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# Memories of Franz Bardon

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- Subject: Memories of Franz Bardon
- From: "pug8126007" <rscott@...>
- Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2004 07:51:24 -0000
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    Dear Group

    RE: Memories of Franz Bardon

    Just over a week ago, I managed to locate a copy of the recently
    published book: Memories of Franz Bardon by Dr Lumir Bardon & Dr M.K.

    I seem to remember someone mentioning having read an earlier edition,
    I just wanted to offer my own thoughts on the english version.

    In the past year I've been struck by how little reading I manage
    to
    get done nowadays, well, this little book I managed to read in one
    session ? and definitely worthwhile. Its thinness defies the
    potential impact of its content.

    Though I hold Franz Bardon's IIH system in very high esteem, he
    puts
    very little of himself in his three works, besides his general tone
    and manner of writing. His intellect is there, but not the
    personality. Which is all very well, and indeed appropriate, given
    their purpose.

    Some have pointed to `Frabato' as offering insight into
    Bardon
    himself. I remember being very disenchanted with this piece, more so
    after I had read his main works. It struck me as the literary
    equivalent of a patch-work quilt, and imagining that Bardon wrote it
    himself only served to knock my own estimation of him. So, it was
    with a degree of relief when I later discovered that it was pasted
    together by his secretary, after his death. After which, I was able
    to re-read it without a problem.

    Yet still, though `Frabato' is interesting, for me, it failed
    to
    offer either any true insight into Bardon, or move me to the extent
    that `Memories' has done so.

    `Memories' portrays a very `human' side to a man of
    remarkable
    spirituality and abilities. The dedication, the kindness, the
    mistakes, the hardships he endured. Through his son Lumir, and his
    disciple M.K, one can build a picture of a man who lived and breathed
    the essence of Hermetics, helping others in big ways and small, all
    the while fulfilling a divine mission, and indirectly, raising a
    family.

    This was something I remember Rawn mentioning somewhere, emphasizing
    that he was still, very human. This book has helped me understand a
    bit more of what Rawn meant by that, on an emotional level, rather
    than just intellectually.

    It's one thing to appreciate the value of the IIH system, another
    to
    recognise, in some small way, what it took to get it here. I guess
    the greatest tribute to Bardon is to complete the regimen he worked
    so arduously to set out. Nonetheless, the greatest impact this book
    had on me was that I was left with a feeling of immense gratitude
    towards Franz Bardon personally. Not just an intellectual gratitude,
    but a deeply emotional one, which is quite unusual for me.

    Besides offering a valuable insight into Franz Bardon himself, it
    offers further additional insights in a variety of other areas,
    dependant in part upon the student's own interests.

    I guess each reader will get something slightly different from the
    book, but I would definitely recommend it.

    Regards

    Richard

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