(06-12-2012, 01:26 AM)Pickle Wrote: [ -> ] (06-11-2012, 04:07 PM)Ali Quadir Wrote: [ -> ]It's all in your mind. Matter is devoid of meaning. The meaning is added to the matter by the mind. Just like color does not exist in the real world. Our minds assign colors to patterns in light and our mind assigns magic to specific material objects.
If you believe pronunciation matters. It probably will. If you don't believe it matters it won't...
Questioner: Could you tell me why Carla is experiencing pain?
Ra: I am Ra. Do not worry. It is all in your mind.
What you're referring to with the proper pronounciation business in general and the name YHVH in particular is based on John 1:1 in the bible. "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." From this perople assumed that if you properly pronounce the name of God, you invoke God. God and the name are the same. If the word is there, so is God!
The bible was somewhat of a mistranslation however. The original word was Logos.. Not word... If you look up logos in the dictionary it translates as word, thought principle or logic. But it's much more, including how Ra uses the word Logos.
So "in the beginning was the logos and the logos was God and the logos was with God" is a more appropriate translation. Mind that you have to understand that logos does not necesarily mean you're dealing with a conscious entity. Logos means logos.
Invoking the proper name, the real pronunciation is not about making the right sounds. It's about BECOMING the proper vibratory complex and BECOME the logos you invoke... This is in essence channeling. (It is also much more than that but this is difficult enough as it is)
The jews did not want to become God every single time they spoke about him. So that's why they point out the name. On the surface it is a bit silly but as religious habits go it demonstrates profound insight to those who can see below the surface. (Not necesarily all of it's followers) It also means that in the sacred temples this type of invokation of God actually happened. We know for a fact it happened in the roman/greco/egyptian and pagan religions from the same time period. And we also know the dual nature of Jesus who at some points speaks from the perspective of God.. He has at those points achieved the vibratory complex that is synonymous with the logos we call God. Mantras are intended to achieve the same thing. Sufi "mantra's" are actually names of God, each of them is used to invoke that aspect of God into our selves.
What I am saying is that the verbal pronounciation is truly irrelevant. It's all in the mind. What is important is to reach the right vibration. When you reach the right vibriation you have done what is understood as invoking the Godform. You literally become the logos you invoke.. The logos acts through you and you act as it. This is how you channel. If the right vibratory complex is not reached then you can have other influences like two AM radio channels where one bleeds into the other and disturbs the transmission. If this is intensive work then it can be very draining especially if the second channel is a negative one.
I hope this cleared up some misunderstandings.
(06-12-2012, 10:55 AM)Ankh Wrote: [ -> ]When I studied magic, I understood that knowing the mind was extremely important. You had to be completely honest with yourself about this or that purpose of the working you were about to do, bringing all your thoughts in regards to that purpose of that particular ritual/magical working into the light of consciousness (especially those you didn't want to face, or the "dark" ones, were most important to understand). Otherwise, the ritual/magical working could have the opposite effect than that intended by you consciously.
Exactly. The reason is that you enter into magic and ritual (just like life) with all your being. If part of you is not congruent with the rest of you it still gets a vote and in some situations that vote is stronger than your conscious intent.
You might end up with the esoteric equivalent of placing a magnifying glass over one of your own demons. This experience can be very disturbing. It is hardly ever something we cannot deal with. Many people avoid dealing with it when it happens and it's not uncommon for those people to get such a fright that they never want to get involved in the occult ever again. It's also unfortunately possible that people by not dealing with a problem that is simply there become preoccupied with running away from it thus getting nothing else done and sometimes severely disrupt their lives.
It's better to just face whatever it is at that point.
(06-12-2012, 10:55 AM)Ankh Wrote: [ -> ]Thereafter, the complete focus, and concentration, during the ritual/magical working, which is usually verbalized, was of most importance. Again, if not properly focused, the ritual/magical working could have an opposite effect than intended by magician. The magician had to exercise a great deal, before attaining that kind of power, of being able to focus like that during the magical working.
Also true
If your intent is to invoke one thing but inadvertantly focus on another thing then that other thing might be invoked instead.
(06-12-2012, 10:55 AM)Ankh Wrote: [ -> ]The question is, in regards to this session, - why was not the verbalizing of the protective walking of the circle of one properly done? Was the mind busy? Was not the full attention given to the protection? We don't know that, but luckily it ended well. =)
I think you're thinking along the right tracks. That's exactly what I wondered about. It could be as simple as a minor distraction for one of the participants causing a train of thought to take off into a direction that was incompatible with the intent of the circle.