 |
at Global Oneness Community.
Share your dreams and let others help you with the interpretation!
Dream Sharing Forum
|
|
Dream Dictionary meditation | A Wisdom Archive on Dream Dictionary meditation | | Dream Dictionary meditation A selection of articles related to Dream Dictionary meditation | |
| We recommend this article: Dream Dictionary meditation - 1, and also this: Dream Dictionary meditation - 2. |
|
|
More material related to Meditation can be found here:
|
|
|
| | | Dream Dictionary meditation | | | » Page 1 « Page 2 Page 3 More » | |
| |
| ARTICLES RELATED TO Dream Dictionary meditation | |
| |
| | |  Dream Dictionary meditation:
Alternative
Health Dictionary on Creative visualization creative visualization: Subject of the bestseller of the same name, written by Shakti Gawain in 1978. In creative visualization, one clearly imagines whatever one wants to manifest (see manifesting); then one gives the idea, image, or feeling positive energy, by focusing on it regularly, until it becomes reality. Creative visualization's theory posits a spiritual source: a supply of infinite energy, love, and wisdom discoverable in the inner beings of humans. Expressions for methods identical or similar to creative visualization include: active imagination, creative imaging, directed day-dream, directed waking dream, dynamic imaging, guided fantasy, guided imagery, guided visualization, imagery, imaginal medicine, imaging, initiated symbol projection, inner guide meditation, led meditation, magickal visualization, mental imagery, pathworking, Positive Imaging, positive thinking, positive visualization, visualization, visualization therapy, waking dream therapy, and willed imagination. For example, willed imagination, also called creative visualization, is the magickal art of imagining the result one desires of one's magick (the word for Wiccan magic) in order to achieve that result. (See also: Creative visualization, Body Mind and Soul, Alternative Health, Alternative Health Dictionary)
|
| |
|
| | |  Dream Dictionary meditation: Dream Interpretation Dictionary
- Rosary Rosary In the Western world, the rosary is generally though of as a Catholic prayer item. Catholics say the rosary by repetitive prayer and meditation, with the focus on the Blessed Mother or the Virgin Mary. However, most religions have their own prayer beads or rosary. A rosary consists of pearls or beads linked together by a thread. The Hindu rosary has 50 beads, Buddhist rosary 108 beads, and the Muslim rosary 99 beads and in Africa some groups have a rosary made out of human teeth. Prayers and specific meditations of each religion are different and there are theological reasons for the number of beads. Rosaries may come in different colors, sizes and designs. However, the central purpose, which is to pray repetitively and to meditate, is the same across all religions that use them as a prayer tool. If you are seeing rosary beads in your dream it suggests that prayer and meditation is needed in your daily life. The unconscious generally provides us with helpful images that are not always difficult to understand. Thus, if you are not a prayerful person, the rosary in your dreams may be encouraging you to begin a more introspective and meditative life. Think about the rosary in your dream and try to decipher what it means to you and how you may incorporate meditation and peaceful reflection into your conscious life. Source: Dream Lover Incorporated, http://www.dreamloverinc.com (See also: Dream Archives, Meaning of Dreams, Dream Interpretation, Dream Dictionary, Dream Dictionary - Rosary, Meaning of Dreams about Rosary, Dream Interpretation Rosary)
|
| |
|
| | |  Dream Dictionary meditation: Dream Interpretation
Dictionary - Buddha Buddha: 1. If you were the Buddha, this is a dream of contrary. You may feel in possession of knowledge and wisdom that you don't currently have, but that you can obtain through study and meditation. 2. Dreaming of being in the presence of the Buddha is a very powerful dream, possibly an actual experience of the Buddha or the wisdom he embodied, or a harbinger of such an experience. Source: Astrocenter, http://astrocenter.astrology.msn.com/msn/DreamDictionary.aspx (See also: Dream Archives, Meaning of Dreams, Dream Interpretation, Dream Dictionary, Dream Dictionary - Buddha, Meaning of Dreams about Buddha, Dream Interpretation Buddha)
|
| |
|
|
|
|
| | |  Dream Dictionary meditation:
Spiritual Yoga
Dictionary IV on
Samadhi Samadhi: Samadhi ("putting together"): the ecstatic or unitive state in which the meditator becomes one with the object of meditation, the eighth and final limb (anga) of Patanjali's eightfold path; there are many types of samadhi, the most significant distinction being between samprajnata (conscious) and asamprajnata (supraconscious) ecstasy; only the latter leads to the dissolution of the karmic factors deep within the mind; beyond both types of ecstasy is enlightenment, which is also sometimes called sahaja-samadhi or the condition of "natural" or "spontaneous" ecstasy, where there is perfect continuity of superconscious throughout waking, dreaming, and sleeping (See also: Samadhi, Yoga, Yoga Dictionary)
|
| |
|
| | | | Dream Dictionary meditation:
Alternative
Health Dictionary on Temple Beautiful Programs Temple Beautiful Programs (formerly the Temple Beautiful Program): Seven- and eleven-day residential programs offered by the A.R.E. Clinic, in Phoenix, Arizona. They borrow from the readings of Edgar Cayce (see The Cayce Approach to Health and Healing) and encompass dream interpretation, guided imagery, meditation, prayer, and touch healing. One of their major goals is the awakening of individual consciousness to the influence of the Divine within the atoms, cells, organs, and systems of the human body. (See also: Temple Beautiful Programs, Body Mind and Soul, Alternative Health, Alternative Health Dictionary)
|
| |
|
| | |  Dream Dictionary meditation: : Quick
links to archives related to Alternative Health Dictionary C Popular archives related to Alternative Health Ayurveda, Chakra, Aura, Kundalini, Kundalini Yoga, Meditation, Spiritual Growth, Medical Astrology, Essential Oils, Body Mind and Soul, Yoga, Mudras, Yoga Positions, Feng Shui, Acupuncture, Acupressure, Spiritual Healing, Relaxation, Physical Health, Vibrational Healing, Healing Music, Color Healing, Emotional Health, Health and Healing, Health Foods, Health Man, Fruitarian Diet, Happiness, Inner Child, Flower Essences for Healing, Highly Sensitive Person Alternative Health Dictionary Below are the archives for the 4269 dictionary entries related to alternative health. The great advantage with this dictionary is that each word is linking to an archive with 1. explanations of the word from several sources<br> 2. articles related to the word, where the phrase is used in its natural context.<br> Alternative Health, Alternative Health Dictionary Alternative Health Dictionary - A, Alternative Health Dictionary - B Alternative Health Dictionary - C, Alternative Health Dictionary - D Alternative Health Dictionary - E, Alternative Health Dictionary - F Alternative Health Dictionary - G, Alternative Health Dictionary - H Alternative Health Dictionary - I, Alternative Health Dictionary - J Alternative Health Dictionary - K, Alternative Health Dictionary - L Alternative Health Dictionary - M, Alternative Health Dictionary - N Alternative Health Dictionary - O. Alternative Health Dictionary - P Alternative Health Dictionary - Q, Alternative Health Dictionary - R Alternative Health Dictionary - S, Alternative Health Dictionary - T Alternative Health Dictionary - U, Alternative Health Dictionary - V Alternative Health Dictionary - W, Alternative Health Dictionary - X Alternative Health Dictionary - Y, Alternative Health Dictionary - Z Archives related to Alternative Health Health Care, Womens Health, Mental Health, Health and Beauty, Health and Fitness, Sexual Health, Health Food, Woman Health, Man Health, Alternative Medicine, Health Medicine, Health Problems, Holistic Health, Holistic Health Care, Holistic Health Therapy, Holistic Medicine, Holistic Therapies, Natural Health, Spiritual Health, Mental Health, Spirituality and Health
|
| |
|
| | |  Dream Dictionary meditation:
Spiritual
- Theosophy
Dictionary on Akasic Samadhi Akasic Samadhi (adjective of akasa ether, space + samadhi profound meditation from sam-a-dha to hold or fix together (in abstract thought)) Used for the state of consciousness into which victims of accidental death enter: "a state of quiet slumber, a sleep full of rosy dreams, during which, they have no recollection of the accident, but move and live among their familiar friends and scenes, until their natural life-term is finished, when they find themselves born in the Deva-Chan . . ." (ML 109). This condition of human consciousness differs from the devachanic state. As used above, akasic samadhi was applied to those individuals dying by accident who on earth had been of unusually pure character and life. It is a temporary condition, equivalent to an automatic reproduction in the victim's consciousness of the beautiful and holy thoughts that the person had had during incarnated life; in fact, a sort of preliminary to the devachanic state. Such dream state immediately succeeds the first condition of absolute unconsciousness which the shock of death brings to all human beings, good, bad, or indifferent. In the above cases there is no conscious kama-lokic experience whatsoever, because the shock of death has brought about the paralysis of all the lower parts of the human constitution. Only adumbrations of the consciousness of the buddhi and atman, with the most spiritual portion of manas are then active (ML 131). In certain cases the condition of samadhi in the akasic portions of the human constitution may last until what would have been the natural life term on earth is completed; and then these individuals glide into the devachanic state. (See also: Akasic Samadhi, Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism Dictionary)
|
| |
|
| | |  Dream Dictionary meditation: Dream Interpretation
- Horses Horses An astrologist from helenaparis.com analyses an iVillager's real dream serendipity1980 says: Normally my dreams are straightforward and I can understand them but this one is just strange! I am standing behind the fence of a paddock watching horses running about. Two come over to me as I have apples for them. When the first horse bends down to take the apple, its face changes to a human face (not of anyone I know, but in the dream this person seems familiar). As the horse moves away to chew the apple, its features change back into a horse. Then the second horse bends down to take an apple and the exact same thing happens but it's a different face - this person also looks familiar. When I see their faces change, I'm not frightened but think to myself ... why would they do that? I have a warm feeling inside and just smile. I don't say anything, I just stand there watching. I know this sounds very weird but does it signify anything? Thanks for your help. Helena Paris says: Hello, serendipity1980. Thank you for sharing your dream. Our bodies tell us in dreaming what it is we already know in spirit. It is interesting that you are standing behind a fence watching the horses, like you are watching a part of yourself that is somehow disconnected in daily life. Horses are beautiful and majestic creatures associated with freedom and power. They are often linked with our sexual, creative and spiritual energy. You are already familiar with that part of yourself, but you aren't quite sure how to access it, how to get over the fence and let it out! As a symbol, apples have long been associated with deeper wisdom and knowing. An apple contains within it the seeds of new life; it is the perfect container for the growth of that new life, like women are the perfect containers for new life and creative expression. We long to express ourselves, but there are so many ideas which we never bring to fruition, because we don't make time to explore them. The feeling you have when you see the horses may be connected to the sense of fulfilment from realising even the smallest achievement of our goals. We all have an inner calling, a yearning to be a part of a much more creative existence. By ingesting the idea, giving it time to gestate, making time for even the smallest of creative projects, brings a passion and colour to our lives, and becomes a constant source of regeneration. Joseph Campbell said 'We have to give up the life we have planned, in order to have the one that is waiting for us'. What is the life that is planned for you, who has planned it, what is it you would really like to do? By feeding your inner life through meditation, walking in nature, being silent within, you will engage with another kind of energy, that of life itself. Learning to ride this power in existence you will shine, nurture yourself and you will grow, express your deeper knowing and you will move into the life that is waiting for you. Sweet dreams. Source: iVillage, http://www.ivillage.co.uk (See also: Dream Archives, Meaning of Dreams, Dream Interpretation, Dream Dictionary, Dream Dictionary - Horses, Meaning of Dreams about Horses, Dream Interpretation Horses)
|
| |
|
| | |  Dream Dictionary meditation: Dream
Interpretation - Horses Horses An astrologist from helenaparis.com analyses an iVillager's real dream serendipity1980 says: Normally my dreams are straightforward and I can understand them but this one is just strange! I am standing behind the fence of a paddock watching horses running about. Two come over to me as I have apples for them. When the first horse bends down to take the apple, its face changes to a human face (not of anyone I know, but in the dream this person seems familiar). As the horse moves away to chew the apple, its features change back into a horse. Then the second horse bends down to take an apple and the exact same thing happens but it's a different face - this person also looks familiar. When I see their faces change, I'm not frightened but think to myself ... why would they do that? I have a warm feeling inside and just smile. I don't say anything, I just stand there watching. I know this sounds very weird but does it signify anything? Thanks for your help. Helena Paris says: Hello, serendipity1980. Thank you for sharing your dream. Our bodies tell us in dreaming what it is we already know in spirit. It is interesting that you are standing behind a fence watching the horses, like you are watching a part of yourself that is somehow disconnected in daily life. Horses are beautiful and majestic creatures associated with freedom and power. They are often linked with our sexual, creative and spiritual energy. You are already familiar with that part of yourself, but you aren't quite sure how to access it, how to get over the fence and let it out! As a symbol, apples have long been associated with deeper wisdom and knowing. An apple contains within it the seeds of new life; it is the perfect container for the growth of that new life, like women are the perfect containers for new life and creative expression. We long to express ourselves, but there are so many ideas which we never bring to fruition, because we don't make time to explore them. The feeling you have when you see the horses may be connected to the sense of fulfilment from realising even the smallest achievement of our goals. We all have an inner calling, a yearning to be a part of a much more creative existence. By ingesting the idea, giving it time to gestate, making time for even the smallest of creative projects, brings a passion and colour to our lives, and becomes a constant source of regeneration. Joseph Campbell said 'We have to give up the life we have planned, in order to have the one that is waiting for us'. What is the life that is planned for you, who has planned it, what is it you would really like to do? By feeding your inner life through meditation, walking in nature, being silent within, you will engage with another kind of energy, that of life itself. Learning to ride this power in existence you will shine, nurture yourself and you will grow, express your deeper knowing and you will move into the life that is waiting for you. Sweet dreams. Source: iVillage, http://www.ivillage.co.uk (See also: Dream Archives, Meaning of Dreams, Dream Interpretation, Dream Dictionary, Dream Dictionary - Horses, Meaning of Dreams about Horses, Dream Interpretation Horses)
|
| |
|
| | |  Dream Dictionary meditation: Dream Interpretation Dictionary - Various Bird Symbology: Birds : Dream Interpretation Dictionary - Various Bird Symbology: Various Bird Symbology: White Dove: well known symbol of peace; a symbol of the Holy Spirit descending on Christ, as depicted in many artistic works. A pair of white doves is a common symbol of love and devotion. Mourning Dove: commonly thought of as a potential symbol of upcoming death to someone you know, but only if it is seen in unusual circumstances and not just eating at the bird feeder or sitting on a telephone line. Eagle: Among the 7 mortal sins, depicts pride; among the 4 cardinal virtues, justice. Symbol of John the Evangelist, depicting spiritual cognition, faith, healing and ascension. Similar powerful symbol of the Great Spirit to the American Indians, who use it's feathers in many ceremonial dress & implements. Goose: symbol of fidelity and loyalty. Could also be a metaphor for "being goosed" or "acting like a goose." Ostrich: closing eyes to unpleasant facts. Just mentioning "Y2K" will make many ostriches out of you! <smile> Also a symbol of meditation, since the Ostrich parent does not sit and hatch it's eggs, but lets the sun do it's work while it guards them vigilantly. Owl: wisdom, as portrayed in so many children's stories and cartoons. Peacock: pride, vanity and showing off due to the male's proud strut; but the male does this as part of his mating ritual to get the attention of the female, so I would apply this as such. It is used to symbolize the American CBS network, and a metaphor could be "showing your true colors." The peacock also symbolizes joy in the afterlife. True story: my mother & I visited my grandmother's grave one afternoon to find a living, breathing peacock standing there staring at us. When I found out that it symbolized "joy in the afterlife," you can imagine how special that was. How often does one find a peacock standing on a grave? Coincidence, my foot! Nightingale: symbolizes yearning and pain; in Christianity it symbolizes the longing for heaven. Raven: intelligence; oftentimes depicting things we really prefer not to hear. Stork: instantly recognizable in our culture as a symbol that a baby has been delivered or is due, possibly due to the young stork's habit of gratefully feeding it's parents when it becomes a fledgling; or due to the stork's return after winter migration, when nature begins anew. Swan: transformation, as in from "ugly duckling" into a beautiful swan. Also symbolizes loyalty and fidelity. Turkey: Is any American unfamiliar with the symbology of "Turkey Day?" Also referred to as a metaphor often used to describe something as being silly, or an embarrassing failure or dud. Vulture: impending death, or a metaphor for waiting to take advantage of someone in dire trouble, as in "the vultures are circling." Egg: symbolizes primal beginnings from which all life springs forth; also in Christianity this is a symbol of resurrection (ever wonder where the thought of Easter Eggs came from?), as in Christ breaking out of his tomb similar to a chick breaking free from it's egg. Could also have metaphorical influence, such as the age-old question, "Which came first--the chicken or the egg?" In this manner it could be saying, "Some questions can never be answered by mere humans, so quit agonizing over a problem without solutions and deal with what-is, as it is." Other types of symbology involving birds: metaphors such as "bird-brain", "You eat like a bird", "birds of a feather flock together," "that's for the birds", "A bird in the hand is worth 2 in the bush", "feathered friends", etc. Just apply the metaphor to the context of your dream to get the gist of what the symbology entails. Also helpful is relating bird dream symbols to song lyrics. Think of how many different songs mention birds in one way or another. Courtesy to: http://www.readersdigest.ca (See also: Dream Interpretation, Dream Dictionary, Meaning of Dreams, Dream Interpretation Birds, Dream Dictionary Birds)
|
| |
|
| | | | Dream Dictionary meditation:
Alternative
Health Dictionary on Oriental 7-Day Quick Weight-Off Diet Oriental 7-Day Quick Weight-Off Diet: (Oriental Diet, Oriental diet plan, Oriental diet system, Oriental Miracle Diet, Oriental quick weight loss diet, Oriental quick weight loss plan, Oriental 7-day diet, Oriental 7-day miracle diet, Oriental 7-day plan, 7-day miracle diet, 7-day Oriental diet, 7-day Oriental food plan, 7-day Oriental miracle diet, 7-day Oriental quick weight loss diet, 7-day Oriental reducing diet): Reducing strategy originated by mystical philosopher Anthony Norvell, author of Norvell's Dynamic Mental Laws for Successful Living (1965), Meta-Physics: New Dimensions of the Mind (1967), Cosmic Magnetism: The Miracle of the Magic Power Circle (1970), Mind Cosmology (1971), Occult Sciences: How to Get What You Want Through Your Occult Powers (1971), The Miracle Power of Transcendental Meditation (1972), One Hundred Thousand Dollar Dream and How to Make It Come True (1973), Universal Secrets of Telecosmic Power (1974), and The Oriental 7-Day Quick Weight-Off Diet (1975). Norvell died before 1997. The diet is a means of losing weight even if one eats as much as one wants. According to Norvell's theory, brown rice is an amazing, God-given source of proteins that do not add to body weight. (See also: Oriental 7-Day Quick Weight-Off Diet, Body Mind and Soul, Alternative Health, Alternative Health Dictionary)
|
| |
|
| | | | Dream Dictionary meditation: : Quick
links to archives related to Alternative Health Dictionary D Popular archives related to Alternative Health Ayurveda, Chakra, Aura, Kundalini, Kundalini Yoga, Meditation, Spiritual Growth, Medical Astrology, Essential Oils, Body Mind and Soul, Yoga, Mudras, Yoga Positions, Feng Shui, Acupuncture, Acupressure, Spiritual Healing, Relaxation, Physical Health, Vibrational Healing, Healing Music, Color Healing, Emotional Health, Health and Healing, Health Foods, Health Man, Fruitarian Diet, Happiness, Inner Child, Flower Essences for Healing, Highly Sensitive Person Alternative Health Dictionary Below are the archives for the 4269 dictionary entries related to alternative health. The great advantage with this dictionary is that each word is linking to an archive with 1. explanations of the word from several sources<br> 2. articles related to the word, where the phrase is used in its natural context.<br> Alternative Health, Alternative Health Dictionary Alternative Health Dictionary - A, Alternative Health Dictionary - B Alternative Health Dictionary - C, Alternative Health Dictionary - D Alternative Health Dictionary - E, Alternative Health Dictionary - F Alternative Health Dictionary - G, Alternative Health Dictionary - H Alternative Health Dictionary - I, Alternative Health Dictionary - J Alternative Health Dictionary - K, Alternative Health Dictionary - L Alternative Health Dictionary - M, Alternative Health Dictionary - N Alternative Health Dictionary - O. Alternative Health Dictionary - P Alternative Health Dictionary - Q, Alternative Health Dictionary - R Alternative Health Dictionary - S, Alternative Health Dictionary - T Alternative Health Dictionary - U, Alternative Health Dictionary - V Alternative Health Dictionary - W, Alternative Health Dictionary - X Alternative Health Dictionary - Y, Alternative Health Dictionary - Z Archives related to Alternative Health Health Care, Womens Health, Mental Health, Health and Beauty, Health and Fitness, Sexual Health, Health Food, Woman Health, Man Health, Alternative Medicine, Health Medicine, Health Problems, Holistic Health, Holistic Health Care, Holistic Health Therapy, Holistic Medicine, Holistic Therapies, Natural Health, Spiritual Health, Mental Health, Spirituality and Health
|
| |
|
| | | | Dream Dictionary meditation:
Spiritual - Theosophy
Dictionary on
Bardo Bardo (Tibetan) (from bar between + do two) Between two; generally a gap, interval, or intermediate state, especially the state between two births. The term has become known in the West through the Bar do thos sgrol (bar-do tho-dol), "Liberation through Hearing in the Bardo," translated by W. Y. Evans-Wentz as The Tibetan Book of the Dead. According to the Bardo Thodol, there are six such "intervals": the bardo of birth, the bardo of dreams, the bardo of samadhi (meditation), the bardo of the moment before death, the bardo of dharmata, and the bardo of becoming. The Bardo Thodol describes the last three of these, and is recited in the presence of the deceased believed to be experiencing these states, usually for a total period of 49 days. It is believed that the teaching contained in the text can enable the deceased to attain liberation while in the bardo states, or at least to attain the best possible rebirth. Bardo is used in Tibet to refer to the many events and experiences undergone by the excarnate human being after death, generally considered to last from physical death until the next rebirth or reincarnation, though it is somewhat shorter than this. Since this period "may last from a few years to a kalpa" (ML 105), the bardo has more than the meaning commonly understood by the Tibetan populace which includes the time passed by the excarnate entity in kama-loka, in the intermediate or gestation period in which the entity is preparing for its birth into devachan, and the period of ineffable bliss and peace (illusory as it may be from the standpoint of reality) passed by the entity in the devachanic state itself. It also includes the later intermediate period -- usually carefully veiled from common knowledge -- existent between the ending of devachan and the rebirth of the reincarnating ego. (See also: Bardo, Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism Dictionary)
|
| |
|
| | |  Dream Dictionary meditation:
Mysticism
Magick Dictionary
on
MAGIC MAGIC From Latin magi, pl. (Greek magoi, pl. of magos, a Magian, one of the Median tribe; also an enchanter, properly a wise-man who interpreted dreams; Old Persian mugh, one of the Magi, a fire-worshipper; Sanskrit maga "a priest of the sun"; maybe related to maha, "great" and maya, illusion; perhaps, ultimately, even the Maya of Central America. Compare Hebrew makeshef, "magician"). Magic is actually short for "Magic Art". The connection between magus and magnus "great" also appears in Hebrew. As in Latin the word for "great", produces "master or teacher" (magister) , so Hebrew rab produces "rabbi". However the confusion in Hebrew does not arise because the word for "magic" (qeshem) is not related to rab". The word in this form is found with precisely the same meaning (or mystery) in most European tongues and even in Japanese majutsu, (which they no doubt borrowed from the Portuguese). Elsewhere, however, we find different senses altogether, such as the old Teutonic Helliruna (lit. "Hell's secret") which is surely a folk etymology of the Arabic word for "mandrake", albiruhan or alyabruhin, the same word we find in Spanish as the word for "magician", el brujo, because alongside that there is indeed the Old High German word for "mandrake", Alruna. The only question we need ask is which form came first, but we find the Arabic influence extending east as far as Mongolia, where, in passing, we may note ilbi for "magic." The otherness of ego enwraps each of us like a prison, but the magus takes all of earth as his body. Magic itself is but a symbol of the greater Magic, which is Unity. The Oneness frees us from the dungeon of darkness and the self and resembles the teaching of Buddhism. From yet another perspective, magic, mind and life are the same thing: living cells are sometimes kept alive in labs. A specialized cell, so protected, fed and allowed to reproduce, eventually turns into a basic and undifferentiated cell. This indicates that life is not only exceedingly plastic but that it is also purposive. If such adaptation were attributable to mindless mechanics, a bone cell would go on reproducing a bone cell and a blood cell a blood cell forever. Since all things are connected, then experiential reality, which is Mind, can be altered by the implementation of the Will and Visualization. There is no "orthodox" doorway of the "Self" through the various universes, so the magician must build his own bridge, without assistance, across the Abyss, from the otherness of the separate ego to Cosmic Unity. Since the goal and purpose of existence is knowledge, then the magus is obliged to seek experience on numerous planes of being reached via perichoresis and also to effect material changes in the earth's reality. Thinking isn't just the beginning of creation, it is creation itself. Marc Edmund Jones classifies magic into categories. Divination is the effort to gain knowledge, particularly of the future (in order the better to assist the "Divine" plan). The evocation or invocation of elementals or angelic powers, functioning through the ethers, is another class of magic. Then there is hypnotism, which works through "imitative" magic. Finally, there is tantrism, or the development of supernatural siddhis. Colin Wilson suggests that magic is simply the development of the Will and the Imagination, Versluis that it is "not a means to an end, but a means to heighten means." Clearly, the object of magic is the raising of consciousness. The magus is empowered to effect events only to the extent that he is able to recognize that inside and outside are one. To transform the world is to transform oneself and vice-versa. Traditional rituals, the using of symbols and the altering of consciousness through herbs, smells, sounds, repetitions and meditation are all inward-directed processes designed to educate, focus and strengthen the faculties of Imaging and Willing. Alchemy is the same endeavor directed outwardly. We fail to control the transformation of our selves to the degree that we isolate ourselves from the world, just as we lose our ability to change the world at the exact moment that we begin to lose touch with ourselves. However, although those who don't know what they are doing are obliged to perform magic strictly through the observation of rituals, those who understand its real nature and purpose can move directly to its center and act from there, without incantations and conjurations. Here are some definitions of M/magic(k) by various authorities on the subject: ANONYMOUS: "Magus Nascitur Non Fit." ALICE BAILEY: "No man is a magician, or worker in white magic, until his third eye is opened, or is in the process of opening." (That means 'transmission of consciousness to the universal mind'). WADE BASKIN: "The art and science of magic is based on three basic principles. 1) one may communicate with other realms, or planes of existence, through the medium of the Astral Light; 2) the power of the magician is unlimited; 3) external characteristics (signatures) are signs through which everything internal and invisible can be revealed." MORRIS BERMAN: "Magic is not necessarily gnostic in nature, since it is not particularly dualistic, and it never includes the notion of an outside savior or redeemer, which Gnosticism (particularly in its early forms) sometimes does." HELENA P. BLAVATSKY: "The art of divine Magic consists in the ability to perceive the essence of things in the light of nature (astral light), and - by using the soul-powers of the Spirit - to produce material things from the unseen universe, and in such operations the Above and the Below must be brought together and made to act harmoniously". (The Secret Doctrine). "Magic is spiritual wisdom. Arcane knowledge misapplied is sorcery. "Magic was considered a divine science which led to a participation in the attributes of Divinity itself." "Magic was the highest knowledge of natural philosophy... and the magician differed from the witch in this, that, while the latter was an ignorant instrument in the hands of demons, the former had become their master by the powerful intermediation of science, which was only within reach of the few, and which these beings were powerless to disobey." BERNARD BROMAGE: "The word has, more often than not, been used, not for illumination, not as a guide to ascertainable verity, but as a camouflage to conceal a man's ignorance; and, worse, his calculated ineptitude and folly. The word can be said to have ceased to be a word and to have become a byword: a symbol surrounded by an evilly phosphorescent light, of man's infernal capacity for avoiding the issues. . . Magic, tout court, is immensely concerned with the 'Extension of Consciousness'; the widening of frontiers; the increase and development of every variety of sense perception. To be a magician one must learn to investigate all phenomena with the eye of the scientist who scorns no possible hypothesis nor neglects to take into the fullest consideration the complete structure of our actual and potential being. . . it is not a solace for the frustrated, but a reward for the pure of heart. Its final appeal is not to curiosity or greed, but to reverence and acceptance." PETER CARROLL: "The world is magical but designed to make us believe we are not magi." "All events are basically magical, arising spontaneously without prior cause. Physical laws are only statistical approximations. Consciousness, magic and chaos are the same thing. Consciousness also makes things happen without prior cause." ALEISTER CROWLEY: "All Art is Magick" "The Goal of Magick is the knowledge and conversation of the Holy Guardian Angel." NEVILL DRURY: "Magic is the technique of harnessing the secret powers of Nature and and seeking to influence events for one's own purpose. If the purpose is beneficial it is known as white magic, but if it is intended to bring harm to others, or to destroy property, it is regarded as black magic." "High Magic is intended to bring about the spiritual transformation of the person who practices it. This form of magic is designed to channel the magician's consciousness towards the sacred light within, which is often personified by the high gods of different cosmologies. The aim of high magic has been described as communication with one's Holy Guardian Angel, or higher self. It is also known as Theurgy." "Whereas science deals with empirically observable causes and effects, occultism deals pragmatically with methods of altering consciousness to produce certain effects. One of these is the assimilation within the self of the characteristics of a deity, another is the separation of consciousness from the physical body." DION FORTUNE: "Magic is the art of changing consciousness at will." KENNETH GRANT: "Magick is the apotheosis of the Irrational, the acme of the absurd, and the reification of the impossible." GURDJIEFF: ". . .I decided to call those undertakings which required intentional action of higher centers - those centers which are properly the feeling and thinking centers, capable of emotional sensing and of mentation respectively, but which are ordinarily unformed through absorption of their rightful impressions by the false emotional and intellectual centers of the psyche - objective magic, having as its result the obtaining of real knowledge." "I thus separated this objective magic from its ordinary counterpart, 'magic of the psyche', in which purely fantastic results are obtained, and self-calming and amusement are the only attainments. Under this category I placed my former endeavors as a medium and psychic, as well as those results obtained by theosophy, occultism and so forth, all of which up to then had quite fascinated and attracted my attention." WILLIAM JAMES: "We all have a lifelong habit of inferiority to our full self. . ." MARC EDMUND JONES: "Occult, as distinct from secular, science; Occult as the effort to compel the cooperation of others, as well as deity, nature, in enterprises of self, illustrated by miracle or thaumaturgy, known as white when ethical and black when amoral." ELIPHAS LÉVI: "The Arcanum of the Magnum Opus is the mastery or government of Ignis."; "Would you learn to reign over yourself and others? Learn how to will. How can one learn to will? This is the first arcanum of magical initiation. . ." MACGREGOR MATTHEWS: "To practice magic, both the imagination and the Will must be called into action, they are co-equal in the work. . . The Will unaided can send forth a current. . . yet its effect is vague and indefinite. . . the Imagination unaided can create an image. . . yet it can do nothing of importance, unless vitalized and directed by the Will." JOHN MIDDLETON: "We may say that the realm of magic is that in which human beings believe that they may directly affect nature and each other for good or ill, by their own efforts (even when the precise mechanism may not be understood by them) as distinct from appealing to divine powers by sacrifice or prayer (i.e. religion)." JOHN O'KEEFE: "Magic is the defense of the self against the malevolence of society." PARACELSUS: "The exercise of true magic does not require any ceremonies or conjurations, or the making of circles and signs; it requires neither benedictions nor maledictions in words, neither verbal blessings or curses." JOHN COWPER POWYS: "Magic is simply the choice between emphasis and rejection." DIANE DE PRIMA: "Look at the forces behind the things rather than just at the object or event. If I have a working definition of magic it's that behind every single thing in the world an infinite tunnel opens of reference, cross-references, and forces, and how these things interlock in nets. What I basically say is, yeah, learning to see force. . . learning to see the etheric and the astral, etc. to the thinner and thinner layers of stuff. And learning to work off those layers rather than . . . if you want to push that rock you don't necessarily have to go out there and put your shoulder to it." RIMBAUD: "The Poet transforms himself into a seer through a long, immense and determined, rational disordering of all his sense. Every form of love, suffering and madness he seeks within himself and exhausts in himself all poisons, preserving but their quintessences. Ineffable torture where he will need all of his faith and superhuman strength, making him among men, the great Sick Man, the Thrice-Damned, the Arch-Criminal - and the supreme Savant! - for he arrives at the Unknown! Since he has cultivated his soul, already richer than any other man's, he thereby reaches the Unknown, and, even if, insane in the end, he should lose every shred of understanding gained so laboriously, he will have had his Visions! He may perish in his leap into those innumerable, unnameable things, there will follow other terrible workers. They will begin at the horizons where he fell." MARTIN DEL RIO: "An art or skill which, by means of a non-supernatural force, produces certain strange and unusual phenomena whose rationale eludes common sense." ROMULUS: "Magic is living poetry." "Magic is the invocation and exploitation of synchronicity. All practices build up a momentum of their own. What we desire eventually comes true, with interest." "Every magician's tricks are his own, to help him with own special problems, to get himself over his own inner obstacles. Our Individual tasks are to learn and overcome our own obstacles. That's why the study of great men and women is so very instructional and worthwhile. Not because they teach us to be like them, but because they show us how they became themselves! " "Self-confident, integrated personalities already are fairly much in control of their powers and are magical to some extent. When circumstances intrude, such as sickness, enmity, financial loss, etc. and self-confidence wanes, the 'magical' side begins to seem spurious. The more 'magical' we try to be, the more charlatanry rises to the surface in us." FRANCIS KING & STEPHEN SKINNER: "Four basic assumptions of magic: 1. That the [physical] universe is only a part of total reality. 2. The human will-power is a real force, capable of being trained and concentrated, and that the disciplined will is capable of changing its environment and producing paranormal events. 3. That this will-power must be directed by the imagination. 4. That the universe is not a mixture of chance factors and influences, but an ordered system of correspondences, and the understanding of the pattern of correspondences enables the occultist to use them for his own purposes, good or evil. HUTTON WEBSTER (1948): "As regards purpose, Magic is divinatory, productive and aversive. The magician discovers or foretells what is otherwise hidden in time or space from human eyes; he influences and manipulates the objects and phenomena of nature and all animate creatures so that they may satisfy actual or human needs; and finally he combats, neutralizes and remedies the onslaught of the evils, real or imaginary, afflicting mankind. The range of magic is thus almost as wide as the life of man. All things under heaven, and even the inhabitants of heaven become subject to its sway. COLIN WILSON: "Human perception is 'intentional.'" (Consciousness is a muscle). "The great personality-inhibitor is caution. . . even in a few people who seem fairly well integrated. I can suddenly catch a glimpse of a more sophisticated, confident personality that has never succeeded in emerging . . . Even criminality is a form of caution, the desire for immediate and tangible returns, based upon the feeling that the universe has no intention of giving you anything you are not prepared to take by force. In fact, the study of murder leaves one with an impression of weak and crippled personalities who left half their potentialities to stagnate." "Outside our everyday personality there is a wider self that possesses greater powers than the everyday self. . . When the will is hindered by too much self-consciousness it often produces the opposite effect from the one intended. (Poe called it "the imp of the perverse"). The wider self would be happy to oblige, but the contracted ego is somehow opposing itself, like someone trying to open a door by pushing it instead of pulling it. So it does the next best thing." (Psychokinesis). "Modern civilization induces an attitude of passivity. When a Stone Age hunter set out to trap wild animals, he was aware of his will as a living force. When the prehistoric farmer scored the surface of the earth with a crude plough, he knew that his family's survival through the winter depended on his effort, and his will responded to the challenge. When a modern city dweller walks down a crowded thoroughfare, he feels no sense of challenge or involvement. This city was built by other people, all these shops and offices are owned by other people. He can get through an ordinary day's work in a state approximating sleep. Most of his routine tasks are carried out by the 'robot'. There is neither the need or the opportunity to use the will." ZORN ZUCKERMAN: "The 20th Century has been so much a time of everything 'losing its magic, that the only thing left is magic itself." CONCLUSION: Is magic simply the search for "ultimate knowledge" without the burden of "worship"? Not exactly. The Golden Dawn used to say, "The aim of religion, the method of science," which was as ambitious as it was inaccurate. The "Transcendental" without religion, as opposed to mere "Revelation" without religion, would be closer to the mark than soulless "Ultimate Knowledge." The latter is a logical, scientific goal, not a magical one. The Scientist is obliged to go wherever his will-o'-the-wisp may lead him, as Mary Shelley pointed out, stopping not even at Frankenstein's monster nor the Hydrogen Bomb nor tailor-made diseases. Thus, the scientist inevitably winds up in Hell, the epitome of "Reason". The Magician knows where he is going, dares to go there and will what he will discover and create. His work (ideally) is the transmogrification of Hell. Moreover, about what he does he can make no statement, because it is always unique, never a repeatable "trick". That is, he is in the business, not as the scientist is of "finding" meaning, but of "creating" it. But we have to remember that the phenomenological world is an illusion, which requires the magician always to remain watchful of the illusory nature of what he is doing. Life without magic is not possible. Moreover, the important "passages" of life cannot be handled except in a frank context of High Magic: birth, adolescence, marriage, death, etc. (See also: MAGIC, Magick, Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul, )
|
| |
|
| | » Page 1 « Page 2 Page 3 More » | |
| |
|
|
|
|
More material related to Meditation can be found here:
|
|
|
|
Search the Global Oneness web site |
|
|
|
|
|
