Working with Sandra Rosko at the Michigan Dunes, I use her image and the
words of the undine Istiphul to make a tantric video poem. Don't get stuck
on the details. The poem is a mirror like a magic mirror or crystal ball
in which you gaze to discover the treasures hidden within yourself.
Bottom of the Barrel Video Poems--
Note: due to lack of quality control, the following video poems have
been assigned to the "bottom of barrel" category. Professional
photographers like quality audio and video. I swear, if I had a video of
the Dalai Lama's weather controller explaining to me on video how he was
dissolving a thunderstrom with his mind as he was doing it and the audio
or video were bad, I would have critics saying, "Take that down."
I undertand the point. But my point is: these are not the "pretty
models" they seem. I like them because they are dark: they have feelings
and energies flowing through them that have no names.
But, more to the point, as a spiritual anthropologist, I am desperate to
have written or recorded records in any form and of any quality of genuine
and unique spiritual experiences. Those two models are of spiritual
significance.
How professional photographers who are magicians can miss "seeing" the
spiritual journey they are undertaking is totally and absolutely beyond my
comprehension.
5/29/08
Love is a Pilgrim (general audience) Words from the
story of the Undine Osipeh, from the Book Undines.
5/28/08
Form of a Woman (over age 18 only)
The Wizard Ahmed, a brief selection read by Sarah from
Undines.
Inner Undine (over age 18 only)
Inner Undine (for general audience
version)
February 9, 2008
Ten Rules for Spiritual Seekers
A brief summary of the ten sephiroth of Quabbalah put in simple terms
with a loose correlation to Bardon's Initiation into Hermetics.
December 9, November 18, 2007
The Cosmic Letter CH.
This is the complete four plane meditation on the akashic plane of CH.
The CH speaks of a feminine space, a deep hidden stillness, in which body,
soul, mind, and spirit enter in order to join with one's opposite and be
reborn into new life and being. Of the cosmic letters, I think this one
is about as far away as you can get from male consciousness and from
Western civilization.
October 28, 2007
The Cosmic Letter U. This letter reveals the original
purposes of anything, how to change your karma, how to adopt any astral
vibration, and how to perceive physical matter from the point of view of
akasha. It is both difficult and in many ways very familiar.
October 14, 2007
The Cosmic Letter J--astral and physical planes. I
finished up this brief introduction to the cosmic letter J. Basically, the
love and oneness of Divine Providence on the akashic plane now
expresses itself through the four attractions of the astral plane
and through pure physical sensations on the physical plane.
October 6, 2007
The Cosmic Letter A, Part II: I already have a short,
earlier version of the cosmic letter A. I am adding a few more notes and
a story of the sylph Parahim.
August 27, 2007
The Cosmic Letter J: I added the mental plane to the
previous posting on the akashic plane of this letter. The mental plane
relates to the ecstasies of the four elements.
I have also explored the relation between the ecastasies of the four
elements and magical equilibrium. Together, these two topics form the
basic of what Bardon might refer to as "a genuine cosmic religion."
At the same time, a discussion of the nature of a magical community or a
cosmic religion falls under my series on Problems in the Study of Magic,
Part V.
August 18, 2007
The Cosmic Letter J: This is the akashic plane for this
letter. I wrote about 11 pages over the couse of a four hour meditation.
August 11, 2007
The Cosmic Letter W: This letter is part of the JHWH
formula which relates to manifesting things. It is a water letter and is
used to contain and direct the very masculine and electric H letter in the
above formula.
July 4, 2007
Problems in the Study of Magic, Part IV: Magic
and the Electric Fluid. I added a third section to the Problems in the
Study of Magic on the Cosmic Letter G. The cosmic letter G refers to
experiencing abundance on all planes and securing the blessings of Divine
Providence.
The Cosmic Letter G
June 10, 2007
Problems in the Study of Magic, Part IV: Magic
and the Electric Fluid. I added another section, a Part 2 to the
previous essay. It is another thirty pages. It includes a Check List at
the end. I also present a few simple exercises on the electric and
magnetic fluids and a brief commentary on the DVD The Secret.
May 18, 2007
Problems in the Study of Magic, Part IV: Using
Magic to Make Things Happen--A Study of the Electric Fluid. Note: I
have been switching and reformating computers so the layout is
not the best.
Oct. 10/Nov. 5/Dec. 24 2006
Visiting the Planetary Spheres. A personal
journey through the first eight planetary auras. Note: I added sections on
the four elements in the body and wihtin nature to clarify some of the
preliminary practices that are requisite for entering the higher spheres.
I also added more on Saturn and a brief description of the sphere of
Uranus. And finally I added a brief description of the sphere of Neptune.
April 9, 2006
Talk Show Radio, Week 4 addition. Psychic Alchemy
and lots of humor
April 5, 2006
Pop Quiz, Part XIII--includes guardian angel stuff
and battle of sexes stuff
March 15, 26, 2006
Talk Show Radio--on undines, sensuality, magnetic
fluid, etc. plus week three transcripts
Pop Quiz Part XII
March 5, 2006
More Dialogues
Two more dialogues: a guided meditation and another discussion on the
magic of touch and the magnetic fluid. See Part X again, under Later That
Night and A Few Days Later.
Feb. 15
Problems in the Study of Magic, Part 3
This is on the magnetic fluid which is less developed in Western Culture
than is the electric fluid. About a hundred pages.
Feb. 27, Feb. 20, Feb. 13, January 28, January 12, January 11, 2006,
December 25, 2005,
Pop Quiz for Magicians, Parts I, II, III, IV, V,
VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, FAQ, and Bio
This is on the lighter side as in humorous. But be careful what you wish
for. Due to increased length, it is now a take home test. Note: I keep
adding to this every three or four weeks for the last several months.
I added to part VI, and also added a field trip and an interview with a
clerk in the Deparment of Akashic Records.
More on undines, prophecy, a debate on astral equilibrium, a Mid Term
Test on akasha, and 10 greatest religious fiascos.
Continues with more.
August 19, 2005
Body Awareness Exercise
This is a short introduction to some basic body awareness that takes Franz
Bardon's ideas in a slightly different direction. It is a basic and
non-magical version of practicing the alchemy of the cosmic letter OE on
the physical level.
December 18, 2004
The Electric and Magnetic/Four Feminine
Archetypes/Eros and Psyche
This essay is a response to a question concerning the Matriarch and the
Patriarch. It covers a summary of the electric and magnetic fluids in
magic, four feminine archetypes, and the above as told through the story
of Eros and Psyche, perhaps the one great story in Western literature to
survive that speaks to the nature of feminine personal and spiritual
growth.
October 26, 2004
Judaism and Christianity
This is a response to a Jew who wrote me asking about the spiritual wisdom
underlying Judaism. I had first to try to articulate the spiritual wisdom
underlying Christianity--not an easy task.
March 20, 2004
Problems in the Study of Magic, Part II
This continues my previous essay on problems that arise in studying and
practicing magic
October 6, 2003
McKee Psychology
If a spirit of the earthzone who specializes in story telling were to
incarnate on earth I imagine he would be almost exactly like Robert McKee.
I am just sharing a little essay I did on McKee's story telling as it
might be applied to psychology.
August 22, 2003
Problems in the Study of Magic
This is the first of a series of essays on the various problems and
difficulties students of magic may encounter.
May 16, 2003
The Cosmic Letter "OE"
While traveling, I wrote this brief set of meditations on the cosmic
letter OE.
January 30, 2003
The Cosmc Letter "A", A Poem
I woke up in the middle of last night and started writing this poem.
There are 26 basic building blocks of time, space, matter, energy,
consciousness, and spirit in the Quabbalah. This is the first one of
them. It is light blue in color and has a weightless sensation. It is
both a state of mind and an energy. It is referred to as the cosmic
letter "A" which relates to enlightenment.
I could write like other modern poets about the present moment, the
bread crumbs from the burnt toast that fall to the floor and are rubbed
into the carpet as the dim light from the window and the gray sky filter
through the curtains and remind me that I sometimes feel trapped and
alone. But I am not a modern poet. My mind sees stars and galaxies and I
am overwhelmed by their beauty. I eat toast in the morning but my
imagination is like the taste of mead.
January 28, 2003
The Song of the Universe
I haven't posted anything for a while since I have been editing several
books and getting them ready to submit to publishers. Here, however, is a
collection of most of my poems from various stories and books. As I
mention in the introduction, an earthzone spirit found me a muse which
resulted in my writing these poems. In a sense, the poems do not belong
to me but to the characters in the mythological stories and fables that I
write.
I want to thank profusely Daren who took the time to set up the script,
layout, and links between the table of contents and the individual poems.
Thank you so much.
April 13, 2002
How a Womanizer Became Enlightened
This is an on-going story about a character from the mythical kingdom of
Ubarim named Kamhia. The story/essay pursues questions about the part
that sensuality and desire have to play if one is to acquire wisdom and
attain enlightenment. Kamhia is one of those characters who has a flair
for combining opposites.
January 15, 2002
Nith-Haiah,the 25th Spirit of the Sphere of
Mercury
Franz Bardon calls Nith-Haiah the "guardian angel of all magicians on
earth." The file is 80,000 bytes long or about 14 pages.
January 4, 2002
An Interview Regarding Fairy Tales
This is an interview I did with a high school student for a year long
project she was doing for her advance placement English class. It is
about 39 pages long or 313,000 bytes. In it, I discuss fairy tales from
literary, psychological, and magical points of view.
October 19, 2001
The Witness
This is the final story from the book, Mystical Fables. It is not
completely done because it is one of those stories that is on-going. It
took me three months to write it. But then again, it has a life of its
own.
July 16, 2001
Kamhia, A Story in Five Parts
This is another story from the book, Mystical Fables. Kamhia was a priest
in an ancient mythical kingdom called Ubarim. In that kingdom, the
religion was centered around a Great Rite that united the different
provinces and the different temples as well. They had a nature based
religion centered on the Goddess of the Earth but God was free as well to
put in an appearance when He wanted. Kamhia was a highly gifted
individual who was full of contraditions.
May 11, 2001
A Few Questions and Answers
I have had requests to post the responses I give to the questions I
receive through email. Here are a few questions and answers. Often
questions come with a lot of personal information. I am presenting the
shorter version of the questions.
March 5, 2001
Aduachiel--A Spirit of Sagittarius in the Sphere
of Jupiter
This is a brief description of a spirit that Franz Bardon describes as one
of the twelve heads of the planetary sphere of Jupiter.
March 3, 2001
The Presence of God, Part III
In this brief essay, I continue describing my experiences with the
Presence of God in the sephira of Chockmah and Kether.
January 12, 2001
The Presence of God, Part II
In part II of my essay, The Presence of God, I continue to describe the
Presence in four additional sephira. I also add a few notes on how to
pass through some of the spiritual levels that relate to entering God's
Presence. These essays are first drafts and only part of the book I am
working on.
December 11, 2000
The Presence of God
This is a continuation of my essay, God Presence and Hermetic Metaphysics.
There is of course a high level of difficulty in trying to describe
personal, first hand, and direct experience with God. Mystics usually rely
on poetry or art. Priests rely on symbols and rituals. Magicians try to
employ a high level of will and concentration so that through a state of
consciously directed trance they can enter God's Presence.
But as Bardon would say, establishing union with God is the sum and
substance of the entire training course. In this preliminary essay, I
discuss some of my experiences in the last few weeks. This essay is 26
pages or 161,000 bypes in length.
December 5, 2000
Lugnas the Peacemaker
A story for the holiday season. This is the story about a man inspired by
Aziel, one of the 78 spirits of the Mercury zone. Lugnas had a flair for
inspiring people to make peace with each other. From the book, Mystical
Fables as told to the warrior magician Hirah by the goddess Dawn.
November 30, 2000
The Prophet A'ia
This is another chapter from the book, Mystical Fables. In the mythical
kingdom of Ubarim, the prophet A'ia was considered a minor prophet in part
because he was not a formal priest in any of the eight major temples. All
the same, A'ia has some things to say about the nature of the spoken word,
the origin of true love, and why men fight over land.
November 29, 2000
Another Question on the Philospoher's Stone
Meditation
I received this question by email relating to how to incorporate the
masculine and feminine energies into the above meditation. I realize that
this topic is slightly controversial and can easily be misinterpreted. In
response, I would say that to be enlightened is to see the world as it is.
To be a magician is to understand how the universe works and to accomplish
actions in harmony with its laws.
November 28, 2000
Komio the Thief
This is another chapter from the book called Mystical Fables and it
relates to the part of the book dealing with the mythical kingdom of
Ubarim. The story of Komio is meant to be light and humorous but it also
mimics the kind of humor and perspective that characterizes the gnome
magicians Bardon recommends.
November 9, 2000
The Philosopher's Stone
In this 14 page essay, I summarize some of my thoughts on strengthening
and refining the vitality within our bodies. I am pursuing this topic as
a meditation that is consistent with Franz Bardon's training regarding
increasing vitality in his book, Initiation into Hermetics. See my
comments on chapters 1 and 2, physical level on this web site under Basic
Training for related material.
September 14, 2000
St. Columba
This is the only story from the Christian tradition in my book, Mystical
Fables. I have rewritten and made additions to it. Mystical Fables will
be available in early Novemeber.
In these stories retold from history, legend, and from beyond, I
search for the reason as to why the human race is so violent, what our
destiny is, and how the quest for power, love, and wisdom can be
reconciled within the human heart.
August 27, 2000
An Interview with the Author
This is an interview I did for another website.
The Earthzone as a Spiritual University
This is the rewritten Introduction I did for my book, Twenty-Five
Earthzone Spirits.
August 12, 2000
Introduction
This is the Acknowledgment and Introduction to my book, A Travel Guide to
Life, Part I. The book is not yet published. It contains the
psychological system I use for navigating between the worlds.
July 2, 2000
Isaphil
This is a brief account of some further meditations I have done with the
undine Isaphil. It is also on my web page on undines and under the
undines section of this web site. You can read it on line or else
download it and open it with a web browser such as Netscape or Internet
Explorer or with a word processing program such as Word.
Emvatibe
Emvatibe is the head of the fourth lunar mansion. He specializes in
magical protection. This is part of the essay on him from my forthcoming
book, Spirits of the Planetary Spheres.
Emnasut
Emnasut is the first spirit of the Sun. He specializes in maintaining
balance in the fire element throughout our solar system. In this essay, I
discuss briefly his nature and the relation of the fire element to will
power and, in particular, to political evolution on our planet.
June 21, 2000
25 EARTHZONE SPIRITS
Over the past quarter century, I have had the great pleasure of becoming
acquainted, getting to know, and in some cases becoming friends with a
number of spirits of the earthzone. Since I have studied with great
teachers in all of the major religions, it is natural also to study with
the great teachers who dwell within the sphere of akasha that surrounds
our planet.
Franz Bardon, in his book The Practice of Magical Evocation, briefly
describes each of these spirits qualities and mission in two or three
paragraphs per spirit. In my book, I am able to spend more time with a
few of these spirits giving my personal experiences and delving further
into their nature, abilities, and powers.
April 30, 2000
I have posted here three weeks of my magical journal for April.
A Magician's Journal.
Also, here are the first 25 exercises from my forthcoming book, Mead for the Soul.
April 16, 2000
I started another web site which
is just on undines
April 7, 2000
This is a description of the spirit in the earthzone called Cigila, 28
degrees Pisces. He assists an individual in developing divine virtues such
as concentration, clarity of mind, and inner stillness. He also points out
things which can be done to reduce human suffering. I have been working
with Cigila off and on since 1979. Cigila
March 23, 2000
I have added a few more "one minute meditations" for those who find
Bardon's exercises excessively boring or difficult. I am working toward a
book of such meditations called something like
Mead for the Soul
March 21, 2000
This is a set of short exercises designed for those who find themselves
too busy to do the practices in Franz Bardon's book, Initiation into
Hermetics. I find some of Bardon's exercises extremely boring even though
they are so important. If it was not for the fact that I feel compelled
to work on this material, I would have a very hard time getting through
Bardon's book on Initiation. But you do what you need to do to get the
job done. At the same time, the importance of play, love, and delight
should never be ignored when it comes to sustaining your motivation and
commitment.
These practices are called Mead for the Soul
March 14, 2000
This is a 16 page essay on the cosmic letter K in Franz Bardon's book, The
Key to the True Quabbalah. The cosmic letter K is central to discussions
of faith and conviction, war and peace, and our ability to attain our
highest purposes in life. It also relates to an individual's ability to
acquire rare wealth or unusual treasures of life. I was told decades ago
that I needed to master this letter yet for me it has been one of
the most difficult problems I have had to work on in magick. I hope this
essay might be of benefit to students of magick and those who wish to
serve Divine Providence.
See The Cosmic Letter K
March 10, 2000
The Song of the Universe
This book is a collection of 59 poems I wrote under the inspiration of a
Muse the earthzone spirit Zagriona found for me. These poems explore
human and divine love. There is sensuality, sex, eroticism, passion,
pain, regret, loss, and also ecstasy and bliss. There are personal
experiences with love, metaphysical experiences with tantra, and the host
of magical experiences. 19 of these poems were written while meditating
with various nature spirits--undines, gnomes, salamanders, and sylphs--and
also with various spirits of the earthzone and other spheres. I consider
them steppingstones and reminders of where I have been on my spiritual
journey.
January 31, 2000
This is a story about a conversation between the Archangel Micheal and the
wisest of the Neanderthals--a species now extinct which once lived here on
earth for perhaps a hundred and fifty thousand years. I use poetic
license when I write but the questions I raise seem so fundamental it is
as if they are written into our DNA. See The
Neanderthal
Note: I plan to offer several books on this site for download or by
disk or manuscript through the mail. These will be the edited and complete
version of stories and conversations you now sample here. Some writers
prefer to self-publish and internet commerce enables us to do this in a
fairly straight forward and reasonable manner.
January 4, 2000
This article reviews a brief contact I had one day as I visited
a number of spirits in the earthzone. I do that occasionally.
I sit down and visit some of the spirits I have worked with
before and also drop in on some new ones.
I once visited on old professor I had studied with in college.
He gave me some useful information but he was not really friendly.
These spirits seem to be always friendly.
Visiting the Earthzone
December 21, 1999
This article is entitled God Presence and Hermetic
Metaphysics Training in a system such as Bardon's involves a great
many practices pursued in a rigorous and step and step manner. However, it
is also true that underneath and behind all this elaborate training
program is the Presence of the Creator. In this article, I share the
words I use to describe this Presence.
November 30, 1999
This is part two of my article on transcendence which I place under basic
training. In it, I share a few of my thoughts on initiation, training in
magick, and where you might consider beginning. I also share a few
personal comments about what transcendence means to me. Transcendence, Part II
Now, for something a little more playful though also serious, tongue in
cheek yet also at the center of the discussion of justice and peace--an
essay, an imaginary set of interviews actually with one of the two
"witnesses" spoken of by the Apostle John in chapter 11 of his Revelations
and also Isaiah who prophesized that they shall beat their swords into
plowshares. Swords into Plowshares
November 8, 1999
This short piece is a summary of some recent meditations on the cosmic
letter UE in the Bardon system. The cosmic letters are basic building
blocks from which matter, spirit, space, time, and consciousness are
formed. The Cosmic Letter UE
September 7, 1999
Here is the second part of my commentary on the transference of
consciousness for the mental level of Bardon's chapter 4 exercises. This
exercise deals with transferring of consciousness into other people.
Chapter 4, Mental Level, Part 2
September 1, 1999
This is a twelve page commentary on the exercise for the mental level of
Chapter 4 in Bardon's book, Initiation into Hermetics.
Chapter 4, Mental Level
This commentary gives examples of transference of consciousness into
objects and animals, viz., a coin, a tree, a hurricane, and a bird, a
wolverine, and a humpback whale.
I had a request for an evocation I did on Alosom, a spiirt of the
earthzone, so I am posting that article here also. Alosom, A Spirit of Silence
July 12, 1999
Here is a summary and short commentary on the mental level exercises for
the third chapter in Franz Bardon's book, Initiation into Hermetics--Chapter 3, Mental Level
These exercises, besides being extraordinarily difficult, are also
perhaps the most fun and enjoyable of all the exercises in Bardon's books.
Then again, when you train on this level you are doing what most religious
and also academic teachers from around the world would consider
impossible. But if you stick to it, it is not really all that difficult
in the end.
July 8, 1999
I have posted under Basic Training a brief commentary on the psychic level
exercises for chapter 3--Accumulating and Dissolving the Four Elements.
See Chapter 3 Psyhic Level
Also, Ugolog, 25 degrees Pisces in the earthzone, specializes in prophecy
relating to the perfection of the individual's physical, astral, and
mental body in the short and long haul. Occasionally, for my peace of
mind, I take the time to engage that prophetic/clairvoyant vision we all
possess to understand the love which underlies and supports us through
life's struggles and difficulties. Ugolog is a special teacher in this
capacity. See Ugolog--A Spirit of Prophecy
May 10, 1999
Achaiah is one of the 72 spirits of the sphere of Mercury. He is
especially good in the area of world peace meditations. This is an area of
magick in which I feel comfortable and at home. I offer one such
meditation and method for influencing national leaders and accelerating
political evolution on this planet.
It is all good and fine for the prophet Isaiah to proclaim that "they
shall beat their swords into plowshears and their spears into pruning
hooks. Nation shall not lift up sword against nation neither shall they
learn war anymore." He said that about 2800 years ago. But it seems to me
that this prophecy is one of those things for which you have to want it,
will it, and make it happen. Otherwise, it remains unfulfilled.
See Achaiah
May 8, 1999
Here is a brief description of one of those fabulously beautiful spirits
who inhabit the sphere of Venus. Obideh is one of the 83 spirits of Venus
described briefly by Frnaz Bardon in The Practice of Magical Evocation.
I also discuss briefly the concept of a magical incarnation, the woman who
seems to embody some of Obideh in herself, as well as some of the
requisites for working with Venusian teachings and practices regarding
love. Obideh is one of the first eight spirits
of Venus relating to Aries who specialize in sexuality, sexual magick, and
the use of the polarities of masculine and feminine energy for making
charms, etc.
March 22, 1999,
I added a ten page meditation on the kind of power and will which some of
the salamanders which Bardon describes possess. Aphtiph, for example,
embodies that kind of absolute will and faith which from time to time
appears in human history in a great prophet, sovereign king, or
revolutionary. The essay is a product of my meditating with Aphtiph on
how to translate the energy of his aura into something we can use and
learn for ourselves. If there is any one energy the spiritual world has
commanded me to master, it is this one. I have been at it for over two
decades and it still is not easy. The
Salamander Aphtiph.
Here is also a poem, an elegy, for someone I knew who died recently.
She was one of three Americans murdered in Columbia in early March. An Elegy
February 2, 1999.
This is an extension of the commentary on the physical level
exercises in chapter 2 for Bardon's Initiation into Hermetics.
These exercises explore some further aspects of basic lung and pour
breathing. Pour Breathing Explorations
January 15, 1999.
I am adding a review of the three exercises in Bardon's Initiation into
Hermetics, chapter 3, physical level. I also have a commentary on the
first of these exercises. Bardon expects his students to attain to a
supreme mastery of the life force, at least as much as what you may
observe in some of the great Swamis and yogis of our planet. This exercise
is second step in that direction. Chapter 3,
physical level.
January 14, 1999.
I had a request concerning the spirits of the sphere of Mars. Idida I
have been working with lately. His Virgo energy is kind of natural for
me. Gibsir is a spirit governing Mars in Aries. I worked with him a
number of years ago. Mar's spirits are rather difficult to understand
unless absolute power has touched your life or else forced you to wrestle
with its might. But when you have grown up in the 1950's and watched
thermonuclear explosions on TV you are witnessing the sphere of Mars being
invaded by human beings.
For Idida For Gibsir
January 6, 1999.
Continuing with a commentary on Bardon's Initiation Into Hermetics, I have
included some notes on the exercises for the physical level of the second
chapter.
Chapter Two, Physical Level Exercises
I have also added a brief description of an earthzone spirit named
Romasara. Since Romasara specializes in pranayama and drawing vitality
into the body through breath, it is appropriate to introduce some of his
ideas as they relate to Bardon's physical level exercises.
Romasara
December 19, 1998.
Emrudue, the head of
the seventh mansion of the moon, specializes in granting wishes and
bringing happiness, success, luck, and fulfillment. He is perhaps one of
the most remarkable spirits in this regard of the over 550 spirits which
Franz Bardon describes.
November 30, 1998
These are some of my notes on evoking
Ebvep, the Head of the Eleventh Mansion of the
Moon.
Wiccans often evoke goddesses of the moon. In the Western Hermetic
tradition, there are twenty-eight moon mansions. Franz Bardon lists the
head spirits of these twenty-eight mansions. Ebvep is certainly one of
the more difficult spirits of the lunar zone to work with but this is not
because he is aloof. He works with the entire matrix of life and the
dense vibrations of energy through which the earth and the moon connect.
Part of my interest in Bardon's system is philosophical. I
have received what I consider extremely impoverished theological and
philosophical systems from my Western and Oriental heritages.
Consequently, a great deal of what I do is exploratory in nature. I want
to understand the relation of body, soul, mind, spirit, nature, history,
and human destiny.
I want to understand love not just as a moral, ethical, personal, and
spiritual virtue. I want to understand love in the way God used it as a
means for creating the universe. A spirit such as Ebvep goes a long way
toward leading me to where I can understand this through direct
experience.
November 5, 1998
I added my commentary and suggestions for the
basic exercise relating to attaining magical equilibrium in the second
chapter psychic level of Initiation into Hermetics. See
Chapter 2, Psychic Level Exercise
November 4, 1998
I added some essays relating to the basic
practices on the psychic level in Chapter 2 of Bardon's book, Initiation
into Hermetics.
An essay on Transcendence relates to a
ritual or pathworking which I would like to suggest for beginning Bardon
magicians who wish to keep their devotional life in focus.
An essay on The Shadow in Psychology and
Magick points out some basic psychological and spiritual principles
relevant for those who are working on attaining magical equilibrium.
An essay on Negative Spirits is about one
of the dangers possible in the Bardon system of practice. Since Bardon's
work has such a strong emphasis and disclosure of Divine power and will,
it is perhaps inevitable that those practicing his system will be closely
monitored by negative spirits. But, after all, that is their job. They
naturally notice and of course test those who seek to develop unusal
levels of will power especially of a magical nature.
An essay on Jvar who is a spirit of the earthzone--3 degrees Leo--who
specializes in magical equilibrium. Jvar has
been of assistance to me in the past in working through personal
difficulties and I would share some brief descriptions of what he is
like.
I also have posted some information on Bagoloni a spirit of 12 degrees Gemini in the
earthzone who specialzes in telepathy.
I have added some new material on Jachil
a spirit of 3 degrees Gemini in the earthzone who I have been working with
recently.
And finally I have a description of both the positive spirit and
negative counterpart in the earthzone of Tagora.
Tagora is a spirit in Scorpio who specializes in personal love and who is
adept in all aspects of pleasure, sensuality, the nervous system, and the
chakras. The sign of Scorpio knows a lot about the intensity and depths of
desire and it is always nice to work with a spirit who has keen insight
into this aspect of human experience.
August 26, 1998
I sometimes think that Moses could have told 30
different stories of creation if he had had the time. This story of creation
was inspired by meditating with Lurchi, one of the spirits of the
earthzone which Franz Bardon attributes to the sign of Aries. Since I
live in a universe of 200 billion galaxies, the angels who work with God
in creating have to pull more weight and exercise more initiative than
perhaps previous ages imagined.
August 23, 1998
I continue my work with the archangel Gabriel.
I added five pages covering some side effects, processing, and more
material on the mental, astral, and physical planes.
July 22, 1998
Here is some old and some new material on the
archangel Gabriel. Bardon only occasionally mentions archangels but
traditionally Gabriel relates to the sphere of Yesod or the moon so I am
including him here under the planetary spheres.
June 25, 1998
I added nine pages of commentary on the second chapter mental level exercises
from Bardon's book, Initiation into Hermetics. These are concentrations
on the five senses. My comments relate to my own experiences and review
some of the psychological, spiritual, and psychic aspects of sensory
perception and magical practice.
June 23, 1998
I added a nine page essay on the cosmic letter M.
June 10, 1998
I added two essays which relate to my previous request for assistance in
meditating on world peace in regard to specific nations and difficulties.
It is important to do crisis management by telepathically and magically
encouraging others to work out their problems in a peaceful manner. This
is short term stuff. In the long run you have to introduce a higher
awareness of karma and the need to pursue political ends which serve the
far future and not just immediate gains.
Along these lines, I have posted Finding Akasha
in Yourself and Finding Saturn in
Yourself. The two essays are closely related. Since I am interested
in making available to the public the wisdom of the planetary spheres, I
need to meet a requirement by the spirits of Saturn to take responsibility
for the consequences of this action. The chief Justice of Saturn is also
an appropriate spirit to work with in introducing a higher awareness of
justice and planetary interests into the goals and actions of nations and
their leaders. To this end, I have summarized briefly the Chief Justice
of Saturn's aura as a four part meditation.
May 30, 1998
I added A request regarding world peace. This is
an open invitation for assistance in meditating to help resolve a
difficult world situation, viz., between India and Pakistan.
Also, related to the above, I have placed under Earthzone Spirit
Evocations Melamo--Development of Will Power.
Melamo is one of those earthzone spirits, like Anamil and Bialode, who
specializes in the use of divine and magical will for the service of
mankind.
The use of will to prevent dangerous situations from happening is not
quite the same as encouraging or inspiring others to work out their karma
in a peaceful manner. To that end, I will post another meditation work
called Finding the Saturn Spirit in Yourself which can be used for a
variety of situations but especially for developing peace in political and
international areas of conflict.
May 4, 1998
I addedIntroduction to Faery Tales and Elemental Beings. This is actually
the introduction to a book I am putting together on my dialogues and
encounters with elemental beings. The essay borrows from several other
short pieces I have posted here. Constructive feedback is appreciated.
Also,Introduction to Fire This is a little piece I wrote a while back.
April 23, 1998
I added Introduction to the Psychology of the Four Elements. I also placed this
under Basic Training since it relates to establishing what is called a
magical equilibrium within oneself. This essay arose out of meditating
with the earthzone spirit in Leo named Jvar who specializes in overcoming
weaknesses and attaining inner balance.
April 21, 1998
I added a home page for salamanders. This
includes parts of essays/stories/dialogues with Orudu, Pyrhum, and
Tapheth. An essay on Itumo I already had posted.
With Tapheth, I continue the spiritual psychology I am developing which
relates to internalizing the nature of elemental beings within oneself.
For example, with my essay on Tapheth--Finding the Salamander in
Yourself--it is not necessary to do an evocation or practice clairvoyance
and so forth. At this point, we are just doing a kind of advanced
transpersonal or spiritual psychology.
Fire--primoridal and nuclear--is part of my life. I have
had clairvoyant dreams for forty years about these flames
and so it actually a relief to work with them in a conscious
manner.
April 11, 1998
Under Stories and Poems, I added a 20 page or so story called the Fall of
Atlantis. I know, I know, there are tons of Atlantean fables trying to
pass as the "real thing" in order to capture the minds of the innocent.
But I am writing mythology not fact. The purpose of mythology is to tell
you how to resolve conflicts and also who we are and what we are meant to
be. By the way, the word of power I refer to is from Bardon's third book,
The Key to the True Quabbalah. And the poem in the story, You are My
Soul--you could say I made up this entire story just so I could figure out
a world in which that poem could find a home. Actually the undine Isaphil
had a lot to do originally with showing me this vision on the astral
plane. For The Fall of Atlantis
April 7, 1998
I added a commentary on the physical level exercises in Franz Bardon's
Initiation into Hermetics. Click Here
April 5, 1998
I have started a new section called Basic Training. This section presents
my commentary on the mental. psychic, and physical level exercises in
Bardon's book, Initiation into Hermetics. I will try to follow each
chapter beginning with chapter 1.
You will notice I am better at some things than other things. I do not
think it is a big deal to do a commentary. Everyone who works with the
Bardon system will have their own thoughts and comments to share based on
their experience. I plan also to place here anything I present in a
question and answer format. Best of luck to everyone.
Click Here
April 1, 1998
I added Finding the Gnome in Yourself based on the gnome Erami's qualities
Click Here
Also Introduction to Fairy Tales. This is the introduction to an
unpublished manuscript of stories I have written told to me by
four elemental beings. Click Here
And St. Patrick and the Elves--A Poem
Click Here
March 26, 1998
I added Finding the Undine in Yourself, Part 1, Isaphil's Meditation on
Water. Click Here
March 13, 1998
I added a Prologue to the Magical Game/Quest though you have to wander
around a bit to find it. I mean, it is not easy writing a genuine
prologue to a myth.Click Here
March 11, 1998
A Meditation for Creating Spiritual Community relating to
Asmodel of the Sphere of Jupiter--See under Spirits of the Planeary
Spheres. Click Here
Also: A Tantric Alchemical Meditation in Six Steps for Individuals and
for Partners--designed for human beings by the gnome magician Erami--see
under The Home Page of Gnomes. Click Here
Also under Poems and Stories--A Wolverine Poem Click Here
March 8, 1998
Added The Home Page of the Fifth Element--Akasha
Click Here
My Favorite Stone Circle on Mull Island
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