Roles of the Magus
As we have said many times, the primary task of the Magus is the expansion of his consciousness.
Although this expansion is a “correction” of a situation distorted from the standpoint of Magic — that is, aimed at freeing consciousness from predators and parasites and restoring its original meaning of how the potencies are realized of the Monad — Magic is not merely the Way of “returning” to “proper” development; it is not simply a correction and an acceleration of evolution. It is also (and to a greater degree) the Way of perpetuating individual consciousness itself.
The narrowness of human consciousness, from the standpoint of Magic, is not only an “incorrect” state of affairs; this narrowness is also an obstacle to the very continuation of awareness.
When the period of a particular incarnation ends and the individual dies, the consciousness he retains usually proves so negligible that there is no chance of overcoming the barrier in the form of the Supreme Predator.
The Magus seeks to transition consciousness into a new, creative state, and for that he must pass “between the horns of Baphomet” and escape the circle of causality.
The breadth of awareness and the amount of Power required for this — decisive — battle are considerable.
Magic as a system includes several principal ways of preparing consciousness for transition into Eternity.
Among such key points is the creation of an axis for that consciousness.
It is well understood that all intelligent beings play their roles, shifting from role to role throughout their lives and changing masks.
It is also obvious that the narrowness of human awareness is such that, apart from these very roles, there is usually nothing in the being’s life, or, as they say, beneath the masks there is no face.
Therefore it is not surprising that when the last mask falls — at the moment of death — only a memory, a reshimo, remains of the person, and nothing more.
A person usually cannot “take off the mask” and “become himself” not because he refuses, but simply because beneath the mask there is nothing; without his roles, the person is deprived of himself. In fact, the person is merely the sum of his actions, and, ceasing to act, he simply vanishes.
The Magus persistently and purposefully cultivates an enduring inner content behind masks — his Me.
However, this does not mean that the Magus renounces play or puts on a false face, or “pretends.” On the contrary, the Magus also shifts from role to role, and while he is “in character,” he by no means pretends. He plays as if this game is the only thing in his life, fully and without reservation.
Yet at the same time, somewhere behind the stage, quiet and unnoticed, sits a silent observer — the Magus’s Me — who does not intervene in the play but is ready to “draw the curtain” as soon as the performance ends.
Throughout his life, the Magus cultivates this Me within himself, becoming aware of and developing his individuality, much like a butterfly slowly and imperceptibly matures inside a chrysalis, ready to emerge when its time comes.
And when the jaws of Baphomet split the Adir of awareness and drain its energy, the developed and disciplined Me of the Magus flies out of his shell and gains a chance at new existence as a creative intelligence.
Is pure consciousness the silent observer that watches the games?
“The whole world is a theater, and people are its actors.”
A small but very profound article. Too mind-blowing.
Baphomet is perceived by the consciousness of an ordinary person as a convenient final mask (role) – resulting in complete merging?
Baphomet is perceived by the Self of the magician in the multifaceted form of the stream of infinite manifested possibilities? And the Self, free from forms and structures but possessing an understanding of infinite possibilities of itself and the stream, transforms into a creative mind?
Everything is written correctly. For example.. a person spends a lot of time and effort to construct, accumulate, and create something for someone else.. And at one wonderful moment, everything becomes unnecessary or disappears, explodes, is destroyed.. And what remains.. NOTHING. After the material disappearance, this creator, artist, or inventor either realizes that the meaning of life is not in what he was doing, which either changes the person (the realization of their false existence begins) or leads to death, as a reason for the illusory loss of the meaning of life.
After the disappearance of the material, the individual must realize the falsehood of this world and begin to seek a path to themselves.
Theoretically, if a mage strives for this after death, shouldn’t they be able to do so in life too? Is this what magical solitude is?
So, feelings and thoughts relate to the self, while emotions and mind relate to the personality?
But after all, Baphomet himself will not chase after every cunning Mage, so it is a somewhat far from omnipotent projection, like various tutelary entities. On the other hand, what can a Mage do ‘there’ to forever rid themselves of their machinations?
And Baphomet does not chase anyone. Everyone comes to him on their own.
In this context, a question arose, ‘And when the jaws of Baphomet crack open, Adir of awareness drinks his energy, the developed and disciplined self of the mage flies out of its shell and gains a chance for a new existence as a creative mind.’ I would like to learn more about this, if people go to him themselves… This leads to temptations, obstacles, etc.
Is living contact with Baphomet in all its diversity and multifacetedness the essence of the development of awareness and its consequences – the Self of the mage? The risks of uneducated self-experimentation are obvious – but how else?
A mage can be said to be forced to wear this or that mask and play a role; if one lives and acts all the time, so to speak, with an open face, then the number of those who want to hit that face significantly increases. It is much easier to appear in life as someone whom society perceives calmly while remaining oneself; at least it doesn’t require expending a lot of effort on pointless scrapes with the environment.
The magician wears a mask not out of fear of society, but because without a mask he will be invisible primarily to himself… What will that potential in us rely on? Another question is, “who chooses the mask?” Is it the potential, or does one mask put on another mask that is successfully imposed by society…? And where is the line, when you play and when you are played…?
All life is a theater) But the theater can be different… There is a theater where there are several actors… If there are already two actors, then they cannot step outside their role. They will limit each other, and each will embody only one aspect with their play. And there is a theater of one actor, like in the ancient dramatic theater, where masks were used and the actor changed them according to the situation… He played several roles, unifying in himself all the opposites and options of himself….
Thank you for the article. Is the loyalty of parasites to the Supreme predator really that strong.. are there traitors among them.. Or is ‘retreating into defense’ under the pressure of awareness of its presence already a betrayal?