tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66511919395144840212024-02-19T07:23:13.234-08:00TIAMATRIXEnter the Mystery Cult of the Tiamatrix.
A blog of the Occult, Magick, Mysticism, and Philosophy. Samuelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02747912170224207350noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651191939514484021.post-56625961455282153562013-09-02T16:30:00.001-07:002013-09-02T16:33:13.122-07:00I didn't expect this kind of Spanish Inquisition.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Mistaking ones preferred occult current for absolute truth is an error I have been encountering more and more as I become involved in the Esoteric community.<br />
I keep seeing people saying "This is wrong!" about very subjective concepts and tools, when saying, "This doesn't mesh very well with this particular school of thought in this particular branch of the western esoteric tradition.”, would be far more accurate.<br />
One of the greatest 'Metatruths' I've ever discovered, regardless of it's original context is, “Nothing is True. Everything is Permitted.”. I take it as a meditation on the nature of the universe, and use it internally as a refutation of the concept of hierarchy. Just as “As above, so below” is not only a statement on how magic functions, but also a statement on the illusionary nature of spiritual hierarchies in general.<br />
I would say that these two ideas should be paired together, and used as a guide when navigating magic, and when dealing with the various entities one encounters in an evocation.<br />
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As above, so below.<br />
Nothing is true, everything is permitted.<br />
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How can one cast down other peoples spiritual/magical methods when one has encountered these ideas?<br />
One can make an argument on the effectiveness of certain techniques from a personal perspective, but to say something is “wrong” is to make an appeal to some sort of absolute authority. And if you believe there is an absolute authority and that your preferred magical system/current is the One-True™ system ordained by God, you've descended into fundamentalism. And if you've done that, you have to either pile on the cognitive dissonance necessary to ignore the literally thousands of effective indigenous magical systems and syncretic systems, or you have to declare all those systems as “evil” or “demonic”, and sound just like the worst of the rabid priests of orthodoxy.</div>
Samuelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02747912170224207350noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651191939514484021.post-65096878016204692412013-09-01T18:20:00.003-07:002013-09-01T18:21:59.970-07:00The real secret of the Mystery Cults<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: small;">It is my
opinion/contention that most, if not all, of the grand secrets of the
Mystery Cults of the ancient world and even early Hermeticism
(Blasphemy!), were actually ceremonies with entheogens as their
primary catalyst. You went through initiations to move through the
grades, and were tested on your knowledge, all to prepare you to
Touch the cosmic. As anyone with a working knowledge of psychedelics
will tell you, tripping for the first time by yourself can have
disastrous results. Now imagine if your first trip was after you had
learned a strong mythological context, with a pre prepared ceremony r
ritual to guide you through it? And you thought listening to Dark
side of the moon on mushrooms was amazing. I truly feel like this is
the keystone to the mysteries. And I feel it's why most of the Modern
Mystery schools all seem so hollow. Yes there is still a great deal
for the modern Adept to glean from the Esoteric societies, but it is
a faint shadow of true communion/revelation.</span></h5>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Having performed the LRBP
using Entheogens, I can tell you with some certainty that it is a</span>
wholly/Holy different and powerful experience. I would even go so far
as to suggest that the reason High magic in the Hermetic tradition is
so concerned with sacred geometries is precisely to instill order in
the potential chaos of the entheogenic experience.
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Also I would hazard a guess, as I
haven't done the work on this myself, that Evoking a spirit to
visible manifestation would be more likely successful. Almost as if
that was how it was originally intended.
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Samuelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02747912170224207350noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651191939514484021.post-14889662835333264432013-08-04T09:05:00.001-07:002013-08-04T09:43:47.054-07:00Encounter with Hypnos.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The dream started in a relatively
mundane way... Walking with a childhood friend who may have murdered
his parents (this is what passes for mundane in my life). We were
with my mother, but left her to repair her car/truck. We crossed the
street to go get something to eat at the local A&W (don't judge
me!). I was hesitant to cross the street at the somewhat busy turn
off (make of that what you will). And we ended up eating at the restaurant, and spied my mother there eating with a man and a child
we didn't recognize. We waved at each other across the room, and
seemed happy (again, dream symbolism everybody!).</div>
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The Dream shifted to (or ended, and
new dream began, hard to tell sometimes) Me, alone, entering a
mansion or building (possibly in a city) of the old money variety.
Ornate wood carving and panelling covering every surface, and that
carpeting/rug that was installed in the late 19<sup>th</sup> century.
I was in a wide-ish room, at the base of some stairs, getting myself
a drink of water from a jug on the kind of brass and wood trolley
you'd expect in a place like that.</div>
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That was when I noticed the person in
the mask.</div>
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It was a full faced golden mask, of the
kind you'd see in Venice during Carnival. Smooth, flawless, with the
black make up around the eyes to keep them in shadow, and conversely,
prominent. I couldn't tell if it was a man or a woman, as he/she was
tall-ish, but the robe he/she was wearing was of a feminine cut. It
was in a style similar to a burka, but with an open face. And it was
of deep reds and blues, but covered with an ornate pattern of gold,
mostly at right angles. The hem of the hood around the mask was of a
denser gold pattern.</div>
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They gestured that I should put the Jug
in the centre of the floor, which I did. They were wearing golden
gloves as well.</div>
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They then pointed to the floor and spun
their finger in a circle, to indicate I should turn around, and then
held up three fingers to show I should do it thrice. I did so.</div>
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They then moved to the corner of the
room (to my right) nearest the base of the stairs (which were against
the right wall) And opened their arms, less in reverence, and more as
if to beseech someone, and called out “SCORPIO!” and then another
word which was not in a language I knew, and was taken from my memory
by that horrible amnesia particular t dreams. So I then repeated
their actions and words. They then moved in a quarter circle in a
very effeminate style, with flowery gestures every foot or so,
seeming to indicate the lighting of candles, while saying nonsense
words, in an exaggeratedly flowing voice. This was too much for me,
and I burst out laughing, saying, “I can't remember all that!”.
There seemed to be no offence taken, or disappointment at all from
the figure, as if It was all in jest, or just part of the journey.
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This was the point in which I awoke,
and the dream ended.</div>
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There was an element of “Eyes Wide
Shut” in this dream, obviously. But that may not have been
intentional, as I have always felt that masks should be used in
ritual magick to help with both atmosphere, and the taking on of
another persona during ritual. And it was also fascinating to me
that I immediately understood the figure was leading me through a
ritual.</div>
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Who the figure was is still somewhat of
a mystery to me, and I am going to, in the near future, attempt to
find out, and contact again, as it definitely felt like some kind of
contact, rather that the usual dream denizen.
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The figure seemed close to how I
imagined Hypnos, but there was also a very Luciferian vibe coming
from him/her.</div>
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Also afterwards there have been several
Synchronicities with Kevin Angers “Lucifer Rising” and Bobby
Beausoleil as well.</div>
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I keep thinking about Tron: Legacy,
and about doubles.</div>
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The entire movie seemed to be about the
concept of the double.</div>
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You have the obvious, Kevin Flynn
creating Clu in hi own image. And the slightly less obvious, but
still out in the open of Rinzler/Tron, with his two disks and dual
nature. But then you have the concept of the discs everyone has on
their backs, having a record of the sum total of their life and
experiences. </div>
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It's a sort of Akashic Double, or informational double. And
the disc can be accessed, the information changed, and the
person/program/Iso can be altered.</div>
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Plus, you've got the owner of the
“End of Line” club who, not only has a dual identity, but also
Has the Name “Castor”, as in “Castor & Pollux”, otherwise
known as “Gemini”.
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It also seems to show that Kevin Flynn
could only see his faults through the creation of a flawed double of
himself (Clu/Demiurge).
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Other numbers seem important as well.
I'm not sure if it's tangentially related to the emphasis on doubles
or not.</div>
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For instance you have the holy trinity
of tha Father, the Son, and the 'Holy Ghost' of Quorra. She is one
of the “Iso's” who were emergent phenomenon that came seemingly
from nowhere (Ghost like) and were repeatedly called “the miracle”
by Kevin Flynn (holy).</div>
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You also have five show up as an
important number with Clu, Rinzler, Jarvis, and two black guards.
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I'm still not sure of the exact meaning
behind the doubling and twinning, aside from the obvious reference to
duality. But there's something deeper there, tugging at the edges of
my mind.</div>
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This post might seem a little less well written than my others, and slightly scattered, but I felt I needed to get these ideas down while they were still somewhat fresh in my mind. It's all still rolling about in mt mind, and I'll be writing</div>
a follow up post once it congeals. </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is an edit of a post I made on an older blog, but I found it's relevance hasn't diminished.</span>
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<span style="font-size: large;">
</span><span style="font-size: large;">Society, specifically western society, has evolved to kill you if
you do not participate in it in a way that adds to it's growth and
success efficiently and in a manner that it 'desires'.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">
</span><span style="font-size: large;">Oh, it's subtle about it, and it's unspoken, so no one can warn
you that it's about to happen. If too many people knew, it's
effectiveness at getting rid of the undesirables would be
compromised.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">
</span><span style="font-size: large;">A simple example: If you don't do your taxes, you can't get
medicare.
</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">
</span><span style="font-size: large;">If you don't have medicare, you're more likely to suffer from
illness longer, and therefore more likely to die.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">
</span><span style="font-size: large;">Without an income, you cannot afford a place to live, which
increases the stress on your body, which leads to a greater chance of
death.
</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">
</span><span style="font-size: large;">If you appear as an 'outsider' you will be less likely to receive
aid from citizens, and therefore more likely to die.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">
</span><span style="font-size: large;">Less work is done to investigate and prevent crimes committed on
'outsiders' which increases the probability of death, etc...</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">
</span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">
</span><span style="font-size: large;">Members of society will also tend to resent you if you do not
participate in the pre-approved methods. Resentment tends to
manifest in passive methods of pushing people to the outskirts. Such
as getting dropped to the bottom of waiting lists, or refused service
at businesses. Things like that will increase the likelihood of not
getting healthy food, or medicine in a timely manner, etc... all
those add some percentiles on to the chances of dying earlier.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">
</span><span style="font-size: large;">And resentment is especially strong in those that seem to be
'making it' in ways which are not 'sanctioned' by society. Look at
how marginalized prostitution and illegal drug distribution are.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">
</span><span style="font-size: large;">So try to remember this the next time you refuse to help someone,
or even ignore/avoid someone, because you find them unsavoury, or a
'Damned Hipster', or whatever your personal disliked group. You are
pushing them one step closer to the edge.
</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">
</span><span style="font-size: large;">You are acting as a sleeper agent for the status quo.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">
</span><span style="font-size: large;">This may sound a bit like whining about how the world is out to
get me, etc... But as a suicidal rock god once said, “Just because
you're paranoid, don't mean they're not after you”.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">So I've been working on Active
Dreaming, and encouraging my Dreaming self to be more open to
receiving information/messages from the Dream.
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<span style="font-size: large;">The other night I had done some ritual
preparation/energy work to that end, and as I was in the twilight
state between wakefulness and sleep I thought I had accidentally
struck myself in the face, but it turned out it to be a flash of
contact of some kind.
</span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">It was so forceful it felt like a
physical blow, and was over just as quickly. There was someone
saying/yelling something, nd a feeling of impact from 'outside' or
the 'other side', and a spot of coloured light (red/white/yellow I
think) about the size of a silver dollar. It happened so fast I
couldn't make out what was said. But it was quite shocking.</span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;">
</span>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The impression I got was not negative
or hostile from the encounter. It was more along the lines of a
pickaxe trying to get through a wall, or a burst of information.
</span></div>
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</span>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So, while I didn't have any remembered
dreams the next night, my sister did.
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<span style="font-size: large;">
</span>
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<span style="font-size: large;">She dreamed of being on board a plane
in flight, and in a square white room around a square white table
were her, her son, and two others. One with light hair and one with
dark hair. Each was with an animal. On her right, her son, with a
fish. Across from her was the light haired person with a skinned, but
alive, rabbit, and on her left was the dark haired person with her
cat. She had a lizard. She had killed and skinned the rabbit
previously, which had returned to life, and she had been asking those
with her what to do (as you can imagine she was somewhat concerned
with the skinned rabbit returning to life, but it (the rabbit)
forgave her, and this is when they all found themselves around the
table. And they each had to come up with a word to complete
something. The son's (fish) word was 'Alacrity'. The light haired
person's (skinned rabbit) was 'compassion'. The dark haired person's
(cat) was 'steadfastness'. But her word (lizard) She couldn't decide
on before the dream ended. I found this dream absolutely
fascinating, and simply pregnant with symbolism.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Apparently Morpheus has been hanging
out with us.
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Samuelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02747912170224207350noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651191939514484021.post-9435630025977178892013-05-21T19:25:00.003-07:002013-05-21T19:33:27.609-07:00An explanation of the Title (Tiamatrix)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">The title comes from a personal
revelation of mine regarding the nature, and metaphysical cosmology of
existence.
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<span style="font-size: large;">First off I need to define some terms,
and some perspectives.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: large;">When discussing things like the origins
of reality in a metaphysical sense one must first give the caveat
that everything stated is a metaphor. When you get to the very
beginning of things most of what we conceive of didn't exist, and
were so primal you can't define them except through metaphor. What I
call 'Gods' and 'Spirits' and the like are base 'concepts' that have
some kind of agency. I cannot say that they had wills and minds as
we conceive them, as we a re talking about the fundamental building
blocks of the experience of existing, and the nature of reality.
</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Also, one of the main perspectives I
come from is that the only thing I can say for sure about anything is
that I seem to exist. When I say 'I', I am referring to awareness,
or consciousness. Everything in existence other than that is highly
suspect. In other words, I come from the perspective that
experience, or the experiencer, are primary, and what is experienced
is either secondary, or illusionary, in the sense of impossible to
prove (proof being an axiom of a material realist world view, as
something has to be 'real' for proof to exist).</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So. My personal revelation is roughly
as follows. What I call 'Tiamat' is, in essence (remember, metaphors
here), the primal 'stuff' that is experienced by consciousness. It
is what matter is based on. It is the object to consciousness’s
subject. Consciousness is the 'active' principle (yang) whereas
Tiamat is the reactive (yin). This can be conceived of as a
disembodied 'Spirit' or consciousness, entering into a realm of
existence, or a 'body'. This 'Body/Realm' tracks very well on to the
Primal Deity Tiamat, hence why I use the name. Tiamatrix is a play
on the name to describe it's nature as the Matrix of the world. In
both it's structural sense and to equate it somewhat with the Matrix
of the film of the same name.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Those of you who are familiar with the
Myths surrounding Tiamat, will also recognize that there was a divine
agency that killed and dismembered Tiamat to create the world.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: large;">This is where I have blended some
Gnostic concepts and some Mesopotamian myths.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: large;">I encourage those of you not familiar
with the myths surrounding the slaying of Tiamat to read up on it as
it is fascinating, and tragic. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiamat">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiamat</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">At the beginning of things, there was
The Primal Consciousness (the One), and the Primal Experience
(Tiamat). They found each other, and played many games of both
experiencing and being experienced. They were mirrors of each other,
lovers, and siblings, parent and child to each other. And through
these unions, children weere born (consciousness under the illusion
of separateness became many gods and goddesses). As these children
were mixes of other concepts, they became distinct in character,
which was disruptive to the older, more primal gods (think a
cacophony versus a single note, or a simple melody). This caused a
rift between the old and the new. Murders were planned and wars were
fought. The One was slain, But there was a favoured child, one of
the newer gods who loved Tiamat, and lamented the death of the one,
so Tiamat gave him control over the realms (in the original myth by
giving him the tablet of destinies). He challenged the head of the
new gods (Marduk, or the Demiurge) to battle, but he lost. The
Demiurge then took the tablet of destinies and slew Tiamat, and made
the world from her body. Then took the essence of her champion and
mixed it with the stuff of the world to create humanity. This is the
condition we find ourselves in. We are the essence of that failed
hero trapped in a prison made from the corpse of our Lover and
Mother.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">That is the Tiamatrix.</span></div>
Samuelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02747912170224207350noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651191939514484021.post-48579765944489625542013-05-21T17:03:00.001-07:002013-05-21T19:34:22.279-07:00Spirals & Spins<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<h5 class="western" style="font-weight: normal;">
<span style="font-size: large;">I was
thinking about the old "clockwise for invoking, counterclockwise
for banishing" canard, an it struck me. If this principle is
valid, it means magick energy flows in a spiral. If it flows towards
you it follows a clockwise (from your perspective) spin. And if it
flows away from you, it flows in a counterclockwise spin.
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<h5 class="western" style="font-weight: normal;">
<span style="font-size: large;">So the
spiral in the image, if we assume it increases in size as it gets
closer, would be the approximate shape of the spiral (of course in
three dimensions). If so, this could be applied to magical work
targeting others. If you wanted to affect someone you would aim it at
them and put a counterclockwise spin on it, as it would then be
moving from you to them (clockwise from their perspective). It also
seems to apply to reiki. Also, if true, could make for some very
quick magical defence techniques. This raises some interesting
metaphysical questions. </span></h5>
<h5 class="western" style="font-weight: normal;">
<span style="font-size: large;">With the model presented, to draw something to you, you
would spin it clockwise on your end. If you look at the LRP (Lesser
Ritual of the Pentagram), as you go along the cardinal directions you
move in a clockwise direction relative to the ground you stand on, so
you are drawing up earth energy </span>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I believe that the idea of
Invoking as the 'raising' of energy, and it's association with
clockwise motion is a bit of a misunderstanding of the underlying
principles o this spiral motion. So even when attempting to cast a
'positive' spell on another person, the motion is often clockwise. </span>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: large;">You actually can't
'invoke' anything in to another person as 'invoking' has to do with
drawing things in to yourself. The spin is simply the direction you
send the energy. Clockwise is inwards (relative to you),
counterclockwise is outwards (relative to you). So it's not the type
of subtle energy that determines the spin, but where you what it to
go. </span>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: large;">I think this is where the
idea of the quality and the spin got confused, as one normally sends
unwanted or 'negative' energy away from oneself, and wanted or
'positive' energy towards oneself. So the associations of positive
and negative got confused with clockwise and counterclockwise. This
leads to some interesting magical models, for instance, if you want
to set up a continuous flow between yourself and a target, you'd want
to construct two spirals, one with a clockwise spin and one with a
counterclockwise spin. </span>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: large;">The classic 'Heart' shape
is two golden spirals with opposite spins touching one another. </span>
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