https://fionabarnett.org/2020/02/24/addicted-to-the-occult-a-book-review/
Welcome to Fiona’s Book Club.
I recently had to sever ties with an old and dear friend, due to her
addiction to the occult. A decade ago, my friend (‘Alison’) began paying
a guru/witch (‘WitchyD’) for past life regression ‘therapy’, aura
reading and manipulation, and kinesiology. Under WitchyD’s influence,
Alison’s brain and life slowly turned to shit. My friend became vague
and started making poor decisions (which landed her in court on a
serious gun charge). Alison abandoned responsibility for her own
behaviour and blamed her issues on either other people, or her ‘past
life’ experiences that WitchyD implanted in her mind, via suggestion.
Several years ago, Alison began divorce proceedings against her
ex-husband. Her primary approach to this procedure consisted of
gathering with WitchyD and another coven participant, to summon her ex’s
aura, to command her ex’s aura into giving her what she desired out of
their financial settlement. When Alison divulged this, I urged my friend
to, “Get a divorce lawyer!” However, Alison ignored all of my free
practical advice in favour of her paid esoteric charmer. Consequently,
my friend got totally screwed over and her cunning ex won everything.
Alison had engaged in witchcraft. I define witchcraft as intentional
manipulation of the elements in order to achieve one’s will. Alison had
in fact dabbled in black witchcraft – without having been instructed on
the consequences of such, or how witches protect themselves against the
inevitable backlash. Witchcraft carries its own set of rules, and if one
wants to play with witchcraft, one must abide by its rules. My friend
failed to do this.
Alison’s enormous financial loss was blatant evidence that her guru
was in fact a shit witch. WitchyD lacks the visual spatial IQ and
creativity essential for being good at the occult. Despite her loss,
Alison continued paying WitchyD exorbitant consultation fees. Why?
Because Alison had become addicted to the occult. Occult addiction
provides a neurological high akin to addiction to porn, drugs, sugar, or
anything else. People are drawn to witchcraft out of curiosity,
fascination and titillation, followed by a desire for power and control.
What starts out as fun and thrilling morphs into blind servitude.
Like an addict, Alison became highly secretive around her habit. She
hid from family and friends her relationship with WitchyD, their
frequency of association, and the depth of their witchcraft involvement.
It was only when an old associate (‘Sophia’) re-entered our lives that I
discovered the truth. Alison’s witch guru did to Sophia what she tried
for years to do to me – drove her away. WitchyD felt threatened by
people like me and Sophia who perceived her craftiness and deception.
Sophia introduced me to an astounding little 1908 book explaining every occult method WitchyD had employed with Alison, titled:
Practical Mental Influence: A course of lessons on mental
vibrations, psychic influence, personal magnetism, fascination, psychic
self-protection, etc.
The author, William Walker Atkinson, was a prolific and influential writer of 100 occult books.
Practical Mental Influence
is arguably Atkinson’s pivotal work. The text, published by the Masonic
Temple in Chicago, provided Freemason initiates with a basic
introduction to achieving business success using mind control techniques
like covert hypnosis. This book is the missing link I failed to locate
while writing
Eyes Wide Open. It simply provides a fundamental understanding of the following topics I addressed in my own book:
- Nazi mind control experiments;
- CIA/MI6/US Military MK-Ultra / MK-Delta research and application;
- 1960s Hippie Movement;
- Modern New Age practises including Yoga, meditation and visualisation;
- Modern charismatic / Pentecostal / evangelical apostate churches
that influence masses, and focus on prosperity and thinly-disguised
occult practises like laying on of hands (aka, Reiki) and visiting
heaven (aka, Astral Projection);
- Motivational speakers who use Neuro-Linguistic Programming based
business and sales tactics individuals, and/or influence mass audiences;
- Modern Psychology practises, namely Jungian psychotherapy, Mindfulness, and CBT.
People don’t produce this type of book anymore, since the information
went underground and was weaponised. All modern self-help,
motivational, New Age type books are a rehash of Atkinson’s blueprint,
wrapped in anecdotes, psycho-newspeak, and other crap to make it appear
fresh and new.
Here is a summary of the book’s points relevant to my experience of
the research project called ‘MK-Ultra,’ and the practical application of
that research, called ‘MK-Delta.’ Keep in mind, this information was
published over 110 years ago.
Chapter 10. Occult Knowledge Sources
An introduction to the concept of Mental Influence is located at the rear of Atkinson’s book, in Chapter 10:
‘…we read in the pages of history about the mysterious
powers recorded under the name of Witchcraft, Hexism, Voodoism, Black
Magic, including the Hawaiian “Kahuna” work. And turning back the pages
of history to Ancient Rome, Greece, Persia and Egypt, not to speak of
India, ancient and modern, we find innumerable instances of the
employment of and knowledge of, Mental influence in some of its forms.’ (p.75)
Chapter 1. Vibration
Knowledge and manipulation of vibration is fundamental to the occult.
Vibration is the basic force underlying everything: matter, force,
energy, light, temperature, electricity, magnetism, colour. All forms of
matter and energy are manifestations of different rates of vibration.
2. Thought Waves
Light, heat, electricity, magnetism, radio – all travel in waves.
Human thoughts also travel in waves. Thoughts and feelings generate a
type of high vibration energy called ‘mental energy.’ Mental energy may
be compared to electromagnetic energy. This energy emanates from the
individual in vibratory wave form. These thought waves can be projected
to remotely influence the minds, thoughts and behaviour of others whose
brains are in harmony. Note that Nazi scientists like Mengele studied
twins, when twins tend to detect each other’s thoughts and feelings at a
long distance. Atkinson explained (p.17):
‘When a Thought or Feeling is generated in the mind or brain of a person, the energy generated flows
forth from the person in the forms of waves of mental energy, spreading
from the immediate neighbourhood of the thinker to a distance
proportioned to the strength of the thought or feeling. These
Thought-Waves have the property of awakening similar vibrations in the
minds of other persons coming within their field of force…’
Thought waves are manifested in various forms and phases. Those sent
forth with great force, travel far, and manifest great influence. Others
travel rapidly in a straight line to target certain individuals or
places. This is the premise behind the witchcraft practise of casting
curses, hexes and spells. Some thought waves are sent forth with great
strength and power to sweep around and influence whoever falls in its
forcefield. This is used in cases of mass mind control, like stirring up
a crowd into a violent frenzy. Thought waves last a long time, even
beyond the person’s death. Hence locations like Auschwitz possess a
distinct atmosphere due to the still-present energy from the strong
thoughts and feelings of countless tortured and murdered souls.
Thought waves exert power when sent intentionally, and by someone
with a strong will. Hence, MK-Ultra / Delta selected and developed
candidates like me who naturally possessed exceptionally strong wills.
3. Mental Induction
‘Orators, actors, preachers and teachers send forth strong mental
currents which tend to produce mental conditions on the part of their
hearers corresponding to the feeling held by the mind of the speaker.’ (p.23)
This helps to explain the strong presence of witchcraft practitioners
in the theatre, Hollywood, churches, schools and universities.
4. Mental Concentration
The two essential ingredients for mentally influencing others’ thoughts and behaviours are:
- Concentration (developed via Meditation), and
- Visualisation.
This is why MK-Ultra / Delta candidates possessed an extreme visual-spatial IQ.
‘…the highest forms of energy, force or power are manifested by bringing the force to a focus, centre,
or common point, thereby directing to that point the entire energy
employed, instead of allowing it to become dissipated over a larger
area.’ (p.29)
I attended acting classes with top tutors in my youth, who literally
called this process ‘centering.’ Similar terminology is employed by Yoga
and meditation gurus.
‘The occult masters have ever impressed upon their pupils the
importance and necessity of acquiring the powerful of Mental
concentration, and all trained and developed occultists have practiced
and persevered toward this end, the result being that some of them
attained almost miraculous mental powers and influence. All occult
phenomena are caused in this way, and all occult power depends upon it.
Therefore, the student of mental Influence should devote much thought,
time and practice to this most important branch if the subject.’ (p.30)
This is why Yogis meditate for hours, and why Eastern practises were
scouted by Nazis and formed the basis of CIA/Military black ops. This is
the very process I was trained in by my Luciferian abusers, and which
was weaponised within Delta Special Forces.
‘Mental Concentration, in practice, consists in focusing the mind
upon a given subject, or object, firmly and fixed, and then holding it
there for a certain time, fully intent upon its object, and not allowing
itself to be diverted or attracted from its object. It likewise
consists in the correlative power of then detaching the mind from that
subject, or object, and either allowing it to rest, or else focus upon
another object. In other words, it either gives undivided attention or
else inhibits (or “shuts off”) attention from given subject or object.’ (p.31)
Occultists avoid involuntary concentration, because it allows attention to escape the Will’s control.
‘The Mental Concentration of the occultists … is solely in
control of the will, being applied when desirable, and taken off or
inhibited when desired.’ (p.32)
Involuntary attention is a type of self-hypnotization; this is
completely different to control of attention, which is an evidence of
mastery.
‘The secret of Mental concentration lies in the control of the
Attention. And the control of the Attention lies in the exercise of the
Will.’ (p.32)
‘All of the occult authorities begin in teaching their pupils
Attention as the first step toward Mental concentration. They instruct
the pupil to examine some familiar object, and endeavour to see as many
details as possible in the object. Then after hearing the pupil’s
report, the master sends him back to the task, bidding him seel for new
details, and so on until the pupil has discovered about all concerning
the object that can be discovered. The next day a new object is given
him, and the process is repeated. First simple objects are given, then
more complex ones, until at last, objects of great complexity are
mastered. In this way not only is the power of close observation highly
developed, but the faculty of Attention becomes so highly strengthened
that the pupil is able to exert the greatest amount of Mental
Concentration with scarcely the consciousness of effort. And such a
person then becomes a very giant in the manifestation of Mental
Influence. For he is able to hold his mind “one-pointed,” as the
Orientals describe it, until he has focused and directed a mighty degree
of Mental Influence toward the desired object. ’ (p.33)
‘Among the practises imposed upon their pupils by the occult masters may be named Mathematics, Drawing, Analysis, etc.’ (p.34)
This is precisely what my Luciferian perpetrators taught me, and the
very technique employed by CIA Head Psychologist John Gittinger in his
programming efforts. This method is also the premise of Yoga meditation,
Mindfulness, and numerous New Age techniques.
‘The person who uses Mental Influence must certainly possess the
power of focussing the force to a common point, in order to manifest the
greatest amount of power and influence. And that faculty of focusing
results from the training of the mind along the lines of Concentration.
And Concentration arises from the mastery of Voluntary Attention.’ (p.34)
5. Visualisation
‘What is known as a “Mental Image,” in occultism, is the mental
creation, in the imagination, of a “picture” of the things, events or
conditions that one desires to be manifested or materialised in actual
effect.’ (p.36)
‘The occultist first builds up, in his imagination, a Mental
Image or Picture of the conditions he wishes to bring about, and then by
concentrating his influence through and around that picture he is able
to manifest his influence strongly… The Mental Image gives shape and
directions to the force which is being concentrated upon the desired
object or subject.’ (p.36)
‘An eminent authority, Sir Francis Galton, who was one of
the leading authorities upon psychology of preceding generations, has
said on this subject: “The free actions of a high visualising faculty is
of much importance in connection with the higher processes of general
thought. A visual image is the most perfect form of mental
representation whatever the shape, position and relations of objects to
space are concerned. The best workmen are those who visualise the whole
of what they propose to do before they take a took in their hands.
Strategists, artists of all denominations, physicists who contrive new
experiments, and in short, all who do not follow routine, have need of
it.” (p.38)
That is exactly what I argued in my chapter,
Relevance of Intelligence in
Eyes Wide Open.
People who do not think in pictures, who have a dominant left brain
that relies instead on words, cannot begin to understand this
phenomenon. Atkinson asks:
‘If one wishes to materialise anything by the use of the influence,
is he not handicapped by a lack of a Mental Image of just what he wants
to materialise, and is he not helped very much by the creation of a
mental “pattern” or plan, in the shape of a mental picture, through and
around which he may direct his thought-currents?
This is why my friend’s guru will always be a shit witch; being
Aspergers, her right, visual hemisphere is dysfunctional. And my friend
Alison is left brain dominant so she can’t visualise things either. This
explains why their efforts to summon and influence the ex-husband
completely backfired.
‘The occultists manifesting the greatest degree of Mental
Influence acquire by practise this art of creating the Mental Images of
that which they wish to materialise. They train their Imaginations in
this way until the very act of creating the Mental Image acts strongly
toward the actual materialisation of the thing itself. They see
the desired thing, or event, as “actually existing” in their minds
before they attempt to concentrate their Thought-Waves upon the task of
accomplishing it.’ Then the Mental Picture, being completed and
standing in strong outline, they focus their mental force through it…
The imagination may be strengthened in many ways, the principle being
constant and persistent practice. The practise of recalling to the
memory of scenes previously witnessed, and then either describing them
to others or else drawing a rough picture of them will help in this
matter. Describe to others, scenes that you have witnessed, occurrences,
details of appearances, etc, etc, until you are able to reproduce
mentally the aspects and appearances of the things. Then you may begin
to draw mental pictures of things desired as if they were being drawn on
the screen of your mind. See, mentally, the things as actually
occurring – create a little playhouse of your own, in your mind, and
there enact the plays that you wish to witness in actual life. When you
have acquired this, you will be able to project your mental pictures on
the screen of objectivity in actual life with far greater effect.’
Recall in my book how John Gittinger had me visualise and describe to
him a layered cake in detail. The above training formed the basis for
laying the various MK programs.
6. Fascination
The two direct uses of Mental Influence are:
- Fascination (use of Mental Influence without hypnosis methods);
- Hypnotism (use of Mental Influence with ‘passes’ or hypnotic methods).
Fascination is used to influence people via the following three steps:
- Forming a strong Thought of what s/he wishes the other person to do.
- Silently, non-verbally project that Thought onto the target, charged with the force of a concentrated will.
‘The thought should be sent forth with the strength that usually
accompanies a strong spoken statement, but you must not actually “speak”
the words aloud – you should merely say them strongly “in your mind.”’ (p.46)
Atkinson illustrates the fascination method used by real estate agents and salesmen as follows:
‘They form a thought that the other person desires their goods
very much, and then they send out the Thought-Wave that, “You desire my
goods – you want them very much – you have an irresistible longing for
them,” etc. (p.46)
7. Hypnotic Influence
With hypnosis, influence is increased via use of
‘passes, strokings or eye-influence.’ (p.50) Touching a subject is effective because,
‘the
nerves of the arms and fingers afford a highly sensitive conductor for
the mental currents which may be propelled over them to the mind of the
subject, or to his nerves and muscles.’ (p.52)
‘It is also
known that the eye has a peculiar property of transmitting the mental
currents along the rays of light entering it and from thence to the eyes
of the other person.’ (p.52) This is consistent with the research I referenced in
Eyes Wide Open
concerning the measurement of an energy source emitted by the human
stare. This relates to the occultic practise of giving someone the ‘evil
eye,’ or cursing them via a stare.
The subject
‘is rendered passive by a flow of mental energy
calculated to render it more or less drowsy or sleepy, and therefore
less calculated to set up powers of resistance to the Thought-Waves…’ However,
a “deep sleep” condition is not necessary to render the will of the subject subservient’ to the hypnotist. In other words, people can by hypnotised without realising it.
Hypnotic influence was formerly named ‘Mesmerism’ after Frederick
Mesmer (Mozart’s godfather). According to Atkinson (p.51), Mesmer
re-discovered the ‘force and its use’ which ‘was known to the Ancients
centuries before Mesmer’s time.’
The hypnotist induces a passive state in the subject’s mind, nerves
or muscles, to reduce her ability to resist. He then ‘gives his orders
or “verbal suggestions” accompanied by a projection of his Thought-Waves
into the’ subject’s mind. People differ in their ‘degrees of
impressionability to hypnotic influence – i.e., degrees of resistance.
Atkinson provides some examples of exercising hypnotic influence
which are the very techniques employed by the likes of Benny Hinn,
Kenneth Copeland, and other charlatan ‘church’ leaders who practice that
‘slaying in the spirit’ Kundalini crap. Doesn’t this sound familiar:
‘Then standing in front of the subject tell him to take his will
off his legs and stand perfectly passive and relaxed. Then looking him
straight in the eyes, say to him: “Now, I am going to draw you forward
toward me by my mental power – you will feel yourself falling forward
toward me – don’t resist but let yourself toward me – I will catch you,
don’t be afraid – now come – come – come – now you’re coming, this way,
coming – here, you’re coming, that’s right,” etc. You will find that he
will begin to sway toward you and in a moment or two will fall forward
in your arms… It will matters if you hold your hands on each side of his
head, but just in front of him, hot touching him, however, and then
draw away your hands, toward yourself, saying at the same time: “Come
now – come – you’re coming,” etc. This experiment may be reversed by
standing behind the subject and drawing him backward. Be sure to catch
him in your arms when he falls and protect him from a fall to the
floor.’ (p.53-4)
And here is another tactic employed by Bethel BS ‘churches’:
‘Or you may make him experience a feeling of heat and pain by touching your finger to his hand and telling him that it is hot.’ (p.54-5).
Atkinson offers a sound word of warning:
‘Beware of people who are always putting their hands on you, or
patting or stroking you, or wishing to hold your hands a lot of the
time. Many persons do this from force of habit, but others do so with
the intention of producing a mild form of hypnotic influence on you.’ (p.56)
Imagine the influence occultists like WitchyD may exert under the
guise of offering physical alternative therapies like remedial massage
and kinesiology?
8. Long-Distance Influence
Here is the occult technique WitchyD unsuccessfully employed to
influence Alison’s ex into reaching a desired financial settlement:
‘One of the most elementary, and yet one of the most effective,
methods known to occultists is that of creating a mental Image of the
person “treated”… in the sense of imagining him to be seated in a chair
in front of the person treating him at a distance. The treater proceeds
to give both verbal commands, and at the same time directs Thought-Waves
toward the imaginary person seated before him. This process establishes
a psychic condition between the treator and the actual person, although
the latter may be removed from the treator by many miles of space. This
was the method of the ancient magicians… (p.60)
‘A variation of the above, very common in former days, was to
mould a clay or wax figure, calling it by the name of the person
treated, and identifying it in the mind and imagination with the other
person. A variation is also noticed in the cases where a photograph,
lock of hair, article of clothing, etc., is used in this way as a
psychic connecting link between the two persons. The practitioners of
Black Magic, Witchcraft and other nefarious perversions of Mental
Influence seemed to prefer these methods…’ (p61)
‘The treator sends his Thought-Waves toward the object, and in
some cases actually talks (mentally) to the person by means of the
medium mentioned. He may give commands, arguments, remonstrances,
persuasion, etc., just as if the person were actually present.
The
‘Astral Tube’ is another form of
distant influence. This is established similarly to the ‘psychic-wire’
and projected at the target. The astral tube is a 6 inch to 1-foot wide
ring formed in the imagination as a ‘vortex-ring’ which lengthens and
extends toward the target. This technique
‘is employed in various forms of occult and psychic phenomena, such as clairvoyance and other forms of “psychomancy”…’ (p.63) This technique formed the basis of Projects like Looking Glass and Stargate.
One of the most advanced forms of Mental Influence involves the
person simply standing or sitting quietly and concentrating until he
attains a state of calm called ‘the Silence.’ The person then creates a
strong mental picture of the target plus the desired behaviour or
external conditions. This technique requires ‘Creative Will-power.’
9. Mass Influence
This refers to influencing the public, a crowd, or a large number of people simultaneously. Mass Influence
‘is
used by nearly all who succeed in any form of business or profession,
in which success calls for the attracting of other people toward the
occupation of the person in question,’ particularly politicians, businessmen, financers and military leaders. (p.66)
‘The Mental Influence sent out by a strong businessman in a town
will soon make itself felt in a subtle manner, and the store becomes a
centre of attractive, although the public does not understand why. In
the same way some lawyers spring into public favour, although not
possessing greater ability than their legal brethren. And popular
preachers make their influence felt in a community in similar ways…’ (p.70)
‘Some masters of this art of influencing the public create a
mental picture of themselves sending our great volumes of Thought-Waves
for a time, and then after imparting a rotary motion to the waves, until
at last they form a mental whirlpool rushing round and round and always
sucking in toward the centre. An effort of this kind acts on the mental
plane just as a physical whirlpool acts on the physical plane, that is,
it draws into its power all that comes into contact with its force.
This is one of the most powerful forms of Influencing En Masse, and is used
with great effect by many of the “strong men” of this age, who have
acquainted themselves with the secrets of the ancient occultists.
Ancient Occultism and Modern Finance seem far apart, but they are really
working together to further the interests of some of these powerful
minds of the day – and the public is paying the bill.’ (p.71)
‘…an individual who has cultivated the faculty of concentration
and has acquired the art of creating sharp, clear, strong mental images…
Such a man frequently “sees” people coming to him and his enterprises
and falling in line with his plans. He mentally “sees” money flowing in
to him, and all of his plans working out right.’ (pp. 71-2)
‘Thought pictured I mental images and then vitalised by the force
of the desire and will tend to objectify themselves into material
being. That is the whole of the thing.’ (p.73)
11. Black Magic Dangers
Atkinson warns:
‘Before practising any of these experiments, read
what we have said in the chapter on “Magic Black and White,” and guard
against employing the power for evil purposes, for the fate of the Black
Magician is a sad one.’ (p.65-6)
In that chapter, Atkinson concludes:
‘Thoughts are like Boomerangs, in their tendency to return to their sender. To the poison of Black Magic Nature gives the antidote of Right-Thinking.’
Atkinson well understood and appreciated the relevance to the occult
of left versus right hemispheric processing ability. It’s nice to find
such validation for my ideas and writings.
12. Self-Protection
Atikinson concluded his book with a chapter on how to protect oneself
from others’ attempts to exert mental influence. He recommended a
method
‘employed by the adepts in Occultism’ and taught to
‘the initiates of the occult brotherhoods and lodges all over the world.’
‘This method of protection is based on the
notion that ‘within each of us… is what occultists know as the Flame of
the Spirit. This is what you recognise in consciousness as the “I AM”
consciousness – that consciousness of Being which is far above the
consciousness of personality, or the things of personality… This
consciousness comes to the individual by reason of his contact with the
great One Life of the Universe… And in this part of man’s consciousness,
coupled with the sense of BEING an “I,” there resides a spark from the
Divine Flame of Life and power, which has been called the WILL of man…
This inner Will is real power, and when once recognised may be drawn
upon as a source of unending and unfailing Strength… every person may
draw upon this source of strength within them to … repel the
thought-vibrations of the lower plane.’
Atkinson suggested, attempts to gain mental influence over you are repelled via
‘remembering
the strength imminent in your “I,” aided by the statement (made
silently to yourself): “I am an Immortal Spirit, using the Will within
my Ego.”’
Conclusion
There is a God – and it’s not you. “I AM” is reserved for the Creator God of the Bible.
The greatest source of power over Mental Influence is free and not
hidden beneath degrees of initiation. Having been raised with, and
trained in, the content of Atkinson’s book, I discovered that Christian
prayer in Jesus’ name trumps the occult, witchcraft, black magic, voodoo
etc.
The fundamental difference between witchcraft and Biblical
Christianity is this: witchcraft involves someone manipulating the
external world and other people to achieve their own will. By contrast,
Biblical Christianity concerns submitting our will to the all-powerful,
all-knowing, omnipresent Creator God, and trusting Him with our future.
Alison’s sister, born psychic, predicts that my friend’s life will
continue turning to shit so long as she follows her guru who is no guru.
WitchyD does not hold a key to mysterious knowledge worth paying a dime
for. Alison should have saved her dollars and downloaded the same
occult info for free here:
http://www.yogebooks.com/english/atkinson/1908mentalinfluence.pdf
The pale horse rides. Start prepping, before the masses – too busy
consulting mediums, swinging in Sydney sex clubs, and booking their next
cruise – realise, and supermarket shelves are stripped bare, leaving
nothing but UHT goat milk…
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Key Findings & Observations:
