Sun, Feb 7, 2010 I like how people of dem olden days realized they had to come to terms with this stuff, too. Although on a completely insane different level, they still had the idea down.
The purpose of all rituals in ceremonial magic is to unite the microcosm with the macrocosm to join God, or gods when invoked, with the human consciousness. When such a supreme union is achieved the subject and object becomes one. This is because the magician feels that he is consciously in touch with all elements of the universe, therefore, he can control them. It may be said, the magician feels connected with the universe. This feeling intensifies the more the magician successfully practices his skills. Whenever he experiences a failure he knows that the ritual was not performed correctly.
When feeling unison with the universe the magician knows he has reached his Higher or True Self because he has attained mastery of himself and the universe. Thus he feels his "skillful work ascends from earth to heaven and descends to earth again, and receives the power of the superiors and of the inferiors." Therefore, he "hast the glory of the whole world therefore let all obscurity flee from thee." Now the miracles are possible.
Arthur C. Clarke's 3 laws of prediction:
1. When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong.
2. The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible. 3. Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
P.S. stoked on your show later this month if I'm still in Victoria to see it!
I like how people of dem olden days realized they had to come to terms with this stuff, too. Although on a completely insane different level, they still had the idea down.
As above, so below...
Arthur C. Clarke's 3 laws of prediction:
P.S. stoked on your show later this month if I'm still in Victoria to see it!