The Seventh Ray: A Mixed Reality initiation experience

‘Seventh Ray’ is a Mixed Reality (MR) platform inspired by Mystery School initiation techniques of the ancient world. The platform employs the latest in perceptual and sensory augmentation technologies to explore the meaning and modern day significance of these ancient ceremonies. The historic texts provide a formula and the new technologies provide the tools to revive these rites into previously unimaginable formulations. The Seventh Ray seeks to explore the combined power of drama with the particular state of awareness one feels when they fully inhabit a mixed reality. Might the MR brain exhibit closer parallels with the ‘book reading brain’ than that of the ‘movie watching’ one? The ancient texts give us a formula; the emerging technologies of VR and AR give us the tools to revive these ancient rites into unimaginable dimensions.

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Carl H. Smith

Sarah Janes

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Publication date: July 2018

Publication date (Print): July 2018

Pages: 339-345

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[0001]Director, Learning Technology Research Centre (LTRC)

Principle Research Fellow, Ravensbourne, London, UK

[0002]The Explorers Club

St Leonards on Sea

East Sussex

UK

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DOI: 10.14236/ewic/EVA2018.65

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Conference name: Electronic Visualisation and the Arts

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Conference location: London, UK

Conference date: 9 - 13 July 2018

Conference sponsor: Electronic Workshops in Computing (eWiC)

Conference theme: Electronic Visualisation and the Arts

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[1] L. J. Bendit 1973 The Mysteries Today and other essays The Theosophical Publishing House

[2] N Dee,1989 The Dreamer’s Workbook The Aquarian Press

[3] Diem Lane, A.2015 The Gnostic Mystery Mt. San Antonio College

[4] D. FeinsteinS. Krippner 1988 Personal Mythology: The Psychology of Your Evolving Self

[5] D. FeinsteinS. Krippner 1997 The Mythic Path Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam

[6] R. Graves 1955 The Greek Myths Vol. I & II Penguin

[7] J. Jaynes 1976 The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind Houghton Mifflin/Mariner Books

[8] C. G. Jung 1973 Psychological Reflections: An anthology of Jung’s Writings

[9] C. McIntosh 1980 The Rosicrucians: The History and Mythology of an Occult Order Crucible

[10] C. A. Meier 1989 Healing Dream and Ritual: Ancient Dream Incubation and Modern Psychotherapy Daimon Verlag,

[11] R. Ornstein 1991 The Evolution of Consciousness: Of Darwin, Freud, Cranial Fire – The Origins of the Way We Think Prentice Hall Press

[12] R. T Rundle Clark.1978 Myth and Symbol in Ancient Egypt Thames and Hudson

[13] R. Steiner 1910-1913 The Four Mystery Dramas

[14] R. Steiner 1947 The World of the Senses and the World of the Spirit: Six lectures given at Hanover 27th December 1911 – 1st January 1912 Rudolf Steiner Publishing House

[15] R. Steiner 1947 Knowledge of the Higher Worlds Rudolf Steiner Publishing House

[16] R. Steiner 1971 Ancient Myths: Their Meaning and Connection with Evolution Steiner Book Centre

[17] R. Steiner 1910-1911 Occult History, Six Lectures in Stuttgart.

[18] D. L. Tamir 2015 Reading fiction and reading minds: the role of simulation in the default network

[19] R. K. G. Temple 1984 Conversations with Eternity: Ancient Man’s Attempts to Know the Future Rider London

[20] The Three Initiates 1908 The Kybalion

[21] The Corpus Hermeticum 1999 The Definitions of Hermes (translation by Jean-Pierre Mahe )

[22] Wallis Budge E. A.1920 The Book of the Dead (translation of the Egyptian Book of Coming Forth by Day )

[23] R. G. WassonA. HofmannC. A. P. Ruck 1978 Road to Eleusis: Unveiling the Secret of the Mysteries North Atlantic Books

[24] L. WilliamsD. Pearce 2005 Inside the Neolithic Mind: Consciousness, Cosmos and the Realm of the Gods Thames and Hudson

[25] C. WilsonJ. Grant 1981 The Directory of Possibilities Webb and Bower

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