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Pegan. Other. Myth. Superstition. European Astrology - Zodiac Signs. Crucial Concepts. Tirumandhiram. CHI. Path-working on the Qabalistic Tree of Life - Alex Sumner. Path-working on the Qabalistic Tree of Life by Alex Sumner Introduction "Path-working" is a comparatively new phenomenon in the Western Mystery Tradition, as it does not seem to have existed as an occult practice prior to the occult revival of the late nineteenth century.

Yet nowadays it is an established practice amongst many schools of magical thought. Pat Zalewski reveals that it is part of the curriculum for a Theoricus Adeptus Minor of the Golden Dawn[1]; it is described in the writings of Dion Fortune[2], Israel Regardie[3], Melitta Denning and Osborne Phillips[4] to name but a few. Simply put, "Path-working" is the art of clairvoyantly investigating the Paths of the Tree of Life. Path-working as a technique seems to have developed from the clairvoyant practices of Adepts in the Stella Matutina - one of the off-shoots of the Golden Dawn: and Path-working and the Active Imagination Active Imagination does not make use of the Tree of Life, nor does it make use of the Tarot Trumps. ... Buddhism and Yoga. ZEN. Taoism.

Taoist rite at the Qingyanggong (Bronze Ram Temple) in Chengdu, Sichuan. Taoism, or Daoism, is a philosophical, ethical, and religious tradition of Chinese origin that emphasizes living in harmony with the Tao (also romanized as Dao). The term Tao means "way", "path" or "principle", and can also be found in Chinese philosophies and religions other than Taoism.

In Taoism, however, Tao denotes something that is both the source and the driving force behind everything that exists. It is ultimately ineffable: "The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao. "[1] While Taoism drew its cosmological notions from the tenets of the School of Yin Yang, the Tao Te Ching, a compact and ambiguous book containing teachings attributed to Laozi (Chinese: 老子; pinyin: Lǎozǐ; Wade–Giles: Lao Tzu), is widely considered its keystone work.

After Laozi and Zhuangzi, the literature of Taoism grew steadily and was compiled in form of a canon—the Daozang—which was published at the behest of the emperor. Buddhism. Buddhism. Spirituality. Consciousness. Spirituality. SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT. Spiritual. Benessere. Spiritual, Metaphysics, Personal Development. MetaPhysical. Matrial Arts. Consciousness Freedom and the Right to Get High. Why do we, as children, want to spin in circles until we’re so dizzy we puke? Or push on our eyelids until we see colors and images? Or choke ourselves until we lose consciousness? Or take extra huffs off of our inhaler, or extra doses of medications? This is not the result of peer pressure, or outside influences, but virtually all children do at least some of these things. And why? It’s because we all want to get high. The people who stick to the socially approved substances do so because they are the successful products of social conditioning.

Why do people think it’s wrong to get high? But that’s because psych meds are intended to get you back to normal, back to the normal waking state of consciousness, because all others are prohibited, and it naturally follows that any chemicals which take you outside that state are likewise prohibited. “There can be no more intimate and elemental part of the individual than his or her own consciousness. This is a very real possibility. Like this: Esoteric Texts & Archives. Polyamory Resources.