08-22-2018, 10:24 AM
(08-22-2018, 09:54 AM)SargeMaximus Wrote:(08-22-2018, 09:09 AM)Nox Wrote:(08-20-2018, 11:55 AM)SargeMaximus Wrote: "Karma" doesn't mean what most people think it does. Most people think Karma is a magical judicial system designed to punish and reward good or bad deeds. In realty, karma is just the law of cause and effect in action. If you drop a glass and it breaks, that is your karma. It isn't because you're "bad" it's just a natural result of your action or inaction.
On another note, has anyone ever read "The Secret Teachings of the Ages" by Manly P. Hall?
If so, what are your thoughts?
Teachings of the ages is alright. It helps you get a decent grasp on symbolism and such within some of the open mystery systems. Manly p hall is alright, but I also think he's kinda trumped up on how amazing people think his stuff is.
Yeah so far I'm not seeing any practical uses tbh. It's more novelty.
I got into it because it's supposed to be a must read for anyone wanting to use magick, but I don't see what this has to do with magick at all.
A lot of people treat the occult as a type of information collection game. The more/deeper you know about things supposedly the better occultist you are. Kind of silly.
If you're looking to get into practicing stuff you could try finding things that go along mostly with how you already believe to use that as a bit of reinforcement.
Franz bardons initiation into hermetics is a good system if your looking for the "best" long term development. But it is also very long term and can be boring.
Josephine McCarthy has developed the quaeria system which is visionary based and free if you just want the info.
Advanced magick for beginners is a decent book that'll have you doing stuff quickly. Modern magick is sort of the go to book for ceremonial magick.
As soon as you get a decent basic practice you can work on you can start digging into the symbolism and correspondences that provide deeper meanings.
If you're able to find a way to work with vedic Astrology along with some tantra or yoga paths it'll do most of what western esotericism does with more of a hindu/eastern bent, but a lot of it is closed to outsiders.
Most of the Asian stuff is too hidden behind closed systems to really use.
