For the sake of simplicity and my ever-weakening memory, I am breaking my current spiritual mindset down into three areas: Paradigm, Path, and Practice.
Paradigm: At the highest, philosophical level, I follow the modern mindset of synthesis. As the blind men around the elephant need to compare notes, I want to find the thread of wisdom in every individual, group, or age. As the Golden Dawn mixed Kabala, astrology, alchemy, and tarot as well as Christian and Egyptian symbolism, so I seek to blend many eclectic sources. The main streams I see crossing now are the empiricism of science, the inclusion of perspectivism, the individual sovereignty of Thelema, the mainstream love of Agape, and the evolutionary progress of Becoming. Path: This level focuses on the actual walk of life, apart from the abstract philosophy and religion of the "Paradigm" level. Right now, having been influenced by several years of working with a dark priestess and eight months in a witches' coven, I feel led to walk a left hand path. These are the practical characteristics I see on my LHP: alternative or "other," solitary, Self-sovereign, inclusive, dark themed, shadow oriented or focused on dark deity, transgressive, free, with personal responsibility for integrity and, for me, grace for all people, short of the abusive. Practice: My practice now focuses on altar work and astral journeys as well as high and practical magick. I seek spiritual disciplines such as study, meditation, and I am open to spiritual gifts such as divination, heling, energy work, channeling, dreams, or visions.
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