Ophiel -The-Oracle-of-Fortuna

The Oracle of Fortuna by

Ophiel

PREFACE

Countless“FortuneTelling”systemshavebeencreatedsincethebeginningof Civilization,allpurpotingtogivetoMansomeguidancefortheFuture.Manyofthese systemswere“purefake”,buttheywerebasedonaHope,andsometimesthishope alonewasstrongenoughtomakethesystemwork. ThisORACLEOFFORTUNAisgenuine.Itworks.Itgivesguidance/answersto questionsthatareproperlysetupaccordingtotheinstructionsgiveninthisbook.It canhelpyougreatlythroughLife/Living. OphieldoesnotclaimthatthisORACLEwillmakeyou“richovernight”orthatitwill solveallpuzzles.No“fortunetelling”systemeverexistedonthisEarthPlanethat coulddothat. ThisORACLEOFFORTUNAwill,however,givegoodguidanceandanswersto specificquestions,andwillalsoprovidemanysidehintsastothecircumstances surroundingthenatureofthequestions. THEORACLEOFFORTUNAisbasedontheQabalah,thefoundationofallWestern OccultismandMagick.TheQabalahsystemisadmirablyadaptedtoWesternbodies andminds,anditsstudyisfacilitatedbyyourmasteryoftheknowledgeofthis ORACLE.RealstudyoftheORACLEcanleadyouintotherealInnerdepthsofthe Occult,andtothedevelopmentofyournatural,inherentpsychicpowers.

Foreword to 1979 Edition

Thislittlebookwasmyfifthtobewritten–ratherfifthtobepublished,ithadbeen writtenaboutthesametimeasTheArtandPracticeofAstralProjectionwaswritten butforreasonsIdonotnowrecallwasdelayedinappearance.ThislittleOracle cametomeatatimeofdistressandpovertyandactuallyIuseditmyselfagreatdeal duringthatleantime.Itwasagoodhelptomeanditcanassistyoutoo.Remember thedeeperandvitalyourquestionis,thebettertheanswerthatcanbeobtainedto helpyouliveyourdailylifebetter.InadditiontotheOccultdirectionsastohowto usetheOracle,thereisagreatdealofgoodordinaryOccultKnowledgeandOccult informationinthislittlebookwhichyoushouldfindveryhelpfulinlivingyourordinary dailylife.Rememberthefuture,yourfuture,comingeventsandthefutureofallabout youAREPLASTIC!Andyoudohavemoldingpowersoverthose‘causes’hereon thisplane,torepeat,tochange,deflectcomingeventssoyoucandodgeorevade,or avoidthem.Tothoseofyouwhoareshortofsuppliesforyourdailylifeliving necessities,IwroteabookcalledTheArtandPracticeofCreativeVisualization,for short.IfyoucannotaffordthisbookIwillsendyouuponreceiptof.25¢threesimple methodsofusingyourpowersofCreativeworkingstobringyouSUPPLY.Studying thesethreemethodsshouldSTARTYOUONTHEROADTOPROSPERITY.It workedformeandIamnotanaturalbyanymeans.SOGOTOIT–go,go,go,go. OPHIEL 

DEDICATION Thisbookislovinglydedicatedtoallthosewhohavehelpedmebyattendingthe Lecturesandbybuyingandreadingthesebooksandwho,Ihopeforthesakeofthe Work,willassistinopeningcentersalloverthecountry.Centerswherehardworking Knowledgecanbegivenout.Knowledgewhichliberatesfromthedarknessof Ignorance.  August1973 WestHollywood,California

KEY TO FRONT COVER SYMBOLISM

Beginatthetopofthepictureandworkdown.FirstistheSunandtheMoonwhich represent,roughly,thebasicpositiveandnegativesidesofALLthings.TheSunis positiveandelectric,whiletheMoonisnegativeandmagnetic. BelowthisisarainbowappearingarchofcolorswhichrepresentstheUpperAstral Lightonitsway“down.”EachofthesecolorsrulesanAstrologicalForcerepresented bythePlanetarySymboltowhichthecolorraypoints. BelowtheAstrologicalsymbolsarenumberedsquareswhichrepresenttheMinor TarotCardsasanordinarydeckofcards,designatedbytheirsuitsasshowntothe right,withtheMajorArcanacardsymbol,followedbytheElementalForceSymbol. CardsAand2arebeforeformandthe10cardsembraceALLbelow. Continuing“down,”thelinesconnectsomeoftheordinaryactivitiesofLife/Livingto their“ruling”Forces.Anexample–Farmland,Oil,andCoalisruledbySaturn throughthethreesofthedeck,“up”tothecolorViolet.

FOREWORD

Endlessbookshavebeenwrittenaboutthe“OCCULT.”Whatisthebasicmotivefor thewritingofan“Occult”book? Isnotthebasic“reasond’etre”ofanOccultbookasearchforaKnowledge,a Formula,aKey,aTouchStone,anOpenSesamethatwillunlocktheMysteriesof Existence,OuterPhysicalExistenceandInnerPhysicalExistenceandotherwise? Yet,whenyouexaminetheOccultbooksalreadywrittenwhatdoyoufind? Youwillfindendlessdissertationsandperambulations,upanddown,backandforth, andallaroundthesubject,butendinginnorealpractical,usable,workable knowledgeastoHOWtousethepossiblepoweroftheexistenceoftheInnerOccult Worldinanymannereitherasabenefitor,muchless,adetriment. HavingwrittenthisbookIamlookingforadifferentkindofreaderthantheusual Occultdilettante.Iamlookingforareaderwhowantstoaccomplishsomething definitealongOccultlines;togainsomethingthathecanusetobenefithimselfin whateverwayhefindsnecessaryforhisPHYSICALWELLBEINGAND HAPPINESS. LongagoIarrivedatthedismalconclusionthatitwasimpossibletofindoutanything REALaboutGODandtheUNIVERSE–whatitisallabout–throughordinarymeans andpractices,especiallythroughthestudyofwhatOccultbookswereavailable,and throughorganizedOccultgroupsnowexisting,includingchurches. SoIdecidedtostartanewsearchalongadifferentline.TheONETHINGthatIwas reallysureofwasthatmanpossessedsomenaturalpowers.THEKNOWLEDGE THATMANHADSOMEREALNATURALPOWERSWASTHEONLYREALTHING THATIWASREALLYSUREOF!!!IDECIDEDTOSTUDYTHEPOWERSOFMAN, TOSEEIFTHEYCOULDBEEXTENDEDANDDEVELOPED,ANDTOSEE WHERETHATDEVELOPMENTWOULDLEAD.ITHINKITWILLLEADSTRAIGHT TOGOD!!! TothatendIwrotemyfirstbook,THEARTANDPRACTICEOFASTRAL PROJECTION.ThatbookwasadirectedstudyofMan’sprojectionpowersandofhis abilitytoentertheInnerPlanes,atwill.Andthroughenteringthemtobegintousethe knowledgeofthemforhisWellBeing,thatbyunderstandingandusingtheInner Planeshecouldunderstandandusethe“OUTERPHYSICALPLANE.” ThisismyfifthOccultbook.ThisbookisaboutasimplesystemofDivination.Your continueduseofthislittledivinationsystemshouldenableyouto“feel”outthefuture, tosomeextent,andthusyoucanreceivemuchenlightementtohelpyouinyourdaily Life/Living.MASTERTHISLITTLESYSTEMANDUSEITFORTHERESTOF YOURLIFE. TheORACLEOFFORTUNAdoesnot“tell”your“fortune.”Veryfewofushaveany future“fortune”comingtousexceptwhatwemakeforourselves.However,any information,inadvance,whichwecangettogiveusa“feel”forfuture,probably coming,eventsisofgreatvaluetousindailyliving.Aswillbeexplainedfullylateron inthisbook,theunseenInnerPlaneForces,whichmoldthisOuterPhysicalPlane, canbelikenedtoWinds(andaresolikenedinGreekMythology)andtoknowwhich “wind”isblowingfromwhichdirectionenablesmantoadjustthe“sails”ofhisBEING

accordinglyandthuskeepadvancingtowardsthegoalofhisFORTUNEeventhough temporarilythewindsareagainsthimoutwardly. Instrivingtomakeyour“fortune,”tomakethekindofphysicallifeyouwant,itis possibletogreatlyassistyourselfbyOCCULTPOWERSGAINEDFROMOCCULT STUDYOFOCCULTKNOWLEDGE.ItryhardtowritebookswhichcontainOccult KnowledgewhichcanbeturnedintoOccultPowers.Oneofthesebookshasbeen noticed.Anotherbook,calledTHEARTANDPRACTICEOFGETTINGMATERIAL THINGSTHROUGHCREATIVEVISUALIZATION,HASALSOBEENPRINTED.This bookshouldgiveyouvitalknowledgeaboutyourgreatestnaturalasset,YOUR IMAGINATION.FollowingthisknowledgeyoucanattaintoMASTERYOFTHE POWERSOFYOURIMAGINATIONandthatcanbeatremendousassetinlivingthis PhysicalLife. Thestudy,andacquirement,ofthePowersconferredbytheassimilationofthe OccultKnowledgegiveninthesethreebooks,andothersnowinprint,shouldputyou closetothetopoftheControlofThingsPhysical.YourfutureFORTUNEisinyour ownhands. SOGOGOGO!!!

INDEX

1. Preface........................................................5 2. Forewordto1979Edition..........................................6 3. Dedication.....................................................7 4. KeytoFrontCoverSymbolism.....................................8 5. Foreword......................................................9 6. Index........................................................11 7. OraclesofthePast.............................................12 8. TheSymbols–TheFourElements.................................16 9. TheSymbols–ThePlanets.......................................22 10. WorkingtheOracle.............................................25 11. Additional.....................................................32 12. AddendumonGambling.........................................38 13. Appendix.....................................................39 14. MessagefromOphiel...........................................84

Oracles of the Past

Certainly,atonetimeoranother,allofushaveferventlywishedthatwehadatour disposalaneasilyused,accuratesystemofdivinationwhichwecoulduseto“fore” tellsomethingaboutourimmediatefuture,which“fore”tellingwouldhelpusover manyadifficultspotinourlife. DuringthecourseofmyyearsofOccultstudyandresearch,Ididdiscoverjustsucha divinationsystem,althoughIwasnotactuallylookingforsuchathingatthetime. IdiscoveredthatacertaingameofSolitairewasoriginallyaself-worked,simple systemofdivinationthat,carefullyused,doesgivequick,fairlyaccurateanswersto questionsofpersonalimportance.Thenatureoftheanswersgivenaresuchthatthey canbeofgreathelpandusetoyouinregulatingyourdailylife’sactivities. IcallthisLittleSystemTHEORACLEOFFORTUNA.  AlltheequipmentyouneedtoworkthisLittleSystemisanewdeckofplayingcards, sevensmallcardscalledthePlanetCards,paintedthecorrectcolors,andfourlarge cardscalledtheElementalCards,paintedinthecorrectcolors,plustheDivination instructions. IhavewrittenthisbooktogiveyouthissystemandIhopeyoumostsincerelywill learnthesystem,useit,andbenefitthereby. InancienttimesthemostfamousOracle,inthethenknownworld,wastheOracleof  ApollosituatedinaGreeklocationnamedDelphi.ThewaythisOraclewouldwork wasforawoman,knownasaPythia,tositonaseatattheapexofatripodwhich wasplacedoveracreviceinthegroundfromwhichseepedagaseousvapor.When thePythiabreathedthisgaseousvaporshewouldbecomesemi-consciousand wouldthenspeakadivination/prophecyinresponsetowhateverquestionwasasked ofher.Shedidbreatheanoxiousvaporwhichwasprobablysulphuroxideorsome suchemanationcomingfromtherocksanditdidknockheroutandshedidprophecy inthisknockedoutcondition. However,Ihavesincelearnedthatshealsochewedbayleaves,freshyoungbay leaves.Iamtoldthattheseyoungbayleavescontainhydrocyanicacid.Evengetting asmalldoseofthisacidwouldhavetheeffect,also,ofhalfknockingherout,and accordingtothewayweunderstanditintheOccult,itdislocatedpartoftheEtheric BodyfromthePhysicalBodyandunderthoseconditionsshewasabletohaveasort ofanillumination.IbelieveIhavesaidbeforethatasortofanilluminationdoesoccur underdrugs.Eventually,thiswoman,thePythia,wouldbecomepoisonedorsick fromthepoisoning,orbreakdownorgoinsane,andthenshewouldbediscarded.I understandshewasusuallyaslaveandthatshewastrainedforthissortofwork alongwithagroupofslaves. Theprophecies,however,werenevergiveninplainlanguagebutwerealwaysgiven insomekindofveiledtalk/statementsthattooksomethinkingtointerpretcorrectly. Thereasonfortheveiled–vague–language–symbolsinthisandinalldivination answersisdirectlyconnectedwiththedifferencesinexistencesoftheOuterPlanes andtheInnerPlanes.Thetwoexistences,whiletheyareconnected,donotresemble eachotherinanyway,shape,orformatall.Forexample,“things”existontheOuter Planeassolidforms.OntheInnerPlanesthesame“things”existasFORCESAND COMBINATIONSOFFORCES.AFORCEdoesnot“looklike”aFORMatall.An

InnerPlaneFORCEdoesnotresemble,intheslightestdegree,anOuterPlane FORM.Ittakesaterrificlotofmetaphysicalknowledge,practice,understanding,and abilitytointerpretanInnerPlaneVisionsoastomakepracticalapplicationtoan OuterPlaneFormReality.* Thesecolossaldifferences(unknowntotheaveragepersonunlessheisvery clairvoyantandhasseentheInnerPlanesforhimself)inexistencesarethemain reasonsforthedifficultiesinthewayofgettinganyreliablekindof“fore” knowledge/informationDIRECTLYfromtheInnerPlanestotheOuterPlanesandto beabletomakegoodandquickuseofitaccurately.Therearealwaysmanypossible coursesofactionandendlesspossibilitiesevenbetweenthetimeofthegivingofthe divination/prophecyandthescheduledtimeofitsfulfillment. Ithasjustcometomyattention,asafurtherclarificationoftheaboveideasthatthe mainreasonwhythepropheciesseemtobesodifficulttounderstandwasthatthe solutionsrequestedbytheonewhoaskedtheOraclethequestionsalwayscameto thedivinerorthePythoness,inthiscase,intheformoffeelings.Theynevercamein theformofwords.ThisideahasbeenbroughtoutmorefullyinmybookTHEART  ANDPRACTICEOFCLAIRVOYANCEbutwhenIwrotethisarticlesometimeagoI hadn’tfullyunderstoodtheideaaboutthefeelings.Sotherefore,thediviner,inany case,eitheryouorwhoeverisdoingthedivining,willalwaysreceivetheanswersin theformofafeelingandthenthisfeelinghastobeinterpretedintowords. So,consideringallthese“outoftheworldthings,”itisreallyamiraclethatanygood, practical,understandable“fore”knowledgecanbegotten“through”atall.Indeedthe amountofusefullifehelpingknowledge/informationthathasbeengotten“through”in thepasthistoryofManhasbeendefinitelylimited.Andyet,Irepeat,thedifficultyhas notbeenthelackofavailabledivinationknowledge,butthelackofpracticalpsychicphysicalabilitytointerpretthisdivination/knowledgeaccurately. IntheOracleofFortunasystem,however,youarenotgoingtohavetostruggleto understanddivinationsasgivenby,andthrough,words/language.Youaregoingto learntointerpretthrough,andby,symbols.Ifthisshouldsounddifficulttoyou,don’t worry,becauseitisnotdifficult.Thereareonlyfoursymbolsandthesefoursymbols willbeexplainedtoyouthoroughly.Also,eachsymbolhasakeywordforitandthe keywordisverysuggestive.Iassureyouthesymbolinterpretationwillbeeasyto learntouse. Inregardtothebasicideaofreceivinghelpandassistancefrominformationcoming fromthe“otherside”oflife,theInnerPlaneside,thequestion–justhowvaluablecan thishelpbeifandwhenitisinterpretedcorrectly?–canbeasked.Agoodsensible answerwouldbethefollowingstory,inthepreviouslyreferredtoprophecyofthe OracleatDelphi,the“fore”knowledgethatsavedanationisincludedinthehistorical factsthatareasfollows.  AtthetimethePersianEmpirewasthreateningthewholeworldandespeciallythe GreekNationofCityStateswhichwasjuststartingtheculturalexpansionfromwhich webenefiteventothisday.  AnumberofpreviousinvasionsofGreecehadbeenbeatenoffbutthistimePersia, aftertenyearsofpreparations,hadassembledagreatarmyandnavyforthesole purposeofconqueringGreeceonceandforall. InthisgreatcrisisadelegationfromtheunitedGreekcitiesvisitedtheOracleat Delphitoaskforguidancetodeterminewhattodotomeettheterriblemenace

ThegistofthePythia’sanswer/prophecywas–PUTYOURFAITHINWOODEN WALLS!!!NowwhatinHadesdidthismean? Thoseofyouwhoknowyourancienthistoryknowwhatitmeant,oryoucanfigureit outfromwhathappened.Ifyoudon’tknowhistorywhatdoYOUthinkitmeant? TheGreekswereaspuzzledasyouarebutfinallysomeofthemfiguredoutthe meaningoftheprophecy.Then,byastrokeofluck,silvermineswerediscoveredin northernGreeceandthesilveroutputfromthosenewmineswasdirectedtothe buildingofanewGreekNavy. Inthewarthatfollowed,thePersianNavywasluredintoatrapandcompletely destroyedbythenewGreekNavy.NowdoYOUknowwhatTHEFAITHIN WOODENWALLSMEANT?THEWOODENWALLSWERETHEWOODENSIDES OFTHESHIPS!!!Whydidn’tyouseeitbefore?Thereasonwhyyoudidn’tseeit beforeandIdidn’tseeitbeforeisbecausethestatementisambigious.Yousee woodenwallscouldmeananynumberofdifferentthings.Inthiscasewhatactually happenedisthatPythagorasfelt,nowrememberfeltwithfeeling,safetyinsidesome kindofwoodenwalls.Shedidn’thaveapictureofthisfromherdivinationoperations thatshewasdoing,eithersmellingthevaporthatcamefromtherocksorchewingthe bayleaveslikeshewasdoingbefore,butshefeltsafetyandfeltthattherewere woodenwallsabouther.Andnow,ofcourse,itisveryclearthatthewoodenwalls werethesidesofships.IunderstandthatsomepeopleinAthensintryingto understandthisprophecyaboutthewoodenwallsassertedthatitmeantthewooden wallsofalittlebuildingthatwasontheAcropolis,whichwasatemple,andthatifthey wouldgoinsidethosewoodenwallsthegodswouldprotectthem.Actually,agroupof people,Idon’tknowhowmany,you’llhavetolookitupinyourhistorybooks,didtake refugeinsidethatwoodentemplewhenthePersiansinvadedthecityand,ofcourse, theywereallkilledandthewoodenwallswereburneddown,sothatcanbethe penaltyformisunderstandingaprophecy. TheOraclewasnotdumb.IftheOraclehadknownwhattheprophecymeantand hadsaidoutplainly“BuildulalargeNavyandyouwillwinthatwarbymeansofthis Navy,”thePersianswouldhaveheardoftheprophecyandwouldhaveavoidedthe trap.Sothereyouare.Figureitoutforyourself. Thissamethingis,ingeneral,whatyoucanexpecttorunintoinanyattempttoget informationfromtheInnerPlanesandtoapplyittotheOuterPlanes.However,we shouldnothavecomplicationslikethiswiththeOracleofFortuna.TheOracleof Fortunagivesgoodanswerstogoodquestionsbymeansofeasilyreadsymbols whichyoushouldhavenodifficultyineasilyunderstandingandinterpretingcorrectly ifyouwillstudythefollowingknowledge/informationandmasterit.  AsstudentsoftheOccult,ItrustyouhaveheardoftheTarotCards.Ifyouhavenot heardofthemitwillbenecessaryforyoutolearnsomethingaboutthem.Thereisa bookcalledTHETAROTbyPaulFosterCasewhichgivesmostoftheordinary informationaboutthese“cards,”especiallythesocalled22TrumpCards.Iwould adviseyoutogetthisbookandstudyitastheknowledgethereinshouldbeknownby youaspartofyourOcccultKnowledge/Information,althoughthebookhasits limitations. ItwouldbepossibleforyoutousetheactualTarotCardsfortheplayingofthis divinationsystem,butasyouknow,playingcardsaremadesothattheycanbeused, orreadcorrectly,nomatterwhichsidecomesupastheyaredealtout,whilethe TarotCardsarepicturesofonlyonesideupallthetime.Lateryoumightwanttouse theactualTarotDeckifyouwanttogotothetroubleofkeepingthecardsrightside

upallthetimewhileyoushufflethem,butthatwouldbealotoftrouble.Soforplaying theOracleofFortunasystemwewilluseanordinarydeckofplayingcards.Imight addinpassingthatthereisasystemofDivinationthatusestheentire78cardsofthe entireTarotPack.Ifyoushouldwanttousethissystemlater,youwillfinditinthe backoftheTarotbookbyCasereferredtopreviously.Thissystemisalong complicatedsystemanddoesnotgiveaquickeasyanswer,butifyouwanttolearnit youknownowwheretofindit.

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The Symbols – The Four Elements ItisthroughtheFourElementalForcesthattheOracledrawsitspowertoFORETELL.Naturally,asstudentsoftheOccult,youknowthattheabovenamedforces arenottheactualPhysicalAir,Fire,Water,andEarth.Thesenamesarebutthe namesoftheforcesfromwhichthePhysicalWorldisInstantlyandContinually created.Thatis,theseFORCESarethe“buildingblockmaterials”fromwhichthe PhysicalUniverseisbuilt.Or,astheoldmagicbookssay–theAir,Fire,Water,and EarthoftheWise.TheseFOURELEMENTALPOWERS/FORCESaretheENTIRE BASISOFTHEPHYSICALPLANEWORLD. Itistheinter-actionandthere-actionoftheseforcesontheInnerPlanes(causedby thatwhichwecannotgointonow–wehavetostopsomewhere)whichconstitutethe circumstancesthateffectourphysicallives–thecircumstancesofwhicha“fore” knowledgewouldbeofsomuchbenefittousBEFORETHEARRIVALOFTHESE FORCESONTHEOUTERMATERIALPLANEINTHEPATTERNWHICHTHEY  ARESET. InthedivinationuseoftheOracleofFortunaweareconcernedonlywiththe  ARRIVALoftheseforcesfromTHEINNERPLANESandtheirresultingimpactupon OURPHYSICALLIFE/WORLDinrelationtoourselves.Onceyouhavegainedsome definiteideas,throughthedivinationoftheOracle,YOUHAVEADVANCE KNOWLEDGEASTOHOWTHESEINNERPLANEFORCESAREARRIVINGAT YOURPHYSICALPLANEEXISTENCEANDYOUCANACTACCORDINGLY,TO GOWITHTHEM,ORTODEFLECTAWAYFROMTHEM.  Again,rememberthattheseInnerPlaneforces,THEELEMENTALFORCES,the FORCESthatinfluence-mold-change-alterthecircumstancesofyourPhysicalPlane world,CHANGEDAILY,CHANGEHOURLY,INFACT,CHANGEEVERYINSTANT. Therefore,youwouldnotgetthesamereadingeverydayonyourdivinationcastings. Thereshouldbeasortofchangingpatternshow-upinyourdailyreadingsandinthe studyofthispatternyoushouldbeabletofollowthesechangestoyouradvantage. Forexample,oneday’sreadingswouldshowtheforcesveryfavourabletoyour desire,asexpressedbyyourquestion,andthenextday’sreadingsnotsofavourable. Therefore,the“trick”ofusingthisdivinationsystemistoworkitdailyandtotake advantageofthebesttimestoworkforwhatyouwanttoaccomplish,andforthe othertimesjustgoonworkingquietly,butmorecarefullyandmorethoroughly,and waitforthegoodtimestowork,thengoaheadfast. Idonotknowhowmanyofyoupeoplehaveeversailedaboat.Ineverhave.Yet,I canunderstandhowitisthataboat’ssailscanbeadjustedtoactasleaverstothe wind.Iamtold,thatinawelldesignedsailboat,thesailleaverscanbesoclosely “adjusted”thattheboatwillsail/movealmostdirectlyintothedirectionfromwhichthe windisblowing!!! TheELEMENTALINNERPLANEFORCESCORRESPOND,INASENSE,WITH THEPHYSICALPLANEWINDS.We,bymeansofourdivinementalpowers,can adjustthereceptiveactionsofourlives,somewhatthesamewayasailofashipis adjustedto“sail”ourlivesinthedirectionwewanttogo,makingprogressinour chosendirection,evenagainstapparentlyopposingforcescomingfromthatdirection andseemingly,closingallprogressinthatdirectiontous.Thenwhenwelearn,from theOracle,thatthewindshavechanged,againwealterourselvestothenew directionandso,throughfore-knowledge,wecanalwaysprogresstowardourlife’s goal.

NowastoHOWtheFourElementalForcesrulethePhysicalWorldintheirentirety, toexplainthiscontrol/ruleproperly,wouldrequireabookmanytimesthesizeofthis oneandmuchlonghardstudyonyourpart.Sincethisbookhasbeenwrittenother bookshavebeenprintedandareonthemarketasaforesaidwhichgointo,and explain,thenatureoftheElementalForcesandtheiractionsmuchmorefully. Therefore,Iwilldothis–IwillgiveabriefexplanationofeachoftheseForces,and thepartitplaysinitsimpactonthePhysicalWorld,withoutgivingmuchelseinbasic prooforanyargumentsbeingoffered.Theinformationgivenwillbeenoughtoenable youtoworkandunderstandwhatyouaredoinginusingtheOracle.  AIR,ElementalAIR,meansmovement/movableness,thequalityofMOTIONasa qualitybyitself.OnthePhysicalPlanebeforeanythingcanbedonetheremustbe somekindofmovementor,ascouldbesaid,theremustbe,firstofall,a movability/abilitythatcananddoesallowamovement.Thismovementcanbe controlled.Expansion/movablenessleadstocontractionandcontractionleadstothe creationofthenextElementalForce–FIRE. ThesecondoftheElementalForcestobepresentedforstudyistheElementofFire. OnthePhysicalPlanephysicalfireconsumes/changesonethingintoanother.Onthe InnerPlaneElementalFireisDESIRE.DESIREchangesonesselftowantcertain thingsortowanttobringcertainthings/conditionsabout.Asphysicalfirecauses expansionbyburning,soElementalFirecausesexpansionbydesireandthis expansionleadstothecreationofthenextElementalForceWATER. WATERisthebeginningofSolidification,thebeginningofdefinite“hard”forms. Water,whilebeginningtotakeonasortofform,hasnorealformofitsown,asyet, butmustbeheldinamold-likeformofsomekind.Thesemoldformsareimagination moldformsandintotheseformsispouredtheliquid,semi-solidcontractionsofthe previouslycreateddesireimages,tobeheldtherebeforethefinalstageof contractionisreached.Therefore,thesymbolforWateristhecup(form)thatholds theWateruntiltheWater“hardens”intothefinalElementofEARTH. ThefourthElementalForceisEARTH.EARTHissolidity,non-movableness,inertia, resistance.InEARTHalldesirablematerialqualitiesofallthepreviouslycreated desire-moveableness-contractiontoformandFORMSexistforyoutouseandto makeyouhappy. ItwillbenecessaryforyoutoponderonthesefourElementalForcesandtofigure out,foryourself,moremeaningsforthem–meaningswhichpertaintoyoualoneand foryourownpersonalapplications.EverythingthatyouHAVENOTinlife,thatyou needtomakeyouhappy,isinoneoftheElementalStatesnow,ANDCANBECOME EARTH.YOUREARTH. IntheOracleofFortunadivinationsystemtheFourElementalForces,theForcesthat constitutethematerialCosmos,arerepresentedbythesymbolsofthefoursuitsofa deckofplayingcards.Youmustlearntheircorrespondencesandtheseyoucanlearn easilybystudyingthefollowing. ElementalAIRissymbolizedbytheplayingcardsuitofSpades.Noticethatthe symbolofaspadeisshapedlikeaspearheadorarrowheadandeitherofhesetwo thingsfliesthroughtheAIRasdoesalsothepointofaSword.TheTarotSymbolfor  AirisaSwordwhichinstrumentiscertainlymovable.ThewordSpadedoesnotcome fromthediggingtoolbutfromtheSpanishwordESPADAwhichmeansSword. ElementalFireissymbolizedbytheplayingcardsuitofClubs.IntheTarotcards ClubsarerepresentedbyWandsanda“wand”isareal“club.”Againtheplayingcard

symbolsforclubsarethreecircleswithastemattached.Thethreecirclesrepresent Male,Female,andChild.Ifyouwillmeditateonthisstatement,andthesymbol,you willseethatFire-DesireistheresultofamaleactiononareceptiveFemale,resulting inthecreatingofathirdactionembodyingthecombinedfirsttwoactions.Nowthink onthisalittlebit.AsIsaidbeforeIwillgiveyouasmuchofthehigherOccult KnowledgeasIcantoenableyoutoUNDERSTANDTHEUSEoftheOracle,butif youwanttogodeeperintoOccultknowledge,andyoushould,youwillhaveto contacttheGnosticInstitute,addressgiveninthisbook,forfurtherstudy/directions. (Advancedinstructionsareofnovalueuntilyouare“ready”forthemsotakeiteasy andgetready.)FornowgettheInnermeaningsoftheseinstructionsenoughforyou toknowwhatyouaredoingwiththeOracleandnotjustuseitbysuperstition. ElementalWaterissymbolizedbytheplayingcardsuitofHearts.IntheTarotcards HeartsisaCup.ACupholdsWater.Theshapeofanycontainerholdsliquidsinthe shapeofthecontainer.Thecup,asacontainerofWater,hasaspecial application/meaningintheOccultandwillbeexplainedlater. ElementalEarthissymbolizedbytheplayingcardsuitofDiamondsandintheTarot cardsuitofDisks,orCoins,DiamondscertainlyrepresentvaluableEarthThings.  AnothernamefordisksisPentacles. Iwillrepeattheaboveforalittlereview.TheFourElementalForcesarerepresented bythefourplayingcardsuits(theword“suit”comesfromtheLatinword“sequi”, meaningtofollow)ofadeckofplayingcards. VIz-AIR-SWORDS-SPADES.FIRE-WANDS-CLUBS.WATER-CUPS-HEARTS. EARTH-DISKS-PENTACLES-DIAMONDS.Eachsuitconsistsof13cardsnumbered fromAceto10andthree“court”cards,aKing,aQueen,aJack(Prince.)TheTarot cardsuitshave14cardsinthem,theextracardbeingaPrincessfollowingtheJack. TheAce,ofanysuit,representstheSTARToftheOperationofthatElement,from theInnerPlanestotheOuterPlane,andthe10ofanysuitrepresentstheENDofthe operationofthatElementontothePhysicalPlane.Thenumbersbetweenoneand tenrepresenttheGRADESORDEGREESofprogression,fromstarttofinish,ofthe developmentofthatElementalForceinregardtotheuseyouaremakingofit. Itshouldbenoted,inpassing,thatallthenumbersfromonetotenhaveassignedto themvariousGodsinalmostallreligions,otherthantheChristianreligion.The followingcontainsagreatdealforthosewhowillgivethisinformationstudyand meditation: GreekNameofGod 1. Pre-GodssuchasChaos-Gea-Titans 2. Uranus 3. Saturn 4. Jupiter 5. Mars 6.  Apollo 7. Venus 8. Mercury 9. Diana 10. (Faunus)Pan

Pleasenotethat1.and2.arethesameGods.Torepeatsothatyouwillpayattention toit,agreatdealofOccultknowledgeishiddenintheabovetableandwillrepay carefulstudyonyourpart.Seewhatyoucangetoutofit.  AsmostknowledgeoftheOccultprocessesissometimesdifficulttoquickly assimilate,Ihaveformedtheidea,inmypresentationofthissubject,ofhavingquick reviewsofnewlypresentedmaterialasIgoalong.Ifeelitisbettertohavethese frequentlittlereviewsthantogiveoutamassofknowledgeandcarryitthroughtothe endwithoutabreak,notgivingthestudentachancetocatchuponhisthinkingaswe goalong.Therefore,wewillreviewthepreviousknowledgeagainbriefly. TheFourCosmic-Elemental-ForcesconstitutingthePhysicalUniverseare symbolized/representedonthePhysicalPlane,bytheFourSuitsofanordinarydeck ofplayingcards. TheAceofeachSuitrepresentstheSTARTofthatrespectiveFORCE/POWERfrom theInnerPlanes,theAceofSpadeswouldbethestartoftheElementofAir,andon theOuterPlane,thestartofamovementtowardswhatyouwanted.TheAceofClubs isthestartoftheElementofFireontheInnerPlanes,andontheOuterPlanesthe  AceofFirewouldbethestartofadesire.TheAceofHeartswouldrepresentthestart oftheoperationoftheElementofWaterontheInnerPlanes,andontheOuter Planes,wouldrepresenttheActualcontractionofdesireontheexactthingdesired. TheAceofDiamondswouldrepresent,ontheInnerPlanes,thecompletionofthe securingofthethingdesiredandALSOTHESAMESECURINGONTHEOUTER PLANE. Thereare,inadditiontotheabove,onetotencardsofthefoursuits,threeCourt cardsofeachsuit,aKing,aQueen,andaJack(Prince.)IntheTarotdeckthereis,in additiontotheKing,Queen,Knight,(Prince),aPrincess.TheTarotPrince(Knight) andPrincessaretheKingandQueenonalowerscale.AsIsaid,thePrincesshas beendroppedfromtheplayingcarddeckandyouwilldiscoverthereasonwhenthe followinginformationhasbeenstudied.Lookatthefollowing: A 3

2King

4 65Queen 7 98Jack(Prince) 10 (PleasenotePrincesscardisgonefromdeck.) Youcansee,fromthisdiagram,thattheAce,two,andthree,ofanysuit,areopposite theKingofthatsuit.TheAce,two,andthree,ofanysuitareArchetypalcardsand aredirectlyrelatedtotheBEGINNINGSOFTHEELEMENTALFORCESINTHAT SUIT.Thepositionofthecardsindicatesthatthesethreecardsare“ruled”byaKing.  AKingisamaleand,asyouknow,malesaretheSTARTERSof creative/actions/thingsonANYPLANE,INNEROROUTER.

Thenextthreecards,4,5,and6,are“creative”cards(creativeinthesenseof gestation/creation.)Thesethreecardsrepresentthebasicgestation/development periodoftheirsuits.ThesecardsareruledbyaQueen,afemale,andthepartplayed byafemaleinthegestationandcreationfunctionistoowellknownforadditional comment. Thenextthreecardsofanysuit,the7,8,and9,areFormativecardsandagainare directed,inasecondarymanner,byanothermale,aPrince,whoisthesonofthe Kingofthatsuit.YoucanunderstandhowitwouldtakeaMaletodirecttheactionsof thingsaftertheyareborn,to“bringhomethebacon,”asitwere,todirecttheactions ofthingstosuccessfulconclusion. ThelastcardisaTenandisaresultantcard,resultingfromthecards,ornumbers precedingit.Notethatallthenumbersfrom1to10areinit.1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10add upto55andbecome10byaddition.Thisresultant10isrulkedbyanotherfemale,a Princess,buttherulershipthistimeconsistsofamoresustainingrule.AsIsaid,in today’splayingcarddeckthereisnoPrincess.Thetencardwastheonlycardruled byhersothe10correspondstothePrincessANDISTHEPRINCESS.  Afteryouhaveassimilatedtheaboveknowledgeitshouldbebecomingapparentto youthatthefoursuitsoftheTarotPack–Swords,Wands,Cups,andPentacles– correspondingtothefoursuitsofanordinarydeckofplayingcards–Spades,Clubs, Hearts,andDiamonds–consistofaprogressiveseriesofsymbol/numbers,from1to 10,andthesenumberedsymbolsindicateaprogressive/progressionofeachofthe fourkindsofElementalForcesontothePhysicalPlanefromtheInnerPlanes. YoushouldbebeginningtounderstandthatourPhysical/Actionworldis, fundamentally,basedontheseElementalPowersasrepresentedbytheirsymbols, andthatthereismoretoadeckofcardsthanjustinkblotsonapieceofpaper. Nowthatyouhavebeengiventheaboveinformation,andyoushouldunderstandit,I cantellyoutheactualwaytheOracleofFortunaoperates.THEFOURELEMENTAL FORCESANDTHEFOURELEMENTALFORCESYMBOLSARETHETOOLSYOU WORKWITH.THEFORCESARE“THERE”ONTHEINNERPLANES,ANDTHE SYMBOLS,REPRESENTINGTHEMARE“HERE,”ONTHEPHYSICALPLANE, BUTTHEYAREATTACHEDTOEACHOTHER!!!  ANDASTHEINNERGOESSOGOESTHEOUTER!!! THEREFOREWHENYOUSECUREAPATTERNOFSYMBOLSTHROUGHAN ORACLEOFFORTUNADIVINATIONYOUSHOULDBEABLETO“READ”FROM THEORDEROFTHELAYOFTHESYMBOLSHOWTHEFUNDAMENTALINNER PLANEFORCESAREDISPOSEDINREGARDTOTHEQUESTIONYOUARE “FORE”ASKING.YOUCANTHENACTORNOTACTACCORDINGLY.This “fore”informationshouldhelpyougreatlythroughLife.Whatmorecouldyouaskfor? REMEMBER-ASTHEINNERGOESSOGOESTHEOUTER!!!*  Aswasmentionedpreviouslyinthefootnote,itispossible,bymeansofOccult practice,toalterthepatternoftheElementalForces,inrelationtoyourpersonallife toalargedegree,butevenasmalldegreeofalterationwouldbeofgreathelpand benefittoyou.Ophielhaswrittenabookwhichwillteachthetechniqueandmanner ofalteringthepatternoftheElementalForcestoandforyourbenefit.Thenameof thisbookisTHEARTANDPRACTICEOFGETTINGMATERIALTHINGS THROUGHCREATIVEVISUALIZATION.Thisbookshouldbeofgreatusetoyouin helpingyouthroughlife.SomepeoplewillbeabletoalterthepatternoftheInner

PlaneForcestoalargedegreeandothersjustalittlebutevenaLITTLEcontrolover yourfutureisofterrifichelptoyouinallways.Thisnowconcludesourstudyofthe FourElementalForces.

*Mostall“OccultKnowledge”consistsofKnowledgeabouttheFourElementalForcesandhowto manipulatethem.IfyouwillcheckyourOccultKnowledgeandallyour“OccultBooks”youwillfindthisto betrue.Inthislittlebookyouaregivenknowledgeastohowto“fore”“case”(cast,asinshowcase)the patterntodayoftheforcesinrelationtoyourquestionandthusguideyourselfaccordinglywithout makinganyattempttochange/alterthepatternoftheElementalForcesinrelationtoyourlife.

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The Symbols – The Planets Wewillnowconsidersevenotherfactorsthatarecloselyconnectedwithourliveson thePhysicalPlaneandaffectusinpracticallyeverywayandineverythingwedo. Thesesevenotherfactors/forcesareknowntousmorecommonlybytheirplanetary names.Actually,theyaremodifications/combinationsoftheFourElementalForces, andIwillrepeatagain,thatanyandall“Occult”“Force”“Power”,orwhathaveyou,is somecombinationoftheFourElementalForces.(ThereisanotherElementalForce calledAkasha,butthisAkashadoesnotappeareitherintheplayingorintheTarot Deck.AkashaiscloselyconnectedwiththeInnerPlaneexistenceonlyandIrefertoit tocompletetherecordandtoindicate,tothosewhoknowaboutit,thatIalsoknow.) Thesevenotherfactorsare,calledbytheirRomanPlanetarynames,SATURN, JUPITER,MARS,SUN,VENUS,MERCURY,andtheMOON. Thesesevenfactors/forceshave,dividedupamongthemselves,the“Rule”ofevery livingthingandactionthatahumanbeingcando,canbe,think,orbeeffectedby. TheseruledivisionsarenotarbitrarybutpertaintothenatureoftheForcethatrules them. Icannotpointouthere,inthislittlebookallpossibleconnectionsbetweenallpossible thingsandeverypossibleforcethatwouldruleit.Youwillhavetodosomeofthis workyourselfandbecomefamiliarwithit.AsyoucontinuetoworkwiththeOccult andasyougainadditionalknowledgeyouwillfindoutaboutmoreconnections betweenallthingsandtheseForcesandYourself,andwhenyoudodiscover additionalconnectionsaddthemtothelistbelowandintheirproperplaces.There shouldbenoendtothisaddingofconnectionstothislist.Youcanfindthisadditional informationinAstrologymagazinesorarticles. Studythefollowingtables:

SATURN BasicRelationships.FamilyRetainers.LegalMatters.ThingsofthePast.Abstract ScienceandPhilosophy.ContactwithEarth.SenseofDuty.Printing.OlderPeople andOldPlans.DebtsandtheirRepayment.RealEstate.Agriculture.Death.Wills. Stability.Inertia.HeavyMetals.Trees.Landlords.Builders.Traditions.FamilyTies. JUPITER  Abundance.Growth.Generosity.Dreams.LongJourneys.Creditors.Debtors. Investment.AbstractMind.Benevolence.Expansiveness.MatureMan.Patience. Honor.Lawyers.Guardianship.HigherEducation.SocialClubs.GoodHumor. Respectability.StartingaNewEnterprise. MARS Practicality.MaleCreativity(ConstructionorDestructionaccordingtoapplication.) Strife.Strength.Courage.Iron.TheEnemy.Accidents.TheMuscularSystem. Intolerance.DesiretoPossess.Enthusiasm.Self-Assurance.Treachery.Anything thatCutsorBurns.ExternalSexOrgans.CrimesofPassion.TheLover.Police. Haste.Anger.Danger.Surgery.Vitality.Magnetism.WillPower.Men. SUN

Lifeitself.TheFather.InnerSelf.DesireforSelf-improvement.TheCenter.Social Prestige.PublicRelations.DisplayAdvertising.CostumeforDisplay.Gold.Judges. Health.Fame.PowerfulFriends.RichRelations.Superiors.Employers.HighOffices. PowerandSuccess.Money.GrowthofallKinds.Illumination.Imagination.Mental Power.Health.Man. VENUS SocialAffairs.AffectionsandEmotions.YoungerPeople.AllPleasures.Art.Music. Drama.Poetry.PlacesofAmusement.Love.Women’sHair.Skin.Costumefor  Allurement.Courtship.Furniture.Women. MERCURY Reason.Memory.Research.Teaching.News.Libraries.ClassifiedandDirectMail  Advertising.RecordKeeping.Books.Papers.Messengers.Cleverness.Technology. Brokerage.BusinessMatters.Writing.Contracts.ShortTravels.BuyingandSelling. Bargaining.Neighbors.LiteraryCapabilities.IntellectualFriends.Theft.Mathematics. CompoundingofHerbs.NervousSystem.Engineering. MOON Feeling.Subconscious.Instincts.Growth.Fertility.Non-sexEmotions.Natural Forces.Sailors.Nurses.Stomach.Uterus.Breasts.Maternity.Witchcraft.Protective Instinct.Home.Pearls.Silver.DomesticServants.GeneralPublic.Sense-reactions. ShortJourneys.Removals.ChangesandFluctuations.ThePersonality.TheWoman ConsultingthisOracle.FeminineReproductiveInstinct.Woman.

These,verybriefly,aretheattributionsofthePlanetsunderwhicheverythingand everysubjectinourPhysical/Nature/Universemaybeclassified.Classifiedthuswe canmanipulateourunderstandingofthem.  Actually,theseFiveElementalForcespouroutfromtheSunandtheFiveinOneare calledPRANA.AllPhysicalLifeisaffectedbythisPranaand,infact,ALLPHYSICAL LIFEISTHISPRANA,asmodifiedbythesevenPlanetaryForcesAgain,thisisall thatPhysicalLifeis,REALLYIS,thefluxandre-fluxofPranaasmodifiedbythe PlanetaryForces!!! THISISTHEENDOFTHEBASIC,THEORY/KNOWLEDGEBEHIND THEORACLEOFFORTUNA.Anditnowremainsforyoutolearntoputthis knowledgeintopractice.Itisbesttostudyeachsectioncarefullyandtore-readit severaltimesbeforestartingthenextone.Oftenthesectionsareshortforareason. ThematerialisofKeyimportanceandshouldbestudiedindetail,aswellas contemplatedabstractlyorsubjectively. Thestudentmayfindthesuggestedbooklistonthenextpagemosthelpfulin connectionwiththissection.

THEMOONSIGNBOOK. THESTARBOOKANDASTROLOGICALCALENDER. PRACTICALOCCULTISMINDAILYLIFEbyDionFortune.

RememberingPastIncarnations RememberingPastIncarnations,Karma,Divination,Min ,Karma,Divination,MindPower,Magnetism dPower,Magnetism,The ,The ProblemoftheUnpolarized.  ASPECTSOFOCCULTISMbyDionFortune. ChaptersonTheAstralPlane,TheAu ChaptersonTheAstralPlane,TheAura,GodandtheGods ra,GodandtheGods,SacredCentres, ,SacredCentres, Reincarnation,SpiritualHealing Reincarnation,SpiritualHealing,Isis,andmuchmoreinclu ,Isis,andmuchmoreincluding“TheDeatho ding“TheDeathofVivian fVivian LeFayMorgan,”thecentralcharacte LeFayMorgan,”thecentralcharacterofthenovelMOONMA rofthenovelMOONMAGIC. GIC. THEMYSTICALQABALAHbyDionFortune. ThebasicfoundationofWesternOcculti ThebasicfoundationofWesternOccultism–theYogaoftheWest.Thi sm–theYogaoftheWest.Thisistheonly sistheonly currentlyavailablebookdealin currentlyavailablebookdealingwiththeworkofmod gwiththeworkofmodernQabalists.TheQaba ernQabalists.TheQabalah lah formedthebasisofmedievalmagic,buthe formedthebasisofme dievalmagic,buthereyouexperie reyouexperiencetheQabalahas ncetheQabalahasa a systemofilluminationandpracticalOccultism.

Working the Oracle TheForeknowledgeyoudesir TheForeknowledgeyoudesireistobeformulated,setup, eistobeformulated,setup,intheformofaquestion intheformofaquestion. . WhentheQuestionhasbeenformu WhentheQuestionhasbeenformulatedproperlyyou latedproperlyyouthenruntheOracle thenruntheOracleofFortuna ofFortuna “game”andyouranswerisshow “game”andyouranswerisshownintheresultantlayo nintheresultantlayofthecardsastheyworko fthecardsastheyworkout. ut. Theproperformulationofyourques Theproperformulationofyourquestionis,therefore,VER tionis,therefore,VERYIMPORTANT. YIMPORTANT. Infactsoimportantisthecorrectformulation Infactsoimportantisthe correctformulationofyourquestionthatwo ofyourquestionthatworkingouta rkingouta good/rightquestionwilloftenthrowa good/rightquestionwilloftenthrowagreatlightontheprob greatlightontheproblemitselfandoftengiv lemitselfandoftengives es aninsight/answerevenbeforethe aninsight/answerevenbeforethedivinationisworked divinationisworkedandfinished.Alsothe andfinished.Alsothemore more correctyourquestionisinrelationtoth correctyourquestionisinrelationtotherealinnermean erealinnermeaningofwhatyouactual ingofwhatyouactually ly mean/want,notjustthinkyouwant,themo mean/want,notjustthinkyouwant,themoreaccurateyoura reaccurateyouranswerfromtheOracle nswerfromtheOracle willbe.Infact,anytimeyougetanunsatisfacto willbe.Infact,anytimeyou getanunsatisfactoryreading,re-exa ryreading,re-examineyourquestio mineyourquestion n morefullyandyoumayfindthatadifferen morefullyandyoumayfindthatadifferentquestionisrequir tquestionisrequired. ed. Whenreadingforothers,sillyandfrivol Whenreadingforothers,sillyandfrivolousquestionssh ousquestionsshouldberejecteda ouldberejectedand/or nd/or recastintoamoresensibleform.Ontheothe recastintoamoresensibleform.Ontheotherhand,astheoldsa rhand,astheoldsayinggoes,“man yinggoes,“manya ya truewordspokeninjest,”otherwise truewordspokeninjest,”otherwiseaFreudianslip,whic aFreudianslip,whichmeansoneso hmeansonesometimes metimes voicesone’struedesiresunknowingly. Iwasreading,onetime,atabenefitforchar Iwasreading,onetime,atabenefitforcharitywhenaladyask itywhenaladyaskedaquestionlike edaquestionlikethis, this, “willthemanIknowcomeoverandhelp “willthemanIknowco meoverandhelpmewithmyChristmastre mewithmyChristmastree?”AtthetimeI e?”AtthetimeI thoughttomyself“whatasillyquestion.”La thoughttomyself“wh atasillyquestion.”Lateritdevelopedtha teritdevelopedthatthiswasamanthat tthiswasamanthat shewasinlovewithandhiscoming shewasinlovewithandhiscomingovertoassisthersetu overtoassisthersetupherChristmastree pherChristmastree meantagreatdealtoher.Seehowwr meantagreatdealtoher.SeehowwrongIwouldhave ongIwouldhavebeenifIhadinsistedo beenifIhadinsistedon n someotherquestionasImighthaved someotherquestionasImighthavedone?(Yes,theOracle one?(Yes,theOraclesaidhewouldcom saidhewouldcomeand eand Ifoundoutlaterthathedidcome.) Peoplewanttoknowaboutmattersthe Peoplewanttoknowaboutmatterstheyareinterestedina yareinterestedinandwhatwillgivethe ndwhatwillgivethem m whattheywantandnotwhatotherpe whattheywantandnotwhatotherpeoplethinktheysho oplethinktheyshouldwant.Sobeca uldwant.Sobecarefulwith refulwith thequestionsofothers,trtokeepseriou thequestionsofothers,trtokeepseriousandprofound,bu sandprofound,butlookoutforthelighter tlookoutforthelighter questionasitmaycontainadesiren questionasitmaycontainadesirenottoowellexpressed ottoowellexpressed. . Sothen,thenatureofthewordingoftheq Sothen,thenatureofthewordingofthequestionaskedo uestionaskedoftheOracleisofgreat ftheOracleisofgreat importance.Studycarefullyhowtoword importance.Studycarefullyhowtowordyourquestionso yourquestionsothatitwillex-press(press thatitwillex-press(press out)theexactmeaningofwhatyouw out)theexactmeaningofwhatyouwanttoknowinrega anttoknowinregardtoyourdesire/w rdtoyourdesire/wish.Also ish.Also constructyourquestionsothatyoud constructyourquestionsothatyoudonotrequiretwoan onotrequiretwoanswerstoanswer swerstoanswerit.For it.For example,aquestionwordedlike example,aquestionwordedlikethis:“willIhaveagoodtim this:“willIhaveagoodtimeifIaminvitedtothe eifIaminvitedtothe picnic?”requirestwoanswerstoitan picnic?”requirestwoanswerstoitandtheOraclegiveson dtheOraclegivesonlyoneanswera lyoneansweratatime. tatime. Youwillhavetodividethequestioni Youwillhavetodividethequestionintotwopartsandrun ntotwopartsandrunaDivinationforeac aDivinationforeachpart hpart separately.IntheOracleofFortunasystem separately.IntheOra cleofFortunasystemtherearenorestrictio therearenorestrictionsonthenumbe nsonthenumberof rof questions/divinationsthatyoucanru questions/divinationsthatyoucanrunonthesameda nonthesameday.Someothersystemssa y.Someothersystemssaynot ynot toaskaboutthesamesubjecttwiceinthe toaskaboutthesamesubjecttwiceinthesametimeperiod sametimeperiodbutnotthissystem. butnotthissystem. Whenyougetananswerthatisnottoo Whenyougetananswerthatisnottooclearyoucanruna clearyoucanrunasmanyotherdivin smanyotherdivinations ations asarenecessarytoclearuptheanswer. Nowthatyouhavesomeideaasto Nowthatyouhavesomeideaastohowtoconstructyourq howtoconstructyourquestionand,w uestionand,whenyou henyou haveformulatedyourquestionand haveformulatedyourquestionandaskedit,bymeans askedit,bymeansoftheOracleyourqu oftheOracleyourquestion estion willbeansweredinONEofTHREEDIFFERENTWAYS. 1. Yes!Whatyouareas Yes!Whatyouareaskingforcancom kingforcancomeimmediately.NOW! eimmediately.NOW! 2. Whatyouareaskingforcannotcom Whatyouareaskingforcannotcomenow,ATTHISTIME,becaus enow,ATTHISTIME,becauseof eof somethinginthepastthatiskeeping somethinginthepastthatiskeepingitfromcomingandthatthi itfromcomingandthatthingis ngis

POINTINGOUTWHATITISANDWHATITISUNDER,ORCONTROLLED POINTINGOUTWHATITISANDWHATITISUNDER,ORCON TROLLED BY,SOTHATYOUCANCORRECTIT,ANDWHE BY,SOTHATYOUCANC ORRECTIT,ANDWHENCORRECTED NCORRECTEDTHEN THEN WHATYOUWANTCANCOMETOPASS. 3. WHATYOUWANTCANNOTCOMENOW,BUTCANCOMEINTHE FUTURE.UNDERTHISCONDITION-POINTINGITOUT. ThereisnootherOracleintheworldthatwi ThereisnootherOracleintheworldthatwillgiveyouthreepos llgiveyouthreepossibleanswerstoyo sibleanswerstoyour ur lifeguidancequestions.Thethirda lifeguidancequestions.Thethirdanswer,oftellingyouw nswer,oftellingyouwhatiswrongandgi hatiswrongandgiving ving cluesastohowtocorrectit,isoneofthemostva cluesastohowtocorrectit,isoneofthemostvaluableOccultpowe luableOccultpowersthatIhave rsthatIhave everfoundanywhereandthison everfoundanywhereandthisonefeaturealonep efeaturealoneplacesinyourhand lacesinyourhandsaveryvaluable saveryvaluable tooltohelpyououtofmanyatightspotinyourlifetimeofliving. Furthermore,inanOracleofFortunaDivin Furthermore,inanOracleofFortunaDivinationthereareno“b ationthereareno“bad”answers.Ifthe ad”answers.Ifthe divinationcomestowhatiscalleda“stuck divinationcomestowhatiscalleda“stuck”position,aswould ”position,aswouldbeunderanswe beunderanswer r number2asgivenabove,thiskindofan number2asgivenabove,thiskindofananswerwou answerwouldindicatetheREASO ldindicatetheREASONforthe Nforthe “sticking”and,whatismoreimportant,thew “sticking”and,whatismoreimportant,thewayout,oramethod ayout,oramethodofescapingfromthe ofescapingfromthe situation.The“stuck”situationshowsyouw situation.The“stuck”si tuationshowsyouwhatiswrongwithyo hatiswrongwithyourlifebyshowingyo urlifebyshowingyou u whatismissing,andsuggestingthaty whatismissing,andsuggestingthatyoufindthemissing oufindthemissingparts/actionstobring parts/actionstobring correctnesstoyourlifeandmakeitwhatyouwantittobe. Iwanttorepeatthis.ThemainobjectofworkingtheOracleofFortuna Iwanttorepeatthis.Themainobjectofworki ngtheOracleofFortunaDivinationIS DivinationIS NOTTO“WIN”ASYOUWININTHEGAMEOFSOLITAIRE,WHICH NOTTO“WIN”ASYOUWININTH EGAMEOFSOLITAIRE,WHICHTHEORACLE THEORACLE RESEMBLES,BUTTOALLOWTHEORACLETOSH RESEMBLES,BUTTOAL LOWTHEORACLETOSHOWYOUTHEANSWER OWYOUTHEANSWERTO TO YOURQUESTIONBYENDINGUPINANYOFTHR YOURQUESTIONBY ENDINGUPINANYOFTHREEDIFFERENTWAYS,EAC EEDIFFERENTWAYS,EACH H WAYHAVINGADIFFERENTKINDOFMESSAGE/ANSWERFORYOU!!! Itisrespectfullysuggestedthatyoure-readalloftheformersectio Itisrespectfullysuggestedthatyoure-re adalloftheformersectionsbefore nsbefore continuing.Itisactuallyagoodideatorecontinuing.Itisactual lyagoodideatore-readeachsectio readeachsectionbeforeproceed nbeforeproceedingwith ingwith thereadingofanynewmaterial.Youm thereadingofanynewmaterial.Youmayfindthereference ayfindthereferencestopastlessons stopastlessons confusingifthematerialisnotfreshinyourm confusingifthematerialisnotfreshinyourmind.TheOracleofFortun ind.TheOracleofFortunacontains acontains condensedOccultmaterialandmus condensedOccultmaterialandmustbereadwithgreatca tbereadwithgreatcarelestitbeconside relestitbeconsideredtoo redtoo easyorunimportant. NowastotheactualwayofcastingtheOra NowastotheactualwayofcastingtheOracle.AsIsaidbefore,theOra cle.AsIsaidbefore,theOracleiscast cleiscast somewhatasthegameofsolitaireexce somewhatasthegameofsolitaireexceptsomeoftheplaying ptsomeoftheplayingrulesaredifferentfrom rulesaredifferentfrom thesolitairegame.Ifyoudonotknowhow thesolitairegame.Ifyoudonotknowhowtoplaythegameofso toplaythegameofsolitaireyouwillhave litaireyouwillhave togetsomeonetoteachyoutodoitand togetsomeonetoteachyoutodoitandpracticeuntilyougetitdo practiceuntilyougetitdownperfectly. wnperfectly. Spacelimitationsdonotpermitmetogoin Spacelimitationsdonotpermitmetogointotheactualplaying totheactualplayingofthegamehere.If ofthegamehere.If youhavesomeonetoteachyouth youhavesomeonetoteachyouthegamethenshow egamethenshowthemthisbookfirstand themthisbookfirstandask ask themtonotethedifferentrulesfromthegameofsolitaire. Thefirstthingtodoistoformulateyourquestionaccurately.Ihavego Thefirstthingtodoistoformulateyourquestion accurately.Ihavegottenintothe ttenintothe habitofwritingthequestiondowninan habitofwritingthequ estiondowninanotebookandkee otebookandkeepingtrackofthean pingtrackoftheanswers swers andhowtheyworkedout.Getyourse andhowtheyworkedout.Getyourselfintothishabittoo,itisreallyus lfintothishabittoo,itisreallyuseful,andabig eful,andabig help.  Afteryouhaveformulatedyourquesti  Afteryouhaveformulatedyourquestion,andmadesome on,andmadesomekindofrecordofit,then kindofrecordofit,then starttheDivinationbypickingupthesev starttheDivinationbypickingupthesevenPlanetcardsan enPlanetcardsandshufflethemaslo dshufflethemaslongas ngas youfeelitisnecessarytomixthemwelland youfeelitisnecessarytomixthemwellandtogetthemintherightord togetthemintherightorderfora erfora reading.Whileyouareshufflingthecard reading.Whileyouareshufflingthecardskeepyourque skeepyourquestioninmind.Whenyo stioninmind.Whenyoufeel ufeel rightaboutstopping,thenstop. SetthePlanetcardsdownandpickupthedeckofplayi 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THECARDSFACEUPREPRESENTTODAY!!!

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THECARDSINYOURHANDREPRESENTTHEPAST!!!

THEPOSITIONOFTHEPLANETCARDSINPOSITIONSONETOSEVEN  ARETHERELATIONTHEY,ANDWHATTHEYREPRESENT,HAVETO YOURQUESTIONINORDEROFIMPORTANCE!!!

 Asyoucanguessforyourself,position  Asyoucanguessforyourself,position1istheleastimportantpo 1istheleastimportantpositioninrelationto sitioninrelationto yourquestionand7isthemostimportan yourquestionand7isthemostimportantposition.Youcanrea tposition.Youcanreadilyunderstandtha dilyunderstandthat t

astherearesevencardsintheseventhrowandonlyonecardinthefirstrow,there aresixfuturefactorsintheseventhrowandonlyone“today”factorinthefirstrow. Youhavebeenshownthattheseplayingcardsaresymbolsthatrepresentthe factor/elementsthatmakeupthePhysicalWorld,orPhysicalPlaneWorld,andthe positionsofthecardsaslaidoutbyyourshuffling,andyourconcentrationonyour question,representtheordertheseelementshavetoyourquestion.FROMNOW ONITISUPTOYOUTODETERMINE,FROMTHESTUDYOFTHE POSITIONOFTHESECARDS/SYMBOLS,WHATTHESITUATIONACTUALLY ISANDTOATTEMPTTOMAKESOMEINTELLIGENTEFFORTTOADJUST TOANDWITHTHESITUATION.TRYTOSEEWHATTHECARDSARE TELLINGYOU.FornowIwillcontinuewiththedirectionsforPLAYINGthe Divinationandcomebacktothe“reading”ofthedivinationslater. Continuewith“playing”thedivinationasyouwouldthegame.Playoutthreecards,at atime,fromthepackinyourhand.“Use”thecardturnedfaceupinyourhandonthe onesyoupreviouslyspreadonthetable.Rememberthatyouworkdownnumerically fromthetopandalternateredandblack.Theobjectistouncoverthecardswhichare facedownsothatyoucan“win.”Byplayingoutthreecardsatatimeyouarebringing up,fromyourpastlife’sstoragememory,abilitiesyouhaveaccumulated,through living,andapplyingthemtotoday’sproblems.Togooverthisimportantpartagain. Yourpastcontainscertainthings,assets,asitwere,whichyou,byonecardoutof three,arebringingupandapplyingtothepresent/futureinrelationtoyourpresent desire/question.Thisordinarywayisrepresentedbytheplayofthethreecardsata timebecauseinthecourseofordinarylivingwedonotpressureourselvestoomuch todigupthesepastassetsbuttaketheminanordinarywayastheycome.  Asyouplayalonginthedivinationgameyoumaybecome“stuck,”thatis,youcannot playfurtherintheordinaryway.Whathashappenedisthattoomanyfactorsare missingtoenableyoutocontinuefurther. ThefactorsmissingcanbebothinthePastandintheFuture.Ifthemissingfactors areintheFUTUREthenthatisanotherproblemandcomesundertheheadingof number3asshownbefore.IfthemissingfactorsareinthePASTthenyouwillbring themupinthenextchangeofplay.Butfirstlookthestucksituationoverwelland determineWHATCARDS/FACTORSAREMISSING.Themissingcard/factorswill provideyouwithaverygoodclueastowhatisgoingoninyourlifeandinthe divination. Suppose,aftercheckingthestuckpositionovercarefully,youdeterminethatthe card/factormissingistheAceofHearts,beginningtheplans(cups-plans.)Youcan thengettheideaclearlythatyouhavemadenostartofplanninginregardtogetting whatyouwantasembodiedinyourquestion.(Thispartreallybelongstothe “reading”ofthedivination.Whatweareconsideringnowistheplayingofthe divination.Moreaboutthislater.) Youcanexamineyourmindtoseeifthisisso.Ifyoudiscoverthat,althoughyou wantedsomething,youhadmadenoplanstogoaboutgettingit,youcancertainlygo aboutcorrectingthatsituationatonce. ToProceed.Nowthatthethreecardatatimeplayisstuck,youswitchtobringingup onecardatatime.Tomakethisalittleclearer,supposeyou,inordinarylife,werein asituationwherethingswerestopped,youcouldnotmoveinanydirectionorsee anypossibilitiesnomatterwhereyoulooked.Inasituationlikethisyouwouldthen concentrateondiggingoutfromyourpastexperiencessomething,orsomeability,or

somememory/assetthat,ordinarily,youdidnotknowyoupossessed.Thisthenis thegistofwhatyoudowhenyouswitchfromthreecardsatatimetooneatatime. Now,afterhavingmadetheswitchfromthreetoonecardplay,youthen“win”the gameorrunitoutasundernumber1.“Winning”isusingallthecardsfromyour hand,andhavingallthecardsontheAces,numericallyAceonthebottomandKing onthetop.Whenyouwinyouhaveplacedallthecardsinorder,fromyourhandand thoseonthetable,bynumberandsuitonthefourAces.Youcanthenbecertainthat yourdesirecancomenowandthatthemeansofitscomingALREADYEXISTSIN YOURPASTLIFEEXPERIENCES.  Atalltimestryandspotthecardthatwinsthegameforyou.Whenyoudothisyou haveagoodclueastowhatisactuallyholdingupyourdesiresnowandyoucan makeastrongefforttocorrectthings. THEKEYWORDFORAIRISMOVEMENT,MOVABILITY,LIVING MOVEMENT,AMOVEMENTTOWARDSWHATYOUDESIRE,MOVEMENTS OFALLKINDS. THEKEYWORDFORFIREISDESIRE,DESIREISEXPANSION,SWELLINGUP, ENLARGEMENTTOWARDYOURDESIRE,(butyouhavetobeabletomovebefore youcandesire.) THEKEYWORDFORWATERISCONDENSATION.CONDENSATIONMEANS BEGINNINGOFDENSITYORTOBECOMESOLID. THEKEYWORDFORTHEELEMENTOFEARTHISINERTIA.(Inertiameansidle.)  ALLTHEELEMENTSAREEMBODIEDINTHEELEMENTOFEARTH. Thecard,orcards,that“win”thedivinationforyouwillbeunderoneofthesefour suitsandastudyofthecard’sElementalorigintogetherwithastudyofthenumberof thecard,aswellaswhatPlanetitwasunder,willthrowmuchlightuponwhattodoto regulateyourlifetogetwhatyouwantoutofit. Wewilltryalittlepracticeatreadingadivinationsetup.LayoutthePlanetcardsas follows:fromlefttorightMOON,VENUS,JUPITER,SATURN,MERCURY,SUN, MARS.Marsisintheseventhpositionandthereforehasthegreatestweightinthe divination.(Therewillbe6futurecards,facedown,underthispositionandonefuture cardfaceup,today’scard.)FlipovertheMarscardandrereadthethingsthatMars governs.ThekeywordforMarsisACTION(energyaction,notmovablenessaction.) Thereadingis,inrelationtoyourquestionthePlanetcardthatrulesmostheavily,by itsposition,isenergy/action. Thenextcardinthenumber6positionistheSUNsothethingsruledbytheSunare thenextmostheavyfactorsinthedivination.Butitisnottheheaviestnorthemost important,byitsposition.TurntheSuncardoverandrereadthethingsitgoverns.Do thisyourselfforallthecardsdownthelinetothefirstplace.Itcouldbesaidthatthe cardspastthemiddletowardstheleftareactuallyhelpfulinthedivination. PracticesettingupallpossiblecombinationsofPlanetcardsandstudyallthe various/possibleinfluencesthedifferentpositionsofthecardswouldhaveonthe divinationbecauseoftheirpositions.GETTHEFEELOFTHESETHINGS. SetupthefirstlayoutagainandputthefollowingcardsunderthesevenPlanetcards bypositions.1stposition–2ofClubs;2ndposition–6ofClubs;3rdposition–3of

Hearts;4thposition–7ofClubs;5thposition–6ofHearts;7thposition–Queenof Hearts.  AglanceattheabovelayoutshowsfourClubsandthreeHearts.YouknowClubsas Fire/DesireSymbolsandHeartsasWater/Condensation/PlansSymbols.Youknow thatQueensrepresentgestation,orcreativeability.Nowstopandthinkofwhatyou weretaughtaboutthenumbersofthesecardsandthemeaningsofthesymbols. Consideringthesethingsyoucannotfailtoeasilyseethatthecardsrepresenting TODAYarefourDesirecards,threeImage/Plancards,andoneoftheseisaCreative CourtCard.Therefore,asimplereadingofthislayout,inregardtoaquestion,would be,asoftoday,youhaveDEGREESOFPLANSALREADYMADEandyouhave DEGREESOFDESIRE,andalsoacardthatindicatesthatsomecreative/formative workhasbeendoneonbothdesireandplansinrelationtoyourquestion. Nowthatwouldbeasimplereadingofthefirstopeninglayoutofyourdivination.You couldfollowthesameprocedureallthroughthe“game”andfigureouthoweach changeofcard/symbolswouldalterthelayout.Youcouldfollowthisthroughuntilthe gameendsinoneofthethreeways.Iveryseldomfollowtheprocessoutthatfar myself,butifyouwoulddoit,itwouldgiveyougreatinsightintoyourproblem.Onthe otherhandifyoudon’twanttogivethedivinationsuchanintensivereadingyoucan  justnotethehighlightsasyougoalongandreadthefinalendresult.Sodoasyou please.  Atanyrateallthroughthegameyoushouldnotetheorderofthecardsastheycome upandnotethechangingorderofthesuits,whichpredominatefromtimetotime. Keepnoteofallthechangesifyouwanttogetaprofoundreading.  Animportantpointtokeepinmindatalltimes,istowatchforthecardthatchanges thedivinationtoacertain“win”ifitisgoingtocomeoutthatway.Ifyouspotthecard thatwinsthegameyouhaveaveryimportantideaastowhatiswrongormissingin yourlifeandthisshouldenableyoutospottheerrorinyourlifequicklyandcorrectit. ConcerningrulesforplayingthegameofSolitaire,andthePlayoftheOracleof Fortuna,therearenorealauthenticrulesbyanyauthority,governingthegame. Peopleplaythegameinmanydifferentwaysandwithmanydifferentvariations,and manyofthesevariationsareofthenatureofapersonalidiosyncrasy.Therefore,note thegeneralrulesfollowingandthechangesfortheOraclegame/play. Thelayingoutofthesevenrowsofcardsisdoneintheusualmanner.Theonly differenceintheOraclegameisthattheplayerhaslaidoutthesevenPlanetCards firstinarowontheboardstartingontheleftsideandgoingovertotherightandthe sevenrowsofplayingcardsarelaidoutunderthesePlanetCards.  Afterthesevenrowsofcardsarelaidoutyouwillhave,asyouknow,apackofcards inyourhand.Theusualwaytocontinuethegameofsolitaireistopickoffthreecards andthenplacethemfaceuponthetable,usingthetopcardtoplaywithifpossible. Theplayisthencontinued,threecardsupatatime,untilthegameiswonor“stuck.” ThisendsthegameofsolitairebutintheOracleofFortunagameyou,upon becomingstuck,changeoverfromthreecardsatatimetooneatatimeandcontinue toplayuntilthegameisfinished,wonorstuckagainasexplainedelsewhere. InthesolitairegamewhenanAcecomesuptheAceisplacedabovetherowsof cards,inthiscaseabovetherowofPlanetcardsandascardsfollowingtheAce comeup,thesecardsareplacedupontheAcestack.Theonlydifferenceinthe OraclegameisthattheAcesareplacedstartingontheleftsideandthenextAceto comeupisplacedtotherightofthefirstAce.Inotherwords,theAcefirstupis

number1andtheotherAcesare2,3,and4respectively.Theorderinwhichthe  Acescomeupisofimportancesofollowthisorderfromlefttoright.WhenanAce comesupplacethelargeElementalCard/SymbolabovethePlanetrowsandbuildup onthecard/symbol. HEREISANOTHERPLACEWHEREPLAYISDIFFERENT.Asarule,in solitaire,whencardshavebeenplacedaboveontheAcestackstheycannotbe broughtbackdown.IntheOracleofFortunagamethecardscanbebroughtback down,asneeded,tomakeplaysoracombinationofplayswhichwouldbringthe gametoafinish,asfaraspossible,inoneofthethreeways.Theonlyruleherebeing therightcoloronthecolorsandthenumbersequence.  AnotherwaywheretherulesoftheOraclegamedifferfromthesolitairegameisthat thecardsonthesevenrowsmaybeshiftedaboutfromonerowtoanother,backand forthasisneededtoworkoutcombinationsofplayswhichwillbringthegametoone ofthethreeendings.Andhereagaintheonlyruleisthatofthecolorsequenceand numbersequence.

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HerearefurtherdirectionsforreadingtheElementalSymbolsoftheOracleof Fortunainrelationtoyourquestionsregardingknowledgeaboutyourpresent/future.  AssaidbeforethevalueoftheOracleofFortunatoyouwillbetheuseyoucanmake ofittocastlightonyourdailylivingproblems.Weallhaveproblemsandtoevery problemtheremustbeasolution.Therecannotbeaproblemwithoutasolution.If theproblemhasnosolutionthenitisnotaproblembutsomethingelse. Iwenttothetroubleofwritingthisbookandworkingoutallthesethingsregardingthe useoftheOraclesothatyouwillbeabletoUSEit.Iwouldliketodothereadingsfor youbutIcannot.Icannotbeinmanyplacesatonce.Therefore,youwillhavetolearn toreadtheOracleforyourself.ThereadingoftheOracleisreallyveryeasyifyouwill studythebasicknowledgeregardingtheFourElementalForces.Readthatpartover untilyoumasterit.Justthinkofitthisway.YouknowwhatMOVABILITYis.You knowyouhavetohavetheabilitytomovebeforeyoucandoanythingonthis PhysicalPlane.Youfirstdesire,thenmovetoGETYOURDESIRE.Movabilityis symbolizedbytheElementofAirandbythesuitofSpadesintheplayingcarddeck. TogetwhatwewantinlifewehavetobeabletoMOVETOWARDSWHATWE WANTINSOMEWAYORTOMOVEFREELY.Withoutbeingabletomovewecan donothingevenifwehavethedesire. Youknowwhatdesireis.DesireislikeFire.Youhaveheardthatbefore.YOU CANNOTDOANYTHINGUNLESSYOUFIRSTDESIRETODOIT,ORHAVEIT, ORTOBEIT.YOUMUSTDESIREFIRSTOFALL.DesireisthesymbolCLUBSof theplayingdeckofcards. YouknowwhatPLANSare.Youknowthathavingdesireisnotenoughandhaving abilitytomoveisnotenough.Youmuststillmoveaccordingtosomekindofsystem ofideascalledPlans.PLANSaresymbolizedbyWATER.ThesuitofHeartsinthe playingcarddecksymbolizesPLANS.Youcannothavewaterwithoutsomethingto holditin.SotheideaofWateranditscontainerareinseparable.OntheInnerPlanes thecondensedEthericsubstance,thatisBecomingonitswaytoEarth,hasalso hardenedintoitsowncontainerbutontheEarthPlanethecontainerandtheWater arenotthesame,unlessyouhaveeverseenacontainermadeofice,sodon’tletthis ideaconfuseyou.Thecontainerandthematerialcontained,ontheInnerPlanes,are thesamesubstance,butontheOuter–No! ThefourthElementEarthisthedesiredendresultthatyouwant,thethingyou desired,thethingyoumovedtowardthethingthattookshape,thethingthatbecame whatyouwantedinreality.TheElementEarthissymbolizedbythesuitofDiamonds intheplayingcardpackandDiamondscertainlyrepresenttheultimatein crystalization. Therefore,followingouttheaboveideas,youcanreadyourOraclegamesasdeeply asyoudesireto.Takeyourreadingsslowlyatfirst.Giveyourselfonlysimple readingsbutalwaysbethinkingaboutthedeepermeaningsandlookforthem. ThetypeofOraclegameendingthatislikelytocauseyouthemostthinking,atfirst, isthethirdtypeofending.Thethirdtypeofendingiswherethegamebecomesstuck afteryouhavechangedtobringingupthepastcardsoneatatime. ThistypeofendingindicatesthattheElementalForcesnecessarytocarryoutyour desire,asembodiedinyourquestion,LIEINTHEFUTUREWHOLLY!Anotherway

ofsayingthisisthatthekeycards,necessarytocloseoutthegame,areundersome Planetcardinsomerowandsosituatedthattheyarenotavailabletocloseoutthe divinationgame.Tosaythisinstillanotherway,thecardsneededtocompletethe game,andtheForcesthecardsrepresent,thesecardsandForcesAREINTHE FUTUREANDNOTAVAILABLEFORUSENOW.However,ifyouwillexaminewhat Planetcardstheyareunderyoucangetsomeideaastohowandthroughwhatthey cancometoyou.Also,ananalysisofthecardsthemselvesshouldshowyouwhat factorsareneededinyourlifetobringyouwhatyouwant. Further,inconnectionwiththisthirdtypeofending,youwillgenerallyfindthatitisan  Acethatisheldupinthefutureandnotavailableforplay.YouknowwhatAcesstand for,forbeginningsofthings.ThereforewhatAceisheldupwillshowyouwhatyou didnotmakeastartatyetand/orwhatPlanetinfluencetheAcewasunder.  Alsointhisthirdtypeofendingyouwillfind,manytimes,thatitisalsoa2or3thatis holdinguptheplayfromcompletionwhiletheAcemaybeout.Thiswouldindicate that,whileyouhadmadethestartofthemoveasindicatedbytheAcebeingout,you hadtakennootherstepsinthematter,orhadnotcontinuedwiththefollow-upasit were.Theanswerhereisclear. Itisveryseldomthatacardhigherthana2ora3willholdupthecarryingoutofthe Oraclegame.IfyoucangetovertheAce,2,and3youwillfindthatyoucangenerally goonwiththegametotheend. ThesubjectofDivinationorForetellingtheFutureor“FortuneTelling”hasbeena rather,shallwesay,sorepointamongpeopleformanyyearsandcenturies.Iknow thathere,today,inSanFrancisco,thepolicedonotlookkindlyuponFortuneTellers. Infact,fromwhatIreadaboutthemeverynowandtheninthepapertheyarepretty bad.Isawanoticeinthepapertheotherdaythatsomepeopleweretellingfortunes, IbelievetheywereGypsies,buttheyweren’treallytellingfortunes.Theyweretelling peoplethattheyhadacurseonthemandthesepeoplewouldhavetopaysomuch moneytogetthecurseliftedandburnsomecandles.Theyalsotoldthesepeopleto bringtheirmoneyinapackageandtheywouldhavetoblessit.Thiswouldbedone bythevictimandwhenhegothomeagainandopenedhispackagehefoundhis moneywasgone.Infact,Ihavesomerecollectionherethattheyflimflammedsome manoutoffiveorsixthousanddollarshereayearortwoago.Theytookoffintheir CadillacandendedupsomewheredowninArizonawheretheywerefinallycaught. I’mgoingtosometroubletotellyouthesethingsbecauseIdon’twantyoutoget takeninbyanyfortunetellers,fakeand/orotherwise.Pleasedorememberthatvery fewofushaveany“fortunes”totell. IwouldliketosayawordaboutDivinationinpastages.Iamsurethatthoseofyou whohavereadbooks,histories,andotherkindsofmaterialaboutpastages,(I’m speakingoftheRomanandGreekerasandbeyondthat,eventheHebrewperiod) musthavebeenstruckbythefactthattherewereconstantreferencestoDivinationof variouskinds.Itwouldseemthateverytempletoeverydifferentkindofagodor goddesswouldhavesomekindofaDivinationsystemgoing.Ihavenowayof knowinghowmanyofthesesystemswerefakes.Undoubtedly,insomeofthelargest templesthereweresourcesofinformationnotavailabletootherpeoplesandthese sourcesofinformationweredrawnupontomakepredictionsaboutthefuture.Itis entirelypossiblethatthesesourcesofinformationwerecombinedwithintuitionwhich wasbroughtonbytheregimethatthepeopleinthetemplepracticed.Theywould takevariouskindsofdrugs,asthePythonessattheOracleofApollowouldchew youngbayleaves.Theseyoungfreshbayleaveswouldcontainhydrocyanicacid,( hydrogen,cyanideacid)whichisadeadlypoison.Butshewouldnotgetenoughto

killherrightaway,justenoughtosortofknocktheEthericBodyoutofcontactwith thePhysicalBody,andinthatwaywouldbecomesomewhatsensitivetoForces, whichshewouldinterpret.This,ofcourse,goesbacktotheuseofdrugsaswas statedinsomeofmyotherwritingsandwhichIhavenorealknowledgeof. Torepeatforemphasis,thePythiaattheOracleofApollo,andalloftheotherhuman instrumentsoftheotherOracles,didnotreceivetheanswerstothequestionsin words,THEYRECEIVEDTHEANSWERSINFEELINGS.ThusitisinallOracles anddivinationsystems.TheanswercomesinFEELINGSandyoumustlearnto receivethesefeelingsandtointerpretthesefeelingssoastounderstandthe meaningthattheOraclesystem,whateveryouareusing,istryingtoconveytoyou. Practicealsomakesthesefeelingsmoreaccurate/perfectinconveying understanding. Then,inadditiontotheseservicesinthetemplesthatIreferredto,(Iamnowagain speakingofapproximatelyRomantimes,)therewerealargenumberofpeoplecalled augers,whodidpracticeakindofdivination/tradeforeverybody.Someofthemwere fakesandsomeofthemwereslightlypsychic. Itcouldbethatinthosedayswhenpeoplewerenoteducatedinreading,writing,and arithmetic,theyweremorecognizantoftheirinnersensesthanpeoplearenowwho havetheiroutersensestrainedineducationalmethods.Andtheseeducational methodswouldtendtoignorethepsychicimpulsesthattheperson,everyperson, has.Thentoo,asIsaidbefore,therewasalotofstarvationinthosedaysand probablyatnotimewasthedietofthebest,andalowstateofhealthisconduciveto receivingInnerPlaneimpressions.InoticeherethatIammakinganumberof ramblingstatements.I’mafraidthatI’llhavetorepeatwhatIhavesaidbefore–thatI amnottryingtowritegloriousliteraturelikeShakespeare,Iamwritingdirections uponaverydifficultsubject. IhavenoticedthisdifficultybeforeintryingtoexplainOccultmatterstopeople.There isanextremedifficultyinitbecausetherejustisn’tanyestablishedwayofteachingit ordoingit.Thereactuallyisjustonemainsourceoftruth.AndeverythingIteachand writeaboutisjustthesamethinginaslightlydifferentform,soyouwillhaveheard someofthisbefore.AgainIwillsaythatthereisn’tanyreallanguageeither.AllI haveistheEnglishlanguage,andthislanguageisnotverywelladaptedtotryingto explainInnerPlanethingsinOuterPlaneterms,whichisjustaboutallIcando anyhow.IhavereadhundredsofOccultbooksandtheyeithersaynothingorelse theygetsomixedupinramificationsofdefinitionsandsemanticsthattheyfinallyend upnotknowingwhattheyaretalkingaboutthemselves,oriftheydotheydon’tseem tobeabletoconveyanyideastootherpeople.So,Iamgoingtotalktoyouinavery ordinaryway. IsaidelsewhereinmywritingthateverythinginthePhysicalWorldPlaneis connected.Idowishyouwouldponderonthisstatementforalongtimeandtryto pictureinyourmindeverythinginthePhysicalPlaneWorldbeingconnectedby invisiblethreadsorstringsorropesofEthericAstralMatter.Thereisabookcalled THESECRETSCIENCEBEHINDMIRACLESbyMaxFreedomLongthatyoushould getandread.ThebookwillbecarriedbytheGnosticInstitute.Thereisalotinthe bookbutthebestmaterialofallisthepartwhereMr.Longdescribeshowtheold HawaiianusedtodescribetheAstralPlaneandAstralMatterasbeingsticky.You canreadilyunderstandthatyouhaveretainedsomekindofimpressionabout whateverandwhoeveryouhaveseen,talkedto,orthoughtabout.Thisimpressionis thephysicaleffectofthisInnerstickythreadofAstralMatter.Now,ofcourse,ifyou haveactuallyseensomethingandactuallytouchedsomething,actuallycontacted somethingoractuallyspoketosomething,whythentheAstralMatter/thread/rope,is

goingtobethickerandstronger,thanitwouldbeifyoujustmerelysawitinapicture orheardaboutit.Naturallyyouwillhavetouseyourcommonsenseinthismatter, afterall,commonsenseprevailsallthroughthePlanesfromthePhysicalonupward. SomeoftheseAstralMatter,stickyrope/threadcontactsarequitethinandlight,as youhavejustprobablythoughtaboutitforthefirsttime.Thenagain,thereare,let’s say,institutionsinthisWorld/Planethathavebeenestablishedformany,many years,andofcourse,thoseAstralropesarequitestrong. OneoftheseconnectionsthatIamspeakingofisbasicallytheTarotCards.Now muchnonsensehasbeenwrittenandpublishedandtaughtabouttheTarotCards. TheyhavebeencreditedwithjustabouteverythingyoucanthinkofinthePhysical Plane/World. However,theyaresomewhatbasicinnatureanddocoverawideassortmentof extremelynaturalPowersorForces. WhatIwasspeakingaboutinthosepreviousparagraphswerethe22MajorArcana. ThelinearDescendantsofTarotCardsaretheplayingcardsoftoday.InoticedthatI didn’tmentionanythingabouttheMinorArcana.TheMinorArcanaconsistsoffour suits,eachconnectedwithanElementalForce.ThecardsrunfromanAceorone, two,three,four,five,six,seven,eight,nine,ten,andthenaprincess,aprince,a queen,andaking.  AsIhavesaidbeforeinotherbooks,alltherealpowerthatexistsintheTarotisin theMINORARCANAandNOTintheMajorArcana.Thisisoneofthosefamous blindsthatarethrownupbyteachersintheOccult.WhotheseteacherswereIdon’t knowbutitmusthavebeendoneaverylongtimeago.Also,callingtheonepart MajorandtheotherpartMinorwouldnaturallyattractyourattentiontotheMajorand youwouldtendtoignoretheMinor.ButasIsaid,theREALPOWERliesintheMinor cardsandnotintheMajor. BywayofalittlefurtherexplanationitcouldbesaidthattheMajorArcanacards represent,letussay,thewiringinahouseorabuilding.Nowthewiringisthere.Itis connectedwithswitchesandlightsandalltheothernecessarythings,butitisnot untilpoweristhrownintothesystemthatanythingcanhappeninthewiringofa houseorbuilding.Well,thisisexactlythesamewaytheMajorandtheMinorTarot Cardsoperate.TheMajorTarotCardsprovideasortofbase,thebestexampleisto callitthebasicwiringsystemofahouse,andtheMinorCardsarethepowerthat coursesoverthesewires,orasyoucanagainsayoverthepatternlaidoutbythe MajorArcana,andtheworkisdone,accompanied,bythepowerintheMinorCards, nottheMajorCards. ThecardsyouwilluseintheOracleofFortunasystemwillbeanordinarydeckof playingcards.AnordinarydeckcorrespondstotheMinorArcanasectionsexceptthat thereisnoPrincessintheMinorcardstoday.ThePrincessroughlycorrespondsto theTen.Keepthesecardsintact,anddonotusethemforanythingelseexceptfor theOracleofFortunareadingsandoperations. Inadditiontotheordinarydeckofplayingcardsthatyouwilluseforyourdivination operationsyouwillusesevenAstrologicalsymbolcards.Thesecardsarefoundin thebackofthisbook,readytobecutandpastedonheavyboard.Inadditiontothe sevenAstrologicalsymbolcards,youwillusefourElementalForcesymbolcards, alsofoundinthebackofthisbook.

 Actually,andideally,youshould,accordingtoOccultprinciples,makeandpaintyour owncards.However,Idofindthatmanypeoplehaveagreatdealoftroubledoing this.However,theOccultruleseemstobethatwhateveryoudoyourselfyouput moreoftheforceofyourpersonalityintoit,thatistosay,whateverinstrumentsyou make,andyoucancalltheseMagicalinstruments,ifyoumakethemyourselfyouput agreatdealofyourselfintotheselittleTalismanicobjects.Therefore,ifyoufeelso inclinedyoushouldmakeandpaintthesesymbolsyourself.Diagramsaregivenin thebackofthebooktohelpyou.Also,itisideallytrue,fromanOccultstandpoint, thatthesesymbolsshouldbedrawnandpaintedonparchment. Nowparchmentis,asyouknow,theskinofananimal,probablythatofasheep,that istreatedinacertainmannerandhasacertaintexturetoit.Parchmenthasalways beenquiteexpensiveand,inaddition,theparchmenthasaveryirregularshapeso thatsomeofthematerialislostintryingtocuttheseperfectlittlesquaresoutofit, whichsquaresarethesizeoftheSymbolcardsbothlargeandsmall.But,asIsaid, thesesymbolsshouldactuallybedrawnandpaintedonparchment,byyou personally,andthenkeptwrappedinsilk.Andnooneshouldtouchthembutyou. Toexplainalittlemoreaboutdivinationasitseemstohavebeenpracticedintheold days,itappearsthatpracticallyeverythingwasusedfordiviningonethingoranother. Therewaslightning.Agreatdealofdivinationwasdonewiththeliversofanimals,ox liverorsheepliver.Itseemsasifthepriestorthedivinerwouldkilltheanimaland thenexposeitsliverandthenreadsomethingoff,thathehadgotfromsomething, fromtheshapeorthecoloroftheliver.YearsagowhenIwenttocollegeIwasina classinZoology.Oneofourprojectswastoopenupalargeearthwormandtostudy itsinternalorgansbymeansofalowpoweredmicroscope.Well,afterIhadopened mywormandwasstudyingitIwasamazedattheirridescenceoftheinnersurfaceof theworm’sbody.Itwasallcolorsoftherainbow,especiallyafterIturnedthelighton it.IrememberthatIspentagreatdealoftimestudying,lookingat,andpondering thosecolorsbeforeIwenttomyjobofstudyingtheinternalorgans.Nowinviewof thisfactIhavenodoubtthattheanimalliverspresentedsomethingtothepriestsor people,whoevertheywere,whoperformedthesekindofoperations.Andthen rememberagain,thatallthingsareconnectedtogetherbythosestickythreadsof  AstralMatter.Idon’trememberexactlynowwhichAstrologicalSignrulestheliver,I willhavetolookonthecommonlittlechartthatyouseeonallalmanacs,and goodnessknowsthatIhaveseenitenoughtimesinmylife,butIstilldon’trecallnow whatAstrologicalSignrulestheliver,andIamgoingtoletyoulookatthechartand findoutwhatitis. Nowinadditiontothis,thereweresuchthingsasmakingabonfireoutofsacred woodandthenstudyingthepatternsinthefieryashes.IunderstandtheBabylonians wouldpouroilonwaterandthenmakesomethingoutofthepatternsthatwouldbe formedbytheoilspreadingoutoverthesurfaceofthewater.Irememberreadingin thebook,IthinkitwasALLTHISANDHEAVENTOO,howthechildrenwerefound oneHalloweeninthehutofapeasant,whowasmeltingleadoverthefireandthen droppingsmallportionsoftheleadinwater.Ofcourse,theleadwouldassumeall kindsofpeculiarshapes,solidifyinginstantlyasitwereandthismanpurportedto readthemeaningsofthoseshapesasasortoffortunetellingforthechildforthenext year. IfyouwillreadanovelcalledTHEETRUSCANbyMikaWaltari,theauthormentions thesedivinationsbyanimalliversmanytimes.Infact,hementionsmanythingsofan ordinarymagicalconnotationthatwasusedinthosedaysandIsuggestthatyouget allofhisbooks,THEEGYPTIAN,THEETRUSCAN,andTHEROMAN,althoughIdo notcaresomuchforTHEROMANasIdidfortheothertwobooks.

IhaveaverygoodideathattheauthorMikaWaltariknowssomethingaboutthe Occult.Idon’tknowifIwillevergettospeaktohimbutifIeverdoIamgoingto questionhimquitecloselyonwherehegotthosereferencesthathewritessomuch about. NowIamgoingtodigressalittlebitandIamgoingtosaythatinmanybooksby manydifferentauthorsyoufindalotofreferencestoOccultmatters.Iwishyouwould keeptrackofthesethingsandmakesomenotesofthemandsendthemtome. Thereisanawfullotgoingonintheworldtodayalongtheselinesandpeopleare beginningtowakeuptothem.Andtheylookinthepastagesandtheyfindalotof thingsthattheyjustskippedoverbeforebutnowwiththenewOccultthingscoming alongandbecomingamoreorlesseverydayoccurrence,muchattentionisbeing paidtothesematters.You,asastudentoftheOccult,shouldpaysomeattentionto it. ItappearsthatintheAncientworldtherewereanumberoffamousoracles.Thatis,it appearsthatcertaingodsdidsetup,orweresaidtosetup,certainspotsinthe  Ancientworld,wherepeoplevisitingthosespotsandmakingappropriateofferings couldgetanswerstothefuture.Idoseemtonotethatthreegodswereconcerned mainlywiththisOraclematter.TheyappeartobeJupiter,Apollo,andHermes.It appearsthatthemostancientOracularshrineinGreecewastheOracleofJupiterat Dodona.Atthisshrine,answersweregiventothosewhoinquiredconcerningthe future.TheresponsesoftheOracleweregivenbytherustlingofoaktreesinthe wind.Ineglectedtomentionthattherewasathickgroveofoaktreesatthisspot.The soundsoftherustlingoftheleaveswereinterpretedbythepriests. ItappearsthatinlatertimestemplesofMercuryorHermes,astheGreeknameis MercuryandHermesistheRomanname,weresetupinanoracularservicefashion. ButasIgatherfromthedescriptionsofwhatwentoninthetemplesofMercury,I believethatitwasagatheringplaceformerchantsofallkindsandtypesandthere theyexchangedtheirnews,thelatestnewstheyhad,comingastheydidfromtravels allovertheworld.Thenewsthatthemerchantshadgiventothepriestsatthistemple ofMercuryconsistedofasortofpracticalprophecyconcerningwhatwaslikelyto happenintheimmediatefutureontraderoutes,wars,anddisturbancesandthatsort ofthing.

ADDENDUM ON GAMBLING

IamconstantlybeingaskedabouttheapplicationoftheOcculttogamblingofall kinds.Ihavenopersonalobjectiontogambling,howeverthereismoretothe gamblingsubjectthanjustrollingafewdiceorflippingafewcardsover. Ifyouwanttogambleyouwillhavetogiveitthesamedevotedapplication/attention andOccultlawunderstandingthatyoudotoanythingelse.Youcan’tjustreadafew OccultbooksandthengotoLasVegasand“cleanup.” Ifyoustudyanysuccessfulgambleryoufindheusesthesametypeof concentration/attention/drive/psychology,thatanyothersuccessfulpersondoes.You see,thewholesituationconsistsof“grounding”theInnerOccultForcesintoearth,its EarthPlane,andallsuccessfulprofessionalgamblersdothat,perhapsbetterthan manyChristiansdowiththeirreligiousprinciples. Ifthegamblingyouareinterestedinishorseracingthenyoumustgoandpractically livewithhorses.Livewiththemuntilyoucantalktothemandtheycantellyouwhich horseisgoingtowin!!!Wellanyhow,itisaboutlikethat. ThentoothereisthegamblerwhoWANTSTOLOSEandforhimthereisnohelp fromtheOccult.

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 AIR Movement.Qualityofmotionbyitself. Controlledmovement.Abilitytomove. Playingcardsuit–Spades. TarotSymbol–Swords.

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FIRE Consumesandchanges.Desire. Expansionbydesire. Playingcardsuit–Clubs. TarotSymbol–Wands.

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WATER Beginningofform.Semi-solid. Moldsneeded. Playingcardsuit–Hearts. TarotSymbol–Cups.

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EARTH Solidity.Inertia. Resistance.Thematerial. Playingcardsuit–Diamonds. TarotSymbol–Disks,Coins,Pentacles.

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SATURN BasicRelationships.FamilyRetainers.Legal Matters.ThingsofthePast.Abstract ScienceandPhilosophy.Contactwith Earth.SenseofDuty.Printing.OlderPeople andOldPlans.DebtsandtheirRepayment. RealEstate.Agriculture.Death.Wills. Stability.Inertia.HeavyMetals.Trees. Landlords.Builders.Traditions.Family Ties.

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JUPITER  Abundance.Growth.Generosity.Dreams. LongJourneys.Creditors.Debtors. Investment.AbstractMind.Benevolence. Expansiveness.MatureMan.Patience. Honor.Lawyers.Guardianship.Higher Education.SocialClubs.GoodHumor. Respectability.StartinganewEnterprise. GamblingandSpeculation.

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MARS Practicality.MaleCreativity(Construction orDestructionaccordingtoApplication.) Strife.Strength.Courage.Iron.TheEnemy.  Accidents.TheMuscularSystem. Intolerance.DesiretoPossess.Enthusiasm. Self-assurance.Treachery.Anythingthat CutsorBurns.ExternalSexOrgans.Crimes ofPassion.TheLover.Police.Haste.Anger. Danger.Surgery.Vitality.Magnetism.Will Power.Men.

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SUN LifeItself.TheFather.InnerSelf.Desirefor Self-improvement.TheCenter.Social Prestige.PublicRelations.Display  Advertising.CostumeforDisplay.Gold. Judges.Health.Fame.PowerfulFriends. RichRelations.Superiors.Employers.High Offices.PowerandSuccess.Money.Growth ofallkinds.Illumination.Imagination. MentalPower.Man.

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VENUS SocialAffairs.AffectionsandEmotions. YoungerPeople.AllPleasures.Art.Music. Drama.Poetry.PlacesofAmusement.Love. Women’sHair.Skin.Costumefor  Allurement.Courtship.Furniture.Women.

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MERCURY Reason.Memory.Research.Teaching. News.Libraries.ClassifiedandDirectMail  Advertising.RecordKeeping.Books.Papers. Messengers.Cleverness.Technology. Brokerage.BusinessMatters.Writing. Contracts.ShortTravels.Buyingand Selling.Bargaining.Neighbors.Literary Capabilities.IntellectualFriends.Theft. CompoundingofHerbs.NervousSystem. Engineering.Mathematics.

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DearOccultSeekers: OphielannouncesthathehasopenedanOccultMysterySchooltoteachtheOccult subjectsaswellasheisableandforaslongasheisable.TheSchool’steachings willbebasedontheCaballa. Unlikemanyother‘occult’schools,thisschoolwillnotharpendlesslyonhow-manyangels-can-dance-on-the-head-of-a-needletypeofinstruction,butonlyon knowledge/teachingsthatshouldenablethestudenttograpplewithreal,hard PhysicalLife.Thisisdonethroughunderstanding,bycomingtoterms,somekindof terms,withPhysicalLife. IsaythatthisgrapplingwithPhysicalLifeistheFIRSTREQUIREMENTofOccult KnowledgeandTrainingandthen,afterallthisisdone,youcantakeoffintothewild blueyonderwithalltheabstract,spiritualdevelopmentyoucanswalloworwanttodo foralleternity.Butfirstthingsmustcomefirst. Willsomeonepleasetell mehowyoucandevoteyourselftospiritualdevelopment whenthedailyphysicalneedsarenottakencareofsuchasfood,clothingand shelter?Areyoutostarvetodeath gracefullywhileyoustudyabstractqualitieswhich leadtoinnerdevelopment?Well,youdoasyouplease.Mylifeexperiencehastaught methehardwaythatPhysicalPlaneMatterclaimsmustbeneutralizedbeforeone singlestepcanbetakentowardatranscendental,non-physicalstate.Ifyoucandoit insomeotherway,justshowmehow! Ophielhasfound,rathertohissurprise,thattherearemanyseriousanddevoted Occultstudentswhomerely,forthetimebeing,wanttoabsorbOccultmaterialwhile notactuallyengaginginserious,hardwork,whilethereareotherswhowanttogoall outatonce.Ophielhasthereforedevisedaset-upforhisOccultSchoolwhichhe callstheOuterCircleandtheInnerCircle. Inthe OuterCirclethestudentwilltakealltheinstructionspertainingtoOccult Knowledgethatareavailable,aswellaspersonalinstructionsandcontactwith Ophiel,andtravelforwardathisownpaceandpleasure.Also,inthisOuterCircle,he willworkforhisPhysicalPlanebetterment.(Willsomeonetellmehowhecanhelp othersifheneedshelphimself?) IfandwhenheisfinishedwiththeOuterCircle,if  heisreallyreadyandhas developedthephysicalmaterialsupplybasefromwhichtooperate,hethenmoves (noticeIdonotsayadvances)intotheInnerCircleandbeginstoworkforothers, workingfromthesupplybasehehascreated.Itcan’tbedoneanyotherway. Ifyouareinterestedinthisschool,contactOphielat:1123¼NorthSweetzer  Avenue,WestHollywood,CA90069;orphone656-3400.Ophielwillusuallybehome inthemorninguntil 11:30AMorNoonandintheeveningfrom4:00PM,to7:30PM. Forthepresent ,feesfortheinstructionswillbenominal,andifyoudonothave funds,comeasyouare.Allsincerestudentswillbehelped;fakerswillbenoticedbut notrejectedunlessmattersgetoutofhand. TheschoolinstructionswillbebasedontheCaballaSystem,thebasicWestern systemforWesternpeopleandWesternbodies.Thereisnohighersystemavailable thatIknowof,andifyouknowofabettersystem,letmeknowandI’ll tryitmyself  . TheKnowledgeoftheCaballaSysteminevitably,andstrangelyand delightfully enough,inexorablyleadstothatso-calledspiritualdevelopmentsomuchprated aboutinocculttea=cupcirclesbutwhichnooneseemstoknowexactlywhatis

meantorgivesanexactdefinition.ThefollowingdefinitionisascloseasIcancome tothemeaningofspiritualdevelopment:Spirit-Air-movement-movability;tobeableto moveistolive;tobeabletoliveis“IT”.Air,inthesenseofitsquality,movability,is anInnerPlanephenomenoninthesensethattheoriginsofitsqualityoriginateinthe InnerPlanesandcome“out”here.Certainlytheydonotoriginatehereonthe PhysicalPlane,andgo“in.” Therefore,itfollowsthattheOBJECTGOALAIMistostudy/learnabouttheinner sourcesofour,andallphysicalbeing–whattheirsourcesconsistof,howtheir archetypalsourcescanbereached,contacteddefinitely,andhandled/manipulated.(I amspeakingoftheforcesthatmakeupOUROWNphysicalbeingsandnotother peopleortheirinnerforces.)Torepeatagainforyou,Idonotmeanpeople,but Forces,impersonalForces. When youhavegainedtheslightestcontrol/leverageonanInnerPlaneForce,you areontheroyalroadtocontrollingyourPhysicalPlaneLife,ontheroadto Illumination,toacquiringthePhilosopher’sStone,themaptoGolconda,theroadto Eldorado,allthesethingsonthePhysicalPlane.Whenyouare“through”withthis PhysicalPlaneyoucan“goon”tootherthings. Iamsorrytosaythatthesestudiesarepersonalandindividualanddonotpertainto themassesofpeopleassuch;massesofpeoplecannotbechangedatonce,orina hurry.ThepracticesandpowersdevelopedbyOcculttrainingareonlymanifested throughindividuals,andintimesofcrisisremainhiddenfromcasualviewandare apparentlynon-existent.However,onceyouhavedevelopedsomepowers,youwill knowexactly whatImean.  AsIsaid,OphielhasnowcompletedhistransfertosouthernCaliforniaandisready totakeonclassesandstudents.Ophielfondlyimaginesthatheoffersthe“purest” formofOccultKnowledgeavailable.(AsIsaidearlier ,ifyouknowofabettersystem , letOphielknowandhewillcheck.) Ophiel February,1971