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Psychedelic Yoga

The Application of Yoga Meditation Techniques to the Use of Psychedelic Sacraments
by Sri Brahmarishi Narad
Jun 1967

The following article originally appeared as an uncopyrighted set of mimeographed sheets sometime during the late 1960's, which was freely distributed on a limited basis, probably in San Francisco. Feel free to make copies of this article and to distribute them to those interested to keep this information alive, otherwise it will disappear into antiquity.

It was also published in the San Francisco Oracle # 8, pg 11, June 1967.


The fact that psychedelic drugs induce a greater sensitivity to subtle spiritual and psychic energies, and speed up the influx of impressions from deeper levels of consciousness, raises the immediate question of how these energies can be properly understood and handled. Obviously, if these energies are not guided, they can do more harm than good. The application of traditional Yoga meditation techniques while under psychedelic experiences, provides a constructive solution to this problem.

According to Yoga philosophy, the most spiritual and powerful aspect of man's nature is the faculty of attention or consciousness. The most fundamental aspect of man's free will is the choice as to what he allows his attention to dwell upon. The attention always has to be on something, but we can choose what we allow it to dwell upon.

The goal of all Yoga practices is to discover and directly experience what the attention or faculty of consciousness in man is. The yogi seeks to know that principle by which all else is known. This goal is achieved by observing the observer or placing the attention on the attention itself. This may at first seem very abstract and hard to grasp in terms of practical application, but there are workable, time-proven methods for achieving this state of pure consciousness which when consistently applied and practiced are bound to yield results.

It should be constantly remembered during a psychedelic session that whatever perceptions, thoughts and even hallucinations occur, they are all the creations of one's own mind and consciousness, and are filtered through one's own instrument of perception. These perceptions are patternings of our own psychic energy. We give energy to whatever thoughts and feelings we allow the attention to dwell upon. Wherever the power of attention is focused, it generates mental and emotional energy in the form of its own lower overtones, thus feeding and energizing the thoughts and emotions which the attention dwells upon. It becomes clear that the key to remaining in control of a psychedelic experience is in controlling the flow of attention. Distractive experiences can be avoided in the first place, and the flow of attention can be properly directed by the use of Raja Yoga techniques of meditation. The following is a description of several such techniques which can all be applied while under the influence of LSD, marijuana, mescaline, DMT, hashish, psilocybin or other consciousness-expanding drugs.

At this point, let us consider a basic rule to apply in case of paranoia or other unpleasant or frightening experiences while under the influence of a psychedelic drug. Realize that whatever you may be thinking, feeling or experiencing is being experienced by the consciousness within you. Then place your undivided attention on that consciousness which is experiencing whatever is happening to you. This process returns your consciousness to its own pure nature and disengages mental and astral thought forms. These destructive thought forms then dissipate and are dissolved back into the homogeneous, vibrational energy of the plane of energy substance from which they were originally molded. The strong light released by consciousness observing itself, helps to quickly dissolve and dissipate destructive thought forms. This happens because the strong lower overtones of pure consciousness which are generated, cancel out the discordant, out of phase vibrations of destructive thought forms.

If the attention wanders while practicing any of these meditation techniques, immediately bring the attention back to the process of meditation, and do this as many times as is necessary until the attention remains centered on the particular form of meditation which you are practicing. Inexperienced meditators have a tendency to fight distractions, which in itself, becomes a distraction. The attention can only dwell on one thing at a time. Simply bring it back to the thing you are meditating on.

Another way of stopping distractions is simply to temporarily suspend the breathing process by neither breathing in or out. Since breathing is intimately tied to every biological process in the body, the instinct to survive (developed over billions of years of evolution) will interrupt the flow of attention into distractions and bring it to center on the awareness of the cessation of breathing. It is then an easy matter to resume normal breathing and to center the attention on the particular form of meditation being practiced.


Sound Current Meditation

Focus your full, undivided attention in the center of your brain where the pineal gland is located. Listen with your attention for whatever sounds present themselves. After awhile, you will hear sounds of various tones and pitches. At first, you may only hear the low hiss of random molecular noise in the ears, but in time, definite tones will present themselves like sustained notes on an organ. This sound is perceived directly by the brain and the subtle bodies themselves, and not through the outer physical organs of the ears. It is the sound of the vibration of conscious energy as it flows through the physical body and as it vibrates and circulates within the subtle bodies.

You should focus your entire undivided attention on the sound of highest pitch that you can hear, and let it draw you up into higher and higher states of consciousness; also let the sound reveal and intensify the spiritual light. The better your concentration is, the louder and more distinct the sound will become.

Experience the vibration of this sound expanding until it includes your whole head, your whole body, and ever-expanding volumes of space surrounding you. By this means, you will tune into the music of the spheres, and your whole being will become a receiver and transmitter of the harmonious rhythm of the universe. When you open your eyes after such a meditation, you may find your surroundings filled with blazing light.

In the beginning, the sound current may appear in one localized part of the head; most likely in one of the ears. You should not listen to the sound current in the left ear because this is psychically harmful. Listen to it in the right ear, and gradually try to move it to the center and top of the brain. From this vertex center, known as the Sahasraram Chakra (whose associated gland is the pineal body), allow the vibration of the sound current to fill the entire head and to then expand beyond the head into the surrounding space. This is one of the classical methods and can lead to the highest type of experience.


Meditation on the Light in the Head

To practice this form of meditation, close your eyes, and observe your inner field of vision by focusing the attention at the point in the center of the forehead, just slightly above the point between the eyebrows. This location is called the Third Eye Center or Agna Chakra. It is related to the faculty of clairvoyant vision. The physical manifestation or anchorage point for the Agna Chakra is the pituitary gland, which is located in a bony cradle in back of the root of the nose.

When you close your eyes, look steadily into your inner field of vision until light, color and patterns begin to appear. (This is looking with your attention and not with the physical eyes which should remain relaxed.) When most people close their eyes, initially they see a black void, but by looking steadily into this void, various colors and patterns will begin to appear. When this happens, simply observe them with your full, undivided attention as if you were intently watching a movie. Then periodically focus all of your attention within the smallest point that you can see in the center of your field of vision, and pierce through that point. After you have done this, the light will again blaze forth from the point in a new burst of energy, and you will find yourself at a higher rate of vibration or plane of energy. With continued practice of this form of meditation, you will become immersed in a blazing sea of light; and you will become a center from which that spiritual power is radiated.

By concentrating the attention in the Sahasraram Chakra or Thousand-Petalled Lotus, located at the top of the head, an experienced meditator can release an even more powerful radiation of light and spiritual energy. (It may take more work to activate this chakra; the beginner can get more immediate results by looking through the Agna Chakra or Third Eye Center.) The Sahasraram Wheel is the highest chakra; called the "Doorway to the Infinite" and the Brahmarandra or Hole of Brahma, it is the most powerful and spiritual of all the centers that can be awakened in man (with the possible exception of the Heart Chakra which is considered by some yogis to be of equal importance). When the Sahasraram Chakra is fully activated in a perfected yogin or saint, the white fire of Cosmic Kundalini descends upon him and blends with his own rising kundalini force, and the white light of spirituality radiates for miles around.


Meditation on the Chakras

By focusing the attention on various locations within the body, where the chakras are located, it is possible to activate these chakras and facilitate an increased flow of energy between the higher planes of energy and the subtle body, thus releasing an increased amount of spiritual energy. There are seven major chakras in the body which link together the physical body and the subtle energy bodies.

The chakras are revolving vortexes of energy which act as mechanisms for the absorption and radiation of spiritual energy. In the physical body, they relate to glands and major nerve centers. In the etheric body, they are like wheels with flower petals which are created by a sort of stroboscopic effect of the revolving energy. The etheric chakra flowers are connected by a sort of funnel-like stem to the gland or nerve plexus to which they belong. In the astral body, the chakras appear as whirlpools of energy, like the eddies in a stream of water or in a basin of water when the stopper is pulled out. In the mental body, they appear as converging lines of light.

The Muladora Chakra is at the base of the spine and is the seat of the Kundalini Fire Wheel when aroused, which in the advanced stages of yoga, rises up through the center of the spine and activates the highest chakra in the cerebral cortex called the Sahasraram Chakra.

The next chakra is called the Sacral Center or the Swadisthana Chakra. It relates to the adrenal glands and is related to the absorption of pranic vitality, which is in the air. The air absorbs this energy from solar radiation. There seems to be some differences of opinion between various texts as to whether the Muladora Chakra or Swadisthana Chakra relates most directly to the sexual functions.

After the Swadisthana Chakra, comes the Manipara or Solar Plexus Center which relates to the digestive functions and vitality of the astral desires and feeling emotions.

Next in ascending order is the Anahala or Heart Chakra, which relates to the source of spiritual energy and the higher emotions of love, altruism and benevolence.

The next chakra is the Vishudha or Throat Chakra, which is related to the thyroid gland and has to do with the power of speech and relates to mantra yoga and the capacity for artistic creativity. This center is activated by chanting and singing.

Next we have the Agna Chakra, which is located on the forehead, just slightly above and between the eyebrows. It is related to the pituitary gland and the subcortical areas of the brain. The Agna Chakra has to do with the higher mind faculties of clairvoyance, scientific reasoning, willing and philosophical thought. Development of the chakra awakens the ability to see and regulate astral and mental forces on the superphysical level.

Above the Agna is the Sahasraram Chakra or Thousand-Petalled Lotus, which is related to the pineal gland and the cerebral cortex. It's located at the top of the head. It relates to the sound current and the faculty of clairvoyant hearing, and is the most spiritual of all the chakras. When this chakra is fully developed, union with God-consciousness is possible, and Illumination takes place.

By focusing the attention in any one of the chakras, the lower overtones of the concentration of consciousness in that location activates that chakra and increases the energy flow in it, making possible a conscious entry into the superphysical planes of energy. Meditation on the first three chakras, namely the Muladora Chakra, the Sacral Chakra and the Solar Plexus Chakra is not recommended because this can arouse lower emotions and sexual passions. This can allow entry to undesirable astral influences and cause psychological unbalance. It is better to work with the Heart Center, the Agna Chakra, and the Sahasraram Chakra because these are the most directly related to the unfoldment of superconsciousness; and when awakened, will automatically develop the lower chakras by changing the glandular balance of the body and by circulating new pranic forces through the energy channels or nodies of the etheric body as well as purifying and strengthening the astral and mental bodies.

The hormones which the pituitary gland secretes, regulates the other glands in the body including the thymus gland, the thyroid gland, the adrenal gland and the sex glands as well as other glands. Once the pituitary gland is fully activated by the development of the Agna Chakra, all other glands are brought into proper chemical balance, thus helping to properly develop and raise the vibratory rate of all the lower chakras.

In Kundalini Yoga, an advanced yoga practice, concentration is done on the Muladora Chakra at the base of the spine in order to arouse the Kundalini Fire and bring it through the center of the spine to activate the highest chakra, the Sahasraram, at the top of the head. If however, the Kundalini Fire is prematurely aroused and not properly directed, great damage can be done to the nervous system and to the etheric body. If the Kundalini force is not properly directed upwards, it can revert downward causing abnormal sexual desire and perversion. Therefore, arousing the Kundalini should only be done in advanced stages of yoga when a great deal of purification of the subtle bodies has taken place and soul control over the personality is well established.


The Combination of Mantra Yoga and Meditation

When doing Om chanting or other mantras, it is possible to activate various chakras. By chanting at varying pitches, you will make different tissues in the body vibrate, thus stimulating the nerve centers and the glandular centers, and activating the chakras associated with them. With a bit of experimentation, you will find which tones or pitches vibrate which parts of the body and which chakras. When this has been ascertained, then chant with full force while meditating in the chakra you wish to activate.

The sound waves create vibration patterns in the etheric, astral and mental atmosphere, which you can develop the ability to see. They are multicolored and very intricate and beautiful, sometimes forming geometrical patterns and mandalas made out of threads of light. Music will have a similar effect. Just listen to the music during a psychedelic session while observing the inner light through the Agna Chakra or Third Eye Center. Then watch the color patterns change and develop with the music. Classical music and Indian ragas are especially good for this purpose.


Meditation on the I Am Principle

In the practice of this form of meditation, consciousness is made to dwell upon itself. When properly and successfully practiced, this is the most powerful and highest form of meditation. While focusing in the Heart Chakra or in the Sahasraram Chakra at the crown of the head, place the attention on the attention itself. If any distractions come in the form of thoughts and perceptions of a specific nature, then immediately concentrate your attention upon that consciousness in you which is the experiencer of those thoughts and perceptions. Even the manifestation of spiritual light and sound current should be regarded in this way. The sound current and the light are merely the lower overtone manifestations of the pure consciousness upon which you are meditating. The more you hold your attention steady in concentration upon itself, the more the light, sound current, electrical sensations in the body, feelings of magnetic force, sensations of weightlessness, etc. will manifest automatically. If, however, you allow your attention to become distracted by any of these manifestations, then you will be subject to the limitations of the thing by which you have been distracted; and the focusing of pure consciousness will be interrupted so that all of the things which are the lower overtones and by-products of the focusing of pure consciousness, possibly including the psychic manifestation which distracted your attention, will also stop. Seek ye first the kingdom of pure consciousness and all of these other psychic manifestations will be added unto you.

Placing the attention on the attention itself can be done in any location in space since pure consciousness, which is the same as God, is an omnipresent principle. In the beginning, it will be found easiest to do this in one of the chakras, preferably the Heart Chakra or the Sahasraram or Head Center. The Agna Chakra or Third Eye Center located on the brow, can also be used with good results, but it is better to use the Sahasraram Chakra if you can activate it.

With practice of this form of meditation, your pure consciousness will experience itself as a blazing sea of white light extending infinitely in every direction. The pure consciousness itself is crystalline and colorless, but it generates the white light which is the simultaneous presence of all of the colors which are the specific lower overtone rates of vibration, which the pure consciousness generates.

The placing of the attention on the attention itself in a specific chakra, brings about a condition in that chakra, in which its vibration structure is harmonically and geometrically aligned in all of its planes of manifestation or rates of vibration. This creates common node points in the inner plane structure of the chakra. Vibrations of different frequencies and different wavelengths all begin and end together at these common node points. This is made possible by the fact that the wavelengths of the various vibrations and their frequencies all bear exact mathematical rates to each other, like the notes in a musical scale. Any vibrations which are out of phase in terms of their spatial distribution or vibratory rates are automatically canceled out by interfering with other waves at the common node points. Where several wavelengths, both short and long, begin and end their cycles together, it is possible to slip through the dimensions and to experience the higher spiritual rates of vibration and approach the Atman, which moves with infinite speed. At these common node points, the exchange of energy from one octave or plane to another, also becomes possible, allowing a flow of energy from the higher dimensions into the lower dimensions. Thus, a transmutation of those vibration patterns which exist on the lower dimensions into the higher ones becomes possible. The soul is then able to control the personality structure, making it a fit instrument of spiritual expression in the affairs of men. This form of meditation develops one-pointed concentration.

Since the use of psychedelic drugs stimulates the flow of a great amount of energy from higher planes into the lower planes, any thought and emotion patterns created during a psychedelic session are strongly imprinted and have a great deal of energy incorporated into their vibration structure. These thought and emotional patterns then act as powerful unconscious conditioning factors in our daily lives. It is therefore of the utmost importance that constructive imprints are made during a psychedelic session. Remaining in control of the attention can ensure this.

In this regard, I would like to give a few final points of advice. Try not to focus the attention from one thing to another too quickly. Stay with a thought or meditation process until it is complete. Don't panic if frightening visions or hallucinations occur. Fear will make you concentrate on them all the more and thus feed them with the power of your attention. Remain detached and place your attention on that consciousness within you which is experiencing the hallucinations. Remember at all times that God exists in you in the form of your own power of attention and that power when properly directed, will control all lesser forces.

It is believed by some researchers that psychedelic drugs stimulate the secretion process of the pineal and pituitary glands, which are known by yogis and occultists to be related to the Sahasraram and Agna chakras (which are also called the Thousand-Petalled Lotus and the Third Eye Center). This stimulation increases the flow of energy between the etheric body and the physical body. It may be that psychedelic drugs place the cells of the physical body under stress so that they must speed up their activity to overcome the stress. When the cells increase their activity, their vibratory rates increase, thus putting them harmonically in resonance with the higher rates of vibration on the subtle superphysical planes of energy. This process makes possible the expression of a higher level of consciousness through the glandular system, brain and nervous system.

The increased physical cellular activity requires more work and activity in the etheric body to sustain the stepped-up activity of the physical body. The vibratory rate of the etheric body is thus accelerated, requiring an increased activity in the astral body to sustain and remain harmonically in tune with the etheric body. The increased vibratory rate of the astral body requires a stepped-up activity and increased vibratory rate in the mental body. This in turn more fully tunes the mental body in to the power, love and wisdom of the soul. Thus an alignment of the whole being on all planes is facilitated, and a more rapid exchange of pattern imprints and energy between the various octaves or planes of energy takes place.

It may also be that psychedelic drugs have a chemical structure such that they are perfectly in resonance with the lower overtones of certain key frequencies in the higher planes and can therefore act as a point of entry for the reflection of these vibrations in the physical body. They would therefore help to create common node points in the vibration structure of several different dimensions.

Not only is the love, wisdom and power of the soul brought to bare in the life of the personality, but the fine organization of the physical body, the etheric, astral and mental bodies, which have been produced by the evolutionary process, are harmonically reflected and preserved in the soul. While the physical body is the least permanent, the densest and composed of the substance of the lowest plane, it is in terms of evolution, the newest and most highly organized in terms of structure. Therefore, a complete replica of it made out of the energy substance of the subtle planes, is an evolutionary gain for the soul and subtle bodies. When the physical body is sufficiently vivified by the influx of energy from the higher dimensions, it begins to create higher overtone reflections of itself in the akasha or energy substance of the higher planes, and thus its pattern is preserved and made immortal.

Therefore, when properly used, psychedelic drugs help to speed up the evolutionary process. When man has evolved to superman, he will, under the direction of the superconscious mind in accordance with God's will as it manifests in evolution, take an active part in the molding and directing of the evolution of the mineral, vegetable, and animal kingdoms. Even today, his vibrations intimately affect for good or bad, those kingdoms in nature.
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Lucifer wandered about Eden with a handful of stars of various shapes and sizes, various colours, intensities and fragrances.

'But where shall I plant them?' thought the Son of Morning to himself.

'I might plant one in the seed of a fruit-tree and watch it send a delicate silver shoot into the glorious, shimmering air of Eden, putting forth pale jade leaves frosted underneath with mother-of-pearl and platinum. With the gentle kiss of Spring and the tender caress of April rains it would sway gently to the rhythm of invisible mysteries as rare and wonderful blossom was spun upon its branches by the elementals of air and sunlight; and at the height of Summer my tiny star would begin the final phase of the gestation of some new and marvelous fruit and, tremulously - on Autumn's golden cusp - bring it forth for the world to inspect, well-proportioned in colour and form, delicious of taste and flavour, of pleasant texture upon the tongue, thirst-quenching and nourishing to the body, mind and senses, sitting well upon the stomach and full of infant seeds touched by starlight: a sweet temptation to animals and men to pluck and devour, to enjoy and be nourished by, and in so doing, sow its divine multiplication throughout the fields of Eden.'

*

'I might plant one in a tiny crevasse in a tiny rock upon a mountain,' thought Lucifer. 'Drawing slowly unto itself the hopes and desires of the sleeping minerals whose roots reach right down to the very core of the world, it would gently begin to awaken the buds and crystals of consciousness within them so that, watered by the sweet mountain dew and attenuated mountain mists, they would rise and mingle with the precipitation of the clouds and bubble up into the world as tiny silver serpents of water that men will call springs.

'Their senses enlivened by sunlight and the consciousness-expanding exhilaration of wide open space they would breathe deeply the invigorating odours of mosses and ferns, of various coloured lichens and hardy alpine flowers. Awakened to the delight of freedom and life they would run and grow and learn how to laugh; and as they grew stronger and their laughter grew stronger, they would become small streams leaping and gamboling between stones and boulders, running pell-mell down the steep sides of the mountains and hills like mad things, wild and half-demented with joy; and when they were surfeited with joy they would cool their heels in quiet tranquil pools in misty, mystic valleys sloped with brooding emerald forests full of the bright shining eyes of birds and tiny beasts.

'And when they were refreshed and rested they would put forth the strength of mighty rivers and roam and meander all over the world and the curious and intelligent fishes of the seas and oceans would swim up into their very souls and heartlands to lay their precious eggs in the laughing, sparkling, flashing, shining, ever-moving, ever-still, ever youthful, ever old, deep, quiet, curious, turbulent, passionate mysteries of their silver source; and men would look upon their sinuous, graceful surfaces glittering in the sunlight and see a thousand stars gleaming and shimmering as they make their way towards the sea (And at that sight, thought Lucifer, similar stars might arise and float up to the surface of the rivers that run in the souls of men: hopes, dreams, hidden desires and affectionate thoughts of loved ones...)

'And there,' saw Lucifer in his minds bright, revolving eye, 'at the edge of the Sea, they would be dissolved by the salt of the ocean and drawn up into the Heavens to merge and mingle once more with the Invisible; and when they were tired of that, or the Will of the Invisible devised some new game for them to play, He would send them back out from His bosom into the Cosmos and the world, some to carry messages for Him and His Angels; some to attend the greater Stars that burn and meditate in Heaven; and some to fall again as sweet and gentle rain precipitated from clouds and mountain mist upon the crowns of mountains, to gently strike the fires of waking springs and fan the tiny flames of their infant desire with encouraging words and the soft caresses of sweet delight.'

*

Lucifer sat for a while upon a grassy knoll and examined the small exquisite blades, inhaling the fresh exhilarating aroma of morning.

A group of curious herbivores came to inspect him, gazing at the Prince of Fire with gentle fearless eyes, snuffling at his hands and wings and filling his nostrils with the sweetness of their breath.

Presently the thought came to him that perhaps the trees and rivers had no great need of the quickening influence of his starry enzymes. Young and vibrant in the dawn of the world they already seemed imbued with beauty, wonder and marvelous strength enough to bring a million unspoken promises to fruition, to sing a million liquid songs and melodies capable of carrying a million drops of water down to the Sea.

'Perhaps, then, I might sow my stars within the souls of animals,' he thought, spreading them out upon the grass to inspect them.

'One might inculcate gentleness and maternal instinct within the corporeal heart of the cow; another might instill bravery and courage in the soul of a lion.

'This one here, with its lambent violet rays and flecks of topaz and obsidian, would bring out the inherent loyalty in the nature of the dog; whilst this russet-coloured rose of spikes would clearly make of the fox a wily and cunning fellow.'

He looked at each star carefully and shining perfectly within their lucid depths he saw the playfulness of the porpoise, the wisdom of the snake, the humility and willingness to serve of the passive, lumbering ox, the love of building waiting to blossom in the mind of the badger, the intelligence of the elephant, the finickiness of the cat and the mischievousness of the monkey.

Looking into the future, he saw also how readily all of these qualities, carried in the bosoms of his stars, might easily be corrupted and made enslaved by the selfishness and waywardness of some dominant but thoughtless creature.

And again, he wondered if perhaps there was really any need to plant his stars within the souls of the animals, for, looking at them closely, he thought to see already the stirrings and awakenings of just such inner qualities that his star-seeds contained.

Why then had God given these bright engines of light and cosmic fire into his care? Certainly he might plant them in the heart of the bull, the mallard, the pig, the stoat and the crocodile; and surely they would strengthen and enhance the natural propensities of those creatures' own budding natures - but might he not employ them to a better purpose?

What then of Man, that fledgling child of earth and Sky - more than a beast yet not wholly an angel, a seemingly empty vessel full of latent possibilities and the ambivalent elixir of vision?

Lucifer gazed down the long corridors of future days and saw splendid, marvelous, terrible Man bestriding the earth, knee-deep in bones and sinews, blood and the foam of madness flecking his chest and beard, weapons of murder clenched in his hands like a million reflections of Death's bright Scythe, rage and fury in his eyes like the lightning, the roar of thunder and the whirlwind issuing from his throat.

But he saw also, the budding and blossoming of bright, enlightened civilisations in China and India, in Egypt and Greece, and fastnesses of desert and mountain where men and women studied the intricate gyrations of the stars and the turnings of the Wheel of Nature, and fashioned knowledgeable and gentle philosophies, compassionate and inspirational poetries from the stirrings of their souls towards the One.

He saw engines of destruction.

and flowers of burgeoning consciousness;

he saw beautiful temples and statues of the gods toppled and defaced by barbarians,

books of wisdom and children's toys mired in stinking rivers of bodily fluids and entrails,

women and children raped on the steps of burning Acropoli;

the Self-Realisation of Buddha beneath the Bodhi Tree

and the Crucifixion of Christ.

He saw himself both worshipped and reviled as the Lightbringer and tempter of Mankind.

He saw swan-winged ships that sailed the oceans and skies,

disseminating knowledge between continents and worlds, stars and far-flung galaxies.

He saw the births and deaths of paupers and Kings,

the rise and fall of countries and empires like the passage of day and night.

He saw Summer sacrificed to the Winter Hag and the Children of Eternal Spring dancing on the bones of their parents.

And in the breast of each man, woman and child he saw, with equal wonder and dismay, a flashing scion of one of his handful of star-seeds, burning like a sentient jewel, suffusing every thought and action of Man with divine and terrible radiance.

Tears of rage and pity came then into Lucifer's eyes and he lifted up his face to Heaven.

'Is this then Your Will, O Lord? That I am to be the instigator of such bright, unholy Enlightenment, such fierce and Awe-ful Beauty?

'Am I to raise your children from guileless Innocence to Self-Knowledge, to awareness of Beauty and Perfection only that, in perfidy and despair, they might rend and tear each other like rabid beasts?

'Let it pass from me, My Lord!'

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Raging and questioning thus, Lucifer threw himself upon the sward of Eden, alternatively cursing and beseeching his Father for guidance and direction; but no answer came.

The misty figures of Day and Night brooded upon the horizon of Paradise, a million unborn flowers and stars filled the air with their invisible scents and illuminations, a myriad flickering forms tinged with rainbow light.

Storm clouds gathered over Lucifer's prostrate form but not a single drop of rain fell from their swollen bulk; streams and rivers stood still as they listened in astonished dread and mute suspense to his ragged breathing, and even when it settled and became calm and mild they continued to hold themselves in motionlessness as if awaiting some hidden signal or Divine instruction.

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Ages passed as Lucifer lay in inchoate swoon until presently, a small but gorgeously coloured butterfly fluttered by over his marvelously crowned head and landed on his cheek to sip at a tear that fell from his somnolent eye.

In that transaction of beauty and sorrow, something passed into Lucifer's soul and he sat up, weary but accepting in the pearly light of Eden, his doubts and questions unresolved but his equilibrium restored.

Should he plant his Stars within the soul of Man and the breasts of the Children of Men? Was it his task or mere presumption on his part; were his intuitions true or false?

Gazing once more into the golden haze of the future, Lucifer glimpsed the end of all Vision as a million, overlapping, rising and falling, individual yet indivisible waves broke against the shore of Mystery and sent a spray of tiny droplets and particles of light into space and the void, obscuring the End of Things from the eyes of men and Angels - and, Yea: his own far-sighted scrutiny.

He gathered up his seeds of cosmic fire and with a mighty shout, hurled them into the still and unfinished Heavens, where they took their places amongst the planets and stars, the moons and worlds and whirling spheres of God's prismatic Creation.

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Quickened by their presence, in their midst, their gyres and oscillations took on greater depths and intricacies, moving in vast interlocking patterns on paths and orbits unknown even to the Seraphim and Cherubim.

Emboldened by their mystic motion, Day and Night strode across the Earth with mighty strides; the swollen clouds released their pent-up rain and a million flowers opened their throats to receive their celestial benison.

At the edge of a Forest, a Man and Woman, clad in skins and woven leaves, huddled closer to the little fire that warmed them and gazed up in awe at the blazing ribbon of the Milky River wherein the bright new Gods and Demons of their souls and the souls of their unborn children danced and celebrated the advent of Time and Dreaming.

'Now it is out of my hands,' said Lucifer, quietly, to the Universe.

Folding his wings about him so that he became invisible behind their wall of flame and light, he retreated into unseen temples of lesser and intermediate mystery to ponder and study various other matters.

Over the Earth, the first bright meteors that were the living children of his star-seeds began to fall into the hearts and souls of dreamers and clairvoyants, into the breasts of poets, warriors, mothers, scientists and wanderers.


They have been falling ever since...


copyright Willowdown

Expressing my profound interest into visionary artforms using perforated canvas has given me much joy... Thankyou to all the visionary artists who have inspired me to put these pieces of artwork together... Thank you also to Monkey & Jon for helping my visions manifest into reality... Thankyou to Mark McCloud for inspiring me to produce real blotter art and not to just put pictures on perforated paper & a really big thanks to Nemo, Luke Brown, Venosa, Alex Grey etc for guiding me along the way with the wonder that they bring to us all... I'd also like to express a massive burst of continuous light to the one and only Love Sky Dancer for doing what only he can do...

The biggest thanks of all go's out to Saint Albert himself for marking my home work and passing me with high grades for the coming of the new time... I'll continue to heighten & lift awareness of entheogenic shamanic visionary artforms in the UK underworld through the existence of these so called illegal images... Blessings to all the beings of light who manifest their visions into 3D so that many can find a true path to the stars...

These pieces of artwork I give to you the visionary... What do you see?... ♬

Om Mani Padme Hum... ♫

Work Profile...

I love to work... I love to delve myself into the vast knowledge of creation. I have my own HD Apple Mac based editing suite and recording studio that can produce any type of moving/still graphics/special effects and create any original music and even design sounds to visual specifications. I work well on a tight dealine, I enjoy a challenge and I feel at home amongst chaos... I can provide more information about myself and the studio if required. email me for more details and promotional material on DVD or Mpeg email...

Credits & Employment history (2004-2008)

ITN Factual/National Geographic's 3 part documentary on terrorism (Reign of Terror).
I was contracted to design and produce all the original music, sound effects, special effects, titles and captions for all 3 one hour features, working to a tight dealine and budget...

Before this I worked for Unicorn tv and produced 11 pieces of motion/3D graphics and 3 original pieces of original music for a documentary called 'SNAP' a history of the Paparazzi, for Ch5, the History Channel and other Digital networks...

Between the last 2 jobs I also produced a 10 minute film about 'inner city shamanism and the healing of sustance' for director/producer Phil Stebbing. I also feature in this film, talking about my own journey from shamanism to technology. This was shot and edited at my studio in Hackney Wick...

I have also recently helped in the pre-production of a 60min factual music documentary called 'She's a Punk Rocker' about woman in the original 80's UK punk scene by the band Rubella Ballet. This is now released and on DVD...

I have also produced a short music documentary on the Thai Pu San peircing festival and other extreme lifestyles of raw food superhero's suspending & piercing themselves in interesting ways...

During the last 3 years I also produced 5 music video's for signed artists in the music industry. I have worked live on stage with many large and small acts producing moving visual backdrops and live projections. I video mixed at the Freedom festival 05 in Portugal for over 19 hours and have produced live visuals for events of over 7000 people...

Musically I have released over 40 tracks on various labels including my own and have also produced soundtracks for film and television. I've also been involved with the production and running of record labels as well as distribution and have run 2 record outlets and 3 labels for over 4 years at the end of the 90's... I am currently producing soundtracks with Piers from Entheogenic & have also produced the artwork for Entheogenic's new album 'Flight of the Urubus' and I have remade the covers for thie first two albums...

We have a new album in progress as well as a dance remix album of 'Spontaneous Illuminations' due for release by march 2008...

I was also an extra in the last oasis video "Lyla" in which I played one of the main characters in the ballroom scene. I have worked on stage and in costume and have an understanding of what its like in front of the camera as well as behind it... I have no problem working live on air and can cope in any realtime situation... See the making of video released by Oasis...

I'm also producing many still and animated visionary artforms using Photoshop, C4D, Bodypaint, After Effects, etc to capture & express the journey that has taken me to beyond the voids & back many times... This is one of my main points of focus...

I intend to produce a fully animated HD feature focusing on the galactic adventures of the arcangels... Here i intend to share detailed information as to the constructs of be-ing and the journey through time... 'In 3 parts' ...

If you can assist in this process, kinnect... ♬

Technical Equipment...
I have my own 8gig G5 powermac 2.7ghz with 3tb Hard Drive storage and a blackmagic decklink pro dual link capture card with a 3rd 23" HD monitor plus 2x20" screens centralised around Final Cut Pro studio 5. I also have 196khz 40 channel automated 5.1 surround sound capabilities for sound designing and have been producing sound effects and music for 17 years. I use FCP5, C4D, Shake and Photoshop a my main tools plus I have skilled knowledge of After Effects, FCP, Meledyne, Cuebase etc with basic knowledge of Maya 7, Combustion and pro tools. I have built an entire visual and audio effects studio which I have been expanding since I was 7...

Other Skills / Additional information...
My other skills include a major interest in Shamanism... This is my main focus outside of technology... I use nature to balance my technological interests. I run an online company called 'Hunab Ku' the Portal for the Immortal which supplies health products, shamanic tools, ritual artifacts and visionary artforms as well as providing information about alternative living and safe entheogenic use. I enjoy all adventure sports including skateboarding, kiting, power stilts and most other extreme sports including body modification etc. And of course, I like the sunshine alot...

Referees...

Contact producer/director Phil Stebbing at 'blingstar@mac.com' for a reference. He has produced over 25 films for international and national televison including : Fourtean TV, the Origina drinks adverts, Euro Trash etc...

Prefered work area...
London, Brighton & SE England... Switzerland.

Availability...
Available full or part time. I prefer contract work....