Yoda

We are all newbies here! I'm glad you are really taking to the practice and having fun!

I thought that Anubis and Apuat were the same dude... canine/psychopomp types as it were... Confusing territory!! Speaking of City of 8, I'm guessing that they have a numerology system going on? Does the number 8 have any meaning on it's own?

Apepch7, Feel free to get on with your life and ignore these questions... but if you have time: Who are Anubis and Thoth? Are they related? And is Anubis related to Set? Is 'scapegoating' something that goes on in Egyptian religions? Thanks! Yoda

taoistChristian, Welcome to taobums! Your pal, Yoda

I take a love-the-sin-hate-the-sinner approach on this one. Nice product. I'm not sure if there are better systems out there or not. I only wish that I could stick to doing intuflow on a regular basis. If the dork factor is too high, you might try Chia's morning meditation dvd... it's way cool too. I'd be happy to loan it out if you are in the USA assuming I can find it.

Apepch7, You are the official Taobum Egyptologist! I'm glad Omm Sety is well thought of! I'm enjoying her biography but it's certainly not for everyone... definitely far out and can be a creepy factor. (She says that when a certain spirit visits her her animals all freak out which does make me wonder at how kosher these sorts of visits are.) For anyone who wants to do additional reading, Scribd.com is a great resource for all the out-of-copyright goodies. ~~~ On the first death vs. second death thing. I read about this in John Michael Greer's discussion of vampires. Per Greer, the experience of dying as in "hovering over the body in the emergeny room" is the first death where you have complete access to the physical world and going through the "tunnel of light and seeing grandma" is the second death where you don't. In general, it is best for most of us just to go through both deaths and get on with it. But for dudes like Chinese Emperors and Pharoahs there are cultivation practices, embalming practices (got to keep the body reasonably intact), nice entombment with helper spirits, comfortable place to hang out away from sunlight, etc and a priesthood/ancestor worship system who feeds the Ka through time are all advantageous. Ideally this is done from an altruistic motivation to help guide the country's affairs and/or to conduct further spiritual practices. But all too often, the motivation is a fear of the second death in which case avoiding the second death can take on vampiric aspects especially when the ancestor worship/priestly ground support peters out. Greer believes that the original Egyptian and Chinese teachings started with good intentions and results but quickly deteriorated into vampy stuff.

I'm just finishing up "Search for Omm Sety" about a woman who studied under several Egyptologists and who believed that she could interact with 2 figures of Egyptian history. Some of it is hard for even me to believe, but an interesting read.

great thread!! I found a "No rift rife" machine for pretty cheap. Haven't actually used the sucker, but have heard that it combines well with other modalities. I wouldn't feel comfortable just relying on one technique. I'll have to look into some of these suggestions, thanks everyone. Of course, there's chikung, reiki, power crystals, thinking happy thoughts, etc, etc. but it's nice to have a proverbial sawed off shotgun for the final layer of defense.

Egyptian statues are amazing creations.

Just flipped through it briefly, but it looked like a good standard presentation.

welcome to taobums!

Swwwwweeeeeet!!! Apepch7, Probably not all of your UK pals are lined up to learn more about this, I can imagine!! I dig the evil=entanglements thing. So you get fed to Ammit not by being too evil/entangled but by not leveling with everyone about it? (mental note: be straight up and order the Osiris. ) Any reincarnation discussed? If not, what are the heavenly pastimes? What happens to the soul after being eaten by Ammit? No hell realms? Perhaps nobody has ever made it back to write about it. I've heard it said that the concept of the guardian angel in the modern western world comes from Egypt. Anything to it? I've heard it said from non-scholarly sources ( ) that much Persian/Indian/Chinese/Tibetan wisdom schools have been Egyptian inspired. Just another youtube scam? Maybe I'm revealing my pyramidiot tendencies here, but do you think there's anything to the idea that the pyramids are older than most scholars believe? Thanks again for such well articulated thoughts!! Your pal, Yoda

Apepch7, Thanks for the info, that was way awesome!!! I pride myself in being a serious Google God, but it's very humbling for me to see how hard it is to get even a rudimentary understanding on this front. Muppet Labs owes you one! The whole Christian approach of sacrificing God's life to purge sin and create a fresh new start for the world with the discovery of the resurrection by Mary M. seems paralleled to the Osiris story at least at first glance. Is there any sacrificing-to-purge-sin in the Egyptian Religion? Is there any notion of sin? I'm also really curious about the concept of heaven and hell and afterlife in Egypt. Thanks for any additional thoughts! Your pal, Yoda

Dr Andy, Good question. Don't know. My experience: Kunlun is an unwinding type of a practice (unwinding to what???) and Red Phoenix stimulates the pineal area and gives it a vibrating feeling. My experience is that the practices have been gently balancing out some of my attributes. Nothing dramatic, but in a very progress-as-promised manner which is gratifying. Your pal, Yoda

I had a lovely experience practicing under a birch tree right next to a small river the other day. Definitely want to go back. I just got a book on 'tree magic' about one guy's experience meditating with different trees and researching tree lore. I'll write up a report if it's good.

There are lots of articles like this one on nano cures for bugs, superbugs, etc. This one is about treating cancer and they say it's 5 years off. Not too far from now! This will be quite revolutionary. http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/09/24/c...s-nanotech.html

I think microbial knowledge, lizard wrassin', etc are all a blast but the "resist not evil" approach is the main card to play allowing the law of karma/attraction to operate in a smoother manner gradually allowing the rays of sweet surrender to shine on through.

fiveelementtao, Interesting background have you. Thanks for sharing. I'll be interested in what you think of Max's approach. Like what Chris said, during the breaks of the workshop lots of people approach him with quick questions and he is usually in the mood to share what he knows. Your pal, Yoda

Yay!!! I do not miss their 12 year old maturity level whatsoever. Good riddance!! Thanks Sean!!

I found this on theenigmaleague.net: http://www.tortuga.com/eng/decode/index.php I've no idea if there's any accuracy or applicability but it seems nice and positive for everyone.

Happy recent lifetime birthday Father Paul!!

If Rain went off then I have no doubt that SG deserved it... Hopefully it's all aired out now and everyone can be pals again. If not, just PM Sean and he'll do a little island council. Yoda

I've been curious to see how the other half lives, so I've been hanging out at theenigmaleague.net for the last few weeks and have found a couple other taobums there as well. It's fun to see the similarities and differences between these groups and if anyone is interested in this sort of thing, it's a good forum. But one thing holds true east and west: wizards like to scrap! Yoda

artform, Thank you so much for sharing... reminded me very much of my grandmother's passing. I could be wrong, but I believe that she has been reborn as my daughter now 8. Shontonga, I'm stoked we have a psychopomp on staff!! Love that word, too. Your pal, Yoda

Kkann, Welcome to taobums! If you've taken the kunlun seminar, they have a kunlun forum too, but this one works just as well. Your pal, Yoda