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To: alt.magick.tyagi,alt.magick.moderated,alt.magick,alt.pagan.magick,alt.divination,alt.astrology,talk.religion.misc,talk.religion.newage,alt.consciousness From: tyagi@houseofkaos.abyss.com (xiwangmu) Subject: Pioneering/Tradition and CM (was Perceiving Astrological Forces) Date: 20 Aug 1996 11:34:01 -0700 49960806 AA1 Josh Norton: #The normal mode of magickal work is to take a symbol and, through #invocations, discover the nature of the magickal energy associated with it. normal Hermetic, it seems, yes. I came upon this style and it did not strike me as safe (call me paranoid or exceedingly picky :>). that is, until I could find people whose SoCs (states of consciousness) I wished to reproduce (the monks were too self-restrictive and anal, the mages too wild and ill- directed for my tastes), I was of the preference of fabricating my own symbol-systems through random exploration of both psyche and symbol with excursions into the former utilizing variable methods (anything from psychoactives to whirling, exploring the limits of my taboos to engaging ascetic rigors) and the latter through meditative focus and imaginative collage/sigil. #The "Archer" technique reverses this: one starts with the perceived effects #of magickal "energies" (the astrological powers of the planets) and works #backwards to perceive the energies directly, and to associate them with the #appropriate symbols. this has been the essential method of my 'ceremonial magick' and I suspect that it is the means by which new systems of systemic symbol come into operation. compare this with physical pioneering (a la 'Manifest Destiny'). there is a distinct value as regards maintaining and integrating essential elements of tradition, and there is also value in exploring new avenues. there are of course pitfalls and benefits of both as well (of pioneering, the danger of self-destruction or complete and utter disorientation within an emphasis on liberty; of tradition, the danger of self-delusion or complete and utter stagnation within an emphasis on security). no comment as regards astrology except to note that I tend to see it as one of many divination systems along with gematria and others), so Josh's elaboration here strikes me as a quite wonderful example of its variable use. #(In case someone wants to argue that these "magickal forces" were entirely a #figment of my imagination, I should mention that after a while I was able to #reverse the process. That is, without looking at an ephemeris or doing any #calculations I could tell exactly what transits were in effect at a #particular moment, just by examining the state of my perceptions. I could do #this with about 85% accuracy, and most of the 15% error rate lay in not #recognizing all the transits occurring when more than one was in effect at #the moment in question.) important scientific findings. I hope others will experiment similarly and, eventually, with blinds (in a more extensive chart-analysis without regard to personal association). tyagi@houseofkaos.abyss.com mu
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