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Heart of God

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<blockquote class="definition">The '''Heart of God Chakra''', more commonly known as the '''Heart''' or '''Anahata''' chakra, is one of the seven main [[Energetic Conduit|energetic conduits]] (i.e. [[Chakras]]) of the [[Energy System]] of the [[Physical Unit]]. Energies from the Heart of God chakra are associated with the emotional apparatus of your [[Physical Unit]]. Energies from the heart chakra go towards the development and support of your body's emotional responses and emotional intelligence.
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'''Visualization/reactivation''': To "open" your heart eye, simply visualize energy flowing into your body and out into the world around you from a point in the middle of your chest. Visualize that energy flowing into your body where it cascades through your neural network in warm and scintillating colours, healing and expanding your emotional responses. Visualize it blasting out into the world around you and bringing awareness of all the joy, love, bliss, pain, and suffering around you.
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Connection Experience

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<blockquote class="definition">A '''Connection Experience''' (a.k.a. '''Connection Event''') is a discrete, short-term psychological, emotional, and physical experience of [[Connection]] that is sufficiently above one's average daily [[Consciousness Quotient|CQ]] as to be perceived by the individual as a ''qualitatively'' different state of awareness, consciousness, and being.
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==Notes==

Grof, after Jung and Otto, note that connection experiences often have the quality of [[Numinosity]]

The [[LP]] identifies several different [[Connection Experience Types]] and many different [[Connection Outcomes]] (see below). We also recommend analyzing Connection Experience along five [[Connection Axes]].

Many consider Connection Experience to be the core of human spirituality, at the authentic root of every religion.
[[Ralph Waldo Emerson]] suggests "Every where the history of religion betrays a tendency to enthusiasm. The rapture of the Moravian and Quietist; the opening of the Internal sense of the Word, in the language of the New Jerusalem Church; the ''revival'' of the Calvinistic churches; the ''experiences'' of the Methodists, are varying forms of that shudder of awe and delight with which the individual soul always mingles with the universal soul." <ref>Emerson, Ralph Waldo. “The Over-Soul.” In The Complete Essays and Other Writings of Ralp Waldo Emerson. New York: Modern Library, 1950. p. 170.</ref>

R. A. Naulty: R. A. Naulty<ref>Naulty, R. A. “J L Mackie’s Disposal of Religious Experience.” Sophia 31, no. 1 (July 1992): 2. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02772348.</ref> says "...there [is] something wonderful and powerful about them [connection experiences]" which places them beyond ordinary experience."

There is an issue with [[Nomenclature Confusion]], many different names for the same experience. Linda Bourque and Kurt Back note there is "descriptive coincidence" between different types of transcendent/"aesthetic" and drug experiences and wonders if this "indicates there may be a complex of phenomena derived from different conditions which have a common expression and which may have a common function in human action."<ref>Bourque, Linda, and Kurt Back. “Values and Transcendental Experiences.” Social Forces 47, no. 1 (1968): 34. https://doi.org/10.2307/2574709. 34.</ref>

Shear notes that there is considerable congruence between the connection experiences reported in various cultures and traditions concluding "we now, I think, have good reason to think that these experiential accounts reflect congruent experiences." <ref>Shear, Jonathan. “Mysticism and Scientific Naturalism.” Sophia 43, no. 1 (May 2004): 83–99. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02782439.</ref>

Connection experiences may be positive (i.e. [[Zenith Experience|zenith experiences]]) or negative (i.e. [[Nadir Experience|nadir experiences]]). Whether or not a connection experience is a zenith experience or a nadir experience depends in large measure on how the individual receives the revelation/expansion/insight from the experience. Even very glorious truths and insights can be experienced with terror if the physical unit is unprepared or if the thinking processes have been corrupted by [[indoctrination]] and [[Toxic Socialization]].

Dreams can be connection events. "It is not denied...that a divine influx could take place in dreams..." ([[References|Jung, 1938: 22)]]

The [[Q-Scale]] may be used to estimate the intensity and quality of a connection event.

A connection event may occur spontaneously under conditions of relaxation and deep contentment. [[R. M. Bucke]]: "His mind...was calm and peaceful. He was in a state of quiet, almost passive enjoyment. All at once, without warning of any kind, he found himself wrapped around as it were by a flame-colored cloud."<ref>Bucke, Richard Maurice. Cosmic Consciousness (Kindle Locations 350-351). Book Tree. Kindle Edition. See [[Talk:Glimpse]] for the full account.</ref>

A connection experience may be facilitated via [[Connection Technique]], possibly with the help of a [[Connection Appliance]], and often by exploiting naturally occurring [[Connection Supplements]].

Connection Experiences can bring profound [[Healing]] and [[Transformation]]. As Grof notes, connection experiences (he calls them [[Holotropic States]] can, if correctly understood and supported, "have an extraordinary healing, transformative, and even evolutionary potential."<ref>Grof, Stanislav. ''When the Impossible Happens.'' Boulder, CO: Sounds True, 2006.</ref>

Connection experiences may be understood neurologically, as what occurs when the [[Default Mode Network]] (otherwise known as the [[Bodily Ego]] of the individual's brain releases control and allows [[Consciousness]] to flow into the [[Physical Unit]] (Sosteric, SOA1). Release may occur naturally, under conditions of [[alignment|aligned]] safety, or it can be forced by exploiting powerful [[Connection Supplements]].

'''TRIGGERS''' (old research) Hood <ref>Ralph W. Hood, Jr. “Differential Triggering of Mystical Experience as a Function of Self Actualization.” Review of Religious Research 18, no. 3 (1977): 264. https://doi.org/10.2307/3510214.</ref> provides a classification of triggers to mystical experience, including natural triggers (all aspects of nature), sexual triggers (sexual intercourse, note he restricts this to "heterosexual" intercourse), drug triggers, religious triggers (religious settings and religious activities, rituals, and prayer).

'''Triggers'' see Laski <ref>Laski, M. Ecstasy. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 192AD.</ref> for additional conceptualization of triggers.

Hood <ref>Ralph W. Hood, Jr. “Differential Triggering of Mystical Experience as a Function of Self Actualization.” Review of Religious Research 18, no. 3 (1977): 264. https://doi.org/10.2307/3510214.</ref> notes that [[Self Actualized]] individuals are more likely to have a connection experience.

Taylor provides a list of triggers that include psychological turmoil (23.6%), nature (18%, meditation (13%) and watching or listening to arts performance (dance, music, play (13%). <ref>Taylor, Steve. “Spontaneous Awakening Experiences: Beyond Religion and Spiritual Practice.” ''Journal of Transpersonal Psychology'' 44, no. 1 (June 2012): 73–91.</ref> Notes the majority of triggers are NOT spiritual or religion (only 21.7% in his sample),and over 78% were spontaneous. Only 8% noted a felt encounter with God<blockquote>Nevertheless, the high incidence of 'spontaneous awakening experiences' strongly discredits the view that awakening experiences are only valid in a religious context. Surely awakening experiences become religious by virtue of post-experiential interpretation, through a conceptual application of a religious interpretation to a non-conceptual experience. As a consequence, the inclusion of such experiences under the umbrella term of 'religious experiences' (e.g., by Alister Hardy and the Religious Experience Unit) is surely misleading and inappropriate.<ref>Taylor, Steve. “Spontaneous Awakening Experiences: Beyond Religion and Spiritual Practice.” ''Journal of Transpersonal Psychology'' 44, no. 1 (June 2012): 73–91.</ref></blockquote>

===Causes===

'''Neurological/Biological'''

Leary: "those aspects of the psychedelic experience which subjects report to be ineffable and ecstatically religious involve a direct awareness of the processes which physicists and biochemists and neurologists measure."<ref>Leary, T. “The Religious Experience: Its Production and Interpretation.” Journal of Psychoactive Drugs 3, no. 1 (1970): 76–86. https://doi.org/10.1080/02791072.1970.10471364.</ref>. Also "We considered the hypothesis that the human being might
be able to become directly aware of energy exchanges and biological processes for which we now have no language and no perceptual training."<ref>Leary, T. “The Religious Experience: Its Production and Interpretation.” Journal of Psychoactive Drugs 3, no. 1 (1970): 345. https://doi.org/10.1080/02791072.1970.10471364.</ref>

==Incidence==

67% of psychotherapists surveyed indicated having seen at least one client during a twelve month period who had reported a [[Connection Experience]].<ref>Allman, Lorraine S., Olivia de la Rocha, David N. Elkins, and Robert S. Weathers. “Psychotherapists’ Attitudes toward Clients Reporting Mystical Experiences.” Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, Practice, Training 29, no. 4 (Win 1992): 564–69.</ref>

Sosteric<ref>Sosteric. “Everybody Has a Connection Experience: Prevalence, Confusions, Interference, and Redefinition.” Spirituality Studies 4, no. 2 (2018).</ref> suggests connection experiences are a ubiquitious feature of human existence and that they occur naturally in healthy individuals.

As researchers have found, a remarkably high number of scholars identify themselves as having spiritual orientations and aspirations. <ref>Lindholm, Jennifer A., and Helen S. Astin. “Understanding the ‘Interior’ Life of Faculty: How Important Is Spirituality?” Religion & Education 33, no. 2 (2006): 64.</ref>

Bart Ehrman mentions his "born again" experience, which occurs after "asking Jesus into my heart... <ref>Ehrman, Bart D. Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why. Harper One, 2007. p. 3.</ref>

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Graduation

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<blockquote class="definition">'''Graduation''' is an eschatological term that refers to the completion of a planet's evolutionary development and its triumphant initiation into an inter-planetary alliance of species devoted to helping each other get the most fun out of physical creation.
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'''Graduation''' is a [[New Energy]] [[Archetype]] in the [[Triumph of Spirit Archetype System]]. The [[Graduation Archetype]] represents culmination of [[The Great Work]], which is the spiritual/evolutionary development of a planet.

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Master Archetype

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<blockquote class="definition">'''Master''' is a [[New Energy]] [[Archetype]] in the [[Triumph of Spirit Archetype System]] (TOSAS). Unlike the [[Old Energy]] idea that you have lessons to learn, this [[New Energy Archetype]] sends the message that you are already a master of creation, at something. Your mastery has been attained via lifetimes of creative practice and preparation. In order to tap into this mastery, accept the truth of it, and let it grow inside you. </blockquote>

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Locus of Attachment

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<blockquote class="definition">A '''Locus of Attachment''' is any individual, group, organization, community, society, or nation to which an individual may attach.<ref>Sosteric, Mike & Ratkovic, Gina. “It Takes a Village: Advancing Attachment Theory and Recovering the Roots of Human Health with the Seven Essential Needs,” 2021. </ref>
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Equality

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'''Equality''', or treating people as equals, is a common theme in spiritual literature and is an example of [[Right Action]].
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"...Sufism abolishes all invidious class distinctions.

<blockquote>surely the noblest among you in the sight of Allah is he who is the most righteous of you...</blockquote>

sounds a death-knell to all superiority or inferiority based on rigid caste and social distinctions. Mankins is but a family, according to the ''Koran''..."<ref>Ali Shah Ikbal, Islamic Sufism (Tractus Books, 2000). p. 69.</ref>

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World Archetype

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<blockquote class="definition">'''World''' is a [[New Energy]] [[Archetype]] in the [[Triumph of Spirit Archetype System]] (TOSAS). World represents [[The Great Work]] in progress, which is the spiritual/evolutionary work that leads to [[Graduation]] of a planet. </blockquote>

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As noted in the [[BOTHA]], in the World card, the meniscus that surrounds the Earth represents a [[Creation Template]]. The creation template forms the ground upon which we create physical reality. The twenty-four figures represent the rainbow spectrum of humanity creating the World while “standing” on the archetypal structure provided by the creation template. The planet in the middle is the result of the creation template materialized through the hands of the people of the world.

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Regime of Distribution

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<blockquote class="definition">A '''Regime of Distribution''' is a system of production geared not towards private accumulation of wealth ([[Regime of Accumulation]]) but towards fair distribution of society's wealth and productive output. </blockquote>

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Psychological Defence Mechanisms

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<blockquote class="definition">''''Psychological Defence Mechanisms''' are psychological / behavioural patterns of thought and behaviour deployed by the Bodily Ego in an effort to a) reduce the likelihood of harm (e.g., the Fight, Flight, or Follow response), or b) reduce psychological pain, anxiety, anger, and sadness that might prevent optimal function (i.e. [[Ego Threat]]).</blockquote>

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'''Psychological Defence Mechanism''' are a subset of the [[Defence Mechanisms]] the [[Physical Unit]] uses to defend itself from harm and ensure optimal function.

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Victory Archetype

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<blockquote class="definition">'''Victory''' is a [[New Energy]] [[Archetype]] in the [[Triumph of Spirit Archetype System]] (TOSAS). ??? represents </blockquote>

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The Lightning Path

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The Lightning Path is a sophisticated modern system of [[Authentic Spirituality]], a [[Connection Framework]] that teaches you how to make a strong and permanent [[Connection]] to your own [[Highest Self]].
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Noting that most people can't avail themselves of expensive psychoanalysis, Abraham Maslow suggested that "...we must turn our attention more and more to mass techniques of helping the person to discover this precious human nature deep within himself-this, nature that he is afraid of expressing."<ref>Maslow, Abraham. “Eupsychia—The Good Society.” Journal of Humanistic Psychology 1, no. 2 (1961): p. 7.</ref> The Lightning Path is designed to be such a "mass technique."

The expansion of Consciousness into the body and the provision of a "technology" to facilitate a "Consciousness Revolution" as Lazlo, Grof, Russell (1999) call it, has been a long-standing concern of philosophers, scientists, gurus, prophets, and saviours alike, for at least ten thousand years, probably more. Folks usually get interested after some kind of [[Connection Event]] leads to some [[Connection Outcome]] that causes them to question their "position" on things, sometime to the point of defining, altering, or transforming one's perspectives and even life's work. For example, [[Synchronicity]], [[Active Imagination]], and [[Dream Events]] all played a role in pushing C. G. Jung towards an examination of "occultism" and the spiritual side of life<ref>Michael Fordham says "However, that these happenings stimulated him to join in the seances and that he subsequently undertook research into occultism bear witness to their effect upon him. Jung, C. G.. Synchronicity: An Acausal Connecting Principle." (From Vol. 8. of the Collected Works of C. G. Jung) (Jung Extracts) (p. xi). Princeton University Press. Kindle Edition. </ref>

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Connection Therapist

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<blockquote class="quotation">A '''Connection Therapist''' is a psychiatrist, psychologist, or other healing profession that uses [[Connection Supplements]], [[Connection Techniques]], and/or [[Connection Appliances]] to facilitate stronger connection, to [[Spiritual Ego]] or some other location within [[The Fabric]].
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Connection Visualization

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A '''Connection Visualization''' is a visualization that reinforces a psychological and emotional desire for [[Connection]], and initiates [[Connection]].<ref>Sosteric, Mike & Ratkovic, Gina. Lightning Path Workbook Three - Connection. Vol. 3. Lightning Path Workbook Series. St. Albert, Alberta: Lightning Path Press, 2017. https://press.lightningpath.org/product/the-lightning-path-book-three-connection/.</ref>
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=== Examples ===
The [[Great Invocation]] is a combination awakening, activation, and connection visualization.

Another example, visualize the consciousness of your body as a small ball of light rising up and leaving through the top of your head. Visualize this consciousness ascending up into a clear blue sky. Visualize a door high above. Visualize your consciousness going up to that door, opening it, and then moving through it. On the other side if a being of bright light and power. Approach that being, stand in front, and greet it.

Swami Brahamanda recommends reflecting/focussing on the Divine Form, as a perfect center of bliss. "Imagine that everything is shining through its lustre. Think of this effulgence as non-material and possessed with intelligence. This kind of meditation will later on develop into meditation on the formless and infinite aspect of God. In the beginning the aspirant has to take the help of imagination; later on, when he develops his spiritual sense, he will feel the presence of the Divine. Next, when he gets the highest spiritual vision, he will come face to face with Truth. He is then transported into a different realm altogether, of which this world of matter appears to be a mere shadow and, as such, some- thing unreal."<ref>Brahmananda, Swami. ''Spiritual Teachings of Swami Brahmananda''. 2nd ed. Mylapor, Madras: Sri Ramakrishna Math, 1933. p. 12.</ref>

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Bright Light

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<blockquote class="definition">The concept '''Bright Light''' refers to the powerful Consciousness of your [[Spiritual Ego]], particularly when experienced for the first time. </blockquote>

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One experiences the Bright Light during a [[Connection Experience]].

The Bright Light can be powerful and overwhelming, especially the first few times it is experienced.

[[Flow Contro]] and [[Flow Purification]] facilitate healthy and persistent connection to the [[Bright Light]]/[[Spiritual Ego]]

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Great Deception

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<blockquote class="definition">'''The Great Deception''' is the spiritual/political deception committed against the people of this planet by [[System Agents]] attempting to manage, shore up, and preserve [[The System]]. The great deception uses the [[Zoroastrian Frame]] to create a mindset that [[Disconnection|disconnects]] and damages children and adults with a view towards enabling and perpetually recreates their [[Regime of Accumulation]].</blockquote>

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[[System Agents]] use [[Symbol Factories]] and [[Ideological Institutions]] to execute the Great Deception.

This [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVzVuwOQTNM&list=PLsPYCkCxjrQ05G1DhscDM0HRUM35r4HtI video series] and [https://www.academia.edu/24877676/Rocket_Scientists_Guide_to_Money_and_the_Economy this book] provides you with an overview of [[The System]].

The great deception is rooted in ancient Zoroastrian beliefs<ref>Sosteric. “From Zoroaster to Star Wars, Jesus to Marx: The Science and Technology of Mass Human Behaviour,” 2018. https://www.academia.edu/34504691.</ref> and propagated throughout the world in Western monotheistic religions and western popular culture.<ref>Sosteric. “Star Wars Is a Religion That Primes Us for War and Violence.” The Conversation, 2018. https://theconversation.com/star-wars-is-a-religion-that-primes-us-for-war-and-violence-89443.</ref>

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<blockquote class="definition">An '''affirmation''' is a verbally repeated statement designed to focus and maintain [[Intent]] on a specific creative goal. Affirmations, which are an important [[Connection Technique]], may be used to facilitate [[Healing]], [[Connection]], or any other creative (or destructive) goal.</blockquote>

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Affirmations are [[Connection Techniques]] designed to initiate, strengthen, and purify connection.

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Ideological Bleed

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<blockquote class="definition">'''Ideological Bleed''' occurs when mystical revelation is corrupted by ideology. This corruption occurs when spiritual truths revealed in the process of inner revelation become tainted with the venal excuses and justifications of the political/economic system. A classic example of ideological bleed occurred when the mystic patriarchs of the ancient Mediterranean communities incorrectly presented the God of the cosmos as a violent, abusive, male control freak.
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<blockquote class="definition">A '''New Energy Archetype''' is an [[Archetype]] whose creative intent is the awakening, activation, and connection/ascension of the individual and the planet.
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New Energy archetypes emphasize understanding, awareness, unity, joy, divine purpose, nonviolence, and prosperity for all regardless of any genetic, gender, ethnic, spiritual, or cultural characteristics of the [[Physical Unit]]. New energy archetypes may be contrasted with [[Old Energy Archetypes]].

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Perennial Philosophy

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<blockquote class="definition">The '''Perennial Philosophy''' is "a non-sectarian formulation of recurring ontological themes locatable in a wide variety of religious and philosophical traditions throughout history"<ref>Shear, Jonathan. “Mysticism and Scientific Naturalism.” Sophia 43, no. 1 (May 2004): 83–99. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02782439.</ref> It is also a book by Aldous Huxley which gathers evidence for the existence of a timeless philosophy of the same name. According to Aldous Huxley, the '''Perennial Philosophy''' (PP) is a set of teachings found throughout the ages, everywhere in the world.
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==Notes==

The PP is "a non-sectarian formulation of recurring ontological themes locatable in a wide variety of religious and philosophical traditions throughout history"<ref>Shear, Jonathan. “Mysticism and Scientific Naturalism.” Sophia 43, no. 1 (May 2004): 83–99. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02782439.</ref>

According to Shear, the PP consists of three things, these being:

# The phenomenal world is the manifestation of a transcendental, ground
# Human beings are capable of attaining immediate knowledge of that ground
#In addition to their phenomenal egos, human beings possess a Transcendental Self which is of the same or like nature with that transcendental ground."<ref>Shear, Jonathan. “Mysticism and Scientific Naturalism.” Sophia 43, no. 1 (May 2004): 89. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02782439.</ref>

Sheer suggests that [[Connection Experiences]]s provdie ''prima facie'' support for these theses and that mystical experiences provide ''prima facie'' evidence that [Ontological Naturalism]] is false.<ref>Shear, Jonathan. “Mysticism and Scientific Naturalism.” Sophia 43, no. 1 (May 2004): 89. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02782439.</ref>

According to Huxley, generally, the PP consists of:

: a metaphysics that "recognizes a divine Reality substantial to the world of things and lives and minds."
: a psychology that "finds in the soul something similar to, or even identical with, divine Reality.
: an ethic that suggests "man’s final end in the knowledge of the immanent and transcendent Ground of all being."

The PP is Huxley's term for what we call [[Is an:: Authentic Spirituality]], which as noted in ''Rocket Scientists' Guide to Authentic Spirituality'' (Sosteric, 2018h), is spirituality that [[Connection|connects]].

Huxley suggests, the "Rudiments of the Perennial Philosophy may be found among the traditionary lore of primitive peoples in every region of the world, and in its fully developed forms it has a place in every one of the higher religions."

However, '''I would absolutely disagree''' that the PP finds its "fully developed" form in traditional religion. In fact, because of the revolutionary potential of authentic [[Connection Experience]], traditional religions are attempts to obscure and sanitize the core elements of the PP to make actual [[Connection]] harder to accomplish.

Huxley recognizes the importance of [[Alignment]] without which the potentialities of the human mind may not be actuated. "In the ordinary circumstances of average sensual life these potentialities of the mind remain latent and unmanifested. If we would realize them, we must fulfil certain conditions and obey certain rules, which experience has shown empirically to be valid." or "ultimate Reality is not clearly and immediately apprehended, except by those who have made themselves loving, pure in heart and poor in spirit."

Huxley terms those who achieve [[Connection]] and apprehend [[Reality]] saints, prophets, sages, or enlightened ones.

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Isolated Individuality

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<blockquote class="definition">The '''Isolated Individuality''' [[Archetype Constellation]] in an [[Old Energy Archetype Constellation]] in the [[Old Energy Creation Template]]. This constellation answers the [[Big Question]], "Who am I" by saying you are an isolated individual, or you should strive to be as such. The Only the Chosen constellation is implemented in the [[Fool's Tarot]]. </blockquote>

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Allah

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Formation

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<blockquote class="definition">'''Formation''' (a.k.a. yin) is the cradling, cuddling, enveloping, encircling enfolding, ordering, and guiding [[Aspect of Consciousness]]. Formation, what physicists might call inertia, is the primary shaper of physical creation. Formation is what modifies, shapes, and controls force so that force can actually get things done without blowing up and otherwise destroying creation. </blockquote>

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Formation may be contrasted with [[Force]].

Formation is applied to Creation through the application of [[Will]]/[[Intent]] and [[Expectation]].

Force + Formation = Creation

The concept of force in creation is ancient. Notably, the Egyptian God Ptah, patron god of stonemasons(!), is the anthropomorphization of the process if "in-form" ation. "The production of a building or statue involves a process of 'in-formation,' in which a concept originally present only in the artisan's mind in-forms--is imprinted in--raw material through his actions. A block of stone that has been cared into a statue...is materially the same after the process...yet is had also transcended its original raw state: it is now something that it was not before, the representation (tjt 'image') of another reality. What has made the difference between the original and the final state is the action that has in-formed it with the sculptor's concept." (Allen, 1988: 46).

[[Edward Carpenter]] seems vaguely aware of the force+formation=creation equation.Speaking of the idea of Justice, "though it may be but a sentiment at first and on its inner side, yet quickly on its outer side it gives itself structure, and regulates the conflicting desires and emotions and needs of the people; and these emotions and desires so regulated from above do each of them in their turn generate and regulate groups of habits and customs; and these again each in their turn innumerable individual acts. And so the idea of Justice becomes creative and alive throughout the whole State.<ref>
Carpenter, Edward. The Art of Creation: Essays on the Self and Its Powers. Ravenio Books. Kindle Edition.</ref></blockquote>

At one point, Carpenter even refers to the "formative forces...which manifest themselves in the race life."<ref>Carpenter, Edward. The Art of Creation: Essays on the Self and Its Powers. Ravenio Books. Kindle Edition. </ref>

Oswald Wirth associated the Masonic Empress card with form, ideas, and archetypes, i.e. "...ideal forms or pure ideas according to which everything is created." As he notes, "This sovereign, dazzling with light represents 'Creative INtelligence', the mother of form, pictures, and ideas." <ref>Wirth, Oswald. Tarot of the Magicians: The Occult Symbols of the Major Arcana That Inspired Modern Tarot. San Francisco. CA: Weiser Books, 1990. p. 71-2</ref>. Note the inappropriate and sexist association of form/formation with the female gender.

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Cosmic Religious Feeling

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'''Cosmic Religious Feeling''' is the term used by Albert Einstein to describe the awe and reverence he felt at the raw intelligence he saw revealed by "natural laws," an intelligence so grand that "any human logic falters in comparison."<ref>Hermanns, William. Einstein and the Poet. Boston: Branden Books, 1983. https://amzn.to/2EXiooQ.</ref> Cosmic Religious Feeling is a [[Connection Outcome]].
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==Notes==

Einstein uses the term both to point to actual religious (i.e. [[Connection Experience]]), but also to the specific [[Connection Outcome]] which he terms, "cosmic religious feeling."

Einstein felt that amongst the "profounder sort of scientific minds" you'd find each with a "peculiar religious feeling of his own....different from the religion of the naive man [sic]....His religious feeling takes the form of a rapturous amazement at the harmony of natural law, which reveals an
intelligence of such superiority that, compared with it, all the systematic thinking and acting of human beings is an utterly insignificant reflection. This feeling is the guiding principle of his life and work, in so far as he succeeds in keeping himself from the shackles of selfish desire. It is beyond question closely akin to that which has possessed the religious geniuses of all ages."<ref>Einstein, Albert. The World as I See It. Kindle. Samaira Book Publishers, 2018. https://amzn.to/2NR8B6z.</ref>

Einstein felt that cosmic religious feeling was a "religious experience" common to all forms of religions<ref>Einstein, Albert. The World as I See It. Kindle. Samaira Book Publishers, 2018. https://amzn.to/2NR8B6z.</ref>

Einstein outlines his thoughts on this in an essay in the book '''The World as I See It''', in a chapter entitled "Religion and Science."

Einstein felt that "cosmic religious feeling is the strongest and noblest incitement to scientific research" and "the most important function of art and science to awaken this feeling and keep it alive in those who are capable of it."<ref>Einstein, Albert. The World as I See It. Kindle. Samaira Book Publishers, 2018. https://amzn.to/2NR8B6z.</ref> Cosmic religious feeling gives humanity strength ("It is cosmic religious feeling that gives a man strength of this sort.")

Einstein notes that cosmic religious feeling has nothing to do with the fear, morality, and patriarchy of traditional religion.

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Crest-Jewel of Wisdom

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<blockquote class="definition">The '''Crest-Jewel of Wisdom''' (a.k.a. Vivekachudamani (Sanskrit: विवेकचूडामणि) is [[Connection Manual]] within the Advaita Vedanta tradition<ref>Sankaracharya. The Crest-Jewel of Wisdom and Other Writings of Sankaracharya. Translated by Charles Johnston. Kindle Edition. 1999: Theosophical University Press, 1946. https://www.theosociety.org/pasadena/crest/crest-1.htm.</ref>. It is traditionally attributed to Adi Shankara of the eighth century CE, but modern scholars view this attribution as likely erroneous.
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==Notes==

Two versions exist online, a Theosophical one translated by Charles Johnston<ref>Sankaracharya. The Crest-Jewel of Wisdom and Other Writings of Sankaracharya. Translated by Charles Johnston. Kindle Edition. 1999: Theosophical University Press, 1946. https://www.theosociety.org/pasadena/crest/crest-1.htm.</ref> and a translation by John Richards<ref>Sankaracharya. The Crest-Jewel of Wisdom and Other Writings of Sankaracharya. Translated by John Richards. 1998, 1946. http://datadump.lightningpath.org/readings/viveka-sanskrit.pdf.</ref> Richard's translation is, by far, the more accurate and grounded translation. Richard released his translation to the public domain in 1998 and is available [http://datadump.lightningpath.org/readings/viveka-sanskrit.pdf here]

Literally translated, ''Vivikachudamani'' means Crest Jewel of Wisdom/judgment/distinction/prudence/right judgment/true knowledge/investigation [http://spokensanskrit.org/index.php?tran_input=viveka&direct=se&script=hk&link=yes&mode=3].

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Archetypal Wrong Thought

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Christ Consciousness

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<blockquote class="definition">'''Christ Consciousness''' is a New Age term that refers to an individual who has attained consistent, high [[CQ]]. </blockquote>

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Bliss

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'''Bliss''' is a primary [[Facet of Consciousness]]. Bliss, intense joy, and happiness are also examples of the [[Positive Affect]] that is often the [[Connection Outcome]] of a positive, powerful, [[Zenith Experience]].
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==Notes==

Xolani Kacela: "In my own mystical experience, the intense joy and happiness that I felt was a major component of the event. Though I was not under the influence of any stimulant, I was filled with enormous exhilaration and emotion. <ref>Kacela, Xolani. "Being One with the Spirit: Dimensions of a Mystical Experience." The Journal of Pastoral Care & Counseling 60 1-2 (2006): 87. </ref>

Alan Watts comments on the association of ecstasy/bliss with [[Connection Experience]].

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The central core of the experience seems to be the conviction, or insight, that the immediate now, whatever its nature, is the goal and fulfillment of all living. Surrounding and flowing from this insight is an emotional ecstasy, a sense of intense relief, freedom, and lightness, and often of almost unbearable love for the world...<ref>Watts, Alan W.. This Is It (p. 18). Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.</ref></blockquote>

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Mithra

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<blockquote class="definition">In Indo/Iranian systems, the got '''Mithra''' is the upholder/protector of [[Right Action]], and the foe of [[Wrong Action]]. <ref>Boyce, Mary. A History of Zoroastrianism: Volume One The Early Period. New York: E. J. Brill, 1996.</ref>

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"Mithra is hailed as the foe of Sloth..." <ref>Boyce, Mary. A History of Zoroastrianism: Volume One The Early Period. New York: E. J. Brill, 1996. p. 29.</ref>

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Awareness Reduction Mechanisms

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'''Awareness Reduction Mechanisms''' (ARMs), are a subclass of [[Defense Mechanisms]]. They are strategies that the [[Bodily Ego]] can use to reduce awareness of itself, its physical and mental condition, the "room" that it's in, and the condition of its life. ARMS are typically deployed in order to reduce pain, suffering, guilt, shame, and the [[disjuncture]] that arises from internal [[Alignment|misalignment]] or external violence and abuse. Several ARMS exist, the most common being:
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ARMs are broken down into two categories, [[Externally Directed ARMs]] and [[Internally Directed Arms]].

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ARMs are broken down into two categories, [[Externally Directed ARMs]] and [[Internally Directed Arms]].

There are four basic categories of ARMs.

Primary ARM -> Repression
Secondary ARMs -> Denial, Rationalization, Diversion/Distraction, Intellectualization, Compartmentalization
Tertiary ARMs -> Reaction Formation, Gaslightning,
Pathological ARMs -> Dissociation, Regression, Conversion

ExternalArms
Compartmentalization – suppressing awareness by breaking your life and your cognitive/emotional processes into discrete spaces. When you come home at night, you block out exploitation and abuse you perpetrate at work. When you go to work in the morning, you block out violence in the home. When you go to Church, you do not think about the hypocrisies in your daily life.
Denial– simple refusal to accept reality “as it is.” My mom beat me with a wooden spoon and leather belts, but she denies it to this day. The equivalent external ARM is repression.
Distortion – reshaping reality to avoid awareness of disjunctive realities. “What doesn’t kill you leaves a scar” justifications distort our understanding of violence and abuse and provide a justification for them.
Humor is a form of distortion. Using humor to change the “meaning” of reality. Making sexist, racist, homophobic jokes in an attempt to render the abusive behaviours acceptable, or gain social support.
Intellectualization – Not a defense mechanisms by itself, but a particular form of compartmentalization, dissociation, diversion, using the powers of the intellect
Dissociation – detachment from reality. Disconnection, especially intellectual. Daydreaming through dissociative disorders and fugue.
Diversion/Distraction – engaging in other activities, behaviours that draw attention away from issues in reality. For example, getting into a running club and spending all your time away from family in order to avoid the toxicities/issues at home.
Rationalization – “the justification of one's behaviour and motivations by substituting "good" acceptable reasons for the actual motivations.”

Internal Arms

Dissociation – detachment from reality. Disconnection, especially emotional.1 Daydreaming. Dissociative disorders. Typically used in an attempt to avoid stress/pain/conflict in the environment.
• Diversion/Distraction – engaging in other activities, behaviours that allow one draw attention away from feelings. For example, getting into a running club and spending your entire time running. Includes obsessions, compulsions, hypochondriasis, etc.
• Repression – forced submersion of thoughts (I am doing something wrong) and feelings, like guilt, shame, etc. For the equivalent internal ARM, see Denial.
• Regression – fall back to childhood states, allowing only simpler, childlike emotions and awareness.
• Projection – projecting guilt, shame, other negative emotions and thoughts onto others.
• Reaction formation – choreographing the opposite emotions. Denial.

Maslow has some interesting things to say about defense mechanisms, especially in light of the LP concept of [[Alignment]], also about the nature of therapy (it is about uncovering rather than molding, and that even neurosis are somehow aimed at the g\ratification of human needs (see [[Seven Essential Needs]]. Thus for example OCD may be an attempt to satisfy one's need for safety by routinizing activity and blocking out toxic impositions.

"A fifth axiom of self-actualization theory is my contention-as yet unproven that neurosis must be considered a psychological defense and not basic to human
nature. Furthermore, neurosis must be viewed as a defense against the intrinsic self, our deeper layers, full humanness, growth, and self-actualization. From this assumption, I have argued vigorously that effective counseling and psychotherapy are Taoistic or uncovering, rather than involving mainly shaping,molding, or indoctrinating....It may be relevant to point out here that ordinary neurosis and even the valve pathologies like delinquency may consequently be viewed as efforts toward the gratification of basic and meta-needs, but under the conditions of anxiety, fear, lack of courage." <ref>———. “Critique of Self-Actualization. I. Some Dangers of Being-Cognition.” Journal of Individual Psychology 15, no. 1 (May 1, 1959): 24. p. 105</ref>

For LP purposes, we break ARMs down into two general categories, External ARMs and Internal ARMs. External ARMs are defense mechanisms aimed at reducing awareness of things external to the individual, like the behaviour of others, conditions at work, bullying by students/teachers, etc. Internal ARMs are defense mechanisms aimed at reducing awareness of things internal to the individual, like disjunctive shame and guilt, or awareness of complicity, etc.

An individual may deploy several ARMs at the same time.

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Breaking of the Vessels

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<blockquote class="definition">In the [[Lurian Kabbalah]], The '''Breaking of the Vessels''' ([[Shevirat Ha-kelim]]) is a point of failure in the initial [[Emanation from Godhead]]. The Shevirat comes after the initial creative stage known as [[Constriction]]. Constriction (a.k.a. [[Zimzum]]) created [[Tehiru]] (i.e. emptiness or "space") which [[Divine Light]] then shines into in order to manifest physical creation. When the [[Divine Light]] shines into [[Tehiru]] (space), it creates and then pours into [[Sefirot]]. The initial outpouring fails and the sefirot "break." After which there needs to be a [[Correction]]. The correction aims at [[Tikkun]] (in LP terms [[Alignment]] and [[Perfection]]). When [[Tikkun]] is reached, divine [[Perfection]] and [[Unity]] (a.k.a. perfect [[Connection]]) are established. <ref>Dan, Joseph. Kabbalah: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006.</ref>
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==Notes==

The breaking of the vessels represents the ongoing challenge of [[Alignment]]

"When the “straight line” of divine light poured into the tehiru, the “empty space,” it began to draw circles and shapes, bringing “vessels” into existence, and then pouring the pure divine essence into them. At this point, a great catastrophe occurred: the vessels could not contain the immense flow of divine light, and the seven lower ones broke, their shards falling down and the inner essence ascending and returning to its source. This is called in Lurianic terminology “the breaking of the vessels” ([[Shevirat Ha-kelim]]), expressing the concept that the initial attempt by the Godhead to establish the system of emanated divine powers failed, resulting in a state of destruction and crisis within the divine realm."<ref>Dan, Joseph. Kabbalah: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006. (Kindle Locations 1089-1093)</ref>

*The "breaking of the vessels" is an ongoing problem.

The Lurianic narrative continues and portrays everything that happened after the shevirah as divine attempts to overcome and correct that initial catastrophe. Divine light poured again and formed the system of the sefirot, and the lower worlds were created. The creation of Adam in the Garden of Eden was again an attempt to overcome dualism: Adam was created as a dual entity, including within him the elements of good and evil. If Adam had obeyed God, good would have triumphed over evil and the cosmic and divine dualism would have been abolished.

However, when Adam transgressed, the opposite happened: the shevirah occurred again, the evil powers were strengthened. God then chose a people, the people of Israel, to carry on the struggle to dispose of evil. They were almost successful when they assembled near Mount Sinai to accept the Torah. Then they transgressed when they worshipped the golden calf, and again a shevirah occurred, and so on, throughout history."<ref>Dan, Joseph. Kabbalah: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006. (Kindle Locations 1120-1124)</ref>

*In LP terms, the "breaking of the vessels" is a problem of [[alignment]]. Here evil may simply be considered the existence and consequence of lack of alignment.

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Avoidance

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'''Avoidance''' is an [[Awareness Reduction Mechanisms]] that the [[Bodily Ego]] uses to avoid uncomfortable confrontation with ideas, feelings, or realities. When we avoid, we consciously and deliberately choose not to consider or engage with an idea, feeling, or reality. We avoid going into therapy because we are afraid of what might happen. We avoid atoning for wrong action because we don't want to deal with the backlash.
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==Other Awareness Reduction Mechanisms==

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==Related LP Terms==

[[Awareness Reduction Mechanisms]] > {{#ask:[[Is a related LP term::Awareness Reduction Mechanisms]]}}

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==Treatment==

Avoidance is conscious and therefore easy to identify. Avoidance is rooted in fear, feelings of inadequacy, [[Learned Helplessness]], and so on. We avoid taking a course because we fear failure. We avoid addressing a trauma because we fear the negative blowback.

To treat, teach the client necessary skills to express themselves and to act appropriately. Support them as they make necessary changes.

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Fool's Tarot

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The '''Fools' Tarot''', also known as the '''Masonic Tarot''' is the common Rider-Waite Tarot created by Freemasons during the industrial revolution as an ideological tool to help them spread Capitalism.<ref>Mike Sosteric."A Sociology of Tarot." Canadian Journal of Sociology 39 3 (2014).</ref> The Masonic Tarot contains [[Old Energy Archetypes]] designed to create compliant individuals subservient to [[The System]].
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==List of Old Energy Masonic Archetypes as implemented in the Masonic Tarot==

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The [[Masonic Tarot]] helps inscribe into [[Collective Consciousness]] the following [[Old Energy Archetype Constellation]]s

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The Masonic Tarot is not a spiritual tool. It is a propaganda tool. It was created by Freemasons during the French and Industrial Revolutions to help lubricate the transfer of power from Feudal elites to Capitalist elites.<ref>Mike Sosteric."A Sociology of Tarot." Canadian Journal of Sociology 39 3 (2014).</ref>

Elisabeth Haich makes outlandish, undocumented, and now thoroughly debunked claims about the ancient nature of the Tarot. "The initiates of prehistoric times who created the tarot cards were familiar with all these different levels and states of development of the human consciousness. They depicted these levels of consciousness from the first awakening to divine all-consciousness in twenty-two pictures. These are the 'Greater Arcana' of tl1e tarot pack." <ref>Haich, Elisabeth. The Wisdom of Tarot. London: Unwin Paperbacks, 1985. p. 19</ref>

Haich proselatizes the deck and suggests psychologists should avail themselves of its ancient wisdom. "Moses, one of the greatest prophets of all time, received the pictures from the great Egyptian initiates and handed them on as religious treasure to his people, the Jews. If Moses esteemed these cards so highly as to regard them as religious treasure, then the serious psychologist should certainly also be able to discover their profound inner value."<ref>Haich, Elisabeth. The Wisdom of Tarot. London: Unwin Paperbacks, 1985. p. 165.</ref>

Haich says "Yet for the person who understands them, these cards are a wonderful means of acquiring self-knowledge....The nature of these cards is such that they can produce a strong awakening effect on man's unconscious....They are like a spiritual mirror in which we can not only recognise but also thoroughly examine and study ourselves. "<ref>Haich, Elisabeth. The Wisdom of Tarot. London: Unwin Paperbacks, 1985. p. 24-5.</ref>

The world’s foremost tarot scholars to suggest that the Tarot has been the "...most successful propaganda campaign ever launched; not by a very long way the most important, but the most completely successful. An entire false history, and false interpretation, of the Tarot pack was concocted by occultist; and it is all but universally believed. "<ref>Decker, Ronald, Thierry Depaulis, and Michael Dummett. A Wicked Pack of Cards: The Origins of the Occult Tarot. New York: St Martin’s Press, 1996. p. 27.</ref>

The tarot is designed to be constitutive of personal identity suitable to the Capitalist [[Mode of Production]]. It purports to locate the individual in relation to the System and the "Cosmos." "The Tarot is a system of enlightenment, a system whose ultimate aim is "<ref>Haich, Elisabeth. The Wisdom of Tarot. London: Unwin Paperbacks, 1985. p. 157.</ref>assisting the individual in understanding his relationship to the Cosmos." <ref>Wang, Robert. An Introduction to the Golden Dawn Tarot. Main: Sam Weiser, 1978. p. 8. </ref> It provides "seed ideas" <ref>Wang, Robert. An Introduction to the Golden Dawn Tarot. Main: Sam Weiser, 1978. p. 13. </ref> intended to lead to a certain understanding of the human condition.

The Masonic Tarot, in its esoteric form, is elitist. It is a "secret oral tradition." <ref>Wang, Robert. An Introduction to the Golden Dawn Tarot. Main: Sam Weiser, 1978. p. 11. </ref> Knowledge and power given only to the worthy. "It has revealed Itself, in a measure, to the wise." <ref>Case, Paul Foster. An Introduction to the Study of the Tarot. New York: Kindle Edition, 1920.</ref>

The Masonic tarot has two "streams," an elite esoteric stream aimed at elite members of exclusive fraternities (Freemasonry, Rosicrucians, Golden Dawn, etc.) and an exoteric stream aimed at the masses. This dual-stream is an explicit and openly admitted feature of Western esotericism. For example,

"The religion of the masses differed very much from that of the Initiates. They did not share in the Mysteries, nor in the advantages of the Initiates, in the same way as they were never in danger of the penalties to which the trespasser of the Mysteries was exposed. The greatest of the Mysteries was that they should eternally remain mysteries to the masses. he initiated worshipped the one true God under the name of Demiurgos. The masses, on the other hand, worshipped without let or hindrance the secondary kind of gods, whose worship, when amongst themselves, was forbidden to the Initiates. In public even the Initiates adhered to them, in order to deceive the masses, and the better to preserve their secrets amongst themselves." <ref>Pianco, Magister. The Rosicrucian Exposed. Edited by Darcy Kuntz. Austin, TX: The Golden Dawn Research Trust, 2007. p. 23-24.</ref>

Pianco calls this the [[Secret Philosophy]].

The difference between the two streams is one of intent. The esoteric stream is aimed at socializing elites into mechanisms of power and control, while the exoteric stream is aimed at creating compliant bodies. In this regard, the [[TOSAS]] distinguished between the [[Book of Slavery]] (the exoteric version intended to create compliant bodies) and the [[Book of Power]].

The threat of violence is used to prevent initiates from revealing "the secrets." <ref>Wang, Robert. An Introduction to the Golden Dawn Tarot. Main: Sam Weiser, 1978. p. 13. </ref>

The Masonic Tarot, in its exoteric form, exerts control over individual consciousness and inscribes a [[Fool in School]] ethic on the individual. Life is all about karma and lessons and so don't struggle or fight back, passively accept and learn your lessons. If things don't go your way, it is your fault, your karma, your lack of sensitivity, talent, receptiveness, etc. For example, Metzner notes that "If we are receptive with innocent purity, the blessings of the light of the stars pour abundantly into earth-body and emotional waters." <ref>Metzner, Ralph. Maps of Consciousness: I Ching, Tantra, Tarot, Alchemy, Astrology, Actualism. New York: Collier Books, 1971.</ref>

A classic statement of this perspective is "The Tarot is a deck of 78 cards, each with its own imagery, symbolism and story. The 22 Major Arcana cards represent life's karmic and spiritual lessons, and the 56 Minor Arcana cards reflect the trials and tribulations that we experience on a daily basis."<ref>Biddy, Bridget. “Learn the Tarot Basics.” Biddy Tarot (blog), 2020. https://www.biddytarot.com/learn-tarot/.</ref>

Many respectable scholars and well-educated folk, take tarot to be a tool of deep spiritual, archetypal, or psychological wisdom. A "holistic tool that can help us mine our own unconscious..." <ref>Wen, Benebell. Holistic Tarot: An Integrative Approach to Using Tarot for Personal Growth. Berkeley, CA: North Atlantic Books, 2015.</ref>

Psychologist [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Metzner Ralph Metzner] discusses the "Hero's Journey" and suggests that tarot is a reflection of that journey, a reflection of "archetypes of psychic transformation." As he says, "In these myths the inner journey to the discovery and realization of the Higher Self—the trials and obstacles to be overcome as well as the sudden breakthroughs and steps of initiation are disguised as an outer journey, a hero’s quest. And we find that there is always a common pattern to this myth of the hero “with a thousand faces”:2 whether his name is Gilgamesh, Rama, Orpheus, or Siegfried, there exists a communality which stems from the fact that all these heros are engaged in the same eternal quest."<ref>Metzner, Ralph. Maps of Consciousness: I Ching, Tantra, Tarot, Alchemy, Astrology, Actualism. New York: Collier Books, 1971. p. 55.</ref>

The Masonic Tarot is sexist. All authors who comment upon the archetypes reproduce binary and stereotypical notions of gender. "He is the objective aspect of consciousness....she is the subjective aspect..."<ref>Case, Paul Foster. An Introduction to the Study of the Tarot. New York: Kindle Edition, 1920.</ref>

Writers, like Paul Foster Case and Aleister Crowley, etc. use [[EPMO]] to obscure the basic ideology. Long paragraphs of tortuous prose with complicated and largely meaningless associations obscure the basic ideological statements. See for example Case

The Masonic Tarot is based on an ancient [[Old Energy Creation Template]], a [[Zoroastrian Creation Template]].<ref>For details of this template, see Mike Sosteric "From Zoroaster to Star Wars, Jesus to Marx: The Science and Technology of Mass Human Behaviour". 2018. <https://www.academia.edu/34504691>.</ref>

This analysis focuses primarily on the major arcana. The minor arcana are considered less important, even (in personified form) a perversion of occult principle." <ref>Wang, Robert. An Introduction to the Golden Dawn Tarot. Main: Sam Weiser, 1978. p. 21. </ref>

Patriarchal, Judeo Christian roots. "It is forbidden to blaspheme against his creation."<ref>Wirth, Oswald. Tarot of the Magicians: The Occult Symbols of the Major Arcana That Inspired Modern Tarot. San Francisco. CA: Weiser Books, 1990. p. 128.</ref>

Although the tarot deck itself was originally merely a pack of playing cards, it was particularly suited to the creation of an archetypal system because, as can be clearly seen in the symbolic pastiche on the Wheel of Fortune card, the Tarot cards are rich with symbolism. The rich symbolic content makes it easy to project any content one would wish to project onto the cards (Decker et al., 1996, p. 171), a particular useful function for elites attempting to create a new discourse.

===Recovery===

Many tarot aficionados and writers attempt to re-write the esoteric and exoteric tarot, trying to find alternative, sometimes more progressive, "less disturbing" more "life-affirming" messaging. <ref>Virtue, Doreen. The Big Book of Angel Tarot: The Essential Guide. New York: Hay House, 2014.</ref>

Doreen Virtue exposed her process: For example, "...symbolism was very carefully reviewed. When something distressing was removed from an image, we were diligent about replacing it with something peaceful that signified the same thing. Card names were changed when necessary to more accurately convey the loving message embedded in even the most challenging cards."<ref>Virtue, Doreen. The Big Book of Angel Tarot: The Essential Guide. New York: Hay House, 2014.</ref>

Virtue also makes effort to remove "mystery" and "secrets." However, she still duplicates the a-political, blame-the-individual tropes of the masonic tarot. We are still here to learn our lessons, and we should "give thanks" for that.<ref>Virtue, Doreen. The Big Book of Angel Tarot: The Essential Guide. New York: Hay House, 2014.</ref> She just presents the tropes and the masonic perspectives in a more "loving" and inviting manner.

Metzner also discusses the "Tarot for the Aquarian Age" from 1962 was as one such attempt. "This Tarot was obtained, according to the authors, from an unnamed source referred to only as “One,” through the Ouija board, in a series of sessions involving a group of four persons and lasting several months in 1962.... In the Aquarian Tarot each of the twenty-two cards, with a new image and new name, is regarded as a progression from a corresponding card of the old deck. The reason for the progression is said to be first, to rescue the Tarot symbols from their degenerate use as fortune-telling cards, and secondly, because we are entering a new phase, the Aquarian phase, of the cycle of human evolution-in-consciousness and new symbols are called for." "<ref>Metzner, Ralph. Maps of Consciousness: I Ching, Tantra, Tarot, Alchemy, Astrology, Actualism. New York: Collier Books, 1971.</ref> His discussion, like Virtue's, contains no awareness of the political and ideological nature of the original tarot, though both are noteworthy as attempts to recover/imprint authenticity.

Various attempts to recover or insert authenticity are documented in the Recovery section of the individual tarot entries.

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See the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dh%C4%81ra%E1%B9%87%C4%81 Wikipedia entry] for more information.

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Hierarchy of Cognitive Needs

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<blockquote class="definition">The '''Hierarchy of Cognitive Needs''' is Abraham Maslow's second hierarchy of needs.<ref>Maslow, A. H. “A Theory of Human Motivation.” Psychological Review 50, no. 4 (1943): 370–96.</ref> <ref>Sosteric. “Abraham Maslow’s TWO Hierarchies of Need.” Lightning Strike, 2019. https://medium.com/human-spirituality/abraham-maslows-two-hierarchies-of-need-c435329ae437.</ref> It includes the biologically rooted ''need to know'' (about the world) and the ''need to understand'' the world.
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==Related LP Terms==

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===Abraham Maslow's Hierarchy of Cognitive Needs===

[[Image:LPcognitiveneeds.png|500px|center|Cognitive Needs]]

No doubt Maslow based his statement of the existence and significance of cognitive needs on his clinical evidence, these needs are self-evident in every small child. The need to know is on display in children at a very early age. As Maslow says, this is the "basic desire to know, to be aware of reality, to get the facts, to satisfy curiosity, or as Wertheimer phrases it, to see rather than to be blind." (Maslow, 1943, p. 385). On the need to understand, Maslow observed that "even after we know, we are impelled to know more and more minutely and microscopically on the one hand, and on the other, more and more extensively in the direction of a world philosophy, religion, etc." (Maslow, 1943, p. 385). In other words, it was never enough to just know something, we also had to understand. According to Maslow, "The facts that we acquire, if they are isolated or atomistic, inevitably get theorized about, and either analyzed or organized or both. This process has been phrased by some as the search for 'meaning.' We shall then postulate a desire to understand, to systematize, to organize, to analyze, to look for relations and meanings"(Maslow, 1943, p. 385). Maslow notes of the need to know and the need to understand, "we see that they too form themselves into a small hierarchy" <ref>Maslow, A. H. “A Theory of Human Motivation.” Psychological Review 50, no. 4 (1943): 385.</ref>

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Ideological Institution

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<blockquote class="definition">'''Ideological Institutions''' are "special instruments of... thought control" designed to create a compliant population.<ref>Ruyle, Eugene E. “Mode of Production and Mode of Exploitation: The Mechanical and the Dialectical.” Dialectical Anthropology 1, no. 1 (1975): 7–23. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00244565. p. 11</ref> Ideological institutions, along with [[Exploitative Techniques]] and [[Mechanisms of Force]], constitute a particular [[Regime of Accumulation]] (a.k.a. [[The System]]).</blockquote>

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Ideological institutions "are staffed and/or controlled by those who "benefit from and therefore seek to, consciously and with considerable vigour, maintain systems that provide them with “special privileges and wealth."<ref>Ruyle, Eugene E. “Mode of Production and Mode of Exploitation: The Mechanical and the Dialectical.” Dialectical Anthropology 1, no. 1 (1975): 7–23. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00244565. p. 11</ref>

The modern education system, the Walt Disney Corp., Marvel Studies, and the Catholic church are all ideological institutions.<ref>Sosteric, Mike. “A Short Sociology of Archetypes,” Unpublished. https://www.academia.edu/43008763/A_Short_Sociology_of_Archetypes.</ref>

[https://twitter.com/RamzeeRawkz/status/1365959785204637697 Here], David Bowie discusses how the established art world suppresses human creativity in order to facilitate elite profiteering from human creativity.

In this article entitled [https://daily.jstor.org/was-modern-art-really-a-cia-psy-op/ Was Modern Art Really a CIA PsyOp?] Lucie Levine discusses the manipulation of artists and the use of art to prop up and defend [[The System]] ,

==Industrial Education System==

[https://qz.com/1314814/universal-education-was-first-promoted-by-industrialists-who-wanted-docile-factory-workers/. This article] clearly demonstrates the ideological and disciplinary function of ideological institutions.<Ref>Schrager, Allison. “The Modern Education System Was Designed to Train Future Factory Workers to Be ‘Docile.’” Quartz, 2018. https://qz.com/1314814/universal-education-was-first-promoted-by-industrialists-who-wanted-docile-factory-workers/.</ref>

For a more academic treatment, see "The Rise and Fall of the Factory System"<ref>McDermott, John. “The Rise and Fall of the Factory System: Technology, Firms, and Households since the Industrial Revolution A Comment.” Carnegie-Rochester Conference Series on Public Policy 55, no. 1 (December 1, 2001): 47–54. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0167-2231(01)80002-6.</ref>

===Skull and Bones===

A collegiate level ideological institution that focuses on recruiting the best and the brightest at Yale. Selections appear carefully researched, and designed to capture future film-makers, journalists, religious leaders, sports elites, military, and minority elites. See for example the comments of Lanny Davis, quoted in the Atlantic

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If the society had a good year, this is what the "ideal" group will consist of: a football captain; a Chairman of the Yale Daily News; a conspicuous radical; a Whiffenpoof; a swimming captain; a notorious drunk with a 94 average; a film-maker; a political columnist; a religious group leader; a Chairman of the Lit; a foreigner; a ladies' man with two motorcycles; an ex-service man; a negro, if there are enough to go around; a guy nobody else in the group had heard of, ever.<ref>Robbins, Alexandra. “George W., Knight of Eulogia.” The Atlantic, 2000. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2000/05/george-w-knight-of-eulogia/304686/.</ref>
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Operates by perpetuating old energy archetypes, through ritual and also on going discussion.

Collects "dirt" on its members, example, past sexual events, which may sometimes be offering evidence on "conquests" (which may reasonably be expected, given the deeply embedded patriarchy in America, to potentially an accounting of rapes).

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One of the standard pieces of lore about Skull and Bones is that each member must at some point give an account of his sexual history, known as the CB (for "Connubial Bliss"). "After the first one or two times it's like guys listing their conquests, and that gets old," one young Bonesman told me recently. "There's just not that much to talk about"—and so CBs have evolved into relationship discussions. "It's the kind of stuff a lot of guys do with their teammates," says another Bonesman ('83). <ref>Robbins, Alexandra. “George W., Knight of Eulogia.” The Atlantic, 2000. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2000/05/george-w-knight-of-eulogia/304686/.</ref></blockquote>

Bonesmen (what society members all themselves) refer to members of the public as "barbarians."

In an Atlantic article, Alexandra Robbins refers to an "especially susceptible kind of 'barbarian' as it pooh poohs the ideological functions of the organization, and diverts attention by casting skeptics and critics as conspiracy nuts.

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Dissociation

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'''Dissociation''' is an [[Awareness Reduction Mechanism]] that involves detachment from reality (derealization) and frpm self (depersonalization).</blockquote>

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Four Pillars of Planetary Graduation

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<blockquote class="definition">The '''Four Pillars of Planetary Graduation''', or just the '''Four Pillars''', for short are the pillars upon which a planet's [[Graduation]] and induction into the [[Galactic Federation]] are based. The four pillars are a) the evolution of a planet capable of supporting advanced life, b) the evolution of a physical unit capable of containing consistently high levels of Consciousness, c) the evolution of advanced technological capacity capable of handling very large populations in an ecologically sustainable way, and d) the development of advanced social, economic, and political forms capable of managing production and allocating resources in an equitable and sustainable way. </blockquote>

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