@Scapegoa said
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@Aum418 said
"HGA is typified by a perceptual change related to ego. I saw absolutely no movement towards ego dissolution or anything similar.
IAO131"
@Aum418 said
" I see K&C as not simply a different class of stimuli but as a completely different perceptual revaluation/illumination/catastrophe/shift.
IAO131"
In my vision there was some type of catastrophe/shift; at the time I was still conflicted about Christianity, possibly due to an over exposure of the same, in the exotic environment with which I was surrounded at the time. The vision occurred during a period of extreme isolation, Ironically not intentionally for Magical Ritual purposes, as I had very little knowledge or exposure to Magick at that time. it was also an emotionally intense period, that required extreme focus and environmental awareness. This experience is probably what led me down this path to this point. I had what maybe described as "extreme lucidity"; The Sun was Powerful and Radiant, the colours were vivid and vibrant.Intially I was outside in the open..extensive green meadows, flowers, butterflies...a beautiful cloudless summers day! Suddenly, I began to take flight! in dreams this is not unusual for me but the apparent momentum/force this time was of a different order, i remember "thinking/anticipating" in the dream that i was being "caught up to heaven", however the sequence of events turned rather unexpectedly. I began, what I can only now describe as something analogous to "rising in the spheres" or " through the Aethyrs", I would have to literally "breakthrough" by sheer "Will" to ascend to the next level, each time there was a characteristic colour, and different beings/inhabitants in each realm, always i would ask the natives, is Jesus here? And they would say always say "no", and I would struggle to break into the sphere above. Finally I found myself back in the past, in my very first home, that i ever remember; Standing in my room looking at my reflection in the life-size mirror(which in itself in a unique occurrence ), in London England(far away from where i was at the time physically),funny considering, i was probably back to being 9 or 10 years old, maybe less(physically i was maybe 22)!!! This realm was more lucid than the intermediary realms, only the Summer fields had the same intensity, except this time it was opposite, it was almost "pitch black" and there was "total silence" yet i had a very eerie feeling that something significant was about to happen, i ventured out of my room into the hallway where i could barely make out a "figure" in what i now know as a hooded "Magicians Robe"(but i didn't at the time) Standing arms crossed leaning against the wall... motionless, anxious as I was, my curiosity got the better of me, as i approached the figure he spoke but I could not make out his face, he asked me are you looking for Jesus Christ? eager in anticipation, I answered "yes". What happened next was, at the time to me;shocking, horrific, unexpected and seemingly counter-intuitive, The figure then said "There is no Jesus Christ, Cockroach is King!!! and a huge cockroach suddenly rushed out from under the cabinet!!! at which point I awoke, startled! For the first time in my life in a "cold sweat"! i have never been the same. when eventually I returned to the western world and laid my hands on "Magick in theory and practice" the first thing that struck me was the "signs of the grades" and seeing the "exact hooded robe" that my "visitor" wore. Immediately i felt a personal connection to AC.
Forgive the lengthy nature of this post, my question. Could this dream have any significance beyond being merely an astral vision? especially considering i had no prior knowledge of either Magick, Hooded Robes, nor Rising on the planes?"
93,
Personally I find labelling various experiences as something-or-other as rather tedious. We should acknowledge and attempt to integrate our experiences. What else is there to do really?
IAO131