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This Essay examines certain psychological foundations relative to

Liber AL vel Legis, The Book of the Law
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The First Matrix

The first matrix, BPM I, which is the "Amniotic Universe," relates to experiences in the womb prior to the onset of delivery.

BPM I is when the fetus is in the womb prior to the beginning of the birth process. The world is radiant, safe, and nourishing. It is comparable (in later life) with oneness and belonging to which one can surrender with full trust.

The negative side of this is psychotic distortion and dissolution of boundaries which is puzzling & menacing. One feels endangered, under attack by demonic forces, or poisoned. Uncertainty and paranoia prevail.

(Grof's Definition) BPM I: "The biological basis of this matrix is the experience of the original symbiotic unity of the fetus with the [mother] . . . Archetypal images from the collective unconscious that can be selectively reached in this state involve the heavens or paradises of different cultures of the world. The experience of the first matrix also involves elements of cosmic unity or mystical union."

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The first chapter of Liber AL typifies this experience:

"I give unimaginable joys on earth: certainty, not faith, while in life, upon death: peace unutterable, rest, ecstasy; nor do I demand aught in sacrifice." – Chapter 1, Line 58.

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Analysis – BPM I

The expression of the sacred and spiritual quality of BPM I is the experience of cosmic unity and mystical union. This is portrayed by transcendence of time and space, strong ecstatic feelings, a sense of unity of all existence with no boundaries, and deep reverence and love for all creation.

The disturbances of intrauterine life are associated with images and experiences of underwater dangers, polluted streams, lakes, or oceans, and contaminated or otherwise inhospitable nature, such as toxic soil and mud after volcanic eruptions, industrial dumps and junkyards, deserts, and wastelands. These are appropriate images, considering the fact that most intrauterine disturbances involve toxic-placenta influences or insufficient nourishment.

Violent interference, such as an imminent miscarriage or attempted abortion, are experienced as some form of a universal threat or are associated with bloody, apocalyptic visions of the end of the world. Equally common is identification with soldiers exposed to chemical warfare, prisoners dying in gas chambers of concentration camps, and persons or animals who have been poisoned. Commonly connected archetypal images involve various insidious demons, evil metaphysical forces, and malefic astral influences experienced in the mythological framework of various cultures of the world.

In the context of such experiences, the mystical dissolution of boundaries characteristic of blissful fetal episodes is replaced by psychotic distortion and disintegration of all familiar and reliable structures, accompanied by terror and paranoia.

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