An esoteric and magical portrait of Elvis Presley

• 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 Southerner. 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—including his stillborn twin brother, Jesse—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, friends and family, the Memphis Mafia, and his spiritual advisors. He reveals how Elvis was a student of seminal nineteenth- and twentieth-century occultists, including H. P. Blavatsky, Manly P. Hall, G. I. Gurdjieff, and P. D. Ouspensky, as well as a devotee of Indian yogi Paramahansa Yogananda. He argues that Elvis was well-versed in esoteric practices including sex magic, meditation, astrology, and numerology and had a deep familiarity with Kabbalah, Gnosticism, Theosophy, and Eastern traditions. Conner 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 Presley’s ostensible death and the general high weirdness of Elvis’s 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 and a key player in transforming Western culture forever.

Miguel Conner is a writer, voiceover artist, and host of the popular podcast Aeon Byte Gnostic Radio. His books include Voices of Gnosticism, Stargazer, Heretic, and The Executioner’s Daughter. He lives in northern Illinois.

Acknowledgments

Prologue: If I Could Dream How It Started

Introduction: The King and I

1 A Quick History of Elvis Presley

2 The Apocalyptical World That Created Elvis:
At the Crossroads of Heaven and Hell

3 The King’s Esoteric Studies and Occult Influences

4 Eastern Influences: From Kriya Yoga to Karate

5 A Natural Healer and Sorcerer: He’s the Magic Man

6 Close Encounters and the Alien Blue Light

7 Elvis and Philip K. Dick: Lost Twins and Gnostic Seekers

8 Why Elvis Fell: Shadow Dancing with Addiction

9 The Live Shaman: An American Egregore in Memphis

10 Funeral for a Friend and Return of the King:
I Am with You Always

11 Gnothi Seauton: Know Thyself, Honey

Epilogue: If I Could Dream How It Ends

Appendix: The King’s Natal Chart

Notes

Bibliography

Index