Balder Ex-Libris - Case Paul FosterReview of books rare and missing2024-03-16T01:56:42+00:00urn:md5:aa728a70505b2fae05796923271581c2DotclearCase Paul Foster - The True and Invisible Rosicrucian Orderurn:md5:ae804436a436e9ddb3fcaa5d9286acd72012-04-12T18:11:00+01:002014-05-07T21:08:45+01:00balderCase Paul FosterRosicrucian <p><img src="https://balderexlibris.com/public/img/.Case_Paul_Foster_-_The_True_and_Invisible_Rosicrucian_Order_s.jpg" alt="" /><br />
Author : <strong>Case Paul Foster</strong><br />
Title : <strong>The True and Invisible Rosicrucian Order</strong><br />
Year : 1933<br />
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ROSICRUCIANISM CAME INTO public notice early in the seventeenth century. The initial Rosicrucian manifesto, Fama Fraternitatis, was first issued as a manuscript and circulated among German occultists about the year 1610. It elicited several responses prior to the publication of the first printed edition at Cassel in 1614. In 1615 there was another printing, this time at Frankfurt-am-Main, and the same year and place seem to have seen the appearance of the second manifesto, Confessio Fraternitatis. Dutch translations of both books came out in 1615, and by 1617 four editions of the German version had been published at Frankfurt. Others followed in the years immediately succeeding. The Fama and the Confessio tell the story of the Order and its mysterious Founder and set forth its principles and philosophy. These tiny volumes aroused great interest. Alchemists and Qabalists, magicians and astrologers, kept the German presses busy with letters and essays addressed to the mysterious Brothers. For six or seven years the Rosicrucian question engaged the minds and pens of European occultists. In 1616 was published another little book, The Chymical Marriage of Christian Rosenkreutz. To it may be traced the supposition that the Order was founded by a man named Christian Rosenkreutz or by one who adopted this name as a mystical title. Years later, the authorship of The Chymical Marriage was acknowledged by Johann Valentine Andreae, who said it was a revision of an alchemical romance he had written in his youth, long before the publication of the Fama and the Confessio. The style of this work is altogether different from that of the two manifestoes. Andreae seems to have revamped The Chymical Marriage in the hope of profiting by the excitement stirred up by the two manifestoes. He was interested in schemes for universal reformation and may have planned to establish a secret society of his own. Like many others of that period, he was familiar with the literature of alchemy, and his romance shows that he had more than a smattering of occult learning. Yet the assertion that Andreae founded Rosicrucianism has no support in fact. Arthur Edward Waite has dealt adequately with this question in his Brotherhood of the Rosy Cross.1 We share his conviction that Andreae had no part in the authorship of either the Fama or the Confessio. Toward the close of his life Andreae ridiculed Rosicrucianism, and he probably never understood its real objectives. His book, however, roused great interest and fixed in the uncritical occult mind the mistaken notion that the Order was founded by a man named Christian Rosenkreutz. Even this name has been transformed by the carelessness that seems to be characteristic of a certain type of professed occultist. So little do some who write glibly about Rosicrucianism know of its origins that one writer tells his Theosophical readers the Founder's name was Christian Rosencrans. In 1652 Thomas Vaughan edited and published an English translation of the two manifestoes. In his preface, Vaughan declares that the translation is the work of an "unknown hand," and says, "The copy was communicated to me by a gentleman more learned than myself." This version was reprinted by Arthur Edward Waite in his Real History of the Rosicrucians, published in 1887. The same version, duly accredited to Waite's history, was printed in a manual issued in 1927 for members of the Societas Rosicruciana in America. By 1937 the Rosicrucian Fellowship at Oceanside, California, made belated acknowledgment of the existence of the manifestoes in a series of magazine articles. Possibly these manifestoes also may have been included in the miscellany of things Rosicrucian and otherwise printed at Quakertown, Pennsylvania, by Dr. R. Swinburne Clymer. Dr. Clymer offers voluminous documentary evidence that he is Grand Master of the Rosicrucian Order established by Pascal Beverly Randolph in 1856. Such as it is, few will seek to dispute this claim, for Randolph's titles to serious consideration may be judged by his own words. In Eulis (edition of 1874, page 47) he writes: "Very nearly all which I have given as Rosicrucian originated in my own soul." Among various publications of the society designated by the initials AMORC, there was a pamphlet entitled Fama Fraternitatis, but it was a strictly modern production, having no connection with the original manifesto apart from the title. The Rosicrucian name flourishes because few persons who are attracted by the magic name and fame of the Order have any knowledge of the first published utterances of the Fraternity. Thus, it seems wise to reprint the English translation again. The manifestoes are short. Their anonymous authors needed but few words to say their say, but no person properly qualified to understand these little books could have mistaken their true purport. On the other hand, they were so written that, as they put it, they would not "move gross wits." Nor have they, from that day to this. Minds duly and truly prepared can grasp what is hidden behind their story of the Order, and to help serious students of occultism to such understanding is the purpose of our work. Our title is intended to intimate that the Fama and the Confessio were written by members of an actual fraternity that conceals itself from all who are incompetent to share its aims and participate in its work. This fraternity is not an organized society like the Freemasons. One may not join it by making application for membership, paying entrance fees and dues, and passing through ceremonies. The Rosicrucian Order is like the old definition of the city of Boston: it is a state of mind. One becomes a Rosicrucian: one does not join the Rosicrucians. The manifestoes make this clear, as will be shown hereafter. The Order is designated as being invisible by the manifestoes themselves. It does not come in corporate form before the world, because by its very nature it cannot. True Rosicrucians know one another, nevertheless. Their means of recognition cannot be counterfeited nor betrayed, for these tokens are more subtle than the signs and passwords of ordinary secret societies. Let none suppose that because the Rosicrucian Order is invisible it is composed of discarnate human intelligences. Neither are its members supermen inhabiting a region vaguely designated by the term "higher planes." The Order is invisible because it has no external organization. It is not composed of invisible beings. Its members are men and women incarnate on earth in physical bodies. They are invisible to ordinary eyes because the minds behind those eyes cannot recognize the marks of a true Rosicrucian. To say this is, of course, to repudiate any and all pretensions of societies claiming to be direct historical successors to the authors of the original Rosicrucian manifestoes. From what is written in the Fama and the Confessio, the only possible conclusion is that every claim to historical descent, every assertion that this or that association is "the original Order," must be judged invalid. Probably some of these pretensions are made in good faith. There is reason to believe that societies calling themselves Rosicrucian were organized shortly after the publication of the manifestoes, and it is possible that they have continued in some form to this day. <strong>...</strong></p>Case Paul Foster - The Tarot A key to the Wisdom of the Agesurn:md5:92592fa1993caae7a14f3845c49b57be2012-04-12T18:03:00+01:002021-02-06T23:13:47+00:00balderCase Paul FosterJewTarot <p><img src="https://balderexlibris.com/public/img/.Case_Paul_Foster_-_The_Tarot_A_key_to_the_Wisdom_of_the_Ages_s.jpg" alt="" /><br />
Author : <strong>Case Paul Foster</strong><br />
Title : <strong>The Tarot A key to the Wisdom of the Ages</strong><br />
Year : 1947<br />
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PAUL FOSTER CASE needs no introduction to those fortunate enough to have known him as a teacher and lecturer. To those who met him first through the pages of this book, a few words about his background and varied activities, will be of interest. Dr. Case came from a straight Yankee ancestry on both sides: back to bashful Miles Standish on his mother's side, and from a family of clipper and coast-wise skippers on his father's. He was born in Fairport, New York, in 1884. He passed on in 1954. As a mere lad of sixteen, he became interested in the theatre and for twenty or more years, engaged in various enterprises: a season with a showboat in the early years, as a musical director, up through musical comedy to vaudeville in its hey-day. His interest in Tarot dated back to 1900 and was provoked by a question made by Claude Bragdon, "Case, where do you suppose playing-cards came from?" His inquisitive mind led to the study of the Tarot and, thus, to occultism, which had been prepared for by an early interest in psychology. His Yankee inheritance of common sense and early training gave Dr. Case a firm and scholarly foundation for his writings and teaching. His first work on Tarot appeared in iShe Word magazine; this was followed by a series of articles in Azoth. He succeeded Michael Whitty as editor of the latter magazine. In 1922, Dr. Case began lecturing and teaching Tarot and related subjects; he became the Praemonstrator General (Supreme Chief) of the Order of the Golden Dawn for the United States and Canada and later resigned in order to found The Builders of the Adytum for the study of practical occultism. Ann Davies succeeded him as head of Builders of the Adytum, which has become a world-wide organization with Headquarters in Los Angeles, California W042. Dr. Case wrote , extensively on Tarot, Qabalah, Rosicrucianism, Alchemy, Magic, and Correlation of Color and Sound in Healing. One of his interesting hobbies was legerdemain; he was a member of the International Brotherhood of Magicians and International Guild of Prestidigitators. Out of Dr. Case's busy days of teaching and lecturing, and with a rich background of tradition and experience, he found time to write a unique book-his gleanings of the wisdom of past ages. <strong>...</strong></p>Case Paul Foster - The Secret Doctrine of the Taroturn:md5:7a89776f21504851f3cda74fc46ab06d2012-04-12T17:57:00+01:002014-05-07T21:08:53+01:00balderCase Paul FosterTarot <p><img src="https://balderexlibris.com/public/img/.Case_Paul_Foster_-_The_Secret_Doctrine_of_the_Tarot_s.jpg" alt="" /><br />
Author : <strong>Case Paul Foster</strong><br />
Title : <strong>The Secret Doctrine of the Tarot</strong><br />
Year : 1922<br />
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The Tarot is a pack of cards of unknown origin, which has been in circulation throughout Europe for at least five centuries, and perhaps much longer. In the tap-rooms of village inns here and there on the Continent it is still shuffled and dealt in quaint old games long since forgotten by the rest of the world. Fortunetellers also hold it in high esteem, from Gypsies who read the cards for a shilling, to professors of occult arts whose fees are in keeping with their elaborate establishments and expensive advertising. Gambling and cartomancy, however, are but husks hiding the kernel of the Tarot's true meaning. What makes it so interesting and valuable to occultists is the fact that it is a book, written in the language of numerical and pictorial symbolism. It teaches the principles of that hidden wisdom, older than history, which the sages of each generation have handed down to those coming after them who were duly and truly prepared to receive it. This doctrine was taught in the temple-schools of India, Persia, and Egypt; has been dramatized in the mysteries of Greece, in the Roman Catholic Mass, and in the rituals of Freemasonry; is veiled by innumerable sacred allegories and parables, concealed in creeds, and obscured by the dogmas of theologians ; and it will always be, through all changes in its manner of preseritation, the living spirit of truth behind the letter of exoteric religion and philosophy. The particular version given in the Tarot is of Jewish origin, though some of the designs reflect the influence of Christian ideas. The whole pack is constructed according to a plan derived from the Kabbalah, and each card represellts a definite proposition of this ancient Hebrew theosophical system, which tradition traces to Abraham. <strong>...</strong></p>Case Paul Foster - The Masonic Letter Gurn:md5:e6dc6b952a2824de95d4ea694b2482642012-04-12T17:53:00+01:002014-05-07T21:08:57+01:00balderCase Paul FosterFreemasonryJew <p><img src="https://balderexlibris.com/public/img/.Case_Paul_Foster_-_The_Masonic_Letter_G_s.jpg" alt="" /><br />
Author : <strong>Case Paul Foster</strong><br />
Title : <strong>The Masonic Letter G</strong><br />
Year : 1922<br />
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Introduction. Paul Foster Case (1884-1954), author of this treatise, is known to students of occultism as the outstanding authority of Tarot, Qabalah, Alchemy and related subjects of the Western Occult Tradition. His other publications, including The True and Invisible Rosicrucian Order; Tarot, Key to the Wisdom of the Age;. The Great Seal of the United States; The Magical Language; The Book of Tokens, bear witness to his deep insight and wonderfully readable approach to these subjects. The present work makes it clear that his knowledge included a thorough understanding of the Masonic tradition. In it he develops the unmistakable link that exists between the Masonic degrees and rituals and the Qabalistic tradition. He shows that Masonry cannot be fully appreciated or understood without knowledge of the Qabalistic Tree of Life and its insight into the true nature of man and of the Cosmos. One of the outstanding concepts he develops is the relationship between the geometry upon which the building and architectural symbolism of Masonry are based and the Gematria of the Qabalists, which is a system of number correspondences to words and phrases that reveals the inner meanings behind the numbers, measurements and geometrical proportions prominent in both the Old and New Testaments. The contributions of Paul Case to students of the spiritual goes beyond the works mentioned above. He founded BUILDERS OF THE ADYTUM, a non-profit religious organization which disseminates a spiritual training system based on his works in graded lesson form through the mail. It is a system that allows sincere aspirants of the present day to receive training that in past ages was available only to the few who could enter a Mystery school and completely withdraw, at least temporarily, from society and the concerns of the outer world. Paul Case was charged with the responsibility, by a Master of the Inner School, of preserving, extending and updating the Ancient Wisdom that has existed since the beginning of the World. His outstanding contribution is that he has left us a clear, graded system for spiritual development that enables us to fully retain our relationships and responsibilities in the modern world while gradually but surely unfolding insight into the higher ones. <strong>...</strong></p>Case Paul Foster - The Life-Powerurn:md5:0051b8f8c31ccb7eed67b8de09126c9f2012-04-12T17:49:00+01:002014-05-07T21:09:00+01:00balderCase Paul FosterJew <p><img src="https://balderexlibris.com/public/img/.Case_Paul_Foster_-_The_Life-Power_s.jpg" alt="" /><br />
Author : <strong>Case Paul Foster</strong><br />
Title : <strong>The Life-Power</strong><br />
Year : 1922<br />
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The purpose of our work is the unfoldment of a higher consciousness, in order that we may obtain a better understanding of cosmic law expressed through human personnality. <strong>...</strong></p>Case Paul Foster - The Early Writings Volume 2 Esoteric Secrets of Meditation and Magicurn:md5:bf6158766db27de07aa63b02876725602012-04-12T17:42:00+01:002014-05-07T21:09:07+01:00balderCase Paul FosterJewMagicOccult <p><img src="https://balderexlibris.com/public/img/.Case_Paul_Foster_-_The_Early_Writings_Volume_2_Esoteric_Secrets_of_Meditation_and_Magic_s.jpg" alt="" /><br />
Author : <strong>Case Paul Foster</strong><br />
Title : <strong>The Early Writings Volume 2 Esoteric Secrets of Meditation and Magic</strong><br />
Year : 1924<br />
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Practice of Concentration. "Be well grounded in theory before you attempt to practice" is an alchemical maxim, and since our work in this Section is really a phase of alchemy, we shall do well to heed the admonition. Since the revival of interest in the Ageless Wisdom hundreds of books about concentration have been published, but it is surprising how vague many of them seem to be concerning a matter which is surely of great importance -just what concentration is, and what force it seeks to control. Our first care shall be to get this clear. We shall begin with some specific examples, rather than with definitions, because we believe this method will make it easier for you to see the principle at work in the various instances. Up in the Catskills a little stream flows down the mountain side. A child could wade from bank to bank without any difficulty. Here in New York the water from that same stream and others like it rushes from the nozzle of a firehouse with enough force to knock a man down. A chemist puts a solution in a retort and boils it. Thus he makes the solution stronger, and calls it a concentrated extract. In much the same way metals are said to be concentrated from ore. The ore is put into crucibles, heat is applied, and the pwe metal is separated from the dross. A general brings up battalion after battalion from various parts of his army and masses their strength against a single sector of the enemy's line. The newspapers tell us that he has concentrated his forces at that point. In each of the foregoing instances something has been made stronger or purer by massing its component parts in a smaller area than they occupied before. The soldiers are brought closer together. The metal scattered through the ore is fused into a single ingot. The chemist's work of distillation crowds the molecules of his solution in close formation. The water pouring from the firehouse combines the forces of several little streams. Concentration, then, may be defined as the packing together of units of force. This definition includes all the examples we have given, because the units, whether they be metals, molecules, drops of water or soldiers, are all built up from the One Power which you studied in the first lesson of Section A. Every kind of concentration on the physical plane is a condensation of the force of electrons, a packing together of units of electro-magnetic force. When this fact is taken into consideration, it becomes evident that some so-called definitions of concentration must be incorrect. It is impossible to "concentrate attention," because attention is only a name for one of the mind's ways of acting - the way, in fact, whereby we affect the particular kind of energy mass-formation which we are now beginning to study. The act of attention is the means which enables us to concentrate, but that act is not what we should regard as the subject of the operation, any more than a chemist's crucible or retort is the thing worked upon in the examples mentioned above. That we misuse language when we speak of concentrating ow minds may not be so apparent, for it is true that our practice enables us to intensify the strength of what William James used to call "mind-stuff." Yet we prefer not to run counter to accepted use of terms unless that use can be shown to be wholly wrong, and this cannot be said of the modem psychological use of the word "mirtd." Modem psychologists do not think of that word as denoting a substance, nor do they regard mind as a special kind of energy. For them "mind" means the sum-total of the conscious states of an individual, and this is not what we shall be occupied with in our practice. Yet there is no particular difliculty in finding out just what it is that we shall learn to concentmte. We have seen that all physical substances are modes of One Thing. So, too, are all other substances, or if you prefer, forces. The One Thing is the Astral Light of Eliphas Levi, the Prana of the Hinclus, the Ruach of the Qabalists. Swami Vivekananda, you remember, says that Prana is the energy manifested in all modes of force, from thought-force down to the lowest physical activities. When Qabalists say that the Rauch in man includes the powers of all the Sephiroth from Chesed to Yesod, they also identi6 Ruach with the force which takes form as thought. Some Qabalists attribute to the six Sephiroth just mentioined the following states of mind: CHESED : Memory GEBURAH : The Personal "Will" TIPHARETH : Imagination NETZACH : Desire HOD : Reason YESOD : The Subconscious Thus Ruach is the Qabalistic designation for that in us which takes form as thought, for the specific activities of the One Thing which are classified as mental states. Ruach is thus the Hebrew equivalent of the Sanskrit term Chitta, which is variously translated as "the thinking principle," "mind-stuff,It or "the psychic nature." The reason for comparing Ruach with Chitta thus early in our study is that one of the best text-books on the practice of concentration is a Hindu work, the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. Here are three translations of the second sentence in that book: a. Concentration is the hindering of the modifications of the thinking principle. b. Yoga is restraining the mind-stuff (Chitta) from taking various forms (Vrittis). c. Union, spiritual consciousness, is gained through control of the versatile psychic nature. The first version is from an old edition of the Sutras, now out of print, published in Bombay by the Theosophical Society. The second is that of the Swami Vivekananda. The third is that of Charles Johnston, whose translation of Patanjali we prefer to either of the others. In this particular instance, however, "control" seems to be a weaker verb than "hindering" or "restraint," because it does not make quite so evident the fact that the thinking principle is governed by right use of the principle of limitation, by checking and circumscribing its activity. <strong>...</strong></p>Case Paul Foster - The Early Writings Volume 1 Occult Fundamentals Spiritual Unfoldmenturn:md5:c6917b0fafebb9e7b047c98112a2e3a72012-04-12T17:39:00+01:002014-05-07T21:09:11+01:00balderCase Paul FosterJewOccult <p><img src="https://balderexlibris.com/public/img/.Case_Paul_Foster_-_The_Early_Writings_Volume_1_Occult_Fundamentals_Spiritual_Unfoldment_s.jpg" alt="" /><br />
Author : <strong>Case Paul Foster</strong><br />
Title : <strong>The Early Writings Volume 1 Occult Fundamentals Spiritual Unfoldment</strong><br />
Year : 1924<br />
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Dr. Paul Foster Case. Dr. Paul Foster Case is probably one of the most accomplished, erudite and still most readable esoteric teachers of the twentieth century. Yet he and his writings remain relatively unknown. Why? The answer I think may be found in the correspondence of A. E. Waite to Case when he writes in the early 19~303",W hat books have you written?" By this time, Case had composed volumes of material on a variety of arcane subjects, but, as he explained to Waite, "most of my writings have been in the form of lessons." Indeed, over a thirty-year period (approximately 1920- 1950) Case wrote dozens of courses covering subjects ranging from Esoteric Psychology to Tarot, Qabalah and Alchemy directly for the affiliates of the organization he founded, Builders of the Adytum. While, in the opinion of this writer, they comprise absolutely the best most well-rounded course of instruction on these esoteric subjects, it is because of this fact that much of Cases' original materials have remained in the hands of a select few (courses may still be received through BOTA, Los Angeles). Fortunately though, a group of Case's early occult writings remain available today for the spiritual aspirant and the esoteric reading public at large. These timeless gems of practical occult instruction, which have lain largely forgotten in collector's vaults for nearly a hundred years, are now accessible through this special set of lessons. Paul Foster Case was born on October 3, 1884, in Perendor (now known as Fairport) New York. His mother was a schoolteacher and his father was the curator of a large, private library. Rumor has it that Paul's very surprised mother actually delivered this future prodigy at this very same establishment. He was of Romany (Gypsy) stock and a direct descendent of the famous Mayflower pilgrim, Miles Standish. Paul spent much of his formative years in the midst of books and he learned to read at a very young age. It has even been said that as a pre-schooler, Case could often be found curled up in the attic of his father's library closely examining "forbidden books" of esoteric lore. Dolores Ashcroft Nowicki, the Director of Studies of another excellent Esoteric School (The Servants of the Light) has commented that some individuals come into embodiment with an insatiable hunger for the knowledge of the hidden mysteries of life. This was certainly true of Paul Foster Case. By the age of seven, young Paul found that he could consciously manipulate his dreams states, objectively selecting various levels of experience. Looking for support, Paul shared these encounters through written correspondence with the famous initiate Rudyard Kipling (author of" Kim", "The Man who would be King" and "The Jungle Books") who assured Case of the reality of these inner states and verified the validity of these "Fourth Dimensional" experiences. Paul also exhibited musical genius at an extremely early age. Encouraged by his mother the teacher, Paul began his training on both the piano and organ at the age of three. He practiced diligently and by the time he was nine years old he was the regular organist at the local congregational Church in which his father was a deacon. Thus began an extraordinary musical career that found Case at age sixteen starring in a local charity performance along with another famous author of occult works, Claude Bragdon. According to well known former B.O.T.A. Prolocutor-General Ann Davies, Bragdon and Case entertained each other between shows with sleight-of -hand card tricks, and that while doing so, Bragdon on impulse turned to the young virtuoso and suddenly asked, "Case, where do you think the playing with cards came from?" This simple question then started Paul Case on his personal journey to becoming the world's leading authority on the Tarot. In fact, after the concert, an excited Case returned to his father's library in search of the origins of this ancient symbolic system. Paul soon found mention of the Tarot in variety of texts including the famous 17th century Rosicrucian manifesto the, "Fama Fraternitatis," where he discovered that the name, "Tarot" is actually a cipher for the Latin word "ROTA" or wheel. In other writings, Case learned that this ancient esoteric system was originally referred to as, "The Game of Man," by early occultists. In the next few months, an intrigued Paul collected a huge selection of Tarot decks and books on the subject. As a review of his notebooks and diaries from the Fraternity's archives reveal, Case made a daily habit for years of researching, meditating and studying the Tarotic symbols. Through ,his efforts, Paul discovered that the design of these carefully created pictorials actually channels and evokes specific archetypical images, and that subsequently they have the power to transform the consciousness of the sincere seeker into that of an illuminated adept. Throughout his life, Case was fond of quoting the 19th century writer, Eliphas Levi, who wrote: "As an erudite Kabalistic book, all combinations of which reveal the harmonies preexisting between signs, letters, and numbers, the practical value of the Tarot is truly and above all marvelous. A prisoner devoid of books, had he only a Tarot of which he knew how to make use, could, in a few years, acquire a universal science, and converse with an unequalled doctrine and inexhaustible eloquence." Case would devote most of his life to helping earnest students learn "how to make use" of this extraordinary system. It was about this time (c. 1905) that Paul began to receive the guidance of an "inner voice" he believed to be his own subconsciousness. Almost immediately, the "voice" guided his Tarot studies by suggesting various symbolic links, etc. Paul soon diversified and along with his symbolic investigations, undertook an extensive and intensive study of pranayama, an advanced component of both Hatha (physical) and Raja (meditative) yoga. It appears that Paul was largely self-taught, using various published sources, and that his "success" in these practices activated his inner sensorium and psychic abilities. Case additionally learned through his readings to attune his consciousness to subtler, lower astral levels and influences, but conversely his studies neglected to instruct Paul how to control, limit or protect himself from unwanted psychic intrusions. Later he would relay this story of intolerable sensitivity. One day while riding on a bus, he received the "paranoid" impression that he was surrounded by rapists, murderers, arsonists, etc. While in reality this was not the case, Paul had unintentionally "tuned" into the basest level of the "mob-consciousness" of all who had previously ridden that bus! He then fled the vehicle and immediately received inner instructions telling him to go to a restaurant and order a large piece of rare steak! Case promptly followed these directions and the exercise effectively "shut-down" his psychic senses until he could reestablish his equilibrium. In 1907, Case was staying in Chicago. There he met William Walker Atkinson, author of the New Thought classic The Secret of Mental Magic," shortly after reading the book himself. (Atkinson' is also well known under his pseudonym "Yoga Ramacharaka" under which name he wrote and published many works dealing with the various aspects of yoga philosophy and practice. These books are still in print from his Yoga Publication Society and are considered by many to be the best and most readable introductions to these subjects). Case and Atkinson quickly became good friends and eventually collaborated on a book of Hermetic Philosophy known as The Kyballion. Neither Case nor Atkinson chose to pen their name to this famous collection, instead opting to promote the book as written by "Three Initiates." While Atkinson's and Case's involvement on the project is relatively well known, the identity of the "third initiate" remains a mysterious controversy to this day. Some allege that the third Initiate was simply Case's inner voice (the Master of the Wisdom). Other sources suggest that the unknown contributor was a man known as Dr. Robert Fludd (more will be said about him later) who was also living in Chicago at the time. Harriet Case, Paul's widow confided to this author that the other "Initiate" was in fact Michael Whitty, Paul's later-time mentor in the Alpha ET Omega. Some students will point out though that, according to certain accounts in the Order, Paul did not meet Michael until after the Kyballion was published in 1912. Perhaps the dates used in these accounts are inaccurate, perhaps not. I have not been able, as yet, to make that determination. I will therefore content myself with simply presenting the leading contenders. Sometime, during the summer of 1909 a stranger, who called to Case by name, approached Paul on a downtown street in Chicago. This stranger turned out to be Dr. Robert Fludd, whom I have mentioned may have been one of the three initiates. At the time, Dr. Fludd was a prominent local physician and he explained to Case that he was approaching him on behalf of their mutual teacher (the voice that had been guiding Paul for years). Fludd relayed that this "voice" was, in reality, a Master of the Wisdom. To gain his confidence Dr. Fludd further revealed to Case a list of Paul's "most secret thoughts, hopes and activities." Fludd then went on to explain to Paul that "their" teacher had a message for him. This is the essence of the conversation that followed: "Paul you are at a crossroad. Two paths are open to you. You can continue to pursue a career in classical music. You will be successful and will live a life of relative comfort. Or, you can dedicate yourself to unreservedly serve humanity and play a vital role in the coming Aquarian Age. If you choose this path, you will be given the task to reinterpret the teachings of the Ageless Wisdom and put them into a form more accessible to modem seekers. This journey of service may be difficult, with many tests and trials, but in the end I can assure you that you will not starve." Case made his choice without hesitation. From that moment on, he dedicated himself fully to the extension of the Mysteries of Light and the Way of Initiation. It was during this period that Paul, in a session of meditation, recovered the memories of a past life. One day he was meditating on certain aspects of the Qabalah, when all of a sudden saw himself as another person in another time! At that moment, he knew that he was Rabbi Wolfe who was pouring over a copy of the Sepher Yetzirah, one of the most important books of the Qabalah. This copy was in Hebrew, and he was reading fluently. Busily he was making notes in the margin, noting the page and the subject, but he also found that he was having trouble concentrating because he was preoccupied with thoughts of his oldest daughter. She was rapidly approaching the age of marriage, and he was concerned about her future, wondering about a marital match for her and how was he going to raise the money needed for a suitable dowry. In a flash, he was back in the present time, in his apartment, fully Paul Case. He noted in his diary the strange vision and closed his meditation. Weeks later, while visiting a library, (I was told that it was at the University of Southern Illinois at ChampaignlUrbana), he noted in the card catalogue a rather old copy of the Sepher Yetzirah or Book of Formation. He asked the librarian to bring up a copy so he could examine it. When he held it in his hands, I am told that Case experienced a strong episode of "deja vue." He opened the text and found it to be all in Hebrew script. Turning to the back cover, (i.e. the beginning of the book since Hebrew is read right to left), he found inscribed on the inside cover the name Rabbi Wolfe. Hurriedly, with anxious anticipation, he turned to the page he remembered from his vision and there he saw the same notes in the margin he remembered from his meditation! Paul's study of the Sepher Yetzirah enabled him to recover the esoteric attributes of the Tarot Trumps, giving him the "Keys" to the major initiatory system of the West. He published these attributions in 1916 in an occult magazine known as The Word, even though he had been lecturing on this subject for only a short time before. His actions caused a stir in the esoteric community because, up to that time, this system of correspondences was only available to initiates, bound by oaths of secrecy. These initiates assumed that either: (1) Paul was a renegade initiate; or, (2) someone else had broken his oath and given the keys to Paul. They therefore delegated one of their Temple Chiefs to investigate. When Paul returned to New York City, a six foot three inch, affable, smiling man by the name of Michael Whitty approached him. Mr. Whitty was the author of an introductory work on the basic principles of Theosophy and the editor of a major, occult journal named Azoth. Perhaps more significant is that Michael was also the Praemonstrator or chief in charge of ritual and instruction of the Thoth-Hermes Temple #9 of the Rosicrucian Order of the Alpha ET Omega. (This was the section of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn that had remained loyal to S. L. Macgregor Mathers, the other two major factions being the Stella Matutina under W.B. Yeats and Dr. Robert Felkin, and The Holy Order of the Rosy Cross under A. E. Waite). When Whitty learned that Case was not an initiate, but had instead independently worked out the correct attributions through meditation, he promptly invited him to become a member of the A:. 0:. . Paul accepted and was initiated into the Outer Order. There he received the motto or initiation name of "Perseverantia," meaning, "I will persevere." Case quickly moved through the grades of the Outer Order and was initiated into the Inner Order or Greater Mysteries on May 16, 1920. Three weeks later he was appointed to the ritualistic office of Third Adept. Thus, began a close collaboration between Case and Whitty that lasted from 191 8 (or perhaps earlier? See my remarks about the Kyballion) until the latter's transition (death) on December 27th 1920. During this time, Whitty published Case's beginning articles on the Tarot in Azoth and Case became Whitty's deputy chief. And, most significantly, the two received, clairaudiently, the text for the Book of Tokens, which Case repeatedly asserted he did not write but simply "received" by acting as a channel. Throughout this period, Paul also began to correspond with various senior members of the Order in Europe, most notably Dr. John Brodie-Innes, (Frater Sub Spe), the ruling chief of the organization in England. Michael Whitty moved to Los Angeles in 1920, apparently because of health problems and died there a short while later, probably of Cancer or, perhaps Tuberculosis. Paul attributed Michael's relatively young death to his extensive involvement in the order's uses of the Enochian system (this system of spiritual astral magic, was developed in the 16th century by Dr. John Dee and his associate Edward Kelly, through the practice of skrying, or crystal vision). Paul questioned the reliability of a system received through the mediumship of someone like Kelly. (After reading The Queen's Conjurer by Benjamin Woolly, I'm inclined to agree with Paul in his opinion of Edward Kelly). Case stated that he knew of at least three individuals who, in his opinion, had suffered severe illnesses because of the use of Enochian Magic. Paul soon became a prominent figure in the esoteric community due to his extensive knowledge of the Tarot and Qabalah and his natural gifts for ritual and instruction (brought over most likely from prior incarnations and developed through his intense study and long experience in public concert performances). Moreover, when Michael Whitty moved to California, Case succeeded him as Praemonstrator of Thoth-Hermes. Because of his quick advancement and young age, Paul aroused the jealousy among some of his fellow members of the A:. 0:. Also, contributing to this, Harriet Case informed me, was a certain native bluntness. It seems Paul had a reputation of not suffering fools gladly and was often criticized for his candor by members of the First or Outer Order. After a while though, realizing that they would get little sympathy from Paul's fellow Second Order members or his fellow chiefs, these outer order members by-passed their superiors and wrote directly to the widow of Macgregor Mathers, Moina, who was then the Imperatrix or manager for the Order as a whole (her name in the Order was Vestigia). To her, these disgruntled members complained that Paul and his fellow member, Lillie Guise (who was later to be Case's first wife) were exchanging "meaningful looks" across the altar during the communion portion of the ceremony. (As a protest to this ridiculous and prudish criticism, we at the Fraternity of the Hidden Light, have made the exchange of meaningful looks during this portion of the ritual, mandatory). The unhealthy, repressed attitude of some of these so-called initiates is evidenced further by their reaction to Case's verbal openness on topics related to sexuality and reproduction. For instance, Paul once delivered a lecture that referred to the location of the altar in the temple. During that address he pointed out that, on the Tree of Life, the corresponding location is assigned to the Sephirah Yesod and the creative powers of the generative process. Almost immediately, his comments prompted gossipers' tongues (and pens) to wag. His critics chose to write, not to Brodie-Innes, the teaching head of the order, but again to his junior Moina. This is understandable when you consider Vestigia's attitudes toward anything remotely connected with sexual expression. For example, she repeatedly told friends that she and her husband found even the thought of physical sexuality repugnant and for that reason practiced strict celibacy for the entire duration of their marriage! She had even severely criticized Dion Fortune for giving out esoteric order secrets on sexuality until one of her cochiefs pointed out that Dion had not reached the grade where those subjects were revealed. Moina responded to these correspondences by writing to Case directly, "...I have seen the results of this superficial sex teaching in several occult societies as well as in individual cases. I have never met with one happy result." <strong>...</strong></p>Case Paul Foster - The Book of Tokensurn:md5:ad32777fbb2152b2415ba74f8ba15f542012-04-12T17:32:00+01:002014-05-07T21:09:15+01:00balderCase Paul FosterGolden Dawn <p><img src="https://balderexlibris.com/public/img/.Case_Paul_Foster_-_The_Book_of_Tokens_s.jpg" alt="" /><br />
Author : <strong>Case Paul Foster</strong><br />
Title : <strong>The Book of Tokens 22 meditations on the ageless wisdom</strong><br />
Year : 1934<br />
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PREFACE. These unusual and beautiful Qabalistic meditations were inspirationally written by the recognized world authority on Tarot and Qabalah, Dr. Paul Foster Case. Because of having attained both inner and outer Initiation into the most advanced Grades of Adeptship in the Western Mystery training system, he was able to attune his consciousness to the highest spiritual levels, as is evidenced by the text. It is profitable to read the meditations aloud. They are written in the first person; hence this practice gives them a potent auto-suggestive influence for counteracting negative patterns in subconsciousness. Moreover, even a casual survey of the text shows it to be the Self-declaration of the Divine Spirit in man. To read it aloud is, in a measure, to participate in the illumination of the sage through whose mind the Life-power formulated its Self-expression in these stirring phrases. The meditations in this book include the occult meaning of the twenty-two Hebrew letters, illustrated by the tventy-two Major Tarot Keys which correspond thereto. The Tarot Keys represent the symbolic Powers of Consciousness in pictorial form, used by Initiates for the transmutation of personality and the attainment of Union with God. Comment has been reduced to such explanation as seems required to make certain Qabalistic terms intelligible to the uninitiated. Paragraphs of the comment are numbered the same as the paragraphs of the text. Dr. Paul Foster Case founded BUILDERS OF THE ADYTUM, a non-profit organization, in order to assure the survival and extension of the Hermetic Sciences, which the Adepts who had gone before him placed in his care. The modesty of this great soul is revealed by the fact that he rarely thought to put his signature to the voluminous writings and lessons on Ageless Wisdom which he left to posterity in the care of BUILDERS OF THE ADYTUM. Dr. Case entered into his life's work at a very early age, due to his recall of past lives as a Qabalistic Initiate and Adept His mission: to translate, enlarge and extend hitherto secret Techniques of Tarot and Qabalah (esoteric teachings of the Ageless Wisdom) into terms understandable to and usable by the modern mind; to assure that this and coming generations would have available the timeless methods of Initiation in the Western Occult tradition which leads to spiritual and psychological integration, unfoldment and Illumination. Paul Foster Case came into incarnation in order to fill a great spiritual need for the modern world. His unique and effective contribution to the spiritual Path of Return being completed, he withdrew from his physical vehicle on March 2, 1954. It is our profound privilege and grave responsibility to carry on the GREAT WORK which Dr. Case left in our care. Correspondence lessons on Occult Psychology, Tarot, Holy Qabalah, Spiritual Alchemy, etc., as well as books, pamphlets, Qabalistic Tree of Life diagrams and Tarot Keys are available to interested aspirants. Write to: BUILDERS OF THE ADYTUM 5105 North Figueroa Street Los Angeles, California 90042 To you, who are about to be touched by the Ineffable via the BOOK OF TOKENS, MAY LIGHT BE EXTENDED UPON YOU. In L. V. X. (Light), The Grand Chapter, Builders, of the Adytum. <strong>...</strong></p>Case Paul Foster - Oracle of the Taroturn:md5:581ea4be505fbef5efd9eb9a3208f6842012-04-12T17:28:00+01:002014-05-07T21:09:18+01:00balderCase Paul FosterTarot <p><img src="https://balderexlibris.com/public/img/.Case_Paul_Foster_-_Oracle_of_the_Tarot_s.jpg" alt="" /><br />
Author : <strong>Case Paul Foster</strong><br />
Title : <strong>Oracle of the Tarot It is recommended that no more than a single lesson is studied each week, over the full study period of 10 weeks.</strong><br />
Year : 1933<br />
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Lesson 1: An Introduction. TAROT divination is not fortune-telling. The practice of fortune-telling is based on the false notion that human life is governed by luck, chance, or fate—by obscure powers at work outside the personality. True divination rests upon the occult truth that the causes of all events in human life are really internal, proceeding from the Cause of Causes—the Universal Intelligent Energy or Life-power which is the Source, Mover and Knower behind all the phenomena of the universe. Because this Universal Intelligent Energy is omnipresent, it must necessarily be a real presence at any given point in space. Consequently it must be the real Presence at the heart of every human personality. That Presence is the True Self, the real I AM, the Concealed Divinity in the shrine of the temple of personality. This True self is the author of all phenomena, and its perfect knowledge includes all the details of phenomenal manifestation, past, present and future. It knows all events, and the significance of all events. Thus it knows the complete past, present and future of every human being. Ordinarily this perfect knowledge of the True Self is hidden from us; but under certain conditions some part of it may be brought down into the personal level of awareness. The right use of Tarot provides the necessary conditions, because Tarot is a device invented by expert psychologists who understood the laws whereby the superconscious knowledge of the True Self may be brought to bear upon the specific problems which confront us as we function at the self-conscious level of our waking existence. The Tarot Keys are composed of pictorial and geometrical symbols. These symbols are the natural “language” of the subconscious mind, a language older than any human tongue, a language from which all modes of human speech have been derived. Fundamentally we think in pictures, not in words, and this pictorial language, common to the whole human race, is the means whereby the subconscious mind may communicate to us the higher knowledge reflected from the superconscious levels of the True Self. As you begin to study divination, bear in mind that it is not meant to satisfy your own or another’s idle curiosity about the future. Take the work seriously. What you are about to learn is a method whereby you may bring to bear upon your own problems, and upon the problems of those who consult you, the light of the superconscious knowledge of past, present and future which is characteristic of the mental activity of the One Life-power. To deal lightly with this is truly to profane the most sacred of mysteries, and the penalty for such profanation in inevitable. He who debases Tarot to mere fortune-telling will rob himself of whatever insight he may possess. He will deceive himself and others by false visions, and may open the door to dangerous obsession by inimical astral entities. <strong>...</strong></p>Case Paul Foster - Letter from Paul Foster Case to Israel Regardie January 1933urn:md5:0f12af3e8131166c9d188504bf9ebe272012-04-12T17:25:00+01:002014-05-07T21:09:23+01:00balderCase Paul FosterLetterOccult <p><img src="https://balderexlibris.com/public/img/.Case_Paul_Foster_-_Letter_from_Paul_Foster_Case_to_Israel_Regardie_January_1933_s.jpg" alt="" /><br />
Author : <strong>Case Paul Foster</strong><br />
Title : <strong>Letter from Paul Foster Case to Israel Regardie January 1933</strong><br />
Year : 1933<br />
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Care Frater : Thank you for putting me in touch with Miss Hughes. She has sent me a very interesting and understanding letter, to which I have answered at some length.<strong>...</strong></p>Case Paul Foster - Letter from Paul Foster Case to Israel Regardie August 1933urn:md5:3be9001d1b46012d96745de9220e9dbe2012-04-12T17:23:00+01:002014-05-07T21:09:28+01:00balderCase Paul FosterLetterOccult <p><img src="https://balderexlibris.com/public/img/.Case_Paul_Foster_-_Letter_from_Paul_Foster_Case_to_Israel_Regardie_August_1933_s.jpg" alt="" /><br />
Author : <strong>Case Paul Foster</strong><br />
Title : <strong>Letter from Paul Foster Case to Israel Regardie August 1933</strong><br />
Year : 1933<br />
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Your prompt response to my letter came as a welcome surprise when I returned from a three-day retreat into the dunes at Oceano, about 200 miles north of this place. <strong>...</strong></p>Case Paul Foster - Highlights of Taroturn:md5:80b7d94c66ea1d03aa37697580e9411b2012-04-12T17:18:00+01:002014-05-07T21:09:31+01:00balderCase Paul FosterJewTarot <p><img src="https://balderexlibris.com/public/img/.Case_Paul_Foster_-_Highlights_of_Tarot_s.jpg" alt="" /><br />
Author : <strong>Case Paul Foster</strong><br />
Title : <strong>Highlights of Tarot with Coloring Instructions</strong><br />
Year : 1931<br />
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HEARKEN, O Israel unto my voice, And give ear to mine instruction. My word shall go before thee As a pillar of fire By night, And as a pillar of cloud Shalt thou follow it By day. Turn not aside, nor faint, And it shall lead thee to a land of plenty Flowing with the milk of life eternal And the honey of unblemished wisdom. From . . . THE BOOK OF TOKENS - Tarot Meditations by DR. PAUL FOSTER CASE. <strong>...</strong></p>Case Paul Foster - Hermetic Alchemy Science and Practiceurn:md5:a918f069f2eece6b1244ddb84d2ed7092012-04-12T17:13:00+01:002014-05-07T21:09:36+01:00balderCase Paul FosterAlchemyGolden DawnRosicrucian <p><img src="https://balderexlibris.com/public/img/.Case_Paul_Foster_-_Hermetic_Alchemy_Science_and_Practice_s.jpg" alt="" /><br />
Author : <strong>Case Paul Foster</strong><br />
Title : <strong>Hermetic Alchemy Science and Practice The Golden Dawn Alchemy Series 2</strong><br />
Year : 1931<br />
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INTRODUCTION. When Paul Foster Case published this Magnum Opus in 1931, it reflected a period during which he chose to write very clearly. Paul Case later mentioned that it was a mistake to give out this alchemical material "too easily". After preparing the outstanding 'Tarot Fundamentals' and 'Tarot Interpretation' lesson series as well as the 'Tree of Life' courses, Paul created the 'Great Work' course but decided to write in a more cryptic manner with regard to Alchemy. Students who have diligently studied the material and performed the corresponding meditations in the preparatory lesson courses mentioned above, are very well prepared to grasp the inner meaning of the 'Great Work' course. Please note that all of the courses mentioned above as well as many others are still available from the Builders of the Adytum by making application via the web site (www.bota.org) or by writing to 5105 N. Figueroa St., Los Angeles, CA 90042 and requesting an application. This book will be of great value to those who have not had the opportunity to pursue the B.O.T.A. lesson series through the 'Great Work' course but would like to study Alchemy from one of the greatest leaders of the Golden Dawn in the 20th century; those who have already progressed to Paul Case's 'Great Work' course will find this current volume of interest in tracing the evolution of his thought and assisting them in understanding some of the more cryptic aspects of the newer course. Please note that in this text, Paul Case appears to refer to Alchemy as if it was a homogenous field of study but it may be better understood as a process of transformation with various independent factions which, in some cases, have very little to do with each other. For example, it is Paul Case's view that "true" alchemists were not referring to external laboratories and he emphatically states that they were referring to various grades of consciousness as well as the physical human instrument. Well this is definitely true of the particular group of writings that Paul is quoting from, this cannot be assumed across all alchemical literature. In fact there are hundreds of alchemical documents that are referring precisely to laboratory alchemy and do not in any manner refer to the Spiritual Alchemy described in this text. Paul's view is that such Alchemists misunderstood the "real" alchemists endowed with the oral tradition. Rather the evidence supports the view that there was a faction of Alchemists that did involve themselves solely with the study of purely physical processes. Though Spiritual Alchemy is of the greatest importance in serving as a valuable key to understanding the Golden Dawn Rituals and Teaching, one can not completely dismiss the value of "Lab Alchemy". Observing the changes in color and form of the various materials undergoing chemical change and processes such as extraction, distillation, etc., certainly will develop a deeper understanding of Spiritual Alchemy. But make no mistake, a "plant stone" or "mineral stone" made in a laboratory, will confer no special powers upon the participating alchemist; rather one can view the observed laboratory processes as a potent series of meditations. The "First Matter" in this text is the Alchemist himself and the alchemical process described is the transmutation of the subject's own body and consciousness into that of the "Philosophers' Stone." Also note that Paul Foster Case states that the Qabalah provides the necessary key to understanding the oral tradition of Alchemy. While this is certainly true of a certain class of alchemical literature, particularly from a select group of alchemical writings from the 16th century onwards, it cannot be applied to the vast corpus of alchemical literature without discrimination. In the introductory chapters, Paul Case makes a strong and compelling argument that Western Alchemy and Eastern Yoga are describing the same fundamental reality. But interesting enough, one finds very little Eastern Yoga style practices in the B.O.T.A. curriculum at any level; rather Paul warns repeatedly that such practices can only by safely performed under the guidance of a qualified teacher and definitely not simply out of a book. To this I concur and also note that the various systems of Yoga can be understood from within the basic structure of the Tree of Life and do form the basis of a comprehensive system of alchemical transformation. Such a system is best undertaken from someone in a controlled environment who has completed the corresponding transformation themselves. We are reminded again that one must have the Stone to make the Stone. Here for the first time in over 75 years are Paul Foster Case's advanced aspects of the Alchemical Process, the Twelve Stages of the Great Work, and practical instruction publicly available to students of the Golden Dawn Tradition. It is with great pleasure that we introduce the second volume of the Rosicrucian Order of the Golden Dawn's 'Golden Dawn Alchemy Series', a collection of distinguished books on Alchemy written by leaders of the Golden Dawn Tradition. Enjoy ! Tony DeLuce Laguna Niguel, CA. March 19,2009. <strong>...</strong></p>Case Paul Foster - Esoteric Keys of Alchemyurn:md5:a4f70c288811ba0eab88cef78b2c8a782012-04-12T17:03:00+01:002014-05-07T21:09:38+01:00balderCase Paul FosterAlchemy <p><img src="https://balderexlibris.com/public/img/.Case_Paul_Foster_-_Esoteric_Keys_of_Alchemy_s.jpg" alt="" /><br />
Author : <strong>Case Paul Foster</strong><br />
Title : <strong>Esoteric Keys of Alchemy</strong><br />
Year : 1931<br />
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Esoteric Keys of Alchemy (1931) will aid you in unlocking the intentionally cryptic alchemical writings that have challenged so many seekers. Paul Foster Case deciphered these mysteries for students of his School of Ageless Wisdom in a step-by-step process. As he pulls on the thread of the tapestry, the whole veil unravels, giving you a glimpse of the hidden meaning and intent. Once accessible only to private members, his gems of esoteric wisdom have been made available to the public for the first time. Learn the hidden teachings on the true spiritual and transformational nature of the alchemical process as you explore the historical writings of the alchemists of old. Esoteric Keys of Alchemy uniquely combines he teachings of the Western Mystery Tradition such as Hermetics, Tarot, and, Qabalah with the writings of the Yogis of the East. It is a powerful combination that enables you to see the universal nature of those mysteries. It is a must read for every one who believes that the human being is the direct expression of the perfectly free and unmodified spiritual essence of all things. <strong>...</strong></p>Case Paul Foster - Daniel, Master of Magicians & the Name of Namesurn:md5:518f8e325716da0a6f75ccb3f0f74daf2012-04-12T16:47:00+01:002014-05-07T21:09:42+01:00balderCase Paul FosterMagicOccult <p><img src="https://balderexlibris.com/public/img/.Case_Paul_Foster_-_Daniel_Master_of_Magicians_and_the_Name_of_Names_s.jpg" alt="" /><br />
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Title : <strong>Daniel, Master of Magicians & the Name of Names</strong><br />
Year : 194*<br />
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Introduction. Paul Foster Case (1884-1954), the author of these texts, is known to students of the Secret Wisdom as an unexcelled authority on the esoteric teachings of Tarot, Qabalah, and Alchemy. Dr. Case's linkage with the secret Mystery Schools that preserved the true Christ teachings is indicated also by several other of his works, which include: THE TRUE AND INVISIBLE ROSICRUCIAN ORDER; TAROT, KEY TO WISDOM OF THE AGES; THE BOOK OF TOKENS; THE MAGICAL LANGUAGE; THE GREAT SEAL OF THE UNITED STATES; THE MASONIC LETTER G. Besides being the producer of these works in book form, Paul Case was the founder of Builders of the Adytum, a non-profit organization which is the custodian and disseminator of his incomparable works on esoteric subjects. These are presented in graded lesson form. Through the lessons the same spiritual unfoldment can be attained today as was possible only for Mystery School students in former world periods. Dr. Case was chosen by the Third Order for the transmission of Western Mysteries for this period. His work was to perserve, extend and update the teachings that have always existed since the beginning of the world. Human consciousness, as a whole, has evolved a capacity for individuality and intellectual comprehension that did not exist to the same extent in former ages. These new human capacities - indicated exoterically by the advancements of the 'scientific age - had to be taken into account. Initiation today cannot be attained in the same manner as it was in former ages. For a modern aspirant to experience the inner worlds in the right way he must be prepared with a mental comprehension that harmonizes with the present evolutionary deirelopment of humanity. This is precisely what the spiritual teachings of B.O.T.A., initiated by Paul Case, take into full account. For this reason, the Western Mystery training system is more valid for the modern Western aspirant than the older Eastern system. These methods allow for the freedom and independence of the Western student; a freedom which this treatise indicates as being the fiuit of a continuously growing grasp of Reality. Indeea, as you will read, the true meaning of the Name of Names is "that which was, is and shall be; the nature of Reality liberates." The reality that liberates includes levels of existence beyond those we can experience through the physical senses. To be able to enter fully into the Larger Reality is the essence of the freedom which awaits us as we become ever more conscious of Christ as the Divine Ego, the Central Presence seated within the heart of every human being. May Light Be Extended upon You, BUILDERS OF THE ADYTUM. <strong>...</strong></p>Case Paul Foster - Correlation of Sound and Colorurn:md5:7fc09a68b0f5de5e96bc559d00e9186d2012-04-12T16:44:00+01:002014-05-07T21:09:47+01:00balderCase Paul FosterColorInitiationOccultSound <p><img src="https://balderexlibris.com/public/img/.Case_Paul_Foster_-_Correlation_of_Sound_and_Color_s.jpg" alt="" /><br />
Author : <strong>Case Paul Foster</strong><br />
Title : <strong>Correlation of Sound and Color</strong><br />
Year : 1931<br />
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In the order of the Life-power's self-expression, sound, precedes light . A very ancient Sanskrit book tells of Shabda-Brahma, the sound-divinity, which is the root-potency
of all manifestation. It says, " Through sound the world stands. " Pythagoras taught the same thing. So did Plato, Both were icstructed by Egyptian hierophents. From them
they learned that the physical universe is called forth from chaos by ordered, rhythmic sound. Moses, initiated in the same Egyptian achools, began Genesis with an account of a series of creative acts introduced by the words, "And God said." The Hebrews and the Greeks a like were instructed in a secret wisdom which had for a central tenet the idea that the laws of musical proportion are expressed in all things, When St. John wrote of the Logos, or Creative Word, "Through him all things were made, and that which hath been made was life in him," he simply published openly what had long been transmitted from mouth to ear in esoteric schools. <strong>...</strong></p>Case Paul Foster - An Introduction to the Study of the Taroturn:md5:70c941bd5a147b752d2b49b33b3cddf02012-04-12T16:37:00+01:002014-05-07T21:09:53+01:00balderCase Paul FosterTarot <p><img src="https://balderexlibris.com/public/img/.Case_Paul_Foster_-_An_Introduction_to_the_Study_of_the_Tarot_s.jpg" alt="" /><br />
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Title : <strong>An Introduction to the Study of the Tarot</strong><br />
Year : 1920<br />
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As an erudite book, all combinations of which reveal the harmonies preexisting between signs and numbers, the practical value of the Tarot is truly and above all marvelous - Eliphas Levi. <strong>...</strong></p>Case Paul Foster - A Dissertation Concernig the Thirty-Two Paths of Wisdomurn:md5:324db4844358805357b6fb86def9c4142012-04-12T16:33:00+01:002014-05-07T21:10:02+01:00balderCase Paul FosterJew <p><img src="https://balderexlibris.com/public/img/.Case_Paul_Foster_-_A_Dissertation_Concernig_the_Thirty-Two_Paths_of_Wisdom_s.jpg" alt="" /><br />
Author : <strong>Case Paul Foster</strong><br />
Title : <strong>A Dissertation Concernig the Thirty-Two Paths of Wisdom</strong><br />
Year : 1919<br />
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In the name of Adonai shall the nations be Blessed. The paths of the Tree of Life indicate the order of manifestation after the primary expression of the powers of the ten Sephi. <strong>...</strong></p>