About Undines By William Mistele year 2000 Note: for longer and more detailed descriptions of my experiences with these four undines, see my book, Sylphs, Undines, Gnomes, and Salamanders. Four Undines I Have Known Note: The following undines are all described with a paragraph or two in Franz Bardon's book, The Practice of Magical Evocation. Though I find it easy to meet other undines and do so occasionally, the eight undines Bardon talks about are highly skilled magicians in their own right. And for those who find it helpful Bardon also gives the sigils or magical symbols for each of these eight undines. The Undine Amue Amue is relaxed, gentle, calm, and tranquil. She is a healer. Like many undines, she is very sensitive. If you spend time with her, she will get you feeling more relaxed, calm, and serene. She balances your aura and strengthens your vitality. If Amue were a human being, she would be an ideal kind of friend if you desire a friend who is quiet, gentle, warm, considerate, and always supportive. Amue specializes in fish, reefs, small bays and so forth. If you are interested in fish, she has a lot of knowledge about them. Again, her understanding of the health of the sea extends to the health of a human being. As I begin thinking about Amue, I naturally project my mind so I feel a part of the oceans of the world, the ice caps, the waves on the high seas, the winds, the currents, and so forth. To visit a professor at a university, you have to drive over to the campus, park your car, and walk up to his room and knock on the door. To visit an undine, you place your mind into the realm of the oceans and start to feel and perceive as an undine. It has become easy for me to see Amue when I look for her. As I see her, I immediately feel a magnetic, attractive force connecting to the two of us together. In the presence and under the influence of her aura, I sense currents moving through the ocean. And I feel we are about fifty feet beneath the surface. The water around us feels like it is alive, a living being in its own right infused with a heart, spirit, love, and beauty. I take her hands, her cool, soft, and tender hands, and my whole body feels like it is vibrating. It is like she is singing a song within me. A common experience I have with undines is the sense of my identity dissolving as if, like an undine, I am part of the ocean. There is no need to locate my consciousness in one location or in the shape of my body. My consciousness is part of the water and my senses are the changes occurring in the ocean around me. Amue knows I am only visiting her briefly so she says, "Why don't you come play with me? Spend a few days next time." She slips an image into my mind which takes hold and I find myself holding her left hand with right hand as the two of us float on our backs on the surface far out at sea. There is not need to think, to worry, or to contemplate anything. An undine is a way of being. It is being a part of the sea and allowing the waters of the earth to flow through your soul and to renew your life. I really like Amue. She is kind, warm-hearted, and gentle. As I imagine Amue back within the sea and that I am again here in this room, I feel amazingly calm and there is also a feeling of still being underwater. It is a little as if I had spent the day sailing or playing in the waves but I am not tired. Instead, there is that feeling you have when you have spent time with a dear friend--everything feels right. The Undine Istiphul If the word `enchantment' has any meaning, if it is possible to captivate another's attention and to hold the individual spell-bound within a dream, then in this regard Istiphul is a master. In her presence, the magnetic force and powers of attraction are staggering. She is like the incarnation on earth of a spirit from Venus, a sphere which Bardon describes as "having an oscillation crazed with love, which puts any sphere magician into a state of happiness that may be compared with an ecstasy of love..." Istiphul's incredible gift is to search and discover the deepest desires within your heart. She exists to awaken these desires and to bring them fully into your consciousness. She explores them with you, celebrates them, and then reassures you that each and every one of them shall be fulfilled. Istiphul is a spirit of love who discovers the secrets of your soul. In this area, she has great skill. Due to her incredibly femininity, Istiphul brings out in you the powers that enable you to fulfill your dreams and to satisfy your desires. Because she is so yin, receptive, and beautiful, she enables you to transform into another person than you are now. In this sense, Istiphul puts you in touch with the future, with the person you will one day be. Her body and soul embody your dreams. This ability to transform another is a feminine gift. It is something wonderful and it is pure magick. Love is a space where opposites unite. Istiphul celebrates oneness, union, and the mysteries of love. It is perhaps dangerous to work with Istiphul if you should, for some reason, underestimate, disrespect or do not fully celebrate the mystery and power of love. I have described elsewhere Istiphul's eyes, her smile, her touch, and her kiss. Let me say here that though she is sweet, tender, young, and innocent, her ecstasy is something else--it amplifies to an unknown power. Though I have Istiphul for decades, when I gaze upon even now, she takes my breath away. I have to focus on my breathing to slow down my heartbeat. She speaks from a place within myself where desires and dreams dance together full of power and sacred light. The Undine Osipeh Entering Osipeh's presence as I am doing now is like entering a wild party and a celebration. There is music and dancing, warm, heart-filled love, and a feeling of coming home. In her greeting, there are smiles and laughter, teasing and flirting, and tender affection. She is both caring and seductive, friend and lover, a force of nature and a sensitive, empathic partner. For Osipeh, physical attraction contains wonder and happiness, contentment and pleasure. The moon attracts the waters of the earth toward herself. The tides rise and fall. The winds drive the waves a hundred or a thousand miles. The ocean currents circulate as temperature and seasons change. Underneath, a force drives them all. Osipeh can bring this force to bear on a human being. Osipeh amplifies the natural forces of attraction. Osipeh is playful. She shifts her mood to match your own. She is stimulating, spontaneous, and inviting. She is constantly daring you to taste the wine within her soul. If Marilyn Monroe had a twin sister who happened to be an undine, this sister would be Osipeh. The woman and the undine both possess a telepathic ability to communicate the gratification of desire, vulnerability, sensual arousal, and an invitation to give and to receive love. And this mode of communication is ahead of our time because within it both genders are left feeling satisfied. The Undine Isaphil The undines Istiphul and Isaphil are like two great archetypes. Istiphul searches out your deepest needs and then she, in her own body and soul, become a means for you to enter a future where these needs are fulfilled. Isaphil, by contrast, embodies not so much the ecstasy of love and union as much as the peace of the earth. For Isaphil, you need to come to grips with the past in order to attain inner peace and harmony with the universe. In regard to peace, Isaphil is like a divine remedy for that ancient loneliness which haunts the human soul. Something has been missing from human experience for countless eons and ages and no religion on earth has yet been quite able to fill the gap. Oh, the Christians talk about a peace which passes all understanding but you would be hard pressed to find even a handful of Christians on this planet who have ever tasted such peace within their souls. And Buddhists enter a state of mind where the light is infinite. I have seen it. But the peace of the natural world is not a part of it. Nature is not within their dreams. Perhaps the Taoists come closest. But the Taoists do not meditate enough on the seas which embrace the world. They do not know a peace which encompasses the seas and the moon also. And so with Isaphil, when you enter her presence, you encounter a peace which encompasses civilizations from the far past and the far future as well. Time is suspended. All of human experience on this planet is encircled within her soul in a space of tranquility and serenity. And so, by the light of her aura, by the tenderness of her heart, by the sensuality of her touch, you taste the essence--the height, the depth, and the breadth of what it is to be alive and to feel whole. The advantage of the peace which Isaphil's possesses is that with it desires are not so pressing and needs are not so demanding. You do what you need to do without distraction. Every source of life, light, and inspiration is found here within yourself. And so, a kindness and a love overflows from your heart. 1