On Seeking Supernatural Sponsorship

In our Modern Barbaric Age when Civilization in all forms is under relentless attack, each individual is praised for attacking various collective institutions, and encouraged to heroically ‘go it alone’ no matter what the endeavor. We see this indoctrinated cultural bias continually on this page, where individuals never seem to imagine how much more easily the Secrets of the Dream World and the Astral Realms could be revealed if the help of some Supernatural Allies were to be employed.

Sometimes we have seen posted Essays about Dream Archetypes – the Wise Old Men, the Alchemists, or the Oracles and Goddesses – and we see that people respond that they have never experienced such Dream Characters. But then we need to wonder whether these people had ever asked to meet such Entities – whether they had ever put it out into the Realms of the Spirit that they would appreciate such aid. Yes, while Demons are likely to affront Dreamers without their invitation and permission, from hence we get our Nightmares, the Higher Spirits are more discreet and appreciative of our and their own Privacy. One can only experience them by being openly receptive to them, and perhaps I dare guess that one actually needs to ask them for their assistance before one can receive any. Dream Guides do not come unbidden.

Not only can outside assistance be helpful to the Individual in the Inner Worlds, but also in the Outer. Spirituality and Mysticism are not of any recent invention. There is a great deal of discovered and elaborated Truths, already organized and catalogued. And yet we Dreamers off busy trying to re-invent their own Wheels and find their own first Fires. And how often is our Page visited by those who obviously do more writing than reading. Certainly one can get swamped down by too many books, but such a problem is akin to overeating. But ordinarily Starvation represents the greater danger, and here we have people obviously starved of real knowledge writing virtual books of their own, based alone on the earliest of primitive intuitions, akin to the ancient certainties that the Earth was flat. A genius of a few Centuries ago refused to be flattered for his expertise, but instead passed on the praise to those from whom he had learned, saying that he himself was as like a pygmy sitting astride the shoulders of the Giants who came before him. So those who do not read, are rather like pygmies who stand alone, in the dark undergrowth of their own misinformed jungles.

And, then, even among those who read, one must be careful what one does read. There are Ancient Traditions that have famous exemplars who had proven out the various doctrines their Schools had propounded – famous Saints, Mystics, Seers and Visionaries. Against these Institutions, we have our New Age Competitors, who use slick promotion and the Publishing Industry’s profit-motive favor of new copyrights over older Public Domain materials, who would rather stand out by being original than be accused of passing on any Age Old Truths. Here we need to remember that where Truth is never original, lies very often are, and if we hear of anything for the very first time, it is probably because it doesn’t correspond to anything real.