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[poor tom]

[Gnasher]

Hi there Poor Tom,

Electromagnetism is the outcome of Will in action.

The electromagnetic fields that make up the cosmos and everything in it are the outcome of a (for want of a better term) 'Cosmic Will' in action.

Each time you exercise your individual will you interfere with the surrounding electromagnetic fields. Each time a thought occurs it produces its own unique electromagnetic 'pattern'.

The powers behind magical processes need will to direct the flow of electromagnetic energy; no will, no flow.

The 'known' physical world is just a small part of the electromagnetic spectrum that extends into the 'invisible' and rareified realms. Our physical eyes are receptive to the slower wavelengths of light, but incapable of seeing beyond; yet it is our 'mind' that 'sees'; not our eyes.

Or to look at it from another angle, the known physical world is the region of time and space where the electromagnetic fields are at their most dense. In other regions the fields are more nebulous.

When Amado spoke to me he was intimating that until we undergo change we cannot reach the summit of the Sacred Mountain.

Quote:
'This is because ordinary vision can not see the summit for clouds and mists. By being One with his shadow, by making actual what is only potential he will obtain a fuller vision of his Original Self.'
Sacred Mountain page 51

This is the change I'm going on about.

Our inferences are distorted by personality and the bias and innacuracies of our internal models of what we consider 'reality' to be.

You say you are 'physical', but what exactly does this mean? Your physical body is in a state of constant flux and is never the same from day to day.

Electromagnetism IS the physical world. Matter is an illusion. Your experiences of the 'physical' world occur in another place - the invisible 'mental' worlds.

Unless of course you believe that 'mind' is a product of electrochemical brain activity; in which case, when you're dead - you're dead. So what's the point of studying Occultism? There is no 'Beyond'.

Quote:
'If there is 'being' then it is because there is a pulse, breathing rate, a brain-wave, light, and the wave-like forms of energy in the cosmos.'
'The Wrath of AC' - page 137.

If you read page 133 it mentions that Dr John von Neumann found that there was an aspect of a human being which some called 'soul' that was an 'energy being' attached to a space/time reference point.

Quote:
'The people concerned with the Montauk Project express their ideas in terms of wave-forms, wavicles and gaps in time and so on. When we occultists (ie. occultists of my school) speak of 'this world here and now' and 'that world there and then', I believe we are talking about the same things.'
'The Wrath of AC' - page 138.

Regards,

Gnasher.

[poor tom]

The idea that 'self' is a kind of localised aspect of a more universal consciousness, and possibly illusory, was not in dispute. This reminds me of William Blake:

1. Man has no Body distinct from his Soul for that call'd Body is a portion of Soul discernd by the five Senses, the chief inlets of Soul in this age.
2. Energy is the only life and is from the Body and Reason is the bound or outward circumference of Energy.

(from 'Marriage of Heaven and Hell')

The issue I raised were these:

1) While individual consciousness may indeed be a particular manifestation of something universal, why assume that this 'universal medium' is electromagnetism? Electromagnetism is the observed phenomenon, and the universe at large in all its dimensions is unknown. So, in the spirit of Amado's quote, how can we justify making a inference of this nature from the known to the unknown?

2) If 'will' is the force which has the power to cause changes in these fields of energy (whatever we should call them), then it is not the case that 'all magical intentions are electromagnetic in origin', since they have their origin in will. And if 'will' implies 'intention informed by consciousness' then there is freewill. In this case, Will is the one truly magical aspect-the only thing outside the chain of cause and effect- able to produce effects, but not itself subject to them (although its vehicle might be).
With this view of 'will' in mind, the parallel between magic and, say, electricity, does not hold at all points; in miles of cable, one hole may be enough to bring it to Earth, but to say the same about one small 'doubt' negating months of magical preparation seems based on the assumption that the two follow very similar laws. I would say this is taking a parallel too far.

[Gnasher]

'That which is Below corresponds to that which is Above, and that which is Above corresponds to that which is Below, to accomplish the miracle of the One Thing.' (Hermes Trismegistus.)

If the system of energy propogation is as it is here 'below', then it is the same 'above'.

Electromagnetic radiation is a phenomenon that takes the form of self-propagating waves. It has electric and magnetic field components, which oscillate in phase perpendicular to each other and perpendicular to the direction of energy propagation. The electromagnetic spectrum comprises of many different frequencies:radio waves, microwaves, infrared radiation, visible light, ultraviolet radiation, X-rays and gamma rays.

A tiny window of frequencies is sensed by the eyes (visible spectrum).

EM radiation carries energy and momentum that may be imparted to matter with which it interacts.

Other 'realms' exist in other frequencies.

One universal energy source, existing everywhere can give rise to an infinite variety of forms and functions. Everything in this cosmos of ours came from the single energy burst of the 'big-bang'. We are the condensed and constrained energy of stars.

The sexual force gives rise to countless variations in offspring.

How do we approach Truth? Head bowed and eyes wide open. As wily as a serpent and as harmless as a dove. Truth touches us all at various points in our short lives; but our self-contrived schemas often prevent us from noticing. We interpret the data incorrectly.

'You are what you think?'

My question would be: 'Where exactly do you think?'

Answer this correctly and the veil will drop. The 'door' will open.