while you are away i will keep posting what i learn..
im on this site
http://www.sacred-texts.com/eso/chaos/index.htm
Gnosis - anything that confuses the mind so you pass out "fall asleep" for that when you wake up you understand in thinking without parameters.
omg. im sorry, but WHAT?!?!?!
http://www.sacred-texts.com/eso/chaos/skulfck.txt
before i read "defining chaos" i think chaos is disordered.
after i read "defining chaos" i think chaos means unlimited.
notice my, i think chaos
is disordered..and i think chaos
means unlimited...It is said in the bible not to go too far into detail in other beliefs without being careful. and i am trying very hard to understand.
Chaos, according to the “Oxford English Dictionary”, means:
1. A gaping void, yawning gulf, chasm, or abyss.
2. The “formless void” of primordial matter, the “great deep” or “abyss” out of which the cosmos or order of the universe was evolved.
important phrase "There are a couple of additional definitions, but they are irrelevant to this discussion. When chaos is used in magic, there is no place for confusion or disorder."
I like the italicized parts. and the sentence above the bold.
The Magic of Austin Osman Spare
Spare’s art and magic were closely related. It is reputed that there are messages in his drawings about his magical philosophy. One particular picture of Mrs. Paterson has reportedly been seen to move; the eyes opening and closing. Spare is best known for his system of using sigils. Being an artist, he was very visually oriented.
i still want to know more about sigils...and how they are not evil. (i still believe they are evil, but that could be offending, so ill just keep it at not good for now)
what i have learned: The system basically consists of writing down the desire, preferably in your own magical alphabet, eliminating all repeated letters, then forming a design of the remaining single letters. The sigil must then be charged.
the key element is to achieve a state of “vacuity” which can be done through exhaustion, sexual release or several other methods.
This creates a vacuum or “void” (there is where chaos comes into play)
magic comes from the sub-conscious mind of the magician, not some outside “spirits” or “gods”. (not religious)
‘Chaos is the universal potential of creative force, which is constantly engaged in trying to seep through the cracks of our personal and collective realities. It is the power of Evolution/Devolution.
Shamanism is innate within every one of us
Achieving Gnosis, or hitting the “angle of departure of consciousness and time”, is a knack rather than a skill.’ ok, its could be something you do, but its more of a pleasure, like some Christians go into bible study. and some don't do it. its just a knack that some like to do.
simple mathematical equations fed into a computer could model patterns every bit as irregular and “chaotic” as a waterfall. They were able to apply this to weather patterns, coastlines, and all sorts of natural phenomena the possibilities were incredible
phenomena in nature are not only the norm, but are measurable by simple mathematical equations
chemistry...was once considered to be magic.
We are trained from an early age to think in linear terms but nature and the chaos within it are non-linear, and therefore require non-linear thinking to be understood (why gnosis is done, to think "outside of the box" in a non-linear way)
i like this.
This sounds simple, yet it reminds me of a logic class I had in college. We were doing simple Aristotelian syllogisms. All we had to do was to put everyday language into equation form. It sounds simple, and it is. However, it requires non-linear thought process. During that lesson over the space of a week, the class size dropped from 48 to 9 students. The computer programmers were the first to drop out. Those of us who survived that section went on to earn high grades in the class, but more importantly, found that we had achieved a permanent change in our thinking processes. Our lives were changed by that one simple shift of perspective.
Chaos science is still in the process of discovery
Chaos has no limits...
new word, help me with it.
Dogma - the established belief or doctrine held by a religion.
you know anything else of this word i should know?
if there is anything i need to clear up let me know
I'm not going to get farther into to it, i might in the future, but that will be enough for discussion
and on the side, i saw
Esoteric/Occult
---- Chaos Magic
esoteric :p there's that word again
and Evil is right under it...which is a good sign for me changing my (yay!! favorate word) paradigm!!! lol. i loveee that word soo much...idk why.
btw, occults are not good in Christians eyes, why do they need to be more hidden if it would be accepted...
i don't know if it has anything to do with it, but i looked up cults too. and cult refers to a group whose beliefs or practices are considered strange, which is untrue, everyone is strange, because nothing is normal. so if this was true everything is a cult, which is also, untrue. cults in my eyes are evil, when i hear the word anyway. i dont study something that is that evil. is aid earlier i can learn something from everything, but there is stuff some people shouldn't learn. ill save studying that for the future, for when my faith is stronger.
ooh, i like these stories, their fun to read!
Legends/Sagas
---Lang Fairy Books
this is a very good site.