Against the Current
Despite the fact that, as the infinite field of possibilities of the integral mind of the Absolute, Power is by nature homogeneous and universal, it manifests in the form of individual flows, which are developing points where consciousness crystallizes, experienced as autonomous individuals.
We have already said that the world’s potential mind, in order to actualize itself, differentiates into a collection of conscious elements, each of which is guided and shaped by its matching aspect of integral being — a Monad.
Thus follows a well-known magical conclusion: Power does not exist apart from its bearers.
Accordingly, the “flows of Power” we have often mentioned are, in fact, flows generated by individual minds, and the more flows align in one direction, the stronger the combined current becomes.
Although by their original nature these flows should have a common direction — from the ocean of life’s Power into the ocean of awareness — in practice we have Power flowing from Baphomet and also toward Baphomet.
In order to secure its existence, the Supreme Predator implanted into every individual mind an element of destruction — the Parasite of consciousness — which conditions its host to act inefficiently, to waste its energy, and thus turns the mind from the purpose and meaning of Manifestation into Baphomet’s ‘dairy cow.’
The means and paths of such a global consumption of consciousness are endless, and accordingly the variety of flows in which the minds of the victims move is limitless.
However, from the very beginning of being within Baphomet’s body a disease arose — certain centers of awareness refused to submit to its enslaving power and struggled to regain their original state as free creators of reality. It is clear that these rebels were always under pressure from the dominant flows, and the very form of their existence — Magic — was always condemned.
It is clear that the Magus always goes against the current, even when the current is openly hostile. And the more clearly the Magus understands his condition, his nature and Way, the more his surroundings actively resist him.
Therefore anyone who wishes to embark on the Way of Magic must clearly understand that they are challenging a world founded on consumption, the romance of such confrontation is dubious, and the pressure is almost unbearable.
Therefore I would like to remind you again, to paraphrase Leo Tolstoy, the thesis that clearly characterizes the essence of the choice — Magic should be practiced not by those who can do it, but only by those who cannot help doing it.
A couple of years ago, from my own observations, I established one rule: teachers do not need those who can do something. They need those who have a talent for it.
Receiving power from any deity will also mean gaining part of that deity’s consciousness?
Rather, receiving power from a god will mean becoming part of its consciousness field.
I would interpret the situation in the World this way – The Stream “of the Consciousness Force of Baphomet” affects people, redirecting both the Forces of Life and the Forces of Consciousness towards itself.
My observations suggest otherwise. If a teacher only takes talented students, it indicates insecurity in themselves. A true teacher takes those who strive to learn or even just wish to learn. The teacher should be able to teach even the most untalented student.
But the teacher can make a mistake by taking a talented student while rejecting a striving one, since striving is persistence and willpower. And talent may just exist.
If we say that Magic should not be practiced by those who want to, nor by those who can, but by those who cannot not practice it, it seems to me that any sane person, when realizing their real situation, will understand that they cannot do without practicing Magic.
Indeed, the romanticism of the Path is quite dubious)))
Six or seven years ago, at some point in life, I gradually began to feel that both the surrounding world and a certain part of the inner world were hostile to Me (to my human nature). That even my “own thoughts” seek to make me unhappy, dependent, weak… At that time I had not heard anything about predators and parasites. And I perceived magic at that time stereotypically, that is, more as the ability to fly on a broom and see distant lands in a bowl of water… (after all, I was watching television!). But that slightly felt premonition of such unclear hostility from undefined forces provoked an awful desire (wish) to resist. And then I began to think and learn. Without going into the details of my Path, I can say that the initial unclear premonition of the falsity of many life elements and the existence of hostile forces in the world began to clarify, while the world (including the inner one) exhibited its aggression in all its glory…
Recently, I came across such a notion of Magic, which is presented here by the esteemed author of the blog. And I see that although I knew nothing about it, I have been heading in the same direction as other magicians all these years. Thank you once again, Enmerkar, for those who are “growing their garden” have a place to meet, learn, and share experiences.
Those who cultivate their garden should remember that gradually a desert will grow around it.
And the more beautiful the oasis of the mage, the more ferocious the sandstorms will become beyond the fence, where the society will remain.
A wonderful association, Alira. Thank you. It is important that the sandstorms will rage beyond the boundaries of the oasis, not within our souls, as before, erasing everything bright and human.
Following such logic, the reverse proportion will end badly. Inevitable.
I am sincerely amazed because I found your blog. It was hard to imagine that there is even a tenth of such information somewhere. Moreover, the texts consist of words, but in reality, these are non-existent phenomena described, yet the words are the same. It gives an understanding of many things that were previously understood intuitively, internally. I express my gratitude to the author for creating the blog.
“a magician always goes against the current, and against a current that is openly hostile to him” – the inertial force of the current is very powerful, so attempts at resistance are always painful, not just because malicious external forces prevent other movement, but because the current of this flow must be turned back within oneself – all this, of course, is just a metaphor, – for there are no words in the language of normal society that directly convey the processes occurring at the energy level.
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“And the more obviously a magician is aware of his state, his nature, his Path, the more his environment actively resists him” – it is clear that no white swan will survive in a barnyard – Stalking to help, as they say (: