Interesting (if unsettling) info on *physical* immortality

I mentioned Draja Mickaharic’s new book ‘Immortality’ below, this is just a little collection of things he has heard in his capacity of wand-for-hire over the years. I doubt it would interest people on this site since a) the information is of little practical value, b) it concerns only physical immortality, not spiritual, and c) some of it is highly dubious as he admits!

I thought I’d summarize some of the info just for anyone curious. The first method he has heard most about is one neither he nor I nor anyone here will approve of, which is simply: astral projection, forceful occupation of another younger body belonging to someone else, and the shoving aside of their personalities in favour one’s own!

Mickaharic only discusses this to give himself the opportunity to give a couple of tales that are rather unpleasant but educational as to the depths humans will sink to… this kind of ‘immortality’ ranks up there with dracula I guess in the perniciousness stakes. But interestingly, Mickaharic mentions he is fairly certain that some yogic schools have information on practices like these! (Perhaps with willing students accepting the souls of their gurus!) So it’s not just magicians and taoists who get ahem ‘sucked into’ that sort of thing.

What is more interesting is the western physical immortality which comes from alchemical procedures. He has no information on how to make the potents concerned, I have to say! But he gives a number of stories from people who have crossed his path who have been involved in things like this and which, as he says, tally rather well in terms of the information given:

1. The ‘elixir’ or end result of the series of (many) alchemical operations is reddish in colour and thick.

2. It is best taken in one’s twenties or thirties. Older and it will kill you. There are strict and complex rules as to the dosage because too much will kill you at any age.

3. You must be well-prepared to take it because the taking of it initiates a process which lasts about a year. The first effect of this process is that all one’s hair and teeth fall out. Gradually one’s skin peels away as well, revealing very soft and sensitive pink new skin underneath. During this time one cannot take solid food of any kind and must be constantly looked after.

4. After the year during which one’s health grows gradually stronger, one will be free of one’s bedroom at last. At this point one is immune to both ageing and disease. One of his interviewees however mentioned that it is normal to retake the elixir after several centuries. This interviewee also said that there is a group of people known to him who have been imbibing this elixir since the 1400s! But Mickaharic was not able to verify this, not that he bothered to try I expect.

Natural to inquire: did Mickaharic meet any practicing alchemists during his time? The answer is yes, and the info on that is more interesting I think:

1. Of the people he met who considered themselves alchemists, Mickaharic considers the majority ‘puffers’ who have nothing at all interesting going on. He limits the ‘genuine alchemists’ of his acquaintance to three in number.

2. Of these three, none of them were *at all* interested, so far as he knew, in the fabled quests of alchemy: lead-to-gold, philosopher’s stone, and elixir of immortality. They limited themselves to making healing draughts for both physical and spiritual ailments – I suppose this is what one would expect.

3. All of them worked assiduously on their personalities to be as neutral, peaceful, positive and noble as possible, and considered this absolutely a prerequisite of any alchemical work.

4. A further prerequisite appears to be a happy marriage. All three of the ‘genuine alchemists’ he talks about were happily married men who were devoted to their wives. In one case when the wife died, the alchemist was not only deeply affected, he did no more alchemy after that.

I’m glad I read the book since it had so many interesting tidbits, but it’s not a practice book of any kind like his other books, and furthermore, it gives no information on the kinds of things which interest practitioners here – light body and spiritual immortality etc. It was a fun read but more for passing the time. So all the above is ‘just for the curious’! 🙂 🙂 🙂

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