Who is behind the Youtube channel VedicVibes, this website and the series of papers on the Yoga of the Inner LIght. Just to give some context. Prof. Dr. Jan M. Keppel Hesselink is a Dutch physician, biologist, and professor of molecular pharmacology (associated with the University of Witten/Herdecke). He bridges conventional medicine (especially neuropathic pain … Continue reading Our work on the Yoga of the Inner Light
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Micro-phenomenology and Meditation: Entering the Fine Textures of Inner Experience. No blabla but experiencing!
In recent years, a quiet methodological shift has begun to influence the study of consciousness. Instead of speaking about meditation only through philosophical reflection, brain imaging, or spiritual interpretation, researchers have started to listen more carefully to experience itself. One of the most refined tools emerging from this development is micro-phenomenology: a disciplined way of … Continue reading Micro-phenomenology and Meditation: Entering the Fine Textures of Inner Experience. No blabla but experiencing!
Jeanne de Salzmann and the Inner Law of Two Movements: What The Reality of Being Really Teaches
A good friend of mine sent me for Xmas one page from an unknown source. The page was intriguing to me. I print the page here. Why was it so intriguing? Because the last sentences resonated a lot. I subsequently learned the page is from a book by a pupil of my esteemed master, G.I. … Continue reading Jeanne de Salzmann and the Inner Law of Two Movements: What The Reality of Being Really Teaches
VedicVibes go India: India, Bharata, there where light is!
In 2026 VedicVibes go on a 5-weeks Inida trip visiting many meditation and yoga masters in Kerala. Why India? Because the ancient word for India is Bharata. And that makes a lot of sence. The Sanskrit word for India, 'Bharata', stems from the root "bhaya ratam iti bharatam." BHA signifies 'light' - knowledge, wisdom, and … Continue reading VedicVibes go India: India, Bharata, there where light is!
From Naked Lunch to the Naked Mind: Burroughs and the Yoga of Deconditioning
William S. Burroughs’s Naked Lunch is not a work of mysticism in the conventional sense, yet it confronts the same central task as any authentic spiritual discipline: to strip perception of its conditioning and reveal the structures that enslave consciousness. Beneath its grotesque surfaces and satirical anarchy, Burroughs’s work performs a kind of dark yoga, … Continue reading From Naked Lunch to the Naked Mind: Burroughs and the Yoga of Deconditioning
The 72 Angels and the Sigils: the Angel VehuiaA
The Sigil of the Angel VehuiaH! For those of us who work with phosphenes, the endogenous light of the brain, meditation is not about seeing nothing, but about witnessing the Field of Light stabilize. After decades of practice, we learn that this inner luminosity is not mere visual noise; it is the fundamental signature of … Continue reading The 72 Angels and the Sigils: the Angel VehuiaA
Beyond the Boundary of Academia: Mapping the Dimensions of Trans-Academic Knowledge
Across cultures and centuries, forms of knowing have emerged that do not fit within institutional epistemologies. They are experiential, symbolic, or transformative rather than analytic or instrumental. Wouter J. Hanegraaff famously called this domain rejected knowledge, the “dustbin” of Western intellectual history, populated by the occult, the mystical, and the magical. Yet rejection is only … Continue reading Beyond the Boundary of Academia: Mapping the Dimensions of Trans-Academic Knowledge
On mantras — Om, bija, and the practical power of sacred sound
There are topics that feel almost taboo to discuss in public, and mantra practice sits squarely among them. Yet much of what’s said about mantras in classical texts is not occult so much as carefully framed: initiation matters old masters said, context matters, and a great deal of the power attributed to a mantra is … Continue reading On mantras — Om, bija, and the practical power of sacred sound
Najm al-Dīn Kubrā and the Sufi Map of Inner Light
In the history of mysticism, few figures described the inner lights of contemplation with as much clarity and precision as Najm al-Dīn Kubrā (1145–1221), the great Sufi master from Khwarezm and founder of the Kubrawiyya order. His writings offer one of the earliest and most systematic phenomenologies of phosphenes: the spontaneous lights that appear behind … Continue reading Najm al-Dīn Kubrā and the Sufi Map of Inner Light
The Vision Taxonomy of Dr. Rouhier, in his classic work on mescaline intoxication
The French physician Rouhier, in his classic work on mescaline intoxication, attempted to classify the types of visions experienced under its influence. Importantly, he stressed that these types are not sequential stages (like a ladder of progression) but rather modes of experience that often overlap. In most mescaline states, one type tends to dominate, while … Continue reading The Vision Taxonomy of Dr. Rouhier, in his classic work on mescaline intoxication
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