tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8814337050017726886.post1163175063848684143..comments2023-09-01T10:08:28.177-07:00Comments on The Golden Dawn Blog: Core Magick: Lesson 1: "Meditation"Imperator David Griffinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05569334890339311989noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8814337050017726886.post-69427839762532059402019-02-02T10:49:51.375-08:002019-02-02T10:49:51.375-08:00I wil begin this method. As with other methods I h...I wil begin this method. As with other methods I have done in the past this one seems to offer a distict difference in that it presents the thought of not bothering to think that you cannot achieve a goal due to past failures, or thinking about what the goal should have been. I will get back to this blog list in a month, to impart my findings.marcus raidienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16087312766700968101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8814337050017726886.post-83019961221811987542018-12-09T22:06:16.567-08:002018-12-09T22:06:16.567-08:00Thank You
Thank You<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05436773156451311298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8814337050017726886.post-77592845484380666082018-11-21T20:51:03.182-08:002018-11-21T20:51:03.182-08:00Thank you for this assignment. Im in perfect lunar...Thank you for this assignment. Im in perfect lunar timing because its full fri. So the day of ill start officially. But for now im getting a journal book for my writings and essays thanx again.Orionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11083159272444822478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8814337050017726886.post-1896744428580051522018-11-13T07:47:34.450-08:002018-11-13T07:47:34.450-08:00Hi Leslie, David, thank you for this opportunity. ...Hi Leslie, David, thank you for this opportunity. Look forward to what comes next. You guys are the best because you have heart. Blessings, DavidAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04374241103466207469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8814337050017726886.post-85613338410781753762018-07-05T02:03:20.510-07:002018-07-05T02:03:20.510-07:00I can't wait for this magic to happen for me!I can't wait for this magic to happen for me!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12533675035831447079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8814337050017726886.post-79725218898567395122018-06-12T00:14:35.533-07:002018-06-12T00:14:35.533-07:00Muchas gracias Leslie por la información compartid...Muchas gracias Leslie por la información compartida...empezaré a trabajar en este tipo de meditación !!Ruth Rodríguezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14110026820504865741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8814337050017726886.post-19345183926880357112018-05-20T12:04:56.355-07:002018-05-20T12:04:56.355-07:00It is a blessing and a curse to be able to use the...It is a blessing and a curse to be able to use the third eye to visualize and to see into your future to see things happen before they do and for that I am blessed for that I am God!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8814337050017726886.post-65413726166384668762017-12-15T07:32:48.193-08:002017-12-15T07:32:48.193-08:00Hello and thanks for all of this great information...Hello and thanks for all of this great information. I noticed that this article was written in 2012 and the links on the reading list no longer work, out of 6 links only two work the others take you to Scribd but they have removed the reading material. Is it available elsewhere?Donaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10125541111426307045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8814337050017726886.post-76502827777074118962017-08-15T21:34:11.453-07:002017-08-15T21:34:11.453-07:00Thanks for this information! I am going to try thi...Thanks for this information! I am going to try this mediation technique. Where are the links to the books?sarah*Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04350175233626278449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8814337050017726886.post-32463492373581368412017-08-01T00:43:38.007-07:002017-08-01T00:43:38.007-07:00Really admirable post, thanks for sharing this muc...Really admirable post, thanks for sharing this much needed information of <a href="http://www.mindvalleyacademy.com/blog/mind/meditation-for-beginners" rel="nofollow">meditation</a>Enrico Galardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18114420335781163243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8814337050017726886.post-39498349442446391682017-05-18T18:05:14.595-07:002017-05-18T18:05:14.595-07:00I am very thankful for these lessons i have recent...I am very thankful for these lessons i have recently lost contact with most of my open minded associates as my facebook account and other social media pages have disabled my activities i believe more or less to hinder my enlightenment and just as i lost my facebook account the universe handed me you guys Leslie and David what you are doing is helping more souls than you will ever know i havent even ordered the book yet and i already have seen results i have a ways to go on my path so please keep them coming i need them and i know i am not the only one thank you again brother and sistet i look forward to many more of the seemingly endless unversal wisdom you two have to offerAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04951117303238729967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8814337050017726886.post-24706294420774425512013-12-29T11:54:58.491-08:002013-12-29T11:54:58.491-08:00I may be late to this discussion however I would s...I may be late to this discussion however I would say its a safe method but we are all different and some will find sitting up to meditate hard other who have done yoga easier because of problems with knees I always lay down unless I am using tarot a pack designed by my teacher years ago of which my box is the very first one. very few have this pack. anyway the keeping of the day book is essential at first I found it tedious but now many years down my path those books are my making and form important notes that I often look back to.I am first a practicing wytch second a student of hermetics but I have more than 27 years study behind me nothing cones from nothing you might hear they are wrong zero is a very important number. I enjoyed reading the posts got to the very rude person and thought here we go again childish behaviours in fighting and stupidity. so forced myself to read further now nany may not have noticed something I did. I am reading from a samsung galaxy screen not laptop and when ever something of David's or Leslie was on screen it had a shadow a reflection a transparent essence like a well practiced speach. my guides said look deeper so I did and I saw things I will keep to myself for now. I wonder did anyone ekse experience this essence. it was similar to looking diwn a well. at what laid beneath maybe its because I am well versed in magick that I see deep into a person or thing and my instinct says shhhhhhh the sound of the finger on the mouth. maybe beginners can also read a book on learning how to visualise I enjoyed that myself .nanywytchwriterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11720396208248348627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8814337050017726886.post-38555677264620938392013-12-05T20:11:01.306-08:002013-12-05T20:11:01.306-08:00Yea I was upset at that guys post also as you can ...Yea I was upset at that guys post also as you can see in my reply to him. But I thought the whole topic was wonderful and informative as well as practical/useful in daily magickal hygiene (that's the term I like to use lol) I look fwd to using it and I hope one day soon to be a official frater of AO and also Egyptian college of Isis . thanks for sharing this it has been helpful . <br />LVX<br />Jimmie Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8814337050017726886.post-62659268277866052192013-12-05T20:00:27.183-08:002013-12-05T20:00:27.183-08:00@ anonymous Wow! somebody doesn't know what th...@ anonymous Wow! somebody doesn't know what they are talking about . There are many different ways to meditate "IN FACT" (if you're going to bitch at least use proper grammar and spelling Mr. ON FACT LMAO) dancing , art , open eyes meditation, closed eyes meditation and the list goes on . Also if you are going to call her out by name in your little critique at least be a proud adult and put your name on the reply and announce yourself. I mean come on that's like coming up to someone from behind hitting them in the back of the head then running off to your friends saying "oh I really kicked this guys ass just now" anyway everyone seems to know who you are anyway and if it is you just go away you guys cant get along and any time the AO has tried to make peace you bitch and complain. NOTE I AM NOT A MEMBER OF AO OR ANY GD ORDER AS OF YET BUT I CAN HONESTLY SAY THAT I HAVE GOTTEN ALOT FROM AO I WAS ON A INDEPENDANT GD FORUM AND ASKED ABOUT JOINING A TEMPLE AND OUT OF ALL THE REPS OF GD ORDERS AO IS THE ONLY ONE THAT PERSONALLY EMAILED ME AND ANSWERED MY QUESTION . D GRIFFIN SAID THAT AO ALLOWS TRAVEL TO TEMPLES AND CORRESPONDANCE . UNLIKE OTHER GD ORDERS IN USA THAT CLAIM TO WANNA SPREAD KNOWLEDGE AND THEY WILL SELL U ALL THE BOOKS THEY WRITE , TAROT DECKS THEY PAINT, AND ''PERSONALLY HANDCRAFTED WEAPONS AND WANDS' BUT WHEN U GO TO THEIR WEBSITE THEY ARE INVITATION ONLY ORDER AND WONT ACCEPT MEMBERS SO THEY MAKE MONEY OFF YOU BUT WONT CALL YOU BROTHER OR SISTER. ANYWAY THAT WAS MY RANT IM SURE YOU WONT SEE THIS BECAUSE YOU BITCHED SOOOO LONG AGO BUT I HAD TO REPLY BECAUSE YOUR MSG WAS JUST RUDE . I TRULY HOPE YOU STOP THIS GAME AND EITHER MAKE UP AND GET ALONG OR JUST GO AWAY . GET BACK TO TRYING TO DISCOVER YOUR TRUE WILL AND YOUR HGA DO MAGICK THATS WHAT THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE ABOUT ISNT IT? OH AND IM JIMMIE BY THE WAY IM NOT AFRAID TO USE MY NAME FOR TRUTH . PLEASE REMEMBER WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT OK ? MY APOLOGIES FOR ANY DISRESPECTFUL FEEL THIS RESPONSE MAY HAVE. PEACE 93 LOVE IS THE LAW LOVE UNDER WILL . AND ALWAYS IN LVX . YAY HOGD/AO :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8814337050017726886.post-29167394983549649222012-05-14T20:24:02.048-07:002012-05-14T20:24:02.048-07:00Sincerus Renatus wrote such a great comment it nee...Sincerus Renatus wrote such a great comment it needs to be cross posted here:<br /><br />That anonymous troll contributes absolutely nothing to our discussion. His politically motivated “talking points” creates more questions than they gives answers. He says that Leslie’s presentation isn’t meditation. I wonder what he defines as meditation? Transcendental Meditation? Raja Yoga? Magic cannot simply be reduced to sitting with closed eyes and humming a mantra. Meditation isn’t per definition simply a mental exercise. Meditation may of course be such a formula of mental concentration, but it doesn’t need to be to be properly referred to as meditation. That limited concept of meditation is a modern invention.<br /><br />What Leslie has presented is in fact based on age-old techniques, some that I immediately recognized from my own practice of the Western Alchemical Tradition. That by itself proves the “Core Magic” concept. Long before the relatively “modern” approaches to meditation as represented by the TM of Maharishi, and even the Raja Yoga of Patanjali (which actually was popularised 20th Century)*, you had the alchemical paths of Tantra and Hatha Yoga, which was a more direct approach using the energetic body and the chakras. So our anonymous troll figures that Kundalini Yoga isn’t proper meditation? I hope he realize how stupid he looks when stating that.<br /><br />Concerning the chakras, notice that Lesie said the MAJOR chakras, which we today refer to as being seven. Tradition says that there are thousands of chakras distributed over the body. As an example, we have a pair of chakras in our hands. But these in not any major chakras. The ones that Leslie is addressing are the ones we find along the spine and the head. Also here we have lots more chakras than seven. This accounts for the differences between the Tibetan, Daoist and Indian tantric systems of the chakras; the number of chakras that are considered as major or emphasised. Notice that you will find the locations of the seven Hindu Tantric chakras also in the Tibetan system. <br /><br />There of course exist minor discrepancies as to the exact locations of the seven major chakras, but I can confirm that there exist an almost identical set also in the Western Hermetic and Alchemical Tradition (and I am not referring to the Qabalistic Middle Pillar here). You will find them on approximately the same physical locations as with the ones of the Tantric Tradition. Paul Foster Case understood this but misattributed them entirely. Our understanding of them may differ between the Eastern and Western Traditions, and also some of the practical approaches, but there is much which is congruent to confirm the concept of a universal (or “core”) concept of Magic and especially Alchemy.<br /><br />Also, David, I beg to differ with your Tradition vs. Science approach. I understand where you are coming from with this. However, using the definition of the word “tradition” by René Guénon and Frithjof Schuon of the Traditionalist School – i.e. the concept of the Primordial Tradition – there is no real dichotomy between “science” and “tradition”. What you are addressing here David is the cultural or temporal traditions, who are in contradistinction with the Primordial Tradition. While we may argue what Guénon and Schuon actually meant with “Primordial” I easily may see that Leslie’s definition of “Core Magic” fits this concept nicely. Take away all the temporal and cultural coats from any tradition (the peeling of an onion) and you will see the true and underlaying (i.e. primordial) tradition or core emerging. <br /><br />The Traditionalist School stresses the perennial perspective on tradition and religion – something our guest anon troll shivers at and calling “syncretism” – and that is why Lesie’s contribution to our investigation is so important, and in fact very much in line with the Traditionalist perspective. So in my humble opinion “Core magic”, “universalism” and the “primordial tradition” are all synonyms concepts.<br /><br />* http://themagazineofyoga.com/blog/2010/11/09/conversation-david-gordon-white/Nemesishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18028905630218999918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8814337050017726886.post-35040214566911750862012-05-14T09:33:09.693-07:002012-05-14T09:33:09.693-07:00This is already shaping up to be an awesome series...This is already shaping up to be an awesome series. I will also be recommending it beyond the borders of GD Land where there are many practitioners of allied Meditation and Energy Arts who will love to read more of this! <br /><br />It is so rare to encounter this level of teaching without a very high price tag in terms of time and the commitment to attend multiple seminars. Leslie is offering a great gift to the wider community here!Aletheia LVXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17762845110527318958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8814337050017726886.post-55548989107592036652012-05-14T08:24:29.741-07:002012-05-14T08:24:29.741-07:00@ Leslie,
I withdrew my earlier post involving qu...@ Leslie,<br /><br />I withdrew my earlier post involving questions about Shamanistic plants and Western occultism. After having read it again, it was not really on point with your article, so I did not want to start an off topic discussion.<br /><br />Perhaps you may cover this further in the series, though?S.V.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14485713664230077664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8814337050017726886.post-24232681534294002832012-05-14T08:10:38.566-07:002012-05-14T08:10:38.566-07:00The McGD anonymous trolls just can't stand it ...The McGD anonymous trolls just can't stand it when knowledge they do not have is in the hands of others.<br /><br />The above anon troll, instead of constructively putting forth something of substance to add to the discussion of this blog article, unleashes a torrent of nonsense intended to insult.<br /><br />I am not at all surprised, however. The McGD faction have nothing else to offer, so instead they cast anonymous stones from the shadows.S.V.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14485713664230077664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8814337050017726886.post-23518816293061649832012-05-14T07:14:39.794-07:002012-05-14T07:14:39.794-07:00I love your new blog Core Magick! it is refreshing...I love your new blog Core Magick! it is refreshing and positive and helps me to obtain what i used to obtain without even trying only i got scared and came back to body. That was then and this is now and I look forward to the next series, and will definitely use this meditation! Thanks a Bunch! Anonymous!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8814337050017726886.post-57917112432710562642012-05-14T03:48:28.609-07:002012-05-14T03:48:28.609-07:00Thank you Leslie for sharing these techniques with...Thank you Leslie for sharing these techniques with us. Its certainly a refreshing view of mixing meditation, shamanism and magick. We would love to see more articles by you on this site. We encourage you to continue on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8814337050017726886.post-57942010420799916712012-05-14T03:04:05.309-07:002012-05-14T03:04:05.309-07:00@Anon Come ON! Quit the empty moaning Nick. You ...@Anon Come ON! Quit the empty moaning Nick. You McGD'ers complain that there is no "sharing" coming out of the Adepti of this Order, then WHINE whenever there is. Your problem is that you have nothing of lasting value to offer... regurgitated dusty documents have a limited shelflife.<br /><br />Meditation comes in many varieties, and this is even true inside any given Tradition. There are those among us who have developed a synthesis of methods drawn from multiple sources and tested the results over many years, and with the assistance of Masters from the originating Traditions as well as generations of students.<br /><br />I look at Leslie's approach here and I see one that is pragmatic and safe. There are clearly elements here from more than one source, but I know that they work well together as I have tested them myself.<br /><br />What is it that you are really objecting to here anyway? You just sit behind your mask throwing out a blanket condemnation that makes only one specific claim - that Chakras do not appear in the same location in many cultures.<br /><br />Is that it? Is that all you really have to say for yourself? We can certainly go into that, but how relevant is it in the context of the Meditation as written?<br /><br />You claim this is not traditional, but some form of New Age abandonment of Tradition? There are in fact elements in this method that I have also seen in Daoism, in Nordic Shamanism and in Tantra.<br /><br />The real genius here is demonstrating the DEEP experience required to put such things together in a Praxis that works. I don't think that can ever be pulled off by those who merely read books (like McGD Trolls.)Caput Mortuumnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8814337050017726886.post-4885175120142160982012-05-13T18:44:03.407-07:002012-05-13T18:44:03.407-07:00The technique here is not meditation by any standa...The technique here is not meditation by any standard usage of the term. On fact, calling such techniques meditation is a hallmark of syncretic new ageism not tradition. It has many flaws, which since I am sure will be rejected will not be mentioned. To suggest that all cultures have the chakras in the same spots is bizarre. The are differences, just look at Tibetan and Indian systems for example. One of many. I suggest Leslie goes back to the books, where she obviously concocted this little process from, not from any actual teachings from adepts or wise folk.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8814337050017726886.post-75092070485279576622012-05-13T15:51:35.333-07:002012-05-13T15:51:35.333-07:00This is very similar to the idea of what the group...This is very similar to the idea of what the group I founded practices, same motivations, a few of the same sources, how delightful to see it on a GD blog-I have found much of the GD pracice incompatible because of the absolutes of belief and imagery vs the scentific method of this style, which I have personally found wildly successful. To see another female practitioner discussing it gives me hope they may co-habitate in my life successfully!Ms Dnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8814337050017726886.post-90397176424809585922012-05-13T13:33:12.559-07:002012-05-13T13:33:12.559-07:00Very nice work dear sister ! You have provied a ve...Very nice work dear sister ! You have provied a very concise, well informed template, for those just starting out on their meditative journey. This is just so important, since many resources publically available do not immediately get at the heart of the practice, the " core", as you do. Aspirants will no longer need to sift through the shamanic labyrinth to assimilate those basics that are essential to any meditative practice in any culture. Thank you for this valuable, refreshing contribution to our community !VH Soror V.S.R.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8814337050017726886.post-45484151931967232702012-05-13T11:49:34.390-07:002012-05-13T11:49:34.390-07:00Congratulations, Sister. Great new series.Congratulations, Sister. Great new series.Nemesishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18028905630218999918noreply@blogger.com