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Stories of Magic and Enchantment
In these stories, individuals realize that daily life and ordinary consciousness contain additional levels of awareness. And with this multi-dimensional awareness comes the discovery that we are free to become whatever we wish to be. Come travel into the realms of fairy tales and mythology where we shall meet angels, demons, mermaids, gnomes, trees that speak, elves, dragons, spirits of the wind who appear as young women, and people from the far past and the distant future. Though varied in time and location, these stories are a magic crystal ball. As we gaze upon it, we find our own answers to the questions,
What is missing from life?
What is it to be fully alive?
How do we make choices that enable us to become the person we are meant to be?
And what part do we as the human race choose to play in the unfolding of the universe?
The author is a student of global archetypes and a traveler into many spiritual realms. He shares these stories with us in order to reveal the deepest mysteries of the heart.
What is missing from life?
What is it to be fully alive?
How do we make choices that enable us to become the person we are meant to be?
And what part do we as the human race choose to play in the unfolding of the universe?
The author is a student of global archetypes and a traveler into many spiritual realms. He shares these stories with us in order to reveal the deepest mysteries of the heart.
278 pages, Paperback
First published July 4, 2017
About the author
William R. Mistele
11 books14 followers“I was born in Detroit, Michigan. My parents were extraordinarily dynamic. They were patrons of all the major Christian evangelists in the United States. They had contact with many political and business leaders. When it came to motor boats, sailboats, planes, and cars, they either set new records or owned some of the most famous ones in the world.
In this enchanting environment, you could come down to breakfast in the morning and meet a house guest like Captain Fuchida who led the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. You could hear the Captain and my mother discussing previously undisclosed details about the causes of World War II.
However, surrounded as I was by relatives who were masters of engineering, business enterprise, law, and accounting, I pursued a different path.
I graduated from Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois with a BA in philosophy and a minor in economics. At that time, I began studying esoteric, oral traditions. In genuine mythology, individuals come into contact with the creative powers of the human spirit. Words and language possess a symbolic and imaginative quality that is magical. To understand an idea is to experience it from within. This involves a life-long, transforming journey–if you change the self, you change the world.
As part of my field research, I lived in a Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Berkeley, California. I next studied Hopi Indian culture and language at the University of Arizona where I received a Masters degree in linguistics. At that time I became the only accepted student of a Hopi Indian shaman.
While living in Tucson, Arizona I began studying the Western hermetic traditions and the nature religions of Wiccans and Druids. I worked with a number of extremely gifted psychics and parapsychologists whose primary focus was on experimentation and research. I also practiced evocation with a Sufi master.
I then moved to Hawaii in 1982. There I studied with the relocated abbot of a Taoist monastery that existed for over two thousand years in China, a Vietnamese Zen master, and one of the foremost Tai Chi Chuan masters of China.
Since 1975, I have been a steadfast student of the system of initiation taught by the Czech magician, Franz Bardon, who died in the fifties. This system has provided the methods for contacting nature spirits and interacting with them in a personal and original manner. Franz Bardon’s mission was to offer a system of self-initiation that maximizes the spiritual powers and creativity of the individual.
Over the years I have worked as a group facilitator and a mediator in family and divorce mediation. I have taught as a civilian instructor for the U.S. Navy and marines. I have researched investing strategies for individuals’ portfolios. I am also a life long student researching strategies for resolving international conflicts.
I consider myself a spiritual anthropologist. Expanding on Bardon’s purposes, I am integrating into his system the wisdom of all traditions. To this end, I have created a new genre of modern fairy tales. These stories are not about belief or faith but direct experience. They open gates to other realms where we discover the keys to what is missing from life.
In 1998, I created a teaching website where I post my research and writings. This site currently offers a free correspondence course and on-going seminar for developing undine empathy. I am also establishing an archive on this site that gathers individuals’ experiences with undines from around the world. The goal is to expand and add clarity to the body of world literature in this area.”
~ William R. Mistele
In this enchanting environment, you could come down to breakfast in the morning and meet a house guest like Captain Fuchida who led the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. You could hear the Captain and my mother discussing previously undisclosed details about the causes of World War II.
However, surrounded as I was by relatives who were masters of engineering, business enterprise, law, and accounting, I pursued a different path.
I graduated from Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois with a BA in philosophy and a minor in economics. At that time, I began studying esoteric, oral traditions. In genuine mythology, individuals come into contact with the creative powers of the human spirit. Words and language possess a symbolic and imaginative quality that is magical. To understand an idea is to experience it from within. This involves a life-long, transforming journey–if you change the self, you change the world.
As part of my field research, I lived in a Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Berkeley, California. I next studied Hopi Indian culture and language at the University of Arizona where I received a Masters degree in linguistics. At that time I became the only accepted student of a Hopi Indian shaman.
While living in Tucson, Arizona I began studying the Western hermetic traditions and the nature religions of Wiccans and Druids. I worked with a number of extremely gifted psychics and parapsychologists whose primary focus was on experimentation and research. I also practiced evocation with a Sufi master.
I then moved to Hawaii in 1982. There I studied with the relocated abbot of a Taoist monastery that existed for over two thousand years in China, a Vietnamese Zen master, and one of the foremost Tai Chi Chuan masters of China.
Since 1975, I have been a steadfast student of the system of initiation taught by the Czech magician, Franz Bardon, who died in the fifties. This system has provided the methods for contacting nature spirits and interacting with them in a personal and original manner. Franz Bardon’s mission was to offer a system of self-initiation that maximizes the spiritual powers and creativity of the individual.
Over the years I have worked as a group facilitator and a mediator in family and divorce mediation. I have taught as a civilian instructor for the U.S. Navy and marines. I have researched investing strategies for individuals’ portfolios. I am also a life long student researching strategies for resolving international conflicts.
I consider myself a spiritual anthropologist. Expanding on Bardon’s purposes, I am integrating into his system the wisdom of all traditions. To this end, I have created a new genre of modern fairy tales. These stories are not about belief or faith but direct experience. They open gates to other realms where we discover the keys to what is missing from life.
In 1998, I created a teaching website where I post my research and writings. This site currently offers a free correspondence course and on-going seminar for developing undine empathy. I am also establishing an archive on this site that gathers individuals’ experiences with undines from around the world. The goal is to expand and add clarity to the body of world literature in this area.”
~ William R. Mistele
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September 2, 2019
One of my favorites from Mistle, it has many different stories in here-- From Atlantis, to mermaids and US navy marshals, to the farmer and the sylphs pt.1 ad pt2. If you're into this kind of stuff and reading this, you should, quite clearly, buy this book!
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