Sympathetic Vibratory Physics

Occult simply means ""non-observable", "scalar", "hidden", "mysterious", "unknown" or yet to be known. It does not mean "satanic", "evil" or anything resembling or derived from such emotionally reactionary terms (meme) taught by the controlling power structures. There is no supernatural but there are the unseen causative etheric scalar forces.

Science and scientists are constantly pursuing new, hidden or occult knowledge - that which they do not yet know. Spiritual seekers, regardless of venue, are seeking to know new knowledge or new awareness whether from the Bible or other sacred text. They are digging into the hidden meanings looking for that which is unknown or occulted from their current knowledge or understanding.

Keely
"Comparing it (etheric vapor) with steam it is as different as it is opposite in origin. Steam is derived from heat or combustion, and so may be said to have a chemical origin; the vapor is a production of mechanical action, a spontaneous energy. Vibration, whether considered as an energy or a motion, is an inherent property or concomitant of matter, and therefore spontaneous. Keely’s inventions for producing this power are so entirely original, and so unlike any other devices that have been constructed, that there is nothing in the annals of research to afford a starting point for the understanding. The mechanical means by which this occult energy under consideration is educed and economized, are as unique as those which belong to electricity. Keely’s instruments are no more like electrical apparatus than they are like the machinery used with steam, the product of the crude molecular dissociation of water by heat." [Bloomfield-Moore in Keely and His Discoveries]

Walter Russell on occult
Question: What do you think was meant by saying it was dangerous to meditate without a guide?
Answer: "It must have referred to cultist who go in for phenomena, such as spirit rappings and table liftings. People do get so deeply immersed in the unnatural and miraculous happenings that they do become mentally deranged â€” but ignorance of Nature's ways lied behind such practices. Also, the eternal ego of man lies behind it. Many people like to think that they are 'occult' whatever that means. People who are given to day-dream about doing miraculous things but never do anything at all, or who suffer from what is known as 'delusions of grandeur' are the ones who like to feel that they are 'occult' and can perform miracles because of it. That is the danger of taking up such unnatural things with such unnatural people." (Russell, The Message of the Divine Iliad; VOL II, page 209)

Across the history of Western esotericism, certain thinkers didn’t just practice the occult—they reshaped it. Each figure in this image carved a distinct path, and together they form a lineage of ideas that still shape modern Hermetic, magical, and mystical thought.

Manly P. Hall
Hall’s power came from synthesis. He gathered myth, symbolism, philosophy, and ancient mystery teachings into works like The Secret Teachings of All Ages. He opened the door for countless seekers to see that the occult wasn’t chaos—it was a coded language of universal patterns.

Aleister Crowley
Crowley broke the Victorian stranglehold on magical thought. Love him or hate him, he dragged the occult into the modern era with Thelema, sexual magic, and a brutally honest approach to the self. His focus on Will redefined the magician’s role from passive seeker to active creator.

Austin Osman Spare
Spare was the quiet revolutionary. His sigil system and belief in the subconscious as the true magical engine became the backbone of Chaos Magick. He wasn’t interested in ceremony—he cared about direct, personal, psychological power. Today’s modern, stripped-down magic owes him everything.

Helena Blavatsky
Blavatsky globalized the occult. Through Theosophy, she introduced Eastern metaphysics, karma, reincarnation, and the idea of an ancient root wisdom to the Western world. Whether one agrees with her or not, she forced the West to look beyond its borders for spiritual truth.

Éliphas Lévi
Lévi re-enchanted Western ritualism. He gave the modern world its most recognizable occult symbols—the Tarot’s esoteric structure, the Pentagram’s magical meaning, and the image of Baphomet. Almost every ceremonial tradition today, from the Golden Dawn to Wicca, carries his fingerprints.

Dion Fortune
Fortune anchored the occult in psychology and real practice. She explained the inner mechanics of magic in ways people could use, not just admire. Her work on psychic defense, the astral, and divine archetypes shaped modern esoteric training and became foundational for today’s mystical communities.

John Dee
Dee blended science, mysticism, and statecraft. His Enochian system—born from scrying sessions and angelic communication—remains one of the most complex magical systems on Earth. He proved that the line between scholar and sorcerer can be razor-thin.

Hermes Trismegistus
Hermes is the archetypal source. Whether historical or mythic, the Hermetic writings attributed to him structured the entire Western magical worldview: the correspondence between worlds, the power of mind, and the alchemical path of spiritual transformation. He’s the backbone of the whole tradition.

King Solomon
Solomon represents the magician-king archetype—the master of spirits who balances earthly responsibility with occult command. The Solomonic grimoires and angelic/demonic hierarchies echo through countless magical traditions, shaping how practitioners view spiritual forces and authority.

Every one of these figures pushed the occult forward by challenging the limits of their time—some through scholarship, others through practice, others through raw disruptive imagination. And whether their influence came from wisdom, innovation, or sheer force of personality, they all contributed a piece of the puzzle we’re still assembling today.

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