In working with the angels, intelligences and spirits of the
planets, I think I have learned something about these hierarchies. I am going
to start from the bottom and work up. I know more about the spirits and
intelligences than I do of the angels.
Those beings we classify as spirits of planets are agents of
manifestation. These powers can make things happen in your life. However, their
default mode of operation is to mess with you for they are also guardians of
the intelligence. Their job is to keep you out. Once you pass the test, they
become your helpers.
Passing the test is really a misnomer. They are not testing
you anymore than a bouncer at a private club is testing your ability to fight.
To get in, you have to know someone. That someone is your mind and what
controls it. Most of the time, that isn’t you. At best, it is your habits of
thoughts that incompatible with the intelligence you seek. An analogous example
is you cannot gain the intellectual knowledge you seek by being lazy in school.
Laziness is barrier to that mundane
intelligence. Figure that out and you are golden. This is especially true of
the hierarchy of Luna.
While they have names, I do not perceive intelligences as
beings. They are more akin to environments. Any name you have is a key, that is
all.
The intelligence of Luna is called some horrible
unpronounceable Hebrew name of uncertain meaning. If you do your due diligence
you will also see the intelligence of the sphere of Yesod, which is associated
with the moon, is the Pure and Clear Intelligence.
The first time I saw this was during a Theoricus initiation
in my lodge days. I walked into the prepared temple room and could see the
clearness in the air. It was as if for all of our lives we see through a filter
of fine airborne impurities. When a skilled ceremonial magician, like my
teacher, opens the temple the intelligence had a physical manifestation. As far
as I know, I am the only one that perceived it at the time.
The key here though is in the name, intelligence. The
intelligence of Luna is pure and clear. This means that your thoughts cannot
have attachments. A thought about a red pen is that a red pen is a device that
allows you to draw lines that appear to be red. There is no association to what
those lines may represent. All you have is a red pen. In this space, you can
examine any thought and rip away all associations. With just the intent of
will, I was able strip a thought of three or four associations I did not know I
had. Stripping those thoughts of associations were a step toward lucid dreaming,
a very long-term goal that had eluded me.
To succeed, you must be willing to rid yourself of all
attachments of thought. You must enjoy that mind set. It is not necessary to do
this to every thought. That is impossibly time consuming. Yet, you must allow
it to happen as often as possible.
I have not mastered the entrance to Mercury’s intelligence
yet. I have not been able to define it. So, I will not speak of it much. I can
say this. Just being within the intelligence changed me. For example, Mercury
has a strong communication aspect to it. After being in that space, even if
only partially, I appear to be writing the blog again.
Just getting into the sphere changes you. Practical magick
is not necessary.
The angels still elude me. They may be a bridge between
planetary work and sephira work. They may be guiding forces within the
intelligence. I have no good answers at this point.
Expect more on this topic as I have further experience.
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