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Wednesday, 7 May 2014

Dora Van Gelder


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Dora van Gelder Kunz (April 28, 1904 – August 25, 1999) was an American writer, psychic, alternative healer,[1] occultist and leader in the Theosophical Society in America.[2] Kunz has published around the world in Dutch, English, French, German, Polish, Portuguese, and Spanish.


Biography[edit]

Dora van Gelder was born at a Dutch camp called Tjeweng[3] located about five kilometers south of Djombang city situated in the Dutch East Indies, which at that time was a Dutch colony and today is known as Java.[4] There she was raised at her father’s estate, a sugar cane plantation. Since she was a child, she claimed, she interacted with ethereal beings without knowing that clairvoyant ability was unusual. At eleven years old she moved to Mosman, a suburb of Sydney (Australia),[5] to study with someone knowledgeable about her abilities, the then-Anglican clergyman and psychic C. W. Leadbeater, who instructed her in the refining of her psychic skills.[2][6]
The Manor, a training center rented by Theosophical Society in Mosman, Sydney where Dora Kunz stayed for a while.[7]
Through Leadbeater she met Fritz Kunz, who used to accompany Leadbeater on his travels. In 1927, at the age of twenty-two, Gelder and Kunz married and moved to the United States where her American husband became the principal of a scholastic foundation and she became president of a corporation related to pedagogic supplies.[2] Soon after coming to the USA, the couple founded the first theosophical camp at Orcas Island in the state of Washington.[6]
Dora van Gelder draws attention in her works for the existence of powerful beings called Devas which transmit and direct energy to the nature.[8] “Fairy and Griffon” by Gustave Moreau, 19th century.
For many years, Dora dealt with new methods in healing, particularly therapeutic touch,[9] which she co-developed in 1972 with Dr. Dolores Krieger,[10] a nursing professor at New York University,[11] which is said to promote healing, relaxation and lessen pain.[2][12] Therapeutic touch, stated Kunz, has its origin from ancient Yogic texts written in Sanskrit, which describe it as a pranic healing method.[1] As a result of that enterprise the technique is taught in approximately eighty colleges and universities in the U.S., and in more than seventy countries.[1]
Kunz philanthropically directed her clairvoyance towards helping physicians in complicated medical cases,[13] in particular aiding in diagnoses through her supposed capability of seeing the effects of diseases in the aura of the patients. More specifically she reported the existence of centers of energy in human body, also known as chakras, changing their colors according to diseases that affect matching endocrine glands.[14] She is said to have been able to predict some illness as many as eighteen months before symptoms manifest themselves.[6]
In 1975 Kunz became president of the Theosophical Society in America. In 1977 she published a book about her fairy experiences in her youth, “The Real World of Fairies”, in which she stated that throughout her life she always kept in communication with nature spirits.[8][2] According to her, in 1979 she saw fairies in Central Park in New York City, but due to the increasing pollution it was getting more difficult.[15] Kunz claims that devas are intimately connected with a vital energy, transmitting force to preserve and heal the Earth. She said as more people get involved with environmental causes, the better are the chances of communication between humans and devas.[8] In 1987 after completing twelve years as president of the Theosophical Society in America, she retired and devoted herself to lecturing and writing.[2][6]
In the 1920s walking on the shores of Mosman Dora Kunz says she met a friendly nature spirit worried about evil entities who had invaded the local area, and she managed to expel them. “Mosman's Bay” by Arthur Streeton, 1914.[5]

Works[edit]

Books[edit]

  • Christmas of the Angels, 1962.
  • The Real World of Fairies, 1977.
  • Fields and their clinical implications; co-author Erik Peper, 1985.
  • Spiritual aspects of the healing arts, 1985.
  • Devic Counsciouness, 1989.
  • The Chakras and the Human Energy Fields; co-author Shafica Karagulla, 1989.
  • The Personal Aura, 1991.
  • Spiritual Healing, 1995.
  • Aura en persoonlijkheid: aura's zien en begrijpen (Aura and personality: see auras and understand); co-author George Hulskramer, 1998.

Interviews and lectures[edit]

  • Reminiscences of Annie Besant and C.W. Leadbeater; with Fritz Kunz, 1967.
  • Healing and the Dynamic Structure of Man, 1974.
  • Masters and the Future of the Theosophical Society, 1978.
  • The Alchemical Power of Consciousness Healing; with Janet Macrae, 1979.
  • The Path and the Spiritual Life; with Renee Weber, 1980.
  • Application of Theosophy; with William J. Ross, 1981.
  • Use of Healing Energy in Therapeutic Touch, 1981.
  • Karma and Human Relations, 1981.
  • Masters of the Wisdom, 1982.
  • Inner Structure of Man & Its Effects On Life, 1983.
  • Interview with Father Bede Griffiths, 1983.
  • Depression From the Energetic Perspective; with Erik Peper, 1984.
  • Masters and the Future, 1984.
  • Man's Experience at Different Levels of Consciousness, 1985.
  • Theosophical Perspectives on Dealing with Pain; with Erik Peper, 1985.
  • The Objectives of the Theosophical Society; with Radha Burnier, 1986.
  • The Role of Karma in Life, 1986.
  • Letting Go: Perspectives on Death and Dying; with Erik Peper, 1987.
  • Chakras and the Human Energy Fields, 1989.
  • Deeper View of Healing and Its Many Aspects; with Dolores Krieger, 1989.
  • Conscious Use of the Healing Mind; with Dolores Krieger, 1990.
  • Healing and Changes in the Invisible Emotional Patterns, 1991.
  • Conversation with Dora Kunz, 1992.
  • Personal Aura and its Relation to Daily Life, 1992.
  • Karma: White Lotus Day Commemoration, 1994.
  • Spiritual Aspects of Healing and Therapeutic Touch, 1994.
  • Meditation as a Part of Life, 1996.[6]

See also[edit]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c Russell Targ, Jane Katra, Miracles of Mind:Exploring Nonlocal Consciousness and Spiritual Healing, 1999. pp. 166, 239, 240. ISBN 978-1-57731-097-6.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f Ed. by J. Gordon Melton, Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology – Volume II, 2001. Gale Group, Inc. 5th Edition. p.1625. ISBN 0-8103-9489-8.
  3. Jump up ^ J. van Dulm, W.J. Krijgsveld, H.J. Legemaate, H.A.M. Liesker, G. Weijers; Illustrated atlas of Japanese camps in the Netherlands East Indies, - East Indies Camp Archives. Netherlands Institute for War Documentation (NIOD). Retrieved 01/2011.
  4. Jump up ^ Pedro Oliveira, Dora van Gelder Kunz’s Testimony, CWL World. Retrieved 01/2011.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b Peter Read, Haunted Earth, 2003. p. 30. ISBN 0-86840-726-7.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Theosophical Publishing House, Dora van Gelder Kunz, Theosophical Society in America. 2010.
  7. Jump up ^ Gregory John Tillett, Charles Webster Leadbeater 1854-1934: A Biographical Study, 1986. University of Sydney, Department of Religious Studies. Chapter 22, pp. 846-847.
  8. ^ Jump up to: a b c Nathaniel Altman, The deva handbook: how to work with nature's subtle energies, 1995. pp. 18,19, 124. ISBN 0-89281-552-3.
  9. Jump up ^ Tova Navarra and Adam M.D. Perlman, The encyclopedia of complementary and alternative medicine, 2004, p. 73. ISBN 0-8160-4997-1.
  10. Jump up ^ Rosemary Guiley, Encyclopedia of mystical & paranormal experience, 1993, p. 69. ISBN 1-85627-322-9.
  11. Jump up ^ Robert T. Carroll, Therapeutic Touch - the Skeptic's Dictionary. Copyright 1994-2009.
  12. Jump up ^ Leonard C. Bruno, Therapeutic touch - Encyclopedia of Medicine. Article, 2001. Gale Research. Retrieved 01/2011.
  13. Jump up ^ Von Braschler, Natural Pet Healing: Our Psychic, Spiritual Connection, 2003. pp. 2,3. ISBN 1-931942-07-2.
  14. Jump up ^ Cyndi Dale, The Subtle Body: An Encyclopedia of Your Energetic Anatomy, 2009, p. 249. ISBN 1-59179-671-7.
  15. Jump up ^ Gordon Stein, The encyclopedia of the paranormal, 1996, p. 266. ISBN 1-57392-021-5.

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Monday, 31 March 2014

Bilocation

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Bilocation, or sometimes multilocation, is an alleged psychic or miraculous ability wherein an individual or object is located (or appears to be located) in two distinct places at the same time.[1][2][3][4]
The concept has been used in a wide range of historical and philosophical systems, ranging from early Greek philosophy to modern religious stories, occultism and magic.


History[edit]

The concept of bilocation has appeared in early Greek philosophy,[5][6][7][8] shamanism,[5][6][7][8][9][10][11] paganism,[11] folklore,[8][12] occultism and magic,[13][14][15] the paranormal,[16][17][18] Hinduism (as one of the siddhis),[5][6][19][20] Buddhism,[21][22] spiritualism, Theosophy,[10][15] the New Age[23][24][25] and mysticism in general,[26] as well as Christian mysticism[6][27] and Jewish mysticism.[28]

In religion and mysticism[edit]

Several religious figures have historically claimed to have bilocated. In 1774, St. Alphonsus Liguori claimed to have gone into a trance while preparing for Mass. When he came out of the trance he said that he had visited the bedside of the dying Pope Clement XIV.[citation needed]
Several Christian saints and monks are said to have exhibited bilocation. Among the earliest is the apparition of Our Lady of the Pillar in the year 40. Other Christian figures said to have experienced bilocation include St. Anthony of Padua, Ursula Micaela Morata, St. Gerard Majella, Charles of Mount Argus, St. Pio of Pietrelcina,[29] St. Severus of Ravenna, St. Ambrose of Milan, María de Ágreda,[30] and St. Martin de Porres, María de León Bello y Delgado, as well as Pope Cyril VI of Alexandria. St Isidore the Laborer claimed to be praying or attending to mass in Church while at the same time plowing in the fields.
In the 17th century, persons accused of witchcraft were reported to appear in dreams and visions of witnesses. The trials at Bury St. Edmunds and Salem included this "Spectral evidence" against defendants. Matthew Hopkins described the phenomenon in his book The Discovery of Witches.
The English occultist Aleister Crowley was reported by acquaintances to have the ability, even though he said he was not conscious of its happening at the time.[31]
Vladimir Lenin was seen in his Moscow Kremlin office digging through papers in October 1923 while he was critically ill in Gorki.[32] Another mystical story involved Soviet author Yevgeny Petrov served as inspiration for the film Envelope (2012) starring Kevin Spacey. Paranormal author Rodney Davies has written a book on the history of bilocation.[33]

In popular culture[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. Jump up ^ Wikisource-logo.svg "Bilocation" in the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia.
  2. Jump up ^ McGoven, Una (2007). Chambers Dictionary of the Unexplained. Chambers (published December 19, 2007). p. 68. ISBN 978-0-550-10215-7. 
  3. Jump up ^ Spence, Lewis (2003) "Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology: Part 2", Kessinger Publishing, ISBN 0-7661-2817-2
  4. Jump up ^ American Society for Psychical Research (1907) "An interesting case of Bilocation", American Society for Psychical Research, The Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research, V44-45
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b c McEvilley, Thomas (2002). The Shape of Ancient Thought: Comparative Studies in Greek and Indian Philosophies. Allworth Communications. pp. 102, 262. ISBN 1-58115-203-5. 
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Riedweg, Christoph; Steven Rendall (2005). Pythagoras: His Life, Teaching, and Influence. Cornell University Press. p. 4. ISBN 0-8014-4240-0. 
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b Dodds, E. R. (2004). The Greeks and the Irrational. University of California Press. p. 145. ISBN 978-0-520-24230-2. 
  8. ^ Jump up to: a b c Znamenski, Andrei A. (2004). Shamanism: Critical Concepts in Sociology. New York: Routledge. pp. 248–249. ISBN 0-415-33248-6. 
  9. Jump up ^ Fenn, Richard K.; Donald Capps (1995). On Losing the Soul: Essays in the Social Psychology of Religion. SUNY Press. pp. 243–4. ISBN 0-7914-2493-6. 
  10. ^ Jump up to: a b Gardner, J., Faiths of the Word, cited in Tylor Sir, Edward Burnett (1920). Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Language, Art, and Custom. J. Murray. p. 448. ISBN 1-112-19097-X. 
  11. ^ Jump up to: a b York, Michael (2005). Pagan Theology: Paganism as a World Religion. NYU Press. p. 41. ISBN 0-8147-9708-3. 
  12. Jump up ^ Synge, John Millington; Tim Robinson (1992). The Aran Islands. Penguin Classics. p. 148. ISBN 0-14-018432-5. 
  13. Jump up ^ Harris, Dean W. R. (2006). Essays in Occultism, Spiritism and Demonology. Kessinger Publishing. pp. 46–66. ISBN 1-4286-0202-X. 
  14. Jump up ^ Olliver, C. W. Analysis of Magic and Witchcraft. Kessinger Publishing, 2003. pp. 117, 155–6. ISBN 0-7661-5699-0. 
  15. ^ Jump up to: a b Olcott, Henry Steel (1895). Old Diary Leaves: The True Story of the Theosophical Society. G. P. Putnam's Sons. p. 388. ISBN 0-524-07951-X. 
  16. Jump up ^ LeShan, Lawrence L. (2004). The World of the Paranormal: The Next Frontier. Allworth Communications, Inc.,. pp. 51, 121. ISBN 1-58115-360-0. 
  17. Jump up ^ Ramsland, Katherine (2002). Ghost: Investigating the Other Side. Macmillan. p. 27. ISBN 0-312-98373-5. 
  18. Jump up ^ Seymour, Percy (2003). The Third Level of Reality: A Unified Theory of the Paranormal. Cosimo, Inc. p. 146. ISBN 1-931044-47-3. 
  19. Jump up ^ Yoga Sutras of Patanjali cited in Yogananda, Paramahansa. Autobiography of a Yogi. Diamond Pocket Books. p. 29. ISBN 81-902562-0-3. 
  20. Jump up ^ Yoga Sutras of Patanjali cited in O'Brien, Justin (1996). A Meeting of Mystic Paths: Christianity and Yoga. Yes International Publishers. pp. 29, 140. ISBN 0-936663-14-6. 
  21. Jump up ^ Comfort, Alex (1984). Reality and Empathy: Physics, Mind, and Science in the 21st Century. SUNY Press. p. 42. ISBN 0-87395-762-8. 
  22. Jump up ^ Vetterling, Herman (2003). Illuminate of Gorlitz Or Jakob Bohme's Life and Philosophy Part 3: V. 3. Kessinger Publishing. p. 967. ISBN 0-7661-4788-6. 
  23. Jump up ^ Prophet, Elizabeth Clare (2001). The Masters and the Spiritual Path. Summit University Press. p. 331. ISBN 0-922729-64-6. 
  24. Jump up ^ Waterfield, Robin (2002). Rene Guenon and the Future of the West: The Life and Writings of a 20th-Century Metaphysician. Sophia Perennis. p. 72. ISBN 0-900588-87-X. 
  25. Jump up ^ Hollenback, Jess Byron (1996). Mysticism: Experience, Response, and Empowerment. Penn State Press. p. 137. ISBN 0-271-01552-7. 
  26. Jump up ^ Herzog, Johann Jakob; Philip Schaff, Samuel Macauley Jackson, Albert Hauck, Charles Colebrook Sherman, George William Gilmore, Lefferts A. Loetscher (1910). The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing Biblical, Historical, Doctrinal, and Practical Theology and Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Biography from the Earliest Times to the Present Day. Funk and Wagnalls Company. p. 69. 
  27. Jump up ^ Hastings, James; John Alexander Selbie; Louis Herbert Gray (1917). Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics. T. & T. Clark. p. 101. 
  28. Jump up ^ Samuel, Gabriella (2007). The Kabbalah Handbook: A Concise Encyclopedia of Terms and Concepts in Jewish Mysticism. Jeremy P. Tarcher. p. 51. ISBN 1-58542-560-5. 
  29. Jump up ^ Day, Malcolm (September 2002). "Blood brother: Padre Pio". Fortean Times. 
  30. Jump up ^ This holy virgin burned with a most ardent love for God and for the salvation of souls. One day, she beheld in a vision all the nations of the world. She saw the greater part of men were deprived of God's grace, and running headlong to everlasting perdition. She saw how the Indians of Mexico put fewer obstacles to the grace of conversion than any other nation who were out of the Catholic Church, and how God, on this account, was ready to show mercy to them. Hence she redoubled her prayers and penances to obtain for them the grace of conversion. God heard her prayers. He commanded her to teach the Catholic religion to those Mexican Indians. From that time, she appeared, by way of bilocation, to the savages, not less than five hundred times, instructing them in all the truths of our holy religion, and performing miracles in confirmation of these truths. When all were converted to the faith, she told them that religious priests would be sent by God to receive them into the Church by baptism. As she had told, so it happened. God, in his mercy, sent to these good Indians several Franciscan fathers, who were greatly astonished when they found those savages fully instructed in the Catholic doctrine. When they asked the Indians who had instructed them, they were told that a holy virgin appeared among them many times, and taught them the Catholic religion and confirmed it by miracles. (Life of the Venerable Mary of Jesus of Agreda, § xii.) Thus those good Indians were brought miraculously to the knowledge of the true religion in the Catholic Church, because they followed their conscience in observing the natural law. Muller, Michael. The Catholic Dogma: "Extra Ecclesiam Nullus omnino Salvatur"
  31. Jump up ^ Booth Martin (2000) "A Magick Life: Biography of Aleister Crowley", Hodder & Stoughton Ltd, ISBN 0-340-71805-6
  32. Jump up ^ "Strange but True". LIFE Books (Time Home Entertainment Inc) 12 (6): Page 56. April 20, 2012. 
  33. Jump up ^ Rodney Davies. (2001). Doubles: The Enigma of the Second Self. Robert Hale Ltd. ISBN 978-0709061182
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