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Hmm...From: Nnonnth
Subject: General
Date/Time 2007-07-24 19:29:00
Remote IP: 195.93.21.72
MessageI like Alexander's rather inspiring reply, and agree with his basic take. Of course we must beware the whole idea of really separating the two - physical reality and consciousness - if we take tao philosophy seriously! But yes indeed inventors of just about anything are inspired to take ideas from areas in the universe which are ripe to be understood by them, which they are able to contact - and then the reaction to them in society begins. Both of those (the act of invention and the act of acceptance of it) would seem to confirm the idea that the realization of human beings and the levels of their technological (and artistic, societal, etc.) achievement do indeed correlate.
An interesting read on this might be the latter 'grimoire' section of Franz Bardon's 'Practice of Magical Evocation'. It is standard practice in this form of Hermetics apparently to evoke such spirits for the purposes of one's education and for specific earthly tasks - but equally it can be said that they inspire people within their spheres of influence, without being deliberately contacted - that's their job. Amongst them are quite a few whose remit has to do with technology; I'll quote Bardon's descriptions of them below for anyone interested.
Interestingly, Bardon's third book details a method of contacting the energy of a spirit without the attached 'personality', indicating that all these spirits could also be looked at (and would be, presumably, by a pure alchemist) as whorls of energy with particular characteristics. The spirits' functions, when not purely spiritual, might have to do with anything from clothes to poetry to farming, the ones I'm quoting below are examples of the ones having to do with technology.
Bruahi - 2 deg. Virgo - ... is the Guardian of all inventions in the Akasha principle [neutral ether - J], in that these inventions do not prematurely become a reality. In accordance with prevailing demands, he inspires individuals to certain inventions amd allows these inventions to become a reality on the physical plane. On the other hand, this principal also prevents those of great talent and abilities from realizing inventions which are not supposed to be invented for the next hundred or even five hundred years... In a hundred, or at times even in a thousand years from now, mankind will marvel at these inventions.
Astolitu - 28 deg. Virgo - .... is a very special custodian of many magical keys and secrets. In our present period of development he conducts and directs the entire field of aviation in our world... Long before our present-day civilizations, several thousand years ago, our globe was inhabited by highly civilized nations who, in comparison to us, were far superior in the technology of aviation... When these civilizations became extinct, Astolitu... revoked these keys and... will safeguard them strictly until such time as humankind has reached the necessary maturity...
Agikus - 20 deg. Libra - Electro-chemistry has much that has not been discovered yet, but will be discovered in the course of time... This principal can unveil and entrust to the magician many secrets in this field.... Through his intuitive inspiration man has invented batteries, accumulators... [etc.]... Agikus allowed me to look clairvoyantly into the future where... I saw tiny amounts of chemical compounds transmuted into large electric discharges with tremendous voltage and amperage... Once humankind becomes more mature and more developed, some individuals will be inspired accordingly...
Best J
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