Initiation into hermetics seems to have a very organized way of progressing down very similar steps that would produce e the same results Carlos talked about. Any idea setting up castanedas teachings in a similar way
Very astute observation - there is a significant relationship between those two systems
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u/[deleted]
4 points2020-05-06 03:45recovered
Have you read Carlos Castaneda's A Journal of Applied Hermeneutics? It's format is like the one you are describing. It's like an academic analysis of sorcery concepts.
It's like reading a paradox, or an exercise in Controlled Folly lol. Academia and "magic" seem to be two divides that Castaneda worked tirelessly to unite. Very interesting paper though.
I wanted to put Carlos' materials on a Wikipedia link, with a paragraph to explain them, but after reading his journal I realized it wouldn't help with his reputation.
He went into some sort of intellectual mode when he wrote them. Similar to how the analysis at the end of Teachings of Don Juan is rather stilted.
It only reads well when you know it's true, from direct experience.
A critic wouldn't find anything good in it.
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u/odelfin
1 points2020-05-07 15:51
What your trying to accomplish is the breaking of routines. It's a very simple way of putting it.
It dawned on me later working with energy that people are very much aware of certain energy aspects and its always awesome to find these and build on them.
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Very astute observation - there is a significant relationship between those two systems
Have you read Carlos Castaneda's A Journal of Applied Hermeneutics? It's format is like the one you are describing. It's like an academic analysis of sorcery concepts.
It's like reading a paradox, or an exercise in Controlled Folly lol. Academia and "magic" seem to be two divides that Castaneda worked tirelessly to unite. Very interesting paper though.
I found the link for others: http://index-of.es/z0ro-Repository-3/Castenada/Carlos%20Castaneda%20-%20A%20Journal%20Of%20Applied.pdf
Thanks man, this looks like a very very interesting read!
It's in the Wiki as well
I wanted to put Carlos' materials on a Wikipedia link, with a paragraph to explain them, but after reading his journal I realized it wouldn't help with his reputation.
He went into some sort of intellectual mode when he wrote them. Similar to how the analysis at the end of Teachings of Don Juan is rather stilted.
It only reads well when you know it's true, from direct experience.
A critic wouldn't find anything good in it.
What your trying to accomplish is the breaking of routines. It's a very simple way of putting it.
It dawned on me later working with energy that people are very much aware of certain energy aspects and its always awesome to find these and build on them.