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The word occult comes from the Latin word occultus (clandestine, hidden, secret), referring to “knowledge of the hidden” or “hidden knowledge”.

The term occult sciences was used in 16th-century Europe to refer to astrology, alchemy, and natural magic, which today are considered pseudosciences. The term occultism emerged in 19th-century France, amongst figures such as Antoine Court de Gébelin. It came to be associated with various French esoteric groups connected to Éliphas Lévi and Papus, and in 1875 was introduced into the English language by the esotericist Helena Blavatsky.

Throughout the 20th century, the term was used idiosyncratically by a range of different authors, but by the 21st century was commonly employed – including by academic scholars of esotericism – to refer to a range of esoteric currents that developed in the mid-19th century and their descendants. Occultism is thus often used to categorise such esoteric traditions as Spiritualism, Theosophy, Anthroposophy, the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, and New Age.

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cross-posted from: https://community.hackliberty.org/post/9798

In the summer of 1994, I became aware of a very strange phenomenon, human spontaneous involuntary invisibility, which was apparently happening to people in the U.S. When I checked with other researchers and discovered that a number of them had also heard of such cases, I decided to place an inquiry letter in several well-known journals, asking other researchers and the general public if they had any experiences of this nature that they would like to share with me. Besides the publication of my inquiry letter, my inquiry was placed on several of the Internet bulletin boards. The letters began pouring in, giving me a broader picture of this phenomenon. I want to share a few stories with you and pass on some of the information I have come across during this past year.

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cross-posted from: https://community.hackliberty.org/post/8855

A deep-dive investigation into the Watchers, the Nephilim, Lucifer, and the origin of demons and devils in Abrahamic lore. For over 2000 years, texts such as the Book of Enoch and the Book of Giants were hidden in a remote desert cave so that they might survive. Why are they so important? How do they tie together? And why was this fallen angel demonology rejected from the Biblical canon?

⏱️ Timestamps:

  • 00:00 – The Two Mass Angelic Falls (INTRO)
  • 03:07 – Are Demons Actually Fallen Angels?
  • 04:56 – The Book of Enoch (1 Enoch)
  • 08:24 – Forbidden Sins of the Watchers
  • 13:21 – Birth of the Nephilim
  • 16:03 – God Punishes the Watchers and Nephilim
  • 20:48 – Sirens (and the Zohar Mystery)
  • 23:48 – Lilith & Samael (The ‘Demonic’ Adam & Eve)
  • 27:17 – The Dead Sea Scrolls
  • 29:52 – The BIG Problem with the Book of Giants
  • 32:56 – Prophecies, Ancient Aliens, and Nuclear War (The Book of Giants)
  • 41:45 – The Great Flood (The Book of Jubilees)
  • 43:42 – Origin of Demons as Disembodied Spirits of the Nephilim (The Book of Jubilees)
  • 47:39 – Why Demons Exist and Torment Humans
  • 50:39 – Living Giants? The Mystery of Post-Flood Nephilim in the Bible
  • 55:19 – The Pride of Lucifer, the First Fallen Angel
  • 57:15 – Are Satan and Lucifer the Same? Is the Devil a Fallen Angel?
  • 01:00:45 – The Fall of Iblis (Islam’s Version of the Devil)
  • 01:07:02 – Ancient Origins of Genesis B (is “Paradise Lost” Canon?)
  • 01:09:13 – Satan’s Rebellion and Revenge Conspiracy (Genesis B)
  • 01:12:20 – Who is the Surrogate of the Devil?
  • 01:15:39 – Secrets of Fallen Angel Demonology
  • 01:17:12 – Complete the Trilogy! (OUTRO)
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cross-posted from: https://community.hackliberty.org/post/8850

Speaker: Dr Robert Gilbert

  • 00:00 - The Structure of The Human Being
  • 00:55 - Life Energy (Chi, Qi, Prana)
  • 01:22 - The Consciousness Body (Astral Body)
  • 02:00 - Self Awareness (I AM Awareness)
  • 03:00 - The Inner Self Observation Process (Initiation into higher states of consciousness)
  • 04:00 - Inner Alchemy | Transforming The Base State
  • 05:00 - The Mysteries of The Christ Being Explained
  • 06:55 - What It Actually Means To Connect To The Christ Being
  • 08:00 - Developing Our Fire Element (Awareness Illumination)
  • 09:50 - Recap - The Absolute Importance of Foundational Self Observation (evolution into transpersonal consciousness)

Robert J. Gilbert Ph.D. is a former U.S. Marine Corps instructor in Nuclear­Biological-Chemical Defense, with over 30 years of research into both mainstream and holistic health methods. He holds a Ph.D. in International Studies, and contributed to the first academic textbook on Transformational Politics.

Dr. Gilbert has extensively studied French methods of Vibrational Radiesthesia from the early 1900’s, sponsoring the translation of many rare texts into English for the first time. Dr. Gilbert was also the first non­Egyptian to be granted Instructor status in the Egyptian system of BioGeometry®, founded by Dr. Ibrahim Karim of Cairo.

Dr. Gilbert is currently the Director of the Vesica Institute for Holistic Studies in Asheville, North Carolina. He teaches both live and online courses, the latest of which is the Online series entitled Vibrational Testing and Healing.

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cross-posted from: https://community.hackliberty.org/post/6416

“If you do not make yourself equal to God, you cannot apprehend God; for like is known by like.

Leap clear of all that is corporeal, and make yourself grown to a like expanse with that greatness which is beyond all measure; rise above all time and become eternal; then you will apprehend God. Think that for you too nothing is impossible; deem that you too are immortal, and that you are able to grasp all things in your thought, to know every craft and science; find your home in the haunts of every living creature; make yourself higher than all heights and lower than all depths; bring together in yourself all opposites of quality, heat and cold, dryness and fluidity; think that you are everywhere at once, on land, at sea, in heaven; think that you are not yet begotten, that you are in the womb, that you are young, that you are old, that you have died, that you are in the world beyond the grave; grasp in your thought all of this at once, all times and places, all substances and qualities and magnitudes together; then you can apprehend God.

But if you shut up your soul in your body, and abase yourself, and say “I know nothing, I can do nothing; I am afraid of earth and sea, I cannot mount to heaven; I know not what I was, nor what I shall be,” then what have you to do with God?”

Hermes Trismegistus - Hermetica: The Greek Corpus Hermeticum and the Latin Asclepius in a New English Translation, with Notes and Introduction

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cross-posted from: https://community.hackliberty.org/post/2118

Introduction to Kabbalah Part I: The Tree of Life & the Hebrew Letters

In this webinar, we will be covering the basic of the Mystical Kabbalah including:

  • The Purpose of Kabbalah
  • Kabbalistic perspectives of Freemasons and Esotericists such as Albert Pike, Eliphas Levi, MacGregor Mathers, Israel Regardie
  • The Primary Types of Kabbalah - Introduction to the Kabbalistic Tree of Life, the Sepher Yetzirah, the 10 Sephiroth, 22 Paths
  • Learning the Hebrew Letters
  • Elemental, Zodiacal and Planetary meanings
  • The Tree of Life in 4 Worlds
  • Practical Applications of the Tree

Intended for beginners and anyone interested in Kabbalah or the Western Esoteric Traditions!

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cross-posted from: https://community.hackliberty.org/post/2117

“I am Ra. The Law of One, though beyond the limitations of name, as you call vibratory sound complexes, may be approximated by stating that all things are one, that there is no polarity, no right or wrong, no disharmony, but only identity. All is one, and that one is love/light, light/love, the Infinite Creator.”

(from session 4)


The Law of One material is a series of 106 conversations, called sessions, between Don Elkins, a professor of physics and UFO investigator, and Ra, speaking through Carla Rueckert. Ra states that it/they are a sixth-density social memory complex that formed on Venus about 2.6 billion years ago. Ra says that they are “humble messengers of the Law of One” and that they previously tried to spread this message in Egypt with mixed results.

Also see: https://www.lawofone.info/index.php?t=d

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cross-posted from: https://community.hackliberty.org/post/2116

Initiation into Hermetics provides step by step instruction in the form of practical exercises. These exercises lead to the development of body, soul and spirit. The result of the practical exercises is the development of occult abilities which can be of benefit to the student, in as far as he can change his existence for the better.

The great mystery of the Tetragrammaton, the key to the tetrapolar magnet, is explained. By reading the theoretical section many secrets are unveiled which were once only known to very few. The reader will receive first-hand knowledge about the principles of fire, air, water and earth, the positive and negative attributes of these elements, and how these elements affect the human body. The immutable law of cause and effect is explained, not only as it applies to human beings, but also how it applies to the elements. Detailed information is also given about the soul or the astral body, and how the four elements determine the temperament in a person.

The astral plane is considered to be "the beyond" by most religions. This plane does have its inhabitants, most of which are departed human beings from earth. Besides that you find elementaries, beings with one or only a few attributes. It is very advantageous to learn about these beings and how they affect a human being's life. There is also another kind of being, which is a being of the pure elements. The reader will find that many myths or even fairy tales are based on truth. But mankind has lost the ability to stay in contact with reality and has chosen to live in a completely transitory world which they consider to be their reality.

The third plain, the mental plain, is also explained; it is the sphere of thought which has its origin in the world of ideas.

Each step of the practical part of this book is divided into three parts: the magical spiritual or mental schooling, soul or astral schooling, and physical schooling. This allows the student to maintain a complete equilibrium. The student learns how to control all his mental faculties even to the point that he can control every thought. He will learn self-introspection, clairvoyance, clairaudience, clairsentience, astral and mental travel, control of the electric and magnetic fluids, and communication with the beings of the astral plain.

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cross-posted from: https://community.hackliberty.org/post/2115

“there is but the One Life—the Universal Life of God, in Whom it is an actual fact that "we live, and move, and have our being." Mineral, plant, animal, and man—all, without exception—are manifestations of God, and this fact furnishes the true basis of brotherhood—a brotherhood which includes everything from the atom to the Sun, because all are emanations from God.”

Max Heindel, The Rosicrucian Cosmo-Conception, or, Mystic Christianity : an elementary treatise upon man's past evolution, present constitution and future development