Sunday, March 26, 2006

Elemental Rain Dialogues

I was sent an interesting link tonight, for an article entitled "Elemental Rain Dialogues". It details "a system used to potentize various materials in water in order to spray them on crops and in the atmosphere for the purpose of enhancing moisture in a dry climate regime." The processes are alchemical, and what really struck me was the sentence, "Alchemically substances which can elicit reactions must be used in polarities in order to make use of the power of the dynamic present between the poles of substances in relationship."

Wednesday, March 01, 2006

The Middle Pillar - Transpersonal Psychology

The chapter on Transpersonal Psychology, from Israel Regardie's book The Middle Pillar, is available online at Psychosynthesis Online. Regardie does a reasonable job at describing Roberto Assagioli's Psychosynthesis model as it applies to occultists. Regardie states: "In magic, this is the spiritual discipline of the Great Work and reunification – the second half of the solve et coagula formula of alchemy. It represents our goal to 'become more than human,' or in less mystical terms, to become the best possible human being we can be, evolving to our fullest potential." This is a great recognition of the value of Psychosynthesis to occultists, and the alchemical nature of Assagioli's teachings.