The Occult Elvis

The Mystical and Magical Life of the King

De: Miguel Conner

Narrado por: Jez Sands

“A lively new book.”—The Guardian

• Draws on firsthand accounts from Elvis’s wife, Priscilla, his friends and family, the Memphis Mafia, and his spiritual advisors

• Looks at key teachers who influenced him, including Yogananda, H. P. Blavatsky, and Manly P. Hall

• Examines Elvis’s efforts as a natural healer, the significance of his UFO encounters, and his telekinetic, psychic, and astral traveling abilities

Elvis Presley, the most successful solo artist in history and an emblematic cultural figure of the Western world, has been widely perceived as a conservative Southern Christian. However, the truth about the man has been missed.

Writer and researcher Miguel Conner reveals how Elvis was a profound mystic, occultist, and shaman. Beginning with the unusual circumstances of his birth—and his stillborn twin brother—Conner traces the diverse thread of mysticism that runs through Elvis Presley’s life, drawing on firsthand accounts from the people closest to him, including his wife, Priscilla, the Memphis Mafia, and his spiritual advisors. He shows how Elvis studied seminal 19th- and 20th-century occultists, including H. P. Blavatsky, Manly P. Hall, G. I. Gurdjieff, and P. D. Ouspensky, and was a devotee of Indian yogi Paramahansa Yogananda. Conner argues that Elvis was well-versed in the esoteric practices of sex magic, meditation, astrology, and numerology and had a deep familiarity with Kabbalah, Gnosticism, Theosophy, and Eastern traditions. He also reveals how Elvis was a natural healer, telekinetic, psychic, and astral traveler who had significant mystical experiences and UFO encounters.

Looking at the conspiratorial and paranormal aspects of Elvis’s life, the author explores the "Elvis visitations" that have occurred since the King’s death and the general high weirdness of his life. As Conner convincingly argues, Elvis was not just a one-of-a-kind rock-and-roller. He was the greatest magician America ever produced.

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EP reflects America - good & bad

Miguel does an excellent job giving a new look into EP. I recall seeing at Graceland the dozens of religious and occult books, so I was very interested in a different perspective than just a Christian gospel. Miguel explanation of the American Egregore is fascinating and true.

Like finding a diamond in the rough..

The insight and story are fascinating. . What a treat, truly appreciate the breakdown of this one man, whom I knew little. To think that Elvis was more aware than most, yet struggled at the crossroads like most great artists have.

Elvis and the Crossroads Demon, the Heavensent Blues Devil Trickster

This book blew my mind chapter after chapter. The cultural references, both pop and other worldly, extend far beyond the vitrolix your grandma may have had spinning Elvis records she used to dance to. His journeys in the army, and his comeback show. The occult and divine aspects of his soul searching seem so fascinating. The author wrote well, and the narrator performed well so the information is chock full yet easy to digest. With plenty of seeds planted throughout leading to a list books and comic books, yogic scriptures, karate, sex magic, ufos, and more.

Also recommended to me by Whitley Strieber, and would be well followed by Christopher Knowles Secret History of Rock and Roll. Are you a Beatles fan or an Elvis fan? Hail to the king, baby.

Fantastic Book

I read a lot. I typically have a back log of books. I found myself in a rare slump where I had nothing up next, so I went looking for my next read. This book jumped out to me and I committed instantly. I finished it that day. Fantastic book. Well written. Well paced. Well researched. Kudos to the author. Very interesting. Fun fact…I did the math …when I read this book I was 99.7% the age Elvis was when he died. I already know I don’t die till I’m 62 so I’m not worried that it was a message or something…it just really struck that as the story plays out I can directly relate because we are exactly the same age.

Check it out. Very enlightening. I left with a far more favorable opinion about Elvis than before I read this book.

Always have loved Elvis

I was only 6 when Elvis died. There is no real reason for me to have liked him or his music. And yet I have been drawn to him throughout my adulthood. Now I think I know why. After reading this amazing book, I believe Elvis is an ascended Master. He was sent her for a job, who knows how many times over the eons, and he completed it on his last journey to Earth. This book is both heart wrenching and heart fulfilling. Every Elvis fan should read it to find out this side of him. We all have this inside us. It’s a journey to find it, and a journey to keep it. Fantastic book. Thank you.

Interesting Thesis: audiobook narration is poor

This book certainly has an interesting thesis and reveals a lot of lesser known facts about the spiritual and psychic pursuits of Elvis. I enjoyed that very much. But the audiobook I do not recommend simply because it is the single worst audio narration I have EVER listened to. I a flummoxed to understand how this narrator was chosen and remained employed for the job. I am flabbergasted the so-called "director" of of the audiobook failed to correct the narrator's rampant mispronunciations and sloppy speech that made listening a chore and an aggravation. I often wonder if the audiobook directors do anything at all, in the mispronunciation realm, as that's a frequent complaint I have about audio books. But this one is over the top. Even going so far as to mispronounce the proper names of famous figures referred to in the book. How can someone not know how to pronounce the name of Edgar Cayce for instance? An numerous others. If anyone did that on the radio or tv they'd be lit up and castigated and corrected immediatley, and mocked!

Now the narrator is British, but I am not talking about the difference between American and British English pronunciations. I am well versed in those. This is not about that. These are mispronunciations on either side of the pond and done constantly.
Then there the overall annoyance of the sloppy speech, where the narrator continuously drops entire syllables out of words and will nilly bastardizes words. It's outrageously bad. This narrator should have been fired one chapter in. They should never be employed again to narrate a book.

As to the content of the book itself, the author does get a bit carried away with armchair diagnostics and analysis of Elvis, without Elvis around to speak for himself. I am also well versed in Jungian Studies, in addiction and recovery, and in theology, the occult, gnosticism, and psychic arts. All of these are my areas of formal study and lifelong interests. The armchair Jungian analysis of Elvis is frankly annoying and no real Jungian would be so unprofessional.

Turning Elvis into a veritable Demi-God is quite a thing. So take what you will from the book, and leave the silly stuff behind. There's interesting information about Elvis, interesting anecdotes, and an overflow of speculation. Elvis was clearly a gnostic and a deeply spiritual man who took his spirituality very seriously. This is a nice addition to knowing more about the King.
Let's not make him into something he wasn't, however.

My recommendation is to read the book and avoid the audiobook at all costs. Definitely a book for the Elvis aficionado.