Prepare-for-War

The Lotus - yoga position symbolizing man's "spiritual evolution." This position is to aid the now of prana, and aid the "clearing of the mind" in meditation.

8. Mantras are used both in the direct worship of gods and in yoga and all forms of meditation. (T.M. and Zen have become very popular in the U.S. This same technique is used in the New Age classes of self-improvement and mind control and in Buddhism.) A mantra is the rapid repetition of a series of words or sounds. It has two purposes. The first is to produce a mysti cal state which is actually a trance in which the mind is blanked out. This in turn places the person into direct con tact with the spirit world. Secondly, the mantra is supposed to actually "embody" a spiritual being. As the words are spoken, the being comes into existence and enters the person using the mantra. Mantras are a direct doorway opening up the person to the entrance of demons.

"Mantras are Sanskrit syllables, words or phrases which, when repeated in meditation, will bring the in dividual to a higher state of consciousness. [i.e. into contact with the spirit world.] ... it has a certain metre and a presiding deity [demon] ... " (Ibid., p. 98)

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