FOREWORD
On January 15, 1981, our research group started receiving a communication from the social memory complex, Ra. From this communication precipitated the Law of One and some of the distortions of the Law of One.
The pages of this book contain an exact transcript, edited only to remove some personal material, of the communications received in Sessions 76 through 103 with Ra.
To a certain extent this material presupposes a point of view which we have developed in the course of many years' study of the UFO phenomenon. If you are not familiar with our previous work, a reading of our book, Secrets of the UFO, might prove helpful
in understanding the present material. Also, as you can see from this book's title, there are 75 previous sessions with Ra which were collected in The Law of One, Books One, Two, and Three. If at all possible, it is good to begin with the beginning of thi
s material, as later concepts build upon previous concepts. All these
volumes are available from us by mail.
Those who gained familiarity with The Law of One through the mass market publication of that volume under the title, The Ra Material, (Whitford Press, West Chester, PA., 1983) may be assured that the substantial introduction contained in that volume dupli
cates the subject matter contained in Secrets of the UFO, although Secrets of the UFO may still be interesting to you.
Book Four of The Law of One is a beginning in the examination of the nature and the proper metaphysical use of the archetypical mind. The archetypical mind is the mind of the Logos, the blueprint used to make the creation and the means by which we evolve
in mind, body and spirit. Ra stated that the archetypical mind could best be studied by one of three methods: the tarot, astrology, or the Tree of Life, which is also known as white ceremonial magic. We decided to investigate the archetypical mind by delv
ing into the tarot, more especially the twenty-two images of the Major Arcana. In Book Four we work primarily with the first seven cards, which are archetypes for the structure of the mind. An overview of all the tarot's twenty-two archetypes is also soug
ht.
Any sensible consideration of a contact such as this would yield the conclusion that if the contact were valid, we would at some point begin receiving material the complete basis of which was not familiar to us. This has happened in Book Four. As you may
see in the questioning, we scrambled as best we could throughout the entire volume in an attempt to keep up with the information which we were receiving and to formulate reasonable questions. Even though our session schedule was relaxed, and the interveni
ng time was used for study, we are aware that the questioning in this volume is more scattered than in the first three volumes of Ra sessions. We know of no solution to our own lack of knowledge and are at least confident that we cannot outdistance the re
ader, for we knew no more than you before we asked each question!
We do feel that it would be helpful if we included some information about the tarot and its general terminology and compared that with a general outline of the tarot from Ra's view-point, the viewpoint which Ra shared with the Egyptians so many years ago.
The following comparison deals only with the twenty-two Major Arcana since it was only these "concept complexes" which were used by Ra, and which were later drawn by Egyptian priests, to describe the process of the evolution of the mind, the body, and th
e spirit. The Court Arcana and the Minor Arcana were of other influences and were concerned primarily with the astrological approach to this study. Each card is described first by its Arcanum number, then by traditional terminology, and thirdly by Ra's te
rminology.
The cards upon which we originally questioned were not available for reprinting, so we have reproduced here the Major Arcana of the deck most closely resembling our first deck. These images are to be found in George Fathman's, The Royal Road, A Study In T
he Egyptian Tarot; Key To Sacred Numbers And Symbols. Eagle Point, Oregon, 1951, Life Research Foundation.
As you can see, the first seven cards of the Major Arcana were designed to describe the evolution of the mind, the second seven, the evolution of the body, and the third seven, the evolution of the spirit. Arcanum Number XXII is called The Choice, and the
choice spoken of is the central choice each conscious seeker or adept makes as it strives to master the lessons of the third-density experience to seek in service to others or in service to self.
One of the primary discoveries in Book Four is the concept and purpose of the "veil of forgetting" which exists between the conscious and unconscious minds in our present third-density experience. Third densities closer to the center of our galaxy apparen
tly did not have such a veil and, therefore, did not forget any event in any incarnation. This condition simplified each entity's experience and also the nature of that archetypical mind. Readers, therefore, should be aware that the questioning focuses on
both pre-veil and post-veiling experiences and the archetypical minds of both types of experience in order to get a better understanding of our current veiled experience in the third-density of this octave of creation.
As a result of our questioning we have drawn our own images, the first seven of which may be found at the back of this volume.
The Ra contact continued for 106 sessions which were printed into four books in The Law of One series. They are available at your local bookstore, from Whitford Press, or from us. If you wish to receive our quarterly newsletter, in which the best of o
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L/L Research
Don Elkins
Carla L. Rueckert
James A. McCarty
Box 5195
Louisville, Kentucky 40205
July 8, 1983
Session 76, February 3, 1982
RA: I am Ra. I greet you in the love and in the light of the One Infinite Creator. We communicate now.
QUESTIONER: Could you first please give me an indication of the condition of the instrument?
RA: I am Ra. This instrument is in a state of physical complex bankruptcy which has existed for some of the measure you call time. The vital energies are normal with a strong spiritual complex counterpart and will lending substance to the mind/body/sp
irit complex energy levels.
QUESTIONER: Will our continued communication with Ra be deleterious to the physical energies of the instrument?
RA: I am Ra. We may answer in two modes. Firstly, if the instrument were thusly dedicated to this use with no transfer of energy of physical complex nature it would begin to call upon the vital energy itself and this, done in any substantive measure,
is actively deleterious to a mind/body/spirit complex if that complex wishes further experience in the illusion which it now distorts.
Secondly, if care is taken, firstly, to monitor the outer parameters of the instrument, then to transfer physical energy by sexual transfer, by magical protection, and, lastly, by the energetic displacements of thought-forms energizing the instrument duri
ng contact there is no difficulty in that there is no worsening of the instrument's mind/body/spirit complex distortions of strength/weakness.
It is to be noted that the instrument, by dedicating itself to this service, attracts greetings of which you are aware. These are inconvenient but, with care taken, need not be lastingly deleterious either to the instrument or the contact.
QUESTIONER: Of the three things that you mentioned that we could do for the instrument's benefit, would you clarify the last one? I didn't quite understand what you meant.
RA: I am Ra. As the entity which you are allows its being to empathize with any other being, so then it may choose to share with the other-self those energies which may be salubrious to the other-self. The mechanism of these energy transfers is the th
ought or, more precisely, the thought-form for any thought is a form or symbol or thing that is an object seen in time/space reference.
QUESTIONER: Has our use of the Banishing Ritual of the Lesser Pentagram been of any value and what is its effect?
RA: I am Ra. This group's use of the Banishing Ritual of the Lesser Pentagram has been increasingly efficacious. Its effect is purification, cleansing, and protection of the place of working.
The efficacy of this ritual is only beginning to be, shall we say, at the lower limits of the truly magical. In doing the working those aspiring to adepthood have done the equivalent of beginning the schoolwork, many grades ahead. For the intelligent stud
ent this is not to be discouraged; rather to be encouraged is the homework, the reading, the writing, the arithmetic, as you might metaphorically call the elementary steps towards the study of being. It is the being that informs the working, not the worki
ng that informs the being. Therefore, we may leave you to the work you have begun.
QUESTIONER: Would it be beneficial for us to perform the banishing ritual more in this room?
RA: I am Ra. It is beneficial to regularly work in this place.
QUESTIONER: I am sorry that we have had such a long delay between the last session and this one. It couldn't be helped I guess. Could you please tell me the origin of the tarot?
RA: I am Ra. The origin of this system of study and divination is twofold: firstly, there is that influence which, coming in a distorted fashion from those who were priests attempting to teach the Law of One in Egypt, gave form to the understanding, i
f you will pardon the misnomer, which they had received. These forms were then made a regular portion of the learn/teachings of an initiate. The second influence is that of those entities in the lands you call Ur, Chaldea, and Mesopotamia who, from old, h
ad received the, shall we say, data for which they called having to do with the heavens. Thusly we find two methods of divination being melded into one with uneven results; the, as you call it, astrology and the form being combined to suggest what you mig
ht call the correspondences which are typical of the distortions you may see as attempts to view archetypes.
QUESTIONER: Then am I correct in assuming that the priests of Egypt, in attempting to convert knowledge that they had received initially from Ra into understandable symbology, constructed and initiated the concept of the tarot? Is this correct?
RA: I am Ra. This is correct with the addition of the Sumerian influence.
QUESTIONER: Were Ra's teachings focusing on the archetypes for this Logos and the methods of achieving a very close approach to the archetypical configuration? Is this correct?
RA: I am Ra. This is correct without being true. We, of Ra, are humble messengers of the Law of One. We seek to teach/learn this single law. During the space/time of the Egyptian teach/learning we worked to bring the mind complex, the body complex, an
d the spirit complex into an initiated state in which the entity could contact intelligent energy and so become teach/learner itself so that healing and the fruits of study could be offered to all. The study of the roots of mind is a portion of the vivifi
cation of the mind complex and, as we have noted, the thorough study of the portion of the roots of mind called archetypical is an interesting and necessary portion of the process as a whole.
QUESTIONER: Is there, in Ra's opinion, any present day value for the use of the tarot as an aid in the evolutionary process?
RA: I am Ra. We shall repeat information. It is appropriate to study one form of constructed and organized distortion of the archetypical mind in depth in order to arrive at the position of being able to become and to experience archetypes at will. Yo
u have three basic choices. You may choose astrology, the twelve signs, as you call these portions of your planet's energy web, and what has been called the ten planets. You may choose the tarot with its twenty-two so-called Major Arcana. You may choose t
he study of the so-called Tree of Life with its ten Sephiroth and the twenty-two relationships between the stations.
It is well to investigate each discipline, not as a dilettante, but as one who seeks the touchstone, one who wishes to feel the pull of the magnet. One of these studies will be more attractive to the seeker. Let the seeker, then, investigate the archetypi
cal mind using, basically, one of these three disciplines. After a period of study, the discipline mastered sufficiently, the seeker may then complete the more important step: that is, the moving beyond the written in order to express in an unique fashion
its understanding, if you may again pardon the noun, of the archetypical mind.
QUESTIONER: Would I be correct in saying that the archetypes of this particular Logos are somewhat unique with respect to the rest of the creation? The systems of study that we have just talked about would not translate quickly or easily in other part
s of the creation. This is a very difficult question to state. Could you clear that up for me?
RA: I am Ra. We may draw from the welter of statement which you offer the question we believe you ask. Please requestion if we have mistaken your query. The archetypical mind is that mind which is peculiar to the Logos under which influence you are at
this space/time distorting your experiences. There is no other Logos the archetypical mind of which would be the same any more than the stars would appear the same from another planet in another galaxy. You may correctly infer that the closer Logoi are i
ndeed closer in archetypes.
QUESTIONER: Since Ra evolved initially on Venus Ra is of the same archetypical origin as that which we experience here. Is this correct?
RA: I am Ra. This is correct.
QUESTIONER: But I am assuming that the concepts of the tarot and the magical concepts of the Tree of Life, etc. were not in use by Ra. I suspect, possibly, some form of astrology was a previous Ra concept. This is just a guess. Am I correct?
RA: I am Ra. To express Ra's methods of study of the archetypical mind under the system of distortions which we enjoyed would be to skew your own judgment of that which is appropriate for the system of distortions forming the conditions in which you l
earn/teach. Therefore, we must invoke the Law of Confusion.
QUESTIONER: I am going to ask some questions now that may be a little off the center of what we are trying to do. I'm not sure because I'm trying to, with these questions, unscramble something that I consider very basic to what we are doing. Please fo
rgive my lack of ability in questioning since this is a difficult concept for me.
Could you give me an idea of the length of the first and second densities as they occurred for this planet?
RA: I am Ra. There is no method of estimation of the time/space before timelessness gave way in your first density. To the beginnings of your time, the measurement would be vast and yet this vastness is meaningless. Upon the entry into the constructed
space/time your first density spanned a bridge of space/time and time/space of perhaps two billion of your years.
Second density is more easily estimated and represents your longest density in terms of the span of space/time. We may estimate that time as approximately 4. 6 billion years. These approximations are exceedingly rough due to the somewhat uneven developmen
t which is characteristic of creations which are built upon the foundation stone of free will.
QUESTIONER: Did you state that second density was 4.6 billion years? B, b-i-l? Is that correct?
RA: I am Ra. This is correct.
QUESTIONER: Then we have a third density that is, comparatively speaking, the twinkling of an eye, the snap of a finger in time compared to the others. Why is the third density cycled so extremely rapidly compared to the first and second?
RA: I am Ra. The third density is a choice.
QUESTIONER: Third density, then, compared to the rest of the densities, all of them, is nothing but a uniquely short period of what we consider to be time and is for the purpose of this choice.
Is this correct?
RA: I am Ra. This is precisely correct. The prelude to choice must encompass the laying of the foundation, the establishment of the illusion and the viability of that which can be made spiritually viable. The remainder of the densities is continuous r
efining of the choice. This also is greatly lengthened, as you would use the term. The choice is, as you put it, the work of a moment but is the axis upon which the creation turns.
QUESTIONER: Is this third-density choice the same throughout all of the creation of which you are aware?
RA: I am Ra. We are aware of creations in which third density is lengthier and more space/time is given to the choosing. However, the proportions remain the same, the dimensions all being somewhat etiolated and weakened by the Logos to have a variant
experience of the Creator. This creation is seen by us to be quite vivid.
QUESTIONER: I didn't understand what you meant by what you said "as seen by you to be quite vivid". What did you mean?
RA: I am Ra. This creation is somewhat more condensed by its Logos than some other Logoi have chosen. Thus each experience of the Creator by the Creator in this system of distortions is, relatively speaking, more bright or, as we said, vivid.
QUESTIONER: I am assuming that upon entry into third density, for this planet, disease did not exist in any form. Is this correct?
RA: I am Ra. This is incorrect.
QUESTIONER: What disease or form of disease was there and why did this exist at the beginning of the third density?
RA: I am Ra. Firstly, that which you speak of as disease is a functional portion the body complex which offers the body complex the opportunity to cease viability. This is a desirable body complex function. The second portion of the answer has to do w
ith second-density other-selves of a microscopic, as you would call it, size which have in some forms long existed and perform their service by aiding the physical body complex in its function of ceasing viability at the appropriate space/time.
QUESTIONER: What I am trying to understand is the difference between the plan of the Logos for these second-density entities and the generation of what I would guess to be more or less a runaway array of feedback to create various physical problems to
act as catalyst in our present third-density condition. Could you give me an indication of whether my thinking is anywhere near right on that?
RA: I am Ra. This instrument's physical body complex is becoming more distorted towards pain. We shall, therefore, speak to this subject as our last full query of this working. Your query contains some internal confusion which causes the answer to be
perhaps more general than desired. We invite refinements of the query.
The Logos planned for entities of mind/body/spirit complex to gain experience until the amount of experience was sufficient for an incarnation. This varied only slightly from second-density entities whose mind/body complexes existed for the purpose of exp
eriencing growth and seeking consciousness. As the third density upon your planet proceeded, as has been discussed, the need for the physical body complex to cease became more rapidly approached due to intensified and more rapidly gained catalyst. This ca
talyst was not being properly assimilated. Therefore, the, shall we say, lifetimes needed to be shorter that learning might continue to occur with the proper rhythm and increment. Thus more and more opportunities have been offered as your density has prog
ressed for disease. May we ask if there are further brief queries before we close?
QUESTIONER: I have one question that is possibly of no value. You don't have to expand on it, but there is a crystal skull in the possession of a woman near Toronto. It may be of some value in investigating these communications with Ra since I think p
ossibly this had some origin from Ra. Can you tell me anything about that, and then is there anything that we can do to improve the contact or to make the instrument more comfortable?
RA: I am Ra. Although your query is one which uncovers interesting material we can not answer due to the potential an answer may have for affecting your actions. The appurtenances are carefully placed and requisite care taken. We are appreciative. All
is well.
I am Ra. I leave you, my friends, in the love and the light of the One Infinite Creator. Go forth,
therefore, glorying and rejoicing in the power and in the peace of the One Infinite Creator. Adonai.
NOTE TO OUR READERS: As we look back over the material in Volume Four,
we find the following statement by Ra from Session #97 to be the key for
this beginning of the study of the archetypical mind.
"We wish not to form that which may be considered by any
mind/body/spirit
complex to be a complete and infallible series of images. There is a
substantial point to be made in this regard. We have been, with the
questioner's aid, investigating the concept complexes of the great
architecture of the archetypical mind. To more clearly grasp the nature,
the process, and the purpose of archetypes, Ra provided a series of
concept complexes. In no way whatsoever should we, as humble messengers of
the One Infinite Creator, wish to place before the consideration of any
mind/body/spirit complex, which seeks its evolution, the palest tint of
the idea that these images are anything but a resource for working in the
area of the development of the faith and the will.
To put this into perspective we must gaze then at the stunning mystery
of
the One Infinite Creator. The archetypical mind does not resolve any
paradoxes or bring all into unity. This is not the property of any source
which is of the third density. Therefore, may we ask the student to look
up from inward working and behold the glory, the might, the majesty, the
mystery, and the peace of oneness. Let no consideration of bird or beast,
darkness or light, shape or shadow keep any which seeks from the central
consideration of unity.
We are not messengers of the complex. We bring the message of unity.
In
this perspective only may we affirm the value to the seeker of adepthood
of the grasping, articulating, and use of this resource of the deep mind
exemplified by the concept Complex of the archetypes.
EPILOGUE: After 106 sessions the Ra contact ended with Don Elkin's death on November 7, 1984, after a year of declining health. It was the harmony between the three of us that supported the Ra contact, thus we no longer work with Ra nor the trance state but now channel other Confederation sources. If you are interested in our other books or tapes, we will be happy to send you information about them. Write: L/L Research, P.O. Box 5195, Louisville, KY. 40205.
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