Lords of Light: The Path of Initiation in the Western Mysteries"The last public work of W.E. Butler before his death in 1978, this series of talks offers a fascinating, personal, and accessible course of training in the Western Mystery Schools by one of the world's great occultists. With humility, humor, and conviction, Butler conveys an extensive knowledge of the occult mysteries, including ritual and ceremonial magic, the awakening of the kundalini energy, and the path of the regeneration of the personality and the relinquishing of false ego through control of one's mental and emotional reactions."--back cover. |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 92
Page 10
... It's just the same on the occult path . As long as you're sitting in your little trench doing nothing , the other side is perfectly happy . But the moment you try to make yourself into an efficient instrument , the legions prowl around ...
... It's just the same on the occult path . As long as you're sitting in your little trench doing nothing , the other side is perfectly happy . But the moment you try to make yourself into an efficient instrument , the legions prowl around ...
Page 11
... it's changing into a chrysalis , it's neither a caterpillar nor a chrysalis ; it's in a devil of a mess . It must be very painful for a caterpillar . ( I haven't been one lately ; still , I imagine , it must be a painful process . ) So ...
... it's changing into a chrysalis , it's neither a caterpillar nor a chrysalis ; it's in a devil of a mess . It must be very painful for a caterpillar . ( I haven't been one lately ; still , I imagine , it must be a painful process . ) So ...
Page 13
... it's one of the fun- damental tenets of occultism . You don't have to worry about other people's masters — how they ... It's knocked a lot of the silliness out of me , and I hope it's made me a better person . It's a happy , joyous path ...
... it's one of the fun- damental tenets of occultism . You don't have to worry about other people's masters — how they ... It's knocked a lot of the silliness out of me , and I hope it's made me a better person . It's a happy , joyous path ...
Page 14
... it's so you can put it into practice yourself . See whether it's true , that's the real test . Don't say , " It's true because Mr. Butler says so . " Whatever I tell you is bound to be less than the truth . As a personality I cannot ...
... it's so you can put it into practice yourself . See whether it's true , that's the real test . Don't say , " It's true because Mr. Butler says so . " Whatever I tell you is bound to be less than the truth . As a personality I cannot ...
Page 15
... it's because our personality does . But we also have behind us that which we've built up through the ages , a higher personality , an individuality if you like — a place in us where our true I - ness is , where the ego really lives ...
... it's because our personality does . But we also have behind us that which we've built up through the ages , a higher personality , an individuality if you like — a place in us where our true I - ness is , where the ego really lives ...
Common terms and phrases
affect animal astral body astral projection become begin Binah bring built called ceremonial magic Chokmah color comes consciousness Dion Fortune divine earth Egyptian emotion Eternal etheric body etheric double everything evil false ego feel force Geburah give goes Golden Dawn group mind happens higher hypnotism Ibis Fraternity idea inner planes Israel Regardie karma keep kind knowledge kundalini ley lines light linked lodge looking Lord magic circle magical personality matter means meditation mental metal into gold Mother Mysteries nature never occult occultist ourselves past lives path physical body psychedelic drugs psychic qabalah qliphothic Question remember ritual sephiroth simply someone spirit subconscious symbol talk teacher teaching telepathic tell There's things thought forms TRAINING THE PERSONALITY Tree trouble true truth universe W. E. Butler West Western Tradition wisdom Withdrawn Order