Key Takeaways
1. Sexual Energies are Universal and Tangible, Yet Systematically Denied
Indeed, of all the many human activities DRIVEN by “energies,” sexual energies seem not only to be the most powerful, but the most universally shared by all individuals of our species.
Universal experience. Sexual energies are a fundamental, universally experienced aspect of human existence, transcending cultural, social, and intellectual barriers. They are dynamic forces that drive behavior, rather than merely being a consequence of anatomical or psychological factors. This innate experience persists even if all intellectual understanding of sex were erased.
Societal avoidance. Despite their omnipresence and tangible impact, the real existence of sexual energies is largely ignored or suppressed by modern societal mainstreams. This contrasts sharply with pre-modern societies, which often elevated sexualizing energies to the status of archetypal forces, recognizing their profound influence on human life. The modern West is notably deficient in acknowledging sexual energies as substantive realities.
Active condemnation. Any attempts to research or officially recognize sexualizing energetics in modern terms have been actively condemned and stigmatized. This suppression extends to the broader field of human energetics, with societal forces often acting to prevent the accumulation of verifiable knowledge, effectively erasing such research from mainstream scientific and philosophical histories.
2. Beyond Body-Mind: The Human as a Body-Energy-Mind System
One importance of this dividing is that it omits, or does not permit, a logical tripartite dividing that includes human energies, human energetics, and phenomena accompanying them.
Dualistic limitation. Western thought predominantly views humans through a dualistic "body-mind" lens, a concept so ingrained that its authenticity is rarely questioned. This reductionist framework, however, fundamentally omits the crucial component of human energies, making it difficult to account for phenomena like sexual, creative, or mental energies.
Descartes' influence. The philosophical dualism that came to dominate modern thought largely originated with René Descartes, who posited two causally unrelated substances: the physical body (a machine) and the mental soul (a "pure thinking substance"). This division, while influential, effectively excluded the concept of an animating energetic principle, relegating it to the unscientific realm and setting science free from metaphysical contexts.
The vital principle. Pre-modern societies, in contrast, recognized a "Life Principle" or "Anima" – an energetic animating fluid akin to breath – that organized inanimate matter into living organisms. This vitalistic view, which saw organisms as instruments of a vibrating, energetic life principle, was systematically devalued and jettisoned by modern materialistic sciences, creating a vacuum that mechanistic "work" energies attempted to fill.
3. Historical Pioneers Unveiled Energetic Realities, Facing Condemnation
The factor that links the different names has to do with human energetics. It is this factor, under any name, that appears to be the special target of mainstream societal suppression.
Mesmer's animal magnetism. Franz Anton Mesmer, in the 18th century, explored "animal magnetism" (animating magnetism), using "vats" to collect and transfer vital fluids, leading to ecstatic catharsis and spontaneous sexual orgasms in patients. Despite his initial success and high patronage, his work was condemned, and he was expelled from France, though Mesmerism continued globally for over a century.
Reichenbach's Odic force. Baron Karl von Reichenbach, a respected 19th-century chemist and industrialist, independently investigated "Odic force" – vital emanations from inorganic and organic matter. His experiments with sensitives revealed auras, lights, and erotic manifestations, but his findings, like Mesmer's, were ultimately dismissed and erased from mainstream scientific history.
Psychic force and orgone. The 19th-century Spiritualist movement saw the emergence of "psychic force," an "affluent substance" capable of physical effects, validated by scientists like Sir William Crookes but rejected by the Royal Society. Later, Wilhelm Reich's deliberate 20th-century research into "orgone energy" (sexualizing energy) and its accumulators, despite promising therapeutic effects, led to his persecution, imprisonment, and the destruction of his work by societal forces.
4. Clairvoyance and Lucidity: Pathways to Perceiving Invisible Energies
The distinction between natural clairvoyant faculties and lucidity is that the latter comes into functioning only if methods of artificial enhancement are undertaken.
Sensing the invisible. Clairvoyance, literally "clear seeing," refers to the faculty of perceiving objects or events distant in time or place, or concealed from normal sight. More broadly, it encompasses any sensing of invisible factors, including energies, whether through mental images, intuition, or non-visual "vibe-sensing." Everyone possesses rudimentary clairvoyant faculties, often experienced in dreams or creative visualization.
Lucidity as super-clairvoyance. Lucidity is defined as the capacity to perceive truth directly and instantaneously, a "super format" of clairvoyance that involves multiple layers of perception functioning simultaneously. Unlike natural clairvoyance, lucidity typically requires deliberate enhancement methods to activate and refine, allowing for a deeper, more integrated understanding of energetic realities.
Scientific validation. The authenticity of enhanced clairvoyance was strikingly demonstrated by Charles Webster Leadbeater and Annie Besant's "micro-clairvoyance" in "Occult Chemistry." Their detailed clairvoyant observations of atomic and sub-atomic particles, including elements unknown at the time, were later confirmed by electron microscopy and modern physics, providing compelling evidence for the reality of such extraordinary perceptual abilities.
5. The Aura: A Dynamic, Multidimensional Energy Field, Not Just a Static Glow
Far from being a mere luminous cloud around the physical body, it both interpenetrated it AND some of its elements were projected from the body sometimes to great distances.
Invisible, motional, tangible. The aura, derived from the Greek word for "breeze" or "air," is an invisible, motional, and tangible energy field surrounding and interpenetrating the human body. It's not a static glow but a dynamic, constantly changing manifestation of vital force, composed of various emanations, lights, and subtle fluids.
Kilner's screen. In the early 20th century, Dr. Walter J. Kilner, a medical doctor, developed a "dicyanin screen" that allowed him and others to visually perceive the human aura. He described distinct layers—an "etheric double," inner, and outer auras—and observed their changes with illness, will, and sexual arousal. His findings, initially dismissed, were later partially corroborated by the scientific discovery of "thermal auras" using infrared photography.
The entangled manifestation. Theosophical researchers, particularly, described the aura as a "highly complicated and entangled manifestation," a multidimensional field comprising various "information systems." These include health, vital, emotional, thought-form, karmic, character, and spiritual auras, all interblended and capable of extending far beyond the physical body. This complex, beautiful, and resplendent energy field is fundamental to human existence.
6. The Copper Mirror Device: A Catalyst for Unanticipated Lucidity
The Mahatmas apparently had telepathically perceived Sinnett’s interest, and so he was in process of receiving letters about this from the Mahatmas.
Perception enhancement. Throughout history, devices designed to extend human perception beyond the visible, such as the camera obscura, microscope, and telescope, initially faced societal resistance due to their challenging implications for established worldviews. These tools, however, paved the way for understanding how artificial means can enhance our sensory capabilities.
The Mahatmas' device. In the late 19th century, the legendary Mahatmas, or "Great Selves," communicated a description of a "copper mirror training device" to Theosophist A.P. Sinnett. This device, consisting of a highly polished copper wall, an insulated stool, and a suspended magnet, was intended to develop "lucidity" in students, enabling enhanced clairvoyant perception.
Author's experience. Decades later, Dr. Elmer and Alyce Green at the Menninger Foundation recreated this device, building a copper-paneled room. The author, participating as a subject, experienced an unanticipated and overwhelming activation of lucidity. This included seeing internal organs, energetic networks, zooming light tubes, and acupuncture points, confirming that the device could indeed trigger profound, multi-layered clairvoyant abilities.
7. Sexualizing Paraphernalia: The Core Energetic Anatomy of Desire
It is more likely that aggregates of arousal energy are flowing into the energy network of the Greater Vehicle.
Greater Vehicle energetics. Sexualizing energies are not merely products of the physical body but belong primarily to the "Greater Vehicle"—a complex, highly structured energy network that encloses and animates the physical "Lesser Vehicle." This energetic master plan dictates the morphology and dynamic activity of the biological body, with sexual energies being a key component of its ascending vibrational spectrum.
Three core chakras. Clairvoyant observation reveals a specific energetic anatomy for sexualizing paraphernalia. Beyond the commonly known seven chakras, three crucial sexualizing chakras exist: the reddish crotch chakra (between genitals and anus), the darker red anal chakra, and a deep purple/blue-green chakra located between the spine/anus (male) or vagina/clitoris (female). These are highly responsive to stimulation and play a role in ecstatic experiences.
Extended energetic structures. Other sexualizing paraphernalia include tiny, glowing chakras at the tips of the penis (ruby red) and clitoris (emerald green), which emit powerful, bending rays that can physically draw partners together. Minute chakras on the inner thighs (white/red) and other erogenous zones increase sensitivity. Hair follicles and pores act as sensitive antennae, emitting bendable blue rays and spider-web-like filaments that detect and attract compatible energies, initiating sexualizing responses.
8. Sexualizing Regalia: The Astonishing Arousal Displays of the Energy Body
Indeed, all things considered, there is nothing like a regalia aroused male or female.
Arousal and information. Sexualizing regalia represent the dramatic, outward manifestations of the energy body during states of arousal or "hornyness." These are not static but plastic, information-carrying energies that emerge from seemingly nowhere and return, communicating intent and influencing others. They are distinct from the more constant "paraphernalia" and are only visible clairvoyantly during active arousal.
Female regalia. When a bio-female is aroused, her shoulders, upper arms, and back illuminate, sprouting undulating, light-bluish "wings" that cascade upward, sometimes reaching twenty feet. Breasts develop "rose blossom" auras, and a bright yellowish-green ray from above the clitoris "snakes" out to probe potential partners. Microscopic white-light globules stream from pores, accompanied by a musky fragrance, creating an irresistible field of attraction for males.
Male regalia. Aroused males manifest an expanding pinkish-red pseudopodia from the genital area, which can extend horizontally for many feet, even hundreds. A whirling red energy tube emerges from the crotch chakra, snaking up through the body and out the skull, growing up to forty feet high with curved "spikes." Blood-red rays extend from fingertips, and pink-red coils develop around limbs, imparting superhuman strength and reducing pain thresholds. Reddish globules and an acidic fragrance emanate from pores, creating a powerful, if less selectively attractive, display.
9. Bio-Psychic Changelings: The Fluidity and Mixtures of Sexual Energies
Thus, the Mercury archetype is perfectly valid, if based upon what can clairvoyantly be seen.
Fluidity of sexual energy. Clairvoyant observations reveal that sexualizing energy forms are not rigidly confined to biological sex but are fluid, plastic, and capable of mixing. This challenges conventional, purely sociological labels like heterosexual, homosexual, and bisexual, which often fail to capture the complex energetic realities of human sexuality.
Archetypal influences. The concept of "bio-psychic changelings" aligns with ancient traditions of the androgyne and Jungian archetypes. The three major sexualizing archetypes—Mars (masculine), Venus (feminine), and Mercury (inter-sexed, fluid, changeable)—represent specific vitalizing energies. While Mars and Venus embody distinct polarities, Mercury signifies a combination and dynamic interplay of these energies, often seen as undulating coils and wings.
Mixed manifestations. It is common to observe individuals manifesting mixtures of Martian and Venusian sexualizing energies, or even temporarily exhibiting regalia typically associated with the opposite biological sex. For instance, some females display male regalia, and vice versa. These energetic mixtures, often temporary and situation-dependent, highlight the dynamic and adaptable nature of the human energy body, which can "create" novel energy manifestations beyond fixed biological forms.
10. Energetic Melding: Information Exchange Beyond Physicality
The “point” becomes more clarified in the case of psychic healing where the energetic-information patterns of the healer link into and stimulate a reorganization of the energetic-information patterns of the healee.
Dynamic motility. Aura energy fields are not static but dynamically motile, constantly in motion, radiating, extending, and drawing in. This fluidic motility is crucial because it allows for the transmission and reception of "energy-information"—qualitative differences embedded in vibrations that carry specific meanings, such as love, hate, or sexual intent.
Information exchange. Energetic melding is a process of information exchange between bio-psychic organisms, where vital life information energies temporarily link and stimulate reorganization. This principle is evident in psychic healing, where a healer's energetic-information patterns interact with a healee's to facilitate a cure, often without physical touch.
Melding torques. Clairvoyantly, specific energetic structures facilitate this melding. Male versions can manifest a horizontal, doughnut-shaped "torus" around their pectoral area, initially golden, turning red if unfulfilled, which magnetically attracts other male torques for melding. Female versions produce five vertical, rotating "torques" that form a five-pointed star, initially golden, turning electric blue if unfulfilled. These torques and their associated rays are intelligent, seeking compatible energy-information for communion and bonding, often leading to temporary, beautiful geometric illuminations above the head upon successful exchange.
11. Human Energetics: A Denied Science with Profound Implications
Whatever they are, they certainly go against the overall concept of an unbiased accumulating of enlightened knowledge on behalf of enlarging human understanding and transformative values of it.
Systematic denial. The consistent and vigorous denial of human energetics by mainstream science and philosophy, despite centuries of evidence and re-emergence under various names, remains a profound mystery. This suppression actively hinders the accumulation of enlightened knowledge and obstructs a deeper understanding of human potential and transformative values.
Occultism as energetics. Historically, the study of universal, cosmic, and organic energetics has persisted within "occultism," a term meaning "hidden" due to both the invisible nature of the energies and the need to avoid mainstream condemnation. This tradition, rooted in ancient concepts like India's Prana and China's Ch'i, views the universe as an interplay of forces, a concept modern science now approaches with "dynamism."
Social control mechanism. The persistent societal suppression of human energetics is, at its core, a social control mechanism. By discrediting and marginalizing research into vital forces, clairvoyance, and lucidity, powerful mainstream forces prevent individuals from accessing and enhancing their innate energetic capabilities. This ensures that untamed information and transformative powers do not challenge socio-authoritarian monopolies, keeping humanity largely unaware of its full bio-psychic potential.
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Psychic sexuality by Ingo Swann receives an overall rating of 3.82 out of 5 stars from 56 Goodreads reviews. Readers praise the book as a fascinating exploration of sexual energy field phenomena observed through vivid lucidity. Reviewers appreciate the practical, down-to-earth explanations that articulate what many have intuitively sensed. The book is valued for providing readers with tools to experiment with and develop their own perceptions, while offering a comprehensive picture of this esoteric topic.
