E. A. Koetting and Baron DePrince - The Spider and The Green Butterfly

E.A. Koetting/Baron DePrince
The Spider and the Green Butterfly
mesmerism relies on abilities much more refined, and at the
same time much more primitive.
Franz Mesmer, a nineteenth century German
scientist and physiologist, introduced the idea that
organisms, and particularly humans in his own research,
contained a magnetic fluid which ran through their bodies.
He postulated that this fluid could be intuited on an
unconscious level by the average person and that his or her
own magnetic attraction to those who might have a higher
magnetic rate or a greater quantity of this magnetic fluid
than others created a class of fluidic elite who were more
sexually desirable, more influential in religion, business,
and politics, healthier, and generally more successful than
the remainder of the human race.
He also believed that the innate magnetic fluid
composition or quality in any person could be stimulated
towards a greater potential, thereby curing illness, bringing
the body and the mind into full clarity, and endowing the
patient with the type of happiness and success formerly
reserved only for those with naturally great magnetism.
The fact that his limited understanding of the
manifold nature of the human being led him to insist that
this "fluid" was indeed physical was his own downfall, as
his theories began to melt away as no new physical fluid
could be discovered in any of his patients, or in fact, in any
person whatsoever.
This magnetic quality, however, does not originate
within any particular liquid or solid organ within the body,
but is instead produced by the body and its organs, and in
the most purely symbiotic fashion gains a unique sort of
sustenance from the electromagnetic radiation that it
produces. The human body from the moment of its
formation becomes a self-sustaining energetic entity, both
physical and non-physical at the same time.
Although Franz Mesmer's initial theories were
disproved even while he remained alive and in medical
practice, they began a whirlwind of break-off philosophies
and improved forms of application, turning what he had
referred to as "Animal Magnetism," into "Mesmerism,"
which quickly became degraded into forms of hypnotism,
psycho-suggestion, and various other forms of
psychological jumble that would seem to eternally obscure
the real purpose, intent, and possibility behind Mesmer's
studies.
Those who have not shut their eyes and their minds
to the spiritual realities that surround them can sense the
energetic fields which surround other people. In fact, most
people still maintain this ability, although they don't
consciously recognize it. They can "feel" when another
person enters the room, they get "bad vibes" around
pedophiles and drug addicts whose auras have blackened,
and they "intuitively know" when their loved ones,
especially children, are in danger. The next step would be
to consciously recognize the power in this, and to begin to
utilize it consciously.
Those who are consciously and actively engaged in
their own spiritual growth begin to glow more brightly, to
resonate at a higher frequency than others. This is true
regardless of whether the individual is aligned with
benevolent or malevolent powers and entities. The aura of
a person who is just beginning on their own spiritual path is
slightly larger and slightly more intense than normal. One
who is becoming adept at the basics of metaphysical
practice can consciously expand or retract their aura,
depending on their environment and intention. The occult
or the spiritual adept, then can expand their field of
energetic influence indefinitely, and can narrow its affect
and focus it upon a single object or organism at will. The
True Master, however, is at all times consciously expanded
within all things, in all places at once, the center of the
never-ending force field being his or her organic body.