Twenty-Five Earthzone Spirits

by

William R. Mistele

Copyright (C) 2000 by William R.

Mistele

ISBN 0-9700712-3-X

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Table of Contents

Acknowledgement

Introduction

The Earthzone as a Spiritual University

The Franz Bardon Training System
The Four Planes
Negative Spirits
How to Use This Book

Twenty-Five Spirits

Anamil, 9 degrees Aries, On Electro-Magnetic Energies

Bialode, 12 degrees Aries, On Magical Power and Authority
Ubarim, 17 degrees Taurus, On Personal Love
Morilon, 7 degrees Gemini, On Art and Symbols
Bagoloni, 12 degrees Gemini, On Telepathy
Pigios, 15 degrees Gemini, Patron of Poets
Amagestol, 18 degrees Gemini, On Personal Love
Jachil, 3 degrees Cancer, On Personal Love
Jachil, 9 degrees Cancer, On Clairvoyance
 Jvar, 3 degrees Leo, On Magical Equilibrium
Romasara, 8 Degrees Leo, On Pranayama
Zagriona, 6 degrees Virgo, On Writing, Publishing, and
Inspiration
Haiamon, 25 degrees Libra, On Sexuality
Tagora, 18 degrees Scorpio, On Personal Love
Radina, 26 degrees Scorpio, On Magical/Quabbalistic
Healing
Alosom, 25 degrees Sagittarius, On the Power of Silence
Melamo, 2 degrees Capricorn, On Personal Will
Trapi, 4 degrees Capricorn, On Personal Love
Cermiel, 11 degrees Capricorn, On Death and Dying
Chimirgu, 23 degrees Aquarius, On Akasha
Haja, 1 degree Pisces, On Accumulating Energy
Bileka, 24 degrees Pisces, On Magical Meditation
Ugolog, 25 degrees Pisces, On Prophetic Vision
Cigila, 28 degrees Pisces, On Divine Virtues and Missions
Boria, 30 degrees Pisces, On Consciousness, Matter, and
Energy

Bibliography

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

This book is based on the work of the Czech magician, Franz

Bardon. After following an extensive period of training outlined in
his book, Initiation into Hermetics, Franz Bardon encourages the
student of wisdom to explore the realms of the elemental beings or
nature spirits. In my previous book, Sylphs, Undines, Gnomes,
and Salamanders, I share my experiences with 13 of these
elemental beings.
In the next phase of the student's development, Bardon outlines
a vast realm of spiritual resources and treasures that he calls the
earthzone. This is a spiritual realm that surrounds our planet. In
his book, The Practice of Magical Evocation, Franz Bardon briefly
describes the qualities and purposes of over five hundred spirits
including those of the earthzone. Each earthzone spirits watches
over specific aspects of human and planetary evolution. In this
book, I describe my personal experiences in studying with 25 of
these spirits.
Once again, I am highly indebted to Franz Bardon for his
contributions both in terms of magical practice and for opening the
gates to fabulous spiritual treasures. I have no doubt that he has
offered to us a wisdom that will forever change the course of
human development. I highly recommend to all students of
wisdom Bardon's three books, Initiation into Hermetics, The
Practice of Magical Evocation, and The Key to the True
Quabbalah.

William R. Mistele

Introduction

The Earthzone as a Spiritual University

As I stated earlier, Franz Bardon describes in his book, The

Practice of Magical, over five hundred spirits belonging the
elements, the earthzone, and other planetary spheres. In my book,
Sylphs, Undines, Gnomes, and Salamanders, I share my
experiences with 13 of the 32 elemental beings Bardon briefly
mentions. In this present book, I continue by sharing my
experiences with 25 of the 360 spirits of the earthzone.
The spirits of the earthzone dwell within the realm of akasha
that elemental beings cannot enter on their own initiative. Akasha
is a state of awareness penetrating through space and time. Beings
who dwell here do not need a form or body in order to exist. They
do not need to use thoughts in order to think or to communicate.
They do not need an astral body or the four elements on the astral
plane in order to feel. They are highly intuitive and their wills are
such that they can, on their own initiative, manifest on or interact
freely with the mental, astral, or physical planes.
The three hundred and sixty spirits of the earthzone mentioned
by Bardon each have their own commission and exert for four
minutes on a daily basis an influence over our entire planet. But
what is most amazing about them and what is every magician's
obligation to accomplish for himself--they each have a direct and
intuitive connection to Divine Providence. The One Unpersonified
Light that shines throughout the universe is present within their
hearts and it shapes all that they do
I have begun to think of these spirits are professors in a spiritual
university. If you have sent a child to college, you know
something about requirements and financial disclosure. Colleges
these days in the United States want a parent to declare, under
threat of criminal prosecution, his bank account balances, savings,
investments, trust funds, the date of the house purchase, its market
value, and amount of debt on it. They want a complete and
accurate copy of your federal tax return with all the attachments.
In effect, colleges want to know all sources of income, total
assets, liabilities, inheritances, and even the balance in your IRA
along with your retirement plans. And they want to know who
outside of the immediate family might contribute to your child's
education costs. In other words, colleges do not just examine a
student and his qualifications. They look at who is offering him
support and how much these individuals can contribute. Though
students are admitted based on their qualifications, many students
now come out of college with tens of thousands of dollars of debt
from college loans. College education in the United States
involves taking financial risks in order to access greater
opportunities.
 In regard to the earthzone spirits, the equivalent of financial
support as well as education from elementary school through high
school is covered in Bardon's first book, Initiation into Hermetics.
In this book, you work intensively on your physical, astral, and
mental bodies. You learn to increase the vitality in any part of
your body as well as strengthen your health. You are introduced to
the four elements and learn how to accumulate and dissolve them
at will. And you develop your mind. You learn to concentrate on
any and all of the five senses. You learn to control and also to stop
thoughts.
Towards the end of the first book, you apply your concentration
to greater extent in bringing about changes in your life. Depending
on your skill, the mind is able to impress on the energy it has
created a thought or picture that then accelerates or actually
manifests a specific change you wish to bring about. Acquiring
and controlling energy is like acquiring and controlling money.
Both take experience, a highly trained mind, and good judgment.
Following my analogy, the level of training in Bardon's first
book is high school. You have met the requirements necessary to
go to college or, in this case, to work with the spirits on the inner
planes. Each of the earthzone spirits, however, sets forth its own
course requirements. Each examines your academic (that is, your
magical training) as well as your extracurricular activities. Your
record tells them something about your character. What they will
share with you depends on your experience, maturity, and
motivation. Each evocation is, in a sense, an oral examine with a
dean of admissions and the chairmen of a department in the college
of universal wisdom:
Do you have a brilliant mind but a low level of emotional
integration? Have you demonstrated mastery of a particular
religious, cultural, or magical system of training but remain
deficient in originality and lack genuine curiosity? Are you
obsessed with theories and esoteric histories or are you motivated
by wonder and beauty? Do you desire honor and recognition so
that you hoard as a competitive advantage the knowledge you now
possess? Or, do you have initiative, independence, and can you
determine for yourself your own direction free of craving for
attention? Are you after something for nothing and want to avoid
paying your karmic debts or have you demonstrated leadership and
shown you can handle responsibility? These questions relate to
how comfortable you will be when it comes to entering akasha and
working with the earthzone spirits.
Now any good high school in the United States offers advanced
placement classes. These are usually in physics, chemistry,
English, calculus, and lately schools have added advanced
placement computer science. Doing well in these classes enables
you to get credit for college level classes even though you are still
in high school. Working with elemental beings--sylphs, undines,
gnomes, and salamanders--is like taking an advanced placement
class. For this reason, Bardon begins his book on evocation by
listing the sigils and describing briefly 32 of the most powerful
elemental beings on earth.
Elemental beings specialize in nature and the energies of the
astral and etheric planes. They also possess incredible levels of
concentration relating to their specific elements. Nature conceals a
path that leads between matter and spirit. The elemental beings, in
this sense, are guardians of treasures from another evolution who
wait for us to learn their secrets. Very few religions initiate their
practitioners into methods for working with the elemental beings.
Very few religions or spiritual training systems bother to teach you
exercises that develop equally your physical, astral, and mental
bodies so they take on universal qualities. But this is exactly what
Bardon has sought so hard to accomplish in his basic training.
Now as a high school student, I can still walk into Stanford
University or the University of Michigan and sit down in a
classroom. As long as I roughly resemble a student no one will
bother me. I can listen to lectures given by some of the brightest
professors in the world. There are great poets, physicists,
psychologists, and literary critics. Most of them do not care if a
curious high school student is there or not. Their job is to teach.
 One famous philosopher at the University of Chicago knew I
was not a student at his university but told his teaching assistant
that it was ok for me to sit in as many of his classes as I wanted. I
sat in all of his seminars for two years even though the class size
was only about 12 students. What did Paul Ricoeur care? Wisdom
for him is like the air. It is no one's possession.
The same is true of the earthzone spirits. You can see them,
feel their aura, and talk to them without having completed the basic
training. It is not a big deal. Their primary job is to teach and they
love enthusiasm in a student. Like any teacher, their greatest hope
is that one day they will be permitted the honor of guiding another
to learn all that they know. They would bestow on others all the
power they possess because, being inspired, they would give freely
even as power and wisdom has been freely given to them. Still, if
you want to do real work and not just satisfy your curiosity, it
helps to master the basics so your exposure to the curriculum leads
to professional work and creative activity.
I give this example because a very great number of individuals
are quite capable of interacting freely and immediately with spirits
of the earthzone. For many it is at least as easy as going down to
your nearest university, getting a class schedule, and then going
and sitting in a few classes. Bardon’s book, The Practice of
Magical Evocation, is among other things a course catalogue. In
describing in two or three paragraphs each of the 360 spirits of the
earthzone, Bardon has provided an immense service to the human
race. These spirits oversee every aspect of human and planetary
evolution including science, technology, industry, politics, history,
love, entertainment, and all the spiritual arts.
It is my hope in this book to extent this catalogue by describing
some of these spirits in greater detail. This book, then, is more like
a pre-orientation program offered by some colleges. A student
may be accepted by a college but has not yet determined which
college he wishes to attend or which program he wishes to pursue
once in college. Consequently, some colleges will invite you to
spend a few days on campus.
 During this time, you can go on a campus tours and see the
cafeteria, the dorms, and the surrounding community. You can
attend seminars where a panel of current college students will
answer your every question about student life--about what they
have enjoyed and what they do not like. You can learn about
campus security, financing, and chat with the dean of admissions,
professors, and other prospective students and their parents.
Sometimes you want to walk around and check things out for
yourself. During one pre-orientation program, I and some other
parents and students just missed the dormitory tour. A few of us
tried to catch up with the tour and instead we found a student who
had experience giving tours in past years. We did not see the dorm
room carefully prepared and cleaned up for parent inspection.
Instead, she got us through a locked door and showed us a regular
dorm room where two students were willing to tell us about their
experiences with dorm life and where they thought the best places
were to live on or off campus.
The “big brother,” the college student assigned to watching
over a visiting high school student for a night also did not show up.
But he sent another student to take his place. My son ended up
being shown around by several friendly students who even took
him along to their night classes and also talked endlessly about
majors, curriculums, and professors.
My point in pursuing this example of a preorientation college
program is to say that this is what I wish to accomplish with this
book. I am giving a taste and a feel for what it is like to attend this
magnificent university and spiritual college that surrounds our
earth. You see, I am a student in this university. These spirits are
my professors. The descriptions I offer of these spirits are my
class notes. And I will tell you right now I have not received one
complaint from any spirit or elemental being about freely sharing
my notes that describe the details of my experiences in working
with them.
Decades ago, I attended a small liberal arts college. I ended up
hating the school. They treated me like a second class citizen.
You had to look a certain way, dress a certain way, act, think, and
feel a certain way or else they became vindictive and sought to
remove you from the school. Many of the spiritual training
systems I have studied in monasteries or in programs with religious
teachers have been similar. The teachers were possessive, jealous,
arrogant, and paranoid that someone might learn something from
them and then use it in a way they could not control. Their
commitment was not to empowering individuals to find their own
path. Instead, their first objective was to preserve their tradition
without modification or improvement.
My children have been far more lucky than I was. When I tour
their colleges, they speak to and introduce their professors using
the professors’ first names. One college offers a voucher that pays
the meal of any professor a student wishes to take out to lunch or
dinner. If you have a job on campus and you have to study, you
can call in and they will immediately excuse you. The school is
that flexible. And though one school only accepts one out of three
applicants, they really want those who are accepted to come.
At a really good college, you can stop just about any student
and ask a few questions and they will answer you. They will be
very blunt and honest but their enthusiasm for the school shines
through their eyes and it is in the care with which they respond to
your questions. I hope this book conveys my enthusiasm for this
marvelous planet on which we dwell and the spiritual resources
that are available to those who seek them.
It is my genuine hope that one day a great many of the spirits
of the earthzone will become the personal guides and teachers of
our diplomats, scientists, businessmen, medical doctors,
philosophers, psychologists, and poets/artists/musicians. It is my
desire that beauty, wonder, and the sacred might inspire every
heart and that love might be known through direct experience to be
what it is--without beginning or end.
Still, there is a great price to be paid by those who engage, as I
have, in studying at this divine university. You have to confront
the darkness in yourself as part of your entrance exam. This is
where the otherwise really brilliant and talented students will fail--
they cannot pass through the emptiness, the void, and the abysses
that exist within the human heart. And opening the gates to the
earthzone so universal and cosmic wisdom might be freely shared
on earth is not the work of one individual but of an entire
community of magicians who serve not themselves but Divine
Providence.

The Franz Bardon Training System

I have lived for fifty years in a world in which national security

was biased on a balance of nuclear terror. Even the most
conscientious politicians considered this a necessary evil and
refused to think anything more about it. The human species has
placed not national boundaries but its own existence and the
biosphere at risk by proceeding in this manner. It is natural under
these conditions--when I was growing up--to ask for a wisdom and
a love of sufficient magnitude and quality that they can oversee,
guide, and inspire all expressions of power. It is appropriate for
the human race to be guided in future centuries by a harmony and
the ability to be responsible for its own self-destructive tendencies.
If there are new forces of destruction in the world and new
challenges, then we also need new wisdom and new empowerment
so that we are able to cope with our real life situations. Let me cut
to the bottom line. What I have learned most from teachers in
many traditions is neither their esoteric information nor their
process of initiation nor mysterious and wondrous magical secrets
that they have shared in one way or another. What I treasure most
in teachers is their enthusiasm toward their subject matter. When
they have had this enthusiasm and invited me to discover my own
enthusiasm as an equal--this is when I learned something valuable.
Teachers such as this are willing in any moment to
communicate to you the essence of all their teachings. It is a heart
to heart transmission. If you can get this, then they know that all
knowledge, wisdom, technique, and method will fall into place.
Everything else is at best secondary. Everything else is empty and
worthless without the heart.
This idea of transmission does not put the student in a
subsidiary and passive relationship to the teacher. For me, a good
teacher realizes that inspiration is beyond all knowledge and the
wisdom of all traditions. Inspiration is wonder, awe, love, and
appreciation. For this reason, a teacher will regard the light
burning in a student's heart not as a dimmer flame than what is in
his or her own heart or a cloning of his or her own power.
The student's experience is always new. It is full of
incomprehensible possibilities and experiences that the teacher
may never in his life time have the resources to fathom. From my
point of view, the only way to tell a teacher in any group of people
is by observing the individual who is learning the most. That is the
one with the most open and receptive heart.
Let us consider further these issues of knowledge and initiation,
of enthusiasm and the heart. In terms of methods and exercises for
self-mastery, I can summarize my 25 years of experience with the
Franz Bardon system in nine paragraphs. To me, this is what
Bardon has a student practice in his three books:
1. You make your mind completely empty of thoughts so it is
reflective like a mirror, receptive like the ocean, empty like a void,
open like the sky, intense like air the moment before lightning
strikes, serene like moonlight, fragile and responsive to suggestion
like a dream, and solid and enduring like a mountain.
2. Next, with this empty mind, you focus your attention on
something--a problem, your life path, an elemental being, a spirit,
or a project you wish to accomplish. You add to this a little
technique. Techniques are endless in variety. You can visualize a
picture, a sigil, an image or symbol of God/Goddess; you can
meditate on a prayer or a chant; you can use incense, music, or a
tone; you can do a pathworking, mental wandering, construct a
magical circle or perform a ritual, gaze upon a crystal ball, speak a
word of power, etc. etc. Technique, methods, and procedures are
employed to receive and amplify impressions.
3. And finally, through direct experience and careful study and
analysis, you interpret your impressions. You translate them into
words and call it telepathy, into visual images and call it
clairvoyance, into sensations and feelings and call it clairsentience,
into all three while connecting to a spirit and call it an evocation,
into new information and call it knowledge, into a spiritual
realization and call it wisdom, into light and freedom and call it
enlightenment, etc. Impressions received from outside yourself
can also over time become internalized so you embody their
qualities and energy.
4. This same procedure can also be expressed in a more active
manner typical of magick. All methods and techniques for
changing oneself or the world boil down to a simple formula: you
concentrate on what is desired as if it is real right now in this
moment. You add an appropriate kind of energy to your picture,
feeling, thought, etc. so it has some power independent of your
mind and thoughts and can move with enthusiasm toward its
objective on any or all planes. And you also take into
consideration and comprehend every force, situation, resistance,
and obstacle that blocks your vision from becoming reality. This
last element insures that your course of action is forged from
wisdom and results in harmony--that you can proceed without
inference or resistance from the energies or environments your
desire encounters on the four planes.
5. For example, in chapter three of Bardon's Initiation into
Hermetics, you practice imagining the elements of fire, water, air,
or earth around yourself as if you are immersed within a boundless
sphere of a single element. Take the earth element. What is it to
imagine you have within and around yourself a vast expanse of the
earth element? This is the same as learning to think, feel, and
perceive as a gnome.
6. Your mind attunes to that one element learning to amplify,
condense, and transform it. After this training, it is not so difficult
then to form connections and interact in a creative manner with
gnomes. If you spent time concentrating on minerals, precious
stones, trees, mountains, and so forth you would be undergoing the
training of a gnome magician. And so it is with fire, water, and air.
7. You can also use colors instead of the elements. If you
imagine yourself within a boundless expanse of emerald green
light, then you are learning to think, feel, and perceive as a spirit of
Libra or Taurus in the earthzone or a spirit from the sphere of
Venus. The colors, then, can be used for probing the qualities,
powers, and consciousness of the beings within the spheres
regardless of whether you make connections to them or not.
8. In the end, when you can concentrate effectively, your
thought is like electricity and magnetism. Everything else is
attracted to and becomes aligned with it. The four planes
cooperate with it. It is like akasha--obstacles dissolve in its
presence. It is like a mating of Saturn and Uranus--something
completely new and without precedent is introduced into the world
and yet it feels so natural it seems like it was meant to be all along.
9. When I consider the entire spectrum of methods in Bardon's
three books with over five hundred different spirits and 27 cosmic
letters, this summary is what I come back to in order to understand
what I am doing. Self-transformation, self-mastery, self-
empowerment, and integration--aligning oneself with the forces,
the laws, and the harmony of the universe--are at the heart of the
process from beginning to end.

The spirits of the earthzone, which Bardon describes, provide for

nearly every conceivable kind of assistance. There are spirits who
specialize in protection, magical perception, wisdom,
enlightenment, love, power, relationships, peacemaking, business,
advertising, technology, science, industry, history, justice, music,
art, poetry, healing, alchemy, sex, birth, death, the bardo,
reincarnation, religion and ritual, any and all of the four plane, and
the spheres of the solar system, etc. It is up to the student to
discover and to make connections to these spirits according to his
own needs and maturity.
The Four Planes

The 25 spirits of the earthzone I describe in this book dwell in

akasha. Akasha oversees the operations of the physical, astral, and
mental planes and this is part of the job of these spirits as well. To
interact with these spirits, therefore, it helps to know how to
navigate from the physical plane to the realms of akasha.

Physical Plane

Here is one way to conceive of the different planes and to learn to

move between them. In the physical world, I review in my mind
the density and content of the world in which I live--there is my
house and its age and shape, the trees and vegetation around the
house, the surrounding valley, the island and sea around me, the
sky, the winds, the atmosphere, the entire planet. The physical
world as well as the physical universe has a history. To understand
the universe, you need also to understand its history.
The physical level of existence is also animated by life force or
vitality that is present to some extent in every physical object. I
just took a CPR class. If you stop breathing for four to six
minutes, your brain cells begin to die. The brain needs oxygen to
stay alive. Our bodies are animated by breath, food, and liquids.
Our physical well-being is wrapped up in biochemistry and
physiology.
In various healing traditions and the martial arts, students learn
to sense and work with the vitality as a force that can be
consciously directed. In Taoist yoga students learn to refine and
circulate chi or vitality through their bodies. In yoga, students
practice pranayama that enables them to draw upon the vitality in
the air and consciously directly it through their bodies.
The physical world presents us with a vast array of challenges.
In the Western Hermetic tradition, science, history, and the
physical world are every bit as important as any spiritual
realization or attainment on the inner planes. The material plane is
where our visions, our ideals, and our spiritual intuitions
demonstrate their reality. Every ideal, vision, and divine presence
is capable of taking on a physical form so it becomes solid and
real. All of the spirits of the earthzone are interested in producing
something practical that is of enduring value in our world.
To a large extent, a successful magician must acquire the
qualities of a successful individual in any profession. His life must
be organized. He must be free of needless distractions. He must
have rugged endurance, patience, self-motivation, and
determination. And, like those at the top of any profession or
career, he must love his work with all his mind, heart, and soul.

Astral Plane

Next, I shift my attention to the astral plane. This is the realm of

the soul and in an individual it relates to feelings and emotions.
The astral plane gives great sensitivity and a sense of connection to
others. It is full of all sorts of energies relating to attracting and
repelling forces. When individuals fall in love, it is often an astral
experience--they are within the astral plane, living within a dream
that two share in common. When a couple divorces, when they fall
out of love, they sometimes hate each other. The same degree of
intensity is present, but now it has changed polarity so it is a force
of repulsion rather than attraction.
A simple exercise for working with the astral plane is to explore
you dreams. Remember them and then study them by entering
them again while you are awake and playing with them and
changing them. After a while you gain the ability to consciously
dream and follow your feelings through various imaginary
landscapes of history, mythology, religion, and the domains of
astral beings as well. This is called a pathworking--you take an
image, an idea, a spirit, and then imagine in a dream state of mind
what it would be like to interact in some way with that being.
There are earthzone spirits who specialize in dreamlike interactions
such as Granona who is found at 26 degrees Cancer.
Just as we have our own physical body, we each have a unique
astral body. The astral body involves our ability to respond, to be
receptive, to feel alive, and to appreciate the world around us. To
some extent, discussions of the astral body relate to the psychology
of personality. When we talk about personality, in part our
discussion deals with an individual's emotional make up, the
ability to feel, styles of self-expression, and what a person likes
and dislikes.
In terms of the psychology of the four elements, the presence of
fire in an individual’s astral body makes that individual more
energetic and active. Water gives receptivity and sensitivity. Air
gives curiosity and a casual, friendly demeanor. Earth gives
stability and practicality. Traditional astrology has a great deal to
say about the influences of the four elements on temperament and
personality.
Some systems such as shamanism, Taoism, and druidry also
work with animals as a way of expanding our experience with the
astral plane. By working with an animal in a dream or vision, an
individual explores those instinctual energies and modes of
perception in which the animal specializes. The tiger and lion are
fiery power, aggression, and dominance. The eagle and owl are
clear vision by day and by night. The snake has the mesmeric
concentration relating to the earth. The deer has the acute hearing
and the capacity to blend into the surroundings with the flexibility
of air. In effect, the animals embody specialized drives and modes
of perception that have astral components.
Psychology, religion, and literature, each in their own way, have
a vested interest in the astral body. They explore what it is to be
fully alive. They each try to come to grips with the issues of how
we are to deal with forces that are greater than us. And they take
us as far as they can into the experience of wonder, awe, beauty,
and mystery.
The writer knows his experience to be unique and yet in the act
of communicating through his art he seeks to share his vision of
life with others. The psychologist also sees human suffering, pain,
misery, and isolation. But what all his theories, research, and
techniques of counseling amount to is an invitation to his clients to
seek a more fulfilling life in the human community.
And the priest, minister, sage, or mystic usually has very
specific experiences that his tradition over centuries has come to
recognize as being sacred. In terms of the astral body, the sacred
often manifests through an ecstatic experience with one or more of
the four elements. With water there is love, serenity, and the
feeling of life flowing through you. With air there is
transcendence and freedom. There is an immense increase in your
awareness of harmony and beauty.
With fire there is illumination and empowerment. You are
captivated by your sense of mission. Your conviction and courage
are radiant and influence those around you. And with earth, there
is inner peace and a feeling of connection to nature and the earth.
With earth you become so solid and enduring that depression
cannot find you.
When we move beyond the astral body of an individual, we
encounter the larger astral plane that belongs to the earth itself.
This is a field of psychic activity and life that is quite independent
of any culture or religion. Put simply, the astral plane of the earth
entails every form of inspiration, every mode of perception, and
everything through which life knows and expresses itself on this
planet.
Freud considered the unconscious of the individual to be a
realm of chaotic instincts in competition with each other. But
Freud's student, Carl Jung, noticed that his client's personal dreams
were part of a larger context. They embodied the same conflict,
imagery, and, at times, the same words used to summarize
encounters with gods and goddesses in various religions. Jung
concluded that there is a collective unconscious containing the
wealth of all human experience acquired through all ages.
From a Jungian or transpersonal point of view, when we talk
about the goddess Quan Yin, the Green, Red, or White Tara, or
Prajnaparamita, we are also talking about qualities of compassion,
serenity, and empathy that may become a part of our astral bodies.
The gods and goddesses of religion and mythology speak to us of
what it is possible for us to experience within the world of feelings
and the astral plane. They epitomize astral energies that result in
ecstasy, rapture, and dreamlike visions when we encounter them
through direct experience. But we rarely if ever meet individuals
who embody these energies and are empowered to share them with
others without any restriction. Those who can do this usually are
the founders of world religions.
To some extent, then, a magician is a spiritual anthropologist.
His interest is in more than the life and contents of a specific
religion, a psychology, an esoteric tradition, or a community. He
is interested in the full spectrum and range of astral energies that
exist on this planet and that can come alive in any human being.

The Mental Plane

I next focus on the mental plane. The mental plane belongs to the
whole realm of mind, thinking, analyzing, experimenting,
organizing concepts, paradigms, theories, philosophies, theologies,
etc. Philosophers and academics, scientists and theoreticians roam
about here with ease. On the mental plane, thoughts are often very
sticky--they like to defend themselves and grow stronger by
overcoming opposing vibrations. But the mind itself is open, clear,
and luminous. It has no need to cling to specific thoughts for the
sake of maintaining its security. The mind itself has no passion for
causes, perspectives, and philosophies. It is already completely
free. Wisdom has no definitions or boundaries and yet it knows
how to seek solutions to problems that are effective and long
lasting.
Franz Bardon mentions that the three planes can be visualized
as gloves inside of each other. The physical body is the densest.
The astral body, imbued with deep feelings, is more subtle like a
dream body. And within these two gloves or bodies is an even
more refined mental body. A basic exercise is to sense all three
bodies at once as you move about or engage in some activity.
The mental body is more abstract and detached than the other
two. I often refer to the minds of elemental beings such as sylphs
and undines. The elementals have powerful levels of concentration
but they remain focused on the energies underlying nature. Their
activity links the astral and etheric/physical planes.
For a human being, however, meditating on the mental plane is
a little like learning to think as Socrates. The mental plane has a
philosophical quality. It lends itself to standing back and
questioning the way things are. But there is also an intense
scrutiny present similar to the shrewd analysis of a sharp
businessman, a research scientist, or an investigative reporter.
The teachers with whom I have studied in universities have
similar mental bodies and have sought to pass on a certain
tradition: the love of scholarship and analytical thinking; sharp and
precise definition and clarity of expression; and the value of
arguing in a persuasive, dynamic manner that takes into
consideration all aspects of a problem.
Buddhist masters and Oriental gurus often spend a lot of time
working with the mental plane. When Padma Sambhava
originated Tibetan Buddhism, the mental plane is where he
intended most of his practitioners to focus as they visualized their
yidams and tantras. One of the Buddhist contributions to our
world is found in its exploration of a state of mind that is clear,
luminous, and self-originating.
In Raja Yoga and hermetic exercises, there is an emphasis on
developing mental plane virtues such as a powerful concentration,
a mind free of any distraction, and also to have complete mastery
over the five sensory modes of perception. In other words, you
learn to imagine a picture, sensation, sound, smell, or taste in your
mind and experience it as if it is a real sensory impression.
As with elementals on the astral plane, it is possible to meet
beings whose primary focus is on the mental plane. The gurus and
masters are among these. Also, just as there are psychic, dreamlike
landscapes on the astral plane belonging to specific peoples and
locations, the mental plane has vibratory fields. If you enter one of
these fields you may find that it is easy to think along certain lines-
-these fields of mental energy gather and amplify certain thoughts
and act to exclude others. When someone is trying to “persuade”
you to his point of view, he is in effect trying to imprint upon or
penetrate your mind with a specific mental plane vibration.
There is, for example, a mental plane vibration expressing the
American dream. In this vibratory field, it is easy to think and
want to strive for wealth, independence, and finding your own
way. Truth is discovered through the process of everyone stating
openly their own point of view. There is a love of technology but
also a distrust of government and even of science. Science is not
something you believe in but something you use.
A lot of people are locked into this specific pattern of thoughts.
When they walk through the occult section of a bookstore, it all
appears as nonsense. When they read the Bible, for example, they
find that it expresses the American dream because their mental
plane vibration filters their perceptions. Though very powerful and
dynamic, this particular field of mental vibrations is a very
externalized view of life. A sense of the earth, of the inner planes,
psychic awareness, and anything mystical is inconsistent or
discordant with this specific mental plane perspective.
One results of studying the vibrations on the mental plane is
you develop a telepathic ability to sense the inner workings of
others’ minds. You can view another's mind directly in terms of its
vibrations. You understand not only the structure of the mind of
human beings, but also the mental vibrations of animals, the
atomic vibrations of minerals, and the mental perspective of higher
spirits as well.

The Akashic Plane

The three hundred and sixty spirits Bardon mentions belonging to

the earthzone dwell within a pure akashic level of awareness.
They do not need to occupy a physical/etheric, astral, or mental
body in order to be fully conscious and active. If you interact with
them from within akasha, you are interacting with them through
your intuition. If you want to talk to them--exchange ideas from
mind to mind--you need to bring their presence down to the mental
plane. If you want to feel their presence so their inspiration and
auras pulse and throb within you, then you need to bring them
down to the astral plane. If you want to change our physical world
in some way, then some sort of energy matrix has to be set up that
can cause effects within the physical world.
These spirits have already mastered the lower planes at least in
the areas where they specialize. Consequently, the first mode of
interaction with them usually happens on an intuitive level. It is
your personal and magical experience that enables that intuition to
take form so you can understand and express it.
Akasha is, of course, nothing new. It has been described in
many texts such as the Heart Sutra, the Bagavad Gita, and even the
90th Psalm. I know Zen masters who slip into akasha as easily as
they tie their shoes. Some Tibetan Buddhists I know configure
their magical circles to express an akashic state of trance.
An Indian medicine man I spent some time with often wandered
in akasha when he dreamed and he relied upon it when he wanted
something done in a hurry. One Taoist master uses akasha to open
gates to the inner planes to speak with any master from the past of
that lineage. And I know some Sufis who enter akasha through
their dance or by the way they focus their eyes.
Life presents us with both outer and inner experiences just as a
circle has both a circumference and a center. Finding the akasha
within ourselves is perceiving life from the center. No matter how
dramatic our actions or rapid our life transitions, there remains a
calm stillness around which everything turns. To enter this still
center of the heart is one of life's greatest gifts. Every human
being has the power to enter akasha. Akasha is what makes all the
limitations, sorrow, and suffering of life into such an incredible,
dramatic, and mysterious pageantry. Even amid horror, terror, and
loss, something wonderful is happening to us.
There are traditions probably as old as mankind in which
individuals have learned to switch into another mode of perception.
They attempt to see, feel, and think as divine beings. They not
only reenact this in their rituals. They relive the act of creation as
if it is their own to unfold. This is not a heretical, profane, or an
outlandish interpretation. These are sons and daughters inquiring
into their origins and preparing to assume their rightful place as
creators in the image and likeness of the Creator.
The modern mind relies primarily on scientific inquiry to
master the art of creation. Our model of the universe is
experimental and subject to empirical verification. Yet the impulse
underlying scientific endeavor has always been present. It is not
surprising that every esoteric oral tradition on earth has its own
version of a cosmology. It is inherent inhuman nature to express
and celebrate the powers and the beauty that brought life into
being.
Consequently, it is not an idle thought to think that the power
that created and shaped the universe flows through us. Finding and
uniting with the creator/Creator in ourselves is the very essence of
love. And it is the final destiny that we shall attain as a race who
live and dwell among two hundred billion galaxies.
Here are four steps for finding akasha within yourself. First,
imagine that the qualities and powers of akasha are part of you.
That is, develop a spiritual identity that exists within akasha.
Second, you strengthen your awareness of akasha so you feel one
with it--it is not only familiar; it becomes second nature. Third,
learn to sense how akasha can influence your life and the world in
which you live. Fourth, acting with the authority and power of
akasha and like akasha, you act in some larger way to benefit and
transform the world.
Step 1. To enter akasha, cultivate a state of meditation or trance
in which your awareness is highly refined. Move beyond
dependency on form, gender, age, historical or social identity.
Here in akasha there are no limitations, no boundaries, and there is
no need for names. Space and time are completely open to your
scrutiny. In this state of mind, nothing is hidden and everything is
available to be to studied directly through intuition or mental
projection.
This is a magical practice and activity. The emphasis and
procedure are somewhat different from those taught in traditional
religions. We are not starting with a devotional act. We are not
sacrificing, praying, or invoking. We are not being hesitant,
cautious, or self-deprecating. There is no temple atmosphere,
incense, rituals, mantras, icons or yidams supporting our
consciousness. There is no need for a magical circle, wand, or
pentagram.
We are also not proceeding in conformity with the rules of
psychology. We are not processing our experience. We are not
strengthening our social identity. We are not relying upon
behavioral, emotive, cognitive, empirical, or social-linguistic
methodologies. We are not exploring the personal, collective, or
global unconscious. We are not using positive thoughts, guided
meditations, or relaxation techniques.
Having said all of this--having renounced dependence on form
and tradition--it still remains that each of us will use those tools
that best express our own aspirations. Union with akasha is
personal and transpersonal. Like the answer to a Zen koan, each
individual's response is always the same and yet always new. That
is to say, we can turn any activity into a means for attaining
transcendence. This is because in every moment we exist at the
edge of akasha and we are free to draw upon its power and
creativity.
Through meditation and concentration, we enter the mind of
and assume the full prerogatives of a spiritual being. If some
proclaim man is made in the image of God, then in this moment we
activate this divine image in its power, rapture, and sovereignty.
One procedure is to use your creativity and intuition to imagine
what this is like.
A simple way to begin is to visualize dark, ultraviolet light
penetrating through space and time and that you are this light. All
of history, past, present, and future, stands open to your gaze. The
wisdom of all ages illuminates your understanding. Think about
this and consider the ramifications--there is no emotion or feeling,
no thought or perception, no sensory experience, pleasure, pain,
sorrow or ecstasy that you cannot comprehend and contain in its
full depth, breadth, and meaning.
All instincts, drives, desires, motives, and inspirations are clear
to you. Every nuance and facet that makes an animal, human or
divine being what it is is part of your awareness. As an image of
God, like unto God, you are sovereign and lord over your own
being. In this state of awareness, nothing can influence you or
oppose you without your permission.
As a creator, you have the ability and the right to withdraw into
yourself whenever you wish to examine the universe that
surrounds you. From this position, you can consider the forces
active within yourself and those that shape the world in which you
live. You can consider what has been, what is, and what shall
come to be. And, as a creator, from out of the depths of your heart
you can originate new purposes and actions. You can set into
motion forces that fulfill your visions and remake the world as a
better place to live.
This akashic state of awareness, then, is your own space.
Within it, you are autonomous, independent, and self-originating.
The mysteries of your self and the universe surrounding you are
open to your understanding. As befitting a state of perfect
wisdom, you are detached and transcendent.
But also, according to your need and intentions, you are also
imminent and omnipresent. You can be present within and fully
conscious of every aspect of anything that exists anywhere in the
universe. This is the nature of akasha. This is capacity of those
who unite with Divine Providence.
In summary, in this first step we develop a physical sensation, a
feeling, and a mode of intuition. The sensation is of penetrating
through space, time, and the entire universe should we wish. The
feeling is of being in our own space, totally independent,
autonomous, and sovereign--nothing can influence us or oppose us
without our giving consent. And our intuition is of having full
knowledge of any thing or being we wish to focus upon.
Almost anyone can imagine these things if they spend some
time working at it. Our task is to become familiar with this state of
awareness so we can claim it as our own. The point is to be able to
enter akasha with ease whenever we wish.
Step 2. In the second step, we strengthen our akasha trance.
Meditation becomes samadhi--body, soul, mind, and spirit are
totally engaged and united as we concentrate. In this way, we
attain total faith and conviction. Our psychic senses are enhanced.
And the atomic vibration of matter and our physical being becomes
open to our investigation.
We now can sense how akasha is the origin of the four
elements. Fire's expansive and commanding power of will are
joined with water's encompassing, nurturing sensitivity and
acceptance. Air's independence and freedom are combined with
earth's solidity and endurance. These four unite in a pure, clear
awareness that knows itself to be divine.
Though we talk about the four elements, it would be just as easy
to say that the seven chakras in the body, the four planes of
awareness, the seven planets in the solar system, and the twelve
signs of the zodiac also combine and unite within this trance. This
might sound confusing at first but the basics remain: akasha is an
awareness that encompasses, penetrates and unites all at the same
time.
In summary, for the second step the sense of touch that
penetrates through space and time is stronger. You radiate power.
Your aura, which is without limit, can now influence anything you
concentrate upon. The feeling of being in your own space is also
expanded. You feel at home wherever you are.
And whereas your intuition in step one gave you knowledge,
you now feel omnipresence is something real. As you
contemplate, you can remove every trace of separation between
you and any other being or spirit. The oneness you create and
sustain reflects to some extent the light of Divine Providence.
In the first step, the task is to enter akasha with ease so that this
unusual state is comfortable and familiar. In this step, akasha
becomes a trance in which our whole being is present as we
concentrate. This carries with it an absolute sense of conviction
that we are united with whatever we focus upon so that all
separation is overcome. The highest light of divinity begins to
illuminate our five senses.
Step 3. In the first two steps, we enter and become familiar
with akasha. We then deepen our concentration so it becomes
total. These are internal states of awareness. In this step, our
internal awareness of akasha becomes strong enough that we
change the world.
As we mature as individuals within a family, we exercise more
control over our body, emotions, and mind. Our personalities
become more rounded. We gain in experience. We then are ready
to become productive members of society. We participate in
secular and religious/spiritual communities. But if we work with
akasha over many years, it is possible to become a dynamic and
influential spiritual being.
This means we engage in a set of actions that are completely
invisible to the society in which we live. These are not religious or
devotional activities. These are the actions of individuals who
embody some of the powers of guardian angels whose task it is to
protect, guide, and unfold life with harmony and beauty. Such
intervention is not arbitrary. It carries with it the highest
responsibility.
To put it another way, we become agents of akasha. A part of
ourselves is totally dedicated to Divine Providence. In the first two
steps, we are more concerned with the perfection of the self. In
this step, we turn our attention to accomplishing some specific
work on earth.
This is not an odd idea. I have already referred to this
motivation earlier on--there is a natural desire to contribute to the
unfolding of the world or, as the Sufis might say, every heart
desires to transform the world through love. To assume a spiritual
identity is to become active in this endeavor. The conscious
integration of the self at this point includes an awareness of the
deeper purposes that are guiding history. Just as a successful
personality is effective in working with the rules of society, those
who have assumed spiritual consciousness are successful in
working with the laws of the universe.
They understand what is possible. They exercise foresight.
They monitor the karma of individuals and societies as they search
for ways to accelerate growth. Though on occasion they exercise
godlike powers, it is not their intention to dominate. They seek
instead to empower, to liberate, to heal, to fulfill, and to set free.
In summary, the conviction in this step is strong enough and the
intuition pure enough to change and shape life through the exercise
of spiritual and magical powers. To do so requires that an
individual develop a consciousness appropriate for this level of
activity. This is not a social or religious identity, for the
accumulated wisdom within a society can never substitute for a
direct connection to Divine Providence. And the light of morality
is never sufficient to take the place of harmonizing oneself with the
laws of the universe.
In brief, we know beyond all doubt and with complete accuracy
the range of our powers and the purity of our spirit. Though we all
remain human and in many ways limited, we also know what we
can accomplish. We see with the eyes of akasha and to some extent
the four elements of nature obey our will. And so, like unto a
creator, we reshape the world according to the visions within our
hearts. The act by which the universe was created has not ended.
It is on-going and we are a part of the process.
Step 4. In the fourth step, an individual becomes even more
like akasha. What does akasha do? It grants shelter, protection,
and support. It is nurturing and encouraging. It is also supremely
challenging because the possibilities it offers are infinite. Akasha
is both masculine and feminine. It holds the past in reverence, it
understand the importance of limitations, and it is the unknown
manifesting. Akasha lays the foundations for a new world offering
both continuity and divine creativity.
In the fourth step, as an individual grows in akashic awareness,
he or she exercises a permanent influence on human evolution. As
long as humanity exists, his or her contribution to the human spirit
will remain. Its light will never die. The perfection of the
individual leads to this place where there is a unending outpouring
of new treasures of wisdom, love, and illumination. Like a planet,
a star, or a constellation, the individual becomes a gate through
which the beauty of the universe is continually revealed.
In summary, practicing an akashic state of awareness is a way
of identifying with Divine Providence. To put it in the simplest
terms, it is advantageous if only from a psychological point of
view to put aside your fears, to relax, and then to ask yourself,
“What do I really want?” This act is empowering because it frees
your imagination to consider your options.
In a similar manner, entering akasha is a way of considering
what is possible for your life and gaining the support you need to
follow through with your choices. When you ask yourself, “What
purposes will my life serve?” you are becoming your own guardian
angel. You are taking into account your limitations and your needs.
You are evaluating your abilities and your interests. And you are
also viewing your life from the point of view of eternity--you are
considering the deepest desires and longings within your heart.
When this point of view and transcendence become a
permanent part of your personality, then automatically you are also
asking, “What can I accomplish on behalf of the human race and
the planet earth?” When you ask this question with great
conviction and profound commitment, then the light of Divine
Providence is already present within you and empowering you.

Negative Spirits or the Dark Side of the Force

In the Bardon cosmology, for each positive spirit in the earthzone

there is also a negative counterpart. Like Bardon, I would suggest
at the outset that you do not evoke negative spirits. Bardon says a
magician should only contact those spirits that are compatible with
his high ideals. Since I actively work with the Judges of Saturn
who preside over both positive and negative spirits, a study of
negativity is not outside the range of my work and responsibility.
And, as a matter of experience, I have met individuals whose
negativity could qualify them to be incarnations of negative beings.
One difference between negative and positive spirits is that the
negative are closer to the physical world and have darker colors in
their auras. For these reasons, they are easier to contact. You do
neither have to be as pure nor do you need some noble purpose to
catch their attention. You do not have to elevate your
consciousness into a profound trance or journey far on the inner
planes in order to encounter them. Their activities are more
familiar--their actions are sensational and full of scandal. Instead
of uplifting and transforming, they supervise obsession,
degradation, and destruction.
This is not to say that they serve no purpose. They too grant an
opportunity to learn through experience. They give you a taste of
life and a chance to find out who you are and what you are made
of.
In fact, they like to challenge and test you. If you do not have
an absolute commitment to the divine, if your will is in any way
weak or undefined, they will visit you on occasion or send an
emissary deputizing for them--someone you work with or meet in
school or in your social life. These spirits are happy to offer their
services as your tour guide, your confidant, counselor, and the
author of your life script if you need a ghost writer.
If you lack meaning and purpose, they are happy to fill in all the
blanks in your application for incarnation. If you do not know
what you are after in life, you can be sure they will find something
for you to do. Is life drab and boring? They will find you a task
completely captivating and demanding. After all, this is their job--
to get you completely involved with life if you do not want to play
a part or else deny you the basics so you come to realize how
precious the life is that you gave up.
And if you despair for any reason? Oh, wow, look out. That is
like shouting or sending an SOS sent on their private wavelength
saying, “I am here. Come rescue me for I am lost.” You see,
akasha is so sensitive to will and imagination that your choices in
life automatically activate its resources either for creation or
destruction. Human choice and will are that dynamic and
powerful.
Negative spirits may appear to be exotic and otherworldly, but
they merely reflect things with which we are already familiar. I
have a friend whose uncle is in the Mafia. Occasionally, he runs
into mob figures. They always offer him “free” gifts out of respect
for his uncle. But he knows that if he ever accepts a gift he will be
bound to the mob forever. Once you take a free handout, they will
call on you for special favors. You then have a permanent
relationship.
I have another friend whose grandfather was a kahuna, a
Hawaiian priest. Whenever he meets kahunas, they tell him about
the various Hawaiian spirits with whom he has a special
connection. But he wants no part of this. He has never accepted
the psychic warfare his grandfather as a kahuna participated in. He
has switched religions thinking that in this way he will escape from
that kind of negative spiritual action. Each religion actually has its
own way of dealing with negative spirits and performing
exorcisms as well as maintaining its lineage and power.
The topic of negative entities covers a vast area of study. Some
conceive of negative beings, devils, demons, and such as being
insidious, hideous, and violently destructive. This seems to be the
case but you have to distinguish between lower astral plane entities
and highly developed negative beings.
As with the mob, if you go to a loan shark and default on your
loan, the loan shark will come round and cause you physical
injury. If you run, he will hunt you down. The situation is like
survival in a jungle. If you suddenly encounter a wounded animal,
an animal whose territory is invaded or an animal with a raging
appetite, you may find yourself attacked with an amazing ferocity.
Behind the teeth, the jaws, the claws, and the venom is a pain, a
rage, or the blind desire to survive. Entities on the lower astral
plane can turn on you with a pure, devouring hatred. And these
negative beings, like the mob or an animal interested in survival,
have a powerful sense of territory and of who is in charge.
But in the case of the loan shark, there is something more
subtle. The negativity takes the form of entrapment. Nothing is a
matter with what is given--with the money itself. It is the terms
attached to the loan that make the transaction dark. Often negative
spirits will sense the power within you. They see that you have a
destiny, a mission, or something wonderful you are meant to
accomplish. What they do is tempt you with a shortcut.
You may have something you really want to do with your life.
But you do not have the money, the experience, the connections,
the friends, the influence, the knowledge, or the magick. It seems
what is meant to be will never happen. Your conviction is
inadequate.
In steps a negative being. It says, “I will give you power,
connections, and all the knowledge you will ever need.” Because
you lack experience, the offer appears friendly and generous. But
you have to be sensitive to what is missing. Negative spirits often
will grant very positive things or gifts on two but not all three of
the physical, astral, and mental planes.
For example, they may dramatically increase you powers of
concentration on the mental plane. And they will give ideal
physical circumstances where you can work toward you dreams.
But the astral life they provide is contaminated. Even as your
opportunities in life increase, your emotional life becomes a toxic
wasteland devoid of love and affection. They humiliate you and
cause degradation to fill your astral body so you lose the self-
esteem you need to make independent choices.
Consider another example. As in some groups, there is a
physical community where you belong. And there is love and
support nurturing you and drawing you into a life of sharing and
caring. But what is at stake in this case is your mind. You have to
think in a certain way. Any deviation from acceptable doctrines,
beliefs, or interpretations is intolerable. You are not permitted to
think your own thoughts.
If you have complete control of individuals' bodies or their
emotions or their minds--just one of these three--you can pretty
much put an end to their spiritual growth. If you can block a
peoples' contact with the spiritual, then you can destroy the world
or cause untold suffering.
The higher negative beings of the earthzone are intelligent and
conniving. We can see the equivalent in human life. The Drug
Enforcement Agency sent an undercover female agent to infiltrate
the drug cartels. She was set up in a business that launders money.
She succeeded marvelously with the Colombians and so forth. But
when she went to meet the Italian mob, she ran into something
else.
The Italian mob did not know her. When she got off the plane
in Rome, the mob photographed every single person arriving at the
airport that day. They wanted to see if there were any other known
agents who came in as her backup. The Italian mob operates its
own intelligence service similar to the FBI and the CIA.
This agent succeeded in a securing a large number of arrests
and also the confiscation of $50 million of mob money. But the
mob also put out a four million dollar contract on her life.
Running into higher negative spirits is somewhat similar. You are
up against professionals. They have a lot of resources to draw
upon to manipulate and to harm you.
The mob may live down the street. You may go to school with
their children. You may have business associates or friends who
are under their influence. In some countries like Japan, there is an
unwritten agreement between the government and the yakuza. The
Japanese yakuza keep juvenile delinquents off the streets. They
have their own system of internal discipline. Like the IRA in
Belfast or the mob in Grosse Pointe, Michigan, thieves are not
permitted to operate in their neighborhood. The mob controls evil
like a monopoly. In effect, it provides order. Like a thief’s guild,
it insures that negative actions take place within prescribed limits.
Individual initiative is not tolerated.
Hitler, during the Third Reich, gave occultists a choice. Either
join the Nazi party or be sent to a concentration camp. He wanted
a monopoly on magical power. Even in the United States, since
the 1970's, the CIA has run its own research and operations
involving remote viewing. This is so effective as an intelligence
tool that the U.S. government wanted a monopoly on its use. The
government actively interfered with individuals and private
organizations researching this skill.
You can read on the internet and in books a great deal about
this. It appears the U.S. government used disinformation,
character assassination, and attempts at physical assassination to
control the spread of information. Negative beings are like that. If
you are developing power, they want you to work for them or else
they attempt to do you in.
The way to escape evil is to say, “I am committed to a higher
purpose. I identify with it with my whole being. If you proceed
against me, you proceed against the powers behind me.” In other
words, once you encounter evil--a highly potent negativity--it is no
longer life as usual. You have to make an enormous commitment
if you want to regain balance and harmony. This commitment
must transcend your own life. It must be to the highest light you
can imagine and your commitment must be sufficient that your life
then becomes a vehicle for this light's expression. In other words,
you need to find a source of power greater than the one that has
control of you. If you are on a spiritual path, then you need a
spiritual source of greater power and might.
There are times when there is nothing else that can save you
than your own absolute commitment to the light. Everyone of us
will one day encounter this situation in one or more of our
incarnations. The Buddhist's refer to this as the motivation to seek
enlightenment. For the Judges of Saturn, enlightenment is much,
much more than something an individual attains to free himself
from suffering. It is a state of mind in which you are free to
celebrate the beauty of the universe. It is not just personal. It is a
cosmic event.
Elemental beings cannot approach an individual whose mind is
centered within akasha. In a similar manner, negative beings
cannot influence an individual who, in his faith and at his core,
identifies with Divine Providence. You never want to
underestimate the strength of power either in a positive or negative
form. You never want to make the mistake of assuming that evil
will go away, that once it has contacted you you can ignore its
touch and go back to the life you had before. You can count on
negative spirits to wait life times for you to make another mistake
and then they will offer you an invitation similar to one you
accepted before.
On the other hand, it is interesting how much power Christians
ascribe to the devil. Jews will tell you that the devil is a minor
annoyance. It is God you have to look out for--fear Him and
nothing else. It is only with God's permission that evil enters the
world. All power is under God's supervision. If you read the
psalms of David, it is clear that David never forgets for an instant
that God is in charge and not the enemy or negative spirits.
In our solar system, according to Bardon, the spirits of the
sphere of Saturn are the Judges who govern both positive and
negative spirits when it comes to karma and cosmic law. On a
planetary level and in the cases of black magicians, it is the Judges
of Saturn who determine for how long negative spirits may be
unleashed to cause destructive effects.
It is the task of Saturn to insure that the paths of spirit remain
open and uncontaminated. They see the physical world and time
as helping us to discover the divinity within us. Both negative and
positive spirits serve this same end. The negative spirits bind,
confine, and destroy. Again, it requires immense will to be free of
their influence.
The positive spirits teach how to take into your hands the
powers of creation. It requires immense will to work with them.
The eyes of a magician can see and understand the work and
appointed purpose of both kinds of spirits. Consequently, a
magician neither fears how this or that experience may rob him of
his purity nor does he close himself off from the world to protect
his devotion. Ideally, he is able to offer assistance and insight to
whoever comes to him regardless of their situation.
What black magicians have in common is not their malice,
domination, or evil works. If you search their hearts, you will find
they have lost a sense of the wonder and beauty of the universe. In
other words, their hearts are closed. They no longer seek or desire
to see how akasha is active in guiding and inspiring all things
through the power of love.
Spiritual development neither occurs in isolation nor is it a
private and individual matter. You may spend decades in solo
practice with virtually no contact with others in the same field, but
on the inner planes you are nevertheless being carefully watched.
Recall the quaint scene from Star Wars when senator Palpatine,
who is the evil emperor in disguise, says with double meanings to
the young Anakin, “We will be watching your development with
great interest.” His meaning is that he hopes to convert the young
Anakin into the future Darth Vader to replace his former pupil
Darth Maul. The negative side is especially interested in winning
over individuals with high potential who retain some character
flaw or weakness that can be used to gain power over them.
One of the most important tasks in magick, therefore, is keeping
yourself inspired. For me, power serves the purposes of love. It is
an aspect of being creative.
When I discover something negative in myself, I seek to capture
the energy and will within it. I find an ecstasy, a divine purpose,
or natural way of growing that allows the energy and the power
within the negative to be expressed in a totally new way as part of
a larger whole.
The negative is an expression of isolation and destruction. It
contaminates and steals. But the power within akasha is such that
anything can be brought into a greater harmony, anything can be
turned around or remade so it leads to fulfillment and deep
satisfaction. Love can unlock any gate or heal any soul. Part of
the task is retaining commitment to and appreciation for this love
during all parts of your journey.

How to Use This Book

This book is intended to give an overview of some of the major

spirits responsible for human and planetary evolution. I have
presented the spirits following the order of the zodiac moving from
Aries to Pisces. You can go directly to chapters relating to topics
that interest you such as personal love, telepathy, clairvoyance,
prophecy, will power, and so forth.
I have given more information on negative spirits under Ubarim,
Amagestol, and Tagora. For more on the four elements in magick
and psychology see Morilon, Jvar and Chimirgu. For further
examples of pathworking see Jachil and Alosom. Although all the
spirits reveal aspects of akasha, see Chimirgu for more about the
requirements an individual needs to meet in order to feel
comfortable in working on that level.
If you have some skill in visualizing and concentrating, you may
wish to explore working with sigils. I have not presented in this
book copies of Bardon’s sigils for these spirits. I think it is best if
those who are interested in using this method have in hand
Bardon’s original work, The Practice of Magical Evocation, in
which he presents the sigils of most of the spirits he discusses. Of
course, it goes without saying that the basic training presented in
Bardon’s book, Initiation into Hermetics, is indispensable for
serious magical work.
A sigil is basically a magical diagram. You concentrate on it
and your consciousness is immediately linked in some way with a
particular spirit. It is a short cut. Sigils are like a phone number.
You call and someone on the other end picks up the phone and
answers you. Sigils are also like a doorway. If you concentrate
enough, an entrance opens between the worlds and a sprit moves
through it into your room. For more information on sigils, see
Bialode, Radina, and Cermiel.
Occasionally I refer to the use of cosmic letters. The 27 cosmic
letters are one way of representing the basic building blocks
through which God created matter, spirit, space, and time. For
further information on this practice, see Franz Bardon’s book, The
Key to the True Quabbalah. Bardon wrote that book under the
guidance of a spirit named Amalomi who presides over 26 degrees
Taurus in the earthzone.
I would also mention that there is some controversy about the
names of these spirits. Bardon apparently encoded the names
because toward the end of his life he was in a hostile environment
and there were around him malicious individuals who would use
this information for dark purposes. This has absolutely no bearing
on my own practice. As I point out later on, I sign my own name
in at least ten different ways and I respond to at least fifteen
different pronunciations of my last name.
As I pointed out earlier on, if you concentrate on a spirit you
have a connection. The difficulty is in asking well-formed and
highly motivated questions and listening very carefully to the
answer that is given. And if you want to get something
accomplished by working with a spirit, it is up to you to provide
the energy. This is just being courteous and responsible.
The method I use is fairly simple. Though I do not use any
ritual or magical tools, my procedures are very much within
Bardon’s training system. I form a magical circle using my mind.
This takes about five seconds. For more on magick circles, see
Morilon under Common Difficulties/Imbalances.
I then ascend the planes into the realm of the akasha of the earth
that I often imagine to be dark, ultraviolet in color. I may focus on
the particular zodiac constellation of the spirit I am working on.
And I may spend some time contemplating the nature and
inspiration of the particular spirit.
I then imagine that this void of akasha is filled with the color
light belonging to the sigil of the particular spirit. Aries, Scorpio,
and Pisces are red. Taurus and Libra are green. Gemini and Virgo
are brown. Cancer is silvery-white. Leo is golden yellow.
Sagittarius is blue. Capricorn is black. And Aquarius is violet.
Some individuals say Bardon’s original notes indicate blue for
Pisces.
Because of my psychic abilities and previous work with spirits
such as Zagriona, it is easy for me to sense the particular spirit
directly in front of me. This works for any spirit in our planetary
system including all the archangels. You can also directly enter
into God’s presence. But in this case it helps to complete your
preliminary practices so that you do not severely twist and distort
the communication according to your own preconceptions and
limitations. The difference between interacting directly with God
and a particular spirit is that God is everywhere on all planes and
in all spheres of the universe and his personal qualities are not
finite but infinite.
A word of caution: I would emphasize that if you ascend the
planes at the beginning of a practice, you also carefully descend
and return to your normal consciousness afterwards. And if you
visualize light or accumulate energy of any kind, it is absolutely
essential to dissolve this energy completely after your practice.
The exception is if you ask a spirit to use that energy for a
particular purpose. In this case, the energy still has an influence on
you--that is, there is a certain tension in the air--no matter where it
is or who has it.
As I frequently discuss in answering individuals’ email to me,
magick in our age has a peculiar quality. In a democracy, it is
essential that individuals chose their own courses of action based
on their personal feelings and thoughts. Power is invested in and
derived from the people. The best power empowers individuals to
make their own choices and to follow their own paths.
What this means for magick in our age of the world is that you
have to do what feels right for you individually. Through careful
observation, you have to discover your own limitations and your
own abilities. Your life is the magical experiment, the great work,
and the spiritual training field. My suggestion is that whatever you
do you retain your personal harmony and balance and move toward
the inspiration of love, service, gratitude, awe, and the wonder and
beauty of creation.
Not everyone should be involved in magick just as not everyone
should be a medical doctor, an astronomer, or a lawyer. But it is
important for everyone to have at least an introduction to fields of
study that have a major impact on society. In another book, I will
present a large number of brief magical exercises that anyone can
practice no matter how busy they may be. Ultimately, there is no
difference between the study of magick and the study of science,
medicine, literature, history, politics, art, love, and religion.
Magick is the refined essence of all these disciplines distilled into
pure inspiration.

Anamil, 9 degrees Aries, On Electro-Magnetic Energies

Reason for Evocation. Anamil is a high spirit within akasha who

is master of electro-magnetic volting. In terms of elemental
beings, the salamander Itumo is somewhat similar to Anamil.
Itumo is a master of electrical storms and of lightning. I enjoy
working with Itumo and also would like to understand the purely
magical application of electric and magnetic energies. Franz
Bardon says of Anamil that there is no problem within the
earthzone that Anamil cannot solve.

Aries in Earthzone. Aries has tremendous confidence in his own

strength. As conviction, Aries is certain beyond all doubt that
there is a way to solve any problem. As courage, Aries will step
out while everyone else is still weighing their options. Aries
crosses the wasteland and the wilderness not because he is
adventuresome, likes journeys, or is curious. He simply does not
take into account the difficulty or how far he has to go when he has
a job to do.
If there is an obstacle in his way that no one else can move,
Aries will invent something that clears the way or else he will
design and forge a weapon strong enough so he can complete his
mission. Do not underestimate the explosion of force that occurs
when his will, skill, and commitment are all united.
But despite appearances and rumors that he is stubborn and
obstinate, Aries is not ego oriented. He is not trying to build
himself up. He just like challenges. And anything that strives
against him or interferes with him he just might designate as a
personal training ground to test his will and determination. You
see, Aries knows a little secret--there is no upper limit on how far
you may go in developing your will or in mastering yourself.
Aries is the dimmest of the twelve constellations but it burns the
hottest. To understand its place in the scheme of things, you have
to understand that the transition between Pisces and Aries is the
greatest in the zodiac. Pisces, the perfect mystic and world server,
is ready to sacrifice the self in honor of the sacred. All things are
united in one life, and therefore the needs of the individual are less
than the needs of the whole.
Ah, but that is just the catch. The universe has made up its
mind on this point: in order for life to unfold and flourish there
must be individuals who think for themselves and who do not
sacrifice themselves for illusive ideals. On their own initiative, out
of their own inner strength and acceptance of personal challenge,
whatever opposes them they will overcome. The warrior,
commander, and leader, as far as will and commitment to mission
are concerned, are written into this constellation.
Aries is hot, fiery, electrical, and burning. Aries is ready to act
at the drop of a hat. If you are going to do something, the present
moment is a better moment than any other to get going.

9 Degrees Aries. The ninth degree is a special time. It is when

you retreat from the worlds of form and enter akasha to forge an
absolute weapon. This is a place to which you go to unite the
sacred powers in order to overcome all opposition. Of course, it
helps to know yourself and your trade very well if you are going to
deal with high explosives or high voltage. Still, for someone with
skill, it does not take much more, to use an analogy, than a hard
hat, a few wrenches, and some proper insulation to hook up a
transformer that steps up the voltage to a level sufficient to get the
results you want.

Anamil's Domain in Akasha. This area of akasha is like a silent,

still, and invisible lightning storm where divine visions are born.
These visions originate and are forged from spiritual will and the
power it has at its disposal. This is a level of spirit in which the
masculine and feminine are so refined and united they are now
pure creativity.

Sigil. Anamil's sigil condenses an electro-magnetic charge of

energy.

Inner Source of Inspiration. It is the nature of Divine Providence

to bring together the full power of opposites and unite them so the
creation might move forward unhindered and attain fulfillment.
When you find this within yourself, the beauty that is within life
radiates from your heart. Like several other spirits in the earthzone
who specialize in power, for Anamil power has no upper limit.
There is always as much power available as is needed to
accomplish a sacred purpose.

Anamil's Outer Aura. Anamil's aura is like still, clear water

containing a great deal of power. His power is extremely potent.
This kind of power to change the world at will is given to those
who possess the highest nobility. Anamil embodies selflessness,
honor, and integrity. He is empty the way the sky is empty. He is
receptive like the sea that refuses no rivers. And yet his will is
ferocity itself--the fusion of the sun with nuclear explosions of
light is at the center of his heart. His will is indomitable and
absolute.

Inner Aura. Anamil condenses power to an extent that the volt

takes over as reality. Whatever was there before is now replaced
by a greater force and presence. The job of creation is to create. It
brings new things into being. It manifests its dreams. Its purposes
and plans are solidified and endure through time. This is the
power Anamil commands.

Akashic Plane. Anamil is very good at creating electro-magnetic

volts on the akashic plane. His presence has a voice. It asks,
"What do you wish to accomplish?" And then magick takes up
this task--masculine and feminine embrace in the form of pure
electrical and magnetic energy empowering and seeking to
manifest your objective.
In his first book, Initiation into Hermetics, Franz Bardon
explains the magical act of “volting.” After developing a high
level of concentration on fire and water, the accompanying
sensations of hot and cold can be used to produce electric and
magnetic energies. There is actually a large variety of ways to
experience and learn to control these energies. In a sense, they are
also the spiritual or inner plane essence of masculine and feminine
powers. Bringing these two energies into union is a very high and
very powerful practice.
Basically, you create a ball of highly condensed electrical
energy and surround it with a larger ball of magnetic energy. With
your concentration and imagination, you place a picture into this
ball of what you wish to accomplish. You then place the ball into
akasha, a spaceless and timeless level of awareness. From here it
can influence the mental, astral, and physical planes.
Bardon says of those who have worked through the
preliminaries and are now capable of mastering this level of
practice: “The 'volting' quoted here is one of the most powerful
operations which the magician is capable to accomplish in his
present stage of development, for now he has succeeded in
mastering himself as well as other people.... The magician is no
longer subject to the ordinary influences of destiny, he became
master of his fate and nothing but Divine Providence in its highest
aspect can influence his will.”
A volt combines the distilled essence of energies we rarely
encounter in a pure form, and yet a magical volt is reflected in
everyday experience. The electric and magnetic energies can be
described in familiar terms similar to those operating in our own
lives.
If an individual possesses great faith, conviction, and vision and
if this individual is supported by others who possess extraordinary
love and devotion, then you can witness similar effects. There is
charisma and dynamic action supported by affection and
enthusiasm. There is courage, strength, character, and nobility
united with passion, awe, wonder, and beauty. This is a winning
combination of energies. It cannot help but succeed.
Once again, because Anamil contains masculine and feminine,
electric and magnetic, and yin and yang within himself, his
thoughts, feelings, and will can emit volts of energy that change
reality. As an individual in love radiates bright light, Anamil
radiates power.
If you put off to the side for a moment the volting and the
electro-magnetic energies, Anamil is simply an akashic power that
shapes reality. He can take responsibility for the causes that
determine and sustain the world. He can change their form and
their energy.
Anamil's aura on the akashic plane is something like having
lightning inside of a bottle. There is a great pressure and power
under control. If you let it out, it explodes with light and
electricity. But just its presence alone generates incredibly levels
of conviction and confidence that you can get a job done.
There is again a certain similarity between the salamander
Itumo's aura and Anamil's in regard to the presence of electrical
energy. But Anamil's power and authority extend through all the
elements and throughout the entire zone of the earth. It is
wonderful to have contact with a spirit whose dynamic power is
able to solve any problem.

Mental Plane. Anamil captivates the mental plane with the

brightness and radiance of his aura. His charge is so strong that all
the active forces influencing a situation align themselves to him. It
is clear that he is in charge.
Anamil's aura captures your attention. He is not articulating a
persuasive argument or presenting a brilliant analysis. He is like
lightning striking twenty feet from individuals engaged in an
animated discussion. The discussion is overridden by a brighter
and more electrifying presence. The force of the universe steps in
with a different kind of argument. Like the sign of Aries, Anamil's
voice says, “You can work out later your explanations and theories
for what is happening. Right now it is time for action.”
Again, in terms of sheer power, Anamil is a white hot flame
carefully contained. He is an active force of creation.

Astral Plane. On the astral plane, Anamil develops in others a

calm center and a nearly incomprehensible strength and power of
will. One of the real mysteries of life is the joining of a man and a
woman. When this union is so complete that all separation is
overcome, when there is not a trace or remainder of loneliness or
isolation, then we enter the heart of creation.
This is a place where doubt is vanquished and confusion
annihilated. This is a place where passion is like the stars in the
sky at night. Every source of light is reflected in its heart. Silent
as the earth, it rejoices in every dream and honors every genuine
vision of fulfillment. Those who love like this are the servants of
Divine Providence. They are children who work side by side with
and are guided by the hands of their father, the Creator. The entire
universe is their home.
As I meditate with Anamil on the astral plane, I imagine a
pictorial representation or symbol of what his energy is like. It is
like being outside in a thunderstorm except you feel a part of the
clouds and the earth. And, instead of lightning flashing here and
there, there are continuous, non-stop burning flames of lightning
joining the sky and the earth in all directions around yourself.
Since the astral plane is full of enlivened imagery, it is not so
unnatural to feel the rumbling of thunder inside my chest and a
sense of indomitable power combined with great peace.
Anamil says, “There are times when, in order to make a
difference in the world, you must provide the incentive and
inspiration needed to move others to action. There are times when
darkness and obstructions are so great that to succeed others must
see in your eyes the heart of creation before they will believe and
turn away from their afflictions. This wonder I embrace.”
One of the problems in evocation is that the enthralling visions
and inspiration you experience do not necessarily change yourself
or the world. Success requires enough concentration and energy so
that power radiates from your aura. Part of the secret to learning
how to do this is practice. You repeat an evocation, for example,
until the spirit's energy and qualities become your own.

Physical Plane. When all of this inner plane gathering and

focusing of energy presents itself as a tangible presence in the
physical world, the changes you wish to make become reality.
They seem so natural and fit in so well that they do not seem like
magick at all. What once seemed nearly impossible appears now
as what is meant to be. Though it takes courage and a lot of
intense work, you have only brought about what is in your heart.
And that is what is important--not the magick or the exercise of
power, but that love triumphs.
On the physical plane, Anamil embodies a “can do” attitude.
Like Aries or, for that matter, the marines, the idea is to solve the
problem and to get the job done. Anamil is an overwhelming force
and power of will brought to bear on any situation. Once again the
constellation of Aries exists to remind us of the importance of
individual initiative and an outlook that willingly and freely, out of
bliss, accepts all challenges. The entire zodiac, as a mandala
symbolizing akasha, continuously searches for those moments in
our lives as well as for individuals in history who can embody this
level of courage in action. To empower and assist us, Anamil has
been commissioned as a teacher within the earthzone.
Acting through all four planes, you gain the power and will to
make the things happen that you need to have happen. A creative
act is not just about great intentions, great ideas, and great feelings.
It is also about great accomplishments, about bringing the spiritual
down so it endures as something which is a part of our world and
which enriches our lives. This is where Anamil's power leads.

Common Difficulties/Imbalances. The first requisite for

understanding Anamil is acquiring a feel for the essence of
masculine and feminine or the electric and magnetic energies. The
eight undines Bardon mentions in his book can acquaint a
magician with various aspects of the magnetic fluid or the essence
of the water principle. In terms of cosmic letters, the CH with its
cold, watery violet color is especially appropriate for gaining a
similar feeling.
In terms of salamanders, again, Itumo is an excellent teacher of
the electric fluid. The cosmic letter S with its dark reddish/purple
color and fiery heat gave me my first taste of how to generate
electrical energy. Needless to say, such magical powers require a
fair amount of meditation on what masculinity and femininity are
in their elemental and spiritual dimensions.
The masculine possesses a more overt, extroverted power of
will. It is expansive, demanding, and charged with conviction.
The feminine introduces you directly into the mystery of
omnipresent love that is receptive, nurturing, and sensitive to the
point of possessing divine perception. Though history
occasionally gives us examples of individuals who are dynamic
and powerful, we rarely if ever have seen in Western history
anyone who radiates omnipresent love. The combination of the
two is even more rare.
The second problem with working with volting is that you also
need to master the air and earth elements. The air element
insulates and provides objectivity and detachment. When wild,
unforeseen events occur as a result of a volt, you need to be able to
understand what is occurring and how to restore balance.
The earth element enables you to remain solid and grounded so
that the tension a volt carries with it does not affect you. The
problem is that an electro-magnetic volt is so powerful that it
applies a lot of pressure on your personality as it brings about
changes in the world. In other words, if you are accelerating
karma or introducing a new reality into the world, you must also be
ready for the challenges that naturally follow from this level of
creativity.
The extraordinary connection of the electric and magnetic fluids
in a volt is similar to the relation between men and women. If a
man makes love with a woman, she may want the man to help her
work through her unresolved emotional issues. In effect, she says,
"If you join with my body and soul, you must clarify my confusion
and heal the pain within me. It is an obligation that comes with
intimacy." There is a deeper link between the man and woman that
is more than the man may imagine.
And in a similar way, if a woman wishes to join herself to a
man, it would help if she thought of him as more than providing
strength and security to her life. She just might pause at some
point and consider what part she might play in nurturing the spirit
and visions within him. Otherwise, the union is never fully
consummated. She fails to enter the man's heart, presuming his
attention to her beauty and her receptivity to his obvious needs are
all that is required for closeness. She does not capture his essence
and hold it within her heart.
In other words, male/female relationships in themselves are
rather challenging, and the more resourceful and responsive we are
the better we are able to sustain their life. Volting is a creative act
through which an individual unites in his will the essence of
masculinity and femininity. The more experienced you are and the
more developed your concentration, the more comfortable you will
be with the process.
To rephrase my point, a magician who works with volting has
to know the inner essence of both masculine and feminine. And
this he or she must know on a personal, archetypal, and cosmic
level. A man must be able to let go and to flow like an
underground stream that is vibrant and whole and yet has no need
to show itself. He must be able to be silent and patient like a grove
of trees on a windless night beneath a full moon. He must be able
in his consciousness to be the sea--that receptive--and as mutable
and changing as the floating vapor of a cloud, a mist, and the inner
life of a dream. He must be able to be empty, silent, still and
absolutely serene.
And a woman similarly must pursue her opposite until she
understands and is able to embody in herself the essence of the
masculine. She must be able to look at the sun above and say, “I
too have a source of limitless power within myself. My conviction
and my faith are perfect, complete, and absolute. I vow to never
complain about anything because within my heart is a bliss so
great I sense that there is no task I cannot accomplish and there is
no fate I cannot change.”
In this sense, a magician has a totally different perspective on
gender interactions. He or she knows his or her own limitations.
And yet there is this transcendence that akasha always provides--
opposites exist so that we can learn from their differences and
embody the diverse energies of life within ourselves. To put it
simply, to master yourself you must also master your opposite.
In chapter 9 of Initiation into Hermetics, Bardon gives precise
details on how to make an electro-magnetic volt. Bardon also
mentions that it is extremely effective to place an electro-magnetic
volt inside of a small horse-shoe magnet. When I did this, I had
immediate results. On other occasions, electro-magnetic volts
were very effective in making something happen very quickly.
Volts of this kind are also useful in evocation in that you can use
the volt to fill in temporarily for the area with which you need the
most help.
 The problem with “making something happen quickly” is that it
is then easy for events to overpower your personality. Again, it
takes a lot of wisdom, detachment, and love to deal effectively
with rapidly changing circumstances. And when you employ
magick in this way, you are also responsible for everything that
happens.

Bialode, 12 degrees Aries, On Magical Power and Authority

Reason for Evocation. Bialode specializes in magical will. I

would like to work more on this. He also is a guide to those who
wish to visit the sphere of the sun and he teaches use of solar
magick within the mental, astral, and physical planes.

Aries in Earthzone. Aries on the akashic plane of the earthzone is

extremely dynamic, powerful, and commanding. As I meditate in
this region of akasha, I feel like a stroke of lightning is flowing
through the center of my body. This power generates a confidence
that you can get done whatever you need to do.

12 Degrees Aries in the Earthzone. This concentration and will

burns laser hot--it can transmute one thing into another and assert
an authority and commanding presence in any realm or sphere.
There is a dazzlingly bright light that gives this degree an affinity
for the sphere of the sun with its nuclear fusion and solar radiance.

Bialode's Domain within Akasha. This level of akasha reflects an

absolute and irresistible power of will. Bialode can exert an
influence in any sphere of our solar system but, again, he has a
special connection to the sphere of the sun.
To make the most of your contact with this level of akasha, it
helps to switch your awareness from your personality into a
spiritual identity. In other words, through extensive meditation,
identify your consciousness with Divine Providence. There is a
reason for this. This power of will has a different set of
assumptions than what underlie our experiences in daily life. A
president, the chairman of the Joint Chief's of Staff, and the
Secretary of Defense--these individuals do not have the faintest
awareness or intimation that such power exists. They can change
history and exert great authority, but not from working directly on
the level of akasha.
The assumptions here are that you can take total responsibility
for all of your actions; you can hold something within your mind
so every aspect of its energy and every facet of its being are
contained within your awareness-- you can enter into it and
transform it; you can shape or recreate anything that exists
beginning either from its core or by exerting an external influence;
and when you act, your actions are performed in accordance with
the laws and the harmony of Divine Providence which you express
through your will.
Bialode is a spiritual being. He teaches how to develop and
assert divine authority. To feel comfortable with this power, your
spiritual identity must be pure. It must be created from out of the
highest ideals and light of akasha.

Bialode's Inner Source of Inspiration. The nature of Divine

Providence, among other things, is that it is omnipotent. It is all
power. There is nothing that can interfere with its orders.
The constellation of Aries offers an opportunity to embody this
power within yourself. The design of the universe requires, for
life, love, and peace to reign, that individuals be inspired by such
will. History, evolution, and time and space are intended to be
guided and shaped by those who command this power.
This will is not reckless, frivolous, or selfish. It is a necessity to
tap into it if you would cross through darkness and the abyss,
through the empty places where love is distant and the forces are
hostile or dangerous. By such will, the world is made safe and
empowered to flourish and to find fulfillment.
Bialode's Sigil. The nature of sigils is that they put you in
communication with a spirit. They draw you and a spirit into each
other's presence. This sigil generates an electrical energy
embodying the quality of magical authority. If you draw the sigil
imaginatively on the physical, astral, and mental planes and
concentrate on it, you can feel this vibration.
You can also draw the sigil concentrating into it red light and
hot electrical energy vibrating with omnipotent power. In this
case, you can more easily enter Bialode's presence or else call him
to the physical world. The sigil itself, however, vibrates with the
energy of Bialode's aura.
For those with an interest in Bardon's third book, The Key to the
True Quabbalah, working with this sigil is very similar to working
with the cosmic letter SH on the four planes. The letter SH is
produced by concentrating on a color, sound, and elemental
sensation. The color is blazing red. The sound is the note of C.
The sensation is intense heat.
The energy created by combining these sense concentrations
also embodies various qualities. Bialode's qualities have the
conviction, faith, enlightenment, and mastery over the fire element
which the SH also entails. If you know how to empty your mind
of all thoughts and visualize an image for five, ten, or fifteen
minutes without distraction, then you should be able to feel this
energy without difficulty.
Practitioners of religion sometimes have trouble reconciling
questions of faith, belief, truth, knowledge, and so forth. For a
magician, faith is both energy and consciousness. It can be felt
like a physical sensation, perceived like a color, and understood
like an idea. Faith is similar to akasha manifesting a purpose
through the lower planes. It has a light so bright and a strength so
strong that the elements on the mental, astral, and physical planes
gather around it and unite with its cause.
By working with a sigil like Bialode's, you can experience this
basic energy building block used by the Creator in fashioning the
universe. This sigil combines the highest light, electrical power,
and divine will. It is best used for overcoming obstacles and
making things new.

Bialode's Outer Aura. Bialode's aura is intense. Like the sun's

light, it is independent, autonomous, and it recreates itself in each
moment by its own power. For those who practice Bardon's
beginning exercises, experiencing Bialode's aura is like condensing
the electrical fluid within your body.
When I ask Bialode, he says that his connection to the solar
sphere comes from the brightness and the power of the light within
him. The light from our sun shines throughout the universe. This
radiant power is an image of Divine Providence. When your mind
can penetrate and alter the vibration of matter and also grasp the
mysterious purposes of life, then you find this power within
yourself. You do not need to look elsewhere.

Bialode's Inner Aura. Bialode's inner aura has the feeling of

nuclear fusion combined with the electricity in lightning. It is
primal energy like plasma--atoms stripped of their electrons that
are emitted by the sun during solar storms.
Overall, then, Bialode's aura is again similar to the cosmic letter
SH. Like Bialode's outer aura, the SH has a side to it which is
radiant and commanding--it embodies the highest purposes. And
like Bialode's inner aura, SH is power as a primal force of nature
like solar plasma. These two together are what underlie Bialode's
dynamic will and creativity. Combine these energies and you
generate magical authority.

Akashic Plane. It is very interesting meditating with Bialode on

the akashic plane. He is a reflection of absolute power. Nothing
interferes with this will. The purposes he ordains are always
fulfilled.
But we rarely see an expression of such power in history. Even
the greatest prophets and world teachers hardly ever demonstrate
its existence. The problem with divine power of a cosmic
dimension is that it is so overwhelming. Like high voltage wires
carrying current from a power plant, you cannot tap on to that
energy directly to start you car, run your toaster, or turn on your
television. It would simply burn everything up and injure anyone
who came into contact with it.
Like the sun, if you stare at the light with unsheltered eyes, you
go blind. Truth, in its cosmic dimension, not only illuminates. It
creates blind fanatics who do not realize their actions are motivated
by selfishness, fear, and illusions. It overturns empires and
destroys cultures when its fire is not used to heal and illuminate but
rather to control others and eliminate opposition. It is so dazzling
that the greatest men in history forget their responsibilities to life
because they want to enter monasteries and contemplate its
mysteries. It destroys your awareness of being an individual
whose limitations you must honor and work within.
Consequently, those who can tap on to this power, as a general
rule, disguise themselves or severely restrict their area of creativity
and teaching. They often act like normal human beings with the
same interests as everyone else. They only make very small
changes here and there in order to guide and influence history.
This is in accordance with the spiritual principle to not place in the
hands of any society or any evolution powers which are out of
proportion to its maturity.
Bialode says it this way: “We give you lightning so you can
discover its power within yourselves. We give you science to
explore the mysteries of matter. We give you faith and will to
explore the dimensions of spirit. These things you must pursue on
your own so you may grow strong.
“If we give you power when you do not understand the
purposes of love and the laws of the universe, then you destroy
yourselves. It is better that you concern yourselves with acquiring
the necessities of life with only limited leisure time than that you
put an end to history by exercising power without responsibility.
But when you find God within yourself and discover your own
divinity, you are free to determine your own sphere of
responsibility.”
This power found in evoking Bialode, then, is not something to
be reflected in your eyes when you are walking down the street or
shopping at a grocery store. You would not want to call it forth
during an argument in a bar or to impress an acquaintance with
your abilities. It is reserved for when you enter a sacred space. It
is the essence of the will of a magician, the faith of a prophet, or
the vision of a mystic who joins himself to the creative aspect of
God.
On the other hand, there are clearly times when it is fully
appropriate for everyone to consider the purposes they wish to
fulfill through their life and their work. Assuming the role and
perspective of their guardian angel, they decide what they wish to
accomplish. Precisely during this activity it is invaluable to be
within a state of absolute faith in which you believe and see that
the purposes that your heart ordains shall be fulfilled.
In this regard, Bialode is like a cheerleader and a guide. You
meditate in his presence on the akashic plane and you see life from
the spiritual side. When his aura, the cosmic letter SH, or the
electrical fluid vibrate within you, you can feel the energy
gathering which you must have to accomplish the things you need
to do.
The constellation of Aries contains the vision of a warrior. This
warrior forges from out of his own spirit the weapons or the tools
he needs to break down, climb over, dig under, or move around the
obstacles that block his path. He does whatever he needs to do to
get the job done. There are times when this requires the exercise
of absolute power. Divine Providence is not stingy when it comes
to sharing its power. But it does ask that you be willing to exercise
all of your spiritual will and that you seek to master yourself in the
process.

Mental Plane. To get Bialode from the akasha plane to the mental
plane, I first imagine the mental plane with its various qualities.
Then I place my consciousness on the mental plane while retaining
my connection to Bialode. I also create a suitable accumulation of
energy that serves as a medium through which he can manifest. In
this case, I am using bright red light and also intense heat. I then
ask him to move to this level of awareness that, after a few
moments of meditating with him, he does.
On the mental plane, Bialode's aura illuminates the mind and
will. Bardon mentions there is an ecstatic aspect to the cosmic
letter SH which expands will, mind, and consciousness. There is a
meditation that reflects this energy. You imagine you are within
and that you are a blazing red star. This generates a feeling of
autonomy and of independence. On the mental plane, Bialode's
aura draws me inside of this meditation.
There is also a feeling of being totally illuminated and full of
inexhaustible energy. Meditating like this with Bialode has a
wonderful feeling of transcendence. You feel your personal
consciousness linked directly to a divine perspective.
There is reassurance--the light within yourself cannot be put out
by darkness or the void. And the solar flames with which you
identify are not intimidated by any form of opposition. You burn
with a will that absorbs matter into itself. Dissolving even the
nuclear bonds connecting protons, neutrons, and electrons, it
transforms matter into pure energy.
This meditation connects you to cosmic energy. It also has
symbolic value that raises your mental vibration. Your mind
identifies with the highest light. The thoughts you think in this
state of awareness are encompassing, penetrating, and original.

Astral Plane. On the astral plane, Bialode spends some time

showing me the different aspects of the fiery energy, light, and
electrical energy embodied in his aura. He shifts the blazing red
light into the silvery blue light of the cosmic letter K. The letter K
involves a pure sense of command and divine authority. It has
such authority because it is the highest light in manifestation--its
purposes are the most refined and encompassing. On the astral
plane, this light creates endurance and strength.
 Bialode now also shifts the light into the darker red and purple
of the cosmic letter S. This letter creates raw, cosmic power. It is
fire in its wild and untamed aspect--solar plasma, nuclear heat, and
so forth. Bialode points out to me that I have developed a strong
connection to the K but I have a great deal of work to do in
mastering fire as heat and power.
This letter S on the astral plane also develops your ability to see
the future. This is because the primordial fire of the letter S
contains a natural awareness of all aspects of power. It sees and
feels what shall endure because it senses which things have the
greatest strength and staying power.
.
Physical Plane. On the physical level, the qualities and powers of
the three previous planes are applied to specific tasks in order to
accomplish your objectives and also to transform the world. You
have the illumination of the enlightened mind to assist you when
you view your circumstances and work through your problems.
You have divine faith when it come to being motivated and guided
by inspiration.
And in the area of goals, you can feel within yourself that what
you seek is not limited by your own personal desires and needs. It
is the will of the universe that is moving through you. You have a
direct connection to the light and power of Divine Providence. To
put it simply, when you do a meditation, ritual, or magical activity,
there is an illuminating and electrical energy present within your
will that increases the effectiveness of your actions.

Common Difficulties/Imbalances. As I have mentioned, there are

some real problems that arise in working with divine power and
will. The first problem involves having to contain this power and
also apply it to serve some purpose. You can meditate in akasha
and identify with omnipotent power but nothing really comes from
this.
You can meet various masters who have immense power within
themselves. But their philosophical and religious training either
fails to suggest or forbids them from bringing this power down
through the mental, astral, and physical planes. When it comes to
solving the problems of daily life or fulfilling their purposes, they
are pretty much like everyone else. There is nothing special about
them except they have this indestructible energy in their spirit.
And this energy they choose to leave untouched like a man living
in a small house who has millions stashed away in a Swiss bank
account.
There are also good reasons for not touching divine power. I
know a number of individuals who have tried a few times to apply
the spiritual power within them. They can make things happen,
bend others to their will, and also get what they want in a small
period of time. But then all sorts of bad things happen.
They hurt others and themselves. They become confused and
disoriented by rapidly changing circumstances. They become
frightened of being carried away by something inside themselves
that appears inhuman and beyond the knowledge of this world.
In effect, their conscience says to them, "Do not touch this
power without the wisdom and the love which know how to use it
in just the right way." And this concern is well-founded. They
should proceed with great caution. And so some put on hold this
ability acquired in a former life time until they are mature enough
to know how to handle it and direct it harmoniously.
It is also not so difficult to find individuals who have a bright
light of faith and conviction shining within their hearts. But their
hands are dirty with greed and selfishness. When they speak, you
are never quite sure if it is genuine inspiration and intuition that is
guiding their words or some con game they are running that they
deny even to themselves.
For these individuals, the light of faith has a dark side and a
devouring aspect that are always present waiting from some
situation or individual to trigger it. They just lack purity. They
may get a lot done and form large organizations but their work will
always be either limited in scope or eventually undone because
they have not upgraded their visions to serve universal purposes.
 There is also a problem with containing or controlling energy
this intense which is similar to the problems plaguing the
development of nuclear fusion. In nuclear power plants now the
atoms of uranium or plutonium are split. This releases heat and
also a lot of isotopes that are very toxic. But it is a fairly easy
process to control. You just push uranium rods a little close to
each other or separate them and the heat builds or diminishes.
In fusion, the process joins smaller atoms making bigger atoms.
This also releases heat and the process is almost completely free of
toxic waste. Fusion is what runs the sun. The problem is that
fusion requires a great deal more heat to ignite it. A fusion reactor
is not like our conventional nuclear reactors that produce steam
with a few hundred degrees heat. A conventional reactor will
suffer a melt down as the Russians have discovered if you allow
the temperatures to range into the thousands of degrees.
But fusion reactors must work with millions of degrees of
temperature. Once you start the reaction, the heat destroys
anything near it. The best scientists have been able to do is try to
contain tiny amounts of fuel and the energy released in powerful
magnetic fields. The magnetic fields are not physical so there is
nothing to melt down or burn up. But scientists have not yet found
how to contain enough heat in a stable manner to produce a self-
sustaining reaction.
Working with omnipotent power on the akashic plane is similar.
You have to put aside your mortal identity and unite your
awareness with Divine Providence. Any selfish application of this
power contaminates the process causing a psychological or
spiritual melt down. But if you succeed, everything around you is
seen through the eyes of absolute power. When you practice this
kind of meditative trance long enough, you get a feeling for the
power that is in the hands of archangels.
Still, applying this power is a different matter. General Patton,
at times, seemed to be competing with other generals to see who
could get more glory by being the first to take a city in Italy. But
in the Battle of the Bulge, General Patton was the man Eisenhower
needed to win the battle and bring an end to the war. As long as a
warrior has a true and worthy objective, he will complete his
mission and that is what you need. But the power used must be
guided and controlled by the purpose.
For some individuals, it is down right dangerous to touch the
power within themselves unless is it carefully restricted. Bill
Gates is obviously a man of power but he limits his area of
activity. He is like a predator whose goal is increasing market
share. One of his products, the Windows operating system, is not
half as good or user friendly as the product of his competitors. But
so far Gates's competitive instincts serve a productive end--they
speed the world's technology into the future.
Basically, then, you develop omnipotent power by working
with a spirit like Bialode, by practicing with a cosmic letter like
SH, or simply by meditating on and joining yourself to Divine
Providence. The application of this power starts when you move
to the mental plane. This is where you mediate from a divine
perspective on what purposes need to be fulfilled within this world
where you live. Here is where wisdom and an enlightened mind
come into play helping you to understand history, karma, and the
deeper needs of humanity.
Franz Bardon in the 1st of ten chapters in his book, Initiation
into Hermetics, talks about the kind of conviction a magician
should develop within himself when exercising his imagination.
He says in regard to placing an idea into the air you inhale that the
image of what you desire should be so intense that you feel the
desire has already become reality. It takes a strong imagination to
do this. He mentions in 3rd chapter that “High adepts and Saints
have trained their imagination to such perfection that all their
imageries are realized immediately on all planes....”
You can take a basic exercise and practice it for a lifetime and
only get limited results. On the other hand, you can feel Divine
Providence performing the exercise within and through your mind
so that you practice with conviction and believe in what you are
doing. This is the kind of authority Bialode conveys. You design
and initiate a plan of action. But you do not do this using only the
resources of your personality. Your will is joined to the power of
divinity as you move toward your goal.
On the astral plane, the power within yourself, having been
designed for a specific mission, empowers others. The
transmission of power from yourself to others does not drive them
crazy or make them into fanatics and control freaks. It does not
make them paranoid of losing what they have or feel they are so
special everyone else is inferior to or impure compared to them.
Instead, you transmit an inspiration that leads them to fulfill a
purpose. You give energy and motivate but you do not take away
others' freedom of choice or restrict their individuality.
One of the sure indicators of a contaminated will or faith is that
it tries to control you. There is a demand, direct or subtle, that
“you have to do it the way we do it.” It is fine to have a purpose or
project that uses the energy and requires the commitment of many
individuals. A great will, however, raises your energy level and
inspires such commitment. An impure or negative faith tries to
absorb your strength and will into itself as if you have little or no
choice in the matter.
On the physical plane, divine power is applied on a case by case
basis. Like the national guard or the Red Cross, it is called in to
prevent or deal with a major disaster. It brings relief and
establishes order and harmony when situations are chaotic. Divine
will is the same. It can intervene directly in specific circumstances
and change what is happening.
In general, then, one means for containing and applying divine
power is used by magicians. You enter a magick circle or trance
identifying yourself with the four fundamental qualities of Divine
Providence. You do this to learn, to perfect yourself, and you do
this to benefit others. As many spirits of the earthzone indicate,
there is no upper limit on power. But to use power correctly, you
have to serve a sacred purpose and be in harmony with the divine
world.
Such visions of service often originate from within the heart.
You sense the needs of the world and also that you are able and
willing to do something about them. It is from out of your own
will and heart that you make the connection between divine power
and the compassionate activity that produces specific results for
which you take responsibility.
And so how do you contain or sustain divine power in yourself
so its presence does not distort your personality or inflame your
passions? One way is by balancing power with meditations on
omnipresent love. Love that is everywhere and in everything is
not preoccupied with itself. Power has no hold upon it. You can
let go of power as easily as you can pick it up. You use power to
serve a purpose and then you put it aside. It does not attach itself
to you and you do not use it to define your identity.
Power balanced in this way neither increases nor does it
decrease your feeling of being connected to others. You identify
with a greater harmony and power is but one of its forms of
expression. In this way, power is always contained and applied in
a useful manner.

Ubarim, 17 degrees Taurus, On Personal Love

Reason for evocation. Ubarim specializes in love and friendship.

He heightens attraction and develops understanding and empathy
with others. If you need support and personal contact, Ubarim can
produce astonishing results. He can find you friendships which are
richer than anything you may have imagined or believed possible.

Taurus in Earthzone. The energy of Taurus creates an individual

who is strong, solid, and stable. Taurus has a certain amount of
gusto. He likes to be active. It is his nature to enjoy physical work
and to be productive. He likes to build things because what he
makes reflects who he is. He displays the power in himself by
pointing to his accomplishments.
 There is a sensual side to Taurus. He enjoys the best things in
life. He likes being surrounded by beauty and things that satisfy.
A Taurus likes to apply himself fully to whatever he is doing and
for this reason he approaches work and play with the same vigor.

17 Degrees Taurus. Taurus expresses itself in the 17th degree

through a powerful personality, poise, and personal love. Though
strong and independent, there is a very physical attraction. These
are qualities of Venus that rule Taurus.

Ubarim's Domain. This level of akasha creates a feeling of being

close to another person with all the intimacy, mutual
understanding, and variety of personal satisfactions this implies. It
makes a bond of friendship lasting a lifetime and generates a
loyalty and allegiance which survives even death.

Sigil. Ubarim's sigil evokes a commanding force of love. This is

the love that unites and joins all things into one life. When we
experience this as love for another person it may seem irresistible
in its beauty and overpowering in its attraction.
But personal needs may remain unmet. Obsession, infatuation,
and overwhelming attraction are under no obligation to lead an
individual to happiness or satisfaction. It may seem unfair that
love can be so near and yet remain beyond reach but this is
because love is also the source of all power. Love requires
strength equal to its beauty and intelligence equal to its empathy.
Ubarim's mastery is that he can deal with these oppositions. He
has the ability to bring the power of love into human experience
so there is satisfaction, happiness, and fulfillment.

Inner Source of Inspiration. In the universe of Newton, the laws of

physics and matter are autonomous, mechanical, and mathematical.
In the universe of Ubarim, the laws of physics and matter are
servants who submit with absolute devotion to the presence of
love. Love is more pervasive, penetrating, and binding than are the
forces of physics and chemistry as we understand them. This is
Ubarim's experience and vision.
For Ubarim, love is a cosmic power. It binds the universe into
one pageantry and mystery. It is marvelous, awesome, and pure
wonder. This power and beauty can be felt and lived as love no
matter who or where you are.
The universe is held together by the strong forces within the
nucleus of the atom binding neutrons and protons and also by the
force of gravitation. Love is just as strong. You can experience
this and taste it in a relationship so that your love and the universe
are like the same song, containing the same notes and the same
beauty, power, and harmony. In other words, instinct and divine
ideal, desire and nobility, matter and spirit--these are like the
different colors hidden in a ray of white light. You can separate
them, study them, and master them one by one but they all proceed
from the vibration of love.

Ubarim's Outer Aura. Like Taurus, Ubarim is strong, solid, stable,

and poised. His presence commands loyalty and friendship.

Ubarim's Inner Aura. In a way that is not obvious or easy to

understand, Ubarim creates a connection between individuals so
they feel one with each other. This cannot be explained in terms of
sensuality and pleasure. There is indeed a kind of physical
gratification which is overwhelming and which causes an
individual to say to another, “I love you.” The nervous system is
spellbound by the intensity of sensations and the degree of physical
release.
But Ubarim's bond of friendship and love is one in which you
feel your soul has been captured by your lover. There does not
need to be any pleasure at all for this to be overpowering and love's
presence felt in full force.
I think what Ubarim does is find a wave length or telepathic
vibration in which two individuals' bodies, emotions, minds, and
spirits become aligned and harmonious. Individuals feel filled with
beauty when they think about each other. A soul to soul
connection with intimacy to this degree is inherently pleasurable
and satisfying. Physical expressions are then a celebration of the
love that already exists.

The Akasha Plane. When Ubarim is present on the akashic plane,

love is a commanding presence. It is the foundation upon which
all things are meant to be built. A relationship, friendship, or
family built in this way endures and flourishes because its roots are
spiritual. Bonds are stronger than steel. This is because
relationships are forged from a fire that blends and merges
individuals' spirits into one love.

The Mental Plane. On the mental plane, Ubarim exudes a

marvelous self-mastery. The mind is strong. It possesses power
and force without losing integrity or humility. Valor and courage
are natural expressions of this energy. There is also great mental
stamina.

The Astral Plane. If an individual could be a volcanologist,

meteorologist, geologist, and oceanographer all at once as well as a
troubadour, Sufi mystic, and magician, then we would have a sense
of Ubarim's presence. The elements of nature are enthralled by his
voice. They put aside their impersonality to speak of dreams and
visions of love.
The atmosphere, winds, and breeze speak of peace, delight, and
an understanding heart. The very touch of air reminds you that love
is everywhere. The seas, rivers, and lakes are like a woman who
holds a lover in her heart. In water is an attractive force with the
power to heal, renew, and transform. The touch of water on your
skin reminds you that ecstasy and love have no end.
The mountains, hills, and valleys, the plateaus, forests,
savannas, and deserts protect and shelter us. Minerals and
substances of the earth are waiting for us to discover their spiritual
powers and treasures are part of our nature. Fire, volcanoes,
magma, and lightning--these too are ours to command. Their wild
passion speaks of the powers of creation. Burning, exploding,
molten flowing, and electric--love is boundless energy full of
creativity.
For Ubarim, physical matter yields to the voice of love. How
much more then should human beings delight in and celebrate
love's mystery? Ubarim's presence is like a psalm speaking
directly to the heart of Divine Providence saying, “Do not hide
yourself from us. Reveal to us your full power and beauty that we
might experience your joy and light in our lives.”
I am writing a novel about a mythical, pre-Atlantean kingdom
that named itself after Ubarim. In this land, the people and culture
are inspired by Ubarim's astral presence. The following is a poem
written by a woman who dwelt in that magical land. It is like a
Celtic prayer:

I seek another to celebrate with me

The boundless light saturating the universe with love
It is in the wind whose voice and wings
Embrace the cells within our bodies
And the shoulders of the mountains.
It is in the oceans, the rain, the rivers
Whose songs of grace and receptive life
Sail through our dreams
And enter the secret chambers of our hearts.
It is in the Earth,
She whose silence shelters us and protects us
Until we are ready to assume our roles
As guides, guardians, and creators of life.
It is in fire whose dazzling force and power
Binds the universe with its might
And guides our will as we chart our courses through life.
I will join my spirit with yours,
Our hearts shall be one
Our minds merging and blending--
As light penetrates
And is one with the crystal it passes through.
Come with me on this path of beauty
It originates in a still place
At the center of the heart
Where fear is forever banished--
It overcomes all time and space
Renewing itself without end
As it celebrates the joy, the rapture,
And the dazzling light hidden within all things.

On the astral plane, Ubarim’s presence is an experience of love

penetrating and saturating every sense and sensory perception with
its intoxicating beauty and bliss.

Etheric/Physical Plane. Ubarim's presence on the physical plane is

overpowering. Like the force of gravity, it influences everything.
Like the constellation Taurus, it leaves you feeling strong, solid,
enduring, and joined to the universe.
If you fly into Hilo on the Big Island of Hawaii, you will notice
Mauna Loa, a volcanic mountain which rises thirty thousand feet
from the floor of the sea to its summit. The mystery Ubarim
reveals is of a similar nature. It grants us material being, a
physical location and place in history. It sustains and nourishes us.
It provides us with a cultural and spiritual landscape where we
unfold our lives.
Yet you also notice a wild and untamed power. The ages of
time and the earth are shaped by a passion. On the Big Island,
everywhere you go was once a volcanic flow. On any given day,
you have a fair chance to see lava exploding and flowing from a
cinder cone or caldera. It is an awesome sight and it reminds you
of when the earth was young.
Ubarim generates this kind of awe-inspiring and captivating
presence. There is order. Human needs are met. And yet there is
also a primordial power overflowing. To feel this energy in a
relationship is to feel the pulse of the universe throbbing in your
love. Love is meant to be a celebration this deep.
I ask Ubarim about love. He replies, “Lovers often seek
reassurance that their love is real by measuring their passion and
mutual satisfaction. This is like actors practicing months before a
final dress rehearsal. They are not sure about their parts and how to
express their emotions.
“When you experience love as being everywhere and are one
with this love, then the love you share is like a river surging into
the sea and all the sea contains--the currents, the rhythmic waves,
the falling rain, and the life within the depths. Your love is soft
and nurturing as water and radiant and golden like the sun rising
above the horizon. When we finally discover who we are and
celebrate this mystery within us, the highest love will speak with
our voice and flow from our hearts.”

Matter itself--everything physical--is suffused with ecstasy because

it reflects the oneness underlying the universe. This is something
the great gnome magicians do not know and which nuclear and
astrophysicists do not experience first hand--that the material
universe is the same as the vibration of love. It is a song of passion
in the heart of God.
There is, then, a secret path of spirit which leads directly from
the passionate, overwhelmingly intoxicated love of lovers to the
sphere of the sun in which dwells perfect, complete, and absolute
enlightenment and the highest divine inspiration. In physical
gratification and sensual exploration when they are profound and
rich enough, the nervous system of the lovers interconnects with
the nervous system of divine beings. You can taste and experience
first hand what it is to be immortal, a creator, and saturated with
infinite bliss. Ubarim specializes in teaching this.

Common Difficulties/Imbalances. You have to be careful with any

form of evocation. You may want something specific, but
oftentimes an evocation or any magick will set up forces of
attraction drawing to you many other things than what you are
asking for. This is because there is a natural process through
which we learn by experience. In searching and discovering, we
learn to discriminate. We become more cautious and alert. Our
eyes are sharper and our hearts stronger. If you suddenly arrive at
your goal through magick, you also are confronted with all the
choices you normally would have made over a much longer period
of time.
In other words, if you pray for money, you may get the mob
offering you deals which are illegal and friends dropping by to ask
you to help them set up a drug ring or you get an opportunity to
embezzle money which looks like a sure thing. This, of course,
depends on your karma as to what kind of choices and dangers lurk
about. Oh, the money is there. But you have to learn to recognize
a real opportunity for wealth when it is offered to you. You may
be too greedy or impatient to appreciate the relation between
money and work.
When it comes to love, you may get members of the opposite
gender saying to you, “I would die for you--I love you that much.”
But some of those who suddenly think of you as their life long
friend or potential lover are “fatal attractions,” stalkers, or out to
do you in if they cannot control you the way they want. Seeking
love is no excuse for being dumb. Truth and love go together. Do
not let the love you seek be down graded into something less than
what you desire. And do not let your illusions blind you to
genuine love when it comes.
In summary, you can ask a spirit to solve a problem for you.
This may change your life circumstances but it may leave you
unchanged. You can also work with a spirit so that you internalize
one or more of that spirit’s qualities. In this case, because you
have become wiser or more loving or powerful, you are able to
accomplish what you want without the spirit’s intervention.
There is always an advantage in treating a spirit as a teacher
whom you learn from rather than as a broker who executes your
orders. If you make decisions yourself based on your own insight
and skill, then you can get precisely what you want. If you rely on
the expertise of someone else, you may or you may not get what
you want but you have failed to increase your wisdom and
experience in making decisions.
Furthermore, if you internalize a spirit’s qualities and powers
within yourself, then these abilities are always there for you to
draw upon. If you do an evocation of some kind to gain love, for
example, the forces of attraction binding you to another may
unravel after you use up the original energy that was put forth into
the evocation. In other words, to sustain a relationship that was
produced through magick, you have to keep recharging the original
magical action. Otherwise the enchantment or attraction or
empathy between the partners may fade away.
On the other hand, it is not uncommon for magicians who have
asked a spirit for the experience of love to later on ask the spirit to
dissolve the enchantment. The love and attraction are profound,
overwhelming, and totally gratifying but also completely
exhausting. The level of love is too intense and powerful for the
individual’s personality. The magician may say to himself, “I want
to go back to the life I had before I met this woman.” If you marry
Miss Universe, you may find it difficult to handle the
responsibilities and challenges that the relationship entails.

The Negative Version of Ubarim

Once again, for each of the positive 360 spirits of the earthzone,
there is also a negative version. Individuals have a choice in life.
They can be constructive and creative when it comes to love. They
can also be possessive, manipulative, jealous, and domineering.
We all have choices to make. Some individuals do not yet know
the difference between the positive and negative. And so it is
through experience that we all have a chance to learn and to
become wise.
The negative spirit’s aura is not as stable and solid as Ubarim’s.
The sensations and feelings produced between individuals are
overwhelming. But it is not the beauty and underlying vibration of
the universe that is brought through. Instead, the attraction and
feeling of connection are produced and sustained through control
and domination. It is kind of like those occult lodges or
manipulative relationships in which the group or other person says,
“You have to make an absolute commitment to me or you will be
killed or else I will vent on your the full force of my wrath.”
I know people like that. They think this is natural and what a
relationship or occult organization is all about. They grew up with
it and they have never gotten around to questioning it. They need
constant input from other people and a group’s insistence on
conformity because they have never found a source of boundless
inspiration in themselves.
Similarly, the negative spirit’s aura presents an outer bonding
and mental focus accompanied by an inner state of fear, terror, or
dread. Your total attention is naturally engaged but, like I say,
celebrating the presence of love or attaining genuine oneness with
another is definitely not what this is about. If you know nothing
about belonging or feeling involved with another, then the negative
is happy to step in and give you the basic experience. You will
definitely feel you are connected to an individual or an
organization.
But when you are ready, you will discover that acting out of
delight, joy, wonder, bliss and ecstasy places you in a totally
different universe--a universe where freedom is celebrated and
there are no restrictions placed on what one individual may share
and exchange with another. The negative needs restraint to feel
safe, for like some individuals I have met who live in monasteries
or who work in public institutions, their insecurity reaches a level
of insanity. Freedom to such individuals or being able to make
your own choice is like pure poison. It cannot be tolerated. They
avoid and deny it at all costs.

And now for something on the lighter side, a piece of fantasy

designed to entertain with its humor. This is from my book,
Mystical Fables. It is about Komio, the head of the thief’s guild,
who inadvertently helped found Atlantis. He is actually a gnome
magician who has taken up residence among us by disguising
himself as a human being. He runs a little magical shop in
Lemuria where he sells various potions. Here, let me just cut in on
a sales pitch he is making during one of his shop tours. The potion
he is now describing comes from having manufactured an elixir
that embodies the powers of Ubarim.

Komio: I have alluded to love only indirectly with my first two

potions. But this next silver container reveals the mystery of love.
The reason this bottle is so carefully sealed is that it is very potent.
It contains five doses for those who are so stricken in life they are
forced to live without love. I highly recommend that the owner
only take two doses. I believe that is all anyone will ever need.
I call this magnificent fluid The Essence of Ubarim--yes, it is
named after the Guardian who is the namesake of our kingdoms.
Take the first dose only during a new moon. That very same night
both you and your unknown soul mate will appear to each other in
a dream. This in itself is worth all that you have paid, for now you
will know that in life you are not alone. There exists another
whose heart at the very core is designed to embrace your own.
Take the second dose when the moon is full then wait until the
moon passes through another cycle. Oh sweet bliss. The world
will then conspire and assist you and your soul mate in finding
each other.
I am not saying it will be easy. Sometimes even the gods and
goddesses like to entertain themselves by setting up obstacle
courses and tests of the psyche to bar our way to finding love on
the human plane. Jealously is not just a human vice--the gods do
not like to share their bliss with mankind without charging a fair
price.
But fear not. I Komio have taken all of this into account. This
elixir has mixed within it a superb herb that will heighten your
cleverness to an immense degree. Consequently, you and your
lover will be able to fool even an Imperial Censor when it comes to
finding time to be together.
This is all anyone will ever need of this potion. The other three
doses I have only included in honor of the Guardian Ubarim.
Technically I could not manufacture this drink without including
within it the entire path leading to love divine.
But please, if you buy this do not even think of taking the third
dose. I cannot forbid you, of course, but still, my warning should
not go unheeded.
But for those of you who have an academic interest in matters
of the heart, let me just say that the third dose has an unusual
effect. In accordance with Ubarim's own inner essence, it will
enable you and your lover to feel a part of each other to a profound
degree.
There is bonding and then there is bonding--this is the genuine
article, calibrated so you taste divinity in its full ecstasy. When
you take a breath or sigh or stretch or close your eyes as you fall
asleep you will feel your lover is right there with you comforting
and sharing his or her presence.
Do you wake up in the middle of the night and want to cuddle
your beloved? With this elixir, when you reach out to touch love,
it is there for you to find--the air itself is not more fragrant or fine
in flowing through the secret chambers of your heart than is the art
of love Ubarim has designed.
Sounds nice, no? Do not be so sure. You will feel so much a
part of each other that you will not even need to be together. The
feeling of love is that complete. The heart, no longer separate,
experiences one of the greatest freedoms on our planet--joining
your heart completely with another’s heart. Again, beware! The
side effects are overpowering for all but the most daring and
discerning adventurers.
Needless to say, such an elixir should only be taken under the
direction of a highly skilled alchemist. The faint of heart must
avoid the third dose at all costs. The result would be a loss of
personal identity. All familiar orientations in life would dissolve.
Strange obsessions would arise to blind the mind in an attempt to
hold on to a familiar world. Love is nothing to fool around with
folks.
Like I say, this elixir is best used for those whose lives are so
overshadowed by fate that love is nearly impossible for them to
find. In such cases, a third dose can alter the destiny of a soul on
earth. And I ask you folks, when it comes to value, what is more
rare or more precious on earth than true love? Do not ask me
about the last two doses. Ubarim has sworn me to secrecy.
As you suspect, this elixir also is very expensive. But since my
experiments with it are not yet complete, I will entertain any
reasonable offer. By the way, regarding the first
three doses, if you find that this or any other of my recipes do not
work for you, I will refund quadruple your money back. My word
is my bond in all eight kingdoms. Even my enemies will tell you
straight out that my honor in matters of business is without
blemish.
Now there are those who say that I am toying with the
mysteries. They argue I bargain and sell items best left unknown
and kept out of human hands. But my work encompasses eons of
time and what hangs in the balance is nothing else than the fate of
mankind. It is not for nothing that I have been called the father of
cultural engineering.
I learn from others. I watch and observe. I borrow. I refine. I
gather and crystallize the essence of human experience. And
though many consider me but a thief and a scoundrel, the wisdom I
place in human hands is precisely what leads civilizations to their
heights. When I get the blue prints on my table just right, you end
up with a Golden Age. And I find another piece of the puzzle, part
of the answer to my question, “What is mankind?”

Morilon, 7 Degrees Gemini, On Art and Symbols

Reason for Evocation. I would like to improve my powers of

visualization and also my ability to see spiritual beings. Morilon
has been helpful to me for years in working with symbols and I
want to expand on this.
Bardon says of Morilon, “By pointing out various methods to
the magician, he teaches him how to gain the faculty of expressing
every outside from, in this physical world, by symbols in its mental
and astral equivalencies analogous to the laws of the microcosm
and macrocosm.” Bardon also says that you learn the opposite
method as well: to take any principle, abstract idea, or law and
express it through an external shape. Franz Bardon says of
Morilon that he is a master of symbolism and that he is able to
explain any dream.
Bardon's system develops concentration and imagination. We
do extensive work on the five senses and also work with the four
elements. For example, fire is physical. We seek to produce some
of fire's heat and the electricity derived from it within our own
bodies. But fire is also a symbol. We explore and embody its
psychic and spiritual qualities. Enthusiasm, will, and divine power
are aspects of the element of fire on the inner planes.
The idea, then, is to track the energies underlying our world
back to their source. And we also want to take spiritual purposes
and, moving through each of the planes, manifest them so they
produce stable and enduring results in the world we share in
common. Morilon's methods of using symbols further this process
of correlating the inner and outer worlds.

Gemini in the Earthzone. Gemini is intensely alert, sharp, quick,

and analytical. There is an electrical feeling of excitement as well
as a detached objectivity. Though very matter of fact and calm,
Gemini loves to interact. For Gemini, communication is a form of
pleasure and satisfaction.

7th Degree of Gemini in the Earthzone. The 7th degree of Gemini

generates a desire to make direct and powerful connections to
others. It does this by inspiring the imagination. It stimulates the
brain and senses so that form, symbol, impression, and sensation
are utilized to understand the thought, feeling, and experience of
others.
In other words, understanding can be increased by representing
what you are seeing in a different manner so it better grabs hold of
you and speaks to you more convincingly. The five senses, though
separate, become more interrelated. Symbol and metaphor are
developed. One sensory impression or image is substituted for
another. There is a divine certainty present in this degree of the
Gemini that anything can be understood if you can find the right
way to think about it or imagine it.

Morilon's Domain of Akasha. On Morilon's level of akasha, these

abilities are expanded to include an understanding of different
spirits and to enable better communication between different
evolutions. The mind on this level does more than re-present
meanings to itself using a symbol or linguistic sign. It goes
beyond capturing meanings that describe the qualities of
something.
A symbol can grant a feeling, a vibration, and a taste of the
being of another person or spirit. Your mind then holds something
within itself of what it is considering. The link is of a spiritual
nature. Though each remains unique and individual, divine beings
know each other without separation. The connection is from heart
to heart and there is no loss of clarity in the process.

Morilon's Inner Source of Inspiration. In the consciousness of

Divine Providence, all things are held in oneness. They are
encompassed by love. The physical universe is an important level
but only a small part of this consciousness.
From this perspective, communication is always capable of
becoming a celebration of oneness and harmony in spite of the
differences and the gulf separating one being from another. There
is nowhere in the universe that this principle does not apply. This
does not mean that successful communication is easy or simple to
do. It means that Morilon is a presence on our planet who teaches
this principle and imparts this power.

Morilon's Sigil. This sigil sharpens your sensitivity so you become

aware of the most direct link which connects you to another and
vice versa. It is a like a voice saying, “Here is what you have in
common and here are the ways you are different. It is important
that you understand the value of your connection.” There seems
also to be a transmission of illumination from Morilon to the
individual magician. By using this sigil, you gain Morilon's
perspective on what links you to another.

Morilon's Outer Aura. This spirit's aura increases your ability to

work with symbols. All five senses are stimulated. Consciousness
in the outer world and consciousness in the inner worlds of the
psyche become transparent to each other. Let us consider how this
works.
If you think about an person, for example, Morilon's energy will
give your mind a picture of what that person means to you. If you
spend a little more time with this picture, it may turn into a
conscious dream. Like virtual reality or watching a movie on a
screen, you see unfold before you a sequence of actions which
portray the depths and the aspects of your connection to the other.
In this kind of symbolism, you can remain detached as if you
are watching another individual with whom you are not involved.
You can just as easily take the events as a first hand experience.
You live through them and learn from them. The difference is a
matter of what you want and how much imagination you decide to
use.
For example, you can see the meaning of a connection to
another person from your point of view. You can also see it from
the other side as well, that is, what you mean to other person. You
can look at the relationship in terms of both sides at once. And
you can also explore the options for how the relationship can be
altered and what that would be like.
 Morilon is different from Bagoloni who represents 12 degrees
Gemini. Bagoloni specializes in telepathy. For Bagoloni, the best
communication takes place when your minds are joined directly.
You still employ symbols and images but ideally what is being
communicated is understood with equal clarity by both individuals.
The thought arises from both minds at the same time and in the
same way.
Another spirit, Granona, 26 degrees Cancer, uses symbols,
daydreams, pathworkings, etc. to establish a connection and an
alliance. His aura sets up a circulation of energy between two
beings. There is an exchange of power. The sign of Cancer is
interested in shelter and nourishment. The symbols used by
Granona, the imaginary settings you explore and the dreamlike
interactions, do not emphasize illumination of the mind as much as
enabling a bond that increases your experiences with life and
accomplishes something.
The difference then is that Morilon uses symbols to enable you
to understand what something is and what your options are.
Bagoloni uses symbols to join minds in the present moment so you
reach mutual understanding. Granona uses symbols to establish a
bond through which you can draw upon each other's resources for
the sake of some purpose. If you focus on a relationship to another
individual, the symbols you employ will be significantly different
depending on which of these three spirits is inspiring you. As
these cases illustrate, the mind works in slightly different ways
depending on your purpose.
These three spirits' points of view are fairly familiar to us
already. In communication in marriage, one partner may have
great difficulty explaining to the other how he or she feels about
something or why it is so important. One remedy is to identify a
situation in the other person's life in which he or she feels
something similar. And then you say, “The way you feel about
that is the way I feel about this.” To find the right example, you
put yourself to some extent inside the other person's mind in order
to find the right expression.
 On the other hand, if you want to understand your relationship,
you might step back from it and contemplate it. One way to do
this is to recall when you first met and when you first felt attracted
to the other. This takes you into that magical space where the
feelings of love are generated. At one time, circumstances
conspired to bring you together and bond you through the power of
love. Now, you consider your own ability to renew these feelings
through your own power of imagination and creativity.
And finally if you want to motivate someone to do something it
may take more than your own understanding of the other or even
mutual appreciation. A force of will may be required. In effect,
Granona has that magical approach which says, “Let me challenge
your imagination with an image of what can be. Consider the
beauty and the power in this picture. How can you not work with
me toward this end when both of us want it to the same extent?”
I have taken the time to elaborate on these different
perspectives because sometimes from an academic point of view
symbols are devalued as being less than essential information and
irrelevant to serious communication. But symbols are extremely
important whenever you are dealing with something new or
something you do not understand. The data may be incomplete.
The process of discovery may not be clear. And yet you have to
make a decision and enter unexplored situations. Then you have to
use your imagination to create the best model of reality and to
forge a path towards your goal.
When magical knowledge is converted into something familiar
and understood, we call it science. But one of the jobs of a
magician, as with all human beings, is to make new things and to
attain greater understanding. Telepathy, empathy, and
clairvoyance are part of a magician's repertoire. All of these
employ symbols and metaphors produced through imagination.

Morilon's Inner Aura. Morilon is aware of all four planes at once--

physical, astral, mental, and akasha. And yet the laws governing
space and time are different on each of these planes.
Consciousness, will, feeling, and intellect are also different as are
the four elements. From this point of view, it is possible to
understand why symbols and images are important for our
understanding. We use imagination in a different way when we
view something from any one of these planes or from all four
planes at once.
Consider some examples. When I think about something
physical I wish to produce such as a book, Morilon speaks from
the akashic plane. He says, “This is a matter of magical will. You
have to focus yourself from the akashic plane. Nothing else will
do for you.”
If I want to know the best way to communicate myself to a
publisher, Morilon speaks from the astral plane. He says, “When
you talk about sales and publication, you have to communicate
enthusiasm. Speak with a heart that is soft and shining like the
moon and radiant and dynamic as the sun. Then your point will
get across.”
If I ask Morilon for a better understanding of how to practice
breathing so I can accumulate energy more naturally, he says I
need to employ all four planes at once. On an akashic level, I have
to maintain a pure conviction that I already embody this power.
Mentally, I have to focus my mind on the molecular vibration of
air.
On an astral level or emotionally, I have to change my feelings.
I have to feel that air is something wonderful, that it is precious
and full of healing. And physically I have to better focus my
attention so that I am aware of the physical sensations of oxygen
moving into my lungs, through my bloodstream, and into the cells
of my body. In other words, he says I have to put my whole body,
soul, mind, and spirit into this exercise to make it work well. From
Morilon's point of view, when I practice breathing exercises I am
only using about ten per cent of my will.
When I ask Morilon why my experience with a Christian
college was so horrible, Morilon says I had to recapitulate in my
own way two thousand years of Christian history. Only then
would I be allowed to approach the gates of magical wisdom. In
other words, my personal experience is part of a collective journey.
A labyrinth or maze is a symbol of the search for wholeness. By
exploring the different directions and paths you come to know the
different parts of yourself. Only then do you arrive at the center of
the circle where everything is seen clearly.
I ask about my relationship to Bardon's basic training system as
outlined in Initiation into Hermetics. Morilon says, “This training
is a vehicle of power like a mantel you put on in order to be of
greatest service to the world. It is indispensable and you should
master all of it.
“But you, like many others, must be guided by your own inner
spirit as you train with this or any other system of magick. If you
look back, you will see that at each stage of your life path you have
had a different spiritual task to accomplish. Your basic training
must go on but you cannot afford to fail in your other assignments.
Bardon presents the outline. You must fill in the content.”
In each of the above examples, Morilon shows me a picture that
evokes different energies on one or more of the four planes. The
language of symbols communicates both energy and
understanding. When Morilon talks about using spiritual will, he
transmits a direct impression of what that is.
When Morilon talks about my experience with Christianity, he
interrelates collective and personal history so that I see and feel the
connection. The confusion is resolved because he shows me a
picture that grasps the whole problem and explains the meaning.
Morilon's use of symbol is in effect an ability to negotiate the
different aspects of the psyche so that the inner and outer worlds
are joined.

Akashic Plane. On the akashic plane, there is a heightening of

awareness that correlates the different aspects of your
consciousness. You automatically begin relating your different
sensory perceptions, your experience, your thoughts, your feelings,
your desires, your plans, and everything you know which bears on
what you are considering. For example, you move between visual
imagery to feelings to physical sensations to sounds to taste and so
forth. As you do this, you relate each sensory perception, thought,
and feeling to the others comparing and contrasting the different
perspectives and information you are receiving. You get your
brain, mind, and psyche to focus and work together.
Morilon emphasizes immediate and direct contact. Since
akasha is a penetrating state of consciousness, you feel one with
what you are considering as if you are within and a part of it. At
the same time, you remain detached. You are completely sensitive
to and appreciative of every aspect of what you focus upon but this
does not in any way reduce your critical capacity to analyze, to
evaluate, and to understand.
A simple way of illustrating this state of awareness is to
imagine you are another person with whom you have a
relationship. Consider every sensation, thought, feeling, memory,
experience, hope, dream, desire, and perspective this individual
has. Do this as if you are this person. Now do the same for
yourself. Consider everything you have felt, thought, and
experienced with this person.
Now hold both sets of experiences and perspectives within your
consciousness at the same time. Be both yourself and the other
person. Remain relaxed. But as you as hold this entire
constellation of feelings, thoughts, and sensations within your
consciousness, search for the deepest connection the two of you
have with each other.
Akasha is a formless and penetrating state. You can be both
yourself and another person at the same time. Morilon, like the
sign of Gemini, amplifies the force of your personality and your
power to form a direct connection to others. Working on the
akashic level furthers these abilities.

Mental Plane. On the mental plane, Morilon’s aura and presence

heightens you capacity to correlate the inner and outer worlds. If
you focus on a feeling, sensation, desire, idea, ideal, hope, fear,
etc., it is easy to translate it into an image from the external world.
And vice versa, if you take something in the outer world, you can
get an image or sense of what it means or how to represent it as a
feeling, thought, ideal, etc. on the inner planes.
Again, this procedure correlates what is going on inside you--
the entire realm of motivations, instincts, and inspirations--with the
outer events of your life. And your outer world experience can
also be translated and interpreted in terms of what it means for you
personally. The significance of this procedure is that you gain an
understanding of what the world means to you and what you mean
to the world. You feel the exchange of energy and the strength of
the connection between yourself and your environment. I give an
example later on of an exercise from transpersonal psychology that
seeks to accomplish something similar.

Astral Plane. On the astral plane, Morilon takes you directly into a
dreamlike state of mind. If you have a question for example,
Morilon will put you inside of a dream where you are forced to
consider the question from a completely different perspective than
what you are accustomed. It is like living through a set of
experiences to which you normally would not have access.
I ask a question about being one with another person. In love,
you move through the center of another person. The deepest things
in one person are open and transparent to the other. There is also a
magical space in which two feel joined as one.
In response, Morilon takes me into a dream. There are a series
of thoughts that flash through my mind as part of the introduction.
The Dalai Lama says in a book, The Wheel of Time, that you
cannot attain enlightenment while in this incarnation without
working with a karma yuga--that is, a physical consort. There are
stories about Tibetan lamas who have trained a student to a high
level. And then the lama says in effect to the student, “I want you
to spend the night making love to this woman I give you. Use this
experience to seek the enlightened mind and by morning you will
have attained enlightenment.”
 Morilon’s perspective is rather humorous. His thought is,
“Let’s take a look at what that might be like. It may not be all that
easy.” I am next presented with the image, that is, I am sitting
before a guru who is a combination of a Taoist master and a master
of Kundalini yoga. There is also a woman present who is my
consort in this dream.
The master is saying to both of us, “To be one with each other,
you must fully activate and then join together the different chakras
in each of your bodies. In the Muladhara chakra, you must enter
into the weight and solidity of the earth. When you, in making
love, become the earth then you will be ready to move on to the
next chakra.
“Go now and practice with each other. Do not return to me
until you have attained in your love an absolute certainty that you
are one with the earth--until the life force, consciousness, and
beauty of the mountains, the deserts, the trees, the forests, the
vegetation, and the mantel of the earth are expressed through the
love you share with each other.
And then the master says with a divine ferocity and a holy
countenance, “I tell you, you will not attain oneness with each
other until you accomplish this. For hidden within your first
chakras is the vibration of the earth element as it vibrates
throughout the entire planet. Therefore, find this power to love
within yourselves.”
It is kind of like a quest for the Holy Grail except you are not
seeking a chalice outside of your body. You are seeking to unite
with and celebrate the sacred energies of life through your love for
each other. Morilon goes on to show me how these two
individuals understand exactly what their master is talking about.
They are dedicated to it and they have the basic training in several
traditions that they need to accomplish it.
It is humorous because, as is typical of any couple, they
sometimes move backward instead of forward in their relationship.
Their attempts are often inconsequential. But because they are so
dedicated, they do attain their goal--with absolute certainty they
feel in their love with and for each that they are perfectly joined to
the etheric body of the planet earth. Morilon shows me how this is
something very wonderful. Their love is full of beauty because it
reflects the beauty of the planet earth.
The story goes on--as they return to the master he guides and
challenges them to proceed through each of the other six chakras.
It takes them decades to do this. In the second chakra they seek a
oneness with the oceans and the waters of the earth. In the third
chakra, they unite with fire in all its many forms on this planet. In
the heart chakra, they become one with the sky and the atmosphere
both by day and by night.
In the throat chakra, they become one with akasha. In the third
eye, they join with the destinies and ideals that guide mankind and
the enlightenment that is required to attain this. And in the crown
chakra where Shiva and Shakti join, they become one with the
entire matrix of life--the circle of life and death and all polarities
and opposites.
When they attain all of this--when they possess the actual
vibration and also the oneness with each other--they again return to
the master. The master says to them, “Now that the perfection of
love flows through each of your seven chakras you are no longer
dependent on each other. You are able to love and be one with
each other whether you are together or separate--it makes no
difference. You have now become as we are--you embody
freedom, divinity, and limitless joy.”
Morilon says to me after this dream and story have unfolded,
“This is the dream I see in your soul. You have practiced it and
attained it before as many have in other ages and you will dream it
again and again in other incarnations. Obviously, your practice
must be modified according to the age and society in which you
live. But the dream remains the same--nature, human, and divine
love joined as one without separation. Keep your sense of humor
so you do not despair. Like true love, it is very rare. Yet
remember this love is already there--it is a stream that flows
through every heart if you can but open enough to find it.”
 I am thinking to myself I should write out the full story rather
than this brief synopsis and put it in one of my books.

Physical Plane

On the physical plane, Morilon is like a master artist. He takes an

image and shapes it so it joins time and eternity, the specific with
the universal, and the concrete with the ideal. In Morilon’s
presence, it is easy to recall and appreciate works of art that
accomplished this. There is Rodin’s sculpture, The Thinker.
There is Van Gogh’s painting, Starry Night. There is Beethoven’s
Ninth Symphony.
And there are many other kinds of works such as Jefferson
writing the Declaration of Independence and Lincoln the
Gettysburg Address. Sitting here with Morilon is like sitting in an
art and culture appreciation course which reviews all of human
history and points out that any profound work is also a symbol--it
represents more than itself.
Similarly, Morilon points out the same with an individual’s life.
He says, “Here and here and here the light of Divine Providence
was briefly joined with your experience.” I see an image from my
childhood in which the sense of family, peace, and nature was
complete. Morilon says, “You could paint this as a picture,
compose it as a symphony, write it as a poem, enter it as a dream
or live it again with another family. But its depths and the beauty
within it have no end.”
Morilon shows me another example involving an experience
with a woman. Morilon says, “You will not fully understand this
experience until you master the spirit of the sphere of Jupiter who
is named Carbiel. He has inspired you with experiences like this
many times in your previous incarnations.”
He goes on to show me a number of other experiences I have
had. He says, “Like something invisible made visible, like
something eternal, timeless, and divine made physical, through
these experiences you have tasted, touched, and seen the reality of
your highest destiny. This is one of the reasons you are committed
to being a magician. You have witnessed the highest light
appearing on earth and you remember it and celebrate it.”

Common Difficulties/Imbalances. The primary requisite for

working with Morilon is akashic awareness. This awareness is
free to penetrate and join with every part of ourselves. To be
effective, symbols require some of this freedom. On the other
hand, symbols lose their power when one aspect of consciousness
is dominant and other parts of the self are repressed or hidden.
One way to develop inner psychic mobility comes from
working with a mandala. There are, of course, many forms and
kinds of mandalas. There are the seven chakras, the twelve signs
of the zodiac, the ten sephiroth, and many systems from around the
world. These attempt to train the imagination so the individual
becomes familiar with the active energies moving within the
psyche and the external forces shaping the universe. Consider an
example.
The Magick Circle and the Four Elements. In some traditions,
the four elements are represented by the different directions of a
circle. The element of fire can be represented by the south, the
warmth of summer, sight, and clairvoyance. Fire is the will to
accomplish whatever we need to do. For divinity, this is
omnipotence. On the mental plane, this is the ability to plan
successfully and with conviction. On the astral plane, this can be
endurance and the enthusiasm with encourages others. On the
physical plane, this is the ability to take charge, to lead, and to
move ahead in spite of all opposition.
To the north are the earth element, fall, silence, and the senses
of taste and smell. To divinity, this is immortality, eternity, and
the perfection of consciousness. On the mental plane, this is an
appreciation for work, details, and organization. On the astral
plane, the individual is solid and stable. There is emotional
integration. On the physical plane, this is being grounded--
accepting circumstances as they are and working with them. Here
you make a home in the physical world so your well-being is
complete.
To the East are the element of air, spring, wisdom, and the sense
of hearing. To divinity, this is omniscience. On the mental plane,
this is the enlightened mind, clarity, and an awareness of harmony.
On the astral plane, this is a temperament which is relaxed, at ease,
and possessing an artistic imagination and sensitivity. On the
physical plane, this is an individual who is alert, observant, and
curious. There is a flair for communication and a desire to be in
balance.
To the West are the element of water, winter, feeling, and the
sense of touch. To divinity, this is omnipresence, an all-embracing
love. On the mental plane, water is giving, healing, and nurturing.
On the astral plane, these qualities are expressed as empathy,
affection, devotion, and serenity. On the physical plane, water
offers support. It is caring and yet also resolute and daring because
of its desire to protect and nourish life.
Though the elements portray the movement of life, the center of
the circle is their source and the place they are held in balance.
The center symbolizes the fifth element--akasha. Here too there
are four planes. On the akashic plane, we have our highest form of
intuition and conscience. This is the part of ourselves that
perceives as a divine being. On the mental plane we attain a
magical equilibrium and we balance the four elements. This
naturally results in a commitment to ideals, morality, and ethics.
On the astral plane, our psychic abilities are enhanced. We
sense the future and understand our inner connections to others.
With our physical bodies, akasha is represented by the subtle
energies within blood and sexual fluids. In terms of our actions,
akasha is reflected in our ability to respond to each moment with
creativity and to make the most of our situations.
For a magician, however, entering the center of the circle is a
way of activating the divinity within. Space and time are no more.
All things are near. Nothing is hidden. All planes, all spheres, and
all the elemental domains are open to our gaze. Consciousness is
omnipresent--the mind is one with what it perceives while
remaining enlightened and clear.
Power is omnipotent because the magician finds within himself
a direct reflection of the will of the Creator. And without a trace of
doubt, the magician feels united with a love that has neither
beginning nor end. And so the work of a magician transcends
time, culture, and his individual incarnations. He perseveres and
works to perfect himself and to be of service to others.
An effective symbol, like the imagination of a magician or a
cosmic letter, employs all four planes at once. It gathers into itself
whatever energies it needs. As a magick mirror or crystal ball, it
becomes transparent and vanishes as light is transmitted through it.
But this is akashic awareness. It is without form, open, luminous,
and penetrating all things.

An Exercise from Transpersonal Psychology: Ira Progoff's Use of

Symbols

I often search transpersonal and depth psychology for methods

which connect our personal experience with magical wisdom. One
example is the intensive journal developed by Ira Progroff. Let us
explore this together. You begin by selecting a period of time
from your life. This could be a week retreat, the past year, four
years of college, ten years at a job, twenty years of a marriage, or
your entire life beginning with "I was born."
Next consider the major events occurring during this period of
time. You can recall these sequentially or you can gather them in a
more random manner through free association. Relaxing, go over
these major events briefly. Move from one to the other or hold
them all in your mind as if you are looking at a mosaic.
From a contemplative and meditative stance, find one image,
phrase, or feeling that summarizes these events. You want a
concise image that holds them all together even when there is no
obvious pattern or relationship between them. As I review the
major events of the past year, the image I get is of different strands
being woven into a rope. Activities that were scattered and
unrelated finally come together and work as one.
Relax again. We are after a dreamlike awareness of our inner
psyches. Notice the feelings underlying these external events that
have occurred during this period of time. These feelings or moods
may or may not be connected to the external events. You may
have felt uneasy, withdrawn, or expecting something else to
happen and so were distracted or detached.
As I perform this exercise, I get the image of plodding along
without a lot happening. The external events, like the tip of an
iceberg, barely reveal my commitments and where my efforts lead.
The next step is to hold both images in your mind at once--the
image summarizing your activity in the external world and the
image representing the feelings and movement within your psyche.
To do this, I hold both images in my mind--the image of the
strands coming together in a rope for the external events and the
image of the iceberg which is barely seen and slowly moving. I do
not hurry as I gaze at these images. I relax and let the pictures and
the feelings associated with them interact in their own way slightly
outside the reach of consciousness.
It takes a few minutes for a third image to appear which bends
the other two. I see myself racing a sailboat similar to the three
day Port Huron-Mackinaw Island race which I have sailed a
number of times. The rope is the line that holds and trims the sails
and gathers the strength of the winds moving the boat through the
water.
The image of a slow moving iceberg is the feeling of exhaustion
and tension that occurs during a four-hour watch at night.
Sometimes we sail through a fog, in rough waters, or near a storm.
Sometimes we sail alone without another boat in sight though there
are hundreds scattered across the lake.
Though there is only water and sky, there is also a crew at your
side. You work with others. You trade turns on the helm. You
sleep and eat together. It is a joint effort and you share together in
victory or defeat. But even when you are exhausted, the challenge
is real and the action always exciting.
I find this third image rather enjoyable. It reminds me of how
closely associated I am with others. It reminds me of the
excitement involved in a genuine adventure and in charting new
waters. It says to me that spirit, like the wind in sails, is drawn
upon by personal will and yet the challenge is to deal with the
unpredictable by remaining alert and committed.
Progoff's method is intended to empower individuals to process
their own experiences and discover the inner stream of psychic
energy flowing through their lives. The advantage of being aware
of the movement of psychic energy within ourselves is that we
learn to honor it and work with it. The result is that we feel more
charged--more of this inner life energy is available to
consciousness because we are cooperating with it. Like riding a
wave of enthusiasm building up from within, we then feel ready to
move on or into the next stage or phase of our lives.
The difference between a magical use of symbols and what Ira
Progoff does is a function of your degree of concentration. A
magician can hold an image in his mind for ten minutes to a half
hour without any distraction whatsoever. But he can do more. He
can become the image. He can enter into the picture so that it is as
real as life. He can consciously enter a dream state with his mind.
Concentration on a symbol then becomes an evocation, a magical
word of power, or a telepathic link between his mind and another.
It may be tempting for a magician to set aside personal history
and to work only with universal symbols and cosmic energies. But
transpersonal psychology has something to offer everyone. It
emphasizes the integration of the personality and shows how this
generates greater energy. And it establishes a continuum between
personal life and the collective energies shaping all societies. This
correlation of personal and collective produces a healing and
wholesome perspective. It keeps us aware of who we are and this
too is important for understanding our connections to others.
The work with the four elements and the four planes I
mentioned earlier is itself a journey through a labyrinth or maze.
We each seek to be whole and complete and to stand at the center.
We each seek to be creative and, as far as possible, to master our
fate.
And yet the journey itself is remarkable. It demands our
greatest strength and yet it is filled with wonder. For each of us,
there is an individual spirit that watches over us, inspires us, and
illuminates our paths. We each have our own way to go. And yet
we learn from and are connected to each other during the process.

Bagoloni, 12 degrees Gemini, On Telepathy

Preliminary Comments. A number of years ago I practiced

telepathy exercises from a manuscript written by a Dr. Brown who
taught astronomy at the local university. She said that virtually
anyone who put in the requisite hours of practice could learn
telepathy by following her methods. One of her exercises involved
empathy. For example, you go to a zoo and practice visualizing
the animals. But you imagine them back in their native settings
such as a jungle or savannah. When your visualization becomes
strong enough, the animals tend to wake up and become more
active.
Dr. Brown's basic practice is to imagine a string of light
between your third eye and another individual's third eye. You
visualize a ball of energy moving down this string from your head
to the target's heart. The ball contains whatever thought you wish
to communicate. There is a pulse you receive back after you send
something. The idea is to wait with an empty mind until you feel
that return pulse. Within that pulse or ball of energy returning to
you is the response to your message.
This lady also pointed out that in the beginning it is easier to
send tastes and smells rather than pictures. A more primal part of
the brain is activated with these senses. I found with a partner it
was fairly easy to get eight of ten correct answers when working
with tastes. The following spirit named Bagoloni specializes in
telepathy and related practices.
Ascending the Planes. I place my mind on the akashic plane of
the earth. Being in the akasha is being in a moment of cosmic
oneness--the entire spectrum of life on this planet is on display.
The past, present, and future are encompassed in one vibration.
All knowledge, wisdom, love, power, and experience are woven
into one planetary pattern and awareness.
Being here reminds me of sitting with a Zen master who lives
nearby. In the place where he and I meditate there are wind
chimes sounding outside and a large Buddha statute at the end of
the room. A stick of incense burns on the altar. We sit. The
feeling of well-being is exquisite like the taste of a gourmet meal
in a four star restaurant. But this mood is not created through
elaborating on the sensation of taste. Instead, the mind rests in a
state of pure emptiness. It is open to that emptiness. It identifies
with that emptiness which is also a state of simplicity.
It is being aware of what is. There is complete acceptance of the
past. The present moment is all that is needed and is sufficient.
But accepting and engaging what is also involves holding quiet
communion with the unknown--the possibilities for response and
action are limitless. The calm, clear, and penetrating awareness of
akasha includes the spark of magick--the future is present as well.
There is something else I notice today meditating here in the
akasha. I feel I am surrounded by all of those in all ages who have
sought to nourish cosmic wisdom within themselves. My favorite
channel on TV is the NASA channel when it shows for hours
without sound or comment the earth moving below from the
perspective of a space shuttle. This panoramic view of the earth
from this altitude is like a religious experience for me. Being on
the akashic plane is like viewing the earth in a similar manner. In
akasha is a reverence for life and a desire to see that the highest
purposes are given a chance to be accomplished on earth. The
akasha is the temple I enter to worship the beauty and the
sacredness of the universe.
12 Degrees Gemini. The 12th degree of Gemini has a fascination
for the mental plane, for thoughts, brain waves, and the spectrum
of mental activity. This kind of focus can determine what
individuals are thinking and why. It also measures the strength and
discovers the origin of their thoughts.

Bagoloni's Domain. In this setting, the act of communication

begins as two minds share the same mental space and then link so
closely they temporarily become one. Yet this is not a mystical
oneness. Instead, the emphasis is on how the mind acts as an
accurate and sensitive recording device. However, what is
required to realize this in communication is an extreme mental
purity--to put it simply, you have to become all ears and listen with
all of your being to what is being said.
As I approach Bagoloni, I notice he exudes a great deal of
mental power. It is clear that thoughts are not just like electric
light bulbs that shed light in a small space. Ideas can be energized
to contain the power of lightning. They can be overpowering and
as strong as is needed to accomplish your objectives.

Inner Source of Inspiration. There is no thought, feeling,

perception, or life experience of any kind that cannot be shared in
full with another. The universe is a continuous and on-going
celebration of the mystery of love and oneness. Our separate
paths, evolutions, and differences exist so that as we attain greater
awareness we might acquire wisdom and discover the part we have
to play in this pageantry.
Divine Providence offers perfect communication as a gift
between every being in the universe. It is possible to speak your
mind and heart so you are understood and able to work with
another. That is, it is possible to attain complete understanding
and total cooperation in any situation if you join your minds
together. This treasure of spirit is not designed for frivolous or
self-indulgent activity. It is destined to serve high and noble
purposes. The constellation of Gemini has been placed in the sky
that we on earth might be inspired to find and to realize this power
within ourselves.

Bagoloni's Sigil. The sigil generates a powerful and refined mental

vibration. It turns the mind into an instrument for detecting any
kind of thoughts or mental activity. It opens the channels from one
brain to another and heightens the ability to send and to receive
impressions. It generates a mental space in which minds can join
with great precision.
A sigil is designed for multiple purposes. By concentrating on
this sigil, you develop telepathy. Your brain waves alter.
Something of Bagoloni's qualities automatically vibrate within the
sigil when it is visualized.
But if it is your intent to connect to Bagoloni himself, then by
concentrating enough on the sigil he is drawn to appear in front of
you. To put it another way, the sigil is like a key. When you use
it, the door separating the planes is opened. Space and time are
suspended. You are then before whomever you concentrate upon.
On the other hand, if you continue concentrating on the sigil
without thinking about Bagoloni, you may notice that the akasha
within the air element becomes concentrated in your ears.
Telepathy is not language specific. It utilizes a universal language
of mental vibration. You may begin to feel attuned in your mind to
this language in a way similar to what was said of king Solomon.
The next morning after God granted him wisdom Solomon awoke
to discover he could understand the language the animals were
speaking and what the blades of grass were whispering to each
other.

Outer Aura. Next I speak his name and Bagoloni appears with a
big smile and very bright eyes. We seem to have hit it off well.
Bagoloni's aura is a source transmitting telepathic abilities to
others. Bagoloni has a way of getting you inside another's mind so
you can interact and arrive at an acceptable and mutual
understanding.
Inner Aura. Bagoloni's inner aura invests the air element on the
mental plane with magical ability. The air element becomes an
amplifying device for receiving and transmitting mental activity.
A two-way radio can send and receive radio waves. In a similar
way, the human mind by concentrating can send and receive
thoughts by using the air element on the inner planes as an
amplifying medium.

Akasha. The akashic plane has an awareness free of form which

extends through space and time. Your mind is both penetrating
and open without limitation. Here you are free to allow the
consciousness of any being to be fully present within your
consciousness without blocking or distorting the other's nature.
Akasha inherently possesses an absolute certainty that you can do
this. This conviction underlies and empowers your telepathic
ability.

Mental Plane. On the mental plane, Bagoloni develops your ability

to penetrate and be open to another's mind while your own
consciousness remains empty of content and form. There is
nothing within you that interferes with the connection. You
receive the exact signal that is sent. And you gather as much
energy as you need to make sure your message will be heard
clearly.
Bagoloni also helps you to shape your message. He is like
internet where you can open a web browser and search for
something and get thousands of references. The difference is that
Bagoloni finds you your best choice in a few moments.
Bagoloni gives me an illustration of the process of telepathic
communication. He says, “You open your mind so another
individual's brain waves are within the space of your mind. Then
you can see the other's thoughts the way you see a fish swimming
in an aquarium in front of you. The point is to get your thoughts to
appear within the other's mind wrapped about with the mental
vibrations with which the other is accustomed.
“A fish in an aquarium would perceive most easily another fish
appearing in front of it. It would recognize the signals of the other
fish as being intelligent and having meaning because they occur
within a set of actions a fish can recognize. The same is true with
a human being, an animal, or a higher spirit--you present your
consciousness within the stream and range of the other’s mental
vibrations. And then what you have to say is cloaked within
something familiar and its meaning is transparent.
“But not only is an idea communicated. With this kind of
mental attunement, you also are able to register in your own mind
the other's response to what has been communicated. You are
aware of the other's experience of receiving the message you sent.
“Acquiring this ability is not a matter of ‘imagining’ what
another individual's mind is like though that is a step in the right
direction. An attorney, a detective, a physician, or a writer
reconstructs the thoughts and experiences of others. They make
observations in the present and then imagine what went before.
But this is empathy and not telepathy.
“For me, everything has a mental signature. Everything has a
component present on the mental plane. A papaya is a fruit of a
tree. The papaya contains condensed life force and is designed to
nourish and to reproduce itself. It stores vital energy that is both
highly reactive and capable of enhancing chemical changes in soil
and seeds. And it is attractive to other creatures. Its mental
signature is in its power to store and also quickly to transmit usable
and nourishing energy. This quality of a fruit exists as a pure
mental vibration.”
A few days later I again speak with Bagoloni. He says,
“Telepathy is similar to two individuals talking to each other on a
phone. Words and ideas are communicated. But my interest is not
in sending a thought from one mind to another. My art is attaining
a mental attunement between two individuals so that when a
thought appears it is understood by both individuals in the same
way and to the same degree.
 “Words, signals, and images can act as the vehicle for
communication by virtue of being part of a language or set of
prescribed meanings. The language I utilize is composed of
mental vibrations. As you already understand, the mind is as vast
as the sky. This you are able to attain though contemplation. But
what you do not yet perceive is that any other mind is able to
appear within your mind as clearly as an image reflected in a
mirror.
“If you make your mind perfectly clear, open, and pure and
intensify your concentration, you can link with another's mind so
there is complete understanding. Do not forget that in akasha there
is no form and consciousness does not identify with a body in
order to safe guard its integrity.
“Here there is purpose and intent. There are qualities and
powers and energy. But there are no boundaries. I teach and share
my abilities so that understanding may be achieved. I embody this
ideal."
“What then is the best way to learn to join minds to the extent
you are talking about?” I ask.
Bagoloni replies, “First you generate an absolute conviction.
With this conviction you create a mental vibration embodying
oneness, perfect understanding, and a mind that is vast, clear, and
pure. And then you build up your concentration so that this
connection can take place.
“The concentration can be developed by observing others'
minds on the mental plane. This is similar to condensing the air
element but in this case it would be more effective to condense the
vibration of Gemini--the intention and desire to attain perfect
communication and mutual understanding. You practice this so it
is the only thing that exists within your consciousness.
“Again, this requires that you learn the language of mental
vibrations. You become comfortable with the qualities and powers
within others' minds. In other words, you must become an adept
on the mental plane--familiar with the spectrum of thought forms
and energies. Otherwise telepathy will be the transmission of
thoughts, feelings, words, and images between minds but the
clarity and attunement necessary for understanding those messages
will be incomplete.
“The worst enemies can communicate telepathically with each
other. There is no doubt about this. Their thoughts are cloaked in
anger and vengeance. Men and women who divorce may bombard
each other's minds with hateful thoughts and feelings for years
afterwards. This they do quite well without having any training or
psychic ability. Their previous rapport has opened the door to each
other's psyches.
“But I tell you the worst enemies must put their enmity aside
when they understand each other's minds. This kind of telepathy
belongs to those who love wisdom. For a wise man, hating or
despising another is only hating and despising oneself. Such
mental acts interfere with clarity of mind and this cannot be
tolerated by a magician.
“The essence of my teachings is to have a mind which is open
and pure. Then when you concentrate on others, you can recall
their memories as if they are your own. You respond to their
thoughts with tenderness as if they are words spoken by your own
child. And you see their minds with the clarity you have when
viewing yourself in a mirror. Telepathy for me is not so much
acquiring a skill as developing a mind which can be anywhere
within any mental vibration without suffering distortion or
interference.”
I turn my attention to developing a telepathic sensitivity as I
study a few individual's minds under Bagoloni's watchful eyes.
With the first individual I am struck by how confused she is. She
has a profound psychic receptivity but she is always very
vulnerable.
Immediately I see one of her childhood experiences that has
shaped her life. She was used and abused. She was rejected. She
existed within an emotional vacuum. This is due in part to her own
nature--she was extraordinarily open to others. This was
threatening and unsettling to her caregivers. They were
uncomfortable with a child so needy. Her response to that
situation was to attempt to be attractive and endearing so she could
get the attention she craved. She has retained this pattern of
dependency up to the present time.
As long as the wound remains, there is nothing anyone can say
nor any form of feedback that will enable her to learn to interact
with others in an assertive and even handed manner. Thus she
brings into relationships a secret craving--she seeks friendship only
to the extent she imagines it will heal her wounds.
Of course, this form of analysis flirts with being judgmental. I
work with Bagoloni on opening my mind beyond my personal
bias. What I see now is that some minds have a vacuum within
them. This woman's, for example, contains an emotional
whirlpool of need. I have been guarding myself against being
pulled in.
But with Bagoloni's assistance I retain a state of clarity and
openness like the sky in which there is no fear. From this vantage
point, I can see that this woman also has a dream of one day being
happy. And, within this dream of happiness, she sees herself as
being a person who is there for others. This woman already knows
how to heal herself and one day she will do so.
At this point, I seem to be able to sense her thoughts about
events and people as Bagoloni says, “with tenderness,” while also
feeling as detached as a mirror. It is like I can hear her voice
answering my questions. I understand what she is saying and why
she says it.
I focus also on an old friend who introduced me to esoteric
studies. In attuning to her mind, I notice she is very committed to
her work. I can see right away her pride in taking care of herself
and being independent. This I know already.
What I have never thought about is that the reason she avoids
having a family is that her own family line has been involved in
psychic and spiritual warfare for decades. This struggle with
psychic domination has reoccurred in her own life. Consequently,
she believes that if she has a family this pattern of destructive
behavior will return.
Personal ties of affection open her up to the astral plane and this
she refuses to accept. Her life is a commitment to staying away
from the field of psychic warfare and astral sensitivities. Hard
work for her is a way of building a barrier between herself and the
haunting attractions and devastating ego aggression within her
past.
She says to me that when I have published a book she will
renew our friendship. Then I will be a part of her vocation and her
world of interests. She is rather insistent on this point.
As I open my mind more with Bagoloni's sense of vast clarity, I
can see also the point behind her choice to be so entirely
extroverted. For her, those who pursue spiritual and psychic
careers are plagued by selfishness and acute narcissism. The way
to overcome the haze of illusions that exist on the inner planes is to
find something you really enjoy doing and then do it with all your
heart.
There is, then, a difference between reproducing another's brain
waves within my own mind and what Bagoloni does. When this
spirit attunes himself to another's mind, he does not just observe
the way the mind works and the specific thoughts present. The
mind of an individual is like a spherical mirror reflecting all they
have ever experienced. When you enter that mind, you understand
the heart, the desires, and even the karma the other is working
through.

Astral Plane. On the astral plane, the air element relating to

telepathic ability is denser. The message sent and received is
stronger and it carries more conviction. Effective communication
becomes more than a convincing intellectual argument make with
compelling reasons. It is a force and power in itself.
Consequently, when an individual receives a message
telepathically, he feels as if the other individual is standing in front
of him and speaking aloud to him. Mind to mind communication,
like the air element, can be a gentle as the touch of a breeze or as
forceful as a hurricane or a tornado ripping off the roof of your
house.
For example, when you communicate the will aspect of Divine
Providence, you can speak in a quiet voice and reason with another
the way a prophet once spoke to king David about how the king
had killed an innocent man. The story told by the prophet ignited
the king's fury so that the king wanted to know who the man was
in the story that he might punish him. The prophet pointed out that
king David himself was this man.
You can also speak in a way that captures the attention of
someone who pays no heed and ignores all warnings of
conscience. William Blake once wrote, “Oh for a voice of
thunder.” Bagoloni possesses such a voice.

Physical Plane. When Bagoloni materializes within our world, you

have managed to call forth something of eternity so it resides
within time and history. This is not only akasha that suspends time
and space so that anything can be understood by consciousness.
You have brought down Bagoloni's own inspiration with him.
Before you stands the perfection of communication as it has been
designed by Divine Providence.
Therefore, this form of evocation is ideal for those situations
involving great difficulty such as the conflicts between nations or
acrimonious negotiations. With Bagoloni near, there is no
possibility of miscommunication. Deception and deceit are barred.
No falsehood is allowed. When truth is present to this extent,
fairness, justice, and equality are the result.
When individuals understand another's experience, they are
more considerate. When opposing individuals are immersed
within this light, they rise to the occasion and seek to bring their
actions in accord with this inspiration. Many human vices are
founded upon the feeling of separation. The presence of Bagoloni
dissolves this.
I ask Bagoloni, “Where do I go next in my practice of telepathy
with you?”
 Bagoloni replies, “Practice to develop a clear and open mind
empty of thoughts. Your mind must be so refined that your ears
will detect the faintest disturbance in the vibration of air on the
mental plane. Thoughts are like sounds and words spoken aloud.
You can hear them when your own mind is silent enough.”
What Bagoloni is showing me is similar to the practices in the
first chapter of Bardon's book, Initiation into Hermetics, involving
an empty mind. Bardon has a student practice having his mind
empty of all thoughts and distractions for ten minutes. For
Bagoloni, this empty mind becomes a listening silence with a very
high sensitivity to the mental vibrations in other people.
I have discussed some of the requisites for telepathy from
Bagoloni's perspective. But there is also an intense if not fiercely
penetrating and electrical charge which Bagoloni employs. To
master this as well you would need to be familiar with reproducing
in yourself electrical energy and also shaping that electricity to the
vibration of Gemini. I have not discussed this other than by
describing my experience with Gemini in the zone of the earth.
Visualizing Bagoloni's sigil is certainly one way of gaining a taste
and feeling for this electrical kind of energy.

Common Difficulties/Imbalances. The major problem in learning

telepathy is accepting the idea that the mind can detect, receive,
and send thoughts. This difficulty arises because of the nature of
the mental plane where thoughts are strongest. The mental plane is
separate from the astral and physical planes.
In contrast to the concrete forms and dense sensations in the
physical world, the mental plane is abstract and detached. In
contrast to the rich emotional life of the astral plane, the mental
plane is not only disembodied. It can act with a power of
imagination that is unfettered by real and genuine emotions. It can
weigh and examine possibilities and scenarios that have only the
most tenuous connections to reality or to prior experience. On the
mental plane, thoughts can be as independent of the real world as
mathematics where mathematicians can pursue a problem for
centuries that only has meaning to other mathematicians. The
intricate mathematical problem has no application, use, or value
anywhere else.
In effect, telepathic ability requires you to put aside your
personality and your feelings. It asks of you that you enter another
world in which you immerse yourself solely within the vibrations
of the mind. On the mental plane, imagination works with images
that have no more substance than holograms. In fact, telepathy
requires of you to enter a mental state in which your perception
becomes so subtle and refined that thoughts appear as something
heavy and solid.
In effect, you become the air element on the mental plane
waiting calm and silent. Thoughts are then sounds that vibrate
within the air. You naturally can hear them and determine their
content.
Individuals with a flair for the air element will find such a
mental state of detachment and objectivity easy to attain. Others
will be completely uncomfortable with the degree of
disembodiment required. But all sylphs understand telepathy.
And what they do is quite simple: they identify with the air
element feeling weightless and floating free as the wind. And then
the sensitivities of the air element and its receptivity to sound and
mental vibration are woven into their sensory perception.
This can all be summarized in the following exercise. Picture
another individual in front of you as if he or she is right there.
Next, move your focus to the mental plane. Do this by taking note
of your body and physical surroundings. The physical world is
solid. The forms endure according to their substance and structure.
Next concentrate on the astral world. This is a world with the
fluid and malleable quality of dreams, feelings, desires, and
passions. Its forces are often expressed as attractions and
repulsions. Now put these two previous worlds aside. Move to the
mental plane and the realm of the mind.
Here thinking occurs. It can be detached or argumentative,
clear or confused, systematic following general patterns or a
disorganized mass of facts and details. But even problem solving,
analysis, and thoughtful consideration only take place within a
limited series of vibrations. The range of mental plane activity is
far greater.
There is the mind that is clear and open and the mind that is
bright and sharp. There is the mind that is penetrating and empty
and the mind that commands and controls every thought and
perception that appears within it. But for telepathy, we are
interested in a mind that is clear, open, empty, and penetrating.
And it also has power enough to crystallize a thought and electrify
it so it can appear like a shout. The telepathic mind is silent, good
at listening, and also has a voltage high enough to transmit your
message.
For a few moments, then, scan the mental plane as if you are
already familiar with all its vibrations. Now imagine the mental
body of the individual you are concentrating on. Imagine it is
empty as if there is nothing inside and it is also dark. Place your
mind within this individual's mental body. Become as small as a
dot so that the other individual's mental body turns into a huge
empty space around you.
And finally imagine that this individual's mental body is now
filled with a subtle air element. This air element has the quality of
being able to register and reveal clearly the faintest thoughts and
mental activity. Be silent, still, and become this air element as if it
is who you are. At this point the trick is to wait without being
impatient and also to remain alert and sensitive enough so you can
register impressions as they happen.
As you engage in this practice, build up a repertoire of
experiences with different minds and different kinds of mental
activities. Once you learn to receive impressions, you need to
interpret them, that is, translate them into something meaningful.
A mental vibration in one individual's mind may appear in a
different way to another individual. The same vibration translates
into different forms and images depending on the mind of the
listener.
 One thought may appear as words, feelings, pictures, or an
intent or act of volition according to how you translate it. If you
join sufficiently with another's mind, you will, however,
understand the form and pattern of the individual's thoughts. The
specific content of a mind does not always tell you or even give a
clue as to why those thoughts are there in the first place. For this,
you will need to open to a larger portion of the individual's mind so
you can perceive motivation and underlying purposes.
You can also practice this exercise with spirits. In this case, you
empty your mind of thoughts and fill your body with a subtle
vibration of air. You imagine you can hear or detect any thought
sent by another. You ask a spirit to place a thought in your mind in
answer to a question.
I ask Bagoloni, “What do you think of how I have explained
this exercise?” I wait for a few moments clearing my mind and I
sense his reply. He sends me the particular thing I have not
clarified. There is an electrical energy in my mind that intensifies
the air element and raises the pitch of its vibration.
Like a cathode tube in an electronic device, the gas inside the
tube is charged. When a faint signal of some kind moves through
it, automatically light or sound is produced. There is an
amplification. This electricity in the mind has a sensation similar
to a static charge of electricity you can sometimes feel in the air or
next to a high voltage wire. But you shape that electrical presence
to your intent that is to heighten your telepathic sensitivity. I
notice with this added electrical quality I can pick up a larger
number of thoughts more quickly as I focus on another's mind. It
is uncanny as if I am listening to a radio program and this
individual is the talk show host blurting out aloud each of his
thoughts as they occur.

Pigios, 15 degrees Gemini, Patron of Poets

Introduction. Pigios, according to Bardon, assists those who are

writers and poets through force of inspiration. Although Bardon
mentions a number of spirits in the earthzone who work with
writers of fables, myths, and occult novels, he says that Pigios is
the head of all poets on earth.

Reason for Evocation. To communicate unusual subjective

experiences, it is often useful to rely on metaphors and to do
comparisons. Pigios, as a master of poetry, is a specialist in this
area. I also want to work with poetry since another spirit,
Zagriona, had reminded me I had once been a bard in another
incarnation long before Western civilization rose to power.

Preliminary. According to Bardon, the spirits of the earthzone in

Gemini prefer the color brown be used initially in drawing their
sigils. Besides drawing the sigil of Pigios in the air, I create an
energy field of brown light. To do this, I imagine a space as vast
as the sky surrounding the earth. And then I visualize brown light
filling this space.
In addition to this, I imagine my awareness is penetrating
throughout space and time and that in fact I am this entire space--I
am formless, immense, and vast. This aspect of the visualization
expands and extends your aura so it embodies the one vibration or
meditation you are working with. It is a way of opening a gate
between the worlds and of creating a sacred space in which you
can meet a divine being.
Often spirits require that I condense the light I am visualizing so
that they are able to be more fully present. To do this, I sometimes
imagine that the outer edge of the sky, like the inner surface of a
sphere, is a mirror focusing the color of light to the center where I
am sitting. The light becomes dense and thick in the air and it is
this substance that enables the spirit to appear.

15 Degrees Gemini. The fifteenth degree of Gemini is an

invitation to explore the wonder of sensory perception. The five
senses take on an exquisite fragrance and a delicious taste. You
feel like you want to discover the layers of light and the secret
treasures of delight hidden within each mode of perception.

Pigios’ Inner Source of Inspiration. Pigios talks about his power to

evoke feelings and to inspire: "The desire of a man for a woman--
when it is so strong he would do anything, go on any quest, make
any sacrifice, accomplish any mission, in order to taste her bliss--
this fire of desire is part of my enchantment. The pain, the void,
the abyss, the suffering, a fire so concentrated it ignites stars in
order to use their light to express its desire--all of this is hidden
within a man but I am the inspiration that gives it expression.
“And the love that flows from the heart of God and is woven
into the form of a woman who loves with all of her soul--this is the
greatest treasure on earth though mankind knows it not and
religions refuse to honor it. Woman is the mirror reflecting the
omnipresent, all-embracing love that is within everything that
exists. It is as near, present, and as fresh as a kiss. Those who are
touched by this inspiration, in one inhalation and exhalation, feel
they are as radiant and joyful as the sun whose light revives and
energizes all life on earth. My enchantment is the invitation to be
fully alive--to be complete freedom, to be desire and its
gratification, and to celebrate the sacred paths of life.
“The feeling that flows through me--it is the breath of life; it is
the wind that lifts the wings of the archangels; it is the Song of the
universe; it is the taste of starlight; it is the silence of the night
awaiting dawn's first light; it is the adoration of Divine
Providence; it is eternity and time blended in the taste of wine; it
is the courage of a warrior whose will dissolves conflict by
annihilating hatred and destroying fear; it is a love of such passion
and gentleness the world is made new through its embrace.”

Pigios' Sigil. This sigil strengthens your imagination. It evokes a

feeling of complete freedom and satisfaction. And it also gives
you a flair for finding the precise image or metaphor that captures
and expresses to your self or to another what you want to say.
Once you become familiar with Pigios and his inspiration, you can
draw this sigil in the air. In a few moments you may say to
yourself something like, “Ah, this is the metaphor that captures
what I am after.”

Pigios' Domain within Akasha. For Pigios, we live in multiple

dimensions and there are many ways to perceive any event that
happens. In our breath and ears is the wisdom of sylphs. In our
eyes are clairvoyance and the wisdom of fire. In our touch are the
mystery of trust and the wonder of being alive.
Is it the archmage, the patriarch, the saint, and the sage or is it
the child who is closer to the heart of life? To express truth with
simplicity and beauty is a magical accomplishment. To speak in
the present moment with precision and finesse and yet to select
words resonating with the wisdom of all ages--this is true art. The
domain of Pigios is as invincible as it is timeless because at its
center is the power of the Spoken Word and the beauty and
harmony of a heart that loves.

Pigios' Outer Aura. Pigios employs very powerful images that

enchant and generate ecstasy and profound contentment. I notice
right away as I tune into Pigios that his energy is very hypnotic. It
has the effect of heightening your imagination so you feel you
enter whatever memory or experience you are considering. Think
of someone and you are within the memory of being with that
person.
Of course, physiologists have discovered our brains have a
natural capacity to reproduce anything we have actually
experienced as if it is happening again right now. But imagination
has many applications. For example, if you picture another person
clearly in your mind, you establish a psychic link and can convey
telepathic messages.
Pigios appears as a young man dressed like a wandering
minstrel. His personality is so charismatic you can barely pull
yourself away. The air itself feels intoxicating in his presence. I
notice again that around Pigios any thought or memory I have
becomes alive and animated as if I am physically present within it.
Pigios says to me, “I have absolute mastery over the five senses.
Though I am formless awareness, consciousness without a body, I
can taste every fruit on earth and distinguish each of their qualities.
But not only that. Everything that exists has taste, fragrance, color,
sound, and sensation. I can taste the twelve fruits of the Tree of
Life. The treasures the archangels guard are not beyond my reach.
I can also taste the enlightened mind--I can savor its essence and
delight in its fragrance because its luminosity sets the five senses
free.
“Meditate with me and you will understand the life within the
sea. The sensitivity of each creature will pass through your
nervous system. The waves, the winds, the tides, and currents will
feel like the flow of blood in your own arteries and veins. And the
undines also--you will slip into their dreams and see the world
through the eyes of immortality. And then the wave drifting to the
shore and the spray washing your skin will be as a lover returning
again. And you shall discover love surging, pulsing, and flowing
through you--it is a sea of wonder whose depths are eternity and
whose shores are more distant than the stars.
“Meditate with me and within your chest, within your breath,
and you will feel the desire within the winds. Your heart will
open. And at night beauty and harmony will curl up with you and
fall asleep beside you. Every sound and echo, every note and song
will be a voice speaking to you of a wisdom more ancient than
time and older than the world.
“And when you awake at Dawn you will speak her songs. And
the moon also as she sails through the night will pause to come
down and sit beside you and speak with a voice of silvery delight.
As she takes your hands, she will speak softly as a friend whose
heart is pure tenderness. And then the future, the past, and the
present--all ages of the world--will appear in images around you
like the memories of a sage who, with sparkling eyes and perfect
serenity, recounts the path he followed to attain liberation.
 “If I had a college on earth, I would grant degrees in
enchantment. But this enchantment would not be the kind that
binds because it is motivated by greed. My art is what the heart
sees when beauty takes off her garments to reveal divinity--awe,
wonder, the deepest mystery, the greatest power--these you
celebrate as you break bread, as you hug, as you smile and laugh
together. I am the community whose members celebrate the sacred
quest and the beauty of the world. I am the patron of all poets on
earth. And I am the music and the art within the heart that has
been set free.”

Pigios' Inner Aura. Pigios has an incredible graphic imagination in

which all five senses are engaged. Words become virtual reality.
Say something and it is as if it is real--you look around and touch
things and you feel you are really there.

Personality. It is also appropriate to talk about the personality of

certain spirits. They have their own unique style and charisma.
Pigios comes across as passionate and mystical. Again, it takes an
effort of will to pull yourself away since he is so captivating. Deep
feeling flows through him like river.
Akashic Plane

On the akashic plane, Pigios evokes a deep trance. Concentration

on this level is an evocation. Power grasps and manifests the life
within an image. For Pigios, a great bard is a magician. He can
find the image and words that transmit life and experience from
one person to another.
Pigios puts it this way, “I will tell you a little secret which is
part of my art: absolute faith retires into the hidden chambers of
the heart. And there it lays on a table its cards and begins a
dialogue with God. It says to God:
“‘If I were a sovereign deity who has created space, time,
matter, and countless galaxies circling, spiraling, and whirling in
an endless void, this is what I would want for the world.’
 “It then tells God its vision which it has found in God's own
heart. And, hearing the voice of a poet who is willing to speak
with the beauty and wonder His own voice would use, replies, ‘Ah,
I thought of that Myself. How insightful of you to probe the
depths of My heart. Since you have come this far in learning My
Craft, I will offer you a gift because I am generosity. And I love
beauty and I love creativity. As you have searched My heart,
search now your own heart and then tell me your deepest wish.
And I will tell you where in space and time it shall manifest.’”
“Think not that the human heart is separate from God's heart or
that the work of your hands is not a part of His Art. Hold in one
hand all the pain, suffering, and loss you have felt. And hold in
your other hand all the joy, love, and kindness that has touched you
and flowed through you.
“Do this within an akashic trance. Do this while remaining
relaxed and seeing through space and time while retaining the
feeling of freedom within your heart--do this and the Buddhas of
the world will appear before you and greet you as one of their own.
If you want inspiration to flow through your soul as it flows
through me, be the jewel that embraces every color of light, that
makes love with every nuance and shade of life with purity and
freedom.”

Mental Plane

On the mental plane as well sensory experience is incredibly real.

You read or hear a descriptive word or phrase and you experience
it with your senses. You smell the smoke. You feel the cold water
splashing on your face. You hear another's voice and see her face
and feel her presence as if she is here with you right now.
The akashic level is the vehicle of concentration as the crystal
ball is the object that the mind focuses upon. The mental level is
the image appearing sparkling and alive and luminous with beauty
and light. The sensation here is as if the air is thick with magical
power. You move your hand through it and colors fly off your
fingers and images take on life. Whatever you focus on becomes
concrete and real.
Pigios says, “As the senses can receive sensations--taste, touch,
smell, sight, sound, and the soul experiences feeling, even so the
imagination can recreate what was and envision what shall be. The
senses emit creativity in order to share in the dance of life.
“Every situation you enter has a substantial reality. It has
weight and gravity and forces that bind and control and refuse to
let go exerting a pressure and influence upon you. But you can
take each influence and force into your heart and watch it melt as
the flame melts candle wax and as love sets free the secret desires
of the heart.
“On the akashic plane, you learn to be free and you willingly
embrace life's opposites. In doing so, you discover ecstasy and
beauty. Bring this awareness to the mental plane and the
imagination becomes a flame drinking in experience and
transforming it into wisdom.
“When your desire to experience life is strong enough, then the
reality of the world and the divinity within you will clasp each
other's hands and refuse to let go--like two brothers, one divine and
one mortal, whom fate herself cannot control because their pledge
to remain friends forever has more passion than she can handle.”

Astral Plane

On the astral plane, Pigios creates a feeling of being satisfied

through your entire body. The pleasure is mesmerizing. In other
words, for this spirit the astral plane contains the ability to
experience the gratifications belonging to the body and senses. In
a dream you can experience something with such graphic reality
you can no longer tell if it is a dream or the real thing. This
magical enchantment of image, mood, feeling, and place is
something that can be transferred from one person to another or
conjured up within ourselves.
Old men dream of being young again and then awake and weep
because for a little while they thought they had returned to their
youth with its dreams of freedom and possibility. There are times
when someone we have never met says something to us in a dream
that is more insightful and caring than anything anyone has said to
us in life. There are dreams that come upon us and then depart as
if God Himself were asking us to share the feelings within His
heart. The astral plane, like the land of dreams, has the power to
enchant because this is where the deities of all mythologies are free
to speak if we can but learn to listen.
The artist who is a magician finds his way into this place. He
puts his finger precisely on what is missing from life. He does not
stop at the boundaries of his society because he refuses to allow
what is missing to remain unknown. Rather, he ventures into the
solitude and secrecy of dreams and shows us ourselves--who we
really are if we are willing, like him, to enter and then make the
dream real through our life and our art.
Such an artist is a seer. Through his words and art he gives you
to drink of the cup of wine of what can be. And this taste then
guides you to plant the seeds that grow the vines that make the
wine because his art opens the veils of time. He shares with you a
vision that transforms the world because he has been within the
future, walked around, and seen beauty so wondrous it commands
us to honor its reality.
Pigios says, "The coldness of winter, the pure, clear depths of a
mountain lake like the loneliness that makes the heart ache
freezing the bone and turning the soul to stone; the beauty of life
you see so clearly and yet which refuses your embrace because it
speaks of your destiny--of who you need to be;
“The desert where you follow a solitary path past the ruins of
civilizations that have come and gone--you shift among the rubble
and you hear their songs. You smell their food cooking over a fire
and you taste what they taste and curl up in their beds to awake
within their dreams and feel the longings in their hearts.
“The desert is an empty and barren waste where it is dangerous
to travel too long on your own. But like the silence in the night, it
is where you must go if you would make your soul your own.
There is a moment within contemplation when the world vanishes
away and you look about yourself in wonder and see a divine fire
that chose these images of loneliness and loss as the fuel it needs to
awaken your heart--a flame that burns without ceasing. Its light
makes every moment a treasure and a gift of love like the pleasure
of one who has finally come home.”

Physical Plane

When Pigios' influence extends directly to the physical plane, he

creates great success in communication. That is, if you are a writer
your work gets published and attains renown. From Pigios'
perspective, success in writing or art is just a way of
communicating yourself. It is getting the message out whatever it
is you wish to express.
All the earthzone spirits are preoccupied with manifesting
something so it is real and substantial. It does not matter if it is the
philosopher's stone, a sacred mission, domestic harmony, love,
health, wealth, peace, knowledge, enlightenment, etc. They want
something concrete that everyone will agree is real so that its
influence spreads and remains effective through the years.
For Pigios, what this means is that your personal experience,
through the power of art, because part of everyone's experience.
Your journey through the labyrinth of life helps clarify for others
an aspect of human experience and a moment when the human
soul opened and discovered its own light. And so there is an
immense drive to reshape and perfect your work so that it becomes
something of enduring value.
In the early morning when the birds first begin to sing, when the
light filters through the leaves of the trees with subtly and art
shifting between colors and shades--this experience of wonder and
newness remains true for all generations as long as life exists on
earth. Pigios teaches us that our personal experience is united with
all ages of the world. Our individual lives are the drama and
celebration through which life moves.
Each moment is clear and crisp and full of wonder. Pigios is an
intoxication of joy. He is the realization that the five senses extend
to infinity. And in the process of discovering this and tasting this
we become magicians and we become fully alive.
Pigios summarizes the effects of his full evocation in this way,
“My awareness in the physical world is the realization that your
body and the universe around you are a magnificent and wondrous
work of art. Like any great pageantry and celebration, the power
and beauty within them are immense.
“The wine master, when he is accomplished and wise, does not
need to be recognized. He is satisfied when others delight in his
wine and drink it at their parties, ceremonies, and celebrations.
Through his vines flows the ancient soul of the land. In the grape
is the taste of fire falling from the sky and also rain and streams
full of dreams. Through the heart and hands of such an artist flows
the joy that brings life to fruition and fills the world around him
with pleasure.
“I have inspired poets and bards since the beginning of time and
yet only a few know who I am. But this does not matter because
my art is a gift to me from life. My joy is complete and through
my work I, in return, honor life. It is true that as the fire dies down
and only the flicker of glowing embers remains our appreciation
for the light is the greater. Still, the fire within the heart remains
whatever shape or form the body takes.
“If you can make my soul part of your world so the inspiration
within me speaks with flesh and blood, then the human race will
always celebrate the mysteries of love. They will always be able
to speak the words that reveal and satisfy the innermost secrets and
longings of the heart. And there will always be poets and seers on
earth to sing the Song of the Universe.”

Possible Difficulties/Imbalances. The first hurdle to overcome in

working with poetic inspiration is fear. Fear stops the five senses
from perceiving. It makes them dull, numb, and dumb. It puts
blinders on them.
Fear says, “Experience is like riding the subway, train, or bus.
It is only permitted to take you to places along established routes
where the stops are predetermined in advance and there are other
people riding along with you. If you try traveling by foot or by
yourself, you will end up in a ghetto, a jungle, or a swamp.”
Fear is other peoples' expectations like a noose around your
neck or like a bridle on a horse. You do not need to be in jail to
wear chains upon your ankles and cuffs upon your wrists, to have
guards taking role call, announcing lock down, and making you
march two by two to dinner, exercise, or work. Fear preserves
order by keeping people out of jail and attending to their social
obligations. Fear is more potent than poison when it comes to
destroying your craving for exploration.
Even archangels will not come near a people who cherish fear.
Their voices are silent even during the still of night when everyone
dreams. The radio waves may be filled with the music of Bach,
Handel, and Beethoven, but it does not matter. The radios may be
turned on but the hearts are switched off.
As opposed to fear, joy is freedom. Delight is illumination.
Pleasure in its truth is a wand in the hands of a magician who
knows that each of the five senses has a divine function.
This is why with a magician's eyes the room he is in disappears
and he can see through the veils of time. This is why when he
listens he can hear the archangel Gabriel's voice amid a host of
heavenly choirs filling the sky. And this is why he can take into
his hands the powers of creation and shape them to fulfill a vision.
Ecstasy is all around him and the beauty of God is upon him
because he perceives the wonder of the universe. He senses the
divine within everything both imminent and also transcendent.
Therefore, if anything should block or hinder your path such as
fear, guilt, shame, pain, confusion, or despair, go on a pilgrimage.
Seek the sacred at the beginning or at the core of a religion or
hidden in the five senses. Some must by necessity journey outside
their bodies. But the only real journey in all the universe is toward
the center of the heart. Find the sacred there within yourself and
the ancient barriers separating matter and spirit and the inner and
outer worlds will dissolve. The gates of creation and creativity
will open as you approach.
To overcome your limits, lay claim to the divinity within you.
Be not as the revolutionary, anarchist, cynic, and the pious who are
so impatient and greedy they see only the world as it is now in
front of them. Take time to discover that each of the senses is
divine. When your body, soul, and spirit are united, you become
the breath and voice of freedom.
The second step is to join your imagination with the sacred so
its presence is immediate. See, touch, hear, smell, and taste it.
Drink it in. Live it with a passion. Inspiration is within everyone's
reach. You only need to ask yourself what is missing from your
life. Imagine desire satisfied, need fulfilled, and vision attained.
Dream it. Enter the dream. Live within the dream. It will then
become part of your breath, your senses, and your will. Its light
will shine from your face and then, without effort, the world
around you will reflect back to you the joy, wonder, and delight
you have found within yourself.

Here are two exercises that relate to Pigios’ mode of inspiration

and perception.

Exercise 1. One of the things I learned from the druid Philip Carr-
Gomm is a feel for the bardic tradition. There is a celebration of
the seasons, the elements, and the rhythms of nature. And part of
any spiritual quest is being able to express through art our own
unique experiences. Without this ability, the treasures of soul and
spirit we discover on our journeys cannot be shared with others.
I try to spend a few minutes each day with my kids just
exploring our imaginations. For example, we spend two minutes
jumping out of a plane with parachutes at ten thousand feet. We
scuba dive and swim by a reef and examine the black coral. We
assist the volcanologist collecting samples of hot lava with a chain
attached to a tin can near a cinder cone.
We become characters in Jurassic Park catching our first
glimpse of dinosaurs and then we become the dinosaurs. We walk
on the moon and touch the monolith in 2001. We become a drop
of dew condensing on a flower petal at dawn. We are moonlight
dropping down into water. We are hail, a hurricane, a raindrop.
We are a dove cooing and an owl gliding on silent wings of stealth.
We are all these things in our imaginations not a few times but for
years we explore countless images.
The actress Sigourney Weaver on one occasion used seventeen
different colored pencils to mark the different feelings she was
trying to convey in the various dialogues in her script. The
imagination is not only an exploration of action and perception. It
also is an exploration of the entire spectrum of human emotion and
of our ability to respond with sensitivity and creativity.
Through amplifying our concentration and exercising the
imagination, we enter the realm of Pigios who is one of the
guardians of the world to practice the art of living well. Mastery of
imagination is the first requirement for forging the wand of a
magician who transforms the world with his will.

Exercise 2. On the akashic plane, Pigios recommended a

meditation. Here is a summary of it. He said, "Think not that the
human heart is separate from God's heart or that the work of your
hands is not a part of His Art. Hold in one hand all the pain,
suffering, and loss you have felt. And hold in your other hand all
the joy, love, and kindness that has touched you and flowed
through you.
“Do this within an akashic trance. Do this while remaining
relaxed and seeing through space and time while retaining the
feeling of freedom within your heart--do this and the Buddhas of
the world will appear before you and greet you as one of their own.
If you want inspiration to flow through your soul as it flows
through me, be the jewel that embraces every color of light, that
makes love with every nuance and shade of life, with purity and
freedom.”

Amagestol, 18 degrees Gemini, On Personal Love

Reason for Evocation. Do to another spirit’s encouragement,

Amagestol sent me some energy to brighten up my aura. I felt his
touch immediately and recognized his presence. It seems I need
more balance in my life. I felt it appropriate, therefore, to include
Amagestol among the spirit with whom I regularly work.
Franz Bardon says that Amagestol “initiates the magician into
the secrets of love, into its legality, its causes and effects, no matter
whether lowest animal love or highest cosmic love is in question.
Amagestol is the guardian genius of all persons who love each
other in this physical world.”

18th Degree of Gemini. The 18th degree of Gemini envelops you

in warmth, friendship, and love. It is not a wild and passionate
energy. It is gentle and highly sensitive. You go away feeling you
are harmonious deep within yourself.Amagestol’s Domain. This is
a relaxed and soothing energy that flows through you leaving you
feeling cleansed and happy.

Inner Source of Inspiration. Amagestol's inner source of

inspiration is similar to a saying from the Mahabarata: “Happiness
is inevitable.” It is the nature of Divine Providence to reveal a
harmony which is so complete it can take any karmic task, chaos,
disorder, or conflict and turn it into something sweet, kind, and
beautiful. Harmony is that powerful. Within this harmony is a
relaxed gentleness that can command anything that exists.
When you encounter a sacred energy, at times it is possible to
glimpse into the future and see what shall be. I feel this way now.
The beauty is irresistible.
It is my prophecy that one day diplomats will appear on earth
who are so warm and accepting the most hardened terrorist and
worst dictator will turn away from destruction and domination.
They will put aside their bomb making and insidious factories
manufacturing inhuman weapons. After a few heart to heart
discussions with a member of this new diplomatic core, their new
interest and final legacy will be the creation of better schools,
hospitals, and judicial systems.
These former dictators and terrorists will then take time to
appear on television teaching kindergarten. They will meet with
pediatricians to guarantee that in their nation every woman will
have adequate medical attention insuring the health of infants and
children. And you will see them interrupting cabinet meetings and
leaving their capital to personally oversee disaster relief. On
camera, you will see them rise from their chairs and excuse
themselves to their own cabinet members by saying, "The people
have need of me."
How can this be? Ten or perhaps twenty diplomats will master
a love which in an instant, in a glance, searches through every
single memory in another person distilling a light so bright it
annihilates selfishness and inspires others to bring beauty to
whatever they touch.
This vision is not mine. It is not my desire alone. It shines
throughout the earth every day as the sun directs its energy upon
Amagestol's earthzone station.

Amagestol's Sigil. Amagestol's sigil reminds us that underneath

the visible universe and within our spirits is a power of order,
harmony, and love. Amagestol's sigil enables you to feel this
presence.

Amagestol's Outer Aura. Amagestol's aura is relaxed, inviting,

and radiant with a wonderful peace. Amagestol creates from out of
akasha a harmony that embraces all aspects of a person, situation,
or conflict.

Inner Aura. Amagestol has the capacity to increase the powers of

attraction and initiate a balance until individuals feel their rapport
with each other is complete. Of course, it is possible to look at
other individuals and feel indifference. They seem irrelevant to
our lives.
But with a slightly different perspective and with a minor
change in energy, another person becomes important. When you
feel a compelling attraction that captures your attention, you want
the other to play a part in your life. Amagestol is a cosmic master
of this subtle art of attuning and adjusting human interactions.
If Amagestol were incarnated as a human being, he would be
perfect as a marriage therapist and also as an international
diplomat. But it is not just psychology and charisma he utilizes.
For Amagestol, friendship is written into the vibration of the
constellations and galaxies have been originated to unfold its work.

Akashic Plane. You cannot get around it--akasha is a magical state

of awareness. A spirit of love from Capricorn, Trapi, inspires your
intuition so you can see that joy underlies all of your life
experience. Amagestol is similar. He inspires you until you
perceive that peace and harmony are everywhere and in
everything. Let me explore one possible analogy to explain this
perspective and how he does this.
The physical, astral, and mental planes are somewhat like a
small aquarium. There is the structure holding the water, the
water, and the fish within the water. The entire earth is like a small
aquarium. We are surrounded by hundreds of billions of galaxies
and countless civilizations. Around us are wisdom, love, and light
without beginning or end.
From the perspective of a spirit like Amagestol, there are all
sorts of patterns and purposes unfolding on earth that human
beings have not yet discovered or dream exist. Amagestol sees all
that we perceive. But he reminds us that discovering what is
important and dealing with our daily tasks are a joint endeavor
involving both humanity and divinity.
Akasha is an inexhaustible resource we are free to draw upon.
It is within us. And it has a way of dissolving bitterness, hatred,
anger, and greed and replacing them with tenderness and caring.
The friendship Amagestol offers is based on an understanding that
sees this harmony underlying everything.
Still, it could be a mistake to underestimate Amagestol's power
or to reduce it to a subjective mode of perception. There is a
feeling that comes with Amagestol. An individual might be
obstinate, hostile, and unwilling to give an inch to resolve a
conflict. But Amagestol could surround a king's army of ten
thousand with another army of a million.
A man might have eyes of pure cruelty and a heart of enduring
hatred. But Amagestol's eyes reflect infinity, human and divine
creativity, and also immediate karmic consequences. No need to
wait for another life time to confront your obligations. What you
see in his eyes depends on your intention. It is easier to make a
wise choice when you understand your options. It is easier to
consider a fair and equitable solution when that is exactly what you
are called upon to do and empowered to attain. Individuals in
conflict invariably like it when the mediator can present the bottom
line. It removes ambiguity, clarifies decisions, and crystallizes
options and their consequences. Amagestol is one of those spirits
who has the force of the universe behind him and yet he is the
embodiment of affection, friendship, and love.
It seems to me there is more going on here than I am describing.
I ask Amagestol, “What is your power all about?” He replies,
“Part of harmony, like the study of Quabbalah, involves creating
something out of nothing. There are circumstances and situations
where love and justice cannot survive unless you apply these
divine arts.
“In a pure state of penetrating emptiness, I comprehend and
search the sources of all the forces and influences in a situation.
And then I call forth from the stars and the mysteries of Divine
Providence the understanding and the oneness that shall be. This is
an act of creation and I do not hold back when I practice it. All
forces, principles, laws, and fundamentals that determine the
course of matter, life, space, and time are governed by the law of
love. Love originates new things and new ways of being even as it
overcomes all obstacles which hinder its expression.”
I enjoy sitting here with Amagestol and accessing his mind as I
consider the solutions to various problems in my life. I think if
there were a school on earth for training genuine magicians and
prophets, along with Ugolog and Chimirgu, a course in evoking
Amagestol would definitely be in the curriculum.

Mental Plane. On the mental plane, like Gemini, Amagestol's

energy is receptive and engaging. Communication involves
multiple levels of interaction in the same moment. If you were
talking to a person with this energy, you would notice how
observant the other person is and how delightful the conversation.
There is a constant giving and receiving.
To bring about harmony, you need to draw on every resource
that is available. You have to bring into play every skill and
provide every form of support. Amagestol has the kind of open
mind, generosity, and heightened sensitivity that brings this about.
As with the akashic plane, Amagestol has a way of getting
inside of you and getting you to change your mind when it is
caught on some issue. He is a skillful facilitator who guides you to
find your own way of seeing things from a wider and healthier
perspective. Just in the way he listens and gives you his full
attention, he draws you toward what you care about most.
Reordering your priorities, your decisions and actions are happier
and more satisfying.

Astral Plane. On the astral plane, we are not so concerned with

spiritual purposes and the communication of ideas. The astral
plane has more to do with feelings, moods, and fulfilling dreams.
The astral plane is full of those energies that nourish the soul and
the whole spectrum of desires and ideals through which life seeks
to express itself.
Consider some of the words we use to describe different
feelings and ways of being: affection, tenderness, kindness,
contentment, serenity, love, hope, joy, friendship, enthusiasm,
excitement, passion, attraction, bliss, ecstasy, rapture, sensuality,
peace, and well-being. If you took any one of these words,
Amagestol's aura on the astral plane could put you in a dream
where you experience that feeling in every aspect and nuance.
But unlike a dream that fades away and becomes a memory,
with Amagestol the feeling remains with you and becomes a part
of you. With Amagestol, you do not operate from weakness. You
overflow to others the wealth within your soul. You do not bring
to a relationship a desperate need that circumstances cannot satisfy.
With a wealth of astral feelings, physical situations naturally come
about that allow you to share these feelings with others.
Children are closer to the astral plane than are adults. Adults
often have to relearn the art of dreaming. Read a story to a young
child and it is not literature. The child experiences an astral
journey. The child's imagination is activated. Emotions flow
through him and wonder is constantly near.
I once attended a seminar on writing children's books. I was
appalled at the moralizing tone. From the way the teacher and the
students spoke, they might as well have had a banner on the wall
that read: “You must lie to children about reality. Deny the
existence of fear. Children are empty receptacles and utterly
dependent on adults. They are incapable of original thoughts. The
purpose of writing for children is to make good citizens.” Some
religions are worse: Teaching children is for the sake of
indoctrination. They present their stories and teachings as an
island fortress and then surround the child's mind with an abyss of
fear. These teachers have no personal experience with wonder,
awe, beauty, or a love that is everywhere.
In Amagestol's presence, the adult and the child are not distant.
For both, an open mind and heart sense the presence of wonder and
understand that the unknown is constantly inviting new journeys of
exploration. The ordinary is part of a matrix of time and space
shaped by mysterious and transforming powers. The familiar
shimmers and reflects vast depths. You can taste delight in every
breath and sense in your heart that work, play, and creativity are
the same activity.
A sylph named Capisi once told me a story about a wizard who
imagined he could possess her beauty by force of will. When she
reminded him of what he knew as a child, the wizard lost his
magical abilities. The foundations of his will dissolved in the
presence of a greater and deeper power. Many adults are lost in an
emotional wasteland because they have lost their wonder and have
forgotten how to dream.
On the astral plane, Amagestol embodies an openness of heart
and mind that is constantly renewing itself. You get to go back
and find whatever you have lost and start over again. In a sense,
we all take this journey every night when we dream. Dreaming is
a key and a door to the boundless treasures of inspiration and
feeling that the astral plane holds in vast reservoirs.

Physical Plane. Amagestol says to me, “It is not my purpose to

change your karma. We learn though experience that actions have
consequences. What I can do is show you the reasons the stars
dance, why the galaxy whirls about a center, and how love is the
greatest power. Every desire has a time when it is satisfied in
every conceivable manner. Then the mind blossoms like a flower
of light radiant as a star.
“It is in my power to clear the air around you of negativity, to
show you a path of harmony, and to fill your life with beauty. I
can explain what you need to do so love takes hold of you.
“These things are not cheap. The love I share is courageous
and free of fear. It is bold and full of passions as deep as the soul.
But I am not reckless. I weigh every situation like an accountant.
I am always fair and illusions cannot endure my presence. Yet
when I love, my desires and passion have no boundaries, for love
is indeed a cosmic power and a consuming fire that transforms
itself and all that it touches.”
I notice about Amagestol's way of speaking that the body, soul,
mind, and spirit are all involved equally with the communication.
There is an open flow of energy on all these levels. The resources
of all four planes are active at once--the intuition of harmony on
the akashic, the facilitation of understanding on the mental, the
dreamlike feelings of satisfaction on the astral; and on the physical
plane are a masterful confidence, sharp as diamond and as
electrical as lightning, that affection, trust, and love have the
advantage in any situation.
As with his source of inspiration, Amagestol's physical
presence is an overpowering force so rich and vast it can afford to
express itself as gentleness regardless of what is occurring. I think
if a magician practiced this presence enough, after a period of time,
it would automatically exert its influence through him whenever he
needed it. In any situation of apprenticeship, through observation
and imitation, you internalize the other's abilities. Later on, you
are free to modify them and use them in a way that expresses
yourself.
I have to say I have never seen or met anyone who is as positive
as Amagestol when it comes to believing in the power of
communication. In terms of my natal chart, Amagestol possesses
qualities that are essential to my life work--the ability to cut
through the negative and sustain a presence that magnifies love.
A few days after this evocation, I noticed, for example, that
when it comes to communication, I now demand of others (with an
authority surprising me) that they talk through their differences. It
is also more difficult to get me to feel uneasy when speaking to
others. Something of Amagestol's inspiration is in me--there is a
touch of that conviction that there is no conflict you cannot resolve
and no feeling you cannot express if you bring your spirit into the
situation.

Common Difficulties/Imbalances. In initially working with

Amagestol, the first influence you may notice is on your intuition.
You may sense the uplifting and inspiring quality of his energy.
The problem with this is that it may be extremely difficult to
translate inspiration into anything practical in regard to
communication. But Amagestol is, if nothing else, intensely
practical.
One requisite for manifesting Amagestol's abilities is to learn to
give another person your full and undivided attention when you
talking or listening. You act like communicating is the most
important thing to you almost as if nothing else exists for you in
this moment. Some individuals have never had someone listen to
them in this way. It is a rare and valuable gift to offer others and it
is has powerful effects.
You add to this a deep felt conviction which, on a nonverbal
level, communicates, “There is no part of you that I do not love
and support whole heartedly.” Then too you use an empathy in
which you imagine you are the other person so as you interact you
can see through the other's eyes and feel the other's emotions as if
they are your own.
The next step is a little more difficult. On a gut level and with
the power of your intuition, you feel you and the other person are
one with each other. It is as if you have the same heart, soul, and
the memories of each of you are now shared by the same mind.
I sometimes do a simple visualization when the situation is
especially difficult. I imagine a ten foot sphere of energy around
myself and the other person and affirm that in this space only
oneness exists and that communication will be clear and effective.
This seems to work miracles for dissolving bad feelings. After all,
it is just introducing a little akasha into ordinary life. In akasha,
you must understand, there is no separation. If you grasp these
basics it will be easier for Amagestol's aura to influence you with
its combination of cosmic power and love modified to enhance
your situation.

Negative Counterpart of Amagestol. The negative version of

Amagestol is skillful in reading your mind to find your deepest
dreams and desires for love. It then produces an image of that love
right in front of you out in the open. It is near and seemingly
available. It is inviting and enticing, the sweetest thing you can
possibly imagine. But this image is an illusion. Underneath, it is
stale, empty, and dead.
If I may speak bluntly, you may meet an individual who seems
to embody the love you have been searching for your entire life.
But guess what? One possibility is that this individual has
practiced for decades how to deceive, bind, and destroy others with
the illusions of love.
There are individuals who do not wish to be whole or healed.
They only desire to pull others into the hideous pit of toxic
emotions in which they live. Consequently, they can afford to do
whatever is necessary to persuade you that their love is genuine.
Deception is their specialty.
Someone once said that people suffer so much from evil
because they simply cannot believe what is happening to them.
This spirit traps you because you cannot believe this is not the love
you want. You keep imagining that the problem is in yourself.
You think it is your fault or that things are bound to turn out ok
because love has got to win in the end. But faith in a negative
principle is inappropriate. This “love” will only lead you on and
on until you are exhausted and lose your way inside of a palace of
mirrors that distort all reflections.
The voice will say to you, “Who has ever loved you like me?
Who has ever given you so much? Hold me and love me now and
you will forget your doubts and frustrations. All that counts is
living in the here and now. You have my full attention. Take me
and use me in the way you want. Nothing will ever compare to me
when it comes physical satisfaction and carnal gratification.”
The problem with this energy is that it has no emotional powers
of renewal. The astral body or soul is impoverished. The feelings
of attachment and bonding only draw you into an endless vacuum.
It will fool your mind with logic and your body with sensations.
And its images are stolen from the dreams of your spirit. You have
to refer to your heart to discover what is missing--there is not a
trace of love present in the other person. The presentation of love
is a contrived imitation designed to exploit.
It is clear that in the earthzone, the positive and the negative
spirits are quite distinct from each other. The positive will uplift
and transform you so your satisfactions and joys are profound and
enduring. The negative will take you and waste you. It offers
intense highs and peak experiences similar to a drug addiction that
makes dangerous charges against your health, your heart, and your
brain for the bliss it grants.
In life, however, the positive and the negative are often
intertwined. Eros, for example, causes individuals to fall in love.
Eros blinds lovers so they fail to see the faults in each other. But
erotic attraction grants no wisdom or intelligence about how to
make relationships work out. It simply gets you connected and
then leaves you to provide the solutions to the problems that arise.
Human beings have a conscience. If we make mistakes, we
learn from them. If in giving and receiving love, we end up with
pain and suffering, we learn from the experience and become
wiser. We learn how to love more effectively and we judge more
accurately our strengths and weaknesses and how to work with
them.
The advantage of working with a spirit such as Amogestol is
that we can add another level to our awareness. Spirits such as this
teach us about our spiritual resources and the divine powers which
exist within us. Each of us still has our own life tasks, problems,
and responsibilities. But the spiritual dimension empowers us to
bring a high level creativity to our daily lives.

Jachil, 3 degrees Cancer, On Personal Love

Introduction. Jachil is a spirit in the akasha of the earth who

relates to the third degree of Cancer. He teaches how the polarity
of attraction between lovers can embody the powerful electro-
magnetic energies of nature. At the same time, these "lower"
energies are perfectly balanced with a spiritual purpose: they grant
a greater understanding of the depths of ourselves and a oneness
that can be attained with another through love.
My interest in Jachil goes back a few years. I had a wonderful
experience the first time I touched Jachil’s aura with my hands. I
immediately wrote a poem to describe that encounter.
I also find Jachil intriguing because he is so Cancerian and
lunar. He is a master of nature and the serenity of the moon. His
sense of acceptance and peace is fantastic.
Every time I touch his aura I see myself within a grove of trees
beneath a full moon. It is a place full of love and yet it also
embraces all the wisdom of our planet. Here, in the arms of love,
all your experience in all of your lifetimes is gathered together.
Completion and oneness are the result.

Entering the Earthzone. I was just at Sandy Beach on Oahu a few

minutes ago watching the space station Mir circling the earth from
SW to NE. It took about eight minutes to cross from horizon to
horizon. My wife pointed out to me the Milky Way. Since three
points are required to define a flat plane in geometry, I pointed out
the plane of the solar system. It can be imagined by connecting
three points--in this case, Venus, Jupiter, and the earth's horizon
where the sun sets. The plane of our solar system slices across the
spiraling disk of our galaxy.
Being in akasha is a little like standing here at Sandy Beach.
The planets, the stars, and the turning of the galaxy are like waves
on a cosmic sea. Their energies break and wash over the earth.
You can feel these currents and tides of energy flowing through
you when you meditate in akasha.

Cancer in the Earthzone. I focus my mind in the constellation of

Cancer as it appears on the akashic plane of our planet. I notice
that this astrological sign is very serene. It loves happiness,
satisfaction, and contentment. It is also very sharp about how to
acquire anything which contributes to these ends. For Cancer,
happiness is not just an internal state or feeling. It is an outlook
that creates an environment that is nourishing and fulfilling. Still,
when I meditate in Cancer in the earthzone, I feel immersed in the
light of the moon surrounded by vast expanses of lunar serenity.
This energy is so enticing and inviting, I feel myself falling into
a hypnotic state or trance. Again all these words apply to describe
this spiritual level of Cancer: happiness, satisfaction, contentment,
peace, calm, still, etc. It is like there is an automatic cleansing,
renewing, and reviving effect on the mind when you immerse
yourself in this energy. If I were to give voice to Cancer as its
touches me in this moment it would say, “In every situation of life
I can nourish you with light so your dreams are always alive and
your soul radiant with inner beauty.”
Swami Rama once said, “Contentment is the greatest of all
wealth.” There is something about Cancer that is inexhaustibly
rich. The seasons and cycles of time and history contain rhythms
of renewal and an inner stream of joy which are ever seeking to
blossom in each individual's life and in every civilization.
Meditating within this sign is like walking into a nonstop
celebration of all that nourishes, satisfies, and brings happiness and
new life.
As I continue meditating, I imagine myself floating in a pool of
still water and sensing the glowing moon through closed eyelids.
This is like waking up and knowing you are still dreaming--you
may find yourself within a grove of trees, a temple in Atlantis, or
sailing across the Pacific--it does not really matter. The landscape
and structures surrounding you are not as important as the mood
you are in. Peace and contentment flow from your skin and radiate
from your aura. You feel in harmony with the universe.

3 Degrees of Cancer. The third degree of Cancer draws the body,

emotions, and mind into a state of beauty and love. There is a rich
integration of the personality and a welling up of happiness from
deep inside. This evokes a state of trance that is below the level of
the dreaming mind. That is, it approaches delta brain waves that
are similar to deep sleep where dreams do not occur.
Jachil's Level of Akasha. Jachil senses the rhythms of life, the
seasons and cycles of nature, and the interactions of the planetary
spheres. He senses these movements of energy from a place of
great stillness where everything is clear. If you look at a crystal
ball, you can see images and places from the past, present, and
future. Jachil's domain is the mirror like clearness of the crystal
ball and the open mind that gazes upon it.
From his state of peace, the experiences of the outer world,
though deeply appreciated, are seen as fleeting images. They are
temporary. The energy in them is real but transitory like water
flowing in a stream.
You can enter the stream. You can drink its water and feel it
touch your skin. But Jachil sees the entire stream--its source, its
mountain pools and falls, and mouth of the river where it flows
into the sea. The events of history are composed of the energies of
nature even though those energies are shaped and expressed
through human consciousness. The world is wrapped about with
beauty if you can open your senses to see it, feel it, and drink it in.
To enter Jachil's frame of mind is to perceive this harmony.

Jachil's Sigil. The energy of this sigil is not so difficult to

reproduce in your mind. Imagine you are in a deep sleep and yet
fully awake. Add to this the feeling of being immersed within a
profound state of love and you pretty much have it.
Try this. Relax completely. You are below the level of dreams
and have no need for sensory contact with the external world. And
imagine too that you are with, e.g., a soul mate or twin flame.
When you are together like this you are within a love that is full of
wonder. The rest of the life appears dim by comparison to this
light.

Jachil's Outer Aura. Being around Jachil reminds me of the

experience of falling asleep in the arms of a woman you love with
all of your heart--you can just let go and feel safe and whole.
Jachil's Inner Energy. Jachil's inner energy is a powerful electro-
magnetic field. It generates experiences with love and oneness.
But it is not just an amplification of the polar attraction between a
man and a woman. Within the streams of energy flowing between
lovers, you can sense the moon's gravitational pull on the oceans;
you feel the virility and echoing thunder of an electrical storm
drifting through the hills; you sense the magnetic field of the earth
flowing between the poles; you feel the seas' deep peace, the
forest's silent acceptance of winter, and a mountain's calm center.

Inner Source of Inspiration. In a way similar to Vehuiah of the

Mercury Zone, for Jachil Divine Providence is a oneness that
integrates the essence of everything that exists. To find this
oneness within your heart is to experience the ecstasy with which
the worlds were created.
For Vehuiah, there is no point in revealing God's will unless
human beings also have the power to embody that will within
themselves. Vehuiah exists to empower those who would master
such a will. Likewise for Jachil, there is no point in discovering
God's love within your heart unless you can share the full ecstasy
and beauty of this love with others. Jachil's existence testifies to
this experience and empowers its manifestation on earth.

Pathworking. A pathworking is a way of connecting to something

through a personal and dreamlike mode of exploration. I start by
drawing again Jachil's sigil in the air. Almost immediately I see
myself walking into a grove of birch trees. Soon after I graduated
from a very conservative religious college, I took the weekend off
and drove up into Northern Wisconsin. I wanted to get away from
cities and towns and suburban developments. I wanted to join with
nature.
It was freezing cold that night but I did not care. I stripped
naked and danced beneath a full moon beaming down on the
branches and ground. A flock of geese landed on the lake beside
me honking and crying at midnight.
I hold this memory in my mind. The part of me that is there in
the memory is not aware that this is a recollection. The experience
is fully alive. I experience it as if it is again happening. Next I
find myself also sitting in a stream with a beautiful naked woman
across from me. This is one of those New Age seminars in the
hills of Virginia where there were no shower facilities except rain
and a nearby stream.
With these two images continuing in my mind, I also see myself
within a third image. One time as I made love I felt I became the
waves of the sea bathed in moonlight as they rolled into and surged
against an island's cliffs.
And still another image comes. This image contains the other
three: the palms of my hands are gently pressing against the hands
of a girl whom I met at college. Moving our hands back and forth
sensitive only to the touch of the other's skin, she took me directly
onto the astral plane. For a few moments, we became two
magicians joining our wills and uniting our spirits in order to fulfill
some mysterious purpose. Decades later I am still unraveling the
magick in that touch.
At this point, Jachil shows me another individual whose hands I
can clasp in this moment through a psychic link. After a few
moments, I feel a current of energy flowing through our hands.
Our connection is a channel for the energies of nature.
In thinking about this pathworking, I like the way Jachil puts
together images and makes them alive. At the time when I went up
into Wisconsin, I had not the faintest notion that there were other
people who danced naked outdoors under the moon to celebrate the
sacred. But I was determined to connect to nature in a direct and
spiritual manner.
The second image with the stream is relaxed, sensual, and
peaceful. The third image of making love was extraordinarily
hypnotic and rhythmic. The fourth image of holding hands
contained the other three--it initiated a quest to join nature, spirit,
and love into one experience. And the final image, of connecting
in the present moment psychically to another captures all of these
images as an expression of Jachil's magick and inner vision.

Akashic Plane. I ask Jachil about the akashic plane. He replies,

“The akashic plane is awareness independent of thought and
physical, sensory experience. You can enter here by listening to a
song, smelling incense, gazing upon an image, drinking something
satisfying, or following a sensation to where it dissolves as you let
go of sensation and open to the spirit beneath it.
“My inspiration guides the highest beauty and love into
manifestation. Within akasha, I am the highest will, the
reassurance, the intelligence, and the perseverance which makes
this possible.
“When you enter my sea of lunar light, you cleanse yourself of
your doubts and free yourself of pressing needs. When you
identify with me, when you become this sea, you are the voice of
love fulfilling all things.”

Mental Plane. I spend some time with Jachil without the slightest
idea of what he is trying to explain. I keep getting this image of
sitting among trees under a full moon. Finally Jachil says, "The
mind can be quiet, silent, and still as a grove of trees during a
windless night beneath a winter's moon. There is no need for
thought or action. You can become the stillness of this forest at
night.
“For the highest love to be present, your mind must learn to
think like a tree, drift like a breeze, and flow like a stream. You
must be able to sit still like a rock. Then you can enter any dream
moving silently like the shadows of these trees that walk without
bending a leaf or causing water to stir. Your mind must have the
freedom to be either empty or full so you can delight in every
sensation.
“And yet it is possible to live a life with no more substance than
moon shadows--your desires are shaped by an emptiness formed
from the reflections of what you are denied. Your actions leave no
trail behind and awaken no inspiration in others' lives. But even
the dark moon causes tides to rise. Find in your the heart the peace
that flows with the force of the moon. Caught in its tides, lovers
unite to celebrate the highest love--my voice, though often soft,
sings this song each day throughout the entire world.

Astral Plane. As Jachil enters the astral plane, again his aura
manifests as an intensely powerful electro-magnetic field.
Masculine and feminine are united within him. There is an
incredible tension in this joining but it is wrapped about with the
serenity of the moon and the harmony of nature.
Jachil says, “Though there are five billion people on earth, only
a few love with this degree of intensity. Sensuality, pleasure, and
erotic sensations are an invitation to discover this strength of
connection to another.
“To share this ecstasy you must first open your heart to the
beauty of the earth. It would not hurt if you could enter the dreams
of trees and sing the songs of the seas. You would love with a
higher degree if you could understand the mantra a volcano hums
as it explodes.
“And as the hurricane loves the sea and draws strength from its
heat--if you could comprehend that mystery and feel those raging
forces flowing in your bloodstream, then you would understand the
power with which love seeks to be celebrated on earth. The
wonders of nature have been given to you so you might discover
this beauty within your hearts.
“There are some who strip love from their lives the way a
gardener removes weeds from his garden because it is too wild and
irrational. And there are some who find love irresistible even
though their hearts are torn a part with its every visit. But both of
these lose the way. Love is like the sun by day and the moon by
night. Its exuberant light reaches out to the stars and yet its touch
is always soft and gentle. Tenderness and kindness are at its heart.
“You ask me, ‘How do you capture this power without being
burnt up in the process?’ I will tell you a little secret that has a
sweetening effect on any relationship. See your partner's heart like
a park such as Yosemite, Sedona, or even the Grand Canyon.
Spend time there with your imagination. Climb the mountains just
to find what's there. Sit by the falls, drift on the streams, and
wander about sipping the wonders and dreaming the other's
dreams. Smell the flowers. Even in desert valleys, flowers cover
the ground like a thick carpet when it rains.
“Become a park ranger who loves the wilderness--know every
creature, every instinct and desire, and preserve and protect the life
that you find. As you can see from the way I speak, every aspect
of your attraction to another has a counterpart within the natural
world."
I picture someone in my mind to get Jachil's explanation of the
nature of the attraction. He sends me a picture back. He says,
“Some hearts are so vast they appear like an abyss. But if you look
closely, like the sky at night, they are full of planets, stars, and
galaxies. The empty void is actually full of beauty. If you can
relax and feel yourself surrounded by a vast expanse of stars and
find peace in that experience, then you will feel at peace with this
person.”
I picture another person. Jachil says, “This individual is like a
wolverine. There are scratchings on trees marking territory. The
smell is keen and the ferocity is unafraid of the more powerful bear
or mountain lion. But the wolverine does not attack mountains,
lakes, and streams. Be solid, calm, and flow like water and the
other will respond in kind adapting quickly by imitating your
power.”
“But what about, I ask, “this extraordinary joining of masculine
and feminine which you embody? Like a tantric master of nature's
energies, your aura is the reflection of two divine beings making
love continuously.”
Jachil says, “If you like, you can see a man as having the
strength of a mountain and the passion of fire. In his eyes is the
peace of the seas. When he speaks, you can sense the force of the
jet stream and the gentle warmth of the evening breeze. In other
words, masculinity is very powerful and also very much at ease.
Dew forms on flowers in the morning in anticipation of his touch.
“The feminine is a woman whose blood is pure love. Through
her veins flow kindness, gentleness, and tenderness. Mother,
lover, sister, virgin, mistress, and goddess--she has mastered all
forms of ecstasy. She is both rejuvenating and soothing. There is
no fire, spark, or flame she cannot contain or raise to a higher pitch
through the touch of her bliss. There is no longing or desire that
cannot find release or completion in her arms. Divine grace finds
its reflection in her face. The feminine enfolds every aspect of
yourself--body, emotions, mind, and spirit--within her soft,
soothing, and arousing love.
“These two, the masculine and feminine, are wrapped about and
inside of each other. There is Divine Art in this love and this Art is
felt by all lovers. You can find it in your heart. You can find it by
spending lifetimes in quest of the highest magick. You can find it
and share it with another. It is always present. Love is the most
natural of things and also the highest light of divinity is within it.
Love is the sovereign lord of both nature and spirit.”

The Physical Plane. As I sit here meditating with Jachil, I am

relaxed and calm. But I notice a rhythmic surging of ecstasy
pulsing through my body. I recall how Swami Rama, after a great
deal of striving, received shaktipat (a transmission of spiritual
energy) from his guru. Swami Rama said he then sat for nine
hours in a state of bliss. He said he could find that bliss within
himself whenever he focused on it and this he said he did each
night.
There was a man who once insisted that Swami Rama confer on
him a transmission of energy. But this man was not a yogi and had
not prepared himself. But since he was so relentless in his
demands, Swami Rama put some of his own life force into a glass
of water and let the man drink it. Shortly after, the man's body
began convulsing with wild physical gyrations and muscle spasms.
Fortunately, there was another person present who got Swami
Rama on the phone to explain how to remedy the situation.
A number of years ago I asked Swami Rama through telepathy
to confer on me a taste of the shaktipat he experienced with his
master. The experience did not last nine hours, only nine minutes.
But I see now what the Swami experienced in his initiation. It is
like having a goddess of pure ecstasy and love living inside of you.
She is always there in the background and a radiant light overflows
from your body and soul when you ask her to appear.
I mention this story of Swami Rama to give a reference in our
world and to name an actual person who could have been like an
incarnation of Jachil, that is, if the Swami's interest had been in
how love and ecstasy reflect and embody the energies of nature.
Jachil goes on, "Men and women search so desperately for each
other because they want someone to be beside them and love them
within the places of their hearts where no one has ever gone--
where the footstep leaves no sound and lightning is void of light;
where terror is the face of a loneliness night cannot cover and the
cold heart of winter cannot escape. When lovers meet, they take
the risk of crossing an abyss on a path of light only love can chart--
they open their hearts believing love can banish the pain within
them, that love can find an oasis of bliss in a desolate wilderness.
“When you fall asleep, when you enter a dream, and when you
leave the dream behind to enter a deeper place, who you are--your
name, your face, and your thoughts--they no longer matter.
“What does matter is that love is before you, behind you, and
within you, that your life is shaped by love and an expression of its
heart. Then it no longer matters who or where you are. You
yourself are love and it flows from you into whatever you touch.
“You see in me the highest love expressed physically and yet
retaining its full divinity. When your mind is still like a forest at
night and calm as a pool filled with moonlight; when masculine
and feminine join within you with the burning serenity of a
constellation in the sky; and when your physical presence awakens
love as the moon can bind the tides, then you will understand this
mystery--the darkest places of the heart are full of ecstasies which
cannot be measured or understood but only celebrated with others
through love.”
When I first touched Jachil's aura, I wrote the following poem
as I entered a vision of what it is like to experience love with a
woman with this depth of feeling:

When you are in my arms

My wounds are healed
My dreams fulfilled
Our lips touch
Moonlight illuminates your naked skin
I no longer know who I am
The sun glides through the sky
Deer graze in the meadow
I am mesmerized
The present moment fades
The moon sets her sails to the solar wind
My hands glide upon your skin
The sun drowns as we kiss
In the darkness of night to be reborn at dawn
Our hips join
As the stream winds through the crevice of the valleys
Mirth and laughter splashing down
As the sea enfolds the mountains in her depths
The whale's song echoing through the hills
Geese fly across the moon
The leaves of birch trees shiver
A solitary bird sings
Cats' paws ripple upon the lake
The gusts of wind pulsate
Your breasts pressed against my chest
Your love shapes my life
As the hands of the sculptor
Mold the clay,
Closing her eyes
The harpist plays
The notes of the song within her heart.

A few weeks later, I again meditate with Jachil. This time on the
akashic plane, I encounter an incredible amount of tension. This
tension seems to relate to the power in the union of male and
female. I asked Jachil, “What is this tension and how is it
balanced?”
Jachil replies, “Your journey involves mastering absolute will
and power. This is what you sense in love on a level of spirit.
This is balanced on the mental plane by the attainment of perfect
enlightenment, for the mind is a domain of light. On the astral
plane, the power of spirit is balanced by omnipresent love. Here is
the realization of perfect oneness.
“This spirit on the physical plane expresses itself as
immortality. It revives, renews, and rejuvenates every cell in the
physical body. Its influence is to circulate and to increase health
and vitality.”
I spent some time working with each of these planes. On the
mental plane, I could sense the mind as being a sea of light. I took
a few moments and chanted the Vajra Guru mantra. This is a
mantra relating to Padma Sambhava who founded Tibetan
Buddhism.
According to legend, he materialized upon a lotus blossom in
the middle of a lake in the Himalayan Mountains. He brought
tremendous light from the mental plane with him and also an
indescribably vast inner serenity. His teaching, however, relate to
the enlightenment of the mind. There is very little taught in
Tibetan Buddhism about how to work with astral energies.
Buddhism is an invitation to find enlightenment within yourself. It
is not really about turning this world into a sea of love that flows
between each of us.
If Padma Sambhava had taught more about the astral plane, his
disciples would radiate happiness and peace. Their presence
would fill a room with love. In this case, they would make perfect
marriage counselors because their skills would be in showing each
of us how to attain oneness with others.
Though Padma Sambhava could have taught this, he was too
busy filling Tibet with 108 monasteries. As a result, the entire land
became enchanted with a serenity leading to an inner sea of light
rather than outward into an expression of love. But all four planes
are bound together and no world teacher or religion has the power
to separate them for long.
If you have great power, you can accomplish your will. If your
power is combined with an enlightened mind, then your actions are
harmonious. If your power is encompassed by love, then it
nurtures and fulfills all things. And if it is a pure expression of
spirit, then your works endure through all ages of the world.
The ecstasy of the astral plane is the realization of the oneness
of love. Jachil's inspiration and gift are in teaching how to
manifest the highest love. Two lovers, for example, produce the
bliss that amplifies and increases their empathy so it becomes easy
for them to sense the inner life in everything around them.
Experience with another leads to experience with the light. On the
other hand, when the light is present within our consciousness, the
experience of love in our world naturally follows.
The poem I shared earlier was an astral experience. The astral
heightens our empathy and sensitivity to image, feeling,
relationship, and situation. We often express astral feelings
through touch, affection, tenderness, and also through art.
At this point in my meditation, however, it is plain that I need to
do something different to work with Jachil on the astral plane. I
project my mind into the sphere of the moon which is a like a sea
of silvery light. Then I bring this lunar zone into the present so
that it surrounds me on the astral plane.
This light is similar to Jachil's aura. It is clear like a mirror.
There is a feeling of being within anything reflecting its highest
inspiration, all of its experience, and encompassing with your
awareness others' journeys through space and time. You
comprehend the totality of all that another is which is, after all,
what lovers seek to do with each other.
This is the feeling within the poetry of Rumi celebrated so
much by Sufis. This is a yearning for transcendence that is
overpowering and yet the five senses constantly bring to mind
thoughts of the Beloved. Like an intoxicated lover, the beloved's
face is seen everywhere, in all that is manifest, and within the
unmanifest as well.
Part of the purpose of magical meditation is learning to generate
or create at will whatever feeling, rapture, ecstasy, illumination,
inspiration, insight, realization, and so forth which you may desire
to experience in the present moment. You can fall in love with a
lover. You can be obsessed or enchanted with another. But a
magician knows quite well that any form of attraction that exists--
any aspect of love that experience reveals--can also be reproduced
within himself.
Individuals undergo conversion experiences. Religions
introduce us to the sacred through ritual, sacrament, and ceremony.
But all of these rich and illuminating experiences can be found
without the external trappings within us through our own
meditations. At this point, I am having some difficulty producing
the rich astral feelings I often get when working with Jachil.
I ask Jachil to help me out with this. I send him a thought
imagining it traveling from my mind to his like a little ball of light
floating through the air. I wait a moment and the response I
receive is a feeling of love flowing from my heart.
The thought that occurs to me or rather the picture I see myself
within is of being with a lover. The two of us discover there is a
candle in each other's heart. Our desire and love produce the heat
that ignites these two candles. The dark space that was once
within each of us now shines with something incredible and
astonishing. It is awesome and wonderful precisely because
nothing before in our experience gave us a hint about a feeling this
magnificent.
But then we find something else. As we taste and celebrate
this fire, we know ourselves to be the fire and not only this. We
discover we are also the fire in every heart.
This is what all lovers are meant to do with each other--to
celebrate the beauty and the oneness of the universe. This oneness
or inner peace and harmony with the universe is like a contentment
that is pure ecstasy. It is personal but also completely
transpersonal in the same moment.
The attainment of oneness with the universe in this sense is also
an attainment in which you and your lover are perfectly a part of
each other. The immense magical power or creative tension
present in the polar attraction of male and female is overcome or
mastered when the union is total and complete. Your heart, mind,
body, and spirit are then transparent and open to each other.
This time when I work with the physical plane, I get a slightly
different emphasis. Jachil's aura produces a kind of elixir or
philosopher's stone. All the energies of nature gather around you
seeking to attain their highest vibration. In effect, lovers emit a
healing power and rejuvenating influence. The eroticism of
sensual and physical attraction is instantly changed into the pure
essence of life force and vitality.
I have studied with masters who have gone to great lengths to
teach how to sublimate sexual energy. The Taoists using inner
cauldrons for gathering chi seek the immortality body. And the
Tibetan Buddhists using yidams of divine lovers embracing seek
the enlightened mind. But meditating with Jachil it is so much
easier for me to experience immediately the overpowering ability
of love to produce health and harmony.
In this vibration, the opposite genders do not end up stealing
from each other or leaving each other depressed. They neither
idealize each other nor treat each other as a power to be
internalized within oneself in order to be more independent. Their
interactions manifest beauty. You feel revitalized and radiant with
life force. Every aspect of sensual attraction becomes uplifting.
I also ask Jachil about whether he has specific partners with
whom he is committed and bound to in love. He replies, “In this
very moment I am united with those I love. We are within and a
part of each other. This union is perhaps what you would call
‘finding the universe reflected in your partner.’ It is a celebration
in which Divine Providence is present. Though I am complete in
myself--the masculine and feminine in perfect harmony--my
creativity and my delight are increased to an incomprehensible
degree through my inner union with others.”
And I ask, “How do I find a partner with whom I can share such
love?” Jachil replies, “If you master the silvery light within the
zodiac sign of Cancer, in that moment your partner will be with
you. This light and the manifestation of love are one and the same
thing.”

Possible Difficulties/Imbalances. One problem in mastering

Jachil's energies relates to finding inner peace. Most individuals
have a lot of pain within themselves. Their psyches contain many
disturbing emotions that make them feel anxious and unsettled.
Even if an individual could enter a profound state of peace and
serenity, this experience would have little permanent influence. It
is overpowered and dissolved by other forces present within them.
Obviously, if an individual has a specific problem such as
alcoholism or relationship difficulties, it helps to learn from others
who have worked through the problem successfully. Others can
offer a lot of insight and support. If you have a conflict,
overcoming the conflict builds great confidence. If you cannot
overcome the difficulty, then you can still gain a sense of well-
being from attaining a solidarity with others who are in the same
kind of situation.
There is, however, a more basic approach to discovering inner
peace and serenity. This approach is two fold. First, you seek to
take complete responsibility for every aspect of your personal life.
This means you become extremely shrewd and observant about
your own behavior, thoughts, and feelings. You make your
personality a life long study and home work assignment. You
consider your life your primary work of art.
Second, you add to this desire to manage your life a
commitment to develop a profound state of transcendence. The
idea in transcendence is that you seek to foster a state of mind that
is completely detached and separate from life. And yet it is so
illuminated you are free to embrace all that is within life with both
passion and compassion.
The druid, for example, creates in his mind a grove of trees or
stone circle on the astral plane. There he is free to meet and
interact and to be inspired by all the wise men and women of his
tradition. There is meets the Goddess and celebrates the
illumination of the sun.
When he is in his grove, he is completely there with all of his
imagination. It is a waking dream and his well-being and peace
are complete. If he finds a difficulty or disturbance within his
psyche or if he has a traumatic experience in his personal life, the
grove offers him support and insight for working through it.
At the same time, the difficulties in his outer life serve to
challenge him to explore more deeply the spiritual resources
available within his grove. The journey within must be profound
enough to encompass with wisdom and love all that he experiences
in life. In this way, the problems and disturbances of his psyche
are captured and transformed through a spiritual quest.
The imagery of transcendence, like the center of a grove or
circle, becomes a sacred place where we gather the wisdom and
joy from all that we experience in life. It is a place of celebration.
Yet we continuously journey outward from the center of the circle
in order to grow and to experience new things. Growth involves
going outward and focusing ourselves on specific tasks as well as
returning within to attain oneness.
We have a personal spiritual path and yet, like the grove, we
can also delight in sharing the same path and sacred imagery with
others. This process offers reassurance. It keeps us from feeling
isolated or stuck. In place of feeling anxiety or desperation when
we discover the darkness within us, we find joy and strength in the
challenges that lie before us.
There is a second problem. Though Jachil's aura evokes peace,
well-being, and attunement with nature, his primary teaching is
about how to embody the highest love both in yourself and in a
relationship with a partner. The difficulty of working with Jachil is
in appreciating the full depth and scope of his work. The question
from his point of view is not primarily about how do I find the
right lover or how do I make a relationship work.
When you meditate with Jachil, you are initiated in the powers
of akasha. As I described in my last session, for Jachil lovers and
love encompass all-embracing love, absolute power,
enlightenment, and also the elixirs of immortality.
The task, then, is to allow yourself to open enough to akasha
that you can taste and sense all four of these divine ecstasies.
Then, in the midst of interacting with others, something of that
light and love effortlessly flows through you to those you are with.
I would point out that the thirty spirits who preside over the sign of
Cancer in the earthzone share similar abilities.
Emfalion, 5 degrees Cancer, is a master of life force and of
rejuvenating the body. He revives your health and makes you feel
and look youthful. Jachil also does this but through working with
the polarity of masculine and feminine. Working with Jachil in
akasha, you learn to perceive the life force in your body and the
body of your partner as becoming one energy system.
Losimon, 7 degrees Cancer, takes the magician back into
ancient times to see and to experience the wisdom and magical
knowledge possessed in earlier systems of initiation. Losimon's
visions are so concrete and graphic, you feel you are really there in
the past right in the presence of ancient masters. Your imagination
and senses are nearly convinced that your psychic experiences are
more real than what you experience in ordinary life.
With Jachil also, it is easy to sense past lives. Those
experiences are somehow brought together and integrated within
yourself. You feel part of the past and also that everything good
and wholesome that has every happened to you is alive and
flourishing within you right now.
Kalote, 16 degrees Cancer, according to Franz Bardon “is a
phenomenal expert in and master of cosmic laws. He is also an
instructor in divine virtues and therefore informs the magician
about these, showing him how these divine virtues, in their cause
and effect, become valid under the legality of the microcosm and
macrocosm.”
In a very relaxed and enjoyable manner, Kalote shows the
magician how to develop his mental stability, strength, and
concentration. Meditating with Kalote, you can feel your mental
body expanding in power while at the same time you also increase
your sense of happiness and satisfaction.
In a similar way, Jachil possesses immense powers of
concentration and clarity of mind. For Jachil, love is not separate
from enlightenment. Tibetan Buddhists are not mistaken in their
preoccupation with tantric imagery. It takes great mental power to
embody within yourself the essence of the electric and magnetic
fluids of male and female.
At the same time, if you bring that rich attraction, the polarity
of masculine and feminine, and the depths of desire and longing to
the mental plane, the wisdom you encounter is not only about how
to attain complete freedom. You envision the enlightenment of the
world.
The light in the mind of genuine lovers embraces everyone and
everything that exists. There is no end to it. In tasting and
mastering every nuance and fiber of desire, your compassion is
within the breath and heartbeat of every living being. You hold
every soul within your heart.
In Chapter 9 of Initiation into Hermetics, Bardon gives an
exercise relating to mastering the four fundamental divine
qualities. He says, “The truly wise adept, who always considers
the four elements in his development, will represent the concept of
God in four aspects according to the laws of the universe, namely,
the omnipotence, corresponding to the fire-principle, the
omniscience and wisdom belonging to the air principle, the
omnipresence with the water principle and the immortality with the
earth principle.” As you contemplate and enter into these divine
qualities, Bardon says, “The meditation has to be so profound, so
pervasive and so convincing that the astral body becomes, as it
were, identical with the virtue.”
The above exercise is part of Bardon's basic training. The
spirits of the earthzone offer opportunities to develop further and
expand upon your basic training. Jachil, in manifesting the highest
love, naturally incorporates the four divine qualities. The energies
of nature, the serenity of the moon, and the attraction of male and
female are also inherent in his approach.
For all the pain and confusion that is built into it, love is also a
path of initiation. It introduces us to the divinity and sacred beauty
that is within us. When you explore its depths, you discover that
love is united to wisdom, power, and immortality. It is important,
then, when you work with Jachil to familiarize yourself with
akasha.
Akasha penetrates though space and time. To better understand
it, you search in your meditations and contemplation for the love
that is within and which supports every living being. If you can
sense this love, you can sense the power, the divine vitality, and
the inner light that is within everything. Jachil exists to remind us
to take the time to stop and look, taste, feel, and know that the
highest love is also within us as well.
The third problem is that the akashic intuitions you may have of
Jachil often carry a certain amount of tension within them. It is in
deep meditation or trance that you interact with Jachil's level of
inspiration. The question then becomes how to make these visions
and inner experiences a part of your life so that they feel natural
and satisfy without any effort being applied. The answer in part is
to cherish the magick you do by turning it into art and expressing it
with feeling. You look for opportunities to weave its presence into
your ordinary life. As I think about this, I hear a voice that says,

“Live your life with art and with zest. Learn from everyone and
every situation you are in. Treasure each moment as a gift.
Consider every breath as a path of light, as a voyage of exploration
through time, and as a sacred quest.
“Combine the light of spirit and ordinary life as fire takes hold
of coal or wood. In so doing, it produces heat and light that serve
to nourish and foster life. Much of magick is learning how to live
a dream until the dream becomes real. Make the grove of trees and
the full moon the harmony of the universe shining through you.”

As I sit in a grove beneath a full moon meditating with Jachil, I

hear the voice of Divine Providence. It says,
“I am free to love others with as much love as they may seek. I
am a river of love flowing from eternity. I revive, renew, and grant
immortality. I am the stars and the light with which they shine. I
am the starry flow. I am the Milky Way, the entire galaxy. I am
billions of galaxies and the unmanifest love which called them into
being.
“I am the inspiration in every enlightened being throughout the
universe. There is no beginning or end to who I am. I am
everywhere and in everything. I am everyone's best friend. I am
your ultimate perfection and your journey through space and time.
I am your satisfaction in discovering an inner light that never dies.”

Oramos, 9 degrees Cancer, On Clairvoyance

Introduction. If you do a search on internet under the topic of

clairvoyance, you will find hundreds of sites to visit It is a popular
topic. Some individuals are naturally clairvoyant. As children,
they could see and discern how the colors of others' auras
expressed various emotions and states of health. Some can see the
shape, color, rotation, and qualities of chakras. Some individuals
spontaneously have visions of the future. Some individuals see
spirits and notice when someone is about to die or else they are
visited by someone who has just died.
Some individuals see angels and are able to counsel a departing
soul as he or she begins her journey onto the astral plane. Some
individuals see the past and the events of other lifetimes. Some
individuals can locate missing persons or objects. Some can see
through space and describe an unfamiliar location on the other side
of the world. Clairvoyance, the extension of the sense of sight, has
many applications.
In his book, Initiation into Hermetics, Franz Bardon suggests
one way to develop clairvoyance. In the first part of his book,
students learn to gather and also to expel the fire element from
their auras. After success in this undertaking, a student can use a
fluid condenser soaked into a cotton swab and gather the fire
element into it. The student then places this over his closed eyes
having concentrated into the condensed energy a picture of being
clairvoyant. With the help of the fire element that relates to
clairvoyance, the eyes are then opened to perceive on the astral
plane.
Oramos presides over the ninth degree of the sign of Cancer.
Bardon says there is always something more you can learn from
Oramos in regard to clairvoyant ability. While meditating with
Oramos, I studied the auras of a number of individuals and spent
some time glancing into the future.
The future, of course, is a very interesting place to visit. I know
a Taoist master who was given a book by her masters before she
left her monastery in China. The book describes events of
significance that will happen each year of her life. But she only
reads about a year after it has passed.
J.R.R. Tolkien says that wizards worry about the future. They
feel responsible for what will happen. It is not the past, the
present, or the inner planes which they seek to master in order to
become saints and holy men. Instead, it is future history and the
unfolding of the world that are their domain of action.
The future is a dark place because there are forces that no one
has ever described that determine its shape. Still, if you read the
Old Testament, it is quite clear--long ago and within the most
orthodox of traditions there were schools for prophets. If you think
about it, what a prophet does when faced with a massive conflict or
serious abuse of power is that he offers prophecies. He explains
the consequences that result from a given course of action. He
details the price that must be paid when an individual or nation
interferes with the laws and purposes of the universe. At times he
will point out how to restore harmony and justice to the world.
The future, though dark, is governed by Uranus, the Lord of the
unexpected. And Uranus only asks of us that we seek and
celebrate wisdom. In which case, we have light that reaches into
the future. And we have a heart that is strong enough to see that
even unknown needs and unfamiliar destinies are given an
opportunity to be fulfilled in their own season.

Ascending the Planes. I work my way up the planes from the

physical world to the astral, mental, and then into akasha. I notice
as I enter akasha that I let go of the three previous worlds of form
that I just passed through. There is a radical shift in consciousness.
Leaving behind the planes of form is like crossing an abyss. It is
like turning your back on your own civilization. To enter akasha,
you walk past the last border separating all that is familiar from the
unknown and unexplored regions of the soul.
For me, there is also a feeling of release and of becoming free.
I sense the completeness of tantra--of opposites joined and
combined within the landscape of the enlightened mind. Here you
can be within the vast variety of perceptions that belong to both
genders. The full spectrum of life experience is on display in front
of you.
As I allow my awareness to expand out into the vastness, I
notice my heart opening. There is a feeling of rest and of peace.
In akasha the greatest conflicts life engenders dissolve. Hope
blossoms like light appearing amid darkness.
I recall a memory from long ago when I walked through an
abandoned graveyard with a friend. She could see quite easily the
state of consciousness of each person buried in that graveyard.
Their bodies have died but on the inner planes their astral bodies
remain. Their life now is mainly a product of the choices they
have made and how they responded to the circumstances which
once seemed so real but which now are nearly forgotten by the
living.
My friend held her hand over each grave and touched the auras
of the departed. With a freedom they did not possess, her touch
could cross the boundaries separating life and death, matter and
spirit. When psychic perception is joined to a loving heart, peace
flows like a stream. It is cool and refreshing through all the
changing seasons of life. In part this is because within akasha you
can see when and where the deepest longings and needs will be
fulfilled. The heart can then embrace all the sorrow and struggles
of life without suffering loss or being burdened by the crushing
weight of limitations.

The Sign of Cancer. As I move my awareness into a level of

akasha where Oramos dwells, I notice that in this space Cancer is
extremely sensitive. The past, present, and future, all that was and
will be are joined as one stream, one vitality, and one life. The
psychic awareness here has an extraordinary attentiveness to every
aspect of how life renews and sustains itself.
There is an instantaneous perception of the inner life of another
being and every aspect and ingredient in the environment that
nourish it. Akasha is not fond of the feeling of separation. When
you gaze at something, you are one with it. This mode of
perception is as natural to akasha as breath is to life.
Long ago I knew a Hopi Indian medicine man who would not
teach white men his healing arts. I asked if I could meditate with
him. As we did this, I evoked a specific earth goddess whom I had
met out in the desert. When we opened our eyes, he began
teaching me about the herbs and remedies which could be found in
the Arizona desert. For the eyes of the earth goddess, the vitality
in every life form is transparent. And all the energy that flows in
every plant, tree, and creature is also part of her life. This
universal form of perception is not concerned with the color of an
individual's skin. The sign of Cancer is a source of this form of
perception.

9 Degrees Cancer. In order to solidify a strong connection to

Oramos, I focus on the ninth degree of Cancer that he presides
over in watching the earth. I find here a high caliber concentration.
It is very professional and polished. It is of divine origin. There
are great streams that run deep beneath the ground. There are
hidden influences that play a part in shaping the events of our
lives. Nine degrees Cancer is sufficiently sophisticated to take
these factors into account when you seek to understand a problem
or the forces governing a person or a situation. This concentration
is powerful enough to uncover the most obscure influences. And
the will present is relentless and implacable.

Oramos’ Domain. I next enter the domain of Oramos. One day

several decades ago I became clairsentient. I suddenly had a gift
for feeling the energy and aura of anything I wished. I have spent
a number of years exploring this ability working with various
partners to check on the accuracy of what I sense.
Part of feeling energy, of course, is being able to connect. It
seems like the most natural thing in the world for me to “stand” in
front of Oramos. I do not need to call his name to enter his
presence. Like a program on the internet that gives you an address
and a map to someone's house, it is easy for me to locate where a
spirit lives and to attune myself to its aura.
An architect designs a house as a dwelling. It serves a certain
purpose and conforms to the needs of the occupants. Similar to an
architect who lives in a house he has designed and built himself,
the area of akasha in which a spirit dwells reflects the intelligence
and professional activities of that being. Being here is like
entering the study of someone who teaches psychic perception.
The five senses become enhanced so they penetrate through the
veils of time and space.

Oramos’ Sigil. One last thing before I speak with Oramos. I draw
his sigil in the air. I notice that this diagram creates a clairvoyant
trance. It influences consciousness so the mind becomes absorbed
in the act of psychic perception. This is being formless, pure,
penetrating, and transcendent. Using this sigil is a way of entering
and becoming one with the third eye.

Inner Source of Inspiration. In the eyes of Divine Providence, the

origins, development, purposes, and final ends of all things are
perfectly clear. The universe was created out of a mysterious love
that is wonderful beyond the power of imagination to comprehend.
It is possible, however, to witness the unfolding of the universe
and to join with the light that inspires, guides, and transforms all
things. With this light within you, you not only see through the
veils of time but you actively participate in fulfilling the deepest
dreams within the heart.

Outer Aura. I think the name Oramos and he gives me his

attention. He has a smile, a wonderful sense of humor, and he
appears to be remarkably friendly. Like the sign of Cancer, he
savors and appreciates the specific energy shaping any situation or
animating any individual being. His warmth and support are
obvious.
When I mention to Oramos the difficulty I have learning to
penetrate with my awareness into the atomic structure of the
planetary metals, he laughs. He takes me with him into the metals
lead and gold. He says, “Look here. Consciousness can move
with the same ease through the planes of akasha and through the
densest matter. There comes a point when nothing blocks your
vision. The past and future? Everything is completely open.”
Oramos likes to study the ongoing movement of the past,
present, and future in an individual's aura. This is because if you
can see how and why something is about to happen you can often
alter events so that things become more harmonious. You could
say that for Oramos the past and the future offer sustenance and
satisfaction to the present if you know how to appropriate their
treasures.
As I join my mind with Oramos, I become immersed in a
sensitive and penetrating magnetism. Yet there is also a feeling of
heaviness. This is the density and solidity I experience when I
project my mind into a crystal such as quartz. As I continue
meditating with Oramos, I see different events that have occurred
in my life. And then I see my entire life as a detached observer as
if I am standing on the outside looking in.
Oramos says to me, “You have an immense affinity for working
with gems and crystals and this you haven't even begun to
explore.”

Inner Aura. Oramos is so incredibly alert and receptive that he

does not miss anything. He can take the most obscure impressions
and draw them into focus so their meaning is completely clear.
Oramos has an aura that acts something like a telescope. A
telescope has a lens that draws light from a large area into a small
point so what is viewed is clear and bright.
From my point of view, when you think about something the
brain has an inherent capacity to connect directly to what you are
thinking about. There is a connection and an automatic
transmitting of energy and impressions back and forth. Being
psychic is just being able to focus your full consciousness on these
impressions and interpret them correctly. Every thing, person, or
spirit in the universe carries in its vibration the entire history of its
existence. This history is something you can learn to sense and
read. Oramos is very good at doing this.

Akashic Plane. On the akashic plane with Oramos, your mind

enters a profound spiritual peace and serenity. This state of mind
then enables you to put aside any fear, attachments, or distractions
so you can open your eyes and see clearly. Again, the lens of a
telescope has to be so transparent that it does not interfere in any
way with what is being perceived.
I would suggest this is a great level on which to meditate. The
peace is very profound. I notice as I sit here meditating there is a
gradually letting go in myself of all the emotional memories and
clinging attachments which hinder my ability to feel free and
totally transparent. The end product is that you come to identify
yourself as a divine spirit and it is this spirit within yourself that
empowers your clairvoyance.

Mental Plane. I have run into this state of mind many times. It is
like going to a monastery or a retreat center where you can detach
and think about your life, others’ lives, or whatever you wish to
consider. You feel surrounded by spiritual resources, wise
teachers, and great knowledge. Here is where you ask questions
and then see the answers through contemplation.
It is like love and wisdom are joined. You have the support you
need to give all of yourself to what you are seeking. But the
answer must come from yourself. You must see it for yourself
otherwise it will not be adequate. In the seeking, the process of
discovery, and the seeing, there is a great transformation of
yourself. In this process, you join the spirit within yourself that
exists within eternity with your personality that is wrapped up in
history so the two are cooperating fully.
The retreat center, monastery, and wise teachers are external
supports. But there is a place in our minds full of peace and light
that we can enter at any time to seek the answers to all of our
questions. Oramo’s aura on the mental plane is an embodiment of
this vibration.

Astral Plane. If you internalize the divine peace of the akashic

level and the contemplative state of mind of the mental level, you
arrive on the astral plane where you sense how the world is
unfolding. There is an inner flow to your life. And the world
around you also unfolds like the flow of a river moving toward the
sea. On the astral plane, you can sense the currents, the eddies, the
waves, and the movement of this river of time unfolding.
Oramos has an incredibly peaceful and serene awareness of the
movement of life on the physical, astral, and mental planes. There
is often a tendency to talk about the future in terms of karma--
actions and consequences, causes and effects. But Oramos is
within the sign of Cancer that is ruled by the Moon. The lunar
perspective on time is that every desire will be fulfilled and every
dream will manifest.
The desire is already joined to its fulfillment. And the dream, if
you can see through space and time, has already manifested. The
peace and serenity derive from sensing the place within yourself
where you already dwell in completion. On the astral plane, then,
it is possible to perceive the future without fear and to realize with
absolute certainty that to everything there is a time and a season.

Physical Plane. I next work at condensing enough light to bring

Oramos down closer to the physical world. With a sense of being
inside a physical, crystal ball, I feel like I can walk into the future
and examine the specific details of situations that are likely to
occur. I pursue a number of questions with Oramos about the
future and the reason why things take certain turns and if that is the
best way to go.
The sign of Cancer likes to keep things happy. Oramos points
out the easier and more reasonable ways to proceed with different
projects. But he also mentions what is possible if magick is
employed as well. When a new cause is written into the akasha, a
foundation is laid for bringing about a different result. Changing
the future can be as easy as keeping your heart open and
considering with joy the result you seek. In other cases, it requires
a nearly superhuman determination and will to take hold of what
seems inevitable and reshape it so it is friendly and of a different
nature when it appears.

Common Difficulties/Imbalances. From the point of view of

Oramos, the difficulty in developing clairvoyance is not with
opening the third eye, learning to skry, to use crystal balls, or
coaching the eyes into seeing through space and time or observe
objects at remote locations. The difficulty is with acquiring
complete transcendence. The eyes that see best are the eyes of a
spiritual being who has attained perfect enlightenment and absolute
freedom.
Oh it is true that you can acquire psychic abilities fairly quickly
using a great variety of methods. But these abilities will then be
channeled through your personality. They then become like
power, like tiny wish--fulfilling gems that enable you to acquire
wealth, health, success, fame, and fortune. Every being in the
universe has power of one kind or another and it is up to you to
decide from out of your own heart to what end you will apply it.
But there is another way of seeing which is altogether different.
Like his inner source of inspiration, there is a light within you that
you can find. And this light enables you to perceive the deepest
purposes of life and to actively participate in guiding, unfolding,
and shaping the world. If you can find that place within yourself
which is beyond fear and which is free of a craving for fame,
fortune, and power, then you can see through the eyes of love.
And with these eyes, you behold the world as something
wonderful. The bottom line is that you become a guardian angel
both to yourself and to others also.

Jvar, 3 degrees Leo, On Magical Equilibrium

Reason for working with Jvar. I am interested in better

understanding the elements in my astral body and in how to
transform passive energies so they become more positive and
productive. Other spirits in the earthzone who specialize in
magical equilibrium are Geriola, 6 degrees Sagittarius and Ikon, 24
degrees Sagittarius.

Preliminary Considerations. Bardon says of Jvar, [He] “informs

the magician on the origin of passions and how their talents are
established firmly in the astral body. In this connection, the
magician also learns to understand the deep secret sense of all
passions which serve as means for a certain purpose and are to
strengthen will power and other magic faculties. Jvar tells the
magician how to control passions by certain magical aids and other
means and how they can be transmuted into opposite, positive
qualities. The practices recommended by this head may be applied
by the magician as an aid for those scholars who are on the way to
magic development, and who have certain passions they are not
able to control.”
Jvar adds to Bardon's exercise on equilibrium a sense of quest
and divine pageantry. From Jvar's point of view, passions hide and
disguise divine ecstasy. There is a role to be played by our minds
in our quest to attain harmony. With relentless tenacity we can
study the specific nature of our passions and desires. There is a
part to be played by our wills. Similar to a hunter, we track and
stalk what we are after until we hold it within our grasp and power.
There is also a part to be played by our spirit. In this case, you
identify the specific elemental ecstasy hidden within the passion.
Finding it, you then embody that ecstasy within yourself. This
turns psychology and self-mastery into a means for uniting with
the divine. Working at attaining magical equilibrium is similar to a
quest for the Holy Grail or to an alchemist who would refine and
transform dark matter into nature's quintessence. In this way, the
obsessions or blind cravings for gratification are exposed to the
light of awe, wonder, and beauty--the conflicts within the
personality are perceived as part of a divine drama and pageantry--
the mystery of life unfolding within us.
In Initiation into Hermetics, attaining a magical equilibrium and
balance between the four elements is taught in chapter one. In
chapter ten, there is another exercise relating to spiritualizing the
astral body so it reflects the four attributes of spirit--omnipotence,
omnipresence, omniscience, and immortality. But this
spiritualization of the astral body is on-going through the basic
practices and forever afterwards. The symbol of the magic circle
in The Practice of Magical Evocation and working with cosmic
letters in The Key to the True Quabbalah continue this work and
endeavor. The enlightened mind seeks to transform the elements
by working with them on all four levels of consciousness.
I have an interest in transpersonal psychology because it has a
nice way of placing individual problems within a larger context. It
says, “This problem you have is not just yours alone. Many others
have the same difficulty. This problem is part of the path of life, of
moving from where we have been to where we wish to be. This is
both an individual and a collective journey. We can draw upon
and learn from others' wisdom as we seek to transform ourselves.”
If we consider the subconscious and unconscious to be filled
with conflicting, blind, and chaotic cravings, then we no longer
look for the greater harmony and purposes underlying our desires.
But if we consider the fires and desires of life to be sacred, then we
can take personal desires and move them on to a different level.
Every desire within life has its place and role to play. It is an
invitation to find and enter a great harmony and celebration. This
transpersonal perspective leads us to the heart of wisdom.
There are, however, significant differences between
transpersonal psychology and magick. The magician will spend
far more time training his imagination and developing his physical,
astral, and mental bodies. He will also be far more comfortable
entering an akashic trance and contemplating human conflicts from
a position of divine awareness.

Leo in the Earthzone. Leo is radiant, confident, and full of

rejoicing. Leos are naturally affectionate and supportive of others.
Libra, with a different emphasis, is interested in love, beauty, and
personal expression. Libra, for example, is very skilled in finding
the point of balance between two individuals.
But Leo can find the central point that holds together an entire
community. Leo has the strength and desire to stand on that point.
The inspiration and life of the community is reflected in his eyes
and expressed through his voice.
You can find in Leo, then, a magnanimous heart and true
generosity. There is also a ferocious will to defend the community
from attack from without and contamination from within. Like a
mother lion with her cubs, Leo is willing to protect and to educate
her own.
The constellation of Leo is ruled by the sun. Since magicians
are concerned with relating the microcosm--the individual--with
the macrocosm--the universe, it is natural that there are some
individuals whose hearts reflect the light of the sun. And what is
the magical secret of the sun's light that Leo's know? A mature
Leo can feel in his or her heart a continuous explosion of joy that
overflows as love to others. Indeed, if the Leos' spirituality has
reached a universal level, then their radiant light illuminates
everyone like the sun's light that shines upon the whole earth.

3 Degrees Leo. The third degree of Leo is full of courage,

strength, nobility, and power.

Jvar’s Domain. In this domain of akasha, your strength of will

derives from having balance in your personality, virtue, and
character. The four elements are kept in perfect harmony.

Jvar’s Sigil. Jvar’s sigil is like a flame of spirit that burns up the
impurities within yourself. It takes them and transforms them into
power, vitality, and commitment. You sense an inspiration in your
heart that you have become a focal point for the deeper purposes of
life.

Inner Source of Inspiration. Consciousness, when joined to the

light of Divine Providence, penetrates and illuminates every aspect
of life. If you hold this inspiration within your heart, you become
most active and essential influence transforming of any situation.

Jvar's Outer Aura. Jvar's aura is radiant and integrated. He

communicates self-mastery and how to take charge of yourself.
Jvar is a strong Leo--his energy is shiny and bright. He moves to
the center, bringing everything into clarity and balance. He is very
strong and dynamic.

Jvar's Inner Aura. Jvar has an intuition that reveals things in their
wholeness. He indicates how to find the center in yourself.
The main thrust of Jvar's teaching is to become your own
guardian angel. See your life from a transcendent, benevolent
perspective of blessing and wisdom. Feel yourself within and one
with radiant light. Draw upon divine authority to fulfill your
purposes in life and to dissolve all obstacles on your path.
Understand yourself as possessing absolute freedom and also
taking full responsibility for working with and within every
limitation.

Akashic Plane. Jvar has a powerful mesmeric concentration

especially when you focus on any obstacle or obstructions in your
life. You then comprehend it in all its aspects and in its most
opaque influences so you see how to undo or overcome it.
Vices, passive personality traits, weaknesses, and out of control
passions result from attachment to specific images and complexes
which are not consciously directed. These passions and drives
may arise from personal, collective, or global levels or be a
connection between all three. When your life is dominated by
unconscious forces, then years and decades of your life are wasted.
Your inner self is unable to shine. You do not transform yourself
or the world around you.
Your true will knows itself as divine ecstasy and expresses
itself easily through all four elements. It rejoices in its power to
perceive the truth. If something is binding you or pulling you
down, do not respond with fear, despair, or by feeling helpless.
Rather, see hidden within the passions the divine power that
enables the archangels to spread their wings and to fly unhindered
through all domains of nature, human, and divine. Be willing, as
these divine beings, to comprehend everything that exists from
within all-embracing love.
 Passions, desires, cravings, obsessions, and compulsions--they
burn themselves out like shooting stars with a self-consuming fire.
Instead of doing this, be a hunter who follows the trail and hunts
down desire. Observe its nature and habits, its cycles and
expressions of its life. The hunter tracks the desire back to sources
which nourish it and to where it dwells within the wilderness of the
soul. He uncovers the spark of the divine life hidden within it. He
nurtures and amplifies that ecstasy of divinity that has granted the
passion existence as a reflection of a greater and purer light. Then,
by understanding the desire and mastering its intent, the passion
dissolves.
Desire is like a dream that contains an energy and a specific
quality of being alive. The dream is enchanting and alluring. It
captivates and focuses your attention like a lover whose presence
makes your life radiant. Yet the nature of lovers is that they search
out and satisfy the deepest desires within each other's hearts.
Through love they transform themselves into spiritual beings until
their hearts are so pure and clear they reflect the universe.
The elements in nature are a path of ecstasy offering a taste of
divine bliss. A journey begins with sensual pleasure. But if you
open your heart and mind to sensuality and pleasure, your journey
leads on until you learn to see with the eyes of divinity and are
finally being reborn as a spiritual being. The five senses are that
rich.
A basic practice is, as Bardon mentions, learning to attribute to
each element the desire or passion associated with it. To fire are
will and power. To water are love and feeling. To air are clarity
of mind and wisdom. To earth are the integration of consciousness
and the ability to accomplish work.
It is not enough to meditate on the opposite of a passion, e.g.,
anger is replaced by a relaxed but dynamic will or balanced by
love and empathic understanding. You also need procedures for
penetrating the resistance within you to making these changes.
The process of transformation can move immediately to the
solution and it can also go gradually step by step. There is a
process involved in which you become free by understanding all
aspects of your desires--every sensation, feeling, thought, and
energy that is present within them.
For example, empathy is a quality of the water element. It has
many components and there are many books on this ability.
Empathy has social-linguistic aspects. You can frame questions to
others by stating something you observe about them and then
asking a question about it.
For example, Larry King on his talk show asks a guest who has
been promoted to a cabinet position, “I notice you have never had
this kind of job before. It is my guess it has been quite challenging
for you. Is that right?” The way this question is phrased disarms
the other individuals and offers a safe space and context in which
to disclose more about personal experience.
There are non-verbal aspects to empathy. You notice another's
physical gestures, tone of voice, and facial expressions. You see
when the body language is incongruous with what is verbally
expressed and then you ask about this. You say, for example, “You
hesitate when you answer. Is there more going on than what you
have said?”
There is a role played by imagination. You briefly place
yourself within the other's situation and see what that feels like.
You look at the experience from outside your own mind and point
of view. Each of these methods increases your sensitivity.
None of the above, however, offers much change in the amount
of water in your astral body. Individuals with strong and positive
water energy naturally feel connected to others without the need
for method or technique. Automatically they set up a circulation of
feeling or astral energy between themselves and others. They are
not only animating and vivacious. They make others feel alive just
by being in their presence.
To get a sense of this watery energy you can imagine you are an
individual who is tender, loving, and who has a gift for feeling
alive. Relaxing, spend some time imagining you possess these
abilities. The chameleon changes color to match the environment
due to the pigmentation in its skin. The astral body changes its
vibration according the dream like image held within it. As you
extend your imagination, you can taste and even immerse yourself
within new feelings. With work, your astral body can open so new
channels of energy flow through it.
In magick, there is another set of steps. You study and
contemplate water in nature--streams, rivers, pools, lakes, oceans,
rain and clouds. Again, you place your mind within these things as
if you are them. Gradually, these images of water heighten your
sensitivity and ability to let go, flow, and feel supportive of others.
At this point, you go a step further, as in magick, and imagine
you have become or have a connection with an undine. Undines
possess marvelous faculties when it comes to empathy and
circulating energy. The undine's existence is a pure, sensual
feeling and receptivity. Most of the astral qualities within undines
are already familiar to us. We meet individuals who are sweet,
serene, tender, healing, and passionately in love. Undines just take
the normal range of these feelings and amplify them sometimes by
a factor of ten and sometimes by a factor of a hundred.
An undine will not counsel you like a therapist or a minister on
what you might wish to consider when you care for others. Human
morality is absent. Undines embody the energies underlying
nature. They are able to focus these magnetic and magical powers
through their consciousness.
Undines will introduce you to another mode of perception and
the amplification of the life within you. Undines are the
connection and missing link within the water element between
human feeling and divine, omnipresent love. There are times when
human empathy is not adequate and belief in divine love is not
daring enough. Then the magician creates and directs through his
own volition the magnetism within water to heal, to inspire, and
fulfill the purposes of love.
My point is that striving toward magical equilibrium takes more
than making our negative qualities positive. We need to also
develop the strength of the four elements within us so the amount
or quantity of their presence in our astral bodies is relatively equal.
But this is procedure of strengthening the amount of the elements
within us is also built into Bardon's basic practices. He has the
student condense and then dissolve the four elements one after the
other in his body. In this way, the student learns to amplify and
strengthen the elements. He experiences what it is like to have a
great deal of each element within himself.

Mental Plane. On the mental plane, the idea is to watch your life
so it is continuously moving toward fulfillment. The mental plane
develops an understanding of the importance of establishing
elemental balance and equilibrium.
There is a tendency among New Age practitioners to desire
teachers who are warm, cuddly, and full of hugs. This gives those
attending seminars an opportunity to regress back to a child's level
of trust and security. This is fine. The problem comes in the
transaction. It is a temptation to trade curiosity, longing for the
truth, and rigorous observation for whatever it takes to gain well-
being supplied from outside of themselves.
More mature teachers are also tender and loving. But they
challenge the student to enter a process of self-discovery and direct
encounters with others. They keep the center of focus off of
themselves as teachers and on the group and the individual
members. The tension between individuals and the encounter with
darkness within oneself are reframed as an invitation to establish
your own sense of well-being.
Jvar will recommend and explain how to work on a specific
element in order to overcome a personality weakness or work
through an obsession. You get to scrutinize a difficulty from Jvar's
point of view. The experience, however, remains your own. It is
for you to discover what it is like to live with a richer and stronger
amount of an element within your astral body.

Astral Plane. On the astral plane, you see your life from a place of
light and harmony. That is, imagine you are in the situation where
you are working from your highest level of motivation and
inspiration. Work with this concept and explore this image. Go
inside of it like you are waking up within a dream. Taste it and
feel it. Then work with it through extended concentration so it
becomes quite real to you.
For example, if you feel you need an inspiring guide or teacher
in your life, visualize such a teacher right now sitting beside you.
Practice talking to him and discover all that he has to say to you.
Similarly, if you feel you need more support and love, visualize
this also. Enter the house of your imagination. Better, think of
your mind as a divine temple. Use your creative thought to
reshape and reframe the way you see yourself.
It is the nature of Leo to radiate light to all aspects of life.
Every desire and ideal finds a place and time to be fulfilled.
Become this radiant sun of inspiration shining beauty and harmony
to all aspects of yourself and your life and to those you love.

Physical Plane. On the physical plane, the idea is to have a

transpersonal perspective on personal problems so your insight is
universal, so that you are not just more adaptable, successful and
happy but also wise--understanding the heart of life. See personal
conflicts in a larger context so that you end up holding healing
power within your hands.
Use all conflict and problems as fuel to generate more light and
love. Draw your problems and all life experience into your heart
where it is transformed into wisdom, light, and love that are then
freely shared. This is the spiritual capacity of Leos of being at the
center, of supporting a community and of transforming yourself.
To do this, begin with your own inner community of desires,
drives, goals, purposes, etc. On the physical plane, then, the
radiance of Leo becomes a vital energy within oneself that fills
others' lives with inspiration and encouragement.

Introduction to the Psychology of the Four Elements

The first step in working with a psychology of the four elements
involves creating elemental sensations within ourselves through
force of imagination. The sensation relating to each element has to
be fully felt. Once we can generate a particular sensation in
ourselves by will, we can then tie that sensation into the basic
qualities of the element. This approach illuminates many aspects
of the astral body which modern psychology fails to consider.
In regard to each of four elements, I refer you to my separate
essays on finding the sylph, gnome, salamander, and undine in
yourself. Though these articles derive directly from working with
elemental beings, I present the results as meditations that require
that you venture no further than the domain of your own
imagination.
Also see my different dialogues with the elemental beings. For
all their metaphysical explorations, these are not platonic
dialogues. They take place in a state of trance in which I encounter
and wrestle with the inner core essence of these marvelous spirits
of nature. Yet though I present these stories as journeys into
invisible and magical realms, the elemental beings embody
treasures of spirit that are part of our own nature.

Fire

We practice seeing and feeling fire. We evoke the sensation of

intense heat within ourselves. The basic procedure is to imagine
that our bodies are hollow inside and so able to accumulate any
energy we wish. We than imagine that this hollow space is filled
with fiery heat or we can imagine that with each breathe we are
drawing fiery heat into our bodies. When we are done, we imagine
that the energy dissolves again into the universe. Let us talk about
the difficulties with this concentration exercise.
Some individuals will be hesitant to work directly with fire.
This may be because they feel uncomfortable with fire since it is
dangerous. It can burn you.
It may also be that they are uneasy with the idea of developing
their will and power. They may feel it is hard enough keeping one's
desires and impulses in check. If you develop your power, you
immediately run the risk of abusing that power. Passions out of
control may end up controlling you and causing all sorts of harm to
yourself and others. These concerns are very important and
individuals should listen to their own consciences on these matters.
You will recall from Greek mythology that Zeus chained the
titan Prometheus to a mountain crag and had eagles tear out his
liver. Zeus was mad at Prometheus for giving fire to the human
race. Each day the titan's liver would regenerate only to be torn
out again. The liver can be seen as representing natural growth and
spiritual consciousness. In bestowing the gift of fire to humanity,
Prometheus was giving power without the spiritual ability to know
how to use it wisely.
One way to work with the element of fire is to review fire in all
the ways it exists in nature, in society, and within ourselves. Life
was able to appear on our planet because of the heat and light of
the sun. But it took billions of years for this to occur and the earth
had to have a stable orbit and the right distance from the sun.
There are many forms of fire that exist in nature. The volcano
and forest fire are impersonal forces and extremely dangerous to
life. And yet the fire in the earth moves continents, uplifts
mountains, creates islands, and provides a variety of ecological
habitats. As civilization has developed, we have learned to use the
wood, coal, coke, oil, and gas fires turning their heat to productive
ends. Consider the history of technology and both the positive and
negative purposes to which fire has been dedicated. Fire itself, like
a knife, can be used for healthy or for destructive ends.
Consider also the importance of warmth and heat to the human
body. For the past thirty thousand years, we have managed to
survive ice ages, winters, and freezing environments. We have
developed clothing, insulation, and various heating systems to keep
us warm. We have used fire to cook and produce many new kinds
of food.
The point is that if you imagine your body filled with fiery
flames you encounter a racial memory of all that fire means.
When you are evoking fire within yourself through the force of
your imagination, you need to make peace with both its productive
and its destructive aspects. You have to be comfortable with your
ability to use its power in natural ways that fulfill spiritual
purposes.
On the other hand, try as they may some individuals will find it
hard to form a sensation of heat through concentration. They may
visualize a fire in front of them. They can just as easily see a fire
inside of their bodies. But nothing happens. There is no sensation
of heat that accompanies this imagery.
If, for example, the individual repeatedly places his hands near
a fire, he is still unable to get his nervous system to reproduce the
sensation of heat through concentration. The problem here is that
the individual's concentration on the mental plane is unable to
produce astral sensations. The astral body adds feelings of life and
immediacy to the imagery. When your concentration is effective
on the astral plane, as in a dream, you feel you are really there
amid whatever you visualize.
There are any number of ways of resolving this difficulty.
Basically, the idea is to become the fire. Make the fire part of
yourself. Treat fire as an extension of your own aura. Nourish it.
Care for it. Offer it welcome. Invite fire into yourself so it finds a
home and a place where it can grow strong.
For example, take some time to imagine you are collecting
some dry leaves and wood so that you can start an open fire out of
doors. Give your full attention to the match as it ignites and then
starts the dry leaves and wood burning. Assist the fire by placing
small twigs into the flames so that it can take hold. Then place a
pan of water over the fire with the intent you are going to bring the
water to a boil.
Assume the role of the fire like a cheerleader who encourages
her team to succeed. Become the heat that starts small bubbles and
then larger ones to appear in the water until the water finally boils.
Then imagine this entire visualization has taken place within your
own body. If in some way you can place emotion into your
activity, then it is easy to feel the sensations that occur on the astral
plane. The heat in the fire then moves from a mental picture to an
actual sensation that is intense enough to feel real.
As I have pointed out elsewhere, there are Tibetan yogis who
visualize fire and manage to increase their body temperature by
seventeen degrees. This is no longer just a perceived sensation.
Scientists have measured it with a thermometer.
The next step is to imagine and believe quite clearly that the
presence of this element within yourself is the same as embodying
will. In psychological terms, fire radiates urgency, power, and
light. It is full of conviction and it dissolves fear. Because of its
warmth and dynamic presence, it gathers others to itself. It offers
leadership, courage, and a zest for living life.
Consider the affirmation: “I am a strong and assertive
individual. I present myself in a clear and convincing way to other
people.” It is possible to form a picture in your mind that you
indeed embody these qualities. But others may still see you as a
whimp. They may treat you like you are helpless and ineffective.
The reason for this is that you have failed to create an astral
component for this thought form. Your aura does not radiate any
power or charisma. The task is to combine the mental affirmation
with an astral sensation that radiates fiery power. Others will then
immediately feel the warmth of your aura and a source of power
within you that can take charge of any situation.
Again, there is the other extreme. Some individuals will find it
easy to produce in themselves the hot, burning sensation of a fire.
Some individuals with ease can imagine the entire world as one
vast sea of flames and feel that heat extending around them for
miles. They can do this because they have a natural ability or else
they have a vivid astral imagination.
But there may be a downside to this. If they expand the fire
element in their auras, they may lack the ethics, character, and
commitment to use this force wisely. Sometimes at a red light, an
individual in one car with casually glance at someone in another
car. The second person may have an astral body full of fire that is
ready to ignite. The glance is like striking a match. The encounter
results in violence.
In this case, the feeling of power with its urgent need to act and
to dominate the situation produces negative results. The fire has
not been channeled through an alert and clear mind. Blind emotion
has taken control.
Consequently, when the fiery element in the astral body is
easily stimulated, the individual has to spend more time working
on the mental plane. The purposes for which will and power are to
be used must be carefully reviewed. The individual has to identify
and commit himself to core values that are persuasive enough to
hold the negative aspects of fire in check.

Air

As with fire, you imagine your body is a hollow space and that
only the air element exists within you. You might imagine yourself
to be like a helium balloon so you feel weightless. You feel
yourself float up into the sky. The sensation of weightlessness and
floating is basic.
Then you extend your imagination further. You imagine the
winds are part of your body. The vacuum into which air flows is
like your lungs exerting a pull as you inhale. Actually, there is a
rhythmic flow in the winds and the seasons that is like breathing.
Like a sylph, you probe and search for the harmony underlying air
movements and weather patterns.
And finally you become the winds. If you open your mind and
meditate, you become the trade winds, the north wind, the
hurricane, the thunderstorm, and the tiny gust that twirls the leaves
in your garden. In meditation, there is no light or energy the mind
cannot find and reproduce to some extent within itself. Becoming
familiar with the sky is just a matter of practice and taking time.
The air element can also be overdeveloped within an individual.
If you make astral contact with the air element or communicate
with sylphs, there is a tendency for the other elements in yourself
to be shoved aside. This may lead you to a part of yourself that is
wild and restless. It is impersonal, distant, and aloof. It is not at
all concerned with the worries and responsibilities of human
beings. It knows itself to be free and so it no longer cares about
the demands of society, personality, or human feeling.
An individual with this passive aspect of the air element may be
alert, detached, and balanced within himself. But he can also be
insensitive to the extent of becoming amoral. This is not new
information. Psychology talks about sociopaths and authors write
about individuals who have lost their connections to others.
However, the phenomenon I am describing derives from an
astral enchantment. Part of the individual's astral body is no longer
focused on human existence. The individual perceives the way a
sylph perceives or as the fairies of lore who enchant human beings
to come away with them to the inner planes. As William Butler
Yeats describes it:

Come away, O human child!

To the waters and the wild
With a fairy, hand in hand,
For the world's more full of weeping than you can understand.

Again, psychologists such as Carl Jung have written about a circle

of enchantment that holds human beings in enthrallment. The
individual is haunted and possessed by what is unfilled in the past,
by the unmet needs of childhood and family. He does not see the
actual situations he enters and other human beings as they are but
only a distorted reflection, an illusion seen from afar. Giving and
receiving, bonding, and intimacy are twisted and bent because the
heart is incomplete.
But the enchantment of air is slightly different. The individual
has an over abundance of the air element which lacks positive
expression. There is nothing a matter with having a sylph's
heightened awareness. The Dalai Lama's weather controller
possesses this as did ancient druids.
The sylph's sensitivity can take the form of a detachment that
blends freedom with a delight in pure perception. It is a thrilling
experience as are hang gliding and parasailing. It is easy when you
feel this relaxed and free to say to yourself, "I am not a human
being. The life within me is altogether different that from what
others feel and see." When we are at play or entertained, we may
temporarily feel the same thing. We give ourselves permission to
forget about the rest of life for the duration.
But this suspending of daily demands, besides being a way to
recharge ourselves, has a productive side. An altered state of
perception enables us to see the world in new ways. The challenge
is to share this with others.
The poet does this. He perceives the delicate fragility and the
hidden beauty shining within each moment. When he writes or
speaks, he is sufficiently distant that he can savor pure feelings.
But he knows these feelings can only be expressed, found and met,
within the details and specific experiences of our lives. Each poem
is a steppingstone that leads across the stream that separates daily
life from the realms of pure imagination.
The artist does this. He says, “Behold my art. It is a creation of
my imagination. Its images are a mirror capturing the light I see
reflected in life.” And musicians do this when the music is just
right. They are no longer aware of themselves. The notes carry
them along. The song takes on its own life and they are within
both the human plane and another domain.
Too much airy substance in the soul tempts us all to let go and
forget our ties to others. Legend tells us of a race which could not
longer compete with human beings and so retreated from our world
to become a race of fairies. But even to these we might now say,
“Return again and dwell among us. Share with us the things you
see and know that we too might behold the beauty of the world
around us.” The remedy is not to retreat into detachment and a
realm of inner peace but to create new ways of sharing heart to
heart.
 And finally there is the basic problem of developing astral
sensitivity. Many individuals see no further than the activities of
their daily lives. The consequence is that their emotional life is
limited in scope. In fact, most religions guide their practitioners
into a few sets of sacred experiences that are charged with astral
energy. Conversion, devotion, rapture, and commitment are
controlled and channeled in acceptable ways. Other profound
emotional experiences are labeled taboo and placed off limits or
else are ignored and considered to be irrelevant.
But if you look at a cloud it is constantly changing. If you
focus on a feeling within you and give it enough space to move, it
will continuously transform. Feelings are like the waters of the
earth. They run in underground streams. They are in the lakes, the
seas, the clouds, the rivers, the rain, and the ice caps.
A sylph is aware of every aspect of a changing cloud and yet
the sylph remains detached. To work with the air element is to
have both inner balance and sensitivity to every nuance and aspect
of feelings. Developing this sensitivity is something which
psychology shares in common with magick. Elsewhere I write
about the method of focusing which bridges the gap between
transpersonal psychology and magical practice.

Water

To develop the sensation of water, which is cold and wet, imagine

you are swimming and diving in a stream, river, lake, or ocean. It
is possible to extend your meditations along these lines until the
sensations of water become quite strong. At some point along the
way, imagine yourself becoming the water surrounding your body.
Feel a swimmer moving through your space. And again feel the
coldness of water within your body as if your body is hollow
inside.
In my various stories about my encounters with undines, I go
into detailed descriptions about their specific astral natures. The
four I describe are all loving, receptive, sensitive, empathic,
healing, and nurturing. Also, they each have a slightly different
way they communicate the bliss and ecstasy within the water
element. These undines are very enchanting and possess many
magical secrets relating to the water element.
From my experience, undines extend their auras out into the
watery domains surrounding them. If they wish to create an
atmosphere like a wondrous festival full of dancing and song, the
water is magnetized to express this feeling. If they wish to
communicate a profound state of oneness and love, again, the
water element becomes a vehicle that carries and amplifies their
intentions.
Our task in exploring the psychology of water is to do
something similar. Once we can clearly produce the sensations of
cold water in and around ourselves, then we imagine that this
watery expanse acts to express our feelings. Water absorbs,
releases, flows and circulates energy. In a similar way, our aura
encompasses and revives the life of those with whom we have
contact. It produces a magical space in which individuals are free
to be receptive to each other and to feel acceptance and love.
As with the other elements, we now combine the energies of
the mental and astral planes. We need a clear definition and
commitment in our minds to all that water represents in its highest
sense. Again, the qualities are love, healing, nurturing, sensitivity,
acceptance, clairsentience, serenity, tranquility, purity, and so
forth. And we need a total and complete conviction that we exist
within and are a part of a magnetic watery field of energy flowing
through us and encompassing ourselves and others as well.
Both the mental and astral planes with their different approach
to water must then be united in a natural way. Part of our success
in this endeavor will arise from our study and appreciation of other
individuals who express feelings and ideals of love in their
personalities. And part of our work will involve recognizing the
great variety of sensations and ways in which water exists in the
world of nature. Again, I have given examples through poems and
stories of ways the undines have sought to deepen my
understanding of the environment and element of water in which
they live. Ultimately, their domain and their range of activities are
also our own.

Earth

If we conceive of fire as will, air as intelligence and clarity of

mind, and water as love and affection, what then shall we make of
the element of earth? In what way can earth represent the
integration and strength of consciousness?
The granite boulder is stable. It retains its shape, its form and
mass, and only very gradually changes. The precious stone is
harder and more enduring and yet its structure permits the energy
of light to pass through it. Ice is water in a solid form. Its
molecules though fixed cover a wider expanse so that it floats. Air
is in water and water is in the volcanic magma as it explodes. As
the heat is released, the flowing lava turns to stone.
Plants grow on the rich nutrients of volcanic islands. Topsoil
develops and then forests. The land mass provides an environment
where life can flourish.
Consciousness integrates the different aspects of ourselves. It is
the enduring and stable landscape where our soul and spirit
accomplish their tasks. Consciousness sets priorities, identifies
values, and applies its resources and time to productive ends.
There are conflicts between values, goals, desires, and different
individuals. Consciousness uses the understanding of air, the will
of fire, and the empathy of water to arrive at practical and
satisfying solutions.
The main sensations we are after with the earth element are
weight and density. You imagine yourself as a little more heavy.
Like a tree, you are rooted in the ground. Like a boulder, you are
solid and easily resist external influence. Increasing your sense of
weight and being grounded are part of the arts of Aikido and also
Tai Chi Chuan.
With the right piece of rock, there is a sense of time being
suspended. You remember the past. You endure for ages. Even
the far future feels near at hand. The earth element has a strong
continuity. Past, present, and future form a continuum. The events
of life occur along a time line. You do not have to rush anywhere.
You just use the present moment in the best way you can.
I place my hand on a standing stone five thousand years old.
There is nothing fancy about this stone circle. It seems quite
casual like an afterthought the way it is set down at the end of a
cow pasture on Mull Island, Scotland. But I think to myself that
all the events of human history from the Egyptian pyramids to the
present unfolded while these stone have stood here and waited.
Consciousness can take the events of our lives and give them
order and definition. It can say, “This relationship and that event
are important to me. They always will be. These ideals I live for--
they are what give my life purpose. You see, amid all the changes-
-the accidents, the failures, and the wrong turns--there is a core set
of values within myself which I uphold and experiences which I
honor.”
Fire is tenacious but earth is persevering. Water offers love and
support, sweet intimacy and pleasure. But earth builds and
provides those things that satisfy our deepest desires. The air
element likes to think and to reason. It offers clarity so vast that
the thought process is lost in the illumination. But the earth
element knows in its heart that it is alive and participates in those
purposes that endure through all ages of time.
Earth cuts to the bottom line. It is not distracted by the urgency
and rapacious hunger of fire and all the issues surrounding the
maintenance of power. It is not so easily distracted by the
enchantments, romance, and passions of love. And though it too
seeks and reaches for peaks of understanding and illumination, it
does not fly off content to be detached or aloof.
Earth stays focused on the concrete and practical ways we can
materialize our ideals and operate in an effective manner in
accordance with our core values. It leaves behind a legacy. It
provides a foundation upon which future generations will build.
And if this sounds too abstract, then we can apply the same to our
own lives. In each stage of our life, we act with integrity and
accomplish our basic tasks. Then we are able to move forward and
succeed with what comes next.
In summary, this is only a tiny introduction to the psychology
of the four elements. I have not discussed here the ecstasies of the
four elements. And there are the four divine attributes relating to
different elements--omnipotence, enlightenment, omnipresence or
all-encompassing love, and immortality.
I have suggested elsewhere that the twelve signs of the zodiac
and astrology also provide insight into the four elements. An
important step in this area will be identifying for each of the twelve
signs of the zodiac its corresponding elemental sensation. Then
that rich set of symbols and interpretations can be integrated into
the psychology of the elements. To do this will require a
shamanistic approach to the symbols that characterize the zodiac
signs.

Romasara, 8 Degrees Leo, On Pranayama

Reason for Evocation. To develop the vitality in my body so it is

radiant.

Preliminary. I form an electro-magnetic volt that I place in a

magic triangle to serve as a medium to support my connection to
Romasara.

8 Degrees Leo. The 8th degree of Leo is very sensitive to life

force, vitality, breath, and the air element. This degree of Leo on
the akashic plane seems to scream out to the whole earth--”Hey
folks, you are surrounded by a sea of vitality. Draw it in so you
shine like the sun!”

Romasara's Domain of Akasha. This level of akasha joins a

profound spiritual peace with mastery over breath, the etheric
body, and the air element.

Romasara's Sigil. I draw the sigil placing the idea of mastery over
breath into it. Immediately, my awareness of air heightens. The
air I inhale feels incredibly rich and satisfying. My awareness
sinks into my breathing so that I feel I have become the air and the
life force within and surrounding my body.
In a few moments, more life force enters and circulates within
my body. Romasara apparently does not emphasize learning
specific breathing exercises. In Romasara's approach, direct
awareness of air releases energy into the body and makes this
vitality accessible to the will.
There is a strong astral presence. Concentrating on breathing
opens my senses to perceiving life force. This is like meditating
within a sacred temple. There is a warm, glowing sensation all
through my body as if priests are chanting and concentrating their
mantras to vibrate within me. It seems as if Romasara has placed
his hands on my head and anointed me with an understanding of
breath.
After meditating for a while, I sense more clearly the sea of
vitality surrounding me. It proclaims that life is good, peaceful,
and beautiful. Meditating with Romasara, it is easy to imagine
why some individuals, as in India, run away to spend the rest of
their lives practicing yoga. There is an intoxicating contentment in
this energy like the kind you can see shining in the faces of great
yogis. This bliss is so rich it strives to cancel and to destroy one's
responsibility to society. The urgency of personal needs, which
demand intimate bonds with lover, family, and community, is
weakened because of the extreme relaxation. This astral and
etheric vision of universal energy is as enchanting as entering a
realm of fairies or of undines who invite you to dwell among them
forever.
And still this energy grows stronger. I feel I have left the earth
and entered the sphere of the sun. When the light is bright enough,
the barriers separating nature, human, divine, and the planetary
zones dissolve. Romasara, like other spirits such as Bialode,
apparently has a close tie the solar sphere as well as to our
earthzone. Enough of this mystical rapture with endorphins
running wild in the bloodstream. Back to our evocation.

Romasara's Inner Source of Inspiration. The energy of God,

without beginning or end, self-originating, and beyond all
understanding, can be found within our bodies. It is within our
breath. It is met in the perfection of our health and vitality. In
other words, the body is sacred. It is the temple of God.
It has been the custom of religions to build temples and
structures to symbolize the glory and majesty of God.
Consciousness and our five senses enjoy having the support and
reassurance that comes from entering a great cathedral, a shrine, a
stone circle, a grove, or a place of worship. But what all these
majestic buildings and sacred settings point to is a Divine Presence
that is found within our bodies and hearts.
If I can put it this way, Romasara acts as a tour guide
introducing students to an infinite sea of vitality which is within
our bodies and which extends throughout the universe. Therefore,
as you are drawing Romasara's sigil, include this awareness within
the light you visualize.

Outer Aura. Romasara's aura emits a very pure light. It refines life
force. It burns with a radiant purity.
But as a matter of fact Romasara is very aware of every aspect
of how breath and vitality move within the body. It could well be
that if he were a human being, he would teach a great variety of
methods. Each student would be introduced to the practice most
useful to him.

Inner Aura. The way an undine is aware of the sea or a sylph of

winds, Romasara is aware of the life force within the sea of air
around us. Romasara has identified his consciousness with this
sea. In practicing breathing with Romasara, you learn to draw
upon these currents of energy that strengthen the vitality in your
body.

Akashic Plane. The akashic plane is the equivalent of entering a

divine awareness extending without limit through space and time.
The awareness Romasara represents on this plane is the absolute
mastery of breath, life force, and radiant light. You can
approximate this awareness in the following way. You imagine
you are a divine being who comprehends all aspects of life force
and vitality. Your must be certain that you have accomplished this
so that you are free of all doubt. In other words, you simply make
a picture of yourself embodying these qualities. This combination
of conviction and visualized image placed on the akashic plane
will eventually manifest as a physical ability.

Mental Plane. On the mental plane, Romasara's presence

stimulates the mind to become vibrant and to rest within a sea of
shining bright vitality. This meditation does not emphasize your
personality or the consciousness we use in daily life. It is a way of
extending beyond yourself and identifying with the atmosphere of
the earth.
The vitality in the atmosphere is an absolutely free movement
of universal energy pure and radiant--a celebration of divinity.
Consequently, a way has to be found to express this energy within
an individual. For this reason, in some traditions the students
spend decades chanting sacred names and mantras, opening the
nadis of energy channels within their chakras, and training their
minds to be boundless light full of bliss and delight. It helps if the
student takes some time and effort to train his mind and body so he
can understand a teacher's consciousness.
Sometimes Swamis have this little mental game they like to
play with students. They get into talking about how “I am not my
body. I am not my thoughts. I am not my breath. I am not my
name. I am not my identity,” and on and on and on. Well, what
remains at the end of this game? In Hinduism, following the
model of a deity such as Krishna, you identify with the one
indivisible and transcendent spirit within you.
But on the mental plane, Romasara does assume a specific
identity. His consciousness has content, movement, and
expression. He identifies with the trees, their roots and leaves. He
identifies with the plants, the clouds, the winds, the rivers, and the
seas. His awareness is within all the processes that nourish life on
earth. And underneath the chemistry, biochemistry, metabolism,
and breath is, again, an energy field of radiant light and pure
vitality. This is what shines from his aura and where his
consciousness rests.

Astral Plane. On the astral plane, there is the sensation of breath

producing a flame of spirit within the temple of our bodies. This
flame radiates inexhaustible vitality. The sea of life force sensed
on the mental plane now takes on a focal point--in and around your
body is the dazzling and brilliant light of the sun. The essence of
life force manifests as radiant light in your aura.
Franz Bardon talks about creating this aura around yourself
through breath. As you practice breathing life force into your body
with each breath, you accumulate more vitality within you until
you feel you are about to burst with the pressure of the light.
Practicing over time, you learn to extend this light thirty yards
around your body. This supercharged aura makes it easy to heal
others by transferring to them your excess vitality. This is a great
approach. It just takes a lot of work to develop this.
The nice thing about working with Romasara is that the energy
produced is not only very intense and dynamic. It is also gentle. It
is blazing bright and it also feels very natural and organic. I notice
it is harmonious with my body and soothing to my emotions.

Physical Plane. On this level, the life force is denser. The light
and vitality have a more direct effect on the physical body. This is
where most yoga begins. You stretch your muscles using asanas
and steady breathing. Circulation is increased. The muscles
become more flexible and resilient. Your immune system and
health improve. This kind of vitality, then, can produce physical
results more quickly.
One individual told me that after she did yoga for an hour she
was always in a much better position to think about the conflicts in
her life. The surcharge she built up of physical vitality influenced
her astral body. She felt whole and illuminated from within. The
anxiety and worry she attached to problems temporarily
disappeared.
In this evocation, I have moved from the akashic plane down to
the physical. Generally, students of yoga work the other way
around. They perform exercises with their physical bodies. And
they induce astral states of devotion and attunement to their line of
masters through chanting and meditations. Their awareness is
gradually extended to the inner planes where they learn to see
themselves as spiritual beings
As with other earthzone spirits, Romasara is a teacher who
inspires and reminds students of what is possible if you are willing
to work for it. The immediate goal is to become aware of the
vitality in air and to draw it into yourself. In the end, you produce
what appears to others as miracles through the power of your aura.

Pathworking. In a pathworking, we work with free association and

explore images. This clarifies how we feel and takes us into a
deeper understanding of ourselves. By contrast, a guided
meditation may take us into contact with collective and global
archetypes but it may not illuminate our personal experience.
Using a sigil is more technical. It is a method employed by a
magician and it can be the equivalent of a mini evocation in itself.
It is also possible to combine all three methods at once.
In working with Romasara, I recall the different yogis and
Swamis I have met over the years. As within a dream, my point of
view shifts and I see myself now within a sphere of bright light and
life force. Romasara seems to use this image to speak to me.
 He says that by working with him it will become much easier
for others to understand the spiritual ideas I wish to communicate.
My aura will naturally reflect the reality of whatever I am talking
about. Others' imaginations will be enhanced and they will be able
to feel the inspiration that I feel.
He says too that I will experience far less strain in performing
evocations. And finally, I will see much more clearly others'
etheric, astral, and mental bodies. This will allow me to lend better
assistance to others in dealing with their problems and difficulties.
In regard to Bardon's practices with breathing, Romasara points
out it takes years to master them. For Romasara, it helps if you
start at the beginning by imagining you have already perfected
what you wish to embody in yourself--in this case, the mastery of
life force. If your body senses you already have the conviction,
the mental image, and the feeling for what is to be accomplished,
then you are more likely to succeed.
In regard to using Romasara's sigil for mastering pranayama,
Romasara says this is determined on a case by case basis. Using a
sigil is a form of magical ritual. You have to exert a great deal of
imagination, will, and energy to make it work. It can be helpful
from time to time to use a sigil as you meditate but this is not
something to be overused. You want your vitality to develop
gradually and without strain. You do not want to force your
development in a way that throws you backward at some point
because the tension becomes too great to handle.

A Guided Meditation. This is a basic format for a guided

meditation. You can embellish it and expand on it in any way you
want.
Relax and sit comfortably. Concentrate on your breathing.
Now imagine a spiritual being. This could be Romasara or another
spirit related to vitality, health, and healing. As an example,
visualize the archangel Raphael descending and appearing in front
of you.
You see the shimmering light and radiant healing power shining
from his aura. You look into his eyes and see the glory of God and
God's beauty being freely extended to all who are willing to
receive it.
As you inhale, you sense in your own breath a willingness to
experience this light, inspiration, and healing. The archangel's
aura grows brighter and now part of his aura extends in front of
him as a divine gift and blessing--he gives of his own being so that
you might experience and know his love.
This energized image--an exact replica of the archangel--floats
over to you and blends with your aura. You see, hear, feel, taste,
and smell it and breathe it into yourself. There is a transition and
you find yourself now within Raphael’s heart. You feel a love so
vast and wonderful the stars are born to give expression to its
beauty. You also feel joined to a healing power so great it can
restore anything to harmony.
As you breathe with his energy and let it sink in, it saturates
every cell in your body. You know now that your mind, soul, and
body have become a manifestation of this light and healing power.
You are cloaked in beauty with the power to bless anyone who
enters your life
Now return from this elevated state to your own body and
personality. The intensity of the energy fades but within your heart
there is now a direct link to Raphael. The essence of his
inspiration is forever within your heart.

Common Difficulties/Imbalances. The first step in working with

Romasara is to develop the etheric body. Most individuals are
only aware of their physical body and not of the life force that
animates it. One way to become aware of vitality is to practice
yoga. In this case, as you stretch a muscle or practice an asana,
you also breathe into the muscles being exercised. As you do this,
you slowly begin to notice the range of sensations relating to
tension, relaxation, and increased blood flow.
In becoming aware of these sensations, an individual also
gradually becomes aware of the more subtle vitality that sustains
the life of the body. Eventually, it is possible to sense directly the
flows of life force. Tai Chi Chuan, Chi Kung, and various other
practices also increase awareness of the etheric body through
movement, balance, breathing, stretching, and training the
imagination to circulate energy.
Once you have this awareness, then it is easy to practice
pranayama. You can sense the life force that enters your body as
you breathe. You can circulate this energy through your body and
direct it consciously. In the process, you get a feel for how to
maintain harmony and restore health.
It is also possible to sense the vitality in the air surrounding
your body and to draw this energy into yourself. Of course, if your
concentration and imagination are sufficiently trained, you can
practice Bardon's accumulation of vitality exercises. Whatever
procedure you use, whether it is quick or slow, the bottom line
remains. You have to attain a direct awareness of the etheric body
in a way that furthers health and maintains harmony.
Consider an example of Romasara's approach to pranayama.
You can concentrate on your breath and imagine that you are
drawing vitality into your right arm as you inhale and releasing it
as you exhale. Try this for a few moments. Picture the inside of
your arm empty and that energy enters it and leaves it as your
breathe in and out.
Make a fist now with your right hand gradually tightening the
muscles through the whole right arm. Notice at each level of
tightness the different sensations. The muscles flex and may lock
in position. You may notice an increase in blood pressure in your
arm and an awareness of the sensations of muscles pressing against
your skin. Keep your muscles flexed for ten or twenty seconds.
Now slowly release the muscles until your arm is relaxed. Here
you will notice various sensations such as the feeling of lactic acid
being absorbed by the blood and perhaps warmth all through the
muscles of your arm.
Now try the breathing exercise again. Imagine your right arm is
empty and you are inhaling and exhaling energy into it. It is more
likely that you will sense to a greater degree the vitality entering
and leaving the arm with the movement of your breath. The point
is that the more you are aware of your body, the more easily it will
be to sense the presence and movement of vitality within you.

Zagriona, 6 degrees Virgo, On Writing, Publishing, and Inspiration

Reason for Evocation. I want some assistance on publishing

books.

Virgo in the Earthzone. Virgo is businesslike and enjoys

improving work procedures. Virgo has a code of excellence. It
represents quality control. Why do less when you can get things
right the first time? Virgo is attentive to the form of what is
presented and even to the attitude that goes into producing it.
Virgo is analytical, critical, and demands the best.
For all of this mental focus, Virgo is remarkably receptive. It
looks for input from the outside. It is willing to give all of itself to
fulfill someone else's purpose. It is able to be completely
responsive. It wants to cooperate with others because it knows
more can get done by working as a team.
Virgo may be consumed with details and the perfection of
techniques, but this sign is motivated by an ideal that can be
expressed as a feeling. There is a desire to be pure and to offer a
nourishing love. Perfecting work is a means to this end.

6 Degrees Virgo. This degree is like the ancient library of

Alexandria. It gathers all wisdom and preserves it in written form.
It does this to play its part in fulfilling the highest purposes. But
the emphasis remains on experience and acquiring wisdom through
a discovery process.
Archives and libraries provide physical support for an
institution of learning. A book is fuel and a spark waiting to be
ignited by an open mind and heart. Wisdom is already present.
You need to find the right way to awaken it in consciousness.

Zagriona's Domain. This level of the akasha offers understanding

and a love of all aspects of teaching and publishing. There is a
vast wealth of experience present.

Sigil. Zagriona's sigil inspires a marvelous concentration and

intuition in working toward the goal you want. Writing and
teaching are done from an elevated state of mind and spirit.

Zagriona's Inner Source of Inspiration. It is the nature of Divine

Providence to offer assistance to whoever seeks understanding and
wisdom. The knowledge of all ages and of all spiritual planes can
be presented in a way that satisfies the desires and the needs of the
individual who is searching. Wisdom of this nature is not abstract,
formal, or distant. It is the distilled essence of love that anoints
you with beauty and illumination. Every part of yourself is
transformed by its touch.

Outer Aura. Zagriona's aura is that of an enlightened being who is

attentive to Virgo themes of seeing with clear perception and
producing things that benefit others. Though there is a immense
clarity and wealth of knowledge, Zagriona is extraordinarily
friendly. He focuses on what you want and assists you to fulfill
your desires from a universal perspective.
When Zagriona's energy influences you, you feel more certain
you can accomplish your objectives. Zagriona's understanding of
the minds of everyone with whom you must work is so thorough
you gain complete cooperation. Zagriona's mind is like the sky.
He adds light to everything he touches.

Inner Aura. Zagriona also possesses a powerful will. This will is

like a sword in the hands of a samurai, a scalpel in the hands of a
skilled surgeon, or a chisel in the hands of a diamond cutter. He is
in complete control of what he does and he does exactly what is
needed.
This will is a little more than human. It is that of a divine being
who, if he assumed a human incarnation, would naturally seek to
perfect his work so it becomes a worthy vehicle for the purposes he
serves. It would seem this level of dedication belongs to those
who are possessed by divine visions. It is truly inspiring.

Akasha. On the akashic plane, you can count on Zagriona to find a

source of inspiration that is most suitable for your personality and
temperament in your present incarnation. On your behalf,
Zagriona conducts a search through all the planes and spiritual
domains. He takes into consideration all your experience on earth
and in all your incarnations. And then he presents you with a
vision of what inspires you most.
In effect, he says, “This is the highest source of inspiration
found at the core of your being. It is your strongest link to pure
spirit. Use it to fulfill your dreams. I am empowered by Divine
Providence to offer this gift. In this area, my authority is virtually
limitless, for I am a means by which the promise is fulfilled--
Nothing is hidden from those who seek.”
The second time I brought Zagriona to the akashic plane, I
again sensed how he automatically examined all my incarnations
from an enlightened state of mind. He notices what is the central
motivating theme and point of integration behind all that I have
done and intend to accomplish. Zagriona removes the barriers
between your lives and shows you the universal feelings and ideals
with which you have worked before and which are still alive
within you.
He says, “In your journey through life, know yourself to be a
divine being embodying the four qualities of spirit--all-embracing
love, the power of a creator, the mind that is illuminated, and the
commitment to accomplish your highest work. Abide within this
consciousness and you will always have peace and inspiration.”

Mental. Zagriona inspires a love for work and an enthusiasm that

is contagious. When his influence takes hold, your presence is
radiant. Hooked up to the spiritual source within yourself, you
cannot help but shine like the sun. Your personality is lit up from
within with all the love and wisdom from all your incarnations.
You access an inexhaustible wealth of knowledge and
understanding. As a result, you seek to bring clarity and
illumination to every situation you are in.
The mind Zagriona develops is extraordinary. It has an
intuitive means for drawing many points of view into a perspective
that unites them all. And it is telepathic. You sense the questions
in others' minds and address them in advance as you write or teach.
Zagriona has a wonderful habit of focusing your attention on the
best resources you have hidden within yourself.
He says, “A teacher embodies the strength of a warrior, the
courage of an explorer, and the kindness of a friend. Therefore,
the mind of a teacher is sharp, committed, and supportive. A
teacher unites knowledge and imagination to give birth to endless
inspiration.”

Astral. Zagriona develops astral qualities of being solid and

persevering. One effect is that you become remarkably
accomplished. There is an increase in your organizational skills
and you are motivated to get the job done. You set new trends in
your field because you are so dynamic and knowledgeable about
your field.
Zagriona also has a steel like concentration which frees you of
distractions. This is because you enjoy your work so much it is
hard for anything to pull you away from it. Your work is your
vehicle for sharing your gifts and generosity with others.
This steel like will represents an aspect of Virgo energy. It
loves precision but not as something impersonal or cold. Virgo,
like Zagriona, sees his work as a cup designed to contain and to
bestow the essence of divine love.
He says, “Let your work be an expression of love like a
telepathic message sent directly from one heart to another heart.
Let your work be the material form and substance of light so vast
and universal it satisfies and nourishes all who seek wisdom. Such
work supports a community of individuals who embody the
highest ideals and who have the power and vision to transform the
world.”

Physical. The physical presence of Zagriona makes you a skillful

communicator. You are friendly, engaging, and enthusiastic. You
energize and uplift others. Things get done around you. Others
cannot help but want to work with you. And you never lose sight
of the goal of teaching or publishing that is to provide others with
understanding, wisdom, and love. These things are presented in a
way that makes sense to others. In this regard, Zagriona has the
ability to speak to all generations, to all age groups, and to the
deepest cravings within the soul and spirit.
There is a personal side to all of this--to be productive, you
have to take care of yourself. Though you are extremely
generous, you also become adept at protecting your interests so
you remain free of interference and without excessive demands on
your time. With the right work and peaceful and supportive
circumstances you can continuously produce new things of high
quality. Your work overwhelms others with its breadth and depth.
And there is always someone ready and willing to work with you
to see that your work is distributed effectively and successfully.
Zagriona asks me, “For what purpose do you call me to the
physical world? What is your deepest intent?” I reply, “To
manifest cosmic wisdom on earth so it is freely available to all who
desire it. This is the will of my spirit. This is my own will also.”
Zagriona says, “To succeed in this task, you must first reveal
the mysterious powers of the elemental beings' control over earth,
air, fire, and water. Their magick is a reflection of divinity and the
beauty within soul and spirit. Then you must embody what you
envision--body, soul, mind, and spirit united without division. The
physical world is a denser vibration and another expression of
light. You must see and embody light in every form. Then when
you speak, others will understand the nature of freedom and
liberation.”

Effects/Results. There were some very strong and overwhelming

side effects when I first did an evocation with Zagriona. For one, I
started writing poetry nearly every day and experienced feelings I
have never encountered in this life and which seem to have no
basis in our world. These feelings and perceptions were the result
of lifetimes of previous work as a bard.
At first, it seemed the feelings I was working on belonged to
early childhood. In some ways, this was very disturbing. Often I
would feel compelled to write a poem. Afterwards, I was
emotionally exhausted.
The basic feeling the child in me was experiencing was a
heightened perception of the beauty of life juxtaposed with a
personal awareness that I am not part of that beauty. There was an
extraordinary sense of wonder and an acute sense of having no role
to play that expresses that wonder. I would often end up crying
because some of the poems I wrote were so heart wrenching.
It is hard enough processing childhood experiences, lost love,
personal tragedies, etc. from this lifetime. But if you throw in
experiences and unresolved psychological and spiritual issues from
other lifetimes that are outside the scope of known civilizations,
you can have a lot to deal with. But sometimes this is precisely
our journey--a path of integration leading through forgotten worlds
so lonely and desolate only love would ever ask us to travel this
way.
Zagriona also brought back a muse from a former incarnation
when I was involved in the tradition of bards and troubadours. A
bard in Ireland in the fifth century spent seven years in darkness
perfecting his craft and mastering the songs of his people. To have
the emotional responsiveness of a bard without the bard's intensity
of training is a shocking experience. I would awake from a nap
and spend three hours writing a poem that expressed feelings I
have never encountered before. I would sit there and wonder at
what I written and ask myself, “Who is this poem about? In what
world do such feelings exist? What human being possess this
perspective?” And, “Who wrote this poem?”
Still, looking back, I can see the esoteric significance of this
experience. To be able to meditate with any spirit in the earthzone
with complete ease and feel its energy, I needed to explore an
entire layer of emotional life hidden within me. I needed to
expand the spectrum of what I could feel by a factor of about a
hundred.
Zagriona did not seem very interested in assisting me in writing
a new age psychology book. Contacting a spirit can have
unexpected results. You think what you want is crystal clear and
specific. The spirit takes one look at you and responds not to the
cognitive content of what you request but to the deeper intentions
within your soul. But this too is understandable. After all, a
magician is not just a conscious personality with a personal
history, a birth date, and a physical location. A magician is a will
transcending and consolidating many life times of spiritual work.
Zagriona wanted me to work at something more profound.
Zagriona felt that my real work concerns the enlightenment of the
world. I am interested in developing a culture in which magicians,
scientists, psychologists, and artists are familiar with each other
and work toward the same ends. This is a world in which cosmic
wisdom is fully established on earth.
I ask Zagriona, "How is it that you know about enlightenment?"
He replies, "With any Buddhist manuscript that has ever been
written, I can tell you about the author, his level of development,
and his state of mind when he wrote the text."
I notice there are teachers who are very rational and who
present their material with great clarity and enthusiasm. There are
also teachers who are true empaths--they communicate feelings
and they understand your heart. You have to be careful with
Zagriona. He is a master who will increase the clarity of your
mind and at the same time awaken the deepest feelings within you.
The vistas of soul and spirit he opens are breathtaking.
 This is the first poem I wrote after evoking Zagriona. Having
not written a poem for decades, this poem seemed to come from
nowhere. It is called a Celtic Prayer.

I am the spider whose web

Captures the jewels that contain eternity
I am the bird that worships Dawn
Yielding his being into rapture of song
I am the claws of the Hawk
And his eye searching with cobalt will
I am the wind,
The gust that twirls the leaf
And the wild hurricane clasping the ocean close to my breast
In my cup is gathered
The distilled essence of all the stars
My wand is forged in the fiery cauldron of volcanoes
And with it I give birth to new worlds
I have learned the language of angels
Meditating in ancient stone circles
And there the goddess Dawn whispers to me
She wishes to give her heart
To the One the Starry Pole controls
That the young and the new might again
Walk hand in hand with the Mysteries
Even so my beloved I would be one with you
That all things may be fulfilled
And fallen, fallen light renewed.
Patient as the earth
I endure this winter of the soul.

Haiamon, 25 degrees Libra, On Sexuality

Reason for Evocation. I am interested in the various cultural and

magical traditions that attempt to transmute sexual energy. It is
natural to consult with an earthzone spirit on this topic.
Since love is the highest magick, sexuality--one expression of
love--contains many mysteries: birth, death, growth, fruition,
transformation, separation and reunion, the elixir of life, the
immortality pearl, and the polar energies through which all things
have been created. The light and ecstasy of Divine Providence are
hidden within sexuality.

Libra in the Earthzone. Libra loves people. Libra likes to be

around them and to do things with them. Libra enjoys exchanging
energy with others. Social interaction is as pleasurable to a Libra
as music is to a musician.
Libra is very attentive to any changes occurring within
relationships. While loving connection and balance, Libra is
equally determined to act with integrity and poise. Libra stands for
precise actions in real situations guided and inspired by the ideals
of harmony and love.

25 Degrees Libra. This degree is very conscious of the forces

within the body and psyche that cause attraction between people.

Haiamon's Domain. Haiamon is aware of how the body creates

vitality and life force. He is a specialist in biochemistry and the
endocrine system as it pertains to masculine and feminine energies.

Inner Source of Inspiration. Divine Providence provides complete

wisdom and illumination regarding human sexuality and the nature
of attraction on all planes. Sexuality is a symbol of divine
creativity. The whole spectrum of desires that motivate life and
reveal its mysteries is hidden within sex. The polarities of
opposites attracting and all their effects and fruits are a
manifestation of the radiant light of the sun that is itself a symbol
of a boundless outpouring of love from Divine Providence.

Sigil. Haiamon's sigil has a vitalizing and rejuvenating effect. It is

uplifting and vibrant. It has a scintillating influence that bestows a
youthful and bright outlook.

Haiamon's Outer Aura. Haiamon completely understands the

organic and natural side of sexuality and reproduction. There is
nothing obscure or hidden about sex. For Haiamon, sexual energy
is an elixir that renews and transforms. Haiamon's aura embodies
the full power and harmony of all the forces associated with
sexuality on all levels of the psyche. The influence of his aura
constantly energizes and renews.

Haiamon's Inner Aura. Sexual fluids, energies, and hormones

represent the presence of akasha in the body. As such, there is
great magical power present within them. To use an analogy,
human experience with sex is often framed in terms of desire and
satisfaction. These currents of energy that drive human beings to
mate and raise families are like 220 volts. But sex itself has within
it currents running at 50,000 volts. Religious traditions do the best
they can to prepare their practitioners to experience and channel
these higher levels of energy. But it is not electrons that run down
these wires. It is the pure nuclear bright light of the sun reflecting
divinity that waits to awaken within our bodies.
Those who practice sexual magick strive to train their nervous
systems to go beyond desire and satisfaction. When they are
devout, they say in their hearts, “Let me be a channel for the power
of God/Goddess.” They step back from human emotion. They
convert their bodies into a sacred temple and their minds and will
into lightning rods.
But is there passion enough within their souls and will enough
within their spirits to capture the lightning bolt? Can their minds
contain the open expanse of the sky and the dense solidity of the
mountain in the same moment? Can they hold in their hands the
flames of divinity and its fires of creativity without being burnt?
Where are there lovers whose hearts are so pure they can enter a
sacred space and unite counting themselves worthy to create even
as God creates for the sake of love? All pleasure, attraction,
satisfaction, ecstasy, and bliss bear witness to this: God's gift by
and through which He bestows on His children His own delight in
creating and celebrating love and light.
I would like to mention some of the similarities between
Haiamon and several other earthzone spirits. Anamil, who
presides over 9 degrees Aries, is a master of forming electro-
magnetic volts and placing them in the akasha. These volts are
used to solve problems for, like Aries, he has the will to overcome
every obstacle blocking the unfolding of life. Jachil, 3 degrees
Cancer, also works with electro-magnetic forces of attraction
especially within nature. This is done to enable lovers to
experience completion with each other and harmony with the
natural world.
And also Tagora in 18 degrees Scorpio specializes in taking the
primal energies of attraction in the first chakra and guiding lovers
through all the chakras into the crown chakra and so forth. Tagora
does not work with electric and magnetic energies so much as the
archetypal polarities of attraction that best express the dynamics of
each chakra or psychic plexus of nerves in the body.
Haiamon's teachings, however, reveal the continuum and the
connections between the electro-magnetic or masculine and
feminine energies within our bodies and those within nature. To
put it another way, the energies underlying nature are present
within us and flow through us. Through a natural, organic, and
systematic training, we are able to become conscious of these
energies.
From Haiamon's point of view, there is no limit set on the
extent to which human beings can master and control the energies
of nature. The human body can even channel the light and power
of the sun. Being in Haiamon's aura is a way of experiencing to
some degree what this accomplishment feels like.

Akashic Plane. On the akashic plane, Haiamon opens an

individual's awareness to see how polarity and sexuality are
present and active within all the kingdoms of nature as well as on
the inner planes. In the mineral kingdom, there are electro-
magnetic currents moving through the ground as well as within
storms. Meditating with Haiamon, you feel yourself becoming
aware of anything in nature that generates magnetic fields or leads
to the movement of electrons.
You sense the aligning of atoms within iron and also the charges
in the poles and the magnetic field of the earth. Even the lightning
in electrical storms feels vibrant and invigorating like the influence
of the adrenal glands stirring an individual to action. What is
communicated from this level is the force and strength in the
energies of nature that move within and around the earth.
In the plant kingdom, you notice the process of reproduction
and its connection to the seasons. Here you sense the power stored
in the DNA molecule as it relates to plants. There is blossoming,
fertilization, fruit, and seed. The entire process in its countless
varieties contains an implacable and unceasing commitment to
growth and life.
The active chemical ingredients in plants and herbs stimulate
and harmonize every aspect of the human body. The plant
kingdom provides medicines in physical form that can heal and
restore the body. In a similar manner, these plants, flowers, and
trees also contain vital energies that stimulate the emotions and
spirit within human beings. The entire spectrum of human
emotion and inspiration has its counterpart and reflection within
these growing things. The sacred trees of the druids illustrate and
denote some of these energies.
In the animal kingdom, instinctual drive and desire, hunger and
craving, are more potent and active. One further step removed
from the mineral kingdom, the animal is pulled out of the
collective unconsciousness of nature. Through its life, blind desire
is granted extensive tools of perception. Animals study and move
within their environments with a greater degree of adaptability.
Their instincts are closer to being managed by consciousness.
In human civilization, there is more freedom of choice in
adapting to environments. Human beings have more creativity in
being able to bend the forces of desire in one direction or another.
Instincts can be refined and transformed. The raw power of
matter, the wholeness of the plant kingdom, and the drives in the
animal kingdom, under the right conditions, can be modified and
harmonized through force of will.
Human beings can prioritize their drives, organize their values,
and determine what goals they wish to accomplish. This freedom
within limitation is responsible in part for the variety of human
ideals and religions. The druid would align his consciousness with
the harmony of the trees and the seasons. The shaman investigates
and reawakens within himself the “magical” power within animals.
The Wiccans unite the sun and the moon, the god and the goddess,
in their great rite.
The Taoist like the alchemist explores the natural processes
through which the energies of nature are refined to produce an
elixir--to stabilize life force and vitality so life might attain
immortality. The Buddhist, renouncing all desire and attachment,
enters his monastery to attain the mind of enlightenment as
boundless as the light of the sun. Similarly, the Christian saint, in
renouncing the world, seeks to attain oneness with the boundless
heart of love--a purity and a nurturing capacity of which nature
constantly speaks.
And then there is the spiritual world with its many gradations
and levels of freedom and light. Here are found divine beings who
in their essence are independent, autonomous, and self-
determining. They are free to create and recreate themselves and
renew their energy through the power of their own volition.
Radiant as the sun, immortal, and motivated by joy and love, they
are beyond the forms and limitations set by nature on all life
dwelling within physical manifestation. And yet, united and
embodying the purposes of eternity, they remain to inspire and
guide sentient beings on their separate paths and evolutions.
Though I use words to describe and outline these separate
kingdoms, Haiamon holds their qualities and life within his own
mind as he focuses on them. His intuition is a direct experience
with form and energy. From Haiamon's perspective, underlying all
paths, domains, and realms both natural and divine is the impulse
to create. Consciousness is free and without form or content, like a
void empty of the limitations of space and time. And yet from out
of itself it originates and creates visions that manifest as reality.
The male and female by uniting produce new life. A creator, by
uniting opposites within himself or herself, creates new light.
Sexuality is a direct connection between natural and divine
creativity. The seed contains the spirit and is like the fiery light of
the sun. The womb is the power to manifest--the love that nurtures
all things--and it is also like the space in which the stars are born.
For Haiamon, the sexual act of love when it is strong and pure
enough and the magical act of creation are the same action. There
is no separation between them neither in quality nor in degree.
This is the mystery he teaches.
Because of his connection to Divine Providence and the extent
of his cosmic awareness, Haiamon has great authority and
discretion to reveal new knowledge in these areas. Though in my
writings I often use the phrase, “Nothing is hidden,” I do not mean
to imply or suggest that such knowledge is cheap. The portals to
wisdom stand open but to enter your commitment must be absolute
and complete.

Mental Plane. On the mental plane, Haiamon focuses on the

biochemistry, hormones, sexual and electro-magnetic fluids within
the body. Like the poles of a battery, these energies can be set up
between partners or within the individual to generate high voltage
intensities.
But sexuality can also be like a wire with the insulation worn
off. It is hot, ready to burn or to arch. There can also be an energy
leak or an ineffective design imposed on the nervous system or
emotions. Like a battery, the individual's life and motive force are
then slowly drained away until the individual become vulnerable,
threatened, and susceptible to rampant astral or subconscious
suggestions.
But if you use sexual energy right, it produces a marvelous and
radiant vitality. It acts like an elixir rejuvenating body, emotions,
and mind. It exudes a feeling of connection to all aspects of
nature, for all the energies of life are reflected within it.
Basically, concentration on the mental plane brings opposites
into a relationship without short circuiting or diminishing the
energy produced. This condenses the magnetic fluid that can
contain within itself anything within the realms of nature or spirit.
And the electrical fluid is also intensified strengthening the will so
it is able to overcome all obstacles. Masculine and feminine then
support and amplify each other.
Bardon mentions in his book on initiation that the male and
female have opposite polarities in the upper and lower regions of
their bodies. The man is magnetic around his head and electric in
his genitals. The woman is the opposite--electric around her head
and magnetic in her sexuality.
In normal male-female relationships, the man's mind surrounds
the female's personality both arousing her enthusiasm and desire
and also in a sense containing her energies so she bonds to him, to
his life, and their family. His magnetic energy surrounds her
electrical energy mainly on the mental plane. He may think he is
in charge because he is more rational perhaps and orderly but
women tend to make a lot of demands on men that men do their
best to meet. Women's minds flair up like a fire exploding because
their brains are more open and flexible when it comes to adapting
instinctual drives with rational considerations. This is the
electrical fluid around their heads. Men try to keep women happy
because it is a natural tendency of the magnetic fluid around their
heads to respond to, to contain, and to absorb the electrical.
The woman in turn both arouses and contains the man's sexual
desires so he bonds to her on an instinctual and deep emotional
level. Through her he acquires a feeling of home and connection--
these feelings are not rational; they come from a deep place in the
heart and the gut. Through him, in turn, she feels filled and
illuminated from within. There are of course many variations
depending on the relative strengths of these fluids in the partners
and according to the social expectations set in place by society. In
any case, a romantic component is present because these opposite
polarities continue to attract each other like the N and S poles of
two magnets. The opposite gender will always act as a mirror
revealing what is hidden within yourself and as a spice adding taste
and pleasure to life.
Bardon also mentions that for magical purposes the woman can
switch the polarity of her body so her head is magnetic and her
lower body electric. In effect, she turns off her normal female
dependence on a man so she does not rely on his strength and
leadership. Instead, her mind and personality become magnetic.
Strictly speaking, this does not happen only in esoteric
circumstances.
Men and woman often form friendships in which there are
sensual and erotic currents flowing between them that is not
expressed sexually. They listen to each other genuinely trying to
understand each other's mind and be receptive to each other's
feelings. This kind of relationship, often occurring where men and
women work together on a job, is highly stimulating both
emotionally and mentally. Every relationship between men and
women has its specific and unique energies that are exchanged
between the partners.
The Sport’s Illustrated model says, “I depend on the
photographer to give me energy during a shoot. There is always an
exchange of energy going on. Unless he gives, I don't give
anything back.” A woman's mind becomes more magnetic
whenever she gives her total attention to a man or to some task.
This requires that she remain alert, sharp, and employ her full
concentration. During courting, men and women will often focus
their complete attention on each other. When they do this and also
put aside their vanity and narcissism, they can evoke an astral
enchantment of love and romance that will last them for a lifetime.
I have noticed that some female vocalists such as Moriah Carey
and Jewel change the polarity of their electric and magnetic
energies to further their creativity as artists. Without subjugating
their femininity or receptivity, they occasionally switch into a
masculine mode of perception. Then the energy around their heads
switches from electric to magnetic.
The ancient hunter had to become empty of himself and
completely focused on the hunt in order to succeed. To stalk a
deer, if only to study and be near it, requires you stand still without
moving your foot even an eighth of an inch for an hour. It requires
you do not change the rhythm of your breathing and that in effect
you think and perceive as a deer. This is a capacity to use the mind
so it is completely open, clear, receptive, and the concentration is
total. If you study the brain waves and thought patterns of men
and women, this distinction between the genders is quite noticeable
and cannot be accounted for in terms of social or gender
conditioning. But it can be overcome for the sake of creativity as
these women demonstrate.
In terms of Haiamon's interest in magical relationships, the
woman enters a meditative trance. Her emotions become like a
still pool of water and her mind as open and clear as a sky filled
with stars at night. Linking telepathically, she joins her spirit with
the man's mind so there is no separation between them on a mental
level. She does not give into the feminine animus that depends on
thoughts and doctrines in order to feel secure or depends on the
man to gain reassurance. Yet though her mind and soul are clear,
calm, and serene, shifting the electric fluid to her genitals means
that she is aroused physically. She is sexually turned on and
aggressive like a man. Her vast feminine instinctual powers of
sensuality and eroticism are enflamed without falling into a passive
dependence on the man for stimulation.
When the man and woman are then joined in sexual embrace,
they both maintain a spiritual trance in which their minds are
joined in a state of stillness and peace. At the same time, their
lower bodies generate powerful electric currents similar to a
miniature electric power plant. The net effect is that the two
partners can extend the magnetic energy in the upper parts of their
bodies so it surrounds the combined electrical energy in the lower
parts of their bodies. This is like an electro-magnetic volt in which
the magnetic fluid surrounds and contains the electrical fluid at the
center.
In this situation, there is an immense amplification of the
energy of both partners. This energy is completely available to
fulfill anything the two partners focus on together in a concerted
and sustained manner. There are interesting cultural implications
from this approach.
You could say that Haiamon is very much in favor of woman's
liberation. But he would add that as women seek to have the
independence and responsibilities of men that they do not stop
short of the goal. They must also fully realize the powers within
sexuality that seem to possess so many men's curiosity and desire.
And they must put aside shallow ways of thinking that assert ideas
as if in themselves ideas reflect some sort of truth--that ideas are
something you can cling to for security and support. Haiamon
would desire for the sake of magick that women develop minds
that are perfectly receptive and open as well as exact, precise, and
analytical.
In other words, both genders can stop looking at each other
primarily to provide sexual gratification or emotional support.
Then they will see each other as individuals who offer
companionship, love, and who also can become spiritual consorts.
The relation of the male and female provide the greatest potential
for embodying and celebrating the light, the love, and the power of
Divine Providence.
The other element present on the mental plane in working with
Haiamon is that he teaches how an individual can comprehend
these electric and magnetic fluids in the upper and lower parts of
the bodies in both genders. In a sense, for a man to learn
meditation and attain inner peace is to capture and hold within his
mind a woman's feminine essence. Instead of physically and
emotionally desiring a woman and thus relying on her powers to
support his masculinity, he embodies her femininity within
himself. This ancient approach is present in many wisdom
traditions and is also a standard doctrine in modern depth
psychology concerned with male growth.
Similarly, for a woman to learn autonomy and self-
determination without merely acquiring social skills and
succeeding in an occupation, she must discover within her own
body an inexhaustible source of power continuously welling up.
She discovers the electrical fluid is a power she can create from out
of her own spirit. The man and woman then comprehend each
other's sensual and spiritual essence. This accomplishment grants
each individual great independence but it also enables a spiritual
joining that leads to pure transcendence and the highest magick.
As I work with Haiamon further on this, I notice that this
polarity of male and female interaction is not the usual exchange of
male-female energy that exists within most tantras. In the
Kalachakra tantra, for example, Kalachakra remains very
masculine while his consort, Vishvamati, is very feminine. She
yields in bliss to his power and illumination. She is emptiness, the
mother of Buddhas, and of all that inspires. And he is the wrathful
side of compassion destroying false attachments and illusions.
Though she embodies bliss both within nature and on a Buddhic
level, she remains passive while he is active.
By contrast, Haiamon envisions the union of a male and female
who are equally developed as magicians. The energy volt their
joining creates can be used for realizing wishes, acquiring magical
facilities, connecting to spirits, or any number of things. It is so
potent that it is wise if both partners conceive of themselves as
joined to and embodying the divine during the practice for this
kind of magick is also an adoration and evocation of Divine
Providence. To work properly, the partners should evoke a state of
ecstasy within themselves in which they feel they have become
omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, and immortal. But this is
basic training which magicians in the Bardon system practice for
many years.
Astral Plane. On the astral plane, this joining of opposites
produces a wonderful feeling of love, of enlightenment, of will
power, and of the realization of one's desires. This energy is much
stronger than what is typically present in personal love. It is the
raw forces of nature made conscious and surrendered into human
hands.
Still, it is easy enough to imagine. It has the exhilaration of
winning a gold metal in the Olympics, an Oscar in acting, a million
dollar lottery, or the Nobel Prize for physics, chemistry, or world
peace. Occasionally, we can meet couples that capture some of
this inspiration. Their love presides over and shapes not just a
family. They are the center of an entire community embodying its
inspiration, its goals, and its dreams.
On the other hand, if lovers experience a small amount of this
power but lack karmic and spiritual preparation, they burn out.
They are thrown into cataclysms of disturbing emotions. They
doubt their sanity or go temporarily insane because of the pain.
They put aside all reason and morality when they act. Looking
back years later, they realize they were complete fools and yet they
still have no understanding of what possessed them at the time.
But Haiamon's aura on the astral plane is stable and calm.
Meditating with him, I feel as if every emotion, instinct, and
energy within all the kingdoms of nature is present and held in
harmony. Haiamon's aura is an exploding joy like the flames of
the sun contained within the serene light of the moon. It is cosmic
power restraining and modifying itself to rejuvenate whatever it
touches. Such an elixir provides a remedy for every wound and
injury that afflicts the soul.
I ask Haiamon to give me a picture or a feeling for his
realization on this plane. He responds to me verbally but with his
words I am taken directly into the energies and the images that he
expresses.
He says, “You know what it is to enter the salamander's caverns
and calderas where flame and power burn and devour as their wills
seek mastery over self and fire. You have entered the domains of
undines where desire and water blended together encircle the earth
with love.
“You have joined your mind with the gnome penetrating the
molecular vibration of mineral and stone. You know what it is to
be no longer alone and to be free of the ravages of time. You have
tasted the light of eternity hidden in matter. And with the sylphs
your mind has flown free having observed the atmosphere and its
beauty. You have found in your heart the great harmony that
embraces all life on earth.
“Relax your mind now and be still. Find in your own body all
four elemental realms and the way they are held in perfect balance.
Draw from each their essence, the inspiration that motivates their
life. This acceptance of what is and its transcendence, this inner
peace and power to create, are the bliss in which I exist.
“These separate realms of will, love, clarity, and endurance are
strengthened when they are united. Nothing in nature is concealed
or hidden from me. Each thing reveals its inner essence and shares
with me its mystery because I am a part of and celebrate the spirit
within it.”
I ask, “How can this realization be expressed through the
relationship of a man and a woman?”
Haiamon responds, “On this level of creativity, it is necessary
that the man and the woman each control in equal degree the
electric and magnetic fluids within their own bodies. The man,
while retaining the fiery will of spirit, must embrace the world with
love. And the woman, tender, nurturing, and empathic, must
contain within her heart the light of the sun. Then the two may
become one. A joining such as this is held in high regard by
Divine Providence, for by such love the world is transformed.”
When Haiamon is finished speaking, I notice the remaining
silence is pregnant with unspoken possibilities. I ash him, “Don't
lovers already attain this level to some degree?”
Haiamon says, “Yes. In rituals, tantra, and special
relationships, the potency is present. But it is not easy to unite
power and love. The mind must be free of desire--enlightened and
compassionate--when using the full force and power of form and
energy in manifestation. Understand, this love is not without
passion, for the desire to join is as strong if not greater than any
instinct or craving in nature for satisfaction.
“The mark of such lovers is this: In their hearts is a fire greater
than either the passion to join or the compassion arising from the
enlightened mind. This is why they do not fall into jealously or
leave each other wounded or distraught. They see their joining as
a true and sacred celebration of Divine Providence and the beauty
of creation. Whatever the limitations or restrictions on their
circumstances, they know in their hearts that they are free and
already united with divinity. Children of light who share love in
this way are like the stars shining in the night. And yet all who
love taste part of this experience.”
Haiamon transmits to me at this point a sense of what this is
like. I find myself within the sphere of the sun as if I have become
one of those great spirits of dazzling light who inspire and guide all
evolution in this solar system. Even to assume the limitations of
physical incarnation does not diminish this light or reduce its joy.
Those who incarnate under this inspiration must conceal from
others what is within them so they may fulfill their chosen work
without burdening human civilization with a power beyond its
ability to use wisely. This beauty is beyond the power of words to
express. The effort of many incarnations striving to master oneself
would seem like nothing at all if this is the final attainment.
I ask Haiamon, “Why do you spiritual beings hide from the
human race this mystery of creation?”
He replies, “I have nothing to hide. You are free to taste and to
drink and to contain without limit all the love and light in the
universe. To be honest, many world teachers have entered your
world. But look what their followers do with their teachings.
They become priests and bishops putting on robes, burning
incense, or offering wine in fancy cups.
“If they were wise, they would become instead poets, artists,
and musicians. They would be bards whose songs, as in the
ancient stories and legends, are so beautiful they cause men at war
to put down their arms in order to listen. And with soft spoken
words from their hearts the volcano, the earthquake, and the
hurricane would cease to rage and be calm. But all of this your
race shall learn to do when you open your hearts to see the beauty
that already surrounds you.”

Physical Plane. On the physical plane, working with Haiamon

amplifies the etheric electric and magnetic energies within your
body. It feels as if the body is radiating powerful magnetic fields
like a huge magnet. At the same time, you feel joined to different
kingdoms of nature and spirit. The charges in an electrical storm,
the welling up of polar energies during Beltane and springtime,
and the stealth and instinctive perceptual powers of animals all are
at their height within your body and soul.
But over all these natural processes preside the intelligence and
wisdom of a guardian angel. Nature and human civilization are the
womb where the purposes of spirit enter to become fulfilled. One
of the unique features of Franz Bardon's training system is the
great emphasis he places on mastering the four elements and
entering the elemental kingdoms. It is not enough to join your
mind to the divine without also possessing the power to fulfill its
purposes.
In a similar way, Haiamon emphasizes that a magician must
have the ability to channel through his body the powers of nature.
I have mentioned the union of the four elements on the astral
plane. There is also a union of the elements in the physical world.
Haiamon would have a magician sit on a stone, float in water, or
concentrate on fire or the sky. Do this until all that can be
perceived in your aura is stone, water, fire, or air. The body has
the ability to manifest the forces of nature--this is what is required
to master sexuality and the dynamic polarities existing within our
bodies.
In sex, physical life is reproduced. Something solid and real is
manifested. Similarly, Haiamon's aura on the physical plane
accumulates the densities of energy necessary to manifest your
inner plane visions and your wishes. He creates a stable and
harmonious energy field that is perfect for realizing spiritual
purposes.
In the Protestant Ethic, the individual sublimates sexual desires.
He attends a church. The service both charges up and restrains his
emotional life emphasizing the values of hard work and living a
productive life. This frees him from having too much empathy or
feelings for others’ suffering. This stops his psychic sensitivity
and blocks nature's enchantments. Without a contemplative
wisdom tradition and having his desires held in check by a
dominating morality, all his energy is diverted into external work.
Believing he has a connection to a sovereign God who blesses
his work, he perseveres and endures. He gets a lot done in the
physical world as a result. But this requires that he sacrifice
knowledge and exploration of the inner worlds. This entire system
demands he avoid any connection to the divine that might provide
him with new visions and inspiration redefining his purpose and
work in life. In a similar way, for the sake of survival, success,
and sublimation, his exploration of sexuality is stopped, blocked,
and held in check. It is a knowledge that is forbidden to him.
A magician is just as interested in being productive and
industrious. But in his work, he would manifest the love, the will,
and wisdom, and the visions he receives from Divine Providence.
His work is not imitative. His voice does not mimic doctrines
fashioned by others’ minds. Instead, his aura reflects the universe
and his work is the work of eternity. His goals are both practical
and inspired by rapture and ecstasy. He respects and honors
traditions and yet new words must be coined to describe with any
accuracy the nature of his identity.
You can tell when you are manifesting Haiamon's aura on the
physical plane. You feel as solid as a mountain, as open as the
sky, as nurturing as the ocean, and as full of energy as fire. And
yet, like entering an enchanting forest, you feel surrounded by
wonder and magical power. But in this case, rather than living in a
fairy tale, your efforts in life bring many things to fruition.

Common Difficulties/Imbalances. Haiamon's teachings emphasize

transmuting sexual energy into vitality, the four elements, electric
and magnetic fluids, inspiration, ecstasy, and magical power. The
idea is to be radiant with life, strong, attractive, and full of beauty--
to be in harmony with the universe.
Haiamon’s awareness encompasses the polarities of energy and
their oneness that we experience in the physical world as gender
differences and sex. But it is more than this. Our experiences with
gender are part of this on-going process of acquiring wisdom,
wholeness, and becoming transformed.
The first problem interfering with this attainment is the fiery
desire and emotional hunger that is present in all levels of
sexuality. Sexuality, especially as its power increases, evokes
cravings that run as deep as the most primal and primordial
instinctual energies found anywhere in nature. Those who gaze
into the depths of their desires or who try to transmute these
instinctual energies for growth and transformation will encounter
the unknown. They will run into archetypes of domination and
rage, impotency, vulnerability, and abandonment that they never
imagined existed within them.
All of this is part of a natural process of becoming whole as an
individual and of working with power as a magician. Sex
possesses new and unknown fires that are beyond the knowledge
of society. Magicians emphasize developing will. This is because
sports and competition and all the means for challenging and
testing oneself in school and through maturing do not develop
absolute will and total self-mastery.
But this is exactly what a magician must seek so that every
passion becomes tame in his presence. He possesses sufficient will
to order every desire and direct every energy toward its proper
place of fulfillment. Where others become angry when they are
opposed or an obstacle confronts them, the magician will seek to
master the difficulty first within himself so that he then sees his
best course of action.
Those who love often fail. They say to their partner sometimes
verbally or else through subtle and disguised demands, “I want
you. I need you. You must give into my will so that I can be
fulfilled.” This fiery desire enables many to bond so that they no
longer feel alone and their emptiness is gone.
A magician is not without passion. But because his will is
strong he is able to give much more to fulfill the other's needs so
that his partner is free to give in return out of joy rather than being
motivated by loneliness or fear. In mastering the components of
the problem first within himself, he knows he can produce
harmony whenever he wants and can attain greater intimacy with
others.
What I am suggesting is that when you have a problem you
employ a line of self-questioning that goes like this: “What
experience, wisdom, or insight do I need so that I can solve this
problem successfully? To what extent and in what way is the
problem my own responsibility?” This clarifies what exactly you
need to do for yourself and it also clarifies what your partner is
able to do or unable to do for you.
In order to love each other, partners each need to drink from
their own separate wells of inspiration. In this way, you do not
fight over scarce resources such as limited affection, enthusiasm,
and attention. Instead, you use the relationship as a place to be
generous and to give to your partner.
A magician can look at attraction the way a scientist can
examine the wave bands of the light spectrum. When the male or
female magician feels attracted to another, he or she can say, “This
is why the attraction is here. The other fills in for something
missing in my life or the part of myself that is still unknown.”
A woman can be attracted to a man because he has a high level
of self-confidence and is so successful. And a man can be
attracted to a woman because she is so incredibly sensual, relaxing,
and giving. But in each case, when she is equally self-confident
and successful and he is equally sensual, relaxing, and giving, the
drama and suspense are no longer present. The spark that ignites
enchantment has vanished.
If you know from the beginning that the genders exist so we can
learn from and assist each other, then the outrageous jealousy,
possessiveness, and insecurity are overcome. You treat the other
with profound respect because together you mirror the universe
through your relationship. And the mystery of the universe has no
end. And when you finally attain a profound oneness with each
other, as a matter of fact, you no longer need to be with each other
to feel the power, life, vitality, and radiance of this oneness in
every moment. It becomes an inner bond transcending space and
time.
Another way to express this is by saying that sexuality seems to
promise more than it gives. All four planes are involved. With a
strong attraction to another, you feel the possibility of this
profound and deep spiritual union. There is the energy present
which stimulates two individuals to give each other their full
attention. And with this there are all sorts of emotional revelations
constantly occurring. Physically your body recalls and then
believes you are where you need to be--you have found a home, a
life long friend, a true companion, and finally can be at peace.
All of these things are suggested by sexual and emotional
attraction. But the awakening of these needs may or may not lead
to satisfaction. Most likely they are to a large extent an illusion.
You do not need Haiamon or me to tell you this. A marriage
counselor will say to a couple in conflict, “Be more realistic and
understanding of your partner's needs as you work out these
problems. But some of these needs are your own problem. They
have little or nothing to do with your partner. You have needs that
can only be satisfied by finding new activities which express
feelings you have ignored up to this point in your life.”
It is true, if you feel successful as an individual and engaged in
meaningful activities where you are respected and appreciated,
then you have more to give to your partner. The giving becomes a
sharing of joy. From Haiamon's point of view, the four planes
within an individual can also be developed as I have outlined them.
Partners can turn to each other for erotic and emotional
stimulation. But on the akashic plane we can also find within
ourselves an inner union with the various natural and divine
kingdoms. These energies are also incredibly stimulating and
enchantingly beautiful.
On the mental plane, partners may demand from each other the
attention and appreciation no one else is giving them. But each
individual can learn to encompass their partner's electric and
magnetic energies within their own mind and consciousness. Then
intimacy and openness to each other is automatic.
On the astral plane, many partners long for romance that once
was so strong or else they crave the wild eroticism and passion that
formerly swept them away into each other's arms. There are
perfectly natural ways to renew and restore love's passion and
romance such as experiencing something new with each other or
engaging in outrageous activities that only people in love will do.
Lovers are like heroes on a quest for the Holy Grail. To press the
cup to your lips and to taste you have to first have the daring and
the bravery to seek. And so all couples are responsible for
maintaining their natural attraction to each other by seeking each
other in new ways.
But on the astral plane Haiamon would remind us that we do
not have to wait passively for love to find us or, being realistic and
responsible, settle for a marriage that is devoid of spiritual union
and emotional enchantment. We can explore the four elements of
nature until we are filled to overflowing with ecstasy and magick.
And on the physical plane, as Joseph Campbell suggests, our
task is to take our modern world and transform it into a spiritual
training ground. The work is to take our physical circumstances
and imbue them with spiritual purposes so that we manifest our
ideals. This requires being adaptable, practical, and willing to
learn new things.
For Haiamon, the physical body and sexuality are energy
generators. The more we realize consciously our connections to
the various kingdoms of nature and study attractive energies
perceiving them as part of a larger pattern, the greater our feelings
of being complete and at peace with life. Hidden in sexuality is an
elixir producing health, vitality, and harmony. It reinforces an
individual's personality by granting personal experiences with
satisfaction. And it is also a manifestation of akasha. It contains
the highest magick.
In conclusion, I would emphasize that sexuality has different
meanings for different individuals. Sex can certainly be treated
from a devotional perspective. These individuals practice sexual
austerities to prove to themselves that they are making progress
toward becoming pure. They may ritualize contact with the
opposite gender. In this way they show respect for the mysterious
powers within sexuality.
Others view sex within a traditional context of reproduction and
marital duties and that is it. Some are more exploratory seeking to
probe every nuance and variation of sensual, erotic, and sexual
response for the sake of renewing and bonding with their partners.
And, of course, there are those who practice sexual magick from
within different traditions and also tantras. These procedures are
usually very ritualized. To be effective, individuals must avoid
sexual contact or thoughts for a period of time before or after the
ritual. This insures a great deal of energy is built up between
partners or within a group of individuals. Temporary physical
celibacy and emotional and mental austerities are necessary for
them even if they are only working with the symbolism of
opposite, male-female polarities.
And finally there are the magicians' methods similar to
Haiamon's. Here there is direct perception of masculine and
feminine electro-magnetic energies on all four planes. These
energies are then utilized to produce a magical result or are
brought into union out of adoration for Divine Providence and to
celebrate the mystery and beauty of life. These individuals will
employ at their own discretion devotional, ritual, or various
austerities according to their needs at the time. And I would also
mention that astonishing results can be produced without physical
contact when both partners are psychic and magically trained.
My point is that a magician perceives similar to Haiamon that
the entire universe is constructed from polar forces. All of nature
vibrates in cycles and rhythms and is woven from out of motifs of
union, separation, exploration, and reunion and also conception,
birth, growth, development, maturation, fruition, and death and
transformation. The attraction between human beings is full of the
cords and notes of the songs that have sung the universe into being.
Method. Though in describing the four planes I am offering
various themes and images to contemplate, the method I am using
is quite simple. I visualize the area around myself and the entire
sky filled with green light. In effect, I join my awareness to this
expanse of light. (In this case I use green since it relates to the sign
of Libra.) This fills my mind with one vibration suitable for the
evocation and also excludes all distractions. And then I empty my
mind of all thought and concentrate on forming a connection to
Haiamon. I then bring him down through the four planes carefully
studying how his aura influences me on each plane.
At any point, I may ask him a question and he will transmit to
me the energy configuration that produces experiences. His
communication is not just an intellectual answer to my question. It
provides realizations of his form of awareness. I have also
outlined briefly the various kingdoms of nature on the akashic
plane and Bardon's use of electric and magnetic fluids between
partners for magical purposes from Haiamon's perspective on the
mental plane. The four elements and elemental kingdoms pertain
to the astral plane and together these three planes produce the
dense energies of harmony Haiamon embodies on the physical
plane.
Haiamon suggests, however, that whenever I wish to work with
sexual energy and its transformation, I just imagine a sea of green
light around me that I can use to connect to him in a simple and
relaxed manner. He then guides me into an energy state or
pathworking that explores one of these many energies or spiritual
domains that is most relevant in the present moment to what I can
work on.
For example, in this moment, Haiamon guides me into the
experience of floating in a river. I am immersed in a watery
energy that is very sensual and relaxing. It is like having a
massage and also having a woman sing sweet songs into my ear--a
woman who knows my unfulfilled needs as a child. This is similar
to interacting with certain undines but it is more physical and
grounding. This energy drains the tension out of my body from the
concentration I have been using during this evocation.
I would also note that in using the color green to evoke
Haiamon I have also basically been working through the four
planes as they relate to the cosmic letter F in Bardon's system of
cosmic letters.
For those who enjoy a more artistic rendering of these themes
of sex, attraction, love, separation, and reunion, I offer a number of
poems in my book, The Song of the Universe.

Tagora, 18 degrees Scorpio, On Personal Love

“If you bring forth what is within you, it will save you. If you do
not bring forth what is within you, it will destroy you.” The
Gospel of Thomas

Reason for contacting Tagora. I was visited by the spirit who is

the negative counterpart of Tagora in the earthzone. Consequently,
I want to be sure I work only with the positive spirit and know the
difference between the two.
In my natal chart, my Jupiter is not far from the 18th degree of
Scorpio that relates to Tagora. Mars and Pluto, the joint rulers of
Scorpio, are also directly opposite in my natal chart. This means
there is a tendency for my personal will to be in direct opposition
to the purposes of very powerful individuals and organizations.
There is also a tendency for those with this astrological aspect to
feel paralyzed and to despair because they are overwhelmed with
feelings of helplessness.
On the other hand, this aspect has some advantages. It enables
you to notice the most secret intentions and motivations of
individuals. And things going on behind the scenes in
organizations are clear to you. In other words, the opposition
means you are constantly exposed to power brokers. Since for a
magician all power derives from akasha and is subject to divine
oversight, it is natural for a magician to sense how power works
and what governs its disposition.

Scorpio in Earthzone. If you meditate in the vibration of Scorpio

in the earthzone, you notice how this sign builds and maintains a
high charge of energy. It is a master of primal desires and it
calmly wields a great deal of power. The constellation of Scorpio
has been placed in the sky to remind us that desire and will are
among the building blocks of creation.
If Scorpio were a human being, he could be kind and
affectionate like a Boy Scout director or a camp counselor. You
might think he is sweet like a Cancer and as dedicated to others as
a Pisces. But this would only be his personality. Behind his
gentleness is secret power. He would be the equivalent of the
captain of a nuclear submarine or, more likely, the field
commander of special forces. In civilian life, Scorpio would be a
brain surgeon or the head the National Center for Disease Control.
Scorpio combines control of hidden powers with the capacity to
protect and to heal others.

18 degrees Scorpio. This degree develops great inner strength in

oneself and it also knows how to express affection with others.

Tagora's Domain. This level of akasha takes primal energies and

transforms them with love. In Tagora's domain, it is easy to
experience the archetypes and divine images that embody the
energies of the seven chakras. Without having practiced yoga for
decades, you enter states of trance that express the realizations
belonging to the various chakras. Though the energies in the
chakras are sometimes wild, mysterious, and overpowering,
Tagora will point out to you how love commands them all.

Tagora's Sigil. This sigil combines opposites to such a degree you

are no longer aware that originally there was separation. Oneness
is the reality. Separation is an error, a mistake, and a denial of the
purposes of life. In other words, this sigil evokes a profound state
of love. As sigils go, this one is rather amazing.

Tagora's Inner Source of Inspiration. Tagora sees the body as a

temple containing the light and fire of Divine Providence. We feel
this heat in the warmth of our bodies, in our desires, and as the
longings in our dreams. Its light is present in all our nerves and
sensory perceptions. Consciousness reflects its radiance. Hidden
in desires are the plans and purposes of divinity.
When this light is fully radiant within us, we become
indestructible. We become divine beings. Like the light of Divine
Providence, nothing can dim or put it out. The words, “We shall
put on immortality” summarize the wisdom and inspiration of the
love of which Tagora is a guardian.

Tagora's Outer Aura. With ease, Tagora works with the entire
spectrum of kundalini and primal energies within a human being.
These are expressed with poise and serenity. Though always clear
and calm, the feeling of deep power is always present. This is
where the lion and the lamb find peace, the king delights in
innocence, and the playful child has the power be needs to
overcome malice and evil.

Inner Aura. As a car battery contains opposite poles, Tagora

synchronizes the energy of two individuals so you feel a fabulous
inner connection and oneness with another. The rapport is so
great, you feel the other is inside of you and a part of you. In other
words, though opposite genders and different personalities, you
become one energy system.
There is a knowledge and power human beings acquire by
building empires and discovering the secrets of nature. The
knowledge and experience found in the body and soul are not of
lesser power or significance. Their influence can accomplish as
much if not more than any emperor or scientific genius in shaping
the world we all share. Love is the lord and the goddess of the
path of inner wisdom. This is the essence of Tagora's inspiration.

Pathworking. After briefly drawing Tagora's sigil in the air, I

practice free association. In a relaxed state of mind, I shift through
a number of images and memories relating to Scorpio and Tagora.
After a few minutes, I come upon a familiar experience. In the
visualization, I am holding hands with a woman. We have joined
the energy flowing through the main meridians of our bodies.
This is done by combining the Du Mai and Ren Mai meridians
that run up the back and up the front of the body. These “extra”
meridians can be joined so that the chi or vitality flows up the back
and down the front of the body in one circle. This microcosmic
orbit can also, for example, flow through the arms and hands so it
connects to another individual.
This is what I experience now. The life force as well as the
masculine and feminine energy of two individuals is joined into
one flow and energy system. For practitioners of Taoist yoga, this
is easy to do. It can even be done without being physically present
with one's partner. Vitality, like psychic energy, requires no
physical medium in order to circulate between partners who have a
strong rapport.
In 1981, I walked into the Chinese cultural plaza in New York
City. Sitting among a group of Chinese students, I took a lesson in
this meditation from Mantak Chia. A number of years later, at a
summer camp, I met one of Mantak Chia's students who was quite
adept at projecting her consciousness and performing the
microcosmic meditation within others as a method of healing.
This is a form of transference of consciousness. We can learn
to sense the vitality in our own chakras and body. When
consciousness is transferred outside our body, we can also sense
another's body energy in a way similar to sensing our own. There
is also the possibility, as in this case, of uniting two individuals’
life force so there is a psychic union.
With this combined energy of another and myself, I notice my
third eye is opened. I feel I have entered a mandala that aligns the
energies of nature and divinity into one harmony. The energy
within myself has become universal. I feel free to move into
anything within nature or into any spiritual being and be
completely at ease as I do so. In other words, this degree of
intimacy with a partner amplifies psychic perception and spiritual
mobility in addition to being an expression of personal love.
The woman's awareness is also increased due to combining the
strength of two individuals. But the feminine response is intensely
sensual. The elements in the astral body are intensified. The
senses are intoxicated with the feelings of love. The nerves are
like streams of bliss overflowing their banks. Passion becomes a
sacred dance.
These two points of view are not separate. The sensuality and
bliss of the woman embraces and supports the vision of the man. It
enables him to feel release and to be at peace. It offers him a home
and a time and place of renewal. And, for the woman, the man
illuminates the depths of herself and of nature at the same time.
The presence of his life force and spirit within her is like a sun
burning bright. Its power brings order and completion to the
seasons of life.
Our awareness, in part, is derived from our body and our
activities. In using our senses we observe and focus our attention.
Awareness also follows the movement of energy. When you
circulate energy with a partner, you become the circle of energy
and the awareness of both partners flow together.
As with Tagora's sigil, the pathworking brings me to an
intimacy and oneness so real I feel we have never been apart.
There is a naturalness to this joining. Breathing the air and gazing
into each other’s eyes is like sipping a wine refined from the
ecstasies of love.
In real life experience, I have met women who are able to
perceive and work with this kind of energy circulation. For this
kind of intimacy, each partner must possess a spiritual will, a
natural affection, and a genuine enjoyment of being transparent
with another. And, as with high magick, there must be the ability
to identify with akasha so fear dissolves.

Akashic Plane. On the akashic plane, Tagora embodies a

concentration that penetrates into the mysteries of the nervous
system and the kundalini energy hidden at the base of the spine. If
you concentrate your mind slightly above the perineum or at the
bottom of the spine, you may be able to detect a massive power.
As you continue meditating, this primal “serpent” power begins
to uncoil and ascend through the spine. Kundalini Yoga in India
has its own variety of methods for awakening this power and
leading it up the spine to the top of the head where it joins with the
crown chakra. There are many stories about the dangers and
rewards of this kind of practice.
Tagora's awareness penetrates through every aspect of the
process regardless of whether you use the more physical methods
of the Orient or methods more contemplative and symbolic in
nature. It is quite possible to activate any “petal” from any chakra
without having to practice yoga for years. Energy accumulates in
the body where you concentrate. The energy configurations in the
subtle, etheric body can become radiant with light just by
meditating on them.
Tantra, in its many forms, is also a way of activating the
chakras. In tantra, you join with your opposite or your object of
worship. This can be done in a completely abstract manner
employing images of deities and symbols of divine attributes and
so forth. It also can be done by working with another person. To
some extent, lovers activate each other's chakras through their
love.
Some of President Clinton's friends agreed that he was someone
who could become a politician. He already had that within him.
But president of the United States? Never. He was much too
friendly and easy going. However, when he married Hillary, the
presidency became an option. Her inner power influenced him.
Kundalini, considered a feminine energy, has the strength of steel
and its will sees everything.
Tagora comprehends all aspects of masculine and feminine
attraction and the ways such attraction leads to higher states of
consciousness. In Kundalini Yoga, each chakra has its own set of
deities in which a god and goddess embrace. Masculine and
feminine interactions, whether cosmic, divine, or psychological,
give birth to all the energies of life. Any relationship of affection
triggers various energies in the chakras depending on the nature of
the original attraction.
Working with Tagora enhances and balances the natural
attraction between two individuals. He fills in for what is missing
in a relationship. Tagora likes to teach individuals how to master
the polarities of masculine and feminine.
A woman I met studied Zen for many years. She used to go to
her master when she was having trouble with her husband. The
master would say things like, “If there is no self, then there is no
problem. Let's sit.” In Zen, they develop an awareness so empty
and clear, nothing can control or disturb your mind.
But if you went to a master of Kundalini Yoga who knew about
relationships in the Western world, she might say, “Oh, you are
upset with your husband because he is demanding and thinks you
owe him what he wants. Deep down, you want him to preserve
and protect life more like Vishnu, the god who rules in the second
chakra. You want him to be more oriented toward family life.
Therefore, meditate on Vishnu's consort, Rakini Shakti. Embody
her passionate warmth that is vitalizing and inspiring. Your
husband will respond feeling your energy flowing through him and
so become the counterpart you crave.”
The Swami is not telling the woman to manipulate her husband
by psychic means. She is saying there is a natural polarity and
continuous exchange of energy between men and women. If you
are not getting what you want from a relationship, become both
more powerful and more generous so that your two personalities
are enriched and fulfilled.
Do not fight over scare resources of emotional support. Love
with more potency. In a similar way, meditating with Tagora on
the akashic plane is a means for circulating in yourself all the
energies of polar attraction and also applying them in your
relationships.

Mental Plane. On the mental plane, Tagora is a master of

happiness, sensuality, and gratification. He comprehends all the
nerves, occult anatomy, and psychic energies that relate to desire
and satisfaction. Tagora could easily write a book about pleasures
known and unknown that are a part of human experience.
Pleasure, in this case, is soothing to the senses and brings harmony
to the soul. As you know, Scorpios have a deep knowledge about
such things.
This is also the highly trained mind of a yogi who can activate
any energy within his body through concentration. For example,
by focusing on the third chakra, Tagora shows you how to be as
forceful and commanding as any general. The heart chakra
contains an aura as inspiring and radiant as any saint. The second
chakra creates an atmosphere intoxicated with bliss. In the first
chakra, you could easily see the Himalayan Mountains as the outer
manifestation of the solidity and endurance you feel inside
yourself.
In the throat chakra, you feel action and transcendence are
combined into one. In the third eye, you see through space and
time. And in the crown chakra the “higher” and “lower” energies
in the body--Shiva and Shakti--combine. You feel one with the
universe. The joining is so complete (I notice in this moment) it
takes an effort of will to come back to everyday consciousness.
Many yogis who taste this experience are content to live the rest of
their lives as ascetics and hermits. In summary, meditating with
Tagora on the mental plane teaches us how to activate the psychic
capacities latent within our nervous system.
Let's explore one of the chakras a little further. As I enter
Tagora's mind and concentrate on my first chakra (slightly above
the perineum or at the base of my spine), I immediately feel
energy building up in my legs. The soles of my feet are tingling--I
feel a faint throbbing in the ground vibrating through my body as if
something immense is beginning to stir and shake the earth. I have
the sensation of gravity increasing around my body as if I am
blasting off in the space shuttle. There is a paralyzing weight and
heaviness. I feel I am encased within a huge boulder or at the
center of a mountain. My body feels as dense as metal.
In this place, there is a feminine presence. It is ancient and
primordial, a desire older than the DNA molecule. If matter and
the elements of the periodic table could form one craving and one
ideal, if they could have one wish, it would be this--to join with the
highest spirit there is. This primordial hunger within nature (and
within our bodies) will never be satisfied with anything less.
Matter seeks union with spirit. Every sensation, mode of
perception, vital essence, and feeling experienced by the human
race records the movements of this journey.
This drive to be alive and to experience all that is in life is more
powerful than sex, sensuality, or pleasure and pain. The first
chakra empowers all the other chakras. It is the motive force
inspiring all transformations. Like the force of gravity that binds
stars into the shape of galaxies, this primal power displays
constellations of desires and ideals that captivate our attention and
command us to explore. To join with this force is to see through
every desire and call it forth or dissolve it at will. It is to honor all
of life's experiences and yet to seek to embody those ideals that
make us more than what we are.
Every marriage falls into this space at some point for a few
days or sometimes for years. Then it is not a matter of desire and
satisfaction, of sacrifice, suffering, or giving. It is not about
getting what you want or making someone else happy. It is about
accepting what is and understanding that all of life is sacred--that
what you experience contains the seeds of your transformation.
With the universality of the four fundamental forces of nature or of
nuclear fusion, the first chakra burns with this fire and conviction--
every desire shall be satisfied and every ideal made real. Our
bodies are patiently waiting for and supporting our efforts to
accomplish this.

Astral Plane. On the astral plane, Tagora's aura makes the inner
emotional life of individuals completely transparent to your sight.
He removes barriers so you feel completely open and a part of
another person. The intimacy established is profound because the
deepest desires and energies of the body flow through the
relationship and sustain it. This is that sense of the sushumna or
psychic channel running through the center of your body being
completely joined to another person's. Every aspect of your
psyche, known and unknown, is in a mode of sharing.
On the astral plane is the experience of being saturated with
feeling. However, the psychic centers in the body are highly
protected. It is dangerous to activate them since this may expose
individuals to psychic hazards from which they cannot escape or
illnesses they are unable to heal. For these reasons, there are
natural barriers in place that keep these chakras from being
prematurely opened.
Love is no less protective and preserving. But it also finds
ways to share and circulate soul life and feeling directly between
the astral bodies of two individuals. Love creates a space where
barriers dissolve.
When such love touches you, when you enter love's zone of
wonder, you feel completely new and revived--beauty seizes you
and turns your life into a dream. The ecstasies of the four elements
on the astral plane animate you with feelings you never knew
existed. The harmony within nature, between intimate partners,
and among spiritual beings--these all intermingle and flow as one
on the astral plane. For partners, this is also the feeling that
another's love and astral body are within your own body as if the
other has slipped inside you to inspire and to make the oneness
complete.
The song writer asks, “Tell me how can we live so many sad
and lonely years?” And then to discover suddenly that your soul
and all that you feel flows as one breath and one love with another
person--it is like shifting from gray to color or going from blurred
vision to crystal clear.

Physical Plane. You feel all the chakras of your body are open and
joined with another person. This oneness, again, is so deep you
feel you have never been separate. In part, this is because you
understand and seem to share all your memories and experiences
as if you have both lived through them. And also the relationship
increases your energies--love is like another set of heart and lungs
oxygenating and circulating blood through both your bodies. You
are vitalized and uplifted.
Rapport such as this shatters the reality of the world and gives
life a new meaning. If another can understand and be a part of
everything within you, then it is natural to want to bring this flame
of passion and love to all that you do. This is not just a private
love affair. It enables you to sense the inner life in everyone and to
how to make others' lives richer and more whole as well. Your
affection naturally overflows to others.
There is, of course, a very dangerous and dark side to loving
with this Scorpio intensity and penetrating intimacy. If you are
touched by love in this way, it is next to impossible to imagine
living life without it. Even when the experience is dimly reflected
and the result of wish, illusion, imagination, or blind craving, the
feeling of being connected to another is total. It is easy to go
temporarily insane when the spell is broken. To live without this
love is to walk naked through a thunderstorm of pain.
 Still, love is a way of being. When it flows from your heart, it
is not dependent on another's actions. It is not contingent,
something to be modified or put away after it has been betrayed or
a relationship cannot sustain its presence.
If I might speak here on behalf of Tagora, he would say with a
base voice that can fill an entire valley with resonance, “Love is
never lost. Its beauty and power retain their full force. If you make
room for love in your heart, you will fill the world with its
radiance.” Love such as this is a constant celebration of the union
of masculine and feminine. Nature as well as spirit waits for us to
offer each other such gifts.
The sign of Scorpio has within it an understanding of ideals and
how they awaken and transform our desires. For this reason, it
might be tempting to subsume the love Tagora teaches under a
topic such as the love between a human being and his or her
god/goddess. It would be safer to confine it to a ritual space--a
Eucharist, a tantric puga, or a Wiccan evocation of the goddess.
But making an ideal part of our experience is a matter of will,
strength, and endurance. If you hold an ideal in your heart and live
it with conviction so it becomes a part of your astral body, then it
is inevitable it will also manifest in your life experience.
Tagora says to me: "You were not touched with love and
affection enough as a child. You seek in a creative way to attain a
oneness with nature to compensate but this will not satisfy you.
“You need to be suspended in comforting sensations and to feel
relief from pain and distress so you let go, relax, and find pleasure
in another's presence. Normally, this is second chakra affection
and sensuality. But since your problem originates in infancy, it
requires the infant's absorption in another's will so that you again
experience total dependence, vulnerability, and helplessness. You
need to be in a space where you are free to respond without having
to think or worry about anything. And this is something you
cannot imagine.
“Of course, sex can capture some of this if the woman is
yielding, responds sensually, and freely shares with you her
feelings. If she gives all of herself to you, then you will feel your
deepest needs are being met.”
What Tagora mentions reminds me of an undine named Osipeh
who automatically offers comfort and a sense of letting go,
experiencing sensual bliss, and being immersed in affection
without needing to think or act. This kind of interaction occurs
naturally as an undine's aura animates your body and feelings. In
tantric relationships, this is also where your partner is 100% there
for you in body and soul. The connection is deep, powerful, and
mesmeric so you can put your whole will and concentration into
the sensations. Still, Tagora’s words are well spoken.

Common Difficulties/Imbalances. In part, Tagora represents

Scorpio. This sign is a little difficult to explain to those who do
not have its influence in their natal chart. On a spiritual level, it is
being able to confront your deepest desires and also to possess the
will that transforms them. The darkest instincts within the
unconscious and the brightest light within the akasha are joined
with ease in Scorpio's concentration.
The problem, then, is feeling comfortable with this penetrating
insight into the etheric/physical nervous system and the secret
desires of the astral body. The thing is Tagora does not think in
terms of desire and craving. He perceives directly the charge and
qualities of energy in each person. At the same time, he sees these
same energies in their purest form after they have been refined and
transformed. He sees the light hidden within desire and shows you
how to draw it forth.
You may come to Tagora wanting to know how to be more
satisfied and fulfilled. Tagora can help you with this. He can
unfold options relating to how to work within yourself and when
and how to fulfill your needs through expressing love with others.
But Tagora's job is to teach how to master every nuance and
aspect of the nervous system and the astral body. Again, desire is
energy, charge, intensity, movement, change, and transformation.
Tagora oversees the entire process from beginning to end. Every
aspect of desire is subject to the will of spirit. Finding this kind of
perception and command grants you tremendous freedom and the
ability to transform others. It gets you out of your ruts and enables
you to move on to the next phase of your evolution.

The Negative Counterpart of Tagora

The Dark Side of Scorpio. The dark side of Scorpio is like the
Goddess Kundalini in her negative aspect. Swami Muktananda
tells the story of how he encountered in a vision a beautiful and
regal woman. She was irresistible. But whenever he embraced
her, she turned into a horrible and hideous serpent who poisoned
him. This experience repeated itself till he thought his condition
was beyond repair. But then he discovered the serpent was the
goddess Kundalini. At that point, the goddess revealed her true
nature to him and blessed him.
Scorpio in its negative energy amplifies your fears and
repressed desires till they take control of you. Like the serpent
power in kundalini, its force and will can be so strong that it usurps
and temporarily takes over the intelligence and mind of an
individual. The awakened kundalini is sometimes described as
having the demeanor of a snake being beaten with a stick--its hiss
is full of venom and pure hatred. But snakes are not completely
hostile. For example, they like Hopi Indian priests who stroke
their bellys with a feather amid mesmeric chanting until they fall
asleep.
But when someone is possessed by negative energy, it is not the
personality that is in control. It is an aspect of the unconscious. It
is detached and cold as a serpent. As an autonomous complex in
the unconscious, it awakens and uncoils itself when it senses
something near it wishes to devour. Its stealth can be greater and
its will more implacable than anything modern psychology
understands.
Astrologers like to say that Scorpios are either down in a pit, as
cold as a reptile, or else soaring on wings of vision. In the later
case, they are healers and highly skilled in lending assistance to
others. In all cases, they work with the themes of death and
transformation. But before passions can be transformed, they must
undergo a profound change. It is will that carries you there. The
black despair and the hostility in negative Scorpio are the will of
an immature infant in its rage.

The 18th Degree of Scorpio. In the negative version, this degree of

Scorpio makes you aware of the emptiness inside yourself and that
you are going to have to do something about it. It reminds you
that you are in an intolerable condition. It gives you permission to
do whatever you need to do to get out of your situation.
The positive naturally increases your power. The negative also
increases your power but, as with the scorpion, by poisoning
others. Do you wish to be transformed so you can be of assistance
to others or do you desire to transmit pain and suffering to impress
others with your strength? It is the difference between saying, “No
one can mess with me and get away with it” versus “We WILL
work this out to everyone’s satisfaction.” It is your intent that
determines whether you draw upon the positive or negative,
whether it is light or darkness that you embrace.

The Negative Spirit's Domain. The negative counterpart of Tagora

has the attitude of a parasite. It is like a bloodsucker. It attaches
itself to its victim and draws the other's life into itself. But in this
case it likes to sustain the life of its victim so the process can go
on. If it has complete control, it will keep the other alive and even
well.
Again, if an individual or even a nation is confused, disoriented,
in pain or completely lost, the negative can step in and offer a
powerful remedy. The negative establishes order, stability,
definition, and boundaries. It gives the individual or nation work
to accomplish. For many individuals, the loss of freedom is a
small price to pay to gain these benefits.
Even modern medicine has discovered a useful application for
bloodsuckers. When a finger that has been severed is reattached,
the bloodsucker is used to get the blood circulating through the
finger again. The slight loss of blood is a small price to pay in
exchange for the benefits. Similarly, many times a brief contact
with evil is all that is required to return many individuals to a path
of light and high commitment. But without the decisive will and
knowledge of a doctor a traumatic experience can be an absolute
disaster.
We see it all the time. One person fills another's emptiness. But
in the case of the negative, there must be no attempt at escape--no
suggestion, no hint, not even a wistful glance. Submission is
expected to be done with conviction to avoid an outpouring of
wrath.
It is true that there are men or women who use advanced power
and control tactics to dominate their partners. They control the
other's friends, finances, activities, education, clothes, children and
every choice. This builds up the perpetrator's sense of self-esteem
and power.
But from the point of view of this domain, these individuals
have weak egos and are insecure and vulnerable. They only
imitate the dark arts. From a negative spirit's perspective, they are
not worth contacting or influencing.
Hardened perpetrators of domestic violence are after
domination. But their manipulation is only external even when
their words and body language are sophisticated and powerful. By
contrast, the negative spirits are after absolute control of the other's
spirit at the core of the other's being and they know how to get it.
They do not need to use external manipulation and this is not a
personal thing. You could say they are more telepathic and
diabolical in their means.

Negative version

Outer Aura. The thing you notice immediately about this spirit is
his capacity to sense the deepest pleasures in your nervous system
and the hungers within your body and brain. This spirit offers an
entire carnival of side shows and exciting activities when it comes
to gratification of primal needs.
Never seen it? Never dreamed of it? He will take you beyond
the boundaries of your imagination. You cannot believe what this
spirit has up his sleeve. He is an Anne Rice when it comes to
sensuality, a Sappho when it comes to desire, and a Marquis de
Sade when it comes to pain and pleasure--all of these rolled into
one.
I do not want to explore this in detail but let us just say his
images are most graphic when it comes to portraying involuntary
body responses to intense stimulation. The deepest emotions are
on display. For those who lack personal contact with others and
who are unfamiliar with genuine love, this spirit offers powerful
experiences of bonding with others to fill in when love has not
been found.

Inner Aura. His inner purpose is to attain total control over

another so the other's spirit is absorbed into himself. He is after
oneness but in a diabolical form. Freedom is banished from this
realm or, to put it another way, freedom of choice has no part to
play. Though individual choice is very important in a modern
society, this spirit is no less effective in our times. What he offers
in place of the anxiety of having choice is a deep sense of security
and safety. But these gifts are the result of being held in an iron
grip though they seem to shield you from everything, again, as
long as you do things his way.
Consequently, the security combined with the intensity of
pleasure strip an individual of his or her mind. Like a mind
altering drug, your identity and personality are no longer operating
independently when sensations and emotions are this strong.
The secret purpose found even within the negative? Like a
patient with a heart attack or someone in despair, you hit them with
a shot of adrenaline to get them to come back. Or when the pain is
too great or the loss too much to bear, you give them morphine.
Some psychologists place their patients in touch with the craving
and desire that brought them into life. You combine the bliss and
forgetfulness of the womb with the trauma of birth and the
astonishment of the first breath all in one experience. That is what
this spirit commands--an element of fate lying in wait to take hold
of you when you lose your way.

Pathworking. As I start the pathworking, I can see right away how

I have encountered a pure, implacable form of domination in my
early life. Later on, when I sought to escape from this, I ran into
an equally powerful but a more hypnotic individual who was a
spiritual teacher.
What was I doing with such an individual? Considering how
much magick has played a role in my life, it was natural for me at
that time to seek out someone who had a powerful, integrated, and
complete system of magick I could sense his wealth of knowledge
just standing in front of his door.
You just cannot run away from your karma. It is there in front
of you, behind you, and inside of you. And this spiritual teacher?
One day he made a simple mistake. To demonstrate the degree of
his domination over his students, he said to me, "You have to do
what is in your heart." He presumed that everyone believed he
knew more about the heart than anyone else.
When he said that, I knew right away I was in the wrong place
and so I packed and left within the hour. As for our negative spirit
and this spiritual teacher? When it comes to controlling others, the
two of them share a family resemblance.
There is a story in Buddhism about how in one of his former
incarnations Buddha was in a Hindu hell. When he saw someone
suffering more than him he offered to help the other person. But
hell has no place for compassion. The future Buddha was instantly
thrown out of hell. When you listen to your heart and conscience,
negative energy runs away from you. It cannot endure that
vibration.
At this point in the pathworking, I pause to look at both the
positive and negative spirits at once. The questions are, "Can the
primal passion, intoxicating eroticism, and raw power of the
negative be expressed in a positive way? Or is the positive
impotent in lacking understanding and the capacity to transform
the instinctual desires and the forces within nature where the
negative is more active?”
The negative spirit possesses a power that he offers as a gift. It
is something that modern society and all our educational
institutions seem to lack. He opens a gate leading directly into
ancient and primal desires. They are hypnotic and devastating if
you are unprepared for what you see. The positive, on the other
hand, never departs from harmony. Everything it does is full of
love and beauty.
As I study the two, I can see more differences. The positive
always enhances and expands consciousness. Feelings are refined
and become more intuitive. The negative, by contrast, relies on a
narrowing of consciousness that is typical of hypnotic states.
The negative offers physical gratification, intense sensations,
enthrallment, and spellbinding emotional displays. The positive
can present the same intensity of sensation, gratification, and
emotional connection but it refines these into bliss and ecstasy.
The positive offers in addition inner union, soul connection, and
the fulfillment of higher spiritual purposes. The negative is
perfectly blind when it comes to the transformations of genuine
love. It cannot imagine another way of being than what it already
knows.
I can see at this point in the pathworking how the deepest
cravings and the most primal desires contain within themselves
divine powers. Filling the world with beauty requires that we be
able to take the densest of physical things and the darkest of
desires and breathe spirit into them. This is the positive side. The
negative cannot comprehend such acts of transcendence.
 Radina, 26 degrees Scorpio, On Magical/Quabbalistic Healing

Reason for Evocation. I would like to develop some healing

abilities, recover quicker from illness, and, if possible, lend
assistance to others. Though I maintain a healthy life style, I do
not have a natural ability for healing. I do not carry around within
me a surcharge of energy. I bestow no blessings on others due to
the bright and radiant qualities of my aura. Like a typical
Aquarian, I am more concerned with the future rather than with
capturing others’ attention with a charismatic presence. Though I
can accumulate a great deal of energy when I concentrate, this
energy serves other purposes than revitalizing the physical body.
I am, however, very sensitive to energy. I only need a small
sample of a spirit's aura to write pages about that spirit's qualities.
Once I almost went back to college to get a Ph.D. in physiology. I
thought it would be great to join meditation, biochemistry, and the
medical understanding of how the body works. At that time, I
phoned the head the University of Hawaii Medical School. We
talked for fifteen minutes about requirements for a degree in
physiology, the curriculum, and how physiology was related to a
regular medical degree.
Though I can speak with Radina about his healing methods and
practices, the following essay is like the phone conversation with
the head of the medical program at the University of Hawaii.
Getting details about the curriculum does not in any way qualify
me to diagnose or perform surgery. You have to take the program
and do the internship before you become qualified. A conversation
with the head of a medical program or in this case with Radina
does give you a clear outline of the requirements and the work
necessary for spiritual healing.
Still, I am already familiar with some of the things Radina
mentions as requirements. Certainly for individuals already skilled
in healing or medicine or who wish to train over the years, Radina
is an invaluable source of wisdom and support.
26th Degree of Scorpio in the Earthzone. To put it simply, this is a
penetrating and formless state of awareness in which you create
health and harmony in living beings. In magical terms, this is a
Quabbalistic volting power that conjures up from out of nothing
healing power by virtue of the spoken word.

Radina's Domain in Akasha. This form of intuition can see

everything going on in the body and heal through the power of
akasha. Again, this is an extremely penetrating awareness.

Radina's Sigil. This sigil increases your ability to heal. You

develop power over the physical body.
After this evocation, I tried using the sigil again to work on one
of the first exercises in Bardon's book, Initiation into Hermetics. I
drew Radina's sigil in front of me in the air on three planes. I
concentrated into this image the idea of magical healing. In the
exercise, the idea is to practice gathering vital energy into one's
body from the air.
By meditating with this sigil, I get a very nice accumulation of
brilliant white light in my body and, indeed, it feels like healing
energy. I quickly reach what seems to be the maximum amount of
accumulation that I can endure. It is also easy to move the energy
from my body into my hands and then into my fingertips. The 26
degree of Scorpio, which is Radina's station in the earthzone, is
one degree off of my natal Jupiter. This seems to give me a strong
tie to this spirit.

Radina's Inner Source of Inspiration. Those who understand light,

akasha, and the spoken word are free to heal at their own
discretion. Creation is celebration. Magical healing is an act of
Divine Providence. You can heal and restore health and harmony
even when there is no basis for the healing. It is your creative will
that authorizes and initiates the changes.
In other words, if being sick serves a karmic purpose, the healer
himself provides an inspiration and an empowerment that in the
moment of healing transmits a new spirit into the sick person. To
do this, you have to manifest in the individual here and now the
lesson the individual would have acquired through suffering. You
provide the realization and the insight that it would have taken the
individual perhaps years to learn on his or her own. There are
many laws governing matter, history, and consciousness. But one
of these laws is that you can make things new in accordance with
the love and the inspiration that is within you.

Radina's Outer Aura. Like Scorpio, Radina's aura is very intense

and highly charged. Feeling Radina's aura is like holding your
hand above water that has a great deal of magical power within it.
This is somewhat similar to what is called a magical volt--there is
electrical fluid contained within a field of magnetic energy. That
is, there is an element present that is incredibly dynamic and
arousing. It stimulates and revives. And there is a power that is
very soothing, comforting, and nurturing. It removes tension and
tranquilizes. Radina employs both with great skill. There is, then,
a gentle and affectionate touch that is connected to an immense
power of transformation.

Inner Aura. Radina has an akashic awareness that can control the
blood cells, muscle tissue, hormones, endocrine glands,
metabolism, and physiology of the body. He can command the
body and it responds to his will. He has that Scorpio ability to take
something that is dark and impure and then transform it so it is
new and clear.

Akashic Plane. On the akashic plane, Radina embodies an austere

and noble power. It might be easiest to see him as Bardon says,
“All theurgic (i.e., Quabbalistic) methods for healing on this planet
are under this head.” It is possible, then, to visualize Radina as
inspiring and watching over all methods that seek the direct
intervention of God, divinity, or akasha in order to effect a cure.
He embodies the power of the spoken word as it is used for
healing.
Let us consider a few examples. Tibetans have healing yidams
such as the Medicine Buddha and Green Tara. Among other
things, they use pujas and ritual ceremonies to heal.
Chanting is used for healing in all traditions. For example, the
Navaho with their sand paintings, Blessings Way, and so forth,
bring the spirit within individuals back into harmony. There are
also the shamans who leave their bodies to search on the inner
planes for the part of the soul that is missing. There are entire
churches that pray directly to heal one of their members.
One of the qualities of akasha is that it commands all that exists.
It is more penetrating and more powerful than anything in physical
manifestation. The use of faith and conviction, the soul journey,
the ritual evocation, and trained visualization--these are ways of
applying the power of akasha to heal an individual.
There are, however, different kinds of faith, conviction, belief,
and trust. There is the trust that says, “OK, I am putting this in
your hands God. Thanks in advance for whatever you do. I accept
the outcome as your will.” This is trust, no doubt about it. But
such trust in itself does not enter akasha.
We come a little close to akasha through an act of faith that
knows without any doubt that it is joined to a sovereign God and
that this is a two way link. It senses intuitively that the physical
world can be changed. It embodies within itself a fire of will that
gathers force and brings change about. This is not stealing
something from the sovereignty of God. This is more responsible.
It practices to become a conduit for the power of divinity.
The idea is not to take your body into a church or temple in
order to worship God. The idea is that you are God's temple and
you meet Him within your body. It is your will that calls forth the
fire of divinity to burn within your heart. The Holy of Holies, the
Ark of the Covenant, and the Holy Grail are within you.
To be a conduit, therefore, of God’s healing power is to be
more than passively receptive and trusting. It is to be a vessel in
which God’s presence can appear. Such a vessel is not constructed
just with faith, devotion, and dedication. It also has within it a
degree of God’s will and power. Once again, the constellation of
Scorpio has been placed in the sky to remind us that desire and will
are among the building blocks of creation.
Radina is a supervisor, or better, a priest within akasha. He
guides you to develop this faith, exercise this power, and assume
this spiritual will. The power of the spoken word vibrates within
and around Radina.
The spirits of the zone of Mercury think of themselves as
embodying the highest aspect and first light of divinity as it
manifests within creation. Radina has this same feeling about him.
You sense absolute faith and a conviction that nothing can hold
him back or interfere with his work. If you are going to apprentice
to Radina to any extent, you need to become comfortable with this
level of intensity and purity.
On the other hand, this is just Scorpio at its best--it takes poison
and corruption and transforms it into life that is rich and fulfilling.
There is a lot of will, power, and conviction hidden in Scorpio.
Again, Radina embodies these qualities.
The spoken word relates to the throat chakra to which Hindu's
assign the fifth element of akasha. To create from out of nothing
involves being within a space of emptiness. This state is so
rigorous and penetrating it can dissolve matter and the limitations
of life. It is like a miniature, magical chamber containing the
powers of creation. It works with incredible pressures. It is able to
focus on an image of what is desired and take that vision and fill it
with energy until it becomes reality.
Some teaching hospitals have their own miniature cyclotrons.
They manufacture radioactive isotopes for diagnosis and research.
Radina can manufacture the primary energies of life to restore an
individual to health. His level of accomplishment in this area is
truly profound.

Mental Plane. Magical healing requires that you embody within

yourself an equilibrium and health that is in harmony with the
universe. Then, when you are with another person, there is a body
to body transmission of healing life force. You are like a battery
that gets another individual's energy pumped up and circulating
again.
This not to say that you pass your own life force directly into
another person. Instead, your presence acts with a power similar to
a magnet that realigns the magnetic field of a piece of iron near it.
A Quabbalistic magician who specializes in healing can begin
leading another person back to health through the command of his
voice or through his power of visualization.
On the mental plane, then, we do something different than what
we were doing on the akashic plane. We move away from the
symbols of ancient Israel that explored faith, holiness, and power
of akasha. We are more concerned now with the systematic
organization and clarity of concepts similar to the thought of the
ancient Greeks who tried to elevate the mind to its highest level.
But our interest is not merely intellectual. Though diagnosis works
with observation and scientific inquiry, our task will be to perceive
directly the quality of energy in the body and to reconfigure it
mentally.
To do this we have to perfect a balance of the four elements
within ourselves. We learn to concentrate, for example, with the
power of elemental beings. With the penetrating awareness of a
gnome, we learn to probe with our minds and act directly upon the
density of muscle and bone. The mind becomes familiar with
molecular vibrations and chemical bonding and so the matrix of
matter is opens to our gaze.
Consequently, for Radina, it is possible to visualize with such
power that calcium deposits around the spine dissolve. The
calcium molecules forget how to cling together because the mental
vibration and image imprinted upon the spine is more powerful.
The student learns to do this because his spirit is at home within
and can change the vibrations of physical matter. Gnomes are
enthusiastic teachers of this kind of concentration. It is helpful to
make them your friends.
 In a similar manner, there are basic abilities to learn from the
other elemental beings. From the salamanders you learn about
heat, electricity, and the explosive force of fire. From undines, you
learn about magnetism and the healing properties of water. From
sylphs, you learn about breath and oxygen and the magick in
sounds and tones.
Add to this training an ability to condense and dissolve the
colors of the visible and invisible light spectrum. In other words,
there is a basic training on the mental plane that involves extending
the range of vibrations that the mind can perceive and also change.
Then the student meditates on the body and becomes acquainted
with each of the organs and their functions as well as the
progression of illness and their natural remedies.
You may choose to use cosmic letters as recipes like herbal
formulas. When you concentrate, virus, bacteria, blood and nerve
cells, muscle tissue as well as the entire metabolism respond to
your suggestion. Your concentration penetrates the atoms,
molecules, and chemistry of the body. The images of health you
employ gather and store life force and accelerate the healing
process.
Consider an example. A woman I knew was in India when she
was bit by a serpent. Her arm was terrible injured and she was
near death. A friend of hers went to a Tibetan lama. She asked
him how her friend could be healed.
The Tibetan lama replied that if, on behalf of her sick friend,
she went to several monasteries and had them perform specific
pujas this woman's life could be spared but she would still lose her
arm. The friend, however, was very insistent. She demanded that
the arm be saved as well. The lama replied that yes it could be
done, but she would have to go to several more monasteries and
also get all the monks to perform additional pujas to this end.
In other words, a puja or Buddhist ritual ceremony centered on
say the Medicine Buddha could be used for removing the damage
caused by venom. Another puja was required to restore the
muscle and nerve tissue that was injured. A third puja was needed
to regain over all harmony in the body. A fourth puja was to
remove the damage to the liver and kidneys. A fifth puja would
deal with the emotional shock to the astral body by removing, let
us say, the “evil spirit” that the poison embodied.
A group of skilled practitioners can create a mental vibration
that directly influences an individual's health. A number of lamas
have pointed out to me that it is a whole lot easier to use a group of
individuals to meditate rather than have one individual attempt this
on his own. Even medical doctors have noticed that statistically
there is a quicker healing process after surgery when an individual
is being prayed for by others. But through training with
Quabbalah, your own body becomes powerful enough to act with
the concentration of entire groups of people.
There are, of course, a number of skilled psychic healers who
can effect healing influence on others. There is always the danger
in this type of practice of becoming exhausted and also of having
the other's illness leave a residue of negativity in your own aura.
The idea is to train sufficiently enough so that this does not occur.
A further example is acupuncture. A skilled acupuncturist uses
needles to stimulate and tranquilize various meridians by working
with particular acupuncture points on the body. This is a physical
procedure that uses a diagnostic system. Some methods relating to
acupuncture do not use needles but the healer's own body to
harmonize each of the meridians through touch instead of needles.
This is called Jin Shin Jyustsu. Taoist healers also can place their
own chi directly into the patient's body using their knowledge and
vitality to restore the other's system.
But there is also a more magical side to this same activity.
Some individuals who have meditated for years with Taoist yoga
can influence the acupuncture points and the meridians directly
through visualization. They can project their minds and practice
their Taoist yoga within the other individual's body circulating
vitality and establishing harmony through a trained will and
imagination. In this case, the patient can be thousands of miles
away. Distance makes no difference. This is an approximation of
Radina's method of healing.
On the mental level, you take a system similar to what Bardon
has outlined it in The Key to the True Quabbalah and practice
mastering color, sound, and the elements in your own body. In this
case, however, the practice is guided by Radina's inspiration and
emphasizes the physiology and health of the body.
The cosmic letter A, for example, is light blue, the color of a
clear sky. It relates to the lungs and to the air element. In
condensing this energy of sky blue in your own body, you would
concentrate also on the expansive freedom and clarity of the sky
and the moisture and pressures within air. You would then learn to
associate these with the lungs and the anatomy and physiology of
breathing such as the oxygen and carbon dioxide exchange with
the blood. You would master the vitality and psychic awareness
hidden within breathing.
And you would study in a psychic manner illnesses relating to
the lungs and what happens physiologically during the healing
process. There is often a strong astral component to illness. The
lungs and breathing represent on an astral level a feeling of moving
into the future with freedom and harmony. Anxiety, apprehension,
and fear influence the way we breathe. Habits form as a result.
Our posture is affected as the body responds and molds itself to an
emotional outlook. If you are going to heal someone, you have to
speak to the body, the heart, and the mind.
If part of an individual's spirit is lost, if the individual has given
up on life in some way, then healing the illness pertaining to the
lungs will only restore a partial harmony. Some individuals smoke
cigarettes because it is the one way they know to detach from the
world around them. Holding that cigarette in their fingers creates a
psychic bubble around them in which the anxiety and the
confusion of life are suspended. They feel insulated. They know
that being able to do this, even for a few minutes each day,
preserves some aspect of their soul that is otherwise vulnerable.
A magician, therefore, needs to become a master of absolute
clarity, perfect peace, and the beauty of freedom. You do not just
restore the body but the spirit as well. To be healthy you need
good health that is maintained by a flame of inspiration. You must
be enthusiastic about being alive and cherish the life force within
you. A healer, therefore, trains with a system in order to address
every disharmony within the body as well as the soul. All twenty-
seven cosmic letters mentioned in Bardon's book, The Key to the
True Quabbalah, bear upon this.
When you combine the akashic and mental planes when
working with Radina, you gain a marvelous sense of harmony in
yourself. You develop Scorpio qualities. You develop an
independence from the world that is necessary for regeneration.
And you engage the world transforming yourself and others
through the power of your spiritual will.
Radina's aura also has a natural purifying effect. You can
practice Guru-Yoga with him as you can with all the spirits of the
earthzone. In Tibetan practices, the student projects his mind
directly into his guru. Working with Radina, you also can project
your mind into him on one or all of the four planes. You then
study your own body and health from his perspective. You ask
questions about various imbalances and it is fairly easy, even for
someone like me who has little skill in healing, to see immediately
a way of restoring harmony.
For example, Radina takes some of my own observations and
amplifies them so that I know more. He says in regard to excess
tension that the problem is not physical but spiritual. I just need to
practice more some of the things I am already familiar with. But
just sitting within Radina's aura is a way of becoming acquainted
with what it is like to experience health and harmony on all four
planes.
To summarize Radina's mental plane energy, you might think in
terms of a great harmony. Consider all the opposites in human
experience and within the body and imagine these are perfectly
balanced with each other.
Consider the opposites of masculine and feminine; the stages of
life--childhood/old age, youth/maturity, exploration/consolidation,
etc.; the four elements--will, feeling, intelligence, and
consciousness; conscious, unconscious, superconscious; desire
and satisfaction, dream and reality, vision and fulfillment, fate and
destiny; the planets--Mars and Venus, Saturn and Jupiter, sun and
moon, Uranus and Neptune, etc.; the zodiac--Aries and Libra,
Taurus and Scorpio, etc.;
And of course the body--lungs/liver, heart/kidneys, brain/bone,
sympathetic/parasympathetic, adrenaline/endorphins,
testosterone/estrogen, red/white blood cells, oxygen/carbon
dioxide, inhalation/exhalation.
Take all of these aspects of soul and body and conceive of them
as being in complete equilibrium so that health is maximized. On
the mental plane, Radina's aura is like a mandala reflecting the
harmony of the microcosm and macrocosm. Meditating with him
and reflecting his aura in yourself is like taking a divine vision of
harmony and experiencing it within yourself.

Astral Plane. Radina's presence on the astral plane is somewhat

similar to the influence of the undine named Amue. Amue attunes
herself to you with great empathy and feeling. Her aura reaches
through every cell in your body and synchronizes with every
movement and eddy of life force. And then she automatically
senses how to restore and renew your health. The nature of her
being is healing. Like the sea, she loves to sustain and nurture life.
Radina operates in a similar manner. There is a fabulous
tenderness in his touch. I have the impression he has experienced
every desire and felt every pain and pleasure. He knows the paths
of life that lead back to the heart. He knows the turning points and
the decisions that must be made. His method is the mystery of
love that restores and makes new again. I have to pause at this
point to regain my composure. Radina's beauty, like the archangel
Gabriel's, is breathtaking.
Like Amue, it is easy for Radina to scan the inside of another's
body. Radina has a natural capacity to extend his mind so he is
one with another being. As he gazes at you, he can see your spinal
cord and determine the chemical and molecular quality of the
spinal fluid. Your entire nervous system is completely open to his
perception. Your physical, etheric, astral, and mental bodies--the
entire life within you--he can feel as one vibration and also alter it
at will.
So far we have seen that on the akashic plane Radina embodies
the akashic power of the spoken word to create and to dissolve.
On the mental plane, he is the great harmony of opposites joined in
equilibrium. On the astral plane, Radina is the empathic side of
love that accepts and unites with others. And then, as an act of
creation, he turns up the power that restores harmony, inspires
enthusiasm, and leaves the individual with a radiant and blazing
aura of health. To sum up the three planes, we could put it this
way--the creator (akashic plane) who celebrates harmony (mental
plane) loves with a transforming power (astral plane).
I ask Radina, “Could you say something about this power you
use to heal on the astral plane? It has the Scorpio's intensity. Its
like water with an electrical or magical charge yet its effect is soft,
inviting release. Its rejuvenating power is strong but hard to
observe. There is a combination of masculine and feminine energy
like an embrace similar to Jachil, Anamil, and Tabori, but your
application is completely different than theirs.”
Radina replies, “There is a will that joins the density of matter
and the darkest desires with the freedom and light of spirit. There
is a power mysterious and radiant like a star that probes the secret
dreams of the universe. In his heart, he crosses the abyss
separating what is and the unknown destinies of beauty he would
call into being.
“I love with this will and this power. The life force blossoming
in spring and leaping from the roots to the leaves of the tree is
contained in me. The breasts of the sea that ache as the tides rise,
the earth quakes, and the tsunami breaks--I am passion at its peak
captured and sustained in the crystal stillness of serenity. The
roots of the mountain, the molecular vibration of lead and uranium,
and the zestful ribbon of the jet stream--I am free to heal because I
perceive the specific qualities and the greater harmony concealed
in every vibration.
“I weave the volcano's raging, exploding power of fire into a
tapestry of tranquil peace. I take the cold touch of death and the
endless void of despair and fill that emptiness with dazzling songs
of delight and wonder like the stars at night. You must understand,
nothing is beyond the reach of my hands, the power of my voice,
and the joy in my heart. Death, darkness, destruction, and chaos
are a wilderness where I have lived, survived, made into a home,
and filled with new life.
“If courage and faith are the soldiers of an army, then I am their
captain. I command them. They respond to my voice. They
believe in my cause. Their strength is of steel. Their will is divine
intervention. Like Scorpio, I embody the qualities of Mars and
Pluto. The will that distills the essence of passion and the
implacable command causing matter and spirit to unite--this fire
you see in my eyes.
“Love is not weak. In its heart, it contains the secrets of the
void and the stars. Fusion bursting into flames of radiant light, the
bird sings at dawn, the flower blossoms, and the fruit feeds and
emancipates its seeds. Each breath is new. In me the will to
survive is united with the oneness of life.”

Physical Plane. On the physical/etheric plane, Radina's healing

power is more direct and immediate. You can maintain your
health through preventative means. You exercise, eat well, live
right, and sustain your inspiration. You can restore an individual
to health by changing body chemistry, employing surgical
procedures, delivering high doses of nutrients, counteracting
poisons, and utilizing a protective and peaceful environment that
accelerates the recovery process.
As diagnosis and medical science advance, we become more
skilled in producing results. The healing process is quicker. The
methods are more effective. Invasive procedures are more
accurate. Biochemical and pharmacological agents are more
efficient.
Since Radina's level of concentration employs all four planes
and can influence biochemistry and physiology directly, he can
produce miracles on the physical plane. He is just speeding up the
natural process of healing. One day surgeons will be able to repair
damaged tissue and perform complicated procedures without
breaking the skin or probing the body with a physical apparatus.
They will have electronic means for producing physical effects
anywhere in the body without physical entry. It is just a matter of
technological development.
You could say Radina uses methods several hundred years
ahead of our medical science. But the effects he produces, though
similar to electronic medicine, are a function of his concentration.
He can control light, sound, and molecular vibrations directly with
his mind.
I am sure if you had several magicians and psychic healers
working together you would be able to produce miracles in healing
in a similar manner. This is just a matter of training. It is a matter
of desire and understanding the possibilities that are available.
Working with the four planes is the way a creator celebrates
harmony and love, transforming individuals according to the
purposes of the universe. There are no limits on this form of
magical healing. No karma may interfere with a divine healer for
he captures the demands of Saturn and its karmic consequences
with his imagination and weaves them into a new process that
accelerates healing.
The process is, again, like the Navaho sand painting ceremonies
of healing. It takes the individual with his specific life history and
body and restores him to harmony with the universe. Radina's aura
carries these images. You can almost hear the chanting, the
magical drawing with colored sands, the drum beat echoing with
the heart of life. The song and voice speak: "Here is your spirit.
Here is the will of spirit that renews. Here are your mind and your
thoughts. Here is the sacred journey of life magnificent,
wondrous, and full of beauty capturing every opposite into a
greater harmony.
“Here are your feelings and your heart. Here is the passion of
love that heals the broken heart. Here is your body that cloaks
your spirit and gives form and expression to your life. And here is
the ecstasy, the bliss, and the love in belonging to a community,
knowing you are needed and that your gifts and spirit are
celebrated among us.”
The Navaho medicine man does not just heal through his own
voice and power. He joins his spirit to the spirit of his people. He
calls into himself the sacred powers of life that then speak through
his voice, shine in his eyes, and flow through his touch.
The power of individuals to heal is in part dependent on the
resources they can draw upon on the inner planes. These sacred
energies are sustained and nourished by a community. They thrive
through their rituals and ceremonies. They are made alive in the
way we love and honor each other's spirits. Magical healing will
be more powerful and prevalent as we form such communities
among us.
Radina, as one of the guardians of the earth and of all
evolutions that dwell upon it, is free to manifest in physical being.
As we call him into our world so he becomes a part of our
communities, then our temples, churches, groves, circles, ashrams,
mosques, and synagogues will become places of great healing
power. There are no limitations or restrictions on what may be
accomplished in this area other than the basic requirements--a
willingness to learn, a pure heart, a spiritual will, and a desire to be
in harmony with the universe.

Common Difficulties/Imbalances. The basic difficulty in working

with Radina is that his methods of healing are purely magical.
There are many natural modes of healing. There are medicines and
herbal remedies.
There are ways of working with body chemistry and changing
the subtle electrical currents within the body through different
kinds of ancient and modern acupuncture. There are ways of using
aromas, water, chanting, hypnotism, diet, and various physical
manipulations and exercises to increase the harmony of the four
elements within the body and organs. There is the entire medical
knowledge belonging to the modern world. Of course, the more
you know about science and medicine the easier it will be to
develop your intuition in a specific problem. But Radina's
methods are not like any of these.
Radina's concentration can alter the nature and vibration of the
four elements on all four planes so that there are instantaneous
changes in the physical body. An individual's spirit, mind, soul,
and the physical matter of the body are completely transparent and
open to his gaze. His will is such that he can reprogram the brain
and persuade the nervous system and cells of the body to perform
in another way. In his hands, physical matter is malleable, fluid,
and ready to change.
In a sense, to study with Radina is to cross beyond the
boundaries of our human culture and history and seek wisdom
belonging to our future evolution. There are small and large tests
placed in the way of those who would attempt this. But all the
obstacles you confront and the abyss you cross when you enter
akasha reduce to one question: to what extent are you prepared
and willing to establish harmony within yourself?
If you seek to master the four elements in yourself and study
their activity in the body, soul, mind, and spirit, then you will be
receptive to Radina's inspiration and his suggestions will always
make sense to you. But without this deep appreciation of the
fundamentals of magical training, the results you get will be hit
and miss.
Some ideas will come to you and you will solve a medical
problem. I once told a chiropractor and, at a different time, a
medical doctor that the health problems I had come to see them
about were gone. I had found the right meditation and the problem
with my spine, in the first case, and my arrhythmia, in the second
case, disappeared instantly. The body had changed because I had
taken away the ability of the symptoms to appear.
 In other cases, your concentration may not be strong enough
and your intuition may not be penetrating enough to make the
smallest difference. The energies involved are beyond your
understanding. You are in the same boat as everyone else when it
comes to solving a specific problem. So again, the emphasis is on
life long training in which you continuously upgrade your
concentration so you can handle new challenges.

One Method of Practice. Here is a brief summary of a procedure

for working with Radina. Part of basic magical training is being
able to visualize a picture or image for five minutes without the
slightest distraction. Gradually over time you extend your
concentration to a half hour.
One thing you can practice visualizing is Radina's sigil. You
visualize it in the color red in the air in front of you shining on the
physical, astral, and mental planes. Along with the visual image,
you can condense more red light into the sigil by imagining
yourself surrounded by a vast sea of red light which then is drawn
into the sigil.
At this point, we have a visualized sigil and some energy in the
sigil. It is starting to act as a transmitter and receiver of spiritual
vibrations. Next, you imagine within yourself Radina's qualities
on the four planes. With as much reality as you can conjure up,
you imagine you are a perfect master of akasha who can create out
of nothing and make things new on the akashic plane. On the
mental plane, you imagine you have taken the trouble to embody
all the opposites of life within yourself so that you are a perfect
embodiment of harmony.
On the astral plane, you imagine with all your heart that you
possess the spark of inspiration that can restore beauty and love to
anyone. The mountains cry out to you as your friend. The seas
believe in you. The winds search to sense your breath. And the
light of the sun and moon are an illumination you possess. Within
your touch of gentleness are explosions of fire awakening
enthusiasm and zest.
 And on the physical plane, your vitality is so dense and vibrant
it can physically influence another's body, rejuvenating it from
within. In meditation, you hold this image of having mastered
these four planes within yourself. The visualized picture is not
complete until you can imagine concretely exactly what it feels
like to be this accomplished so that you possess these abilities.
Finally, you concentrate these qualities and powers within the
sigil as well. Draw the sigil a number of times again imagining
you are Radina's own inner source of inspiration--that within you
is the will of Divine Providence to make things new. As you draw
the sigil, imagine it is not your hand but Radina's hand which is
signing his own signature and placing his spirit into the sigil.
At this point, you see, you are ready to begin a specific practice
you would like to improve upon. You do not have to spend a lot of
time on this. The point is to raise your power of conviction and
employ your full imagination right from the beginning.
As I mentioned at the beginning of this article in describing
Radina's sigil, I wanted to work on accumulating vital energy in
my body through breathing. Having drawn the sigil and
concentrated into it Radina's qualities, I practice breathing in
vitality as if I have already mastered this exercise. I do this while
remaining very relaxed and placing my mind in a clear and
receptive state.
The net effect for me is that I can feel not only the vibration of
the sigil influencing me. I can feel a current of energy flowing
directly between my body and Radina as if temporarily there is a
subtle stream of energy circulating between us. This connection
takes my own mental imagery and intuition and heightens them so
I have far better results in my practice.
Some individuals will point out immediately the flaw with this
procedure. There is the danger that I or someone else will become
overly influenced by Radina so that, with enough exposure to him,
both thinking and feeling are bent to his perspective. When you
apprentice to anyone, there is the danger of losing some of your
individuality and your own sense of direction in the process.
 The remedy is, like I say, to become involved in a life long
training system that universalizes your consciousness on all levels.
And you work with a number of human and spiritual teachers.
One Tibetan lama I know was sent around to forty-five different
masters in Tibet in addition to working with his two root gurus. In
other words, you keep your options open by extending yourself
into different areas.
As I have suggested in regard to the mental plane, it is also
advantageous at some point to become familiar with the elemental
beings. Each elemental being has a different kind of concentration
and magick power specific to its element. These powers expand
human nature so that we are better prepared to work with spirits of
the earthzone like Radina.

Alosom, 25 degrees Sagittarius, On the Power of Silence

Reason for Evocation. I have been feeling over sensitive. I notice

I have a tendency to withdraw in order to maintain the feeling of
being in my own space. As I think about this, it occurs to me it
might be a good time to work with one of the Bardon spirits who
specialize in inner silence. I would like to produce an inner peace.

Preliminary Thoughts. When I think of silence, I recall some of

the libraries I once studied in. Some of them are beautiful like at
the University of Chicago. The architecture of the buildings
evokes the feeling of other ages. Silence in such an environment
provides support for concentration. Though many people are
present, there is an atmosphere of scholarship and learning.
When I think of the monasteries I have studied in, there too is a
sense of being empowered to disengage from the external world.
When I think of nature and some of the deserts I have lived in, I
recall the flow of time as being free of the pressures and
distractions of civilization. Silence, in these cases, is a way of
stepping back and seeing our lives from a greater depth.
I would like to be able in a microsecond to be free from external
stimuli even amid the most intense emotional encounters. There
are even times when I would like to feel I am an exchange student
from another incarnation temporarily visiting this lifetime. I want
to be involved but I want to retain my own sense of humor and
objectivity.
Thornton Wilder, in his play, Our Town, portrays a young
woman who has died and who now looks back on the life she has
left behind. The silent space separating her from life is bittersweet.
In the play, she crosses the boundary separating the living and the
dead to relive one day of her life. Silence encompasses
psychological and spiritual gulfs like this.
In the movie, Jacob’s Ladder, Jacob is being operated on after
being stabbed in Viet Nam. Unconscious on the operating table,
he dreams he has survived the war and returned to his home and
wife in New York City. There he works as a postal clerk. But he
is haunted--terrifying things happen to him in the subway or in the
middle of the day.
Jacob’s Ladder is a descent into the lower brain's concern with
survival and pain. The movie states that perhaps our demons are
angels in disguise sent to remind us to let go of our attachments.
At the end of the movie, when Jacob is finally ready, his child who
died years before offers his hand and leads Jacob up the stairs and
into the light.
Silence in this movie is not bittersweet. It is where the voice of
conscience speaks. It says our hearts always provide enough light
to find our way through the dark.
In hermetics, silence is one of the four fundamental powers
ascribed to the elements--will, daring, knowledge, and silence.
Silence is the divine virtue relating to the earth element. In silence,
we nurture our visions and our highest ideals until they are strong
enough to manifest on earth.
In what follows I describe an evocation of a spirit of the
earthzone named Alosom who specializes in silence. I have spent
days with various masters whose inner silence is impressive. They
have trained for many years each in their own traditions. But
somehow I want something more than the silence of a library, a
desert, or a monastery.
I want to enter a silence in which I feel in harmony with the
universe. If the planet earth were a Goddess, I would like to enter
that silence in which I can feel Her heartbeat and listen as she
speaks. Having said this, let's see to what extent the spirit Alosom
can assist me in what I seek.

Ascending the Planes. I transfer my mind into the akasha.

Meditating in akasha is always a new experience. This time I
sense how akasha penetrates the densest aspects of physical matter.
To be in akasha is to be surrounded by an immense space that
penetrates through space and time. Vast distances open around
me. But this expansion of awareness is also a way of probing the
tiniest physical particle--of perceiving matter from within its
structure. In other words, this vastness can encompass a lifetime
of experience, a planet or a solar system. It can also shrink to
explore the inside of a molecule, an atom, an electron, or a photon.
Physicists understand this principle: you cannot comprehend
the history of the universe and the placement of the galaxies
without also understanding the matrix of subatomic particles. The
macro and micro universe are interrelated. Akasha penetrates and
reveals the secrets of both realms.

Sagittarius. When I move into the specific astrological sign of

Sagittarius in the earthzone, I immediately sense it qualities. It
possesses a profound thirst for knowledge and an energetic quest
for experience. Sagittarius bonds passion to ideals and it is
relentless in trying to make its ideals real. If those under this
influence can avoid becoming burnt out or obsessed with selfish
excess, they become very wise. Through sheer accumulation of
experience resulting from their wanderings and their quests, their
insight and perspective border on genuine illumination. They
understand which choices and actions are the most fruitful and
fulfilling.

25th Degree of Sagittarius. To pursue a quest you need to be able

to disengage from the world. You need to be centered in yourself.
Whatever opportunities and experiences are offered to us by life,
this degree of the zodiac would have us ask ourselves: “Do I have
what I need to be transformed?” It is imperative to have a
satisfactory answer to this question and to apply our attention to
this end.
To be in akasha is to embody a profound receptivity. But
akasha is also filled with powers and purposes saturated with
divine imperatives. The realm of spirit is very active and it has no
doubt about its power to shape the world. This degree of
Sagittarius is an example of one kind of power and imperative. It
is the courage willing to set aside the demands of society and take
the time to rewrite our life script. We do this so we can embody in
an effective manner the ideals that command our commitment.

The Realm of Alosom. Bardon mentions that Alosom is master of

the qualities and powers of silence. The level of the akasha where
Alosom dwells contains the wealth that comes from shutting down
our connections to the external world. This requires and also
results in a supreme self-confidence and ability to be centered
within ourselves. There is also a tremendous increase in energy
when you shift your attention from the external world to your inner
self.
Alosom's Sigil. This spirit's sigil makes silence into a force like
gravity when gravity has increased several times over. It has
strength. It is tangible and real, vital and alive. Silence for spirits
like Alosom is a place where power accumulates.

Alosom's Inner Source of Inspiration. The universe--the galaxies,

stars, and planets--is a womb protecting, sheltering, and nourishing
the seeds of life until they are ready to be born as spirit. Silence
serves the same purpose. It shelters and protects. It nourishes and
fosters growth until the spirit, newborn and fragile, is ready to
assume the full powers and prerogatives of a creator. Silence is the
inner strength an individual needs to fashion the missing links
between beginnings and endings, between dreams and their
manifestations.

Alosom's Outer Aura. Alosom's aura provides a space that is

protective and free from distractions. What do you suppose I could
possible say to a spirit whose specialty is silence? How do you
speak aloud when words are the opposite of what is being studied?
I ask Alosom, “What happens when individuals develop silence
within themselves?”
Alosom replies, “Like a Thoreau who goes to live for a time on the
outskirts of society, the past and the future speak to you. You open
to them, ask them questions, and they reply. Then you discover
you have close friends who have been before your time and who
will follow you later on.
“Your orientation and the affirmation of your values become so
strong that the world is willing to alter its nature due to your
integrity and honesty. There are many who have said, ‘I have a
vision,’ or ‘I have a dream.’ But those who transform the world
through their dreams and visions do so by relying on the power of
their inner silence.”
“And what is inner silence?" I ask.
Alosom says, “I stop the senses from perceiving. I sever your
ties to life. I can do this for a moment or for as long as is needed.
But I am neither negative nor do I ascribe to austerity. Instead, I
embody peace, stillness, dignity, beauty, and freedom of choice.
These grow so strong under my supervision that they flow from
you like water from a spring.
“When you can shut down your five senses and retain your full
awareness, there is a vast, inner expansion of consciousness. This
consciousness leads to total mastery of your self. When this light
is in your eyes, when it radiates from a warm and genuine smile,
your worst enemies will think twice and then refuse to fight.
“For those who are unprepared or insincere, silence is a country
whose borders are guarded by nightmares, terror, and whirlwinds
of despair. But those who cross over and explore these unknown
lands find wealth beyond compare. Master silence and you will
have channels of communication that open to all realms. You will
be able to commune with any spiritual being. You will understand
the meaning when a spirit speaks.
“You will discover there is nothing within you that you need
deny or fear. All desires become clear. Silence is where dreams
originate, visions are born, and passions enter to be transformed.”

Alosom's Inner Aura. His inner aura is quiet, calm, and relaxing.
It gives you a sense of feeling at peace with the world and
confident in yourself.

Note. As with other spirits, I meditate with Alosom on the four

planes. This requires condensing light until the accumulation is
enough for the spirit to be present in our world. In this particular
instance, I use the color blue that is the color Bardon uses for
drawing the sigils of the spirits of the earthzone in Sagittarius.

The Akashic Plane. Alosom says, “To have inner silence is never
to be separate from your ideals, your dreams, your visions, your
hopes, and all that you would make real. It is to have these things
alive within you in every moment. Like a knight in the legend of
King Arthur who sits at the round table, you represent the kingdom
of the heart. It surrounds you and when you speak you speak with
its power.
“Avatars and world teachers enter history to remind us that
divinity is everywhere. Those with inner silence join the spiritual
world and earthly existence. This is because amid the routines and
activities of life silence maintains an open space inside them. In
this space the highest ideal can be present without being
contaminated, compromised, or put off to the side. Silence
strengthens inner visions so there is never any doubt or uncertainty
about their reality.”

The Mental Plane. “When silence touches the mind, you can
consider everything before you begin deliberation or use thoughts
for reflection. For the mind to comprehend opposites--masculine
and feminine, matter and spirit, space and time, and so forth--it
must be as open as night to starlight or as receptive as early
morning to the ascending sun.
“For some, to stop thoughts or to turn the senses within is to be
naked and vulnerable. It is intolerable. They feel their sanity is at
risk--as if their bodies are sinking in quick sand, they imagine their
consciousness in extreme danger and nearing its end.
“The same is true for freedom. If for a moment they saw the
possibilities of being fully alive, they would fall down and cry.
They would become physically ill or imagine some evil has seized
them.
“For this reason in war silence is the element of surprise. It is
the unthinkable. It does what the opponent cannot imagine.
Whatever the odds, there is always a moment when success
becomes inevitable. Silence sees what is invisible to everyone
else.
“In love, silence is the celebration of union. It is ecstasy and
rapture more than thoughts and sensuality can capture. In it is the
experience of being one and the beauty is astonishing.”
On the mental plane, the silence in Alosom's mind is like a
mirror. A mirror can reflect a laser beam that has just burnt its
way through six inches of steel and yet the mirror does not heat up.
Silence is built into the mirror. It is beyond light and darkness,
form and emptiness. Though it never tampers with the ordinary
and familiar, its response is always new.
Let's try another image. For Alosom, silence is like letting the
mind rest, find a home, and then let go into an open expanse of
radiant light. It is a bliss that must go unnamed because thought
cannot map or chart a path across it. A Zen master once said to
me, “When students solve their koans, the answers are always
different and yet always the same.” When I probe that Zen
master's mind, he does not need to listen to a student's explanation
of a koan. The Zen master knows when a student has it right. He
witnesses a new flower blossoming. The air is filled with the
fragrance of light.

Pathworking. Before proceeding to work with the astral and

physical planes, I decide to do a pathworking to help ground these
experiences. A pathworking uses the imagery of the outer world to
illuminate and express inner plane experience. It builds
connections between different parts of our psyches.
Pathworking starts with something familiar and proceeds to the
unknown. You explore what something means to your personally
and also what it means for the planet. You can begin by
visualizing yourself going through a door, walking down a road,
through a forest, up a hill, and so forth. There is a variety of ways
of using setting and imagery to create the right mood.
I begin by thinking about silence and feeling it around myself.
Almost immediately I see myself sitting on top of a mountain peak.
As I look down and about, the land around the mountain is laid out
as a time line. I can see where I was born and all the various
places I have lived and visited over the years.
I notice I can look at a location and immediately I am there. I
then recall what I experienced as if I am reliving a specific event in
time. And in a moment I can return to the mountain peak and see
everything again all at once. There is also a mountain range
behind me. It is the future and what I have not explored.
I stand up and follow a trail circling the mountain. After a short
walk, I come upon a round, stone building. The building has large
entrances without doors. I walk up to an archway and look in. It is
dark inside but a man in a light gray robe walks over to me from
inside. His eyes are bright. His voice is soft. He says, “This
temple celebrates the mystery of silence. To join in the
celebration, offer a gift.”
 I say to him, “My gift is the silence with which I observe nature
and listen to the beings within the four elements. I hear their songs
in the winds, the seas, the magma, and the stones.”
He says, “Come. Enter.”
I enter and find a meditation cushion waiting for me on the
floor. I sit on it. I am surrounded by a number of individuals also
meditating. As my eyes adjust to the semi-darkness, I recognize
some of those who are here. There is a Zen master I know and a
Tibetan lama, a Hopi Indian Medicine man, and a magician.
As I glance at them I notice, similar to being on the mountain
peak, I can see into their lives. I see when and where they have
practiced silence. I see the lama meditating for years by himself in
a cave in Tibet and the Zen master in a monastery in Viet Nam.
There are others here as well from other ages such as St. Columba-
-the priest trained in the bardic arts of the Celts. The silence is so
rich it is like a living presence. It wraps you about and holds you
in its heart.
As I continue meditating, I notice that some of those sitting here
are spirits whom Bardon has mentioned and I have worked with
before. Jah-Hel is from Mercury and Ebvep the moon. Jachil is
from the earthzone in Cancer and Cigila is from Pisces. And
Cermiel in Capricorn is a guardian of the passage between death
and rebirth.
The silence embraces both human and spiritual beings without
differentiation. The more I sit here meditating, the more the
experience becomes graphic and concrete. I can place my hand on
the stone floor and run my fingers over the crevices. And the
presence of others who are here is very strong. The sense of
spiritual community is awesome. This temple feels as real as any
temple I have ever been in.
Note. It may seem odd that a gift is required before entering
this temple of silence. To enter this space an individual must
already know silence. The individual's internal silence serves as a
medium through which he or she can connect to the masters,
spiritual beings, and the powers that are present. .
 I also notice that elemental beings, even those are masterful as
Mentifil, are unable to enter this space. A gnome can neither
detach his mental body from his astral and physical bodies and
project it directly into akasha nor can he "center" his consciousness
within akasha. The spiritual resources of the earthzone are not
available to elemental beings. If an elemental being tried to do so,
his astral body would begin to dissolve and disintegrate. A human
being is not so limited.

The Astral Plane. Alosom says, “Silence is prophecy. Words

fashioned in silence become reality. Through silence, the most
secret and intractable of passions are transformed into visions.
When you follow desires to their source, you discover that the four
elements conceal divinity--the lion, the ox, the eagle, and the
angel. They sit in peace and speak of what shall be. To enter the
center of stillness and yet feel the turning of the wheel of time
around you--to be open and receptive and yet transparent and
luminous--this is the gift of silence.
“To keep silence is to be blessed by Divine Providence. It is
the ability to take the most difficult of fates and karmas and turn
them into something wonderful because you see the beauty within
them. Law and limitation bind things giving them weight, shape,
and place. But silence grants freedom because it knows how to
wait. In the greatest darkness and the loneliest prison, silence finds
gates leading to liberation.
“Who can stand against you, oppress or oppose you, when you
have measured and crossed the abysses of silence hidden within
them? What army, what empire, what wall, or weapon shall
protect them? When you are silence, you are the vibration, the
matrix, and the substance from which their thoughts arise. You are
the eyes, the forge, and the hammer that has shaped their will. Its
design is an imprint of your mind.
“To possess the virtue of silence is to command a treasure
sharper and more beautiful than the largest diamond. As fire to
light, as emptiness to form, silence is to wisdom, will, and love.”
The Physical Plane. When a spirit such as Alosom enters our
physical world or when silence is fully present, doubt and
confusion dissolve. Faith and conviction are complete. You
perceive how your current situation in life is an excellent place
from which to proceed to accomplish all that you need. The
conflicts and tensions that hold you are seen as ingredients you can
use to transform yourself and the world.
Alosom made these following comments on silence: "For the
stone circle placed five thousand years ago, the past, present, and
future are not separate. The stones are arrayed to bear witness to
the beauty and magnificence at the center of the circle where
silence speaks.
“Time is a stone circle. All worlds, evolutions, races, and
paths of life are monoliths and monuments revealing its purposes.
But silence is behind the forms and designs fashioned by time and
it is full of boundless light. All treasures of matter and spirit and
all expressions of life testify to its presence.
“Silence is a garment worn by the unmanifest when it appears
on earth. To walk cloaked in silence is to be an agent of peace in
creation. Anger and rage are then like candle flames exposed to a
winter storm. Hatred and greed are like ice amid a desert where
the sand bakes in the heat.
“Silence is the taste of infinity--the wine in the cup of each
moment. To drink is to become a prophet of liberation,
emancipation, and freedom.
“To enter silence is to be cleansed, anointed, and blessed. You
can see its depths every single time in the eyes of those who
accomplish divine missions.
“Silence is the power to follow a path of light through the
greatest perplexities and obstructions. When you speak,
nightmares transform into visions of compassion and sorrow falls
asleep in the arms of peace.
“In silence, who you are and who you are meant to be--your
divinity and highest destiny--these are ever radiant as a flame in
your heart. Enter the center of the circle. Be a sea of boundless
light. Become the wish-fulfilling gem responsive to every desire
and yet offering the highest liberation.
“Search out and claim the treasures of silence so they become
your own. Draw upon your inner spirit and also upon me. I am
free to teach and to transmit to others all these powers and
qualities.
“The reason I exist is so these gifts might be celebrated on
earth. Approach me through evocation, invocation, meditation, or
any other means. Though I am an agent with a commission
appointed by Divine Providence, when it comes to silence, I am as
near to you as your own breath."”

Closing Remarks. This evocation, of course, barely scratches the

surface of Alosom's wisdom. As I think about silence now, I can
see how, as in a druid's circle, silence is a part of the cycle of day
and night, the seasons of the year, and the phases of our lives.
Silence is a part of the fabric of life. It is ordinary, ever present,
and yet its nature can be explored and celebrated through
ceremony and ritual.
About a decade ago, I saw a notice on a bulletin board in a
Tibetan monastery. It mentioned a meditation group meeting not
far from where I lived. I visited this group one day. Individuals
walked into the room, sat down, and when the circle was full, they
sat for fifty minutes without moving. When they were done, they
silently got up and left. No words were ever spoken.
I thought to myself, “This is perfect. I have always wanted to
practice with a group which celebrates the mystery of silence.”
But when I came back the next week, it turned out that the
instructors had been absent on the previous occasion. The group
again meditated silently, but when the meditation was over, the
instructor, speaking in cliches and with a tone of propaganda,
began to lecture on the importance of believing in the right
doctrines.
Sometimes, you have to go within yourself to find what you
want. Once having found it, you can then share what you have
with others. You can start your own groups without having to be a
clone of someone else’s ideas and experiences. The spirits of the
earthzone embody cosmic principles that are also part of ourselves.
You can draw upon them freely as you need. You can learn from
them even as you design and pursue your own path of life.
To my surprise, in this evocation of Alosom the pathworking is
what is most remarkable to me. In an instant, with the smallest
mental shift, I can be within the temple of silence I experienced in
the vision. I cherish this sense of community and connection that
is free of the boundaries of limiting traditions. Silence embraces
everyone. Time and distance place no restrictions upon this sacred
space. Here, human and divine beings sit side by side. Too pure
to be compromised, silence, like the sky at night, is full of
boundless wonder and beauty.
Alosom concludes,

May silence fill you with infinite light

May the heart of life dwell within your heart
May the peace that embraces the universe and all its stars
Abide with you and guide you wherever you are.

Melamo, 2 degrees Capricorn, On Personal Will

Reason for Evocation. I wish to strengthen my personal will.

2 Degrees Capricorn. This degree is about taking charge. You

master and take control of whatever is necessary to accomplish
your objectives. If anyone can be responsible, determined, and
conscientious enough to lead, this degree lays claim to these
abilities.

Melamo's Domain in Akasha. This level of akasha strengthens and

amplifies personal will and power. The analogy to human
experience would be growing up in a family where the discussions
over the dinner table were about buying out corporations and
getting the right politicians elected. After years of this kind of
exposure, you acquire an instinct for how to meet your objectives.
With ease you evaluate costs, expenses, options, tradeoffs, and
multiple ways of completing a task. You inherent from your
family a “can do” attitude. You know what can be accomplished if
you set your mind to it.
To be more precise, Melamo's domain provides specific
understanding of how to take control and master whatever kind of
power you are dealing with. It is a penetrating awareness which
studies power in any situation and then alters or transforms it.

Melamo's Sigil. This sigil evokes a feeling of being surrounded by

great power. As with Melamo's domain, if you are exposed to
power for long enough, you become familiar with it. It is then
easy to understand others. You can tell which individuals
command genuine power and who exercises power due to external
factors such as position, wealth, appearance, or having authority
invested in them from another source.
Since the constellation of Capricorn is concerned with
limitations, restrictions, and how to transcend them, it is inevitable
that at some point in our lives we will have to deal with these
issues. To be responsible, to follow our paths in life, and also to
love we must honor the power within us. This sigil introduces us
to universal and cosmic power.
Melamo's Inner Source of Inspiration. It is the nature of Divine
Providence to grant to those who seek the ability to take charge of
all the factors shaping their fate. There are no limitations or
restrictions placed on this activity. Power and influence, like the
temperature of fire, have no upper limit.
Indeed, there are spiritual purposes and works which, if they are
to be accomplished, require individuals to master superhuman
powers. There is no way of getting around this--power is one of
four fundamental principles governing the universe and it is an
essential ingredient in the study of magick.

Melamo's Outer Aura. Melamo's aura is like a strong energy field

similar to gravity. It exerts control the way something frozen in
ice is held by the ice. It is an energy that penetrates through every
aspect even the molecular vibrations of what it is focusing on and
commands those vibrations according to its intentions.
This kind of will, of course, starts with yourself. To influence
or lead others, you must master yourself first. But the power
Melamo wields is not based on psychology. It is more than
knowing about everything going on. Melamo comprehends from
the inside out. He does not need to engage in arguments to
persuade an obstinate individual to change his mind. The
obstinacy itself knows it is subject to Melamo's will by the tone in
his voice. You cannot proceed against a power that already
controls every aspect and fiber of your own power, strength, and
will.
In the Western world, there is a line of thought that considers
human beings too flawed to take into their hands spiritual power.
God alone is sovereign and we do not share in that sovereignty
even though technically we are his “children.” There is a danger
that if human beings acquire power they will inevitably abuse it.
Consequently, it is argued that we should not subject ourselves to
temptation by exploring or learning too much about the spiritual
worlds or the inner planes.
Of course, the constitution of the United States takes potential
abuses of power into consideration in devising a system of checks
and balances between the three branches of government. Power is
distributed and freedom of speech protected so that the exercise of
power is constantly being scrutinized. Still, there remains serious
questions about what happens when human beings have greater
power than they have wisdom. History has many examples of
power getting out of control and the inevitable destructive effects
that result.
In dialoguing with a spirit from Saturn, I discussed some of the
methods akasha employs in limiting abuses of spiritual power. It is
fully possible to use magick for negative purposes. The negative
spirits within the earthzone serve this end. They also attempt to
take possession of anyone who uses magick in negative ways.
Negativity is their turf and they are jealous of anyone operating
within their domain free of their influence. In the final analysis,
Saturn steps in when negative wills threaten to contaminate the
inner planes. In our earthzone, a spirit such as Ybario (22 degrees
Capricorn) oversees and limits the work of black magicians.
I ask Melamo about power and its abuse. He replies, “If you
feel connected to the sacred and cherish it within your heart, then
power is already around you and within you. Power enables you to
grow and to become yourself. The entire universe is a study in
how to use energy to fulfill spiritual purposes. To be responsible
in any way whatsoever, you have to exercise power. Your own
heart is the final authority in this matter.”

Melamo's Inner Aura. Melamo is also relaxed, friendly, fair,

evenhanded, and considerate. He is impartial and has a judicial
temperament. In making a decision, he weighs all options and
alternatives. He considers short and long term effects.
There is nothing secretive about him. He is quite willing to
hold all he does up to public scrutiny. Like the Heirophant in the
Tarot, he declares from his heart and his conscience, “My actions
and intentions are pure.”
The connection between this friendly side and his power is that
the exercise of power is always tied to fulfilling a spiritual purpose
that has great importance and significance. Melamo perceives and
weighs his choices from an akashic level of awareness. He sees
through time and space the consequences of his actions and he is
concerned about the well-being of everyone with whom he works.

Akashic Plane. As you intuition develops, you can understand and

see with complete clarity the nature of power--its uses and abuses,
its qualities and the purposes it fulfills. Anywhere where there is
government, authority, and the exercise of will, Melamo can reveal
the foundations of this power, its current status, and the fate of
what will occur.
But the impulse here is not prophetic--that is, to declare how
divinity is guiding all things by unfolding a great purpose and
harmony. Melamo is an active player. He is a piece on the
chessboard you cannot ignore. He is an active participant in those
areas that concern him.
Melamo also is not related to the Judges of Saturn. Placing
restrictions on negativity is not his commission. All the same, if an
individual is abusing power in a way that impacts on Melamo's
activities, Melamo can say, "I am drawing a line. Cross it and you
will find me waiting on the other side. You are welcome to wrestle
with me to test your strength. The power you would approach and
overthrow arises from a cosmic dimension."
Again, Melamo is relaxed, friendly, accountable, and fair. He is
poised and even charming. But his true nature is clear--he is
vibrant, radiant, masterful, and inexhaustible.
As I again meditate with Melamo in akasha, I ask him, “I seem
to be missing something.” He replies, “Relax. Take a deep breath
and let it out. Now imagine that you are omnipotent power. It is
important that you get a direct feeling and sensation of what it is
like to be joined to this aspect of Divine Providence. Notice how
you think and see things from this perspective. Do not consider
the worlds of form yet or anything historical. This is an
exploration of spiritual being and of being united to divinity.”
Performing this exercise seems to fill in for what was missing.
I notice, however, that I have to keep reminding myself to relax. It
is not the sense of being omnipotent power that is difficult for me.
It is remaining relaxed while feeling powerful which is the real
challenge. It could be that I should start my practice focusing on
total relaxation and then gradually add to the relaxation a feeling of
power that avoids any tension.
I repeat aloud, “I am omnipotent power.” The sense I get is of
being able to control forces like gravity. On this level of spiritual
being, I perceive the universe around me as being under the
influence of my will.
This is not an ego trip or an invitation to become a
megalomaniac. It is a basic high school level exercise for
magicians who wish to become acquainted with what it is like to
be a spiritual being. You do not think of a personal deity as being
way out there somewhere beyond all understanding. You practice
joining with God/Goddess so you overcome the human error of
feeling separated.

Mental Plane. On the mental plane, Melamo is a master teacher of

how to develop will power and also to understand the power
individuals' possess. This is not a depressing discussion about how
human beings control each other out of greed, selfishness, and fear.
For Melamo, being able to act effectively is a wonderful gift.
Being able to come to grips with what obstructs your path so you
can move it aside and continue on your way is absolutely essential.
Power is never to be taken for granted. It must be balanced and
modified according to the requirements of each situation. You do
not wear power like a crown to demonstrate your authority and
acquire glory. You develop it and master it within yourself free of
any need to declare its presence.
You respect power and cherish it because it is a gift from the
Creator. It radiates from all that is sacred and it is a tool in the
hands of love. Melamo puts it this way, “As an embodiment of the
constellation of Capricorn, I take responsibility for those things
that concern me.” Melamo channels an immense force. It is very
dynamic and engaging.
In my own experience, with my Mars in Aquarius, I sometimes
act as a public advocate seeking to change an institution or
situation. I do not hammer out a specific plan of action or demand
a certain result. I talk to everyone who plays a critical role and
who is party to the decision making process. My ideal is to know
more than anyone else and to have researched in advance all the
options and consequences.
 When I talk to someone, then, there is no need for them to feel
threatened and there is no need for me to make demands. What
happens is that they get a very clear impression about what is
occurring and they figure out on their own their best options. I
demonstrate to them by my knowledge that the future cannot be
avoided. It is much easier to deal with a small decision now than
wait until major, negative consequences confront them later on.
This is one procedure of which Melamo is well aware. One
time I make a hundred phone calls researching a public issue.
Melamo's approach would be more magical. He would read
everyone's mind telepathically and then psychically urge him or
her to seek a mutually satisfying solution. In this sense, he would
be the voice of their conscience bursting into life with a
compelling urgency they cannot put aside. In general, Melamo's
inspiration provides a whole spectrum of ways to come to grips
with a problem and resolve it.
In summary, on the mental plane you learn what kind of stance,
attitude, or position to take to make yourself powerful and
effective. You also learn to read others' power so you understand
their strengths and weaknesses and also how to influence them.
The omnipotent power on the level of akasha is now translated to
address specific problems within the context of history and
tradition.
A samurai general in a chaotic kingdom needs one kind of
power and will. You must communicate on a gut level to your
soldiers and also to your enemies that nothing can defeat you. The
force of your will is so dynamic that even chaos comes to believe
you are its master.
It takes another kind of power to deal with a Napoleon
marching over the hill. You need to be more careful with strategy.
You cannot rely on charisma to win the battle. Napoleon has the
corner on that market. You have to work more with logistics and
allies in order to defeat an army that considers him its hero.
And if you live in a modern society and are concerned with
public issues such as the pollution of the water table, then you
must use words with precision. When you speak, others must see
that you not only embody the truth but the future as well. It helps
to understand the political machine, costs, expenses, medical
research, and public opinion.
You know when and how to apply pressure while remaining
neutral and impartial. You are not a whistle blower or a lightning
rod for anger. You are a conscience speaking with the voice of
thunder. Every situation and context has its own best customized
application of power.

Astral Plane. On the astral plane, Melamo can track back to its
source every dream, longing, desire, impulse, and instinct within
another. This is not the sensitivity of a bard or artist whose interest
is in expressing the beauty and diversity of life. This is a will
capable of finding out what is going on in someone else and
interacting with it.
A great general can look into the eyes of his soldiers and see
their fears and weariness. And yet he can command their loyalty
so they are willing to die without a second thought. He speaks to
the courage and the commitment within their hearts so they know
that they are bound, as is he, to give and to sacrifice themselves in
service to a greater cause. The power he awakens derives from
their bonds to each other. Similarly, a mother will sacrifice herself
for her child or suffer horribly if the child is lost because the bond
is greater than anything else.
On the astral plane, we reach into the depths of ourselves and
share the strongest passions and instincts of life with others. It is
not so uncommon to be attracted to another person due to lifetimes
of experience shared in former incarnations. The relationship is
not about pleasure and satisfaction. There is a Capricorn impulse
present--to work together to accomplish a purpose which is worthy
of the spirits within us.
With someone with whom you have worked before, it is easier
to commit to overcoming obstacles that an ordinary, personal
relationship of love could never survive. This is because when the
bonding arises from the depths of the unconscious, the connection
has a strength that it is hard to find with anyone else. Even when
the relationship has many negative manifestations, if the partners
both commit themselves they can say, “One by one we will work
these problems out.” The “normal” spectrum of attractions in
romantic love based on desire and satisfaction rarely carries this
power and commitment.
On the akashic plane, Melamo embodies a penetrating intuition
into the nature of power and a will to overcome obstacles. On the
mental plane, Melamo takes into account all the factors governing
a situation or person. He then takes responsibility by acquiring the
specific power needed to succeed. The command and dynamic
resolve are well formulated, masterful, and very convincing.
On the astral plane, then, the next step toward realizing your
ends, especially in regard to exercising leadership, is to speak to
others with a profound understanding of their motivation. Leading
others is not about applying external force. It involves inspiration
and inner connection.
It is a remarkable thing to run into someone who understands
your deepest feelings. When an enemy can do this with you, the
conflict begins to dissolve because you feel you are dealing with a
friend. And what does a true friend do but stay with you in your
difficulties, support you in your pain, and share with you your
aspirations and dreams.
When someone can sense what is within your heart and offer
you the chance to express it and bring it to life, it is hard to resist
this voice. Again, this is not about being satisfied and happy. It is
about someone being there for you with an openness and
generosity you have never encountered before. Melamo's presence
on the astral plane is like meeting an individual who shows you the
part of yourself that has waited your entire life to come alive. As it
blossoms and unfolds, you feel peace and gratitude. Loyalty
results from wanting to return something of equal value in order to
keep the connection alive.
Bonding, then, is one aspect of Melamo's understanding of
astral power. If you go against and betray a profound bond or love
with another, you have to deal with the emptiness that remains.
This kind of karma can follow you for lifetimes. You feel loss and
sorrow and you have not the faintest idea where it is coming from
because it is below the level of conscious memories.
Being fair and genuine in relationships are a natural aspect of
being responsible. But the karma of lifetimes can also be
encapsulated in a moment. If someone uses a voice that speaks
from the depths of yourself and you try to oppose it, the emptiness
hits you immediately. The experience can paralyze you.
If you manage to ignore this voice of conscience, your own
associates will turn against you. They know instinctively on a gut
level that you betray trust, you have run out of luck, and everything
you do is going to fall through.
It is important to be clear about what Melamo is doing. It is not
about personal love. The spirits who teach personal love are more
concerned with beauty, harmony, and establishing a union of soul
and spirit.
By contrast, Melamo is interested in getting a job done. For
example, he establishes profound bonds in a group so the work is
effective and successful. The group's solidarity reflects the level of
commitment necessary to complete the task. It is not love but a
way of working together that he effects. Still, there are many who
would be willing to die to find a place in life where they could
bond with others to this extent.
On the akashic plane, the mantra is, “I am omnipotent power.”
On the mental plane it becomes, “I take charge and have complete
control.” On the astral plane the mantra becomes, “I am an
inexhaustible force; I have absolute command over the four
elements.” That is, the astral plane reflects within the four
elements the ideals of akasha. To the gale, Melamo is a hurricane.
To the hurricane, he is the jet stream. He is always a little greater.
To the hill he is a mountain. To the mountain he is the chain of
mountains and the movement of the tectonic plates. To the lake,
he is an ocean. To the ocean, he is the ocean of the sky containing
countless oceans on countless worlds. Melamo embodies an
understanding of the elements and the power that commands them.
Reflecting the omnipotent power of the akasha on to the astral
plane, Melamo has a wonderful expansiveness that extends without
limit.

Physical Plane. On the physical plane, Melamo embodies the will

and determination of a magician to get something done. That is,
there is complete respect for Saturn with its emphasis on laws,
time, space, history, limitations, and restrictions. And there is also
the use of magick to do something that otherwise, using natural
means, would take many years to accomplish
Magick uses clairvoyance and psychic perception. It studies the
forces at play on the inner planes as well as in the external world.
It commands the four elements. And it introduces new things and
calls into play new forces depending on the purpose it seeks to
fulfill.
Melamo embodies a will that is more solid and enduring than
any institution, tradition, or historical circumstance. His aura on
the physical plane leaves you with the impression that here is a
power you would never want to oppose. You would prefer to get
out of its way or just cooperate with it.
Like the force of gravity, it is permanent and its effects are
obvious. Like a mountain or an ocean, it is there in front of you
and it will not go away. It is possible to understand the purpose
behind it, but words and understanding will not alter its
movements. By the time you see this will manifest on the physical
plane, it has already determined its course of action and it is more
than half way toward reaching its goal.
Melamo's presence, then, dissolves problems and conflicts.
Obstacles and barriers collapse in front of him. There is a story
about St. Columba in the sixth century when he went to see the
king of the Picks in Scotland. The king, under the advice of his
druid, would not let St. Columba into the fortress. So St. Columba
knocked down the gate with his hands. The king said, “That's my
kind of man. Show him in.”
There was a billionaire who wished to meet with the English
prime minister to discuss assisting Russia's recovery. He was
refused an audience. So he bought German marks betting the
English pound would fall. He was right. He broke the bank of
England. Now when he desires to meet with politicians, they are
happy to see him. When you can get things done, people find it
convenient to cooperate with you. You become like a force of
nature. Like a barometer, people look to you to see what is
happening.
The mantra for the physical plane is, “I materialize the
situations I require.” We can summarize the four planes as
“omnipotent power in complete control moving with inexhaustible
strength to materialize its goals.” You cannot learn a martial art
like Aikido in the first day of practice. You may, however, learn
its principles and be able to act because the idea works for you.
But to master Aikido takes many years. Through continuous
practice, Aikido becomes a part of your body so that thinking is
not necessary when you act. The same is true with Melamo. You
meditate with him until your aura reflects a degree of his power.

Common Difficulties/Imbalances. I have met a number of

individuals who possess extraordinary magick but who tell me they
are not ready to apply it. They feel uncomfortable with the powers
of spirit they sense within themselves. It would appear they
developed their power in other lives but they know instinctively
that in this incarnation they have to attend first to the needs of their
personal development. They wish to be happy, reasonable,
responsible, productive, loving, and creative. These things must be
acquired first before they would even consider turning to magick to
accomplish a spiritual purpose.
On the other hand, I have met some rather negative individuals
whose consciences are not sensitive to abusing their power. Using
magick to satisfy personal desires is their first objective. Being
responsible for the consequences of their actions and for others'
well-being has no bearing on their decisions. The inspiration of
beauty, wonder, harmony, and love--these things do not touch their
lives.
I sometimes imagine that Judeo-Christianity conceals a secret
spiritual test. It asks everyone regardless of their beliefs, “Are you
able in yourself to be pure and to take responsibility for your
actions? Otherwise, you must place yourself under an external
authority and avoid searching out nature's mysteries.” A lot of
individuals lack the inner conviction and determination needed to
say, “Yes, I am responsible and worthy to be initiated in the high
mysteries of creation.”
The testing process, however, does not end with believing in
yourself and the purposes you serve. Individuals who possess
immense will often engage in self-destructive actions because they
flaunt their power. Even when they have no conscience, they
restrict their development by making themselves dependent on
others. They crave recognition because of their insecurity. In their
arrogance, they feel they are a law unto themselves and yet they
are addicted to having praise from their underlings. They need to
impress others whom they consider inferior with their importance
and power.
They overextend their armies or attack too soon when, with a
just a little patience, they could have gotten what they wanted or
even taken over the world. They have not mastered the mystery of
silence--that the first objective of magick is to bring yourself into
harmony with the larger universe. Without this, your work will
always be limited or undermined by what you do not see coming.
There is a certain similarity between Melamo's power and the
power Buddhist's draw upon in performing the Prajnaparamita
ritual. Prajnaparamita is the mother of the Buddhas. The ritual
centered on her creates an enlightened state of mind in which there
is only oneness. If individuals attempt to abuse power when
influenced by this ritual, they find their power is undermined.
They have nothing to attack and so their aggression turns back
upon themselves.
 Melamo also employs this mode of operation. His presence
dissolves opposition because his power is rooted in akasha.
Melamo, however, is more forceful or active than the Buddhist
ritual when it comes to representing the power of the universe in
motion.
In summary, Melamo's power involves an immense respect for
the world as it is and for the limitations under which we live. His
station is in Capricorn--developing and using power are a means
for taking responsibility for those factors that influence us and
determine the course of our fate and destiny. There is nothing
inappropriate about developing your will or power under this
inspiration.
Do you still feel doubts and uncertainty about developing your
magical will and power? Akasha always tests those who draw
upon its wealth. Akasha asks, “Will you work with me to remake
the world so there is more love and beauty or does fear haunt your
soul because you feel insecure and unworthy? Search your heart
and consider your priorities. I am within every heart. I delight in
the best things in life and in transforming the world through love.”
In the final analysis, it is up to each of us to determine for
ourselves which spirits of the earthzone we wish to study with.
The earthzone is like a vast university. Each of us have our own
areas of specialization and our own goals when it comes to what
we wish to accomplish.

Pathworking. To better harmonize Melamo's spiritual power with

my own personality, I do a pathworking. In this case, I focus on
Melamo's power on the four planes and begin to free associate. I
begin by asking myself what Melamo's power means to me
personally. As a result, I review four past life incarnations in
which the use of power was the central theme. From this
perspective, I notice several things.
There is a basic problem that relates to will and power. Will
power is analogous to the fire element which, in its purest form,
converts into the electrical fluid. To maintain this kind of magical
intensity requires either unusual isolation or careful insulation.
What can insulate and contain this divine power of will is the
magnetic fluid that is refined from the water element. The
magnetic fluid holds the electrical and expansive will within itself
without loss or diminishing its power. Water and magnetism are
analogous to love. The skillful magician, then, is always careful to
insure that his power and will are encompassed by and united to
love.
When this is done, it does not matter the extent of his actual
isolation in the real world. He never feels separate from others.
He never is distracted by craving for fame, honor, and recognition
of his powers. He does not need to demonstrate what he can do
and he does not identify power with his personality. Power is a
tool in the hands of love. It serves a higher purpose and it is this
purpose that is his source of inspiration.
This pathworking, then, has put me in the position of evaluating
other life times. I notice what I accomplished in those
incarnations. And I notice what still remains to be done if I am to
continue on from where I once was moving toward a greater
harmony which has love at its center.

Trapi, 4 degrees Capricorn, Personal Love

Reason for Evocation. Trapi is within several degrees of my natal

Venus. We have a natural affinity.
My main reason for working with Trapi is to develop a
harmony on a personal level that balances other work I am doing.
It is not enough to develop a spiritual identity that embraces a
cosmic oneness without having beauty and grace in everyday life.
Trapi is a master with miraculous abilities in the area of
transforming personal feelings. He is an embodiment of love as
seen through the eyes of Capricorn.
Franz Bardon in his book, The Practice of Magical Evocation,
says of Trapi, “Trapi helps man bear the blows of fate and
disappointments more easily, especially in respect of friendship,
love, and marriage. The magician in connection with this head has
therefore never to fear any such disappointments in life.” This is
quite a statement by Bardon. Let's see to what extent and how this
might be possible.

Capricorn in the Earthzone. As I enter Capricorn on the akashic

plane, I feel physically heavier. There is a sense of weight and
gravity. The aura of Saturn is present.
There is also a cohesiveness--the power to hold things together.
In Capricorn, you produce things that withstand the changes of
time. To supervise work of this quality, every part of your
planning must be guided by will and determination.
Saturn is a tough planet to deal with. It constructs barriers
preventing us from living our dreams and reaching our ideals. If
you were to sit down with one of the 49 Judges of Saturn and ask,
“Why do you take away from me all that I desire?” The Saturn
spirit might reply, “First you must know complete freedom within
your heart and love as a spiritual being. Do this and you will
negotiate with fate successfully. Then when your dreams appear
they will not be fleeting but a permanent part of reality. And the
visions you seek to fulfill will take root, grow to maturity, and
nourish the world.”
No wonder Capricorn can be so depressing. A Taurus, at least,
enjoys hard work. It is pleasurable and satisfying to be active and
productive. Virgo finds gratification in activities that provide
order and which can be accomplished with precision. But
Capricorn bears the full weight of Saturn. With Capricorn, you
need a pure vision of the highest purposes inside of you--of what is
really you--which then grants the strength to feel fully alive and
fulfilled. When inspired, Capricorn accepts the world as it is and
makes a difference. Acting with integrity and honor, Capricorn's
accomplishments are of enduring value.
Franz Bardon says to draw the sigils of the Capricorn spirits in
black. Shiny black is also the color of the cosmic letter U. I use
black to meditate in Capricorn.
Generally, light is a radiation caused by an increase in energy in
the shells of atoms that then emit photons. We are fond of colors
in the visible light spectrum. Atoms and nuclear reactions emit
many other kinds of energy that are not visible. The color black is
used to enter a profound state of openness in which you sense the
origins and purest purposes behind what exists.
The color black relates to those cosmic rays that penetrate
through all matter. The immense gravity wells of black holes trap
starlight by warping space and time to an infinite degree. But the
convolutions of space-time cannot restrict the movement of energy
that is more primordial than gravity. Akasha is such an energy. In
this sense, black is not a place where light is bound or destroyed.
Black is a vibration penetrating everything on a cosmic level.

4 Degrees Capricorn. The fourth degree of Capricorn reminds you

of everything good that has ever happened to you and draws that
together into one taste. It is like going to a party or celebration
where the atmosphere is a reflection of all the love you have ever
experienced. It brings it back and makes it real.
Saturn may be a harsh mistress. But she is also an alchemist
who knows how to extract from the raw materials of life their vital
essence. The elixir of joy is one of her gifts.
In the story of Eros and Psyche, the soul (Psyche) seeks a
higher love within eroticism (Eros). In her final quest, she must
journey into the domain of darkness. She must meet Persephone,
the queen of the dead, who has been chosen by fate to be consort to
Hades (Pluto). Persephone gives Psyche the elixir of immortality.
But Psyche must bring this elixir back to the light of everyday
life and then anoint herself with it to transform both herself and
Eros in order to attain divine love. We nourish and develop an
immortality body within ourselves. This is done in part by keeping
alive in our souls all the beauty and love that has ever touched us
especially when our path is as dark and horrifying as a journey
through hell. The fourth degree of Capricorn represents this soul
ability to not only survive but to live with joy.

Trapi's Domain. Trapi's level of the akasha is a way of interacting

with others to bring about contentment and happiness. Divine
beauty and love saturate your environment.

Trapi's Source of Inspiration. It is the nature of Divine Providence

to create joy so that it radiates from us and fills the world around
us. The air is saturated with harmony, good cheer, and happiness.
This energy is as real as gravity. It is a force working
automatically and it is everywhere waiting for us to find it. From
the point of view of Divine Providence, it is never necessary to be
without friendship and love. Love and friendship are part of the
universe.

Trapi's Sigil. This sigil generates caring, love, and honor and gives
you opportunities to share these with others. You feel the support
of close friends.

Trapi's Outer Aura. Trapi's aura is like a sacred festival where love
is celebrated and cherished in every positive and nourishing form
of expression. Trapi is like a muse of poetry who grants the ability
to see the fragility of life, its hidden beauty, and to respond with
tenderness. He is an angel who says, “I hear a song composed of
notes made from all the beauty and love you have experienced.”
And then you hear this song too. When you erase the sorrow, the
tears, the frustration, and the pain, it is astonishing how bright the
light is that remains.
Trapi's aura is a love and a warmth that are more than sufficient
for the needs of your personality and spirit. Trapi's real power is in
his ability to change your orientation so you perceive your life
differently. He does this by opening your heart. Rather than
craving love and never quite getting enough, your heart becomes a
fountain overflowing with kindness and tenderness. You become
the source of magical enchantment like an archangel incarnate with
the power to suspend the boundaries of space and time so love can
flow like a great river through your soul.
Are you short on inspiration? Close your eyes for a moment
and Trapi can lead you into a sacred garden. There you are free to
meet and speak with any world teacher, past, present, or future. He
or she has been waiting for you to come to share with you wisdom
and understanding as vast as the stars above.
Or perhaps it is your desire to have a flame beside you, a fire of
passion from a lover who takes hold of you and transforms you.
Trapi will do you one better. He will make you that lover for
another. Whatever your need or desire, Trapi has a remedy that is
surprisingly effective. It arises out of his own experience and
mode of perception. For Trapi, you see, love is everywhere.

Trapi's Inner Aura. Trapi's inner energy in a similar manner gives

the clairvoyance to see the presence of love in your life. From this
perspective, the negative individuals and experiences you have
encountered in the past appear in a different light. As
representatives acting on behalf of Saturn, they say, “I have been
sent into your life to open a gate you would not have found on your
own. It is a more difficult way to go. But it reveals the greatest
treasures within your soul.”

Akashic Plane. Trapi's presence on the akashic plane is a strength

of will that makes love manifest. In other words, you understand
the importance of love and you do everything in your power to
express it. This remains a constant theme in all stages and
situations of your life. There is no faintness of heart or passivity
present. This love is in charge and fully responsible.
There is creative spark that jumps from your body to others
when you have an absolute conviction that love shall prevail in any
situation. On the akashic plane, you embody this perspective.
Some things are a matter of will. The will to love is like light to
darkness. Its presence dissolves confusion and selfishness.
Mental Plane. Here are a faith and a conviction that performs
miracles because they are nearly absolute. It is a concentration that
builds the bridges and makes all the connections so love can flow.
Trapi also embodies on the mental plane a great empathy. It heals
and harmonizes with its tenderness and understanding. Everything
in another individual's life is clear to him. In other words, you can
learn this clarity from Trapi.
When you talk to Trapi, his eyes reflect back to you the totality
of all you have experienced. You understand yourself without
effort. You see what you have gone through and the reasons for
this are clear to you. Trapi would make a great therapist. He
embodies the perfection of experience joined to transcendence.
If you are weary like a traveler who has lost his way amid snow
covered valleys in winter, talk to Trapi. In the next moment, you
feel like a bird who flies free and with ease above the highest
mountains of the world. I test Trapi’s abilities offering my life as a
challenge. I ask him, “What can justify the struggle and isolation I
have endured for twenty years of my life?”
Trapi replies, “Your task is not to give new age seminars
showing others how to use breath to soothe their nerves or teaching
clever ideas that put their minds at ease or else grant them success.
Your task is to be the air they breathe as vast as the sky so that
when they talk to you they taste the enlightened mind.
“This is why religious doctrines and systematic philosophies
have been of no use to you. Your mind must encompass the entire
atmosphere of the earth--the storms, clouds, lightning, whirlwinds,
jet stream, and trades winds--in order to discover the mind's roots
and to know perfect freedom. This is why for you ideas are like
dust blown by the wind. You must search out the original
purposes and destines life seeks, for the mind itself, like spirit, is
not limited to concepts and theories. The mind has neither
beginning nor end.
“You puzzle over the fact that love has escaped you. You see a
still pool of water in which fish swim. You wish that peace and
happiness would surround you like clear water that is nourishing,
fresh, and healing. But such peace is not found in the desert where
you search or happiness in the wilderness where you sojourn.
“Your task is to become love as vast as the sea that covers the
earth. This is why relationships have been so difficult for you and
why the love often dries up like a pool exposed to the desert sun.
Your task is to find and to become the love that guides and inspires
the human race. Nothing else will satisfy you. Nothing else has
the depth, the breadth, and the wonder to heal the wounds within
you.
“As for will, is it not the same? You are not interested in
success or fame. Like the magma beneath mountains moving the
tectonic plates, you would forge your will in a flame that moves
the nations to peace. There is a realm of spirit whose wrath will
not abate until you storm its walls and break down its gates.
Entering, you must claim an ancient knowledge that turns hatred
into friendship, greed into generosity, cruelty into kindness, and
fanaticism into wisdom.
“Look at your life. Haven't you always been asking from the
beginning in childhood, ‘What is missing? What is absent? Why
is there selfishness instead of love and fighting instead of peace?’
These questions have not gone away even though you have worked
on them for decades. This is what justifies your struggle. Like
everyone, your work is sharing and celebrating with others the
wisdom, love, and light you have found in life.”
As I pointed out before, there is something very reassuring
about knowing the bottom line, to know exactly what you have to
do to get where you are going. Trapi embodies Capricorn’s
Saturnian awareness of remaining focused on the essential. When
you make the right commitments that bring meaning to your life,
everything else falls into place. Everything else is the way it is
meant to be. The struggle is then not a struggle. It is part of a
flame of joy. You sense how the spirit within your is shaping your
life experience into a reflection of love.

Astral Plane. On the astral plane, Trapi's aura grants the ability to
focus completely on others and to establish rapport. You learn to
sense both the inner and the outer person. This insight disarms
others because it is so protective. As a counselor and a friend, this
form of affection becomes indispensable. It does what nothing
else can do. Like Trapi, you become a mirror that reflects back to
others all that they have been through. It reminds them of the joy
and love that has touched them. This unites the different parts of a
person so that the individual’s interests are drawn together and
creatively expressed.
Trapi has a way of transmitting to you the specific astral energy
you need in order to feel whole and complete. There are a lot of
ways this can happen. Trapi may introduce you to an astral
kingdom of experience and imagery that makes you feel
surrounded by inspiration. He may establish an astral connection
to another individual or individuals that sets up a circulation of
love between you.
He may, as with a guru, transmit directly to you through
shaptipat the peace, love, happiness, contentment, etc. that are
missing from your life. He may generate new experiences in your
physical environment and relationships that spark the feelings and
satisfactions you want. Whatever actual procedure is used, the
result is that you find yourself more satisfied and happier even
when your life circumstances are severe and hostile.

Physical Plane. As in a sacred ritual, the physical is imbued with

the beauty, love, and the freedom of the spiritual. Trapi creates
ecstasy that transports you beyond the world or, more accurately,
he fills your daily life with profound beauty. The result is that you
experience satisfactions that are perfectly in harmony with your
personality.
Well-being and happiness well up inside you. These feelings
penetrate your entire life wrapping you about with light. Joy,
when fully manifesting as the result of love, out shines all other
feelings and sensations.
The net effect on the physical plane is that you embody the
three other planes within yourself. Your actions are guided by
spiritual will. Your mind is attuned to others' minds. And you
radiate a feeling of satisfaction and happiness. Put together, these
then have a way of creating many opportunities to express love and
experience happiness with others. You become a moving sacred
space that generates friendship and celebrates the joys of love and
sharing.
There is something to be said for bringing spiritual creativity
down to the physical plane. If love has avoided showing you its
face because of your karma or because of difficulties in your life,
then become the space where others come to establish love within
themselves and with others as well. Become love's heart. Let its
fires burn, its waters flow, and its winds blow through your soul.
Make love your work so that everyone you touch is enriched by
your presence.

Possible Difficulties/Imbalances. I do a lot of free associating with

Trapi in which I briefly relive memories in which I have felt most
alive. The recollection is so vivid and real that the feelings leave
me satisfied and happy. The memories may be from the past, but
the energy remains with me in the present. The feeling of joy is
not distant belonging to another time. It fills the present moment.
It may help, then, to relax and free associate following some of
Trapi's themes. It might also help to take the feelings from some
memories and explore them further, for example, into the future.
With ease, Trapi guides you back and forth between the astral
plane and the world where you live. Because distance and time are
overcome by working with a spirit of the earthzone, you can draw
together all the best ways in which life has touched you. Working
with Trapi, you find you possess a wealth of love.
Technically speaking, it is possible on the astral plane to take a
memory and extract from it light, joy, and love, in other words, the
energy within it so that this energy is vibrating within you right
now. As I have mentioned, on the astral plane you can sense the
entire lump sum of everything good that has ever happened to you
and all the love that has ever touched you.
It is possible, then, not just to gather the essence of one memory
but of all memories as if you are immersed within one vibration--
like the so called light that envelops you at the moment of your
death. You do not need to wait till you die to experience
transcendence. Would it not make more sense to live life offering
to others joy and love that pours out from a heart that is full?
A lot of times we are attracted to another person because of the
way the other makes us feel. The astral plane is a collection--an
on-going and living vibration--of everything that has been and can
be felt. Trapi is a guide who would teach you to move freely in
and out of the astral plane so you have its treasures and wealth to
share with others.
You may ask, “Isn't this rather distorted, to focus only on the
positive and ignore the negative things which happen to you?” As
I recall very negative individuals who have been in my life and the
suffering I have passed through, Trapi points out, “This individual
was placed there to get you to back off from the obvious and look
for something that was missing, something wonderful which could
not be found in any other way.”
With some injuries I have suffered, Trapi says, “This happened
to you to enable you to find a path of spirit that your world does
not know. It is a gift that leads you to abilities you developed in
other life times. The limitations under which you live only make
sense when you view them through the eyes of your spirit and you
use the will of your spirit to overcome them.”
For many individuals, it is much easier to embrace the spirit
who is the negative counterpart of Trapi. There are all sorts of
people who focus not on light, love, and joy. Instead, they
emphasize hatred, jealousy, and possession. They use these things
to connect to others the way a fisherman uses a net to catch fish or
a spider a web to catch, coil with thread, and then later devour its
prey.
They do not know how to heal wounds or transform pain, but
they are very gifted at bringing out the negative in any situation or
relationship. Hatred and fear are so much a part of their lives it is
the only thing that feels normal. Without it, they would be lost and
know not how to live.
When men are freed from jail, some take the jail with them--
their astral bodies remain numb and frozen as if they continue to
live within a tiny room of gray, stone walls. Some act so they will
be jailed again. But even in jail, some men cherish freedom.
When finally released, they become leaders of nations and
prophets of peace. It is your heart that makes you who you are and
not your limitations.

Cermiel, 11 degrees Capricorn, On Death and Dying

Cermiel's Area of Expertise. Franz Bardon says of Cermiel that he

“has been appointed by Divine Providence to control the
incarnation or re-incarnation of every human being. He knows
how long each individual must dwell in the invisible world in order
to become mature for his rebirth in our physical world, for his
further attending the School of Life.”

Reason for Evocation. I want to understand and lend assistance to

those who are dying and making the transition to the other world.
Cermiel's outlook and philosophy, however, also apply to the
living. Those who are aware of the astral plane, its presence and
its influence, can sense the great harmony that joins the living and
the departed in one path and circle of life.

Preliminary Thoughts. I have some friends who work with

terminally ill patients as counselors and spiritual guides. There is a
practical side to this topic of death and dying. It is about providing
support and counseling to those who are left behind. But
counseling takes place within a cultural and religious context. And
there is a variety of perspectives when it comes to cultural and
religious attitudes towards death.
 In ancient Greece, Homer mentions how Odysseus once stood
before the realm of the dead. Many spirits tried to persuade him
not to return home. But his deceased mother also appeared and
told him his wife waited for his return.
Unlike Protestants, Catholics can pray to saints. Saints, though
deceased, are considered to remain spiritually active. Protestants
shun this idea of there needing to be any mediation between man
and God other than Christ.
Jewish tradition is slightly vague on this point. Judaism
proclaimed it a capital offense to consult with dead spirits.
Necromancy was forbidden. But the Bible faithfully records how
king Saul sought a witch to call forth the departed spirit of the
Prophet Samuel to lend him assistance.
The witch called and Samuel, according to the Bible, appeared.
Samuel asked the king, "Why do you seek wisdom from the dead
rather than from the living God?" But Samuel went ahead anyway
and prophesized the king's fate--king Saul would shortly be among
the dead also.
Jewish tradition is not big on reincarnation because it focuses
on the power of the spoken word and the akashic plane. Akasha is
the eternal now. The emphasis is on the decisions you make in this
moment and the manifestation of the highest spiritual principles to
influence the physical world and to shape the course of history.
When it comes to the will of the Creator, Judaism believes that
nature provides no keys.
Christ, however, took three of his disciples up on to a hill. Jesus
then called before them Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob so his disciples
could speak with them and get answers to their questions. And
when Christ was crucified some of those watching asked if he was
calling the Prophet Elijah to come and help him.
Still, the Jewish outlook toward the dead was taken over by
Christianity though various details of heaven and hell were
extended. But Christianity does not pursue contemplative
traditions that explore spiritual domains. Though prophets or
angels seem to play a role in nearly every story in the Old
Testament, Christianity has sought to eliminate prophecy as a
living tradition. Having had a fierce struggle for survival in the
first few centuries, the bishops of the church turned their attention
to exercising their political clout in this world. Exclusivity was the
rule. Saints were permitted because they strengthened the tradition
by presenting dazzling images that could compete with pagan
religions.
But Christians wanted to separate themselves from the pagans.
In the first century, for example, Christians forbade cremation
because it was a Roman practice. Protestants, with a gusto
unmatched by any other religion in history, emphasize the
individual's ability to work and be productive in this world. For
Martin Luther, the church's offer to sell relief for the deceased
from suffering in purgatory was an outrageous idea. Faith, for
Protestants, is contaminated when you start messing around with
anything mystical or invisible or when you start inventing anything
not directly present in the Bible. Consequently, Christianity, one
way or another, avoids the whole issue of perception on the inner
planes. The only exception are those priests designated by the
Catholic Church to perform exorcism.
Other traditions are more fascinated by the astral plane and the
influence of the deceased. In China and Japan, ancestors are
worshiped. For example, in the theory of Feng Sui it is important
that the elderly be buried in a grave placed in harmonious
alignment with earth energies in order to secure blessing on the
children. In the Chinese Taoist tradition, in a similar way to
Catholic saints, the masters of the specific lineage are evoked
during annual ceremonies.
In effect, the shells or remains of the astral bodies of these
Taoist masters are preserved for ritual and magical purposes.
Taoists emphasize longevity and seek astral immortality. This is
also similar to the Egyptian practice of mummifying the physical
body and then placing it in the energy currents inside a pyramid.
This sustains a circulation of energy to the astral body of the
departed individual.
 By contrast, Tibetan Buddhists emphasize the mental plane as
compared to the astral. The only reason a Tibetan master assumes
a specific form or identity is for the sake of manifesting to others
through compassionate activity. There is no form or permanent
identity that the mind should attach itself to or seek to preserve.
After all, the Buddha himself took time to explain to the Hindu
gods that their radiant bodies of glory and power would one day
mean nothing at all. Every last thing in the universe is transitory.
Tibetans do, however, have very specific practices relating to
death and dying. In fact, Tibetan lamas feel they share a common
interest with Western counselors in this field. Tibetans also have a
practice relating to the Bardo--the spiritual domain between death
and rebirth. These teachings simply apply Tibetan understanding
of consciousness to the astral plane.
One fascinating aspect of Tibetan tradition is the way this
culture seeks to discover the reincarnation of high masters. Young
children are identified to be this or that reincarnated lama and are
given rank and teachings in monasteries according to their lineage.
In the Kagudpa tradition, the Karmapa states before he dies when
and where he will next incarnate as a human being. He is so
specific he gives the names of his new parents and describes their
dwelling.
There are also shamanistic traditions among tribal peoples
involving the astral plane. A Hopi Indian medicine man I once
knew told me about how he had acquired his healing powers. The
day he was born another child died during birth. The Hopi Indian
priests took this medicine man as a child on that day and
performed a ritual. As the living child grew into a man, the soul of
the child that had died would also be growing on the astral plane.
It would acquire knowledge of herbs and healing. When the living
man was ready, he would then have a spirit guide to assist him in
his spiritual vocation.
I also knew some psychics in Arizona who worked with
exorcism. Each religion, of course, has its own procedures for
exorcising ghosts of departed human beings and other spirits or
lower astral entities who possess a human being or haunt a
location.
A Taoist master told me how she had the hardest time getting
an evangelical minister who had died to leave the house he was
haunting. Tibetan lamas sometimes call demons and hostile
entities to them and then visualize these beings as having all of
their cravings completely satisfied. The spirits, being highly
susceptible to powerful visualized images, are temporarily gratified
and leave the sacred space of the ritual alone.
The psychics I knew, on the other hand, would speak
telepathically to the deceased carefully explaining to these spirits
that they were now actually dead and that the house they occupied
belonged to the living. The psychics would then call for a
“greeter” to come and guide the departed spirit to where it
belonged. On the other hand, if an individual were possessed or
strongly influenced by a spirit, they would run their fingers up the
spine of the person with a high charge of energy in their fingertips.
This would break the link with the possessing spirit.
These psychics also had an interesting method for clearing bad
vibes out of a house. They would wear a heat insulated glove and
put salt on a pie tin. They would pour rubbing alcohol over the salt
and light it. They would then take this fire on a pie tin around a
dwelling so that the light entered every closet, drawer, and
confined space. This seems to have a marvelous effect that
cleanses and lightens the vibration of a house.
I also recently met a woman whose child sees and speaks with
departed individuals similar to the little boy in the movie, The Sixth
Sense. Like the child in the movie, this seven year old also kept
secret his abilities from his mother because he did not want to
upset her. Therapists, like the therapist in the movie, usually have
no training in spiritual anthropology and so are likely to consider a
child such as this to be hallucinating.
In my own experience, I sometimes meet deceased relatives or
friends who appear to me in dreams. In one case, a woman taught
me a way of seeing the future. At the end of this paper, I share a
poem I wrote about a sending I experienced.

Warm Up Exercise. For this practice, I am using the symbol of the

magick circle. The magick circle symbolizes the microcosm, that
is, the individual being aligned, united, and in harmony with the
larger macrocosm--the universe. Everything is near and nothing is
hidden. In this moment, as a form of meditative trance, I imagine
myself as being omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent, and
immortal--the image of God within me is now conscious and ready
to act.

Capricorn in the Earthzone. Capricorn has a great weight to it. It

insists on limitations of time and place in order to maximize your
ability to learn and to attain independence. To move a soul from
the spiritual world into a location in history requires placing great
restrictions on that individual. You take away the individual's
memory. Then you push him through a door and lock the door
behind him. He cannot turn back but only proceed on his path.
This immersion of consciousness within the physical world
creates the illusion of separation and isolation. But the great
advantage is that it allows an individual to bond with his or her
new set of circumstances. Individuals are then in a position in
which by necessity they must take possession of these
circumstances and make of them whatever they can. Your
conscious identity and who you are has a lot to do with when and
where you were born.
In accepting your situation in life and working with it, you
undergo the most profound transformations without even realizing
it. To make changes in your physical world, you must exercise a
profound will and make leaps of faith. As rigid and unyielding as
the world may be for you, the world is only a mirror reflecting
your mastery over yourself. Again and again, your trials in life
will bring you back to the questions of who you are, what your
path in life is, and what spirit you will call upon to transform
yourself.
 As I meditate in Capricorn in the earthzone, I am drawn
repeatedly into recalling different life situations in which I was
confronted with these kinds of choices. The existence and nature
of the spiritual world was in no way clear. The means for working
with spiritual powers was hidden. I had to exercise my own
initiative. My desire to be a magician had to be complete prior to
my finding the means for becoming one.
The other thing I notice about Capricorn is that it will inevitably
give you an opportunity to fulfill the deepest desires in your heart.
But you have to prepare and be ready for this opportunity when it
comes. Saturn, the ruler of Capricorn, is not stingy in sharing the
wealth of life and the treasures of spirit. But Saturn expects you to
take total responsibility for everything that happens to you and
everything over which you can exert influence.
If you gaze into the heart of Saturn, you will see that its desire
is to make you a sovereign lord who rules over the worlds of form,
limitation, and time. Such a lord of space and time can virtually
satisfy any desire. The training for this position, however, is rather
severe and demanding.

11 Degrees Capricorn. This degree of Capricorn reminds us of the

“other side.” As sleep and dreaming are to being awake, souls
occupy the astral plane before incarnating on earth. The physical
plane of existence is much too stressful and conflicting to enable
an individual to grow spiritually unless this is balanced by a time
of withdraw and letting go. On the astral plane, an individual finds
peace and the opportunity for the passions that bind the soul to
cease.
Solomon could say these things, “There is a time to be born and
a time to die....” Life is a constant process of engaging and taking
hold and of releasing and letting go. We build with our strength
and our will but everything withers and fades away like the grass
of the field. Only universal goals and spiritual purposes remain.
And yet, at the center of the wheel of time governing life and
death, love alone rules over all.
 From the point of view of the 11th degree, life and death are by
no means separate. They are threads woven into one fabric, one
design, and one purpose. The astral plane where we dwell after
death already surrounds us here and now. Its release and peace are
within our breath. Its desires for birth and new life are within our
dreams at night. Though separation is an illusion and
transformation is our fate, the spiritual world has no need to remain
hidden. We can perceive the mysteries of life and death in our
vision and capture these treasures in our wisdom if we but seek.

Cermiel's Domain within Akasha. This level of akasha is equally

comfortable with all circumstances of life and of death. In either
case, intuition is developed so an individual can determine
precisely and with great sensitivity what purposes are important
and the reasons behind why things are as they are.
The sensitivity is truly remarkable. Here is the poet's
appreciation of how detail reflects and awakens feeling; the
empath's capacity to perceive directly another's astral and mental
body; the playwrights heightened sense of character, drama,
pageantry, and suspense; the novelist's understanding of plot,
setting, theme, and action. This is a place where you come to
meditate to develop your senses. You perceive living beings and
dreams from the point of view of your guardian angel and of an
artist whose eyes see the mysteries of life as they are unfolding.

Cermiel's Inner Source of Inspiration. For Cermiel, the astral

plane is like the mother's womb that nourishes and protects the
fetus until it is ready to be born. The mother gives her body and
her love so another soul can take form and enter the world.
Therefore, offering guidance to those making all transitions
through life and death is an act of love. Nurturing the soul in all its
journeys and transformations is the path of life.
Cermiel's inner source of inspiration is a very powerful energy
of angelic healing and blessing. It is like the experience of light
that individuals speak of encountering in near death experiences--it
is being wrapped about with an accepting and unconditional love
that has no beginning or end. It is a love that fills you so full there
is no longer any room for sorrow, sadness, regret, or unhappiness.
It is no wonder that those who encounter this light do not wish
to return to the life they have left behind. It is being in union with
the universe. It is the ecstasy in which beings dwell after having
perfected their spirits. It is total freedom and blissful
communication in which one heart and another heart have
overcome all separation. It is a celebration of your unique journey
through life that serves to enrich all other lives.
And indeed this is what you would expect to find shining in the
heart of a spirit who is one of the great guardians of the
passageways between life and death. A love this generous is an
aspect of Divine Providence which, from time to time,
overshadows us with its presence to remind us of the treasures
within our hearts.
If you sit very still and mediate with Cermiel within akasha, he
is quite willing to breathe this inspiration into you if you ask him
to do so. His breath becomes your breath, his light your light.
Then you feel you are within a love that can take away the bruises,
the wounds, and the injuries to our souls so we shine with peace
and kindness. The answer to pain and suffering is to become a
divine healer who can freely create life, light, and love according
the desires of the heart and the purposes of spirit.

Cermiel's Sigil and the Qualities to Place within this Sigil.

Cermiel's sigil is protective and inspiring. It generates a mesmeric
trance in which you can see directly into the astral plane where
those who have died and who await rebirth are dwelling. It also
generates a trans-incarnational perspective. That is to say, you
acquire a transcendence in which you see the situations of your life
from within divine vision. Here are the eyes of a great artist who
captures both the face and the soul in a portrait. Displaying colors
and shades, the scenes you see are lit up so they are luminous and
shine with an inner light.
 This sigil joins time with eternity, the transitory with divinity.
Through the power of spirit, the bitter is turned sweet. Sorrow
vanishes like darkness before light and what is separate is reunited.
This is not the fabulous prophetic vision of Ugolog who can
array before you the entire history of a soul's incarnations one
earth. Instead, Cermiel is like an empathic counselor whose very
way of speaking to you and listening communicates the precise
love you need most to receive in this moment. He is like a great
harpist, a bardic magician who, in one glance into your eyes,
composes a song from the desires in your heart--you are overcome
with rapture and restored to harmony through the power of beauty.
This sigil, like Cermiel's inner source of inspiration, has the
ability to take you into a light from which life and death are seen
with equal clarity through the same eyes. You can see the journey-
-the separation and the isolation--and also the reunion and the
celebration. You can understand why they go together. And the
angelic kingdom and the world of human beings are no longer so
distant. We sit down with and work side by side with angels the
way it is intended.
To use this sigil effectively, when you draw it, concentrate into
it the above qualities. Specifically, include the feeling and
conviction that there is a great harmony, a pure perception, and a
love that encompasses all opposites--time, space, life, death, and
all incarnations. This sigil contains the freedom of spirit to see, to
understand, to guide, and to bless.

Cermiel's Outer Aura. Cermiel's aura has the akashic intuition that
bridges the gulfs separating life and death, the outer and inner
worlds, and yet gentleness and kindness are also present. Similar
to Capricorn, Cermiel is aware of the reasons determining each
individual's life situation and limitations. Restrictions serve to
protect individuals and also to offer them specific difficulties that
strengthen them and enable them to grow.
Cermiel can tell you why you are in a problematic relationship.
He can explain what you are meant to learn from it. Personal
conflicts often involve transpersonal and transcultural purposes
that need to be fulfilled. The frustrating and paralyzing obstacle
can contain a divine voice speaking to you and saying, “Come,
draw upon your spiritual will.” At other times, the separation
between you and another is designed so you must turn within and
find in yourself what you have desired in the other.
Through Cermiel's eyes you can also see that life, like death,
contains times of peace and rest. What appears boring or
unexciting may also be an opportunity to gain inner strength and
clarity about yourself before taking on greater challenges and
responsibilities. But though our lives may be hedged about with
physical restrictions, the soul remains free. This is why it is so
important to nourish and keep alive inspiration. Inspiration is the
fire of spirit ennobling our souls and the light opening our eyes.
The other aspect of Capricorn that Cermiel embodies concerns
our inner spirits. If you feel free in your heart and your love is
pure, then the world will yield to your desires. There is no limit
placed on power and will. If you perceive with the eyes of your
spirit what can be accomplished, then your patience and endurance
will appear to others to be a superhuman power.
But for you the effort is natural. You understand the mystery of
silence, that some purposes take time in order to be fulfilled.
Gaining Capricorn's wealth is often a matter of waiting for the
right opportunity to arise and for the moment when spirit can
manifest. Cermiel's aura is bitter and sweet, severe and yet also
full of grace. He grants the inspiration to know how to wait and to
live in the right way and also the conviction to see and make your
way to your destination.
Cermiel has a no-nonsense attitude. There is no way to cheat,
fool around, or take a shortcut when it comes to learning the
lessons of life. You are here for a purpose. The greater the
difficulty, the greater are the opportunity and wealth of spirit
hidden within it.
And yet again Cermiel has this other face--in his eyes you can
see the One Light that shines throughout the universe. With a
gesture of his hand or by one spoken word, he enables you to
transcend the limitations of time and space. And with a thought or
transference of his spirit, you experience the love that ignites the
stars and calls all to join in the celebration for which the universe
was created. It is this divine spark of inspiration in his heart that
can take the darkest and loneliest path of life and imbue it with
wonder, awe, and unfathomable beauty.

Cermiel's Inner Aura. Cermiel has a responsibility for guiding

individuals through some pretty difficult transitions--into birth and
incarnation as well as through death and into a dwelling place on
the astral plane. To some extent, he bears a similarity to figures
such as Mr. Jordan in the movie, Heaven Can Wait. He is like a
supervisor overseeing arrivals and departures of souls moving into
and out of the gates of incarnation.
As such, his concern is for maintaining order, continuity, and
the integration of consciousness. As much as the physical world
and astral plane will permit it, the idea is to arrange for friendly,
supportive relationships and familiar circumstances so a soul in
transition can better cope with a new environment.
Cermiel, with a great deal of skill, is acutely aware of each
individual's personal concerns as well as of the transitions they are
undergoing. A very skillful counselor can talk to you in a way that
gets you through great difficulties with a minimum of pain and
disorientation. The counselor provides you with an understanding
of what you are experiencing and offers the support you need to
make your own best decisions.
Some individuals make important choices even as they die and
Cermiel is able to honor and empower those decisions. It is during
moments of transition that we reconsider what the past means and
make new decisions about who we are and who we wish to be.
There are choices made in entering life--to accept what is before
us, to claim it as our own, to work with it, and to transform it.
Similarly, in dying, we have a choice about how and in what way
we will let go of the past and what light we wish to let shine within
our souls.
Consequently, the living and the deceased share something in
common. They have a decision to make about the extent to which
they wish to see clearly who they are, where they are, and what
forces limit and influence them. Both living and dead can
determine the degree of creativity they will use in dealing with
their condition.
I ask Cermiel, “What is it you look for in human beings
undergoing life transitions?” He replies, “Those with faith are the
best. Not the kind of faith that is forced, fanatical, or riddled with
doubt, but the faith that is pure and radiant like a flame. These
individuals know that things will work out. They are ready to take
command and play a leading part in whatever is happening. They
adapt well and make the best of everything. They sustain their
own strength and clarity. This takes them in the quickest way to
where they are able to learn, to work creatively, and to benefit
others in the process.”
I ask, “And what is a faith that is pure and radiant like a flame?
I am not sure very many individuals have ever seen it or can
imagine such a thing.”
Cermiel replies, “You have seen the light of dawn arising from
out of darkness bringing warmth and newness. You have felt this
same light within your life when you have fallen in love, when
your parents held you when you were young, when a teacher
inspired you with wisdom, or, in the quiet of the night, when you
have gained insight.
“You have seen the light of the stars. You have witnessed an
infinity of possibilities for they speak of paths belonging both to
the physical and to the spiritual universe. And you have seen the
light of the sun by day blessing the entire earth with its radiant
power. All life flourishes beneath its rays. The earth itself has
been formed with the assistance of the sun's gravity.
“Can you not sense, then, the stillness in the heart of the sun?
All beings are held within a great harmony. Each has its own path,
evolution, and spiritual domain. Each has motive and laws
governing its existence. The heart contains all wisdom, all
inspiration, and all love. The sun's radiance speaks constantly of
this mystery. Capture in your faith the light of dawn with its
newness, the light of the stars with its promise, and the light of the
sun with its boundless joy. Meditate on these things. Find and
celebrate this light within yourself without ceasing. This is what I
call faith.”

Akashic Plane. On the akashic plane, Cermiel teaches the

patience, toughness, and endurance that are necessary for accepting
and working with the life into which you have incarnated. But
these same qualities are also needed for another purpose. They
enable you to seek and attain consciousness of the highest spirit
within you once you assume a physical body.
It is a very great accomplishment to bring together these two
opposites--the conscious personality in incarnation and the
transcendent spirit that is free of the limitations of time and space.
But this is again the message of Saturn and Capricorn. They urge
us to become victorious over all limitations and obstacles set
before us by drawing upon the will and spirit at the core of our
being.
In terms of continuity of consciousness, this kind of tough
endurance and will enable an individual to find his way back, again
and again, regardless of the vicissitudes and upheavals of life, to
the purpose and work he is meant to fulfill. A life can undergo
many changes but the individual still gets done what he intends to
do.
The same applies to many incarnations. An individual is able to
return to his spiritual work regardless of the historical obstacles he
confronts in this or that incarnation on earth. Life after life he
continues perfecting himself and being of benefit to others. It does
not matter what constellations he is born under or what race or
gender he assumes or the civilization he enters. He repeatedly
unites his personality with his inner spirit to complete his work on
earth.
Mental Plane. This is a high mental level of intuition that
transcends the limitations of society, civilization, philosophy, and
religion. Understanding is always from a universal perspective
free of the bias and self-serving interpretations propagated by those
who are insecure, greedy, or driven by illusion.

Astral Plane. Cermiel's aura is strong enough to remove the

barriers between the inner and outer worlds. You can then see
with clarity what is transpiring as souls make their transitions into
and out of incarnation. When you have this energy, you are able to
stand within both worlds at the same time. You can then serve as a
guide to others because you can remain at their side regardless of
whether they are living or dead or passing between the two states
of consciousness.

Physical Plane. In our world, Cermiel's concern is that individuals

take full charge of their lives. Then it possible to become
conscious of your inner spirit and to join with it. In other words,
Cermiel encourages us to work out our karma and also become
fully conscious spiritual beings while in incarnation. Wherever
you are in life, there is no limit placed upon the amount of light
and spiritual power you are able to draw upon except your own
ability to take hold of it and use it wisely.

Possible Difficulties/Imbalances. There are two basic difficulties

in working with the issues and the transitions relating to life and
death. First, the five senses are usually wrapped up in the physical
world and so unable to offer any direct experience or perception of
the inner planes. And second, the instinct of survival is so deeply
rooted in human nature and is such an important principle of life
that it blocks the mind from thinking clearly about these matters.
The problem with the senses is overcome by refining the senses
so that an individual can perceive directly the spiritual world and
higher vibrations. Some individuals have some ability in this area
from the moment they are born. There are individuals who can
perceive auras, read minds, intuit the future, and see spirits and
deceased individuals from early childhood. Most of us however
have to acquire these abilities. To do this, it helps to follow a
spiritual training system throughout your life. Then, with a
universal love and a powerful faith, the inner planes open their
gates.
The second issue involving the survival instinct is equally
complicated. Some individuals are afraid of life. They are afraid
to lose their identity and their sense of self-worth is constantly in
jeopardy. This fear destroys their ability to develop a clear and
open mind. They turn to their sacred texts for reassurance. But the
beliefs they fashion after careful consideration are not within the
minds of those who have founded their religion. These
practitioners use doctrines as shields to defend themselves rather
than developing the flame of faith, of truth, and the will of spirit
that destroy illusions.
Faith and conviction are a direct way of uniting with spirit.
Doctrines tend to get in the way in so much as they say, “Don't
seek and unite with God in your heart. It is enough to believe the
right thing.” But, to work with death and the dying and life
transitions, there comes a point where you can decide to put off
your mortality and to see and to act as a divine being. Declare
open season on hunting the divinity within yourself. Doubt,
uncertainty, and skepticism are part of thought processes belonging
to the lower mental plane--
Consumers should doubt the quality of the products they
consider buying. Scientists should be uncertain about theories with
inadequate evidence supporting them. Voters should question the
character and motives of their politicians.
But faith and conviction play a different role. They relate to
what you can accomplish, who you are, and what you wish to
become. The survival instinct, in the hands of faith, can transform
an individual's life and alter the course of history. It can do this
because it nourishes, gives birth, and strengthens the spiritual will.
The body is limited in form, space, and time. The soul and spirit
are free to draw upon the inspiration and wisdom of all ages of the
world.

A few observations on death and dying. I have a friend who is

dynamic enough to run a terminally ill ward of a hospital. She is
also psychic enough to see angels and spirits appear who come to
assist those who are dying. She makes these following points
many of which have been observed by others working in this field
as well.
Do not try to keep loved ones from making the transition
because you need them so much. Let them go. Do not hold their
hands and touch them like you are afraid of losing them. What you
can do is tell them in what way their life has been meaningful and
important to you. Tell them you will be ok without them and they
do not need to worry about you. Talk in a normal manner to share
your appreciation and love. Do not plague them with your
uncertainty. Let them enjoy each moment of interaction with you.
Make the most of the present moment by being fully alert and
attentive. You give by showing appreciation for what the other has
given and celebrating the sharing you have had.
Ninety eight per cent of those near death see spirits, angels, and
other deceased within the room at some point. These otherwise
invisible beings may be considered "greeters" who are sent to help
the dying make their transition. Medical doctors usually are not
acquainted with these statistics. Doctors will want to tranquilize
patients as if what they are seeing is a hallucination. There is no
need for that.
Often dying individuals have one or two things that they wish to
resolve before they die. Try to assist them in any way you can.
Do not make your unresolved feelings the issue. It is the other
person who is dying and not you. Think about that. Be supportive
but not clingy.
From Cermiel's point of view, the task of living is to engage life
fully. The task of those who pass on is to let go of the life they
have left behind and to live fully within their present environment.
Both share the same spiritual objectives: to be fully alive within
the present moment. To do this, you have to let go of the past and
to know how to be unattached. And you need to be fully open to
the future by putting aside fear and using your faith to make the
most out of every situation you enter.
I would also mention that the living have perhaps ten times
more energy than the departed. Those who die no longer have
access to the great amount of life force that we possess by virtue of
eating, drinking, and breathing. Consequently, the deceased have a
hard time interacting with the physical world. It takes a lot of
energy to focus your senses to perceive the world of the living
when you no longer have a physical body. Mediums often provide
deceased individuals or spirits with the energy they need to interact
with our world. This kind of interaction can be very expensive in
terms of energy.

A Sending. At the moment of death or soon after sometimes the

departing individual will appear and speak to someone they know.
My mother mentions times when this has happened to her. This
also happened once to me.
I had known a young woman for about four months. Late one
night she suddenly died. The next day her soul came to me. She
woke me from a nap. She asked me to write a poem for her
husband so he would have the words he needed to say goodbye.
The death was so quick and unexpected that there was no
preparation or possibility of closure.
This is the poem I wrote for her husband that another friend
gave to him just after he scattered his wife's ashes upon the ocean.

Elegy for Kathy

It has grown quiet now--

My tears are no longer falling
But my hands and arms continue to search for you
I have told them that the night is deep
I have told them that the stars were placed in the sky
To remind us of the Mysteries still hidden within our hearts
But their longing is beyond the power of words to reach
That is why my tears
Betray even poetry
And continue falling.
Male and female join
As night and day
Yet even a star so nobly poised
Amid the void, the void which holds its mysterious heart
Even a star celebrates its own light
In the face of the planets
Revolving around it
Yet the child's cry reminds us both
Of the womb from which we were born
And the destiny we have yet to attain
But the child's cry can be comforted
The child held close, the child loved
But who will comfort my heart
As I search the night
As tears continue searching my cheeks
Still looking for your smile
Still longing to hear your heartbeat?
No seashell recalls the songs of the sea
Or the waves rippling and falling upon the shore
As well as my ears remember your laughter
As well as my skin
Remembers your love.
If I could have but one more hour
To walk beside you
To share your company as you shove off
From the shores of the life we have spent together
But you would not grant me this request
Even if you could
You know I would not return
But would continue on beside you.
I tell my eyes
It is no use
They will never see you again
But they are more persuasive than I
They say they see you everywhere I look
In a thousand settings
In a thousand memories
Which still beg to comfort me, to hold me, to love me
As I had hoped to love you every day of my life.

I have grown quiet now

My tears are no longer falling
My blood flows through my body
My lungs continue to breathe
My arms and hands are calm
My eyes and ears are at peace
We no longer argue
Where and when we will find you
Or how we will live without you
You see, I have taken over their cause--
In my innermost heart
I speak on their behalf:
One heart in quiet consultation with another heart
Time, space, life, and death
They can no longer keep us apart
And I say what I would have said anyway
And what you know is true also:
I love you with all my heart
And I will love you forever and again I say
I love you so
I miss you so much
But I know you my dear
You would even find it funny
That I use a towel now
Instead of a handkerchief
To dry away my tears.

Note. There is a beautiful piece of music relating to guiding

departing spirits. It is sung by Theresa Schroeder-Sheker on her
album Rosa Mystica and is called Rosa Mystica. This song is an
artistic evocation of the akashic level of omnipresent love that
nourishes and supports all of life. This vibration is within the
cosmic letter CH studied by Quabbalists.

Chimirgu, 23 degrees Aquarius, On Akasha

Reason for Evocation. I am interested in projecting my mind

directly into the minds of spirits with more skill. The 360
earthzone spirits radiate energy to the earth for four minutes each
day as the sun crosses through each of their stations in the zodiac.
Consequently, their awareness extends throughout the entire
planet. To join with their minds requires an equally spacious and
penetrating awareness. Chimirgu creates an akashic awareness that
encompasses all spheres and planes.

Aquarius in the Earthzone. Aquarius thinks in terms of the needs

of humanity. Aquarians like to act on principle and are fond of
universal ideals. It is easy for an Aquarian to understand a number
of points of view at the same time. He can synchronize his mind
with others in order to see through their eyes.
But Aquarians go beyond what is given to them. They are not
comfortable until they see the whole picture. Such broad oversight
can be speculative and needlessly abstract especially since the
forces shaping the future are often inscrutable and beyond human
reach.
Running counter to tradition for the sake of pursuing a private
vision is also unnecessary. An idealist can easily turn into a
narcissist preyed upon by selfishness. But with the eyes of Uranus,
Aquarians desire to see life from a central point--with an
understanding of what underlies all changes and transformations.
Until an Aquarian is mature enough to give to others, he is usually
not fully present. He is lost in dreams of the future, overly mental,
or idiosyncratic.
Aquarius follows Capricorn whose ambition and determination
establish traditions and organizations that are enduring. At the end
of his life, a successful and wealthy Capricorn finds himself at the
dawn of the next sign--Aquarius. The Capricorn must ask himself
what legacy he would leave and what greater purposes are
reflected in his life's accomplishments.
And so the Capricorn becomes a philanthropist. He looks
around and asks himself, “What needs to be done that no one else
is doing?” But this is where the Aquarian begins. He sees what no
one else sees--the needs and possibilities of the future. Yet a
mature Aquarian will find a way to reconcile tradition with the
needs of humanity. His great spiritual gift is that there is nothing
his mind cannot understand if he attunes himself to the higher
vibrations of his sign.
When you meditate in Aquarius in the earthzone, you find your
mind open to everyone and every possibility. Nothing is left out of
consideration. No purpose is outside your comprehension.
An Aquarian, like Uranus itself, possesses nearly
incomprehensible magick. All the same, the essence of this
magick, like the mystery of love, is very simple: By being a
brother and a sister to everything that exists he unfolds a path
leading to freedom and total liberation.

23 Degrees Aquarius. The 23rd degree is sensitive to every

nuance, shade, and aspect of akasha. Its interest is in forming a
state of mind that penetrates into the deepest mysteries of the
universe. There is great similarity between this vibration and the
emptiness meditation practiced by Buddhists. Buddhists pursue a
mind that is pure openness and free of all distractions and form
identification. The difference is that the 23rd degree of Aquarius
radiates a relentless, ceaseless, and absolute determination to
master every vibration of akasha in every plane and in every
sphere.

Chimirgu's Domain. Akasha is the source of what shall be. It is

where you go to originate and to create. Chimirgu's domain is like
an outpost on earth representing the magick of Uranus. Chimirgu
is interested in the essence of magick itself. He would embody the
still center and the wisdom behind all ages and eons, races,
evolutions, and planetary spheres.
To reproduce this state in yourself, enter an akashic trance.
And then imagine quite graphically that your awareness is
penetrating into and through all the elements of nature, the three
lowers planes and the earthzone. Add to this the sense that you are
within and comprehend the different planetary spheres and the
spirits who dwell there as well as the extra planetary spirits of our
solar system. What results is a penetrating and open awareness
that is one with everything--all vibrations, all wisdom, and
consciousness. This is the nature of Chimirgu's domain--the
attainment he seeks to embody and to teach.
There are other spirits of the earthzone who have close ties to
other planets. They vibrate, for example, with the moon, Mercury,
Venus, or the sun. They can easily serve as guides to these other
spheres. In this respect, it is fair to say Chimirgu is Uranian in his
inner essence. His interest is in the mysteries of Creation in the
purest sense.

Inner Source of Inspiration. It is the nature of Divine Providence

to hold in one state of awareness everything that exists, the
purposes behind each person, spirit, or thing, and the visions
leading to fulfillment. There is nothing Divine Providence cannot
comprehend or experience from within. What you notice about
this inspirational outlook is that creation is on going. It is an
endless celebration and this vibration, though hidden, is present
everywhere.
Part of the reason for probing this deep into the mysteries of
creation and into the secrets of Divine Providence is that new
energies are constantly flowing into our solar system. To
understand how the world unfolds and to prepare to meet the
demands of the future, it is necessary to know how to unite with
pure spirit. Aquarius, Chimirgu's sign, has its own outlook on the
zodiac that requires these depths of wisdom.
There are, for example, problems that Aries must solve which
can only be resolved by comprehending the purposes of Divine
Providence. There is work that the Taurus needs to accomplish
right now in the present if the right foundation is to be laid for a
future society. There are new words the Gemini must coin, speak,
and teach if we are to retain our freedom. And the Cancer must
turn within to attain inner peace by uniting with the source of all
things so that our home in the world is satisfying and complete and
so on with the other signs.

Chimirgu's Sigil. Chimirgu's sigil evokes an unusual state of mind.

It is the joy and freedom of akasha moving through all planes and
spheres without limitation or restriction. Saturn also has this
ability--to penetrate everything. Saturn, however, does this with an
eye for the requirements you must meet before you become free.
For Saturn, restrictions and limitations always have a meaning.
Uranian akasha is different. It looks for opportunities to create
something new that have never before existed. Uranus is far more
exuberant. Uranus views Saturn like an elementary school teacher.
Saturn will drill you on the basic requirements and training you
need to succeed in life. Uranus is the college professor who has
been offered the task of restructuring a nation's economy or a
reformer who is charged with writing The Declaration of
Independence. Uranus applies new principles of knowledge that
lay the foundations of the future.

Chimirgu's Outer Aura. There is something very personal about

Chimirgu's aura. It is as if he were saying, “If you want to develop
a state of mind that is clear, penetrating, and open to everything
that exists, you can meditate with me. It is my commission to offer
this to all who seek it.”
There are other spirits, such as Nith-Haiah or Mebaiah of the
Mercury zone who embody this same penetrating akashic state.
But their offerings are not so personal. They can be great friends,
but they serve purposes that shape communities and influence
entire evolutions. Consequently, their level of concentration is
more powerful and commanding.
Chimirgu, by contrast, is like a Zen master who has practiced
emptiness meditation on the physical, astral, and mental planes of
the earth and in the akasha of each of the planetary spheres of our
solar system. He is a cosmic Zen master. He is gentle, direct,
relaxed, and his aura reflects the universe. Chimirgu has distilled
in his awareness one state of emptiness that penetrates everything.
In fact, Chimirgu has a lot of similarities to the interplanetary
spirits that do not identify with any particular planet. He has an
openness and detachment free of any form identification. On the
other hand, Chimirgu retains the earthzone's emphasis on being
practical and productive. Like an Aquarian, he points out the
options for action that no one else has considered. He describes
with clarity the active forces influencing a situation that no one
else has named.
In a sense, Chimirgu is like an alchemist. He uses his
awareness as a filter and a fire refining and distilling the essence of
everything he studies. The output is an intuition arising from
unity.
To get a feel for Chimirgu's aura, you might try imagining not
only the entire earth but also our whole solar system surrounded
and saturated with the dark, ultraviolet light of akasha.
Then imagine you perfectly understand the minds of kings and
presidents, warriors and generals, scholars and research scientists,
yogis and mystics, lovers and artists, ministers and prophets,
judges and lawmakers, etc. See the thoughts and motives of each
of these figures from one all-encompassing and integrated
perspective. This is Chimirgu's outlook on the planetary spheres as
well as on the activities of a society. Chimirgu would make a great
editorial writer for a newspaper or commentator for radio though
his opinions would not be without controversy.

Inner Aura. Chimirgu's inner aura embodies a perfected

“physical” sensation of penetrating everywhere. Recall once again
that in his first book, Initiation into Hermetics, Franz Bardon gives
a similar exercise. He says to imagine you are in a vast space of
dark, ultraviolet light. From your body, visualize rays of this light
penetrating everywhere through space and time. Then extend your
mind so that it is one with this light that reaches everywhere and
passes through everything.
This is a powerful exercise but it is not a static exercise with
only one quality or modality. Once you have a sense of it you
practice it also on the physical, astral, and mental planes and
within different spiritual realms. Even though akasha involves
self-mastery, you may find yourself disoriented and perplexed
when you first encounter the realms of undines, gnomes, or another
zone like the moon. You meet attractive forces and dense,
compelling vibrations which are unfamiliar and which exert an
influence over you.
But after a while you begin to feel comfortable with these
vibrations. Through practice, you penetrate through them with
your mind just as, with careful observation and determination, you
can change habits that control your life. It is fair to say that
Chimirgu's inner energy is the perfection on a cosmic level of
Bardon's basic exercise with akasha. Chimirgu is a great asset for
those practicing evocation.
Franz Bardon also mentions that akasha, unlike the four
elements, cannot be accumulated. But akasha can certainly be
intensified through improving your concentration. I once practiced
with an Aikido master. There is a simple exercise we used to do
called Kokyu Dosa in which you sit on your knees facing your
partner and hold the other's wrists. Then your partner tries to
throw you over by feeling for your center and throwing you off
balance.
Though I had been doing Aikido for less than a year, the master
could not throw me. I would concentrate on akasha and, of course,
with akasha, there is no center to be found, no point of balance to
be overthrown, no identification with body or form and so nothing
for force to act upon. But this was just beginner's luck. I had not
mastered the principles of Aikido.
In Aikido, higher masters can sit on the ground and any number
of large and strong individuals working together cannot lift them
off the ground, not even an inch. What occurs, I imagine, is that
the akasha that they have mastered short circuits the nervous and
muscular system of those doing the lifting. The men think they are
exerting a lot of strength. And, after all, they can lift hundreds of
pounds while this little guy in front of them may weigh only 135
pounds. But it is useless. They cannot move him and they give
up. This demonstration of mind over muscles can be witnessed in
just about any Aikido dojo.
Chimirgu's inner aura has this type of akashic intensity of
sensation. It short circuits and cancels all forces on all planes
because it is more primary and dominant. Anything that relies on
form, force, or direction is suspended and loses its orientation
when falling under its influence.
One of the great problems for those who rely on their
competitive instincts to guide them is that when they defeat all
their opponents they no longer know how to grow. Founders of
new systems do not measure their accomplishments or their goals
by competition. Instead, they strive to master themselves.
Morhei Uyushiba, the founder of Aikido, is an example of a
warrior who has sought to master akasha. When he is sleeping, he
awakes when someone comes near. When someone tries to touch
him, they cannot make contact with his body. And when he throws
someone, he does not move against them. He blends with them
with such subtlety that, like a feather, he only needs to apply the
faintest touch to produce the greatest result.
Those who master akasha are like this. They do not need to be
particularly active to accomplish a lot. They see where the
smallest application of force will produce the greatest changes in
the world around them.
Someone asked about whether it is possible to change the past
through magick. I pointed out that magicians sometimes feel as if
they have incarnated into the past from a future time. This is
because they can look ahead and see that some situations of
conflict or disaster cannot be resolved or relieved once they reach a
certain level of strength. You have to act to remedy the situation
early on before the problem gets out of hand. And because they try
to do this there is the feeling they have come back into the past to
do work which has to be done now rather than later on. But this is
an area prophets and magicians specialize in--guiding culture and
society so that the changes that occur do not disturb the greater
harmony.
In summary, Chimirgu's akashic awareness penetrates matter
and the forms through which matter is shaped in space. It
penetrates and suspends the perceptions of past, present, and
future. Somewhat similar is the concept in astrophysics of a black
hole. A black hole defines space and time around itself. Its
influence is that intense. So is an individual who has mastered
akasha.
Theoretical physicists often say a black hole is beyond the
power of their imagination to comprehend. They cannot even
begin to theorize its nature or the laws governing its structure on
the inside. Chimirgu's inner aura defies conceptions and ideas but
its sensation is very specific and concrete. You can experience it
by meditating with him. It is a presence that short circuits the
forces of nature because it is the source from which they arise. But
it is also creative though its purposes are often hard to define.
There is a lot of similarity between Chimirgu’s aura and the
cosmic letter E. The letter E produces a cosmic oneness with all
things. That emphasis on mystical oneness is a Piscean ideal.
Chimirgu, by contrast, is more Aquarian in his method and
outlook. We can approach the nature of his aura by pursuing the
question, “What is the one akashic trance that comprehends the
energies underlying all that exists?”
Gnomes such as Mentifil pursue this question as they
investigate and study the physical elements in nature. Mentifil
would like to know the light, energy, or consciousness that
underlies and structures all physical matter. Chimirgu easily can
answer Mentifil's question but Chimirgu extends the question to
everything in our solar system.
We can approach this realization step by step by first meditating
on any area of life experience and seeking to say from the depths
of our spirit, “I am the emptiness, the source, the akasha from out
of which this arises.”
For example, contemplating the different areas of life as
reflected in the planetary spheres, we would say finally, “I am the
source and the inspiration out of which the love of Venus arises.”
“I am the source from which the beings of the sun draw their
inspiration.” “I am the source from which the spirits of Mars
formulate the will and courage to master themselves” and so forth.
In each case, there is a specific intensity and vibration to the
akashic sensation of penetration and oneness. This approach is not
so different from the Heart Sutra. In the Heart Sutra it says,
“Avalokitesvara while contemplating deeply Prajnaparamita
clearly saw that all five skandas are empty and so passed beyond
all suffering. Shariputra, form is not different from emptiness and
emptiness from form. Perception, conception, volition, and
consciousness are also like this.”
Again, the difference between the Buddhist and the magician is
that the magician will seek to master this penetrating awareness
through practicing with the actual forces active in nature, in history
as well as within the spiritual planes. He will meditate with
gnomes, sylphs, undines, and salamanders, and spirits of the
earthzone and various spheres until he comprehends with ease all
causes and powers within these domains. He does this not to
escape from the suffering associated with incarnation. Instead, he
is an active player whose actions are in harmony with the laws of
the universe and who fulfills purposes according to his level of
spiritual development.

Akashic Plane. Chimirgu's aura generates a nearly paralyzing

intensity of penetrating energy. If you think of another individual,
for example, you may have the impression you are seeing this
individual's entire life pass before your eyes from the moment of
birth until death. Events of history as well flash before you.
Everything seems open to your gaze.
Here again is Chimirgu's combination of personal and
impersonal. There is an impersonal detachment. It is like you are
viewing life on earth from a point light years out in the empty void
between the spiraling arms of our galaxy. And there is the
personal perspective of a counselor who urges you to make the
best decisions you can in any situation. Chimirgu is both.
For Chimirgu, the essence of wisdom is to be completely
transcendent and also fully present and engaged in with your
situation or with whomever you are with. You are available and
active and also united with stillness. You are accepting and work
within the limitations of your world and also you speak for and
represent the unknown future and the gifts of Divine Providence.
This is Chimirgu’s aura on the akashic plane. He is full of power
and yet relaxed and accessible like a quiet friend.
I ask Chimirgu why this energy is so intense. He replies, “As
befits Aquarius, I embody the one integrated awareness of all that
is. But I am also my opposite. I am the perfection of intuition
within the Leo's soul. Without need of light, I see what will be
before the worlds are made visible. For this reason, I make all
things to shine bright. I create harmony because I reveal the way
and the place to be fulfilled. To make the best decisions in life,
you must learn to shine with your own inner light.
“Let your soul be a mirror reflecting the universe so love
overflows through you without end. Become your own guardian
angel. Make God or the Goddess your friend. See the earth from
their perspective. When you are this clear, their dreams and
visions appear within your heart. Their thoughts you will hear.
And when you speak your voice will echo and resonate with the
notes and cords of creation.”

Mental Plane. Chimirgu reflects the highest divine purposes and

an understanding of their influence, their effects, and the way they
manifest. Chimirgu's aura feels like the stillness at the center of
every mandala that can be imagined. He is an emptiness that can
contain the thoughts of a thousand civilizations and also a
simplicity content with watching one leaf fall or feel the caress of a
star's light on his skin.
On the mental plane, we coordinate the purposes of spirit with
the limitations and drama of history. On this plane, Chimirgu
provides insight into priorities and he clarifies issues. You gain
that Aquarian perspective of having the whole picture. You see
and understand the nature of the forces that govern the different
areas of life. It is as if he says, “Here is the situation. Here are
your options. You can be active and pursue results without
compromising or abandoning your divine spirit. Here are the goals
through which you can express your divine creativity and
responsibility.”
On the mental plane, Chimirgu does not use thoughts. He
thinks while in a state of pure akashic intuition. I ask him about
this by saying, “I seem to have some sort of mental resistance to
what you are doing. Can you help me out here?”
Chimirgu replies, “You are fine on the akashic plane and you
know how to process your emotions on the astral. What you are
not doing on the mental plane is holding all aspects of a problem or
situation within your mind. You stop short of doing this and so
your thoughts do not master all the forces and variables at work.
“Take a problem and consider all of its aspects. Hold it all
within your mind within a state of penetrating akasha. Sense too
what is beyond what you know and become one with that also.
The mind likes to integrate all knowledge into one perspective so
the senses can then perceive with greater clarity. But the mind can
also perceive through space and time without need for thought,
perspective, a center, or an identity.
“When you do this, the situation, the problem, the conflict, and
the struggle are granted new foundations. They become subject to
your powers of creation. Your mind, reflecting the universe, has
an illumination that dissolves the barriers, the obstacles, and the
resistance so you attain the harmony you desire.”
Again, you contemplate the details of a problem to be solved or
a situation to be understood from the perspective of the whole.
Because you perceive from within akasha, you do not place
yourself in opposition to anything. You perceive it from within by
being one with it. The light of your intuition, without effort,
commands earth, air, fire, and water producing a concrete result.
This approach to the mind is not unique or new. There are
Buddhist rituals that employ the same exact procedure for solving
difficult problems both within human society and within nature.
Last night I saw something similar on the TV series The
Highlander. The character Duncan McCloud was trying to
overcome an evil spirit. To do so, he was speaking words to the
effect, “Because I have no anger, you have no substance. Because
I have no fear, you have no form. Because I have no hatred, you
have no existence. I am one with you. You are part of myself. I
am one with the universe.”
Demons of course cannot stand this attitude. They would rather
go haunt someone else because freedom from attachment is poison
to a demon and acid to an obsession. It is its destruction.
The trick is to avoid approaching a problem with a mental bias
or being vulnerable or impatient. You can ask for immediate and
concrete solutions, but you do so from a state of oneness. The
feeling of oneness and of encompassing all aspects of the situation
releases a great deal of energy and insight that helps you get the
job done.
Astral Plane. The astral plane contains the secrets of what it is to
be fully alive. All impulses, desires, feelings, and inspirations are
reflected as an attractive presence on the astral plane. Chimirgu's
aura seems to draw you toward the one feeling of primordial joy
from which all the astral elements and energies on our planet take
their birth.
On the astral plane, you can also sense a hurricane of instinctual
impulses, cravings, and dreams. There are tornadoes of attractive
and repelling forces struggling and striving with each other. There
are forces that bind and forces that free. Chimirgu is like a clear,
cool, and still pool of water containing a beauty and harmony
governing all of these.
Meditating with Chimirgu on the astral plane is learning to see
the individual from the perspective of the universal. He seems to
be saying, “Pause now with me and see the soul needs, the desires
and dreams, the unconscious cravings, the wishes, inner streams of
psychic energy, and the spectrum of each strong and weak
emotion.
“The astral plane that surrounds us flows with the energies of
the cosmos. It is rich and fertile full of boundless bliss. It is a sea
of ecstasy whose waves are driven by winds of passion but whose
depths also contain divine visions. Yet each individual's soul is
like a tiny rainbow, a prism, or a precious stone in which the colors
are only partially and dimly reflected.
“Human beings cling to their religions or renounce religions as
empty as a way of preserving the source of light within them so
feelings continue to flow and animate them. Nature, the sacred,
partnerships, and communities also preserve and circulate the flow
of these energies.
“What is it to master the soul? It is to know the winds, the
waves, the currents and the tides, the depths, the streams, the pools,
the lakes, the glaciers, the clouds, and the rain. All of these things
reduce to this: the power to nurture and to offer sustenance so life
can grow.
“Without dreams there is no hope, no aspiration, and no
adventure. Without passion there is no daring and no
transformation. Without craving, desire, and need there is no
community, no companionship, and no intimacy. Without the
longing to be whole, love cannot enter the soul.
“Serenity, peace, contentment, happiness, and satisfaction--
these tones sound within everyone though in some the song is
beauty and in others there is discord or blind rage. Yet the astral
plane remains like an infinite sea surrounding everyone. See the
soul with the parched lips in a wilderness thirsting for one drop of
bliss. He or she cannot conceive that the dry sand and the hot sun
are an illusion fashioned from the limitations of his or her own
imagination.
“See the young lovers who discover their attraction for each
other is a flashflood of emotions. Wild, overflowing, and
intoxicated with the sound of thunder, they are driven into
adulthood only to find that a small stream of desire remains
flowing through them. They have forgotten to share with each
other their sacred dreams.
“But the poet, the artist, the musician, the writer, and the
teacher who teach with passion are able to see the astral plane.
Where others sleep, they wake up within a dream of wonder and
see the beauty that surrounds them. They understand that what
they construct with their art or as they journey toward another's
heart they are opening themselves so the waters of life may flow
through them.
“Their souls are like a valley with a stream, a beach with a sea,
a mountain lake full of dreams, or a well where you can drink the
cool and renewing waters of life. Though the astral plane has
whirlwinds of illusion and nightmares of craving and pain, its true
nature remains: it is the domain where you can discover that love
flows forever as we touch and celebrate the beauty of each other's
hearts.”
One of the differences between the mental and the astral planes
is that the four elements are denser and the forces of attraction are
more powerful. You can contemplate a problem on the mental
plane and feel one with everything related to it. Then, in a calm
and clear way, you gain insight and see your best course of action.
When you contemplate a problem on the astral plane, strong
emotions may arise within you relating to the past, present, or
future. For example, you may be an adult but part of you may
remain the child who is trapped in a universe of cold and cruel
abandonment. You can take that emotion, claim it with ideas,
process it intellectually, and then assume it has retreated back into
the sea of the unconscious. But it remains vibrant and wild and
will one day escape to enter your dreams and lay siege to your
desires and motivation. On the astral plane, you need another way
than understanding to process emotions.
I ask Chimirgu about this. He says that, as we have done on
the mental plane, we now also bring akasha down into the astral.
According to the method I am using in this moment, you see the
entire astral plane lit up with a dark, ultraviolet light. You
penetrate through all space and time on the astral plane and join
yourself to this vast expanse. Then you become free of desire
while perceiving every nuance and aspect of it.
There are whirlwinds of emotion that cause nations to attack
each other and societies to rise and fall. But you can see the forces
that give birth to these storms. You can see their origin, their
movement, and their raging. And you can see how they weaken
and come to an end. With the awareness of the sky, you sense the
part from the perspective of the whole.
Identifying with akasha on the astral plane gives birth to
clairvoyant vision. You see with purity and freedom how the
world is unfolding driven by invisible forces. The spirit Ugolog in
Pisces insists that those who master the astral plane must find
within themselves a love that shines even in the darkest places of
the soul. Then it is possible to see history as a prophet.
Chimirgu is not so concerned with history or the perfection of
the individual through historical experience. Chimirgu is
concerned with aligning the individual with the harmony of the
universe. Ugolog, emphasizing devotion, would have you join
with the divine to see through the eyes of Divine Providence.
Chimirgu, as an Aquarian, is more of a scientist. He is more
detached and independent. Chimirgu would have you calmly see
the universe as it is. He emphasizes wisdom, freedom, and
liberation slightly more than he does love and service.
If you extend your astral body so you feel a part of the past, the
present, and the future all at once, then there is nothing within you
to which desire can attach itself. The whirlpool of obsession with
its churning attraction has no grasp or hold upon you. You see the
secret desire and promise hidden within it and already experience
the fulfillment.
That ancient loneliness and abandonment that haunts the human
soul and speaks to you now disguised as the voice of a lover who
swears eternal, undying love--this drama does not fool you though
you savor the fire in the eyes and the touch on the nerves like wine.
This is because you know already you must be one with yourself
before you can attain oneness with your lover. Then when you
come together the attractive powers you generate do not dissipate.
They become magick, tools in the hands of love.

Physical Plane. Chimirgu has a great sense of penetrating the

densest aspects of matter with the mind. But besides this, there is
also a sense of deep purpose. You sense the forces moving within
and beneath society. You sense forces that will take thousands of
years to manifest and wisdom that will one day be a part of human
consciousness.
This is not a matter of knowing in advance what human beings
will one day discover. It is rather seeing human experience from
the perspective of other evolutions. When human beings learn to
think like sylphs and undines, ecology will have an entirely
different meaning. When we can speak with ease with the spirits
of the sun and Jupiter, our minds will be illuminated. Human
beings will possess abilities of which we can only now dream.
Chimirgu is consciousness in harmony with the universe including
all things that will manifest in the future.
 Chimirgu's mode of perception on the etheric\physical plane
penetrates through the entire physical and etheric field of the planet
earth. He takes you into the densities of physical matter composed
of atoms and molecules and also into the electro-magnetic and
gravity fields within and surrounding the earth. He reveals the
energies underlying nature as they are perceived by the elemental
beings in earth, air, fire, and water.
When I first worked with Chimirgu on the physical plane, I
found myself thinking about all of those individuals who were
close to me. Chimirgu seemed to be saying, “These are the
individuals to whom you have your strongest ties in the physical
world. Take care of these relationships.”
I ask Chimirgu about gnomes such as Mentifil. Chimirgu takes
me inside of the medal gold. He says, “When Mentifil meditates in
gold, he perceives it empty of inherent existence, as pure light free
of form and the densities of matter. But when I meditate in gold I
am also within the fires of the sun and within the heart that
encompasses the solar system in love.
“When Mentifil meditates in silver, he sees time slip free into a
dream of peace and the stars draw near like fire flies landing on
your palm. But when I meditate in silver, I witness the birth of the
earth and I see all civilizations that shall appear on this world. The
mirror into which I gaze shows another face. It is willing to give
us the keys to make the world a world of peace where the
mysteries are revealed and wisdom is part of every family
inheritance.”
Chimirgu’s basic meditation is this: you practice penetrating
something with your consciousness. You are aware of its essence,
its nature, its limitations, and how and where and the purpose for
which it comes into existence and passes out of existence. That is,
you are the light and awareness hidden within it. Do this with the
four elements, the four planes, the zodiac, the planets and then
dissolve all form, time and space into one vast expanse
encompassing everything.
I asked Chimirgu, “Can you show me more about the
physical/etheric plane?”
I receive a picture in my mind of akasha as a bright, radiant sun
shining with violet light penetrating completely the four elements
surrounding it. The akasha comprehends with total clarity and
wisdom every aspect of the elements and the elemental beings,
their treasures and their powers and magick and their connections
to each other. Human history also takes place within the context of
nature and evolution. The elements are active within the human
body, soul, mind, and spirit also. Feel you are penetrating through
and encompassing all of this in your awareness.
I once knew a woman. When I held her hands, I felt one with
the universe. It was not quite satisfying because she was bringing
out and offering me a taste of something hidden within myself,
something I had to find for myself. With Chimirgu on the physical
plane, I can place my own palms together and feel this same
harmony that underlies everything that exists. I feel infinite peace,
that is, the love outpouring and overflowing from Divine
Providence without beginning or end. And too there is the
celebration of creation through which we are all united. I think
after years of imagining a quest for love I have come to see that
lovers must also attain inner peace. Without inner peace, love does
not quite work right or find its own themes and the cords of
harmony that express its beauty

The Voice of Akasha. Chimirgu’s job is to reveal the nature of

akashic awareness. Meditating with him, it is easy to give voice to
akasha as it discusses the elements and the elemental beings--
“I am one with the domain of fire and the salamanders. By
penetrating these realms with akashic awareness, all mysteries of
power and will are revealed to me. Pure, radiant light ignites when
I speak because I am the unmanifest source from which it arises. I
am the time and space continuum light enters in order to shine.
“The burning in fire, its explosions of power and cataclysms
that destroy--I am the exuberance and bliss underlying this
enthusiasm to manifest. All power and fire dissolve and fall asleep
or awaken and fulfill what I seek according to the words that I
speak.
“I am one with the realms of air and the sylphs. Breath, wind,
cloud, weather pattern, climate, and the atmosphere of the earth are
encompassed by my awareness. I am the clarity of the sky and the
openness within the enlightened mind. The air element I have
created so that knowledge and wisdom might bring into balance
and harmony all opposition.
“The sylphs are my children. They are tears of my joy and
wings of delight and their essence is freedom. The passion in the
air element is in breathing. Breath takes the life force of the planet
and unites matter and spirit in an endless dance of transformation.
“I am one with the realms of water and the undines. Every
raindrop, fog, cloud, river, pool, lake, iceberg, ice cap, and sea is
aware of me. I am within your tears, the liquids, and the moistures
of your bodies. The desire to share, to care, to find release, and to
unite as one is born from my love.
“I have created water to capture the light of the stars above.
Every dream, hope, aspiration, and ideal is fulfilled through my
nurturing power. I encompass all that exists, every wish and
desire. In the dance and songs of undines, you can find me. They
were designed by me.
“I am one with the realms of earth and the gnomes. Every rock
and stone, mineral and element, every mountain, plant, and tree has
been shaped by me. You see, I needed something to reflect the
endurance and stability of eternity if only for a brief instant.
Where atoms and molecules bind and connect in manifold patterns,
I reveal my essence. I am the union of form and emptiness, of
desire and bliss.
“All that has shape, weight, density, and mass appear or
disappear in accordance with the laws I have imprinted on the
mind of time. And yet I hold nothing back. I keep nothing secret.
You are free to seek me, meet with me, unite with, comprehend,
and then create like me at any time. I have placed no limitations
on what you may accomplish.
 “The four elements are my children. They are the passions
within my heart. They contain my dreams and visions. They
express my love and my art. Bliss, ecstasy, rapture, and union,
pain, suffering, separation, and isolation--I am within and yet also
beyond all of these. Those who know me have found the keys to
enter the drama, the pageantry, and the celebration for which the
universe has been made. I am within every heart. I am your own
power to create and to recreate.”

Results/Effects. Sometimes when I do evocations I visualize

Chimirgu in a little sphere of violet light up near the ceiling of the
room. He enables me to slip inside other spirits the way an actor
can assume a role in a play he performs. During the evocation, I
think and feel as the spirit I am evoking. And when I draw the
spirit's sigil, if I work at it, it is easy for me to imagine it is the
spirit who is signing his own name.
There is a local Vietnamese Zen master of whom I am very
fond. Besides the fact that his aura disappears when he meditates--
he becomes pure emptiness--I like it that he is so ecumenical.
When he throws a party celebrating some annual event, he invites
ministers and priests from all religions to attend.
Though I have often sat and mediated with him, he has never
ever once said anything to suggest I should convert to Zen
Buddhism. He is the salt of akasha--he knows when to be solid
and to maintain form and tradition and he knows how to let go and
dissolve so the world is enriched by his presence. I have seen him
do it over and over.
What I have learned most from Chimirgu is this state of mind
that can enter any situation and feel comfortable. It assumes a role
and blends in and also is free just to be present without having to
do anything. Akasha, like the Zen master and Chimirgu, is a
celebration of light that is free to go anywhere offering
illumination and spice through its presence.

Common Difficulties/Imbalances. Entering akasha may be a

disorienting experience. There is nothing to hold on to. There are
no reference points. Familiar things like breathing air and eating
no longer have the same meaning.
When I enter the akasha of the earthzone, there is always
something new. In this moment, I sense a soul companion with her
hand on my shoulder. This has never happened before. She says
she will always be here to flow love to me and to be the
counterpart to my spirit. The aura of love is a marvelous
inspiration. It will find you and transform you no matter where
you are.
Some of the difficulties in entering akasha are the same
difficulties relating to fashioning a spiritual identity. You need to
have a clear purpose for what you are doing. You need to be able
to justify to any spiritual being why you have entered the realms of
spirit. Have you an authority within yourself that is eternal and
transcendent? Do you know in your heart that you are joined to
divinity?
Can you regard with the eyes of your spirit any of your past
lives or any other individual's life and seek to determine the deeper
purposes underlying it? Do you care enough to do that? Are you
detached enough, pure enough, and loving enough?
Can you enter meditation and think of yourself as a spiritual
being whose essence is freedom, wisdom, love, and also a student
of omnipotent power? Can you do this and feel it is as natural as
breathing? Can you step outside your life for a few moments and
look back at it as if it is an incarnation you once lived ten thousand
years ago or, vice versa, that the life you are now living is a vision
happening ten thousand years in your future? Akasha, as a matter
of fact, has that kind of detachment when it comes to examining
specifics.
Can you consider the worlds of form, the physical, astral, and
mental planes, as a place you explore the way a sojourner puts on a
coat and walks down a road? It is a place you enter to study like a
student at a university. It is a place where you go to work and to
serve. It is a place, the same as akasha itself, where you celebrate
the beauty and oneness of the universe.
Akasha is a state of mind you enter to sense and to take charge
of every influence on your life. To be comfortable within it is to
be curious and investigative yet also commanding. It unlocks the
secrets of past ages and delivers the treasures of future civilizations
into the present moment.
Akasha is the mystic who is a general, the introvert who is
president, the poet who is a scientist, the philosopher who is an
activist, and the magician who is compassionate. In akasha, there
is no difference between the inner and outer worlds. In akasha,
there is no difference between wisdom, love, power, light,
consciousness, and history. They are all woven together into one
vibration that penetrates everything. Akasha has Saturn's severity
and, as I noticed a few moments before, it is the essence of
Venusian love. It is all planets and spheres rolled into one.
As a state of trance, then, akasha is fairly unfamiliar. They do
not teach about akasha in Sunday school. It is not taught in
universities. There is no course in akasha at Harvard Divinity
School or at the North American Baptist Seminary. Still, the
theoretical physicist likes to speculate on the possibilities of time
and space bending and natural laws being suspended under unusual
circumstances.
But when you casually turn over the card of Isis in the Tarot
deck, akasha is staring back at you. Its voice speaks through all
the constellations and planets. It shapes the twenty-eight mansions
of the moon. And it invites you to journey to the center of life and
into the heart of the universe in the moment when you first fall in
love. In fact, if you want to throw away the word akasha because
it is too abstract, the word love would do well as a substitute.
Akasha is a love that embraces all of life and holds the universe
within its heart.
An Exercise. Here is a simple exercise for working on akasha
from Chimirgu’s point of view. Imagine your consciousness is
like a mirror. Like a mirror, you are still, empty, and yet perfectly
reflective. Imagine now the planet earth in its many aspects.
There is atmosphere with its winds, clouds, rain, jet stream, and
storms. There is the taste of a raindrop falling on your tongue or a
snowflake. There are the oceans, rivers, lakes, pools, etc.
And there are the mountains, the earth's mantel, and the rocks
billions of years old. And there are the volcanoes and the magma
at the center of the earth. Like a mirror, allow all these images to
be reflected within yourself. Hold the entire planet within your
consciousness.
In a way, this is like looking out the window of a space shuttle
and viewing the earth from outer space. In another way, it is like
being a crystal ball that not only can contain the reflected image
but the energy within the image as well. Work through some
specific images one by one. Then allow all these images to be
present in your consciousness at once. Chimirgu’s akashic
awareness is within all of these elements of nature and degrees of
density and yet the awareness itself is the same even though it
comprehends, penetrates, and is one with whatever it focuses upon.

Haja, 1 degree Pisces, On Accumulating Energy

Reason for Evocation. I wish to increase my ability to gather and

to condense energy.

1 Degree Pisces. If you sense one underlying vibration in all the

energy and forms of life around you, then this sensitivity is also an
ability to call energy to you. With Pisces, life does not hold back
in the giving but renews and strengthens itself wherever there is
inspiration.

Haja's Sigil. Haja's sigil creates a vortex--a kind of gravitational

field--that draws in energy. When I draw this sigil, I have a bodily
sensation that the air pressure in the room has doubled. The planes
lock together with the intent to accumulate energy.
Haja's Domain of Akasha. To enter Haja's domain, you might try
imagining yourself completely relaxed as if you are floating in air.
Also imagine you are surrounded by a sea of subtle energy
embodying the fluidity and absorbing power of water. Add to this
the explosive potency of fire but without fire's heat and physical
force. Finally, imagine you have the solidity and endurance of a
mountain and yet have no need for shape, mass, or weight.
In this space of akasha, the four elements respond to your
imagination. Using akasha to exercise power over the elements is
a basic practice in magick. Haja just does this extremely well.

Haja's Inner Source of Inspiration. Divine Providence embodies a

creative impulse. As love, it nourishes in its heart what it
envisions. As will, it sets things in motion. It has the wisdom to
sustain the harmony of all things. And though it may work in
silence, it is not shy. Those who are inspired by this impulse are
free to be as powerful and as influential as their maturity permits as
they unfold the beauty within them and move toward their destiny.
There is, then, an ingathering of energy refined and centered upon
one's will so that something new may be created.

Haja's Outer Energy. Haja's aura is a watery clear energy with a

great deal of subtle strength hidden within it. Within Haja's aura,
anything you imagine becomes charged with energy. Haja is very
good at what he does. Any kind of magical operation requires
energy and Haja is just the one who can help you get a handle on
how to get the energy you need.

Haja's Inner Energy. Haja embodies a high powered but very

relaxed form of concentration that condenses energy to a high
degree. It is a little difficult to describe this energy but its effects
are obvious. When you visualize something, you have a certainty
that what you are seeing is reality. What you imagine feels
completely alive--there is an astonishing amplification of your own
concentration so that images are forceful and dynamic.
 In effect, Haja upgrades your mind so you think like a divine
being. There is also profound sensitivity and ability to join with
and then draw to yourself any kind of energy. And the four planes
are all united to materialize your vision. All of this reduces to one
thing--Haja has a capacity, like a gigantic suction pump, to draw
energy to himself while remaining relaxed and calm.
I say to Haja, “I seem to have a great deal of difficulty
gathering and condensing energy. What is it I am doing wrong?”
He replies, “You are trying to perform a divine function as if it is a
natural ability like an instinct you can train and cultivate. You are
treating energy accumulation as if it has something to do with
breathing. For some individuals it does but not for you.
“Your approach is more mental and akashic: imagine yourself
to be a great magician who already possesses the power of
condensing energy in any way he wishes. He has mastered the
divine virtues. Completely relaxed and without effort, he
visualizes a tiny dot drawing energy into itself and in a short while
he has all the energy he needs to accomplish whatever purposes he
wishes. Visualize this magician and imagine you are him doing
this again and again until the programming is built into your
nervous system.
“You will find that the old dictum, `Energy follows thought,'
works in this regard. The vibration of my aura can then come into
play to accelerate your mastery of the elements on the astral plane.
For you, it takes correct mental imagery and an akashic
apprenticeship to a spirit to condense energy so it is sufficiently
potent. You are ready now to learn this.”

Akashic Plane. The gravitational pull of a black hole is somewhat

analogous to how Haja gathers energy. But there is nothing
spooky about this. You get the feeling that the molecular and
atomic forces bonding matter together are subject to Haja's will.
Energy is controlled by his mind.
It is like inhaling. You feel the air all around you. It presses on
your body. As you create a slight vacuum within your lungs, air
races in. Haja is aware of energy as the four elements and the
colors of the light spectrum. He senses intuitively what commands
these energies and causes them to move and accumulate. And then
like the moon causing tides to rise, he attracts things to himself.
Drawing energy into your body as you breathe in is a basic
exercise. With a vivid picture, you imagine the air you inhale is
charged with energy that then accumulates in your body. The
components Haja adds to this simple procedure are:
1. Absolute certainty that what you will is occurring; 2. A direct,
intuitive awareness that encompasses the energy in space around
you; and 3. The inspiration of a creator whose spirit originates the
elements, designates the purposes they are to fulfill, and then
commands their form, activity, and expression.
Conviction is like moving electricity. It creates its own
magnetic field and power of attraction. Sensitivity in this case is a
Pisces’ sense of omnipresence, of being joined and one with the
energy you survey and take over. And the creator's inspiration is,
in part, the power of akasha that says, “Now is the time to act
without holding back.”
It is fair to say that the earthzone is seeking to teach all sentient
beings on earth how to acquire these abilities. With the penetrating
capacity of neutrinos or cosmic particles, for a few minutes each
day Haja's aura vibrates within everything on earth.

Mental Plane. Haja's aura on the mental plane is like a giant

whirlpool that is invisible, silent, and without motion. You
concentrate on a talisman, a sigil, an image, a thoughtform, a wish,
and so forth and it becomes charged. Energy is drawn into it
almost without effort.
In Taoism, the Ba Qua is sometimes used in a similar manner.
The eight trigrams in the I-Ching are arrayed around a center. The
symbols, representing the active and passive forces of life, then
gather energy into the center through the dynamic tension within
the Ba Qua's symbol.
You could do something similar with the Tibetan Buddhist
Kalachakra mandala, for example, by imagining it as a dynamic
field of energy rather than as being static. The deities at the center,
Kalachakra and his consort, become the recipients and distributors
of all the energies represented in the mandala.
And again you can visualize the tree of life, the ten sephiroth of
the Quabbalah. As a reflection of the macrocosm and of universal
harmony, you vividly picture each sephiroth as embodying the
various energies and qualities of life. For example, in Netzach you
see and feel the energies of love on all planes from the divine
down to physical being. You do this with all the ten sephiroth and
then hold them as a complete pattern and picture as you
contemplate. Energy accumulates because the sephiroth embody
opposites held in a dynamic tension. This is not so hard to
understand. If you concentrate on any sacred image, it will draw
energy into itself because there is a gathering of power uniting
matter and spirit.
In a similar manner, Haja's aura commands and condenses
energy so a purpose can be fulfilled. When the akashic impulse to
create is brought down to the mental plane, you utilize universal
images to gather energy. You can also work in the opposite
direction beginning with the lower planes. For example, you can
spend time with the elemental beings learning to work with the
energy controlled by their particular element.
If you meditate with an undine long enough, you become used
to extending your mind so it encompasses the magnetic fields
within water. Nurturing feelings and the attractions of beauty and
love are the specialties of undines. Working with gnomes, you
learn to penetrate with your mind into the density and cohesiveness
of matter. Sylphs have a sensitivity to the movement of energy
over gigantic distances and salamanders have a wonderful sense of
explosive and expansive power. Haja's mental level of
concentration weaves these all together. Consequently, working
with Haja on the mental plane generates this multifaceted kind of
concentration within yourself.
Astral Plane. On the astral plane, Haja's aura is more palpable. It
is an intense magnetic force--there are powerful magnetic currents
holding and containing energy. To be specific, Haja condenses
energy easily into a very small dot. I can sense this happening but
I cannot see clearly how he does it.
I ask him, “How do you do this? What is going on?” Haja
replies, “Place your mind in the dot of energy.” I do this. He goes
on, “As you can see, the dot is itself akasha. Though small in size,
there is infinite space within it. There is no limit to the amount of
energy it may accumulate. It can continue to draw energy into it
without ever becoming full. In this way, you can gather and store
the power you need to accomplish your will."”
This idea and practice carries with it an awareness of space
collapsing upon itself. You picture a small dot. You project your
mind within it. And then, perceiving as akasha, you take the
energy from a vast space and sense it drawn and stored in as small
of a space as you wish. There is no restriction on this. The only
limitation is your imagination.
In terms of sensory perception, you can feel a force
accumulating in a small dot. But the basic quality inside the dot is
still emptiness. No matter how much you fill it, it continues to
emanate the sensation of being as empty as a vacuum.
In terms of astrophysics, this is like a black hole the size of a
speck. If you strip atoms of their electrons and break down the
neutrons and protons into subatomic particles, this speck could
contain the entire mass of the earth and still feel empty. This is the
kind of dynamic imagination Haja employs to gather energy.
This kind of shifting of mass, energy, space, and time might
appear to some as slightly scary. But it is not any different that
what our own physicists deal with on a daily basis. If you glance
into Steven Hawkins mind, author of The Universe of Steven
Hawkins, you would discover he is very familiar with this sort of
practice.
It is easy for Mr. Hawkins to imagine his mind inside a black
hole as he contemplates the origin, process, and fate of the
universe. He does this sort of thing all the time. He just does not
apply this skill of combining imagery and concentration to
working with etheric energies in a direct manner with the intent of
directing it with his will. When our physicists mix astrophysics
with magick in equal measure, then we will have scientists similar
to those in Atlantis who mastered the principles of levitation and
the secrets of gravity.
Haja gave me another image to work with. He suggested I
spend some time focusing on the sensation of energy streaming
into my body. Again, this is practiced while remaining completely
relaxed and calm. The idea is master the sensation of gathering
energy into a small space through force of imagination. As this
physical sensation grows stronger and more familiar, the ability to
gather energy increases.

Physical Plane. On the physical plane, Haja focuses on

materializing things. His aura is something like a quartz crystal
ball used for fulfilling wishes. He is not a guidance counselor or
broker who assists you in getting what you want. Rather, he
provides the energy component for this process. Again, he
condenses the energy you need to work magick.
A crystal ball has its molecules arranged so it is transparent and
light passes through it. It also accumulates energy extremely well.
If you picture something, Haja's energy, similar to a crystal ball,
emits a vibration that materializes the images placed within it.
Your basic wish-fulfilling gem has the following properties. It
is clear. Light and energy move through it without obstruction and
are stored within it without karmic consequences--there is no
attachment; there is no fear; and it reflects the future with
clairvoyant accuracy. When it acts to bring something about, it
does so seemingly without effort because it is inexhaustible. It is
never short of energy. And its effects are natural. It never lacks
harmony. Haja's aura embodies this solid, dense, and clear
amplifying ability.
Like Boria, the spirit governing thirty degrees Pisces, Haja
perceives matter and energy as being interchangeable. If we were
to see something physical materialize out of thin air, we might
imagine it to be a miracle or a divine manifestation.
But Haja does not see it this way. There is no magick involved
or anything miraculous about it. For Haja, something materializes
when an image is charged with sufficient energy and that energy is
stabilized so that, like any other physical object, it endures
according to its nature. The practice relating to the physical plane
is being able to imagine energy is stabilized in a physical form.
You can, for example, materialize a spirit so it is physically present
in your room. Concentration can create physical effects.

The Four Planes Together. On the akasha, there is the divine

principle of knowing with conviction that you can gather the
energy you need. On the mental plane, you use a universal set of
images or a mental vibration that gathers energy. On the astral
plane, you condense the four elements by the power of akasha into
a small space so that you have the dynamic force to bring about
change.
On the physical plane, like the Altanteans in their pyramids,
you use or become the vibration of a crystal ball that causes etheric
matter to align to your will. With all four planes operating at once,
your creative impulse has the energy it needs to succeed. With
Haja, condensing energy feels natural, relaxed, and nearly
effortless.
In summary, besides becoming familiar with Haja's aura and
way of gathering energy, he has specific suggestions for my
practice. Working on the akashic and mental planes, he wants me
to imagine that I am a magician who possesses completely mastery
of condensing energy to whatever extent I wish. On the astral
plane, he suggests that I become acquainted with and master the
sensation of drawing in energy effortlessly into a small space. And
on the physical plane, he would have me visualize materializing a
spirit so it is fully present physically.
This approach is basically to imagine I already have the abilities
I am trying to learn. But this is not abstract. On each plane, there
is a combining of conviction and sensation so that I take what I can
already do and extend it, amplifying it gradually through practice.
I notice, for example, that I can visualize Haja as being physically
present in my room. There is more power in this than there is if,
using clairvoyance, I perceive his aura gradually condensing by
degrees toward the physical plane.
Imagination has hidden within it a divine component of will. If
you use this will as you visualize something, you get results
sooner. It is one thing to draw a pretty picture of what you want
and then say, “I wish, I wish.” It is another thing to visualize what
you want and say, “As I divine being, I command this to be” and
then see it real in front of you.
Some individuals, of course, will feel uncomfortable with a
procedure in which you presume to employ the prerogatives of
deity. But this is no big deal, not really. Inventors do this sort of
thing constantly. Edison would not give up as he searched through
a thousand materials to find a filament that would work in a light
bulb. The Wright brothers were determined that if the birds could
do it they could do it too. Henry Ford did not hesitate or shy away
when he thought, “Wouldn't it be great to race using wheels
instead of horses' hooves.” Nuclear physicists, without a trace of
doubt, have always felt that “if the sun can do it, then we can do it-
-split atoms in two and fuse them according to our will.”
Haja's approach is similar in that it turns upon the use of will.
What is different is that Haja's conviction is more spiritually
oriented. His inspiration, again, is that “Divine Providence has a
creative impulse. It takes the desires of the heart and fulfills them
completely by imbuing them with reality.”
There is no reward or advantage in feeling doubt, impotency, or
unworthiness when it comes to creativity. Life is meant to be
fulfilled. It is our task to determine for ourselves in accordance
with the visions of our hearts as to how and where we will apply
ourselves.
Finally, I ask Haja, “What am I missing in working with you?”
He replies, “For you it is essential to master the cosmic letter J
with its divine ecstasy on all four planes. To employ an absolute
conviction that you are united with divinity, you must entwine love
and will so they are completely joined. You must enter the space
that embraces all things, is one with all things, and yet commands
them as the source of their being. Only those who unite with
Divine Providence are permitted this power.
“This you must do if you are to accomplish your work on earth.
What now holds you back is the separation you feel between your
personality and the spirit within you. It is time to turn aside from
the past and follow a new path. The heart of a mage must embody
a love that knows no separation. Come back another time and we
will work on this again.”

Common Difficulties/Imbalances. Haja's magick does not

strengthen or even refer back to your personal identity. There is no
reference to a self. It does not matter how much will or
concentration you are employing or how detailed and exact your
ritual procedures. You become energy and you shape energy.
There is no thought involved. Haja possesses an incredibly high
level of psychic sensitivity but this sensitivity is free of all personal
attachment.
The akashic plane, in particular, has an eerie quality. It is like a
creator who sits amid an empty void and who has a creative will
strong enough to create what he imagines. This could be
disorienting unless an individual has practiced spiritualizing his
will and consciousness so that he identifies with the divine.
For this reason, you sometimes will see a spacey, undefined
ambiguity in the eyes of psychics as if they have been taking drugs
for too long--hallucinogens, uppers, and downers in some mix that
destroys their intelligence. In venturing onto the inner planes, part
of their personal identity is washed away due to the mystical veils
it passes through. When you talk to them, they are like travelers
who suspect they have gotten off at the wrong station or their
cruise ship has left without them. You can tell every time because
they are either not focused on the present moment or, if they are,
they act haunted as if something invisible and unknown is standing
behind them with its paw on their shoulder.
The remedy is to know in advance exactly what you are doing
with magick. You remind yourself of the divine principle under
which you are operating and what exactly you wish to accomplish.
You keep tabs on your practices as if you are a certified accountant
whose task it is to explain and justify every aspect of how he uses
his time.
Before you begin a magical activity, you ask yourself, “Is there
any thing left undone which I need to do to assume full
responsibility and to take charge of my life?” You do not need to
have all your problems solved now, but you need to assign a time
when you will attend to them. If a stranger met you, you need an
aura that might lead someone to say, “Here is an individual who is
alert, responsible, considerate, and quick to solve any problem. If
you need a job done, this is the individual who could do it or
oversee the project until it is finished.”
Why do I make this point? If you are going to work with
magical powers, you have to take care of your own needs and
solve your problems on their own terms as best you know how.
Magick has a fascination that draws your attention away from the
world you live in. It is easy to ignore the obvious until even minor
problems rise up and overwhelm you with confusion. If you are
going to be confident in working on the inner planes, you have to
be confident that you can take care of yourself as well. Otherwise,
your magical authority dissipates. Doubt creeps into your work or
you lose the sharp edge you need to focus all of your attention
when you concentrate.
Akasha itself has a voice that questions those who practice
magick. It asks, “Who are you to lay claim to these divine abilities
when you cannot solve your own difficulties? Your life is a gift
and your limitations are your learning process. We will work with
you on anything but only if you approach us as an equal and not as
a weakling.”
 Bileka, 24 degrees Pisces, On Magical Meditation

Along with several other spirits, Bardon mentions that it is hard to

get in contact with Bileka. Bardon states that Bileka “initiates the
magician into the various types of meditation and teaches him their
correct application for magical Quabbalistic purposes.”

Ascending the planes. I begin by ascending through the physical,

astral, and mental planes. I sense the vitality within my body, the
organs of my body, and then too the world of nature around me. I
sense the magnetism of the ocean, the density of the land mass of
the island, and the energy of the trade winds and clouds.
Next I focus on my astral body. I sense my personality, my
driving passions in life, and my psychic sensitivity. I also open to
the astral plane. I note the realms of the undines, salamanders,
sylphs, and gnomes. And I consider the ideals and mysteries
pursued by the various world religions.
I move on to the more subtle mental plane. I sense the intensity
and strength in the different cultural and philosophical traditions. I
can see how hermetic magick and wisdom have had to cloak
themselves in secrecy in order to survive in the Western world. In
some cases, the conflict between the different intellectual
perspectives inspires some to seek a more complete truth.
Finally I let go of the three previous levels of awareness and
enter the akashic plane. To do this, I visualize myself surrounded
by a dark, ultraviolet color and imagine my awareness penetrating
through space and time. What I notice today is a feeling of home.
In akasha you can gather all the best feelings you have experienced
of home life and well-being from all your incarnations on earth.
You put these together and this makes for a feeling of integration
and peace.
And you take the work you have accomplished in various lives
and draw out of this experience your sense of mission and the
enthusiasm with which you approach initiating new enterprises.
You can also sense others' feelings of home and work. These
extend your spiritual vision of life and its possibilities.
The akasha is an endless celebration of the beauty and
sacredness of the earth. The earth is full of immense wisdom and
vibrates in harmony with the larger universe. In akasha you can
sense the Soul of the Earth or the Earth Goddess drawing near to
you and speaking with you as if She is an old friend whom you
meet once again.

Pisces. On the plane of akasha, I place myself within the vibration

of Pisces. Pisces is a beautiful caregiver with a reverence for the
life force of the planet. She is immersed within the energies of
life. These energies flow through her to others. Though Pisces is
very feminine, men under this influence make incredible warriors
because they are so selfless and devoted.

The 24th degree of Pisces. This aspect of Pisces perceives how the
etheric and astral planes are interconnected. This is a dense and
potent energy. It is very rich and nurturing.

Bileka’s Domain. This level of akasha does not relate to the ideal
of the divine servant as it does with the nearby spirit called Cigila
who governs the 28th degree of Pisces. Bileka represents the part
of Pisces that is similar to a womb--it is like a crystal ball filled
with water reflecting the universe. It is protective and nourishing.
It is the opportunity to be immersed within the energy that enables
you to transform and be reborn in a more profound relationship to
life.
In many forms of Oriental meditation, an individual constructs
a spiritual body through meditation. In Taoism, this is the
immortality body. In Tibetan Buddhism, this is like a body of light
except it is configured according to imagery that reflects the
enlightened mind as Buddhists perceive it.
Bileka's work is similar. He sets up a circulation between an
individual's body, soul, and the universal energies of life. This
produces a spiritual being who works and lives within society but
who is also in harmony with the universe.
It is very interesting the way this process works. There is a
great deal of empathic caring and rapport present as is typical of
Pisces. The sensitivity is very reassuring and supportive. And yet
this tenderness also expands your aura and amplifies your life
force. You feel your aura and circulatory system are being hooked
up to the purest energies within nature. For Bileka, nature is not
something out there that is beautiful but some how separate from
you. Nature is within and a part of you. It is an expression of your
own life and soul.
Now I could stand within a magick circle and hold a powerful
wand in my hand. I could join my mind to God's so as to convince
myself that my will reflects God's own. And I could charge my
talisman and magick mirror and fill the room with incense and the
light from a lantern. And then I could call out for Bileka to appear
with a voice both authoritative and mesmeric. But I do not think
Bileka would be very impressed with this.
It would be like a law student who had just passed his bar exam
trying to get a private interview with a state Supreme Court justice.
A court justice might think without saying it aloud: “You do not
carry any authority and weight around here. You do not have any
responsibilities. You have not demonstrated a commitment which
has endured through the years.”
I used to do Aikido with a law student who had been out of
school for several years. Two decades later, he is pretty much the
same person I knew before. He has the same personality. He is a
typical moody and self-possessed Scorpio.
But now he has twenty-three years of case experience
representing men on death row. When it comes to raising
questions about the law of the land and gaining the attention of the
Supreme Court of the United States, the Justices are willing to hear
his appeal. He has argued his case before them.
When Bileka looks at me, he sees an individual who has
pursued the mysteries of the elemental beings for 25 years. He
sees an individual who perceives that the Earth is a living being.
He knows I have heard Her voice when She speaks.
In my case, Bileka also notices right away that I am not a
master of hatha yoga, of chi kung, or of internal alchemical
meditations. But this is ok. I can read Bileka's thoughts. I can
feel what is within his heart. I can speak to him with poetry about
his own sources of inspiration. This is enough to open a dialogue
with him and gain his cooperation.

Sigil. Since I do not recall having worked with Bileka in the last
decade, I dig out my copy of The Practice of Magical Evocation
by Franz Bardon and look up Bileka's sigil. Bardon mentions the
sigils for these spirits of Pisces in the earthzone are to be drawn in
red the first time.
Note. One individual wrote me and said that Bardon’s original
notes said to draw the sigils of Pisces’ spirits in blue. I have not
had the fortune to correspond with any of Bardon’s original
students so I have nothing to report this issue. I do know that I
sign my own name in at least ten different styles. And I also
respond to at least fifteen different pronunciations of my name. So
I suspect it is more your intent and concentration than the color
which sets up the link with the spirit.
In any case, for this evocation I draw the sigil in the air in red. I
go over the figure about eight times until I have the shape
memorized. Then I draw it again to put more feeling into it and
focus the shape on the physical, astral, and mental planes.
There is a pressure on my fingertip as I draw the sigil that is
very much like using your fingers to draw with watercolors on
paper. The immediate effect I sense is relaxation and an intense
interest in the etheric world--the energy of vitality and health
within oneself and within nature. It is obvious that Bileka's area of
specialization is meditation relating to life force.
As I draw the sigil with more concentration, I encounter a most
unusual effect. The red curling lines feel like they have taken on
life and have become a living being. I am a little surprised at this.
It is like going for a walk in the woods and stumbling on a band of
gnomes or some other variety of nature spirits suddenly walking
toward you from the opposite direction. I do not expect this kind
of encounter with the denizens of the astral plane. But in working
with Bileka, again, the doors are open between the physical and
astral worlds--you have to be prepared for encounters with the
forces of nature.

Inner Source of Inspiration. Life force and vitality are sacred. The
light of Divine Providence is within them and animates them. It is
the nature of Divine Providence to offer the energy you need to
accomplish your purposes. This supply of energy is limitless and
immortality is one of its side effects.

Outer Aura. I look at Bileka who is present now in front of me.

You may wonder how it is a spirit appears without my having
called him or spoken his name. I once was researching an article I
was writing on bottlenecks in the courts here in Honolulu. When I
sat in the back of Judge Spencer's courtroom, he sent the Bailiff
over to ask me what I was doing there. Since it was on open
courtroom, I did not have to say anything other than that I was
there to watch the proceedings.
When I wrote the judge a letter expressing some of my concerns
about the court system, he was quick to write me back. There are a
few judges who are very attentive and respond to concerns that are
well-formulated. Bileka is like that judge. He seems just as
interested in me as I am in him.
Still, I get a clear impression of why Bardon states it is hard to
get in contact with Bileka. Bileka's aura glows and shimmers. I
can translate this light into words (and after all, Bileka is conscious
of all of his own energy and that energy speaks with his voice). It
says, “I am a medicine and an elixir. I belong to those whose
hearts are pure and who know that all of life is sacred. The whole
earth--every creature, every mineral, every breeze--is sustained and
nourished by love. I can teach you to find and unite with this sea
of life force.”
Though Bileka dwells in akasha that has no need of form,
Bileka's interest is in the etheric world. Consequently, to get a
better feel for his area of expertise, I create a corridor of Pisces’
energy down through the planes. There is now enough energy in
my room for at least a small part of this spirit to be present on an
etheric level. I am not going to offer him tea or ask him to paint
my house. I just need a physical sensation of what his vitality is
like inside my body. His presence is now sufficiently strong to
accomplish this.
What happens immediately is that the sensation of inhaling air
through my nose is altered. With my sense of smell comes the
feeling of being able to savor and drink in the air. The air's
fragrance is so refreshing it is like I am breathing the air from
another world.
It is clear to me what Bileka is doing. The smell of the air is so
rich it automatically generates along with it an astral landscape, an
entire kingdom on the inner planes where such vitality exists. And
I am within and surrounded by this world. There is a tree beside
me on my left. It has rough bark and reddish, purple fruit. There
are rolling hills and valleys I can see in front of me.
As I inhale, I find myself floating in a mountain pool within this
land. Except this water is not only cold and wet. It is calming and
exhilarating. It washes through my whole aura. Inside the organs
of my physical body I feel an outrageous and wild serenity.
Recall that being on the astral plane is like being fully
conscious except you can be in a mythical realm or even a world
belonging to another evolution. And this world is experienced as
being as real as our own. I stand up and grasp a fruit from the tree
next to me. The fruit is shaped like a pomegranate but, when I bite
into it, its texture is like an apple.
But its taste is like nothing on earth. Ira Progroff teaches
intensive journal. For weeks you work through various
meditations and imagery exercises recounting the story of your
life. One of the things you arrive at is a sense of the “inner flow”
of your life--of what is beneath and what connects all the outer
events you have experienced. To taste this fruit in this vision of
Bileka's is to feel that the inner flow of your life is an irrepressible
river of love moving through you. Its waters are so irresistible and
renewing, there are few who could resist this touch.
This entire astral kingdom or vision is here to be explored and
experienced. And yet all of its wonders are packed within the
sensation I experience as I inhale. But this “imaginary” landscape
is but one step in a sequence.
After impressing me with the hypnotic quality of this imagery,
Bileka looks into my eyes and the astral landscape vanishes. My
senses again focus on my physical environment. I see Koko Crater
in front of me through the window. I feel the high humidity of the
air and a faint freeze across my chest.
Bileka says, “This energy stream and sea of bliss which you
have perceived with your astral senses are the world in which you
already exist.” At this point, Bileka takes me a few steps further
beyond where I have gone in my own poetic and meditative
explorations.
He says, “The winds ARE your breath. Sense the vitality of the
winds as the vitality within your lungs as you inhale air. The
rivers, the sea, and the rain--you can feel their life force and their
magnetism, the waves breaking, the depths, and the moisture
falling--all of this is within your blood, your kidneys, and the
waters of your body flowing.
“The sun is the fire in your heart. Its radiance is your
inspiration. Its heat is your passion. Shine with its light! The
mountains and the earth, the minerals and the rocks--these are your
bones and your physical body. Their vibration is your own. Sense
your bones--their solidity, their stability, and the strength they lend
you as support. The whole earth is your home.
“The trees, the forests, the plants, the flowers opening, and the
seasons of life--these are the notes and cords of a song shouting
from every pour in your body and dancing with ecstasy in your
fives senses. Can you sense it now? The life force animating your
body is one with the life force of the planet. Full of beauty and
divine passion, there is one magnetic field of love and we are all
within it.”
I have encountered this awareness of nature and the etheric
world before but never like this. When I meditate with one or two
specific individuals I seem to sense the energy of nature for
hundreds of miles in all directions. Even so, that is but a small
taste of the greater harmony and themes on the etheric plane of the
earth. Bileka, by contrast, plays the whole symphony of nature's
energy, its life force, and health.
At a later date, I again bring Bileka down to the physical plane.
Part of this process involves condensing the light around my body
and around Bileka until it feels as dense as steel. This sense of
solidity and density is the medium through which a spirit enters
our world. Again, I use a bright, radiant red for the color I
condense through force of imagination.
As I quietly mediate with Bileka, dreamlike imagery flows
through my mind. I find myself floating in a pool beneath the
cliffs of Makapu'u. Whenever I float in these salt rich pools, I
automatically fall into a trance and have visions. Bileka is
reminding me to be this relaxed. As I sense my lungs, I feel I am
standing above the earth encompassing the winds over the Pacific
Ocean with my mind. This is the awareness that is natural to a
sylph such as Cargoste.
The imagery shifts. I am now floating within a pool in the
astral realm that Bileka imprints on my imagination. “Your
breath,” Bileka prompts me again, “is the wind of the sky and the
moisture in your lungs is the clouds. The waters of this pool are
formed from the waters of the sky condensing into clouds, turning
into rain, and flowing in this mountain stream. These waters are
the same as the liquid within your body. Feel and join with this
well-being.”
As I continue floating in this pool, the imagery is sufficient
strong that I can feel the water flowing between my fingers and
between my toes. I feel the coldness of the water on my skin. The
surface of the pool ripples on my chest as I inhale and exhale.
But there is more than a sense of being transported into an astral
kingdom. My body turns transparent. The form and outline of my
body blurs and I perceive myself as being within a vibratory field
of vital energy. I am not separate from but part of the mountain
pool. And the pool is no longer water but etheric energy that is
now an extension of my own body. Being immersed in this water
is like being wrapped about in a cocoon of healing and soothing
energy.
The imagery shifts again and I am sitting on the hillside where
this pathworking first began. Bileka says, “Become the tree beside
you.” I reach out and touch the bark of the tree. And then with my
mind I pass inside the tree and assume its form with my mind. The
wood of the tree is very hard like ironwood and the tree feels
thousands of years old. In contrast to floating in the pool, my body
now feels heavy and solid.
Bileka says, “This tree is a cross between an organic being and
stone. It is breathing, bearing fruit, and reproducing itself. But it
has the strength of iron and the density of lead. It embodies an
absolute will combined with a supernatural power to endure.
Breath contains this strength and will. When you embody this
tree's solidity and enjoy its enduring peace, your breath will reach
into and rejuvenate every cell in your body.”
I pass down into the ground through the roots of the tree. I
sense the surrounding hills and the land. Geologic ages appear on
the surface in rock outcrops. Though dense, the earth is an energy
field. It is vibrant and shines with its own inner light that I
perceive in patterns of dark blue, indigo, and brown.
There is a rich and satisfying peace in being immersed in the
earth. The hills and mountains are like waves of a sea shaped and
driven by the winds of time. Here the body learns to join with the
rhythmic movement and flow of ages and eons. Bileka says,
“When you meditate and breathe, your body can be as calm as a
mountain made of granite and as vibrant as igneous rock whose
birth a billion years ago is still fresh and new.”
I plan to meditate again with Bileka. He wants me to spend
more time with the elements of air and water before going on to
fire. The immediate result of this evocation was that I changed the
way I meditate each day. I usually charge up my body each day
through doing Tai Chi. Bileka wants the chi or vitality to work
deeper into my muscles, organs, and bones. He seems to prefer I
do more yoga while maintaining a semi-trance.
And he wants me to weave more of the astral plane's enlivening
qualities into my body. This involves drawing together the
lightness and playfulness of air, the sensitivity and love of water,
the passion and brightness of fire, and the sturdy endurance of the
earth element. I begin to imagine how I might bring together
Taoist internal, alchemical meditations, seasonal meditations such
as practiced by druids, and the perception of nature as experienced
by elemental beings.
A healthy person is radiant and glowing with life. This requires
maintaining a flame of inspiration that wears the cloak of a vital
and vibrant body. Animated from within by participating in and
celebrating the ecstasy of the four elements, life shines through
you. I expressed this feeling once through a poem I wrote for the
druid order of OBOD after I returned from a pathworking:

Song for the Earth

May peace be upon the Earth

May Her beauty
Be within me and radiate from me
May I shine with Her light
May She shine from my eyes
May I speak from out of Her silence
May She resonate from within my voice
May I merge with Her lands
May She flow without ceasing through my body and my hands
May I never be separate from Her:
From Her forest and Her mountains,
From Her lakes, Her rivers, Her seas,
From her silence and Her mysteries.
May every breath take me deeper within Her wisdom
And may I always share in joyful Celebration
With all those who are close to Her.

Note. I usually work down from the akashic plane to the

etheric/physical. In this case, I moved directly from akasha to the
astral plane. It seemed to be where I was going anyway.
To summarize the four planes, on the akashic plane, Bileka
offers a tremendous awareness of the life force within nature. This
life force is organic and natural. It is also sacred and integrated. It
forms one pattern of harmony and wholeness.
On the mental plane, Bileka has a fabulous awareness of the
four elements in nature and of how these elements are active
within our bodies. Bileka teaches as do many of the elemental
beings how to move back and forth between sensations of energy
in your body and awareness of energy in the natural world. As a
higher spirit, however, Bileka takes this further than elemental
beings can by showing you how to unite your etheric body to the
etheric body of the world.
On the astral plane, Bileka leads me through a variety of
meditations for each element. These are customized meditations
designed to lead me step by step so that the elemental energies in
my astral body are expanded. As I have mentioned, this is like
entering an enchanting landscape or mythical world where you can
walk around and discover new things. This landscape is charged
with magical energy and heightens your learning process.
On the physical plane, you make these powerful sensations,
feelings, and states of awareness denser and more stable so they
have a direct influence on your body and your environment. For
example, the feeling of total well-being and peace become strong
enough that other individuals around you begin to feel this same
presence. You also acquire a great deal of life force that can then
be used in various magical ways.
Possible Difficulties/Imbalances. Perhaps the major difficulty in
communicating Bileka’s meditative procedures is that most
individual’s etheric bodies are not accustomed to exchanging
energy with nature in a free and easy going manner. As is often
pointed out in discussions on the chakras--the psychic, nervous
system in the body--chakras are closed for a very good reason.
They protect an individual.
Each of us has the life force and vitality we need to be healthy
and to function normally in society. If you open up a specific
chakra, you allow an unfamiliar and perhaps wild energy to enter
the individual’s body. This can easily be overwhelming and
devastating. The individual is neither sufficiently conscious of the
energy nor able to direct it at will. And various kinds of life force
carry with them powerful emotions that the individual can also
take to be threatening and invasive. Practitioners, for example, of
kundalini yoga often have horrific stories to tell about their
encounters with the primal life force once it has become awakened
within their bodies.
Obvious remedies to these problems are to develop first a mind
that can control such energies, an astral body acquainted with the
elemental kingdom, and a healthy and strong physical body. Once
you know how to breathe in surplus charges of life force and feel
comfortable with this, you can gradually extend your practice to
the elemental energies in nature as well. In Taoist yoga, the
individual may spend years working with the five elements in his
own body. Later on, he goes on to draw in and circulate through
his body the various energies of the elements, animals, the seasons,
the planets, etc.
Different individuals will appreciate Bileka according to their
own aptitudes and interests. Some individuals love nature and feel
a mystical rapport with it. If you already have a direct contact with
nature, then it would be easy for you to deepen your understanding
of nature by asking Bileka for some insight. On the other hand, if
you are enchanted by esoteric, arcane lore and cling to the idea of
magical grades and levels of initiation, you may want to stay away
from Bileka.
From what I have observed thus far, nature has nothing to do
with Western hermetic traditions and occult lodges. An actor in a
drama can perform a wonderful function by presenting to an
audience a force of personality and artistic expression. But an
actor should not confuse the stage with the reality of being a
forceful individual making decisions and influencing events in a
historical setting. Nature is like that. Its energies are quite real
and you need to be dynamic, in charge, and powerful to work with
them. Magick performed in and through love may or may not have
any relationship to ritual or ceremonial magick. Bileka’s magick
requires love.
There are a lot of different symptoms that can appear if the
chakras or etheric body of an individual is prematurely opened. A
specific chakra can become over stimulated, punctured, weakened,
and injured in various ways. Here are a few problems I have
observed in individuals. The first or lowest chakra in the body,
when prematurely opened, can deplete an individual of vitality.
The life force just leaks out. The individual can also become
extremely depressed because the earth element invades the aura.
Individuals may feel weighted down or paralyzed. Sometimes
these ailments are past down from one generation to another within
a family line.
With the second chakra, over stimulation often leads to
excessive preoccupation with sexual desires. Life force is just
racing through the second chakra and the individual tries to direct
it, control it, or make sense of what is occurring by thinking about
or engaging in sex. This is not the same as a typical obsession
with sexuality.
With sexual obsession, there is often a strong psychological
component present. Sex contains or conceals a deeper desire for
intimacy, affection, love, sharing, overcoming of loneliness or
isolation, a warding off of numbness, etc. But when the etheric
chakra is damaged, it is more like a physical force has taken over
your body forcing you to focus on sex. That is, the physical
sensation overpowers your body even if you are not really in the
mood or actually interested in expressing yourself in a sexual way.
The third chakra relates more to identity and self-assertion.
When the third chakra is over stimulated or injured, the individual
may feel paranoid. This is not the survival instinct run wild. This
is a sense of being vulnerable to invisible forces such as severe
alcoholics may have from the astral plane. Another variation is
when the individual suddenly wants to take control of and
manipulate others, again, not to gain establish security but to
extend the personal ego. There is a hunger present that wants to
feed on others’ energy because its own energy is constantly leaking
out through the solar plexus.
The heart chakra when over stimulated will often make an
individual feel very vulnerable in the sense of feeling
hypersensitive. Empaths often have this problem if they do not
limit their empathy. They feel everyone else’s feelings and others’
sufferings feels like their own. In the case of the conversion
experience, there is the problem of needing to convert others as
well. The heart is opened by the conversion but this opening is not
stable and healthy. There is a leak so that the individual feels
something is being drained or taken away because of the inspiring
experience. The remedy individuals often employ is to gain a
temporary fix like a heroin addict--by playing a role in converting
someone else there comes a brief feeling of self-validation or
reassurance that makes them feel everything is ok.
The throat chakra will open the inner planes for an individual.
It will add magick to your life but this is often out of control and
hit and miss. Individuals feel they can make things happen or that
exciting things happen on their own. But with this wild and new
life it is easy to become subject to an inflated ego that alternates
with depression--the deflation of ego. Your personal boundaries
get confused and lost. You have trouble at times trying to figure
out just how great and powerful you are or if you are just weird
and crazy.
 The third eye carries with it a whole host of psychic
experiences--clairvoyance, telepathy, clairsentience, psychometry,
etc. But it is a two way street. If you can see and interact with
ghosts and spirits, suddenly you are aware that they can see and
interact with you. It is not a very pleasant experience if you do not
know exactly what you are doing and what you wish to
accomplish.
The crown chakra, when stimulated, will give an individual
dreams and visions of the way the world can or should be. The
problem with this is that it takes all the other chakras to manifest
these dreams as reality. Seeing the ideal of who you or someone
else is meant to be in no way carries with it any power to make this
vision real. Individuals with over stimulated crown chakras can
become very lost in a psychological sense. They are living in
another world. And also they may become very negative because
they are willing to bend the rules and break the laws to get what
they want which they feel is far more important than anything else.
In summary, if you are familiar with your own seven chakras
and how they operate, your individual ego will not become
confused when you step outside of your personality and immerse
yourself in the energies of nature. You are doing something you
love and know well the energies you are working with. And for a
mature magician, humility increases in direct proportion to your
sense of the sacred. Everything Bileka does is sacred and full of
beauty. The word magick somehow seems worthless and
inappropriate when speaking of something this wonderful.

Ugolog, 25 degrees Pisces, On Prophetic Vision

Reason for Evocation. Ugolog sees all of an individual's

incarnations and all human activity from the perspective of divine
mercy. For Ugolog, beneath life is divine light. Love is
everywhere and in everything.
Ugolog's clairvoyance reveals paths of liberation and high
creativity in every circumstance. As I look back at the darkest
periods of my life from Ugolog's perspective, I can see how
cosmic wisdom was waiting silently for me to discover its
presence.
Ugolog's aura integrates consciousness. Without entering a
trance or altering your state of mind, Ugolog enables you to sense
your guardian angel and the spirit within you. You feel at peace
with all desires, longings, and cravings hidden within all your
chakras in their densest vibrations.
Franz Bardon says of Ugolog, “The magician applying this
head’s methods will learn to read the past, present, and future
thoughts of any human being, his astral development from its
origin to its perfect maturity as well as the physical fate of past or
future incarnations.”
If you look at the 360 spirits of the earthzone as teachers in a
divine university, I think it is fair to say that Ugolog is chairman of
the Department of Prophecy. It is a great honor to work with
Ugolog.

Pisces in the Earthzone. Pisces resonates with the sacred energies

of life. Inspired by Pisces, your heart opens and you feel guided
by higher purposes. You wish to be of service because serving
others draws you closer to these renewing and vitalizing energies.

25th degree of Pisces. This degree contains the ability to

understand and assist Divine Providence as it guides life on earth.

Ugolog's Domain. In this domain, you learn to see how the deep
and mysterious purposes of spirit play a part in shaping history and
producing the physical circumstances in which we live.

Ugolog's Sigil. Ugolog's sigil gathers and focuses your energy into
your third eye so that your third eye feels like a bright star.

Ugolog's Inner Source of Inspiration. For Ugolog, it makes no

sense for Divine Providence to watch over, to inspire, and to guide
history unless you can be aware of these purposes, find them in
yourself, and work with them creatively. Ugolog's aura offers
ways and means for the highest light and inspiration to be present
and active within you.

Ugolog's Outer Aura. Ugolog's aura makes the highest akashic

light accessible to our intuition and manifest in acts of tenderness.
It is one thing to see the past, present, and future accurately. It is
another thing to see them through the eyes of love. In the second
case, you can see ways fate can be reshaped so that even the most
difficult of circumstances can be anointed with beauty and love.
There is also a remarkable ecstasy in Ugolog's aura. About
twelve years ago, I was working with a young psychic. When I
tuned into Ugolog, she noticed that my aura was reshaped. There
was now a cylinder of dark violet light in the center of my body
stretching from the top of my head through my feet.
From the densest physical desire and instinct to the highest
spiritual awareness--all my chakras had become joined into one
flow of vitality and light. This energy configuration opens a gate
so that your consciousness can sense all planes and be receptive to
all vibrations. High prophetic ability requires not just being
clairvoyant. It requires being able to saturate your whole aura with
akasha.
In a sense, the major experiences of life activate our chakras
and serve as the medium through which akasha enters our
consciousness. There is, for example, the experience of sensual
affection and emotional support in the second chakra. Developing
a social identity strengthens the third chakra. Our experiences with
the sacred open our heart chakra and so forth.
Such experiences gradually join the highest light and the
densest aspects of matter into one circulating flow of energy. In
other words, the body, personality, soul, and spirit become aware
of each other and work together. No one aspect of the self is
subordinated to any other aspect. Each has its legitimate part to
play. Each is an essential rung in the ladder leading between the
physical world and spirit.
Ugolog heightens our ability to move freely between the planes
and from chakra to chakra. Your life unfolds through specific
experiences and yet you also develop a wider perspective.
Ugolog's clairvoyance requires we perceive life in the full
spectrum of feeling, thought, and spiritual intuition.
For example, to feel at home in akasha--a formless state of
awareness--an individual also needs the experience of bonding
with another on a deep level of sensuality and pleasure. To see
through time the mind must also know how to probe the atomic
vibrations of the elements in the periodic table. To speak of love
an individual's commitment to truth must be absolute. Ugolog's
clairvoyance arises from weaving all aspects of life experience into
one crystal of vision. For prophetic ability to be accurate, nothing
can be repressed, held back, or left out of the joining.
There is a downside to being saturated with akasha to this
extent. In circulating a high voltage of energy through all the
chakras, unknown instincts and cravings may be stimulated. You
may then feel as if a destructive spirit is influencing you. Such
negative spirits say, “We have authority and power over cravings
that are wild and blind. You must pay us homage and tribute to
pass through the domain of instincts for this is our due.”
All instincts and desires can be worked with in a positive way.
After all, demons only exist to test you. What they are really
asking is, “Is there any way I can get you to doubt your ideals and
spiritual commitments?” Like some human beings, they hate it
when they see someone moving about with a freedom they are
denied. But if your purpose is clear and your commitment
absolute, they will leave you alone. Demons cannot stand bright
light. Expressed in a humorous vein--Question: What do demons
hate most? Answer: Having the hell scared out of them.
But I also know some human beings who love and cling to
their negativity. If you took their negativity away from them, they
would not be open to love or something positive. They would find
themselves instead within an abyss of emptiness that that
negativity conceals from them. And this abyss is more destructive
and isolating than any demonic influence. In this sense, the
negative plays an important role. It can protect and enable
individuals to survive who otherwise would be overwhelmed by
despair or paralyzed by lack of purpose. To accomplish its
purposes, the negative blinds and possesses.
By contrast, Ugolog's outer aura is a joining of pure perception
with compassion. It sees through everything. By extending mercy
and blessing, this insight liberates by granting us freedom to
respond to our life circumstances in new and creative ways.

Ugolog's Inner Aura. Ugolog's inner energy is like a vision from

the planet Neptune that rules the constellation of Pisces. Whatever
shall be the future history of the human race, whatever terrors and
destruction shall befall us, Ugolog's heart vibrates with our final
destiny--there will come a time when we discover boundless light
and love in our hearts. We shall find this light and love in every
other heart as well. At that time, the human race collectively shall
ascend and attain perfect enlightenment. Ugolog knows this with
absolute certainty. He holds this vision of future history within his
heart.
Others also see in this way. The Prophet Isaiah had this dream
within his heart--he saw that love shall one day govern the nations.
And the current Dalai Lama also is a representative of this vision.
It is more than religion or ethics for him. He speaks with the voice
of the constellation Pisces when he says, “As long as suffering
remains to sentient beings, I will remain to serve.” I like to
paraphrase that sentence in this way: “The universe will not end
until every heart is found and every soul becomes pure light.”

Akashic Plane. On the akashic plane, Ugolog sees several things

at the same time. He sees history and karma that make things the
way they are. And he sees complete freedom.
If you want to go beyond your culture and society and initiate a
new tradition or if you want to change your life pattern, you can do
this. There is a cost but you have to remember that institutions and
personal habits change of their own accord and in their own time.
That is, there are natural processes of change suitable for yourself
and for the world. If you understand this, you can accept the world
without wasting your energy on unproductive endeavors or trying
to change something before the time is right for change. That is,
you have to be careful that you do not try to alter something that is
more powerful than you.
You may be able to break wooden boards with your hand
through force of skill and will, but not bars of steel. Even during
times of upheaval and civil wars, to some extent stability and order
are preserved. If you want to intervene and alter history, you have
to see that the underlying purposes and deep soul needs are
fulfilled. Otherwise, the revolutionary who speaks of freedom
ends up instigating an even more severe totalitarian order. The
reason is he has less ability than those whom he overthrew to
master the forces controlling his society.
Personal habits and life goals are a different matter. In this
case, you may have to confront your family history if you want to
improve yourself. For many generations the fathers and mothers
have followed codes of behavior and lived with traditions that have
enabled them to survive. Oftentimes, their lives have been driven
by desires they could not understand but only honor.
To transcend personal history rather than just rebelling against
it, you may have to come face to face with what the tradition could
not name. To transform yourself, it may not be enough to abandon
the tradition and go in another direction. You may have to take
what drives the tradition--all its fears and hopes--and transform
them into pure light in your soul. In this way you do not exchange
one set of desires, goals, or ideals for some other. You fulfill
needs and purposes that have been hidden from or poorly
understood by everyone.
On the akasha plane Ugolog enables you to see all the factors
influencing various situations. One of those factors is the light of
Divine Providence that you are free to draw upon at your own
discretion. If you want something enough, you can get it. But the
cost is you have to become a conduit for the energy required to
change history. You have to become the vehicle providing the
will, the insight, and the power needed.
In the process, you are transformed in a profound way--into a
spiritual being who bears responsibility for maintaining harmony
in all aspects of the situation you are altering. This is what akasha
does. It preserves the world and maintains balance while also
enabling the highest purposes to be fulfilled.
Ugolog's vision of what shall be derives from the highest light.
Seeing the future may seem to be a denial of freedom. It is the
opposite.
Human beings can seek truth in a manner appropriate for their
own nature and desires. Akasha contains variety and multiplicity
as well as oneness--and it is forever new in every moment. Human
beings will find and discover their own unique visions of love from
out of their hearts. And yet it is possible to see the way individuals
will make future choices without interfering with their freedom or
devaluing the significance or the originality of their experience. In
seeing the future, a prophet offers reassurance that the desires of
the heart and the purposes of love will be fulfilled.
I ask Ugolog to assist me in seeing the future of someone I
know. The choices this person will make are fresh and new. The
feelings and insights she will experience have not been present in
her life before. Still, it seems I can see her experiences in advance
with complete clarity. The reason for this is that this individual's
problems require her to pass through certain kinds of situations in
order to gain self-understanding.
Her process of growth can be slowed down or accelerated
depending on her choices. But for her to generate the critical
insights she needs to change herself, she needs to accumulate
experience. Given her personality and personal history, her
circumstances, and the influences on her life, I can see when this
will happen.
 I also consider another individual I know who has problems
with marriage. He has a rich social life. He is very professional
and successful in his career. And he is wise in advising others on
their problems. But his difficulty is with intimacy. For a woman
to feel close to him, he needs to learn a new skill.
Part of his emotional life is rigid like a stone when he actually
needs to flow like water. He needs to provide emotional support
that fosters intimacy. Then a woman can feel close to him and
experience peace in his presence. Without this, he is bound to
suffer loss again and again until he changes. It takes the women a
while to catch on but in the end they all have a powerful gut
reaction that makes them leave him.
Ugolog might point this out to the individual and then say
something like this: “You know one or two people who can teach
a seminar on how to help others work through their feelings. You
would have to say to such a teacher or counselor, ‘I want to learn a
method for giving pure emotional support to others without
engaging in any kind of problem solving or interpreting of their
experience. Set up a seminar. I will pay for it and be there. I want
to know this so well that in any situation of emotional conflict I
can pause and establish rapport. You are going to teach me a skill
that enables me to create in others the feelings of being loved and
cared for in a way which is as effective as I am now with a judge
or a jury.’”
In this case, Ugolog would like this individual to confront his
karmic difficulty head on. He wants him to master it to such an
extent that he can establish the intimacy he previously expected the
woman to provide. I can see in this moment how over and over
again he is going to run into a stone wall when he tries to live with
a woman.
The first time he will crash fast. The second time it will be
slow. The third time it will be even harder. But if someone lays
the solution out in front of him and the part he can play, he can act
to dissolve this whole problem so none of it remains.
The Mental Plane. On the mental plane, Ugolog offers
encouragement and guidance. Being around Ugolog is like sitting
down with a gentleman who happens to have known the parents on
both sides of your family line reaching back thousands of years.
He knows their thoughts, feelings, and decisions they have made.
He offers you some options you may not have considered. He
says you are free to choose any one of them. He explains them so
well that when he is done it feels you have already lived through
them.
Still, it is surprising how much power Ugolog wields though his
only interest is in assisting you to make your highest and best
decisions in life. It might seem that prophetic ability is a passive
activity like a report on what shall be.
But Ugolog's active side is that he can save you many years of
wasted time. He says things like, “This is what you might like to
do because it is what you care most about.
You can do this now that I have shown it to you or you can spend
years searching in the wrong places or motivated in ways which
have nothing to do with what is in your heart.”
On the mental plane, then, Ugolog teaches you how to think in
terms of the needs of your soul and to make plans that fulfill the
purposes of your spirit. Again, as a counselor, he has the great
advantage of being able to show you exactly what happens when
you choose a course of action. Seeing it is not the same as
undergoing the experience. But seeing it in advance and knowing
it will work out are tremendous help when you are considering
paths of life you have never explored before.
Ugolog likes to go into details when discussing the future. As
you construct a picture of what you want, he keeps showing the
empty parts that need to be filled in. He reviews what you will
need to do to accomplish your objectives. He will not tell you
what you should be doing. He will only take what you already feel
in your heart and work with you on it so that it becomes a richer
and more complete vision.
Ugolog has a tremendous respect and appreciation for history.
He likes to help you understand the world you are in. But he will
also show you things that can be done which can only be found
through divine vision.

The Astral Plane. Since the astral plane is close to the physical
world, you see more about actual events on the time line. I had
several dreams last night after working with Ugolog. One dream
posed to me a question about how I wanted to work with a
personal desire. Another dream showed me a dangerous situation I
would need to avoid in the future--I saw a person, a location, and
heard the words that would be spoken.
Meditating with Ugolog in this moment, however, I recall a time
of severe depression when I was back in college. Though I was a
serious student of theology, I noticed there were things religions
were not teaching. They had not the faintest conception of how to
write sacred literature like a psalm of King David's. They cherish
the past preserving historical rituals but then forget that the sacred
reveals itself anew in each moment.
On the astral plane, Ugolog's presence is like attending a
seminar for writing psalms and also enrolling in a school for
prophetic clairvoyance. To write a psalm you must be able to
follow any feeling into the mythical, archetypal, primordial, and
mysterious landscapes on the astral plane where it originates.
Without fear, you must be able to follow your feelings to their
source. Any sage or priest can only accompany you part way
because they only know part of the truth and this is something you
have to do for yourself.
To do so, you must be free to enter those places of fear and
terror, of darkness, evil, and despair, the black holes within
wisdom that cause cultures to die. And when you are there you
sense the presence of the light of a love that shines everywhere.
This solitary passage is a way of opening your eyes.
The highest love is present in the places of deepest despair and
desolation. Those who experience this first hand often express the
experience through an affirmation of faith. Job in his suffering
when even his friends turned against him said, “For I know that my
redeemer liveth and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the
earth; and though after my skin, worms destroy this body, yet in
my flesh shall I see God.” King David who fled a number of times
into the wilderness and lived in desolate caves to survive said,
“Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I shall
fear no evil.”
Words such as these speak of a place on the astral plane where
all support from the external world is cut off. But in this place we
can still sense that love in which “we live, move, and have our
being.” This is a place within the soul that no image can reflect
and no words express. The philosophy, concepts, and science of
the mental plane offer no reassurance. And the physical world
offers no protection. It is beyond the reach of all cultures and
religions. It is the place within ourselves where feelings detect the
invisible forces shaping the world before they manifest as physical
events.
To write a psalm is to step inside the cold and implacable heart
of Saturn and sing a song of love so beautiful the forces turning the
wheel of time halt. They stop in order to listen to a voice that
speaks with greater authority. When they begin to move again,
they revolve around a different center. To speak with such a voice,
feelings must be free to appear without hindrance and flow without
resistance through your astral body. The reason evangelists are not
prophets is that when they speak you can hear, in spite of all their
faith, a fear still vibrating within their voices.
There is a vast sea of energies on the astral plane. Part of this
energy of feeling flows through our lives. We share with another a
cup of affection and establish a marriage. We nourish generosity
and the desire to service and form communities. And yet, there is
always something new emerging, something that was there all
along in the shadows--an unknown river breaking through from
beneath the ground or a flood surging down a dry river bed lying
empty for a thousand years. By sensing the subtle energies present
on the astral plane, we can see in advance the ways tomorrow will
be different from today.
Consider a few more examples of the necessity of dealing with
darkness and seeming chaos when you enter the astral plane to see
the future. I knew a woman who read Tarot cards. One day she
read for three teenagers. She told them they must not ride in a car
on the following Saturday or they would die. They did not believe
her and in spite of all she did to convince them, they road into
town and were killed in an accident.
After that she stopped reading Tarot cards for a number of
years. Seeing the future and not being able to change it was too
much for her to bear. Imagine then seeing an airliner crash or a
natural disaster or a major military conflict. Imagine
understanding that it is possible to alter the future but not being
able to convince anyone to make changes. Or else imagine you
possess a degree of magick but not enough to place causes on the
inner planes that would protect the life that is endangered. You
have to ask yourself how much you want to see and what divine
principle you will utilize to preserve your emotional health.
Consider now the Apostle John who wrote the book of
Revelations while banished into exile on the isle of Patmos.
People are still arguing over how to interpret his prophecies and to
which time his words apply. John was the only disciple of Christ
who did not suffer a violent death. Pause with me a moment and
envision from John's perspective the future of his religion as if you
were him and could see through the veils of time.
I am not interested in criticizing Christianity. Rather, I want to
use John's historical situation to illustrate the astonishing twists of
fate and whirlwinds of emotional confusion that lie in wait to
destroy the faith of those who would be a prophet or clairvoyant.
There are many reversals in Christianity that separate it from
Judaism. After all, God had delivered Israel from bondage in
Egypt through incredibly miracles and demonstrations of divine
power yet Moses was only a prophet. And under Solomon God
had granted Israel peace and honor among the nations so that a
temple could be built without the king having blood on his hands.
If a Messiah were to come, even the Roman Empire could not
stand against him--or this was what many thought.
But this is not the way it happened. Yet Christ demonstrated to
John his power over life and death--he raised from the dead and he
was also resurrected. He could control nature--he walked on water
and the storm and sea would calm with a word from his lips. Even
time served this master. Christ took John and two other disciples
upon a hill and let them speak face to face with Abraham, Isaac,
and Jacob. And Christ prophesied the fall and total destruction of
Jerusalem that occurred in John's life time.
But this was the crunch--the kingdom of God is not to be of this
world. God had a greater gift to bestow. The Holy of Holies
would not be secluded in a back room of a temple that only the
high priest would enter once a year. Our bodies are to be the
temple of God and each man would know God within his own
heart. For John and many followers of Christ in the first century,
the vision is spellbinding and the experience more precious than
life.
And so, upon Patmos, in the role of a prophet, we hear John's
words, “I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me
a great voice, as of a trumpet....” John was on the astral plane
wrapped about within the eye of Divine vision. His first concern
was the seven churches. He saw the spirit of Christ warring to
preserve light on earth. Yet imagine the level of difficulty--with
this degree of vision, you can see so clearly that a day or thousand
years makes little difference.
It was not going well for the church. During John's life, there
were persecutions and contrary movements developing. Heresies
were flourishing. The forces pitted against the church seemed
staggering. A prophet like John gazing into the future wants so
badly for love to triumph, but human beings seem to make every
other thing their priority. In doing so, they fall from the light and
the Word of God no longer guides them. The forces of fate and
destruction then reign over them.
Things were so bad that even as early as the second century,
church bishops were beginning to tell their followers not to seek
Christ in their own hearts and through their own experience but to
rely on the doctrines of the bishops for guidance. Only later on in
the third century would persecution end when the Roman Emperor
adopted Christianity as the state religion. Then bishops would have
a free hand to forge and enforce a set of doctrines threatening exile
or death to those who would dissent.
For John, it is not completely clear if the victory of Christianity
over the Roman Empire is a triumph of spirit or a curse lasting for
millennia. Political power is substituted for trust in God. Israel
never leaned this lesson. Would Christianity follow the same path
of self-destruction. But this was not even the worst of what was to
come.
Rome would be sacked again and again. Europe would be
under such threat that only in Ireland would writing and
scholarship be preserved. The light of learning almost died. In the
sixth century, St. Columba would have to fight a war over the right
to make a copy of the Gospel of John.
And there are other forces John could see clearly. But was it
the Black Death of the middle ages that he saw in which one out of
three individuals in Europe would die of the plague? And what
would John make of the Crusades? John proclaimed with his own
pen, “The Word was made flesh and dwelt among us.” What
would he think of the need to have a “holy land” to visit on
pilgrimage to renew your faith rather than knowing the spirit
within your heart? Would “the Word” and the Holy Spirit flee the
earth and would men be so spiritually impoverished that they
would be left with only a few ruins and the dust where Christ
walked? When men are separate from God they fail to realize that
the wasteland and destruction are their own creation.
Was not the whole point of the incarnation to get beyond
temples made with men's hands that could be destroyed by other
men? So what would John think of these huge medieval temples
sprouting up all over Europe? Were men trying to match in
greatness the temple of Solomon or to surpass the temples'
architecture of Greece and Rome? Or was art trying to reflect the
sacred it found within the heart? Perhaps John would reflect that
even in the wilderness Moses gave the people a tabernacle where
the peace of God was more palpable.
Did John see that after the Reformation, in the name of Christ
and by Christ's power and authority, the Christian Church would
burn alive at the stake millions of individuals? Those killed would
be greater than the population of Rome during John's own time.
But how is a prophet to deal with the fact that his religion would,
without remorse, commit the worst atrocity in the entire history of
religion on our planet? Monsters appear within the church. You
can tell by their works and by the fear in their voice and the hatred
in their eyes. The counter Reformation and its wars will occur as a
conflict between authority and the right of individuals to read the
sacred texts with their own eyes and to decide for themselves by
the power of spirit the meaning for their lives.
Did John also see the First and Second World Wars? Would he
see forty years of nuclear brinkmanship on the edge of an abyss
risking planetary annihilation? And did he see a small dictator at
the end of the twentieth century with 2,500 liters of aflatoxin
loaded into warheads and bombs with enough capacity to kill every
human being on earth?
On the astral plane it is a little bit difficult to measure time
because time is suspended. Yet John wrote what he saw: “And I
looked and, behold, a pale horse, and his name that sat on him was
Death, and Hades followed with him. And power was given unto
them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with
hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.”
Whether John was speaking in metaphor or not, the actual angel
of death appeared during Passover just before the Jews fled Egypt.
It was not by whimsy that the angel struck dead the first born male
of the Egyptians. The Pharaoh had earlier decreed that the first
born male of the Jews be thrown into the Nile. Moses himself was
perhaps the only survivor of that plague of death. It is no surprise
that Moses returned this curse upon a Pharaoh who would bind this
people to slavery in this foreign land.
The angel of death appeared again when Sennacherib, the king
of Assyria, was besieging Jerusalem. On behalf of King Hezekiah,
the Prophet Isaiah “prayed and cried to heaven.” And the angel
destroyed a large portion of Sennacherib's army in one night so the
siege was lifted.
The angel of death, a dangerous and terrifying spirit, has an
inner source of inspiration. It is this: there are times when living
beings and what is must be destroyed so that life may flourish and
transform to attain greater ends. The point is that, though John's
visions are excruciatingly horrifying and encounter dark forces
shaping history, he kept his eyes open and reported what he saw.
It is up to his reader to determine the significance of John's words.
Whatever John did see in his vision, he personally felt
protected. It does not matter how much confusion and chaos there
will be in the future. John felt the light of God was with him
illuminating his vision. For John, God's presence is unmistakable
and irrefutable.
After all John's visions of the powers of destruction that shall
befall the earth, John, like Job, David, and Isaiah, could affirm a
final end which resolves the conflicts of history: “and there shall
be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be
any more pain; for the former things are passed away.” To work
with prophecy, you must be convinced from the bottom of your
heart that love with its power to transform history is at the center
of the universe and that all things turn upon it. Without such
absolute conviction, the depths of the astral plane are an abyss of
terrifying dimension.
Akasha itself speaks with a voice to those who would be
clairvoyant. It says, “If you wish to walk this way and to see as we
see the things that shall be, then you must be as one of us--your
faith must be absolute and your heart must be pure; and at the core
of your being you must know that love is sovereign so that you
exist beyond all fear.”
In my own experience, I have had what I consider a few
prophetic visions. Within a dream I awake and am presented with
a clear, detailed picture of some event that is about to happen. In
one case a few days later, I met two other individuals who had this
exact same dream.
In the dream, there is both a detachment and an urgency. It is
as if a voice is saying, “I have spoken with a billion souls this
night. And though only a few have heard my words and seen what
you have seen, not one has decided to do anything to change what
is to come.” The voice implies that the future is negotiable. But to
change great historical events, you have to be willing to pay the
price--again, to become in your own soul a conduit that channels
energies sufficient to lay a foundation for a more benevolent
future.

The Physical Plane. When Ugolog enters the etheric\physical

world, you experience events of the future in a more physical way.
By working with spirits such as Oramos or using the cosmic letter
UE you can also see the future. You walk among actual events
that later happen. You do not see everything. There is too much
going on to take it all in. But you can at least focus on a few things
that are of major concern to you.
Ugolog says to me, “You desire to be happy. But your
happiness has a divine vision hidden within it. I will show you this
vision. It is for you to decide on what level you wish to be
satisfied.” Ugolog proceeds to show me a future I had not
considered. I can close my eyes in this moment and step directly
into it.
When you work with the future in this way, you build a bridge
between the present and the fulfillment of your desires. It is not
just that you know what to look for and expect it to arrive sooner.
The end you desire is already alive within you. Ugolog assists you
to cherish and nurture what is to be so that you feel its life fully
alive in the present moment as well. In regard to desire and
fulfillment, Ugolog is not only a seer. He is a fabulous counselor
whose psychology illuminates the mysteries of history and time.
 In the cosmic language, the letter UE relates the most to
prophecy. Practicing this letter in your aura develops your ability
to see how the future unfolds from the point of view of akasha. I
wrote this poem to express the voice of UE:

I am the benevolence of Divine Providence

I create, I inspire, I guide
I make all things new in the fullness of time

I am the wish-fulfilling gem

I satisfy your deepest cravings
And reveal your highest path to perfection

I am the mysterious nexus:

Through my soul pass
The most obscure forces
Holding history in their grasp

Amid your worst nightmare,

Your greatest fear,
Your obstacles
Impenetrable and severe
I open the gateway to freedom

Who Celebrates these things:

The beauty of the earth and sky uniting
The tossing and turning of the seasons in wild passion
And this also:
The vast, unknown reaches
Within a heart without hope--
Swirling cosmic dust
Giving birth to stars
Out of the dark womb of infinite space

My wealth is the joining

Of matter and spirit without limit
And my consort is the fire
Illuminating the world with universal love.

Cigila, 28 degrees Pisces, On Divine Virtues and Missions

Reason for Evocation. Cigila is one of the first spirits I worked

with decades ago. I immediately had a prophetic dream about a
world event that Cigila wished to prevent. Karma can be like a
balloon payment in which all the debt comes due at once. In this
case, it causes terrible suffering. On the other hand, karma can
also be satisfied in ways that are relatively mild and which bring
fulfillment to all concerned. Cigila specializes in unfolding the
future so it becomes a path of light, love, and wisdom.
I would like to work with Cigila now in order to focus on his
methods of development and to seek guidance in various areas.
Cigila is a quality control expert. He keeps your priorities straight
and he upgrades your abilities.
Bardon says of Cigila, “Since this head is a special initiator into,
and a teacher of, magical Quabbalistic mysticism, he can make the
magician acquainted with secret methods which enable the latter to
develop within himself in all three planes--the mental, the astral,
and the physical--the most perfect divine virtues by the help of
magic and Quabbalah . . . . The magician following these secret
methods becomes more and more mature in fulfilling carefully
certain tasks according to the will of Divine Providence.”

Pisces in the Earthzone. Let me pause a moment as I focus my

mind within the akasha of the earthzone relating to Pisces. Pisces
senses the oneness of life. This oneness is vast and rich. It is
hauntingly beautiful and majestic. Pisces delights in the matrix in
which we all “live, move, and have our being.” This energy field,
extending everywhere, is so vital and endearing you feel as if you
need to protect it as if it is your own blood.
 I do not mean to get carried away with this but the akashic level
of Pisces energy is rather intoxicating and mystical. When I look
at the leaves of the papaya tree or listen to the dove, the vitality
within them and even their forms seem part of myself--I want to
honor and celebrate their life. Pisces inspires the desire to give
back. This is not the serious, taking responsibility typical of
Capricorn. With Pisces, you give because you are inspired--you
enjoy the movement of energy flowing through you to others.

28th Degree of Pisces. This degree demonstrates the oneness of

life. It makes the sacred concrete. It takes an ideal and makes it
into real organizations, ministries, and charities. It is not a
particularly religious outlook. It just sees in advance what is
needed so there are safety and healing instead of danger and pain.

Cigila's Domain. When you rise a little higher on the plane of the
akasha, you run into a vibration more specific to Cigila. This is the
ideal of the servant. But this servant makes sure he is in harmony
with the universe and a representative of Divine Providence.
Cigila exists to empower those who wish to play this role so that at
some point the work you accomplish is indeed the work of Divine
Providence.

Cigila's Sigil. We have come to the end of the age of Pisces that
has encompassed two thousand years. It is fitting, therefore, to
consider how the Piscean ideals of love, caring, nurturing,
devotion, faith, and service can be distilled into one spiritual
awareness. Cigila's sigil is this vision.
The downside of Pisces will always remain--fanaticism and self-
hatred; religious bigotry and self-righteousness; selfishness, greed,
and craving for power disguised as faith, piety, and idealism. But
it is also possible to find and integrate within our own awareness a
feeling of being joined to life and being one with the universe. Yet
this oneness is not a mystical introversion and passive withdrawal
from life seeking self-enlightenment. It actively shapes the world.
This enlightened spirit of love and service is the energy in Cigila's
sigil.

Cigila's Inner Source of Inspiration. It is the nature of Divine

Providence to embrace the universe. It holds all things within its
heart guarding and guiding them, empowering and inspiring so
they can attain fulfillment. It sees the beginnings and it knows the
ends. Its motivation is a love and ecstasy beyond all
understanding.
What you have to understand about Cigila is that he is familiar
with the inner mysteries of Divine Providence. For this reason, he
has been granted incredible latitude when it comes to making
changes that alter history and shape the future. A magician, then,
who is adequately trained and inspired by Cigila, can temporarily
become an agent of Divine Providence. Though the magician
remains an individual with his own personality, he also is invested
with special authority to accomplish designated missions. This is a
Pisces thing--the greater harmony of the universe moves through
you both as love and power.
In my experience, Cigila is one of a few beings who has a
special tie to the great spirit overshadowing our solar system. The
greater spirit's essence is love. From this perspective, all power,
wisdom, faith, knowledge, and also history are servants of love.
They exist to unfold its purposes. Cigila teaches the virtue needed
to become conscious of this love. He also teaches through case
studies and specific details how to apply this love so its reality is
embodied and its influence becomes a permanent part of our
world.
Consider--Chimirgu, one of the Aquarian earthzone spirits, is
like a cosmic Zen master. He shows you how to attain emptiness
of mind so you can become one with any being or spirit. Cigila, by
comparison, takes this akashic Zen oneness and applies it. You
embody akashic emptiness even as you join the board of the World
Bank, act as an ambassador at the United Nations, write TV
sitcoms, discover new things as a scientist, work as a public
advocate for justice and mercy, for ecology and consumer
interests, teach and raise children, etc. There is no end to the
projects Cigila considers important for assisting mankind's
development. Your contribution is a function of your past life
experience, your present maturity, and your situation in life.

Cigila's Outer Aura. As I concentrate on Cigila, he appears before

me. It might be easy to mistake him for an angel but he is much
too concerned with details and with what is required to bring about
changes in the world. It might be easy to feel his presence as being
sacred and holy but there is not a trace of anything religious about
him. His presence is an absolute clarity. I always get the
impression from his energy of a bell that is ringing offering the
experience of being one with the innermost dreams and visions of
life--offering healing and creating peace; it is a sense of giving of
yourself, without recognition or acknowledgment, so that the world
is made new in unimaginably rich, wonderful, and satisfying ways.
If Cigila were incarnated, he would be the teacher I have always
wanted to meet. He would be a student of the wisdom of all
traditions. He would know more about the issues which concern
our planet than any politician, scientist, ecologist, activist, or head
of any intelligence service. And when he speaks, he would speak
with the voice of the Earth about how you can use your life in the
most beneficial and far reaching way to assist mankind.
Of course, this is part of the reason for becoming a magician--
you are a little more sensitive to what is missing from life and you
have the power and the means to discover what can be done to
remedy that condition. I could spend hours just sitting here
meditating with Cigila without bothering to think one thought
except perhaps this--what a great heart Cigila has.
There is also a profound stillness in Cigila's aura. For me, it is
the perfection of the words, “Be still and know that I am God.”
But this stillness is not so much about a personal relationship to
God or a religion's understanding of a deity.
A magician is not restricted to the agendas enunciated in
historical religions. Though not without a personal vision of God,
he is, and wisely so, interested in embodying in himself to
whatever extent he can the attributes of Divine Providence. In this
sense, Cigila's aura says, “Be still and know that God is within
you. Know and experience in this stillness that you are a vehicle
for Divine power, wisdom, and love.”

Inner Aura. Cigila is a divine being who, surrounded by the

knowledge and beauty of the universe, studies the earth. Like a
clairvoyant magician with a crystal ball, he looks for those who are
ready to transform the world. He reveals visions of human needs
and what may be done to ease the pain and fulfill the dreams. His
images are very specific, the situations very concrete and detailed.
A president of the United States could only dream of having an
intelligence report this accurate with recommendations about what
steps to take to remedy a conflict before it occurs.
One of the interesting things about Cigila is his attitude toward
commitment. Pisces is a sign of service but in order to serve you
must first undergo training appropriate for your work. Cigila
accelerates your learning schedule. Wisdom is made available to
you that could not otherwise be easily found.
In other words, Cigila has a fabulous way of developing your
identity as a spiritual being. You perceive the world with great
sensitivity and prophetic vision. The extent and strength of your
perception are astonishing. Yet for Cigila, divine beings take
responsibility for particular areas of life. Service keeps you
grounded and practical. Without working on behalf of mankind,
Cigila's transcendental power could begin to dissolve an
individual's ties to the world in which he has incarnated.

Akashic Plane. On the akashic plane, you sense immense power

and spaciousness in Cigila's consciousness. Consider four of the
twenty-four elemental beings Franz Bardon describes in his second
book. Cargoste is nearly aware of the entire atmosphere of the
earth. Pyrhum is aware of all the magma beneath the earth.
Isaphil is aware of the history of the seas. Mentifil penetrates with
his mind through the atomic vibration of all the elements in the
periodic table.
But Cigila could evoke all at once these four and the other
twenty elemental beings and be aware of all they are aware of
without the faintest disturbance or tension occurring within his
consciousness. Beings like Cigila exist to keep magicians on the
right track. They offer a taste of what it is like to be joined to
Divine Providence. They also offer a standard to measure yourself
against so you make something wonderful of your life. Instead of
wasting decades searching in the wrong places or assuming you are
at the height of your powers, they show you a vision of what you
can really do if you align yourself with Divine Providence.
On the akashic plane, you can sense how these earthzone spirits
influence the entire earth with their auras. They emanate an
inspiration extending everywhere on the planet. More specifically,
there is a nearly incomprehensible stillness that Cigila's aura
emanates on the akashic plane. It is a stillness containing power,
wisdom, love, and enlightenment all blended into one without
distinction.
A magician should feel comfortable in evoking within himself a
meditative trance of this nature. It is pure transcendence. It is a
state of mind in which you know yourself to be a spiritual being in
harmony with the universe. In this place of spirit, there is no need
for faith or conviction, for beliefs and commitments or ideals and
aspirations. You exist within oneness and completion and nothing
within the worlds of form can shake or disturb this harmony.

Mental Plane. When you bring this cosmic oneness down to the
mental plane, you develop a mind that is crystal clear, relaxed,
still, and free of all strain and tension. Clarity and openness of
mind are divine virtues and Cigila embodies this to a level of
perfection. You might try this. Relax and imagine your mind is
clear and open like a vast space free of all boundaries and
limitations. When this feels completely familiar and easy, then
you have an approximation of Cigila's energy.
Another way of saying this is that on the mental plane the mind
can embody complete freedom. Thoughts, ideas, theories,
philosophies, and doctrines have no power over you. They are
neither the tracks your mind travels down like a train nor do they
exercise weight and momentum like stones dropped into a pond
blurring what is seen beneath. You are free to use thoughts to
express yourself but your consciousness is in a space thoughts
cannot reach. It is the place from where thinking originates. It is
pure intuition without mental exertion.
I once asked an acupuncturist if there was an acupuncture point
that could stop an individual from thinking. She put a needle in a
point in my neck and, sure enough, for the next three hours I found
it difficult to think any thoughts. At that time when I was worrying
too much, it was a relief.
Since Cigila specializes in Divine virtues, meditating with him
on the mental plane is one way to learn to stop thoughts and
develop an inner stillness. This is not a form of mind control
which takes years to master. Cigila emanates a very loving energy
and a oneness with all things which is also pure perception.
Since love is nurturing and protective, you can let go when you
are sitting within Cigila's aura. You do not need to worry about
what is happening to your identity or whether your will might be
compromised or become weak because you are relying on
another's support. You can join with this stillness and make it your
own.
Of course, having a mind free of thoughts is one kind of
meditation. What Cigila is doing is making the mind like a crystal
ball used in magick. The stillness of this mind is able to gather,
condense, focus, and transform light and energy. It has the clarity,
purity, and structure of silent power.
For me, there are as many kinds of enlightenment and powers
as there are stars in the sky. The point is to find that enlightenment
which can benefit the world in which you live. Otherwise, you can
explore countless paths of spirit which, though fascinating and
real, mean less than nothing to your world and offer no genuine
illumination to your society. Consequently, Cigila is a great
teacher showing how to combine the incredible power developed
through practicing magick with concrete service to others.

Astral Plane. Again, in the spirit of Pisces, Cigila senses the one
life that is the matrix for everything that exists. Cigila's aura is like
a prayer that mankind be inspired to take responsibility for its own
history. Cigila's aura awakens an awareness of what is in the
future and how it can be changed so that the purposes of love are
better served. This perception is the natural result of a special kind
of trance Cigila evokes. As with some other spirits, as I meditate
with Cigila I have the impression of being inside a crystal ball.
This ball of energy is the perfection of the four elements on the
astral plane.
The earth element is present as solidity and endurance.
Developing this aspect of the earth element leads to astral
immortality because the astral body is free of decay. In effect,
when you incarnate, your abilities from former lives come through
much more quickly. You do not have to develop your mind and
spirit so much to get in touch with who you once were.
This ball of energy has water's sensitivity. You see and feel the
future. There is also the clarity of air and high level of mental
vibration. And fire is present as a power that can extend itself
anywhere it chooses.
I ask Cigila, “What am I missing?”
Cigila replies, “Pause and sense directly the astral plane around
you as I perceive it. What do you see?”
I reply, “I see the way your stillness reflects all that exists on
the astral plane. You embody whatever being or energy you focus
on and you also offer protection.”
Cigila says, “Yes. I do this. But what you are missing is the
inspiration. The service I offer is a celebration of giving. It is the
love of Divine Providence in action. In my presence, human
beings learn to see not only the fulfillment of their own needs but
also the fulfillment of the world’s needs.
“To move from selfishness to giving requires being anointed
with beauty and love. The soul experiences freedom and the heart
a oneness with life. There are no limitations, no boundaries or
restrictions, placed on what love may accomplish. Nothing may
interfere with the dreams or ideals you choose to make real when
you embody the love of Divine Providence.”
As I meditate more with Cigila on the astral plane, I fall into a
state of ecstasy. This is a familiar heart chakra experience--it is
feeling every cell in your body saturated and overflowing with
love. It is breathtaking. It steals selfishness from you. It
annihilates sorrow. It is the destruction of depression and sadness.
It is the end of jealousy and vanity. It is an ocean of compassion
so vast and rich that fear drowns in it and is no more to be found.
This love finds each need and desire within your soul and
satisfies it so completely that you are transported on to another
level. You meet your better self. You feel you have become your
own guardian angel--a being of light whose purposes are all
universal and whose work is eternal.
It is said in kundalini yoga when you awaken the power in the
Muladhara chakra and join it with the crown chakra you see a light
brighter than ten thousand suns. To meditate with Cigila here on
the astral plane is to perceive ten thousand civilizations rise and
fall before your eyes. And then the question is put to you, “What
part will you play as you incarnate among these worlds? What
divine gifts will you share and impart to others? What work will
you accomplish as a token and symbol of the infinite light and love
that shine within your soul?”
The service you undertake is not based on morality or ethics
though those are important. It is neither derived from a religious
ideal nor is it the application of a general principle or abstract
conception. It arises out of ecstasy. You are able to give because
you are filled to overflowing. Whatever your situation in life,
however dark your path may be, you remain free in your soul to
dip a cup into a light and love which shine to the ends of the
universe. You may drink as much as you want of this divine
energy. Those who serve the light have discovered there is no end
to the power and wisdom that exists within them. Actions and
service inspired by the oneness of life will remain and be effective
as long as consciousness exists within the universe.

Physical Plane. To perform service in a way that reflects the

purposes and inspiration of Divine Providence requires an
extraordinary training system and magical development. In this
regard, Cigila is similar to Amalomi with whose assistance Franz
Bardon wrote the book, The Key to the True Quabbalah. Like
Amalomi, Cigila motivates an individual to embody within himself
the various energies of the universe so that his microcosm reflects
the laws and harmony of the macrocosm.
Cigila's primary interest is teaching how the purposes of Divine
Providence can manifest through you. This requires you to
universalize your physical, astral, and mental bodies. To this end,
you learn consciously to control and direct the energies of the four
elements, the ten sephiroth, the planetary spheres, and also the
cosmic letters.
Ideally, you train in all these things first and then you work to
apply them. In practice, this training is extended over many life
times. In one incarnation, you may be working on perfecting the
mind to think and to contemplate. As a member of your society,
you make contributions in the areas such as ethics, philosophy, or
mathematics.
In another life time, you may be a troubadour or bard who seeks
to express through poetry and song the perfected ideal of love.
Your aura is saturated with the emerald green of Venus. And then
again at another time, you may take into your hands the power of
Mars and Jupiter to govern and to rule effectively. Your training is
not complete until you are free to serve in any way that is required
to meet the needs of the world. If you embody the energies of the
universe within yourself, then you are also free to share its wealth
according to each situation you enter.
 Consequently, Cigila has several different interests. He inspires
you to train as a genuine Quabbalistic magician who seeks to
perfect himself. And he also points out with a great skill that,
given your past life accomplishments, there are things you can do
right now for the world to alleviate suffering and to benefit human
development. Self-mastery and service, in Cigila's mind, are a
joint endeavor.
These two activities might seem to conflict. But part of the job
of a magician is to weigh the purposes and needs of time with
those of eternity and to mediate between the two. A magician is
transcendent and also physically present. He deals with the
pressures and demands of physical circumstances without
compromising his divine intuition. You could say Cigila is a
specialist who teaches the highest virtues and also offers
commissions enabling magicians to be of service.
When you seek to serve others following your divine inspiration
and under Cigila's supervision, you are granted special magical
powers to fulfill your mission. The love Cigila channels contains
within it nearly incomprehensible levels of power. As this love
flows through you, you naturally are able to perform on a higher
level than anything you might have imagined before.
Of course, karma has to be worked out. But now the negative
influences of the four elements no longer weigh upon you. You
see your limitations from a universal perspective and you enjoy
giving back and helping others who need your assistance. And
further, your karma no longer presents on obstacle to
accomplishing remarkable things for others. You maintain a
balance between your personal sphere of activity and your divine
work.

Common Difficulties/Imbalances. The reason Cigila prefers

individual's who have been magicians in previous life times is
because his level of power requires someone who has already
worked through the basic issues of magick. The ability to shift in
and out of a spiritual identity has already been established. The
ability to take hold of karma and transform it through spiritual will,
this too is a basic requirement. There is a need to look at your life
situation from the point of view of your personality and also from
that of your spirit. This internal dialogue you have practiced many
times before.
The personality says, “Here are my needs. I am not going to get
very far without meeting them.” And the spirit replies, “Since you
have committed yourself to a higher purpose, here is what we can
do with your situation. Your karma can be resolved in an instant
as long as you make it a part of a different equation: the hatred
you have inside you? It is now love. Your obsessions we turn into
wisdom. And your fear--see the divine power concealed within it.
These transformations come from above.”
Unless you have done this before, you are not ready to look into
the mirror of akasha. You are not ready to feel in your heart the
light of endless stars and the expanse of the universe. The vision is
too terrifying. It would be a wilderness without landmarks, paths,
or guides. A magician at some point is required to make his own
maps because a magician forges new paths of spirit for a society
that is struggling to overcome the darkness within itself.
There are other differences to consider. Individuals without a
thorough training in magick from previous lives are involved in a
discovery process. They ask themselves questions such as, “Is
magick real?” “Why isn’t my faith stronger?” “Why don’t other
people recognize how important I am?”
Or, if they can prove to themselves that they are clairvoyant or
telepathic, they ask, “What can or should I do with this? Shall I
use my supernatural abilities to make money or to exercise power
over others? Or shall I discover if there really is a spiritual world
with beings of light and angelic nature hovering just out of sight?”
And they also sometimes say, “I shall be cautious with my
powers. I do not want to know things which will make me
different from others or which will disturb or threaten my
identity.” Individuals exploring magick for the first time have
many issues to explore and to resolve.
 Others who have been magicians before also may not be
interested in working with spirits like Cigila. These are individuals
whom Buddhists sometimes refer to as arhats. They have attained
a degree of enlightenment through their own means. They are
fiercely independent and cherish their autonomy. When they
reincarnate, they automatically sense the power within themselves
and desire to develop it further.
But the main theme governing their development is
accomplishing things through their own efforts. They take pride in
what they do and wish to be dependent on no one else. Such
individuals may choose to become businessmen rather than
magicians. This is because business celebrates and rewards in
obvious ways those who are dynamic and powerful in
accomplishing their aims.
In a story I wrote about Balaam, I contrast the historical
magician Balaam to Moses. Balaam unequivocally demonstrated
to himself his power to control fate. Balaam was also interested in
acquiring knowledge of God and akasha. This he did but his
interest was limited.
Moses also sought to master himself and his karma. But
because of his inspiration, Moses had an interest in acquiring
power like unto the Creator. The difference between Balaam and
Moses was a matter of the heart.
It is in the heart that we learn to perceive the interconnection of
all beings. The creator cares for and nurtures the world. When he
creates, he creates out of the inspiration of love and beauty. There
is no separation during this activity. Your gazes pierces the veils
of past, present, and future and all beings fall under your
protection. It is this individual who adores and appreciates the
creativity of Divine Providence whom Cigila is best suited to
assist.

Boria, 30 degrees Pisces, On Consciousness, Matter, and Energy

Reason for Evocation. In 1984, I wrote up a small notebook on
Boria's instructions on how to meditate. At that time, my primary
interest was in strengthening my health and vitality. In fact, at that
time I had moved to Hawaii to study with a Taoist master from an
unbroken lineage extending back twenty-three hundred years. It
turned out that her methods, though fascinating, were unsuitable
for my needs.
When I tried connecting directly with Boria, I did not learn
anything useful. Though the instructions were specific and
followed procedures similar to Taoist yoga methods, I did not have
a strong enough connection to Boria to make them work.
I think the first problem I had was that I was not utilizing
Boria's energy and intuition in a direct manner. Now it is quite
easy for me to feel his aura and see how it influences me. It is one
thing to read a book and try to apply instructions. It is another
thing to work with a teacher and enjoy his personal assistance. I
find it refreshing and encouraging simply meditating with Boria.
This is mainly due to that fact that I have spent a great deal of time
working with elemental beings and a variety of other spirits.
Consequently, I can gain feedback from him in a variety of ways.

30th Degree of Pisces. The thirtieth degree provides completion,

integration, and mastery.

Boria's Domain in Akasha. This is about being in harmony with

the universe. The microcosm, the individual human being, is
placed in balance with the forces, powers, and themes in the larger
universe.

Sigil. The sigil is relaxing, peaceful, and charged with immense

power. It is full of a wealth of understanding of various kinds of
energy.

Inner Source of Inspiration. It is the nature of Divine Providence

to offer initiation into the heart of love that encompasses the entire
universe. This is neither difficult to understand nor is it distant
from ordinary experience. You demonstrate this initiation by
caring for and nurturing everything under your influence.
One love is everywhere and in everything. Such love sees the
beginning and the end of all things, their destinies and the ideals
and passions motivating them. But seeing the past and future does
not weaken the mystery of what is unfolding. This love radiates a
continual state of ecstasy and peace. The awe and wonder are
beyond the power of words to express and the mind to
comprehend. Only the heart is strong enough to enter and endure
the sacred pageantry and wisdom of this vision.

Outer Aura. There is a calming and tranquilizing quality to Boria's

energy. I get the impression he is a research chemist working with
cosmic energy. In other words, for Boria, spirit and matter are not
separate. They each guard and unlock the other's secrets.
To use a metaphor, it is possible to think of anything that exists
as having a sound or note that expresses its powers and qualities.
The physical body, then, is like an organ in a great cathedral. In
the hands of a master musician, it can reproduce in itself any other
sound or song. If AUM is the sound of the visible and invisible
universe, then our bodies contain this sound. It waits for us to
listen enough so we can discern its vibration.
But it would not be appropriate to accuse Boria of being a
mystic. He is a scientist who seeks to understand, again, both
matter and spirit. You can go to him to learn to master anything
that exists.
Of the three hundred and sixty spirits of the earthzone, Boria
has one of the most powerful auras. His level of mastery is almost
incomprehensible. I would imagine you would have to visit
Vehuiah of the Mercury zone, a spirit of the sun, or Malchjdael of
the Jupiter sphere to find a spirit with this much skill and range of
knowledge.

Inner Aura. Boria has his own perspective on how to use the
penetrating quality of akasha to understand the “magical”
properties of physical matter and of energy. Please note that Boria
does not think in terms of magick. Energy is just energy and it can
be completely mastered and made responsive to will regardless of
whether its vibration and form are something we call physical
matter or spiritual being.
A gnome like Mentifil also can directly perceive the molecular,
chemical, and atomic vibrations within matter. When Mentifil
looks at gold, e.g., he can sense its inner essence and the energy
locked up within it. But Boria can unlock and release that energy.
The stored energy in matter is subject to his will.

Akashic Plane. On the akashic plane, Boria's aura reminds me of

another gnome named Orova who is guardian of previous stones
and jewels. Orova's aura is like a powerfully charged crystal ball.
It is solid and full of magical transformations. Boria emits waves
of energy that wash over and extend through the room. There are
many different kinds of energy fields compacted within him.

Mental Plane. In the book, Initiation into Hermetics, there is a

symbolic picture of a magician who has attained the quintessence
of all wisdom. His mastery is shown as a ruby shining from a
turban on his head. Boria's level of concentration on the mental
plane embodies this attainment. This is a staggering level of
accomplishment and for this reason Bardon says of Boria, “Guided
by Boria, the magician becomes an omniscient and omnipotent
person in respect of the microcosm as well as the macrocosm and
he cannot be governed by any other person but the One
Unpersonified Divine Providence.”

Astral Plane. Needless to say, on the astral plane Boria has control
over the elements and the electric and magnetic fluids. His energy
is so expansive he can contain within himself whatever he focuses
on and understand every nuance of its energy and qualities. In this
regard, he embodies perfect empathy and also absolute will.
Physical Plane. Boria is relaxed, friendly, and present and yet he
has incredible amounts of energy at this disposal to fulfill whatever
purpose he desires. If you were sitting at a table across from an
individual with Boria's abilities, he would be casual and good at
conversation. But you would also get the distinct impression that
there is nothing this individual cannot accomplish. He understands
the energy within and behind every event on this planet and he is
able to freely alter it at will.

Common Difficulties/Imbalances. Boria's level of concentration is

like an entirely different universe than the one with which we are
acquainted. You may have little results or feel disoriented by
connecting to his aura.
A requisite for working with Boria might be to spend some time
with various gnomes. For example, with Mentifil the molecular
vibration of the element of gold has a dignity and radiant
inspiration within it. It is impossible to miss. It is bright like the
sun.
At the same time, Mentifil can perceive gold from the point of
view of akasha--as being empty of inherent and permanent
existence. Perceiving gold in this manner, you experience directly
a state of awareness that is so still and pure everything is present
within you and reflected from you.
This gnome's mode of perceiving is a good beginning because
Boria will take you to the next step. For Boria, again, matter and
spirit are linked together. Spirit has the power, as does akasha, to
reproduce and alter matter at will. Steven Hawkins may puzzle
over whether the universe will continue to expand forever or
whether its mass is large enough so that gravity will cause the
entire universe to one day collapse. But this is an external point of
view.
The physical universe is like an eggshell and we are meant to
one day crack and break out of this egg--to fly with the wings of
spirit and create as God creates for the sake of purposes we design.
Boria represents absolute will, the perfection of freedom, and an
immense appreciation of matter, energy, their interaction and
transformation.

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