by Franz Bardon, author of
Initiation into Hermetics
The Practice of Magical Evocation
The Key to the True Kabbalah
Taken as a whole,
Franz Bardon’s magical writings form an
introduction and road map to the Holy Mysteries through meditation
techniques, controlling the elements inside and outside ourselves,
and ultimately creating within ourselves through Kabbalah. Earth is the only
planet in the universe where every human being is given the
opportunity to become a child of God, and as such can become an
enlightened human being. This should be the actual destiny of
every human being. Most of us, however, never open the door behind
which all this knowledge can be found. In our formative years, we
all too readily accept whatever we were taught, and in later years
this becomes our greatest obstacle, preventing us from learning
the truth. Second, we have in many instances a false
understanding of the true meaning of words, since we accept a
false meaning without question.
Christ speaks of parables and mysteries. He said to His disciples, "Unto
you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God, but
unto them that are without, all these things are done in
parables." He has also given us to understand that we have to walk
the Path of the Mysteries if we wish to be counted among the
chosen ones. These mysteries are The Holy Mysteries, as
recorded by Franz Bardon.
Let us assume that you are seriously searching for
this path — the path whose final destination would mean becoming "one with
God." What would you think if you heard the words: magic,
Tarot card,
occult, mystic, evocation, Tetragrammaton, JOD-HE-VAU-HE, initiation, etc.?
Would you not, if you had a so-called religious upbringing, distance
yourself from these things, reasoning that "magic" is sorcery and thus a
pact with the dark forces? Charlatans and stage magicians misuse these
terms, as do many religious sects, past and present. However, you may ask:
"What did Christ mean when He said to His disciples: ‘The mysteries are
given to you, and the parables are given to those on the outside.’"
There is only one Holy Bible, but there are many
different religions. The reason for this is a total lack of knowledge about
the Mysteries.
In reality, "magic" is a holy science. In the truest
sense of the word, it is the knowledge of all knowledge. Magic (or
Hermetics) as described by
Franz Bardon, teaches the knowledge and how to
use the universal laws. In other words, there is no higher knowledge on
planet earth, because it teaches you to know the metaphysical as well as the
metaphysical laws on all levels. Since time immemorial, this knowledge has
been called "magic." The Magi have been considered the highest of initiates
(disciples) since ancient times.
Many readers are aware that, in reality, the Tarot is
not a deck of cards that serves mantic purposes, but books of initiation,
meditation, contact with our spirit guides, and creation,
which symbolically contains the greatest secrets. The first Tarot card is
revealed by Franz Bardon in
Initiation into Hermetics.
Magic is the knowledge which teaches the practical use
of the lowest laws of nature and the highest laws of the spirit. After
reading the works described below, the reader will come to the realization
that there are no miracles, and nothing supernatural. Only those who do not
have this knowledge and understanding of such occurrences are
representatives of such concepts. It does not matter what the subject matter
is; in order to properly understand it, you have to start with lowest of
laws — in other words, with the foundation. And that applies to magic as
well. As such, you have to start with the elementary laws, and graduate to
the highest magic. But to properly mature, you require some pre-schooling.
The writings of Franz Bardon contain all the mysteries and reveal what the
Bible does not. The word "minister" is derived from the word "mystery," and
it means, "initiated into the mysteries." Therefore, a "minister" should
have the abilities of an initiate. Once the reader has the true
understanding of the attributes of an initiate, he or she will never again
be blinded by someone who carries that name without the proper
qualifications.
—
Merkur Publishing, Inc.
Franz Bardon's point of view on Hermeticism.
Our teachers are:
1. Fate, and 2.
Oneself (either knowingly or unknowingly).
A teacher or Guru or
even the highest initiate can only point the way and explain universal
principles and enlighten the student.
Hermetic Science has Two Paths: (Fundamental
Groups)
1.
The path itself (unknowingly or knowingly through instructions or
through guidance).
2.
The original religion.
The path teaches the
quantitative side of the Hermeticism, as described by Franz Bardon, whereas the original religion
teaches the qualitative side of the Hermeticism.
It can also be explained
as follows:
1.
Quantitative = magically = the path.
2.
Qualitative = mystically = the original religion.
Establishing magic
(quantitative) equilibrium brings about the establishment of harmony on a
large scale as well as on a small scale.
The macrocosm and
microcosm = the All (the universe) and the human being.
The Human Being:
A human
being has a spirit, a soul and a physical body.
The
Spirit:
The spirit has the following fundamental attributes
(in Initiation into Hermetics by Franz Bardon):
The Fire Element =
the will
The
Air Element
= the intellect or mind
The
Water Element =
feelings (life)
The
Earth Element =
the consciousness
Without imagining the
above four elements (in the mental sphere) it is not possible to imagine the
spirit.
The Fifth Element
= The Akasha. The Akasha is the divine principle in a human being which
holds everything together.
The spirit form is the
mental body.
The mental body consists
of the mental element substances.
Every human being has a
disharmony in his four mental-element substances (fire, air, water and
earth) = will, intellect, feeling and consciousness.
When these four elements
are harmonized in quantitative and qualitative form (i.e. magical and
mystical form) it brings about the Hermetic Science.
The Soul:
The soul is the
form-determining body of the spirit. The body of the soul, the astral body,
is composed of the denser astral substances of the elements.
The
Physical Body:
The physical body of a human being is the coarsest
of all three and as such it is the last and the densest element-substance
shell. The bonding of all the aforementioned bodies takes place in the
following manner:
The spirit is bound to
his mental body through the mental matrix. Therefore, you could also make
the statement that the mental matrix is the connecting substance or the
bonding agent between the mental body and the spirit.
The connecting substance
or bonding agent between the spirit inclusive of the mental body with the
astral body is called the astral matrix.
The mental and astral
bodies are bound to the physical body by the material or physical matrix.
This matrix holds these three bodies together.
Nourishment of the Three Bodies:
The nourishment of the three bodies consists of
the following:
The Mental Body is nourished through the impression
of the senses.
The Astral Body is nourished through breathing.
The Physical Body is kept alive through any kind of nourishment.
Nourishment of the Spirit (Mental Body):
External nourishment: Through the five senses.
Internal Nourishment:
Through thoughts, wishes, imagination and ideas.
The quantitative form is
the amount, the qualitative form are their attributes.
Effects:
The quantitative form has its effects through its
intensity in the mental sphere.
The qualitative form has its effects through its
purity (clarity) in the mental sphere.
Examples:
The
Will
The will is free when he is in equilibrium,
quantitatively and qualitatively.
The will is not free
when he is not in equilibrium (quantitatively and qualitatively).
In the case whereby
there is a quantitative preponderance, a will that is not free expresses
itself through impulsiveness.
In the case where there
is a qualitative preponderance, a will that is not free expresses itself
through a know-it-all attitude.
The Intellect (The Mind)
The quantitative form of the intellect has its effects in the mental
sphere and expresses itself through perseverance or endurance of the
spirit.
The qualitative form of
the intellect (mind) has its effects in the mental sphere and expresses
itself through the receptiveness of the spirit.
The Spirit’s Feeling
The quantitative form of feelings expresses itself
through its vitality.
The qualitative form of
feelings expresses itself through self-preservation.
The Consciousness
The summary of all three
fundamental attributes of the spirit (will, intellect and feelings)
constitutes the consciousness. Therefore, the quantitative form of the
consciousness is impulsiveness, perseverance (endurance) and vitality.
Therefore, the qualitative form of the
consciousness is being right in the positive sense, having the proper
understanding of what is right, receptiveness and self-preservation. In the
negative sense it is a know-it-all attitude.
The
"I" Consciousness or The Normal Consciousness
The quantitative form of the consciousness is the
strength of the electromagnetic fluid.
The qualitative form of the consciousness has its
effects in the mental sphere and it expresses itself in the Spirit’s
maturity.
Nourishment for the Soul (Astral Body):
The astral body receives her external nourishment
through breathing.
The astral body receives
her internal nourishment through substances of the elements of her physical
nourishment.
The astral body consists
of astral matter = astral-element-substances.
The quantitative form of
the astral matter is the astral-element-substance, which draws its
nourishment and preservation from the element-substances of the physical
nourishment (internal nourishment).
The astral body is
preserved, invigorated and nourished through breathing, but at the same time
the electromagnetic fluid is also inhaled (external nourishment).
The qualitative form of
the astral body is the ability to accumulate all thoughts and ideas, which
through constant repetition express themselves through character traits.
Therefore, the astral body is a fluid condenser in the form of quality.
The quantitative form of
the astral body and the mental body represents itself in the astral sphere
and mental sphere by expressing itself externally through the intensity of
his character.
The qualitative form of
the astral body and the mental body expresses itself externally through his
astral and mental aura.
Nourishment of the Physical Body:
The physical body stays alive
through nourishment and through physical breathing. Through the breath you
inhale at the same time the physical form of the electromagnetic fluid.
The quantitative form of
the physical electromagnetic fluid expresses itself through total health,
perfect vital energy and a surplus of vital energy.
The main influence of
the electromagnetic fluid is divided into two groups:
1.
Right side of the body is electric fluid.
2.
Left side of the body is magnetic fluid.
The Elements:
The individual elements with their compact
attributes are a state of density (in
Initiation into Hermetics by Franz
Bardon):
Fire
•
Water
•
Air
•
Earth
However, the elements
differ through the following:
1. Fire
= electric fluid
2. Water =
magnetic fluid
3. Air
= equilibrating,
harmonizing (electric – magnetic – neutral)
4. Earth
= electromagnetic
fluid
Initiation:
Should the budding
initiate wish to succeed and reach the highest level of perfection, he must
begin with the key to Hermeticism which consists of harmonizing the
elements in all three spheres (mental, astral and physical spheres = spirit,
soul and body).
The effect of the astral
body’s aura expresses itself in the intensity of her character and since the
astral body is at the same time the central point between the spirit and the
physical body, the budding initiate must begin by harmonizing his astral
body (i.e. harmonizing or equilibrating his character). By beginning to
ennoble his character (harmonizing the astral elements) he trains or
equilibrates the mental elements in his spiritual body (mental body) at the
same time as well as the physical elements in his physical body.
The consequences of
these exercises are:
When you have harmonized
or equilibrated your character, this equates to a good character.
When you have harmonized
or equilibrated the physical elements, this results in a healthy physical
body.
When you have harmonized
and equilibrated the mental elements, this results in a healthy and mature
spirit.
Only when the budding
initiate has brought all the elements in all three spheres into equilibrium,
can he continue his study of the Hermetic Sciences.
It is absolutely
necessary and of great importance that the quantity key and the quality key
are strictly observed at all times. It does not matter if you are dealing
with the comprehension of the harmony of fate or with the kind of method you
should employ on the path to perfection.
While on the path of
methodology in respect to true introspection (i.e. the ennoblement of one’s
character) the quantity key and the quality key are the basic conditions.
Excessive quality, no
matter on which plane or sphere, is always at the expense of that particular
plane and the corresponding element.
Excessive quantity
(electric fluid, magnetic fluid or electromagnetic fluid) raises the
analogies (qualities), whether in the positive or in the negative sense.
It is rewarding to draw up a quality key for the
astral body with all her attributes and passions (positive and negative, a
magic character mirror). This then has to be divided again into the
corresponding elements.
You must make a list or
table of your virtues and attributes, divide them into the four elements and
then list them in accordance with their intensity into three groups, those
that influence you in a most negative way, those which occur less frequently
and those which occur once in a while.
The corresponding
intensity is identical with the quantitative proportions of the
corresponding element of the astral body.
Methodology:
When dealing with the introspection
it is of absolute necessity to make use of the quality key of your character
traits. You must bring all your negative characteristics, which of course
correspond with the four elements, to a level, where all your negative
characteristics are equal in numbers.[1]
Attributes which are
present the least must be turned into positive attributes. There are various
way in order to accomplish this feat:
1.
by fighting it (by controlling it),
2.
through autosuggestion,
3.
through transmutation, and
4.
through isolation.
The Quantity Key:
1.
By combating the negative passions the intensification of the
individual fluids (electric, magnetic and the electromagnetic) is achieved
and the dynamides (synamically) are strengthened. (This applies to all the
elements.)
2.
By practicing autosuggestion the negative passions are eliminated through
the withdrawal of time and space. However, this does not become a reality
until the desired positive attribute has become a habit; up to that point
the negative attribute can still attack that person. Only when the positive
or good attribute has become a habit in its entirety has the negative
passion been eliminated. Hence it can never attack that person again.
3.
The capacity of the quantitative power is always raised through
transmutation. If the positive attributes that belong to particular elements
are too weak, you must increase the strength of the positive attributes by
transmuting the existing negative passions.
4.
Isolation. Should you not want employ any of the above-mentioned methods
or if you are incapable of so doing, you can always revert to isolating your
negative passions. This is accomplished by withdrawing all your attention
from your negative passions. Through this you do not accomplish anything
quantitative i.e. you surrender yourself to destiny.
The quantity key is a
gauge by which you measure all your concentration exercises.
The duration of your
powers of concentration depends on the quantity of the particular element
(fluid).
The larger the quantity
of a fluid, the longer will your powers of concentration last.
If you possess a good
quantity of a fluid, the longer your ability of concentration. For example,
the greater the quantity of electric fluid the easier it is for you
concentrate visually.
You achieve good results
with your acoustic concentration when you possess a sufficient quantity of
electric and magnetic fluids. When you do your sentience or feeling
concentration exercises you require the pure magnetic fluid. Before you can
achieve any kind of success you must possess a sufficient amount of the pure
magnetic fluid.
The concentration
whereby you employ three senses (clairvoyance, clairaudience and
clairsentience) requires quantitatively the electromagnetic fluid, because
during these exercises both fluids (the electric and magnetic fluids)
are needed and consumed.
The Eucharist (Conscious Eating):
The Eucharist is the teaching of how
to impregnate, qualitatively and quantitatively, your food and drink
mentally, astrally and physically.
We differentiate between qualitative
and quantitative impregnation. Qualitatively impregnate only those foods and
drinks where you use only one single thought, one wish, one single
imagination, one idea etc.
When charging something
and you connect a particular wish with vital energy (Prana), then you
impregnate qualitatively and quantitatively.
The impregnation method
is threefold as follows:
(1) By the visual form (fire = electric
fluid).
(2) By the intellectual acoustic form (air), (by using reason)
i.e. by speaking your wish into the liquid or into the food.
(3) By the intuitive or sensitive method (water = magnetic fluid.)
The most effective
method is when you carry out any impregnation quantitatively and
qualitatively with the concentration of the three senses. If you work with
the concentration of the three senses, which is actually the strongest form
of impregnation, then the effect does not originate from the individual
regions of the spirit (will, intellect, feelings), but it originates
directly from the consciousness.
Each time you impregnate
you must add the time of the realization for the mental plane or the mental
body and must always pay attention to this rule.
The procedure for astral
impregnation is as follows:
The nourishment which
you charge or load for the purpose of eating must be changed into a astral
condenser, which absorbs the electromagnetic fluid from the universe like a
sponge, similar to the respiration of the lungs.
When you concentrate you
must be certain that the power from the universe passes over into the
nourishment automatically and accumulates dynamically therein.
During this procedure
the quality must be incorporated at the same time i.e. the desired
attribute.
When you eat this food
or drink the liquid, which has become a fluid condenser, you must be
completely certain and convinced that the accumulated energy passes directly
over into the astral body, qualitatively and quantitatively.
You must repeat the
charging or loading, no matter if you charge it mentally or astrally, until
you achieve satisfactory results and until you have become accustomed to it.
You should never switch
to another ability, until you have accomplished the first one.
The Magic of Water:
The magic of water is
subject to exactly the same procedures, to the same laws and to the same
methodology, as described in the chapter of the Eucharist.
In any case the magic of
water is to be handled quantitatively and qualitatively.
You could rightfully
refer to the magic of water as the external Eucharist. The possibilities of
influencing can be arranged in the same manner as they are with the
Eucharist namely mentally, astrally and physically.
[1]
Dr. M.K. (a student of Franz Bardon) recalls a
conversation he had with Franz Bardon, wherein Franz Bardon stated that the
total number of negative attributes is not a determining factor, but that
these negative attributes are within certain proportions to the four
elements. For example, 21 negative attributes of the fire element, 20 of the
air element, 19 of the water element and 18 of the earth element. It would be ideal,
however, if one had an equal amount of positive and negative
attributes. – ED.
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