulpa into existence? readers of occult literature know there are innumerable cases of ghosts haunting a particular site year after year, century after century, carrying out

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