How do you inflame yourself?
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@Veronica said
"That was a truly awesome piece.
I am assuming that it is an except from the aforementioned piece on Yoga?"Yes, it is in Part 8 (Yoga for Yellowbellies, fourth lecture). Actually all that article it is a masterpiece; there are so many great points in there and it also explains what Yoga is even better than Part I of Book IV.
You can find the article here:
hermetic.com/crowley/eight-lectures-on-yoga@Veronica said
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Thank you for sharing it, I don't feel like such a nerd now with my huge collection of poetry."I guess nobody would ever consider Jim Morrison a nerd also if he did have an huge collection of poetry, isn't it?
And anway, better to be considered "nerd" than having (and in reality) an IQ on par with one of an aomeba.
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@Dar said
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@Lavir said
"And anway, better to be considered "nerd" than having (and in reality) an IQ on par with one of an aomeba."Sure...
However - as a single cell Paramecium can swim around, avoid obstacles and predators, find food, learn, find a mate and have sex, then you have to wonder why nerds have such a problem with the latter.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXFFbxoHp3"
Primarily because intelligence and genius gives an innate higher sense of "sentimentality" (feeling the nature of pain etc.) in itself, that could bring someone to being shy and not function properly in the "outside world" etc.
Secondarily because intelligence makes you question yourself and criticize yourself a lot more, and this (if done in a partial way) can bring poor self-esteem.
Naturallly one with the IQ of an Aomeba is "fine" in every situation. He doesn't mind at all about his IQ, nor he minds or feel the nature of pain in things. As Bukowsky said: "lucky you that you are so idiot as to neither being able to find something to cry for". He doesn't question anything, accept everything at face value and he is fine with everything and naturally he functions quite well in a world of like-minded.
But, better "to be burnt out" or "never having being in flame at all"?
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@MMe said
"Are there specific techniques about it?
Or how do you usually do?"Soak yourself in gasoline and light a match.
No seriously, whatever gets you going is considered "inflammatory," i.e. sex, drugs, rock n' roll, etc. In this sense it refers to "charging your enthusiasm"--along those lines.
"That "androgynous women" hint suggests Crowley is referring to female ejaculation aka amrita or ambrosia..."
I was always skeptical about that "female ejaculation" thing, until I witnessed it first-hand (or should I say, all over my hand.)
It's quite spectacular, or at least as performed by the individual I was working with. Distance and accuracy.
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@he itch said
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Hi Jim - can you recommend concrete techniques/tips for the solo practitioner to inflame himself? For example, when preparing a talisman, I have become unexpectedly very "hot" when pronouncing the names of the entities inscribed on the outside cirlce of talisman as a practise run, but when it came to actually charging the talisman during the operation, the energetic effect was nil. Possibly this was because I had run through the operation so many times beforehand and was physically tired...
"There is also the idea that the energies are being directed into a talisman.
If one were to take the theory that the body is working as conductor, heat would imply resistance derived from the energies bleeding off, lacking a proper channel.
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Taking reciting a chapter of a Holy Book as an example :
Memorize a line, until you can speak the line without referring to the book.
Imagine the line, form an image of what is occurring.
Experience it. feel the artful expression.In the course of mastering these steps so shall the fire be stoked and burned.
( At least, it works for me
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@Jim Eshelman said
"But the recommendation of Energized Enthusiasm - and the four categories of techniques (be sure you find all four) - should be a major help. I doubt anyone can do much better than that essay."
just read "energized enthusiasm" a few times over, and i'm not 100% sure on the fourth after music, alcohol, and sex, is it dance?
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Dance is treated as a subset of music.
It's pranayama.
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The "substance" not normally spoken of, (it did take a new Aeon for people to openly talk of this as we do,) has to do with the primordial, "perfect" substance that all life is eventually evolved, or "constructed" from.
For instance, this substance, (no longer quoting it,) is the initial ingredient in DMT, secreted by the pineal gland, and DMT is the first neurotransmitter of awareness known to the fetus. DMT forms from this substance in the mouth of the fetus, and eventually moves upward to form the pineal gland.
DMT works with this substance to produce other neurotransmitters like serotonin, as well as produce the sperm and sperm-fluid, and fluid surrounding an egg in males and females.
It is rarely found, except in very, VERY small quantities in "regular" humans and animals. Probably not even detectable in such beings.
It is produced in larger amounts in those focused and in line with their higher selves, including philosophers, artists, musicians, magicians, and the like.
One might say it is the "silky shadow" of pure Divinity, and as such is the initial ingredient in Divine Substances such as "strange drugs" like Dimethyl Tryptamine, the "Cactus", as Crowley describes Peyote, and Psilocin & Harmala alkaloids. (All but mescaline have been found to be naturally endogenously produced by the mammal brain.)
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I've found that taking "inflame yourself with prayer" literally works rather well as soon as you find a prayer that does it for you. Back in the day I could get awfully inflamed kneeling before a statue of Mary and praying the Rosary. These days I often use the "Thou who art I..." section of The Ship (also in Liber XV). Most anything recommended as a "general invocation" seems to do the trick.
@ThelemicMage said
"It is produced in larger amounts in those focused and in line with their higher selves, including philosophers, artists, musicians, magicians, and the like."
Do you have evidence to support this? As far as I'm aware that's all just speculation.
" One might say it is the "silky shadow" of pure Divinity, and as such is the initial ingredient in Divine Substances such as "strange drugs" like Dimethyl Tryptamine, the "Cactus", as Crowley describes Peyote, and Psilocin & Harmala alkaloids. "
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Since nobody has given the quick and direct answer: This question is really the same question as "How do you fall in love?"
No erasy answers, right? Except OTOH there are nothing but easy answers. You just have to realize that this is what you're doing: Falling passionately in love.
For the moment.
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Appreciation.
To Jimmy Page
I wonder if
when you close your eyes
And your hand
moves over your strings,
In your mind
you see me dancing,
Your music making my whole being sing.Sometimes when you play
My rainbow takes flight
And I move to heaven
Your eyes fixed on the sight
I dance from space to time
My body, your music
One in rythem.I never knew
my hips could move
Like that
until you came into my life
My eyes never sparked like this
Before I heard your song
And my soul never cried out
For More, More, More
Till I felt your touchIn my mind
In my heart
In my feet
In my hips
And my lipsUpon my ears
You lick them,
And kiss them
And whisper
Darting your notes
Deep into my being
Making my body
Ripple and tense
Sway and arch
Thank you so much for that.
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@lamus said
"ThelemicMage wrote:
It is produced in larger amounts in those focused and in line with their higher selves, including philosophers, artists, musicians, magicians, and the like.
Do you have evidence to support this? As far as I'm aware that's all just speculation.
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One might say it is the "silky shadow" of pure Divinity, and as such is the initial ingredient in Divine Substances such as "strange drugs" like Dimethyl Tryptamine, the "Cactus", as Crowley describes Peyote, and Psilocin & Harmala alkaloids.
What do you mean by "initial ingredient"?"I don't have any evidence to prove that it exists, and neither did the Greeks of Aleister Crowley.
Modern science cannot prove that it exists, and has not yet.
So if I cannot even prove something exists, like a spirit, or a ritual, or a god or a name, then how the hell am I do prove it's action, constitution, or purpose upon things?
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You should read the book of the law and learn well that "proof is thy success."
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I will surely take this into mind when replying to threads, miss Dar.
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Video unwatchable due to my "country's copyright grounds."
I wish they would trash that shit with their coffee grounds.
No one can own pixels of light, except a pixel itself, and no one can own a pattern of frequencies of sound.
This country is in a crock pot, if you catch me.
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@ThelemicMage said
"You should read the book of the law and learn well that "proof is thy success.""
Maybe you should read it and learn well that the quote is "Success is thy proof".@ThelemicMage said
" I don't have any evidence to prove that it exists, and neither did the Greeks of Aleister Crowley.
Modern science cannot prove that it exists, and has not yet.
So if I cannot even prove something exists, like a spirit, or a ritual, or a god or a name, then how the hell am I do prove it's action, constitution, or purpose upon things? "
I'm not sure you read my question. You said that a certain subset of the population has a higher than average concentration of a chemical in their brains. Empirical claims demand empirical evidence. That's all I was asking for. I have no idea what you're talking about... -
Then you might forgive me for paraphrasing our sacred Book, and know that you are in the right place for where you are.
Those, whom I could not tell you, who are more tuned to their higher selves, pick up on these notions, and the proof is in the pudding, you could say.
What I said about a certain number of people having it produced in their bodies is a direct paraphrase from Crowley.
So, I guess Crowley is your proof, knowing he got there first and showed others how to attain, (and still is, if you ever meditate or involve yourself in work in the direction of Boleskine.)
You may as well just ask me if Crowley is still in spirit form, at Boleskine, receiving and transmitting magical energy, and where the proof of that can be found.
I cannot get further into this without blatantly typing things that should not even be spoken of.
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@ThelemicMage said
"DMT works with this substance to produce other neurotransmitters like serotonin, as well as produce the sperm and sperm-fluid, and fluid surrounding an egg in males and females.
It is rarely found, except in very, VERY small quantities in "regular" humans and animals. Probably not even detectable in such beings.
It is produced in larger amounts in those focused and in line with their higher selves, including philosophers, artists, musicians, magicians, and the like."
Ah, I see; we're talking about two different things. Your wording above made it sound like the "it" in the latter two paragraphs referred to DMT, not the substance you were speaking of prior to that. The notion that DMT is found in higher concentrations in people who experience visions, mystical states, etc. is a genuine scientific claim. I was asking if there was evidence for that because I was genuinely interested, not because I was trying to challenge you. I wouldn't have asked that question if I'd known what you were talking about.