Toward Real Happiness, Peace and Freedom
by Hermeticusnath
An excerpt from
“A commentary on Shri Gurudev Mahendranath’s Organum of the Magnum Opus“
by Hermeticusnath
To study the Secret Sciences to gain esoteric knowledge and guidance. To do the experimental work to confirm our beliefs and make all this possible.
Every culture has a living or traces of a living “shamanic” or hidden (i.e. “occult”) tradition within the mainstream culture. A small number of “illuminated” or Awake people are involved in esoteric secret societies, mystery schools, brother or sisterhoods, etc. Whether we are looking at the male Yoruba dancing societies in Nigeria or the Masons in America, initiated traditions form the core of every spiritual movement within the larger society they inhabit and, in some cases, direct or control in part these societies. These magikal traditions, be they Egyptian, Druidic, Masonic or Sufi, focus on the study and understanding of how we can understand and become one with the cosmos. This was true two thousand years ago and it is true today.
Today a new secret society of mystics called “physicists” have a new name for the magikal universe which secret societies and in-groups have studied for centuries. They call it Quantum Physics. They have “proven” that all things exist simultaneously in space and time, something aboriginal bushmen have known for thousands of years. So our “science” is beginning to explore how matter and energy “play,” how they transmute and transform moment to moment. The world we see is not the real world which has been “proven” to be systems of loosely connected particles, molecules and atoms which are in turn made up of complex forms of energy science is only now beginning to study. So the ancient mages were correct about the levels of reality and perception. Much has been made of this connection between ancient knowledge and current physics. Such books as The Tao of Physics, and The Dancing Wu Li Masters help show that the ancient occult knowledge and the new occult knowledge are in fact the same.
According to tantrik tradition, the age we are now in is the Kali Yuga or the final age before the cycle of ages begins again. This tradition states that all knowledge will be available to everyone this age. Thus what was once the hidden realm of Secret Societies, Orders and In-Groups, is now being made available to all. Hopefully this essay is part of this process! Go to any library or metaphysical bookstore, almost everything is there, jewels hidden in mounds of garbage, but the jewels are there if one has the will to dig.
Since no book or oral instruction can explain “awakening” or “higher consciousness,” all this knowledge is useless unless it is put into practice. All truly wise teachers have known this and it is perfectly illustrated by the fact that Shri Purdurabo entitled his irreplaceable master-work Magick in Theory and Practice. Theory alone is useless. To quote the well-known Zen koan: “Talking does not cook the rice.”
Exploring the fabulous “occult” or hidden world we have been talking about means real effort and trial-and-error experimentation. Not just once or twice but continually, for the rest of your life. This means testing basic concepts and theories with practice. The Guardian Spirit quickly shows us the direction to take at any given time once our self-evolving practices are underway. With this guidance we pick and chose the rites, meditations and/or other practices that our True Will shows us to be our path. The knowledge one gains from these practices, dreams, etc. form the basis of one’s own Master Pattern of Life.
Still, our memories are not always the best and Ego loves to tamper, so it is imperative that, like other “scientists,” we write everything down in a journal. By doing so, we will later be able to see patterns and themes that run through months or years of practices and perhaps this will help those other people who are also embarking on the same quest both now and long after we are gone. It is important to note that everything said so far rests on the foundation of experimentation and confirmation. No one can give you your magikal reality. They can share theirs with you, you can certainly pick and choose ancient ideas and practices, but in the end you are responsible for your own “Master Pattern of Life.”
