eMail to the Gods (just for fun)
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Just for fun: I've been thinking of some different modes of "communication" to the divine and analogies to email or the web.
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Meditation: email TO you from the Divine -One way-You are listening/reading and not sending. Email spam filter hopefully filters out junk.
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Magick Ritual: One way FROM you: posting a message on a board and waiting for a reply. Hopefully you pick the right board and audience for what you want. Wait and see what comes back.
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Adoration: One way- PM(Private message) FROM you.
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Prayer: Chat room: 2 way conversation at same time.
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Egregore: a FORUM putting ideas and energy out into the world.
Send your corrections, changes, or additions.
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My thoughts on how to frame this are a little different. I would say:
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Meditation: lurking on a forum or chat room. (Similar logic to David's.)
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Magick Ritual: Collaborative production software. (There's no effective magick without collaboration.)
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Adoration: PM is OK - I'd think more: eCard!
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Prayer: I think of this more as sent email. (I don't think of prayer as collaborative.)
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Egregore: yes, forum! (In contrast to, say, listserve, since each contribution leaves a permanent trace as on a forum.)
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@Jim Eshelman said
"4) Prayer: I think of this more as sent email. (I don't think of prayer as collaborative.)"
I've always thought of prayer as a speaking to the divine and then a silence of listening (thus 2 ways). This is opposed to the "psychic tantrum" type prayer of yelling at "God" about what you want and then cutting off the call.
But I can also buy your point of view. If this is the case though, what form would you consider a 2 way communication? Of course almost all are ultimately 2 ways, but I am refering to a near simultaneous 2 way give and take communication between the "human" and "divine."
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@DavidH said
"I've always thought of prayer as a speaking to the divine and then a silence of listening (thus 2 ways). This is opposed to the "psychic tantrum" type prayer of yelling at "God" about what you want and then cutting off the call."
I've tended to go with the half-duplex definitions: Prayer is "talking to God," meditation is "listening to God."
"If this is the case though, what form would you consider a 2 way communication?... I am refering to a near simultaneous 2 way give and take communication between the "human" and "divine.""
Ceremonial magick and deep vision work. (Both are collaborative.)