An Occult Vignette
by
Ophiel
This Physical Plane is the Inner-most, tail-end, of a whole series of ‘Outer Planes.’ There are terrific mysteries here. Endless persons have given work and attention to try to understand these things, and some progress has been made along some of these mysteries. Ophiel has spent forty years of work on these mysteries and has made some progress. Ophiel has spent time and his money to get these things down on paper so that you use them to better yourself by underrating some of these
mysteries, mysteries which, are connected with your existence on this ‘Physical Plane.’
It is my understanding of the basic ideas that were given out by the ancient Greek religious ideas, was that, through “Wisdom-Knowledge” a man could make himself over into a ‘Higher’ type of Being, show, could, make progress in understanding the Mysteries of Physical Existence. There were, also a number of ‘Mystery cults’ who taught Occult Knowledge to their followers, the most famous of these cults was the “Eleusinian Mysteries,” which was located at a place called “Eleusis,” situated near Athens. Look up more references about this cult yourself, if you are interested. We are ‘down here’ now, none of us are very happy ‘down here.’ Down here, is not ‘natural’ for us because we, apparently, came, ‘from somewhere else’ and are ‘going somewhere else!!!’ We have some kind of an ‘Inner’ ego, and we are ‘connected’ with a physical body, through which we function (?) though somewhat clumsily at best. In fact we are not very firmly attached to this physical body, at any time during our physical life living, as witness the ‘ease’ with which a blow on the head can knock the Etheric Body loose enough, so that we see, ‘Stars,’ the ‘Etheric Plane Stars.’ Or, in which a tiny bullet or small fall can end it all.
Other signs of easy ‘detachment’ are the ways in which our, ‘imaginative powers’ can extend our ‘physical powers,’ the ways in which we can develop Clairvoyance (see Ophiel’s books) and other Powers. The ways by which all of us pick up some
psychometry, and learn to recognise the powers we already have now. And which is the most important thing of all, to be able to ‘RECOGNISE?’ these ‘workings,’ the present ‘workings’ we now all possess and by knowing them, increase these powers and increase their potency. After the above brief, preliminary, introduction we will return to the subject of this Vignette.
Astral Projection, as it is called and referred to, generally means to ‘Leave’ the physical body and ‘go’ elsewhere, elsewhere being what was considered to be a ‘Plane’ named the “Astral Plane.” I want to correct several things-ideas right now, there are, depending on what teaching-book you are reading, seven planes, roughly considered. (For more exact knowledge about these seven planes see Ophiel’s other books and his correspondence course on Astral Projection.) I will use some ordinary English names here – Physical Plane – Etheric Plane – Lower Astral – Higher Astral – Mental Plane – Higher Mental – Archetypal Plane. (In this small article I cannot go too deeply into these planes and their meanings. Please see Ophiel’s other books and writings.)
When you ‘Project,’ by several different methods, you do not ‘LEAVE THE BODY!’ (If you read a book about “Astral Projection” and the author says that you “Leave” the “Body” and go “Off” somewhere, leaving a shell of a body behind/empty, you can depend on the fact that that author is a fake!) YOU DO NOT LEAVE THE BODY!!! In any kind of ‘Projections’ YOU TRANSFER YOUR ‘CENTRE’ OF
CONSCIOUSNESS TO ANOTHER PLANE!!!! This Transfer of your centre of consciousness, and not all of you, does away with that old boggy about some “evil” spirit will come along and take over your empty body ‘shell.’ Most of you is there at all times, and running the body’s living machinery. With that out of the way, we can proceed onto the first projection kind of work-projections.
(Note – All projections are, actually, all the same. Projections are really not
projections, in the sense of, out of, away from, the body. All projections are transfers of ‘centres of consciousness,’ to other ‘centres of consciousness,’ and they function as if it is a ‘projection.’ There are great ‘mysteries’ here but you don’t have to know it all now for simple types of projection described here. Go along for now as it is.) The following directions lay out and explain a system of projection, which I
discovered and have named “The Little System.” There are a number of things that you will use, have to use, in any kind of a projection system, and to gain some proficiency and practice in what the “Little System” was designed and adapted for. I repeat there are certain practices, such as visualization and image retention and recall and ‘moving’ in a projection, and other things that are demonstrated and used in the Little System. I suggest you perfect these things, using the Little System. I have been informed, since publishing the Little System that some persons ‘took off’ in the middle of the Little System Projection. And went on ‘out’ easily. I didn’t know this myself, until, I was told by students. So the system was better than I first thought. So don’t neglect your early ‘Little System Projections.’
To set up the practice of the Little System you select a route. You will have to adapt your route to your living circumstances. You can confine it to one floor or to several floors, go downstairs to the basement etc. After you have selected your route carefully, go over it several times until you know it very well in all the little details. Select four, five or six spots along the route and put something there, a picture, a vase, or an object of some familiar kind. Then, retrace the route, physically and study the objects you have placed there. Study it hard, study it carefully, study it minutely, set into your comprehension every little crack and scratch and distinctive distinction that is a part of the object you are ‘engraving’ on your memory, for recall later. Your intensity in so doing this is a measure of your success in recalling the object later. Do this with all the ‘stations’ until you know them very well.
To use this Little System you do this – You can do the work in the mornings when half awake, or you can do the work anytime that you can find the time to relax and go into a ‘reverie’ – half-awake and half-asleep. In your image making part of your mind consciousness you recall the route and the ‘stations’ in it. You get up from where you are, and go-walk-move along your route to the first station. You pause there and recall the object there to mind. Recall every detail in exact detail. Remain there as long as you want to or feel it is necessary. Then move onto the next station and repeat the process. In time you should become very proficient in travelling this route and making good recalls.
This Little System is a type of “Etheric Projection” and is quite capable of training you for the other systems of projections. This system is capable of several other kinds of expansions, which you will learn yourself as soon as you get a good grasp of these
ideas. I was told, by a student that he “took off” in the middle of the route, and went ‘out’ somewhere else, on the Etheric Plane. You can rest assured, that, while travelling the route you ARE ON THE “ETHERIC PLANE” AND YOU ARE LEARNING TO PROJECT AND GETTING THE ‘FEEL’ OF IT.
I am going to give you one more ‘ordinary’ method of projections. This projection method is called the “Dream Method.” The Dream Method and the Little System is all you will need to start your projection work. There are other methods, which you will find in my book, “The Art and Practice of Astral Projection” which you should get and study, when you are more ready for it.
The Dream Method consists of learning to half wake-up, during the Dream, and recall that you are dreaming. You then take over the Dream and go around in it freely exploring the ‘Plane’ you are on. The vital point of the projections to prime yourself to learn to ‘half-wake-up’ in a Dream and this is done by ‘Desire.’ The ‘Desire’ to ‘half- wake-up’ in a Dream. In a period of time you begin to do that automatically. Even if this sounds difficult it is fairly easy: There is a book written by “Oliver Fox” called “Astral Projection.” This book was out of print for many years but is now back in print in a paper back. Mr Fox gives some details.
I followed his book in my first work but I had to clean it up as he got off on tangents and sidetracks and worries about whether God wants him to project, etc. In the Dream Method there is a curious phenomenon; in the projection you seem to be drawn ‘up-ward?’ and you cross a point when you cannot ‘walk’ anymore. You then have to proceed by ‘thinking-proceeding’. Apparently you have crossed over into the “Lower-Astral” and the method of ‘Locomotion’ changes from a somewhat semi- etheric-physical type to a ‘mental’ type. When you try to ‘move’ you experience ‘resistance?’ but no resistance to ‘mental’ willed movements: Practice both of the ‘systems’ outlined above.
When you achieve a degree of success in both of these ‘Systems’ you will be ready for other things and other advancements will come to you naturally.
© Edward C. Peach 1974