THE |
|
a cache of usenet and other text files pertaining
to occult, mystical, and spiritual subjects. |
To: alt.magick From: glass@panix.com (Robert Scott Martin) Subject: Re: Dion Fortune Date: 28 Oct 2002 21:51:41 -0500 In article, Satyr wrote: [...] > The sea, too, is an elemental force that is best avoided, for > water is an element intimately associated with psychism. Large > bodies of water and high mountains should be avoided in > choosing a health resort for a person suffering from psychic > trouble." >Her advice to avoid the sea makes sense to me, but why high mountains >as well? I was asked this question, recently, and don't have an >answer. Any ideas? The high places are picturesque, and as such can encourage a wide range of impressions ranging from reverie to vertigo among those already predisposed to "psychic trouble." An oversensitive personality must be guarded against the urge to step over the brink (out of one motivation or another). The high places are also naked to environmental influences, including bright sunlight, alpine cold and a relatively thin atmosphere. Those unaccustomed to the climate tire easily, burn quickly and feel lightheaded or euphoric. Any of these influences (or in combination) can wreak havoc in an already overextended personality "under attack." That said, there are conditions that benefit from mountain air, just as there are conditions that benefit from the sea or the desert. Path: typhoon.sonic.net!feed.news.sonic.net!sjc70.webusenet.com!news.webusenet.com!iad-peer.news.verio.net!news.verio.net!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!panix!panix3.panix.com!not-for-mail From: glass@panix.com (Robert Scott Martin) Newsgroups: alt.magick Subject: Re: Dion Fortune Date: 30 Oct 2002 07:08:31 -0500 Organization: Mile High Club Lines: 23 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: panix3.panix.com X-Trace: reader1.panix.com 1035979712 4567 166.84.1.3 (30 Oct 2002 12:08:32 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@panix.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2002 12:08:32 +0000 (UTC) Xref: typhoon.sonic.net alt.magick:322859 In article , Satyr wrote: [vertigo and the "psychically vulnerable"] >I can see that. "Giddy" is a good description of how I've felt at high >altitudes, not necessarily from the thin atmosphere, but from the >emotional impact of the environment itself. It does seem to be a problem. Whether we frame it in terms of elemental influence, electromagnetism, psychology or physiology, there's something about the view that affects the "sensitive." Even Jesus felt the urge to throw himself off. >That is what I find a bit confusing about her remarks in general. I >find a rural setting to be restorative, and the sea and mountains in >particular have a "grounding" effect on my own constitution. Perhaps "the 'good' seek the mountains, the 'wise' seek the sea." Interesting topic. Gets at the under-respected bowels of modern occultism. Thanks for the good words.
The Arcane Archive is copyright by the authors cited.
Send comments to the Arcane Archivist: tyaginator@arcane-archive.org. |
Did you like what you read here? Find it useful?
Then please click on the Paypal Secure Server logo and make a small donation to the site maintainer for the creation and upkeep of this site. |
The ARCANE ARCHIVE is a large domain,
organized into a number of sub-directories, each dealing with a different branch of religion, mysticism, occultism, or esoteric knowledge. Here are the major ARCANE ARCHIVE directories you can visit: |
|
interdisciplinary:
geometry, natural proportion, ratio, archaeoastronomy
mysticism: enlightenment, self-realization, trance, meditation, consciousness occultism: divination, hermeticism, amulets, sigils, magick, witchcraft, spells religion: buddhism, christianity, hinduism, islam, judaism, taoism, wicca, voodoo societies and fraternal orders: freemasonry, golden dawn, rosicrucians, etc. |
SEARCH THE ARCANE ARCHIVE
There are thousands of web pages at the ARCANE ARCHIVE. You can use ATOMZ.COM
to search for a single word (like witchcraft, hoodoo, pagan, or magic) or an
exact phrase (like Kwan Yin, golden ratio, or book of shadows):
OTHER ESOTERIC AND OCCULT SITES OF INTEREST
Southern
Spirits: 19th and 20th century accounts of hoodoo,
including slave narratives & interviews
|