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Between the Gates: Lucid Dreaming, Astral Projection, and the Body of Light in Western Esotericismx$9.54
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An A to Z guide to evolved states of consciousness. Between the Gates is a manual of self-initiation and liberation that takes the student through the basic methods of experiencing dream states and conscious astral projection, to the ultimate culmination of consciousness-- creation of the Body of Light. Between the Gates is for anyone who has ever desired to experience the "afterlife" while still alive, or who has desired to rid themselves of the fear of death. While drawing upon traditional Qabalistic and alchemical sources, the methods presented are applicable to a variety of traditions and schools of thought. This book contains all you need to have the direct experience of lucid dreaming, astral projection, and the Body of Light, and rather quickly as well. Focused and dedicated practice will unlock the doors of perception to a series of individual nonmaterial realities within a few months. From these experiences, confidence will be built and sustained, which with concentrated effort, can lead to deep and profound revelation through direct experience of the very nature of life. --from the book Between the Gates functions as an "A to Z" guide to psychic initiation toward higher consciousness, and ultimately, to preparation for the great transition beyond this life and this physical body. * Stavish is featured in Guy Ritchie's hotly anticipated documentary on the Qabala.
* Features black and white illustrations to further guide the reader to a higher state of awareness.
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Excellent gide to the Hermetic path
By A2660AZM74D59E on 2008-03-21
On an initial read-through, I found this book fascinating. I am not that familiar with the Hermetic literature, but I have not seen anything quite like Stavish's approach to it anywhere else. He links astral travel, lucid dreaming, and other psychic phenomena to the Qabala and path working in a unique way.
The exercises are not onerous, all the early exercises and many of the advanced are not time consuming, needing only 10-15 minutes a day. Like any other system, they require consistency and perseverance but do have the promise of yielding positive feedback fairly soon instead of years from now. Also Stavish puts his system in a context of other spiritual disciplines so the work he describes can me melded with many different paths. I would recommend this book to anyone interested in lucid dreaming or astral travel no matter what their spiritual path.
Fantastic!
By A3B10L1DOGMAF2 on 2008-03-28
One of the most impressive books to come out lately. The body of light is frequently mentioned in many texts and few if any ever expand upon it. What is it? What makes it different from the astral body? How do you create it? How do you use it? This book actually details all this and more.
The first few chapters of the book offers a crash course in hermetic theory. Nothing new but does so accurately and with surprising completeness considering the vastness of the subject. Then moves on to inducing lucid dreams and astral projection in the following chapters, before getting to the creation of the body of light itself.
There are ample exercises and rites with in depth explanations and directions that would give the feel of a workbook if not for the numerous articles of information between them.
The critiques I have is in some places the author glosses over some finer points within his articles that often leaves you with wanting him to elaborate further but doing so would probably have ballooned the text beyond the scope of this work. Additionally there are so many exercises scattered throughout the chapters, many listed by the author as core, to be done daily, that I wish there was an index to them. Overall I was highly impressed with this book.
Great info
By A1WJD3GE953ZJ5 on 2008-03-20
I really enjoyed this book. Although it is a quick read do not be fooled. The work involved is just that, involved. But, it is worth it! He has a very x-tian bent in his writings but that is his paradigm and it is tough to write outside your own view. Overall it is a very good book with exercises that explain much of what is not out in the open about developing the light body. Overall it is not a lot of new information and a good portion of this work can be found in other works. what makes this book so valuable is that it brings all of that information together into a system.
Far More Than Just Astral Projection
By A1DWA8SNI9N0B2 on 2008-04-29
Between the Gates is the kind of book I wish I'd had in my hands over a decade ago, at the start of my spiritual journey.
This is an outstanding mixture of Hermetic theory, discussion and, most importantly, staged exercises that can serve as a strong foundation for those interested in spiritual exercises and "occult" practices. This book covers an amazing amount of material while still being quite accessible.
I highly recommend it to anyone who wants to build a solid foundation for their work in Out of Body Experiences and the many other paths that lead from it.
Turn on the light please
By A3URENCKHTFXW7 on 2008-09-29
"Between the Gates - Lucid Dreaming, Astral Projection, and the Body of Light in Western Esotericism" by Mark Stavish. I recommend if you are Christian to read the last three chapters first so you don't go off the deep end. The last three chapters are written, as I recall, from a Christian perspective. Then just carefully peek into the rest of the book with the lights on and a room full of people. http://www.peaceandconflictresolution.org/
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