Initiation Into Hermetics

363 Pages·2001·1.54 MB·English

by  Franz Bardon

Franz Bardon
INITIATION INTO
HERMETICS
The Path of the True Adept
Volume I
Of The Holy Mysteries
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Wisdom of the Occident
Contents
Foreword to the First German Edition
Foreword to the Second German Edition
Introduction
The Picture of the Magician
INITIATION I: Theory
The Elements
The Principle of Fire
The Principle of Water
The Principle of Air
The Principle of Earth
Light
The Akasha or Etheric Principle
Karma: The Law of Cause and Effect
The Human Being The Body
Diet
The Occult Anatomy of the Body
The Physical-Material Plane or The Physical-Material World
The Soul or Astral Body
The Astral Plane
The Spirit
The Mental Plane
Truth
Religion
God
Asceticism
INITIATION II: The Practice of Magic
Step I: Introduction
Step I: Magical Schooling of the Spirit
Step I: Magical Schooling of the Soul Introspection (Self-Cognizance)
Step I: Magical Schooling of the Physical Body
The Mystery of Breathing
Conscious Intake of Nourishment
The Magic of Water
Summary of the Exercises in Step I
Step II: Auto-suggestion or the Secret of the Subconscious
Step II: Magical Schooling of the Spirit
Step II: Magical Schooling of the Soul
Step II: Magical Schooling of the Physical Body
Summary of the Exercises in Step II
Step III: Introduction
Step III: Magical Schooling of the Spirit
Step III: Magical Schooling of the Soul
The Fire Element
The Air Element
The Water Element
The Earth Element
Step III: Magical Schooling of the Physical Body
The Practice of Accumulation of Vital Energy
Addendum to Step III
Summary of the Exercises in Step III
Step IV: Introduction
Step IV: Magical Schooling of the Spirit
Step IV: Magical Schooling of the Soul
Step IV: Magical Schooling of the Physical Body
Summary of the Exercises in Step IV
Step V: Introduction
Step V: Magical Schooling of the Spirit
Step V: Magical Schooling of the Soul
Step V: Magical Schooling of the Physical Body
Summary of the Exercises in Step V
Step VI: Introduction
Step VI: Magical Schooling of the Spirit
Step VI: Magical Schooling of the Soul
Step VI: Magical Schooling of the Physical Body Introduction
Conscious Creation of Elementals
Summary of Exercises of Step VI
Step VII: Magical Schooling of the Spirit
Step VII: Magical Schooling of the Soul
Magical Clairvoyance
Magical Development of Astral Clairaudience
Development of Astral Clairsentience
Step VII: Magical Schooling of the Physical Body
The Act of Creation
Magical Animation of Picture
Summary of the Exercises in Step VII
Step VIII: Magical Schooling of the Spirit
Step VIII: Magical Schooling of the Soul The Great Now
The Electric and Magnetic Fluids
Control of the Electric Fluid
Control of the Magnetic Fluid
Control of the Electric Fluid
Control of the Magnetic Fluid
Step VIII: Magical Schooling of the Physical Body
Magical Influence through the Elements
Influence through the Fire Element: Combustion or Burning
Influence through the Air Element: Evaporation
Influence through the Water Element: Mixture
Influence through the Earth Element: Putrefaction
Fluid Condensers
The Preparation of a Simple Fluid Condenser
The Compounded Universal Fluid Condenser
The Life Elixirs
The Preparation of a Solid Fluid Condenser
Preparation of Magic Mirrors
Summary of the Exercises in Step VIII
Step IX: Magical Schooling of the Spirit Introduction
Practice of Clairvoyance with Magic Mirrors
Loading of the Magic Mirror
The Magic Mirror as a Gateway to all Desired Planes
The Magic Mirror as a Communications Link Between Living and
Departed Human Beings
Employment of the Magic Mirror as an Aid to Contacting Powers, Beings
etc.
The Magic Mirror as a Means of Influencing Oneself or Others
The Magic Mirror as an Instrument of Emanation
The Magic Mirror as a Transmitter and Receiver
The Magic Mirror as an Instrument of Defense Against
The Magic Mirror as a Mechanism of Projection Of all Energies, Powers,
Forces, Beings, and Pictures
The Magic Mirror as a Television Set
The Magic Mirror as an Aid to Study the Past, The Present and the Future
Step IX: Magical Schooling of the Soul
Impregnation of the Astral Body With the Four Divine Fundamental
Attributes
Step IX: Magical Schooling of the Physical Body
Treatment of the Sick through the Electromagnetic Fluid
Magical Loading of Talismans, Amulets and Precious Stones
The Realization of a Wish through the Electromagnetic Spheres in the
Akasha
Summary of the Exercises in Step IX
Step X: Magical Schooling of the Spirit
Step X: Magical Schooling of the Soul
Communications with Deities
Step X: Magical Schooling of the Physical Body Brahma and Shakti
Suggestion
Telepathy
Hypnosis
Mass Hypnosis of the Fakirs
Thought Reading or Mind Reading
Psychometry
Influencing the Memory
Working in the Akasha
Room Impregnation from a Distance
Messages through the Air
Exteriorization
Magical Invisibility
Practices with the Four Elements
Levitation Phenomena
Natural Phenomena
Power over Life and Death
Summary of the Exercises in Step X
Epilogue
Endnotes
Other Titles by or About Franz Bardon
Frabato the Magician
The Practice of Magical Evocation
The Key to The True Kabbalah
Franz Bardon: Questions & Answers and The Great Arcanum
Memories of Franz Bardon
The Universal Master Key
© 1956 Verlag Hermann Bauer
Freiburg/Breisgau, Western Germany
Der Weg zum Wahren Adepten
© 1962, 1971 Dieter Rüggeberg
Postfach 130844, D-42035 Wuppertal, Germany
First English Edition Translated by A. Radspieler, Graz, Austria
First English Translation: First Publication 1962
© 1999 Dieter Rüggeberg
Second English Translation Translated by Gerhard Hanswille and Franca Gallo
Translated from the original German edition:
Der Weg zum Wahren Adepten
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Published: January, 2014
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Franz Bardon, circa 1946