Magic Research for Beginners E-Book

Harry Eilenstein

• Herausgeber: Books on Demand
• Kategorie: Geisteswissenschaft
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2021

Seitenzahl: 179

Beschreibung

Research is very important in magic for everyone, because only by one's own experiences and factual conclusions from these experiences one may reach a "magical worldview" that is firmly grounded in reality. By careful research, one can avoid drifting into fantasy worlds - or missing out on magic altogether ... both of which would make life unnecessarily difficult. In this book, the practical instructions for 70 different experiments are listed along with the conclusions that can be drawn from them. These experiments begin with the simple demonstration of telepathy and telekinesis and eventually lead to a simple, though perhaps unusual, model of magic.

Leseprobe

Knowledge ist the ability to give answers –

Wisdom is the art of asking questions.

Table of Contents

– the abbreviation "E" indicates an experiment –

I How does research work?

General Research Principles

Magic research

One's own research

What is Magic?

II What is consciousness?

How do matter and consciousness relate to each other?

How is consciousness constructed? (E1)

What kinds of consciousness contents are there?

What are the types of consciousness?

Where does a magical effect take place?

What is the relationship between the different states of consciousness?

Waking consciousness

Waking consciousness and dream consciousness

Waking consciousness and deep sleep

Waking consciousness and ecstasy

Waking consciousness, dream consciousness and deep sleep

Waking consciousness, dream consciousness, deep sleep and ecstasy

Overview

III Can magic be proven?

Does telepathy exist?

Unconscious telepathy (E2)

Conscious telepathy (E3)

Summary

Does telekinesis exist?

Simple paper wheel (E4)

Summary

IV Can telepathy be described more precisely?

What happens during telepathy?

Hypnosis (E5)

Remote hypnosis (E6)

Hypnosis game (E7)

Hypnosis fight (E8)

The hiding experiment (E9)

Dream journeys in pairs (E10)

Family constellations (E11)

Mass panic

Telepathic cooperation

Summary

Is there "animal telepathy"?

The dog experiment (E12)

The 100

th

monkey (E13)

Swarm consciousness

Summary

Is there "plant telepathy"?

Threatening and praising (E14)

Group consciousness (E15)

Summary

Is there "stone telepathy"?

Apache tear (E16)

Fire opal (E17)

Quartz and rock crystal (E18)

Crystal healing

Summary

What happens in the psyche during telepathy?

Pendulum (E19)

Finger monitor (E20)

Automatic writing (E21)

Auto-movement (E22)

Search by dream journey (E23)

Dream journey diagnosis (E24)

PSI Experiments (E25)

Summary

Summary

V What exactly happens during telekinesis?

What happens during paper wheel telekinesis?

Which resistances must telekinesis overcome?

With airbrakes (E26)

Different sizes (E27)

Different mass (E28)

Different mass: narrow (E29)

Different mass: cross-shaped (E30)

Different mass: U-shaped (E31)

Posture of hands (E 32)

Distance of hands (E 33)

Without hands (E 34)

Several people (E 35)

Several paper wheels (E 36)

Farday's cage (E 37)

Candle experiment (E 38)

Glass insulator (E 39)

Summary

What happens during force telekinesis?

Smilie experiment (E40)

Dragon claw experiment (E41)

"Hepp" experiment (E42)

Chair experiment (E43)

Shaolin experiment (E44)

Karate (E45)

Summary

What happens during firewalk telekinesis?

Walking (E46)

Standing (E47)

"The star money" (E48)

Lying down (E49)

Fire breathing (E50)

Eating embers (E51)

Hawaii (E52)

Summary

What happens during plant telekinesis?

Green thumb (E53)

What happens in other forms of telekinesis?

Flying candle (E54)

Remote thrusts (E55)

"Analogy telekinesis" (E56)

Levitation

Rolling dice without chance (E57)

The death of a fly (E58)

Summary

Telekinesis Consideration

VI Is there "telepathic time travel"?

Telepathy in the present

Telepathy into the past

The basic problem of interpretation

Reincarnation

Homeopathy (E59/60)

Information from the past? (E61)

Family constellations (E62)

Morphogenetic fields

Telepathy into the future (E63/64)

The "time professionals"

Summary

VI Is there a continuum of consciousness?

Is consciousness everywhere?

What results from group telepathy?

What results from telepathy memory?

What is life force?

What is individuality?

Gods, spirits & co.

Meditation

Meditation and subconsciousness

Meditation and deep sleep consciousness

Meditation and ecstasy

Meditation and waking consciousness

VII Freedom and dete rmin ism

What happens with telekinesis?

What happens with materializations?

What happens with transmissions of consciousness?

How do matter and consciousness differ?

"Ordinary magic" and "extraordinary Magic"

The five levels of magic

The types of perception

The Middle Pillar and the forms of consciousness

Is there a "magic power"?

VIII Analogies

The Proof of Analogies

Astrology (E65/66/67)

Omens and Oracles (E68/69)

Analogy magic (E70/71/72)

Sender and receiver

The universal effect of analogies

Analogies in consciousness and matter

The angles

The Kabbalistic Tree of Life

The zodiac

The chakra system

Reincarnation

IX The power of consciousness

Book List

I How Does Research Work?

I 1. General Principles of Research

If one wants to know whether magic is real or not, one must research it.

In order to do research in a sensible way, one must first be clear about what one is actually doing in research and what the results of research mean:

One tries to see things as they actually are.

This requires precise observation.

Afterwards one looks for regularities and tries to formulate these as comprehensively as possible, without exceptions and generally valid – in such a way the "laws" and "formulas" develop.

Therefore, in research there is a certain sequence of activities, which can be found almost everywhere: "question – experiment – conclusion".

However, this simple, basic sequence has some more aspects and details, if we take a closer look:

wondering

: Research starts with wondering about something, with a problem for which a solution is needed or similar.

question

: A concrete question is derived from the wondering.

known models

: One has a look at which possible answers to this question are already known, and whether there could be still further models.

search for an experiment

: An experiment is searched for, with the help of which one can see more exactly the thing which one is investigating.

If there are several possible experiments, the simplest ones are chosen first and only then as secound experiment those that are probably the most effective ones – if these experiments should be clearly more complex.

execution of the experiment

: The experiment is carried out. While doing so, all processes are closely observed and recorded.

Several things are important and conducive to this:

the qualitative descriptionthe quantitative measurementthe clear elaboration of the details

explanatory model

: The smallest sufficient explanation is searched for, because it is the most probable.

If there are a very large number of possibilities, the most elegant, symmetric possibility is most likely to be the right one.

probabilities

: Sometimes one does not find a clear result, but only probabilities. Also these probabilities should be investigated, observed and described as precisely as possible.

importance of the model

: In many cases the smallest sufficient explanation for the observations can either confirm, refute or extend the previous general model for the whole area which one investigates. Possibly also a completely new model becomes necessary or new principles are recognized in this area.

generality of the model

: By the principle proof of a thing it sometimes results that this proven thing must be present in many things and structures – which can lead under circumstances to a new interpretation and a new description of a whole area.

verification of the conclusion

: It is often necessary to look at the conclusions again to see if one has really described the observations precisely or if one has possibly added unwittingly some assumptions.

combination with other conclusions

: Sometimes the conclusion from one experiment can be combined with the conclusions from other experiments. This sometimes results in greater knowledge.

contradictions

: Contradictions, where both sides of the contradiction can be clearly demonstrated as existing and real, allow the very big questions and insights: A situation that is contradictory in itself indicates that there is a higher, more comprehensive point of view from which this contradiction can be resolved.

Comparison of structures

: A search is made for similarities between the structure found and other areas.

This is not in itself a proof of the correctness of the chosen descriptive model – but the existence of analogous structures in other domains makes an as yet unproven model more probable.

A structure that has been proven to occur in several places may help to better understand the subject currently under investigation.

experience comparison

: The found results are compared with the observations and conclusions of other people and groups.

This sometimes results in new points of view, interpretations, classifications and models. Especially the deviations from the own observations are interesting, because they may indicate a "blind spot" in one's own experiments and interpretations.

doubts

: Doubts arising in the experiment and in the conclusions drawn from it should be investigated as objectively and precisely as possible.

questions

: In many cases new questions arise from the observations, conclusions and comparisons.

The conclusions should be checked experimentally as well as possible, so that one can be sure that they are correct.

acclimatization

: After fundamental new discoveries and insights, a phase of acclimatization to the new point of view is often necessary.

evaluation

: In the description of some observations there may be great subjective differences. These differences should also be worked out as clearly as possible and left as they are for the time being.

use

: It makes sense to consider the results of one's own experiments also with regard to one's own extended possibilities of action and to use them or to make them generally known.

I 2. Magic Research

The reason for being interested in the research of magic can be quite different:

One wonders about the "green thumb" of one's own mother, who can make any plant bloom.

One wonders how physics and astrology actually fit together.

One has already experienced telepathy several times.

There was a poltergeist in the house where you lived for half a year. etc.

The reasons why one wants to get to the bottom of magic can be as different as the phenomena in magic – thus extremely colorful.

Now, of course, everyone will start his research from the phenomenon that has been the trigger for his own wondering. So there is an almost arbitrarily large number of ways in which one can explore magic.

For a book that cannot deal with every possible approach, it is advisable to proceed as generally as possible – in the hope that the questions of the readers will be taken up at some point in this "research journey into magic".

I 3. One's Own Research

If you want to do your own research and expand your worldview to include the possibilities of magic, you can certainly read a few books on the subject. However, a book is never a solid basis for one's own world view, only one's own experiences.

Therefore, one should also use this book, that you are currently holding in your hands, primarily as a stimulus for your own experiments.

Also the conclusions presented in this book should be checked – maybe you draw quite different conclusions from the experimental results yourself. The probability for this is quite great – already because each humans regards the world from a somewhat different angle, which is coined among other things by one's own Horoskop.

Nevertheless, it is quite probable that gradually a ground-set of knowledge is formed, which is common to all magical worldviews – even if this knowledge receives a different "coloring" and evaluation in each worldview.

I 4. What Is Magic?

A large part of magic consists in creating an effect in the world that originates from consciousness. So it can't be completely wrong to first take a closer look at the relationship between consciousness and matter.

II What Is Consciousness?

II 1. How Do Matter And Consciousness Relate To Each Other?

If one wants to examine what consciousness is, one must necessarily also examine its relationship to matter – they are the two elements whose relationship is at stake in magic.

For the relation of consciousness and matter to each other there are two old and one newer model:

Model 1: Consciousness is a by-product of matter and is purely subjective and has no reality in itself.

This is the usual scientific view. From this point of view the consciousness is only a "substanc-less, subjective mirage".

Model 2: Consciousness is the only real thing; all matter is nothing but contents in consciousness.

This is a widespread religious and philosophical view. From this point of view the world is only an illusion ("maya").

Model 3: The world is the outside of reality; consciousness is the inside of reality. Both are a view of the same reality – just viewed in two different ways.

This is a model that can be derived from experiences with magic, astrology, religion, and the Kabbalistic Tree of Life.

These three models have three things in common, without which one could not describe the relationship between consciousness and matter:

Statement 1: There is both consciousness and matter.

Statement 2: Consciousness and matter are two different things.

Statement 3: Consciousness and matter affect each other and are consequently connected with each other.

a) Consciousness acts on matter: I can decide to put a strawberry in my mouth.

a) Matter acts on consciousness: I can perceive the taste of the strawberry I am eating.

The following graphic shows the simplest model that connects these three statements and represents them graphically:

Model 1: Consciousness and Matter

Consciousness

Matter

II 2. How Is Consciousness Constructed?

To understand magic, it is helpful to first understand consciousness better.

For this consideration an experiment is necessary, that however is not the simplest of all experiments:

Experiment 1

This experiment consists in becoming inwardly silent.

To achieve this, it is easiest to meditate once with someone who can already do this. This state corresponds to deep sleep – so you can sometimes experience it when you wake up not from a dream, but from deep sleep.

In this state one is only consciousness, which is aware of itself – without any content.

Three elements of consciousness can be distinguished:

1st element: The most obvious element is the contents of consciousness: the thoughts, the feelings, the perceptions and the memories.

2nd element: The basic element is consciousness itself. One can stop thinking, feeling, perceiving and remembering something. By this one reaches a state of just being conscious of being conscious. This state of "inner silence" is like the canvas on which one may paint a picture, like the clay from which one may form a sculpture, like the silence in which a melody may sound …

3rd element: The most unknown element are the boundaries of consciousness. In one's own waking consciousness there is only little information at one's disposal, and also only few of the thoughts one could think are really thought. The same applies to the feelings and to the memories.

Finally, there is also a boundary of consciousness which, so to speak, runs all around a person and "envelops" him. This border of consciousness has the effect that one does not constantly perceive what all people around one are thinking or feeling.

With this information one can extend the consciousness/matter medell around the consciousness contents and around the consciousness border outwardly:

Model 2: The Structure of Consciousness

Consciousness – with or without contents

(boundary of consciousness)

Matter

II 3. What Types Of Contents Of Consciousness Are There?

The contents of consciousness can be divided into four or five clearly distinguishable groups:

1. perceptions: Perception creates an image of what is perceived in the consciousness. By this one becomes aware of one's environment.

Perception looks into the present.

2. memories: The contents of the conscious mind are "stored" and can be retrieved when needed. Among other things, the judgment of a situation and the ability to learn are based on this.

The memory looks in the past.

3. feelings: Feelings are impulses – they have a direction but no measure. They serve to evaluate perceptions. These evaluations enable action that is conducive to one's well-being.

Feelings look to the present.

4. thoughts: Thoughts are structures – they have a measure but no direction. They serve to compare events. This makes general statements about the world possible, which then in turn serve as a standard for one's own actions. Thinking makes planning possible.

Thinking looks into the future.

In addition to these four elements of consciousness, which are on approximately the same level, there is a fifth element that is superior to these four elements:

5. will: The will is the center – all impulses emanate from it. It directs the perception, the memory, the feelings and the thinking.

The will looks into the past, into the present and into the future.

II 4. What Are The Types Of Consciousness?

There are at least four different types of consciousness.

waking consciousness

: Waking consciousness is the consciousness that is present while awake. It makes the decisions.

This consciousness can be thought of as an office where all information relevant to the momentary situation arrives and is processed.

ecstasy state

: The ecstasy state occasionally occurs when a situation becomes more extreme, i.e. when the waking consciousness is characterized by lust, fear, greed or by a high level of concentration. Consequently, ecstasy occurs during orgasm, panic, meditation, etc. Traumas can also lead to a "negative ecstasy", in which the waking consciousness of the person concerned becomes "blind", so to speak, to the variety of the situation and the possibilities in it. The state of ecstasy is completely focused on a single content of consciousness. In the case of focussing an a trauma one would rather say "fixated" instead of "focused".

The ecstatic state can be thought of as the bright lamp on the desk in the office of the waking consciousness, illuminating with a spotlight only what is most important at that moment.

subconsciousness

: The subconscious contains all information, all perceptions, all memories. This information is charged with more or less emotions or is completely neutral. They are ordered by associations, i.e. the memories on a subject are all linked together and in this way form a symbol that can be experienced, for example, in a dream – which is why this consciousness can also be called dream-consciousness.

The subconsciousness can be seen as an well-ordered archive, which sends the data to the office, which are requested from there, because they are needed in the momentary situation. The archive can also send information to the office on its own initiative.

deep sleep

: The deep sleep consciousness is empty, without content – it is only aware of itself. This consciousness is the "canvas" on which the contents of consciousness are "painted".

This consciousness can be imagined as the house where the archive of the subconsciousness, the office of the waking consciousness and the desk lamp of ecstasy are located.

These four forms of consciousness can be distinguished on the one hand by the number of their consciousness contents and on the other hand by their EEG frequency (frequency of the electric brain waves):

Overview 1: The four forms of consciousness

Consciousness

Number of contents

EEG frequency

deep sleep

none

3 Hz ( 2 - 4 Hz)

subconscious mind

all

6 Hz ( 4 - 8 Hz)

waking consciousness

some (those that are relevant)

12 Hz ( 8 - 16 Hz)

ecstasy

only one

24 Hz (16 - 32 Hz)

There is obviously a meaningful division of labor in consciousness: deep sleep is the foundation; the subconscious mind holds all information; the waking consciousness coordinates all information relevant to the momentary situation; and the ecstasy consciousness brings content to the center when needed.

These four consciousnesses can be represented by a simple model:

Model 4: The four types of consciousness

These four types of consciousness can be summarized with the graph representing the types of consciousness contents. To be able to do this, we can look at the four types of the contents of consciousness again:

Perception

happens in the subconscious and is passed on to the waking consciousness when needed.

The same is true for memory.

Thinking

happens in the waking consciousness – it is something to be done in the waking consciously. The reference point of thought is the world that thought tries to understand. Thoughts are stored in the subconscious mind. The subconscious mind itself does not think, instead it sorts and arranges its contents by associations, i.e. it puts similar things together into a complex.

Feelings

happen in the waking consciousness. Feelings are the evaluation of a perception. So they express what one wants, how one finds something. The starting point of feelings is therefore one's own character, one's own being, one's own will – they are the inner impulses that push into the world. The feelings, like everything else, are stored in the subconscious.

The

will

is that in man which wants to express itself, which wants to radiate, which wants to experience itself. Thus, the will belongs to the center, to the innermost character of man, to his identity – that is, to the deep sleep consciousness.