The Borderland

Beyond the range of common perception.

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The Other Meaning of Christmas

The development of understanding is a long slow process and it must come from within. This the central idea of the Gospels. They are concerned mainly with this inner evolution which begins with the Christmas story. This is the significance of the literal story of the birth of the infant Jesus. Its higher meaning is the constant re-birth of Higher Consciousness in every person by degrees.

Man is a seed capable of infinite growth. This is what the Gospel stories are concerned with. The outer side of our lives is pretty well organized according to our position and capacity. It is the inner side which can be awakened, stimulated and developed by contact with the Higher meaning of the Sacred Scriptures. They give us an idea, an understanding of what we must do, feel, and think to forward our most important inner evolution.

(Judith and Riley Crabb make a preliminary study of the initiatory teachings of Jesus Christ to reveal the deeper layer of meaning concealed behind the words.)

[Image: Lorenzo Monaco’s "The Nativity" (c. 1405-10, tempera on wood, 22x31cm)]

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Shaverian Sidelights

Hundreds of world-wide traditions agree that man, long ago, emerged from great caves below the surface of the earth after a colossal catastrophe had laid waste the earlier world he had known. Faintly, across the hoary millenniums, we catch a glimpse in these legends of a strange and astonishing yesterday that has vanished forever in remote antiquity. "The cavern," writes Brinton, in his Myths of the New World, "dimly fingered in the memories of nations."

We are faced with two great problems — first, the nature of an ancient culture that could engrave coins by use of an acid unknown to us today (found at a depth of 114 feet in Illinois), and build ships of a design unknown to recorded history (found under a hill in Peru) — and, second, the bewildering events of today that are occurring behind an iron curtain of conventional theory and current fashions in accepted, dogmatic belief. Perhaps, as Mr. Shaver suggests, there is a connection between these two riddles as amazing as are the data.

(Associate Vincent H. Gaddis provides notes of interest to students of the Shaver Mystery, way back in 1949.)

[Image: Dick Shaver’s “Attack of the Ape Bats” (partial), used as cover art for “Rokfogo: The Mysterious Pre-Deluge Art of Richard S. Shaver” (Shavertron, 2014).]

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Project Hermes Revived: The ESP Stimulator

"Naturally, when one puts one of these devices on (mounted on a head band) and sits there with an expectant look on his face, and a blank mind, that is just what he gets, a blank. Remember, this device is a two-way apparatus, and if one wishes to hear someone he must send out a call to someone. . . Beings of other dimensions wait until they are called then they try to answer. Remember they are afraid of being called 'queer' in their world, too; so why should they try to start to speak to someone just because that someone built a receiver to perceive them?"

(Note from Associate Joe Ponciano on his improved Hermes device and experimental results from tests with his subjects in Chicago.)

[Image: “Raytheon radio tube box” (CC-SA-3.0)]

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The Shaver Mystery

Are these underground dwellers astral entities, or physical entities existing in our own plane of vibration? I suggest that they are both -- that they once lived on the surface, perhaps in the days of Atlantis or Lemuria, but died as surface beings, and entered into the occult realm of Avitchi, a state of existence lower than ours, but also involved in mare dense physical matter, closer to the center of the planet, and located in vast caverns. Thus they could be both spirits and materialized, objective entities using objective machines. Shaver as a materialist and his critics may both be correct.

There is a reason, however, why the 'Shaver Mystery' may be of tremendous importance - a part of the greatest phenomenon of our time. There is a widespread belief in occult circles that we are reproducing the last days of Atlantis, that the end of an era looms with a battle between forces of good and evil impending, that a great decision must soon be made amid the conflict of nations and the chaos of Nature remaking a world.

(Vincent H. Gaddis explores the revelations of Richard Sharpe Shaver and the nature of the Deros.)

[Image: Cover of Hidden World #1, Spring 1961.]

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The Project Hermes Device

The device is supposedly a reproduction of an ancient communication instrument - one form (there are several others) of what Dick Shaver called "telaug" in his writings. Its main use by the ancients was to communicate telepathically with others on the same "here-living" plane. My informant says, however, that it can also be used to communicate with entities on other planes, if properly tuned. This particular form is very short range under ordinary circumstances. That is: its effect will influence only persons or entities in the immediate vicinity, when used singularly. If, however, two persons each have such a device, and the devices are tuned to each other, they will work over fairly long distances. The actual method of operation is to create a controlled vibrational field which will sensitize those within its influence. It may be noted that several persons have apparently been sensitized to telepathic contact by wild radiations from electric arcs, etc. Electric welders and old time spark gap radio operators were usually regarded as a "peculiar lot", and would frequently confess they got a "lot of screwy ideas" while in the influence of the arc.

(Associate Resh-Mem-Heh, a.k.a. Ralph Holland, details the origins and the schematics for his Project Hermes telepathic communications device, with commentary from Nikola Tesla?)

[Image: Robert Gibson Jones, cover for Amazing Stories (December 1945).]

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Interstellar Communications Signals

The possibility of life beyond Earth tends to evoke partisan emotions denoting two extremes (1) that life is unique to Earth, and (2) that it is ubiquitous and abundant throughout the universe. Hints about life elsewhere have been vague, including "organised elements" in meteorites, Martian infra-red spectra implying organic molecules, and the rare non-random radio signals whose reception was claimed by Tesla and Marconi. Yet a psychological readiness to accept extraterrestrial life has emerged to a most profound degree.

Divorced from its science-fiction background by Project Osma in the early 1960s, the topic is now formally called "communication with extraterrestrial intelligences" (acronym CETI). It was the subject of a top-level international conference held in September 1971 at the Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory in Soviet Armenia. The meeting was sponsored by the United States and Soviet Academies of Science. Similar interests prevail in private study groups both here and abroad.

Such programs must be welcomed in behalf of all mankind. For interstellar communication with other, highly advanced cultures might well determine human progress and survival. Thus, by inference, CETI emerges not only as the greatest adventure of mankind, but also poses a colossal challenge to systems engineering.

(L. George Lawrence discusses his biodynamic theory of extraterrestrial communication and details his means of studying the phenomena.)

[Image: L. George Lawrence observes Ursa Major and listens for signals, from “The Secret Life of Plants” (1978).]

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Interstellar Communications - What are the prospects?

All attempts to pick up intelligent communications from the stars have failed so far. But some scientists are still wondering about intelligent beings on other worlds and our ability to contact them.

LESS than two decades ago, we still insisted that our small planet was unique in the universe. Today, on the basis of careful celestial observations and other scientific inferences, we admit that we may not be alone in the cosmic immensity and concede the possible existence of extra-terrestrial folk whose scientific development could very well be superior to our own. Some feel that good and direct benefits could be obtained by getting in touch with them. These speculations have rekindled an interest in interstellar communications technology. Principal attention is directed toward electronic aids because of the limitations of optical devices.

(L. George Lawrence on scientific attempts to locate intelligent communications from the stars in 1971.)

[Image: Clouds of interstellar dust and gas in Horseshoe Nebula.]

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Are We Receiving Biological Signals from Outer Space?

There here have been many hints that a dominant biological force is responsible for our creation. To lend credence to that theory we now have some evidence, provided by the techniques of remote astrobiological-image sensing (RAIS for short), that the human form or "likeness" may indeed be typical of all intelligent life in space. Before we discuss the evidence, we should explain the technology involved.

Not to be confused with radio astronomy, RAIS is made possible with "biosensors." The data they produce is called a "signature plate" or "biogram." These deep-space scans are conducted from uninhabited desert regions at night to safeguard the equipment against electro-magnetic interference. Encompassing 18 years of research, this article will profile the general aspects of RAIS and show the evolution of its equipment. Literature and patent references are provided in a boxed text for experimenters desiring to make their own contributions to this promising field.

(L. George Lawrence reports on experimental techniques and his results using biosensors to detect signals from other worlds and galaxies.)

[Image: Tony Hallas, “Andromeda Island Universe” (nasa.gov).]

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Nocturnal Disturbances and the Infrasonic “HUM”

A great host of individuals throughout North America and Northern Europe have reported the reception of nocturnal auditory disturbances, collectively termed "the HUM". No modern text offers explanation for the national mystery. It is for this reason that we will collate some of the subjectively discerned phenomena, empirically observed effects whose nature offers us the clearest direction toward understanding the HUM source. The HUM is heard by an increasing population of persons who are awakened nightly by its annoying and sometimes painful performance. So pan-regional have these reports been, and so credible the observers of the phenomenon, that one is compelled to affirm the existence of the effect. While the objective data received through reliable reporters may realistically be questioned in moments of scientific doubt, one is convinced of its reality after encountering the experience firsthand.

(Gerry Vassilatos examines the potential sources of the infrasonic HUM phenomena and refutes conspiratists claims that it is purely man-made.)

[Image: Panel from Danielle Chenette's “THE HUM” (2013), included in Hic & Hoc’s anthology “Unknown Origins & Untimely Ends: A Collection of Unsolved Mysteries”.]

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Infrasound

Analysts contend that infrasound is composed of a very broad band of pitches. These tones of immense pressure and duration "accommodate" themselves when encountering resonant cavities. All such resonant cavities are "found and destroyed" when the proper pressure waves flow into their resonances. Rooms, halls, alleys, spaces among buildings, courtyard areas, cellars, subways, sewer chambers; all these burst open into flying fragments when infrasonic waves flood them. Infrasound is the cruel tonal giant, tearing open whatever it finds in its path.

(John D. Cody explores the phenomena of infrasound from natural and man-made sources.)

[Image: Fourier transform of infrasound recording.]

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The Sonic Doom of Vladimir Gavreau

The most fundamental signals which permeate this world are inaudible. They not only surpass our hearing, but they undergird our being. Natural infrasounds rumble through experience daily. There manifestations are fortunately infrequent and incoherent. Infrasound is inaudible to human hearing, being of pitch below 15 cycles per second. The bottom human limit. The plynth. The foundation. Infrasound is not heard, it is felt. Infrasound holds a terrible secret in its silent roar.

The findings of Dr. Gavreau in the infrasonic range between 1 and 10 cycles per second are truly shocking. Lethal infrasonic pitch lies in the 7 cycle range. Small amplitude increases affect human behavior in this pitch range. Intellectual activity is first inhibited, blocked, and then destroyed. As the amplitude is increased, several disconcerting responses had been noted. These responses begin as complete neurological interference. The action of the medulla is physiologically blocked, its autonomic functions cease.

(Associate Gerry Vassilatos on the discoveries of French researcher Vladimir Gavreau in the field of infrasonics.)

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Probing the Mystery of Mt. Shasta

Even though I had no experiences to speak of the first few days, I was convinced that there was something around the Mountain, because I never felt alone. But it wasn't the nicest type of feeling. I felt as though I was being watched. The second day there I stumbled accidentally on a beautiful meadow. It was so perfect I wouldn't have been surprised to see fairies dance. I just lay face downwards to the earth and tried to relax, but I had to look around every so often. The stillness was unpleasant. It was too full of something unseen. You can walk all day long up there and not see a soul. And I constantly lost my way. I am a good hiker and I have a good sense of direction, but it seemed as though something were deliberately trying to confuse me. It's a very unpleasant feeling to realize that you are lost in a strange place...

(Emma Martinelli reports in a letter on her two weeks spent at Weed, California in 1946 on the slopes of Mt. Shasta -- with follow-up comments from Ramon Natalli on the Hollow Earth.)

[Image: Frederick Ferdinand Schafer, "Mt. Shasta".]

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My Visit to Mt. Shasta

For many years students of occultism and mysticism have heard of a colony of advanced thinkers that dwelt somewhere on the slopes of Mt. Shasta . . . There were rumours to the effect that they were descendants of the Lemurians, and greatly advanced in mystical lore. The writer of this article had been a student of mystical thought for over thirty years, and his home being in California, he had made several trips to Mt. Shasta to try to locate this colony.

(Associate H.B. Williams provides the account of a Major H.A.G. and his unusual experience at Mount Shasta.)

[Image: William Keith, "Landscape with Mount Shasta"]

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The Mystery of Mt. Shasta

I learned that the existence of the Lemurians on Mt. Shasta was vouched for some years ago by the scientist Professor Edgar L. Larkin, formerly director of the Mt. Lowe observatory. He penetrated the Shasta wilderness as far as he could, or dared, and then continued his investigations from a promontory with a powerful telescope.

What he saw, he reported, was a great temple in the heart of the mystic village, a marvellous work of carved marble and onyx, rivaling the magnificence of the temples of Yucatan. He saw a village of 600 to 1000 people; they appeared to be engaged in in the manufacture of various articles and in farming the sunny slopes and glens with miraculous results, evidently contented to live as did their Lemurian forebearers...

(Edward Lenser on the Lemurian community of Mt. Shasta, with comment by Meade Layne.)

[Image: Daniel Parks, "Mt. Shasta back-illuminated just after sunrise" (2010, CC).]

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Ahriman and Lucifer, Left and Right

The Ahrimanic powers act in a way which drags man down below himself. They tend to plunge him into crass materialism, to cut him off by doctrine and a highly intellectual philosophy, from the spiritual world that is his true home. The Ahrimanic powers seek to keep mankind oblivious of the existence of a spiritual world.

Manifesting at the opposite extreme are the Luciferic forces. These seek to draw man out beyond himself, into the realm of the fantastic, the ecstatic and the wildly emotional...

(In which Associate Trevor James briefly details the distinctions between the Ahrimanic and Luciferian forces in politics and ufology.)

[Image: Arild Rosenkrantz, “Ahriman og Lucifer”.]

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What the Financial Newsletters Leave Out

Politically, economically, spiritually and morally, the USA is being cut down through the actions of numerous eminent and influential Americans, most of them native born citizens. In all history, there has been no such treason.[..] As yet, there is little or no comprehension that the overall directing consciousness is not human, or that its scope and capacities dwarf the most brilliant human being into insignificance.

The earth plane is under preparation for the incarnation in the mortal body of Ahriman -- the third member of the Cosmic triad involved in Earth evolution. The occult sequence is the incarnation of Lucifer in Asia four millennia ago; the incarnation of Christ in the Middle East two millennia ago; and the imminent incarnation in the West of Ahriman, the spiritual suzerain of the inferior forces, i.e. the forces standing beneath Man. Nothing can prevent this event, for it is Cosmic in design and integumented into the whole drama of evolution. As incarnate humans, what we do control is our individual orientation and reaction to the Ahrimanic event, to which current world trends are a sinister precursor.

(An echo from 1987 when Trevor James Constable reported that Ahrimanic forces were seizing control over our world.)

[Image: Detail of Rudolf Steiner's "The Representative of Humanity Between Lucifer and Ahriman” (1922).]

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Scorpionic America

November 15, 1777 is the key turning point in U.S. history. It is that moment when all the philosophical eloquence was put into action. It is that moment in history when the Founding Fathers walked their talk.

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The astrological heritage of America is very real. The entire identity of our nation and government is permeated by Scorpio's symbology. As a people, we are in contact with it and reminded of its significance daily. The Eagle's symbol has been minted on billions of coins and engraved on trillions of one dollar hills. The Star-Spangled Banner depicts our nation at war with airborne rockets and "bombs bursting in air," leading to an eventual victory of the forces of light over darkness. Through its words and melody, our national anthem represents the Scorpionic struggle for existence at its fullest, most dramatic expression. In our schools, we still remember the ultimatum voiced by Patrick Henry — "Give me liberty or give me death" — as one of the most fundamental expressions of the national psyche. The final words of Nathan Hale — "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country" — reinforce that example. National and state elections are the very heart of our democracy and the freedom it bestows, and they occur during Scorpio's annual cycle.

(David Solté recasts America as Scorpio, presenting a compelling review of the historical facts behind the astrology.)

[Image: Augustus Tholey's "Leaders of the Continental Congress -- John Adams, Morris, Hamilton, Jefferson" (1894)]