Jung, Alchemy and Magick
By aayawa
An updated and improved version of this post is here
Tags: alchemy, Jung, Magick, Ouspenky, shamanism
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March 12, 2009 at 2:17 am |
Dear Alex,
You are familiar with the work of Carlos Castaneda? Granted that the journeys he mentioned were always with the use of peyote or other hallucinogenic plants, it still relates very much to this post, as it details twelve years of work of a Ph.D. candidate from Berkeley.
The scholars dismiss his work as pure imagination or hallucinations, induced by the drugs, even the mythical shaman in his stories.
Nevertheless, it points to those who are not skeptical about what is seen not being real.
We create our realities, moment to moment, depending on how it will help us in our spiritual paths.
The scholarly books on Zen discusses that the Buddha never answered questions about metaphysics as they are not conducive to spiritual development. To me this means that the experiences are real and that the Buddha never answered them because humans tend to get fascinated with the seeming “bending” of the physical laws.
However we are here in this world to experience and if experimenting with magic is part of our path, then so be it.
“Om gate, gate, parasamgate, bodhi svaha”
warmest regards,
Melinda M. Sorensson