College of Thelema: Thelemic Education

93,

I saw the easy answer elsewhere on this forum in another post that I can't find at the moment.
Essentially that "Something is Better than Nothing". ❗

@Indagator said

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I doubt she was consciously playing games. Whatever the case is/was we are good now. We spent Sunday afternoon banishing the entire home both in our own specific ways and now everyone is happy - especially me. I'm back to my daily practices. 🆒"

Cheers. 🍸

We must remember the differences between a Crowlean yogist who uses herbs for the betterment of his/her life, and one who has used the herb predominately for "pleasure". You will always find them trying to separate the two ideas because of their own stigma attached to their own self thinking how they can compare themselves with society and their views of the herb, and their own misuse of it.

Crowley recommends very light use of the herb before meditation or astral work. This may come as a shock to those who have abused it.

Now let us remember the huge difference between astral work and lucid dreams. True, marijuana causes one to have a decrease in dreams, but only because it causes one to "dream awake". One toke over the line will cause one to forget these amazing experiences one is having on the herb, and then their own human selfishness compels them to the fridge or MacDonalds.

The true connection between Nature and this conversation would be that she wishes for us to live, eat, breathe, and drink in moderation. I'm sure any worthwhile magician has noticed the difference between having shots of liquor at the bar, and drinking consecrated wine from a chalice to stimulate inner human energy.

No one mentioned "giving up" astral projection for Macdonalds, for Christ's sakes, just giving up unhealthy thoughts for healthy ones.

I should mention the positives of a high-energy vegan lifestyle, but you can search my posts for these.

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Frank

From the sound of it I suppose this is expected. Glad to hear it.

@Iamus said

"Yes, I've had similar experiences with the ritual, though usually while formulating Kether just above my head, but sometimes less intensely afterward. It usually starts near the crown of my head and travels down my body. It also happens when at the beginning of the Qabalistic Cross I visualize a sphere of white light above my head and then draw it down. In the few instances of contact with my Holy Guardian Angel a similar feeling came up, accompanied by the sensation that the Angel had come down from above. This sensation is often enough to cause me to actually shiver and make my hair stand on end. In all three cases we have light descending from above, so that's what I've come to associate the sensation with. The more I do the ritual, though, the less intense the sensation becomes. I've though about this as my body adapting to the light. Once I'd gotten the hang of the MP (after the first dozen performances or so) it would put me into a rather heavy trance, but that effect has largely tailed off as well, which I also thinks indicates adaptation to the light."

Ya'know, I can't always really tell you when I begin to notice it but sometimes it happens for sure at the beginning of a LBRP when bringing down the light and touching my head (in that exact spot) during the Qabalistic Cross.

Thanks guys!

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