The Art & Practice of Contacting the Demiurge by Ophiel_opt

The Art & Practice of Contacting The Demiurge

Dedication TotheOccultStudentsoftheFuture,eventotho TotheOccultStudentsoftheFuture,eventothoseasyetunborn!Th seasyetunborn!Thisbookis isbookis feelinglydedicatedtoyou–Greetings! ItappearstobetheFateofOphiel,inthisincarnation(?)togetitinthene ItappearstobetheFateofOphiel,inthisincarn ation(?)togetitintheneckwhenit ckwhenit comestothematterofrecognitionastotheva comestothemattero frecognitionastothevalueofhisbooks,aso lueofhisbooks,asofthisday fthisday (otherwiseithasnotbeentoobada (otherwiseithasnotbeentoobadalifeand,ofcourse,thislifeis lifeand,ofcourse,thislifeisnotalloveryet!) notalloveryet!) However,Idomeanthatrecognition,up However,Idomeanthatrecognition,uptonow,ofthedeepe tonow,ofthedeeperOccultvalueof rOccultvalueof Ophiel’sbookshasbeenspotty.Iammi Ophiel’sbookshasbeenspotty.IammindedofwhatIreadm ndedofwhatIreadmanyyearsago,ab anyyearsago,about out thelifeoftheGermanpoetHeine(1797 thelifeoftheGermanpo etHeine(1797–1856).Inhisyouth –1856).InhisyouthHeinewrotemany Heinewrotemany poemswhichwereputtomusicandsu poemswhichwereputtomusicandsungbythenextyou ngbythenextyounggeneration nggeneration,buthisown ,buthisown generationignoredhim,andhisp generationignoredhim,andhispoetrywithstonysilen oetrywithstonysilence. ce. Ihaveastrongfeelingthatthesebook Ihaveastrongfeelingthatthesebookswillgo-go-goafterIp swillgo-go-goafterIpassontothe‘grea assontothe‘great t beyond’!!! Isay,truthfully,now,atthisdate1978,thatwhatOccultpracticesIhaveb Isay,truthfully,now,atthisdate1978,thatwha tOccultpracticesIhavebeenableto eenableto getdownonpaper,HAVEWORKE getdownonpaper,HAVEWORKEDFORME;andIcanima DFORME;andIcanimaginenoreason ginenoreasonatall atall whytheyshouldnotworkforyoutoo,ifyou whytheyshouldnotworkforyoutoo,ifyoustudyandaptlyap studyandaptlyapplythepractices. plythepractices. IhavefoundnobetterKnowledg IhavefoundnobetterKnowledgethanwhatIgotdown ethanwhatIgotdownonthesepages, onthesepages,althoughI althoughI searchedlikewild-mad,allover,eve searchedlikewild-mad,allover,everywhere,andIamstillse rywhere,andIamstillsearching.Asofthisdate arching.Asofthisdate myaddressis OPHIEL 950LarkspurDr. Oakland,California94610 (415)835-9583 Newthingsarecomingallthetime.

Key to Front Cover Symbolism Totoucharesponsivechordofoneo Totoucharesponsivechordofoneoftheoldreligionstoin ftheoldreligionstointroducethisnewb troducethisnewbookto ookto Occultstudents–thefollowingsymbolismw Occultstudents–thefol lowingsymbolismwasusedasfaraspos asusedasfaraspossible.TheTreeis sible.TheTreeis YGGDRASIL,themightyashtreethatwassu YGGDRASIL,themigh tyashtreethatwassupposedtosup pposedtosupporttheUniverse,the porttheUniverse,the originalChristmastree.Itspringsfromthe originalChristmastree.ItspringsfromthebodyofYmir–thisEarth.Ithas bodyofYmir–thisEarth.Ithasthree three immenseroots,extendingoneintoAs immenseroots,exten dingoneintoAsgard,Heaven;on gard,Heaven;oneintoJotunheim eintoJotunheim,theabodeof ,theabodeof thegiants,FORCES;andthethirdintoNilfh thegiants,FORCES;andthethirdintoNilfheim,regionofdarkne eim,regionofdarknessandcold,HEL ssandcold,HELL. L.  Adragon-serpentconstantlygna  Adragon-serpentconstantlygnawsataroot.Readthe wsataroot.Readthemythologybooks mythologybooksformore formore aboutthegreatTreeandseehowi aboutthegreatTreeandseehowitfitsintotodayyet,andalw tfitsintotodayyet,andalwaysdid! aysdid!

Forward and Introduction Hereisanotherbook,andItrust,agoo Hereisanotherbook,andItrust,agoodone.Abookthatyo done.Abookthatyouwillbeableto uwillbeableto understandANDUSE.USETHEK understandANDUSE.USETHEKNOWLEDGEHEREIN NOWLEDGEHEREINTOBETTERYOURSELF TOBETTERYOURSELF INTHIS,ONTHIS,MATERIALPLANE! Icannothelpbutremember,atthisstate,wh Icannothelpbutremember,atthisstate,whattroubleIhadinthe attroubleIhadinthebeginning,my beginning,my beginning,togetholdofsomeworkin beginning,togetholdofsomeworking,andworkable g,andworkableOccultmaterialthatIcould OccultmaterialthatIcould makesomesenseoutof,andUSE.Witha makesomesenseoutof,andUSE.WithallthesearchingIdid llthesearchingIdidIcouldfindnothing Icouldfindnothing graspable,mentallygraspable,tha graspable,mentallygraspable,thatIcoulduse.Alltheold tIcoulduse.Alltheoldbooks,bytheoldw books,bytheoldwriters, riters, werevagueandundefined,an werevagueandundefined,andwithnodetails;noth dwithnodetails;nothingbutunglitterin ingbutunglitteringandmurky gandmurky generalitiessignifyingnothingvia generalitiessignifyingnothingviableastoOccultTruthsand bleastoOccultTruthsandaccomplishmen accomplishments ts Earthwise.

Introduction However,IthinkIknownowwhytheseearlybooksande However,IthinkIknownowwhythese earlybooksandearlywriterswereso arlywritersweresovague– vague– Ithinknowtheyreceivedtheirknowl Ithinknowtheyreceivedtheirknowledgeandpractice edgeandpracticesfromsomequasisfromsomequasi-secret secret society,underoathsofsecrecy,andw society,underoathsofsecrecy,andwhat-have-you,and hat-have-you,andsotheycouldn’ sotheycouldn’ttell ttell anythingvitalatallwithoutbetrayinggr anythingvitalatallwithoutbetrayinggreatandprofound eatandprofound“secrets”!Iamprettysure “secrets”!Iamprettysure DionFortunewaslikethat. Iwouldliketoaskyouforyourhelp,IFYOULIK Iwouldliketoaskyouforyourhelp,IFYOULIKEMYBOOKS.Thesebook EMYBOOKS.Thesebooksarenot sarenot gettingouttothepublicastheyshould gettingouttothepublicastheyshould.Ihavechangeddis .Ihavechangeddistributorsonceand tributorsonceandIwould Iwould notliketodoitagainunlessIamassured notliketodoitagainunlessIamassuredthatarealeffortwillbem thatarealeffortwillbemadetodistribute adetodistribute thebookswidely,insteadofmerelysittin thebookswidely,insteadofmerelysittingdownandwai gdownandwaitingforwordofmouth tingforwordofmouthtoget toget around.EverydayIgetlettersfromperso around.EverydayIgetlettersfrompersonssayingthattheyca nssayingthattheycannotfindmybooksin nnotfindmybooksin thestores,evenrightnextdoortoNew thestores,evenrightnextdoortoNewYork!Ifanyofyoucanas York!Ifanyofyoucanassistmebycalling sistmebycalling aggressivepublishers’andd aggressivepublishers’anddistributors’attentiontothe istributors’attentiontothesebooks,pleas sebooks,pleasedoso. edoso. Ophielhasonlyfivemoreyearstogoun Ophielhasonlyfivemoreyearstogountilheiseightyyearsold tilheiseightyyearsold!Ifyouhaveany !Ifyouhaveany ideasoflendingahelpinghand ideasoflendingahelpinghand,thenyouhadbe ,thenyouhadbetterdoitrathersoonas tterdoitrathersoonastheyears theyears passnowlikewind. FortunatelyOphieldoesnotneedha FortunatelyOphieldoesnotneedhardmoney.Creative rdmoney.CreativeVisualizationshave Visualizationshaveworked worked forhim;althoughduetohisCaprico forhim;althoughduetohisCapricorn-Capricornh rn-Capricornhorroscope,Crea orroscope,CreativeVisualizations tiveVisualizations workforhimquiteabitdifferentlythanforbetter workforhimquiteabitdifferentlythanforbettersignslike,say,Aquari signslike,say,Aquarius.But us.But CreativeVisualizationshaveworke CreativeVisualizationshaveworked,andthingsare d,andthingsarebetternowthanthe betternowthantheyhaveever yhaveever beenbeforeinhislife. However,thisworkshouldsuppo However,thisworkshouldsupportitself,andsomeeffortsho rtitself,andsomeeffortshouldbemadefor uldbemadeforOphiel Ophiel toreclaimsomethingfortheyearshe,acco toreclaimsomethingfortheyearshe,accordingtohisMother rdingtohisMother,andhisdearlove ,andhisdearlovely ly family!!??!!WASTED,“flopping  family!!??!!WASTED,“ flopping ”fromonechurchtoanother!!!!andthenfortheyears ”fromonechurchtoanother!!!!andthenfortheyears ofstudythatbroughtinzeromoney!(IfOphi ofstudythatbroughtinzeromoney!(IfOphielhadnothada-Iwa elhadnothada-Iwasgoingtosay sgoingtosay rotten,butIguessIhadbetternotusethatwo rotten,butIguessIha dbetternotusethatword–dispositionofane rd–dispositionofanegativenature!!! gativenature!!! Hecouldnothavestoodallthistype,soifyo Hecouldnothavestoodallthistype,soifyouhearaboutthisdis uhearaboutthisdisposition,don’tknoc position,don’tknock k it–hisdispositionwasanasset!)Soletyou it–hisdispositionwasanasset!)Soletyourconsciencebe rconsciencebeyourguide.IfOphiel’s yourguide.IfOphiel’s worksdonotmeanmuchtoyouthe worksdonotmeanmuchtoyouthensobeit!Ophielwillnotcom nsobeit!Ophielwillnotcomplain,hewillgethis plain,hewillgethis reward(?)inHeaven!!!!Hopefullymor reward(?)inHeaven!!!!Hopefullymorebooksarecomi ebooksarecomingandyoulookfo ngandyoulookforthem. rthem. BetterwriteOphiel,andgetonthemailing BetterwriteOphiel,and getonthemailinglistsoyoucanbeno listsoyoucanbenotifiedwhenthenew tifiedwhenthenew stuffcomesout.Pleasenoticethelistofreadin stuffcomesout.Pleas enoticethelistofreadingmaterialtobegiven gmaterialtobegivenattheendof attheendof thisbook.Occultdynamite! OphielhasanintenselikingfortheShe OphielhasanintenselikingfortheSherlockHolmesstorie rlockHolmesstories,readingandre-r s,readingandre-reading eading themmanytimes,andassoonasheforg themmanytimes,and assoonasheforgetsthedetailsofthestori etsthedetailsofthestories,hereadsthem es,hereadsthem overagain. Inoneofthestories,Mr.Holmeswasaccostedbyapoliceofficer Inoneofthestories,Mr.Holmeswasaccoste dbyapoliceofficer,withwhomhehad ,withwhomhehad workedpreviously,onanothercas workedpreviously,onanothercase,apparentlyajew e,apparentlyajewelrobberycase,b elrobberycase,becausethe ecausethe policepersonsaystoMr.Holmes“Aha policepersonsaystoMr.Holmes“Aha!”TheTheorist!Iwillneverfor !”TheTheorist!Iwillneverforgethowyou gethowyou lecturedusontheblank-blank lecturedusontheblank-blankjewelmatter!”TowhichM jewelmatter!”TowhichMr.Holmesreplied,“Ye r.Holmesreplied,“Yes.No s.No doubtmytheorieswerequietweird doubtmytheorieswerequietweird–butyouwillhavetoad –butyouwillhavetoadmittheyresultedinthe mittheyresultedinthe findingofthejewels!”  AshorttimeagoIwasvisitingadearrelativeofmineinSouthern  AshorttimeagoIwasvisitingadearrelati veofmineinSouthernCalifornia.Inthe California.Inthe courseofmyvisitshemadetheremarktha courseofmyvisitshe madetheremarkthatshe,andsomeofher tshe,andsomeofherfriends,hadjust friends,hadjust returnedfromatrip-visittotheLosAngele returnedfromatrip-visittotheLosAngelesCountyMuseum sCountyMuseumtoviewtheTut-AnkhtoviewtheTut-Ankh AmonExhibitthere.Inthefollowingcours  AmonExhibitthere.Inthefollowingcourseofourconversatio eofourconversationImadetheidle nImadetheidle

remarkthat–“Youknow,theancientEg remarkthat–“Youknow,theancientEgyptiansplantedacu yptiansplantedacurseuponwho rseuponwhosoever soever shouldviolatethetombbyopenin shouldviolatethetombbyopeningitanytimelater.”Mydea gitanytimelater.”Mydearrelativereplied,“Oh rrelativereplied,“Oh! ! Thatis-wasonlysuperstition!!!” Thenthestrongthoughtoccurredto Thenthestrongthoughtoccurredtome.“Yes,itsoundslikesu me.“Yes,itsoundslikesuperstition,butthefact perstition,butthefact remainsthatallthoseconnectedwith remainsthatallthoseconnectedwiththediscoveryandop thediscoveryandopeningofthatTomb eningofthatTombare are nowdeadanddiedmoreorles nowdeadanddiedmoreorlessshortlyaftertheTombop sshortlyaftertheTombopeningeventtook eningeventtookplace.”I place.”I wasinmytwentieswhenthisTombwasd wasinmytwentieswhenthisTombwasdiscoveredand iscoveredandIfollowedtheeventw Ifollowedtheeventwith ith greatinterest.Idonotrememberthedeta greatinterest.Idono trememberthedetailsoftheeventsthatfoll ilsoftheeventsthatfollowedbutIdoknow owedbutIdoknow thatthissubjectofthecursewasmentione thatthissubjectofthecu rsewasmentionedthen;andthenw dthen;andthenwhenthedifferentpeo henthedifferentpeople ple begantodropoff,itwasalwaysbroug begantodropoff,itwasalwaysbroughtupagain–assup htupagain–assuperstition!Icannotprov erstition!Icannotproveany eany ofthisexceptitlooksdamnfunny,andIdon ofthisexceptitlooksda mnfunny,andIdon’tmeanhumorou ’tmeanhumorous,Imeanstrange. s,Imeanstrange. ThereasonIgointothissubjectinsome ThereasonIgointothissubjectinsomedetail,inthislittleessay,isthatthe detail,inthislittleessay,isthatthestudyof studyof thissubjectbringstolightagreatnumbe thissubjectbringstolightagreatnumberofotherOccultconne rofotherOccultconnectionswhichshou ctionswhichshould ld beofvitalinteresttoallOccultstudents.(Inowreca beofvitalinteresttoallOc cultstudents.(InowrecallthatIwroteanessay llthatIwroteanessayonthe onthe subjectofCursessometimeagobutne subjectofCursessometimeagobutneveradvertiseditorre veradvertiseditorreducedittocopiesfor ducedittocopiesfor distribution.Thetitleofthisessaywas–THEC distribution.Thetitleo fthisessaywas–THECURSE–WhatItReally URSE–WhatItReallyIs–AndHow Is–AndHow ToDoIt.IhavereaditoveragainandIdono ToDoIt.Ihavereaditove ragainandIdonotfinditbad,perhapsa tfinditbad,perhapsalittleshort.It littleshort.It wouldpayyoutoreaditforknowled wouldpayyoutoreaditforknowledgeoftheCursesub geoftheCursesubject.) ject.) Tocontinue.Thereisaterrificamountofnon Tocontinue.Thereisaterrificamountofnon-knowledgea -knowledgeabouttheOccult,andhow bouttheOccult,andhow theOccultworks,andhowOccultPower theOccultworks,and howOccultPowerswork.TheOldTestame swork.TheOldTestament,andevensome nt,andevensome oftheNewTestament,isfullofstoriesaboutallki oftheNewTestament,isfullofstoriesaboutallkindsofviolent,miraculo ndsofviolent,miraculous us happenings–happenings happenings–happeningsthatupsetthebalan thatupsetthebalanceofnatureinstantl ceofnatureinstantly.(Butthen,again, y.(Butthen,again, thereseemstobesuchthings!)OldTestam thereseemstobesuchthings!)OldTestamentstoriesdescribe entstoriesdescribeFiredescending Firedescendingfrom from Heavenandburninguprocksa Heavenandburninguprocksandwater,andallso ndwater,andallsortsofthingsaredone rtsofthingsaredone.Thentoo, .Thentoo, semi-occultfairytalesarefullof‘transformatio semi-occultfairytalesarefullof‘transformations’andwhatha ns’andwhathaveyou. veyou. IwishtheOccultwaslikethat,butIamsorry,itisnot! Thefirst,outstandingthing,thatanOccultstude Thefirst,outstandingthing,thatanOccultstudenthastolearn,MUS nthastolearn,MUSTLEARN,isthat TLEARN,isthat theOccult,OccultPowers,workoutonthisPhysic theOccult,OccultPower s,workoutonthisPhysicalPlane–inaNATU alPlane–inaNATURAL RAL MANNER.OccultPowersdonotworkvia MANNER.OccultPow ersdonotworkviaaboltoffirecomingdow aboltoffirecomingdownfromtheskies. nfromtheskies. Forexample,ifyoulearntoworktherainma Forexample,ifyoulea rntoworktherainmagic,theraincomes,notb gic,theraincomes,notbytheheavens ytheheavens openingupandangelsdesce openingupandangelsdescendingwithbucke ndingwithbucketsofwaterineachhan tsofwaterineachhand,pouringthe d,pouringthe wateroveryourheadandthena wateroveryourheadandthenascendingformor scendingformorewater.No.Rainco ewater.No.Raincomesbecause, mesbecause, sometime,longorshort,aftertherain-mag sometime,longorsh ort,aftertherain-magicisperformed–thehi icisperformed–thehighpressure-low ghpressure-low pressureareaschange,switcha pressureareaschange,switcharound,withthehigh round,withthehighpressuregivinga pressuregivingawaytothelow waytothelow pressure,andthenitrains(thestartofthesw pressure,andthenitrains(thestartoftheswitchcanbetriggere itchcanbetriggeredbythemental dbythemental imageoftherainmagicworkonatom imageoftherainmagicworkonatomssomewhereinthe ssomewhereintheempyrean). empyrean). NowtogetbacktotheTut’sTombCurse...theD NowtogetbacktotheTut’sTombCurse...theDeathCurseforthose eathCurseforthosewho who disturbedtheTomb.Iwilltrytoexplainitsmecha disturbedtheTomb.Iwilltrytoexplainitsmechanism.Thoseofyouwh nism.Thoseofyouwhosaw‘Star osaw‘Star Wars’shouldremembertherefere Wars’shouldrememberthereferencesthatwerema ncesthatweremadetowhattheycalle detowhattheycalledTheForce dTheForce  –thethingtheycalledTHEFORCE.(Theid  –thethingtheycalledTHEFORCE.(Theideaforthatwassome eaforthatwassomethingthewriterthingthewriterauthordredgedupoutofhissubconscious.)  ActuallythereissuchaForce.ThisForcehasmanynames.Ma  ActuallythereissuchaForce.ThisForceha smanynames.Manydifferentpeople nydifferentpeople havediscoveredtheForceinthecou havediscoveredtheForceinthecourseoftheirlife-living-oc rseoftheirlife-living-occult-researches.Eac cult-researches.Each h personashediscoveredtheForc personashediscoveredtheForcegavetheForcea egavetheForceaname,adifferentnam name,adifferentname.Hence e.Hence Occultliteratureaboundswithallkindsofna Occultliteratureabou ndswithallkindsofnames,allforthisverysame mes,allforthisverysameonething. onething. Untilonelearnsaboutthismultiplicityofnam Untilonelearnsaboutthismultiplicityofnamesforthesamethin esforthesamething,thatwholematter g,thatwholematter canbenicelymixedupandveryco canbenicelymixedupandveryconfusing.Iusethename nfusing.IusethenameAstralLight,orLiqui AstralLight,orLiquid d Light.MesmerusedthenameAn Light.MesmerusedthenameAnimalMagnetism.Ano imalMagnetism.AnothernameisPrana.Di thernameisPrana.Dion on Fortunecalleditundifferentiatedelem Fortunecalleditundifferentiatedelementalforce.Ihavealsoh entalforce.Ihavealsohearditreferredtoby earditreferredtoby

theHawaiiannameof‘Mana.’Ano theHawaiiannameof‘Mana.’AnothernameIuseisDe thernameIuseisDemiurge.Thenam miurge.Thenameofthis eofthis bookis,asyouknow,TheArtandPractice bookis,asyouknow,TheArtandPracticeofContactingtheD ofContactingtheDemiurge.Inother emiurge.Inother writingsIhavecalleditTheIdiotGod.Ihaveals writingsIhavecalleditTheIdiotGod.Ihavealsoheardofitbeingca oheardofitbeingcalledthe lledthe Chameleon,becauseofthewayitch Chameleon,becauseofthewayitchangesaccord angesaccordingtothedesiresim ingtothedesiresimpressedupon pressedupon it. InallthesenameformstheForce-Dem InallthesenameformstheForce-Demiurgecarriesou iurgecarriesoutCHANGESWITHNO tCHANGESWITHNO REGARDFORTHECONSEQUENCES.Th REGARDFORTHEC ONSEQUENCES.TheForce-Demiurg eForce-Demiurgedoeswhatyou edoeswhatyou impressuponittodo!TOREPEAT–CAR impressuponittodo!TOREPEAT–CARRIESOUTCHANGESWITH RIESOUTCHANGESWITHOUT OUT REGARDFOREARTHEFFECTCONSEQUE REGARDFOREARTHEFFECTCONSEQUENCES!!!(andthatcanb NCES!!!(andthatcanbebad!!!)(To ebad!!!)(To digressalittle–apersonwhosuffersfro digressalittle–apersonwhosuffersfrompovertyandlack,isd mpovertyandlack,isdoingsoBECAUS oingsoBECAUSE E THEPERSONISSOORDERINGHISCONTAC THEPERSONISSOORD ERINGHISCONTACTWITHTHEFORCE-DE TWITHTHEFORCE-DEMIURGE MIURGE TODOJUSTTHAT!Ifadrunkisrollinginthegutteritisbec TODOJUSTTHAT!Ifadrunkisro llinginthegutteritisbecausethedrunkha ausethedrunkhasso sso orderedhiscontactwiththeForce-De orderedhiscontactwiththeForce-Demiurgetosodothat!So miurgetosodothat!Soundsterriblebut undsterriblebut appearstobetrue!Ihavedigressed appearstobetrue!IhavedigressedmorethanIshouldfro morethanIshouldfromthesubjectofthis mthesubjectofthis section,andIwillnowreturntotheTombCurse.) TogetbacktothisTut-Ankh-Amon,theEgyp TogetbacktothisTut-An kh-Amon,theEgyptianPriestswhokne tianPriestswhoknewaboutthis waboutthis ‘Magic,’sealedthetombwiththeinc ‘Magic,’sealedthetombwiththeincantations,andtheme antations,andthementaldirectionoftheForc ntaldirectionoftheForce. e. (THEFORCE-DEMIURGEKNOWSNOTIME (THEFORCE-DEMIURGEKNOWSNOTIMEORPLACE.)Iunderstand ORPLACE.)Iunderstandthattomb thattomb robbersfirstopenedthetombabo robbersfirstopenedthetombaboutfiftyyearsafterTutwasfirstburie utfiftyyearsafterTutwasfirstburied,butwere d,butwere discoveredbyguardsandpre discoveredbyguardsandpresumablymetviolentde sumablymetviolentdeathsattheirhand athsattheirhands,andthe s,andthe tombwasresealed.Thenextonetoc tombwasresealed.Thenextonetocomealongwas omealongwasanEnglishman,w anEnglishman,whosename hosename escapesmeatthismoment,andhere escapesmeatthismoment,andhereopenedthetom openedthetomb. b.  AlthoughIcannotproveitmaterially,assoo  AlthoughIcannotproveitmaterially,assoonasheentered nasheenteredthetombtheForcethetombtheForceDemiurge-Cursebegantowo Demiurge-Cursebegantowork.NowiftheForce-D rk.NowiftheForce-Demiurge-Curs emiurge-Cursehadactedlikea ehadactedlikea boltoflightning,blowinghimup,and boltoflightning,blowinghimup,andblowingthewho blowingthewholethingup,therewo lethingup,therewouldhave uldhave beennoargumentaboutit.Mydear beennoargumentaboutit.Mydearrelativewouldnotbe relativewouldnotbeabletosay‘Oh!Itisall abletosay‘Oh!Itisall superstition.’ButtheOccultdoesnotworko superstition.’ButtheOccultdoesnotworkoutthatway.Operation utthatway.Operationswhichhavetheir swhichhavetheir originonInnerPlaneshaveto‘wo originonInnerPlaneshaveto‘workout’onthisplan rkout’onthisplanethroughNATUR ethroughNATURALmeansand ALmeansand naturaloutlets.Ifyouwillexaminethehistory naturaloutlets.Ifyouw illexaminethehistoryofthosepersonsco ofthosepersonsconcernedwithth ncernedwiththe e openingofthetomb,whichisalldown openingofthetomb,whichisalldowninpapersandmag inpapersandmagazinesinlibrarie azinesinlibraries,youwill s,youwill findthatthe‘curse’workedthrough findthatthe‘curse’workedthroughnaturalphysical naturalphysicallaws-rules-meansofthi laws-rules-meansofthisphysical sphysical plane,throughnaturalwaysand plane,throughnaturalwaysandthroughnatura throughnaturalmeans. lmeans. IamputtingallthisdownthewayIunderstandandseeit.Idonotask IamputtingallthisdownthewayIunderstan dandseeit.Idonotaskyoutobelieve youtobelieve it,especiallybecauseIsayit.Iwouldadd–D it,especiallybecauseIsayit.Iwouldadd–DON’TBELIEVEANYTH ON’TBELIEVEANYTHINGJUST INGJUST BECAUSESOMEBODYSAYSIT!Andwantsyo BECAUSESOMEBOD YSAYSIT!Andwantsyoutobelieveitmerelybe utobelieveitmerelybecausethey causethey sayit.Ifyoucan’tfindsomekindofgood‘pr sayit.Ifyoucan’tfindso mekindofgood‘proof’thendropthe oof’thendropthematteruntilyoucan.I, matteruntilyoucan.I, myself,donotexpecttofindanyintactEgyptia myself,donotexpecttofindanyintactEgyptianTombsbutIwould nTombsbutIwouldhesitatealong hesitatealong timebeforeopeningoneupifIdid,kno timebeforeopeningoneupifIdid,knowingofthemechan wingofthemechanismoftheForce,which ismoftheForce,whichis is settogooffautomatically,orcouldbesetifdoneright. InclosingthispartofthisessayIsay,don’tbeto Inclosingthispartofthi sessayIsay,don’tbetooconcerneda oconcernedabouttheForce’s bouttheForce’s destructiveaspects.TheForcedoes destructiveaspects.TheForcedoeswhatyoutellittodo.Andyo whatyoutellittodo.Andyoucantellittodothe ucantellittodothe RIGHTTHINGSaseasilyasthistombcursewasse RIGHTTHINGSaseasily asthistombcursewassetup3000yearsa tup3000yearsago;itisthe go;itisthe SAMEFORCE. IhaveasetofdirectionsformakingupaTreasureMap,towork IhaveasetofdirectionsformakingupaTre asureMap,toworkwiththeForcewiththeForceDemiurgeeasily.Takeabigpieceo Demiurgeeasily.Takeabigpieceofpaperandhang fpaperandhangitupinasecluded itupinasecludedplace,so place,so otherscannotseeiteasily.Cutoutanda otherscannotseeiteasily.Cutoutandattachpicturesofwha ttachpicturesofwhateveritisyouWANTto teveritisyouWANTto themapwithlittlepiecesofscotchtape.Look themapwithlittlepiec esofscotchtape.Lookatthemapandgetthe atthemapandgetthefeelings feelings connectedthereto.Youarenowim connectedthereto.YouarenowimpressingtheForce pressingtheForcewithwhatyouwan withwhatyouwantorwhat torwhat youthinkwillmakeyouhappy,and youthinkwillmakeyouhappy,and,ifyouwillpracticeand ,ifyouwillpracticeandstudyYOURPERSONA studyYOURPERSONAL L WAYOFIMPRESSINGYOURDESIRESONTOTH WAYOFIMPRESSINGYOU RDESIRESONTOTHEFORCE,itwillWORKforYOU EFORCE,itwillWORKforYOU. .

Thiskindofimpressingisanartandyou Thiskindofimpressingisanartandyoumustlearntouseit.You mustlearntouseit.Youwillfindmoreabout willfindmoreabout thissubjectinmyotherwritings,moredeta thissubjectinmyotherwritings,moredetailsthatis.Everyoneisqu ilsthatis.Everyoneisquitedifferentfrom itedifferentfrom another!Workingsmustcomeoutinanaturalway. another!Workingsmustcomeoutinanaturalway.

ntoeverylifesomerainmustfallisadismalpre inmustfallisadismalprediction,butlikemostallthing diction,butlikemostallthingsin sin Intoeverylifesomera thisphysicalPlaneWorld,thisprediction thisphysicalPlaneWorld,thispredictioncanbereversed,a canbereversed,andthesayingcan ndthesayingcan become,Intoeachofthenewlives/ag become,Intoeachofthenewlives/agesofourEarthPlan esofourEarthPlanesomegreatnewTru esomegreatnewTruths ths canbeconductedto-therein. OnedayastupidmilitandreligionPow OnedayastupidmilitandreligionPower,thathadlonggro er,thathadlonggrowntoobigforitsbritch wntoobigforitsbritches, es, madeanearlyscientistkneeldown madeanearlyscientistkneeldownand,infearofhislife,swea and,infearofhislife,swearthathehadtoldalie rthathehadtoldalie whenhehadwrittenthathistelesco whenhehadwrittenthathistelescopeshowedthatthe peshowedthattheEarthtraveledaro Earthtraveledaroundthe undthe Sun,andnottheSunaroundtheEa Sun,andnottheSunaroundtheEarthastheBiblesaid rthastheBiblesaiditdid. itdid. Galileothussurvivedand70yearsa Galileothussurvivedand70yearsafterhisdeaththeCh fterhisdeaththeChurchrecanted,a urchrecanted,andsaidit ndsaidit wastruetheEarthdidgoaroundth wastruetheEarthdidgoaroundtheSun,andnottheSu eSun,andnottheSunaroundtheEa naroundtheEarth.Iam rth.Iam alwaysamazedthattheChurchdid alwaysamazedthattheChurchdidnotgooutofbusine notgooutofbusinessatthatmoment.Itis ssatthatmoment.Itis certainlynocredittotheintelligenceo certainlynocredittotheintelligenceofthehumanracethatitdi fthehumanracethatitdidn’t. dn’t. Therehavealways,inallages,bee Therehavealways,inallages,beenmenandwome nmenandwomenconsideredw nconsideredweirdnutsand eirdnutsand screwballsbyallalikewhohavema screwballsbyallalikewhohavemaintainedthattherew intainedthattherewereother“worlds ereother“worlds”beyond ”beyond thisoneandalsomaintainedallso thisoneandalsomaintainedallsortsofclaimsabouttheph rtsofclaimsaboutthephysicalworkings/re ysicalworkings/results sults possiblethroughtheuseofthePow possiblethroughtheuseofthePowersinherentinthekn ersinherentintheknowledgeoftheus owledgeoftheuseofthese eofthese otherworlds.Now,withthisbook,youca otherworlds.Now,withthisbook,youcanbecomeone nbecomeoneoftheseweirdpe oftheseweirdpersons!!OH rsons!!OH WHATAMISAYING?CANCELTHAT!(Iwasjustjoking.) However,itdoesappearthatinthep However,itdoesappearthatinthepresentagetoday resentagetodaythereisaninterest,com thereisaninterest,comingon ingon strong,inthingsbeyondthePhysic strong,inthingsbeyondthePhysicalPlane,andade alPlane,andadeterminationtofindou terminationtofindoutwhatcan twhatcan bediscoveredaboutthesething bediscoveredaboutthesethings,andiftheycanbepu s,andiftheycanbeputtopracticaluse,brou ttopracticaluse,brought ght downtoearth. Themaindifficultyistofindoutanyauthenticaccurateinformation Themaindifficultyistofindoutanyauthentica ccurateinformationabout“theother about“theother sides”oflifebeyondthePhysical. Mosteverybody“in”the“occult”hasa Mosteverybody“in”the“occult”hasanaxetogrind,some naxetogrind,somespecialphase specialphaseofthe ofthe Occulttoadvance,withoutgivinganyba Occulttoadvance,wi thoutgivinganybackgroundorhi ckgroundorhistoryofanykind,asan storyofanykind,asan introduction. InthisbookIwilltrytoavoidthis,andgiveasmuchofaroundedpi InthisbookIwilltrytoavoidthis,andgiveasmuch ofaroundedpictureofthehistory ctureofthehistory oftheOccultasIcan,aswellasgivepracticalwo oftheOccultasIcan,aswe llasgivepracticalworktoo,whichis,afterall,them rktoo,whichis,afterall,themost ost important.  Anythingthatpeopledonotknowab  Anythingthatpeopledonotknowabout,theyfear,andthisOc out,theyfear,andthisOccultknowledge cultknowledgeis is ratherdifferentbecauseitissuspected ratherdifferentbecauseitissuspected,bytheaveragepe ,bytheaverageperson,asbeingbla rson,asbeingblackunless ckunless hehasastrongneedforsomethin hehasastrongneedforsomethingdrasticallydifferentinhi gdrasticallydifferentinhislife,orisstrongly slife,orisstrongly attractedtotheOccult,asissometimesthough attractedtotheOccult,asis sometimesthought,fromanotherprevio t,fromanotherpreviouslifetime. uslifetime. ThusinthepagesfollowingIwilldeline ThusinthepagesfollowingIwilldelineatesomeaspec atesomeaspectsoftheOccult.Itrustyouwill tsoftheOccult.Itrustyouwill readandexaminethem,andfindthe readandexaminethem,andfindtheyarenotoftheDevil yarenotoftheDevil,orBlack,butcanbeused ,orBlack,butcanbeused byyoutoformaLINKbetweenthisPhys byyoutoformaLINKbetweenthisPhysicalPlaneandtheIn icalPlaneandtheInnerPlanes,evenin nerPlanes,eveninthis this busymundaneworld,anduse busymundaneworld,andusedforyourbettermen dforyourbettermentallaround.Whocan tallaround.Whocanwantfor wantfor more?

 omatterwhatwedowewillneverKNOWall ewillneverKNOWallabouttheGodSubje abouttheGodSubject.Atthevery ct.Atthevery  Nomatterwhatwedow bestaccordingtoordinaryknowl bestaccordingtoordinaryknowledge,wewillknow edge,wewillknowaboutGodonlysom aboutGodonlysomewhat,and ewhat,and thenonlywhateverordinarypeo thenonlywhateverordinarypeoplehavethough plehavethought,anddoneabou t,anddoneaboutthisGodsubjectin tthisGodsubjectin thepast,especially,asfaraswe(ex)-chr thepast,especially,asfaraswe(ex)-christians(?)havebee istians(?)havebeensubjectedtow nsubjectedtowhat(did) hat(did) happenintheearlychristianyears happenintheearlychristianyears,thefirst,second,third,and ,thefirst,second,third,andfourthcenturiesA.D. fourthcenturiesA.D.  AsfarasIwasconcerned,andamconcerned,Iwasneve  AsfarasIwasconcerned,andamcon cerned,Iwasneversatisfiedwith rsatisfiedwith conventionalreligions,especia conventionalreligions,especiallythosebasedon llythosebasedonsomephaseoftheC somephaseoftheChristian hristian religionideas.Iamnotaterrifichighpressu religionideas.Iamno taterrifichighpressurethinkeronreligi rethinkeronreligions,buttoanyonew ons,buttoanyonewith ith theleastlittleabilitytodosimplethinkingandan theleastlittleabilitytodosim plethinkingandanalyzing,thediscrep alyzing,thediscrepanciesand anciesand contradictionsshowinginthecurren contradictionsshowinginthecurrentcropofchristiansectsan tcropofchristiansectsandtheirideas,andina dtheirideas,andinall ll otherreligions,suchastheMoslems,etc.an otherreligions,suchastheMoslems,etc.andtheirideas–are dtheirideas–areappalling,noen appalling,noend,to d,to thesincereseekerafteralogicalcon thesincereseekerafteralogicalconceptofwhat-the-he ceptofwhat-the-hell-is-it-all-about!!!! ll-is-it-all-about!!!! Iamnotarealscholar,Ihadnotimeoropp Iamnotarealscholar,Ihadnotimeoropportunitytobe.Igotmostofmye ortunitytobe.Igotmostofmyeducation ducation frombooks.AccordingtotheoldclicheIam frombooks.AccordingtotheoldclicheIamself-educated,an self-educated,andaself-mademan daself-mademan(yes (yes Iknowtheoldcrack–Istoppedtoosoon!!!)Fac Iknowtheoldcrack–Istoppedtoosoon!!!)FactuallyIwas,asachild,sl tuallyIwas,asachild,slowtobegin, owtobegin, aslowbloomerasitiscalled,andslow aslowbloomerasitiscalled,andslowbloomingiscertain bloomingiscertainlydamnedinconv lydamnedinconvenientas enientas youliveyourearlylife,asitcauseslearni youliveyourearlylife,asitcauseslearningnoendoftrouble ngnoendoftroubles,especiallytothethen s,especiallytothethen incompetent,timeservingoldmaidgra incompetent,timeservingoldmaidgrammarschoolteach mmarschoolteachers,whohaveno ers,whohavenoabilityto abilityto understand,orhandlean(unfo understand,orhandlean(unfortunate?)earlyslo rtunate?)earlyslowchild.Quiteanega wchild.Quiteanegative tive sensation!!!!  Alltheseabberations,andothers,setu  Alltheseabberations,andothers,setupquiteasituationin pquiteasituationinmylife,andhasdirected mylife,andhasdirected myattentiontoa(anothercliché)searc myattentiontoa(ano thercliché)searchforTRUTH,whichse hforTRUTH,whichsearchhasledmeto, archhasledmeto, whatisgenerallynowcalled,theOccul whatisgenerallynowcalled,theOccult.IntheOccultIhavefound,mor t.IntheOccultIhavefound,moretruththan etruththan elsewhere.Thatis,Ifoundcertainlinesofthi elsewhere.Thatis,Ifoundcertainlinesofthinking-actingthatca nking-actingthatcanbeproductive nbeproductiveof of certainresults,whichresultscanresultin certainresults,whichresultscanresultinGOODlivingresults‘down GOODlivingresults‘downhere.’ here.’ Ihaveembodiedthesecertainline Ihaveembodiedthesecertainlinesofthinkinginaserieso softhinkinginaseriesofbooks,whichboo fbooks,whichbooks,I ks,I fondlyimagine,areofhelpandreal fondlyimagine,areofhelpandrealassistancetoyou. assistancetoyou. Thesebookshaveappeared Thesebookshaveappearedinacertainorder,w inacertainorder,whichorderIwasno hichorderIwasnotawareofatthe tawareofatthe timeofwriting,butofwhichorderInowcan timeofwriting,butofwh ichorderInowcanbegintoseeacer begintoseeacertainconnectivepa tainconnectivepattern ttern appearing. ThispatternnowappearstomeasaGro ThispatternnowappearstomeasaGrowth,Developmen wth,Development,Illuminationpattern t,Illuminationpattern whichleadstodevelopmentresultsw whichleadstodevelopmentresultswhichresultscouldb hichresultscouldbehighlysatisfactorytoyo ehighlysatisfactorytoyour ur physicallifenow,asyoubegintouse physicallifenow,asyoubegintousetheinformationtohelp theinformationtohelpyourselfliveina yourselfliveina practicalway-manner,andnotgoint practicalway-manner,andnotgointoendlessdisser oendlessdissertationsaboutroun tationsaboutroundsandrays dsandrays etc.orpresentincompleteteachings etc.orpresentincompleteteachingswithlargesection withlargesectionsofknowledgeleftou sofknowledgeleftout,leaving t,leaving youtostrugglealongblindly. Theillumination-knowledgereferr Theillumination-knowledgereferredtoabovesee edtoaboveseemstodesignatetha mstodesignatethatourrelease tourrelease fromthedominationofmatter(Iprefertocons fromthedominationofmatter(Iprefertoconsiderthe“release” iderthe“release”asa“control”of asa“control”of matter)wouldconsistof“unwindin matter)wouldconsistof“unwinding”upfrommatterthesame g”upfrommatterthesamewayaswewen wayaswewentdown tdown intomatter;eventhoughthedescentin intomatter;eventhou ghthedescentintomatterisnownotpartofo tomatterisnownotpartofourconsciousne urconsciousness ss memory,thereturndoeshavetobeconscious . . InmyotherwritingsIhavetracedthisdesc InmyotherwritingsIhavetracedthisdescentintomatterasbe entintomatterasbeingasortof‘putting ingasortof‘putting on’oneElementalForceafteranothe on’oneElementalForceafteranother,likeputtingonapie r,likeputtingonapieceofclothing,though ceofclothing,though,of ,of course,muchmorebindingthanclo course,muchmorebindingthanclothing,somewhatlike thing,somewhatlikeputtingonone‘sh puttingonone‘shell’after ell’after

another,each‘shell’beinganEle another,each‘shell’beinganElementalForce,bringin mentalForce,bringingamanclosertoph gamanclosertophysical ysical earthandbindinghimtohere. KnowledgeregardingthefiveEl KnowledgeregardingthefiveElementalForcesisgive ementalForcesisgivenallthroughOphi nallthroughOphiel’swritings el’swritings butasummaryherewillnotbeoutofpla butasummaryherewillnotbeoutofplace.ThefiveElementalFo ce.ThefiveElementalForcesare–Air,Fire, rcesare–Air,Fire, Water,Earth.Akashaaretheinstrumentsbywh Water,Earth.Akashaa retheinstrumentsbywhichyourbasicbe ichyourbasicbeingcognizesan ingcognizesand d workswith,andthroughthePhysical workswith,andthroughthePhysicalplane.ThefiveForcesc plane.ThefiveForcescorrespondtothefive orrespondtothefive sensesanditisthroughthesensesth sensesanditisthroughthesensesthatyoucanfunctiona atyoucanfunctionandperceive,and ndperceive,andcognize cognize thisEarthplace-plane.TheElemental thisEarthplace-plane.TheElementalForceofWatercorresp ForceofWatercorrespondstoTasting.The ondstoTasting.The ElementalForceofEarthcorrespond ElementalForceofEa rthcorrespondstoSmelling,andtheE stoSmelling,andtheElementalForceof lementalForceof  AkashacorrespondstoHearing.

 egretfully,itisnecessarytopickoverthejunkpile ckoverthejunkpileofHistory,especiallythe ofHistory,especiallythejunk junk Regretfully,itisnecessarytopi pileofreligioushistory,tofindhereandth pileofreligioushistory,tofindhereandthere,hitherandyon ere,hitherandyon,ajewel.Ajewelof ,ajewel.Ajewelof KnowledgeandWisdomwhichje KnowledgeandWisdomwhichjewelcanbeappli welcanbeappliedbyyoutoadorn edbyyoutoadornyourtodaylife; yourtodaylife; andthewearingofwhich,applicati andthewearingofwhich,application,candoyousome on,candoyousomegood,bringsome good,bringsomelightand lightand knowledgetohelpyoualongthe knowledgetohelpyoualongtherockypathoflivingthis,litera rockypathoflivingthis,literallyscrewy,physical llyscrewy,physicallife. life. Inalltimes,inallages,thereexistedasI,andathousandothersha Inalltimes,inallages,thereexistedasI,andatho usandothershavesaidbefore– vesaidbefore– certain(notsecret)(nothidden)Inne certain(notsecret)(n othidden)InnerMeaningsofExisten rMeaningsofExistence. ce.  Alsoinalltimes,inallages,thereexisted,sameasabove,thosepe  Alsoinalltimes,inallages,thereexisted,same asabove,thosepersonswhowere rsonswhowere able,orwhosensed,theexistenceoftheKnowledge andwereabletoUSEit(but andwereabletoUSEit(but theydidn’talwaysUSEitforpersonal theydidn’talwaysUSEitforpersonalaggrandizeme aggrandizement)soyoudon’tSEEita nt)soyoudon’tSEEitalways. lways. Butifyoulooklongandhardyouca Butifyoulooklongandhardyoucandetectmuchofthisgo ndetectmuchofthisgoingon,muchmore ingon,muchmoreoften often unconsciouslythanconsciously. Ihave-wehavebeen–since196 Ihave-wehavebeen–since1963(?)embarkedon 3(?)embarkedonissuingaserieso issuingaseriesofbooks fbooks concernedwithasuccessionofOccu concernedwithasuccessionofOccultsubjects,assaidbefo ltsubjects,assaidbeforeelsewhere. reelsewhere. ItisnotthatIhavebeenledbysomeinnerpowerstodothisco ItisnotthatIhavebeenledbysomeinne rpowerstodothisconsciously.Iwas nsciously.Iwas unawareofthecomingsubjectsexce unawareofthecomingsubjectsexceptastheyoccurredtom ptastheyoccurredtomeintheduecour eintheduecourseof seof whatwriting.Onesubjectledtoanother. Now,atthispointintimeandspace,myrese Now,atthispointintimeandspace,myresearchhasledme archhasledmearoundtotheGnosti aroundtotheGnostics, cs, duetoseveralquirksandjerks. Iamnotenoughofagreatscholartono Iamnotenoughofagreatscholartonowknowwhatha wknowwhathappenedtotheGn ppenedtotheGnostics ostics exactly,andIhaven’tgottheyearsoftim exactly,andIhaven’tgottheyearsoftimenecessaryformetod enecessaryformetodigitout,butthen, igitout,butthen, whileinteresting,theknowledge whileinteresting,theknowledgeisnotreallynecessary isnotreallynecessary,althoughwhatIthi ,althoughwhatIthink nk probablyhappenedisthatthemo probablyhappenedisthatthemoredumbmaterial“C redumbmaterial“Christians”killedoff,ordrov hristians”killedoff,ordroveoff, eoff, theMetaphysicalGnosticChristians,an theMetaphysicalGnosticChristians,andthustheMetaphys dthustheMetaphysicalGnostics icalGnostics disappearedfromthesceneuntiln disappearedfromthesceneuntilnow(?)whenitissafetoag ow(?)whenitissafetoagainhaveanopi ainhaveanopinionand nionand notbekilledbysomesweetlovingJesu notbekilledbysomesweetlovingJesusChristians. sChristians. Thepreceedingwaswrittensome Thepreceedingwaswrittensometimeago,andsetaside timeago,andsetasidethen–nowthislittlebo then–nowthislittlebook ok hasbeenresurrectedandisnow hasbeenresurrectedandisnowreadyto“goout”i readyto“goout”intotheworld!Sincethe ntotheworld!Sincethe preceedingwaswrittensomekno preceedingwaswrittensomeknowledgeexpan wledgeexpansionhastakenpla sionhastakenplace,andthe ce,andthe followingmaterialisnowbeingadded-)  AgaindearStudents–pleaseno  AgaindearStudents–pleasenoticethatOphieloftenwrite ticethatOphieloftenwritesaboutOccultKnowl saboutOccultKnowledge edge intwodifferentways–onewayisgoo intwodifferentways–onewayisgoodforimmediateuse dforimmediateuseandapplication andapplication.Theother .Theother iswritteningeneralities(hopefullynotin iswritteningeneralities(hopefullynotinglitteringgenerali glitteringgeneralities!)whichgeneralitie ties!)whichgeneralities s laysoutapattern-frame-workofhow laysoutapattern-frame-workofhowtheForces,ontheInn theForces,ontheInner(planes)work er(planes)work-function -function inrelationtothis“lowestPhysicalPlane,”w inrelationtothis“lowestPhysicalPlane,”whichplanewear hichplanewearenowon,existon,live enowon,existon,live on,carry-on,andthisPhysicalPlaneis on,carry-on,andthisPhysicalPlaneisthefinalworkingoutpl thefinalworkingoutplaceforalltheupper aceforalltheupper planes-Forces–preceeding.Upp planes-Forces–pre ceeding.UpperplanesForces,doi erplanesForces,doing-making,amadru ng-making,amadrushto shto “downhere”fortheirexpressionpu “downhere”fortheirexpressionpurposes-desire rposes-desires;anditappearstobe s;anditappearstobeourpresent ourpresent destinytobestuckhere,andtheonlye destinytobestuckhe re,andtheonlyescapefromhere scapefromhereistoescapeoutof“her istoescapeoutof“here” e” throughKNOWLEDGEAPPLICATIONS throughKNOWLEDGEAPPLICATIONS,thatisOccultKnowledge ,thatisOccultKnowledgeapplications. applications. ThislittlebookisofthenatureofGeneralPracticeOccultKnowledge ThislittlebookisofthenatureofGeneralPractice OccultKnowledge.ThisOccult .ThisOccult Knowledge,hereingiven,canbe Knowledge,hereingiven,canbeabsorbedintoyou absorbedintoyourinnerconsciou rinnerconsciousness,andcould sness,andcould

leadtoapplications,downhere,wh leadtoapplications,downhere,whichcould,andsho ichcould,andshould,beveryhelp uld,beveryhelpfultolifeLiving fultolifeLiving here. SeeotherwritingsofOphiel’sforotherde SeeotherwritingsofOphiel’sforotherdetailsofotherkindso tailsofotherkindsofOccultKnowledge fOccultKnowledge applications. Itisallyours,gotoit!!! Ophiel Oakland,California1978

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hetitleofthisbookisashockertoahardshe ockertoahardshell,biblethumping ll,biblethumpingfundamentalist fundamentalist Thetitleofthisbookisash typeof‘Christian.’Forsomeunnatural typeof‘Christian.’Forsomeunnaturalreasonasimple,un reasonasimple,uneducatedtypeo educatedtypeofperson fperson tendstoreduceallthingstoasimplecon tendstoreduceallthingstoasimpleconceptionofITALL.Whatisthe ceptionofITALL.Whatistheordinary ordinary person’sconceptionofGOD?Ihav person’sconceptionofGOD?Ihaveaskedthisquestio easkedthisquestionmanytimesandg nmanytimesandgotnoreal otnoreal answers. Ophielhastreatedthissubjectinotherwr Ophielhastreatedthissubjectinotherwritings,whichplease itings,whichpleasesee.Inthislittle see.Inthislittle introductionwewillsaythatnotverymuc introductionwewillsaythatnotverymuchthoughthasbeen hthoughthasbeengiventothissubje giventothissubjectby ctby anyone,especiallytheChurches. MostallthethinkingaboutGodhasbee MostallthethinkingaboutGodhasbeenofthetypeofstateme nofthetypeofstatementthatArchieBunker ntthatArchieBunker madewhenhesaid“somedag madewhenhesaid“somedagopaintedGodon opaintedGodonaceilingonachurch aceilingonachurchinItaly”orin inItaly”orin otherwordsGodisshownasanold otherwordsGodisshownasanoldmanwithalongbea manwithalongbeard,floatingonsome rd,floatingonsomekindof kindof asolidweight-bearingcloud. TogetonwiththebookIwanttosayhere TogetonwiththebookIwanttosayhere,thatthereisonlyoneFir ,thatthereisonlyoneFirstCause,ONLY stCause,ONLY ONEsodon’tgethippeduptotheide ONEsodon’tgethippeduptotheideathatOphielisintrodu athatOphielisintroducingamultiplicityof cingamultiplicityof Gods,contrarytothe‘Bible.’Inconne Gods,contrarytothe‘Bible.’InconnectionwiththeBibleab ctionwiththeBibleaboutwhatitsaysabout outwhatitsaysabout God,andGods,IcallyourattentiontoMark-5God,andGods,Icallyo urattentiontoMark-5-vs7–andscream vs7–andscreamingwithaloudvoic ingwithaloudvoice e hesaid:“whatmattersittoyouandtome,Jesus,sonofthehighestGod  hesaid:“whatmattersittoyouandtome, Jesus,sonofthehighestGod ”If,asthe uncleanspiritsays,JesusistheSono uncleanspiritsays,JesusistheSonoftheHighestGod–then ftheHighestGod–thenthatmeansthereare thatmeansthereare lowerGods!(Christiansdonotreadorkn lowerGods!(Christiansdonotreadorknowtheirownbib owtheirownbible!!)Thislittlebookisgoing le!!)Thislittlebookisgoing togiveyouwhatinformationOphielha togiveyouwhatinformationOphielhasbeenabletodi sbeenabletodigupabouttheseco gupaboutthesecondary ndary God,theworldbuilder,(physicalworl God,theworldbuilder,(physicalworldbuilder)andwha dbuilder)andwhatcanbedoneab tcanbedoneabout out contactingIT.Therearegreatmysteries contactingIT.Therea regreatmysterieshere,butsomebitescan here,butsomebitescanbetakenoutofit, betakenoutofit, andsomeprogresscanbemad andsomeprogresscanbemadeinworkingwiththisse einworkingwiththissecondaryworld condaryworldbuildingGod. buildingGod.

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Opening herewerethreeofusinanautomobileoneSunday,ye ileoneSunday,yearsago,makingo arsago,makingourway urway Therewerethreeofusinanautomob uptoaresortrestaurantontheRussianRiver. Iwastheonly“Occultist”present,theothertwo Iwastheonly“Occultist”present,theothertwoweremoreorlesssq weremoreorlesssquareswhenit uareswhenit cametohiddenthingsoflife.Wehadgo cametohiddenthingsoflife.Wehadgottenintoadiscussio ttenintoadiscussionofwhat,shallwesay, nofwhat,shallwesay, turnedoutlatertobecomemyprofession:theOccult. Smittie,whowasahardpragmatist,wasdeclaringthattherew Smittie,whowasahardpragmatist,wasde claringthattherewasnothingtothe asnothingtothe Occultbecausenothingcouldbe Occultbecausenothingcouldbeseenorfelt,andthere seenorfelt,andthereforenothingwa forenothingwas“there.” s“there.”  AllIcouldthinkoftosaywasthatnothingcouldbe“seen”oftheforc  AllIcouldthinkoftosaywasthatnothingcou ldbe“seen”oftheforceswhich“pulled eswhich“pulled” ” theearth’soceanwaters,andmade theearth’soceanwaters,andmadetides,andyetthose tides,andyetthoseforceswereundo forceswereundoubtedly ubtedly “there,”beyondashadowofadoubt. Iwasnottryingtowinanargumentwithmyfriendbut,inaratherre Iwasnottryingtowinanargumentwithm yfriendbut,inaratherreasonablewa asonableway,he y,he didagreethattherewereSun,-Moon didagreethattherewereSun,-Moonforcesthatdidcause forcesthatdidcausethetides,andtheyw thetides,andtheywere ere invisible. Ihavenotwrittenthisbooktowinorcarry Ihavenotwrittenthisbooktowinorcarryonanyargumen onanyargumentsabouttheOccult.Ihave tsabouttheOccult.Ihave writtenthisbooktobringtoyourattentionYOU writtenthisbooktobrin gtoyourattentionYOURinner,invisible,se Rinner,invisible,secret,inthesense cret,inthesense ofunknownandusable,worka ofunknownandusable,workablePOWERS,foryou blePOWERS,foryoudo  do havethem–allpersonshave havethem–allpersonshave them.Theworstearthlymanfailureh them.Theworstearthlymanfailurehasgreatpower asgreatpowers,ANDHEISUSINGHIS s,ANDHEISUSINGHIS GREATPOWERSTOFAILWITH  GREATPOWERSTOFAILWITH ,nottosucceedwith,accordingtohisbent.And ,nottosucceedwith,accordingtohisbent.And furthermore,Icanproveallthistoeachsing furthermore,Icanpro veallthistoeachsingleindividualIcanwo leindividualIcanworkwith;noten rkwith;noten masse,howeverbecauseIcannot masse,howeverbecauseIcannothandlemasses handlemasses,Iamonlyoneperson ,IamonlyonepersonandIcan’t andIcan’t controlandteachtoomanypeop controlandteachtoomanypeopleatonetime. leatonetime. MayIstophereamomentandpointou MayIstophereamomentandpointoutsomething–Please tsomething–Pleasenotethatmostallothe notethatmostallother r Occultbooksarewritteninseveralways Occultbooksarewritteninseveralways.First,manyaresogene .First,manyaresogeneraltheymean raltheymean nothingtoyouparticularly,ortoanyone nothingtoyouparticularly,ortoanyone.Second,manyOcc .Second,manyOccultbooksdescrib ultbooksdescribethe ethe specialgiftedpowersthatthatcertainpe specialgiftedpowersthatthatcertainpersonhas,andinv rsonhas,andinviteyoutofalldownan iteyoutofalldownand d worshiphim,orher,inrapturesofbeda worshiphim,orher,inrapturesofbedazzlementandwon zzlementandwonder(whichdoe der(whichdoesyouno syouno good).Third,somecontainabarrag good).Third,somecontainabarrageoflecturesaboutthe eoflecturesaboutthesubjectoftheoccu subjectoftheoccult,from lt,from whichlecturesyouaretoevolveasys whichlecturesyouaretoevolveasystemofuseyourself,ifyoucan temofuseyourself,ifyoucan. . Inthisbook,andinallmybookswrittensofar, Inthisbook,andinallmybookswrittensofar,the/yourinvisibleforc the/yourinvisibleforcesareexplaine esareexplained d anddesignatedindetail,andtheira anddesignatedindetail,andtheirapplicationanduse pplicationanduseexplainedtoyou explainedtoyou,alsoin ,alsoin detail. IfyoufindyouwanttotrytolearnhowtousetheseForces,foryourbe Ifyoufindyouwanttotrytolearnhowtousethe seForces,foryourbetterment,then tterment,then theretheyare ,alloutlined,andreadytobelearnedbyyou.NOW. ,alloutlined,andreadytobelearnedbyyou.NOW. Inthisfirstchapter-sectionwemustmakeastar Inthisfirstchapter-sectio nwemustmakeastartatclearingawayso tatclearingawaysomeofthe meofthe rubbishofmisunderstandingsan rubbishofmisunderstandingsandignorancetha dignorancethatclutterupourlives,an tclutterupourlives,andpreventus dpreventus fromprogressingalongthepatho fromprogressingalongthepathofself-power,andsel fself-power,andselfknowledge;and fknowledge;andself self advancement.Oneoftheworstmisund advancement.Oneoftheworstmisunderstandingsisthei erstandingsistheideathatthereisabro deathatthereisabroad,in ad,in thewholeworld,anignorantidea thewholeworld,anignorantideathatthereisasomethin thatthereisasomethingcalledEvil,alongw gcalledEvil,alongwith ith somethingcalledgood,LIGHTandD somethingcalledgood,LIGHTandDARKNESS,etc.Gooda ARKNESS,etc.GoodandLighthavebee ndLighthavebeen n equatedwithGod,andEvilandDark equatedwithGod,andEvilandDarknesshavebee nesshavebeenequatedwitha nequatedwithathingcalledthe thingcalledthe Devil.

Nothing,inanyreligionwritings,isverycl Nothing,inanyreligionwritings,isveryclear,orverylogical ear,orverylogicalastojustexactlyHOW astojustexactlyHOW theevilDevildarknesscameintoexiste theevilDevildarknesscameintoexistenceagainstthewis nceagainstthewishesandpowe hesandpowerofthe rofthe Good-Light,whentheGood-Lightha Good-Light,whentheGood-Lighthasalwaysbeen salwaysbeenproclaimedtobethe proclaimedtobethemost most powerfulofthetwocontendingForces. IntheChristianreligion,andotherreli IntheChristianreligion,andotherreligions,thereareanu gions,thereareanumberofcreaturesn mberofcreaturesnamed amed suchas–thetalkingSnakeintheGarde suchas–thetalkingSnakeintheGardenofEden,Satan,thruAd nofEden,Satan,thruAdversary,Mammo versary,Mammon, n, Beelzebub,Lucifer,Ahruman(Zor Beelzebub,Lucifer,Ahruman(Zoroastrianism),Shar oastrianism),Shartan(Muslim),allofwhichar tan(Muslim),allofwhicharenot enot thesamecreatures.Except,whereno thesamecreatures.Except,wherenoted,allaredifferentfrom ted,allaredifferentfromeachother,butalla eachother,butallare re associatedwithEvil-Darkness,or,inan associatedwithEvil-Darkness,or,inanotherway,thistheWorl otherway,thistheWorldissaidtobedual, dissaidtobedual, halfwhiteandhalfblack,whereasthe halfwhiteandhalfblack,whereastheTruthmorelikelyis–theWo Truthmorelikelyis–theWorldisgrey,a rldisgrey,a mixture–thereisnosuchthingas“pur mixture–thereisnosuchthingas“pure”whiteor“pure”bl e”whiteor“pure”black. ack. IwasvisitingtheofficeofaRomanCatholichospitalonetimetopa IwasvisitingtheofficeofaRomanCatholic hospitalonetimetopayabillandwhile yabillandwhile standingtherebythecashier’sw standingtherebythecashier’swindowInoticedapictu indowInoticedapictureofaconvention reofaconventionaldevil aldevil beingovercomebyaconventio beingovercomebyaconventionalangel–thatisthede nalangel–thatisthedevilhadhorns,ata vilhadhorns,atailwitha ilwitha sharppointonitlikeanarrowhead sharppointonitlikeanarrowheadorspearhead,an orspearhead,andhoovesforfeet,ab dhoovesforfeet,ablackoverall lackoverall skin,etc.Theangelhadlongflowin skin,etc.TheangelhadlongflowingRomantogatypero gRomantogatyperobes,wings,feathe bes,wings,featheredwings. redwings.  Aside–Now,forahumanman,orwom  Aside–Now,forahu manman,orwoman,typeofbodytoha an,typeofbodytohavewingstoUSEfor vewingstoUSEfor flyingpurposestherewouldhave flyingpurposestherewouldhavetobeaverylargese tobeaverylargesetofmusclesinthefrontche tofmusclesinthefrontchest st inordertomovethesewings,tosaynothi inordertomovethesewings,tosaynothingofmanyotherthing ngofmanyotherthings(suchas s(suchas lightweightbones),whichIcan’tbeg lightweightbones),whichIcan’tbegintodescribeher intodescribehereasIamnobirdan easIamnobirdanatomy atomy expert. Idoknowthemusclesnecessarytomo Idoknowthemusclesnecessarytomovewingstoflyahuma vewingstoflyahumanbeingtypebod nbeingtypebody y wouldhavetobeanchoredtoaster wouldhavetobeanchoredtoasternum,suchasthebre num,suchasthebreastboneofachick astboneofachickenor enor turkey,which,inthismancase,wouldhav turkey,which,inthism ancase,wouldhavetostickoutsixfeetinfron etostickoutsixfeetinfrontoftheman, toftheman, andbeonesolidmassofmuscle.And,as andbeonesolidmassofmuscle.And,asyouknow,thatthisbui youknow,thatthisbuildisnotinthe ldisnotinthe picturesofconventionalangels,soitisob picturesofconventionalangels,soitisobviousthat,unlessthe viousthat,unlessthewingsmoveand wingsmoveand causethebodytoflybymagicpow causethebodytoflybymagicpower,inwhichcasenofea er,inwhichcasenofeatherwingsarene therwingsareneededat ededat all,thewholeconceptionoffeatherwi all,thewholeconceptionoffeatherwingedangelsisafake ngedangelsisafake,tosaytheleast.Iamtold ,tosaytheleast.Iamtold thatwingedangelscomefromother thatwingedangelscomefromotherreligions,notJewis religions,notJewishorChristian. horChristian. Theconceptoftheotherevilcreature Theconceptoftheotherevilcreaturewasjustasbad.Thise wasjustasbad.Thisevilcreaturehadwi vilcreaturehadwings ngs too,asortofbat-likemembranetype.Inpoin too,asortofbat-likemembranetype.Inpointoffact,thiscreaturepictur toffact,thiscreaturepicturedwas edwas Pluto,theconventionalpictureofPluto,theb Pluto,theconventionalpictureofPluto,thebrotherofZeus.Pluto rotherofZeus.Plutoruledthe ruledthe underworld.ZeusruledtheSky.Nep underworld.ZeusruledtheSky.Neptune,theotherbroth tune,theotherbrother,ruledtheocea er,ruledtheocean,(notthe n,(notthe physicalocean,buttheotherocean physicalocean,buttheotherocean,ontheinnerplan ,ontheinnerplanes–(moreofthislatter).But es–(moreofthislatter).But Plutoisnotthedevil. HaveIgoneintothisideaoftheBlackArtseno HaveIgoneintothisideaoftheBlackArtsenough,ifnottoconvinc ugh,ifnottoconvinceyou,atleastto eyou,atleastto getyoutostop,andthink,andexperim getyoutostop,andthink,andexperiment?Toexperimen ent?Toexperiment,totestyourPowers,(you t,totestyourPowers,(you neverconsideredyou/oryourp neverconsideredyou/oryourpowerstobeBlackdi owerstobeBlackdidyou?) dyou?) Itwouldseemtomethatthetimehascome,inthe Itwouldseemtometh atthetimehascome,inthecourseofthehistor courseofthehistoryoftheworld, yoftheworld, torealizethereisnosuchthingasactive torealizethereisnosuchthingasactiveeviloppositions;an eviloppositions;andthatwhatappea dthatwhatappearsto rsto besuchisanillusionbornofourignor besuchisanillusionbornofourignoranceandmisun anceandmisunderstanding. derstanding. Thereexists,onthisEarthplane,adual-ness,butitismoreorlessonl Thereexists,onthisEarthplane,adual-n ess,butitismoreorlessonlyagiveand yagiveand take,anebbandflow,arisingandafa take,anebbandflow,arisingandafalling,andacoming lling,andacomingandagoing. andagoing. Whenallthingsareontheupswing WhenallthingsareontheupswingthenGodisinhisHea thenGodisinhisHeaven,andallisrightwiththe ven,andallisrightwiththe world.Whenallthingsareonthedown world.Whenallthingsareonthedownswing,thenthedevil swing,thenthedevilreignsandallhellb reignsandallhellbreaks reaks loose.

 Andyetallisthesameonething–nottwothings–justthewaythe  Andyetallisthesameonething–nottwo things–justthewaytheOneThingis OneThingis functioning.  Andthatisallthereistoit.Nomatterhowmanydevilsmencreatetofill  Andthatisallthereistoit.Nomatterhowma nydevilsmencreatetofillthe“evil” the“evil” void,toexplainthefallbacks,itisonlythedua void,toexplainthefallbacks,itisonlythedualityofthephysicalwor lityofthephysicalworldwhichisto ldwhichisto blameforlifebeingwhatitis. When,andever,mankind,inbulk,w When,andever,mankind,inbulk,willemergefromthemind illemergefromthemind’s“darkages”of ’s“darkages”of thinking,andperceivethatdualityISexiste thinking,andperceivethatdualityISexistence,and,infact,isnece nce,and,infact,isnecessary;thatthere ssary;thatthere isnosuchthingasblackandwhite,then isnosuchthingasblackandwhite,thenhewillcontrol,andthe hewillcontrol,andthenwillan nwillan understandingofthisphysicalwo understandingofthisphysicalworldcomeabout;and rldcomeabout;andwhathasbeenca whathasbeencalledEvil,for lledEvil,for thousandsofyearswillbecomethe thousandsofyearswillbecomethesalvationofpeop salvationofpeople–especiallythosew le–especiallythosewhoarein hoarein advance,putthemselvesinadvan advance,putthemselvesinadvanceoftherace,intheirTh ceoftherace,intheirThinking. inking. Soagain,torepeat,foremphasis,while Soagain,torepeat,foremphasis,whiletherearedualForce therearedualForces,thesedualForce s,thesedualForcesare sare notevil,orbad,orgood,orpure,orhol notevil,orbad,orgood,orpure,orholy,butaresupremel y,butaresupremelynatural ynatural Therearepeopleinthisworld,differe Therearepeopleinthisworld,differentkindsofpeople ntkindsofpeople,whorespondtoe ,whorespondtoeitherof itherof thesetwodualForces–somethingin thesetwodualForces–somethingintheirnature,tousethe theirnature,tousetheoldclichéword, oldclichéword, “vibrates”toeitheroneofthesetwodualForces. Thus,itisobviousthatifacertaindesignatedindividualrespo Thus,itisobviousthatifacertaindesignated individualresponds-vibratesnatura nds-vibratesnaturally lly tothedown-goingForce,tothedarkFo tothedown-goingForce,tothedarkForce,shouldhede rce,shouldhedevelopthispowerfur velopthispowerfurtherhe therhe thenwouldbecomea“black”ma thenwouldbecomea“black”magicianadept,orope gicianadept,oroperator.Onewhowo rator.Onewhoworkswiththe rkswiththe negativedarkForces,anddoeswo negativedarkForces,anddoesworkofdisintegration rkofdisintegrationanddestruction.AsIsaid anddestruction.AsIsaidhe he woulddothisnaturally.RussianSov woulddothisnaturally.RussianSovietsmightbeconside ietsmightbeconsideredBlackinthatthey redBlackinthatthey destroyenlightenedactions. Ifsuchaonedoesnotbecomeama Ifsuchaonedoesnotbecomeamagician,butonlyano gician,butonlyanordinaryman,heisju rdinaryman,heisjusta sta hardluckJoe,andhislifeisafailureashi hardluckJoe,andhislifeisafailureashisnegativeinclina snegativeinclinationignorantlyfeedsu tionignorantlyfeedsupon pon himself,andheneverrecognizesth himself,andheneverrecognizesthecause-sourc ecause-sourceofhistroubles. eofhistroubles. Ifherespondstotheup-goingForc Ifherespondstotheup-goingForce,totheLightForce,and e,totheLightForce,andshouldhebeco shouldhebecomea mea “white”magician,oronewhowork “white”magician,oronewhoworkswiththepositiveLig swiththepositiveLightForce,andhedo htForce,andhedoesworks esworks ofintegrationandconstruction,heth ofintegrationandconstruction,hethenbecomesarea enbecomesarealwhitemagician,an lwhitemagician,andworks dworks alongwiththeprogressiveforcesofthe alongwiththeprogressiveforcesofthephysicaluniverse physicaluniverse.Theseprogressive .TheseprogressiveForces Forces areseeminglyslowlookingandmov areseeminglyslowlookingandmovinginactions,butnotre inginactions,butnotreally. ally. Ifhedoesnotbecomeamagician,bu Ifhedoesnotbecomeamagician,butremainsonlyanor tremainsonlyanordinaryman,heal dinaryman,healways ways seemstohavereasonablegoo seemstohavereasonablegoodluckatalltimes,andacc dluckatalltimes,andaccomplishesgrea omplishesgreatphysical tphysical deedsintheworldmainlybecause deedsintheworldmainlybecauseheisneverdeter heisneverdeterredbydifficulties.Itistheseme redbydifficulties.Itisthesemen n whobuilttherailroadsandlaidtheoc whobuilttherailroadsandlaidtheoceancablesintheo eancablesintheoldendays,etc.,andso ldendays,etc.,andsoand and accomplishthebigthingsinthislife.MrGettyisoneo accomplishthebigthingsinthislife.MrGettyisoneoftheseaccomplishin ftheseaccomplishingtypeof gtypeof men. InthepreceedingIdescribedtwom InthepreceedingIdescribedtwomen,twokindsofmen,wh en,twokindsofmen,whoresponded orespondedtothetwo tothetwo Forces,andthenwentontofollowou Forces,andthenwentontofollowoutthetwolines,thetwokind tthetwolines,thetwokindsofdualForces,the sofdualForces,the “down”Forceandthe“up”Force. Thereisstillanotherkindofman-magician.Amanwhoatfirstrespo Thereisstillanotherkindofman-magici an.Amanwhoatfirstrespondedtoeitherof ndedtoeitherof thetwodualForces,andthensetoutto thetwodualForces,andthensetouttobecomethekindo becomethekindofmagicianwhokno fmagicianwhoknows, ws, understands,andthenmanipu understands,andthenmanipulatesthetwodualForce latesthetwodualForcesequallywell;isinco sequallywell;isincontrolof ntrolof boththedualForces,insteadofonlyo boththedualForces,insteadofonlyoneofthem,eitherofthem neofthem,eitherofthemaloneas aloneas aforestated.

Thiskindofmagicianiswhatweallshould Thiskindofmagicianiswhatweallshouldbecome.Allthatisreallyn become.Allthatisreallynecessaryto ecessaryto accomplishthisbecomingissome(an accomplishthisbecomingissome(anothercliché)Willpow othercliché)Willpower,some(anothe er,some(anothercliché) rcliché) Desire,andKnowledgesuchasgi Desire,andKnowledgesuchasgiventothebestofmyabi ventothebestofmyabilityinthisbook. lityinthisbook. TheKnowledgeIwillgiveinthisbook,an TheKnowledgeIwillgiveinthisbook,andinthebooksIwillre dinthebooksIwillreferyouto(notto feryouto(notto hustleyoutobuythem,ormerelyformetose hustleyoutobuythem,ormerelyformetosellthemtoyou,buttohelp llthemtoyou,buttohelpyou,andthey you,andthey areallIhaveorknowof)havebeen areallIhaveorknowof)havebeencalled,inpastages,th called,inpastages,theBlackArts.Calledthis eBlackArts.Calledthis namebytheignoramuses,mainlydo namebytheignoramuses,mainlydomineeringrelig mineeringreligionforceswhowa ionforceswhowantedtorule ntedtorule men’slivesfortheirbenefit.Alotofthatstuffshou men’slivesfortheirbenefit.Alotofthatstuffshouldbeoverbyno ldbeoverbynow,atleastfor w,atleastfor enlightenedindividuals,andnow enlightenedindividuals,andnowthatyouknowtheb thatyouknowthebasicnon-eviloig asicnon-eviloiginofthese inofthese “Arts”youshould,Irepeat,begintousethe “Arts”youshould,Irepeat,begintousethemforyourlife-livingb mforyourlife-livingbenefits. enefits. InthenextchapterIwillendeavourtogivesomekindofacom InthenextchapterIwillendeavourtogive somekindofacomprehensivelistof prehensivelistof theseArtsanddescribetheminoutlin theseArtsanddescribetheminoutlinedetail,andtheninthe edetail,andthenintherestofthebook restofthebook endeavortogointoeachArtinmore endeavortogointoeachArtinmoreandexactdetail andexactdetail. . Oneimportantfactoryoumustremembernow,andalwa Oneimportantfactoryoumustremembe rnow,andalways,andIwillinserthere ys,andIwillinserthere early,inOccultArtswork.Youmustallowmu early,inOccultArtswo rk.YoumustallowmundaneTIME.Iwillgointo ndaneTIME.IwillgointoTimelateron Timelateron butverylittleOccultworkhasbeendone butverylittleOccultwork hasbeendoneonTime,anditsrelatio onTime,anditsrelationtotheOccultArts. ntotheOccultArts. Timeseemstobethestuffoutofwhichthisma Timeseemstobethe stuffoutofwhichthismaterialplaneworldismad terialplaneworldismade.As e.As BenjaminFranklinsaid,“Don’twas BenjaminFranklinsaid,“Don’twasteTimeforthatisthestufflifeisma teTimeforthatisthestufflifeismadeof.” deof.”

The Art and Practice of Contacting the Demiurge OR  The Art and Practice of Showing A God What To Do. hisbookisgoingtobedifferenttowrite.Almostnothinginitwillbelike ostnothinginitwillbelikeuntowhat untowhat Thisbookisgoingtobedifferenttowrite.Alm youhavebeenaccustomedtob youhavebeenaccustomedtobefore,orwillfindagain,es efore,orwillfindagain,especiallyinitsreligio peciallyinitsreligious us ideasandconceptions.ANDev ideasandconceptions.ANDevenwhatIhavebe enwhatIhavebeenwritingbeforein enwritingbeforeinmyprevious myprevious books. Infact,Ihavebeensittinghereforfifteenminu Infact,Ihavebeensittin ghereforfifteenminuteswonderingH teswonderingHOWto OWtostart startthisbook thisbook andthenalsowonderinghow andthenalsowonderinghowtomakesureIleaveno tomakesureIleavenothingoutinthecomin thingoutinthecoming g chapters.  AsIsaid,inmyintroduction,thesecondone,my/thework-studie  AsIsaid,inmyintroduction,thesecondon e,my/thework-studies-revelationss-revelationsunfoldmentshaveledmearound(i unfoldmentshaveledmearound(inacircle)backtosom nacircle)backtosomethingscalled(The ethingscalled(The) ) GnosticsorGnostic.(ThenameGnosticalw GnosticsorGnostic.(The nameGnosticalwaysclaimed-char aysclaimed-charmedme,myattention medme,myattention thatis,especiallywhenIfoundthenam thatis,especiallywhenIfoundthenamemeansKnowe emeansKnower,orOnewhoKnow r,orOnewhoKnows).You,I s).You,I hope,willbecomeKnowerstothegre hope,willbecomeKnowerstothegreatestextentasyouma atestextentasyoumay–throughtheseb y–throughthesebooks, ooks, andyournowresearchers,and andyournowresearchers,andthereonbasedp thereonbasedpractices. ractices. Youwillsimplyhavetobearwithme.Iamno Youwillsimplyhavetobearwithme.IamnotsureIamgoingtogetthe tsureIamgoingtogettheGnostic Gnostic KnowledgeDOWNHEREINORDER KnowledgeDOWNHEREINORDERhereofitsproperseq hereofitspropersequence.Theknow uence.Theknowledge ledge comestomeinjerksandboltsand,Irepea comestomeinjerksandboltsand,Irepeat,notalwaysinorde t,notalwaysinorderofsequence. rofsequence. Iamgoingtotraceherethedevelopmentswhichledtothepr Iamgoingtotraceherethedevelopm entswhichledtothepresentpresentatio esentpresentationin nin thisbookandIhopethisoutlinewillca thisbookandIhopethisoutlinewillcastsomelightonhowK stsomelightonhowKnowledgeisobtai nowledgeisobtained. ned. Toproceed.Weareherespeakin Toproceed.WeareherespeakingofKnowledge(w gofKnowledge(whichtheGreekscalle hichtheGreekscalledGnosis– dGnosis– Knowledge–Wisdom).Atleast,Ihumblysub Knowledge–Wisdom).Atleast,Ihumblysubmit,myversion–presen mit,myversion–presentationofit tationofit (whichisallIhave,andallIcouldfind.IwishIcouldfindthisbook  book alreadywrittenso alreadywrittenso Ididn’thavetowriteit!!) So,inOphiel’scase(myselfthirdperson So,inOphiel’scase(myselfthirdperson)theKnowledg )theKnowledgegiventometookthefirst egiventometookthefirst formofaseriesofbooks,onaseriesofsub formofaseriesofbooks,onaseriesofsubjects,whichnowIpe jects,whichnowIperceivehaveEAC rceivehaveEACH H OFTHEMaddedsomethingKnow OFTHEMaddedsomethingKnowledgeabletoaSYS ledgeabletoaSYSTEMOF(TRUE)WORKINGS. TEMOF(TRUE)WORKINGS. WorkingswhichcanenableYOU WorkingswhichcanenableYOU(notmealone)tomake (notmealone)tomakeprogress(cliché progress(cliché–buttrue –buttrue one!)alongthePathUpward!!!(orwh one!)alongthePathUpward!!!(orwhereward?inw ereward?inward/betterused?) ard/betterused?) Ihaveanalyzedsomeofthismaterialbe Ihaveanalyzedsomeofthismaterialbeforeintheprecedi foreintheprecedingbook–book ngbook–books,butbear s,butbear withmeasthesebookswerenotforen withmeasthesebookswerenotforentertainmentreadin tertainmentreading,butforstudy-assim g,butforstudy-assimilation ilation ofTRUTH,METAPHYSICALTRUTHIDE ofTRUTH,METAPHYSICALTRUTHIDEAS,and,Ifeel,cannotbere AS,and,Ifeel,cannotberepeatedenou peatedenough, gh, untilcompletelymasteredinyourinne untilcompletelymasteredinyourinnerNature.Sowhenyo rNature.Sowhenyoucometooneofthe ucometooneofthese se (endless)repeats,justgrityourteethallo (endless)repeats,justgrityourteethalloutofshape,anddoitove utofshape,anddoitoverandoverand randoverand over–untilyouownit!!!! ThefirstbookIwrotewasentitledTheArtandPracticeofAstralProjection (Ihave ThefirstbookIwrotewasentitledTheArtandPracticeofAstralProjection  beenaskedtowriteanautobiog beenaskedtowriteanautobiography.Theabov raphy.Theabovematerialmaybeinc ematerialmaybeincorporatedinto orporatedinto thisautobiographyifiteverseestheligh thisautobiographyifiteverseesthelightofday!Probablyitwillha tofday!Probablyitwillhavetobeprintedon vetobeprintedon asbestosandissuedaftermydeath asbestosandissuedaftermydeathasitwillbetoohotformylife asitwillbetoohotformylifetime). time). IwishthatIcouldsaythis,thewritingofthisbook,wasalleggsinthecoffe IwishthatIcouldsaythis,thewritingofthisbook,wa salleggsinthecoffeeand eand peaceandbeautyandquietness,etc.,butitwasn’t!!

Iwon’tgointodetailshere,butthisbook Iwon’tgointodetailshere,butthisbookwaswrittenthrough waswrittenthroughKnowledgegiv Knowledgegiventome entome inresponsetodemands  inresponsetodemands ImadeonthethenideasofGodIhadthe ImadeonthethenideasofGodIhadthen,basedon n,basedon directions fromtheonlybookIthenhadavailable fromtheonlybookIthenhadavailablewhichwas whichwasTheHistoryandPower TheHistoryandPower ofMindbyRichardInglese. ofMindbyRichardInglese. WhenIfirststartedoutintheOccultIhadnodefi WhenIfirststartedoutin theOccultIhadnodefinateideasabou nateideasaboutGodotherthanthe tGodotherthanthe verygeneralideaheldbymostever verygeneralideaheldbymosteveryone.Inthecourse yone.Inthecourseofmyreligionexpe ofmyreligionexperiences riences andthevariouschangesthatImadein andthevariouschangesthatImadeinreligions-church religions-churches,Istilldidnotgetavery es,Istilldidnotgetavery clearideaofGodandconnecting clearideaofGodandconnectingideas.AsIwilldescribefollo ideas.AsIwilldescribefollowingIlookedforothe wingIlookedforother r thingsfirstinsteadofanypositiveideasab thingsfirstinsteadofan ypositiveideasaboutGod.Whathapp outGod.WhathappenedwasthatafterI enedwasthatafterI acquiredprojectionabilitiesIbegan acquiredprojectionabilitiesIbegantocatchglimpseso tocatchglimpsesofALIGHTthatcameinan fALIGHTthatcameinand d outofmyprojections(IwilldescribethisLigh outofmyprojections(IwilldescribethisLightcontactfollowingthes tcontactfollowingthesefoundation efoundation matters).ItcameaboutthatthediscoveryoftheL matters).Itcameabouttha tthediscoveryoftheLightledtotheideadi ightledtotheideadiscoveryofthe scoveryofthe Half-God,theDemiurgeaswillbetold. However,beforetheGodIdeadisco However,beforetheGodIdeadiscoveriesweremad veriesweremadeIhadtolearnagre eIhadtolearnagreatdealof atdealof ‘pure’OccultKnowledgewhichIwro ‘pure’OccultKnowledgewhichIwrotedownin,todate,seve tedownin,todate,sevenbooks.Inthisboo nbooks.InthisbookI kI havementionedthesebookssev havementionedthesebooksseveraltimes.Iconsiderth eraltimes.IconsidertheKnowledgegiv eKnowledgegiveninthese eninthese bookstobeveryvitalandvaluable bookstobeveryvitalandvaluableandthehencethere andthehencetherepeatsontheseb peatsonthesebooks.This ooks.This Knowledgeisbasicandcangivea Knowledgeisbasicandcangiveagoodfoundatio goodfoundationforyoutobuildon nforyoutobuildon.AndIhave .AndIhave foundthataverygoodstartistoacquire foundthataverygoodstartistoacquireProjectionability. Projectionability. IdesperatelywantedAstralProjection(i IdesperatelywantedAstralProjection(itisreallyEthericProjection tisreallyEthericProjection,butthen ,butthen everyonecalleditAstralandIthenkn everyonecalleditAstralandIthenknewnobetter). ewnobetter). TheKnowledgeofhowtoprojecttoin TheKnowledgeofhowtoprojecttoinnerplaneswasp nerplaneswaspointedouttomein/from ointedouttomein/from varioussourcesalreadyinexiste varioussourcesalreadyinexistence,buttheKnowle nce,buttheKnowledgewasoverlaid dgewasoverlaidwithallkinds withallkinds ofgoofylife-imposedrestrictionsabou ofgoofylife-imposedrestrictionsabouthowitmightbewikked thowitmightbewikked,orJesusmightnot ,orJesusmightnot likeit,etc.andsoIhadtostripallthisworrystuff,offoftheKnow likeit,etc.andsoIhadto stripallthisworrystuff,offoftheKnowledgeandgetdo ledgeandgetdown wn inworkableform,whichiswhatIwasable inworkableform,whichiswhatIwasabletodo.And,Iamhappy todo.And,Iamhappytosay,many tosay,many peoplehavebeenabletopractice peoplehavebeenabletopracticealargedegree alargedegreeofprojectionbyfollo ofprojectionbyfollowingthebooks’ wingthebooks’ instructions. NowforthevitalKnowledgebehin NowforthevitalKnowledgebehindthiswholebookbu dthiswholebookbusiness–orrather,the siness–orrather,thevital vital knowledgeoftheprojectiondisas knowledgeoftheprojectiondisassociationbook,on sociationbook,onepointatatime–Thing epointatatime–Thingscome scome aboutthisway,oftenthisfashion.Iwasidlypro aboutthisway,oftenthi sfashion.Iwasidlyprojectingonetimean jectingonetimeanditoccurredtome, ditoccurredtome, asIwasobservingasimpleinnerp asIwasobservingasimpleinnerprojectionscene,thatthe rojectionscene,thattheinnerscenewa innerscenewas sfullof fullof light ,orlitup,orilluminated,or,tomakeitrealplain,theInnerScenewasjustasifit ,orlitup,orilluminated,or,tomakeitrealplain,theInnerScenewasjustasifit weredaylightintheprojection. TheideathattherewasLIGHT,illuminating TheideathattherewasLIGHT,illuminatinglightontheinnerpla lightontheinnerplaneshasneverco neshasnevercome me tomythoughtattentionbefore;hadnev tomythoughtattentio nbefore;hadneveroccurredtomeev eroccurredtomeeventhoughevery enthougheveryordinary ordinary dreamIeverhad,inadditiontothedrea dreamIeverhad,inadditiontothedream-typeprojection m-typeprojections,aswellas“LittleSystem s,aswellas“LittleSystem” ” projections,were“litup”withLight. This“discovery”maynotseemtobevery This“discovery”maynotseemtobeverymuchtoyou,norwa muchtoyou,norwasittome,foralong sittome,foralong time,butnowitseemstomeitwasthemostsigni time,butnowitseem stomeitwasthemostsignificantdiscoveryIeverm ficantdiscoveryIevermadeinmy adeinmy Occultwork,becausethischanceatte Occultwork,becausethischanceattentionpaidtothechan ntionpaidtothechancenoticeofLight cenoticeofLight Illuminationinaprojection-dreamle Illuminationinaprojection-dreamledtothediscoveryofthese dtothediscoveryofthesemi-physicalexisten mi-physicalexistence ce oftheDemi-urgeontheinnerplanes,neartheearthplane  oftheDemi-urgeontheinnerplanes, neartheearthplane ,andthatthehalf-God ,andthatthehalf-God CANBESEENwiththe/ CANBESEENwiththe/ yourinnersight   yourinnersight .AfactthatnoneoftheancientGnostic .AfactthatnoneoftheancientGnostic systemsorbooksevermentioneda systemsorbooksevermentionedanywhere,inanyofthe nywhere,inanyoftheirwritings,thatIcanfind. irwritings,thatIcanfind. Youhaveseenthisinnerlighttoo,asyo Youhaveseenthisinnerlighttoo,asyoucouldnothavea ucouldnothaveadreamthatwasno dreamthatwasnot“lit t“lit up”.Ifitwasn’tlitup,howcouldyou“see”thed up”.Ifitwasn’tlitup,howco uldyou“see”thedetails-thingsinthe/adre etails-thingsinthe/adream? am?

Thenastheideaofthepresenceo ThenastheideaofthepresenceofthisInnerLightgrew fthisInnerLightgrewonme,Ibeganade onme,Ibeganadefinite finite searchformoreofit,-toexploreitspresen searchformoreofit,-toexploreitspresence,tograspitstexture,tofin ce,tograspitstexture,tofindouthowit douthowit couldbe“worked”–“contacted”– couldbe“worked”–“contacted”–“playedwith”–“d “playedwith”–“dealtwith”–or,inotherw ealtwith”–or,inotherwords,- ords,- whatisnextwithit?  Iknewfromthebooksandfromprevio Iknewfromthebooksandfrompreviousstudygeneral usstudygenerally,whatathingcalled ly,whatathingcalledthe the Demiurgeconsistedof,andIfelt-knew Demiurgeconsistedof,andIfelt-knewthisLightIwasseeing thisLightIwasseeingwasthecosmicinn wasthecosmicinner er plane(inner-outer)sightmanifes plane(inner-outer)sightmanifestationofthehalf-God.(ph tationofthehalf-God.(physicalplanewo ysicalplanewordsarenot rdsarenot verysharpinexplainingthemean verysharpinexplainingthemeaningofmetaphysical ingofmetaphysicalobjects–Semanticsrea objects–Semanticsrearingits ringits ugly(?)headagain!!!) Tocontinuemystory–Ifound-noticedthe Tocontinuemystory–Ifound-noticedtheLight,asaforesaid Light,asaforesaid,andthen,inmydrea ,andthen,inmydreams ms andevenself-inducedday-dr andevenself-inducedday-dreamsandprojecti eamsandprojections,startedtolookforthe ons,startedtolookfortheLight, Light,and and itssource ,toexaminethesetwothingsmoreclosely. ,toexaminethesetwothingsmoreclosely. Ifound,atfirst,whenIattemptedtopindownthelight,anditssource,the Ifound,atfirst,whenIattemptedtopindownthe light,anditssource,theLight Light evadedme!!!! TheLightretreatedbeforemyinnerse TheLightretreatedbeforemyinnersearchandprobe archandprobe!TheLightseemed !TheLightseemedto to disappeararounda“corner”o disappeararounda“corner”ofsomeinnerkindofdre fsomeinnerkindofdream-materialbuild am-materialbuilding,andwhen ing,andwhen IfollowedtheLightonaroundthedre IfollowedtheLightonaroundthedreammaterialcorner ammaterialcorner,itwouldgoaround ,itwouldgoaroundanother another corner.But,astimewenton,Igotcloserandclo corner.But,astimewe nton,IgotcloserandclosertotheLight,and sertotheLight,andfinallyIdidsee finallyIdidsee afaintelectriclight-typeglobeburning afaintelectriclight-typ eglobeburning,andseveraltimes ,andseveraltimesIsawanoldkerose Isawanoldkerosene-type ne-type lamplitupandburning.  Afteratimeofthesethings,theLightgraduallygrewbrighteran  Afteratimeofthesethings,theLightgradual lygrewbrighterand,asIcame“outside d,asIcame“outside” ” inthedreamscene,theLightwoul inthedreamscene,theLightwoulddisappearupin ddisappearupintosomedreammater tosomedreammaterialclouds, ialclouds, andhidebehindthem! Stilllater,theLightbecameverybrightuntiltheLightfilledthewho Stilllater,theLightbecameverybrightuntil theLightfilledthewholeoftheprojected leoftheprojected innerplanesky-typeheavens.  Atthispoint,Iwithdrewtosizeupthesituationan  Atthispoint,Iwithdrewtosiz eupthesituationandtodecideonmy dtodecideonmynextmoves. nextmoves.  Also,Iwantyoutounderstand,beforegoinganyfurther,tha  Also,Iwantyoutounderstand,before goinganyfurther,thatthepreviously tthepreviously describedsemi-phenomeno describedsemi-phenomenonisnotsomethingpe nisnotsomethingpeculiarto culiartome  me alone,butIhavebeen alone,butIhavebeen abletogetotherstoreproduceitalso abletogetotherstoreproduceitalso,so,forthetimebeing,Iamas ,so,forthetimebeing,Iamassumingthatwe sumingthatwe areinasortofpsychicinnermetaphys areinasortofpsychicinnermetaphysicaltypeofrealcon icaltypeofrealcontactwiththeintermedi tactwiththeintermediary ary Powerknownbymanynames,bu Powerknownbymanynames,butthenameofthisage tthenameofthisagentoftheTransmunda ntoftheTransmundaneGod neGod willdoaswellasanyothernames-titleun willdoaswellasanyothernames-titleuntilweclarifyourownthin tilweclarifyourownthinkingmore kingmore precisely.ThenameisDemiurge,aGr precisely.ThenameisDemiurge,aGreekname-word eekname-word,whichmeansha ,whichmeanshalf-Godand lf-Godand alsomeans“Worker.”Thisnamewill alsomeans“Worker.”Thisnamewillcomeupagaina comeupagainandagainfromnow ndagainfromnowoninthis oninthis book. Theprevioussectionsummaryshou Theprevioussectionsummaryshouldgiveyouaverygo ldgiveyouaverygoodgroundi odgrounding, ng, understanding,onastartofanOccultpa understanding,onastartofanOccultpath,oneofmanypossi th,oneofmanypossible,andapathgoo ble,andapathgood d foraself-development-typeofIllumination. Wenowcometotheconsideration Wenowcometotheconsiderationoftheplaceandvalu oftheplaceandvalueofthesecondbo eofthesecondbookinthe okinthe series.ThetitleofthisbookwasTheArtandPracticeofGettingMaterialThings series.Thetitleofthisbookwas TheArtandPracticeofGettingMaterialThings ThroughCreativeVisualization . ThepressingreasonforwhichIwro ThepressingreasonforwhichIwrotethisbookwasbe tethisbookwasbecauseInoticedma causeInoticedmany ny studentsreferringtotheirinabilitytoget“supp studentsreferringtotheirinabilitytoget“supply”tocarryonamor ly”tocarryonamoregraciouskindof egraciouskindof living(strangelyenough,notsomuc living(strangelyenough,notsomuchnecessitieswere hnecessitieswereaskedfor,asneces askedfor,asnecessitiesare sitiesare oftensuppliedbyothersources,liketh oftensuppliedbyothersources,likethestate,andthosewh estate,andthosewhoreallyneed oreallyneednecessities  necessities 

seemnottocarefortheOccultatall ,whichobservationseemsratherpungentand seemnottocarefortheOccultatall  ,whichobservationseemsratherpungentand suggestive.)Irememberreadingan suggestive.)IrememberreadinganexcerptfromanOccultno excerptfromanOccultnovelinwhichtheprie velinwhichthepriest st doctorinancientEgyptworkedjustsolo doctorinancientEgyptworkedjustsolong,andthenturne ng,andthenturnedawaytherestwh dawaytherestwhowere owere inlinewaiting.Whenproteststarted,hisan inlinewaiting.Whenproteststarted,hisanswerwas,“Iftheyhadp swerwas,“Iftheyhadpaidrespecttothe aidrespecttothe Godsandhadmadeofferingspro Godsandhadmadeofferingsproperlyinthepast,thetroub perlyinthepast,thetroublestheyhavew lestheyhavewouldnot ouldnot havecometothem!”Idonotknowhow havecometothem!”Idonotknowhowmuchofthismightbetrue muchofthismightbetrue,butIwonder!! ,butIwonder!! Well,atanyrate,IdidwritethebookandIdidmyverybesttogiveitallthe Well,atanyrate,IdidwritethebookandIdid myverybesttogiveitalltheArtof Artof Visualization–CreationIcoulddevise Visualization–CreationIcoulddevise.Iwasabletopresentd .Iwasabletopresentdetailsthatothershad etailsthatothershad neverheardof–detailsthathelped neverheardof–detailsthathelpedthecreativeproce thecreativeprocesstoworkwhereitha sstoworkwhereithadnever dnever workedtoowellbefore. Manypeoplewereabletoimprov Manypeoplewereabletoimprovetheirfinancialstatusin etheirfinancialstatusinasatisfactoryway,an asatisfactoryway,andto dto startabuild-upofamoresolidfinancial startabuild-upofam oresolidfinancialbasisonwhichtoman basisonwhichtomanifestanddemons ifestanddemonstrate trate InnerPlaneideas–lawsonthisplane.  Again,followingthesameideasaswe  Again,followingthesameideasaswerelaidoutintheprevi relaidoutinthepreviousbook,itwillbefoun ousbook,itwillbefound d thatthesamebasicworkingideas  thatthesamebasicworkingideas willbeusedwhenitcomestimetoinfluencethe Demiurgeinamuchgreatertypeof Demiurgeinamuchgreatertypeofcreationoperatio creationoperation. n. Thethirdbookagaincameabou Thethirdbookagaincameaboutnaturally.Theideasar tnaturally.TheideasaroundtheTreeofL oundtheTreeofLife ife Cabalahbegantocomethroug Cabalahbegantocomethrough,andthecontinu h,andthecontinuationof ationofJehovah Jehovahtranslatesintothe translatesintothe ElementalForceswaspresentedinthisbook. Thefourthbook,TheArtandPracticeofClairvoyance  Thefourthbook,TheArtandPracticeofClairvoyance ,waswritteninresponsetoan uneasyfeelingIhadthatsuchtreatme uneasyfeelingIhadthatsuchtreatmentwasnecessary. ntwasnecessary. Duringitswriting,Ibecamefairlysurethateverypersonwasc Duringitswriting,Ibecamefairlysurethateve rypersonwasclairvoyant,andthatthe lairvoyant,andthatthe firststeptowardsthemorefulleruseofclairv firststeptowardsthem orefulleruseofclairvoyancebyapers oyancebyaperson,wastopay on,wastopay attentiontotheclairvoyancetypeofim-p attentiontotheclairvoyancetypeofim-press-ionsthat“come” ress-ionsthat“come”toyoufrom(?)(very toyoufrom(?)(very probablythroughthechakrams,from probablythroughthechakrams,fromtheinnerethericbod theinnerethericbodychakramlocated ychakramlocatedinand inand onthephysicalbodyandthenonto onthephysicalbodyandthenonto/intoyournervous /intoyournervoussystem.) system.) Nowhereisacatch,andhereiswhe Nowhereisacatch,andhereiswhereyouhavetostartto reyouhavetostarttodevelopmoresu developmoresubtle btle facilities.Theimpressionsreferredtoab facilities.Theimpressionsreferredtoabove,cometoyouin ove,cometoyouintheformofFEELINGS, theformofFEELINGS, notwords,andyouhavetointerpret  notwords,andyouhaveto interpret thesefeelingscorrectlyandtranslatetheminto thesefeelingscorrectlyandtranslatetheminto words–verbalizethem.  Actually,thisprocessisaneverendingprocess,especia  Actually,thisprocessisaneverending process,especiallyatfirst,butlaterit llyatfirst,butlaterit becomesalmostautomatic,especia becomesalmostautomatic,especiallythemoretheproces llythemoretheprocessisused. sisused.  Atthetime,andjustpreceedingthistimeperiod,theteachingo  Atthetime,andjustpreceedingthistimeper iod,theteachingofclairvoyanceamo fclairvoyanceamong ng theolderlongestablished,schools theolderlongestablished,schoolswasrejectedan wasrejectedandfrownedupon dfrownedupon,mainly,Isuspect, ,mainly,Isuspect, becausetheseplaceshadnoid becausetheseplaceshadnoideasofanykinda easofanykindastowhatclairvoyan stowhatclairvoyancereallywas, cereallywas, muchlesshowtoteachclairvoyance muchlesshowtoteachclairvoyance,sotheyallpretended ,sotheyallpretendedclairvoyancew clairvoyancewas as somethingoftheDeviliftheydidn’tjustoutrig somethingoftheDeviliftheydidn’tjustoutrightignoreit.Ithinkthatmostlike htignoreit.Ithinkthatmostlikelythey lythey wereveryignorant/dumbandwer wereveryignorant/dumbandwerejustfakingtheirOccul ejustfakingtheirOccultexistence. texistence. ThewordclairvoyancemeansL ThewordclairvoyancemeansLight-Seeing,orseei ight-Seeing,orseeing,orcognizingb ng,orcognizingbymeansof ymeansof Light. Ordinarily,thewordclairvoyanceme Ordinarily,thewordclairvoyancemeantnothingtotheave antnothingtotheaverageperson,n rageperson,norevento orevento theaverageoccultist,astheirknowl theaverageoccultist,astheirknowledgedidnotextend edgedidnotextendtoknowingab toknowingabouttheLIGHT, outtheLIGHT, asyounowdo.

IamwritingthesewordsinHawaii.Many IamwritingthesewordsinHawaii.Manyyearsago,therew yearsago,therewereinHawaii,atype ereinHawaii,atypeof of ShamanknownasKahuna.Withthe ShamanknownasKahuna.Withthecomingofthewhitem comingofthewhiteman,theKahunalo an,theKahunalosttheir sttheir controlnotknowinghowtodealw controlnotknowinghowtodealwiththewhiteman’s“ma iththewhiteman’s“magic.”However,the gic.”However,theKahunas Kahunas wereclairvoyantanddescribed wereclairvoyantanddescribedtheinnerastralplan theinnerastralplaneasbeing“sticky”wi easbeing“sticky”withthreadsof ththreadsof astralmatter(theLight)connectingallthing astralmatter(theLigh t)connectingallthings,especiallywhenitw s,especiallywhenitwasdirectedtobe asdirectedtobe connected.Itisthroughthese“sticky”thread connected.Itisthroug hthese“sticky”threadsofastralLightthatclairv sofastralLightthatclairvoyant oyant impressionsreacheachofus.  Anditwillbethroughclairvoyanceimpressionsandou  Anditwillbethroughclairvoyanceim pressionsandout-pressingsthatwe t-pressingsthatwewill/can will/can reachtheDemiurgeandinfluen reachtheDemiurgeandinfluenceITtodoforyouand ceITtodoforyouandgivetoyouwhatyou givetoyouwhatyouwant, want, andtobringaboutthecircumstances andtobringaboutthecircumstancesinyourlifethatyouwan inyourlifethatyouwant. t.  AlthoughIdon’tknowexactlyifthisKnow  AlthoughIdon’tknowexactlyifthisKnowledgebelongs ledgebelongshereatthispointornot.Itis hereatthispointornot.Itis saidthattheDemiurgehascreated saidthattheDemiurgehascreatedallthephysicalco allthephysicalcosmos“under”thissid smos“under”thissideof eof Kether. Itwasalsotaught,anditseemsreasonable,thattheDemiu Itwasalsotaught,anditseemsreasona ble,thattheDemiurgecreatedalltheGod rgecreatedalltheGods s andGoddessesandForcesand andGoddessesandForcesandPowerswhicho PowerswhichoccupythesePlan ccupythesePlanesandwhich esandwhich PowersandForces“rule”and/or“Govern” ALLTHINGSHEREBELOWKETHER   ALLTHINGSHEREBELOWKETHER or itcouldbemorecorrectlysaidthattheDe itcouldbemorecorrectlysaidthattheDemiurgearetheGod miurgearetheGodsandGoddesse sandGoddesses– s– assumetheirformsandPoweraso assumetheirformsandPowerasorderedtobyyou!!!!Orallo rderedtobyyou!!!!Orallofus.(Asforthenature fus.(Asforthenature ofwhatisbeyondKether,IwilldothebestIca ofwhatisbeyondKether,IwilldothebestIcantodiscoverasmuch ntodiscoverasmuchaspossibleand aspossibleand getitdownonpaper,butthisbeyond getitdownonpaper,butthisbeyondpartwillprobablyh partwillprobablyhavetowaitforthenext avetowaitforthenext book.) ThusdoesClairvoyanceworkw ThusdoesClairvoyanceworkwithCreativeVisualiza ithCreativeVisualizationandalsomak tionandalsomakesa esa connectionwiththeOccultandAstralPr connectionwiththeOccultandAstralProjection.Retraceityou ojection.Retraceityourselves. rselves. ThenextbookIputoutwastheonlyone ThenextbookIputoutwastheonlyonewithoutthewordsA withoutthewordsArtandPracticeinitstitle. rtandPracticeinitstitle. ThisbookwascalledtheOracleofFortuna,an ThisbookwascalledtheOracleofFortuna,andwasalittledivina dwasalittledivinationsystembased tionsystembased uponasystemofsolitaire,plusadeckofpla uponasystemofsolitaire,plusadeckofplayingcards,which yingcards,whicharereallyTarotCard arereallyTarotCards s changedaboutabit,andwiththeMa changedaboutabit,andwiththeMajorArcanamissin jorArcanamissingaswellasthePrince gaswellasthePrincesscard sscard inthesuits.  Again,IhopeIamnotgivingoutthisinformationatthewrongpla  Again,IhopeIamnotgivingoutthisinforma tionatthewrongplace,butthepen ce,butthepen seemstobewritingbyitsownvolition!!!TheTar seemstobewritingbyitsownvolition!!!TheTarotcards,especiall otcards,especiallytheminor ytheminor arcana,representtheFourEleme arcana,representtheFourElementalForcesvis.,Air,Fire,Water,Earth,a ntalForcesvis.,Air,Fire,Water,Earth,andthe ndthe DemiurgeUSESTHESEFORCESTOBU DemiurgeUSESTHESEFORCESTOBUILDTHEPHYSICALWO ILDTHEPHYSICALWORLD(outof). RLD(outof). Nowinrelationtoyouandyourown Nowinrelationtoyouandyourownpersonalphysi personalphysicalworld–ifyoushuffl calworld–ifyoushuffleadeckof eadeckof cards–plussevenplayingcards– cards–plussevenplayingcards–youractionsshou youractionsshouldcausethedecktofa ldcausethedecktofallintoan llintoan orderwhichwillthrowlightonaque orderwhichwillthrowlightonaquestionyouaskabou stionyouaskaboutyourself. tyourself.  Also,thereisothergoodoccultinformationinthebook. ThenextbookwascalledTheArtandPracticeofTalismanicMagic .Thesameidea– ThenextbookwascalledTheArtandPracticeofTalismanicMagic  thisbookmadeuseofthestickythreads thisbookmadeuseofthestickythreadsofEthericMatter.Thesethrea ofEthericMatter.Thesethreadscanbe dscanbe attachedtomanykindsofphysicalob attachedtomanykindsofphysicalobjects,and,through jects,and,throughthesethreads,pow thesethreads,powerand erand forceinfluencescanbecausedtoflo forceinfluencescanbecausedtoflowbackandforthbe wbackandforthbetweenyourTalisma tweenyourTalismanandthe nandthe sourceoftheForceyouattacheditto. NoticethewordForceabove.Since NoticethewordForceabove.Sincethisbookwaswrittenthe thisbookwaswrittenthemovingpicture“Star movingpicture“Star Wars”hasappeared.Inthisproduc Wars”hasappeared.Inthisproductionareferenceisma tionareferenceismadetosomethingcal detosomethingcalledThe ledThe Forceandsomeofthecharacterswer Forceandsomeofthecharacterswereshownhowtou eshownhowtouseTheForceinvari seTheForceinvariousways. ousways.

Theinterestingthingisthatthereissuchath TheinterestingthingisthatthereissuchathingasTheForce,an ingasTheForce,and,toonewho d,toonewho knowsaboutTheForce,can,intime,lear knowsaboutTheForce,can,intime,learntouseitverymuchthewa ntouseitverymuchthewaythecharacters ythecharacters inthepicturedid.Inpointoffact,TheForceisu inthepicturedid.Inpointoffact,TheForceisusedallthetimebyevery sedallthetimebyeveryone,every one,every place,andeverywhere,ingene place,andeverywhere,ingeneraluse,thatis.Itisinspecialuse raluse,thatis.Itisinspecialuses,suchaswas s,suchaswas showninthepicture,whereTheFor showninthepicture,whereTheForcewasputtoaspeci cewasputtoaspecialUSE. alUSE. TheForceistheAstralLight–describedinOphiel’sotherwritin TheForceistheAstralLight–described inOphiel’sotherwritings.Whenyoustudy gs.Whenyoustudy andusethedifferentKnowledge andusethedifferentKnowledgesgiveninOphiel’sb sgiveninOphiel’sbooks,youareusin ooks,youareusingTheForce gTheForce forreal.Sogotoit!!!!  Andnowcomesthisbook Thewholeseriesofbooksandthei Thewholeseriesofbooksandtheirsubjectshaveledtothi rsubjectshaveledtothispoint– spoint–who,what,when, who,what,when, where isGod,andwheredoes  isGod,andwheredoes the/aDivinitycomeintoallthis? the/aDivinitycomeintoallthis?Agreatbigquestion Agreatbigquestion Mark?? Iwonderiftheusualapproachtoallthe Iwonderiftheusualapproachtoallthesesubjects,covered sesubjects,coveredbythepreviousb bythepreviousbooks, ooks, wouldbetofirstfindGod,andthencomeb wouldbetofirstfindGod,andthencomebackDOWN,inreverse ackDOWN,inreverse,tothewaywe ,tothewaywe wentup?Idon’tknow;but,Idoknow wentup?Idon’tknow;but,Idoknowonething,andthaton onething,andthatonethingisthatIcannot ethingisthatIcannot learnanythinggoingup–Ihavetog learnanythinggoingup–Ihavetogetmentalholdofsome etmentalholdofsomeidea“upthere”an idea“upthere”andthen dthen “comedown”toverifyit,examineit“downhere”. ThiswhoandwhereisGodbusine ThiswhoandwhereisGodbusinesscangetterriblysticky sscangetterriblysticky.MercifulHeavensle .MercifulHeavensletus tus notgetboggeddowninthisageo notgetboggeddowninthisageoldmireofendlessco ldmireofendlesscontentionsandco ntentionsandcounteruntercontentions,etc.Rememberthesebo contentions,etc.Rememberthesebooks,Inolongercall oks,Inolongercallthem themmy  my books,are books,are designed ,programmed,asdo-it-yourselfOccultdev ,programmed,asdo-it-yourselfOccultdevelopment,doityourse elopment,doityourselfOccult lfOccult practicesbooks.I,we,shouldwanttode practicesbooks.I,we,shouldwanttodeveloptheKnow veloptheKnowledgeof(a)(the)Di ledgeof(a)(the)Divinity, vinity, (truerwordthantheAngloSaxonw (truerwordthantheAngloSaxonwordGodwhichmea ordGodwhichmeansgood),sothatw nsgood),sothatwe,(down e,(down here!)canworkWITHITtoaccomplishTH here!)canworkWITHITtoaccomplishTHINGS,EFFECTS,HAPPENIN INGS,EFFECTS,HAPPENINGS, GS, CHANGES,andinandonthislastplan CHANGES,andinandonthislastplane“down,”thephysic e“down,”thephysical,materialplane;wh al,materialplane;where ere weare“trapped”now,andwhere weare“trapped”now,andwhereweliveandmove weliveandmoveandhaveour“tobe andhaveour“tobe”(being) ”(being) whetherwelikeitornot,andmany(ofus,in whetherwelikeitornot,andmany(ofus,includingME)dono cludingME)donotlikeit! tlikeit! Idohavesomeworkingmethodsa IdohavesomeworkingmethodsastohowtocontactTHE stohowtocontactTHEHIGHERPOWER,and HIGHERPOWER,andI I willgettothemeventually,buttheseprelimin willgettothemeventua lly,butthesepreliminariesabove,an ariesabove,andtofollow,seem dtofollow,seem necessaryinordertodesignatean necessaryinordertodesignateandoutline/confinethe doutline/confinetheDivinitycontactopera Divinitycontactoperationsto tionsto theirpropersphere,whichis,inthese theirpropersphere,whichis,inthesebooksasaforesa booksasaforesaid,Personal,notUn id,Personal,notUniversal. iversal. Idonotanticipatestartingachurch,nordoIwanttobesaddl Idonotanticipatestartingachurch,nord oIwanttobesaddledwithsuchajob,bu edwithsuchajob,but t therearethosewhomighttakeover therearethosewhomighttakeoverandstartachurchn andstartachurchnowthatI/wearedea owthatI/wearedealingwith lingwith Divinityideas.Well,ifallthiscomestoachurch,itwillh Divinityideas.Well,ifallthisco mestoachurch,itwillhavetobeachurch avetobeachurchthata thata modernthinkercanconsciousl modernthinkercanconsciouslyconnectupwithAN yconnectupwithANDOPERATEIN,notjustgo DOPERATEIN,notjustgothere there eachSundayorSaturdayandpa eachSundayorSaturdayandpassivelysitthereandb ssivelysitthereandbesubjectedto-WHA esubjectedto-WHAT?–that T?–that neverseemstohaveanyeffectexceptw neverseemstohaveanyeffectexceptwhateffectscanbetra hateffectscanbetrainedtotheordinary inedtotheordinary workingsofthedesirepressureson workingsofthedesirepressuresontheAstralLight(con theAstralLight(connectedwiththeDe nectedwiththeDemiurge), miurge), whichordinaryworkingseveryon whichordinaryworkingseveryonedoesaccord edoesaccordingtohisperson ingtohispersonalpressureabilitie alpressureabilities, s, andagainIemphasizehisperson andagainIemphasizehispersonalpressuredesi alpressuredesireabilities. reabilities. omakealongstorylonger,itseems,youmusthaveto,inordertoac sthaveto,inordertoachieve hieve Tomakealongstorylonger,itseems,youmu illumination,workyourwayBACKUP throughtheElementalForcesonebyone, illumination,workyourwayBACKUP  throughtheElementalForcesonebyone, untilyoucomeon“out”throughthefirs untilyoucomeon“out”throughthefirstElementalForce,“onup tElementalForce,“onup”,andintothe,shall ”,andintothe,shall weusetheGnostictermLIGHT?(TheTran weusetheGnostictermLIGHT?(TheTransMundane-Lig sMundane-Light-God). ht-God). Twoasideshere–(insteadofputting Twoasideshere–(insteadofputtingthemdownbelo themdownbelow).ImentionedAkasha w).ImentionedAkashaabove. above.  AkashaisanElementalForce,butitissodiffer  AkashaisanElementalForce,butitissodifferentfromthreotherfourEle entfromthreotherfourElemental mental

Forces(asIhaverepeatedbefore)th Forces(asIhaverepeatedbefore)thatIhesitatetogiveout atIhesitatetogiveouttoomuchknowled toomuchknowledge ge (whatknowledgeIdohave–Imean (whatknowledgeIdohave–Imean)aboutAkasha,as )aboutAkasha,asitisasephemeralinre itisasephemeralinrelation lation totheotherForcesasitcanbe.And,infact,canbe totheotherForcesas itcanbe.And,infact,canbesaidtobedange saidtobedangerousasAkasha rousasAkasha isno-thing,nothing,andthatiswhatyoud isno-thing,nothing,andthatiswhatyoudealwithwhenyou ealwithwhenyoudealwithAkasha dealwithAkasha,and ,and youknowanabsenceofsometh youknowanabsenceofsomethingcanbeinco ingcanbeinconvenient,ifnotdang nvenient,ifnotdangerous. erous.  Akashaisthe“substance-materi  Akashaisthe“substance-material”fromwhichallltheothe al”fromwhichallltheotherElementalForcesare rElementalForcesare made,or,assaidbefore,“thebowlintowh made,or,assaidbefore,“thebowlintowhichtheothersarep ichtheothersarepoured.”Also,Akash oured.”Also,Akasha a comesintoexistenceastheotherEleme comesintoexistenceastheotherElementalForceschang ntalForceschangeintoeachother. eintoeachother. IseeIforgottosay,andIhastennowtoadd–correct,thattheEleme IseeIforgottosay,andIhastennowtoadd –correct,thattheElementalForcesare ntalForcesare all“made”ofthesamebasicelemental all“made”ofthesame basicelementalmaterial(inthiscaseA material(inthiscaseAkasha– kasha– ALLisreally  ALLisreally  Akasha).AndtheElementalForceschangeintoeachother   Akasha).AndtheElementalForces changeintoeachother ,backandforth.The ,backandforth.The illustrationhasbeengiven,forexam illustrationhasbeengiven,forexample,ofthisaswatercanb ple,ofthisaswatercanbeice,thenliquid,the eice,thenliquid,then n steam,thenvapor,etc.  Akashahasitsvaluableuses,butto“  Akashahasitsvaluableuses,butto“work”withAkashare work”withAkasharequiressomeKn quiressomeKnowledge, owledge, moreknowledge,thanisgenerall moreknowledge,thanisgenerallyavailabletotheord yavailabletotheordinaryperson.Peo inaryperson.Peoplecan plecan easily,moreorless,learntoworkwithsome easily,moreorless,le arntoworkwithsomethinglikeAir,Fire,Water,and thinglikeAir,Fire,Water,andEarth,but Earth,but  justhowdoyougoworkingwith“no  justhowdoyougoworkingwith“nothing”?Usingno thing”?Usingnothingasifitweresome thingasifitweresomething?In thing?In anarrowsenseworkingwithAka anarrowsenseworkingwithAkashaislikeworking shaislikeworkinginmathematicswithne inmathematicswithnegative gative numbers.Negativenumberscan numbers.Negativenumberscanbeworkedbutth beworkedbuttheworkingismuchd eworkingismuchdifferentthan ifferentthan withpositivenumbers.  Andnextnote–TothoseofyouwhohavetheGoldenD  Andnextnote–Tothoseofyouwhoh avetheGoldenDawnbooksasedi awnbooksaseditedbyDr. tedbyDr. FrancisIsraelRegardie–youcanse FrancisIsraelRegardie–youcanseethatthefirstceremon ethatthefirstceremoniesaredevoted iesaredevotedtothe tothe ElementalForcesandtheirintegration ElementalForcesandtheirintegrationintothebody(?)sou intothebody(?)soul(?)personality(?)Be l(?)personality(?)Being ing (?)oftheneophyte. Toputitanotherway–youcannotad Toputitanotherway–youcannotadvanceinto“high vanceinto“higherthings”untilyoucon erthings”untilyouconquer(?) quer(?) master(?)attain(?)control(?)overtheEle master(?)attain(?)co ntrol(?)overtheElementalForceseac mentalForceseachinturn;andmuch hinturn;andmuch moreespeciallytheElementalForceofEa moreespeciallytheElementalForceofEarthwhichis,ofcourse rthwhichis,ofcourse,the“firstone” ,the“firstone” wherewe/youarenowandthe wherewe/youarenowandthefirstplacefromwhich firstplacefromwhichwemust“escapefro wemust“escapefrom”.This m”.This “escapefrom”stuffwillbehandledlater,e “escapefrom”stuffwillbehandledlater,eitherinthisbookoran itherinthisbookoranotherbook.The otherbook.The “escape”syndromeseemstobeab “escape”syndromeseemstobeabasictenetofGnosticthinki asictenetofGnosticthinking,andprobabl ng,andprobably y shouldhaveafullbooktreatment,butw shouldhaveafullbooktreatment,butwillbereferredtointhisbo illbereferredtointhisbookasbestIcan. okasbestIcan. Recapitulation.Anotherwayofsayin Recapitulation.Anotherwayofsayingthepreceding gtheprecedingisyou( isyou(Idomeanyou  Idomeanyou )came )came downinto“matter”inacertainstep-by-step“down” downinto“matter”inacertainstep-by-step“ down”processandnowthat, processandnowthat, presumptively,youhavereachedphysical“bottom  presumptively,youhavereachedphysical“ bottom ”andareawareofyour“bottom” ”andareawareofyour“bottom” reaching,andyouwanttogetback“u reaching,andyouwanttogetback“up”youwillhavetoun p”youwillhavetounwind,unbind wind,unbindyourselfthe yourselfthe samewayyouboundyourself.  Anotherasidenote–yournatural  Anotherasidenote–yournaturalquestionatthispoin questionatthispointcanbe:Howinthehe tcanbe:HowinthehelldidI lldidI getdownhereanyhow?Idon’ getdownhereanyhow?Idon’trememberadamn trememberadamnthingaboutit.Ofcoursew thingaboutit.Ofcoursewedon’t edon’t rememberanythingdirectlyaboutthedescent. Butweallhavevaguefeelingsofdisc Butweallhavevaguefeelingsofdiscontentwiththephysic ontentwiththephysicalplaneandourb alplaneandourbeing eing here.Andthenthereistheclashbetw here.AndthenthereistheclashbetweenourMENTAL eenourMENTALPOWERScreativeabil POWERScreativeabilities, ities, planningabilities,andthetraumaticag planningabilities,andthetraumaticagoniesoftranslatin oniesoftranslatingthesementalpow gthesementalpower er powersintophysicalplaneactions.Th powersintophysicalplaneactions.ThisTraumashould isTraumashouldgiveyouagood giveyouagoodclueasto clueasto somethingwrong–wrong;toathinke somethingwrong–wrong;toathinker,sensitivethinkerthatis. r,sensitivethinkerthatis. Sowithmostofthatpersonalstuffoutofthewaywecancomeba Sowithmostofthatpersonalstuffoutoftheway wecancomebacktothemain cktothemain conceptionsofthebooksIscribedow conceptionsofthebooksIscribedown(notice–Idonotsay n(notice–Idonotsaybooks booksIwrite  Iwrite ).The ).The booksareWORKINGMANUALSofHOWTO booksareWORKINGMANUALSofHOWTODOITYOURSELF–Occultpow DOITYOURSELF–Occultpower er

workingsources.Thatistosay–Inthisboo workingsources.Thatistosay–Inthisbook–wewilldevelop k–wewilldeveloptheordinaryknow theordinaryknowledge ledge andinformationaboutsomething andinformationaboutsomethingcalledthehalf-God;ho calledthehalf-God;howtocontactit,andhow wtocontactit,andhowto to getittodowhatyouwantasmuchasposs getittodowhatyouw antasmuchaspossible.Andthisachiev ible.Andthisachievementis,ofcourse, ementis,ofcourse, theonlyfactorthatmatters,alltheotherlifelivingstuffisno theonlyfactorthatmatte rs,alltheotherlifelivingstuffisnon-necessaryand n-necessaryandstrictly strictly superfluous,andalsostrictlyforthebirds superfluous,andalsostrictlyforthebirds,andIdomeanvulture ,andIdomeanvultures. s. Noteon‘repeats’.ThereisonlyON Noteon‘repeats’.ThereisonlyONETRUTH.Butthereaream ETRUTH.Butthereareamilliondifferentfacets illiondifferentfacets tothisONETRUTH.Naturallyonestudent‘g tothisONETRUTH.Natura llyonestudent‘gets’theTruthbetterifitisgive ets’theTruthbetterifitisgivenoutin noutin oneway,andanotherstudentge oneway,andanotherstudentgetstheTruthifgivenoutina tstheTruthifgivenoutinanotherway.Ihatethis notherway.Ihatethis repetitionstuffbutIhave,almostanobsessio repetitionstuffbutIhave ,almostanobsession,thatifIshouldputthisma n,thatifIshouldputthismaterialdown terialdown inonewayonly,itcouldbemissedbya inonewayonly,itcouldbemissedbyalargegroupofstud largegroupofstudents,sothereforeIgiv ents,sothereforeIgive e allthesedifferentversions,indifferentessa allthesedifferentversions,indifferentessays,andindifferentbo ys,andindifferentbooks.Remembe oks.RememberI rI alsosaid(repeats)thatIdidnotwritethes alsosaid(repeats)thatIdidnotwritethesebooksforentertai ebooksforentertainmentreading,butfor nmentreading,butfor hardstudyandapplications,andth hardstudyandapplications,andthatkindofwritingisMEN atkindofwritingisMENTALWORK,andnot TALWORK,andnot relaxedreading.Thereforeplea relaxedreading.Thereforepleasedonotwritetomecom sedonotwritetomecomplainingaboutre plainingaboutrepetitions–I petitions–I trytomakeeachrepetitiondifferentfromtheo trytomakeeachrepetitiondifferentfromtheothersothatadditio thersothatadditionalKnowledge nalKnowledgeis is there.Ihavenotreallybeenaccuse there.Ihavenotreallybeenaccusedofrepeating,tosave dofrepeating,tosavenewthinkingonm newthinkingonmypart, ypart, butIamexpectingitanydaynow.ButyouGe butIamexpectingitanydaynow.ButyouGetinthereandworkli tinthereandworklikeheaventohelp keheaventohelp yourselfalongupwards.  Alltheabovehadhappenedbe  AlltheabovehadhappenedbeforeIhadmuchofan foreIhadmuchofanideaastowhattheh ideaastowhatthehalf-God, alf-God, whichwaswhatIcalleditthen,reallywas. Previoustoallofthis,Ihadnotbeenconversantwiththegod Previoustoallofthis,Ihadnotbeenconve rsantwiththegodword-name word-nameJehovah  Jehovah .I .I hadlearnedsomeyearsbefore hadlearnedsomeyearsbeforethatthiswordwasaform thatthiswordwasaformula,notaname.An ula,notaname.AndIwas dIwas sotaughtthistostudentsinmybooks.Buttha sotaughtthistostudentsinmybooks.Butthatwasalltheinformatio twasalltheinformationIhad,andthat nIhad,andthat informationIusedinconnectionwithTheArtofCreativeVisualization  informationIusedinconnectionwith TheArtofCreativeVisualization .Theideathat therewasmorebeyondthisuseIhadnotidea. IsupposeIhadbettergivetheuse-a IsupposeIhadbettergivetheuse-applicationoftheForm pplicationoftheFormula ulaJehovah  Jehovah –Yod-Heh-  –Yod-Heh-  Vav-Heh–finalthatIfirstfoundoutab Vav-Heh–finalthatIfirstfoundoutaboutasthisformulago outasthisformulagoesrightonupintothe esrightonupintothe highestapplications. ThenameJehovah  ThenameJehovah Formulaconsistsoffourletters.TheGreekversio Formulaconsistsoffourletters.TheGreekversionnameofthis nnameofthis four-letteredwordisTetragrammaton. four-letteredwordisTetragrammaton.Idon’tknowjusthowthisGreekwordgotinto Idon’tknowjusthowthisGreekwordgotinto thisHebrewwordset-up.Icouldneve thisHebrewwordset-up.Icouldnevercheckitoutclearlybu rcheckitoutclearlybutIguessitwaswhenthe tIguessitwaswhenthe JewishScripturesweretranslated JewishScripturesweretranslatedintoGreekatthelibrary intoGreekatthelibraryofalexandriaarou ofalexandriaaround nd  AlexandertheGreat’stime,thiswordme  AlexandertheGreat’stime,thiswordmeansthesameasthe ansthesameasthename-word name-wordJehovah! Jehovah! Toproceed–ThefirstletterofthisformulaisYod .ThisYod Toproceed–ThefirstletterofthisformulaisYod  .ThisYodletterisshapedthisway: letterisshapedthisway: anditissaidtolooklikeaflame.(Inpointoffact,thew anditissaidtolooklikeaflame.(Inpointoffact,thewholeHebrewa holeHebrewalphabetis lphabetis calledtheflamealphabetandconsistesofYods  calledtheflamealphabetandconsistesof Yods withslightchangesinthebasicform withslightchangesinthebasicform oftheYod. oftheYod. Asforexample,intheletterVAV,  Asforexample,intheletterVAV,the theYod  Yod growsalongtailthuslyonits growsalongtailthuslyonits lowestpoint.InthecaseoftheletterPeh  lowestpoint.Inthecaseoftheletter Peh ,theformschangeagain;andagainchange ,theformschangeagain;andagainchange toformLamed  toformLamed . . ,

 Also,asanotherpowerfulcluetomag  Also,asanotherpowerfulcluetomagicalworkings,each icalworkings,eachoftheHebrewalp oftheHebrewalphabet habet lettershasaNAME.Inthecaseofthefour(thre lettershasaNAME.Inthecaseofthefour(three)lettersthatmakeup e)lettersthatmakeupthismagical thismagical name,thenamesareYod  name,thenamesare Yod ,closedhand;Heh  ,closedhand;Heh ,wind-door;Vav  ,wind-door;Vav ,nail;andanotherHeh  ,nail;andanotherHeh  calledthefinalHeh  calledthefinalHeh .AndIrepeatagain,thecluetotheworkingso .AndIrepeatagain,thecluetotheworkingsoftheformulaarein ftheformulaarein thenamesoftheletters. Tocontinueagain–TheletterYodmeanshand,butmeansaclosedhandorfist(?)I Tocontinueagain–TheletterYod meanshand,butmeansaclosedhandorfist(?)I willadmitthatthemeaningoftheYod  willadmitthatthemeaningofthe Yod hasgonethroughanumberofchangeswith hasgonethroughanumberofchangeswith me.IdidthinkatonetimeIhadthefullmeani me.Ididthinkatonetim eIhadthefullmeaning,butthenseveraln ng,butthenseveralnewmeanings ewmeanings

cameupandgotmeslightlyconfused,an cameupandgotmeslightlyconfused,andthen,asIhadnoo dthen,asIhadnooccasiontousethe ccasiontousetheYod  Yod   untilnow,Iletthematterrest.  Ahandisathing youusetodoworkwi  youusetodoworkwith.Yourhandisyour th.Yourhandisyourmostpersonalou mostpersonalouttpressingofyourself,the/apartmostclose pressingofyourself,the/apartmostcloselyidentifiedwithyours lyidentifiedwithyourselfasaction.Ifyou elfasaction.Ifyou hadnohandsyoumightaswellno hadnohandsyoumightaswellnotbeinexistenceas,un tbeinexistenceas,unlessyoukickedo lessyoukickedoutwith utwith yourfeet,you’dhavenomeanso yourfeet,you’dhavenomeansofdoinganyaction fdoinganyaction-thing;also,nodoubt,yo -thing;also,nodoubt,youhave uhave heardmanytimestheexpressionTheHandofGod  heardmanytimestheexpression TheHandofGod . . Sothen,takingallthesesmallsymbolicmeaningsintoconsid Sothen,takingallthesesmallsymbolicme aningsintoconsideration,theysumup eration,theysumup thebigmeaningofYod  thebigmeaningofYod  inYod-Heh-Vav-Heh  inYod-Heh-Vav-Heh .TheYod  .TheYod Hand– Hand– your   your hand,onthe hand,onthe lowerscale,andGod’shand  lowerscale,andGod’shand onthehigherscale.YoureachingtoD onthehigherscale.YoureachingtoDOsomeaction Osomeaction lowerscale,and,onthehigherscale lowerscale,and,onthehigherscale,Godreachingtodos ,Godreachingtodosomething–some omething–someaction– action– anaction.  Also,inaddition,thisYod handisclosed,meaningthehandisquiescent.BUT  Also,inaddition,thisYod  handisclosed,meaningthehandisquiescent.BUT READYFORACTION. Ihavehearditsaid,byanother,thattheYod alsorepresentsyourInnerHigherSelf Ihavehearditsaid,byanother,thattheYod  alsorepresentsyourInnerHigherSelf andthisistrueconsideringthepowe andthisistrueconsideringthepowersjustlistedunderthe rsjustlistedunderthe“hands”extensi “hands”extensionideas. onideas. TheTarotcardconnectedwiththisYod letteriscalledTheHermit TheTarotcardconnectedwiththisYod  letteriscalledTheHermit andintheB.O.T.A. deckIwastrainedon,thesceneonthe deckIwastrainedon,thesceneonthecardshowsasing cardshowsasinglesolitaryoldman lesolitaryoldmanwhohas whohas reachedthepeakofamountain.He reachedthepeakofamountain.Heholdsalanternins holdsalanterninsideofwhichburns ideofwhichburnsalight alight whichlightisafivepointedstar.Thefivepoin whichlightisafivepo intedstar.Thefivepointedstarisasymbolofma tedstarisasymbolofman,aphysical n,aphysical man,thefivepointsbeingtheElementa man,thefivepointsb eingtheElementalForcesofwhichtheph lForcesofwhichthephysicalmanconsists ysicalmanconsists of,andfromthewholestarshinestheIn of,andfromthewholestarshinestheInnerLight.Thewhol nerLight.Thewholecardrepresents ecardrepresentsthe the singlenessofbeing,personalbe singlenessofbeing,personalbeing.Personalbe-in ing.Personalbe-ing. g. ThenextletterisHeh  ThenextletterisHeh .Heh  .Heh meansawindowor“wind-doo meansawindowor“wind-door”.Ofcourse,windisair r”.Ofcourse,windisair andairismovement.Theoriginalide andairismovement.Theoriginalideaofawindowinah aofawindowinahousewastoallow ousewastoallowtheflow theflow ofairthroughthehousefromtheoutsid ofairthroughthehousefromtheoutside.Inthecaseofasymbo e.Inthecaseofasymbolicwind-door,ina licwind-door,ina metaphysicalman,this“opening”w metaphysicalman,this“opening”wastoallowthelifeairmo astoallowthelifeairmovements/currentstoflo vements/currentstoflow w intoaman’sbeingfromoutside.This“op intoaman’sbeingfromoutside.This“opening”alsoallo ening”alsoallowedapersonality wedapersonality-manto -manto lookintohisinnerbeingandalsotoloo lookintohisinnerbeingandalsotolook“out”fromhisinne k“out”fromhisinnerbeing–outtothe rbeing–outtothe physicalworld.Thusamancould,an physicalworld.Thusamancould,anddoes,lookfromaw ddoes,lookfromawinddoor“out”and inddoor“out”and“sees” “sees” anobjectthathethinkshewants,an anobjectthathethinkshewants,andtransfersthisobjec dtransfersthisobject-imagetohisinner t-imagetohisinner mind/being,whereandwhenhe mind/being,whereandwhenheproceedstogothro proceedstogothroughaprocesso ughaprocessofcreatingthe fcreatingthe thingwantedinlife,aswillbenextshown thingwantedinlife,aswillbenextshown.Theaboveproce .Theaboveprocessisalsocalleda“w ssisalsocalleda“way” ay” ofmakingmentalimages“real”. NextwecometotheletterVav ,whichmeansnail,asIsaidbefore.Asyouwellknow, NextwecometotheletterVav  ,whichmeansnail,asIsaidbefore.Asyouwellknow, anailisusedtofastentwo(different)things anailisusedtofasten two(different)thingstogether.Inthiscase together.InthiscaseVav  Vav ,thenail,is ,thenail,is equatedtoDESIRE,yourdesire(yourforce  equatedtoDESIRE,yourdesire(your force ofdesire.Thehalf-Godalsousesthis ofdesire.Thehalf-Godalsousesthis sameformulawhichwillbedealtwithsoo sameformulawhichwillbedealtwithsoon/later).Tomakethiso n/later).Tomakethisoperationasplai perationasplainas nas possible,(orshallwebefancyandsaymodusoperandi! possible,(orshallwebefancyandsay modusoperandi!)upuntilnow,you“see” )upuntilnow,you“see” (visualize)asome-thingyouwant.Yo (visualize)asome-thingyouwant.You,by“seeing”,hav u,by“seeing”,havetransferredan“ etransferredan“eldolon  eldolon “ “ phantomidol throughawindowofyourmind,intoyourmind. throughawindowofyourmind,intoyourmind. (Pleasenotethat,sofarintheprocess,Iha (Pleasenotethat,sofarintheprocess,Ihave-amdescribi ve-amdescribing,bymakingthetransfe ng,bymakingthetransfer r ofanimagecalledbytheGreekthought,“Eldolon  ofanimagecalledbytheGreekthought,“ Eldolon PhantomIdol”toyourinnermind PhantomIdol”toyourinnermind “center”,youhavedone,GAINEDsomething  “center”,youhavedone,GAINED something ,somesubstanceoftheThingitself ,somesubstanceoftheThingitself already .Sub-stance–sub=under;stance=stand.Ple .Sub-stance–sub=under;stance=stand.Pleaseponderon aseponderonthispointhard. thispointhard. Meditateonit.)

Thenextstepistofastenthetwothingstogether.Youdothisby“fee Thenextstepistofastenthetwothingstogeth er.Youdothisby“feeling”thetwo ling”thetwo thingsasone.Youalreadyowningthe“thing”   thingsasone.Youalreadyowningthe“thing”   , youdesire   youdesire ,already  ,already . . Then,bythemagicofthisprocess,thephysica Then,bythemagicofthisprocess,thephysicalrealityofthethingdes lrealityofthethingdesiredappearsin iredappearsin theplaceoftheimageofthethingitself. The“realphysicalthing”isthesecondHeh ,theHeh  The“realphysicalthing”isthesecondHeh  ,theHeh withthedotunderitwhich withthedotunderitwhich meansthatthissecondHeh  meansthatthissecond Heh isasolidrealityHeh  isasolidrealityHeh andnottheimageHeh  andnottheimageHeh .(Imight .(Imight alsocallyourattentionhereagaintothe alsocallyourattentionhereagaintotheideaexpressed ideaexpressedinthesebooksb inthesebooksbeforeabout eforeabout theAstralmattercanbeconnectedtoob theAstralmattercanbe connectedtoobjectsbythinkingofthos jectsbythinkingofthoseobjects,withintent, eobjects,withintent, also,whenpossible,physicallyse also,whenpossible,physicallyseeingandphysica eingandphysicallyfeelingthedesired llyfeelingthedesiredobject.The object.The  Astralthreadisconnectedoneend  Astralthreadisconnectedoneendtotheobjectandthe totheobjectandtheotherendTOYOU.This otherendTOYOU.This shouldsuggestotherideasastoho shouldsuggestotherideasastohowtobringobjectstoyo wtobringobjectstoyou.) u.)

Summary of Preceding Section othen,itnowseems,inretrospect,agoodide trospect,agoodidea,tosumuptheprece a,tosumupthepreceeding eding Sothen,itnowseems,inre material.Thatthereasonde’etre  material.Thatthereason de’etre forthefirstbook,TheArtandPracticeofAstral forthefirstbook,TheArtandPracticeofAstral Projection ,wastoputusintouchwiththeAstralLightandno ,wastoputusintouchwiththeAstralLightandnotactuallysomuchasto tactuallysomuchasto allowtheinneryoutogotootherplan allowtheinneryoutogotootherplanestoexploreand estoexploreandlearn. learn. TheLightandits“seeing”byyourne TheLightandits“seeing”byyournearphysicalinnersig arphysicalinnersightNOWseemstobeof htNOWseemstobeof greatimportancetome,butatfirstthen,notkno greatimportancetome,butatfirstthen,notknowingaboutthe wingabouttheLight,Iwasnotso Light,Iwasnotso impressed.Atfirst,Iwasmuchmoreimpresse impressed.Atfirst,Iwasmu chmoreimpressedbytheprospe dbytheprospectofleavingthebody ctofleavingthebody, , andgoingout,andexploringthe andgoingout,andexploringthe,whatshallwecallit?–In ,whatshallwecallit?–InnerUniverse–asIsa nerUniverse–asIsaidand idand repeattomakethisideaclear. TheLightwasdescribed,itsfirstcogniz TheLightwasdescribed,itsfirstcognizancewasdescrib ancewasdescribed,andtheconj ed,andtheconjecturewas ecturewas madethattheLightwasassociatedw madethattheLightwasassociatedwiththeDemiurgean iththeDemiurgeandmight,infact,bethe dmight,infact,bethe lowerinnerplane(physical)actu lowerinnerplane(physical)actualDemiurgeitsel alDemiurgeitself;asitnowappearstob f;asitnowappearstobe. e.

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Another Knowledge Section nthissectionIwillintroducemoreknowle cemoreknowledgeaboutthecon dgeabouttheconceptoftheDemiurg ceptoftheDemiurge, e, InthissectionIwillintrodu andtrytogivesomebackgroundm andtrytogivesomebackgroundmaterialonit.Iamnotaschol aterialonit.Iamnotascholar–noranauthor ar–noranauthority ity ontheseancientthings,-justanordin ontheseancientthings,-justanordinarypersontryingtofind arypersontryingtofindoutmoreastowhatit outmoreastowhatit isabout,andpassiton. ThesimplestideaoftheDemiurge: Demi=half.Urgeous=worker(God).H Demi=half.Urgeous=worker(God).Half-God.(Working-God alf-God.(Working-God)wasinthestatemen )wasinthestatement t fromsomeoldmanuscripttotheeffectthatthe fromsomeoldmanuscripttotheeffectthattheMainGodwasnotphy MainGodwasnotphysical,norhad sical,norhad anyphysicalelementsin“IT”.Therefore,“IT”cou anyphysicalelementsin“IT”.Therefore,“IT”couldnotdealwiththe,ora,p ldnotdealwiththe,ora,physical hysical planeworldatall.Therefore,as“IT”appar planeworldatall.Therefore,as“IT”apparentlywantedtocrea entlywantedtocreateaphysicalworld teaphysicalworld,it ,it hadtodothatcreationthroughana hadtodothatcreationthroughanagencyoragent,ana gencyoragent,anagentwhichparto gentwhichpartookofthe okofthe naturebothofnon-physicalbein naturebothofnon-physicalbeingandofaphysical gandofaphysicalbeing(thus,ahalf-God being(thus,ahalf-Godor or Demiurge). TheseideaswerecalledGnostic,wh TheseideaswerecalledGnostic,whichmeans“onew ichmeans“onewhoKnows”,andwh hoKnows”,andwhatwas atwas known,theKnowledge,astheKnow known,theKnowledge,astheKnowledgeabove,wa ledgeabove,wascalled“Sophi scalled“Sophia”=Wisdom. a”=Wisdom. (Greatlysimplified). Intheancientbooksthisknowledg Intheancientbooksthisknowledgewassupposed ewassupposedto“liberate”theperso to“liberate”theperson,but n,but nothingwaswrittendownastowha nothingwaswrittendownastowhatthepersonwas tthepersonwassupposedtobelib supposedtobeliberated eratedfrom  from , , norwasanythingwrittendownastoexactlyhow  norwasanythingwrittendownastoexactly how theliberationwastobeachieved. theliberationwastobeachieved. Thereismuchglibparlancethesed Thereismuchglibparlancethesedaysaboutsome aysaboutsomethingcalled‘borna thingcalled‘bornagain’.Some gain’.Some biblethumpersareusingthosewo biblethumpersareusingthosewordsinconnectio rdsinconnectionwith‘conversio nwith‘conversions’.Thereisno ns’.Thereisno connectionwhatsoever.Areal‘b connectionwhatsoever.Areal‘bornagainperso ornagainperson’willbewhatyoua n’willbewhatyouareafteryou reafteryou learnanduseOccultKnowledge learnanduseOccultKnowledgesothatyoucanbegi sothatyoucanbeginto‘run’–‘mana nto‘run’–‘manage’your ge’your physicalenvironmentsothatyouare physicalenvironmentsothatyouarenothurtbyit,butcanman nothurtbyit,butcanmanagetogovern agetogovern increasinglyyourenvironment,sotha increasinglyyourenvironment,sothatyouarethe/adirecto tyouarethe/adirectorofyourphysicallife. rofyourphysicallife. Therearetwokindsof‘liberation’ Therearetwokindsof‘liberation’.Onekindofliberationisthe .OnekindofliberationistheKnowledge-Wisd Knowledge-Wisdom om thatenlightensmankind(andwom thatenlightensmankind(andwomankind,ofcourse)sotha ankind,ofcourse)sothattheyknowwha ttheyknowwhattheyare ttheyare into,andsuggestssomeoperation into,andsuggestssomeoperationstocorrectthesituatio stocorrectthesituation,andreturntoafreersta n,andreturntoafreerstate te ofexistence,andprogresstherefrom ofexistence,andprogresstherefrom.Pleasenotethat‘path .Pleasenotethat‘pathsofliberations’can sofliberations’canvary vary fordifferentkindsofpersonalities,aswear fordifferentkindsofpe rsonalities,aswearenotallinthesamestate enotallinthesamestateofdevelopment. ofdevelopment. Theotherkindof‘liberation’would Theotherkindof‘liberation’wouldconsist,notofescapefro consist,notofescapefromthisvaleoftears mthisvaleoftears place,butwouldconsistofamethodofCON place,butwouldconsistofamethodofCONTROLoverthisPhysi TROLoverthisPhysicalPlane,sothat calPlane,sothat thisplanecanbeasourceofnicenes thisplanecanbeasourceofnicenessinsteadofadrag. sinsteadofadrag. Whicheverkindofliberationyouwa Whicheverkindofliberationyouwantis,ofcourse,whatyouc ntis,ofcourse,whatyouchooseasnece hooseasnecessary ssary foryourownpresentstateofdevelopment. Ihadoccasiontoreadandstudyabo IhadoccasiontoreadandstudyabookaboutGodcal okaboutGodcalledMithra.Mithrawasth ledMithra.Mithrawasthe e nameofaGodandareligionwhich nameofaGodandareligionwhichwasfollowedbyRo wasfollowedbyRomanSoldiersall manSoldiersalloverthethen overthethen knownworld.IhavereadofTemple knownworld.IhavereadofTemplesofMithrafoundinwha sofMithrafoundinwhatisnowBulgaria,and tisnowBulgaria,and alsoinBritain,whichshowsthewidesp alsoinBritain,whichshowsthewidespreadreachofthissol readreachofthissoldier’sreligion. dier’sreligion. TheTemplesofMithrawerenotusedforworshipbutonlyfor‘ TheTemplesofMithrawerenotusedforwo rshipbutonlyfor‘baptising’new baptising’newconverts converts intothereligion.Thebaptisingconsiste intothereligion.Thebaptisingconsistedoftheneophytewa doftheneophytewalkingunderapl lkingunderaplatform atform madeofslats,withspacesbetweenthe madeofslats,withsp acesbetweentheslats.Onthetopofthepla slats.Onthetopoftheplatformabullwas tformabullwas killed,andthebloodflowedthrough killed,andthebloodflowedthroughtheslatsdownonthe theslatsdownontheneophyteand neophyteandthus thus

consecratedhimtomembershipinthe consecratedhimtomembershipinthereligionofMithra.(This religionofMithra.(Thishassomesimilari hassomesimilarityto tyto thebloodofChristbusiness).(Iamtoldtha thebloodofChristbusiness).(Iamtoldthateverythinginthepre teverythinginthepresentChristian sentChristian Churchwastakenfromotherreligions.) FromwhatinformationIhavebeenab FromwhatinformationIhavebeenabletoputtogetherabo letoputtogetherabouttheMithrareligio uttheMithrareligionit nit occurstomethatMithracouldbeanoth occurstomethatMith racouldbeanotheridea-concep eridea-conceptionoftheDemiurg tionoftheDemiurge.What e.What sculpturesandtempledrawings sculpturesandtempledrawingsIhaveseenshow IhaveseenshowMithratalkingtootherGods MithratalkingtootherGods,such ,such asApollo,Zeus,Mercury,etc. IfIhadnotbeensoengagedinano IfIhadnotbeensoengagedinanotherstudyoftheDem therstudyoftheDemiurgeideaandits iurgeideaanditsnaturein naturein thisphysicalCosmos,Iwouldnothaveg thisphysicalCosmos,Iwouldnothavegraspedanyphys raspedanyphysicalideathatMithrami icalideathatMithramight ght havebeenanother/differentembo havebeenanother/differentembodimentoftheideaofah dimentoftheideaofahalf-Godintermed alf-Godintermediary iary betweenthePhysicalPlaneandthen betweenthePhysicalPlaneandthenon-PhysicalPla on-PhysicalPlane. ne. Thecontinuedhistory/storyofMithrainthe Thecontinuedhistory/storyofMithraintheofficialreportsofthedisco officialreportsofthediscoveriesabout veriesabout himdoesnotcontainanythingIcan himdoesnotcontainanythingIcanfindabouttheinterm findabouttheintermediaryrole,butmay ediaryrole,butmayI I suggesttwosolutionstothislapse:(1)The suggesttwosolutionstothislapse:(1)Theintermediaryrolew intermediaryrolewasaverywellkept asaverywellkept secret–asecretthatwasalsohelpedalo secret–asecretthatwa salsohelpedalongbythefactthat(2)the ngbythefactthat(2)thewholeinnerpla wholeinnerplane ne setupwasobscureandundefin setupwasobscureandundefinedingeneralin edingeneralinthosedays,evenwi thosedays,evenwiththepriests,and ththepriests,and mostofthe... Iwillexplaintheoperationinseverald Iwillexplaintheoperationinseveraldifferentways,andthen ifferentways,andthentrytogivesome trytogivesome reasonsforthedifferentways.IfIdon’tcove reasonsforthedifferentways.IfIdon’tcoveralltheways,orreaso ralltheways,orreasons,inthisbookI ns,inthisbookI willcontinueininotherbooks,becau willcontinueininotherbooks,becausetheto-be-descr setheto-be-describedoperation ibedoperationhingesupona hingesupona lotofvitalOccultrules,orlaws,anditsapplica lotofvitalOccultrules,orla ws,anditsapplicationthrowsagreatdea tionthrowsagreatdealoflightupon loflightupon generalOccultMagicPowerWorkings.Infa generalOccultMagicPowerWorkings.Infact,Icouldsaythisoperatio ct,Icouldsaythisoperationisthecenter nisthecenter ofCorrectOccultMagicWorkings,anditsund ofCorrectOccultMagi cWorkings,anditsunderstandingcan/w erstandingcan/willadvanceyouas illadvanceyouas well. TheOperationIrefertoiscalled,mildlyand TheOperationIreferto iscalled,mildlyandunobtrusively,“bin unobtrusively,“binding,”simply,binding. ding,”simply,binding. IrealizenowIcouldalmostwriteabookon IrealizenowIcouldalmostwriteabookonthissubject,andno thissubject,andnotreachanendtoits treachanendtoits ramifications,followersofMithrawereRom ramifications,followersofMithrawereRomansoldiers.Alltheykne ansoldiers.Alltheyknewwasthatthe wwasthatthe ritesofMithraworked,andtheyworke ritesofMithraworked,andtheyworkedfortheempiricalre dfortheempiricalreasonsIhavegive asonsIhavegiven n elsewhereinthisbook. Introduction

Importantinformationtoberead,andun Importantinformationtoberead,andunderstood,before derstood,beforeyoustarttousethe youstarttousethe methodsgiveninthisbook,andalso methodsgiveninthisbook,andalsobeforeyougofar beforeyougofarther,usethemethod ther,usethemethodsgivenin sgivenin thebookonGettingMaterialThingsTh thebookonGettingMaterialThingsThroughCreative roughCreativeVisualization. Visualization.  Agreatlyunknown,andgreatlymisu  Agreatlyunknown,andgreatlymisunderstoodOccultop nderstoodOccultoperationishere-w erationishere-withbeing ithbeing broughttoyourattention.Ididbringthisop broughttoyourattention.Ididbringthisoperationtoyouratten erationtoyourattentioninconnection tioninconnectionwith with CreativeVisualizationinmybookofthatna CreativeVisualizationinmybookofthatname,butIdidn’temp me,butIdidn’temphasizeITmuch, hasizeITmuch, becauseImyselfthendidnotknowthe becauseImyselfthendidnotknowthefullsignificanceofthe-to fullsignificanceofthe-to-be-described -be-described followingoperation,sovastaretheconnections. Heregoes–andPLEASE,foryourow Heregoes–andPLEASE,foryourownsake,ATTEND: nsake,ATTEND: ForsomeungodlyreasonthisSolid,Ph ForsomeungodlyreasonthisSolid,PhysicalUniverseis ysicalUniverseisNOTSOLID(Idonot,at NOTSOLID(Idonot,at thiswriting,knowthedeeperreason thiswriting,knowthed eeperreasonsforthisnon-realso sforthisnon-realsolidbutIamsearching lidbutIamsearching,and ,and alwaysassoonasIhaveaclue,Iwillgive alwaysassoonasIhaveaclue,Iwillgive-give-give). -give-give). ThisPhysicalUniverseisthecreation ThisPhysicalUniverseisthecreationofCosmic“InnerPlan ofCosmic“InnerPlane”FORCES. e”FORCES.

OKAY,THATISSWELL(ifthatwereall). THESEFORCESARENOTSTABLEinamate THESEFORCESARENOTSTABLEinamaterialsense,(1)THESE rialsense,(1)THESEFORCESEBB FORCESEBB  ANDFLOW,BACKANDFORTH,TOANDFRO,UPA  ANDFLOW,BACKAN DFORTH,TOANDFRO,UPANDDOWN,INSIDEAN NDDOWN,INSIDEAND D OUT,(2)TheseForcesConsistofTWOPARTS.Ahote OUT,(2)TheseForce sConsistofTWOPARTS.Ahotelectric“Part”andaco lectric“Part”andacold ld magnetic“part”,(3)ANDtheseFORCESg magnetic“part”,(3)A NDtheseFORCESgobackandforthbe obackandforthbetweenthesetwo tweenthesetwo “PARTS”,allthetime!! Youcanseethisoperationin“Natu Youcanseethisoperationin“Nature”allthetime.Nightfollow re”allthetime.Nightfollowsday;TheMoongo sday;TheMoongoes es fromnewtofullandbackagain;TheTide fromnewtofullandbackagain;TheTidesflowinandout;TheSe sflowinandout;TheSeasonsfollowea asonsfolloweach ch otherinturn,andsoonandonand otherinturn,andsoonandonandon.Nothingisperm on.Nothingispermanentbutchange anentbutchange. . Inthebook,“TheArtandPracticeofGetting Inthebook,“TheArtandPracticeofGettingMaterialThingsThro MaterialThingsThroughCreative ughCreative Visualization,”Igavedirectionstobindyo Visualization,”IgavedirectionstobindyourVisualCreation urVisualCreations,sothatalimitwasput s,sothatalimitwasput oneachvisualization,SOTHATTHEVISUA oneachvisualization,SOTHATTHEVISUALIZATION,HAVINGBEENATTA LIZATION,HAVINGBEENATTAINED, INED, WOULDNOTREVERSEITSSELFACCOR WOULDNOTREVERSEITSSELFACCORDINGTOTHELAWSOFEBBAN DINGTOTHELAWSOFEBBAND D FLOW,ANDLEAVEABOUTASFASTASITCAMEINTOBEINGATFIRST.All “Christian”prayersareclosedwi “Christian”prayersareclosedwithanAmen,whichisafor thanAmen,whichisaformofbinding.What mofbinding.What “wiseman”setthatup? Intheyear(1972)Igavesomeattentio Intheyear(1972)IgavesomeattentiontoChristianScience ntoChristianScienceagain,afterhaving again,afterhaving “dabbled”initabout1925,butleavi “dabbled”initabout1925,butleavingit,asIcouldmakeno ngit,asIcouldmakenounderstandin understandingofa gofa techniqueoutofit,partlybecauseIwasal techniqueoutofit,partlybecauseIwasalsotooyoungtoha sotooyoungtohaveanyunders veanyunderstanding tanding capacity,plusexperience.WhileIhad capacity,plusexperience.WhileIhadsomeexperien someexperience“in”ChristianScie ce“in”ChristianScience,Iwas nce,Iwas nobetteroffthanIwasinmygradeschoo nobetteroffthanIwasi nmygradeschooldays,whenIwasth ldays,whenIwasthebaneofmedio ebaneofmediocre cre teachers,becauseofmyinabilitytolea teachers,becauseofmyinabilitytolearnanything,excep rnanything,exceptinonemanner,alm tinonemanner,almost,my ost,my manner/wayalone.Ihadtobasicund manner/wayalone.Ihadtobasicunderstand,andcou erstand,andcouldnotlearnbyrote ldnotlearnbyrote,oras ,oras parrotslearn. MyinterestinChristianSciencewasrev MyinterestinChristianSciencewasrevivedwhenabo ivedwhenabookcalled,“Mrs.Eddy,”by okcalled,“Mrs.Eddy,”by Daken,cameintomyreadingposse Daken,cameintomyreadingpossession.Anentirelydiffe ssion.AnentirelydifferentpictureofMrs.Eddy rentpictureofMrs.Eddy wasshowntomeotherthanthesug wasshowntomeotherthanthesugarybiographyby arybiographybySybelWilberwhich SybelWilberwhichIneverfelt Ineverfelt comfortablereading. Mesmerdidspeakofa“MagneticFlu Mesmerdidspeakofa“MagneticFluid”.Ihaveknownfora id”.IhaveknownforalongtimethattheAstral longtimethattheAstral Lightcanflowlikewater.TheFluidiswhat youthinkitis   youthinkitis ,itdoeswhatyoutell/wantit ,itdoeswhatyoutell/wantit todo–youevidentlymusthaveacomp todo–youevidentlymusthaveacompleteconfidenc leteconfidencefeelinginthefluid’sab efeelinginthefluid’sabilityto ilityto dowhatyoutellittodo.Ifyouthinkthefluidcan dowhatyoutellittodo.Ifyouthinkthefluidcan’t,orwon’t,itwillfollowyour ’t,orwon’t,itwillfollowyour strongestdirection/feeling. ThefluidflowsintothebodyfromoutsidethePhysicalCosmos,a Thefluidflowsintothebodyfromoutsidethe PhysicalCosmos,andentersthebod ndentersthebody y throughtheChakras,whichactasst throughtheChakras,whichactasstep-downtransfor ep-downtransformers,orcharges,orre mers,orcharges,orrectifiers, ctifiers, asyouwill. TheAstralLightFluidisaLifesubstancevehicle,andshould TheAstralLightFluidisaLifesubstanceveh icle,andshouldbeeasilydirectedby beeasilydirectedby you,YOU. TheAstralLightisAkasauntilyourdirectio TheAstralLightisAka sauntilyourdirectionsgiveitFORMandPUR nsgiveitFORMandPURPOSE. POSE. Torepeatagainastheideaisintere Torepeatagainastheideaisinterestingandratherim stingandratherimportant.Intherecentmovi portant.Intherecentmovie e ‘StarWars’referencewasmadetoso ‘StarWars’referencewasmadetosomethingtheycalle methingtheycalledTheForce.Actually,ther dTheForce.Actually,there e issuchathingastheForceIDEA.Itdoesnotwo issuchathingastheForceIDEA.Itdoesnotworkaswellasdemo rkaswellasdemonstratedinthe nstratedinthe picturebutitisthere.Manypeoplewho picturebutitisthere.Ma nypeoplewhothink,work,andwritea think,work,andwriteabouttheouter bouttheouter reachesofideashavecomeacro reachesofideashavecomeacrossthisForceexistence ssthisForceexistence,and,whichismost ,and,whichismost important,haveeachofthemgiventhe important,haveeachofthemgiventheForceadifferentNAM ForceadifferentNAMEbutitisthesame Ebutitisthesame

thing.Pleaseworktounderstandthisas thing.Pleaseworktounderstandthisasitisthekeyto‘difference itisthekeyto‘differences’thatare s’thatare supposedtodividemanydifferentgr supposedtodividemanydifferentgroups,differentOccultGrou oups,differentOccultGroups.AstralLightisthe ps.AstralLightisthe nameIuse,andalsousethename nameIuse,andalsousethenamePrana.Mrs.Eddyuse Prana.Mrs.EddyusedthenameMalicio dthenameMalicious us  AnimalMagnetismasshenoticedtheo  AnimalMagnetismasshenoticedtheobverseeffectsofthisForc bverseeffectsofthisForce,whichdoesan e,whichdoesand d becomes,andactstheWAYYOU‘TEL becomes,andactstheWAYYOU‘TELL’ITTODO-ACT.Rememb L’ITTODO-ACT.RememberwhatIsaid erwhatIsaid elsewhereandrepeatagain elsewhereandrepeatagainhere–allactionsar here–allactionsarereversible.Inpoin ereversible.Inpointoffact,Mrs. toffact,Mrs. Eddydidusethatideawhenshetau Eddydidusethatideawhenshetaught‘affirmationsofTruth’ ght‘affirmationsofTruth’,sayingwhatyouw ,sayingwhatyouwant ant ittobe(whatyouwantisTRUTH,orwhen ittobe(whatyouwantisTRUTH,orwhenthingsworkoutyou thingsworkoutyourwayitisTRUTH rwayitisTRUTH working!)Idonotmeananynegative working!)IdonotmeananynegativeideasaboutMrs.Edd ideasaboutMrs.Eddyandherwriting yandherwritings–I s–I mentionherbecauseIoncestudie mentionherbecauseIoncestudiedChristianScienc dChristianScienceanditjustoccurstome eanditjustoccurstomemore more oftenthananyoftheothermetaphysica oftenthananyoftheothermetaphysicalsystemsIstudied.Thethi lsystemsIstudied.ThethingsImention ngsImention aboutChristianSciencearealsotrue aboutChristianSciencearealsotrueofUnityandtheothers ofUnityandtheothers.Itisallthesamething .Itisallthesamething butdifferentNAMES.Pleaselearnthissame butdifferentNAMES.Pl easelearnthissameidea-differentname idea-differentnames. s. Theprecedingmaterial,sofargiveni Theprecedingmaterial,sofargiveninthisbook,hasbeen nthisbook,hasbeenagatheringtoge agatheringtogetherofa therofa widerangeofgeneralOccultordin widerangeofgeneralOccultordinaryinformation,sothat aryinformation,sothatIcouldmakecleartoyo Icouldmakecleartoyour ur mindthepastsignificanceoftheseOccu mindthepastsignificanceoftheseOccultconceptions,and ltconceptions,and‘nail’(rememberthe ‘nail’(rememberthe meaningoftheword‘nail’intheJeh meaningoftheword‘nail’intheJehovaformula?)dow ovaformula?)downsomethingac nsomethingactualand tualand progressiveworkingKnowle progressiveworkingKnowledgeforyoutogetyou dgeforyoutogetyourworkingmind‘ rworkingmind‘hands’intoand hands’intoand onto,andthengoaheadwithyou onto,andthengoaheadwithyourstudieswithconfid rstudieswithconfidence. ence. ItdoesseemattimesthatallIdoisendlesslytal ItdoesseemattimesthatallIdoisendlesslytalkABOUT,andneverge kABOUT,andnevergetintothe tintothe coreofworkingKnowledges,asIha coreofworkingKnowledges,asIhaveaccusedsoma veaccusedsomanyoccultteachersan nyoccultteachersandwriters dwriters ofdoinginthepasttimes,especiallydurin ofdoinginthepasttimes,especiallyduringthelastquarterofthee gthelastquarteroftheeighteenhundre ighteenhundreds. ds. But,inthiscase,theprevious‘talk’clearsaw But,inthiscase,theprev ious‘talk’clearsawaymuchignoran aymuchignorantrubbishwhich trubbishwhich surroundsthebasiccoremorecle surroundsthebasiccoremoreclearlyandhelpfullytoo arlyandhelpfullytoourmental-view-gra urmental-view-grasp. sp.  Asanexample.Amongtheendlessth  Asanexample.Amongtheendlessthingsthatweresup ingsthatweresupposed-assume posed-assumedtobetrue, dtobetrue, inMedievalAges,wasthe‘canard’ inMedievalAges,wasthe‘canard’(wordmeansw (wordmeanswoodenduckde oodenduckdecoy)thattheEarth coy)thattheEarth wasthecenteroftheUniverse,andth wasthecenteroftheUniverse,andthustheSunrevolve ustheSunrevolvedaroundtheEarth daroundtheEarth,andnot ,andnot theEarthrevolvedaroundtheSun:b theEarthrevolvedaroundtheSun:becauseHolyWritsa ecauseHolyWritsaidthatJoshuago idthatJoshuagotGodto tGodto maketheSunstandstill,oneday,fortogive maketheSunstandstill,oneday,fortogiveJoshuamoreday Joshuamoredaylighttimetowina lighttimetowina battle!!! Itwasnotuntilmechanicalscienceprogresscaughtup Itwasnotuntilmechanicalsciencepro gresscaughtupwiththeworld,intheformo withtheworld,intheformofa fa workabletelescope,thatanyman,inc workabletelescope,thatanyman,includingaPope,cou ludingaPope,could“ ld“SEE  SEE “thattheEarthwent “thattheEarthwent aroundtheSun,andnotthattheSun aroundtheSun,andnotthattheSunwentaroundtheEa wentaroundtheEarth.(Againithasalwa rth.(Againithasalways ys beenanastoundingsourceo beenanastoundingsourceofamazementtomethatthe famazementtomethattheRomanCatholicch RomanCatholicchurch urch hierarchydidn’tgooutof‘business’then  hierarchydidn’tgooutof‘business’ then ,whentheyweremadesuchfoolsofbya ,whentheyweremadesuchfoolsofbya simplesciencediscovery;butignoran simplesciencediscovery;butignorancewonoutagai cewonoutagain.Isupposetherew n.Isupposetherewasnowhere asnowhere butthechurchtoclingto.) ToskipaheadagainwithoutthesoToskipaheadagainwithouttheso-calledproperpre calledproperpreparationasrequ parationasrequiredinliterary iredinliterary circles,andalsotoshiftthesubjectviolently(w circles,andalsotosh iftthesubjectviolently(whichwillinfuriatethecritics hichwillinfuriatethecritics!)–it !)–it appearsfromaperusal/lookat300 appearsfromaperusal/lookat3000-plusyearsoford 0-plusyearsofordinaryreligioush inaryreligioushistory,that istory,that certainideasaboutGodcameup,-we certainideasaboutGodcameup,-welledup,-inman’sco lledup,-inman’sconsciousness,and nsciousness,andgot got themselvesrecorded,scrap-wise themselvesrecorded,scrap-wise,frommilleniumtomilleni ,frommilleniumtomillenium. um. TheseGodIdeasgotthemselvesrec TheseGodIdeasgotthemselvesrecorded,BUTnorecor orded,BUTnorecordwasmadeastoh dwasmadeastohowthe owthe ideasWORKEDOUTINLIFE/LIVES.Tothat  ideasWORKEDOUTINLIFE/LIVES.To that endweareentirelyignorant. endweareentirelyignorant. Suchrecordswerenevermade Suchrecordswerenevermadebecauseofthesecre becauseofthesecrecysoprevalen cysoprevalentamongthe tamongthe practitionersofMagicalprocessesinthosedays.  Anotherthing,neverrecorded,was  Anotherthing,neverrecorded,wasthatinthosedayspe thatinthosedayspeopleweremore opleweremoreprimitive; primitive; thatis,theobjectivemindwaspoorlyedu thatis,theobjectivemi ndwaspoorlyeducatedinthesense catedinthesensethatwhateducatio thatwhateducationit nit

had,wastaught,waswrong,-suchth had,wastaught,waswrong,-suchthingsasthattheworl ingsasthattheworldwasflat,asstated.But dwasflat,asstated.But thesub-mindKNEWmanythings.Amon thesub-mindKNEWmanythings.Amongthesethingswa gthesethingswasthefactthatMagic sthefactthatMagic processesworked,andthesubcon processesworked,andthesubconsciousnessofpeo sciousnessofpeoplewasconstantly plewasconstantlylookingfor lookingfor evidenceofthisfact,andforformulasasto evidenceofthisfact,andforformulasastoHOWTODO/WORKIT.Hencethe HOWTODO/WORKIT.Hencethe secrecythen.Nowadayssincenob secrecythen.Nowadayssincenobodyknowsanythi odyknowsanything,itseemsunnece ng,itseemsunnecessary. ssary. Togetbacktothemaintheme:CONTACT/COMMUNICATION!!!!WITHGOD Togetbacktothemaintheme:CONTACT /COMMUNICATION!!!!WITHGOD (Whatevershapeittakes!)Whatuseisittoha (Whatevershapeittakes!)WhatuseisittohaveaGodwithwhomyo veaGodwithwhomyoucannot ucannot communicateandgetresults?AGodtow communicateandgetresults?AGodtowhichweprayforne hichweprayforneedsandgood edsandgoodies, ies, sometimesgettingresultsandsometime sometimesgettingresultsandsometimesnotgettingresults/an snotgettingresults/answers. swers. (Nothinginthesewritingsistobetaken (Nothinginthesewritingsistobetaken/construedasamoc /construedasamockeryofothers’pray keryofothers’prayers ers andtheirgrantingand/ornongra andtheirgrantingand/ornongrantings.AllImeanhere ntings.AllImeanhereisanexaminatio isanexaminationofGod nofGod Contacts,-whatthesecontactsarelike Contacts,-whatthesecontactsarelikeandwhatisthetruthab andwhatisthetruthaboutthem.Istherea outthem.Istherea God-ContactMethod??Thatworks God-ContactMethod??That works ALLTHETIME?)  ALLTHETIME?) NoonewilleverknowallaboutGod NoonewilleverknowallaboutGod,sowehavetodoallw ,sowehavetodoallwecandotogetwha ecandotogetwhat t knowledgewecangetandUS knowledgewecangetandUSETHAT,tothebestofoura ETHAT,tothebestofourability. bility. Itdoesseem  Itdoesseem -asappears  -asappears fromstudiesofGod,oftheUniverse,andofphysical fromstudiesofGod,oftheUniverse,andofphysical matter,thattheWORLDapparently“gother matter,thattheWORLD apparently“gothere”byaprocesswh e”byaprocesswhichconsistedofa ichconsistedofa progressivechangefromanon-physical  progressivechangefroma non-physical stateofbe-ingtoaphysicalstateofbeing stateofbe-ingtoaphysicalstateofbeing throughsuccessive“steps”“downw throughsuccessive“steps”“downward”tothisphysica ard”tothisphysicalstateofbeingwhere lstateofbeingwhereweare weare “lockedinthisshellofflesh”bysomenon “lockedinthisshellofflesh”bysomenon-easy-breakab -easy-breakablepattern. lepattern.  Again,apparently,thereISawayOUTeven  Again,apparently,thereISawayOUTevenwhilelockedinthe whilelockedinthe“shellofflesh”–a “shellofflesh”–a personcanlearnto“project”hiscen personcanlearnto“project”hiscenterofconsciousne terofconsciousnesstoanother“bo sstoanother“body”on dy”on anotherinnerplane,andthenloo anotherinnerplane,andthenlook“out”andstudythe“m k“out”andstudythe“machineryoftheU achineryoftheUniverse”, niverse”, and,hopefully,manipulatetheplasticlin and,hopefully,manipulatetheplasticlinesofearthboundFo esofearthboundForcessoastodeflec rcessoastodeflectthe tthe descendingForcesinhisfavour. Toescape,then,fromthisshellofmattermea Toescape,then,fromthisshellofmattermeansthatwehavetogo nsthatwehavetogo“backup,”asI “backup,”asI saidbefore,thesamewaywe“camed saidbefore,thesamewaywe“camedown”.Butisthiswhatwe own”.Butisthiswhatwereallywantnow? reallywantnow? Isn’twhatwereallywantnowistoCON Isn’twhatwereallywantnowistoCONTROLTHISSHELL-SP TROLTHISSHELL-SPHEREOFMATTER? HEREOFMATTER? CONTROLTHEPHYSICALPLANE? Thewholedamnphysicalplan Thewholedamnphysicalplanesetupisonedam esetupisonedamnmessnomatterhow nmessnomatterhowyoulookat youlookat it. However,ontakingasecondloo However,ontakingasecondlookandalittlemoremedi kandalittlemoremeditationonthisWorld,itoccu tationonthisWorld,itoccurs rs tomethattheremaybeakindofmiserabl tomethattheremayb eakindofmiserable“goodness”tothi e“goodness”tothisbindingdown sbindingdownhere.I here.I dopersistinthinkingof‘here’bein dopersistinthinkingof‘here’being‘downhere’ g‘downhere’.Allmylifethough,othertha .Allmylifethough,otherthanthis nthis ‘downhere’,hasbeenprese ‘downhere’,hasbeenpresentedasalltheother ntedasalltheotherkindsoffreedomb kindsoffreedombeing‘upthere’, eing‘upthere’, abovetheKingdomoftheSkies,asitcallsitin abovetheKingdomoftheSkies,asitcallsitintheBible.Itcouldbe,andI,an theBible.Itcouldbe,andI,andyou,I dyou,I amsure,haveheardofthisplaneas amsure,haveheardofthisplaneasa“testing”place,orasa a“testing”place,orasa‘refining’proce ‘refining’process,a ss,a processinwhich,duetothepressur processinwhich,duetothepressuresinvolvedissup esinvolvedissupposedtomakeu posedtomakeuscometoour scometoour senses,ourtruesenses,whenin  senses,ourtruesenses, whenin realize–WHAT??? realize–WHAT???  AsthereseemstobenothingelsetodobuttoaccumulateKn  Asthereseemstobenothingelsetodo buttoaccumulateKnowledgewhic owledgewhichis his supposedtoturntoWisdom,meanwh supposedtoturntoWisdom,meanwhilesubmittingtothepres ilesubmittingtothepressuresofthisPhysical suresofthisPhysical Plane,untilweaccumulateenoughWi Plane,untilweaccumulateenoughWisdomto‘escape’fro sdomto‘escape’fromthisvaleoftearsetc. mthisvaleoftearsetc. ThereissomekindofFirstCauseGod,tosaynothingofaworking  working systemofcontact systemofcontact withGod,asystemthatworks  withGod,asystemthat works ,isliketryingtostuffapoundofbutterdownawild ,isliketryingtostuffapoundofbutterdownawild cat’sthroatwitharedhotawl!

Inthefirstplace,youhaveaBiblethatpurportstotellofthecreation Inthefirstplace,youhaveaBiblethatpurp ortstotellofthecreationofthisworld,the ofthisworld,the sun,themoon,andthestars,andthe/a sun,themoon,andthestars,andthe/awholeuniverse wholeuniverseclearouttotheend(? clearouttotheend(?)of )of unendingspace,wherelightrea unendingspace,wherelightreachingustodaywa chingustodaywasonthewayhere sonthewayhereforuntoldbillions foruntoldbillions ofyears.AndallthisdoneinsixdaysbyaGo ofyears.Andallthisdo neinsixdaysbyaGod.This,Isay,isinabookc d.This,Isay,isinabookcalledthe alledthe Bibleinandofwhichmillionsofhuman Bibleinandofwhichmillionsofhumans“believein”.Ando s“believein”.AndonaccountofthisBibl naccountofthisBible e millionsofotherhumanswerekilledbec millionsofotherhumanswerekilledbecausetheydidno ausetheydidnot“believe”init. t“believe”init. ThenanotherthingcalledScienc ThenanotherthingcalledScienceshowsmoreand eshowsmoreandmoreeverydaytha moreeverydaythatthisworld tthisworld andthesunandthemoonandtheu andthesunandthemoonandtheuniversearerea niversearerealybillionsofyearsolde lybillionsofyearsolderthan rthan 6,000years,andsowheredoe 6,000years,andsowheredoesthisleavetheBible6 sthisleavetheBible6,000-yearthumpe ,000-yearthumpers?Highand rs?Highand dry,withoutapaddle. Worse,andworstofall,isaqueerstorythatin Worse,andworstofall,isaqueerstorythatinthis6-daydealthe this6-daydealthereoccurredan reoccurredan episodeinvolvingacoupleofin episodeinvolvingacoupleofinexperiencedig experiencedignorantswhocomm norantswhocommittedatrivialand ittedatrivialand diminutiveoffenseweresubjecte diminutiveoffenseweresubjectedtoapunishmen dtoapunishmentfartranscendingthe tfartranscendingtheseriousness seriousness oftheoffense.Notonlythat,-alltheirdescend oftheoffense.Notonl ythat,-alltheirdescendentswerelikewi entswerelikewisecondemned! secondemned! ThemoreIlookatit,themorethewholedamnthingreadslikea ThemoreIlookatit,themorethewholeda mnthingreadslikeagobye-byegoo gobye-byegoofy fy DREAM.Foronething,-likealldreams–them DREAM.Foronethin g,-likealldreams–themessmakesnosen essmakesnosensewhatsoever sewhatsoever. . Herewewerepresentedwith,aco Herewewerepresentedwith,acoupleofthousand upleofthousandyearsago,alotofba yearsago,alotofbasicbull, sicbull, that,astimepassesonandscientificrevela that,astimepasseson andscientificrevelationsincrease,the tionsincrease,thebasicbullisseen basicbullisseen finallybyalltobefallacious,andyetitdiesa finallybyalltobefalla cious,andyetitdiesadeathfightingtotheen deathfightingtotheend. d. Justtheotherdaysomedamnfoolsa Justtheotherdaysomedamnfoolsaroundhereexp roundhereexposedtheirdiab osedtheirdiabeticchildtoa eticchildtoa “faithhealer”,anddeclaredthechil “faithhealer”,anddeclaredthechildhealed,-thechild dhealed,-thechilddied.Nowtheyexpe died.Nowtheyexpectthe ctthe childtoberesurrectedfromthedead childtoberesurrectedfromthedeadinfourtofivedays.(Augu infourtofivedays.(August26,1973,Los st26,1973,Los  Angeles.) Thereissomethingqueergoing Thereissomethingqueergoingonin/withthisDREAM onin/withthisDREAM. . Wewillprobablyneverunravelth WewillprobablyneverunravelthisDREAM,-SOALLWECAN isDREAM,-SOALLWECANDOISTODO DOISTODO WHATWECANDO,-andworkfromthere.(Se WHATWECANDO,-an dworkfromthere.(SeemyVignette“TheThre emyVignette“TheThread”.)(Please ad”.)(Please keepthisDreamIdeainthebackofyo keepthisDreamIdeainthebackofyourmindatalltimes.) urmindatalltimes.) NOW!!WHATCANWE“DO?  NOW!!WHATCANWE“ DO?  WECANDOWHATWORKS. Alistofbookswasreviewedforyou,-listedthistime  Alistofbookswasreviewedforyou,-listedthistime bysubject:NUMBERONE–AstralProjecti bysubject:NUMBERONE–AstralProjection–toenableyouto on–toenableyoutogainentrancein gainentranceintothe tothe InnerPlanes,-thebasicideaofwhichwa InnerPlanes,-theba sicideaofwhichwastoenableyou stoenableyouto“SEE”theYellowAstra to“SEE”theYellowAstral l Light(whichisTheDemiurgeonsan Light(whichisTheDemiurgeonsandwhichhopeful dwhichhopefullywillbeexplaine lywillbeexplainedmorefully dmorefully later.) NUMBERTWO–CreativeVisualization– NUMBERTWO–CreativeVisualization–methodsofinfluenc methodsofinfluencingtheDemiurg ingtheDemiurgeons. eons. NUMBERTHREE–Occult–Description NUMBERTHREE–Occult–DescriptionsofvarioustypesofOccu sofvarioustypesofOccultForcesassuch. ltForcesassuch. NUMBERFOUR–OracleofFortuna–Awayo NUMBERFOUR–OracleofFortuna–Awayoffurtherusingthesym ffurtherusingthesymbolstothrow bolstothrow Lightonquestionsofyourlife. NUMBERFIVE–Clairvoyance–sho NUMBERFIVE–Clairvoyance–showsyouhowtodev wsyouhowtodevelopyourlatentp elopyourlatentpowersof owersof perception. NUMBERSIX–Talismans–showsyou NUMBERSIX–Talism ans–showsyouhowtomakehelpe howtomakehelperstohelpyouthro rstohelpyouthroughlife. ughlife. NUMBERSEVEN–CaballaMagic– NUMBERSEVEN–CaballaMagic–moreonmagicasre moreonmagicasrelatedtotheCaball latedtotheCaballasystem. asystem.

ThesubjectstreatedinthesebooksD ThesubjectstreatedinthesebooksDOWORK.So,inWORKING,theygiv OWORK.So,inWORKING,theygivethelieto ethelieto allthespeculationsabouttheBiblestuffand allthespeculationsabouttheBiblestuffandtheSciencestuff.Whatbo theSciencestuff.Whatbootsitif otsitif NEITHERarecorrect?–exactlyaslon NEITHERarecorrect?–exactlyaslongasyouhaveso gasyouhavesomeprocessestha meprocessesthatDO tDO WORK.Andinsoworkingyoucange WORK.Andinsowork ingyoucangetcontroloverthe“drea tcontroloverthe“dream”ofthislife,or m”ofthislife,or whateveritis,andbegintofixtheDream whateveritis,andbe gintofixtheDreamsoitdoesn’thurtyou soitdoesn’thurtyouanymore. anymore. Sobeit.  Andthatisahellofalotmorethanyoucane  Andthatisahellofalotmorethanyoucanexpectfromanyoftoda xpectfromanyoftoday’schurchesor, y’schurchesor, endure,fromanyreligionIknowabo endure,fromanyreligionIknowabout,occidentalorori ut,occidentalororiental. ental.

Seventh Section

ptonowyouhavehadagreatdealofordinaryKnow lofordinaryKnowledgegiventoyou ledgegiventoyouaboutthe aboutthe Uptonowyouhavehadagreatdea relativeprobablefactsoftheexistence relativeprobablefactsoftheexistenceofasomethingcall ofasomethingcalledtheDemiurge,aso edtheDemiurge,asortof rtof secondarykindofGod,andsomeofitsfu secondarykindofGod,andsomeofitsfunctionsweredesc nctionsweredescribedbutofthesewe ribedbutofthesewe havesaidverylittlesofar.Wewillnowtrytoprese havesaidverylittlesofar.Wewillnowtrytopresentmoreideasastoits ntmoreideasastoitsnature,and nature,and ofwhatitsnatureconsistsof,andwhatwe ofwhatitsnaturecon sistsof,andwhatwemightreasonably mightreasonablyexpectfromKnowle expectfromKnowledge dge andContactwithIt. Youalreadyknowthelocation/pos Youalreadyknowthelocation/positionoftheDemiurg itionoftheDemiurge,thatitstandsbetween e,thatitstandsbetweenthe the FirstCauseGod,andmaterialman,theno FirstCauseGod,andmaterialman,thenon-materialFirstCau n-materialFirstCauseGodandmate seGodandmaterial rial man.Youhavebeentoldthat,accord man.Youhavebeentoldthat,accordingtoitspositionpla ingtoitspositionplace,theDemiurgea ce,theDemiurgeactsas ctsas anintermediarybetweentheFirstCau anintermediarybetweentheFirstCauseGodandphysi seGodandphysicalMan.Youwere calMan.Youweretoldthat toldthat theDemiurge’sbeingconsistsof‘s theDemiurge’sbeingconsistsof‘spiritual’(Elementa piritual’(ElementalAir=movement-ability lAir=movement-ability)non)nonphysicalsubstance,andofmaterial physicalsubstance,andofmaterialsubstance:hence substance:henceitsnameTheHalf-God itsnameTheHalf-God.– .– Demi-(half)–Urgeous-(worker)–(God). Youwerealsogivensmallsidepar Youwerealsogivensmallsideparagraphsonan agraphsonanotherancientGodn otherancientGodnamedMithra amedMithra andMithra’spossibleconnectio andMithra’spossibleconnectiontotheDemiurge,as ntotheDemiurge,asthesamego-betw thesamego-betweenfunction. eenfunction. InthecaseofMithraIhavefoundnoinfo InthecaseofMithraIhavefoundnoinformationthatshowed rmationthatshowedanyeffectsthatthe anyeffectsthatthe ‘Worship’ofMithrahadontheirpers ‘Worship’ofMithrahadontheirpersonallives:ifthefollow onallives:ifthefollowersofMithraexperien ersofMithraexperienced ced Illuminationornot,orwhat?Iftherewere Illuminationornot,orwhat?Iftherewereanyresultanteffectfrom anyresultanteffectfromtheworshipof theworshipof Mithraitnevergotrecordeddownth MithraitnevergotrecordeddownthatIcanfindsofar,untilIcang atIcanfindsofar,untilIcangettoahuge ettoahuge library,liketheLibraryofCongress,and library,liketheLibraryofCongress,anddomuchresearch domuchresearch,Iwontknow.AsfarasI ,Iwontknow.AsfarasI canascertainnow,nohistorianha canascertainnow,nohistorianhasmaderecordso smaderecordsofanydetailsofthewo fanydetailsoftheworshipof rshipof Mithra,and,indeed,hemightnoteven Mithra,and,indeed,hemightnotevenrecognizeworsh recognizeworshipdetailsasIunder ipdetailsasIunderstoodthe stoodthe Mithrareligionwasverysecretive,esp Mithrareligionwasverysecretive,especiallyastheservi eciallyastheservicesinMithra’stempl cesinMithra’stempleswere eswere onlyforbaptizingnewconvertsand onlyforbaptizingnewconvertsandnotforworshipservi notforworshipservices;aftersuchalon ces;aftersuchalongtimeit gtimeit wouldbeindeeddifficulttoreconstru wouldbeindeeddifficulttoreconstructmuchinformation ctmuchinformationaboutthereligion,asit aboutthereligion,asit couldevenberecognizedassuch.  Andanotherpoint.Manyhistoriansan  Andanotherpoint.Manyhistoriansandscholarsworkfor dscholarsworkforcollegesowned collegesownedand and operatedbyreligioussectsintheBib operatedbyreligioussectsintheBible-thumpingMidw le-thumpingMidwestBible-beltState estBible-beltState Universities.Forthesementocomeand Universities.Forthese mentocomeandpublish-print-pro publish-print-provesuchthingsase vesuchthingsasevidence vidence ofPowerandTruth,andIlluminationina ofPowerandTruth,an dIlluminationinancient‘heathen’ ncient‘heathen’–‘discredited’ –‘discredited’religion, religion, especiallywhentheirownChristia especiallywhentheirownChristianreligionsperfor nreligionsperformsofutilelythesedays,wo msofutilelythesedays,would uld raiseahowlthatcouldbeheardallthe raiseahowlthatcouldbeheardallthewaytohellandba waytohellandback.. ck.. So,asIsaid,iftheydidfindanythingfavorableandsoundin So,asIsaid,iftheydidfindanythingfavorab leandsoundinMithra’sworship Mithra’sworshipit it wouldn’thavemuchchancetoge wouldn’thavemuchchancetogetpublishedany tpublishedanyhow.BUTyoucandeduce how.BUTyoucandeducethat that SOMEeffectsMUSThavetakenplaceorMithrawouldne SOMEeffectsMUSThavetakenplace orMithrawouldneverhavehappe verhavehappened.A ned.A greatdealofOccultKnowledgehas greatdealofOccultKnowledgehasbeenrecovered beenrecoveredbyOphielfromallsourc byOphielfromallsources. es. EnoughsothatyoucanproceedtoUSETHEKNOWLEDGE  Enoughsothatyoucanproceedto USETHEKNOWLEDGE andGETRESULTS (manystudentsareusingthisKnow (manystudentsareusingthisKnowledgebetterthanOp ledgebetterthanOphielisusingit!!!Someofyou hielisusingit!!!Someofyou havemoretimetopractice.Ophielhastoke havemoretimetopractice.Ophielhastokeeponworking eponworkingwithcontinuallynew withcontinuallynew material. TocontinuewithfurtherideasoftheNa TocontinuewithfurtherideasoftheNatureoftheDemiurg tureoftheDemiurge.Therearegreat e.Therearegreat mysteriesherebutyou,Man,arecon mysteriesherebutyou,Man,areconnected,insomewa nected,insomeway,withtheDemiurge y,withtheDemiurge.It .It seems,aftercarefulmeditationonthisid seems,aftercarefulmeditationonthisidea-subject,thatyou ea-subject,thatyou,Man,areasortof ,Man,areasortof Demiurgeyourself!!!Everything,alltheev Demiurgeyourself!!!Everything,alltheevidence,pointstha idence,pointsthatway,tosomethinglike tway,tosomethinglike thisbeingtrue.But,asIsaid,therearemanyM thisbeingtrue.But,asIs aid,therearemanyMysteriesleftunexpla ysteriesleftunexplained.One ined.One mysteryisman’s,apparenthelplessn mysteryisman’s,app arenthelplessnessinthefaceofthe‘fa essinthefaceofthe‘facts(?)’ofphysical cts(?)’ofphysical existence,anditsdragonourlives.El existence,anditsdragonourlives.Elsewhereinmybook sewhereinmybooksIsuggestedthatma sIsuggestedthatman n

createdhisownphysical-condi createdhisownphysical-conditions-environme tions-environmentsbutbeforethatidea ntsbutbeforethatideaIbeganto Ibeganto suspectthatmancreatedhisownphy suspectthatmancreatedhisownphysicalconditions-e sicalconditions-environments.Andstillbe nvironments.Andstillbefore fore thatIbegantosuspectthatmanwasmorere thatIbegantosuspectthatmanwasmoreresponsibleforhis sponsibleforhisactions,evenina actions,evenina mundaneway,thantheworldthin mundaneway,thantheworldthinksorusuallythinks.Wha ksorusuallythinks.WhatImeanisthatwhenIwa tImeanisthatwhenIwas s achild,andinmyteens(seemsahun achild,andinmyteens(seemsahundredyearsago) dredyearsago)thisideaofamanbei thisideaofamanbeing ng responsibleforsome,orallofhisfatewa responsibleforsome,orallofhisfatewasunheardof.No!A sunheardof.No!Allconditionswerethe llconditionswerethe workingsof“Providence”,andnoth workingsof“Providence”,andnothingamaneverdi ingamaneverdid,goodorbad,withi d,goodorbad,withinreason, nreason, changedhis“Fate”toanydegreew changedhis“Fate”toanydegreewhatsoever. hatsoever. Iamgoingtorepeatagain,inthehope Iamgoingtorepeatagain,inthehopeofshockingyouin ofshockingyouintorealizingthatthe torealizingthatthe followingmaybethemostmomentou followingmaybethemostmomentousnewsyoueverhe snewsyoueverheard, ard,THATMANCOULDBE THATMANCOULDBE THEDEMIURGE .Idosayhere,now,again,insomemysteriou .Idosayhere,now,again,insomemysteriouswaythereexistsa swaythereexistsa tremendousmysterythatmustbesolved tremendousmysterythatmustbesolved-resolvedbefore -resolvedbeforeafullcommandcan afullcommandcanbe be takenofone’slife,acommandthatALL takenofone’slife,acommandthatALLtheaboveKnowle theaboveKnowledgeimplies. dgeimplies. Ofcourse,itisridiculoustostatethatphysicalMan(now)istheDemiu Ofcourse,itisridiculoustostatethatphysicalM an(now)istheDemiurgewithallthe rgewithallthe PowersoftheDemiurge,whenthe PowersoftheDemiurge,whentheobviousappea obviousappearanceisjusttheopp ranceisjusttheopposite.Man osite.Man appearsmorelikeahelplesswretc appearsmorelikeahelplesswretchthanotherwise hthanotherwise. . ButMandoes  ButMandoes havecertaindefinitepowers.HECAN“THINK”   havecertaindefinitepowers.HECAN“THINK”  .Hecanpictureforms andthingsinhismind,-“CreativeVisual andthingsinhismind,-“CreativeVisualization”,-andcanbr ization”,-andcanbringimageeventsab ingimageeventsabout out tobe.Hecandeveloplight-seeing tobe.Hecandeveloplight-seeing,Clairvoyance.Hecan ,Clairvoyance.Hecansetupdiagrams/sy setupdiagrams/symbols mbols onpaper,whichsymbolscan“anch onpaper,whichsymbolscan“anchor”AstralLightForce or”AstralLightForcessothattheyworkforhi ssothattheyworkforhim m accordingtodirections.Hecanlearn accordingtodirections.Hecanlearntotransferhiscenterofco totransferhiscenterofconsciousnesstoo nsciousnesstoother ther planes,andoncethere,can“see planes,andoncethere,can“see”theAstralLight(Dem ”theAstralLight(Demiurge?)intheformofa iurge?)intheformofa goldenwhiteLight.AndthisLighthas goldenwhiteLight.AndthisLighthasadefiniteconnectio adefiniteconnectionwiththeworkerGo nwiththeworkerGod,and d,and probablyis“IT”.Andhereisanotherg probablyis“IT”.Andhereisanothergreatmysteryonwhich reatmysteryonwhichweareworking weareworking. . InasenseitcouldbesaidthattheDem InasenseitcouldbesaidthattheDemiurgeisasortof“IdiotGod” iurgeisasortof“IdiotGod”.Oragain,asI .Oragain,asI cansay,islikeaprogrammedcompu cansay,islikeaprog rammedcomputer,withwhichIhavec ter,withwhichIhavecompareditsever ompareditseveraltimes. altimes. (Note,study,thenextmaterialcloselyandabsorbit.) TheDemiurgedoesnothingyo TheDemiurgedoesnothingyouwouldexpecta uwouldexpectagoodGodtodoau goodGodtodoautomatically.It tomatically.It Doesnotrewardgooddeedso Doesnotrewardgooddeedsorgoodworksaut rgoodworksautomatically.TheDemiu omatically.TheDemiurgedemands rgedemands implicitandexactobediance,onyourpart,toallitsrules.IF   IF  youcanfindoutwhat exactlyitsrulesare!  exactlyitsrulesare! Atonetimeandplaceitgivesacommand Atonetimeandplaceitgivesacommandment“Thoushalln ment“Thoushallnot ot kill,”andinanotherplaceitsays,“Goinan kill,”andinanotherplaceitsays,“Goinandkilleveryone,men dkilleveryone,men,women,children ,women,children, , babies”!!!Thisexplainsthecuriousfactthatpe babies”!!!ThisexplainsthecuriousfactthatpeopleHAVEtoprayto opleHAVEtopraytotheDemiurge theDemiurge (onlytheydon’tknowwhattheyare (onlytheydon’tknowwhattheyareprayingto)totell“IT”theirne prayingto)totell“IT”theirneedsanddesires edsanddesires. . Thesethingsyouwouldthinkanom ThesethingsyouwouldthinkanomniscientGodwould niscientGodwouldknowofinadvance knowofinadvance,-and ,-and yet,youcanSEEthatthisisnottrue. Therefore,donoteverdo“therightthi Therefore,donoteverdo“therightthing”andexpecttheD ng”andexpecttheDemiurgetorewa emiurgetorewardyou,- rdyou,- UNLESSYOUPROGRAMITTOREWARDYOU UNLESSYOUPROGRAMITTOREWARDYOU,INADVANCE,AUTOMA ,INADVANCE,AUTOMATICALLY. TICALLY. Nowfollowanumberofshortknowl Nowfollowanumberofshortknowledgenotesab edgenotesabouttheDemiurg outtheDemiurge.Learnthem. e.Learnthem. FURTHERNOTESONTHEDEMIURGE,-(jus FURTHERNOTESONTHEDEMIURGE,-(justanideaforyoutomed tanideaforyoutomeditateon;see itateon;see whatyougetoutofit).Thetransmundan whatyougetoutofit).ThetransmundaneGod,the“formless”One eGod,the“formless”One(whenthatBible (whenthatBible stuffwaswrittenIsuggestthat“THEYKNEW”   stuffwaswrittenIsuggestthat“ THEYKNEW”  aboutthetwoGods,the transmundaneformlessGod,andthe transmundaneformlessGod,andthelower“Worker”/World lower“Worker”/WorldBuilderGod.Whoare BuilderGod.Whoare “THEY”  ?Greatmysteryhere–Go ?Greatmysteryhere–God–TheGods???? d–TheGods????,wantedtogetoutof ,wantedtogetoutof formlessness,forachange,andso formlessness,forachange,andsoplanned,andcre planned,andcreatedthiswholethi atedthiswholething,foritsown ng,foritsown “outing”.Startlingidea,isn’tit?Butyougiveitso “outing”.Startlingidea,isn’tit?Butyougiveitsomequietthought.You mequietthought.Youdonothave donothave tosolveall  tosolveall themysteriesoftheUniverseatonetime!! themysteriesoftheUniverseatonetime!!

Iftheaboveisanywherenearthetru Iftheaboveisanywherenearthetruth,thenweareall“pi th,thenweareall“pieces”ofthetransmu eces”ofthetransmundane ndane God“outhere”,andpresumablyw God“outhere”,andpresumablyworkingourwayba orkingourwaybackup,gainingad ckup,gainingadditionalpower ditionalpower andwisdominsodoing. MORESIDENOTES.Haveyouevernoticedinlifehowoccasio MORESIDENOTES.Haveyouevernoticedin lifehowoccasionallyasubtly nallyasubtly expressedDESIREwillunexpected expressedDESIREwillunexpectedlycometrue?Withou lycometrue?Withoutalotofprayingand talotofprayingand weepingandwailing?Isuggestthat weepingandwailing?Isuggestthatinsomesubtlewaya insomesubtlewayachanneltotheDemi channeltotheDemiurge urge happenedtobeopenandthep happenedtobeopenandtheprayer/desire/thou rayer/desire/thoughtgotthroughins ghtgotthroughinstantlyand(letus tantlyand(letus usethatnewword“programme usethatnewword“programmed”)programmed d”)programmedtheDemiurgetowo theDemiurgetowork,andcreate,or rk,andcreate,or bringthealreadycreatedtoyou. FURTHERNOTEABOUTTHEDEMIURGE FURTHERNOTEABOUTTHEDEMIURGE.Youmustfurnishapa .Youmustfurnishapatternforthe tternforthe Demiurgetofollow,tobuildon,toarrang Demiurgetofollow,tobuildon,toarrangethephysicalpla ethephysicalplanon.Toarrangetobri non.Toarrangetobring ng aboutthekindofresultyouwant.Youra aboutthekindofresultyouwant.Yourabilitytovisualizeisone bilitytovisualizeisoneofyourpowersto ofyourpowersto create-furnishsuchpatternsasyouwill.  ANOTHERNOTE.Youshouldknow,andallowforthefact,thatitisnotea  ANOTHERNOTE.Youshouldknow,anda llowforthefact,thatitisnoteasy,even sy,even fortheDemiurge,toarrangeeventsforsin fortheDemiurge,toarrangeeventsforsingleindividual gleindividualsaspertheirexactdesi saspertheirexactdesires, res, andquickytimewere. ItisnecessaryforYOUtocooperatewiththeDemiurge,inevery ItisnecessaryforYOUtocooperatewiththe Demiurge,ineverymaterialwayyou materialwayyou can,tofurnish“paths”throughwhi can,tofurnish“paths”throughwhichtheDemiurgecan chtheDemiurgecan“work”.(Remem “work”.(Remember,“ ber,“IT” IT”is is TheWorker-TheWorldBuilder  TheWorker-TheWorld Builder .)RememberthatALLthatyouwantisherenow  .)RememberthatALLthatyouwantisherenow ,but ,but yourwantmustbe“steered”inyourd yourwantmustbe“st eered”inyourdirection,andthroug irection,andthroughchannelsand hchannelsandpaths,and paths,and contacts,onthisPlane.Andifthepathsand contacts,onthisPlane.Andifthepathsandchannelsaren channelsarenotherenow,andyo otherenow,andyoudo udo notfurnishsomebuildupalongthatline notfurnishsomebuildupalongthatline,thentheDemiurge ,thentheDemiurgemuststartfromnothing muststartfromnothing, , andthatisajob,evenforaGod!Sodoyourpart. Thisiswherethematerialasgivenintheb Thisiswherethematerialasgiveninthebook“TheArtandPra ook“TheArtandPracticeofGetting cticeofGetting MaterialThingsthroughCreativeVisua MaterialThingsthrou ghCreativeVisualization”writtenbe lization”writtenbeforeIknewaboutthe foreIknewaboutthe Demiurge;butmuchofthebasicmateri Demiurge;butmuchofthebasicmaterialisthesameasthestart.) alisthesameasthestart.) MORENOTES.Thereisanotherwayyoucanpressyourde MORENOTES.Thereisanotherwayyouca npressyourdesiresontotheattention siresontotheattention oftheDemiurge,andthatwayisthrough oftheDemiurge,andthatwayisthroughyourownbody!!!!!Oph yourownbody!!!!!Ophielhasnot,upto ielhasnot,upto now,usedthismethodtoanygreate now,usedthismethodtoanygreatextent.Ophieljust xtent.Ophieljustfoundout foundoutaboutthismethod aboutthismethod recently.Themethodwasthereandw recently.Themethodwasthereandwasobviousallthetime asobviousallthetime.So,don’tpointthe .So,don’tpointthe fingeratOphielandsay,“Hah!Youdidn fingeratOphielandsay,“Hah!Youdidn’tdoityourself!!”Ophieldo ’tdoityourself!!”Ophieldoesallhecanfind esallhecanfind timetodo.Then,too,therearehundreds  timetodo.Then,too,thereare hundreds ofWAYStoworkthesethingsandsome ofWAYStoworkthesethingsandsome peoplelikeonewayandsomea peoplelikeonewayandsomeanother.Then,-some nother.Then,-somewaysworkbestford waysworkbestfordifferent ifferent people,andsoone. Lookatthepictureofthebodyand Lookatthepictureofthebodyandspineofahuman spineofahuman.Noticethepositionsofthe .Noticethepositionsofthe Chakrasinthehumanbody.  AsDionFortunesaid(paraphrasi  AsDionFortunesaid(paraphrasing):Onewouldhave ng):Onewouldhavetobeprettydense tobeprettydensenotto notto noticethattheChakrapositionsareo noticethattheChakrapositionsareoppositetheplexus ppositetheplexuspositionsinthecase positionsinthecaseofthe ofthe fourplexuses,andoppositethethree fourplexuses,andoppositethethreeductlessglandsin ductlessglandsinthecaseoftheother thecaseoftheother chakras. Thesechakras,andplexuxpoints,ar Thesechakras,andplexuxpoints,aretheplaceswhe etheplaceswherethosedesigna rethosedesignatedForces tedForces enterthebodyfromwithout.Andareals enterthebodyfromwithout.Andarealsotheplaceswher otheplaceswhereyoureachoutthro eyoureachoutthroughto ughto contact,andinfluencethoseForces. Therefore,addthistoyourworkplans Therefore,addthistoyourworkplans:Whenyougotodo :Whenyougotodosomeworktoinfluen someworktoinfluence ce theDemiurgealongsomecertain theDemiurgealongsomecertainline,firstfindoutwhatForce line,firstfindoutwhatForcerulestheobjectyou rulestheobjectyou

areinterestedin,thenfindthechakra areinterestedin,thenfindthechakratowhichthatForceand towhichthatForceandObjectisconnected, Objectisconnected, andsogotowork!!  ANOTHERNOTE.IhavementionedbeforeinthebookonC  ANOTHERNOTE.Ihavementionedbefore inthebookonCreativeVisualizatio reativeVisualization, n, althoughinthatbookIdidn’tknowto althoughinthatbookIdidn’tknowtoomuchabouttheDe omuchabouttheDemiurgethen,thatwo miurgethen,thatwords, rds, verbalizations,didnotreallyinfluence verbalizations,didnotreallyinfluencethePowers,-EXCEP thePowers,-EXCEPTthatsomewordsdo Tthatsomewordsdo havestrong‘pictures’connectedwiththem. TheDemiurgeisinfluencedbyEmo TheDemiurgeisinfluencedbyEmotionsplusvisualiz tionsplusvisualization-pictures-imag ation-pictures-images.(Please es.(Please noticethatprevioustothesewords,a noticethatprevioustothesewords,andinthewordsfollo ndinthewordsfollowing,Ioftenrefer,bothto wing,Ioftenrefer,bothto theDemiurgeandtothetransmun theDemiurgeandtothetransmundane,Godas“ dane,Godas“IT” IT”,meaningthattheseGodshave ,meaningthattheseGodshave nogender,arenotmaleandfemale nogender,arenotmaleandfemale,buthavebothsexe ,buthavebothsexesinthem.Exactlywher sinthem.Exactlywheresex esex perseappearsisamysteryIdonotkno perseappearsisamysteryIdonotknow,nordoesanyo w,nordoesanyoneelsethatIknow neelsethatIknowofknow. ofknow. Ifyouknowofanyonewhoknowsor Ifyouknowofanyonewhoknowsorclaimstoknow,letme claimstoknow,letmeknow.I’llcheckitout. know.I’llcheckitout.  Also,inpassing,Inotethatphysiologica  Also,inpassing,Inote thatphysiologicallyspeaking,thehu llyspeaking,thehumanembryoisinthe manembryoisinthe courseofitsdevelopmentbothmalean courseofitsdevelopmentbothmaleandfemale.AndIamtoldtha dfemale.AndIamtoldthatthehumanadu tthehumanadult, lt, maleorfemale,haselementsofbothse maleorfemale,haselementsofbothsexes,bothphysicall xes,bothphysicallyandpsycholog yandpsychologically.So- ically.So- ???) Thequestionofhowtogenerateem Thequestionofhowtogenerateemotionandmakevisu otionandmakevisualization/picturesforthe alization/picturesforthe purposeofinfluencingtheDemiu purposeofinfluencingtheDemiurgeisabigone.Icanma rgeisabigone.Icanmakesomesugge kesomesuggestions,but stions,but itwon’thurtyoutodosomeresearch itwon’thurtyoutodo someresearchofyourownonthema ofyourownonthematter. tter. Duringyourefforts,intheOccultmagicArtswo Duringyourefforts,intheOccultmagicArtswork,youprobabl rk,youprobablyshouldreinforce yshouldreinforceyour your workingconnections,bygoingba workingconnections,bygoingbacktosomeoftheold cktosomeoftheoldways,-wayswhichwe ways,-wayswhichwereused reused empiricallywithnorealknowledge empiricallywithnorealknowledgeofwhatitwasallabou ofwhatitwasallabout,-butwhichwaysstill t,-butwhichwaysstill workedbecausethewayswere workedbecausethewayswerebasedonbasicw basedonbasicworkingprinciple orkingprinciples,plusDesireand s,plusDesireand Emotion,usednaturally.Also,Isuspect,these Emotion,usednaturally.Also,Isuspect,theseempiricalwaysw empiricalwayswereused,(and ereused,(and worked)becausepeoplewe worked)becausepeoplewerenotabletoread renotabletoreadorwrite,andhence orwrite,andhencehadtomemoriz hadtomemorize e everything,andalltheinformationwa everything,andalltheinformationwasgivenbymouth-to sgivenbymouth-to-ear.Hence,too,the -ear.Hence,too,the annoying‘missinglinks’asnotreco annoying‘missinglinks’asnotrecordedintheoldGrimo rdedintheoldGrimories,andtheplentyof ries,andtheplentyof missingpassages,tosaynothingo missingpassages,tosaynothingofsomeofthe‘goofy’tra fsomeofthe‘goofy’translations,duetothe nslations,duetothe inabilityofthetranslatortoconveymetaph inabilityofthetranslatortoconveymetaphysicalconceptsifhe ysicalconceptsifhe,thetranslator,wasa ,thetranslator,wasa grossmaterialist.Afterprintingcameintovog grossmaterialist.Afterp rintingcameintovogue,andmorepe ue,andmorepeoplecouldread oplecouldreadand and write,awritermightleaveoutpartswhi write,awritermightleaveoutpartswhichhehimselfknew,a chhehimselfknew,andheassumed ndheassumed everyoneknewittoo.Asmuchmaterial everyoneknewittoo.Asmuchmaterialwassogeneral wassogenerallyknowninthosetim lyknowninthosetimesthere esthere wasnoneedtowriteitalldown. So,inyourMagicWork,firstgobacktothe‘old’way,ifyouwant.Bu So,inyourMagicWork,firstgobacktothe‘old ’way,ifyouwant.Burncandles.Use rncandles.Use theproperincenseandperfum theproperincenseandperfumes.Usetherightcolo es.Usetherightcolorsandmusicalno rsandmusicalnotesforthe tesforthe Forcesyouaredealingwithorwanttodealwith. Mostofthisinformationisavailablealreadybutwidelyscattered Mostofthisinformationisavailablealread ybutwidelyscattered.IfindIcannot .IfindIcannot compileallofitherebecausesomeofitismi compileallofithereb ecausesomeofitismixedupwithcopyri xedupwithcopyrightedmaterialof ghtedmaterialof othersinitsarrangement.Ihavetodotheb othersinitsarrangement.Ihavetodothebasic-basicnon-c asic-basicnon-copyrightedstuffsepa opyrightedstuffseparate. rate. SoI’llsetitoutinanotheressay.Inquireabo SoI’llsetitoutinanother essay.Inquireaboutthisessaywhenyo utthisessaywhenyouareinterested, uareinterested, andready.  ANOTHERNOTE.Iamnowgoingintosomeprettybanalandcli  ANOTHERNOTE.Iamnowgoingintosomepr ettybanalandcliché-ishstuffhere. ché-ishstuffhere. Pleasedonotscreamatmepremature PleasedonotscreamatmeprematurelythatIamdealingyo lythatIamdealingyousomeold,veryold, usomeold,veryold, stufffromtheVictorianages,aswellasout-da stufffromtheVictorian ages,aswellasout-datedSundayScho tedSundaySchoolplatitudes. olplatitudes. DorememberthepreviousthingsItol DorememberthepreviousthingsItoldyouaboutthenatu dyouaboutthenatureoftheDemiurg reoftheDemiurge,howI e,howI comparedITwithaprogrammedcom comparedITwithaprogrammedcomputer.Remembe puter.Remember,thecomputerhasbe r,thecomputerhasbeen en called“AnIdiotGod”,andwhileitseemsa called“AnIdiotGod”,andwhileitseemsalittleblasphemoustocal littleblasphemoustocallaGodan“idiot”, laGodan“idiot”, stillthisDemiurge,-plustheTransmundan stillthisDemiurge,-pl ustheTransmundaneGod,-isnottheusual eGod,-isnottheusualSunday-Go-ToSunday-Go-To-

MeetingandCome-To-The-Churc MeetingandCome-To-The-Church-In-The-Wild-Woo h-In-The-Wild-Woodconcepttheworl dconcepttheworldhasdealt dhasdealt withheretofore.TheseGodsdon’tcom withheretofore.TheseGodsdon’tcomeundertheoldid eundertheoldideasofDivinities.“IT”,the easofDivinities.“IT”,the Demiurge,doesprettymuchwhat“IT”isinduced-influenced todo,and“IT”actsvery todo,and“IT”actsvery muchas“IT”is“told  muchas“IT”is“told “todo,-toldemotionallyandbymentalpictures. “todo,-toldemotionallyandbymentalpictures.  AndrememberwhatitappearsthatY  AndrememberwhatitappearsthatYOUare,-youaresome OUare,-youaresomekindofpieceofthe kindofpieceofthe transmundaneGod!Greatmystery! Therearehugeandterrificmysterieshi Therearehugeandterrificmysterieshiddenintheabov ddenintheabovestatements,and,ag estatements,and,again,no ain,no onehastheAnsweroranyansw onehastheAnsweroranyanswer,-EXCEPT,-DOESITWORK?An er,-EXCEPT,-DOESITWORK?Andthatisthe dthatisthe onlythingapersoncangethisteeth onlythingapersoncangethisteethintoanddosom intoanddosomethingabout,-WHATDO ethingabout,-WHATDOES ES WORK. So,-TOWORK.Keepinmindthepreviousmaterial.Runyourselfbe So,-TOWORK.Keepinmindthepreviousmate rial.Runyourselfbetter.Trylikehell tter.Trylikehell nottoyieldtodepressionsofany  nottoyieldtodepressionsof any kind.DonotVOICEorPICTUREanykindof kind.DonotVOICEorPICTUREanykindof negativestuffinanyway,shape,orform. Ifthesunisnotshining,-don’tdwellonit.Remembertheveryold Ifthesunisnotshining,-don’tdwellonit.Re membertheveryoldcliché,-Beyond cliché,-Beyond thecloudsthesunisthere.(Oldbuteffective.)  Anotheroldone:Everycloudhasasil  Anotheroldone:Everycloudhasasilverlining!(Andcons verlining!(Andconsideringthepriceo ideringthepriceofsilver fsilver todayin1978–WOW!)  Also,inyourconversationswithothe  Also,inyourconversationswithothers,includingyourfam rs,includingyourfamily,forGod’ssake(the ily,forGod’ssake(the Demiurgesake)don’tthrowou Demiurgesake)don’tthrowoutallkindsofstronglyem tallkindsofstronglyemotionalnegative otionalnegativesuggestions, suggestions, -(directionstotheDemiurge)–abouta -(directionstotheDe miurge)–aboutallkindsofthings.Some llkindsofthings.Somethingsyouarenot thingsyouarenot reallyinterestedin,either.ThecomputerGo reallyinterestedin,either.ThecomputerGodcantakeallthesee dcantakealltheseemotions-picturesmotions-picturesideasinandcanactonthem.Whichisthe ideasinandcanactonthem.Whichisthereasontheworl reasontheworldisinthemessitistoday disinthemessitistoday andwasyesterday. “Savage”tribes,inthewilds,doknow “Savage”tribes,inthewilds,doknowabouttheseidea abouttheseideas.Whenthemengoh s.Whenthemengohunting, unting, thewomenremainquiet,andstayinthe thewomenremainquiet,andstayinthehuts,anddonotscr huts,anddonotscreamandchatter,and eamandchatter,and especiallydonotdiscussthehunt,o especiallydonotdiscussthehunt,orthemenwhoareaw rthemenwhoareaway.Andmanyother ay.Andmanyother precautionsaretakentodonothin precautionsaretakentodonothingtodisturbthe–WHAT? gtodisturbthe–WHAT?TheirGod.Whichissome TheirGod.Whichissome ideaoftheDemiurge,asyouwilldiscove ideaoftheDemiurge,asyouwilldiscoverifyouexaminethe rifyouexaminetheirpractices.Youwillfind irpractices.Youwillfind otherhuntingprecautions,andde otherhuntingprecautions,anddescriptionsofmanyo scriptionsofmanyotherthings,inFrazier’s therthings,inFrazier’s“Golden “Golden Bough”.Lookforitandreadit.  ANOTHERNOTE.TheDemiurgehasaconnectionwithyou  ANOTHERNOTE.TheDemiurgehasacon nectionwithyourinnersubconsc rinnersubconscious ious mind.Thisisanothergreatmystery;toward mind.Thisisanothergreatmystery;towardtherevealingofwh therevealingofwhichsomeprogres ichsomeprogress s hasbeenmadebythegreatWester hasbeenmadebythegreatWesternpsychologists,esp npsychologists,especiallyCarlJung,w eciallyCarlJung,whomade homade discoveriesalongtheselines,and discoveriesalongtheselines,anddidgiveanametoso didgiveanametosomethinghefound methinghefoundand and describedastheCollectiveUnco describedastheCollectiveUnconscious,-aUniversa nscious,-aUniversalSubconscious lSubconsciousness.Ihavenot ness.Ihavenot studiedthisconceptfullybecauseatth studiedthisconceptfullybecauseatthetimeIwasnottoofaradv etimeIwasnottoofaradvancedintothe ancedintothe deeperphasesoftheOccultandthen deeperphasesoftheOccultandthename“UniversalSup ame“UniversalSuperconsciousne erconsciousness”rangno ss”rangno bellwithme.Whydon’tyoulookitupandsee bellwithme.Whydon’ tyoulookitupandseeifJung’smaterialre ifJung’smaterialrevealsanyseemin vealsanyseeming g connectionwiththeconceptoftheDe connectionwiththeconceptoftheDemiurgeasweare miurgeaswearestudyingithere? studyingithere?  ANOTHERNOTE.Thehumansubconsciousactsinmanywa  ANOTHERNOTE.Thehumansubconscio usactsinmanywaysexactlylikethe ysexactlylikethe Demiurge.

Section eight naccordancewithmypolicy(!?!)ofnotwritingtheseoccultboo tingtheseoccultbooksformywriting ksformywriting Inaccordancewithmypolicy(!?!)ofnotwri amusement,orforyourreadingamusement–andtoge amusement,orforyourreadingam usement–andtogetdownonpaper tdownonpaperasanexact asanexact statementandmeaningtherefofofoccu statementandmeaningtherefofofoccultworkings,occultinne ltworkings,occultinnerplaneworking rplaneworkingsand sand howtheoccultinnerplaneworking howtheoccultinnerplaneworkingsaffectthis‘downhere saffectthis‘downhere’Ihavewrittenthene ’Ihavewrittenthenext xt coupleofpagesseveraltimes,and coupleofpagesseveraltimes,andIamnotsatisfiedwiththe,so Iamnotsatisfiedwiththe,so-far,resulting -far,resulting presentations. ThesubjectIamexpounding–on ThesubjectIamexpounding–oneformoftheideasasto eformoftheideasastohowwe-unscom howwe-unscomeinto einto being–usingaform-patternofoneo being–usingaform-patternofoneoftheancientreligion ftheancientreligions,areligionthatpred s,areligionthatpredates ates Christianity,butareligionfromwhichChristi Christianity,butarelig ionfromwhichChristianity‘sprang’orissu anity‘sprang’orissupposedtohave pposedtohave sprang(fromaformofreligionthatwas‘l sprang(fromaformofreligionthatwas‘lost’manycenturies ost’manycenturiesbeforeChristiani beforeChristianity ty arrived–indeedtherearenoval arrived–indeedtherearenovalidrecordsshowi idrecordsshowingjustwhenthisformo ngjustwhenthisformoftheancient ftheancient Jewishreligionexisted–thisformwasalw Jewishreligionexisted–thisformwasalways,probably,‘h ays,probably,‘hidden’and,pe idden’and,perhaps,forno rhaps,forno otherreasonthanthenumbersofme otherreasonthanthenumbersofmencapabletoun ncapabletounder-standthesere der-standthesereligionideas,in ligionideas,in thosedaysandalsothesedays,we thosedaysandalsothesedays,werefewandfarbetw refewandfarbetween. een. ThesubjectIamhereexpounding ThesubjectIamhereexpounding–Theformsofthissubjectisaso –Theformsofthissubjectisasortoftheoryusing rtoftheoryusing thesymbolismIamgoingtouse-illustrate.No thesymbolismIamgo ingtouse-illustrate.Nowpleaseunde wpleaseunderstandthatthe rstandthatthe symbolismtobeused-illustratedisone symbolismtobeused-illustratedisoneFormonlyoftheseba FormonlyofthesebasicideasaboutGod sicideasaboutGod, , theFirstCause,andtheFirstCause’srela theFirstCause,andtheFirstCause’srelationtoUSandthisphy tiontoUSandthisphysicalplane.Theory sicalplane.Theory– – Icalledthefollowingmaterialtobeexpl Icalledthefollowingmaterialtobeexplained,atheory.Ono ained,atheory.Onourphysicalplane urphysicalplanea a theoryisasortofmentalframeworkonwhic theoryisasortofmenta lframeworkonwhichtohangsomeobs htohangsomeobservedideas,inord ervedideas,inorder er toget,andallow,themindtogetholdofhar toget,andallow,themindtogetholdofhardideaswithwhich dideaswithwhichtothink-workwith. tothink-workwith.  Andinsoworking,togetsomekindofgoo  Andinsoworking,togetsomekindofgoodresults,astohowtoha dresults,astohowtohandlethisphysical ndlethisphysical plane,anditsqueerexistence,itsupsan plane,anditsqueerexistence,itsupsanddowns,andall ddowns,andallthestuffthatmakesupou thestuffthatmakesupour r physicalplaneexistence.Dearstud physicalplaneexistence.Dearstudents–pleasepon ents–pleasepondertheabove-p dertheabove-preceedingun receedinguntil til youunderstanditfully.UNDERSTAN youunderstanditfully.UNDERSTAND????!!?? D????!!?? Iwrotethefollowingmaterialdownon Iwrotethefollowingmaterialdownonce.Ithenwentoveritag ce.Ithenwentoveritagainandmadea ainandmadea numberofadditionsandchanges numberofadditionsandchanges.Itypedouttherevised .Itypedouttherevisedmaterial.Butonreadi material.Butonreadingit ngit overIfoundthatIhadnotquiteconveye overIfoundthatIhad notquiteconveyedtheoriginalmateria dtheoriginalmaterial’smeaningsinits l’smeaningsinits entirety. Iamthereforegoingtorepeattheorigin Iamthereforegoingtorepeattheoriginalcorrectedwriting alcorrectedwritingsfromwhichtherevise sfromwhichtherevised d Numbertwowastaken.You,therefore,a Numbertwowastaken.You,therefore,aregoingtohavetw regoingtohavetwoversionsmoreo oversionsmoreorless, rless, ofthesamematerial.Readandstudybo ofthesamematerial.ReadandstudybothofthemHARD thofthemHARD.Thetheoryframewo .Thetheoryframeworkas rkas givenshouldhelpyoutounders givenshouldhelpyoutounderstandyouandyou tandyouandyourplaceonthisphysi rplaceonthisphysicalplane–AND calplane–AND SOMETHINGSYOUCANDOABOUTTHISPHY SOMETHINGSYOUCA NDOABOUTTHISPHYSICALPLANE!!!!Inothe SICALPLANE!!!!Inotherwritings rwritings Ophielpresentedthissameideain Ophielpresentedthissameideainadifferent-mold-pa adifferent-mold-pattern.Don’tbeupse ttern.Don’tbeupsetby tby differentpatterns.ThereisonlyONETRU differentpatterns.The reisonlyONETRUTH,butmanydifferentwa TH,butmanydifferentwaysofpresenting ysofpresenting TRUTH,differentanglesasitwere,and TRUTH,differentang lesasitwere,andtheseanglessee theseanglesseemtobeendless–en mtobeendless–endless dless becauseTRUTHisUNIVERSAL,an becauseTRUTHisUNIVERSAL,andTRUTHISALLTHER dTRUTHISALLTHEREIS,butitcanhave EIS,butitcanhave endlessvariations,andyetbeea endlessvariations,andyetbeeachthesame.Notlikep chthesame.Notlikephysicalplanething hysicalplanethings.A s.A differentkindofknowinganddoing differentkindofknow inganddoingisnecessarytoapply isnecessarytoapplyInnerPlaneTruthstothi InnerPlaneTruthstothis s plane. Ihavedecidedtoo,toaddheretheo Ihavedecidedtoo,toaddheretheoriginaloriginal,fromw riginaloriginal,fromwhichnumbertwowa hichnumbertwowas s madeandcalltheaddedcorrected madeandcalltheaddedcorrected-editedoriginal -editedoriginalnumberoneand numberoneandahalf,andthe ahalf,andthe numbertwo,madefromoneandah numbertwo,madefromoneandahalf,numbertwo.And alf,numbertwo.Andthefinaleditednum thefinaleditednumber ber three#3.!Lookforthedifferences.

Thebasicidea-patternforthisbookw Thebasicidea-patternforthisbookwastobe:Howtoinflu astobe:HowtoinfluencetheDemiur encetheDemiurge,the ge,the workerGod,whocreatesthisphysica workerGod,whocreatesthisphysicalworld,patternedo lworld,patternedonthedreamsoftheFir nthedreamsoftheFirst st CauseGod. InthefurtherunfoldingoftheseideasIintro InthefurtherunfoldingoftheseideasIintroducedanadd ducedanadditionalillustrationoftheid itionalillustrationoftheidea ea ofanintermediaryGodbyintroducin ofanintermediaryGodbyintroducingtherealoldidea gtherealoldideaofanancientformofaJew ofanancientformofaJewish ish religionconsistingofaFirstTypeGodcalle religionconsistingofaFirstTypeGodcalledTheVast(Greater)Co dTheVast(Greater)Countenanceand untenanceand anothersecondarytypeofGodcall anothersecondarytypeofGodcalledtheLesserCou edtheLesserCountenance.Ialsoma ntenance.Ialsomadea dea numberofcrossconnections-refere numberofcrossconnections-referencestotheCaba ncestotheCaballasystem,andothe llasystem,andotherreferences. rreferences. Useeitherorbothorusetheoneyou Useeitherorbothorusetheoneyoupreferbutdon’tbe preferbutdon’tbeconfusedbythe confusedbythetwo two references.Asamatteroffact,thereareotherre references.Asamatteroffact,thereareotherreferencesandthe ferencesandtheoriesangleswh oriesangleswhich ich maypopup,andwhentheydoyo maypopup,andwhentheydoyoujustfitthemintotheover ujustfitthemintotheoverallpattern,andUSE. allpattern,andUSE. Toreviewalittleback.Themainpurpose Toreviewalittleback.ThemainpurposeofthisbookTheArtand ofthisbookTheArtandPracticeof Practiceof ContactingtheDemiurgeorTelling ContactingtheDemiurgeorTellingGodWhattoDo! GodWhattoDo! Ihadoriginallywrittenapilotsectiononthi Ihadoriginallywrittenapilotsectiononthissubject.Thispilotsectio ssubject.Thispilotsectiongotmislaidfor ngotmislaidfor unknownreasons.Ithenstartedoffo unknownreasons.Ithenstartedoffonanotherprese nanotherpresentationandIwasal ntationandIwasalmost most finishedwhenthisoriginalsectiontur finishedwhenthisoriginalsectionturnedupamongthe nedupamongthepapersonhan papersonhand.Onreading d.Onreading thismaterialoverIfoundthatitcontaineda thismaterialoverIfoun dthatitcontainedalotofgoodstuffinitthatIhadn lotofgoodstuffinitthatIhadnot ot completelyhandledintheotherseco completelyhandledintheothersecondoriginal.Rathe ndoriginal.Ratherthantryingtoread rthantryingtoreadaptthis aptthis firstsectionandchangeitaroundtoge firstsectionandchangeitaroundtogetittofitin,Ihavedecidedtogiv tittofitin,Ihavedecidedtogiveit,asanother eit,asanother section,justasitis,eventhoughitbranches section,justasitis,even thoughitbranchesoutinseveraldirec outinseveraldirectionsfromthemain tionsfromthemain bookmaterialandagainrepeatsso bookmaterialandagainrepeatssomeideasinaslig meideasinaslightlydifferentway.How htlydifferentway.However,for ever,for yourstudiesitisgood.Sogotoitandlearn yourstudiesitisgood.Sogotoitandlearnmoreknowledg moreknowledge. e.

FIRSTORIGINALUNREVISEDCOPY HowtoactuallyinfluencetheDemiurg HowtoactuallyinfluencetheDemiurge,-oritcouldalsobe e,-oritcouldalsobecalled:another called:another alternativewayofworkingthrough alternativewayofworkingthroughorwiththeDemiu orwiththeDemiurge(thisnamemean rge(thisnamemeans‘worker’;it s‘worker’;it worksatcreating and andmaintaining thisworld.)(outofundifferentiatedessencewhich thisworld.)(outofundifferentiatedessencewhich issuppliedbytheTransmundaneGo issuppliedbytheTra nsmundaneGodandchanges dandchangesintoElementalForces. intoElementalForces. HOWNo.1.Probablyyoucannotworkdirectly ontheDemiurgebutmustwork ontheDemiurgebutmustwork indirectly.TheDemiurgedoesnotw indirectly.TheDemiurgedoesnotworkdirectlyonmatter,b orkdirectlyonmatter,butmustworkindire utmustworkindirectly, ctly, butthroughitscreatedsections/division butthroughitscreatedsections/divisionswhichrulethepo swhichrulethepointinquestionrule intinquestionrule whateversubject/objectisconcerne whateversubject/objectisconcerned.Forexample:ifyou d.Forexample:ifyouareattemptingtoinflue areattemptingtoinfluence nce theDemiurgeinthesubjectofrealestate theDemiurgeinthesubjectofrealestatehouses,thenyous houses,thenyoushouldapproac houldapproachthe hthe DemiurgethroughSaturn,bothhisp DemiurgethroughSaturn,bothhispositiveandnega ositiveandnegativeparts,asdesired tiveparts,asdesired. . Note.Thisisanottooclearlyunderstoodoccultoperationb Note.Thisisanottooclearlyunderstood occultoperationbutistobeseenonthe utistobeseenonthe TreeofLifeGlyph.(Seediagramsinaprevi TreeofLifeGlyph.(See diagramsinapreviousbook,“TheArtan ousbook,“TheArtandPracticeof dPracticeof CaballaMagic.”)EachSephirah CaballaMagic.”)EachSephirahandtheGodconnec andtheGodconnectedwithitisnegativetoth tedwithitisnegativetothe e Sephirahaboveandpositivetotho Sephirahaboveandpositivetothosebelow.InthiscaseSa sebelow.InthiscaseSaturn’s(negative turn’s(negative)coloris )coloris BlackandhispositivecolorisIndigo BlackandhispositivecolorisIndigo(blue/red)You’llpro (blue/red)You’llprobablyuseIndigo bablyuseIndigoincaseof incaseof tryingtowork/influencethroughSatur tryingtowork/influencethroughSaturntogetahouse.Gene ntogetahouse.Generally‘negative’is rally‘negative’isusedin usedin tryingtogetridofsomethingand‘positive’intryingtoget something. something. Thepreceedingisoriginal#1.Thefo Thepreceedingisoriginal#1.Thefollowingisorigina llowingisoriginal#11/2#1originalpl l#11/2#1originalplus us correctionsandeditingadditions correctionsandeditingadditions,readhardandsee ,readhardandseehowmnaychang howmnaychangesyounotice, esyounotice, anddotheymakemuchdifference anddotheymakemuchdifference?NextcomesOrigi ?NextcomesOriginal#2whichis#11 nal#2whichis#11/2plus#1– /2plus#1– corrected.

HowtoactuallyinfluencetheDemiurg HowtoactuallyinfluencetheDemiurge,-oritcouldalsobe e,-oritcouldalsobecalled;another called;another alternativewayofworkingthrougho alternativewayofworkingthroughorwiththeDemiurg rwiththeDemiurge(thisname,Demiurg e(thisname,Demiurge,also e,also means‘worker’;itworksatcreatingandmaintaining this;physicalworld.)Outof this;physicalworld.)Outof undifferentiatedelementalessence ,essenceissuppliedbytheTransmu ,essenceissuppliedbytheTransmundaneGod, ndaneGod, madefrom‘his’dream-visualizatio madefrom‘his’dream-visualizationsandchange nsandchangedintoElementalForc dintoElementalForcesthruthe esthruthe agencyofthe‘worker’God. Nowasto‘how’toactuallyinfluence Nowasto‘how’toactuallyinfluencethisDemiurge(note thisDemiurge(notepreceedinginfo preceedinginformation rmation abouttheconnectionoftheDemiu abouttheconnectionoftheDemiurgeandtheLesse rgeandtheLesserCountenanc rCountenance.)oritcouldalso e.)oritcouldalso becalled–severaldifferentwaysofw becalled–severaldifferentwaysofworkingthrough,or orkingthrough,orwiththeearthplane withtheearthplanecreating creating God-TheDemiurger(rememberi God-TheDemiurger(rememberingalwaysthatthisnam ngalwaysthatthisnameDemiurgealsom eDemiurgealsomeans eans ‘worker’.)ThissecondaryGodcrea ‘worker’.)ThissecondaryGodcreatesthisworldoutoftwoth testhisworldoutoftwothings. ings. Regardingsealingwax,andcab Regardingsealingwax,andcabbages,andkin bages,andkings,therearemillion gs,therearemillionsofthingsthatwe softhingsthatwe donotknowabout,especiallyabo donotknowabout,especiallyaboutourlife,our(?)pastlive utourlife,our(?)pastlives,ourlifetocome(?) s,ourlifetocome(?) andour“justnow”life.Ihaveaprettyfairide andour“justnow”life.Ihaveaprettyfairidea(repeat)thatourw a(repeat)thatourwayoutofthis ayoutofthis physicallifeisjustthewaywegotdown physicallifeisjustthe waywegotdownhereinthefirstplace,an hereinthefirstplace,andtheway‘out’is dtheway‘out’is throughKnowledge,andpractices throughKnowledge,andpractices,basedonthatKnow ,basedonthatKnowledge,andthisKno ledge,andthisKnowledge wledge youarestartingtolearnnow,atinystepatatime. Sotomakeastartatsomepoint,anypoint,pleasenoticethatIhavesa Sotomakeastartatsomepoint,anypoint,plea senoticethatIhavesaidbefore idbefore severaltimesthattheAstralLightrespond severaltimesthatthe AstralLightrespondstodirectionsthatyoug stodirectionsthatyougiveit.Whatis iveit.Whatis meantbythatstatement? WhatismeantisthatIhaveequatedtheAstralLightasoneofthena WhatismeantisthatIhaveequatedtheAstral Lightasoneofthenames, mes, descriptionsthatpertaintotheephe descriptionsthatpertaintotheephemeralIdeaoftheDe meralIdeaoftheDemiurge,theHalf-Go miurge,theHalf-God,the d,the LesserCountenance.Allthesena LesserCountenance.Allthesenamessuggestthe messuggesttheideathatwearestud ideathatwearestudyingatypepf yingatypepf God-like-powers-being,butwithno God-like-powers-being,butwithnorealselfdirectioninte realselfdirectionintelligenceofanobj lligenceofanobjective ective being-nature,onlysub-jectiveorno being-nature,onlysub-jectiveornon-objective,intha n-objective,inthat“IT”receivesdirections,an t“IT”receivesdirections,and d actsonsuchdirections,andreprodu actsonsuchdirections,andreproducessuchdirection cessuchdirectionsliterally,withnorega sliterally,withnoregardfor rdfor theconsequencesofanykindonanything. Inappearance,withwhatEthericsig Inappearance,withwhatEthericsightyoucansummon htyoucansummonupwhilestillhereon upwhilestillhereonthis this physicalplane,theDemiurgeisaWh physicalplane,theDemiurgeisaWhiteLightthatfillsalltheinne iteLightthatfillsalltheinner r  AsIhavesaidelsewhere,thisLight,thisli  AsIhavesaidelsewhere,thisLight,thislivingLight,canactasifitwer vingLight,canactasifitwereliquid,in eliquid,in ‘actions’.Torepeatagain,andyou ‘actions’.Torepeatagain,andyoulearnthis,learntothin learnthis,learntothinkoftheInnerForce koftheInnerForce (anothername,andagain,strang (anothername,andagain,strangelyenough,thesa elyenough,thesameideaofTheForcea meideaofTheForceasgivenin sgivenin StarWars.)asanintelligentliquidthatobe StarWars.)asaninte lligentliquidthatobeysthecommands ysthecommands,directions,giventoIT.I ,directions,giventoIT.I havesaidelsewhereabout‘rive havesaidelsewhereabout‘rivers’ofLightflowingin rs’ofLightflowingincourses,patterns,thatyou courses,patterns,thatyouhave have givenit,directeditbyvisualizationsandde givenit,directeditbyvisu alizationsanddesires,andoncethi sires,andoncethis‘river’ofLightflows s‘river’ofLightflows intothewaysyouwant,ithasatendenc intothewaysyouwant,ithasatendencytocontinueinthatch ytocontinueinthatchannelforaalong annelforaalong earthtimedownhere.Anaside.Iwillinse earthtimedownhere.Anaside.IwillinserthereforyourKnow rthereforyourKnowledgepattern–Ina ledgepattern–Ina playsomeyearsagocalledNoTim playsomeyearsagocalledNoTimeforSergeants,oneo eforSergeants,oneofthecharacterssaid fthecharacterssaid–the –the  Armyservice,andeveryoneintheserv  Armyservice,andeveryoneintheservice,werelikecano ice,werelikecanoes,androdeonthe es,androdeonthe surfaceof(like)pond-lakes;andany surfaceof(like)pond-lakes;andanythingthatwasoutofthe thingthatwasoutoftheordinarycaused ordinarycaused WAVES,whichwavesmadetroubles,the WAVES,whichwavesmadetroubles,thesergeantsaid.He sergeantsaid.Hefurtherlikenedthetop furtherlikenedthetop officerstoridinginbigcanoes,andhimse officerstoridinginbigca noes,andhimselfridinginasmallerca lfridinginasmallercanoebuthestillsaid, noebuthestillsaid, thatanythingthatwasoutoftheordinary thatanythingthatwasoutoftheordinarycausedwaves,vi causedwaves,vibrations,tooccurand brations,tooccurand disturbedeverythingnoend. Whiletheaboveideaswerepresen Whiletheaboveideaswerepresentedinthatplayasajo tedinthatplayasajoke,theauthorofthepla ke,theauthoroftheplay, y, asmanyauthor-writersdo,tappedthe asmanyauthor-writersdo,tappedtheUniversalSubcon UniversalSubconsciousness,ofJun sciousness,ofJung’s g’s writings;andgotthiscorrectsymbolismou writings;andgotthisco rrectsymbolismout,andmetaphysically t,andmetaphysicallyspeaking,itis speaking,itis correct,andifyoufeelabletoassimilate correct,andifyoufeelabletoassimilatethisidea,useitforthetimebe thisidea,useitforthetimebeinginyour inginyour Occultwork.TovisualizeaflowingliquidLi Occultwork.Tovisual izeaflowingliquidLightisasortofhelpinhan ghtisasortofhelpinhandlingtheworker dlingtheworker

Godideas.Ahandleasitwere,toenabl Godideas.Ahandleasitwere,toenableyoutounderstan eyoutounderstandthatyoucanha dthatyoucanhavean vean influenceontheGodLivingLiquid influenceontheGodLivingLiquidLightassoonasyou Lightassoonasyoudevelopyour developyour understandings. Itisinthequalityandquantityofyourdirections,desiredirection Itisinthequalityandquantityofyourdirectio ns,desiredirections,thatthewrong s,thatthewrong abrasionrubcomesin.  Atpresentwhateverwe‘are’todayw  Atpresentwhateverwe‘are’todayweareastheresultofou eareastheresultofourthinkingdirectio rthinkingdirectionsthat nsthat wehavegiventoour(personal)A wehavegiventoour(personal)AstralLightcontact,andi stralLightcontact,andithascarriedoutou thascarriedoutour r (wrong)‘directions’aswesoign (wrong)‘directions’aswesoignorantlywilled-desi orantlywilled-desired,totheletter. red,totheletter. Sonow,obviously,Icanmakethetriteclic Sonow,obviously,Icanmakethetriteclichéremarkthat,ifyouwa héremarkthat,ifyouwantabetterLife, ntabetterLife, youhavetothinkthe‘right’thoughts youhavetothinkthe‘right’thoughtsandimpressing andimpressingtherightthoughtson therightthoughtsontothe tothe Demiurgeisnotsimple(Isurewishitwer Demiurgeisnotsimple(Isurewishitwere)IsoundhereasifIam e)IsoundhereasifIamcontradictingmy contradictingmy previousstatementandinasense previousstatementandinasenseIam.Ipleadagainthatthi Iam.IpleadagainthatthissecondaryGodssecondaryGodsubject-operationisnothard!butdiffere subject-operationisnothard!butdifferentthantheearthlylifew ntthantheearthlylifewelivedaybyday,an elivedaybyday,and d the‘right’wayofhandlinginnerp the‘right’wayofhandlinginnerplanemattersistheArtofall lanemattersistheArtofallArts,andyouare Arts,andyouare startingtolearnthisArtnowrighthere. Whatideasyouwanttoimpressonthe WhatideasyouwanttoimpressontheDemiurgetomake Demiurgetomakeyour‘downher your‘downhere’life e’life better,naturallyareinnermentalidea better,naturallyareinnermentalideas,andareusual s,andareusuallyexpressedbyyo lyexpressedbyyoubyinner ubyinner words,orevenbyouterspokenw words,orevenbyouterspokenwords,orbyinnerspo ords,orbyinnerspokenlanguag kenlanguagewords,ora ewords,ora combinationofalltheseways.(Iusethemall). However,thebigholdupis–TheD However,thebigholdupis–TheDemiurgedoesno emiurgedoesnotunderstand,orre tunderstand,orrespondto spondto ‘words’,spokenlanguagewo ‘words’,spokenlanguagewords!!WhattheDemiu rds!!WhattheDemiurgedoesrespon rgedoesrespondtoare‘feelings’ dtoare‘feelings’– – emotions+feelings–andtoemotionch emotions+feelings–andtoemotioncharged‘Visualiza arged‘Visualizations’,and/oreven tions’,and/orevenemotion emotion charged‘attitudes’.Iwillrepeattheab charged‘attitudes’.Iwillrepeattheaboveasitisveryimpo oveasitisveryimportantinyourOccultwork– rtantinyourOccultwork– TheDemiurgedoesnot‘unde TheDemiurgedoesnot‘understand’Words,verb rstand’Words,verbalwordsalone alwordsalone.TheDemiurge .TheDemiurge understandsonly‘Feelingsand understandsonly‘FeelingsandVisualizations,orattitud Visualizations,orattitudes’.GoodstrongEm es’.GoodstrongEmotions otions plusVisualizationsistheWay.Triteasitseemsa plusVisualizationsistheWay.Triteasitseemsandevencasua ndevencasualbutthesethingsare lbutthesethingsare theWAY!. Pleasestudentsdon’tgetconfused Pleasestudentsdon’tgetconfusedaboutthewaytoha aboutthewaytohandletheMagne ndletheMagneticFluid ticFluid discoveredbyMesmerandsona discoveredbyMesmerandsonamedbyhim,AstralLig medbyhim,AstralLight,Demiurge,-calml ht,Demiurge,-calmlystudy, ystudy, andmeditateontheseteachings,slo andmeditateontheseteachings,slowlyandcarefullyan wlyandcarefullyandquietly,andno dquietly,andnonnpressureic(tocoinaword)applythe pressureic(tocoinaword)applytheseteachingstoyour seteachingstoyourlife,asitfitsyourpersona life,asitfitsyourpersonal l beingphysicallifesituation,whichared beingphysicallifesituation,whicharedifferentforallofus.Ophielisin ifferentforallofus.Ophielisinconstant constant touchwiththeAstralLight,andnewstuffisco touchwiththeAstralLight,andnewstuffiscomingthrougha mingthroughallthetime,andas llthetime,andas OphielgetsnewKnowledgehewi OphielgetsnewKnowledgehewillpassitoutasquicklyasp llpassitoutasquicklyaspossible. ossible. ForcountlesscenturiesofmilleniumsMan ForcountlesscenturiesofmilleniumsMankindhassleptthesl kindhassleptthesleepofMatter.For eepofMatter.For someunknownqueerreason someunknownqueerreasonManhadaccepted Manhadaccepted,andoccupies,aph ,andoccupies,aphysicalbody,fora ysicalbody,fora time,andthena‘change’comes time,andthena‘change’comes.Somethinggoesaw .Somethinggoesawayandsomethi ayandsomethingstays,the ngstays,the ‘outworn’physicalbody. I,noranyoneelse,cannotprovethataM I,noranyoneelse,cannotprovethataMan‘comesbacka an‘comesbackagain’.Ipersonal gain’.Ipersonallyfeellyfeelthinkthathedoes.Generallytheideais thinkthathedoes.Generallytheideais–thateachcome-ba –thateachcome-backincarnationisbe ckincarnationisbetter tter thanthepreceedingincarnatio thanthepreceedingincarnation,butwhoorwhatma n,butwhoorwhatmakesthelatestincarn kesthelatestincarnationbetterI ationbetterI canfindnoknowledgeonitlistedas canfindnoknowledgeonitlistedaswhereIhaveresea whereIhaveresearched.Ihavefoun rched.Ihavefoundnoouter dnoouter ‘Power’thatdoesthis.Ifthereissucha‘Po ‘Power’thatdoesthis.Ifthereissucha‘Power’thePowere wer’thePowereludesmysearchin ludesmysearching,so g,so far.AtthiswritingitseemsthattheonlyPowertolib far.Atthiswritingitseemstha ttheonlyPowertoliberateispersonallya erateispersonallyacquired cquired KNOWLEDGE(notlove),andKnowledge KNOWLEDGE(notlo ve),andKnowledgealsoimproveso alsoimprovesourlotinthisphysicalLife urlotinthisphysicalLife. .  Andhereseemsasgoodplace  Andhereseemsasgoodplaceasanytorepeat– asanytorepeat–thatKnowingof,andk thatKnowingof,andknowing nowing about,andknowinghowtocontacta about,andknowinghowtocontactand‘work’–man nd‘work’–manipulatetheAstralLigh ipulatetheAstralLight– t– Demiurge,isONEofthesecretsofaself-mad Demiurge,isONEofthesecretsofaself-madehappy,success ehappy,successfulPhysicalLife!! fulPhysicalLife!!

Section eight and one half 

 Nowasto“how”toactuallyinfluencethisDemiurge,oritcouldalsobecalled– severaldifferentwaysofworkingthrough,orwith,theearthplanecreatingGod–the Demiurge(rememberalwaysthatthisnameDemiurgealsomeans“worker”.)This secondaryGoddoestheworkofcreating and andmaintaining thisphysicalworld.This thisphysicalworld.This secondaryGodcreatesthisworldou secondaryGodcreatesthisworldoutoftwothings.Oneofthethin toftwothings.Oneofthethings,thefirstthing, gs,thefirstthing, isundifferentiatedelementalessence .Thisundifferentiatedelementalessenceis,IS, .Thisundifferentiatedelementalessenceis,IS, theTransmundaneGod’sown“being”substanceofit–IT-IT’SOWNSELF.(then) Thesecondthing–thisTransmundaneGodDREAMSdreams,andthesecondary DemiurgeGod,usingthesedreamsforpatterns,fashions,forms,followingthese– thediagrams-patterns,thisphysicalplaneworld.Nownote!Important!The“TOOLS” thesecondaryGodusestomakethisdre thesecondaryGodusestomakethisdreampatterntransfor ampatterntransformationaretheFive mationaretheFive ElementalForcesviz(again)Air,Fire,Watera ElementalForcesviz(again)Air,Fire,WaterandEarth,andAkas ndEarth,andAkasha(note-repea ha(note-repeat.) t.)  AkashaIStheabovereferredto,undi  AkashaIStheabovereferredto,undifferentiatedelemental fferentiatedelementalsubstance. substance. TransmundaneGodSubstancea TransmundaneGodSubstanceasitwere.(pleaseno sitwere.(pleasenotice.ThewordElem tice.ThewordElemental ental appearsaboveintwoplaces–Elementalessence,andElementalForces.Thesetwo arenotthesame.Elementalmeans,inb arenotthesame.Elementalmeans,inboththesecases,thatthe oththesecases,thatthesubstances substances referredtocannotbesplitanyfarther“down”,orapart,thesubstancesconsistofonly onefinalthing-elementintheirexistenc onefinalthing-elementintheirexistence,eitheraselemen e,eitheraselementalessenceorelem talessenceorelemental ental Forces–givethisideasomethought.) “ How “wayNumberone.You(probably-untilwe-I “wayNumberone.You(probably-untilwe-Iknow moreaboutthiscomplexand moreaboutthiscomplexand differentsubject)cannotworkdirectly ontheDemiurge,butmust(?)workindirectly– ontheDemiurge,butmust(?)workindirectly– byprojectingDesirefeelingsplusvis byprojectingDesirefeelingsplusvisualizationpicturesi ualizationpicturesideastotheDemiurg deastotheDemiurge.The e.The Demiurgedoesnotworkon(probablydoesnot“work”directlyonthis(dreamed) world)probablyIrepeat,untilwe-Ikno world)probablyIrepeat,untilwe-Iknowmoreaboutthiscom wmoreaboutthiscomplexanddifferen plexanddifferent t subject)matter,butworksthroughitssectio subject)matter,butw orksthroughitssections-divisionswe ns-divisionswereknownasGODSinth reknownasGODSinthe e olderworldtimes,andwhich“GODS”sectionsrule-governtheSubjectconcerned. Forexample–ifyouareattemptingtoinfluencetheDemiurge,toyourbenefit,onthe subjectofRealestate-houses,then subjectofRealestate-houses,thenyoushould-ca youshould-canapproachtheDe napproachtheDemiurgethrough miurgethrough thedivisionknownasSaturnwhoru thedivisionknownasSaturnwhorulesRealEstateandH lesRealEstateandHouses. ouses. HOWNo.1.(probably)youcannotworkdirectly ontheDemiurgebutmustwork ontheDemiurgebutmustwork indirectly.TheDemiurgedoesnotw indirectly.TheDemiurgedoesnotworkdirectlyonmatter,b orkdirectlyonmatter,butthroughitscreated utthroughitscreated sections/divisions,whichrulethepoin sections/divisions,whichrulethepointinquestion,rulewh tinquestion,rulewhateversubject/ob ateversubject/objectis jectis concerned.Forexample,ifyouareatte concerned.Forexample,ifyouareattemptingtoinfluence mptingtoinfluencetheDemiurgeinthe theDemiurgeinthe subjectofrealestate/houses,thenyo subjectofrealestate/houses,thenyouapproachtheD uapproachtheDemiurgethroug emiurgethroughSaturn,- hSaturn,- Saturn’spositiveandnegativeparts,asdesired-indicated. Notice.Thisindirectworkingisanottoocle Notice.Thisindirectworkingisanottooclearlyunderstoodo arlyunderstoodoccultoperationb ccultoperationbutcan utcan beseenontheTreeofLifeGlyph.(seediagramsinapreviousbook,‘TheArtand PracticeofCaballaMagic.’) EachSephirah,andtheGodconne EachSephirah,andtheGodconnectedwithitare,negati ctedwithitare,negativetotheSephiraha vetotheSephirahaboveit boveit andpositivetotheSephirahbelowit.Inthiscase,Saturn’spositivecolorisBlackto theSephirahbelowitandhisnegat theSephirahbelowitandhisnegativecolorisIndigo(b ivecolorisIndigo(blue/red)totheSeph lue/red)totheSephirah irah aboveit.Asyouprogressintheuseaboveit.Asyouprogressintheuse-knowledgeofthe knowledgeoftheseoccultmatters,youw seoccultmatters,youwill ill probablyuseBlack,asyouarenow probablyuseBlack,asyouarenowbelowSaturnon belowSaturnontheTree,incasesoftrying theTree,incasesoftryingto to work/influence,throughSaturn,toge work/influence,throughSaturn,togetahouse,orsometh tahouse,orsomethingelseruledbySa ingelseruledbySaturn. turn. Generallyworking‘negative’isusedintryingtoget rid ofsomethingand‘positive’is ofsomethingand‘positive’is usedintryingtoget something. something.

Itissaid,inotherknowledgesummariesaboutthenature Itissaid,inotherknowledgesummari esaboutthenatureoftheDemiurgetha oftheDemiurgethatrelief trelief fromthisphysical-plane-worldisaccomplishedby‘by-passing’thesevarious ‘Powers’arelabelledwithdifferentnames.Concerningthesenames,hereIusethe Caballa-Greek-Pantheonnam Caballa-Greek-Pantheonnames,thereareothe es,thereareotherpantheonsofGod rpantheonsofGodfamilieswhich familieswhich haveothernamesforthesesameCaballa-GreekGodsandGoddesses,‘sections’. Lookuptheseotherpantheon LookuptheseotherpantheonsinArtandPracticeoftheOc sinArtandPracticeoftheOccultandArtandPractic cultandArtandPractice e ofCaballaMagic,and,ifyoucangeton ofCaballaMagic,and,ifyoucangetone,lookthemupinC e,lookthemupinCrowley’s777formore rowley’s777formore details.Thesevarioussections-divisio details.Thesevarioussections-divisionseachhaveaGod nseachhaveaGodrulerandinsom rulerandinsomeofthese eofthese casesarecalledAngelsandeven casesarecalledAngelsandevenArchangelsorthe ArchangelsortheGreeknameArchon GreeknameArchons,therulers s,therulers ofthisworld,astheBibleputsininoneplac ofthisworld,astheBib leputsininoneplace(andthendrop e(andthendropsitwithnomore sitwithnomore information-knowledgeastowha information-knowledgeastowhatthehellismeantbytha tthehellismeantbythat,probablyedited t,probablyeditedoutbythe outbythe dearChristiansinlatercenturies.) Thus,insomeoccultgnosticcultsthereap Thus,insomeoccultgnosticcultsthereappears(again? pears(again?)asystemofbypassin )asystemofbypassingor gor neutralizingtheseArchangelsrul neutralizingtheseArchangelsrulersbybeingable ersbybeingabletosneakbythembym tosneakbythembymeansof eansof spellsimpartedbytheGnosiswisdom!!!Inoteth spellsimpartedbytheGnosiswisdom!!!Inotethatinthesecasesthem atinthesecasesthemanwastrying anwastrying toescape frommatteranditall–notremainingheandlearningtomasterand frommatteranditall–notremainingheandlearningtomasterand manipulatethephysicalplaneand manipulatethephysicalplaneandthusgainmasteryove thusgainmasteryoverit.Youmaydoasyou rit.Youmaydoasyou pleasebutIdonotwanttorunawayfrom‘here’defeated,takingamentalcoward’s wayout.Iwouldliketomaster thisplacefirstandsaygoodbyeforever!!Andonly thisplacefirstandsaygoodbyeforever!!Andonly comebackifIwillsotodo. OnthebehavioroftheDemiurge.TheD OnthebehavioroftheDemiurge.TheDemiurgeisawork emiurgeisaworker/creator.Thereisno er/creator.Thereisnothing thing intheknowledgeregardingittoin intheknowledgeregardingittoindicatethatthenatureofthe dicatethatthenatureoftheDemiurgeisanyth Demiurgeisanything ing likeaseparatelythinkingGodindivid likeaseparatelythinkingGodindividual,buttheDemiurg ual,buttheDemiurgeactionsaremore eactionsaremore comparabletoaprogrammedw comparabletoaprogrammedworkingcomputer,oram orkingcomputer,oramovingactiontoytha ovingactiontoythatiswound tiswound up,givenasetofdirections,andstar up,givenasetofdirections,andstartedoffmoving-work tedoffmoving-working,andfromwhich ing,andfromwhichworkingworkingmovingsetuppatternitdoesnotdeviate.AndneitherdoestheDemiurgedeviate– fromthedream-idea-projectionsofthe fromthedream-idea-projectionsoftheFirst-CauseVastC First-CauseVastCountenanceU ountenanceUNLESS,by NLESS,by yourimaginative(magic)actions(spe yourimaginative(magic)actions(spells)youmanagetoin lls)youmanagetoinsertyourprojectio sertyourprojections,along ns,along withtheFirst-Causes–VastCountenancesdreamprojectionsintothematrixof comingeventsonandinthisearth-d comingeventsonandinthisearth-dream-illusion(butitisvery ream-illusion(butitisveryREALtous,sodon’t REALtous,sodon’t trytostickknivesintoyourselfsaying“itisallanillusion!!”Youdon’thandlethis worldthatway.

Section nine

ptothispointyouhavebeengivenama beengivenamassofknowledge ssofknowledge-informationbackgro -informationbackground und Uptothispointyouhave materialcoveringasmuchofthissubje materialcoveringasmuchofthissubjectasOphielhasavai ctasOphielhasavailableuptothispoin lableuptothispointas tas said.What,logically,comesnextis–How said.What,logically,comesnextis–Howistheactualinfluencin istheactualinfluencingcontactwiththe gcontactwiththe DemiurgeMADE? YourcontactwiththeDemiurgeisNOWA YourcontactwiththeDemiurgeisNOWALWAYS!!!!Youareincon LWAYS!!!!Youareincontactwiththehalftactwiththehalfgodatalltimes.Theexactconnectionsare godatalltimes.Theexa ctconnectionsarestillagreatmystery,butitisn stillagreatmystery,butitisnotreally otreally necessarytoknowitallnow,youcan necessarytoknowitallnow,youcanworkverywellnow workverywellnowastheconnection astheconnectionsare sare alreadymade,andhavealwa alreadymade,andhavealwaysbeenmade. ysbeenmade. Todigressalittle–spellsofmeditationsandcontemplations Todigressalittle–spellsofmeditationsand contemplationswon’thurtanyinyou won’thurtanyinyour r consciousnessattempttoinfluen consciousnessattempttoinfluencetheDemiurge,an cetheDemiurge,andanyothermenta danyothermentalmeansthat lmeansthat mightbepeculiartoyourbeingalo mightbepeculiartoyourbeingalone,andwhichyou ne,andwhichyoudiscoverafterwhilein discoverafterwhileinyour your work.Useanymeansthatyoufindw work.Useanymeansthatyoufindworksbestforyou.Expe orksbestforyou.Experimentcarefullyand rimentcarefullyand constantlytesteverystep. Herecomesnowsomequiteimpo Herecomesnowsomequiteimportantpointsforyourrepe rtantpointsforyourrepeatattentionandle atattentionandlearning arning about.THEDEMIURGEDOESNOTUND about.THEDEMIURGEDOESNOTUNDERSTANDLANGU ERSTANDLANGUAGEWORDSNOR AGEWORDSNOR DOESITRESPONDTOTHEM!!!!TheDemiurge DOESITRESPONDTOTHEM!!!!TheDemiurgeunderstandsE understandsEMOTIONSONLYMOTIONSONLYFEELINGSONLY-EMOTIONALPICTURE FEELINGSONLY-EMOTIONALPICTURESONLYASTHEPICTUR SONLYASTHEPICTURESARE ESARE  ACCOMPANIEDBYEMOTIONS! Hereisthedictionarydefinitionofthewo Hereisthedictionarydefinitionoftheword–EMOTION.N.Latinori rd–EMOTION.N.Latinorigin. gin.emovere, –SHAKE,STIRUP.EOUT+movere tomove.Seefeeling. tomove.Seefeeling. emotum,toremove –SHAKE,STIRUP.EOUT+ Feelingimpliesmovementofsomeph Feelingimpliesmovementofsomephysicalmovementstoa ysicalmovementstoascertainknowl scertainknowledgeof edgeof whatathingisetc.Butgettheideafirmlyinyou whatathingisetc.Butg ettheideafirmlyinyourmindthatemotioniscon rmindthatemotionisconnectedwith nectedwith amovement(vibes)ofsomekindandco amovement(vibes)ofsomekindandcouldbebothphy uldbebothphysicalandmental. sicalandmental. Whenyouwantasomething,oreve Whenyouwantasomething,oreventhinkyouwantaso nthinkyouwantasomething,youhave mething,youhaveadesire adesire forit,andthedesireisaformofemotion(actio forit,andthedesireisaformofemotion(action)linking(action)Y n)linking(action)YOUtothething OUtothething desired.Connecttheideaofdesir desired.ConnecttheideaofdesirewiththesymbolofaN ewiththesymbolofaNAIL–anailisasymbol AIL–anailisasymbolof of desireandCONNECTSyouandw desireandCONNECTSyouandwhatyoudesire,fas hatyoudesire,fastensthetwotogethe tensthetwotogether,andthey r,andthey becomeone,yougetwhatyouwa becomeone,yougetwhatyouwant!!Nailisconnectedw nt!!NailisconnectedwiththewordVAVinthe iththewordVAVinthe JEHOVAHformulaaforesaid. InregardtotheideaofMagicalWorking InregardtotheideaofMagicalWorkings,IsraelRegardie s,IsraelRegardie,quotingLevi,saidtow ,quotingLevi,saidtowork ork magicitisfirstnecessaryto‘inflameyourse magicitisfirstnecessa ryto‘inflameyourselfwithprayer’emo lfwithprayer’emotions.‘DesireisPra tions.‘DesireisPrayer’ yer’ (Icannotquotefromthebookbecau (Icannotquotefromthebookbecausethereareverystrictc sethereareverystrictcopyrightsonherbo opyrightsonherbook, ok, getacopyofScienceandHealthw getacopyofScienceandHealthwiththeKeytotheScriptu iththeKeytotheScriptures,andreadthe res,andreadthe openingwordsofthebookyou openingwordsofthebookyourself).Remembe rself).Rememberthen,whatyouwantino rthen,whatyouwantinorderforyour rderforyour ‘prayer’togetthrough!!!!Ifyoudon’tfee ‘prayer’togetthrough!!!!Ifyoudon’tfeeldeeplythenyoum ldeeplythenyoumustlearnhowtoge ustlearnhowtoget t yourselftofeeldeeply,andpracticeu yourselftofeeldeeply,andpracticeuntilyougetitcontrolled ntilyougetitcontrolled.Thepreceeding .Thepreceedingisvery isvery personal,andyouwillhavetodev personal,andyouwillhavetodevelopyourown‘d elopyourown‘desireabilities’.Ihave esireabilities’.Ihavetreatedthis treatedthis subjectinotherwritingswhichplea subjectinotherwritingswhichpleaseseeandstudy.Any seseeandstudy.AnythingnewIfindIwillgetit thingnewIfindIwillgetit downandoutasfastasIcan. Beforeendingthisparagraphonthis BeforeendingthisparagraphonthissubjectIcansaythatthe subjectIcansaythatthereasonwhyour reasonwhyour‘day’ ‘day’ dreamsdonotworktobringaboutthe dreamsdonotworktobringabouttheconnectiondesire connectiondesired,isthat‘daydream d,isthat‘daydreams’have s’have verylittleEMOTIONconnectedwiththem,andh verylittleEMOTIONconne ctedwiththem,andhencedonot‘nail encedonot‘nail’theobjectsday ’theobjectsday dreamedabouttotheDemiurge dreamedabouttotheDemiurge’sattentionforachie ’sattentionforachievementdownhe vementdownhere. re.

Somedirectionscanbegivenastoh Somedirectionscanbegivenastohowtovisualizebetter owtovisualizebettertolearnhow,ifyour tolearnhow,ifyour presentvisualizationabilityisnotuptoau presentvisualizationabilityisnotuptoausefulstandard,toge sefulstandard,togetbetterpictures, tbetterpictures, mentalpicturestoworkwith. Theactofvisualizationmeanstobringup Theactofvisualizationmeanstobringup-backonaninne -backonaninnermental-mindscree rmental-mindscreena na pictureofthe/aobject,usuallyaphysica pictureofthe/aobject,usuallyaphysicalobject(mentalmindsy lobject(mentalmindsymbolscanbe mbolscanbe visualizedbutthatwouldnotbethesa visualizedbutthatwouldnotbethesameasa‘wanted’ measa‘wanted’physicalplaneob physicalplaneobject,forthe ject,forthe purposesofwhichIamdescribing purposesofwhichIamdescribing)(manypersosncan )(manypersosncanvisualizeorbring visualizeorbringbacka backa mantalpictureingreatclarity,andmuche mantalpictureingreatclarity,andmuchexactdetailnaturallyw xactdetailnaturallywithouthavingtolea ithouthavingtolearn rn howtodoit,butitisnotreallynecessarytohav howtodoit,butitisnotrea llynecessarytohaveatooexactvisuali eatooexactvisualization;afair zation;afair reproductionwillbeenough,wha reproductionwillbeenough,whatisreallynecessaryisthe tisreallynecessaryisthefeelingthatgoesw feelingthatgoeswiththe iththe visualizationpicture.) ThefollowingmethodisonethatOphiel ThefollowingmethodisonethatOphielusestodevelopvis usestodevelopvisualizationideas-p ualizationideas-pictures, ictures, andithasworkedquitewellforhim.Ophielisn andithasworkedquitewellforhim.Ophielisnotanaturaleasyvisua otanaturaleasyvisualizerbutthere lizerbutthere arealwayssomesmallamountofpictu arealwayssomesmallamountofpicturescomingontothe rescomingontotheinnerscreenofthe innerscreenofthemind.– mind.–  Asastartforyourwork,takeanyobjectyou  Asastartforyourwork ,takeanyobjectyouhaveonhand,ap haveonhand,apieceofjewelryisgo ieceofjewelryisgood. od.  –Placetheobjectinfrontofyou,withamild  –Placetheobjectinfrontofyou,withamildlightbearingdown lightbearingdownonit.Look-gazeon onit.Look-gazeon theobjectforatime.Donotstrainyoureye theobjectforatime.D onotstrainyoureyes,buttakeitveryeasy– s,buttakeitveryeasy–easydoesit. easydoesit. Lookthefirsttimesforafewminutes,butlookstea Lookthefirsttimesforafew minutes,butlooksteadyandseeeve dyandseeeverydetailonthe rydetailonthe object,especiallyseethedetailsingrea object,especiallyseethedetailsingreatdetail,andmemorize tdetail,andmemorizethesedetailsuntil,as thesedetailsuntil,as couldbesaid,thedetailsareapartofyou. Whatyouarereallydoingbythisintensi Whatyouarereallydoingbythisintensifiedgazingontheob fiedgazingontheobject,isbuildingupa ject,isbuildingupa CONNECTIONWITHTHEOBJECT’SETHER CONNECTIONWITH THEOBJECT’SETHERICCOUNTERPART,WH ICCOUNTERPART,WHICH ICH COUNTERPARTIS‘ON’THEETHERICPL COUNTERPARTIS‘ON’THEETHERICPLANE.Thelongeryou ANE.Thelongeryoudothelooking dothelooking-gazingactionthefirmertheconnectio gazingactionthefirmertheconnectionbecomes. nbecomes. Continuethisworkaslongasyoufind Continuethisworkaslongasyoufinditnecessarytoaccom itnecessarytoaccomplishtheworkyouare plishtheworkyouare tryingtodo.InOphiel’scasehefound,tohisp tryingtodo.InOphiel’ scasehefound,tohispleasantsurprise,tha leasantsurprise,thatafteronlyfour tafteronlyfour daysof‘gazing’hewasabletore daysof‘gazing’hewasabletorecalltheobjectingrea calltheobjectingreatdetail,andincolorstoo tdetail,andincolorstoo!I !I havegiventhismethodtoothersand havegiventhismethodtoothersandthismethodworked thismethodworkedfortheminvarious fortheminvarious degrees,anditwillworkforyou. Torepeatsomeoftheaboveinanotherway,asthisisveryim Torepeatsomeoftheaboveinanoth erway,asthisisveryimportant.Isuggestthat portant.Isuggestthat you,uponawaking,liestillandtrytoenter you,uponawaking,liestillandtrytoenterareveriewherein areveriewhereinyouarehalf-aslee youarehalf-asleepand pand half-awake.Atthispointrecallthevisualiza half-awake.Atthispo intrecallthevisualizationofyourobject,an tionofyourobject,anditshouldcome ditshouldcome back‘alive’toyourinnermindscreen,incolor. Youcanthentrytomanipulatetherecalledvisualizedobj Youcanthentrytomanipulatetherecal ledvisualizedobject.Withpracticeyouwill ect.Withpracticeyouwill findthatyoucanhandlethevisuali findthatyoucanhandlethevisualizedobjectasyouha zedobjectasyouhandleearthobjec ndleearthobjects.Constantly ts.Constantly increaseyourworkonmoreand increaseyourworkonmoreandmoreobjectsand moreobjectsandeachworkdone eachworkdoneadvancesyou advancesyour r abilities. InmybookTheArtandPracticeofAstralProj InmybookTheArtan dPracticeofAstralProjectionthereisasectio ectionthereisasectiononmakinga nonmakinga bodyofLightonthenextplane.Isug bodyofLightonthenextplane.Isuggestthatyoudothisw gestthatyoudothisworkalongwithyouro orkalongwithyourother ther work,anddevelopthisLightBody,an work,anddevelopthisLightBody,andkeepitinyourAura dkeepitinyourAurafield,asyouwillfindre field,asyouwillfindreal al useforitinyourlaterwork. Iamassumingnowthatthefirstthingsthatyo Iamassumingnowthatthefirstthingsthatyouwanttodoistodeve uwanttodoistodevelopa/your lopa/your sourceofsupplysothatyoucanlea sourceofsupplysothatyoucanleadabetter,easierlife,an dabetter,easierlife,andhavemoretimetod dhavemoretimetodo o yourOccultKnowledgework.Therea yourOccultKnowledgework.Thereareseveraltriedan reseveraltriedandtruewaystoimpro dtruewaystoimproveyour veyour physicalstatus.Iwillgivedirectionsfortwoofthemasfollows. Numberone–TheTreasureMapM Numberone–TheTreasureMapMethod.Inthismethodyo ethod.Inthismethodyouaregoingtose uaregoingtosetupa tupa systemofrecordingpicturesofwhatmate systemofrecordingpicturesofwhatmaterialthingsyouwan rialthingsyouwant,orjustdesireand t,orjustdesireand

transferthesepicturesto,hopefully,the‘a transferthesepicturesto,hopefully,the‘attention’oftheDemi ttention’oftheDemiurge.(eventhou urge.(eventhoughI ghI writethatdowncasuallyIcannotexpr writethatdowncasuallyIcannotexpressitanyclearerorm essitanyclearerormoreforcefully–that/thisis oreforcefully–that/thisis theWAYtogoaboutdoingtheaction,the theWAYtogoaboutdoingtheaction,thecreativevisualiz creativevisualizationACTION.Repetition ationACTION.Repetition istheworkword.AlsoyoumustriseABOV istheworkword.AlsoyoumustriseABOVEanypettynuisance EanypettynuisanceofyourWORKnot ofyourWORKnot immediatelyworking,orcoming‘true immediatelyworking,orcoming‘true’readwhathasb ’readwhathasbeensaidelse eensaidelsewhereabouttime, whereabouttime, innertimeandoutertime.)Directions–Ge innertimeandoutertime.)Directions–Getalargepieceofpa talargepieceofpaper,threefeetand per,threefeetand threefeet,isgood.Fastenthispapertothein threefeet,isgood.Faste nthispapertotheinsidewallofaclosetwi sidewallofaclosetwiththumbtacks.It ththumbtacks.It isbesttoputtheMapinsideahiddenclo isbesttoputtheMapin sideahiddenclosetsothatotherscan setsothatotherscannotseeitand notseeitand commentonitinanyway.Nowstartasearch commentonitinanyway.Nowstartasearchforpicturesthatobj forpicturesthatobjectifyyourdesires ectifyyourdesires (donotlistentoanysuggestionstha (donotlistentoanys uggestionsthatitiswrongforyoutodesi titiswrongforyoutodesirephysicalthings, rephysicalthings, especiallythingsthatwouldenab especiallythingsthatwouldenableyoutoleadagra leyoutoleadagraciouslifeordogracio ciouslifeordograciousliving. usliving. Thatstuffisoldcrudfromsomekindofawron Thatstuffisoldcrudfrom somekindofawrongChristianideatha gChristianideathatyouMUST tyouMUST SUFFERDOWNHERE,andmustlookforp SUFFERDOWNHERE,andmustlookforpie-in-the-skyinso ie-in-the-skyinsomescrewyfutureof mescrewyfutureof somekindofwhichthehard-shell somekindofwhichthehard-shellshaveneverreally shaveneverreallydefinedaswhatisw definedaswhatiswhat,really hat,really (totheirideas)Iknowitishardtogetridofthose (totheirideas)Iknow itishardtogetridofthosescrewyideasbutTR screwyideasbutTRY..) Y..) Youwillhavetolookforthepicturesbu Youwillhavetolookforthepicturesbutthesearchispartofthetre tthesearchispartofthetreatment.Lookin atment.Lookin magazinespertainingtothesubjec magazinespertainingtothesubjectyouareseeking tyouareseeking.Whenyoufindpicture .Whenyoufindpicturesthat sthat embodyyourideasanddesir embodyyourideasanddesires–cutthemoutcarefu es–cutthemoutcarefullyandfastenthemto llyandfastenthemtothebase thebase paper,withapieceofscotchtape.Le paper,withapieceofscotchtape.Lettherebenoendtoth ttherebenoendtotheprocessoflooki eprocessoflookingfor ngfor desirepicturesandfindroomforthem desirepicturesandfindroomforthemall,evenifyouhaveto all,evenifyouhavetoaddmorebasepa addmorebasepaper. per. Gaze-Lookatthepictureobjects,asin Gaze-Lookatthepictureobjects,asintheBodyofLightMeth theBodyofLightMethod,untilyoucanreca od,untilyoucanrecall ll thepicturestoyourinnermindscree thepicturestoyourinnermindscreenclearly.Youcanpra nclearly.Youcanpracricetryingtoman cricetryingtomanipulate ipulate theobjectsaroundontheinnersc theobjectsaroundontheinnerscreen.Fromnowon reen.Fromnowonyouaresomewh youaresomewhatonyourown. atonyourown.  Astheoldclichégoes–wearealldiffere  Astheoldclichégoes–wearealldifferentandeachone ntandeachoneworkingsoutisslig workingsoutisslightly,or htly,or greatly,differentfromeachotherandnoo greatly,differentfromea chotherandnoonecanreallysho necanreallyshowanother,exactly,ho wanother,exactly,howto wto dotheirownLifeWork.  Asyoualreadyknowtheideaofthiswo  AsyoualreadyknowtheideaofthisworkofVisualizingtheob rkofVisualizingtheobjectsthatyouthinkyou jectsthatyouthinkyou willneedtocompleteyour‘nice’exis willneedtocompleteyour‘nice’existencedownher tencedownhere,istotransfertovisualize e,istotransfertovisualized d objectstothe‘attention’oftheDemiurge objectstothe‘attention’oftheDemiurge,sothatitwillnoticeyouand ,sothatitwillnoticeyouandacceptyour acceptyour visualized-emotionalizedobjectsas visualized-emotionalizedobjectsasapartofits‘programm apartofits‘programming’. ing’. IngeneralthistransfertotheDemiurge IngeneralthistransfertotheDemiurgeofyourobjectived ofyourobjectivedideas-imagesisdo ideas-imagesisdone ne throughtheagencyofyourownsu throughtheagencyofyourownsubconsciousne bconsciousnesswhich,accordi sswhich,accordingtothebestof ngtothebestof ourpresentunderstanding,iscon ourpresentunderstanding,isconnectedwiththeUn nectedwiththeUniversalSub-consc iversalSub-consciousness. iousness. However,itispossibleto‘talk’totheDem However,itispossibleto‘talk’totheDemiurgethroughyou iurgethroughyourownsubcons rownsubconscious cious agency,butnotdirectly.Aswassaidth agency,butnotdirectly.AswassaidtheDemiurgedoe eDemiurgedoesnotknowWORDSb snotknowWORDSbuta uta partofyoursubconsciousnessdo partofyoursubconsciousnessdoesunderstandw esunderstandwords,andthe‘rig ords,andthe‘right’kindofwords ht’kindofwords dogetthroughtotheDemiurge,asth dogetthroughtotheDemiurge,astheyareofthesame eyareofthesamekindofbeing.(Iamsorr kindofbeing.(Iamsorryfor yfor theseemingcontradictionbutthese theseemingcontradictionbuttheseotherplaneope otherplaneoperationsaredifferent,no rationsaredifferent,notdifficult, tdifficult, toexplaineasilyandallatonce,give toexplaineasilyandallatonce,givethesethingsmuchm thesethingsmuchmeditation,youcanle editation,youcanlearnarnusetherighttechniqueasyouabso usetherighttechniqueasyouabsorbthisKnowledg rbthisKnowledge). e). Thereisstillanotherpartoftheprogrammingtechinquetha Thereisstillanotherpartoftheprogramm ingtechinquethathastobeexplaine thastobeexplained. d. Eventhoughyoucan‘talk’totheD Eventhoughyoucan‘talk’totheDemiurgethroug emiurgethroughyourownsub hyourownsub-mind,assaid -mind,assaid before;theDemiurge(forsomestran before;theDemiurge(forsomestrangereasonnotful gereasonnotfullyunderstoodasye lyunderstoodasyet)willnot t)willnot respondtocommands,orforcefulorde respondtocommands,orforcefulorders,oreventoordina rs,oreventoordinaryorders,givenbyyo ryorders,givenbyyou. u. ButtheDemiurgewillrespondtoindire ButtheDemiurgewillrespondtoindirectsuggestionsesp ctsuggestionsespeciallyiftheyaregive eciallyiftheyaregivenina nina ‘sweet’way,oraniceway.Toillustrate–Ins ‘sweet’way,oraniceway.Toillustrate–Insteadof‘ordering teadof‘ordering’theDemiurgeto ’theDemiurgetogetyou getyou ahouse,saytoitthisway–(gushisgood ahouse,saytoitthisw ay–(gushisgoodandsoishyperbo andsoishyperbole–anythingsoitso le–anythingsoitsounds unds ‘sweetish’)Ohwouldn’titbewond ‘sweetish’)Ohwouldn’titbewonderfulifYOUwouldge erfulifYOUwouldgetawonderfulhous tawonderfulhouseehome????Or–wouldn’titbeniceifyo home????Or–wouldn’titbeniceifyouwouldbringme uwouldbringmethethingsthatIreadin thethingsthatIreadinthe the newspapersthatyougivetootherpe newspapersthatyougivetootherpersons!!!???!!!Orwould rsons!!!???!!!Orwouldn’tIlookgoodinape n’tIlookgoodinapearl arl necklace!!!OhhowIwouldlovetobe-w necklace!!!OhhowIwouldlovetobe-what-everitisyouwan hat-everitisyouwant.Or.Wouldn’titbe t.Or.Wouldn’titbe

wonderfulifIhadasteadyincomesoIcouldliveinthemann wonderfulifIhadasteadyincomesoIcou ldliveinthemannertowhichI’dliketo ertowhichI’dliketo becomeaccustomed?!!Itistoemotionalsta becomeaccustomed?!!Itistoemotionalstatementslikethistowhi tementslikethistowhichtheDemiurge chtheDemiurge willbemostlikelytorespond,not,asIsaidbe willbemostlikelytores pond,not,asIsaidbefore,tocommandsor fore,tocommandsorwilled willed commands.Soyouwillhavetolearntogi commands.Soyouwillhavetolearntogivethekindsof‘ord vethekindsof‘orders’thatitwillacton. ers’thatitwillacton. TheDemiurge,eventhoughitisakin TheDemiurge,eventhoughitisakindofaGod,isnotaverybri dofaGod,isnotaverybrightGod.The ghtGod.The Demiurgeisrathersimple,infact,andise Demiurgeisrathersimple,infact,andiseasilyprogramme asilyprogrammed,butnotbyhumanw d,butnotbyhumanwilled illed forcefulcommands.TheDemiurg forcefulcommands.TheDemiurgeiseveneasilyflattere eiseveneasilyflatteredandeasilyled dandeasilyledalongwith alongwith honeyedwordsaboutyourde honeyedwordsaboutyourdesiresand,asalre siresand,asalreadysaid,themoreyo adysaid,themoreyourwordsand urwordsand desiresareloadedwithEMOTIONS themorethatgets‘through’.Againremember themorethatgets‘through’.Againremember thattheneareryouaretoyournatura thattheneareryouaretoyournaturalsourceofsupply,w lsourceofsupply,whichweallhavein hichweallhaveinsome some degree,somelargerthanothers,the degree,somelargerthanothers,thequickeryourdesi quickeryourdesirescanbesupp rescanbesupplied.(Inmy lied.(Inmy bookTheArtandPracticeofGettingMateri bookTheArtandPracticeofGettingMaterialThingsthroughC alThingsthroughCreativeVisualization reativeVisualization thissubjectisgoneintoinlargedetail,pl thissubjectisgoneintoinlargedetail,pleasegetthisbooka easegetthisbookandstudyitcarefully). ndstudyitcarefully). TheworkwiththeDemiurgeis,assaidbe TheworkwiththeDemiurgeis,assaidbeforewithallOccultwork forewithallOccultwork,isanARTandan ,isanARTandan  Artthatyoumustlearntomaster.Setyourmind  Artthatyoumustlearn tomaster.Setyourmindtostaywithituntilperfected tostaywithituntilperfected. . HereisanothermethodNumber HereisanothermethodNumbertwo.ThismethodIsortofinve two.ThismethodIsortofinventedmyselfoutof ntedmyselfoutof severaloldWitchCraftritualsputtogether.Icall severaloldWitchCraftritualsputtogether.IcallittheHappinessDo ittheHappinessDoll.Youareall ll.Youareall familiarwiththeoldideaofmakingadollim familiarwiththeoldid eaofmakingadollimage,oranimage,ofsom age,oranimage,ofsomeonethatsome eonethatsome screwballwantstoinjureandthen screwballwantstoinjureandthendoesvariousthin doesvariousthingsothedollandex gsothedollandexpectsthatthe pectsthatthe actions-thingswillrepercussbacko actions-thingswillrepercussbackontheindividualetc.(So ntheindividualetc.(Sometimesitworksand metimesitworksand sometimesitdoesn’t.Seeotherwritingso sometimesitdoesn’t.Seeotherwritingsoncyclesandbind ncyclesandbinding.) ing.) However,thereisonefactthatisnotgene However,thereisonefactthatisnotgenerallyknown.Thefa rallyknown.Thefactisthatthereisalmost ctisthatthereisalmost nothinginthephysicalworldthatisnotrev nothinginthephysicalworldthatisnotreversible.Allactions,ph ersible.Allactions,physicaland ysicaland otherwise,arereversible. Therefore,thereisnoreasonwhyyo Therefore,thereisnoreasonwhyyoushouldnotma ushouldnotmakeadollforothers,orfor keadollforothers,orfor yourself.Onthese‘good’dolls,instead yourself.Onthese‘go od’dolls,insteadofinjuringthemyoug ofinjuringthemyougivethemallkindsof ivethemallkindsof goodies.Yougivethemmoney,jew goodies.Yougivethemmoney,jewels,modelautos,anyth els,modelautos,anythingthatreprese ingthatrepresentswhat ntswhat youwantforyourselftohaveanden youwantforyourselftohaveandenjoy.Naturallyyougi joy.Naturallyyougivethemmodelofthethi vethemmodelofthethings, ngs, evenpicturesofthethingwilldo!Youcan evenpicturesofthethingwilldo!Youcanletyourselfgointhism letyourselfgointhismatter.Asmodels atter.Asmodels areplentifulusethemall,inthiscaseyouca areplentifulusethemall,inthiscaseyoucanusethingsbey nusethingsbeyondyourSphere ondyourSphereof of  Availabilitybutunderstandthatyouar  Availabilitybutunderstandthatyouareusingthemtostimulate eusingthemtostimulateyourdesirestoa yourdesirestoa higherdegreesotheywillworkbetterforyou.  Also,thereisanotherthingthatyoucand  Also,thereisanotherthingthatyoucando.Youwillrecallthatwh o.Youwillrecallthatwhenthetombof enthetombof Tutakahmenwasopeneditwasfou TutakahmenwasopeneditwasfoundthatthePharoa ndthatthePharoah’scoffinconsistedofthre h’scoffinconsistedofthree e differentcoffins,oneinsidetheother.These differentcoffins,onein sidetheother.Thesecoffinsrepresente coffinsrepresenteddifferentplanesin ddifferentplanesin relationtothephysicalplanebodyof relationtothephysicalplanebodyofthePharoahand thePharoahandsomeexplana someexplanationofthemwill tionofthemwill begivenhereinduecourse.Thew begivenhereinduecourse.Thewholetombanditsco holetombanditscontentswere,could ntentswere,couldbesaid, besaid, wereonelarge‘doll’,atreasure wereonelarge‘doll’,atreasuremapdoll,magicwork mapdoll,magicwork,ofEgyptianMagic.Intothe ,ofEgyptianMagic.Intothe tomb,besidesthepicturespaintedon tomb,besidesthepicturespaintedonthewalls,andthesid thewalls,andthesidesofthecoffins,were esofthecoffins,were placedmanyobjectshavingrefere placedmanyobjectshavingreferencetothewelfare ncetothewelfareandcomfortofthe‘dou andcomfortofthe‘double’,not ble’,not soul,ofthedeadman.Therewereserva soul,ofthedeadman.Therewereservantsandslaves,foo ntsandslaves,foodanddrink,clothe danddrink,clothesand sand  jewelry,ointmentsandtoiletinstruments.So  jewelry,ointmentsandtoiletinstruments.Someofthesethingswe meofthesethingswereplacedonthe replacedonthe bodyornearthebody.Otherthingsw bodyornearthebody.Otherthingswereplacedintheou ereplacedintheouterroomsindifferent terroomsindifferent locations.Assaidthethreecoffinsrepre locations.Assaidthethreecoffinsrepresentingthecoffinwa sentingthecoffinwasdifferentandwere sdifferentandwere accordingtothenatureofthePlane.Ihave accordingtothenatureofthePlane.Ihavenothadaccessto nothadaccesstothesedesignsbu thesedesignsbutIam tIam fairlysurethatitisthisway,andifIdon’trecogni fairlysurethatitisthiswa y,andifIdon’trecognisethedesignswh sethedesignswhenIdoseethem, enIdoseethem, itwillbebecausetheEgyptianideas itwillbebecausetheEgyptianideasareobscuretomebe areobscuretomebecauseofbeingso causeofbeingsooldin oldin time. Therewasanotherinterestingpie Therewasanotherinterestingpieceofknowledge ceofknowledgeinthistomb,apieceofkno inthistomb,apieceofknowledge wledge whichyoucanuse.Inpointofknowle whichyoucanuse.Inpointofknowledgefact,thedayaroya dgefact,thedayaroyalchildwasborna lchildwasbornatomb tomb wasstartedforhim.Assoonasthediggi wasstartedforhim.Assoonasthedigginghadprogres nghadprogressedsomewhatthe sedsomewhatthe‘magic’ ‘magic’

pictureswerestarted.ANDTHESEP pictureswerestarted.ANDTHESEPICTURESWEREPUTTHE ICTURESWEREPUTTHEREASTOSHOW REASTOSHOW  ANDCREATETHEFUTUREFORTHECH  ANDCREATETHEFUTUREFORTHECHILD.Forexample,on ILD.Forexample,oneofthepictureson eofthepictureson thewallshowedTutakahamenkic thewallshowedTutakahamenkickingprisonersofwa kingprisonersofwar!Thispicturewasama r!Thispicturewasamagic gic visualizationthatTutakahamenwassu visualizationthatTuta kahamenwassuccessful,tobesucces ccessful,tobesuccessful,inmaking sful,inmaking successfulwarslater.Itrustyouunderstan successfulwarslater.Itrustyouunderstandtheprocess,be dtheprocess,becauseitisthesame causeitisthesame processthatcanbeappliedtoyouandyourlife. Iwouldsuggestthatinyourfirstapplicati Iwouldsuggestthatinyourfirstapplication-useofthiskindofmag on-useofthiskindofmagicyouuseitfor icyouuseitfor yourselfbeforeyoutryitforothers.Getasmalld yourselfbeforeyoutryitforothers.Getasmalldollofanykind.Accordi ollofanykind.Accordingtotheold ngtotheold booksforthingslikethisyougetadollm booksforthingslikethisyougetadollmadeofasmuchnatu adeofasmuchnaturalorganicmaterial ralorganicmaterialas as possible.Suchasleather,wool,silk,ho possible.Suchasleather,wool,silk,horn,metals,etc.Imadeupacon rn,metals,etc.Imadeupacontainerformy tainerformy dollofthreeboxesthatfittedinsideofeach dollofthreeboxesthatfittedinsideofeachother.Iputthedollinthein other.Iputthedollintheinnermostbox nermostbox andputpapermoney,dimestoreje andputpapermoney,dimestorejewelry,tinymodelau welry,tinymodelautosbutauthentic tosbutauthentic reproductions.Thenontheinne reproductions.Thenontheinnersideofeachbox rsideofeachbox,andthenontheou ,andthenontheoutsideofeach tsideofeach box,theappropriatekindofpicturesp box,theappropriatekindofpicturespertainingtothatplan ertainingtothatplane.Iputmaterialphysica e.Iputmaterialphysical l picturesontheinnerboxesandon picturesontheinnerboxesandontheouterboxes theouterboxesIputmoreethericaltype Iputmoreethericaltypeof of pictures.Iamnotgoingtogivetoomuch pictures.Iamnotgoingtogivetoomuchdetailofmyboxesasea detailofmyboxesaseachofusisdifferent chofusisdifferent asIsaid,andyoucandecideonwh asIsaid,andyoucandecideonwhatpertainstoyourma atpertainstoyourmakeup,asyouareyo keup,asyouareyou! u!  Alloftheseactionsaremessagestoyoursubconsciou  Alloftheseactionsaremessagestoyou rsubconsciousanddon’tforgetthe sanddon’tforgetthedesiredesireemotions.Andyoursubconsciousp emotions.Andyoursubconsciouspassesonthemes assesonthemessagetotheUniversa sagetotheUniversal l Subconscious,whichisanothern Subconscious,whichisanothernamefortheDemiu amefortheDemiurge. rge. Don’tforget,neverforget,thatthereissom Don’tforget,neverforget,thatthereissomeneedtolearntou eneedtolearntousethisArtanddo sethisArtanddo allowsomephysicaltimeforittowork.Timeisaverym allowsomephysicaltimeforittowork.Timeisaverymysteriousthingan ysteriousthingandasIsaid dasIsaid severaltimesbefore,TimeontheEtheric,an severaltimesbefore,TimeontheEtheric,andtheotherinner dtheotherinnerplanes,isNOTTHE planes,isNOTTHE SAMETIMEDOWNHERE.Youshouldexp SAMETIMEDOWNHER E.Youshouldexperienceagradu erienceagradualincreaseofyou alincreaseofyourall rall aroundwellbeingandyourph aroundwellbeingandyourphysicalresources ysicalresourcesshouldshowgra shouldshowgradualimproveme dualimprovement. nt. Iwillnowhavetostarttothinkaboutthewaytoend-closethisboo Iwillnowhavetostarttothinkaboutthewaytoe nd-closethisbook.Thereare k.Thereare endlessmorevariationstothisArtothertha endlessmorevariationstothisArtotherthanwhatIhavebee nwhatIhavebeenabletogiveouther nabletogiveouthere e forexamples.Learnwhathasbeen forexamples.Learnwhathasbeengivenandthe givenandthenmanyotherthing nmanyotherthingsshouldsugge sshouldsuggest st themselvestoyouasyourlearning themselvestoyouasyourlearningpowersincrease. powersincrease. Thereisoneotherbasicideathatyo Thereisoneotherbasicideathatyoucankeepinmin ucankeepinmindandexperime dandexperimentwith,and ntwith,and thatideaiswhatIcallmerging.Youwillreca thatideaiswhatIcallm erging.YouwillrecallthatIsaidinthisbook,an llthatIsaidinthisbook,andinmyother dinmyother writings,thattheGodforces-vibeswereg writings,thattheGodfor ces-vibesweregivennamesand ivennamesandidentitiesasahand identitiesasahandleso leso thatourevery-day-mindscouldgeta thatourevery-day-mindscouldgeta‘hold’ontothese ‘hold’ontotheseabstractideas,an abstractideas,andthusUSE dthusUSE theideasaslaidoutinthisbook,andothe theideasaslaidoutinthisbook,andotherwritings.Isuggestyou rwritings.Isuggestyoupractice-visualize practice-visualize these‘handle’IMAGESuntilyoucanreca these‘handle’IMAGESuntilyoucanrecallthevisualizedpictu llthevisualizedpicturequitewell,andthe requitewell,andthen n MERGEyourselfwiththeimage,andfeelyo MERGEyourselfwiththeimage,andfeelyourselftobemerge urselftobemergedwiththeGodIdea, dwiththeGodIdea, andthengoonfromthereasyouare andthengoonfromthereasyouarethenonyourow thenonyourownandIcannotadvi nandIcannotadviseyou seyou farther,butyoushouldhavesomeid farther,butyoushouldhavesomeideaastowhattodoan eaastowhattodoandhow. dhow.  Asasomewhatadvancedideaforyo  Asasomewhatadvancedideaforyoutoworkyoursel utoworkyourselfinto,intime,youcanvisua finto,intime,youcanvisualize lize the‘handle-name-idea-pictu the‘handle-name-idea-picture’oftheVastCounte re’oftheVastCountenance,visualizea nance,visualizeasavastheadsavastheadface(useyourownideasastowha face(useyourownideasastowhatitwouldlooklikeifitwere‘r titwouldlooklikeifitwere‘real’,thatisrealon eal’,thatisrealon thisphysicalplane)andcarefully,gen thisphysicalplane)andcarefully,gently,andquietlymerge tly,andquietlymergeyourselfwiththeVast yourselfwiththeVast Countenance,andthen‘look Countenance,andthen‘lookdown’THROUGH down’THROUGHTHELESSERCOU THELESSERCOUNTENANCETO NTENANCETO YOURPHYSICAL-MENTALSELF  .DOWNHERE,andthentakeitfromthereasto howyouDESIRETOSEEYOURSELF.Agre howyouDESIRETOSEEYOURSELF.AgreatamountofKnow atamountofKnowledge-Powe ledge-Poweris ris embodiedinthefewwordsjustgivena embodiedinthefewwordsjustgivenandIcanfindnoway ndIcanfindnowaytomaketheprevio tomaketheprevious us admonitionanystrongerthansostat admonitionanystrongerthansostated,evenifIusedtentho ed,evenifIusedtenthousandwords.Sob usandwords.Sobeit. eit. Pleasereadandstudytheinforma Pleasereadandstudytheinformationgiveninthelastpag tiongiveninthelastpagesofthisbook.My esofthisbook.My addressis–

OPHIEL 950LarkspurDr. Oakland,California94610 415-835-9580 IfyouwritetomepleaseincludesomepittancefortosupporttheSe Ifyouwritetomepleaseincludesomepi ttancefortosupporttheSecretarybutifyou cretarybutifyou are,temporarilyoutoffunds,thenwritean are,temporarilyoutoffunds,thenwriteanyhow,Iwillmakeever yhow,Iwillmakeeveryefforttoanswer. yefforttoanswer. Myobject,triteasitmaysound,istoteachyoutoHELPYOURSELF,an Myobject,triteasitmaysound,istoteachyouto HELPYOURSELF,andnot,as dnot,as manyother‘leaders’and‘guru manyother‘leaders’and‘gurus’do,tosay–“Hayyo s’do,tosay–“Hayyou,comeandsee u,comeandseewhatwonderful whatwonderful powersIhave,andifyouarerealgoo powersIhave,andifyouarerealgoodImaygivesometoyo dImaygivesometoyou,ifyoupayandpa u,ifyoupayandpay y bigetc”Ophielwasinpovertyformanyyea bigetc”Ophielwasinpovertyformanyyearsandthiswasdu rsandthiswasduetoothers,andnothis etoothers,andnothis fault.Ophieladmitsthathelikesmoney,notforju fault.Ophieladmitstha thelikesmoney,notforjustthemoney,butforthe stthemoney,butforthegoodies goodies thatitbuys.ButOphielisadoublecapricorn thatitbuys.ButOphielisad oublecapricorn,andgoesonlyfor ,andgoesonlyforthereal,genuine thereal,genuine, , and,evenformoney,Ophielcan’tputou and,evenformoney,Ophielcan’tputoutliesandtrashstuffasthe tliesandtrashstuffastheideaoffakeisso ideaoffakeisso stronginhiscapricornnaturethatitisimp stronginhiscapricornnaturethatitisimpossibleforhimtodealin ossibleforhimtodealinBULL.TheREAL BULL.TheREAL orNOTHING.Asfarasitishumanlypossiblethe orNOTHING.Asfarasitishu manlypossibletheOccultOphielteachesis OccultOphielteachesis CORRECTandhasbeentestedb CORRECTandhasbeentestedbyhim.Thestoryofhowthi yhim.Thestoryofhowthisallcameabouthas sallcameabouthasto to belefttohisautobiographyfornow.P belefttohisautobiographyfornow.PleasenotewhatOp leasenotewhatOphielhassaidabo hielhassaidaboutTIME, utTIME, PHYSICALTIME.Thereisagreatmysteryhere PHYSICALTIME.There isagreatmysteryhere,muchthatisunknow ,muchthatisunknown,butallowfor n,butallowfor TIMEtopassinyourmagic-metaphysical TIMEtopassinyourma gic-metaphysicalworkings.Sometimesyo workings.Sometimesyourworkworksfas urworkworksfast t andsometimesslow,andthisisproba andsometimesslow,andthisisprobablyduetocycleswh blyduetocycleswhichareanotherg ichareanothergreat reat mystery.Ialsorepeatanothertritesaying– mystery.Ialsorepeata nothertritesaying–Never–butneverg Never–butnevergive-up!(Iknowtalkis ive-up!(Iknowtalkis cheap-easybutOphielstuckitoutand cheap-easybutOphielstuckitoutandsocanyou)Pleas socanyou)Pleasegivetheinformatio egivetheinformationinthe ninthe lastpagesyourinterestedattention.THANKSAMILLION!!!!! IfyouwritetomepleasedonotsendRegisteredorSpecia IfyouwritetomepleasedonotsendReg isteredorSpecialDeliverylettersasit lDeliverylettersasit sometimestakestentimeslongerformeto sometimestakestentimeslongerformetogetthemthanordina getthemthanordinarymail!!! rymail!!!

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Todayisthe14 dayofDecember,andin dayofDecember,andineightmore eightmoredayswilloccu dayswilloccurtheWinter rtheWinterSolstice,on Solstice,on st December21 .IintendtosendthisWinter .IintendtosendthisWinterSolsticeMessa SolsticeMessageoutall geoutallthroughthe throughtheWinter Winter st st Quarter,December21 toMarch21 ,whichmarkstheendofWin ,whichmarkstheendofWinterandthe terandthefirstdayof firstdayof Spring,theVernalEquinox,whenhappyOphielwillhaveanothertimelymessageforyou-alls (!)–ASpringMessage. st

Theword“Solstice”m Theword“Solstice”meanstostandsti eanstostandstill,”andatDe ll,”andatDecember2 cember21 1 theSunhasgoneasfar “south”asitcango,andi “south”asitcango,andit“standsstill t“standsstill”forafewdaysan ”forafewdaysandthenstartstom dthenstartstomove“backup ove“backup”north, ”north, st inwhichdirectionitmove inwhichdirectionitmovesuntiltheSu suntiltheSummerSolsti mmerSolstice,June21 ce,June21 ,thebeginningofSummer. Thenitapparentlystan Thenitapparentlystandsstillagai dsstillagainforafewdaysa nforafewdaysandthenstar ndthenstartstomoveSouth tstomoveSouthagain,to again,to repeatthecycleonceagain. Thisjourneyofthesund Thisjourneyofthesundidnotescap idnotescapetheattentio etheattentionoftheancie noftheancients,thosewhoo nts,thosewhoobservedand bservedand thought;andthesouthwar thought;andthesouthwardjourne djourneyofthesunacco yofthesunaccompanying mpanyingwintryweathe wintryweatherdidnotesca rdidnotescape pe themeither.Thus,whenth themeither.Thus,whenthesunrever esunreverseditssouthwar seditssouthwardcourse,the dcourse,therewascausefo rewascauseforgreat rgreat rejoicingandcarryingson.Hencetheuniversalpaganfestivals,culminatingintheSaturnalia ofRomantimes.Thisfestival ofRomantimes.ThisfestivaltheRomanCa theRomanCatholicChurch tholicChurchhypocritesb hypocritesbaptizedan aptizedandtookinto dtookinto theChurchasthebirthd theChurchasthebirthdayofJesus,who ayofJesus,who,ifheexistedatal ,ifheexistedatall,wasborna l,wasbornaroundthe roundthemiddleo middleof f July. ItisimportanttoOccultistsan ItisimportanttoOccultistsandGnostics( dGnostics(Knowers),those Knowers),thosewhoknow,tha whoknow,thatyou,asanoccu tyou,asanoccultist ltist andaknower,shouldkee andaknower,shouldkeeptherig ptherightperspectiveo htperspectiveonthisChristm nthisChristmasbusinessa asbusinessandtreatit ndtreatit properly. Thereisnoreasonyoushouldharassyourfriendsabouttheir“fake”Xmasobservances unnecessarily,butthen unnecessarily,butthenagain,ther again,thereisnorea eisnoreasonwhyyousho sonwhyyoushouldallowth uldallowthoseofthemwh oseofthemwhodo odo notreceivegiftsbythescore notreceivegiftsbythescoretobedespo tobedespondentoversu ndentoversuchlackofgiftso chlackofgiftsofrecogniti frecognition,orwhat on,orwhat haveyou,atXmastime,asall haveyou,atXmastime,asallthesethingsa thesethingsarepurefa repurefakeryandba keryandbasedonlie sedonliesandfakesan sandfakesand d descriptionswhichareagesoldbynow,andwhichshouldhavebeendiscardedcenturies ago. Itisreallyextremelyqu Itisreallyextremelyqueerthatthatsta eerthatthatstablestuffgotsom blestuffgotsomuchattentio uchattention.Itallshowsthe n.Itallshowsthe ignorancethemasse ignorancethemasseslaborund slaborunder,orrathe er,orrather,inthiscase,th r,inthiscase,thelackofcri elackofcriticaldiscern ticaldiscernment.The ment.The stable“good-spell”incidentismentionedinonlyone“good-spell,”Luke.Marksaysnothingat alloftheearlyyearsofJe alloftheearlyyearsofJesusbeforethi susbeforethirty,andMatthe rty,andMatthewsaysthebirth wsaysthebirthtookplacei tookplacein“ahouse n“ahouse” ” (Matt.3-11).Johnsaysno (Matt.3-11).JohnsaysnothingofJesu thingofJesus’earlylifee s’earlylifeeither. ither. Soitismightyqueerthato Soitismightyqueerthatonelittleg nelittlegoofystorywoul oofystorywouldgetsomucha dgetsomuchattentionou ttentionoutofall tofall proportiontoitsimp proportiontoitsimportance,buta ortance,butasIsay,itwasduetoa sIsay,itwasduetoamildtypeofi mildtypeofignorancea gnoranceandlackof ndlackof discernment.Anyonewi discernment.Anyonewithamodicum thamodicumofbrain ofbrains,inworking s,inworkingorder,woul order,wouldknowthatam dknowthatamanwith anwith anenceintewifewoul anenceintewifewouldnottakehero dnottakeheronalongjo nalongjourney.Nuffsed. urney.Nuffsed. Thereisanotherpointherewhichshouldbeexaminedoccult-wise.Immediatelyafterthe Xmashurrahcomesanother“misplay,”thisonecalled“NewYear’sDay.”Januaryis supposedtobethebegi supposedtobethebeginningofa/th nningofa/theNewYear.Th eNewYear.Thenameofthe enameofthemonth,Janua month,January,comes ry,comes fromtheRomanGodJan fromtheRomanGodJanuswhohad uswhohadtwofaces,henceh twofaces,hencehefacedboth efacedbothforwardan forwardandbackward. dbackward. JanusisalsoSaturnina JanusisalsoSaturninanotherpha notherphase.Iaminform se.Iaminformedtheword“ edtheword“janitor” janitor”comesfromJa comesfromJanus nus also.Ajanitorwatchesthe also.Ajanitorwatchesthegatesorthed gatesorthedoorentran oorentrancesandexits. cesandexits. Now,thisbringsupano Now,thisbringsupanothersubje thersubjectofsomeocculti ctofsomeoccultimportance:Th mportance:TheNewYear,o eNewYear,orwhatmonth rwhatmonth ordayconstitutes“thebeg ordayconstitutes“thebeginning” inning”ofanewcycleo ofanewcycleor“newyear.” r“newyear.” Commonsensewouldsaytha Commonsensewouldsaythatthebeginn tthebeginningofane ingofanewseason-cycle wseason-cyclewouldbeth wouldbetheidealsta eidealstart rt ofanewcycle-year.Iamno ofanewcycle-year.Iamnotsureifthebe tsureifthebeginning ginningoftheWinterse oftheWinterseasonwashel asonwasheldbythe dbythe Romansasthe/aNewYear Romansasthe/aNewYearornot.ACheckwi ornot.ACheckwiththeencyclo ththeencyclopediasho pediashowsthattheSaturn wsthattheSaturnalia alia andtheNewYearwerecelebratedasone,andtheRomansconsideredthebeginningWinter

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astheNewYear,December21 ,laterchangingtheNewY ,laterchangingtheNewYearceleb earcelebrationtoJan rationtoJanuary1 uary1 .So theyconsideredthebeg theyconsideredthebeginning inningoftheWinterse oftheWinterseasontobethe asontobethebeginni beginningoftheNewYe ngoftheNewYear. ar.  ApparentlytheJewishpeopleconsiderthebeginningofAutumnasthebeginningofaNew st Yearcalender–wise,an Yearcalender–wise,andMarch21 dMarch21 religious-wiseasanotherkindofNewYear. Forwhatitisworth,themostl Forwhatitisworth,themostlogicaldate ogicaldate-placeforth -placeforthe/aNewYear e/aNewYeartomeperso tomepersonallyisthefi nallyisthefirst rst st dayofSpring,March21 ,oractuallytheexactminu ,oractuallytheexactminutetheSunen tetheSunenterstheZod terstheZodiacalSig iacalSignof nof  Aries,passingoutfromPi  Aries,passingoutfromPisces,whichentr sces,whichentrancetakespl ancetakesplacesometime acesometimeduringthe duringthe24-hour 24-hour st periodaroundthe21 ofMarch.Parexample,i ofMarch.Parexample,intheyear19 ntheyear1973,theSune 73,theSunenteredAri nteredAriesat esat th st 10:24a.m.P.S.T.onMarch20 ,notthe21 .Ipresume,likeEasterSund .Ipresume,likeEasterSunday,theSprin ay,theSpringis gis “earlyorlater”accor “earlyorlater”accordingtotheSu dingtotheSun’stime-tabl n’stime-table,whichattime e,whichattimesspeedsupa sspeedsupandattimesslo ndattimesslows ws down,apparently. DionFortunesaysthatin DionFortunesaysthatinSpringvastti Springvasttidesareswee desaresweepingina pinginandthroughth ndthroughtheInnerPl eInnerPlanesand anesand Ipresumeshemeansthe Ipresumeshemeansthesetideshave setideshavean“effect”up an“effect”uponearthan onearthandourbod dourbodies,butshedo ies,butshedoes es notsaymuchmore,norca notsaymuchmore,norcananythingi nanythinginthewayofin nthewayofinformationb formationbegottenfromh egottenfromherpresen erpresentday tday Society,whichdoesnotsee Society,whichdoesnotseemtobefollo mtobefollowingtheMa wingtheMagicPathanym gicPathanymore. ore. I’dliketodigressherefo I’dliketodigresshereforafewmomen rafewmoments.Ithankthosepe ts.Ithankthosepeoplein opleinEnglandwho Englandwhowrotetome wrotetome andaskedmetotakeonDi andaskedmetotakeonDionFortune onFortune’swork.Iamnotb ’swork.Iamnotbeingfalse eingfalselymodestwhe lymodestwhenIsaidIwas nIsaidIwas nottheone.ItisonlythatIdon nottheone.ItisonlythatIdonothavetheba othavethebackground ckgroundeducation educationshehadinp shehadinpsychology, sychology, includingFreudianeducationandtraining,butDionFortunehadprobablyalsobeenan advancedoccultistinhe advancedoccultistinherpastlives,assh rpastlives,asshehassaid ehassaidthatshe“reco thatshe“recovered”her vered”herknowledg knowledgeand eand powers,etc.Then,too,Ineve powers,etc.Then,too,Ineverdidtakethe rdidtakethepathofcerem pathofceremonialma onialmagic,buthaveco gic,buthavecomethe methe metaphysicalway.Howeve metaphysicalway.However,Iaminforme r,Iaminformedthattherei dthatthereisagroupi sagroupinEngland nEnglandfollowingth followingtheold eold GoldenDawnmethod GoldenDawnmethods,andIwishthe s,andIwishthemluckunli mluckunlimited.Theyca mited.Theycanbegotteni nbegottenintouchwith,bu ntouchwith,but t atthiswritingIhavemispl atthiswritingIhavemisplacedtheir acedtheiraddress. address.  Anothersubjectthatcome  Anothersubjectthatcomestomindher stomindhere,andIwilltou e,andIwilltouchonit,isthi chonit,isthisSantaClausth sSantaClausthing. ing. th

NextJanuary4 ,Iwillbe72yearsoldan ,Iwillbe72yearsoldandallmyli dallmylifeIhavebeeni feIhavebeenincontactwithth ncontactwiththismyth. ismyth. WhenyoungerfirstIthou WhenyoungerfirstIthoughtonewaya ghtonewayandthenIthou ndthenIthoughtanother ghtanother.NowthatIam“an .NowthatIam“anoldgoat” oldgoat” (Capricorn),Idon’tgi (Capricorn),Idon’tgiveadamno veadamnonewayoran newayoranother,ofcour other,ofcourse. se. Idonothavethespacehe Idonothavethespaceheretotracethe retotracethedevelopme developmentoftoday’sSan ntoftoday’sSantaClaus,acom taClaus,acompositeof positeof severalotherbeings,-frommemory:St.Nicholas(Armenia),KrisKringle(Holland),Reindeer (Lapland),YuleLog(England),Holly(Rome),Mistletoe(Druids),etc. I,myself,amalittlebitlearya I,myself,amalittlebitlearyattheideaofg ttheideaofgivingachi ivingachildthenotio ldthenotionthatsomethi nthatsomethingisgoing ngisgoingto to comedownachimneyandleavevaluablemanufacturedarticlesinexchangeforthevaguest ofpromisesof“beinggood”forawholeyear.Thenagain,Iamalwaysdisturbedbywondering whateffectitwillhaveonman whateffectitwillhaveonmanychildre ychildrenwhentheydi nwhentheydiscovertheTru scovertheTruth.Especiall th.Especiallythe“poor” ythe“poor” children,whocertain children,whocertainlyhavetheri lyhavetherighttoaskthe/aqu ghttoaskthe/aquestion:“Wha estion:“Whatgives?”a tgives?”and/or“Whati nd/or“Whatis s goingonhere?”whennoSantaappearstocomedowntheirchimney. Theonlyredeemin TheonlyredeemingpointIcanfi gpointIcanfindtothewhol ndtothewholebusinessi ebusinessisthatSantaCla sthatSantaClaus“lives”a us“lives”atthe tthe NorthPolewherehis“g NorthPolewherehis“giveawayfacto iveawayfactory”islocated ry”islocated.TheNorthPol .TheNorthPoleisreall eisreallyTheNorth yTheNorth QuarteroftheElemen QuarteroftheElementalForceofthe talForceoftheNorth.TheF North.TheForceQuar orceQuarter,notthedi ter,notthedirection.And rection.Andthis this NorthQuarteristheQuarterfromwhichallinnerplane“things”and“forces”are translated/transformedintomaterialobjectsthroughtheagencyoftheArchangelAuriel(see theRitualasgiveninseve theRitualasgiveninseveralofmyboo ralofmybooks). ks). NowthisWinterSolsticeMe NowthisWinterSolsticeMessagewill ssagewilltakeonamore takeonamorepersonal personalnote.Ophie note.Ophielisgettingju lisgettingjust st plainold.Hewillbe plainold.Hewillbe72nextJanua 72nextJanuary41974.Inm ry41974.Inmanywayshei anywaysheisnotintoobad snotintoobadshape,butof shape,butof coursecannotactlikeaspr coursecannotactlikeaspringchicken ingchickenanymore. anymore. Ophielhadplanne Ophielhadplannedtowriteatotal dtowriteatotaloftwenty-fiveboo oftwenty-fivebooks.Therear ks.Therearesixinpri esixinprint,onebei nt,onebeing ng printed,andtwotitlesp printed,andtwotitlesprojected.Th rojected.Thatisallforn atisallfornow. ow.

Ophielhasbeentryi Ophielhasbeentryingtogettwopu ngtogettwopublisherstota blisherstotakeovertheb keoverthebooksbutthere ooksbutthereisamostcuri isamostcurious ous resistancetothis.Theystal resistancetothis.Theystallandstalla landstallandstall.Ophi ndstall.Ophielcannotputth elcannotputthesenextsixtee esenextsixteenbooks nbooks outwithoutsomehelpofso outwithoutsomehelpofsomekind,bot mekind,bothmaterial hmaterialandmetaph andmetaphysical.Itisuptoyou ysical.Itisuptoyou-all.Doyo -all.Doyou u haveanyideas? Ophielhasaverystran Ophielhasaverystrangehoros gehoroscope.Heisado cope.HeisadoubleCapr ubleCapricorn,withach icorn,withachartverysimi artverysimilarto larto RichardNixon’sYoumusth RichardNixon’sYoumusthavenoticedh avenoticedhowMrNixon owMrNixon’slifepeaksu ’slifepeaksupandthenpe pandthenpeaksdown. aksdown. MrNixonwilloutlivea MrNixonwilloutliveandlivedown ndlivedownthepresentscr thepresentscrew-up.Itisane ew-up.Itisanequallystra quallystrangething ngethingto to noticethatTruman,too,ha noticethatTruman,too,hadaterrifi daterrifichoroscope choroscope.Nomatterwhath .Nomatterwhathappened appenedinhisoffici inhisofficial al familyinthewayofscandal familyinthewayofscandal–andtheywerewo –andtheywereworsethanthi rsethanthispresentstuff–Tru spresentstuff–Trumanwoul manwould d comeoutsmellingli comeoutsmellinglikearose,an kearose,andthiswasdue,a dthiswasdue,asIsaid,tohispo sIsaid,tohispowerfulhor werfulhoroscopewhich oscopewhich protectedhimnoend. Ophielhassomeofthi Ophielhassomeofthisdifficulthor sdifficulthoroscopetoo,bu oscopetoo,buthefightsital thefightsitalltheway.Andn ltheway.Andnowthatitis owthatitis almostover,hewouldn almostover,hewouldnothavechang othavechangeditifheha editifhehadknownand dknownandifhecould ifhecouldhavechange havechangedit. dit. However,Ophieldoesneedpeopletoassisthimnowwhohavenormaltostronghoroscopes, especiallyifyoustuden especiallyifyoustudentswantthosesixtee tswantthosesixteenbooks,rea nbooks,reallywantthem llywantthem. . OnethingwhichcouldhelpOphielgreatlytogetthebooksoutwouldbeanIBMComposing Typewriter.Ifanyofyouhave Typewriter.Ifanyofyouhavesuchamachi suchamachinethatyoucou nethatyoucouldevenl ldevenlendtoOphi endtoOphiel,itcould el,itcould speedthebooksup.  Also,Iwishthatsomewhere  Also,Iwishthatsomewheresomepeop somepeoplewouldsta lewouldstarttoformgrou rttoformgroupstostudyand pstostudyand communicatewithOph communicatewithOphiel,andtom iel,andtomakeaneffor akeanefforttostartgroup ttostartgroupssothatwhenO ssothatwhenOphieldo phieldoes es kick-the-bucket,thewhole kick-the-bucket,thewholethingdoesn thingdoesnotflopoutde otflopoutdead.Also,tode ad.Also,todevelopsome velopsomeguidestota guidestotake ke overafterI’mgone.Also,tofi overafterI’mgone.Also,tofindandde ndanddevelopthose velopthosewhoare–Ihate whoare–Ihatetousetheword–“ tousetheword–“ready” ready” forhigherstuff.AlsoagroupwhocanbecomefamiliarwiththerequirementsofOphieland makeanefforttoassisthim,a makeanefforttoassisthim,ashecannotd shecannotdoitallbyhim oitallbyhimself,nomatter self,nomatterhowmuchhe howmuchhetries tries Nextyear,1974,Ophie Nextyear,1974,OphielMAYgotoEur lMAYgotoEurope.FirsttoEng ope.FirsttoEnglandforso landforsomelecture melectures.Thenpossi s.Thenpossible ble contactwiththeWitchcraftmove contactwiththeWitchcraftmovement.ThenS ment.ThenSwedenfora wedenforashorttimetose shorttimetoseethespotwhe ethespotwhere re thesunsetsforoneortwoh thesunsetsforoneortwohoursatmidn oursatmidnightinsumm ightinsummer.Thentoth er.ThentotheLouvre,th eLouvre,thenItaly,then enItaly,then possiblythroughtheIro possiblythroughtheIronCurtainto nCurtaintoPulainYug PulainYugoslaviaon oslaviaoninvitation.T invitation.ThenAfricatose henAfricatoseeifIcan eifIcan pickupanyoccultthreads–asa pickupanyoccultthreads–asallthiscame llthiscamefromAfrica/Egyp fromAfrica/Egypt–thenthePyra t–thenthePyramids.Then mids.Then Timbucktoo,tosayI’vebeen Timbucktoo,tosayI’vebeenthere.Then there.ThenCapeTowno CapeTownoninvitatio ninvitation,lectures.The n,lectures.ThentoIndiao ntoIndiaon n invitation.Thenagai invitation.Thenagain,Imaynotbea n,Imaynotbeabletodoan bletodoanyofthosethin yofthosethingsduetoga gsduetogalloping llopingoldage, oldage, andjuststayathome!!!

Winter Solstice Message 1974  Asyounodoubtalread  Asyounodoubtalreadyknow,theear yknow,theearthtiltsabout1 thtiltsabout18 8°fromtheperpendicularandthistilting causestheSuninitsyearl causestheSuninitsyearlycycleappar ycycleapparentlyto“trave entlyto“travel”northtoth l”northtothedegree0 edegree0Capricorn Capricornand and st southtothedegree0Ca southtothedegree0Cancer;thatis,ap ncer;thatis,apparently.O parently.Onorabou noraboutDecember2 tDecember21 1 theSunisasfar northasitwillgo,ando northasitwillgo,andonoraboutJu noraboutJune22itisa ne22itisasfarsouthasitwi sfarsouthasitwillgo.Thesed llgo.Thesedaysarecal aysarecalled led st nd thefirstdayofWinter(Dec thefirstdayofWinter(December21 ember21 )andthefirstdayofSumme )andthefirstdayofSummer(June22 r(June22 ).Thefirstday nd nd ofSpringisMarch22 andthefirstdayofAutumn,Se andthefirstdayofAutumn,September2 ptember22 2 .ThefirstdayofSpringis alsocalledVernal alsocalledVernalEquinox,an Equinox,andthefirstdayofAu dthefirstdayofAutumntheAutu tumntheAutumnalEqui mnalEquinox.Therea nox.Therearetwo retwo otherwordsusedinthese otherwordsusedintheseseasonal seasonalconnection connections:theSummerSo s:theSummerSolstice(June lstice(June22)andthe 22)andthe WinterSolstice(December22). Solsticemeanstostandsti Solsticemeanstostandstill,andisthe ll,andisthedaythesunal daythesunaltersitsdirecti tersitsdirectionnorthtoso onnorthtosouth,orsouth uth,orsouth nd tonorthfromthecelestia tonorthfromthecelestialequator.T lequator.ThewordEqu hewordEquinoxmean inoxmeanstobeequa stobeequal,i.e.,onMarch l,i.e.,onMarch22 22 nd andSeptember22 thedaysareequalinl thedaysareequalinlength,twelveh ength,twelvehoursdayli oursdaylightandtwelve ghtandtwelvehours hours darkness. Whatdothesefactsmeantou Whatdothesefactsmeantous?HowcanweUSE s?HowcanweUSEthem?Fori them?Foritisofnovalue tisofnovaluetotalk totalk endlesslyaboutthin endlesslyaboutthingsandnotuseth gsandnotusethem,ortowantto em,ortowanttousethem,an usethem,andnotknowho dnotknowhow.Youcan w.Youcan startyourUSEbynotingth startyourUSEbynotingthatthesepointsa atthesepointsare“turnin re“turning”pointsi g”pointsintheyear’scycle ntheyear’scycle(circle).At (circle).At eachofthesepointsyouh eachofthesepointsyouhaveafreshstar aveafreshstart,asitwere,apo t,asitwere,apointfromwhich intfromwhichtoinvokene toinvokenew w forces,inturn. Sincewritingmyprevio Sincewritingmypreviousmaterial usmaterial,Ihavecomeacro ,Ihavecomeacrosssomethin sssomethingnewwhichch gnewwhichchanges anges everythingIwroteprevi everythingIwrotepreviously.Thus,i ously.Thus,insteadofsayin nsteadofsaying“invoken g“invokenewforcesintur ewforcesinturn,”Ishould n,”Ishould say:goingthrough,wor say:goingthrough,workingthroug kingthrough,thehigh h,thehighestEarthPower,yo estEarthPower,youtheninvo utheninvokethelower kethelowernew new powers. TODAY–fromtheOccult,anda TODAY–fromtheOccult,andalsofromthe lsofromtheNon-Occul Non-Occultviewpoint: tviewpoint: Idonotwanttomakeano Idonotwanttomakeanoutrightaccusa utrightaccusation,butitwoul tion,butitwouldappear dappearthatcrimeiso thatcrimeisontherise,an ntherise,and d thepresenttypeofpolice thepresenttypeofpolicedepartme departmentseemshel ntseemshelplesstocope,A plesstocope,ANDareconcedi NDareconcedingthisfact.It ngthisfact.It onceusedtobesaid,with onceusedtobesaid,withsmugsatisfactio smugsatisfactionfrompoli nfrompoliceandpur ceandpuritan-typechu itan-typechurchgroup rchgroups,that s,that “Crimedoesnotpay”(whilethepolicemanbeatupsomedime-storeshoplifter).Buttoday, consideringthevastamo consideringthevastamountofmateri untofmaterialstolenan alstolenandthehelp dthehelplessnessofthe lessnessofthepolicetore policetorecover cover thegoods,exceptbyaccide thegoods,exceptbyaccident,Iwouldsaythatcr nt,Iwouldsaythatcrimedoesp imedoespay,andpays ay,andpaysverywell. verywell. Somegoofshavesaidtha Somegoofshavesaidthatthepeopl tthepeoplehavetheki ehavethekindofgovernm ndofgovernmenttheywant,an enttheywant,andwhenthey dwhenthey wantadifferentkind,theywil wantadifferentkind,theywillchangei lchangeit.Whatshould t.Whatshouldbesaidistha besaidisthatpeopleha tpeoplehavethekindo vethekindof f governmenttheydeserve governmenttheydeserve,andwhenth ,andwhentheydeserveb eydeservebetter,theywil etter,theywillgetit.ARepub lgetit.ARepublican lican democracycanbeawond democracycanbeawonderfulthin erfulthing,andthenag g,andthenagain,itcanbe ain,itcanbeapainin apainintheback!!(Eventh theback!!(Eventhe e originalGreekdemocraciesweren’talwaysconsistent;atonetimethepeoplewouldvoteone way,andatanother,comp way,andatanother,completelyrever letelyreversethemselve sethemselves!)Inthegrea s!)Inthegreatlegislati tlegislativebodies,th vebodies,the e “people’s”represe “people’s”representativesalwa ntativesalwaysincludea ysincludeanumberofn numberofnutsinitwhobl utsinitwhoblockprogressi ockprogressive ve legislationatalltim legislationatalltimes,andnotrul es,andnotrulyprogressi yprogressivelawscange velawscangetpasseddue tpassedduetosuchnuts,aswe tosuchnuts,aswell ll asthespecial-influencenuts.Forexample,rememberhowthenutswereableoncetogeta lawpassedthatmargar lawpassedthatmargarinemustbeh inemustbehand-colo and-coloredbythepu redbythepurchaser.And rchaser.Andthatlawstoodo thatlawstoodonthe nthe booksforyears.Theni booksforyears.Thenittooktwosession ttooktwosessionsofCongresstog sofCongresstogetthelawrep etthelawrepealed.Yetth ealed.Yetthe e commonestofcommonsensewouldindicatethatthesillylawshouldneverhavebeen passedinthefirstplace passedinthefirstplace,andifpassed ,andifpassed,shouldha ,shouldhavebeenrep vebeenrepealedfir ealedfirsttimeround sttimeround. . Ophielhimselfdoe Ophielhimselfdoesnotsmokeno snotsmokenortakedrug rtakedrugs,sohehasnose s,sohehasnoself-intere lf-interestintobacco,dr stintobacco,drugs,or ugs,or marijuana.But‘merr marijuana.But‘merry-wanny’ish y-wanny’isheretostay.Noamo eretostay.Noamountofmone untofmoneypouredou ypouredoutlikewateri tlikewateris s goingtostoptheuseofma goingtostoptheuseofmarijuana rijuana.Noamountofpo .Noamountofpolicepowe licepowerisgoingto risgoingtostoptheuseof stoptheuseof marijuana,policepowerwhichshouldbeusedonmuchmoreimportantmattersthanthat.

Thenthereistheuseofthe Thenthereistheuseoftheharddrug harddrugs.Asensible s.Asensiblesolutionwo solutionwouldbeforth uldbeforthegovernm egovernmentto entto furnishtheaddictstheir furnishtheaddictstheir“shots”foran “shots”foranominalsu ominalsumatcertainp matcertainplaces,asIund laces,asIunderstandisdo erstandisdonein nein England.Whenthiswasproposedhere,Irecalltherewereloudsquawksfromthepolice departmentsthatthiswoul departmentsthatthiswouldcreate“p dcreate“problems.”Bu roblems.”Butnothingwa tnothingwassaidabou ssaidabouttheprobl ttheproblems ems whichthenon-appli whichthenon-applicationofthi cationofthisplanwasconstan splanwasconstantlyre-crea tlyre-creatingallthe tingallthetime,suchascon time,suchasconstant stant stealingandothercr stealingandothercrimestogetthe imestogetthemoneyfor“fi moneyfor“fixes.”Thenwh xes.”Thenwhenthepoli enthepolicebegancra cebegancracking cking downonthesestupidadd downonthesestupidaddictsandstupi ictsandstupidmariju dmarijuanausers,tothe anausers,totheexclusion exclusionofother ofother enforcementwork,suchasa enforcementwork,suchasattentiontobu ttentiontoburglarsand rglarsandmuggers,the muggers,theywouldple ywouldpleadthatthela adthatthelaws ws mustbeenforcedunifo mustbeenforceduniformly,astheyp rmly,astheyproceeded roceededtoenforcethe toenforcethelawsunun lawsununiformly!!– iformly!!– concentratingonall concentratingonallkindsofstuffsuchas kindsofstuffsuchasbookiesan bookiesandpornog dpornography,and raphy,and,asIsaid,lettin ,asIsaid,lettingthe gthe muchmoreimportantcrimesgoby. Itshouldbethedutyofallknowing occultiststomentallycomba Itshouldbethedutyofallknowing  occultiststomentallycombatthispolice tthispolice“disease” “disease”and and mentallypicturethepoliceforcesdoingtheirproperandusefulandnecessarywork,orgetting outofthepictureandle outofthepictureandlettingsomeo ttingsomeoneelsedoi neelsedoitwho twhowill  will doit.Itisthedutyofoccultstudents doit.Itisthedutyofoccultstudents ofgoodwillandunderstandingtousetheirpowerstopressurethegovernmenttodotheright thing,asyoumaybesure thing,asyoumaybesurethenegati thenegativeforcesarep veforcesarepressuringth ressuringthegovernm egovernmenttodothewr enttodothewrong ong things. Wearegoingthroughanentirelyunnecessarilyrotteneconomictime.Inmyopinionthisrotten timeisduetothegovern timeisduetothegovernment’sconcen ment’sconcentratingon tratingonthatstupidWate thatstupidWatergatestuffinste rgatestuffinsteadof adof attendingtorunningthecountry,andrunningthecountryproperly.Itthereforebehoovesall knowledgeableoccu knowledgeableoccultiststoSTUDYan ltiststoSTUDYandAPPLYthebasi dAPPLYthebasic-basicsofthe c-basicsoftheknowledgefo knowledgeforhis rhis benefitALONEuntilhe benefitALONEuntilhehasmastere hasmasteredtheLawsofSup dtheLawsofSupplysoheha plysohehasplentyand splentyand fromhisplenty  cangivetoothers. Ophielhaswrittenab Ophielhaswrittenabookonthesub ookonthesubjectofSuppl jectofSupply–abookwitha y–abookwitharatherlong ratherlongtitle–“TheAr title–“TheArt t andPracticeofGettingMaterialThingsThroughCreativeVisualization.” ThesubjectofSupplyhasbeenatouchyonethroughoutallhistory,andindeedevenbefore recordedhistory.Magichasalwaysbeenused,fromthebeginningsofthehumanrace,to helpinhuntingfoo helpinhuntingfood.Andthesam d.AndthesamekindofMag ekindofMagicthatwasusedb icthatwasusedbyPekingMan yPekingManistheMagi istheMagic c youusetodaytobringyo youusetodaytobringyouwhatyouwan uwhatyouwant!!!–andtoavoidb t!!!–andtoavoidbeingenm eingenmeshedinth eshedinthispresent ispresent economicturmoil.Inthi economicturmoil.Inthislittlearticl slittlearticlewenatural ewenaturallycannotgo lycannotgotoofarintod toofarintodetails.Plea etails.Pleaseseethe seseethe otherbooksandwriti otherbooksandwritingsIhavesentfo ngsIhavesentforthonthissubj rthonthissubject. ect. Fundamentally,theInn Fundamentally,theInnerPlane erPlanesarefullofL sarefullofLIGHT.ThisLig IGHT.ThisLightistheSecond htistheSecondaryGod,the aryGod,the existenceofwhichishinte existenceofwhichishintedatinvario datinvariousplacesin usplacesintheBible–insp theBible–inspiteofigno iteofignoranttransla ranttranslators tors andthedifficultiesofthe andthedifficultiesofthedifferentla differentlanguagesi nguagesintowhichtheScr ntowhichtheScriptureswer ipturesweretranslate etranslated.This d.This PhysicalPlaneistheLIG PhysicalPlaneistheLIGHT“condense HT“condensed.”Thecon d.”Thecondensationp densationprocessishi rocessishighlytechnica ghlytechnical, l, definitelynotsimple.Th definitelynotsimple.Thisprocessha isprocesshastobelear stobelearned,asdoe ned,asdoestheconstructi stheconstructionofTheInn onofTheInner er Planes.Ophielstand Planes.Ophielstandsreadytoteach sreadytoteachthiscondensi thiscondensingproce ngprocesstothebestofhi sstothebestofhispresent spresent knowledge,butplease knowledge,butpleasenotthatOphi notthatOphieldoesno eldoesnotclaimtokno tclaimtoknoweverything weverything!Also,please !Also,pleasenote note thatitisthefakerwhoclaim thatitisthefakerwhoclaimstoknoweveryth stoknoweverything!!! ing!!!  Allpowersand“secrets”an  Allpowersand“secrets”andmagicalp dmagicalpractices,areco ractices,areconnectedwithkn nnectedwithknowledgeo owledgeofthenature fthenature oftheAstralLight.There oftheAstralLight.Therearealsoso arealsosomeverydive meverydivergent“reve rgent“revelations”o lations”ofthenatureo fthenatureofGodalso fGodalso connectedwiththeAstralLig connectedwiththeAstralLight.Thesesecre ht.Thesesecretscanopen tscanopenupyourli upyourlifetovastpossibi fetovastpossibilitiesnow litiesnow unknown.Truthfully,your unknown.Truthfully,yourstudiescang studiescangoasfarasyou oasfarasyouwanttogo,bu wanttogo,butactuallyyoud tactuallyyoudonot onot havetogotoodeeplytob havetogotoodeeplytobeabletohe eabletohelpyoursel lpyourselfquitewell fquitewell.And,anyhow,on .And,anyhow,oncestarted,you cestarted,your r continuedgrowthisau continuedgrowthisautomatic.Howeve tomatic.However,youcanha r,youcanhastenyourgro stenyourgrowth,oryoucan wth,oryoucanallowitto allowitto advanceataslowerpace. ContactOphielfordetaileddirections. Keepstifftheupperlip(whatdoesthatmean?)anddevelopanduseyourpersonalAstral Lightcontactpowertothel Lightcontactpowertothelimitthiscom imitthiscomingyear. ingyear.

Spring Equinox Message 1975 Itprobablycouldbesa Itprobablycouldbesaidthatthead idthattheadventofSpri ventofSpringisthemostwel ngisthemostwelcomedofal comedofallthefour lthefour seasons,especiallyinthe seasons,especiallyinthetemperatez temperatezoneofthewor oneoftheworld,whereS ld,whereSpringmea pringmeansanendto nsanendtothe the rigorsandthecolda rigorsandthecoldandthesnowsofWi ndthesnowsofWinter. nter. Wehavealreadyexpl Wehavealreadyexplained,in ained,intheWinterSol theWinterSolsticeIssue,howtheSu sticeIssue,howtheSundoesitsyea ndoesitsyearlychange rlychange number,apparentlygoingsouthforthe“winter”andthenreturningnorthforthe“summer,”and Itrustyouareawareofthism Itrustyouareawareofthismechanical echanicaloperatio operationontheparto nonthepartofthese“heave fthese“heavenlybodi nlybodies.” es.” Intryingtofindsomedee Intryingtofindsomedeepreasonfo preasonforallthisfussove rallthisfussovertheretur rthereturnoftheSun,Iha noftheSun,Ihaveconsulted veconsulted whatauthoritiesarea whatauthoritiesareavailable vailableathand,sucha athand,suchastheencyclope stheencyclopedia,etc.Iamno dia,etc.Iamnowreferring wreferringmore more particularlytotheRom particularlytotheRomanCatholi anCatholicChurchrunfu cChurchrunfussknownasLe ssknownasLent. nt.  Again,asusual,turning  Again,asusual,turningtothediction tothedictionary-encyclop ary-encyclopediaforl ediaforlightonthesu ightonthesubjectwordL bjectwordLent–the ent–the dictionarysays:ME(MiddleEnglish)Lente,springtime.OldEnglishLengten,akintoOldHigh GermanLenzin,spring.Asyoucansee,twoimportantdefinitionsareapparenthere.Thefirst outstandingitemis–thewordLentmeansSpringandthewordhasitsorigininGermanSaxon.SoitcomesfromtheG Saxon.SoitcomesfromtheGermanra ermanraceswhoembr ceswhoembracedChri acedChristianity.ANDPUTTHEIR stianity.ANDPUTTHEIR OWNINTERPRETATIONS-MEANING OWNINTERPRETAT IONS-MEANINGSONINTERPRETA SONINTERPRETATIONS. TIONS. TheBibleiswritteninSe TheBibleiswritteninSemiticandSe miticandSemiticwords( miticwords(whichSemiti whichSemiticwordsandth cwordsandthinking inking processesareclosetobe processesareclosetobeingOrie ingOriental–definite ntal–definitelynotNorthEur lynotNorthEuropean).T opean).Thisprocessre hisprocessresultsin sultsin anentirelydifferentmeaningbeingappliedthanwhattheoriginalmeaningwasintendedto be. TheOldEnglishmeaningsofreligiouswordswerebasedontheiroldNorseGodswordship meaningsandnotonGreekthoughtmeanings,whichwereentirelydifferent. (Alittlesideissue...)Parexa (Alittlesideissue...)Parexample,Chri mple,Christiansconsta stiansconstantlysay“Bless ntlysay“Blessyou!”Thewor you!”Thewordbless dbless (dictionaryagain (dictionaryagain)comesfromM )comesfromMiddleEng iddleEnglish–Blesson lish–Blesson;OldEngli ;OldEnglish–Bletsian;Fren sh–Bletsian;French–Blod. ch–Blod. Frenchdefinition–the Frenchdefinition–theuseofblood useofblood inconsecration! Thesedefinitionsaren Thesedefinitionsarenottooclear ottooclearexcept except theyshowthewordblesscome theyshowthewordblesscomesfrombloo sfromblood–andthatisno d–andthatisnotwhatisinten twhatisintendedwhenap dedwhenaperson erson todaysays“blessyou”toa todaysays“blessyou”toanotherper notherperson. son.  Actuallythewords“blessyo  Actuallythewords“blessyou”mean,ba u”mean,basically,tocho sically,tochopoffyourhea poffyourheadandspri dandsprinkle/pour nkle/pouryour your bloodonawoodensta bloodonawoodenstatueofOdio tueofOdion!!(Churche n!!(Churches,pleasedon s,pleasedonottrytotakerefuse ottrytotakerefuseinthe inthe statementthatthisisnotwha statementthatthisisnotwhatismeantnow-a tismeantnow-a-days.Theol -days.Theoldrootmean drootmeaningiswhat ingiswhatgoverns the the actionsoruseoftheworda actionsoruseofthewordandnotanyre ndnotanyrecentchange centchangesinmeani sinmeanings.Therefo ngs.Therefore,useword re,usewords s morecarefully.) Sonow,togetbacktolentand Sonow,togetbacktolentandtospring.Itsee tospring.Itseemsobviou msobvious,fromaglan s,fromaglanceatprimiti ceatprimitivepeople vepeople’s ’s history,thattrulytheirveryl history,thattrulytheirverylivesdepen ivesdependedonthei dedontheircrops“comi rcrops“comingingood ngingood”eachyear ”eachyearand and upontheprolificacyofthe upontheprolificacyoftheiranima iranimalsinprodu lsinproducingnewa cingnewadditionso dditionsofthemselvesan fthemselvesandplentyof dplentyof them.And,asIsaidbefore them.And,asIsaidbefore,itdidnotesca ,itdidnotescapetheattenti petheattentionoftheanci onoftheancientsthattheti entsthatthetimeofthe meofthe yearwhenthisactivitytookp yearwhenthisactivitytookplacewasjustb lacewasjustbeforeandd eforeandduringSpr uringSpring.Thean ing.TheancientshadG cientshadGods ods whichwereattachedesp whichwereattachedespeciallytothi eciallytothis“SpringT s“SpringTime,”andto ime,”andtowhichtheyp whichtheypaidagre aidagreatdealof atdealof attentionofallkinds. ThefussyattentionpaidtoSp ThefussyattentionpaidtoSpringGods ringGodshassincebe hassincebeencalle encalled“theriteso d“theritesofSpring,”and fSpring,”and ceremoniestoonumeroustodescribeordesignatetookplaceoveralongperiodoftime runningbackintoantiquityandthenintothebeginningofthehumanrace.Oneritecanbe mentioned.SomekindofamaleGodhusbandfigureofanEarthGoddessiskilledandthen broughtbacktoliferesu broughtbacktoliferesurrection.Th rrection.Thismotifinman ismotifinmanydifferentfor ydifferentformstookplace mstookplaceinSpring inSpringrites. rites. Youcanfindtheminhi Youcanfindtheminhistorybooks. storybooks.

 Andsowecomedowntotod  Andsowecomedowntotoday.Whatdowefi ay.Whatdowefind?Fora4 nd?Fora40-dayperi 0-dayperiodextendin odextendingbackfrom gbackfrom EasterSunday,thereexistsa EasterSunday,thereexistsabasicRoma basicRomanCatholicri nCatholicritecalledL tecalledLent.Duringth ent.Duringthisperiod, isperiod, RomanCatholicsaresu RomanCatholicsaresupposedtodo pposedtodoandnotdoce andnotdocertainthin rtainthings,someoftheth gs,someofthethingsbeing ingsbeing dietary. Wehaveinthiscountrywh Wehaveinthiscountrywhatiscalled atiscalledreligiousfre religiousfreedom.(Ho edom.(However,theRom wever,theRomanCatholi anCatholicsare csare constantlytryingtoimpose constantlytryingtoimposetheirdoctri theirdoctrinesuponoth nesuponothersthrough ersthroughpressures pressuresonlawmake onlawmakers.)For rs.)For example,abortionlaws.Theabortionmattershouldbebetweenthewomanandherdoctor andnoneother.(Itissoq andnoneother.(Itissoqueerforthe ueerfortheRomanCatho RomanCatholicstotakethi licstotakethiscoursewhen scoursewhenhistory history showsthattheChurch,almostfromthebeginning,killedmorebabies,children,women,men thananyotherinstituti thananyotherinstitutiononearth ononearth!!)Havingfree !!)Havingfreedomtofollo domtofollowareligi wareligionorfreed onorfreedomnotto omnotto followareligion,you followareligion,youcanobser canobservetheLentstuffifyo vetheLentstuffifyousochoose,or usochoose,orchoosenot.Ho choosenot.However,in wever,in myopinion,thecarryi myopinion,thecarryingonofthi ngonofthisLentstuffdoescau sLentstuffdoescausealotoftrou sealotoftroubletosome bletosomepeople, people, especiallyasnow-a-daysagricultureandanimalhusbandryprolificacyhasintelligenceand sciencetohelpitalo sciencetohelpitalongwithiutthea ngwithiuttheaidoffasting idoffastingorabstai orabstainingfromthi ningfromthisorthat.Yearsa sorthat.Yearsago,I go,I hadalittlebakerydel hadalittlebakerydeliveryroute iveryroutewhichturned whichturnedouttobedee outtobedeeplyaffectedb plyaffectedbyLentinthatth yLentinthatthe e businesssufferedgrea businesssufferedgreatlyduring tlyduringtheLentper theLentperiod,andIwa iod,andIwasnotafollowe snotafollowerofthoseide rofthoseideas.On as.On theTVafewdaysagothearri theTVafewdaysagothearrivalofLentco valofLentcoincidedwi incidedwithachildr thachildren’sDisneyla en’sDisneylandoutingtr ndoutingtrip. ip. Thechildren’stripwascancelledbecausesomedamnchurchadultsdecidedtomakethe childrensufferbecause childrensufferbecauseitwasLent!!!Nota itwasLent!!!Notacoolidea coolideaI’dsay. I’dsay.  AsIsaidtheobservanceofspr  AsIsaidtheobservanceofspringritesg ingritesgoeswayback.Bu oeswayback.But2000yearsa t2000yearsago,moreor go,moreorless,the less,the springritesgotconnecte springritesgotconnectedupwiththeJe dupwiththeJesusChristdea susChristdeathsyndrome thsyndrome,andthepaga ,andthepaganriteswere nriteswere baptizedandtakeninto baptizedandtakenintotheChristia theChristianChurchgra nChurchgradually–towh dually–towhichJesusChri ichJesusChristpersonan stpersonand d Christianreligio Christianreligionithasnorea nithasnorealconnecti lconnection.IftheRomanCa on.IftheRomanCatholicshee tholicsheepwanttofoll pwanttofollowthose owthose ideas,thenletthemdoi ideas,thenletthemdoitandshutup tandshutupaboutothersd aboutothersdoingit.Th oingit.TheRomanCatho eRomanCatholicChurchh licChurchhas as allitcandotoworkofftheba allitcandotoworkoffthebadKarmai dKarmaithasaccumul thasaccumulatedthroug atedthroughthecenturi hthecenturies!! es!!  Andnowdowntotoday!!! Inregardtothepoli Inregardtothepoliticalscene–forso ticalscene–forsomeunknown meunknownreasonthe reasontheshould-b should-beleader eleadersofthisnation softhisnation wenttosleepthelastfewyea wenttosleepthelastfewyears.Whentheyp rs.Whentheypartiallyar artiallyarousedthem ousedthemselves,theyfou selves,theyfoundthata ndthata certainsectionoftheworl certainsectionoftheworldseemed dseemedtohaveallth tohavealltheoilthere eoiltherewas.Andnow,tha was.Andnow,thatsectionhas tsectionhas manynationsunderth manynationsundertheirthumb–o eirthumb–oil-wise,tha il-wise,thatis. tis. Inspiteofthefactthatthiscountr Inspiteofthefactthatthiscountryimportedo yimportedonly6%ofitso nly6%ofitsoil,itwassaida il,itwassaidatfirst,nowthela tfirst,nowthelastI stI heardwasthatweimpo heardwasthatweimport10-14%.Bu rt10-14%.Buteventhisamo teventhisamountshould untshouldnotwarranttri notwarranttriplingthep plingtheprice rice of90%oftherestofthedom of90%oftherestofthedomesticoil,org esticoil,orgasolineo asolineoutput.Thepar utput.Thepartlyarouse tlyarousedleadersh dleadershipofthis ipofthis countrynowstandsthere countrynowstandstherestaggering staggeringandcansee andcanseemtofindno mtofindnothinginthewa thinginthewayofanyideao yofanyideaofa fa possiblesolutiontoth possiblesolutiontotheproblem eproblem.Therefore .Thereforeitisveryimpo itisveryimportantforall rtantforallOccultstuden Occultstudentswho tswho possessknowledgeto“thi possessknowledgeto“thinkright”a nkright”andtousethep ndtousetheprocessesofCre rocessesofCreativeVisual ativeVisualization,as ization,as giveninOphiel’sbo giveninOphiel’sbook,to“treat”the ok,to“treat”thegovernme governmentoftheUnite ntoftheUnitedStates–tomake dStates–tomakethe the governmentdothe“ri governmentdothe“rightthing”–for ghtthing”–foritsselfandfo itsselfandforyou. ryou. Toputitsomewhatsimpl Toputitsomewhatsimply,visualizeth y,visualizethegovernme egovernmentdoingth ntdoingthe“rightthi e“rightthing”inall ng”inallitsactions, itsactions, andHOLDthatpicture-feeling-thoughtfirmly.  Attheriskofrepeatingob  AttheriskofrepeatingobviousTRUTHS viousTRUTHS,alloccultstud ,alloccultstudentsshould entsshouldusethepowe usethepower-actionso r-actionsof f CREATIVEVISUALIZATIONSduring CREATIVEVISUALIZATIO NSduringthecomingye thecomingyear;foryourse ar;foryourself-himsel lf-himself-herselfbe f-herselfbenefits. nefits.  Againrepeat!Ophi  Againrepeat!Ophielsuggests,in elsuggests,inconnection connectionwiththeabove,th withtheabove,thatyouthenwo atyouthenworkforyoursel rkforyourself f anddonotgetbogged anddonotgetboggeddownintryi downintryingtoworkforoth ngtoworkforothers.Youcann ers.Youcannotreallyi otreallyinfluence/he nfluence/help lp othersuntiltheyask youforknowledgeand youforknowledgeandassistance.O assistance.Ophielha phielhasfound,tohisa sfound,tohisamazement, mazement, thatmanypeople want tobehurtandtosuffer,andto tobehurtandtosuffer,andtobemisera bemiserableandi bleandinendlessca nendlesscasesdo sesdo notevenknowaboutthis,buta notevenknowaboutthis,butareimpel reimpelledbyasubc ledbyasubconsciousde onsciousdesire,aquee sire,aqueerdesire,p rdesire,puton uton thembyothers,nottheiro thembyothers,nottheirownrealli wnreallifedesiresata fedesiresatall!!Inacaseli ll!!Inacaselikethis,youreffo kethis,youreffortstohelpno rtstohelpnot t onlycancometonothin onlycancometonothingbuttheycoul gbuttheycouldactuallybe dactuallybearousedtotu arousedtoturnonyouan rnonyouandphysical dphysicallyhurt lyhurt you,drivenbythecompu you,drivenbythecompulsionthatcon lsionthatcontrolsthem. trolsthem. Thissubjectisvastandbe ThissubjectisvastandbeyondOphi yondOphiel’spower el’spowertofullyresolve tofullyresolvehere.Ophi here.Ophieldoesno eldoesnothavethis thavethis sortofcompulsionhimse sortofcompulsionhimselfanddid lfanddidnotrecogni notrecognisethisqueerth sethisqueerthingforma ingformanyyearsofh nyyearsofhislife.If islife.If

youhavesuchaburiedcompulsion,seeksomepsychologicalhelp.Butyouprobablydon’t haveit,sodon’tyieldtosu haveit,sodon’tyieldtosuggestion. ggestion. Well!Ophielmustclose Well!Ophielmustcloseforthis“seaso forthis“season.”Thene n.”Thenextmessagesho xtmessageshouldbetheSu uldbetheSummerSol mmerSolstice. stice. OphielmightbeinEurope–healthpermitting–OphielmaygettoIndia.Ophielwillgiveafull reportonthestateoftheO reportonthestateoftheOccultinEuro ccultinEuropeandAsia peandAsiaandIndia andIndia!!!!! !!!!!

DEAR STUDENTS AND FRIENDS OF OPHIEL

Forsomeyears,nowpast,Ophielhasbeenwritingl Forsomeyears,nowpas t,Ophielhasbeenwritinglittleessaysonpungentocc ittleessaysonpungentoccultsubjects,these ultsubjects,these essayshecalls“OccultVignet essayshecalls“OccultVignettes.”Thesubjectsofthesees tes.”Thesubjectsoftheseessayshavebeenlegion,andhave sayshavebeenlegion,andhavebeenof beenof widevariance,fromtrivialtogrand,butallhavedealtwithso widevariance,fromtriv ialtogrand,butallhavedealtwithsomeessentialpointsofvital meessentialpointsofvitalinformation– information– interest,eitherofLifehereonthisEarthplane,orLifeontheInnerPlanes.Asti interest,eitherofLifehereonthis Earthplane,orLifeontheInnerPlanes.Astimehaspassedhehas mehaspassedhehas writtenmoreandmoreoftheselittleessaysofTruthuntilthey writtenmoreandmoreoftheselittle essaysofTruthuntiltheynownumberarespectedamount.Merely nownumberarespectedamount.Merely foridentificationpurposes,theseessaysar foridentificationpurpos es,theseessaysarelabeledSeries1,Series2,Seri elabeledSeries1,Series2,Series3andnow,Series4. es3andnow,Series4. Series4hasbeencopyrightedandisnowready,andheretheyare, Series4hasbeencopyr ightedandisnowready,andheretheyare,describedasfollows: describedasfollows: SERIES3-#1,1975WinterSolsticeMessage,$1.50 StrongpresentationofOcculttruthssurroundingChri StrongpresentationofOcc ulttruthssurroundingChristmas,WinterSeasons,N stmas,WinterSeasons,NewYearsandotherpostewYearsandotherpostpaganholidays.PersonalMessage. SERIES3-#2.SomethoughtontheTenCommandments.16pages.$3.00.Ophiel’sanalysisofthe TenCommandmentsandsomeannotationsontheirapplicationstotoday’s TenCommandmentsandsomeannotatio nsontheirapplicationstotoday’sliving-being.Heavys living-being.Heavystuff.If tuff.If youarenotready,betternotgetitasitisheavy,reallyheavy youarenotready,betternotgetitasitis heavy,reallyheavy,andtosloppythinkersi ,andtosloppythinkersitwillbeareal twillbeareal shockasforthefirsttimetheyfacerealityintruth. SERIES3-#3,LivingLife–OccultVignette,4½pages,$1.25 Ratherdeepessayaboutlivingdailylifeandcall Ratherdeepessayaboutli vingdailylifeandcallingattentiontothepersonalmanufactureofThoughtingattentiontothepersonalmanufactureofThoughtFormsandtheireffectsonourlivesandsomereferences Formsandtheireffectsonourli vesandsomereferencestotheireffectsonothers.Someideasas totheireffectsonothers.Someideasasto to howtonullifyadverseThough-Formseffects. SERIES3-#4,TheHappinessDoll,1page,$.25 Whatisnotgenerallyknownisthatallmagicaloperati Whatisnotgenerallyknownisthatallmagicaloperations,especially“blac ons,especially“black”onescanberevers k”onescanbereversed.The ed.The famous,orratherpin-stickingdollcanbereverseds famous,orratherpin-sti ckingdollcanbereversedsothatyoucansetupaself-doll othatyoucansetupaself-dollandGIVEITALL andGIVEITALL KINDOFGOODIES.Canbeveryus KINDOFGOODIES.Canbeveryusefultoyourwell-being. efultoyourwell-being. SERIES3-#5.WhatisMan?3½pages,$1.25 IntroducestheGnosticideaofaworkerGodwhocreate IntroducestheGnosticideaofaworkerGodwhocreatesthephysicalworld(out sthephysicalworld(outofNo-Thing)andgives ofNo-Thing)andgives someideasastohowtohandletheCreatorGod,theDemiurgeous.Onc someideasastohowtohandletheCreato rGod,theDemiurgeous.Onceyouhandle“it”,you’vegotit eyouhandle“it”,you’vegotit madeandyoucannowdothings. SERIES3-#6.TheDwellerontheThreshold.6½pages.$1.50 Thetitleisdatedbuttheknowledgeisup-to-date.Concernsforc Thetitleisdatedbuttheknow ledgeisup-to-date.Concernsforcesonthenextplaneandhowyouhav esonthenextplaneandhowyouhave e (probably)builtupyourownopposite.Continueswithideas (probably)builtupyourow nopposite.Continueswithideasabouthowtohandleyourdailylifewi abouthowtohandleyourdailylifewith th theseforcesinviewandhowtheseforcesaretobetakenintoac theseforcesinviewandhowtheseforcesaretobetakenintoaccountinallyouractions countinallyouractions,theobject ,theobject beingtoleadamoreperfectlifeandtogetalongbetter. SERIES3–#7.WhyDoYouLetTheDevilUseYou?5pages,$1.25 Containsideasandsuggestionsastohowtoworkyou Containsideasandsugges tionsastohowtoworkyourtwoparts–conscious rtwoparts–consciousandsubconsciousminds andsubconsciousminds (thebadlyworkingsub-mindislikeadevil (thebadlyworkingsub-mindislikeadevil)–andhowtowatchforthealternatingfunctioningofthe )–andhowtowatchforthealternatingfunctioningofthetwo two minds. SERIES3-#8.MoreIdeasAboutGod.7½pages$1.50 Ophielexplainshowcertainideasabouttheconcept Ophielexplainshowcertainideasabouttheconceptionofthelessercountenancewa ionofthelessercountenancewasarrivedat,and sarrivedat,and howtheytransferredoverintotheideaoftheDemiurgeous.Thenfollow howtheytransferredover intotheideaoftheDemiurgeous.Thenfollowanumberofideasastohow anumberofideasastohow youaretoarriveataworkingknowledgeofthissitu youaretoarriveatawork ingknowledgeofthissituationandworkittoyouradvantage. ationandworkittoyouradvantage. SERIES3-#9.AstralLight–ThePlasticMedium,4pages,$1.00 UnexpecteduseandapplicationoftheAstralLightbyas Unexpecteduseandapplic ationoftheAstralLightbyastudent,whichsurprisedeven tudent,whichsurprisedevenme.Suggests me.Suggests terrificopportunitiesunlimitedforallkindsofphy terrificopportunitiesunlimitedforallkindsofphysicalchangestobebroughtaboutthroughi sicalchangestobebroughtaboutthroughitsuseina tsuseina simpleway.Couldbeconsideredhotstuffbymany! SERIES3-#10.TheOtherYou.5pages,$1.25 Containsathought-provokingideaofa/thedoublethatyoumay  haveandgivessomeideasabouthow may haveandgivessomeideasabouthow todealwiththisstartlingdifferent-than-the-world-think todealwiththisstartlingdi fferent-than-the-world-thinkssituation.Alsodealsw ssituation.Alsodealswiththought-formsinthis iththought-formsinthis connection.Useful. SERIES3-#11.YourOtherYou.5½pages,$1.30 Notethedifferenceinthetitlefromthepreceding.Severaldifferentideas Notethedifferenceinthetitlefromthe preceding.Severaldifferentideasarepresentedhereasthey arepresentedhereasthey You  Y ou  cametomeandIdidnoteditthem. separatethedifferentideasandreconnectthem.Greatvalue. separatethedifferentideasandreconnectthem.Greatvalue. Requiressomestudybutshouldberewarding. SERIES3-#12.ATechniqueofVisualization-#1.2pages,$.75

ConcernsyouandtheDemiurgeousandyourabilitytoCreativelyVisual ConcernsyouandtheDemiurgeousandyourabilitytoC reativelyVisualize(underproperdirections ize(underproperdirectionsand and withproperpreparations),somethingwhichisneverreal withproperpreparations),s omethingwhichisneverrealizedbycountlesspeopl izedbycountlesspeopleandyettheydo eandyettheydo producenegativecreations,whichtheydon’twant,allthetime.Usefultoyou. SERIES3-#13.WhatYouDeserveorYouTellThemBaby!2pages$.75 GoesintothequestionofGod-rewardsandquestionswhether GoesintothequestionofG od-rewardsandquestionswhethertheyareautomatic.Theycanbe theyareautomatic.Theycanbe automaticbutYOUhavetotellthemorit–yourself! SERIES3-#14.AssistancefromtheGods.#1-#2.2pages,$.75 Concisedirectionsonhowto“work”InnerPlane Concisedirectionsonhowto“work”InnerPlaneForces“downhere”forresult Forces“downhere”forresults.Goodbasicdirec s.Goodbasicdirections tions  justwaitingforuse. SERIES3-#15.TreasureMap.1½pages,$.50 Descriptionanddirectionsastomanufactureanduseofthi Descriptionanddirectionsastomanufactureanduseofthisancienttalisman.Thistal sancienttalisman.Thistalismanworkedfor ismanworkedfor yourancestorsmillionsofyearsagoanditcanandw yourancestorsmillionsofyearsagoanditcanandwillstillworkfor illstillworkforyouifyouwilluseit. youifyouwilluseit. SERIES3-#16A.MagicWorkingsonMatter.1½pages,$.75 Small,shortandpotent.Containsaconciseexplanati Small,shortandpotent.Contain saconciseexplanationofthetranslationofforceintoform. onofthetranslationofforceintoform. SERIES3-#16B.OntheArtofContactingGod.1½pages,$.50 ThisvignetteisalittlehardtounderstandsoIamchargingles ThisvignetteisalittlehardtounderstandsoIamcharginglessforit.Dealswithatti sforit.Dealswithattitudesindailylifeas tudesindailylifeas exemplifiedineverydaycliches,howatti exemplifiedineverydaycliches,howattitudescanruleyou,andsuggests tudescanruleyou,andsuggestsamethodofdealingwith amethodofdealingwith them.Noteasy. SERIES3-#17.PlatoandtheSoul,2pages,$.50 Forsomemysteriousreasonabout2000yearsagotherewerenodefinitelytaughtideasaboutlifeafter death.Noneofthereligionsthatwerethencurrentintheworldtaughtsuchanidea,exceptina fragmentaryway.ThenPlatothoughtaboutacontinuationofalifeafterdeath.Hewastalkingaboutthe EthericbodybuttheChurchmistookthatideaoftheEthericbodyforathingcalledaSoul. SERIES3-#18.TheTwoDreamers.3pages,$.75 MoreabouttheTwoGodsthatcreatetheexistenceoftheworldandsom MoreabouttheTwoGodsthatcreate theexistenceoftheworldandsomeclarificationastohowy eclarificationastohowyouare ouare onyourownastoyourchoiceofarrangingyourlifewith onyourownastoyourchoi ceofarrangingyourlifewithyourpowerswhichyouandall yourpowerswhichyouandallothershave. othershave. SERIES3-#19.YourDisloyalLifeOpposition.5pages,$1.50 Thereissomeevidencethatwearemadeupoftwocontendingforces Thereissomeevidencethatwearemadeupoftwocontendingforceswhichseemto“rule”alternatel whichseemto“rule”alternately y inourlivesandbodies.Asuccessfullifeis inourlivesandbodies.As uccessfullifeisonethatcanadjustabalancebetweenthes onethatcanadjustabalancebetweenthesetwoforces. etwoforces. Onceitisknownthatthereare thesetwoforcessomedefencecanbesetupagainstthenegativeone. thesetwoforcessomedefencecanbesetupagainstthenegativeone. SERIES3-#20.AnExerciseinPreliminaryProjection.Twoparts,$1.00 SERIES3-#20.AnExerciseinPreliminaryPr ojection.Twoparts,$1.00 MoreinformationonEthericProjectionandinformationonsomeadditi MoreinformationonEthericProj ectionandinformationonsomeadditionalside-linesconnec onalside-linesconnectedthereto. tedthereto. SERIES3-#21.TheTwoCreators.2½pages,$1.25 Moreknowledgeableinformationaboutthetwocreatorswho,betweenthem,hav Moreknowledgeableinformation aboutthetwocreatorswho,betweenthem,havemadeupthephysical emadeupthephysical world.Muchinterestingandusefulinformation. SERIES3-#22.ALittleRecapitualtionoftheOccultB SERIES3-#22.ALittleRe capitualtionoftheOccultBasisofAllThings.1¼ asisofAllThings.1¼pages,$.50 pages,$.50 Asitsays,arecapitulationofsomeofthebasics Asitsays,arecapitulationofsomeofthebasicsIhavewrittenaboutsofar,andtheirrel Ihavewrittenaboutsofar,andtheirrelationtoolder ationtoolder clichéstuffthatwegottiredofsomanyyearsagoasitapparentl clichéstuffthatwegotti redofsomanyyearsagoasitapparentlylednowhere.Somevalueforthought. ylednowhere.Somevalueforthought. SERIES3-#23.WitchCraft.5pages,$1.25 Naturalwitchcraftforcesasexemplifiedinthis Naturalwitchcraftforcesasexemplifiedinthisstudyoftheapplicationofrawna studyoftheapplicationofrawnaturetoverymaterial turetoverymaterial natureforcesbyAmericanIndiansintimepast.Close natureforcesbyAmeric anIndiansintimepast.Closestudywillshowthatall studywillshowthatallwitchcraftisac witchcraftisacombination ombination oftheinnerandtheouterandthelineisnottooclear.Prettygoodandprettyuseful. SERIES4-#1.TheWinterSolstice1974-1975.$1.50 Aconcisesummary,fromtheOccultview Aconcisesummary,fromtheOccultviewpoint,ofthepastyear–reviewed point,ofthepastyear–reviewed.Someuseforabackward .Someuseforabackward lookandsomeuseforstudyandideasforchartingyourforwar lookandsomeuseforstudy andideasforchartingyourforwardthisyearlifetravelpathandtryi dthisyearlifetravelpathandtryingto ngto avoidtheerrorsoflastyearandlookingforwardtotheancientavoidtheerrorsoflasty earandlookingforwardtotheancient-modernTRUTHofthecontactwi modernTRUTHofthecontactwiththe ththe half–God!!!!!! SERIES4-#2.SpringEquinoxMessagefor1975.$1.50 ThisSpring’smessagetreatsofsomeideasofLent,whatitis ThisSpring’smessagetreatsofsomeideasofLent,whatitisandhowitcameaboutandwhatitis andhowitcameaboutandwhatitis supposedtomean.Thereisarightwayto“greet”theSpring,toallowtheSpringtoenteryourlife,and thereisawrongwaywhichisofnoeffectworthatink thereisawrongwaywhi chisofnoeffectworthatinker’sdamn.Anddon’tbeoneofthose.Andnowis er’sdamn.Anddon’tbeoneofthose.Andnowis thetimeforallgoodOccultiststocometotheaidoftheircount thetimeforallgoodOccul tiststocometotheaidoftheircountry.Your“right”thinkingc ry.Your“right”thinkingcaninfluencethe aninfluencethe governmentandinfluencethegovernmentmucheasierthanyoucaninfluenc governmentandinfluencethegovern mentmucheasierthanyoucaninfluenceanindividual!!!!Large eanindividual!!!!Large

numbersofpeoplecanbeinfluencedby“thinking”thelargerthenumbersofpeoplethelargerthegroup soulofthelargegroupandtheeasierthegroupsoulcanbeinfluenced(seeO soulofthelargegroupandtheeasierthe groupsoulcanbeinfluenced(seeOphiel’sotherwritings). phiel’sotherwritings). SERIES4-#3.JesusisComing(?),$1.75 Afewremarksaboutthecurrentideasaboutthe“return”ofJesus Afewremarksaboutthecur rentideasaboutthe“return”ofJesus.UsefulOccultKn .UsefulOccultKnowledgeanda owledgeanda suggestionastowhatisreallymeantbythe“return”idea.Asi suggestionastowhatis reallymeantbythe“return”idea.Asitrelievesyourmindfr trelievesyourmindfromworriesabouta omworriesabouta non-returnitisworth$1.75 SERIES4-#4.TheCurse.$1.00 Inoccultcirclesonehearsendlessly Inoccultcirclesonehearsendlesslyaboutcurses,but–WHATAR aboutcurses,but–WHATARETHEY?–ACTUALLY ETHEY?–ACTUALLY?–Whocan ?–Whocan usethem?–Whatisthemodusoperandibehindbehindtheconstructionofac usethem?–Whatisthemodusoper andibehindbehindtheconstructionofacurse?Aretheyvalid urse?Aretheyvalid today?ThisVignetteexplainsthesepuzzles.Gi today?ThisVignetteexpl ainsthesepuzzles.Givesyouideasofuse vesyouideasofuseandideasofprotectionagainst andideasofprotectionagainst othersandtheirill-directeddesiresagainstyou!!!!Tothepointandworth$1.00. SERIES4-#5.HowToGet“Ahead.”,$1.25 ThislittleVignetteispregnantwithheavymeanings,s ThislittleVignetteispregnantwithheavymeanings,shortandsucculent.ThisVi hortandsucculent.ThisVignettecoversapoint gnettecoversapoint notusuallynoticedbyoccultwriters,theconnec notusuallynoticedbyoccultwriters,theconnectionbetweenoccults tionbetweenoccultstudiesandphysicalappli tudiesandphysicalapplicationof cationof thoseoccultstudies.AndGod,heknows,thereis thoseoccultstudies.AndGod,heknows,thereisatremendousgapbetweenthetwodissi atremendousgapbetweenthetwodissimilarmodes, milarmodes, learninganddoing.Valuableforitspracticality–worth$1.25. SERIES4-#6.GettingMaterialThings.,$1.50 InthisVignettetheideasexpressedaremuchdifferentthantheideas InthisVignettetheideasex pressedaremuchdifferentthantheideasthattheWORLDisacc thattheWORLDisaccustomedto ustomedto wordsinsomelanguageverymuchlikeasuper-manwordsinsomelanguagev erymuchlikeasuper-man-madeofOrientalpatriarchalhead-ofmadeofOrientalpatriarchalhead-of-the-tribe the-tribe conception,etc.,andsoon.Illuminationandinspirationandinsi conception,etc.,andsoon.Il luminationandinspirationandinsightsuggestsamuchdifferenti ghtsuggestsamuchdifferentideaofa deaofa GodwhoisaFIRSTCAUSE,non-physic GodwhoisaFIRSTCAUSE,non-physical,andwhodesirestomanifestit al,andwhodesirestomanifestitself“outward”into,andas, self“outward”into,andas, materialphysicalexistence(forreasons materialphysicalexistence(forreasonstoodeepforanyoneofustoknow!!)Thought-provok toodeepforanyoneofustoknow!!)Thought-provoking, ing, interestingandvaluable. SERIES4-#13.AuraSeeing,$1.50 We,plusalllivingthings,aresurroundedbyanAUR We,plusalllivingthings,aresurroundedbyanAURA.TheAURAisreally A.TheAURAisreallythe“next”body,the the“next”body,the ETHERICBODYshining“through”orshi ETHERICBODYshining“through”orshiningaroundtheedgeofthephysicalbody ningaroundtheedgeofthephysicalbody(theGreekword (theGreekword Ethermeanstoshine).Artists,intheoldtime,usedtopaintanAU Ethermeanstoshine).Arti sts,intheoldtime,usedtopaintanAURAaroundtheheadsofSaintsand RAaroundtheheadsofSaintsand such.Thelittleessayshowsyouhowtomake such.ThelittleessayshowsyouhowtomakeastarttowardsseeingAU astarttowardsseeingAURASbysimplemethods RASbysimplemethods availabletoeverybody.Onceseentheprocess availabletoeverybody.Onceseentheprocesscanbecomeautomatic,althoughnotmany canbecomeautomatic,althoughnotmanypursuethe pursuethe processthatfar.UsefulforOccultistsbeginners. SERIES4-#14.Self-Awareness,$1.50 AwarenessoftheSELFselfisoneofthelesserac AwarenessoftheSELF selfisoneofthelesserachievementsyoucanreachony hievementsyoucanreachonyourroad“upward.” ourroad“upward.” However,thegrowthawarenessrecognitioncanbes However,thegrowthawar enessrecognitioncanbesogradualthatyoumightneverrecogniz ogradualthatyoumightneverrecognizethe ethe changeunlessyouhavesomestandardtocomparewithas changeunlessyouhav esomestandardtocomparewithasyougoalong–bysomemeasuredtime yougoalong–bysomemeasuredtime period.Goodforthinking. SERIES4-#15TheOccultFaker,only25cents!!!!!! IwrotethislittleessayasawarningtoOcc IwrotethislittleessayasawarningtoOccultstudentsaboutbeingontheirguardagainstfak ultstudentsaboutbeingontheirguardagainstfaketeachers. eteachers. InthisessayItellthemtotesteverything,includi InthisessayItellthemtotes teverything,includingmyownteachings,andonlyac ngmyownteachings,andonlyacceptwhatcanbe ceptwhatcanbe demonstrated(toborrowawordfromChristianScienc demonstrated(toborrowawordfro mChristianScience)andespeciallytolookoutformany e)andespeciallytolookoutformanyrequestsfor requestsfor largeamounts.TESTTESTTEST.Youshouldhavethisinformation. SERIES4-#16.HowtoBecomeaPowerInYourTown,Job,Club.$2.00 ThisVignetteisoneofthebestandmostcomprehensiveever ThisVignetteisoneofthebestand mostcomprehensiveeverwrittenbyOphiel.Iftheinformati writtenbyOphiel.Iftheinformation on thereinisusedcarefullyandproperly,youshoul thereinisusedcarefullyandproperly,youshouldbeabletoinfluencegroupsoulsofTowns dbeabletoinfluencegroupsoulsofTowns,Clubs, ,Clubs, Organizations,andallotherlikethings.However Organizations,andallothe rlikethings.However,youmustusephysic ,youmustusephysicalmeansinconnectionwithyo almeansinconnectionwithyour ur InnerPlanework,too.Veryusefulandveryhelpfulinlife. SERIES4-#17.HowToCreateAFamiliarToHelpYouThroughLife.,$2.00 Again,thisVignetteisoneofthemostcomprehensiveandcomp Again,thisVignetteisoneofthemostcomprehensiveandcompleteeverwrittenbyOphiel.B leteeverwrittenbyOphiel.Besidesthe esidesthe FamiliarKnowledgeitalsocontainstheusefulCabal FamiliarKnowledgeital socontainstheusefulCabalisticritual,theuseofwhi isticritual,theuseofwhichcanresultinthe chcanresultinthe balancingoftheElementalForcesinyourbody–life.Thename“Fam balancingoftheElementalForce sinyourbody–life.Thename“Familiar”isanold-timenameandreall iliar”isanold-timenameandreally y meansahelpersetuponthenextplane,andthatisalliteverreallywa meansahelpersetuponthenextplane,andthatis alliteverreallywas.Alltheotherstoriesy s.Alltheotherstoriesyouhear ouhear areduetoignorantideasandhavenovalidityatall.GoodandUseful. SERIES4-#18.HowToControlAndDominateOther.,$2.00 Thetitlesoundsstrained!ButsomanypeoplewritetoOphiel Thetitlesoundsstrained!B utsomanypeoplewritetoOphielaskingabouthowtoattracttheattentionof askingabouthowtoattracttheattentionof others,and/tointerestothersthatOphielwroteupthissimple others,and/tointerestothers thatOphielwroteupthissimpleessayofhowtocontroltheattenti essayofhowtocontroltheattentionof onof othersbynaturalOccultmeans.Youcanchangethetitl othersbynaturalOccultmeans.Youcanchangethetitletoread:Howtointerestandcontrolthe etoread:Howtointerestandcontrolthe attentionofothersanddominatethe“scene.”Veryinterestingessay attentionofothersanddominatethe“sc ene.”VeryinterestingessayandfullofhotOccultKnow andfullofhotOccultKnowledge– ledge– worth$2.00.

SERIES5-#1.TheAutumnalEquinox1975.,$1.35 AsortofsummaryofcurrenteventsasdelienatedbyO Asortofsummaryofcu rrenteventsasdelienatedbyOphielfromacommonsenseocc phielfromacommonsenseoccultviewpointand ultviewpointand accordingtotheideasofplanes,etc.Hassomevalueas accordingtotheideasofplanes,etc .Hassomevalueastohowtovieweventsandtohandlethem tohowtovieweventsandtohandlethem accordingtocorrectoccultknowledge.Rai accordingtocorrectoccultknowledge.Raisesquestionsyous sesquestionsyoushouldconsiderinyourfutureliv houldconsiderinyourfutureliving.... ing.... alongOccultKnowledgePowerLines.Prettygoodvaluefor$1.35each SERIES5-#2.TheReversenessofThings.,$1.50. Thereisanoddlife/livingeffectwhichmanifests Thereisanoddlife/livingeffectwhichmanifestsinastrangetendencytorevers inastrangetendencytoreverseallourplans,and eallourplans,and desires,andambitions.ThisVignettegivesmuchi desires,andambitions.ThisVignettegivesmuchinthewayofenlightementanddirections nthewayofenlightementanddirectionstoovercome toovercome theReversesyndrome.Worthwhile. SERIES5-#3.You,TheDevil,TheAdversary,YourOtherYou.$1.25 ThisVignetteisverycomplicatedandisaso ThisVignetteisverycomplicatedandisasortofsynthesisoftheVig rtofsynthesisoftheVignettesoftheaboveseparate nettesoftheaboveseparate names.ThisVignettecontainssomeobservationspl names.ThisVignettec ontainssomeobservationsplusdirectionswhi usdirectionswhichareuseful.Duetonotbeingtoo chareuseful.Duetonotbeingtoo clear,thecostwillbeonly$1.25. SERIES5-#4.Self-Awareness.$1.25 ThisVignettecallsattentiontothestateofSelf-Awarenes ThisVignettecallsattentiontothestateofSelf-Awarenessandgivessomecommentonit sandgivessomecommentonit,andsome ,andsome directions.Nottoobad,worth$1.25easily. SERIES5-#5.StillMoreIdeasAboutGod.$1.75. OccultcommentaryonvariousideasofGod OccultcommentaryonvariousideasofGodandwhatcanbeexpectedinthematterofearthly andwhatcanbeexpectedinthematterofearthly assistancefrom“IT.”Ratherthoughtprovokingandalit assistancefrom“IT.”Ratherthoughtprovokingandalittledeeperthantheusualmushlooseinthe tledeeperthantheusualmushlooseinthe world.Worth$1.75easily. SERIES5-#6.NewAgeOccult.$1.25 TherewasanOldAgeOccult,andnowthereisaNew TherewasanOldAgeO ccult,andnowthereisaNewAgeOccult,whic AgeOccult,whichisanadaptationfromtheold hisanadaptationfromtheold occult.Concernstheuseofpolarity.Interestingandva occult.Concernstheuseofpolarity.Interestingandvaluable.Worth$1.25easily. luable.Worth$1.25easily. SERIES5–#7.TheWinterSolstice‘76. SERIES5–#8.ShowingGodWhatToDo. SERIES5–#9.TheDreamingGod. SERIES5–#10.HeHathADevil. SERIES5–#11.TheWinterSolstice’77. SERIES5–#12.Shadowvs.Substance. SERIES5-#13.TheEyesofGod. ForthousandsofyearspeoplehavewrittenaboutGod.Endlesspersons-authorshav ForthousandsofyearspeoplehavewrittenaboutGod.Endless persons-authorshaveendeavoredto eendeavoredto explainaboutGod,andthemysteryofthephysicalworld. Manyofthesepeople-authorshadonlyafaintgraspthemselvesofw Manyofthesepeople-authorshadonly afaintgraspthemselvesofwhat-it-was-all-about,henc hat-it-was-all-about,hencetheir etheir writingswerehazyandnebulousandvoluminous.O writingswerehazyandnebulousandvoluminous.Othershad“secrets”unv thershad“secrets”unveiledtothembysecret eiledtothembysecret lodgesandwereunableto“tellall”,andsohadtotalkallaroundthesubjec lodgesandwereunableto“tellall”, andsohadtotalkallaroundthesubject,notsayinganythingvital, t,notsayinganythingvital, andtheendresultwasworsethannoGod-bookatall. Stillotherswerefakes,pureandsimplefakes.The“bes Stillotherswerefakes,pureandsimplefakes.The“best”ofthefakesweretherealfakes t”ofthefakesweretherealfakeswhosooneror whosooneror latergavethemselvesaway.Theywerethe“pure”fak latergavethemselvesaway.Theywerethe“pure”fakes.The“simple”fakesw es.The“simple”fakesweretheworstandthe eretheworstandthe mostdangerousastheybelievedintheirownfakery. ThetestofaGod-bookshouldbe“doesitwork?”orisit ThetestofaGod-bookshouldbe“doe sitwork?”orisitjusttalk-chatter?Thebooks justtalk-chatter?ThebookswrittenbyOphiel writtenbyOphiel work. Ophiel’sfirstbookwascalledTHEARTAN Ophiel’sfirstbookwascalledTHEARTANDPRACTICEO DPRACTICEOFASTRALPROJE FASTRALPROJECTION.Thedirecti CTION.Thedirectionsin onsin thisbookaresoclearandconcisethatmanypersons thisbookaresoclearandconcisethatmanypersonsareabletoenterotherplanesandexplor areabletoenterotherplanesandexploreand eand learn.Thousandsofpeopleallovertheworldhavereadthisbook learn.Thousandsofpeopleallov ertheworldhavereadthisbookandhavepracticedprojecti andhavepracticedprojectiontoinner ontoinner planesandhavegainedknowledgefromit.Icouldwriteabookjustaboutthebenefitstobegainedfrom theexplorationoftheinnerplanesbutthatwouldnotcoverthesubjectpr theexplorationoftheinnerplanes butthatwouldnotcoverthesubjectproperly.Thisbookistruly operly.Thisbookistrulya a breakthroughinoccultprogress.Forthefirsttime,theprev breakthroughinoccultprogres s.Forthefirsttime,thepreviouslysecretmetho iouslysecretmethodsofbuildingand dsofbuildingand developingtheastralbodyaregivenwithclear,simple developingtheastralbodyaregi venwithclear,simpledirectionsthatcanbepracti directionsthatcanbepracticedindailylife. cedindailylife.

Ophiel’ssecondbookwasnamedTHEARTAN Ophiel’ssecondbookwasnamedTHEARTANDPRACTICEOFG DPRACTICEOFGETTINGMATERIA ETTINGMATERIALTHINGS LTHINGS THROUGHCREATIVEVISUALI THROUGHCREATIVEVISUALIZATION.Thequestionofmateria ZATION.Thequestionofmaterialsupplyhasalways lsupplyhasalwaysbeenavexing beenavexing one.Therewasalwaysapractice,knownforages one.Therewasalways apractice,knownforages,calledvisualizati ,calledvisualizationbuttheruleswereneverclear.In onbuttheruleswereneverclear.In hissecondbookOphiellaysdownsomeeffecti hissecondbookOphiellaysdownsomeeffectiveruleswhichmany veruleswhichmanypeoplehaveusedsuccess peoplehaveusedsuccessfully. fully. OphielnowknowsmuchmoreabouttheoriginsofTHING Ophielnowknowsmuc hmoreabouttheoriginsofTHINGSandinlaterbookswill SandinlaterbookswilltellmoreaboutGod tellmoreaboutGod andsupply,butforordinarycircumstancesofli andsupply,butforordinaryc ircumstancesoflifethenormalprocessofCreativ fethenormalprocessofCreativeVisualizationwil eVisualizationwillsuffice lsuffice  –untiltheotherbooksarewrittenandpublished–solookforthem. Ophiel’sthirdbookwascalledTHEARTAN Ophiel’sthirdbookwascalledTHEARTANDPRACTICEO DPRACTICEOFTHEOCCULT.Inthi FTHEOCCULT.InthisbookOphielbegins sbookOphielbegins thestudyanduseoftheCaballaandtheTreeofLifeandallitsmillionrami thestudyanduseoftheCaball aandtheTreeofLifeandallitsmillionramifications,aswellas fications,aswellasthe the knowledgeoftheElementalForces.Also,asimpleritu knowledgeoftheElementalForc es.Also,asimpleritualisgivenwhichis alisgivenwhichisveryusefulinmanyway veryusefulinmanyways. s. Deeperthantheotherbooks. Ophiel’sfourthbookwascalledTHEARTAND Ophiel’sfourthbookwas calledTHEARTANDPRACTICEOFCL PRACTICEOFCLAIRVOYANCE AIRVOYANCE.Everyonehassome .Everyonehassome clairvoyanceinhimandthemoreyoulistentoit,themoreit“w clairvoyanceinhimandthemoreyoulistentoit,themoreit“works”foryou.Thebookals orks”foryou.Thebookalsocontains ocontains additionalCaballaknowledge.ThemoreCaballa-Clairv additionalCaballaknow ledge.ThemoreCaballa-Clairvoyanceknowledgeyouhave oyanceknowledgeyouhaveanduse,theeasier anduse,theeasier yourlifehereonthisphysicalplanecanbe. Ophiel’sfifthbook,THEORACLEOFFO Ophiel’sfifthbook,THEORACLEOFFORTUNA,contains RTUNA,containsasimplelittledivinations asimplelittledivinationsystembasedonthe ystembasedonthe gameofsolitairewhichcananswerquestions,ifthe gameofsolitairewhich cananswerquestions,ifthequestionsareframedcarefull questionsareframedcarefullyandproperly. yandproperly. Ophiel’ssixthbookwascalledTHEARTA Ophiel’ssixthbookwascalledTHEARTANDPRACTICEO NDPRACTICEOFTALISMANICMAGI FTALISMANICMAGIC.Thisancient C.Thisancient subjectisbroughtuptodate.ItispossibletousetheAs subjectisbroughtuptodate.Itis possibletousetheAstralLightbyattachingittoanobject,ifdon tralLightbyattachingittoanobject,ifdonewith ewith intentionandknowledge.Interestingresultscanbeobtained.Shouldbeusedwithcaution. Ophiel’sseventhbookisnowinpreparation–lookfor Ophiel’sseventhbookisnowinpreparation–lookforit.Ithasbeenkickingaroundthepubli it.Ithasbeenkickingaroundthepublishersmuch shersmuch toolong,butstrangeforceshavebeenatworktokeepitfromyou.Ophi toolong,butstrangeforceshav ebeenatworktokeepitfromyou.Ophielhasbeentoldthathisbooks elhasbeentoldthathisbooks containthesecretdoctrineand,asIsaid,negativeforce containthesecretdoctr ineand,asIsaid,negativeforceshavebeenfuriousforyearsthatthes shavebeenfuriousforyearsthatthesethings ethings arebecomingknown,andhavebeenworkingineverypossi arebecomingknown,andhavebeenwork ingineverypossiblewaytokeepthesebooks blewaytokeepthesebooksfromcomingon fromcomingon out.Ophielwantstowritetwenty-fivebooksbefore out.Ophielwantstowritetw enty-fivebooksbeforehepassesonandhewillnotgiveupeasi hepassesonandhewillnotgiveupeasily.Butyou ly.Butyou willhavetodoyourpart.Youwillhavetoaskandcont willhavetodoyourpart. Youwillhavetoaskandcontinuetoaskthispublisher inuetoaskthispublishertogetontopublishing togetontopublishing Ophiel’sbooksandcutoutthefoolingaround. Inpreparation–lookforit–Ophiel’sseventhbook,THEARTANDPRACTICEO Inpreparation–lookforit–Ophiel’sseventhbook,THEARTAN DPRACTICEOFCABALLAMAGIC. FCABALLAMAGIC. DionFortunewroteagreatbookabouttheCaballabuttoldnothingaboutthepractices DionFortunewroteagreatbookaboutth eCaballabuttoldnothingaboutthepractices.Ophiel’sseventh .Ophiel’sseventh bookstartstotellabouthowtousetheTreeofLife,orPractices bookstartstotellabouthow tousetheTreeofLife,orPractices.HerevealswhatDionFortunel .HerevealswhatDionFortuneleftout eftout becauseshereceivedherknowledgefromalodgeandwas becauseshereceivedherknowledgefromalodgeandwasnotatlibertytogiveitout.Ophielrec notatlibertytogiveitout.Ophielreceived eived theknowledgedirectfromtheinnersourcesandcangive theknowledgedirectfrom theinnersourcesandcangiveitoutfreely.Useitandtestitandfindoutfor itoutfreely.Useitandtestitandfindoutfor yourself. Tentativebooksinpreparation:atthistimetwomorebooksare Tentativebooksinpreparation:atthi stimetwomorebooksareinpreparation.Oneisacollec inpreparation.Oneisacollectionof tionof essaysbasedonocculttruthfactors.Ophi essaysbasedonocculttruthfactors.OphielcallsthemVIGN elcallsthemVIGNETTES.Theyarenowsolds ETTES.Theyarenowsoldseparately eparately becausetheyhavetobepreparedbyhand,asitwere.Containsmuchocculthumourandinsightto occultideasandmuchocculttruth.Irepeat–watchforit.N occultideasandmuchoc culttruth.Irepeat–watchforit.Next,thereistobeabookontheexis ext,thereistobeabookontheexistenceof tenceof theDemiurgeous.Themysteryofmysteries.TheG theDemiurgeous.Themyster yofmysteries.TheGodoftheGnosticswhic odoftheGnosticswhichisallmaterialthings.Ifthe hisallmaterialthings.Ifthe Demiurgeouscanbecontactedproperlyandused,youhavetheP Demiurgeouscanbecontac tedproperlyandused,youhavethePhilosopher’sStonewhic hilosopher’sStonewhichchangesall hchangesall thingsintogoldandthatisnoBULL. Andbeyondthis,otherbooksareprojected.Butyouwillhavetodoyourpartbylettingthispublis Andbeyondthis,otherbooksareprojected.Butyouwillhav etodoyourpartbylettingthispublisher her KNOWTHATYOUDEMANDTHE KNOWTHATYOUDEMANDTHESEBOOKSAND SEBOOKSANDTHATYOUWAN THATYOUWANTTHEMANDNOMOR TTHEMANDNOMORE E FOOLINGAROUNDWITHTH FOOLINGAROUNDWITHTHEADVERSARYMIS EADVERSARYMISLEADINGEVERY LEADINGEVERYONEABOUTTH ONEABOUTTHEIR EIR PUBLISHING.LETHIMKNOW. Ophielisnotsoyoungand,ifyouwantthesebooks,hehadbettergetthemout.Ophielis73yearsold. Ophielisnotsoyoungand,ifyouwantthesebooks,hehadbettergetthemout.O phielis73yearsold. Soactaccordingly.  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