BASIC RULES & Intepretation of the OCCULT & MAGICK
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Okey,
i have been now in this scene for a few years so im familiar with most the *terms *mentioned and used (e.g. magnetism,resonance, etc.).BUT, I have a problem getting this stuff sorted right. As to my understanding of myself so far,im lacking a solid base from which i can say "that is so because that other thing is so. "(e.g. Logic Chains). Not to mention all the false or incorrect/flower loving hippie style infos which are around and i need to sort out.
I know on this board are some really HUGE Pro's which can maybe give GOOD hints on material to form a base of.
I want to go "occult 1+1 = 2 ", but i need someone who tells me where to find 1st grade stuff to build on.
doesnt make much sense for me to take class in 9th or 10th grade lessons when the base isnt just there.E.g. I know a puzzle piece, that the Color Red is the Color of "Initiation" because (directed to ones body) someone bleeds if he/she looses his virginity. Othen then that it is on the color spectrum on the upper end, meaning it has less energy but is more controlled (contrary to blue on the lower end, which has high energy and low control). So Color Red indicates more and deeper Energy Control and on another plane Rock-Solid Standing. But the other colors are just missing...
I also lack a nearly complete analysis (with Relation to ones body!) of Numbers and Letters. E.g. i know that a 6 (perfect number) is an inwards spiral by graphic and tends to suck reality/energy towards ones mind (submissive plane) , whereby a 9 is an outwards spiral which tends to spread energy to the environment (dominance plane). also differentiation between different alphabets/charsets would be great. I do believe in a universal intelligence shifting all this properly over time, so there should be a system behind our current matrix/world. A breakdown of the universal principles (political incorrect but TRUE prefered) would be awesome.
where can i find this stuff, is there even yet a guideline with all this explained out there ? Or do i get this theory of everyhting infos only from some 120year old grandmaster
greetings and thanks
ahto
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Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.
Well
certainly a lot of questions, which is good.
As to how to get good information, I can only talk in relation to my own experience, but I studied the qabbalah for several years and it meant nothing,and was simply a random set of symbols, the tree of life was a dry stick so to speak; but at some point, I can't exactly say when, it began to flower.
everything fell into place as it were and made sense, at least the lower parts of the tree anyway.
What I'm trying to say is, that you are trying to assimilate a whole new world view and it will take a while before it makes sense, but when it does it will be almost overnight; then you can get on with the work.
Read voraciously, question everything, criticise everything.
study liber 777, the book of Thoth and Magick in theory and practice, read them over and over.
learn a few rituals.
most of all have fun.Love is the law, love under will.
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Or, to take the opposite point of view: Find a teacher you are willing to trust and commit to a training system. Stick with one thing until you have mastered it (because then you also will have come at least a few steps in mastering yourself).
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What do you want to know about?
Thelema specifically? Magick in General?
What aspects interest you? Where do you want to go?Looking at your post, you seem very interested in Correspondences, so maybe a book like 777 or Jims own expanded version 776 1/2 (available via this site) might be an interesting place to start making sense of the things you've learned so far in a broader Western Magick sense.
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I've always found Liber Aba (aka Book4) parts 1 to 3 give a wonderfully concise introduction to the main ideas and practices associated with Crowleys own system, with part 4 giving an introduction to the Book of the Law and some commentaries on it.
Gems from the Equinox then fleshes out much further from that.The A:A: student reading list might be a good place to start, but thats a heavy commitment, for anyone.
So it might be worth your while having a dig around the Thelemapedia to start with, I know I found it a useful resource for beginning investigations into new ideas, or reviewing old ones.
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At a certain point in my life, it seemed as if a whirlwind picked me up, spun me around and plunked me down in a foreign land. I didnt know where I was, but I knew I could not go home the way I had come. I tried to find people to trust and guide me, but it seemed as if paths crossed but did not go along together for long. I had questions, and ideas and no one to share or care with, so it seemed. I had a Vision and heard a Voice, and though I wanted to have a teacher hold my hand, and walk with me and guide me I never had one, in the physical.
I did the only thing I could, dedicated myself to following that Vision and Voice that I heard with in my heart. Some would say I put a spell on myself, and others would say I opened my heart, and still others would say I learned to follow my True Will. We can be our own best teachers, if we learn to trust ourselves. My teachers came to me in a hundreds of faces, in thousands of books, and millions of moments. Once I put trust that I was being guided, and that some force/ entitiy / divine will / source what ever you wish to call It I have been taken care of, so to speak.
While an initiation and dedication to a living breathing person/ group is often the best way to progress, if one cannot secure this, I see no reason why a covenent and oath made with yourself and your Heart should not be done.
