The Recovery of Soul in the Wreckage called Western Culture
June 30, 2005
Fucking great article here
money quote:
According to some writers and psychologists, Western culture is in neurosis and has been living in its shadow-side for most of this century. For instance, W.B. Yeats and Carl Jung saw our culture resting in the…
The orange ball
June 29, 2005
OK, I said I was going to write a post about my friend Kevin so here goes.
Kevin was a graphic designer I met at my first web development job. He was about 5 years younger than me and very technically…
Resolved
June 29, 2005
Hmmm…. Well, thanks a surge of blogging yesterday, and some helpful feedback from a few people I feel like I have resolved a moral or idenity crisis I had been having. Wow, that’s all it took? Communication sure is neat.
The…
daily wrap up
June 28, 2005
My mind has been all over the place today, trying to integrate a couple of issues that have been bubbling beneath the surface for a couple of years now. I didn’t really know what I was plannning to write about…
siddhis [magical powers]
June 28, 2005
siddhis [magical powers]
Right hand spiritual path disciplines reject siddhis as dangerous temptations and distractions encountered on the path to enlightenment.
Left hand path disciplines take a broader view, different schools of thought making distinctions such as those based on the motivation…
corruption
June 28, 2005
“Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts… perhaps the fear of a loss of power.”
(John Steinbeck)
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The Affective World
June 28, 2005
Still following a thread of private fascination. Why are siddhis dangerous? This is what I am trying to understand. Some good hints from the marvelous khepher:
… the Affective Reality, the Vital World, the Universe of Asiyah, the Intermediate Zone, call…
OBEAH: AFRO-CARIBBEAN SHAMANISM
June 28, 2005
The wanderling has a great site with tons of info on zen, vulture shamanism & Obeah. Useful quotes found there:
“Power is one of the first barriers you must pass in becoming a Man of Knowledge (Shaman). Power is intoxicating. Magic…
Helpful
June 28, 2005
when you need me you call me, i will come
“listen firstborn to the geas of rickydoc and i will give you a mission greater than your adversity
i will give you responsibility for humanities march into its ever greater self and…
Transcendence & Trangression
June 28, 2005
Read a thought provoking post on Alchemical BrainDamage about Initiation & Counter-Initiation
The upshot seemed to be that initiatory organizations have become degraded such that people who participate in certain types of practices that could be broadly categorized as “shamanic” are…