Today I will be discussing the mental and astral sections of Step Ten. I will not however, be commenting on the physical section since it’s a self-explanatory listing of various advanced magical techniques.

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Today I will be discussing the entire Step Nine, but my main focus will be the astral section specifically and the physical section secondarily. The mental section is comprised of a number of methods for using a Magic Mirror which were quite well explained so I see no value in my adding to Bardon’s words. The astral and physical sections however, do require some further explanation.

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Today I will be discussing the entire Step Eight.

The mental exercises of Step Eight are devoted exclusively to the task of thoroughly mastering the art of mental wandering. This work alone will take somewhere between several months to a year or two to fully master depending primarily upon how completely you have mastered the work of the preceding Steps.

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Today I will be discussing the entirety of Step Seven.

The sole task of the mental section of Step Seven is the attainment of a mental Equilibrium of the Elements. This is somewhat similar to the early work of attaining an astral Equilibrium of the Elements but at a much deeper level. Here, you must make changes to your fundamental self, instead of your superficial character.

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Today I will be discussing the entirety of Step Six instead of splitting the work into two lectures as I have done in the past.

At the opening of the Step Six chapter, Bardon once again, and for the final time, cautions the student as follows:

“Before I am going to describe the exercises of the sixth Step, I shall underline once more that all the previous exercises have to be under perfect control in order to keep the balance in the higher degree of development too. It would be absolutely useless to skip one of the Steps or to omit and neglect one of the exercises. Any gap would become very perceptible and the scholar would have great difficulties to make up for one or the other problem in his development. Consequently, the main condition for success remains an excellent basic training.”

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Today I will be speaking about the astral and physical sections of Step Five.

The astral exercises, which focus upon mastering the external projection and condensation of the Elements, are divided into three basic parts: First is the projection of the Elements through the solar-plexus and through other parts of the body into a defined space. Second is the projection of the Elements through the solar-plexus as defined shapes. And third is the condensation of the Elements directly from the universe.

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Today I will be discussing the mental section of Step Five. I think for the modern reader especially, this is perhaps the most enigmatic section in the whole of IIH. But with just a few essential bits of additional information it begins to reveal its meaning.

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For me, Step Four was very exciting! So many factors come together here and the work of Step Four opens up vast new horizons just begging to be explored. The mental work opens us to an experiential understanding of every other living being from the inside out. And the astral and physical work brings mastery of the Elements, opening us to limitless possibilities as we explore the practical applications of this new media.

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Today I will be discussing the physical exercises of Step three along with the two appendices.

In Step Two and in the mental and astral sections of Step Three, we have been using our imagination to create sensory impressions. But now, for the first time, with the Step Three physical exercises of accumulating the Vital Energy, we use our imagination to cause an energy to obey our will. Thus we begin to work with imagination’s second function, that of instructing or guiding energies.

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Today’s lecture will cover the introduction, and the mental and astral sections of Step Three. I will save the physical section and the appendices for the next lecture

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