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For students of Franz Bardon...

In modern spirituality, the talk of healing the personality(commonly known as the ego) is familiar to everyone. But what about the practice of healing, and not merely the ideal of it? And what is healing anyway since we’re here? To heal means to repair a thing which has been injured. In acknowledging that an individual is engaged in healing, there is an automatic confession of injury/disease in the psyche. And how does the injury manifest? No matter how you slice it, some form of ignorance in our own thinking and feeling, which lead to actions that resulted in unpleasant traumatic experience. But to merely say with words that you are healing, and label it a “process”, to my way of thinking, seems very passive, like sustaining an open physical wound while waiting for the body‘s natural though potentially drawn out healing process, as opposed to applying natural medicine which will speed up the recoup exponentially. Healing is like physical exercise— you don’t get into shape by fantasizing—only by implementing methods which yield consistent results. If you want to make a real change in your psyche, find a method which works for you, and commit to it until you witness change in your psyche with regard to the specific condition(s) being addressed. I use a Hermetic method, derived from the book Elemental Equilibrium, by Virgil (see slide to the far right) that requires introspection upon the psyche—-recording at least 100 toxic traits and 100 beneficial traits of the soul, then assigning elemental correspondence to each trait, which serves to erect an observable image of the soul in character form, much like the Natal Chart. If I discover a new toxic trait, I make record of it, and schedule it’s extermination. The intention is to establish an equilibrium between these elemental forces so that the personality is not inclined towards one extreme over another, but rather, occupying a middle ground of balanced electromagnetic energy. Then, using various techniques, such as autosuggestion, food impregnation and cold water washing, I banish the toxic traits, and simultaneously cultivate the noble traits. This practice works for me and many others. Some prefer the chakra method. Some psychically gifted individuals prefer a more shamanistic method. Whatever method you use, make sure it’s practical. If not, 10 years later you’ll be experiencing triggers that you thought you eradicated long ago. Key word—‘thought’. The wise maxim tells us to •Know Thy Self•, not Think Thy Self. ‘Know Thy Self’ as a cryptic expression is informing the initiate of a need to harmonize the soul. Best of success to all who try:::

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At the beginning of my path of occult study, I, like many of my peers removing the shackles of the constantipolitan creed shunned anything which I deemed religious. However, maturity has informed me that religion, in it’s truest since, deserves the utmost respect. The distortion of the meaning of religion has come in large from New Age material. Contrary to misinformation, it does not intrinsically entail dogmatism, moralism, or superstition, though the misinterpretation of many religious doctrines has led to such. I’ve found that the so called occultists who shun religion are more often than not unprincipled in character, and non-committed in practice. They study tarot, practice astrology, and even cast spells, but these activities alone do not lift the soul from fragmented to whole. For that, a genuine spiritual discipline is needed. The modern connotation of religion gives the impression that the believer is basically an idiot. But if that was true, so many brilliant sciences too many to mention would not have been uncovered and improved, for example, by the Moslems during the Islamic golden era. In fact, Islam encourages moslems to develop intelligence by study of the arts and sciences. Originally, religion meant, “a strict adherence to a set of principles and practices”, with an implied purpose of experiencing both material and spiritual benefit. Jupiter is present by encouraging maturity through assimilation of wisdom, as is Saturn by setting boundaries to prevent distraction. Essentially, religion is an organization of metaphysical ideas with corresponding practices that one is wholeheartedly committed to. As you can see, this is no different than any number of esoteric paths. Actually, “path” is merely an esoteric replacement word for religion. When you study broadly, you begin to notice that some esoteric doctrines have dogmas just as narrow and superstitious as those of exoteric religion. Crowleys A.A. system has an appropriate motto: “The method of science, the aim of religion”, which means that one sticks to that which produces results. So, it would serve many to become acquainted with a more rational, rather than emotional interpretation of language:::

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A Hermetic practitioner’s Bible(Hermetica) and perhaps the best commentary of it ever written(Initiation Into Hermetics)😎.