Re: [BardonPraxis] Re: Colour Correspondences in the Tree of Life

["Rawn Clark" <rawnclark@...>]

Dear Peter,

>> One aspect that I do not agree with
would be the idea of mind-body dualism. To me, the mind and body are
essentially one and the same. So the brain is a necessary consequence
of us having a mind, and so the mind is a necessary consequence of us
having a brain. In some respects it reminds me of the statement for
Mulkuth in the pattern on the trestleboard, "10. The Kingdom of
Spirit is embodied in my flesh." Which appears to say that
physicality is a natural consequence of the primal expression of
spirit. <<

I'm not suggesting a dualism between body and Mind. However, there is a
hierarchy of causality. In other words, physicality is a natural
consequence of a mental causality but that mental causality is not a
consequence of physicality. This hierarchy of causality is important to
the practicalities of Hermetic magic since the magician works with the
higher causalities in order to affect the lower consequences. For
example, when one wishes to directly perceive essential meaning, one
doesn't consciously activate the right hemisphere of the brain; instead,
one willfully adjusts one's mental state.

>> Moreover, over my years of studying and practicing all sorts of
esoteric things, some of which where quite questionable, I came to the
conclusion long ago that it is probably best to exhaust all possible
physiological explinations before moving into the realm of
metaphysical explinations. <<

:) That's a good attitude!

My best to you,
:) Rawn Clark
19 May 2003
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