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Your Body of Light!" by Meltdarok
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Subject: Magick *through* the years or, "How to Develop Your Body of
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Yes once again, here is our most
fabulous repost, I can hear the groans already,"Oh no
not *again*!"
Sure, this'll probably just end up being a seed for a huge thread, but
that's
cool, I kind of like to see those. All right, everyone, what follows are
my
opinions on the basis of magick. Don't get pissed at me if you disagree,
just
post
something to the contrary, because I'm certainly not trying to shove
my
beliefs on anyone. As a matter of fact, MY personal beliefs won't get any
What the hell is magick, precisely? One definition is: magick is
everything that can't be measured. Everything that is unquantifiable.
Pretty
broad, huh? Who's right, who's wrong? My beliefs are totally different
than
yours, but both of our "spells" work. Why is that? I've only heard two
theories advanced that express why magick can work for totally separate
magical systems, then I came up with two more that are just kind of
unspoken.
Let's check them out, shall we?
1) Orgone energy. I don't believe it entirely, but the idea behind
it
seems to work out. The idea that life energy is universal and is the
force
behind
magick isn't uncommon. Call the life energy "God", and now you
have
Christianity. If you call the life energy inside you "chi", "ki",
"manna", or
"orgone" . . . well, you get the idea. Orgone Science (for lack of a
better
word) says that magick is primitive technology that concerned learning how
to
harness
this universal force. I'm not saying I believe it, but it does
answer
the question of how 90 million different magical systems can work.
2) Quite frankly, this one worries me. Psychics. You know those
people? Some people say we're all psychic. Some people also say that all
magick is the controlled use of psychic powers. By this theory, all the
ritual and ceremony apparent in most magical systems is just there to
trick
the
subconscious into letting the psychic centers do their thing and
say it
was an outside force.
This isn't really separate,
just the same thing described in a different
way.
Levitation -- telekinesis. Magical healing --
psychic
healing or biofeedback. A spirit that tells you something new -- using
telepathy to access the collective unconscious. A spirit that tells you
the
future
or the past -- pre- or postcognition. I'll tell you, though, I
barely
like to consider the idea that I do it all myself.
A problem is trying to remember that we are both center *and* surround.
Our linear orientation as human consciousnesses kind of puts a serious
damper on our ability to experience life as our greater self, up to and
including the experience of the being that can be considered as the
entire basis of "Existence Itself." The word that we use in English
that comes closest to describing this entity that *is, was, and ever
shall be,* is the word God. Of course I happen to like the term
"Universal Father." Even in what they tell us in science, there is
only one thing going on, and we are all part of that same process. So
the differentiation of the reality that gives us life, and is the basis
of our life, also gives us the *illusion* that we are individuals.
But no matter what they tell you, even if by force, there is no
such thing as an individual. This orientation cost Jesus of Nazareth
his life.
But as the truth becomes uncovered, this sacrifice of
Jesus becomes something that the Christians cannot hog to themselves.
And, as the Love starts to spread, true believers don't even want
to withhold their agape, love, charity from others, no matter what
their professed beliefs
are. The want and desire is for more Unity.
This type of cognitive
function has a tendency to break the hold
that materialism can have upon
a being, since comfort becomes more
of a state of mind than anything
that the body can experience in
a physical manner.
Now let's go to the two ideas that a lot of people seem to share, but
I've never heard them spoken aloud or seen them written.
3) All the different types of magick DO exist separately. God is
helping the Christian, and the Great Mother is there for the Wiccans, and
JHVH
is
always with the Cabbalist. This seems to cover all our bases, but
what's
the standard by which to judge gods? It seems hard to swallow that there
are
all these deities around, and they're all of the exact same power. And if
they aren't of the same power, then shouldn't there be one type of magick
that
can
overpower all of the others? One that can pretty much run amok
without
any of its "spells" or "rituals" being undone, because no one else's deity
is
strong enough? Seems to make sense
to me.
That's primitive.
4) Last, but not least, magick is about belief. Of course,
anyone who
has ever done any magick knows that you must have total belief, but that's
not
what I'm saying. For example: does anyone reading this know anyone who
has
done a ritual from the Necronomicon? I do, and that's a work of fiction.
But
(I
assume, based on this theory)Lovecraft and his cronies, as well
as the guy
who wrote the Necronomicon did enough work making their fantastic ideas
sound
at least semi-plausible that belief can easily embrace these works of
fiction.
Thus, if a
person can put firm belief into just about anything, it'll work
as
a magical system. Maybe . . . maybe not? I don't know, but then, I never
said I did.
As I said before, there
is a unity of self and surround.
This leaves just one more question, and I'm not touching it.
Spirits,
angels, demons, fairies, sylphs, elementals and the like. Do they exist?
I
don't know. If anyone has any plausible
theories out there, let's hear
them.
These entities are
human-- alive or passed on, or a manifestation of
the higher self we can call God (or even a manifested probability
function that has been detected by human perception, or in other
words-- a function of precognition).
It's best if you have actually done something to help prove what you're
talking about, but pure theory is accepted. (For future reference, in
spite
of all my talk, I AM practicing.)
Thanks in advance to anyone who's got anything to say based on this,
a
Well
then let's bite into some stuff! One of the most powerful tools
that
a magician can have is of course a house. If at all possible,
this house should be
located an a hill, and have both an attic and a
basement. In addition
to that, if the location has steps leading up the
hillside, so
much the better. Inside your house, the attic should have
large closets,
or crawl spaces. The basement should have storage rooms
and an
outside door.
What you should be doing of course is to lovingly
visualize each and
every inch of it. For instance, start from
your attic, and imagine
walking through it and inspecting every
nook and cranny. Check the view
from each attic window, then go
down the stairway to the second floor.
Starting from the bottom
of the attic stairs, begin to imagine going
through each room on
this floor. Follow this procedure until you are at
the basement
door. You should practice this as often as you can. When
you
perform rituals at home, you should make a choice as to whether
you
want to practice high or low Magick. When you practice high
Magick, use
your attic. When you practice low Magick, use your
basement.
To use your new found tool, keep a lamp at your bedside
that you only
use for this purpose (or a flashlight, if you sleep
with a partner).
Before you go to sleep, check to see if it is
fully functional,
visualize your entire house, then go to sleep.
What you want to do is
this, every time that you wake up during
the night, make a habit of
turning on that light. Then, when you
try to turn on your light, and it
doesn't work-- you are now in
a lucid
dream. Calm down now. Sit up,
and try again to turn on your light.
If it still doesn't work, now is
the time to perform your favorite
ritual, or just carefully explore your
house. At this point,
some people may want to try telekinesis
experiments. So go move
some objects to see the result when you
awaken.
Some people
might want to see what's going on in their subconscious, and
here
is where the house becomes a diagnostic tool-- as the attic becomes
the
representative of the mind itself, and the basement becomes the
representative
of the instincts. What you want to do is find that both
places
are swept neat and clean. Be sure to check *all* of your nooks
and
crannies, you may be in for a journey.
But all kidding aside,
now is the time to perform a ritual. It will be
entirely up to
*you* if it is a solitary ritual or not. And also, as we
begin
to delve deeper into the levels of consciousness, the people you
join
may or may not be *other* people (asleep and beyond!) But
remember,
if you have the idea to create destructive vibrations, you are
now
right smack dab in the middle of them. Hence, my opinion is to
use
the time to explore, but if you encounter any trouble, handle
it. Here
also, I shall put forth the concept that the person should
not
deliberately try to develop a concept that is too far
removed
from our physical reality. I would say try to stick to things
like
levitation,
flying (the sky's the limit!), underwater voyages,
etc. Avoid the old
razzle dazzle
type of encounters if you can.
And above all don't forget to come and rescue
us! For more information
on lucid
dreaming, check out
http://www.lucidity.com/
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Oct 31- Nov 1, 1987 Lucid dream
Was with James Bond during the assault on the crater
in, "You Only Live Twice." He told me to stay back, then
they blasted open the crater which was covered with water,
and attacked. I joined him, and had my own group to
protect. I told my people to stay low and we would be
relatively safe from bullets. We reached the armory
and Bond helped me choose a sawed-off .38 caliber
pistol, but the ammo he gave me was all *old,* but I
loaded up anyway. He left while my group and I searched
for more hostages. I was surprised by one of the opposition, who
threw a fishhook bolo at me, but I had him covered. Three
hooks pierced my legs, one in my left calf, one in my right
calf, and one in my right thigh. I told the guy to help me,
and he gave me wire-cutters. I clipped the barbs off of the tips,
and pulled them through my legs blood and all, (There was a
distortion in size-- they were regular sized, but had gone through
quite a bit of flesh!) and then though I wanted to continue the
dream, it ended. I woke up, +Wooo weee!!!+ Feeling joyfully energized.1:11
am EST 1/1/2004
--
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