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@vivify saidNot a sheet, but a beach towel. And when I was in the single digits we had Batman and Superman costumes in the house.
Have you ever put a sheet over your back and pretended you were a superhero?
Answer then ask your own "have you ever".
The Superman costume came with the helpful warning: "Only Superman can fly. Don't jump out of a window and expect to live." [or something like that]
Have you ever dreamt of levitating or flying and forgot to practice during your waking hours?
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I have had dreams of levitation and flying, even lucid dreams.
I once levitated on mescaline.
Have you ever, you know?
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@gambrel saidNope, never lifted off, not even once. And this despite having an uncle recommend Zenna Henderson's books about The People to me in my youth.
@Kevin-Eleven
I have had dreams of levitation and flying, even lucid dreams.
I once levitated on mescaline.
Have you ever, you know?
Have you ever engaged in psychic combat with another person by focusing your mind on their third eye?
@kevin-eleven saidYes, years ago when I was a young adeptus major a rogue magus who called himself The Spider attacked myself and some others members of Thelema Lodge. Odd occurances happened, things would disappear then reappear elsewhere. It culminated with poltergeist like attacks by demonic entities at my friend's house. Rapidly slamming cupboards, drawers thrown about. Water pouring out of the ceiling only to be perfectly dry, no damage to the 100 year old ceiling plaster. First show them no fear. A prepared mage is protected. During the cupboard slamming episode I grabbed the door, felt like another arm was on the other side. I stuck my head inside and cursed the entity, told him he'd soon be under my command. I saw a spectre like wrake being, and another one join it and they bolted out of the home. A nearby church had 2 holes burned through a steel porch roof.
Nope, never lifted off, not even once. And this despite having an uncle recommend Zenna Henderson's books about The People to me in my youth.
Have you ever engaged in psychic combat with another person by focusing your mind on their third eye?
Then I quit taking hallucinogens.
Is this story real? Yes
If a friend was there, would they have seen this?
There were 3 other people there, they all saw it. Thought I was crazy to get face to face with, whatever. I proved that I wasn't afraid, and I showed them they were relative weak.
I stopped using ritual magik Dec 21, 2020, it was the final rite, opening the gates of the underworld starting the aeon of Ma'at
from Wikipedia, Alistair Crowley
The Aeon of Horus is here: and its first flower may well be this: that, freed of the obsession of the doom of the Ego in Death, and of the limitation of the Mind by Reason, the best men again set out with eager eyes upon the Path of the Wise, the mountain track of the goat, and then the untrodden Ridge, that leads to the ice-gleaming pinnacles of Mastery![5]
Lon Milo DuQuette commented on the connection that the Aeon of Horus had to the Age of Aquarius when he stated that "Yes, [the Aeon of Horus] is coincidental to what astrologers and songwriters call the Age of Aquarius and what millions of others refer to simply as the New Age. But it would be a mistake to view this new aeon simply as another tick on a great cosmic clock. The Age of Aquarius, profoundly significant as it is, is only one aspect of a far greater new spiritual age."[2]
Other aeons Edit
Some Thelemites believe that the Aeon of Ma'at will eventually replace the present one. According to one of Crowley's early students, Charles Stansfeld Jones (a.k.a. Frater Achad), the Aeon of Ma'at has already arrived or overlaps the present Aeon of Horus.
Is the world going to hell? If so I demand a hand basket.
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@gambrel saidThat's why you don't cross the streams, Ray!
Yes, years ago when I was a young adeptus major a rogue magus who called himself The Spider attacked myself and some others members of Thelema Lodge. Odd occurances happened, things would disappear then reappear elsewhere. It culminated with poltergeist like attacks by demonic entities at my friend's house. Rapidly slamming cupboards, drawers thrown about. Water pouring out o ...[text shortened]... laps the present Aeon of Horus.[/quote]
Is the world going to hell? If so I demand a hand basket.
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@gambrel saidHuh. It's unfortunate that you had to deal with someone so petty and egocentric. Gives Magick a bad name.
Yes, years ago when I was a young adeptus major a rogue magus who called himself The Spider attacked myself and some others members of Thelema Lodge. Odd occurances happened, things would disappear then reappear elsewhere. It culminated with poltergeist like attacks by demonic entities at my friend's house. Rapidly slamming cupboards, drawers thrown about. Water pouring out o ...[text shortened]... laps the present Aeon of Horus.[/quote]
Is the world going to hell? If so I demand a hand basket.
Not much of a magician myself, but maybe drifting on the road to Ascension by way of Relaxation, or vice-versa?
As for the world: everything changes.
As for how to nudge things in better directions: I have no idea at the moment.
Have you ever noticed that Crowley was a troll ahead of his time?
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@gambrel saidOh now. I think you deserve at least a papasan chair with some nice cushions and maybe some woven blankets and a quilt to keep the ague and catarrh at bay. 😉
Is the world going to hell? If so I demand a hand basket.
Have you ever stood by in helpless shock as your sister married a proud and self-delighting jackass who would go on to tarnish your reputation irreparably?
@kevin-eleven saidTroll no, but then again yes. His writings are full of traps, so taken at face value can be dangerous. His student Israel Reguardie has good stuff though. A Secret Temple and The Golden Dawn are highly recommended.
Huh. It's unfortunate that you had to deal with someone so petty and egocentric. Gives Magick a bad name.
Not much of a magician myself, but maybe drifting on the road to Ascension by way of Relaxation, or vice-versa?
As for the world: everything changes.
As for how to nudge things in better directions: I have no idea at the moment.
Have you ever noticed that Crowley was a troll ahead of his time?
But we're entering a different age, magik is easier now than it was before Late 2020. I realized early on that magikal paraphernalia were props, and could be given up along with ritual, at least for the most part.
Hey sorry about derailing Viv's thread
Have you ever predicted something just seconds before it happened?
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@kevin-eleven saidAt first I thought her hubby was another jerk. He's actually a good guy.
Oh now. I think you deserve at least a papasan chair with some nice cushions and maybe some woven blankets and a quilt to keep the ague and catarrh at bay. 😉
Have you ever stood by in helpless shock as your sister married a proud and self-delighting jackass who would go on to tarnish your reputation irreparably?
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@gambrel saidOutside, fresh air, a few walks.
Yes, years ago when I was a young adeptus major a rogue magus who called himself The Spider attacked myself and some others members of Thelema Lodge. Odd occurances happened, things would disappear then reappear elsewhere. It culminated with poltergeist like attacks by demonic entities at my friend's house. Rapidly slamming cupboards, drawers thrown about. Water pouring out o ...[text shortened]... laps the present Aeon of Horus.[/quote]
Is the world going to hell? If so I demand a hand basket.
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@gambrel saidYeah, there were times it was clear I had a little bit of lookahead ability. In retrospect that's not so surprising, considering I am essentially a probability cloud.
Have you ever predicted something just seconds before it happened?
Have you ever had a peanut-butter, pickles, and hot-sauce sandwich? If so, what kind of bread did you use? Oh! And what kind of hot sauce?