Title: The Hermetic Caduceus: A Path to Inner Mastery
Tags: #Hermeticism #Initiation #FluidicBody #SelfMastery #EvolianPractice

1. Detachment and Neutrality: Begin by detaching from external influences and maintaining a neutral, balanced lifestyle. Avoid excesses in sleep, food, and emotions. This creates the foundation for inner mastery.
   
2. Harmonization of Body and Soul: Temper the soul, cleanse it of impulsiveness and passions, and stabilize it. Unify the soul with the body to achieve a state of calm and harmony.
   
3. Isolation from External Judgments: Recognize that the actions, thoughts, and judgments of others hold no power over you. Cultivate indifference to external opinions.
   
4. Vigilance Over Consciousness: Observe all external and internal phenomena without judgment. Maintain a silent, unperturbed mind, stopping all reactive thoughts with firm control.
   
5. Mastery Over Passions: When passions arise, do not suppress them. Instead, deliberately satisfy and then discard them, ensuring they do not disrupt your equilibrium.
   
6. Cultivation of Inner Strength: Develop a lord-like presence within yourself, a force that commands respect and silence. This inner strength is the “Gold” of the Hermetic tradition.
   
7. Fluidic State and Mercury Extraction: Through disciplined practice, achieve the “fluidic state,” where consciousness and body merge into one. This is the first extraction of Mercury, a key step in Hermetic work.
   
8. Education of the Heart: Purify your feelings by detaching from pleasure, desire, and aversion. Observe emotions as external phenomena, cultivating a refined, objective sense of perception.
   
9. The Mirror Technique: Use the mirror as a tool to isolate the fluidic body from the physical. Stare into the mirror until the physical senses are neutralized, allowing the astral light to emerge.
   
10. Rebirth in the Mind: Transcend the neutral point to achieve the “Rebirth in the Mind.” This is the awakening of the intellectual light, where the Self is liberated from the animal body and assumes a fluidic form, capable of miraculous works.
    

This path demands unwavering will, discipline, and perseverance. It is not for the faint-hearted, as failure to master these steps risks falling into mediumistic or subconscious states. Success requires absolute commitment to the goal of self-transformation and liberation.

Every teaching remains illusory until it is translated into practice and action. Thus, you will be guided in the initial operations, as previously hinted.

First, take control of a portion of your life, or at least your day, to firmly establish a new quality. Achieve inner detachment from yourself and your surroundings. Maintain a sober, effortless, neutral, and balanced lifestyle, free from excess. Sleep only as necessary and eat sparingly.

Ensure your body is whole, calm, and harmonized. Temper your soul with the power within you, cleansing it of impulsiveness, passions, and restlessness. Stabilize it and unite it with your body.

Other beings do not exist. Do not let their actions, thoughts, or judgments affect you, regardless of their nature.

Guard against anything that might subtly influence you. Watch over external influences and the depths of your consciousness. Observe all things silently and remain undisturbed, halting all judgments firmly.

If passions arise, do not react or become disturbed. Satisfy them deliberately, then discard them.

Continue in this direction until you recognize the frivolity, uselessness, and threat of every thought, allowing your mind to calm and rest silently at your feet.

Through this, you will build an inner strength, akin to a lord whose gaze instills silence, respect, or confusion in those around him. This is our Gold.

When you achieve this with subtle, constant, strong, and gentle art, and when the balanced, neutral state becomes continuous and natural, you will feel reconnected to yourself, experiencing a profound sense of interiority. From this calm and enlightened rest, spiritual contentment will arise.

Observe and retain this sensation. When you fully possess it, connect it with your body so it permeates it like warmth in water, resulting in a single, unified state.

This is the fluidic state, known in our Tradition as the “first extraction of Mercury (or Hermes) from the Mine.”

Hold onto this state with calm firmness. Release it, then evoke it repeatedly. Study it until it becomes a subconscious reality, ready to emerge at your command. Achieving this marks significant progress.

The fluidic body is energized by a vegetarian diet, fasting, and magical aromas. Sexual encounters driven by pleasure weaken it, especially in those with nervous temperaments. Sudden loss of equilibrium or strong emotions can harm both body and psyche. Its virtues must be sharpened through discipline.

Do not destroy feelings but detach from clinging to pleasure, desire, aversion, and anguish. Purify yourself from these bonds. Be open, free from fear and pettiness in your feelings. Observe them as external things, realizing, “Just as I am not the food I taste, I am not the feelings that echo in me: they are not mine, they are not me.”

Only then will feelings reveal a new, objective sense beyond the animal ones, oriented to a subtler aspect of reality. Educate this sense with inner attention, refining it. Maintain calm self-control and lucidity at your center, open to every voice.

This education of the heart, achieved through “persuasion” and a slow, gentle “fire,” will infuse supersensible knowledge into your fluidic body, creating a “distilled water,” consecrated in the sign of your neutrality.

Next, attempt the liberation of the central power and the encounter with the Serpent. This occurs when your “Self” transfers into the fluidic body, detached from animal senses and isolated from the physical world.

Avoid dissolving self-awareness, which lowers the magician's world to that of mediums and visionaries. Maintain the intellectual center's preponderance over peripheral sensibility and subconscious elements.

When the fluidic body detaches, remain steady in a pure, immaterial, extra-cerebral state of mind. If not, the mediumistic state sets in, making the fluidic body a passive instrument of the inferior world.

Actively surpassing the neutral point leads to “Rebirth in the Mind” in the “Magnesium of the Wise.” From the golden nucleus of your perfected mind, an intellectual light will emerge, realizing a new, powerful sense of Self.

Philalethes notes that through our Gold (the Sun), the enlivening virtue hidden beneath the body's husk is reborn when bathed with our water (the fluidic). The fixed becomes volatile to inherit a nobler quality, then fixes the volatile.

With this experience, your “Self” abandons the animal vehicle, assuming a fluidic body as an organ for action. If difficulties arise, evoke the image and will it.

The magician must escape the enslavement of the “soul of the earth,” entering conscious contact with the beyond and directing effects in real life. His spirit, like a flame, rises to the surface of the “waters,” consecrated in “air,” empowered to subject beings dependent on this current, the “Astral Light.”

The task is not easy or without dangers. Persevere, master your doubts, and you will succeed. Dare and be silent.

The strongest force is the will of a man who knows what he wants. Set your goal and never change it. Once started, never quit, for the path of Magic has no “dead corners.” You must either succeed or perish.

Metaphysical part:

Upon the pope's death, the camerlengo verifies his passing, locks the papal apartment, and breaks his ring and seal. Cardinals under 80 gather for the conclave, voting in secrecy until a two-thirds majority elects a new pope, announced with “Habemus Papam” and a blessing.

Evola's Critique of Pope Francis: A Traditionalist Perspective

1. Evola would critique Pope Francis's emphasis on compassion and social justice as a deviation from the Church's traditional role as a custodian of sacred order and spiritual discipline.
2. He would view Francis's focus on mercy and inclusion as a dilution of the Church's transcendent mission, aligning it with modern egalitarian ideals.
3. Evola would argue that the Pope's advocacy for social justice and environmentalism reflects a capitulation to modern materialism.
4. He would see the push for reform and dialogue as an erosion of the Church's authority, aligning it with the decadence of the modern world.
5. For Evola, the Church should embody a rigid, hierarchical order that transcends worldly concerns.
6. He would emphasize the need for the Church to uphold timeless spiritual truths rather than adapt to contemporary issues.
7. Evola would reject the modern humanitarian focus, seeing it as a loss of the Church's role as a beacon of spiritual authority.
8. He would criticize the Church's alignment with modern egalitarianism as a betrayal of its traditional hierarchical principles.
9. Evola would argue that the Church's mission should be to maintain a sacred order that stands above temporal concerns.
10. Ultimately, he would call for a return to a Church that prioritizes spiritual discipline and transcendent values over modern compromises.

Title: First Steps Toward the Experience of the “Subtle Body”
Tags: #Evola #SubtleBody #InnerEssence #Hermeticism #EsotericPractice

1. The Heart as the Center of Consciousness: The intuitive truth that the center of consciousness resides in the “heart” has been obscured by modern science’s focus on the brain, which silences true knowledge in favor of sensory illusion.
   
2. Creating an Inner Environment: The first step toward experiencing the subtle body involves creating an “inner environment” where its organs can awaken to consciousness, similar to how physical organs respond to external stimuli.
   
3. Perceiving the Subtle: Alongside sensory impressions, we must strive to perceive a distinct, supersensible essence—a silent echo within us that reflects the intimate nature of things.
   
4. Separation of the Subtle and the Dense: By experiencing the head as detached and external, we separate the “subtle” from the “dense” (Hermetic terms) or the “real” from the “unreal” (Hindu terms), allowing subtle impressions to replace ordinary sensations.
   
5. Methodical Discipline: This practice requires intense, prolonged concentration to discern precise differences between sensory impressions and their subtle counterparts, which retain an objective character.
   
6. Thoughts and Emotional Contents: The same practice can be applied to thoughts and emotions, distancing ourselves from the head to seize thoughts before they are cerebrally articulated, revealing a new order of differences.
   
7. Dangers of Ecstasy: A key danger lies in becoming ensnared by ecstatic feelings or cosmic consciousness, which can cloud awareness. It is essential to retain the sense of the Self and active consciousness, avoiding the voluptuousness of possession that returns us to the physical body.
   

This approach emphasizes the development of the subtle body through disciplined inner work, transcending the limitations of the physical and sensory world to achieve a deeper, esoteric understanding of the Self.

First Steps Toward the Experience of the “Subtle Body”

The assertion that the center of consciousness resides in the “heart” echoes an intuitive truth. When science “proved” this center to be in the brain, true knowledge was silenced, replaced by sensory illusion.

Studying the organs reveals no more about the inner essence of man than observing letters in a sentence conveys meaning to one who cannot read. True knowledge arises from delving into one’s interiority, tracing the mysterious pathways that lead to the material body.

The first step involves creating an “inner environment” where the organs of the subtle body—a provisional yet useful term—can awaken to consciousness, much as physical organs are stimulated by external impressions. Various methods lead to this goal, but I will focus on one I consider most effective.

Every object, living or lifeless, carries a specific occult message. By focusing on two different perceptions—such as a plant and an animal—and gradually abstracting from their sensory images, we discern two distinct “subtle” impressions. These arise from within and cannot be projected outward as qualities of the object; they possess a life of their own.

This separation of the “subtle” from the “dense” (in Hermetic terms) or the “real” from the “unreal” (in Hindu terms) is achieved by experiencing the head as detached and external. Ordinary sensations fall through the center of consciousness, replaced by their corresponding subtle counterparts.

This discipline requires methodical repetition: through intense, progressively prolonged concentration, precise and recognizable differences emerge. These correspond to sensory impressions but are of a wholly different nature, retaining an objective character.

Only those who have experienced this renewed mode of knowledge understand the accompanying sense of certainty and direct understanding, surpassing any sensory-derived insight.

The same practice can be applied to thoughts, distancing ourselves from the head to seize and use thoughts before they are cerebrally articulated. Here, too, a new order of differences replaces the habitual one, as if each thought corresponds to a unique musical note in an infinite tonal range. After experiencing a sequence of note-thoughts, one can return to the head and articulate the corresponding thoughts discursively, though some depths defy verbalization as they transcend normal life and its concerns.

A similar practice can focus on emotional contents or impulses. The goal remains the same: a rapid, subtle attentiveness at the threshold of the Self, capturing perceptions midair and replacing ordinary, provisional, and sensual consciousness with a deeper knowledge of the elements.

I aim not to present a systematic esoteric treatise but to awaken memories of sporadic, spontaneous inner activities, encouraging their recognition and development.

The sense of self, arising from these activities, replaces the bodily sense. The body feels distant, external, while impressions from external objects seem to arise and live within us, as part of us.

This annuls the sense of space, leaving only an inner, rhythmic sense of time. Reestablishing the relationship with the body grants freedom and mobility within it, marking the birth of the subtle body’s sense.

A danger lies in becoming ensnared by a sense of happiness or greatness—what William James termed the “cosmic feeling”—which can cloud consciousness in ecstatic torpor. It is crucial to retain the sense of the Self and the active life of consciousness, remaining distinct and superior amidst the modalities of subtle perception.

Any sense of satisfaction or pride returns us to the body, altering realization and dimming vision. The subtle body grants possession, but the voluptuousness of possession belongs to the physical body and senses, which imprison us once more.

Metaphysical part:

The doctrine of the “immortal body” corresponds to the traditional teaching on immortality, often referred to as the “triple body” or simply the “immortal body.” Here, the term “body” is used analogously to describe new forms of consciousness and action that the Self can attain, transcending the ordinary human condition. This doctrine, like all esoteric teachings, is only meaningful within the context of an elite group of initiates who have embarked on the path of spiritual realization. For the average person, such concepts hold no relevance, as they remain bound by their limited human consciousness, conditioned by their physical organism.

The ordinary person, while able to perceive and interact with their physical body, knows little of its true nature. The forces that animate the body—such as the movement of limbs or the beating of the heart—remain mysterious and beyond their control. For them, the body is an enigma, a mysterious entity to which they are inexplicably tied. However, for those who uncover the path to resolving this mystery through the light and power of the Self, the knowledge of the “immortal body” becomes accessible. This is not a separate body but rather a different mode of existence for what is commonly understood as the “body.”

The journey to immortality begins with the ability to maintain consciousness beyond the death of the physical body. Those who achieve this state are, in a sense, “beyond the waters,” where the dissolution of the physical organism no longer holds significance. This path involves shedding all determinisms, stripping away layers of conditioning, until the Self dissolves into pure being. This is the pinnacle of supreme identity, akin to the Upanishadic “fixation,” Buddhist nirvana, or the Plotinian “One.” It is a state of emptiness and fullness, described in Hatha-Yoga as “empty like a vase in the sky, full like a vase in the ocean.”

Alternatively, there is the magical path, where the liberated principle returns to the world as a force of power. Here, the elements and processes that once appeared as external and independent are reorganized according to the individual's will, becoming symbols of their power. This is a process of active transformation, where the individual becomes free from the constraints of the material world, reducing it to illusion and symbol.

The “immortal body” is thus a simple, non-composite body, infused with the pure substance of the Self. It is made of consciousness and power, not matter, as matter is merely an inert, passive state of spirit. This body is sustained by the mind, and its existence depends entirely on the Self. If the Self were to vanish, the body would collapse into nothingness. This is the essence of the “body of resurrection” or “magical body,” which is not a fixed form but a potentiality, capable of infinite transformations.

The immortal body is invulnerable and incorruptible, composed of light and power, akin to the “fiery” or “radiant” body described in Neoplatonism. It is a body of freedom, capable of manifesting in any form, transcending the limitations of the physical world. This body is not unreal but represents the highest reality, where all resistance to the spirit has been dissolved.

In summary, the “immortal body” is the ultimate realization of the Self, a body of light and power, free from the constraints of the material world. It is the culmination of the initiatic journey, where the individual becomes the “Lord of the Three Worlds,” transcending the realms of generation and corruption, and embodying the pure, luminous essence of being.

Subjugation of the psyche and immersion in the chthonic-subterranean world.

The domination of the psyche and descent into the chthonic-subterranean realm. The method of controlling someone involves forcing them into regression by overwhelming them with a shocking revelation, plunging them into an altered state of consciousness. As for example:

“Russian President Vladimir Putin is no stranger to showcasing his physical fitness—whether riding horseback shirtless or hauling in a fish with his bare hands. But as the 65-year-old leader campaigns for his fourth presidential term, many wonder: What’s the source of his seemingly boundless stamina? According to reports, one of his supposed secrets lies in an ancient and controversial remedy—deer antler blood.

Russian media claims that Putin, like many others in the country, has consumed and even bathed in the blood of freshly severed Siberian red deer antlers. Proponents believe the practice enhances strength and slows aging, though it has drawn sharp criticism from animal rights activists and scientists alike. Beyond the ritual itself, a booming industry has sprung up around antler-based products—despite a lack of credible evidence supporting their benefits. A Brutal Harvest

The process of extracting antler blood is not for the faint of heart. Each year, deer are restrained as farmers saw off their antlers—a practice that repeats up to 15 times over an animal’s lifetime. Some Tv channel visited one such farm in the Altai Mountains, where manager Ludmila Korotkhih defended the tradition, calling it a natural supplement rather than a drug.

“It strengthens the immune system, revitalizes the body, and even boosts male libido,” she claimed.

Farmworkers insist the procedure is painless, arguing that antlers regrow annually. Yet skeptics question both the ethics and science behind the practice.”

Metaphysical part:

“What one gains, another must lose. For every step forward taken by one, others are pushed back—such is the immutable balance. Every rise of the sacred demands a fall into the profane.” As long as you remain ignorant of your body and its reactions, you are the profane.

But if you choose not to master this knowledge fully, you become one who exploits another—someone even more profane than yourself. Thus, you realize the law of subjugation governs all, until you see that this game of domination is an illusion where all are ultimately deceived. We return then to the first hermetic law: knowledge alone is sovereign, and the illusion of another’s superiority is void.

Title: The Law of Subjugation and the Illusion of Dominance
Tags: #Metaphysics #Hermeticism #EvolianDoctrine #PsycheDomination #SacredProfane

1. Chthonic Descent: Forced regression through shock, plunging the psyche into subterranean depths.
   
2. Ignorance as Bondage: Unawareness of bodily reactions renders one profane—a slave to base forces.
   
3. Exploiter’s Paradox: Half-knowledge transforms the seeker into a profane oppressor.
   
4. Universal Subjugation: The law of domination governs all until its illusory nature is unveiled.
   
5. Hierarchy of Deception: Both dominator and dominated are ensnared—the game itself is the trap.
   
6. Eternal Return: The path ends where it began: knowledge alone is liberation.
   “The superior is he who knows the game is rigged—yet plays no part in it.”

Me: The issue is not androgyny itself, but rather egalitarianism and democracy.

“To answer my questions, I turned not to biology but to traditional myth—specifically, the myth of the androgyne, which Plato articulated in the Symposium as the foundation of his understanding of sex. The androgyne represents the primordial, complete, and immortal being, whose division gives rise to the duality of the sexes. Thus, the sexual impulse is ultimately a metaphysical drive—a yearning for reintegration, a striving to transcend the fragmented, conditioned state of existence and restore the absolute unity of the original being. In this light, sexuality is marked by a hyper-physical intensity, akin to those sacred states through which the ancient world sought direct experience of the transcendent.”

What all neo-pagan materialists fear is precisely this internal feminine domination. They have failed to castrate the feminine power within themselves, leaving it as the dominant force in their being.

Evola’s statement critiques modern neo-pagan and materialist ideologies for their failure to master the internal feminine principle, which he associates with passivity, chaos, and dissolution. In his traditionalist framework, true spiritual and masculine superiority (virility) requires the domination or “castration” of the feminine—not in a literal sense, but as an inner conquest over emotionalism, irrationality, and attachment to the material world.

On Masonic Symbolism and Its Degeneration:

The flaw of Freemasonry lies in its very foundation—its democratic ethos, which exalts the lunar over the solar.

Lunar spirituality is regressive, sub-terranean, and chthonic—bound to the forces of dissolution, chaos, and the telluric (earthly) abyss. It is the spirituality of the feminine, the matriarchal, and the democratic masses, fostering weakness, emotionalism, and surrender to the baser instincts.

Metaphysical part:

Title: Birth Into Life and Immortality: The Alchemical Path to the Eternal
Tags: #Evola #Hermeticism #Alchemy #Tradition #Immortality #SpiritualTransmutation #Metaphysics #Initiation #PerennialWisdom

1. The White Stone & Immortality – The attainment of the “white stone” signifies victory over death, where consciousness transcends material dependency, achieving continuity beyond earthly existence.
   
2. The Naked Diana & Luminous Form – The unveiled Diana in Hermeticism parallels the radiant “body of light” in Hindu tradition, liberated through the funeral pyre, symbolizing transition to supraphysical states.
   
3. Alchemical Taoism & the Subtle Body – The construction of an immortal subtle form replaces the gross body, achieved through sublimation and extraction of the imperishable elements within man.
   
4. Condensation vs. Mystical Dissolution – Unlike passive mystical union, true immortality requires “coagulation”—an active reintegration of the self into a higher, individuated state.
   
5. Physical Regeneration as Esoteric Fact – Hindu alchemy teaches conscious mastery over the life-force, allowing complete bodily regeneration through direct contact with the formative power behind organic existence.
   
6. The Life-Force Beyond Death – The regenerated man is no longer bound to a single body; his center shifts to the animating life-force, which persists like an unextinguished flame across manifestations.
   
7. The Glorious Body – The “glorious body” (Hermetic Silver) is not a physical form but the immutable principle behind all manifestation, where body and spirit become inseparable.
   
8. Spiritualization of the Body – This is not a dissolution into subtle matter but the body’s total subordination to the spirit, erasing its autonomy while maintaining external appearance.
   
9. The Rebis: Two That Are One – The androgyne symbolizes the non-dual union of spirit and matter—not a fusion of separate elements but the realization of their primordial unity.
   
10. The Written Manuscript Analogy – Just as understanding a language transforms meaningless signs into intelligible expressions, the “spiritualized body” ceases to be an external object and becomes a pure vehicle of the awakened will.
    “The body is no longer a tomb, but a living temple of the immortal.”

Birth into Life and Immortality

Upon attaining the “white,” the conditions for immortality are fulfilled. As the alchemical dictum states: “When the materia turns white, our king has conquered death.” The “white stone” signifies that consciousness is no longer bound to the mortal body but persists in higher states of being, transcending material existence. At death, the soul does not perish; rather, it unites with the purified body, illuminated by the divine fire, forming an indissoluble triad of soul, spirit, and body, radiant with celestial clarity. Thus, death becomes the final clarification.

This luminous form—symbolized in Hermeticism by Diana unveiled, in Hinduism by the radiant body freed from the funeral pyre, and in Taoist alchemy by the immortal subtle body—represents the metaphysical vehicle for transcendent existence. It is not a physical body but the power that manifests form, the permanent essence behind transient matter. As René Guénon explains, the “glorious body” of Gnostic tradition is not a body in the ordinary sense but its transfiguration beyond individual limitations, the immutable principle behind all manifestation.

The key to immortality lies in the conscious mastery of the life-force itself. Hindu alchemy teaches that regeneration occurs when consciousness penetrates the vital power that shapes the body, retracing its formative stages. The “living man” is one who has awakened this inner force, no longer subject to organic decay. His being is no longer ruled by the body; instead, the body becomes an expression of the spirit.

This transmutation is not a physical dissolution but a shift in function—where the body, outwardly unchanged, ceases to exist for itself and becomes purely an instrument of the spirit. The “spiritual body” is not an ethereal phantom but the same body now fixed in its immortal principle. As alchemical texts state, the body and spirit are reduced to “the same simplicity,” united like water poured into water.

The Hermetic Rebis (androgyne) symbolizes this unity—not as a fusion of two separate principles but as the realization that they were never truly divided. The body is but a phase of the spirit’s manifestation, and the Great Work consists in recognizing this non-duality.

An analogy: a manuscript in an unknown language is merely an object to the uninitiated, but to one who understands, the physical signs dissolve into meaning. Similarly, the “regenerated” body is outwardly unchanged, yet inwardly it is no longer a passive vessel but an active expression of the spirit. The “spiritual body” is indistinguishable from the ordinary—except that it is no longer bound by mortal conditions.

Thus, true immortality is not escape from form but mastery over it—the fixation of the volatile, the embodiment of the spirit, and the spiritualization of the body as a single, transcendent act.