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| explorer of the realms of consciousness |
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| He coined the term “Psychonaut” when he wrote a work titled “The Psychonauts,” based on his experienced with LSD. He was a proponent of the Entheogen Theory of religion. |
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| The Entheogen Theory of Religion |
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| The Entheogen Theory, to be brief, is the idea that religion emerged with early man’s first contact with alternative substances |
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| “To Create God Within” (drugs) |
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| Chemical in our brain that is connected with visual dream-states & other altered states of consciousness |
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| from the University of New Mexico conducted extensive research on DMT in the 1990’s. His research has helped connect the links between DMT with near-death experiences, out-of-body experiences & “otherworldly contact” with strange beings |
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| Non-directed approach to learning |
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| The responsibility is with the learner (sink-or-swim). |
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| Directed approach to learning |
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| 3-fold pattern of development |
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| Pattern: observe, imitate & practice. |
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| the broad spectrum of spiritual traditions found in Western societies, from the Middle East, to Europe to the Americas |
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| a blend of some New Age concepts with native Hawaiian lore |
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| The Three Minds/Three Selves |
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| a term used to describe the three fundamentals of consciousness |
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| The Literal Mind (The Middle Self): |
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| This is your everyday mode of consciousness. It is related to the objective world, & of being aware in this world, here & now. This is the logical, analytical realm of facts. Left Brain |
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| Intuitional Mind (The Lower Self): |
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| This is the realm of the subconscious. It is based mainly in the right side of the brain, & is holistic, imaginative & also helps us process things in a non-linear way. This is the seat of aesthetic thinking, or artistic & creative expression. |
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| The Programmed Self (The Higher Self): |
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| This is the realm of emotions. Here is where our beliefs & values dwell. |
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| enable you to control the radiating of your own vibrations, also known as creative skills |
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| enable you to perceive energy & external information. Also known as awareness skills |
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| a philosophy of magick based on a pyramidal structure |
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| a basic model that many witches use to understand the world around them. |
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| The Four Powers of a Witch |
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| were originally known as the Four Powers of the Magus, or Four Powers of the Sphinx; it was elaborated in a Ceremonial Magick book by Eliphas Levi, a 19th century occultist who wrote about these in his book, Transcendental Magic written in 1855. |
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| the poer to will (assert and express ourselves |
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| Power to keep silent, to digest and learn |
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| These were secret societies where seekers were initiated into a magico-religious cult whose inner teachings were reserved for initiates. |
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| Simple as a daydream or as complex as a foundation for astral travel or profound revelations of the universe. |
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| sometimes termed “True meditation” – the complete emptying of all conscious thought creating “silence.” |
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| (Deprivation) – slow the body’s processes through deprivation to enter an altered state |
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| (Stimulation) – raise energy and body’s awareness through stimulation to bring on the altered state |
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| Sonic vibrations of heart stimulate deep centers of the brain creating mechanical and electrical responses in nervous tissue |
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| discovered that under certain circumstances subatomic particles such as electrons are able to instantaneously communicate with each other regardless of the distance separating them |
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| (University of London physicist) Deducted that our view of the universe was like a hologram |
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| ancient Greek schema of seeing the same patterns reproduced in all levels of the cosmos, from the largest scale all the way down to the smallest scale |
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| “Things that have an affinity with each other influence and interact with each other over a distance. ‘Everything is connected to everything else |
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| “Like produces like and an effect resembles its cause; having an accurate image of something facilitates control over it.” |
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| He theorizes that the “Laws of Nature” are better described as Habits of nature and the more these patterns repeat, the greater the influence of this habit |
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| A region of space characterized by a physical property, such as gravitational or electromagnetic force or fluid pressure, having a determinable value at every point in the region. |
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| The increase in amplitude of oscillation of an electric or mechanical system exposed to a periodic force whose frequency is equal or very close to the natural undamped frequency of the system. |
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| cardiologist and faculty member of the University of California Medical School at San Francisco, performed prayer study |
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| proved a relationship between improved healing and visualization |
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| Created by bouncing two lasers off of a three dimensional object and recording the image on film. When the developed film is struck with a third laser, a three dimensional view of the original object is formed. |
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