| why doesn't the goetia work? | by Luxas for everyone |
Saddly the Goetia is just information not real magic...
but find out for yourself i did...
:)
most of the books of magical design is more lore and story....
but find out for yourself i did...
:)
most of the books of magical design is more lore and story....
how can i say that 17 or so years of study in Occult....
and all the works of solomon...
the main design of most of so called dark magic...
but again see for yourself...
the main design of most of so called dark magic...
but again see for yourself...
magical
design is what is in the words but not said that is the power and
secret...but again it is to the old that learn and the young to play...
| druid the bridge | by Luxas for everyone |
The Books info is new age mixing the idea of celtic belief....
actually
a druid is one who is taught the wholes in reality and magic and using
the summoning of the inner dragon that comes from this imortal
spirit,they can venture to the worlds between, but with the rise of the
christian and dogmatic
faiths it was twisted into the idea of salvation from the path of the free willed...long story...
faiths it was twisted into the idea of salvation from the path of the free willed...long story...
So to be a Druid is to be a Bridge
not a returning entity....
not a returning entity....
Druids are the water, the woods and the lake,
but at no time are they stone, their message is stone thought and fire is their teacher...
but at no time are they stone, their message is stone thought and fire is their teacher...
now view druid....
lly wven ilcom shven daciu
lol
So let all Play in their Robes and their Games
but you whom are wise, now has a peek thats inside,
and Have the stones and sygils form foundation to Appear
and the Grander truth you now shall Find.....
 | adept to mage... | by Luxas for everyone |
As
you enter the role of the adept you learn about the diffrent cultures
that had magic and their basic to advance symbolism, and the secret
languages one learned in the process of magic....
As for the Elements you share in the 3 powers of them,
focus, working on you walls, and the abuilty to tap thought
The mystical path of glyphs and the way to channel,
voodoo, the workings of the 5 ways of magic
occult, ceremonial rituals of the growing of kenetic power
Daemononlogy, the role of the personal to advanced demons in lore
The tools of binding, bending and the roles of ceremonial design and how to counter others and diviniations...
| the greater thruth of magic | by Luxas for everyone |
magic is a fansy word for the use of energy
this energy is developed or collected by tapping into fields of either an all ready compressed energy or a exercising field of energy called a pattern, some fields or patterns are based on the reserved emotions and frequency that allow one sensitive in the awareness of to track or tap.
this energy is developed or collected by tapping into fields of either an all ready compressed energy or a exercising field of energy called a pattern, some fields or patterns are based on the reserved emotions and frequency that allow one sensitive in the awareness of to track or tap.
kenetic, empathic, trance frequency,
psychic, para psychic, telekenetic,
and tactial sensory by para kenetic...
transitory, then geo and atro kenetic
psychic, para psychic, telekenetic,
and tactial sensory by para kenetic...
transitory, then geo and atro kenetic
the rest is just the degrees of either.....
(magic
is based on the basic awareness of personal gifts that is more just the
beginning but to tap the field of these energies either in the
dimensions of physical emotional , or kenetic awareness....
| understandings of wisdom and magic... | by Luxas for everyone |
lol, relationships aren't made or forged or bended by magic
only dedication of using it is....
learning comes as it comes, it is neither rushed or slowed down,
however the passage into magic has walls, others would say it is an i
just do it issue, and take no understanding of its basics or
properties, we as ones who do and want to know aren't limited by the
walls but instead seek to climb them , but to do this we have to be
more then just our outright info, as with all things you will learn
in time, but you sometimes mneed experience as well, it is the one
who seeks eithers that gets the gift, practice can only happen if the
lesson is understood otherwise study more, but spirit is hard to
justify so just try ad get as close as you can, an educated person
will say to you, hey your close.....
only dedication of using it is....
learning comes as it comes, it is neither rushed or slowed down,
however the passage into magic has walls, others would say it is an i
just do it issue, and take no understanding of its basics or
properties, we as ones who do and want to know aren't limited by the
walls but instead seek to climb them , but to do this we have to be
more then just our outright info, as with all things you will learn
in time, but you sometimes mneed experience as well, it is the one
who seeks eithers that gets the gift, practice can only happen if the
lesson is understood otherwise study more, but spirit is hard to
justify so just try ad get as close as you can, an educated person
will say to you, hey your close.....
| online modern druidism and the lore they offer | by Luxas for everyone |
can you say rollplayers of middle earth........
| From: Rayner (Original Message) | Sent: 2/10/2003 8:26 AM |
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Towards a spirituality of druidism
During the last meeting of the council of druids for Bandarach, it was
put to us to ponder and develop the beginnings of what might be called a
"spirituality of druidism". I believe there's a need to do that. I've
read many books about druidism, about its festivals and ceremonies,
about its history and archaeology, but very little, that I can recall,
explicitly about its spirituality. I suppose that's because little
trace of the druids' spirituality exists. That's clearly a problem and
anything that might be said in the nature of outlining a druidic
spirituality could be considered 'mere conjecture'. So we are caught on
the horns of two dilemmas. If we are to come to any part of our
destination, then like the myth of Odysseus passing through Scylla and
Charybdis, we'll need to keep our path quite narrow.
During the last chat of Druid Studies on Saturday, we made what I
thought were some beginnings. Here are a few things we seemed to
agree upon. First and foremost, we agreed that any spirituality, druid or otherwise, must begin with a "personal experience". In other words, taking other peoples' word for it isn't really spirituality. Yet, that's what most of us are taught to do today. In fact, that's the basis of most of our education, to believe what the "experts" or "those who know" tell us. That's perhaps why so many kids get little out of going to school these days. And why so few people have a sense of what spirituality really is.
So, spirituality firstly must be a "personal experience". Secondly,
spirituality must have something to do with "spirit", whatever that is. What is spirit? I suppose one way of understanding it is this: At the moment of someone's death, spirit is what is present while the person is still alive, and what is absent when the person is dead. At the precise moment of death, there is little, if any, quantifiable difference in the body's form. And yet, something that was there is unquestionably there no longer. That's what I would call someone's "spirit".
Or here's another possible
example. In many languages, the word spirit has the connotation we give
it when we speak of say, a "spirited" horse, or a "spirited" child. It
means fire, energy, enthusiasm, independence, a determined will.
What's the difference between a spirited horse and say, a tired old nag
that's had much of its life beaten out of it by a cruel master and hard
labor? Spirit! One has spirit and one has not. Even though both are
alive. It would seem that spirit doesn't just mean life therefore, but
liveliness, aliveness. A spirit can be asleep, half dead, dormant. To be a healthy robust spirit, it must have fire.
Perhaps that's enough for the time being. Do others have ideas which might add to this discussion?
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| mage or witch, an inner look | by Luxas for everyone |
Thanks for the forward on the first chapter of the natural magick, ok,
but now you got me. I jumped onto your wizard training site, and you
said that a male should become a wizard first, then a witch, because the
witchcraft is more directed towards her, being a woman.
Yes, by all known beginnings of magic a person such as a male was
"title" adept or mage (not one was known as a witch, that name was given
to females from the word (bewitched) Only Occultist like that of the
OTO/GD order tried to label themselves as this to give it a male control
image...
Now as for witch-craft it has always been female
because the harmony of energy created by the female being is diffrent
from the males and even the use of magic is diffrent....(only common
pagan books using witch/wicca wordings and idealism teach otherwise, but
that is to make it seem more complete...(of which it isn't)
All
students of magic start out as "neophyte" male or female but the more
advanced is labeled adept or mage, and as witches as female can become
mages they still need mages to teach them to be it, men can title
themselves witches but only in knowing it as of training or being taught
by a witch.....
(but even i needed to be taught by a witch) a real one....
(but even i needed to be taught by a witch) a real one....
Any
can preach a rede and wave a sticker or where a pentagram, but a real
witch does and knows more by their aura or energy, its an evolved
truth...that no message can fully explain....yet....
Ok, what can you tell me about your wizard course, What would you like to know...?
(a wizard course is in the outer form of magic/gating and symbolism of diffrent cultures and the advancement of the self as in awareness of the silences that even witches find it hard to see....) Being a wizard unlike witch comes in a more formal design...because you start with known sciences/philosophies and mystical designs...( it would take honestly 5 or 6 times the witches known understandings)
(a wizard course is in the outer form of magic/gating and symbolism of diffrent cultures and the advancement of the self as in awareness of the silences that even witches find it hard to see....) Being a wizard unlike witch comes in a more formal design...because you start with known sciences/philosophies and mystical designs...( it would take honestly 5 or 6 times the witches known understandings)
Witches
are more do and learn, Wizards are more discover and do, then add then
learn....no wizard just happens, they must follow the chain of
information and practice as an adept or mage....then be offered....
(A witch can learn from any field of awareness and train it unconscious or not to their aura, making their power)
While a wizard is a field of learning based on a level of education pass from one field to another in a equal design.......
,
also in a religion point of view : Wizards serve wisdom, they use
dragons and other forms of invisible energies, but they aren't
religiously bond and can house any faith, (religious is just a corner of
any designed truth, the self and image of the univeres is more the
driving point of discovery...
(Wizards have rules but you must be accepted to be one and done your homework to be offered)
(Wizards have rules but you must be accepted to be one and done your homework to be offered)
Oh, one question on the 1st chapter of the witch course, with the three
stones, with the one in the belly area, you said to use your birth
stone. Now the question is, stones have different qualities, for
example, if your birth stone is a Ruby and another person's is a
Diamond, and you had them in a circle together wouldn't that screw up
the frequences inside the circle, instead of everybody working at the
same frequence?
(the answer is no, it will not screw them up....) because they are based in the
energy of the one using them...it will vibrate their energy more actively....
energy of the one using them...it will vibrate their energy more actively....
(no such thing as one stone destracting or converting another)
(that is newage crap) and not reality......(they can block and transform but only in
the same field they are used....(only) but you have to be a wizard to learn that and
how..lol
(that is newage crap) and not reality......(they can block and transform but only in
the same field they are used....(only) but you have to be a wizard to learn that and
how..lol
(The
wizard course isn't for sale it is a physical study course) and it
consist of the spectrum of yellow to purple and gold up to 5 for the
final.......
(with codes at each level based on the learning one gains) all the training is
material only....fees...
material only....fees...
(unless you want membership as a golden wizard of my order) then you pay
150.00 for talisman/robe/and final book and 50.00 a month for only one year...
to gain any of the order books and info or just to support the order.....
150.00 for talisman/robe/and final book and 50.00 a month for only one year...
to gain any of the order books and info or just to support the order.....
(all this after the information and course) training....
| A mini search for wizarding info? | by Luxas for everyone |
feel free to search the net or your head......
Answer to your best awareness?
(answer well an i will accept you) sorry
(answer well an i will accept you) sorry
1. What is magic?
2. What is the House of the Magi?
3. What does the form fire and ice symbolize?
4. Was the start of the universe by a big bang?
5. Is the body a computer and how do you
comunicate with it?
comunicate with it?
6. What is the 7 keys of solomon, and how are
they used?
they used?
7. name the angels and what they really do?
8. What was the first kabbalah?
9. What is the real image of stonehenge?
10. The aztec calender is off by 3 years can you
name the month it ends?
name the month it ends?
11. what does the symbol triangle mean in magic?
12. That is the meaning of pi in the norse
understanding?
understanding?
13. Is witchcraft a sun or moon art and why isn't
it both?
it both?
14. Who is the Teacher of the Egyptians?
15. What is Karma in chi divided by dogma and
shih?
shih?
16. Why was alester crowley wrong with his
reading of 777?
reading of 777?
17. what is black in an aura?
18. In the spectrum, what is the boldest color?
19. What is the philosophy of the stone of gold?
20. if your a genus are you truly smart or
applied smart...?
applied smart...?
some easy some difficult, depends on your awareness,
but if you want to be a wise teacher or student of arts..
you need to know a few.....
| the door of dragon and mage magic | by Luxas for everyone |
enjoy...what you are to be...
| mal-in trun | by Luxas for everyone |
Subject: [The Wild Witch Coven] Re: truth w/o the dare
In my growing into the secrets of magic iv'e done a few malicious things, without meaning to..
and like all things you pay for the biggest of them...
As
a mage, a friend of mine decided to lie to me and keep me waiting for
help, so i put a big spell on him so, he had to be at my beck and call
for whatever i wanted as in transportation, food or help with others, it
ran for about a year, then i decide i don't need the spell no-more and i
release it....
But that was one of the small one....
(you do get back what you put out, this i know
and i got mine when time came as well)
(you do get back what you put out, this i know
and i got mine when time came as well)
but sometimes we do things to know we can do then, not just say them, thats me to a tee.....
| Bible tablet written not in hebrew | by Luxas for everyone |
Tablet not written in ancient hebrew,
but in the script of phoenician text
and baddly at that....lol
| self proclaimation is often... | by Luxas for everyone |
comes its best to look into the dark, to see what's not there...lol
| Egyptian School Mysteries | by Luxas for everyone |
Egyptian's schools wasn't secret, nor was they hidden... lol
They didn't hide anything under the sphinx.....
but the egyptian did like to do certain rituals in mini chambers that was just empty and carried an echo....
When a priest or priestess was ordained they was the event of the day, because of the bad translations and the personal imagery in the discovery of egyptian and sumerian works, the magic that was the ancient language stops at the walls of stone....
However those dedicated my an ancient memory can draw back to make the ancient voices be re-born...
Egyptians served the whole gambit of dieties, however the worked and worshiped only 3 ( the sun :rai , the earth: geb/nun , stars: ah-mon )
to know the rest go to temple...lol
or meet someone who has........
(coming soon) a direct look at the system and lore of secret schools... and a mage lesson understanding of "Egyptian priesthood"....
They didn't hide anything under the sphinx.....
but the egyptian did like to do certain rituals in mini chambers that was just empty and carried an echo....
When a priest or priestess was ordained they was the event of the day, because of the bad translations and the personal imagery in the discovery of egyptian and sumerian works, the magic that was the ancient language stops at the walls of stone....
However those dedicated my an ancient memory can draw back to make the ancient voices be re-born...
Egyptians served the whole gambit of dieties, however the worked and worshiped only 3 ( the sun :rai , the earth: geb/nun , stars: ah-mon )
to know the rest go to temple...lol
or meet someone who has........
(coming soon) a direct look at the system and lore of secret schools... and a mage lesson understanding of "Egyptian priesthood"....
| How does one become trained as a wizard? | by Luxas for everyone |
by
a mage, a shaman or a sage with books of old, an occult academy of
magiesters, or by a witch whoms skills are more then mental...
all can lead you to the path of wizardry,
but to be of Wizardryl, you need (like the days of old to study at the feet of a wizard (apprenticing)
(as for me i was trained by (serveral of the above) however the most formal was with my Wizard teacher....)
| Druids "what some know and few do" | by Luxas for everyone |
druids
thought today is a mixure of modern design of ceremonial and welsh
celtic re-claiming, meaning they built a new form totally devoid of the
earlier mystical design.....
todays druids do a mock
christian based ritual of anoiting, observances of the seasons and a bit
of the wine and water (su es modi zeus pactus) with white robes to
symbolize the ex roman/shroud design....( white being the color of
purity for them)
Ancient druid wearing green or brown robes,
based on the idea of the nature of trees, often thught of in the
"browny" image, then later the image of the oak tree, a bearded tree of
age...,
(they shared the common space of the before known briton upbringing, many of the druid lore was based on the re-forming, athurian priest ideals... however this being wrong, because if you asked the oldest of druid during that day, they would say "Arthur who"....Druids was roaming type never staying in any area to long, because they like the magi of old has a sense of wanting to see the world...."the so-called 20 years of study"
(The secret magic of the druids was based o the symbolism of others, they used greek charms/phoenician/assyrian tablets and the wildest of alchemical root, some say that they was taught by living dragons, and that is correct to a point, however they served the idea of magic, not magic directly, druidism brith was in the restrained forms of a few villages of moral and social upbringing, you will find little on this info, because they didn't write on paper but on stone, based in other languages...as for their leaders, they had none, they as a group formed more of a jounrney fashion, in the words of "Ever journey begins with a single step" that was the way of their wisdom, as for their spiritual guide it was based not on one religion but the spirits they encounted....mainly greek but well the greeks started known language.....the had high re-guard for the woman who was psychic, or the blind man because they saw a world that only dreams could explain fully, at the age of 22-24 a woman was crowned the priestess based on a couple test showing the skill of their mind, orginally thought to be virgins and then a roman/welsh influence deified it in a male role as of "Merlin" , but this would seem no possible because of the female symbolism and dress of everyone but the sages or later priest....(In about the same time of the middle ages they who was formal druid encountered a new traveling companion
"witches of the french/romainian design" early gypsy/vagabond
(with the help of a few in the way of druid they share their secrets with these traveling mages of the welsh/and outer ring teachers...)
Armed with this new truth of magic, these teachers wowed the common courts of the age, but in a modest fashion, while protecting the secrets they exchanged.....
(they shared the common space of the before known briton upbringing, many of the druid lore was based on the re-forming, athurian priest ideals... however this being wrong, because if you asked the oldest of druid during that day, they would say "Arthur who"....Druids was roaming type never staying in any area to long, because they like the magi of old has a sense of wanting to see the world...."the so-called 20 years of study"
(The secret magic of the druids was based o the symbolism of others, they used greek charms/phoenician/assyrian tablets and the wildest of alchemical root, some say that they was taught by living dragons, and that is correct to a point, however they served the idea of magic, not magic directly, druidism brith was in the restrained forms of a few villages of moral and social upbringing, you will find little on this info, because they didn't write on paper but on stone, based in other languages...as for their leaders, they had none, they as a group formed more of a jounrney fashion, in the words of "Ever journey begins with a single step" that was the way of their wisdom, as for their spiritual guide it was based not on one religion but the spirits they encounted....mainly greek but well the greeks started known language.....the had high re-guard for the woman who was psychic, or the blind man because they saw a world that only dreams could explain fully, at the age of 22-24 a woman was crowned the priestess based on a couple test showing the skill of their mind, orginally thought to be virgins and then a roman/welsh influence deified it in a male role as of "Merlin" , but this would seem no possible because of the female symbolism and dress of everyone but the sages or later priest....(In about the same time of the middle ages they who was formal druid encountered a new traveling companion
"witches of the french/romainian design" early gypsy/vagabond
(with the help of a few in the way of druid they share their secrets with these traveling mages of the welsh/and outer ring teachers...)
Armed with this new truth of magic, these teachers wowed the common courts of the age, but in a modest fashion, while protecting the secrets they exchanged.....
Druids taught lore of the land, borrowed from
the songs they encounted and even helped in child birth, as mid wives
before they join the roman/and pre italian church social class....
(they then just anoited as priest and teachers........)
(they then just anoited as priest and teachers........)
Witches
brought the magic, as in the living psychic will in all creation,
bidding not on the religion of anything but the powers of the seen, many
found them as they passed from area to area, however they unlike the
druids drawn on them when they healed otheres by herbal or hexed others
of conflict, skilled in a form of pre-modern hynosis they would erase
the mind od others, so they was defended against by the "evil eye" a
form of misdirecting design usd to draw away this basic of skill,
however it was more lore then truth...
because it would only train the witch with a new skill....lol
(they used magic to defend and to shadow, never to attack...) that was lore used to give them a naming in the way of the devil, but even he knew that they was just abit more then plain evil.....
because it would only train the witch with a new skill....lol
(they used magic to defend and to shadow, never to attack...) that was lore used to give them a naming in the way of the devil, but even he knew that they was just abit more then plain evil.....
Druids
never used the evil eye, as their charm to protect or empower... that
was gypsy tripe, the powers druids had was in the way they use their
magic, talisman/herbal bowls/sygils/glyphs
(later dawned on by those that noticed their wisdom was like the sun and stars they was confused with the roman sages and philosophie
(so forming mason and occult social circle divided their image with this new self promoting image.....)
(later dawned on by those that noticed their wisdom was like the sun and stars they was confused with the roman sages and philosophie
(so forming mason and occult social circle divided their image with this new self promoting image.....)
If you did deep enought you will find the stuff i said is hinted at by all the old booknotes.... just not promoted....
(The rest is our secrets....taught to us as Wizards)
sorry.....
(The rest is our secrets....taught to us as Wizards)
sorry.....
Wizards
being a more evolved and sensational design of monk/hermet being, they
traveled as apart of their growth in the age of sage and like most
travels you don't know why you just go, a common thing in todays
"finding oneself" and ritual of manhood as a shaman, wizard as in
student you encounter all the mythos and lore and you build from it a
shaping pattern that defines all things as in the abulity to see it's
future from its past.....) Wizard magic comes not from the wizard but
the secrets the wizard 'captures" on themselves, by being made aware of
its patterns...(the rest i can't say, because you would just have to
do....as i did...)
But you will find it is a bigger book then most other books...
| whats the difference with witchcraft and wizardryl? | by Luxas for everyone |
About 200 books (really thick ones), lol j/k
witchcraft
centers about the female dynamics of the working of circle or psychic
will on serveral levels, no real study is needed sense it is passed from
on witch to another or the consort....
Without us wizard's
witches would have only their psychic will to play with and a mock
religionism, however through our incounters as the mage in our level of
growth we tend to share info, however the wizard much like the sage
records the important parts...
In all we aren't that diffrent, however the book of all wizardryl much like the path of witch (fabled) is our key to more....
called wizardryl (Dryl) for short.....It is the secrets of the wizarding way....(and as you just read it is quite secret...)
this to is pasted from wizard to wizard to be.... :)
called wizardryl (Dryl) for short.....It is the secrets of the wizarding way....(and as you just read it is quite secret...)
this to is pasted from wizard to wizard to be.... :)
| why books are for study not self.... | by Luxas for everyone |
BeginningWicca@yahoogroups.com, "Seth Leeper"
wrote:
// Finding a "mentor" was really a way of getting advice without
having to go out and buy a ton of books since I'm a little short of
money and can't afford all of the books that I desire and require
to attain "well-rounded" knowledge on Wicca. I do realize that
there is more than one way of practicing Wicca as well as more
than one way of seeing it. I confess that yes, putting my age and
gender in the "ad" was rather foolish although I didn't realize
how...naive the act was. It's really force of habit, I suppose,
since
most people one would chat with usually ask about age and
gender before proceeding to communicate with others. //
While I agree with Gaia that you need to pursue inquiries with a
bit more caution, it is good once you find reputable individuals to
make your age known. There is a very valid -- *legal* -- reason
why people may ask about age before proceeding since minors
do require their parents/guardian's permission to be under
anyone's tutelage.
IMO books should not be a person's sole or primary mode of
attaining information and eventually one should seek out training
either with a reputable mentor or coven. However, there is the
fact that many individuals have no recourse but to rely heavily
upon printed material for one reason or another - including being
a minor until such time as reliable instruction is found and your
parents give their permission or you turn a legal age and can
unilaterally take full control & responsibility of finding such on
your own.
To help you with the resource issues, if there's a book you
particularly want, try finding an online auction. Often you'll be
able to find both new and used books for less than cover price.
Likewise, some sites carry e-books and texts. A good starting
point is http://www.sacred-texts.com/index.htm
B*B,
(thankyou)Callisto
wrote:
// Finding a "mentor" was really a way of getting advice without
having to go out and buy a ton of books since I'm a little short of
money and can't afford all of the books that I desire and require
to attain "well-rounded" knowledge on Wicca. I do realize that
there is more than one way of practicing Wicca as well as more
than one way of seeing it. I confess that yes, putting my age and
gender in the "ad" was rather foolish although I didn't realize
how...naive the act was. It's really force of habit, I suppose,
since
most people one would chat with usually ask about age and
gender before proceeding to communicate with others. //
While I agree with Gaia that you need to pursue inquiries with a
bit more caution, it is good once you find reputable individuals to
make your age known. There is a very valid -- *legal* -- reason
why people may ask about age before proceeding since minors
do require their parents/guardian's permission to be under
anyone's tutelage.
IMO books should not be a person's sole or primary mode of
attaining information and eventually one should seek out training
either with a reputable mentor or coven. However, there is the
fact that many individuals have no recourse but to rely heavily
upon printed material for one reason or another - including being
a minor until such time as reliable instruction is found and your
parents give their permission or you turn a legal age and can
unilaterally take full control & responsibility of finding such on
your own.
To help you with the resource issues, if there's a book you
particularly want, try finding an online auction. Often you'll be
able to find both new and used books for less than cover price.
Likewise, some sites carry e-books and texts. A good starting
point is http://www.sacred-texts.com/index.htm
B*B,
(thankyou)Callisto
To some they think a book is a licence to say they have learned this or that, when accuality it is merely one of a few hundred out there....
Have an adviser and guide teaches you that one you have someone who knows the road you travel and two someone to ask questions to as you fall into the media or author traps of roleplaying....
So you gain a foundation on a material it would normally only show you parts of for being secret or novice or limited to know....
Owner...
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I would also like to know more about the instructors' backgrounds:
(
19 years of study in the forms of magic before the k was added
electrokenetics and philosophy in the matriarch of spiritual design,
skilled in script and ancient languages as in symbolism, reads egyptian
and phoenican and has studied diffrent lore from norse/to easter island.
( skilled in various styles of reading as well as spiritual dotrines
(shaman/voodoo/occult) teach as one defines oneself, patient, helpful
and aware, gives time to adopt the skills and welcomes questions...)
promotes on education and energy awareness....only...and is very
commited to one who shows the same...(nothing holds you but your oath)
is his motto....(scolarly in wisdom and fun if the subject is ment to
be...) 'told he could preach and teach serveral times over" by those
that preach and teach....(the rest you will just have to see)
experiences with ghost and the occult as well, but that was just in
testing what was learned and applied....)
Actual
lines of [spiritual] ancestry) germanic with indian shaman, cherokee
"he even reads the weather" (some say he must be part chinese as well
(because he acts like a wise monk at times (nichian/sholin) must be his
martial side....
program costs : material only training is free
(gaining tools/ ritual stuff/ and text required or requested)
(gaining tools/ ritual stuff/ and text required or requested)
time commitments and other resource commitments.
(depends on study subject and tools/ ritual and stuff required)
but normally as 2-4 hours a week one or two days of (then in ritual as required/ or requested)
(depends on study subject and tools/ ritual and stuff required)
but normally as 2-4 hours a week one or two days of (then in ritual as required/ or requested)
Would the course be considered"initiation"?
(witchcraft study) no witch has it's own initiation....
(druid/shaman) can be considered a form of it....
(mage) yes....
(physical study only) yes but no label
(wizardryl) well no, because this is starter info (after you find your way as mage...) then offered initiation....as a wizard/wizess
(witchcraft study) no witch has it's own initiation....
(druid/shaman) can be considered a form of it....
(mage) yes....
(physical study only) yes but no label
(wizardryl) well no, because this is starter info (after you find your way as mage...) then offered initiation....as a wizard/wizess
Would it entail participating in formal rituals?
(yes for all but only as one passes into each higher level of the courses)
but not for wizardryl ( that is more for after you have the advanced)
(yes for all but only as one passes into each higher level of the courses)
but not for wizardryl ( that is more for after you have the advanced)
Is
the course face-to-face, Physical ( however in a few months it might be
offered in a more well (written book course fashion a 150.00 course 13
lessons with 5 sub lessons and 2 talismans offered the beginning and
end...(once again only the material cost, and a little profit to make
more...) but again only to the ones we offer...to many copycats....
we don't like that...
This
is the first open course, but there are a few others out there that
have some of what we offer, but not as compete or full of answers and
workings, because they build a mythos of religion on it to make it more
of a church like truth, so it is "infalible" so you can't get your money
back...lol
(but none can compare with our info, i've looked for 4 years (would have joined them myself if it was...)
(but none can compare with our info, i've looked for 4 years (would have joined them myself if it was...)
What type of certification and/or rank would be acquired as a result of successfullycompleting the course?
(once again depends on study chosen)
we have only 3 here........ mage/druid/(adept/full/witch)
(once again depends on study chosen)
we have only 3 here........ mage/druid/(adept/full/witch)
Mage:
you gain a symbol of your level known to most mages and respected, a
talisman to gain charge and transform energy others will
desire....greatly (and wonder why you have it and they don't) the
education of 20-50 books of esoteric wisdom in your head with less
hassle on defining why, you will be able to show patterns... a mage
naming if desired based on your learning and a scroll of your skill,
plus you will have finished your education with a very big book (all
your own record) you can share with any whom you wish...lol (and an
offer to join us in "Wizard study" (Wizardryl)
Druid:
the secrets of druid lore that the monks even hide, and knowing of
their symbolism and lore as setup by their foundation, secrets about
their powers and herbology, and the key to the stone wisdom you gain a
talisman, the dragon's lore (known by few) but often copied by the
false...the rituals that will validate you as in their lore...and offer
to join the mage class or witchcraft study....a staff of the druid monk
(is the highest rank in this branch)
(is the highest rank in this branch)
Witchcraft:
Stuff others don't want to view as witch and try to create anew, but
you will learn all and be able to share as you wish, the
history/lore/mysteries/circles, rank as a witch depends on energy and
circles you have done.... because withcraft is magic(k)
talisman of the 4 the advancing symbol of witch, the gifts of other ancient witches and finally your Bos (not like a grimore) they are 2 differnt things only a wiccancraft user tries to say otherwise...because the want to link magic(k) with wicca (but they warn others that they don't do that) so you can see why they want the image...
talisman of the 4 the advancing symbol of witch, the gifts of other ancient witches and finally your Bos (not like a grimore) they are 2 differnt things only a wiccancraft user tries to say otherwise...because the want to link magic(k) with wicca (but they warn others that they don't do that) so you can see why they want the image...
In
academic circles alone the education here hits on many levels, however
if you had to set it as a subject list its (masters in physics with
minor in social science)
You must pass the mage training to be offered a place in wizard training...
(sorry) and we accept only the most dedicated...
Owner
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"If is was so, it might be, and if it were so, it would be.But as it isn't, it ain't. That's logic." -- Lewis Carroll
"It's a shame that you do not like what you have created!"
--- Jobe -- "The Lawnmower Man" - Steven King
Keeping time, time, timeIn a sort of Runic rhyme --- Edgar Allan Poe
In
fact, the mere act of opening the box will determine the state ofthe
cat, although in this case there were three determinate statesthe cat
could be in: these being Alive, Dead, and Bloody Furious.--
Schrodinger's Moggy
-- Terry Pratchett, "Lords and Ladies"
-- Terry Pratchett, "Lords and Ladies"
Life (n). A sexually transmitted disease which afflicts somepeople more severly than others.
``Sorry 'bout that Chief!''``Missed it, by that much!'' -- Get Smart
Rincewind
was firmly of the opinion that in stone-aged days,people were divided
into two groups. Those that, when confrontedby a sabre-toothed tiger,
ran away (and thereby survived) andthose who just stood there saying
'my, what a magnificent brute'or 'here, kitty, kitty'. - Terry
Prachett, "The Color of Magic"
``Probable impossibilites are to be preferred to improbable possibilites''-- Aristotle
"So that is what an invisible barrier looks like!" -- Time Bandits
Can not say. Saying, would know. Do not know, so can not say!-- Zatheris, Bablyon 5, ``War Without End''
Zatheris warn, but, no one listens to Zatheris, No!-- Zatheris, Bablyon 5, ``War Without End''
"You
see, wire telegraph is a kind of a very, very long cat. You pull
histail in New York and his head is meowing in Los Angeles. Do you
understandthis? And radio operates exactly the same way: you send
signals here, theyreceive them there. The only difference is that there
is no cat."--- Albert Einstein
`` I'm not bad. I'm just drawn that way! ''- Jessica Rabbit -- "Who Framed Roger Rabbit"
Space
is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big
it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down theroad to the drug
store, but that's just peanuts to space.-- "The Hitchhiker's Guide to
the Galaxy"
"Well, you know what they say about hyperspace..
They say it's ahypothetical absurdity and that's something I've always
wanted tobe lost in."
-- Doctor Who, ``Stones of Blood''
-- Doctor Who, ``Stones of Blood''
English
is the largest human tounge; its variety, subtlety, andirrantional,
idiomatic complexity make it possible to say thingsin English which can
not be said in any other language.-- Robert Heilein, ``Stranger in a
Strange Land''
In some parts of the city curiosity didn't
just kill the cat,It threw it in the river with lead weights tied to its
feet.-- Terry Pratchett "Sourcery"
With some difficulity and a complete lack of experience,Death was trying to wink. --- Terry Pratchet - "Mort"
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History:
While its origins lie among the religions of West African tribes, Vodou
was forged in the crucible of the slave trade. Captured slaves were
delivered to the United States by the hundreds of thousands, and also to
French and Spanish plantation islands in the West Indies. African
tribes - who in their homelands warred against each other, spoke
different languages, and worshipped different deities - were united by
the common bond of servitude. A kind of "pot-luck" religion developed,
devoted to giving each tribes' deity their proper respect. Also thrown
into the mix was Catholic symbolism, due to slave owners attempts to
baptize and convert their slaves to Christianity. Thus was born Vodou.
Vodou came to the United Sates before 1803, when New Orleans was still a French holding. While the French Creole owned many African Slaves, the growth of Vodou in the 'States was curtailed by extensive legislation. Slaves were not allowed to gather, and the importation of slaves from the West Indies was banned, due to the epidemic of Vodou there. But following the Louisiana Purchase, such restrictions were relaxed considerably.
In 1794 on the French plantation island of Santo Domingo (now known as Haiti), a massive slave revolt erupted, due in part to the influence of Vodou. Following the revolt, large numbers of freed and escaped Haitian slaves poured into the United States. Vodou flourished in New Orleans, especially along the shores of Lake Ponti---. By 1817, the old Creole families were so frightened that ordinances were passed forbidding slave gatherings, except in designated areas at designated times. Vodou continued to flourish in secret, however.
By 1830, a Vodou "Queen" (Mambo) known as the Widow Paris united the city's varied secret Vodou sects. More widely known as Marie Laveau, Paris was a hairdresser for elderly Creole ladies who used her position to gather information. Not above bribing servants to spy for her, Marie Laveau used the information for blackmail, and to appear clairvoyant. Following Laveau's death in 1881, she was replaced by her daughter Marie Glapion, who ruled for almost another 10 years. The transition was so seamless, many believed she was the original Marie Laveau, using her powers to extend her lifespan. During her reign, Marie Laveau created thousands of new spells and rituals, and introduced snake-handling into Vodou ritual.
Powers: Powers granted to vodouisants (practitioners of Vodou) primarily come from two sources; Gris Gris, and the Loas.
Gris Gris: Also known as hoodoo, gris gris is all the foci-based minor magical powers attributed to vodou "witch-doctors." It operates on the principle of sympathetic magic: what is done to part of a person affects all of that person. Spells range from good-luck charms to protective talismans, from love potions to the so-called voodoo doll. They rarely take much effort to create - only the proper materials and expertise.
Voodoo: the alchemical mixure of symbol and ingredents to create a form of freeful power and to open the wall of peception into the world of the unseen lore.....(both good and bad uses)
Voodou: Religion used by the modern mixure of voodoo and shamanism to create a version of etherial white magic(k) more just transing and self healing, this form is as powerful as its orginal but uses less tools and a social circle of others....(next kin, Santeria)
Voodal/vodal : The moral info on the design of a certain culture of magic(k) mainly esoteric based....
Santerian : (Is a mixure of shaman and mexican voodou) "Sante:Saint" "Teria" Earth/mother" (terisa)
The symbols of voodoo are place on the 9, 11 and the 7 higher and lower powers, and the intermixing of the loa....
Tbon ange (Is the highest of all the legba powers given to an Shango/Booker or a Da Leg niba loa )
Vodou came to the United Sates before 1803, when New Orleans was still a French holding. While the French Creole owned many African Slaves, the growth of Vodou in the 'States was curtailed by extensive legislation. Slaves were not allowed to gather, and the importation of slaves from the West Indies was banned, due to the epidemic of Vodou there. But following the Louisiana Purchase, such restrictions were relaxed considerably.
In 1794 on the French plantation island of Santo Domingo (now known as Haiti), a massive slave revolt erupted, due in part to the influence of Vodou. Following the revolt, large numbers of freed and escaped Haitian slaves poured into the United States. Vodou flourished in New Orleans, especially along the shores of Lake Ponti---. By 1817, the old Creole families were so frightened that ordinances were passed forbidding slave gatherings, except in designated areas at designated times. Vodou continued to flourish in secret, however.
By 1830, a Vodou "Queen" (Mambo) known as the Widow Paris united the city's varied secret Vodou sects. More widely known as Marie Laveau, Paris was a hairdresser for elderly Creole ladies who used her position to gather information. Not above bribing servants to spy for her, Marie Laveau used the information for blackmail, and to appear clairvoyant. Following Laveau's death in 1881, she was replaced by her daughter Marie Glapion, who ruled for almost another 10 years. The transition was so seamless, many believed she was the original Marie Laveau, using her powers to extend her lifespan. During her reign, Marie Laveau created thousands of new spells and rituals, and introduced snake-handling into Vodou ritual.
Powers: Powers granted to vodouisants (practitioners of Vodou) primarily come from two sources; Gris Gris, and the Loas.
Gris Gris: Also known as hoodoo, gris gris is all the foci-based minor magical powers attributed to vodou "witch-doctors." It operates on the principle of sympathetic magic: what is done to part of a person affects all of that person. Spells range from good-luck charms to protective talismans, from love potions to the so-called voodoo doll. They rarely take much effort to create - only the proper materials and expertise.
Voodoo: the alchemical mixure of symbol and ingredents to create a form of freeful power and to open the wall of peception into the world of the unseen lore.....(both good and bad uses)
Voodou: Religion used by the modern mixure of voodoo and shamanism to create a version of etherial white magic(k) more just transing and self healing, this form is as powerful as its orginal but uses less tools and a social circle of others....(next kin, Santeria)
Voodal/vodal : The moral info on the design of a certain culture of magic(k) mainly esoteric based....
Santerian : (Is a mixure of shaman and mexican voodou) "Sante:Saint" "Teria" Earth/mother" (terisa)
The symbols of voodoo are place on the 9, 11 and the 7 higher and lower powers, and the intermixing of the loa....
Tbon ange (Is the highest of all the legba powers given to an Shango/Booker or a Da Leg niba loa )
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APPENDIX #1: SUMMARY OF "NEPSIS."
What
follows here is properly the Introduction from "Nepsis." This
introduction, because of its particular form, also will serve well as a
summary. Summary and introduction is followed by a contents outline of
the whole work. "Nepsis" is in the form of a letter addressed to a Roman
Catholic Bishop. The letter is from a priest who has feels compelled to
follow a certain spiritual path that he feels the Bishop
misunderstands. This letter format harkens back to the New Testament for
its epistle format. But more, it relates to a letter writing motif in
literature and at the same time references, sardonically, a certain
nostalgia for the classical or medieval, less technocratic worlds. At
over 400 pages, the letter format of "Nepsis" is somewhat ironic. (The
Bishop didn't respond as hoped to the shorter, succinct, discreet
letters, so...) Generally, "Nepsis" is a picaresque narrative. When it
is dealing with Tantric or magical issues it is a grimmoire with a
certain literary flavor in a modernist sense. "Nepsis" and subsequent
fiction, "Interstates" and Adam's Way, represent a search for a
format appropriate to the subject matter of this investigation. The
narrative format of "Nepsis" seems now to be more successful than the
novelistic style of Adam's Way. Perhaps the poetic prose style in
"To Eat With Long-ass Chopsticks" is most appropriate after all. My
experiments with popular evangelism, represented by the Adam fictions
have lead me back to a literary approach similar to, but significantly
developed from the poetic base in which I originally felt most
comfortable. A loosely connected web of stories, incidents, (paintings
and poems), and other exerpts that tell what has happened, and why the
tale is worth re-constructing in this fashion, is a form that might be
truest to the claims of this dissertation as well as the substance of
this material. This "web" could be read as a series of short stories but
I hope that it will also produce some satisfaction normally found in a
novel. However, what follows is a description of where this stylistic search began.
NEPSIS
THE WARRIOR
(A Grimoire)1
IntroductionIn which:
-Central topics are introduced and addressed in a letter to a certain Roman Catholic Bishop because (respectfully) providentially, he missed the point and acted when others were only in a daze.Dear Bishop,
-A personal and Artistic history of Homo Sapiens Sapiens is begun.
-Art is described as the "lie that tells the truth."
-The method2 is indicated.
-Spheres of influence are defined in a list of technical definitions.
-The author's intentions are declared.
Issues of magic, sex, poison, and violence are topics here only in so far as they can be seen as catalytic agents to the progress of this history. Addressing the "dark" side of personality is fundamental to a healthy psyche. The sexual reference is important to me only as it is able to turn biological cycles and psychology towards a larger vision of Being. The violence and poison themes are useful as they are used to transform leaden religious and secular formulations about the world into the white gold of human realization: Breakthrough.
Admittedly, the events recorded in this story are interpreted in an unusual manner. But that yields some high, at times disastrous, as well as colorful, potentially salvific results. It is an interpretation that seems to be the reasonable product of what happened.
Much of this introduction is apologetic and analytical, so a general reading might want to skip to the actual story (pg. 31) and then refer back to the definitions and information here, as needed. However, for theological, doctrinal, disciplinary consideration, or just a deep understanding, it is important to read the whole work, including notes and appendices.
When I was in the seminary, Bishop, one of the instructions given us about weddings was that the homily should delivered specifically to the couple getting married, but delivered so that the congregation will overhear what the priest has to say.3 I bring this up now because it is similar to what I am about do in telling you this story. I am writing to you, but I want others to 'overhear.' I am writing to you in this manner because your last letter to me declared me to be a suspended priest and unfit for ministry. Further, you oppose the fact that at the same time another diocese has granted me the necessary permission to operate as a fit and active priest even though you said when you released me that you would allow this. This creates a confusing, even anomalous situation. Your current attitude is completely inconsistent with our parting conversation three years ago. I do not understand the change. I have tried to explain my position to you in letters and conversation.4 I continue that explanation here, in much greater detail.
You will remember these issues of my concern were catalyzed by charges of child molestation leveled against one of your priests. I will discuss that tearful, and expensive, warp of 'normalcy' later. (See final P.S.) But for now, to refresh your memory about the larger issue and to present my side of the question, I include here the parts of the letters and conversation that I feel to be pertinent. The complete contents of the letters are in note #4.
The following reference will introduce the topic.
In the May '87 issue of Smithsonian Magazine an article credits the Biblical account of the Garden of Eden with historical veracity in the sense that it depicts poetically an anthropological reality, a human shift from the relatively natural innocence of more primitive "hunters and gatherers" to the "technological" development of agricultural methods and other "civilized" crafts. If we entertain this scenario for a moment we can extrapolate by noting that we are at the other end of the spectrum of human history. If the Fall in Genesis described the human urge to power, to be in control of environment(agriculture), of good and evil (morals), of life itself; if the Fall described the human urge to reject, or rather to claim the efficacy of the divine power, then we are at the other end of the spectrum of human history, since, now, with the advent of science, we have the powers not only to improve the world materially but to destroy it.
To illustrate how this is effecting the local church, let me give you four examples, two personal and two public. (Also see attached article from the California Catholic Conference publication "Commentary" and end notes for related references.)
1. Last summer I wrote to Bishop ------(your predecessor) regarding my grave concern about the issue of child molestation charges brought against one of our priests, Fr. Chris --------, especially in light of the hysterical response of the media and some people, how the Church hierarchy handles such situations and how many of us priests know, like, and respect Fr. Chris. My concern for this issue was then and is now ecclesial and twofold:
A) What happens when the institutions of the Body of Christ make accommodations to reactionary values in our culture rather than reforming those values with salvific courage and insight? Though there are local examples of this (Fr. Chris' case was never presented truthfully in court or press), one significant national illustration is that the National Catholic Conference of Bishops threatens to laisize priests found guilty of such charges. This response not only misses the deeper issue but it sets the tone of accommodation to public hysteria and illogical reaction more in tune with an opportunist press than the healing power of Jesus Christ or the eternal nature of the Catholic priesthood. To threaten a person trapped in such pathology with punishment is similar to telling masochists that you will hurt them if they misbehave. It is counterproductive. It does not address an issue that might have a mostly cultural and psychological root as well as a moral context. I believe this situation results from a soul-sick culture (world-wide) consumed by its own pathology of appetites. This is a contagious disease of material, psychological, and spiritual imbalance that produces a variety of related diseases. Molestation is only one. If we do not act boldly and well in this, there will be more than one bankrupt diocese in this country because the real issue remains unopposed. If we are unable to focus such fundamental issues, then the spiritual bankruptcy in the Church is staggering. I have seen little or no adequate leadership as to the cultural and spiritual roots of this issue or other related issues of sexuality and therefore human identity. Just saying "no" is not enough. There are alternatives.
B) Is Fr. Chris in reality now dismissed? Should not he be here where he may be embraced by the Body of Christ that raised him? Where is he that we may help heal him? Are we a church of sinners inclusive of such or will Fr. Chris in effect be cut off? Is this not a rejection of the Spirit?...
...I understand the difficulty of this situation and sympathize with those who must deal with it officially. But the issues are greater than personalities. Our culture does not allow us to be Christian without the threat of great material loss. The deeper loss is greater without such sacrifice. (But there are very good elements in our culture that would sympathize and support us if we took a more Christian approach. I intend to present such an alternative before the end.)
In our conversation, after which I departed your diocese, you told me that you were going to leave me in the 'grey' (the in-between), that you were not going to 'force me into disobedience by insisting that I take another parish assignment'. You said that I could leave, 'to follow my conscience,' though you did not agree with my positions and would not support me. (Which I did not expect you would.) You removed my "faculties," (that is, necessary permission to operate publicly as a priest) because I was not going to be in an official assignment. But, when I settled into my new situation, you said that if another bishop wanted to pick me up', (that is, grant me new faculties) you would not 'stand in the way'.
What happened! You changed your position completely. When I wrote to you two years later, having accomplished all that we had understood that I was going to do, I requested permission to perform a friend's wedding in your diocese, you responded:
...I am afraid that you do not fully comprehend the nature of your suspension by me, insofar as this suspension has involved removal of your priestly faculties and the prohibition for you publicly to celebrate Mass or perform any other act of public worship, to celebrate the Sacraments or to discharge any ecclesiastical ministry whatsoever. I discussed this matter with you and gave you the reasons for the serious action which I have taken...
What you did in effect was refuse to serve the Church of------- to which you committed yourself at Ordination five years ago, except as you see that service to be compatible with the pursuit of an academic degree.... I had no alternative but to suspend you, and I have no reason, in the present circumstances, to lift that suspension...
You mention that you have been granted faculties of the ------- Diocese and are exercising a pastoral priestly ministry in the --------Catholic Community there. The Bishop of --------- will act according to his own conscience, but it is not logical for me to declare you unsuitable for priestly ministry in (my) Diocese of ------- and at the same time approve your ministry in the Diocese of...........
There is some inconsistency here. The difference between our first conversation and this last letter is surprising at best. I did not leave your diocese merely to pursue an academic degree, but I am in this degree program because it allows some greater freedom. Amidst difficult academic demands, the struggle to survive financially, as well as growing pastoral involvement, this program allows flexibility to do what is so apparently God's will in my life. I have constructed this long letter in order to try to convince you of that necessity and to effect that mission, as you shall see.
The problem is that you make no allowances for exceptions, positive or negative. How do you deal with inspiration? Is the priestly function only to run the juridical structures, such as the parishes, of the church? Do you not recognize the age-old archetypes of religion straining for faith even in your middle class priest/managers. Does it rather not indicate something important that you are even running short of those?
Bishop, I realize that my studies of world religions, now concluding with explorations along the path of the Taoist warrior, are not the usual interests of a diocesan priest. But in this age (not so new) of religious dialogue, these interests are pertinent to the mission of religion in the world.5 In fact, there is reason to suspect that information revealed in this study is vital to the success of that mission that I will soon describe.
I am addressing this letter to you, Bishop, as described above because I still believe that Catholic bishops inherit the spiritual authority of the Apostles, an authority that has significance in the evolution of the world. It is to that authority I appeal. I believe in the Sacraments and the priestly capacity for mediation between God and the world.6 This capacity rests waiting for some salvific action to awaken its destiny. This might be the mutation of some protein in an ancient genetic pattern, producing an evolutionary advance.7 Or, it might be institutional or personal reform.
It is the spiritual authority of the Church that I am addressing. We must acknowledge that we are dealing with a vast multifaceted, multi-dimensional reality that is the pastoral concern for Catholic care. I believe that my situation is justified within the mission of Christ and the Church, within the very structures of Being itself. Your "suspension" of me is a mistake (as well as being canonically illegal) that I ask you to reverse since you could not have reasonably made this decision if you understood what was really involved.
I recognize my need for the Church and the Church's need for salvific inspiration expressed through its members. If this story is not "inspired," then I have wasted what was early thought by some to be a promising life.
After/during my training and experience in monasteries and seminary, I conducted several "experiments" that I will describe later at length. But, for now let me mention that one was to test the practical effect of certain devotional and ascetical practices. That "test" brought me into contact with unimaginable darkness and light. Another such test was to use abilities and insights thus developed to cure myself of a disease. After that, I tried to extend the healing beyond myself. The experiments were at once universal in their dependence on classical mystical traditions and creatively personal in how they finally worked themselves out. The method of this research is to use one's self as the ever present field for investigation of Self. You will see how that expands to a cosmology as well as expanding global disasters.
I have written up this account as truly as I can, Bishop. Most of it is actual history with reference to pertinent works of my art and poetry since those best describe this developing theory about human personality and the personality of the world. It is a Personal Artistic History of Homo Sapiens Sapiens (...as a Young Man). It is written to display the 'Way of the Warrior' as a fundamental definition of the human character and why as a result, the Lord Christ (and the Lord Buddha) is a major step forward in human evolution. It is an "apology" to you because of the troubles it involves and to the world because the world should know these things about itself.
Any history is fiction, because we include what we want to include or what we happen to remember. What I am presenting to you here is not so much an historical account of my activities as it is an explanation of the world-view that has resulted in my actions. This is completely a fiction because "Art is a lie," but it is the kind of fiction that tells the truth better than any history. I, in imitation of a Tai Chi master, go to the 'place of the void' and let the "no-thingness" that is there create the resolution of our personality and our 'problem.' (See note #2.) I use poetry, art, Christian practice, Tantra, Shamanism, and Martial Arts to illustrate the point. The point is about human personality and the "personality" of Being. Therefore, it is religious.8 (One section is a consciously fictionalized rewrite of these same elements, included in the overall framework for purposes inherent and necessary in the history itself. In doing this, I am trying to engage more of the perceptive capacity than just the intellective process which is not sufficient alone to grasp the meaning of this story.)
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Religion: This story concentrates on two elements in the genesis of religion; 1. Death and suffering.9 2. The mystical intuition of the intimate connection of all things. This story does not deal critically with religious institutions, traditions, except when unavoidable. Though it does dwell on the basic human curiosity about the nature of things--a religious propensity.
Religion, through history, 'bonds' together the sometimes schizophrenically divergent aspects of our experience, especially those vast generalities, the "divine" and the "mundane." It tries to communicate the meaning and value of that experience. To date, this seems to me to be an ironically fragmented effort. Though the religious mission varies in emphasis from tradition to tradition, I believe it to be based on an intuitive sense of the intimate relationship between all things and is a salvific configuration of Being itself. Religion usually tries to overcome the finality of death and suffering. Thus, the nearly universal significance of compassion as a primary spiritual value; the Body of Christ as the model of the Church and the world, the Eucharist; the Buddha Body as the model of ultimate existence [or non-existence].) However, "I am not making propaganda for religions, this is playing with fire."10 I am not dealing with religion as 'religions', i.e., institutions, organizations with the usual accouterments of material resources and involvement in the affairs of the world except when religion is a critique of human foibles and formulations, or the traditions of religious practice have informed my story.
Mission: The mission of religion is to gather together the various aspects of our experience into an integrated context of existence, promoting cohesion, salvation, realization, enlightenment, completion. The mission of the Church specifically, I believe, is to deal with the problem of human genius and power as result of the Fall.11 This ancient mythology describes succinctly the central "problem" of our existence. The current, dangerous manifestation of this "problem" in this story is militant, commercial, technology, a cancer in the body and spirit of the world.
Priesthood: The seminal concept of priesthood is a mediatory capacity inherent in creation, in human personality, that facilitates between this world and the world of "divine energies."12 As a symbolic function of personality, priesthood solves the "problem of existence" by connecting absolute meaning with individual life or action. The result is mystical union. As in Tantra, the human personality and body is the locus of divine-mundane integration. The mission of the Catholic priesthood is to focus this mediation on the "problem" of human power and the effects of human genius described in the story of the Fall.13 (See Problem below.)
Shamanism focuses the primordial religious matrix to shift into an ecstatic consciousness that appeared in the Stone Age and is still operative in the modern world. It pervades to some degree all religious experience, though the classically "pure" examples of its practice are characterized by: abilities to alter states of consciousness for contemplative, therapeutic, or magical purposes, ecstasy; manipulate heat and cold, that is, the "energies" (Prana and kundalini yoga in India); be spiritual leaders/guides (psychopomps), often healers, teachers; and finally, to have mastery over life and death, (resurrection motifs and other-world travel).14 Transsexual experience, psychic or actual, is often part of the Shamanistic quest to transcend dualism in search of the unitary vision and power.15 (See Appendices re: "Shamanism" and "Fire/Energy" metaphor.)
Tantra is the religious phenomenon in both Hinduism and Mahayana Buddhism that combines philosophy with esoteric mystical practice.16 Two concepts of major importance to me in Tantric practice are "visualization" and the analogous comparison of the "microcosm" with the "macrocosm." That is, the human body and the Universe.
Visualization, at the heart of Tantric techniques, refers to absolute identification of one's person with the "deity." One visualizes, then becomes the deity. (See Panikkar's definition of deity, note #21, Chapter Five). This is for purposes of worship, empowerment and self-transcendence. If such is possible then anything is possible. It might be interesting for you to compare this with the Church's third century dogma about the "deification" of the believer. The comparison of this state of being and that of the resurrected Christ, body and soul, in so far as this identifies human potential, is important to this work. The analogy between one's own body, the "microcosm," and the body of the universe, the "macrocosm," carries a similar importance in my eventual practice as you will see. The fundamental techniques particular to Tantric Buddhist practice are: mantra yoga, visualizations, prostrations, mandala offerings, and guru/deity yoga.
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