INVISIBILITY All occult societies, and many religions, have individual techniques for inducing invisibility. Some work, most don't. It seems that the power to obscure the sight of others is beyond the graps of humans. Or is it? It is said that a buddhist who attains Nirvana is rendered "invisible to gods or men". Could this be a form of invisibility? Enochian magicians believe that by invoking certain kings and seniors that they can render themselves invisible to human sight. These magicians have been known to disappear, but there is no "scientific" evidence to that effect. Most occultists, including Aleister Crowley and Madame David-Neel, believe that invisibility is not a matter of obscuring sight, but of decreasing mental activity to the point that it is undetectable by others. "When the mind inhibits emanation of its radioactivity," says Evans-Wentz," it ceases to be the source of mental stimuli to others, so that they become unconscious to the prescence of an Adept of the Art, just as they are unconscious of visible beings living in a rate of vibrations unlike their own." In the most elementary sense, this form of `invisibility' is just stealing along quietly. "The real secret of invisibility is not concerned with optics at all," writes Aleister Crowley. "The trick is to prevent people from noticing you as they normally do so." As a test of his power, Crowley took a walk in the street `in a golden crown and a scarlet robe without attracting attention.' The Modus Operandi of attaining `invisibility' here is very simple. All you must do is sit quietly, close your eyes, and allow your conscious to slowly turn inward. No effort is required here. The turning inward is a natural and quite involuntary process. After you feel you have become altogether oblivious to your environment, hold in your mind the notion that you wish to hide, even though you may be sitting in an open room, and then eliminate all thoughts from your mind altogether. The first part of this experience should be quite easy for you, especially if you have ever done meditation. But the last part may not be . Stopping the noise in your head is an essential key to any kind of success in life, but many people have difficulty with it, nonetheless. And only the Adepts can stop it entirely. Yet if the mind moves, there is motion, and motion makes you more visible. There is a way of getting around the problem, however, and it is described by J.H. Brennan as surrounding yourself in a sound-proof screen. His argument is this: if I cannot stop myself from shouting, I can conceal myself from you by surrounding myself with a soundproof screen that shuts out the noise. Likewise, If we could surround ourselves with `mind- proof' screens, we could shut out the noise generated by our minds. There is a technique for doing that which is taught by the AMORC Rosicrucians. They call it the `Veil of Obsurity'. Again, the technique is quite simple. Sit quietly as if to meditate, close your eyes, and imagine that you are completely surrounded by just such a `mind proof' screen. The Rosicrucians suggest that we think of this as a curtain, hanging down around us, and completely concealing us. You are to think of this screen until you can feel its presence, and as you do, hold in mind the idea that the screen is to make you invisible to outsiders. If you want to check your success, it is quite simple to position a mirror in the opposite corner of the room, outside the Veils sphere of influence. You will be able to see, but outsiders will not be able to see in. Hence, if you are successful, your image will not appear in the mirror. Fantastic as this all may sound, it can be done. Practice is required,and one must not expect perfect results the first time, or even the twenty-first time. Great patience is needed to develop occult powers. In his Rosicrucian novel, Zanoni, Edward Bulwer-lytton has the Rosicrucian wizard Mejnour claim, among other things, the power `to disarm and elude the wrath of men, to glide invisible to eyes over which we can throw a mist of darkness," and he says that,`this some seers have proffessed to be the virtue of a stone of agate. Abaris placed it in his arrow.' There is little doubt that Bulwer himself possesed it (invisibility), althought his experiments were not always successful. According to his grandson, `he would pass through a room full of visitors in the morning, arrayed in a dressing gown, believing himself to be invisible, and then appear later in the day very carefully and elaborately dressed, and greet his guests as if meeting them for the first time.' The moral of this tale is obvious: be careful when making yourself invisible, lest you succeed only in making yourself ridiculous. - -------------------------------------------------------------- Taken From "Invisibility: Mastering the Art of Vanishing" By Steve Richards (Aquarian press,1982)