Mentalist's Handbook: An Explorer's Guide to Astral, Spirit, and Psychic Worlds

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Overview

There is a world that mirrors our own. Everything in this world is made of substance finer than air, finer than light, finer than thought itself - the aether. In the aether there are inner sensations such as ideas and feelings that are as tangible as anything in the material world. In The Mentalist's Handbook, Clint Marsh gives us a glimpse of the world. He offers step-by-step exercises, detailed and beautifully written explanations and definitions, and gorgeous black and white illustrations by award-winning artist Jeff Hoke. Inspired by esoteric, occult, and magic books published over the last 150 years, Marsh has aspired to create something of singular importance in the tradition of classic occult manuals. Both practical and whimsical, and complete with visual aids, this field guide to the paranormal will appeal to students of the New Age, esoteric scholars, readers of post-modern and magical-realism, angel, ghost and fairy enthusiasts, comic and graphica fans, and artists alike.

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According to author Marsh (Goblinproofing One's Chicken Coop), there exists a world mirroring our own known as the aether. Inspired by esoteric, occult, and magic books published over the last 150 years, he has created this user-friendly guide to exploration and shifting one's everyday consciousness into this aetheric world. The book's content, which includes numerous exercises and lovely black-and-white illustrations by award-winning artist Jeff Hoke, is divided into six major chapters and explores such topics as the nature of the aether, descriptions of the various types of aetheric beings, and the spirit world. Indexes of the exercises are organized by both title and topic. While it probably won't be acquired by most libraries, this book should interest readers of New Age, postmodern, and magic realist works; comic and graphic novel fans; and esoteric scholars. The dust jacket features a chart for identifying aetheric beings.
—Brad Eden

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781578634217
  • Publisher: Red Wheel/Weiser
  • Publication date: 6/28/2008
  • Pages: 1
  • Sales rank: 691,611
  • Product dimensions: 6.00 (w) x 8.90 (h) x 1.00 (d)

Meet the Author

Clint Marsh is a writer and publisher of practical esoterica. Aside from The Camelopard - the pamphlet series that inspired The Mentalist's Handbook, Marsh's publications include Goblin Proofing One's Chicken Coop, On Gnoming (A Pocket Guide to the Successful Hunting and Cooking of Gnomes), and Wandering Wizards Welcome (By Appointment). He has served as the consulting editor for Jeff Hoke's Guide to Lost Wonder series and as the American publisher for Phooka, The Journal of the Overland Mallet Club. He holds a BA in Journalism from the University of Iowa and lives in Berkeley, CA where he distributes his works through Wonderella Printed.

Jeff Hoke is a senior designer at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Previously he worked as an exhibit designer for the Field Museum in Chicago. He lives in Monterey, California.

Table of Contents


Illustrations     xi
Foreword   Jeff Hoke     xiii
Introduction     xvii
The Camelopard     xxi
Instructions for Recording Experiments     xxiii
The Nature of Aether     3
The Basics of Meditation and Visualization
The Basics of Meditation
An Initial Meditation
The Basics of Visualization
A Simple Visualization
The Importance of Imagination
A Description of the Aetheric Plane
Imagining the Aetheric Plane
The Location of This Place
"What Good Is the Aetheric Plane?"
The Nature of Aether
Aether as a Substance
The Sculptor's Studio
Some Questions about the Sculptor's Studio
Aether and the Supernatural World
Two Bodies in One Person
Visualizing the Aetheric Body
Visualization and Memory
Observation and Memory
Memory of the Commonplace
The Mentalism Connection
Psychisms
Astral Projection
Spiritism
Mind Is Matter, Matter Is Mind
Letters from Aspirants
Aetheric Beings     33
The Aetheric Plane, Its Worlds and Vibrations
The Astral World
The Elemental World
The Elysian World, or Elysium
An Introduction to Vibrational Theory
All Is Aether
Below and above the Material
Elemental Vibration
Perception and Reality in the Aether
Inky Flares
An Aetheric Bestiary
Animal Spirits
Astral Hounds
Departed Spirits
Devas
The Dweller on the Threshold
Elementals (Nature Spirits)
Elementals (Thought-Forms)
False Gods
Gestalts
Ghosts
Ghost Stars
LostSouls
Manifested Spirits
Phantoms (Plant and Object Doubles)
Poltergeists
Projected Astral Bodies of Mentalists
Revenants
Secret Masters
Star Guides
Vapors
Wraiths
Aetheric Exercises     69
Entering the Lower Astral Vibration
The Body's Aetheric Links
The Forehead Link
The Eye Links
The Chest Link
The Navel Link
The Sex Organ Link
The Hand Links
The Foot Links
Activating the Aetheric Links
Daily Exercises for Mentalists
The Aetheric Dozen
Starter Psychisms
An Initial Exercise in Clairvoyance
An Initial Exercise in Telepathy
An Initial Exercise in Telekinesis
Adjusting Your Daily Routine
Healthy Materialism
Ascension     99
Internal Aether
Strengthening Internal Aether
Common Questions about Internal Aether
Many Bodies, One Self
The Sublime Bodies
Initial Exercises
Awake around the Block
Getting to Know You
A Material Dissolution
A Separate Self
Projecting the Astral Body
Ascension
Your Astral Neighborhood
Going Higher
Psychic Residue
Aetheric Housekeeping
Dissolution of Everyday Objects
The Dweller on the Threshold
Crossing the Threshold
Going On
The Spirit World     129
The Living and the Dead
Centuries of Spiritism
Spiritism Today
Questions from Readers
Aether and the Afterlife
Where Do We Go When We Die?
A Word for Believers
Another for Nonbelievers
The Nature of Spirits
Human Spirits
Animal Spirits
Phantoms
Mediums among Us
The New New World
Strengthening Attention
The Power of Phantoms
A Phantom Companion
Reaching Out
Sensing Spirits
Spiritism in Everyday Life
Spirits Surround Us
Even You
Mental Influence     167
Visualizing the Invisible
A Complete Picture
The Shape of Thoughts
Emotions Illustrated
The Nature of Thought-Form Elementals
Clairvoyance and Aetheric Gradation
A Clairvoyant Exploration
Telekinetic Influence and Emotion
Bowls of Emotion
Further Telekinetic Experiments
The Thought-Clouds of Telepathy
Telepathic Conversation
The Unspoken Message
The Ethics of Mentalism
Index of Exercises by Number and Title     191
Index of Exercises by Topic     193
Acknowledgments     197
About the Author     199
Aetheric Beings Identification Chart

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