EL, Muenchen, 11-6-'06
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Occult training leads a man to freedom. He becomes the master of
various beings who continually go in and out of his bodies by becoming
their companion. These are phantoms in the physical body, ghosts in
the etheric body, demons in the astral body and spirits in the ego. To
learn to rule them a man must form a firm framework in the etheric
body, just as there's a skeleton in the physical body. This framework
for the etheric body is a pentagram with thinking in the head point,
feeling in the arms and willing in the legs. One must also form a
framework for the astral body, namely a hexagram with the head and
heart points, two ears and two arms.
To arrive at this one must apply the following four principles: Learn
to be silent and you'll get power; give up power and you'll get will;
give up will and you'll get feeling; give up feeling and you'll get
knowledge.
These are four stages to which a man ascends. Every suppression gives
a certain power. If a man knows the spirits and beings who
continuously rule and enslave him he no longer needs to be their
slave. The first thing that a pupil must learn and do is pay attention
to himself.
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