Occult

I haven't written on this topic in awhile, but my exploration of EB energetics continues. It's been a struggle grounding the romantic sphere of my life due to Sorcery and Asceticism. Constant training leads to continuous transformation and thus energetic shifts, which cause friendships to fall apart. I'm off the opinion that this falling away is inevitable. To maintain long-term relations, would require a "settling down" into a stable relational framework and given my addiction to internal training....I don't think that is an option....but I could be wrong.  I'm a cultivator at heart....but still have physical yearnings and internal training doesn't exactly cancel out your sex drive.....rather the opposite. In the spirit of trying to optimize relations and "figure out" a useful framework, I've been toying around with a few tricks and filters:  Metric-1, Female Intent.....when it comes to navigating the feminine domain, I've found ther...

Some time ago, I was doing landscaping work with a buddy of mine. All day we stood in the heat, pulling weeds from the ground, struggling with gigantic root systems. The owner left the yard unmaintained for a year......and mother nature reclaimed the land.  Anyways....there I was....shovel and glove....struggling to pull these cantankerous life-forms from the dirt and they were resisting with all there might. Stabbing, straining there roots.....they refused to yield. Here we are, human beings, at the peak of the food chain and ruling earth.....yet still struggling with fucking weeds!  It was an impressive lesson....as Malcom would say......"life finds a way". Mother nature's tenacity to "fight" and will to "survive" is extraordinary. Naturally, this is not something only in weeds......but in all species. The Martial Way is deep and extreme......this tenacity.....this will to live exemplified by the weeds, is an important "attitude" for both i...

Yesterday, I had a profound and torturous release. Laying in bed last night....internally.....my body started to vibrate.....only the intensity of this internal earthquake was beyond anything I'd ever felt before, Imagine a rip start lawn mower, that you try to pull 10k times but it won't start......then when you do finally get it on.....the force of all 10k "pulls" gets released simultaneosly. The vibrations were intense....to the point I thought I might explode and die.  The internal earthquake lasted about 10 minutes at peak intensity and I had to go outside and put my feet and hands to the ground to diffuse some of the power and stabilize my system. Suffice to say, this was a terrifying event and the most powerful psi phenomena I've ever experienced.  For those unaware, the last few years I've been ill and doing everything I can to heal. Cultivators rarely get sick.....but when karmic energies come up....no one is left unscathed. Suffice to say, this was a...

Way of the Mystic Wizard by Mathew Thomas Baker is an interesting text, it explorers a particular etherial plane which is easy access and has lots of different "spaces" (forest, oceans....etc) useful for training. Mathew's "Mystic" realm, is one of many that can be explored through out-of-body adventures. All these realms feel so mysterious and surreal at first....even when we create are own "realms" via tech, like Da Mos Cave (Path Notes by Glenn Morris) and Arthurian Kingdom (Magical Pathworking by Nick Farrell) it can still feel strange. Yet as of late, through my Shapeshifting training, I've started to understand these planes a bit better and how they subtely manifest.  I've been able to understand this through Shapeshifting training, via observing my astral qi develop and the spontaneous transformations occurring within. The Emotional Body appears as an ocean in my internal landscape and as I've expanded and stabilized my astral form, ...

 As of late, I've been reading lots of Chinese mythology. It's truly fascinating, how they have such an intuitive mixture of Buddhist, Confucian and Taoist thought, seamlessly flowing side by side. Deeply ingrained in these philosophies is the notion of the Great Wheel.....which ties back to my exploration of Wheel Sorcery. Reading these texts and seeing the concept casually explored through folk mythology is very interesting. The Great Wheel, Spirit Hierarchies (similar to medieval grimoires), Buddhas, Demons, the Jade Emperor, Nature Spirits (Midsummer Night's Dream vibes), Cultivators, Planetary Spirits.....etc.  They have a very complex and nuanced cosmogony, appearing to have been built over at-least 2000 years. I've only just begun to explore this mythology....but have found it rich and enjoyable. Looking back....my first exposure to this "world" was actually through the video game, Jade Empire. In the game, you play a martial artist moving through a thi...

I've rambled about Wheel Sorcery for awhile and decided to use AI (Grok) to research systems that use wheels. I asked this question and got the answer below: What spiritual philosophies have "wheels" as a component? Several spiritual philosophies incorporate "wheels" as a significant symbol or concept, often representing cycles, transformation, or cosmic order. Here are some notable examples:   Hinduism and Buddhism - The Chakra System : In these traditions, "chakras" are envisioned as spinning wheels or vortexes of energy within the subtle body. The term "chakra" itself means "wheel" in Sanskrit. These energy centers—typically seven main ones along the spine—are believed to govern various aspects of physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being. For instance, the root chakra (Muladhara) connects to grounding, while the crown chakra (Sahasrara) relates to enlightenment. The spinning wheel imagery reflects the flow of life force (pra...