Is “sexual magic” really sexual?
In our conversation about the Magi’s attitude to sex we mentioned that many ceremonial Magic rituals are, in their essence, sexually charged. In the popular imagination the words “sexual ritual” conjure an image of naked people cavorting around a fire, waiting for the moment when they can stop dancing and begin having sex. Such an image is equally attractive to some and repellent to others. We will not discuss here the currents whose adepts hold their meetings that way.
Strange as it may sound, even pre-Thelemic Magic contained a great number of rituals that require activation of sexual energies. It is crucial to clarify this issue above all because of the widening debates about whether it is possible or proper to perform Ceremonial Magic rituals with participants of both sexes. Risking accusations of gender chauvinism, we must nevertheless emphasize that throughout their history, magical rituals have very clearly been divided into “male” and “female,” and from this perspective the many modern female druids or male fortune-tellers seem at least odd.
It is clear that different magical events and operations require activation and use of different levels of power. Besides distinguishing the “male,” outgoing, and the “female,” incoming currents of Power, the manner of that reception and emission also matters. Even using the crude and minimally informative division of human beings into “physical,” “etheric,” “astral,” “mental,” and “spiritual” planes common in modern occultism, one can note that power can manifest on one or several planes, thus opening different possibilities. The Indian concept of “chakras” — organs for conducting energy — illustrates the same idea with a little more specificity. In other words, some magical operations or events require activation of deep strata of power, while others need only the upper, more accessible and more mobile layers.
Sexual energy is one of the most ancient and deepest forms of expression of power. In fact, sexual — more precisely erotic, since the ancient Greeks called eros the force of union — is any force of attraction arising between the poles of a binary, the force opposite to the separating, differentiating energy of the creative impulse. From this alone it is clear that all magical rituals (indeed, all actions) can be divided into “separating” and “uniting” (traditionally called “coagulative” and “solvational“). Coagulation denotes the process of magical creation, the segregation and isolation of specific elements from the World milieu, while solvation — on the contrary — means the return of the current element to the World milieu. A typical coagulative example is the “realizational” Galdr ritual, when a certain combination of runes creates a new power vector, a new realization. A solvational example is the ritual of purification, the dissolution of unwanted vortices or vectors.
At the same time, some rituals require the application of both approaches: an element is first isolated, certain manipulations are performed with it, and then it is “dissolved” again. These rituals that require the use of both currents are essentially erotic (“sexual”). For example, a Sejt session first extracts from the world stream the required psychic element, then it passes through the operator, and then it returns to the stream. In a similar manner, Thelemic rituals extract imprints from the stream (“Reshimoth“) of various power fields (called there “gods,” “angels,” or “demons”) and then return them.
These rituals require activation of the operator’s deep levels of energy, which naturally include the “sexual” level. That means, strictly speaking, any evocation — and, for that matter, the majority of invocations — can be classified as ‘sexual magic’ rituals.
In practice this means that during such a ritual the operator’s “gendered” properties become strongly heightened: the man begins to “radiate,” while the woman begins to “draw in” far more intensely than in an ordinary state. From this it follows that the presence at a ritual of participants of both sexes can substantially alter the ritual’s dynamics, either increasing or decreasing its effectiveness. This should be taken into account.
I don’t know how and what happens with men, but when I read in Freya Aswin’s ‘Mysteries and Magic of the North’ that all a woman’s magical power is located in her womb, I was somewhat shocked.
It’s hard to judge what one hasn’t practiced. But I read that a woman does not necessarily need the presence of a man to enter a state where feelings are greatly heightened. During an initiation seet, a woman would sit on a stump, perform certain sexual movements, with which she peacefully enters the necessary state.
Another story is about how Odin, once again pinning himself to the Tree for a journey through other worlds, was very surprised when he saw the goddess Freya already in one of the worlds. What surprised him greatly: how, without blood? without a spear? The ensuing conversation is even more interesting.
And I’m curious about something else. Is there really no alternative? Either a true spear, or…
But otherwise, how could that be?
What about personal Power?
Isn’t it accessible through one’s thoughts?
Hello.
> All the magical power of a woman is located in the womb; I was a bit shocked.
I was similarly shocked when I read something like this in Castaneda. Although it wasn’t really explained why. After thinking about it, I came to a few conclusions. My opinion on this matter is as follows. The womb, as the center of feminine power, is presented to indicate the location of the energy center. Kundalini in yoga is precisely located there.
http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8
Moreover, this applies to both women and men. As we can see, Kundalini is associated with heightened sensitivity and intuition.
The second reason is still the form. It is no secret that the shape of our organs influences our energetic setup. Therefore, women find it easier to attune themselves in this regard — that’s true. However, it is clear that the absence of the organ does not mean the absence of the ability to attune oneself.
> Otherwise, what, not at all? And personal power? Isn’t it possible with the power of one’s own thought?
This may indeed be socially unacceptable, but in reality, almost all men unconsciously generate feminine energies. From the perspective of the universe, this is absolutely natural. And it does not always harm the male path. With proper handling of one’s own feminine energies, a man may, for example, become more attractive to women. I have also repeatedly observed how, in groups consisting solely of men, one of them would switch to a feminine, sensitive mode when necessary. In doing so, the group only benefited, and the one who switched earned respect.
By the way, regarding sensitivity and men. From folklore, the Light Jedi from the Star Wars universe come to mind. They felt the world around them and were still quite masculine. Also, the ancient Slavic warriors with their ability to anticipate the actions of an opponent and foresee the development of events. These are precisely feminine skills, and as it turns out, very useful for a warrior.
One can consciously switch to feminine energies perfectly well. For example, I sang feminine songs. One can also do so with the power of thought, when there is an awareness of ongoing processes. It’s a matter of practice.
The example with Odin is quite indicative. The thing is, it can be quite problematic to stop one’s own masculine whirlwind, but if it is necessary, then yes, one can use a spear. 🙂
Hello.
I have nothing against the spear.
But still, about what I was talking.
I do not claim that my opinion is an axiom.
In general, not everyone says that the supersensual is in the realm of Kundalini.
If we consider the womb as a place of feminine power, then in the sense that a woman is a creator. It is there that new life is “created.” If a man has to go through a lot to become a creator, a woman is born with this capability. However, this creation is at the level, roughly speaking, of physical existence. Because the soul and everything else that is invested in new life belongs to no longer just the woman. Even what is passed on through blood is more related to lineage than to her own.
All feelings reside in the heart. Not in Kundalini 🙂
In this case, Kundalini acts as a catalyst, an enhancer of sensitivity and sensuality. On one hand, it allows one to relax; on the other, it allows one to be at a height of sensuality. This is what allows the boundaries of perception to change for a transition to other worlds.
This is the fastest and “least painful” way.
Perhaps it was intuitively discovered by ancient magicians.
But Castaneda offers methods of how one can manage without this method, based on changes in the perception of the world.
Each person absorbs it themselves.
Just, if we look at all this from the perspective of a couple, of love, then in this case (as it seems to me), the effect can be very, very significant.
I can’t say how it is for a man, but for a woman who changes partners, it is devastating. Her energies get scattered, which leads to a loss of wholeness. If we are talking about “domestic magic” and those who practice it, using the spear method to achieve a specific goal is normal.
If we are talking about the Path, then here polyamory
will be harmful after all.
I too like when feminine energies “play” in a man 🙂
But I absolutely do not like (I think it’s not just me) when a woman has a lot of masculine energies.
Sometimes a woman needs this at a certain stage to simply survive in certain situations. That’s fine. But if it drags on, it resembles a deformity. A woman turns into what is called a “man in a skirt.” And then she needs a very strong man beside her so she can become just a woman again.
For internal harmony, it is necessary that both masculine and feminine energies are equally developed in a person. But the same hormones…
People are different, aspirations are different. And most importantly, intentions are different.
When two magicians of different genders come together, not for a ritual, not for the exchange of energies, not for achieving a specific goal, but simply because they love, that is true Magic. That is where everything happens. The purity of relationships also has its price. More precisely, it is priceless. IMHO
Marina, you write carefully and subtly. And in my humble opinion, this is quite good, if only because you are a woman, and especially because the topic is rather delicate. At the same time, as I see it, it’s hard to find answers to the questions we are currently touching upon. I cannot refer to any source that fully addresses these questions in a simple and clear way while also aligning with my worldview. Moreover, the topic is very interesting, and it’s rare to discuss it with someone who has a proper level of understanding. Therefore, I just cannot let such an opportunity slip by, and even at the risk of upsetting you or any other reader, I will express my thoughts on the phenomena being described, as I understand them. However, I believe there are enough reasonable readers on this blog. And if necessary, they will not remain silent.
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I firmly believe that the energy center located at the base of the spine, or rather just above it, is not so much a center of sexual energy, but rather because it is where the center of gravity of the physical body lies. 🙂 It seems logical—where the center of gravity is, there should be the main point of energy concentration. It shouldn’t be in the heel, after all, for the primary energy center. 🙂
And this is primarily not sexual energy at all, but energy of life in general. Sexual energy is secondary from this perspective and may not even be present at a given moment. Therefore, initially, neither a man nor a woman possesses sexuality in itself.
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From this perspective: why does the awakening of Kundalini lead to heightened sensitivity? Because the energy of life is released. The more energy a person radiates, the more of that person there is to sense, including feelings beyond their own body. I understand that there is no connection to gender here at all.
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Another question is: why do Eastern teachings believe that the energy in Kundalini is coiled, resting, and needs to be uncoiled? If it needs to be uncoiled, then something must have coiled it up in the first place. =) Isn’t it a long-standing retention of energy for some reasons?
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You say that feelings are in the heart. I can confidently say that near the heart lives the energy of love and all energies that resemble it. That love when you particularly feel a person, feel their unique inner world, their unique Path, when the value of this other Path becomes apparent. This energy is delicate and light, breathing it in feels like inhaling a fresh breeze. And this same energy acts telepathically. I have no doubts about that.
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The energy in the main energy center, known as Hara or the lower Dan Tian, is warm. It resembles the warmth of the sun, sometimes even slightly hot, and in terms of properties, I would confidently describe it as piercing and assertive. This applies to both men and women.
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Hara as a catalyst? That is, an enhancer, an accelerator? Quite possible, because it is the primary energy center.
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Regarding where feelings are located… Not just in the heart—that’s for sure. For instance, I feel fear in the lower parts of my spine. And the literary expression “a chill ran down my spine” is not accidental. I sense the forces of spiritual creativity somewhere around my head.
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But fear… that’s a rather coarse feeling. Subtle feelings can be experienced at the level of energies and outside the body. The physical organs have little to do with it. The organs of the body have their own life and their own world. The human spirit has its own life. If we are talking about sexuality, for example, one might find more of it in the hands than in those areas with which it is usually associated. Considering modern obsession… m… sexophilia, I am very disappointed that humanity, for the most part, seeks only animalistic feelings from the entire range of possible emotions. It’s somewhat dull.
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> For inner harmony, it is necessary that both masculine and feminine energies are equally developed within a person. But those same hormones…
Hormones have their own game. That’s how the Creator of This Planet intended it. A rather primitive, mechanical game that is far too predictable. It takes a lot of will from the sons and daughters of humanity to deal with their game. But there are those who are little bound by it.
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> I can’t say for men, but for women, changing partners is brutal. It disperses their energies, leading to a loss of integrity.
Then I say: It’s analogous. Both men and women can disperse themselves. This is not related to gender. It’s a general phenomenon. Is it simpler to chase after how many hares: one or three?
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> Sometimes a woman needs this at a certain stage just to survive in a situation. That’s normal. But if it drags on, it resembles deformity. A woman turns into what is called “a guy in a skirt.”
I agree with you. In my humble opinion, they are unhappy and pleasant to no one.
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> If a man has a long way to go to become a creator, a woman is already born with that ability. Yet that creation is on the level, roughly speaking, of physical existence.
Let’s remember that Christianity, for example, considers that the man is the creator, and the woman is merely a helper. However, practice shows that there is a spark of the creator in each person, to begin with. Another question is who often forgets about it more, men or women? Women forget less often because they are closer to children, closer to the mystery of the emergence of new life.
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> For the soul and everything else that is imbued into new life belongs no longer to the woman. Even that which is passed through blood is more ancestral than her own.
Yes, that’s true. There is something romantic and fleeting in this. You bring new life into this world, you share a part of the journey with it (with him/her), inevitably, and then they choose for themselves whether to continue on with you or not. There is something exquisitely sad in this.
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> When two mages of different genders come together, not for a ritual, not for an exchange of energies, not to achieve a specific goal, but because they love each other. That is true Magic. That is where everything happens. The purity of relationships also has its price. Rather, it is priceless.
PRICELESS! And the goals find themselves later…
Theo, do you think it is possible to talk about the purity of a relationship, which is PRICELESS (we unanimously agreed on this), if one of the partners is trying to stay on, say, two chairs (or chase two hares, as you said)? The reasons may seem quite noble at first glance.
After all, the value of purity diminishes. I think any justification, even for the noblest of purposes, is not worthy of this priceless purity.
I think to answer the posed question unambiguously, one needs to determine what you mean by the concept of “purity of relationships” in this particular case.
Purity is relative and conditional.
Respectfully.
For me, ‘the purity of relationships’ does not depend on a specific example. It either exists or it doesn’t. For me, it is unconditional. I speak about the purity of love relationships. Everything depends on what love means to a person. A whole universe is built and created in relationships. And like in the operetta ‘Die Fledermaus’, someone wants new experiences. After all, every person is a chunk (well, almost everyone :), why deny oneself? If knowledge can be endless? Such amorousness is not for everyone. For me, this is a misunderstanding of love. Here, love is an end process. It puts a period on the one you supposedly love and acknowledges that the beloved is incapable of more. That they have been understood and there is nothing more to learn from them, and the search for new impressions and sensations in others begins, and there are plenty of them 🙂 This can even be relationships that are not on a physical level, but purely platonic. This is even worse. A woman, even if not a magician, always feels this. What love can we then speak of? And there is one more point in this understanding of the purity of relationships. I have already written somewhere in the comments that magicians are unhappy people in love. Their lives flow differently. They apply their power everywhere. They can do this in love too. To accelerate or, say, ‘increase the dose of received love.’ They can enjoy it so much that they no longer understand that they are simply loved, and not because they facilitated it. This is one side. On the other hand, they relax and attribute credit to their actions, which is why they can react as they please. They are confident that at any moment they can smooth out all problems with the help of their power. Therefore, they may not appreciate the feelings of the one who loves them. Why? If everything is under control? And what if love is not under their control? What if a loving heart feels that the beloved ‘is also fond of’ someone else? And this heart tears apart from pain? Yes, magicians are strong beings. They can take away the pain from that heart. But how long can a loving heart endure all this? And most importantly – why? This is already masochism, to some extent. What conventionalities can there be in such a situation? Far from all women think and feel like this. I know little about men. How and what they think. From time to time, I am just in a kind of horror at their understanding 🙂 imho
You touched me with the described situation. Plus, I myself was in a similar one. But it was different. I didn’t need ‘new impressions’, those new impressions found me, and I couldn’t refuse them for my own reasons (a random acquaintance needed support, which no one but me could provide in her wild surroundings, and her infatuation was the entry point). Even though I was awaited elsewhere and at another time, and there was built… umm… a whole universe, although I had made promises before, this situation turned out to be a significant test for me. At that time, I constructed the concept of safe relationships in the case of ‘new impressions,’ which are possible in the pleroma. And since your understanding of relationships and purity is close to my understanding, I will share what I see as potential solutions to such situations. I describe it from my perspective. So, let’s say there is me and there is her, there is a common path, and there is a unity of spirit. Let’s say a moment of stagnation has come. A stagnation, as can happen to anyone, which is now spreading to me and to her. There is a desire for new experiences, new shared manifestations, and it does not seem possible to create them out of the existing old, and further movement together at this stage is also impossible. What do we do? We part. Consciously. And we do not communicate. And each moves as they would move alone, but holds the connecting thread. This is our common quest for experiences, which we carry out separately. Neither I nor she refuse new relationships and impressions. We are searching, and we are open to the external. We are not afraid to leave the old – because it is already empty, and we are not afraid to get lost, because fear creates obstacles. What happens next depends on how strong the connection is. If the connection is true, and the path is truly common, then a variant will surely appear in the future when we meet again as new people. In fact, this can happen either spontaneously or at the initiative of one of us… Yes, we will have to search for new points of contact and ‘meet’ again. This is a risky game in which everything can be lost, but it is a true game in which there is no place for lies, and only true feelings and true will can facilitate the meeting. What if a New person appears on my path, bringing new impressions? I approach them without hesitation, I recognize the new as much as my conscience and intuition allow, while simultaneously trying to understand what exactly attracts me and projecting upon that which is attractive on the one I am connected to. My task here is to create such a variant in which the Connected could do what attracts me, or… do something similar in their own way. What if a New person appears on my Connected’s path? I am jealous. Jealousy for a magician is proof of true feelings and a thrown challenge. I study the New one and try to find in them what attracts my Connected. When I find this, I learn it. But I do not simply copy. I create a synthesis of my past, what was liked in me by my Connected, with the new, what is not yet in me. Well, if this new is completely alien to me, I must still pass the alien through myself and create something much stronger out of what is close to me. Knowledge of my Connected’s preferences really gives me a huge advantage over all the News. And then everything will be the result of my creative and synthesizing powers, correlated with my knowledge of the Connected. The judge in any case is her. Naturally, a quest for the pleroma is considered successful if my Connected and I come together again, having gained new experiences. The quest is also considered successful if only one of us has found something new. Because in the pleroma, one’s finding becomes the finding of another, to which they receive all rights. In this case, the finder becomes the teacher and guide, and the non-finder accordingly becomes the student and learner. Bonuses upon completing the quest: * There is a chance to find other like-minded individuals on similar paths. * There is a chance to include them in our pleroma or establish connections with their pleroma, if such exists. * There is a possibility of giving the New the opportunity to reveal themselves with your actions and set them up so that later they can find those they are connected to.
Quotes in this format get cut off. I will duplicate it.
‘Here love is an end process.’
Love is a living thing. To be finished for it is like being a smoldering torch. With such a love, one can warm their palms, but one cannot dance a free dance, where you want to swirl around a blazing bonfire, around its torch.
‘It is to put a period on the one you supposedly love and recognize that the beloved is not capable of more.’
The one who puts a period on the feelings of the Linked is a lazy person, an executioner, and a self-executing criminal.
‘And what if a loving heart feels that the beloved ‘is fond of’ someone else?’
‘Something in love’ – what a word… I want to replace it with something censored.
I take responsibility to call occurrences by their names. A connection with the New, allowing for the exception of the Linked – is nothing but betrayal.
A connection with the New, allowing for receiving from them what cannot be gained from the Linked – is nothing but consumerism, behind which lies weakness and laziness.
A connection with the New, simply because you alone want ‘new impressions’ – is selfishness.
A connection with the New for reasons unknown, simply because ‘the roof has been blown off’ – is immaturity and ignorance of oneself, one’s true motives, unpreparedness for true relationships and strong ties.
However, a woman-mage, with sufficient understanding, can turn every situation to her advantage, and with a favorable setup, also in favor of the beloved.
I’m sorry, Theo, you did not ‘touch’ me. Everything you described does not open anything, absolutely, new to me. This is how practically all people live now, except for the periodicity and number of searches for ‘new impressions.’ A husband finds new experiences during the day (maybe not every day :), a wife does the same. Then they come together, and everything is normal. They have been impressed and can start routine matters, continuing to share ‘impressions’ between themselves… I am not saying that this is bad or good. This is their life. It is a personal matter for each, how and what happens in their life, on their path. But the packaging does not change the essence. Nor do the terms used 🙂 The case you described is indeed generous in that the man, though jealous, lets the woman go. Usually, they do not let go 🙂 In other words, their actions try to play ‘in one direction’ 🙂 The essence comes down to understanding love and everything related to love. And this is already a topic for discussion. You cannot invest your soul into another; moreover, you should not, it is sacrilegious to treat your own soul that way. Therefore, it is not always possible to understand someone else’s love. It can even be called madness or obsession when there is no ability to not only accept but at least understand this love… If love can come to a ‘stagnation,’ it is not love. Therefore, further discussion cannot be beneficial. But I have understood the main reason; it is a different understanding of love and readiness to work. Love is not a given. It is work. Why bother if there are easier paths 🙂 Those who work on this within the family do not seek impressions elsewhere. Those who work on their Path – neither do. It is everyone’s choice. imho
> You cannot invest your soul into another, moreover, you should not.
You can.
> If love can come to a ‘stagnation,’ it is not love.
If they cherish their love so much that they have hidden in the bottom of a well and are not looking for a way out, how far will their love take them? And how long will it last without stagnation?
Both touched me 🙂
My understanding: love, like many things on earth, constantly experiences its cycles – it is born, grows, calms down, dies, and is reborn – if there is power in this love. Just as spring-summer-autumn-winter replace one another, so does love – constant rapprochement, connection, distancing, separation, constant change of tension and relaxation. It is such a piercing experience of deaths and births of oneself and the beloved as only can one experience the daily birth of the world and its death at night. But, of course, we find it hard to react so sharply to the world and to ourselves every day. For me, love implies acknowledging the freedom of another and understanding the rules and limitations for oneself. And a harmonious distribution of freedoms and obligations is a miracle that happens very rarely. Therefore, it is a miracle.
In the well, the sky is reflected 🙂 The essence of what I wanted to say is that there can be no talk of love when a person (woman, man) is thinking about others right at the beginning of the relationship. For me, this is cynical. It’s like a path for retreat. And this may indeed be the cause of parting or ‘stagnation.’ This is an illusion of freedom. Running from relationships to relationships. I have seen people who run like this throughout their lives, sometimes not even breaking marital bonds. A pathetic sight. But people are free to choose how to live. If a man wants to leave for some reasons (or a woman), holding on is absurd. They start using spells. And it particularly destroys a person. In the end, what is left of the former person becomes a terrifying, tormented being. Often the exit is either alcoholism or suicide. That’s why, for example, among the Celts, love magic was completely forbidden. Those who applied it were expelled from the family, which was equal to death in those living conditions. Many bear relationships that have lived out their purpose for various reasons (often for the sake of children). But it’s very heavy. A person doesn’t live normally then. Some people are fine with this, some are not. Again, it’s a choice. As a woman, I wouldn’t want a man living with me who, for some reasons, not loving me, does not leave. It’s humiliating. And that’s not living. So artificially holding on is stupid. It’s hard for both sides to escape such situations. But it’s necessary. I’ve just seen many such families where this is how they live. It’s hard even to look at this. And in any case, if it’s not working out, then it’s not yours. It’s time to move on. I am just convinced that if it’s yours, then you won’t want to move on. Neither of the two will want to. But there are many interesting people. And no one forbids communicating, admiring beauty. I have always found it strange when a wife is angry at a husband for admiring a beautiful woman he sees (or a woman admires a handsome man, and the husband gets angry). Why? That’s just silly. The same goes for communication. I read yesterday on social media that one respected person who teaches living according to the Vedas says that a woman should not befriend other men, let alone communicate, speak with them if she is married. But that is silly. I don’t know how else to describe it. But that doesn’t mean that a man and a woman must have intimate relationships with everyone they like as people they enjoy communicating with. When relationships are like this, then it is normal. A man and a woman who truly love each other need communication with others; it is simply necessary. But we learn from each other. That’s normal. How can you know what you need from a relationship, what your beloved needs, and how can you manifest yourself in them? How to know if it’s your soulmate if you don’t try to communicate? You described your situation from your perspective and life experience. That’s why it wasn’t yours. I want to describe it from a woman’s perspective. Why does stagnation happen? A wife, a woman can manifest many things in family relationships. There are main directions, if I may say so. She should be a hostess; the husband should not be ashamed to ‘appear in public,’ not just in communication between themselves, but also in social communication (for example, when guests are over). A woman should know how to communicate, be interesting. Intimate relationships are very important. This is a short list. The essentials. And when a man receives all this, and much more, he begins to behave like a lord. The woman (wife) tries, and in return gets pure satisfaction. My husband completely stopped discussing various topics and articles with me, just three months after our marriage. To my question – why? he answered shortly – what’s the point? We are already married. I thought he was joking 🙂 Thus, why would I, as a woman, who perfectly knows her obligations as a wife and enjoys fulfilling them, indeed for such a being next to my beloved? From my beloved, the husband turns into a being that accepts everything and anything. Many psychologists say that one usually attracts a certain type of men, thus the consequences are the same too. No. It’s just that these weren’t soulmates. Hence the consequences. And I also want to say about ‘stagnation.’ If we follow many teachings, the external is a consequence of the internal. If there is ‘stagnation’ in relationships, then someone in the pair has ‘stagnation’ inside. If this drags on, it begins to affect both so much that there is such a ‘stagnation’ in the relationship that it is indeed better to part. But the matter is that we are all human; we have flaws and weaknesses. And when it is love, either the man or the woman helps to overcome all this. A man is a stronger being. But he can also have various life situations. Therefore, sometimes a woman needs to become strong for a time to help the beloved. Not only must a man bear all the burden alone. Love is precisely about such support. If either refuses, then everything falls apart. And one more thing regarding ‘stagnation.’ When there is no internal ‘stagnation,’ a person constantly changes; their understanding, perception, and feelings change. Even the feelings you had earlier, after internal changes, become different. So much new appears that you cannot comprehend it all at once. Everything seems the same, the same feelings, but with so many new shades, facets. Both in your feelings and in the beloved. What ‘stagnation’ in love could there be then? Just don’t stand still, then there won’t be any ‘stagnation’ 🙂 imho
We have so many ideas about how things should be. But reality cannot fit within the confines of our little skulls. And intimate relationships between a woman and a man are a good training ground for freeing oneself from illusions, from preconceived (society-imposed) opinions and expectations. And if there’s enough energy, enough strength to endure discrepancies and mismatches with our ideals, if there’s enough strength to accept a person as they are and not as we would like them to be, not to live in ideals but to accept reality and be in it, transforming it – this is true love.
The modern mass reality is like their shards. But your reality can be a crystal castle, an impregnable fortress, a city of clouds, and almost a full match to reality. At the beginning of the Path, I thank you. Marina, I am very glad that you understand the processes you write about. There are very few who understand. May worthy people be near you.
Here is the translation of your text into English:
Forgive me, the knowledgeable and experienced, but I couldn’t just stay silent. 🙂
1. In my opinion, Kundalini is not a place or an area where something exists. It is the energy itself, which either sleeps (at the base of the spine) or awakens and can rise higher.
2. I believe the strongest energy is not sexual energy. Unfortunately, this is evident in most people; sex is often done haphazardly, roughly, and unappetizingly, usually under the influence of alcohol, and, if you ask adult women, it happens very rarely. The strongest energy is the energy of life, the will to live— to live!! I recently read (could only manage a few pages of Remarque’s writing about life in concentration camps)— the will to live in people is practically indestructible. I presume this is due to the fact that this very Kundalini, even if asleep, is present in everyone, located in that area at the base of the spine, providing health and life energy.
Probably, the awakening of Kundalini is conditioned by nature— initially under the influence of hormones. People who accumulate, develop energy within themselves, let’s say, raising their energy higher— in them, sensuality blooms. Thus, sensitivity and sexuality (at least in women) depend on self-acceptance, acceptance of one’s body, gender, the world around, and men. On the energy level, this is felt as internal relaxation, fullness, confidence, balance, radiance, pulsation. You simply shine, and this radiance attracts men.
3. I had an idea: what if we imagine all of humanity as one organism, which also has its energy centers, its own “Kundalini.” It seems we are already learning to raise this energy higher and to feel it more subtly. Perhaps this is connected to all these sexual revolutions and the unlocking of sexual energy. But that’s just a fantasy.
4. Theo, I really liked how you write about the area of the heart and the feeling of love. That’s true.
This also depends on the fullness of the heart area with energy.
5. In terms of human energy anatomy—there are so many variations. I am taught that there are seven energy centers, described in literature as chakras. Additionally, there are three accumulators—three large energy centers, which are connected like communicating vessels: in the abdominal area, below the diaphragm (hara); in the area of the heart; and in the area of the head. I assume this division is connected to the fact that the solar plexus cannot function if there is emptiness below. That is, when speaking of the third chakra, it is understood that the lower ones are activated, and this already works as a unified center.
6. The mention of hands as a sexual organ also made me smile. I don’t understand what that’s connected to, but for me, this is a very arousing part of the male body. And the soles of the feet too.
7. Fidelity and focus on a loved one is one of the conditions for the quality and depth of feelings. It is also a condition for the development and passage of one’s cycle(s) of these relationships. Well, of course, this is priceless!
From personal experience: it is quite possible that the heart chakra is activated while there is a deficiency in the hara; it is also quite possible for the forehead chakra to function while the heart and hara are silent.
But this can lead to undesirable consequences. Metaphorically, it’s like trying to do a somersault or dance a waltz on quicksand.
It can be quite dangerous, which is why one is taught to fill the energy centers from the bottom up and to rely on the lower ones.
A suggestion regarding the hands: could it be because they are DOING?
I’ve been thinking about hands. After all, they are just like portals, like eyes and ears, but for tactile, sensory, thermal information, which is most valuable at close 🙂 distances. In general, one can imagine that the whole body is like a device for receiving information about the world and ourselves. A kind of earthly apparatus for the needs of the soul.
Theo, I liked your assessment of my comment. But what kind of discrimination based on gender is this? >IMHO this is quite good, if only because you are a woman 🙂 Just kidding, if Enkermar allows it 🙂 If I hadn’t written IMHO, would it have changed anything? And the moment is quite interesting > the topic is very interesting and few people manage to discuss it at the right level of understanding 🙂 But you didn’t get to me in a bad way. Even if you think that with my smoothness and carefulness I don’t fit the proper level of discussion, I will continue anyway. Of course, if Enmerkar allows it 🙂 Why am I reading this blog? Commenting? Because I absolutely agree with what Enmerkar writes in his credo. If my Path is not like others, my opinion differs from that of others, my knowledge is not so rich or diverse, it absolutely does not mean that I understand this topic worse or better than others. I understand it in my own way. What we see from our “own bell tower” is normal. And it is when looking from “different bell towers” that points of contact are found – this is very good. This means that through different experiences, people have come to the same conclusions, and that is already… how shall I say… more correct conclusions. There is less likelihood of erroneous, incorrect conclusions. Regarding “perceptive readers of the blog”. What does “perceptive” mean? 🙂 Somewhat smooth 🙂 If we consider the structure of the world and man from the perspective of quantum physics, then a person is consciousness, and a magician (not a sorcerer) is the awareness of oneself in this world. Therefore, the person himself is his consciousness (plus subconsciousness; we could also add the unconscious and superconsciousness, but that’s not the point). It is precisely on this perception and understanding that my comment is built. K. Meadows talks not about 7 but about 9 chakras. The superconscious (in my understanding, this is what is conscious) is located slightly above the head, as Meadows writes. This is the halo that is depicted above the heads of saints and enlightened ones. Recently I read (sorry, I don’t remember the author) that in reality there are 2 Paths, which are essentially two sides of the same coin: awareness and love. And already at the top, through awareness, one comes to love, and through love, one arrives at awareness. If in my life I know a person who came to love through awareness, then I myself am going through love to awareness (to put it crudely). But somehow, it’s not happening yet 🙂 If we start from such a perception and vision of the world, then the whole person is in this superconscious state. That is where his heart and consciousness merge into a single whole. This is the wholeness of a person. You understand how blunt that sounds. But it’s a shorter way of saying it. However, since in our world we exist not only in energetic form, we also have a body, then based on the fact that the spine is a support and contains the spinal cord, energy centers have been created, which are called chakras, which translates from Sanskrit to mean wheel. It is clear that energies are seen as moving spirals. I think these energies are controlled by consciousness and are directed towards maintaining the functionality of our physical body. If you look closely, any religion is based on this; only the form of presentation is different. This all leads to where feelings and the heart are located. But it’s not for nothing that they say that where a person’s desire is, there also is their heart. If this is a coward (I’m not talking about fear, which everyone can feel), but about the desire to get out of an unfavorable situation by any means, not thinking about others, and often at the expense of others, then his superconscious – conditionally, some part – sinks into that place where this feeling is “hidden” in the spine. If it’s a lustful person – accordingly, and so on. Therefore, feelings, man, are located where the person himself is – his worldview, understanding of life, and the desires or aversions stemming from that. Any energy, according to quantum physics, has the nature of waves. But not everyone can “hear” energies. Because different energies emitted by a person have different frequencies of vibrations. Just as you say, the energies of love are similar. They are similar because they are in a certain frequency range of vibrations. Bright, pure energies, such as different manifestations of love, have high frequencies of vibration. Heavy, malicious energies have low frequencies. Everything depends on the intentions (desires) of what a person strives for. Telepathy is the ability to “be on the same wavelength”. From my observations, if a person has reached a very high level of awareness, they can choose to “descend” and feel another person with “settings” on lower frequencies. But the reverse is not possible. And if we proceed from the same quantum physics, then the initial task of the person, or rather the magician, is to find their Path and gradually master the vibrations of higher frequencies. Then there comes a “limit” of possibilities. That’s when it can’t go further. Otherwise, there will be a transition to a purely energetic level. That’s what the ascension of saints to heaven is 🙂 A quantum is an elementary particle that can transition from a physical state to pure energy at a certain frequency of vibrations. That is what all my conclusions are based on. On such understanding and perception of the world. IMHO.
No discrimination. Just your right.
>>> If I hadn’t written IMHO, would that have changed anything?
<<< What does "thoughtful" mean? 🙂 <<< Able to interpret. In this specific case, correct me if I'm mistaken. I am here because many of my thoughts resonate with Enmerkar's ideas. I comment, respond, and share because readers write worthy comments and ask questions worth discussing. I carefully read your comment. I didn't find any obvious contradictions to my worldview. This allows me to assume that the "perspectives" are not so far apart. 🙂
You explained it beautifully. Thank you, esteemed Enmerkar.