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[[C.W. Leadbeater]], who claimed to be [[clairvoyant]], conducted research into the akashic records. He said he inspected them at the [[Theosophical Society Adyar|Theosophical Society headquarters]] in [[Adyar (Tamil Nadu)]], [[India]] in 1910 and recorded the results in his book ''Man: How, Whence, and Whither?'' The book reputes to record the history of [[Atlantis]] and other civilizations and the future society of [[Earth]] in the 28th century.<ref>Besant, Annie and Leadbeater, C.W. ''Man: How, Whence, and Whither?'', Adyar, India, 1913, Theosophical Publishing House. On page vii of the introduction, Leadbeater says the information in the book is a result of his inspection of the akashic record.</ref>
[[C.W. Leadbeater]], who claimed to be [[clairvoyant]], conducted research into the akashic records. He said he inspected them at the [[Theosophical Society Adyar|Theosophical Society headquarters]] in [[Adyar (Tamil Nadu)]], [[India]] in 1910 and recorded the results in his book ''Man: How, Whence, and Whither?'' The book reputes to record the history of [[Atlantis]] and other civilizations and the future society of [[Earth]] in the 28th century.<ref>Besant, Annie and Leadbeater, C.W. ''Man: How, Whence, and Whither?'', Adyar, India, 1913, Theosophical Publishing House. On page vii of the introduction, Leadbeater says the information in the book is a result of his inspection of the akashic record.</ref>


[[Alice A. Bailey]] writes in her book "Light of the Soul" on "The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali - Book 3 - Union achieved and its Results": "The significance of this sutra is very great, for it gives the basis for the regaining of a knowledge of past experience. This basis is strictly mental, and only those mentally polarized and with the mind under control can regain this knowledge if they so wish. The power to see thought-images only comes through mind control, and the mind can only be controlled by the real or spiritual man. Therefore only egoically centered people can truly acquire this knowledge. It might be asked here what therefore do those people see who are emotional and not mental, when they claim to know who they are, and to relate the past lives of their friends? They are reading the akashic records and because their mental control and equipment are not adequate, they cannot discriminate nor ascertain accurately what they see.
[[Alice A. Bailey]] writes in her book Light of the Soul on The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali - Book 3 - Union achieved and its Results: "The is the of . to , the the . the of the records .
The akashic record is like an immense photographic film, registering all the desires and earth experiences of our planet. Those who perceive it will see pictured thereon:
The life experiences of every human being since time began,
The reactions to experience of the entire animal kingdom,
The aggregation of the thought-forms of a kamic nature (based on desire) of every human unit throughout time. Herein lies the great deception of the records. Only a trained occultist can distinguish between actual experience and those astral pictures created by imagination and keen desire.
The planetary "Dweller on the Threshold" with all that appertains to that term and all the aggregations of forms which are to be found in its environment.
The trained seer has learnt to dissociate that which pertains to his own aura and the aura of the planet (which is in actuality the akashic record). He can distinguish between those records which are:
Planetary,
Hierarchical or pertaining to the work of the twelve Creative Hierarchies as they bring to concretion the plan of the Logos.
Imaginative forms, the result of the desire-thought activity of the myriads of men, animated by desire for some form of experience or other.
The historical record pertaining to races, nations, groups and families in their two great divisions on the physical plane and on the astral.(...)
The astrological record, or the forms taken on the astral plane under the influence of the planetary forces. These are in two great groups.
Those forms or pictures in the akasha produced by the inflow of solar force via the planets.
Those forms or pictures which are produced by the inflow of cosmic force from one or other of the signs of the zodiac, that is, from their corresponding constellations. (...)"


In ''The [[Law of One]], Book I'', a book purported to contain conversations with a [[channeled]] "social memory complex" known to humans as "Ra," when the questioner asks where [[Edgar Cayce]] received his information, the answer received is: "We have explained before that the intelligent infinity is brought into intelligent energy from eighth density or octave. The one sound vibratory complex called Edgar used this gateway to view the present, which is ''not the continuum you experience but the potential social memory complex of this planetary sphere''. The term your peoples have used for this is the "Akashic Record" or the "[[Hall of Records]]."<ref>Elkins, Rueckert, McCarty: ''The Ra Material: An Ancient Astronaut Speaks'', p. 141, The Donning Company, 1984.</ref>
In ''The [[Law of One]], Book I'', a book purported to contain conversations with a [[channeled]] "social memory complex" known to humans as "Ra," when the questioner asks where [[Edgar Cayce]] received his information, the answer received is: "We have explained before that the intelligent infinity is brought into intelligent energy from eighth density or octave. The one sound vibratory complex called Edgar used this gateway to view the present, which is ''not the continuum you experience but the potential social memory complex of this planetary sphere''. The term your peoples have used for this is the "Akashic Record" or the "[[Hall of Records]]."<ref>Elkins, Rueckert, McCarty: ''The Ra Material: An Ancient Astronaut Speaks'', p. 141, The Donning Company, 1984.</ref>

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The akashic records (akasha is a Sanskrit word meaning "sky", "space" or "aether") is a term used in theosophy (and Anthroposophy) to describe a compendium of mystical knowledge encoded in a non-physical plane of existence. These records are described as containing all knowledge of human experience and the history of the cosmos. They are metaphorically described as a library; other analogies commonly found in discourse on the subject include a "universal supercomputer" and the "Mind of God". People who describe the records assert that they are constantly updated automatically and that they can be accessed through astral projection[1] or when someone is placed under deep hypnosis. The concept was popularized in the theosophical movements of the 19th century and is derived from Hindu philosophy of Samkhya. It is promulgated in the Samkhya philosophy that the Akashic records are automatically recorded in the atoms of akasha (the equivalent of what Aristotle called "aether"), one of the five types of atoms visualized as existing in the atomic theory of Ancient India, called Mahabhuta. In Buddhism it is taught one reason that people knew Gautama Buddha had attained enlightenment as a Buddha was because he was able to remember all of the details of all of his past lives by accessing them on the akashic records. The term akashic records is frequently used in New Age discourse.

Purported accounts of Akashic access

C.W. Leadbeater, who claimed to be clairvoyant, conducted research into the akashic records. He said he inspected them at the Theosophical Society headquarters in Adyar (Tamil Nadu), India in 1910 and recorded the results in his book Man: How, Whence, and Whither? The book reputes to record the history of Atlantis and other civilizations and the future society of Earth in the 28th century.[2]

Alice A. Bailey writes in her book Light of the Soul on The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali - Book 3 - Union achieved and its Results:

"The akashic record is like an immense photographic film, registering all the desires and earth experiences of our planet. Those who perceive it will see pictured thereon: The life experiences of every human being since time began, the reactions to experience of the entire animal kingdom, the aggregation of the thought-forms of a kamic nature (based on desire) of every human unit throughout time. Herein lies the great deception of the records. Only a trained occultist can distinguish between actual experience and those astral pictures created by imagination and keen desire.

In The Law of One, Book I, a book purported to contain conversations with a channeled "social memory complex" known to humans as "Ra," when the questioner asks where Edgar Cayce received his information, the answer received is: "We have explained before that the intelligent infinity is brought into intelligent energy from eighth density or octave. The one sound vibratory complex called Edgar used this gateway to view the present, which is not the continuum you experience but the potential social memory complex of this planetary sphere. The term your peoples have used for this is the "Akashic Record" or the "Hall of Records."[3]

"Future Life Reading" - Helen Stewart Wambach (1925–1985), who lived in Concord, California, claimed to be able to read the Akashic record. She said she could hypnotize people and enable them to experience their possible future lives in various alternate universes.[4]

In June 1976, Thea Alexander published a science-fiction novel called 2150 AD depicting a future society that has supercomputers capable of routinely accessing the akashic records. People can see scenes from their past lives displayed on video screens attached to the supercomputers.[5]

The manga series Kanna features a storyline about a parallel universe. The main characters unearth a "mokkan" (a wooden tablet) written in an ancient language, though not Sanskrit. Once translated by one of the characters, it turns out to be the akashic records. The concept is described in great detail, with the crucial plot point being that the actual events begin to diverge from the written about twenty years before present day.

The television series Eureka features a story arc involving "The Artifact", supposedly a relic from the universe which existed before the Big Bang, which served as an antenna for the Akashic Field.

Another anime called Betterman makes a continuous reference through-out the series. Several organizations are trying to find man's perfect evolution, and they quote the Akashic Records several times. The characters visit the Ajanta Caves in India when the Records are mentioned.

In Type-Moon series such as Fate/Stay Night and Kara no Kyoukai, a Magi's ultimate goal and their family line's is to seek Akasha, the Akashic record: the root of all things, storing all events, realities and possibilities while existing outside of time. Also in Tsukihime, Roa, nicknamed the Serpent of Akasha due to his ability to reincarnate, where upon death he migrates his knowledge and memories to a preselected new host.

In the WB series "Charmed," a 1999 episode entitled "They're Everywhere" featured a man who was being hunted by warlocks known as the seekers, after he decodes an ancient map that concealed the exact longitude and latitude of the akashic records.

In The Rainbow Children album by Prince the Akashic records are a reoccurring theme, notably in Family Name, which is narrated in part by an voice-activated computer belonging to the Akashic Records Genetic Information Division.

In the novel Blue Moon (Noel novel), Ever goes to Summerland in hopes of finding information to save Damen when she meets twins, Romy and Rayne who lead her to the akashic records.

In the manga "Psycho Buster", the protagonsts travel to a "crack in time" to find the akashic records to save the world.

See also

References

  1. ^ Bruce: Astral Dynamics: The Complete Book of Out-of-Body Experiences, 2009, ch 24. ISBN 978-1-57174-616-0
  2. ^ Besant, Annie and Leadbeater, C.W. Man: How, Whence, and Whither?, Adyar, India, 1913, Theosophical Publishing House. On page vii of the introduction, Leadbeater says the information in the book is a result of his inspection of the akashic record.
  3. ^ Elkins, Rueckert, McCarty: The Ra Material: An Ancient Astronaut Speaks, p. 141, The Donning Company, 1984.
  4. ^ "Future-life progression", also called future progression or future-life progression hypnosis, is a variation of past-life therapy developed by Helen Stewart Wambach, author of Recalling Past Lives (Harper & Row, 1978) and Life Before Life (Bantam Books, 1979). Chet B. Snow, "Future-life progression is a means, it is claimed, of viewing one's future and the potential lives of future incarnations of oneself.", "Skeptic’s Dictionary of New Age Theories"
  5. ^ Alexander, Thea 2150 AD 1976