College of Thelema: Thelemic Education

The important aspect to consider is ones attention to the breath
Notionally, one should have all ready acquainted them self with posture
To the point they can put that aside, concentrating fully on the Breath

So the question is:
Does this posture detract from the exercise
Or does it show a need to focus on previous steps first?

Is this the place to quote King Carlos V of Spain? "I speak Spanish to God, French to men, Italian to women, and German to my horse." Spanish, of course, was his mother tongue.

@Zazazas214
eh, i see now.Sorry, I I have not understood you the first time
You know, as you said, it is sometimes difficult in your own words to describe the events from the astral reality.
Interestingly, at a time when the previous message appears,
I had a vivid dream, though it happens often, it was unusual this time.
Perhaps well known synchronicity.

regards

Archaeus,

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I really appreciate your description of the Dragon. It actually makes great sense, and I'm going to try it as you describe! I think I have been doing it wrong. I don't sit actually on the floor, as in with bum between feet etc., but more of on arches or soles of feet. However my feet become rather numb after 20 minutes and I push through. I'm thinking your advice about "floating" and weight distribution is what I'm doing wrong. Thanks for the great information!

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I find that doing rituals is easier by creating a link with nuit, hadit or rhk. Also it help crossing abyss which devours elements.

Oh, I see - that's not just in that table, but in every table of the book.

Row 3 is the Sephirah Binah, which corresponds to Saturn. Row 32 is the letter Tav, which also corresponds to Saturn.

Similarly, Jupiter corresponds to both Chesed and Kaph; Mars to both Geburah and Peh; etc.

You can see these basic attributions in the basic definitions in Chapter 1, e.g., in column 105.

@MMe said

"The The 7 Prismatic Colors (violet being outside):
Are Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Cyan, Blue and Violet? "

Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Indigo Violet

"How should I visualize? Rayed or circular?"

It doesn't matter much... but concentric circles or a rainbow work great.

"Citrine, olive, russet and black and Citrine, olive,russet and black, flecked with gold are to visualize as quarter?"

Commmonly but not invariably.

I've always found a great deal more of visualization and intensity happen with the eyes closed. Especially so with the Middle Pillar Ritual. Having my eyes closed and just visualizing everything always seems to have better results than spinning in circles, waving wands, and physically vibrating names. However, if someone is just getting started they'll probably want to do it physically before doing it eyes closed/mentally so that you can train your brain to act how it's supposed to act even without the physical movement.

Also, I've started doing a variant of the Middle Pillar Ritual in a different way than most of my buddies. I just wanted to run it past some of you guys to see if you had any advice, tips, or tricks. I just feel like sharing something, so there's that too.

I vibrate names, visualizes colors for each body part, and I do this 2-4 times before moving onto the next one. When I get to the bottom I repeat this process but in reverse, working my way back up. Once I make it all the way back up, I feel like there's a very massive concentrated surge of energy going through me.

Before, when I didn't work back upwards, I'd just feel energy pulsating downwards changing colors for each section.

When I work going back upwards, I really seem to lose myself and just feel a long vine of energy descending from an unimaginable height to unknown depths. Like I'm finishing a circuit on a board, instead of simply grounding that electricity.

My only real question is, am I defeating the purpose of the Middle Pillar? I feel like it's doing what it's supposed to (what I perceive the intent should be.) I just haven't read anyone else doing it this way, so I wanted to see if anyone else had similar experiences.

Nobody said you were "wrong." You got my opinion.

Experiment with it. I know what works for me.

Book Four by Aleister Crowley, section on Mysticism, chapter 2: Pranayama and it's Parallel in speech, Mantrayoga

Love and will

Thanks.

Excuse me, I forgot to ask: which sound level should be performed?

Thanks.