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“And here’s a discovery to boggle the mind: an owl’s brain uses math to pinpoint its prey.”

“In the mystical path to spiritual evolution, alchemy reflects higher truth.”

“The shaman serves their community. Mystical events usually emphasise importance of relationships and the aim of not harming, especially in the name of good.”

“There is a dividing line between mystic and magician, the urge and tricksters. It is a mistake to believe that clever, scholastic discourse takes away universal karma or justice linked to consequences of behaviour.”

“Christianity’s ultimate purpose, he said, was to democratize enlightenment about the self and the individuation process. Once this had been the prerogative of shamans and medicine men, later of physicians, prophets, priests and initiates of mystery cults.”

“Not everyone should be a shaman, mystic or a holy person and they needed genuine powers of prophecy or healing.”

“Mystery schools probably expanded knowledge rather than hiding it, but insofar as it is an innate, intrinsic aspect of archetypal composition of us, such ideas and experiences will occur on a mystic path without being given. You have it already. Granted many need to be made aware. However guidance may be hard to find.” True

“The idea of geometry, sacred art and proportions from Pythagoras onwards as part of a ‘Greek Cabala’ anticipating Christ, aware of astronomy that guilt great temples are held to this day by some.”

“Esoteric traditions and magic suggest a mastery of matter as does mysticism. Mysticism in its widest sense sees a range of spirits or entities existing under ultimate consciousness that informs the material world. All esoteric traditions have an idea of transformation of matter, self and spirit.”

“Exploitation of matter is related to forgetting ancient spiritual to al traditions of the goddess in matter.”

“It is worth bearing in mind that [John C. Lilly] predicted nearly half a century ago a ‘solid state entity’ that was emerging from computational power into a bioform that would control humanity, forcing them into reservations and destroying the environment.”

“Those who have had alien encounters often have experiences similar to mystical events.”

“The light phenomena in the upper atmosphere are called Transient Luminous Events which may involve some form of plasma. These phenomena have curious names such as ELVES, Pixies, Trolls, Gnomes. The fairyland ethos is not as silly as one might think.”

“Mystics say the world exists but is illusory to a large extent in terms of the universe’s spiritual nature.”

“Mystics stress the need to go inwards. They stress the inner eye, the need to distinguish between illusion and reality and the need to wake up.”

“Owens might have been a failed prophet attempting to use divine light magic.”

“Esoteric subtle matter is of a nature unknown to science and probably unfamiliar to many spiritual people. In some spiritual traditions, evil itself was a substance.”

“However, the latter may become sorcery. That is why mysticism avoids it and why James was rebuked by Jesus for wanting to bring fire down from heaven as punishment.”

“Divine light magic uses commitment to community and the highest consciousness to enlist the light of nature and spirits, usually benign for creative, care and compassionate aims.”

“Ramanujans of the future may save us because they can thrive in symbolic and spiritual worlds.”

“All life is precious and as apex predators we are stewards or we were gifted priority. Unfortunately, success at survival and conjuring of spirits of corporate personality create systems that will be predatory on humanity itself.”

“Light is a useful metaphor to explain spiritual truth but is not the end. It is not just light within us but also in nature.”

“Powers of the light of nature in stones and plants were hidden for us to discover. This is consistent with the idea of trapped light, and indeed trapped starlight.”

“Paracelsus talked about the light of nature (lumen naturae) which informed nature and humans and came from the stars. Reason and Christ or revelation were separate. This light of nature was something we should come into accord with, so we could move back to the source or eternal or heavenly light of the Holy Spirit.”

I think section 1.14 is my favorite part of the book so far.

“Nevertheless we see that a lot of occult wisdom, magic and indeed mysticism relates to the actual stars and planets.”

“All ancient cultures developed complex cosmologies that attributed significances to the skies that are difficult to comprehend in contemporary thinking for many.”

“There is a ‘Great Invocation’ based on light flowing from the mind of God to the individual. Energy may be trapped and healing comes through releasing blockages. Followers have introduced ideas of diamond and amethyst light, light-workers and an intergalactic ‘family of light’.”

“Light may be the reality of wisdom or truth of a divine nature. Wisdom is spiritual light. The inner sight, insight is by another light.”