"If, as the result of
certain teachings having been imparted to him
without the requisite caution [preparation]
a man comes into contact with certain
destructive beings behind the veil of nature [i.e. the
"veil" is what we consider to be the material
world], he will become one who VALUES NOTHING IN
THE WORLD, and it will soon be apparent that
he TAKES ACTUAL PLEASURE IN DESTRUCTION - which need not
necessarily be destruction of external
things. Many men to whom this has
happened have shown that they TAKE PLEASURE IN
TORMENTING AND OPPRESSING OTHER SOULS. These
are the characteristics which come into
evidence. But it can never be said that men
who have such traits owing to their alliance
with Ahrimanc [Satanic] elementary beings, are
invariably egotistic. They need not, and usually
are not, egotists. They act out of an
urge quite different from that of egotism. THEY ACT
OUT OF A LUST FOR DESTRUCTION, and they destroy
without the slightest benefit accruing to
themselves. The beings into whose sphere a
man enters are essentially beings of
destruction, and the tempt him, lure him, to
destroy." [1]
The region of
destructive spirits into which a man may come
is disclosed most clearly of all if a soul is
observed at the moment of passing through the
gate of death. Then these spiritual beings
swirl forward in their hosts; nor is this
surprising, for they are the spirits of
destruction. To work at the destruction of
the physical organism is their regular function.
[2]
The region of Scylla is
that of the spirits who serve Ahriman. WE
COME INTO THEIR SPHERE IF WE CULTIVATE, NOT EGOTISM, BUT
THE WILL FOR DESTRUCTION. [3]
For example, there
actually exists in the world an [occult]
Order which leads men to knowledge of these
mysterious beings without any preparation.
In all such men, instincts of destruction are
aroused, so that this order is actually
responsible for sending human beings with
destructive instincts out into the world. [4]
Lucifer, however,
incites his fiery spirits of will to take certain forces out of
us in order to make these forces independent. And so if
we cross the Threshold in the direction of
Lucifer's realm [i.e. toward mysticism] and
come back into the body, we feel as if
certain parts are hollow, as if something has
been taken out of us. Ahriman ADDS something,
because as he enters into us he fills the
organs. Lucifer TAKES AWAY organs, makes what
was otherwise part of our own organism,
independent of us." [emphasis added] [5]
There are a couple of
points in the above quotation which I would
like to emphasize. One is that once a person
crosses the Threshold without undergoing the
arduous preparation required to do so safely
(which not everyone can do in their current
incarnation, for various reasons), they
become possessed, and even when the process
which allowed them to become possessed ceases, they
are still possessed BUT THEY DON'T KNOW IT,
although they feel different. They become
a different class of being, which is
controlled from below like a puppet by beings
whose purpose is to destroy.
As the twig is bent, so
grows the tree
Many aspects of pop
"culture" are apparently intended to gradually
transform the minds of impressionable
youngsters so that they become open to they types
of activities leading to possession.
Essentially, anything which tends to cultivate either a
neutral or positive attitude toward inflicting injury
or suffering on humans or animals falls into this
category. Note, for example, the connection between
video games which simulate killing and violent
behavior in the real world. The literature of the
organizations which produce some of these games is
riddled with Satanic overtones.
