Tonight a new episode of the Magical world of G. Michael Vasey is available. It features Dr. Andy Cooper, founder of the Helios School of Esoteric Sciences. If you do not know Andy, he is a Third Degree Initiate of the Western Mystery Tradition and the Founder and Director of Studies of the Helios School of Esoteric Science. He personally trained for many years with Dolores Ashcroft-Nowicki, the former Director of Studies of the Servants of the Light School of Occult Science (SOL).
His lineage comes from Dion Fortune, the founder of the Society of the Inner Light, through Ernest Butler, the founder of the Servants of the Light and Dolores Ashcroft-Nowicki, the now retired Director of Studies, who took over the mantle of leadership from Ernest Butler when he retired.
Andy holds a B.Sc in Electrical Engineering, a Ph.D in Esoteric Studies and is a certified trainer of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), a Reiki Master and an initiate of the Huna tradition of ancient Hawaii. Andy lives and works in the magical town of Glastonbury, UK and is the father of two grown-up children.
In our discussions, Andy relates how NLP got him started in the magical world and defines what NLP is. Among other topics, we talk about the issues that sometimes surround initiation and how the Helios’ school takes a different approach to minimize them. He discusses why he started the school, what its’ aims, objectives and methods are and how to join up if interested. He emphasizes how the school uses NLP and other techniques in its approach. we also touch on the idea of devotion and the Lords of Light. Andy is a very experienced magician and it is interesting to hear his views and benefit from his experience.
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