
The Secret of the Five Rites
In Search of a Lost Western Tradition of Inner Alchemy
John Michael Greer(Author)
Aeon Books Ltd (Publisher)
Published on 28. November 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
166 pages
978-1-80152-065-2 (ISBN)
Description
An investigation of The Eye of Revelation, a system of inner alchemy meant to awaken the subtle powers of the human body and mind.
This book examines in detail a short book, often referred to as The Five Tibetans that was published in 1939 teaching a simple yet effective set of five exercises for health and longevity, the Five Rites.
Certain dietary rules and lifestyle principles accompanied the Rites, so did a Sixth Rite that worked the diaphragm muscles and redirected sexual energies, and also a set of teachings about seven energy centers or vortices in the body, though not the same as the well-known seven chakras along the spine.
These vortices are among the most distinctive things about the system, and are found in only a scattered handful of sources elsewhere. It is by awakening the vortices to their normal rate of spin, the book claims, that the Rites achieve their effects.
John Michael Greer follows each of these threads back as far as possible, to reveal something of the landscape of ideas and practices that gave rise to these remarkable exercises.
He then spins the threads back together, putting the Five Rites in as much of their original context as he can, and describing in detail the practice of the broader system in which the Rites have their place-a system of inner alchemy meant to awaken certain subtle powers of the human body and mind.
The book also includes the complete original text of The Eye of Revelation.
This book examines in detail a short book, often referred to as The Five Tibetans that was published in 1939 teaching a simple yet effective set of five exercises for health and longevity, the Five Rites.
Certain dietary rules and lifestyle principles accompanied the Rites, so did a Sixth Rite that worked the diaphragm muscles and redirected sexual energies, and also a set of teachings about seven energy centers or vortices in the body, though not the same as the well-known seven chakras along the spine.
These vortices are among the most distinctive things about the system, and are found in only a scattered handful of sources elsewhere. It is by awakening the vortices to their normal rate of spin, the book claims, that the Rites achieve their effects.
John Michael Greer follows each of these threads back as far as possible, to reveal something of the landscape of ideas and practices that gave rise to these remarkable exercises.
He then spins the threads back together, putting the Five Rites in as much of their original context as he can, and describing in detail the practice of the broader system in which the Rites have their place-a system of inner alchemy meant to awaken certain subtle powers of the human body and mind.
The book also includes the complete original text of The Eye of Revelation.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
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Paperback (UK-trade)
Dimensions
Height: 219 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
245 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-80152-065-2 (9781801520652)
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In Search of a Lost Western Tradition of Inner Alchemy
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John Michael Greer is the award-winning author of more than fifty books, including 'The New Encyclopedia of the Occult', 'The Druidry Handbook', 'The Celtic Golden Dawn', and 'Circles of Power: An Introduction to Hermetic Magic'. An initiate in Freemasonry, the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, and the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids, Greer served as the Grand Archdruid of the Ancient Order of Druids in America (AODA) for twelve years. He lives in Rhode Island with his wife Sara. Greer is also the author of eleven fantasy and science fiction novels and ten nonfiction books on peak oil and the future of industrial society, and also blogs weekly on politics, magic, and the future at www.ecosophia.net.
Content
INTRODUCTION
1. The Teacher
2. The Exercises
3. The Currents
4. The Waters
5. The Vortices
6. The Glands
7. The Chakras
8. The Inner Sun
9. The Third Eye
10. The Secret
Preliminaries
Stage One
Stage Two
Stage Three
The Eye of Revelation by Peter Kelder (1939)
Foreword
Part One
Part Two
Part Three
Part Four
Appendix 1: The Simplified Method
Stage One
Stage Two
Stage Three
Additional Practices
Appendix 2: The Carey Protocol
Bibliography
Peter Kelder's Text
Other Source Material
Online Archives
INDEX
1. The Teacher
2. The Exercises
3. The Currents
4. The Waters
5. The Vortices
6. The Glands
7. The Chakras
8. The Inner Sun
9. The Third Eye
10. The Secret
Preliminaries
Stage One
Stage Two
Stage Three
The Eye of Revelation by Peter Kelder (1939)
Foreword
Part One
Part Two
Part Three
Part Four
Appendix 1: The Simplified Method
Stage One
Stage Two
Stage Three
Additional Practices
Appendix 2: The Carey Protocol
Bibliography
Peter Kelder's Text
Other Source Material
Online Archives
INDEX