Back from the Living Dead...

(A Personal Revelation)

Psychoactive experiences are by no means safe. They should not be embarked upon when one is too young for they disturb the natural development of ones mind and spirit (or ones ego and super ego if you prefer!)Nor are they a wise habit to fall into, indulging in them for their own sake. However, if the seeker, or user, is confident of the personal integrity of their own motives, if they are aware of the inherent dangers involved and fully prepared to face them head on, blaming nobody but themselves for any subsequent consequences and finally if they are not acting out of any kind of dependence on the substance in question, then exploratory “Psy A E's” can be used as a valid and fruitful facet of their own magical adventure and journey of self discovery. However, it is important for the neophyte to remember that magic is as alive and vital in the world of matter as it is in the world of mind. There is nothing more intrinsically magical than a physical reality for all physical realities are the achieved ambitions, or realised visions, of magical creativity. Magical creativity is the offspring of motivation (desire, will etc.) coupled with vision (idea, concept etc.). Therefore, all physical realities begin in an embryonic state of existence as purely magical, that is to say imagined, concepts. The process of transformation from an imagined concept to a physical reality is described in the “Lightning Flash” of the development of consciousness portrayed and experienced in the Kabbalic tradition of the Tree of Life.

My experience has been such that I have found myself believing that between Vision and Will is a symbiotic relationship, in a way a kind of metaphysical constant motion machine. The power generated by this relationship differs for each individual but is present in all of us to some degree, and as we go through life, experiencing our own ideas and forming our own desires, this generated power of “Magical Creativity” builds up until such a time as it reaches something like a critical mass. At this point it must be dissipated, and I say “must” because there are no exceptions, like gravity must attract! Now I find that there are as many ways of dissipating this energy as there are human activities. Ideally the resultant actions that we use to disperse our personal energy will be positive ones, that is to say truly creative. However, this can only really be achieved if we have arrived at a state of Pure Consciousness, a state where our Will and our Vision are united in their intent to be effective as a means, however slight, of improving the state of being human, that is to say developing human consciousness and expanding human awareness. By this we ultimately encourage a mind set, or cultural environment, that encourages higher levels of tolerance and of co-operation, better understanding of our fellow human beings whatever their condition or beliefs and ultimately more compassion for the suffering of life in all of it's manifest forms. Problems arise with our behaviour if we are in any way repressed from expressing or dispersing our own “Magical Creativity”.

A terrible and ever present danger to those people who are creatively highly developed, (or to put it another way have a highly active imagination, a powerful internal life) is the tendency to overlook the importance of physical realities and to see Vision as an end in itself, missing the need for action engaged by Will. These individuals (of which I surely am one) can become caught in a cycle of feeding their own Magical Creativity back into the process of imagining, failing to engage the Will  and thus intensifying their own experience of their imagined reality. This leads to an unbalance in their own psycho-spiritual self and will eventually force them to release this build up of intense Magical Creative Power in dangerous and reckless ways that will be harmful to themselves and often to those around them. The danger of relying too heavily on psychoactive experiences is that it encourages this destructive cycle, that is to say it creates an environment where this cycle is more probable and more likely to become a dangerous reality, and only the most highly developed of individuals can avoid this. I am not such an individual!

In my opinion and experience the world is full of people, like myself, who would have made powerful magicians had they not fallen into this trap by being distracted early in their journey by the wonders and pleasures of psychoactive experiences.

So, my point is…?

Please be aware of the dangers, and look after your own mind!

Love Courage and Strength to you all.

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