Occultist Sanctuary

[skell1ngton777]

sublimation

[Soiree]

SAD TO ANNOUNCE THE PROfsy IS a falseHOOD...

[jugo]

is that understanding not a product of that amalgamation, arriving at a cohesive truth by that process in a very post-modern way?

the whole find feels like a post-modernism endgame

idk

think I'm wading too deep now

kind of what I'm getting at

I'm examining it more on a purely cultural basis though, admittedly

pretentious verbal diarrhea in its purest form

[parson]

sublimation

i could see that

[Naan_Bread]

is that understanding not a product of that amalgamation, arriving at a cohesive truth by that process in a very post-modern way?

the whole find feels like a post-modernism endgame

idk

think I'm wading too deep now

kind of what I'm getting at

I'm examining it more on a purely cultural basis though, admittedly

pretentious verbal diarrhea in its purest form

[nousd]

some hard-won information.... out there for whatever greater purpose it serves.

May all beings in all worlds achieve peace, freedom and happiness.

You might be on your own, but you’re not alone.
Others have been here before you and others will be here after you.

Be aware that you need to manage your spiritual hygiene
because there’s only so long you can play with darkness before it bites you.
Know your intentions, know your limitations and stay healthy.
You don’t need the Darkness™ to do magic, or some godawful batch of spirits, you just need yourself—your real self.

Read the classics. World religion. Philosophy. History. The stories of the big cultural movements of the 20th century. The sorcerers who came before you: Genesis Breyer P-Orridge, the Chaos magicians, Robert Anton Wilson, Dion Fortune, Crowley, Reich, Castaneda. Ground yourself in solid theory. The basic reading list in the back of Crowley’s Magick in Theory and Practice, if you’ve got the patience (and you should cultivate it), will stand you in better stead than just about any other occult reading program in the world (or many a college degree, for that matter). Once you understand your own culture’s magical history, learn that of elder cultures—the Hindus, the Mayans, etc. That said, don’t be afraid to follow your own intuition over the dead words of others, or to break the rules—but learn the rules first.

Drugs. At a certain point it’s likely that your crew is going to drift away from the all-is-love-we’re-all-in-this-together acid and ecstasy parties and into ketamine, cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine or the abuse of prescription opiates. Maybe these boundaries are already blurry for you; maybe the boundary was never there at all. However, you need to remember: This is what killed the sixties, and it’s been repeated for just about every crew of conscious tripper beings that’s popped up since. The pattern goes like this: You open up and expand into the universe with psychedelics, you expand too far, you contact harsh reality with raw nerves, you crash and contract painfully, and then you decide to numb out. This is a tricky line, but you don’t want to make your initiatory career more difficult than it needs to be. Bear in mind that when people go on about the “dangers of magic” or “oh dear god that Crowley guy was such a fuckup/evil/nasty etc.,” much of what they’re observing is the wear-and-tear of hard drugs on the body and personality, not magic itself. Stay clean. If you have the patience—and I realize that this is like telling bodybuilders not to use steroids—do magic completely sober, and skip the fast-expansion, fast-contraction rollercoaster for slower but more steady progress.

Cults. Don’t fuck with cults. If they say they’re not a cult, they’re a cult. If they say they know something you don’t, remember: They don’t, or at least don’t know anything you couldn’t find out for yourself. Keep your power. Don’t prostitute it to the esoteric flavor of the month. They’re going to give you a grade? Fuck grades. You don’t need grades.

Learn the Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram. If you take nothing else from the traditional schools of magic, learn this ritual. Memorize it. Perform it until it’s second nature. Use it if things get out of hand. Use it to keep things from getting out of hand. Use it.

Keep a record. Write down the rituals and art actions you do. Write down your dreams, experiments, sexual experiences, synchronicities, ideas, insights—everything. You’re gonna want to have it to refer back to, and, ultimately, you owe your research to those who come after you, so they can hopefully skip the mistakes you’re about to make.

Meditate. Start an insight-based meditation practice and keep at it every day. Start with five minutes. Aim for an hour a day. 30 minutes is good if you can’t do that. But do it every day. This will keep you centered, keep your consciousness from getting dragged around, keep you from taking things too seriously, and build up the mental toughness, clarity and inner happiness that will last you and stand you in good stead long after the parties have ended, your looks have faded, and the “magical potions” stop working in quite the same way they used to. Real spiritual practice—whether that’s meditation, prayer, bodywork, yoga, therapy, devotional practice or all of the above—is something you want to transition to as early as possible, because, frankly, you’re going to want a sustainable route to gnosis.

Not everybody is going to come with you. Your family will likely not understand. Your friends will likely not understand. Society will definitely not understand. Of those who do understand, some will pass through the trials-by-fire and some will not. Some will go wrong, some will go back to being norms, and some will die. Deal with it.

Patience. Cultivate it. Don’t take things at face value. Wait and see if your visions and insights still hold up months or years down the road. Don’t hit people over the head with them.

There is a light at the end of the tunnel. Spending your twenties in the underworld is a pain in the ass, kind of like living through a combination of Lou Reed’s Berlin album and the Necronomicon. But if you make it to the other end, maybe you’ll even get to be the cranky asshole re-writing this essay for the next batch of kids. Be proud. You’re a soldier in a war against forces of mediocrity and dogma which may yet kill us all. Burn bright, don’t burn out, and maybe we’ll burn a hole right through this monochrome world.

Thanks for that Rev.
Really good advice that I doubt anybody would be wise enough to take.
If you're disappearing back into Thelema, I'll be happy to know that you are.

[Soiree]

Thanks RAM/ i'm so envious of u/
hessle making peeps think @ the club...
what a concept
I'd rather dub it down to the very microorgamisim keeping this fucking world together
what are we supposed to dance to this sad thinking music
or just make people confused
it's a win win either way really
those who think before they speak
I would envy that
I'd rather just count to ten in my head and say whatever I was going to already say anyway
but it's true, BOOK 4/ Crowley
U please tell me what that books about
swallowing the souls of the unborn children lol
but it's a primer really
for that day when one is made w/out "deceit"
and that one will change everything
for everyone
'forever

[Soiree]

i was born 12/28/76 at 8:03am in Omak, Wa

sorry man, you've got lots in common with the kuku
but i dont swing that way unless it's with a golfclub at your backwards turntables out of envy

[parson]

If you're disappearing back into Thelema, I'll be happy to know that you are. [/i]

thelema is just another pair of dark glasses for sungazing.

[parson]

swallowing souls of unborn children is known nowadays as cum-guzzling. child sacrifice is wanking. or unloading anywhere other than inside a vagina rly.

[Soiree]

recycle, reuse, reduce bitches