Experiment #2 - collective consciousness

[Azaziel]

Since our last experimental thread has disappeared into the ether I thought perhaps it is time to regroup for experiment #2.

For this experiment we will try and tap into the Germanic people's group consciousness and explore the rune for wealth:

http://images.facade.com/i/r/gold/r11.jpg

Fehu represents cattle the Norse symbol of wealth. This rune has some interesting implications based on the fact that cattle, unlike land, move about of their own accord. Cattle also reproduce, so this rune often speaks of wealth that renews or perpetuates itself. Wealth takes many forms, but this rune generally represents the value that is purely material or monetary in nature. Alternatively, this rune is deeply associated with Frey, and hence can be the harbinger of fertility and children.

Source: Facade.com (http://www.facade.com/runes/?Deck=gold&Reading=cross&Name=Anonymous)


The grimoire:


When next enjoying a good shag or masturbating, as you approach orgasm shift your focus from the sexual experience to visualising the fehu (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fehu) rune above. I see it in emerald green (emerald green is the colour I see the elemental Earth) with a circle around it, but use whatever format you are comfortable with.

Visualise it glowing brighter and brighter as the energy builds and focus your entire attention on it as your wave crashes into orgasm.

The idea is to determine whether tapping into the collective consciousness of the Germanic nations shifts the experience of physical reality into a wealthier world through the subconscious mind.

Since it is also a symbol of fertility, it might be prudent to employ some form of contraception for some time afterwards if you are fertile and not planning on pregnancy.

[Azaziel]

When working on the astral for the purpose of altering physical reality, it is useful to clear a space in the mind to avoid infectious thought from ruining the work. The method I have trained in and which seems to work quite well is to project pentagrams around myself in each of the four elemental quarters in combination with hexagrams above and below.

The pentagrams are fairly powerful symbols in the human psyche, representing the microcosm, or Man. The hexagrams represent the macrocosm, or the Universe.

Basically, the idea is to create a protective sphere around oneself which is devoid of thought forms while invoking the power of the Universe, or Light.

A good introduction to this technique is set out in Michael Donald Kraig's book, Modern Magick, a ritual which he has called the Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram, or LBRP.

This is merely one suggestion; there are other ways to banish and the point I am making is that it is useful to create a "clear zone" devoid of random thought before performing magick of the kind described above.

[Thetalpha]

I shall try too. Fehu is a very geometrical, yet non-symmetrical rune. I've always found her interesting. Yes, I did just refer to a rune with 'her'. Maybe it's because 'die Rune' is feminine in German, maybe it's because I percieve runes to be female.

@Tolka: And, interestingly, Freya begins with Fehu.

[Thetalpha]

Our brain is in fact just a lump of bits of knowledge. The more of these we interconnect, the more understanding and wisdom and intelligence we have. That's expressed in the idiom "counting one and one together"

[Azaziel]

Its interesting that you see it as green which is the colour of Venus, Freya, and generally anything to do with fertility.

I shall give it a go. Ps. the money sigil seems to have worked a treat. Im done well for myself at the moment. We decided on another thread that CERN was deleting our threads because of an obherent particle travelling back through time that they had created in the future. If this is not the case, I blame it completely on god damned microsoft. :D its always a safe bet they're something to do with a computer going wrong

Thanks for the feedback Tolka.

I started my career as a UNIX systems programmer and suddenly found myself working for Microsoft UK for seven years. I don't think Microsoft has anything to do with our postings being deleted.

[Azaziel]

Our brain is in fact just a lump of bits of knowledge. The more of these we interconnect, the more understanding and wisdom and intelligence we have. That's expressed in the idiom "counting one and one together"

Nice take on consciousness. We grow through new experiences.

[Thetalpha]

Exactly my point :)

[Azaziel]

You are of course aware that there is no support for runes actually being used with magic right? That the whole concept of rune magic is from what we know a modern concept?

We develop. We evolve, we grow. Modernism draws on the collective knowledge of the human race; to stop learning is to die.

Runes are part of the collective consciousness and that is what we are exploring here. Your agenda is not part of the program, so either integrate or cease giving your worthless, snide comments from the sideline.

[Azaziel]

I do not think that information is worthless at all. When using a rune in any magic it helps to be aware that most of what has been written about runes from a magical angle is pure fiction. You could just as well use Klingon. Which would be totally excepted by a chaos magician.

Yes it would. You miss the point though.

[Thetalpha]

I do have to agree with MrK here. The Magick works, but it is not the rune that is Magick, it is the human that makes it Magick and assigns a symbol to it.

[Azaziel]

The runes work because they have been around for a long time and have become part of the Germanic consciousness, which this experiment taps into.

[Thetalpha]

Anyway... ...I just carried out the experiment. I really felt the energy flow through my body, and for a moment I seemed to make a mind travel.

[Azaziel]

Anyway... ...I just carried out the experiment. I really felt the energy flow through my body, and for a moment I seemed to make a mind travel.

Thanks for participating. Please provide feedback over the coming week on how it has affected your life experience.

[Azaziel]

I tried to go back to it being carved.
I was a young boy and I was trying to engrave it into a rock. My mother was calling. thats all for now. I have a headache. il keep going back bit by bit each day

Fascinating. Would love to know more.

[Thetalpha]

I do sincerely hope you're being sarcastic.

[ZeldaFitz]

I do sincerely hope you're being sarcastic.

She's not!

[Thetalpha]

Then she doesn't make sense... ..."She Devil", and then so godly.

Also, God isn't the name of the Lord, YHWH is. There. Now I did it. I'll go to hell. No I won't, I'm buddhist :p :D

[Thetalpha]

I'm afraid I'm from a very God-ignoring family who doesn't believe in the idea that God cares for pretty much anything. I'm sure actually of all the things that he doesn't care about, I would imagine that this would be very low on his list. Christian ideas of what God wishes are not something that I follow as I am not theistic. That said if anyone is offended by anything I say, they can go bake themselves some ice cream (to import a German idiom). :D :p

[Thetalpha]

very high on his list, I meant.

[Bokeh]

You are of course aware that there is no support for runes actually being used with magic right? That the whole concept of rune magic is from what we know a modern concept?
... your point being?

It sounds like you're implying that it's not worth doing.

As much as I don't think this is a very controlled "experiment" I'm not too worried how old it is.

All magick must be created. Why should the only measuring stick for its worth be how old it is?

The first recorded instance of the LBRP is from Eliphas Levi - so we're only talking ~150 years ago. Does that mean it was crap 149 years ago? When did it become good enough to be the foundational practice for many 20th Century magicians?

You might want to think about your own value system for what makes a good ritual before you poo-poo creativity. Maybe get some Chaos Magic up ya - it's a good antidote for dogma.