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Occult Manuals #2
Die Astralwelt: Reisen durch die feinstofflichen Ebenen
»Out-of-Body-Experience« (OBE) und »Außerkörperliche Erfahrungen« (AKE) stehen seit rund 40 Jahren für ein bestimmtes Phänomen, dass den spirituellen Meistern und Eingeweihten seit alters bekannt ist: Die »Astralwelt« oder auch »Astralebene« – jene feinstoffliche Welt, die parallel zu unserer normalen Umgebung existiert.
Die Übungen und Techniken der »Astralprojektion«, die man benötigt, um diese Welten betreten zu können, wurden von zeitgenössischen Forschern mit parapsychologischem Schwerpunkt – wie z.B. Robert Monroe, William Buhlman und Robert Peterson – eingehend beschrieben.
Doch was nützt einem das schönste Auto – also die Fähigkeit, sich frei von seinem materiellen Körper in der feinstofflichen Welt zu bewegen –, wenn man nicht weiß, wohin man fahren soll?
In »Die Astralwelt« erklärt der Eingeweihte William Walker Atkinson detailliert die spirituelle Bedeutung und Vielschichtigkeit der astralen Ebenen und nimmt den Schüler wie in einem Reiseführer mit auf Erkundungstour durch die verschiedenen astralen Welten.
Die Astralwelt hat weit mehr zu bieten als bloßen Zeitvertreib: Sie nimmt in der Entwicklung und Entfaltung Ihrer persönlichen Spiritualität einen wichtigen Platz ein. Materielle und astrale Welten sind miteinander verflochten und beeinflussen sich gegenseitig. In dieser Erfahrung liegt ein zentraler Schlüssel zum Verständnis aller spirituellen Lehren.
»Die Astralwelt ist eine der großartigsten Forschungsstätten der Seele.«
William Walker Atkinson
Über den Autor: Die heutige Esoterikwelt wäre ohne William Walker Atkinson (1862 – 1932) nicht denkbar. Er war ein modernes, brillantes Universalgenie und ein leuchtender Stern der esoterischen Welt damals wie heute. Mit vielen spirituellen Meistern seiner Zeit persönlich bekannt beschäftigte er sich über mehrere Jahrzehnte hinweg intensiv sowohl mit den östlichen Yoga-Lehren als auch mit christlicher Mystik, den Rosenkreuzern, der Gnosis und der Hermetik. Als ein »Leonardo da Vinci der modernen Spiritualität« verband er diese unterschiedlichen Geistesströmungen miteinander und brachte sie in eine moderne und lebensnahe, dem heutigen Menschen gut verständliche Form. Sein umfangreiches Schaffen ist noch heute von großer Bedeutung, da Atkinson die ewig gültigen spirituellen Gesetze dieser Welt wie kein anderer in klare Worte zu fassen verstand.
(Dieser Text (c) Aurinia Verlag)
Die Übungen und Techniken der »Astralprojektion«, die man benötigt, um diese Welten betreten zu können, wurden von zeitgenössischen Forschern mit parapsychologischem Schwerpunkt – wie z.B. Robert Monroe, William Buhlman und Robert Peterson – eingehend beschrieben.
Doch was nützt einem das schönste Auto – also die Fähigkeit, sich frei von seinem materiellen Körper in der feinstofflichen Welt zu bewegen –, wenn man nicht weiß, wohin man fahren soll?
In »Die Astralwelt« erklärt der Eingeweihte William Walker Atkinson detailliert die spirituelle Bedeutung und Vielschichtigkeit der astralen Ebenen und nimmt den Schüler wie in einem Reiseführer mit auf Erkundungstour durch die verschiedenen astralen Welten.
Die Astralwelt hat weit mehr zu bieten als bloßen Zeitvertreib: Sie nimmt in der Entwicklung und Entfaltung Ihrer persönlichen Spiritualität einen wichtigen Platz ein. Materielle und astrale Welten sind miteinander verflochten und beeinflussen sich gegenseitig. In dieser Erfahrung liegt ein zentraler Schlüssel zum Verständnis aller spirituellen Lehren.
»Die Astralwelt ist eine der großartigsten Forschungsstätten der Seele.«
William Walker Atkinson
Über den Autor: Die heutige Esoterikwelt wäre ohne William Walker Atkinson (1862 – 1932) nicht denkbar. Er war ein modernes, brillantes Universalgenie und ein leuchtender Stern der esoterischen Welt damals wie heute. Mit vielen spirituellen Meistern seiner Zeit persönlich bekannt beschäftigte er sich über mehrere Jahrzehnte hinweg intensiv sowohl mit den östlichen Yoga-Lehren als auch mit christlicher Mystik, den Rosenkreuzern, der Gnosis und der Hermetik. Als ein »Leonardo da Vinci der modernen Spiritualität« verband er diese unterschiedlichen Geistesströmungen miteinander und brachte sie in eine moderne und lebensnahe, dem heutigen Menschen gut verständliche Form. Sein umfangreiches Schaffen ist noch heute von großer Bedeutung, da Atkinson die ewig gültigen spirituellen Gesetze dieser Welt wie kein anderer in klare Worte zu fassen verstand.
(Dieser Text (c) Aurinia Verlag)
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87 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 2000
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About the author
William Walker Atkinson
2,486 books398 followersPseudonyms: Theron Q. Dumont, Yogi Ramacharaka, Swami Bhakta Vishita & Swami Panchadasi
William Walker Atkinson (December 5, 1862 – November 22, 1932) was an attorney, merchant, publisher, and author, as well as an occultist and an American pioneer of the New Thought movement. He is also known to have been the author of the pseudonymous works attributed to Theron Q. Dumont, Swami Panchadasi and Yogi Ramacharaka and others.
Due in part to Atkinson's intense personal secrecy and extensive use of pseudonyms, he is now largely forgotten, despite having obtained mention in past editions of Who's Who in America, Religious Leaders of America, and several similar publications—and having written more than 100 books in the last 30 years of his life. His works have remained in print more or less continuously since 1900.
William Walker Atkinson was born in Baltimore, Maryland on December 5, 1862, to William and Emma Atkinson. He began his working life as a grocer at 15 years old, probably helping his father. He married Margret Foster Black of Beverly, New Jersey, in October 1889, and they had two children. The first probably died young. The second later married and had two daughters.
Atkinson pursued a business career from 1882 onwards and in 1894 he was admitted as an attorney to the Bar of Pennsylvania. While he gained much material success in his profession as a lawyer, the stress and over-strain eventually took its toll, and during this time he experienced a complete physical and mental breakdown, and financial disaster. He looked for healing and in the late 1880s he found it with New Thought, later attributing the restoration of his health, mental vigor and material prosperity to the application of the principles of New Thought.
Some time after his healing, Atkinson began to write articles on the truths he felt he had discovered, which were then known as Mental Science. In 1889, an article by him entitled "A Mental Science Catechism," appeared in Charles Fillmore's new periodical, Modern Thought.
By the early 1890s Chicago had become a major centre for New Thought, mainly through the work of Emma Curtis Hopkins, and Atkinson decided to move there. Once in the city, he became an active promoter of the movement as an editor and author. He was responsible for publishing the magazines Suggestion (1900–1901), New Thought (1901–1905) and Advanced Thought (1906–1916).
In 1900 Atkinson worked as an associate editor of Suggestion, a New Thought Journal, and wrote his probable first book, Thought-Force in Business and Everyday Life, being a series of lessons in personal magnetism, psychic influence, thought-force, concentration, will-power, and practical mental science.
He then met Sydney Flower, a well-known New Thought publisher and businessman, and teamed up with him. In December, 1901 he assumed editorship of Flower's popular New Thought magazine, a post which he held until 1905. During these years he built for himself an enduring place in the hearts of its readers. Article after article flowed from his pen. Meanwhile he also founded his own Psychic Club and the so-called "Atkinson School of Mental Science". Both were located in the same building as Flower's Psychic Research and New Thought Publishing Company.
Atkinson was a past president of the International New Thought Alliance.
Throughout his subsequent career, Atkinson wrote and published under his own name and many pseudonyms. It is not known whether he ever acknowledged authorship of these pseudonymous works, but all of the supposedly independent authors whose writings are now credited to Atkinson were linked to one another by virtue of the fact that their works were released by a series of publishing houses with shared addresses and they also wrote for a series of magazines with a shared roster of authors. Atkinson was the editor of a
William Walker Atkinson (December 5, 1862 – November 22, 1932) was an attorney, merchant, publisher, and author, as well as an occultist and an American pioneer of the New Thought movement. He is also known to have been the author of the pseudonymous works attributed to Theron Q. Dumont, Swami Panchadasi and Yogi Ramacharaka and others.
Due in part to Atkinson's intense personal secrecy and extensive use of pseudonyms, he is now largely forgotten, despite having obtained mention in past editions of Who's Who in America, Religious Leaders of America, and several similar publications—and having written more than 100 books in the last 30 years of his life. His works have remained in print more or less continuously since 1900.
William Walker Atkinson was born in Baltimore, Maryland on December 5, 1862, to William and Emma Atkinson. He began his working life as a grocer at 15 years old, probably helping his father. He married Margret Foster Black of Beverly, New Jersey, in October 1889, and they had two children. The first probably died young. The second later married and had two daughters.
Atkinson pursued a business career from 1882 onwards and in 1894 he was admitted as an attorney to the Bar of Pennsylvania. While he gained much material success in his profession as a lawyer, the stress and over-strain eventually took its toll, and during this time he experienced a complete physical and mental breakdown, and financial disaster. He looked for healing and in the late 1880s he found it with New Thought, later attributing the restoration of his health, mental vigor and material prosperity to the application of the principles of New Thought.
Some time after his healing, Atkinson began to write articles on the truths he felt he had discovered, which were then known as Mental Science. In 1889, an article by him entitled "A Mental Science Catechism," appeared in Charles Fillmore's new periodical, Modern Thought.
By the early 1890s Chicago had become a major centre for New Thought, mainly through the work of Emma Curtis Hopkins, and Atkinson decided to move there. Once in the city, he became an active promoter of the movement as an editor and author. He was responsible for publishing the magazines Suggestion (1900–1901), New Thought (1901–1905) and Advanced Thought (1906–1916).
In 1900 Atkinson worked as an associate editor of Suggestion, a New Thought Journal, and wrote his probable first book, Thought-Force in Business and Everyday Life, being a series of lessons in personal magnetism, psychic influence, thought-force, concentration, will-power, and practical mental science.
He then met Sydney Flower, a well-known New Thought publisher and businessman, and teamed up with him. In December, 1901 he assumed editorship of Flower's popular New Thought magazine, a post which he held until 1905. During these years he built for himself an enduring place in the hearts of its readers. Article after article flowed from his pen. Meanwhile he also founded his own Psychic Club and the so-called "Atkinson School of Mental Science". Both were located in the same building as Flower's Psychic Research and New Thought Publishing Company.
Atkinson was a past president of the International New Thought Alliance.
Throughout his subsequent career, Atkinson wrote and published under his own name and many pseudonyms. It is not known whether he ever acknowledged authorship of these pseudonymous works, but all of the supposedly independent authors whose writings are now credited to Atkinson were linked to one another by virtue of the fact that their works were released by a series of publishing houses with shared addresses and they also wrote for a series of magazines with a shared roster of authors. Atkinson was the editor of a
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June 26, 2012
This is a very quick and interesting read. I suspect my rereading it would only enhance an understanding of what is explained.
The book is a guided tour of the Astral plane. It may not answer all of your questions, but you should have a solid foundation of what is meant by the Astral plane upon completion.
I initially started reading 'occult' books to give me a footing for which to disprove of them. However, what I have found is reasonable explanations for things that we can not explain. This book follows along that path. While I may not be ready to fully buy into what is written, I see no reason to immediately distrust what is written.
I think if this book should find you on your journey, it is well worth your time to read and consider its contents.
The book is a guided tour of the Astral plane. It may not answer all of your questions, but you should have a solid foundation of what is meant by the Astral plane upon completion.
I initially started reading 'occult' books to give me a footing for which to disprove of them. However, what I have found is reasonable explanations for things that we can not explain. This book follows along that path. While I may not be ready to fully buy into what is written, I see no reason to immediately distrust what is written.
I think if this book should find you on your journey, it is well worth your time to read and consider its contents.
October 2, 2013
Swami Panchadasi's little guide to the aethyric realm makes for interesting reading. Other than some prudish remarks about drinking, the text has aged well and will be just as captivating to a modern audience as it must have been to occultists one hundred years ago.
Much of the book is a styled as guided tour of the astral where Atkinson shows you around and explains what you are "seeing." As the astral is accessed through the imagination reading this booklet and visualizing the content could serve as a taste of what an actual experience is like.
While Atkinson doesn't fully explain where he derived his information, other than vagaries about experience and "eastern lore," he comes across as informed and confident in the knowledge that he is imparting. "The Astral World" is also full of tidbits of wisdom and even his rather puritanical remarks about vice are backed up by good sense. In Atkinson's opinion, the student of the occult should be diligent and without "free time" as it is a waste; and imagine how much farther along you (or I) would be if instead of sitting in front of the television, computer, or playing video games we had been meditating, reading, or otherwise expanding our horizons.
If you're like me and are mostly familiar with magic derived from the Golden Dawn this is a refreshing look from another perspective. Herein you'll find theories on the afterlife, reminiscent of Swedenborg, and descriptions of elemental and artificial beings that inhabit the invisible world around us. Atkinson (Panchadasi- the man seemed to be as fond as pseudonyms as Crowley) stipulates at the end of his book that it is not meant to be read as entertainment then laid aside, but is to be studied constantly. I am happy to own this excellent digital edition and imagine I'll have to track down a hard copy as well; it is certainly worth revisiting and I look forward to reading this marvellous man's other works.
Much of the book is a styled as guided tour of the astral where Atkinson shows you around and explains what you are "seeing." As the astral is accessed through the imagination reading this booklet and visualizing the content could serve as a taste of what an actual experience is like.
While Atkinson doesn't fully explain where he derived his information, other than vagaries about experience and "eastern lore," he comes across as informed and confident in the knowledge that he is imparting. "The Astral World" is also full of tidbits of wisdom and even his rather puritanical remarks about vice are backed up by good sense. In Atkinson's opinion, the student of the occult should be diligent and without "free time" as it is a waste; and imagine how much farther along you (or I) would be if instead of sitting in front of the television, computer, or playing video games we had been meditating, reading, or otherwise expanding our horizons.
If you're like me and are mostly familiar with magic derived from the Golden Dawn this is a refreshing look from another perspective. Herein you'll find theories on the afterlife, reminiscent of Swedenborg, and descriptions of elemental and artificial beings that inhabit the invisible world around us. Atkinson (Panchadasi- the man seemed to be as fond as pseudonyms as Crowley) stipulates at the end of his book that it is not meant to be read as entertainment then laid aside, but is to be studied constantly. I am happy to own this excellent digital edition and imagine I'll have to track down a hard copy as well; it is certainly worth revisiting and I look forward to reading this marvellous man's other works.
June 7, 2020
This is a very short book detailing the metaphysics involving the Astral plane.
April 12, 2022
Even more than a century later it’s still a good book and a appropriate introduction to the topic. I didn’t agree on all parts but it’s a good point to start. I recommend to read the Original and not one of the translations or the newer renderings.
June 4, 2022
Such a good book to read.
January 6, 2013
Very readable; read it in two sittings. I already had most of the concepts in my head before reading it, but now I feel like I have a much more organized picture of things.
October 3, 2014
A short but heavy read. Couldn't grasp everything in it, will need to reread it again
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