Pseudo Historians And The Golden Dawn Feud


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I Ain't Feudin' - I'm Writin' "History"

Nick Farrell today published yet another pseudo-historical rant on his blog, in which Farrell once again merely repeated the same, worn out talking points, while completely failing to address any of the host of subtantial rebuttals to his talking points that have been raised over and over again from scholars from across the entire spectrum of the esoteric community. Mr Farrell does not yet appear to yet understand the incongruence of his claiming to he a "historian of the Golden Dawn, yet failing to even the most basic rules of academia!

On the Golden Dawn forum, Mr. Farrell was recently taken to task for his propaganda-like approach to "history" by acacemic anthropologist, Leslie McQuade, who wrote:

Anthropologist Leslie McQuade


SUBJECT: When Magicians Play Historian "As an academic and a trained anthropologist, it has been extremely entertaining over the past couple of days to observe the group of quasi-academics play historian, while ignoring the most basic rules of academia. No matter how much I disagree with my detractors, the rigors of academia require that I acknowledge and engage counter arguments to the points that I am presenting. To merely repeat "talking points" over and over, like a broken record, whether in forum, book, or blog form, while completely ignoring any rebuttal may work well in the rough and tumble world of Republican politics, but in in real world academia it will likely cost you your peer review. Thus my judgement of esotericist/magicians "playing historians" (like fire-weilding bonobos) seems to be very apt when it comes to the arrogance and complete disregard for even the most fundamental of academic rigors and protocols recently exhibited by Golden Dawn lay-historians." - Leslie McQuade

Mr. Farrell is once again playing with fire in his self-appointed role of "myth busting conooclast" attacking fundamental aspects of the Golden Dawn using a pseudo-historical yardstick. Mr. Farrell has been taken to task by real academics for this on numerous occasions as well. Here is what anthropologist Leslie McQuade recently wrote, for example:"AS AN ANTHROPOLOGIST, I FIND IT FASCINATING THAT PAT ZALKEWKI AND NICK FARRELL, WHO PURPORT TO LEAD GOLDEN DAWN ORDERS, DO NOT UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS INITIATIC PROOF RATHER THAN HISTORICAL PROOF THAT IS THE CORRECT YARDSTICK WITH WHICH TO MEASURE THE "OATH BOUND" MATERIAL OF ANY INITIATIC TRADITION. YOU SEE, AS A TRAINED ANTHROPOLOGIST, I HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO STUDY CULTURES, AND TO HAVE THE PERMISSION OF THOSE CULTURES TO LEARN THINGS USUALLY HIDDEN TO OTHER RESEARCHERS. THIS IS BECAUSE OF MY DUAL STATUS AS NOT ONLY AS ANTHROPOLOGIST, BUT ALSO AS AN INITIATED WITCH. THIS IS A PROCESS CALLED "PARTICIPANT OBSERVER". IT IS A SCIENTIFIC METHOD WHEREBY IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND SOME ASPECTS OF CULTURE IT IS NECESSARY TO ACTUALLY "BECOME" A MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY AT A CERTAIN LEVEL. USUALLY THIS MEANS UNDERGOING CERTAIN RITES OF PASSAGE WHICH ARE AGE AND EXPERIENCE APPROPRIATE, BUT ALSO, AS IN MY CASE, PURSUING MY INTERESTS IN MAGIC IN THE FIELD. I AM NOT REALLY SURPRISED TO FIND THIS PHENOMENON IN THE GOLDEN DAWN COMMUNITY. IN THE PAGAN COMMUNITY, WE HAVE FREQUENTLY HAD TO DEAL WITH HISTORIANS TRYING TO PLAY ANTHROPOLOGIST, EVEN THOUGH UNTRAINED IN THE ETHNOGRAPHIC METHOD. IN MR. FARRELL'S CASE, HIS EXPERIENCE AS A TABLOID JOURNALIST DOES NOT COMPENSATE FOR HIS LACK OF ACADEMIC TRAINING IN THE HISTORICAL METHOD. IN THE CASE OF THE CONTEMPORARY GOLDEN DAWN, WE FIND A BIZARRE SITUATION WHERE ESOTERICISTS LIKE MR. FARRELL MAKE SWEEPING JUDGEMENTS ABOUT ESOTERIC MATERIAL AS THOUGH THEY WERE TRAINED HISTORIANS, WHICH THEY ARE NOT. EVEN IF THEY WERE, BY THE WAY, THEY WOULD NONETHELESS BE OUT OF THEIR DEPTH, AS THE EVALUATION OF A LIVING OCCULT TRADITION IS THE PROPER PERVUE OF THE ANTHROPOLOGIST RATHER THAN THE HISTORIAN. WHAT WE ARE WITNESSING TODAY IN THE GOLDEN DAWN COMMUNITY ARE A GROUP OF OCCULTISTS PRETENDING TO BE HISTORIANS WHILE, BASED ON MOTIVES THAT ARE PURELY POLITICAL, PASSING SWEEPING JUDGEMENTS ON MATERIAL WHICH IS ANTHROPOLOGICAL RATHER THAN HISTORICAL IN NATURE TO BEGIN WITH." - LESLIE MCQUADETRUTH I: The real reason Nick Farrell keeps trying to debunk the Secret Chiefs of the Third Order of the Golden Dawn and the Rosicrucian Order of Alpha et Omega is JEALOUSY, as was also the case in the Hatfield-McCoy Feud.

TRUTH II: The root of the problem is Nick Farrell leads a Golden Dawn order with nothing to offer his students but well known magick you can buy anywhere in a cheap Llewellyn edition. Farrell therefore writes entire books trying to prove no one else has anything more or better to offer than Llewellyn rehashes like he does.

TRUTH III: What is driving Mr. Farrell off the rails is that the Rosicrucian Order of Alpha et Omega offers Adepts from the entire Golden Dawn community a vast amount of advanced magical practices and systems that were recently transmitted by the Secret Chiefs to the Golden Dawn community through the Alpha et Omega.

TRUTH IV: The real reason Mr. Farrell attacks lineage, the A.O., and the Secret Chiefs themselves is because the Secret Chiefs chose the A.O. instead of Mr. Farrell's order to transmit this material. Rest assured... had the Secret Chiefs chosen Farrell's order, you would have heard him singing praises instead of attacking the Secret Chiefs!

TRUTH V: Regarding lineage, Farrell desperately ignores that it is the "body of teachings and practices" themselves that define lineage in a spiritual tradition, and not some pseudo-historical nonsense. I have covered this subject already thoroughly here.

And the absolute root of the problem?

TRUTH VI:


"The A.O. has new Golden Dawn magic to teach. Nick Farrell has only old rehash."

And contrary to Nick Farrell's propaganda...

TRUTH VII: The Alpha et Omega is not asking anyone to take our cornucopia of new, advanced Golden Dawn teachings on "faith." As my grandmother used to say:

"The proof is in the pudding."

In other words, it is the advanced Golden Dawn magical and spiritual practices and teachings - in themselves - that are the real proof. Mr. Farrell's specious claim that we are asking people to take these things on "blind faith" is merely a word game. As Ms. McQuade mentioned above, Farrell is inappropriately demanding "historical" proof, when the real yardstick is "initiatic" proof for oath bound initiatic material.

... And the Alpha et Omega sharing this CONCRETE AND INDISPUTABLE PROOF with the entire Golden Dawn community at the International Conclave of Golden Dawn Adepti, beginning March 9, 2012 near Las Vegas, Nevada. Here you will find complete details. Hope to see you there at this historical event!

At the end of the day, there is plenty of room in the Golden Dawn for both Mr. Farrell's order and the Alpha et Omega. There is no need at all for Mr. Farrell to be so obsessed with attacking/"debunking" our order and the Secret Chiefs.

There are plenty of people that come to the Golden Dawn looking for history. These people are better off in Mr. Farrell's order.

There are, however, also plenty of people who join the Golden Dawn wanting to learn magick. Many of these people are familiar with the published Golden Dawn material and are not looking for just a Regardie book study group.

These people want to learn NEW magical systems and are looking for accelerated spiritual growth through advanced magical practices and techniques. These people are better off joining the Alpha et Omega.

Thus the two orders serve the needs of completely different types of students, so there is no reason, jealousy aside, for Mr. Farrell to continue with his obssession with our order.

We wish Mr. Farrell and his order well, even though we do wish Mr. Farrell would mind his own business and teach his own students more, instead of trying to rewrite history in veiled attacks on our order all the time.

I, for one, have much better things to do with my time than to go on refuting the same talking points from Mr. Farrell over and over.

One would hope Mr. Farrell also has better things to do than to go on repeating them endlessly.

BY DAVID GRIFFIN



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Catching Up On Meditation Instruction


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"Ya know, I've rewritten instructions for a basic course in meditation, mental discipline and trance so many times, but I seem to have missed a basic element that I actually use personally all the time. Students complain regularly about the effort of 'silent' meditation, focusing on no particular thing but just letting the mind flow and become calm. Many such students can benefit from this form, in which a specific focus is chosen. The focus can have actual idea content to 'meditate on' during the work. I know some teachers hold that only one sort of method - the silent sort - is 'really' meditation. That's all too doctrinal for me, and contemplation meditation of this sort may be a fine way for students to get used to sitting silently doing only mental activity. In any case, this is catch-up, and will end up in the new month 1 of the Nine Moons. I *am* getting back to work... expect more stuff soon..."

CONTEMPLATION MEDITATION


In Contemplation Meditation you choose a specific pattern or symbol as the focus of your attention. In many cases the symbol - such as the Hallows, or the image of a God - may be physically present. It is also common to contemplate a mental construct image. You visualize, imagine or conceive the symbol in your mind, and observe it as if it were in front of you.

In this exercise the goal is similar to Open Meditation. You intend to keep the symbol always the entire focus of your attention. You may find your mind 'thinking about' the symbol - your task is to return attention directly to the object of Contemplation, without attachment to the flow of consideration about it. In this way we hope to allow the reality of the symbol to enter our awareness directly, and deeply. There is always time to think about these matters - meditation is a time set aside for other mental goals.

The technique of Contemplation is core to most of the higher-end of ritual and magical trance. As you work your way through ritual the ability to address each action with a whole and focused mind, to experience each thing for its unique power, is key to effective results. You learn to be in the presence of the Gods themselves, while maintaining the Peace and Power of your own Center.

Three Primary Contemplations


"1: The Two Powers." You will develop the ability to easily bring the Two into your awareness, and you can then use their flow and circulation as the object of Contemplation. Set the circulation to turning in yourself, and allow your breath to keep the flow as you turn the focus of your attention to the feel and experience of the Two. Without attached consideration, allow yourself to observe the flow and shine, at peace. Each time you find yourself following a 'train of thought', simply return your attention to the continuing flow of the Two. Finish with balance and a blessing.

"2: THE HALLOWS." In this you will meditate with open eyes, focusing your attention on your fully operative Hallows of ritual. You will sit before your shrine or ritual arrangement, with the Fire lit, the Well blessed and the tree and all cleansed with Fire and Water. You allow your gaze to fall on the whole pattern of your ritual tools and symbols, experiencing their form and meaning without attachment to any flow of thought. Finish with balance and a blessing.

"3: NATURE CONTEMPLATION." This practice is described in the Dedicant's work, but it should certainly be part of your regular practice. Find a place where you can observe a bit of nature, preferably with no visible thing obviously made by humans. You might choose a specific great tree, or a stream or other water, or any natural spot, but it is good to practice this also in more ordinary natural settings. You find a seat and with your Peace and Power on you allow the reality of the place to be the object of your contemplation, without attachment to idea or emotion, to beauty or ill. Finish with balance and a blessing.

The Practice


The Shrine is set with an object for contemplation - a symbolic card or image, a deity, flame, or the Three Hallows themselves. This technique can be applied to music as well, though music may be more inductive to reverie than to concentration. Contemplation can also be fixed on a phrase or an envisioned image, but to begin it is best to contemplate a material object.

1: Basic Trance: The Blood, Breath and Bone Exercise

- Stand or be seated firmly, spine erect, arms able to relax.
- Take three Complete Breaths and continue to breathe.
- Become aware of your body, where you are supported on the ground by your firm bones. Be aware of your bones, holding you upright as you feel your flesh relax.
- Continue to breathe fully, and focus attention on the sound of the breath. Concentrate inward, listening only to the sound of your breath.
- Turn your attention inward, and hear and feel the beating of blood in your veins. Feel the subtle pulse, as your breath flows and your bones uphold you.
- Continue this pattern as you open your eyes. Allow yourself to remain relaxed, focusing only on your Blood, Breath and Bone.
- Recite this charm:

Bone uphold me
Breath inspire me
Blood sustain me
In this holy work.

- Return to silent breathing and listening within.

From this state there are two basic kinds of meditation with which to begin your work. Ritual actions can also be performed, while maintaining Basic Trance state. In this case we continue to:

"2: MEDITATION"

- Continue your basic trance, settling peacefully into blood, breath and bone.
- Open your eyes, and bring your gaze gently upon the object of your contemplation.
- Allow your gaze to focus on the object of contemplation, and only on that object, concentrating your attention to that single object or symbol. Just as in Open Meditation you focused on your breath, allowing all thought to flow by ungrasped, so in Contemplation Meditation you focus your attention on a powerful symbol, and allow only considerations and perceptions of that symbol to fill your mind.
- First always return to the material form of the object, its real presence. From there you may carefully open to ideas concerning the object. This will inevitably lead to associated thought. Whenever that happens, simply return your awareness to the visible (or audible) form of the object.
- The goal is to extend the periods in which your awareness is wholly occupied by a single object, especially one with spiritual or symbolic meaning.
- When the time is sufficient, close your eyes and return to basic trance, then close.

"3: CLOSING"

- Always end the session of meditation formally, with the recitation of a closing charm and/or other formal gesture.

The blessings of the Holy Ones be on me and mine
My blessings on all beings, with peace on thee and thine
The Fire, the Well, the Sacred Tree
Flow and Flame and Grow in me
Thus do I remember the work of the Wise.

Recommended books (downloadable pdfs):

Amber Lynne Ault - Witches Wicca And Revitalization Reconsiderations
Max Heindel - Teachings Of An Initiate
Kaatryn Macmorgan Douglas - All One Wicca Book 1 Introduction


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What Are Astral Projections


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 We found this great article on Psychic Test. If offers some great insights in what Astral Projection really is and what it is like. We know, it explains mostly the basics that more experience readers have already mastered, but it's nevertheless useful and informative material.

ASTRAL PROJECTIONS are a powerful psychic tool, used only by psychics who have practiced for long periods of time, and have honed their skills well. Astral projections include both physical and emotional experiences, often also referred to as the 'out of body experiences'. Astral projections are "the first step to achieving mental telepathy as well as psychokinesis." With the help of these skills, you would be able to move objects around simply with the help of your mental powers.

OUT OF BODY EXPERIENCE


A lot of people experience such life altering events that are classified as out of body experiences. It may seem to you as if you had stepped out of your body and moved to a different plane. You may feel as if you are flying or moving through space. Such an experience may happen when you are sleeping. They may also occur when you are wide awake, in a trance or in a shock. Astral projections are another name for such out of body experiences.

THEORIES OF ASTRAL PROJECTIONS


There is no tangible way to measure what goes through when you are experiencing astral projections. A lot of experts feel that there is a kind of energy that leaves the body and moves out to go somewhere else. This energy could visit a place in the same universe, or in a different dimension. There is no way of knowing where the projection may occur. It could be in the past, or in the future. ASTRAL PROJECTIONS ARE OFTEN PRACTICED TO GIVE READINGS TO MEN AND WOMEN WHO NEED THEM. While astral projections can often be life altering, they are not of much use when it comes to readings. A psychic can help a client come into a state of trance, where astral projections may occur.

WHAT DOES ASTRAL PROJECTION FEEL LIKE?

"Astral projections may be both physical and mental." Though most people experience only one at a time, some may experience both simultaneously. If you experience a physical transportation from your body, all your senses experience it. You may experience a change in temperature, different smells and sights, and even hear certain sounds.

However, if you are not grounded completely, such an experience can be really stressful.

A MENTAL OUTER BODY EXPERIENCE IS SIMPLY A FLEETING FEELING, AND YOU WOULD NOT EXPERIENCE ALL THE SENSATIONS THAT YOU WOULD HAVE FELT IN A PHYSICAL OUTER BODY EXPERIENCE. Your outer body experience may bring in a different form of wisdom, along with a deep insight and changed visions.

TYPES OF ASTRAL PROJECTIONS


There are several different types of astral projections. Most common of these is the spontaneous outer body experience. This type of an experience comes without any warning. You know that you are experiencing an astral projection only when it actually happens. The second kind is the planned out of body experience, which is performed in a planned manner, with the help of a coach or a guide. This kind of travel is very exerting and it may take months for you to prepare your mind and body to take on such a challenge.

IS YOUR EXPERIENCE WITH ASTRAL PROJECTION SIMILAR TO WHAT IS EXPLAINED ABOVE? OR DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD TO THIS?

Recommended books (downloadable pdfs):

Thomas Voxfire - What Was Aleister Crowley
Robert Bruce - Treatise On Astral Projection


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