The Secret of "The Secret"
The Secret of "The Secret"
How the world wide phenomenon on the "Law Of Attraction" provides historical clues to the origin of this great secret
I came across the Netflix documentary The Secret sometime around 2013 or 2014. The documentary was transformative for my life as it did introduce me to the law of attraction, which trickled down into the natural laws of the universe.
Following this, I studied Hermeticism and the Kyballion, and as time went on, I came across more works on synchronicity. I started to understand that reality has a natural magical aspect. I've compiled all the research and information I've come across into my Udemy course, with an hour's worth of free videos for anyone to watch.
From a historical perspective of magic, I began to realize that this historical journey of the topic of magic was similar to what was detailed at the beginning of The Secret documentary I saw almost ten years earlier. Now that I have the historical context and realize how much history played in creating the world we inhabit, we will review the first two minutes of The Secret documentary to elaborate on what those video scenes described.
We'll be reviewing five aspects of the beginning of the documentary:
The Emerald Tablet, Egyptians, and the Greek
The Knights Templar, the church, and the Rosicrucian
Masonry and the Americas
Corporate tycoons create a reality where there is no “secret”
Famous users of “The Secret”
Throughout this article, I will use pieces from my manuscript to discuss each section. So without further ado, let's start with Egypt and the Emerald Tablet.
The Emerald Tablet, Egyptians, and the Greek
In this clip, we see an individual looking to capture the secrets of an “emerald tablet.” In folklore, the emerald tablet is said to have been composed by an individual known as Hermes Trismegistus, which contains universal laws. Individuals such as Isaac Newton, which we'll cover later, have been linked to these universal laws via the practice known as alchemy.
This tablet is said to have originated in Egypt, so what we see in the clip is what looks like Egyptian priests trying to capture the information from the tablet while soldiers are bearing down on them.
From my manuscript, we read the following:
As concepts like Neoplatonism began to spread and gain popularity among society's learned classes, we began to see a collection of academic studies and philosophical thinking gathered at one central location.
Here we have the Library of Alexandria [in Egypt], which – as history tells us – was a central location where travelers worldwide could come and study the works of Plato, Plotinus and others. This library was the grand collection of all of the esoteric ideas at the time…
Unfortunately, not too long after, the library was “destroyed” in 48 BCE, and all that early knowledge of humanity’s first encounters with other realities was gone.
The Knights Templar, the Church, and the Rosicrucians
Next, we have an individual who looks like a knight who looks to be an ode to the Knights Templar. Within this clip, we see the Knight looking to conceal something, and then the scene flips over to what appears to be a priest member in a rush. This clip seems to be an ode to the Roman church, but also an order of the Church known as the Rosicrucian.
The Rosicrucians were one of these groups who first understood a different nature to reality and looked to examine this unorthodox nature of reality with its uncommon themes.
From my manuscript, we read the following:
…the Knights Templar were the founders of our modern-day banking system. According to their Wikipedia page, we read the following:
The Knights' involvement in banking grew over time into a new basis for money, as Templars became increasingly involved in banking activities... Officially the idea of lending money in return for interest was forbidden by the church, but the Order sidestepped this with clever loopholes, such as a stipulation that the Templars retained the rights to the production of mortgaged property…
…. Ironically, the Templars fell due to being accused of “devil worship” – which we now know based on the time of the Dark Ages; this could easily have been the study and application of the occult and esoteric arts….
There was another group… These were the Rosicrucians. Interestingly, this group believed that a secret brotherhood was working behind the scenes for the benefit of humankind. This idea of clandestine groups has held firm in the human psyche for the past 500 years.
Masonry and the Americas
As we go further in the clip, the next scene we see is what appears to be the founding fathers. Now it's unclear if these founding fathers are British or American, but we see that they are delving into what we call occult art.
These individuals may be diving into the work of the esoteric, and we get the idea that this might be an ode to the George Washingtons, Benjamin Franklins, and Paul Reveres of that time.
From my manuscript, we read the following:
We’ll briefly go through the Enlightenment and Post-Enlightenment periods. These periods allowed for a transition from secrecy when studying magic, occult and esoteric wisdom – to a more open, accepting attitude regarding these ideas. As more individuals began to explore such topics, we started to see groups form, and this takes us from the end of the 16th century to the 18th and 19th centuries.
The main group that we’ll highlight within the Enlightenment periods is the Masons. Many people are familiar with that term, but taking it into the context of the world as we know it, we can see where and how they come into play. With the Masons and from Radin, we read the following:
…The Freemasons were especially fond of adopting Hermetic symbolism and lore. Overtime the Freemasons slowly evolved into an esoteric organization open to all men (and much later to women) across all social classes. The Masons, as they are now more commonly known, would be an important forerunner of future esoteric organizations.
So here we have a group of individuals who have gathered themselves to investigate the magical world and its effects on the real world. Seeing that we’ve most certainly validated the authenticity of the supernatural, having groups of individuals studying its effect can lead to real-world implications.
Corporate tycoons create a reality where there is no "secret."
This clip shows individuals who resemble the first tycoons in America. These would be the first industries, such as oil, steel, and manufacturing, that arose around the creation of the Industrialization age.
These conglomerates, owned by the oligarchs, take hold of reality and change society and the world as they see fit. I discuss this in my lecture on billionaires, but ultimately, we're seeing a group of individuals with the power and resources to change how the general population thinks.
From my manuscript, we read the following:
Here we’ve come full circle to the beginning of our adventure; we’ve arrived in the 19th century and entered the age of electricity. This time, known as the Industrial Age, is where our journey began, and we’ve already mentioned how a few individuals shaped the world in their image.
Could those few billionaires access the ancient works of the Masons, Knights Templars, and many others? Who knows – but that reality is no longer farfetched. If we recall the origin of the word magic, it referred to those who were a “learned” class. Not the same education forced upon us that consisted of dinosaurs, evolution, or globe earth, but factual knowledge, one of the occult and an esoteric world.
Unfortunately, that’s not the knowledge passed on to everyone – but you, by reading this book, now have a key to that knowledge. By seeing how we got here, we can see how we can take control of where we’re going.
Famous Users of “The Secret”
Lastly, many individuals are mentioned as using this "secret of reality." Some of the individuals listed are Plato, Newton, and Einstein. I would add individuals such as Nikola Tesla, Franz Mesmer, and Rudolf Steiner - all of who I mention in my course.
When one studies these individuals, one realizes that everything is similar and related - which is this practice of Alchemy that I refer to here. From that article, we read the following:
Alchemy is an ancient medieval chemical science. It attempted to turn less-valuable metals, like lead, into more valuable metals, like gold. It was also known as an older branch of natural philosophy, a philosophical study of nature and the physical universe.
Due to its philosophical concepts, alchemy was also known to contain some modern psychiatric breakthroughs and insights, such as Carl Jung's individuation process.
The study of alchemy can be referred to as the chemistry of the soul because, from this philosophical, chemical perspective, the rules of chemistry would apply psychically. You could replicate what occurred chemically, mentally. Due to alchemy's vast amount of chemistry, many chemists were alchemists—the most famous being Isaac Newton.
This practice of alchemy is something we should take seriously if we want to live the lives we'd see ourselves living.
Conclusion
Thanks for reading my article on the beginning of The Secret and how it lays out a history lesson on how we got here. This information is essential because we need to know how we got here, understand why it was hidden, and where we can take this information to go.
For a comprehensive analysis, I recommend reading my work on The Brave New World of 1984. Sign up for the members-only content to understand how we can use this information in this reality.
Thank you for your time, and all the best in this endeavor of life.