Initiation Into Hermetics
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| 15. Levitation Phenomena Levitation means the abolition of the law of gravitation. Based on the universal laws the magician has found out that the power of gravity depends on the magnetic attraction of the earth. The gravity of his own body can be abolished in two ways. Firstly, through constant loading or accumulations of the air element (Vaju tattwa), the primary quality of this element is realized to such a degree that a man feels light as a feather and can rise and float in the air like a balloon. The second method demands the mastery of the electromagnetic fluid. By accumulating the magnetic fluid in the body to such a degree of density that it corresponds to the weight of the body, the effect of gravity will be neutralized altogether. In this condition of loading, the magician will hardly touch the ground and he can even move on the surface of the water, regardless of its depth. Condensing the magnetic fluid more and more, he can raise his body into the air at will, and by means of the air element or the self-produced movement of the air, he can be carried in any direction. The speed of transport in the air depends entirely on his will. Many of the yogis possess a remarkable ability in mastering these levitation phenomena, and even in the Bible we read that our Lord Jesus Christ walked on the surface of the sea. Considering what has been said heretofore, it seems quite evident that objects or even people who are not magically trained can be carried away by the magician by this method if he wishes to do so. The accumulation of the necessary magnetic fluid can be performed by the magically trained imagination or with the help of some other practices such as Quabbalah, interference of beings, or ghosts, and so on. The elimination of the electric fluid in the body and the increase of the magnetic fluid can take place not only deliberately but unconsciously as well, for example in the cases of spiritualistic mediums and somnambulists where the electric fluid is abolished by trance and the magnetic fluid is increased in return. In consequence of the sudden loss of the electric fluid when asleep, moonstruck people may be observed to climb a wall like a fly or to move about on the roof or a house or on a wire. The magnetic overloading of moonstruck subjects can be traced to the influence of the moon; that is why somnambulism is called moon-madness. In any case, this condition is a disharmony, a disturbance of the electromagnetic fluid, and consequently a pathological state or an illness. A person afflicted in this manner can be treated only by harmonizing the electric fluid, which has to be increased in the body. This summarized interpretation of the levitation phenomenon should suffice the magician for the present, although he might draw the conclusion from the foregoing paragraphs that it would be possible also to produce the opposite effect, that is, an increased attractive or gravitational power. As a matter of fact, that effect is brought about by increasing the electric fluid [polarity!] instead of the magnetic one. This explanation is unequivocal if the magician takes into consideration the basic law of physics which says that like poles of two magnets repel one another just as two unlike forces attract each other. Download 0.49 Mb. Share with your friends:
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