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Transcript passage · Unknown · 58:12

Circuit of Force, Magnetic Interchange, Polarity Magic, Astral Light, Etheric Charge/Forces

Relevant chapter: Addiction, Desire, and Spiritual Stagnation

stop." No, you can't stop. You know, deal with that. Sit with that for a [ __ ] while. You don't want to stop because you can't stop because it would suck to stop. >> But ultimately, it would be what was the most healthy for you, >> for sure. >> So, well, that's it's the whole thing, you know. It's amazing. Jaco Willing, you know, he says it perfectly. If you want to like look to people in the mainstream, discipline is freedom. If you can't say no, you're not free.

Related books: Esoteric Mythology, Ætheric Magic, Three Books of Occult Philosophy

Transcript passage · Sky Mathis & Ike Baker · 46:07

The Vatican & the Jesuit Order — Hidden Currents in the Church of Rome

Relevant chapter: Ignatius of Loyola and the Society of Jesus

Jesus do you see it as something that's that is just not something that had an official title until this particular time or what would you make it no I I I I think I think the Society of Jesus the Jesuits um they were the specific invention of at least in my estimation they were they were a consequence of Ignatius of Loyola this was one of the most learned and spiritually disciplined men of his age I mean he was he was a polymath he was a traveler he was brilliant um brilliant people aren't always the most

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Transcript passage · Unknown · 25:45

Drew Mackinnon: Teleology of the Temple

Relevant chapter: Psychedelics, substances & spiritual shortcuts

consuming, right? We're all consuming whether it's from school, whether it's from TV, you're consuming, but um there's no idea of consuming source in any of it. It's like, hey, this guy's got the answers or this doctor's going to feed me, pump me full of testosterone so I can get big, you know, instead of just like, hey, discipline diet, all these things. So, we've eliminated ritual and creating self-ritual. Whereas, if we go into the routine of consumerism, right? There's always a

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Transcript passage · Unknown · 1:25:07

Drew Mackinnon: Teleology of the Temple

Relevant chapter: Morality, discipline & esoteric traditions

manipulative. Because I I think the best way that I could play the best way that I could make a distinction between black and white magic is selfishness versus selflessness. Um and lots of people, right, the road to to hell is paved with good intentions. Um I don't have any specific intentions. I try not to have. Sometimes they pop up, right? But that's just part of the spiritual journey is like, okay, when am I you got to notice when you're passing something off to just another ego and then kind of nip that in the

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Transcript passage · Unknown · 1:26:13

Drew Mackinnon: Teleology of the Temple

Relevant chapter: Morality, discipline & esoteric traditions

Neoplatonic material. He didn't want to translate diamond as demon, so he translated it as genius. And so we get that straight out of the Neoplatonic material. And it's essentially the linking of the lower persona um to the transcendent aspect of of our spiritual onlogical chain which can act as a mediator between us and the ineffable deity and then you are to be led based on the prompings of that aspect of yourself. And the the interesting thing is that it doesn't usually the thing the way your life

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Transcript passage · Unknown · 1:26:50

Drew Mackinnon: Teleology of the Temple

Relevant chapter: Morality, discipline & esoteric traditions

turns out and the things that you do and the ways that you are encouraged the the endeavors that you are encouraged to to sort of pursue they don't necessarily appear to be even remotely similar to what we might consider in the modern day as spiritual you know a lot of the times and that's not just my own experiences other other golden dawn adepty that I that I do not many of them but there that I do speak with, you know, who have attained way more of a connection to that than I have. Um, and yeah, it's

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Transcript passage · Unknown · 1:27:21

Drew Mackinnon: Teleology of the Temple

Relevant chapter: Morality, discipline & esoteric traditions

kind of like, yeah, I, you know, you have all these ideas that you're going to be some sort of spiritual magician priest and it's basically it'll tell you like what job to take, >> you know, and it's like I don't want to do this, you know, like why do I have to do this, but you just do it, you know? There's there's so there's so many available to people that are interested in you know whether even with your with the with just tarot right we just I just went to your

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Transcript passage · Unknown · 34:58

Liminality and Species of Initiation

Relevant chapter: Discipline, Hierarchy & Modern Resistance to Initiation

know, you talk to people and they're like they talk about how like frustrating it was and you did all this [ __ ] beforehand. You pumped your [ __ ] head full of stuff like how I what to expect. What is a spiritual experience? And then you go through this completely archaic system that has hierarchy which nobody likes anymore. um requires discipline, which nobody likes anymore. You know, it's these things are not in vogue. They're not they're not systems that normal that like modern people

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Chapter match · Sky Mathis & Ike Baker · 0:00

The Magi and the Pre-Socratics — Occult Roots of Philosophy

Relevant chapter: Democritus: Travels, Influences & Gymnosophists

A focused passage on democritus, travels, influences, gymnosophists from The Magi and the Pre-Socratics — Occult Roots of Philosophy.

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Chapter match · Sky Mathis & Ike Baker · 0:55

The Magi and the Pre-Socratics — Occult Roots of Philosophy

Relevant chapter: Democritus & Hippocrates: Observation and Reputation

A focused passage on democritus, hippocrates, observation, reputation from The Magi and the Pre-Socratics — Occult Roots of Philosophy.

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Chapter match · Sky Mathis & Ike Baker · 4:48

The Magi and the Pre-Socratics — Occult Roots of Philosophy

Relevant chapter: Ancient Knowledge of Earth’s Shape

A focused passage on ancient, knowledge, earth, shape from The Magi and the Pre-Socratics — Occult Roots of Philosophy.

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Chapter match · Sky Mathis & Ike Baker · 5:21

The Magi and the Pre-Socratics — Occult Roots of Philosophy

Relevant chapter: Atomism, Space & the Nature of Reality

A focused passage on atomism, space, nature, reality from The Magi and the Pre-Socratics — Occult Roots of Philosophy.

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Chapter match · Sky Mathis & Ike Baker · 6:41

The Magi and the Pre-Socratics — Occult Roots of Philosophy

Relevant chapter: Infinite Space & Zero-Point Concepts

A focused passage on infinite, space, point, concepts from The Magi and the Pre-Socratics — Occult Roots of Philosophy.

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Chapter match · Sky Mathis & Ike Baker · 7:51

The Magi and the Pre-Socratics — Occult Roots of Philosophy

Relevant chapter: Irrational Numbers & Chaos in Nature

A focused passage on irrational, numbers, chaos, nature from The Magi and the Pre-Socratics — Occult Roots of Philosophy.

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Chapter match · Sky Mathis & Ike Baker · 8:27

The Magi and the Pre-Socratics — Occult Roots of Philosophy

Relevant chapter: Ancient Paradoxes: Is Movement Real?

A focused passage on ancient, paradoxes, movement from The Magi and the Pre-Socratics — Occult Roots of Philosophy.

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Chapter match · Sky Mathis & Ike Baker · 9:34

The Magi and the Pre-Socratics — Occult Roots of Philosophy

Relevant chapter: Limits of Modern Scientific Understanding

A focused passage on limits, modern, scientific, understanding from The Magi and the Pre-Socratics — Occult Roots of Philosophy.

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Chapter match · Sky Mathis & Ike Baker · 10:14

The Magi and the Pre-Socratics — Occult Roots of Philosophy

Relevant chapter: Non-Physical Technologies: Meditation & Vision Work

A focused passage on physical, technologies, meditation, vision from The Magi and the Pre-Socratics — Occult Roots of Philosophy.

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Chapter match · Sky Mathis & Ike Baker · 11:38

The Magi and the Pre-Socratics — Occult Roots of Philosophy

Relevant chapter: Chaldeans, Persians & Ancient Near Eastern Cultures

A focused passage on chaldeans, persians, ancient, eastern from The Magi and the Pre-Socratics — Occult Roots of Philosophy.

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Chapter match · Sky Mathis & Ike Baker · 13:01

The Magi and the Pre-Socratics — Occult Roots of Philosophy

Relevant chapter: Chaldean Oracles & Fragmentary Tradition

A focused passage on chaldean, oracles, fragmentary, tradition from The Magi and the Pre-Socratics — Occult Roots of Philosophy.

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