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Exploring the Akashic Records: What Ancient Aliens Left Out

1/20/2013

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Today I’d like to follow up on my review of Ancient Aliens S05E05 "The Einstein Factor" from yesterday. In the program, Giorgio Tsoukalos, Jason Martell, the late Philip Coppens, and others asserted that the ancient peoples of India believed in a parallel dimension called the Akashic Records in which all of the information in the universe is stored and which geniuses can access in order to receive new ideas from this alien world. One part Borges’ “Library of Babel,” one part Lovecraft’s “Through the Gate of the Silver Key,” this realm of infinite knowledge is supposedly the only way new concepts enter our reality, discounting the role of human imagination and creativity.

As I pointed out yesterday, these Akashic Records are a modern creation, not a genuine ancient concept. I thought it was worth looking at this in a bit more detail.

The concept has its murky origins in some actual ancient Indian material, but material very different from the modern interpretation. The concept can be traced back, ultimately, to material from the Mahabharata, where Chitragupta, the son of Brahma, takes on a role similar to that of Jesus and Osiris in judging the dead. In the Anusasana Parva, sec. 130, a fellow named Yams explains what Chitragupta relates about the realm beyond the material world:

Nothing is lost of either piety or sin that is committed by creatures. On days of the full moon and the new moon, those acts are conveyed to the sun where they rest. When a mortal goes into the region of the dead, the deity of the sun bears witness to all his acts. He that is righteous acquires the fruits of his righteousness there.

Here, knowledge is retained in a different realm, but it is knowledge generated on earth about earthly beings. Obviously, this is very different from the idea of humans gaining knowledge from the other realm. In fact, Chitragupta explained to Yams that he was actually referring to acts committed on earth, so that a gift of water yields water in the realm of the dead, a gift of a lamp lights the realm of the dead, etc. Similarly, the sinful are punished for their vileness.

This vague correlation between the spirit realm and the earthly realm was elaborated in the Sāmkhya school of philosophy, from c. 200 CE onward. This philosophical school embraced a particular form of dualism, a separation between consciousness (the self) and matter. The Sāmkhya philosophers read this philosophy backward into older texts, such as the Indra-Vitra myth, which they saw as representing the duality of existence. By understanding the dualism of mind and matter, the soul can be freed to enter a realm of pure consciousness, which can also be read to suggest that it contains absolute knowledge. Occasional references in this school’s texts to the work akasha, meaning “ether,” “air,” or “sky,” suggested to later thinkers a location for this realm of consciousness.

Helena Blavatsky, the fraudulent medium who started the cult of Theosophy, began incorpriating Hindu and Vedic concepts into her system of belief, and she proposed several layers of cosmic consciousness that filtered knowledge downward from other realms to the earth. She did not, however, use the term “akashic records.” She discussed instead Akasha as a substance, like the “Astral Light” of Kabala, which is itself synonymous with all of time, all of space, and all of soul, though even she was not entirely consistent in her use of the word in The Secret Doctrine. She states that it is not ether, but it and ether are of one substance, like God and Jesus. At any rate, she doesn’t talk about Akashic Records as such; they are an extrapolation from Akasha.

Blavatsky also set the stage for Ancient Aliens by proposing that certain occult geniuses received inspiration from the etheric plane, inspirations regulated by higher powers for the good of humanity, though she did not imagine aliens doing the controlling:

Occult Philosophy divulges few of its most important vital mysteries. It drops them like precious pearls, one by one, far and wide apart, and even this only when forced to do so by the evolutionary tidal wave that carries on Humanity slowly, silently, but steadily, toward the dawn of the Sixth Race mankind. For once out of the safe custody of their legitimate heirs and keepers, those mysteries cease to be Occult: they fall into the public domain, and have to run the risk of becoming curses more often than blessings in the hands of the selfish—of the Cains of the human race. Nevertheless, whenever such individuals as the discoverer of Etheric Force are born, men with peculiar psychic and mental capacities, they are generally and more frequently helped, than allowed to go unassisted, groping on their way; if left to their own resources, they very soon fall victims to martyrdom or become the prey of unscrupulous speculators. But they are helped only on the condition that they should not become, whether consciously or unconsciously, an additional peril to their age: a danger to the poor, now offered in daily holocaust by the less wealthy to the very wealthy. (Secret Doctrine, vol. 1, p. 609)

But how did this become the Akashic Records?

At the end of the nineteenth century, the Theosophists, who had moved their center of operations from the United States to India, were increasingly relying on Hindu and Vedic material to generate new elaborations of Blavatsky’s Secret Doctrine, which had been about equally divided between Eastern and Western mysticism. Here is where the akashic records originates. Helena Blavatsky had proposed that there was an etheric plane, in which the etheric body existed outside of space and time. According to Theosophists, the etheric plane “vibrated” in tune with the material plane as parallel universes, one of matter and the other of spirit. So if akasha was of the same substance as ether, but more refined than ether, then surely there must be an akashic plane above or beyond the etheric plane (indeed Blavatsky had suggested as much). If on the etheric plane there were “Inter-Etheric Intelligences” (Blavatsky’s name for angels), then the akashic plane must have its own wisdom, too.

Reading about the Hindu belief that Chitragupta kept records of all the sins and virtues, the deeds and actions, of the men of earth, later Theosophists suggested that a godlike being kept records of the past on the akashic plane. On the akashic plane, supposedly the “conscious memory of the Logos of our system” was imprinted, according to Bertram Keightley, a major Theosophical figure. This Logos is a divine being, the “Collective Being,” there being one for each planet.

But contrary to Ancient Aliens and the New Age, at first the Akashic Records were not thought of as bringing information about things that do not yet exist. Keightley explained in 1897 that the Akashic Records merely recorded the events of the past and stored them in the sky (following Chitragupta’s precedent from the Mahabharata), where psychic mediums could access them, since they were but the memories of the collective consciousness of the earth:

The akashic records therefore must not be thought of as a series of pictures or reproductions of events existing continually either on the astral or on the manasic plane, superposed one upon the other or following each other in succession, like a stack of photographs or the ribbon of the cinematograph. But if not of this nature, what then are these "records "? Here one is confronted by the ever-recurring difficulty of in any, even the smallest, degree making intelligible the facts of a higher plane in terms of the experience of a lower. Hence these phrases, "records," "akashic pictures," etc., etc., already applied in our present instance, and the misunderstandings which have arisen through the materialising of these similes. So another attempt must be made, and this time under safe-guard of a most emphatic declaration that whatever may be said can, in the very nature of things, be at best but the very faintest and remotest shadow of the living actuality.

In the first place then it seems, in investigating the past by means of the so-called akashic records, that it is the conscious memory of the Logos which forms their ultimate source. At any rate what the investigator appears to do- is—by some action on his part which it is literally impossible to describe down here—to allow the memory of the Logos to reflect itself in the matter of the manasic plane, and so reproduce before his vision, not only all that happened on the physical plane, but all that accompanied it on the astral or manasic planes as well. When the investigator ceases his action, the whole thing disappears and the matter of the manasic plane resumes its ordinary condition.

The manasic plane is the plane of pure mind.

By 1919, the Theosophical Swami Bhakta Vishita simply asserted directly that the Akashic Plane merely “contains traces and impressions of all the happenings of the past of this earth.” Rudolph Steiner, a Theosophist who later broke away to found Anthroposophy as a “reformed” Theosophy, used the Akashic Records to “investigate” the true history of Atlantis and Lemuria, which he reported in The Submerged Continents of Atlantis and Lemuria, Their History and Civilization, Being Chapters from the Akashic Record. The English translation was made in 1911, but I’m not sure the exact year of the German edition; it is often reported as 1902 or 1904. Here, while he suggests that the records are related to the “Eternal,” he states that only impressions of past events can be retrieved by the psychic voyager. That neither Atlantis nor Lemuria existed does not speak highly of these records.

But we still aren’t at the modern conception of the Akashic Record as a psychic Library of Babel.

That honor falls to the alleged psychic Edgar Cayce, who in the twentieth century adapted Theosophical concepts in his readings. He claimed to use the Akashic Records to explore Atlantis and other lost worlds. Cayce differed from the Theosophists in attributing to Atlantis the high-technology trappings of science fiction, derived in part from Frederick Oliver’s Dweller on Two Planets (1920). If the Akashic Records were revealing hitherto unremembered ancient technology, then the logical inference was that lost technology could be recovered by psychic probing of the Akashic Records. From here, it is a short step to suggesting that modern people were merely “remembering” the forgotten technology of lost Atlantis and thus “rediscovering” it through psychic connection to the Akashic Records, as New Age writers now do.

Once the connection between high technology and the Akashic Records came about, it was easy enough for later writers to simply suggest that all inventions and ideas came from the divine inspiration of Akasha (some Wiccans believe “spontaneous knowledge” comes from Akasha), even though there was no warrant for attributing future events to a set of records supposedly covering only the past. I would be willing to suggest that science fiction played a role in this development, possibly Borges’ “Library of Babel” (1941), which described a universe that contains every possible book, and Lovecraft’s “Through the Gates of the Silver Key” (1933), which describes a meeting with Yog-Sothoth in which the narrator, Randolph Carter, sees all possible versions of himself, past, present, and future, and sees how Yog-Sothoth stores perfect knowledge of all that was, is, and will be. These are but two of many similar tales of infinite knowledge in another plane. (A potential complication: Written with E. Hoffmann Price, "Gates" is heavily influenced by Price's exploration of Theosophy.) 

Today, only some New Age believers follow Ancient Aliens in making the Akashic Records a source of future knowledge; most maintain the Theosophical distinction that these records (as their name implies) preserve past events. 

So, in sum, Ancient Aliens and its pundits are simply wrong about every aspect of the allege Akashic Records. They are not ancient, are not Indian, and do not deliver information about things that have yet to be.

22 Comments
John J. McKay link
1/20/2013 02:23:17 pm

I'm going on memory here because my books are all in storage. I thought the library hidden under the Sphinx held the Akashic Records and that that idea came from Cayce. I think he predicted their discovery. Am I remembering that right? Also,

I have always assumed that Churchward's Naacal tablets had some connection to Theosophy, but have never gotten around to looking into it. I know he lifted most of his ideas from le Plogneon, but do you know anything about a Theosophy connection there?

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Tara Jordan
1/20/2013 05:34:36 pm

The sheer intellectual laziness & outright plagiarism from so called "Ancient Aliens experts". They keep on regurgitating materials they never even bothered to read. Give them enough time,they`ll eventually come up with the idea that Fulcanelli & the Hyperboreans were also Extraterrestrials

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Jason Colavito link
1/21/2013 12:22:51 am

You're right that some people conflate the Akashic Records and the Hall of Records, supposedly under the Sphinx. Cayce claimed that the Hall of Records was inside the Sphinx's right shoulder (must be a small room), but he did differentiate between the Hall of Records (the archive of Atlantis) and the Akashic Records (the spirit-realm record of all human existence), at least in what I have read of his prophecies. I can't say I've read them all to know if he ever intertwined the two.

I'll have to look into the Naacal tablets; it isn't coming to mind right now.

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terry the censor
2/6/2013 05:34:55 am

> modern people were merely “remembering” the forgotten technology of lost Atlantis and thus “rediscovering” it through psychic connection

This sounds a lot like Plato's theory of anamnesis, that learning is just an act of recalling forgotten knowledge. This knowledge is complete -- it covers everything -- and is accrued during past lives.

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NEO link
9/8/2014 04:28:37 pm

YOU ARE WRONG THERE IS SUCH SCIENCE MEDIUM,AND IT IS OUT THERE ASK ME I CAN LISTEN TO IT IF MY MIND IS VERY CLEAR,YOU CAN NOT FIND IT OR JUDGE GENIUSES BY SITTING IN A STUPID BAR,AND TALK ABOUT EINSTEIN CONNECTIONS TO ALIENS,GO OUT AND OPEN YOUR CLOSED EVER IMAGINATION,YOU MAY BE HISTORIAN,BUT DO NOT ASSOCIATE IT WITH OTHER RELIGION PRACTICES OF OLD INDIANS AND THINK YOU FOUND SOMETHING,SORRY I AM ANGRY BECAUSE I AM GETTING INFORMATIONS OF VERY ADVANCE SCIENCE FROM MYSTERY MEDIUM,AND YOU ARE DESTROYING THE CHANCES OF OTHERS THAT HAS AN ABILITY TO LISTEN TO IT BY PHILOSOPHIZING WRONG

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Milton Platt
12/30/2015 06:06:06 pm

First, turn off your caps. That is rude.
Second, if you have knowledge of some scientific principal that is accessible no other way, then share it and we can all judge for ourselves. I'm calling you out......

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Anon
1/14/2017 05:08:58 am

Über thanks dood. Ether is the perfect space inbetween that allows room for the 'astral' or spiritual/emotional/vibrational plane that gives added dimension to perception, synapses/connections and mirror synapses. It's how spirits and gods/goddesses bless our life path and life force with emotional connection to past AND future memories. I'm speaking from experience not egomania. If you'd like to know more of my experiences feel free to contact me.

NEO link
1/19/2017 10:22:11 am

I AM NOT YELLING AT NO ONE ,THIS IS HOW I WRITE,SHARING OLD KNOWLEDGE ,NEEDS FREE TIME ,BY SITTING ALONE AND MEDITATING,I HAVE PROBLEM OF STAYING ALONE ,SINCE A BAD SPECIE OF ALIENS KEEPS MY COMPANY,THE ONLY WAY IS TO GO TO THE MOUNTAINS OF RENO,AND MEDITATE AND WHEN I AM IN HARMONY ,I CAN LISTEN TO SCIENCES THROUGH MY BRAIN,EVERY HUMAN HAS THIS RECEIVER ANTENNA,BUT THE SIGNAL IS CLOUDED BY HIS DAILY LIFE,SO SITTING ALONE IS THE START,THEN CLEARING YOUR BRAIN ,BY MEDITATION ,AND LISTEN,THE ECHOES ARE VERY FAINT INDEED ,BUT THEIR LIES THE SECRET OF THE UNIVERSE,CALL IT ANYTHING ,CALL IT A RECORDS ,OR ANYTHING

NEO link
1/19/2017 08:22:14 pm

your CALLING ME OUT FINE,NOTHING WRONG WITH YOUR CALL,BUT I FOUND THAT THIS MYSTERIOUS MEDIUM,CALL IT RECORDS.OR ANYTHING IT IS THERE ,BUT NO ONE IN THE WEST IT SEEMS AWARE OF IT,MAYBE SOME GENIUSES LIKE TESLA AND EINSTEIN GOT TO CONNECT WITH IT ,I NEVER READ THEIR LIFE STORIES,BUT I DID HAVE AN EXPERIENCES WITH IT,AND I WROTE HOW TO GET CONNECTED WITH IT,JUST STAY ALONE /CLEAR YOUR BRAIN FROM ALL THINGS( MAKE IT BLANK) LIKE JUST WHEN YOU FALL TO SLEEP,WITHOUT REALLY SLEEPING,( THE MOMENT ,THE FEW SECONDS BEFORE YOU SLEEP ,YOUR STATE OF MIND TURN BLANK,STAY LIKE THIS) ,AND PRACTICE MEDITATION,ANY KIND OF MEDITATION THAT KEEPS YOU IN THIS STATE OF MIND BLANKNESS,THEN YOU START TO HEAR ,AND COME BACK AND TELL ME WHAT HAPPENED,SOME PEOPLE CAN DO IT EASILY ,I STRUGGLE TO KEEP MY MIND BLANK,BECAUSE OF ALIENS INTERFERENCE WITH ME

ED
7/11/2017 06:00:31 am

Yes blame it on the alien interference. You could try a tinfoil cap. OK the power of meditation is proved.I believe false memories are easy to be experienced.

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NEO KORBEN
7/11/2017 01:27:43 pm

aluminum foil won't work,the aliens can penetrate it,even they will take away the foil,and meditation will work if you persistence on doing it,every body has an antenna within his brain ,you have to be in harmony and you can listen,but you have to be very clever to understand what you are listening to and to put it to work,or else it is no use,I AM AN ENGINEER MY SELF,AND I KNOW WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT,I CAN MAKE BIG DIFFERENCE IF I AM ABLE TO DO IT AGAIN,IT IS SO HARD ON A LOT OF PEOPLE DUE TO INTERFERENCES FROM OTHER PEOPLE MIND'S TRANSMISSIONS,THATS WHY YOU HAVE TO BE ALONE AND FAR FROM HUMANS, SINCE IT IS SO WEAK TRANSMISSIONS,BUT THE SECRETS OF UNIVERSE LIES THERE

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Mila link
7/24/2017 01:38:42 pm

NEO....thank you, I am on a same page with you. I have done a lot of research about The Akashic Record....it is "believe it or not". I have chosen to BELIEVE....and I have started practicing my meditation, it is not easy at all, very hard to get to "silence" and clear my brain, but I am not a quitter! I wish that Jason Colavito could try this by himself before he wrote his articles. He is definitely NOT SPIRITUAL, so how dare you write about something what is important for many, many people....and what brings LIGHT in their lives!!!!

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Arlene link
6/20/2019 01:49:01 am

Hi, Mila,

I agree with you totally. Akashic Records and higher realms exist and there are ways to connect with them. Naysayers will talk crap and you should ignore it.

Peace and Love.

Arlene.

NEO
7/24/2017 03:52:25 pm

THANK YOU MILA,I'VE BEEN PRACTICING THIS FOR LONG TIME AND I AM STILL AN INFANT AT THAT,THERE ARE OCEANS OF SCIENCES OUT THERE ,THE DOOR IS HARMONY AND LISTENING USING BRAIN

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Tachti
9/14/2017 02:37:00 pm

NEO, WHAT IS THE NAME OF YOUR SPIRIT GUIDE?

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Neo
9/14/2017 09:10:17 pm

I really have no one special .but Iben Arabic was the highest I got influenced with,,and also Osho as well

NEO
9/14/2017 09:53:51 pm

I MEANT IBIN ARABI AND OSHO

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TACHTI
9/15/2017 09:53:02 am

THANK YOU.

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Arlene link
6/20/2019 01:41:42 am

Hi, Neo,

I agree with you completely. It is all about beliefs and faith. All those who look at such profound knowledge and consciousness merely from "material-reductionist" point of view will never find out the existence of such records or connection with the higher consciousness and because they hold "doubts" in their minds and discredit the existence or even the possibility of existence of such a realm, they will forever be denied any knowledge of its existence.

Please get in touch with me as I want to discuss a few things with you.

Cheers,
Arlene

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Evangelos VOLOTAS link
1/14/2018 03:41:01 pm

for more information, on "Our Course in the Stellar Space" please visit following web page

https://sites.google.com/site/ourcourseinthestellarspace/

Why did Pope Benedict XVI resign? - the akashic records – The Leathal Qualitative Human Choice - A One World Government - The Divine Planning of Evolutionary Course of theMankind on the Earth and in the Stellar Space.

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Tim
3/5/2019 01:18:35 am

https://www.cherylmarlene.com/are-the-akashic-records-of-hindu-origin/
Read this
A much more complete understanding than
Jason trying to debunk some tv opinion
Read and remember

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Ray
11/19/2019 10:19:14 am

Thank you Jason
You have re-affirmed my belief of how im losing my wife
Shes been doing this for two years now without my knowledge
She has fallen in love with another man thanks to opening that door and now is also using oracle cards
The journey of enlightment comes through God and him only.
I am trying to bring her back to who she was but she wont let me in ... any advice ?
Thanks

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