Here she explains to Emmy Vadnais how she began working in the classroom to assist children in cultivating and understanding their natural intuitive gifts. She describes a variety of exercises and provides examples showing how young children responded. She points out that children can learn to acknowledge their innate psychic potentials without feeling ego-attached. Such [...]

John C. Lilly is author of numerous classic works including The Mind of the Dolphin, The Deep Self, Simulations of God and Center of the Cyclone. A trained psychoanalyst and former researcher for the National Institutes of Health,  Lilly reveals a lifelong pattern of deep inner exploration, beginning with his psychoanalysis in the 1940s, his development [...]

Here he describes the historical evolution of the Enneagram beginning with G. I. Gurdjieff and Oscar Ichazo. He describes the ancient Sarmoung Brotherhood as portrayed by Gurdjieff. He notes that his own work is related primarily to spiritual awakening. The Enneagram shows a particular path toward wholeness that can be discovered within each of the [...]

Although not a UFOlogist, Upton feels that the Traditionalist metaphysics of René Guénon affords him a foundation from which he can criticize the current wave of interest in UFOs. Guénon maintains that we are at the “end of times” in which dark paranormal forces are breaking through into our physical world. The UFO abduction literature [...]

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Here he describes his understanding of “ascended masters” based on his personal experiences – including intuitive and physical encounters and past-life memories. RJ maintains that there are 13 “old school” ascended masters, who were created as such. There are many more “new school” ascended masters who attained this status through a process of spiritual evolution. [...]

Here he identifies himself with Sufism and describes the influence of figures like Huston Smith and Frithjof Schuon on his thinking. He defines the traditionalist movement as one that recognizes the core truths to be found in the esoteric wisdom of the great religious traditions. He recalls his early years with the beatnik poets, the [...]