These mini-lectures were advertised in the back of Ophiel's books, sold individually, selected items only. All were mimeographed, mostly on legal-sized paper. They had a 'handmade' feel to them, for sure!
Note the repetition in this list(Series 1-2) and the above list (Series 3-5.) No prices or descriptions were provided with this list.
Series 1
Series 2
Series 3__#1, 1975. Winter Solstice Message, ($1.50) Strong presentation of Occult Truths surrounding Christmas, Winter Seasons, New Years and other post-pagan holidays. Personal message.
Series 3__#2. Some thoughts on the Ten Commandments, 16 pages, $3. Ophiel's analysis of the Ten Commandments and some annotations on their applications to today's living-being. Heavy stuff. If you are not ready, better not get it as it is heavy, really heavy, and to sloppy thinkers it will be a real shock as for the first time they face reality in truth.
Series 3__#3. Living Life, 4-1/2 pages, $1.25. Rather deep essay about living daily life and calling attention to the personal manufacture of Thought-Forms and their effects on our lives and some references to their effects on others. Some ideas as to how to nullify adverse Thought-Form effects.
Series 3__#4, The Happiness Doll, 1 page, $0.25. What is not generally known is that all magical operations, especially "black" ones can be reversed. The famous, or rather infamous, pin-sticking doll can be reversed so that you can set up a self-doll and GIVE IT ALL KINDS OF GOODIES. Can be very useful to your well-being.
Series 3__#5, What is Man? 3-1/2 pages, $1.25. Introduces the Gnostic idea of a worker God who creates the physical world (out of No-Thing) and gives some ideas as to how to handle the Creator God, the Demiurgeous. Once you handle "it," you've got it made and you can now do things.
Series 3__#6, The Dweller on the Threshold, 6-1/2 pages, $1.50. The title is dated but the knowledge is up-to-date. Concerns forces on the next plane and how you have (probably) built up your own opposite. Continues with ideas about how to handle your daily life with these forces in view and how these forces are to be taken into account in all your actions, the object being to lead a more perfect life and to get along better.
Series 3__#7, Why Do You Let the Devil Use You? 5 pages, $1.25. Contains ideas and suggestions as to how to work your two parts - conscious and sub-conscious minds (the badly working sub-mind is like a devil) - and how to watch for the alternating functioning of the two minds.
Series 3__#8, More Ideas About God, 7-1/2 pages, $1.50. Ophiel explains how certain ideas about the conception of the lesser countenances was arrived at, and how they transferred over into the idea of the Demiurgeous. Then follow a number of ideas as to how you are to arrive at a working knowledge of this situation and work it to your advantage.
Series 3__#9, Astral Light - The Plastic Medium, 4 pages, $1. Unexpected use and application of the Astral Light by a student, which surprised even me. Suggests terrific opportunities unlimited for all kinds of physical changes to be brought about through its use in a simple way. Could be considered hot stuff by many!
Series 3__#10, The Other You, 5 pages, $1.25. Contains a thought-provoking idea of a/the double that you may have and gives some ideas about how to deal with this starting different-than-the-world-thinks situation. Also deals with thought-forms in this connection. Useful.
Series 3__#11, Your Other You, 5-1/2 pages, $1.30. Note the difference in the title from the preceding. Several different ideas are presented here as they came to me and I did not edit them. Youseparate the different ideas, and reconnect them. Great value. Requires some study but should be rewarding.
Series 3__#12, A Technique of Visualization - #1, 2 pages, $0.75. Concerns you and the Demiurgeous and your ability to Creatively Visualize (under proper directions and with proper preparations), something which is never realized by countless people and yet they do produce negative creations, which they don't want, all the time. Useful to you.
Series 3__#13, What You Deserve or You Tell Them Baby! 2 pages, $0.75. Goes into the question of God-rewards and questions whether they are automatic. They can be automatic but YOU have to tell them or it - Yourself!
Series 3__#14, Assistance from the Gods - #1 , 2 pages, $0.75. Concise directions on how to "work" Inner Plane Forces "down here" for results. Good basic directions just waiting to use.
Series 3__#15, Treasure Map, 1-1/2 pages, $0.50. Description and directions as to manufacture and use of this ancient talisman. This talisman worked for your ancestors, millions of years ago and it can and will still work for you if you will use it.
Series 3__#16-A, Magic Workings on Matter, 1-1/2 pages, $0.75. Small, short and potent. Contains a concise explanation of the translation of force into form.
Series 3__#16-B, On the Art of Contacting God, 1-1/2 pages, $0.50. This vignette is a little hard to understand so I am charging less for it. Deals with attitudes in daily life as exemplified in everyday clich�s, how attitudes can rule you, and suggests a method of dealing with them. Not easy.
Series 3__#17, Plato and the Soul, 2 pages, $0.50. For some mysterious reason about 2000 years ago there were no definitely taught ideas about life after death. None of the religions that were then current in the world taught such an idea, except in fragmentary way. Then Plato thought about a continuation of a life after death. He was talking about the Etheric body but the Church mistook that idea of the Etheric body for a thing called a Soul.
Series 3__#18 The Two Dreamers 3 pages, $0.75. More about the Two Gods that create the existence of the world and some clarification as to how you are on your own as to your choice of arranging our life with your powers which you and all others have.
Series 3__# 19 Your Disloyal Life Opposition 5 pages, $1.50. There is some evidence that we are made up of two contending forces which seem to "rule" alternately in our lives and bodies. A successful life is one that can adjust a balance between these two forces. Once it is known that there are these two forces some defense can be set up against the negative one.
Series 3__# 20 An Exercise in Preliminary Projection, Two Parts $1. More information on Etheric projection and information on some additional side-lines connected thereto.
Series 3__# 21 The Two Creators 2-1/2 pages, $1.25. More knowledgeable information about the two creators who, between them, have made up the physical world. Much interesting and useful information.
Series 3__# 22 A Little Recapitulation of the Occult Basis of All Things 1-1/4 pages, $0.50. As it says, a recapitulation of some of the basics I have written about so far, and their relation to older clich� stuff that we got tired of so many years ago as it apparently led nowhere. Some value for thought.
Series 3__# 23 Witch Craft 5 pages, $1.25. Natural witch craft forces as exemplified in this study of the application of raw nature to very material nature forces by American Indians in time past. Close study will show that all witch craft is a combination of the inner and the outer and the line is not too clear. Pretty good and pretty useful.
Back to TopSeries 4__#1 The Winder Solstice 1974 - 1975, $1.50. A concise summary , from the Occult viewpoint, of the past year - reviewed. Some use for a backward look and some use for study and ideas for charting your forward this year life travel path and trying to avoid the errors of last year and looking forward to the ancient-modern TRUTH of the contact with the half - GOD!!!!!!
Series 4__#2 Spring Equinox Message for 1975, $1.50. This Spring's message treats of some ideas of Lent, what it is and how it came about and what it is supposed to mean. There is a right way to "greet" the Spring, to allow, the Spring to enter your life, and there is a wrong way which is of no effect worth a thinker's damn. And don't be one of those. And now is the time for all good Occultists to come to the aid of their country. Your "right" thinking can influence the government and individual!!!!! Large numbers of people can be influenced by "thinking" the larger the numbers of people the larger the group soul of the large group and the easier the group soul can be influenced (see Ophiel's other writings.)
Series 4__#3 Jesus is Coming (?), $1.75. A few remarks about the current ideas about the "return" of Jesus. Useful Occult Knowledge and a suggestion as to what is really meant by the "return" idea. As it relieves your mind from worries about a non-return, it is worth $1.75.
Series 4__#4 The Curse, $1. In occult circles, one years endlessly about curses, but - WHAT ARE THEY? - ACTUALLY? Who can use them? - What is the modus operandi behind the construction of a curse? Are they valid today? This Vignette explains these puzzles. Gives you ideas of use and ideas of protection against others and their ill-directed desires against you!!!!! To the point and worth $1.
Series 4__#5 How to Get "Ahead", $1.25. This little Vignette is pregnant with heavy meanings, short and succulent. This Vignette covers a point not usually noticed by occult writers, the connection between occult studies and physical application of those occult studies. And God, he knows, there is a tremendous gap between the two dissimilar modes, learning and doing. Valuable for it's practicality - worth $1.25.
Series 4__#6 Getting Material Things, $1.50. In this Vignette the ideas expressed are much diffeent than the ideas that the WORLD is accustomed to words in some language very much like a super-man-made of Oriental patriarchal head-of-the-tribe conception, etc. and so on. Illumination and inspiration and insight suggests a much different idea of a God who is FIRST CAUSE, non-physical, and who desires to manifest itself "outward" into, and as, material physical existence (for reasons too deep for any one of us to know!!) Thought-provoking, interesting and valuable.
Series 4__#13 Aura Seeing, $1.50. We, plus all living things, are surrounded by an AURA. The AURA is really the "next" body, the ETHERIC BODY shining "through" or shining around the edge of the physical body (the Greek word Ether means to shine.) Artists, in the old time, used to paint an AURA around the heads of Saints and such. The little essay shows you how to make a start towards seeing AURAS by simple methods available to everybody. Once seen the process can become automatic, although not many pursue the process that far. Useful for Occultists beginners.
Series 4__#14 Self-Awareness, $1.50. Awareness of the SELF is one of the lesser achievements you can reach on your road "upward." However, the growth awareness recognition can be so gradual that you might never recognize the change unless you have some standard to compare with as you go along - by some measured time period by some measured time period. Good for thinking.
Series 4__#15 The Occult Faker, only $0.25!!!!!! I wrote this little essay as a warning to Occult students abut being on their guard against fake teachers. In this essay I tell them to test everything, including my own teachings, and only accept what can be demonstrated (to borrow a word from Christian Science) and especially to look out for many requests for large amounts. TEST TEST TEST. You should have this information.
Series 4__#16 How to Become a Power in Your Own Town, Job, Club, $2. This Vignette is one of the best and most comprehensive ever written by Ophiel. If the information therein is used carefully and properly, you should be able to influence group souls of Towns, Clubs, Organizations, and all other like things. However, you must use physical means in connection with your Inner Plane work, too. Very useful and very helpful in life.
Series 4__#17 How to Create a Familiar to Help You Through Life, $2. Again, this Vignette is one of the most comprehensive and complete ever written by Ophiel. Besides the Familiar Knowledge it also contains the useful Cabalistic ritual, the use of which can result in the balancing of the Elemental Forces in your body - life. The name "Familiar" is an old-time name and really means a helper set up on the next plane, and that is all it ever really was. All the other stories you hear are due to ignorant ideas and have no validity at all. Good and useful.
Series 4__#18 How to Control and Dominate Other, $2. The title sounds strained! but so many people write to Ophiel asking about how to attract the attention of others, and/to interest othes that Ophiel wrote up this simple essay of how to control the attention of others by natural Occult means. You can change the title to read: How to interest and control the attention of others and dominate the "scene." Very interesting essay and full of hot Occult Knowledge - worth $2.
Back to TopSeries 5__# 1. The Autumnal Equinox 1975, $1.35. A sort of summary of current events as delineated by Ophiel from a common sense occult viewpoint and according to the ideas of planes, etc. Has some value as to how to view events and to handle them according to correct occult knowledge. Raises questions you should consider in your future living�along Occult Knowledge Power Lines. Pretty good value for $1.35.
Series 5__#2 . The Reverseness of Things, $1.50. There is an odd life/living effect which manifests in a strange tendency to reverse all our plans, and desires, and ambitions. This Vignette gives much in the way of enlightenment and directions to overcome the Reverse syndrome. Worthwhile.
Series 5__#3 . You, the Devil, the Adversary, Your Other You, $1.25. This Vignette is very complicated and is a sort of synthesis of the Vignettes of the above separate names. This Vignette contains some observations plus directions which are useful. Due to not being too clear, the cost will be only $1.25.
Series 5__#4 . Self-Awareness, $1.25. This Vignette calls attention to the state of Self-Awareness and gives some comment on it, and some directions. Not too bad, worth $1.25 easily.
Series 5__#5 . Still More Ideas Abut God, $1.75. Occult commentary on various ideas of God and what can be expected in the matter of earthly assistance from "IT." Rather thought provoking and a little deeper than the usual mush loose in the world. Worth $1.75 easily.
Series 5__#6 . New Age Occult, $1.25. There was an Old Age Occult, and now there is a New Age Occult, which is an adaptation from the old occult. Concerns the use of polarity. Interesting and valuable. Worth $1.25 easily.
The following Vignettes were listed in this manner, no descriptions or prices and were obviously in the works, but not complete when the book (Contacting the Demiurge) was printed.
Series 5__#7 . The Winter Solstice 1976,
Series 5__#8 . Showing God What to Do.
Series 5__#9 . The Dreaming God.
Series 5__#10 . He Hath A Devil.
Series 5__#11 . The Winter Solstice 1977.
Series 5__#12 . Shadow vs. Substance.
Series 5__#13 . The Eyes of God.
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