Secret_History

Chapter 12: Out of Time 585
“Those who cannot progress to a certain point with their own intelligence are not
qualified to be entrusted with the secrets which can subject to their will the
elemental forces of Nature.”
So, certainly some process must be followed to achieve the requisite level for
“attracting” help.
When we dig as deeply into all of these matters as possible, over and over again
we come upon the idea that Self-knowledge is the key. It is NOT the end, but it is
the means; the first stage in self-development and the beginning of awakening
from sleep is to be able to know the self in an objective way so that the “predator’s
mind” can be controlled. Note very clearly that I say “controlled” and not merged.
Gurdjieff said that we have many “I’s” and at the same time, we have an animal
nature and a spiritual nature. Self-observation and other disciplined efforts were
taught as the means of “crystallization” of a “single I”. William Baldwin thought
that the real source of these many “I’s” was the spirit attachment problem. In
working with this, he found that his techniques could assist the person in
eliminating this barrier manifesting the true self, in the effort to “grow the will”.
The downside of it is the failure to encourage the assimilation of other
knowledge as a means of having a context in which to place the discoveries that
the self makes in the processes.
But what good is this knowledge when it seems that all the Cassiopaeans have to
say is that we are “helpless” in the face of so great a deception? The fact is, they
have said or suggested a lot more than that. More importantly, if we understand
the Cassiopaean communication properly, we see that it is truly a Fourth Way
Work, and that the Cassiopaeans are the teacher that appeared to reveal the parts of
the Secret Processes which cannot be discovered without help.
What is that big secret?
Gurdjieff refers to the Evil Magicians. The alchemists said the same thing:
Eugene Canseliet, in his preface to the Second Edition of Fulcanelli's Dwellings
of the Philosophers, writes:
“Philippe de Mallery engraved with a delicate touch: ‘Image of the World, in which
Calamities and Perils are emblematically presented along with the opposition in
feeling between the Love of God and that of man.’”
“The first emblem straightforwardly points to the original, if not unique, source of
all ills of our Humanity. It is also underlined by the Latin inscription which, in the
parenthesis, is another pun of phonetic cabala: ‘Totus mundus in maligno positus
est’; the whole world is established inside of the devil.” 398
398 Fulcanelli, Dwellings of The Philosophers, op. cit.