Invisibility: Mastering the Art of Vanishing

160 Pages·1982·1.03 MB·English

by  Steve Richards

MASTERING THE ART OF VANISHING
A GUIDE TO HIDING YOURSELF FROM SIGHT USING
TECHNIQUES CULLED FROM ALCHEMY, ROSICRUCIANISM,
MEDIEVAL MAGIC AND ADVANCED YOGIC PRACTICES
Steve Richards
MASTERING THE ART OF VANISHING
ne of the most closely
guarded of all occult secrets is
the art of invisibility. For
centuries magicians and
adepts have hinted at ways of
achieving this seemingly im­
possible feat, but now the
author of this remarkable book has
developed these hints into a complete
manual that at last reveals the truth
about invisibility.
This deeply researched guide draws
on alchemy, Rosicrucianism, medieval
magic, hypnotism, Einsteinian physics
and yogjc techniques to present a com­
prehensive picture of how invisibility
can be achieved. Steve Richard's
authoritative and entertaining account
synthesizes a vast amount of material,
from Qabalistic doctrines to Mesmerism
and photon energy, and his book is the
first ever to investigate this extra­
ordinary subject in depth.
THE AQUARIAN PRESS
Wellingborough, Northamptonshire
INVISIBILITY
An extraordinary guide to the art of making oneself invisible to others
using techniques drawn from alchemy, Rosicrucianism, medieval magic
and esoteric Yoga.
By the same author
LEVITATION
LUCK, CHANCE AND COINCIDENCE
TRAVELLER’S GUIDE TO THE ASTRAL PLANE
Dutch medium forming the cloud. From Shrenk-Notzing, Materializations-
phanomene (1914).
INVISIBILITY
Mastering the Art of Vanishing
by
STEVE RICHARDS
THE AQUARIAN PRESS
Wellingborough, Northamptonshire
First published 1982
© STEVE RICHARDS 1982
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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
Richards, Steve.
Invisibility.
1. Occult sciences
I. Title
131 BF1623.I/
ISBN 0-85030-305-2
ISBN 0-85030-281-1 Pb
The Aquarian Press is part of the
Thorsons Publishing Group
Printed and bound in Great Britain
Contents
1. THE INVISIBLES
The coming of the Rosicrucians — Mysterious stories
concerning their powers — Neuhusius on the three colleges of
the Order—The public hysteria occasioned by the Invisibles—
Elias Ashmole’s invisibility technique — John Macky’s
Masonicall Art — A Rosicrucian invisibility recipe from
Aubrey’s notebook — Another from The Magus — Benjonson
on invisibility in The Vnderwood — The invisibility secrets of
Bulwer—Lytton’s Rosicrucian wizard Mejnour in Zanotti —
Bulwer—Lytton himself a Rosicrucian — A clarification from
the founder of AMORC — Bulwer—Lytton’s experiments
with invisibility — Invisibility references in the Rosicrucian
manifestos — The Invisibility Ritual of the Hermetic Order of
the Golden Dawn — Paracelsus on invisibility — The cap of
Perseus and the cloak of Manannan—Extract from a Buddhist
magical text — Another from The Book of the Sacred Magic of
Abra-Melin the Mage — Invisibility demonstrated by the
Rosicrucian Friar, Roger Bacon.
2. ECTOPLASM, AND ALL THAT
Odysseus walks invisible through the streets of the Phaeacians
— Invisibility in The Iliad— Hesiod on the invisibility of‘the
pure and blessed spirits’ — Moses vanishes atop Mount Abarim
—The Ascension into Heaven—Leroy’s interepretation—The
Ascension of Hercules—Cosmic Consciousness —The Secret of
the Golden Flower—Dante’s experience in La Vita Nuova — The
6 INVISIBILITY
name of the cloud in the Qabalah — Astral Projection — The
experience of a friend — Madame Blavatsky on projection —
The letters of Cagliostro — The mother of Romulus ravished
by a spectre — A materialization from Jacolliot — Clouds
noticed in seances—Ectoplasm — Stages of materialization—A
flower materialized in the cloud — The experiment of
palingenesis — M. Du Chesne’s experiences — Gaffarel and
Oetinger—Yeats on palingenesis—Alchemical theories about
the cloud.
3. THE MYSTERIES OF ALCHEMY
The cloud the basis of more than invisibility — Mysterious
references by Anastratus — Hermes and Sincerus Renatus on
secrecy in occultism — AT reatise of the Rosie-Crucian Secrets —
The three principles of matter — Body, Spirit, and Soul—Salt,
Sulphur, and Mercury — Their esoteric meanings — Many
names for the Mercury — The form and the Matter — Physical
and metaphysical realities — Alchemists describe the cloud —
The cloud as the First Matter — Paradoxical descriptions —
Condensation of the cloud into solid matter — Stages of
condensation: the four alchemical elements — The order of
subtle emanation — Matter condenses out of empty space —
Einstein’s theory of Relativity — The significance of the
human aura—The cloud composed of electrons.
4. HOW YOU SEE IT, HOW YOU DON’T
Invisibility just the opposite of visibility — Everything
invisible in darkness—Light a stream of energy bullets—Light
bullets like lead bullets — Two kinds of hardness to light —
Magnetic permeability — Electric permittivity — The relative
system of measurement — Barriers and boundary conditions—
Barriers on the astral plane — Barriers set up unconsciously
during sexual intercourse—Barriers set up deliberately during
ceremonial magic — Transparency and invisibility — H.G.
Wells’ The Invisible Man — Bending light waves around
yourself — Invisibility by complete absorption — Objections
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raised by Brennan and Scot - The visual interest hierarchy -
How absorption oflight waves works—Different colours and
photon energies — How that makes you invisible—Invisibility
and the cloud.
5. HOW TO EXTEND YOUR SIGHT 52
The opposite side of disappearing — Pliny on cases of
extraordinary sight—The man who could see 123 miles—The
limits of the human eye — Middle-aged sight — Why we need
to wear glasses — Why we may not need to wear glasses —
Making the (almost) blind see — The three phases of vision —
Stress causes poor sight — Central fixation — Swinging —
Palming — Seeing blackness during palming — Healing the
eyes with the hands — Occult laws behind palming —
Kundalini experiences — The two sides of the brain — How to
see the aura — Different kinds of psychic sight experiences —
Psychic sight used in communication — Symbols of the Great
White Lodge — Tumo — The visibile spectrum — Why
invisible energies are invisible — Evolution is extending man’s
vision — Why the aura is invisible — The Butler defocusing
technique—The significance of aura colours.
6. HOW TO OBSCURE VISION 67
Albertus Magnus on invisibility — The Grimoirum Verum — A
practical experiment with invisibility in London —The story
of Gy ges the Lydian — The ethics of invisibility—The story of
two Spaniards who tried to abuse the power — How to make
the Ring of Gyges — Eliphas Levi on invisibility through
fascination — Paulos Metamon’s demonstration in Cairo —
Madame Blavatsky walks invisible in Philadelphia — The
Oriental technique ofhypnosis—How negative hallucination
works — Trance logic — An astonishing case of negative
hallucination — Split personality in trance — Egyptian spells
that cause blindness — Healing of the blind by Vespasian,
Roman Emperor — Similar stories in mythology — Longjohn
Nebel’s experience — Fascination in The Key of Solomon —
8 INVISIBILITY
How Indian fakirs hypnotize their audiences — How
suggestions may be given mentally—The Davis and Husband
Scale—The hypnotic eye.
7. FORMING THE CLOUD 84
The use of the eyes in hypnotism — The shifty-eyed person —
The power of the eye as a physical force—How cats and snakes
use their eyes to hypnotize their prey — How humans can use
their power — Mesmeric fluid projected from the eye by
Hindus — How to demonstrate this to yourself— Plato on the
energy from the eyes — Empedocles’ theory of vision — The
energy especially strong in menstruating women — Greek
mirrors — Making the energy visible in a darkened room —
The energy appears as a ‘vapour’—The energy from the eyes is
the First Matter — Morien of Rome and Hermes on the First
Matter within man — Setting up your laboratory — Directed
attention to allow the cloud to collect—Defocusing the eyes—
The mantra RA-MA — Several ways ofbuilding up the cloud—
Preventing it from dispersing — A demonstration in Europe —
The nebular theory—Blotting yourself out—Using a mirror—
Materialization—Invulnerability.
8. DISAPPEARING A LA PATANJALI 9
The technique for forming the cloud Hindu in origin — The
Shadow — Apollonius in India — Apollonius demonstrates
invisibility in Europe — Madame Blavatsky’s theory on how
he did it — A veiled reference to the cloud in the Indian writer
Vyasa — The technique for forming the cloud as a form of
Sanyama — Vyasa’s theory that the mind acts on the subtle
elements — Dom Pernety on subtle elements in nature —
Madame Blavatsky, all the elements threefold — The three
principles of the alchemists — The three principles considered
as three planes — The ‘Sulphur’ as the proper coagulum of the
‘Mercury’ — Thought is the first element in Creation — Mind
diffused throughout nature —Jung and Read on the stages of
manifestation — The palingenesis experiment as a