Magic Monday

[ecosophia]

 As noted on the blog last Wednesday, instead of an "ask me anything" post this week on ecosophia.net, I'll be hosting a "Magic Monday" today. What does that mean? It means "ask me anything about occultism, and I'll post an answer here." Since this Monday is a busy day for a lot of people, being sacred to two popular religions -- Christianity on the one hand, and Consumerism on the other -- if comments trickle in on Tuesday et al., I'm not going to be a stickler for the point. 

That said, have at it! 

***PLEASE NOTE: as of midnight, 26 December 2017, this Magic Monday has packed its tents and gone away. If you have questions you haven't posted yet, please save them for the next Magic Monday on January 1!.***

Comments

Incarnations and Pan

[(Anonymous)]

JMG, Happy Holidays and a Merry Ole Magic Monday Sans Christmas Music Treacle -

(from Will M)

Two questions - you mentioned that, according to Druidic perspective, a soul must corporeally incarnate until every human experience is indeed experienced, this before the soul can move on to higher realms. I'm wondering tho if by Druidic perspective a soul by dint of desire and the will-power to see it through, can skip certain incarnations, can spiritually elevate itself in one incarnation so that other incarnations do not have to be experienced. Or is it absolutely necessary that the soul experience everything no matter how elevated it might become in any one incarnation?

Also, going back to your Death of God post - though the god Pan "died" with the advent of Christ, would it be fair to say that Pan really took a back seat to the New God in terms of immediacy and power? After all, people have continued to see and experience Pan albeit in isolated cases. I imagine that Christ will continue to exist similarly, with a depleted immediacy and power, perhaps to be integrated into a new god and religion.

Re: Incarnations and Pan

[ecosophia]

The teaching doesn't say that you have to experience all things in every incarnation. Since you don't know what you've already experienced in previous incarnations, don't worry about it. If you've reached the point that you want to elevate yourself spiritually to what the Druid teachings call Gwynfydd, the luminous life, then you've probably already had the experiences you need -- otherwise you'd be longing for those, or for the things that would bring those about, rather than aspiring to Gwynfydd.

The one very notable exception to this rule is if you're trying to attain spiritual elevation in an attempt to run away from unsolved issues in your life. That doesn't work. If you're longing for Gwynfydd because you think it's easier than dealing with relationship problems, or your difficulties with work or money, or what have you, stop and deal with those first. It's when you've experienced what incarnate life has to offer and are ready to go on to other things that you're ready for Gwynfydd.

Re: Incarnations and Pan

[(Anonymous)]

From Alexander Marcus

Can pursuing Gwynfydd when not yet ready for it precipitate being "forced" to have what incarnate experiences one still needs to have?

Re: Incarnations and Pan

[ecosophia]

Yep.