Living Franz Bardon

Earlier this afternoon, I was scrolling through some old conversations on a Bardon forum and came across a massive argument about who Bardon's teacher was. Now, while debates and discussions can be productive, arguments are always a waste of time. Since the conversation I came across was characterized by name-calling and the exchanging of insults, it was not a productive debate, but an argument. While all arguments are silly, this one was especially silly because... why does it even matter who Bardon's teacher was? It doesn't. However, there are other things that do matter; not because we are Bardonists, but because we are human beings. To those who get into arguments on Bardon forums about who Bardon's teacher was, there is something I want you to know. On October 10, 2012, a fifteen-year-old Canadian high school student named Amanda Todd committed suicide, hanging herself in her home in Port Coquitlam, Canada. The story behind her suicide is... messed up, to say the...

One thing the Buddhist teacher Thubten Chodron tells her students is that their enemies are some of their greatest allies on their spiritual path. Cultivating patience is an essential part of the process for becoming a better Buddhist. To cultivate patience, you have to practice being patient, and you can only practice being patient when there is an opportunity to do so. Your friends don't provide you with opportunities to practice being patient, because they are always kind and respectful towards you. It is only your "enemies" who give you the opportunity to practice being patient. To clarify, I use the word "enemies" to refer to people who annoy, disrespect, or bully you. Anytime someone annoys you, disrespects you, or bullies you, you should recognize that this is an opportunity to practice being patient. That doesn't mean you can't be assertive or stand up for yourself. It just means you should do so without losing your composure or exhibiting anger....

The following is a list of William Mistele's writings on Saturn. 1. Finding Saturn in Yourself 2. Saturn Spirit Evocation 3. The Planetary Spheres This essay has a section discussing each planetary sphere. If you are going on a Saturn date , you only need to print out the section discussing the Sphere of Saturn. 4. The Presence of God, Part II This essay discusses several sephiroth. If you are going on a Saturn date, you only need to print out the section discussing Binah. 5. The Temple of Saturn 6. How to Speak Saturn Please do not print out the entire PDF. If you are going on a Saturn date, Chapters 11, 29, and 30 are the only ones you should print out. 7. A Saturn Meditation and the Idea of a Referee 8. Ten Rules for Spiritual Seekers If you are going on a Saturn date, copy and paste the Binah/Saturn section into a Word document and print just that section out.  9. Ten Rules for Spiritual Beginners This is a book-length manuscript based upon...

Ever wanted to go on a Saturn date? If so, you're in luck because it's quite easy. Just follow the steps below. 1. Print out all of William Mistele's writings about Saturn. A list of them can be found here . 2. Go to a beautiful and comfortable place you've either never been to before or that you go to very rarely. I find that going to a new place that's not associated with my daily routine helps me clear my head. Take a notebook, a pencil, and the writings about Saturn you printed out with you. 3. Read the writings about Saturn that you printed out. 4. In your notebook, write down any thoughts, insights, or musings that come to mind while you are reading the writings. Also, write down any quotes from the writings that stick out to you. 5. Reflect on the themes and teachings contained in the writings you just read. Then, in your notebook, write down any additional thoughts, insights, or musings that come to mind as you reflect on those themes a...

In some schools of Japanese martial arts, students are taught to be like rice stalks. When a rice stalk does not have any rice on it, it stands up high and straight, pointing up at the sky. The more rice a stalk has on it, the more it bends over, looking as if it were bowing. Similarly, the more knowledge students acquire, the more humble they should be. Usually, when people acquire more knowledge, they become more arrogant. They think being more knowledgeable makes them better than others. By observing a rice stalk, students can learn to do the opposite. I think Bardonists can also learn from this metaphor. As you advance through the steps of IIH, your knowledge of magic will grow. However, as you grow more and more knowledgeable, you should try to simultaneously become more and more humble. In this way, you will avoid becoming arrogant.

When Ajahn Lee was young, he killed a dog in a fit of rage because the dog stole an egg he was cooking.  After feeling remorse for what he had done, Ajahn Lee wondered how he could make up for his violent act. He decided to become a Buddhist monk. Now he is considered one of the greatest meditation masters in the Thai Forest Tradition of Theravada Buddhism. I mention this story because I find Ajahn Lee's motivation for pursuing the Buddhist path very relatable. While I've never killed an animal out of anger, I've done many things to others that were quite mean. I think the earliest memory I have of doing something mean was of an incident that happened in preschool. I remember several friends and I were building a snowman on the playground and another kid came up to us and asked if he could build the snowman with us. I told him no. I didn't have a good reason for not letting him join our group. I guess I just felt like being mean, and I'm sure he felt left out an...

Anger is a dangerous emotion. It can drive you to say hurtful things to others, physically harm others, or even commit murder. It is certainly not an emotion befitting a magician, yet repressing it will just make things worse in the long run. Fortunately, instead of repressing anger, there is also the option of eliminating it by destroying its roots. Many Bardonists are taught that impatience is the root of anger. Therefore, they spend a lot of time and effort destroying this root by cultivating patience. More often than not, the Bardonists who do this are in fact successful in freeing themselves from anger.  Sometimes, however, cultivating patience isn't enough to free yourself from anger. This is because anger can have more than one root. In fact, I was actually taught that anger has three roots – impatience, cruelty, and arrogance/pride. For this reason, I was told that in order to completely free myself from anger, I should cultivate the opposites of all three of these ...