Ether Parasites - Part II

 

The After-Death State

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As soon as a human being dies, a temporary splitting takes place in the etheric body. Normally, the two lower ethers stay behind with the material body, while the two higher ethers remain temporarily with the departed, although some of the two lower ethers are often taken along. The more earth-bound an individual was during his material existence, the more directed towards the earth he was (which does not imply that he was bad but only normally biological), the more lower ethers will be gathered around the deceased.

In this condition the deceased goes to the sphere of transition, the intermediate sphere which is often described as the sphere of purification or purgatory. It consists of the three lower spheres of the desire-world, the kama-loka of Eastern philosophy. You should bear in mind that the remnants of the etheric garment of the deceased keep him bound to the earthly sphere, since the etheric body of man is also built of and maintained by material and powers of this sphere.

It will be clear that since the deceased has left the etheric plane, the remnants of the etheric garment cannot be maintained; they decompose, they volatilize; the deceased cannot maintain them. This is of the utmost importance, for as soon as the remnants have also disappeared the time comes for the human being to assimilate his knowledge of his true state-of-being. Only then does he come to true insight with regard to himself, and then he departs for the heavenly or hellish domain, according to his state-of-being. Everyone can now readily understand that the possession of ethers after death causes a strong tie with the earth.

When a human being finds his earthly tie undesirable, when he is no longer interested in it but on the contrary wants to get rid of it as soon as possible, he will do nothing to hold back the process of volatilization of his ethers. However, if it is the other way round, if his interest is directed towards the earth and he wants to maintain his tie with it at any cost, he will do anything to check the process of volatilization. He will try to replenish every loss of ether to increase his ether supply, and in this way he will artificially prolong his sojourn in the sphere of transition.

It is in these things that we find the cause of spiritualism and all related phenomena, such as satanism, earth-bound spirits and so on. It stems from the many thousands of entities in the sphere of transition who are out for ether robbery, parasitizing and exploiting the earthly sphere. That is spiritualism: robbery of some of the lower ethers, but mainly of the two higher ethers.

Of  course, these things require a thorough study and serious consideration because they concern a real horror, a danger which practically no one can escape. All of us are victimized to a greater or lesser extent by these hordes of ether parasites. Many of our less pleasant and less virtuous characteristics grow to proportions far beyond our real state-of-being because they are deliberately aroused by these entities. The base feeling of jealousy is one example, for every act of jealousy is at the expense of the light ether of the person who develops it. It is the same with the activity of opposition, intentional, conscious opposition, for whatever reason it may be. Such an activity costs light ether but more especially reflecting ether, since it is the thinking capacity that prevails.

Such lower activities can be stirred far beyond their normal proportions by the powers from yonder side, to the extent that self-control becomes impossible. It is this ether-bleeding that forms food for the lurid entities that we have been describing here.

It is the same with passion, perversity, melancholy and -- not to be forgotten -- intellectual excesses. They are accompanied by ether explosions at the cost of a great quantity of ether. All forms of psychological abnormality are largely to be explained from the activities of ether parasites.

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From "Spiritualism" - Elementary Philosophy of the Modern Rosycross - Jan van Rijckenborgh

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Invisible forces are arrayed against incarnate humanity, who for the most part have no idea that they are being victimized. How many of our thoughts are really our own? How many of our impulsive and sometime inexplicable actions are driven by forces that cannot be seen with the naked eye? This is why the seeker must obtain insight into his or her true state-of-being. Recognizing the reality of the invisible worlds and the activities of some of the desperate entities that reside there is huge step in that direction. Once one knows who his enemies are, one can take proper and effective measures to disarm them.

Where are our thoughts and feelings really coming from? Why that thought? Why that emotion? We must endeavor to always think soberly before we speak or act. This must become habit. Never speak or act impulsively. We must be on guard constantly, lest our poorly-policed thoughts and desires drag us to places we really do not wish to go. Ultimately, this allows us to be used as a nourishing source of ether-food by the opportunistic, desperate, hungry denizens of the regions beyond the veil.

Deception abounds in the reflection-sphere. The more one knows about the shenanigans taking place there, the better prepared one will be for the traps and pitfalls that will surely be encountered along the Path of Return.

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