Metaphysics of the Real—Beyond Crowley, Magick and Occultism
Author Oliver St. John offers in-depth knowledge on occultism, magick, and the supernatural for those wanting to move from theory to practice. Topics include hermeticism, gnosticism, and ancient Egyptian and Hindu teachings. He clarifies that metaphysics means literally 'beyond the physical,' and is separate from psychology or psychism. St. John argues that true initiation comes from a universal, supra-human doctrine that transcends modern occult inventions.
Episodes
Secret of Alchemy and Cosmic Mind
For this episode we return to a new book, as yet unpublished, called Magick Here and Now. We begin with Alchemy—Stone of the Wise. Learned men and women with academic qualifications are no better than the common or garden New Age or online ‘gurus’ when it comes to construing the meaning of the stone of the wise, the secret of alchemy. This does not, it seems, stop anyone from pretending they know
Law of Thelema—Hidden Alchemy
Last year, our very first book was rewritten from top to bottom and re-published under the title Law of Thelema—Hidden Alchemy. The new book shows how much our views have changed in the last five years and so the old content is seen in a totally different light. Included here is an abridgement of the Preface and two chapters from that book, of which the second is a much needed clarification on wha
Magick Here and Now
This episode is drawn from a new book, soon to be published and titled Magick Here and Now. In the introduction we make it clear that ‘ordinary life’ is a very serious obstruction to magick and yoga. This will be explained. We then move on to a discussion of the magician, since there can be no magick without a magician and so far as initiation goes everything must start from the human state. The s
Nihilism and the Dark Side
The first part of this episode is a reading from my book, Advaita Vedanta—Question of the Real. It may seem strange to begin a book that serves as an introduction to Advaita Vedanta Non-dualism, which is primarily a Hindu darshana, with a critique, albeit a brief one, of the corrosive influence of Western philosophy. So far as nihilism goes, while there might be very few persons that would declare
The Soul and Yoga Powers
This fourth episode of Metaphysics of the Real picks up the thread from where we left off with Advaita Vedanta—Question of the Real. The listener that has assimilated the previous episode on Reincarnation, Talismans and Familiar Spirits will be well prepared. The initiatic Journey of the Soul is to get initiated and realise she is infinitely greater than tanything she has previously supposed. The
Reincarnationism and Talismans
This third episode of the new series returns to some of the subject matter of our book, Metamorphosis—Hermetic Science and Yoga Power. In the first half of the nineteenth century French Socialists, who sought an explanation for social inequality, persuaded Allan Kardac, the founder of the French School of Spiritism, to accept their theory of souls being born into a succession of lives taking place
Question of the Real—Non-dualism
This second episode of Metaphysics of the Real takes us in an entirely new direction. The Advaitan or Non-dual Way of Self-Realisation involves a prolonged and deep enquiry into the nature of the Self. By the Self, we do not mean the ego or the psychic domain of the person, but the true Self called AtmaPart One: How do we Know?Part Two: Enquiry into the Nature of the Self‘Self-Realisation’ is a sh
Way of Knowledge—Reign of Antichrist
This first episode of Metaphysics of the Real includes readings from my book The Way of Knowledge in the Reign of Antichrist.Part One: What is Metaphysics?Part Two: Way of Knowledge (Introduction)Part Three: Sacred Magic of AbramelinPart Four: The True SelfOver time the Way of Knowledge has become increasingly divided to the modern mind, so that we now have forms of Westernised ‘yoga’ that are exc
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