“Calling Cards for Merfolk”: An Introduction and the Mermaid Isaphil

Vibrations and Permission Slips

 Everything in the Universe has a vibration. When someone first wants to contact mermaids, I recommend that spiritual adepts and seekers use Franz Bardon’s occult classics (Initiation into Hermetics, The Practice of Magical Evocation, and The Key to the True Kabbalah) to develop their mental skills to achieve contact with them effectively. Even if you do not want to be a lifelong student of Hermetics, the meditations and exercises therein can help prepare your mind and body to be a clear channel for elemental and planetary energies. Franz Bardon honestly did not understand the water element or mermaids very well emotionally, even though he did help carve out some clear descriptions of the magnetic fluid. His work may not help you get into a flowy, watery state just by reading, but his exercises help adepts develop discernment and strong mental acuity when interacting with magical beings.

When I first began reading Bardon’s books over ten years ago, I was overwhelmed by the sheer volume of information and spiritual intelligences presented in his work. Bardon’s material is well-organized and can be understood by everyone, including those new to magic, elementals, and occult studies (though I recommend reading his books in order in the case of being inexperienced), but my focus has been on the mermaid and water realm for as long as I can remember! Even though there are no true shortcuts where spiritual development and mental training are concerned, I wanted to create a more accessible “cheat sheet” for people who would like to sample mermaid energy without wading through hundreds of pages of occult research (which is funny because Bardon wanted to condense thousands of pages of research to suit his students as well).

Humans need permission slips, me included. What I mean by that is that all energy and vibration is accessible to us, but sometimes we need help realizing it through physical or mental vehicles. Even time is an illusion, though the experience of it is real, and spiritualists have been aware for many years now that every “moment” in time is happening right now all at once. Think of this as a film strip. If we sit down to watch the movie Cinderella, we can journey with her through “time” as she copes with her stepsisters, goes to the ball, and tries on her glass slipper. Now, imagine that the roll of film comprising the Cinderella movie we just watched is sitting in front of you. We are no longer traveling through time, but we can skip to any section of the film strip and see Cinderella in each “moment” of her story. It was our movement through the story when we were watching the movie that created the illusion of time. This is a rough idea of how time works in our world.

What this means for spiritualists and magic practitioners is that every moment is available for us to access when needed and this is what most people mean when they say they are accessing the “akashic records.” All they are saying is that they are rising above the illusions of time and space to mentally focus on something that seems inaccessible when we are immersed in the matrix “timeline” of third-dimensional earth. If you want a slightly more grounded example of how accessing other places can work, I think that the movie Interstellar did a respectable job of making such an abstract, fourth-dimensional concept translate in a physical way. Near the end of the movie, a time traveler stands within a quasi-physical version of his family library in a multidimensional space (it appears to be happening in his mind). In this space, he is able to connect with many different “moments” throughout his and his daughter’s lives. The mystery that he and his daughter had been trying to solve (regarding books falling off the shelves and seeming paranormal activity) turned out to be him trying to get her attention all along, just in their version of the “future” or a space outside of time.

 Things get a little more tricky when we dive into topics such as the Mandela effect, reality shifting, and limitless realities where only one small thing can distinguish one reality from another. For now, we will keep things simple and just say that this is useful for people who want to contact elementals because we know we are not truly limited by time, space, or dimension when we cultivate our abilities. However, messages may be “translated” differently so that we can understand them. For example, if we are contacting a fifth-dimensional extraterrestrial being, the being may appear to us in humanoid form so that we can understand it better even though fifth-dimensional beings are no longer physical.

Cause and Effect

 Here in the third dimension on planet earth, we live within an illusion that communicates through our sensory experiences that we need to “do” something to achieve something. If we want to get clean, we take a shower. If we are hungry, we must eat. Barring any spiderman abilities the parkour masters of today possess, when most of us want to get to the second or third floor of a tall building, we take the stairs or ride the elevator. Either way, we all take physical measures to get from point A to point B since most of us have not yet recalled how to consistently employ the skill of teleportation. When we want to talk to someone far away, we call them, text them, or message them online. Mermaids, astral beings, and planetary intelligences are always speaking, but in this world, we must take the steps to “dial-in” to their frequencies. A secondary reason we usually need to take some form of action to experience the “spiritual” realms is that our physical incarnations are important in and of themselves. There are concrete things we need to experience in our daily lives so that we can evolve, gain experience as a human, and integrate what we came here to remember about ourselves. If we were always automatically flinging ourselves into the spiritual realms, there would not be a point in incarnating into a human body in the first place.

 I like to think of these steps we have to take to access spiritual realms as calling cards or phone numbers for mermaids and other elementals. All of us have a vibrational frequency since the entire universe is vibrationally based. We all have auras with frequencies, thoughts with frequencies, and unique vibrational compositions that make us truly unique! If we can learn to tune into these vibrations and frequencies, we can access anyone or anything at any time in any place.

The convenient thing about vibration is that it can be translated into many forms that make sense to us! This is the purpose of magical sigils, seals, musical tones, art, colors, shapes, and mental imagery. We are making vibration accessible to our senses by shifting it into a form that computes in our brains. This is what I will be doing over time when I associate sounds, images, colors, and poetry with different mermaids and mermen. Just because we are being exposed to a vibration does not mean that we have developed the skills to perceive it well or stay “dialed in” to the frequency, but the more we hone those abilities and focus on the vibrational phone numbers of these beings, the easier it will be to contact them quickly and consistently. The same concept somewhat applies to lucid dreaming- another passion of mine. At first, it can be a challenge to get to the point where we are frequently lucid, and then, after we establish that, we have to learn to be able to stay in the dream without waking up each time we realize we are dreaming. Lengthening the time we can spend focused on something will work wonders in our spiritual practice for those of us wanting to contact interdimensional beings in our dreams or during meditation. Learning to be responsible and consistently aware of the frequency we are emitting is also vital, not just to connect with elementals, but to make the transition from the 3rd to 4th dimension and evolve.

A Word on Contacting Merfolk and Elementals

Before contacting any spiritual being, it is important to have our priorities straight. Franz Bardon and other spiritualists will sometimes use the word charlatan to refer to someone who wants to use their skills or knowledge to simply gain power or feel more important than others. Mermaids are very “go with the flow” elementals and never come across as irritated or hostile (as some other elementals and planetary beings can appear), but you can only go as far with them as you are spiritually able. You may be able to access their realm with some light practice but delving into the treasures of their realm and cultivating spiritual wealth within the water element can only occur through authenticity and humility. Being ego-driven or power-hungry is out of resonance with the mermaid realm, so you can be very self-limiting where high vibrational elemental contact is concerned if you are marinating in a low-frequency vibration. This does not mean that certain elemental or planetary realms cannot be accessed with ego or poor intentions… the mermaid realm is somewhat unique in requiring an evolved being in a positive direction to deeply interface with it. I never mean to imply that “spiritual” ability is equivalent to morality either… the two are completely separate trajectories. An example of ability vs. morality would be the dark empath. Having empathy is not synonymous with having compassion or desiring the good of all… it just means you can feel what other people feel or think what they think.

Some elementals, such as salamanders (fire spirits) will not even talk to spiritual adepts until they have passed some sort of “test.” The test is never an ego trip, but many elementals do need a reason to work with a practitioner of magic and metaphysics. They are not spiritual babysitters and they want you to lay the groundwork to be able to co-create safely and efficiently with them. An inexperienced student may show up with rudimentary knowledge of an elemental’s realm hoping to be able to “sit at the master’s feet” to learn the basics. One fire spirit told someone I know to “come back after you have spent three human lifetimes mastering the fiery inner core of your aura.” The spirit could not do what it was commissioned to do with this person until the human gained mastery over their raw ability and presence. Other spirits have said things like, “Come back to me when you can clear your mind of thoughts for a full hour. Make your mind like the open sky and then we can collaborate.” This is not to say that some “spiritual journalists” cannot sometimes be fortunate and interview an elemental or spirit so that we (humans) can map them out and become aware of their presence. Some elementals are happy to talk to the right person when it makes sense to do so, but it is still wise to know how to focus your thoughts, stay grounded in human form, and shield yourself or exit the spiritual space if it becomes too intense. Below is a poem I channeled from a salamander who talked with me about how he mastered lightning over a length of time that humans would find astonishing. I have a close personal relationship with the salamander Itumo, and even though I do not spend copious amounts of time developing my fire element, most spirits are willing to at least have a discussion with me since my aura is made of water (and some air) and they recognize me as a fellow elemental.

“How A Salamander Mastered Lightning”

When I first began my mission

To foster fire and ambition

I chose to master with precision

The divided nations in my Soul.

I watched a marriage take place

As fire danced across the earth's face

And there was even a cake

With layers in the blazing ocean

I saw how the future union of earth and sky

Collided to become a lunar lullaby

Throwing their child miles high

Creating new light amongst the planets

I became obsessed with the dance of opposites

The possibilities were infinite

But still infants, not initiates....

Unable to spread their wings just yet

I was still too weak to direct my vision

My mind was split into ribbons

Not united, but in scattered prisms

Too undisciplined to command attention

So I took notes to the side of the stage

Learned that everything has its place

And how to keep my passion engaged

Without it dimming or stretching too far.

I wiped the lava off a mountain's chin

Meditated with the deep sea vents

Focused on the heat from a distance

And learned from the sky's detached wisdom.

I became a catalyst for potential

Learned to control my own vessel

Made my mind into a temple

Of pure will and intention

I did not become cruel, but sovereign

Made my mind firm, but let my heart soften

Really nurtured the garden

Of power under control

Then an electron whistled past my ear

And a proton became very clear

Positive and negative spheres

Begging to be joined in matrimony

I became the host of a great event

Looked inside my heart and found the contents

I would need to build and cement

The metropolis of art in my vision

I felt an idea start to rage

But controlled it like a sage

Directed and balanced on the edge of a page

Of a new chapter

Then it happened.

I mastered myself completely

And a lightning bolt went ringing

And the atmosphere was singing

With Connection ecstatic and clear!

 Pure will arced in the dark like a branch

Became an ark ferrying a chance

For the birth of a new romance

Between licking sky and hungry land.

I was the essence of a receptive space

The lens and path for light to trace

Its body wielded as a naked flame

A singularity striking where I decreed

 I became the great Chancellor

Telling the sparks to stay or wander

Made my will the great conductor

Lighting electric chandeliers

 Many magicians have come and go

"Masters", leaders, CEO's

Offering gifts and shiny tomes

To equip them with my secrets

First they wanted to control the fire

But couldn't harness their own desires

Wisdom, patience, and electric choirs

Burnt to oblivion in their minds.

They wanted endless power

But couldn't even spend an hour

Developing the inner, not just the outer

Selves, left naked and shivering

But what they fail to understand

Is that the power is already in their hands

To create or destroy entire lands

And they do, like small children.

So when someone asks for my teachings

I incline not to gifts or loud beseeching

But to those who foster the inner weaving

Of Passion and Mastery in their Souls

Contact Merfolk with Care

With mermaids, the danger can come when a person who is imbalanced or spiritually unwell gets a taste of their magnetic energy. Regardless of whether you experience sexual or romantic attraction, the merfolk possess a magnetism that makes them “attractive” in a mental and spiritual way to everyone. They have a magnetic quality that pulls people in, makes them feel unconditionally loved, and almost “high” off their potent energy. There are many stories of magical practitioners contacting mermaids, becoming enamored with their beauty and presence, and abandoning their physical bodies for too long while they are away. Even incarnated mermaids in human bodies have a strong magnetic quality to their energy that can make human lovers become a little too addicted to their loving presence. Merfolk do not lure sailors to their deaths or sink ships for fun as our human mythology indicates, but there is a seed of truth in the (occasional) human tendency to neglect the physical life in favor of attraction. When meditating on any elemental realm, take it slowly and opt for a break if you start to feel too ungrounded.

Another reason to take things slowly is that most people have an element that is easier for them to contact and resonate with but have challenges with another. For example, the water and air elements come naturally to me, but I have to be extra careful when meditating with the earth element. I can meditate on many extraterrestrial planets with no problem, but earth is a very dense, rocky place that is very “heavy” for someone with my lighter watery and airy aura. You would think that because my aura has a lighter (in reference to density) consistency, it wouldn’t have much of an effect on me, but just because your aura may not be deeply affected by an element does not mean that your body is immune. I once had a lovely, incarnated gnome woman stay with me at my house with another spiritual friend of ours. We all had a wonderful time, but the problem came when the gnome woman tried to give me a massage. I felt a little funny while she was doing it, and within an hour afterward, I was vomiting violently. I was sick for almost 48 hours afterward with residual nausea lasting all the way to the end of the second day. Our spiritual anthropologist friend who was with us discerned that the gnome woman’s energy was so dense compared to mine that my body couldn’t cope with the sudden and dramatic change in energy.

I can meditate gently on the outer aura of planet earth, and I love plants, flowers, and beautiful landscapes, but I simply cannot meditate for any length of time on earth’s inner layers, have someone with a dense earth aura use their energy on me, or sustain deep contact with elemental gnomes. I can speak to them, but we do not do any energy work on each other. I have channeled a gnome queen with great success and was able to enter her emotional body with my mental abilities but was not able to go any further than that without negative consequences. I share this story to say that just because you are spiritually balanced does not automatically mean you are going to be able to handle every element with ease. We all have different bodies, auras, and needs when we incarnate as humans, and those expressions do need to be considered when determining how you want to develop yourself in any given life.

The mermaid realm can be a shock even to those who are comfortable with the water element itself. The astral realm is very, very cold and it can affect human bodies during prolonged meditations. Someone I spoke to recently told me a story about how she became so ungrounded when handling pearls, her partner had to be there to revive and ground her when she temporarily left her body. This is not entirely uncommon, and it can happen to any of us when we dive into a new or different vibration too quickly. Do not jump headfirst into the glacial end of the mermaid realm right away. Start slowly and allow yourself to adjust to the vibration of any elemental realm you are visiting.

Calling Cards for Merfolk

There are many techniques for contacting elementals and beings from other realms. Some of these techniques are: 1. Contemplation 2. Dialoguing 3. Invocation 4. Evocation 5. Meditation 6. Art (Poetry/Music) 7. Academic Integration 8. Projection 9. Psychic Perception 10. Sigils, Seals, and Occult Imagery. Many of these techniques are explained in William Mistele’s book called Undines: Lessons from the Realm of Water Spirits. For now, I would like to highlight the Art (Poetry and Music) technique where we allow beautiful material to speak to our hearts. I would also like to use the technique of meditation where you allow a state of openness to facilitate something becoming a part of your inner self. You may end up using any combination of the techniques listed above, but I prefer meditation and art when introducing people to mermaids and elementals because it is safe and gentle as opposed to the more probing methods such as contemplation (in which you need to let go of your ego and sense of self) or using sigils and other occult imagery.

Typically, when occultists and spiritual practitioners think of “phone numbers” we are thinking of sigils. A sigil is a spiritual diagram or image that directly connects you with the spirit you wish to contact (like a phone number). The reason I am not using sigils here is because: 1. That is an example of throwing people in the “deep end” of spiritual contact right away. There should be a progression of spiritual steps and development one undertakes before exposing themselves to vibrations and speaking opportunities that could have negative effects on them. 2. There is only one sigil (for a moon spirit named Emrudue) that I have memorized and engraved on a ring. I have a great deal of water in my aura, which serves as a fantastic conductor. Since elementals recognize me as one of their own, it is all too easy for them to show up to speak with me and interact. Unfortunately, when I come into contact with any sigil, regardless of whether I am trying to contact the being or not, they instantly show up with, “What can I do for you?” Some spiritualists have suggested that I set up a shield to prevent this from happening, but I have had little success with that. It seems to be a water aura challenge. One mermaid who wanted to speak with a spirit from a planet sat down to connect and all the spirits from the planetary sphere showed up to talk to her!

For my protection and yours, I am going to leave sigil and seal imagery out of this writing, though anyone can do their own search and connect with the imagery on their own if they so choose. Here, I will be using the mediums of art and suggested meditations to connect with the merfolk! I use aesthetics such as colors and textures to communicate vibrational frequencies as well, and color imagery is ubiquitous within Franz Bardon’s work. One of my favorite mediums is simply poetry and channeled words because they can speak to everyone without any danger or contraindications. This is an introduction to a few of the merfolk from the mermaid realm. Some of them are listed in Franz Bardon’s works, but a couple are separate contacts that I have discovered on my own. In this writing, which is an introduction to “phone number” and calling cards, I am just going to start with one mermaid here and then will do separate mermaid features in future blog posts.

Incarnated Mermaids and Spiritual Adepts

Many incarnated mermaids and some spiritual adepts have found themselves automatically connecting with the mermaid realm even without consciously making attempts to do so. These people have a frequency that is so vibrationally similar to the mermaid realm that it is almost like a “glitch in the matrix” for them. One moment they are peacefully experiencing life on earth, and the next, they are face to face with an astral merperson. Other earthly incarnates have experienced this with myriad other realms such as extraterrestrial contact, past self (past life) contact, or higher dimensions in general. These people have often either spent many lifetimes developing the water element in themselves, are (in rarer cases) incarnated mermaids, or have some pre-life agreement put in place before they even arrive on earth to experience contact with a spiritual realm for some developmental purpose.

As spiritual beings choose to evolve up the spiral of evolution, many beings may escalate up to a certain point, then choose to come back to a lower frequency to help assist others transition to higher levels. In theosophical terms, these beings are the Mahavatars, yogis, and spiritual leaders that cycle in and out of incarnations frequently. Most of the time though, these beings who have already made a transition (such as third to fourth dimension as we are doing now) choose to be completely human again for however many lifetimes it takes to shepherd a collective’s transition to a higher plane of spiritual embodiment. There is no shame in not being one of these beings who has made the transition “before” in linear terms or who simply just have a better memory of it.

Personally, I think everyone eventually cycles down at least once just to have the experience. Since everything exists at once, there isn’t even a “before”, but I must speak in linear terms from our human perspective.The entire point of them being here to assist is to acknowledge that human incarnation is truly a master class in spiritual development… it is not for the faint of heart. Every single person on this planet is a spiritual master. There are just those who remember it and those who do not. “Forgetting” was part of the agreement most souls subscribed to before incarnating because the joy of remembering was an experience they wanted to have. Even the most evolved extraterrestrials commend human bravery and ambition for taking on such a challenging and unique assignment!

If you are one of the people who fall into the category of slipping into a spiritual realm with greater ease than the average person, you may need to set some vibrational boundaries for when you are willing to do so. One incarnated mermaid was constantly being contacted by the mermaid realm, even throughout her college career in the geological sciences, because the stories of the natural formations and creatures she was studying kept beaming through to her! Unfortunately, this information was useless for her scientific career and served as a distraction from her human life (a challenge most incarnated mermaids face at one time or another). She had to set a vibrational boundary with the realm that she kept slipping into so she could facilitate a successful life on earth.

Something many spiritualists have recognized is that the interdimensional realms are always speaking to us. We just recognize certain moments as “special” or “noteworthy” because we dial into them via meditation, a spiritual workshop, or some intentional step we have taken to interact with them. To someone who more easily dials into a frequency, there is a process of removing these accessible calling cards to stay grounded in the physical. The mermaid I mentioned had to do her work away from physical water sources, had to do a grounding meditation before doing her geological research, and wore headphones with her favorite music turned up so that she could direct her focus on the physical task at hand. If you are trying to avoid sweets and get into better physical shape, it is not a good idea to keep chocolate cake and candy lying in accessible zones in the house. You have to remove the “temptation” or stimulus that elicits an undesirable response. Most of my work involves helping people access the mermaid realm, but to be balanced we have to acknowledge that some people experience the opposite challenge of staying focused in the human world.

Introductory Calling Cards for The Mermaid Isaphil

Isaphil is the mermaid who contacted me first when I was a small child, and many of my channelings and poems are hers! Franz Bardon describes Isaphil’s beauty as nigh impossible to articulate, even for the most talented poet. He says that practitioners need to be careful when working with her so that they do not lose their heads and succumb to being too dazzled by her beauty. I have personally never had this problem with Isaphil, but it is something to keep in mind with all merfolk.

The first calling card Isaphil has is her color. Every vibration and being can be translated into a vibration of color. There are colors our human eyes cannot see, but we can still get as close as possible. Isaphil’s vibration can be translated to silver-white in our world, so having this aesthetic near you to become adjusted to her frequency may help!  

When I first meditated on Isaphil’s texture, I described it as “frictionless glass.” Physicists have now created a quantum stabilized atom mirror, which is supposed to have the smoothest surface ever made. When I run my hand over the surface of Isaphil’s outer aura, I feel that I am immediately slipping off it because there is no friction and no resistance. It kind of reminds me of some extraterrestrial spaceships (prototypes) that were seeking to minimize wind resistance when taking off from a planet. Even silk can snag on skin, so it isn’t the best descriptor here. Isaphil’s aura is truly not-of-this-world and reflects stillness and peace that very few people ever experience while incarnated in a human body. When I think of the J.R.R. Tolkien phrase in reference to the Undying Lands of Lord of the Rings I think of Isaphil: “The grey rain-curtain of this world rolls back, and all turns to silver glass.”

I have some of Isaphil’s poetry channeled in my book How to Become a Mermaid, but she has come through many more times for me. Poetry is my favorite way to connect with elementals when I am not doing deep spiritual work because it comes with great ease and always bestows some sort of energetic gift upon my being. Below are a few words from Isaphil that I want to share so that it can touch you too.

One of the first things I heard Isaphil sing was, “I am the sea, I am the sky, I am the stars that shine.” Isaphil can feel at one with anything she focuses on because her heart and mind are like a “frictionless mirror.” She has no resistance and no ripples or waves in her being. With her, you can see all that you are and all that you will be, but without human fears of success or failure while you are in her space. Isaphil’s energy encompasses all the waters on planet earth. No lake, river, stream, or ocean does not heed her voice. Not a single drop is out of her reach.

This is one of Isaphil’s quotes featured on the main page of my website: “When you are so endless and Serene, that all that exists is in your Being, then your very existence will be like the waves and tides that reflect lunar light.” When I asked Isaphil what she meant by this since her outer aura is so smooth (no waves or tides) she responded that humans only achieve true Stillness for very short periods of time. She suggests that instead of initially focusing on the cessation of movement, we focus on simply reflecting what is presented to us. Since most things in our world are in a state of movement, it is easier to match the cadence of what is presented instead of (at first) trying to be mentally wrinkle-free. She says to start simply and then slowly allow our inner selves to uncurl and become more seamless over time. Here is one more channeling from Isaphil as she invites us to become as expansive as she is.

“From a Mermaid Queen”

 You come to the Sea

With fibrous roots

And weeping volumes on display.

I can be your Donne* and cloud the sun,

Softening the grain

That’s distorting your vision.

I am a Queen

Tending the streams

And giving pearls their names.

Take a guess

At what the Waves Know

Fastening their snowy caps mid-Flow

No need to project

I will not Correct you

Or straighten your path

Your world is your own.

But like the chasms who Delight in Solitude

Yawning wide at the Tempests

Who try to Batter them into curling inward:

Expand.

Swim beyond your rim

Make peace with rain that blots out the sun

Sit by a pond,

Quiet and still.

Become the peace the flags promise

But cannot fulfill on their own.

Find my Silken Waves in Songs

Temples in the granite swells

Gateways in the Veils half-Drawn

And in my heartbeat, Citadels.

  Something I love about Isaphil’s channelings that make them so appealing for me in writing is that even though her outer aura is smooth to the astral “touch” and still to the point of near formlessness, her words have so much shape, if not texture to them. She makes her state of being spiritually tangible through the usage of analogies and occasional metaphors, which I truly appreciate. Not everyone wants to interact closely with the water element or embody a spiritual state to be able to channel it at all. Isaphil is aware of this and does her best to funnel the potential to integrate parts of what she is into concrete words, evoking images of inner cities, landscapes, and the potential for peace. When channeling elementals, I find that most of them are able to translate their vibrations into poetic form, which makes who they are reachable even to people who have no conscious engagement with spiritual pursuits.

Conclusion

This is a very brief introduction to elemental interactions, and it was almost hard to distill it to just 19- or 20-word document pages. Over time I will delineate some of the vibrational differences among mermaids and mermen and slowly introduce their frequencies on my blog. For now, begin by channeling the mermaids in a way that feels natural to you. When you are in a creative state, you are in a channeling state, and the messages may come through paintings, drawings, sculptures, poems, or prose. They do not need to be academically astute to be meaningful, and often, the mermaid vibration through artwork comes off as childlike and sweet. Try not to judge the form the message takes, because the more open and accepting you are to the reception of information, the easier it is for the mermaids to flow through you over time.