The Will Project

Author: Graeme Wilson

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I’ve studied Psychosynthesis for over 20 years, more recently completing a Psychosynthesis life coaching course. I also study Stoicism, particularly the teachings of Epictetus. I started the Will Project website to help facilitate the continuation of the Will Project.

  • Golden Dawn Flying Roll XXII

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    Issued by N.O.M. 8 October 1893, being Essays by V.H. F Quaestor Lucis on: (No official G.D Authority) While Oriental Theosophy postulates the unity of all Life in its basic source, it makes the attainment of conscious union between the lower of intellectual aspect of mind with the Soul or Higher Manas dependent on the…

  • Golden Dawn Flying Roll VI

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    Concerning Flying Roll No. II A Note by G.H. Frater D.D.C.F. (Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers) With regard to the admirable note by V.H. Soror S.S.D.D. on Will Power and Use – I would suggest that: Before bringing the scarlet ray into such intense action in the Heart, as is explained by her, that the Adept…

  • Golden Dawn Flying Roll V

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    Thoughts on Imagination By V.H. Frater Resurgam (Edmund William Berridge) The uninitiated interpret Imagination as something ‘imaginary’ in the popular sense of the word; i.e. something unreal. But imagination is a reality. When a man imagines he actually creates a form on the Astral or even on some higher plane; and this form is as…

  • Golden Dawn Flying Roll II

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    Part I – A Subject for Contemplation By G.H. Frater N.O.M. (William Wynn Westcot) Before even strength of will, you will must have purity of body, mind, intellect and of emotion if you hope for magical power. The spiritual powers will flourish only as you starve the animal soul, and the animal soul is largely…

  • Golden Dawn Flying Roll I

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    A Subject for Contemplation By G.H. Frater N.O.M. (William Wynn Westcott) To obtain magical power, one must strengthen the will. Let there be no confusion between will and desire. You cannot will too strongly, so do not attempt to will two things at once, and while willing one thing do not desire others. Example: You…

  • Excerpts From Golden Dawn Flying Rolls

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    The following excerpts from the ‘Flying Rolls’ give additional information regarding the view of the Will that was understood by members of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. Flying Roll No. VII – Alchemy By S.A. (William Wynn Westcott) Upon Assiah, there has been the Ancient occult Chemistry, the Chemistry of the Adept; who…

  • Etymology

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    will (v.) O.E. *willan, wyllan “to wish, desire, want” (past tense wolde), from P.Gmc. *welljan (cf. O.S. willian, O.N. vilja, O.Fris. willa, Du. willen, O.H.G. wellan, Ger. wollen, Goth. wiljan “to will, wish, desire,” Goth. waljan “to choose”), from PIE *wel-/*wol- “be pleasing” (cf. Skt. vrnoti “chooses, prefers,” varyah “to be chosen, eligible, excellent,” varanam…

  • Émile Coué

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    Émile Coué (February 26, 1857 – July 2, 1926) was a French psychologist and pharmacist who introduced a method of psychotherapy, healing, and self-improvement based on optimistic autosuggestion. For further biographical details see the Émile Coué Wikipedia entry. Émile Coué’s Concept of the Will Coué states that the definition of the Will as “The faculty…

  • Elmer Gates

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    Elmer R. Gates (1859-1923), the son of Jacob and Phoebe Goetz, American scientist and inventor; born near Dayton, Ohio, died in Washington, D.C. Although a prolific inventor, Gates considered himself to be a psychologist. He applied scientific experiment to introspection and used invention to examine the processes by which the mind discovers new knowledge. This…

  • Dennis Wier

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    Dennis R. Wier is the Executive Director of the Trance Research Foundation. He has spent more than 35 years practicing and teaching meditation, experiencing and studying hypnosis, addictions, magic and altered states of consciousness. He has studied with Yogi Prem Varni of India, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Kalu Rinpoche, and others. He was the Secretary of…