
Between the Gates
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Between the Gates is a manual of self-initiation and liberation that takes readers through the basic methods of experiencing dream states and conscious astral projection. Through these practices, readers embark on the path to the ultimate culmination of consciousness-creation of the Body of Light.
Between the Gates is for anyone who has ever desired to experience the "afterlife" while still alive, or who has desired to rid themselves of the fear of death. While drawing upon traditional Qabalistic and alchemical sources, the methods presented are applicable to a variety of traditions and schools of thought.
Between the Gates functions as an "A to Z" guide to psychic initiation toward higher consciousness, and ultimately, to preparation for the great transition beyond this life and this physical body.
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- Intro
- Praise for Between the Gates
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Modern Research, Ancient Practices
- Modern Challenges
- How to Use This Book
- Establishing a Program
- CHAPTER 1: Mansions of the Soul
- The Tree of Life and Levels of Being
- The Hermetic Path and Its Practices
- Hermetic Philosophy
- The Emerald Tablet of Hermes
- Our True Will
- The Guardian of the Threshold
- Humility, Mercy, and Gratitude
- Exercise: Simple Purification Practice
- Methods of Experiencing the Invisible Worlds
- Key Points
- Assignments for Chapter One
- CHAPTER 2: Maps of Eternity: The Invisible in Western Esotericism
- Creation: An Overview
- Levels of Being
- The Higher Self: the Soul of Fire
- The Middle Self: the Soul of Air
- The Lower Self: the Soul of Water and Earth
- The Tree of Life : "You Are Here"
- One Tree, Four Worlds
- The Ten Levels of Creation
- Rings of Power: Worlds of the Renaissance Magi
- The Enochian Aethyrs : Visions of Ancient Things
- Other Maps of Eternity
- What to Do If You Don't Have a Map
- Key Points
- Assignments for Chapter Two
- CHAPTER 3: Lucid Dreaming: Gateway to the Invisible
- Psychic Centers: Our Connection Between the Worlds
- Mercury, Hermes, and the Psychopomp
- Some Thoughts from the East
- Technique: Lucid Dreaming
- Key Points
- Assignments for Chapter Three
- CHAPTER 4: The Magical Voice and the Body of Light
- The Power of the Word
- Bal Shem: the Master of the Name
- Exercise for Attunement to the Letters
- Our Inner Name
- Ritual for Awakening the Hebrew Letters
- Chart of the Hebrew Letters, Divine Names, and Verses
- Commentary and Ritual Rubric
- Key Points
- Assignments for Chapter Four
- CHAPTER 5: Astral Projection in Qabala
- The Palaces of the Hekelot and the Tree of Life
- Methods of Projection
- Exercise: Exteriorization Within the Aura
- Exercise: Projection Using a Pentagram, Aleph, and Shin
- Exercise: Projection Using a Tarot Card
- Rising on the Planes
- Exercise: Projection Using Rising on the Planes
- Key Points
- Assignments for Chapter Five
- CHAPTER 6: Astral Projection in Alchemy
- Spagyrics and Purification
- The White and the Red Stone
- Body of Light Exercises
- Exercise: The Universal Mercury, Absorbing the Essence
- Exercise: Sulphur as the Key of Awakening
- Projection into the Alchemical World: the Secret Garden Revisited
- Exercise: The Secret Garden
- The Power of the Book
- Key Points
- Assignments for Chapter Six
- CHAPTER 7: The Body of Light: Its Creation and Use
- Theoretical and Historical Background
- Mead and the Subtle Body
- Three Levels of Light
- The Technique
- Exercise: Creating the Body of Light
- Methods of Instructing the Simulacrum
- Ectoplasm and the Body of Light
- Crowley and the Body of Light
- Notes and Advanced Practices for Working with the Body of Light
- Key Points
- Assignments for Chapter Seven
- CHAPTER 8: Assumption of the Godform
- Background on the Technique
- Variations on the Technique
- The Assumption of Harpocrates
- Divine Names
- Exercise: Assumption of the Godform
- Psychological Support for the Technique
- Assumption
- Alchemical Applications
- The Techniques of Western Magic
- Summary
- Key Points
- Assignments for Chapter Eight
- CHAPTER 9: Preparing for Death and Beyond
- Memory and Immortality
- What Did We Come Here to Find?
- The Seeds of Life and the Seeds of Death
- Meditation, Sleep, Sex, and Death
- Death in Qabala
- Qabala and the Invisible Worlds
- The Second Death
- Alchemy and the Stages of Dying
- The Inner Name
- Death and Initiation
- Death Trumps Us All
- Key Points
- Assignments for Chapter Nine
- Practices and Meditations: Exercise One: Preparing for the Unexpected
- Exercise Two: Qabalistic Meditation on Personal Death
- Exercise Three: Simplified Alchemical Meditation on Personal Death
- Exercise Four: The Importance of the Heart in the Work and the Union of the Solar King and Lunar Queen Stages
- The Importance of the Teacher, Guide, or Friend in the Death Stage
- Exercise Five: Meditation on the Teacher at the Time of Death
- CHAPTER 10: Assisting the Dying
- Helping the Dead
- Raising the Dead: Is It Possible?
- Physical Immortality: Is It Possible?
- Key Points
- Assignments for Chapter Ten
- Practices and Meditations Exercise One: A Short Ritual for Helping the Dying 2
- Exercise Two: Conversations with the Angel of Death
- APPENDIX A: Reading List
- Death and Dying
- Western Esotericism
- Alchemy
- Qabala
- Astral Projection
- Enochian Magic
- Psychology
- APPENDIX B: Physical Resurrection and Incorruptibility
- Rosicrucianism and Physical Resurrection
- Incorruptibility
- APPENDIX C: The Hebrew Letters and Their Esoteric Meanings
- References
- APPENDIX D: The Powers of the Hebrew Letters, According to Eliphas Levi
- Notes
- About the Author
- To Our Readers
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