Tranquil Spirit, Northwich, Cheshire, UK - Spirit Communications: Superstitions

Spirit Communications through Trance Mediumship/Channeling:

Superstitions

Magic Seal of Solomon

Q: I have heard that the inscriptions of the Magic Seal of Solomon can bring about events in the physical world. How is it set in movement?

Hai: People are kidding themselves most of the time, so what is there to set in movement? There are some instances where those who practice what you would call the "dark arts" can bring about some change within the physical world. But in most instances, as in the case of these inscriptions of which you speak, they were a magical formula, a ritual in which those who made them had faith, had their trust in them. They put their effort and energies into them that they may achieve their ends, or so they thought. But we would say that in most instances this was without merit, this was without effect. For the effect which they hoped for, wished for, did not come about, would not come about, could not come about.

There are many superstitions in your world. There are many superstitious people in your world who think all kinds of things. Some people think that they must do things in certain order or in certain way or some terrible thing will happen to them; some terrible thing will come about. This is a disease of the mind, an obsession of the mind, a ritual that must be performed in order for things to be ok. Likewise, if turn this around on its head, there are those who are equally superstitious, but they believe by doing things they can bring about change in the world, they can bring about a great effect in the world. Yet if we look at these two things they are not that dissimilar; for if we think in the first case I mentioned to you: the formula, the ritual, the ordered sequence of events, is performed in order that the world will not impose upon the person; but it is a superstition, an unnecessary superstition. But in the second event when the person performs things in a magical sequence the wished for effect is that they will bring about change on the earth, in the physical events of the earth, yes? But if we think about it are these things necessarily so different? For both depend upon the belief, the feeling, that if we do things in a certain way, a certain order, either we can protect ourselves from the earth, the physical forces of the earth, the events that may oppress us on the one hand or we may be able to affect all these things, all these events on the earth by following some magical formula, yes? So both, we would say, are superstition leading to different consequences, different manifestations, but nevertheless are superstitions.

In the case of the magical person of course, also there is a presence of ego, yes? An over-aggrandizement of ego, that they think they can and should be able to affect the world in this way. But yet, likewise, even with the person who is oppressed, who feels oppressed by the possibilities of earth, earthly forces, physical forces which may drown him, which may bear down upon him, he also is attaching too much importance to his own ego, as if he is a target of something. So we would say that in a fundamental way there is a problem of ego in most cases.

Q: Would it be right to think then that people who try to follow this path for their personal development are in a way either kidding themselves or are mistaken?

Hai: Well you speak of magical formulas before yet what you speak of now in the present moment is about development. So we must ask ourselves what is your concern, what is your interest in this. Is it development, or is it some other issue?

Q: It was just general curiosity. Leading on from my first question, I am going on to development now.

Hai: Well development is a different matter all together. But we would say that if you wish to link these in some way we would say, as we have said before, that all formulae, all rigid ways of doing things are not necessary to our development. We have explained to Eileen in the past that sometimes some rituals may be harmless, maybe ok, for the particular person involved, if this helps the person to attune to the energies, to find their way forward, yes. But the formulas, the rituals, the sequence in itself is not important. Whether it is performed or not is not important. The development will take place if the people are concerned, if they are committed and wish to develop. But the ritual, the sequence of action may assist them, may facilitate their minds to become open, to attune, to adjust to that which they need to do. If this is the case there is no harm in this, provided they do not become compulsory things that the person must do and in this case they would take over the person.