Ophiel – A Short Biography and the Books of the Occult Teacher

Ophiel ( Edward C. Peach )was an occultist and teacher who taught and wrote about esotericism and the occult during the 1960s – 70’s. His books focus on the practical side of the occult and are like a precious gold mine of practical information and instructions.

I have read most of Ophiel’s books several times, many years ago, and though his style is somewhat unusual, he delivers his message quite clearly.

Ophiel gained his knowledge through experiments and practical work. He said that because he was not a member of any group or fraternity, he was not sworn to secrecy and, therefore, could reveal all the secrets and laws concerning the occult and magic, the subjects about which he wrote.

Ophiel books:

# The art and practice of getting material things through creative visualization
# The art and practice of astral projection
# The art and practice of kabbalah magic
# The art and practice of the occult
# The art and practice of clairvoyance
# The art and practice of contacting the demiurge
# Tarot: mirror of the soul
# Art and practice of talismanic magic
# Oracle of Fortuna
#The art and practice of getting material things through creative visualization

You can get Ophiel books at Amazon.

It is interesting to note that Ophiel is the name given to the spirit of Mercury, one of the Olympic spirits. He is the teacher of magical arts and is able to convert quicksilver into the Philosopher’s Stone.

I tried to find more information about Ophiel but could not find any.

Ophiel died in San Francisco in 1988 at the age of 84.

Art and Practice of Getting Material Things Through Creative Visualization

Here is an excerpt from Ophiel’s book about creative visualization:

“Here then is one of the main reasons why this Mental Creative Visualization Process does not, and cannot work, for all people, as it should.

Because an ability to create clear, mental, picture images, in the mind, is required; and not all people possess this image creation facility naturally. I did not have this facility myself and I had to work hard to get it in enough degree to get positive results from my Creative Visualization
work.

I have no doubt that those writers, who wrote those previously referred to books about this creative visualization subject, possessed those creative visualization mental image making abilities naturally, and it probably never occurred to them that others did not have that ability to in the same degree that they had it.*

I want to call your attention again to this strange omission of all practical exercises on developing mental images made by the previous teachers of this Art. Obviously, as the Art succeeded with them, they just assumed that all other people had this ability too in line with that recent joke “Well doesn’t everyone?”

The lack of a positive image making facility is one of the most potent factors in the failure of this kind of creative work; and the omission of any kind of exercises in those books to develop this ability in you is inexcusable. How could you possibly succeed in this work if you cannot visualize?”