03/11/10

16:00 hrs

Hi, Guys! How are we doing?

We read this in Ophiel’s book, The Art & Practice of Caballa Magic, pages 118, 119 and 120, in the e-book book version by Stephen Walford, in the file section of our group.

“I will try to describe an ancient statue/carving/symbol, and in explaining this statue, carving, symbol will cover the field of the Forces which are the building blocks of the Physical Universe, which Knowledge should enable you to understand them and use them and not they use you. 

Please try to picture the figure designated.

To start, the centre is a male figure, nude. The feet of this figure are hooves of an animal. Wrapped around the figure are the coils of a snake, or probably more artistically known as a serpent: The figure has wings. The figure has a lion’s head on the body opposite the “solar plexus” opposite the heart. The figure has, in its left hand, a large staff, and in its right hand a bundle of something that I am not able to make out from the reproduction I have seen exactly what it is. It does resemble some flames at one end; also, flames seem to be coming from the back of the head. The figure is surrounded by an oval circle containing the signs of the Zodiac.
If you examine the other examples you will find more or less the same symbols; some have more symbol, and some have less symbol. Please remember two things at this point in our studies: (1) The originators of this carving symbol on a wall in a Mithra Temple did not know as much background Occult Metaphysics as you do now, and (2) the originators did not know of the coming cross connections with the Gnostics, as you will know from your history reading as we progress. 
Also, by no means last or least here, in this book we are hunting for clues to the existence AND USE of the Astral Light in our daily lives. A use which it is doubtful that the worshippers/devotees of Mithra were looking for or had the basic full information on: Hence, the basic meaning of this symbol was – the man-like figure is YOU, the unseen YOU. You are surrounded by all the Forces pictured there in the symbol and up to now partly pointed out and explained. All the Forces symbolized by those symbols are adaptations, and combinations of the Astral Light REACTING upon, and recombining with each other. (I seem to be a little disorderly here, and out of ordered sequence, but the Astral Light – the Demiurge – who is probably Mithra, too, under another guise, is not too easy to expound), constitute the Physical World Plane.
It would seem as if this Plane holds YOU captive, and, I guess you can say for practical reasons, the Physical Plane does hold YOU/ME/US captive. But it is also logically true that Knowledge/Wisdom (Sophia) does open the WAY OUT. (I repeat) You ARE the Demiurge and Mithra in some heretofore secret way and connected to them. To resume, in the symbol there are evidences of the Astral Light showing all over the symbol. The Astral Light was actually a fourfold Creation Force; fivefold if you consider Akasha as one of the Forces. Akasha is one of the hardest to understand, hence least understood of the five Elemental Forces, which constitute the Hindu form/name of the Astral Light, which the Hindu call Prana. (We may go into this more later, if not more in this book, then in another book. Some of this has already been treated in other books.) 
The evidences of the Four Elemental Forces in the symbol are: the figure has wings. Wings are the symbol of Air, the Elemental Force of Air. There are several Fire symbols; flame above the head, I think flames in the hand, and the Lion head opposite the solar plexus is also a symbol of the Elemental Force of Fire. The Elemental Force of Earth is shown in the bull hooves of this figure. I am unable to recognize the symbol for the Elemental Force of Water, for which I apologize, but please don’t let it upset the symbolism, as Water IS THERE. Taurus and Libra are ruled by Venus, which is Water of Water (see the book, “The Art and Practice of The Occult”). Also, Cancer is considered a Water sign, along with Scorpio and Aquarius. But, I will agree, there should be a Water Elemental Force symbol somewhere on the figure, but unless it is connected with the snake, I cannot find it in my picture here. I will make enquiries about it, but as the Mithra priests, and Gnostic Priests have been gone from this earth plane for about 2,000 years, I hardly know where to turn for information!!!
The snake ascending the figure’s body in five loops is said to be the raising Kundalini Fire, and this ascension has to do with the increasing “spiritualization” of the man figure (which, of course, is you). 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. (Capitols are ‘O’s.)

The last paragraph in the above quote, IS THE MALKUTH EARTH PLANE!! NOT I REPEAT, NOT!! THE/YOUR OUTER, OUTER PHYSICALLY PHYSICAL EARTH PLANE!! ALSO, THE LAST PARAGRAPH IS WHAT IS CALLED/NAMED, THE PLANE/SPHERE OF THE ELEMENTS!! WHERE EVERYTHING IS ‘REVERSED!!!?’  (Please read/study Ophiel’s vignette, An Exercise in Preliminary Projection, made available in the e-book version by Stephen Walford, Ophiel Vignette Lessons in Occult Power, in the file section of our group.) 

Then we read this in Ophiel’s book, The Art and Practice of Contacting the Demiurge, on page 42 , in the e-book version by Stephen Walford, in the file section of our group.

‘MORE NOTES: There is another way you can press your desires on to the attention of the Demiurge, and that way is through your own body!!!!! Ophiel has not, up to now, used this method to any great extent. Ophiel just found out about this method recently. The method was there and was obvious all the time. So, don’t point the finger at Ophiel and say, “Hah! You didn’t do it yourself!!” Ophiel does all he can find time to do. Then, too, there are hundreds of WAYS to work these things and some people like one way and some another. Then, - some ways work best for different people, and so one. Look at the picture of the body and spine of a human. Notice the positions of the Chakras in the human body.
As Dion Fortune said (paraphrasing): One would have to be pretty dense not to notice that the Chakra positions are opposite the plexus positions in the case of the four plexuses, and opposite the three ductless glands in the case of the other chakras: These chakras, and plexus points, are the places where those designated Forces enter the body from without. And are also the places where you reach out through to contact, and influence those Forces.
Therefore, add this to your work plans: When you go to do some work to influence the Demiurge along some certain line, first find out what Force rules the object you are interested in, then find the chakra to which that Force and Object is connected, and so go to work!!’ End Quote. (Capitols are ‘O’s.)
Check out any standard Chakra book, for the ‘location’s/placement’ of the/these Chakras and their astrological attributes. For the sake of this monologue we shall just use the following.

Crown of head = Shaddai El Chai = Artemis = Yesod.
Between the eyebrows = Elohim Tzeboath = Hermes = Hod.
Throat = Jehovah Tzaboath = Aphrodite = Netzach.
Heart = Aloha Va Daath = Apollo = Tiphareth.
Spleen = Elohim Gabor = Athena = Geburah.
Lower Intestines = El = Zeus = Chesed.
Anus/Crotch = Jehovah Elohim = Saturn = Binah. 

As you can now see/read in the above, the whole Tree/Map is now ‘UP-SIDE-DOWN!!?’ WHEN COMPARED/MATCHED WITH THE OUTER, OUTER PHYSICALLY PHYSICAL BODY!! WHICH MEANS THAT THE/YOUR FIRST/CLOSEST ‘INNER BODY’ MUST ALSO BE ‘UP-SIDE-DOWN!!?’ OR IF YOU PREFER, ‘REVERSED!!?’ 

Stand in a place where you know you will not be disturbed for the length of time you are going to be practicing. Half-close your eyes if you can, if not, close them all the way, sense/feel your outer, outer physically physical body, then, when you are ready turn your attention inwards and sense/feel your Counterpart body. When you are ready, see/feel/sense your Cosmic Egg surrounding your Counterpart Body and go through the usual steps of: Air = Sphere = Head. Fire = Torso = Inverted Pyramid. Water = Hips/Pelvis/Crotch = Bowl. 
Earth = Thighs/Legs/Feet = Cube. 

See you now! In the Sphere, the first three chakra of, Moon, Hermes and Airtimes; In the Inverted Pyramid, the next three chakra of, Mars, Apollo and Zeus; In the Base of the Bowl, Saturn; (Your, Malkuth Earth Counterpart Body and Outer, Outer Physically Physical Body is Adonai and is the Elemental Plane/Sphere of The Elements. Your Cosmic Egg/Aura/Oval is Eheieh and Jehovah, thus making the ten divisions in all. See Ophiel’s book, The Art and Practice of Caballa Magic, page 41, in the e-book book version by Stephen Walford, in the file section of our group.)

Picture the/these Chakra Centres as white globes/orbs that are ‘receiving’ their energy/power from your Basic Five Elemental Force Symbols!! Locate the chakras on your body. Make them about the size of a childes marble. (The ‘size’ will/shall have no ‘bearing’ on the /their ability or power.) 

You should be standing inside your Basic Five Elemental Forces Symbols with seven very white/bright spheres located in/on your Etheric Counterpart Body, it is enough just to practice this exercise once a day along with your basic Cosmic Egg Exercise and just let your subconscious self, sort them out for you. The standard two minutes minimum per day should be sufficient. This exercise introduces, LIGHT, into your work/practice and also, specific centres, for the/that LIGHT to ‘GRAVITATE’ TO/TOWARDS!? AS THEY ‘DERIVE’ THEIR POWER FROM THE/YOUR FIVE BASIC ELEMENTAL FORCES SYMBOLS!!

If you have practiced enough times with your Cosmic Egg Symbols then this addition/variation to your work should be relatively simple. If you have any knowledge or information about the/these chakra centres then your sub-mind will/shall start to ‘work’ on them with little or no ‘effort’ on your part. During your day you will/shall find that when you ‘look’ (sense/feel) inwards, the ‘seven lights’ will be there shinning like little white stars.
After a while of doing this type of exercise, many things written about Planes (Layers) should become a little clearer/easier for your perceptions. Your understanding of the ‘Filter’ mechanism of the Five Basic Elemental Force Principles through your ‘constant’ touching/feeling of them in your Cosmic Egg, will/shall simply ‘transfer over’ to the ‘addition’ of ‘Filtering’ the/these Seven Points.

We are only interested in bringing to your aware-ness/awaken-ness, the fact that the OTHER HALF/OTHER SIDE OF THE/THIS OUTER, OUTER PHYSICALLY PHYSICAL PLANE IS ‘REVERSED!!’ TO THE/THIS OUTER, OUTER PHYSICALLY PHYSICAL PLANE!! AND IT IS/WAS THIS PLANE WHICH IN ANCIENT TIMES WAS CALLED/NAMED ‘HADES = THE UNDERWORLD’ (The name Hades means UN-SEEN!?) AND THAT THE OUTER, OUTER PHYSICALLY PHYSICAL PLANE ITSELF WAS ‘THE PIT’ (Tartarus) A ‘LOWER PLANE/PLACE’ THAN ‘HADES’ ITSELF!? IT IS/WAS EVERYONE’S ‘DUTY?’ TO TRY TO, ESCAPE?? FROM THE/THIS ‘PIT??’ Here is how Ophiel puts it in the vignette, A Exercise in Preliminary Technique in Projection.

“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 re-discovering 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.” End quote. (Capitols are ‘O’s.)

The Plane between the ‘Real Earth’ (Outer, outer Physically Physical) and the ‘Real Etheric’ (Etheric Plane) is the Elemental Planes [4] of the Elements (Air, Fire, Water & Earth) this is what we have/were ‘discussing?’ at the start of the year (January 2010) before the ‘view points’ of some other members were given before the presentation was even started. 
 
Wishing you all well, and every success as always,
 
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