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Metamorphosis may be pursued by seeking that which one is not

3:00 am Monday, 13th August, 2018

There are many maps of the mind, most of which are inconsistent, contradictory, and based on highly fanciful theories. Many use the symbology of god forms, for all mythology embodies a psychology. A complete mythic pantheon resumes all of man's mental characteristics.

Magicians will often use a pagan pantheon of gods as the basis for invoking some particular insight or ability, as these myths provide the most explicit and developed formulation of the particular idea's extent. However, it is possible to use almost anything from the archetypes of the collective unconscious to the elemental qualities of alchemy.

The magician first programs himself into identity with the god by arranging all his experiences to coincide with its nature. He may surround himself with the sounds, smells, colours, instruments, memories, numbers, symbols, music, and poetry suggestive of the god or quality. Secondly, he unites his life energy to the god image with which he has united his mind. This is accomplished with techniques from the gnosis.

There is no limit to the inconceivable experiences into which the intrepid psychonaut may wish to plunge himself. Nothing succeeds like excess.



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