Samael Aun Weor - 7 Lectures and The Lamasery Exercises
Samael Aun Weor - 7 Lectures and The Lamasery Exercises
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Prologue
Prologue
At this moment in this park in Mexico City, there are be-
fore my eyes beautiful trees, beautiful meadows, some
children playing under the ardent rays of the sun. There
are some benches where people sit to contemplate the
beauties of nature.
In the moments in which I am dictating this prologue,
many scenes, many dramas, come to my mind, extraordi-
nary passages from ancient times, initiatic schools, solitary
hermitages where anchorites meditated in silence, singing
streams that rushed among the bedrock, wonderful sibyls
of Druid Europe, hermitages of the ancient Egypt of the
Pharaohs in the early times, etc., etc., etc.
There is no doubt, my dear brethren, that in the myster-
ies of Eleusis, as well as in those of Troy, Rome, Carthage,
Egypt, etc., the psychic and the physical march in harmo-
nious, perfect parallel.
For example, remember for a moment the Pythagorean
mysteries; in those days, anyone who did not know math-
ematics was not admitted. Remember the Whirling Der-
vishes, the magnificent runes, the beautiful dances from
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CHAPTER 1
Reflect, Brethren
I want to tell you in the name of cosmic truth, in the name
of that which is real, we need to die from moment to mo-
ment, from instant to instant; only with death comes the
new. Someone out there, whose name I’m not going men-
tion, a very famous author, said that perhaps in the year
2007 a Golden Age would come for the world. Obviously,
this seems absurd to me. Where are we going to get this
Golden Age, with all these egos that are incessantly return-
ing, with the “I’s”, with the “I”? It seems impossible to me,
absurd.
As long as we have not died in ourselves, an age of light and
glory is really not possible. How could there be peace on the
face of the Earth if each of us carries within ourselves the el-
ements that produce war? How could there be love if within
each of us there is hatred? Where would we get altruism,
when in the depths of our consciousness we unfortunately
have selfishness? How could chastity shine if there is lust in
the depths of each of us?
Unquestionably, my dear brethren, it would be impossible
to create an age of light in these circumstances; the ego can
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one as big as has ever been on the face of the Earth, it says.
I want you to reflect very deeply about the moment we are
currently in.
We are truly living in difficult times; we are in the end
times, as St. John’s Revelation says, at the beginning of
the end of the age of the Gentiles. The ancient Earth, At-
lantis, perished by water; our current Earth will be burned
with fire. Peter also spoke clearly about this in his Second
Epistle to the Romans, he says that the Earth, and all the
works in it, will be burned with fire. And this is true, my
dear brethren, the burning elements will melt.
Reflect on this, go deeper. Certainly, what I am talking
about has an aspect of tragedy, it’s true, but I do not want
to waste even a moment in grabbing your attention. You
need to live in a state of alertness, yes, especially in these
really difficult times.
In the world of natural causes, I was able to experience
the future that awaits our planet Earth. What I saw was
really frightening—the twelve constellations of the zodiac
appeared symbolically, pictorially, allegorically as twelve
terrible, threatening, grandiose giants, and from them
came thunder and lightning. It seemed as if it was already
the end in those moments, the final catastrophe. I also re-
alized, my dear brethren, that people from other worlds
know what is going to happen and are preparing them-
selves. You can be sure that on the day and time, ships
from other worlds, from other planets, will take, we could
say, photographs (using terrestrial terms in this case), or
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Let’s destroy the ego, let’s liberate ourselves from the mind
so what is true, what is the Being, what is real, may remain
in us.
In The Mystery of the Golden Blossom I teach how to wield
that extraordinary weapon which is the spear, and which
we now repeat with sincere yearning that you learn to
wield it precisely and can destroy each psychic aggregate
that constitutes the pluralized “I”, the ego, the “myself”, the
“oneself”.
It is precisely in the forge of cyclops where we must invoke
Devi Kundalini, our particular cosmic Divine Mother so,
with the lance, she can eliminate this or that psychological
defect, in other words, this or that psychic aggregate, this
or that error, this or that “I”. Obviously, she will be able to
do it with her weapon, and thus we will die from instant to
instant, from moment to moment.
It is not enough to comprehend a defect; it is necessary to
eliminate it. Comprehension is not everything; elimination
is necessary. We can label a defect with a different name,
pass it from one department of the mind to another, etc.,
but never fundamentally alter it. We need a power superior
to the mind, capable of eliminating this or that error. For-
tunately, that power is found in a latent state within each
of us; obviously, I am speaking of Devi Kundalini, igneous
serpent of our magical powers. Only by imploring her can
we get her to eliminate the defect we have fully compre-
hended.
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2. Gnostic Paladins
2. Gnostic Paladins
2. Gnostic Paladins
CHAPTER 2
Gnostic Paladins
Working continuously here in Mexico over the course of
eighteen years in the permanent work of spreading the
Gnostic teachings, I have fought very hard to form the Gnos-
tic Movement.
After such hard work, I have managed to prepare a group
of paladins who are willing to build a gigantic movement
extending from border to border and from sea to sea, that is,
from the border with Guatemala to that of the United States,
and from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
All this has been a matter of intense work, of tireless strug-
gle. Today, we already have several groups organized, and
have laid the foundations for the gigantic work that awaits
us, since the Gnostic Movement in Mexico will soon be pow-
erful and organized in accordance with the Law.
We have a lot of people in first chamber, many aspirants
attending different groups of first chamber. There are fewer
aspirants in second chamber and this is because they need
better preparation; at this stage of teaching, I am more
careful about a student going into second chamber. I have
to be sure the aspirants are completely defined. It’s clear
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star called the Sun, weighs much more than all the planets
of the solar system. This is the only way we can explain
how the worlds gravitate around the Sun, though it’s not
understood by men of science.
We occultists have marvelous instruments for the investi-
gation of life in the superior worlds. The astral body, the ei-
dolon, allows us to travel from one planet to another. With
this vehicle called the eidolon, the astral or sidereal body, I
have transported myself many times to the Sun; therefore,
I know it very well, I really know how it works, what it is
made of, what its surface is like, and what’s in the Sun.
I can tell you that the Sun is a gigantic, enormous world,
many millions of times bigger than the Earth or Jupiter. It
has rich mineral, plant, animal, and human life, very high
mountain ranges, north and south poles covered with ice,
enormous and deep seas, extraordinary jungles, etc., etc., etc.
Incredible as it may seem, there are places on the Sun
where one could die of cold, immense mountains covered
with snow with extremely cold climates. There are also
very pleasant temperate climates and warm climates. The
coasts, for example, are very hot because they are at the
foot of the seas, that is obvious.
So then, on the Sun there are all climates. The inhabitants
of the Sun never live in cities, they consider it absurd to
form cities, and we agree with them because, to a large
degree, city life is really harmful and detrimental.
In cities, human beings live perched on top of each other in
multi-story buildings, one house stuck to another, between
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times bigger than the entire planet Earth; I can assure you
that if we were to deposit all seven seas of the Earth into
that sea, it would be just like pouring a glass of water into
that great ocean.
Think what the size of that great ocean means—any of
our oceans, those we have here on our planet, is a small
puddle compared to that immense sea I am referring to
on the Sun.
From time to time I saw certain sea monsters rise to the
surface, contemplate the horizon, and then turn and dive
back into the incalculable depths of the solar sea. All this
is inconceivable to Earthlings.
The people of this age think of the Sun as a ball of fire, and
no one can get that idea out of their heads.
Looking from the astral point of view, the Sun is extraor-
dinary. For example, there is a secret path that leads to the
heart temple of the Sun; of course, it is not a physical path,
and I want all of you to understand that. I am referring
to a secret, astral, esoteric path that leads, as I said, to the
heart temple of the Sun. It is a path that does not belong
to dense matter. When one gets close in order to see it on
the surface, the only thing one perceives is a great depth, a
dark abyss, but there in the depths, in the unknown, some
flames can be seen.
I have been able to descend through that great precipice
to reach those flames in my astral vehicle. There a great
being blesses you; he is the doorkeeper or guardian of the
temple, he blesses us with a bouquet of olive branches.
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5. Useless Dreams
5. Useless Dreams
5. Useless Dreams
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Useless Dreams
Well, I am going to speak about something that’s very
important; I want to refer emphatically to the matter of
dreams. The time has come to get to the bottom of this
question. To stop dreaming is what I consider to be most
important. In reality, dreams are nothing more than mere
projections of the mind and therefore illusory; they are
useless.
Indeed, it is the ego that projects dreams, and obviously
those dreams are useless; we need to transform the sub-
conscious into conscious. We need to radically eliminate
not only dreams but also the possibility of dreaming, and
that is serious; it is unquestionable that such a possibil-
ity exists as long as subjective elements exist within our
psyche.
We need a mind that does not project, we need to ex-
haust the thinking process. The projecting mind projects
dreams, and these are vain and illusory. When I speak of
the projecting mind, I am not referring to simple projec-
tions such as those made by an engineer who draws up
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6. S.O.L. Key
CHAPTER 6
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Unquestionably, what matters most in life is the intimate
realization of the Being. I once questioned my Divine
Mother Kundalini, saying to her, “Is the path that leads to
resurrection exceptionally long?”
She answered me, “It’s not that it’s so long; what happens
is it’s necessary to carve it, to chisel it, to work hard on the
Philosopher’s Stone. You have to give the rough stone the
perfect cubic shape.”
Our motto is Thelema, that is to say, will. Let’s begin by
awakening consciousness. Obviously, all human beings
are asleep, and it’s necessary to awaken in order to see the
path. The essential thing is to awaken here and now. Un-
fortunately, people sleep; it seems incredible but it is so.
We walk the streets with our consciousness asleep. We are
at home, at work, in the workshop, in the office, etc., with
our consciousness deeply asleep. We drive the car and go
to the factory with our consciousness tremendously asleep.
People are born, grow, reproduce, age, and die with their
consciousness asleep, and they never know where they
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Subject
There is a need, then, to always be remembering oneself,
not only in the physical but watching one’s own thoughts,
feelings, emotions, deductions, cravings, fears, yearnings,
etc., etc., etc., and so many other things.
Object
The second aspect that I find quite interesting, my dear
brethren, is to not identify with things, as we have already
said. If you see a beautiful object, a suit in a showcase,
an exhibition of something or an exhibition of whatever,
like a very beautiful automobile or shoes never seen be-
fore, a rare animal, or an elephant that flies or a camel that
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Location
At this moment, an unusual memory comes to my mind.
Many, many years ago, when I was in South America walk-
ing the world, as they say, because I always walked to and fro,
it happened that one night I saw myself passing through a
garden, then I came to a room, I went through it, and finally
I went into a lawyer’s office. There I saw a very nice lady of
a certain age, somewhat gray-haired, sitting at the foot of a
desk, who received me and stood up to welcome me.
Suddenly, I noticed that there were two glass butterflies on
the desk. Well, there’s nothing unusual about that, seeing
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Once I was out in the corridor and sure no one was watching
me, I took a long jump with the intention of floating. And
what if I tell you what happened? Because I tell you sincere-
ly, I immediately floated in the surrounding environment. Of
course, I felt delightful, my dear brethren, delightful. I then
said to myself, “I am in the astral body, there is no longer the
slightest doubt here.” I remembered I had left my physical
body asleep in bed a few hours earlier, and that by moving
around in the astral body, I arrived there in that office.
I returned to that office, sat down again in front of the lady,
and spoke to her with much respect. I said to her, “See mad-
am, we are in the astral body.” The lady just looked at me
with eyes as if she were sleepwalking, surprised. She didn’t
understand me, she didn’t comprehend me. However, I want-
ed to clarify a little, and I said to her, “Madam, remember that
you went to sleep a few hours ago; so, don’t think what I’m
telling you is strange. Your physical body is asleep in bed,
and you’re here in the astral talking to me.”
But that lady definitely did not understand; she was deeply
asleep, her consciousness was asleep. Seeing that everything
was useless, comprehending even a cannon shot wouldn’t
wake that poor lady who had never dedicated herself to this
work of awakening consciousness, well frankly, my dear
brethren, I decided to ask her to excuse me, and I left.
Well, I want to tell you something curious; many years later,
maybe thirty years or more, I had to travel to Taxco, Guer-
rero. Taxco is a very beautiful town located on a hillside and
built in the colonial style. It has cobblestone streets like in
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relive your past lives. You can be sure the master will grant
your request.
This system I give all of you is for you to receive direct
knowledge. You can also travel to Eastern Tibet, you can
also go to the bottom of the seas, even to other planets if
you want.
So, this is the way to receive direct knowledge. This is why
I say to you to wake up, my dear brethren, wake up, wake
up, do not continue living this unconscious life, being
asleep. That is very sad, my dear brethren. See how the
sleeping ones walk unconsciously in the astral, and after
death they continue sleeping, unconscious, dreaming non-
sense. You are born without knowing at what time, you
die without knowing at what time. I do not want you to
continue like that, in that terrible unconsciousness. I want
you to wake up.
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It’s necessary to know that in the human body, in the cel-
lular organism, there are some chakras we could call spe-
cial, specific to organic vitality. They’re a type of vortex
through which prana, life, enters our organism, namely
the occipital, frontal, laryngeal, hepatic, and prostatic; in
addition, there are two more that correspond to the knees.
These seven chakras are, I repeat, fundamental for vitality
of the physical organism and through them, prana, life,
enters the vital body, seat of all organic activity.
The laryngeal chakra, for instance, maintains a close rela-
tionship with the prostatic; that’s why speech, the word,
must be careful. We need to carefully avoid making the
voice too shrill or too low. If we observe the life of many de-
crepit old people, we can absolutely verify they emit many,
let’s say, shrill sounds, and this distorts their sexual poten-
cy and at the same time indicates impotence. The same oc-
curs with sounds that are too deep or cavernous; they also
distort sexual potency. Therefore, the male’s voice must re-
main within its normal range; likewise, the woman’s voice
must not be too low or shrill because this distorts sexual
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First Exercise
The student stands with arms open in the shape of a cross.
Then he begins to turn, to spin clockwise (figure 1). It is
clear the chakras will also spin with some intensity while
performing this exercise and after some time of practice.
figure 1
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Second Exercise
Now, you’ve finished spinning and have opened your eyes.
Then you lie down on the floor in dorsal decubitus—in oth-
er words, face up—legs stretched out with heels together
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Third Exercise
Once lying down, and having made your petitions, you
now raise your legs until they are in a vertical position (fig-
ure 3). It’s no longer necessary to have your arms opened
in a cross. You can help support your legs with your hands,
making sure your legs are as vertical as possible without
raising your buttocks (as shown in figure 3), or more clear-
ly, your waist must be very well positioned on the ground,
flat on the floor. This is what is called the viparita-karani
mudra in the East.
In this position, the blood flows toward the head, reaches
the brain, and puts certain areas to work, fortifying all the
senses since it’s necessary to have very good eyesight, a
good sense of smell, good touch, good hearing, good taste,
etc., etc.
figure 3
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Fourth Exercise
Now, kneel there on the floor, on your knees facing east
(figure 4), toward where the sun rises. Tilt your head down
a little, just a little, not much. Next, you’ll do three pranaya-
mas as follows.
Pranayama
Place your right index finger over your left nostril, inhale
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figure 4
Remember that only the two fingers are used, the index
finger and thumb of your right hand exclusively; you close
with one, inhale through the other nostril, close both, un-
cover the other, etc. It’s a back-and-forth, when you close
one, you uncover the other, and vice versa. You’ve done
that exercise; now lower your head and enter into prayer
to the Divine Mother Kundalini Shakti, beseeching her for
what you need, etc.
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Fifth Exercise
Now, just as you are, incline your body backward while
maintaining the kneeling position (figure 5), keeping your
arms straight alongside the body. Then tilt your body back-
ward as far as it will go and remain in that position for a
few seconds, begging, beseeching, imploring to the Blessed
Mother Kundalini to intercede for you before the most sa-
cred Holy Spirit to grant you the benefit you have request-
ed, be it healing or any other kind.
figure 5
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the Logos, who is her divine spouse, the most sacred Holy
Spirit, Shiva (as he’s called in the East), the Arch-Hiero-
phant, Arch-Magus, first begotten of creation, swan of liv-
ing plumage, white dove, immortal Hiram Abiff—the secret
master we all committed the error of murdering in the past;
yes, we assassinated him when we committed the original
sin. That’s why we need to resurrect him from the dead, to
exclaim with all the forces of our heart, “The King is dead!
Long live the King!”
Sixth Exercise
Now you will proceed as follows: sit on the floor with your
legs stretched forward and hands placed behind you on
the floor, the trunk of your body leaning backward slightly
supported by your hands, head facing forward, heels to-
gether, feet fanned opened (figure 6). Here again you make
your petition, imploring with a lot of faith and devotion to
the Divine Mother.
figure 6
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Seventh Exercise
Now, to execute this exercise, let’s bend our legs a little
with the soles of our feet placed on the floor, and lifting
our buttocks and abdomen so our body stays in the table
position, in other words, with our knees and abdomen
forming the same horizontal line.
Our face should be looking upward toward the sky or the
ceiling of the house. The body must be supported by the
hands and feet while facing up, thus forming a human
table as in figure 7.
In this position, you should intensify your prayers and
supplications to the Blessed Mother Devi Kundalini, im-
ploring her to invoke her divine spouse, the most sacred
Holy Spirit, to come and perform the cure you need. I
have explained this several times but it’s good that you do
not forget it so the exercise is complete because it’s not
just something merely physical; it’s something different,
spiritual, balanced.
figure 7
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Eighth Exercise
Let’s now look at the exercise called the mayurasana. First
of all, it’s necessary that you do three complete pranaya-
mas again, as you did in exercise 4. After doing the
pranayamas with much devotion, and entrusting yourself
to your Divine Mother Kundalini, you’ll place yourself in
the plank position as shown in figure 8.
Many people practice the plank to do away with their
bulging abdomen, in other words, what we call a chubby,
bloated belly or stomach.
This eighth exercise consists of two positions or move-
ments, as follows:
First movement: With the palms of your hands on the
floor, supported in the form of a plank, stretch your legs
back and support yourself on your tiptoes. Your forehead
faces down, keeping your head, the back of your neck,
back, buttocks, legs, and heels in a straight line, just like a
plank (figure 8).
figure 8
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figure 9
Ninth Exercise
Now, taking advantage of the previous rite, continue with
this exercise. From the previous position itself, as your
head is tucked under your chest in the plank exercise,
without moving your hands, advance a few short steps
forward until your body becomes a human arc, as shown
in figure 10.
Supported on your hands and feet, with your head tucked
to your chest, forming a perfect human arc, you can and
should enter into prayer, asking, begging, imploring—as I
have already taught—to the Divine Mother for what you
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most need. Carts and wagons can pass below you since
you must form a type of human arch.
Now, after staying for a while in that prayer position, bend
your knees a little in order to lower your body, and then
lift your hands from the floor and stand up. You thus end
the exercise.
figure 10
Tenth Exercise
Lie down on your back on the floor, then raise your legs
vertically against a wall. For this exercise you should place
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figure 11
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Eleventh Exercise
Vajroli-Mudra
Transmutation for Single People
We are going to enter into the study of the sixth rite,
which exactly relates to the vajroli mudra. It deals with
transmutation of the sexual energy. This is the finest type
of energy constructed by the organism, it is, we can say,
the most subtle force the body works with.
The human vehicle has certain very fine channels through
which this energy circulates; it must not escape its chan-
nels, if the energy bursts into other channels, obviously, a
catastrophe occurs. The sexual energy is a marvelous ex-
plosive force that we have to learn to direct wisely if we
truly want the intimate self-realization of the Being.
Undoubtedly, the vajroli mudra is especially for single peo-
ple, although it also helps those who are married. We can
especially say that with the vajroli mudra, single people
have a fundamental system to maintain themselves in
brahmacharya, in other words, in chastity.
Whoever does not have a wife, or women who do not have
a husband, must maintain themselves in brahmacharya,
that is clear, until the day arrives when the men have their
priestesses or the women their husbands.
Many bachelors would like to fulfill their sexual functions
here, there, and everywhere with different women; that is
fornication, and is prohibited for aspirants to adepthood.
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Peg asus Collection
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We have information that the first complete edition of this book was
printed in (Colombia) Medellín in 1959, but we have not obtained a copy.
46. Christmas Mess. 1971-72. The Mystery of the Golden Blossom ___ 1972
47. Christmas Message 1972-1973. The Three Mountains _________ 1973
48. Yes, Hell exists; yes, the Devil exists; yes, Karma exists ________ 1973
49. The Great Rebellion _________________________________________ ?
50. Treatise of Revolutionary Psychology _______________________ 1974
51. Christmas Message 1973-1974 ( ? ) __________________________ 1974
52. Christmas Message 1974-75. The Secret Doctrine of Anahuac___ 1975
53. Pistis Sophia Unveiled ____________________________________ 1977
54. Treatise of Occult Medicine & Practical Magic (X. Mess. 77-78)2 __ 1978
55. Seven Lectures on Gnostic Anthropology____________________ 1978
56. Brothers from Outer Space (Compilation) _______________________
57. The Revolution of the Dialectic (Compilation) _______________ ?
58. Seven Lectures and the Lamasery Exercises (Compilation) ____ ?
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First edition in 1950