24/10/12

16:00 hrs

Hi, Guys! How are we doing? 

If you have read the Ophiel vignettes: The Other You; Your Other You; Why Do You Let The Devil USE, YOU; Your Loyal Opposition and The Dweller on the Threshold; all of which, you can find in the file section of the group, e-book version by Stephen Walford. Then you should be in a place/position to, start to have a meaningful dialogue, with yourself. The only two methods suggested by me, (sender), is/are the, Basic Cosmic Egg Exercise and, the Basic Chair Exercise. (See/Read previous monologues) these two exercises, are not Etheric, nor Astral, but are simply Malkuth Earth/Hades. (The vignette titles above will/shall assist you in this). All Symbols are, Three-Dimensional, Elemental Earth, and it is this Elemental Earth, Three-Dimensionality, that enables, empowers them to ‘Evoke’ our/your Attractions, Fascinations, and Infatuations? 

These attractions, fascinations, and infatuations, are Electric when Astral/Emotional, and Magnetic when Etheric/Visualised! And this is what is, moving/drawing/taking away, the Power, of the Force, of Attraction = Gravity/Mass, of your/from your, Malkuth Earth/Hades = Silent Partner, (Do you ‘understand’ this?) you are being drawn upwards/inwards, moving in the wrong direction = Tantalus, and so your ‘IT’ object, circumstance, thing and/or it, moves in the opposite/adverse direction, because ‘IT,’ is not a Symbol = Fixed-Point! So, your IT, O/C/T/IT, remains Etheric, and moves away from you, so without further, ado, let us begin!

You have done your, Basic Chair Exercise, and you know/understand from personal experience, how your Silent Partner works/operates by/with, Binding, in/on the/its own plane, of Malkuth Earth/Hades: the world of opposites, takes time to assimilate/absorb, as it is all done by/with Symbols! For instance, I am already sitting down, and I wish to stand-up, so I must ‘do’ the opposite!?! Of what I want, in this case, I must push-down in order to stand-up, the, binding action, of pushing down, allows me to stand-up, I, me (sender,) already know, what ‘I’ have? I, me (sender,) am sitting!? I don’t want that! So, I, push-down and bind it!? I have now, ‘bind-made-captive!’ SITTING!? So, I can now stand-up? (Do the, ‘work of,’ Standing-up!) The word ‘bind,’ is from the Old English word, ‘Bindan,’ meaning, ‘to tie with bonds’ both literally and figuratively, meaning, ‘TO MAKE CAPTIVE’!?! (Zagreus? see/read 02. Malkuth Earth/Hades, 2012)  

Side note; For those Ophiel students who are just starting out, please read the book recommended by Ophiel; The Secret Science Behind Miracles; how Ophiel and the author, Max Freedom Long, were able to deduce much of the ‘meaning,’ of Magic/Occult, from the/their understanding of the etymology of words. It was from this, basic understanding, that both were able to adapt/adopt the techniques, that were relevant, to their studies, at that particular place/point/time!? End of side note. 

Now, the first inner body, that you have/possess, going back up/in, is, the/your Malkuth Earth/Hades Body! (Yes? No?) And, the last inner body, that you have/possess, coming down/out, is the/your, #1, Malkuth Earth/Hades Body! (Yes? No?) I, me (sender,) have already pointed out in previous posts/messages, that it is ‘from,’ the Malkuth Earth Body, that you must learn to ‘Project From!’ Ophiel takes us, up/in/onto, the Astral/Emotional Plane first, (Because, we ‘desire?’ to project) and then brings us ‘back down,’ to the/onto the, Etheric Plane? Through ‘Repetitions,’ of the/your ‘Route,’ BUT! This is ‘done,’ via the/your Malkuth Earth/Hades Body, and not, the/your Outer, outer physically physical body, alone/single, by itself!? (See/Read Ophiel’s book, The Art & Practice of Astral Projection, page 25 in the e-book version by Stephen Walford, in the file section of the group, for this)

So! In the Chair Exercise, and Cosmic Egg Exercise, and Route, this is the first body, that ‘Physically’ we, work with,’ and this is, ‘THE,’ most important body, in Magic? (Do you, can you, are you, able to realise, as a magician/occultist, that your outer, outer physically physical body is ‘an extension,’ of the/your Malkuth Earth Body.) Now, we know from previous posts/messages, that the Malkuth Earth, mind/conscious, ‘Cannot Tell,’ The Difference, Between; What Is Real, And What It Believes, Is Real, and what it, Believes Is Real? is/are ‘SYMBOL-ISED’ in some form/way, that ‘it’ the Sub-mind/Sub-conscious, can re-cognise! 

All those, wonderful pictures, items, objects, circumstances, things and/or its, in/on your Treasure Map/Chart, which o/c/t/it’s, must be converted/exchanged into, SYMBOLS, before your Silent Partner will/shall, HEAR? and ACCEPT? and Make Them, according to your instructions. (You, Ego/Personality Conscious, are ‘in charge!!?’ at ‘all times’ NEVER FORGET THIS!) If we, accept the premise that, Symbolism is the language, of the/our, Silent Partner, then it would/should/could, be so simple, to tell/instruct, bind them, as to what ‘IT’ is, that we want/desire, because, we would be in a position to, TALK/COMMUNICATE, to/with them, in their own language! In/on their own plane! When a person, who was/is doing the/their ‘chair exercise,’ had reached the stage/point, wherein they, ‘felt/sensed’ the/their ‘inner grabbing/holding/binding action,’ prior to, the/any kind of actual, factual, literal, physical ‘standing or sitting,’ they would/could, do, one of two things!? But let us read, what Ophiel writes, about this, ‘SILENT PARTNER,’ this is from Ophiel’s vignette, recommended, earlier reading, named; The Dweller on the Threshold, please read it carefully! 

“Not going into great detail about ‘Occult Matters’ for which please see my other writings and books, the mental, psychic trail seemed to indicate/lead to connections between the ‘Physical Plane’ and some ‘phases’ of the ‘Planes above’ called the ‘Etheric Plane.’ Where they ‘merge’ into each other: A little more detail can be given here, as I say, in my lessons and lectures, the ‘Physical Plane’ is the ‘Tail-end’ of a whole ‘bunch’ of ‘other’ ‘Inner Planes.’ We exist on each of these ‘Inner Planes’ clear up to the ‘Top.’ That is, on each of these ‘Inner Planes’ we have a body of sorts. Lower down, near Earth, the ‘Inner Etheric Plane body’ is ‘formed’ much like the ‘earth’ body: ‘Higher’ up, the body ‘looses’ form and becomes a ‘pattern’ of ‘forces’ only, but enough for now. In daily living we react to and/or against this next ‘Etheric Plane’ in many in and out ways, of which I know very little, in spite of all the ‘work’ I have ‘done’ up to now and continue to work/do. The work to be done is gigantic.
I did find that between these two ‘Planes’ the ‘Physical’ and the ‘Etheric’ there is a ‘space/place’ in which ‘ALL’ is reversed in relation to each other ‘Plane’ for a ‘certain’ limited area/space. I have noticed this ‘reversal’ in ‘projections’ many times in passing through this space on through to a ‘’part of the ‘Etheric Plane.’ Therefore, I offer the following for your ‘consideration.’ Do not ‘accept’ this as a full revelation, as many details remain ‘obscure.’ Assume, for the time being, something like the following to be the case, and work on from there, as in a theory. Therefore, for unknown reasons, it can be that we develop, by living here, on this ‘Physical Plane’ an ‘Opposite?’ ‘Personal entity;’ in the ‘Etheric Plane,’ which is the ‘exact’ ‘Opposite,’ of our ‘Physical Plane Entity!!!!!’ End quote. (Capitols are ‘Ophiel’s.)

Please read this part again, from the above quote; “I did find that between these two ‘Planes,’ the ‘Physical,’ and the ‘Etheric,’ there is a ‘space/place’ in which ‘ALL’ is reversed in relation to each other ‘Plane’ for a ‘certain’ limited area/space.” End quote. 

The ‘space’ between these two planes of, outer, outer physically physical and inner plane etheric, is the Malkuth Earth/Hades Plane (egg/chair exercise,) and in/on this, Malkuth Earth/Hades Plane all, SYMBOLS, are the ‘same,’ or if you prefer, ‘constant’, or if you prefer, ‘un-changing,’ or if you prefer, ‘fixed-points,’ or if you prefer, ‘inert.’ (Can you, Are you, able to work-out, WHY? Your Cosmic Egg Exercise would work/operate, so well, so easy, in/on this, in-between, Malkuth Earth/Hades Plane?) Here are, Two Places, were Ophiel describes this, Malkuth Earth/Hades, Reversed Plane; first on page 120, of his book, The Art & Practice of Caballa Magic, e-book version by Stephen Walford, in the file section of the group, wherein we read this:

 “Here, at this point, is one of those tricks, deceptions, dead ends, and riddles which abound in the Occult. This matter has been treated elsewhere in other books, and writings, to which I refer you, but I will cover some of the ground here again. In the first place, between this Earth Plane and the Etheric Plane there seems to be a well-defined “reversal” pattern. What is coming “here” is going “there.” Man is upside down, end for end, reversed to the Etheric Plane. Therefore, this Force is not in reality ascending – it is descending!!” End quote. (Italics are ‘O’s.)

Second; in Ophiel’s vignette; An ‘Exercise’, in ‘Preliminary Projection’: “In the matter of ‘leaving’ this/the Physical Plane and starting to explore the Planes beyond, a number of natural ‘separations’ are always occurring. In point of fact. we are not really very firmly attached to this Physical Plane at any time during our physical life, as witness the ease with which a ‘blow’ on the head can knock the ‘Etheric body’ loose enough so that we ‘see’ the ‘Etheric Plane’s Stars,’ or in which, a tiny ‘bullet’ or a ‘small fall’ can ‘end it all.’ 
Other signs of easy ‘detachment’ are the ways in which our, ‘imaginative powers’ can extend our ‘physical powers,’ the ways in which we can develop ‘Clairvoyance,’ (See ‘Ophiel’s’ books.) and other ‘Powers.’ 

“The ways by which all of us pick up some Psychometry, and learn to recognise the powers we already have now, - Which is the most important thing of all, - to be able to ‘RECOGNISE?’ these ‘workings,’ the present ‘workings’ we now all ‘possess’ and by ‘knowing’ them, increase these ‘powers’ and increase their ‘potency.’
It is, ‘during’ sleep, that the, ‘bonds’ of ‘earth’ are loosened for us all. It is from the, ‘sleep state’ that it is ‘easiest’ to make a certain type of ‘Projection,’ called the, ‘Dream Method’ of projection. (See ‘Ophiel’s’ book called, ‘The Art & Practice of Astral Projection,’) However, be that as it may, there occurs too many of us now, - (And to those it does not occur, it can be ‘developed.’) A ‘certain type’ of simple phenomenon, I refer to as a type of ‘half-awake,’ ‘half-asleep,’ condition, in which you are not immediately aware of, ‘IN WHAT DIRECTION YOU ARE LYING IN BED.’ This has happened to me many times and has also happened to some of my friends as they told me when I questioned them about it. When I became aware of this situation/sensation, I straightened myself out directionally automatically. Today, this morning, however, when I became aware that I could not determine in which directions I lay, it occurred to me to prolong the sensation for as long as I could. And this I did. I then tried to feel I was floating above the bed in the air, but I couldn’t get that feeling no matter how I tried. I am going to introduce an idea here, which is not a new idea at all but is probably thousands of years old. As usual, I am rediscovering something that has not been put down plainly in any of the books.
I am going to ask and wonder if there is not some kind of ‘sub-plane,’ a ‘sub-Etheric Plane,’ which is very close to the physical, but which is neither physical nor Etheric. It has been suggested that the planes between the, “Real” Earth and the “Real” Etheric could be the Elemental Planes of the Elements. And it is possible to project to these planes, a fact which I had never seriously considered before this time. I suppose it could be considered one of my failings that I don’t cognise a thing until I fit it in somewhere, somewhere into my workings, and when once a working place appears, then I recognise/re-re-recognise the whole and reorganise the set-up all over again. Such is what happened here when I held up the ‘non-orientation’ of myself long enough to discover/rediscover that this was taking place on another kind of plane than formerly I had functioned on.
Try it for yourself, take it easy, study your ‘Effects’ and note the ‘Results’ please read and study the book, ‘The Art and Practice of Caballa Magic.’ In this book combinations of Tattva symbols are given for the ‘Sub-Planes’ spoken of, ‘above.’ Please study these symbols and call them ‘DOORS’ into the ‘Inner Planes’ or – as I like the name, “GATES.” – Work and ‘study’ like hell, as I can’t do that for you. - Also, there is more knowledge available in ‘Ophiel’s’ other writings. Check.” End quote. (Capitols and Underlines are ‘O’s.) 

In the above is/are the/your, Chair Exercise and Cosmic Egg Exercise. Please read this part again, from the above Ophiel vignette: “It has been suggested that the planes between the “Real” Earth and the “Real” Etheric could be the Elemental Planes of the Elements. And it is possible to project to these planes, a fact which I had never seriously considered before this time.” End quote.

With the practice of the Chair Exercise, it is possible to sense/feel, the/this reverse-ness in its, BINDING CAPACITY, and from there/this point, it is possible to make an entry into/onto the/these/your, INNER PLANES.’ When/if the Chair Exercise, takes off for you, there is/are several things that you will/shall become familiar with very ‘quickly.’

1.	You will/shall ‘enter’ into Ophiel’s ‘neither state’ as described in his book, The Art & Practice of Astral Projection, in his chapter, The Dream Method. (Of Projecting.)
2.	You will/shall ‘pick-up’ the Psychometry = Psychic-Tactile-Feel-ing, described in Ophiel’s vignette, An ‘Exercise, in Preliminary Projection.’
3.	You will/shall understand, how, a BINDING should FEEL, Psychometry = Psychic-Tactile-Feel-ing, in/on/with your Outer, outer physically physical body.
4.	You should come to ‘understand,’ the concept/ideas of Resistance, Adverse, Opposition, Inertia, Earth, and SYMBOLS, with your, turning inwards, with your, power of observation. 
5.	You do not have to ‘wait,’ until you go to ‘sleep,’ in order to practice achieving, your, neither state, condition.
6.	Once/if you have achieved, this sense/feeling, then you can apply it, (as a direction = Emotion,) to what, it, is, that you do wish to achieve.

When/if, you understand how to, ‘BIND,’ then you are in a position to, consciously choose which side of a Force, you wish to ‘BIND’ and which side of a Force, you wish to set-free!? Here, is how Ophiel describes it/this ‘action/doing,’ in his vignette; The Dweller on the Threshold:

“One of the ‘original ideas’ presented to me years ago to account for the ‘possible’ existence of this, ‘Mysterious Creature?’ – ‘The Dweller on the Threshold’ - Was a poorly adopted, negative Christian ‘idea’ that our ‘sins’ were ‘stored-up’ there, and then ‘confronted?’ us upon ‘death?’ This ‘idea’ conflicted so much with the old ‘idea’ of ‘hell’ and other mixed-up ‘ideas’, that I was never impressed by/with it.
And then again, many strong characters, confronted with their ‘sins’ would probably be ‘delighted’ to see their old friends again, and instead of suffering from living them over again, would be delighted. And also delighted to have the chance to ‘live’ them over again: so that ‘idea’ lay there and ‘died’ a ‘logical death?’ Therefore, in our pursuit of understanding we return again to the ‘idea’ of a ‘reversal’ between' this ‘world’ and the next, which ‘reversal’ is based on the ‘premise’ that, as a ‘comic’ writer once put it, years ago, in writing about a hotel, he said the blankets were so ‘thin?’ they had only ‘one side!!’ Of course, nothing in the ‘Universe’ is so thin, not even God, that it has only one side!! So, everything has ‘two sides’ and it would ‘follow’ according to this ‘rule’ and other ‘theory/evidence’ that ‘WE’ have ‘two sides’ to ‘US?’ It also ‘follows’ that these ‘two sides’ are ‘different’ from each ‘other’: ‘Probably exact Opposites!!!’ End quote. 

When a person/student, is/was introduced, into the/this world of opposites, via the, Chair Exercise, there was no need, for any kind of a, philosophy, rational, justification, explanation! Only a case of; can you feel this? Can you sense this? Only when/if/after, the person/student answered yes!? Did the, philosophy, rational, justification, explanation come out!? Ophiel then writes, in this vignette:

“In life/living actions we seemingly ‘fluctuate?’ between these ‘two opposites,’ and the degrees between!! Now that this has been brought to your attention, what is to be ‘done’ about it?? We are all supposed to strive to be ‘perfect’ and somewhere in between the ‘two sides’ there is a ‘balance’ and in that ‘balance’ each of ‘us’ is ‘perfect’ But! As you and I ‘know’ only too well, keeping the/a life balance is a touchy matter. Keeping the/a balance is where ‘Occult Knowledge’ followed by ‘Occult Practices’ comes in. Knowledge of the ‘Forces’ involved, and practices as to how to handle the ‘Forces’ involved. The ‘Knowledge’ and ‘Practices’ involved, are to make a start (which, will never end!!) Knowledge of the ‘basic’, simpler ‘Forces’ such as the ‘Astrological Forces’ which are the ‘Twelve Signs’ of the ‘Zodiac’ and the ‘Seven Planetary Symbols’ of the ‘Seven Planetary Rulers?’
The ‘Zodiac’ is an, ‘imaginary’ path/belt, which runs across the ‘Heavens’ above the ‘Earth,’ This ‘belt,’ is ‘divided’ into ‘Twelve’ equal sections, each section named after an ‘animal’ or ‘object’ symbol, or to ‘use’ the uncommon word ‘Totem Animal’. The ‘Twelve animals’ are: A ‘Ram’, A ‘Bull’, ‘Twin boys’, (Man is an animal?), A ‘Crab’, A ‘Lion’, A ‘Pair of Scales’, A ‘Virgin Woman’, A ‘Scorpion’, A ‘Half-man, Half-horse’, A ‘Goat’, A ‘Man’ carrying a ‘Pot of Water’, and ‘Two Fishes’. The ‘Symbols’ are. An ‘Egg’ shaped ‘Oval’, A ‘Circle’, A ‘Pyramid’, A ‘Half-moon’ and a ‘Cube’.” End quote.

In the above Ophiel quote, is/are, The Chair Exercise, The Cosmic Egg Exercise, The Malkuth Earth Body, The Outer, Outer Physically Physical Body, The Border Line (Threshold,) Between The Two Bodies/Planes, The Means to Successfully Communicate, Between the Outer, Outer Physically Physical Plane and the Outer/Inner Malkuth Earth/Hades Plane!?! Now! Here is ‘how it is!?!’ for many persons/students, at the ‘moment’!?! As described by Ophiel, in the/his next paragraphs, of this vignette, The Dweller on the Threshold: 

“You probably know of these ‘symbols’ already, but that is the omission/commission, you know ‘of them’ but you don't ‘KNOW THEM’ in their ‘entirety’ hardly anyone does? And there lies the catch; I cannot, in these few pages ‘outline’ the whole ‘Cosmogony’, or even part of it, of the ‘Forces’ behind the ‘Zodiac’ and ‘Planetary Forces’ you will find additional information in my other writings, which you can assimilate as ‘Time’, goes by: I can say that the most ‘basic’ and ‘best’ presentation of this ‘Knowledge’ is in the ‘Caballa System’ for which see my other writings, and remember to keep the basic ‘idea’ of ‘basic forces,’ always in your ‘Mind.’ Thus, then, it appears that ‘The Dweller on the Threshold’ (Of ‘consciousness’) is a ‘Physical YOU!!’ ‘HERE??’ and an ‘Etheric Counterpart’ ‘THERE??’ and that these ‘TWO PARTS’ embody some ‘Strange Arrangements’ of ‘Expressions,’ some, ‘Good’ and some, ‘Bad,’ some ‘Convenient’ and some, ‘Inconvenient’. End quote. (Capitols and Underlines are ‘O’s.)

It is ‘in’ the, Chair Exercise and Cosmic Egg Exercise, that you, #0, MEET AND GREET = The Dweller on the Threshold’ (Of ‘consciousness’) which is, a ‘Physical YOU!!’ ‘HERE??’ and an ‘#1, Malkuth Earth/Hades’ YOU! ‘THERE??’ and come to know them!? The Planes, #0, #1 and #2, the Forces, who make up the planes; and show/reveal themselves, and how they, work/operate, through the/their SYMBOLS! Here is how Ophiel finishes this vignette, please read it very, very carefully: 

“You can ‘throw’ your ‘Desire/Influence’ anyway you want after you ‘Learn’ about the ‘situation’ and ‘develop’ some ‘ideas/notions’ of what you want to do with/in life, your ‘Life.’ End quote.

Learning how to ‘Bind,’ what you, don’t want, so that it doesn’t interfere, is one of the, more direct and beneficial ways to practice until you learn/master how to ‘transfer your conscious,’ to one or more of your other inner bodies. Armed with this direct experience, and personal knowledge, (Gnosis,) of Binding, you can, throw your Desire/Influence, with confidence, in your own self-knowledge, gained through/by/with your, Chair Exercise and Cosmic Egg Exercise, both of which will/shall allow/permit you to, cross the threshold!? 

BUT! (And there is always a ‘but!’ in Magic.) But! It must be done as a ‘PARTNERSHIP,’ as a sharing, there is/are ‘Two Sides,’ to everything, and it is, #1, Ego/Personality Conscious-Ness You, who decides (#1, Ego-Conscious = YOU = Senior Partner) what the, Younger Brother = You - #0? gets!? (Ego-Conscious, in ancient speak, was/is the, ‘FATHER,’) what the Devil gets, (Adversary/Opposer,) is what the, Silent Partner gets, because it is the, Sub-Conscious-Malkuth Earth/Hades, who ‘BINDS.’ (Get it?) If, ‘Ego/Personality Conscious-ness,’ in its arrogance, has any kind of, ‘Hubris’ (Presumption to/towards/about the Gods/Forces = Sisyphus) in its intentions (Clairvoyance = Directions,) then it will/shall automatically invoke, the Elemental Principle, of the Elemental Force, of the Element of Earth, and you will/shall encounter/meet with ‘NEGATIVE,’ resistance! Eternally Rolling the/your, Stone up Hill!? (In whatever Plane, you are, working/operating in/on!) ‘POSITIVE RESISTANCE,’ is the kind of ‘FORCE,’ that ENCOURAGES YOU, HELPS YOU, ASSISTS YOU, WORKS-WITH-YOU AND AIDS YOU!? (YOU = EGO/PERSONALITY CONSCIOUS-NESS!?)

Side note; Presumption, is from the middle of the 13th century, and means; to seize, to take hold and/or to ‘Occupy without Right!?’ Also, taking upon oneself, more than is warranted: (Warranted = Late 13th century, meaning, ‘To keep safe,’ ‘To keep from Danger,’ ‘To Guarantee as True.’ Late 14th century, it meant; To guarantee to be of ‘Quality.’) When/if you ever reach/achieve a, ‘WORKING PARTNERSHIP’, with your Silent Partner, then all of the Standard Occult becomes, ‘open’ to/for you! 

Wishing you all well and every success, as ever, 

sender.

PS.  The/your, Silent Partner, LIKES THINGS THAT IT CAN, Hear, Touch, See, Taste and Smell!? Singularly, and/or in Combination!? (Get it?? Go you now and ‘check-out,’ your Tattva Combinations!!) Bet you thought/felt, that it is/was, your #3, Body = Ego/Personality/Persona/Mask, that did, all this! Well, you would be wrong!? Liking/Disliking = #2, Body, does this, as Etheric Ebb/Flow!  Your #1, Malkuth Earth Body, IS THE ONE WHO USES, KEEPS, RETAINS, AND BINDS, ALL SYMBOLS!? Hence; Talismanic Magic, and Treasure Maps/Charts, etc, for Biding & Evoking! (Evocation is the ‘ART’ of ‘CAUSING/CREATING’ A/AN, #2, ETHERIC FLOW, THROUGH!? SYMBOLISM!? How easy is that!?) AND SYMBOL-ISM? ANIMATES!? THE/YOUR, #0, Outer, outer physically physical body!?