«The following material has been compiled from the transcripts of literally thousands of hours of mediumistic dictation beginning almost a decade ago. For the sake of the privacy of the medium, her family, and her many associates, all names have been changed, except the name of the entity with whom the medium has been in contact» — el Author's Note de Yarbro fija el estatuto de todo el volumen: lo impreso sale de transcripciones de miles de horas de dictado mediumístico empezado casi una década antes, y todos los nombres están cambiados por privacidad salvo el del ente con el que dice estar en contacto la médium. Es la declaración que convierte a *Jessica Lansing* y a los miembros del grupo en seudónimos.
Messages from Michael
Messages from Michael on the Nature of the Evolution of the Human Soul
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Volumen que se presenta desde su primera plana de texto como compilación y no como escritura: «The following material has been compiled from the transcripts of literally thousands of hours of mediumistic dictation beginning almost a decade ago. For the sake of the privacy of the medium, her family, and her many associates, all names have been changed, except the name of the entity with whom the medium has been in contact» «Chelsea Quinn Yarbro — Messages from Michael (Cælum Press, 1979, 2005) · p. 7». La regla tipográfica que lo acompaña reparte la responsabilidad de todo lo que sigue: «The opinions and comments given by the entity Michael appear in a sans serif typeface and are entirely those of the entity. They do not necessarily agree with the attitudes, opinions, convictions, or beliefs of anyone else connected with this book» «Chelsea Quinn Yarbro — Messages from Michael (Cælum Press, 1979, 2005) · p. 7». De ahí salen las dos consecuencias que gobiernan esta ficha: los nombres del grupo son seudónimos que el propio libro declara, y lo que el volumen presenta como dicho por el ente se consigna como tal, sin afirmarlo ni negarlo.
La portada pone el nombre de la autora debajo del título y el pie de la casa: «Messages from Michael Chelsea Quinn Yarbro Cælum Press an imprint of Writers.com Books» «Chelsea Quinn Yarbro — Messages from Michael (Cælum Press, 1979, 2005) · p. 3», y la página de derechos data el volumen dos veces y nombra la edición anterior: «Copyright ©1979, 2005 by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro All rights reserved including the right to reproduce this book or any portion thereof in any form or by electronic or mechanical means including information storage and retrieval systems without permission from the author, except by a reviewer, who may quote brief passages in a review. http://www.caelumpress.com publisher@writers.com Manufactured in the United States of America Trade Paperback Edition: ISBN 0-9742907-4-2 Hardcover Edition: ISBN 0-9742907-2-6» «Chelsea Quinn Yarbro — Messages from Michael (Cælum Press, 1979, 2005) · p. 4», «Published by Cælum Press, a division of Writers.com Books Akron, Ohio Library of Congress Control Number: Trade Paperback: 2004114875 Hardcover: 2004113359 Original version first published in 1979 by Playboy Press, Chicago, Illinois» «Chelsea Quinn Yarbro — Messages from Michael (Cælum Press, 1979, 2005) · p. 4». Las dos menciones de la casa, *an imprint of* en la portada y *a division of* en los derechos, quedan consignadas sin armonizar.
Lo que ocurrió la primera noche lo narra Yarbro y lo data en una sola frase: «We are here with you tonight. With that phrase the entity known as Michael introduced itself to» «Chelsea Quinn Yarbro — Messages from Michael (Cælum Press, 1979, 2005) · p. 19», «Jessica Lansing on a pleasant night in October of 1970. Jessica, then thirty-two, is a publicist by profession, a well-educated woman with an extensive background in the arts religion, psychology, and history. Her husband, Walter, is a building contractor; a pleasant-faced man with an abiding interest in all aspects of engineering. On that particular evening, they were entertaining a number of dinner guests including Craig and Emily Wright. There were four other guests, but they were not to participate in the extraordinary event that would occur» «Chelsea Quinn Yarbro — Messages from Michael (Cælum Press, 1979, 2005) · p. 19». El arranque no tiene ceremonia: «Jessica and Walter Lansing had long been interested in parapsychology and psychic studies and occasionally tried their hands at different techniques, but with no significant results. On that October night they had decided to try the Ouija board that Jessica had been given as a gift. The dinner party was not going well; the mixture of guests had not “clicked» «Chelsea Quinn Yarbro — Messages from Michael (Cælum Press, 1979, 2005) · p. 19». A la pregunta por el nombre, el volumen imprime dos respuestas que declara del ente: «You may call us anything you wish. “We were nonplussed,” Walter says. “None of us knew what to say to that, but even though I felt damned silly, I asked the board what we would call it if we wanted to make contact with it again. Was there some name that whatever-it-was would accept?” The last name a fragment of this entity used was Michael» «Chelsea Quinn Yarbro — Messages from Michael (Cælum Press, 1979, 2005) · p. 21».
El libro consigna desde el principio la duda de quien lo firma y no la resuelve. Yarbro responde a la pregunta que ella misma dice que siempre surge: «Invariably the question arises: do I believe it? The only answer I can give is: sometimes. Certainly Michael has an uncanny ability to pick out significant moments in my life and has identified the times in the historical past to which I am most drawn. It could be that Jessica is a very skillful telepath. It could be that she is creating this, after exhaustive study, out of whole cloth. But I don’t think that’s» «Chelsea Quinn Yarbro — Messages from Michael (Cælum Press, 1979, 2005) · p. 12», y acota: «the case. Whatever it is she does, she does it legitimately. She has got information about people that she doesn’t know and that I don’t know and the response has been positive» «Chelsea Quinn Yarbro — Messages from Michael (Cælum Press, 1979, 2005) · p. 12». Veintisiete años después da la misma respuesta con el mismo límite: «As has been the case from the beginning, I am often asked if I believe what the Michaels teach; I still answer “Most of the time,” for although in general the information has proved correct far more often than not, I don’t swallow it whole, nor do I expect anyone else to. However, I hope you will find, as I do, that the Michaels’ perspective and insights are still fascinating. As the Michaels have frequently reminded us, Belief is not required» «Chelsea Quinn Yarbro — Messages from Michael (Cælum Press, 1979, 2005) · p. 17».
El método de compilación va dicho en cifras y con su única intervención declarada: «This book came out of ten special sessions and the transcripts of eight years of general sessions. Those transcripts cover three thousand typed pages and the number is increasing. I have made every attempt to present the material as directly and as uncomplicatedly as possible. I have not changed anything Michael has said, although I have often reduced several of the group’s questions to one question in order to» «Chelsea Quinn Yarbro — Messages from Michael (Cælum Press, 1979, 2005) · p. 12» «avoid confusion. When that occurs in the text, there are no quotations around the question, indicating that it is a simplification of a number of related questions» «Chelsea Quinn Yarbro — Messages from Michael (Cælum Press, 1979, 2005) · p. 13». La nueva introducción de 2005 declara lo que esa edición cambia y lo que añade: «In the early years of the group, exact transcription of the Michaels’ communications was not required, even though the answers were read back, but over time, the standard of transcription steadily increased. Now, where the transcripts disagree, the variations will be included for your comparison. In preparing this new edition, I have spoken with many present and former group members, asking what they would like to see added, deleted, or changed. Where such alterations are present, they will be identified as such» «Chelsea Quinn Yarbro — Messages from Michael (Cælum Press, 1979, 2005) · p. 16», y el dato más fuerte que la autora da del arreglo: «And although the Michaels can be eloquent, their version of English is all their own. Grammar and syntax as the Michaels use them, are unique and consistent, and have been through five mediums and almost thirty years» «Chelsea Quinn Yarbro — Messages from Michael (Cælum Press, 1979, 2005) · p. 17».
La voz dictante describe su propia mecánica dentro del cuerpo del libro, y es ahí donde la obra se adscribe: «on insights, but if you choose to give some thought to understanding before exclaiming “wow” or “far out.” Exercises imposed on teachings must be individualized. We are not here to give you a new dogma. Remember that when the medium through whom we are transmitting is fatigued, contradictions occur. It is more convenient for us to operate through one channel, but it is more demanding for the medium, and you all must be aware of that. This can be difficult, we understand. However, in order to make the best use of energy, we would suggest that you prepare your questions in advance. It is too easy for you to be lured by your expectations into making this a new faith, which is in complete opposition to our intention. Blind faith eliminates understanding, and without understanding there can be no growth or agape, which is the goal» «Chelsea Quinn Yarbro — Messages from Michael (Cælum Press, 1979, 2005) · p. 47». En el último bloque que la edición de 2005 añade, esa misma voz usa el verbo del que sale el nombre de la raíz: «We do not convey “privilege” to “gurus,” we offer information to fragments with unconditional love, which does not mean “gushy” sentimental manipulative intrusion, but true “benign” disinterest. Nothing you do or do not do will alter the information we provide or make such information unavailable so long as you have access to a “legitimate” channel, by which we mean an Old Soul whose Life Plan includes Mid-Causal channeling, and whose overleaves make channeling possible» «Chelsea Quinn Yarbro — Messages from Michael (Cælum Press, 1979, 2005) · p. 242». Y Yarbro lo usa una vez en un corchete suyo dentro del cuerpo: «Two major orchestral conductors, one Austrian and one British, are sixth-level Old Magnetic Kings. [One of these, the Austrian, has died since this was channeled, but the British conductor is still going strong» «Chelsea Quinn Yarbro — Messages from Michael (Cælum Press, 1979, 2005) · p. 89».
Lo que el ente dice ser y lo que dice no ser va consignado con sus dos negativas. Su lugar: «We are of the Mid-Causal plane, was the prompt correction. The Astral plane is accessible to the Physical plane. We are not» «Chelsea Quinn Yarbro — Messages from Michael (Cælum Press, 1979, 2005) · p. 21». Su propósito: «We are not the path to spiritual enlightenment. We offer a way to human understanding based on our own experience, first as humans ourselves in both troubled and tranquil times and now as the reintegrated fragments of a Causal body no longer alive as you know it but still with keen awareness of what being human entails» «Chelsea Quinn Yarbro — Messages from Michael (Cælum Press, 1979, 2005) · p. 22». Y su composición, dada en cifras: «For your information, this entity was composed of two hundred Kings and eight hundred and fifty Warriors» «Chelsea Quinn Yarbro — Messages from Michael (Cælum Press, 1979, 2005) · p. 89». El Epilogue de 1978 repite la negativa: «We are not the way. We offer you our own experience of the entire life cycle and what it taught us collectively. We were, we remind you, Warriors and Kings. We experienced all of life in these Roles. We lived as you live now, in exalted and ordinal Roles, in exalted and ordinal positions. We, as you now do, brawled, fought, loved, mourned, and died many thousands of times. We learned eventually to love in the sense of unconditional acceptance that we call agape, and came to a new plane of existence. The learning went on, only now we had an integrated sense of our greater task. Now, thousands of years later, we pass onto another plane of existence, and before we can pass from this one, there appear to be additional lessons to be learned» «Chelsea Quinn Yarbro — Messages from Michael (Cælum Press, 1979, 2005) · p. 238».
La doctrina que el volumen transmite se ordena en tres capas, y cada una se ficha con su pasaje. El alma como fragmento de una entidad: «Each soul is a part of a larger body, an entity. Each entity is made up of about one thousand souls, each of which enters the Physical plane as many times as is necessary to experience all aspects of life and achieve human understanding. At the end of the Cycles on the Physical plane, the fragments once again reunite as we have reunited» «Chelsea Quinn Yarbro — Messages from Michael (Cælum Press, 1979, 2005) · p. 21». Los siete Roles en esencia, fijos para toda la serie de vidas: «From the time an entity is cast from the Tao to the time it reunites, the essence or Role of the individual soul does not change. If you begin as a Sage, you will be a Sage from your first life to your last, and will be affected by your Sageness. The same is true for the other six Roles in essence» «Chelsea Quinn Yarbro — Messages from Michael (Cælum Press, 1979, 2005) · p. 84». Y los overleaves, con la figura que los sitúa: «There are also Mode, Goal, Centering, Chief Feature, and Attitude. These are all part of what you may think of as your true self, as compared to false personality. In other words, the overleaves are the body, the essence is the bones, and the false personality is the clothing. Only the overleaves are truly part of you. In other words, true personality—or the overleaves—is a device that allows you to experience all that is necessary in order for you to accomplish a full evolution through the Physical plane. The overleaves change from life to life to give you a new viewpoint and range of reaction from which to experience the entire range of human life, so that real understanding may occur. Only the Role in essence does not change throughout the Cycle. All else is chosen between physical lives» «Chelsea Quinn Yarbro — Messages from Michael (Cælum Press, 1979, 2005) · p. 92».
Lo que el libro rechaza de sí mismo está dicho por las dos voces y más de una vez. El dictado, contra el dogma: «On the contrary, when the teacher dies, the teaching passes into literature and should be regarded as such. [Unless the teacher is able to answer questions face to face, without interpolation or interpretation from others, no matter how “well meaning,” the teaching is “frozen” and referential, hence literature. (Scholar’s transcript)» «Chelsea Quinn Yarbro — Messages from Michael (Cælum Press, 1979, 2005) · p. 47». Contra la fe: «Faith is silly. It is very much part of the rule of maya. Why should anyone accept anything on the provision that the thing must never in any way be questioned or doubted? Two-year-old infants do not accept such tyranny from their parents, yet those parents often will insist on such blindness for themselves. The positive pole of Spiritualist is verification, that is, seeking the answers to the questions that grow from positive doubt. This is not part of maya, though the seeking may be limited and guided by false» «Chelsea Quinn Yarbro — Messages from Michael (Cælum Press, 1979, 2005) · p. 95». Contra el culto: «Neither the Tao nor any non-physical teacher, nor your essence has any “need” of or “desire” for worship, no matter how tempting such worship may be. We are not gods in any sense of the word» «Chelsea Quinn Yarbro — Messages from Michael (Cælum Press, 1979, 2005) · p. 242». Y contra su propia suficiencia: «Many of you will find the blend of Eastern and Western thought unpalatable and that is to be expected. It is when this thought becomes one that we will see progress being made. There is some truth in most teachings, but to our knowledge there is no teaching now extant on the Physical plane that has access to the universal truths that many of you credit them with. We do not have the Logos in its entirety. If we did, you would now be experiencing the manifestation of the High Mental Body, and we are certainly not that» «Chelsea Quinn Yarbro — Messages from Michael (Cælum Press, 1979, 2005) · p. 238».
El grupo que pregunta también habla, y el volumen imprime sus reservas junto a sus asentimientos. Un miembro plantea la alternativa entera sin arbitrarla: «Occam’s razor,” Sam remarks. ”It means that the simplest explanation is usually the correct one, among other things. Either Jessica is doing a tremendous job of research and preparation to keep all these things straight and consistent in her head for almost eight years, and is continuing to stay one step ahead of us while holding down a fulltime job, running this house, and being actively involved in three or four community projects, and has done it so secretly and successfully that no one, not even her husband, has found out about it, or there is something that calls itself Michael that speaks to her through the Ouija board» «Chelsea Quinn Yarbro — Messages from Michael (Cælum Press, 1979, 2005) · p. 42». Otro pone en duda la relevancia del asunto delante de todos: «know who are really and truly happy, who have accomplished the things they set out to accomplish in their lives, have had no major or minor disasters in their lives, have never been deeply disappointed, have been surrounded by trustworthy friends and understanding family, and who never knew a day’s want, either material or psychological? When you think about it, such a life would be pretty damn bland, but it’s a far cry from what most people have to put up with in their lives. For every famous, beautiful, extraordinary person, there are hundreds, if not thousands, who lead what some people call undistinguished lives. But that’s most of us, baby. Most of us have to live through growing up as if it were some kind of disease. I don’t know more than half a dozen people who had a happy childhood. I know even fewer who had real pleasure during adolescence. I don’t know what high school was like for you, but for me it was miserable. Sometimes I think that I spend my life going between boredom and panic» «Chelsea Quinn Yarbro — Messages from Michael (Cælum Press, 1979, 2005) · p. 206». Y una tercera declara no acatar lo dictado en materia de religión: «I don’t care what Michael says about religion,” Emily declares. “I still believe and I still think it’s possible to lead a Christian life» «Chelsea Quinn Yarbro — Messages from Michael (Cælum Press, 1979, 2005) · p. 152». Esta ficha consigna las tres sin resolverlas.
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«Chelsea Quinn Yarbro — Messages from Michael (Cælum Press, 1979, 2005) · pp. 3, 4»
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Chelsea Quinn Yarbro — Messages from Michael (Cælum Press, 1979, 2005), ed. inglés 1979 y 2005, de la página de derechos, que imprime «Copyright ©1979, 2005 by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro» y «Original version first published in 1979 by Playboy Press, Chicago, Illinois» (p. 4). El nombre del archivo del corpus dice «25th Anniversary Edition, 2005»: eso NO lo imprime el troceo y no se afirma; lo que sí imprime es la firma de la nueva introducción, «2 July, 2004» (p. 17)
inglés · 1979 y 2005, de la página de derechos, que imprime «Copyright ©1979, 2005 by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro» y «Original version first published in 1979 by Playboy Press, Chicago, Illinois» (p. 4). El nombre del archivo del corpus dice «25th Anniversary Edition, 2005»: eso NO lo imprime el troceo y no se afirma; lo que sí imprime es la firma de la nueva introducción, «2 July, 2004» (p. 17) · Akron, Ohio — la página de derechos imprime «Published by Cælum Press, a division of Writers.com Books Akron, Ohio» (p. 4). La portada dice de la misma casa otra cosa, «an imprint of Writers.com Books» (p. 3): las dos menciones se consignan sin armonizar. La página de derechos da además los dos ISBN, «Trade Paperback Edition: ISBN 0-9742907-4-2» y «Hardcover Edition: ISBN 0-9742907-2-6», y los dos números de control de la Library of Congress (p. 4) · Caelum Press (printed) · Writers Com Books (printed)
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«The opinions and comments given by the entity Michael appear in a sans serif typeface and are entirely those of the entity. They do not necessarily agree with the attitudes, opinions, convictions, or beliefs of anyone else connected with this book» — la segunda regla del Author's Note, que es tipográfica y a la vez de responsabilidad: lo que el volumen presenta como del ente va en sans serif, es enteramente suyo y no compromete las actitudes ni las creencias de nadie más ligado al libro.
«Occult studies have always fascinated me: for more than twenty years I’ve been actively interested in the field, and for the last eighteen, I have practiced certain of the less strenuous disciplines, such as tarot card reading and palmistry. For a little more than four years I read cards at the Magic Cellar, a San Francisco nightclub devoted mainly to stage magic, now unfortunately closed. I’ve also experimented with alchemy in conjunction with writing a series of historical horror novels, published by St. Martin’s Press and New American Library» — Yarbro abre el Preface de 1978 declarando su propio recorrido: más de veinte años de interés activo, dieciocho de práctica de las disciplinas menos arduas —tarot y quiromancia—, cuatro leyendo cartas en un club nocturno de San Francisco y experimentos con la alquimia al hilo de una serie de novelas históricas de horror.
«For the most part I avoid other occultists, particularly those who put the emphasis on the window-dressing aspect of their studies. I also dislike the generally manipulative attitude and dogmatic approach of occult groups» — y declara de qué se aparta dentro del mismo campo: de los ocultistas que ponen el acento en el escaparate de sus estudios, y de la actitud manipuladora y el enfoque dogmático que atribuye a los grupos ocultistas.
«My introduction to the woman I call Jessica Lansing in this book had nothing to do with the occult, and nothing to do with my writing. She and I share an intense interest in music, and it was through musical activities that we met. I did not know about her occult interests and she did not know about mine until we had been acquainted for almost a year. At that time I gave her passes to the Magic Cellar, and during the evening, read her cards. It was roughly two months later that I attended my first session at her home» — Yarbro cuenta cómo conoció a la médium y lo dice de entrada con el nombre cambiado: por la música y no por lo oculto, sin que ninguna de las dos supiera del interés de la otra durante casi un año.
«neither the credulous acolytes that mark a great many such groups, nor upper middle-class dabblers after an extra thrill. The people were professionals, calm, sensible, and questioning. They checked out Michael’s facts and challenged them. I liked that. There was no religious devotion to the teaching, only a careful exploration. I liked that. The emphasis was on understanding and clarity. I liked that. And Michael has an acerbic wit, which delighted me» — la continuación de esa frase en la plana siguiente, con las cuatro razones por las que el grupo le gustó: ni acólitos crédulos ni aficionados de clase media alta, sino profesionales que cotejaban y desafiaban los datos de Michael, sin devoción religiosa a la enseñanza y con el acento puesto en entender.
«Invariably the question arises: do I believe it? The only answer I can give is: sometimes. Certainly Michael has an uncanny ability to pick out significant moments in my life and has identified the times in the historical past to which I am most drawn. It could be that Jessica is a very skillful telepath. It could be that she is creating this, after exhaustive study, out of whole cloth. But I don’t think that’s» — la respuesta que Yarbro da a la pregunta que ella misma dice que siempre surge —si cree lo que pasa— y las dos explicaciones alternativas que se plantea y no descarta del todo: que la médium sea una telépata muy hábil o que lo esté fabricando entero tras un estudio exhaustivo.
«the case. Whatever it is she does, she does it legitimately. She has got information about people that she doesn’t know and that I don’t know and the response has been positive» — y el límite con que cierra esa reserva: no dice que sea verdad, dice que lo que hace lo hace legítimamente y que ha dado información sobre personas que ni ella ni Yarbro conocen.
«For example, one of my friends, knowing that I was attending these sessions, told me that her cousin Sunny had written to her: Sunny had a new male friend she couldn’t make up her mind about, and was seeking advice. I did not know Sunny or the man involved. However, I took the question to the session and was given the following answer by Michael: The man in question has an agreement with the lady Lenore. The agreement involves the furthering of an intellectual project. We would doubt that anything of an intimate nature would come of this association, however it will greatly help both of them in the completion of their Life-Tasks» — el caso que Yarbro ofrece como ejemplo, con la respuesta del dictado transcrita dentro de su propia narración: la pregunta por el amigo de una prima que no conocía, y la respuesta que habla de un acuerdo con *la dama Lenore* en torno a un proyecto intelectual y no íntimo.
«I relayed this answer to my friend. As it turns out, she did not pass it on to her cousin because, she said, she was chicken to admit she had asked a Ouija board about it. Six months later, the cousin and the man opened an art gallery in San Diego, and their partnership has been financially and professionally successful. Incidentally, the cousin is named Lenore, but usually goes by her nickname, Sunny, because the aunt for whom she is named is still alive» — el desenlace del caso y el dato que Yarbro pone como coincidencia: la prima no recibió la respuesta, seis meses después abrió una galería con ese hombre, y se llama Lenore aunque use el apodo Sunny.
«No, I can’t explain it. There have been psychic researchers who have investigated these sessions, and they, too, vouch for Jessica’s legitimacy. Whatever she is doing, and whoever she has contact with, there is no fakery involved» — la frase más corta del prefacio, seguida del único aval externo que Yarbro invoca: investigadores psíquicos que han examinado las sesiones y que, según ella, responden también por la legitimidad de la médium.
«This book came out of ten special sessions and the transcripts of eight years of general sessions. Those transcripts cover three thousand typed pages and the number is increasing. I have made every attempt to present the material as directly and as uncomplicatedly as possible. I have not changed anything Michael has said, although I have often reduced several of the group’s questions to one question in order to» — el método de compilación declarado en cifras: diez sesiones especiales más ocho años de transcripciones de sesiones generales, tres mil páginas mecanografiadas y en aumento; el tramo se corta al fin de plana.
«avoid confusion. When that occurs in the text, there are no quotations around the question, indicating that it is a simplification of a number of related questions» — la regla tipográfica que gobierna la lectura del cuerpo entero, y que Yarbro enuncia como suya: nada de lo dicho por Michael se cambió, pero varias preguntas del grupo se redujeron a una, y cuando eso pasa la pregunta va sin comillas.
«At first I was dubious about what she was doing. It seemed so easy and so pat. She had, of course, a great deal of practice and familiarity with her technique as well as the inner discipline of concentration that enabled her to work for hours without any visible sign of fatigue. Her group was also interesting because the members were» — su primera reserva, dicha sin suavizar: le parecía demasiado fácil y demasiado *pat*, y lo que la lleva a seguir no es un argumento sino la práctica de la médium y la disciplina interior de concentración con que trabajaba horas sin fatiga visible; el tramo se corta donde la plana termina y sigue en la siguiente.
«At this time I would like to give special thanks to the fourteen members of the Michael group who gave generously of their time and allowed me to use their material as well as themselves (with changed names) in the text. Gratitude is also due Sharon Jarvis, my editor at Playboy Press, who has been unstinting in her encouragement; to Terry Garey, who helped me organize the material; to Lyndall MacCowan, who prepared the manuscript and found her way through more than a thousand file cards; and most particularly, a great deal of thanks to Jessica Lansing for making all her records and her special gift available to Michael and to this book» — el agradecimiento nominal del Preface de 1978: los catorce miembros del grupo que prestaron su material y sus personas con nombres cambiados, la editora de Playboy Press, quienes organizaron el material y prepararon el manuscrito, y la médium por dar acceso a sus registros.
«Had anyone told me when I started going to Michael-sessions back in the mid-1970s that I would still be attending them twenty-seven years later, I would have thought that absurd. Not that I wasn’t interested, for I most certainly was, but as fascinating as Michaels’ material was, I could not envision myself staying with it for any significant length of time. Which just goes to show you» — Yarbro abre la nueva introducción de 2005 midiendo el tiempo transcurrido contra su propia expectativa: veintisiete años de sesiones que en los años setenta le habrían parecido absurdos.
«For those of you encountering this material for the first time, let me say that Michael is a reunited Mid-Causal Plane Entity of more than a thousand individual souls, a teacher who talk in the plural, and so I have borrowed from one of the group members in order to avoid a grammatical mare’s nest, and will refer to them as the Michaels, so that saying “they”and using plural verbs will not be too confusing» — la presentación que el volumen hace del ente para el lector nuevo, y de paso el cambio de número: Michael es, según el libro, una entidad reunida del Plano Mid-Causal de más de mil almas individuales, un maestro que habla en plural, y por eso Yarbro toma de un miembro del grupo el nombre *the Michaels* para evitar el enredo gramatical.
«In the intervening years since the Michael group began, many people have come and gone from the group: a very few have died; some have left; some have left and then returned; some have divorced and one has left; some have left, returned, and left again; some have left but continued to ask questions by phoning or e-mailing them in for sessions; some have moved away geographically and participate only through phone-ins. A very small number—fewer than a dozen—have only participated by phoning in or e-mailing their questions, having been brought into the group by one of the members and okayed by» — el censo de idas y venidas del grupo en veintisiete años, dicho sin cifras redondas: muertos, salidas, regresos, divorcios, quienes siguen preguntando por teléfono o correo electrónico, y los que solo participan así.
«The characters in this book are combinations of actual group members, which was done for reasons of privacy, and which I will continue when providing additional information, identifying persons only by Role and Cycle when that is required» — la declaración que gobierna la lectura de todos los personajes del libro, y que Yarbro da como decisión de privacidad: son combinaciones de miembros reales, y en el material nuevo solo se los identifica por Role y por Cycle.
«In the early years of the group, exact transcription of the Michaels’ communications was not required, even though the answers were read back, but over time, the standard of transcription steadily increased. Now, where the transcripts disagree, the variations will be included for your comparison. In preparing this new edition, I have spoken with many present and former group members, asking what they would like to see added, deleted, or changed. Where such alterations are present, they will be identified as such» — el otro cambio que la edición de 2005 declara sobre sí misma: la transcripción exacta no se exigía al principio y fue subiendo de estándar, las variantes entre transcripciones se incluyen para comparación, y las alteraciones pedidas por los miembros se marcan como tales.
«For those who are familiar with this book in its earlier incarnation, you will be glad to know that the all-caps style for the Michaels’ comments has finally been set aside, and instead, the Michaels’ remarks will be set in this sans serif typeface in order to differentiate it from the rest of the text. The additional chapter at the end is entirely the Michaels, and so is entirely set in sans serif» — la regla tipográfica de la edición de 2005 y su historia: las mayúsculas sostenidas de la versión anterior se retiran y lo del dictado pasa a la sans serif, y el capítulo añadido al final es enteramente del dictado.
«As has been the case from the beginning, I am often asked if I believe what the Michaels teach; I still answer “Most of the time,” for although in general the information has proved correct far more often than not, I don’t swallow it whole, nor do I expect anyone else to. However, I hope you will find, as I do, that the Michaels’ perspective and insights are still fascinating. As the Michaels have frequently reminded us, Belief is not required» — la respuesta de Yarbro a la pregunta por su propia creencia, veintisiete años después y con el límite dentro: *most of the time*, porque la información le ha resultado correcta más veces que no, sin tragársela entera ni esperar que nadie lo haga; y la frase del propio dictado que cita, que la creencia no se exige.
«And although the Michaels can be eloquent, their version of English is all their own. Grammar and syntax as the Michaels use them, are unique and consistent, and have been through five mediums and almost thirty years» — lo que Yarbro sostiene sobre la lengua del dictado, que es a la vez el dato más fuerte que da del arreglo: gramática y sintaxis propias, únicas y consistentes, sostenidas a lo largo de cinco medios y casi treinta años.
«Many thanks to Paula Guran and Cælum Press for bringing this work back into print, and to allowing me to insert and expand on the Michaels’ remarks. May this prove one of the Michaels’ favorite reminders: There is no way you cannot learn» — el cierre de la nueva introducción, que agradece a la editora y a la casa el regreso a la imprenta y el permiso de insertar y ampliar lo del dictado, y termina con otra frase que atribuye al dictado, que no hay manera de no aprender.
«the rest. Most of the current group has been participating in it for more than a decade, and there are still two members who have been in the group as long or longer than I have. About a dozen of those» — la antigüedad de los miembros en 2005: la mayoría lleva más de una década y quedan dos que llevan tanto o más que Yarbro; el tramo se corta al fin de plana y sigue en la siguiente.
«During the last decade, two members who were part of the group before I joined have offered me their transcripts of early sessions, in order to augment or supplement some of the early information in this» — el aparato de transcripciones que la edición de 2005 incorpora: dos miembros anteriores al ingreso de Yarbro le ofrecieron sus propias transcripciones de sesiones tempranas; el tramo se corta en el límite de chunk, dentro de la misma plana, y sigue en el chunk siguiente.
«book, which, when comparing the transcripts they had made to those from which I worked, felt that some important parts had been left out. I have accepted their generosity gladly, and pass along thanks to them, without mentioning their names, as they requested. One is a Mature Priest and one is an Old Scholar; when I use material from their transcripts, I will identify whose transcripts are being used» — la continuación de esa misma frase: quienes le dieron las transcripciones veían omisiones al cotejarlas con las suyas, pidieron no ser nombrados —un Mature Priest y un Old Scholar— y Yarbro declara que identificará de quién es cada transcripción que use.
«Over time the Michaels have augmented earlier remarks not only with explanations, but often indicating when an answer has been specific to an individual or individual question, and when it has a more general application. From time to time, the Michaels provide one or more volunteered “downloads” on topics of group interests. These have ranged over such diverse subjects from the dangers of» — la práctica que el volumen llama *downloads*: exposiciones que el dictado ofrece por su cuenta sobre temas de interés del grupo, después de aclarar cuándo una respuesta fue específica de una persona y cuándo tiene alcance general; el tramo se corta al fin de plana.
«over-population, and the role of esthetics in individual lives as shaped by cultural influences bearing on it, to the function and perceptions of physical senses, to the very nature of evolution, both of the physical plane and of the Tao» — la continuación en la plana siguiente, con la lista de temas de esos *downloads*: de la superpoblación y el papel de la estética en la vida individual a la función de los sentidos físicos y la naturaleza de la evolución del plano físico y del Tao.
«who have left the group have gone on to other studies, or have lost interest in this kind of work. At present, our youngest member is in his late 20s, the oldest is in his early 70s; most of the members are professionals, five have their own businesses (I include myself in that number); two are in the trades; one is a civil servant; one is in the medical profession; we have our usual assortment of musicians and writers as well as a pair of tough-minded engineers» — la continuación en la plana siguiente: adónde fueron los que se marcharon, y la composición del grupo en 2005 por edad y por oficio, de los veintitantos a los setenta y tantos, con mayoría de profesionales.
«Over the years we have had more musicians, social workers, physicists, physicians, psychiatrists, lawyers, actors, and artists in our numbers. In the last twenty-seven years, we have only three times voted to ask a member to leave the group, which strikes me as a pretty good record, all things considered. And before you ask, the group is still closed. New members are brought into the group only after the group agrees, and one person saying “no” is sufficient to turn down a proposed member. I am not permitted to recommend members» — los oficios que pasaron por el grupo a lo largo de los años y las tres reglas que Yarbro declara de su funcionamiento: solo tres veces en veintisiete años se votó pedirle a alguien que se fuera, el grupo sigue cerrado, un solo *no* basta para rechazar a un candidato y ella no puede recomendar miembros.
«We are here with you tonight. With that phrase the entity known as Michael introduced itself to» — la primera frase que el libro atribuye al dictado y, pegada a ella, la narración de Yarbro que la data: una noche de octubre de 1970, por el tablero. El tramo se corta al fin de renglón de la plana.
«Jessica Lansing on a pleasant night in October of 1970. Jessica, then thirty-two, is a publicist by profession, a well-educated woman with an extensive background in the arts religion, psychology, and history. Her husband, Walter, is a building contractor; a pleasant-faced man with an abiding interest in all aspects of engineering. On that particular evening, they were entertaining a number of dinner guests including Craig and Emily Wright. There were four other guests, but they were not to participate in the extraordinary event that would occur» — Yarbro presenta a la médium con el nombre cambiado y da su oficio, su edad y su formación, y presenta al marido y a la pareja de invitados que participaron; los otros cuatro invitados quedan fuera del suceso.
«Jessica and Walter Lansing had long been interested in parapsychology and psychic studies and occasionally tried their hands at different techniques, but with no significant results. On that October night they had decided to try the Ouija board that Jessica had been given as a gift. The dinner party was not going well; the mixture of guests had not “clicked» — el arranque que Yarbro narra sin ceremonia alguna: interés anterior por la parapsicología sin resultados, un tablero de ouija recibido de regalo y una cena que no estaba saliendo bien.
«I had my doubts about the board, of course,” Jessica says now very matter-of-factly. “Sometimes I still do. What startled me at first was that it was so unexpected» — la médium, citada por Yarbro, declara su propia duda en presente y no solo en pasado, y sitúa lo que la sorprendió en lo inesperado y no en lo asombroso.
«This letting go of expectations, although Jessica did not realize it then, was crucial to opening up that part of her mind through which the entity Michael operates. That night she had ceased to want the board to work, her mind was open and, though alert, it was wandering somewhat. Walter, too, was becoming restless and their other guests were talking quietly over coffee in the living room while Craig and Emily sat with Jessica and Walter in the dining room. They were comfortable and very much at ease, not upset or hostile» — la explicación que Yarbro da del mecanismo, y es suya y no del dictado: soltar la expectativa fue lo que abrió esa parte de la mente de la médium por la que, según el libro, opera el ente.
«It was then that the planchette began to move, slowly at first, and then briskly. The words were spelled out, and the message read: We are here with you tonight» — la escena de la primera respuesta, narrada por Yarbro: la plancheta se mueve despacio y luego rápido, y las palabras deletreadas dan el mensaje con que abre el capítulo.
«Reaction ranged from derision to confusion to curiosity. Walter was quite disturbed, insisting that he had had no part in that comment, that the planchette had just “moved.” He thought that Jessica might have done it, but she insisted that if anyone had, it was Walter. Emily was the one who thought to ask who “We” might be» — las reacciones del grupo aquella noche, repartidas por Yarbro entre burla, confusión y curiosidad, con la sospecha mutua de haber movido la plancheta y la pregunta de Emily Wright por la identidad del plural.
«Well, if there’s one thing I’ve learned in my practice as a surgeon,” he says, “it’s that people will find a way to express what’s frightening them or angering them. Often it comes out in illness. It’s one of the most difficult problems doctors have to deal with. Michael has warned us about this tendency many times. Many illnesses have psychosomatic origins, and with something as chancy as a Ouija board, well, I was suspicious let’s put it that way» — Craig, cirujano según el libro, da la razón de su desconfianza desde su oficio: la gente encuentra cómo expresar lo que la asusta o la enoja, muchas veces por la enfermedad, y un tablero de ouija le parecía una salida demasiado incierta.
«is,” she continues reflectively, “that Craig was the one who was most anxious to go on. I was scared and Walter was reluctant and Emily was alarmed, but that skeptic over there”—she nods toward Craig—“he was all for it» — el reparto de posiciones aquella noche según la médium: el escéptico del grupo fue el más ansioso por seguir, mientras ella estaba asustada, el marido reticente y Emily alarmada.
About the work
12 entries — what the apparatus and scholarship say about it12 passages
«For all those who have had messages from Michael» — la dedicatoria, que reparte el mensaje a todo el que lo haya recibido y no solo al grupo del libro.
«Messages from Michael Chelsea Quinn Yarbro Cælum Press an imprint of Writers.com Books» — la portada entera: el título, la autora y el pie con que la casa se presenta, como sello de Writers.com Books.
«Copyright ©1979, 2005 by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro All rights reserved including the right to reproduce this book or any portion thereof in any form or by electronic or mechanical means including information storage and retrieval systems without permission from the author, except by a reviewer, who may quote brief passages in a review. http://www.caelumpress.com publisher@writers.com Manufactured in the United States of America Trade Paperback Edition: ISBN 0-9742907-4-2 Hardcover Edition: ISBN 0-9742907-2-6» — la primera mitad de la página de derechos: el doble copyright de 1979 y 2005 a nombre de Yarbro, la reserva de derechos, las dos direcciones de la casa y los dos ISBN.
«Published by Cælum Press, a division of Writers.com Books Akron, Ohio Library of Congress Control Number: Trade Paperback: 2004114875 Hardcover: 2004113359 Original version first published in 1979 by Playboy Press, Chicago, Illinois» — la segunda mitad de la misma plana, donde la casa se dice *a division of* Writers.com Books y no *an imprint of* como en la portada, con los dos números de control de la Library of Congress y la edición original de 1979 por Playboy Press. Las dos menciones se consignan sin armonizar.
«Contents [Original 1978] Preface 11 A Quarter-Century Later: A New Introduction to Messages from Michael by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro 15 CHAPTER 1. The first session: Introduction to Michael 19 CHAPTER 2. The forming of the Michael group; introduction to some of the current group members; the rule of seven: thesis, antithesis, synthesis; and expression, inspiration, action, assimilation 29 CHAPTER 3. Jessica Lansing’s Ouija board; the use of the messages; Michael’s name; various means of communication with reunited entities; Eros and agape; animal behavior and human society» — la primera mitad del índice, que da la estructura declarada del volumen y el temario de los tres primeros capítulos; sus cifras son a la vez folio impreso y plana.
«Chelsea Quinn Yarbro Albany, California October 1978» — la firma y la data del Preface original, que es donde el volumen fecha esa primera capa de texto; la plana 14 no existe en el troceo.
«CHAPTER 6. The Role in essence; soul Cycle and essence Role 83 CHAPTER 7. Overleaves: Goals, Modes, Attitudes, Centers, Chief Features 91 CHAPTER 8. Examples of overleaves: three for each Role and each Cycle 105 CHAPTER 9. Understanding and overleaves; overleaves and entities; phobias and past lives; karmic relationships; entity relationships; the nature of karma» — el índice de los capítulos 6 a 9: el Role en esencia, los Overleaves con sus cinco clases, los ejemplos por Role y por Cycle, y el karma.
«CHAPTER 10. The higher planes; evil and good; religion; Monads, Agreements, and sequences; intimacy, sexuality, and Essence Twins; expectations; war; troubled souls, finding the path, acceleration, and evolution 145 CHAPTER 11. Burning karmic ribbons; marriage, agreements, and love; remembering the past; history; the nature and perception of time 167 CHAPTER 12. Mental health; Monads; manifestation of the Role in essence; physical health; true personality 177 CHAPTER 13. Quadrates and sextants; overviews of past lives; comments and reactions 201 CHAPTER 14. A Michael session; various information 221 EpiIogue, dictated by Michael 237 New Final Comments from Michael» — el resto del índice, de los planos superiores al capítulo 14, con el Epilogue dictado por Michael y los New Final Comments, que son las dos piezas que la edición de 2005 añade al final.
«Chelsea Quinn Yarbro Berkeley, California 2 July, 2004» — la firma y la data de la nueva introducción de 2005; la plana 18 no existe en el troceo.
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«In 1970, the alleged entity “Michael” first made its presence known to a thirty-three-year-old San Francisco Bay Area woman. The channel is called Jessica Lansing (a fictitious name) in the best-selling books by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Messages from Michael and More Messages from Michael. These books have made “Michael” one of the best known of the channeling cases that have come to prominence in the last few years» — la recepción, por Jon Klimo, que data el caso en 1970, da la edad de la médium, declara ficticio el nombre que el libro usa y sitúa al ente entre los casos de canalización más conocidos. Klimo cuenta también un segundo volumen, More Messages from Michael, que no está en este corpus.
«Key sources on the Michael Teachings include Yarbro, Messages from Michael, and Stevens and Warwick-Smith, The Michael Hand» — la recepción, por Michael F. Brown, que nombra la enseñanza por su nombre propio, *the Michael Teachings*, y pone a este volumen entre sus fuentes principales; el tramo se corta al fin de plana.
Concepts treated
Ocultismo (occultisme) — Catorce apariciones, medidas por programa sobre las 229 planas con capa de texto, y todas desde fuera o con reserva: Yarbro declara veinte años de interés activo en los estudios ocultos y a la vez que evita a los demás ocultistas por el escaparate y el dogmatismo de sus grupos; la médium declara que su trato con Yarbro no tuvo nada que ver con lo oculto; el dictado sostiene que el alma madura no está tan abierta a lo oculto como la vieja y pone el camino de la mano izquierda entre los actos que producen karma; y dos miembros del grupo sitúan esta enseñanza entre las técnicas ocultistas que estudiaron, una de ellas declarando que la distingue de ellas el no tener forma religiosa. El volumen no se llama a sí mismo ocultista en ninguna parte.
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Mónada (el glifo que condensa el esquema entero) — El término existe en el libro con sentido propio y el dictado lo deriva expresamente de la química y de la filosofía: unidad esencial e indivisible, experiencia necesaria que a menudo lleva más de una vida, repartida en interpersonales —padre e hijo, maestro y estudiante, atacante y víctima, sanador y sanado— e intrapersonales. Aparece 98 veces y, en la edición de 2005, se duplica en los siete Monads Internos que ordenan la biografía, del nacimiento a la salida. No es el monada de la tradición filosófica y aquí se consigna como término del propio sistema.
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