Category: Spirituality
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The Dark Side of Esotericism: Recognizing Manipulative Leaders
Understand the difference between the genuine esoteric spiritual teacher and the fraud. High degrees and spiritual titles can be deceptive.
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Hypnosis: Esoteric Spirituality’s Missing Key
Although it has been downplayed or forgotten, some of the most important spiritual teachers of the last few hundreds years have been hypnotists. (Christian mystic Saint-Martin and G. I. Gurdjieff among them.) We look at the influence of hypnotism on the West’s spiritual tradition.
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Out Now: Path Of The Warrior-Mystic
My latest book, The Path Of The Warrior-Mystic, is now available in the USA. Mitch Horowitz, PEN Award–winning author of Occult America and The Miracle Club, has said that “As steeped in magic, rite, and hidden history as he is in good sense, Angel delivers the book on positive manhood for which our culture has…
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Dune: The Hypnotic Power of Words
The movie Dune introduces us to the idea that words are “equivalent to a form” or, as positive thinking teacher Neville Goddard said, “thoughts are things.” We look at Dune and the hypnotic power of words.
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Papus: Magician, Martinist, And Medical Hypnotist
Known today for founding the ritualistic Martinist Order, and for his writings on magic, Gérard Encausse was one of France’s most prominent, pioneering, and respected medical hypnotists. Indeed, for Encausse (and for 19th century France) there was a great deal of overlap between the magical and the medical. Here, we explore some of the stranger…
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Going It Alone
While we all want to have a good support group, there are times when — like it or not — we have to go it alone. Such times can be challenging but they can also be times of personal growth. Here’s some advice for the road.
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