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- Subject: Re: [BardonPraxis] Re: LOVE UNCONTROLLED BY WILL
- From: "Rawn Clark" <rawnclark@...>
- Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 12:00:14 -0800
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    Dear Peter,

    Your post was quite lovely. :) I really love what you did with the
    Pattern on the Trestleboard!!!

    >> Bardon's statement about Love is a complicated one to say the very
    least. Showing much resemblence to Aliester Crowley's statement of "Love
    is the Law, the Law under a strong will." <<

    Actually, his statement in IIH was fairly straight forward. Essentially
    he was pointing out that the magician must at all times (and especially
    when interacting with astral beings) be in control of their own
    emotions. For the magician, emotion must be *intentional*, not
    reactionary, and the magician must at all times be aware of, and in
    control of, that which motivates their actions.

    >> This statement, I believe, relates to the last Tarot key, the World
    (Tav) and is something that is beautifully simplistic and complicated
    all at the same time. <<

    To tie the simplicity and complexity together, one must first examine
    the meaning of this word 'love'. As a *quality*, it is rooted in
    *attraction*. The *quantity* -- i.e., inclusiveness vs. exclusiveness --
    of attraction varies depending upon the level at which it is manifest.
    The essence of 'love' is the mental realm law of "like attracts like"
    which I've mentioned in the past. This law has its *manifest* root in
    Chesed/Gedulah in which sequence first manifests as an expression of
    degrees of similarity. It is the force which binds the infinite number
    of sequentialized parts -- which each represent a degree of *difference*
    from each other, along with a degree of similarity -- together into a
    Unity. It is the glue of Unity at every level.

    Tav represents the densest manifestation of attraction. Here the power
    of attraction is so dense that the result is Malkuth. From an
    initiatory perspective, Tav and The World represent the initiate's
    molding of their character and reshaping of their mundane life
    circumstances. In the image that I present in my "32 Paths of Wisdom
    Tarot", the initiate is shown *consciously and willfully* controlling,
    wielding and manipulating the forces which enter into Malkuth -- because
    she has established her affinity/similarity with each of the forces
    resident within her personality. Or, as it's stated in the "32 Paths of
    Wisdom" document: "The 32nd Path is called the Serving (or
    Administrative) Consciousness, because it directs the motions of the
    seven planets, each in its own proper course."

    As a glyph, the Letter Tav is composed of the Resh (the conscious
    awareness) and the Vav (the universal fixative or fixator), thus
    indicating *conscious and intentional* manifestation of the Universal
    Laws which bind all things together

    >From a magical perspective, the magician wields Tav through the
    attractive power that one thing has for another thing based upon the
    points of similarity that exist between those two separate things. The
    *differences* are combined to form a new degree of similarity and are
    the fiery ingredient which causes the unification of two things to equal
    more than the sum of their parts.

    Essential to this is the faculty of perception. One must first be able
    to fully *see* the factors one is dealing with. Or, as the Torah verse
    symbolizes it: "And Elohim *saw everything that S/He had made* and,
    behold! -- it was very good."

    In terms of emotional love, this means that one must be able to step
    back and clearly perceive what motivates and gives rise to the emotion.
    Emotional human love is really what the caution of "love *under*
    will" -- not *over* will -- is referring to. It's a warning that the
    magician must not be controlled *by* their strong emotions, specifically
    those which attract them.

    Iox asked about "true love". This is one of those phrases that is
    impossible to give just one single definition to since it is such a
    personal valuation. In terms of emotional love, its definition depends
    totally on what *you* feel and think and upon *your* personal
    experiences. For some folks, "true" love is just another name for
    extreme sexual attraction and for others it is a deep emotional
    compatibility and commitment -- both these definitions are equally
    "true" for the individuals involved. Emotional love is not composed of
    just one ingredient that can be named. At its root is attraction, but
    the human psyche is so complex that "attraction" can be a quite
    dysfunctional motivation.

    For the magician however, emotional love, *just like any other emotion*,
    must be closely examined for what it is. And its *expression* must
    become a *conscious choice* as opposed to it being an emotion that one
    is slave to. In this way at least *you* become *true* to love. Perhaps
    it's better to question how truly one loves than it is to question the
    truth of love itself. :)

    >> Though I shall be sharing my understanding of this Tarot key sooner
    or later. Most likely once I've sent off a draft to Rawn. <<

    As always, I look forward to whatever you write. :)

    My best to you,
    :) Rawn Clark
    17 Dec 2003
    rawnclark@...
    rawn@...
    http://www.ABardonCompanion.com
    http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BardonPraxis
    http://E.webring.com/hub?ring=arionthebardonwe

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