Enligtenment

Enlightenment is one of those words where we envision Buddha, the Dali Lama, Jewish Kabbalists, a

Priest, a Priestess, Oracle, and etc; but in all honesty being enlightened going beyond the modern

mindset of a “guru”. I have seen the least educated folks who have shared years of experiences and told

me to heed their warning when I am describing a dramatic situation. It is wisdom, not knowledge that

brings forth enlightenment, but this is only due to the fact, when one learns from his/her experiences

then they are truly enlightened over time. This is a very slow process and takes years to achieve,

however, the path of enlightenment is one that is very much worth while. I feel why Wisdom is

required is because of the beneficial factors that come with Wisdom: 1) the urge to assist those you are

worthy 2) diminishing of the Ego 3) learning from everything you do 4)assisting those to get on the

right path 5) seeing good/bad situations before they happen before hand due to the nature you have

been down that road before.

One of my best friends has taught me to test the waters of life and I am till this day. You will find

enlightenment comes in many stages. I have found occultists, pagans, magicians, and witches who

tread on the path of Wisdom are ENLIGHTENED by even the smallest of realizations. What

enlightenment does is build the Self-Awareness and Universal Awareness, meaning there are many

paths in the occult, world religions, and magick that have different methodologies to attain

enlightenment. This is what makes the Journey of Life Sacred as we carefully analyze the very steps we

take to evaluate the reasoning for our walk. Our walk can be done out of Ego, greed, or just to be

different from the crowd; which is limited due to the fact it is done for Earthly purposes, not bettering

the self. Every path has a hint of Wisdom, if we look it lurks behind every corner of every path.

Sometimes there are places we have to dig through all the trash to find the source of enlightenment, but

genuinely it is well worth the time in the long run.

My path of enlightenment, as I know it, is sealed in the Crystal Tower, Kabbalah, Magick, the

Consilium XVIII, and other practices. I have to reiterate this is my path and it may not be for everyone,

nor do I intend to promulgate my path. I am happily reserved with my practices and can say I do my

best. I think one cannot be enlightened if they are a KNOW-IT-ALL. A person who merely uses

knowledge to spew at people without any intent to me is considered a goat in a sheep stall (as a good

Christian friend put it). The knowledge that is used to exalt one individual for control is know more

then dead wood, and no more then that. The enlightenment I sometimes call the “Frying Pan of

Enlightenment” because when it hits, it will knock you out. Those who are always learning are like the

Ain Soph in a lot of Manners and the reason is Constant change! This is why I feel enlightenment has

many stages and is a life time goal and dream to many magick practitioners .