1st Stage : - the aim of helping the student of yoga to gain control of their own consciousness & their body. This goal is achieved by means of mental & physical exercises.
Mental exercises include Meditation, Autogenic Training, Concentration, & the continious Mantra or One Incantation that the spirit, the higherself gave in meditation, as the means of a Secret Word.
Physical excercises are breathing exercises & various bodily postures like the Lotus Position, the Full Lotus Position, & the 5 Rites, the Cobra Position, & headstand; thus is Psychosomatic in nature, producing Unity of the Body & Mind. Which produces the Relaxation of Body & Mind, & brings into play the one thought, no thought consept into play so to speak... of which helps in Semi-Trance Channeling or Full Trance Channeling, helps with psychometry & many other techniques of the Mind & Body.
2nd Stage of Yoga : - involes the control of the Unconscious Mind. When someone has Mastered the 2nd Stage, they can control & guide, their Visceral Nerves. Masters of the 2nd Stage can do Astonishing things... Like stop pain, stop blood flows, stop breathing for a hell of a long time... among other things... even bend spoons of which I personally never did bending the spoon thingy, just couldn't get that concept down pat... Well I've done other things thou...
3rd Stage of Yoga : - concerned with the Mastery of the Natural Powers. When we combine Magic & Yoga together.
Tibetan Yogis : Combine Magic & Yoga; 3 yrs. of Apprenticeship under a Lama, who is the Master of this Art, the Adept (apprentice) has to be able to produce energy in the form of heat or cold in natural objects; as in heat such as Melting ice by means of mental concentration, or to produce heat & even Flames. As in the Practice of Fire Magic which we worship Fire, or in the case of producing Cold substance making it rain, freezing, producing ice, in the case of Ida & Pingala, Sun & Moon, Heat & Cold, the Raise of warmth for heat on a cold day, or on the hot days producing a coldness to cool yourself down... In Water Magic where we Worship Water...
4th Stage of Yoga : - the person or yogi gains Mastery over the Dark Arts.
Blessed Be...
I like Element Magic, Myself.