<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Hindu-based LBRP]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">@Jim Eshelman said</p>
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<p dir="auto">I wouldn't say there's a "significance" to it. It's where I wanted to go. That particular ritual didn't feel it should be Hebrew. It was one of those artistic decisions one makes along the way.</p>
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<p dir="auto">Y'know, usually Elvis Presley did rock and roll, but sometimes he'd do a ballad. Same thing..</p>
<p dir="auto">Apologies in advance for the partial Hijack.<br />
I'm thinking about attempting to create a Hindu-pantheon-based version of the LBRP to go with Raja Yoga practices, as I can see the benefit to a preliminary banishing, but the Hebrew godnames etc don't sit too well with the "ambience" of the practice as I do it presently, plus I'm working on a Ganesha Puja as advised on the boards so it would be nice to have a "complete set" if you like.</p>
<p dir="auto">Do you think this advisable, do-able or do you envision problems?<br />
Some of the correspondances are easy to find in 777 such as the Godnames/Hindu Deities, but the Angels are trickier (though I should be able to find matching deities easily enough I guess).</p>
<p dir="auto">Just wondering really if you'd advise against this, and also if 776 1/2 has any extra tables to aid if I did go down that route?</p>
<p dir="auto">Thanks for your time.</p>
]]></description><link>https://thelema.org/forum/topic/15096/hindu-based-lbrp</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 06:44:47 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://thelema.org/forum/topic/15096.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 14:06:51 GMT</pubDate><ttl>60</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Hindu-based LBRP on Wed, 02 Jun 2010 14:36:00 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">Well, it was sincere.</p>
<p dir="auto">Thank you for your detailed response.<br />
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]]></description><link>https://thelema.org/forum/post/77306</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://thelema.org/forum/post/77306</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Poet]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 14:36:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Hindu-based LBRP on Wed, 02 Jun 2010 14:22:13 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<blockquote>
<p dir="auto">"Do you think this advisable, do-able or do you envision problems?"</p>
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<p dir="auto">You've asked an opinion question. I'll offer a couple of opinions.</p>
<p dir="auto">First, I never found any conflict between the Hebrew-based pentagram ritual and Raja Yoga work. (The nature of Raja Yoga almost precludes any such perception of conflict!) I could see a problem with Bhakti Yoga work where investment in the actuality of a specific deity matters more than anything; but, outside of Bhakti, that generally shouldn't be an issue.</p>
<p dir="auto">Second, you will at least lose <strong>something</strong> critical in leaving the Hebrew. The four Divine Names used in the Pentagram Ritual are <strong>intimately</strong> numerically connected to the mathematics of a pentagram <em>per se,</em> and you lose everything that goes with that if you abandon those names.</p>
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<p dir="auto">"Some of the correspondances are easy to find in 777 such as the Godnames/Hindu Deities, but the Angels are trickier (though I should be able to find matching deities easily enough I guess).</p>
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<p dir="auto">Just wondering really if you'd advise against this, and also if 776 1/2 has any extra tables to aid if I did go down that route?"</p>
<p dir="auto">It does have one table on Hiundu deities (#707) that is substantially the same as in 777.</p>
<p dir="auto">For the archangel deva-substitutes, you might consider embodying the tattwas - using their colors and shapes as basic elements of visualizations of (or, of the auras of) generic spiritual beings. "Before me, Vayu," &amp;c. But, if you do this, you might want to go clockwise around the circle instead of east-west then south-north, because you will then be following the exact sequence of the chakras. (Which then seems to require that whatever you do before that point establishes Akasha in a three-fold emergence, and... well, that should at least get you off and running.)</p>
]]></description><link>https://thelema.org/forum/post/77305</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://thelema.org/forum/post/77305</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jim Eshelman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 14:22:13 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>