the power of now - Very interesting stuff... I was listening to it
today ... I liked the part where he talks about the mind as the
thinker and that we must free ourselves from it by becoming the
observer...very interesting guy who i believe he got a lot of ideas
from Krishnamurti and Chogyam Trungpa.. i dont know, im still a newbie
to all this
On Apr 13, 6:13Â am, quintal wrote:
>> Hello, Im new to Magick and I already read the faq. I have been trying
>> to learn Magick to create change in me, others, awaken my true
>> potential, free thought, Â etc... but it seems like every time I try to
>> look up an article to learn or a good book to read I always end up in
>> a deadend at Aleister Crowley, witches, wicca, angles, spirits,
>> rituals, the golden dawn, the book of the law,
>
> you're right, it's a satanic dead-end.
> it only covers the anglo-saxon world BTW.
>
>> or some language I dont
>> understand.
>
> well there is some stuff outside this umbrella, in english but it's
> someway harder to find than in other languages because of the exagerated
> influence of crowley on the english-speaking community.
>
>> I just want to learn about change/free thought. Do I
>> really need to go through all of this to learn how Magick creates
>> change/free thought?
>
> no
> just look at what crowley is really about and scrap it off your
> notebook.
>
> In my time I just needed to read crowley's big book, "magick in theory
> in practice" to get an idea. But I was in Brazil at the time where the
> different currents of spiritual knowledge are many and varied. So it was
> relatively easy.
>
> From an english speaking country i guess it looks like EVERYTHING is
> under crowley or tainted by it.
>
> It's not the case.
>
> Even so, i had to decide to give up on any magic whatsoever in order to
> renounce the ego-power-way that crowley clearly proposes, because at the
> time crowley's book was the only book about magick that i had ever
> found.
>
> i guess i may have previous lives in black magic and that's why i'm
> kinda immunized to its appeal in this one. I'd rather be weak and
> miserable forever than fall for that trip. That's where the trial is.
> That's where all these boasting guys on alt.magick have fallen. They
> chose ego-power over respect of themselves and others. I dont believe
> that anyone who didnt make that ego-choice can stand crowley.
>
>> Any  introductory books to Magick for an
>> absolute newbie??
>
> I'd rather not give directions in the form of names, it's your
> guidance's job. You got an access to the net, you got bookstores. Just
> understand that crowley isnt as prevaling as he seems, it's only a local
> illusion.
>
> --
> more fair than thoughts of mortal
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