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We don't talk about "Ego"

"'anamorphic polymorphic ego' nascita(birth)" by tommy the pariah[away] is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

 So recently I've been indulging myself into books that delve into the deeper sides of chaos magick. Most of what I've read are methods of achieving a positive headspace. In most cases, a negative headspace is caused by pre-existing illness or ill-attended self-care. Magick, including mystic arts, religious practices and educational facilities thrive off positivity, as it is needed to achieve flow: the mental state associated with full mental immersion, better output and absorption of information.

One of the methods explained in Postmodern Magic by Patrick Dunn. I'll be paraphrasing from here. Sitting in a place high in sensory stimulation can induce magickal flow. Somewhere like a mall with lots of talking, for example. But not to the point of sensory overload. The has to be enough variety of stimuli to cause mental turbulance. Listen with all of your senses, but breathe as you would normally. Convince yourself it's speaking directly to you. Allow the sensations to happen, while observing them passively without affecting them.

You might be wondering: "Why did he mention 'Ego' in the title?". That's the entire point. In magickal practices, whether purely psychological, like tulpamancy, or fantasy-like, like energy work, there are some baseline mental states we need to have access to for the actual practice itself. If you could somehow "tuck the ego away" for just a few seconds and live in the moment, or be present, you can access that critical mental state needed to yield adequate results for the practice. And in all honesty, even in the mystic Sadhguru's words— that you is the real you. For a minute moment you tucked away your past experiences, your trauma and insecurities; and experienced a small fraction of your true self.

By the way, Postmodern Magick by Patrick Dunn is amazing. Read it. The exercises in the first few chapter will not clash with your beliefs. So you don't have to worry about that at all. If you want to experience more, you've got to feel more and know more. I was going to do this more in-depth, but we'll see in the future if I'm up to writing about psychological topics that overlap with chaos magick. 

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