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There are stable ways to do it as well though, albeit it will always be an 'internal' experience in my opinion. It is a life changing occurrence and can't be taken too lightly. I suppose it all depends what you are aiming for but I admit I would not choose for demons to 'initiate' me at this point. (Although when I was younger I wanted to master all the Goetic demons.) Eventually realized the folly of giving yourself to something that just wants to eat you.

I propose a simpler path of humbling yourself before the forces of nature. Give yourself to nature and let it expand you. Lose touch with that part of yourself that is human and connect with the animal. Going back in to your natural consciousness as it was at birth.

Another technique is to meditate upon and identify so completely with the Fool archetype, the blank choice, that eventually all of the self becomes refreshed and renewed in its innocence.

That is what ego death really is, is a return to innocence. However, the ego is quickly reborn and however you direct it it shall begin to grow again.

So, to answer the question of what the 'ego' is, I would basically equate it with the personality. It is all the ideas you have about yourself, the world and your place within it. It is the snapshot of your self-perceived identity.

To let it die is to, for a moment, become aware of yourself as the One, that which is between all identities, in between all personalities and that our sense of self is built on that unity.