24/10/12

16:00 hrs

Hi, Guys! How are we doing? 

The/your, Malkuth Earth/Hades Body, that you have/posses, is invisible, is hidden, and when it is taken away, the/your, visible outer, outer physically physical body/world is, dissolved, then: your Glory = Etheric Light, is revealed to the Lord = Ego/Personality Conscious. (Nice work/theory, if you can, get it?) The trick, that we are trying to accomplish just now, (Present incarnation,) is to reveal this, Light = Glory, to the/our, Lord = Ego/Personality Conscious, whilst still ‘IN’ our, inner/outer, outer physically physical body, and the techniques that we have collectively chosen as a group, is to try/use, to accomplish this, is/are the writings & techniques, of Ophiel; that/this, is our common denominator! (Please do not be ‘put-off’ by/with any, variation on a theme!’)

In this/these particular series of ‘monologues,’ we are looking at Ophiel’s book; The Art & Practice of Caballa Magic, with this view in mind. The/your, invisible body covers, surrounds, and envelops, your outer, outer physically physical body, and at the boundary/change over point/line, it can’t be seen, only felt, in/and through its, Adverse, Reverse, Opposing, Resisting, Inertia. This you can experience, for yourself in the, Chair Exercise and the various body movements. This, Invisible Body, is/was referred to in ancient times, as Hades = The Unseen. 

Now, to sense/feel, the/this pressure, (Adverse, Reverse, Opposing, Resisting, Inertia) is to sense/feel, blind/unseen, it requires/needs no sight = Clairvoyance; nor taste/experience = Psychic; This/these is/are the, ‘Dark-Ness,’ of Malkuth Earth/Hades! The feeling is over-all, which is expressed as a, Symbol = Fixed-Point, it is, from, this Symbol Fixed-Point, that we are then able to, use, the side of the Force, that our Ego/Personality Conscious has chosen. Hades = The Unseen, even in the time of the Ancient Greeks, had a bad rep, with no one willing to speak his, name aloud, or even to look, when they ‘sacrificed’ to him! And yet, this was/is the brother of Zeus and Poseidon, someone of Equal Rank and Creative Power. (Note that, Hades was not Thanatos = Death) Now comes the hard bit! As you do your Chair and/or Cosmic Egg Exercise, you reach the, point-place, wherein you sense/feel your ‘OTHER,’ your Silent Partner, Brother/Twin/Reflection/Neighbour/Dual!? Here is how Ophiel explains it/this, in lesson number 06, (106, in the file section of the group) of his Correspondence course in Astral Projection: 

“I think that I had better mention here on my own experiences to give you some additional ideas as to what to expect to experience. When I first experimented along these lines, I noted a curious phenomenon, which may or may not become noticeable to you also. In the matter of the following directions to be given you are to start your "route" (I always started from the bed) in the Etheric body I mean, I found that after first starting the route operation work and watching the route pass along as I progressed, I found that, I, ANOTHER I, WAS ALSO OFF TO THE SIDE WATCHING THE WATCHING!!!!  I was never able to understand this double, dual, watching very much nor was I ever able to get any definite information about it, I mention it here because if you notice it, I mean for you to study it as best you can, and give me some kind of report on it. When it happened to me I returned to the "first watcher" and ignored the double/dual-ness but later, upon its repetition, began to study it, with surprising ideas developing. I arrived at the rather unexpected conclusion that another name for these phenomena of projection could be called, in a word, "Dual-ness," a sense of being double. This is your first introduction to this idea and may not be the last.” End quote. (Capitols are ‘O’s.) 

It is this ‘duality,’ that you sense/feel in your, Chair Exercise and Cosmic Egg Exercise, when you sense/feel the Three Dimensionality, of your Symbols, within you, about you and surrounding you! It is also, very, very important, that you, Define, ‘The Outer Edges’ of each of the Five Basic Elemental Force Symbols, especially the/your Egg! The other ‘I’ who is, watching, is your Silent Partner? Here is how Ophiel explains it in his book, The Art & Practice of Caballa Magic, page 96, in the e-book version by Stephen Walford, in the file section of the group: “I can digress here for a moment. In the next book we will go into the matter of the kind of material there is in the universe (and I may repeat this whole paragraph). Here I just want to mention in passing that different Gnostic systems postulated the existence of, TWO SUBSTANCES, in the Cosmos. And, these two substances, were called LIGHT and DARKNESS, and so on. The two substances system was called, naturally, Dualism (which idea never entered my head before). End quote. (Capitols are ‘O’s.)
The idea of ‘Two,’ had to start from somewhere, and when it was noticed, all around in nature, it wouldn’t have taken long, for ancient man/woman, to sense/feel this nature, in her/him, self! From this simple, sense/feeling, comes all the various adaptations, interpretations, explanations, elaborations of systems, symbols, and gestures, in order to, attract the attention, of the/this, ‘other,’ who, because of the/their inner nature, was sensed/felt as, adverse, opposite, from what the, individual brooded on/desired. We have all, sensed/felt, this, ‘other,’ who is against ‘us?’ in some kind, of a mysterious way; so, when we discovered how to, placate this, other, and learned, its, rules, laws, and governances, we made a/an, agreement with it!? Here is how Ophiel describes this, in his book, The Art & Practice of Caballa Magic, page 97, in the e-book version by Stephen Walford, in the file section of the group:

“Your senses form a sphere around you (somewhat analogous to the sphere of availability, as given in the book, “The Art and Practice of Getting Material Things Through Creative Visualization.”) This sphere has been overlooked in magic Knowledge; an occult secret left out in the open freely, and thus “hidden” as, indeed, most all occult secrets are likewise so in the open and hidden by this obviousness!!! Outside the egg-shaped (I didn’t make it too well, egg-shaped,) magical mirror are “raw” undefined, un-delineated, vibration type, layer type, thought form types and shapes, and just plain FORCES, which FORCES, shapes, thought form types, layer types, vibration types, un-delineated, undefined “raw” Force Pressures are CONVERTED into the objects and THINGS of the Physical Plane; YOUR physical plane, which makes up your physical world by you. In other words, you make the non-solid (?) SOLID, the non-material MATERIAL – YOU DO IT – YOU ARE THE MAGICIAN IN THE ONE TAROT CARD!!! And, I repeat, you do it by means of the magical Power, in your five senses.” End quote. (Capitols are ‘O’s.) 

In the doing of your, Cosmic Egg Exercise, I, me, (sender,) would expect many, many things to, rise softly in the mind/emotions/intuitions, of the individual, of a personal and satisfactory nature. As they, The Basic Five Elemental Forces Symbols, Filtered Out, the Various Levels/Planes. Things, like, Their Individual Clairvoyance And Psychic Abilities Would, ‘Emerge.’ but in a way that would not be ‘intrusive,’ to them personally, or, to the/their present life style, in general. The one outstanding thing that the student/practitioner would get, is the sense/feeling of, A Very Defined Space/Area, About Them, And They, ‘Being,’ at the Centre of It! 

With the Chair Exercise, I, me, (sender) would expect many, many things to ‘occur’ in the mind/body of the individual, in a personal ability, as they came to understand, in a Clairvoyant/Psychic way, how to ‘Bind’ a Force, in such a way, that they could ‘use’ (have) the side of the Force that they, wanted/worked for, in their lives! The ‘idea’ is/was a difficult one for many of them to, grasp mentally, so they were shown how to do it, physically physical! But even that, was too much, for many of them.  

You ‘Bind,’ what you do not want! There is/are two poles to every Force! In the case of the chair exercise, it is/are, standing at one end of the Pole and sitting at the other end of the Pole! I must ‘push-down’ (bind,) in order to, stand-up and I must ‘push-up’ (bind,) in order to sit down. In the case of rich and poor, I must ‘push-down’ (bind,) poor, in order to become rich. I must ‘push-down’ (bind), failure, in order to become a success. So let us look at this from another angle.

Stand – Sit = two poles of the one Force.
Poor – Rich = two poles of the one Force.
Failure – Success = two poles of the one Force.
In – Out = two poles of the one Force.
War – Peace = two poles of the one Force.
Fire – Water = two poles of the one Force.
Air – Earth = two poles of the one Force.
Clairvoyance – Psychic = two poles of the one Force.
Past – Future = two poles of the one Force.
Up – Down, two poles of the one Force.
Forrest – Desert = two poles of the one Force.
Abundance – Lack = two poles of the one Force.
Health – Ill = two poles of the one Force.
Free – Imprisoned = two poles of the one Force.

The list, as Ophiel writes in his vignette, The Power of Speaking Things and Conditions into Existence, is endless! In this particular vignette, Ophiel explains that, ALL FORCES ARE DUAL, ALL FORCES HAVE TWO POLES! These two, Poles, are the, FIXED-POINTS, ULTIMATE EXPRESSION, OF THE/THESE FORCES, AS A/AN, ELEMENTAL EARTH PRINCIPLE!?!

Unless a student understands this, then they are not going to be able to ‘bind’ any side of any dual force, no matter what it is. By/with teaching your Ego/Personality Conscious-ness Self to, recognise the work, of your Silent Partner Sub-Conscious Self, and in what way/manner, your Silent Partner, COMMUNICATES WITH YOU! (Ego/Personality Conscious), YOU ARE ENTERING INTO A, PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM!? You are, SHARING, with them! You are, Establishing Your Kingdom!?! If your, Silent Partner, never offered, Resistance, you would have/achieve nothing.

WHAT IS ‘MISSING!?!’ IS OUR LACK OF UNDERSTANDING OF THE, REVERSE-NESS BETWEEN THE ETHERIC PLANE AND THE/OUR OUTER, OUTER PHYSICALLY PHYSICAL PLANE! AND, NOT ONLY OUR LACK OF UNDERSTANDING, BUT OUR, APPARENT INABILITY TO, EXPERIENCE, IN A TACTILE/TANGIBLE WAY, OF HOW IT FEELS? We have already in previous monologues, looked at the ‘Fixed-Point’ Elemental Earth Principle, and in Ophiel’s vignette, How To Control and Dominate Others. Wherein Ophiel writes this:

“Now, there is another rather subtle matter, which must be taken, into account, in this relationship between the Inner and Outer Planes, especially so in the case of ‘PURELY PHYSICAL ACTIONS,’ that is the desired result of your Occult Operations. This is, in a sense, not quite as you are used to thinking. In that ‘ACTIONS,’ done on the ‘INNER PLANES,’ are always reversed from ‘ACTIONS,’ done on the ‘OUTER PHYSICAL PLANE.’ In other words, your Inner Plane ‘action’ must ‘SEEM,’ to be just the ‘OPPOSITE,’ of the kind of action, that would be needed to produce the ‘EFFECT,’ on the Physical Plane.” End quote. (Capitols are ‘O’s.)  

Please read this part again; “Now, there is another rather subtle matter, which, must be taken into account in this relationship, between the Inner and Outer Planes, especially so in the case of ‘PURELY PHYSICAL ACTIONS,’ that is the desired result of your Occult Operations.” End quote. (Capitols are ‘O’s.)  

This is the, Chair Exercise, and this is how you go about, learning of/about these, subtle/hidden side of things, as a student. Now, we read this part again; “This is, in a sense not quite as you are used to thinking. In, that ‘ACTIONS,’ done on the ‘INNER PLANES,’ are always reversed from ‘ACTIONS,’ done on the ‘OUTER PHYSICAL PLANE.” End quote. (Capitols are ‘O’s.)

Do you understand the above Ophiel statement and how to, go about it? I, push-down (bind) in order to, stand-up! I, push-up (bind) in order to, sit-down! Here is how Ophiel finishes his paragraph: “In other words, your Inner Plane ‘action’ must ‘SEEM’ to be just the ‘OPPOSITE,’ of the kind of action that would be needed to produce the ‘EFFECT’ on the Physical Plane.” End quote. (Capitols are ‘O’s.)  

In the following paragraph of his vignette, Ophiel writes this:

“This will probably be somewhat difficult for you to understand at first but to go into this reversal effect any deeper is beyond the purpose of this lesson. There are reasons for this effect but for now, it will be sufficient for you to know about it and allow for it. In you Occult Studies you will find many things somewhat difficult to understand at first until your range of experiences and background knowledge has been extended and then these earlier complexities will simply fall into place.” End quote. 

The Chair Exercise, allows you to, study, through your own outer physical body, what is happening with your inner body, Silent Partner. It is when you have understood the, Principle, of Binding; that you can then, apply/direct it to/towards other aspects of your life. Please read Ophiel’s vignette, Self-Aware-ness, made available for you in the file section of the group. In the next paragraph of the present vignette, How to Control and Dominate Others, we read this: 

“Now for one more matter and then I think we can go on to the actual working methods. While it is true, as I have said above, that the planes are reversed to each other, it is also true that you can reverse this reverse-ness! And this is the reason that you are able to develop the ability to control others, to dominate their attentions and get them to do what you desire.” End quote.

If you come to understand the, reverse-ness, it won’t be by/with any kind of an, intellectual or academic or mechanical method, but by/with your, Powers of Observation, as you go through the physically physical motions of, Standing/Sitting. I, me, (sender,) do not know at what stage/state you are, in your beginning studies of these things, but as soon as you, ‘Know,’ from personal experience, how it feels, to ‘Bind,’ one side of a/any Force, then you can, apply/direct it, to any kind of a Force, that you wish to, Dominate/Control. Then Ophiel continues with this:

“The planes are ‘Positive’ and ‘Negative’ to each other, the usual situation being the lower is ‘Negative’ to the ‘Higher’ and the Higher ‘Positive’ to the lower. But you, by your ‘God’ given powers can reverse your actions and thoughts, so that you consciously reverse your usual ‘Polarity’ to these planes and accomplish what you want, either ‘Turn-on’ the positive ‘Attraction’ or ‘Turn-on’ the negative repulsion.” End quote.

Please note: You cannot keep on, Wanting Something, if you, FEEL, THAT YOU ALREADY HAVE IT!?! If you have to, KEEP ON DESIRING/BROODING ON IT, THEN YOU ARE REAFFIRMING TO YOURSELF, (EGO-CONSCIOUS SELF,) THAT YOU, DO-NOT-HAVE-IT! THIS IS, PROOF POSITIVE (!?!) THAT YOU ARE, MOVING!! IN/ON THE ELEMENTAL PLANE, OF THE ELEMENT OF EARTH. 

Now, with regards to Ophiel’s paragraph above; YOU RECEIVE/ACCEPT THE, BINDING, IN/ON THE MALKUTH EARTH/HADES PLANE! (Yes? No?) AND WHAT YOU, BIND, IS, THE SIDE OF THE FORCE, THAT YOU DO-NOT-WANT! AND IN ORDER TO, BIND, YOU MUST, STAND-STILL! YOU MUST-NOT-MOVE! SO, THEREFORE, YOU ARE, WORKING IN HARMONY, WITH YOUR, SILENT PARTNER, WHO-IS-IN-CHARGE-IN-CONTROL, OF THIS/ITS MALKUTH EARTH/HADES PLANE! EGO/PERSONALITY CONSCIOUS YOU MUST, ACCEPT THIS! EGO/PERSONALITY CONSCIOUS YOU MUST, STEP ASIDE! Here is how Ophiel explains this, in his book, The Art & Practice of Clairvoyance, page 67, in the e-book version by Stephen Walford, in the file section of the group:

“So, we can again start by repeating that we have two minds – one called the conscious mind and the other the sub-conscious mind. The conscious mind is the mind we deal with in the ordinary way – to use in the Physical “Outer” Plane World, and which we use all the time; and the other mind, the sub-conscious (sub, means “under,”) WHICH WE USE IN ALL OUR “DEALINGS” WITH THE INNER PLANE “WORLDS,” WHICH WE ALSO USE ALL THE TIME BUT WHICH USE IS LARGELY AUTOMATIC AND MUCH OF IT UNCONTROLLABLE BY US.
So, you will naturally ask here, at this point, if the action of the sub-conscious mind is automatic and uncontrollable then how, do we get to use it or make it work for us, and this is a good question, and the answer is – you start to train this sub-mind to work for you but very carefully, quietly, and gently. It will never completely work for you on the physical plane but you can get some work out of it and that work can become very valuable and useful to you and, of course, this work is very closely allied to clairvoyance if not actually clairvoyance itself in all its fullness.
The training of the sub-mind is a very subtle matter. There is no danger involved the worst that can happen is just no good results in a hurry, and some confusion of ideas. The training of your sub-mind is like your training of your physical self to go under water for periods of increasing time. You are inducing your “hidden” mind to come “out” and function in the Physical Plane World; whereas its true plane existence is in the Inner Plane World.
There are many benefits to be gained from the functioning of your sub-mind in the outer plane world, if and when it can be trained properly. The sub-mind, possessing as it does, unlimited access to Inner Plane play of Forces can predict and calculate instantly the sum total effect of these Force’s interplay upon each other, and upon your Being. And this outer plane function can be, as I said, of great benefit to you. I might say here that any difficulties that might arise come, not from the impact of the information upon you, but from the difficult job of getting the information “through” to your outer plane in a form that you can understand and use “work on.” End quote. (Capitols are ‘O’s.)

Please read this last paragraph from the above quote: “I might say here that any difficulties that might arise come, not from the impact of the information upon you, but from the difficult job of getting the information “through” to your outer plane in a form that you can understand and use “work on.” End quote.

This is the point/purpose, of the, Chair Exercise, that EGO/PERSONALITY YOU CAN ‘LEARN,’ ‘UNDERSTAND,’ ‘HOW TO COMMUNICATE WITH!?!’ and not any physically standing/sitting that you do! Any more than, doing your, Little System Route physically is going to make you project! Both, are a ‘means,’ to an end, and the, objective is, to bring to your Ego/Personality Conscious, the part that, they, must play, (Observing) in the Partnership, of inner and outer. Here is what Ophiel writes, on page 69, of the same book/chapter, The Two Minds: 

“I might stop here a bit and call your attention to another phenomenon that you should notice in this work, as I did. As an example, you might say that the outer Physical Plane is the domain of the conscious mind, and the Inner Plane the domain of the sub-conscious mind. IT IS QUEER BUT THE CONSCIOUS MIND DESPERATELY RESENTS THE INTRUSION OF THE SUB-MIND INTO ITS DOMAIN AND WILL RESIST IT TOOTH AND NAIL. I will point this out to you later as it comes up, (if I don’t forget it!) End quote. (Capitols are ‘O’s.) 

The worthy ancients weren’t stupid! They presented their ideas of this, as a, Partnership!? Brothers/Twins/Family!? It was the, Great Un-Washed, (Un-initiated/Un-Baptised,) who, Demonised, our Silent Partner, and lead to the mass/mess of what we/you have today? Even in the, Crazy Book, they couldn’t get around this one! So, if it makes it any ‘easier,’ you should/could, sense/feel, that you are ‘working with,’ a Younger sibling, a Twin, a Silent Partner! And the, Language of the/this Silent Partner is Symbolism, which you EGO/PERSONALITY Conscious, must learn from them! With this, AGREEMENT/ACCEPTANCE, you will/shall find/discover, that there is/are, NO CONFLICT, NO RESENTMENT and NO INTRUSION!! Each ‘God’ will/shall, BE, in their OWN, respective heavens, and all will/shall be, RIGHT WITH THE WORLD!? (Your World,) Once the Malkuth Earth/Hades World and the Outer, outer physically physical world, WORK TOGETHER KNOWINGLY, THEN THE, NECESSARY WORK, FOR SUCCESS, CAN BE CARRIED OUT, SAFE, IN THE KNOWLEDGE/KNOWING, THAT EVERY TIME YOU ‘DO THE WORK,’ IT IS BECAUSE YOUR SILENT PARTNER, IS ‘BINDING,’ THAT SIDE OF THE FORCE, THAT YOU DO-NOT-WANT!? Let us finish this, with Ophiel’s description from his vignette, How to Control and Dominate Others: 

“Let us suppose that you wish to 'DOMINATE' the 'ATTENTION' of a certain person male-female, your employer or someone in authority or anyone else. BY DESIRING THIS PERSON, BY WANTING THEIR ATTENTIONS AND FAVOUR IN THE FIRST PLACE, YOU HAVE SET UP A POLARITY WITH THEM IN WHICH YOU ARE THE 'NEGATIVE POLE' AND THEY ARE THE 'POSITIVE POLE' 'YOU ARE 'ATTRACTED' TO THEM AND NOT THEM TO YOU?' In a sense, you are 'DRIVING AWAY' from yourself the 'VERY THING' you want? The 'ACTION' you have taken at the 'EMOTIONAL' level, helps bring about the 'REVERSE' of that which you want to take place at the Physical Level.” End quote. (Capitols are ‘O’s.)

I know, from my chair exercise, how to ‘bind.’
I know, from my chair exercise, how to ‘not move.’
I know, from my chair exercise, how to ‘observe.’
I know, from my chair exercise, how to ‘let my silent partner do their share.’
I know, from my chair exercise, how to ‘enjoy the satisfaction of having,’ 
I know, from my chair exercise, how to ‘let my outer body sleep and keep my silent partner awake.’
I know, from my chair exercise, how to ‘apply/direct, the principle of binding, to what I ego conscious want.’ 
I know, from my chair exercise, how to ‘share, take turns, accept my responsibility and stand aside.’ 
I know, from my chair exercise, how to ‘reverse the polarity.’ 

All of the above and many other things besides, are ‘in’ the ‘chair exercise’, it simply one of, application/direction that gives it such ‘diversity’, simply because the, ‘PRINCIPLE’ has been understood! (Get it?) Ophiel continues with this: 'YOU MUST REVERSE THE POLARITY!!!!' This is the 'WAY' you are to do it: 
1.	Turn away physically and emotionally from the person. You must 'DROP' all physical contact/pressure.
2.	CREATE A MENTAL PICTURE IN YOUR IMAGINATION IN, WHICH YOU REVERSE THE ROLES YOU NOW HAVE PHYSICALLY. MAKE THE PERSON IN YOUR MENTAL PICTURE COME TO YOU AND TELL YOU WHAT YOU 'WANT' TO 'HEAR'.
3.	Talking and acting as they would if they were actually doing what you have wanted them to do all the time.
4.	BUT YOU MUST ALSO PICTURE YOURSELF 'ACTING' CALMLY ABOUT IT!
5.	IT IS IN THE 'DEGREE' OF YOUR SUCCESS IN ACCEPTING THEIR ATTENTIONS WITH 'INDIFFERENCE' THAT YOU WILL BE SUCCESSFUL IN 'REVERSING' THE 'POLARITY'.

Believe me, there is no other satisfactory WAY'.’ Anyone and everything that comes to anyone in this 'Physical Life' comes as a 'RESULT' of being 'NEGATIVE' or 'RECEPTIVE' to that 'Person' or 'Thing'. If you will study and analyse any successful relationship in this earth, you will find those factors present 'One' of these persons is 'Negative' to the other (There is a 'Negative' reacceptance.) If you think enough about these concepts of, 'Negative' and 'Positive' you will perceive a great deal. And remember that you must think in terms of at what 'LEVEL' negative and positive things are taking place. As you meditate on these things and as you practice the above steps you will find that your understanding of what happens in a relationship broadens and you will also open the door to understanding the various familiar problems of human relationships.” End quote.

I know, from my chair exercise, how to ‘be receptive to my Silent Partner’: I know, from my chair exercise, how to ‘be negative to the good things’: I know, from my chair exercise, how to ‘be positive to the good things’: I know, from my chair exercise, how to ‘be at the proper level.’ ‘I KNOW’ IS THE/YOUR, OUTER EGO/PERSONA PERSONALITY CONSCIOUS-NESS.’ Then Ophiel finishes with this: “I trust you will, make an effort to apply this knowledge to the ‘Attracting’ of ‘Situations’ and ‘Circumstances,’ as well as ‘Persons,’ to yourself. In the case of both ‘Persons & Circumstances,’ these methods need not be prolonged beyond the first state/stage. After the first work is done and the situation is as you want it to be, you can discontinue the too positive or too negative on your part and yield to the naturalness of the situation. To keep a relationship going, is quite different from starting it.” End quote. 

The same is/will be true of your relationship with your Silent Partner and you will/shall find days, when you or they, can’t be bothered? This is the time to, rest, reflect, re-group and recoup! If you, over work, your Silent Partner, you will/shall get a/an, reaction, this is simply a/an, adjustment, of the Malkuth Earth/Hades Forces, either to your, new situation, or to some local/personal Astrological Combination Force, to which you have come into contact with. Rest is the, secret! A well, made Talisman, will/shall, refresh your Silent Partner as it, feeds off of its, FIXED-POINT! Here is what Ophiel writes at the end of his vignette, Self-Aware-ness: 

“Our physical lives are very much like what is depicted in the, ‘18th Tarot Card.’ ‘The Moon.’ The, ‘Land/Plane’ before the ‘Towers’ is the, ‘Physical Plane.’ The, ‘Land beyond,’ the ‘Towers’ is the, ‘Astral’ and ‘Inner Planes.’ The ‘Mountain Peak’ is ‘Illumination.’ We are the, ‘Shellfish’ crawling out of the common, ‘Amorphous Pool’ of ‘Consciousness.’ Stirred by an, ‘Impulse?’ of ‘Separation/Action,’ but still surrounded by a, ‘hard shell’ of ‘personality’ made up of our, ‘Prejudices’ and ‘Idiosyncrasies’ but taking the ‘first steps’ on the path, ‘Upward’ and ‘Outward.’ On each side of the, ‘Path,’ is a ‘helper,’ – Nature – represented by the ‘Wolf,’ and ‘Art,’ represented by the, ‘Dog.’ We can ‘use’ these ‘Two Powers,’ to ‘Aid’ our ‘Journey.’ That is, ‘All’ that is ‘meant’ and ‘implied’ by the word, ‘Self-Awareness.’” End quote. 

The land/plane before the Two Towers is the Malkuth Earth Plane, the Shellfish coming out of the water, is Conscious (with all its bad habits, prejudices, negative opinions = Shell? etc) emerging from the Silent Partner, which is Symbolised, by/with the ‘Common Pool,’ of Everyone. The Dog = is the/our Silent Partners Natural Nature = TO OBEY!? The Wolf = is the/our Ego/Personality Conscious Natural Nature = TO COMMAND! The Dog and the Wolf are BROTHERS/FAMILY/TWINS! The Wolf says, sit! And the Dog OBEYS! They are a, Partnership! I know, all this, from my chair exercise. 

Wishing you all well, and every success, as ever,
sender.