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Bashar - The Alchemist

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I love you, Kio. I have the feeling that if we were to meet in person, we would be fast friends and brothers in the Art.

 

But this bit...

 

 

Which is it? :-)

 

Anyway...

 

 

 

First, "Soul" in the inner alchemical sense is usually considered to be pure and incorruptible. Imagine for instance, I were to propose to you that we engage in an operation to purify your Higher Genius. Sounds quite silly, doesn't it? 

 

Secondly, the teacher-student relationship is required in the inner work (which is what noonespecial was referring to, as always). It is not possible to pull oneself up by their own bootstraps in this work, something that is proven rather early on. We cannot see our own nonsense, as it were.

 

Well put, now why do you think all the sages spent so much time praying in their labratories. lol.

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A fair question. QBL is the Qabalah, the oral transmission. It runs parallel to and complements alchemy. One way of conceptualizing the two is to compare QBL to pure science while alchemy is somewhat akin to physics or engineering. It is probably in the long run more effective than alchemy as an initiatic tradition if one measures this in terms of pure numbers.

 

Like alchemy, QBL is transmitted from adept to pupil. However, there is much you can (and must) do to prepare yourself. I can offer you some suggested reading.

 

A Garden of Pomegranates by Israel Regardie is a frequent starting point.

 

Secret Wisdom of the Kabalah by J Fuller.

 

Origins of the Kabalah by Gershom Scholem. I studied this perhaps 15 years ago and remember it being a challenging read.

 

The Tree of Life by Israel Regardie.

 

For something a bit more guided and experiential, the first five years of the BOTA courses are well regarded (up to, but not including, the "Great Work").

 

I will offer a few further pieces of advice based on personal experience.

 

First, the books will lay an intellectual foundation but I should forewarn you that there are many different systems of the QBL and they vary somewhat from teacher to teacher. You may even find that the teacher has two different systems, one which is presented to the novice and another reserved for the practicing student. Point here being that you should remain flexible.

 

Second, everything you learn may be quickly demolished by practice. The map is not the road. Remain flexible.

 

Third, the QBL can be taken too far IMO. After many years of study, I determined that gematria held no value for me. I am sure that there are those who have the required inner wiring for this, but I am not one of them. Others build up impressive intellectual edifaces which devolves into religious legalism and I also believe this to be a mistake (one I have made myself). Ultimately, that which one really needs from the QBL is far more limited than one might suppose after reading the many books written on the subject.

 

Finally, it is my opinion (though not merely my own) that the QBL is not "owned" by the Judaic current, though I believe that theirs has taken on a very discrete form from the western esoteric one. Something to keep in mind as you pursue your studies as the two systems do not seem to me to very compatible.

 

UFA

 

 

I liked that post. In other places I have been donged on the head for sprouting such opinions .....   no dongs applicable here  IMO . 

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The answer to that question is only found in the first stages of the work.

 

UFA

 

Indeed, I've been interested in the role of Grace in lab work. 

 

Whats going on here:

 

 

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For something a bit more guided and experiential, the first five years of the BOTA courses are well regarded (up to, but not including, the "Great Work").

 

The course isn't well regarded after 5 years? Why is that?

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The course isn't well regarded after 5 years? Why is that?

 

If you want to start a thread on the BOTA and the work of Paul Foster Case, maybe we can get into it there.

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