Greetings, and welcome back.

It has been a long, and interesting few months. Last time I wrote, I spoke about the portal that opened, and was going to cause the world itself to ascend. I also felt it was going to bring great change to the lives of many magicians and witches around the world, myself included.

A…lot has happened since then.

For one, I’ve left the country where I was born and raised, at least for the time being.

The city where I grew up, studied, went to college and worked my early jobs is now a distant memory, or so it feels. So much has happened. I’ve had a rather large shift in mindset, energy, lifestyle and even career.

I’ve quit a lot of my addictions lately, as my body was unable to sustain them any longer.

I barely drink beer and coffee anymore, and I hardly eat sugar. These things were causing a lot of anxiety and tension, so I feel greatly at ease now. I gave up these things as a sacrifice towards greater goals, at least for now. This is not to say indulgence is bad, but at one point it was a choice between growth and comfort. I chose growth.

I’ve also discovered quite a few deeper secrets about magick.

Real magick. High magick. The type that allows one to unravel and move across timelines, in order to manifest the one you want. Perhaps many of you are also developing such a deeper awareness about magick and spirituality.

I’m still working it out and performing some experiments. Slowly and steadily, I will start to put it into my writing. This marks a shift in the nature and content of this blog, and I feel like I have to let you all know. I will no longer write about any outdated or non-functional forms of magick, especially if I know that they don’t really work.

The fact that it is coming through so clearly, indicates that humanity has gone through some sort of major ascension. Perhaps some of our ascended masters have had a revelation after centuries of meditation. And with that, the knowledge percolates across all spheres of Earthly society. First to the masters, then to us magi, then to the great thinkers, innovators and artists, and then even further into the political, economic and socio-cultural spheres. Hopefully, it shall eventually become a part of daily, mundane life.

To get more esoteric, it seems some great war has been won. It seems that the order of angels called the Ophanim specifically have, finally, managed to defeat and overcome some very dark and negatively aligned planetary collective, that lured souls into prisons of misery and fear, and then drew energy from that.

I’m saying this because I had visions. A dream of Ophanim preparing for war against some ancient adversary, or the adversaries being defeated and shamed, and finally giving up their evil ways. I saw planets where they design psychic prisons and lure human souls into them, to keep them trapped in misery and fear, and then to draw energy from those emotions.

As above so below.

The victory of the Ophanim over this dark planet, whatever and wherever it is, is reflected on our planet as well, and across the Universe. This dark and toxic energy was saturating various nations, factions and groups on this planet, especially those who live in fear and are weak willed. With the destruction of the source, these energies should start clearing up.

Like how, when you destroy the root of an infestation, its tendrils start to wither and fade.

But that’s all I will say about that. Be joyous, something good has happened. A great karmic knot has been cleared. A New age has indeed begun.

My Essential Thoughts

This is a special post.

I realised recently that this blog has now been around for a decade.

Over time, many of my beliefs, opinions and general understanding of magick has changed. The world has changed, and so has the tone and audience of Between the Pillars. I myself have changed a lot.

So, this post is like a short summary of my present understanding of magick. I will outline what I think of various esoteric phenomena, and if it contradicts anything I’ve written before, just know that this represents my most current and accurate knowledge. I probably won’t get to everything, but I hope to touch on most of the important topics.

This is based on my experiences, rather than opinion and hypothesis.

I’ve been guided to take a rather scientific approach to magick. So while I don’t have ‘proof’, and likely won’t within my lifetime, I want you to know that nothing written here is based on intellectualization. I’m not just reading this out of books or making sense of it in my own head. That path would only lead to self deception.

Ascent and Descent

So first and foremost, let me start with what people ask about most often: deities and spiritual ‘beings’. This is actually the most simple answer.

First, I do not believe that any religion in history has correctly understood what ‘spiritual’ beings really are. In other words, no cosmology is correct.

There are no specific divisions like “angel”, “demon”, or “god”. Rather, there are beings. Just like there are a variety of animals, plants, minerals and all sorts of humans, celestial bodies and elements, there are a vast variety and diversity of living beings in the Universe. All religious cosmology are simply the attempts by our ancestors to make sense of these things.

Our ancestors utilised a system of ‘natural philosophy’ and mathematics to describe the world. They had not yet developed the scientific method, which uses hypothesis and evidence instead. Sometimes they were dead on, such as in describing the motion of stars, or discovering the healing properties of plants. Other times, they were simply flat out wrong. But they were not fools, and often changed their mind and refined their knowledge. For example, germ theory became widely accepted after it showed results.

The same goes for religion. As pre-modern people understood more about the nature of these ‘spiritual’ beings, they refined their theology. This is what led to the creation of better and better cosmologies.

Religion, spirituality and magick advances alongside all other human sciences and endeavors.

However, the nature of the Gods and Spirits is elusive. Evidence is hard to procure. For the last 4200 years, humanity has been within Kali Yuga, the dark age, during which time their spiritual senses have been dulled. So, the cosmology became speculative and drifted very far from truth.

The decline of knowledge like this is not far fetched. In the Bronze age, the people of Egypt could read and write, and build the pyramids. But by the iron age, literacy, art and engineering had collectively declined. Pyramids from 500 BCE are far lower in quality than the ones in 2700 BCE.

Humanity evolves, but it also goes through periods of decline. The same is true for spirituality.

The ‘decline’ is actually a descent into matter. As we declined mentally, we developed materially. This is why technology developed so rapidly in the Iron age and beyond.

So, the Ages of Light and Darkness are really just an ascent into Mind and descent into Matter. You can also see these are the inner and outer self.

Did you know, the most intellectually superior humans were the hunter gatherers who preceded agricultural society?

When we look at the fossils of the ‘primitive’ hunter gatherers of this time, the results are interesting.

Our hunter gatherer ancestors were stronger, taller and had larger skulls, and thus larger brains. Their daily lives required a much greater level of strength, stamina, will power and problem solving. They would likely out-perform many modern human beings in an IQ test. In other words, the Inner Self was very developed, and they were deeply in tune with their intuition, and thus with spiritual energies. But the energy was contained within them, and so their art is not particularly deep, nor was their technology or society very sophisticated, and they probably relied greatly on generational wisdom and will power.

As we descended into matter, the energy left our bodies and expanded into the aura. The ‘descent’ means descending down the wheel of the Zodiac, from Leo, steadily down to Pisces. Now, with Aquarius, the energy is moving back around, and so an ‘ascent’ is starting. Or at least, that’s one way of looking at it.

During the descent, humanity declined mentally and physically. They became increasingly short, with less intelligence and poor diets. They became ignorant and impulsive. But collectively, that lead to the great endeavor of human civilisation.

The 20th century in particular was the culmination of this, bringing an enormous, almost unparalleled growth in technology, political philosophy, art, literature, science and yes, even magick.

Magick in particular developed the most in the ‘dark’ age, because as people lost their spiritual power, they were forced to create methods that were reliable and be used by anyone. Hence, the organized religions were created.

It’s a lot like how our agriculture evolved as less and less people became able to hunt and gather food.

And now, as we reawaken some of our mental and spiritual gifts, we enter the new age with far greater foundation than ever, which is our science, technology, commerce, humanities and arts. We lost inner power, but developed a tremendous outer power. And now we regain some of that inner power, without loosing the outer power.

This is how the cycle of ascent and descent ensures steady growth of our civilisation. It is not so different from the cycle of life, death and reincarnation.

Gods, Angels and Demons

Regarding ‘deities’. What we call Gods, Angels and Demons etc. are simply beings that populate this planet, solar system and cosmos.

Our ancestors created various systems to categorise them, but none is fully correct. Even our new age systems of dividing them according to stars or planets (eg. Paleidans, Arcturians, Atalanteans etc.) is likely also wrong. We simply cannot be sure about this. It is just a framework.

Secondly, these beings are not psychological constructs. Jung was wrong. The whole concept of ‘thought forms’ is a way of keeping alive the monotheist delusion. Turning them into ‘aliens’ is little more than polytheistic idolatry. Ancient Aliens is wrong too.

I am not 100% sure what is the nature of the Gods. But, I have a pretty good idea.

In this Universe there is not just a diversity of beings, but also a hierarchy. I visualise 8 categories, or levels of beings. I do this so it can fit within our system of 8 chakras, but the actual truth is likely far more complex. I’ve already spoken of this in previous posts, but I will reiterate briefly.

First, there is mineral life. Mineral life is what we call ‘Spirits’ or ‘elementals’. In other words, the minerals we see are simply the bodies or physical forms of Spirits.

Then there is animal life. I call this Kerubic life. Above the spirits are the Kerubs, or animalistic beings. I’m not 100% sure I put plant life in this category. In fact, I think there’s no such thing as ‘plant’ life. What we call plants are an entire hierarchy on their own. Some ancient trees, for example, are demigods or even gods. While smaller plants are elementals, and some may be Kerubs.

Over the Kerubs are what I’d call ‘Angels’ or sentient beings. Most of Humanity would fall in this category.

Then, what I may call ‘Archangelic’ life, or beings who have penetrated the Veil and have extended their consciousness beyond the astral plane. Beings capable of actual thinking, not just emotional reactions.

And to be clear, I do not put the actual ‘archangels’ of Kabbalah in this category.

No, when I say ‘archangelic’ life, I mean something akin to demigods or devas. Beings with power over themselves. Most of us magicians and mystics are at this level.

Over them are what I’ll call as ‘Ministers’. Who are ministers? Beings who can do magick. True magick on the highest level, being able to command and alter natural and cosmic laws. To create manifestation with some surety, and being mostly free of karmic cycles.

It will sound like i’m bragging, but I count myself within this category. This is the “5D” collective. Many of our ascended masters are counted here. After this level is crossed, reincarnation no longer occurs, or occurs with much more control and with much greater lifespans.

Then are those I call ‘Monarchs”, or Kings and Queens. These are particularly powerful beings who can perceive multiple levels of reality. They have prescience, and can see the consequences of their actions, and their past lives. These are the ones we call Bodhisattvas.

Over the Monarchs, I’d place the Gods, or more correctly the Holy Living Ones. Your so called ‘Archangels’ of Kabbalah, and many of the Gods and Buddhas are from various religions are on this level.

This level is special, because it exists outside the material Universe. Beings who have reached this level become one with everything. They become an embodiment of the Rays of Creation.

Meaning? Meaning, they can manifest wherever and however they desire. They can become as small as an atom, or as big as a galaxy. They can exist in your thought, they can exist within gravity or electromegnetism.

This is what people are getting at with the whole ‘thought form’ stuff. When they say, the Gods are within you, it means that the Gods are perfected beings who can manifest within your chakras.

They are, basically, perfect fractals, and they can fit within your fractal shaped chakras. So, these Gods are ‘internal’, in a sense. They can dwell within you, and inhabit you. They are one with everything.

To worship a being is to begin the process of internalizing it, or allowing it to embody a Ray of Creation within you.

Thus, Jehovah as the Father, or Jesus as the Savior. Thus, Shiva as the Father, Durga or Kaali as the mother. Thus, Hermes as the Messenger, or Loki as the Trickster. These Gods are able to embody not just one archetype, but any archetype. Hence, the various ‘avatars’ or manifestations of these Gods.

The final or 8th level belongs to the Rays of creation themselves, which are 8, and embody the 8 chakras. The 8 divine principles which are behind everything we know. Direct perception of the rays is not possible, and thus they can only be known through another soul, such as parents, friends, enemies, gurus, teachers, lovers etc, and especially through the Gods.

The Gods are special because they embody the perfected form of these rays. They do not falter, and thus the 8 Rays can be perceived in their purest form through the Gods.

What of Demons?

The great hierarchy of Creation is twofold. There are beings of light who produce energy, and beings of darkness, who consume energy. Look at predators and prey animal.

But this is also a false division, because all beings technically do both. Even prey animals and plants consume energy, and even predators release energy into the environment.

What we call as creatures of light and darkness, are really just beings who lean towards Destruction or Creation.

On the highest level, however, this duality nearly disappears. Thus, Vishnu and Shiva are almost indistinguishable. Shiva is the an ecstatic light, but he manifests as darkness. Vishnu is an immersive darkness, but he manifests as light.

When we go down lower, the duality is more pronounced. St Paul was a healer, and a martyr, and we’d call him a ‘good’ person. Judas, however, is seen as a traitor. Regardless of whether he was asked by Jesus to do what he did, even Gnostic accounts describe him as a troubled individual, exhibiting many traits we’d call sinful or negative.

So, when a being is focused on creation, it is a being of light. When it is focused on destruction, it is a being of darkness.

Gods are beings who govern the cosmos, where there is creation and destruction. And so, there are Gods of Light, and Gods of Darkness. There are also people and other beings aligned to this. While they may not always act with wisdom, whatever they do is part of their own growth and thus part of the divine plan.

However, there is something further to say.

I’d love to tell you that all demons are actually good and benevolent, but no.

There are such things that we would call ‘evil’ spirits. These are beings who are misaligned and act out of ignorance, often hindering spiritual growth. Some of these are even powerful.

There are also evil beings who hinder others souls from pursuing their true path, or from evolving, and do so willingly.

See, there will always be dark forces. Just as Buddha was tested by Mara and Jesus was tested by Satan some beings exist specifically to test and challenge souls on their path. Thus Mara is a Buddha and Satan is an angel. There are also cases where two different beings are simply in conflict. Recall the stories of many wars between Gods.

But then there are other beings, who simply hinder progress or cause stagnation, and only because they have lost their purpose entirely. These are called by magicians as ‘phantoms’.

These are the actual ‘demons’ described in holy books, who cause illness, possess or torment people, or simply cause disharmony.

What are they? It does not matter.

Generally, these are wandering spirits who have refused to pass on. Sometimes human souls, sometimes the souls of other things. Most often they are elementals.

It is the job of exorcists, healers and often magicians to help these beings pass on. That is all.

Sometimes, they are not living beings, but artificial constructs created by strong negative emotions. In other words: thought forms.

When you begin the work of magick, phantoms may become curious or interested in your and your work. They may disrupt meditations, or masquerade as gods, angels, or alien life. They are often seen on psychedelic trips by those who cannot break through the lower astral plane.

This is why banishing rituals are so important, and why focus and willpower is so important.

Furthermore, there are also powerful, evil forces in the Universe. Not mere phantoms, but incarnate beings who have lost their purpose, or drifted into stagnancy. These are usually beings of the 4D. They are powerful enough to have spiritual power, but have not awakened to 5D yet.

While they cannot hinder most magicians, they can and do keep humanity within spiritual slavery.

However, I gather from my visions that sometimes these beings can be very powerful and of much higher level, comparable even to 6th or 7th vibration beings.

Why? I have no idea.

My hypothesis is: these beings ascended at some point, but then fell back into ignorance and darkness. After all, look at how many well meaning politicians and freedom fighters turn into dictators once they rise to power, forgetting all their ideals. It must be the same with these dark beings or planets who, despite great spiritual development, have developed a blockage in their system of Chakras. For beings so powerful, the effects of such a karmic blockage must be great too.

I have another hypothesis: that all these dark beings, from phantoms to devils, are some sort of astral construct. These are not real beings at all, but rather projections, and they are like the enemies in video games, being used to test humanity and help us to develop our power.

At least, these are some possibilities I’ve considered. I don’t dwell on these forces for too long, since I don’t want to empower them.

What I Think about Earth

I have often got the sense that the Earth is an experiment.

Here’s what I’m 70% certain of: there’s no such thing as a ‘human’. Or rather, human souls do not belong to a single soul tribe, or spiritual category.

I think what usually happens is, most planets have a group of souls that have similar heritage, and are present on a similar level of vibration. Like this Ophanim planet I dreamt of.

But Earth is different. I remember there was some new age book that stated that most planets have a very narrow range of beings who live there, spanning across about 2-3 levels only. So, the most evolved beings on these planets would have maybe 2-3 chakras.

For example, if a planets is very intellectual, the most evolved beings there shall have throat, mind and crown chakra. Other planets are more animalistic or material, and beings may have the root, sacral, and solar plexus chakra.

But Earth is unique, because it extends across all 7 bands of vibration. So, we have insects and microbes living in the same place as ascended masters. And the human body contains all 7 chakras. This means that even a low ranking soul can incarnate here and have vivid, 7th chakra experiences. It means very high ranking souls can incarnate here and be forced to satisfy lower chakra energies like hunger and sexual desire.

Many of us magicians have so much trouble because we are high vibrational beings, forced to interact with root and sacral chakra energies. Certainly, any person who meditates regularly will understand the challenge. Going into deep meditation and then suddenly coming down and having to do daily chores can be a whiplash.

The mystic Ram Dass once described how he would be in deep meditating, experiencing oneness with the cosmos and seeing Gods, and the next moment he would come crashing down to Earth, checking his gas and trying to start his car.

On this planet, alongside humans, are also plants, animals, minerals and also demigods and fae. Within humanity itself are souls of very diverse spiritual heritage, and this causes conflicts. Each group thinking that they are the ‘correct’ ones, wage spiritual, cultural and material wars against each other. Additionally, Earth has beings that are aligned to both light and darkness. This further complicates the picture. Earth is almost like a free for all.

It’s like the unranked mutiplayer mode in an otherwise single player game, where players from all stages can jump in and test their skills with minimal rules.

Why? I feel that it is all because of the 8th Chakra.

I hypothesise that the 8th Chakra, the fruit of life, can only manifest and flourish when all 7 chakras are present. It requires a complete circulation of energy across all 7 frequencies. This would mean that only a planet like Earth can facilitate true spiritual awakening.

Further, I theorise that the more suffering that one endures, the greater or faster is one’s spiritual development. Conflict is needed to generate spiritual energy. Spiritual energy is released when two opposing forces clash against each other. This is not just a spiritual law, but also a law of physics.

After all, how is electricity generated? When electrons move from a place of high potency to low potent.

Think about breeze, and how it is only possible when a high pressure atmosphere is next to a low pressure atmosphere, causing wind to move. Why do you burn your hand when you grasp a hot cup of coffee? Because energy is moving from something hot, which is the cup, into something cool, which is your hand. If both were the same temperature, there would be no flow of energy.

And why the diversity of beings? I imagine it is a privilege to be incarnate here in Earth, and so beings contest for the right to be here. Even those who are enlightened descend here to witness the great experiment. Perhaps only a few planets in the Universe exhibit 8 frequencies. Imagine, a planet where a demigod can descend into the lowest vibration of matter, and indulge in simple desires like eating, drinking or having sex. I’ve also heard that Earth is a resting or healing place for many such evolved souls.

But I think this privilege comes with great responsibility. Hence, highly evolved beings must agree to perform some important actions on this planet, in order to have a cycle of incarnations here. You agree to play a role in the experiment.

These are just some of my thoughts about planet Earth. And I also think that the planet Earth, itself, is going through her own evolution, on a much higher level than we can imagine.

While it is a free for all, it is clear that the planet goes through periods when one or another energy dominates. For a rather long time, Earth has been very conducive to 3rd and 4th vibration frequencies. Hence, it has been very comfortable and conducive to planets, animals and people who exist within a feudal structure. Meanwhile, 5th and 6th vibration beings were generally in the background, observing, and at times being persecuted.

But now the Earth is evolving. And as such, it is getting warmer. ‘Global warming’ is nothing but the alchemical furnace heating up. And so you see, the extinction of various animal and plant species. Note, how many animals going extinct are the carnivorous type, or the type that consume more energy than they produce.

It is not a matter of good or evil. The souls of those beings have completed their work. The ‘species’ or category of forms, now unneeded, are being dispensed with. Animals and plants have their own karmic laws.

As for humanity, as the vibration of the Earth increases, the climate gets warmer. Humans develop higher metabolism, and eat lighter foods, especially what we would call ‘sattvic’ foods.

People ditch ‘dense’ foods which are more suited to cold climate, and this change in diet will cause a change in spiritual energy. Notice the break down of communal forms of government for more individual and democratic ones. After all, in a cold climate people live closer together, while in a warmer climate people are more likely to disperse, and spend more time outdoors.

Notice the changing architecture and urban environments, as industrial life and warmer climate favors lighter colors, natural building materials, and the reliance on renewable resources over unrenewable ones. If global warming keeps up, soon very few cities will have dark stone, asphalt or concrete, because these trap heat.

As the magnetic field of Earth weakens and we are exposed to more solar radiation, along with radiation from electronics, and also the increase of microplastics and other toxins, it will also cause Souls with a higher level of mental, physical and spiritual fitness to remain on the planet, and for the body and mind to either adapt to these energies and get stronger, or simply die off. Notice how souls who cannot withstand the high energy of solar radiation, and also an increasingly open and free culture, are slowly departing this Earth.

Does this sound harsh? Do I sound like a fascist?

That is not my intention. It’s only something i’m observing. I, for one, notice that the increase of solar radiation in the atmosphere causes an increase in magical power, or of higher thought. It’s because I know how it feels to tap into the higher chakras. Only a very strong, and healthy body can withstand the energy.

It’s been 4200 years. Those beings who still haven’t learned their lessons yet may as well leave. Let them incarnate on other planets, more suited to medieval and dogmatic ways of thinking. I refuse to live in a feudalistic, communal and closely packed environment just so less evolved souls feel safe and comfortable. Not anymore.

Perhaps Mother Earth has also had enough, and thus she pushes for her own evolution, getting warmer and warmer, and lighter. A lot of new agers, failing to read omens, say that Mother Earth is dying. I say she is being reborn.

It’s the middle path but not how we understand it. Rather than pulling away from both directions, they seem instead to push. The Middle path does not seem to one of avoiding the extremes, but rather of upholding them simultaneously.

The Gods will tell you that shadow forces are trying to control the world, and that you must stand against them and uphold the rights of the weak and the vulnerable. But then they’ll tell not to hate the rich and powerful, because they have manifested that wealth and power for themselves.

They’ll tell you that society is hierarchical, and humanity is to be led by a spiritual aristocracy, or an ‘upper caste’. But then they tell you that every single person on Earth is worthy of this privilege.

They’ll tell you to quit your addictions and live a clean, and healthy life. And then one day they’ll aggressively push you to buy a certain bottle of strong alcohol and offer it to the Divine. They’ll tell you that inner peace is a lie, and that the conflict of energies against each other causes growth and evolution. Then they’ll tell you to forgive all your enemies. They’ll give you an enormous and complicated transmission of spiritual knowledge, then tell you not to overthink it and just leave it alone for a while.

I suppose what makes them Gods, or 7th vibration beings, is that they don’t really see duality. To them, there is no ‘problem’ or thing that is not meant to happen. They see everything as happening in line with everything else, and everything develops and unfolds naturally as it needs to, as cause and effect. There is no ‘right’ or ‘wrong’ action, but just action and consequence of action. It’s all up to you, what action you want to take and what result you desire. That’s the ‘magickal’ mode of thinking. You decide what you want, and then you figure out how to attain it, and what consequences, if any, will follow. No whining about the state of the world, or what is and isn’t possible. In theory, everything is possible….

So yeah, i’ll let you guys know when I figure out levitation 🙂

What is Magick exactly

In my opinion, magick is a science.

In a simple sense, it is the art of manifesting your will, and all that usual stuff.

But what is it exactly. How does it precisely work?

Magick is the art and science of directing energy. What is ‘energy’?

Attention.

Attention applied over a certain span of Time is energy. It’s almost mathematical.

Attention x Time = Energy.

Light means giving attention. Darkness means to not give attention. When you pay attention to something over a period of time, it causes that thing to grow. When you ignore something, it causes that thing to shrink. That is the meaning of light and darkness, or creation and destruction.

Different esoteric traditions, or ‘systems’ of magick are simply different technologies for directing this energy. Some are man made while others originate from other sources. Most of them involve aligning elemental energies with planets and zodiacal signs, and using the sun, moon or earth as a battery.

Why does magick exist? I really don’t know. Why would something like this exist, and humanity not have access to it?

My theory is that humanity has not yet developed its own system of magick, because many here on this planet have not yet learned to control their energy.

So, it gets controlled for them. And those of us who can do magick are also souls who have, thus far, relied on the constructs of other, higher races. And so, we require the aid of deities or demigods in order to do most magick. But, through sustained discipline and practice, many of us can reach the level required where we can do independent magick. This means, using one’s own system of magick that does not rely upon deities. A truly human, or earthly technology. I feel that we are currently living in a century where such forms of magick will first emerge, and soon it is even possible that people will be able to do magick or accomplish what we call ‘miracles’ outside of a religious context, without the aid of deities or other spiritual beings. One may see it as the dawn of spiritual puberty for humanity.

I don’t think that, till this point, any such tradition has existed on a mass scale. At best, certain very, very highly evolved individuals have managed to accomplish these tasks.

And for such individuals, I feel that they maintain a very high state of spiritual, physical and mental purity in order to do ‘real’ magick, such as transmuting objects or levitation. This could be because the vibration of our planet is so dense. As the density lessens and we move out of the Dark Age, perhaps ritual purity and abstinence will not be required for operations of high magick.

For some reason, I feel like speaking about Babaji.

Who is Babaji? He is the living incarnation of Yoga. He is one of the immortal ascended masters who remain incarnate upon the Earth in material form, and is said to preside in the Himalayas. While I have never had the chance to see him for myself (yet), I have had visions of him. I have, however, seen the Count of St Germain with my own eyes, which makes me believe that these other ascended masters are indeed around.

These guys are unique. While many ascended masters remain on Earth in light bodies (or so I’m told), some have retained their physical form.

As in, you could meet them as normal people. Not as beings of light, but as actual beings of matter.

Babaji is described in some detail in the book Autobiography of a Yogi, since Parmahamsa Yogananda apparently met him face to face, as did his master Yukteshwar Giri, and his master in turn, Lahiri Mahasya was directly initiated by Babaji.

Babaji, I think, is a magician in the most literal sense. And stories of him are proof, at least for me, that magick is not only real, but is meant to be effortless. It is not complicated, but simple. And humanity is not as lost as we imagine.

Within this century, I am told, we will see our species begin to colonise the solar system. I am told that technological progress shall free most people from physical labour, and give them the time to turn inwards, and focus on self development and growth. I am told about the rise of highly developed city states, extremely disruptive and democratic technologies, and the widespread use of practical magick.

Once upon a time, I was so sick of mundane, material life, that I was ready to give it all up and become an actual hermit. The plan was to go become a monk and live in an ashram. After all, I live in a country that made it possible.

It was then that I awoke in the middle of the night. Thin threads of golden light were pouring out of my forehead. I then realised I was neither lucid dreaming nor hallucinating. This was not like other spiritual expereimces where I see with my mind’s eye. No, this was one of those where it was happening in waking consciousness.

I’ve taken to calling these threads as ‘golden ether’, as opposed to silver ether, which manifests as specks of white light. More about in my book that’s releasing this month.

The threads formed into a man. It was St Germain. It was one of the three times I would see him. He urged me to remain in my country, to remain in my city, and continue to work. if I left, he said I would fail to regenerate “my nation and my race”.

This was years ago. However, when I left India a few months back, I had a dream about Babaji. He congratulated me on finding my path, and told me his real name.

His name, to anyone wondering, is an archaic Indo European term, and sounds like a mix between Sanskrit and Romanian. This further proves that he was born sometime around the 15th century, as sources claim. I won’t tell you the name, but I can tell you that it means ‘plough’ in one of the Indo European languages. Likely, he was named in some dialect of Prakrit which no longer exists, before the influence of Persian and Arabic upon North India.

Others that I have witnessed in waking consciousness are Archangel Gabriel, Cain (yes, that Cain), and Horus. But Horus did not manifest in physical form, rather as a dust storm so unimaginably strong it almost ripped out trees by their roots. This happened right after an invocation of him.

Once, the goddess Kaali began to manifest before me. But I was not ready, and got so scared that the manifestation stopped. After that, I have yearned to see it. I have promised that I’m ready, and asked for it several times. But the goddess comes only when she pleases, and I may have missed my chance.

All this further make me feel magick is much more powerful than people realise, and it is meant to be used.

Spiritual Ascension and the Body

I have some theories about the body and how it works in a spiritual sense. I also have some theories about how this relates to modern physics. This will be explained in depth in my upcoming book.

But plainly, the body is fourfold. There is the physical body, etheric body, astral body and causal body. Each ‘body’ is a vehicle for a certain kind of mind. So, there is the animal mind, the conscious mind, the subconscious mind and the creative mind. Four bodies, and four minds. 8 Chakras.

Each chakra is divided into 8. Thus, 64 chakras. This creates the Mandala of 64 divisions.

Each division or group 8 can be collectively signified by 1. In a mandala you’d see 72 divisions. But really, it is 8 divisions further divided into 64. So, it’s not really 72 angels, but rather 64 angels, with each ‘choir’ of 8 being rules by a ninth. 64+8=72.

This mandala is a blueprint of your inner self. Each of these 64 divisions represent an aspect of the Divine mind. They can also be categorized by tarot cards. Spiritual evolution is the process of filling each of these with light. To be an enlightened being is to have unfolded your energy into all 64 divisions of the Mandala.

But this cannot be done in isolation. So, the Soul must incarnate into this material, dualistic world. The ‘unfolding’ of these 64 divisions requires the other. Things outside oneself, such as other people, circumstances, events, emotions, and all manner of spirits, beings and sense objects. Descent into duality is required for spiritual evolution.

And the work cannot be done over a single lifetime. So, multiple incarnations are required.

As the soul comes to embody more and more of the mandala, with each embodiment being like an ‘avatar’ of that Soul, its chakras open up and it becomes more and more evolved.

At the end, the Soul would fully embody this mandala, and thus become a fractal replica of the Divine mandala itself, which is the blueprint. A God in its own right.

But if each being is a perfect replica, does that mean there is no individual difference? Do we lose our sense of self?

No. Because each mandala has a central piece. And this central pieces, this ’65th division’, is completely unique. This defines that particular soul.

There are mandalas within mandalas. Each soul itself belongs to a greater collective, who together form a great God, and every great God could form part of an even greater God.

Thus, we have deities. But often we also encounter groups and groups of groups. For example, the various angelic choirs which, in many traditions, are treated like a God itself.

But the individuality is never lost.

Another thing I choose to believe in, is paradise. I was told that there is indeed such a thing as heaven. The gathering of Souls. A place at the beginning and end of time, where all beings of this universe come together and dwell in perfect union.

The Archangel Michael said “imagine a great field, where all souls are equal. Imagine living there in eternal happiness. There is no boredom, nor fatigue. Imagine being with all the souls you have ever loved, and spending every day doing what you have always enjoyed. Imagine being happy forever, and always living in the light of the Creator. And whenever a soul desires, they may descend back into the Universe, or create their own. There is no death”

Sounds idealistic right? He said “have the courage to believe in this”.

Believing in a nihilistic vision of the Universe is easy. It takes true courage to believe in Paradise.

That’s what I think the goal is.

Speaking of Chakras, we have 24, or 3 sets of 8

The first ‘set’ extends from the top of the head to the base of the spine. Energy enters from the Root and exits through the Crown.

The second set extends horizontally, from the left to the right palm. Energy enters through the left hand, and exits through the right.

The third set is along the feet. Energy enters through the feet, travels up the legs and exits through the groin. In a weird way, the excretory organs represent the ‘crown’ of this third set.

Speaking of feet chakras, I was told that the ‘feet chakra’ rules money. It is called the ‘earth chakra’, and it exists on the feet itself.

They told me that this chakra tends to get clogged with energy, especially when people sit for extended periods of time. The method to unclog this chakra is to tap your feet on the floor.

I was told that this is why dance, especially dance where the feet are tapped or ‘thumped’ on the floor, are so important in many cultures. These days, they exist but most people do not practice them. Hence, most people do not have money.

Thus, Arabs and Jews tend to have a lot of money. I was told that another reason Jews have money is because they audibly pray in Hebrew. During this prayer, Hebrew godnames (which are words of power) are spoken.

The audible recitation of Words of Power charges the food with energy. Christians do so to, but silently. Nonetheless, it has some power. It would be more powerful if the prayers were in a sacred language, utilizing magical words.

Do you know why Leprechauns have pots of gold and do tap dancing? Because an ancient Irish mystic asked to know the secret of wealth. And a nature spirit appeared before him, dancing with its feet and showing a pot of gold. It was trying to convey that dancing or thumping the feet would clear the energetic channel that manifests material wealth.

This has become misconstrued as Leprechauns, tap dancing and pots of gold.

The Projection of Comfort

Let me now recount what the spirits have told me about the ‘trap’, about ‘sin’ and how exactly we get stuck in the material world. The knowledge is quite simple.

I was told about something the spirits call ‘anima’. This is not in the Jungian sense of the word.

Remember what we said about ‘energy’? How it is attention over a period of time?

There are many kinds of energy within the human body, but this one in particular was called Logos. It is the manifestation of the energy of Mercury, a union of time and attention. This is what they call the ‘Bird of Hermes’.

When the logos is projected at something, and then sustained, it comes into manifestation. This is the nature of Mercury’s energy, and thus why Mercury is the lord of magick. Magicians, after all, make the greatest use of this type of energy.

However, this energy is merely a channel. Mercury is the smallest of the planets, representing the outermost, or most surface level ‘shell’ of the energetic body. As I understand, it is the planet of the Root chakra. The logos creates a passage or ‘tunnel’, which then allows deeper spiritual energy to travel through into an object.

Thus, when we pay sustained attention to something, we are literally investing a portion of our own, creative energy into it. This creative energy belongs to Venus, and resides in the Sacral chakra. This energy governs our pleasure, our comfort and our sense of home, family and community. The spirits called this energy, simply as Anima.

They said this: the anima is our inner sense of comfort. We have a lot of it as children, because we have a a regimented life.

Most of us have families, homes and schools. Many of us are even lucky enough to have a stable home, a loving family and a school life that’s uneventful, more or less. Thus, our sense of security and safety is assured. Even those with turbulent childhoods will find something to latch their anima onto, such as a celebrity, books or cartoons, a trusted teacher or friend, or a special place like a park or an attic. Whatever it is, it gives us our sense of ‘home’.

But then something changes. As we grow older, much of that feeling of home is stripped away. After spending 14 years at school, we leave it behind. We move out from our family homes, we leave behind childhood hobbies and interests, or simply outgrow them. And then, that anchor for the anima is broken.

This is the coming of spiritual maturity. The individual is now given power over their own anima. When you become an adult, you are free from many societal rules. You can now choose what to eat, what to wear, how to live and what to do. Along with this, your power over the logos and anima is restored too.

Let me give a better example. Do you ever have a long, tiring or chaotic day at work or at college and can’t wait to “get back” home. What do you actually feel in that moment? You basically want to “reset” or “be at ease”. Usually, you’re looking forward to some activity, something that makes you feel ‘alright’ again. It is like returning to your ‘normal’, or ‘feeling okay’.

Maybe you want to eat something you often eat, or look forward to a shower and to watching your favorite show or series in your bed, or speak to loved ones, or go to your local park, or immerse yourself in the game you often play.

When I was riding the train, they directed my attention to a man glued to his phone. They said “he pours his anima into the device”.

In other words, the individual seeks comfort. For them, the content in the smartphone has become the new anchor. It is now the thing that makes them feel ‘alright’.

This is the trap. The three lower chakras are the greatest traps that bind humanity, and hinder spiritual evolution. The first, of course, is projecting the logos onto things we don’t want. This is nothing new. If you focus on negative thoughts, people and events all the time, your life will be generally negative. Your life is made of what you focus on.

But the same can be said for the anima. It can become a trap too.

Should we release these anchors? Well, let me explain through an example.

Over the past 6 months, I had an experience where I was in a very expensive place with not much access to my money. Basically, in a foreign country with no bank account, and I couldn’t make one because my residence papers and ID hadn’t come in yet. And then, due to some absurd technicality, my ID got delayed by a month. So I couldn’t even get a permanent SIM card, and so I had no internet when I was traveling by train.

It placed me in a very weird situation. I only had physical cash, and not much of it. I had to be very careful what I spent it on and I couldn’t buy anything online. If I wanted something, I had to go find a store that sold it, and make a physical trip to that store. Lack of access to my money also meant I couldn’t travel through any means but the local train, and during the rides I couldn’t watch youtube videos or scroll social media. I couldn’t use vending machines, and couldn’t buy snacks.

I had a lot of work, and so I didn’t have much time to play videos games. I had to be up early often so I never had time to drink alcohol either, as early morning hangovers on a busy day are unpleasant. No space nor time to do magick rituals either. Plus, since I was out all day, I didn’t have much of a chance to have coffee. I am very temperamental about the quality of my coffee, and as it happened I could only have one cup in the mornings. By the time I got back, it was too late for a second cup.

The cherry on top was lack of access to usual Indian snacks and sweets.

All my ‘anchors’ were suddenly stripped away from me.

In that moment, around the end of the first month, I experienced a deep depression and anxiety. I realised that I had, for decades, relied on sugar, coffee, alcohol, social media, games and until recently, erotic imagery, to get me through my day. There always had to be a burst of dopamine, a sense of comfort, a ‘nice thing’ to look forward to. It was my coping mechanism for life itself.

And I’m a very healthy person. I eat clean and work out a lot. But still, at the end of each day, I would have maybe an ice cream. I’d have McDonald’s once or twice a month, or a grilled cheese sandwich when I felt like it. Although I don’t eat processed food, I’d eat sweets once a week. I’d play games every few days, and start every morning by relaxing with some youtube videos. I was used to my cups of coffee.

I realised that even during times of fasting and spiritual purity, or in times of great hardship, there was at least one ‘anchor’ for my anima. At the end of it all, I was always with my family. I always had my own room, my bathroom and my own privacy. But currently I’m in a shared apartment with other people. So, even my final refuge, which was sitting in my room by myself and getting lost in fantastical thoughts, or taking a long hot shower, was closed to me.

And at first it was brutal. It was like being a baby who has just been born, and starts wailing because it has been stripped away from the peace and comfort of the womb. It was like being a toddler being forced to leave the safety of home and go to school for the first time. It was like being a prisoner being released after serving a long sentence, and having no idea what to do with the freedom.

It was particularly startling when I realised how much I had become used to my phone, and how odd it felt to have no virtual escape.

And then, a weird transformation happened in my consciousness. Anxiety was the anima energy not having anywhere to go, depression was the anima withdrawing inside due to lack of expression.

And then, with nowhere else to anchor itself, my anima underwent a great change. It rooted itself in my stomach, and my sacral chakra was no longer empty. I began to crave less, and I began to enjoy almost all daily activities. I generally felt happy most of the time, and worry disappeared. Work and art began to feel more rewarding. Finally, I began to stop desiring my “reset”. At the end of the day, there was really nothing to look forward to, except the next day. There was no ‘escape’, nothing that separated my busy, outer life filled with work and people, and my inner, private life. The days and weeks began to blur. I started to see time how our ancestors did: as continuous. Ultimately, what really breaks up our day is our division of work, rest and leisure. And an interesting point is that I was so busy, my sleep schedule got a little messed up. My routine showers, exercise and meal times became a bit random, and no longer as routine as i’d like.

The division began to break down.

Slowly and steadily, my anima and my vitality returned to me. My magick and spiritual expereinces became much more powerful.

See, it’s not about addictions or screens or about some particular ‘thing’ that is good or evil. It’s just a matter of energy.

Now, I have more time and money again. I play games, but not so often. I drink, but rarely. I still eat junk food, but on special days. I still consume media, but only the things I care about. I no longer watch videos on the train, I no longer have my stash of snacks or beer. I really don’t care anymore. I feel less aroused. Beer makes me feel tired, and doesn’t intoxicate me as powerfully anymore, and coffee makes me jittery. Magick seems easy, and knowledge and insight comes more freely. I’m now able to bring forth, more clearly, the energies of the third chakra, the Solar Plexus, ruled by Mars the lord of victory.

This is what they wanted to show me, when they showed me the man glued to the phone. It’s not about the phone. They told me that everyone, including magicians, is constantly seeking comfort. And when they seek comfort, they pour their anima into the object of comfort, be it foods, drugs, media, alcohol, or even so called healthy activities like exercise, fitness, or travel.

Anything that becomes our refuge from reality is, itself, a trap. That is the meaning of Sin. That is what it means, when they say Adam and Eve ‘fell’ from the garden of Eden, and gained the knowledge of good and evil

They fell into duality. They separated the world into good and bad, into pain and pleasure, into comfort and hardship. They broke the union of Mars and Venus. The anima got projected outwards. The creative energy of Mars, robbed of Venus, becomes obsessive and warlike. It competes, it desires things. Mars desires his lost Venus, as the Arthurian knights desired the Holy Grail, and all our energy is directed towards that lost sense of home, peace and comfort. We seek it outside ourselves.

The god Ares is of Thracian origin, which was one of the many pre-Hellenic cultures in southern Europe and the Near East. In the temples of Ares, they used to keep his statue bound in chains.

The Oracle told the Thracians that if they could bind Ares and keep him chained, he would transform from the war god, into the ‘giver of fruits’. In other words, a God of manifestation and attainment.

In other words, when the Anima, or Venusian energy is situated in the Sacral chakra, one finds peace and comfort within themselves. No longer seeking it in sense objects, the competitive energy of Mars, in the Solar Plexus, also becomes rooted within and transforms into creative energy. The passion for life ignites again.

And that is what Hindu doctrine means, when it says give up sense objects. Not that you have to withdraw from the world and become an ascetic, but to stop seeking your comfort and joy in things outside yourself. Rather, recognise that the joy and love originates inside, and the things we desire are simply gateways to that feeling. It is we who invest them with power.

When these three Chakras become aligned, one can manifest. The creative energy rises in the Solar Plexus, is raised into the highest vibration within the Sacral chakra, and then directed or focused via the Root Chakra.

As it were, Mars pours his blood into the Holy Grail, held aloft by Venus, who then gives it to Mercury, who uses it to create magick.

And this, then, is how we escape the trap of the dark, material world without shunning it.

Atlantis, Lemuria and Aliens

I realise I’ve never openly spoken about these topics before. So let me set the record straight about which “conspiracies” I believe in and why, so people can stop messaging me about the Nephilim or MK Ultra or any of the other nonsense.

First, know that I’m not American. As such, I grew up in a country where government oppression is more….blunt. As in, thugs show up at your house and beat the shit out of you. No Mk Ultra needed when you have a big, painful stick.

This, I feel, is the main difference between the East and the West. In the West, people are fooled and led mainly through psy-ops, propaganda, disinformation campaigns etc. In the East, oppression is more physical and traditional. It happens through straight up violence, riots, acts of terrorism or plain old repressive laws.

It would be beneficial if Eastern people could learn to understand what propaganda is and how it works. It would be good is Western people can understand how oppression can sometimes be simple and blunt, and not require elaborate schemes.

Anyway, onto conspiracies.

First, I dismiss completely 99% of all conspiracies, which seem to me to be distractions.

Here is my rule of thumb: if the truth is “out there”, it’s not the truth.

If an evil, shadowy government of reptiles was running the world, and trying to keep hidden, and have the amount of power people claim they have, they would absolutely NEVER allow it to be such widespread public discourse.

If the Illuminati was real and as powerful as people claim they are, you and I would not even know of that term. My computer would simply shut down as I type this.

So my suggestion for dealing with conspiracy theories, or just any information is a simple 3-fold approach.

First, ask: what is the source of this information?

Second, ask: how does the person sharing this information, benefit from it?

Third, ask: what are the implications of this information being true? Would this information, if it were true, really be so easy to acquire?

Would a planet ruled by aliens really have so many UFO conspiracy theorists publicly talking about it? And why are so many of them former intelligence operatives?

Why would this random American from a small town be contacted by ascended masters and made into the sole prophet for humanity? And why is it that he or she sells so many books about their teachings?

Where did this info come from? Oh, it appears to have originated on reddit. Or it came from a ultra-religious 16th century religious sect who had a very clear agenda.

These 3 simple checks let you dismiss almost all conspiracy theories.

Take UFOs for example. At this stage, it seems more likely that 90% of all UFO whistle blowers are US government operatives, who have been paid to lie about aliens and keep people distracted, and provide a cover story for secret weapons testing, or other programs.

I remember, on Indian social media, there is this very popular picture that circulates. In the picture, you see a wall with many vaguely Indian looking carvings, and one of the images clearly shows a man riding a bicycle.

So people use this to claim that bicycles existed in ‘ancient’ India.

The word ‘ancient’ I’ve found, does a lot of heavy lifting these days. Anything from 10,000 BCE to the 15th century is apparently ‘ancient’.

I decided, once, to actually look into a story. The wall with the carvings is, in fact, an art piece from the 1920s. It is a clay door made by a Nigerian artist, titled ‘village scene’, and not an ancient carving in a Hindu temple.

The worst part of all this is, it distracts from the 10% of conspiracies that are likely to be true. As I said, it is very likely that 90% of this stuff is spread intentionally to confuse people and muddy the waters, but a small percentage is likely true.

People so busy looking for ancient giants and UFOs, that they forget about logging operations in the Amazon, or about less exotic stories about real ‘supernatural’ phenomena.

If you really, badly wanted to believe in a conspiracy theory, you would start with Dr John Dee and Edward Kelly.

Here are two real alchemists, invited personally by none other than Rudolf II, the Holy Roman Emperor himself, connected to Queen Elizabeth. They almost definitely had real interactions with William Shakespeare. Enochian is a real language, and unlike anything ever seen. It has tremendous magical power, and almost no explanations exist that can simply ‘debunk’ the whole thing.

The more you look into it, the more it seems that John Dee really was visited by Angels and given a magical alphabet.

But how many people know about Dr John Dee? Few. And half the times when he is mentioned in conspiracy circles, it is in the context of the Book of Enoch, which doesn’t actually have anything to do with the Enochian alphabet itself!

I am also skeptical of a lot of new age lore, though not all of it. I don’t like the material where some individual claims to be the main source of the knowledge, or declares themselves a prophet, or material which seems to be tied down by some specific political or social ideology.

So with all that complaining, let me get down to what parts I do believe.

First, I do believe in Atlantis. But not as a city.

Rather, I was told that when we say ‘Atlantis’, we are referring to a former ‘state of civilisation’. Basically our civilisation is not the first on Earth. Prior to our present civilisation, there was Atlantean civilisation.

It simply refers to a former set of zodiacal cycles, before the present ones. What we call ‘Lemuria’ or ‘Mu’, represents civilisation prior to that.

I feel that the people who inhabited these civilisations belonged to a different soul collective. As a new soul collective begins to incarnate on this Earth, the previous one departs or ascends. One day, we may be the Atlanteans, departing the Earth, having finished our work within this vibration, and leaving the planet to a new collective of souls.

I’ve had visions and dreams where I saw myself as a scholar, who along with others, visited a large city with great pyramids. We scholars had gone there to receive information and wisdom from the old masters.

The city had an imperial grandeur, and was made of white stones. But in my dream, there were whispers that the lower levels were starting to flood, but by this time the society had become too decadent for anyone to care or notice.

I may not have seen things exactly as they were. Perhaps my brain was simply reading the energies in a way that I could understand. But this previous state of civilisation and culture is what I’d call Atlantis.

What about Mu, or Lemuria? I’m not sure I’ve ever seen it. It is said to predate Atlantis, ad I have never felt any energies or had any dreams or visions about it.

I have seen something that came AFTER Atlantis though, because it felt more recent. Maybe it was Mu. It was a very advanced, highly sophisticated society which made extensive use of robots and artificial intelligence.

I won’t go into details for now, because it’s too much for this article, but this one ended with large scale persecution of magicians and sank under the Earth. Not water, but Earth. I say people escaping into caverns that led into underground cities, and then I saw the entrances being destroyed and buried.

So yes, I do believe in ancient civilisations. I also believe that some ‘technology’ from these time periods is still lying about.

I believe that many of our ‘ritual implements’ are made to mimic these real technologies.

Next, Aliens.

I do believe in Aliens. But as I said, I distinguish between Aliens and Gods.

See, I’m not in favour of having a ‘one size fits all’ explanation. For example, I don’t think every single unexplained phenomena is due to aliens. But I do think there are many aliens.

The Watchers have appeared to me with translucent white bodies, as have my ancestors. My theory is that their bodies are made of white ether, while ascended masters have bodies of gold ether. The Watchers call themselves ‘beings of light’, and distinguish themselves from us, whom they call ‘beings of matter’.

I will say, encountering perfected beings like Gods and Archangelsm, is very different from encountering other spiritual beings who are not Gods.

Encountering the Watchers or even ancestors can be a rather unsettling, or even unpleasant experience. It is very different from Gods and Archangels, who radiate a lot of love and wisdom, and seem to have a very deep level of insight.

While I do believe in aliens, I also believe in spirits, elementals and other beings. I also don’t treat ‘aliens’ as a single set of beings. I think there are many variables at work here. Yes, there are beings from other planets, but also those from higher or lower dimensions, and so on.

There is also a possibility that there are other humanoid beings on Earth who aren’t alien at all, but originated here itself. The “fae” are what I put in this category.

I don’t use psychedelics. However, my understanding is this: a psychedelic plant is basically a manifestation of some particular astral plane. So, different plants correspond to different astral planes, and taking them can help you perceive the plane where it originated.

I don’t think any of these can take you to the truly high planes, but I do think beings from those high planes can come down and visit you on the astral. I don’t see psychedelics alone as an authentic spiritual path, but maybe used in the context of shamanic spiritual traditions.

I don’t think the Earth is hollow. But, I do think there are cities under the Earth, where ascended masters, or other races dwell. I also think such cities exist on high mountain tops.

Again, I ask you to stop thinking of everything in purely material terms. This is the problem with conspiracy theories, they push everything into the purely 3D, visible realm. Perhaps you cannot see them physically, but they could be etheric, or simply hidden from view.

When it comes to miracles performed by great yogis and prophets, I believe them almost completely. Here’s a fun little video by Ram Dass, describing some of the miracles performed by his guru, Neem Karoli baba. I find this video to be very enjoyable, and I highly encourage watching it. It creates very pleasant and high vibrations.

Now on to secret societies.

I think many of them are BS, but some of them have truths and secrets we cannot even imagine.

I do believe that the Golden Dawn, some Masonic lodges, some Tantric sects and other Near and Middle Eastern brotherhoods have or had authentic artifacts.

Perhaps man made like the Philosopher’s stone, perhaps from some ancient civilisation, perhaps even alien. I also think that some many not have artefacts, but have real, powerful esoteric knowledge and rituals of initiation. I think they are important and should continue to exist. Even the ones which are more secular and mundane play an important role, and empower many individuals.

I don’t consider them cults, because they often have a great diversity of thought, and give their members a lot of freedom in how they want to express themselves, and remain free of dogma.

I do not believe in the shadow governments or the illuminati or the reptillians. But I do think that there are, indeed, powerful and misguided organisations who want to control the world. Some do it purely out of greed, some out of a sense of entitlement and superiority, some because they think they are ‘saving the planet’, and some which are run by genuinely bitter and resentful individuals.

However, the people who run them are, at the end of the day, people. They should not be idealised or demonised.

Cain was human, Judas was human, Hitler was human and many of the present day ‘villains’ are humans. They are souls who have incarnated to pursue their spiritual evolution as well. Even if they were aliens or genuine demons, this would not change. Each was born from the divine essence, each is bound to the laws of karma, and each is fallible. When we understand this, we free ourselves from fear.

I would add a final, fourth question when dealing with conspiracies. Ask yourself: does this benefit or concern me in anyway?

If it does not, leave it be and move along.

I will write more about these topics at a later date.

Purpose and Desires

Here’s a little axiom for you: you serve what you desire.

Imagine everything that you want. Money, power, love. Sugar, alchohol, drugs, fame and peace.

Let us say each one of these is a ‘god’. A deity, or idol. Whatever it is that you desire, that is the thing that has power over you.

Some of you may have wondered: if there are in fact hostile alien races on Earth, and they are very advanced, how come they are able to rule over or control humanity?

I’m sure many of you are aware that in this Universe, free will is absolute. Scriptures speak of how even an evil spirit requires your permission to enter your body or possess you.

Gandhi once said, controversially, that when there is oppression, it is with the consent of the oppressed. According to him, if the oppressed simply revoke their consent, the oppression will stop. He recommended non cooperation as the most effective method.

In laws and ethics, consent is extremely important. For example, a case is sometimes made that if a person is being abused or bullied, then they need to make it clear that they aren’t okay with it. That’s why such a big deal is made about “saying no”. When you don’t deny consent, that can sometimes be seen as giving consent. Of course, non consent isn’t always vocal, and laws are always being amended to account for this.

But the point is clear: consent is sacred. It is extremely important. To violate the law of free will is a spiritual crime. It brings about very harsh karmic punishment.

So how can some advanced alien race, apparently possessing spiritual powers, control humanity? How could an evolved being, even if it is evil, violate such a sacred and cosmic law?

That’s just it, they can’t.

Even evil beings, having reached such a high level of ascension, would not violate the law of free will. So you need not worry so much about mind control. It is simply not possible within this Universe. The more evolved a species, the less able they are to practice mind control. We, humanity, cannot even mind control an ant or a bug, even with all our technology. How would an alien control you with simple psychic waves?

So the answer is clear, and it was explained to me like this.

My spirit guides told me: imagine a person desires power, or knowledge, or maybe alien technology. They come across some powerful alien race that can give this to them, but only on the condition that they serve the alien. In this way, the person desiring the alien technology, would willingly become subservient to the alien. No mind control is needed, nor is free will violated. Those who serve evil powers do so willingly. Even fear can be used, because in this case the person desires safety. Of course, a fearful servant is much worse than a willing one.

The moment the individual stops desiring whatever is being offered, the other would have no power over them. What we desire controls us, and rules over us.

They gave me a simple thought experiment. They said “if an alien or evil being appeared before you tomorrow, and offered you power or knowledge, but this required you to serve them, would you do it?”

I said, hell no. I hate obedience or being told what to do, and I would never allow another to command me.

They said “and in that simple way, you are beyond their control”.

This is why, in my visions, evil spirits don’t bother trying to ‘tempt’ me. My desire for liberation and my individuality is so strong, I would not serve even a benevolent power.

And as I said, fear does not make faithful servants. Imagine, you want to control a disobedient animal. Would you beat this animal everyday and wrestle with it just to make it obey?

No. It’s too much of a hassle. You would want to train and ‘win over’ the animal.

This is also why, when you’re young, they tell you to stand up to bullies.

Would a bully want to pick on a kid who always fights back? Think about it: you’re a highschool bully. You want to pick on someone. Whom do you go for, the kid who screams and kicks and scratches you every time you get close? Of course not. Even if you overpower them, you would get hurt daily. Even a weak scrawny kid can bite or scratch you badly. No, you go for the kid who won’t say anything. Who will not complain, and just go along.

Oppression happens with the consent of the oppressed.

This is also for those who are so terrified that if they practice magick, demons will take over their mind.

Free will, in this Universe, is absolute. You always choose how to use your energy, and what actions to take.

This is why love spells don’t work when they target a person.

Even a charmed individual continuously has the ability to decide what they are engaging in.

Now we come back to what I said: what you desire, has power over you.

Take that as an axiomatic truth. See, now the matter is simple. Whom do you wish to have power over you? Whom would you willingly serve? Which ‘god’ or ‘idol’ are you a servant to, who gets to control you?

Is it sugar or alcohol? Is it fame or pride? Is it safety or wealth? Would you serve multiple idols?

You might say, I don’t wish to serve any of these gods. I reject them all.

Now you are a godless person. A fallen angel, and you have no purpose, for you have no desire. But this is not possible, for fallen angels who think they are free actually serve the darkness. In other words, the nihilistic Ego. This is the ‘devil’, so to speak. Negation. Chaos. Nothingness.

When a student asked the Buddha how to be free of desires, Buddha told him to stop desiring.

Later the student returned to Buddha, and said that he had tried very hard to stop desiring. And now it had become his greatest desire!

And thus, in rejecting all desire, we begin to desire the lack of desire. We fall into duality. Most religious people live like this. In rejecting pride, we desire humility. In rejecting intoxication, we desire sobriety. In rejecting sin, we begin to desire virtue. A new set of false gods begin to rule over us.

Just as Moses taught the people of Israel to reject the false, bull headed brass idol that demanded sacrifices. And when he returned from the mountain, it had been replaced by a golden bull instead!

By the way, speaking of brass, I have a theory that the ’emerald’ tablet was transcribed on a plate of Brass, since brass is very strong, durable and resistance to corrosion. Over centuries, as the brass slowly rusted, it turned greenish, and so it came to be called the ’emerald tablet’.

They say that Atlantis was rich in a mythical metal called orichalcum, and the tablet of Hermes was transcribed on orichalcum. It is now believed that ‘orichalcum’ was an archaic term for brass.

Anyway, back to desires.

So whom would you serve? The idol you choose to serve determines what you aim towards, and how you govern your life.

When I was asked which idol I would serve, my answer was none of them. I would serve only the Most High.

I was told “excellent answer. Then the only ‘desire’ you should serve is to the desire to follow and manifest your true purpose”.

And in this way we reinvent monotheistic doctrine, but with a new perspective.

We reject the ‘false gods’, which are varied desires, and serve only the desire to serve our own, True Will. The oneness which is the true essence of our nature, and serve only the Most High, which is the Oneness of the Universe. Found here is our purpose and path.

And then something strange happens. All other desires come into service of this one purpose, which is our true purpose. After all, are we giving up food and sleep? Of course not. We still have desires. In fact, all the desires remain.

But now we no longer ask: what should I eat, how should I live, what should I believe?

The answer would be: whatever is aligned with your purpose.

And your purpose can have many smaller purposes. For example, if you are an artist, and your purpose is to make great works of art, then you may desire to learn art, and to find patronage. Both, then, would become ‘sub desires’.

And in this way, we reinvent the doctrine of Polytheism as well, where all the Gods reside in alignment with the Universe, and each one, even the ‘dark’ ones, serve their purpose, as part of the greater Divine purpose.

Having found the inner compass, our own North Star, we need not wonder anymore what is to be done. All is according to Divine Will, which your true Will. When one is aligned in this way, everything happens naturally, and there is no resistance. One feels as if one is meant to do whatever one does, and everything unfolds naturally. Even obstacles make sense, and one sees everything as one continuous flow of cause and effect.

And how do we get here? Not through the mind. We cannot think and reason our way into alignment. We have to go through life. We have to take action, and allow the positive and negative experiences to wash over.

This does not mean we exist in some perfect, non human state. No, we remain human. We remain imperfect. We struggle and we overcome, and we remain ordinary. The more ordinary one becomes, the more free one truly is.

Over the past few days, I was wondering if I should give up all my ‘addictions’. The spirits told me it’s not about the substances, but addiction itself. The excess, which we drift into as a coping mechanism. I stopped coffee for a few days, and got enormous headaches. I stopped sugar completely, and had some digestive problems. I tried to completely disconnect from social media, and found a complete lack of ideas of creative focus. Now sure, we can just ‘power through’ it, but I was told that what’s on the other side may not be desirable.

I remember there was a period in my life when I used to be very clean and orderly. Always kept my room neat and tidy. I also remember this as a phase of life where I had a tremendous lack of creative ideas. Turns out, a bit of clutter, and a bit of untidiness is important too. It allows artistic energies to shine, which disappear in a sterile environment.

But, it is still important to learn this through experience. My attempts of leaving all my addictions abruptly was a test of willpower, an initiation that caused karmic debts to burn off. When I returned, I found I did not ‘crave’ coffee so badly. I drank half a cup, and found I had no desire to drink more. I was told I had discovered how much coffee my body actually needed.

I was told that even things like tea and coffee, sugar, alcohol etc. are essential for the body. They are like vitamins and minerals, and our ancestors have been consuming these things for hundreds of thousands of years. But these, like everything else, can become a method of coping. Learning where genuine requirement turns into escape is important.

This can happen also with ‘healthy’ activities. I recently discovered how often I was using my workouts as an escape from various difficulties. Whenever I hit a block or a challenge in my other work, I would simply use workout as an excuse to avoid it. For example, I would sometimes face a challenge in my art. And then I’d look at my clock and say “well, it’s time to workout”, because I had such a disciplined lifestyle. I had specific times to eat and sleep too. It took true courage and humility to say “it’s okay, I can skip” and instead focus on the thing that was a much higher priority, and much more uncomfortable.

In this way I also discovered how much I actually needed to work out. Turns out the body really does not need much to stay fit and healthy, and a lot of it has actually got to do with diet and lifestyle anyway. How many people use self improvement as an escape from facing life? Is it any better than escaping into addictions?

I encourage people not to take my word for it, nor adopt someone else’s routine and lifestyle. Don’t just follow diets or fitness programs, nor immerse yourself in layers and layers of idiotic and meaningless beliefs. What is an addiction, what is fitness, what does discipline mean? It is important to learn all this by living life. You cannot avoid the challenge by taking a safe route. In the social media age, this is especially common. People like to find solutions before they even run into the problem, hoping they’ll not have to suffer. But you have to suffer, or you’ll never truly grow.

Actually learn what your mind and body needs, and who you are and how you are called to live. Flow with the energy. Then, you’ll find your alignment, and your true ‘normal’.

The New Age and Conclusions

So, it’s clear to me that this post will not have pictures. I also don’t think it needs them. At this point, we have a choice. Either I do highly polished posts once or twice a year, or more regular posts which are less polished. Ultimately, I think it’s more worthwhile to write often, though I may get more typos and may not have descriptive images each time.

It’s interesting, you know. I started this blog in late 2015, or maybe 2016. Either way, back then it was still common for people to read blogs.

Then around 2019 or so, the internet changed completely. Almost everyone spent all their time on YouTube, Twitter, Reddit and Facebook, arguing about politics. Short form audio-visual content had a little golden age, and I remember thinking the age of written blogs is dead. I don’t think magick was even a concern of people back then. I even considered shutting it down.

And now, post covid, with social media dying out due to lack of original content, and the slow return of articles and blogs, suddenly Between the Pillars is doing kind of well. I don’t know if it’s all those solar flares that have been hitting us or what, but there’s a renewed burst of interest in occult and magick and spirituality. One might even say it’s somewhat mainstream. Let me tell you, back in 2015 words like ‘magick’ and ‘hermeticism’ was not part of the social lexicon.

Now, it does seem like people have forgotten how to read, and my style of writing may be considered…dense. Or at the very least old fashioned at this point.

But I’m getting older too, and it’s unlikely that I’ll be able to change to a short, quippy, humorous style. People who can’t follow will just have to go elsewhere I’m afraid.

It is due to this reason that I write rather than make videos. This material can be dense, and I think it is better to let people take their time and slowly read through the material, opening any tabs on the side to look up events or terms. In a video, all this would just sound like a boring lecture. But, i’ll consider it. Right now I do not have the time or space to make videos, but that may change soon.

Now, let me end this post with some thoughts about the ‘new age’.

Now, to be honest, I don’t think we should call it ‘new’ age anymore. Technically, we are in the 200 year long transitionary stage between the ages of Pisces and Aquarius. It began in 1950 and will culminate in 2150. So, we are already in the New Age.

And I want to add something further: don’t project your own ideals and biases onto the Age of Aquarius. The Age of Aquarius, it seems, it going to be some form of techno-feudal society, with a strong emphasis on city states, individualism and professional skills.

Now, that may not sound very romantic, because it’s not. In my opinion, feudalism is the natural state of humanity. It is our ‘normal’.

So why is so much chaos taking place right now? Well, there’s a bit of esoteric lore.

They say that during the transitory periods between astrological ages, there is a possibility of mass ascension. The metaphorical “angel with the flaming sword” who guards the gates the heavens is dispelled, and the portal is open. And many souls who are ready to ascend, do so.

It is only natural then, that in the chaotic flux in these transition periods, a lot of highly evolved souls start getting very active. A mass awakening occurs.

This is not to say that no one ascends during the middle of an astrological age, but those are individual, isolated cases. The largest awakenings happen at the beginning and end of each Age.

Look at the last age. When the Age of Ares was shifting into the Age of Pisces, new religions began to spread. The invention of modern steel, and many other technologies, created a great upheaval. Old Empires fell and ways of life disappeared. There were all sorts of prophets and magicians running around, and it was very easy to gain access to their teaching. Look at the sheer number of esoteric and occult societies in the first few centuries of the Roman Empire. It was probably more common to be a follower of some of these groups than not.

The first Christians saw all this and thought that the return of Christ would be happening in a short few years or so. Maybe a decade at most. After all, it really felt like the world was ending, and as if Kingdom on Heaven would manifest any day.

And then what happened? Well, all these great souls ascended, and many who had followed them also ascended. And suddenly, humanity lost a huge bulk of evolved souls and…feudalism returned. Slavery returned. Gender roles returned. Kings and Monarchs returned. In other words, normalcy and stability for humanity. Sure, things were better than in the previous age, but there does seem to be a baseline. Now, as dogma and superstition spread, literacy declined, and occult orders went underground again. Easy access to this knowledge was lost.

Make no mistake, we are going through this again at this moment. The Age of Information is not the same as the Age of Aquarius. The Age of Information is only the first stage of the Aquarian age.

In fact, it is chilling to see that already, the internet and mass media is much more censored and regulated than it was just 10 years ago. When I was 16, it was extremely easy to stumble across occult forums and websites, or come across occult youtube channels and long lectures. For a 16 year old today, it would be a lot harder.

What happens when the souls of the present esoteric teachers depart this plane, along with many of their followers? What happens when hippies, mystics, occultists and revolutionary thinkers attain liberation and do not incarnate on this plane again?

Think of it like this: if you do not find your true path in this life and align with it, will you be able to do it in the next one?

If you reincarnate next in, say, 2130 CE, would you have access to something like Between the Pillars? Would literacy and free flow of information be so common. Would there be millions of like minded people ready to support you?

Or will you incarnate as a serf, or maybe in a noble, in a techno-feudal, multi-planetary society, where most people’s job is to farm? Something like Interstellar, Cyberpunk or even Dune. And even if you were not persecuted, would you not be affected by the dogmas of your society, and get stuck in karmic loops yet again? And then you’d either have to get lucky and have a random awakening, like the prophets of old, or simply wait until the next astrological age rolls around.

And let’s say the Age of Aquarius IS some kind of very enlightened paradise built on liberty and individual freedom. Now tell me, if you reincarnated during this Age, as a free, happy individual living in a safe, post scarcity society. What would stop you from simply sliding into ease, comfort and decadence? How would you evolve in such a perfect society, with no challenges and obstacles?

I know this all sounds rather materialistic, but it’s just a thought experiment. We are not at the dawn of some golden age. This IS the golden age for spiritual evolution. Evolution requires the perfect balance of hardship and freedom. Things need to be just hard enough for you to grow and seek truth. But they need to be just easy enough that you will not be seriously hindered.

This is that time. Count yourself lucky. Why is the population so large right now? Why are so many spirits and gods and aliens and beings buzzing around the planet?

Because we are going through what must be a rare event, and it is likely that many want to participate, and even more wish to observe, with some wishing to exploit or harness some of the energy.

At this monumental period in history, the last thing you want to do is become obsessed with some utopian ideology, or become nihilistic and shut yourself in and bitch about how awful everything is.

Once, the specter of Napoleon appeared to me. Yes really.

I was rather upset after watching the recent Ridley Scott movie about Napoleon’s life, which I considered to be the butchery of a very important tale.

The specter said “my son, why are you so upset right now”

I said “look how badly they ruined your story. They could have done it so much better, but then slandered your name”

The specter sat beside me and said one of the most important things I’ve heard.

“Do you know why I was such a great general? Because when those above me made a mistake, I did not complain. I saw it as opportunity. If my commander made a mistake, it was my chance to do it better and outshine him. Every mistake made by one with power, is an opportunity for you! Now you have a chance to tell the story better. Had it been a perfect movie, no one would be able to make a Napoleon film for 50 years”

That really hit me. Suddenly, I realised how pointless it is to whine about the ‘problems’ of society. Because those problems exist, we have opportunities for growth. Ultimately, it does not matter if we fail or succeed. A doctor, for example, aims to heal. He does not beat himself up over every failed surgery or dead patient. A sportsman does not bemoan every lost match.

This is what happens when you are aligned to your purpose.

Even as I write this, St Germain’s warning becomes clear. This is not the time to seek refuge in ashrams. This is the time to enter the battle field. The portal is open, a mass ascension takes place, and now is the time to contribute to the human endeavor. What is done now will echo through the next age.

And with that I leave you. This entire article was written in a bit of a hurry, with a lot of energies blasting me from all direction. But still, I did my best, and I hope it resonates with all of you.

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And to the rest, take care. I will see you again. Praise the Gods.