RE: [BardonPraxis] Feminine / Masculine Balance

["Richard Scott" <rscott@...>]

Dear Regulus

Bardons regime starts even at Step one with an active seeding of Akasha
via Eucharistic magic. It's not as formal as ritual seeding, but I don't
see it as being passive, just understated.

Also, the emphasis within Bardons regime leans towards the fire element,
an active pole, with the type of concentration and will-training he expects of 
the
student.

I see his techniques as containing very masculine/active elements, just focused 
internally
onto the student themselves, rather than externally into the immediate world
around them.

Rather than feminine/passive, I actually see it as being quite masculine/active.
This may not be an accurate view, it may be completely neutral in its entirety,
but that's how I perceive his system at present.


R


-----Original Message-----
From: Regulus Magus [mailto:RegulusMagus@...]
Sent: 20 May 2004 19:26
To: BardonPraxis@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [BardonPraxis] Feminine / Masculine Balance


Good afternoon dear colleagues.

For some time I have been thinking about the Feminine / Masculine 
axis of polarity and about Balance. I have hesitated to bring this up 
for fear of causing offense where none is intended. Nevertheless a 
question not asked is wisdom forgone. So . . .

It seems to me that Hermetics as described in IIH and as discussed in 
this list is a little skewed towards the Feminine pole. Much of the 
emphasis is on meditation, passive observation of inner states, and 
learning "to be" in a higher sense of the concept. Although Bardon 
describes the actual doing of magick it doesn't seem to get as much 
emphasis as the more receptive exercises. Certainly on this list I 
don't read much about summoning power, casting spells, and making 
things happen out in the world - in other words, I don't hear much 
about the Masculine aspects of Hermetics.

Is the focus of our discussions out of balance or (perhaps) is the 
focus deliberately skewed towards the Feminine to compensate for a 
culture that favors the Masculine?

Sincerely, /RM/

P.S. Please note that I am talking about Feminine / Masculine in the 
esoteric sense - I'm not referring to specific traits of female / 
male members of the human species.



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