Magic Monday

[ecosophia]

It's getting on for midnight, so we can proceed with a new Magic Monday. Ask me anything about occultism and I'll do my best to answer it. Any question received by midnight Monday Eastern time will get an answer. (Any question received after then will not get an answer, and will likely just be deleted.) If you're in a hurry, or suspect you may be the 143,916th person to ask a question, please check out the very rough version 1.0 of The Magic Monday FAQ here. 

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Regarding the discursive meditation posts - https://ecosophia.dreamwidth.org/tag/discursive+meditation:

1. In the first post you say to put a chair in the area of the Sphere of Protection and the reason will be returned to later, but it's not mentioned again. What did you mean to say about that?

2. Does it make any difference what direction you face to meditate?

3. I learned a controlle breathing pattern that is six seconds in, six seconds out, with no breath hold. Would that have a different effect to fourfold breath?

4. How spcific is the palms on thighs position? For example would resting the outside of the forearms and hands on the thighs, or letting the hands overhang beween the legs make a difference?

5. Would it matter if the seat was a bit low so your knees were slightly above your hips? I can raise it up with pillows easily enough, but am curious whether it would matter.

6. What were some of the first subjects you meditated on? Are there any you particularly recommend as places to start? Conversely are there some subjects that won't make much sense until you've done other things first?

[ecosophia]

1) Simply that your meditations will be clearer and less burdened with intrusive chatter if you do them in a banished space.

2) Some people find facing east useful.

3) Yes, it's different. Try the fourfold breath and see what results you get.

4) Yes, it makes a difference. Try it the way the instructions tell you.

5) Yes, it matters. I really don't put in those details on a whim, you know!

6) My first meditations were on the knowledge lectures of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, as given in Regardie's book The Golden Dawn. As for where you should start, why, it depends on what interests you.