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# Re: Initiation Into Hermetics Primer

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- Subject: Re: [BardonPraxis] Initiation Into Hermetics Primer
- From: "Rawn Clark" <rawnclark@...>
- Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2004 13:57:08 -0800
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    Dear John,

    >> Rawn....in your commentary, you say that a person with a strong Od is
    outwardly gregarious and active, while a weak Od is personified by
    passivity and shyness.....this strikes me as rather simplistic. Would
    you please clarify? <<

    Well, I wrote a bit more than just that summation. :) Here's the rest
    of the text:
    ===============
    The "Od":

    Bardon mentions "Od" in passing but doesn't really explain what he means
    by this term. I've heard several definitions of Od but from what I've
    gleaned of Bardon's definition, he is referring to the character of the
    individual or, in other words, the individual's expression of their
    particular Elemental composition.

    The Od is primarily Electric in nature. Simply put, it is the energy
    that we each express through our accumulated thoughts and emotions. At
    the mental level, it is our attitude and the quality/quantity of our
    ideas, seen by how they influence others -- in other words, their
    emanation. In astral terms, the Od is our astral character or emotional
    composition, again in its emanative phase of influencing our
    surroundings. As to our physical body, the Od is the vitality we bring
    to life and express through our actions. Thus, one with a strong Od is
    generally outwardly gregarious and active, and one with a weak Od is
    passive and shy.

    These three aspects of the Od work in unison to produce the overall Od.

    One place where Bardon speaks of the Od is in the little book "Questions
    and Answers", under the Astral heading (page 50, question #21). This
    question concerns astral healing methods and gives an important clue as
    to what Bardon means by Od:

    "We draw this accumulated vital energy directly from the universe and
    direct it into the astral body of the ailing person without passing it
    through our own body. Through this we prevent the weakening of our own
    vitality and at the same time prevent the mixing of our Od (character)
    with the Od of the ailing person; otherwise we can infect ourselves with
    the negative attributes of the patient."

    While Bardon speaks here only of the Od in relation to astral healing,
    the same can be said of the mental Od in mental healing and the physical
    Od during physical healing.
    =====================

    My best to you,
    :) Rawn Clark
    02 Jan 2004
    rawnclark@...
    rawn@...
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- References:
  - Initiation Into Hermetics Primer
    - From: "John Langston" <jcanslim@...>

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