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# Re: Feminine / Masculine Balance

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- To: BardonPraxis@yahoogroups.com
- Subject: Re: Feminine / Masculine Balance
- From: "Regulus Magus" <RegulusMagus@...>
- Date: Fri, 21 May 2004 18:02:42 -0000
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    --- In BardonPraxis@yahoogroups.com, "Rawn Clark" <rawnclark@n...>
    wrote:
    > Dear RM,
    >
    > [text omitted]
    >
    > ;-) One thing that differentiates IIH from most of systems
    of "magick"
    > is the recognition that "the actual doing" of magic involves
    meditation,
    > introspection and the navigation of the levels of self-awareness.
    It is
    > what makes "summoning power, casting spells, and making things
    happen
    > out in the world" *magic* instead of just another ego trip.
    >
    > My best to you,
    > :) Rawn Clark

    My best to you too Rawn. Your response triggered a memory I would
    like to share.

    When I was younger and just beginning my esoteric studies I worried
    about the (seemingly) important task of choosing a path for myself.
    Should I strive to become a Hermetic mage? A Wiccan? A ceremonial
    magician? Or should I abandon it all and join the Rotary club instead?

    Around that time I had an amazingly vivid dream. Objects were somehow
    crisper and clearer than I have ever seen them. The colors were
    richer than those I see with my physical eyes.

    I found myself standing in a small clearing in the midst of an
    immense woodland. The breeze was soft and the air smelled like good
    earth and growing things. The little clearing was covered in ferns
    that reached up to my knees. It occurred to me that I shouldn't be
    stepping on things; that I should be walking on a path. I looked
    around to see if I could find one. As I was looking my gaze feel on a
    mature and very pretty woman standing in the shade of tree. I asked
    her, "Do you know where the path is?" She smiled and said, "Walk
    where you will, and that will be your path."

    At this point I took a notion that I was going to go on some sort of
    nature hike. If I didn't stick to the path then I might miss
    something important. So I asked the woman, "But how will I learn if I
    don't walk on the path?" She smiled affectionately and said, "That is
    the miracle of creation. You are completely free to choose where you
    set your feet but no matter where you walk you will find the lessons
    you need to learn."

    So who knows why other people walk where they do? Some people study
    magick to find wisdom. Lots do it to address the primordial goals of
    sex, wealth, and status in the community. In my own case, I study
    because I seek wonder in a world that seems overburdened with mundane
    concerns.

    There is an old saying that when the student is ready the teacher
    will come. I think the teacher is Life and that She is always at the
    student's side. When the student is ready he will (at last) notice
    Her, standing there quietly, under a tree.

    Sincerely, /RM/

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